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Red Chinese Move
IBig Guns Onto Place
Taipeh-flJPD-The Communists silenced their blockade bat
teries only to give them time to move giant 12-inch siege guns
into place opposite the Quemoy and Matsu islands, intelli
gence reports indicated today.
The Communists have so far kept their promise to sus
pend the bombardment of the Quemoys for a week despite
the refusal of the Chinese Nationalists to meet their terms.
The Defense ministry announced, however, that observa
tion posts in the outpost islands saw "large Communist troop
and vehicular movements" around the silenced shore guns
Monday. -
Sources on Quemoy told UPI Correspondent Robert C.
Miller, the only foreign newsman on the scene, that Russia
has delivered highly accurate, long-range 12-inch guns to
the Red-held coast.
34.5 Per Cent of
Campaign Goal
Reached by UMC
Dick Travis. United Med
ford Crusade campaign chair
man, reported yesterday that
$45,151, or 34.5 per cent of
the $3131,030 goal, had been
collected.
The total is about $4,000
more than was collected at
this time last year, he noted
at yesterday's weekly report
meeting.
Leading the divisions in col
lections is the public employ
ees division, headed by Ellott
Becken, with 84 per cent of
its goal. Other leading divi
sions are Larry Clark's spe
cial gifts, 73 per cent; Dr.
Frank Wilson's professional,
52 per cent; Russ Hogue's
lumber, 43 per cent; and Jack
Creager's service division, 42
per cent.
Leaders "Arrested"
Three division leaders, who
have reported low collections,
were "arrested" by Medford
Police Capt. Clyde Fichtner.
They were Fred Robinson,
commercial division, Jim Rag
land, retail, and Ray Menke,
distribution. Their collections
totaled 5, 6 and 7 per cent of
their goals, respectively.
They were "charged" with
buck hunting without results;
failure to clean ud on the
game; failure to drive the
bucks within shooting range;
stump hunting instead of beat
ing , the brush; shooting the
bull instead of going after the
buck; failure to use both bar
rels to stir section leaders
and workers where it will do
the most good; and being
caught with UMC literature,
pledge cards and prospect en
velopes in their possession
when the items should have
been with the prospect."
Charges were signed by
Travis, and read by District
Attorney Thomas Reeder.
They were given seven days
in which to assemble their
case and make restitution,
and posted pledges equaling
$3,000.
Yesterday's luncheon in the
YMCA was served by Kiwan
ian Dames.
Agness Road Grading
Bids Are Requested
Portland -(LTD The Federal
Bureau of Public Roads today
called for bids for grading of
five miles of the Agness road
in Siskiyou National forest in
Coos and Curry counties.
Budget Committee Members to Return
Money When Directed by County Court
Budget committee expense
money will be returned when
the county court so directs,
two of the three budget com
mittee members involved stat
ed today.
M. T. (Tom) Wray, Medford,
and Roger Rath, Ashland,
were asked by telephone to
day when they plan to return
the expense money which
District Attorney Thomas J.
Reeder has said was paid
them illegally.
"I'll return the money when
the county tells me. It's up
to the county court," Wray
said.
Rath asked what the other
budget committee members
fKSfel RIBUNE Mansion on List, ml ;5.. ufl . $wj:
MEDFORD, OREGON, TUESDAY, OCTOBER 7, 1958
Such guns, half again as
large as the 8 - inchers that
had furnished the Communist
"Sunday punch," could pound
the Quemoys at what amounts
to point-blank range. They
also could blanket the Mat
sus, only lightly bombarded
in the past because they were
mostly out of range.
News Blackout
The U.S. and Nationalist
China, meantime, clamped a
news blackout on the move
ments of supply convoys to
offshore islands. There were
persistent reports that U.S.
destroyers escorted a Nation
alist convoy to Quemoy in
spite of the Red warnings that
the ceasefire was contingent
on the end of such operations.
Official American and Na
tionalist spokesmen refused
to answer any questions con
cerning the supply operations.
An American spokesman re"
f erred all questions to Wash
ington. A Defense Ministry
spokesman said it was not
authorized to comment.
Not Sign of Weakness
In Peiping, Red Vice Pre
mier Chen Yi warned the
U.S. against misinterpreting
the temporary ceasefire as a
sign of "weakness." Speaking
at a reception in the East
German Embassy, Chen reit
erated the Communist deter
mination to "liberate" the
offshore islands, including
Formosa.
And, according to Radio
Peiping, Chen warned that
"no foreign interference will
be tolerated at all" by the
Communists to achieve these
ends.
Wernmark Named
Chairman of Drive
K. C. (Swede) Wernmark,
Central Point, has been nam
ed chairman of Jackson coun
ty's "Dollars for Democrats"
drive, party officials have
announced.
The Democratic fund drive
will be conducted on a door-to-door
basis by precinct
workers in an effort to obtain
$1 from all Democrats. Wern
mark said the drive, origin
ally scheduled Sept. 26-29,
was postponed until ' after
Oct. 4 to enable Democrats
to continue their registration
drive.
A tentative schedule of Oct.
10 to 13 is scheduled for the
fund drive.
Area chairmen appointed
by Wernmark include Myrtle
Newton and Gertrude Wil
meth, Ashland; Larry Shee
han, Rogue River; and Scott
Hamilton, Central Point.
said and then concurred with
Wray's statement.
"I didn't ask for the
money," Rath added. "I signed
over the money to the Chil
dren's hospital in Portland.
But, if they think it should
be' returned, I'm certainly
willing to pay the money
back. I think the commission
ers should be approached on
this thing, too.", - .
Reeder said today he will
call the three budget commit
tee members involved, Wray,
Rathi and Arnold Bohnert,
Central Point, and inquire
when they will pay the money
back to the county. Bohnert
could not be reached this
ir;"X Anti-Government ReceTvedTrom irs I J' ;
I tf.-jf'' M L T if Little Rock- Ark-UPD-Gov. , I p i J!Q.PSl1 "
':V ' a MOlK larOet OI Orval E. Faubus charged to- J i ilSST'
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HAROLD H. BURTON
Appointed in 1945
Justice Burton
Retires From
Supreme Court
Washington (UPD Presi
dent Eisenhower today ap
pointed Potter Stewart, 43-year-old
member of the U.
S. Sixth Circuit Court of
Appeals, in the Middle
West, as an associate jus
tice of the Supreme Court
to succeed justice Harold
H. Burton.
Washington (UPD The re
tirement 'of SupremeCmrrt
Justice Harold H. Burton" will
give President Eisenhower a
majority of his own appoint
ees on the court for the first
time.
His other four appointees
have all backed public school
desegregation.
Burton, a one-time Repub
lican senator from Ohio when
he was named to the high trib
unal by President Truman in
1946, notified the President
he would leave the bench
"with regret but in accord
ance -with competent medical
advice and with the best in
terests of all concerned." He
was 70 years old June 22.
The President late Monday
announced the retirement, ef
fective Oct. 13.
Names No Successor
No successor was named
immediately. The President's
last three appointments have
been experienced jurists
John M. Harlan, 59, in 1956;
William J. Brennan, oz, in
1956, and Charles E. Whit
taker, 57, in 1957.
Eisenhower's first ap
pointee, Chief Justice Earl
Warren, 67, had no experience
as a judge but was once attor
ney general of California and
held a doctor of laws degree.
During past vacancies spec
ulation on possible appointees
has included such men as
Judge Potter Stewart of the
Sixth Circuit Court of Ap
peals and Judge Elbert B.
Tuttle. of the Fifth Circuit
Court of Appeals. The Presi
dent in the past has voiced
his intention to name as jus
tices men with backgrounds
as jurists.
Newport, O r e. (UPD T h e
body of James Venable, 33,
Astoria, was found by skin
divers here Monday;
morning.
Reeder said Sept. 16 he had
mailed letters to the three
budget committee members
requesting a total of $410 in
expense money be returned
to the county. No deadline for
payment was set.
In his letters, Reeder quot
eda recent attorney general's
opinion on the legality of pay
ing $10 a day expense money
to the budget committee, a
practice which has since been
discontinued. The opinion
stated that, according to state
law, it is the district attor
ney's duty to recover any
money improperly paid by
county officials.
Lebanon Troops
Beirut, Lebanon - (UPD - Le
banese army troops fired on
anti-government mobs man
ning barricades blocking the
main road to Damascus to
day. At least 20 persons were
reported injured.
It was the worst outbreak
of violence since Christian
Phalangist supporters of ex
President Acmille Chamoun
called a general strike against
the government 15 days ago.
It came on the heels of a
tommygun attack by terror
ists on a crowded bus in the
heart of Beirut. At least 13
passengers were wounded in
what appeared to be an at
tempt to enforce the general
strike.
Dive for Cover
The newest firing came from
inside the Phalangist sector
but an army tank which roar
ed up to the nearest barricade
found it unmanned. A few
hours later another sniper
sent bullets whining off the
pavement beside an army
tank at the other end of the
Pace des Canons," forcing the
tank crew to dive for cover
while troops on nearby roof
tops fired back.
A Lebanese army armored
car used its machineguns and
cannon against demonstrators
who threw up a flaming bar
ricade on th'e" maTrt'liighway
to Damascus a short distance
from the Defense Ministry.
$90 Said Missing
From Fire Station
The apparent theft of $90
from a locker in the Medford
fire department's main sta
tion on North Front st., is
currently under investigation
by city police.
The money, four $20 bills
and one $10 bill, was taken
between Monday rrjSbrning
and Wednesday morning last
week, according to police.
Reportedly two years' pro
ceeds from the sale of cig
arettes, the money was kept
in a drawer of an unlocked
locker belonging to Warren
Leroy Ritchie, a hoseman,
whose home address is 1011
South Holly st., the police
record showed.
It was reported that sev
eral members of the depart
ment had permission to en
ter the locker.
Fire Chief Gordon R. Bar
ker reported- the incident to
police.
Two Firms Entered
On Jackson Street
Would-be burglars entered
two East Jackson st. establish
ments last night but failed to
get any loot, Medford police
reported today.
Both Modern Plumbing
company, 613 East Japkson
st., and Hamacher Lumber
company, 609 East Jackson,
were broken into, police said.
Nothing appeared to .-be
missing, the report added. The
burglars bungled an attempt
to open a safe and a cash box
in the plumbing company's
building, according to police.
Police said they searched
the area for several hours in
the belief that the frustrated
thieves were still around, but
without success.
WEATHER
FORECAST: Variable cloudiness
tonight and Wednesday witn
cooler daytime temperatures.
Low tonight near 40. High
Wednesday "5. .
Temp.
Highest Yesterday 82
Lowest this Morning; 41
Our Skies Tonight
Sunset today S:44 p.m.
Sunrise tomorrow 6:16 a.m.
Moonrise tomorrow 1:18 a.m.
New Moon - Oct. 1?
PROMINENT STARS
Square of Pegasus, high
In south 10:41 p.m.
VISIBLE PLANETS
Saturn, sets 8:33 p.m.
Mars, in the east 10:38 p.m.
sni?" oovernor uaims ii &
Little Rock, Ark-(UPD-Gov.
Orval E. Faubus charged to
day that the federal govern
ment is trying to nail him for
income tax exasion extending
as far back as 1954.
"They are trying to charge
me with rental value of the
mansion and the grounds,
with the salary of the ser
vants, which is appropriated
by the Legislature, and for the
maintenance which is appro
priated for use by the man
sion," he said.
Couldn't Buy Socks
"Those three items alone:
If I had to pay them out of
my salary, I wouldn't have
enough left to buy a pair of
socks."
Faubus makes a salary of
$10,000 a year as governor.
He said at a news conference
that the government has been
investigating him for a year.
Faubus has steadily resisted
federal efforts to integrate
Little Rock's high schools un
der a Supreme Court ordef.
"I have recently received
what is known as a 10-day let
ter from Internal Revenue. It
demanded payment of tax on
the fair rental value of the
mansion, which was estimated
at $17,000; on servants' sala
ries, about $12,000, and the
mansion maintenance fund,
appropriated by the Legisla
ture, about $9,000," Faubus
said.
Tax on Gift Automobile
He said the government
wanted--tax-- paid " on?- every
political advertisement print
ed by his paper, a weekly,
whether the advertisement
was paid for by other persons
or not.
In addition, he said, the
government wanted taxes on
a Mercury automobile given
to him and Mrs. Faubus in
1954, as a gift, by friends and
supporters in Huntsville,
Ark., their home town.
The amounts were: 1954,
$20,983.39; 1955, $41,092.33,
and 1956, $43,423.43.
Others Contacted
"If I had to pay on ill of
that, I'd have to move out of
the mansion and erect a sign
saying, "Closed by order of
the federal government," Fau
bus said.
"As governor, my salary
($10,000 a year) would be .in
sufficient to pay the tax."
Faubus said he had tele
graphed the other 47 gover
nors, asking whether the
government was trying to
charge them for their man
sions and living expenses.
Taxes On White House
He said "several" had re
plied and none has said the
government is after him to
pay taxes.
"If such demands are made
on a governor, then the same
demands should be made on
the President for the use of
the White House," he said.
"They're Not Going
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DESCRIBES PLAN-Robert J. Keeney, Med
ford architect, explains his proposal for a
multi-level parking platform above the
Southern Pacific tracks at yesterday's lunch
eon of the Jackson County Chamber of
Commerce roundtable. Mayor John Snider,
Centennial Group
Seeks Chamber as
Project Sponsor
Ashland-The Ashland Cen
tennial committee last night
decided to seek the sponsor
ship of the Ashland Chamber
of Commerce for two or three
of the "more significant" Cen
tennial year projects here.
The committee, holding its
second meeting in the cham
ber office, listed and tabulat
ed projects already scheduled
or suggested and came up
with-three which it was to
present to the chamber today.
These are; .
1. Creation of window dis
plays by Ashland merchants,
typifying their line of mer
chandise or service as it
would have been 100 years
ago. The plan would use va
cant store windows also, to be
serviced by merchants or pro
fessional people without dis
play space of their own.
Clean-Up Campaign
2. An Ashland-wide clean
up, paint-up campaign.
3. The use of Centennial
emblems and slogans on sta
tionery. The committee also voted
to submit a letter to the city
council tonight, seeking finan
cial assistance for the Cen
tennial work.
Other projects now planned
or considered include histori
cal markers on sites in and
around Ashland; "publication
of a Centennial brochure de
scribing these sites and show
ing them on a map; Centen
nial pageants in Ashland
schools in February and
March: a Centennial issue of
the Daily Tidings on the
state's birthday, Feb. 14, and
a Centennial column through
the year, and a Centennial as
sembly at Southern Oregon
college Feb. 11.
Next meeting of the com
mittee will be Monday, Oct
20.
Through With It"
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SI. Lsyu Pit-EhspaTai
city councilmen and Keeney himself are in
terested in public reaction to the plan. A
"straw vote" of the approximately 40 peo
ple at the luncheon showed a majority to
be favorably impressed.
Break in Number of
Unemployed Noted
The first real break in the number of unemployed in
Jackson county was noted during the harvest months, August
and Sep'tember, John J. Patton, manager of the Medford of
fice of the state unemployment service said today.
As of Sept. 30, the number of unemployed in the county
was estimated at 623, compared to 1,200 a year ago and 530
at the end of August. This figure, he noted, does not include
harvest workers who have returned to school, or housewives
who work seasonally in the
the labor market. .
; Patton noted that Medford
ranks fourth in population in
the state, and normally the
local employment service of
fice ranks fifth or sixth in the
number of unemployment
claims filed. However, as of
mid - September, the office
here ranked 15th out of the
26 employment offices in the
state.
Unemployment Claims
Unemployment claims filed
on an interstate basis are one
factor contrary to the general
trend, he said. Claims filed
against- other states, chiefly
California, are much higher
than in previous years. This
appears to be due chiefly to
a desire to seek new fields
when the worker's job ended
in his home state, Patton
pointed out.
Jobs, while scarce, have
been more numerous for sev
eral months, and when skilled
help is callied, jobs have been
difficult to fill because a
large percentage of the un
employed are older workers
or unskilled.
Following a temporary
shutdown of several local
mills for hunting season vaca
tions and repairs, employment
in this area should resume at
approximately its present lev
el until severe weather condi
tions force loggers from the
woods.
Patton said new jobs will
be scarce during the next few
months,- a regular feature of
the seasonal economy here.
There wlil be some increased
employment when the Christ
mas gift box packing gets un
der way, he said.
Valley Man Injured
By Another Hunter
Walter Mollette, 32, of
route 1, box 27, Central Point,
is convalescing- at his home
today from a bullet wound
in the hip suffered while hunt
ing in the Bly mountain area
last week end.
' Mrs. Donna Mollette, sister-in-law
of Mollette, said Mol
lette was accidently shot in
the hip by Henry Greg of
O'Brien. A previous . report
said Mollette wounded him
self. Mrs. Mollette said Greg ap
parently shot at a deer, and
thought the deer went in the
cirection of the Mollette
party, and shot the second
time. The bullet struck Mol
lette, she said. He was treated
in Klamath Falls before re
turning here.
Mollette was in a party of
six hunting in the Bonanza
ridge area.
Salem-flJPD-Bids on $5,100,-
000 in highway projects will
be received by the State High
way Commission here Oct. 21.
fruit and are not normally in
- ' -
Non-High Tuition
Totals $260,432
A total of $260,432.25 in
tuition from non-high' school
districts has been paid to nine
high school districts in Jack
son county and one in Jose
phine county, according to the
Jackson county school super
intendent's office.
The tuition payment total is
less this year mainly be
cause Oak Grove and West
Side school pupils were not
included in the payments.
Those pupils came under the
Medford school district as of
July 1, 1956, but since the
budget had been made pre
viously they were carried in
tuition payments for an addi
tional year, it was explained.
The same applies this year for
Shady Cove and Elk Trail
schools which recently were
consolidated with ' the Eagle
Point district. .
A total of $17,539.35 was
paid the Grants Pass High
school in Josephine county
for pupils from Applegate and
Evans Valley non-high school
districts.
Tuition payments to the
nine high chool districts in
Jackson county are Medford,
8104,015.57; Phoenix $2,
158.70; Ashland, $2,993.80;
Central Point $35,650.69;
Eagle Point, $56,378.63;
Rogue River $15,896.61; Pros
pect $4,879.98.
Chrysler Office
Workers Eye Strike
Detroit -UPD- More
than
8,000 Chrysler Corp. office
workers may gc on strike on
Wednesday throughout the na
tion unless an agreement on
a new contract is reached be
fore then.
Warren Spahn Named To
Go for Braves Wednesday
Milwaukee -UPD- Warren
Spahn, who already has won
two games, was named by
Manager Fred Haney today
to pitch the sixth game of the
World Series for the Milwau
kee Braves Wednesday.
Sunday's Winner
Spahn beat the New York
Yankees in the first game in
Milwaukee last Wednesday,
4-3, in 10 innings, and then
downed the New Yorkers
with a two-hitter Sunday,
3-0.
Although the 37-year-old
Southpaw ace, will have had
only, two day's rest; Haney
decided to go with him ra
ther, than. take a chance on
big Bob Rush who lost a
Pontiff Remains
'Gravely III
Vatican Advises
Paralysis Gone,
Bulletin Claims
Castel Gandolfo, Italy -(UPD-
A Vatican sokesman
reported "concern," over
the condition of Pope Pius
XII tonight following a
slight increase in his tem
perature, blood pressure
and pulse rate.
Castel Gandolfo, Italy-flJPD-
Pope Pius XII regained his
full mental power's and his
power of speech today in an
other surprising combick
from the brink of death but
a high Vatican official cau
tioned that the frail 82-year-
old pontiff remained "gravely
ill."
A medical bulletin this
morning said the Pope passed
generally good night, de
spite a brief recurrence of
hiccups, regained use of his
senses, took some food and
continued to improve. It add
ed there were no signs of
paralysis.
Unpredictable Battle
But it still was an unpre
dictable battle between life
and death for the spiritual
leader of the world's 450 mil
lien Roman Catholics. He suf
fered a stroke and a "kidney .
crisis" Monday morning.
Four doctors who have at
tended him at the papal sum
mer villa here in the Alban
Hills south of Rome since
Monday appeared to be wait
ing cautiously to see if the
Pope's remarkable recovery
was a genuine improvement
or. the result of the pontiffs
own formidable stamina and
will power.
Prof. Antonio Gasbarrini,
one of the doctors attending
the Pope, said no prognosis
(forecast of the course of a
disease and the outlook af
forded by this) could be made
for another two or three days.
Medical experts feared a sec
ond strike might be fatal.
Millions cf persons around
the world, praying for the
Pope's recovery, drew en
couragement from the word
ing of this morning's medical,
bulletin.. :
It said that his condition,
"on the whole continues to
improve," that he was lucid
following periods of unconsci-.
ousness Monday, and that Ms
temperature, pulse and respir
ation were normal.
Church sources added that
the Pope received holy com
munion this morning follow
ing a mass said in the chapel
adjoining his second floor
bedroom.
(See Stories on Pag 5) -
Stale Veterinarian
Expected to Quit
Portland (DPD Dr. Kermit
J. Peterson, state veterinarian
since 1953, was reported to
day to be resigning as an out
growth of a controversy over
administration of the state
livestock disease control and
meat inspection programs.
In Salem State Agriculture
Director Robert Steward said
he has had no official word
that Peterson was resigning
but that "if he has I will ac
cept." Off St reef Parking
Topic for Meeting
Off street parking will be
discussed at a special meeting
sponsored by the Jackson
County Chamber of ' Com
merce at 10 a.m. Thursday
in the Jackson hotel, Otto J.
Frohnmayer, president, has
announced.
The Chamber invited retail
merchants, landlords and
downtown property owners to
attend. Medford Mayor John
Snider will give his views
and comments, Frohnmayer
said. A question and answer
period also is scheduled.
three-hitter to the Yankees
Friday.
"I asked Warren if he
thought he could close it out
for use," Haney said as he
announced Spahn's selection.
"And he told me, "I'd sure
like to try."
Haney added that T11
have my other 10 pitchers all
in the bullpen."
Larsen or Duren
Manager Casey Stengel of
the Yankees, trailing the
Braves three games to two,
was to name his pitcher later
in the day. It was expected
to be Don Larsen, who beat
Rush in the third game, or
Ryne Duren, his right-handed
relief specialist.