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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
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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
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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. ,
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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.