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Parade Postponed
By Unusual Snow
At New Orleans
California Rivers
Above Flood Stage
By Uniled Press
Record snows in Florida
and a two-inch snowfall in
New Orleans today capped a
week-long winter's bitterest
weather.
More than 110 persons have
died in weather-caused mis
haps since a mammoth cold
air mass slammed into the
eastern two-thirds of the na
tion last Thursday.
A record three-inch snow
fall coated Tallahassee, Fla.,
Wednesday night. Delighted
youngsters and their parents
promptly started snowball
fights and put up snowmen in
their yards.
Parade Postponed
An inch or more of snow
pelted all of Northwest Flor
ida and along the Western
Gulf Coast into Louisiana.
One inch of snow fell in cen
tral New Orleans, postponing
a Mardi Gras season parade
Wednesday, and a snow squall
at Burwood deep in the Lou
isiana bayous was so heavy it
cut visibility to a quarter of
a mile I
A United Press count since
the start of the cold wave
showed at least 121 persons
killed by exposure, overexer
tion, fires or weather-caused
traffic wrecks.
A rash of fires Wednesday
claimed at least 18 lives, in
cluding a father and seven
children-at Alliance, Ohio;
four small children at Fayette,
N.C.; a mother and two sons
at Worcester, Mass., and three
young brothers at Flint, Mich.
Most of the fires were
blamed on defective or over
taxed heating units.
Farmlands Flooded
In California, weathermen
predicted fair skies for today
but more rain Friday as the
Eel river crested about six
feet above flood stage and
flooded farmlands at Fern
bridge. The Weather Bureau
at Eureka advised residents to
prepare for 24 hours of high
water. '
Ranchers at Red Bluff in
the Upper Sacramento Valley
were warned to get their cat
tle out of the lowlands in ad
vance of threatened Sacra
mento river floods.
The Feather river was re
ported 22 feet above normal
at ,Las Plumas and minor
flooding was reported along
the Russian river at Hopland.
Legion Tables
. TV Resolution
American Legion Post 15
this week tabled a resolution
presented the post by the
Disabled American Veterans
Opposing paid television in
tms area.
The action was taken after
the resolution was discussed,
and Legion members deter
mined that there was not suf
ficient evidence that the reso
lution directly affected any
veteran's organization, nor
seemed likely to do so, ac
cording to Keegan Townsend,
post commander. '
Legion members generally
felt that the Legion should
concentrate on affairs pertin
ent to veterans and not be
come involved in an issue
which "apparently is misun
derstood by a great number
of people." Townsend said.
, He added that tne Legion
has no intention of trying to
explain the facts because it
would only take time that
could be devoted to more
worthy subjects.
Townsned, who also is presi
dent of the Veterans Allied
Council, said the recent ac
ceptance of the council of the
resolution was not indicative
that Legion Post 15 was in,
favor, since the resolution
had never been presented to
the post prior to the council
meeting.
MEDFORD MEN FILE
Salem OPi James M.
Main. . Medford, today filed
for Circuit judge, 1st district,
position No. 1. Edward C.
Kelly, Medford, filed for Cir
cuit judge, 1st judicial district
position No. 3.
HAROLD JAFFREY
Receives Promotion
Harold Jaffrey
Promoted, Moved
To Denver Post
Harold Jaffrey, assistant
manager of the Camp1 White
Domiciliary, has been pro
moted and will be transferred
to the Veterans administra
tion hospital at Denver, Colo.,
as assitant. manager, ' E. K.
Ricker, manager of the Domi
ciliary, announced today.
Banks I. Paul, special assist
jant at the VA hospital, Pitts-
bur-" . Pa., has been appointed
assistant manager of the Do
miciliary, Ricker also an
nounced. Effective dates for the trans
fers have not been announced.
Jaffrey has been assistant
manager of the Domiciliary
for. 2 '-2 y.ears, and previously
was associated with the VA
in the central office as a reg
istrar specialist in hospital ad
ministration. He has been with
the VA since 1946 and has had
experience in medical and hos
pital administration in VA fa
cilities in San Antonio, Tex.,
Houston, Tex., and Albuquer
que, N.M.
He has been active in the
United Medford Crusade,
Medford Rotary club, Eagle
Point Parent Teacher associa
tion, and is chairman of the
Jackson county Great Deci
sions program this year. He is
in the Air Force reserve. He is
a member of the Central
Point American Legion post,
American Hospital association,
Oregon State Hospital asso
ciation and Southern Oregon
Hospital council and theCen
tral Point AF&AM lodge.
Paul served in the Marines,
and received his nurse's de
gree at St. Joseph school of
nursing, Houston, Tex., and a
bachelor of science degree
from the University of Hous-
ton. He received a master's
degree from Columbia univer
sity's school of public health.
Forestry Department
To Adopt Uniform
The state forestry depart
ment will adopt a standard
field uniform effective March
1, the department has re
ported. The uniform, which is
planned to standardize dnd
improve the general appear
ance of department employ
ees, will consist of a suntan
shirt, cotton suntan or wooled
forest green trousers, woolen
forest green jacket, and a
plain dark-green four-in-hand
tie. The jacket can be either
cruiser or short style, depart
ment officials said.
The field uniform will be
worn whenever contact with
the public is anticipated. Busi
ness suits and sport suits may
always be substituted for use
of the uniform, officials said.
Seasonal forest wardens will
be expected to wear the uni
form, but not suppression
crew members, cooks and road
crew members.
16-Year-Oa GrJ
Arrested by Police
Medford ponce arrested a
16-year-old Medford. girl on
charges of shoplifting from 1
the J. C. Penney store, 106
North Central ave., Wednes
day afternoon.
The girl told police in a
signed statement that she had
taken several items from
another store during the day.
She was lodged in the Jack
son county jail pending action
by juvenile authorities, police
said.
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Central Point Man
Plans to File for
County Judgeship
Wernmark Acts With
Party Approval
K. C. (Swede) Wernmark,
54, Central Point, planned to
file his candidacy for county
judge about 2 p.m. today, he
said today.
His action will again bring
up the question of the length
of the term of Oregon's coun
ty judges. Attorney General
Robert Y. Thornton- and the
elections division 6f the sec
retary of state's office have
both ruled recently such
terms are for six years. Other
legal authorities claim coun
ty judges, being non-judicial
officers, should serve four-
year terms.
The supreme court will
have to resolve the question,
and Wernmark said he will
seek such a clarification
Held by Republican .
The position is now held
by Rodney Keating, a Repub
lican. Wernmark said he is
seeking the Democratic nom
ination, and is doing so with
the approval of the Jackson
County Democratic Central
committee, which voted to
support him at a meeting this
week.
James A. Redden, central
committee chairman, said a
Democratic policy of having
candidates for all offices will
be followed this year.
, A press release from the
Democratic committee, an
nouncing Wernmark's plan,
declared that "no really final
opinion'Uoa ;; lh- judgeship
nas been given. It added that
it is expected the filing will
be rejected by the county
clerk, based on the attorney
general's ruling, and that then
legal steps will be taken to
get an opinion before the bal
lots are printed. Filing dead
line is March 7..
Represent Wernmark
Bill Deatherage and Red
den will represent Wernmark
as his attorneys in any legal
action required, the commit
tee chairman said. Redden had
said a few weeks ago the
Democrats had no plans at
that time to challenge Keat
ing s term of office.
Wernmark, who is married,
lives at 140 North Eighth st.,
Central Point. He has lived
in Jackson county since 1947.
He became a naturalized citi
zen in 1928. He is a member
of the Masonic lodge at Cen
tral Point, Scottish Rite in
Medford, Hillah temple in
Ashland, the Elks lodge in
Medford.
wernmarK was born on
Oct. 9, 1903 in Stockholm,
Sweden. He came to Oregon
in 1914, attended high school
in The Dalles and graduated
from Oregon State college
with a bachelor of science de
gree in engineering. He is an
engineer and contractor.
Red Cross Work
Following his graduation in
1927" he worked for; the
American Red Cross in San
Diego, Calif., as director of
first aid, life saving and acci
dent prevention and indus
trial safety for San Diego and
Imperial counties.
Other positions included
Consolidated Gas and Elec
trie company, Consolidated
Aircraft company, bureau of
aeronautics, Coronado, Calif.,
Naval air station.
During World War II he
was with Boeing Aircraft
company, Seattle division, as
aeronautical engineer in field
service as trouble shooter on
B-17 and B-29 airplanes.
No Bids Received on
Myron Root Building
jno dios were made on the
Myron Root company building
on the Eighth st. right-of-way
at bouth Fir st. at a state high
way department public auc
tion sale this week, according
to Dale Hill, Salem, of the de
partment's purchasing depart
ment. " , -
The building, which had
been leased to Sloan Electric
company, will now be adver
tised at a minimum price of
S200 by the department, Hill
reported. He added that a
S500 performance bond or
cash deposit to insure clean
up will also be required. The
buyer will have 45 days in
which to raze the building
and clear the area, he explained.
Tunisia Tightens
Screws on France;
Tension Mounts
Troop Removal
Demands Renewed
Tunis (IP) The Tunisian
government, backed by world
opinion, tightened the screws
on France today.
Tension mounted hour by
hour and there was doubt
friendly Franco-Tunisian re
lations could be restored be
fore major trouble erupts be
tween angry Tunisians and
restive French troops block
aded in their bases. ' 1
President Habib Bourguiba
stepped up his diplomatic of
fensive against France, re
newed his demands that
France remove the 20,000 to
25,000 troops still in Tunisia,
and began applying pressure
against the 80,000 French ci
vilians in Tunisia.
Tunisian authorities wel
comed an American offer to
mediate the Franco-Tunisian
dispute but went ahead with
plans to lodge an official pro
test with the United Nations
Security Council over French
bombing of the village of
Sakiet Sidi Youssef.
Anger against France broke
out -in anti-French demonstra
tions in Tunis Wednesday and
in the big naval base town of
Bizerte Wednesday night.
Major demonstrations are ex
pected Friday when memorial
services are held for the
Sakiet dead.
The fact the government
did not halt the demonstra
tions was taken as further
confirmation that it would
not back down on its demands
for a total pullout by French
military forces who have re
mained since Tunisia achieved
independence two years ago.
Many of the 80,000 French
civilians in Tunisia feel that
withdrawal of their troops
would leave them without
protection.
Thegoyernment meanwhile
ordered m o r e - than - 400
French citizens to leave their
homes, mostly in territories
along the nations Algerian
frontier.
Jean-Pierre Benard, French
charge d'affaires, protested
the orders to ho avail. He
also protested a Tunisian gov
ernment order to shut down
five of the seven French con
sulates in Tunisia.
Franchise Terms
Accepted by Firm
Robert Corbin, local "man
ager for the Robert L. Lip-
pert theater chain, today for
mally accepted terms of the
two-year franchise for closed
circuit television granted the
firm in a recent city ordi
nance. '
Corbin said "Home-Theater
TV" plans would be formu
lated by the company within
the two-year period specified
in the franchise. At present,
only the general outlines of
the plan are known, he said.
Under the system contem
plated by the Lippert group,
Corbin explained, the system
would not use the airwaves,
but probably special lines car
rying television impulses to
the homes of subscribers.
Showing of top quality motion
pictures simultaneously in the
theaters here and in homes
of subscribers is planned, in
addition to other special shows
not ordinarily broadcast on
commercial TV channels.
Corbin indicated details of
the operation would be dis
closed as soon as they are
formulated.
Washington OP) Speaker
Sam Rayburn (D-Tex.) has
picked Rep. Al Ullman (ID-
Ore.) to give the traditional
reading of Washington's fare
well address before the House
next Thursday.
Washington HP) President
Eisenhower has appointed
Frank E. McCaslin of Port
land, Ore., to be a member of
the Alaska International Rail
and Highway Commission.
British Conservative Party Suffers
'Shattering1
London OP) The Con
servative Party suffered a
major defeat in Wednesday's
parliamentary by-election in
Rochdale. Even party news
papers described the loss to
day as a "shattering" one.
The Conservative seat in
the House of Commons was
won by Laborite Jack Mc-
Cann, a 47-year-old diesel en
gine fitter. The Conservative
candidate could do no better
52nd Year
My
Unander Suggests
TV Appearance
With Hatfield
Proposal Replies
To Opponent's Plan
' Portland (IP) State
Treasurer Sig Unander sug
gested today that perhaps he
and Secretary of State1 Mark
Hatfield could make a joint
television appearance during
their campaigns for the Re
publican nomination for gov
ernor. Unander issued a state
ment here in reply to a suggestion-made
by Hatfield on
Tuesday that the two tour
the state together and ap
pear before interested groups.
His statement did not refer
to Hatfield by name.
Appears Impracticable
"Offhand," Unander said,
"it appears impracticable
and virtually impossible for
candidates to plan mutually
agreeable schedules. To avoid
this difficulty and to reaf
firm my willingness to share
the campaign pisiform, before
as large an audience as "pos
sible, perhaps a television ap
pearance could be arranged."
Unander said this would "af
ford many thousand more vo
ters an opportunity to see and
hear the candidates ' than
would be possible on such
tours as have been suggest
ed." He said such a forum
could be arranged on more
than one television station so
that coverage would be state
wide. ,
Unander said his only
knowledge of any. such
forthcoming invitation was
through press coverage of
Tuesday's talk. He said if
such an invitation was ex
tended he would refer it to
his campaign chairman, ex-
Gov. Charles A. Sprague of
Salem.
Full Schedule Arranged
Unander said a full sched
ule has been arranged for
him with commitments made
as far in advance as May. "I
am sure that my opponent's
chairman has an equally full
schedule arranged and is
aware of the mechanical dif
ficulties v in planning joint
campaign tours such as he
has suggested."
Unander said his official
duties as state treasurer have
first call upon his time "and
unquestionably - there would
be insurmountable conflicts
in trying to set up a schedule
that would coincide with my
opponent's."
WEATHER
FORECAST:.. Partly., cloudy
tonight and early Friday
with partial valley fog. In
creasing cloudiness Friday
with occasional light rain.
Low tonight 32. High Fri
day 55.
Temp.
Highest Yesterday 53
Lowest this Morning 40
Prec. to 4 a.m. Today 20
Our Skies Toniqht
Sunrise
7:12 a.m.
Sunset 5:40 p.m.
Moonrise Friday 4:22 a.m.
New Moon Feb. IS
Mars is the planet seen near
the Moon tonight. Next
month Mars will be as bright
as Antares. in July it will
be as bright as Vega, and in
November it will outshine
Sirius, brighest of all the
stars.
Defeat in By
than third behind the Liberal
Party.
The Socialists immediately
set up their usual clamor for
immediate general elections
in which they believe Prime
Minister Harold Macmillan
would be voted out of power.
The results saw Laborite
McCann polling 22,133 votes
and Kennedy 17,603. Con
servative J. E. Schofield, a
real estate agent, won only
memrfc
"I Hear We're in a Puff Puff Breathing
Spell"
Neuberger's Timber
Mining Bill Opposed
By Montana Senator
. Washington OP) Senator
James E. Murray (D-Mont.) I
u.- - c- Tr,J
illdil man ui uig ociiaic a
terior Committee, is strongly
opposed to a move to put new
restrictions on mining in na
tional forests, it was learned
today. '
Murray has made no public
statement on the proposal by
Sen. Richard L. Neuberger
(D-Ore.) but he voiced vigor
ous objections , in a strongly
worded letter to Neuberger.
Neuberger had asked Mur
ray to be one of the sponsors
Geddes Speaks at
Lincoln Dinner
"Republicans should be
more vocal in contradicting
implied facts about the party,
such as 'party for the wealthy'
and 'being anti-labor'," ac
cording to Paul Geddes, Rose
burg attorney and former
state senator, who spoke at
the annual County Lincoln
Day club dinner Wednesday
evening at the Jackson hotel.
He continued that Republi-
cans have been too quiet.
When non-factual statements
have been made about . the
party, they have only remain
ed quiet.
He urged for a better pub
lic relations program for the
1958 election which would
present the party's activities
to the public.
Geddes, who was accom
panied to Medford by Mrs.
Geddes, was introduced by Ed
Singmaster, Ashland, chair
man of the dinner. More than
110 persons attended.
Present for the occasion
and introduced were Ed Boen
ke, Eugene, former state
chairman of the Republican
central committee, and Don
Stathos, chairman of the Jack
son -ounty central committee.
- Election
9,827 votes. The post was va
cated by the death of Con
servative William Schofield.
The by-election was the
16th since 1957. In almost
every one the Conservative
vote dropped by a heavy per
centage whether the Con
servatives won or not. The
Laborites won the last prev
ious by-election and reduced
the Conservative margin in
Commoni to 55.
JON, THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 13, 1958
Tells If
i
a end Wt
of the legislation
The chair-
man refused.
Contents of
the letter were
not released. But it was learn
ed Murray said the Neuberger
bill would work a "consider
able hardship" on thealready
ailing mining industry.
Murray, whose committee
would have to act on the bill
before it is sent on to the
Senate, said the proposal
would give the advantage to
the lumber industry.
Under the Neuberger bill,
introduced last Thursday,
mining claimants in the for
ests would be permitted to
use surface land only "to the
extent essential to actual min
ing." Title to the surface itself
would remain with the Unit
ed States. -Neuberger
said the propos
al was an outgrowth of viola
tions of mining patents issued
four years ago In the Rogue
River National Forest. He said
the U.S. Forest Service has
reported nearly three million
board feet of timber has been
logged from the claims but
no mining has been carried
on there.
Tn orMifinn in his nrnnosals
,or tiphtenine un restrictions
0n mining titles. Neuberger
asked that similar "protective
provisions ' now applying to
the Prescott, Mt. Hood, Lin
coln, Coronada, Conconino,
and Kaibab National Forests
be extended to "all national
forest land."
Joining Neuberger in spon
soring the bill were Demo
cratic Sens. Wayne Morse
(Ore.), Mike Mansfield
(Minn.), Paul H. Douglas (111.),
Joseph S. Clark (Pa.) and Wil
liam Proxmire (Wis.) and Re
publican Sen. Margaret Chase
Smith (Me.).
Murray was understood to
feel Neuberger's program goes
too far and that an earlier
solution proposed by Sen.
Clinton P. Anderson (D-N.M.)
is "sufficient."
Republican Club to
Elect New Officers
New officers will be elected
and plans for the year will be
made at a meeting Monday,
Feb-. 17, of the Jackson County
Young Republican club at
7:30 p.m. in the Medford
hotel.
People between 18 and 36
interested in joining the group
are asked to attend, according
to Donald L. Stathos, tempor
ary chairman. He said the ob
jectives of the group are to
provide a practical means by
which Republicans may con
tribute to the betterment of
the country and party.
Price 10 Cents
Tribune
No. 253
FCC Investigators
Told 'Thousands'
Paid by Attorney
Sherman Adams'
Name Among Files
Washington (IP) Bernard
Schwartz testified today that
Federal Communications Com
munications Commis s i o n e r
Richard A. Mack had "ac
knowledged" receiving sever
al thousand dollars from an
attorney for the firm to
which Mack afterward voted
to award a Miami TV channel.
Schwartz- said Mack claim
ed when questioned that the
money was a loan and that
"some" of it had been repaid
in cash. However, he said the
commissioner, "when press
ed," finally conceded he could
not specifically recall ever
making any repayments.
Schwartz made the state
ment under oath to the special
House investigating subcom
mittee which fired him Mon
day as chief counsel. '
He identified the attorney
who made the payments as
T. A. Whiteside; a close friend
of Mack.
He said that Whiteside was
employed by a law firm to
help obtain award of channel
10 at Miami for Public Serv
ice Television, Inc., a wholly
owned subsidiary of National
Airlines.
White House Influence
The subcommittee, created
to investigate six federal regu
latory agencies including the
FCC, fired Schwartz Monday
after he accused a majority
of the group of wanting to
whitewash the inquiry. He
said the majority fired him
despite evidence he said he
had of "White House influ
ence" on regulatory agencies.
The subcommittee had sub
poenaed him to testify under
oath today about cnarges ne
had made in a press statement
that an FCC member took a
money payment in connection
with the channel 10 case.
On Schwartz's plea that he
needed them to refresh his
memory, subcommittee files
were brought into the hear
ing room and marked as ex
hibits."
One folder bore the name
of Sherman Adams, assistant
to President E i s enhower.
Schwartz said it contained
copies of Adams letters per
tinent to investigation of al
leged White House influence
on federal agencies.
Examiner Overruled
Another file bore the name
of Gordon Moore. It was not
immediately disclosed wheth
er this was George Gordon
Moore, Mrs. Eisenhower's
brother-in-law.
In the case of the Miami
TV station, Public Service
was awarded the channel by
a 4 to 2 vote of the FCC last
February despite adverse re
commendations of an FCC ex
aminer. Mark voted for the
award.
Schwartz produced from
subcommittee files checks to
taling more than $2,000 which
Mack had received from
Whiteside, had "pledged" to
vote for the airline applicant.
Schwartz identified for the
subcommittee six checks from
Whiteside to Mack totalling
82,650, paid between Jan. 27,
1956, and June 17, 1957. .
He said he does not know
whether there were others.
In addition, Schwartz iden
tified a check from Whiteside
to Mack for $1,000 and dated
March 22, 1955, "just before"
Mack became a member of
the FCC.
265 Pints of Blood
Collected Yesterday
A total of 265 pints of
blod were colledted at the
Red Cross Bloodmobile visit
at the county chapter house
on Hawthorne ave. yesterday.
There were 280 donors, 116
of them drop-ins, the Red
Cross said. The quota for the
visit was 290 pints.
Demos Reluctant
To Go Along With
Ike's Prediction ;
Statement Said
'Very Unrealistic'
Washington W Demo
cratic congressional leaders
showed a growing belief to
day they may have to order a
big tax cut to spart the na
tion's lagging economy. i
They indicated an unwill
ingness to go along with Pres
ident Eisenhower's "chins up'
forecast of a business upturn
next month.
Informants said high ad-
ministration officials also
were in agreement with some
key Democratic lawmakers
that the Federal Reserve
Board must somehow be
prodded into action to relax
curbs on credit.
Head in Clouds :
"If the Federal Reserve
Board won't make more funds
available to the economy,'
one key Democrat said, "it's
likely that we'll be forced
into freeing funds through
tax reduction."
He added that "the Federal
Reserve Board still has its
head in the clouds fighting
inflation" and apparently be
leves credit ciybs should be
retained to pull down prices
Sen. Robert S. Kerr (D
Okla.) said the President's
statement Wednesday predict
ing an early economic upturn
was "very unrealistic" as a
review of current conditions
and "quite inaccurate" as a
forecast. He said it showed
that Eisenhower "is still in
sulated from the facts and al
most immune to them."
GOP Backs President
Senate Democratic Whip
Mike Mansfield (Mont.) agreed
the President's appraisal was
"too rosy, too glowing." He
said it did not dispell the
need for programs that would
provide "spuds as well as
Sputniks."
Republicans rallied behind
the President with Lincoln
Day oratory denouncing ad
ministration critics as "the
Democratic gloom and doom
brigade."
Commerce Secretary Sin
clair Weeks exhorted Repub
licans to "slug back and
"nail every reckless charge."
I've never seen anything
more selfish, more dangerous
and more cold blooded. than
delibertately .gambling with
peace and prosperity solely
1 A
for greedy partisan aavani
age"," Weeks said.
Construction of
Awning Starts
A $7,100 building permit
A M 1 T7 1
was issued xo me riunrer
building Wednesday after-
noon, tu uunu & iJiaau.
ing over the sidewalks near
the building. Construction has
1 .' U n Hlqpti mifrl.
started.
Fluhrer building officials
said the awning will improve
the appearance of the down
town section as well as give
protection from the weather
to store window displays and
pedestrians on the sidewalks.
The council first passed an
ordinance to permit erection
of the awning several months
ago, but passed several
amendments at last week's
meeting which, according to
building officials, permitted
construction to start.
Amendments, which offir
cials required, -were a reduc
tion of the height of the awn
ing to seven feet and removal
of a section of the ordinance
which would permit the city
manager to order its removal
proved a hazard. City of
ficials said the awning may
be removed by condemnation
action if necessary. :.
Money Taken from:
rater High School;
Central-Point Between
$2 and $5 in dimes were taken
from a soft drink vending ma
chine at the agriculture build
ing at Crater High school
early this morning, according
to Central Point city police.
The building was entered.
police said, by breaking the
glass in a window. Desks,
drawers, and lockers through.
out the building were ran
sacked, they reported. Police
added that many tools and
office machines in the build
ing were not bothered as the
persons were apparently look
ing for money.
The break-in was discov
ered by the agriculture teach
er this morning. This is the
second time within the past
two months that the building
has been entered, police said.