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52nd Year Price 10 Subscribers Recommended eport Improper or non-deliv-, the Mall Tribune In Medf ord ne 2-6141. Ashland 2-1021 a 841 W before 6:45 pjn. daily 16:30 a.m. Sunday, regular delivery arrives ihort f ter you call please notify office a eliminating special messenger vice. MEDFORD RIBUN 7 A story about construction of a new building at the Jackson ville Museum to home early-day vehicles appears on page 12 of today's Mall Tribune. United Press Full Leased Wire United Press Full Let 58 PAGES MEDFORD, OREGON, SUNDAY, APRIL 7, 1957 No. 14 s5 i i Congress Appears Ready io Provide Post Office Funds Committee Schedules Meeting Friday Washington fU.R) Congress Saturday appeared ready to loosen the national purse strings this week to keep Postmaster General Arthur E. Summerfield from drastically cutting postal service. ' Summerfield has In effect giv en the House .Appropriations committee a week of grace to give his department an emerg ency 47 million dollars appro priation or take responsibility for causing the service cuts. The committee, which only wanted to' give him 17 million dollars, was expected to capitu latt under the mounting public pressure. It scheduled meet ing next Friday to decide what to do. Summerfield had been expect ed to issue the orders effective today to curtail service includ ing a stop of all Saturday mail delivers and Saturday post of fice service. But late Friday he scheduled the cutback for next Saturday. Denis "Week's Grace" He insisted at a news con ference that he was not giving Congress "a week's grace' to give him the money. But he acted after the Ap propriations committee decided to give hirr the 17 million dol lars and promised to consider the other 30 million dollars next Friday. He also said the cutback would be called off if the com mittee action is "favorable." Committee member John J. Rooney (D-NY) predicted the committee would approve all or almost all of the 47 million dol lars. He said Friday's voting Indicated that. But Rooney indicated the hard feelings against Summerfield would not soon subside. Sum merfield hag been accused of "'sand-bagging" . congress and "holding a gun" at Its head. 1 Summerfield has said he is "confident" that if given the opportunity Congress will sup port him. He said the majority of the Appropriations commit tee stood with him on the mat ter. But that excludes Committee Chairman Clarence Cannon (D Mo.) who has made It clear he will put up a sharp fight next Friday to hold new funds down to the 17 million dollars recom mended by the subcommittee. Cannon would not predict the outcome. .American Tanker Docks at Elath Tel Aviv, Israel (U.R) A 16-000-ton American tanker Sat urday navigated the contested Straits of Tiran and Gulf of Aqaba and docked at the Israeli port of Elath with a cargo of oil, bypassing Egypt's Suez canal. , It was the first vessel flying the American flag to arrive at the southernmost Israeli port since the Mideast crisis began. Officials would . identify it only as "an American tanker fly ing the American flag." They witheld its name. The ship's oil cargo will be pumped northward to Bersheba and then transported by rail to a Mediterranean refinery at Haifa. An Israeli goal has been to make Elath a major port for oil enroute from the Persian Gulf to the Mediterranean and thus by pass Suez canal. Orchard Loan Fund Proposed in Bi Washineton Creation of an orchard loan fund to aid fruit men whose trees are damaged by freezing weather has been proposed in Washington, D.C., by three Oregon lawmakers. The proposal was included in bills introduced by Senators Wavne Morse and Richard Neu berger and Rep. Al Ulman, all Democrats from Oregon. If approved, the bill would authorize a maximum loan pro gram of $10,000,000 under con ditions which would permit or chardists to delay initial repay ment until orchard production is resumed. The proposal is an outgrowth of loses suffered by fruitmen in Umatilla county during a freeze late in 1955. . Mahe, Seychelles Islands-rfiJ.R) Greek Cypriote Archbishop Makarios ended 13 months of British exile on this Indian ocean island Saturday and sailed ;for Madagascar on hi way to Athens. 'Great Age We're Living In, Eh, Lady?" Reorganization Bill May Face Referendum Salem 1U.R) A warning that House bill 163 to reorganize Oregon school districts would meet with referendum resistance if the compulsory features were retained was served on the Sen ate Education committee by sev eral persons representing sever al parts of the state. The Senate committee, head ed by Sen. Monroe Sweetland of Proposal to Move Research Station Being Considered A proposal to move the ag ronomy-research department of the Southern Oregon branch ex periment station to a new loca tion is being considered, it was reported last week. Research in agronomy is cur rently being conducted near Phoenix. It has been reported that a site on the west side of the valley is being considered as a future location for the agronomy farm. Harold White, superintendent of the experiment station, Fri day said "We are now in the pro cess of trying to make the right kind of decision." He declined further comment. Agriculture Council ' The county court said a change of location for the de partment has been under con sideration for about a year, and has been promoted by local farm ers. The county agricultural council, at its recent planning meeting, made the following ob servation: "It has been established that the site now being used for re search in agronomy is poorly adapted for that purpose. Soils on the present agronomy farm contain a high concentration of lead arsenate, an accumulation of spray residue from an old ap pie orchard located on that site for many years. "Lead arsenate, in the concen trations found in these soils, is highly toxic to many crops. This affects the reliability of the data obtained and frequently makes necessary its complete discard." NATO' Military Group Holds Secret Session Washington (U.R) The mili tary committee of the North Atlantic Treaty organization held a secret discussion Satur day on long-range plans ' for strengthening western defenses with guided missiles and other modern weapons. City Police Receive Complaints of Crows, Buzzards at Airport City police sped to the Med ford airport at 1:30 p.m., Fri day, after receiving complaints that a flock of buziards was hovering over runways, en dangering landing and take-off of planes. Officers found a dead phea sant on one of the runways, where it apparently had fallen after being struck and killed by a plane Thursday night. Buzzards and crows were col lecting in the vicinity of the carcass. Sgt. Raymond Seely borrow ed a shovel from airport of ficials, removed the carcass and shooed away the birds. His work apparently was effective because no further complaints of intruding .buzzards were received!. Milwaukie, held a four-hour hearing Friday afternoon on the measure which passed the House, 46 to 10, Feb. 28. Sweetland in dicated the committee would giye the bill further intensive study before voting on it. Proponents of the measure said the reorganization plan would simplify the system of school dis tricts, cut down on administra tive costs, and give children through-out the state more equal opportunity for education. One Section Opposed Opponents objected mostly to section 22 of the bill which would compel one district to con solidate with another if the ma jority of the two districts com bined favored consolidation, ev en though the one district voted against it. Objecting witnesses said that if this section was not amended to make the consoliation per missive instead of compulsory, an effort would be made to re fer the measure if it should pass to a vote of the people. They said similar proposals had been defeated before at the polls. Among those speaking for the measure as it stands were Mrs. Charles Ford, of the 'Oregon League of Woman Voters; Bert Tousey, of the Oregon School Boards Association; Tom Scan Ion, of the AFL-CIO; Harold Mc Abee, of the Bethel school dis trict, Lane county; L. G. Rood, Clackamas county -superintendent of schools, and Mrs. Thomas Churchill, of the Oregon Asso ciation of University Women. Among those speaking against the measure were Ernest Jern stedt, of the Oregon Farm Bu reau Federation; J. L. Brown, of the Redmond school district; Carl Rhoda, Madras, Wally John son, Yamhill; L. N. Fisher and Fred Schwab; Mt. Angel; Mrs. F ed Thompson, Nehalem, and Mrs. Helen Niemi, Rose Lodge, Lincoln county. Weather FORECAST: Generally clear to day and tonight. Variable hlch cloudiness Monday. Hieta today 58. Low tonight 32. High Monday 62. Temp. Highest Yesterday .. S3 Lowest Yesterday !. 37 Our Skies Tonight Sunrise 5.44 a.m. 6:44 p.m. Sunset The Moon, at First Quarter 12:32 p.m. 1:53 a.m. Sets Monday . and will be Full April 14 MERCURY, the planet nearest to the Sun, is now beginning to appear low in the west in the evening twilight. Senate Committee Gets Letters Washington (U.R) The Senate Rackets Committee has received more than 20,080 let ters 80 to 90 per cent of them from union members contain ing complaints or tips about some form of racketeering in ev ery major union in the nation. This was disclosed to news men Saturday by committee staff employes. One committee aide said most of the complaints allege misap propriation of union funds, which, if proved accurate, would run "welL-into the millions" of dollars. In nine out of 10 of these cases, he said, ( the writers charged some racket tieup was involved. Committee Chairman John L. McClellan (D-Ark.); commenting on the disclosures, told newsmen the "magnitude" of the commit tee's investigation "is just be ginning to appear." Committee aides said 80 to 90 per cent of the letters received General Orchard Heating Expected In Rogue Valley Temperatures Drop to 25 in Coldest Spots General orchard heating was expected throughout the Rogue valley' last night as cold air drop ped temperatures to near 25 degrees in the coldest orchards, according to William J. Rogers, frost forecaster with the weath er bureau. Rogers said firing was expect ed in lower sections of the val ley about midnight last night, and was expected to become general throughout the area be tween 2 and 3 a.m. today. First Firing It was the first time this sea son firing has been necessary. Rogers said the temperature at the key station would be about 30 degrees, with the mer cury going down to 27 in the average orchard and to 25 in the coldest, low areas of the valley. Orchard heating started this year about the same time it did last year. Firing was necessary in some orchards on April 3, last year, and was general throughout the valley on April 6. Pear blossoms are near the full stage, according to county horticulture agents, and Pear Blossom Festival officials indi cated Saturday that blossoms in most valley areas would reach a peak about mid-week. A tour route has been arranged by Festival officials for interested valley residents to follow to view orchards in bloom. The Festival will be held April 27 and 23 in the valiey, although blossoms are nearly in the full stage now, officials not ed. This is because warm weath er caused buds to develop faster this year, they said. . Freezing Temperatures ; The Medf ord weather bureau station forecast a warming trend, but pointed out that trrri peratuies are expected tc. drop to about freezing in ihe valley tonight. Rogers said the cold air tonight will not be as severe as last night's expected frost. Generally clear weather was forecast today and tonight with variable high cloudiness Mon day. The high today was expect ed to be about 58 degrees, and the high tomorrow will be about 62, weather bureau officials said. RebelsKHHTin Indonesia Revolt Jakarta, Indonesia (U.R) Rebels in . the in the Celebes jungle killed 31 persons Wednes day in the first outbreak of bloodshed reported in Indon esia's, recent wave of rebellion, it was announced Saturday., Riflemen and machinegunners firing from ambush riddled two trucks of an army convoy in the Kapping hills, 40 miles south of Makasar in the South Celebes. Twenty-nine soldiers and two civilians a man and a woman were killed. The Celebes, a stronghold of the Darul Islam rebels, was the scene of the most recent of the series of uprisings that forced Premier Ali Sastroamidjojo to resign last month. . Salem (U.R) The Easter bun ny can legally go ahead with his egg laying now he's poultry. Gov. Robert D. Holmes signed Senate bill 117 into law Friday with among other things legally designated rabbits as poultry. The bill deals with voluntary in spection laws on chickens, tur keys and the like, and rabbits, the unlike. come from union members. Ev ery major union has been the subject of at least one complaint, they added. The Teamster's union, the na tion's biggest, is the largest sin gle source of complaint, the committee experts said. In five weeks of drama-packed hearings the committee has concentrated its inquiry on that union. Teamster President Dave Beck used his constitutional priv ilege against self incrimination more than 100 times to refuse to answer committee questions aim ed at determining whether he took S320i000 from union funds for his personal use. Arrives in Chicago Committee Counsel Robert F. Kennedy arrived in Chicago Sat urday to question. Nathan W. Shefferman, labor consultant who already has admitted that he purchased almost $85,000 worth of shirts, ties and luxury item for Beck and found later Cairo--' Paper Say ypt' Agrees to Sues meeting- Third Major Storm Moves Into Plains States Saturday Threatens to Push Into Panhandle Area By UNITED PRESS The third major storm of .spring mushroomed over the northern Rockies and western plains Saturday, blanketing a six-state area and threatening to push into the Texas and Okla homa Panhandles by Sunday night. Strong northerly winds accom panied the fast-sweeping storm which rolled into the Rockies full blast. Deep windswept drifts piled up, threatening trav elers and livestock of the area, which already was hardhit by earlier storms. Snow ranging from four to 13 inches blanketed Montana, Ida ho, .Wyoming, Colorado, Neb raska and South Dakota. Weath ermen warned an additional three to eight inches of snow would fall ' over the intermoun tain and plains area throughout Sunday. Mixed rain and snow preced ed the movement of the storm eastward and southward. North eastern New Mexico also would probably be hit by the new storm Sunday night, weather men said. A 13inch blanket of snow was reported at Lander in western Wyoming, while six inches of snow fell at Crawford, Neb., four inches at Chadron, Neb., and three inches at Cody, Wyo. Meanwhile, a devastating slrni that caused damage in the millions "of dollars, eased over the east. Blustery winds and much colder, weather continue'd, however, over the east in the wake of the storm which creat ed tornadoes, floods, heavy rains and snow and accounted for 45 weather-caused deaths, 19 of them in tornadoes: Storm-swollen streams and rivers receded slowly in scat-. tered sections of the nation. Melting snow and the runoff of heavy rain caused other streams to continue to rise. Parts of North Carolina, Ohio, Tennessee, New York, Missouri, Illinois and Indiana were inun dated. Lumber Market Below Seasonal Levels The lumber market through out Oregon generally is still be low usual seasonal levels, des pite increases in both prices and production in the past two weeks according to two industry report ing services. Crow's lumber market news service, .Portland, said the mar ket last week moved "on a plat eau," with most of the gain in prices occurring the week pre vious. But it did report the lum ber price index it uses as a basis for comparison shows the in dustry average up considerably, although still far below a year ago. Random Lengths, Eugene mar ket report letter, said the green lumber market ha returned to slow tempo following a brief flurry several weeks ago, but that prices are holding firm. It said several mills intend to close unless the market shows imme diate improvement. that he was being reimbursed with Teamster funds. Earlier, in New York, Ken nedy said the committee's in, quiry there involves four sepa rate phases, including the grant ing of charters for so-called "pa per" locals by the Teamsters union. . New York hoodlum John Di oguardi (alias Johnny Dio) fig ures in that inquiry. He is under indictment in connection with the acid blinding of labor col umnist Victor Riesel. Other phases of the New York inquiry, he said, concern the Operating Engineers and Car penters union on Lon Island, the Public Carting Field and the Au tomatic Vending and Coin Ma chine industry. Kennedy said the committee's Chicago investigation involves "management more than labor," including the "improper activi ties" of certain firms in relation to union organizing attempts. Suicide Attempted by Hungarian Refugees Vienna (U.R) At least 48 Hungarian, refugees have attempt ed suicide in Austrian camps after hearing reports that immigration to the United States would be halted April 15, it was announced Saturday. Officials of the Caritas Relief agency.who disclosed the suicide attempts said most of those who tried to take their lives were stop ped by campmates. Eight refugees, officially listed as "missing," are believed to have killed themselves. Camp authorities predicted there will be further attempts at sui cide over the week end. Some 43,000 of the 173,000 Hungarians who fled west after Russia crushed their country's bid for freedom last year -are living in Austrian camps. More than 15,000 of them hope to go to the United States. In Washington, the state department denied that Hungarian im migration will end April 15. Officials indicated, however, that ad missions after that date probably will be limited to refugees with relatives in the United States. State department officials said it is necessary to limit immigra tion because of congressional reluctance to grant permanent resi dence to thousands of the refugees. Otto Ewaldson Files For 549C Reelection Otto Ewaldsen, 20 Ross court, Medford, has filed petitions for reelection as director of Med ford school district 549C, it was reported Friday. Election for a new director to serve for a five-year term will be held in each of Jackson county's 19 school districts June 17. Deadline for filing petitions Petition Calls for Mass Labor Meeting Portland U.R) ' A petition calling for a mass meeting of all members of the Oregon Joint Council of Teamsters was refer red Saturday to individual local unions in Oregon and southwest ern Washington. The petition was submitted by several members of the Team sters union who want the mass meeting to consider what action to take regarding recent disclo sures on handling of union funds made before the Senate Rackets Investigating committee. M E. Steele, council president, said that if the individual locals favor such a meeting the joint council would "consider the mat ter." Steele said the matter "was taken up by the council's dele gates and discussed at great length in formal session" at a two-hour meeting Friday night. He added that referring the mass meeting request to individ ual locals is provided for in the international consitution and by laws. Seven Teamster members ap peared on a local television pro gram, KGW-TV's 'Viewpoint," Friday night and urged such a meeting. One member said, "We might have to hiro Multnomah Stadi um." Newborn Calf Dies After Attack by Bees Applegate-JacRsonville A newborn calf was killed and its mother was seriously injured last week in a raid by bees. , The tragedy occurred at the Ed Flesher residence on the Jacksonville - Ruch highway. Hundreds of bees from nearby hives were attracted to a new born Guernsey calf and stung it severely. Despite drugs admin istered by. Dr. S. E. Phillips of Rogue Animal hospital, the calf died the following night. The calf's mother was stung on the head, and also required treatment by the veterinarian, but was expected to live. A horse also received mild stings, but found refuge in nearby brush. Sir Anthony Eden Flies To Vancouver Saturday Honolulu (U.R) Ailing Sir Anthony Eden and his wife de parted for Vancouver,' B. C, Saturday aboard a Canadian Pa cific plane en route to Boston where the former British prime minister will undergo a .medical checkup. - The Edens are scheduled to arrive in the Canadian city at 10:30 p.m. (PST) where they are slated to board a waiting Royal Canadian Air Force plane for the trans-Canada flight. . ' i for candidacy is June 10. School officials reported that one other nominating petition has been taken out for the Medford di rector position. Other members of the Med ford school board include Eve Nye, vice chairman, Ed Branch field, Frank Bash and Bill Bar ker. Eligible' For Candidacy Anyone who has resided in a school- district for six months prior to the election, and who has been a registered voter for at least 30 days prior to the elec tion for candidacy,. This is the first year that res idents of the former West Side, Oak Grove. Dewey and Kenwood districts will be eligible to vote or seek office in the Medford school district election. All four of these areas are now part of district 549C. Other districts holding direc tor elections June 17 include Jacksonville, Griffin Creek, Such, Phoenix, Ashland, Cen tral Point, Eagle Point, Lone Pine, Talent,' Rogue River, Ap plegate, Elk-Trail, Prospect, Ev ans Valley, Shady Cove, Butte Falls, Pinehurst and Howard. Petitions for candidacy should be filed with school district clerks. . Adequate Water Supply Is Seen Portland (U.R) An ade quate supply of irrigation water for the next six months is fore casted for mugh of Oregon, ac cording to W. T. Frost, of the soil conservation service. Frost said the supply will range from "fair" to "excel lent." He reported that "most ir rigation reservoirs are iilled or can be filled in the next six months. Two-thirds of the 20 larger reservoirs are filled to ca pacity. - The soil conservation service chief also reported that moun tain and valley soils are well wetted: Only area that might have de ficient irrigation water supplies would be found in portions of the Crooked River basin and in some of the small watersheds which head below the mountain snow zones, Frost said. Chiloquin Man Held On Murder Charge Klamath Falls (U.R) Oscar Bond Ball, 52, Chiloquin, has been charged with first degree murder for the shooting of his wife Frances Ball, 35, Thursday night in Chiloquin. Preliminary hearing has been set for next Tuesday before Dis trict Judge D. E. Van Vactor. Police said Mrs. Ball died of gunshot wounds received during the shooting affray Thursday night. Mrs. died in an ambu lance enroute to a Klamath Falls hospital. No apparent motive has been found, police added. Washington U.?J Assist ant Defense Secretary Murray Snyder indicated Saturday the press will be allowed to cover the launching of the first .U. S. earth satellite if adequate ad vance security arrangements can be made. " Conference Would Be Held at Neutral Site, Paper Claims Officials Fail to Confirm Reports By EUGENE McLOUGHLIN United Press Correspondent An authoritative Cairo news-, paper reported Saturday that Egypt has agreed to participate in a 15 nation conference on neutral grounds to thrash out a Suez Canal settlement. ' The newspaper Al Gomhouria, owned by v the government of President Gamal Abdel Nasser, said the conference would be held in Geneva under the chair manship of U.N. Secretary Dag Hammarskjold. There was no immediate con firmation of this from Egyptian officials ,or other interested cap itals. Al Gomhouria said Israel would not be invited to the con- ' ference. This would bring a loud and strong protest from Jerusa lem. Same Rights Israel has insisted It be given the same rights as any other na tion in navigating the waterway and has put out hints it will test these rights soon. Officials in Washington said this might result in a major Middle East blowup if Egypt barred arr Israel ship. U.S. Ambassador Raymond Hare has been conducting top level discussions in Cairo at tempting to get Egypt to moder ate its insistence on a "one man show" in operating the canal. , There was no immediate in dication how much success he was having. The tiny Mediterranean na tion of Lebanon yesterday be came the first Arab state to give parliamentary approval of the Eisenhower Doctrine for the Middle East. By a 30-2 vote the Lebanese legislature endorsed the March 16 action of its government in whole-heartedly accepting the U.S. plan to combat Communist , infiltration in Middle Eastern countries. The parliamentary action prompted the resignations of four members who protested Lebanon was turning its back on concerted action with other Arab states. But Lebanon, half Christian and half Moslem, is the most westernized of the Arab nations and the protest was not likely to have any great effect on the government. More Disunity Reported Another report of disunity among the Arab nations came from Amman. Diplomatic sour ces in Jerusalem said King Hus sein of Jordan has served notice bn Egypt, Syria and Saudi Arabia that unless they honor their obligations to replace Brit- aih's annual subsidy he will ac cept American aid. , On the other side of the ledger a joint Egypuan-auaanese com munique issued in Cairo said Sudan had endorsed Egypt s policy of "positive neutrality" and non-alignment with either the East or the West. Bodies of Dead Dogs Sent for Autopsies s Bodies of three dogs, believed t have been poisoned, have been sent to a local veterinarian for autopsies, police reported Saturday. City police received calls Fri day from three Medford resi dents, who reported their dogs had died apparently from pois oning. The reports came from. Mary Belle Bessonette, 2607 Hillcrest rd., Edward W. Sickles, 2608 East Jackson st.; and Mar jorie Cathleen Cummins, 2671 Hillcrest rd. . Officers said reports on the autopsies are expected in a few days and investigations will be resumed at that time if it is de termined the deaths were caus ed by poisoning. The police department remind ed residents to use care in the placement of insect and rodent poisons. Many of these poisons can be fatal to humans and pets as well as pests for which they art intended, they pointed out.
