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Newspaper Page TextA2- 53 Medford United Pro Full 30 PAGES SI Dim Jdby Hxerases Chiang's Forces Warn of Possible Mainland Attack Quemoy Shelling Enters Sixth Day Taipeh, Formosa -UPD- The United States and Nationalist China carried out joint air de fense exercises over the For mosa Strait today, the U. S. Taiwan (Formosa) Defense Command announced. The aerial maneuvers across the Communist-threatened wa ters came soon after the Na tionalists warned that they may be forced to bomb the Washington -41P&- U. S. officials today kept an open mind on the possible us of American military forces in the Quemoy-Mal-u crisis despite reinforce ment of the Seventh Fleet. They said the reassign ment of the aircraft carrier Essex, with about 80 planes board, from the Mediter ranean to Formosan area duty, was a matter of get ting prepared for action in case that were necessary. They cautioned that no decision on direct use of U. 8. military forces' has yet been made. Chinese mainland if the Com munists do not halt their at tacks on the Quemoy Islands. The islands were bombarded today for the sixth straight day. Number Not Told The American announce ment gave no indication of how many U. S. Air Force and Navy warplanes were involv ed in the defense exercises. The U.S. has only about 10 F100 Super Sabres based on Formosa and the Navy has some 300 planes with the 7th fleet. "Ranking military officials of the United States and Chi nese governments expressed satisfaction with the results demonstrated during the exer cise," the announcement said. Gen. (Tiger) Wang Shu nting, chief of the Chinese general staff, made the state ment, the first by a ranking government official although there have been other hints of drastic action1 The incessant shelling went into the sixth straight day today. There have been predictions of an early invasion attempt of the offshore islands by the Communists possible within the week. Conditions Favorable The official Central News Agency said the conditions were favorable now for an attack-a full moon, high tide and a concentration of Com raunst navy assault boats and marine amphibious forces at the north end of the Formosa Strait. Where might the Commu nists strike was the big ques tion. Red Artillery pounded the Quemoy area without let tip for a 16-hour stretch end ing at 1 p.m. today. There also was sporadic shelling of Kao teng in the Matsu offshore is land group 120 miles to the north. The Central News Agency said the Communists had moved in two marine divisions from Chusan, where they re cently held amphibious exer cises, to Shan Tu so, a coastal village just north of the Matsu group. Wednesday the Defense Ministry said the Reds had 4,000 to 5,000 assault boats converging on the Quemoy group. Margaret O'Brien's Mother Taken By Death Santa Monica, Calif. - (UPD -The mother of actress Mar garet O'Brien, who guided her daughter's career to movie stardom, died today at St. John's Hospital. Mrs. Gladys O'Brien, 52, had been ill for seven months with severe heart trouble, her doctor said. rd Year Leaxed Wire Inflow ' ' CLEAN-UP STARTS-Members of the 50 Plus club started cleaning up an unused building at the corner of Jackson and Hawthorne sts. this morning. Above, some 50 to 100 Pickers Being Placed in Orchards Daily Between 50 and 100 pear pickers are being placed in local orchards each day through the Oregon state em ployment service's farm labor office at the Armory, John Patton, OSES manager here, said today. He added that on most days, the office is unable to fill all the orders for pickers. By mid-morning today, he said, there were 44 unfilled orders for pickers, and similar situations are noted most days during the picking week. Pat tion declared that there are picking jobs available for vir tually anyone able and will ing to do the job, particularly if they can provide their own transportation. And, with a heavy D'Anjou harvest just starting, job open ings probably will be even more difficult to fill, Patton stated. Some 2,200 pickers in all are needed. He said many transients have been referred to tne farm labor camp where liv ing space, and transportation, to jobs, are available. " Base wage for D'Anjous is 14 cents per box, he said, with a slightly higher rate in some "difficult" orchards, or where added duties are re quested. Patton reported that a num ber of young people, 16 to 18 years of age, are at work in the orchards, but that em ployment for them is a bit more difficult than for older workers. He said a few or chards specify younger work ers, but that many of them do not like the teen agers be cause of unfortunate experi ences with some of them in the past. Patton emphasized that pear picking is hard work, suitable for adults who are used to it, but that there is no shortage of work for those who are able to do it and willing to work at it. New Administrator Named For Hospital Sister Luke of the Savior has been named new administrator-superior of Sacred H e a x t hospital, replacing Sister Reine. The new administrator as sumed her duties Monday, coming here from Portland where she was administrator for two years at St. Vincents hospital. Sister Francis Ignatius re placed Sister Luke in the Portland position. Washington - (UPD - Presi dent Eisenhower has accepted the resignation of Internal Revenue Commissioner Rus sell C. Harrington, effective Sept. 30. . MEDFORD, PI (BBaze in Eastern Oregon Unchecked By United Press International Two big brush and range fires, one of which was still reported out of control, had covered-Tie'arly 20,000" acres of land in eastern Oregon to day. ' ' The blazes were the latest in a series to plague the re gion during the dry summer. The weather man saw little hope of much-needed rain. One fire covered from 12, 000 to 16,000 acres near Vale. It was reported contained this morning. But another fire, covering some 4000 acres about 25 miles south of Baker; was reported out of control on three sides, according to John C. Hunt, Bureau of Land Management fire control of ficer. Winds Feared The Vale-area fire, which broke out about eight miles south of the eastern Oregon town, was reported under con trol three or four times but whirlwinds created by the blaze itself carried it over, fire lines. By this morning it spread over a 16-mile front and wasn't stopped until it was almost to Vale. Hunt said some 125 men were fighting the Baker-area blaze with help flown in from Coos Bay. It was planned to drop a borate solution on the fire today. Detroit Blaze Battled As weary "firefighters kept an eye on these trouble spots, some 800 men were on the lines in two blazes in the Wil lamette national forest in the Detroit area. One which cov ered about 1000 acres in the Canyon creek area still had not been controlled but the smaller Dry creek fire was re ported in check. Guy Johnson, regional U.S. Forest Service fire dispatcher, said other blazes on national forest land were reported in check this morning. These in cluded the Bunker Hill fire in the Siskiyou national forest which spread to 460 acres Wednesday. It rained in scattered parts of Oregon Wednesday but not enough to minimize the fire danger. The weather bureau said another storm was pro ducing heavy rain 300 miles west of, Vancouver, B.C. but that here was only a slight WEATHER FORECAST: Considerable cloudiness tonight and Friday. Mild temperatures. Low tonight 53. High Friday 88. Temp. Highest Yesterday j 90 Lowest this Morning 57 Our Skies Tonight unset today 6:53 p.m. Sunset tomorrow 5:33 a.m. 6:25 p.m. Moonrise today Full Moon Tonight .... 9:53 p.m Sirius, the brighest star, rises tomorrow at 3:49 a.m. Between it and Mars, high above it, appears the constel lation of Orion, whose bright est stars are Rigel and Betel-geuse. i i ua wi -va.- fn - if & w h mm mm mmi mm m mm w OREGON, THURSDAY, members of the club are shown with equip ment. The club was given permission to use the building by the city. -(Knackstedt Photo). chance of it causing rain in Oregon.. -. Logging Reopened ' However, the humidity was tip in western"" Oregon and some forest lands were opened to logging. The State Forestry Department said the coastal strip from Astoria to Curry county, was reopened to regu lar logging. Also opened to "hoot owl" operations-from midnight to noon-were Polk, Benton, Lincoln and the western half of Lane counties. County Courts to Meet in Klamath Members of the Jackson county court will meet with the Klamath county court in Klamath Falls Friday hop ing to get further paving done on the Dead Indian rd. to the Lake of the Woods, County Judge Rodney Keat ing said today. Jackson county has paved the road to the Jackson coun ty line. . . Petitions with approximate ly 800 signatures of Jackson county residents will be pre sented the Klamath county court requesting further pav ing on the road. Klamath county has already paved ap proximately two miles of the road.' i E. H. Singmaster and Henry Enders, botii of Ashland, who have led the campaign to ob tain the signatures also will make the trip to Klamath Falls. Klamath county is report ed to have road, building equipment at the north end of Lake of the Woods after paving the two miles of road from the end of paving in Klamath county to the lodge at the lake. Petitioners are asking that a definite paving schedule be set up to pave the balance of the road down the east side of the lake to the Jackson county line. Country Faces Higher Taxes To Pay For. Defense Budget, Neuberger Says Portland-UPD-Sen. Richard L. Neuberger (D-Ore.) said to day this country faced higher taxes to pay for an expected defense budget increase. Neuberger, arriving home by train from Washington, D.C., said the defense budgetl for next year was estimated to be $10 billion more than today. He said the higher na tional debt costs add up to more taxes. ' He also said standby con trols to battle increases in profits, wages, rents and AUGUST 28, 1958 Big Craft Falls Moments After Leaving Runway Passengers Flee Through Holes, Exits Minneapolis -(UPD- A North west Arlines DC6B with 60 persons aboard crashed and burned today just after take off. All aboard escaped death. The airlines said 49 per sons were taken to hospitals for examination and treat ment, and 12 were injured seriously enough to require hospitalization. "The plane carried 56 passengers and a crew of four. Among those hospitalized were the pilot, Capt. James Wilkinson, co - pilot Verner McGinnis, both of Seattle, and Stewardess Marge Gal lagher, Minneapolis. In Poor Condition Most seriously injured was Albert Conrad, Wahasha, Wis. He was reported in poor condition with fractures. Other, hospitalized were: Mrs. Albert Conrad, Wakasha; L u d w i g Neth, Vancouver, Wash.; Mariettas McDaniels, Arlington, Va.; Edith Lind, Seattle; Miss G. Holcombe, Seattle; Joseph J. Gerrich, West Albs, Wis.; Alfred T. Kowalewski, Hamtramck, Mich., and Freddy Russell, Clairton, Pa. The crash came only mo ments after the big plane had arisen from the runways at Wold - Chamberlain Airport. Breaking up as it crashed to earth in the misty predawn gloom of a farm field, it caught fire as the passengers fled through gaps in the brok en fuselage or through emer- gency exists. Flames from the burning gas tanks destroyed a farm outbuilding. First to reach the scene were cab drivers, then fire men and police. Some house holders living nearby hurried to dress and get to the scene, lending their cars to take in jured to hospitals. Wilkinson radioed the con trol tower just before impact that everything was normal. Cause of the crash was not immediately known. Cut on Jagged Metal The plane plowed into the Gerald Christian farm short ly before dawn, grinding to a stop only a few yards irom the house. It burst into flames touching off a fire which de stroyed Christian's garage. A number of the passen gers suffered cuts from jag ged pieces of metal when they squeezed through the cracks as flames licked about them. The plane, Flight 537, or iginated in Washington and was bound for Seattle and Portland. (Continued on Page 11) Two Fruit Pickers Injured in Falls Two, fruit .pickers sustained back injuries in falls from ladders yesterday morning and were taken to valley hos pitals by Medford Ambulance service. s Mrs. Vida Filey, 57, of Tal ent, was taken to Rogue Val ley hospital and Richard Cox, 14, of Klamath Falls was tak en to Sacred Heart hospital. Both patients are listed in good condition. Mrs. Filey was picking for Golden Crest orchards on Fern Valley rd., Phoenix. Cox, who had begun picking only a short time before, was working for the Reter Fruit company in their orchards south of Medford. prices should , be enacted to "keep inflation from ruining us." The Oregon Democrat said he planned to take a short rest before making any re ports to the people in the form of speeches Asked about differences with Sen. Wayne Morse (D Ore.) on some legislation, Neuberger said' he would work "with anyone who will work with me." He said "there are tremendous legis lative needs of Oregon and it si Price United Press This Sure Beats Cleaning Up After A War" Terrorists (Blamed Dn (Bombing Scares Indianapolis (WD Police I said he doubted if the unex- today blamed terrorists for an attempted bombing at the home of Maurice Hutcheson, president of the Carpenters Union, and a blast which shat tered windows at another un ion officer's home. Police Chief Frank Mueller ordered special guards to pa trol Hutcheson's home and the homes of other officials of the Carpenters Union. Death Try Doubted Police Lt. Richard 'Caine Registration Drive Started in County The Jackson county Demo cratic party has launched an all-out drive to reach all un registered, eligible voters be fore Oct. 4, the deadline for registering for the November general election, James A. Redden, county chairman, said today. , The Democratic registra tion committee has accepted a general invitation for place ment of registrars in several local stores, Redden said, and will sponsor the service alter nately as certified registrars are available. A registration booth will be set up at the Big Y super market between 10 a.m. and closing time tomorrow, he said. The party also will spon sor a mobile unit in the down town Medford area. The unit will be at Rexall Drue on Main st. between 10 a.m. un til 2 p.m. and in front of Medford Pharmacy from 2 p.m. until 6 p.m. Pointing out that registra tion is non-partisan and must be handled on such a basis, Redden said there will be no party symbols, signs or litera ture on either the mobile unit Or facilities furnished in stores. ' 'Pafrolmasfer' Radar Set Received A "Patrolmaster" radar set, Medford's first, has arriv ed at city hall. It will be used by Medford police for. traffic control and by city engineers for traffic counting. . - Signs informing motorists of its use are to be placed on all major roads entering the city. Next on the schedule is official instruction on how to operate it. The set costs ap proximately $1,800, accord ing to Richard Hogan, city purchasing agent. is my intention to work with any senator, be he independ ent, Democrat or Republican, to get support for the things we need." Neuberger said he got help of Agriculture Secretary Exra Taft Benson in the final con ference on the Klasnath In dian bill which passed Con gress and was signed by Presi dent Eisenhower last week. He said a public hearing would be held here Dec. 8 on a proposal for a regional power corporation. 10 Cents TuU Leased Wire No. 136 ploded bomb found at Hutch eson's home or the one which damaged the home of interna tional vice president John R. Stevenson Tuesday night were intended to kill anyone. "I do not consider this an attempt on Hutcheson's life," Caine said. "It is more of a scare than a serious try to kill somebody." - Hutcheson's wife, Ethel, 51, found the bomb with a partly burned fuse Wednesday be neath the bedroom window of their home located, in a fash ionable North Side section of the city. The bomb consisted of three sticks of dynamite. Caine said if the bomb had gone off "the worst it would have done is smash windows." Knows Of No Reaion . Hutcheson said he knew of no reason for the attempted bombing. "I can't imagine' anyone try ing to do this to me," he said. The International Brother hood of Carpenters and Join ers, which has its headquar ters here, has been investigat ed by Congress and the AFL CIO in connection with Indi ana highway scandals. Hutcheson and two other officers of the union have been . indicted on bribery charges for alleged profiteer ing in the sale of about $80, 000 in land and lots for high way right of way. Job Review Board Named by Court The Jackson county court today named Walter G. Garn er and Kenneth Pickens, both of Medford, and Andrew E. Stevens, Phoenix, to the new ly created appeal, review and job classification board. - The board, promised t o county employees when the budget was set up this spring, will review job classifications and, make recommendations to the county court and the budget committee. It will grant county employees an opportunity to request a re view of their positions and is designed to establish a basis for equal pay for equal work, the court said. Garner, a partner in the Cal-Ore Machinery company, was appointed to a three year term and was ..named chairman of the board. Judge Kodney Keating ex plained that Garner was named chairman because he has had experience in the job classification field. r Stevens, a certified public accountant for Medford cor poration, was named to a two- year term, and Pickens, a truck farmer, was named to a one-year term. Mail Tribune Not to Publish Labor Day The Mail Tribune will not publish Monday, Sept. 1. in observance of Labor Day., Medford city offices, as well as county, state and federal offices, also will be closed. Merchants and banks re port they will not conduct business on that date either. Court' Hoars ; Arguments on Integration Negroes Supported in Brief by Government Washington (UPD today deferred action on tion case pending a full Washington -(UPD- The government and a Negro attorney asked the Supreme Court today to send seven Negro children back to Little Rock's Central High school this fall without delay. The Negro attorney, Thurgood Marshall, urged the court not to "surrender to obstructions and mob action." He said it must hand down a ruling that makes it clear to Arkansas "that the orders of the courts (on integration) cannot be in terfered with." The government backed up the Negroes in a brief filed shortly before the court met in extraordinary session to hear arguments on the legally complex Little Rock integra tion case. . . The Little Rock School Board argued that integration at Central High, where federal troops were stationed during the last school year, should be postponed for 2V years. The School Board has said that emotions in Little Rock are at such a pitch that troops would have to be called out again if an attempt were made to resume integration this fall. -Pleas for Definitive Decision But the government, .accusing the School Board of ask ing the court to relieve it of its obligations, said that to delay integration would deprive Negro children "of their constitutional rights." Marshall, representing the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People, led off the oral arguments with a plea for "a definitive decision so that in Arkansas there will be no doubt that the orders of the courts cannot be interfered with." , All nine justices were present for the unusual special term. Many had hastened back from distant vacation places. From today's proceedings may come clarification of "the court's order of May, 31, 1955, that integration in public schools should proceed "with all deliberate speed." Last year's integration step at Central High stemmed from a 1957 federal court order. "In June, U. S. District Judge Harry J. Lemley ordered integration postponed to January, 1961. This month the U. S. 8th Circuit Court of Appeals at St. Louis overruled Lemley, then stayed its decision 30 days to permit the Supreme Court review. Attorney Goes Beyond Petition The NAACP petitioned the court to throw out the 30 day stay order and vacate Judge Lemley's delay order. But in presenting his arguments Marshall went beyond th peti tion. . He said the-court should rule on the entire issue, rather than the technicalities of the petition, and reinstate the 1957 District Court order at once. "Conditions in Arkansas," Marshall said, "would impell this court to order that it (the case) be heard on its merits." , He said "it is necessary to give these children (the Negro students at Central High) the protection they need and de serve." His voice rising in intensity, Marshall said that "sur render to obstructionists and mob action" would be even, more destructive to democratic government than of the chil dren's rights. When a bank-is robbed, Marshall said, "you don't close the bank you put the bank robbers in jail." Marshall completed his argument at 8:50 a.m. (PST). He was followed by Richard C. Butler, attorney for the Little Rock School Board. Solicitor General J. Lee Rankin was to wind up the hearing with arguments for the govern ment. Justices Ask Questions Chief Justice Earl Warren asked Butler if the School Board had decided what it would do about school desegrega tion "in the event this court "No," Butler replied, adding that the board was "almost compelled" to wait and see Arkansas Legislature now in today passed a bill to close ordered. The justices asked Butler Marshall, but there appeared tone. Justices Harold H. Burton, Frankfurter showed particular interest in finding whether Negro pupils could be transferred to Central High later in the year if it began the term in September on a segregated basis. At the government bench. nvpr his own brief, which had one-half hours before the court convened. In this brief the government supported the NAACP plea for an immediate go ahead on Little Rock integration. Thp eovernment brief was court to remove all legal barriers to return of the Negro children to Central High Sept. Two Ashland Fires Start at Same Time Ashland-Fire struck twice at the same time in Ashland yesterday afternoon, injuring a 16-month-old child and two others, according to the Ash land Fire department. Michael Wertz, 16 months, and his mother. Mrs. Stanley Wertz, suffered second-degree burns when a gas cook stove Three Man-Caused Fires Reported - Fire burned five acres of grass and brush on the 401 ranch northeast of Medford yesterday afternoon, the state department of forestry dist rict office here reported. Forest patrolmen were called about 1:25 p.m. and 15 men were dispatched to the blaze. Youngsters playing with matches were said to be the cause. Children also were blamed for a small grass and brush fire near Lincoln, patrolmen said. A third grass and brush fire yesterday afternoon in the Galls creek district also was listed as "man-caused." Th. the Little Rrwlr ;ni.rr.. hearing on Sept. 11. ' declines to grant this stay." what laws are passed by the special session. The Legislature the school if integration is more questions than they put to to be no difference in their y John M. Harlan and Felix ' " Solicitor General Rankin porea been made public two and a hard-hitting plea to tne 8. blew up iu their five-room house in the Lithia Park Auto court shortly after 5 p.m.', firemen reported. Mother and son spent the night in Ashland General hos pital, and were released to day, the hospital said. Fire men said the house suffered heavily from flames and smoke damage. Second Time The second fire occurred si multaneously in a truck ga rage on Water st. between Hersey and Van Ness sts.' when gasoline being poured into a truck by a mechanic spilled on a lighted electric bulb and exploded into flames, ' firemen said. Roy Rogers, 42, of 175 Wightman st., Ashland, the mechanic, was reported in "good" condi tion today at the Ashland hos pital where he was treated for burns. The garage itself, plus two trucks and hand and power tools, was described by fire men as a "total loss." A pick up truck in front of the ga rage was also seriously dam aged. The building was leased by Jack Pierson, 438 A st, Ashland.