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Monaco More Concerned Over Observing
Anniversary Than Problems of World
By HENRY GRIS
United Press Correspondent
Monte Carlo flpi The rest of the world
may worry today about Sputniks and dis
armament, but not Monaco. This tiny fairy
tale principality was more concerned with
celebrating the eighth anniversary of Prince
Rainier's rule.
Rainier and Princess Grace, the former
Grace Kelly of Philadelphia and the Holly
wood movies, formally opened the festivities
Monday night to mark his accession to the
throne of the Grimaldis eight years ago.
The great "fete nationale" started with a
grand reception in the palace and dancing in
the itreets. I represented the world press in
the palace.
Whatever the outside world may have
been concerned with, it didn't bother Monaco.
The Central Park-sized country was bathed in
light, and 3,000 Monegasques took in with
rest the fireworks, free movies and free meals
offered in accordance with long-standing tra
dition. Monaco's red and white flags and the
Stars and Stripes of the United States have
MfonI
1 1 : Pillion to
Boston, Mass. (Special) A
gift of $1,500,000 from Mr. and
Mrs. Alfred S. V. Carpenter of
Medford, Ore., will provide a
center for the visual arts in Har
vard college.
The gift was announced last
night by Alexander M. White,
general chairman of a program
for Harvard college, at a special
gifts dinner fqr Greater Boston
alumni at the Statler and Somer
set hotels.
The Carpenters' gift brings to
$22,000,000 contributions already
made toward an $82,500,000 fund
to strengthen undergraduate edu
cation at Harvard. It is one of
the largest gifts made since a
program for Harvard college
was announced last winter,
"Lively Activity"
The new visual arts center
will make practice of the visual
arts drawing, painting, sculp
ture, shopwork and scenic de-
i sign a. lively activity for Har
vard undergraduates.
It will-provide workshops for
students who wish to work in
traditional media of art, and in
photography, wood, stone, metal
and ceramics. It will house the
design workshop, where college
students of architectural science
practice under the guidance of
Goal Gets Nearer
For United Crusade,
Chairman Reports
Approximately 88 per cent of
this year's United Medford Cru
sade goal has been collected.
Crusade officials 'announced to
day that $108,000 had been
raised as of yesterday
Bob Johnson, campaign chair
man, said that this figure is
$5,000 more than the compar
able figure last year.
The outstanding section in the
campaign this week was that of
the loggers. The logging section
reported $1700 raised on a
$1,000 goal, or 70 per cent over
the section goal.
Special mention was given
Mrs. Ray Reter, Mrs. Joe Hearin
and Mrs. Eugene DeVoe'for their
efforts in the home crusade.
In comparison to, state-wide
figures, Medford ranks 12th in
percentage of goal accomplish
ment. Three United Fund cam
paigns in the state have been
successful. All started in early
August. The Medford campaign
is the only one in the state that
has been successful for four con
tinuous years. If this year's goal
is realized, it will establish a
gtate-wide record. .
Dave Irving, assistant general
chairman, said, "We're going to
make our goal, but we need to
through with a fine tooth
comb and clear up the remain
ing pledges." Johnson also ex
pressed sincere belief that the
goal would be reached but cau
tioned, "We cannot exert too
much effort in this last phase
of the campaign. We still must
realize we are some, distance
from our goal and need the final
efforts of all our workers."
DOW-JONES AVERAGES
New York IIP Dow-Jones
final stock averages: 30 Indus
trials 431.73. off 3.23; 20 rail
roads 98.77. off 4.15; 13 utili
ties 65.41. off 0.07, and 65
stocks 144.07, off 1.83. Sales
today were about 2.240.000
shares compared with 2.110.
000 shares Monday.
WEATHER
FORECAST: Cloudy through
Wednesday, light rains to
night, becoming showery
Wednesday. Low tonight 38,
High Wednesday 46 to 4.
Temp.
Highest Yesterdav 4
Lowest this .Morning 3X
Prec. to 10 a.m. Today 04
Our Skies Tonight
Sunrise 7:08 a.m.
Sunset 4:46 p.m.
Moonrise Wednesday.. 5:59 a.m.
New Moon Thursday
Above the Moon is the planet.
Mars, and well above Mars is
Jupiter and Spica. Neptune, a
planet that can onlv be seen
in a telescope, is now between
Mars, and Jupiter.
been fluttering in the wind side by side since
this toyland by the Mediterranean launched
its series of festivities.
The people are happy and the American
girl turned princess is playing her role as
sovereign to the hilt. Monday night she
sparkled. The ceremony in the palace offered
something Hollywood would take a long time
to master.
The soldiers of Monaco's tiny army were
standing rigidly at attention outside the flood
lit palace, inside its great courtyard, along
side its winding marble staircase, and along
the covered passageway leading to the offi
cial palace rooms as the stage was set.
Major-domos, their chests filled with
medals, beckoned the guests through the
entrance to the rooms filled with music
emanating from a string orchestra hidden
on a balcony.
Some 100 guests were arranged in groups
for the presentation.
To the music of Chopin's "Polonais," Prin
cess Grace appeared at the side of her hand
some husband and started her rounds of the
red throne room.
Couple
an artist. It also will furnish
studios for visiting artists, whose
work will provide a stimulus to
student creative activity.
Harvard President Nathan M.
Pusey, in commenting on the
gift, said, "Now the visual arts
will have an opportunity to win
their proper place, along with
music, drama and athletic sports,
in the life of Harvard under
graduates. We are tremendously
grateful to Mr. and Mrs. Carpen
ter for their wonderful gift. It
will assure for this lively area
Five Persons Die
In Oregon Monday;
One Killed Today
By UNITED PRESS
Five persons were killed in
Oregon traffic accidents Monday
bringing the state's fatality list
to 13 in automobile mishaps
since last Friday night.
A two-car collision on High
way 101 south of Reedsport
claimed two lives. The victims
were Floyd L. Spence, Scotts
burg, and William Jenkins,
Sweet Home.
James C. Haney, Mill City,
was killed when his logging
truck left the Breitenbush
Springs road near Detroit and
struck a tree.
Martin G. , Steeves, 8, Port
land, was struck by a car and
killed Monday night. Fred W.
Frederick, 70, Gresham, also
was killed when struck by a car.
Eight Deaths
Oregon had eight traffic
deaths during the week end.
In another accident in Port
land Monday night, Leroy S.
Altig, 37, was dead on arrival
at a hospital after his car crash
ed into a power pole and
knocked out power in a large
part of southwest Portland for
about an hour. Police said Altig
apparently suffered a heart at
tack. Lebanon, Ore. (W One man
was killed and Glen Huston,
Linn county coroner, was in
jured critically today when the
car in which they were riding
overturned.
Killed was Otto M. Steven
son, about 63, former city coun
cilman and local fuel dealer
here.
State police said they were
hauling a horse trailer en route
to a two-day meeting in Corval
lis when the accident occurred.
Huston was brought to a local
hospital and was reported in
surgery.
DeMarrsf Tax Case
To Remain Open
Municipal Judge Noreen Kelly
said this morning that the case
of Ray DeMarrs, Medford barber
found guilty Monday of operat
ing a business without a license,
will remain open until Wednes
day morning's court session.
Yesterday, under protest, he
paid his $13.50 business license
fee in lieu of a fine in the same
amount, but also asked the court
to consider additional facts
which he said he has. Judge
Kelly granted him the right to
present them Wednesday.
Wednesday's hearing could
have a bearing on two other sim
ilar cases, which had been held
in abeyance pending determina
tion of the DeMarrs test case.
They are Richard Schafer of the
Schafer Electric shop and M. J.
Olsen, of the Tic-Tok Time shop,
both of whom faced similar
charges, and both of whom yes
terday paid their license fees un
der protest. They were not fined,
as was stated incorrectly in yes
terday's. Mail Tribune, because
their cases had not been in for
final hearing.
Florence. Ore. (W Robert C.
Stetcher. Vancouver. Wash., was
found safe early today after be
ing lost since early Monday
while picking mushrooms near
here.
Donates
Harvard
of activity a rightful place in
liberal education, and it will add
a new dimension to undergradu
ate life."
Carpenters Active
Mr. and Mrs. Carpenter oper
ate pear orchards in Oregon, and
are among those responsible for
popularizing the high quality
fruit from the Medford area.
They have been interested in
both public and private educa
tion, and in a wide variety of
civic affairs.
A graduate of Harvard in the
class of 1905, Carpenter has
served as both member and
chairman of his district school
board, is a former president of
Medford Community (now Rogue
Valley Memorial) hospital, and
is former chairman of the county
public welfare commission. He
is a director of the California
Oregon Power company.
Mrs. Carpenter has actively
supported the work of the Ore
gon Shakespearean Festival in
Ashland, and has been active in
Red " Cross work on the local,
state and national levels.
Carpenter is a native of Colo
rado Springs, Colo., and pre
pared for college at" St. Mark's
school, Southboro, Mass. Mrs.
Carpenter is the former Helen
Fairchild Bundy of Binghamton,
N.Y. They were married in
Cairo, Egypt, in 1.9.22..
Son a Graduate " ' -'
Their son, Harlow Carpenter
of Waitsfield, Vt., was a member
of the class of 1950 in Harvard
college, and also attended Har
vard's graduate school of design,
from which he received the de
gree of bachelor of architecture
in 1956. He was the architect
of the new Red Cross building
on Hawthorne st., recently dedi
cated and donated by Mr. and
Mrs. Carpenter.
Their daughter, Mrs. Burton
A. Daugherty, lives in St. Croix,
Virgin Islands.
The greater Boston dinner
Monday night was the latest in
a series of "kick-off" affairs that
have launched the program for
Harvard college in some 30 cities
from coast to coast.
Girard Receives
Suspended Sentence
Tokyo (IP) Many Japanese
reacted angrily today to the sus
pended sentence given to U.S.
Army S3C William S. Girard
who shot and killed a Japanese
woman last spring on what a
Japanese judge called a "child
ish whim."
A three-man Japanese court
today sentenced the Ottawa, 111.,
soldier to three years at hard la
bor on the manslaughter convic
tion, but sentence was suspend
ed for four years on good beha
vior. Girard walked out of court
a free man.
Today's sentence will not be
come final under Japanese law
until 14 days have passed. Dur
ing that time both prosecution
and defense attorneys can file
an appeal. Indications were both
sides have had enough and the
conviction will stand.
Snowstorm
By UNITED PRESS
A road - choking snowstorm
stalled highway travel in much
of the Midwest today, and severe
thunderstorms lashed the South
in the wake of damaging tor
nadoes. At least 20 persons have been
killed in a series of violent
storms since the week end. Ten
persons were killed Monday by
tornadoes, lightning, floods and
snow, five more died in torna
does Sunday and week end
snows in the West claimed an
other five lives.
A near blizzard which howled
into the Midwest Monday
dumped an average of 8 to 11
inches of snow across Iowa,
southern Minnesota, northwest
ern Wisconsin and upper Michi
gan. Wind gusts of nearly 50 miles
per hour piled the snow into
deep drifts and cut visibility to
near zero during the night.
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Passenger Train
Jumps Track; Iw
Dead, Eight Hut
Warehouse Hit by
Speeding Locomotive
'Medford, Mass. W The Mon
treal to Boston passenger train
Red Wing jumped the tracks on
an overpass today and one of
the cars catapulted into a five-
story brick warehouse. The loco
motive toppled to the street,
brushing one moving automobile
and barely missing a second
The engineer and firemen were
killed. Eight other persons were
injured and scores were shaken
up. The Boston and Maine Rail
r o a d combination passenger
freight was carrying about 350
passengers.
The wreck occurred during a
drizzle on a curving detour sec
tion of track. Repair work was
under way on the main track.
Railroad Statement
The railroad said in a state
ment that "preliminary inquiry
at the scene, of the accident indi
cates that there was no equip
ment defect, but that the train
was going at excessive speed in
a restricted speed area . . ."
Dead were engineer- Harold
J. Danford, Somerville, Mass.,
and the fireman, James Murphy,
Nashua, N.H., who was trapped
in the cab of the locomotive,
which toppled 11 feet to the
street.
The seven-car train was travel
ing over, a side track when it
became derailed and tore into
the Converse Rubber company
warehouse in which 100 persons
were working. The two-section
locomotive tore a 15-foot gash
in one corner of the building
and fell to the street.
Engine Spills
The engine spilled on one side
of the bridge embankment and
the power car on the other. The
power car landed upright against
a single-story icinder block build
ing, battering in its roof.
The trestle itself was threat
ened with collapse. Steel girders
supporting it were weakened in
the ' impact and police cleared
everyone off the bridge.
Only four rear cars remained
upright on the tracks.
The wreck occurred within 50
yards of St. Clement's Parochial
school and Convent, minutes be
fore "school was to open, and
about 200 yards from the Tufts
College railroad station.
Ambulances were summoned
from eight surrounding commu
nities. About 3,000 bystanders
flocked to the scene.
Remodeling Shifts
In City Offices
Remodeling of the city hall
second floor offices today moved
into the area where offices of
the city attorney and public
works director were, according
to officials.
The offices, when completed,
will house the city building de
partment and Gil Gutjahr, ad
ministrative assistant. The of
fices will be enlarged and a
counter will be built onto the
office of the building depart
ment. Public Works Director Vernon
Thorpe and City' Attorney E. R.
Bashaw moved into offices at
the rear of the building today.
The city engineering depart
ment formerly was located
where the new offices are. The
engineering department will
move into new quarters in the
area of the building where the
city building department and
city engineer office was located.
Officials said the reason for
slow progress in remodeling was
because the contractors are forc
ed to complete one section of
the building at a time in order
not to interrupt the carrying on
of city business.
Stalls Midwest Tra
The weather bureau reported
travel in the snow area "is almost-impossible."
Highway au
thorities in the four states considered-
calling snow plows off
the roads in some sections be
cause they were in danger of
being stalled and buried by
snow.
The clash of warm and cold
air in the south touched off
twisters Monday in Alabama,
Kentucky, Tennessee and Missis
sippi. Drenching rains sent
streams and rivers over their
banks in sections of Missouri,
Arkansas, Tennessee 'and Ken
tucky. National Guardsmen helped
evacuate 60 to 75 families at
Spring City, Tenn., when Piney
creek flooded the residential
section. Floodwaters also forced
a number of families to flee at
Dayton and Morgantown, Tenn. '
Other floods forced evacua
tion of families at Reeves in
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NEW CITIZENS John A. Novak, 84 (left)
and Herbert A. Wheeler, 14 (center) repre
senting the oldest and youngest of a group
of 19 persons who received citizenship papers
this morning, are shown being congratulated
Chlorine Machines
To Receive Test;
Homes Unaffected
One of the city's two chlorine
machines will go into operation
on the number one pipeline of
the city's water supply system
Wednesday morning,' according
to Robert L. Lee, Mdeford water
superintendent.
He said the water, which will
be treated for about 7 to 10 days
will not be received in any Med
ford' homes but-wHlr-be-diverted
into a reservoir and ' then will
be run off into nearby Bear
creek. Only about 25 farmers
on the line will receive the wa
ter before it is piped into the
reservoir, he said.
Lee said the number two pipe
line would be more than suffic
ient to supply the city needs at
this time of the year. .
Not Neccessary
Adding chlorine to the water
is not necessary to Medford's
system, Lee said, but the city
tests one of its stand-by mach
ines, each year to make sure it
is in working order if ever need
ed, he said. He also said the
chlorine has a flushing value for
the mains when put into the
water. The bleaching effect on
the mains tends to remove ac
cumulations, he added.
Lee said the city has about
30 water inspection tests per
month, each one in a different
location on the lines. The- Ore
gon state board of health makes
rigid inspections of the city sup
ply and system, ' he " said. They
never have required the use of
chlorine because of the system
being underground, he added.
About four times the normal
amount of chlorine that would
be used will be put into the line
during the test, he said. He re
ported this amount, would not
be harmful to people or animals.
The fcity will use about 900
pounds of chlorine during the
test. Cost of the chlorine will be
about $112, Lee said.
Road Conditions
State police reported at
noon today that all highways
in Southern Oregon are clear
with no chains required.
Missouri's "bootheel" section,
closed at least 14 highways in
Arkansas, and threatened the
community of Hopkinsville, Ky.
Twisters touched down in Ala
bama, Mississippi and Kentucky
and a severe windstorm rammed
southwestern Atlanta, Ga., Mon
day night, damaging homes and
littering streets with felled trees
and utility lines.
Lightning killed two persons
in Kentucky Monday, and a
mother and daughter drowned
when their car skidded into a
flooded ditch.
In the snow-covered Midwest,
two persons died in Iowa and
another in Nebraska from heart
attacks blamed on the weather.
The deep snows forced hun
dreds of rural schools to-close
Monday and today, and the
storm forced a plane carrying
House, Speaker Sam Rayburn
(D.-Tex.) to make an unsched
uled landing at Wichita.
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OREGON, TUESDAY, NOVEMBER 19, 1957
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Nineteen Residents
Receive Citizenship
Nineteen southern Oregon res
idents became United States cit
izens this morning in a natural
ization hearing in circuit court.
They represented 12 countries.
The group received congratu
lations from several officials be
fore signing certificates of natur
alization in the county clerk's of
fice. Naturalization Officer Le
Roy Schilling, Portland, was in
charge.
The new citizens include Jo
seph Bruno Raphael Dallaire,
1060 Crater Lake ave., who re
quested a name change to Ray
mond Bruno Dallaire,' from Can
ada; John A. Novak, 15 Lincoln
st., Czechoslovakia; Florence
Doreen Ross, 65 Hartley rd.,
Great Britain; Queenie Florence
Klimek, route 1, box 226, Talent,
England; Walter Doherty, route
1, box 17, Gold Hill, New Zea
land; Ivy Ruby Doherty, Gold
Hill, Australia; Sophia Maria Ly-
Telephone Taxes
Show Big Increase
A check for $212,269.72 has
been mailed to Sheriff, and Tax
Collector Howard Gault as Pa
cific Telephone and, Telegraph
company's share of. the 1957-58
property taxes in Jackson coun
ty, according to J. H. Creager,
manager of the branch office
here. This. is the net amount fol
lowing discount for prompt pay
ment, Creager explained.
. The telephone company's
Jackson county tax bill this year
was $52,849.25 more than in
1956-57 an increase of about 33
per cent.
Throughout the state Pacific
Telephone paid property taxes
totaling. $4,552,975.90. The fig
ure was up $613,504.79 or about
15 per cent higher than the pre
vious year. . .
Creager pointed out, although
the property tax, is paid by the
company, it is telephone cus
tomers who - actually foot the
bill.
The monthly bill payments are
the company's only source of
revenue to meet all of its oper
ating expenses, including taxes,
he said.
Schoolchildren
Get Salk Vaccine
Medford public school chil
dren crowded the first floor of
the county courthouse today
when they received their third
shot of Salk polio vaccine in
the county health office. The
children, who received the first
and . second shots more than
seven months ago, were trans
ported to the clinic by school
buses.
Dr.. A. Erin Merkel, county
health officer, reported that the
vaccination stations are limited
to the completion of children
who have had their first two
shots. He reminded parents of
non-school children who receiv
ed Salk polio shots during Janu
ary or February to take their
children to the nearest desig
nated school during scheduled
hours or to the clinic at the
courthouse on Tuesdays . and
Fridays.
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after, the ceremony by Circuit Judge Edward
C Kelly. The oath was administered in the
new circuit court room in the courthouse
annex by Circuit Court Clerk Mrs. George
Brown and was presided over by Judge Kelly.
sen, 127 Strawberry lane, Ash
land, The Netherlands. ;
Others Listed
Also Peter James Bennett and
Laura Marie Antoinette Bennett,
2733 Connell ave., both Canada;
Ruth Davis, 1320 Ridgeway ave.,
England; Gloria Astrid Wilson,
Del Rio Orchards, Gold Hill,
Honduras; Tomasa Langarte Uri-
eh, route - 1, box 440, Coleman
Creek rd., Spain; Elfriede Anna
Metzmeier Jones, post office box
2, Trail, Germany; Gladys Ida
Margaret' -Warden, 4120 South
Pacific highway, Grants Pass,
Great Britain.
Others were Nels Ellis Nelson,
11 Western st., Sweden; Hazel
Margaret Pullen and Gerald
Richard Pullen, 828 West 14th
st., both Canada; Herbert' Anton
Wheeler, post office box 257,
Prospect, Austria; and Lawrence
Earl Sands, route 1, box 576A,
Central Point, Canada.
Wheeler, 14, was the youngest
of those taking the oath. He is
the son of Mr. and Mrs.. William
Porter , Wheeler. Sands, also a
minor, is the son of Mr. and Mrs.
Earl Lawrence Sands. Oldest in
the group was Novak, 84, who
is making his home here with
his son and daughter-in-law, Mr.
and Mrs. John C. Novak.
The group was welcomed and
congratulated by Mrs. C. Q. D'Al
bini of Medford, who conducted
the citizenship classes enabling
them to pass the examinations of
the immigration and naturaliza
tion service. She has been con
ducting such classes as a service
to prospective citizens, for 30
years under the auspices of the
Daughters of the American Rev
olution. John Thompson, Medford High
school student gave the princi
pal talk stressing that individual
citizens are important in achiev
ing good government.
The citizens received flags do
nated by the Medford Elks lodge
and the DAR.
Circuit Court Judge Edward
Kelly presided at the hearing.-
This is the second group of
persons to become naturalized
citizens in Jackson county this
year.. The last group of 15 ap
peared in circuit court May 29.
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Other Nations in
Europe To Receive
Them, McElroy Says
President Lists Talk
At End of Meeting
Augusta, Ga. (IP) Defense
Secretary Neil H. McElroy an
nounced today after a confer
ence with President Eisenhow
er that the United States will
begin to supply guided missiles
to Great Britain and other Eur
opean nations during 1959.
McElroy spent two hours
with the President here today
at the Augusta National Golf
club then held a lengthy news
conference with reporters who
travel with the chief executive.
McElroy 'said it might be nec
essary to close down some mili
tary installations in this coun
try to meet the demands of a
higher defense budget next year.
The defense secretary also told
reporters before returning to
Washington that he anticipates
a major budget increase for his
department next year, possibly
as high as $40 billion. The cur
rent defense budget is $39 bil
lion arid expected to increase by
at least $500 million before the
fiscal year ends next June 30.
The President and British
Prime Minister Harold McMil
lan agreed in a meeting in Ber
muda last spring that the U.S.
would start, as soon as practic
able, to supply Great Britain
with guided missies without nu
clear warheads.
McElroy said the final budget
figure was not settled today, but
he thought it would be "com
pletely possible" that some mil
itary installations in the U. S.
would have to be closed down
to meet the financial demands
of the space age. .
President Sets Speech
As the meeting between the
President and McElroy ended.
White House Press Secretary
James C. Hagerty announced
that the chief executive would
make his third "chins-up" speech
to the American public from
Cleveland, Ohio, on the night of
Nov. 26.
The President will speak un
der the auspices of the Cleve
land Chamber of Commerce and
will be introduced by former
Treasury Secretary George
Humphrey.
Hagerty said the subject of
the Nov. 26 speech would be
"The Value of International Co
operation in Our Nation's Se
curity." "'
The President has given no
indication he is considering
boosting taxes to pay for step
ped up missile development and
production. But he has held out
no hope of a reduction saying the
increased defense costs must
come out of domestic govern
ment services.
73 Injured in Train
Accident in Illinois
Gorham, 111. 0P At least 13
passengers on a Cotton Belt Line
train were, injured early today
when the southbond passenger
train was "sideswiped" by a
diesel near here.
The injured were taken to hos
pitals in Murphysboro and Ches
ter. None was reported in serious
condition.
Washington (IP) Secretary of
State John Foster Dulles said.
today the United States is think
ing of creating several nuclear
stockpiles in convenient locations
in NATO countries.
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