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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
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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
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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."
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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.
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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.
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