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. DNESDAY, OCTOBER 17, 1956
No. 178
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GOVERNOR VISITS Approximately 60 peo
ple greeted Republican Gov. Elmo Smith
(left) when he made a brief appearance at
4:30 p.m. Tuesday at the Medford municipal
airport. Smith, who succeeded to the gover
norship last winter at the death of Gov. Paul
Patterson, is now seeking election to that po
sition. Among the welcoming party were sev
eral members of the Jackson County Youth
Governor Discusses
Education, Highways
At Medford
"Youth for Eisenhower"
group, led by Donald L. Stathos,
welcomed Governor Elmo Smith
t the Medford airport about
4:30 p.m. yesterday. The plane
was delayed because of . bad
weather in the Portland area.
Governor Smith cited Ore
gon's needs in education, high
ways, natural resources and a
solution to the aged problem in
an airport interview. He also
said that "action should be taken
against the surtax and 1 will ask
the legislature to do so."
Stat Aid
Governor Smith said he be
lieves state aid for schools
should be extended in many
areas of the state, especially in
those where limited bonding
prevents school growth neces
sary to meet expanding needs.
He noted that he has been study
ing the needs for higher educa
tion in the state and said that
he supported legislation for
Oregon Technical Institute at
Klamath Falls.
The new water resources
board. Governor Smith said,
was created to study water con
servation and utilization. The
board was appointed after Gov
ernor Smith learned that other
states were looking to Oregon
for additional water supplies.
He said conservationists have
called the board one of "the
most progressive steps taken in
some years in Oregon."
The Oregon Development
commission has been ot great
value to the state, he said, and
noted that the group was large
ly responsible for the Johns
Manville plant being located in
Klamath Falls. He said the
group is attempting to attract
additional new industry to Ore
gon, especially industry which
would utilize wood residue.
Highways Necessary
"Since highways are neces
sary to the economic life-line in
Oregon," Governor Smith said,
"I am in favor of a program
for additional access roads, farm
and market roads, and roads in
urban areas." He said he had
lpd the program in Oregon for
the $"2 million highway im
provement program.
He said the plan has been
largely for development of High
days 99 and 30, but pointed out
the whole state program is tied
in with the national defense
program. The governor was ap
pointed by President Eisen
hower as a member of the Gov
ernor's conference on highways.
Governor Smith said that
additional financial aid is neces
sary for Oregon's older citizens
because of increased medical ex
penses and other factors, "but
Gl Bill Abandonment
Ashland U. S. Sen. Richard
L. Neuberger told students of
Southern Oregon college today
that abandonment of the GI
bill of rights by the Eisenhower
administration constituted "a
body blow not only to American
colleges but also to the whole
principle of equality of sacrifice
in time of war and military
emergencies."
Neuberger left Ashland fol
lowing a faculty luncheon for
Klamath Falls, where he will
attend a senate interior com
mittee hearing tomorrow con
cerning problems relating to
the end of federal control over
'.he Klamath Indians.
Return to Medford
Senator Neuberger will return
to Medford late Thursday and
speak at 8 p m. at the Esquire
theater. Democratic headquart
1
Airport
beyond that our older people
are a tremendous resource be
cause of their knowledge and
skills."
The governor was accompan
ied by Phil Fields, pilot of the
private plane, and Vern
Schenck of Portland.
Authorize Petition
For Hearing Here
The Medford city council last
night authorized presentation of
a petition to a congressional
committee gathering evidence in
regard to a flood control survey
of Rogue river and its tributar
ies. The petition asks that Bear
creek be included in the survey.
The interior and insular af
fairs committee will hold a hear
ing Friday regarding power and
flood control development of the
Rogue River basin. The hearing
will be in the federal courtroom
at the Medford postoffice.
At a previous council meeting
City Manager Robert Duff was
authorized to attend a public
hearing on Rogue river and trib
utaries for flood control in
Grants Pass Oct. 25. The hearing
is being conducted by the Army
corps of engineers.
Portland UJ.P.i Army engi
neers today announced postpone
ment of a flood control hearing
scheduled for Grants Pass Oct.
25.
Office of the Chief of Engi
neers said it was unable to have
representatives at the hearing
and set the date over until some
time in November or December.
Neubergers Award
$500 Scholarship
Ashland Sen. and Mrs. Rich
ard L. Neuberger this morning
awarded a S300 scholarship to
Southern Oregon college, which
they said will be divided be
tween two students. Mrs. Neu
berger announced the award at
an assembly this morning.
Recipients of the award, to
taling $230 each, are Lloyd D.
Olson, sen of Mrs. R. R. Hard
ing, Roseburg. and Bob Mirick,
son of Mr. and Mrs. Wayne J.
Mirick. Highway 99 North, Ash
land. Young Mirick is president
of the SOC student body.
The scholarship is unrestrict
ed, and awarded on the basis of
merit alone, college officials
said.
ers in Medford. The meeting is
open to the public. He will
speak on behalf of Senator
Wayne Morse, who is seeking
reelection Nov. 6.
Following the Thursday night
spech. Senator and Mrs. Neu
berger will be guests at a re
ception at the theater.
During the senate interior and
public work committee hearing
in Medford Friday, which Sen
ator Neubeger plans to attend,
a coffee party will be held for
Mrs. Neuberger and Charles O.
Porter. Democratic candidate
for congressman from the fourth
district, at the home of Edward
Kelly.
Senator Neubeger will speak
at a no-host dinner at the Med
ford hotel at 6 p.m. Friday be
fore leaving for the northern
part of the state that night
for Eisenhower club. They are shown above
obtaining autographs from the governor after
sounding off with two cheers for him. Since
Gov, Smith's plane arrived about an hour
late, he was unable to deliver a scheduled
speech here. After a brief television appear
ance, he left Medford for an evening speaking
engagement at Coos Bay.
Council to Leave
Berrydale Proposal
On Nov. 6 Ballot
The Medford city council last
night voted to keep the Berry
dale annexation proposal on the
Nov. 6 general election ballot.
The council action followed a
recommendation by Mayor Earl
Miller.
Mayor Miller made the rec
ommendation after N. F. Gier,
2902 North Pacific highway,
Medford, representing some
residents in the Berrydale dis
trict, told the council that "many
Berrydale property owners have
come to the conclusion that the
only way they will ever obtain
a sewer system is through an
nexation.!' . . .
Residents Protest
At a recent meeting with city
officials, other residents protest
ed that boundaries had been ex
tended to include more resi
dents than had originally re
quested annexation.
The mayor stated that he and
Public Works Director Vern
Thorpe had personally covered
the boundaries Sunday. He said
most the original boundaries had
been extended was about 600 to
700 feet. Reason for the bound
ary adjustments. Mayor Miller
said, were in the interests of
good planning and to organize
a complete improvement district
Several residents who have
property on the Buckshot rd.
and Lone Pine rd. area in the
proposed Grandview- Kenwood
annexation district also address
ed the council. They stated that
only the highly populous areas
in the district had been petition
ed for annexation.
Mayor Miller said that lack of
time will prevent any change in
boundary lines in the areas des
ignated for an annexation vote.
(See Slory on Pag 9)
Vice President Nixon
Schedules Medford Stop
Vic President Richard M.
Nixon is scheduled to stop in
Medford Friday, Oct. 2E, ac
cording to the United Press.
Nixon will be en route from
Walla Walla, Wash., to Cali
fornia, the press itriici
stated.
Mrs. Kathleen Bash, chair
man of the Jackson County
Republican Central commit
tee, said this morning she had
no received word of Nixon's
isit. She said she would
check with party officials for
verification and to determine
details of his visit here.
(Sea Story page 5)
Blow to Colleges, Senator Says
In his speech at SOC the
senator stated that "Opposition
to extension of the educational
benefits of the GI bill and fail
ure to provide federal aid for
education illustrates the differ
ence between the administra
tion's words and its deeds. It's
record is long on preachments
and short on performance," he
declared.
Federal Aid Bill
"The federal school aid bill
lost because 119 Republican
congressmen voted against it,"
he charged. Although President
Eisenhower publicly urged con
gress to pass his foreign aid
bill and exerted "unprecedented
and unusual pressure on Re
publican senators to defeat the
Hells Canyon dam bill, he did
not send a single word to con
gress during debates t on the
Governor Requests
Oil Companies To
Cease Price War
Small Operators
Unable To Compete
Salem (U.R) Eight major oil
companies were requested by
Gov. Elmo Smith today to co
operate in eliminating and pre
venting the spread of a gasoline
"price war" which a delegation
of gasoline station operators
told the governor was hurting
independent dealers in the Eu
gene area.
The service station owners
told the governor they were un
able to cope with the situation
as small independent business
men. The governor wrote the com
panies: "A sizable and earnest
group of men representing the
Oregon Gasoline Dealers Asso
ciation met with me and charged
that Oregon's unfair gasoline
sales act is being violated by
several of the major oil com
panies who are forcing the re
tail price of gas so low that all
affected service station opera
tors and independent dealers
cannot compete.
"Assuming these charges to
be true, the state of Oregon can
not condone such practices
which are in violation of exist
ing law and they should be
stopped," the governor said.
Television Highlight
Vice President Richard M.
Nixon will speak over station
KBES-TV at 9 o'clock tonight.
GOP Outnumbers
Demo Registrations
Republicans in Jackson coun
ty outnumber Democrats by
more than 1.000, according to
unofficial registration totals an
nounced by the elections depart
ment late this morning.
The total number of register
ed to vote is 35,229,, compared
to 36.067 registered in the 1952
presidential election, officials
said.
During the past week of reg
istration. 2,887 residents reg
istered. The total included 1.696
Democrats, 1,069 Republicans
and 122 miscellaneous. During
the last week, 1,071 persons
reregistered.
Unofficial totals show 17.983
Republicans registered, 16.455
Democrats and 791 miscellane
ous. Elections department officials
also , announced that sample bal
lots are now available at other
locations in Medford besides
the courthouse.
Ballots may be obtained at
either of the political party
headquarters or at the Mail
Tribune news room.
Elections department officials
said that they were trying to
distribute sample ballots to out
lying areas of the county. Sample
ballots afe available at several
places in Ashland and with pub
lic officials in other areas.
SP Starts Repair
Work on Crossings
Superintendent L. R. Smith of
Southern Pacific company has
notified the Medford City coun
cil work will start immediately
on repairing several railroad
street crossings.
City Manager Robert Duff
said that Smith indicated to him
in a letter that work will con
sist of relaying and retying
main line crossings on 11th,
Main, Fourth and Jackson sts.
The SP railroad crossing on
Stewart ave. will be closed to
automobile traffic until Friday
while the company repairs the
crossing there. Work began Tues
day on placing heavy rails at
the crossing and repaying the
section.
school bill in an effort to get
congressional support," the sen
ator added.
Neuberger announced that he
and Sen. Wayne Morse plan to
sponsor legislation in 1957 to
restore and make retroactive
the educational program which
once allowed servicemen and
women a day and a half in any
college of their choice in re
turn for each day spent on active
military duty.
Earlier in a speech at Grants
Pass to Josephine county Dem
ocrats Neuberger stated that "A
political philosophy that sub
ordinates animals and birds to
oil derricks on wildlife refuges
threatens the pattern of out
door values which are the basis
of Oregon's tourist recreation
business."
During a two year period
to
London- Nazi wartime
documents published today
showed that Killer knew about
the United States transfer of 50
destroyers to Britain within a
week after President Roosevelt's
top secret offer to Sir Winston
Churchill.
The documents, published by
the British government in ar
rangement with the U.S. State
department, also disclosed that:
Codo Room Contact
1. German Charge D' Affaires
in Washington Hans Thomsen
had a "contact" in the State de
partment's code room who re
vealed the essence of U.S. Am
bassador Joseph Kennedy's se
cret reports from London.
2. Thomsen proposed to the
German government elaborate
plans to enlist novelists Theo
dore Dreiser, whom he called
PLANE FOUND: FOUR DEAD
Explosion Heard
Prior To Crash
Near Willamette
Willamette, Ore. U.PJ A
small private plane on a flight
from Portland to San Jose,
Calif.; plunged to the ground
and apparently exploded about
one mile west of here yesterday,
killing all four persons aboard.
The victims, all from San
Jose, were identified as Don
Kramer, 31, the pilot; Edward
F. Currier, 25; Norman Aber
nathy and his wife, Bethel.
Powerless Dive
The craft, witnesses said, ap
peared to be in a powerless dive
before they hesrd the explosion.
They said the plane's motors
suddenly roared and the explo
sion occurred just before the
plane plunged to earth in a
canyon.
About an hour after witnesses
first reported hearing the ex
plosion, searchers found a wmg
section of the craft which iden
tified it as the small plane
bound for San Jose. Bits of fab
ric and twisted pieces of metal
were scattered over a 50-acre
area..
Main Section. Bodies Found
In the afternoon searchers
found the main section of the
plane and with it the bodies of
the four passengers.
Workmen at Portland Inter
national airport said the Tri
Pacer craft had left there about
8:30 a.m. The area was shrouded
in a low overcast throughout
the day.
Terms 'Unacceptable'
For Yugoslavia Aid
Belgrade (U.R) Communist
Yugoslavia said today that cer
tain conditions made by Presi
dent Eisenhower for continued
American aid were "unaccept
able." However, government sources
said there was no indication that
Yugoslavia was prepared to re
ject American aid.
They said the Belgrade gov
ernment might "eventually" ask
for long term credits instead of
aid, but refused further com
ment or speculation on future
developments in Yugoslav-American
relations.
A statement issued by the
Foreign Ministry said the Pres
idents letter asking Congress to
approve the extension of aid
"contains elements which are
not in comformity with the prin
ciples of independent and equal
cooperation."
when a stop-order against oil
leases in wildlife refuges sup
posedly was in effect, according
to Neuberger, the interior de
partment under Douglas McKay
issued 60-oil-drilling permits.
While this "fictional" ban was
on the books, McKay's depart
ment issued five times as many
leases as in all previous history
of the Mineral Leasing Act of
1920. he said.
Neuberger added that "bi
partisan alarm over the way
McKay threw conservation prin
ciples in reverse" was indicated
by the report of a house com
mittee, consisting of 17 Dem
ocrats and 12 Republicans, which
"unanimously condemned in
terior department practices und
er McKay, opening the portals
of wildlife lands to oil and gas
companies."
.eak To Nazis Told
'an isolationist," and Kathleen
Norris, "a pacifist," to write
propaganda books designed to
keep the U.S. out of the war.
The documents did not disclose
the outcome.
3. Thomsen said his efforts
were "practically being sabo
taged by the activities of agents
of the Wehrmacht."
Hard-Pressed To Explain
The records show that Thom
sen in Washington was hard
pressed to explain the facts of
American life to his masters in
Berlin. One document is a de
tailed exposition of the difficul
ties in trying to "buy off" the
American press.
"Experience shows that arti
cles cannot be gotten into the
American press as they can, for
instance, into the French," he
wrote.
"Influential journalists of high
"By Golly, If I Had A Part In This Campaign"
City to Recommend
Route After Hearing
City Manager Robert Duff
was authorized last night by the
city council to present material
on the location of a proposed
Highway 99 freeway from
Blackwell hill to Ashland at a
hearing in the courthouse audi
torium Thursday, Oct. 25.
The council decided it would
not prepare a recommendation
on a proposed route prior to
(Jie hearing. A recommendation
will be made to the highway
commission after views of resi
dents are heard.
State highway commission
representatives will submit data
on the West Medford or the West
Side route, and three other pro
posed routes. The commission
will make a decision on one of
the routes after the hearing.
Points Listed
In a report to council. Duff
listed several points regarding
the proposed freeway routes
that he said might be objection
able to the interests of Medford.
Concerning the Hillcrest
route Duff pointed out that Bar
nett rd. would have to be the
access road to the freeway, and
be improved and widened to
four lanes in order to provide
for increased traffic. The West
Side route would direct traffic
through the center of Medford
because the interchange would
be on the Jacksonville highway.
Duff said.
One objection to the Genessee
route, according to Duff, would
be an additional barrier
through Medford. The two ma-
Weather
FORECAST: Mostly cloudy with
showers tonight. Partial
rlearinf Thursday. Low lo
mcht 45. Hifh Thursday
60-63.
Temp.
Htchest YesUrdav 87
Lowest this .Morning 41
Our Skies Tonight
Sunrise t:2S ,.m.
sunset 3J .m.
Moonset Thursday .1:27 a.m.
Moonset Thursday 5:27 turn.
Full Moon (Hunter's Moon!
Oct. 19
PROMINENT STAR
Fomalhaut. due south 9:2" p.m.
Between Fomalhaut and the
Moon is the planet. Mars. The
light of Fomalhaut takes about
25 yean to reach the Earth:
that of Man a little ever 4
minutes.
repute with whom I am in con-
tact will not lend themselves,
even for money, to publishing
outside material under their
name without alteration or re
editing." Thomsen also complained
about German Army secret
agents sent over to train sabo
teurs among American citizens
of German descent.
"I cannot warn too urgently
against this method," he told
Berlin.
Palo Alto U.R) Novelist
Kathleen Norris said today she
had "never heard a whisper" of
any German plans to enlist her
to write propaganda books aim
ed at keeping the United States
out of World War II.
Mrs. Norris termed any such
idea as "idiotic" and "crack
brained." jor barriers now are the South
ern Pacific tracks and Bear
creek.
The city manager said an ob
jection with the Bear creek
route would be that a small sec
tion of Hawthorne park would
be cut off.
Panel to Discuss
Fluoridation Issue
A panel discussion on fluor
idation will be held at 1:30 p.m.
Friday, Oct. 19, in the county
courthouse auditorium. The pan
el is being sponsored by the
Jackson County Public Health
association.
Members of the panel Include
Dr. Charles Dotter, chief of ra
diology in the University of Ore
gon Medical school, Portland:
Dr. Henry Leicester, professor of
bio-chemistry at the College of
Physicians and Surgeons, San
Francisco; Dr. Paul Walker. lo
cal dentist: and Mrs. Ray Fris
bie, registered nurse, and form
er public health nurse. Modera
tor will be John Dellenback, lo
cal attorney.
The panel also will be present
ed on KBES-TV at 7:45 p.m. Fri
day, as well as carried by tape
recording over radio stations
KYJC and KMED.
Salem tap.) Floyd M. Hope
man, Albany, has been named
as a member of the Oregon
Dairy Products Commission.
Regulations To Prevent
Timber Exploitation OK'd
Washington U.R) Interior
Secretary Fred A. Seaton today
announced final approval of reg
ulations designed to prevent ex
ploitation of timber resources by
persons or firms who stake min
ing claims on public 'lands.
Seaton said he considered the
1955 law under which the regu
lations were drafted to be the
most important change in the
mining laws since enactment of
the mineral leasing act of 1920.
Previously, when a mining
claim was staked, the person or
Experts Asked To
Prepare History
Seattle U.PJ President Eis
enhower will give out a "gov
ernment paper" next week re
plying in detail to Democratic
presidential nominee Adlai E.
Stevenson's statements on H
bomb tests and other atomic
policies.
White House Press Secretary
James C. Hagerty told newsmen
today that Mr. Eisenhower felt
that such a reply is necessary be
cause Stevenson in a nationwide
televised speech in Chicago Mon
day night ma,de "what we be
lieve were some rather extraor
dinary statements" in the field.
Hagerty refused to elaborate,
saying that the administration's
detailed statement would point
them out.
Mr. Eisenhower telephoned
Secretary of State John Foster
Dulles and discussed the atomic
issue and the Suez situation
with him.
Preparing History
Mr. Eisenhower asked that
Dulles, Chairman Lewis L.
Strauss of the Atomic Energy
commission, Defense Secretary
Charles E. Wilson and other ad
ministration experts prepare
"the complete history in this,
field."
Hagerty said that all details
would be included except those
involving national security. He
replied a quick "no" when a re
porter asked if the administra
tion believed Stevenson had vio
lated security.
Stevenson charged in his Chi
cago speech that the Eisenhower
administration had "distorted"
his proposal for ending H-bomb
tests.
He said a single H-bomb al
ready was powerful enough to
destroy the world's largest city
and the explosion of nuclear
bombs was pumping into the
atmosphere a dangerous poison,
strontium 90, which eventually
would become concentrated
enough, to harm all the world .
and generations yet unborn.
The President today began a
three-day on-the-scene campaign
for the Pacific coast stales' 47
presidential electoral votes and
three senate seats.
He will speak in Portland
Thursday over a nationwide
television network.
Commission Lists
Fluoridation Cost
Robert L. Lee, superintendent
of the Medford .Water commis
sion reported to the Medford
city council last night on costs
and methods of financing for the
proposed fluoridation program
for Medford water.
If the fluoridation proposal is
passed at the Nov. 6 general elec
tion, Lee said, the commission
proposes to transfer $29,820 from
the water system construction
fund to finance the initial invest
ment. He added that It also proposed
the annual operating cost of the
fluoridation program be recov
ered by increasing the monthly
water service charge to each cus
tomer by about 10 cents.
Lee stated that fluorides would
be placed in the water system
at a site near the intersection of
Coker Butte rd. and Foothill
rd. which would fluoridate all of
the water used from the Medford
system except that used by
Eagle Point and the Camp White
area.
Tacoma.Man Hired
As County Sanitarian
Charles Clark, Tacoma, Wash,
has been added to the sanitation
staff as a sanitarian to replace
Bob Hart who resigned earlier
this month.
Clark, a graduate of Wash
ington State college, took his
work in sanitation at the Uni
versity of Washington. He com
pleted the sanitary science field
training course this spring with
his field work in Seattle and
Tacoma.
firm which staked it could pro
ceed to glean the surface re
sources if the claim was proved
valid. '
Under the new regulations,
the government may sell the
timber and control other surface
resources up to the time mining
patents actually are issued.
The issuance of mining pat
ents in Oregon's Rogue River
national forest to the Al Sarena
Co., of Mobile, Ala., was the sub
ject of a congressional conflict
this j-ear. T