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Indict
Inciting Riot
Charge May Lead
To Man's Arrest
Action Follows
Saturday Melee
Maxton, N. C. OP) A
sheriff who had warned that ;
the Klu Klux Klan might !
cause violence if it staged a ;
rally here asked the Grand I
Jury today to indict KKK
Wizard James W. Cole for in
citing a riot.
Some 300 whooping In
dians, some of them with
paint streaked on their faces,
touched off a mild melee at
the rally Saturday night, scat
tering a group of 40 Klans
men and several hundred
spectators. Four persons were
nicked by pellets or bullets.
There were , no serious
wounds.
. The Klansmen fled in dis
order. Highway patrolmen and
deputies with riot guns and
tear gas broke up the dem
onstration and cleared the
field of the milling, yelling j
throngs. Indians snatched up
Klan banners and parapher
nalia as the Klansmen fled.
One Klansman, arrested as
a drunk, was also charged
with inciting to riot. When he
sobered up, he renounced the
Klan.
Firt At Newsmen
The flurry of shooting was
followed by a roadside inci
dent in which men believed
sympathetic to the Indians
fired on a car occupied by
three United Press newsmen
and a radio reporter.
Sheriff McLcod appeared
before the Grand Jury at mid
day and Solicitor Maurice
Braswell said an indictment
against Cole may be returned
later today. If indicted, Cole
would be subject to arriest
the next time he enters North
Carolina from his South Car
olina home, or the state might
seek to extradite him.
Cole, contacted at his home
in Marion. S.C., said he plan
ned to bring suit against Mc
Leod for failing to guarantee
his constitutional right to
free speech and assembly.
- Police Sunday moved into
the area where members of
the Lumbee tribe make their
home, searching for Klans
men who may have been left
behind. Two were picked up
and held for possible charg
es of inciting a riot.
An estimated 300 Indians
fired more than 1.000 shots
when the 20 to 30 armed
Klansmen arrived for a cross
fcurning and rally. Nobody
was killed but at least four
persons were wounded.
- The Indians had been seeth
ing over the cross-burnings
staged earlier last week by
Klansmen who said the In
dians had been trying to
mingle intimately with whites.
When the Klansmen arrived
Saturday night the Indians
were ready.
Six Injured In
Reported This
Oregon state police report
ed two accidents during the
week end which injured a
total of six people and in
volved three cars.
Four people were injured
in a collision three miles
south of Rogue River on
Highway 99 Sunday about
12:40 a.m. when cars operated
by Donald Raymond Merritt,
27, of Merlin, and Ronald G.
Rogers, 21, of 317 Charlotte
Ann rd., collided head-on, ac
cording to police. Merritt
suffered a sprained ankle and
Rogers a broken finger.
A passenger in the Rogers
car. Lymon Stubbs, 19, of
827! 2 East Jackson st., suf
fered face cuts. Kenneth Allen
Janicke, 26, of Merlin, a pass
enger in the Merritt car, suf
fered a sprained ankle, police
said. The injured were taken
to Sacred Heart hospital by
Medford Ambulance Service.
State police said the Rogers
car crossed the center lane in
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MEDFORD, ORL
Jury Asked To
KK
EC Wizard
HEAVY SMOKE Dense clouds of smoke poured out of the
doorway -leading downstairs to the old Medford bowling
alley near the Bear creek bridge when fire broke out in an
area under the street about
man timer iompkins feeds out a guide rope and fire hose
to Ray Minger and Carl Ricke, who have gone - into the
smoke-filled basement to search out the flames. The men
were wearing self-contained oxygen masks as there was not
enough oxygen in the air to sustain life, Minger said. Even
with powerful search lamps, visibility was cut to about two
feet and the rope was used for signaling and to help the men
find their way out of the building. The fire, burning in trash
and old lumber, never got above ground level, and little
damage was done to buildings in the area, firemen said.
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jjgineer
High costs and demand for
road improvement in other
parts of the state make it im
probable that a new highway
from Selma to Gold Beach
can be constructed in the near
future, according to W. C.
Williams, state highway en
gineer. The road, much-discussed
in southern Oregon as an out
let to the sea better than the
present Highway 101 from
Grants Pass to Crescent City,
has been proposed by a num
ber of sources.
Williams gave his view in
a letter to Congressman
Charles O. Porter recently, in
response to a letter from Por-
Ranger Flown Out
By Mercy Flights
Robert Webb, assistant dis
trict ranger at Star ranger
station on the Applegate, was
taken by Mercy Flights to
Palo Alto. Calif., this morn
ing for medical treatment.
Mrs. Webb, who is a teach
er at Washington school in
Medford. accompanied her
husband on the flight, which
left Medford about 10:12 a.m.
Webb had undergone treat
ment and observation in a
Medford hospital for the past
two weeks, but needed the at
tention of specialists, accord
ing to reports.
Accidents
Week End
heavy fog and struck the Mer
ritt car head-on. Both cars
were heavily damaged, they
said.
Fred Seward Geyman, 46,
and Ralph E. Hanson, 40. both
of Klamath Falls, suffered
minor injuries after the car
in which they were riding
went into a ditch at Highway
99 and the Willow Springs in
tersection about 5:10 a.m. to
day, state police said.
Both were taken to Sacred
Heart hospital by Medford
Ambulance Service where
Geyman was treated for lac
erations on the head, chin and
left hand and Hanson treated
for possible fractured ribs,
they said.
Geyman was cited by police
for violation of basic rule, fol
lowing the one-car accident,
police said. Police said he lost
control of the car as he at
tempted to make a turn into
the Willow Spring rd. from
the southbound lane on 99.
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6:30 p.m. Saturday. Above, fire
ter asking about the pos
sibilities of having the pro
posed route placed on the
forest highway system.
Williams estimated cost of
such a highway at $250,000
per mile, or a total cost of
about $15,000,000, plus an
other $2,000,000 for improv
ing existing portions of the
route. He added it would
take about 580,000,000 to com
plete the existing forest high
way system, not including
those on the interstate system.
This means, he said, that
"with present appropriations,
it would require some 20
years to bring the present
system to an acceptable
standard.
In reply, Congressman Por
ter acknowledged that the
cost would be high but point
ed out:
". . . When we consider this
road will have to be built
some day as that area de
velops and the longer we
wait the more expensive it
will be both in terms of in
creasing costs and delayed
benefits, then it seems plain
the sooner it is built the
better."
Porter's letter regarding
the , route is being considered
by members of the highway
commission, Williams said.
Quakes, Tidal
Waves in Ecuador
Guayaquil, Ecuador (TO
Earthquakes and tidal waves
ravaged the coast of Ecuador
Sunday, killing at least 14
persons and destroying hun
dreds of homes and other
buildings.
It was South America's
second tragic wave of quakes
in a week, following one that
killed at least 24 persons and
left 1,500 homeless in the
Peruvian city of Arequipa.
In Ecuador, the damage was
especially heavy in the pro
vincial port of Esmeraldas,
where all of the known deaths
occurred. Four persons were
officially listed as missing in
the coastal town, and 45 were
injured.
Nearly half of the build
ings in Esmeraldas were lev
eled by the combination of
earthquake and tidal wave,
and a number of vessels in
the harbor were swamped.
Salem op, Del Finley,
Salem toy and hobby shop
owner, has been named sup
erintendent of the hohhv
show at the 1958 Oregon State
Fair.
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Reports
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RIBUNE
No. 232
Dynamite Stick
Found in School
At Little Rock
Attempt Seen To
Scare Officials
Little Rock, Ark. (IT)
Police found a stick of dyna
mite today in the basement
of Central High school, which
nine Negroes integrated last
Sept. 25 under the protection
of paratroopers.
Little Rock Superintendent
of Schools Virgil T. Blossom
said he thought it was an at
tempt to scare officials into
closing the school, though the
dynamite had no fuse and was
relatively harmless without
one. bcnooi continued witn
out interruption.
Handful of Guards
The second semester started
today at Central, still under
the guard of a handful of fed
eralized national guardsmen.
There was no attempt to mo
lest the nine Negro students
as they entered.
But a few minutes after
school began, Ray Bartlett,
manager of radio station
KNLR got an anonymous tele
phone call that there was
dynamite in a locker in the
Central High basement.
Bartlett ' immediately ad
vised the FBI and Little Rock
police. Police and a school
custodian found the dynamite
in the locker about 10 a.m.
Police took the dynamite out.
Acting Police Chief Gene
Smith said he thought it was
stolen from a construction
project.
Precautions Taken
Blossom, saying he thought
the dynamite was put in the
locker in an attempt "to scare
officials into closing Central,
said at the same time that he
doubted any person would go
so far as to blow up students.
"Every necessary precau
tion is being taken by school,
police and FBI officials to pro
tect the children," he said.
Many Will Attend
Leaders' Confab
Sixteen residents of Jack-
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son county win aiiena me
state 4-H leaders conference
to be held at Oregon State
college, Corvallis, Jan. 22
through 24.
Those attending the adult
section that will begin Wed
nesday afternoon include Mr.
and Mrs. Francis Krouse, Ap
plegate, Mr. and Mrs. Sam
James, Talent, Mrs. Don Brad
shaw, Mrs. John Bohnert, Mrs.
Everett Gibson, Miss Nancy
Barnes, all Central Point, and
Mrs. Perry Strom, Medford.
They will leave Medford
Wednesday morning with Miss
Marilou Garner and Glenn
Klein, Jackson county 4-H
agents.
Attending the older youth
conference to be held Friday
will be Miss Mavis Strom,
Medford, Miss Carolyn Tiegs,
Talent, Phillip Krouse, Apple
gate, Miss Penny Sampert,
and Miss Nyla Murray, Med
ford. They will leave Medford
Thursday afternoon. The en
tire group will return to the
county Saturday.
Theme for the conference
is understanding club mem
bers which will include club
member, club leader, and club
parent relationships.
Friday afternoon a plan
ning session will be held to
make recommendations for
changes in the older youth 4-H
program.
Midwest Hit by
Heavy Snowstorm
By United Press
The biggest snowstorm of
the year swept out of the
Plains states into the Mid
west today, coating roads with
a treacherous snow blanket of
one to eight inches from west
Texas into the Great Lakes
region.
Weathermen issued heavy
snow warnings today for
Eastern Kansas, Northwest
Missouri and South Central
Iowa where accumulations of
four inches or more were ex
pected by nightfall.
Warnings also were out for
Northern Illinois, Southern
Wisconsin and lower Mich
igan where two to five inches
of snow were likely.
Smith Act Said
Destroyed by
Supreme Court
Yates Reversal
Basis for Action
San Francisco (IP) The
U. S. Circuit Court of Ap
peals today freed 11 Com
munists convicted under the
Smith act because a U. S
Supreme Court decision made
"a virtual shambles" of the
anti-subversive law,
The court reversed the con
viction of seven Hawaiian and
four Seattle defendants by
denying a government peti
tion for a new trial.
Based on Interpretation
The circuit court based its
decision on the high court's
interpretation of the Smith
act.
Among the defendants was
Jack Wayne Hall, 41, Haw'
aii director of the Interna'
tional Longshoremen's and
Warehousemen's union.
The court here said it would
have affirmed the convictions
in line with its decision in
the case of Olletta O'Connor
Yates, Los Angeles Commun
ist, whose case . later was
thrown out by the Supreme
Court.
The appeals tribunal said
its decision in the Yates case
"is no longer the law."
Smith Act in Shambles
In an opinion written by
Appeals Judge Michael H.
Chambers the court said, "one
may as well recognize that
the Yates decision leaves the
Smith act, as to any further
prosecution under it, a virtual
shambles."
Besides Hall, the Hawaiian
defendants were: Charles K
Fujimoto of Honolulu, form
er chemist and one-time
Communist party chairman in
Hawaii; his wife Eileen, an
ILWU secretary; Koji Ari-
yoshi, editor of the weekly
newspaper Honolulu Record;
Jack D. Reinecke, a former
school teacher; and Jack Ki
moto, a Record reporter.
Seattle Defendants
The Seattle defendants
were Henry P. Huff, Wash
ington state chairman of the
Communist - party; John H.
Daschbach, chairman of h e
Washington state Civil Rights
Congress; Paul W. Bowen,
Washington leader of the
Communist Negro movement;
and Terry Pettus, Northwest
editor of the Peoples World.
The seven Hawaiians were
convicted June 19, 1953, after
a seven-month trial for con
spiracy to teach and advocate
violent overthrow of the U.S.
government.
This decision was carried
to the appeals court here,
which waited for determina
tion of precedent by the U.S.
Supreme Court before hand
ing down a decision on the
Hawaiians' appeal.
Reversed in June
The Yates conviction was
reversed last June 17 when'
the high court freed five Cali
fornia Communist leaders and
ordered new trials for nine
others. The Supreme Court
declared that the Smith . act
does not forbid .advocating
overthrow of the government
as an abstract principle, so
long as the idea is not coupled
with efforts to bring about
actual revolution.
The court stressed that
mere proof of membership or
even leadership in the Com
m u n i s t party is not enough
for a Smith act conviction.
After the Supreme Court
decision, the U. S. govern
ment moved for a new trial
for the seven Hawaiians and
four Washington men. The
defendants asked for dismis
sal. Yates Case Dropped
Chambers' . opinion
"government attorneys,
ing from the blow of
said
Yates decision, have striven
gallantly and arduously to
secure here an order for a
new trial as to all defendants,
admitting as they must that
not less than a new trial here
was required by that decis
ion." The appeals court noted
that although the high court
had ordered retrial of the
Yates case, the government
last month dropped the case"
because it did not believe it
had evidence to obtain con
viction under the Supreme
Court's interpretation of the
Smith act.
The eleven defendants had
received prison sentences
varying between one and
five years and fines between
$1,000 and $5,000.
Pendleton (IP) Trial of
Roscoe Kelley, Umatilla coun
ty commissioner charged with
attempted bribery, has opened
here.
Price, lags
Military Men Said
Obligated To Give
Views on Budget
Knowland Voices
Testimony Opinion
Washington (IP) Senate Re
publican Leader William F
Knowland said today military
officers "have an obligation"
to give Congress their frank
views on the defense budget
even if it means differing with
their superiors.
Knowland, a member of the
Senate Armed Services Com
mittee, told reporters, "that
is the only way that Congress
can keep itself fully in
formed."
Knowland was commenting
on recently released testimony
before the Senate Prepared-
ness subcommittee by Gen
Nathan F. Twining, chair
man of the Joint Chiefs of
Staff. Twining in effect said
that by forcing officers to give
their views about the ade
quacy of military budgets, the
subcommittee was requiring
them to choose between in
subordination and perjury.
But Knowland said the offi
cers should express their sen
timents honestly "regardless
of whether they coincide with
the budget as submitted."
He said "Congress under
the Constitution has a respon
sibility to appropriate funds"
and has a "responsibility to
get thp facts."
Therefore, he said, "mem
bers of the military iorces
have an obligation to testify
and to be responsive to ques
tions asked by proper commit
tees of Congress."
Sen. John C. Stennis (D-
Miss.) a member of the Senate
Preparedness Subcommit tee,
voiced similar views Sunday.
Toboggan Mishap
Injuries Riders
Two persons were injured,
one critically, in a toboggan
accident at Union Creek at
about 3:40 p.m. Sunday, ac
cording to reports of the
Medford Ambulance Service.
Charles H. Dailey, Box 133,
Prospect, was reported in
critical condition by Sacred
Heart hospital attendants
Monday morning, after a to
boggan carrying Dailey and
Delores Tibbils, 32, Grants
Pass, apparently flipped over.
Dailey is suffering from neck
injuries and Miss Tibbils
from a fractured wrist and a
back injury, hospital attend
ants said. Miss Tibbils was re
ported in fair condition Mon
day morning.
Both were taken to the
Sacred Heart hospital by Med
ford Ambulance Service.
Authorities Check
Robert Meunier
Robert Meunier, 33, of
Moncton, New Brunswick,
Canada, who is serving a 30
day city jail sentence after
pleading guilty to charges of
"defrauding an innkeeper," is
being investigated by immi
gration authorities, according
to Medford police.
Meunier was arrested on
Jan. 13 by city police after
he admitted to fooling a num
ber of Medford residents into
believing he was a doctor of
medicine, boy's town official
or youth worker at one time
or another. He was released
from the British Columbia,
Canada, prison on Dec. 13,
according to police.
WEATHER
FORECAST Clearing this
evening; becoming foggy
or low overcast in the val
ley Tuesday morning. Gen
erally sunny Tuesday. Low
tonight 28. Hifih Tuesday
4?. Temp.
Highest Yesterday 41
Lowest This Morning 30
Prec. to 10 a.m. Today, Trace
Our Skies Tonight
Sunrise 7:36 a.m.
Sunset S:09 P-m.
Moonset 6:26 p.m.
- First Quarter Jan. 27
EVENING STAR
Venus, seen near the Moon
tonight, will soon disappear
in the rays of the setting
Sun. Early in February it
will reappear as a morning
star, rising a few minues
before the Sun.
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Fuchs Arrives at
Pole; To
South Pole (IP) Dr.
Vivian Fuchs arrived at the
South Pole today with 11
compaions and said he had
never considered for a mo
ment any suggestions he call
off :: his. 1 historic overland
journey from One side of the
frozen Antarctic to the other.
Met by Hillary
Fuchs, smiling through his
frozen grey . beard, was met
by Everest conqueror Sir Ed
mund Hillary who won an un
official race to this midway
point from Scott Base on the
opposite coast and suggested
that Fuch's atternpt to go on
would be "foolhardy."
Fuchs, head of the British
Antarctic expedition, told
newsmen after covering the
950 miles from the Weddell
Sea: ,
'I have never considered
for a moment concluding the
present season's work at the
Pole. I have been delayed in
the Spring by weather and
since by dogs, crevasses and
vehicle trouble" but this has
not broken the back of the
trek."
Fuchs arrived with several
Air, Sea Search
Pressed for Planes
Honolulu (W An air and
sea search involving ships
and planes from every branch
of the armed forces spread
over the Pacific today for
two missing military planes.
One, a C-97 Military Air
Transport Service plane, was
overdue on a flight from
Hickam Field, Honolulu, to
Kwajalein, with seven men
aboard. The Navy considered
it had crashed.
The other plane was an Air
Force WB-50 that apparently
crashed while flying to the
eye of typhoon Ophelia 600
miles west of Guam last
Wednesday. It carried a crew
of 10.
Two Persons Hurt
In City Collision
Two persons were taken to
Rogue Valley hospital by
Medford Ambulance at 12:35
p.m. today following an auto
mobile accident at Third and
Holly sts., according to city
police.
Treated in the emergency
ward at the hospital were Mrs.
Lilah Goodman, 38, of 332
Mary st., and Lee Garrett, 26,
of 335 West Second st. Extent
of injuries were not known
at press time.
DOW-JONES AVERAGES
New York (IP) Dow
Jones final stock averages:
30 industrials 447.29, up
3.17; 20 railroads 106.87,
off 0.23; IS utilities "1.64,
up 0.26, and 65 stocks 152..
11, up 0.70. Sales today
were about 2,310,000 shares
compared with 2,200,000
shares Friday.
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snow vehicles and two dog
teams which he said had
slowed him down. He said he
would leave the two teams at
the Pole to be flown out under
a suggestion made by Rear
Aam. laeorge uutek, com
mander of the American polar
expedition.
30 Miles Daily Expected
"With lighter loads, no dog
teams and fewer vehicles, we
should make a steady 30
miles daily over the 1,250
miles to Scott Base," Fuchs
said.
'Denuclearized'
Zone Veto Seen
Washington (IP) The
United States is expected to
turn down a top-level Soviet
bid for a "denuclearized zone"
through the middle of Eu
rope.
Government officials have
said such a plan would leave
American troops with only
"second class weapons"
against a Russia assault on
Western Europe.
These officials want U.S.
and allied troop to have nu
clear arms-bearing a global
disarmament agreement out
lawing atomic weapons.
The Communist plan was
first put forward by Poland
and later supported by the
Soviet Union. It calls for ban
ning nuclear, weapons from a
zone beginning in Poland and
extending through Western
and Eastern Germany,' Czech
oslovakia and perhaps farther
south.
Refueled Wood Stove
Causes Fire Alarm
A general fire alarm was
sounded about 2:15 p.m. yes
terday when smoke was re
ported on the second floor of
the San Luis rooms, 33 South
Front st.
Firemen on arrival found
no blaze. They said that the
smoke had escaped from a
wood stove while it was be
ing refueled.
Oregon Delegation Asks
Holmes Visit
By A. ROBERT SMITH
Mail Tribune Correspondent
Washington The Oregon
congressional delegation's five
Democrats agreed today to
invite Gov. Robert D. Holmes
to come to Washington soon
for a conference with them
about the middle Snake riv
er. Sen. Richard L. Neuberger
chairman of the delegation's
regular bi-weekly breakfast
meeting, said members of the
group are concerned that the
state take a position which
they can support in Congress.
Asked if there was any pol
itics involved in the delega
tion's meeting, Neuberger
grinned and said:
Report Optimistic
On Economy for
Balance of Year
No Need Seen for
Prolonged Recession
Washington OP) Presi
dent Eisenhower coupled a
generally optimistic report
on the nation's economy to
day with a new warning to
business and labor leaders to
go slow on price and wage
increases.
"As we look ahead in
1958," he said, "there are
grounds for expecting that
the decline in business activ
ity need not be prolonged and
that economic growth can be
resumed without extended
interruption."
Essential to Economy
The President, in his an
nual economic report, said
that stable prices are essen
tial to a sound, prosperous
economy.
Business leaders must hold
price increases to amounts
warranted by increased pro
duction costs, the President
said. And labor must limit
its demands for higher wages
to gains in productivity per
man-hour,! he said.
Otherwise, he said, recov
ery from the present business
slump could be slowed down.
Asks Wage-Price Restraint
The new call for self- re
straint on prices and wages
highlighted the annual eco
nomic report to Congress. He
had sounded such warnings
previously when administra
tion economic policies were
directed to combating infla
tionary pressures. This was
the first time he had spoken
out along this line since in
flationary pressures lessened
with the decline in business
activity.
It came only a few weeks
before a start of negotiations
on some major new wage
contracts, including those for
the aircraft and auto indust
ries.
Report Optimistic
The overall tone of the
President's report was opti
mistic about the economic
outlook, both for the near
future and the long run.
He reported record overall
prosperity for 1957 despite
the economic decline in the
latter part of the year. But
he said about four-fifths of
the year's business gainsin
dollars was eaten up by in
flationary price rises. And
some segments of the nation
al economy didn't do quite,
as well as in 1956.
Looking to the future, the
President stressed the im
portance of an expected bus
iness pickup being based on a
sound dollar and reasonably
stable prices.
Sees Business Pickup
The president noted several
factors favorable for a bus
iness pickup later this year.
They included high personal
income and consumer spend
ing, low inventories, increased
defense upending, easier
credit with lower interest
rates, higher expenditures
for research and development.
He also cited the outlook for
increased home building and
larger expenditures by state
and local governments for
public services, such as high
way construction.
Washington
If it's possible for five
politicians to eschew politics,
we eschewed it today."
The delegation was stirred
up last week over a story
leaking out that at the last
breakfast conference mem
bers discussed politics, main
ly their feeling that Governor
Holmes was in trouble politi
cally as he faced reelection.
Neuberger said he reported
that his Indian subcommittee
will hold hearings Feb. 3, 4
and 5 on the Klamath Indian
problem.
Mrs. Edna Scales of Sandy,
vice chairman of the state
Democratic party, attended
the meeting. She is visiting
in Washington.
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