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NEW AWNING Installation of a Tran
slucent awning on Main st. and Central
ave. is expected to be complete next week,
according to Dick-Dunphy, foreman with
the Translucent Awning and Metalcrafters,
Spokane. The awning covers the sidewalk,
and is supported at the outer edge with
two-inch pipes set in pairs and "laced"
Schedule for Road
Link Between KF,
Medford Told
Klamath Falls -flD A ten
tative schedule for comple
tion of a Klamath Falls-Med-ford
highway link was an
nounced here today by Klam
ath County Engineer William
Canton. He said survey work
would be started in 1959 with
bid invitation for construction
contracts scheduled for late
1939 or 1960.
Southern Oregon's two prin
cipal cities would be linked
by a route through McAllister
springs and Lake of the
Woods. ' ;
' Canton said some confusion
existed in connection with
qualifying the last few miles
of the route for public road
Improvement funds. . ..
He said it was pointed out
during a meeting with for
estry officials in Portland late
'last week that no Bureau
of Reclamation funds have
been earmarked for the high
way but that the project is to
be considered along with oth
er contemplated 'road work
In the Pacific Northwest.
Both Jackson and Klamath
county courts have urged com
pletion of the all-weather
highway. Both have said that
Federal funds were required
for construction but they were
willing to undertake mainte
nance costs.
State Archivists
Inventory Records
David Duniway, state arch
ivist from Salem, and two
staff members from the Ore
gon state library are in Med
f"d to inventory records of
the county assessor's and tax
collector's offices.
Assisting him are Librar
ians Neil Riggs and Richard
Dolph.
Duniway said they were in
vited to the county by the
county court and are work
ing in an advisory capacity
to the district attorney. They
are selecting records which
should be saved.
The inventory has been car
ried on throughout the state
during the past 12 years, with
some early records going to
the state library. Others here
probably will go to the Jack
sonville . museum, Duniway
said.
Records in the county of
fices go back as far as 1854,
according to the archivist.
Some early records were de
stroyed in 1927 to facilitate
moving the county seat from
Jacksonville to Medford.
Land Bank Reviewed at
Farm Loan Group Event
The history of the land
bank system, which was
founded more than 40 years
ago, was reviewed by E. C.
Prestbye. attorney for the
Federal Land bank, Spokane,
at the annual meeting of the
Southern Oregon National
Farm Loan association at
Gold Hill last night. .
Farmer and stockmen mem
bers from Jackson and Jose
phine counties attended the
meeting in Gold Hill Grange
hall. The Southern Oregon
association serves both
counties.
Harold White, superintend
ent of the Southern Oregon
Experiment station, discussed
plans for the establishment of
a new experiment station on
the Hanley property west of
Medford. The property re
cently was purchased by the
(Governor's Aide
Skeptical on Suit
Bn SBiBly Nunn Case
Salem IP! Orval Thomp
son, legal aide to Gov. Robert
D. Holmes, was skeptical to
day of efforts of a Klamath
Falls couple to assure the
execution of their son's mur
derer.
The Albany attorney said a
temporary restraining order
signed by Circuit Judge H. K.
Hanna of Jackson county on
petition of Mr. and Mrs. John
Burglary Attempt
Foiled by Police
An attempt to burglarize
the safe at' Oregon Egg Pro
ducers, 727 North Central
ave., last night apparently was
foiled when a police officer
noticed the safe missing from
its regular place while mak
ing a routine check.
The safe was discovered
missing about 3:20 a.m., po
lice said, and several officers
were called to check the
building.
The safe, moved to a base
ment back room, was not
cracked although the dial was
knocked off and several marks
were made in an attempt to
chip the concrete imbeded
cash box loose, police .eaid.
Entrance to the building was
gained by climbing a box car
and entering, through win
dows on the roof, police
added.
Apparently one thief cut
his hand on window glass and
left a trail of blood through
the building and on the safe,
according to police. The
thieves moved the safe from
the office to the basement
room with the aid of a hand
truck and freight elevator.
Police said the would-be
thieves apparently were scar
ed off before they could begin
work on the safe. A large
number of tools were found
near the safe, they reported.
Nothing was reported missing
in the building, according to
the firm's manager.
DOW-JONES AVERAGES
New York iff) Dow
Jones final stock averages:
30 industrials 437.80, off
2.62; 20 rails 102.70. off
0.74; 15 utilities 72.01, off
0.26; 65 stocks 149.15. off
0.86. Sales today were
about 1.670.000 shares as
compared with 1,880.000
shares Wednesday.
county for an experiment
station.
F. E. Bowman, secretary
treasurer, reported that the
Southern Oregon association
extended $145,000 in credit
last year.
Andrew E. Stevens, Med
ford, and Albert L. Straus,
Gold Hill, were reelected to
three-year terms on the board
of directors. Holdover direc
tors are J. W: Bigham, Eagle
Point, president; Oliver H.
Roundtree, Williams, vice
president; and W. C. Higin
botham, Central Point, who
presided at the meeting.
Entertainment was provid
ed by Crater High school
dance band, and dinner was
served by the Gold Hill
Grange with Mrs. Lucy
Edington in charge of prepa-
rations.
with steel rods. Rafters are made of light
weight steel, braced to add strength and
to give the awning an ornamental ap
pearance. The fiberglass is beige to match
the color of the building. The picture above
was taken looking north toward Main st.
on Central ave.
lEacret df Klamath Falls left
him skeptical because of the
constitutional provision that
the governor "shall have the
power to grant reprieves,
commutations, and pardons
..." He cited Article 5, Sec
tion 4 of the Qregon consti
tution. ,
Two Sentences Commuted
Gov. Holmes has commuted
death sentences of two con
victed murderers but still
has under study the case of
Billy Junior Nunn, 28 . con
victed slayer of Alvin Eacret,
14-year-old son of the peti
tioners before Judge Hanna.
The temporary order granted
them against the governor
would prohibit him from com
muting or 'attempting to com
mute the death sentence re
cently re-imposed on Nunn
after appeal and scheduled
for March 28.
Thompson commented that
"generally, a discretionary
act cannot be enjoined, only a
violation of law." . Walter
Nunley, attorney for the Eac
rets, had contended the gov
ernor may use his. discretion
ary powers only in the public
interest and not on mere per
sonal opinion. Gov. Holmes
has been a staunch opponent
of capital punishment on mor
al grounds.
Sees Venue Question
Thompson said that in Ore
gon persons can be sued only
in the county where they live
or can be served.
"I don't know how they
would get around the venue
question on this, unless they
expect to serve the governor
when he goes to Medford to
make a speech," he said. -
(Governor Holmes will speak
at mass initiation ceremonies
of American Legion Posts of
southern Oregon at the Med
ford National Guard Armory
Saturday. He is expected to
arrive in Medford about
noon.)
The Nunn case was prose
cuted in Medford since the
Sacret boy was slain at Tub
Springs state park, just across
the Jackson county line from
Klamath county. Jackson
county district attorney at the
time, April 19o6, was Nunley,
the present attorney for the
Eacrets.
Money Token from
Shady Cove School
Shady Cove Burglars tooc
an undetermined amount of
money from the Shady Cove
school Wednesday night after
forcing open three doors to
gain entry to the principal's
office, the sheriffs office re
ported today.
A safe in the office was
badly damaged when it was
broken into, deputies said.
Not more than S10 was be
lieved missing.
Candidate Moved to
Eagle Point in 1957
Ralph A. Larson, 37, Eagle
Point hardware store owner
who has announced his candi
dacy for sheriff of Jackson
county on the Republican
ticket, moved to Eagle Point
in 1957, instead of 1951, as
appeared in a previous story.
He was with the Los Ange
les sheriffs office for 10
years, and took several police
courses at various colleges in
southern California.
Salem (IP) Phil Hitchcock,
Clackamas county Republi
can, has filed for his party's
nomination as U. S. repre
sentative from the first con
gressional district.
JhBHfii
Couple Charged
With Obtaining
Unlawful Funds
Reeder Withdraws
Leniency Request
Mr. and Mrs. Clarence John
son, 781Vi Beatty st., Med
ford, were sentenced to 2V2
years each in prison Wednes
day afternoon by Circuit
Court Judge Edward C. Kelly
on charges of unlawfully ob
taining public assistance. t
The Johnsons, who had
pleaded guilty in circuit court
Aug. 23, 1957, had been free
on $1,500 bond each. Sentenc
ing had been postponed sev
eral times for pre-sentencing
investigation reports. Maxi
mum penalty on the charge is
three years in the state peni
tentiary. District Attorney Thomas
J. Reeder withdrew an earlier
request for leniency, due to
new information that had
come to light in a pre-sentence
report. He had made the len
iency request Jan. 30 in
circuit court. It was at that
time Judge Kelly requested
a pre-sentence report from
the Oregon parole and proba
tion officer.
Disliked Examples
In pronouncing sentence,
Judge Kelly explained that
he disliked making examples
of people, -but said that the
court could not overlook the
ability of the Johnsons to lie
and falsify in obtaining pub
lic assistance and loans, and
in making financial reports.
Prior to sentencing the
couple, he said that it was
one of the most amazing per
formances of fraud of which
he had heard. He added that
the Johnsons had been ob
taining public assistance for
approximately 10 years.
He stated that reports com
piled by the Oregon parole
and probation officer snowed
at least five cases where the
Johnsons could be tried for
false swearing, and several
others on felony charges for
making false financial state
ments., '
The Johnsons were arrest
ed June 6,. 1957, by sheriff's
deputies' after an investiga-
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Ramsay Canyon
Road Slide Cleared
Traffic on the Ramsay Can
yon rd. north of Sams Valley
was held up Tuesday by an
earth slide which was cleared
yesterday by county road
crews, County Engineer Paul
Rynning reported today.
More work is required for
permanent repair, he said.
Rynning reported that fur
ther damage from the .heavy
rains occurred at the county
farm home,, where Bear creek
washed out fruit trees and
other experiments along with
about two acres of land.
Heavy erosion also was re
ported along the creek be
tween Suncrest and Valley
View rds.
Bolton, England (IP) A
chartered British airliner
crashed into a fog-shrouded
foothill of the Pennine Moun
tains of Northern England
early today with a heavy loss
of life.
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Veterans Accused
Of Breaking Into
Appliance Store
Conscience Bothers
Confessing Officer
Portland (IP) Three Port
land police officers, all vet-1
erans of. six or more years
on the force, were arrested
early today on. burglary
charges.
Police Chief William Hil
bruner said the three were ac
cused of breaking into an ap
pliance store last Saturday J
night and hauling off a car
load of loot.
Others Implicated
Hilbruner identified the of
ficers as Donald E. Roberts,
29; Fred Matthies Jr., 37, and
Warren L. Moore, 33. Rob
erts joined the forpe in 1951,
Matthies in 1947 and Moore
in 1950. . ..
The. chief said Moore impli
cated the other two after go
ing to his commanding offi
cer, Capt. E. Y. Maddocks.
"His conscience was just kill
ing him and he confessed,"
Hilbruner said. ,
The appliance store had re
ported loss of 13 television
sets, 21 radios, two record
players and other small elec
trical appliances.,.
Loot Thrown Into River
Hilbruner said some of the
loot had been recovered. He
said Moore told officers he
had disposed of some of it
in the Tualatin river and
skin divers were to try to lo
cate it.
The chief said the three of
ficers had been drinking af
ter leaving their shifts Sat
urday.
The ' three were charged
with burglary not in a dwell
ing, lhey were released on
$1,500 bail each. Hilbruner
said he would request that the
three be discharged from the
force. All are . married and
have families.
WEATHER
FORECAST: Partly cloudy
tonight, becoming foggy
or low overcast early Fri
day. Fair Friday after
noon.' Low tonight - 32.
High Friday, about 52.
Temp.
Highest Yesterday ..- 48
Lowest this Morning 32
' Free, to 4 a.m. Today, Trace
Our Skies Tonight
Sunrise
6:51 a.m.
5:58 p.m.
Sunset
The Moon rides high and
sets Friday 2:45 a.m.
Full Moon March 5
.EVENING STAR
Jupiter, rises 10:40 p.m.
and is now moving nearer
Spica in Virgo. (Jupiter will
he seen near Albedaran in
Taurus in 1964).
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MEDFORD, OREGON,
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NEW SNOW When residents of the valley
awoke Tuesday morning, they were greeted
by snow-covered hills and the area, looked
more like a spot in the Himalayas than
mild Rogue River valley. The sun poked
through the clouds from time to time
Kohler Worker
Tells of Beating
Threat by Union
Washington (IPI A Kohler
Co. employee testified today
that he joined the United
Auto Workers Union under a
"sign up or get beat up"
threat, but later conceded his
statement conflicted with pre
vious testimony he had given.
Union attorney Joseph Rauh
was the first to challenge the
witness, Herman Miesfeld,
who was testifying before the
Senate Rackets Committee.
Rauh said the committee
should consider bringing pen
jury charges.
Statements Correct
Miesfeld contended, how
ever, that all his statements
were correct. He said that in
previous testimony before the
National Labor Relations
Board he had not been asked
questions that would lead him
to tell of being coerced into
joining the union.
He had told the NLiRB tnat
UAW men "weren't unfriend
ly" to him.
Miesfeld told how he and
four other non-union employ
ees of the Sheboygan, Wis.,
plant were captured by. a
picket patrol wnen tney
sneaked across a field to re
port to work through a back
entrance.
Taken to 'Kitchen
He said he was taken to
-it fi 1
a striKe Kucnen anu
to ."sign up with the union
or get beat up."
"So I signed up, ne saia.
After that, he said, the
strikers gave him coffee and
doughtnuts and , took him
home. '
Miesfeld identified Emit
Mazey, UAW , secretary-treas
urer, and Donald itano, ana
Robert Burkhardt, . interna
tional representatives of the
union, as among those pres
ent in the kitchen.
Sehafe Expected To
Approve Postal Rates
Washington (in me
Senate was expected to ap-
w m : 1 1 :
prove today a $11 numuu
postal rate increase bill fea
turing a five-cent stamp for
out-of-town letters.
The Senate was likely to
tack on a IV2 per cent pay
increase for about 500,0001
postal employees.
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THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 27,
At Least 512 CUSIecS
As Tornadoes Uake
Southern States
Jackson, Miss. (IP)
Ugly
black tornadoes struck sec
tions of Mississippi and Loui
siana Wednesday night, kill
ing at least 12 persons and
flattening scores of buildings.
Authorities feared more
dead would be found in the
scattered wreckage today.
More than 100. persons were
injured. '
More than a dozen funnels
dipped down throughout
south and central Mississippi
during a two-hour period
shortly after dusk. Earlier in
the day a twister had left two
injured near Hosston, La.
Timber Kills Woman
Walnut Grove, a commu
nity of about 600 northwest
of Jackson, probably was the
largest settlement crippled by
the winds. Half its home were
damaged, 28 persons were in
jured and a 60-year-old wom
an was killed by flying tim
ber which crashed through
her window.
A few miles to the west of
Walnut Grove, in the hamlet
of Farmhaven, three died and
20 were injured.
A mother and her 12-year-old
son died in the Brewer
community in Perry county
in southeast Mississippi. The
first highway . patrolman to
reach the scene of that twister
radioed back: "Get some help
out here. This place has been
flattened." .
Another community in the
same area was hit by pos
sibly the same twister min
utes later and another death
was the result. Perry county's
injured totaled more than 20.
'House Blew Away'
Ninety minutes later twist
ers hit three communities in
nearby Wayne county, killing
one woman at the Winchester
community; The highway pa
trol said "Her house blew
away.
The first twister reported
hit the Fannin Road village
about 13 miles northeast of
Jackson. One rescue worker
said "it sounded like a train
going through, then the lights
went out."
A Fannin girl, three-year-
old Kathy Jones, was killed
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during the day, making, the .mountains
glisten, but it also went to work melting
the powdery snow, starting little rivulets
like the one above. The picture was taken
on the road leading to Oregon Switzerland,
on the east side of the valley.
when the twister carried her
home 100 yards. Her father,
mother and one - year - old
brother, who was in a high
chair at ' the time, were
injured.
12-Year-Old Hurt
When Hit by Car..
Brady Webb Keister, 12, of
901 Clark st., was treated and
released at Rogue Valley hos
pital about 4:30 p.m. Wednes
day after he was struck by a
car on West Jackson st., be
tween the railroad tracks and
Fir st., according to city po
lice. , ,
They said the youth ap
parently tepped into the
path of a car operated by Erie
Monroe Gray, 832 Dakota st.
Several witnesses told police
the youth stepped into street
from behind a parked car
without looking, v .
He was taken to Rogue
Valley hospital . by Medford
Ambulance service after he
complained of his right leg
hurting, police said.
Both Sides See Victory
As Sudan Holds Elections
Khartoum, Sudan 0P
The Sudan today held its first
general elections since grant
ed full independence in 1956
with both pro-Western and
p r o-Egyptian parties con
fidently predicting victory.
Women Not To Vole
About 1,500,000 male citi
zens in this nation of nine mil
lion pouplation are eligible to
cast ballots in the elections
for members of parliament.
There is no woman suffrage.
The results may well deter
mine whether the Sudan leans
closer to the United Arab Re
public led by President Gamel
Abdel Nasser or toward
closer ties with the West.
The controversy with
Egypt over the disputed bor
der areas north of the 22nd
FCC Official I
Swears' Influence;
Lacking in Vote E
Subcommittee Hears".
Reply To Charges
Washington (IP) Federal
Communications Commission
er Richard A. Mack denied
under oath today charges that
his vote in a Miami televis
ion award was influenced by
money and friends.
He also declared that "I
certainly have no intention
of resigning."
Mack testified before a
House Commerce subcommit
tee which has heard charges
that he- received $2,650 from
a Florida attorney, Thurman
A. Whiteside, who supported
the successful applicant for
the TV channel.
Not Pressured
Appearing before the sub
committee for the. first time
since it started delving into
FCC operations, Mack declar
ed he "was not swayed or in
fluenced" by anybody who
approached him about the
Miami channel 10 case.
Mack said that if he had
felt that he was "being sway
ed or pressured into a vote
against my convictions," he
would not have voted at all
in the case.
He said he listened to all
sides and voted his convic
tions based on "the record
before us."
Before his appearance to
day a 1 reporter asked Mack
if he intended to resign.
"Of course not," he said.
"I certainly have no inten
tion of resigning." . . V
In Form of Loans
Whiteside has told the sub
committee the money he gave
Mack was in the form ol
loans and that Mack had paid
back most of it. Whiteside
also testified that Mack own
ed a one-sixth interest in a
Miami insurance agency from
which - the ; commissioner has
received $13,000 in the past
five years.
Subcommittee Chair man
Oren Harris (D-Ark.), has
said Whiteside's testimony in
dicated law violations which
couldbe punished by a jail
sentence.
Nunn, D'Aulremonf
Returned to Prison
Billy Junior Nunn, 29, and
Hugh D'.Autremont, 54, con
victed murderers from Jack
son county, were returned to
the Oregon state penitentiary
today by sheriff's deputies. -
Nunn was returned to Jack
son county this week for re
sentencing by Circuit Court
Judge H. K. Hanna on a first
degree murder charge. He
was found guilty last year of
the death of Alvin William
Eacret.
DAutremont, youngest of
three brothers convicted of
first degree murder in 1927 in
the attempted train robbery
which resulted in five deaths,
appeared in circuit court
Monday. He was brought here
to enter pleas of guilty to
second degree murder on a
pending outstanding murder
indictment and to stopping a
train with the intent of robbery-
Three other first degree
murder indictments against
D'Autremont were dismissed
by the court at the appear
ance. , "
French, Algerian
Troops in Battle
Algiers API French
troops were locked in hand
to hand combat today with a
major Algerian Nationalist
Army near the Tunisian bord
er, French military authorit
ies reported.
parallel was one of the major
campaign issues. But para
doxically the dispute may
benefit the pro-Egyptian Na
tional Unionist Party of
former Prime Minister Ismail
el-Azhari.
Troops Pulled Out
When Egypt agreed to post
pone settlement of the dispute
until after the elections, Nas
ser cabled that it was in re
sponse to the appeal -from
el-Azhari.
Egypt pulled its troops out
of the three border enclaves
after pro-Western Prime
Minister Abdullah Khalil
fired off sharp notes to Cairo
and ordered the Sudanese
delegation to take the issue to
the United Nations Security
CounciL