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MEDFORD, OREGON, SUNDAY, APRIL 21, 1957
No. 26
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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
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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
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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.
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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)