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Arrests Result of
13-Year Probe Into
Russian Espionage
Soviet Officials
To Be Implicated
New York '.U.R) Two men
and a woman were arrested here
today on charges of delivering
U.S. defense secrets to Russian
agents.
U.S. Attorney Paul W. Wil
liams said that one of the three.
Jack Soble, was a master spy
who replaced Vassili 'ZubUin, an
accredited Soviet diplomat, as
"a dominant figure" in the Rus
sian spy ring during World War
II. Zubilin left the United States
in 1944.
The FBI said the arrests re
sulted from a 13-year investiga
tion into ".Soviet intelligence
activities" and hinted that So
viet government officials would
be implicated in the ease.
Those arrested were Soble, 53,
his wife Myra. 52, and Jacob
Albam, 64. Both men were born
in the same town in Lithuania;
Mrs. Soble is a native of Russia.
The Sobles are naturalized
American citizens. Albam has
applied for but has not been
granted citizenship.
Biggest Case in Years
The complaint charged the
three conspired "for the purpose
of obtaining information respect
ing the national defense of the
United States of America" in
cluding documents, writings,
photographs, photographic nega
tives and notes for delivery to
Russian agents.
Soble was charged specifically
with relaying in New York last
Aug. 15 two reports, one of 26
pages and another of five pages,
"for delivery to agents of
Russia."
The case appeared to be the
biggest espionage disclosure in
this country since the case of
atomic spies Edith and Julius
Rosenberg, who were executed
at Sing Sing prison in 1953 for
their part in a wartime espionage
ring.
No reference ' to other cour,
pi ra tors was made in the for
mal complaint. Maj. Yuri P.
Krylov, an assistant military at
tache of the Soviet Embassy at
Washington, was ordered ex
pelled from the United States
last week, however, on charges
that he had improperly pur
chased "quantities of electronic
equipment" and attempted to
buy U.S. military secrets.
Another Rusisan Embassy
aide was expelled from the coun
try last June for alleged espion
age activities. Assistant Military
Attache Col. Ivan Bubchikov
was understood to have been
caught picking up material at a
secret letter drop.
World War II Ring
The FBI said today that the
Sobles and Albam had been un
covered in an investigation into
the spy activities of Zubilin. a
third secretary of the Russian
Embassy in Washington during
World War II. Zubilin's succes
sors in Washington were said to
have dealt with the spy ring re
ported by former Communist
Elizabeth Bentley and with the
atom spy ring.
The Sobles and Albam. how
ever, were charged with a con
spiracy dating from 1947.
. The FBI said Soble was pre
paring to leave the country at
the time of his arrest although
he had been denied a passport
for the last three years.
The three were arraigned be
fore U.S. Commissioner Earle
N Bishop and held in $100,000
bail each for a hearing Feb. 1.
Berkeley, Calif. (U.R) The
University of California seis
mology laboratory today report
ed a "moderate" earthquake in
the Aleutian Islands area.
Wheelbarrow Race Features
March of Dimes Activities
A wheelbarrow race between
members of the Medford Kiwa
nis club and Medford Lions club
will highlight March of Dimes
activities on downtown city
streets tomorrow, according to
Dick Knight, Medford drive
chairman.
Members of the two service
clubs will push wheelbarrows
with large containers along
North Central ave. between
Sixth and Main sts. beginning at
12:30 p.m. Team members will
solicit contributions to the
March of Dimes with the wheel
barrow pushers permitted to ad
vance one foot for each dollar
collected. Two officials, com
plete in referee's attire, will be
on hand to see that $1 is placed
in the container and that the
pusher advances his cart no
more than 12 inches with each
deposit.
Tie pusher of the losing team
then must wheel the pusher of
Inside Today
Section One
Women's News 2
Editorial , 4
Sports 9. 10, 11
Locals. Markets 13
Section Two
Radio. TV 2
Comics , , 2
Classified Ads 3. 4. 5
SjnV OREGON STATE H!6HWY DEPARTMENT
JJ. PROPOSED HAWTHORNE PARK ROUTE
4 . PACIFIC FREEWAY V
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MEDFORD
PROPOSED FREEWAY ROUTE Above is a map showing the proposed Haw
thorne park route for the new Highway 99 freeway through Medford showing
interchanges at Crater Lake highway and Barnett rd. The route, decided by the
State Highway commission this week would overpass the Medford corporation
railroad tracks and Crater Lake highway, underpass McAndrews rd. in the area
of the present Biddle rd., and overpass Jackson St., Main St., and Barnett rd. The
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Disaster Car Will
Be Turned Oyer lo
Salvation Army
The Jackson County Disaster
car association will turn over its
disaster bus to the local Salva
tion Army in a public ceremony
at 11:15 a.m. Tuesday, Feb. 29,
at Main st. and Central ave.
LaVern Watrud. president of
the association, said the bus is
being transfercd because the
Salvation Army is better or
ganized to operate it.
The association is donating the
bus due to difficulties in finding
a place to house it and because
of maintenance problems, ac
cording to Watrud.
Assume Control
He added the Salvation Army
will assume full control and op
eration of the unit. It will be
made available in the future in
the county when needed, Watrud
said.
During its three-year history
with the association, the bus was
used at the Blackwell Hill fire
two years ago. recent floods, has
been displayed at the Jackson
ville Jubilee, rodeos and has
been on call for other emer
gencies, he said.
The disaster bus was pur
chased three years ago through
fund raising projects and dona
tions from valley residents. It is
equipped with a two-way radio,
stretchers, gas irresks, and rescue,
first aid and kitchen facilities.
Sr. Major Charles Cox. Sal
vation Army, Portland, wil' of
ficiate at the ceremony.
DOW-JONES AVERAGES
New York (U.R) Dow
Jones final stock averages: 30
industrials 478.34, off 2.96: 20
railroads 148.96, off 1.23; 15
Utilities 70.68, up 0.33, and 65
stocks 169.67, off 0.76. Sales to
day were about 2,010,000 shares
compared with 1,910,000 shares
Thursday.
the winning team in to the Unit
ed States National bank build
ing where the money will be de
posited. Two activities are on tap for
Saturday, sponsored by the
Eagles lodge. The "milk bottles
of states" will again be set up
in front of the First National
bank building. Passersby may
place a coin in the bottle repre
senting the state of their birth.
So far, Oregon is leading, with
Texas, Kansas, Oklahoma, Iowa
and Arizona tied for second.
The lodge also is sponsoring
a March of Dimes dance at the
Eagles hall. 217 West Main St.,
Saturday night.
The Junior Chamber of Com
merce "steer giveaway" will
continue downtown Saturday.
The Crater Lions club's TV
auction will be held over station
KBES-TV Monday night and the
Medford Bowling Lanes will
conduct March of Dimes activity
all next week.
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Snow Flurries to Taper Off
Snow flurries were expected to
taper off later today and cooler
temperatures are forecast for
this week end as a mass of cold
air moves south through south
ern Oregon.
Some clearing is expected to
morrow, but there are possibili
ties of more snow early next
week when a warming trend is
expected, weather bureau of
ficials said.
Varying amounts of snow fell
in mountain areas during the
past 24 hours, and a trace fell
in the Rogue valley early this
morning. Higher elevation
amounts ranged from an inch of
snow on the Siskiyous to 14V4
inches at Crater Lake National
park.
It was snowing hard in moun
tain regions south of Medford
shortly after" noon today.
The weather bureau said tem
peratures might get down to
freezing at Brookings tonight.
Brookings recorded one of its
coldest readings today when the
mercury went down to 36.
Baker this morning reported
7 below, and other cold readings
150 Residents in
Decisions Program
More than 150 Jackson coun
ty residents are taking active
part in "Great Decisions . . .
1957," according to Mrs. John
Ousterhout, chairman of the tem
porary county Great Decisions
committee.
The number includes those in
weekly informal discussion
groups studying eight foreign
policy fact sheets prepared for
the program. It does not include
students and teachers in Medford
High school who are using the
material, nor persons taking ad
vantage of newspaper articles,
and radio and television pro
grams, she said.
Fact sheets are available at
the Medford public library, along
with other related reading ma
terial. Informal home study
groups could still be formed this
weekend, Mrs. Ousterhout said,
and finish the eight-session for
eign policy study at the sched
uled time.
Ferrell Elected Vice
President of Chamber
Eugene Ferrell, manager of
Fluhrer's Bakery, yesterday was
unanimously elected second vice
president of the Jackson County
Chamber of Commerce.
The action was taken at a
meeting of the chamber's direc
tors at noon. The second vice
presidency is a new office, creat
ed by a recent amendment to the
by-laws of the chamber. M. M.
Huggins is president this year,
and Ray Johnson is first vice
president.
The annual membership din
ner will be held at the Medford
YMCA the evening of Thursday,
Jan. 31, with all chamber mem
bers and their wives invited to
attend. Speaker will be Dr.
Frank Mclntyre, director of
public relations for the southern
section of the California
Teachers association.
MEDFORD, OREGON, FRIDAY, JANUARY 25, 1957
included 5 below at Bend and
Pendleton, zero at Redmond, 2
above at The Dalles and 9 above
at Klamath Falls. Medford re
corded a low of 28.
Jet Stream Pushes
Bomber To Record
Cross-Country Trip
Bedford. Mass. (U.R) A
coast to coast record for bombers
was set today by an Air Force
jet bomber which made the flight
in 3 hours and 47 minutes with
the aid of the "jet stream."
The B47 flashed over the
marker at Hanscom Air Force
Base here at 6:04 a.m. (PST)
after flying 2,650 miles from
March Air Forte Base in Cali
fornia. It left March AFB at
2:17 a.m.
Maj. Mont Smith, Arlington,
Mass., was the pilot.
Smith's time would be 29
minutes faster than the previous
bomber record and would equal
the fighter plane record estab
lished in 1955.
Smith said the plane picked
up the jet stream at 37,000 feet
over Albuquerque, N.M., aftetf
"some difficulty in finding it.'.'
He said the plane then rode
the stream "right across the
country" with the help of an
automatic navigator that "lines
up the plane with the stream."
The temperature outside at
37,000 feet was 59 degrees be
low zero at times, he said.
Aboard the plane besides
Smith were Capt. Charles S.
Hawkins, Boston, Warrant Of
ficer James J. Lunsford Jr., and
Lt. Haydon Y. Grubbs, Rich
mond, Ky.'
Smith said "we got a fair
boost from the jet stream, but
not as much as we hoped for. At
the best it was about 160 knots."
"It's Going To Take
On This
highway in the Rogue valley will extend from Blackwell hill through Seven
Oaks, just east of the Central Point city limits, through Medford, east of Phoenix
and Talent, ar.dcurve to east of Ashland, connecting with the present Highway
99 south of Ashland. The four-lane, divided highway will be part of the federal
highway system approved by Congress last year. Eventually Highway 99 will be
four or more lanes, divided the complete length of Oregon under the program.
State police said chains were
required on Sexton and Oregon
mountains this morning and man
datory on the Green Springs and
Siskiyous at 1:30 p.m. today.
Carrying chains was advised for
motorists traveling in Cave Junc
tion and Prospect.
Prospect reported 7 inches of
new snow. Green Springs 3
inches, one inch on the Siski
yous, and six inches in the Sex
ton mountain area.
The 14 '2 inches at Crater
Lake brought the total snow
depth to 87 inches. Chains were
required from Annie Springs to
headquarters, and advised on
Highway 62 through the park.
The road to the rim was closed.
Sa!k Polio Vaccine
Total Reaches 7,138
The number of children in
Jackson county receiving free
shots of Salk anti-polio vaccine
rose to 7,138 yesterday when
803 were inoculated at four sta
tions, according to figures from
the county health department.
At Howard school, 141 stu
dents and 62 non-students re
ceived the first in the three-shot
series. At Jackson school 180
students and 48 others were
given the serum. Central Point
Junior high school reported 306
students and 19 others and
Applegate school reported 25
students and 22 others.
A vaccine station will be set
up in the basement of the Elks
club, North Central ave. and
Fifth St., Monday from 7 to 9
p.m. for anyone in the county
under 20 years of age, who has
not been able to get the shots
at the regular stations.
Vaccinations in the schools
concluded the first round today,
when shots were given at Rogue
River Academy, Pinehurst, Oak
grove and Bellview. Second shots
will be given starting oh Mon
day, Feb. 11.
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CRITICS
Congressional
Review of Foreign
Policy Rejected
Washington (U.R) Secre
tary of State John Foster Dulles
struck back today at his Senate
Democratic critics.
Dulles rejected the idea of a
"white paper" congressional re
view of administration foreign
policy before the Senate votes
on the "Eisenhower doctrine."
Such a demand was made Thurs
day by Sen. J. William Fulbright
(D-Ark.), second ranking mem
ber of the Senate Foreign Rela
tions Committee.
"I can think of nothing that
would damage our relationships
with Britain and France more
than to go through such a pro
cess," Dulles bluntly told a com
bined session of the Senate For
eign Relation? nd Armed Ser
vices committees.
On this score, Dulles found an
ally in Senate Democratic Lead
er Lyndon B. Johnson of Texas.
Johnson told reporters he sees
"no reason for holding up ac
tion" on President Eisenhower's
Middle East resolution until
there is a congressional review
of administration foreign policy.
At the same time. Sen. George
D. Aiken (R-Vt.) came to the
rescue of Dulles, accusing some
Democratic senators of a "con
certed effort to destroy" Dulles
"personally and politically." -
Aiken named no names. But he
told the combined committees
that some of the questioning
had "gone far beyond the point
of constructive criticism and in
quiry and assumed the character
of harrassment, embarrassment
. . . and delay."
Dulles, appearing before the
two committees for the fourth
day of questioning, reddened
visibly by Aiken's reference to
the rough verbal battering the
secretary took Thursday from
some Senate Democratic critics.
Sen. Wayne L. Morse (D-Ore.)
announced that he will offer a
subsUtute to provide "some as
surance" that American troops
will not be forced to "fight alone
to protect" Western Europe's
source of oil.
Dulles assured Morse the
United States would not "go it
alone."
Pears, Peaches
Meetings of
Pears and peaches will be dis
cussed by growers, , county
agents and specialists from Ore
gon State college at meetings
in the courthouse auditorium
Monday and Tuesday afternoons,
according to C. B. Cordy, county
horticulture agent.
The first meeting, scheduled
from 1:15 to 4 p.m., Monday,
will be devoted to pears. Grow
ers' questions will be answered
and Iain MacSwan. plant path
ologist for Oregon State college,
will discuss pear scab.
Adjusting air blast sprayers
for reduced gallonages will be
described by L. C. Teriere, as
sistant chemist, OSC, and new
aids in irrigation will be told by
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Salem OI.R) The Oregon
Senate buckled down to busi
ness today after a drama-packed
session that saw Sen. Bovd
Overhulse, Madres Democrat,
unanimously elected president.
It was another unprecedented
move in an extended Senate
caucus that saw many an unpre
cedented move. Overhulse be
came the first freshman-senator
in the history of the Oregon Sen
ate to be elevated to the presi
dency. After attempts by Sen. War
ren Gill, Lebanon Republican.
and Sen. Watler J. Pearson,
Portland Democrat, to break the
11-day deadlock by holding a
secret ballot failed, the Senate
recessed for more than an hour,
then went back into session at
4:30 p.m.
Election Made Unanimous
On the first ballot. Sen. How
ard Belton, Canby Republican
who had been serving as tem
porary chairman, voted for Sen.
Harry D. Boivin, one of three
Democrats the Republicans had
been supporting.' Boivin voted
for Overhulse. Sen. C. D. Cam
eron, Grants Pass Republican,
voted for Boivin. Sen. R. F.
Chapman, Coos Bay Democrat,
voted for Overhulse.
Then Sen. Truman A. Chase,
Euegne Republican, voted for
Overhulse.
That broke the log jam.
From then on all the Repub
licans and all the Democrats
voted for Overhulse. Belton and
Cameron changed their votes to
Overhulse, and the former dist
rict attorney of Jefferson county
and state representative from
central Oregon was unanimously
elected.
Chief Justice William C.
Perry was summoned from the
Supreme Court building and ad
ministered the brief oath ei of
fice at 4.42 p.m. Sen. Overhulse
took over as presdient of the
Oregon Senate.
Overhulse Brings Chuckle
Overhulse spoke briefly and
with apparent emotion.
"I did not seek this office. I
did predict, before the session,
the possibility that the Senate
might be divided 15-15 for elec
tion of its president. But by no
stretch of the imagination did I
conceive that I would ever be
standing here." Then he brought
a chuckle from his fellow sena
tors when he said:
"I will do my best to make
you a good presiding officer, and
I ask you to forgive in advance
the mistakes I am about to
make."
Pearson, who had been the
early choice of the Democrats
for president, addressed Over
hulse: "The Democratic party is
proud to have you as the first
Democratic president of the Ore
gon Senate in 50 years."
Governor Gives Praise
Gov. Robert D. Holmes called
Overhulse "one of the ablest
legislators and finest men in the
Democratic party. He will give
the Oregon' state Senate con
scientious, intelligent and fair
leadership."
Overhulse, 47, is a veteran of
three sessions of the Oregon
House of Representatives and
was elected once without Repub
lican opposition.
He graduated from University
of Oregon law school in 1933
and was elected Jefferson coun
ty district attorney in 1934. He
was reelected three times and
Weather
FORECAST: Partial clearing
and colder tonight with a few
snow flurries. Partly cloudy
and continued cold Saturday.
Low tonight 15-20. High Sat
urday 32-35.
Temp.
Highest Yesterday 4 1
Lowest this Morning 28
Prec. to 4:30 a.m. Today 09
Our Skies Tonight
Sunrise 7:33 a.m.
Suniet 5:16 p.m.
The Moon rises Satur
day 4:22 a.m.
and rides low. New Moon Jan. 30
Capella. the fifth brightest
star, will be high overhead
at 9:07 p.m. It Is estimated that
the light of this star, travelling
at a speed of 11 million mils
per minute, takes 45 years to
reach the Earth.
Will Be Discussed at
Growers, Agents Next Week
Marvin Shearer, OSC irrigation
specialist.
J. A. Milbrath, OSC plant
pathologist, will review work
on the stony pit problem and
R. J. Higdon, former horticul
turist for the southern Oregon
branch experiment station, will
discuss pear blight sprays. L. G.
Gentner, entomologist at the ex
periment station, will speak on
aphids, spider mite and blister
mite control. Don Berry, county
horticulture agent, will be the
final speaker and will outline a
spray program. Coffee will be
served at 4 p.m.
The meeting on peaches will
be held from 1:15 to 4 p.m. Tues-
day. Questions and answers arc
emote
resigned in 1948 to farm and
practice law in the firm of Over
hulse and Rodriquez.
Born in Watertown, S. D..
July 30, 1910, Overhulse mar
ried Helena Graham and they
have two daughters. Presently
Overhulse is president of the
Jefferson County Title and Ab
stract company.
Governor, Gill
Clash Over Senate
Election Struggle
Salem (U.R) Gov. Robert
D. Holmes and a Republican
state senator clashed today over
ine long struggle to elect a Sen
ate president but ' both praised
Boyd Overhulse of Madras who
was named to the position.
ine governor said:
"Sen. Boyd Overhulse is one
of the ablest legislators and
finest men in the Democratic
party. He will give the Oregon
State Senate conscientious, in
telligent and fair leadership. I
am pleased that the long and
unseemly struggle, perpetuated
beyond "reason by willful re
sistance of the Republican mem
bers of the Senate has ended.
Offers Congratulations
I am proud, too, that Senator
Overhulse and his Democratic
colleagues, acting in the public
interest, were willing to make
one final attempt to resolve the
ltuation. My congratulations to
the new Senate president. I an
ticipate that he will work with
my administration closely and
harmoniously."
To this Sen. Warren Gill of
Lebanon, who was the early Re
publican choice for Senate Presi
dent, replied:
"Sen. Overhulse was the sug
gestion of the Republican party
two days before he was elected,
and was the only new Demo
cratic senator acceptable to us.
We deem his election to be a vic
tory for our party and all the
people of the state of Oregon."
"The election was a complete
repudiation of Gov. Holmes.
When he stuck his hand into
legislative affairs and named his
personal candidate, we chopped
his arm off at the elbow." '
Teenagers Questioned
In Thefts, Vandalism
Eight Jackson county teen
agers have admitted vandalism
and burglaries recently, accord
ing to Medford police and
sheriff's reports.
Six Prospect teen-agers Wed
nesday admitted to sheriff's
v -"puties that they broke win
do. s and removed a double door
from its hinges at the Baptist
church summer lodge near Pros
pect lasi month.
Two Medford boys, aged 14
and 13, have admitted the theft
of some change, ice cream and
milk from Jefferson Grade
school Tuesday and Wednesday
nights, according- to city police.
Police said they also adnitted
an attempted break and entry
at the Rogue River Packing
corporation Wednesday night.
The boys have been released to
county juvenile authorities.
Service Award Will
Be Presented Today
One of six Medford men will
receive the Medford Junior
Chamber of Commerce distin
guished service award tonight at
a 7:45 p.m. banquet in the Rogue
Valley Country club.
Mark Hatfield, Oregon's secre
tary of state, will be guest
speaker. The award is presented
annually to the man between 21
and 35 years of age who has been
adjudged outstanding in com
munity leadership and service.
Finalists for the award are
Glen Jennings, Dr. William J.
Thompson, Clifford M. McGinty,
Hay Johnson, Clifford Oueilette
and Robert A. Johnson.
first on the agenda, followed by
a talk on new aids in irrigation
by Shearer. MacSwan will speak
on peach blight and leaf curl con
trol and Gentner will speak on
peach aphis and scale control.
Berry will outline a peach spray
program. "
Henry Hartman, of the OSC
horticulture department, will
discuss pruning as it relates to
split pits, yield, fruit size and
quality. Higdon will speak on.
fertilizers, . pointing out kinds,
amounts, effects and what hap
pens to them in the soiL Coffee
will be served at 4 p.m.
Cordy said anyone interestSd
in fruit growing is invited to at-
tend the meetings.