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'THE LIGHT SHALL SHINE' I.Irs. Gene Neff. Medford
Mothers' March chairman, points to a porch light as the invita
tion for mothers to stop at homes between 7 and 8 o'clock
tonight to accept a contribution to the March of Dimes. Mrs.
Lew Miles, county Mothers' March coordinator, looks on.
Mothers To March
In County Tonight
Despi
ite Weather
Come what may in the way ,
of weather, several thousand
Jackson county mothers will
leave their homes en masse to
night in the sixth annual
Mother's March on Polio culmin
ating the month-long March of
Dimes campaign.
Promptly at 7 o'clock the
mothers will start canvassing
their assigned blocks. By 8 p.m.,
according to Mrs. Lew Miles,
county coordinator, they are ex
pected to have completed their
assigned areas.
In Medford, those who wish
to contribute but have not been
contacted by a little after 8
o'clock are asked to telephone i
2-5002 and a city police car will
be dispatched to pick up the
donation.
Means of Identification
Marching Mothers in Central
Point, Eagle Point, Jacksonville.
Phoenix and Medford will have
stickers on collection cans as
means of identification. In Ash
land scrolls on which the donor
may sign his name will serve
as identification while in Butte
Falls cans with "MOD" on them
will identify the collector.
Several members of the Crater
Lions club will dress as women
and, while singing a marching
nni solicit contributions in a
section of the city.
Mrs. Gene Ncff. Medford
chairman, said block workers
will take their collections to
lieutenants who then will turn
the money over to area captains.
The captains will take the money
to St. Mark's Episcopal church
where personnel f r am the
United States National bank,
under the direction of Don Mon
ticth, will stay at their adding
machines until the last nickel is
counted.
In Medford the marchers will
call at every house to leave a
card on which the family may
keep a record of its polio vac
cinations. Only at those houses
Permits Not Available
At Pleasant Creek
Logging operator permits are
not available at Pleasant Creek
Guard station, as was previously
announced, the state forestry
department headquarters here
reported today.
The permits, however, can be
obtained at the local headquar
ters on Table Rock rd., the
Grants Pass headquarters and
t Cave Guard station. Cave
Junction.
Logging permits must He re
newed for the calendar year of
1957.
Duncan Among Signers of
Death Penalty
Salem (U.P.) A bill provid-. fective if the constitutional
ing for life imprisonment instead change was approved by the peo
of death for conviction of first i pie in the 1958 general election,
degree murder or treason was Gov. Robert D. Holmes asked
introduced in the Oregon House j for abolition of the death pen-
today.
Signing the bill were Reps.
Robert Duncan. Medford; George
Layman. Newberg: Keith Skel-
ton. Eugene: Don Willner. Port- j
land: and Sens. Monroe Sweet- i
land. Milwaukie; and Dan Dim
ick, Roseburg.
Would Amend Constitution .
A companion House joint res
olution would amend the Oregon
constitution to substitute life im
prisonment for the death penal
ty.. The bill would become ef-
which have a lighted porch
light, however, will they solicit
contributions.
Boundaries Described
Areas to be covered by the
Medford marching mothers will
include the following:
Foothills rd. and Hillcrest rd.
beyond Barnett rd.. South Stage
rd. from Voorhies crossing west
including the Griffin Creek dis
trict, Arnold lane to the south
side of Beall lane, Beall lane to
Merriman rd., Table Rock rd.
to the airport rd. including the
airport district and Delta Waters
rd. to Foothills rd. The .bound
aries will include the Grandview
district. Lone Pine district, How
ard district, West Side school
district. Oak Grove district and
Jefferson school district.
Dragging Continues
For Charles Howe
Dragging operations for the
body of Charles J. Howe, 60,
of Grants Pass, continued today
along the Rogue river near
Miller's Gulch. Howe is believed
to have drowned when the sta
tion wagon he was driving went
into the river Monday night.
The unoccupied vehicle was
pulled from the river near
Miller's Gulch bridge late Tues
day morning.
State police said the river has
been dragged several times from
the accident scene downstream.
but that operations have been
hampered because of ice along
the bank.
Ray Holmes. 57, of Rogue
River, who fell in the river
while at the scene Monday
night, was reported in "fair
condition at Sacred Heart hos
pital. He suffered head and oth
er injuries, police said.
Three Appear in
Circuit Court Today "
Francis Elmer DuPuis, 33,
Ashland, was given a suspended
two year penitentiary sentence
Wednesday when he appeared
in circuit court after pleading
guilty to a charge of writing
checks without sufficient funds.
Kenneth Edwin Douglas, 51,
Richmond. Calif., pleaded guilty
to a charge" of obtaining money
by false pretenses. His case was
continued pending arrival of
records from the FBI.
Joseph George Mattey, 52. of
503 East McAndrews rd., Med
ford. was arraigned in circuit
court on an indictment charging
grand larceny and will enter his
plea Friday.
To Life Term
alty as "uncivilized" in his in
augural address.
The bill would further pro
vide for a 25-year sentence in
stead of life for second degree
murder.
Must Serve IS Years
A person convicted of first
degree murder would be inelig
ible for parole until he had
served 15 years instead of the
present seven years. He would
also hsve to have the unanimous
Major Disaster
Area Declared in
Kentucky Floods
Two Other States
Appeal for Help
By UNITED PRESS
President Eisenhower declar
ed Kentucky floodlands a major
disaster area today and two oth
er states appealed for federal
aid in the "devastating" floods
that have killed 11 persons and
left thousands homeless.
Gov. Thomas B. Stanley of
Virginia asked the President to
declare six southwest Virginia
counties a major disaster area.
A similar plea want to the Pres
ident earlier from Gov. Cecil
Underwood of West Virginia.
Adds To Miseries
As the appeals for help were
voiced, cold, snow and more
rain added to the miseries of
the flood sufferers in four states.
Stanley acted after receiving
reports that the floods drove
2,000 persons from their Virgin
ia homes, left 18.000 unemploy
ed and severely damaged many
homes and businesses.
Stanley called the floods "dev
astating." Eligible for Loans
Damage in the four-state area
mounted to more than $15 mil
lion. The Small Business Ad
ministration designated 23
counties in Kentucky, West
Virginia and Virginia as disast
er areas under its program of
relief activity, making persons
whose homes or businesses were
damaged eligible for 3 per cent
loans.
Manv Towns Isolated
Many towns were still isolat
ed today and not even helicopt
ers could land with desperately
needed food and medicine.
An emereency traffic route
was opened to the stranded com
munity of Grundy, Va., clearing
the way for food and medicine
supplies for the town's 2,000
residents who had appealed for
help by radio Wednesday nignt.
Shady Cove Boys
Admit Ransacking
Four Shady Cove boys, ages
14 and 15, have been turned
over to iuvenile authorities in
rnnnpetion with a break and
nnlrv renorted Nov. 16 at an
unoccupied house near snaay
Cove owned by John L. Leaden.
Sheriff Howard Gault reported
today.
Leaden is a patient at the Vet
erans' hospital in Vancouver,
Wash. The break and entry was
discovered and reported by two
friends of Leaden who had been
left in charge of the property
during the owner's absence.
Investigation showed pictures
had been taken from walls,
household items broken, and
scattered and drawers ransack
ed and their contents strewn
over the house.
Three of the youths admitted
ransacking the house after en
tering it through a window.
They said they had entered the
building on more than one oc
casion, but had damaged con
tents of the house only once.
They also admitted taking sev
eral items from the house, in
cluding a cane, necKiace ana ear
phones. The three were charged
with malicious destruction of
property.
The fourth boy, who admitted
entprins the house but denied
rnrtirinatint in destruction . of
its contents, was charged with
trespassing.
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Chamber Roundup Buifet
Slated at YMCA Today
Dr. Frank O. Mclntyre, direc
tor of nublic relations for the
California Teachers association
will speak on "How To Build
a Better Mousetrap" at the Jack
son County Chamber of Com
merce Roundup Buffet tonight.
The program will start
7 p.m. in the upstairs of
YMCA building.
at
the
Bill Changing
in Oregon
consent of the parole board after
a public hearing on his case.
The death sentence could only
be enforced for first degree mur
der committed while a person
was under sentence of life im
prisonment. Three Awaiting Death
Three men James Norman
! Jensen, George Sack and Billy
Junior Nunn are currently
under death sentence at the state
penitentiary. Gov. Holmes has
not yet announced if he has any
plans in their cases.
Jensen and Nunn were con
victed in Jackson county and
Sack was convicted in Multno
mah county.
Proposal Would
Provide Haven for
Fleeing Persons
Need for Emergency
Legislation Outlined
Washington (U.P.) President
Eisenhower asked Congress to
day for new immigration legis
lation that would grant a haven
in the United States to persons
who "flee from Communist per
secution and tyranny."
In a special message to Con
gress, the President also re
quested liberalization of the
McCarran - Walter immigration
act, -basic immigration law of
the land.
At the outset of his message
the President outlined the need
for emergency legislation to help
Hungarian and other refugees.
He said the eyes of the world
have been fixed on Hungary
where thousands of men, women
and children have fled to seek
asylum abroad.
Must Grant Asylum
"Our position of world lead
ership demands that, in partner
ship with other nations of the
Free World, we be in a position
to grant that asylum," Mr. Eisen
hower said.
He called for two basic steps
to help anyone, not Hungarians
alone, fleeing from Communism:
"First, I recommend that the
Congress' enact legislation giv
ing the President power to au
thorize the attorney general to
parole into the United States
temporarily under such condi
tions as he may prescribe es
capees, selected by the secretary
of state who have fled or in the
future flee from Communist per
secution and tyranny," the Pres
ident said.
He said the number who
should be granted temporary
admission on a parole basis in
any one year should not exceed
the average of aliens who have
been permitted to enter the
rnnntrv over the past eight years
by special acts of Congress out
side the Da SIC mumnnuxu
system.
Permanent Residents
Second, I urge the Congress
promptly to enact legislation
giving the necessary discretion
ary power to the attorney gen
eral to permit aliens paroled
into the United States, to remain
as permananet residents,"' he
said. . .
The President said this legis
lation "would effectively suivc
the problem of the Hungarian
escapees who have already ar
rived." Furthermore, he said, it
would provide "a means for cop
ing with the cases ot ceridi i
Korean orphans, adopted chil
dren and other aliens who have
been granted emergency admis
sion to this country and now re
main here in an inaenm
status."
Senate Committee To
'Help Organized Labor'
Washinetnn U.R) Sen. Irv-
Hns M. Ives said today the new
Senate Labor Racketeering oum-
mittee will "help organized la
bor clean house."
Ives, who is expected to be
vice chairman of the eight-man
bipartisan committee set up by
the Senate Wednesday, told
newsmen that with the backing
of responsible labor leaders the
group can do a real job.
Saud's Support Sought
To Keep Mid-East Free
Washington (U.R) Secretary
of State John Foster Dulles to
day sought the support of King
Saud of Saudi Arabia in the U.S.
Arabia in the U.S. drive to keep
the Middle East free of Russian
penetration.
Dulles took over the delicate
diplomacy which President Eis
enhower initiated during taiKs
with the visiting Arabian mon
arch at the White House Wed
nesday afternoon.
DOW-JONES AVERAGES
New York (U.P.) Dow -Jones
final stock averages: 30 indus
trials 479.16. off 1.37; 20 rail
roads 148.79. off 0.80: 15 utilities
70.93. off 0.12. and 65 stocks
169.91. off 0.54. Sales today were
about 1.920.000 shares compared
with 1.950.000 shares Wednes
day.
Eugene iU.P.) Cal Young, 85
son of pioneer parents who were
among the first settlers in the
Willamette valley, died in a Eu
gene hospital Wednesday.
51st Year
Medford
. United Preu Full ueased Wire
24 Pages MEDFORD, OREGON, THURSDAY, JANUARY
Strike Threatened
By Grocery Clerks
Over New Contract
Harold E. Carlson, Portland,
secretary of the Oregon Inde
pendent Grocers association,
said today grocery clerks in
Medford, Grants Pass and Ash
land have threatened to strike
because of a deadlock has re
sulted in negotiations to renew
a contract.
Carlson . and E. R. Johnson,
Portland labor consultant for
Safeway Stores, Inc., left Med
ford this morning after local
grocery store operators and un
ion representatives met last
night.
Carlson said negotiations "ap
parently be."3Tne deadlocked."
Representat5-- -s of grocery store
operators indicated the deadlock
was over expiration date of the
proposed contract. Negotiations
have been going on for about
three weeks, Carlson, said.
The contract between gro
cery store operators and the
clerks union, which is represent
ed by the local Teamsters union
expired Jan. 15.
Terms of the proposed con
tract. Carlson said, include s
reduction in hours for both male
and female clerks at the same
salary- schedule,; and - improve
ments on vacation and premium
rates, which are in effect after
7 p.m. The proposed contract
also provides for an additional
reduction in hours for male em
ployees to a 40-hour week
starting in 1958.
Union representatives could
not be reached immediately forJ
comment on the situation.
Thornton Ruling on
Surtax Repeal Asked
Salem U.P.) Two Republi
can members oi me uiegun
House said today they have
asked Attorney General Robert
Y. Thornton whether the 45 per
cent surtax on incomes can be
repealed in time for this year's
tax payments.
Reps. Wavne Giesy and Mon-
roe ana fayeue unsiui w.
Grants Pass inquired of Thorn
ton whether an emergency
clause may be attached to the
surtax repealer. Oregon consti
tution forbids such a clause on
tax measures but the two law
makers point out it says nothing
about repealers.
If legal, Giesy and Bristol I
said, "It would be possible for
the legislature to stop the collec
tion on the 1956 surtax which is
due in April, 1957."
Senate Revision on
Mid-East Doctrine Seen
Washington (U.PJ Over
whelming House approval put
President Eisenhower's "fight if
we must" Middle East doctrine
before the Senate today where
it faced almost certain revision.
But in the end, informed Sen
ale sources said, a modified ver
sion of the President's Middle
East resolution still acceptable
to the administration will pass
the Senate also.
A DOG WAS NOT THE GOAT
Detroit U.PJ A suburban
Troy woman called police and
told them a dog was chewing up
her shrubbery. Skeptical offic
ers went to her house and cap
tured a goat which was cropping
the foliage.
Weather
FORECAST: Generally cloud.r
with a few showers and
milder temperatures toniRht
and Friday. Low tonight 32
35. High Friday 45.
Temp.
Highest Yesterday -iO
Lowest this Mornlnr 30
Prec. to 4:30 a.m. Today, Trace
Our Skies Tonight
Sunrise
7:27 a.m.
5:34 p.m.
6:39 p.m.
Sunset
The Moon sets
and is in Apocee.
First Quarter Feb. 7
At midnight tonight the Milky
Way will be seen in the west,
stretching across the sky from
Cassiopeia to Canis Major. It
pas&es through Perseus above
Alcol.
"Are You Sure You're Getting The
Whole Picture Here?"
House Committee
To Vote Friday on
Sales Tax for State
Salem CU.P.) The House
Taxation Committee will vote I
it j . .1 i.i,i I
three per cent sales tax bill rec-
ommended by the Interim Tax ,
Study Committee.
The bill is expected to be de
feated by the Democratic-controlled
committee.
Final recommendation on the
bill was scheduled after a hear
ing yesterday at which labor and
farm leaders ' expressed opposi
tion to the bill. It was defended
by Sen. Rudie Wilhelm Jr.,
chairman of the Interim Tax
study committee, and Rep.
Rep. Wayne Giesy, Monroe Re
publican. Demo Program Due Soon
Committee Chairman Clar
ence Barton. Coquille Democrat,
said in response to Giesey's sug
gestion to defer action on the
sales tax bill until Gov. Robert
Holmes' budget requirements
were known, that the Democrat
ic tax program would be ready
soon and that committee mem
bers would "recognize it when
they saw it."
Tom Scanlon of the Oregon
Central Labor Council, Elmer
McClure of the Oregon State
Three FAS Highways
Approved for County
Three federal aid system
highway projects, totaling $230,
000, 'have been approved by
the state highway commission
for Jackson county between now
and 1959, according to W. C.
Williams, state highway en
gineer. Federal aid projects planned
here include regrading, surfac
ing and paving 1.5 miles of the
Gregory rd.-Central Point rd.
section of FAS Highway 273
at a cost of $70,000 in 1957-53
funds; 2.4 miles of the Jacksonville-North
section of FAS High
way 274 at a cost of $100,000
in 1958 funds; and 1.5 miles of
the Table Rock-Crater Lake
highway section of FAS High
way 274 at a cost of $60,000
in 1959 funds.
The projects are among 21
approved for nine Oregon coun
ties at total cost of $1,807,000,
Williams pointed out. He said
most of the money would come
from the 1958-59 federal aid al
locations, although part of the
total will come from unobli
gated 1957 funds available under
the federal aid program.
Ontario U.P.) Death of 71-year-old
Arthur Morilon near
here Wednesday night has been
attributed to near-zero tempera
tures by Malheur County Cor
oner George C. Beechlr.
Price 10c
Tribune
United Press Full leased Wira
31, 1957
No. 268
Grange and Harley Libby of the
Oregon Farmers Union all said
their groups opposed a 6ales
tax,
nipsv
estimated that Gov.
budget, including $40
Holmes'
I million to increase basic school
support, would run from $318 to
$325-million. He said that even
if the 45 per cent surtax was re
tained, the state would still have
to find an additional $58 million
to meet the Holmes budget
Boyd Named Head
Of Budget Committee
Howard Boyd, 431 Haven st.,
Medford, manager of Wool
worth's store here, was elected
chairman of the Medford budget
committee at an organizational
meeting in the city hall last
night. Boyd was appointed to
the committee earlier this
month.
Mrs. Marina Gates was re
elected secretary for the fifth
consecutive term.
The budget committee is
made up of the eight council
men and eight citizens appoint
ed by the mayor and council.
City Manager Robert Duff,
who also is city budget director,
outlined the budget program.
City departments are preparing
estimates of needs for the
1957-58 fiscal year, and the pre
liminary budget probably will
be ready early in March, city
officials indicated.
Regular budget committee
meetings are .tentatively sched
uled to start in March, Mayor
John Snider said.
Quota for Bloodmobile is
Increased to 290 Pints
The quota for the February
visit of the Red Cross Blood
mobile has been increased 50
per cent because of the steady
increase in the use of blood in
Jackson county, Red Cross of
ficials have announced.
The Bloodmobile will be at
the Medford Elks temple, 202
North Central ave.. Feb. 13.
Hours of the visit have been in
creased one hour and will be
from 1 to 6 p.m.
The quota is 290 pints, for
which 350 donors will be re
quired. Bed Cross officials noted.
The number of donors exceeds
the pint quota since some donors
may be rejected.
Additional blood has been re
quested because of a steady in
crease in the use of blood in the
county. Red Cross officials said
the increase is partly due to
more accidents in winter weath
Tragedy Follows
Mid-Air Collision
With Jet Fighter
Dead and Injured
Found in Wreckage
Pacoima, Calif. i;U.R) An Air
Force jet fighter and a four
engined DC7B transport on a
test run collided in filght today
and the transport plunged Into
a junior high school and grade
school playground during a boys'
outdoor gym class.
Preliminary and unverified
reports from the scene said at
least four children were killed
and 20 others taken to hospitals,
some so critically injured they
were not expected to live.
Ploughs Through Walls
The big transport sliced
through high tension lines and
then ploughed through two re
taining walls into the school
grounds, scattering debris over
several acres.
The scene was terrible," re
ported teacher William Kelle
man, 32.
He said he ran from the build
ing when the crash occurred.
"I was the first one to come
out," he said. "I saw boys strewn
all over the playground. I went
over to see if I could help one
of my own students. There was
nothing I could do for him."
Parents Reach Scene
Ambulance attendants worked
to extricate the youngsters from
the wreckage and treat them.
Parents rushed to the school as
reports spread like wildfire
through San Fernando Valley
and stood outside the fences of
the school yard shouting for
their children.
Two men parachuted from the
jet plane, which first report
said was a T33 trainer.
The Air Force reported that
the bodies of three of the four
employees of Douglas Aircraft
who were handling the big trans
port on its test run were recov
ered from the wreckage on the
school grounds.
The transport was ground to
small chunks In the disintegrat-
ing crash.
Watches Plane Fall
There was no major fire In
the crash of the transport, al
though flames from one of the
engines flared out over some of
the children. Bits of smoulder
ing jackets and shoes and scorch
ed volley balls were littered
across the playground.
The schools are the combined
Pacoima Junior High and Terra
Bella Grade School.
School custodian Cline Steich-
man, 63, said the plane started
falling rapidly after the jet plane
apparently struck its wing. I
was outside and saw it. When it
started to hit things on the edge
of the school yard it disinte
grated like buckshot. Part of
the motors went in every direc
tion, covering the entire play
ground. "Boys fell to the ground as
though they were struck by ma
chine gun bullets."
Saw Planes Collide
"I saw the planes collide In
the air, but I didn't know it was
a collision at the time," said
United Press Hollywood Writer
Vernon Scott. "It looked like
one plane exploded."
"The scene is horrible," Scott
said. "The wreckage is scattered
all over the school yard. The
plane apparently didn't hit the
school itself. But debris scatter
ed over several acres. Some of
the heavy pieces are buried in
the macadam covering of the
yard.
"There are kids lying around.
Others are being treated by the
medics."
Salem U.P.) A 23 per cent
decrease in pedestrian deaths in
Oregon last year has been re
ported by the Oregon Traffic
Safety Commission.
er, and partly to replenish
plasma for Civil Defense emer
gency use. The National Civil
Defense submitted a request to
the Blood program for blood to
be processed into plasma, the
Red Cross said. The supply was
considerably depleted last win
ter in disaster relief.
During the past six months.
1,324 pints of blood were used
in Jackson county. During the
same period, only 979 pints were
collected.
A training class for local
nurses will be held Feb. 12 so
there will be a sufficient staff
during the Bloodmobile visit to
process donors ' quickly, Red
Cross officials stated.
-Recruiting donors for the
February visit will be the Ki
wanis club. Members of the club
have been asked to be respon
sible for bringing two donors to
the Bloodmobile. v