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MS SMI o)(nW fin TACK iru mm Gil McDougald, Skowron's Blows Tie Series Play Ford and Spahn Fail to Finish Milwaukee-A home run in the top of the tenth inning by Gil McDougald and a single by Bill Skowron, scor ing Elston Howard, gave the New York Yankees a 4 to 3 victory over the Milwaukee Braves in the sixth game of World Series here today. The best-of-seven series is now tied at three games each. The Braves made a desper ate effort to catch up in the bottom of the tenth when Johnny Logan walked and scored on Hank Aaron's single. Joe Adcock singled with two out but Frank Torre, batting for Del Cran- dall, flied out to end the in ning. Rye Duren, who had re lieved Art Ditmar, was cred ited with the victory while Warren Spahn, who gave way to Don McMahon in the tenth, was charged with the loss. Whitey Ford had started on the mound for New York but was replaced by- Ditmar in the second inning. Plav by play: Yankees first: Carev flied out. McDougald lined out. Bauer hit a home run. Mantle was safe on Schoendienst's error. Howard forced Mantle. One run, one hit, one error, one left. Braves first: Schoendienst sineled Logan sacrificed. Mathews struck out. Aaron singled, scoring scnoen dienst. Adcock forced Aaron. One run, two hits, no errors, one left. Yankees second: Berra grounded out. Skowron was safe on Logan's error. Kubek struck out. Ford forced Skowron. No runs, no hits, one error, one left. Braves second: Crandall struck out. Covington. Pafko and Spahn singled. Covington scoring on Spahn's hit. Schoendienst walked. Ditmar replaced Ford on the mound for the Yankees. Logan flied out and Pafko was out trying to score after the catch. One run, three hits, no errors, two left. Yankees third: Carey flied out. McDougald grounded out. Bauer was safe on Logan's error. Mantle forced Bauer. No runs, no hits, one error, one left. Braves third: Mathews grounded out. Aaron was safe on a bunt and went to second on Ditmar s error. Adcock grounded out. Cran dall struck out. No runs, one hit, one error, one left. Yankees fourth: Howard flied out. Berra singled. Skowron flied out. Kubek grounded out. No runs, one hit. no errors, one left. Braves fourth: Covington ground ed out. Pafko popped out. Spahn struck out. No runs, no hits, no errors, none left. Yankees fifth: Ditmar grounded out. Carey flied out. McDougald singled. Bauer fouled out. No runs, one hit. no errors, one left. Braves fifth: Schoendienst doubled. Logan sacrificed. Math ews Dopped out. Aaron grounded out. No runs, one hit, no errors. one left. Yankees sixth Bruton replaced Pafco for Milwaukee. Mantle and Howard singled. Mantle went to third when Bruton fumbled How ard's hit for an error. Berra flied out. Mantle scoring after the catch. Skowon walked. Slaughter batted for Kubek and grounded out. Lumoe batted for Ditmar and struck out. One run, two hits, one error, two -left. Braves sixth: Duren went In to pitch for New York and Lumpe went to short. Adcock and Cran dall struck out. Covington singled Bruton struck out. No runs, one hit, no errors, one left. Yankees seventh: Carey lined out. McDougald flied out. Bauer singled. Mantle forced Bauer, ixo runs, one hit. no errors, one left. Braves seventh: Spahn struck out. Schoendienst and Logan lined out. No runs, no hits, no errors, none left. Yankees eijhth: Howard struck out. Berra lined out. Skowron popped out. No runs, no hits, no errors, none left. Braves eighth: Mathews fouled out. Aaron grounded out. Adcock walked. Crandall forced Adcock. No runs, no hits, no errors, one left. Y'ankees ninth: Duren struck out. Lumpe walked. Carey struck out. Lumpe was out trying to steal. No runs, no hits, no errors, none left. Braves ninth: Covington. Bruton and Spahn struck out. No runs, no hits, no errors, none left. Y'ankees tenth: McDougald hit a home run. Bauer lied out. Mantle grounded out. Howard and Berra singled. McMahon replaced Spahn ' on the mound for the Braves. Skowron singled, scoring Howard. Duren struck out. Two runs, four hits, no errors, two left. Braves tenth: Schoendienst grounded out. Logan walked. Math ews struck out. Aaron singled, scoring Logan. Adcock singled. Tur ley replaced Duren for New York. Torre, batting for Crandall. flied out. One run. two hits, no errors, one left. WEATHER FORECAST: Mostly cloudy through tonight. Low tonight 43. Partly cloudy Thursday. Little temperature change. Low tonight 43. High Thurs day 64. Temp. Highest Yesterday 7S Lowest this Morning 43 Our Skies Tonight Sunset today 5:4S p.m. Sunrise tomorrow 6:17 a.m. The Moon rises to morrow at 2:27 a.m. The star seen near it is Rrgulus. New Moon . Sunday PROMINENT CONSTELLA TION Taurus, in the east ..10:57 p.m. Its brightest star is Aldebaran. (The much brighter "star" be tween Aldebaran and the Ple iades is the planet. Mars.) w 53 rd Year Medford 20 Pages BURN WEEDS An acre or so of heavy weed growth was burned off the area sur rounding radio station KYJC on Barnett rd. yesterday afternoon, while Medford firemen stood by to see that it' didn't get out of con trol. The weeds, having grown in rich "creek bottom" soil were chest high jn some places and thoroughly dry. Flames leaped Prosecution Hopes To End Presentation The prosecution- hoped to wind up its presentation today in the federal court case of Walter E. Wendgren, Grants Pass roofer, charged with in come tax evasion. Robert R. Carney, Portland, assistant U.S. attorney, said he hoped the trial would be concluded tomorrow. Elbert L.' Mikesell, Grants Pass, at torney for Wendgren, was ex pected to present the defend ant's side of the case this afternoon. The government charges that Wendgren filed a false return with the intent of de frauding the federal govern ment. The charges state, in es sence, that Wendgren filed three tax returns for $310 total when he should have paid $3,700. Income reported was $11,596 when Wendgren should have reported $26,701, the charges state. Special Agent Walter J. Sanders, special agent from Portland, depart ment of internal revenue, testified for the government this morning. One of the most important pieces of testimony was a transcript of a statement made by Wendgren in the of fice of the intelligence divi sion of the bureau of internal revenue in Portland April 28, 1955. Wendgren stated then he had no records to show the in vestigating agent as request ed and told his wife and an employee to purchase a book with ruled ' paper and they would make up some records. These books were given the agent when he returned later. 'You Call It Advertising I Call It Indirect Aggression" 01 4 MEDFORD, OREGON, WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 8, 1958 15 to 20 feet in the air and from a distance the heavy smoke made it appear as if the station itself was burning. Firemen, above, are shown making a fire break with water from a hose. The radio station and a Med ford fire department pumper can be seen in the background. . The information . in the records given the agent was prepared to meet what was on the tax returns, Wendgren said, according to the state ment. Other testimony this mor ning revealed that Wendgren had set his living expenses for 1953 at $11,000. Sanders testified that in his conversations with Wendgren he had said his income dur ing 1953 was $4,053.88. This he said was based on his take home pay, the agent said he had been told. Sanders also identified Wendgren's tax returns for the years 1949 through 1953. The returns in question were made during the years 1951 through 1953. Ten witnesses from Grants Pass testified yesterday after noon. Among those testifying following the jury selection were Jess Calvert, Grants Pass attorney; Lester Cole man, bank officer in the Grants Pass branch of the First National Bank of Port land, and Ralph Jones, Grants Pass, city school super intendent. High School Band Gets Invitation to Game The Medford High school band has been invited to par ticipate in activities at the East-West Shrine all-star foot ball game in San Francisco Dec. 27, 1. A. Mirick, director of instrumental music at the school, said today. This is the eighth year the band has been invited to take part in pre-game and halftime activities. CoavriaM, H5. The Pulitzer PubliUiina U. mm- JL Louis BttfeOUMtCh u v Badges Presented To School Patrol Members in City Martin Holmes, school pa trol representative of , the traffic safety division, motor vehicle department, Salem, is in Medford in connection with the local school patrol pro gram. ' "t. Holmes, who came to Med ford yesterday at the invita tion of the local police de partment, spoke at each of the schools and presented badges to the school patrol captains and their assistants. He also administered the school patrol pledge to patrol members. Accompanying Holmes to the various schools is Med ford City Police Captain Clyde Fichtner, liaison offic er for the school patrol be tween the police department and schools. School patrol members re ceiving badges, their "school, and counsellor include Hoov er school, Roy Gilbertson, counsellor, Fred Haupert, captain, Tom Polk, assistant; Lincoln, William Brew, coun sellor, Jill Dusenbury, cap tain; Howard, Harold Bohn ert, counsellor, Richard So kol, captain, Robert Hight, as sistant; Jackson, Don Perry, counselor, Katheryn Watson, captain, William Bratton, as sistant; Washington,1 Claude Silverwood, counsellor, Mi chael Minnis, captain, John Stelle, assistant; Roosevelt, Robert Wobbe, counsellor, Dale Carson, captain, Bruce Bertrand assistant; St. Mary's, Sister' Agnes, counsellor, Ronald Becker, captain; Jef ferson, . Kenneth Hulbert, counsellor, (patrol officers to be announced); and Oak Grove, Jim Hennebeck, counsellor, Nancy Luschen, captain, and Stephan LeMire, assistant. Patrol members pledge to "work for the safety of the pupils of the schools as I would want those appointed to work for my safety and the safety of my family and friends, and to try to protect myself and those with whom I come in contact from the risk of unnecessary chances." Irrig alion District Closing Dates Set Friday, Oct. 10, and . Mon day, Oct. 13, are closing dates of the irrigation season for Rogue Valley Irrigation dis trict, Manager Harold Sexton has announced. Friday will be the last day of the season for patrons on east side of the district or east of Bear creek. Monday will be final day for thearea west of Bear creek. Irrigation will be shut down for the winter. Sexton said that the east side will be shut down first to enable repair and mainten ance work above Bradshaw drop on the main canal. Fall maintenance work will follow west side shut off. Price 10 Cents Tribune No. 170 Pear Crop This Year May Exceed 2.900,000 Boxes Less Than Estimate During Pre-Season Preliminary reports from fruit industry sources today indicated that this year's pear crop will almost equal last year's harvest despite exten sive hail damage in some areas of the valley. Incomplete figures indicate that the final packout will ex ceed 2,900,000 boxes, slightly less than pre-season estimates, sources said. -The preliminary report was based on partial packout reports, and includes an estimate of the. number of boxes which were sold to can ners and an allowance for the cornice crop, the bulk of which is normally sold through gift box channels. The bartlett crop this year was about equal to last year's it was indicated but the d'an jou and cornice crops were slightly less than last year. The bosc crop was larger this year. Eating Quality Clifford B. Cordy, county agent, said the eating quality of pears this year is excellent, and a higher sugar content will result in better holding quality. Cullage for ' hail damage and other defects may run higher this year, Cordy said, but because of maintaining quality standards, the fruit which reaches the market should find ; high consumer acceptance. Officials noted a reduced percentage of top grades, and an increased percentage of secondary grades which may result in a reduction of the overall value of the crop. No exact figures are avail able on the total amount of hail damage, spokesmen said, but the amount could be con siderable when applied to en tire area. The economic loss, they said,' has resulted in considerable-study by the indus try as to the continuation of control methods and hail sup pression programs. Slow Movement Saleswise, shippers report a slow movement of bartletts. A depressed market has re sulted in about 10 per cent less returns to date compared to last year; shippers said. Only about a third of the packed bartlett crop has been sold compared to about a half at this time last year. Shippers attributed the smaller figure to heavy move ment of California bartletts. Usually the bulk of the Cali fornia bartlett crop moves di rectly into the fresh market early in the season, but south ern shippers report about twice as many bartletts in storage now than last year! The winter pear crop of the Pacific northwest is about 1,000,000 boxes shorter than last year, which could' result in a good sales year for win ter varieties. Factors contrib uting to this include bigger crops, in Europe and other world pear ' producing dis tricts, and a drastic reduction in the number of boxes of domestic pears which will move into export channels. Police Study Theft From Lockers Medford police today con tinued their investigation in to the theft of about S90 from one of three lockers ransack ed in the main fire station here last week. The lockers were ransacked some time between Monday and Wednesday mornings last week. Police said the missing money was in a drawer of one of three lockers ran sacked. Fire Chief Gordon Barker, who reported the incident to police, pointed out that the station is open 24 hours a day, arid residents can visit the building without the knowledge of firemen. Barker said there were sev eral visitors to the department during the period when the lockers were ransacked. Holmes Reports Death of Salmon At Oxbow Site Telegram Asks To Know of Plans Salem -UPD- Gov. Robert D. Holmes said Tuesday night that his predicted catastrophe for the Snake river salmon run began Tuesday afternoon with the death of more than 1,000 salmon at the Idaho Power Company's Oxbow dam site. The governor said a report from Albert Day, director of the Oregon Fish Commission, indicated that repair of a cofferdam on the Snake riv er had stranded "undetermin ed thousands" of the migra tory fish in deep pools at Oxbow and that the fish were "dying for lack of oxy gen." Day reported to Holmes that attempts were being made to pump oxygen into the pools to "relieve the suf focation, and that this tem porary measure seems to be giving some relief." On the basis of Day's re port, the governor sent a tel egram to Tom Roach, presi dent of Idaho Power Comp any at Boise that read: "As governor of Oregon I want to know immediately what your company proposes to do to save the remainder of the salmon run on the Snake river. Since your mis conceived fish trap facilities collapsed on Sept. 1 you have made repeated promises con cerning the date on which those facilities would be re stored. "More than a month later, not a single one of those pro mises has been kept.' The director of the Oregon Fish Commission informs me..,., that the death of fish has reached catastrophic propor tions and the peak of the run has not yet reached the scene of destruction. "I am as tired as the rest of the people of Oregon of reading your promises and press releases about restoring the permanent fish facilities. What we want to know in these desperate circumstances is when you are going to get enough temporary facilities into operation to save the re mainder of the run." Huggins Invited to Ft. Benning Conference M. M. Huggins, Medford, has accepted an invitation from the commanding general of the Sixth Army to attend" the Army phase of the joint civilian orientation confer ence at Ft. Benning, Ga., Oct. 9-12. Huggins is Oregon Army advisory committee chairman. Those attending the confer ence will view modern Army equipment and techniques of warfare in the atomic era, with demonstrations of new vehicles and atomic artillery. Klamath Falls (UPD S e n. Richard L. Neuberger (D-Ore.) has announced his support of a one-cent increase in the Oregon state gasoline tax. Ted Flury Denies Any 'Intentional Corruption' In Conducting EP Irrigation District Business Ted Flury, secretary-man' ager of the Eagle Point Irriga tion district, yesterday denied there has ever been "inten tional corruption" in the dis trict's operations. He made this statement fol lowing a board qf directors meeting punctuated by verbal sniping and occasional broad sides, from Mrs. Ann Todd, water-user and candidate for a seat on the board in the November election. Jury Investigation Thomas J. Reeder, Jackson county district attorney, has asked a grand jury investiga tion of the district based on complaints by Mrs. Todd al leging improper practices. The jury is scheduled to take up the case Oct. 14. Mrs. Todd has accused Flury in particular of having a personal interest in the dis trict's contract with the Cali fornia Oregon Power com pany, in violation of Oregon statute. Flury has admitted be ing on Copco's payroll. "There has never been any intentional corruption in, this district," he said yesterday. "In fact," he added, "we've 'Someone Goofed' Dn Letter To Faubus On Dncome Taxes Little Rock, Ark. (DPD-The district director of the Inter nal Revenue Service took full blame today for telling Gov. Orval E. Faubus it appeared he owed income taxes on $105,499.14. The trouble was that the total included rent and oper ating expenses on the execu tive mansion for two years, campaign expenses and a gift automobile that Faubus and his wife received in 1954. Accuses Government "Somebody goofed," IRS District Director Curtis R. Mathis said, explaining that anything a state furnishes by law to its chief executive is not taxable. Faubus took the opportu nity to accuse the government of- using the IRS to punish him for his stand against in tegration and demand that President Eisenhower pay for VA Needs Funds to Expand Facilities The situation affecting Vet erans administration hospitals at Portland, Vancouver, Rose burg and Camp White is typi cal of the remainder of the country, and will not change unless additional funds are made available, according to Congressman Olin A. Teague, (R-Calif.), chairman of the House committee on veterans' affairs. In a letter to Congressman Charles O. Porter, Teague said. the "committee had before it proposals to expand facilities at a number of locations throughout the United States." But he noted that no action was taken on any of the pro posals "since it is apparent that there is very little pros pect of constructive effort along these lines when it is ompossible to secure adequate funds to -operate 5,000 beds which are presently in exist ence.'.' Budget Prepared Teague noted that the budg et will not be known until next February. "At that time, we will be able' to determine whether the administration intends further curtailment in this field or whether they are recommending an adequate budget for the operation of the- Veterans administration medical program," he told Porter. The California representa tive said he . intends to rein troduce a bill next session, and if necessary "go into this hospital problem again, with a view toward obtaining ade quate funds for proper utili zation of those facilities which exist and to obtain funds for repairs, renovation, and' re placement of those hospitals which are in a bad state of repair." He added that "if this pro gram meets with success, it may be that we will then be in a position to consider the demands for creation of addi tional facilities in various parts of the country." Teague pointed out that when the house bill was in troduced last session at the close of hearings by the com mittee, the report accompany ing the bill expressed the com done the district a lot of good." Financial Situation Flury last month described the Copco contract as respon sible for a sound financial situation in the district. The contract allows Copco to use district water for a power station at Nichols Gap in return for paying the dis trict for maintenance and im provement work on the main canal bringing the water to the station. Flury is reportedly on Copco's payroll as "assistant supervisor of the Nichols Gap project." He also denied yesterday a rumor that he planned to re sign before the grand jury in vestigation got underway. "I have no plans to resign until this whole business gets cleared up. I have no plans about resigning at all." . He said he thought the in vestigation would straighten out "a lot of misconceptions." Read Letters Mrs. Todd demanded at yes terday's meeting the right to read letters questioning the district's 1959 budget and use of the White House, if he had to pay for use of the executive mansion. Faubus said he got a letter which said he had 10 days to protest the IRS charges. Acting Internal Revenue Commissioner O. Gordon Delk, who took a less apolo getic attitude than Mathis, said Faubus' overall tax af fairs are still under scrutiny. He did not elaborate. Itemi May Have 'Merit' Mathis also said there are some items his men are look ing into that may have "merit." "The investigation will be complete when Governor Fau bus or his attorney comes and gets with us and irons out a few things," he said. But he said sending Faubus an L-19 letter to .come in within 10 days and agree to pay taxes or argue it out with an IRS agent was a mistake. mittee's dissatisfaction with the budgetary limitations which were imposed on the Veterans administration hos pital and medical program. "These budgetary limita tions have led to the closing of approximately 5,000 beds in Veterans administration hospitals throughout the coun try, "and recently the VA an nounced closure of an entire hospital at Waukesha, Wise. Teague said that "it is neces sary that the problem of vet erans' care as it exists in Ore gon be evaluated in light of the over all situation." Election Material Mailing Planned Complete election informa tion for the Nov. 4 general election will be mailed to vot ers' some time next week, ac cording to County Clerk Bereth P. Hopkins. The information will in clude voters pamphlets with a facsimile of sample ballots and a list of the polling places. Absentee ballots have al ready been printed with some already picked up and re turned, Mrs. Hopkins said. Absentee ballots will be mailed out Monday. The elections department staff is now working daily in cluding Saturday to process all registration cards and have the name and address plates made. . Jacksonville Grass Fire Burns Four Acres Jacksonville A grass and brush fire, which orginated just off Oregon st. on the northwest edge of town about 2 p.m. yesterday, burned over an estimated four-acre . area before being brought under control . by Jacksonville vol unteer firemen and a state forestry fire crew. The fire burned up hill to the edge of the cemetery, but did not penetrate the ceme tery itself, reports stated. Cause of the fire was un known. assessment roll and to raise certain points in connection with business before the board. Board Chairman J. Harvey Stanley told her to "keep quiet" while the business of the meeting was being con ducted. Flury told her the board was already familiar with her letters. He told her if she wanted to read them for the benefit of the public she should hold a separate meet ing for that purpose but not take up the directors' time. Mrs. Todd replied that the board was "railroading" the business under consideration without allowing the public an opportunity to speak. Private Contractori The three directors agreed to let Copco engage private contractors for renovation work on the main canal. They also authorized Frank Farrell, Medford attorney and legal advisor to the district, to draw up a letter to the state engineer in connection with arranging for a survey of irrigable land. Farrell presented the board Doctors Abandon Survival Hope; Pontiff in Coma Death Seen Close For Head of Church United Press International Castel Gandolfo, Italy-fUPD-Pope Pius XII suffered a second stroke and a heart at tack today. Death appeared close for the 82-year-old head of the Roman Catholic church. Doctors abandoned hope for the Pope's survival after a cerebral attack this morn ing and a new crisis brought on this afternoon by "a grave cardio-pulmonary collapse." No Late Change In New York, physicians in terpreted the phrase "cardio pulmonary collapse" to mean either that the right side of the Pope's heart had collapsed or that the collapse occurred in the artery leading from the right ventricle to the lungs! In a broadcast at 10:30 a.m. (p.s.t.), Vatican Radio said there had been no change in the Pope's condition in the last two hours, although his blood pressure had gone up to 180. From inside the papal villa came word that the doctors had given the Pope blood plasma and placed him under an oxygen tent. The Pope was unconscious as his life ebbed away in the bed-chamber of his summer palace here. Grim Medical Bulletins A special broadcast by the Vatican Radio from Castel Gandolfo quoted the sixth and latest medical bulletin on the Pope's condition as saying: "The syndrome" (Symptoms) mentioned . in this morning's bulletin has become progres sively agravated. Energetic treatment has not given the hoped-for result. The tempera ture is 38.2 centigrade (100 Fahrenheit), blood' pressure 140-90. The pulse is frequent and is 140. Respiration is 381 "A grave cardio-pulmonary collapse is setting in." The Pope's last words be fore a deep coma set in were expressed to two aides: "Pray, pray that this regretful situa tion for the church ends." He apparently was fearful that his incapacity would leave the church without a leader for a long period. Sfromberg Assumes Hospital Duties Bernard John Stormberg, Medford, has assumed duties as business manager of Sac red Heart hospital, hospital officials announced. Stormberg, formerly with Bear Creek orchards' IBM department, was appointed business manager Monday and began work Tuesday, a hospital spokesman said. He replaces Glenn Keyes who is reportedly going into business for himself in eastern Ore gon. Keyes' resignation be came effective Oct. 5. He was business manager at the local hospital for three years, com ing here from Sacramento, Calif. Stormberg was born in Kimball, Neb., attended high school there. He received his bachelor of science degree in the University of Denver at Denver, Colo. He served two years in the U. S. Army and was employed later by the Texas Oil company in Den ver, Colo. He is married and has two children. with the agreement extending the Copco contract another year. The board had approved the extension over Mrs. Todd's objections at its Sept 2 meet ing. Mrs. Todd protested the ex tension on the grounds that the contract was not in the best interests of the water users. She charged Farrell yester day with "railroading" the agreement. Ignoring her objections again, Chairman Stanley signed the document present ed by Farrell. At the conclusion of the board's business, Stanley al lowed Mrs. Todd to read her letters. But as she began, he and a second director, Clarence J. Greb, left the room. Flury fol lowed shortly. The third di rector, Elbert M. Bigham, listened for about ten min utes before he, too, left. Mrs. Todd remained in the meeting room, discussing her position on various aspects of the district's operation to some half dozen water -users for over an hour. I
