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Russia id' Try ili pari i ! I NEW BRIDGE-Highway 62 traffic has been left and above the new bridge in the pic using the new bridge over Trail creek for ture. The community of Trail, which the the past several weeks, state highway de- new highway by-passes, is at the left. In partment officials report. The 151) -foot the foreground is one of two cuts, one 40 bridge was included in the construction of feet deep, which was necessary for the new slightly less than one mile which eliminat- highway. The project, which is now being ed several sharp curves in the Trail area, graveled, will be paved later this summer. The old bridge may be seen slightly to the -(Knackstedt photo) Irrigation Listed As Irrigation' water supplies for the next six months are the poorest in many years for southern Oregon, it was re ported here today at the an nual water forecast meeting. Dry March weather dimmed an already skimpy water pic ture, particularly for farmers depending upon natural streamflow. Farms irrigated by stored water should man age to get by if good use is made of early season waste waters to delay drawing upon reservoirs. ' . Water content of the moun tain snow-pack is now only 59 per cent of normal, report ed W. T. Frost, Oregon snow survey supervisor for the Soil Conservation Service and Oregon State college agri cultural experiment station. Water is Hold-Over Much of the present storage water is hold-over from last year. Farmers were asked to delay using this water as long as possible, and farmers using natural streamflow were ad vised to use water "whenever it is available. Gene Winters, Jackson county extension agent, said fanners growing clover in the Medf ord and Talent areas may start irrigating within the next 10 days or two weeks to take advantage of natural streamflow that is now being wasted. Orchardists may also take advantage of the tail-end of the waste water period by priming soils that are drier than normal, said C. B. Cordy, Jackson county agent. Soils that are normally saturated this time of year have now aired out well and can use ir rigation earlier than usual, Cordy explained. Face Shortages Grants Pass farmers de pending upon the Rogue river are in a touch-and-go situation and are likely to face short ages near the end of, the sea son, Frost stated. April through September - stream-. Cow of the Rogue, as measur ed at Raygold and Grants Pass wag forecast at 6nly 69 per cent of normal. Irrigated pastures in the Grants Pass area would be hardest hit by ,late season shortages, said R. G. McCarty, Josephine county agent. As insurance against ' pasture shortages, he suggested k far mers might harvest early pas ture as grass silage and store it in inexpensive trench silos for later use. ' ' Early planted corn for sil age was also suggested to help dairy and . beef cattle operators in event of short Bills Designed To Draw Industry To Salem-(CPD-Two bills which supporters declared would at tract new industries to the state and promote expansion of some existing industries were passed by the Senate to day. Exempt From Taxes One of the bills which now goes to the governor would exempt from property taxes any industrial building under construction for a period of two years or. until it is com pleted for occupancy, it also would grant the same exten sion on construction of addi tions to any industries already established in the state. Sen. Ben Muda (D-The Dalles) said a representative of Harvey Aluminum Com pany had stated that if the Water Supplies Poorest in Years water supplies for pastures. Bright Spot Frost's forecast for the Ap plegate and Illinois rivers for the next six months' stream flow was 95 per cent of nor mal, brightest spot in the out look picture. The North Umpqua stream flow is forecast at 85 per cent normal for April through September. The flow, as meas ured below Lake Creek, is forecast at 140,000 acre-feet compared to a 15-year aver age of 164,000. The Rogue river at Raygold dam near Central Point is forecast to flow 620,000 acre feet for the next six months. The 15 -year average, based on the years 1938-1952, is 905,000. Flow of the Rogue at this point in 1955 was 840,000. Other so-called dry years saw the flow dip to 690,000 acre feet in 194T" and down to 606,000 feet in 1940. Stored Water Stored water in local irri gation reservoirs is 58 per cent above normal, largely due to good carry-over from last year, Frost reported. Present storage in Hyatt res ervoir is 13.500 acre -feet, however, net inflow was fore cast at only 50 per cent of normal for the f next six months. Emigrant Gap reservoir is now holding 6,100 acre-feet against a capacity of 8,300. In addition, the new Howard Prairie reservoir' has 8,700 acre-feet in storage. W. H. Hoffbuhr, manager of the Talent irrigation dis trict, said water from Howard Bash Is Unopposed In Board Election Frank C. Bash, chairman of the Medf ord school board, will be unopposed for reelection to the board in the May 4 school election. Bash was the only person to file for the vacancy for a five year term. Deadline for filing was Saturday. Wilton White, incumbent member of District 60 school board, will also be unopposed in " the scheduled election. White filed last month for the position. He is currently fill ing out the term of Hal Bishop, who resigned. Salem -(UPD- Attorney Gen eral Robert Y. Thornton said a bill to prohibit aliens from serving as racing officials or supervisors is unconstitution al. . . State Passed Legislature passed this bill, the company would reconsider plans for extension of its plant at The Dalles. The other bill which now goes to the House would ex empt from personal property tax any goods in transit through Oregon to a, destina tion outside the state. The bill also would exempt from per sonal property tax any goods stored in a warehouse but con signed to a point outside the state. Assessed Jan-1 Personal property taxes are assessed on inventories as of Jan. 1 of ach year held in warehouses on this date and not consigned to an Oregpn firm would be exempt from the tax. Prairie will possibly be turn ed into the Talent system in early August. He added that the district would try to end the season with as large a carry-over as possible in Hyatt since Emigrant ' Gap will be closed next year for construction to enlarge its holding capacity. Reservoir Inflow April through September inflow for Fourmile Lake and Fish Lake reservoirs was forecast at 50 and 45 per cent of normal, respectively. The forecast meeting at the Jackson county courthouse was attended by about 25 representatives of irrigation districts, water masters, coun ty extension service, Forest Service, power company of ficials, and other interested persons. Two Mail Tribune Headlines in Error Headlines on two Mail Trib une stories in Sunday's issue, April 5, - inadvertently were transposed. The stories themselves were correct. In one instance, a report of the arrest of two Rogue River men, Shade Combs and Paul Sherod Bailey, on charges of paying off on pinball mach ines, , was incorrectly identi fied as a story concerning the arrest of two other men on bad check charges. In the other, concerning ar rests on bad check charges, the headline indicated it in volved pinball machine- pay off charges. , The Mail Tribune regrets the errors, and extends its apologies to those concerned. Eastover Terrace To Discuss Sewer Medford city councilmen are slated to discuss installa tion of a sanitary sewer for Eastover terrace with resi dents of that area at city hall tonight, according to City Manager Robert A. Duff. Eastover terrace residents, who have indicated they want a sewer,- have turned down two low bids for. it recently. The bids, each on a different plan, were in excess of the engineer's estimates. Councilmen toured Eastover terrace Saturday morning. Duff has described the sani tation situation there as ser ious. Caryl Chessman Loses Supreme Court Appeal Washington (UPD The Su preme Court today rejected another appealby convict-author Caryl Chessman, who has escaped death in California's gas chamber for some 10 years through numerous appeals. WEATHER FORECAST: Fair through Tues day. Cold tonight and warmer Tuesday. Airport low tonight 32. High Tuesday 68. TEMP. Highest Yesterday 71 Lowest This Morning' 33 Our Skies Tonight Sunset today 6:42 p.m. Sunrise tomorrow 5:45 a.m. Moonrise tomorrow 5:35 a.m. New Moon Tuesday night PROMINENT STAR Spica. in the southeast 9:49 p.m. VISIBLE PLANETS Venus, sets 9:11 p.m. Mars, high ui west 8:59 p.m. Jupiter, low in southeast 12:03 a.m. Saturn, low in southeast 2:27 a.m. March Jobless Figures Improve Over February New Figures To Be . Submitted Tuesday Washington-UPD-The White House announced today that March unemployment figures show a "gratifying" improve ment over February. The February total was esti mated at 4,749,000, unseason ably high. Submitted by Mitchell The new figures, to be an nounced Tuesday by the La bor and Commerce Depart ments, were submitted to President Eisenhower today by Secretary of Labor James P.Mitchell. ' The President asked Mitch ell to come to the White House this morning with a preview of the March figures which will be made public in detail just in advance of an unem ployment conference called here for later in the week by organized labor. The President held a 35 minute conference with Mitch ell. White House Press Secre tary James C. Hagerty said afterward: President Concerned "The President, of course, is continually concerned about the involuntary unemploy ment of any American, and not just statistical reports. "However, he believes that the figures to be released Tuesday will be gratifying and of interest to all Ameri cans." Tuesday's government re port was expected to show that the number of jobless in March declined by about 300, 000. This would be more than the normal seasonal drop. Orchards Heated For Third Time Orchards were heated north, northwest and south of Medford early .this morning, according to Clifford C. Cordy county horticultural agent. - Temperatures of 28 degrees were recorded in some of the coldest places, Cordy noted. Some cloud-coyer over the valley helped reduce the am ount of heating needed, he said. Generally, the heaters were lighted between 3 and 4 a.m. today. Not First Heating This was not the first orch ard heating this season. Some light heating was necessary on March 14 and March 15. Last year the first orchard heating occurred on March 1. Usually orchards must be heated for early morning frost about this time and late in March, Cordy said. White blossoms are show ing in many D'Anjou pear trees throughout the Rogue valley now, with the Bart letts close behind, Cordy not ed. Pear trees should be in full bloom for the Pear Blos som Festival this week end, he said. D'Anjous must be protected by orchard heating when the mercury drops to 30 degrees. The fruit trees are in their most critical stage, frostwise, when the small green fruit shows, Cordy said. Tax Deadline Only 10 Days Away Washington - (UPD - With the deadline only 10 days away, one taxpayer in four has yet to file his income tax return for last year. A check with the Internal Revenue Bureau shows that only about 45 million of the nearly 61 million individual tax returns expected for 1958 have been received by tax of fices throughout the country. Judging from past years. officials said, 90 per cent of the returns still unfiled are those of people who owe taxes to Uncle Sam and are waiting until the last minute to pay. Most of those entitled to a re fund file early. The.deadline for filing tax returns is midnight April 15. Duncan Proposes Gas Tax Increase Salem (UPD House Speaker Robert Duncan of Medford today proposed a compromise gasoline tax increase of half a cent per gallon in Oregon. Salem-(UPD-Jim Vincent of the Oregon Journal has been reelected president of the Ore gon Press Photographers As sociation at a meeting here. Americans eat four times as much applesauce and can ned apples today as they did 20 years ago. Price 10 Medford 18 Pages (Shina Dps Propaganda Iroafasts 1 India Ike Will Leave Tuesday For Vacation in Georgia ashington - (UPD - President and Mrs. Eisenhower will fly to Augusta, Ga., Tues day morning for an extended holiday, the White House said today. The chief executive apparently had con sidered the possibility of going to Georgia today, but the first lady had social commit ments keeping her here until late afternoon.' Eisenhower is scheduled to address a meeting of Republican women on the night of April 13, and will participate oa the morning of April 14 in ceremonies dedicat ing a memorial to the late Sen. Robert A. Taf t of Ohio. Press Secretary James C. Hagerty said there was a possibility the President wouldV fly back to Washington for his April 13-14 engagements, then return immediately to Augusta for several more days of sun and exercise. , School Districts Consolidation Election Today Polls will remain open un til 8 o'clock tonight for resi dents of Jacksonville, . Ruch, Griffin Creek,' Lone Pine, Howard and Medford . school districts to vote on a pro posal to consolidate into one administrative school. unit. . Voting will be held in seven locations"." Tneya're Jackson ville High school music room, Griffin Creek school gyna sium, .Ruch school cafeteria, Howard school multi-purpose room, Lone Pine school cafe teria,' Hedrick Junior High school cafeteria, and Mc Loughlin Junior High girls gymnasium. The election in the districts was called by the Jackson county boundary board after school district residents sub mitted petitions to the board requesting the vote. Fugitive Keeps Local Law Officials Busy Two reports of seeing a person answering the descrip tion of Richard Allen Hunt, wanted gunman, were receiv ed Sunday morning, accord ing to Medford police. Police said a call was re ceived from Bessie Louise King, 1950 Sunset dr., shortly after 3 a.m. stating that two hitch-hikers, ope resembling Hunt, had been observed at the Olympic cafe, 1060 South Riverside ave. Other law en forcement agencies joined in the search, but investigators eventually determined from descriptions that the person in question was not Hunt. At about 9 a.m. Sunday, Agnes Morehead Quigley, 2742 Roberts rd., told police she had seen a man she thought might have been Hunt in her driveway shortly after midnight. She said she sub sequently saw the same per son being driven along Rob erts rd. in the back of a pick up truck. The report was turned over to federal author ities. Man Wanted Here Is Arrested in Colorado Claron William Henderson, 22, Medford, wanted in con nection with burglary of the Tom Thumb market and theft of four automobiles here late last month, is being held in Glenwood Springs, Colo!, for local authorities, state police reported this afternoon. Deportation Order Upheld by Court San Francisco (UPD The U. S. Court of Appeals today upheld for the second time a deportation order against William A. Mackie, 51, ex Communist in Portland. Seattle-(UPD-Sen. Warren G. Magnuson advocated today that the United States begin trading with Red China. Cents MEDFORD, OREGON, MONDAY, APRIL 6,1959. "Hear! lr Sen. Straub Defends Welfare Official Salem - (UPD - Sen. Robert Straub (D-Springf ield) came to the defense of State Welfare Administrator Jeanne Jewett today on the Senate floor. Straub said that he had serv ed as a member of the Lane County Welfare Commission for four years and knew of Miss Jewett's work. Charges Hurled Charges of incompetence and high costs were made on the House floor last week when a $1.2 million deficiency appropriation bill was passed to keep welfare payments go ing until July 1. "It has become a popular Reserve Officers To Meet Wednesday The Rogue Valley chapter of the Reserve Officers as sociation will meet at 8 pjn. Wednesday, April 15, in the Federal building, 33 North Riverside ave., to organize and make plans for the coming year, it was reported today. .' Capt. Thomas A. Saunders recently was elected president of the chapter to succeed Lt. Col. John Crawford. Maj. Ted Christensen is the new secretary-treasurer, s u c c eeding Maj. Archer Watons, and Lt. Col. George Bruce is the out going vice president. Plumbers Strike At Klamath Falls Klamath Falls -(UPD- Union and employer representatives were hopeful today for an early settlement to a strike of members of Plumbers and Steamfitters Local 191. About 45 local plumbers are affected by the strike, which started last Wednesday, night Tribune Eisenhower has not had an extended ab sence from his office since late November when he was last in Augusta. His doctor, Maj. Gen. Howard McC. Snyder, and mem bers of the White House staff have been urging the President to get away for as long as possible this month in a warm climate. After the end of April, the President faces a busy schedule for about four months. The President will be accompanied to Augusta by a relatively small staff, but there may be visits by administration offi cials during his stay. A group of Republican leaders may fly to Georgia later this week to talk to the President about selection of a new GOP national chairman. Hear!" pastime in this legislature to take kicks at Miss Jewett," Straub said, "but she is deserv ing of tributes rather than knocks. She is faced with the necessity of following federal instructions which are . diffi cult of interpretation and even more difficult to admin ister." Straub said that during the period that Miss Jewett and her staff had been in charge of administering welfare aid in Oregon, she had effected many savings. "She has brought about the transfer of. many cases for merly on general assistance, for which the state of Oregon pays the entire bill, to cate gories which the Federal gov ernment supports. This has resulted in large savings," he said. Movieland Awaits Presentation of Oscars at Awards Ceremony Tonight Hollywood -(UPD- Tonight is Oscar night, a time for crown ing Movieland's king and queen for "1958-but regard less of the winners, Ingrid Bergman, taking part in the show, will be the center of attention. , Miss Bergman will make the final, the most important, presentation-the award for the best picture of 1958. To Introduce Acts Masters of ceremonies Bob Hope, David Niven, Tony Randall, Sir Laurence Oliv ier and Jerry Lewis will in troduce acts starring Burt Lancaster, Kirk Douglas, Dana Wynter, Joan Collins, Rosalind Russell and a dozen others. Opinion in Hollywood is that "Gigi," a musical about a charming French Scamp, 54th Year No. 14 Peiping Tries fo Bring Discredit On Dalai Lama India Relations Further Strained New Delhi (UPD Peiping Radio stepped up its propa ganda broadcasts to India to day in an effort to discredit the Dalai Lama - a move al most certain to strain relations further between India and Red China. f Broadcasts beamed directly to India on a far stronger signal than usual told Indians the Dalai Lama was still "un der duress" and "under the spell of reactionary elements." The statement disputed Prime Minister Jawaharlal Nehru who said the Tibetan god-king fled of his own free will. Assertion Repeated One broadcast also tried to convince the Indians the Tibetans have acknowledged the rival Panchen Lama as the temporary head of Tibet. Three times it repeated the Communist assertion the Daila Lama was the prisoner of anti-Communist rebels. Relations between neutral ist India and Communist China have worsened since the Com munists used modern arms against the Tibetans in an ef fort to put down an anti Communist rebellion. India's sympathies were with the Tibetans and Nehru granted political asylum to the Dalai Lama. ' Trip lo India Rumored iMew ueini newspapers were speculating that Chinese Communist Premier Chou-En- lai might come to New Delhi to try to patch up the strained relations but government of ficials said they had no infor mation on the reports. Chou made such a trip when the Hungarian rebellion sparked anti-Communist sympathies in India. Portland Firm to Build Storage Plant A Portland construction company has been awarded a contract to construct a re frigerated cold storage build ing for Modoc Orchards here, it was reported today. The Otness Construction company will build the ware house which will be 100 by 120 feet, for the storage of 90.000 boxes of pears. The building will be of reinforced concrete with steel trusses and will be insulated with fiberglass throughout. The plans a-lso call for the construction of special double cold-storage doors to allow trucks to drive inside the cold storage room. The sun's heat will be deflected by a perma nent type white coating on the roof. Refrigeration equip ment will be automatic. will carry off best picture honors. In the running are three dramas, "Cat on a Hot Tin Roof," "The Defiant Ones" and "Separate Tables," and a comedy, "Auntie Mame." Susan Hayward Favored Susan Hayward is favored to win her first golden statu ette in five tries for her role in "I Want Xo Live." Other nominees are Deborah Kerr (Separate Tables), Shirley MacLaine (Some Came Run ning). Rosalind Russell (Aun tie Mame). Elizabeth Taylor (Cat on a Hot Tin Roof). Pollsters Pick Niven The scales are tipped In favor of David Niven (Separ ate Tables) for best actor, but competition will come from Tony Curtis and Sidney Poit ier (The Defiant Ones), Paul Newman (Cat on a Hot Tin Move To Restrict Corridor Traffic Seen as Maneuver State Department Answers Russ Charge Washington -(UPD- The State Department charged Russia to day with jeopardizing the pos sible success of next month's Geneva foreign ministers' con ference by trying to restrict U.S. air traffic in the allied corridor to West Berlin. 'Unilateral Action' Departmentpokesman Lin coln White said the action of Soviet fighters in "buzzing" an American C130 transport in the corridor was the type of "unilateral action" which the United States considers a "re pudiation" of Soviet responsi bilities and obligations in Ber lin and Germany. This was in answer to Rus sia's charge in a note Sunday that the high-altitude flight of the C130 was an attempt to "worsen" or possibly "wreck" forthcoming East-West negoti ations. In another rejoinder involv ing previous Soviet-American air clashes, this government charged Russia with increas ing international tensions by attacking U.S. aircraft over international waters. Attacks on U.S. Planes That reply, contained in a note delivered in Moscow March 25 and made public to day repeated U.S. charges that Russian aircraft on Nov. 7 and 8 attacked U.S. Air Force planes more than 60 miles from Soviet territory over the Sea of Japan and the Baltic Sea. White's comment today con cerned Russia's protest over high altitude flights in the Berlin corridor. Previous High Flights White disclosed for the first time that there had been pre vious flights of U.S. aircraft into and out of Berlin at heights "greater than the 10,000-foot ceiling which the Russians now are seeking to impose. White said the U.S. has never agreed on any restrict ion on the altitude which al lied planes can fly the cor ridor. White emphatically rejected any Soviet assertion that the U.S. was trying to "wreck" the Geneva conference. He said "the question of who is trying to wreck what is deter mined by the actions of the Soviet Union and not the Unit ed States." Graham Lacks Cards For Many Converts Wellington, New Zealand-(UPD- So many persons wanted to record "decisions for Christ" at the end of evangel ist Billy Graham's two-day Wellington crusade that coun selors ran out of "convert cards," crusade officials said today. Converts were still being interviewed long after the bulk of the crowd of 16,000 persons had left the Rugby Athletic park Sunday night. The total number of converts was "almost 1,500," officials said. Harrell Promoted By State Police Salem - (CPD - H. G. Maison, state police superintendent, today announced that Lt. Lyle Harrell has been pro moted to captain. Harrell has headed the agency's criminal section since last August. He joined the state police in 1936 and has served at Coquille, Medford. Grants Pass, Rose- burg, and Baker. Roof) and Spencer Tracy (The Old Man and the Sea). Favorite best supporting ac tor is Burl Ives (The Big Country), followed by Theo dore Bikel (The Defiant Ones), Lee J. Cobb (The Brothers Karamozov), Arthur Kennedy (Some Came Running), Gig Young (Teacher's Pet). Wendy Hiller Liked . Pollsters tabbed Wejidy Hiller (Separate Tables) as frontrunner for best support ing actress. Others in the race are Peggy Cass (Auntie Mame), Martha Hyer (Some Came Running), Maureen Stapleton (Lonely Hearts) and Cara Williams (The De fiant Ones). The Academy Awards pre sentations will be heard over station KMED (1440 kc) start ing at 7:30 pjn.
