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Newspaper Page TextPrice 10c Subscribers To report improper or non-deltr-mry of the Mall Tiibun phone 2-6M1 befor 6:45 p-m dally and 10 AO m Sunday. If regular delivery arrives short ly after you call please notify office thus eliminating special messenger service. Recommended A feature story on a safe ty program in Medford city schools appears on page 12 of today's Mail Tribune. Medford 1RIBUNE United Press Full Leased Wira United Press Full Leased Win 34 Pages MEDFORD, OREGON, SUNDAY, SEPTEMBER 30, J 956 No. 163 51st Year ivLA XT Football Scores Oregon 21, Idaho 14. Minnesota 34, Washington 14. Michigan 42, UCLA 13. Washington State 33, San Jose State 18. Michigan State 21, Stanford 7. Kansas 27, College of Pacific 27. Idaho State 19, San Diego Nary 12. Illinois 32, California 20. Penn State 34, Pennsylvania 0. Princeton 28, Rutgers 6. Yale 19, Connecticut 14. Brown 20, Columbia 0. Colgate 34, Cornell 6. Army 32, Virginia Military 12. Purdue 16, Missouri 7. Northwestern 14, Iowa State 13. Iowa 27, Indiana 0. Ohio State 34, Nebraska 7. Wisconsin 41 'Marquette 0. Navy 39, William and Mary 14. Duke 40, Virginia 7. Maryland 6, Wake Forest 0. Florida 20, Clemson 20. Tennessee 35, Auburn 7. Texas 7, Tulane 6. Oklahoma 36, North Carolina 0. Baylor 27, Texas Tech 0. Georgia 3, Florida State 0. Dartmouth 13, New Hampshire 0. Maine 40, Rhode Island 7. Colorado 34, Kansas State 0. Wyoming 27, Denver 0. Air Force Academy 46, University of San Diego 0. San Francisco State 32, Nevada 20. Mississippi 37, Kentucky 7. Georgia Tech 9, SMU 7. Arkansas 19, Oklahoma AtfcM 7. Texas A&M 9, LSU 6. Arizona 60, South Dakota State 0. Accidental Gunshots Fatal to Two in State By UNITED PRESS Accidental gunshots Friday took the lives of two Oregon residents on the eve of the open ing of deer hunting season. Dead were Jerald John Lor ence, 17, of Hillsboro. and James F. Miller, 23, of St. Helens. Lorence was killed by a shot gun in the hands of a friend. Sheriff's deputies described the shooting as accidental. Information available at the sheriff's office indicated that Lorence was in the home of 18-year-old Dwayne Duling of Hills boro. with several other com panions. Sample Win They said that the youths ap parently wanted to sample some wine which Duling had ferment ing in the attic of the home and he objected. Larry Brentano, 18, Bcaverton. took a 12-gauge shotgun, loaded it and apparent ly intended to bluff bis- way into the attic. Duling refused to believe the gun was loaded and, after point ing it toward the roof and pull ing the trigEer, aimed the gun at Lorence. The gun discharged, the bullet striking Lorence in the chest. Miller was killed while dis cussing a hunting expedition with several companions at the home of Fred Hora. St. Helens. Jack Rofinet, 19, of St. Helens, told police he fired the shot from .22 caliber pistol which killed Grants Pass Girl Wounded by Shell Grants Pass U.R) A four-year-old girl was injured seri ously here Saturday when a shotgun shell exploded in a fire place. Officers identified the tot as Carol Sue Bowman, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Lester Bowman of O'Brien. She was hospitalized with serious abdominal wounds. The child was staying at the home of Mr. and Mrs. Joe Moo gan during the absence of her parents. Mrs. Morgan said she could not explain the presence of the shell in the fireplace but that the child had been putting rubbish and papers from outside the home into the fireplace and possibly had picked up the live shell. You Must Be Registered To Vote November 6 Registration Deadline October 6 Miller. , . , Rofinet was confined to a hos pital, apparently suffering from shock. Hora said he had cleaned his .22 caliber pistol, reloaded it and placed it in a holster. Rofinet said he picked up th holster, strapped it on and then "quick drew" the pistol and pointed it at Miller. The pistol discharged, wound ing Miller who died en route to a Portland hospital. Seven Federal Court Cases Scheduled Here Pre-trial conferences on seven federal court cases are scheduled for 10 ajn. Tuesday In the fed eral courtroom of the Medford post office building. Trials are scheduled for Tues day, -Thursday and Saturday. Gus J. Solomon, United States district court judge, will preside. Jury cases slated for Tuesday, beginning at 11 a.m., are Marie Proehl vs. Al Smith, damages personal injuries, and Norma Louise Proehl vs. Al Smith, damages-personal injuries. Only case scheduled for Thursday is a jury trial. Joseph C. Ayoutt vs. Medford Corporation, personal injuries, to start at 10 a.m. On Saturday's calendar are four court cases to begin at 10 a.m., John D. Williams vs. Frank Milan Stach et al, declaratory judgement; West Coast Life In surance company vs. Floyd Mer rill et al, interpleader; George F. Valerio and George Pinneo vs. Lewis J. Fullerton, contract; and George F. Keough vs. Ronald Poole and Steve Molatori, injury-auto. Al Sarena Min Gets New Fuel By UNITED PRESS Sen. Wayne Morse poured new fuel on the Al Sarena mining claims controversy in his re election campaign Friday night but his opponent, Douglas Mc-v.v- ttirnMl his back on the ficht for a time to go look up a mar riage license. ' While Morse was telling a 511 verton audience that the Al Sar n was a "'scandal" and laid it at McKay's doorstep, the former interior secretary journ eyed to St. Helens with Mrs. McKay to revisit the scene of their courtship and marriage in 1917. Morse told a Democratic rally that "in trying to excuse him self for granting an improper mining claim to the Al Sarena company when he was secretary of interior, McKay makes the totally irrelevant claim that when he was governor in 1951 the Oiesoa legislature sent a Britain Completes Plans to Iron Out Suez Differences 'Anxious' to Clear Misunderstandings London U.R) Britain com pleted plans last night to iron out differences with Washington over Suez Canal policies before the issue goes to the United Na tions security council this week. Prime Minister Sir Anthony Eden's government was reported "very anxious" to clear up mis understandings over the timing of the British-French approach to the security council. Appeal to UN Britain and France appealed to the UN body last Sunday, and Egypt followed with its own ap peal Monday. The council de cided to consider the Anglo French request first, and the debate starts in New York Fri day. As interpreted here, the Unit ed States attitude is that the Franco-British move was "pre cipitate." But London and Paris felt that, if they had delayed, Egypt would have been able to get its appeal in first. However, the British have felt uneasy over Secretary of State John Foster Dulles' reported misgivings about their move. Dulles is known to have wanted a delay in bringing the Suez Issue before the security council. Declare Threat As conceived in London, the Western line will be to ask the security council to declare that Egyptian President Gamal Ab del Nasser's nationalization of the Suez Canal last July 26 was a "threat" to or "breach" of the peace. The West then will ask recommendations for a settle ment. The strategy will be to seek indorsement of the 18-nation plan worked out at the first Suez conference in August and rejected this month by Nasser. This plan calls for internation alization of -the waterway, the keystone of British-French poli cy in the Suez situation. Quake Hits Japan; One Dead, 4 Hurt ' Tokyo, (U.R) The strongest earthquake, in recent years struck the world's third largest city today, toppling chimneys, disrupting transportation and cracking concrete foundations of downtown buildings. One person was killed and four injured, one seriously, when the quake touched off landslides and shocked loose timbers and bricks. The person killed was a woman who was buried alive by a land slide which crashed down upon her house as she was preparing breakfast. The quake, coming at 8:21 a.m. started with a gentle roll but built up quickly into a savage jerking, twisting motion that sent residents rushing from their hom es in terror. Tokyo residents said it was the strongest quake they could re member in at least five years. Early police reports said one home was totally destroyed and several damaged. At least five tall brick chimneys collapsed under the rock and roll motion. A brick factory in Yokohama was heavily damaged. Santa Cruz De Tenerife, Can ary Islands (U.R) A Spanish airliner carrying a football team caught fire in the air and crash ed into a house here Saturday killing one person. ing Claims Controversy by Morse in Campaign memorial urging congress to con sider changes to mining laws re lating to timberlands." Morse insisted that he never received a copy. Wratt Lashes Morse Meanwhile, Oregon Republi an Chairman Wendell Wyatt took up the cudgels for McKay declaring that Morse "should re turn to the federal treasury the many thousands of tax dollars he has spent in his abuse of his free frank privilege." Charging that the Senator mails out thousands of pieces of political propaganda without paying postage, the Astoria at torney said "it is unfair to Ore goinans who pay federal income taxes to have their hard-earned tax money squandered by our senior senator for his own self ish political advancement" In the fourth congressional district fight. Democratic candi date Charles Porter of Eugene Frank Van Dyke Named Vice President of Bar Gearheari (U.R) Alan F. Davis, Portland, was elected president of the Oregon Slate Bar Association Saturday at the group's annual convention here. He succeeds George Rho ten of Salem. Other officers named today included Frank J. Van Dyke, Medford, vice president, and Verne Duienbery, Portland, treasurer. John Holloway. Portland, was re-elected secretary. Two Injured When Struck by Moving Vehicles in City Two persons were injured when struck by vehicles in Med ford Friday and Saturday. Mrs. Roberta Wolfe. 39, of 750 Queen's drive, Medford, was reported in "good" condition at Osteopathic hospital Saturday after being struck by a train Friday afternoon. City police said the accident occurred about 4:17 p.m. at 215 East Jackson St., Medford. Ac cording to the report, Mrs. Wolfe started to cross the tracks, then turned back. She was struck in the back and knocked down by a northbound Southern Pa cific engine and two cars. Eugene Engineer Engineer was identified as Lee Hargrove. Eugene. Hargrove told officers he applied all emergency stop devices as soon as he saw the pedestrian. No further in formation concerning the acci dent was available. Mrs. Wolfe sustained contu sions, bruises and a minor head injury. She was expected to re main in the hospital for another day or two, officials said. She was taken to the hospital by Medford Ambulance service. Alva Jean Clymer, 4, daugh ter of Mrs. Alva Clymer, Butte Falls, suffered bruises and ab rasions to her head and limbs about 18 p.m". yesterday when she was struck by a car operat ed by Daren Lane Flickinger, 32, of 724 West Second St., Med ford, on Oak st. between Haven and Jackson sts., according to Medford police. Not Serious She was taken to Sacred Heart hospital by Medford ambulance service.' Hospital attendants said her condition was not serious. She stayed overnight at the hos pital for observation. According to the driver, po lice said, the girl ran out into the street and Flickinger did not see her in time to stop. The ac cident happened across from her grandmother's residence, Mrs. Fanny Rozell, 620 Oak St.. Med ford, where she was visiting with her mother, police reported. Confession Retracted By Polish Worker Poznan, Poland (U.R) A young Polish worker told a crowded court here Saturday he confessed to all charges against him for his part in the June 28 uprising because he feared he might be "badly beaten" if he maintained his innocence. Jan Suwart, 22, retracted his "confesion" at the third session of a trial in which he and eight others are charged with stealing weapons and a tank and shoot ing up the Poznan Security Po lice Station in the riots. In a separate room of the two- story county ' court building, three others are being tried for murdering a corporal in the up rising. carried the Al Sarena fight to Republican Congressman Harris Ellsworth in whose district the Al Sarena claims are located. Porter struck at Ellsworth's de fense of Al Sarena as being "re quired by law" and said it was "absurd and not true." Wallace Backs Holmes Robert Holmes, the Democrat ic candidate for governor, has won the full backing of former state senator Lew Wallace. It was Wallace who withdrew from the primary race becaue of health reasons but still polled an imposing number of Dem cratic votes. Republican Phil Both, seeking to displace Congresswoman Ed ith Green from the Metropolitan third district, told the Electrical Workers union in Portland that he was saddened but not angered at the recent refusal of the Port land Central Labor council to give him a speakinj plaUorm. New Jersey Judge President's Choice For Supreme Court William Brennan To Fill Minton's Post Washington U.P.) Presi dent Eisenhower Saturday chose William Joseph Brenan Jr., 50-year-old New Jersey judge who is a Democrat and a Catholic to fill an impending vacancy on the U. S. Supreme Court. The White House announced that Brennan, now an associate justice of the New Jersey State Supreme Court, will be appoint ed to the nation's highest tribu nal Oct. 15 to succeed Justice Sherman Minton who is retiring because of failing health. Surprises Capitol The president's choice sur prised this political-minded capi tal which had looked for him to name a Republican. Brennan s appointment will leave the court with six Demo crats and three Republicans. Brennan will be the first member of the Catholic faith on the high bench since the death in 1949 of the late Associate Justice Frank Murphy of Michi gan. He will serve under a recess appointment until January when the President will submit a for mal nomination o the Senate for approval. Legal Career Brennan has had a distin guished legal career although he was largely unknown to the na tion at large. A graduate of Har vard Law school, he practiced law in Newark from 1931 to 1949 when he became a State Superior Court judge. He moved up to New Jersey's Appellate Court division in 1950 and to the State Supreme Court in 1952. Mr. Eisenhower's two pre vious appointees were Republi cans Chief Justice Earl War ren and Asociate Justice John Marshall Harlan. Hunter Said Lost ' Near Lake of Woods Klamath Falls (U.R) State police and the Klamath air force unit were alerted last night that a 20 - year - old Klamath Falls hunter was missing and believed to have become lost in the dens ly wooded Lake - of - the-Woods area. State police officers identified the hunter as Donald Barron. They said he had set out on a hunting expedition early yester day morning and was expected to return to his home by 11 a.m. By nightfall he had not been heard from. State police said that possibly a plane from the air rescue unit would be sent up last night to at tempt to locate Barron should be have been able to light a fire. The rugged mountain area in which the youth was believed to have been hunting is about 30 miles west of here. County Gets Identical Bids on Paving Project "The Jackson county court re ceived identical bids from Rogue River Paving company and T. R. Florey, both of Med ford, for work on the parking lot behind the courthouse. Both firms bid S1.575 for grad ing and paving the lot, which consists of 700 square yards Representatives of both compa nies will appear in the county court chambers at 10:30 a.m Monday, when the contract will be awarded. No other bids were received. London (U.R) Moscow Radio charged Saturday that the West is using Israel to stir up trouble among the Arab states. Sports Bulletins St. Louis (U.R) The St. Louis Cardinals beat the Mil waukee Braves 2 to 1 in 12 in nings last night, the eve of the season's closing, to knock the Braves one full game behind the Brooklyn Dodgers. St. Mary's High school of Medford defeated Jackson ville 33 to 0 last night in a Jackson County B league fool ball game here. The Crusaders led 7 to 0 at lhe quarter and 27 to 3 at halftime. Sacramento (U.R) The smoothing - working Sacra-' mento State Hornets sparked by the running of freshman halfback J. R. Gillespy. tolled fo a 27-12 victory over th Southern Oregon College Red Raiders of Ashland here last Bight. Nicaragua President Dies "Okay Now You Grab It At That End" . irm.'V. low: g- Unander, Vandenburg Get Labor Endorsing Portland (U.R) Organized labor's committee on political ed ucation Saturday issued its state wide recommendations on candi dates and issues in the November election, endorsing Democratic candidates with but two excep tions. Republican State Treasurer Sig Unander was recommended to labor voters over his Democratic opponent and Carl Francis. Re publican candidate for attorney general, was endorsed over Rob ert Y. Thornton, the Democratic incumbent. George Brown, executive di rector OT COPE for the AFL-CIO Oregon State Labor Council, ex plained the. endorsement .of Un ander over Democrat Wiley Smith of Portland, "Unander has conducted the affairs of the treas urer's office in a sound and fair manner." Not Upheld Regarding Thornton. Brown said "we didn't like Robert Y. Thornton's record in office." He said too many of Thornton's opin ions had not been upheld by the courts. Rep. Edith Green was' endors ed as congresswoman from the third district. Brown said her record the past term in Congress "outweighed the fine labor rec ord in the state legislature of her Republican opponent, Phil Roth." Circuit Judge David R. Van denburg of Klamath Falls was recommended for the State Su preme Court position vacated by the death of Justice Earl C. La- Bloodmobile To Visit Shady Cove, Medford The Red Cross Bloodmobile will be in Jackson county Tues day and Wednesday. Oct. 9 and 10, the Red Cross office has an nounced. The Bloodmobile will visit Shady Cove Tuesday, Oct. 9, between 3 and 8 p.m. It will be at the Veterans of Foreign Wars hall. The Red Cross said the quota for the Shady Cove visit is 150 doners. Wednesday, Oct. 10, the Bloodmobile will be at the Med ford Elks temple, comer of Cen tral ave. and Fifth st. between 1 and 5 p.m. Quota for the Med ford visit is 250 donors, the Red Cross said. Appointments may be made by telephoning the Red Cross blood program office at 3-3813. The Bloodmobile visits Shady Cove about twice a year, the Red Cross said. Weather FORECAST Variable cloudiness and cool temperatures today becomlnr fair and a UtUe ' warmer Monday. Hit today 12. low tonight JS-4. Hth - Monday 75-77. temp. 1 Hlchert Yesterday Lowest Yesterday . 40 Our Skies Tonight Sunrise Sunset S:flT a-m. S35 p.m. The Moon rises Mon day J:1T ajn. and is hi Periree. beins 227.40O miles from the Earth tonight. Near it is seen the star. Recn lus. and above Recnlns and the Moon appears the planet, Venus. tourette. William McAllister Medford, holding - the position through an interim appointment, is the other candidate. The committee gave unfavor able reports on three state-wide ballot measures: the cigarette tax measure, the measure to permit the emergency clause on tax leg islation, and the measure to close coastal streams south of the Co lumbia to commercial salmon and steelhead fishing. ' Three Shots Prove Safe Against Polio Washington U.R) The Pub lic Health Service said Saturday that three Salk shots have proved 100 per cent effective against polio so far this year. pr. David E. Price, assistant Surgeon General, also disclosed that the record among children who received only two shots has been "awfully good" although some did get polio. Price made the statements to newsmen amid indications that 1956 will be the lightest polio season since the unusually low year of 1947. Six Children Burn To Death in Home Milwaukee, Wis. (U.R) Six children died without a chance to escape from a fire which of ficials said apparently smould ered for nearly an hour before breaking out Friday. Milwaukee, police were hold ing the children's father, whom they said, had been in either a tavern or a neighborhood home drinking when the blaze destroy ed his family in suburban Oak Creek. Peter Vallariel, 36, a glue factory employee, was to be questioned further Saturday by authorities. His wife, Romona, 26, and their 10 year old son, Joseph, had gone to find Val lariel, leaving the children in care of Martha, 10. The victims were Martha, Stella, 8, Mary Ann, 7, Peter, 5, Jane 3, and Frank, 11 months. Danville, Va. (U.R) Air Force Secretary Donald A. Quarles said last night the Unit ed States should not hesitate to use its tactical atomic weapons against aggressors in any future "local" wars. Senator Morse Campaigning Sen. Wayne Morse, Democrat ic candidate seeking reelection, will arrive at the Medford air port at 10:20 a.m. Wednesday Oct 10, for a day of campaign ing in Ashland and Medford, it was announced Friday night at a meeting of the Democratic social club in the Medford hotel. Senator Morse will speak at 1 p.m. at a special assembly at Southern Oregon college. From 3 to 5 p.m. he will meet citizens at a tea being held at the Drew Lamb residence in Ashland. Between 5:45 and 6 p.m. Sen ator Morse will make a televi sion broadcast. A dinner of the Democratic Social club Is sched uled at 6:15 pjn. in the Medford hotel. Anasfasio Somoza Shot by Assassin Early last Weekend Death Ascribed to General Fatigue . Balboa, Canal Zone (U.R) President Anastasio Somoza of Nicaragua died at a U.S. Mili tary hospital here Saturday of bullet wounds suffered at the hands of an assassin eight days ago. President Eisenhower, who had marshalled a top-light med ical team to try to save the 60-year-old Nicargaguean strong man, expressed his regret in a formal statement and paid tribute to Somoza as a steadfast friend of the United States. Death came unexpectedly. Un til Friday, Somoza has been on the recovery list at Gorgas hos pital. Shortly after midnight, he began to decline. At 5:05 a.m. he succumbed while members of his family stood at his bed side. Col. Charles O. Bruce, health officer of the canal zone, ascrib ed death to general fatigue and Somoza's inability to recover from the debilitating effects of the four shots pumped into Lim by Rigoberto Lopez Perez, a disgruntled Nicaraguan who had proclaimed his hatred for Somoza. The 27-year-old assassin was slain on the spot by Somoza's bodyguards. Somoza died one day after his younger son, 34-year-old Luis, had been named acting president of the Congress in Managua, capital of Nicaragua'. Luis, head of the Congress, was chosen to run the country pending his father's return or until May, 1957, when Somoza's current term was- to have run out. In a communique directed tor the Nicaraguan people, the younger Somoza announced that his father's body will be brought home to the country he had ruled since 1932 for burial with high honors. EIIsworSeVisit In County This Week Harris Ellsworth, Republican seeking relection as congressman from Oregon's fourth district, will spend this week in Jackson county, it was announced Sat urday. On Mondav and Tuesday he will be in the Ashland area. He will deliver a major address at Southern Oregon college Wed nesday morning. Ellsworth will visit Medford, Central Point, Gold Hill, Rogue River, Eagle Point and Shady Pjiw Wprinesdav afternoon. Thursday, Friday and Saturday. A scries of neighborhood sociais hair iin nlanned for Friday and Saturday by the Ellsworth for Congress committee. Cochairman of- Ellsworth's campaign committee in Medford are Curt Hopkins and Mrs. C. H. Buffington. Transient Found Dead Near Drive-In Saturday Joe Bailey, 58, transient, was found dead about 1:50 p.m. yes terday afternoon behind a pile of sand near Highway 62, be hind the Rogue Drive-In theater near Bear Creek, according to state police. His body was touno Dy raw Buel Allen, transient, who is a fruit worker in the county, state police said. Cause of death was apparently natural, according to the county coroner, Carlos Mor ris.. Schedules Day in County He will address a meeting of the Allied Veterans at 7:30 pjn. at the Labor temple. Senator Morse will speak at 8:30 p.m. at the Esquire theater before leav ing for Brookings at 9:30 p.m. Larry Sheehan, chairman of the County Democratic party, said Senator Albert Gore, of Tennessee, will be in Medford Sunday, Oct. 14. Clyde Fichtner, president of the Democrtic Social club, an nounced that the club will spon sor a baked food and rummage sale Oct. 27, at the Fehl build ing. He said all those wishing to contribute to the rummage sale are asked to bring clothes to the Esquire theater. (Sa Story Pag 2)