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TINY TREE Although her Christmas tree
did not win first place in the Christmas
lighting contest, Penny, a two-year-old gpld
en cocker spaniel, seems to be perfectly
pleased, because a lot of people stop to look
at it anyway. Penny belongs to Abby Green,
1118 East Main street, Medford. The minia
ture tree which decorates Green's lawn, is
coated a frosty white and is trimmed with
ristmas
Scheduled
"At Christmas we are remind
ed of a star that long ago ap
peared in the eastern sky. The
star of hope and love and job
symbolized not the material and
scientific aspect of man's grow
ing powers, but the gift to men
of spiritual grace from God," Dr.
Eugene Carson Blake of Phila
delphia, said recently in a Christ
mas message to American
urches on the eve of his re
tirement as president of the Na
tional Council of Churches. '
To establish the right relation
ships between man and tfbd, this
Christmas many valley churches
have scheduled services' tonight
and tomorrow morning. Major
ity of the churches honored the
birth of Christ at Sunday serv
ices or afternoon and evening
programs. Capacity and over
flow crowds were reported by
many churches.
The traditional Midnight Eu
charist will be celebrated at St.
Mark's Episcopal church tonight
starting at 11 p.m. The senior
choir will sing under the direc-n
tion of John A. Drysdale with
Mrs. Ernest G. Conrad at the
organ. A Christmas meditation
will be given by the Rev. George
R. V. Bolster.
Midnight Mass
All of the county Roman Cath
olic churches will hold midnight
Mass tonight. To accomodate the
expected crowd in Medford, Mass
will be held at both the Sacred
Heart church and St. Mary's
school gymnasium. The Rev.
Timothy Sanders, OSB, of Mt.
Angel Abbey, will be guest priest
at the local church during the
Christmas week.
A service of combined chancel
and youth choirs will be held to
night at 11 p.m. in the First
Methodist church. The Christ
mas eve service will consist of
music, message by the pastor,
and a candlelighting ceremony
at midnight. ,
The children of St. Peter Evan
Money Bag Missing
From Store's Safe
A money bag containing $100
in bills and small change was
taken from an open safe at the
M and M Department store, 220
East Main st., Medford, Monday,
according to Medford police.
William Spaulding Cochran,
route 2, box 413R, told city po
lice the safe is normally guarded
aunng me aay out in the Christ
mas rush it had been left untend
ed several times during the day.
He said the safe is located on the
balcony of the store, near the
restrooms.
Police said someone apparent
ly saw the money bag in the safe
and picked it up. They said the
theft took place between 9 a.m.
and 5 p.m. on Monday.
WEATHER
Sunrise
7:39 a.m.
4:43 n.m.
Sunset
Mooonset 8:40 p.m.
l-KU.MI.Mi.M SI.-XKS
Betelgeuse. low in east 6:23 p.m.
Ricel. rises 6:02 p.m.
VISIBLE PLANETS
Venus, below the Moon.
lupiter. rises 2:37 a.m.
Mars, low in southeast 6:46 a.m.
Our Skies Tonight
FORECAST: Cloudy with patches
of fog early tonight. Rain
starting during the night,
continuing through Wednes
day as showers. Snow above
about 4.500 feet. Low tonight
35 degrees. High Wednesday
45 degrees.
Highest Yesterday 39
Lowest this Morning 35
Prec. to 10 a.m. Today ".20
Eve, Morning Services
at Valley Churches
gelical Lutheran church will pre-1
sent their program. "The Little
Lord Jesus," tonight at 8 p.m. in
the church.
Tonight at 11 p.m. the tradi
tional Christmas eve service at
Zion Lutheran church will be
held. The song service will give
the congregation a chance to
sing most of the familiar Christ
mas carols, and the choir will
sing five Christmas anthems
closing with the "Hallelujah
Chorus," by Handel.
A midnight service of carol
singing and holy communion will
be held at 11:30 p.m. tonight at
Church of the Good Shepherd,
Prospect.
Christmas at Home
Members of the Medford
Friends church will observe
Christmas eve in their homes.
Rather than meeting at the
church for a worship hour, the
pastor has prepared a guild for
a short service to be used by
families at home.
Christmas day services sched
uled in Medford include an 11
a.m. Christmas service at Apo
stolic Faith church; a Christmas
Eucharist at 10 a.m. Wednesday
at St. Mark's Episcopal church;
and 10 a.m. divine worship at
Ascension Lutheran church. The
Rev. Elvin S. Tollefson, pastor,
will speak on "The First Christ
mas Sermon" and will include
holy communion, adult confirma
tion, and reception of new
members.
County Roman Catholic
churches will hold Masses at the
Khrushchev Hints
Armed Forces Cut
London (IP) .Soviet Commu
nist leader Nikita Khrushchev
hinted today that Russia is pre
paring to cut its armed forces
in view of NATO's latest declara
tion against the use of force,
Moscow Radio reported.
Khrushchev, in a speech to the
Ukranian Republic's Parliament
inKiev, said the Supreme Sovit
(parliament) had recommended
a stndy of such cuts last week.
He added that "development
of science and engineering in our
country" makes reductions in
armed forces possible.
Moscow Radio . broadcast a
brief paraphrase of Khrushchev's
speech to the Republican Su
preme Soviet of his home state.
Two Injured in
Speeder, Car Crash
Willard J. Harwood, 55, of 1
Clark St., was admitted to Rogue
Valley hospital, and David Her
don, 25, of 2 Clark st., was treat
ed and released this morning
when a railroad "speeder" in
which they were riding was in
volved in an accident with a
car at the Jackson st. crossing.
Driver of the car, Ellsworth
Johns Hallenback, 406 Oakdale
ave., was cited by city police for
failure to yield the right-of-way
following the accident. Operator
of the "speeder," Robert Lyle
Balch, 2 East Clark st., was not
injured, police said.
Hollywood (IP) Movie pro
ducer James Hill says there is
a good possibility he will become
Rita Hayworth's fifth husband
during the New Year's week
end.
tiny lights. In spite of its small size it makes
a striking display when spotlighted at night.
Green had a little tree up several years in
a row, but skipped last year. After a number
of inquiries from neighbors he decided to put
it up again for the holiday season. Green
plays the Hammond organ at the Rogue
Valley Country club.
same hours as on Sundays,
Christmas day. In Medford they
will be scheduled at Sacred
Heart at 6, 7, 8:30, 10, and 11:30
a.m. Mass will be held in Jack
sonville at 9 a.m. and in Shady
Cove at 11 a.m.
Christmas day worship with
sermon and holy communion
will be held at St. Peter Evan
gelical Lutheran church at 10
a.m. Wednesday. 'Other .Christ-,
mas services scheduled at that
church are Thursday, St. Ste
phen's day, 8 p.m. service and
holy communion; Friday, St.
John's day, 8 a.m., service with
sermon and holy communion;
and Saturday, Holy Innocents'
day, 8 p.m., service with sermon
and holy communion.
The First Congregational
church, Ashland, has scheduled
a Christmas communion service
Christmas day at 11 a.m.
Stanley Earl Again
Sues Oregon Journal
Portland (W City Commis
sioner Stanley Earl Monday filed
a second $500,000 libel suit
against the Journal Publishing
company.
An earlier suit fild last month
named both the publishing com
pany and Arthur Bradley Wil
liams, a former Journal reporter,
as defendants.
Earl's new complaint alleges
that he was libeled in . stories
the newspaper published about
the first libel suit and about a
deposition taken from Williams.
Earl claims in his suit that he
asked the publishing company
to retract certain statements
published in the stories about his
first suit and about the Wil
liams deposition.
The commissioner seeks $250,
000 general and $250,000. puni
tive damages.
Scattered Showers Due
Oregon Christmas Day
By UNITED PRESS .
The Christmas day weather
outlook in Oregon calls for scat
tered rain showers with the pos
sibility of some snow east of the
Cascades. ' . ,
Another storm is .expected to
move inland Christmas morning
but it is expected to, miss the
southern part of the state.
Norma Talmadge, Glamour
Movies, Dies
Las Vegas. Nev. (IP) Norma
Talmadge, 60, a glittering gla
mour girl in Hollywood's golden
twenties, passed away in her
sleep today of a heart attack.
The star died peacefully in
bed at 4 a.m. (PST). She had
been ill for some time and had
been getting around recently in
a wheelchair to which she had
been confined with an arthritic
condition, A family spokesman
said she had failed rapidly in
recent weeks.
The screen beauty was born
at Niagra Falls, N.Y., May 26,
1897, and attended school in
Brooklyn, N.Y.
Worldwide Fame " '
She achieved worldwide fame
on the silver screen and was
married to producer Joseph
Schenck in Connecticut, Oct. 20,
1917. They lived together for
10 years, during which time
Medford
16 PAGES MEDFORD, OREGON, TUESDAY, DECEMBER
Nation Prepares
For Celebration
Of Christmas Day
Merchants Report
Big Business Volume
By UNITED PRESS
The nation today prepared to
celebrate Christmas 1957 with
an abundance of peace and pros
perity. Only the northern reaches of
the Midwest and the western
mountain regions were expected
to enjoy a white Christmas, but
there was no lack of other tra
ditional aspects of the season.
Merchants around the country
reported a huge business vol
ume, in some cases record sales,
indicating gifts will be piled
high around the Christmas tree.
Christmas Starts With Church
For millions of devout Ameri
cans, Christmas will start tonight
with midnight church services.
Family get-togethers will feature
the day's activities, topped off
with a sumptuous Christmas
dinner.
But, inevitably, tragedy in the
form of traffic deaths will cast
a somber cloak over the holiday
celebration, but since Christmas
falls in mid-week the highway
slaughter is not expected to be
as great as on holiday week ends.
The National Safety Council
estimates as many as 180 per
sons will be killed during the
30-hour holiday period from 6
p.m. on Christmas Eve until mid
night Christmas Day. .
This compares with the "nor
mal" traffic toll of 80 deaths for
a non-holiday period at this time
of year.
Stay Sober, Obey Laws
The council pleaded with mo
torists to stay sober and obey
traffic laws, pointing out that
most traffic fatalities are caused
by drinking drivers and road
The council's plea will be
backed up by all-out crackdown
on violators in most states by
state and local authorities who
will give up the day with their
families so that others may live
to enjoy the holiday with their
loved ones. f
President Eisenhower, like
most Americans will spend today
at work, and tentative plans call
for the President and Mrs. Eisen
hower to spend Christmas Day
at the White House and then
leave for a long weekend at their
farm home in Gettysburg, Pa.
Morse Congratulates
Garcia on Victory
Manila (IP) U. S. Sen.
Wayne Morse (D-Ore.), congrat
ulated President Carlos P. Gar
cia todayo n his "grand election
victory."
Morse called on the Philip
pine president at Malacanang pa
lance. '
The Senator stopped over in
Manila briefly enroute to the
United States after attending the
Commonwealth Parliamentary
Conference in India.
Morse told Garcia that his
election victory had received a
great deal of attention in the
United States and mostly favor
able comment.
NO PAPER WEDNESDAY
In order to permit em
ployees to observe the Christ
mas holiday, the Mail Tribune
will not be published on
Wednesday, Christmas Day.
in Sleep of Heart Attack
they were regarded as an ideal
couple.
However, their marriage had
been deteriorating and they
were separated for seven years
before being divorced in Juar
ez, Mexico.
Schenck was given much cre
dit for Norma's success, select
ing her script and overseeing
the assignment of talent and
directors to her films.
Big Money Makers
Her pictures were the biggest
money makers of the screen at
one time, making the Talmadge
name a household word and
reaping fabulous financial bene
fits. After the 1934 divorce, Miss
Talmadge married comedian
toastmaster George Jessel in At
lantic City, N.J., but the then
retired star sought quiet in their
Beverly Hills home while Jes
Fireside
Lighting Contest Won
By A. C. Pierce Home
The home of ,Mr. and Mrs. A.
C. Pierce, Pierce heights, was
first place winner in the Christ
mas lighting contest sponsored
by the Medford Junior Cham
ber of Commerce, Chairman Jim
Anicker announced today.
A red and white simulated
sleigh, framed by a light-trimmed
window and backed by an
unusual red-toned Christmas
tree, decorated the Pierce resi
dence. ,A rotisserie oven and wall
plaque were first place awards.
Top winners of the Christmas
decorating contests in Central
Point and Eagle Point were the
A. M. Setness home, 733 Pine
Fire Destroys Two
Hornbrook Homes
Hornbrook Fire about 6 a.m.
today destroyed two Hornbrook,
Calif., residences while several
townspeopla, aroused by Marking
dogs and a bright glow in the
sky, watched helplessly in a
swirling snow storm, according
to reports.
The fire started in the work
shop of the Ted Gessler home,
across the street from the Grange
hall, firemen said, and quickly
consumed the main part of the
house1 and the house next door,
occupied by a couple by the
name of Keene. A third home
was saved by action of volun
teer firemen, according to re
ports. A pickup truck in the Gessler
garage was also destroyed. The
Gessler family is in Los Ange
les for the Christmas holidays.
Forest service fire fighting
equipment had been stored for
the winter and was not available
for use in extinguishing the
blaze, according to firemen.
Foreign Oil Import
Curb Extended To Coosf
Washington (IP) The govern
ment today extended to the West
Coast its program of voluntary
curbs on importation of foreign
oil.
The dicision was taken by.
President Eisenhower in the
face of strong objections of sev
eral major oil companies.
Girl of Silent
sel was pursuing his career in
New York as a popular fun-
maker.
"The Jessels separated and re
conciled in attempts to hold
their marriage together. but five
years later their union was dis
solved in the Juarez, Mexico,
divorce courts.
When told of her death, jes
sel said he was "deeply shock
ed." Rejects Screen Return
The star . repeatedly turned
down requests to return to the
screen, saying she had ' put in
almost a generation before the
cameras and was entitled to
enjoy life.
Miss Talmadge married Dr.
Carvel James in 1946.
Funeral arrangements were
tentatively scheduled for For
est Lawn Memorial park at
Glendale near Los Angeles.
Tribune
24, 1957
No. 210
Chat'
st., Central Point, and the Ted
Hoffman home, Eagle Point.
A $75 first prize was awarded
by the Central Point Junior
Chamber of Commerce and $25
in prizes were awarded winners
by the Eagle Point Lions club.
Second place Medford winner
was Ralph Barclay, 425 Modoc
ave. A. M. Farfan, 723 South
Newtown st., received a special
third prize for outstanding
workmanship and ingenuity,
- Other third prize winners
were Paul Bauer, 1522 Terrace
dr.; Thomas Cardona,-224 Sag.
inaw dr.; . James A. Johnson,
383 O'Gara st.; Bruce Moffatt,
2178 Spring st.; Mrs. Burr E.
Tye, 102 Mistletoe st.; and Mr.
and Mrs. George W. Williams,
1216 Murray st. Each received
an electric blanket.
, Other Central Point winners
were John L. McCoy, who re
ceived $30 from the Central
Point Grange; C. E. Green, J.
W. Beacham, Mitchell Hull, Don
Burelson, Nola West, Mrs. A.'D.
Van Horn, Ronald Lamb, Victor
Van Hoy, Earl Manner and
Dick Wyatt. All received prizes
donated by Central Point mer
chants, according to Chairman
John Chaney.
Eclgle Point winders included
Mr. and Mrs. Glenn Hale, sec
ond; Mr. and Mrs. Don Ashpole,
third; and Mr. and Mrs. Ken
neth Porter.
ICC Chairman Quits;
Ike To Select Golf
Washington OP) President
Eisenhower has accepted the
resignation of Owen Clarke as
chairman and member of the In
terstate Commerce Commission.
The President immediately an
nounced his intention to nomi
nate Abe McGregor Goff, gen
eral counsel of the Post Office
Department, to serve as chair
man for the rest of Clarke's term
as a commission member which
expires Pec. 31, 1959. The ICC
selects its own chairman for a
one-year term.
Clarke wrote the President in
a letter made pYiblic Monday
that he wished to resign after,
four years in the most for "en
tirely personal circumstances."
Judgment Against PTC
Reversed by High Court
Salem (IP) The State Su
preme Court today reversed a
$10,000 judgment in a. suit
against the Portland Traction
company.
Suit was brought "in Multn&;
mah county by Wally S. Layne
who suffered injuries in a colli
sion between a pickup truck and
a freight train in November of
1953 at the SE 92nd avenue inter
urban crossing.
Sports Bulletins
Los Angeles (IP) Hen
ry (Red) Sanders, head foot
ball coach at UCLA, said to
day he will keep his job and
has asked' that his name be
withdrawn as a candidate for
the head coaching job at .Tex
as A&M. Meanwhile, at Cham
paign, III., Frank Leahy, for- -xner
Notre Dame coach, said
he would take the Texas A&M .
job if it was offered to him
definitely.
President Calls
For Clear Evidence
To Ease Tensions
Washington (IP) The United States extended a Christmas in
vitation to Russia today to stop "threats and blandishments" and
initiate a genuine step toward checking the headlong nuclear-mis- o
sile race.
The Soviets may. get their first chance to accept when the ex
panded 25-member United Nations disarmament commission meets
for the first time, probably early next year.
President Eisenhower, in his first television appearance since
his Nov. 25 stroke, called upon the Kremlin Monday night for
"clear evidence" not more words to prove its sincerity in seek
ing to ease East-West tension.
Both the Chief Executive and
Secretary of State John Foster
Dulles, in their report to the na
tion on last week's allied "sum
mit" meeting in Paris, left the
door open to new East-West talks
whenever Russia shows willing
ness based on "integrity and sin
cerity." High administration sources,
in, giving the "open-door" inter
pretation of the President's re
marks, did not indicate how,
when or where the administra
tion felt Russia should demon
strate its sincerity in peace ef
forts. They indicated, however, it is
now up to Russia to make the
next move inasmuch as the
North Atlantic Treaty Organiza
tion (NATO) Council in Paris has
proposed specific steps to Russia
to break the deadlock over dis
armament. Test of Soviet Intentions
One of those steps is to join
the 25-nation U. S. commission
disarmament talks when they be
gin. While Russia has denounced
the 25-nation group it has not
boycotted it. Some officials
thought the convening of the
commission next year may pro
vide a major test of Russia's in
tentions. Russia likewise has
scoffed at, but not flatly reject
ed, the alternate NATO proposal
for an East-West foreign minis
ters conference.
Dulles,, who gave the bulk of
the half-hour talk. -rejected as
too unwieldy Russia's counter
proposal for a special disarma
ment meeting of the full U.N.
General Assembly.
However he said the West will
"continue probing to find some
evidence that there is within the
Soviet Union the good will to
resume serious efforts to achieve
nuclear peace and to put behind
us the horrible prospect of nu
clear war."
Both Eisenhower and Dulles
hammered home repeatedly that
the basic objective of the United
States and its allies is peace.
"We are determined that there
must be no war," the President
declared.
To Build Armaments
, Dulles said however that
"while the Soviets go on piling
up their armaments, our own
armaments must proceed." He
made these other major points:
While the U.S. will prob
ably continue making nuclear
warheads for some time, its al
lies in Europe can take over pro
duction of rockets for the inter
mediate range ballistic missiles
to be based there. He did not in
dicate how soon Europe could
start making IRBMs.
NATO "has the desire'to ex
plore" the possibility of liaison
with other Free World regional
security organizations such as
the Organization of American
States, Southeast Asia Treaty
Organization and Baghdad Pact.
Russia has declared "econo
mic war" and the allies must put
more money into "capital
hungry" free nations lest they
are "forced" to take Communist
aid at the price of their freedom.
Here the President, said "with
that I emphatically agree."
Dulles said failure to halt Rus
sia's economic offensive would
lead to engulfment of under
developed countries one by one
and eventual "strangulation" of
the U.S. and its allies.
Asks for Sacrifices
The President, who spoke for
a total of about five minutes at
the start and end of Dulles' re
port reiterated his. "constant
readiness ... to make any con
ceivable effort that might realis
tically help to reduce world- ten
sions." The president said every Am
erican is "prepared to make any
necessary sacrifice to sustain and
advance" the hope of disarm
ament and easing East-West ten
sions. Dulles . said American's
"beyond a doubt" would make
"any necessary sacrifice" for
that goal. Senate Democrats
criticized both Eisenhower and
Dulles for failing to detail fully
the sacrifices that lie ahead for
the American people.
Sen. Mike Mansfield (D-Mont.)
assistant Senate Democratic
leader and member of the For
eign Relations committee said
he wished they had "laid the
facts on the line and spelled
out the sacrifices the people
will be required to make in the
years ahead."
Dulles will be called before
his committee early next year,
Mansfield said, to give a "down
to earth" briefing.
Sen. John J. Sparkman CD-
Ala.), declared "they do not
paint a picture of great ur
gency."
Grim-Faced (President
House Speaker Sam Rayburn
said Eisenhower and Dulles
made the best report "they
could" but that what they said
"didn't contain anything new."
Senate Republican leader Wil
liam F. Knowland (Calif.), said
"I thought it was an informa
tive report to the American
people ... A speech which will
receive the full consideration of
Congress," ,
Throughout the report Eisen
hower was grim-faced. He did
not smile once. But reporters
watching him in the television
studio said he appeared buoy
ant and eager.
Navy Plane Down
Af Sea; 4 Rescued
Honolulu (IP) A huge
Navy radar patrol plane with
23 crewmen aboard crashed and
exploded in heavy seas in the
Pacific Monday. Four survivors
and two bodies were found by
search-craft.
The Super Constellation, cram
med with electronic equipment
was flying a routine mission
along the Pacific radar "picket
line" when disaster struck short
ly after takeoff.
The plane exploded while at
tempting to ditch in bad weath
er, the skipper of a rescue boat
quoted surviving crewmen as
saying. The reason for the haz
ardous water landing attempt
was not known immediately.
All of the survivors were in
jured. They were: '
Cmdr. Guy Howard, 41, the
pilot, Oakland, Calif.; Lt. (jg)
Thomas John Kline, East Willi
ston, N.D.; Lt. (jg) Richard Lee
Rentscheler, 22, Lincoln, Neb.,
and Aviation Technician 3C
Franklin A. Henry, Kankakee,
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'Sick' Strike Cuts
Railroad Service
New York (IP) A "sick"
strike cut service today on the
Long Island Railroad , the
world's largest commuter line.
giving thousands of workers an
unscheduled holiday and snarl
ing Christmas plans for thous
ands of others who had plan
ned to ride the trains to join
family and friends for Christ
mas celebrations.
A spokesman for the road said
185 conductors and ticket tak
ers had called in sick between
midnight and 6:30 a.m., appar
ently as the result of a dispute
over holiday train crew sched
ules. Up to 8:30 a.m., 45 of 230
scheduled trains had been can
celled. Road Conditions
Highway 99, Siskiyous
Snowing throughout Siskiyou
county, chains required.
Highway 66, Greensprings
Snow, chains required.
Highway 199, Oregon moun
tain Rain, pavement clear.
Highway 99, Sexton moun
tain Rain, pavement clear.
Highway 62 lo Crater Lak
Snowing at Prospect, chains
required.
State Highway 42, Myrtl
Point Open and normal.
Highway . 97 Open, chains
required from Dorris, Calif.,
to Oregon slate line. Ice and
snow in Weed area. Chains
required through Chemult
area north of Klamath Falls.
Crater Lake Highways
open to headquarters, chains
required; 7 inches new snow;
87 inches on ground. Road to
rim closed.