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Newspaper Page Texttpmt if KITS K GOP Expert Says Ike Misinformed On Defense Cuts Deeper Air Force Cut Said Possible Washington fl? A Republi can defense expert told the House today President Eisen hower is misinformed in his fears about the effect of a recom mended $2,387,000,000 cut in de fense funds. The GOP expert, Rep. Errett P. Scrivner of Kansas, said the fact is that additional savings might have been made, includ ing an even deeper cut in Air Force procurement funds, with out jeopardizing national de fense. Ranking Republican Scrivner is ranking Republi can member of an Appropria tions Subcommittee handling Air Force funds. He said if the $33,541,000,000 in new money recommended lor the armed forces by the Appropriations Committee won't buy security, then the $36 billion the Presi dent wants won't buy it either. Scrivner made his remarks for the opening of House debate on the big money bill, which the President and Defense Secretary Charles E. Wilson have said was cut to a dangerously low level by the committee. Says President Misinformed Although some senators today promised a fight to restore part of the cuts, key House members were slow to challenge the rec ommendations of the appropria tions group. Eisenhower and Wilson warn ed especially against a $435 mil lion committee slash in a $6,200, 000,000 request for new Air Force procurement funds. They said this imperils purchases of both planes and missiles. Scrivner told the House flatly no reduction was made in funds for Air Force plans buying. "In this the President seems to have been erroneously advised," he said. About 2,500 Attend Annual Music Event About 2,500 persons attended the annual spring music festival sponsored by the Medford public schools at the high school sta dium last night. More than 1.000 students from grades five through 12 partici pated in the two-hour show, which included bands, orches tras, choruses and choirs as well as dance numbers. Jerry Dyrud, vocal supervisor in Medford schools, was coordin ator for the program. He was as sisted by Irving A. Mirick, in strumental supervisor; Lee Rags dale, directon of physical educa tion, and Marian Montgomery, accompanist. - Participating were instrumen tal and vocal groups from Jeffer son, Lincoln, Jackson, Washing ton, West Side, Oak Grove, and Roosevelt elementary schools, Hedrick and McLoughlin Junior High schools, and Medford High school. Portland (W Agreement on an interim wage increase was reached here Thursday by-negotiators for the Portland News paper Guild and publishers of The Oregonian and The Oregon Journal. Baseball AMERICAN LEAGUE Washington 1 ,4 0 Naw York I 13 0 Stobbi, Clevenger (3), Hyde (7) and Fitsgerald; Sturdivant and Howard. 'So I Looked Them Straight 52nd Year n T A T T Mel .Sdfcs United Prw Tull Leued Wir4 22 Pages Huddle Called To Complete Work on Disarmament Plan International Depot Included in Proposal Washington (IP) The admin istration called a top-level hud dle today to try to complete work on a new disarmament proposal calling for a "small slice" arms cut that would in clude missiles, ships, tanks and planes capable of carrying atomic weapons. The tentative plan, as dis closed Thursday, provides that weapons taken out of action would be delivered to an inter national depot where they would be held under careful inspection. It also calls for an aerial ground inspection agreement with Russia on a test basis probably in the arctic zones of both countries. The inspection would start when the arms cut took effect. Atomic Development Limit The plan, at its current stage, also provides for a worldwide agreement by nations now lack ing atomic arms that they will not develop them. This would limit atomic-armed countries to the United States, Russia and Britain. Communist China would not be included in an initial agree ment as far as this country is concerned. Secretary of State John Fos ter Dulles was scheduled to pre side over the top-level adminis tration meeting to try to com plete work on the new program so it can be presented to the five nation disarmament meeting in London. Harold E. Stassen, President Eisenhower's disarmament ad viser who along with Dulles briefed the Senate Disarmament suhrommittee on the rlan Thurs day and was on hand for today's meeting, plans to leave Sunday to return to the London talks which resume Monday. Agreement Not Reached The administration apparently has not reached full agreement within its own ranks on the new U.S. proposal, Adm. Arthur W.. Radford, chairman of the joint chiefs of staff, has express ed objection to any arms cut agreement with Russia on the ground that the Soviet Union cannot be trusted. Other administration leaders emphasize that the U.S. plan does not involve trusting Rus sia. The whole point, they say, is that it would set up a careful inspection system to make sure any arms cut agreement is ob served. Klamath Falls Youth Gets Suspended Sentence Ted Vinson Roberts, 19, Klam ath Falls, received a suspended three-year penitentiary sentence in circuit court today after pleading guilty to a charge of failure to stop at the scene of an accident involving bodily in jury. Roberts was the driver of a vehicle which collided with another car at Main st. and Riv erside ave. last winter. Six teen agers, including two pedestrians, were injured in the accident. City police arrested Roberts sev eral blocks from the accident scene. In The Eye And Said- mm v- ,J a? m r.r. j5rJ.A.i .'.is ..JScaft..?ic.. A. READY FOR DEDICATION The 234th Oregon National Guard band from Portland (above) will perform during open house and dedication ceremonies at Medford's new National Guard armory Saturday night. The band will also play for a public dance, which will follow dedication ceremonies. The open house, scheduled to start at 7 p.m., will feature displays State Republicans Join in Attack Against Sen. Morse Portland (IPI Oregon Repub licans today took up the cry against Sen. Wayne Morse (D Ore.) for calling President Eisen hower and Teamster boss Dave Back "the same kind of immor alists" in a speech at Detroit last Saturday. : . Morse fias been called , upon by Senafe" Republicans torapolo gize but Morse promptly repeat ed the statement on the Senate floor and challenged his GOP critics to try to censure him for it. The Oregon senator charged that Eisenhower had in effect taken money out of the pockets of taxpayers by giving a tax write-off to the Idaho Power Company for dams on the Snake river. Must Bow in Shame Robert T. Mautz, Republican national committeeman for Ore gon, said: "Once again, the peo ple of Oregon must bow their heads in shame by reason of a hysterical and unseemly attack on the president of the United States by Wayne Morse." Mautz said tha in making the public comparison of President Eisenhower and Dave Beck "Morse violates all principles of statesmanship and common de cency." C. Girard Davidson, Demo cratic national committeeman, said: "I think Senator Morse was definitely right in calling atten tion to the country the shocking performance of the Eisenhower administration on the Hells Canyon dam. Anything that will make the. public aware of the immorality of the administration in this action is very worth while." , . Mrs. Margaret von Lubken, GOP state vice chairman, said Morse "has sunk to a new low in dirty politics . . ." Capitol Building Gels Floodlights Salem (IP) The State Cap itol ' building was ' lighted ex perimentally last night by port able floodlights in line with a legislative appropriation for il luminating the capitol mall. Only half of the building was lighted from the outside and Secretary of State Mark Hat field said permanent floodlight installation would wait until July 1 when intersections in the area also will be illuminated. Several tourists were stopped by the lights and asked to tour the building. Hatfield said night tours might be arranged this summer if the demand proved strong enough. State Legislators Spent $15,199 To Send Letters Salem on The folks back home asked a lot of questions and, apparently, got a lot" of answers from their legislators in Salem. Mail costs of the 49th Legis lature were' $15,199 compared with $11,086 the previous ses sion, according to Secretary of State Mark Hatfield. , That's enough to send out some 500,000 letters carrying three-cent postage. MEDFORD, OREGON, FRIDAY, MAY Governor to Arrive Saturday Morning; To Speak at Armory Gov. Robert D. Holmes will deliver the dedication speech of Medford's new $376,930 Nation al Guard armory at 8 p.m. Sat urday, during formal dedication ceremonies in the new armory's auditorium? . " He arid Mrs. Holmes and staff will arrive in Medford by plane at 10:55 a.m.' Saturday and will leave Sunday; morning for Pen dleton, where he is scheduled to deliver another speech. An open house, starting at 7 p.m., "will precede formal dedi cation ceremonies. Displays, dem onstrations of military equip- Two Local Students Get Scholarships Two Medford High school sen iors were awarded scholarships this week, according to school of ficials. Bill Frake, ; son of Mr. and Mrs. William Frake, 22 Rich mond ave., Medford, won a $1,050 one-year scholarship to Harvard university. The scholar-,; ship is renewable after one year if his grades maintain the school's academic standard. The scholarship was awarded on the basis of several inter views and achievement and apti tude tests taken during the past year. Frake, who plans to en roll in pre-law at Harvard, won the Elks lodge outstanding local student award earlier this year. James Boyd, son of Mr. and Mrs. Howard J. Boyd, 431 Haven st., Medford, has been awarded a merit scholarship to the Uni versity of Oregon, where he will niajor in journalism. Boyd is one of about 600 win ners of the scholarship through out the nation, sponsored by Merit Scholarship, Inc., Chicago, 111. Funds for the scholarships are contributed by businesses and industry. He won the schol arship on the basis of results of tests during the past year. Portland Living Costs Reach All-Time Record Portland MThe cost of liv ing reached an- all-time high in Portland during April, mainly because of higher costs of hous ing and transportation, accord ing to the bureau of labor sta tistics. Max D. Kossoris, regional di rector of the bureau, said the consumer price index rose to 121.6 or 1.2 per cent above the previous quarter ana per cent higher than in 1956 national index is 119.3. The Bulletin Dallas, Tex. (IB A tornado struck Olton, Tex., with a population of 1.200, shortly after noon today, and first re ports said about 25 houses were blown away and ambu lances had been called for izom surrounding towns. Tribune 24, 1957 OS? - V Vw i v Mw ' and demonstrations of military equipment, including an Army helicopter. The dance will start at 9:30 p.m. Gov. Robert D. Holmes will be speaker at the 8 p.m. dedication program. Medford's two National Guard units recently moved into the building which replaces the original armory on Bartlett St., which was extensively damaged by fire. ment and guided tours through the new building conducted by National Guard personnel will be featured. , Yesterday the board of direc tors of the 1 Jackson County CTiambey'of 'Commerce approv ed a request to be v sponsoring agency of the event. The cham ber will act as a coordinating group to "tie-in" various sections of the dedication. ; Mzj. Gen. Thomas E. Rilea, adjutant general of Oregon, will present a plaque for the armory to Col. Francis C. Ayres, chair man of the armory board. Gen eral Rilea also will introduce Governor Holmes. Other mili tary dignitaries will be present and make brief remarks. The new armory will house the two Medford units, Head quarters company, and Company A, rifle unit, both part of the 1st battalion, 186th infantry regiment, 41st division, Oregon Washington Guard division. The building replaces the orig inal armory on Bartlett St., which was extensively damaged by fire Sept. 27, 1951. Special guests at the dedica tion ceremony will include State Sen. and Mrs. Philip B. Lowry, Rep. and Mrs. E. A. Littrell, Rep. and Mrs. Robert B. Dun can, County Judge and Mrs. Rod ney Keating, City Council Presi dent and Mrs. Stanley Jones, Mr. and Mrs. M. M. Huggins, Gen. Raymond F. Olson, Col. and Mrs. Robert Irving, Col. and Mrs. Donald Burke, Capt. and Mrs. S. J. Fagone, Capt. and Mrs. Bert Riebe, Mrs. Ayres, Mrs. Wade and Mrs. Dunlevy.' Coty Expected To , Name Rene Pleven Paris (If) President Rene Coty was expected to nominate a premier today France's 23rd since World War II. '. . Political observers expected him to call on former Premier Rene Pleven, 56-year-old head of the Central Resistance Party, to succeed Socialist Guy Mollet. Mollet fell Tuesday night when he requested a giant tax in crease to finance the costly Al gerian war. The bitter dispute over France's Algerian policy claimed another political casualty Thurs day when former Premier Pierre Mendez-Frarice resigned as chief of the : Radical Party. Mendez France quit because his other deputies in the National Assem bly refused to follow his lead in opposing Mollet's policies. No Hazards Found in 46 Medford Homes City firemen noted no fire hazards in 46 Medford home's on Thursday. They inspected 72 dwellings and made 45 recommendations for correction of hazards. Firmen stopped at 133 resi dences. Occupants of four turned down the inspection offer.- No one was found at home at 57 houses, g Price 10c United Press Full Leased Wire No. 55 t 1 Medford Formally Annexes Berrydale District Into City The Medford city council last night adopted an ordinance for mally annexing the Berrydale area to Medford. The council directed City Man ager Robert Duff to file a tran script 'of votes in the Berrydale election with the " secretary of state's office, Salem. The an nexation will become official in about 10 days, upon acknowl edgement of receipt of the tran script in Salem. ' The council canvassed votes cast in the election. Of 410 votes cast, 219 Berrydale residents ap proved the annexation proposal and 191 were opposed. Other Council Action - In other council action a bid was awarded to Kalman and Company, Minneapolis, Minn.; for the purchase of $93,599.50 worth of local improvement dis trict bonds. The bonds are to cover water, sewer and paving costs, for a number of city proj ects, according to City Attorney E. R. Bashaw. - The company's bid was for 3.75 per cent interest. Other bid- ders were the Medford branch of the First National bank of Portland at 3.817 per cent in terest, and a . joint bid by the Medford branch of the U.S. Na tional Bank of Portland and Blyth and Company, Portland, at 3.927 per cent interest. The council also adopted an ordinance vacating an alley be tween Columbus ave. and Elm st., running parallel between Main and Eighth sts. Council ac tion followed a public hearing. Hearing Date Set On CPRFPD Budget Central Point Central Point Rural Fire Protection district budget committee has set. June 13 a public hearing date for discussion and approval of the district budget for the 1957-1958 fiscal year. The hearing will be at 8 p.m. at the fire station here. Budget figures were not avail able today but district officials indicated that a detailed pro posed outlay will be completed shortly and will be posted at the fire station, at the Table Rock store and near the West Side school. . Medford Attorney Sam Harbison Will Be Principal Speaker Here Memorial Day Medford Attorney Sam Harbi - son will be principal speaker at ceremonies at Hawthorne park Memorial Day, the Veterans Al lied council has announced. Ceremonies ' at Hawthorne park will be held after a parade which starts at the library park at 10 a.m. M. A. Beneka, parade chairman, said units marching in the parade will form at 9:40 a.m. The parade will start from the park, proceed east on Main st. to Bear Creek bridge, where ANGRY MOBS ATTACK EMBASSY IN PROTEST OF COURT VERDICT Taipeh, Formosa HFi Anti-American mobs staged a wild orgy of violence against United States citizens and property throughout Taipeh today. It was ended only when the National government imposed martial law and brought in troops. The rioters wrecked the U.S. Embassy, smashed the U.S. Infor mation Service offices-, destroyed all embassy cars, injured about a dozen Americans and laid siege to the U.S. Military Advisory Group headquarters. At least two Chinese rioters were killed and nine others in jured. Lt. Gen. Huang Tsen-wu, the Taipeh garrison commander, is sued a martial law edict in the middle of the night, making , 10 specified crimes punishable by death. At the same time, U.S. Navy Lt. Jack Davey, Flossmoor, 111., the official American military spokesman, said "the number of military personnel injured is small. All military personnel are accounted for and we have no reports of serious injuries." In Washington, the U.S. an- nounced it had lodged a strong protest with the Nationalist Chi nese government in Taipeh. It demanded compensation and "adequate apologies" for the at tacks against the U.S. Embassy and other American property and citizens. The violence was touched off by popular resentment against a verdict by a U.S. Army court martial in freeing an American soldier charged with killing a Chinese laborer. Envoy Expresses Regret In Washington, Nationalist Chinese Ambassador Hollington K. Tong expressed his govern ment's "profound regret" to the State Department for the inci dent. Tong described the affair as "just an outbreak of emotion" and said there was "no deep ant i-American sentiment" in Formosa. The demonstrations started this morning, grew to a peak of intensity this afternoon and eve ning, and were ended by mid night. Taipah's streets were filled with soldiers after the day of arson and destruction. They were armed with bayonets, rifles and machine guns and seemed ready for business. All Ameri cans were advised to stay off the streets. Beaten by Rioters : ' ' ' ..Those who were., trapped in the embassy ; when - the attacks started were beaten by the riot ers. An embassy official reported later all were removed to safety. He said their injuries were not believed serious. The man whose case aroused Chinese anger, MSgt. Robert G. Reynolds, Colora, Md., and his family were whisked by plane to Clark Air Force Base in the Philippines. He was protected by U.S. military police from mobs which tried to lynch him before he left Taipeh. An Air Force spokesman at Manila said Reynolds and his family were scheduled to leave Clark AFB for the U.S. tonight. Man Caught Spying Reynolds was tried for slay ing of j' Chinese laborer he caught spying on the sergeant's wife as she dried herself after a shower. The incident came at a touchy period in Chinese-American relations. Talks are due to start on a "status of forces" agreement whereby Chinese courts would have the right to try Americans for crimes com mitted off base and off duty. Reynolds shot the peeping them, Liu Chi-ian, twice with a .22-caliber pistol. Washington (IB The Agri culture Department has an nounced it will end, effective June 21, a plant quarantine that has prohibited shipment of cit rus nursery stock from Hawaii to the United States since 1947. Weather FORP.CAST: Fair through Satur day. Warmer in afternoon. Low tonight 42. High Satur day 80. Temp. Hichest Yeiterday CS Loweit thli Moraine 3 Our Skies Tonight Sunrise 4:42 a.m. Suniet 7:35 p.m. Moonrixe Saturday 2.20 a.m. New Moon May 29 Man, appearing helow the Twins, set tonight at 10:01 p.m. The ruddy planet is now more than 200 million miles from the Earth and lt will leave the eve ning sky this summer. 1 services will be held, and con- tinue to Hawthorne park for services. The Rev. Ernest R. Volkman of the Phoenix Presbyterian church will offer a prayer and Rev. Huson will be master of ceremonies. Boy Scouts of Ex plorer post 8 will raise the flag, and a member of the Daughters of Union Veterans will give Gen eral Logan's address. Jim James of Phoenix High school will give the Gettysburg address. The Allied Veterans council Invited all veterani to partici ' House Expected To Vote Mail Boost; Porter Opposed Washington (IP) Key House leaders predicted today that the House will pass the administra tion's multi-million dollar post age bill by a "substantial vote." Their confidence was based on the House's approval last year of a similar measure, also boosting the cost of mailing a letter by a penny. Republican Leader Joseph W. Martin Jr. (Mass.) figured all the budget talk in Congress should give the bill an added push this year. The bill is de signed to cut the Post Office de partment's huge deficits. Senate Prospects Doubtful The bill's prospects in the Sen ate, however, appeared doubt ful. The House Post Office com mittee handed Postmaster Gen eral Arthur E. Summerfield a victory Thursday by approving without a single change the rate , increases he asked. But Rep. Charles O. Porter (D.-Ore.) served notice he and some other committee Demo crats will try on the House floor to strike out the heart "of 'the bill the one cent increase for regular and air mail letters and postcards. Porter said amend ments also will be offered to scale down the second and third class rate increases. . ' Other Rat Increases The bill, as approved by the committee by a- reported 2-1 margin, would increase all three classes of postage rates July 1. In addition to the letter and postcard increases, it calls for four annual 15 per cent hikes in second class rates for newspa pers and magazines, a 25 per cent boost in book rates and a substantial boost for third class advertising matter. For third class the increase would amount to 50 per cent' on items mailed individuals and 66 per cent over two years for bulk mailings. Dave Beck Jr. Served Subpoena Seattle W Dave Beck Jr., son of the Teamsters Union pres ident, was served today with a subpoena to appear "forthwith" before the Senate Rackets Com mittee, Marshal Bud Parsons said. Beck was served in Seattle at 10 a.m. He had been one of three "missing" witnesses sought by the committee. Still missing were Fred Ver schueren Sr., auditor for Beck's union, and Joseph McEvoy, a relative of Beck's wife. ( Loose Calves Roped By Medford Policeman City Police Officer Merlyn Abshire got a chance to "play cowboy" Thursday when two bull calves were reported loose near the Southern Pacific rail road. tracks at McAndrews rd., congesting traffic. Abshire roped both calves and herded them to their owner's residence abutting on McAn drews rd. where he tied them. Abshire was assisted by two other officers. pate, pointing out that no aff ilia-' tion with an organization is necessary. Memorial day ceremonies also are scheduled at Camp White starting at 1:30 p.m. County Judge Rodney Keating will be speaker. Schools, most retail stores, banks and city, county, state and federal offices will be closed Memorial Day, and the post of fice will be on its regular Sun day and holiday schedule. The Mail Tribune will publish a noon edition.