Humphrey Declared
Determined To Quit
Cabinet by July 1
Washington Treasury
Secretary George M. Humphrey
wants to leave President Eisen
hower's cabinet by July 1 to re
turn to private business, It was
learned today.
Highly-placed administration
sources said Humphrey original
ly agreed to stay in the cabinet
until the President's record
peacetime budget of $71,800,
000,000 for fiscal 1953 finally
gets through Congress, probably
about the first of August.
Anxious To Quit
These sources said Humphrey i
still will stay in Washington un-'
til Congress quits if Eisenhower
insists. But they said he is anx
ious now to get back into pri-!
vate life as chairman of the Na
tional Steel Corp. of Pittsburgh,
a job that is being held open for
him.
According to the best avail
able reports Humphrey's suc
cessor already has been chosen.
He is Robert B. Anderson, 47-year-old
former deputy secre
tary of defense and a leading
"Texas Democrat for Eisen
hower." Anderson was considered one
of the bright young men of the
early days of the Eisenhower
administration. He is said to
have won the complete trust of
the President when he served as
secretary of the Navy and later
as deputy defense secretary.
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Before his government serv
ice Anderson was the S60,000-a-year
manager of the W. T. Wag
goner Estate in Texas, a $300
million oil, cattle and farming
enterprise.
More recently Anderson has
been president of Ventures, Ltd.,
a Canadian mining firm with
worldwide interests. Reports
from New York, where he has
been living, are that he is dis
posing of his stock in the con
cern preparatory to taking over
the cabinet post.
Locals
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Grease Burns Firemen were
summoned to the Leverette
building, 301 West Main st.,
about 1:30 a.m. today and stood
by while grease in a vent burn
ed out at the Barbecue Grill.
There was no damage, according
to firemen.
Rummage Sale Roxy Ann
court Order of Amaranth, will
hold a rummage sale at the Fehl
building, 106 North Ivy St., Fri
day and Saturday, May 24 and
25, beginning at 9 a.m. each
morning.
Cemetery Clean-Up Resi
dents of Phoenix have been in
vited to participate in a Ceme
tery clean-up day Saturday
starting at 9 a.m. Those who own
plots in the cemetery have been
encouraged to help sometime
during the day and pickup trucks
are needed for the carrying away
of trash, cemetery committee of
ficials said.
Business Names Charles C.
Oakley has assumed the business
name, Sis-Q Dairy, Ashland;
Marvin Crocker has assumed the
business name, Crockers Auto
Grooming Service, 1830 West
Main St., Medford, and Eugene
L. Schmelzer as assumed the
business name, Schmelzer's Roof
ing and Painting Service, route
1, box 433E, Medford, according
to records in the county clerk's
office.
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sympathy in so many beautiful and
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felt thanks.
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DANCE GROUP This group of students from the physical
education class at Jefferson school will dance the Virginia
Reel in the all-school music festival at Medford High school
stadium at 8 p.m. today. Students of all Medford grade
schools, two junior high schools, and the senior high will
participate. Students pictured above (in pairs, front to
back, left to right) are Diana Woods, Susan Nelson; Michael
Watkins, Lloyd Hammons; Candace Newland, Sheila Frank
lin; Jim Snodgrass, Brad Young; Nancy Simcox, Rose Ann
Brooks; David Underwood, Reed Harris. Justin Dyrud, who
is in charge of the program, said if the weather is bad and
the program has to be postponed, it will be rescheduled
for Tuesday, May 28, at the same time and place." If the
program is postponed, Dyrud said, it will be announced over
local radio stations and the television station at 6 p.m. today.
Some 'High Men' Claimed Taking
Unfair Advantageof Tax Provision
Washington (W President
Eisenhower Wednesday conced
ed that some "high men" are
taking unfair advantage of the
income tax law on oil produc
tion to fatten their purses still
more. But he said that was no
reason to condemn the law as
evil
His news conference remarks
were directed to a so-called de
pletion allowance provision en
acted in 1926. It permits oil and
natural gas producers to deduct
2 7 Vis per cent of their net or
gross income before paying
their taxes. This is on the theory
that oil and gas, once taken from
the ground, are irreplaceable
capital assets.
Former President Harry S.
Truman branded it "a special
privilege tax" to make the rich
richer but got nowhere trying
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to persuade Congress to cut it.
Currently a small but determin
ed bipartisan Senate block is
trying to cut it to 15 per cent or
put it on a sliding scale on
grounds it is costing the govern
ment $1,500,000,000 a year.
So far this drive hasn't gotten
to first base. But oil state legis
lators, ever on guard against
such attacks, admit the time is
coming when they may have
to make concessions to ease
mounting pressure from less for
tunate industries in other states.
The depletion allowance has
recently come under close scrut
iny as a source of revenue be
cause of Eisenhower's record
peacetime budget and a rising
crescendo of tax-cut demands.
New York Post reporter Rob
ert G. Spivack asked Eisenhow
er what he planned to do about
eliminating or cutting "privi
lege" taxes, and especially the
depletion allowance, to obtain
more revenue.
Th President replied that he
j was not prepared to say the de-
pletion allowance "is evil be-
cause we find I assume that
a number of rich men take ad
vantage of it unfairly." He said
the law seemed to be necessary
because "there must certainly be
an incentive if we are going to
I continue the exploration for oil
and gas that is so important to
our economy."
This was balm for oil Indus
try leaders. They have warned
Boy, 14, Slays
Mother, Sister
Rye,' N. Y. (ff) A 14-year-old
high school student, infuriat
ed over family criticism of his
school work, went on a rampage
Wednesday night and shot his
mother and sister to death.
The boy's father, Eugene R.
Casey, a New York public rela
tions man and one-time reporter
for the Boston Globe, was strick
en with a heart attack a short
while after his son's outburst.
He was reported in critical con
dition at United Hospital in Port
Chester.
The boy, Andrew, a freshman
at .Rye High School, surrender
ed the gun, a .22 caliber rifle,
owned by his brother, to police
when they arrived. Coherent, but
rambling, he gave no motive for
the shooting, according to Dis
trict Attorney Joseph Gagliardi.
But police said criticism of
school grades appeared to have
touched off the shobtings.
DAILY WEATHER REPORT
FORECASTS
Medford and vicinity: Fair through
Friday. Cooler tonight with low 40.
High Friday 7S.
Western Oregon: Considerable
cloudiness tonight and early Friday,
becoming sunny and warm Friday
afternoon. Low tonight 44-48. High
Friday 82-72.
Northern California: Tair tonight
and Friday. Warmer north portion
Friday.
LOCAL DATA
TEMPERATURE :Metn yesterday
53: below normal 7.
Record high this date 04 in 1A48.
Record low this date 5 in 1944.
PRECIPITATION : 24 hours to mid
night .04 inch. Midnight to 10 a m.,
none.
Total this month 1.10 inch, .34 inch
above normal.
Total since Sept. 1. 2145 inches,
4.99 inches above normal.
HUMIDITY: Lowest yesterday 41.
highest this a.m. 86.
High 4:31) 24-Yester-
a.m. nr.
day Low Free.
Brookings 65 44
Crater Lake 60 27 T
Grants Pass 62 47
Klamath Falls S2 37
MEDFORD 60 4S .04
Portland ..- - 38 30 3.1
Seattle 59, 50 07
Spokane 54 47 3
Yakima - 70 49
Eureka
Red Bluff .
57
74
73
63
30
55
54
51
56
"62
Sacramento
San Francisco
Los Angeles
72
80
Phoenix
Denver
Chicago
Miami
New York
Washington, D.C.
55 37
84 . 54 .01
84 80
63 39
67 64
Benny Hooper
Takes First Steps
Manorville, N.Y. (If) Seven-year-old
Benny Hooper takes
his first steps today since tum
bling into the bottom of a well
shaft last Thursday.
Benny, who came through his
23 Vi hour ordeal with minor
bruises and a pinched arm nerve,
is expected to be released from
the hospital Friday or Saturday.
Dr. Joseph Kris, who has at
tended the boy since his rescue,
said Benny does not "accurately
remember" anything about his
entrapment in the sandy well
shaft.
"Amnesia has settled over his
mind relative to the whole inci
dent of falling into the well,"
Kris said. "As time goes by, he
may seem to remember, but this
will be mostly due to the fact
that he will form mental images
of what he reads and hears about
what happened to him."
But, Kris said, "It will not be
a true and independent recollec
tion." Benney said Wednesday he
was anxious to get home, to see
his friends and even to get
back to school.
HEARING IN RECESS
Portland (W Portland
Traction Company's suit for an
injunction to block an order for
resumed interurban service to
the west side of Portland was in
recess here today until next Wed
nesday. , repeatedly that the search for
elusive oil will come to a dead
stop if the allowance is cut.
They say this is particularly true
of small producers who rely on
it to keep them in business.
Eisenhower didn't close the
door on possible cuts, however.
He said Secretary of the Treas
ury George M. Humphrey has
a team working continuously on
plugging tax loopholes, and
added:
"We hope certainly when the
time for tax reduction comes
around, to submit a complete list
of what we believe is correct."
However, Humphrey himself
is opposed to tampering with the
depletion allowance. He said
earlier this spring that Treasury
studies had failed to show it
favors one group of taxpayers
at the expense of others.
Auto Seal Belts
Said Lite Savers
New York W A Cornell
University research group claim
ed today it had proof "beyond
all reasonable doubt" that auto
seat belts save lives.
Motor Vehicle Research Inc.,
of New Hampshire, has charged
safety belts do no good and arc
even dangerous.
John O. Moore, director of the
Automotive Crash Injury Re
search Division ACIR at Cornell,
answered the charges in a re
port stating the belts provide a
nearly 60 per cent chance of
avoiding injury in an accident.
Moore told United Press a Cor
nell committee on transportation
safety research reported on ef
fectiveness of auto safety belts
in testimony to the Roberts Sub
committee of the House Inter
state and Foreign Commerce
Committee. He said the report
was made in an effort to bring
the controversy to a head.
The American Medical Associ
ation suggested the subcommit
tee, which is investigating traf
fice accidents, be used as "a sort
of sounding board" for the argu
ment and the committee agreed,
Moore said. But Motor Vehicle
Research and other antiseat belt
groups refused to present their
case. .
PORTLAND LIVESTOCK
Portland (U.P.) Cattle 7S. Utility
cows 14.50-15.50: canners-e utters
11.30-14; Holsteins to 14.50; cutter
utilitv bulls strong at 13.50-17.50.
Calves 25. Choice vealers 26-28;
some 28.50; good 23-26: standard 18-22.
Hogs 50. Mixed grades 180-240 lbs.
20 25-20.75: 300-500 lb. sows 15-18 50.
Sheep 75. Choice 85-100 lb. spring
lambs 22.50-23; good 20.50-21.50; cull-
?ood slaughter ewes 2-5; wooled ewes
o 3.30.
Portland Hay, Grain
Portland Wholesale Hay Price:
No. 2 green alfalfa, baled, f.o.b. Port
land, nominally. S29-30.
Wholesale prices as reported hr the
USDA market news service: Wheat
Nn 2 soft white. S87 a ton: No. 2
white oats 38-lb. West Coast delivery.
nominally S50 ton; no. z vauey -wnite
oats, S47 ton: soy bean meal, S75 ton,
f ob. Portland: barley No. 2. 45-lb.
West Coast delivery. S44.50-45 ton:
standard mill run. prompi delivery.
$43-44 ton f.o.b. Portland: No. 2 yel
low corn. Eastern shipment f.o.b. Port
land. $62-62 50.
Daily's U-Drive
Medford Airport
Thursday, May 23, 1937
Body of Mr. Wilson
Moved to Vancouver
The body of Oscar E. Wilson,
79, who was killed Tuesday
when the car in 'which he was a
passenger plunged off a wooden
bridge on Evans Creek is being
forwarded to Vancouver, Wash.,
for services and interment. Conger-Morris
funeral home was in
charge of local arrangements.
Mr. Wilson was born Aug. 15,
1877.
- Survivors include, a sister, Vi
ola Morey.
Obituaries
MRS. ALLA E. KUECKER
Mrs. Alia E. Kuecker, 68, a
resident of Medford for the-past
three weeks, died in a local hospital-
Wednesday afternoon.
Mrs. Kuecker was born at Eu
reka Springs, Ark., Jan. 5, 1889.
She and Mr. Kuecker had lived
in Grants Pass prior to moving
to Medford. She was a member
of the First Christian church.
She is survived by her hus
band, Henry J. Kuecker, of Med
ford; two daughters, Mrs. Helen
Cross and Mrs. Mildred Flicken
ger of Medford; one brother,
William Dixon of Anderson,
Mo.; three sisters, Mrs. Minnie
Kuhn of Glendale, Calif., Mrs.
Gertrude Todd of Grand Can
yon, Ariz., and Mrs. Alta Web
ber of Tulsa, Okla.
Mrs. Kuecker's body will be
transferred to Joplin, Mo., for
services and interment. Perl
Funeral home is in charge of
local arrangements.
GEORGE MORRIS
Ashland George Morris, 87,
former long-time resident of
Ashland, died at his home in Co
vins, Calif., May 8.
Mr. Morris was born in Lebo,
Kan., in July, 1869. He moved
to Ashland with his parents in
1897. ,
He was once employed by the
Southern Pacific railroad, work
ing in the round house in Ash
land. Later he operated a second
hand store for his brother, Jack
Morris.
Mr. Morris was preceded in
death by his first wife, Grace,
and two sons, Maj. M. Morris,
and Clarence J. Morris, both of
Medford..
Survivors include a second
wife, Lettie; a brother, Joe Mor
ris, both of Long Beach, Calif.;
five daughters, Mrs. Rose Her
manson, Medford, Mrs. Gertrude
Fisher, Silverdale, Wash., Mrs.
Nina Lindsey, Tracyton, Wash.,
Mrs. Robert Tallman and Miss
Miriam Morris, both of Covina,
Calif.; three brothers, Jack,
Wayne and Tom Morgis, all of
Covina, Calif; and 13 grand
children, 14 great grandchildren
and one great great grandchild.
Funeral services were held in
Covina, Calif., May 11.
LAWRENCE L. NICHOLS
Lawrence L. Nichols, 81, of
Redmond, Ore., died at the Bend
hospital May 21.
Mr. Nichols was born in Hol-
den, Mo., in 1876 and married
Mary Elizabeth Hammond in
1895. They moved to Central Ore
gon in 1905, traveling by train
to The Dalles and by stage coach
to Madras, where they lived for
three years. In 1909 he home
steaded in the Culver community
and owned and operated a
freight line between Shaniko and
Prineville.
He founded the first commu
nity Sunday school at Opal City,
was a member of the school
board, a charter member of Opal
City Grange and Odd Fellows
lodge at Culver, and in later
years was a member of the Des
chutes Pioneer association and
the Townsend club.
He moved to Redmond in 1940
where he made his home until
his death except for one year
when the Nichols made their
home with one of their daugh
ters, Mrs. Hans Rammin in Med
ford. He is survived by his wife,
seven daughters, Mrs. Rammin,
Mrs. Archie Brown of Medford,
Mrs. Jessie Tycer of Eagle Point,
Mrs. Walter Daron, Mrs. Jess
Lynam, of Redmond, Mrs. Dar-
wood Tosh of Heppner, and Mrs.
Sam Freels of Knoxville, Tenn.; i
one son, Lawrence Nichols Jr. of !
Redmond; 24 grandchildren, and j
37 great-grandchildren.
The Nichols celebrated their ,
golden wedding anniversary in :
Redmond in 1945 and in Decern-
ber 1955 an open house for them
was held in Medford in honor of j
their 60th wedding anniversary, j
Funeral services will held in i
Redmond Friday at 2 p.m. j
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MEDFORD (OREGON) MAIL TRIBUNE THIRTOTT
Oil Shares
Stock List
New York (IB Stocks rallied
smartly in the late dealings to
day after a decline earlier.
Oil shares featured the ad
vance with Getty setting a new
high above 33 for a net gain of
three points.
Amerada spurted more than
four points. New highs were set
by Continental Oil, Mission
Corp., Mission Development and
Texas Co.
Safeway Stores rose more
than three points. Eastman
Kodak gained more than a
point in the chemicals. DuPont
recovered more than half of a
2V4 point drop.
DOW-JONES AVERAGES
Dow-Jones final stock aver
ages: 30 industrials 504.02, off
0.41; 20 railroads. 146.24. off
0.33; 15 utilities 74.38. off 0.22.
and 65 stocks 175.78. off 0.28.
Sales today were about 2.
110,000 shares compared with
2,060.000 shares Wednesday.
Today's prices on selected
stocks:
Allied Chemical ... 90?i
American Can 41
AT&T 178V2
Anaconda Copper 65 Vs
Bethlehem Steel 463i
Caterpillar Corp. 9534
Chrysler Corp. 763,4
Continental Can 47
Crown Zellerbach 53
Curtiss Wright 45 V4
Du Pont 197
Eastman Kodak 10014
General Electric 66
General Foods 45
General Motors :.. 4215.
Georgia. Pacific 34
Graham Paige l5s
Homestake Mining
37 Vs
Kaiser Frazer 16
Kennecott Copper .114
Lockheed -Aircraft 45 Vz
Katy Pfd. . 57 V4
Montgomery Ward . 36
New York Central ; 32V.
Penney, J. C. 82
Penn RR .' 2034
Radio Corporation 3734
Richfield Oil 71 V4
Socony Vacuum T 58 V4
Southern Co. :. 24 V2
Southern Pacific 435s
Standard California 533s
Standard Indiana 54
Standard N. J ; 63 Vi
Sun Mines . 7
Texas Gulf 277s
Tex Pac Land Trust 7
Transamerica 38 Vi
Trans West Air ...... 15Vs
Tri-Continental ... 3334
Union Carbide . 119
Union Pacific 30V4
United Aircraft 75 34
U. A. L 28V4
U. S. Rubber 45
PORTLAND PRODUCE
Portland (U.P.l Era To retail
ers: Grade AA large. 38-39c: A large.
44-joc; a a meaium, 34-30C; A me
dium, 33-35c; A small, 27-30c; carton,
l-3c additional.
Butter To . retailers: AA grade
prints. 67-68c lb.; cartons, le a pound
higher; A prints. 67-68e; B prints.
65-66C. .
Cheese medium cured To retail
ers: A grade Cheddar, single daisies,
45',i-92c; 3-lb. loaves, 51',-S7c; pro
cessed American cheese, 5-lb. loaf,
41 ',3-44c.
Farm Market
Strawberries, in short supply, sold
to wholesale houses around 3-3 23 a
12-cup fill today: jumbo crates of
California cantaloupes were lower at
12.50 and below.
Poultry. Rabbits
Live Chickens Quoted to growers.
No. 1 quality, f.o.b. Portland: 2'i-4
lbs.. 23' 3 -24c lb.: light hens, too few
transactions of Portland price; ll-13c
lb. at ranch: heavy hens. 5 lbs. up. not
enogh trading for Portland -price; at
country, 13-I5c lb.; old. roosters, 7-9c
lb. t
Dressed Chickens No. ' 1 grade
dressed to retailers: Frvers. whole
drawn, 39-43c lb.; cut up, 46-49c: hens,
light type, cut up, 34-39c; heavy type,
whole drawn. 36-42c lb.
Turkeys To producers: Fryer tur
keys, live weight, 27-28c lb.; breeder
nens. -z$c id. to producer on oven
ready basis; breeder toms. 25c on same
basis.
Rabbits (Average to growers f ob.
killing plants): Live white. 3a-4ic
lb. f.o.b. dressing nlants Portlanri 93-
26c: colored pelts. 4c under: old does.
10-12 lbs., a few higher. Fresh killed
fryers to retailers, 59-64c lb.; cut up,
62-63C
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Portland (IB The atomic
powered submarine Nautilus will
visit here June 19-21, local of
ficials were advised today.
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