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Registrations Valid
Voter registrations taken at
temporary registrar locations be
tween Aus. 5 and last week in
Jackson tounty are valid, ac
cording to Attorney General
Robert Y. Thornton.
In a letter received this morn
ing by Mrs. Bereth Hopkins.
Jackson county clerk. Thornton
gave it as his "unofficial"
opinion that such registrations
are not subject to challenge. In
an earlier opinion he had ruled
that registrations could not be
Stockholm's Record
Of Orders Missing
New York ;u.R) rA record of
orders given on the liner Stock
holm disappeared between the
time of the ship's collision with
the Andrea Doria and the time it
returned to New York with sur
vivors of the tragedy, it was dis
closed today.
Charles S. Haight, attorney for
the Swedish American Line,
stated at a pretrial hearing that
the important item of evidence
'had not been found preserved"
when the Stockholm returned
here to go into drydock July 27.
two days after the collision that
sank the Italian liner off the
Massachusetts coast.
Third Mnto Ernest Carstens
Jnhansen. first witness called in
pretrial testimony, described the
record as the night order book,
a pad on which the officer in
charge keeps a record of orders
during the night watch.
Porllander Elected
By World War I Yets
Portland (U.R) Harlan W.
Barnes of Portland is the new
national commander of the Vet
erans of World War I.
He was elected at the closing
business session of the organiza
tion's four-day convention here
yesterday to succeed Harry J.
Millrn of WatertJwn. N Y.
Barnes. 60, has been an em
ployee of the Portland Traction
Co. now Rose City Traction for
34 years and now is a claims
adiustor.
Lewis Brake. Mount Vernon.
III., was chosen national senior
vice commander. Reginald H.
Murphy Jr.. Washington. DC,
was reelected adjutant quarter
master, the equivalent of secretary-treasurer.
Black, White Goat
Reported Stolen Here
A black and white goat, mas
cot of a group of visiting
Shriners, was reported stolen
from the car of one of them yes
terday afternoon, according to
Medford police.
EarJ Hauck. Portland, the
complainant, told police his
group thought it possible local
Shriners had. playfully or ma
liciously, kidnaped the. goat,
which was in a crate in the car.
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Says Voter
accepted at temporary locations.
He said the law should be
given a "liberal interpretation"
to permit the maximum number
of voter registrations.
Earlier Opinion
His earlier formal opinion,
dated Aug. 5 and given at the re
quest of State Sen. Monroe
Sweetland, indicated that such
registrations could be accepted
only at "fixed" or "permanent"
locations, as distinct from "tem
porary" locations. Mrs. Hopkins
learned of the opinion last week
and only by chance.
In neither his official opinion
nor in his letter today, however,
did he provide any basis for
determination of what a tem
porary location is. Mrs. Hopkins
said, adding that the two docu
ments leave her in some doubt.
She said she conferred by
telephone today with David
O Hara. Salem, head of the elec
tions division, who said he would
attempt to get the matter settled
through a more specific and de
tailed interpretation by the at
torney general.
Ike Declares Farm
Proposals 'Honest'
Newton. Iowa (U.R) Presi
dent Eisenhower today said his
farm policies might-seem "crazy"
to some farmers of the Middle
West, but he felt sure that even
his opponents realized that his
proposals were conceived in
complete honesty.
Mr. Eisenhower spoke in
formally before the massive
audience attending the National
Plowing Contest and National
Fields Days about 20 miles west
of Des Moines. The chief exe
cutive said he did not consider
li is brief remarks as a speech or
as political.
Merrill Anderson, chairman of
the program, estimated the
President's listeners at 75,000.
He reserved until his appear
ance in Peoria. 111., next Tues
day night a major statement on
special farm problems and his
ideas for meeting these prob
lems.
Eagle Point Man Hurt
In White City Accident
Lloyd Adamson, 42. of Eagle
Point, a night shift employee at
Olson-Ross Lumber company at
White City, was injured about
8 p.m. yesterday when he was
struck in the face with an iron
bar as he was trying to remove
a knot from the gang saw.
He was taken by Medford
Ambulance Service to Sacred
Heart hospital, where he was
trated for a nose injury and
bruises.
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STOKING ORATORICAL BOILERS, Democrats and Republicans are speeding up cam
paign for presidency. Arilai Stevenson (left), accuses Republicans of lacking under
standing in Suez crisis. At right is Republican "Truth Squad" which plans to follow
Stevenson, refute his arguments. From left: Senator Potter, Michigan; Senator Bar
rett, Wyoming; Rep. G. H. Sherer, Ohio, and Rep. D. L. Jackson, CaUf. (International)
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MEDFORD,
Railroads Are Basic Industry
In Emergency, Witness Claims
Railroads are considered a ba
sic industry in time of war and.
in the event of another; nation
al emergency, would have to
carry a major burden, Dr. C. F.
Zicbarth. University of Oregon
professor, stated in the final
day of the Southern Pacific
hearing yesterday.
The hearing over abandon
ment of rail passenger service
in southern Oregon last year
ended at 6:30 p.m. yesterday.
Sen. Philip Lowry, one of the
complainants in the case, an
nounced he did not feel a rebut
tal is necessary. The case will
be taken under further advise
ment by the Public Utilities
commission. Studies by the PUC
are expected to require a con
siderable period of time before a
decision is announced.
Southern Pacific discontinued
rail passenger service between
Eugene and Ashland on the Sis
kiyou line in August, 1955,
claiming the two trains on that
run were not patronized enough
to justify deficits.
Complaint Filed
Subsequently, a complaint
was filed by Sen. Lowry of Med
ford, Sen. Paul Geddcs. Rose
burg, and Sen. Gene Brown,
Grants Pass. The senators, all
attorneys, asked in the com
plaint that improved service be
restored. They also charged that
withdrawal of rail passenger
service had hindered economic
growth of southern Oregon and
that SP was discriminating
against residents of this area.
Dr. Zicbarth, professor of traf
fic and transportation at the uni
versity was SP's 12th witness
since the company resumed its
side of , the case last Tuesday.
The professor, who is also chair
man of Gov. Elmo Smith's box
car supply committee, stated he
is preparing an article on raH
passenger deficits for the Public
Utilities Fortnightly, a national
ly circulated magazine tor pub-j
lie utilities commissions, utility j
companies and regulated indus-1
tries.
Studies Show -
He testified his studies have
shown a consistent decline in
rail travel as well as a consist
ent increase in travel 'by air and
private automooile. He added
that in Oregon there is one car
for every 2.41 people. He said
that in 1920 slightly less than
10,000,000 motor vehicles were
registered in the United States
as compared with more than
58.000,000 in 1954.
A forecast for 1956 indicates
that total airline passenger miles
will exceed the passenger miles
of the railroads, he added.
Deficits in railway passenger
operations began in the early
30s, Dr. Ziebar stated, but were
attributed in part to the eco
nomic depression, until 1936
From that year until 1941 the
deficits continued. The witness
said deficits stopped during the
war years 1941-1946. but re
sumed at the end of World War
II and continued through 1955.
The largest deficit was reported
in 1953, with a decline in defi
cits noted in 1954 and 1955.
He said he felt the policy of
retiring deficite-incurring trains
has been partly responsible for
the last decline.
Cross-ExBmination
In cross examination Sen.
Lowry asked Dr. Ziebarth his
Portland (U.R) An auto
mobile accident today claimed
the life of Olan K. Thornicy, 26,
Portland.
Detroit (U.R) The new
1957 Fords will be nine inches
longer, 4'i inches lower and S53
higher.
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opinion of the effect withdrawal
of rail passenger facilities would
have on national defense. He an
swered the matter was a cause
for concern, but indicated air
lines would be able to counter
act loss of rail facilities.
He stated that the airline in
dustry has recently been on a
'"buying binge" to acquire new
equipment including turbo-prop
and jet aircraft. Expenditures,
Dr. Ziebarth added, are in ex
cess of S2 billion.
Dr. Ziebarth said he felt gov
ernment subsidies to air trans
portation have had a bad effect
on the contpetitive ability of
railroads.
The witness commented he
did not think freight shippers
should be required to make up
deficits incurred by passenger
trains, and he saw no necessity
of SP spending $466,000 main
Harry Bridges Beaten
By Merchant Seamen
Sausalito, Calif. (U.R) Longshore leader Harry Bridges was
beaten up by two merchant seamen at the plush Valhalla restau
rant here early today, police reported.
Bridges suffered a black eye, bruised forehead and told police
he had been kicked in the groin and stomach. He declined hospi
talization and went to his home to be treated by his doctor.
Arrested for the beating were
Fred Reppine, 35, and Donald
Ross Hansen, 23, both of San
Francisco.
Both men refused to give any
reason for the beating. Police
Chief Louis Mountanos launched
an investigation in cooperation
with the Marin county district
attorney's office to determine
"whether this wras a paid beat
ing." Nor could Bridges, president
of the International Longshore
men's and Warehousemen's
union,' explain the beating.
Jumped from Behind
Bridges told Police Sgt. Stan
ley C. Kelley that he was in the
men's room when jumped from
behind by the man identified as
Hansen and knocked to the
floor.
Kellcy said Henry DeGorog.
manager and-head waiter, and
bartender Charles Massie heard
UN May Be Consulted
On User Association
London !U.R) The second
Suez conference ended tonight
in general agreement but with a
strong indication the United Na
tions will be consulted before the
Users' Association attempts to
send ships through the canal.
A majority of the conference
nations indorsed the association
plan, but expressed a "general
feeling" that the United Nations
should be called into the dispute
early next month.
The Users' Association will not
be set up formally until the gov
ernments of the conference na
tions have been consulted, a pro
cess expected to take about 10
days.
France, Pakistan and Turkey
expressed reservations about the
plan, largely as a result of revis
ions adopted at the latest con
ference. Phoenix. Ariz. (U.R Sen.
Stuart Symington (D-Mo.) says
Democratic presidential candi
date Adlai E. Stevenson's call
for an end to the draft as soon
as possible was "a point well
taken."
Seaside (U.R) Al R. Har
ris, Portland, has been installed
as president of the Oregon Li
censed Beverage Association.
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taining and operating a passen
ger train on the Siskiyou line
for the convenience of a "few
people."
Hearing Recessed
Southern Pacific began its side
of the case last month at a hear
ing which was recessed after
four days. Since the hearing
was resumed Tuesday the com
pany has attempted to refute
charges, including discrimina
tion against this area, that poor
equipment was used on the line
and that SP had failed to adver
tise its services properly.
The public's side of the case
was held at hearings in Rose
burg and Medford last April.
Representing Southern Paci
fic have been the law firms of
Koerncr, Young, McColloch and
Dezendorf of Portland and Dun
can. Brophy. Wilson and Du
haime of Medford.
the scuffle. He went to the rest
room and saw Bridges on the
floor and Reppine and Hansen
pummeling him, they said. One
of the attackers had twisted
Bridges' tie tightly around his
neck, Kelley said.
Hansen was booked for as
sault and battery. Rappine was
booked for disturbing the peace,
drunkenness and assault and
battery.
Scientist's Impression
Of Russia To Appear
"trTTAail iriBune Series
Dr. Luis W. Alvarez, one
of the. top nuclear scientists
in the United States, visited
Russia last May at the invita
tion of Ihe Soviet Academy of
Science. He kept a diary of
his trip.
In a series of five articles,
starting Monday in the Mail
Tribune, Dr. Alvarez gives his
impressions of Russia. In the
first installment. Dr. Alvarez
says that he does not believe
Russian leaders have changed
their intentions to dominate
the world but he does believe
that they know they cannot
do it by World War III.
County Grand Jury
Returns Indictments
The Jackson county grand
jury this morning returned nine
"John Doe" indictments against
persons charged with crimes in
Jackson county.
Grand jurors also returned
separate indictments against
Fredrick Farleigh. 66. no ad
dress listed, and Clarence Swaf
ford, 30. Gainesville, Ga. The
two were arrested recently by
city police on charges of intoxi
cation and vagrancy and are
now charged with sodomy com
mitted in the city jail.
Three Prisoners Taken
To Penitentiary Today .
Deputy Sheriff Joe Walsh to
day took three prisoners to
Salem, where they will begin
sentences ' in the state peni
tentiary. Included in the group were
Roy L. Thurman, 57, of 1501
North Riverside ave., sentenced
for burglary not in a dwelling;
Philip A. Johnson, 19, Port Or
ford. Ore., and Gerald W. Quin
lin. 40, Tiller, Ore., assault while
armed with a dangerous weapon.
Family Service
Be Considered
Methods of establshing a fam
ily service agency will be dis
cussed at a meeting of the Men
tal Health committee of Jack
son county at noon Wednesday,
Sept. 26, in the courthouse an
nex conference room.
The discussion will follow a
subcommittee's report on the
suggested plan for establishing
family service. The mental
health committee has been study
ing the need for such a service.
Among the speakers who have
discussed the problem with local
representatives are Dr. Henry C.
Schumacher, medical director,
mental health service, San Fran-
I cisco regional office in the U.S.
Wilson, Morrell
Contract Sessions
Held in Chicago
Long Strike Seen
Against Swift Plants
Chicago (U.Rl Packing
house workers battened down
today for a "long strike" against
Swift and Company and went
into "brass tacks"' negotiating
talks with two other major meat
packers.
Some 25,000 member? of the
United Packinghouse Workers
and the Amalgamated Meat Cut
ters and Butcher Workmen
The strike which yesterday
affected more than 25,000
workers at Swift and Com
pany plants in 26 states from
Massachusetts to California
will apparently have no affect
in Medford, Robert Messel
beck, manager of the Swift
and Company plant in Med
ford, announce4 today.
"We have good stocks,"
Messelbeck said. He added
that the sources of supply for
beef, sausage and bacon are
particularly good.
settled down to steady picketing
at 39 Swift plants in 26 states
from coast to coast.
Union negotiators meanwhile
met in Chicago with representa
tives of Wilson and Company
and John Morrell and Company
in contract sessions that could
decide whether, the Swift strike
will spread into an industry
wide walkout.
"We are at the brass tack?
stage with Morrell and Wilson,"
a union spokesman said.
Same Issues Involved
"We've been talking with
them lor some- time and now
we're down to business. Today"s
meetings are pregnant with pos
sibilities. "
The unions represent about
7,000 Morrell employees in 10
plants.
New talks were scheduled
Monday with Armour and Com
pany, where the unions bargain
for 30,000 workers in 47 plants.
Union officials said they were
making the same demands
W'ilson, Morrell -and Armour that
"we served up against Swift."
Union members walked out of
Swift plants Thursday to en
force demands for a union shop,
a "substantial" pay hike and
other benefits.
Contracts Expired
Contracts with the four firms
and two other meat packers.
Cudahy Packing Company and
Hygrade Food Products Corpora
tion, expired Sept. 1. The unions
said employees of all six firms j
authorized strike action if ne-j
gotiations fail. '
A Packinghouse Workers
spokesman said the strikers
were not "anticipating much
progress" at the scheduled Mon
day attempt of the Federal Con
ciliation and Mediation Service
to bring about an agreement.
He added that the "general at
titude" of the workers was that
a "long strike" lay ahead of
them.
Kiewif Low Bidder
On Access Roads
Low bidder for construction
of an eight mile section of the
bureau of land management
Galice timber access road in Jo
sephine county is Peter Kiewit
Sons company, E. K. Peterson,
district forester of the BLM, an
nounced today.
The bid was for S42 1.570,
Peterson said. The same com
pany submitted another bid, he
added, of $52,000 to repair a 10
mile section of the same road
damaged by floods last year.
Peterson stated that advertis
ing for bids on construction of
an additional five miles of the
BLM Kelsey-Mule creek access
road will be released next week.
The project is located north of
the Rogue river in the extreme
northwest part of Josephine
ccunty.
Agency to
at Meeting
public health service; and Miss
Lena Cochran, western regional
consultant, family service asso
ciation of America.
A subcommittee was named to
draw up tentative plans for ac
tion for establishing family serv
ice at the committee's July meet
ing. The report will be submit
ted at the Wednesday meeting,
committee members said.
Members of the subcommittee
are Dr. and Mrs. John Bradshaw,
Ashland; Mrs. Walter Bish and
Mrs. Robert Keeney. Phoenix;
Miss Noreen Kelly Mrs.. Allan
Perry, Mrs. Henry Padgham. the
Rev. George Trobaugh, and Miss
Mary Vendenberg, all of Med
ford. .
Kefauver Urges
'Deep Thoughts'
By Oregonians
Pendleton W.R) Sen. Estes
Kefauver said today that voters
should give "deep thoughts . . .
to what would happen to their
country if Richard Nixon hap
pened to succeed to the presi
dency. The Democratic vice presiden
tial nominee also rejected a de
mand of the Republican vice
president that Kefauver apolo
gize to President Eisenhower
for a recent campaign statement
that the chief executive has
been working hard against the
"little people" and for "the spe
cial interests."
Instead, Kefauver" renewed a
demand that Nixon apologize to
"many innocent citizens he has
hurt ... by previous smear cam
paign tactics."
In a press conference and a
speech before a political rally
here, the No. 2 Democratic can
didate hammered away on a
theme of whether there really
Building Starts on
$160,000 Addition
To Bowling Lanes
By the end of this year or the
first of next, Medford will have
the second largest Bowling fa
cililies in Oregon.
Proprietor Fred Anderson of
Medford Bowling lanes today an
nounced that construction of an
addition to the building is under
way. The new 115 by ba-foot re
inforced concrete structure will
house 10 new alleys and a nur
sery. These new alleys will give
the establishment a total of 22
lanes. Only larger facility in the
state is Columbia Bowl at Port
land with 26.
The addition will provide rpom
for "open" or non-league use.
and is being built, also with the
women's 1957 state tournament
in mind. Medford will be site of
Ihe tourney Feb. 9 through
March 10. An estimated 300
teams and 1,500 individual parti
cipants will take part.
$160,000 Improvement
A $30,000 building permit
was taken out for the work,
which is being done by the Bes
sonette and Graff construction
firm. Anderson stated that
equipment to be installed will
cost $130,000 to $140,000, mak
ing an improvement of $160,000
to $170,000 at the lanes, located
at North Riverside ave. and Ed
wards st. Automatic pin-setters
will be among the equipment
installed.
Target date for operation of
the addition is Dec. 1. However,
installation of all equipment may
not be completed until about
Jan. 1, Anderson said.
The addition is on the west
side of the present building, ex
tending 65 feet along Edwards
street.
Further construction planned
for completion before the wom
en's tourney is a locker room ad
dition on the south side of the
present structure.
Fair Weather Expected
For First Autumn Day
Fair weather is expected io
usher in the ' first day of
autumn in aouthern Oregon
tomorrow, according to th
Medford weather bureau sta
tion. The forecast it for fair
weather with valley fog in the
morning. The autumnal eqi
nox when fall officially
starts occurs at 5:36 p.m.
tomorrow.
TESTIFYING for prosecu
tion, Joseph J. O'Keefe gives
details of $1,218,211 Brink's
robbery during Boston trial
of eight. (IntarnaUowill
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ESTES KEFAUVER
Nixon's Demand 'Rejected
is "a npur Kivfin nf curpotnAc.
and lightness and decency or
wneiner ne nas just put on a
new face for the purpose of the
campaign."
Real Thing?
Kefauver charged that Nixon
'is the darline of pvprv rear.
tionary in the Republican party
irom ieonara nail down.
The Democratic nominee ask.
ed whether ReDublicans who
care whether their party can be
a modern and responsible instru
ment of government . . . can be
sure that Mr. Nixon's new Re
publicanism is the real thing?"
"Nothing reveal a man's
character more fully than to
give him power," Kefauver said.
"Does America have to wait
until he has in his hands the
awful powers of the presidency
... to find out what Richard
Nixon is really like?"
Morse Backed
Kefauver urged Oregon voters
to support Sen. Wayne Morse
(D.-Ore.) who has switched from
the GOP since his last election,
in the race against former Inte
rior Secretary Douglas McKay.
"To sacrifice Wayne Morse on
an altar of TieDublican
as Richard Nixon asked you to
do, would be the sorriest day in
the history of the people of Ore
gon," Kefauver said.
Kefauver said he wnnM not
apologize to Mr. Eisenhower, as
demanded by Nixon, "because
every word 1 said was true."
Kefauver charced that
on's demand of an apology
shows that "the official nrnna.
ganda line of the Republican
parry u io try to keep General
Eisenhower above criticism."
But Kefauver said that Tin.
publicans cannot keep Mr. Eis
enhower on a. mountain top
apart from the misdeeds and
shortcomings of his administra
tion." (See Story on Page 12)
Cost of Living
Declines in August
Washington U.R) The cost
of living declined in August for
the first time in seven months,
the Bureau of Labor Statistics
reported today.
Factory workers' take home
pay rose to a new record high,
level during the month, the bu
reau said.
The price index for August
was 116.8, using average 1947-49
prices as a comparison base of
100. The August figure was 0.2
per cent below July which was .
the highest in history.
A decline in fresh fruit and
vegetables prices more than off
set the rising prices of other
foods and most goods and
services.
The average factory worker.
with a wife and two children.
had take home pay of $73.06 per
week in August. His pay check
could buy more goods and serv
ices than in any previous Au
gust, the bureau said.
Lookouts Taken From
National Forest Posts
Lookouts in all Rogue River
National forest lookout stations
have been taken off duty ex
cept those in the Applegate
area, according to S. T. Moore,
fire control officer of the forest.
Moore said recent rains have
reduced fire danger sufficiently
to take lookouts temporarily off
duty. However, he said, if dry
weather continues for a few
days, some of the lookouts will
be sent back.
He added that almost no rain
fell in lag. Applegate area.