Locals
Meeting Set The plasterers
and cement finishers, local 134,
will meet at the Labor temple
Tuesday, March 26, at 8 p.m.
Purchases Horn Mrs. Nina
Chandler has purchased the Hil
lis home, 532 Plum st.. Medford.
Her hine at 917 Newtown ave..
has been leased to Mr. and T.Irs.
R. L. Taylor, and
Linda.
daughter.
land four daughters. Mrs. Bert
' Roberts. Ashland; Mrs. Victor
Richard J. Hans. 113 j Jensen, in Germany; Mrs. Ber
Medford. reported to'nard Hendei.on. Noxon. Mont.:
Theft -
Laurel st
city police Thursday the theft of
a spare tire and wheel from a car
while it was parked in a South
Central ave. parking lot. Value
of the articles was $10, police
said.
C h c k ieturned Donald
Bruce Driscoll, 13B Newtown st.,
reported to city police Friday
that he had cashed a $15 check
for another person and the check
was returned marked "unable to
locate." The name James G. Si
nit Jr., 432 East Second St., was
signed to the check, according
to the report.
Association to Meet The reg
ular monthly meeting of the
Medford .hapter. National Office
Managers association will be
held at the Medford hotel Mon
day, March 25. Social hour will
start at 6:30 p.m. and dinner
will be at 7 p.m. Subject for the
evening will be local ad vert is
in
O ftilltW Talcn Hope T. Pax-
' m. on T..I ..:n .
ed to the sheriff's office Friday
tlt a billfold belonging to her
an, fddie R. Paxton, 17, was
ttn hile he was in a physical
r 4ucftion class at Jacksonville
HifH school. The billfold report-
ftlf contained $22 in cash. Dep-
iVas and school officials are in
T'.'Hting4 the case.
O tfefeqp Taken William
Wttpni Kclntyre. 1511 Crown
reported to city police Sat-
H? that a hubcap was taken
I hi car while it was parked
m driveway at his residence.
Ckarlos William Mathey, 38
O 'rth Oakdale ave., .reported
JVwtay that two hubcaps were
from a car owned by Par-
ilotors while the car was
mk4 at 315 East Fifth st.
re? lorn Williams, su-
tXtMtndcnt of Crater Lake Na
tional lrk. returned to Medford
thv Veelf after attending a semi
ataaal Wilderness Conference in
Sat a trlncieco. The conference
warn atttnled by about 400 na
tional yare service, bureau of
tnd management and forest
ftViwe ceficinls who discussed
mjathnAg e preserving and ad
minipi .-ilderness areas,
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Obituaries
SAMUEL GRAFT
Ashland Samuel Calvin
Graft, 73, 54i Iowa St., Ashland,
died at a local hospital Saturday
morning.
Mr. Graft was born In Lafay
ette, Ind., Se?t 28. 1883. He and
his wife, Maiy resided in Ash
land for the past 14 years. His
wife died. Feb 22. 1957. Mr.
Graft was a member of the
Eagles lodge. Medford.
Survivors include two sons.
Eugene Grft Eugene: and
George A. Graft, Denton, Mont.;
and Mrs. Philip Boomer, Con
cord, Calif.
Graveside services will be
held at 3 p.m Monday at Moun- j
tain View cemetery, Ashland.
There will te ni chapel services.
The Rev. Wendell Herbison, pas
tor of the Church of Christ, Ash
land, will 'fficiate. Litwiller's
Funeral hone is in charge of
arrangements
ROBERT CHET ELWOOD
Robert Chct Elwood, 66, died
Saturday morning in a local
hospital. Perl Funeral home is
in charge of arrangements.
GUY STONE
Guy Stone. 80, of 1935 Jerome
Prairie rd.. Grants Pass, died in
Jacksonville, Saturday, March
23. Funeral arrangements are
pending at Perl Funeral home.
Hubcap Missing Robert C.
Lake, 1700 Prune St., Medford
reported to Sheriff Howard
Gault Friday the theft or loss of
a hubcap from his vehicle.
Rummage Sale The Univer
sity of Oregon Mothers club will
hold a rummage sale between 9
a.m. and 5 p.m. Tuesday, March
26. at the Fehl building, 106
North Ivy st.. Medford. Proceeds
will be used for the club's schol
arship fund.
Knights of Pythias
Speaking Contest
Set This Week
Knights of Pythias will meet
in the Pythian building. Fifth
and Grape sts., Monday at 8 p.m.,
to complete plans for their 1957
public speaking contest, accord
ing to Don Lacy, contest chair
man. The contest will be held Thurs
day,' March 28, at 8 p.m. in the
Crater High school cafeteria.
Students to Compete
Student speakers from high
schools in Ashland, Talent, Phoe
nix, Jacksonville, Medford, Cen
tral Point and Eagle Point will
compete. Winners of the county
contest will compete in elimin
ation contests with winners in
the six west coast states. Inter
national finals will be held Aug.
11 at the Imperial Palace con
vention in Memphis, Tenn.
Topic this year is "Youth
Looks at the Future." Scholar
ship prizes totaling $3,500 will
be awarded. First place winner
will receive a $1,500 scholarship.
Any interested high school stu
dents may secure contest infor
mation from their teachers or
from Lacy, box 807, Central
Point, chairman of the Knights!
of Pythias for Jackson county.
Lewis Bright, 1954 graduate
of Medford High school, was one
of the Pythian public speaking
winners and is now majoring in
public speaking at Willamette
university. Last year's winner
was Bill Frake, now a senior at
Medford High school.
Two Portlanders Killed
In Accidents Friday
Portland U.R) Mrs. Ada
Dockery, 81, died in a Portland
hospital six hours after she was
struck by a car driven by an off
duty Portland police officer.
Mrs. Dockery was the second
accident victim in the city Fri
day. George D. Lynde. 21, was
fatally injured in a collision on
Northwest Union ave.
Police said Mrs. Dockery was
struck as she got out of a bus by
a car driven by Roy Beach
Moore, 43.
WEATHER
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Northern California: Increas
ing cloudiness in the north Sunday.
AKFAST
Committee Considers
School District Bill
Salem (U.R) The joint
ways and means committee Sat
urday had before it the distress
ed school district bill, one of
several important ' pieces of
school legislation before the
Oregon legislature.
House Education Committee
Chairman Joe" Rogers. Indepen
dent Democrat, said the bill pro
vides S7 million to aid building
programs in distressed districts.
Before the bill was turned ov-
Alpha Urquhart
Appears Shaken
During KF Trial
Klamath Falls (U.R) Mrs.
Alpha Urquhart Saturday ap
peared visibly shaken when she
faced Guy Earl Cramer for the
first time since the elderly pen
sioner tried to kill her at the
Klamath county courthouse.
The red-haired administrator
of the county welfare depart
ment ai-ked for a glass of water
as she testified at the first de
gree murder trial of Cramer,
now in its sixth day here.
Admits Shooting
Counsel for Cramer has ad
mitted that he shot and killed
Fred Peterson, welfa're commis
sion chairman, and gravely
wounded Mrs. Urquhart and an
other county official during a
commission meeting Jan. 4. De
fense plea is insanity.
Mrs. Urquhart was one of
three eye-witnesses who testified
at the trial which went into a
Saturday session because the
jury is being locked up for the
duration of the proceedings.
Others who testified about the
shooting were former County
Judge U. E. Reeder and Mar
tin Swanson, new chairman of
the welfare commission.
The trial slowed to a near
standstill Friday due to lack of
positive identification of the
murder weapon by state witness
es. Evidence Admitted
The gun and bullets fired from
it were finally admitted as evi
dence shortly after 5 p.m. over
the objections of defense coun
sel. Cramer is accused of the first
degree murder of Fred Peterson,
Klamath county welfare commis
sion chairman, last Jan. 4.
Deputy District Attorney Rob
ert Nichols and Deputy Sheriff
Dale Mattoon appeared for the
state but gave conflicting testi
mony about possession of the gun
following the fatal shooting in
the Klamath county courthouse.
The 76-year-old defendant, de
scribed as a disgruntled pension
er, broke into a wide grin several
times during the afternoon ses
sion as the state witnesses ap
peared confused with the testi
mony given by others.
Sandy Woman Is
Named to Group
Salem (U.R) Gov. Robert D.
Holmes Friday appointed Mrs.
Edna Scales, Sandy, to the West
ern Interstate commission on
Higher Education to succeed W.
Lowell Steen, Milton-Freewater.
Mrs. Sacles, state vice-chairman
of the Democratic Central
committee and a state education
leader, will fill Steen's term
which would have expired Aug.
28. He told Gov. Holmes he was
offering his resignation to the
commission for personal reasons.
The new commissioner, who
will participate in the western
regional conference of the Pres
ident's Committee for Education
Beyond High School, is a gradu
ate of Oregon State College.
She has been active at Parent
Teacher association activities,
serving six years on the State
executive committee.
The commission is made up of
three members from each of the
11 western states and territories.
The states adopted a compact
through which exchange of stu
dents for particular areas of
study is arranged.
Frank J. VanDyke, Medford
attorney, is president of the commission.
er to the ways and means com
mittee by the House Education
committee Friday, it was amend
ed so that the $7 million would
come from the basic school sup
port fund rather than the gener
al fund of the slate.
New Formula
A new formula for determin
ing degrees of need in distressed
districts was also added to the
bill. Previously, if any district
was declared distressed it would
have received money on a first-come-first-serve
basis.
Education Committee mem
ber Keith Skelton, Eugene Dem
ocrat, said the needs of distress
ed school districts would be de
termined quarterly on the basis
of the new arithmetic formula.
Skelton pointed out that the
bill recognizes the concept of
federal aid to education in a sec
tion which states that when and
if federal aid to education is
available. Oregon will take ad
vantage of it.
Other legislative highlights
Friday:
Astoria Bridge: The joint ways
and means committee recom
mended favorably on a bill ap
propriating $100,000 for prelim
inary surveys and plans for the
proposed Astoria bridge across
the Columbia river.
The estimated $39 million
cost of the bridge would be
borne equally by Oregon and
Washington.
Delinquents: Also approved
by ways and means was 25,000
for a statewide investigation of
juvenile delinquency by a legis
lative interim committee.
Weighmasters: A bill establish
ing the authority of weighmas
ters to. weigh and measure
trucks passed the House and
was sent to the Senate.
Murphy's Family
Awarded $50,
For Pilot's Death
Ciudad Trujillo, Dominican
Republic iU.R) The estate of
a man the Dominican Republic
claims killed American free
lance pilot Gerald Murphy has
agreed to pay Murphy's family
$50,000 indemnity.
The Dominican government of
General Rafael Trujillo says
Murphy was killed by a fellow
pilot, Octavio de la Maza. Rep.
Charles O. Porter, American con
gressman from Oregon, has
charged, however, that Murphy
was killed by the Dominican
government because he knew too
much about the disappearance of
Jesus Mario de Galindez, an an-ti-Trujillo
professor at Columbia
university in New York.
Robert D. Abrahams, of Phila
delphia, an attorney for the Mur
phy family, sa'.d a brother of de
la Maza has handed him $50,000
for delivery to Murphy's family.
Abrahams said he and Domini
can Counsel Hernan Cruz Ayala
started court proceedings on be
half of the Murphy family Feb.
18.
Directed to Pay
Abrahams said the Dominican
courts directed the de la Maza
estate to pay a $50,000 indemnity
for the death of Murphy.
In Washington, a state depart
ment spokesman said the United
States is maintaining its position
that it does not accept the Do
minican government's version of
the death of Murphy.
A week ago the state depart
ment handed Dominican Ambas
sador Josquin E. Salazer a note
stating the U.S. handwriting ex
perts concluded a suicide note,
purportedly written by de la
Maza and confessing the murder
of Murphy, was not in the hand
writing of de la Maza.
De la Maza was found hanged
in his jail cell in Ciudad Trujil
lo last December, according to
Dominican authorities who said
he left a suicide not confessing
the murder of Murphy.
Algiers, Algeria (U.R) Na
tionalist rebels have killed 2,
212 civilians in the Algiers re
gion since the anti-French insur
rection started Nov. 1, 1954,
French officials reported Satur
day. Of the 2,212 victims, 432 were
Europeans, the officials said.
There were 1,782 wounded, in
cluding 855 Europeans.
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Servicemen
IN EXERCISE
Marine Pfc. Calvin R. Dalton,
son of Mr. and Mrs. Paul C.
Dalton, 1900 Spring st., Med
ford, landed on the Philippine
island of Luzon March 25 with
the third Marine division in the
largest ship-to-shore operation
held in the Far East since World
War II, according to Marine of
ficials AIRMAN OF MONTH
Vincent G. Swinney, airman
first class, son of Mr. and Mrs.
V. L. Swinrey 1478 Spring st.,
Medford. has been selected air
man of the month for his squad
ron. Swinney, an instructor in sur
vival training, is stationed at
Stead Air Force base, Reno,
Nev. Prior to enlisting in the
Air Force, he was graduated
from Medford High school and
attended Southern Oregon col
lege. IN JAPAN
Marine Pfc. Stanley W. Mer
rell, son of Mr. and Mrs. S. W.
Merrell, 211 North Peach st.,
Medford, is serving with Marine
Fighter Squadron 334 of the
Marine aircraft group 2 at the
Naval Air station,' Atsugi, Japan.
DUE IN SAN DIEGO
Two Jackson county men are
scheduled to arrive at San Diego
Monday, March 25. aboard the
seaplane tender USS Curtiss
from the Antarctic.
They are Robert A. Vinzant,
damage controlman third class,
son of Mr. and Mrs. Homer A.
Vinzant, 848 Stewart ave., Med
ford, and George E. Kile, elec
tronics technician second class,
son of Mr. and Mrs. Lee J. Kile,
route 1, box 12A, Rogue River,
and husband of the former Miss
Avis .L. Haskins, Rogue River.
The Curtiss was one of 12
Navy and Coast Guard ships sup
porting the International Geo
physical Year program in Ant
arctica this year.
ON LEAVE
Robert Bray, machinist's mate
second class, is spending a 30
day leave with his father, Dr.
J. P. Bray, of Lozier lane.
Bray, who has spent the last
two years in Japan, will report
to Port Hueneme, Calif., for
duty. He is a graduate of Med
ford High school.
AIRMAN OF MONTH
Airman Keith D. Herdman,
son of Mr. and Mrs. F. G. Herd
man. 1021 North Central ave.,
Medford, has been chosen from
300 men to represent the 92nd
air police squadron as airman of
the month at Fairchield Air
Force base, Fairchild, Wash. Air
man Herdman is a graduate of
Medford High school.
WITH SQUADRON
Edmond D. Davis, son of Mr.
and Mrs..Arthur Davis, 12 Ken
wood dr., Medford, is now sta
tioned with the. Air Rescue
Squadron in the Auzores with
the U. S. Air Force.
Davis, who recently spent 30
days leave in Oregon visiting
relatives, is an airman first
class. He is serving his second
enlistment in that branch of the
service.
Mrs. Davis, the former Miss
Dolores Mercer, daughter of Mr.
and Mrs. Harold Mecer of Gold
Hill, is living with her parents
pending arrangements for her to
join her husband. The couple
have one son. David.
VISITS FATHER
LeRoy Makinson, son of B. B.
Makinson of Prospect, visited his
father last week while en route
from Castle Air Force base near
Merced, Calif., to Seattle.
Makinson, who is an airman
first class in the Air Force, will
attend a special training school
at Boeing aircraft factory.
PROMOTED i
Patrick W. Mahoney, son of
Mr. and Mrs. Bert Mahoney of ;
Happy Valley rd., Medford, re- I
cently was promoted to special-,
ist third class with the Army in ;
Bad Nauheim, Germany. j
Mahoney is married to the for-'!
mer Miss Jean Brock, daughter i
of Mrs. Lucile Brock, Medford. i
They have one daughter, who !
was born in Germany. Both Ma-'
honey and his wife attended lo
cal schools.
While in Germany, they plan
visits to Holland and Switzer-'
land. They visited in Paris ear- j
lier this month. I
South America's smallest re
public is Uruguay.
MYSTERY
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Throughout
The Year
Sunday. March 24, 1957
News Briefs
FIRE CAUSE
San Francisco (U.R) Chief
William. Murray of the San
Francisco fire department said
Saturday he knew of no fire,
with one possible exception, that
occurred Friday where the cause
could be blamed directly on the
earthquake or aftershocks. ;
The exception, he said, occur
red at the Lowell High school
where the temblor shook chemf
cals from laboratory shelves and
caused a small blaze.
KASPER RELEASED
Knoxville, Tenn (U.R)
White supremacy leader John
Kasper, twice charged with
helping stir up racial strife at
Clinton, Tenn., was released un
der S7.500 bond Saturday after
promising he would cause "no
inconvenience" if granted liber
ty. Kasper went before Federal
Judge Robert L. Taylor after
spending the night in Knox
county jail. He was arrested Fri
day at nearby Clinton while
paying his respects to the wife
of a dead associate.
HEARINGS SCHEDULED
Washington (U.R) Chair
man James Roosevelt (D-Calif.)
of a House small business sub
committee has announced a ser
ies of public .hearings across the
country to investigate "preda
tory and unfair" business prac
tices of fuel oil and gasoline sup
pliers. He made the announcement
Friday after concluding two
days of informal discussions be
tween sub-committee members
and representatives of petrole
um marketeers, retailers and
trade associations.
HOTEL DESTROYED
Elko, Nev. (U.R) The
three-story Stockmen's hotel,
one of three major hostelries in
this eastern Nevada city, was
levelled by fire Friday night in
the worst blaze in the city his
tory. Damage was estimated at
$1,250,000.
There were no injuries, al
though the hotel was crowded
at the time.
Manager Dick Toothman said
the blaze broke out in the ho
tel's kitchen behind an Oil range
about 8:30 p.m.
'PROBABLE CAUSE'
Washington (U.R) The
Civil Aeronautics board says the
"probable cause" of a 1955 air
liner crash in Wyoming, that
killed 83 persons was the pilot's
still unexplained departure
from his route.
The United Air Lines plane
smashed into a Wyoming moun
tain peak on Oct. 6, 1955, killing
all aboard.
QUINTS DIE
. Roosendaal, Holland (U.R)
Quintuplets were born prema
turely here Saturday to a 28-year-old
Dutch housewife, but
all of the babies died within six
hours.
The quints, three boys and
two girls, were born to Mrs. Cor-
NO HARD FEELINGS
Elizabeth, N. J. (U.R) Motor
cycle patrolman Stanley Sal
kowski ticketed trucker James
A. Valandrengham of Callao,
Va., on a cnarge of failing to
keep to the right of the road
on Route 1 here Valandrengham
pleaded guilty before Acting
Magistrate Valter Nowak who
fined him $10. but when the
policeman tj!d him the trucker
had only eight agreed to sus
pend sentence. The case ended
with handshakes and smiles all
around.
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ida at an average speed of more
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bank International .airport,
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