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ft) c c o PJ K o Jl an Six mgk ices EAGLE AWARD Arthur Thomas, 17, son of Mr. and Mrs. Nilcs Thomas, 588 North Main st., Ashland, was presented the Boy Scout Eagle award at a Big Pines district court of honor Tuesday night at McLoughlin Junior High school. Dr. Elmo Stevenson, vice presi ISRAEL Clarification of Aqaba Use Asked; To Stay in Gaza Jerusalem !U.R) The Israeli cabinet was reported today to have accepted1, subject to "cer tain conditions", the American jan for moving Israeli troops out of Sharm-El-Sheikh. But it rejected demands it give up the Gaza Strip. Informed sources in Jerusa lem said the cabinet met today and decided to ask Ambassador Abba Eban to seek further clarification of the American stand on navigation of the Gulf of Aqaba. Sharn-El-Sheikh, a fortress on the gulf, was used by Egypt cjo blockade Israeli ship ping. Guarantee Offered Secretary of State John Fos ter Dulles offered to guarantee free navigation of the Gulf of Aqaba if Israel would pull its troops out of the former Egyp tian base in the southern tip of the Sinai Desert at mouth of the gulf. The Israeli sources would not , elaborate on the "certain condi tions" of withdrawal but indi cated Eban would sound out Dulles further on just how the United States would guarantee free navigation. The gulf is Is rael's outlet to the Red Sea. Israey informants also ex; pressed belief the United States would support Israelis position that a shift of United Nations troops into the Gaza Strip would not satisfy Israel's de mands for a shield against Egyp ) tian Fedayeen (commando) at tacks. ' Man Sentenced to Three Months in Jail William M. DeRushe, 20, of 322 South Riverside ave., was sentenced to three months in the county jail yesterday after plodding guilty in district court to a charge of petty larceny. DeRushe admitted taking 81 Osections of galvanized refrigera tion pipe from the Pinnacle Packing company in Medford Feb. 2. Two others, charged with petty larceny in connec tion with the same case, entered pleas of innocent. They are Al len B. Butterf ield, . 19. of 105 Tripp St., Medford, and Claren Henderson, 19, of 124 Tripp St., Medford. Trial date for Butterfield and HendcVson has been set for Feb. 21. Judge Rawles Moore re leased the two on their own recognizance. Lowry, Wilhelm Preparing Utility Property .Tax Bill Salem (U.R) Republican Sens. Philip B. Lowry of Med ford and Rudie Wilhelm Jr., of Portland, today prepared for introduction in the Senate a bill setting an ad valorem tax ratio on utility properties 30 per cent higher than that applied to other classes of property. . Until recent years, they noted, utility properties in Oregon have been assessed at a much higher ratio than other classes of prop erty and the same practice is to a substantial extent being fol lowed in all other states in this country. However, in accordance with ACCEPTS 51st Year Medford United Press Full Leased Wire 30 Pages Many Children Said Not Getting 2nd Polio Shots Dr. A. Erin Merkel, Jackson county health officer, today em phasized the necesity for chil dren to receive their second shots of anti-polio vaccine in the cur rent free inoculation program sponsored by the Jackson County Medical Society. Dr. Merkel said that many children who received their first shots at the free vaccine sta tions a month ago are not re turning for the second of the three-shot series. "The second and third shots are equally as important as the first shot if the child is to re ceive maximum protection against polio," Dr. Merkel said. 833 Get Vaccine A total of 833 youngsters re ceived the vaccine at four sta tions yesterday. Of that number, 778 were given second shots and 55 received the first inoculation. First shots will continue to be given at vaccine stations, or may be obtained at the county health department in the court house or from a private physi cian. Dr. Merkel pointed out. Vaccine was administered to day at Ruch, Evans Valley, Roosevelt grade school in Med ford and Walker grade school in Ashland. Friday the vaccine stations will be open at West Side school, St. Mary's school in Medford, Lincoln grade school in Ashland and the county health depart ment from 1 to 5. p.m. Truman Tells Views On Peace in Mid-East Former President Harry S. Truman believes that a sound economic plan is the only hope for peace in the Middle East. Mr. Truman warns that we cannot be too soon in tackling the problem. Another in a series of arti cles by Mr. Truman, this one on peace in the Middle East, appears on page one of sec tion three of today's Mail Tribune. - the requirements of long-stand ing Oregon law the State Tax Commission has in the course of its reappraisal program been reducing the ratio applied to utilities and has been increasing the ratio applicable to other classes of property. The senators said the State Tax Commission is to be com mended for following the law '"but the time has apparently come when the Legislature should consider a variable ratio for utility property in order to protect the tax base of local sub divisions -of government." dent of the Crater Lake Area Council, pre sented the award, which is one of the highest in the field of Boy Scouting. Above, young Thomas is being congratulated by Dr. St"--en-son while his parents look on. MEDFORD, OREGON, THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 14, 1957 1 r f1 , J i JUDGE CHARLES WOODRICH To Speak in Medford Proposed Forestry Camp for Boys to Be Meeting Topic Douglas County Circuit Judge Charles Woodrich will discuss a proposed forestry camp for Douglas county juveniles at a meeting of the Jackson county juvenile advisory council at 8 p.m. Monday, Feb. 18, in the circuit court room here. The proposed camp, which would be a corrective institu tion, would help relieve crowded conditions in state juvenile schools, according to Mrs. Kay Crowell, director of the Jack son county juvenile department. The camp would attempt to re habilitate delinquent juveniles, she added. . Mrs. Crowell said there is a possibility of local youths at tending the proposed camp, in which event the county would share in financing construction. She added there also is the pos sibility Jackson county may con sider a similar development. Woodrich was appointed judge in July, 1955, when juvenile court cases and probate work came under the jurisdiction of circuit courts. He is one of the youngest circuit court judges in Oregon. Judge Woodrich has prepared plans for ah intermediate facili ty for boys who are not eligible for probation or commitment to MacLaren school for boys. Also scheduled at the meeting is a review of bids submitted for construction of the Jackson county juvenile detention home. Bids are scheduled to be opened at 10 a.m. tomorrow by the coun ty court. Air Force Studying Ion Beams for Power Washington (U.R) The Air Force is studying the startling concept of harnessing ion beams to provide electrical energy for powering space ships at fantas tic speeds. ; However, would-be space rocketeers can settle back. The Air Force expects it will be some time before it ever gets around to building a space ship, much less powering one by "ionic drive." i. fcnHlfci HfcAi I llllll M Ill III .. I I I TlH KSfMIMMf IliTtIjfegM SILVER AWARD Medford Explorer Scout, Ferris Simpson, son of Mr. and Mrs. L. L. (Doc) Simpson, 801 Kings highway, received his silver explorer award Tuesday night at the Big Pines district court of honor at Mc Loughlin Junior High school. It is the highest award which may be achieved by an explorer iJLLES Mrs. McKay Calls Drew Pearson Liar Portland (U.R) An angrj wife of a former Oregon gover nor sprang to her husband's de fense . todax,and.tcdd.arWasji-. ington columnist he is a "liar." Mrs. Douglas McKay fired off a letter to Columnist Drew Pearson explaining that he never commented on remarks about her husband while he was in public life. But the -wife of the former governor and secretary of the interior said "Since that is no longer the case, I feel free to tell you what a liar you were in your statement . . ." Mrs. McKay, writing from Cuernavaca, Mexico, said she referred to a Pearson column in which the columnist asserted the McKays didn't get invited Jackson-Douglas District Proposed Salem '(U.R) The member ship of the Oregon Senate would be increased from 30 to 31 and the membership of the House from 60 to 61 to allow an additional senator and rep resentative from a new joint district of Jackson and Douglas counties under terms of a reso lution introduced in the Senate today. ' If the resolution passes both houses, the constitutio nal amenment will be referred to the people at the next general election. Identity of Iowa Fire Victims Sought Council Bluffs. Iowa (U.R) Authorities sought today to iden tify two" of 14 persons killed when flames flashed through a 75-year-old frame convalescent home, trapping many of the vic tims in their beds. Ten persons were injured in the blaze Wednesday afternoon, but only one was reported in critical condition. Eight others were hospitalized. Pennsylvania Party Dials Erie Number; Gets Medford Police Medford City Police Patrolman B e r 1 e Stephens, while on desk duty Wednes day, thought nothing unusual about answering the tele phone with "City police. Stephens." But he was startled by one caller who promptly-replied. "Who are you kidding? You don't sound like a policeman!" - After an exchange of words it was discovered the caller was dialing 3-3636 but in Erie, Penn. Once the speaker found out that he was speaking to Medford. Oregon, he asked about the weather and, after a short, friendly conversa tion, thanked Stephens and hung up. ?uua Price 10c Tribune United Press Full Leased Wii No. 280 to the presidential inaugura tion and that McKay left the night before for Oregon, "a Qroken.and. disillusioned .man." Oregon s former first lady declared she and her husband had been invited twice to the inauguration, both in person by President Eisenhower and in a formal invitation. She denied vigorously that McKay is bro ken in spirits or disillusioned. Her letter, made public here today, concluded, "I cannot understand how a man can stoop so low as to tell so many lies in order to make a living." 287 Pints Donated To Bloodmobile Residents of Medford donated 287 pjnts of blood, just three pints less than the city's quota, during the Red Cross Bloodmo bile visit yesterday. Medford's quota was 290 pints. Red Cross officials said the quota would have been far exceeded if the 49 people who were rejected as donors had been able to give blood. A toal of 336 residents volun teered to donate blood during the day. Of this total, 132 were "drop-in" donors who had not made appointments at Bloodmo bile headquarters. Officials said the number of drop-in- donors at this visit set an all-time rec ord in the city. Of those who made appoint ments -.to give blood, 10 can celled and 22 others failed to keep ' appointments. Officials praised residents for their turn-out, which they com mented was unusually high for this time of year. A considerable number of prospective donors was rejected because of colds or because they had recently re ceived Salk vaccine innocula tions. Bloodmobile workers also praised members of the Medford Kiwanis club for their assistance in recruiting blood donors. Pre-Budget Meeting Scheduled by Court The Jackson county court will hold a pre-budget meeting with heads of various county depart ments Feb. 25 to consider the 1957-58 county budget. The meeting will be an in structional session, members of the court said, and department heads will be informed as to how their budget requests should be prepared. On March 11, department heads will begin meeting indi vidually with the entire budget committee on an appointment basis. After department heads have presented their proposed budgets, the committee will be gin preparing the over - all budget. . Scout. Simpson, who is one of the top ranking Scouts in the Crater Lake Area Council, already has his God and Country award and Eagle award with three palms. Above, Scout Commissioner J. A. McDougall, far right, who made the presentation, and L. L. Simpson look on while Mrs. Simpson pins the award on. Longshore Strike Settlement Near, Mediator Asserts New York (U.R) Federal Mediation Chief Joseph F. Fin negan said today he believes "to day is the day" which will set tle a longshore strike that has idled about 150 ships from Port land, Me., to Norfolk, Va. Finnegan and representatives of the New York Shipping As sociation and the International Longshoremen's Association en tered a joint negotiation session to reach final contract terms. Both sides agreed Wednesday night that only minor issue stood in the way of settlement. The union's 45,000 dock wor kers in the North Atlantic ports weht on strike Tuesday night at the expiration of a, Taft-Hartley law 80-day injunction which had halted an earlier nine-day strike. The contract has been under ne gotiation for more than six months. Honolulu, T.H. (U.R) A Teamsters strike involving only 46 truck drivers today threaten ed to close down Honolulu's mil lion dollar port operations and spread to Waikiki's tourist-clogged hotels. The truck , drivers stopped work Wednesday after wage ne gotiations with a local transfer company collapsed. Teamster President Arthur Rutledge said the waterfront would be pick eted if any trucking company with non-union employees at tempted to work the piers. ite House Denies Threat of Sanctions Thorriasville, Ga. 4U.R) The White House today bluntly de nied a London report that President Eisenhower, during the heat of the Suez Canal cri sis, threatened economic sanc tions against Great Britain. Viscount Hinchingbrooke, a Conservative member of the House of Commons, said Wednesday that the ' President used "cavalry barracks lan guage" in a transatlantic tele phone call to former Prime Min ister Anthony Eden. The British member of Par liament also said the President threatened to use economic sanctions against the United Kingdom in the Middle East crisis. Iowa Farm Boy Named 1957 Easter Seal Child Chicago U.R) A freckled faced, five-year-old Iowa farm boy was chosen today as the 1957 Easter Seal child. Little Walter Bill Cash, who wants to be a farmer despite a paralyzed left leg he suffered in a polio attack, was named by the National Society for Crip pled Children and Adults to rep resent thousands of crippled youngsters in the Easter Seal campaign starting March 15. Weather FORECAST: Fair above 4.000 feet through Friday. In val lev, fog a sain tonight and Friday morning, clearing in afternoon. Low tonight 40. High Friday 60. Temp- Hirhest Yesterday 47 Lowest this Morninc 4 Free, to 4:30 a.m. Today .17 Our Skies Tonight Sunrise . 7:I a m. Sunset 5:42 p.m. The Full Moon rises 6:19 p.m. In Perigee, it is 221,500 miles from the Earth, the nearest it will be this year. The Moon to night appears larger than at First Quarter and it also re flects more than eight times u much light to the Earth. Oregon Observes 98th Birthday Salom (U.R) To Oregon's 98th birlhd tale was ad milled tc ion on Valentine's day, 185b. Jurors for Trial Visit Scene Where Child Was Killed Jurors in the new circuit court trial of Carl W. McMillan, 50, route 2, box 816, Central Point, this morning went to the scene where Michael Hanshew, eight-week-old son of Mr. and Mrs. Arthur Hanshew, was kill ed last July 21 in an accident on Highway 99 near the Mason Ehrmann rd. McMillan was driver of a car which struck the jeep in which the Hanshew family were rid ing. Other members of the fam ily were injured in the collis ion. A district court jury found McMillan guilty last August of driving while under the influ ence of intoxicating liquor. Mc Millan's attorney, Edward Kelly, subsequently appealed to circuit court. The appeal was granted and the new trial began yester day. Selection of Jury Selection of the jury, consist ing of seven women and five men was completed this morn ing. Opening statement by Dis trict Attorney Thomas Reeder was to begin after the jury re turned from the accident scene about 11:30 a.m. The state is expected to have four or five witnesses in the case and the defense is expected to have a corresponding number of witnesses, the district attor ney's office indicated. McMillan was indicted by the grand jury last fall on a charge of manslaughter and is sched uled to appear in circuit court later on that charge. Campaign to Secure Convention Starts A campaign to bring the 1958 Oregon state Junior Chamber of Commerce convention to' Med ford started recently, according to John Gustafson, chairman in charge of the campaign. Plans to secure the convention for Medford started in 1955, but a concentrated effort recently began, he said. Facilities of the new armory probably will be used should Medford be chosen as the convention site. Gustafson said between 1,000 and 1.200 delegates usually at tend the state Jaycee conven tion, and Jackson County Cham ber of Commerce officials indi cated delegates would spend about $42,000 during the three day affair. : Dates for the convention will be May 3, 4 and 5. Medford will be offered as the 1958 site at the convention in The Dalles in May, officials said. ; Officials of the Chamber, which is supporting convention scheduling in Medford, said a re cent survey taken at a national convention in Portland indicated that about half the daily expen diture of $24 by delegates goes into retail trade channels. Macmillan Government Faces By-Election Test London (U.R) Prime Min ister Harold Macmillan's new Conservative government went into its first elections test today with the possibility of losing a seat in the House of Commons. The by-election, held in the normally Conservative London suburb of North Lewisham, was the first since Sir Anthony Eden stepped out as prime minister. "Don't Say I'm Not A I Watched the rgia Governor ks Resolution Charging 'Crimes' Attack Called x 'Shabby Device' Atlanta, Ga. (U.R) Gov. Marvin Griffin's ' move to im peach six justices of the U. S. Supreme Court, including Chief Justice Earl Warren, was attack ed today as a "shabby device." Griffin's lieutenants planned to introduce formally in the Georgia House of Representa tives today a resolution accusing Mr. Warren, Justices William O. Douglas. Hugo Black. Felix Frankfurter, Tom Clark and Stanley F. Reed of "high crimes and misdemeanors." At least three other states were expected to join in Geor gia's move in retaliation for de cisions outlawing forms of seg regation in the South. They are Alabama, Mississippi and Lou isiana. Desegregation Not Mentioned The resolution does not men t i o n desegregation decisions handed down by the Supreme Court. But most of its citations concern participation of the jus tices in decisions which sponsors considered "soft" toward Com munists or illegal usurpation of states rights. President Jacob S. Potofsky of the Sidney Hillman Founda tions attacked the resolution for mentioning Douglas' acceptance of a $1,000 foundation award. The resolution said Douglas and Black accepted "awards of money and things of value" from Communist front organizations while member of the court. It referred to a dispatch pub lished by the New York Times reporting the presentation of the Sidney Hillman Award to Douglas citing him as "one of the most steadfast guardians of our indiviual liberties." Claimi Smear Campaign Potofsky called this "a per fectly shabby device" to "smear Douglas" by calling the founda tion "as Communist ... by in nuendo." Potofsky listed former recip ients of the award as including former President Truman, Mrs. Eleanor Roosevelt, Roman Cath olic Bishop Bernard J. Shiel of Chicago; former Sen. Frank P. Graham of North Carolina, for mer Sen. Herbert H. Lehman of New York, Sen. Wayne D. Morse of Oregon and former So cial Security Administrator Os car Ewing. "No one but a bigot would characterize any of this disting uished company as Communist or pro-Communisl" Potofsky said. Russian Demand for U.S. Debate Rejected United Nations, N. Y. (U.R) The General Assembly's steering committee voted today to reject a Russian demand for full de bate on a charge that U. S. policy is heading for atomic war. The Soviet motion was de feated, 8 to 6, with one nation abstaining. x The United Stales had an nounced it would welcome de bate on the Soviet charge, al though U. S. Ambassador Henry Cabot Lodge Jr. called it a "gi gantic cock and bull story." "We ' believe every country has the right to make a fool of itself if it wants to," Lodge said. DOW-JONES AVERAGES New York (U.R) Dow-Jones final stock averages: 30 indus trials 461.56, off 0.58; 20 rail roads 141.49, off 0.20; 15 utilities 69.62, off 0.12, and 65 stocks 163.76, off 0.23. Sales today were about 2.220,000 shares compared with 2,380,000 shares Wednes day. Good Watchman Whole Thing" o
