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Faubus rd EMirS to "X 52nd Year MED United Press Full Leased Win 28 Pages Condi. LLivDimg By DON ROBINSON Mail Tribune Staff Writer A lithe, lovely Scandinavian high school girl has come from her town on a lake in Sweden to spend a year in Medford. She is 16-year-old Margareta Larsdotter-Aulin, of Falun, Swe den. Last week she enrolled as one of 241 students in the senior class at Medford High school, and will graduate from there in June, 1958. A year ago, Margareta was studying at the Falun Girls Com munity school in her 10th year of formal education. There hasn't been time to compare schools, but she "has heard America would be easier." Last Year's Subject Her school subjects last year indicate she will probably find that true: English, German, French, history, geography, mathematics, biology, physics, chemistry and religion. Not all of these are taught each day, she explained. Margareta arrived in the Unit ed States with 700 high school students from Europe aboard the ship Arosa Sky, docking at New York Aug. 13. Scheduled to be flown to Medford the next day, Margareta was detained four days in a New York hotel with a "touch" of Asian flu. She reached Medford via San Francisco Aug. 18, and since has been staying with the five mem bers of the Frank Bash family at their home. 1325 Bundy st. Swedish Tradition Margareta is about 5 feet, 7 inches tall, her light brown hair combed in an easy wave to her shoulders. Her smooth, fair skin upholds the Swedish tradition. Though only 16. she has a ma turity and an ability to arrange and voice her thoughts uncom mon in girls of comparable age in this country. One of the first things she no ticed about Oregon and the Rogue river valley was the height of surrounding mountains and the thickness of the timber lands. She comes from "the middle of Sweden" and there are trees, yes. But, "the hills are more rolling, and the forests more open." American Food She was next most impressed with the difference between American food and that of home. Swedish people eat "heavier meals . . . potatoes two times a day, and lots of fish, of course." Light lunches and sandwiches surprised Margareta here. However, the change did not affect her appetite, and although she had never tasted potato chips, corn on the cob, pickles or olives (which she doesn't realy care to taste again), she likes most American food. Margarita comes from a land where students ride bicycles or walk from place to place. The crowded automobile parking lot at Medford high was new to her. Skilled Swimmer Since her arrival in this coun try, Margarita has spent a good part of her time in the swimming pool of family friends of the Bashes. She is a skilled swim mer, and her essay on what in terested her most in coming to the United States centered hon estlv on "swimming and read ing." The essay was part of the method of . selecting exchange students for theAmerican Field Service program. That and her school grades were the basis for Coming Population Boom Consume Large Quantities By A. ROBERT SMITH Mail Tribune Washington Correspondent Washington The National As sociation of Home Builders has translated the coming popula tion boom in the United States into a prediction about home building which will consume huge quantities of lumber. The lumber industry today is suffering momentarily from the slump in housing construc tion. Home building this year figures to be less than million units. Natheniel Rogg, NAHB econo mist, calculates that for the decade which runs until 1965, the nation will experience a Dim . edfoird WL I ' j:' V a s ii miiiimm iiiimaii iitu ii iw mi iiV iifiitflfiynrTrrrimilittiiiMiiinnirftw una f 'l Yuma SWEDISH STUDENT Margareta Larsdotter-Aulin, 16, of Falun, Sweden, poses in a native costume in the doorway at the Frank Bash home, 1325 Bundy st. Miss Aulin will stay with the Bash family this year and will attend Medfor.d High school. She is on an exchange student program of the American Field Service, and her stay in Medford is spon sored by the Rotary club. She says her costume was made by her "grandmothers mother," that such apparel is "very un common" in her country these days because of the difficulty of its construction, and that this type dress is worn in Sweden only on festival occasions. Margareta's choice. About 900 students from countries around the world are studying ' in the U.S. this . year under the pro gram. Margareta will return home next summer, taking a three week bus tour through the Unit ed States before departing by ship from New York. Will Not-Count Her year at Medford high will not count toward graduation in Sweden. She will have the 11th, and final, year to finish there. It will be different from life in the grey stone building on Oakdale ave. Instead of "pack ing and traveling" from room to room each hour for a different class, she will sit with her class mates in one room all day. Teach ers of the different subjects will come to her room each hour. The students will go out . on the school yard for a 10-minute break before the start of each class. At Falun, Margareta will live again in her house near Varpan lake. In the winter she will ski with her sister, Karin, 19, and may have a chance soon to watch the winter Olympic Games, as "basic shelter requirement of 12 to 12Vz million new homes." If this prediction is accurate ly translated into home building during this period, it would mean a sharp rise in the build ing industry during the next eight years with homes going up at well over the rate of a million per year. This, in turn, would give the lumber trade a hefty shot in-the arm. Rogg figures that for the dec ade beyond 1965, the basic shelter demand will hit 16 mil lien houses, or more than 11$ million units per year. These figures, Rogg said, are the minimum requirements for "merely standing still" - to ac 11 j THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 19, 1957 ' A ... ' . - ' ... " she did several years ago when they were held at Falun. 'Child Psychologists' She hopes some dayMo be a "kind of child psychologist," probably working in schools in a larger city, like Stockholm, the nation's capital, 24 Swedish miles from Falun (144 American miles.) Of the few weeks she has been in America, Margareta says "wonderful." She remarked par ticularly on the friendliness of people here, contrasted with the "more formal" bearing of citi zens in Sweden. The next nine months, she and Judy 'Bash, 14, a Medford high sophomore, will go to school mornings down East Main hill and -through the streets of this city, only slightly larger in popu lation than her own Falun. During that time she will add a bit of Sweden, most noticeably her Scandinavian accent, to the Medford student body. When she returns, she will likely contrib ute a little acquired American ism at home, and who knows how a "Yankee" accent affects Swedish? Expected To of Lumber commodate a greater population. He said it doesn't take into ac count possible ' accelerated re moval of wornout dwellings or the growing families who may want a house larger than they already have. "If the home building indus try stands still in this expand ing America, it is losing ground," Rogg said. "If this industry is content to be basically a mini mum shelter industry, then the industry has lost out on the greatest potential market oppor tunity this nation has even seen, and the American people have certainly been short-changed on their opportunities for better living." Tribune Underground Shot Set Off in Nevada Desert Tunnel Seismographs Register Force Atomic Test Site.Nev. (IP) An underground atomic device ex ploded with a muffled but shud dering miniature earthquake force deep inside a desert tunnel today as scientists measured its violence to help unlock the earth's secrets. Nuclear shot Rainier, compar atively puny as A-bomb firings go and yet the most powerful ever detonated by U. S. tech nicians inside the planet's crust, rumbled off at 9 a.m. (p.s.t.) from a shaft dug 2,000 feet into the desolate mesa on the northern end of Yucca Flat. At the chamber's 'end, around four sharp righthand turns and under 900 feet of rock, the in tricate shot -erupted within the eight-by-eight foot confines of a cavity designed to absorb its force and prevent its acting as a huge rifle pointed at the waste land.. Sealed for 100 Years , There was little visible up heaval from the cavern which collapsed inside the escarpment to be sealed possibly for 100 years from human entrance be cause of trapped radioactivity. An atomic Energy Commission spokesman estimated it would be a century "before you could enter the tunnel." The mesa appeared to rise slightly in the sunlight, and then settled back while loosened rock tumbled 'from the sides and dust stirred by the sudden jolt swirled around scrub cedar and juniper trees. The blast had a force equiva lent to between 1,000 and .3,000 tons of TNT. v Tremor Recorded From a temporary forward control point 2Vz miles from the mouth of the tunnel, scientists reported they saw no flash of light, felt no wave of heat, no shock wave and saw no mush room cloud. Their preliminary report to the AEC said the shot was a "sucpess" so far as the problem of blanketing radiation fallout was concerned. "While it was almost certain that there was a slight' surface pulsation of the earth at the temporary control point, ob servers there felt nothing," the report said. At the California Institute of Technology, approximately 300 miles distant in Pasadena, Calif., the seismograph Registered the force of the detonation at 5 on the Richter scale, strong enough to have damaged buildings had it occurred beneath a populated area. ' The shock took 45 seconds to roll across the 300 miles. The University of California seismograph at Berkeley, ap proximately 350 miles away, also registered the shock. City Council Will Consider Amendment The Medford city council will consider an amendment to the bicycle ordinance at a meeting at 7:30 p.m. today. Action on the amendment was postponed at the last council meeting pend ing additional study. The amendment would au thorize the municipal judge to impound bicycles for traffic violations. Also on the agenda tonight is consideration of awarding contracts for the first segment of the storm sewer program in Medford, a sanitary sewer on WoOdlawn dr., and paving an alley in the Willeke addition. Possible dedication of por tions of East Jackson st. from Bear creek to west of the Fruit dale addition, Columbus ave. from Jackson st. to McAndrews rd., and . 10th st. between Cen tral and Riverside aves., also is on the agenda. Parts of the streets have never been for mally dedicated for street pur poses. Baseball AMERICAN LEAGUE Chicago . 7 20 0 Washington 3 10 ' 0 Fisher. Howell (8), Derring ton (8). McDonald, (9) Staley, (11), Keegan (12) and Battey. Lollar (9); Siobbs. Byerly (8), Ramos (9) and Berberet, Courtney (9). Price 10e United Press Full Leased Wirs No. 128 TO CONDUCT MEETING Multnomah Circuit Judge Virgil H. Langtry, who has been juve nile and domestic relations judge for about seven years, will con duct a discussion meeting at 8 p.m. Friday in the Jackson County courthouse auditorium. The meeting is being sponsored by the Parent Teacher associa tion in connection with its an nual school of instruction, and is open to the public. Judge Langtry, son of Mr. and Mrs. J. A. Langtry, 111 North Main st., Ashland, received his law degree from the University of Oregon. He is juvenile protec tion chairman of the Oregon Congress of Parents and Teach ers. Wilson Orders Armed Forces To Reduce Strength ..Washington (IP) Defense Sec retary Charles E. Wilson ordered the armed forces today to reduce their :armed strength to 2,600,000 men by next summer. That would be a reduction of 100,000 men, the second cut of that size ordered in two months. Wilson said the reduction will not affect "our deployments of major units abroad" and can be made "without impairment of our national security." Army To Take Brunt Wilson said the ordered reduc tions will be achieved "as promptly as possible." As before, the Army will take the brunt of the new reduction. It will be required to pare 50,000 more men, or one-half the new reduction. The new ceilings for the var ious services would be: Army, 900,000; Navy 645,000; Marine Corps, 180,000; Air Force, 875,000. Wilson, with President Eisen hower's approval, had instructed the services July 16 to reduce their authorized strength by 100,000 men by next Dec. 31. Today's order, which Wilson said also had Eisenhower's ap proval, requires additional cuts to be Carried out in the second half of fiscal 1958, or between next Jan. 1 and next June 30. Wilson made one exception, telling the Marine Corps it could delay 8,000 of its reductions until "early in fiscal 1959." Flood Alert Follows Storm in Southland New Orleans (IP) Tropical storm Esther was only a shallow low pressure area in Mississippi today, but four were dead in her wake and flooding was threat ened in her path. The storm passed Jackson, Miss., at 9 p.m. (c.s.t.) Wednes day with winds reduced to 17 miles an hour. It was "weaken ing rather rapidly," the Jackson Weather Bureau reported. However, it was water, rather than wind, that figures in the four deaths and put Mississippi, Alabama, Tennessee and Louisi ana on the alert for possible floods. Weather FORECAST: Fair through Fri day. Low tonight 39. High Friday 80. Temp. Highest Yesterday 73 Lowest this Morning 38 Our Skies Tonight Cunrica S:55 a.m. Sunset S:1S p.m. Mnnnricp Fririav 2:10 a.m. New Moon Sept. 23 EVENING STARS Venus, sets 7:18 p.m. Saturn, low in south west 7:54 p.m. MORNING STAR Mercury, rises '5:01 a.m. and is growing brighter. 'Ulterior Motives' Given as Reason By Governor Letter Acknowledges Receiving Subpoena Little Rock, Ark. (IP) Gov. Orval E. Faubus today refused to appear in federal court at a hearing on the validity of four state segregation laws passed by the 1957 Arkansas General As sembly. He said he refused "because of the obvious ulterior motives" of those who obtained the sub poena. Acknowledges Subpoena The governor, in a letter to U.S. District Clerk Grady Miller, acknowledged a subpoena de livered to him Wednesday by U.S. Marshal Beal Kidd. He said, however, that he did not have to appear in court if he chose not to. "While I have the utmost re spect for your court and its valid processes, I must point out that almost from the beginning of our republic it has been uni formly held that the chief execu tive is not compelled to comply with a subpoena unless he chooses to do so," the letter said. "In this particular case, be cause of the obvious ulterior motives of those who obtained the subpoena, I do not choose to comply with it, and will thank you to so advise the court," Faubus wrote. Ministers File Suit Ten Negro ministers filed a suit in federal court asking for a determination of the constitu tionality of four segregation bills enacted by the Arkansas Legislature earlier this year. A similar suit by a ("disinterested person" has been filed in a state court. The Arkansas Sovereignty Commission, headed by the gov ernor as chairman,- will hear a petition . in federal court today to throw out the suit by the ministers and let the state courts determine the validity of the four acts. Deer Season May Be Postponed Regional Forester J. Herbert Stonej Portland, has announced that unless general rains relieve dry forest conditions he may ask Gov. Robert Holmes to postpone the opening of deer hunting sea son. Stone's office reported that all national forests east of the Cas cade mountains are in danger from fire, with conditions worse than average for this time of year. Stone will either ask the gov ernor to postpone hunting sea son or take other action, such as close high hazard areas to all entry, he said. Forest supervisors report a drieri than average summer. Compounding fire danger, early spring rains this year caused a greater than average cover of inflammable grasses and weeds. These conditions have al ready been responsible for sev eral large fires in eastern Ore gon this summer, Stone reported. Deer hunting season is sched uled to open Sept. 28. Volunteers to Clean New Hospital Grounds The grounds in front of the new -Rogue Valley Memorial hospital, now under construction on Barnett rd., will be cleaned of rocks by volunteer workers Sunday morning, it was an nounced today. The Founders Organization of the hospital, and others wishing to help, will meet there at 8 a.m. Sunday to clear the gounds so that it can be prepared for grass-seeding next week, accord ing to a Founders spokeman. It is expected the job will take no more than IV2 hours if enough workers show up. Equip ment to move the rocks from the site after they are collected will be on hand. The hospital construction is about on schedule, with comple tion due late next winter or early spring. Officials to Discuss Bond Requirements City Manager Robert A. Duff and City Attorney E. R. Bashaw will fly to Portland Friday to discuss with bonding houses re quirements for sale of revenue bonds. The bonds are being consid ered to back an off-street park ing still being discussed, accord ing to Duff. They would be paid off by placing assessments on the property owners in the area who would benefit by the addi tional parking, he added. REPORTS AT CONVENTION Nineteen committee reports were heard by about 60 dele gates to the Oregon State Bar convention in the first of four scheduled business sessions ia the Medford High school audi torium this morning. The only report which raised objections from the floor was by the committee on district at torneys. A recommendation was made that a study be conducted by the bar of a plan in which counties of less than 10,000 Dulles Calls for UN Approval of Disarmament Plan United Nations," N.Y. (IP) Secretary of State John Foster Dulles called today for United Nations approval of western dis armament proposals in hope that Russia can be brought to accept them. He aso warned, in a nolicv speech to the U.N. General As sembly, that Russian meddling in the Middle East may lead to new aggression and urged a full discussion of that critical situa tion in which he said the United States may produce "concrete proposals." To Continue Experiments Dulles said the U.S. would continue experimenting with nu clear weapons, with due concern for protection against human hazards, and invited the U.N. to send observers to one of the next American tests. Dulles outlined the joint pro posals put before the deadlocked London disarmament talks by the , U.S., Britain, France and Canada. The proposals were re jected there by Russia as a "sham." "We cannot believe that sweeping almost contemptuous Soviet rejection is final." he said. "Never before have so many nations, of so great mili tary power, joined to make pro posals so far reaching. Any gov ernment that summarily rejects them would accept a frightful re sponsibility before all the world." Election Slated in EP School District Eagle Point Patrons of Eagle Point School District No. 9 will vote on Wednesday, Sept. 25, on a proposed $120,000 bond issue for elementary school classroom construction and for purchase of the real and personal property needed. If the issue is approved the district will use the funds to erect and furnish a six classroom wing to the new elementary school and to buy required ad ditional playground , space. The proposed classrooms will house grades 1 and 2. School Superintendent Glenn Hale said that it has been neces sary this year to use the music room as a classroom and to util ize one room in the high school to house elementary studmts. Also, he reported, four rooms are in use which have been declared substandard and must be re placed as soon as possible. The standardization program requires additional land be bought for playground space. It is planned to purchase property adjacent to the present play area. Polls will be open from 2 to 8 p.m. in the high school gymna sium next Wednesday. "Relax Who's Gonna fN tJ7 HE ARD population be combined Into one or more districts, with one district attorney for each dis trict, and that a. "county" at torney be elected in each county to handle civil business of the county. The recommendation was ap proved by a 27 to 25 vote. An other suggestion of the commit tee was rejected that consid eration be given to legislation which would allow the govern or a choice between sending in the attorney general or sending in a special prosecutor when such action is necessary in the case of specific counties. Recommendation Accepted The committee's recommenda tion was accepted that consider ation be given to drafting legis lation which would provide for the abolition of. justice of the peace courts in all counties with populations of 20,000 or more, and that district courts be sub stituted. Bar President Alan Davis, Portland, brought the session to order and offered his annual report. He suggested that the bar needs an "aggressive" public re lations machine to "give people an idea of what our duties and functions are." He also urged members to assist the state joint committee on judicial adminis tration, appointed by the last legislature. Frank Van Dyke, Medford at torney and vice president of the bar, presided over the morning's activities. In addition to Alan's report, members heard reports from the treasurer, Verne Dus enberry, Portland; the secretary, John H. Holloway, Portland; and the state bar delegate to the American Bar association con ventions in New York City and London, William H. Morrison, Portland. Only 20 committee reports re mained after this morning's meeting. They will be divided among three business sessions, one at 2 p.m. today, one Friday morning and another Saturday morning. Circuit J u d g e Edward C. Kelly will moderate a panel on "Prosecution and Defense in Criminal Cases" in the continu ing legal education series, a meeting to be held at 7:30 p.m. in the Medford. High school au ditorium today. T6morrow, bar members will attend a luncheon honoring the judiciary of Oregon, with David E. Snodgrass, San Francisco, de livering an address. Snodgrass is dean -ef Hastings College of Law, University of California. The annual dinner is sched uled for 7 p.m. tomorrow at the Medford armory. The speaker will be A. Cecil Snyder, chief justice of the supreme court of Puerto Rico. The committee on resolutions will report during the Saturday morning business session. New members of the board of govern ors and officers of the bar will be introduced at a luncheon at 12:15 p.m. Saturday. Chicago Banker Elected by Legion Atlantic City, N.J. (IP) John S. Gleason, Chicago banker and veteran of five combat years in the South Pacific, was elected national commander of the American Legion by acclama tion today. Gleason, 42, is a brigadier general of the 85th Infantry Di vision, active reserve. Portland (IPi Virgil O. Seiser has been named to succeed Irving Anderson as manager of the Bureau of Land Manage ment Oregon land office here. Tangle With A Truck?" J 1
