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State Tentatively
Gets 340,200,000
For Road Building
By A. ROBERT SMITH
Mail Tribune Correspondent
Washington Oregon has
tentatively been allocated $40,-
zoo.000 in federal road building
funds for next years, largest
amount in the state's history,
officials have informed Sec,
Richard L. Neuberger, (D-Ore.).
This amount would be usable
by the state dfuing fiscal 1959
which begins next July 1. It
represents an increase of $4,-
500,000 over the $35,700,000 al
located this year by the bureau
iof roads.
The biggest increase, Neu-
berger was told, will be in the
funds for U.S. 99 and 30, which
are to be four lane, non-stop
links in the interstate highway
network. The figure is being
raised from the $23 million this
year to $27,200,000 next year.
Other amounts are $6,600,000
for primary roads, $4,600,000
for secondary roads and $1,800.-
000 for urban arterials.
The grants are under the
long-range federal highway
program passed by congress
City's Population
To Be Recertified
Medford's population will be
recertified at 23,571. Sept. 25, in
compliance with an amendment
to the state census act passed by
the 1957 legislature.
The number is the same as
that submitted for certification
by the state census board April
15. The amendment, however,
specifies that the estimates shall
be as of July 1, with the certi
fication on Sept. 25 instead of
in April.
The census board decided that
not enough time would have
elapsed since the April 15 esti
mate to justify compilation of
data for new estimates. '
Gilbert Gutjahr, administra
tive assistant to City Manager
Robert Duff, said the city's pop
ulation figure sent to the bu
reau in April was 22,222 and
that the added 1,349 from the
Berrydale annexation was sub
mitted in time for the certifi
cation.
It was expected that other
. towns in Jackson county also
would agree with the earlier es
timates, although the board es
nounced it would receive new
estimates when city officials see
any significant changes in pop
ulation between the time of last
spring's estimate and July 1
1957.
- The estimates serve as the
basis for state highway and
liquor revenue allocations.
Bids Invited for
School Construction
Medford school district 549C
has invited bids for construction
of a dressing room addition to
McLoughlin Junior Hign scnooi.
Plans call for a 99 by 46 foot
block structure to include dress
ins rooms and a wrestling room.
It will have a concrete slab
1 1- nr- and wood room structure
with built-up roofing. Ceiling
will be of gypsum board.
Tttrfs will be received until 1
m Anff 13 at the school ad
ministration building. Plans are
available at the ouice oi wil
ling w Spibert and Donald H.
Sites. 303 U.S. National bank
building.
British Press Praises Duke
For Refusing Hitler Plot
London (IP The Britisn
Dress lavished praise on the
Duke of Windsor today for stay
ing loyal to Britain despite a
fantastic Nazi plot to make him
a Quisling King.
The praise was noteworthy
because London newspapers
have largely ignored the duke
since he gave up the throne.
Splashed on Front P3
Banner headlines of "The Big
Lie" "The Most Fantastic Spy
Story of All," "Crazy War
Story" splashed across the iront
cages of virtually every major
British newspaper acclaiming
the abdicated king. .
Th headlines, and in some
MEDFORD, OREGON, THURSDAY, AUGUST
last year. The state must match
federal aid with 10 per cent
of the interstate grant and 40
per cent of the aid for oth-ar
roads.
Medford Council to
Consider Revised
Business License
A revised business license fee
schedule will be considered by
the city council at a meeting at
7:30 p.m. today in city hall.
Under the ordinance, the city
would be divided into two
zones. Zone A extends roughly
over the downtown business sec
tion; zone B covers the area
outside that but inside the city
limits.
Businesses in zone A will pay
basic fees from $22 to $33. Those
in the outer zone will pay basic
fees from $18 to $27. The dif
ference in basic fees is based on
the classification of the individ
ual business.
Additional Charges
There are additional charges
for from $1 to $2 for each em
ployee more than two, charges
of $12.50 for each licensed or
registered professional associate
or partner more than one, and
varying charges for living or
space-rental units more than
four. , . -' . . -
Estimated revenues from the
proposal are $35,000 more than
the current business license fee.
The council wil also hear any
objections against the proposed
subdivision ordinance.
The council also will consider
a change of zone for the area
from Stevenst st. to Buckshot
Hill rd. to limited commercial.
The requested zone change for
the parcel of land at Spring st.
and Crater Lake ave. would be
included in this change, City
Manager Robert A. Duff, ex
plained. ,
A variance from the -zoning
code for Siskiyou, Memorial
park will be considered.
Also on the agenda, is con
sideration for plans and specifi
cations and bids for .the West
Side interceptor storm sewer.
Arraignment Set
For Two Valley Men
Arraignment of two men
charged in connection with an
attack upon John J. Araway, 39,
Portland, was continued until
this afternoon.
' The pair, Billy Joe Thompson,
24, Gold Hill, and William Mat
thew Nickle, 21, of route 1, Cen
tral Point, appeared, in district
court yesterday afternoon. They
are being held in the Jackson
county jail in lieu of $5,000 bail
each.
They are charged with rob
bery by force and violence while
not armed with a dangerous
weapon.
Araway was taken to Sacred
Heart hospital about 3:30 a.m
Tuesday by Medford Ambulance
service for treatment for injuries
suffered in an altercation on
Highway 99 near the Willow
Springs junction, officers report
ed. His condition was listed as
good by hospital attendants this
morning.
Authorities said the pair al
legedly took $40 from Araway.
cases full-page stories in the
newsprint short papers, told of
the duke s "steadfast loyalty"
against Adolf Hitler's wartime
plot to win him over to the Ger
man side and install him as
king of what Hitler hoped would
be a conquered Britain
Treated With Contempt
The duke, in a statement re
leased Wednesday night, said tie
had "little to add" to earlier
statements on his own part and
from the Foreign Office regard
ing his implication in a Nazi
plot. But he said he treated Nazi
suggestions "with the contempt
they deserved."
(Sea Story on Page 8, Section 2)
Power Struggle
Flares in Senate
Civil Rights Debate
White House Renews
Appropriations Plea
Washington HP A power
struggle flared in the Senate be
tween the Democratic and Re
publican leaders today over a
proposed jury trial amendment
to the civil rights bill.
Democratic leader Lyndon B.
Johnson, who favors the amend
ment,, sought to enlist -strength
by reporting to the Senate that
the presidents of 12 railway
labor unions have endorsed the
jury trial provision.
Republican leader William F.
Knowland, defending the admin
istration's position that the
amendmend would weaken the
bill, replied that the AFL-CIO
Executive Committee is on rec
ord against it.
Administation Renews Plea
These developments came as
the Senate was preparing to
turn from the civil rights bill,
in the fourth week of debate,
for a few hours to complete ac
tion on Defense and Agriculture
Department appropriations. The
White House today renewed a
plea by President Eisenhower
for fast action to enable money
less agencies to meet their Au
gust payrolls.
Meanwhile, supporters of the
jury trial amendment rallied be
hind a revised version which
they hoped would win over
enough doubltful senators to as
sure its approval.
Would Guarantee Trial
The amendment would guar
antee trial by jury for persons
charged with criminal contempt
of court for violating a judge's
order issued to protect Negro
voting rights. The revision,
made Wednesday night, was in
tended to insure that Negroes
would be eligible to serve as
jurors in federal courts.
Sen. Richard L. Neuberger
(D-Ore.) told the Senate that
the modification in the jury trial
amendment could stand on its
own. He urged the Senate to
defeat the jury amendment and
then write in a provision to in
sure selection of jurors in feder
al courts without discrimina
tion as to race.
Sale of Alley Mill
Under Negotiation
Owners of the Alley Brothers
mill in Phoenix are negotiating
for possible sale of the mill to
local interests, according to R.
H. Alley, president. No definite
agreements have-yet been made,
he said.
One shift at the mill has been
laid off in contemplation of a
shutdown, and many employees
have been relocated. Alley said.
At least another week will be
needed to close out woods oper
ations. If the mill is purchased, Alley
stated, it is likely that a shut
down would cover a two week
period while lumber and woods
operations are completed by the
outgoing management.
Talent Girl Injured
In Bicycle Accident
Ashland Betty Sue Pamp
lin, 8-year-old daughter of Mr.
and Mrs. F. H. Pamplin, route
1, Talent, was taken to Ashland
General hospital Wednesday
afternoon for treatment of in
juries suffered in a bicycle-car
accident, state police reported.
She received lacerations and
bruises in a collision on the old
Pacific highway between the
bicycle she was riding and a
vehicle operated by Robert
Duane Lucier, 18, of route 1,
Talent, according to police.
Central Point Youths
Lectured on Behavior
Four juvenile boys from Cen
tral point listened to a talk on
theater behavior from Medford
police late Wednesday night
after they attempted vocally to
drown out screaming teen-age
girls at an Elvis Presley movie.
A Craterian usher called po
lice when the four gave her
"a bad time" outside the theater
after she had asked them to be
quiet during the movie, police
said.
Salem flP Ground break
ing ceremonies for the new $15
million F. H. Dammasch hos
pital near Wilsonville will be
held Aug. 16, William Ryan,
secretary of the State Board of
Control, said today.
Tribune
1, 1957
"Do You Think' It's
New Plywood Plant
Planned in Valley
White City A new plywood
manufacturing plant will be in
stalled here soon.
It has been incorporated by
seven Vancouver, Wash., men
and is scheduled to begin opera
tions late in September, accord
ing to Eldon McNamer, presi
dent of the board of directors.
The firm, to be known as
"White City Plywood company,"
was incorporated last week at
$100,000 under the laws of the
state.
Smallest Among Four
It will begin as probably the
smallest among four other ply
wood manufacturing concerns at
White City.
McNamer said the plant will
operate with 32 employees. In
addition, five of the seven stock
holders, including McNamer,
will fill managerial and fore
man positions.
The company will install a
straight sheeting or lay-up mill,
with ro sander. The initial plant
facility will be able to process
about 2JA million square feet of
?8-inch plywood . per month.
However, by spring, 1958, a
second drier may be - added
which will raise production to
approximately 3b million
square feet per month.
Equipment will be installed
in the old White City Iron and
Steel company building, which,
with a five-acre lot, has been
leased fo." 10 years and optioned
for four subsequent 10-year
periods. The property was leased
from White City Realty.
Concrete Base Poured
The all-steel structure is 60
feet wide and "300 feet long. A
concrete base for the drier will
be poured this week, and deliv
ery on the drier is expected from
Portland within three weeks.
All veneer, or raw sheets of
lumber, will be Douglas fir
bought on the open market from
peeler mills. The sheets will be
stored on the ground outside the
plant previous to processing.
The president estimated that
75 per cent of the plywood com
ing out of the mill would be
shipped to eastern and midwest
ern markets, with the remaining
25 per cent to enter markets in
the north.
White City Plywood holds a
contract with City Wood Pro
ducts in Seattle which will' act
as sales agent for the company.
McNamer's list of equipment
to be installed for processing the
wood included a drier, a patch
ing machine, a taping machine,
a spreader, a six-ram press, a
skinner and cut-off saw, and
three new hysters.
Seren Stockholders
The ' seven Vancouver stock
holders combine about 100 years
of experience in the plywood
industry. All except one, have
Weather
FORECAST: Fair through Fri
day. Low tonight 52, high Fri
day 88.
Temp.
Richest yesterday -.. 82
Lowest this morning 46
Our Skies Tonight
Sunrise
Snnset
5:63 a.m.
7:3 p.m.
10:40 o.m.
Moonset
First Quarter Aug. 2
A telescope pointed tonight a
few degrees north of the moon
in the constellation Virgo, would
show us the planet Neptune.
This planet is more than three .
times as large as the earth and
revolves around the sun every '
165 years.
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been working for Vancouver
Plywood company, third largest
plywood concern in the three
west coast states, according to
McNamer.
McNamer himself "spent 32
years with Vancouver Plywood,
the last two as plant superin
tendent. Stockholders besides the presi
dent include Walter Marugg,
Arlie S. Straw, Henry A. Dotter
Jr., G. S. Stubbs", Arvin S. Capps
and Paul Schultz.
. Most of them will assume the
positions in the White City mill
that- they .-now hold- atVan
couver. Dotter is general man
ager at Vancouver Plywood,
Capps is green end foreman,
Stubbs is a lathe spotter, and
Straw is the bluing foreman.
Schultz is a Vancouver farmer.
McNamer and his wife have
taken up residence at 515 South
Riverside ave. here, after mov
ing from Vancouver. Four of
the six stockholders will be here
when the mill opens, McNamer
said, and the other two will fol
low in about a. year.
All will be members of the
company board of directors.
Capps will be vice president,
and Stubbs secretary-treasurer.
McNamer explained that the
men have been planning an in
dependent plywood operation for
about -two years.
He liked Medford, he stated,
because of shipping advantages
and the supply of raw material.
Suspect Questioned
In Bludgeon Slaying
Portland (IP) Portland
city police Wednesday night
picked up a man for questioning
in the bludgeon slaying of
Charles Henry Sims, 43, Port
land. The man was picked up after
it was reported that he was seen
with Sims on Tuesday night.
However,, the "man was intoxi
cated Wednesday night and po
lice were unable to get anything
out of him. . Sim's body was
found underneath - the Steel
bridge Wednesday morning. '
Deputy Coroner William Far
rell identified the man and said
that he had been stoned and
stabbed to death.- No motive for
the crime has been found.
Former Senator George
Said Growing Weaker
Vienna, Ga. (IB Former
Sen. Walter F. George was re
ported growing weaker today in
his fight for life.
George has been in critical
condition at his home here for
about nine days, suffering from
atherosclerosis, a disease involv
ing a narrowing or clotting of
the blood vessels that nourish
the heart.
Tire Prices Raised
By Goodyear Company
. Akron, Ohio W) The
Goodyear Tire and Rubber Co.
has announced a 3 per cent in
crease in tire prices effective
today. '
Goodyear was the first of the
industry's "big five" to - settle
with the United Rubber Work
ers Union for a 15 cent hourly
package wage increase.
Washington Hit President
Eisenhower played golf this afternoon.
$180 Million for
Construction in
Next Fiscal Year
Two Rogue Basin,
Savage Rapids Jobs
San Francisco (IP) Details of
a $180 million bureau of recla
mation construction program to
be undertaken this fiscal year
were announced today by Com
missioner of Reclamation W. A.
Dexheimer following the con
clusion of the annual program
ming conference.
Subject lo Action
The construction program, as
well as other phases of the bu
reau's activities for the year, is
subject to congressional action.
The House has completed action
on the annual appropriation
measure as has the Senate Ap
propriations committee." Pending
action by the Senate and accep
tance of a conference report by
the House and Senate, the Bu
reau of Reclamation has been
functioning by the authority of
a concurrent resolution.
Construction contemplated by
the Bureau of Reclamation this
fiscal year which ends June 30,
1958, will result in a water sup
ply for 150,700 acres of land not
presently irrigated and a sup
plemental supply for 93,600
acres now receiving an insuffi
cient supply. An additional 102,
700 kilowatts of hydroelectric
generating capacity will be
placed in operation at multipur
pose projects built by the Bureau
of Reclamation in the 17 states
west of the Mississippi river.
New Starts Contemplated
Five new starts on projects or
units of projects are contem
plated ' although some of these
are. contingent upon action by
the Congress. They are Little
Wood river, Idaho; Crooked
river, Oregon; Wapinitia, Juni
per division, Oregon, and the
Ainsworth and Farwell units of
the Missouri River basin project
in Nebraska.
Southern Oregon projects in
clude the following:
Rogue River basin project.
Talent division, Oregon, $6,189,
510; -to continue work on the
Deadwood tunnel, which will be
completed this year, the How
ard Prairie dam and reservoir.
the Howard Prairie delivery ca
nal, and the 16,000-kilowatt
Green Springs power plant.
Savage. Rapids tdam fish pro
tection facilities, Oregon, $175,
991; to proceed with installation
of fish screens as directed by the
Congress in 1956.-
Rogue- River basin project,
Oregon, $205,000; to complete
betterment of main canal used
jointly by Medford Irrigation
district and. Rogue River Valley
irrigation district.
Four Meted Terms
In Plywood Fraud
Portland HP) Four elderly
persons today received federal
prison sentences following their
conviction last June of violating
federal statutes in promotion of
the Mount Hood Hardboard and
Plywood Cooperative of Esta
cada. Sentenced were Glenn R.
Munkers, 65, Salem, seven
years; W. W. Lock, 77, Salem,
three years; Archie L. Bones,
G9, Salem 18 months, and Mrs.
Helen Davenport,- 78, Portland,
one year.
Co-defendenats awaiting sen
tencing are E. R. Errion, 56,
Seattle; Alan Wright, 42, Salem
and Portland, and Roland Mont
gomery, 42, Hood River.
Holmes Asks Relaxing
Of Tight Money Policy
Salem- (IP) Gov. Robert D.
Holmes appealed to President
Eisenhower today for relaxation
of the "tight money" policy and
Federal Housing administration
down payment standards to help
Oregon's depressed lumber in
dustry. In a letter to the president.
Gov. Holmes said mill after mill
has already closed or is faced
with long-term shutdowns di
rectly traceable to the so-called
"tight money" policy which Jias
been applied to the residential
construction industry.
Oregon Farm, Home Loans To Veterans
Limited Because of Shortage of Money
Salem HPI Veterans' farm
and home loans will be limited
to about 80 a month starting to
day because the supply of bond
money is running out, the State
Department of Veterans Affairs
announced.
New Record for Loans
The department set a new rec
ord for loans in July with 585
World War il and Korean vet
erans receiving $5,585,850.
Director H. C. Saalfeld ex
plained that proceeds of the de
partment's last bond sale of $15
million on July 29 are already
earmarked for loans and that
from now on, loans will have
West Agrees To
Present Aerial
Inspection Plan
London (IP! Western disarmament delegates meeting with
Secretary of State John Foster Dulles agreed today to start
presenting their joint aerial inspection plan to the Soviet Union
either Friday or next week.
Informed sources said U.S. disarmament expert Harold E.
Stassen would submit it formally in the U.N. Disarmament Sub
committee. Thenext meeting is scheduled for Friday.
French Foreign Minister Christian Pineau flew to London
today but was delayed in traffic en route from the airport and
did not, make this morning's two-hour session.
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Ashland Youth
Fatally Injured
in Crash Today
Gary Dean Holman, 17, son
of Mr. and Mrs. .Walter D. Hol
man, 215 Ohio st., Ashland, died
in a local hospital this morning
of - a skull fracture received in
traffic accident at Hillcrest
and North Phoenix roads., state
police reported.
Holman was the only passen
ger in a 1943 jeep driven Dy
Richard Jennings Barksdale, 17,
of 463 Palm st., Ashland.
Investigating officers said Hol
man suitered tne latal injury
when he was thrown from the
jeep after it skidded onj a sharp
left turn and rolled over at the
intersection about 7:10 ajn.
He was taken to the hospital
by Medford Ambulance and died
shortly thereafter, police said.
Barksdale, who also was
thrown from the jeep, was not
injured, according to the report.
Litwiller Funeral Home, Ash
land, will announce funeral ar
rangements.
50 Acres of Brush
Burn Near
Murphy
Fire burned off a 50-acre area
of brush and forest reproduction
in an old burn site about a half
mile south of Murphy yesterday.
About 45 men from the Jack
son and Josephine headquarters
of the southwest district of the
state forestry department fought
the blaze.
Two crews of four men each
from Jackson county's head
quarters were still on the scene
this morning "mopping up."
The local state forestery de
partment office said today the
fire started about 2 p.m. yester
day. .About three fire - fighting
crews from here were sent to aid
crews from the Grants Pass
headquarters.
Defense Funds Given
Approval by Senate
Washington (IP) The Senate
completed belated action today
on the $33,759,850,000' defense
appropriation bill, for the fiscal
year which began July 1. That
removed any chance of payless
paydays in the armed forces.
The action was taken by voice
vote after the Senate had tem
porarily sidetracked the civil
rights bill, which has blocked
consideration of other measures
since July 8. Approval of the
Agriculture Department appro
priation also was scheduled for
today.
Salem (IPi State Labor
Commissioner Norman O. Nil
sen will leave Friday for a trip
to Norway.
Baseball
AMERICAN LEAGUE
Chicago 4 5 0
Washington 5 7 1
' Harshman, Fischer (6), Sta
ler (7). and Llollar, Battey (7);
Stobbs, Clevenger (9) and Fitz
gerald. to be made from proceeds of
monthly loan repayments that
average ' around $800,000;
"Out of this $15 million bond
issue we have committed $8
million to loans," Saalfeld said,
"and the applications on hand as
of July 31 just about uses up
the rest."
Bond Limit Reached
The department can't issue
any more bonds for loans pur
poses because the state constitu
tion limits bonds outstanding for
this purpose to 4 per cent of the
state's assessed ' valuation. This
limit was reached with the July
Dulles was . expected to fill
him in on the details at lunch.
Both were scheduled to attend
another western session this aft
ernoon. U.S. delegation sources said
Stassen's presentation of the new
western plan and his step by
step explanation of it to Soviet
Delegate Valerian Zorin would
require two weeks more of
meetings here.
Report Approval Expected
Friday's meeting, alreadv
twice postponed, is expected to
approve a report to the parent
Disarmament Committee and re
quest permission for continued
meetings of the subcommittee.
It was believed Zorin had agreed
to this Wednesday at lunch with
Dulles and other western delega
tion chiefs. ,
London sources said the dele
gates were agreed on an Ameri
can "open skies" inspection sys
tem but were reported to have
encountered West German ob
jections to a Soviet plan to in
stall ground observers in the
West. -
West German Denial
But a West German govern
ment spokesman in Bonn denied
that West German objections to
ground inspection were holding
up the London disarmament
talks.
Well informed German sources
said any difficulties in the
ground inspection scheme arose
out of the problem of controlling
the inspectors. And the German
sources said West Germany was
reluctant to see Soviet inspectors
roaming about Germany.
Porter fo Introduce
Rogue Bill Today
Congressman Charles O. Por
ter was to have introduced a
bill in Congress today which
would authorize about $66,500,
000 for completion of the Rogue
River Basin project.
He first announced plans to
introduce such a bill last March,
but delayed doing so until he
could assemble more informa
tion about the needs of the area.
The bill includes provisions
for irrigation, flood control,
power- plants, and recreation
areas. It includes provisions for
conservation and re-establishment
of fish and wildlife re
sources of the basin, fish hatch
eries, wildlife refuges and other
developments.
The complete text of the pro
posed bill appears on page 4 of
today's Mail Tribune.
Preliminary Hearing
Postponed in Court
Preliminary hearing for Wil
liam Douglas Edwards, 32, Med
ford, charged with assault with
a deadly weapon, has been post
poned until next Wednesday in
district court. He is being held
in county jail in lieu of $25,000
bail.
Preliminary hearing original
ly was scheduled for this morn
ing. Edwards was taken into cust
ody about 6 p.m. Monday by
Medford police. They said they
received a report Edwards had
fired a rifle into a house and
into the air in the Pearl st. area.
Salem (IPI Farm woodland
owners grossed $1,421,741 from
sale of wood products last fiscal
year, Assistant State Forester
Don Maus has reported.
29 issue.
On loans applications received
starting today, Saalfeld said no
commitment will be made the
veteran until funds from loan re
payments are available. The vet
eran will be advised of the ap
proximate waiting period and, if
he still wants. the loan, he will
get it when funds are available.
To Vote Oi Higher Limit
The people will vote in 1958
on a proposal to raise the de
partment's loan fund limit from
four to six per cent. This would
permit issuance of about $40
million more in loan bonds.
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