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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.
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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.
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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.
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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
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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.