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flJCTIO VISIT Rear Adm. Albert M.
commandant of the 13th Naval dis
trict, third from left, was in Medford yester
day on 3 special inspection tour of Naval
Deserve Electronics division training facilities
CfeJ tli Federal building at 33 North Riverside
fi-se On hand to greet him at the airport were
Acting Mayor Stan Jones, second from left,
fand it. Commander Dick Knight, of the Med
Jtiird A'aval Rrv. far right. With Admiral
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arrant issued for Woman To
Testify for
'PurtWnd & Circuit Judge
Jt '. Crawford today issued
a oe: h srrant for the appear
ance f woman witness at the
trjura trial of Mayor Terry
Srhrurg after defense attorneys
fi hrr testimony was "most
Important" to their case.
Tha woman was identified as
a Shirley Martin. Her connec
tion with the case was not made
clear.
Judge Crawford today ruled
against further testimony by
James Burr Miller, an Oregon
ian reporter, concerning a con
versation between Miller and
racketeer James B. Elkins. The
judge said he could find no le
gal basis for its admission in the
trial. The state had objected
Monday to Miller's testimony
about a threat he claimed was
made against him by Elkins.
The judge 'also made a simi
lar ruling about testimony of
Rol&rt W. link, a Washington
state prison inmate, who had
been summoned as a defense
witness.
Different versions of a trip
to Great Falls, Mont., last year
were told Monday.
Schrunk is accused of lyini;
when he told a grand jury last
lummer he did not pick up an
envelope which the state claims
contained a bribe to call off a
1955 raid on the 8212 Club, op
erated by Clifford O. Bennett
Schrunk was Multnomah coun
ty sheriff at tne time.
Raymond F. Clark, who has
been accused by the defense of
"masterminding" a political plot
to bring about Schrunk's down
fall in the defendant's race for
mayor, testified he visited Great
Falls last August. He said that
Bennjt told him several times
he had paid a $500 bribe to
Schrunk.
Two other witnesses had a
different story. Tom Board, who
worked at the 8212 Club when
it was raided, said he overheard
Clark tell Bennett at Great Falls
that he wanted him to come
back to Portland to defeat
Schrunk. Frederick D. Moore,
a merchant seaman, testified by
deposition that he was a barten
der in Great Falls and that he
overheard Clark say to Eennett:
"I want you to come back
with me and Elkins wants you
to testify that you gave Terry
Schrunk. the sheriff. 5500 '
Moore then said Bennett re
plied: "But I didn't give him no
money."
The deposition then quoted
Clark as saying "That don't
make a ... bit of difference. Go
back and say you did and you
can have any spot in town if we
can convict Schrunk . . ."
James B. Miller, an Oregon-
Hoffa Tried To
Information,
Washington IP A Senate
Rackets Committee employee
testified today that Teamsters
Union Vice President James R.
Hoffa offered him S18.000 to
serve as a spy" inside the com
mittee. Ranted Inside Data
The witness. John Cye Che-
astv. a New ork lawyer, said
Hoffa asked him to get a job on i
the committee staff so that the
Teamsters Union could have
"somebody on the inside of the
committee to pass out informa
tion." Chca.-ly testified as the gov
ernment's chief witness in the
bribery conspiracy trial of Hof
fa and Miami attorney Hyman
Schrun k Defense
I ian reporter, testified that he
once talked to racketeer Elkins
at lunch and that Elkins tried
to give him a roll of money, ap
parently for membership in the
Fontprinlers association, which
Miller did not take. Miller tes:i
fied that he told Elkins "I
House Votes Extra
Post Office Funds
Washington If The House
has voted an extra $133 million
to keep the nation's mail service
running along without cutbacks
next year.
The total was SI 6.500.000 less
than the S 149.500.000 Postmaster
General Arthur E. Summcrfield
asked for but apparently was
enough to satisfy the mail boss.
Rep Gordon Canfield (R-N.J.)
said Summerfield assured him
County Budget Still
Awaiting Signatures
Jackson county's final, budget
for 1957-58 still has not been
signed by all members of the
budget committee.
Three members of the com
mute signed it last week and
signatures of two other members
were expected to be obtained to
day. The remaining committee
member. Roger Rath of Ashland,
reportedly has refused to sign
the budget.
Rath also refused to sign the
original budget prior to the pub
lic hearing because he protested
a S104.000 item designated as a
sinking fund for purchase of an
agronomic research site. At the
public hearing last week, title of
the items was changed to agri
cultural and horticultural re
search sinking fund.
Professional Board To
Pick McLaren Successor
. Salem ilp The State Board
of Control today agreed to ap
point a professional board to se
lect and recommend a succes
sor to James Lamb, resigning
superintendent of MacLaren
School for Boys at Woodburn.
However, the professional
group will not be appointed un
til after Gov. Robert Holmes re
turns to Salem from the Gover
nors' Conference about July 1
Senate President Boyd Over
hulse. serving as governor dur
ing the absence of Holmes, pre
sided at today's meeting of the
Board of Control.
Get Inside
Lawyer Says
I. Fischbach. They are accused
of planting Cheasty as a "spy"
on the Senate committee to fur
nish them confidential informa
tion during its investigation of
the union.
In Presence of Fischbach
Cheasty said Hoffa made the
proposition to him in the Mid
west union leader's office on the
evening of Feb. 13 in the pres-
ence of Fischbach who, Cheasty
said, first approached him on
the matter.
Cheasty said Hoffa wanted to
know what teamsters officials
would be subpoenaed by the
committee, when they would be
subpoenaed and wTiat questions
thev would be asked.
Bledsoe were Commander J. R. Waldman,
left, of the Seattle Naval Reserve, and Lt.
D. F. Milligan, not pictured. The group,
traveling by Navy observation plane, arrived
about 11 a.m. yesterday and left this morn
ing to visit other Naval installations in
Eugene and Salem. This is the first time a
commandant of the 13th Naval district has
ever visited Medford. The 13th Naval district
headquarters is located in Seattle.
might get an assignment to find
out what makes you tick."
He said Elkins replied with
threats' and that he was told
"an investigation too far behind
the scenes might well end up
with a concrete vest in the Wil
lamette river."
the Post Office Department
would be able to get along with
the reduced amount.
The new funds, if approved by
the Senate, will boost to a record
S3.325.000. 000 the total available
for mail operations in the fiscal
year beginning Monday. Sum
merfield had warned of a scries
of postal cutbacks, including Sat
urday post office closings and
suspension of Saturday deliv
eries, if the additional money
was not forthcoming.
The cost of some special mail
services will go up Monday to
produce an estimated S28 mil
lion a year in postal revenues.
The price of a special delivery
stamp goes up from 20 to 30
cents and charges for registered
and insured letters and money
orders also go up.
Bish Committed to
Mental Hospital
Lowell Allen Bish, 32, of 945
Brooksdale rd., Medford, has
been committed to the state men
tal hospital in Salem. District
Attorney Thomas Rceder report
ed today.
Bish was arrested by sheriff's
deputies and state police on June
17 on a warrant charging assault
with a deadly weapon. The
charge was filed by a state po
lice officer.
Bish was taken into custody
after officers fired 12 shots at
the tires of his car as he attempt
ed to escape moments before his
arrest. His 61-year-old father,
Louis Bish. was struck in the leg
by a bullet which apparently
bounced off a wheel of the car.
He was not seriously hurt.
Police found several loaded
weapons and altered license plat
es in Bish's car after the arrest.
Reeder said charges against
Bish are being held in abeyence.
Fewer Mosquitoes
Reported in County
Fewer mosquitoes have hatch
ed in Jackson county this season
than in average years, according
to county sanitarians.
They attributed the reduced
number of mosquitos to the cool
spring and to earlier control
measures. It was explained that
control of mosquitoes started ear
lier this season than usual be
cause more funds were available.
Log ponds and roadside ditches
were among breeding places re
ceiving earlier treatment.
The sanitarians explained that
"fog" machines are in operation
every night now and are being
used from about 1 a.m. until
morning breezes begin. The ma
chines are being operated all
over the county.
Washington 'IP The Con
troller of the Currency has is-.
sued a call for the condition of
.'national banks as of June 6.
Stassen Proposes
U.S.-Russian Cut
In Troop Strength
Three Sucessive
Stages in Scheme
London W The United j
States formally proposed today 1
that American and Soviet armed i
forces be reduced in three sue-:
cessive stajes to a level of 1,- i
700,000 men each. i
U.S. delegate Harold E. Slas-
sen made the proposal to Soviet
Deputy Foreign Minister Valer
ian Zonn at the London live
power disarmament conference.
Canada Welcomes Plan
Britain and France joined the
United States and proposed that
their forces also be reduced in
three steps to 650.000 men each.
Canada, the fifth meriber of the
conference, also welcomed the
western plan.
Zorin, the Soviet delegate, re
served his position on the U. S.
proposal.
The United Stales now has 2,
800,000 in its armed forces. Rus
sia has an estimated 3,500,000.
Political Problems
Stassen, who is gradually un
folding the U. S. disarmament
plan, proposed that U. S. and
Russian forces be reduced first
to a 2,500,000 level, then to 2,
100,000, and finally to 1,700,000
men each.
But the United States. Britain
and France made it clear that the
last two stages of the man-power
cuts would be conditional on the
solution of political problems.
They did not specify what type
of East-West problems would
have to be resolved.
Said 'Nothing New'
Stassen began a ''step-by-stcp"
presentation of the new Ameri
can disarmament proposal before
the five-power U.N. disarma
ment subcommission Thursday.
The commission includes repre
sentatives from the United
States. Great Britain, France,
Canada and Soviet Russia.
Soviet newspapers over the
week end derided as "nothing
new" the proposal made by
Stassen for an1 initial reduction
in Soviet and United States
armed forces to 2,500,000 men
each.
Fire Damages House
In Downtown Ashland
Ashland Fire Monday dam
aged a three story frame house
behind the Ashland Groceteria
at 31 South Second St., accord
ing to Fire Chief C. H. Davis.
The fire. broke out about 3:30
p.m. in the attic, and was large
ly confined there, Davis said
Cause of the blaze was undeter
mined and the amount of dam
age was not fixed.
The building, which served as
an apartment house, is the prop
erty of L. M. Sefferies, of Ash
land, and is one of the town's
older houses.
People living in the down
stairs apartment escaped injury
It is believed that the apart
ments on other floors of the buil
dings were unoccupied.
Public Hearing on Zone
Change Set Tomorrow
The Medford planning com
mission will hold a public .hear
ing in the city hall at 7:30 p.m.
tomorrow to consider a change
of zone in four lots in the Ber-
rydale addition.
The change asked is from sin
gle family to light industrial
Berrydale addition property in
volved is on the west side of
Highway 99 north, just north of
the Y.
The planning commission met
shortly last night for the pur
pose of scheduling the hearing
tomorrow.
"Who's In Contempt
Medford
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To Panmunjom
Radio Says Lesson
Should Be Remembered
Tokyo (1P The North Kor
ean and Chinese Communists ob
served the seventh anniversary
of the outbreak of the Korean
war today by summoning the
UN Command to Panmunjom
Wednesday and by rattling the
sabre from Pyongyang to Que
moy. Both Pyongyang and Peiping
radio attacked the United State.-
with angry blasts. They accused
it of trying to increase war ten
sions in the Far East, bragged of
the Reds new armed strength
and said in any future war the
United States would be defeated.
Should Remember Lessons
The United Nations should
"remember the lessons of its de
feat" in the Korean war, Peip
ing said.
At the same time Red China
attacked the Nationalist Chin
ese island of Quemoy with the
heaviest artillery barrage in
years but there was no official
comment in Taipch whether the
Red attack was a prelude to in
vasion. The Communists called a
meeting of the Korean military
armistice commission at Pan
munjom, Korea, Wednesday aft
ernoon to protest the UN Com
mand decision last Friday to
abrogate the portion of the ar
mistice agreement freezing the
arms buildup.
The propaganda broadcasts by
Red China and North Korea left
no doubt as to the Reds' inten
tions. They planned to reject the
American-led decision to build
up a massive defense force in
the Republic of Korea, and the.v
planned to accuse the United
States of violating the armistice
agreement.
Dysentery Cause
Still Being Checked
.The county health department
is still attempting to learn facts
concerning an outbreak of dy
sentery among several delegates
to the state Lions club conven
tion here last week end.
Sanitarians have been inspect
ing places where conventioners
dined but have not completed
their reports. They explained the
illness, which affected at least
20 Lions and auxiliary mem
bers, was tentatively traced to s
morning or noon meal. This is
because they became ill about 9
or 10 p.m., and dysentery bac
teria require about 12 hours to
take effect.
Reports indicated only one
woman remained in the hospit
al today as a result of the ill
ness. NATIONAL LEAGUE
Pittsburgh 3 11 1
Chicago 5 10 0
Friend. King (7), Arroyo (8)
and Foiles; Kaiser, Hollman
(1), Lown (8) and Neeman.
HR Litlrell. (Chi.); Long,
(Chi.); Moryn, (Chi.).
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Eagles National Chairman
About 1,200 Eagles and aux
iliary members are expected to
attend the Oregon state ' Aerie
convention which starts in Med
ford Thursday morning. .
Business sessions for the
three-day convention will be
held in the Holly theater, with
ritualistic competition in the
Carpenter's Union hall, and
other activties in the Eagles hall.
Among dignitaries attending
the convention will be Robert
W. Hansen, past Grand Worthy
president ot the Iraternal Order
of Eagles and national chairman
of the program and activities de
partment, and Michael T. Gaff
ney; financial advisor for the
Grand Aerie Eagles. Both are
from Milwaukee, Wis. Also at
tending will be Lawrence
Governors Turn To
State Problems
Williamsburg, Va. IP
The nation's governors buckled
down to discussion of state prob
lems today but national issues
and politics appears to be hold
ing the center of the stage.
President Eisenhower's pro
poal for a joint federal-state
"task force" to carve out areas
in which the states should as
sume more functions now per
formed by the federal govern
ment drew mixed reaction. i
Democrats generaljy spurned
the idea advanced by Eisenhow-
ed Monday night. Most Republi
cans were enthusiastic but even
the GOP governors refrained
from promising any massive re-
ersal of the trend toward great
er power in federal government.
Gov. Earnest W. McFarland of
Arizona, a Democrat, called the
proposal "just another one of
those studies. We've had lots of
studies but nothing ever comes
of them."
Court Seeks More
Road Right of Way
Members of the county court
planned to spend this afternoon
contacting property owners in
regard to acquiring more right-
of-way property for the . stale
secondary highway between
Ross lane and Jacksonville.
The state highway commission
will receive bids Thursday on
improving the road. The project
will be completed this fall, and
is a federal, state and county
participation project.
The court spent Monday in
Roseburg at a district 4 meeting
of the association of Oregon
Counties. Most of the discussion
concerned legislative bills in
cluding bangs disease control
appointment of budget commit
tee members and market areas
for O & C timber lands.
County Judge Rodney Keat
ing is in Portland today attend
ing a meeting of the Oregon
Association of O & C counties.
U. S. Prods Russia To
Exchange Programs
Washington OP! The Unit
ed States has prodded Russia
to agree to a regular exchange
between the two nations of un-
censored radio and television
broadcasts.
The proposal was handed to
Soviet Ambassador Georgi N
Zaroubin Monday by Ambassa
dor William S. Lacey, special
assistant to Secretary of State
John Foster Dulles for East-
West exchanges. The State De
partment said the move was
prompted by the recent appear
ance of Soviet Communist part
boss Nikita S. Khrushchev on an
American TV program.
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Tribune
United Press Full Leased Wire
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No. 82
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MICHAEL T. GAFFNEY
Financial Advisor
Leahy, Wenatchee, Wash
Grand Worthy president, and
Ralph Goodman, Vancouver.
B.C., Grand Aerie president of
the northwest region.
Prior to the convention open
ing a welcoming banquet for
state officers will be held at 6
p.m. Wednesday at the Medford
hotel. City Manager Robert Duff
and Medford Police Chief
Charles Champlin will welcome
the officers. I
Registration will start at 8
a.m. Thursday at the Eagles hall,
and business sessions Thursday
and Friday will start at 10 a.m.
al the Holly theater. The auxili
ary business sessions will be
held in the Knights of Pythias
hall.
A joint meeting, at which
there will be welcoming cere
monies and memorial services.
will be open to the public at 8
p.m. Thursday at McLoughlin
Junior Kiglr school.
Friday at 7 p.m. a drill team
and drum and bugle corps com
petition will be held at Medford
High school stadium. The event
is open to the public. A parade
of drill teams and drum and
bugle corps will start at 1 p.m.
Saturday.
Parade Route Named
The parade will form at Ivy
and West Main sts. at 12:30 p.m.,
and will proceed east on Main
st. to Bartlett st., then to Sixth
St., and west to Ivy st., then
south to Main s., and will dis
band at the Eagles hall.
Drum and bugle and drill
team competition winners will
be announced at a joint meeting
of the Eagles and auxiliary at
the Holly theater at 4 p.m. Sat
urday. E. C. (Chct) Lawson, Eugene,
past slate president, is state
manager for the convention,
and A. W. (Art) Klatt, Medford,
is local chairman. Mrs. Lona
Pickell, Medford, past state
president of the auxiliary, is in
charge of the auxiliary conven
tion, i
Among chairman of slate
committees for the convention
are Ray Smith, Portland, resolu
tions; W. H. Lynch, Eugene, leg
islative; Cass Capon, Portland,
and Jim Sims, Salem, cochair
men of the credentials and elec
tion committee; and Bill Kent,
Empire, Drill team and Drum
corps.
Constructon of New
Home Is Progressing
Construction of the new Jack
son county juvenile detention
home. at the old county fair
grounds site is progressing well,
the county court reported today.
The foundation has been com
pleted, walls erected and heating
plqnt installed. Roofing is in
progress, now. The court said
completion of the . structure is
still planned for September.
Teamsters Not
Move To Oust
San Diego, Calif. HPI The
Teamsters Union high command
today made it clear that it will
not tolerate any move by a re
form clement within the vast or
ganization to oust Frank Brew
ster of Seattle as chairman of
the union's powerful ' 11-state
Western Conference.
Dissatisfaction
There was still an undercur
rent of dissatisfaction this morn
ing and reports that strong ele
ments were considering a last
minute fight to oust Brewster or
at least censure him.
San Francisco area delegates
were reported to be in near open
defiance of the union high com
mand. A closed meeting of Southern
California delegates reportedly
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Nationalist China
Orders Patrols
To Keep Watch
Heaviest "Artillery
Bombardment in Years
Taipeh W Nationalist
China alerted its offshore island
fortresses todav for a possible
Communisi Chinese invasion fol
lowing the heaviest Red artillery
bombardment in nearly three
years.
The defense ministry said "sev
eral" civilians had been killed
and at least 20 others injured in
the bombardment. It was feared
military casualties wSuld run
higher.
War Flares Anew
The vest pocket war between
the Communists and the Nation
alists flared anew Monday night
when Red artillery on Amoy
pounded the Quemoy Island
group with 9,395 rounds.
About 180 houses were lev
eled on little Quemoy, only three
or four miles from the mainland.
The overall casualties arSH dam
ages were heavier than the Na
tionalists suffered at the height
of the "little war" in Septem
ber, 1954.
An air of tension grew rapidly
in the Formosa Straits and in
Taipeh itself, aiid all military 'r
forces were alerted for a possi
ble Chinese Communist attack
from the mainland on the off
shore islands.
Task Force Ordered Out
Press reports in Taipeh said a
strong Nationalist task force
composed of planes and warships
were ordered to patrol along the
Red Chinese coast watching Red
movements.
The Chinese Nationalist bat
teries on yuemoy a-na L,uiie yue-
moy returned tne uommunist
fire which broke out at dinner
time Monday night. There was
no official report on casualties
inflicted by the Nationalists.
Budget Election Set
In Fire District
Central Point A special elec
tion for increasing the levy to
raise additional funds for the
Central Point Rural Fire Pro
tection district will be held
July 2.
The levy is not to exceed five
mills on the dollar. It amounts to
S6.555.52 more than the 6 per
cent limitation.
The reason the district is ask
ing for the increase is the loss
of assessed value within the
district due to the loss of the
Berrydale district which was an
nexed to Medford. About 4b per
rent of the Berrydale area an
nexed was in the CPRFPD.
The district board called the
election at a meeting June 19.
Polls will be open at the fire
hall from 2 to 8 p.m.
McAZsfer To Attend
New York Bar Meeting
Salem W Chief Justice
William C. Perry and Associate
Justice George Rossman of the
Oregon Supreme Court will at
tend the annual convention of
the American Bar Association
in London July 24-31.
In addition, Associate Justices
William McAllister and Randall
Koestner will attend a New
York meeting of the Bar Asso
ciation before it adjouys for its
London session.
Weather
FORKC AST: Fair and warm
through Wednesday. Low to
night 55, high tomorrow 96.
Temp.
Hichett Yesterday 91
Lowest this Morning 52
Our Skies Tonight
Sunrise 4:35 .m.
S-jnsrt 7:53 p.m.
The .Moon rites Wednes
day at 3:38 a.m.
and rides bifih.
New Moon June 27
PROMINENT STARS
The Big Hipper, in the north
west at midnight. Aikaid. the
star at the end of the handle,
is now the highest in the
figure.
To Tolerate
Brewster
endorsed the proposed changes
in the conference's constitution
which would allow the election '
of the chairman.
One union official, who asked
not to be named, said he thought
it was "rotten" the way things
were "rammed down throats'' at
Monday's meeting.
Down To Buiinesa
The conference settled down
to the business aspects of its five
day convention here after the '
question of whether Brewster
would keep his job was resolved
without a fight.
Teamster President Dave Beck
Monday came to Brewster's res
cue. The Teamster boss beat the
reform group to the punch by
reappointing his friend, Brew
ster, to another term.