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SMOKE FROM FIRE Smoke from one of
more than 30 forest fires in Josephine coun
ty this week filters through the trees near
Oregon Caves. The fire above was in the
Waldo forest area, centered a few , miles
from the Caves. State department of for
Merchants Seek New
Means foe Supplies
Mediord merchants are
turning tc new supply chan
nels in efforts to circumvent
the roadblock caused by the
shutdown of long-haul freight
trucking.
Local delivery trucks, rent
ed trucks, trucks owned by
the merchants themselves,
freight cars, railway express,
parcel post, even air express
all are being used to keep
merchandise moving.
So far, few are feeling the
pinch- One mail-order house
reports no decline in sales
despite a three to five-day lag
in deliveries. Substantial in
ventories in local warehouses
have generally met consumer
needs.
Starling To Worry
But some merchants are
starting to worry. Goods for
promotional sales are often
ordered months in advance,
one explained. Back-to-school
items, for example, were
stocked for his store at least
back in May and June. Now
he said he should be stock
piling for late fall and Christ
mas. Deliveries by air or rail
way express, among others,
are proving costly. Rail
freight, as a substitue for
trucking, tends to be slow
and frustrating especially
when a carload shows up in
Klamath Falls instead of Med
ford.
Some inventories are al
ready running low.
"We have quite a few
empty spaces on the shelves,'
an auto parts distributor here
said Monday.
Enters Third Week -
Meanwhile, the trucking
shutdown has entered its
third week with little if any
hope for an early settlement
It all began when teamsters
in central California and
western Nevada demanded
wages and benefits equal to
those offered a local in the
San Francisco bay area.
When this was refused, they
struck.
Immediately, employers in
11 western states ordered
their trucks off the road. Ap
proximately 100 drivers in
the Medford area have subse
quently been locked put.
Only 60 of these have ap
plied for unemployment com
pensation, according to the
state employment service. Of
the other 40, some reportedly
have begun driving local de
livery trucks or rented trucks
on runs to distant distribution
points.
This, it is understood, has
been criticized on the one
hand as "wild-catting." But
others are quick to defend it
as being in the public interest.
"You have to have experi
enced drivers," one source ex
plained. Carload Lots
Under normal circum
stances, most large shipments
from the east arrive in Port
land or San Francisco by rail
in carload lots. At these
points, the carloads are brok
en down for distribution to
smaller communities such as
Medford. The long-haul trucks
normally carry the bulk of
such shipments to their final
destinations.
With the shutdown in ef
fect, goods are piling up at
MEDFORD, OREGON, WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 27, 1958
the major points. The rail
road, according to reports,
wait until new carload lots
can be assembled before de
livering their share of the
truckers' freight.
As a result, Medford mer
chants have hired local deliv
ery trucks or rented trucks,
or where possible used their
own, to make runs to distri
bution points for direct pick
up of shipments.
"We're extremely busy," a
spokesman for one local trans
fer service . reports.- -A Jruck
rental agency says its business
has "more than doubled."
Do Yeoman Service
These generally smaller,
lighter-duty trucks are doing
yeoman service in keeping the
Veterans Day Parade
Planned in
Plans for a Veterans Day i
parade Nov. 11 were discussed j
at a meeting of veterans and
others interested here last
night.
The Jackson County Veter
ans Allied Council is making
arrangements for the parade
in cooperation with other in
terested groups, representa
tives of the Council said.
The group decided to have
four divisions for floats. They
are service and fraternal or
ganizations, cities of the coun
ty, schools of the county, and
commercial. Council members
Four Appear in
Circuit Court
Lester Howard Fields, Jack
sonville, pleaded guilty yes
terday to charges of larceny
of livestock and was sen
tenced to two years in the
state penitentiary by Circuit
Judge Edward C. Kelly.
He was charged with kill
ing a Hereford calf weighing
300 pounds and removing part
of the meat on a complaint
signed by the owner, Oran E.
Hukill, route 2, Jacksonville.
Charlie Owen Cox, '210 Elm
St., Medford, pleaded guilty
before Judge Kelly to charges
of raping a minor. He will be
sent to the state hospital in
Salem for a 30-day observa
tion period before sentence is
passed. Judge Kelly said.
William Luther Due, alias
William Dixon, of Califor
nia, appeared Tuesday on
charges of uttering and pub
lishing a false check. He
waived the right to appear be
fore a grand jury, and Sidney
Amsworth was appointed his
attorney.
Stsrlin Smith, of Califor
nia, appeared on charges of
uttering and publishing a
false check. He waived a
grand jury hearing. O. H.
Bengtson was appointed his
attorney.
Salem - (UPD - Appointment
of Ralph Perry, Hood River
county orchardist, to the State
Air Pollution Committee cf
the State Board of Health has
been announced.
estry officials said the fire, reported Mon
day afternoon, started from someone dump
ing hot ashes injudiciously in forest litter.
The picture was taken by Marie Veale, who
is visiting Mrs. G. Whitmore, route 4, box
434, Medford.
pressure off local businesses.
But, like any mechanism, they
face a maintenance problem.
At least one truck has al
ready broken down. If the
present demands continue,
others can be expected to fol
low suit.
Fortunately, such essen
tials as milk, bread and gaso
line, which are hauled by pri
vate fleets, and perishables,
which are exempted from the
shutdown, have not been en
dangered. But so far. as. general mer
chandise is concerned, local
businessmen-and consumers-
can apparently expect to see
some bare cupboards until the
truckers in California reach
an agreement.
Medford
pointed out that observance
of Veterans Day is being made
on a
couniy-wiae oasis, ana
invited all cities and towns in
the county to participate.
In addition to floats, march
ing units from this area, in
cluding reserve and national
guard units, will participate.
Attempts are being made to
obtain marching bands and
units from military bases
along the west coast.
Awards are planned for
first, second and third places
in the float division of the
parade.
Displays are planned by
military organizations follow
ing the parade, and local vet
erans are planning special
dances and breakfasts Veter
ans Day.
Representatives of the
Council said many business
and industrial firms in the
county have indicated they
would cooperate with plans
and close Nov. 11.
75 Tons of Hay
Damaged in Blaze
Central Point - About 75
tons of baled hay were 'dam
aged in a fire yestercay after
noon at the Tom Whittle
ranch, 2668 Hanley rd., Cen
tral Point rural firemen re
ported. They said that sparks from
a trash burner ignited the
stack of bales.
Firemen were on the scene
for five hours. Two tank
trucks, one pumper and 12
firemen were dispatched
the blaze.
to
Hoover To Give
Pension To Charity
New York -(UPD Former
President Herbert Hoover said
today he will give to . public
service or charity what the
tax collector doesn't take of
his new $25,000 a year presi
dential pension. But he said
his his action should not set a
precedent for other public of
ficials.
Salem -(UPD The State Li
brary Board has announced
that Miss Eloise Ebert will be
come state librarian at the
end of this year.
Price 10 cents
TRIBUNE
No. 135
Alaska Voters
Overwhelmingly
Favor Statehood
Heavy Democratic
Vote for Offices
Anchorage, Alaska - (UPD -Alaska
said today it was more
than willing to become the
49th state of the union.
As more votes of Tuesday's
election were counted, it be
came obvious Alaskans favor
statehood by a landslide mar
gin of 5 to 1.
Tabulations of about two
thirds of a record-breaking
vote, estimated to total 40,
000, showed 22,214 for state
hood and only 4,291 opposed.
. The anti-statehood vote ex
pected from Southeastern
Alaska failed to show. Instead,
the major southeastern com
munities of Ketchikan and
Juneau, the territorial capital,
joined the rest of the vast
northern region in voting
overwhelmingly to join the
union.
Ketchikan voted 1,943 to
477 for the statehood propo
sitions which clear the way
for a presidential proclama
tion admitting Alaska as the
49th state by Christmas. The
vote at Juneau was 1,307 to
454 for statehood.
Heavy Democratic Vole
Incomplete counts at An
chorage and Fairbanks, where
the polls closed two hours
later than in the southeastern
region because of the time dif
ferential, gave the statehood
measures solid boosts of 4,805
to 918 and 1,307 to 454, re
spectively.
The non-partisan issues of
statehood, supported by every
candidate in the election, gave
both Democrats and Repub
licans something to cheer
about. But the first counting
of votes for political candi
dates, slower to come through
because of the priority given
the statehood measures, gave
Republicans something t o
worry about. '
In most instances, the total
Democratic vote for the ma
jor congressional and state of
fices was more than four
times the Republican vote.
The exception to the pattern
was Republican Mike Stepo
vich, former governor run
ning unopposed for one of the
U.S. Senate terms.
Popularity Contests
Stepovich was holding a 3-2
edge in early returns in his
"popularity , contest" with
Democratic Ernest Gruening,
also a former governor and
unopposed for his party's nom
ination. In another contest of unop
posed candidates, Democrat E.
L. (Bob) Bartlett held an early
lead of nearly 4-1 over Re
publican R. E. Robertson of
Juneau for the other Senate
term.
William A. Eagan of Val
dez appeared to be on his way
to the Democratic nomination
for governor in a race with
Victor C. Rivers of Anchorage
and J. Gerald Williams of
Juneau. The unopposed GOP
candidate is John Butrovich
Jr. of Fairbanks.
The only real contest in the
primary was for the one U.S.
Representative. Roy Plummer
of Anchorage held a narrow
2,764 to 2-713 ' margin over
Ralph J. Rivers of Anchorage
for the Democratic nomina
tion. Henry Benson of Juneau
won the GOP nomination un
opposed. Jacksonville Run
To Stop Sept. 2
The Evergreen Bus line's
Jacksonville-Medford run will
be officially discontinued on
Sept. 2, Robert Warriner,
manager of the line, has an
nounced. The Public Utilities com
mission recently approved the
discontinuance, which had
been requested on the basis
of excessive costs.
Warriner also announced
discontinuance on that date of
the 7 ajn. Medford-Ashland
run, including the return trip
leaving Ashland at 7:40 a.m.
Instead, he reported, two oth
er runs would be shifted. to
fill the gap.
The 6:30 a.m. run will
leave Medford, at 6:45 a.m.
and the 8 a.m. run will leave
Medford at 8:05. The return
runs will leave the college at
Ashland at 7:15 and 8:35, re
spectively, and downtown
five minutes later.
Quemoy Islands
Bombarded With
Heavy Artillery
Island Airstrip
Said Still Usable
Washington fCPD T
Navy today ordered the air
craft carrier Essex, with
about 80 planes aboard, to
leave the Mediterranean
and join the 7th Fleet in
Pacific waters around For
mosa. ,
Taipeh, Formosa - (UPD - De
fense Ministry spokesmen
Adm. Liu Hoh-Tu said today
Communist naval forces were
"converging" on the Formosa
Strait area where heavy Red
guns bombarded the Quemoy
islands with nearly 9,000
shells by mid-afternoon.
Liu said the Communists
had 4.000 to 5,000 landing
craft in the area following
their recent buildup for pos
sible amphibious landings.
The Communists concen
trated their shelling today on
the sister islands of Tatan
and Erhtan located in the
mouth of Amoy Harbor but
Liu warned the concentrated
shelling of the two islands
may be a screen for landings
elsewhere.
. The C ommunists also
poured thousands of rounds
of artillery on Quemoy in an
apparent all-out effort to neu
tralize the airfield there.
It was the fifth straight day
of murderous bombardment
with the Communists shelling
for an hour or two, stopping
and then resuming the bom
bardment with greater inten
sity. In a three-hour morning
bombardment they hit Que
moy ' with more than 2,000
shells.
Liu Hoh-Tu said the dirt
airstrip on Quemoy was still
usable despite the bombard
ment. He denied as "greatly
exaggerated" one report the
strip had been hit with 1,600
shells. '
A government spokesman
said the Nationalist garrison
on Quemoy had replied with
its own artillery and destroy
ed several Red jun emplace
ments at Weitou and Tatan
and one ammunition depot
and a gasoline depot on near
by Wuyu Island.
The Communist motives in
the shelling still were not
clear, but Vice Adm. Wallace
Beakley, commander of the
7th Fleet, and Maj. Gen.
Thomas S. Moorman, com
mander of the 13th Air Force
in the Philippines, were con
ferring in Taipeh with Amer
ican and Chinese officers. '
Whalin Resigns
Planners Post
Don B. Whalin, 300 Windsor
ave., Medford, today resigned
from the Jackson county plan
ning commission.
The county court s reaction
to a proposed iterim zoning
ordinance for the Jacksonville
area is chiefly responsible,
Whalin's letter of resignation
said.
The county court Monday
rejected the proposal which
would encompass the disputed
Jacksonville garbage dump
site and admonished the com
mission for not making a
timely recommendation to the
county court.'
"For several months I have
been considering this move be
cause of business and personal
reasons," Whalin wrote. "The
recent Jacksonville garbage
dump episode helped me to
reach this decision."
"My best wishes for success
continue to be with the plan
ning commission in its efforts
to develop a carefully thought
out county-wide zoning ordi
nance," the letter concluded.
License Applications
For Businesses Due
License applications for
Medford businesses are past
due, City Recorder Darell
Huson said today.
Huson offered a special re
minder to new businesses and
those in recently-annexed
areas. All business enterprises
in the city must be licensed.
WEATHER
FORECAST Fair with occasional
high cloudiness tonight and
Thursday. Low tonight 52.
High Thursday 90.
Temp.
. Highest Yesterday 94
Lowest this Morning 52
Our Skies Tonight
Sunset today 6:55 p.m.
Sunrise tomorrow 5:31 a.m;
The Moon rises 5:51 p.m.
today, sets 5:03 a.mi
tomorrow and will be Full to
morrow night.
PROMINENT STAR
Antares, low in south
west . 9:40 p.m.
VISIBLE PLANETS
Jupiter, sets 8:37 p.m.
Saturn, sets 11:07 p.m.
Mars, in the east 12:18 a.m.
Venus, rises 4:12 a.m.
Ik
. control
In Oregon Areas
Light Rain Fails
To Ease Situation
' By United Press International
A little light rain fell in
extreme northwest Oregon
this morning but it didn't ease
the forest fire danger appre
ciably and several blazes con
tinued to burn out of control
in scattered sections of the
state.
The weather bureau said
light rain fell in western
Washington and on a line
from Portland to Astoria in
Oregon. It wasn't expected to
spread much further south
and much of the state remain
ed dry and hot.
Blazes were out of control
in eastern Oregon, in the Wil
lamette national forest and in
the Siskiyou national forest.
Detroit Blaze Serious '
The U.S. Forest Service
said its most serious fire in
Oregon covered about 1000
acres on Canyon creek in the
Detroit area of the Willam
ette national forest.
Three fires were reported
in the Siskiyou national for
est, one of which covered
about 200 acres in the Bun
ker Creek area.
In eastern Oregon, a brush
and timber fire on Little
Lookout mountain about 40
miles southeast of Baker
burned some 1500 acres. An
other fire covered some 2000
acres of brush and small tim
ber in rugged terrain in the
Pike's Peak ridge area in the
Blue mountain .foothills of
Washington and northeast
Oregon.
Medford Tankers Used
The Klamath district of the
Rogue River National Forest
reported its biggest fire of the
season, a five-acre blaze on
Goose Egg Butte in the Seven
Lakes Natural Recreation
Area. Foresters said they
hoped to control the blaze
with crews now on hand from
Union Creek and Prospect.
Aerial tankers carrying bor
ate were dispatched from
Medford and smokejumpers
from Cave Junction .were
used in the remote area at
the southern boundary of
Crater Lake National Park.
Land Transferred
To EP School Area
An order transferring 242.7
acres of land from the Pros
pect school district" to Eagle
Point has been signed, County
School Superintendent Alf B.
Mekvold said today.
The property is on the
north side of the Rogue river
and two miles above the Mc
Leod bridge. The transfer
will affect two high school
students and one elementary
school pupil. They are chil
dren of John Dunlap, resi
dent on the property. As
sessed valuation of the prop
erty is estimated at $3,090,
Mekvold said.
A final hearing was held
July 22 and the order signed
following the public hearing
of the school boundary board,
Mekvold said.
The district reorganization
committee had originally ap
proved a petition by Dunlap
requesting the transfer. The
boundary board's original
hearing on the question was
held prior to July 1, Mek
cold said. However, decision
was postponed pending the
consolidation of Prospect and
Elk Trail school districts.
Schedule of Events
At Opening Day of
State Fair Revealed
Salem-(UPD-Following is the
schedule of events at the Ore
gon State Fair, which opens
a 10-day run here tomorrow:
8; a.m.: Log cutting cere
mony to open the. Fair.
10 a.m.: Dedication of the
new 4-H and FFA building.
11 a.m.: Grand opening of
garden show.
1 p.m.: Flower arranging
demonstration.
1:30 p.m.: Horse racing,
Lone Oak track.
8 p.m.: Horse show and
rodeo, stadium.
8 p.m.: Larry Allen's night
I revue.
fld ' Sim
Tou Can
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fMT C.
like Declares U.S.
To Defend Formosa
Washington (UPD Presi
dent Eisenhower declined to--day
to say whether the United
States would fight to save
Nationalist held islands off
the coast of Red China.
But the President asserted
that the U.S. will not desert
its obligations and responsi
bilities to defend the Nation
alist Chinese bastion of For
mosa and the Pescadores Is
lands near Formosa.
He also took the occasion
of his -weekly news confer
ence to warn that any nation
which started an all-out nu
clear war would be destroyed
by American retaliatory pow
er. He added that it would be
silly to say the U.S. could
be defeated in such a war.
The President was ques
tioned about the stepped up
artillery attacks which the
Chinese Communists have
been making on the Quemoy
and other offshore islands gar
risoned by Chinese National
ist troops.
Important Islands
He said some of the islands
now have an increased im
portance over what they had
several years ago because the
Chinese now have stationed
one-third of their forces on
islands west of the Pescadores.
Union Officer's
Home Dynamited
: Indianapolis. Ind-(UPD-An
apparent, dynamite bomb
Tuesday night blasted the
home of John R. Stevenson",
first vice president of the
Brotherhood of Carpenters
and Joiners of America.
There were no injuries in
the explosion which occurred
while the Stevensons were
out of town. Neighbors said
they were visiting relatives
in Chicago.
Police investigators said
the bomb was believed to
have been constructed of sev
eral sticks of dynamite and
tossed into the home, located
in an exclusive residential
district.
Authorities said question
ing of friends and union asso
ciates of Stevenson revealed
no motive for the bombing.
Baseball
AMERICAN LEAGUE
Chicago 2 . 7 0
Washington 1 4 0
Pierce and Lollar; Pas
cual, Hyde (8) and Court
ney. Detroit - 2 3 .0
Boston ....3 6 0
Bunning and . Wilson;
Brewer and White.
Kansas City 11 "18 0
New York 7 11 1
Terry, Gorman, (3). Tom
anek (7). Herbert (6) and
Chili; Kucks, Maas (2).
Trucks (8). Duren (9) and
Howard.
NATIONAL LEAGUE
Philadelphia ...2 4 0
Chicago : :.5 7 1
Simmons, Meyer (8) and
Lopata, Hegan (8); R. An
derson and Nteman.
Cisoinig
Arkomis
Make It"
He said that makes a closer
interlocking of those islands
with the defense of Formosa.
Asked whether this in
creased importance would af
fect his jlidgment on U.S.
actions . to defend Formosa,
the President said such mili
tary decisions simply could
not be made until after the
event.
He went on to say, how
ever, that the increased im
portance of these islands near
,the coast might be a consider
ation under circumstances
which he did not define. But
the President made it clear
that whatever the decision is
about Quemoy, this country
will defend Formosa and the
Pescadores.
On domestic subjects, Eisen
hower: -Criticized what he called
a tendency on the part of Con
gress to appropriate more
money than should be spent
in the domestic field. He. also
said he was disappointed that
no labor reform legislation
was approved in the congres
sional session 'which ended
last Sunday.
-Withheld his final ap
praisal of the Democratic-controlled
, Congress accomplish
ments for a week or 10 days
until he completes action on
the about 200 bills awaiting
his signature or veto.
Use of Atomic Weapons
-Answered no to a question
about whether local U.S. mili
tary commanders were au
thorized to use atomic weap
ons in an emergency. But he
said he believed there was a
directive . that U.S. forces
could use any means to de
fend themselves when they
or the U.S. ' were under at
tack. However, he said that
as he remembered the direc
tive, it didn't mention atomic
weapons., s
-Said he was going to stress
cutting down the federal
deficit in any campaigning he
does this fall for Republican
congressional candidates.
-Declined comment on a
possible tax increase next
year to helD cut down an ex
pected . deficit of. about $12
billion.
Portland -rtlPD- The rocket
of Sputnik III is expected to
be visible over Oregon at 7:50
p.m. (p.s.t.) Thursday.
First of Brownlees
Generators in
Brownlee. Idaho (UPD
Idaho Power ComDanv Presi
dent T. E. Roach today closed
a switch and put the first of
Brownlee dam's generators
into operation. ' .
Two More Generators
Roach remarked that "the
company promised to j u t
Brownlee's first power on the
line by September and here
it goes." Two more genera
tors are to be supplying pow
er by December. Total out
put eventually will be 360,
000 kilowatts.
The generator hummed into
action as soon as Roach threw
the switch at 10:06 a.m. The
occasion was witnessed by
Power construction em
Faubus 'Package'
Gives Governor
Power To Act .
Private School
Strategy in Works
Little Rock, Ark.-njPD-The
Arkansas House of Represent
atives passed 94-1 today a bill
empowering Gov. Orval Fau
bus to close any school fac
ing forcible integration . of
Negro children.
The overwhelming vote on
the school closure bill marked
the defiant temper of lawmak
ers in the face of federal
orders.
The sole dissenting vote
was cast by Rep. Ray Smith,
Hot Springs, an area which
does not have a serious Negro
problem.
Passed by Senate
The state Senate, a short
time later passed the entire
Faubus "package" by a vote
of 33-0.
Arkansas legislators pv-
pressed gratification at Presi- 1
dent Eisenhower's acknowl
edgment today that he might
have told friends srhool inte
gration should be proceeding
more slowly.
"That might have a power
ful effect on some of those
Supreme Court justices," said
Sen. J. Lee Bearden.
, "That is the first sensible
thing he has said since the
racial problem came up," said
Rep. Carroll Hollensworth,
dean of the House.
Private School Plan
United Press International
learned, meanwhile, that the
Faubus administration is
working on a strategy where
by it could close a public
school one day and open it
almost immediately as a pri
vate, segregated institution.
The key to the whole pro
gram is already on the state's
lawbooks and has been since
reconstruction days. It allows
an unused public school to
be used as a private school-
25-Man Crew Sent
To Forest Fire
A 25-man crew was sent to
a five-acre forest fire in Rogue
River National forest early
this morning to relieve eight
smokejumpers and other fire
fighters sent late yesterday.
Forest personnel said the
fire was spotted yesterday
afternoon and apparently is
a "sleeper" fire from, last
Thursday's lightning storm.
It is located south of Crater
Lake National park and .west
of Ft. Klamath, five miles
from the nearest road.
Officials said the fire was
controlled today. Three planes
were dropping water on the
fire today.
Petition Nominates
Hansen for Council
A petition nominating Don
ald Hansen, 1116 Stewart ave.
for reelection as councilman
from Ward II was filed with
City Recorder Darell Huson
this morning.
Hansen is the only one so
far in the race for Ward II.
Deadline for filing nomin
ations for council positions
and for mayor is noon Fri
day. So far, one petition nom
inating Mayor John Snider
for reelection and seven nom
inating councilmen have been
filed.
Operation
ployees working in the pow
erhouse, where the ceremony
took place.
Idaho Power's projected
string of three dams to be
built on the Snake river. It
was begun less than three
years ago after a prolonged
public versus private power
battle that reached to the
floors of Congress.
Ultimate Production
A total of 1,200,000 kilo
watts ultimately will be pro
duced by Idaho Power's entire
$164 million development,
licensed by the Federal Pow
er Commission and including
Oxbow and Hells Canyon
dams in addition to Brownlee.