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18 Pages MEDFORD, OREGON, MONDAY, DECEMBER 7, 1955 No. 217
Russian Stores
Draw Throngs;
Oualitv Poor
(Editor', note: Thii is another
in a serin of articles prepared by
Medford'a school superintendent
following his recent three - week
trip to Russia. The series deals
with Russia's "Seven Year Plan,"
and is based on Soviet books, maga
zine articles, and personal inter
views with the ministers of edu
cation of the Russian and Ukranl
an republics, the deputy mayor of
Moscow and the mayor of Tbilisi.)
-By
DR. LEONARD MAYFIELti
Medford School
Superintendent
One of the most impressive
experiences encounter ed
when first visiting a large
city in the U.S.S.R. is the
crowds. The downtown
streets and stores are filled
with people, morning, noon,
and night. Usual store hours
are 9 a.m. to 10:00 p.m. Most
of the sidewalks are 20 to 30
feet wide, completely filled
with people. One has to "el
bow his way in" most of the
stores whether they be food,
clothing, book, or of a mis
cellaneous type. '
Waiting in line appears to
be a pattern which the people
accept. In general they al
ways apeared orderly- and
would wait their turn. We did
learn that if one wished to
get service from a clerk, it
was necessary to speak up
and request it. Apparently
there are so many "window
shoppers" that experience has
taught clerks not to waste
time and effort on those just
"looking". This surprised us
in that a worker's salary is on
basis of a minimum norm
plus a bonus for producing or
selling above the norm.
Inferior Quality
Stores were well stocked.
Almost everything we exam
ined was inferior in quality
to that offered in American
markets. Both food and
clothing prices were approx
imately double the price of
equivalent merchandise sold
in Medford stores. We would
classify most fruits and veg
etables as seconds or "re
jects". Almost every retail store
would have a cashier, usually
located in a booth. Purchasers
must pay the cashier the price
of the merchandise, receive
a Teceipt, present it to the
clerk, who in turn either
wraps the purchase in a poor
quality or . used paper, or
gives it to you as is. Such
items as bread were not
wrapped. It is a common sight
to see people come out of food
stores "with a whole or half
loaf of bread under their
arms.
. The fact that many factor
ies were on a two-shift basis
probably accounted for many
persons being on the streets
. day and night. There is little
or no credit or installment
It was
buying in the Soviet
New Falangist Salute
H er block is away
Medltf ird S
reported that one large store
in Leningrad and one in Mos
cow (G.U.M.) had established
credit accounts. However, at
the G.U.M.'s we were told
credit could only be obtained
on merchandise which was
on the store's "slow-moving"
or "white elephant" list.
Western Customs
Most Americans would have
to completely change their
buying habits and expecta
tions in terms of quality, var
iety, and price if our stores
were to adopt U.S.S.R. prac
tices. We observed that Soviet
people are adopting western
countries' customs in dress
style' and appearance. This
was especially true with wom
en in their clothes and make
up. One exception is that
slacks are frowned on as
wearing apparel for the ladies
and are seldom worn by Rus
sian women. Women working
at construction jobs, sweeping
streets, and driving buses
wore dresses. Smoking by
women is also frowned on and
seldom seen in the U.S.S.R.
beauty shops - a recent inno
vation - are to be found in
the first class hotels and larg
er stores. Many of the larger
'c r-lothins stores hold
seasonal style shows which in
clude clothes, hair styles, and
make-up as features of their
program.
(Continued on Page 12)
Junior Achievement
Official Is Speaker
Richards A. F. Ballou, west
ern regional representative
for Junior Achievement Inc.,
San Francisco, arrived in
Medford today for several
speaking engagements. -
He will speak Tuesday,
Dec. 8, at 7:30 a.m. for a
breakfast meeting of a group
of businessmen, civic officials
and educators. The breakfast
will be held at the Rogue Val
ley Country club to discuss
ways and means of chartering
a Junior Achievement pro
gram in the Medford area.
Ballou will speak Tuesday
noon at a meeting of the Med
ford Rotary club. He was also
the noon speaker today at the
weekly Chamber of Com
merce roundtable.,
Arrangements for the Bal
lou's appearance here were
made by a group of local resi
dents who are exploring the
feasibility of establishing the
I youth program locally.
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riue to UUutst
Price JO Cents
Tribune
Hermiston Murder
Suspect Escapes
By Beating jailer
Manhunt Launched
For Wilfred Ogden
Pendleton (UPB A murder
suspect escaped from the Uma
tilla county jail Sunday night
after beating a jailer.
A large-scale manhunt was
on north of here for Wilfred
Ogden Jr., 28, Pasco, Wash.,
who was scheduled to- enter a
plea Tuesday in connection
with the Oct. 8 fatal shooting
of Hermiston, Ore., Policeman
Ronald Kilby.
Jailer John Garrett, 52, was
hospitalized with bruises and
lacerations.
Police said Ogden apparent
ly somehow managed to short
ciruit his jail cell lock and
then jumped Garrett. Gar
rett was beaten with his keys.
Police said that later a car
was reported stolen here and
that after a chase at a high
rate of speed on Highway 395,
the car was abandoned near
Cold Springs Grange about- 25
miles north of here.
Then, police said, a well
driller's truck was stolen and
deserted.
About 35 law enforcement
officers converged on the
area. Search was centering
near the Glen Thorne ranch in
Cold Springs Canyon north of
Pendleton.
Ogden and Walter Wicken,
25, also Pasco, had been ar
rested earlier for the slaying
of Kilby.
Wicken was not involved in
the escape.
New Fair Building
Being Considered
A new fair building is be
ing considered for the county
fair grounds south of Medford,
it was reported today.
The proposed building
would replace two metal
buildings next to the exten
sion of Stewart ave. which
now house cattle and rabbits
during the annual Jackson
County 4-H and FFA fair, a
fair board source said.
The all-purpose building
would be constructed of
concrete blocks. Enclosed
eating and office spaces would
make it possible for use the
year around, it was explained.
Portable cattle tie racks
would be placed along the
walls and would have a five
inch granite fill for flooring.
The. poultry and rabbit ex
hibit space would be on a
concrete slab as would the
office and eating spaces.
The Jackson county fair
board would pay for part of
the building costs and the
county court the rmainder, it
was indicated.
The fair board plans to
meet with the county court
Wednesday afternoon to ex
amine plans further and to
discuss possible financing of
the construction, it was re
ported. Warren-President
Group Organized
Eugene - (UPD - Formation
of a Warren - for - President
Committee was announced to
day by a group of University
of Oregon students.
The committee said it hoped
to place the name of Chief
Justice Earl Warren on Ore
gon's 1960 May 20 president
ial primary ballot. It is com
posed of law school and politi
cal science students.
Doug Shephard, committee
chairman, said petitions
would be circulated through
out the state during the
Christmas holidays. ' A total
of 1,000 signatures would be
needed to put Warren's name
on the ballot.
Joint Session Due
In Newspaper Strike
Portland (UPD Federal
Mediator Elmer Williams said
today a joint negotiation ses
sion has been scheduled for 2
p.m. Wednesday between the
striking Stereotypers Union
and mangement of the Oregon
Journal and "the Oregonian.
teres .Willie
Oregon Traffic
Accidents Snuff
At Least 6 Lives
Wreck Near Goble
Leaves Five Dead
By United Press niernaiional
- Oregon highway traffic ac
cidents took at least six lives
from Friday night until Sun
day night. In addition a Fri
day morning crash took two
other lives.
Five persons were killed in
a two-car collision late Fri
day night near Goble, Ore.
Driver of one car involved
was identified as Clarence G.
Gallia, 25, St. Helens. Killed
in the second car were Robert
Wayne Long, 18, Longview;
Nick T. Tsbides, 52, Centralia;
and Jerry Don Yarbrough, 19,
and Alvin Monro Hamm, 18,
both of Kelso.
Barbara Christina Swigert,
Bandon, was killed Saturday
north of Shedd when the car
in which she was riding at
tempted to pass another and
went out of control.
1 Two Troutdale women,
Margaret Helen Smith, 31,
and Dorothy D. Read, 75, were
killed Friday morning 'when
their car went out of control
and over a 30-foot embank
ment 20 miles north of New
port. General Assembly
Delays Debate on
Issue of Hungary
United Nations, N.Y. -UPD-
The General Assembly today
postponed its new debate on
the Soviet - suppressed 19 5 6
Hungarian revolution to per
mit its Main Political Com
mittee to finish its Algerian
debate.
The Hungarian debate,
vigorously opposed by Russia
and its satellites, now is
scheduled to start in the As
sembly Tuesday. Originally,
the start had been listed for
this afternoon.
The U.S. and 23 othej pow
ers previously submitted a
resolution to the Assembly
deploring the "continued dis
regard" by Russia and Hun
gary of U.S. appeals for the
withdrawal of Soviet troops.
Free Elections Refused
The resolution also de
plores Hungary and Russia's
refusal to allow free elections
in Hungary and the refusal
by those countries to allow a
special U.N. representative to
visit Hungary.
The United States and 23
other nations joined in spon
soring the resolution after Sir
Leslie Minro of New Zealand,
the special U.N. representa
tive on Hungary, reported the
"framework of repression"
remains unchanged in the
Russian satellite and more
trials and executions of 1956
rebels were expected there.
Voting Today in
Water, Fire Districts
. Polls will remain open until
8 o'clock tonight for voting in
a number of county water dis
tricts and rural fire protection
districts. Polls opened at 2
o'clock.
Voting for the boards of
rural fire protection districts
will be held at the following
places: for the Medford rural
district at Oak Grove school;
Central Point rural, fire sta
tion on Highway 99; Shady
Cove-Trail, Shady Cove fire
hall; and Rogue River, Ed
Lilly's Service Station, Rogue ,
river bridge on Highway 99.
Elections jwill be held in tlfc
Charlotte Anne water dis
trict, at Camp U-Rest, 3761
South Pacific highway; Kings
Highway, Wayne Troxell resi
dence, 1833 South Peach st;
Jacksonville Highway district,
Oak Grove school; and Maple
Park district, Graham 'Electric
store, 1205 Sage rd.
Election Department
Members to Meeting
Three members of the coun
ty clerkls office will attend
an instructional meeting on
elections Thursday and Fri
day in Eugene, reported Coun
ty Clerk Marvin Madden.
Madden, Afton Carter and
Grace Bohl will hear Jack
Thompson, state director of
elections, secretary of state's
office, explain new election
procedures, and changes in
election laws. '
' ' ' ' '' X
PAKISTANIS WELCOME IKE Crowds line the streets
as President Eisenhower, left, and Pakistan President
Ayub Khan ride, in a carriage en route to the presidential
palace after Eisenhower's arrival at Karachi today. Eisen-
WASHINGTON AROUSED TO ACTION
BY PEARL HARBOR 1 8 YEARS AGO TODAY
By LYLE C. WILSON
Washington-OIPD-Sunday is
a day off 'for Washington
newspaper people, or most of
them. Washington cherishes
the entire week end. This par
ticular Sunday not only was
a day off, it was glorious.
Winter had not yet settled on
the Atlantic seaboard.
Defense Bill Passed
The biggest week end local
news had been the formal re
port of the Secretary of Navy
that our Navy was "second to
none." Earlier in the week
the House of Representatives
had passed the Third Supple
mental National Defense Ap
propriations bill, a matter of
$8.2 bililons. The vote had
been 309 to 5. President John
J. Jouett of the National Aer
onautical association just had
reported that within 12
months our production rate
would exceed 50,000 airplanes
a year.
Washington felt it had rea
son to be what it was: Safe,
warm and comfortable. In
Griffith Stadium, Washing
ton beloved Redskins were
playing the season's last pro
fw ional home game. A great
many admirals, generals and
high civilan brass were watch
ing. Others were playing golf.
The community was out in
the open, but for lag-abeds,
the hung-over and the ill.
Day of Infamy
That is how it was on that
day of infanmy, the Seventh
Day of December,' 1941, in
Washington, D.C.
Shorty after 2:35 p.m.,
Steve Early, White House
Press Secretary, asked Louise
Hachmeister to set up a simul-
Pressure Exerted
In Steel Strike
Washington - (UPD - New
pressure for an early settle
ment of the steel strike was
exerted on union and manage
ment negotiators today by fed
eral mediators and members
of Congress.
Federal Mediation Director
Joseph F. Finnegan planned to
hold a joint bargaining session
with the two sides although
neither was optimistic about
chances of agreement.
Finnegan conferred Sunday
with top aides to discuss the
next step in mediation efforts.
The union and company nego
tiators met Saturday in a joint
session described by Finnegan
as constructive.
WEATHER
FORECAST: Fair and continued
cool tonight and early Tuesday.
Increasing cloudiness late Tues
day. Low tonight 20. High Tues
day 50. t
Our Skies Tonight
Sunset today 4:39 p.m.
Sunrise tomorrow 7:28 a.m.
Moonset tomorrow .... 1:08 a.m.
Full Moon Dec. 14
PROMINENT STARS
Betelgeuse, low in east 7:30 p.m.
Fomalhaut. sets 9:16 p.m.
VISIBLE PLANETS
Venus, in the south
east S:23 a.m.
Mercury, between Venus and
the Sun.
pen
taneous conference telephone
call to the press association.
"All on?" Steve asked ur
gently, and called the roll.
"This is Steve Early at the
White House," he said with
as much composure as he
could summon. "At 7:35 a.m.,
Hawaiian time the Japanese
bombed Pearl Harbor. The at
tacks are continuing and, no,
I don't know how many are
dead."
Call Goes Out
That was about all Steve
had then. The time of await
ing events had ended. By tele
phone, broadcast and loud
speaker, the call went out.
Idle caddies raced around the
golf links calling men back
to their desks. Bewildered
thousands in Griffin Stadium
heard one, another and, final
ly, scores of Army, Navy and
other government personages
urgently paged. As the big
shots scrambled, others hur
ried away, too. They were the
Warmer Weather Is
Forecast for Tuesday
, Yesterday morning's mini
mum temperature reading of
18 degrees at the weather bu
reau station here was the low
est since Jan. 27, 1957. Low
on that date was 11 degrees.
The Sunday 18 also tied
the record low for. Dec. 6.
Eighteen was registered on
that date in 1929.
Warmer minimum is antic
ipated with increasing cloud
iness forecast for late Tues
day. The five-day forecast for
western Oregon calls for rains
totaling more than normal
and generally one to two inch
es inland. Rain is anticipated
in western Oregon late Tues
day or Tuesday night, but not
much precipitation from the
storm is predicted for this
area of the state.
Milk Samplers'
License Tests Due
Salem-(UPD-The Oregon Ag
riculture Department announ
ced today that examinations
for milk sampler's licenses set
by the 1959 Legislature will
be held in five cities begin
ning Dec. 14.
The schedule, with all tests
starting at 7:30 p.m. includes;
Pendleton, Dec. 14; Portland,
Dec. 15; Eugene, Dec. 16;
Medford, Dec. 17, and Salem
Dec. 2i:
Those eligible to take the
examination are operators of
farm pickup milk tank trucks
hauling grade A milk to re
ceiving points and designated
employees of plants that re
ceive grade A', milk in 10
gallon cans.
Vancouver, B. C.-UPD-Three
northern British Columbia
communities were all but cut
off from the outside world
today following a storm which
derailed trains, washed out
highways and grounded airliners.
Until 9 'Cbek Tomiighli
hower pledged that the United
work for a just peace for all
newspaper and radio men and
women who had heard those
urgent calls and suspected
what they meant.
Brakes Screech
Radio broadcasts put the
brakes screeching on many an
automobile within one or two
hundred miles of Washington
that day, turned the car
around and started it home
much faster than the law al
lows. ,
Hour by hour, the cruel
facts pounded in. Pearl Har
bor was a shambles, the an
chored fleet a ruin. There
were hundreds, now thou
sands, dead or wounded. Dur
ing 80 minutes in Hawaii the
United States had suffered its
most crushing defeat at arms.
Not unnaturally, by early
Sunday evening the gathering
at Washington's National
Press Club approached presi
dential - election night num
bers. Newsmen caught in a
storm of crisis sought one
another's company, one anoth
er's comfort in the easy-going
headquarters where they were
Extension Officials
Attend Convention
Members of the Jackson
county extension office left
this morning to attend the
the four-day annual conven
tion of extension agents at
Oregon State college, Corval
lis. .
Dr. Herrell DeGraff, agri
cultural economist, will set
the keynote of the conference
with a talk on "Food and
World Hunger." This will be
followed by a talk on "As the
Public Sees Agriculture" by
Charles Sprague, publisher of
the Oregon Statesman in Sa
lem and ex-governor.
Other talks are "Human Re
sources and Education," and
"Advances in Domestic Ani
mal Science."
Leaving from he extension
service office were Miss Mary
Pat Lucy, extension agent for
home economics, Glenn Klein
and Miss Norma Hague, coun
ty 4-H agents, and Extension
Agents Gene Winters, Don
Berry, and Earle Jossy.
Agricultural Census Takers Expect to
Complete Job Before Dec. 12 Deadline
Agricultural census takers
covering Jackson county and
part of Josephine county ex
pect to be finished at least
two or three days ahead of
the Dec. 12 deadline, crew
leaders reported today.
M. B. Caster, Central Point,
crew leader for the eastern
section of Jackson county, re
ports the field work is done
in his area. The census reports
will be spot-checked for ac
curacy and completeness this
week before sending them to
the agricultural census center
in Parsons, Kans.
Harold Sander, Rogue Riv
er, crew leader for the west
section of Jackson county and
the east section of Josephine
States and Pakistan would
mankind.
(UPI Radiotelephoto)
accustomed to find such
things.
Japanese Newsman Sorry
A little Japanese newsman
temporarily assigned to Wash
ington spent the evening in
the United Press Bureau, bow
ing, weeping and assuring
everyone that he, for one, was
so sorry. From the grass roots
came roaring through the
night air the still unanswered
questions: , '
How did it, why did it hap-
pen?Who goofed?
Martin Reward
Offer Withdrawn
Portland - (UPD - A year ago
today, Kenneth F. Martin, his
wife and three young daugh
ters left their Portland home
for a drive up the Columbia
river to gather Christmas
greenery.
A little less than five
month later the body of Sue
Martin, 11, was found in the
Columbia river near Camas,
and that of her sister, Bar
bara, 14, was found caught in
debris above Bonneville dam.
The fate of Martin, his wife,
Barbara Jean, and their third
daughter, Vivian, 13, has nev
er been determined.
And today, the . first anni
versary of the disappearance,
the $1,000 reward posted by
relatives and friends of the
Martins last Dec. 26 was with
drawn. -
The action came in a letter
from Portland Attorney Law
rence Lister, in a letter to
Multnomah County' Sheriff
Francis Lambert.
Cold Weather Delays
Eighth St. Bridge Job .
Cold weather has delayed
work on the Eighth st. bridge,
according to Vern Thorpe,
city engineer. Thorpe said
contractors have been notified
by engineers of the state high
way department that concrete
decking should not be poured
until the minimum tempera
ture rises above 26 degrees.
Completion date had been
scheduled for Dec. 15.
county,-reports all but three
census takers of a total of 12,
have their reports in. He es
timates his part of the cen
sus will be completed by Dec.
10.
Caster figures his eastern
county crews covered 1,700
agricultural operations and
Sander estimates about 1,000.
From personal observations,
both men say there is a defin
ite ' trend toward part-time
farming and larger full-time
farming units. The term "ag
riculture operation" included
a minimum of one farm ani
mal, 20 fruit trees or 20
chickens or ducks.
The east half of the county
Greatest Welcome
Ever Received by
Foreign Visitor
Mounted Police
Used To Clear Way
Karachi, Pakistan (UPII
President Eisenhower carried
his peace campaign into Asia
today and received such a
tumultuous welcome from
one million Pakistanis that
mounted police had to charge
the crowds to keep them from
engulfing the presidential
procession.
Eisenhower, on the first
trip by an American presi
dent to Communist-threatened
Asia, pledged that the U.S.
and Pakistan would work for
Additional Stories,
Photos are on Page 2
a just peace for all mankind.
A flight of U.S. donated Sa
brejet fighters flew 'cover
overhead as he spoke.
Changes to Carriage
After the brief airport cere
monies the presidential mo
torcade headed into Karachi
along 14 miles of roads
jammed with Pakistanis who
shouted welcome Ike and
"good morning" to the Persi
dent. Once in Karachi the crowds
became so thick that progress
became almost impossible.
The President 'had changed
from a cream colored Cadil
lac convertible to a Victorian
state carriage drawn by six
horses when the crowds be
came unmanageable.
The mounted police did
their work and the open car
riage driven by scarlet-clad
coachmen moved safely v
through the crowd and
reached the house of Pakis
tani President Mohammed
Ayub Khan through the flag
waving screeching welcome.
White House Press Secre
tary James C. Hagerty said
Eisenhower conferred for 20
to 30 minutes with Ayub on
arrival at the presidential pal
ace. This could be considered
the start of their substantive
talks. . " f
In response to a question,
Hagerty said Eisenhower's
physical condition was "fine"
despite two days of drencMng
in Rome. He said the Presi
dent "does not seem tired"
despite his strenuous sched
ule since leaving Washington.
Eisenhower was deeply
moved by the welcome, the
greatest by far ever given a
visitor to Pakistan. Many of
their welcome shouts were in
Arabic but through the tu
mult there came the "Ike,
Ike, Ike" he has heard in
every country-this time pro
nounced as in America.
Receives Award
The President was sur
rounded by more pomp and
ceremony at a gala dinner to
night. Ayub presented Pakis
tan's highest civilian award
"in recognition of your nota
ble achievement for the Free
World and the cause of
peace."
Ayub made the presenta
tion of the "Nishan-I-Pakis-tan"
order at a presidential
palace ceremony just tiefore
they descended to the garden
for the dinner.
Stayton Woman Hurt
In Fall Into Buzzsaw
Stayton - (UPD - Mrs. Leoto
Show, 42, was in serious con
dition in a hospital today with
wounds suffered when she
tripped and fell into a buzz
saw. The accident occurred late
Saturday while her husband
was sawing wood. She suffer
ed a serious shoulder slash
and hand cuts.
covered the area east of Table
Rock rd. and to the south end
of the county. The west half
of the conuty also included
that part of Josephine county
to Murphy and up through
Williams and Jerome Prairie.
On the whole, people have
been very cooperative, both
Caster and Sander reported.
A number of people thought
the information was for tax
assessments and were reluc
tant to give any information,
the two men said. One census-taker
in the east section
Of the county was bitten by a
monkey, but otherwise enum
erators had little trouble, it
was reported.