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CONTAINER EXPLODES Fire Chief Gordon Barker and Robert
Wright, owner of Medford Cleaners, 34 North Holly St., examine
the gallon water-proofing compound container which exploded
late yesterday afternoon. O. M. DeHcart, an employee of the firm,
nuffcred first degree burns to the arms and hands. A fire in the
cleaning plant which resulted from the explosion, was confined to
a small area near the entrance. Barker said the container was con
fiscated by the department, and that Fire Marshal Truman Nelson
is working to determine the contents of the compound. The com
pound was the first purchased by the firm since it was made avail
able recently, Wright said. DeHcart started to lo&scn the cover
when the can exploded, firemen said. Barker said DcHeart told
firemen he noticed the container bulging before he attempted to
open it. DeHcart was treated at a local clinic.
Blizzard Moves Into
East as Rescue Men
Continue Activity
By UNITED PRESS
The remnants of a four - day
snowstorm swept into the East
today, while in the West, rescue
crews worked around the clock
to free travelers and entire com
munities still isolated by the
paralyzing fury of the blizzard.
Forecasters said the storm
was largely spent, although it
still packed enough wallop to
dump two to five inches of snow
in northern Illinois and Indiana,
central and southern Michigan
and southern Wisconsin during
the night and today.
A United Press tally since
the spring storm started Friday
night showed at least 34 persons
dead In weather-caused mishaps
in 10 states. The toll included
nine killed in Illinois, six in
Texas, five in Oklahoma, three
each in Kansas, -Nebraska and
Indiana, two in Missouri, and
one each in New Mexico and
Ohio.
Drifts 30 Ftt Deep
The giant blizzard, described
as the worst in history in some
western states, buried parts of
the Sor.hwest under 30 foot
drifts and more than two feet
of drought-easing snow in the
Nebraska and Iowa corn coun
try. n estimated 7.500 travelers
ere stranded by the storm, but
most of them were free or out
of danger today.
Six passenger trains were ma
rooned at the height of the
storm, and passengers had to be
evacuated from four of them.
The last two trains reached by
rescue crews Monday night were
U the Union Pacifie s City of St.
Louis and the Rock Island's
Golden State Limited.
Rescuers broke through tow
ering drifts to reach the City of
St. Louis and school buses took
256 passengers to Winona. Kan.
Passengers were removed earl
ier from two Santa Fe trains
near Dodge City. Kan.
Another crew pushed through
to the .Rock Island's "Golden
Varieties Approach
Pink Bud Stage
Early pear varieties are ap
proaching the pink bud stage in
Jackson county, C. B. Cordy.
county horticulture agent, said
today.
Bud development is about 10
days ahead of last year's devel
opment, he noted. Last year's
development was considered
slightly behind schedule. Cordy
said it is too early to predict the
time of blossoming. Warm
weather will speed up blossom
ing and cold weather will tend
to retard it.
There has been no need for
orchard heating yet this season,
Cordy stated.
Apricots and almonds have
reached the full bloom stage and
are slightly ahead of schedule
this year. Peaches are in the full
pink bud stage.
Weather
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Our Skies Tonight
Sunrise fi:05 a.m.
Sunset P-m-
The Moon rises Wednesday at
4:03 a.m. and is In Apogee.
ew Moon March 31
PROMINENT STAR
Procvon, hirh in south
west : P
line drawn from this star to
the planet. Jupiter (in the
southwest) will pas close to
Reculus. brishtest star ol Leo.
State Limited," trapped near Li
beral, Kan., with 223 passengers
A doctors had been flown in
earlier to treat about 20 of the
passengers who were overcome
by lack of oxygen caused by
drifts covering the first five
cars.
Motorists Stranded
The Rock Island refugees
were evacuated by railroad
snowplow to Meade. Kan., where
all were reported in good con
dition.
Highway crews and melting
snow combined to release thou
sands of motorists stranded in
their cars. An estimated 1,500
persons had been trapped in the
Texas Panhandle alone.
At Perryton, Tex., City Man
ager J. B. Wigham said road
workers still have about 43
miles of highways to search and
several cars are known to be
stranded in the area. Helicopters
will Join the search today.
Officials in Texas and the
Oklahoma Panhandle said it still
was not known how many cars
were stuck in the snow, or
whether they would find more
casualties.
Scores of little country towns
were isolated by the storm, and
took on the added burden of
caring for travelers caught by
the blizzard. Farmers opened
their doors to motorists stuck
in the snow.
Ike Shakes Up
Military Command
Washington '!U.R President
Eisenhower in a major shakeup
of the nation's military command
today nominated the Air Force
chief of staff. Gen. Nathan F.
Twining, to be chairman of the
Joint Chiefs of Staff.
Twinirg will assume his new
post this summer to succeed
Adm. Arthur X. Radford. It will
be the first lime an airman has
held the top military post.
The President also nominated
Air Secretary Donald A. Quarles
to be deputy secretary of de
fense.
Many persons here believe De
fense Secretary Charles E. Wil
son will resign later this year
and that Quarles then will suc
ceed him.
The nominations were two in
a scries of top level shifts an
nounced for the Department of
Defense. The President also nom
inated: Undersecretary of Air James
H. Douglas to be secretary, suc
ceeding Quarles.
Gen. Thomas D. White to be
Air Force chief of staff, succeed
ing Twining.
Adm. Arlcigh A. Burke for re
appointment to a second two-
year term as chief of naval oper
ations. Speeding Car Crashes
Hamilton St. Tree
Medford police failed to lo
cate the occupants of a speed
ing car Saturday after the car
struck a tree on Hamilton st.,
following a chase on West Main
st. in which a patrol car clock
ed the vehicle going about 60
miles-per-hour, according to po
lice records.
Police said the car attempted
to turn onto Hamilton st. when
it struck a tree on the corner.
Police said the occupants got out
and ran from the scene.
The car was registered to Ira
H. Imhausen. route 3, box 180,
Medford. officers reported. Im
hausen told police he loaned the
car to someone eUe, they said.
'Key District' Bill
Gels Approval of
Senate Committee
Action Scheduled
On Floor Friday
Salem (UP.) The Senate Edu
cation Committee, after a spirit
ed debate between its three
members from Multnomah coun
ty and its four "upstate" mem
bers, voted by a 4-3 argin late
yesterday to pass out Senate bill
64. the go-called key district bil,
with a "do pass" recommenda
tion. The Multnomah county mem
bers. Sens. Rudie Wilhelm Jr.,
Jean Lewis and Ward Cook, ac
cused the upstate members of
"railroading the bill through
committee."
On the other hand, the up
state members accused the Mult
nomah county members of "dila
tory tactics" in trying to stall
action on the measure.
The bill, one of several im
portant education proposals be
fore the Legislature, will be
made a special order of business
Friday on the Senate floor.
School Plant Held Up
Portland School District rep
resentatives have argued that
the bill would re-distribute basic
school money in such a fashion
that the Portland area would
lose approximately $4 million
in state money.
The Portland group has pre
sented an alternate plan for re
distributing state money to
school districts.
Proponents of the key district
bill argue that it would result in
a more equitable distribution of
the basic school support fund
with more money going to rural
needy districts.
In Portland last ni?ht the
school board decided to hold up
consideration of a new south
east district high school because
of the vote on the key district
issue.
Arraignment Set
For Seattle Man
Lawrence Alvis Workman, 25,
Seattle, was to be arraigned in
district court early this afternoon
on a charge of negligent homi
cide according to District Attor
ney Thomas Recdcr.
Workman was identified by
police as the driver of a vehicle
which struck Jack Everett Eng
lcr, 25, Seattle, as Englcr was
pushing his stalled vehicle north
on Highway 99 at Talent Sunday
evening. Englcr died 31 i hours
after the accident.
Engler's bride of 11 days,
Mary Lou, was in the car at the
time of the accident but was not
injured. Recdcr said the Englers
were married on March 14 and
were returning to Seattle from
their honeymoon trip south.
Englcr was on the left side of
the vehicle with the door open
when the car Workman was driv
ing struck him, according to po
lice reports. Workman proceed
ed north after the accident, but
returned to the scene a short
time later and was taken into
custody by state police, and was
not injured, police said. He is
represented by James Main,
Medford attorney.
Conger-Morris Funeral home
is forwarding Engler's body to
Seattle tonight for services and
interment. E n g 1 e r was born
July 3. 1931, in Fargo, N.D. He
was a Korean veteran: In addi
tion to his wife, Engler is sur
vived bv his father. John W.
Englcr, Seattle, Wash.
Eugene U.R) The Eugene
city council is supporting a move
that could make it a city of 60.-
000 population with double the
present iana area.
Cramer Denies
County Commissioner at Klamath Falls
Klamath Falls (U.R) Guy
Earl Cramer, 76, denied today
that he fired the shot that wound
ed Klamath County Commis
sioner Jerry Rajnus Jan. 4. He
said someone else fired the shot
after he had been overpowered
at the meeting of the Klamath
county welfare commission when
its chairman, Fred Peterson, was
slain.
Cramer is on trial for his life
for Peterson's murder. The elder
ly pensioner told the Circuit
Court jury here a' detailed ac
count of the voices and visions he
said have guided his life for half
a century. His court appointed at
torney. Donald A. W. Piper, has
entered a plea of insanity for his
client. .
Cramer said he watched two,
rounds of the Jeffries-Johnson
prize fight in his sick . room
around the turn of the century
when a picture "just like tele
vision" flashed on the wall of
his room. . . ..
52nd Year
Medford
United Press Full Leased Wire
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Dulles Says UNEF
Should Remain in
Middle East Area
Egyptian Objections i
Shouldn't Interfere
Washington (U.R) Secretary
of State John Foster Dulles said
in effect today that the U. N.
Emergency Force should remain
in the Middle East despite
Egypt's objections until there is
assurance hostilities will not be
renewed.
He also said chances of peace
would be improved if Israel
would permit U.N. forces to be
stationed on her side of the ar
mistice line. Israel is flatly op
posed to this.
Egyptian sources have hinted
that Egypt will not permit the
U. N. Emergency Force to stay
in territory under its control un
less U.N. troops also are sta
tioned in Israel.
Mandate Not Exhausted
But Dulles told a press con
ference he does not believe Egypt
has any power to withdraw arbi
trarily consent it has given pre
viously to stationing U.N. forces
in her territory until the U.N.
mission is completed.
He added that since there is no
assurance that hostilities will
not be renewed it is possible to
say the mandate of the U.N. force
has not been exhausted.
In other press conference de
velopments, Dulles:
Said consideration is being
given to seeking an advisory
opinion from the international
court of justice on whether ships
of all nations have the right of
innocent passage through the
Straits . of Tiran . and the . Gulf
of Aqaba. In the past Egypt has
blockaded Israeli shipping in the
waters.
Communist China Warned
Alternative plans for by
passing the Suez Canal by new
pipeline and tankers are now in
piocess. .
Warned Communist China
that it would be foolish for her
to use violence in accomplishing
her goals. Dulles said free na
tions around Red China have
been strengthened in the past
year and it would be a mistake
for Communist China to rely on
her former methods. He con
ceded, hovever, that Red Chi
na's own military power is in
creasing. Fire Season Opens
In Area Monday
The state forestry department
announced today that the fire
season will start Monday, April
1, and all regulations pertaining
to the season will be in effect
that date. "
Permits must be obtained be
fore any burning is done on or
within one-eighth mile of forest
land, department officials said.
. Requirements for fire tools
and equipment must be met by
logging and sawmill operators
after the fire season starts in
order to keep operating, officials
said. Operators in doubt about
the requirements may ask forest
insp-ctors what equipment is
needed, they added.
The department also warned
that operators must have an
operation permit before logging
or ;av mining starts.
Firing Shot That Killed
The aged welfare recipient
said the mysterious voice that
ordered him to shoot up the Wel
fare Commission meeting put his
mind at ease. He recalled that he
did not pull the trigger of his
gun until ordered to by his
guardian angel. He insisted he
fired only two shots, one of them
killing Peterson and the other
wounding Mrs. Altha Urquhart,
welfare administrator.
Tells No Hatred
The bullet that felled Rajnus,
Cramer declared, was fired after
others in the courtroon had over
powered and disarmed him.
Cramer said he felt no hatred
for Peterson or Mrs. Urquhart,
despite the "dirty deal" he
claimed he was getting in his
welfare payments.
From the stand, Cramer told
Special Prosecutor Charles Ray
mond "I haven't got a dislike
for you just because you're sit
ting there trying to send me to
the gas chamber."
MEDFORD, OREGON, TUESDAY, MARCH 26,
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Flood Control Group
Reviews History for
Four New Directors
New directors of the Rogue
Basin Flood Control aid Water
Resources association were intro
duced last night at a meeting in
the county courthouse audi
torium. They included Jennings Pierce,
W. D. Woodcock, Chester Wendt
and C. O. Mystrom.
William Jess, president of the
association, gave a history of
the group, describing its pur
poses and functions. Reports
were also given on progress dur
ing the past year and meetings
with government agencies.
Representatives of the associa
tion attended senate interior and
public works committee flood
control hearings in Medford,
Army engineers hearings in
Grants Pass, as well as meetings
of the bureau of reclamation,
fish and Wildlife commission.
Sheridan Appeals
To Civil Service
Salem '(U.R) Thomas Sheri
dan, who was fired last week
as assistant administator of the
Oregon Liquor Control Commis
sion, has appealed to the Civil
Service Commission.
A. I. Bernstein, Sheridan's at
torney, wrote the commission
asking for a hearing. He also
wrote to the OLCC asking for
a bill of particulars in connec
tion with the firing.
Civil Service Administrator
Charles Terry said a date for
hearing would be set as soon as
possible, probably in mid-April.
Cramer- said yesterday after
noon he was guided by "a voice"
to do the killing after he found a
gun near his cabin at Bonanza.
He told the jury he had heard
the same "voice" during his life.
He said the voice said "cast fire
on thine enemies." '
Always On Losing End
Cramer told of coming here in
the 1930s and working in the
mines on ranches and with "wild
west" shows. He said his quarrels
with the welfare department
started when he was out of work.
He said he was always at the
losing end of the arguments.
He blamed welfare commis
sioners for deterioration of his
health because he said they
would not grant him permission
to move from his "unsanitary one
room cabin."
The defense had freely ad
mitted that Cramer fired the shot
which killed Peterson but has
entered a plea of innocent by
reason of insanity.
REA
Was Talking To The
game commission, weather bu
reau and other agencies.
Jess also read a letter from
U.S. Rep. Charles Porter, ex
pressing the representative's
willingness to support the or
ganization on a bill proposing
a flood control and reclamation
program for the Rogue river
basin. The new directors also ex
pressed willingness to support
the program.
Kenneth L. Hicks, new editor
of the Grants Pass Courier, was
present and spoke briefly to the
group.
Outlines Committees
Jess outlined four committees
of the association and named
members. They included the
membership committee, Ben Hil
ton, chairman; H. L. Gebhardt,
W. D. Woodcock and M. H. Wil
liams;, legislative committee, Jo
sephine County Judge R. A.
Lathrop, chairman. Fay I. Bris
tol, Chester Wendt and Jackson
County Judge Rodney Keating;
finance committee, A. A. Walk
er, chairman, C. L. Eaker, C. O.
Mystrom and J. E. Bartlett; and
public relations, Jennings Pierce,
chairman, W. F. Norwood, Wally
P. Martin and Francis Krouse.
Next meeting will be held
Monday, April 22, in the Gold
Hill city hall.
Medford Youths Hurt
In Canyonville Crash
Two Medford youths, both
aged about 15, were reported in
critical condition in a Canyon
ville hospita this morning after
the car they were operating col
lided with a truck on Highway
99 about 31 miles north of Can
yonville, Medford police report
ed today.
Injured were James DeWeed,
628 Palm st , Medford, and Ma-
lone Pankie, 606 West Fourth
st., Medford, police said. Both
boys were identified as students
at McLoughlin Junior High
school.
DeWeed was knocked uncon
scious for four or five hours by
the crash, it was reported. Both
boys suffered head injuries and
other injuries that were not de
termined by this morning, police
said.
The car the two youths were
operating was reported stolen
Friday night from the Dean and
Taylor Pontiac company car lot
at Sixth and Grape St., officers
reported.
DOW-JONES AVERAGES
New York U.R) Dow-Jones
final stock averages: 30 indus
trials 472.24, up 0.73; 20 rail
roads 143.34,-off 0.13; 15 utilities
70.63, off 0.06, and 65 stocks
166.89. up 0.08. Sales today were
about 1.660.000 shares compared
with 1,590,000 shares flonday,
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3UNE
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Hammarskjold
Said Unable To
Reach Agreement
No Major Concessions
Obtained From Nasser
By UNITED PRESS
Israel is ready to demand the
withdrawal of the UN Emer
gency Force from the Middle
East because Israeli leaders feel
its presence threatens Israel's ab
ility to defend itself, Jerusalem
dispatches indicated today.
The strong Israeli stand
against the UNEF, and especial
ly against stationing UNEF
troops inside Israel, was viewed
in Cairo as a major reason for
UN Secretary General Dag
Hammarskjold's inability to
reach a firm agreement with
Egypt on the future of the
UNEF.
Hammarskjold ended his talks
with Egyptian President Gamal
Abdel Nasser shortly after mid
night this morning and prepared
to fly to New York to report to
the major Suez Canal users on
Nasser s plans for reopening the
canal next month.
Costly Project
UN sources disclosed today
that Hammarskjold h a d sum
moned his top financial adviser,
Chairman John J. McCloy of the
Chase Manhattan Bank of New
York, to Cairo to discuss how to
pay for clearing the canal, one
of history s biggest salvage jobs.
Cost of the salvage project has
been estimated at around $20
million. Egypt demands that
Britain and France pay and has
also asked for several millions
from the United Nations for
wrecked dredging equipment.
All reports indicated Hammar
skjold had failed to win any
major concessions from Nasser
that the Egyptian President
would reopen the canal only on
his own terms and that Israel
was not budging in its stand
against the UNEF.
The slowly worsening situa
tion came under discussion at
Bermuda today between the
British and Canadian prime min
isters and foreign ministers. '
Lester B. Pearson, Canadian
minister of external affairs who
first suggested the idea of send
ing the UNEF into the Middle
East, joined Prime Minister
Harold Macmillan and Canada's
Louis St. Laurent in talks that
may produce some new idea for
resolving the tangle.
Israel Fears Raids
Jerusalem dispatches said that
Israeli officials had come to the
conclusion the UNEF failed in
its primary purpose of prevent
ing Egypt from returning to the
Gaza Strip and reviving the
threat of new Arab commando
raids on Israeli border villages;
Cairo dispatches stressed that
Egypt will maintain its rights
to send troops into the Gaza
Strip and into Sharm el Sheikh
although there was no immed
iate indication it intended to do
so.
The only area of agreement,
reported from the Middle East
concerned supplies for the UN
Relief and Works Organization
which feeds the 215,000 Arab
refugees from Palestine now
jammed into the Gaza Strip.
UN officials said the Egyptian
government had agreed to per
mit 12,000 tons of flour and oth
er supplies to enter the Gaza
Strip by road from the Israeli
port of Haifa. Previously Gaza
residents protested any supplies
arriving via Israel and unidenti
fied residents blew up the rail
road in an effort to force ship
ment of supplies to an Egyptian
port.
Burglary Reported at
Trail Restaurant
Sheriffs denutip todav said
10 cases of beer and about $120
in cash were reported taken in
a Saturday night burglary at the
bat Last Lunch restaurant and
tavern, Trail.
Officers said the monev ran
sisted of $50 to $60 in nickles,
S10 in dimes and $50 in cur
rency. No reports were avail
able as to possible means of en
try to the building.
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Teamsters Union
Boss Relies on
Fifth Amendment
AFL-CIO President
Summons Council
Washington U.R) Teamsters
boss Dave Beck refused on
grounds of possible self incrimi
nation today to answer charges
that he "may have misappropri
ated" $320,000 in union funds.
The portly chief of the na
tion's largest union refused on
constitutional grounds to give his
personal records to the Senate
Rackets Committee. He also re
fused for the same reasons to
answer questions about his fi
nancial dealings with the union.
Response From AFL-CIO
In a loud, high-pitched voice
Back said, with no sign of em
barrassment, that letting the
committee look into his records
might "very definitely" tend to
incriminate him.
Beck's use of the Fifth Amend
ment's protection in defiance of
the committee drew a quick re
sponse from the AFL-CIO with
which the Teamsters Union is af
filiated. AFL-CIO President George
Meany summoned the federa
tion's 29-member Executive
Council, to which Beck belongs,
to an extraordinary meeting
here Friday. The AFL-CIO re
cently declared in a policy state
ment that no union official who
invokes the Fifth Amendment is
fit to serve and should be ousted.
Beck Won't Resign
In the course of his defiance
of the committee. Beck shouted
that he has no intention of re
signing. He also asserted that he
is not bound by the AFL-CIO's
code of ethics and "I am totally
opposed to it."
Chairman John L. McClellan
(D-Ark.) opened Beck's long de
ferred appearance with a state
ment that th committee had in
formation the rotund and pink
faced teamsters chief "may have
misappropriated" $320,000 in
union money.
McClellan said this money
was "neither a gift nor a loan"
to Beck, according to the com
mittee's information.
Beck didn't deny or confirm
the charge. He started out by
challenging the committee's
authority to judge "criminal
practices or activities" and went
on from there to refuse to give
any information about his fi
nances. Acting on Legal Advice
In invoking his constitutional
privileges not to give informa
tion about himself. Beck repeat
edly said he was acting on the
advice of his chief counsel, for
mer Sen. James H. Duff (R-Pa.).
He said it so often that the spec
tators got to laughing.
Beck specifically refused to
answer questions about the fol
lowing sums of money which the
committee said came from union
funds:
$36,000 in 1946 to pay off
Beck's personal loans from
banks.
$4,812.39 from funds of the
Western Conlerence of Team
sters, deposited since 1949 in
Beck's bank account.
$196,516.49 used to pay for
Beck's house and other houses
on his property.
$85,119.92 from union funds
in Seattle to pay Beck's per
sonal bills. This brought the
total to $332,448.80 in funds for
which Beck refused to account.
Possible Incrimination 1
When the $196,000 question
was asked, Beck said:
"I must decline to answer the
question because the committee
lacks jurisdiction or authority
under Articles One, Tw,o and
Three of the Constitution and,
further, because under the rights
and privileges granted by the .
Constitution as supplemented by
the Fourth and Fifth Amend
ments, 1 need not answer."
At one point Sen. Joseph R.
McCarthy (R-Wis.) asked Beck
whether he "honestly" believes
that testimony on the signatures
on $196,516.49 in union checks
might tend to incriminate him.
"Yes it might, Sen. McCarthy,"
said Beck. ,
McCarthy replied that incrimi
nation could take place "only if
you are guilty of wrongdoing."
Beck made his stock reply that
he was taking Duff's advice.
Sick of Duff Routine
McCarthy replied that he was
"sick of Beck's Duff routine.
McCarthy described Duff as "a
defeated senator who hasn't
practiced law for some 20 to
25 years."
McClellan's charge that the
teamsters boss may have lifted
$320,000 was the day's opening
gun.
(See Story on Page 7)
Hollywood (U.R) Producer
director Alfred Hitchcock has
suffered a slight setback and
will, remain in Cedars of Leb
anon Hospital for approximately
two more weeks.