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Mhur ml Fop mm (( HONOHS WAR DEAD Mrs. Ben Allison, senior vice president of the Medford post of the Veterans of Foreign Wars auxiliary, is ,hovn laying a wreath of flowers at the foot of the flag pole in Hawthorne park in mem ory of American soldiers killed and disabled in war. "Laying of the .wreath" was part of a Memorial day program Thursday. Mrs. Alli Drownings, Auto Accidents Claim lour in Oregon V Br tJIITED PRESS Four persons died in Oregon accidents over the Memorial Day holiday, tw by drowning and two in traffic. Harold E. Ellickson. 54, Eu gene, was killed Thursday after noon when his truck overturned about Twlf a mile aorth of Sixes on Highway 101 in southwest Oregon. Ellickson suffered a crushed chest and a broken back and was pronounced dead on ar rival at a Gold Beach hospital. Cindy Meyers, 2, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Carl Meyers of Eu gene, drowned Thursday in the mjllrace which runs near the 0 liiversity of Ore (Jon campus. The child's mother said she ted been loading a pickup truck and tht tha family-was prepar-' in to rrcive to another house. She fold Coroner Fred Buell she had brought Cindy and the girl's thre-and-cme-nali-year-old broth-ft- 'back from the edge of the jgnfllraee once and had return jtft J9 loading tba truck. The boy AAuxned minutes later to say that Cittd? was "in the water." Seach?s found t'he girl's body SO yards downstream. Max H. Eefartfng, 24, Portland, vice president of the Zehrung .Chemical Company, drowned Thursday evening in the Colum bia slough on the north edge of Portland. Seach for Zehrung's body con tinued today. The young executive was wa ter skiing near Tomahawk island when a steering cable on the boat towing him broke and he was thrown into the water. The first death of the week end occurred shortly after the holiday period opened Wednes day evening. Frankie Lee Clubb 17, Boring, was killed near Gresham when a freight train struck a car. Testimony Taken in Plywood fraud Trial Portland (UP) The gov rnment today began taking tes timony in the trial of seven per sons accused of violations in connection with promotion of the Mount Hood Hardboard and P-wod Cooperative. James A. Snyder, a Corvallis service station operator, testi fied he was sold a S1000 mem bership in the co-op in January of 1335 by Roland Montgomery of Hood River, a former state policeman. He said he was told that of $550,000 which 550 members were to invest all of the money was to be kept in the co-op except 10 per cent for organizational expenses. Filming of Motion Picture Scene to Start Here Soon Preliminary arrangements for filming the scene of a motion pic ture are underway in the Med ford area by Regal Films of Hol lywood. About 20 to 25 persons and a truckload of equipment are here, according to Robert Cor bin. local manager for Oregon Gnlifomia theaters. Scenes Described The picture. "The Violent Road," is a story of the govern ment njoving Ft. Knox gold. Local shots will be taken at the Tolo overpass near highway 99 and in a barn near Hollywood orchards. Leon Chaoluk, producer, is in charge of arrangements. Local scenes "are to include hi-jacking 6 trainload of gold, in which actor .drop onto the train from Traffic Death Toll Under Predictions By UNITED PRESS The nation's Memorial Day traffic toll dropped sharply be low predictions. A United Press survey showed 93 traffic deaths during the period when the National Safety Council expected 120. The Memorial Day toll ran slightly higher than the non holiday average of 75 for a simi lar period. Safety Council President NedJboosted the accidental death toll H. Dearborn said drivers deserve a "pat on the back" for their Memorial Day care and courtesy. "Let's keep it up over the week end," he pleaded. ' SOC Calls Bids On Brilt Property Jacksonville Bids for pur chase of the historic Britt house and nearby property in Jack sonville have been called by Southern Oregon college recip ients of property willed by the late Amalia Britt. The college, as residuary leg attee, became heir to the house and city lots and a larger tim bered area after the property was not accepted by the South ern Oregon Historical society. Bids for the house and lots were rejected in a similar sale offer last fall when the college decided prices offered were too low. according to Donald Lewis, SOC business manager. Up for sale besides the histor ical home, which was severely damaged by fire on April 29, are an old brewery building and lot, an old garage and two lots, and two other vacant lots. The approximately 65 acres of tim bered land are not lor sale, Lewis said. Specifications and bid forms are available in the college busi ness office and bids will be op ened at 3 p.m. July 5. - The college received $125,000 in securities from the estate, in addition to the property. Two Lightning Fires Reported in Old Burn Two lightning fires in an old barn in the Summit prairie area between Prospect and Butte Falls were reported to the state forestry department yesterday. Patrolmen found one and ex tinguished it and a crew was looking for the other this morn ing. No trouble from the fire was expected since the light ning storm was accompanied by rain in the area. the overpass. Corbin said gas will be shot into the guards' car, the train will be pulled onto a spur and a door blown open to remove the gold into a mov ing van with a crane. Rain Needed Shots are to be made at night in a light rain, according to Corbin. and if no rain falls with in the next few days, the studio' will "make'' it with sprinklers. Medford was picked because of Lippert's association with this area and because the rail line has little use. He is executive producer of Regal Films, as well as major owner of the theater chain. Corbin said the public will be welcome to watch when ac tion gets under way. son was accompanied by two other members of the VFW auxiliary. Another portion of the program at Hawthorne park included a talk by Sam Harbison, Medford attorney. A Me morial day parade Thursday morning pre ceded the Hawthorne park ceremonies. (Kenn Knackstedt photo). The United Press count of fa talities between 6 p.m. Wednes day and midnight Thursday showed 95 persons killed in traf fic, 6 dead in plane wrecks, 32 drownings, and 15 deaths in mis cellaneous mishaps for a total of 146. Illinois had the worst traffic record with 1 1 deaths. Pennsyl vania and California came next, each with 10 highway fatalities Two spectacular plane crashes as millions paid nomage to tne -nation's war dead. In Minneapolis, two navy jets collided during an aerial salute at a cemetery, killing one pilot and injuring 11 persons. A father and his two young daugh ters were killed in a Nebraska plane crash.1 Whaal Flies Off A wheel flew off a speeding race car at Shippenville, Pa., be fore some 4,000 fans, killing two children as it sliced into the crowded stands and . injuring three other persons "Although most of the nation enjoyed pleasant weather Thurs day, tornadoes and severe thun derstorms broke out in sections of the West. Twisters hit Iowa, causing minor damage, and about six tornado funnels were spotted near Dallas, Tex. Heavy rains ac companying the storm threat ened to touch off new floods in the Fort Worth. Tex., area. MHS Baccalaureate Service Set Sunday The Rev. Thomas McCamant of the Congregational church will deliver the sermon at the Medford High school baccalau reate service Sunday at 8 p.m. in tlie Hedrick Junior High school auditorium. Invocation and benediction will be by the Rev. Richard M. Jones, pastor of Eastwood Bap tist church. Two anthems will be sung by the Medford High school choir. They include "The Last Words of David" and "The Creation." The high school graduation exercises scheduled for Thurs day, June 6. at 8 p.m. will also be held at Hedrick Junior High school. Cliff Robinson, director of secondary education from the Oregon state department of ed ucation, Salem, will be speaker. r Klamath Youth Hurt In Motorcycle Mishap Klamath Falls (W James Roark, 15, Klamath Falls, was in critical condition in a hospital here today after he was hurled 40 feet from a careening motor cycle shortly before noon. Police said the youth , was taken to the hospital unconscious and with multiple leg fractures and possible head injuries. Offi cers said the cycle failed to ne gotiate a curve on Homedale road about 6 miles southeast of Klamath Falls. It ripped out 20 feet of guardrail, plunged through a wire fence and came to rest in a pasture. Holmes Plans Statement On Tax Commissioners Salem W Gov. Robert D. Holmes said today he would make an announcement early next week in connection with terms of two state tax commis sioners whose terms expire Tues day. The commissioners are Samuel Stewart and Ray Smith. 52nd Year Medford United Presa Full Leased Wire 20 Pages Economic Experts See British Action As Doubling Trade 'Security Interests' Declared Violated London (W Britain's relaxing of trade restrictions with Red China over American protests will double British trade with Peiping within a year, economic experts predicted today. But whether the shipping of such goods as heavy machinery and automobiles to the Commu nists will weaken Peiping's ties with the Soviet Union was a mat ter of dispute. The American view was that nothing will come of it. Although relaxing the embar go touched off a sharp Anglo American dispute, there was no crisis in relations such as was caused by Britain and France's invasion of the Suez Canal Zone. U.S. Standing Firm The United States charged the move violated the world's "se curity interests" and said it would not relax its own embar go, imposed shortly after start of the Korean war. However, Norway, Denmark and France were expected to follow Britain's lead. Foreign Secretary Selwyn Lloyd told the House pf Com mons Thursday that Britain is lopping 400 articles off the list of goods which exporters may not sell to Red China. This brings the list in line with arti cles sold Russia and its satellites but still bans the sale of "stra tegic goods." The British decision came about after a week's abortive ne gotiations in Paris by "Chin com," the committee for China trade, involving Britain, the United States, Japan and most of the NATO countries. (Sea Storiei on Page 5) Soviet Bomb Said Too Big To Test Moscow (UP) Commu nist Party leader Nikita Khruschchev recently told Com munist newsmen that Russia has perfected an H-bomb so big that it cannot be tested "because neighboring countries might suf fer,", authoritative sources re vealed today. "It might smash the windows of those couutries," Krushchev said in a conversation with visit ing Polish reporters two weeks ago. The text of his remarks will be published here shortly. A high qualified source who heard the conversation denied that Khrushchev made any ref erence to the size or type of bomb or to the possibility that its explosion would melt the Polar ice cap. "We wanted to test a certain bomb," Krhushchev said, "but decided against it because neigh boring countries might suffer." Fire Destroys House, Garage, Woodshed Central Point .The. house, garage and woodshed of the James R. Butler family, Gold Ray Dam rd., were destroyed by fire about 4 p.m. yesterday. Cen tral Point rural firemen re ported. Firemen said the origin of the blaze was not determined. The Butlers had gone for a short auto ride, the rural fire fighters said they were told. The wood shed was burned; the two-bedroom house was about ready to cave in and the garage was about two-thirds destroyed when fire men arrived with four trucks. A car parked in the driveway was rolled out of danger but nothing else was saved, firemen indicated. Butler had insurance, it was reported. Weather FORECAST: Fair through Satur day except for afternoon and evening thunderstorms, most ly over mountains. Low to night 54. High Saturday S. Temp. KS 56 THrhest Yesterday Lowest This Morning . Our Skies Tonight Sunrise Sunset 4:38 am. 7:41 p.m. 9:50 p.m. June 4 . Moonset First Quarter Mars is becoming harder to find and is now scarcely bright er than the North Star. Tonight it appears about half way be tween Pollux, brightest ot the Twins, and the Moon. MEDFORD, OREGON, NEARING COMPLETION Expected to be completed by Aug. 1, the new Girls Com munity club of Medford (above) will house 22 young employed girls and accommodate more than 200 persons in the main club room when put into use. Members of the board of trustees Frank C. Clark, Prominent Medford Architect, Dies Frank Chamberlain Clark, 84, who has played a r ominent role in the construction development of Medford since 1905, died in a local hospital Thursday after noon. He was the designer of the senior high school, the Elk's club building, the Medford hotel, the YMCA, and many other public and business buildings and schools in the area. He was also a strong supporter of athletic events, particularly high school track, as he had been a track star in his younger days in New York. He was a former member of the New York Athletic club. Born in New York . Mr. Clark, the son of Philetus and Carrie Chamberlain Clark, was born in Greene, N. Y., on Dec. 27, 1872 He came to San Francisco where he resided for a number of years before coming to Medford in 1 905. He was well known here as a partner in the firm of Clark and Keeney, archi tects. He was also a prominent mem ber of the Medford Elk's lodge, of which he was a life member and had received his 50-year pin several years ago. Mr. Clark is survived by three sons, two daughters, and nine grandchildren. His sons are Frank C. Clark Jr., Medford, Edwin Wilson Clark, with the U. S. Air Fcrce in Alaska, and James Newcomb Clark, Med ford. The daughters are Mrs. Frances Berggran, North Holly wood, Calif., and Mrs. Louise Patterson. Medford. Seryices Set Funeral services will be con ducted at 10:30 a.m. Saturday in Chapel Mortuary, with the Rev. George A. Trobough, assist ant pastor of the First Methodist church officiating. Interment will be in Memory Gardens Me morial park. Casket bearers will be mem bers, of the Elk's lodge, Ed Borg, R. O. Stephenson. E. F. Coleman, S. G. Sherwood, Donald D. Davis and Carl W. Norris. School Budge! Election Tuesday Registered voters in the Med ford school district will vote Tuesday, June 4, on the proposed school budget. The election will be held in the girls gymnasium at Medford High school between 2 and 8 p.m. " The budget, approved by the school district budget committee, totals $2,329,765.89 for the next school year. Committee members said that with an estimated as sessed valuation of $32,649,800 the mill levy would be 46.8, an increase of 3.1 mills more than this year. The present 43.7 mill levy in the district is among the lowest in the county, and one of the lowest in state for school dis tricts of comparable size, offi cials pointed out. Mainwaring Scholarship Goes To Oregon School Eugene (UP) Dean Charles T. Duncan of the Uni versity of Oregon school of journalsim said today a new scholarship has been established at the school in memory of Ber nard Mainwaring, late publish er of the Salem Capital Journ al. FRIDAY, MAY 31, 1957 Harmless Radioactive Cloud Passes Here A "cloud" of radioactive materials was scheduled to pass over south Medford this morning. It was characterized as "safe and harmless" by Atomic Energy commission officials. As nearly as. could be determined this morning, no. one in this area had been contacted by the AEC with regard to the course of the invisible cloud, which resulted from Tuesday's atomic ex plosion at the Nevada proving grounds. Mai. Gen J. K. Hicks, Jacuson county civil defense adminis tration, said he had heard nothing from the AEC, but would alert radiological monitors in the county. They will report any unusual findings, he said. Count Said Higher Than Normal Ryder Berg, Medford h'.gh school science instructor and chief of the civil defense radiological monitoring squad, had not been informed of the occurrence He radioactive fall-out yesterday seemed the count was a little j .- The. AEC said that only extremely sensitive detectors would be able to pick up the progress from the ground, and that i the would be "negligible." It said the cloud was passing through the main Pacific coast air lanes, and at an altitude where several scheduled airlines would pass directly through it. However, the United Press quoted AEC officials as saying "it is perfectly all right and safe for a plane to fly The UP said the cloud passed some 40 miles east and southeast of Burns Thursday, with a path generally over sparsely settled portions of the state. One report indicated it missed Klamath Falls on its westward course. . Local Officials Net Informed County Commissioner Chester Wendt, president of the Jackson county civil defense organization, weather bureau and airport officials all said all they knew about the cloud was the press and radio information. Robert Church, meteorologist in charge of the weather bureau, commented that "All the clouds up there look alike to me." The weather bureau has no radiological monitoring equipment, he said, and though they do have collecting sheets for fallout measurement, they are sent elsewhere for checking. Th AEC customarily keeps tabs on drifting clouds of radio active materials resulting from the atomic tests in Nevada. In the past, most of them have gone eastward. Whether this one is being followed by planes or ether AEC mobile monitoring devices could not be learned here this morning. General Hicks said the AEC would have informed local author ities if the cloud was considered dangerous. He said such fissionable materials decay to harmlessness after 36 or 48 hours. No federal aircraft checked in with the Medford airport yesterday or today. Lebanon Says Foreign Elements To Blame For Thursday Rioting Br UNITED PRESS Lebanese authorities.in Beirut blamed Syrians, Egyptians and Communists today for attempt ing to overthrow the pro-Western government in angry riots Thurs day which killed seven persons and injured 73. The independent newspaper El Beyrak said "foreign money" was behind the riots in . which shooting, stone-tossing mobs bat tled for 90 minutes with police and soldiers during a "general strike" that failed to come off. Lebanese authorities said the "foreign money" came from Egypt, Syria and Communist agents and that the anti-government plot resembled similar at tempts to overthrow King Hus sein of Jordan. Beirut welcomed hundreds of United States Marines last month but Thursday one of the demon strators hurled a stone and in flicted minor damage on the car of U. S. military attache Robert C. Works. While the Lebanon's relations with Syria and Egypt worsened, a new crisis appeared to be in the making over Israeli passage through the Gulf of Aqaba. Jerusalem dispatches said re ports were received there that Egypt was reorganizing its Red Sea fleet to renew the nine year blockade of the Gulf of Aqaba. Much of the fleet was destroyed during the invasion of Egypt but 10c jNE till Leased Wire) No. 61 jLe s ?yTr!3uf fs- and directors toured the structure at 229 North Bartlett st. Wednesday and reported progress to be continuing satisfactorily. Con tractor Myers Jones is building the $160, 0G0 structure designed by Architect R. J. Keeney. said he made a routine check of with a geiger counter, and "it higher than normal." of the cloud o'fission"products increase in radioactive fallout through such a cloud. reports received in Jerusalem said Egypt had been supplied four submarines and four new minelayers by the Communists. 'Save The Playwright Facia . Year in Jail, Fine For Contempt . No Specific Dote) ' Set for Sentencing ' Washington (VP)' Play wright Arthur Stiller -as found guilty today of contenvt of.Cdh gress. Federal District Judge Cha les F. McLaughlin made the l ul; ing in a 15-pege decision. He found that the questions wliich Miller refused to answer before the House Committee on Un American Activities last siftn mer were "pertinent'' to the committee's passjwjrt investiga tion. Faces Jail. Fiaa Miller,, husband of movie star Marilyn Monroe, had declined to name persons who attended a 1947 meeting of Communist party writers which he admit ted attending. He said he declin ed to name them on grounds of "conscience." His defense be fore McLaughlin was that the questions were not pertinent to the committee's investigation. Miller faces a maximum pen alty of $1,000 fine and one year in jail. No specific date was set for the sentencing. Miller was not present when the verdict was disclosed. Court Not Opanad In a somewhat unusual move. the judge merely filed his deci sion with the court clerk, with out opening the court to an nounce his decision. No reason waa given for the manner in which the decision was disclos ed. The judge had heard the case without a jury. The six-day trial enaed May 23. In his ruling, McLaughlin said Miller's motive for refusing to disclose the name 'of his associ ates, "however commendable," could not be considered in judg ing the case because of an ap peals court ruling in a similar case. Superintendents Selected (or Farm Mr. and Mrs. Millard W. Hoff man, Portland, have been hired as superintendents of the county farm and the farm home, it was announced today by the county court. Exparianea Reported Hoffman, who has been a farmer and rancher, has also had considerable experience in em ployee supervision through oper ation of a commercial laundry and cafe. He is a graduate in business administration and at one time worked in two eastern hospitals. Mrs. Hoffman acquired nurses training in New Jersey, the court said, and is experienced in other lines relative to managing the home. The couple was the court's first choice of applicants, it was said. Tell Appreciation .Speaking of the Mausts re tirement, the court said "The county regrets their leaving and is most grateful for their splen did 19 years service." They are moving to a new home in Ash land. , The new farm home, which has facilities for 54 occupanU, was built about seven years ago while under the Mausts' manage ment. Great Britain Explodes Second Hydrogen Bomb London (ID Britain exploded its second hydrogen bomb today, a superweapon unofficially de scribed as ready for delivery against potential Communist tar gets by presentday jet bombers. Stove!"
