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M i i U MKT Dp 52nd Year Medford 24 PAGES Two AAem) M Northwest Area On Alert For Jail Escapees State Patrolman Disarmed in Oregon Arlington IP A wide spread manhunt was launched in the PacificNorth west to day for two men who stole an Oregon State Police car after disarming a state pa trolman late Wednesday night. State Police said the men answered the description of two who escaped from the Anacortes, Wash., jail Mon day night. "The pair fled eastward on Highway 30 in the State Po lice car after disarming an officer nine miles west of Boardman. Car Seen Along Road The police car was spotted about 9:40 a.m. today by the crew of a tugboat on the Co lumbia river. Crewmen said the car parked on a side road off Highway 30 into Board man and radioed the informa tion to the Umatilla county sheriff's office. Officers sent to the scene found the car abandoned and a police rifle missing. Another car was reported stolen in Boardman earlier, presumably by the state- policeman's as sailants. It was described as a 1949 blue Chevrolet with license No. 1E-2357. Airplane Aids Search An airplane was sent up at dawn from Pendleton and from 35 to 40 State Police cars were in on the manhunt, which also spread to Wash ington state. State Police said the de scriptions of the two men an swered those of Jack N. Gibb, 18, and Wesley Davis, 30, both of Portland, who escaped from the Anacortes jail Mon day night where they were held on a burglary charge. Patrolman Donald Gore stopped a car about 11 p.m. Wednesday which had been reported stolen earlier in Portland. The two men got out of the vehicle as he ap proached and wrestled him to the ground, taking his pis tol and then fleeing in his car. One shot was fired in the struggle but no one was hit. Police throughout eastern Oregon were alerted and were up all night manning roadblocks and hunting the car. WEATHER FORECAST: rlfludv with or. rational light rain tnnicht. Variable cloudiness and a few light showers Friday, low tonight 38-40. High Fridav 4R-S0. Temp. Hlrest Yesterday 52 Lowest This Morning 31 Our Skies Tonight sunrise Sunset 7:41 .m. 4:57 p.m. Moonrise 10:05 p.m. Last Quarter Jan. 13 Orion has more bright stars than any other constellation. Tonight It rises In the eve ning twilight and will he high in the south at moon-rise. Mrs. Allen Gebhard Replaces Charles Shepherd as Democratic Treasurer Mrs. Allen Gebhard, 1519 North Riverside ave., was unanimously elected Demo cratic county treasurer at a meeting cf the Democratic Central committee in the Labor Temple last night. She succeeds Charles Shepherd, who recently resigned due to a busfness change which takes him eut of the city. Vice Chairman Neva J. Clarke, Jacksonville, report ed on the Democratic State committee meeting in Port land last week which three local members attended. Mrs. Clarke spoke of the "deep appreciation" expressed throughout the meeting for the "devotion and selfless ser vice" rendered Vie committee by Medford's retiring State Chairman Robert A. Boyer. She also said that "opti-j MEDFORD, OREGON, THURSDAY, JANUAP"' 958 PRAY FOR GUIDANCE The Rev. Bernard Braskamp, Chaplain of the House of Representatives, leads members of the House in a prayer for God's guidance in Father Beats Girl To Death Because She Wouldn't Cry Chowchilla. Calif. ilPi A 29-year-oJd cotton picker was "held on murder charges to day for beating his 4-year-old daughter to death because she wouldn't cry. Booked at the county jail in Madera was Claude Wil liam Schindler. His wife, Opal Pauline, who admittedly stood by and watched the beating without intervening, was also held, on suspicion of murder. The child, tiny Sandra Schindler, died at Chowchilla hospital Wednesday with "a m i n i u m" of 200 welts, bruises and cuts over 'her body. Hospital physician, Dr. Zed nek Fluss, one-time refugee from Nazi-occupied Czechoslo vakia, called the affair "the most vicious thing I've ever Rogue Valley Low Bidder on Bonds Trail The Rogue Valley State bank of Medford was successful bidder on 825,000 worth of bonds issued by the Elk-Trail school district, ac cording to a recent announce ment. The bonds, approved by dis trict voters Oct. 15. will be used to complete remodeling and enlargement of the school gym. New equipment also will be purchased, school officials said. Rogue Valley's bid was for a 3 1 2 per cent interest rate, which would cost, the district 54,850.90. The other bidder on the bonds was First Na tional Bank of Portland, which bid 4',-i per cent inter est or a total of $5,863.47 cost to the school district. mism was strong for Demo cratic victory in 1958," and that "ranks closed completely behind the new state chair man following his election, in spite of the hotly contested three way race." She also said that a resolu tion backed by Jackson Coun ty Democrats to allow county chairmen and vice chairmen to sit in on state executive committee meetings also car ried. The committee passed a resolution clearly enunciating the spirit of the law entitling any interested party member to file for office. No "screen ing or discouragement of can didates to enter any of the races will be tolerated." was included in the wording of the resolution. Under the law, the resolu tion stated, anyone who has ft seen I didn't see anything worse under "'the Hitler re gime:" Mrs. Schindler told police that she was getting supper Tuesday night when her hus band "took a willow switch" to Sandra for some minor dis obedience. She said he whipped the little girl's legs, ordering her to cry, and when she refused to even whimper he beat her for 45 minutes with his belt. "I didn't think whipping a kid would kill it," she said. Schindler told police that Sandra "wouldn't mind so I beat her." "She wouldn't cry when I whipped so I whipped her more first with a strap then with a willow branch. She was disobedient and stub born' "She didn't even whimper," the mother said. "Not once. It made him mad when she wouldn't cry." Sandra died several hours after she was brought to the hospital. The coroner's office said death was due to "trau matic bruises, cuts and lacera tions over the entire body." ' Madera officials said the case was "the worst of its kind" in the history of the county. Out-Running Police Cars To Be Costly Sa lem IIP) Drivers who try to out-run police cars will find their drivers' licenses in jeopardy, the Motor Vehicle Department announced today. Director James Johnson said the department will take action ranging up to suspen sion of drivers' licenses based on police reports of drivers speeding to escape. been a registered party mem ber for 180 days and a regis tered voter in a county for at least a month is eligible to file. To assist potential candi dates with information or ad vice, County Chairman James Redden appointed a sectional committee including William V. Deatherage, Medford, chairman, Scott Hamilton, Central Point; Earl Cook, Gold Hill; Mrs. Dee Newton and Mr. Sidney Ainsworth, Ashland: Marcus Norton, Phoenix, Mrs. Neva Clarke, Jacksonville, and Cecil Nor ris. Eagle Point. Redden announced that the next Democratic Central com mittee meeting would be held in Ashland with State Rep. Robert B. Duncan as guest speaker. Price 10 Cents Tribune No. 223 Foir ice Coir the coming session, as the second session of the 85th Congress opened in Washington. Increase Urged In Alias, Thor Missile Making ' Washington-, (IPt,. - Maj. Gen. Bernahr A. Schriever, head of the Air Force ballistic missile program, testified to day that production of the Thor and Atlas missiles "can and should be increased" be yond what the administration has authorized. Schriever told the Senate Prepardness Subcommittee he had submitted both verbal and written recommendations for a speed-up in production and for more missile units. Follows Complaint But he said the only re sponse "has been directives looking toward a program that is lower than physical capabilities would permit." Schriever's testimony fol lowed a complaint voiced be fore the subcommittee Wed nesday by Gen. Thomas D White, Air Force chief of staff, that funds for the in tercontinental ballistic mis sile program were inadequate in the new administration budget. According to Subcommittee Chairman Lyndon B. Johnson (D-Tex.), Schriever .thought that Thor and Atlas missile development, as' opposed to production, was proceeding adequately. But he " said the general thought the development pro gram for the Titan missile could be accelerated. Morse Says lkers Message 'Apology' Washington HP) Sen. Wayne Morse (D-Ore.) today had this comment on Presi dent Eisenhower's State of the Union message: "It was a sermon of apology delivered at the wake of a dead admin istration. Between its' lines was a confession of five years of failure to meet America's foreign policy needs." Coos Bay Democrat Files for Legislature Salem HPi Beryl Taylor, Coos Bay Democrat, filed to day for election to the State Legislature as a representa tive from Coos county. Earlier, W. O. Bun Kelsay and Al Flegel, Douglas coun ty Democratic representa tives, filed for reelection. DOW-JONES AVERAGES New York HP) Dow Jones final stock averages: 30 industrials 443.24, off 3.37; 20 railroads 101.87. off 1.34; 15 ulilities 70.16, off 0.07, and 65 stocks 149.29. off 1.10. Sales today were about 2,180.000 shares com pared with 2.230.000 shares Wednesday. ike Interrupted 39 Times During Important Speech Washington (IP) Presi dent Eisenhower evidently told Congress what it wanted to hear today. Thirty nine times the joint ly assembled senators and representatives interrupted to applaud the President's State of The Union Message. Last year, during the same address he was interrupted only five times. Maybe they were cheering Dwight D. Eisenhower, a game patient recovered from illness. Mother, Three Children Found Slain in Reno Reno (IP) The bodies of a socially prominent young mother, recently discharged from a sanatorium, and her three children, all shot to death, were found todav in the upstairs bedroom cf a fashion able home. Assistant District Attorney William Rassio said "it ap peared to be a suicide on the part of the mother. Until an autopsy is conducted I cannot say about the children." Coroner William Beemer said murder-suicide "would be a reasonable assumption." The dead were identified as Darlene Yvonne Cavanaugh, about 34, and her three chil dren, Anthony, 9, Carol, 8, and Kevin, 4. Police said it appeared all had been shot to death with a .25 caliber automatic before dark Wednesday. The two eld est children were still dressed in their parochial school uni forms. Officers said indications pointed'' to a terrifying few minutes before the children were shot to death. They said it appeared the mother had stalked the children through the upstairs section of the plush home and shot them one by one. Then, they were lined up on a blanket before Mrs. Cav anaugh placed herself beside the children and shot herself. Action Expected on Expelling Teamsters The Medford Central Labor Council expects to take of ficial action at their meeting next Monday expelling Team sters Local No. 962, according to President George Potucek. This will be in accordance with an official notice re ceived from National AFL CIO headquarters. about Jan. 1, said Potucek, who also is financial secretary and busi ness agent of Carpenters local 2067 here. He explained that normally the council meeting is held the first Wednesday of each month, but due to the recent holiday coming on Wednes day it was postponed. A spokesman for the labor council here said he had no official comment to make re garding the action. However, an official reply will be forth coming after the letter has been presented to the mem bership for its approval, he said. McMinnville Fire Damages School McMinnville (IP) Fire early today broke out in the boiler room under the gym nasium of Cook elementary school and caused about $40, 000 damage to that wing of the building. Classrooms were not damaged. Firemen said the fire ap parently had been under way about two hours before it was spotted at 3:15 a.m. by a po lice patrolman. It virtually destroyed the playing floor of the gymnasium, charred walls and ceilings and destroyed all the school's athletic equip ment. Firemen brought flames un der control in short time after the alarm was turned in. The full loss was covered by in surance. Classes were dismiss ed until Friday or Monday. Salem (IP) Albert D. Day, for seven years director of the National Fish and Wild life Service, has been named director of fisheries for Oregon. Maybe they were cheering the President of the United States at a critical time in history. Resounding Ovation They gave the beaming President a two-minute re sounding ovation before he could start his dead-serious speech. They applauded again when Speaker Sam Rayburn introduced him. And they rose to a man a few seconds later with ap plause for Mrs. Eisenhower, who stood in the gallery smil ing her "thank you's", after the President said she joined him in wishing the lawmakers a happy and prosperous new year. Two minutes later he won his first round of applause when he promised "action" to correct deficiencies in Am erica's strength. That was what the mem bers and galleries had turned out to hear turned out in near record numbers. Not a seat nor a bit of standing room was vacant. No Speech Impediment The President spoke clear ly and easily throughout the long speech, with no sign of the speech impediment he suffered for some days after his mild stroke Nov. 25' The Joint Chiefs of Staff joined in applauding as the President said that military organization must help the national defense, not hurt it, and again when the President said the military is devoted solely to the United States and that the military must be subject to civilian control. But Eisenhower then spoke of the charges of "harmful service rivalries." "Whatever they are," Eis enhower said "America wants them stopped." The great audience ap plauded loudly.' The Joint Chiefs did not join in the ap plause. Horticulturist Named to Firm Selection of Dr. R. J. Hig don for a new position of the staff of Bear Creek Orchards was announced today by Da vid H. Holmes, president. Dr. Higdon is "splendidly qualified," Holmes said, "to further horticultural research in connection with our pres ent acreage and to assist in the development of new orch ord plantings which are being made each year." Dr. Higdon graduated from Clemson college in South Carolina in 1948 with a bach elor of science degree, and went on to Michigan S,tate University where he received his master's degree in 1950 and his Ph. D. degree in hor ticulture in 1952. For five years he was as sociated with the South Car olina experiment station at Columbia," S.C., and follow ing this for two years at the Michigan experiment station. Grand Rapids, Mich., until his appointment to the South thern Oregon experiment sta tion as director of research from 1953 to 1956. He is married, has two sons, ages 8 and 3, and a daugh ter, age 2. His home is locat ed at Twin Pines orchard, just south of Medford. , "Never Mind About Trees And Soil Make Us Some Fruit" PRESIDENT EISENHOWER Addresses Joint Session Scandinavian Nation Suggested For Summit Talks London (IP) Communist diplomats suggested today that an East-West summit con ference should be held in a Scandinavian country, pos sibly in Stockholm, the cap ital of neutral Sweden. . The sources were not in clined to believe the United States favors a top-level meet ing, but they expressed belief America's NATO allies might prevail over Washington's re luctance. Pressure on the. United States to agree to meet the Russians was building up in Paris where the North Atlan tic Treaty Organization's per manent council met Wednes day to discuss the situation. It set another meeting for Fri day. To Consider Replies The NATO meetings were called to consider Allied re plies to the flurry of letters sent out in December by So viet Premier Nikolai Bulganin to NATO members. Most of the nations were holding back to see what the United States '"planned to re ply. "The draft , of President Eisenhower's reply is up for discussion at Friday's meet ing. The NATO group debated at length British Prime Minister Harold Macmillan's call for a non-aggression pact with Rus sia but said this would not form the basis of the replies to Bulganin. Any Site Agreeable Communist sources in Lon don were asked what site would be agreeable to the Rus sians if an East-West confer ence materializes. They said Russia would ap prove any locale even Aus tralia but that "under the circumstances" the Scandina vian countries offered the most favorable "climatic con ditions." They suggested either Stock holm or Copenhagen, Den mark. There was no mention of Geneva, Switzerland, where the 1955 summit conference was held. Washington and New York were ruled out. Bids To Be Opened On New Loofcouf . Bids will be opened at 3 p.m. Wednesday, Jan. 29, by the regional supply officer, Portland, for drilling a well for the Rogue River National forest's new lookout station at Ft. Klamath. The lookout, which will in clude a ranger's residence, is about 32 miles north of Klam ath Falls. The forest service recently purchased land for the ranger station. STATE OF UNION MESSAGE GIVES MUST PROGRAM Washington (IP) President Eisenhower told Congress today that America's defense machinery must be reorganized to stop feuding between the armed services in the missile era. The Soviet threat to the Free World grows daily, he said. The chief executive in his State of The Union Message outlined an eight-point "imperative" program for waging "total peace" and, at the same time, overtaking Russia in the field of rockets and missiles. The President also used the occasion to direct this message from the American people to the Russian people: Join us immediately in the reduction of world tensions and move to ward "a genuine peace." However, until the leaders of the Soviet Union show some signs of sincerely cooperating with the West, America must remain strong. And maintenance of this strength, he said, undoubtedly would involve new sacrifices by the American people. Defense Differences Must Stop On the subject of defense reorganization he was blunt and sharply worded, saying that "harmful service rivalries" must be ended, and quickly. The former five-star general said that whatever the dif ferences between the armed servics, "America wants them stopped." He said he would take executive action to reorganize the defense set-up partly, and would send Congress a special message soon recommending legislative steps to finish the job of curing organizational defects in the armed services. The President said war could be deterred by maintenance of heavy strength in American military services. But the Free World faces "a different kind of war one that has already been launched against us." Foreign Aid Cut Said 'Folly' "It is the massive economic offensive that has been mounted by the Communist imperialists against free nations," he said. To cut the American overseas aid program "would be nothing less than reckless folly," he said. He admitted that Russia some scientific fields, primarily in missiles, but he was con fident that with wisdom and sacrifice this country could maintain a proper defense position. The President delivered the packed joint session of the House and Senate. The message aroused greater congressional anticipation than any presidential message hours before he set out for in the document. This was the President's longest speech, about 35 minutes, since he suffered his mild stroke Nov. 25. Imperative Eight-Point Program His "imperative" eight-point program: Defense reorganization. He cracked down on the armed services by reminding them that their "basic alliance" Is to the U.S. and not to one individual service. Accelerated defense efforts. This category included im provement in the Early Warning System in case of attack, expansion and dispersal of Strategic Air Command bases, faster work on long-range missiles, and the construction of nuclear-powered submarines and cruisers to maintain free dom of the seas. Strengthening, rather than reducing this country's pro gram of mutual military and economic assistance to friendly nations. A five-year extension of the reciprocal trade agree ments act "with broadened authority to negotiate." Legislation to permit greater exchange of American nuclear secrets with friendly allies. Balanced Budget Involves Economies A $1 billion federal program over four years to train more science students and teachers. A balanced budget for fiscal 1959. In view of sharply increased defense requirements, this will involve some sharp economies in other parts of government. These would in clude postponement of new civilian programs, outright elimination of some and reducing expenditures on less essential military programs and installations. He said later message would deal with the national debt ceiling and -tax revenues. This point was not addressed primarily to Congress,' but to the people of the Soviet Union. He said "the world must stop the present plunge toward more and more de structive weapons of war, and turn the corner that will start our steps firmly on the path toward lasting peace." "This will require more than words of peace," the Presi dent said, speaking in effect to the Russians. "It requires works of peace." Then he invited the Soviet government to join with the West in tangible steps toward peace and international co operation. Disarmament Position Unchanged "We will always go the extra mile with anyone on earth if it will bring us nearer a genuine peace," he promised. Tha President did not change this country's basic position on disarmament. He invited the Soviets to negotiate anew on the mutual inspection plan Russia rejected in United Nations negotiations last year. The President insisted that any dis armament plan, if it is to bring real promise of peace, must include "reliable means to insure compliance by all." He left most of the purely domestic questions for discus sions in his Budget Message next Monday. Today, he said, he wanted to stress American "safety through strength" and "the constructive work of building a genuine peace." x He said it would be a tragic mistake "merely to concen trate on military strength ... for if we did only this, the future would hold nothing for the world but an age of terror." Military Reorganisation Necessary "We must never become so pre-ocenpied with our desire for military strength that we neglect those areas of economic development, trade, diplomacy, education ideas and prin ciples where the foundations of real peace must be laid." In the field of defense reorganization, responsible 'ad ministration officials said that the studies directed by the President had not reached the point of deciding whether, for example, there should be a single armed service chief of staff or whether there should be a so-called "missile czar." These officials pointed out, however, that the reorganiza tion planning of the President undoubtedly would involve increasing the authority of the secretary of defense. In his message, the President said that one requirement in military organization "is a clear subordination of the military services to duly constituted civilian authority." Authority Must Be Real 'This authority must be real; not merely on the surface," he said. "Next, there must be assurance that an excessive number of compartments in organization will not create costly and confusing compartments in our scientific and in dustrial effort." As the President called for a halt in inter-service feuding and for defense reorganization, administration authorities pointed out that in mapping reorganization plans the Presi dent had to move carefully lest radical changes delay rather than speed up this country's scientific progress. He said the Soviet threat to the safety of the Free World is real and "increasingly serious" because every human activity under Russian control had been pressed into service (Continued on Pag 13) was ahead of this country in message in person to a jam- in recent years. Until a few Capitol Hill, he made revision!
