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Nixon Says Wesf
To Stay in Berlin
Pending Solution
Vice President
Arrives in London
London-CPD-Vice President
Richard Nixon bluntly told
the Communist world today
that the West intends to stay
In Berlin until an acceptable
solution to the city's problems
is reached.
Speaking at a lunch of the
Pilgrims Society, a British
American group dedicated to
furthering closer friendship
between the two nations, Nix
on warned against faltering in
the face of Red challenges.
History Said Clear
"The lesson of history Is
clear," Nixon said in the
speech which marked the first
formal event of his four-day
goodwill visit to this country.
"Rewarding aggression does
not stop it," the Vice Presi
dent said. "It only encourages
more aggression in the fu
ture." The Nixons were welcomed
at Victoria Station by a small
crowd of onlookers and a
large group of newsmen.
He was greeted at the sta
tion by U. S . Ambassador
John Hay Whitney and his
wife, and by British Foreign
secretary Selwyn Lloyd.
The high point of the visit
will come Wednesday when
Nixon, acting as President
Eisenhower's representative,
dedicates the American Me
morial Chapel in St. Paul's
Cathedral. The chapel is a me
morial to the 28,000 Ameri
cans wno lost tneir lives in
Britain or in military opera
tions launched from this coun
try in World War H.
Beds Schedule March
The Communists have
scheduled a mass meeting and
a "march on the U.S. Em
bassy" tonight to protest Nix
on's arrival. Scotland Yard
has been alerted to deal with
any repetition of the Red-led
mob violence which greeted
the Vice President in Latin
America last spring.
"We can't prevent the Com
munist meeting, but we will
watch it closely to make cer
tain it doesn't get out of
hand," A Scotland Yard
spokesman said. "We wouldn't
want any unpleasant inci
dents while Nixon is in Eng
land." British police in uniform
and plainclothes are certain
to be on hand throughout Nix
on's visit, but the spokesman
said so far as he knows Brit
ain will furnish no bodyguards
for Nixon as such.
Wilson School to
Open December 2
Wilson Elementary school
will open on a full-time basis
Tuesday, Dec. 2, Dr. Leonard
Mayfield, superintendent of
Medford schools, announced
today.
Wilson school children go
ing to Roosevelt will move
into the new school the after
noon of Monday, Dec. 1, and
will start a full schedule the
following day. Wilson and
Roosevelt school children
have been double shifting at
Roosevelt on an abbreviated
schedule.
A full schedule of classes
will start for . Roosevelt stu
dents Tuesday, Dec. 2, Dr.
Mayfield said.
The cafeteria and gymnasi
um at Wilson will not be
ready for use Dec. 2, he said,
but milk will be available for
students who bring lunches.
The cafeteria at Roosevelt
school will start operating
Dec. 2.
Revised bus schedules will
be given to students by prin
cipals of both Wilson and
Roosevelt schools, Dr. May
field said. I
Living Costs Unchanged
For 2nd Straight Month
Washington -DPD- Living
costs remain unchanged in
October for the second
straight month but a rash of
strikes in the auto industry
cut factory workers' buying
power, the government re
ported today.
Holds at 123.7 Per Cent
The Labor Department said
its consumer price index held
steady at 123.7 per cent of
1947-49 prices because lower
food costs offset increased
prices of new cars.
The index declined two
tenths of one per cent in Au
gust and levelled off in Sep
tember and October. This
means a one cent hourly re- j
'We're Not Doing So Well in Geneva But We're
Getting Disarmament
Check Raises Hopes
For New Swimming
Pool on Jackson St.
Medford's hopes for a west
side municipal swimming
pool by next summer moved
ahead yesterday, with the ar
rival of a $25,000 check from
the federal government.
The check goes to the Jack
son County Housing authority
for the time being. But Chair
man Mark A. Goldy said he
expects the authority to dis
solve in a few i weeks.
At that time, following an
agreement made earlier in the
year, the authority is to turn
over its total assets, estimated
Counfy Receives
$326,805 From FS
Jackson county's share of
receipts from U.S. forest serv
ice lands this year totals
$326,805.03, according to Karl
Janouch, county treasurer
This sum is approximately
$100,600 more than what
Jackson county received last
year, he added.
Janouch said he received
the check this morning. It rep
resents 25 per cent of the
money from federal forest
service receipts from land
within county boundaries, the
county treasurer explained.
The money is received from
timber sales, grazing permits.
and special land uses such as
leases for summer home
sites.
Of the money received, the
county allocates 75 per cent
for the general roads fund
and 25 per cent to county
schools. -
State Calls for
Bids for Bridge
The Oregon State Highway
commission has advertised for
bids for construction of Ante
lope Creek bridge on Riley rd.
about 2.5 miles south of Eagle
Point.
County Engineer Paul Ryn-
ning said the commission de
signs the bridge and calls for
bids. The county court will
award the contract.
The bridge will be an 88-
foot reinforced concrete struc
ture. It is included in bids on
eight projects advertised by
the state highway commisson
at an estmated total cost of
$2,300,000.
Couny crews are replacing
wood decking on four or five
irrigation bridges along the
North Phoenix rd., Rynning
said. The concrete decks will
replace rotted wooden deck
ing, he said.
duction in pay for 220,000
workers in aircraft, electrical,
farm implement and Chicago
transit industries.
Their wages are tied to the
index by cost-of-living escala
tor clauses in labor-management
contracts. This was the
first time since March, 1956,
that workers took a cut in
pay because the index drop
ped. Food Prices Down
Food prices declined five
tenths of one per cent because
eggs, pork, poultry and apples
cost less. Dairy products and
fresh vegetables increased in
price but fresh fruit was
cheaper.
Over Here, Anyhow'
at $75,000, to the city. These
assets plus a tract of land on
West Jackson st., to be turned
over as well, are earmarked
for a swimming pool and park
area.
Reserve Armory
Th fWoi j
KAUiange 1U1 1L3 $a,UUU, IS
receiving an adjoining trian
gular tract at West Jackson
and McAndrews rd., where it
a n 1 1 cipates constructing a
ouu.uuu Army reserve arm
ory.
A deed transferring that
tract from the authority to
the government was recorded
yesterday in Jackson county
courtnouse.
un neanng of trie govern
ment's decision last August to
buy the land, Medford City
Manager Robert A. Duff pre-
dieted completion of the oool
on the adjoining tract by next
summer.
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j. ins saie, saia uuff. a
member of the authority him
self, "will assure enough
money to construct the pool
win Make Effort
I am sure," Mayor John
W. Snider said, "that the city
council will make everv ef-
fort to make the pool a real-
ity-"
Duff said today he still hop-
ea me pool would be con-
structed on schedule. He said
the park and recreation com-
mission would probably take
an interest in its planning.
ine city council, he said.
could now go ahead with au
thorizing plans and specifica
tions for the pool. So long as
the government's check has
been received, he explained,
the council would not have to
wan for the authority's for
mal dissolution.
Goldy has stated that the
authority expects "reasonable
assurance" from the citv that
the pool and park will bp de-
veioped before it will dissolve
itsef and turn over the money
and land.
Units Sold
Until last summer, low cost
public housing units occuDied
ine armory and Dool-Dark
sites, .tenants were evicted
and the units sold on condi
tion they be removed by Oct.
and not be used again for
residential purposes.
A brief controversy devel
oped in July when it was re
vealed that several of the
units were to be used as liv
ing quarters at their new lo
cations. Goldy said the re
quirement was "not ironclad."
Yesterday, he reported on
ly one unit still remained in
the West Jackson st. area. He
said bulldozers would clear
up the debris after Dec. 1.
sweeping it into one place for
burning.
Offices, Schools to
Close Thanksgiving
All city, county, state and
federal offices will be closed
Thursday for Thanksgiving
day.
All schools in Jackson
county will be closed Thurs
day and Friday, according to
spokesman from th r-nnntv
school superintendent's office.
Pupils from many of the
county schools will be dis
missed at 2 p.m. tomorrow,
tne spokesman said.
The Mail Tribune will pub-
lisn a noon edition Thursday.
Tacoma -fiJPD Weyerhaeuser
Timber Co. has announced a
curtailment in plywood and
lumber production totaling 20
per cent under recent months.
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'Critics Flunked
In Logic Oregon
Solon Declares
. Washington-UPD-Sen. Wayne
Morse (D-Ore.) today defended
his testimony in a 1931 auto
mobile accident civil case and
said his "critics" had "flunk
ed in logic" in comparing it
to another case involving
Gov.-elect Mark Hatfield sev
eral years later.
Morse issued a statement in
reply to a copyrighted story
in the Oregon Journal Mon-
aay wnicn said the senior
Oregon senator, while a Uni
versity of Oregon law profes
sor, was involved in an auto-
-mem near Eugene,
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was
driving a car which collided
with another and that the
other party recovered $387
damages in a civil suit. It said
a notable parallel between the
Mose and Hatfield cases was
that both Morse and Hatfield
testified they did not see the
object struck until the time
of collision.
Hatfield Case Revealed
Morse, during the final days
of the 1958 Oregon guberna
torial campaign, brought out
that Hatfield was -involved in
a fatal automobile accident
when Hatfioiri
old and lost a civil suit re-
suiting from the mishap, in
which a little girl was killed.
My critics had to labor
mightily to pull out of the
hat for Hatfield a property
damage case which was tried
before a Lane county jury in
1331, with me as a witness.
and to try to make out that
it is parallel to the Hatfiplrf
case." Morse said in his statp.
ment today. Morse said that
in the case, Alice Miller vs.
Carlton Spencer, "I admitted
responsibility for damage to
a motor vehicle. In the Hat-
field case, Hatfield unsuccess
fully attempted to avoid re
sponsibility for an accident."
Verdict Said Correct
The Miller-Spencer case in
volved a collision between a
car owned by Spencer and
driven by Morse and one driv
en by, Mrs. Miller's husband
which was owned by Mrs.
Miller.
Morse said, "as the driver
of the Spencer automobile, I
readily admitted to the jury
lnat 1 "id not see the other
automobile approaching when
the accident occurred. I told
the truth. The case ended in
the trial court with a verdict
101 lne Piaintm, as it should
hpve. As a witness I did not
seek to prevent such a ver
dict." (Continued on Page 5)
Pears Top Carloads
Shipped from Area
Oregon's leading pear pro
duction district, Medford, p?o-
duced 727.7 carloads in Octo
ber to account for almost all
commodities-730.3 carloads -
to leave the valley, according
to W. L. Close, federal-state
supervisor of shipping point
inspection.
In his report to the state de
partment of agriculture, Close
divided the remaining car
loads to the following com
modities and amounts: apples,
.9; onions, .8; potatoes, .5,
and peaches, .4.
The second district in pear
production, is Hood River,
which moved a total of 116.3
carlots. Hood River cherries
ft""me) added 6.7 carlots and
appies l0iaiea i.o, ior a
total of 267.6 carlots.
Total statewide inspections
made during October amount
ed to 3,469 carlots, down 817
over figures of October last
vear - The total to Nov- 1 aD"
pears at 10.329 which is down
1,359 over Nov. 1, 1957.
To date this year, federal
state inspectors have checked
2,096 cars, as compared with
3,200 at the same date a year
ago.
Morse
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Year
EDFORD
MEDFORD, OREGON, TUESDAY, NOVEMBER 25, 1958
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MYSTERY TREE-Shown as it appeared last
summer in full regalia, this 14-foot tree
in front of 820 South Beekman ave., Med
ford, has aroused curiosity and controversy.
Property Donated
For Use by Rogue
Council on Aging
A piece of property of ap
proximately IVz acres in the
Ashland vicinity has been do
nated to the Rogue Valley
Council on Aging as a possible
site for housing of elderlv
persons. The offer came as a
direct result of the housing
conference held Nov. 17 at
the Rogue Valley hospital.
'Howard Heydlauff, federal
housing administration assist
ant director at Portland,
spoke at the conference on
the new federal program for
elderly people as well as at
the Ashland Chamber of Com
merce luncheon Tuesday.
The site, contributed by a
donor who wishes to remain
anonymous, has been inspect
ed by Heydlauff and found to
be acceptable, it was reported.
Non-Profit Group
The land will be available
if an acceptable non-profit
sponsoring organization will
assume the responsibility of
carrying on the project. Such
a sponsoring group would.be
a philanthropic organization,
church, labor union, fraternal
lodge, club, trade or profes
sional association, veterans
group, nationality group, mu
nicipal, state or county gov
erning body or the like with
a recognized interest in pro
viding housing for the elderly,
William H o x i e, housing
committee chairman, and his
committee met at the Senior
Activity Center Tuesday and
discussed the project. Any
group wishing more informa
tion may contact Hoxie or
Frank Glonning, chairman of
the Council.
The conference was attend
ed by nearly 30 persons repre
senting the various levels of
government, church, and
other organizations as well as
state representatives.
Attending the meeting In
addition to Heydlauff was R.
E. Stevenson, FHA regional
office. Salt Lake City, and K.
Carl Robie, local FHA repre
sentative. Among the facts brought
out at the conference were
that persons 60 years of age
and older are eligible to live
in such housing area; that the
rental costs depend on the
development; and that old ho
tels in some incidents may be
used for this type of housing.
Salem-OJPD-Bids on $2,300,
000 in highway projects will
be opened by the State High
way Commission here Dec. 9.
s Testimony Siven
toil 6 Ml te
OSC Professor Says
Beekman Ave. Tree
May Be Hedge Maple
The latest attempt at nam
ing the mystery tree at 820
South Beekman ave., Med
ford has been taken by a sage
at the Oregon State college
school of forestry.
"Acer campestre," better
known as hedge maple or Eng
lish cork bark maple, is the
name offered by Warren R,
Randall, assistant professor in
the forest management depart
ment. ine Arnold Arboretum in
Boston, botany's Harvard, has
returned a similar finding.
This was reported yesterday
by Marcel Le Piniec, horticul
ture authority and proprietor
of Garden Center Nursery in
Phoenix.
Closely Related
Le Piniec tentatively ident
ified the tree two weeks ago
as Acer divergens." The two
are closely related, he said.
But, he explaned, "campestre"
has larger fruit and leaves.
ine fruit and leaves are
so small," he said of the Beek
man ave. specimen, "that it
cant be anything but diver
gens." The plight of the unfamiliar
tree was disclosed a few weeks
ago as the Medford street tree
Cerebral Hemorrhaqe
Claims Gervais Mayor
Gervais (UPD Merrill T?lair
Lucas, 63, mayor of Gervais,
died ttere Monday as he was
preparing to make his mnm-
ing school bus run.
Death was believed due to
a cerebral hemorrhage.
Kettering, Inventive
Genius, Succumbs
Dayton. Ohio-flJPD-Charlpc:
F. (Boss Ket), Kettering, 82,
millionaire, philanthroDist and
inventive genius of the autn.
motive industry, died at 2:43
p.m. today of a cerebral
hemorrhage.
WEATHER
FORECAST: Valley fog tonight
and Wednesday morning.
Clearing during the day. Cold
er tonight, 30.36. High tomor
row 46.
Temp.
Highest Yesterday 45
Lowest this Morning 40
Our Skies Tonight
Sunset today 4:43 p.m.
Sunrise tomorrow 7:15 a.m.
Moonrise today 4:40 p.m.
Full Moon tomorrow 2:16 ajn.
MORNING STAR
Jupiter, rises 6:14 a.m.
Now about 591 million miles
away, this planet's distance
from the Earth is decreasing
and its brilliance Is increasing.
Tribune
Members of Medford's street tree committee
have been joined by experts as far away
as Boston in determining its identity.
committee wound up its in
ventory of the city's streetside
arboreal assets. One tree.
members reported, had them
stumped,
One member described it as
a species of oak. Another said
it was a globe maple. Recent
ly, experts have stepped in to
help track down its family
tree.
John Gribble, retired for
ester who raises seedlings be-
nina nis 139 Kenwood ave.
residence, told of Randall's
identification yesterday. He
appeared, along with several
tree committee members, at
the Jackson County Chamber
of Commerce roundtable
luncheon.
Offers Answer
Gribble offered an answer
to another mystery about the
tree: how it got there. He said
he has traced ownership of the
lot back to George A. Seely,
who lives today at 831 Niantic
st. Seely owned a wood yard
where the tree now stands
some 40 years ago.
Seely has stated he cannot
recall where the tree came
from, however. He remembers
doing some gardening work
at that time. He says he plant
ed the tree in 1921
Gribble enclosed a seed of
the tree along with leaves
when he wrote the school of
forestry.
we win attempt to ger
minate the seed which you
sent in," Randall replied. "If
we are successful we will let
you know."
Boasts Knowledge
unooie, wno boasts a pro
digious knowledge of trees ac
cording to his fellow workers,
has assisted Mrs. Jean Tucker
and others in compiling the in
ventory. Mrs. Tucker reported yes
terday that some 4,700 trees,
comprising between 70 and 80
varieties, have been recorded
on 115 maps.
Of the 4,700,' 'she told the
roundtable, "200 are new
trees planted under the pro
gram."
The tree committee was es
tablished by ordinance in
1957, its ultimate function to
encourage and regulate the
planting of trees along Med
ford's streets. Other members
present yesterday to give the
roundtable a progress report
included John F. Williams Jr.,
Paul Jorgenson, Bob Johnson,
John Adams, and Mrs. O. A.
Eden, the group's chairman. (
Price 10 Cents
No. 211
Shakespeare Fund
Reaches Third of
$275,000 Total
The Oregon Shakespearean
Festival fund - raising cam
paign went well over the one
third mark today, with a total
of $103,057.70 reported at
noon.
The second general report
meeting for the fund drive
also was told that Ginger
Rogers has accepted the chair
manship for southern Cali
fornia for the drive, and her
mother, Mrs. Lela Rogers, will
assist her.
The campaign total is $275,
000, and will be used to con
struct a new theater1 building
in Lithia park to replace the
old one, which has been razed
in compliance with state fire
marshal's orders.
The total today more than
doubles the amount reported
last week at this time, when
$48,606 had been collected.
Voluniary Total
The amount includes more
than $32,000 raised in Ash
land today, out of a voluntary
quota of $50,000 for the fes
tival's home city. This amount
" oeen rnatcned by an
anonymous donor, and results
m more than $64,000 being
creaiieo 10 Asniand up to this
point.
Medford's total as of today
IS $.33,U4U.
More than $3,300 has been
received from out-of-town pa-
irons 01 tne festival, who were
solicited by mail only. These
gifts have ranged from SI to
$duu, and were sent in in
response to the camoaign
brochure and an accompany
ing letter from the fund-drive
cnairman, Alfred S. V. Car
penter of Medford.
Other gifts have ranged in
size irom iu cents, given yes
terday by an Ashland bov
aged 5, to $10,000 from an
other anonymous donor.
.next report meeting will
be at- noon Wednesdav. Dec.
3, in the Red Cross building
on nawtnorne ave.
Christmas Decorations
Being Installed
Medord work crews are
raising candy cane Christmas
decorations along downtown
streets this week. These and
other decorations are being
placed on lamp posts as down
town merchants prepare for
their Christmas Opening Fri
day.
The merchants supply the
decorations, and the neces
sary wiring. City crews do
the installing.
Clear and Cold Due
For Thanksgiving
By United Press International
Clear but cold weather is
the prospect for most of Ore
gon for Thanksgiving Day.
Sunny, cold weather is ex
pected in Oregon today and
Wednesday, and little change
is expected for Thanksgiving
Day.
Winds, Heavy
Schools in Midwest Area
By United Press International
Howling winds propelled
cold air into a broad area of
the mountain and plains stat
es today, threatening four
inches and more of snow for
part of the northlands, clos
ing schools in part of North
Dakota, and bringing cold
wave warnings to an eight
state area.
Winds in gusts up to 100
miles an hour injured two
persons and caused thousands
of dollars damage in country
south of Denver today, wreck
ing some automobiles and car
ports and lashing homes.
In North Dakota, winds
reached 65 miles an hour, up
to seven inches of snow was
Parole Board
Grants Release
After 31 Years ,
Printing Trade
To Be Followed
Salem -(0PD- Hugh D'Autre
mont, 54, winner of a parole
after 31 years in prison for
the 1923 Siskiyou murder
train robbery attempt in
southern Oregon, looked for
ward today to a job as a
printer and freedom from
publicity.
The Oregon Parole Board
voted unanimously Monday
to grant D'Autremont a pa
role after he completed a
pre-release training period,
normally about 60 days.
Excerpts from the film
of the Mail Tribune of June
21, 1927, the day Hugh
D'Autrement was found
guilty of murder in the tun
nel 13 train robbery in the
Siskiyous, in a trial at the
old county courthouse
Jacksonville, appear
page 5.
ra
on
D'Autremont was convicted
of murder in 1927 and has
been in prison since. His older
twin brothers, Roy and Ray.
also are under life sentences.
Roy is in the state hospital.
Classic Crime
The 1923 train robbery was
one of the classic crimes of
the west in the roaring 20s.
On Oct. 11 Southern Pacific
mail train number 13 was
making its way through the
Siskiyou mountains. As it
reached tunnel 13, it was
halted by three bandits.
Three trainmen were shot
to death and a mail clerk was
killed in the dynamite explo
sion of the mail car. The banr '
dits fled without getting any
loot.
The three D'Autremonts
were indicted for assault on
a mail clerk that December.
But despite one of the West's
biggest manhunts, the bandits
remained at large. Four years
later Hugh was located in the
Philippines through a wanted
poster. He was serving in the
Army under an assumed -name.
The older brothers
were found living in Ohio.
All were brought back to Ore
gon and got life for murder.
Hugh, in recent years, be
gan a legal battle to get his
freedom. Three murder
charges and the assault count
remained against him. He ap-
pea red in court in Medford
and pleaded guilty last Febru
ary to another of the murder
charges, receiving another
life term. The other murder
counts were dismissed.
On May 1 he appeared in
Federal Court in Portland
and pleaded guilty to the as
sault charge. He was given
probation by Federal Judge
Gus Solomon who noted Ore
gon had "assumed jurisdic
tion over the defendant and
the responsibility for his cus
tody and punishment,"
(Continued on Page II)
Restraining Order
Issued in Strike
By United Press International
A federal judge Issued a
temporary order against a
threatened pilots' strike on
American Airlines, third of
the major air carriers beset
by labor troubles, but a
spokesman for the pilots'
union said todnight's walkout
deadline remained in force for
the time being.
Two major lines, Eastern
and Trans World, were
grounded and their planes si
lent instead of warming up
for the Thanksgiving rush.
The strike of the Air Lines
Pilots Association against
American, in a long wage dis
pute, was set for a minute be
fore midnight.
Snow Close
expected in the northern part
of the state and motorists
were told to stay off the high
ways. Highway equipment
was idled as the storm struck
and schools were closed. Traf
fic in Minot was paralyzed.
Conditions Worsen
As the day wore on, condi
tions in parts of North Da
kota and Northwest Minneso
ta worsened, and blizzard
warnings were issued. Winds
were blowing 20 to 35 miles
an hour, whisking thick, hea
vy snow ahead of them. Stud
ents at the University of
North Dakota and and North
Dakota Agriculture colleges
were asked to remain on cam
pus until the storm abated.