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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. -
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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.