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mm Medfoi 14 Pages MEDFOf Normal Mail Service Expected by Saturday 'Jl'i HEAVY SMOKE For the second time this season, Rogue valley orchard ists were forced to heat orchards as temperatures dropped to 27 to 28 degrees in the coldest orchards just before dawn this morning. Residents of the valley awoke to a heavy pall of smoke and the while blossoms of the pear trees stood out in contrast to the blackness. The amount of damage to the fruit, if any, will not be known until later, according to C- B. Cordy, county horticul ture agwit. ' '' " "" Fruit Growers Heat Orchards as Mercury Dips Under 30 Degrees Low temperatures Sunday eve ning forced most Rogue Valley fruit growers to heat their or chards for the second straight week end this season. General heating was started around midnight with tempera tures falling below 30 degrees in the coldest orchards Lighter Firing Temperatures are expected to be slightly warmer this evening with much lighter firing neces sary in the colder orchards. Any fruit damage resulting from last night's cold has not been determined, according to C. B. Cordy, county horticulture agent. He said damage would have been considerable if the orchards had not been heated Won't Hurt Crop The county agent stressed that any damage occurring would not be sufficient to reduce the over all crop. The first heating of the sea son was conducted during the early morning of Sunday, April Homemade Bomb 'Explosion Reported A homemade bomb exploded Saturday morning in a vacant lot behind the residence of Charles Hobbs, 311 Ashland ave., Mcdford, giving off a large amount of blue smoke, accord ing to city police. According to officers, the bomb was made similar to others found recently by Medford resi dents. Most of the bombs have been made from empty shot gun shells and wrapped in black fric tion tape with six-inch fuses, po lice said. The bomb was the sixth dis covered in Medfcrd during the past two weeks. Police are con tinuing an investigation. Idaho Student Given 25-Year Prison Term Moscow U.R) Paul D. Mato vich, former University of Idaho journalism student, was sen tenced to not more than 25 years in the state penitentiary today for setting a fire uhich killed three fellow students at the university last falL Sentence was pronounced by District Judge Hugh A. Baker, who said the 20-year-fld Kel logg man would be eligible for parole in 100 months unless he is transferred to a mental institution. sue C iG n ., rirKlL f - K ,r?'V7 H-H 7, when temperatures dropped to about 25 degrees in some of the colder orchards. A few dead buds resulted from the low temperatures last week end, according to Cordy, with the majority of the dead buds in the apricot and peach trees. Verdict of Innocent Clears Man of Charge John Edward Schuster, 44, of 319 Jeanette st., was found in nocent by a circuit court jury last week of possessing stolen property. The charge developed from the alleged theft of two chain saws, which Schuster was ac cused of possessing. Schuster was never formally charged with theft of the saws, as was erron eously reported in the Mail Trib une last Friday. The Mail Trib une regrets publication of the incorrect report and any em barrassment it may have caused. About 15 witnesses testified during the three-day trial which started Tuesday. Schuster was represented by Attorney O. H. Bengtson. 'You Fellows Say You rr 'RIBUNE 15, 1957 No. 21 More Reductions Effective Today; Money Vote Seen House Scheduled To Work on Appropriation Washington (U.R) More re ductions in postal service went into effect today, but congres sional leaders expected normal service would be restored by next Saturday. The service cutbacks by Post master General Arthur Summer- field brought charges by the House Democratic leader that Summerfield is an "arrogant,' man who's "trying to make him self a knight on a white horse. The House was scheduled to begin work on a $41 million emergency appropriation for the Post Office department to per mit a return to full service. House Democratic Leader John , W. McCormack (Mass.) predicted both houses will clear the measure in time for restora tion of service by Saturday, al though he declined to forecast its approval by the House today. Members of Congress might be off to a baseball game, he said. He charged Summerfield with being "arrogant," "domineer ing and "guilty of contempt of the American people" for not cancelling the cutbacks last Fri day. A Post Office Department spokesman said full service can be restored "within 24 hours" after the money bill is passed by both houses and signed by Presi dent Eisenhower. With Saturday postal deliv eries cancelled and post offices shut down on Saturdays until the money is voted, these two new cutbacks went into effect today: Post Office windows were reduced to 8Vz hours a day serv ice everywhere. They normally are open 10-11 hours in most areas and up to 24 hours in some of the biggest post offices. Deliveries in business dis tricts were reduced to no more than two a day from the usual three deliveries. Chief sufferers in. the Satur day cut-back in postal service appeared to be rural subscribers to daily newspapers, Postmaster Moore Hamilton said today. In instances where they re ceive their copies by mail, Fri day papers would not be deliver ed until today, he pointed out. But he said daily papers are being given the same priority as first class mail, and all such sub scribers should receive both Fri day and Sunday papers today. Hamilton noted that there were "no violent complaints" about the curtailment in service, largely because the public knew what to expect due to news coverage in the press. He said the Medford post office can re turn to full-scale service at any time it is given a go-ahead from the post office department. Until Saturday, only change in regular operation is an 8V-hour day for windows a,t the post of fice, from 8:30 a.m. to 5 p.m. Want To Save Money?" New Government In Jordan Appears To Check Crisis Power Struggle Outcome Unclear By UNITED PRESS Pro-Western Hussein Khalidi succeeded in forming a new gov ernment in Jordan today. It in cluded ousted leftist former Pre mier Suleiman Nabulsi. The ouster of Nabulsi by Young King Hussein last Wed nesday set off a domestic crisis in Jordan that threatened to erupt into a new Mid-East war. But Khalidi's success in es tablishing a new government ap peared to be the result of a compromise between the pro Western policies of King Hus sein and the pro-Soviet and pro Egyptian policies of Nabulsi. Apparently it eased the do mestic crisis in Jordan, although the ultimate outcome of that struggle for powei still was not clear. Warning to Israel Shortly before this develop ment, there were these other events in the Mid-East: Hussein ordered the with drawal of Syrian troops from Jordan; they entered that coun try to bolster its defense at the time of the Israeli invasion of Egypt. A Damascus radio report said Jordan warned Israel that "any act of provocation or ag gression" would be met by force; Israel long has coveted the bulge of Jordan territory west 'of Jor dan river and north of Jeru salem seized in the 1948 war, and it was feared any Syrian military action against Hussein's regime might prompt Israel to move. Measure Threatened The Jerusalem, Israel, radio reported that the Iraqi govern ment had warned Syria it would take "strictly military measure ments" if Syria intervened in Jordan; King Hussein and Iraq's King Feisal are cousins and al lied, as members.jpfthe.Hashe mite dynasty with a natural fear of aggression from pro-Soviet Syria. Family of Five Dies in Car Crash Oceanside, Calif. U.R) A Los Angeles family of five was burned to death Sunday -in a flaming automobile crash eight miles north of here. California Highway Patrol of ficers said the dead were David L. Nieto, 33; his wife, Leonore, 29; and their three children, An drea, 5 Arturo, 10 months and David Jr., 2. Officers said Nieto apparently had slowed down because of a flat tire and his car was struck from behind by another vehicle. The car carrying the family im mediately burst into flames and spun into a ditch. The victims were trapped when the gas tank of their car exploded. Their bodies were burned beyond recognition. The driver of the second car, James Edward Dringenberg, 18, of Anaheim, Calif., and a pas senger, Donald Wayne Voght, 19. of El Monte, Calif., escaped with minor injuries. Freeway Construction Date Not Scheduled Construction on the Highway 99 freeway in the Medford area is not scheduled to begin in 1957 or 1958, Highway Engineer W. C. (Dutch) Williams reported today. He confirmed earlier esti mates of the date for construc tion to start in a letter to the Jackson County Chamber of Commerce, received this morn ing. Previously he had estimated construction could start early in 1959. The highway department is now working with the city of Medford to perfect an agree ment regarding details of plans for the freeway, which is to follow a line along the east bank of Bear creek through the city. The city has given tentative approval to the route, provided that certain specifications are in cluded in the plans. Langley's Attorneys Will Seek New Trial Portland (U.R) Attorneys said today they would seek a new trial for District Attorney William Langley who faces oust er from office after being con victed of failing to prosecute a gambling law violation. Portland U.R Ofell H. John son, beattle, has been named president of the Pacific North west Trade association. ' I . .. . Ill Ml MIIIM I - II II CT'WViMI.'MfWfcgtirft FATAL PLANE CRASH Two men lost their lives when, this light plane crashed into Bear mountain, about IV2 miles south of the Sis kiyou summit, Saturday morning. The vic tims were James B. Andres, 33, Prineville, recks Myrtle Creek Youth Dies in Plunge Over Embankment By UNITED PRESS - Seven Oregon residents died in week end highway mishaps and a California man was killed near Klamath Falls Sunday. Cedric Gale Stuempges, 17, Myrtle Creek, was killed Sun day when a car plunged down an embankment ' near Myrtle Creek in southern Douglas county. Lois Jean Brown, 11, was killed . Sunday afternoon when struck by a car while riding a bicycle near Goshen, south of Eugene. Two Prineville girls were in jured fatally Saturday when the car . in which they"were riding went out of control about two miles east of Prineville. The victims were Ardith Dodson, 15, and Ethel Lorie Randle, 16. Two residents of the Table Rock district north of Central Point were killed in a collision five miles south of Dunsmuir, Calif., Friday. The victims were A. E. Tisch and his daughter, Marjorie. Eldon. A. Hanson, 21, Milton Freewater, was killed Friday night in a collision south of Walla Walla, Wash. Edward G. Gorman, Oakland, Calif., was killed and his wife and three young children in jured Sunday when his car crashed over an embankment north of Klamath Falls. Ground Breaking Ceremonies Today Public ground breaking cere monies wece to be held at 1:30 p.m. today for the county juve nile detention home near the old fairgrounds. H. Dewey Wilson, chairman of the Jackson county juvenile ad visory council, was to be master of ceremonies and County Judge Rodney Keating was to lift the first shovel full of dirt. Bessonett and Graff, contract ors for the $89,626 structure, planned to begin construction immediately following the cere mony. Budget Committee Meets Wednesday Members of the county budget committee will resume meeting with the representatives of in dividual departments to discuss budget requests on Wednesday. No final action has been taken on requested budgets from any of the departments. Committee members have in dicated they expect to complete work on the budget late this week. Total requested budget is S2,807,146.59, for which no levy would be required. DOW-JONES AVERAGES New York (U,R) Dow-Jones final 'stock averages: 30 indus trials 485.84, off 0.88; 20 rail roads 146.20, off 0.31; 15 utilities 71.55, off 0.06, and 65 stocks 170.81, off 0.29. Sales today were about 2,010,000 shares com pared with 2,370,000 Shares Fri day. Weather FORECAST: Increasing cloudi - ness tonight. Cloudy Tuesday with occasional light rain. Warmer. Low tonight 36. High Tuesdav 63. TEMPERATURE Highest yesterday Lowest this morninc PRECIPITATION" To 4:30 a.m. today 55 .....28 .09 in Oregon Kill 8 Income Tax Return i Must Be Postmarked By Midnight Tonight Washington U.R) The tax collector is supposed to have your return in hand by midnight tonight. But Uncle Sam will count you in safe this year if you get it as far as the post of fice by that deadline. The mail situation being as it is today, that's about all anyone could ask of the nation's 60 mil lion taxpayers. Midnight Postmark Technically the law requires yearly income tax returns to be in the office of the director of Both federal and state income tax returns must be postmarked prior tb' midnight tonight to avoid late filing penalties, tax officials said. With the April 15 deadline for returns the federal internal revenue office here reported an increase in the number of per sons requesting aid. The state tax commission has had' a man at the courthouse auditorium to help assist with the returns. It was reported this morning that more requests for the blanks had been received than aid re quested. At noon, approximate ly eight persons were waiting for help at the courthouse. internal revenue, or his regional directors, by midnight April 15. An Internal Revenue Service spokesman said, however, it has been the practice in recent years to accept all returns without penalty that are postmarked not later than midnight- Otherwise those failing to make the midnight deadline would have to pay 5 per cent interest a month on the money they owe, starting Tuesday. Will ful evasion of taxes, of course, is another matter and subjects a tax dodger to possible criminal prosecution. The spokesman said postal of ficials have assured the Intern al Revenue Service that despite the postal curbs, all mail reach ing post offices today will be postmarked before the midnight deadline. '' Tax officials said returns have been coming in at a good rate up to now better than last year at this time with about two thirds of an estimated 60 million Jackson County Man Held in Sidney, Neb. . Willis James Shanks, Talent, who is wanted by Jackson coun ty authorities on two check charges, is being held by Sidney, Neb., the Jackson county sher iffs officers learned Monday. Shanks, who was free on $2500 bond, jumped bail prior to his trial date last year. Winds With Gusts of 73 Miles an Hour Lash Northwest; Portland Damage Heavy By UNITED PRESS The weather man threw a Sunday punch at the Pacific Northwest. . Strong winds with gusts clocked up to 73 miles per hour in Portland broke power poles, uprooted trees, disrupted tele phone service and sent two ships free in Portland harbor to crash into the Hawthorne bridge. Man Drowns in Lake One man drowned. Spencer Simons, 44, Seattle, lost his life when his boat overturned on Lake Cavanaugh in Skagit coun ty, Wash. John W. Nevill, also of Seattle, was rescued from his registered owner of the plane, and Ronald Gene Wilson, 20, Eugene, believed to be the pilot. It was foggy and snowing lightly when the crash occurred, shortly after 9 a.m. (Photo by Wililam L. Birchfield) returns already in the hands of district tax "officers. Big Surge Today They said the remaining 30 to 35 per cent of returns pile in during the last four or five days before the April 15 deadline, with the big surge flooding the mails on the final day today. Officials said that despite the last-minute rush .there should be no great delay in sending re funds to those entitled to them They said refunds should be in the mail for the entire United States by the end of April. New processing centers have made possible a. speedup, in . refunds, they explained. Three Youths Admit Damaging House Three Ashland youths Sunday admitted to sheriff's deputies the entering of an unoccupied house on Buckhorn Spring rd. during the last two months. The house, owned by Elmer D. Hopkins, 1200 Buckhorn, Ash land; was entered by a side door, according to sheriff department reports, and windows and other items in the house were shot by .22 caliber bullets. Windows and frames were kicked out of the walls and rocks thrown into the house, officials said. The boys, two 15-years-old and one 16-year-old, were released to Ashland school authorities by officers pending action by the county juvenile department. Crosby Libel Suits Include Oregonian Portland U.R) Clyde C. Crosby, Oregon Teamsters union representative, today filed three libel suits in Circuit court ask ing $900,000 damages against the Oregonian, two of its report ers and racketeer James B. Elkins. Crosby is under indictments on several counts handed down by vice probing Multnomah county grand juries. Beck's Retention as President Predicted Galveston, Tex. U.R) New York teamsters chief Thomas L. Hickey led the giant union's bigwigs to Galveston today for a top level strategy meeting that could determine the union's fu ture. Hickey checked in shortly be fore noon with a prediction that teamsters boss Dave Beck will weather a "corrupt prac tices" storm and will remain as president of the biggest labor group in the nation. sinking trawler about five miles off Grays Harbor, Wash. The storm subsided Sunday night after leaving widespread damage in its wake. The vessels Lewis A. Milne and Chateau Thierry were ripped from their moorings in the Willamette river and crunched into the Haw thorne bridge, causing thousands of dollars damage to the span. One ship was "pulled clear by tugs Sundays and the other early this morning. Both are to be scrapped. Pacific Power and Light Com pany said 25 to 30 trees were ud rooted and fell over lines in the Private Aircraft Wreckage Found Sunday Morning Plane Hits Mountain During Fog, Snowfall Two men died Sunday morn ing when their private plane crashed into Bear mountain, about IV2 miles south of the Siskiyou summit. Victims of the crash were James B. Andres, 33, Prineville, registered owner of the pjane, and Ronald Gene Wilson, 20, Eugene, believed to be the pilot. The accident scene was a quarter-mile west of Highway 99, about 15 miles south of Ashland. Made Radio Contact The plane was reported en route from Red Bluff, Calif., to Eugene when the crash oc curred, shortly after 9 a.m. The pilot had made radio contact at 8:46 a.m. with the airport at Montague, Calif. State police said the gray and maroon wreckage was discover ed about 9:45 a.m. by Evan Maupin, Hilts, Calif. He drove to the State Line Service Sta tion, located on Highway 99 at the Hilts junction, and notified police. Officers said the plane was demolished although the wreck age was .largely intact. Wilson was sitting in the pilot's seat and Andres was seated beside him. Both men had student pilot licenses. Plane Flying Low Maupin said he had observed the plane flying low at 7:30, " 8:30 and 9:15 a.m. He said it was northbound, turned once and ap peared to be attempting to fol low the route of Highway 99. Mr. and Mrs. Robert Trinca, -Hilts, also said they had ob served the plane flying low over the State Line Service station about 9 a.m. It was foggy and snowing lightly in the vicinity of the Siskiyou summit at that time, it was reported. Officers .theorized the plane might have encountered a down draft of air just before crashing into the mountain.- -. . - Maupin told police he htid once seen a wrecked truck down the canyon where he spotted the plane and always looked as he drove past there. Bodies of the two men were taken to Conger-Morris Funeral home. Wilson's body was to be sent to Eugene, and Andres' body was to be sent to Prineville today for services and interment Ashland Youth Wins State Speech Contest Corvallis U.R) Winners of the annual Oregon State high school speech contest were an nounced Saturday. Tim Keating, Ashland high school, won the impromptu speech contest for the second year. It was. the third year in a . row an. Ashland high school stu dent has won. By winning three times in a row it retires the trophy permanently. Other winners included Dick Corum, Medford, panel discus sion; Hilton Graham, Grants Pass, oratory, and Larry Neal, Ashland, after dinner. Eagle Point won the class B division debate' contest. State Penitentiary Inmate Gets Away Salem (U.R) Dale Edwin Allred, 23, escaped from the state penitentiary Sunday after afternoon. Allred, who was held on a for gery count, was believed respon sible for a burglary at Shedd later.' His prison clothes were found there. A .22 caliber pis tol, .$66 in cash and civilian, clothing were reported missing. Allred was described as 5 feet 7 inches tall, 135 pounds with brown hair. Washington (U.R) President Eisenhower will hold a news conference at 7:30 a.m. (PST) Wednesday. Portland area. The trouble ex tended "as far as Tillamook. A 57,000-volt Portland General Electric Company line was down ed southeast of Oregon City but an emergency circuit was cut in to take over the power load. ' Auto Races Postponed The storm played havoc with Salem's scheduled "Blossom Day" observance and skiing on Mt. Hood. Auto races were post poned in Portland. Some $6000 damage was caused when the superstructure of a supermarket under construc tion just northeast of Portland was flattened. W
