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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?"
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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
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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.
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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.