British Announcement
Qf B-Pomb Test Stirs
Hawaii and Japanese
Honolulu. T.H. (U.R Britain
is scheduled to set off at least
live hydrogen bombs just 1.200
miles south of Honolulu starting
0 this month.
Wis is less than two hours
away by jet plane.
The House of Representatives
of the Territorial Legislature has
passed a resolution requesting
the U. S. government to ask Brit
ain to halt the tests.
Japan formally asked the Brit
ish government to cancel the
tests, which will be conducted
off Christmas Island, south of
Hawaii. The Japanese fear that
"fall-out" might drift thousands
"I of miles westward to their home
land, the original target of the
nuclear age.
So What Attituda
Despite the legislative resolu
tion, introduced by a freshman
Oregon Democrat
Sold by Sweelland
Milwaukie, Ore. (U.R)
O Monroe Sweetland, state senator
and publisher of the Oregon
Democrat here, sold the publica
tion yesterday to John R.
Churchill, a Portland business
ppnsultant and research econo
mist. Q Sweetland said "There is a
new era in Oregon and we trans
fer the Oregon Democrat to its
energetic new owners confident
that it will be greatly expanded
to meet the different needs of
the Democratic era we are enter
ing. Associated with Churchill in
publication of the bi-weekly
Democrat will be Phil Frost,
former editor of the Bend Mid
Statesman; Bruce Bishop, presij
dent of Oregon Young Demo
crats, and Gordon Allen. Salem
and Willamette valley radio e$-
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Labor Council Dodqes
Backets Probe Stand
Portland (U.R) The Portland
Central Labor Council lasj night
rejeed a suggestion by City
Commissioner Stanley Earl that
it take a stand regarding the
Senate's labor rackets investiga
tions. Earl was quoted as saying it
was time the Portland organiza
tion took some affirmative ac
tion in support of the national
AFL-CIO. He said "They are fail
ing in their duty if they sit idly
back without giving some ex
pression of distaste to a corrupt,
rotten mess."
The council last night issued
a statement which said it was
waiting until all the facts were
available.
Portland Bus Service
May Continue Running
Portland (U.R) A settlement
of Portland's bus crisis was in
the making today indicating
there would be no halt of service
March 22.
City Commissioners Nathan
Boody and Ormond Bean said
they reached a tentative agree
ment with Rose City Transit
company which would be pre
sented to the council. The agree
ment would give Rose City a
fare increase by raising weekly
passes from S2.75 to S3 and elim
inating bargain token purchases.
Single 20-cent adult fares would
be unchanged.
The company earlier threaten
ed to halt service March 22.
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woman lawmaker, the residents
of Honolulu are not alarmed by
the tests. Here they remember
Pearl Harbor, Dec. 7, 1941. and
have taken a "so-what" attitude
toward explosions 1,200 miles
away.
British Counsul John W. S.
Corbett announced recently that
his governments H bomb tests
"will be high air bursts which
willl not involve any heavy fall
out. All safety precautions will
be taken."
"There is no question." he as
sured islanders, "of Hawaii be
ing in the slightest danger. Fir
ing will not take place under
conditions in which inhabited is
lands might be affected by radio
active material."
However, Francis Woo, chief
of the Bureau of Industrial Hy
giene of the Territorial Board of
Health, says the danger would
depend entirely on the wind and
meteorological conditions at the
time of the blasts.
Monitor Fallout
"There's a problem there," he
said, "as we don't know what the
wind conditions will be from
March 1 to August 1. If winds
blow toward Honolulu we'll get
some fall-out."
Woo's staff will monitor radio
activity during the tests as it
did for the U. S. atomic tests
at Er.iwetok last year, when a
few traces of atomic dust were
recorded.
During the 1954 tests in the
Marshall Islands, a Japanese
fishing vessel, the Fortunate
Dragon, was "dusted" with
radioactivity from an explosion
80 miles away. Twenty three
crew members were injured and
one later died.
These will be the first H bomb
the British have exploded.
Iron Lung Patient
Starts Long Journey
San Jose. Calif. (U.R) Ed
ward Scheffler, a 20-year-old
polio victim who cannot live
outside an iron lung, begins a
1,000 mile trip Wednesday.
Scheffler is being transferred
from Santa Clara County hos
pital here to the Northwest Res
pirator Center at Seattle, one of
IS polio treatment facilities op
erated by the National Founda
tion for Infantile Paralysis.
The center is the closest to
Scheffler's home and family at
Corvallis, Ore.
Scheffler will be wheeled
aboard a specially outfitted box
car, which will be attached to
Southern Pacific's Cascade Lim
ited for the 29-hour journey.
A physician and two nurses
will accompany Scheffler in the
improvised hospital.
Doctors recommended t h
transfer so Scheffler could get
the proper therapy. He is par
alyzed from the neck down,, the
result of bulbar polio he con
tracted on Jan. 8. At the time
he was living in Palo Alto and
was working for an electronics
firm.
Armored cars were used by
the marine corps as far back as
1916. Even those early types
were reported to attain speeds to
60 miles an hour, amazing for
that test period.
The coast guard's cutter Lin
coln was the first U.S. ship to
enter Alaskan waters after the
territory was purchased from the
the Russians.
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television and says, "It's
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her days in the movies,
Bette add3, "I must admit I
am intrigued by TV and
playing a character in three
days is certainly a nice
change from playing the
same person for six or eight
weeks."
Thornton Reopens
Portland Vice Probe
Portland (U.RJ The continu
ing grand jury probe into vice
conditions in Portland reopened
yesterday under the direction of
Attorney General Robert Y.
Thornton.
Two indictments against
James B. Elkins charging an at
' tempted get-rich-quick scheme in
selling a proposed site for the
Exposition-Recreation center
were dismissed.
,,) 0f tne indictments
came at the request of Thornton
vvnu explained it was necessary
so that Elkins could be subpoe
naed to testify in a further in
vestigation of the charge.
About 96 million tons of iron
ore passed through the Soo canal
in 1953.
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PRIME MINISTER Nobu
suke Kishi (above), 60, has
been elected Japan's eighth
post-war prime minister by
the Parliament in Tokyo. He
suDports co-operation with
the West
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Women Make
My MRS. H. H. CHAPMAN
Hornbrook The Women's
Society of the Hornbrook Com
munity Methodist church held
an all day meeting Thursday,
Feb. 28, at the home of Mrs.
Henlev Clawson.
A large number of baby
clothes was nade. These will be
sent to a missionary at Datel,
N.M., for distribution to needy
members of the Navajo Indian
tribe.
Attending the meeting were
Mrs. Clarence Gowing, presi
dent of the society, Mrs. Ernest
Adams, Mrs. Ardon Burns. Mrs.
Bertha Bradley, Mrs. Minnie
Bloomingcamp. Mrs. S. D. Ha-
worth, Mrs. Mary Taggart. Mrs.
Clarence Gosney, Mrs. Elmer
Rue, Mrs. Laura Swuinerton,
Mrs. Clara Howard, Mrs. Harry
Chapman, Mrs. Lewis Manning,
and the hostess.
The next meeting will be held
March 14 at Katherine Chap
man's. April 11 has been chosen
as the date for the annual Spring
Bonnet party at the church. All
women of the community are in
vited to attend, and are asked to
bring an "original creation" of
a hat.
Mrs. Bertha Bradley, ac
companied by Mrs. Grace Quig
ley, Mrs. Clara Howard, and
Mrs. Laura Swinerton. drove to
Klamath river last Sunday
where they attended a dinner
at the home of Mrs. Bradley's
sister and brother-in-law, Mr.
and Mrs. Will Rogers. The oc
casion marked the observance of
Rogers' Feb. 22 birthday.
Mr. and Mrs. George Connor
of Napa, Calif., were overnight
guests Friday at the home of
Mrs. Bertha Bradley. They left
Saturday morning for Yoncalla,
Ore., to visit other relatives.
The hostess, Mrs. Henley
Clawson, took high school when
the Auction Bridge club met at
her home on Wednesday, Feb.
27. Taking second place was
Mrs. Bertha Bradley. Other
members playing were Mrs. Will
Rogers of Klamath river, Mrs.
Frank Ohlund, Mrs. Grace
Quigley, Mrs. Marshall Horn,
Mrs. Lester Nye, and Mrs. Ray
Kettlewell.
Mrs. Luella Hislop, of Grants
Pass, Ore., is visiting at the
home of her sister and brother-in-law,
the Rev. and Mrs. Lewis
A. Manning.
The February birthdays of
Mrs. Kay Kettlewell and Mrs.
Harry Chapman were observed
on Tuesday when Mrs. James
Hodge entertained the Sewing
club at her home. Helping the
honored guests to celebrate
were Mrs. L. C. Walsh, Mrs.
Lawrence Breceda. Mrs. Marsh
all Horn, and Mrs. S. D. Ha
worth. Bobbv. Rav and .Tarn Seaman.
children of Mr. and Mrs. Roy
beaman of Yreka, spent the
week end at the home of their
granparents, Mr. and Mrs. Hen
ley Clawson.
Mr. and Mrs. L. B. Lucas of
Tillamook, Ore., were week end
guests at the home of Mr. and
Mrs. Floyd Burns. They were
en route home after spending
the winter in Santa Barbara,
Calif. Other week end guests
were the Burns' daughter and
son-in-law, Mr. and Mrs. Leland
Stickney of Medford.
The T. D. Killingsworth fam
ily have moved here recently
from Hilt. They have purchased
the large house on Henley lane,
recently vacated by the. Whit
ten family.
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Baby Clothes
Lauran Paine was honored at
a birthday dinner given by Mrs.
Paine at their home on Feb. 23.
Besides Mr. and Mrs. Paine and
their sons Bob and Lauran, Jr.,
guests were Mr. and Mrs. Gene
French and daughter Nancy, of
Yreka, Mr. and Mrs. Al Gregory,
and Mr. and Mrs. L. C. Walsh.
The Yreka High school an
nual spring band concert was
presented at the gym Thursday
evening, Feb. 28. Members of
the band from Hornbrook who
participated were Linda Raw
houser, daughter of Mr. and Mrs.
Ed Mason, who plays the cym
bals, and Barbara Burns, daugh
ter of Mr. and Mrs. Ardon
Burns, who plays drums.
Mr. and Mrs. Ed Smith, and
daughter Dorothy and son Bob,
drove to Orland, where they
spent the week end at the home
of their son and brother and his
family. Dr. and Mrs. Edward M.
Smith and son Mike.
Mrs. Martha Collister has re
turned for a visit with her son
and his family, Mr. and Tom
Collister and Tommy. She has
Sacramento.
The SP depot here, built about
1887 or '88 at the time the rail
road first went through has
been undergoing a bit of mod
ernization With the installation
of fluorescent lighting. This is
believed to be an improvement,
but it does tend to accent the
antiquity of the structure.
Copco News
Mr. and Mrs. Dick Trullinger
and children spent last week
end at Glendale, Grants Pass
and Medford, visiting friends
and relatives.
Relatives from Nebraska are
visiting at the home of Mr. and
Mrs. Jacobson.
Mrs. Fritzie Camp of Jackson
ville, Ore., spent several days
visiting at the home of Mr. and
Mrs. Morrie Chappie and sons.
The Don Brain and Bill Dear
dorf families were visited by
their mother, Mrs. Poke, from
Mt. Shasta.
A farewell party was given
last Thursday evening in honor
of Mr. and Mrs. Leroy Pike.
Tile measle bug is an unwel
come visitor in Copco. Current
ly playing host to the "leetle
varmint" are Mrs. Mike Friday,
Mrs. Bobbie Wilson, and the two
little Chappel boys, Morrie and
Stanley, and more are expected
to be added to the list.
Ricky and Rex Trullinger
have each received an accordion
pin as their first award for ac
cordion lessons.
Police School Set
WednesdayAfternoon
The first class int he Oregon
regional police school will be
held Wednesday afternoon in the
council chambers in the Med
ford city hall.
Chief of Police Charles Cham
plin will conduct the class on
"Police Approach to Human Re
lations" that will be attended
by law enforcement officials
from the county.
Lt. Clyde Fichtner, Medford
police, taught the same class
Friday in Coos Bay. Today the
lesson was held in Roseburg.
During the month five other
classes will be held.
The first railwav horsecars
were started in Scotland in I
about 1812.
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NEW SECRETARY
Thomas S. Gates Jr. is shown
in Washington after learn
ing he had been nominated
by President Eisenhower to
be the new Secretary of the
Navy. Gates will take over
the job after Secretary
Charles S. Thomas' resig
nation becomes effective
April 1.
About 200 mining firms in the
U.S. produce more than one mil'
lion tons each year on a basis of
each unit. Daily coal output is
said to be in excess of one mil
lion tons.
The average annual mileage
per passenger automobile in the
United States decreases with the
age of the vehicle and also tends
to shrink as the population of a
city increases.
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Gill's Objection To
Message by Governor
Starts Tiff
Salem (U.R) One of the
few flare-ups so far in this legis
lative session sizzled briefly in
the Oregon Senate yesterday
afternoon when Sen. Warren
Gill, Lebanon Republican, said
the governor "should quit inter
fering in our business, particu
larly when he is completely out
in left field."
His remarks came after a mes
sage had been read from Gov.
Robert D. Holmes in the morn
ing session, urging the Legisla
ture to "introduce and enact", im
mediately legislation to suspend
any district attorney under in
dictment. Sen. Gill said: "This is another
example of incompetence and
confusion in the state's highest
office today."
Message Said Uncalled For
He said that Senate bill 319,
introduced Feb. 19, called for
just such legislation and the gov
ernor s message was uncalled
for.
Sen. Jean Lewis, Portland
Democrat, immediately arose
and said "I understoon that it is
in our rules that we do not at
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tack any member of this Sen
ate. We should be glad to have
the suggestions of our governor,
just as we are glad to have sug
gestions of our constituents back
home."
Her reference to "any mem
ber of this Senate"' was to the
fact that before he became gov
ernor, Holmes was a member of
the Senate.
But Sen. Carl Francis, Dayton
Republican, noted that Sen. Gill
had mentioned no one by name
and he said the governor "is not
a member of this body."
Sen. Ben Musa, The Dalles
Democrat, said he was glad that
"we at last have a governor with
enough intestinal fortitude not
to be afraid to act." He said pre
vious recent governors Repub
licans all had been too timid to
act and he declared he was glad
that at last "we have a good
governor." "
At this point. Sen. Phil Brady
of Portland moved for adjourn
ment. It was quickly adopted,
and the brief flare-up was
stemmed before it developed into
a full-dress donnybrook.
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