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2 MAIL TRIBUNE, MtdfoH, Or. Sunday, Jan. 10, 1960 Woman's Claim as Daughter of Russian Czar Gains Support Hamburg. Germany - (UPD - 'Prof. Otto Reche, Germany': foremost expert on anthropol- .ogy, believes that a mystery ; woman living in a hut in the Black Forest is really Anasta sia, daughter of the last Rus sian Czar. The mystery woman is Mrs :Anna Anderson, 59, who has I lived the life of a recluse ; while waging a long struggle to prove that she is the heir ess to the Czarist throne and perhaps to millions scattered t across Europe in secret bank -vaults. . Keene niea a 6Z-page re port with a Hamburg court saying he believes her claim :Woman Injured in One of Five City Mishaps Thursday A woman was injured in one of five traffic accidents re- ; ported to city police Thursday, I Lucille Warner, 619 North Columbus ave., the injured ; woman, was a passenger in a f car operated by Merle Hughes, ?52, of 1830 North Riverside j ave., which collided at the i intersection of North Keene way and Oregon ave. about 11:46 a.m. with a car oper- 1 ated by James Donald Atto, ;35, of 1427 Lawnridge ave., t according to police. Hughes was cited by city police for failure to yield the ngnt or way. L.ucme Warner Twas taken to Sacred Heart i hospital by the Medford Am bulance Service. Police did not believe the injuries to be I serious. Both vehicles sustained J heavy damage, according to police, and were removed by wrecker. J Keith Richard Schulz, 34, of -317 Lindero ave., was cited by city police for failure to yield J the right of way after the car he was driving collided with Ian auto operated by Alan iKent Ballard, 20, of 1546 iKenyon st,. at the intersection of 10th and Laurel sts. about 2:09 p.m. An 11:54 a.m. accident at ithe intersection of North Riv erside ave. and Edwards st, '. involved cars operated by -Kenneth Ray Jackson, 45, of -Portland, and Thomas Adolph -Tibbets, 41, of Lake Creek, according to police. There Iwere no citations issued and tdamage to both vehicles was : negligible, according to the -police report. A mix-up in changing lanes vwas the cause of a two-car ac Icident about 5:55 p.m., ac cording to city police. Drivers ;of the vehicles were Ray Eld 'ridge Kincheloe, 67, of 625 Pine st, and Roger Edward '.Bertrand, 25, of 117 North "Oakdale ave., police said. No citations were issued. f An accident about 6 pjn. at Ithe intersection of Riverside .ave. and McAndrews rd. in volved vehicles operated by .Dee Clinton Thames, 33, of '2760 Connel ave., and Nicklas .Rudolph DeWitt, 44, of 320 jNorth Keene Way dr. Police aid a large truck operated by Thames went through a red light and struck the DeWitt Vehicle after its brakes failed o work. , Thames was cited for de fective brakes. to be Grand Duchess Anasta- sia of Russia is correct. He had been appointed by the court as chief expert to give anthropological testimony in a two-year court fight. His findings were expected to weigh heavily with the judges, digging through tons of background material and listening to scores of wit nesses in an attempt to solve the Anastasia mystery, one of the outstanding riddles of the century. Official history records that Anastasia Nikolaievna Roma nov, youngest daughter of the last Czar, was killed by the Bolsheviks in the mass mur der of the royal family at Ekaterinburg in 1918. Reche visited Mrs. Ander son in June at her Black For est home for comparative scientific studies based on background material and some 200 pictures and photo graphs of the real Anastasia When word of Reche's re port filtered out first yester day German bluebloods tele phoned newspaper offices in Hamburg for confiramtion. The German royal house of Hesse, represented by Duch ess Barbara of Mecklenburg, is contesting Mrs. Anderson's claim in court and says she is actually Franziska Schanz kowski, born to a Polish peas ant family. ' If the court upholds Reche's findings, European royalty which has treated Mrs. An derson as an imposter, will have to reconsider its atti tude. Court President, Wilhelm Bergmeister is expected to call for another public hear ing in the Anastasia case and that may be one of the final sessions before a ruling is is sued. IKE'S SPEECH-Above are candid studies pledged to devote the "full energies" of of President Eisenhower as he delivered his last year in the White House to pro- his State of the Union message to a joint mote peace in the world and unprece- session of Congress in the House Chamber dented prosperity at home. Thursday. The Chief Executive solemnly (UPI Telephoto) Neuberger Quits Montana Post With Magazine Helena - (UPD - Sen. Richard L. Neuberger (D-Ore.) has asked that his name be drop ped from the masthead of Montana, The Magazine of Western History, charging "partisan" politics. " Neuberger's request was contained in a telegram to board members of the Mon tana Historical Society, some of whom are members of the editorial advisory board. Neuberger was the maga zine's Northwest regional edi tor. Neuberger said his action followed criticism voiced in the advisory board's Dec. 19 meeting and reported by Uni ted Press International. Neuberger said the state ments were of "partisan poli tical" nature and that he did not wish to "embarrass" the magazine by remaining"n its staff. At the board meeting mem ber Robert Fletcher or Butie said, "I don't like the man," and Albert Partroll of Mis soula said the writer was "not an authority in the field" of history. Secretary Gets Award for Service Mrs. Bernadine Weaver, Medford, was presented a dia mond pui recently by J Henry Helser, president of the J. Henry Helser investment firm, for outstanding service. The presentation was made in Portland at a meeting of clients. Mrs. Weaver has been secretary in the Medford of fice of the firm for 10 years. The local office was open ed in 1941, and is now located at 1005 East Main st. Robert O. Balk is resident manager. Chicken Rancher Says Helicopter Terrified Flocks Gervais. Ore. - IWD - A chicken rancher has com plained to police that a helicopter flying low in fog terrified his 9.000 chickens' so that they stampeded, and more than 100 of them were killed. The complainant was J. R. Carskadon of Gervais. He said the noise made the five-week-old broilers crowd together and suffocate. RECEIVES COMMISSION Stephen P. Meyers, son of Mr. and Mrs. Paul Meyers, 181 Black Oak dr., Medford, received the permanent com mission of captain recently. He has been in the Air Fore nine years, and is now sta tioned at Walker Air Force base, Roswell, N. M. Captain Meyers is a graduate of Med ford High school. Stock in Old Power Firm Now Valuable Portland-The Portland Gen eral Electric company an nounced last week that some old Portland Electric Power company stock is still unac counted for, and urged any one with such stock to trans fer it to the PGE. PGE officials said that pres ent market value of PGE com mon stock plus an aggregate of back dividends gives present-day value of over $1 mil lion to the remaining unex changed preferred stock of the former parent companies of Portland General Electric. The right to exchange such stock will expire June 3 this year, and the securities and dividends to which the PEPCo stockholder would otherwise be entitled will necessarily be transferred to Portland General Electric company. HOW CHRISTIAN SCIENCE HEALS Station KBOY 730 K.C. Sundays 9:45 A.M- Design Your Own Lighting ... with our exciting "Esprit" collection by Light olier. Choose from an array of glamorous pendants like those shown below, left. Mount them on any of three genuine walnut "spreaders" like the 6-light design shown right below. You can create one, three, or six-light clusters to suit your taste and decorating scheme . . . the possibilities are endless and won derful! 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