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Warships Brave
Atlantic Storm
As Safety Patrol
U.St) Destroyers
Caught Off Portugal
London HP Three British
warships raced into an Atlantic
gale today to help the U. S. Navy
and Coast Guard operate a "safe
ty patrol" for President Eisen
hower's flight from Washington
to Paris.
The storm, which has raged
throughout the North Atlantic
for three days, was centered off
the coast of France this morning.
It packed surface winds up to 50
miles an hour over a 700-mile
radius but gradually was de
creasing in intensity.
Warships in Trouble
It was not enough to interfere
with regular commercial trans
atlantic flights, but four U. S.
warships not on guard duty
were in trouble off Portugal.
Other British ships stood by to
aid another four U. S. destroy
ers caught in the storm off Lis
bon. The Manley was heavily dam
aged and one of its crewmen
killed instantly when a huge
wave hit broadside and smashed
the superstructure. It was limp
ing slowly toward Lisbon.
Short of Fuel
Three accompanying destroy
ers McCard, Vogelgesang and
Gearing radioed that they were
desperately short of fuel and
were unable to take on oil from
a tanker because of the rough
seas.
A U. S. Navy spokesman said
the Gearing had enough fuel to
last-until this evening and the
McCard and Vogelgesang could
last a bit longer. If they are un
able to take on fuel by then they
may be taken in tow by the light
carrier Tripoli and the troop
transport General Hodges, he
said.
Southland Hit by
Sub-Freezing Cold
By UNITED PRESS
A sub-freezing cold wave, the
worst in more than two decades,
gripped the Southland for the
second straight night, claiming a
heavy toll in lives and damage
to crops.
Dixie residents shivered in
temperatures in the teens as far
south as eastern Georgia early
today. Temperatures plunged
O into the 20s in upper Florida
O where crop damage was esti
mated in the millions of dollars.
The two-day cold wave, the
bitterest southern freeze since
1934, was expected to break to
day with the advance of a west
ern warming trend.
The cold snap has been blamed
for more than 50 deaths, at least
35 of them in fires as southern
er overtaxed heating units in
an effort to keep warm. Others
died from exposure and in traf
fic accidents on snow-slicked
roads.
WEATHER
FORECAST: Thickening and
lowering high clouds and oc
casional gusty winds tonight.
Cloudy with occasional rain
Saturday. Low tonight 40.
High Saturday 45-48.
Temp.
Highest Yesterday 35
Lowest this Morning .. 32
Prec. to 4 a.m. Today, trace.
Our Skies Tonight
Snnrise 7:32 a.m,
Sunset 4:39 p.m.
The Moon rises Satur
day 12:15 a.m.
and is in Perigee
Last Quarter 9:45 p.m.
PROMINENT STAR
Alhebaran. in the east 8:30 pjrt.
SHOOTING STARS
The Geminid meteor shower is
now at its height. .
Crowded Conditions Are
Deported at Hospitals
Istremely crowded conditions
been reported the last two
day by the three local hospitals.
Sacred Heart hospital had 112
patients Wednesdy night, accord
ing Ao Glenn Keyes, hospital
business manager. The hospital
has 98 beds, he added.
Keyes explained that the hos
pital was mainly cramped as to
O space since other beds were
u available and were set up in the
hallways on the second, third,
and fourth floors and all private
rooms had two beds.
He said every bed and mat
tress owned by the hospital was
used, and additional equipment
was on a stand-by basis by Med
ford Ambulance service. One pa
tient was treated on the ambu
lance seretcher, Keyes reported,
but was sent home later.
Friday morning the number of
patients had efropped to 96.
Keyes said many of the patients
were accident cases caused by
Clhe fog, medical cases, and a
heavy surgery schedule added to
the load.
Wednesday night the hospital
had to cancel soma scheduled
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School Board Votes
To Advertise Bonds
The Medford school board this
week voted to advertise bonds
totaling $600,000 to begin the
two-year 51,786.000 building pro
gram approved by district voters
last month.
Preparations are under way to
call for bids for classrooms and
facilities needed next school
year, school officials said.
Planned to be ready for next
school year are a science, shop,
homemaking and five or six
classrooms at Medford High
school; elementary schools at
the Grand ave. site in the north
east area, and at the Siskiyou
site in the southeast area; reno-
1,000-Pound Satellite
Declared Possibility
Washington (IP) William M.
Holaday, Pentagon missile boss,
said today that the United States
plans to and can put a thou
sand-pound satellite in orbit.
But he told the Senate Pre
paredness Subcommittee that he
does not want to disclose the
proposed date for the launching.
Holaday reaffirmed his state
ment that this country can
launch large satellites "when
ever we want them" and said he
had detailed information to
prove it. But he declined to dis
close the information at a public
hearing lest it be "helpful to the
Russians."
Gunman Gels $5,000
From Portland Bank
Portland HP) The Foster
Powell Branch of the First Na
tional Bank of Portland was held
up shortly before noon today by
a gunman armed with a .45 cali
ber automatic. First reports said
he escaped with about $5,000.
Bank employees and custom
ers saw the bandit escape in a
car moments before police con
verged on the area at Southeast
52nd ave. and Powell blvd.
Witnesses described the robber
as about 30 years of age, wear
ing rimless glasses. Police start
ed a search for the getaway car.
surgery and placed the cases on
a stand-by basis, he stated.
Keyes said this was the high
est number of patients that have
been at . Sacred Heart at one
time. He reported that the ma
jor, problem Wednesday night
was the tight nursing situation.
He said the hospital usually
has an average of 80 to 85 pa
tients. Six persons were turned away
Wednesday evening from Rogue
Valley hospital, according to
Miss B. J. Larsen, hospital ad
ministrator. She reported this
morning that 50 of the hospital's
55 beds were filled.
At the peak, one bed was in
the director of nurse's office.
Miss Larsen said that accident,
medical and surgical patients
were at the hospital and 15 were
traction patients.
"That's our limit," she ex
plained, "we just run out of
equipment after that many."
Osteopathic hospital spokes
man reported 13 of the 17 beds
there filled this week with an
average of 14 or 15 patients each
night for the month.
Space Project
CoDyrtiht 1957, The Pnlltrpr Publishing Co.
St. Leal Post-Dispatch
on Vacation)
vation and additions to West
Side and Roosevelt schools, and
construction of a district shop.
Plans Being Made
Plans are now being made to
select an architect for the pro
posed shool bus shops and dist
rict shop and warehouse, board
members were told. A progress
report on plans for proposed
elementary and high school addi
tions was given by school admin
istrators. Reports given at the meeting
included one on exploratory
meetings with citizens repre
senting industry, business, labor,
and others interested in the Med
ford area regarding establish
ment of an area vocational
school; a report on school board
and administrator's meeting in
Corvallis earlier this week at
tended by Board Member Ed
Branchfield and Superintendent
Leonard Mayfield; and a report
on a meeting of Jackson county
school administrators and board
members with Mrs. Joy Hills
Gubser of the state department
of education, who is in charge of
special education department for
the state.
The resignation of Mrs. Mar
lene Richardson, fourth grade
teacher at Jackson school, was
accepted. Mrs. Barbara Doolen
was hired to replace Mrs.
Richardson.
Christmas Vacations
Scheduled to Start
Jackson county schools will
dismiss classes for the Christ
mas vacation Dec. 23. according
to Jackson county school super
intendent s office. Most classes
resume Jan. 2 or 3, depending
on the school district.
Classes resume in Medford,
Jacksonville, Ruch, Griffin
Creek. Phoenix. Ashland. Cra
ter, Applegate; Prospect, Evans
Valley, Butte Falls and Howard
districts Jan. 2.
Classes resuming Jan. 3 are in
Eagle Point, Lone Pine, Elk
Trail, Shady Cove and Pinehurst
districts.
Talent school district classes
will be dismissed from Dec. 23
through 27, and Rogue River
schools will be closed Dec. 23
through Jan. 3, school officials
said.
Speed in Fog Should
Be 25 Miles Per Hour
Speed of cars during foggy
conditions should be kept to
about 25 miles an hour or less,
according to Medford Police
Capt. Clyde Fichtner.
Fichtner said most of the time
speeds should be less than 25
miles per hour because of poor
driving viibility. He noted that
drivers of cars going less than
the posted speed can still be in
violation of the basic rule if
weather conditions impair vision
of the driver.
Hunt Pressed for Two
Crescent City Boys
Crescent City, Calif. OP)
Nearly 100 men using blood
hounds, pressed a search today
for two small boys who have
been missing from their Crescent
City homes since 4:30 p.m. Thurs
day. The lost boys were Timmy
Turner, 6, son of Mr. and Mrs.
Harry Turner, and Patrick Sur
geon, 7, son of Mr. and Mrs.
Lowell Surgeon.
52nd Year
Medford
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Britain Believed To Have CCey
To Extracting Power From Sea
Washington (IP Authoritative sources said today it is not true
that the British have achieved a "break-through" heralding early
success of efforts to harness H-bomb forces for peaceful power.
Hydrogen power projects on both sides of the Atlantic are still
strictly in the research stage, it was learned authoritatively.
Chicago (IP) A top nuclear physicist said Thursday night he
believes British scientists may have developed a process to tap
unlimited power from the seas and that "is more important than
Spunik."
Dr. Harold C. Urey, University of Chicago physicist, made the"
statement in commenting on a "terrific" but secret scientific
breakthrough reported in the land that originally rose to power
by tapping the seas for trade and exploration.
May Have Key to Heavy Hydrogen
Urey, who won the Nobel prize in 1934 for his work as the
principal discoverer of heavy hydrogen, said Britain may have
found experimentally the key to converting heavy hydrogen in
sea water into power.
If so, the world could draw on a power source equivalent to
Detention Home
Dedication Slated
Sunday Afternoon
Judge William S. Fort of the
Lane county circuit court, and
a representative of the Oregon
Prison association, are expected
to be among those attending the
dedication ceremonies of the
new Jackson county juvenile de
tention home Sunday.
- Judge Fort, who handles most
juvenile cases in Lane county,
will be principal speaker.
Gov. Robert Holmes will give
the dedication address at 2 p.m.
Sunday. An open house is sched
uled at the new building on the
Jackson county fairgrounds be
tween 2 and 9 p.m. Sunday. The
home also will be open for in
spection between 2 and 9 p.m.
Saturday and Monday.
Cost of Building
Cost of the new building not
including furnishings was $90,
000, according to County Judge
Rodney Keating. Of that, $65,
000 was voted by the people in
a special tax measure and $25,
000 was provided for the admin
istration wing by the county
budget committee, Judge Keat
ing said.
The new building includes a
juvenile courtroom, judge's
chamber and offices for profes
sional staff, quarters for the sup
erintendent and his wife, quar
ters for the children, recreation
room and kitchen.
Each pair of the children's
rooms has a shower. Each of the
rooms is equipped with a bed,
desk and stool.
The recreation room has a
large window wall and will
will serve as both living and din
ing room for the children. The
galley-type kitchen occupies one
corner of the living room and is
separated from the main room
by glass walls so the matron may
keep an eye on group activities.
Radiant heat filtering through
concealed copper tubing in the
cement floor heats the building.
Coos Bay (IP) Peter Mac
Duff, 67, died in a local hospital
today from injuries suffered
when he was struck by a lum
ber carrier at the Georgia-Pacific
Corporation mill in nearby
Bunker Hill.
50 Per Cent of Funds for
Band Trip Are Received
Contributions for about 50
per cent of the needed amount
to finance a trip by the Med
ford High school band to the
Shrine East-West game in San
Francisco Dec. 28, have been
received, according to Glenn L.
Linn, secretary of the MHS Band
Booster club.
So far S650 has been received,
he said, from the return of the
letters inviting contributions
mailed to most business and pro
fessional men in and around
Medford last week. Other dona
tions have been received, and
as stated the response from the
Mail Tribune clipping has just
started.
The high school music con
cert given last Sunday at the
school netted $850 for the trip,
according to I. A. Mirick, super
visor of instrumental music for
MEDFORD, OREGON, FRIDAY, DECEMBER 13, 1957
Ike in Good
Off To NATO Meeting
Washington (IP) President
Eisenhower, "in very good spir
its," put the finishing touches
today on preparations for his
momentous mission to Europe.
The President was to fly to
Paris late today under a doctor's
care to throw his prestige be-
I hind plans for revamping and
Long-Time Resident
Of Medford Dies
Mrs. Mary C. Warner, 71, of
519 South Oakdale ave., long
time resident of Medford, died at
home this morning.
Mrs. Warner, wife of former
Postmaster William J. Warner,
was well-known throughout the
valley. She was born in Jackson
ville Dec. 24, 1886, the daugh
ter of the late Judge and Mrs.
William Colvig.
They were married at the Col
vig family home, 8 Laurel st.,
Medford, July 27, 1907, an ob
served their 50th wedding anni
versary last July with a recep
tion at their South Oakdale ave.
residence.
Mrs. Warner's mother was a
member of the pioneer Birdseye
family in Jackson county.
She lived the 50 years of mar
ried life in homes on South Oak
dale ave.
Funeral arrangements will be
announced by Perl Funeral
home.
MRS. MARY WARNER
Long-Time Resident Dies
the high school. He said this
amount does not include contri
butions taken at radio station
KMED, which have not yet been
turned in.
Linn emphasized that many
of the valley organizations have
not reported the amounts they
plan to contribute.
He said that if anyone was
"missed" in the mailing of the
letter of solicitation, donations
may be mailed to him at 119
Washington st., Medford. Size
of contributions is not impor
tant, he stated, and explained
that it is hoped the club will
receive many small gifts rather
than a few large ones. About
53,000 is needed for the project.
This is. the seventh consecu
tive year the local band has
been invited to perform at the
San Francisco game.
United
45 billion billion tons of gasoline enough to meet all its needs for
all foreseeable time, Urey said.
Prime Minister Harold Macmillan revealed in a speech Thurs
day that British scientists are at work on a "source of power ab
solutely unknown before." He said the raw material "could be
got out of the sea itself."
The next day the British press charged the exact character of
the "terrific" discovery could not be announced because the Unit
ed States insisted it be kept secret.
Ranked with Nuclear Chain Reaction
"It is far more important than Sputnik," Urey said, echoing
British commentators. "It is to be ranked with the achievement of
the first nuclear chain reaction."
Urey said scientists the world over had been working on "the
last step" which would lead to the conversion of sea water into a
fuel 30 times as potent as gasoline.
The breakthrough was "certain to come," he said.
About 1 7000th of the ocean water is heavy water or water
made heavy by hydrogen.
mis
Spirits;
I revitalizing the West's defenses
against Russia's space-age mis
sile threat. At Paris he will join
leaders of the North Atlantic
treaty nations in a "summit"
conference.
From the time he steps from
the Columbine II in Paris Sat
urday and makes a short air
port speech he will carry the
heaviest burden of responsibility
for the success of the NATO
meeting.
An early morning caller, Gha
na's Ambassador Daniel Ahm
ling Chapman, found the Presi
dent "in very good spirits" and
looking "extremely well."
The President, making what
his doctors describe as an "ex
cellent" recovery from the mild
stroke he suffered Nov. 25, was
at his desk by 8:20 a.m. He
cleaned up pressing business on
his desk, conferred with his im
mediate staff, and rested before
driving to the airport.
Russia's efforts to dull the
western allies' enthusiasm for
costly and potentially dangerous
new defense measures posed a
major challenge to Eisenhower's
leadership.
Safely Council Opens
Annual Holiday Drive
The Medford Safety Council
has launched its annual Christ
mas Safety campaign to encour
age public officials to step up
"the attack on traffic accidents
and to stimulate acceptance of
personal responsibility for safe
ty." The success of the "Back the
Attack on Traffic Accidents"
campaign last year led the Coun
cil to extend it through 1958.
The traffic trend is encouraging,
the Council noted, but it also
warned "that highway accidents
and deaths reach their peak at
Christmas time."
During the first nine months
this year, traffic deaths, nation
wide, dropped 3 per cent from
the same period last year, a sav
ing of 800 lives, the Council
noted.
Speed is a large factor in
Yuletide accidents, the Council
said, and urged drivers to take
into consideration five condi
tions to determine a safe speed.
They are, weather and visibility,
mechanical, physical, and per
sonal factors, and traffic condi
tions. Autopsy Shows Marshall
Died of Hemorrhage
John Arthur Marshall, 24, of
Kalispell, Mont., died of a brain
hemorrhage, according to an
autopsy report this morning.
Marshall was the city's fourth
pedestrian fatality this year
when he died Wednesday in a lo
cal hospital after suffering head
injuries in an accident while
crossing North Pacific highway
Tuesday morning.
Johnny Dio Convicted
By Jury in New York
New York IP) A general
sessions jury convicted labor
racketeer Johnny Dio Thursday
night of extortion and conspir
acy for which he could receive
a possible sentence of 31 years in
prison.
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Kindergarten in
Sicily Crumbled;
11 Bodies Found
Palermo, Sicily (IP) A sharp
gust of wind crumbled a moun
tain kindergarten school in the
nearby Altofonte today, bury
ing 40 children and their nun
teachers in the debris.
Italian artillerymen on man
euvers nearby dug frantically
through the wreckage and found
nine children, the mother super
ior and another ""woman dead.
They brought out the other chil
dren alive, although some were
injured.
The old school building, which
had a new roof built only last
year, collapsed like a house of
straw as the unusually strong
gale winds swept across the
mountains behind Palerma, capi
tal of the island of Sicily off
the toe of the Italian boot in the
Mediterranean.
The roof caved in, plunging
the whole second story of the
building down on the screaming
youngsters and their six teach
ers. Sister Giuseppina Giordano,
24, the kindergarten's principal,
died while trying to shield some
of her young charges from the
falling debris. Eight of ' the
youngsters, aged 4 to 6, were
crushed to death along with a 13-year-old
girl who was helping
the nuns in the school.
Caught in Classroom
The other woman who died
was a mother who had come to
the . school to take her child
home because of the gale. She
was caught in the classroom
when the roof fell in.
The children were buried in a
jumble of roof tiles,' masonry,
timbers and tiny chairs and
desks.
Survivors ran screaming to a
battery of the 42nd Artillery
Regiment nearby and a lieuten
ant led 40 of his men to the dis
aster scene to dig through the
wreckage.
DOW-JONES AVERAGES
New York (IP) Dow-Jones
final stock averages: 30 indus
trials 440.48, up 2.00; 20 rail
roads 101.12, up 0.23; 15 utili
ties 68.39, up 0.52, and 65
stocks 147.77, up 0.69. Sales
today were about 2,310.000
shares compared with 2.330,000
shares Thursday.
SCHOOL
World Speed Mark Set by
Air Force Pilot of Voodoo
Los Angeles (IP) A new world
speed record for manned flight
was set Thursday by Air Force
Maj. Adrian E. Drew, 37, streak
ing across a 10.1-mile course at
an average 1,207.6 miles per
hour.
Drew, in a twin-jet F101A
Voodoo fighter bomber, broke
the British-held world mark of
1,132 miles an hour, set. in
March, 1956, in a Fairey Delta
aircraft.
Clocked by Cameras
The flight, at 39,000 feet, was
timed by clock cameras at Ed
wards Air Force base and certi
fied by a group of timers from
National Aeronautic Association.
It will be submitted to the Fed
eration Aeronautique Interna
tional of Paris.
Thousands Thought
Left Homeless in
Sub-Zero Weather
Lesser Earthquakes
Reported in Greece
Tehran, Iran (IP) A series of
earthquakes thundered across
northwestern Iran today in
wintry disaster that killed scores
and left thousands homeless in
sub-zero weather.
One unofficial estimate listed
300 dead and 500 injured. ,
The snow - covered disaster
zone was so widespread that no
immediate casualty count was
possible.
Quakes in Greece
Lesser earthquakes were re
ported in Greece tat the same
time. 1
Scattered reports reaching
government offices in Tehran
said intense earth shocks lasting
up to two minides practiially
levelled the rountryside in three,
northwestern provinres of Kud- .
istan, Hamadan and Kerman
shah. Thousands were feared home
less in the big area which bor
ders on Iraq, Turkey and the So
viet Union.
Even greater tragedy was ex
pected from the fact that homes
were destroyed in the midst of
the season's worst freeze. Tem
peratures had been well below
zero and the area was covered
with snow before the temblors
hit.
Relief May Take Days
It might take days for aid to
reach the hundreds of villages in
the stricken area.
Shah Reza Pahlevi was in
formed immediately of the scope
of the disaster. He ordered all
necessary aid rushed into the
three northwest provinces.
Iran still was recovering from
earthquakes in the Elbruz Moun
tains last August in which more
than 1,500 persons died.
First official dispatches from
the area compared the intensity
of today's tremors with those of
the August quake.
Prospects Good for
Fog Disappearing
Prospects seemed good that
fog would start to disappear
from the valley sometime this
afternoon, the Medford station
of the weather bureau reported
this morning.
Windy conditions were expect
ed to help dispel the fog which
has plagued the Medford area
most of December. Occasional
gusty winds are forecast for the
vicinity tonight and cloudy wea
ther with occasional rain is fore
seen for Saturday bringing
change in temperature and pres
sure conditions.
Medford has had fog 11 of
the 13 days this month with the
latest spell beginning the night
of Dec. 6.
Weather data brought a re
minder that Medford's coldest
day on record was 38 years ago
today. The mercury dropped to
10 degrees below zero.
Mrs. Lester Harris
On OEA Commission
Portland (IP) Miss Mildred
Wharton, president of the Ore
gon Education association, today
announced members of the new
OEA policies commission.
Included is Mrs. Lester D.
Harris, Medford.
BUY CHRISTMAS SEALS
HELP FIGHT TBI
The new record is far below
speeds attained by military re
search aircraft in flights made
without official timers.
Faster Flights Made
Cpt. Millburn G. Apt set an
unofficial mark of 2.100 miles
an hour in the Air Force Bell
X2 rocket plane Sept. 27, 1956,
according to recording instru
ments recovered after the plane
crashed, killing .Apt. The X2
earlier had reached 1,900 miles
an hour with Capt. Frank K.
Everest at the controls. The X2's
forerunner, the XI, reached
1,650 miles an hour as early as
1953. All these flights were
made at extreme altitudes of
more than 70,000 feet after the
planes were launched from
larger planes.