Passengers
Aboard Lei
Apparently
Acapulco. Mexico U.R) Pas
sengers and crew members
aboard the cruiser ship Leilani
said today the vessel apparently
has overcome the troublei which
beset it during the first leg of Us
maiden voyage.
More than 600 fun seeking
passengers piled off the Leilani
in happv spirits in thi resort
port today Although 41 passen
gers juit the newlv christened
ship in Fanamj complaining of
poor feud and poor .service,
many who stay:d with the snip
said loday they "never hod so
much fun."
Th Lci'.ani anchorej in Aca
pulco Sunday on its shakedown
cruise from Ne-. York to San
Francisco, wrier..- the Hawaiian
Steamship company wil! place it
in regular service to Hawaii.
Som Left Ship
Company President Elmer J.
Martin, who flew hPie from Los
Aiigclss last week, b.iarcied the
vessel shortly after dawn Sun
da and immediately laurched a
personal invsiUgHtiun of condi
tions .jboard the ship.
The Leilani w.:? quarantined
in Panama for more than 10
hours last week after 17 passen
gers were hospitalized for "food
and Crew
lani Said
Content
po'soning." Seventy passengers
threatened to leave the ship,
then and 44 actually did leave,
saying they would fly back home
or finish the trip by air.
Mr. and Mrs Frank Scarlet of
New York, both of whom spent
a day in a hospital in Panama,
said they were naving a 'mar
velous time."
After interviewing the pas
sengers, Martin said he was con
vinced the earlier trouble was
only normal on a maiden voyage
because it was the first trip for
the crew and "there are always
some bugs to be ironed out."
Edward Turner, vice president
of he Seafarers International
union, who boarded the Leilani
at Panama, said HO per cent of
the crew was unh:ippy at first,
but thit number has been cut to
10 per cent.
"The crew was green and not
organised," he said "I also think
too many passengers were
brought along for a shakedown
cruise.
Three United Press reporters
talked freely with the passen
gers and found only a few who
were still unhappy.
The Leilani is scheduled to ar
rive in Los Angeles Thursday.
Philha rmonic Society
Presents Programs
An audience more than twice
the size of the one which at
tended the first fall concert
turned out yesterday in Medford
for the second program presen
ted by the symphony orchestra
of the Philharmonic Society of
SouthernOregon this season.
The Medford program was fol
lowed by a repeat performance
in Grants Pass last night. Direc
tor Richard D. Werner conduct
ed both performances.
50 Musicians
The orchestra, which now
numbers about 50 musicians
from several southern Oregon
towns and cities, presented the
same program in both Medford
and Grants Pass.
Featured composition was
Mozart's "Symphony jn G min
or No. 40," the orchestra play
ing the four-movement work in
its entirety. It was preceded by
the "Phedre" overture by Mass
enet. The : post-intermission numb
ers were two lyric pieces for
string orchestra by Grieg "Heart
Wounds" and "The Last Spring,"
three dances from German's
"Henry VIII Suite" and the
"March Slav" by Tschaikowsky.
For the benefit of those who
were attending their first con
cert by this orchestra it should
be pointed out that yesterday's
performance was not up to the
standard customarily maintain
ed by Director Werner and his
musicians. This could be due to
the fact that the rehearsal
schedule in past weeks has been
severely curtailed by weather
which prevented many of the
players from attending. Since
the symphony is beginning to
build up a devoted following of
music lovers, it is hoped that
the spring concert will again
show that Director Werner and
his orchestra are capable of pro
ducing" a commendable perform
ance. Those attending the concert
In Medford were pleased to find
that the society had arranged
for attractive printed programs
which not only listed the num
bers, but personnel of the orch
stra. In the past the organiza-
Federal Employees
Union Head Kills Self
Washington (U.R) Mich
ael E. Markwood, 42, president
of the National Federation of
Federal Employees, was killed
Sunday in a 90-foot plunge from
the Taft Memorial bridge.
Markwood, president of the
100,000-member union, died al
most instantly. Coroner A. Ma
irruder MacDonald ruled the
ieath a suicide. He said he un
derstood Markwood had been
increasingly despondent lately.
He said union officials told him
Markwood had overworked and
oeen in poor health.
Lee Port Visits SW
District Office Here
Lee Port Jr. of the state forest
er's office, Salem, visited the
louthwest district headquarters
in Table Rock rd., Medford, late
ast week.
Purpose of the visit was to re
view the 1958 fiscal year budget
vith District Warden Curtis Nes
leim. The budget outlines ex
penditures necessary for the fire
irotection of about 1.600.000
icres of forest land in Jackson
ind Josephine counties.
A public hearing on the budg
et will be held later.
IHOW PANELIST DIES
New York U.R Fred Stein,
cho had been a member of the
Life Begins at 80" radio and
elevision show panel, died at
is Brooklyn home Sunday. He
ras 88.
Hon has "made do" with mimeo
graphed programs.
Program Message
- The program also contained a
message by Harvey Robertson,
president of the society, which
is worthy of repeating here. "In
every progressive community,
once the physical needs of the
population have been cared for,
there is an urge and a demand
for cultural activities. This thriv
ing and expanding city is no ex
ception. Music is an indispen
sable part of the heritage of
the human race and a symphony
orchestra is an essential element
in the life of every fine city.
"To the individual citizen, it
means that right here in Med
ford you and your family can
experience the world's finest
music performed by your own
orchestra. Membership in the
orchestra is open to any person
musically qualified, and inter
ested in the aims and objectives
of the Philharmonic society. We
of the board of directors trust
that you will continue to be a
firm supporter of fine music for
southern Oregon."
A welcome innovation was the
serving of coffee and cookies at
intermission time by members
of the Philharmonic Society
guild. Although a special effort
had been made to properly heat
the auditorium the sub-freezing
temperatures prevailing in the
area made it impossible to get
the place really warm.
The orchestra's spring concert
has been planned for Sunday,
March 24. O S.
Picketing Seamen
Tie Up Freighter
At Portland Dock
' Portland (U.R) The freighter
S S. James Lick remained tied
up here today while 13 alien sea
men displayed picket signs in
front of the vessel in a dispute
over severance pay.
Troubles of the seamen were
not limited to their dispute over
severance pay. They contend
that they were fired but at the
same time are being prevented
from leaving the ship because
the captain had picked up their
passports.
Picket Line Observed
Longshoremen have refused to
cross the picket line to work the
ship and the Sailors Union of the
Pacific issued a statement charg
ing the U. S. Immigration Serv
ice with acting as a strikebreak
er in the case.
The James Lick arrived here
last Tuesday from Japan. The
crew, except for the 13, was
given severance pay and trans
portation to New York.
Willaim Benz. business agent
of the Sailors Union here, said
his union established a picket
line at the vessel in San Fran
cisco three months ago and was
forced to withdraw in the face
of a court injunction obtained
by the company.
American Ship
Benz contended that the ship,
which had been operating under
the Libcrian flag, was actually
an American-owned ship and
was trying to avoid "American
laws and income taxes."
The ship is owned by United
Ventnes, a firm controlled by
Coastwise lines.
' Benz asserted that "They've
just jerked their passports from
them and are treating those men
like prisoners."
British Admiralty
Blamed for Naval
Disaster in War I I
MondaT January J 8, 18S7
MEDFORD (OREGON) MAIL TRIBUNE SEVEN .
London (U.R) An official na
val historian today blamed the
British admiralty for giving mis
leading signals which resulted
in one of the worst disasters suf
fered by a convoy during World
War II.
Capt. S. W. Roskill, in his
second volume of the official
"The War at Sea (1939-45)," also
severely criticized the combined
operations staff for the ill-fated
Dieppe raid.
Roskill, in his analysis of the
SAC Globemaster
Crashes in Alaska
Anchroage, Alaska (U.R) A
Strategic Air Command SAC
C124 Globemaster with 13 men
aboard crashed on the ice of
Cook Inlet here Sunday night
but all survived.
The Air Force said the plane
was attempting an emergency
landing at Elmendorf Air Force
Base here during a heavy fog
and freezing temperatures after
one engine caught fire shortly
after takeoff.
The crash occurred at 11:15
p.m. (PST). Rescue operations
were completed 55 minutes later
by three helicopters of the 31st
Air Rescue Squadron, the Air
Force public information at
Elmendorf said.
None of the men was seriously
hurt. All but three of them were
released from the hospital at
Elmendorf after a medical check
up. The three airmen who were
held at the hospital were said to
be in "good" condition.
tragedy which Defell convoy
P. Q. 17, bound from Iceland to
Murmansk in June, 1942, held
that the then first sea lord,
Admiral of the Fleet Sir Dudley
Pound, was largely to blame. He
inferred Sir Winston Churchill
had a "lapse of memory" in his
memories description of the trag
eody in which 24 of 27 vessels
fell prey to Nazi submarines.
According to the history, the
admiralty signalled the convoy
to scatter after receiving infor
mation that three big German
surface ships, including the bat
tleship Tirpitz, were about to
sail from Norway to attack the
convoy and a major sea battle
was imminent.
Screen Withdrawn
The protecting screen of
American and British battle
ships, carriers, cruisers and de
stroyers were withdrawn and
the merchant ships were left to
become unguarded victims of the
U-boats.
Roskill criticized the admir
alty for its tendency to direct
operations at sea from White
hall. He contended if the "scat
ter" order had been sent to the
convoy's senior officers for ac
tion as they saw fit "it is beyond
doubt . . . the convoy and escort
would have been kept together."
Coffee Hour Planned
In Gold Hill Tuesday
Gold Hill A coffee for the
benefit of the March of Dimes
will be given by Mrs. Norman
Gail, at her home on Highway
99 north, Tuesday, Jan. 29, from
noon to 2 p.m.
Mrs. Gail will be assisted with
the serving by Mrs. Arthur Boye
and Mrs. M. Schoennemann.
9,425 Cars Is Daily
Average on Main St.
Average daily traffic for De
cember on Main st east of Gene
va st. was 9,425 cars, according
to a report on traffic volume
from the Oregon state highway
department. Maximum hour for traffic
was between 5-6 p.m. Dec. 4
when the volume was 1,063 cars.
Maximum day was also Dec. 4
with a total of 10,358 cars.
In other Jackson county areas
the average daily traffic at the
Siskyou station, five miles east
of Ashland, was 696. Maximum
hour for traffic was between 4-5
p.m. Dec. 2 when 122 cars were
registered. Dec. 2 was also the
maximum day with a. total of
1,050 cars.
At the Shady Cove station,
four miles south of Shady Cove,
average daily traffic was 1,152.
Between 4-5 p.m. Dec. 16 was
the maximum hour with 165
cars. On Dec. 4, 1,420 car were
reported for the maximum day.
News Science Major
Created at Linfield
McMinnville New major In
the field of general science at
Linfield college, McMinnville,
has been created, according to
Dr". Ardian Tieleman, academic
dean, and Dr. Robert Jones, the
chairman of the natural science
division of the Linfield faculty.
Covering the fields of biolo
gy, chemistry, mathematics, and
physics, the major requires 50
hours of study in the natural
sciences. Specific courses in
clude botany, zoology, general
chemistry, mathematical ana
lysis, general physics, calculus,
field biolology and a minimum
and eight additional hours in
any one of the four areas cover
ed in the major.
Ed Sullivan To Appear
On TV Academy Program
Hollywood (U.R) Television
star Ed Sllivan has signed to ap
pear on the Academy of Tele
vision Arts and Sciences nomi
nations show which will be tele
cast nationally on Feb. 16, it
was announced today.
March of Dimes Supper
Set in Jacksonville
Jackonville A March of
Dimes pancake supper will ba
held in the new kitchen of the
Jacksonville Community hall
starting at 5 p.m. Thursday,
Jan. 31.
On the menu will be pancakes,
sausage, eggs, ham and coffee.
Proceeds from the dinner will
go to the March of Dimes, offi
cials in charge said.
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National Christian
Conference Planned
Berkeley, Calif. (U.R)
Officials of Congregational
Christian and Evangelical and
Reformed churches in Califor
nia, Oregon and Washington will
meet here Friday to plan the
first national Christian educa
tion mass conference to be spon
sored by the two denominations.
The national conference will
be held at Purdue University.
Lafayette. Ind., in August. 1958.
and is expected to be attended
by more than 5.000 church
school teachers and superinten
dents. The planning conference here
is the last of four regional ses
sions called by the two denom
inations. The Congregational Christian
Churches and the Evangelical
and Reformed church are sched
uled to merge in June. They will
become the United Church of
Christ.
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Death Investigated
Washington (U.R) An autop
sy was being held today in the
death of Paulina Longworth
Sturm. 31, granddaughter of
President Theodore Roosevelt
and daughter of "princess" Alice
Roosevelt Longworth.
Mrs. Sturm died Sunday at
Georgetown University Hospital
an hour after she was found un
conscious in her home by her 10-year-old
daughter Joanne. Police
said an empty pill bottle was
found nearby.
Coroner A. Magruder MacDon
ald said he understood Mrs.
Sturm had been under the care
of a physician.
Ella Fitzgerald Taken
To New York Hospital
New York (U.R) Negro blues
singer Ella Fitzgerald, who was
rushed to New York Hospital
Sunday with a serious abdomi
nal ailment, is still "quite sick"
but resting comfortably, her .
agent said today. I
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