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re (Mi) Id) MM BACH mm F III lc MAN SUCCUMBS Fire, which originated in the attic of the single story frame home at 407 North Oakdale ave., about 5 p.m. yesterday may have been responsible for the death of Bruce F. Burchfield, 38. ac cording to Fire Chief Gordon Barker. Burchfield had suffered a heart attack be fore he was discovered by firemen. Artifi Lana Turner Temporarily Loses Daughter Hollywood W Lana Turner hoped today to regain custody of her daughter, Cheryl, the 14-year-old .who killed her mother's lover. Cheryl was released from police custody Thursday, cleared of any crime in the stabbing of handsome Johnny Stompanato. Bit her glamor ous, movie star mother was denied custody of her only child temporarily. Santa Monica Judge Allen T. Lynch ruled Cheryl a ward of the Juvenile Court and put her in her grandmother's care for two months pending final disposition of the case on June 26. Lynch's decision meant that Cheryl can never be tried for the murder. She plunged a butcher knife into Stompanato s stomach April " 4 after she heard him threat en her mother with mutila tion. The girl today was with the grandmother; Mrs. Mil dred Turner. They were -secluded in a home rented by Miss Turner and Stephen Crane, Cheryl's father and second off Lana's four hus bands. Jerry Giesler, Miss Turn er's lawyer, said there was a good chance the actress would be awarded custody of Cheryl at the June hearing. The girl will not go back to school during the next eight weeks but will have private tutoring. One of the main reasons for the tempor ary custody decision is to see how she reacts to the shock of having takn a life. She may undergo psychiatric counseling. - Lana Turner, Cheryl Served Subpoenas Hollywood (IP) Actress Lana Turner and her 14-year-old daughter, Cheryl, were under subpoenas today to ap pear May 20 for depositions on a $750,000 damage suit filed over the death of Johnny Stompanato. The subpoenas, ordering them to appear in the office of Attorney William J. Pol lack, were pressed into their hands Thursday in nearby Santa Monica at a Juvenile Court hearing for Cheryl, who fatally stabbed her moth er's handsome lover last April 4. The glamorous film star, her tall, good-looking daugh ter and Stephen Crane Cheryl's father were named as defendants in a suit filed Tuesday by Pollack on behalf of Stompanato's 10-year-old son, John III, Hammond, Ind. Officers Installed by WSCS Conference Here Oregon Conference, Wom an's Society of Christian Serv ice, elected and installed offi cers today in the closing ses sions of the 18th annual meet ing here. Mrs.L. A. Wal worth, Salem, was installed president for another' term. Also reelected and Installed were Mrs. Russell Watson, Portland, vice president; Mrs. Eugene Hamblem, Portland, recording secretary and Mrs. George . V. Fallis, Portland, treasurer. New conference secretaries include Mrs. George Lawless, Medford, student work; Mrs. L. S. Uppinghouse, Portland, promotion; Mrs. Revelle E. Roach, The Dalles, missionary education and service; Mrs. Cecil R. Monk, Salem, chil dren's work; Mrs. C. B. Car- Man Dies of Heart Attack When House Damaged by Fire Bruce Fredrick Burchfield, 38, apparently died of a heart attack' caused by excitement when his residence at 407 North Oakdale ave. was heav ily damaged by fire Thursday afternoon, according to Med ford police. Fire department officials said the fire apparently was Ricker Plans to Retire This Year Eugene K. Ricker, manager of the Camp White Domicil iary, announced today he is taking steps to retire from government service this year. He and Mrs. Ricker plan to live in Medford after leaving the Veterans administration. Ricker came to the Camp White Domiciliary from Ft. Bayard, N. M., in 1953, fol lowing the transfer of Man ager Paul A. Hatton, who opened the station, to Hot Springs, S. D. During his tenure as man ager many improvements have been added, including the building of the athletic stadi um at Memorial Field and laying new pipe line facilities for adequate water supply in the Camp White area. Ricker recently was present ed a gold pin for completing 40 years of government serv ice, including active duty in the Army during both world wars. During World War II, he was a major in the quarter master corps, at Ft. Sheridan, Camp Ellis and Percy Jones hospital, Battle Creek, Mich. He returned to the Veterans administration in 1945 and a year later was made assistant manager at Ft. Benjamin Har rison, Ind. In 1951, he was transferred to Little Rock, Ark., then as manager to Ft. Bayard, N. Mex. Boyd Named Head Of Budget Group Howard Boyd was elected chairman of the Medford city budget committee at the erouD's first meeting last night. City Councilman Al Brad ford was elected secretary. No action was taken on the pro posed budget, according to Robert A. Duff, city manager and budget officer. The next meeting of the rnmmittpe will bp at 7:30 D.- m., May 8 in the councif chambers. 1 penter, Portland, status of women. Reelected conference secre taries "are Mrs. Charles Adam son, Medford, Weslyan Serv ice guilds; Mrs. Wayne C. Stuffer, Eugene, Christian so cial relations; Ms. O. L. Co vault, Oak Grove, youth work; Dr. Gertryde Boyd Crane, Forest Grove, spiritual life; Mrs. Mark W. Dunham, Portland, literature and publi cations; Mrs. Charles Scott, Newberg, supply work; Mrs. Verne Bain, Portland, mis sionary personnel. Mrs. W. Harold Stuart and Mrs. James Kirkey were named members of the board for Linnton Community cen ter and Mrs. D. N. Morey, Gladstone, editor of Oregon Conference bulletin. cial respiration and use of the Medford Am bulance service resuscitator failed to revive him. The fire, which damaged the home extensively, caused the biggest loss of any single fire so far this year, Barker said. Firemen on the roof of the house, above, are putting wate:c on the flames through the roof. - caused by an earlier flue fire which smouldered for several hours . between the original and false ceiling. Neighbors told fire department officials Burchfield had been on the building roof about three hours earlier to extinguish the flue fire. He complained to his wife of chest pains and had gone into the house to lie down when Mrs. Burchfield saw smoke coming from the bed room and fire coming through the ceiling. She called the fire department about 4:49 p.m. Burchfield ran out the front door and around to the back yard where he was found ly ing face down by Medford firemen. Medford Ambulance Service was called for4 a res pirator. Attempts to revive him failed. - Fire officials said the build ing would have - to be ' torn down. because of heavy fire damage to the frame of the house as well as the interior, Two trucks answered the alarm which Fire Chief Gor odn Barker termed the most costly so far this year. Burchfield is survived by his wife, Bessie, and two chil dren. Funeral arrangements will be announced by Conger Morris Funeral home. Centennial Group To Meet Monday A," special meeting of the Oregon Centennial commis sion will be held in the Med ford city council chambers starting at 9:15 a.m. Monday.' The meeting is open to the public, according to officials. The agenda will include dis cussions on concessions, finan cial request for Frank Branch Rjley tour, report from com missioners on stamp cancella tion, a report on the history committee's recommendation for officially approved history' and a report on the Gover nor's ' state advisory commit tee for Jackson and Josephine counties. The commission also will discuss the centennial at the Jackson. County Chamber of Commerce Roundtable meet ing Monday noon in the Jack son hotel. McElroy Testifies On Reorganization Washington HP) Defense Secretary Neil H. McElroy conceded today he can't spe cify any "outmoded military concepts" which President Ei senhower said would be erased under his embattled defense reorganization plan. If any such existed, Mc Elroy told the House Armed Services Committee, he prob ably could eliminate them without the extra authority the President's plan would grant him. McElroy made the state ment in a fourth day of criti cal questioning on the Penta gon, reorganization proposal. The secretary also labeled as "far-fetched" any fear that he might take over direct con trol of the Army, Navy or Air Force under the plan. DOW -JONES AVERAGES New York (IP! Dow Jones final stock averages: 1.50; 0 railroads 111.52. up 0.52; 15 utilities 77.38, up 0.25, and 65 stocks 157.37. up 0.56. Sales today were about 3,020.000 shares com pared with 2.870,000 shares Thursday. Injured Woman Rescued From Plane Wreckage Fractured Pelvis, Frostbite Treated John Day, Ore.- BP) Mrs. Patricia Davis, 35, who spent three helpless days and nights at the wreckage of a light plane in the snowy wilds of Central Oregon said today she made "mint cocktails" out of snow and her only food, two lifesavers. , ' Mrs. Davis was rescued dramatically shortly before dark Thursday after her courageous orchestra leader husband, Bruce Davis, 36, Fresno, Calif., had spent three nights and two days trudging through snow in light cloth ing seeking help. He reached a ranchhouse early Thurs day. An .Air Force helicopter from Portland plucked her to safety from a 6,200-foot plat eau in the wilderness about II miles south of Dayville, Ore. She spent 73 hours be side the plane wreckage.' Both Mrs. Davis and her husband were hospitalized here. She suffered a frac tured pelvis, frost-bitten feet and exposure. He suffered two fractured ribs, sore feet, exposure and exhaustion. Snowed Each Night Mrs. Davis and her hus band were reported "doing very well" at John Day clinic here but she was having con siderable pain from frostbit ten feet which required seda tion. Attendants said there was no indication at this time that amputation will be neces sary. She also suffered a frac tured pelvis and exposure and her husband suffered two broken ribs, sore feet, ex posure and exhaustion. . Both had slight temperatures this morning.' , ; , ; , Attendants said it was not certain how long they would be hospitalized , : (Continued pn page 8) Youth's Death Ruled Accident Ruch The death of Ed- mond Cheadle, 16, of Ruch, was termed accidental by a Jackson county coroner's jury following an inquest last night. The jury, meeting in the ttiiph school cafeteria, delib erated for approximately IVz hours and returned the ver dict about 11:15 pjn. ' A crowd estimated at more than 80 people were present at the hearing. One woman fainted, but was quickly re vived, sheriff's officers said. According to the autopsy presented by Pathologist Dr. William Buck. Medford. death was caused by strangulation. No other significant marks were'found on the body to in dicate violence. The boy was found near Applegate April 9 under a tree with a broken rope around his neck. TV Auction Funds' To Go to Hospitals An annual television auc tion, funds from which will be used to purchase equip ment for Rogue Valley and Sacred Heart hospitals,' will be held Sunday, May 4, at 10 p.m. on KBES-TV, according to Clifford McGinty, general chairman. Items such as portable type writers, power mowers, boats, desks, tires, food, and drugs will be sold, he said. The sta tion will donate air-time for the event. The event which is sponsor ed by the Crater Lions club of Medford, was decided upon after a study by the board of directors of needs in the com munity. Bob Taylor, chairman in1 charge of production, said the event would furnish an op portunity for everyone in the community to help with the project. WEATHER FORECAST: Partly elondy through Saturday. Afternoon showers in mountains. Low to night 34. High Saturday 65. , , Temp. Highest Yesterday i 60 Lowest this Morning j 33 Our Skies Tonight Sunrise 5:18 am. Sunset 7:04 p.m. Moonset Saturday 12:53 a.m. First Quarter Saturday . PROMINENT STARS . Regulus, high in south 8:01 p.m. Procyon, below the Moon. VISIBLE PLANETS ? Jupiter, rises at sunset. Saturn, due south ,3:35 a.m. Venus, rises 3:56 a.nv Mars, in the southeast at sunrise. 53rd Year- Medford 28 Pages Dedication of New Building Will Be At 2 p.m. Saturday Patients to Move. In Hospital May 1 The new $2,800,000 Rogue Valley Memorial hospital will be dedicated at ceremonies starting at 2 o'clock tomor row afternoon. . The three-floor building, which has been in the con struction stage for about two years, is located on a 20-acre site at the corner of Barnett and Murphy rds. in 'south east Medford. Following formal dedica tion ceremonies, guided tours will be conducted by medical staff members, the hospital auxiliary, and the founders group. Open house and tours also are scheduled all day Sunday. Patients to Be Moved . Patients will be moved into the new building May 1, ac cording to Miss B. J. Larsen, hospital administrator. She said there will be no hos pital visiting hours the after noon of May 1, but regular visiting hours are planned for that evening. t Present capacity of the new hospital is 80 beds, with 26 private rooms, 10 two-bed rooms;: and seven four-b'ed wards. The central core of facilities will provide for a hospital of 150 beds, board members pointed out. . Funds for construction came from several sources. Public subscriptions totaled $900,- t)00, private donors contribut ed. $1,309,700, and there was $564,000 from federal Hill Burton funds, and $26,300 from the Ford Foundation. Public subscriptions came from 3,300 individuals. 1 Officers of the board of directors are the Right Rev. Benjamin D. Dagwell, presi dent; Eugene Thorndike, vice president; Leon Boomer, sec retary; and Dwight Houghton, treasurer. Medical staff officers for the new hospital are Dr. E. R. Durno, president; Dr. M. L. Vorheis, pesident elect; and Dr. Malcolm S. Byers, secre tary. - Throughout the hospital building soft pastel shades of blue, green, pink and yellow have been used. The interior decorating was planned by a local committee with color selections by hospital color consultant, Roy A. Johnson, Chicago. Local committee members include Mrs. Alfred S. V. Carpenter, Mrs. W. H. Fluhrer, Allen Hunt, Ron Gandee, H. L. Bush Jr., and Mrs. Chester Guches, cnair- man. Washable Wallpaper Washable plastic type of wallpaper has been used in place of draperies as a sanita tion factor in many parts of the building. Grasscloth has been used on the first floor with a leather like material called "dado cloth" on tne second and third levels. All Venetian blinds in the build ing are in feather grey color to match the building's ex terior finish. Lobby furniture is of Dan ish modern style. Furniture in the 'solariums for use of am bulatory patients and visitors is in metal with plastic up-! holstery. Similar style furni ture is also found in the doc tor's lounge. Pictures of the hospital construction and various areas in the hospital are included in a special section of today's Mail Tribune. Salem 0P)--About 300 Hi-Y and Tri-Hi-Y delegates and advisers are here for the an nual Oregon Youth Legisla ture. Salem (IF) Oregon high ways were generally clear to day and no chains were -required, the State Highway De partment reported. Baseball AMERICAN LEAGUE Washington 2 7 1 Boston 0 6 1 Ramos and Courtney; Bauman, Wahl (8) and While. HOSPITAL IP BJ SET - : : : : : MEDFORD, OREGON, iiil 4 BOXCAR TIPS This Southern Pacific boxcar came out second best following a collision of two boxcars near the 11th st. crossing of the Southern Pacific right-of-way about 9 o'clock'last night. Railroad of ficials reported minor damage to the empty Economy of Area Said Better Than Most People Think The economy of this com munity is better than many people think, Hugh Coleman, of the Automobile Dealers of Medford, told a group of automobile 1 men and press, radio, TV and chamber- of commerce men this week. The meeting was called to discuss plans for the program planned by the Dealers as sociation, under the title of "Keep Medf ord's Economy Rolling You Auto By Now." The plan is to show poten tial customers that the econo my is good, and bound to get better locally, and that now is the time to buy not only automobiles, but any other merchandise which people need and can afford. Facts Are Cited Some of the facts cited by Coleman and other speakers include the fact that this is "buyers' market" at present, that prices are as low as they're likely to get, and that trade-in depreciation factors make purchases now profit able; that stocks of cars are ample, that there is a healthy use d-car market permitting liberal allowances .toward new cars, and that there are ample supplies of financing capital available at low in terest rates. The program will be push ed intensively during the period from May 1 to 10, Cole man said, additional details are being worked out by the dealers group. He said he hopes other merchants will join in to make it a real factor in stimulating the local econo my to everyone's profit. The "You Auto Buy Now" program originated in Cleve land, Coleman explained, and has ben conducted with great success in many other areas. The program will include an advertising program, but in addition, Coleman in dicated, it will attempt to pro vide facts and figures to bol ster confidence in the sound economy of the region, and the awareness of the peo ple of the area that things are, in fact, getting better. . Other features of the campaign will be announced later. - Memorial Dinner Committees to Meet A meeting of the Roosevelt Memorial Dinner committee will be held in the offices of General Chairman Robert A. Boyer, 28 North Oakdale ave., Medford, beginning at 2 o'clock tomorrow afternoon, a c c o r ding to- Democratic County Chairman James A. Redden. , Chairmen of all the subcom mittees, including foods, tick ets, arrangements, decorations and reception, are asked to re port, - Redden said. The Me morial dinner, . with Senator Wayne Morse as guest speak er will be held at McLoughlin Junior High school Saturday, May 3. FRIDAY, APRIL 25, 1958 Nixon Claims Ike's Measures All Needed To Assist New York API Vice Presi dent Richard M. Nixon said Thursday night there are "substantial indications" that measures taken by the Eisen hower administration so far "will be all that -will be re quired to give the economy the help it needs." He said that if further gov ernment help is needed to boost the economy out of the present slump, it should be a tax cut "designed to put money in the hands of in vestors and job creators, as well as consumers." Places Responsibility But Nixon placed the pri mary responsibility for the recovery with "business and labor and- the other vital forces which make up the private sector of the Ameri can economy." The Vice President spoke at the annual dinner of the Bu-. reau of Advertising of the American Newspaper Publish ers Association. "There will be no depres sion in the United States," Nixon told the publishers. "The American economy, is sound." '' Nixon said the government would not "stand by and al low a recession to be pro longed or to deepen into depression without decisive government action." He warned against "a spending binge" that- "can only lead to a hangover of debt and inflation later." "The use of massive spend Hearing Date Set For CPRFPD Budget Central Point Board of the Central Point Rural Fire Protection district has set May 6 as date for a public hearing on the 1958-1959 budget. Charles Bateman, chairman of the budget committee re ported that the proposed bud get is about $24,000 higher than the one for the current fiscal year. He said that the committee feels it will be "economy" to pay off equip ment contracts this year, sav ing several thousand dollars in interest. .The hearing will be' . at 8 p.m. at the rural fire hall here. All persons interested are in vited, Bateman said. Claude C. Thompson has been appointed chairman of the rural district board. He succeeds Harold Gebhard who died last week. Lew Wallace to Visit In Medford Monday Lew Wallace, candidate for the Democratic nomination for governor, will make sev eral appearances in Jackson county Monday, according to Mrs. J. W. Barnard. Mrs. Barnard is the Jack son county chairman of the Wallace-for-Governor commit tee. 5 -' . Price 1 0 Cents Tribune Sic . 30 ' ' --- . T"" Va car which was righted this morning by a work crew from Ashland. No delay in the movement of trains was caused by the car which fell on a switching track. The car was tipped during normal switching opera tions, officials said. ' " (Kenn Knackstedt photo) Economy ing for new federal activities to combat the current reces sion should be flatly rejected by the American people and our government." he said. And 'consumer buying isn't the, whole answer, either, Nix on said. Business, he said, has got to . get out and sell, at attractive prices. "New products, increased advertising, lower prices can have a dramatic effect on con sumer psychology," Nixon said. Medford Egg Takes 3,000-Mile Trip; Breaks Back at Home A Medf ord egg w a was lough enough to stand a 3.000-mile auto trip but failed io stand the drop fo .a living room floor, accord ing to the Jesse Ragsdale family, 160 DeHague ave. When the family left on a trip to Kansas, Mrs. Rags 'dale packed a shoebox full of eggs. Unnoticed, one later fell to the floor of the trunk. It was later discov ered by Ragsdale when he was changing tires about 1,500 miles from Medford. Ragsdale decided that if the egg had lasted for 1,500 miles, it would last until the family returned to Med ford. He then placed it' in a shoe. After the family ar rived back in Medford, cov ering more than 3,000 miles, everything from the car was dumped on the liv ing room floor. Ragsdale shaved and showered and then at tempted to put on his new shoes. He sadly noted that Medford eggs can survive a 3,000 mile auto trip but not a three-foot drop to the living room floor. 'We'll Do All The Judging Around Here Immigration Director Told To Show Cause Not Bitter Toward Immigration Service San Francisco Iff) Ex Communist William Heikkila, 52, weary and travel-rumpled, stepped from a plane today to complete his controversial round-trip "deportation" to Finland. ThA Hraftcman . iitTia lira. - .u. i.u.., wuu tl CIO seized by immigration officers on a San Francisco sidewalk a week ago today, and whisked through customs and 4kAM u : 1 1 . wen ucsKgca oy scores OI newsmen. "Just because a few men exceeded their authority, that is no reason for me to be bit ter toward the Immigration Service," he said. Heikkila said he had not been a member of the Com munist party since 1939 and had had no contact with Reds since then. "Now I am neither pro- Communist, nor anti-Communist," he said. "All I want to do is help mankind." Contempt Hearing Even as Heikkila ,was re united with his attractive wife, Phyllis, 28, at the air port, a federal judge in down town San Francisco held a hearing for immigration of-, ficials. Judge Edward P. Murphy ordered the district immigra tion director, Bruce Barber, to show cause Friday why he should not be held in con-, tempt for the sudden removal of Heikkila while an appeal was pending. However, Murphy indicated he probably would not hold Barber. . Acted in Good Faith "It does not necessarily follow that Mr. Barber should be adjudged in contempt be cause of an error of judg ment by himself or his aides," Murphy said. "I believe he acted' in good faith." Murphy described the method of Heikkila's depor tation as "odius," but added the "wheels of justice will catch up with Mr. Heikkila eventually." ". As Heikkila stepped from the Pan American World AirJ ways plane, he wore an over coat loaned by the U.S. am bassador to Finland and car-. ried books given him by Hel sinki newsmen. He also car ried crumpled red flowers which he said had been given him by Finnish relatives of his wife. ' He said all he wanted to do was change his clothes, take a bath and consult his at torney. Orchards Heated in North End of Valley Orchard heating last night was confined to the north end , of the Rogue valley as the mercury went to minimum temperatures of about 28 de grees, according to Clifford B." Cordy, county , horticultural agent. Orchardists in that aTea started heating about mid night and continued to heat until about 5 a.m. today as a cloud cover rhpved in from the south end of the. valley where temperatures held at 39 degrees minimum. Cordy added that currently pear prospects are good as the young fruit is starting to swell and turn red. If the good prospects continue pear production should hit an aver age crop of 3 million boxes,: he said.
