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FIRST ANCHORAGE The Mavflowrr II. shown above just
before it set sail for the "new World," made its first anchor
age ill America today when it sailed, under tow of the Coa.t
Guard, into Provincctown harbor. The 92-foot replica of the
ship used by- the Pilgrims to reach a new land is expected to
sail across Massachusetts Bay to Plymouth Thursday.
Mayflower Anchors at
Provincetown Harbor
As Th ousands Watch
Plymouth. Mass. IP The
Fil-rim replica ship Mayflower
II. heating her ghostly predeces
sor to the new world by 14 days,
was towed by a Coast Guard tug
into Provincetown harbor today
for her first anchorage in Amer
ica. The rugsjed 92-foot barque en
tered the squally harbor at 8:25
a m (p. s.t.; for a re-enactment of
the signing of the Mayflower
Compact later today.
To Sail To Plymouth
Th vessel was expected to sail
the 25 miles across Massachu-
Court, Officials
To Discuss Survey
The county court and county
officials will meet in the county
courtroom at 1:30 p.m. Friday to
discuss a salary servey being pre
pared by Mrs. Kereth P. Hop
kins, county clerk.
Mrs. Hopkins said she has con
tacted executives of the Califor
nia Oregon Power company.
Camp White veterans domicil
iary and other firms and agencies
In an effort to determine wheth
er or not salaries of county em
ployees are in line with those
paid elsewhere for comparable
duties.
The survey will be presented
at the public hearing on the 1957
53 county budget, scheduled for
Monday, June 17. Mrs. Hopkins
commented that salaries of some
county employees appear to be
far under salaries paid by other
agencies for smiliar work and
qualifications.
Members of the county court
have stated a large turn-out is
expected at the June 17 hearing.
The hearing will be held in the
courthouse auditorium rather
than thecounty. courtroom to ac
commodate the large crowd. It
will start at 10 a.m.
Among expected major discus
sion items will be a $104,000
sinking fund budgeted for pur
chase of a new agricultural re
search station, members of the
court said. Total proposed bud-
eet for next year is $2,990,-
446.72.
BLM Official to Fly
To Alaskan Fires
Floyd Fngclquist, assistant
district forester, bureau of land
management. Medford. is sched
uled to leave Medford by plane
at 4:15 p.m. today for Fairbanks.
Alaska, to help direct the fight
against more than 45 forest fires
raging in that area.
He is slated to arrive in Fair
banks at 5 a.m. Tloirsday. About
a dozen BLM supervisors from
Oregon are being flown there to
assist in fire fighting.
Fogclquist. along with super
visors from Salem, Eugene,
Roscburg. and Coos Bay will
stop in Seat 0c to join other su
pervisors from the northwest on
the flight to Alaska.
Fogclquist is a section leader
among local district fire fighting
crews and has had special ex
perience and training in that
field, according to E. K. Peter
son. BLM district forester.
Pile Driver Collapses on San Francisco
Freeway Job;
San Francisco IT Five men
were
iMiv when a h(-
fnot pile driver working on uie
mhai"cricro Freeway collapsed.
The bit nc broke up
shoer of steel, timber ana me
pow cr lines
Lineman Burned
A PG&E lineman. Ronald
Cox. 26. of. San Francisco, was
brushed and burned by a falling
4.000 volt line, but safely made
his A-av to the ground. He was
working atop an adjacent power
pole w hen the ri; collapsed.
Others injured were:
William Wmdom, 80, of San
. Hi $ I
etfr Bay to Plymouth Thursday
for a recreation of the landing of
the Pilgrims at Plymouth Rock.
Scores of yachts sailed out to
greet the Mayflower, which
bobbed in tow of the Coast
Guard cutter Yankton Thou
sands of persons watched from
the sandy shore.
The Mayflower, the American
flag at hrr forcpeak and the
Union Jarl. at her main, headed
directly for a Coast Guard moor
in; off the town wharf.
The Mayflower II marie the
3. 5110-mile Atlantic crossing in
52 days, compared with 66 days
taken by the original May
flower, even though the latter
sailed a different, shorter route.
Triumphant Entrance
The boats zig zagged back and
forth at Provincetown harbor as
the Mayflower made its trium
phant entrance.
A Navy destroyer trailed
about a mile in the wake of the
Mayflower.
At Provincetown customs and
immigration officials will go
aboard. Shortly afterwards crew
members will re-enact the sign
ing of the famous Mayflower
Compact.
Bloodmobiie At Elks
Temple Here Today
Red Cross bloodmobiie offic
ials were hopeful that Medford's
2!)0-pint quota would be met to
day as 267 people made appoint
ments before noon to donate
blood.
The bloodmobiie unit will be
stationed in front of the Elks
temple until 6 p.m. Officials
said drop-in donors, who have
not made appointments, will be
welcome.
Baby sitter service will be of
fered to housewives who would
not otherwise be able to leave
home long enough to donate
blood.
Success of today's blood
mobile visit will probably deter
mine whether or not the blood
program will continue in Med
ford, Red Cross officials stated.
Considerable discussion was
held several weeks ago on dis
continuing the blood program
here because donations in the
past have not been sufficient to
justify expense in bringing the
unit here. In order to meet the
290 pint quota. 350 donors will
be needed to allow for possible
rejectees.
Ashland Woman Is
Arrested in California
Jean Ida Starr (also known as
Jean Ardith Starr). 37. of 54
North Mountain ave., Ashland,
has been arrested by Glenn coun
ty. Calif., sheriff's deputies on a
charge of making and uttering
a false check.
Jackson county sheriff's depu
ties said the charge originated in
Ashland and Mrs. Starr is ex
pected to be returned here this
week. She was arrested on a sim
ilar charge here several weeks
ago. but the case was dimissed in
district court on ground that the
state failed to present sufficient
evidence to warrant holding her
on the charge.
Five Men Reported Hurt
I r rancisco. uic upcidiur m me
D11C arivei . liiimiuiu iiviu m-
lune:.. scalp lacerations, irac
tured collarbone. He w as hit by
a falling beam.
Jumped From Rigging
Henry Harmon. 35. San Fran
cisco, a workman, possible chest
injuries, possible fracture of the
left heel. He was 30 feet up in
the rigging and jumped when he
;-aw th" crash coming.
James Jordan. 64. San Fran
cisco, a workman, hit by falling
Aires and timbers, but apparent
!y received only minor injuries.
Aura Robinson, 59, San Fran
52nd Year
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United Pn5i full
20 Pages
Controversy
Over Remark Made
Against Girard
Defense Official
Claims Misquotation
Washington IP Contro
versy mounted in the Girard
case today over whether a high
defense official gave away dam
aging evidence against GI Wil
liam S. Girard.
The official. Defense Depart
ment general counsel Robert De
chert, said Tuesday night he was
mi-quoted as savin? U.S. find
ings indicated the Ottawa, 111.,
soldier "enticed" a Japanese
woman closer before firing an
empty cartridge that killed her
on a firing range in Japan.
Omits Crucial Words
Dechert. in a statement issued
at the Pentagon, said the state
ment attributed to him by a
Miami. Fla.. reporter "omits the
crucial words the Japanese claim.
"At no time did I express a
personal opinion as to whether
artions charged to Girard were
or were not in line of duty, or
whether Girard did or did not
act to entice the Japansese to
approach him." Dechert said.
He voiced "deep regret" his
statements had caused "such a
complete misunderstanding" and
added he "certainly did not in
tend any injustice"' to Army Spe
cialist 3-c Girard.
Quotation Said Correct
The reporter for the Miami
Herald who interviewed Dechert
at Coral Gables. Fla., Monday
night insisted he had quoted the
defense official correctly. He has
kept his notes and would stick
by his quotations. His editors
said they would back him up.
Dechert told the United Press
he "probably did" tell the Miami
newsmen that statements of Jap
anese witnesses plus that of
Guard's GI companion made it
clear Girard enticed Mrs. Naka
Sakai closer before firing an
empty shell from a grenade
luincher that killed her.
But the defense official ex
plained this had been in the
press and he was merely explain
ing the Japanese position.
Dechert's alleged statements at
Coral Galbes, and his subsequent
explanation, drew sharp critic
ism from some senators and
Girard's lawyers here.
Duncan to Speak
At Demo Meeting
"The Pioneer Spirit of the
49th Legislature" will be dis
cussed by State Rep. Robert
Duncan at a joint meeting of the
Democratic party of Jackson
county and the Jackson County
Democratic Social club.
The meeting will be held at
7:30 p.m. at Kims restaurant, ac
cording to County Chairman
Larry Sheehan and club Presi
dent Marvin Madden, cochair
men of the event. A dinner will
precede the talk.
Duncan, a freshman repre
sentative, became chairman of
the judiciary committee and a
member of the house ways and
means committee. He was ap
pointed one of the three mem
bers to the interim emergency
board.
Weather
FORECAST: Partly cloudy
through Thursday. Low to
night 55. High Thursday 80.
Temp.
Hichest Yesterday Jtt
Lowest this Morning l
Our Skies Tonight
Siinrivp 4:31 a.m.
SunttM 7:49 P-m.
Mnnnri .. 8:0" p.m.
I.aM Quarter June 20
June has the lont days nf
the year and the further north
one 'os. the longer they he
roine. For exam pi at Dawon.
Vukon Territory, the tun rises
todav at 1:52 a.m. and sets at
10:40 p.m.
cisco, a spectator, knees injured
bv falling timbers. He was
treated at Harbor Emergency
Hospital and released.
Cause Not Ascertained
Cox was One of a crew of
PG&E linemen who were re
moving w-ires before the advanc
ing freeway when the accident
occurred. The pile driver was to
be moved as work crew-s pre
pared to pull a smaller pile from
the ground so a larger pile could
be driven into its place.
No cause for the sudden col
lapse of the rig could be im
mediately ascertained.
ncvc 'sszf.ns rd,
Auvusn c ic n
For Land
About 25 Jackson county
fruit growers yesterday ex
pressed approval of the county
court s plan to purchase 90
acres of property near Jackson
ville for a new agricultural re
search station.
Their endorsement was indi
cated at a meeting in the court
house auditorium at which Earl
F. Price, dean of the Oregon
State college school of agricul
ture, outlined the plan for util
ization of the farm if it is ob
tained. No opposition to the pro
posal was voiced.
Dean Price said the property
(the Hanley ranch) would be
used for raising young trees for
stony pit research, a tree breed
ing station, museum orchard
site, rootstock research place and
a research place for vegetables
and small fruits. Both irrigated
and dry land research could be
conducted there, he said.
Relatively Uniform
He explained it has been de- j
termined mat lanct at me nan
ley place is relatively uniform,
Eugene Firm Low
Bidder on National
Park Housing Units
Deller Construction company
of Eugene was apparent low
bidder on construction of six
employee residential units at
Crater Lake National park
headquarters. Bids from seven
companies were opened at park
service headquarters here yest
erday.'" Deller's bid was $124,356. The
bids will be referred to the na
tional park office in San Fran
cisco, Calif., for a recommenda
tion, according to park super
intendent Tom Williams. The
contract will be awarded in
about a week.
Deller's bid was below en
gineer estimates, Williams said.
Other Bidden
Other bidders included
George W. Millett Jr., Eugene,
S140.166; Comptom C. Piatt, Sa
lem, S144.500; Cummings Con
struction company, Grants Pass.
S147.743; W i 1 e y Construction
company, Ashland, S165.500;
Brosterhous Construction com
pany, Klamath Falls. S171.000,
and H. Barnhart Construction
company, Medford, S177, 893.95
Alternate bids were submit
ted for construction of two two
story duplexes in lieu of one
three-story four-unit apartment
house. Construction of the alter
nate buildings would . require
additional costs. The other buil
ding is to be a two-story duplex.
No alternate bids were submit
ted for it.
The alternate bids added S13.
869 to Deller's bid, SI 7.477 to
Cummings'; S23.200 to Millett's;
S23.500 to Wiley's, $25,000 to
Brosterhous', S26.000 to Patt's,
and $32,000 to Barnhart's.
Lower portions of the two
story duplex residence and the
three-story four-unit apartment
building will consist of masonry
block and the upper stories of
wood frame. They also will in
clude plumbing, heating and
electrical facilities.
12.000 Square Feet
Total area of both buildings is
about 12,000 square feet, Wil
liams said. Completion date of
the project is 180 days.
The projects are part of the I
10-year Mission 66 program
The program, scheduled for
completion in 1966, it intended
to restore facilities of the park
system and expand them to
provide services for an increase
in park visitors.
Williams said a contract will
be awarded sometime next week
on a road reconstruction and
rock crushing projectj Bids were
opened Monday at park head
quarters. Bidders included M. C. Lin
inger and Sons Construction
company, Medford. S107.012;
and the Dorman Construction
! company.
Vancouver, Wash..
S108.415.05. Bids were referred
to the national park service re
gional office in San Francisco,
Calif., for a recommendation, he
said.
Work includes crushing rocks
for paving the camp grounds
road at Annie Springs camp
site, surfacing the residential
road at park headquarters, the
camp grounds road at the park
rim, several picnic area roads
and reconstruction of the camp
grounds road at the rim, Wil
liams said.
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Oregon, Wednesday, june 12, 1957
s Voiced
Purchase
which is advantageous from the
experimental viewpoint. The
present farm has been declared
inadequate because high concen
trations of lead arsenate in the
soil undermine value of re
search work.
He pointed out there is still a
need for young orchard tracts.
He also suggested that individually-owned
property in this area
be used for some phases of ex
perimental work. As soon as va
riety selections are made on the
experimental, tract, they would
be released to growers in the
Rogue valley for cooperative
testing and permanent evalua
tion. County Commissioner Chester
Wendt gave a brief report on
progress toward purchasing the
property. He said the court has
proposed to buy the property for
S625 per acre plus about 2'.2 per
cent interest on the unpaid bal
ance derived irom a deposited
sinking fund.
Payments Over Five Yeari
The commissioner explained
the owners have stated they will
not sell the land on a lump-sum
basis and payments would ex
tend over a period of about five
years. He said the court is await
ing a final answer from the own
ers concerning the proposal. He
also explained any negotiations
would be tentative until the mat
ter is presented to the public at
the budget hearing Monday,
June 17.
Wendt said the Hanley prop
erty "seems well worth S625 per
acre." He added, "It is good soil
but nut the best in the county,
and you don't want the very best
lor experimental work."
Dean Price said officials from
the college have investigated the
property and agreed it is suit
able for research purposes and is
"well worth" the proposed pur
chase price. He also commented
the present agronomy station
near Talent and the old Southern
Oregon site on Highway 99
would be cleared and released
as soon as possible if the Hanley
property purchase is completed.
He said the present sites should
sell for 575,000 to S80.000 and
proceeds should go to the county
thereby affecting much of the
purchase price of the Hanley
farm.
Additional Savings
Additional savings of tax dol
lars would result from a more
efficient type of operation, the
dean said. At present, research is
being conducted at three loca
tions, involving three sets of
buildings and equipment as well
as much travel between sites. He
indicated it would be a step in
the right direction to reduce the
operation to two locations in
stead of the present three.
It was explained at the meet
ing that tfie soutnern uregon
oranch experiment station does
not compete with commercial
growers in the area, even though
produce harvested from the ex
periments is sold. Officials said
their purpose is to conduct re
search rather than make money
and any sale of produce is inci
dental. There was also some discus
sion of decline among mature
pear trees in the valley. It was
explained that the decline is evi
dent in all soil types and it was
indicated Medford is not the only
are concerned with the problem.
Efforts to determine cause of the
decline are under way, it was
explained.
Brewster on Trial
On Contempt Charge
Washnigton fl Teamster
official Frank W. Brewster of
Seattle went on trial for con
tempt of Congress today before
Federal Dsitrict Judge John J.
Sirica.
The West Coast union boss
waived a trial by jury.
He lost a renewed motion to
have the indictment dismissed
because of prior newspaper pub
licity. He also was denied a 30-
day postponement.
Brewster is charged with fail
ing to answer 31 questions by
the Senate investigation subcom
mittee last January and with
failing to produce documents
the committee requested. H2
contended the group lacked jur
isdiction. Later, Brewster appeared be
fore the special Senate Rackets
committee and testified freely.
. Bremerton lift The car
rier' Shangri-La has docked at
Pueet Sound Naval Shipyard
here for a routine overhaul.
Tribune
Whence All But
Competence Will Be
Factor in Determing
Salaries of Teachers
Competence will be a factor
in determining the future sal
aries of teachers in the Medford
school system as a result of
action taken by the board of
education lat night. Other fac
tors will continue to he training
and experience backgrounds.
The board approved a plan
drawn up on a three-year trial
basis by the Medford teaching
salary committee and the ad
ministrative staff. The plan had
previously been approved oy the
teaching staff by a vote of 106
to 51.
Making competence a factor
in determination of salaries al
lows a teacher to attain the max
imum salary on the present
schedule in a shorter period of
lime than listed on the sched
ule, and allows a teacher to go
beyond the normal schedule
maximum.
Principles Maintained
The principles of the present
salary schedule are to be main
tained, to equal the salaries of
Nationalists Damage
Communist Gunboats
Taipch, Formosa 'IP Na
tionalist Chinese warships dam
aged two Communist gunboats
in a two-hour sea battle in tn;
Matsu Island area Tuesday, it
was announced today
The two Red ships burst into
flames when they received di
rect hits from the Nationalist
flotilla of undisclosed strength,
the Defense Ministry said.
Red shore batteries opposite
Matsu joined the battle and
fired 24 rounds to cover the
fleeing Communist ships, it
said.
All the Nationalist vessels re
turned to their base without
suffering damage.
Swimming Classes
Set at Hawthorne
Registration for swimming in
struction at the Hawthorne pool
was scheduled to start at 3 p.m.
today at the pool, according to
Ed Knapp, pool manager. Swim
ming classes will start Monday,
June 17.
The classes, open to children
eight years of age and older as
well as adults, will include 10
lessons during a two-week per
iod. Instructors will be Bob
Sutherlin and Mrs. Don Brad
shaw, pool lifeguards.
Hawthorne pool opened for
the season last Sunday.
Water in Medford
Canal to be Reduced
Water in the west main canal
in the Medford Irrigation dis
trict will be cut to 10 cubic feet
per second Monday morning to
allow moss clearing in the canal,
according to Jack Hoffbuhr
district manager.
Water flow will be reduced
in the canal from the Phoenix
diversion dam on Bear creek to
the west end about three miles
west of Central Point.
Hoffbuhr said the canal and
connecting laterals will be full
again by Tuesday morning.
Price 10c
United Press Full Leased Wtr
No. 71
He Had Fled
mi
the top 25 per cent of state pub
lic school districts of comparable
size to Medford.
A detailed list of qualifica
Hons for judging competence is
to be worked out and approved
by the committee of teachers,
administrators and board mem
bers and presented to all staff
members by Oct. 1 this year.
Work on the plan has been in
progress for more than a year.
and is the outgrowth of a grow
ing feeling nationwide that com
pctence, or "merit," should have
a place in determining a teach
er's pay level.
The plan will be in operation
during the coming school year,
with earned pay increments be
coming effective the following
year. It is contemplated that the
plan will be flexible or adjust
able from year to year.
Other Action
In other action last night, the
board accepted resignations from
Mrs. Ester Crum, first grade
teacher at Jefferson, who will
return to Colorado, and William
Shepherd, coach at McLoughlin
Junior High who will become
principal at Shady Cove Ele
mentary school.
Teachers hired included Mrs.
Wanda Rapp for primary teach
ing; Miss Phyllis Black, who
will teach home making at Mc
Loughlin; and John Mast, who
will teach secondary social stud.
ies. Mrs. Rapp comes here from
the Klamath County schools,
Miss Black moved here from Ne
braska, and Mast taught at Eden,
Idaho.
The board approved purchase
of. two 66-passenger buses. Bids
were submitted by International
Harvester company, and General
Motors corporation through Hau
pert Tractor company here. The
buses bring to six the number
cperated by the district.
Mississippi Man Enters
Plea in Circuit Court
Bobby Lee Jones, 24, Delta
City, Miss., entered a plea of
guilty in circuit court this morn
ing on a charge of entering a
motor vehicle with intent to
steal.
The case was ordered continu
ed pending receipt of FBI rec
ords. Jones was arrested by stale
police last week in connection
with the theft of a purse, au'o
wheel and jack from a vehicle
in the Applegate area.
Second Annual Fireworks
Display Scheduled by YMCA
The second annual YMCA
fireworks display will be held at
7 p.m. Thursday. July 4, at the
Medford High school stadium,
according to A. C. Pierce and
Cliff McGinty, cochairmen of
the event.
Among the displays will be
flying saucers, sky rockets,
bursting sky shells, noise bombs
and pictorial displays. Mrs. Vir
ginia Wicker is in charge of the
displays. Theme of the fireworks
program will be "Americana."
Names of scenes to be pre
sented at the show include Amer
ican Flag, Welcome, Helicopter
Rescue. Juggler. Walking in the
Rain, Mickey Mouse Skyrocket,
Fire Truck and Out House, But
Jordan-Egyptian
Diplomatic Ties
May Be Severed
Jordan's Leaders
Declared Traitors
By UNITED PRESS
Diplomatic relations between
Jordan and Egypt neared the
breaking point today.
Cairo Radio savagely attacked
Jordan's leaders as traitors who
should go to the gallows and
blamed them for the loss of Pal
estine in 1948 when Israel de
feated the Arab world.
Most Bitter Attack
It was the most bitter attack
ever made by Cairo's "Voice of
the Arabs" on another Arab
state: it emphasized that Syria
and Egypt had been left alone in
the bloc of "positive neutrality."
Libya also was angry at the
Egyptian government. Foreign
Minister Wahbe Buri summoned
Egyptain Ambassador Ahmed
Hassan Fagih to his office in
Tripoli and protested acainst
Egyptain press attacks in Libya's
rulers.
An Amman dispatch said b-
del Moneim El Rifai, the Jord
anian ambassador expelled by
Egypt, had returned home and
accused the Egyptian govern
ment of misusing Arab nation
alism for its own interests.
Hussein Conferring
King Hussein himself was con
ferring with King Saud of Saudi
Arabia on the worsening rela
tions between Jordan and Egypt
and it appeared the Arab rift
extended to Saudi Arabia and
Egypt as well.
Saudi Arabia and Jordan is
sued a communique in Amman
today announcing that travel by
Moslem pilgrims to Mecca via
the Gulf of Aqaba was undesir
able because of the "current sit-u-tion"
in the gulf.'
The communique cited Israel
as responsible for the unsatisfac
tory conditions in the Aqaba
area.
Eisenhower Hosts
GOP Congressmen
Washington (IP President
Eisenhower played host to 40
Republican congressmen at a
harmony breakfast today and
heard the politically indigestible
forecast that some House mem
bers might be "hung" if they
support certain parts of his pro
gram. The chief executive, smiling
and looking fit after his pain
ful week end stomach upset, en
tertained at a buffet breakfast
in the White House state dining
room. Guests were served or
ange juice, scrambled eggs,
bacon, sausage, sweet rolls and
coffee.
The early morning "kaff
klatch" was the first in a scries
of five harmony get-togethers
planned for GOP House mem
bers. Two are planned for Re
publican senators.
They are part of an effort to
bring about closer relations be
tween Eisenhower and Republi
can lawmakers to head off more
trouble for his legislative pro
gram in Congress.
Dining Room, Hotel Open
Saturday at Crater Park
Klamath Falls W Opera
tors of hotel and dining room at
Crater Lake National Park said
today those facilities would
open as scheduled on Saturday.
Harry Smith and Harry Smith
Jr. said advance reservations
were being accepted for the
lodge and that a cafeteria in a
separate building would be
open in addition to the hotel
dining room.
Basebal
NATIONAL LEAGUE
Chicago 3 8 J
New York 4 4 2
Rush, Lown (7) and Nee
man; Barclay, Worlhinglon
(4) and Kait.
terfly, Mayflower, Spirit of "76,
Covered Wagon, Lumber Indus
try, Water Skiing, Pear Picking
and YMCA Camp Display.
Members of the fireworks dis
play committee said the program
will begin at 7 p m. with the ac
tual fireworks displays starting
at 8 p.m.
According to members, the
program will raise funds for
further construction at the
YMCA camp at Diamond lake.
Committee members are Jim
Rowan, Sam Jennings, Duke Mc
Queen, Russ Jamison, Ralph
Cook, Die Walsh, Carland Jo
Ann Burk, Dean Crumley, Dr.
G. A. Dierdorf, Bob Jones and
Ron Gandee.