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Newspaper Page Text!f SWiK HT"" Explanation Requested on Workmen's Compensation Votes Valued at $2,000 , . ,a i ft Portland Steel Official Asked For Statement Regional Edition 56th Year Price 10 Cents v v Medford Tribune 20 PAGES MEDFORD, OREGON, WEDNESDAY, APRIL 19, 1961 No. 24 I . A. . ii I h i MWii BATTLE SNOW i Snow descended on Ashland shortly before noon yesterday and left a white blanket covering ground in some areas. The storm made life miserable for three Southern Oregon college .coeds on their way to a POT LIGHTERS Barry' Gioodroad, (left, above).and Hafold Bailey are among valley high school students a little short on sleep' today afte'r they were called from home'. to light orchard heaters late Tuesday night. Temperatures fell to 25 degrees in the coldest spots. The two are shown with Kenhed Has GOP Backing Washington -(UPD- President Kennedy's warning to Russia to keep hands off Cuba drew strong support today from key Republican senators. - Kennedy's pledge Tuesday to block any Soviet armed Intervention in Cuba was praised by Republican Sens. Styles Bridges (N.H.), Jacob K. Javits (R-N.Y.), and John S. Cooper (B-Ky.). Javits said Kennedy is "en titled to .the support of all political elements in this coun try." Meanwhile the White House indicated that Kennedy pub licly will speak out on Cuba Thursday for the first time since the week end invasion of the island by the anti-Castro forces. Optional Time Bill Sent Back Salem (UPD Rep. Ken. "Maher (R-Portland) today won another chance for a once-defeated bill to let cities or counties choose summer day light time. ; The measure was sent back to the committee on planning and development with sug gestions the bill be rewritten calling for uniform statewide fast time and another referral to the voters. The voters de feated a similar plan last years. Russia Demands UN Condemnation of U.S. United Nations, N.Y.-IUPD-Russia demanded United Na tions condemnation of the United States today for its alleged participation in the Cuban Invasion. .; Soviet Ambassador Valerian A. Zorin. in a midnight resolution, called on all countries to support Fidel Castro's government if asked and "repel the aggression." His resolu tion was placed before the General Assembly's Main Po litical committee. .' The committee hoped to dispose of the resolution, one of four before it on the Cuban situation, in time for the General Assembly to take final action before its adjournment dead line Friday. H, v - 'it if if S: , ; " Damage Reported In Valley Orchards A cold front moving south ward yesterday brought rain and snow to southern Oregon and resulted in what probably Mrs. Jennings, Temporary Assessor The Jackson county court this morning signed an order appointing Mrs. Elva Jen nings, chief deputy . in the county assessor's office, as county assessor until a regu lar appointment can be made. The temporary appoint ment is to fill the office va cated by the late county as sessor, Ray Schumacher, who died last Friday. County Judge Earl Miller said today he would send a letter to Harper Edwards, chairman of the Jackson County Democratic Central committee, asking for two recommendations for a regu lar appointment to the asses sor's office. The executive council of the Democratic committee is scheduled, to meet tonight to consider nominees for the ap pointment. Next, a meeting of all Democrats in Jackson county will be called and vote held on nominees. 1 W iVf'T class. The girls are unidentified. Why?: They were un willing to $top in the gale long enough to tell the Mail Tribune ptjtographer their names. their kerosene lighters touching the pots of crude oil in Perrydal,e orchards oh Jacksonville- h i g h w a y. Frost damage' yras reported In some unhea ted orchards. This is! Bailey's sixth season lighting.the pots, and it is Goodroad's : second, V-v ' ; was thef-lnost extensive or chard heSting in the valley. County Agent Clifford B. Cordy said this morning that considerable damage occurred to the pear crop in the com paratively small, unheated colder orchards in the area. Only minimum frost dam age, if any, occurred in the heated orchards, he added. Temperatures fell to 25 de grees in the coldest spots this morning, and temoeratures are expected to get as low tonight, according to the weather bureau. Yesterday morning,' the cold front brought snow flur ries to Medford, and in Ash land it snowed hard enough to remain on the ground for a short time. Other Damage Freezing temperatures may also have damaged neaches and strawberries, Cordy said. Some orchardists fired heat ers as early as 10 p.m. yester day, and most were l't by 1:30 o'clock this morning. Both Bartlett and D'Anjpu trees have the oetals off, arid young buds fully exnose(l to freeing temoeratures, while the Bosc anrt Com'ce are still In blossom. Low temperature limit for the netnt fall stage is 31 degrees for the Bartletts and D'Anjous. and 2R to 29 decrees for the Cornice and Bosc. Pears which have, been pol lenized may have enough of a hormone balance to stick on, he added. It Is too early to tell if any marked or mis shnnen pears w"l result from this freeze, Cordy said. "H's interesting to note that fruit acreage? heated has in creased 50 per cent during the last six years. However, the smoke has not been as bad as in former years," Cor dv said. "At least 40 per cent of the old heavy smoke pro ducing heaters hRve been con verted to the less smoke pro ducing ones," he added. Eichmann Voice Heard at Trial Jerusalem - IUPD - The re corded voice of Adolf Eich mann told the court today he deserved no mercy and per haps ought to have hanged himself in public. The voice boomed through the courtroom from a tape recorder. It was a statement Eichmann dictated shortly af ter he was flown to' Israel from Argentina for the pur poses of being put on trial here, on charges of slaughter ing six million Jews.' ' At a point where he was placing the main blame on his superiors, he added: "I cannot claim my hands are clean ... I will ask for mercy. I am not deserving of mercy. Perhaps I ought to hang myself In public so that all the world's anti-Semites can have the terrible nature of their acts made clear to them." Thursday' is the 13th an niversary of the creation of Israel as a state. There will be no court session. -" Two Receive Life Terms for Slaying Portland IUPD Two men were sentenced to life impris onment Tuesday for the hold up slaying Jan. 18 of James Chambers, a service station operator. ' Both Thomas Cullen Hudg ens, 26, and Paige W. Church, 30, entered pleas of guilty to second degree murder. WEATHER FORECAST: Variable eloudlr pass tonight and Thursday. fIRavv frost tonight. A little warmer Thursday. Low to night 2R at airport. II I f h Thursday 35. Temp. Highest Yesterday 51 Lowest This Morning 29 I'rec. to 10 a.m. Today, Trace Our Skies Tonight Sunset today 6:57 p.m. Sunrise tomorrow .... 5:23 a.m. Moonset tonight 11:37 p.m. First Quarter Aprlf 22 At moonset tonight the Twins will he In the west, the Big Dipper In the north. Capella In the northwest, and Vega In the northeast. House Committee Asks Appearance Salem (UPD - A Portland steel firm official has been asked to explain to the House Labor committee, where he heard about three-way work men's compensation votes, "worth $2,000." Requested to appear and confront a state employee be fore the committee April 27 is George Jones, personnel man ager of Oregon Steel Mills. Comm.nt Denied Jones testified at an earlier three-way hearing that State Industrial Accident Commis sion Inspector Ed York had told him "it is well known that a vote was worth $2,000." The committee decided to recall Jones and York at the same time after York Tuesday denied making such a com ment. ;' The three-way bill, which would shift millions of dollars in industrial accident insur ance from the state to private firms, was tabled in the com mittee by a 6-3 vote. Airing Asked One of the three members voting for the bill said in ferences implied in the com ment should be aired. The committee agreed to summon Jones after examin ing a transcript of the earlier hearing ' on the heavily - dis puted measure.. ; At that time, the record said, Jones described a dis cussion on the three-way fight during a visit from York. Inspector Quoted Jones quoted the inspector as saying " a lot jot lies have been, told about the accident commission" by backers of the three-way bill. ! Then, Jones said, York asked if he had contributed to a fund to back the three- way bill and made the com ment about votes worth $2,000. York denied the reference to $2,000 votes, and told the committee Tuesday there was nothing improper about his visit to Jones. ' Facilities Jo Be Ready at Lake Recreation facilities at How ard Prairie lake will be ready for fishing season opening Sat urday. 'County Engineer Rob ert Carstensen said this morn ing. This includes the moor ing docks. ! "Further Improvements will have to be made on the docks, but they can be used this week end he told the county court this morning. : ,The county court directed the county engineer to assume full charge and responsibility for all construction in the Howard Prairie recreation area. Considerable confusion oc curred there this week be tween the county engineer's crew, City-County Recreation Director Robert Haworth and Bob Johnston, concessionaire. It seems to be a problem of too many bosses, It was re ported. "Someone had ordered two heavy rocks be placed atop one of the docks which tipped it over and warped the con cessionaire's booth out of shape," Carstensen said. "Ap parently the idea was to float the dock to a desirable spot and kick the rocks off." He commended Haworth's crew on its construction of the floating docks, but said con necting cables will have to be used to compensate for wave attion. .-. - Hornbroofc Voters -Create Problem for Political Expert! Hornbrook - Voters in Hornbrook couldn't make up their minds in a special school .lection held yester day. Included on the ballot was a measure for the re call of two school board members, Frank Cardoia and Jack Wayne. Vot.ri re called both men by identi cal, two-vole margins. An drew Skeahan was named to replace Cardosa. The term will expire in' July. Ralph Bennett, a wrlie-in candidate, was elected to , fill out Wayne's term, alio expiring in July. So Wayne is off the board. But in a contest for a regular school board post, the term begin ning in July, Wayne led all candidates. Let the political experts figura this ona out! Ouba Invaders Said Ud GE Executive Tells of Orders On Price Fixing Secret Meetings With Competitors Washlngton-flJPD-A General Electric Co. executive testi fied today that his superiors ordered him to meet secret ly with competitors to fix prices on electrical equipment In violation of the antitrust laws. The executive, L. B. Gezon, former manager of marketing of low voltage switch gear at GE's Philadelphia plant, said he knew he might be Indicted by the courts if he participat ed in price fixing. Yet he went to secret meet ings with competitors, he said, because if he didn't other ex ecutives would. Started In 1953 Gezon, testifying before the Senate antitrust and monop oly subcommittee, said he started going to secret price fixing sessions with execu tives or competitor firms in 1953. He said he stopped in April, 1956, on the advice of a new superior, Frank E. Stehlik. But he said that in the fall of 1958, Steklth countermand ed the order, probably on command from higher up, and directed, him to start partici pating In the meetings ' again. The superiors who told him to '.engage in- the conspiracy. he said.lu kept .reminding him that the practice was contrary to pHlclal company policy. Leveling Slarls:; For New Building Ground leveling and" other preliminary work begah ' to day 6n: a three-acre site- of a 102-bed convalescent hospital on Stephens st. near the Med ford Shopping center. I Plana for the large hojpltal were announced last fall' by Western Convalescent Foun datlon, Inc. Payne and Struble are architects.. ., . Total cost of the structure, land and furnishings is ex pected to be $750,000, accord ing to William Brooks, spokes man for the foundation, The hospital will be in the shape of an X, and made of light weight block, vertical red wood siding and glass, with a crushed rock roof. Administrative offices will be In the center of three pa tient wings and a service wing. Visitor parking and an interior drive are also plan ned. Rooms will be primarily double; eight will be single. Gardens are planned for the back.- The Institution is believed to be the first of its kind to be financed through the Fed eral Housing administration's current loan program, Brooks said. Completion is scheduled for this fall. , . Mitchell Victor at New Jersey Polls . Newark,. N.J. -(UPD- Former Labor jSecretary James P. Mitchell swept to the Republi can gubernatorial nomination today on a wave of personal popularity that could carry the GOP back Into executive power In New Jersey for the first time in eight years. National Republican leaders were jubilant over Mitchell's 45,000-vote victory over two strong opponents in his first try at an elective office. Mitchell, who had little or ganizational support, beat off a determined bid by State Sens. Walter H. - Jones and Wayne Dumont. In the No vember showdown he faces former Superior Court Judge Richard J. Hughes, who won the Democratic nomination overwhelmingly. . ' - QUITS POST Baker-WPD - Baker County School Supt. Lowell Hall has announced his resignation ef fective Jijly 1. With Guerrilla Groups Obscene Material Bill Approved Salem - IUPD - The Senate today approved and sent to the House two bills designed to crack down on obscene literature and those who knowingly traffic in It. Sen. Carl Francis (R-Dayton) car ried both bills and the vote was unanimous. SB94 puts a new crime on the lawbooks-that of know ingly peddling literature that "manifestly tends to corrupt the sexual morality of a child," those under 18. It re tains the penalty of a $1,000 fine, . one year in the county jail, or both, or up to five years in prison. SB542 r e defines obscene literature as that which ap peals to "prurient interest." Francis noted that while the state supreme court recently held the present law constitu Odds Seen Against Success for Invaders of Cuba Editor's note! Francis I,. Mc - LaUn " American news editor and vtrn' at cnvftrlnr unheavala In South America ana eisewurra, nss been rollowlnt the Cuban Invasion I4V- anri Mlvht ( It heiSH three rfaW atfn. In the fallowing dlSUatch he- presents hla considered .perian al assessment ol the plltht of the invasion xorcea. By FRANCIS L. MCCARTHY i. Wl Correspondent u The :b(Jds ;npw Appear to be oilina uD grimly ana neavny against tne a-day-oia invasion of Fidel Castro's uurja. The position ot. the out numbered Invaders in the key area around Cochlnos Bay may, be described as des perate. Information iiitering out Ashlandef Named To Church Post Ashland - Carroll W. Smith, nn Clav st.. has Been ap pointed president of the West ern Canadian mission of the Latter-Day Saints church, ac cording to church officials at Salt Lake City, I Smith is owner of a trucK lna firm in Ashland, and is president of Memory Gardens Memorial parK. He is presi dent pf the Klamath stake of the church, chairman of the Ashland school board, director nf the Ashland-Talent United fund, a member of the- Jack son County Scnooi reorgani zation board,, and vice- presi dent of the Boy Scout Council. Hii son-in-law, Clair Schlff man, will operate the trucking firm In his absence. Smith, who expects to mi the new position for three or four years, will be In' charge of missionary work of the church in Alberta and Sas katchewan Provinces, with home, offices in Edmonton. About 170 missionaries work in the Western Canadian mis sion. He replaces Parley A. Arave, Blackfoot, Idaho, rancher, who has presided over the mission since man. The church has 16 missions. throughout the world, Ponderosa Pine Tax Wins Approval Salem - IUPD - An Industry supported plan to levy a har vest tax instead of a property tax on ponderosa pine in eastern Oregon won 54-2 ap proval today from the House. The measure now goes to the Senate. ' The bill, HB1114, Is a com panion to a bill combining property and severance tax principles for Douglas fir in the western part of the state. Cutting practices for the two kinds of trees differ.. The western Oregon meas ure, an Industrial Forestry association compromise, also has gone to tha Senate. tional, it said the law as a whole is shaky. This bill strengthens it. ' 'In the House, a harvest tax to replace the present proper ty tax on eastern Oregon pon derosa pine won 54-2 and went to the Senate. The meas ure had support of virtually ajl eastern Oregon timber op erators and Is a companion to a value tax plan for Douglas fir In western Oregon. i A resolution requiring lob byists to register and list the interests they represent in or der to obtain house lobbying privileges was introduced in the House by the rules com mittee. It was read and . re ferred to that group. House Speaker Robert B. Duncan, Medford, said he sup ports such a requirement for the lobby. Mounting ifrom the fiehtintf nrpn la that the rebel forces put ashore Sunday night and Monday are fighting on. But their fate grows more doubtful by the hour.. ' Overwhelming Odds TheMnvaders went ashore In the -face of over whelming superior' numbers. They have driven at least 20 miles In land arid have formed an air strip on a. 10 mile by 10 mile area of liberated ground But their numbers do not seem to be sufficient to hold the position, particularly in the face of the modern Wea pons that Castro . has been able to hurl against them Two factors probably are most responsible for the grave turn of-events for.. the invading forces: " v Castro's use of Commu nist-made MIG Jet i aircraft against the propellor-driven aircraft of the rebels plus the speed with which he was able to use his Soviet-type tanks and cannon in the landing areas. Defections Not Realised Rebel hopes for massive anti-Castro uprisings by the populace and for heavy de fections from , the armed forces apparently have not been realized. - There have been some. But Castro's 300,- 000-man militia has clearly been effective in keeping it down. As of . midday today, the situation ' can hardly be de scribed as anything better than touch and goj Some cru cial hours clearly are ahead SALE AUTHORIZED Salem - (UPD - Sunnyside Telephone Co., has been auth orized to sell 87,664 shares of its $1 par value common stock to June 'S. Jones, : Portland Investment broker. ' "I Hold In My Hand U.S. Underground Linked Castro Declares Enemy Will Be Eliminated Soon Americans Killed By Firing Squads By FRANCIS L. MCCARTHY u correspondent The Cuban Revolution,,,... Council said today its invad ing forces have "completed the planned first phase of their military operation in the south of Cuba" and linked uo with guerrilla groups in the - Escambray mountains. The operation was reported to be under continuous attack by Soviet MIGs. heaw tnnU. and artillery." h ;,cuncil,s communique said, Numerous elements of the forces from the Cochlnos Bay area have comnleted a movement north of Cienfue- ' gos from which they will be able to reinforce the patriots .ready ngntlng in the moun tains." . Clenf uegos is about 50 miles to the east of the original beachhead in the Bahia da Cochlnos area. Resist Soviet Tanks it can , also be revealed that additional guerrilla units n a ve -infiltrated Matnnraa ' province,",, the communtqua said. ."The heroic action of a small hdlding force which re- sistea soviet tanks, artillery oim .anxraii during the last nours made this result pos-. aime.- , . , The revolutionary eomrnunb , que was issued shortly, afteiC Premier. Tidel , Castro's govi ,' ernment claimed it shot. down . four ;planes-0n bombinb- mi. slonsi over Cuba this; morn. ing,( Including one piloted bv an American. . -. , t ,- The. Castro regime also the Invasion boasted that forcIn "south central Cuba , vypifld-.be 'totally wiped out In -a' matter ,of . bours.'N , , Dlltina the nleht' Pnof. looted V- a ; wave of terror thOuf Sout Cuba in an effort tcfr Jt p the Invasion from ieiwnj off an internal . up- rising,w - . Two Americans Executed - Castro firing sauads pxppnf. ed two Americans Angus McNalr, , Coral Gables, Fla., and Howard Anderson, Yak- -lma, Wash. In aditlon, there were mass arrests of Cubans, U.S. citizens and other for eign nationals. - , A mldmornlng communlaua broadcast over the . Castro government's emergency radio neiworn said a third Amer ican was killed' when : his 'military plane" was shot down over Cuba. The Spanish speaking announcer gave his name as Leo Francis Burney . or uuney, of Boston. Portland Post Office : iMove To Go Ahead Washington -IUPD- The Post Off ie. Department announced today' that It has decided to go ahead with the transfer of Its Pacific Northwest region al office from Portland to Se attle. A List Of 179 Million Communist Agents!" - - - . - - - -