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Newspaper Page Texto o o ywtpv . in ui mi m I. .Hi .I iiiui.ii i niiLMim i 'i i i,. i uuii.. ,!., .tmmufiy!mmximy!m jib 1 i iii.iawmwaHii,,wepi" Iraqi Syria' 7raps Said To I Mim , uMiiM n ininiirmaii miiii m iri r ' nirm'-mtliiiKiiInf rmii m tun ' ti nn "ii mi mmmmmmmmn tmmm imwmmxmr mmmmmmmimmmmmmtmm FIREPOWER SHOW Pictured above is a portion of the National Guard firepower show held last Saturday at the Camp White rifle range near Antelope rd., two miles -east of Camp White. About 700 valley residents watched the demon stration. Approximately 75 riflemen, automatic riflemen and President Plans To Board Saratoga To See Exercises Augusta, Ga. (U.R) The White House announced today that President Eisenhower will go aboard the Navy's newest carrier, the 60,000-ton U.S.S. Saratoga, for training exercises off the coast of Florida June 6-7. Eisenhower will board the new ship at her home port, Mayport, Fla., and spend most of two days at sea, watching the Navy's second angled deck car rier put her jet fighters and twin-jet bombers through train ing paces. To Talk With Stasjtn The announcement of the President's forthcoming voyage came as Eisenhower prepared to discuss disarmament here at his vacation headquarters with Harold E. Stassen, head of the American delegation to the cur rently recessed London disarm ament talks. Stassen is scheduled to arrive here tonight from Washington and confer Tuesday with the , President at th Augusta Nation al Golf Club. Stassen will fly back to Washington immediately after his talk with Eisenhower and confer with Secretary of State John Foster Dulles before leaving by air for London early Tuesday afternoon. In other action today at the golfing White House: Asks Cut for Bonne villa The President transmitted to the clerk of the House an amendment to the Interior De partment's budget for fiscal 1958, calling for a net reduc tion of $5,658,000 in funds for the Bonneville Power adminis tration Press Secretary James C. Hagerty reported that Eisen hower's cough was "virtually gone" after his relaxation in the warm weather of Augusta, but his golf game was suffering. The President was hitting his woods and long irons well, but having difficulty with his ap proach shots. The President proclaimed May 22 as national Maritime Day to honor the Merchant Ma rine and commemorate the de parture from Savannah, Ga., in 1819 of the S.S. Savannah on the first transoceanic voyage ever; attempted by any steamship. Jackson County Medical Society Names Dr. William W. P. Holt 'Doctor of Year One cf southern Oregon's pio neer physicians, who early in life earned the nickname '"horse and saddle bag doctor," has been chosen Jacksjsn county's "Doctor of the Year" for 1956. Selected for the award by the Jackson County Medical society is Dr. William Wilson Pratt Holt of Medford, who first settled in this country in 1906 after grad uation from the University of Oregon medical school. Early Experiences As an early physician in Eagle Point Dr. Holt often visited his patients on horseback, being away from his home for days at a time. One of his first opera tions was performed on a kitch en table. The patient's husband administered the anesthetic and relatives stood around the table holding lamps to assist the doc tor. Dr. Holt traveled the upper Rogue valley in the days when telephones were few and far be tween. A. white bedsheet hanging from the front porch of a farm house was the signal that a call awaited him. At night ranchers wishing to contact Dr. Holt would string tin cans across the road in hopes his horse's hoofs would hit the cans and thus in form the doctor that a patient was in need of attention. Firsi County Physician Jackson county's "Doctor of the Year" was the first county TORNADOES BATTER TEXAS Rogue River National Forest Supervisor Receives Promotion Jack H. Wood, supervisor of the Rogue River National for est, will become a staff assistant to the chief of the division of cooperative forest protection about June 1, it was announced today. The promotion will move him from the Rogue River National Forest headquarters in Medford to the U.S. Forest service head quarters in Washington, D.C. The promotion was announced by Regional Forester J.. Herbert Stone at Portland. Wood has been forest super visor at Medford since the fall of 1951. Before coming here, he served as staff assistant in the Portland regional office in the division of state and private for estry where he became experi enced with the states of Oregon and Washington. . He worked early in his career on forest management "surveys including grazing duties on the Wenatchee National Forest in Washington; on the forest re source survey conducted by the Pacific Northwest Forest and Range Experiment station; and in pine bark beetle survey work on the Malheur National Forest in Oregon. He has had staff officer re- Baseball NATIONAL Pittsburgh 1 6 0 New York 3 6 0 Arroyo, Zuzava (6), Face (7) and Foiles; Gomez, Hall (5) and Westrum, Thomas (7). Philadelphia 1 7 3 Brooklyn 5 10 0 Hearn, Meyer (6), Farrell (78) and Lopala; Craig, Labine (8) and Campanella. FLOOD CONTROL MEETING - Directors of the Rogue Basin Flood Control and Water Re sources association will meet at 8 p.m. today in the Gold Hill city hall. Legislative measures pertaining to flood control and water resources will be major discussion topic. physician and served in that ca pacity from 1908 to 1913. He again was health officer from 1921 to 1925, and later was a key figure in establishing the coun ty's first full-time health depart ment. Dr. Hold is a charter member of the Southern Oregon and Jackson County Medical socie ties and served as charter sec retary for both organizations. He has been active on the staff at Sacred Heart hospital since it was built in 1913, and the Com munity hospital now known as the Rogue Valley Memorial hos pital. In the days when Sacred Heart conducted a nurses' training school, Dr. Holt - volunteered many hours of his time to lec ture on obstetrics and pediatric nursing. For many .years. Dr. Holt has provided free physical examina tions for hundreds of boys and girls prior to attending summer camp. Civic Contributions Dr. Holt's civic contributions include membership in the Ro tary club, he is the oldest mem ber now alive; -long time mem ber of the Jackson County Chamber of Commerce, a trustee of Albany college (now Lewis & Clark); participation for many years in the Jackson County Civic Music association, a mem ber of the Rogue Gleemen, par ticipant in a pageant marking the anniversary of the founding machine gunners of Company A, Medford, presented the sim ulated battle fire mission with live tracer ammunition. Com pany C of Grants Pass also participated in the IVi-hour dem onstration. Lt. Jack Phillips, .Medford, was coordinating offi cer for the show. (Kenn Knackstedt Photo) JACK H. WOOD To Leave Here Soon sponsibilities in various parts of the Pacific Northwest region in cluding the regional office at Portland in connection with sur vey work on the pine bark bee tle; on the staff of the Colville National Forest, in northeastern Washington in connection with timber management and fire con trol; and on Malheur National Forest for five years'in charge of control activities. ' Wood also served four years on the Wind River district of Gifford Pinchot National Forest as assistant ranger and later as district ranger. Other Activities At present Wood is serving as a director of the Medford chap ter of Rotary International. He is a member of the agriculture and forestry committee of the Jackson County Chamber of Commerce and of the Society of American Foresters, professional organization of foresters. A native of Seattle, Wash., he received a bachelor of science degree in forestry at the Uni versity of Washington in 1933. Wood's replacement at Med ford has not been announced. of Medford, and serving on the Eagle Point school board and city council. Dr. Holt was born in Hang chow. China, in 1875, the son of Presbyterian missionaries. His family moved to Shanghai in 1876 and came to Oregon in 1885. He graduated from the Portland Academy in 1893 and Wooster college (Ohio) in . 1897. He attended the University of Oregon Medical school for three years, and then went to work for three years in order to obtain funds for his final year at medi cal school. He returned to Ore gon and graduated in 1905, the second highest in his class. "Doctor's Doctor" Commenting on Dr. Holt's honor, Dr. C. I. Drummond of Medford, president of the Jack son County Medical sociely, said, "Our colleague is a 'doctor's doc tor.' Down through the years we have never known him to refuse care to any patient regardless of ability to pay." The "Doctor of the Year" pro gram was inaugurated this year by the Oregon State Medical so ciety to honor members of the medical profession who ; have made outstanding contributions to community affairs beyond the strict practice of medicine. The state winner will be an nounced in Portland on Satur day, April 27, during opening business session at the mid-year meeting of the state society's House of Delegates. More Than 30 Hurl, Heavy Damage Told In 4 Communities By UNITED PRESS . A cluster of tornadoes roared across the south plains of Texas Sunday night, injuring more than. 30 persons and causing heavy damage. The Texas Department of Pub lic Safety reported that an uni dentified Mexican was in a Levelland hospital "severely hurt." Two persons were in serious condition in Littlefield hospitals. Many Treated, Released Many , of the injured were treated at hospitals and then re leased. Authorities expected the toll to climb higher. "There's a lot of injuries we'll find out about later in the day, and a lot of damage, said Department of Public Safety chief radio opera tor Bill Williams-in Lubbock. Urjjfcilliarns said '. there "must have been 'a dozen or more" tor nadoes. They lashed hardest around . Littlefield, Levelland, Shallowater, and Whitharrel. Littlefield is the largest of the towns at 9,000 inhabitants. -Houses Blown Away More than 20 houses were damaged, more than half of them blown completely away. At one place near Levalland, motorists abandoned seven cars along a rdadside to take refuge in a storm shelter, Williams said. The tornado picked up all seven automobiles and hurled them half a mile from the spot where they were parked. "The only way we'll be able to find some of the houses, I'm afraid, is by the foundations," said Williams. No Phone Service There was no telephone serv ice into Littlefield. where many of the injured had been taken, and telephone company service men said it would probably be sometime today before service into the town of 9,000 is re stored. Three miles from Littlefield, motorists in five cars, unable to avoid the twister bearing down on them, hid in a cotton gin. The raging tornado shattered the gin around them like matchwood, injuring four. DOW-JONES AVERAGES New York U.P.) Dow - Jones closing stock averages: ' 30 in dustrials 488.79, up 0.76; 20 rail roads 144.97, off 0.29; 15 util ities 72.40, up 0.18 and 65. stocks 171.50, up 0.17. Sales today were 2.560,000 as compared to 2,480, 000 on Thursday. - ."I Haven't Medford Omted Pren- -Full incased Wire 16 Pages MEDFORD, Dulles Atomic Threats Won't Shatter Western Alliance Calls for Agreement On Disarmament New York (U.R) Secretary of State John Foster Dulles is sued a clear-cut warning to the Sovie Union today that its cam paign of atomic threats against U. S. allies will never shatter the Free World alliance. "... Such Soviet assaults will not disintegrate the Free World," he declared in his first major foreign speech since Oct. 27, 1956. At the same time Dulles call ed for an East-West agreement on disarmament by "steps care fully measured and carefully ta ken." He said modern weapons have such "vast destructive pow er" there would be "no real vic tor" in any general war. Dulles' speech, prepared for delivery to the Associated Press annual luncheon and carried to the nation by radio and televis ion, was billed by the White House as a "major" foreign pol icy pronouncement. In it he also: Called anew for "libera tion" of Soviet satellite nations but said this country does "not incite violent revolt" by the sat ellites; "rather we encourage an evolution to freedom." He said ireeciom. of . tiie " satellites is sought "not in order to circle Russia with hostile forces" but because otherwise "peace is in jeopardy and freedom a mock ery." He pledged the United States will "never make a politi cal settlement" at the expense of the satellites. Plugs Foreign Aid Said the chief deterrent to aggression is U. S. "mobile re taliatory power" that must be "vast in ... its potential." But he added the "extent to which it would be used would . . . de pend on circumstances." He also said it would be "imprudent to risk everything" on "one aspect of military power" and that the nation must have balanced land, sea and air forces for "local ac tion" and defense. Warned of Soviet "intrigue" in the Middle East and pledged the United States to seek a "dur able" peace based on "justice and the rule of law" in the trouble-ridden Holy Land area. He said this cannot be done "quickly or all at once." ". Put in a strong plug for the administration's economy-threatened foreign aid program, assert ing Americans will have to pay for "vastly" bigger national de fenses if the cooperation of U. S. allies is ended. Dulles' speech was approved in advance by President Eisen hower. It followed a string of recent Moscow declarations to France, Norway, Greece, Turkey, Den mark, Spain and' other Ameri can allies that they are inviting atomic retaliation by participat ing in Free World defense strat egy based part on rockets, mis siles, and atomic weapons. Said 'Stop' " OREGON, MONDAY, APRIL Warns FRANCIS C. AYRES UMC Retail Division Chairman F. C. Ayres Takes United Medford Crusade Position Francis C. Ayres has been ap pointed United Medford Crusade retail division chairman, R. A. Johnson, UMC general chairman announced today. Ayres is assistant cashier at the First National bank and president of the Southern Ore gon Bankers association. He was finance section head of the 1955 56 UMC drive and was also on the advanced gifts committee of the Rogue Valley Memorial hospital drive. He is a lieutenant colonel in the National Guard and is in charge of an anti'-aircraft bat talion with units in Central Point, Ashland, Klamath Falls, Lalieview and Burns. Ayres was in the Normandy invasion and European theater during World War II. Ayres is a native of Medford, and a member of the Masonic lodge and American Legion. He is married and has four daugh ters. He has selected Don Monteith as assistant division chairman. Other section heads are Ed Bar nett, : communications; Reese Alexander, insurance; Orville Hamer, barbers; Millie Ander son, 'beautician; Murrey Dumas, laundries; Dick Miller, finance; and Dick Henselman, real estate. Railroad Authority Bill Passes Senate Salem (UP.) The Oregon Senate today passed two meas ures, Senate bills 274 and 275, designed to strengthen the au thority of the state public util ity commissioner in the regula tion of railroads. Sen. Philip B. Lowry, Med ford Republican, said the meas ures would give the PUC au thority to suspend a new sched ule calling of passenger service, pending a hearing. Under the law as it stands now, the commissioner has no such suspense powers. When the Southern Pacific decided to drop its passenger service be tween Eugene and Ashland, the commissioner was powerless .to prevent the action. Under terms of SB 274, the PUC could suspend such an abandonment pending a hearing. And then, if the commissioner found against the railroad, the railroad could appeal to the courts. Boy Paying Teen-Age Extortion Gang Nearly Bankrupts Father's Business New York (U.R) A 15-year- old boy, terrified by threats to his mother and sister, took so much money from his father's grocery to pay four teen-aged ex tortionists that he almost bank rupted the business, it was re vealed Sunday. Went To Polic When Raymond Quinones learned that the $60 to $80 a week he paid the four bullies for a year had all but broken his father he went to the police. The payments had totalled more than $4,000, he said. Raymond said the shakedown began a year ago when be was lJBUNE United FreM (uil leased Wu- ' 22, 1957 No. 27 Etyssia Elkins' Request For Stay in Trial Submitted To Court 3-Day Stay Asked To File Petition San Francisco (U.R) The U.S. Court of Appeals today took under submission a request by Portland, Ore., gambler James Elkins to stay his current trial for violation of wire-tap laws. . Elkins asked a three-day stay in order to file a petition before the Federal Appellate court here to prevent Federal Judge William G. East from taking evi dence from Oregon state offi cials concerning tape recordings seized by illegal search and seiz ure. Trial in Progress Indications were the high court here would rule on the stay some time today since the wire-tap trial is in progress and the trial jury is currently locked up in a Portland hotel. Elkins and Raymond Clark, former St. Helens, Ore., police chief were indicted by a federal grand jury in February for wire tap. The evidence was based on tape recordings seized by state officials in May of 1956 and held illegal by state courts. Last week, an Oregon court enjoined state officials from testifying in federal court concerning the seized tapes, but Judge East held that the state injunction had no effect on his court. Family Escapes Injury in Fire Occupants of the Harold Gor don residence, 418 South Oak dale ave. were fortunate to have awakened when they did this morning, according to city fire men. The Gordons awoke about 3:50 a.m. and found the house full of smoke and the basement in volved in flames, the firemen re ported. Considerable damage to base ment partitions and overhead joists resulted from the blaze which firemen said was caused by ashes from the furnace which were left in a cardbox near stored material. Smoke damage was heavy. A garage and logging truck it contained were considered a total loss after a Sunday morn ing fire at the Len Crum resi dence, 3915 South Pacific high way. Firemen were called short ly after "3 a.m. and found the garage completely involved in flames. They said that no one was home at the time. The alarm was turned in by a neighbor. Weather FORECAST: Pirtly cloudy to night and Tuesday with chanre of a few showeri In mountains. Low tonight 37. High Tuesday 65. TEMPERATURE Highest yesterday .2 Lowest this morning 33 Our Skies Tonight Sunrise a.m. Sunset 7:01 p.m. Moonrise Tuesday 2:04 a.m. New Moon April 29 PROMINENT STAR CapelU, low in northwest 10:27 p.m. VISIBLE PLANETS Jupiter, high In southeast in the evening twilight. Mars, sets 10:1 p.m. Saturn, rises .lt :43 p.m. approached by John J. Gebbia, 18,- and another youth, who threatened him and demanded $5- Raymond gave them the money and they returned three days later with another youth to demand $15. This time, he said, they threatened to kill his mother, Esperanza. 37, and his 14-year-old sister Guonnes. The four youths so terrified Raymond that he regularly paid them on three days of every week, he told police. Raymond's father, Raymon, 40, told his family at breakfast Saturday that- he was almost King of Jordan Declared Warned Of Possible Clash Iraq Denies Report Of Troop Movements By UNITED PRESS Egypt's semi-official Middle East News Agency reported to day that Iraqi troops had moved into Jordan opposite Syrian, troops, but Iraq flatly denied the reports. The news' agency, owned by the Egyptian government, also said President Shukri El-Kuwatli of Syria had warned Hussein of Jordan of the possibility of a clash. Baghdad Issues Denial After hours of silence Bagh dad issued a denial. Khali 1 Ibra him, director general of nation al guidance said , the reports were "categorically untrue." Egyptian newspapers carried the agency report in headlines across the top of the front page and told of rioting and demon strations in Jordan today and Sunday. ' It was clear that a major cri sis existed in Jordan, but its na ture was not clear. Jordan itself imposed an iron censorship on all military moves. Fear, Apprehension The Middle East News agency touched off fear and apprehen sion in Washington where offi cials said they believed the Jordan situation represented the greatest possible danger to world peace." They expressed fear the situation might degen erate into an Arab-Israeli war. The Egyptian agency said that Kuwatli telephoned Huessein to ask the young, pro-Western monarch "to give special atten tion to the question for fear of clashes occurring between Iraq and Syrian troops." An earlier dispatch from Cairo told of the supercharged atmos phere in Jordan and the possi bility of open fighting.. Jordan itself imposed a firm censorship. The last dispatch from Amman Sunday night told of a rift in the new cabinet be tween Premier Hussein Khalidi and Foreign Minister Suleiman Nabulsi, who was ousted as pre-f mier by the King. Blossom Parade Slated Saturday The annual Pear Blossom pa rade will start from the library park in Medford at noon Satur day, April 27, according to Pear Blossom festival officials. The parade will travel east on Main st. to Hawthorne park with Gov. Robert D. Holmes as grand marshal. Festival Queen Linda and King Harold will officiate at ceremonies in Hawthorne park. . At the park a free movie will be shown for the youngsters again this year and cash awards and prizes will be made. A group of sports cars will be on display at the park. Floats for the Fourth Annual Pear Blossom festival parade must be entered by Thursday, April 25. The entry blanks for floats may be mailed or deliv ered to the festival headquarters at 328 South Central ave. New Director Named In Sanitary District -.award Stevens, 3672 South Pacific highway, has been ap pointed to the board of directors of the South Bear Creek sani tary district by the county court. Stevens will reDlace Dewev C Gearin who resigned last week from the board. Salem U.R) Gov. Rnrwrl TV Holmes has signed a bill provid ing for a $1 fishing license for trout and other 2ame fish start.. ing in 1958. The license would be good for one day. bankrupt and would have tn 'spII the store. Raymond realized his payoffs had caused the family's financial difficulties so he went to the police. -Given Marked Bills Two detectives accompanied him to the store Saturday night and gave him marked bills to pay the extortioners. A 15-year-old boy showed up to make the collection. He was arrested out side with two other 15-year-olds. They were booked as juvenile delinquents and named Gebbia as the leader. They also ad mitted . the shakedown, police said.