Elkins Refuses To
Testify at Trial
Of Thomas Maloney
Portland HP James Elkins,
the Portland gambler who start
ed the city's vice controversy,
refused to testify Thursday at
the gambling conspiracy trial of
Thomas E. Maloney.
Elkins pointed out that he al
ready has 10 or 12 counts pend
ing against him and he pleaded
self-incrimination under the fifth
amendment. Elkins was asked
whether he operated any after
hours clubs in Portland in 1954
and 1955. He was the final wit
nss in a day of testimony from
former mayor Fred Peterson,
former police chief Jim Purcell,
and club operators H. E. Fergu
son and Tom Johnson.
Interference Charged
Ferguson and Johnson both
testified that defendant Maloney
had attempted to interfere with
their afterhours and bootlegging
operations. Peterson, now a prac
ticing pharmacist since his de
feat in a mayoralty campaign,
said that while he was mayor
Maloney was introduced to him
by Clyde Crosby, international
organizer for the teamsters union
in Oregon. Peterson testified that
Crosby told him Maloney had
helped former district attorney
William Langley in his cam
paign and could help Peterson.
Purcell told the jury that Ma
loney had tried to get him to go
easy on some afterhours joints in
the Negro districts of Portland,
suggesting that enemies made in
that area would not help Peter
son's campaign for reelection.
Johnson testified that Maloney
offered him protection from po
lice interference for a fee of $500
a month.
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IWA, Employers
Still Deadlocked
Portland (Ut ' Negotiators
for the International Woodwork
ers of America and six major
lumber industry employers in
Oregon and Washington said to
day that seven months of talks
have provided no settlement of
issues.
An announcement said nego
tiations had been terminated be
tween the Northwest Regional
Negotiating Committee of the
IWA and the six major employ
ers. However, talks were expected
to continue between the IWA
committee and the six employer
associations on a separate basis.
The two groups reached an im
passe on May 15 of this year.
Contracts expired July 1. Nego
tiations since have been con
ducted before Federal Mediator
George V. Walker.
Employers submitted Thurs
day an offer to the union which
called for renewal of contracts
without change, and for settle
ment of all outstanding industry
issues concerning wages, vaca
tions and pensions, subject to sat
isfactory conclusion of unre
solved district or local level con
tract issues at the district or lo
cal level.
The union did not agree to the
offer to renew contracts without
change and objected to the sec
ond on grounds it would force
each local to fight its own battle
on wage, pension and other is
sues, according to Bly Haskins,
Shelton, Wash., secretary of the
regional negotiating committee.
More Oregon Schools
Closed by Flu Bug
Portland iffl More school
closures were reported in Ore
gon today as the flu bug contin
ued to strike.
Molalla high school in Clack
amas county, the high school and
grade school at Fossil and the
grade school at Kinzua were
closed until Monday. Fossil and
Kinzua are in Wheeler county.
Several high school football
games scheduled for tonight also
have been called off or post
poned. Several southwest Washington
schools also were closed, includ
ing those at Union Ridge, Ridge
field, Battle Ground, La Center,
Glenwood Heights, Amboy and
Yacolt.
Dr. Phyllis Davis, acting Port
land health officer, said there
were no closures planned here
unless the flu gets so bad there
isn't enough personnel to operate
schools.
COMPOSER DIES
Zurich, Switzerland (IP
Ralph Benatzky, 73, composer
and playwright who wrote many
light operettas, revues and musi
cal comedies, died Thursday
after a long illness. A number
of his works, including "The
White Horse Inn," were present
ed in the United States.
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Friday, October 18. 1957
MEDFORD (OREGON) MAIL TRIBUNE FIVE
Army Scientists Hope To Win
Race To Find Natural Satellite
PUTTING ON SHOW in New Jersey skies, Sputnik is pho
tographed over Newark. Directional arrow parallels light
track of Sputnik in time exposure. North Star is circled.
Raymond J. Stein, supervisor of Planetarium at Newark
Museum made picture. (International Soundphoto)
ROGUE RIVER
Girl Born To Ex-Residents
BY MRS. MYRTLE WHIPPLE
Rogue River The Rev. and
Mrs. Martin Brown are parents
of a girl born Oct. 10, weigh
ing 7 pounds, 13 ounces. She
has been named Marilyn Rose.
Her grandparents are Mr. and
Mrs. Dick Knight of Medford.
The Browns were former res
idents of Rogue River and now
live at Bridgeview near Cave
Junction.
Denver Jones died at the hos
pital in Grants Pass Saturday,
Oct. 12. Mr. Jones was born
March 15, 1901, in Kansas. He
spent most his life in Oregon.
The past month he had made his
home with his daughter. Marie
McCormick, in Grants Pass.
He is survived by his wife,
Grace Jones, at Crater Lake
a daughter in Grants Pass, and
a son, Frank Jones, in Willows,
Calif.; a sister, Katie Wheeler,
Burns, Ore.; four brothers,
Theodore Jones, Ashland, Al
onzo Jones, Fort Klamath, Carl
Jones Princeton, and Harley
Jones of Harper, and six gand
children. Funeral services were Tues
day Oct. 15, at the Hull and
Hull chapel. Rev. L. G. Fraser
officiated Interment was in the
Hawthorne Memorial gardens.
Ralph Smith and his moth
er, Mrs. Lloyd Smith, spent the
week end in Klamath Falls,
Ralph Smith went duck hunting
and Mrs. Smith visited another
son, Artie Smith.
Mr.and Mrs. Phil Strahan re
turned Thursday, Oct. 10, from
a vacation trip to Troute Lake,
Wash., where they visited Mr.
and Mrs. Ivan Marsh.
Recent visitors at the L. A.
Miller home were Mr. and Mrs.
Ed. Owens. The Owens were
former residents of Grants Pass
but have been in the east for
some time. They are now living
in Grants Pass.
Chan Stokes of Lake Creek
and Mrs. Juamta Scott returned
Friday, Oct. 11, from a trip
north. They visited Mrs. Scott's
daughter, Mrs. Donald Brady
and family at Moxee City,
Wash., and on the return trip
they visited Stoke's son and
family at Corvallis.
Mr. and Mrs. Harold Haslock
of Cave Junction visited at the
Lee Miller home Sunday.
Grand Rapids Mich., Mrs. Har
old Nourse, and Clarence Stiehl,
all of Rogue River.
Mr. and Mrs. Roy Ricter of
Casper, Wyo., were recent visi
tors of Mrs. Ricter's -mother,
Mrs. Cora Hawkes. and her
sister, Mrs. Edith Osborne of
Rogue River and Ricters fath
er, Fred Ricter and Mrs. Ricter
of Grants Pass.
Mr. and Mrs. Leo Niquette of
Clear Lake, Calif., are visiting
their son and family, the Rich
ard Niquette's of Nicks Market.
James Whipple, who has been
confined to his home for more
than a week with illness, is
much improved and able to be
around again.
Mrs. Maude Parsons of High
way 99, north wash surprised
on her 90th birthday recently
when a number of her friends
called during the afternoon.
Mrs. Carl Christenson brought
the cake. Others who called
were Mesdames Maude Breed
ing. Huber Smith Orin Ham
rr.ett, Gladys SteDhens,. Hazel
White. Jerusha Moore, Vivian
Miller, Effie Badley, Joe Chance,
Victor Friden, and Edna Pater-son.
Pasadena, Calif. 0? United
States Army scientists, beaten
in the race to launch an artifi
cial satellite, now hope to win
the race to find a tiny natural
satellite orbiting several thou
sand miles above the earth.
Scientists estimate the value
of such a hunk of rock per
haps only 100 yards in diameter
could serve as a "jumping off
place for future space travel."
Would Be Surprising
Dr. W. H. Pickering, who is
engaged in Army ordnance re
search as head of the jet propul
sion laboratory at California In
stitute of Technology, said it
would be "surprising" if one of
the many asteroids which zip
into the earth's section of space
'"had not been captured by the
earth as a satellite."
"As a matter of fact," he said,
"why go to the trouble of launch
ing an artificial satellite if you
could find a natural one: i
The natural satellite search
program is administered in Pasa
dena by the U.S. Army Ord
nance District of Los Angeles.
The program's efforts recently
were boosted before launching
of the Russian satellite by
moving search operations from
the Army's White Sands, N.M.,
research center to a spot closer
to the equator at Quito, Ecuda
dor. Directed by Pluto Discoverer
The search is directed by Dr.
Clyde W. Tombaugh, discoverer :
of the planet Pluto, existence
of which had been shown in
astronomers' calculations long
before it was found at its pre
dicted position in 1930.
Astronomers are not certain
such a tiny natural satellite ex
ists, and Tombaugh admitted it
is "like hunting for a needle
in a haystack." But the Office
of Army Ordnance Research be-;
came convinced of the practi
cality of such a search, in late
1953 and got, the project under
way. Beyond the immediate scien
tific knowledge that could be
gained from mere observation
of such an object, scientists de
clare it could be used as a "way
station" for space travel.
"An asteroid about 100 yards
in diameter would be ideal,"
said Dr. "John A. Russell, head
of the USC astronomy depart
ment. "It would save spacemen
some of the time, expense and
dangers involved in building an
artificial space satellite station,"
he said. "It could serve as a fuel
storage station until such time
as science finds a fuel which is
so potent that there no longer
is the problem of having to carry
a great amount of fuel on a
space ship."
It also would be a good spot
to lo.cate various research in
struments. Landing Would Be Difficult
Planting the U.S. flag on such
an asteroid outpost would be a
ticklish job, Russell said. At
several thousand miles from
earth, the object would be orbit
ing somewhat slower than the
Russian satellite, which is much
closer, but still at terrific speed.
A space ship would have to match
speed with it and jockey up
alongside, although in space
there would be no sensation of
speed. Landing on it would be
complicated by the fact that an
object so small has such low
gravity that even a light push
-would send you-off it. But this
could be solved by using grap
pling lines and magnetic devices,
Russell said.
Distance Unknown
If the Russian satellite has
been observed visually why
couldn't searchers easily spot a
much larger natural satellite?
For one thing, Russell said, a
rough chunk of rock doesn't
have the reflective power of pol
ished metal. For another, scien
tists don't know just how far
such an object might be lo
cated from earth. They hope to
find one only "several" thou
sand miles distant. Its speed will
vary with its distance.
Russell explained that search
ers comb a small segment of
space at a time at a pre-deter-mined
distance and with tele
scopes set to sweep at the same
speed at which an asteroid
would travel at that distance.
LAST EDITION
Montreal (IP! The Mon
treal Herald, this" city's oldest
daily newspaper, goes to press
today for the last time. Pub
lisher J. W. McConnell, who also
publishes the Montreal Star, an
nounced yesterday the tabloid i
would cease publication after to
day's editions. He said the
Herald, a mid-morning paper,
"had been operating at a loss
for several years."
EX-ROTARY HEAD DIES
Quebec City IOT Arfhur La
gueux, 56, president of Rotary
International in 1950 and a pro
minent." Quebec City business
man, died Thursday.
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Miss Judy Buckle, daughter
of Mr. and Mrs. Doug Buckle,
received her orders to report for
service in the U. S. Air Force
recently and left for duty at
Lackland Air Force base in Tex
as. Judy graduated from Rogue
River Hieh school,
Mr. and Mrs. Wilson Reed of
Los Gatos, Calif., are visiting at
the Wiley Carter .ranch on
Evans Creek rd. Reed is a cousin
of the Late Reed Carter. Other
recent euests at the ranch were
Mrs. Carters brother in-law
Ralph Carter, and wife of Sher
man, Oaks Calif.
New York M 1 Harold D.
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Legal Assistance Branch. Office
of the Judge Advocate General
of the Army, died Thursday
after a long illness. He retired
in 1951 as a partner in a New
LEGAL CHIEF DIES
Russia To Launch
Atom Surface Ship
Moscow (IP) The 16,000-ton
Soviet icebreaker Lenin, world's
first atom-powered surface ship,
is reported ready for launching.
The newspaper Trud said in a
dispatch from Leningrad, where
the Lenin is being built, that fi
nal touches to the hull were be
ing completed and interior fin
ishing was under way .
The Russians say the Lenin
will be the world's most power
ful icebreaker, with engines
generating 44,000 horsepower
and capable of cruising 12
months without refueling.
INVENTOR CHARGED
Minden, Germany IIP! The j
inventor of a so-called "people's j
helicopter" faced 10 counts of'
fraud today for taking orders-,
for and having pictures of his
invention printed in West Ger-
man magazines. The court pro-1
secution contends th'at the craft
devised, by Walter Schliesske,
34, has never been flown and j
could not even get off the
ground. The prosecution further
alleges that Schliesske told peo
ple he was a former German
Air Force fighter pilot and air
plane constructor when actually
he had been a corporal.
Thirteen friends and neigh-,
bors of Mrs. Jim Whipple sur
prised her recently on her birth
day the evening was spent play- i
ing cards.
Those present were Mr. and ;
Mrs. John Breeding, Mr. and j
Mrs. L. A. Miller, Mr. and Mrs. j
Victor Friden. Mr. and Mrs. Bill
White. Mrs. Jerusha Moore, Mr.
and Mrs. Lloyd Smith. Mrs. Am- I
bre Blayden Tom Wilson and j
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Mrs. Whipple. j
Mr. and Mrs. Lloyd Young i
of southern California spent a j
recent week end with Young's j
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Young. Mrs. Young is the form
er Gladys Johnson of Rogue
River.
Mrs. Thecla Re Ville was host
ess at a reunion dinner recently
when the brothers and sisters of
Rollin Stiehl, were all together
for the first time in 40 years.
The brothers and sisters are
Mrs. Delia Hawley of Portland,
Oren Steihl, who flew out from
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