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TomlDim Will A
$795,000 Bequests
Listed; Total Value
Awaiting Appraisal
Local Organizations
. Aided by Late Rancher
The bulk of the estate of
John R. Tomlin, who died un
expectedly Oct. 9 here, will go
to charity, according to his will,
which was admitted to probation
this week.
The Tomlin estate Is estimated
to b far in excess of the $795,
000 shown in specific bequests.
Appraisal of the estate has not
yet been completed.
Listed as recipients in the will
were: Children's Home, Inc.,
Portland, $10,000; Medford Elks
Lodge 1168, $5,000, to be used
solely for charity purposes; Pres
byterian church at South Holly
and West Eighth sts., $10,000; St.
Mark's Episcopal church of Med
ford, $5,000; Sacred Heart hospi
tal of Medford, $10,000, to be
used for equipment for charity
ward or for care of charity pa
tients; Rogue Valley hospital,
$150,000 for building construc
tion and acquisition of equip
ment; Medford YMCA $10,000.
Remainder of Estate
After other requests, charges
against the estate and adminis
tration costs are paid, the re
mainder of the estate is to go to:
one-eighth to Albertina Kerr
Homes, Inc.; one-fourth to the
Oregon Division of the Ameri
can Cancer Society; one-eighth
to the American Printing House
for the Blind at Louisville, Ky.;
one-eight to the American Foun
dation for the Blind, Inc., New
York City; one-eighth to the Cra
ter Lake Area Council of the
Boy Scouts f America and the
Rogue Valley Area Girl Scouts
Council, Inc.
Other bequests listed include:
to nephew Walter Lacy Tomlin,
Oklahoma City, $150,000; to
grand-nephew, John Clark Tom
lin, son of Walter Lacy Tomlin,
$150,000; to grand nephew Wal
ter Trent Tomlin, Medford,
$300,000.
Grand Nephew Walter Trent
Tomlin, according to the terms
of the will, is to receive the
property at 1053 East Main st.
Vanguard Rocket
Test Said Imminent
Cape Canaveral, Fla. OP)
The stage apparently was set to
day for test firing of a Vanguard
rocket in connection with the
U. S. attempt to put an earth
satellite in orbit to match Rus
sia's Sputnik.
Searchlights flashed across the
sky from 1 a.m. until dawn and
red-decked Air Force crash boats
and retriever boats patrolled the
"danger zone" near the top-se-'
cret launching site. A red light,
and later a red ball, were seen
at the top of the 90-ft warning
pole near the launching site.
But observers on nearby
beaches could not see the tell
tale white plumes of the liquid
oxygen used to fuel the missiles
just before they are triggered.
Indications were the long "count
down" for firing of the Van
guard test had been delayed.
Pioneer Grants Pass
Merchant Succumbs
Grants Pass dP George R.
Riddle, 89, a pioneer Grants Pass
merchant, died at Josephine Gen
eral hospital Thursday night.
Riddle founded the Rogue
River Hardware Store here in
1889 and managed it until his
retirement in 1935.
He was born at Canyonville
In 1868, the son of Judge and
Mrs. George Washington Riddle.
The town of Riddle in Douglas
county was named for an uncle,
Glen Riddle.
He was married in 1893 to
Marguerite Casey and the couple
had three children who survive.
Weather
FORECAST: Variable hi$h
cloudiness through Saturday.
Valley fog aeain tonight and
Saturday morning. Low to
night 32. High Saturday S.
Temp.
Highest Yestrrday J
Lowest this Morning 32
Our Skies Tonight
Sunrise ".
Sunset 5:2S p.m.
The Moon rises Satur
day 216 a.m.
Near it is seen the star, Regulus.
.Sew Moon Oct. 22
Venus, low In south
west at 6:12 p.m.
Is now between the star. An-
tares, nd the planet. Saturn.
The planet is above Venus, the
the star below it.
52nd Y'
M.
20 Pages
Ike Calls on Free
Nations To Create
Science Alliance
Grouping Along
NATO Lines Favored
Washington (IP) President
Eisenhower called free nations
to create a super scientific alli
ance that would far outstrip
anything the Russians can pro
duce in technological and mis
sile achievements.
". . . We have the power," the
president said last night. "The
only thing to do is put it to
gether." Eisenhower appealed specifi
caly for a grouping of the scien
tists of North Atlantic Treaty
Organization (NATO) nations.
But he also had in mind the to
tal scientific manpower and re
sources of the free world.
"NATO should not be thought
of merely as a military alli
ance," he said. "NATO is a way
of grouping ability of our man
hood, our resources, of our in
dustries and our factories."
Eisenhower issued the call for
scientific study at a glittering
White House dinner for Queen
Elizabeth II. He also stressed
the ties binding the United
States and Commonwealth coun
tries in these troubled times.
Meanwhile, a high -ranking
government scientist indicated
the administration is in the proc
ess of stepping up its missile and
satellite programs.
Eisenhower planned to meet
with his cabinet at a regularly
scheduled session today. The
satellite-missile issue was almost
certain to come up for discus
sion. Council Adopls
Assessment Bills ,
The city council last night
adopted two assessment ordi
nances, one zone change ordi
nance, and called for two public
hearings.
The council approved a re
quest for a zone change to class
IIIA, limited commercial, for
construction of a service station
in block six of the Fruitdale
addition. The zone was formerly
class II, multiple family. The
planning commission recom
mended the request be denied.
Ordinances were adopted as
sessing property served by a
new 12-inch water main on Cra
ter Lake ave. from Saling to
(Spring sts., and on property
served by a new 24-inch water
main on Black Oak dr. from
Acorn way to Country Club dr.
and on Country Club dr. from
Black Oak dr., north, to Black
Oak dr., south.
A public hearing was called
Nov. 7, on a request for zone
change from class IA, single
family, to class IIIA, limited
commercial. The request was
submitted by L. P. Older for
property at Crater Lake high
way and Delta Water rd.
Nov. 21 was set for a hearing
on assessing property for the
lateral portion of a trunk water
main on BJack Oak dr. from
Barnett rd. to Juanipero way,
Juanipero way from Black Oak
dr., north, to Black Oak dr.,
south, on Black Oak dr. from
Juanipero way to Argonne ave
Adenauer Fails To Win
Anti-Yugoslav Backing
Bonn Germany OP) West
German' Chancellor Konrad
Adenauer failed to win parlia
mentary support for his decision
to break diplomatic relations
with Yugoslavia today but gov
ernment sources said he would
carry out his decision anyway.
Adenauer decided on the
break because Marshal Tito rec
ognized the Communist regime
in East Germany.
Danish Vessel Hits
Iceberg Off Greenland
Boston (IP) A Danish ship
hit an iceberg off Greenland
Thursday night and was report-
ed "slowly sinking," the Coast
Guard disclosed here today.
The ship was identified as the
285-foot. 1,500-ton merchant shin
Else Nielson, out of Copenhagen.
Another Danish ship, the Disko,
was reported giving assistance
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mcUFORD, OREGON, FRIDAY, OCTOBER 18, 1957
U.S., Britain
Begin Talks on
Washington (IF The United
States and Britain began urgent
talks today on the Middle East
and possible closer scientific co
operation. The talks were preliminary
to next week's conference here
between President Eisenhower
and British Prime Minister Har
old Macmillan.
British Foreign Secretary Sel-
wyn Lloyd, carrying a red dis-
Truck Drivers
Get Ammuition
To Battle Hoffa
New York OP) Thirteen
rank-and-file truck drivers had
new ammunition today in their
attempt to unseat James R. Hof
fa as newly-elected $50.000-a-
year president of the Teamsters
Union.
The 13, members of the Team
sters Union in New York, have
waged a long legal battle, first
to stop Hoffa's election and now
to oust him!'
Thursday, the Senate Rack
ets Committee agreed to turn
over to the rank-and-file group
material which the committee
originally subpoenaed from the
Union.
Contains Records
The material contains records
of the credentials committee
which functioned at the Miami
Beach election of the Teamsters
Union on Oct. 4 which elected
Hoffa to succeed Dave Beck.
Committee spokesmen have
indicated the records to be turn
ed over to the rank-and-file show
that "practically none" of the
Miami Beach convention deleg
ates were seated as the union
constitution requires.
Medford Firm Gels
Fuel Oil Contract
L. G. McLaren comDanv. Med
ford, was awarded a contract
by the city council last night
to suddIv fuel oil for the city.
McLaren bid 13.88 cents per gal
lon on 300 oil and 15.4 cents per
gallon on 200 oil.
The bid included an offer to
provide free labor maintance of
equipment and to charge costs
for replacement parts.
McLaren's bid on the 300 oil
was the lowest, but his bid on
the 200 oil was more than other
bidders. City Manager Robert
bid because of the small percent
age of 200 oil used, and the
offer to provide free labor on
maintance of equipment.
Other bidders were General
Petroleum, Faber Fuel com
pany, Western Oil and Burner,
and Standard Oil company.
Lumber Official Here
A letter to President Eisen
hower from a Medford lumber
executive, explaining concisely
current economic difficulties in
the industry and asking federal
action, has attracted nationwide
attention during the past two
weeks.
George Flanagan, vice presi
dent and general manager of
Elk Lumber company of Med
ford, wrote the letter Oct. 3, and
sent copies to men in the lumber
field throughout the United
States. He has received dozens
of replies, all of them favorable.
At least one recipient had the
letter duplicated and distributed
to a group of his associates.
Receives Letter
Yesterday, Flanagan received
a personal acknowledgement
from the President, which said:
"Dear Mr. Flanagan:
"Thank you for writing me re
garding the difficulties being en
countered by smaller lumber
I companies in the Pacific North
United
patch esse, called at the State
Department at 10 a.m. (EDT) to
discuss planning for the Eisen-
hower-Macmillan parley which
starts Wednesday.
Middle East Discussed
Lloyd and Secretary of State
John Foster Dulles concentrated
on Middle Eastern problems,
highlighted by Moscow's angry
talk, and ways to step up scien
tific cooperation in the wake
of Russia's earth satellite suc
cess. Lloyd was " accompanied by
Sir Harold Caccia, British am
bassador. Dulles called in As
sistant Secretary of State Wil
liam Rountree, his top adviser
on the Middle East.
The session lasted for 90 min
utes.
Lloyd told newsmen the con
ference was "really about ar
rangements to be made when
Mr. Macmillan comes over
what the nature of the discussion
is to be, and the organization
of our work."
He gave no further details.
He said he had to hurry off to
a meeting on different matters
with Canadian Prime Minister
John Diefenbaker.
The White House said Mac
millan's visit will be a "work
ing" affair and there will be
"no official entertainment-- as
such" during his three-day stay.
Eagle Point School
Bonds Are Sold
Eagle Point Southern Ore
gon Bank of Grants Pass was
successful bidder on $120,000
worth of bonds to finance con
struction of a new wing to Eagle
Point Elementary school and to
purchase property for play
ground area.
Bids were opened last night at
a school board meeting here.
Associated with Southern Ore
gon bank is Rogue Valley State
Bank of Medford, which will
purchase part of the bonds, ac
cording to Clarence Young, exe
cutive vice president of Rogue
Valley.
Other bidders were the First
National bank of Portland, and
Blythe and company, Inc.
Funds will be used to con
struct a six-classroom wing to
the new elementary school,
and to purchase equipment for
the school. Playground property
will be purchased, and is re
quired under the standardization
program.
Influenza Epidemic
Reported in Russia
Washington (IP) An outbreak
of influenza has reached epi
demic proportions in the Soviet
Union, it was learned today.
Many schools in Moscow, Len
ingrad and other Russian cities
have been closed because of the
J flu, according to reliable in-
lormauon received nere.
west. I shall ask one of my asso
ciates in the Administration, to
U11 you more fully than I what
steps we are taking in the situa
tion you describe, but I did want
personally to assure you of my
appreciation of your thoughtful
letter.
"With best wishes,
"Sincerely,
"Dwight D. Eisenhower."
Flanagan's letter follows:
"My dear Mr. Eisenhower:
"Here in the Pacific North
west our economy is all too
closely tied to the wood-using
industries. THe Government
owns most of the remaining tim
ber. A relatively few large com
panies own the rest.
"Most small to medium-sized
mills are dependent i4on Gov
ernment timber. The price of
Government timber sales always
lags behind, whether the market
is rising or falling. Just now it
is falling.
Price 10 Cents
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Press Full Leased Wire
No. 153
Queen Elizabeth
Visits Hospital;
Thrills Children
Ike Presents Medal
To Prince Philip
Washington OP) Queen Eliz
abeth II, showing all the com
passion of a mother, visited Chil
dren's Hospital today and
brought a story-book moment to
the lives of its little patents.
One of them, seven-year-old
Leroy Gooding, had been coach
ed for hours to show the Queen
his mechanical fire truck and
shake hands with her. But he
was so overwhelmed when his
moment arrived that all he could
do was sit and stare at the
Queen, his mouth agape. Leroy
has been suffering from pneu
monia.
The 31-year-old Queen, whose
two children have received the
Salk polio vaccine, also visited
some young patients for whom
the vaccine discovery came too
late.
Looking at a small bov In a
warm pool doing leg exercises,
she said, "I hope that's nice
warm water She was assured it
was.
Frequently she paused to mur
mur a greeting to children in the
hosnital beds.
The Queen and Prince Philip
went separate ways this morn
ing in their tightly scheduled
series of visits and appearances.
Elizabeth, exercising the
queenly ad womanly prerogative
of being late for the first time
on her American tour stated
this rainy day 10 minutes late at
the National Art Gallery.
Philio Gets Medal
At the same time, a White
Hnnse ceremony in which Presi
dent Eisenhower presented the
National Geosraphic's Gold
Mpdal to Philip also started late
The round of activities came
"Thp morning after" a sumptu
oiis White House banquet which
ended after a gay songfest about
1 a.m.
The Oueen rejoined her hus
band at the White House before
going to the Capitol for a lunch
pnn given bv Vice President and
Mrs. Richard M. Nixon in their
honor.
The lunch was served in the
old Supreme Court chamber.
Kijowland Proposes
UN Team Inspection
San Francisco OP) Senate
Minority Leader William i
Knowland (R.-Calif.) proposed
today that Russia, Bulgaria
Syria and Turkey permit United
Nations inspection teams within
their borders to check on any
troop buildups.
If military concentrations
menacing peace are found
Knowland said at a new confer
ence, an international UN patrol
should be set up similar to the
UN Emergency Force manning
the Egyptian-Israeli frontier.
Describing the Middle East as
a "tinderbox that could explode
into a serious fire at any time,'
Knowland urged an all-out ef
fort by the UN to preserve
peace. He said all countries in
volved should cooperate.
Gets Letter
"After World War II there
was a housing shortage, so the
Government encouraged build
ing with billions of dollars (VA,
FHA, FNMA, HHFA). Hundreds
of new sawmills were built and
this shortage was gradually
eliminated. Western mill towns
boomed. The Government tim
ber was committed to sustained
yield so the small private hold
ings were logged and relogged
until there was nothing left.
"Then it was1, discovered that
this program was inflationary,
so the rug was suddenly jerked
out from under this new indus
try. Building fell off. Lumber
prices dropped. High priced Gov
ernment timber could no longer
be operated. Mills began to
close.
"Naturally, the big mills with
fine stands of virgin timber, pur
chased years ago at low prices,
continued full scale production.
The reduced demand hit the
small to medjum producers and
"Yeah, But Look At
We've
Mississippians Give
Kennedy Ovation for
Anti-Segregation Talk
Jackson. Miss. (IP) Sen. John
F. Kennedy (D.-Mass.) received
a standing ovation from a Deep
South audience Thursday night
at the end of a speech in which
he expressed his opposition to
school segregation.
The young New Englander,
sometimes considered a possible
Democratic presidential candi
date in" 1960, addressed an over
flow crowd of about 2,000 at a
statewide rally of Mississippi
Young Democrats.
No Hesitancy
In his talk he responded to a
statement by State Republican
Chairman Wirt Yerger Jr., that
he should be put on the spot
about how he feels on the racial
issue.
"I have no hesitancy in telling
him the same thing I have said
in my own city of Boston that
I have accepted the Supreme
court decision on segregation as
the supreme law of the land,"
he said.
"I know we do not 8gree on
that but I think most of us do
agree on the necessity to uphold
law and order in every part of
the land."
Always Will Disagree
He also said the North and
South both will recognize "that
what unites us is greater than
what divides us" and that the
Democratic party "always will
have disagreements."
"Now I invite the Republican
Department Approves
Eighth-Main Couplet
Medford City Manager Rpb
ert A. Duff has received word
of the approval of the Eighth st.
Main st. one-way couplet by the
state highway commission.
Duff said a hearing on the
project probably will be called
at the next city council meeting
Nov. 7. The couplet will be the
first segment of the city's 10
year arterial street program.
Work is planned to start soon
after council approval is grant
ed, he said. The city's portion
of the more than $185,000 con
struction costs will be about
$43,000.
The state will prepare plans,
obtain rights-of-way and over
see contracts and construction,
Duff said. The project should
get under way within the next
two months if no unforeseen
problems occur, he added.
Eighth st. will carry east
bound traffic and Main st. will
be for westbound traffic.
from Ike
those larger mills which were
dependent upon high priced
Government stumpage.
Smaller Operalioni
"Now these smaller operators
find themselves caught in a
squeeze between high Govern
ment stumpage and a poor lum
ber market brought on by Gov
ment actions designed to curb
inflation. Does the Government
really want this to happen?
Economists predict another hous
ing shortage and building boom
about 1960. ' Wouldn't it be a
good idea to let some of these
small companies survive until
then? '
"I am not speaking for my
self, as we have curtailed our
output and we have sufficient
quantity of good - virgin timber
to see us through, but there are
hundreds of companies, employ
ing many thousands of workers,
who are not . as fortunate. I
plead for them."
The Beautiful Safe
Built"
chairman to tell us his views
and those of Tresident Eisen
hower and Vice President
Nixon," Kennedy said.
He went on to lambast the ad
ministration's foreign and do
mestic policies and at the end of
his brief talk the crowd gave
him a standing ovation
Kennedy said the Eisenhower
administration nas adopted a
foreign policy of "retreat and
regret and retrenchment" and
has not been frank with the pub
lic on how we stand in the arms
race with Russia
Eugene Man Takes
Stand in Court
Robert L. White, Eugene
plaintiff in a damage suit against
City Patrolman Gerald L. But
ler, took the stand this morning
in Judge Edward C. Kelly's
circuit court.
He testified as to his employ
ment status and his , physical
condition before and after the
accident involving a Medford
patrol car March 15,1957.
White was driver of a car
involved in an accident with the
Medford city police car at the
intersection of Court and Man
zanita sts., according to the
complaint.
The complaint states further
the plaintiff suffered severe in
jury in the accident.
According to the city police
reports, the patrol car was
traveling south on Court st.,
when Butler received a call to
investigate a disorderly conduct
complaint. Reports show that
the patrol car proceeded, with
red light -on and siren sounding,
to the intersection of Manzanita
st. The patrol car proceeded
through a red traffic light at the
intersection where the accident
occurred, according to reports.
Stanley Jones is attorney for
Butler and Robert Duncan is at
torney for White.
Portland Woman Files
Suit in Circuit Court
Mrs. Lee Ella Bennett, Port
land, through her attornery
James A. Redden Jr., has filed a
complaint against Elvis C Arn
old, Cenrtal Point, asking $28.
500 eeneral damages and $150
for medical expenses for in
juries received in an accident
July 4, 1957.
Arnold was driver of a pick
up that was involved in an ac
cident with a car in which Mrs.
Bennett was a passenger. The
accident, according to the com
plaint, occured near the Muir
Creek Forest camp on Highway
230 near the camp road intersec
tion. Mrs. Bennett, who was preg
nant at the time of the accident,
stated in the complaint, that
she suffered fractures, severe
shock to her entire nervous
system, and bruises in the ac
cident. Big Balloon Launched
For Scientific Study
Crosby, Minn. HP) A giant
plastic balloon carrying two
Navy officers in a sealed alumi
num gondola was launched from
an open pit iron mine at 7:15
a.m. today.
The Office of Naval Research
lifted the secrecy label from the
flight after the 245-foot high bal
loon had reached its 80,000-foot
ceiling to begin an eight-hour
session of scientific experiments.
United States
Said Taking Risk
Of Starting War
Wouldn't Escape Blows,
Peiping Radio Warns
By UNITED PRESS
Communist China said today
it would go to Syria's aid if
Syria is attacked.
A Peiping Radio broadcast
heard in London said Chinese
Communist leader Mao Tze-Tung
pledged that the Peiping regime
would "resolutely support, the
joint struggle of the Syrian peo
ples to defend their independ
ence and peace.
Peiping Radio warned the
United States was "risking the
danger of starting a war" and
said "in the era of interconti
nental guided missiles ... it
would not escape heavy blows as
it did during the last two world
wars.
"America's allies also may be
the targets of these guided mis
siles and this is sofiTething
they should seriously consider,"
Peiping said.
Turkey Assures Syria
In Damascus a Syrian govern
ment official disclosed that Tur
key had given formal assurances
it did not plan to attack Syria,
but he said a Turkish note de
livered yesterday was another
example of "interference in our
affairs." .
The statement came from act
ing Syrian Foreign Minister
Khalil Kallas. He took exception
to the wording of the note which
said Turkey was "concerned" at
the "Syrian attitude" and at
"what is taking place in Syria."
Regarded As Interference
"We regard this as interfer
ence in our affairs," Kallas said.
New charges that the United
States Sixth Fleet and Turkey
were making "provocations"
against Syria came today in
Cairo from the six million strong
International Federation of Arab
Labor Unions.
The federation said it cabled
President Eisenhower asking
him to use his "good offices" to
avert a Middle East war and
threatening to cut Western oil
supplies if Syria is attacked.
"Beware our wrath," the fed
eration told Eisenhower.
Appeal To UN
It also appealed to U.N. Sec
retary General Dag Hammarsk
jold to take effective steps to
avert a nuclear war and cited
his efforts in the Egyptian in
vasion. The Syrian crisis was expected
to come before the U. N. General
Assemblj' by Tuesday for a full
fledged debate. Syria has re
quested such a debate and the
U.N. Steering Committee was
meeting this afternoon to put the
debate on the agenda.
Absences Reach
910 in Schools
Absences in Medford schools
totaled 910 today, according to
Assistant Superintendent Elliott
Becken. The figure is 16.4 per
cent of the 5,554 students en
rolled in Medford public schools.
Becken said absences are
about double the normal for this
time of the year. Average ab
sence is about 8 per cent.
Many absences, he indicated,
are due to slight colds which
ordinarily would not require ab
sence. He said people seem more
cautious now because of the in
fluenza situation.
Although absences are scat
tered through the system, Beck
en said, there are more out from
secondary grades than from
elementary grades.
Absences from Medford High'
school today totaled 224, or 19
per cent of the student total of
1,160. Absent from McLaughlin
Junior High school was 18, out
of a total of 850, and from Hed
rick Junior High school there
were 145 absent from a total of
about 500 students.
Roseburg Bowler
Seeks World Record
For Continuous Games
Roseburg TP) A 35-year-old
Roseburg truck driver to
day was bowling at a six
games -an-hour clip in an at
tempt to set a new world's
record for continuous games
bowled.
Miller Eaton, who started at
midnight Thursday, had
bowled 60 games by 10 a.m.
today. His average was 178
per game. He was being
served his meals by the man
agement of the bowling alleys
and a doctor was to be called
in later in the day to check on
his physical condition.
National Bowling Associa
tion headquarters at Milwau
kee said the world's record
was 261 games bowled in 6IV2
hours by Paul Garfield in 1931
in Si. Louis.