Medford mail tribune. (Medford, Or.) 1909-1989, August 15, 1957, Image 1

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Newspaper Page Texto 0 Mouse--Committee Ignores Presutenfs P .. . . I , llf , STANDS ALONE Accused Russian spy. Colonel Rudlof Ivanovich Abel (left) leaves the Federal Detention House in New York on his way to the U. S. District Court in Brooklyn for a hearing on espionage charges. Abel had no lawyer to represent him. He sought to retain John Abt, but the "some times" attorney for the Communist Party turned him down because of, "prior commitments." Judge Refuses To Quash Libel Charges Against Confidential Hollywood UPl Superior Judge Herbert V. Walker today refused to quash criminal libel charges against Confidential magazine and kept jittery movie stars on the hook to testify about their intimate secrets. Rejection of the defense mo tion paved the way for resump tion Friday of a parade of spice the likes of which Hollywood hasn't dished out since the days of Errol Flynn's court troubles. Two Fleas Overruled Defense attorney Arthur Crowley had moved that all charges of criminal libel be el iminated from the case. He also had moved that the other main charge, conspiracy to print ob scenity, be stricken. This plea also was overruled. This would have left only two lesser charges, printing articles on abortion and loss of man hood, to be decided. Neither of a these, nor the obscenity charges would have required testimony from any of the film luminaries named thus far in the already lurid testimony. But now, barring some fur ther legal move by the prosecu tion of the defense, Hollywood won't be spared the embarras ment of having some of her most ., glamorous names dragged . into the stand to "tell the truth" about their boudoir lives. Long Trial Expected And the trial can be expected to roll along for weeks. Already a parade of stories from the pages of Confidential and sister publication, Whisper, Pre-School Testing Set for Children The annual pre-school test ing for under-age children wno wish to enter Medford public schools will begin Aug. 19 and extend through Aug. 30, schooi officials announced today. According to -Oregon law, children are accepted for Sep tember entrance in the first grade, if they become six years of age on or before Nov. 15. The Medford public schools will ac cept younger pupils who become six years of age on ' or before January 31, 1958. providing they show a mental develop ment of 61 2 years on a mental age test, officials said. Parents having under - age children whom they wish to en roll should call the school ad ministration office, SP 3-3683. between 8 a.m. and 5 p.m. to secure appointments. All test- ine is expected to be completed prior to school opening, officials pointed out. Nun Wages Lone Fight Against Turning Nation Into dan Marino W Sister Veronica Serri, an 80-year-old nun stood firmly today against plans to turn this smallest Com munist nation in the world into a full fledged Marxist state. Fighting General Council's The aged but tough abbess of the 300-year-old Santa Chiara convent school is fighting the Communist-controlled Grand and General Council of the Re public of San Marino which an nounced it would turn the re public into a Marxist state. its aims included "democratiz has featured such box office at tractions as- Frank Sinatra, Rob ert Mitchum, Jayne Mansfield, Mae West, June Allyson, Mau reen O'Hara, Eddie Fisher and Corinne Calvet. The stories were read into the record We'dnesday. Friday will bring more sensa tional exposures about other lu minaries. ; Walker's decision was made with the jury not present. . "You , are splitting hairs," Walker told Crowley, who was arguing that Walker's court,- be ing in California, cannot rule on a conspiracy or libel commit ted in another state. City Police Conduct Small Arms School Medford city police are spon soring their second small arms school of the year today and Fri day, according to Police Chief Charles P. Champliu. The two-day school is being held at the National Guard pistol range at Camp White. There will be two sessions on - each day. Morning sessions are scheduled between 9 a!m. and noon while the afternoon sessions will be from 1 p.m. to 5 p.m. Chief Champlin, who will be the instructor, said today's classes will be an introduction and examinations will be held at the Friday class. City Police Lt. Jack E. McMillan will act as Chief Cham.lin's assistant. The course will consist of the "practical pistol course" which is designed and used by the FBI to give training in use of both hands, different ranges, positions and slow and rapid fire. Instruction will be on the .38 caliber service pistol with a spe cial course being given with the shotgun. All area law enforce ment agencies have been invited to participate in the school, Champlin added. Waiting Period (or Licenses to Start A three-day waiting period be tween application and issuance of marriage license goes into ef fect in Jackson county Aug. 20, according to Mrs. Bereth Hop kins, county clerk. The waiting period has been on Oregon laws previously but was repealed by the legislature in 1953. The 1957 legislature re established it. Persons applying for marriage licenses must wait three -days be fore the license is issued, under the revision, Mrs. Hopkins said. Full - Fledged Marxist State ation" of the government, na- tionalation of private property through a state lease system, eventual state ownership of in dustry and "closer diplomatic relations with the peoples de mocracies." But then it attacked religious education. Secretary of State for Internal Affairs Domenico Moganti ordered the nuns to close their school and send their pupils to the stae-run schools which teach the principles of Marxism. Russian Passenger Plane Crashes Into Copenhagen Bay 18 Passengers, Five Crewmen Said Killed Copenhagen, Denmark fin A Soviet passenger plane clip ped the chimney of a power sta tion while coming in for a land ing today and spun into Copen hagen harbor, killing the 18 passengers and five crewmen aboard. The plane a twin-engined Ilyu-shin-14, was flying in from'Riga, the former Latvian, capital on the Baltic coast, for a landing at Kastrup Airport outside Co penhagen when the crash oc curred. A United Press reporter who saw the passports taken off three of the bodies laid out on the quayside said they were Russian diplomatic passports. The three were Alex Rosine, 37, Maria Bouchowa, 31, and Ninel Silina, 27. Silina was attached to the Soviet Embassy at Oslo. Seamen Believed Aboard Seamen's clothing was seen floating on the surface of the harbor after the crash and it was believed some of the pas sengers were Russian seamen. There was some speculation at first but no evidence the passengers may have included Americans returning from the Moscow Youth Festival. A num ber of American youth have left Moscow recently by plane. The plane sank in about 26 feet of water with only its tail sticking up above the surface. All available harbor craft con verged on the area to seek pos sible survivors and look for bodies. Other craft searched a wider area of the harbor. Pinball Machines Ordered Destroyed Four pinball machines seized in raids March 15 have been,' or dered destroyed by the district attorney. Men who were arrested as owners of the machines have each forfeited $100 bail in dis trict court. The four, arrested March 15, were charged with possessing, displaying and oper ating games of chance. Charles William Gleim, Rapp Lane, 1 a 1 e n t; and Sam O. Proiigh, 1019 Mt. Pitt ave., were arrested ..by sheriff's officers at the Talent club. They appeared in court April 2, pleaded not guilty, and were freed on $100 bail each with trial date set Aug. 6a nd 8, according to the district attorney's office. Lloyd Keller, 43 South Front st., and Joseph Edward Strat man, were arrested by city po lice the same evening, Keller at The Tavern, and Stratman at the Medford hotel, police records show. They appeared April 2, plead ed not guilty, and were released on $100 bond. None of the four appeared for trial early this month, and each forfeited $100, court officials said. The district attorney ordered the county sheriff to destroy the pinball machines which were taken into custory at the time of the arrests. Council to Hold Public Hearings Public hearings on three items will be held at a meeting of the city council at 7:30 p.m. r today in the city hall council cham bers. Hearings will be on a request for a change of zone for prop erty on the east side of Crater Lake ave. from north of Stevens st. to Buckshot Hill rd.; paving an alley in the Willeke addition; and installation of a sanitary sewer on Woodlawn dr. The council also will consider requesting a re-hearing by the Public Utilities commission on the proposed Eighth st.-Southern Pacific railroad crossing. Bids will be opened and con tracts awarded for general obli gation bonds for the arterial street program and the storm sewer program.. She told Morganti from the hilltop abbey where she has taught since 1898 that she will carry, the fight to the council itself and, if necessary, to the 15,000 inhabitants of the 30-square-mile republic. In Operation Since 1609 Her school has been in opera tion since 1609 and it boasts that Sister Veronica's girls consist ently outshine the girls of the state school in state exams to enter higher schools. Many of the wives of the top party bosses were taught by Sister Ysronica. 52nd Year Medford United Press Full Leased Wire 28 Pages Hoffa Said Not To Be Acceptable as Head of Teamsters Air-Tight Case Said Not Yet Developed - Chicago HP) Midwest Team sters Boss Jimmy Hoffa will not be acceptable to the AFL-CIO Executive Council as president of the huge trucking union, in formed sources said today. The council's attitude toward Hoffa stiffened as a result of backstage discussions by nation al labor leaders at the four-day council meeting ending today. Considered Cinch ' Hoffa has no significant 'op posftion in his bid for the Team sters top job and is considered a cinch to be installed in tho $50,000 a year post. AFL-CIO officials thus far have not developed an air-tight case against the 44-year-old Teamster tough guy but believe that his associations and activ ities should bar him from a top leadership position, the sources said. The Teamsters Union faces, a showdown with the AFL-CIO next month on charges that the union is dominated by corrupt influences, but Hoffa has not been included in the AFLCfQ- indictment made public. Unless accused President Dave Beck and two other top officials are removed, the Teamsters might be ousted from the united labor movement.. Some council members are frankly worried that ouster of the large trucking union would deprive other unions of a tre mendous weapon in waging strikes. Other council members say the AFL-CIO will have to live with that problem and suspend the union if Hoffa becomes Teamster chief informed sources said. Decision on Henley Boy Due Next Month Klamath Falls (1PM- Circuit Judge David R. Vandenberg said today that he would not decide until court reconvenes in September what action will be taken against Bernie Kurtz, 13-year-old Henley youth who killed his best friend, John Morris, 11, of Henley last Sun day. The boy may be tried in ju venile court or ne may stand trial in Circuit Court. Young Kurtz told police that he shot his companion because he was afraid he would tell that they had taken some guns from a Henley residence. The shoot ing took place on Bly mountain, east of Klamath Falls. CAPITAL'S GAIN June Roberta Cook, 20, of Arling ton, Va. adjusts her ribbon after winning the Miss Wash ington, D. C. title in the na tion's capital A talented pianist, she will represent the District of Columbia in the Miss America Pageant at Atlantic City Sept 2-8. yi.S.-Syria delations m greaking Mint 1 MEDFORD, OREGON, THURSDAY, AUGUST 15, 1957 "Forward! We'll Win This Fight If It Kills You" Research Project Set To Study Pear Tree 'Loss ofYigor' Here A research project to study cases of pear tree "loss of vigor" in Jackson county orchards has been set up by Oregon State college, according to C. B. Cor dy, county horticultural agent. The project will involve ex perts in horticulture, soils, and plant pathology. Five local orchards have, been selected as examples for the study. They represent different soil and cultural circumstances, and different phases of the problem. Cordy said "loss of vigor" in southern Oregon pear trees has grown into the "acute phase" in the past two years. "At pres ent it is not a serious problem, but poses a serious threat," Cor dy explained. Refer to 'Decline' Pear trees near Yakima, Wash., are suffering from a "disastrous"1 affliction referred to as . "de cline." Cordy stated that Jackson county's trouble is believed to be of a different nature.. Cordy said the men cooperat ing in the study project hope to find a preventative, but do not Russia Tells Need of Foreign Withdrawal . London OP) Russia de clared today there can be no first step disarmament' agree ment without some withdrawal of foreign forces from Germany and a start toward eliminating overseas military bases else where. - Soviet Deputy Foreign Minis ter Valerian Zorin put his blunt condition, before the five-power Disarmament Conference in a long speech that dimmed hopes of any agreement. Foresf Crews Battling Fire on Butte Falls Road Three crews from the state forestry department were bat tling a three-acre brush fire to day behind the Midway service station on Butte Falls rd. Forest patrol headquarters said that the blaze was under control. It was reported about 10:30 a.m. Cause had not yet been learned. Weather FORECAST: Fair throush Fri day. Low tonight 52. High Friday SS. Temp.- Hirhes! Yesterday ft Lowest This Morning 51 . Our Skies Tonight ! Sunrise 5:18 a.m. Sunset 7:13 p.m. Moonrise 9:23 p.m. Last Quater ' Aug. 18 PROMINENT STARS The Big Dipper, sinking in the northwest at monnrlse. VISIBLE PLANETS Venus, low in west '8:04 p.m. Jupiter, low in west S:19 pjn. Saturn, low in southwest 10:06 p.m. United expect to come up with a cure A meeting was held in Cordy's office yesterday to plan the re search. Attending were Cordy; Roland C: Blake, horticulturist at the Medford experiment sta tion; S. R. Apple, horticulturist, Ron Cameron and John Mil brath, plant pathologists, and Don Evans, soil specialist, all of Oregon State college. All six will . work on the project. Large Balloon Seen From Valley Today A large balloon, spotted by several valley residents at dawn today, was reported by the U.S. weather- bureau station here as not being a weather balloon. Probably released by the mili tary or some university for re search purposes, local weather bureau officials said the number of such ballons released along the coast had increased consid erably since July 1, beginning of the International Geophysical Year. Officials estimated the balloon at 100,000 feet and was being pushed by an east wind at that elevation. At . daybreak the weather bureau and city police depart ment were flooded with calls from residents regarding the ob ject. , Estimated Earnings Of Americans Higher Washington '. API The gov ernment today estimated Amer icans will earn about $345,500, 000,000 during the next 12 months. - ... The Commerce Department estimate, based on July earnings and projected over a period: of one years, was about $750 mil lion higher than the prediction in June. Wilson Indicates Cut In U. 5. Armed Forces . Washington (IP) : Defense Secretary Charles E. Wilson in-, dicated today that the American armed forces may be cut to 2, 500,000 men in the next 18 months. That would be 300,000 fewer than the services now have. Twining Takes Oath as Joint Chiefs Chairman Washington HP) Gen. Nathan F. Twining was sworn in at the White House t&iay as new chair man of the Joint Chiefs of Staff. He immediately pledged the armed services to keep the peace through strength. , Price 10 Cents Tribune Press Full Leased Wire No. 126 Cooperation With Russians Seen as Reason for Rift Crisis Developing For More Than Year Washington (ID Diplo matic relations between the United States and Syria were near the breaking point today. But American officials said any such move is up to Syria. They said the U.S. government does not intend to cut off all relations with the Middle East ern country, now at the lowest point in recent history. Developing For Year This crisis in American-Syrian relations has been developing for more than a year because of the Syrian government's policy ef cooperation with the Soviet Union. Some U.S. diplomats be lieve Syria under its present re gime has virtually a Soviet satel lite status. . The explosion was reached this week when Syria suddenly accused the U.S. of plotting to over-throw the Syrian govern ments. Two American diplomats and. the U.S. military 1 attache were told to get out of Syria. U.S. Relatiates ' - 1 The Stats Department retali ated Wednesday by ousting Dr. Farid Zeirreddine, Syrian am bassador to the U.S., and Dr Yassin Zakaria, second secre tary of the Syrian Embassy here. The State Department simu laneously announced that James S. Moose Jr., U.S. ambassador to Syria now in the U.S. for home leave and reassignment, "is not returning to Syria." It said the ambassadorial post will remain vacant for the foreseeable, fut ure. The U.S. Embassy in. Syria will be kept open, however, with Robert C. Strong in charge. Arm Deal With Soyieti Syria has signed an arms deal with the Soviet Union estimated to call for $100 million in Rus sian arms and training. On Aug. 6 the Soviet Union and Syria announced that Mos cow is ready to consider provid ing technical aid to Syria. At the same time, Syria has been sup porting Soviet policies in the United - Nations and opposing American puolicies. Syria joined Egypt in rejecting American aid under the Eisenhower doctrine. Medford Youth Bound Over to Grand Jury Robert Gale Corbett, 18, of 516 Liberty St., has been bound over to the grand jury after an appearance in district court yes terday. Bail was set at $1,500. . Corbett is charged with grand larceny in connection with the theft of $176 from Medford Bowling Lanes, 821 North River side ave., July 29. - - City police arrested' Corbett and several juveniles at the time of the theft One, a 17-year-old Medford boy, was recommitted to McLaren school in juvenile court yesterday. He had been on parole from the school. Another Medford youth, 18 years old, was placed on formal court probation. Circuit Judge Edward Kelly presided. Boat Crewman Another journey Like This Gold Beach (IP) George Marchman, Coos Bay, a crewman on a fishing boat, had a 20-mile voyage in an eight-foot craft that he doesn't plan to repeat. - Marchman and Jack Lane, owner of the fishing boat Sea Gull, put into Port Orford Mon day with a- load of salmon'. Lane took the fish to Harbor to sell them. Oar Broke Marchman got into the small boat about 11 p.m. Monday and headed fof the Sea Gull" 150 yards away. " ' -The one oar in the small boat broke. The oar drifted away. So Appropriations Group Votes Cut In Foreign Aid Eisenhower Threatens Special Session Washington (IP) The House Appropriations Committee today ignored President Eisenhower's pleas and voted to cut his for eign aid program $809,650,000. The appropriation measure was scheduled to go before the House for a vote on passage later, today. The bill carries $3,191,810,000, including $2,524,760,000 in new cash and $667,050,000 reappro priated from unspent funds voted in previous years. Eisenhower said Wednesday that substantial cuts in money for the foreign aid program would force him to call Congress back into special session next fall. Despite this worning, a House sub-committee voted the $809,650,000 cash reduction. New Eisenhower Appeal About an hour before the full 50-member Appropriations Com mittee acted on the bill today, the President in a new White House statement said the cut might seriously hamper "the best interests of the United States." . But the group nevertheless approved the cut with the declar ation that the amount voted would be enough for the purpose of keeping U. S. allies militar ily and economically strong. The committee was not, how ever, aware of the President's latest warning when it approved its subcommittee's action. To Carry Fight To Floor , Republican members of the group said they would carry Ei senhower's fight to the House floor. They protested what Rep. Gordon Canfield (R-N.J.) called the committee's "unseemly haste" in acting on the appropri ation bill. Eisenhower, meanwhile, was reported prepared to fight to the bitter end for the additional' funds he believes vital to the Free World's defenses. The bill still has to clear the House and Senate before it goes to him for signing , - O&C Money Totals Near $M Million Jackson county's earnings for fiscal year 1956-57 were $1,537, 528.15 for timber sold on re vested Oregon and California railroad grant lands, according to the bureau of land manage ment, -i This compared with $1,867, 393.17 earned on O and C lands last year, and was second high est among 18 Oregon counties, largest amount, $2,462,202.29. The counties will receive U.S. treasury checks for the amounts soon, according to Virgil Heath, BLM state supervisor. A total of $9,805,664.24 will be paid in the state. The figure represents 75 per cent of the total receipts for O and C timber during the fiscal year, less $4, 495,000 allotted by the counties for construction and mainten ance of O and C access roads. The federal government's 25 per cent share to total receipts was $4,766,888.08. " BLM Director Edward Wooz ley said the total O and C in come of $19,067,552.32 includes $3,298,648.06 which was col lected by the forest service from sales on the half million acres of O and C lands administered by that agency. Baseball AMERICAN LEAGUE Chicago 4 7 1 Cleveland 5 7 2 Harshman, Staley (7) and Lollar; Mossi and Hegan. . NATIONAL LEAGUE Brooklyn 4 9 1 New York 9 11 0 Drysdale, Bessent (8) and Walker; Barclay, McCormick (1), Monzant (3), Worihington (7) and Thomas. . , Not Planning did the boat and Marchman, M A brisk northwest wind car ried him to the open sea. March man bailed as best he could and at times had to lay flat on the bottom of the boat to keep from going overboard. Fails To Attract Attention He was carried southward along the coast and on Tuesday could see cars on Highway 101. His attempts to attract their at tention failed. Finally, about 1 p.m. Tuesday the small craft was carried ashore at Ophir, 20 miles south of his starting point. He obtained dry clothing and food at a nearby residence.