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Powell Sedition aCase
Ordered Dismissed
San Francisco (IP) U.S. Dis
trict Judge Louis E. Goodman
today ordered dismissal of the
18-month-long Powell sedition
case after 30 days unless the
State Department permits gath
ering of evidence for the defense
in Communist China and North
Korea.
The defendants are John W.
Powell, 38, his wife, Sylvia, 36,
San Francisco, and Julian Schu
man. New York, who are charg
ed with publishing charges in
Shanghai that the U.S. engaged
in aggression and germ warfare
in the Korean war.
100 Prospective Witnesses
Goodman, in an opinion on a
defense motion for dismissal of
charges, noted the defense has
named 100 prospective witnesses
in Red China and North Korea,
who allegedly could testify about j
the truth cf magazine articles
prepared by the defendants.
He said those countries are
the "most likely sources of de
fense evidence . . . the necessity
for defense council to travel to
China and North Korea in prepa
ration for trial has become
manifest."
Goodman previously appoint
ed defense counsel A. L. Wirin
an officer of the court so he
could travel to the Orient under
the court's protection in spite
of State Department policy of
refusing to issue passports for
travel to these countries,
However, Goodman said he
could not order the State De
partment to issue Wirin a pass
port and the Red Chinese gov
ernment has indicated it would
not admit the attorney unless
he has one. 1
Goodman said he does not
question the wisdom of U.S.
policy but said the defendants
have a "constitutional right" to
present evidence.
U.S. Has Choice
"So the U.S. has its choice,'
Goodman said. "It can choose to
adhere to its policy of non-issuance
of such passports. Or it can
decide it is more important to
prosecute this criminal case. '
Mrs. Bash Resigns
GOP Chairmanship
Mrs. Frank Bash, 1325 Bundy
" ave., Medford, has resigned as
chairman of the Republican Cen
tral committee of Jackson coun
ty, chairman of the Fourth Con
gressional district organization,
and as a member of the Oregon
State Republican Executive com
mittee. Her -resignation is effective
today.
Mrs. Bash said she resigned be
cause of personal responsibili
ties. She submitted her resigna
tion in time that a new chair
man may become familiar with
the organization prior to the
1958 elections, she said.
No date has been set for a
committee meeting at which a
new chairman will be named.
WEATHER
FORECAST: Fair throush Sat
nrday except for fog and
smoke in valleys Saturday
morning. Low tonight 28.
High Saturday S5.
Temp.
Hizhest Yesterday 2
Lowest this Morning 30
Our Skies Tonight
Sunrise
Sunset
Moonset Saturday
6:45 a.m.
5:05 p.m.
2:03 a.m.
Nov. 7
Full Moon
Highlight of the phenomena in
the skies above this month will
be the increasing brilliance and
prominence of the planet Ve
nus. It sets here tonight at
6:56 p.m.
DFORD
Powell owned and edited the
China Monthly Review, a Shang
hai publication founded by his
father. The defendant was born
in China, educated at the Uni
versity of Missouri, and served
in China during World War II
with the U.S. Office of Informa
tion. Mrs. Powell, the former Sylvia
Campbell, Portland, Ore., mar
ried Powell in Shanghai in 1947
when she was an employee of
the U.N. Relief and Rehabilita
tion Agency. She served as asso
ciate editor of the Review, as
did Schuman.
$100,000 Damage
Suit Filed Here
Theodore R . - Donner' ' Cen tr al
Print, has filed a suit in circuit
court asking $100,000 general
damages, $945.57 special dam
ages, plus compensation and at
torneys fee from Frank Rich
ardson, Central Point, and Doris
L. Oaks, Camp White, for in
juries received in an automobile
accident Nov. 26, 1956 at Camp
White.
Donner, a passenger in - an
automobile driven by Richard
son, suffered permanent injuries
to head, brain and neck and
other injuries when he was
violently thrown about the in
terior of the car and onto the
road as a result of the accident,
the complaint states.
The accident occurred on
Hospital rd. at Camp White
about O7:50 a.m. when the auto
mobile driven by Richardson
collided With a vehicle driven by
Doris L. Oaks, i' states. The
complaint charges Doris Oaks
with negligent and careless op
eration of her automobile, claim
ing that the windshield of her
car was covered with frost. Rich
ardson is charged in the com
plaint with operating his ve
hicle in a reckless, careless, and
negligent manner and failing to
keep a proper lookout for an
other vehicle.
The plaintiff is represented
bv the law firm Neff, Froh-
mayer and Lowry of Medford.
CONGRATULATIONS Kelly Somers, right, is being congratu
lated by his father, F. L. Somers, 36 Glen Oak st., after receiv
ing his eagle rank in a Boy Scout Troop 3 ceremony held at
Roosevelt school earlier in the week. It is the highest rank avail
able in the scouting movement. The award was presented by
J. A. McDougall, Crater Lake area council commissioner. Troop
scoutmaster is Jack Thompson and assistant scoutmaster is Carl
Olson.- (Photo by-Dick Clark)
MEDFORD, OREGON, FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 1, 1957
Russian
For Public
London HP) Two top
viet publications started prep,
ing the Russian people today fc
the public disgrace of Red armj
hero Marshal Georgi Zhukov.
The Soviet naval organ Red
Fleet called for "decisive con
demnation" of "exaltation of in
dividual . . . swaggering . .
military leaders."
Crushing Rebuff
The Soviet party newspaper
Pravda printed an article noting
the "apostates and renegades,
right or left wing schismatists
and fractionaries" in the party
have "invariably met with
crushing rebuff."
Dispatches on both articles
cleared meticulous Soviet cen-
Syrian-Egyptian
Armed Forces Chief
Goes To Moscow
By UNITED PRESS
Maj. Gen. Abdel Hakim Amer,
chief of the joint Syrian-Egyptian
armed forces, left Cairo to
day by Soviet jet airliner for
Moscow and important talks
with Soviet military leaders.
United Press Correspondent
Wilbur G. Landrey reported
from Cairo there was specula
tion another arms deal was in
the making to supplement the
planes, submarines, tanks and
rockets already received from
Russia.
His departure to attend the
40th anniversary celebration of
the Bolshevik revolution was an
other bit of evidence the Turco
Syrian "crisis" was over. The
celebrations are Nov. 7.
Press Banners News
Egyptian newspapers ban
nered news of his departure and
said he would participate in "im
portant talks" while in Moscow
with the Egyptian officials who
accompanied him. There was no
hint whether his visit would end
in closer ties with the Soviet
which has supplied both Egypt
and Cairo with military equip
ment. Although the crisis appeared
over, Egypt's President Gamal
Abdel Nasser and Syria's Presi
dent Shukri El Kuwatly issued
statements today anniversary
of the end of the Suez invasion
declaring any "imperialist ag
gression" against Syria would
meet the same "shame and de
feat" as the attack on Egypt.
The only suggestion that the
crisis had not died down came
from Kuwatly who said, "today
imperialism is launching a new
round. But our stand will be the
same as that of a year ago, with
a deeper faith in the justice of
our cause and the strength of
our brotherhood and solidarity."
DOW-JONES AVERAGES
New York (IP) Dow-Jones
final stock averages: 30 indus
trials 434.71, off 6.33; 20 rail
roads 108.03, off 2.91; IS utili
ties 65.54, off 0.21, and 65
stocks 147.25, off 2.20. Sales
today were about 2,060.000
shares compared with 2,170,
000 shares Thursday.
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People
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former . Paris newspaper
..ieur" said the Kremlin
nolding up announcement
of Zhukov's fate because he re
fuses to sign a "confession of
errors" at party chief Nikita
S. Khrushchev's command.
Decision Said Made
None has come although in
formed sources said the Commu
nist Party's 133-member Central
Committee had made its deci
sion on Zhukov Wednesday.
Westerners still expected the an
nouncement within the next few
days or even hours.
POLE SHEARED Pranks played by Halloween hobgoblins
last night were mild compared to the damage done when the
car above, drive by David Hess Griffiths, 114 Almond st., Med
ford, left the road, tore out a section of fence, broke a water
meter,, sheared off a telephone pole and snapped three 220
volt wire circuits leading to residences. Police said the accident
occurred about 2 a.m. in the vicinity of the Grandview mar
ket on Crater Lake ave. Griffiths, who suffered head injuries,
was taken by Medford Ambulance service to Rogue Valley hos--"pital,
where his condition was listed as fair this morning. Cali
fornia Oregon Power company maintenance men are shown
above steadying the pole while a wrecker pulls the damaged
car from the ditch.
Community Hall, Post
Office Are Dedicated
Talent The community of
Talent dedicated a new post of
fice and a remodeled and ex
panded city hall-community
building last night.
The ceremonies, in the large
assembly hall of the community
building, which was once a
school, were marked by num
bers from the orange and black
clad Talent High school band,
introduction of a number of
guests, a talk by a postal offi
cial, and the noise of children
celebrating Halloween in the
new downstairs youth center.
The project was a community
wide one. The Lions club gave
financial assistance, the Garden
club helped, city officials, led
by Mayor Frank Christian and
Police Chief William Young, did
most of the actual work, and the
several young people's groups
also pitched in where they
could.
Hall Project
The community hall project
included flooring and expand
ing the assembly and council
room upstairs in the old build
ing, renovation of the Talent
branch of the Jackson county
library, and the big youth cen
ter room downstairs. Plans for
other improvements are now
being laid, according to Mrs.
Christian, who has had an im
portant role in the project.
County Judge Rodney Keat
ing presided at the ceremonies,
and introduced visiting mayors
and their wives, Miss Helen
Webster, county librarian, and
presented her with a key to the
library branch, Postmaster
Roger Smoot, and others. Mayor
Christian introduced members
of the city administration and
others in the community who
worked on the remodeling job.
Postmaster Smoot introduced
Donald Acton, Portland regional
post office official, who talked
about the new post office, the
Simpson, Nutting
Reelected to Posts
Lewis L. (Doc) Simpson, secretary-manager
and forester for
the Southern Oregon Conserva
tion and Tree Farm association,
was reelected chairman of the
advisory board to the district
forester of the bureau of land
management this morning.
B. L. (Bud) Nutting, general
manager of Medford corporation,
was reelected vice chairman of
the group.
RIBUNE
Being Prepared
ce of Zhukov
Possibiliy as part cf the
groundwork for making the an
nouncement, the Soviet News
Agency Tass Thursday night
distributed a Communist Chi
nese statement giving unquali
fied support to Khrushchev's in
sistence on supremacy of the
party over the army.
Khrushchev's Fear
Zhukov was commander in
chief of the Red army as well as
defense minister. Western as
well as Communist reports have
said his downfall was caused
by Khrushchev's fear the army
was getting more powerful than
the party.
The Tass report quoted Li Bo
Chen, a Red Chinese military
history of the postal service,
and its plans for the future. He
characterized the new Talent
post office, which the govern
ment is leasing, as one of the
finest small nost offices in this
part of the country. He pre-i
sented an American flag to the
postmaster for use at the new
post office, and dedicated it to
men who have given their lives
in the service of their country,
and to patrons of the postal
service.
Following the hour-long pro
gram, both the community cen
ter and the post office a block
away were opened for inspec
tion, and refreshments were
served.
Suit Expected To Go
To Jury Late Today
A condemnation suit brought
by the city of Medford against
Mr. and Mrs. Walter H. Muir
head, 2003 Hillcrest rd. was ex
pected to go to a circuit court
jury this afternoon, according
to court attendants.
City Attorney Roy Bashaw
rested his case this morning.
Testifying this morning were
County Assessor Ray Schu
macher, Earl Toomey and Muir
head. Attorneys for the defendants,
George Roberts and G. W. Kell
ington, are expected to complete
their case early this afternoon.
The suit involves land be
tween Barneburg rd. and Sun
rise ave. The city is seeking the
land to make Jackson a through
street from Hillcrest rd. to Mc
Andrews rd. in west Medford.
Police Investigating
Beating of Two Men -
Walter S. McAlister, 53, and
Earl Taylor, both of Camp
White domiciliary are being
treated at the Camp White in
firmary after being beaten about
the head and face Wednesday
night, state police said. They
said they are still investigating
the incident.
Camp White authorities said
the two were in Medford Wed
nesday evening when they were
picked up by another man and
taken to the camp. Somewhere
en route to Camp White the two
men were beaten, state police
said.
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official and politburo member,
as saying in the Peiping daily
that the first and basic principle
of the army is "absolute leader
ship of the party "
Franc Tireur said that during
the "bargaining" that has gone
on this week between him and
the army hero, Khrushchev has
agreed to- reduce Zhukov's
"faults" to modest proportions
if he would accuse himself
publicly.
But Zhukov so far has re
fused to have any part of the
idea and that is why the Soviet
announcement on his fate has
been posponed twice t after re
ports that it was "imminent,'
Franc Tireur said.
Coty Reported on
Verge of Resigning
Because of Crisis
Paris (IPl Reports circulated
in Paris today that President
Rene Coty was on the verge of
resigning in disgust at the
month-old government crisis.
Felix Gaillard was trying to
form a cabinet but has run into
difficulties becausa of the fence
sitting tactics of the powerful
Socialist party. He is the fifth
man to attempt to end the worst
political crisis since the end of
the war.
Message Said Drafted
The rumors about Coty were
so strong that the Paris leftwing
"Express" said he already has
drafted a message to the Nation
al Assembly deputies warning
he will quit unless a govern
ment is formed soon.
The "Express," which backs
radical ex-Premier Pierre Men-des-France,
was the only publi
cation to carry the report. But
observers already have antici
pated such a move by Coty as
the political deadlock worsened.
Gaillard has made it plain he
would scrap his efforts to form
a government unless the Social
ists agreed to participate. But he
has also asked for the participa
tion of the Independents, the po
litical arch-enemies of the So
cialists. New Decorations fo
Be Installed Soon
Installation of Christmas street
decorations in Medford will be
completed by Nov. 16, according
to the Retail Merchants associa
tion. Twenty new decorations have
been added to the 42 which are
still usable from last year. The
new decorations will be 10-foot
tall plastic candy lighted canes.
The new decorations will be
installed on lighting polls on
Main st. and Central ave. in the
business area. The older wreath
decorations, will be placed on
Sixth, Bartlett and East Main
sts. 1
The 20 new decorations cost
the association about $2,40), ac
cording to Chairman Eugene
Orr. The merchants hope to re
place the rest of the eight-year-
old decorations by next year,, he
added. It would take about 46
additional canes to provide
enough for the city, he said.,
Orr said the city public works
department will start installing
the decorations late next week.
The merchants pay for the decor
ations and the cost of lighting
them, and city crews install
them.
Comparatively Quiet Halloween Night
Reported by
Law enforcement agencies in
Jackson county reported a com
paratively quiet Halloween this
year.
Jackson county sheriff's offi
cers said the most serious dam
age reported to them was a com
pressor mounted on a two-wheel
trailer dumped off the side of
the road near Cascade Gorge on
Highway 62.
A ton of hay was spread
across the Coleman Creek rd.
and the Oregon orchards sign
placed in the center of the road,
officers said.
Officers also reported that a
number of county signs had
been removed in the Coleman
Creek and Houston rds. area.
Wooden barricades were placed
across three roads entering
Eagle Point and set afire. Mail
boxes and signs were smeared
oiise. Senate-.
Will tarn
Debate Mofiitilay
Salem (IP) Both houses of
the Oregon Legislature stood ad
journed until 10 a.m. Monday
when the Senate concluded a 50
minute session today.
In its brief meeting, the Sen
ate approved six appointments
by the governor.
They were: LaSalle coles,
Prineville; Vincent Ostrom, Eu
gene; and Ben R. Little, Corval
lis, to the State Water Resources
Board; and Nadine Strayer,
Baker; Lester R. Childs, Grants
Pass; and Clinton Haight Jr.,
Baker; to the State Department
of Geology and Mineral Indus
tries. Haight will not serve as he
has been appointed state repre
sentative since his board ap
pointment. He succeeded former
Rep. Robert Steward who is now
Oregon's agriculture department
director.
Committee To Meet
The Senate Tax Committee
will not meet until Monday
when it resumes discussion of
the Democratic bill cutting in
come taxes 10 per cent. It voted
out 7-2 the Democratic bill rais
ing basic school support from
$95 to $105 per census child.
Both Gov. Robert D. Holmes'
10 per cent income tax reduction
bill and his bill to boost basic
school support $10 per census
child as a means of providing
local property tax relief passed
the House Thursday.
The Senate Tax Committee
then voted to have some amend
ments proposed by Republicans
printed before the merits of the
bill are discussed.
The Republicans, along with
Democratic Sens. Harry D. Boi
vin, Klamath Falls, and Ben
Musa, The Dalles, want to amend
the governor's 10 per cent tax
reduction to produce about $60
million in tax relief per bien-
nium as compared with $18 mil
lion through the Democratic
plan.
Back io 1953 Level .
They would do this by reduc
ing personal income tax rates to
about the 1953 level, which, in
effect, means repeal of the 45
Eagle Point Man
Dies of Injuries
Willie Clarence Ward, 48, of
324 South B st., Eagle Point,
died in a local hospital Thurs
day afternoon from injuries re
ceived in a logging accident near
Tiller, Oct. 29.
Ward had been employed by
the B. F. Nork Logging com
pany, Shady Cove, for more than
five years. It was reported that
he had substituted for another
employee Tuesday, and was
caught in the high lead line. He
was critically injured in the fall.
He was brought to Medford
following the accident by Med
ford Ambulance service after
being treated at the scene of the
accident by a Medford doctor
who accompanied the ambu
lance. Among survivors are his
widow, Mrs. Emma M. Ward,
and two sons and a daughter, all
of Eagle Point.
Funeral arrangements are
pending at Perl Funeral home
in Medford.
Mackie Resigns as
Building Inspector
Herbert E. Mackie, Medford
building inspector, resigned yes
terday after nine years of city
service.
City Manager Robert Ai Duff
said O. R. McNeil, now em
ployed in the building depart
ment, will assume Mackie's posi
tion as the Medford building inspector-supervisor.
Mackie, who is a registered
architect, designed thewest and
east side fire stations, and the
municipal airport terminal.
He plans to open a small archi
tect's office in the Medical Cen
ter building soon. !
Law Enforcement Agencies
with paint near the Hillcrest-
Roxy Anne rd., and a milk can
platform was placed in the mid
dle of a road near Phoenix, they
said. Two bales of hay were set
afire at Talent.
Medford police reported they
answered more than 30 tele
phone calls and complaints
made in connection with juve
niles causing trouble in down
town Medford.
They said more than 15 cases
were investigated "on-view" by
officers in patrol cars. Lt. Jack
C. McMillan said it would not
be practical to make cases from
the large number of complaints,
but most of them , were cleared
after questioning of juveniles.
He said most trouble in down
town Medford was caused by
boys of junior and senior high
school age who were throwing
per cent surtax added by the
1955 Legislature and the com
parative 51 per cent rate set in
the regular 1957 session.
Other amendments would ex
empt taxpayers over 65 with in
comes of less than $2,400 and
give a double exemption to phy
sically handicapped persons over
65.
The program, in which Sen.
Rudie Wilhelm Jr., Portland Re
publican, has had a prominent
part, also would provide an auto
matic increase of 1 per cent in
each tax bracket if tax collec
tions fell below $60 million any
year.
Capitol observers were pre
dicting that the suggested amend
ments would be added to the
governor's bill and that the final
extent of tax reduction would
depend upon the compromise
which would then have to be
worked out between the House
and Senate.
The adjournment of the House
Thursday afternoon knocked
Gov. Holmes' Saturday adjourn
ment plans out of whack and
also miffed some Republicans.
President To Make
First Science Talk
At Oklahoma City ,
Washington HP) President
Eisenhower announced today he
will speak at Oklahoma City
Nov. 13 in the first of several
addresses to bolster public con
fidence in U. S. scientific pro
gress and economic power.
The President has said the
speeches, scheduled in the wake
of Sputnik, will be designed to
alert the nation to the need for
pushing scientific developments.
The chief executive will speak
at the "New Frontiers Exposi
tion" in Oklahoma City at the
invitation of Raymond Gary, the
state's Democratic governor.
'Science and Security
The White House said the Pres
ident will fly to Oklahoma City
in the early afternoon of Nov.
13 and return ., to Washington
either late that night or early
the next day.
It said the topic of his address
will be "Science and Security
. The speech will be at 7:30
p.m. (p.s.t.) and will be carried
nationally by radio and televis
ion. The President sent a telegram
to Gary accepting the govern
or's invitation to participate in
a celebration marking the 50th
anniversary of Oklahoma's ad
mission to statehood.
200 Children Take
Pari in Fund Drive
About 200 children took part
in the annual UNICEF Hal
loween project last night, and
collected $194.72 it was report
ed this morning. This is the third
year the project has been carried
on in Medford and adjacent
areas.
The total collected was some
what larger than last year when
$120 was contributed.
Camp Fire Girls conducted
the campaign the first two years.
This year it was handled by the
Medford chapter, Oregon United
Nations association. Participa
tion by both adults and children
is entirely on a volunteer basis.
Mrs. Harlan P. Bosworth Jr.,
chairman, said the chapter was
gratified at the results of the
project, even though such a small
number had taken part. .
Mrs. Bosworth said the chap
ter was aided by service club
members, who served refresh
ments when children checked in
their collections, by parent
teacher associations and by the
public schools. Many parents ac
companied their children, she
added.
eggs, water-filled balloons, bags
filled with oil, and other items.
Warning signs at the construc
tion site of the storm sewer on
South Central ave. were moved,
and caused traffic to jam for
several blocks, they said. Signs
also were moved from the Front
and 10th sts. construction result
ing in trucks driving into a
deadend street.
No major damage was report
ed in either Ashland or Central
Point by police departments.
A sidewalk was painted in
Ashland and trashcans were
turned over, police said, while
in Central Point a few stop signs
were reported pulled up.
Police reported the majority
of the pranks did not constitute
damage but would mainly re
quire time on the part of the
owners to place Items and signs.