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RESERVE AWARD PRES8KTZD Col. Samuel C. Grashio,
Qommandcrce the 403th fighter group, Klamath Falls, is shown
above (lefore-sajnting a defense department citation, for coop
eration in military reserve programs, to A. S. Cummins, presi
gnnpof th California rcgnn Power company. The citation
w inecognition of Copeo's "outstanding record of coopera
tirrt) Sitig reservists and reserve activities of the armed forces."
Lfroktigc ofl is Xlaj. &en. Joseph Hicas, USAF (Ret.) now county
civiliait defense director. (See story page 3.)
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Late Shoppers May
Boost Holiday Sales
O Scarly S'l Iedford tnrtrchantS
r depending on last-minute
O shopping a&ivuyo Sattwrlay and
Monday t brngol936 Christmas
business upQto the level of the
pvst fev years.
Alt) 1 i n. t
q wiaJUi;iJ srfics ui K-'lvidl wu
inot appear seriously urtjier the
average for thig tirrrf of "year,
few downtown merchants gave
enxouraging reports this week.
Fog, sr$ojv ancf gearrally bad
weather earS- in the shopping
seasn seemed too Ijave9 had a
Jbad effrcfeon sles in many lo
cal stores, gunougn a lew mer-
chants said customers more J
than mad up for the lajf later.
Unemployment Factor
tJnemtftoTient in tfre area".
especially in xne lumper ana
sawmill industries, also was con
sidered a factor in slor sa'les
Reports Indicated people were
bu.tfttc as many tems this sea
son as in most years, obut were
not spendftg as much moneyas
they geee&llg, do. A few mer
chants commented that people
O jut dg)'t seem to "have the
Christmas spirit" yet.
Oae department store man
ner said sales in themen's wear
department are considerably
more than the 1955 record,
q while sales of "frivoioua" items
have been sloe: A women's wear
store said sweaters were selling
better dian usual and attributed
this3o ll novelty styles" avail
able this year. o s
O On men's wear store reported
business about l'.a per cent be
ll S1 the average now, buteSat
day and Monday shopping was
expected to bring sales closer to
normal r possibly over last
year's record. Another men
wear stigfe reported sales are ex
pected to equal last year's rec
ord volume
Two local photography stu
dios Bid badness was about the
Mtn this yeae as in last year's
Chris'ife season. It was ex
plained that" the cpeak of sales
in this type of business usually
occurs early in November and
continues until about Thanksgiv
ing. LaterCsales ustially involve
less expensive items. 0
Business at Peak o
At least Oona local jewelry
store reported busin)ss "'defin
itcl9bc6" thisy$r and sales
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Schools0 Close; Shoppers Expected to
Start Last Minute Buying on Week End
Schools in QIackson county
close today fothe tnual Christ
mas vacation while man people
started their last minute shop?ingi
and Pacifir0Telephone and Tele
graph compny mae jKans for
an anticipated iScreas in long
distanceQ:all5. o
Tift five-day Seamier frefast
calls foiQitt change in weather
conditions i western Oregon0,
and rain wafitredicti Sunday
and Hpnday with Tog inmany
valleys Chris'iD'as morning and
clearing that a.ernoc! Temper
atures are expected to remain
about theOsame du.ng the five
day period.
Retail merchants in southern
Oregon expected alast minute
Christmas shopping spurt tomor
row and Monday. Stores will re
reached a peak last week.
Two local bankers said busi
ness was "generally good" this
season, though not up to stand
s' in some respects. One stated
it is a moot question whether or
pot weekend sales would bring
buying up to standard.
ilost merchants said Christ
provides that vehicles shall have
under way immediately after
Thanksgiving, then slowed con
siderably for about the first 10
days in December. Some said
buying started in earnest about
10 davs ago but one women's
wear store owner said buying
started as early as October this
year.
Christmas business last year
was far above average it was
pointed out. It appeared likely
that a sales record would have
been set in 1955 if the flood had
not interrupted Christmas buy
ing in the last week of the
season.
Two Are Arrested
On Robbery Charge
LeRoy Julius Jones. IB, route
3. box 237E, Medford, and Roy
Gene Privrasky. 21. Seattle,
Wash., were arrested late Thurs
day and lodged in the county jail
on a charge of assault and rob
bery, not being armed with a
dangerous weapon.
The two men are accused of
robbing an Ashland taxi cab
driver, Douglas W. Walr, of
SI 3. 85 Wednesday on Fern Val
ley, rd.
' Wall, identified them as. the
two men who robbed him after
threatening to kill him if he re
fused to give them the money.
Sheriff's deputies and state
police arrested Jones and Pri
vrasky about 3 p.m., after a day
long investigation. They were
both at Jones' residence at the
time of their arrest.
. Deputies said one of the pair
has made a statement admitting
the robbery. They were sched
uled to be arraigned in district
court this afternoon.
TOYS ON DISPLAY
Toys repaired by Medford
firemen and dolls dressed by
Medford Lady Lions will be on
display until 7 p.m. today at the
Franklin Transfer and Storage
company building. Third and
Front sts. The annual Christmas
project is undertaken to provide
'needy families with toys.
Iiidiajiapcfis (U.P.) D. C.
Stephenson, former grand drag
or of the Ku .Klux Klan, has
q been freed from his life term in
Indiana State Prison.
main open untu 9 p.m. today,
but not all retail merchants will
remain open Saturday night, and
the majority will be closed Mon
day sight.
Most retail stores, and federal,
county, city and other offices
will be closed Christmas day.
The Mail Tribune will not pub
lish Christmas day.
Christmas vacations in Med
ftfrd and county schools will end
Jan. 2.
Jack Creager. Modford man
ager of PT&T. stiid the company
expects a marked increase in the
number of long distance calls
Christmas day, which may load
the calling circuits to t'i ice their
normal capacity
He said the company is at
tempting to obtain every avail
able operator to handle the calls.
School Census Shows
29.3 Per Cent Rise
The number of children be
tween 4 through 19 years old
in the Medford school district
has increased 29.3 per cent in
the psst year, according to the
annual school census report re
leased late yesterday.
The size of the increase is
largely due to the addition of
Dewey, Oak Grove, West Side
and a large portion of the Ken
wood district during the past
years.
A total of 7,809 children were
counted in the census, which
started Oct. 25 by 10 enumera
tors. Last year there were 6,040
children between 4 through 19
in the district.
Old Boundaries
On the basis of the old bound
aries, the Medford district in
creased from 6,040 to 6,634, or
9.8 per cent, this year. In the
Dewey district, there were 131
children in 1955, 163 in 1956, an
increase of 24.4 per cent; in the
Oak Grove district, the increase
was 24.9 per cent, from 358 last
year, to 447 this year; and in
the West Side the increase was
from 129 to 149, or 15.5 per cent.
The number of children in the
Kenwood district was 458 in
1955, and 416 this year, a de
crease of 9.2 per cent. Elliott
Becken, assistant school superin
tendent, said the decrease was
accounted for by the fact that
a portion of the Kenwood district
was annexed to District 6C, Cen
tral Point.
The census included all chil
dren within the district, includ
ing those attending St. Mary's
school' and Rogue River Acad
emy. The census is taken to give
school administrators an esti
mate for future needs of the dis
trict. Comparative Figures
By age group, comparative
figures for . Oct. 25, last year,
and Oct. 25 this year are:
Age four, 462 in 1955, 575 this
year; five, 462 and 635; six, 529
and 573; seven, 453 and 623;
eight, 507 and 573; nine, 412 and
623; ten, 336 and 543; eleven,
355 and 419; twelve, 424 and
462; thirteen, 369 and 525; four
teen, 325 and 458; fifteen, 288
and 402; sixteen, 283 and 356;
seventeen. 313 and 344; eighteen,
272 and 378; and nineteen, 250
and 320.
Of the total 7,809, 3.979 are
boys and 3,830 are girls. Fam
ilies with six or more children
number 18 this year, compared
All Available Police
On Christmas Duly
Salem iU.R) All available
state police will be transferred
to highway patrol over the
Christmas holidays for what
could be the first single four
day traffic accident period this
year in Oregon.
Six persons already had been
killed in pre-holiday traffic
since yesterday.
State police headquarters here
said officers' days off were be
ing cancelled and, where pos
sible, men will be transferred
from other assignments to
guard the highways.
Last year, when the holiday
consisted of three days, seven
persons were killed and 203 in
jured in 633 Christmas-time ac
cidents. DOW-JONES AVERAGE
New York (U.R) Dow-Jones
final stock averages: 30 indus
trials 494.38, up 3.94; 20 rail
roads 153.70. up 1.50; 15 utilities
67.66, up 0.40. and 65 stocks
172.75, up 1.37. Sales today
were about 3,380,000 shais com
pared with 2,060,000 shares
Thursday.
Salem (U.R) Eleanor Trindle,
41, an associate professor at
Oregon State college, died here
Thursday.
and PT&T have asked "the
sistance of our customers in
easing the situation."
Creager pointed out that cus
tomers may help by knowing the
number being called to reduce
time in placing the call, and
making seasons greetings type
calls prior to Christmas day to
reduce the number of, calls that
day.
Low rates will be in effect
Christmas day, and between 6
p.m. Saturday to 4:30 a.m. Mon
day, Creager said.
Telephone company officials
expect Oregonians to place
15.000 calls to eastern points, and
60.000 calls to cities along the
Pacific coast. Creager estimated
that Medford residents will place
about 7.000 long distance calls
on Christmas day.
to 10 last year, for a total of 119
children, or 1.6 per cent of the
total census.
Twins, of which there are 53
j pair, total 106, or 1.3 per cent
of the total census. There are
16 sets of male twins, 22 female
twins and 15 pair of mixed sex
twins.
Four of the children in the
census were born on Feb. 29,
1944. and 15 of them were born
on Christmas day.
Johnson and Johnston are the
most common names listed in
the census, with 78. Smiths total
72. Millers number 55, Ander
sons total 54, and Wilsons num
ber 36.
Snowf Freezing
Conditions Make
Driving Hazardous
Law enforcement officers to
day urged motorists to drive
more cautiously because of the
increasing volume of traffic dur
ing the approaching week end
and adverse road conditions.
Snow in the mountains and
freezing conditions in lower lev
els last night made travelling
hazardous today. Officials re
minded motorists that the Na
tional Safety council has pre
dicted 660 persons would be kill
ed in accidents during the
Christmas holiday week end.
They expressed hope none of the
fatalities would be in southern
Oregon.
Chnins Required
Chains were required on the
Green Springs early today. Snow
flurries continued there and
packed snow was reported on
the highway. Traffic was mov
ing without chains on the Siski
yous, state police said, but there
was packed snow on the high
way, which was being sanded.
Motorists were asked to carry
chains in the Prospect area
where an inch of snow was re
ported. Three inches of snow fell on
the Green Springs last night.
and an inch fell on the Siskiyous.
Fog and freezing conditions in
lower levels caused some icy
spots, police said. Some bridges
in the Rogue valley were icy.
and ice formed on windshields
of vehicles early today.
State police reminded motor
ists that it was illegal to shield
headlights or use lights other
than white for headlights. They
said several motorists are using
paper of various colors to cover
half the headlight, and the law
provides that ehicles shall have
"two white headlights."
Police said half-covered head
lights change the picture of light
for approaching vehicles, and
may cause confusion for an ap
proaching vehicle.
American Officials
Disfavor Hungary Loan
Washington (U.R) Ameri
can officials today looked with
disfavor on the reported plans
of Hungary's puppet govern
ment to seek a loan from the
United States and other Western
nations to forestall economic dis
aster. They said the United Slates
stands ready to help relieve suf
fering of the Hungarian people,
but it wants no part of any step
which would bolster the Russian
imposed regime of Premier Janos
Kadar.
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CONTROL FIRE Medford firemen are
shown controlling a fire which damaged the
roof and attic of the parish hall behind Sacred
Heart Catholic church on Oakdale ave., early
last night. Several off-duty firemen and vol
unteers responded to the general alarm fire.
Oregon Traffic
Accidents Account
For Six Deaths
By UNITED PRESS
A Salem woman and a Port
land youth were killed instantly
in a head-on collision on the
Baldock Freeway a few miles
southwest of Portland today.
bringing to six the number of
persons killed in Oregon high
way accidents since yesterday.
The Baldock crash victims
were identified as Myrtle Ella
Barbee, 53, Salem, and Gordon
Willis Little, 17, Portland.
Two Killed in Portland
Two persons were killed in
Portland last night and other
accidents claimed lives near Eu
gene and Ontario.
Automobiles struck and killed
two men in Portland.
The victims were John Bergin,
35, Beaverton, and Fred W. Ros
wurm, 71, Portland.
Wilfred W. Bonner, 50, Junc
tion City, was killed late yester
day in a collision between a car
and a pickup truck on the River
road south of Junction City.
A soldier en route to his Mis
souri home after being dis
charged from the Army died
from injuries suffered in a six-
car pile-up in the fog near On
tario yesterday. The victim was
Bobby Lee Backus, 23, of Belle,
Mo.
NO PAPER TUESDAY
In order to permit its em
ployees lo observe the holiday,
the Mail Tribune will not pub
lish a paper on Tuesday,
Christmas Day. .
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Y, DECEMBER
Fire Damages Roof,
Attic at Parish Hall
Attic and roof of the parish
hall at Sacred Heart Catholic
church, 326 South Oakdale ave..
were considerably damaged last
night in a general alarm fire.
Firemen said they were in-,
formed that the damaged struc
ture would be torn down. It has
leng been a source of concern
because of its age and poor con
struction, they added. Plans for
replacing the biulding were not
available today from church of
ficials. It 'was understood that
the church planned to raze the
structure this spring.
The fire originated in the
kitchen at the west end of the
old building. City Fire Marshal
Truman Nelson and Assistant
Fire Chief Earl Harrison were
attempting this morning to de
termine the exact cause of the
blaze.
Fire Discovered
Ted Marcisz, a fireman off
duty, discovered the fire, seeing
flames coming through an attic
louver. Thirteen- firemen on'
duty, 14 off duty and seven vol
unteer firemen' responded to the
alarm about 6:35 p.m. Five '
trucks were dispatched to the
hall. The blaze was extinguished
Justice Walter. Tooze
Dies at Salem Home '
Salem (U.R) Oregon Assist
ant Chief Justice Walter Tooze,
69, died in his sleep here early
today.
Cause of Justic Tooze's death
was not immediately known but
he was though to have suffered
a heart attack while sleeping at
his home here.
Mrs. Tooze said sh thought
her husband was sleeping too
long and entered his bedroom
to find him dead.
Justice Tooze had been slated
to become Chief Justice begin
ning early next year and an
nouncement by the State Su
preme Court of his appointment
was planned for next Wednes
day. Reports of Unrest
In Russia Spreading
Stockholm (U.R) New re
ports of spreading unrest in Rus
sia and its satellite empire
reached the West today, and two
Baltic refugees said the Soviet
was deporting 100,000 students
from the Baltic states to crush
growing resistance there.
The refugees told newsmen
that opposition against Soviet
rule in the Baltic is stronger
than ever. They said they would
appeal to the United Nations to
protesl the deportations as "me
thodical genocide."
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21, 1956
No. 23
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The fire wis brought under control few
minutes. Clothing for refugees from Hun
garyand other countries itored ih the build
ing was soaked, but otherwise not damaged,
church officials said. 0
in about 20 minutes but some
firemen were mopping u,p atthe
scene until about 8 p.m.
The blaze attracted a large
number of spectators. Firemen
commended the excellent coop
eration of the police department
in keeping traffic iriterfereftce
to a minimum.
Clothing in the hall collected
for Hungarian and general Euro
pean relief was dampened but
not damaged, the Rev. Nicholas
Deis, Sacred Heaft pastor, re
ported. He said that thelojhing
would be placed temporarily in
a garage at the rectory.
Weather
FORECAST: Fogey tonlnht,
Satitfday and Sunday with
only partial afternoon clftar-
jnc. Cooler teeippratnVes fTnw
tonight 28. High Saturday
3S-38.
Temp.
Hieeipst Yesterday 37
Lowest mil Mnrnlnir en
Free, to 4:31 a.m. Today ; 08
Our Skies Tpniejh
SnnrlM 7:37 a.m.
Sunsn ... 4: p.m.
Today the Sun rides ly and
Winter begins here at p,m.
as the Sun enters the, Sign of
Capricaorn. (Residents of the
southern Hemisphere will see
the Sun ridinc hich: todav
marks the beginning o( their
hummer).
Mnonrlse 9:55 p.m.
PROMINENT STAR
Regulus, near the Moon, o
1,578 Calls Made to Santcr
During KKvanis Rroject
A total of 1,57.8 calls to Santa I seven'-year-old told thi
Claus were Ijandled b the Med
ford exchange of Pacific Tele
phone and Telegraph company
during .the fpur-drfy "Hello,
Senta" project thi. week, num
bers of Medford Kiwanis club
reported tocfify.
KiwaSians, who afrangd the0
circuits to the North Pole, esti
mated that some 2,000 yw-ing-
sters talknH f tsjv hv
ing calls through two Medford
numbers. Santa took orders from
as many as four youngsters t
some homes.
Circuits Busy 0
Calfe through MeiSford facili
ties came from most Jackson
county communities and young
sters from as far away as Eu
gene, Roseburg and Glendai
phoned through t'je Medford ex-
cha
ange. keeping the two tiruJs
busy Monflay, Tuesday, Wednes-
day and Thursday evenings,. Vic
Milne, chaitman for the project,
reported that 482 calls were han
dled here Monday night and that
the traffic tapered off to 281 calls
last evening.
Requests to Santa ranged
from a baby brother to Elvis
Presly records, Kiwanians said
they were told. One laughing
Egyptian Captives
Hurriedly Rtugfecf
From jCyprds i$ses
Fnencb Takl Action
To Pratytjit fcnarli 1
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London (U.R? The Awl"-
French - Egyptian exdiange of
prisoners of war began in Port
Said today. It haJ een !ld uj?
previously Qby Egjtian com
plaints Jhat the5 Alliesoanegedly
took prisoners out of Egypfcs
Fr gnefc, hurriedl y returned 16.0 q
Egyptian prisoners hj' lirSr o
Cyirus to Port Said day sd
six Eg'ptiaS officers in Pais
were flown bac to Egypt. ' O C
As 9 result, a Train wft 450
British civilians arrived in Port q
Said fromoEptian internment.
camjs. Egyptian prisoners wreO
being eeturnetl eywth i thex- (J r
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To Provent Snarls i O
The British returnees were to
embark immediately Qf&r home,
authorities said. o
The Farench Octcd to prevent
further snarls in prisoned oex
chanee rjrogrftms .nd to make
snre that ciirrtAt agreements to
ceT Bie Suez .Canal are carried
out withouj a hitch. Tc United
.Nations egpectei thgcanai clear-y
aSce work to start Sunday.
Egypt called off an exchange O
of 450 Bi-ttish civiliSn Suez y
Canal workers ?ien it l&Jrncd
France jvaS planginff fo intern
iou tgypiians on Cyprus. .Brit
ain had planned to sergri backbit
Egyptian prisoners by tri Uiis
mom trigs o
The work of removUjg 49
wrecWl ships nd two biydes
is t bofciri one day after the last)
A 1 17- t- 7 ' 'J .
rvugiu-r iru-ii mvabiun u uupa
leave the Port SiidQ area. Porf
Said dispatches set the fiaefdafe
as "probably" Saturday. " o
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Bus Segregation
Ended in Alabama
Montgomery, Ala. (U.R)
.Negroes by the thousands board-w
ed city touses as tie equals of
wrfites tody for th first time
in tlje historyoof the Deep South.
Leaders usged Montcmery-
40,000o Jfeajroes to seat the-
selves on a "compefelfi non-seg-regato1
basis eihat includes sit
ting next ta whites" but ia act
Vith "calm oigniiy and wise !-
straint.
The Negroes acclain by ris
ing votes at twol!ge rIli
Thursday night to end a .Wa-e
long boycofj "waged to gain a
right tcosit anywhere on buse
f the city transit systrRj
oTe U.S.upreme Court in a
decision formally dflivred to a
oforieral district court here Thurs-O
day denied an ajjpeal of a de
cisive that local busegregation
laws are unconstitut'onal.
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Two Killed, 37 nuredb
W M'mois Train Wrick
f?elle Ille, 111. (U.R) Twoer
sons werg okilled and 37 in
jured today when the" behind
Schedule Illinois Central train
Cnickasaw was derailed ar
here and eight cars plunged
down a ltvfoot embar.tfment.
Mrs. Jennie Covell, 70, North
Platte, Neb.9 died sJttly after
ljeing tafien tolhe hospital, and
Henry Htidson, 67,Groversde,
Ms., died about seven hcfcbs
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e lolly old
gem thaP he wanted his two
front teetrR He'd hJ them
knocked out oplayiSg football.
'Shereaweoe tl? usil orcis for
electric train, bicycles ad dol'
There igere sevexal crepeat
(lis. One boy wanted to Hgike
sure Santa had his corrjyt ad
dress. Another ycgng?tgr phoned
asking to cancel the orger he'rP
niar-.imare hi' letter. QuestiyiBO as
T hat d'd want, the bo..
reminded famta that he'd givenJ
him
his order at a local sWre
iust that afternoon. Q
Conservative Requests
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Many of the youngsters, while
eager and excite!, ft ere conserva
tive in their requests, aifting A
one or two arScles and stating
that whatever else Santa warid
to bring wjuld be all right. One
nine-vear-old eirl told Santa that
she wasn't cfc'ling f herself
but wanted to besure a needy
family her , neighborhood
would be taken care of.
Kiwaniafts ere able to ar
range the telephone service?
through the cooperation of PT&T
and California Oregon Power
company and commended the
operators of both firms for their
help in enabling youngsters to
make the calls.
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