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I Flaie With Lost 42 ' -0 Aboard Over anfrc Eisenhower Never Considered Ending Draff, He Claims End of H-Bomb Tests Also Not Considered Washington (U.PJ Presi dent Eisenhower denied today that he had ever considered an nouncing during the campaign plans to end the draft and H bomb tests. The President also said he would go before the United Na tions if he thought such a per sonal appearance would help solve the Suez Canal crisis. Mr. Eisenhower reiterated his long standing position that be would go anywhere in the world and do anything to get peace with justice. At his news conference, Mr Eisenhower was asked about re ports that GOP campaign strate gists originally planned announc ing an end to the draft and H bomb tests but had been forced to drop them after Adlai E. Ste venson came out with statements on the two subjects. Mr. Eisenhower said the re porter was telling him things about his administration he had never heard of. And he said he never had considered any such announcements. It. answer to another question about Stevenson's campaign statements about ending H-bomb tests, Mr. Eisenhower said he had said his last word on the draft and H-bomb test issues in the political campaign. New Drought Plan In other highlights of his news conference, Mr. Eisenhower: 1. Said a new drought pro gram would be announced and a conference of all the responsible people in the drought stricken areas will be called after the election. 2. Said he believes the names of all passengers on government operated ships should be made public. He said he can see no reason on earth why such pass enger lists should not be pub lished the day the ship sails. This comment was in response to a question about reports that members of Congress by the score have been taking free Caribbean cruises on ships of the publicly-owned Panama Line. 3. Said he believes that the managements of U.S. domestic affairs is the main issue in the present political campaign. 4. Said he will have his prom ised general medical checkup sometime before the end of this month. 5. Ai:ain urged all eligible Americans to register to vote in the Nov. 6 election. 6. Indicated he has n't yet made up his mind on continuing aid to Yugoslavia. He must de cide by Oct. 16. On the political front, Mr. Eis howrr said he is not ready to write off the South as far as Republicans are concerned in the Nov. 6 election. He said that would be like saying there is a section of the country in which he has no inter est. But he said he has no definite plans at present to campaign in the South where four states went Republican in 1952. As for the chief issues in the campaign, he told reporters that no one is against peace, progress and prosperity, but that the is sue is how they are to be achiev ed. He said that the Republicans believe in the greatest possible decentralization of government with a maximum responsibility in the hands of local and state governments. lie added that if he could understand the. speeches of the Democratic candidates, they start from the other end with the emphasis on federal government activities. Moderate Ear thquake Felt at Eureka Eureka. Calif. U.R A mod eraieaTthquake, in two distinct rolling type shocks, was felt here at 8:50 a.m. (PST) today with some damage to dishware reported. There was no damage to build ings, nor w-cre there any re ports of injuries. The University of California -seismograph at Ferndalc. 15 1 hOCf IVPl PrPCIflPnf miles south of here, recistered I v J 1 1 1 U I riGJIUGIII the quake at a 4 magnitude and said it was still recording on the seismograph 40 minutes after the initial shock. The epicenter was placed in the Pacific Ocean. 100 miles north west of Ferndale. The California earthquake may have been felt here, it was reported this morning. Tom Williams, superintendent of Crater Lake National park, said he felt two "faint but distinct" earthquake-type shocks at about the time the Eureka tremblor was reported. His office is in the post office building here. Ne other report' of the quake were made locally. V ' vrr M:f- mn BEAR CREEK BANK WORK Embankment work on the west bank of Bear creek where the interceptor sewer was washed out in last December's floods, is presently being con structed by F. L. Somers, Medford contractor. Somers was awarded the contract of $19,253 for the work by the Army corps of engineers, Portland. The project includes 5,620 cubic yards of excavation, 500 yards of embankment from gravel borrow and 4,020 cubic yards of dumped stone revetment. All excavation work on the bank has been completed and gravel layers six inches thick are being constructed. A layer of stone from lis to three feet thick will top the gravel. A bulldozer is shown above clearing trash from the bank which will be buried under the gravel and stone layers. Work on the project started Aug. 29 and is scheduled to be com pleted in about two weeks. Subcommittees Will Study Orchard Tree Assessments in Area The Jackson county commit- j tee which is studying orchard tree assessments will be divided into two or three subcommittees at the next general meeting Tuesday. Oct. 30. , The subcommittees will, con duct individual studies and com pare findings on a formula for establishing orchard tax values. When the formula is developed, it will be submitted to the state tax commission with the recom mendation that it be considered in establishing future tax rates. Decision to form the subcom mittees was made Wednesday afternoon at the group's first general session in the county courtroom. Representatives from the state tax commission, the county as sessor's office and the board of equalization attended They ex plained to the committee that various factors, including age of trees, productivity levels, soil types and orchard locations, can be considered in developing the tax formula. Each factor was dis cussed at length during the 314 hour meeting. Fire Lookouts Are Brought Off Jobs Only one fire lookout of the southwestern Oregon district of state department of forestry was still up this morning and there was a possibility of that station being vacated today. Lookouts were brought down from Mt. Isabelle and Anderson Butte yesterday and from Soda Mountain this morning because of added rainfall over the area. Still up was the lookout on Battle Mountain. The forestry department took lookouts from four stations in the northern part of the district earlier yesterday because of the rain overnight. Forest patrolman said that slash burning has been started in some places but a more rain is needed before burning will be allowed in most localities of the district. Forestry officials warned that permits for fires are still required on state patrol projected land. The weather bureau station at the airport recorded .23 of an inch of precipitation in the 24 hours up to 10 a.m. today. Forecast is for clearing weath er this evening and fair weather Friday afternoon and evening. Fog or low overcast in the val leys is anticipated early tomor row with the possibility of frost in the valleys where there is no fog. !Mrs. Cotton Named Ashland Mrs. John C. Cotton, Ashland, was elected president of the Oregon Shakespearean Festival at a special meeting here last night. Mrs. Cotton, former secretary of the association and member of the board of directors for two years, is the first woman to serve as president of the organization. Also elected at the meeting were Russ Jamison. Medford, vice president: Philip""Gates. Ash land, secretary, and Rudolf Vest, Ashland, treasurer. All have been members of the board. Two new members were in stalled on the 15-man board. They are John Pletsch. Medford, and A. C. Fries, Ashland. M7 m t 4- Appointment -of the subcom mittees was postponed until the next meeting, since a number of the regular general committee members were not present yes terday. Howard Bush, chairman of the committee, presided. The committee is the out growth of a long-standing dispute over the taxation of orchards in Jackson county, and represents an attempt to find a compromise solution on the part of local cr-chardists,- the tax commission, and the assessor's office. 213 Pints of Blood Received Yesterday A total of 213 pints of blood were received Wednesday after noon by the local Red Cross Bloodmobile, 13 more than the quota of 200 pints. Of the 238 donors, 24 were rejects and 76 were "drop-ins" Red Cross officials -reported. The majority of the rejects were per sons with colds or who had re ceived polio shots. The Bloodmobile collected 70 pints in a Shady Cove visit Tues day. According to the Red Cross office, donors yesterday repre sented more organizations than at previous visits of the Blood mobile. They added that the local Lions club was directly re sponsible for encouraging many first time donors to appear. One company released their em ployees early so they would be able, to donate blood before the 5 p.m. closing time. Representatives of the oil in dustry in the Medford area so licited blood donors from mem bers of the industry during the visit cf the Red Cross Bloodmo bile yesterday. This is the second time this year the oil industry has donated blood for the local chapter. Eisenhower Planning More Campaign Trips Washington IU.P.) Presi dent Eisenhower had plans for more campaign trips in the works today in the face of new Democratic personal attacks. White House Press Secretary James C. Hagerty said Wednes day the President is thinking about a campaign trip to Cali fornia and other areas that he has not been scheduled to visit so far. But Hagerty said no final plans have been made other than those already announced. Radio Highlights Sen. Herbari Lthman of New York will be heard over station KYJC (1230 kc) at 10:30 tonight. Governor Asked To Intervene in Eugene War; Medford Salem (U.R) Representatives of the Oregon Gasoline Dealers association today asked Gov. Elmo Smith to intervene in the Eugene - area gasoline "price : war" by requesting all major oil companies to stop alleged price cutting. The dealers association repre sents some 3.500 independent oil dealers in the state. oy Fatally Wool -id Talent Youngster Shot While Playing With Cousin Here Boy Didn't Realize Rifle Was Loaded Robert Lee Skinner, 5-year-old son of Mr. and Mrs. Floyd Skinner, route 1, box 118, Tal ent, was accidently shot and killed about 3:55 p.m. yesterday. State police said the boy died of a wound inflicted when a 300 savage rifle discharged in the hands of Skinner's 6-year-old cousin, the son of Mr. and Mrs. Fred Wilkins, 1839 Myers lane, Medford. The accident occurred in the bedroom of the Wilkins home. Mrs. Skinner and her son were visiting at the Wilkins home during the afternoon, police said. When the Wilkins boy came home from school, the two started playing. Leaves Son Police said Mrs. Skinner left her son to play with his cousin when she left to meet her hus band after work Mrs. Wilkins was in the house at the time, they said. . Police said that while Mrs. Wilkins was in the kitchen, the boys continued to play, and ap parently went in the bedroom, where the Wilkins' son found the rifle. Mrs. Wilkins heard a shot shortly after the boys went into the bedroom, police said. She summoned a physician, who noti fied Jackson County Coroner Carlos Morris, police said. The boy died almost instantly, Morris said. He was struck in the chest. Police said apparently the boy did not realize the gun was loaded. They said that Wilkins told them he used the rifle last Saturday, and was sure he had emptied it afterward. However,! police said there was one bullet remaining in the gun. Funeral services for Robert Skinner will be held at 3 p.m. Friday at Litwillcr's Mountain View chapel, Ashland. The Rev. J. E. Timmerman, of the Four Square Gospel church will of ficiate. Interment will take place at Mountain View cemetery. He was born March 26, 1951, in Ashland. He is survived by his parents, Mr. and Mrs. Floyd Skinner: two brothers, Kenny and Doug" Skinner, Talent; and, grandpar ents, Mr. and Mrs. Minor Skin ner, Phoenix; and Mrs. Zelma Kiser, Ashland. Bengfson Write-in Movement Starts A write-in movement in sup port of O. H. Bengtson for dis trict attorney isi under way in Medford, despite the fact that Bengtson himself declares he is "not seeking the office." Bengtson, a Medford attorney for a number of years, is a for mer Republican state representa tive, and was a candidate for dis trict judge in the primary elec tion until he withdrew in favor of the incumbent, Judge Rawles Moore. He said his telephone "has been ringing night and day" much of this week, with people asking him if he would seek election as DA. He emphasized this morning that he is not seeking the office. and that if he had wanted it, he would have run for it. If it were the case of a real draft" movement. Bengtson said, he would simply have to wait and see how substantial it would prove to be. He would cooperate with it only if he found a large number of people were serious in wanting him to become a candidate, he said. The two candidates whose names will be printed on the Nov. 6 general election ballot are the incumbent, Walter D. Nun ley, Republican and Thomas J. Reeder, Democrat. Dealers Represented at Salem Hearing The gasoline men told the gov ernor that many major oil com panies were forcing the retail price of gasoline so low that in- dependent dealers could not compete. They claimed that an inde pendent operator had to main tain a 6-cent . differential be tween wholesale and retail price and that, by retaining owner 51st Year Medfokd baited Press fruit .-eased Wire 26 Pages MEDFORD, ISRAELIS, JORDAN CLASH Nathanya, Israel (U.R) Israel announced today its army had inflicted "heavy losses" on Jor dan's Arab Legion in an 8'2-hour battle and "cautious estimates" in Israel said 45 Jordanians were killed. Col. Nehemia Brosh, the Is raeli army spokesman, said Is raeli casualties were 16 dead, two missing, 12 hospitalized, and a number slightly injured but not hospitalized. The final Arab toll was ex pected to be much higher. The Morse Arrives in Valley for Three Campaign Talks Sen. Wayne Morse will speak at 8:30 p.m. today at Democratic headquarters in the Esquire thea ter following an address at the Labor temple at 7:30 p.m. Senator Morse arrived in Med ford this morning for a day of campaigning. He is seeking re election. The address at the Labor tem ple tonight is part of a Candi dates' Fair sponsored by the Vet erans Allied council of Jackson county. Pat Graham, secretary of the council, said he expected local, state and national candi dates to be represented if not attending in person. Open lo Public The Candidates Fair is open to the publicand all candidates, Graham said Senator Morse's speech at 8:30 p.m. in the Esquire theater also is open to the public. Larry Shee han, county party chairman an nounced. Late this morning Senator Morse held a coffee hour at the home of Mr. and Mrs. Edward Kelly. He was scheduled to ad dress an assembly of Southern Oregon college students and fac ulty at 1 p.m. today. Oregon's senior senator will make a television appearance on station KBES-TV between 6:30 and 6:45 p.m. prior to a Jackson County Democratic Social club dinner. Senator Morse will remain overnight at the Kelly residence and will leave Medford at 6:15 a.m. tomorrow. Grandmother Finds Herself in Dilemma By Visit of Storks Mrs. Elmo Aiierbury, 1002 West 11th st is in a "grand mother's dilemma" today, all because of the stork. Mrs. Aiierbury had prom ised both her son-in-law and daughter, and , her son and daughter-in-law, to help out with the housework when the new babies arrived. But the stork brought them both on the same day. . Yesterday an ZVi pound son was born to Mr. and Mrs. Wayne Christlieb at Sacred Heart hospital a few hours after a 7i pound son was born to Mr. and Mrs. Richard At terbury in Corvallis. The At terbury infant was born two weeks earlier than expected, and the Christlieb's son two weeks later than planned. Bulletin Hong Kong (U.R) Rioting between Communist and Na tionalist Chines erupted into virtual open warfare in this British Crown colony today. More than 100 persons were reported killed. (Sea Story on Page 16) ship of the gasoline and by rea son of their large operation, the big companies could eliminate the independents from compe tition. Dealers, representing Eugene, Medford, Roseburg and other areas of the state, told the gov ernor that they could initiate legal action through the district attorney's office, but that they would rather settle matters out OREGON, THURSDAY, OCTOBER 11, 1956 dead was only for the fighting' around the Jordan fortress of Kalkilya. Several other Jordan ian border villages were caught up in the fighting that swirled along a 12-mile sector of the frontier. Israeli sources said "scores" of Jordanians were believed wounded in the batlte, the heavi est fighting in seven years of Jewish-Arab border tension. The dead were said to be one-half Arab Legionnaires and the rest police and national guardsmen. "Are You Daring To Make the Fantastic Suggestion That I've Been Keeping an Elephant in My Room?" Stevenson Taunts Ike On 'Indifference' by GOP Administration Portland (U.R) Adlai E. Ste venson, cheered on by a shout ing, sign-waving audience of 5,000 supporters, taunted Presi dent Eisenhower anew last night about GOP "indifference" to the needs of labor, the unemployed and the schoolroom shortage. The colorful rally in the Civic Auditorium, complete with sign- waving demonstrations in the aisles, two blaring bands and bal loons cascading from the ceil ing, so moved the Democratic Berrydale Proposal May Be Dropped The proposal to annex the Berrydale district to Medford may be dropped from the Nov. 6 general election ballot, it was indicated last night. A considerable number of Berrydale area residents appear ed at a meeting with city of ficials to protest that they had not been informed about the proposed annexation of their property, or that the boundaries outlined on the original annexa tion petition had been extend ed to include more residents than had originally requested annexation. At the same time, a substantial number of other Berrydale resi dents favor the annexation pro posal, which the council voted recently to place on the ballot. A decision as to whether the proposal will remain on the ballot or be dropped will be made at a council meeting at 7:30 p.m. next Tuesday. (See story on page 14) Gas Price side the courtroom. They claimed the major oil compa nies were violating the state un fair gasoline sales act. Victor Milnes, Medford, sec retary of the association, told Gov. Smith that a similar situ ation was stopped in Idaho by the intervention of the governor who notified major oil com panies that they were violating state law. Price 10c Tribune United Press Full Leased Wir No. 173 The fighting was touched off by Israel s punitive attack across the Kalkilya fortress. United Na tions observers raced to the Jor dan side of the border today to investigate the Israeli attack second major retaliatory raid in m recent weeks. At noon, 10 hours after a cease fire went into effect, smoke was still rising from the ruined fort ress. Israeli troops brought back the Arab Legion flag from the top of the fortress their prize among loot that included rifles and a machincgun. presidential candidate that he opened his speech by saying with a smile, "I think it only fair lo tell you that I have already been nominated." Some of his loudest cheers came as he urged the reelection of Sen. Wayne Morse, the Demo cratic incumbent who left the GOP because of broad differ ences with Eisenhower policies. Predicting Morse's victory, Stevenson said, "our party is getting hot, but I didn't know it was on fire in Oregon." Seldom in this campaign has Stevenson received such an ex plosive burst of laughter and ap plause when he pictured Mr. Eisenhower's campaign state ments as sounding like Herbert Hoover, but representing the voice of Madison ave. His first mention of Douglas McKay, the former secretary of interior who is running against Morse, produced a heavy chorus of boos from the heavily parti san audience. Attacks McKay Policies His principal attack, aside from his running battle with Mr. Eisenhower himself, was aimed, however, at McKay and his con servation policies. He led off with McKay as he enumerated the people around the president "who know what they want and get it." I He criticized McKay for turn ing over Hell's Canyon "to a pri vate power company" and bring ing the public power program "almost to a standstill." He said that in four years there had not been a single new power start in the Northwest, an area which could ill-afford to slow down in public power development. Autopsy Results Not Available This Morning j Results of an autopsy into the cause of death of Fay Walter Ferris, 56. of Medford. in -the city jail Tuesday morning have not yet been made available. The police department has al most completed its investigation of circumstances leading to Fer ris' death, and the Jackson coun ty sheriffs office is also con ducting an independent investi gation into the death. U. S. Air Force Transport Missing With Servicemen Rescue Squadron Joined by Vessels London (U.R) A U.S. Air Force transport with 59 home ward bound American service men aboard vanished early today over the Atlantic Ocean between England and the Azores. Within hours the Air Force threw its 9th Air Rescue squad ron into operation and "more than a dozen" airplanes began a systematic search for the missing plane, criss-crossing the east At lantic from southern England to the Azores. Ships on Lookout The rescue planes included amphibians, KC97 flying tankers and Birtish Shackleton bombers. Aircraft was called in from Prestwick, Scotland, and Orly Field, Paris, to join the search. At least three ships in the area were alerted to look for wreckage and survivors. The plane left the U.S. air base at Lakenheath, England, Wednesday night for a trip to Lagens, in the Azores. It was last heard from 180 miles southwest of Land's End off the southern tip of England. The big plane, a C118, the mil itary version of the Douglas DC6 transport, was carrying nine crewmen and 50 U. S. service men based in England. The Air Force at midnight alerted ships at sea to watch for the plane. The plane then was four hours overdue. It then had only an hour's more fuel. Four U. S. Air Force planes swept the Atlantic skies this morning searching for the miss ing aircraft but found nothing. An Air Force spokesman said at 7 a.m. the' plane would be listed as "overdue" but that he could not confirm it was down at sea. But a wide check of pos sible landing spots failed to turn up any sign the aircraft had made a forced landing. GOP 'Truth Squad' Raps Stevenson Portland ;U.R) The Repub lican "truth squad" said Adlai Stevenson "misrepresented the Republican record in Washing ton by resorting to the political trickery of half-truths and near misses." The squad, which is composed of three senators and a repre sentative, issued a statement after Stevenson's speech here last night in which the Dem ocratic presidential nominee taunted President Eisenhower about GOP "indifference" to the needs of labor, the unem ployed and the schoolroom short age. The statement said Stevenson "in at least 12 instances . . . descended to the low road . , ." The four member team said Stevenson had not been told the whole story on subjects ranging from farm and labor legislation to conservation and the record of former Interior Secretary Douglas McKay. The squad, made up of Sen. Arthur V. Watkins (R-Utah), Sen. Karl E. Mundt (R-S.D.), Sen. William Purtel (R-Conn.) and Rep. Donald Jackson (R Cal.), said the Northwest has not been mistreated in appropri ation of funds for power and reclamation projects. Suez Canal Deadlock Remains Unbroken United Nations, N. Y.-(U.R) Private talks between the for eign ministers of Britain, France and Egypt have failed to break the deadlock in their dispute over the Suez Canal, authorita tive sources said today. The ministers again laid their arguments before United Nations Secretary General Dag Hammar skjold in a secret, meeting in Hammarskjold's offices atop the U.N. headquarters building. The secretary general also scheduled private talks with Soviet Foreign Minister Dmitri Shepilov and Yugoslav Foreign Minister Koca Popovic. Weather FORECAST: Clearlnr thli vn inf. becoming foggy or low overcast in valley early Fri day. Fair Friday afternoon and evening. Chances of frost In valleys where fog does not form. Low tonight 34-36. High Friday 60. Highest Yesterday 57 Lowest this Mnrnlnr 46 To 10 a-m. Today 23 Our Skies Tonight Sunrise C:19 a.m. Sunset - . 5:36 p.m. Moonset - 11:26 p.m. First Quarter 10:44 a.m. EVENING STARS Saturn, sets 7:05 p m. Mars, In the southeast 7:12 p.m. The diameter of Saturn Is 71, 500 miles. That of Mars Is 4.140 miles, making it larger than Mercury but smaller than the Earth and1 Venus. i
