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Dim si si Loy IF o ire iffeisiw i 52nd Year Medford 28 Pages Northwest Timber Cw4 .Increase Asked "Sharp, Northern California Lumbermen Protest Freight Rate Change Redding. Calif. HP) - A group of Northern California lumbermen are planning to ,meet with Southern Pacific officials in San Francisco to protest a change in railroad lumber shipping rates, i Organization Formed The lumbermen met here ' Wednesday to form' the "Or ganization of California For est Product Shippers" to fight Mobile Booth Has 412 Registrations A total of 412 new voters were registered by the mobile registration booth operated by the Jackson County Young Republican club, according to Mrs. Joe Walsh, booth chair man. The registrations covered the 14 days the booth was operated, Mrs. Walsh said. -Registration deadline for the primary election on May 16 was Tuesday. The total of 412 registra tions included 230 Republi cans, 181 Democrats, and one independent voter, the booth chairman said. This was the first time such an operation was conducted. Mrs. Walsh said. The committee received many compliments, especially from those in the newly devel oped residential areas. The registrars are not allowed to make a door-to-door canvas for registrations according to state law, Mrs. Walsh added, but are allowed only to park in a district. Registrars for the mobile booth were Mrs. James Rag land, 3182 South Pacific high way; Mrs. James Lynch, 1525 Lenora dr.; Mr. and Mrs. Jack Foster. King St., Medford; and Mrs. Walsh, 473 Freeman rd., Central Point. Several station wagons and a panel truck were donated by local car dealers, Mrs. Walsh added. Hollywood (in Xct ress Gale Storm today under . went abdominal surgery at St. Vincent's hospital. WEATHER FORECAST: Partly cloudy to night and Friday with a few isolated light showers. Low to night 40. High Friday 65. Temp. Highest Yesterday 64 Lowest this Morning 50 Prec. to 10 Jt.m.. Today, Trace Our Skies Tonight Sunrise 5:28 a.m. Sunset 6:55 p.m. Moonrise Friday 5:12 a.m. New Moon Friday night Jupiter, the largest planet, now rises shortly after sunset and will be high in the south at midnight. Tonight it is about 413 million miles from the Earth, the near est it will be this year. Isn't It?" t Msft.'&uoeLie- the phanffp whir-h thev helieve wilf give Oregon lumbermen an unfair competitive advan tage over the California shippers. ' Under present rates it costs 80 cents to ship 100 pounds of lumber from Grants Pass, Ore., to Los Angeles, and 67 cents to ship the same amount of lumber from here to Los Angeles Under the proposed rates it would cost 50 cents to ship 100 pounds of lumber from both Grants Pass and Redding. Some 35 lumbermen repre senting 19 companies attend ed Wednesday's meeting. Bill Main, president of the Main Lumber Co., Redding, charg ed that the rate decrease would "seriously hurt" all northern California mills. Medford Firm Low Bidder on Project Salem (IPI Bids on $4 mil lion in highway projects were received by the State High way Commission here today. Contracts will be awarded at the next regular meeting of the Commission iii Portland May 8. Apparent lowest bidder on the largest project was Peter Kiewit Sons Company, Med ford, who bid $1,318,441 for 3.55 miles of grading on the Oregon Coast highway about 16 miles south of Gold Beach. Other apparent low bidders included: Jackson: Trowbridge and Flynn, Medford, $27,461 for illumination installation in Medford. Also signal installa tion. Attend Market Session For County Agents ; Five Jackson county agents returned Wednesday night from a two-day marketing workshop at Bend. Making the trip were Agents Earle Jossy, C. B. Cordy, Don Berry, Glenn Klein and Miss Marilou Gar ner. The meeting concerned methods of marketing farm produce, consumer education and marketing trends. Furniture Harmed In Ashland Fire Ashland Furniture stored in a private garage at 171 Gresham St., was badly damr aged last night by fire, ac cording to Ashland Fire de partment members. Firemen were called at 9:56 p.m. The goods were covered by insur ance, according to the report. Lee Atchley is property own er. Damage to the garage was nominal. MEDFORD, OREGON, THURSDAY, APRIL 17, 1958 Forestry Group Requests Ike To Boost Harvest Economy Said To Suffer by Failure Portland HP) The In dustrial Forestry association today wired President Eisen hower asking him to take steps to increase the amount of federal timber cut in the Pacific Northwest. The Association's tele gram said that "in the last 10 years, through failure of the United States to sell more than seven billion feet of ripe timber which should have been harvested, the economy of Oregon and Washington has lost three-quarters of a billion dollars." The telegram went on to say that government failure to sell the full allowable cut had created artificial timber shortages, contributed to in flation of timber and prices and resulted in fewer job op portunities. "We respectfully request that you direct the Forest Ser vice and the Bureau of Land Management to sell each year the full allowable cut under sustained yield forest man agement," the telegram said. It added that harvest of the full allowable cut of federal timber was essential to the new housing program, that it would increase "employment, stabilize communities, speed attainment of long-range fed eral objectives and return in creased revenue to the treas ury and local governments. Association members em ploy more than 63,000 people in Oregon and Washington. Harold Gebhard Dies Wednesday Central Point Harold Geb hard, 50, route 2, box 640, Central Point, died at a Med ford hospital Wednesday eve ning after a brief illness. Fu neral arrangements are pend ing at Perl Funeral home. He came to the valley from Kansas when he was two years old, with his parents, Mr. and Mrs. E. W. Gebhard, who live on Beall lane. Mr. Gebhard was a ' well known orchardist and was active in Grange work. At the time of his death he was a member of the Central Point Grange, which he served as master last year, and was an officer in the Pomona Grange. He also was holding the chair manship of the Central Point rural fire department, and was a member of the water re sources and flood control com mittees. Reports of Fatal Mishap Challenged Details of the reports from Weed California, concerning the accident in which Elvice Holt Snow, 19. Central Point, was killed Tuesday, were challenged by his parents to day. Richard Larson, the young airman's father, said it was not a head-on collision, as the reports from California, car ried by the United Press, indi cated. He declared that neither the state police nor other wit nesses could determine the cause of the accident. Larson said his son does not drink. The story contained no indication that he had been intoxicated. The driver of the truck with which his Fiat sports tar collided said it had been weaving from side to side. . Young Snow was an expert driver, and had won several safe driving awards. He was a past winner in the Teen-age Road-e-o competition. The young man was en route to Central Point from the Mather Air Force base at Sacramento at the time of the fatal accident. 800TH PATIENT Mrs. Lena DeShazo, Applegate, yesterday became the 800th patient to be carried by a Mercy Flights,. Inc., air ambulance plane, when she 'was flown to Medford from Merced, Calif., where" she has been hospitalized for a num ber of weeks, following an automobile accident near there. Medford Ambulance Attendants Perry Johnson and Don Herbert (bending over stretcher) met the plane, and took Mrs. - DeShazo to her home. At left, rear, is Dick Nyhoff, one of the volunteer pilots for Mercy Flights, who flew yester Western W iSD Mave Nuclear Paris (IP) The defense ministers of the ' United States and 13 other Atlantic Pact nations pledged today they would strengthen allied "shield" forces in Western Europe with nuclear weapons. They made this pledge at the close of - a threeday, con ference which ended here this afternoon. The nuclear weapons are expected to be both tactical like the Matador guided mis sile which West Germany is soon to get and strategic like the intermediate range ballistic missiles to be de livered to Britain this year and to continental allies at the start of 1959. A communique issued at the end of the conference said the 14 defense' ministers (Ice land, with no military forces, was not represented) discuss- Plans In Topics For City Council Plane and specifications for five paving projects and one sanitary sewer project will be considered by the Medford city council at tonight's meet ing. The council will also con sider calling a hearing for an nexation of the Douglas addi tion No. 1. A special election in connection with the annexa tion of several areas surround ed by the city limits will also be considered by the council. The city manager's report will include information on a planned television distribu tion, loading1 zones, relocation of parking meters and. loading zones, and a report on paving petitions recently , received. The council will also recon sider an application for a package store, class B license, for Otto's tavern, 39 South Front st. Bomb Explodes at U.S. Algiers Consulate Algiers (IP) A bomb ex ploded today in the entrance oTthe U.S. consulate here. First reports said one Moslem was injured. Brussels World's Fair Opens; Appears Casualty of Rivalry Between U.S. and Brussels (IP) Belgium opened its S650 million World's Fair today, its cher ished ideal of international cooperation apparently a cas ualty of the cold war and U.S.-Russian rivalry. Rivalry Disclaimed Blandly disclaiming any "spirit of rivalry," Russia wrapped its mighty glass and aluminum pavilion in a last minute outdoor phalanx of heavy farm equipment and bulldozers in an obvious ef fort to overwhelm the neigh Price 10 Cents Tribune day's trip. At right rear is George Milligan, founder and chief pilot of the non-profit air ambulance corporation, and Mrs. De Shazo's sister, Mrs. Vertise Skalitsky, who accompanied Mrs. DeShazo on the trip, and who will now make her home with her, Also on the trip was a nurse, Mrs. Ceicle Ashlock, of Merced General hospital. Mercy Flights began service in January, 1950, with one plane. It now operates three, including the twin-engine Cessna shown above. (Kenn Knackstedt photo.) European ed ways to build up TIATO military strength to meet the Russian threat. It said Soviet leaders are continuing "to equip their SEN. WARREN GILL. In Jackson county today Sen. Gill Brings Campaign Here Here for a full day of cam paigning is State Sen. Warren Gill, Lebanon, candidate for the Republican nomination for governor. He arrived this morning in Medford by private plane. Senator Gill was to meet with Republican women from 3 to 4 p.m. Thursday, in the lobby of the Medford hotel, and Friday at 7:30 ajn. he will speak at a no-host break fast in the Jackson hotel. . The candidate, for the Re publican nomination for gov ernor is scheduled also to call on friends and supporters while in, the Jackson county area. He plans to leave about Friday noon. Portland : (IP) Register ed pharmacists at 12 Fred ! Meyer, Inc., stores in the I Portland area went on strike today for pay increases and ' other benefits. boring, graceful American ex hibit. The Russians have been cramming in the heavy ex hibits for days. By the time the first gates were thrown open to the public at 8:40 a.m. today (11:40 p.m. Wednesday PST) their pavilion was by sheer mass the most impres sive area in the air. 40 Million Expected Whether it is the most ef fective, the 40 million visitors expected in the next six months will have to decide. ' j No. 23 Forces eapons large forces with the most modern weapons. The ministers agreed that NATO forces in Central Eu rope should be built up to 30 divisions from the present 16. : These divisions, which in clude American, British, Ger- rfhan andTrench troops, are to be equipped later with tactical atomic fire-power. The ministers discussed, but made no attempt to de cide, where IRBM bases would be established. Moscow Summons Envoy Thompson Moscow OP) U. S. Ambas sador Llewellyn Thompson was summoned to the Soviet Foreign Ministry today, pre sumably to receive Russia's latest views on preliminary ambassadorial talks that may lead to a summit meeting later this year. The American, British and French ambassadors had been standing by for a summons to the Kremlin. But only Thomp son got the call. A British Embassy spokes man said nothing had been heard from . Soviet Foreign Minister Andrei Gromyko. The French Embassy heard nothing either. A U. S. Embassy spokesman said it was not immediately known if the summons to Thompson heralded an imme diate start to negotiations. EBasebalB AMERICAN LEAGUE New York 3 8 0 Boston : 1 7 1 Kucks. Delock (9) and Berra; Brewers and Daley. Kansas City 2 8 0 Cleveland 3 9 1 Maas and House; Grant and Nixon. NATIONAL LEAGUE Pittsburgh 1 7 0 Milwaukee 6 .13 1 Law. Daniels (6). Perex (8) and Foiles, Gravitz (8); Burdette and Crandall. But in the lovely round American building there was every confidence that the United States would make at least as much impact with its intelligent expenditure of $13 million as the Soviet Union has with a budget of S50 million or more. Royal Family Arrives Two hours after the first members of the public passed through the gates, King Bau douin and the Royal Family arrived to make the occasion official in several hours of W West Sumatra Said Invaded By Air and Sea Radio Padang Denies Successful Landing Singapore (IP) Indonesian Central Government forces to day invaded West Sumatra in an air-sea operation. The Jakarta Government reported tonight that paratroopers cap tured Padang Air Field in the early hours of the fighting. However, radio Padang said the rebel defense ministry an nounced tonight that rebel forces had smashed loyalist attempts to land. It claimed that rebel shore batteries opened fire on the invasion fleet and forced the ships out of range. It also said that Jakarta broadcasts about a paratroop landing were propa ganda, and that none was dropped. The air-sea operations were coordinated with concerted drives by government forces driving on the rebel strong holds of Padang and Bukit tinggi from the interior of Central Sumatra. Beginning of End It appeared to be the be ginning of the end of the re bellion launched two. months ago in an attempt to force President Sukarno to rid his government of Communists. The attack began at dawn. A Jakarta Government an 'nouncement said 20 "ships took part in the beach in vasion. The radio at Medan, capital of North Sumatra, said the- commandos waded u half mile north of Padang. Medan radio said paratroop ers dropped on the air neiu, six miles north of Padang, Itaneouslv with the sea attack and had captured it by 9 a.m. (5:30 p.m. Wednesday PR'n. The radio said the Com- mnHn: met heavy resistance ,t io shnrp but managed to establish a beachhead and this was reinforced quickly 7itVi infantrvmen. tko Air Force covered the landing with bombing and ctrafinS attacks on rebel strongholds-in- -the mountains, the radio said. It said the commandos, in fantrymen and paratroopers were driving toward Padang itself. It said the fighting was "heavy." In Jakarta, Premier Djuan da said the attack was suc cessful and met only "insigni ficant" resistance. Senator Scoit Dies Suddenly Burlington, N.C. M Rough-hewn Sen. W. Kerr Scott, whose campaign to get North Carolina farmers out of the mud made him the state's most powerful political figure, died suddenly Wednes day of complications from a heart attack. The "Squire of Haw River," who would have celebrated his 62nd birthday today, died at 4:55 p.m. in Alamance Gen eral hospital about 15 miles from his rural birthplace at Haw River. Scott, who had a recent medical history of hyperten sion but no previous heart trouble, was hospitalized April 9 with a coronary thrombosis. He had been mak ing "satisfactory progress" to ward recovery when death came. Scott, colorful, tobacca chewing and cigar smoking dairyman who often talked in field hand terms, went to the Senate in 1954 after serving as governor from 1948 to 1952. DOW - JONES AVERAGES New York P Dow Jones final stock averages: 30 industrials 445.09. up 0.74; 20 railroads 109.55. up 3.57; 15 utilities 76.01. up 0.25; 65 stocks 154.21 up 1.24. Sales today were about 2,500.000 compared with 2,240,000 Wednesday. To Be Russia speechmaking and ceremonies before members of the Bel gian government, diplomats and officials of the 47 par ticipating nations. , A brilliant day of festivity marked the inauguration of the first international exposi tion since the famous "pylon and perisphere" fair- in New York City in 1939. Fifty planes wrote the letter "B" in the skies as Baudouin kindled a flame which will burn un til the exposition closes Oct. 19. IKE KICKS OFF CAMPAIGN FOR REORGANIZATION Washington (IP) President tional "safety and solvency" demand that more attention be paid "to America's strategic vidual service claims." Opening an all-out drive for public support for his sweep ing defense reorganization plan, the President said there must be complete unity in strategic planning, military com mand and in U.S. fighting Modern weapons "have scrambled up traditional service functions" and resulted in inter-service "controversy and confusion," he said. But the President said he is sure that if Congress accepts his plan based on the "facts necessary unification will be achieved without taking from the Army, Navy or Air Force any of the power each "can usefully provide to support The President carried the , fight . for his reorganization plan to the public in a speech before joint luncheon of the American Society of News paper Editors and the Inter national Press Institute. He labelled as "at the least a misconception the chiet apprehensions raised by op ponents of his plan. The President declared em phatically, in answer to critics of his plan, that "there will be: " No single chief of staff; " No Prussian staff;' " No czar; No $40 billion blank check; " No swallowing up of the traditional services; " No undermining of the constitutional powers of the Congress." Assault by Vinson The President spoke out in the face of a stinging assault against his plan by Rep. Carl Vinson (D-Ga.), chairman of the House Armed Services committee. If Congress adopts his plan, the President said: "There will be a stop to unworthy and sometimes cost ly bickering." "There will be clear-cut civilian responsibility, unified strategic planning and direc tion, and complete unified combat command." "There will be a stop to inefficiencies, and needless duplications encouraged by present law." In this way, he said, "We will meet our dual needs safety and solvency." "We shall have maximum strength, with minimum cost, in our national defense." . 'Prussian Command' Vinson, whose 37-man com mittee will play a key role in deciding the fate of the plan, told the House in an hour-long speech Wednesday the measure would set up the same "Prussian-type supreme high command" Hitler used in Germany. His speech came shortly after the President sent Congress a detailed bill to carry out the legislative parts of his proposal. Walters Returned From Josephine Fred Lee Walters Jr., 20, of 89 Vashti Way, was return ed to Jackson county jail from Josephine county Wed nesday on charges of "making a false statement in writing to procure benefit." Walters, who earlier turn ed himself in to local author ities as absent, without leave from the navy, had been taken to "Josephine county to face bad check charges, depu ties reported. He received a suspended sentenced on the charge in Josephine county, they said. De Gaulle in Paris To Survey Situation Paris IP) Gen. Charles de Gaulle arrived today in Paris from his country retreat to survey the political situation and a cabinet crisis so deep that no new government ap peared anywhere in sight. It was his weekly regular visit but it coincided this time with a call by rightist fire brand Jacques Soustelle for a one year "party truce" to give the wartime leader a chance to solve the North Af rican problems which have snapped France's moral and economic strength for years. Suit for $16,796 Filed in Court Here A suit for $16,796 was filed in circuit court Wednesday by Ralph A. Bross, 1626 Kings highway, against Leslie E. Feris, Phoenix. The suit is an outgrowth of a collision in June, 1956, in volving trucks operated by Bross and Feris on Klamath River rd. in Siskiyou county Hugh B. Collins is Bross's attorney. Eisenhower said today na requirements and less to indi forces. of modern military life," the mission of the command." Decision Pending On Street Plans For Central Point Central Point The Cen tral Point city council expects to decide some time the first of next week on whether to go ahead with an estimated $400,000 in street and curb paving work, according to City Recorder Lyle Paull. Decision is pending replies from Central Point property owners on whether they favor the project, Paull said. Sat urday, 520 letters were mail ed, with property owners re quested to reply in seven days. To date 150 cards have been received with a major ity of four property owners favoring the project. The street paving and curb project would be the first such extensive project ever conducted in Central Point, Paull said. It would require 11 miles of paving. "We have had so many people complain about the streets the council decided something has to be done," the city recorder explained. The possibility of the street improvement program and the city budget for the com ing fiscal year will be consid ered at the budget meeting tentatively set for the first of the week, Paull said. Consid eration of the paving pro gram has held up any budget action, Paull said. During other business last night the city council ac cepted the resignation of Har old Hughey. street superin tendent. Unander Group Planned Locally A Unander for governor committee has been organized recently in Jackson county, his state committee reported today. Robert R. Dickey of Med ford, and Archie Fries, Ash land, have been designated as co-chairmen of the Unander for governor committee of Jackson county. Mrs. Al Littrell, Medford, has been named as secretary and Mrs. James Raglund, Phoenix, has been appointed treasurer. Raymond Reter, Medford, will serve as finance commit tee chairman and Bruce Mer rill, a student at Southern Ore gon college, Ashland, has been selected as head of youth ac tivities. New Chapter Set For Employees A Southwest Oregon chap ter of the Oregon State Em ployees association, was form ed here last week, according to Jim Fisher, technical assist ant of the state forestry de partment. The group .is now made up of forestry depart ment employees, though it is expected other state em ployees will become members. Doyle Stockton, Medford, was elected president. Bill Pope, Grants Pass, is the new vice-president. Miss Naomi Childress of Central Point, was elected secretary. Installation will be held at the group's next meeting, April 23. BuBDeton Washington 0P Th Federal Reserve System took two major anti-recession actions today. It again lowered the discount rat. in federal reserve banks in five cities and reduced In. required reserves against demand deposits.
