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52nd Year Subscribers To report Improper or non-deliy-ery of the Mail Tribune In Medi ord phone 2-6141. Ashland 2-1021 Yreka 841W before 6:45 p.m. daily and 10 JO ajn. Sunday. If regular delivery arrives short ly after you call please notify office thus eliminating special messenger service. ft? C ft-' T -; Recommended A feature story about a Med ford man who prinU church bulletin coven appears on pie II of today-s Mall Trlbuna. DFORD RIBU United Prew Full Leased Wire United Pr 52 PAGES MEDFORD, OREGON, SUNDAY, APRIL 21, 1957 No. 26 Me Higher Interest Rate Authorized For Sayings Bonds Ike to Spend Quiet Easter With Friends Augusta, Ga. (U.P.) Presi dent Eisenhower made a higher interest rate on government bonds official Saturday and laid aside his paper work to spend a quiet Easter with close friends at his golfing vacation headquar ters. A hot Georgia sun has done its work well with the presi- aent. Eisenhower is developing a tan and close associates said tht 80-degree-plus weather is "baking out" the remnants of his lingering winter cold. The cough that has nagged him since January is noticeably improved, friends said. Raises Interest Before adjourning for the Eas ter observance the president signed legislation permitting the treasury to raise the interest on series 5 and H bonds from 3 to 314 per cent. This will enable the treasury to make these bonds wore attractive to the small investing but numerically large savings group. "VPe vant to see more people continually buying bonds so that savings bonds provide even greater financial protection for our iople in the years ahead, the jsident said in signing the bill, "arid at the same time as sure tie economic stability of our cotry." ArjpssOYts Other Bills "Eieftnhower also approved bills to delay the payment of in terest and principal of the Brit ish tlt, authorized a portrait and bust of the late Chief Justice Frej M. Vinson, appropriate a $330 anillion supplement for 1957 (expenses, authorize the delegate irom Alaska to be a member of tlfe Alaska International Rail ajasj Highway commission and to creclaim April 28-May 4 as na tional mental health week.' "sThe president still has scone tr ot a cough, but he "seemed t be coughing much less Sat urday than when he arrived Thursday for a vacation of about It asiyi. Tornado Threats Egse in Mid-West BY UNITED PRESS Tornado threats eased over parts of the nation Saturday, but flood warnings posed anoth er danger along the Brazos river carrying the runoff of heavy rains over drought-parched cen tral Texas. The bieeest rains in memory pushed river and streams over their banks. Rainfall totaling about 9.61 inches hit parts oi central Texas. At least 100 families were flooded out of their homes at Waco by the rampaging waters of the Brazos river as it raced toward the Gulf'of Mexico. At McGreggor, Harris creek washed up at least 22 coffins and bodies from the town cemetery when it tore loose from its banks af tpr the deluge. At least nine tornadoes were sighted over Texas after the twister threat turned from xne to the southern plains. Nobody was reported hurt how ever, and damage was lignt. U.S. to Agree to Allied Trade Washington U.R) The United States has notified 14 allied nations that it will agree to "certain modifications in "peaceful" allied trade with Red China, the State Department an nounced Saturday. The State Department's an nouncement came shortly after Tokyo dispatches quoted Jap anese sources as saying me United States had agreed to re lax" a western embargo on ship ments of strategic goods to Com munist China. The dispatches said jubilant Japanese business and govern ment leaders immediately began preparing for increased trade with the Chinese Reds. Sports Bulletin Monmouth Oregon Col lege of Education defeated Southern Oregon college, 3-2 and 2-1 here yesterday in an Oregon Collegiate conference baseball doubleheader. Washington U.R) The United States and Russia plan resume exchange visits which ere stopped last November (fcfter the Soviets smashed the Hungarian revolt. UNDER WAY The Mayflower II got under way late Satur day on the long, risky course of the original Pilgrim ship, taken 337 years ago. The replica, manned by 29 men, is scheduled to reach Plymouth, Mass., from Plymouth, England, in six weeks. Replica of Mayflower Starts Eastward Trip Plymouth, England (U.R) The Mayflower II sailed for the New World Saturday on the long and risky course the orig inal pilgrim ship took 337 years ago. The three-masted ship, a mod el of the original down to the solid Devon oak of her...; -hull, tacked slowly into the evening sun outside "Plymouth harbor, her gleaming white canvas spread to catch the light breeze. There was one difference from the original sailing. The Mayflower II got a slight head start. The tug "Tactful" towed her out to the harbor mouth to start the voyage. The 29-man crew under Capf. Alan Villiers scurried to their Kiwanis Group to Consider Show Here A Kiwanis club committee plans to meet early this week to consider promotion and pos sible dates for a Medford Home and Auto Show, scheduled to be the first public event in the new National Guard armory, accord ing to Dr. Abner Clark, Kiwanis president. Dr. Clark said the committee organizing the proposed show will be headed by Vic Milnes, who was in Salem last week conferring with Col. Paul Kleiv er, director of Oregon National Guard armories, Salem. Controversy over whether the home show would be locally produced or by Johnny Walker Attractions, a Portland firm, de veloped last week when the Na tional Guard armory board leas ed the armory to the Portland firm for a home show starting May 30. At an armory board hearing Friday, Ron Rice, representing the Kiwanis club, noted that in 1955 the Kiwanis club secured an agreement with Col. Kleiver that the first home show to be produced in the new' armory would be a Kiwanis project. National Guard officers told Rice and other Kiwanians who attended the hearing the con tract with the Portland firm was in the process of being termin ated. Concern Expressed Over Complaints Police Chief Charles Champ lin Saturday expressed concern over the increasing number of complaints of broken windows received at the police depart ment recently. The last such complaint was received Saturday morning from Amos W. Walker, 1789 Stewart ave. He said several windows were broken by rocks at the Dreamland Eallroom,- 415 East Main st., between 7 p.m. Friday and 8:37 a.m; Saturday. Such ' incidents result in con siderable cost to owners of es tablishments where the windows are broken, the police chief said. He added that anyone ap prehended for causing such dam age would face charges of mal icious destruction of property. posts on deck and in the rigging of the 183-ton little craft. Their only concession to mod ern times was a diesel-powered radio transmitter and receiver. British authorities insisted on it. Given what the original pil grims called "God's will, and a fair., wind,. .the., replica of the original ship should reach Ply mouth, Mass., in six weeks. She sailed to the cheers of thousands on the shore and the tooting of harbor craft whistles. Departure Ceremonies Departure ceremonies were a page from a 17th century book. Australian-born Capt. Villiers and Warrick Charlton, an Eng lishman who conceived the idea of a replica Mayflower, rode ashore in costumes of the 17th century to drink a farewell toast with Plymouth Lord May or William Oats. Finally, the time came to sail, Villiers, in black-embroidered captain's costume with knee britches and wide-brimmed hat, gave the orders. The canvas unfurled. The lit tle ship, looking awkward and too delicate, took on an air of strong, graceful beauty. The sun gleamed on her canvas. Down to the last belaying pin, she was a model of the original. Ninety-two feet long, the May flower II was carved and put to gether with 17th century tools at a cost of more than $280,000. But where the original ship carried 102 persons, including 29 women, crammed into tight quarters, the model carries only 29 persons "all men, thank God," said Villiers. Police Kill Four in Havana Death Trap Havana, Cuba (U.R) Po lice shot and killed four' men Saturday in a death trap laid for leaders of a revolutionary move ment attempting to oust presi dent Fulgencio Batista by vio lence. One of the victims was iden tified as Fructuoso Rodriguez, acting president of the univer sity students association, and an other as Juan Pedro Carbo Ser via, who has been sought since October as the slayer of Cuban army intelligence chief Col. An tonio Blanco Rico. Pope Appeals For Peace Vatican City (U.R) The bells of 447 churches rang the glor ious tidings of the resurrection this Easter morning for Romans and an unprecedented number of foreign pilgrims. The great bell of St. John La teran, mother church of Christ ianity, led the thunderous clanging at midnight that sym bolized the end of Lent and pro claimed that "Christ is risen." Pilgrims To Mass Later today, tens of thousands of pilgrims will mass in St. Pe ter's square to hear Pope Pius XH's annual Easter appeal' for peace in the world. The pontiff appeared in the window of his study yesterday to bless some 5,000 pilgrims and Romans gathered in Use great Stassen Returns From London Talks On Disarmament Initial Agreement Needed to Be Reached Washington-JfU.P.) The United States said last night that the London disarmament negotia tions with Russia call for "con tinuation of a serious effort" to reach an initial agreement lead ing toward disarmament. It emphasized, however, any disarmament plan would hinge on an agreement on "proper safeguards for inspection and control" between the free world and the communist bloc. The statement was issued by the state r?5partment after an extraordinary Saturday meeting between Harold E. Stassen, Pres ident Eisenhower's disarmament advisor, Secretary of State John Foster Dulles and other high government officials. Returns from Talks The meeting was held im mediately after Stassen return ed here from the London dis arament talks. He said upon his arrival that the negotiations be tween the United States and Russia are "the most serious" the two nations ever held. Meeting with Stassen and Dulles were officials of the Atomic Energy commission, de fense department, and central intelligence agency. Chief topics of discussion at the meeting, were: Initial reductions of arm aments and manpower on a reciprocal basis. Arms inspections systems, both of the ground and in the air. American Proposal ' The American proposal ' for cutting off, at a given date, pro duction of atomic materials for use in weapons manufacture. . Exchange between East and West of lists of armaments and blueprints. ' "It was thought that the nego tiations thus far conducted, (in London) warranted S continua tion of a serious effort to reach an initial, partial agreement for a first step, if proper safeguards for inspection and control are agreed to," the state department said. This emphasized the cautious, first-things-first approach to ward disarmament; championed by the. United States in its long negotiations with Russia,- Rus sia has followed the other ap proach agree to disarmament and work out the details later. Litlrell Injured In Three-Car Crash Rep. and Mrs. E. A. Littrell of Medford were involved in a three-car accident on Highway 99 near Myrtle Creek Thursday night, but were not seriously injured. They were returning, home from the legislature for the week end when the accident occurred. Mrs. Littrell said her husband, who was driving, reduced his speed to avoid hitting some peo ple who were picking up debris on the highway. The debris ap parently had spilled from a trail er. . Another car, operated by Ralph Lynn Iholts, 18, Canyon ville, struck the rear of the Lit trell car, pushing it down the highway, across a ditch and into a field where it struck a tree. A third vehicle struck Ilholts' car. Representative Littrell' car was badly damaged, but he was able to drive it home. The Lit trells received bruises and oth er minor injuries, but did not require hospital treatment. They arrived home that night. No one else was seriously injured in the accident. square. By his decree. Lent this year lasted until midnight instead of ending at noon on Holy Satur day. The window appearance at 12:25 p.m. was one of two in terruptions on a holy Saturday which the pontiff devoted large ly to private prayer. Earlier in the day, he spoke briefly to a group of visiting French girls. The pope's Easter address which is expected to be simil ar to the warning against the horrors of nuclear war that he has uttered each year since 1954 will be heard by the biggest audience in history. Foreign Pilgrims Some 250,000 persons, includ ing 100,000 foreign pilgrims, will squeeze into St Peter's a mm IMI U First of Five Tape Recordings Played To Jury Saturday Illegal Wiretapping Charged to Two Men Portland (U.P.) The first of the five controversial tape recordings in the Elkins-Clark federal trial on illegal wire tapping was played Saturday morning to the jury. James B. Elkins and his em ployee, Raymond F. Clark, from whose home the wire tapes were first seized, are charged with tapping telephone conversations involving district attorney Wil liam Langley, Seattle gamblers Thomas Maloney and Joseph P. McLaughlin and other persons. Names Mentioned Names mentioned Saturday in the conversation were "Joe" and "Tom." One other name was not identified. Before the playing of the first recording Ronald Sherk, a Port land FBI agent testified that the first time he saw the tapes were on May 22, 1956, five days aft er the tapes were seizd in the raid by the then Sheriff Terry Schrunk, present mayor of Port land, Ore. Sherk had seized the alleged illegal tapes and wire record ings from the First National Bank of Milwaukie, Ore., on Sept. 6, 1956. Sherk told the court that he heard portions of. one . of - the tapes to determine if ' there had been any violation of the fedsral wiretap law.-. Expected to Continue The trial is expected to con tinue Tuesday as attorneys for both sides have been released by Judge William East to argue a motion in San Francisco Mon day. Defense attorneys Friday night sent an appeal to the Unit ed States court of appeals for a writ of prohibition. The appeal is asking the higher court to or der the federal court here to re frain from exceeding its juris diction. Action by the federal court of appeals might resolve the legal snarl that developed here last week when a state circuit court issued an injunction restraining witnesses from appearing at the Ilkins-Clark trial. Another Dog Reported Poisoned in Medford Another dog poisoning in Med ford was reported to city police Friday night. Mrs. Delores Edna Young, 525 Franquette ave., notified of ficers her dog was ill and was believed to have been poisoned. The dog was given an injection of antedote and a sample of the contents of the dog's stomach was sent to a laboratory for an alysis. . Four dogs in the Hillcrest rd. area have been reported poison ed this month. Three died and the other, owned by Dr. and Mrs. M. L. Vorheis, 2679 East over drive, was still in critical condition Saturday. The Vorheis dog, a boxer, was poisoned Friday morning and strychnine was reported to have been found in contents of the dog's stomach. City police are investigating all of the dog pois oning cases. square to hear the speech. . In addition, it will be televised in Italy for the first time and broadcast to the world by the Vatican radio. The pontiff is expected specif ically to repeat his 1956 warn ing that guided missiles have created new "alarm and terror" on earth. ' - President Eisenhower's recent promise to give Britain missiles capable of carrying atomic war heads to Moscow would lend special weight to any new papal comment on their deadly pow er. The pope will appear at noon today on a balcony at St. Pe ter's to deliver the address. Msgr. Luigi Traglia will cele brate mass for the faithful in the squara before the pontiff ap em qu TS, OuuDE F "It's No Oregon Legislature Adjourns for Easter M Salem '(U.R) The Oregon leg islature was adjourned for Eas ter Saturday after some hard work in its money problems. . The House Tax committee spent Friday afternoon whip ping the first bills embodying the Democratic tax program in to shape for introduction on the floor. Joint Ways and i Means com mittee members at the same time passed out, some important institution budgets and Rep. Leon Davis' Ways and Means subcommittee continued hear ings on the $31 million public welfare budget. ; Amend House Bill Rep. Clarence Barton's tax committee amended House bill one which repeals the 45 per cent surtax, so that it also inclu ded the proposed income tax re visions and a plan for full with holding on state income taxes. After obtaining an okay from the State Tax commission, the committee also amended the bill so that full withholding would start Sept. 1, 1957 instead of Jan. 1, 1958. Features of three bills were included in the surtax repeal bill so that it would include the most important provisions of the income tax law. Procedure Simplified Withholding procedure was al so simplified so that a federal form could be used in account ing for withholding, but propos als to withhold on a flat percen tage basis were jerked in favor of more accurate and complete withholding. A budget of $9,446,187 for Oregon State hospital at Salem was approved by the full Ways and Means committee. The bud get was up $1,364,499 or more than 16 per cent from the cur rent biennium. Fairview Home's budget of $4,915,476 was also approved. It represented an increase of $794,600 over the current bien nium. Also getting approval was an Eastern Oregon State hospi tal budget of $4,142,069. But the three budgets taken together represented a decrease of more than $500,000 from what pears. Lighting of New Fire The lighting of the "new fire" in Romes 447 churches last night symbolized the beginning of the Easter vigil, set ahead several hours by a papal decree in 1955. The vigil will last until mid night, when the pealing of the bells of all the hundreds of churches will signal the end of Lent and the beginning of Easter masses celebrating the resurrec tion of Christ. Holy images which have been veiled during Lent will be un covered at the start of the East er services and the fonts will be filled with holy water. Priests will sprinkle holy water in the corners of their churches to sym bolize the spread of Christian- Today ILJIRSAGJ TO Bunny" the institutions themselves had asked. Other big budgets okayed were Oregon board of health. $1,978,394 and the state board of. forestry, $1,890,982. -..'..,:...;-!- 7- ' Mosquito Problem Aired at Meeting The increasing problem of mo squitoes in Jackson county was discussed Thursday in the coun ty health department offices. Those attending the conference discussed methods of strength ening control methods. It was agreed that the only practical solution to the problem is prop er management of irrigation wa ter and drainage of low spots which are main hatching places for mosquitoes. It was also agreed that all ag encies involved in the control program would do all in their power to assist agriculturists in correcting individual problems. Further meetings will be held in the future to consider value of accomplishments and plan for future developments, it was re ported. Attending the Thursday meet ing were Walter J. Sutherlm, Charles Clark, Orrie Moore and Dr. A. E. Merkel, county health service; Otto Bohnert, Central Point; Harold Sexton, manager Rogue Valley Irrigation district; Don Nichols, chairman Jackson County Agriculture council; R. E. Nealon, Central Point; John Taggart, conservationist; Rob ert Bitterling, Pomona grange master; Chester Wendt, county commissioner; and W. B. Tuck er, county agriculture agent. Watershed Program Topic for Discussion A meeting to discuss the wa tershed development plan being worked out for the Bear creek drainage will be held at noon Monday in the Jackson hotel. The plan, outlined under the federal small-watershed laws, is being prepared cooperatively by the Rogue Soil Conservation dis trict and the Izaak Walton league. Attending the meeting will be representatives ' of these two groups, representatives of the city and county, and of the U. S. soil conservation service. Camp White Building Destroyed by Fire Camp White A vacant bar racks building was razed by fire here last night before Camp White firemen and two pumpers from the Central Point Rural Fire department bought the fire under control. . State police reported the fire, which started about 9 p.m., had been controlled soon after the barracks was destroyed and that adjoining buildings were not in danger. The building was located near Crater Lake highway, fire men said. No injuries were re ported. SYRIA Hiyyari Charges 'Palace Intrigues' Resulted in Purges Nationalities Not Given for Attaches Damascus, Syria flJ.PJ 'The commander-in-chief of Jordan's army quit his post and fled to - Syria Saturday less than 48 hours after taking over his job. Maj. Gen. Ali El Hiyyari, handpicked as chief of staff by King Hussein and sworn in on Thursday, charged that "Palace intrigues" and interference by foreign military attaches were responsible for the King's purge of anti-western elements in the government. He said the intrigues were against both the army and the "liberal" Jordan forces which favor close allegiance with Syria and Egypt. Nationalities Not Giren The nationalities of the at taches were not given. The Cairo press has charged that the Uni ted States engineered the down fall of pro-Syrian and Egyptian elements in Jordan. Diplomatic sources in . Am man, capital of Jordan, expres sed surprise at Hiyyari'i resig nation. The youthful Hiyyari told newsmen here he fled to Syria on the pretext of visiting army officert, and then cabled his res-' ignation to Hussein when he reached the Syrian border vil lage o: Derra. . The , Jordanian government said he had left on "official" business and had telephoned his resignation to moderate Premier Hussein Khalidi. Hiyyari depicted his country as riddled by dissension and plots. Foreign Attaches He said foreign attaches from unnamed countries "conspired" against Jordan by pretending that his predecessor, Maj. Gen. Ali Abu Nuwar, was . plotting against Hussein. Nuwar, ousted by the King, now is in Damas cus. The general said a poll of Arab Legion officers showed they would refuse unanimously to fire on demonstrators if the people rose up against the pal ace in favor of Egypt and Syria. In Amman, King Hussein's capital, the tension rose again. Supporters of foreign minister Suleiman Nabulsi, whose lef tist and pro-Syrian regime was ousted by the king earlier this month, held two meetings to de cide whether he should resign from the new moderate govern ment. Nabulsi controls a major ity of parliament and as head of the nationalist socialist front,' is the only party member in the otherwise independent cabinet of Premier Hussein Khalidi.' faster Egg Hunt Slated At Country Club Today Weather permitting there will be an Easter egg hunt for chil dren of Rogue Valley Country club members age six and under at 3 p.m. today, according to Jimmy Dunlevy, club manager. The hunt will be held in the area opposite the main entrance. It will precede the annual family Easter dinner at the club. There will be a prize for the child find ing the most eggs, he said. Strong Earthquakes Recorded in Berkeley. Berkley, Calif. 4J.R) Two strong earthquakes 2,400 miles from here, probably in the Aleu tian . Islands, were recorded on the University of California seismograph Friday. Weather rORECAST: Fair and a little warmer today. Increasing cloudiness tonight wim a little rain Monday. High to day 67, low tonight IS, high Monday 60. TEMP. Highest Yesterday SI Lowest Yesterday 41 Our Skies Tonight Sunrise Sunset. The Moon, at Last 5:32 a.m. . 1:00 pjn. 3:01 p.m. 1:33 a.m. Vuarier Rises Monday PROMINENT STAR Vega, high In east at moonrise. (The shooting stars seen tonight radiating from near Vega are of the Lyrid meteor shower)
