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The Weather
Forecast: Rain turning to showers Saturday.-
Occasional winds as high as 40 mph
Friday night.
Temperature: High Thursday, 42; low
Friday morning, 40. Predicted high Saturday, .
45; predicted low Saturday morning, 40.
2 Shopping Days
Until Christmas
LANE COUNTY'S HOME NEWSPAPER.
TWO SECTIONS-24 PAGES
EUGENE, OREGON, FRIDAY; DECEMBER 21, 1951
CITY EDITION
Phone 5-1551
, Mud Looking Up
Negro Families
Face Problems
irnlTOR'S NOTE: It has been four years jince several Negro
were jv'-- - w mini tu muite way
, development of the Ferry St. Bridge. The follotoino story
i hotf thew hol,e 1ared' in their new area )
By R. HARLOW SCHILUOS
KolitlfGurl SUII Writer
fli Negro congregation shucked the mud from their feet
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rn( than snow. .
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Ankle-UCCP IUUU lO wail a wit. fTi-ut. A J. m five. W11CIC t
-X hnasts. "It's lucky if you live in the Northwest."
f.. .nnraeine were tne woras ot tne Kev. James A,
ry. j frnm the nulpit:
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ij are destinea . "u mi juu " aecr.mg iu acmeve
lite" -
i-mild have shut your eyes the way we Americans
betimes practice democracy and , imagined the finest
Kfidral aDOUl you. pemum wuum jruu ncai ajjiiiiuaia &u
rtu (oolindv. sung.:-:. ?
P,'nnn vow eyes for a moment to look beyond the skin color
IJis congregation and to look at their-r-our misery while waiting
F U .F . 1J J U M' raKnln liaJ halnaJ .Ana-..... Ua
L .nri install an oil stove in this Methodist church the day before.
It., in vears Uncle Sam had used him as a driver-gunner in
t"6!st tank battauon dui mat was wartime. AiDeri uanieis jr.,
' ow you the vivid scars left by bullets that ripped through his
bw on Unemployed Lists r:
Mai he is a cement finisher, the father of five children, and
Lrtoed about 50 per cent of the time.
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li in easy smile and likeable personality, worked recently with
tdher Negroes in a Lane County mill. The mill ownership chang-
EtodJ and when the crews were rehired "There just wasn't room
lie colored folk," said Dewey. f
He superintendent, oi xnis iirm una a reporter, -xne oniy way
mold have hired them was- as a group (that is, green chain gang)
fcfay just weren't available as a group at the time. So w hired
Lwho came along and they just happened to be white."
Wed Mill-Owner's Word
Hot so, say the colored men. "We were available as -a group, If
fci necessary. We never had a call from them to report to work
bbcugh they said they'd call us." ,
Wai this case considered under tne Fair Employment Practices
Upused in Oregon In 1949? The law says it is unlawful to dis-
tsaite in employment on the basis of race, religion, color, or na
tal origin. v y
lio. They said they'd call us and we trusted their word."
Dmy, incidentally, has been si cook for 23 years but says. ."I
Vt (t I Job washing diehej tn fiiyiie, J;
Uere art many skills and mucK. trMnihg hot in use, because,
Sf don't hire Negroes for jfccfc 'wcrk, here." riv 1 . ..
i at is an emoaimer and funeral director, - five men qualify as
ber traders: two art carpenteri. two welders, a chauffuer. fry
ik, inichinist, painter. One woman reports she is a registered
Ax; mother, that she is a licensed beauty operator.
I One competent domestic worker was unsuccessful in Bettine work
P8i the Oregon State Employment Service. She made her ap
k directly through newspaper classified ads, however, and is
pW solid. After doing several other women's work she comes
Ft to her own and several children.
atwanbendint! over her scrub hoard t an old-fashioned tnh In
pbick yard when we first saw her. She sent her barefooted kids
P w cold mud into the house..
Hungary lo Try
4 U.S. Airmen
As Saboteurs
'Border Violated
Commies Contend
BUDAPEST, Hungary
(AP) The four-man crew of
an American C-47 forced
down in Hungary by Soviet
fighters on Nov. 19. will be
tried here by a Hungarian
court of justice. - -
i ne Hungarian foreign ministry
handed a note to the TJ.S. legation.
It said, in part: . i
"The government of "bie Hun
garian Peoples' Republic considers
it as a fully established fact that
it was by premeditated intention
that the American aircraft violat
ed the Hungarian border.
'Violate Border
"The aircraft which violated the
Hungarian border was. a military
transport aircraft and equipped
with military operational maps, a
radio transmitter, parachutes,-etc.
The four have been identified in
Washington as Capt. Dave Hen
derson of Shawnee, Okla., Capt:
John J. Swift of Glen Falls, N.Y.,
Sgt. James A. Elam of Kingsland,
Ark., and Tech. Sgt. Jess A. Duff
of Spokane, Wash.
'Spies, Saboteurs'
Soviet Foreign Minister Andrei
Y. Vishinsky told a U.N. Assembly
committee in Paris Wednesday the
four were "spies, and sabateurs. '
He said he hoped they would be
tried by "our military and justice
authorities."
The fliers were forced down by
Soviet fighters stationed in Hun
gary under the peace treaty. They
were on a diplomatic mission to
Belgrade from a base in Germany
when, American authorities con
tended, they lost their way.
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(AP Wlrephoto)
IKE IS HOST Gen. Dwight D. Eisenhower greets British
Prime Minister Winston Churchill on the latter's arrival
for luncheon at Ike's Supreme Allied Command headquar
ters near Paris. Gen. Eisenhower tried to sell Churchill on
the idea of supporting a unified European army.
West 11th Settlement
(Continued on Page Wine)
Dutchman'
pins Mum
GTON-W-Henry
fMchman) Grunewald re
a Friday to testify to' a House
Jttee investigating tax scan-
.wald said he was acting
of his attorney.
t'l T"." a mysteriods
-Washington, was called
Zlu e w"ys anl means
3Tk ll"'or1""tioning as to
ws anything about
$500,000 "tax., fix"
f6" attempt.
his attorney, William P.
rS,fHave bee" sparring with
?' d"ys ove
3bS? wl?at circumstances
would testify. -J.
a former Justice De-
fcjj 'V "'wstea urunewald
,es"mony except
1' hearing. The committee
KS ndc!.s doors be-
r- .u, PUD11C session
IT' m Grunewald nrf
hrw!1r!Lthem behind closed
kL," mornine. hut th
Plane Alert
Fizzles Out
NEWHALL, Cal. (P) He
ports of big plane's crash in the
rugged Tehachapi Mountains sent
ground and air searchers into the
area Friday, but they couldn't
find the supposed wreckage.
Los Angeles and Kern County
sheriff's offices received accounts
from residents of Gorman and
Frazier mountain districts, n
where the two counties join, of a
plane trailing fire as it crossed
8000-foot Frazier Mountain.
First reports identified it as an
Air Force C-48. The Air Force
had such a plane enroute from
Bakersfield to Albuquerque, N.
M., but quickly determined that it
was safe.
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State Approves
Bypass Route
FORTLANDMPV-SaKen , Tt-gd:t--towns
wilt be bypassed by
the Pacific Highway 99 relocation
project which the State Highway
Commission approved Friday.
R. H. Baldock. chief engineer,
was given authority to award a
contract for the first section of
the new highway as soon as right
of way purchases are completed.
The towis to be by-passed are
Creswell, Cottage Grove, Drain,
Yoncalla, Oakland, Sutherlin and
Gold Hill. Hearings on the relo
cation plan were held in each of
the towns from Oct. 7 to 9.
Leonard and Slate, Portland,
was low bidder to build the first
part of the new road a 5.8-mile
section south of Cottage Grove.
The firms bid was $1,530,464.
Other contract awards:
Paving the Judkins Point-Gosh-en
section of the relocated High
way 99 south of Eugene. E. C,
Hall, Portland, and J. C. Comp
ton, McMinnville, submitted a
joint low bid of $886,361. The
paving is to be completed by next
October.
Cost of Living
Climbs Again
WASHINGTON (IP) The
Government's cost of living index
rose another 0.6 per cent to a new
peak in November.
As a result, approximately
million and a quarter railroad
workers will get a pay boost of
four cents an hour. Their wage
scales are tied to the rise and fall
of the index.
The Assn. of American- Rail
roads estimates that each cent an
hour increase means for the
carriers about an extra 30 million,
dollars a -yer. On this basia be
ginning January .1,. Ihe railroad
workers would begin receiving
additional pay at the rate of 120
million dollars a year.
The Bureau of Labor Statistics,
which keeps the tally, said its in
dex reached 188.8 per cent of the
1935-39 base level. It said that in
creases for miscellaneous goods
and services and in prices of fresh
fruits and vegetables was mainly
responsible for the rise.
The bureau said the Nov. 15
index was, 10.8 per cent higher
than in June 1950, before the out
break of the Korean War, and 6.9
per cent above November, 1950.
Cowboy Boots
Throw Actor
' For Big Loss
LOS ANGELES (P) A
casualty of an effort to pull on
a pair of cowboy boots, actor
Joseph Cotten returned home
Thursday night on a stretcher
from an Arizona movie location.
He arrived by train on a
stretcher, accompanied by a
nurse, and was met at the sta
tion by a doctor.
Cotten fractured a disc in his
spine, it was stated, when he
tumbled backward in a Douglas
Hotel room while trying on a
pair of cowboy boots. His doc
tor .said the injury is painful
but not serious.
New Marine Chief
Takes Oath of Office
WASHINGTON (U.R) Gen.
Lemuel C. Shepherd was sworn
in Friday as the 20th commandant
of the Marine Corps and pledged
his best efforts to keep . the
leathernecks at top combat effi
ciency. Shepherd took his oath at a brief
ceremony in the office of Navy
Secretary Dan A. Kimball.
He said he' fully realizes the
"great responsibilities that rest on
my shoulders."
Allies Open Gates
For Italy to Rearm
By JOHN M. HIGHTOWER
Afli.eLte Preu Staff Writer
WASHINGTON (P) The
United States and other Atlantic
Allies Friday opened the way for
Italy to rearm on a large scale. In
defiance of expected bitter Soviet
opposition, they waived World
War II peace treaty limitations on
Italian armed forces.
A note handed by Secretary of
State Acheson to Italian Ambassa
dor Alberto Tarchiani at the State
Department stated that so far as
the United States is concerned:
1. The peace treaty preamble
treating Italy as a defeated enemy
"no longer exists.'
2. Political requirements of the
treaty are "superfluous,' and
3. Italy "Is released' from the
treaty's limitations on armed forces.
In Rome, the foreign office an
-come the humiliating conditions
which had been imposed upon her
by the treaty of 1947."
Immediate and violent objec
tions from Moscow are expected
since Russia has opposed every
step to strengthen the Atlantic al
liance, or to revise any agreement
in which it had a voice, without
its consent.
But U.S. officials are confident
the Russians will do nothing more
than object and cannot alter the
practical effect of the waivers.
Military Limitations
The military section of the
peace treaty now waived by the
western powers limited Italy to
185,000 soldiers, 65,000 carabin-
ieri, one battleship, three cruisers
and four destroyers, 200 fighter
GM Asks OPS
To Up Prices
WASHINGTON (P) Gen
eral Motors Friday asked a boost
in wholesale ceiling prices on its
five makes of passenger auto
mobiles. The requested raises ranged
$60 on the best selling Chevrolet
to $103 on the best selling Cadil
lac. GM applied to the Office' of
Price Stabilization for the price
adjustments under the Capehart
amendment to the Economic Con
trols Law. This allows manufac
turers to add cost increases to pre
Korean selling prices to determine
new ceilings.
. GM, giant of the motor indus
try, was the second of the big
three to ask such ceiling in
creases. Ford applied earlier in
the week.
Studebaker, Hudson, and
Kaiscrrrazer also have
higher ceilings.
Ching Gives Up
On Steel Talks
WASHINGTON (iP) Steel
labor negotiations collapsed Friday
and the dispute was referred to
President Truman as being in a
complete deadlock.
Cyrus S. Ching, federal media
tion service director, ended his
efforts to negotiate a settlement.
Labeled "Hopeless"
He told reporters he was send
ing the case to the White House
as hopeless leaving It up to the
President to decide on the next
step to try to avert a threatened
New Year's Day strike in the vital
steel industry.
Mr. Truman apparently has two
courses to take.
One is to invoke the Taft-Hart
ley Act, with its provisions for an
80-day court injunction prohibit
ing a Walkout.
Coal Strike Threat
This, however, would probably
shelve the unsettled steel dispute
until March, with the possibility
that John L. Lewis may be threat
ening a nation-wide coal strike
then. '
His second course would be to
refer the steel crisis to the Wage
Stabilization Board for a recom
mended settlement.
However, it was considered
highly unlikely Ihe board could
. . complete this process before CIO
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strike deadline.
Heat Prevents
Crew Boarding
Burned Vessel
11 Bodies Missing
In Ship Disaster
ASTORIA (UP) The
fire-swept Danish motorship
fcrna held the secret Friday
of what happened to 11 miss
ing passengers and crewmen
while the Coast Guard an
nounced the orice palatial ves
sel was "still too hot" to board
for an investigation.
The Erria, grounded near the
Oregon side of the Columbia River
to clear the stream for navigation,
smouldered from flames that ate
into a hold containing wheat and
into the engine room. Some smoke
still was visible over the super
structure.
Cmdr. Quentine Greeley, port
captain for the Coast Guard at
Astoria, said no one would go
aboard Friday because of the heat.
He said it was possible that the
bodies of eight passengers and
three crewmen missing from
original list of 114 persons were
all on board.
Investigation Slated
Greeley said the Coast Guard
might pump water into the wheat
after cutting holes in the ship's
side.
Emil Mogens Dagh, American
manager for the East Asiatic Co.,
operators t? the Erria, was sched
uled to arrive here to aid the investigation.
The fire broke out early Thurs
day morning, possibly from a de
fective cable in the No. 3 hold.
The flames quickly ate their way
into the upper deck.
Captain M. Agge ordered the
passengers and crew to abandon
ship five minutes after the first
alarm was sounded. Within 20
minutes, 23 passengers and 80
crew members had clambered
down rope ladders to lifeboats and
coast guard cutters.
Fishermen helped pull some ot
the passengers and crew member',
through portholes. Most ot them
hastily donned overcoats and their
nightclothes, leaving their bag
gage behind.
No Boats Mlsainr
At first it was believed that the
missing, who Included eight pas
sengers and three crew members,
were in a lifeboat. However, a
check showed all four of the Er
ria's lifeboats accounted for. One
of them had capsized while being
lowered. No one was In it.
The coast guard doubted that
any of the missing swam to shore
and no bodies were found in the
water.
Tiie ship was on its way from
Portland to Liverpool with a
cargo of wheat, apples and lumber.
So What?
Winter's
Here Now
Winter, which for practical
purposes like fuel bills has been
here for some time, will arrive
officially at 11:01 a.m. Saturday.
At that moment the North Pole
will be tilted 23 degrees and 27
minutes away from the sun.
But nobody can tell by looking
Saturday, the theoretical "short
est day" of the year, will be ex
actly the same length as Thurs
day and Friday. On those three
days there were eight hours and
53 minutes between the 7:43 a.m.
sunrise and the 4:36 p.m. sunset.
Sunday will be a minute
longer than Thursday, Friday
and Saturday. That day the sun
will rise one minute later, at
7:44, but will set two minutes
later, at 4:38. Sunday, with
eight hours and 54 minutes, will
be the same length as Wednes
day when the sun came up at
7:42 a.m and went down at 4:36.
And, as winter comes at 11:01
a.m. Saturday, there will be
only one and a half shopping
days until Christmas.
Guard Denies
Dope Dealing
SALEM (P) Howard B
Hansen, 27, state prison guard ac
cused of smuggling drugs into the
penitentiary, pleaded innocent in
district court Friday.
District Judge Val Sloper order
ed a jury trial for December 27,
Maximum punishment on this
charge is $600 fine and six
months in jail.
Warden Virgil O'Malley accused
Hansen Thursday of smuggling a
drug similar to benzedrine to
prisoners.
O'Malley said the prison drug
problem has been serious for a
long time, and that he catches
about four prisoners a week using
the drug.
The convicts use benzedrine and
similar drugs to get "high," as the
drugs' effects are similar to those
of narcotics.
Pioneer Principal,
Ellis Parker, Dies
Ellis R. Parker, teacher of thou
sands of Lane County folks dur-
nounced that eight nations the I and reconnaissance planes, and
United States, Britain, France,
Holland, Belgium, Greece, New
Zealand and China had agreed
to an Italian appeal of Dec. 8 for
the treaty changes.
"Humiliating Conditions"
The foreign office said that with
150 transport planes.
It is up to the Italians them
selves now to decide what size
forces they want to have.
Russia has repeatedly blocked
italv from membership in the
United Nations and prevented re-
these acceptances "Italy has over-vision in that way.
Allies Demand
POW Recheck
PANMUNJOM, Korea (Satur
day) (U.R) The Communists have
failed to account for more than
1000 Allied prisoners, ncarlv all
Americans, they had claimed as ling his 51 years of service, 30 in
being in their hands, the United ! Eugene, died Friday at his home.
Nations command charged yester- Parker, whose address was 1465
day. w. 11th Ave., was for 26 consccu-
In a stern note to the Reds, the i tjve years principal of the Old
UN truce delegation demanded i Geary school, now the Eugene Vo
that they give a "complete, proper !cational School. His last cduca
and satisfactory" explanation optional post in Eugene was that of
the reason why these names were .principal of Whitcaker School. He
not included in the list of prison- retired in 1937.
ers, among them 3198 Americans,' ,
they submitted as part of armis-, Bran ,n 1888
tice negotiations. He began teaching In 1886, serv-
In addition, the UN command: ing for 20 years in country and
remined the Reds, tens of thous-, community schools throughout
ands of South Korean prisoners Lane County. His first job was in
have not been accounted for. I Zion District. Later he taught in
Upper Lost Creek Valley, Dexter,
School HolifJaV Pleasant Hill, Clovcrleaf, Crcs-
JCriOOl noiiarjy well, and Kail Creek. He started in
Eugene, Springfield and Bethel . Eugcne in September, 1907.
school kids start a brief respite
from the books Friday afternoon Tne 82-year-old educator did
as their annual Christmas vaca- "uch to foster the organization
tion begins. Most other schools In ""d growth of the old Geary PTA,
the county are following a similar !hc first In the county, and helped
holiday pattern. t0 promote the "large family" as-
The schools will ooen again Pct of teacher-pupil relationships.
January 2. I Parker served under at least
seven Eugene superintendents of
schools. At the time of his first
Eugene teaching position there
were only three elementary
schools in the city.
He received his early education
at Pleasant Hill, where he was
born, Nov. 18, 1869, and Dexter.
Later, Parker took special teach
ers work at the university.
As a young man, Parker built
a house at Dexter In 1890. and was
married to Ennls Holbrook a year
Inter. They lived there 17 years
before moving to Eugene to build
their second home.
He was a member of both slate
and national teachers' associations.
Parent. Here In 1853
His parents were Lane County
pioneers. They came from Illinois
in 1853.
Principal Parker, with his soft
voice and ready smile, had the
reputation among his students and
their parents as a person "who
could do more with a few words
than others with a spanking."
Announcement of services will
be made later.
Quick Capture
Follows Tavern
Robbery, Fight
Twelve hours after he robbed
and beat a Eugene tavern own
er, a 20-year-old Coos County
youth was arrested by state and
Roseburg city police and con
fessed his guilt to them.
James McAlpine Clark, of Del
wood, Ore., admitted that he held
up John D. Motheral at the
Friendly Tavern, 1667 W. 6th
Ave., about 1:30 a. m. Thursday.
Recorded Statement
In a wire recorded statement
taken after his 1:30 p. m. arrest
in an apartment north of Rose
burg,-Clark also confessed that
he had beaten Motheral with
t'Uni In a fight that preceded his
osimpe- irom me iavern. xnirty
stltche,i were needed to close
Motheral's wounds after th. fight.
Friday morning, Eugene offi
cers were dispatched to return
Clark for trial here. He was held
overnight in the Douglas County
jail, charged with assault and
armed robbery. His ball was set
at $3000.
To Make Payments
The Associated Press reported
from Roseburg that Clark said he
held up Motheral to get money
to maintain payments on a new
Ford convertible and a house
trailer.
The Ford was found stalled on
Pierce St., between 6th and 7th
Aves., shortly after the holdup.
Two $5 bills and two $20's were
found In and around the car, and
a bloodstained coat was in the
seat. Later, officers found a
money bag containing $51.20
stuffed under the seat and iden
tified it as the one Motheral had
surrendered to Clark at gunpoint.
Clark's pistol also was in the car.
Another $77 of the estimated
$200 holdup loot was found on
Clark when he was taken into
custody.
Admits Car Theft
The Associated Press also re
ported Friday that Clark admitted
stealing a Chevrolet sedan to com
plete his getaway after his con
vertible bogged down on Fierce
St.
The Chevrolet was recovered
Thursday near the Eugene Hotel,
and a friend of Clark's told po
lice that Clark had abandoned it
there an hour after the robbery.
Ignored Advice
Information from Clark's friend
provided the real "break" in the
case and led to his arrest at Rose
burg. Clark went to the friend's
home about 3 a.m, Thursday and
said he had been in a fight.
Later when Clark told his host
about f he tavern holdup, he was
urged to turn himself in to the
police. When he instead called
another friend at Roseburg ask
ing him to come to Eugene and
give him transportation back to
Roseburg, Clark's Eugene ac
quaintance reported all that he
knew to city police.
A radio alert to state and local
police at Roseburg then resulted
in Clark's quick apprehension.
UN Negotiators
Agree to Quit :
Korean Islands
'Major Concession' ; ;
Made to Commies
PANMUNJOM, Korea
(UP) The United Nations
agreed Friday -to give up all
islands it holds off the east
and west coasts of Communist
North Korea in a major con
cession to speed up an armis
tice. wM
UN staff officers attached
no strings to the offer, but a
spokesman said it was made
in anticipation that the Reds
would yield later to other
Allied demands perhaps 6n
the key issue of rotation of
troops during a truce. r
The U.N. gave in to the Com
munists on the island question at
a two-hour morning meeting f ot
three Allied and two Communist
staff officers.
Talks Resumed -r;
Altogether the staff officer
agreed during the morning on
three "ground rules" for carrying
out on armistice. However, they
resumed their negotiations at 3
p.m. with the most controversial
Issues stil before them notably
the U.N. demands for unlimited
troop rotation and a ban on new
airfield construction.
The U.N. and Communist tmr
delegates threw the whole prob
lem of carrying out aud poliolng
an armistice to the staff officers
Thursday for solution after they
round tnemseives apparently
hopelessly deadlocked.
3 Ground Rules .
U.N. spokesman Brtff. Gen. Wil
liam P. Nuckols said the agree
ment on the first three "ground
rules" put the staff officers on
"the road to solution" despite th
obstacles which lie ahead.
The three "ground rules" were:
1. All armed forces of both .Idea
shall cease-fire within 24' hours
alter an armistice agreement 1
signed and becomes effective,,.,
't. Armed forces of bath ifdea
shall withdraw .. approximately
IVi miles from the cease-fir. ijn
within 72 hours of an armistice to
form a demilitarized buffer lone
2tt miles wide.
3. All ground, naval and air
forces of either side shall be
withdrawn within five days from
the rear and the coastal islands
and waters of the other side "and
any others specifically and mu
tually agreed" upon.
Nuckols called the Allied agree
ment to withdraw from island!
off the Communist coasts "defi
nitely a major concession."
3 Main Groups
The concession means that the
Allies will give up three main
groups of islands off the mouta
of the Yalu River, which forms
the boundary between Korea and
Manchuria; off Chinnampo, the
west coast port for Pyongyang, the
North Korean capital; and off the
east coast port of Wonsan. - ;
Actually, the Communists
claimed to have recaptured six of
the islands off the west coast this
month, but this has not been con
firmed by the U. N. command.
Rains Plague '
Tent Dwellers
BEIRUT. Lebanon (IP) Two i
weeks of torrential rains have left i
a trial of death and destruction
among tens of thousands of tent
dwelling Arab refugees in the
Middle East, it was reported her
Friday.
(Jcfish Immigrant families In
tent camps in Israel also were suf
fering, reports from Jerusalem
and Tel Aviv said). -
The United Nations Relief and
Works Agency (UNRWA) head
quarters in Beirut said all relief
organizations were taxed to the
limit to meet the emergency.
Gaza, ancient biblical coastal
city in Palestine was the hardest
hit. UNRWA reported that 36,000
persons have been evacuated from
the Gaza area. Some 20,000 have
found emergency accommodations?
in mosques and churches. The
agency reported that the unprece
dented rains tore down nearly
5000 refugee tents in tho Gaza,"
area.
UN Defeats
Red Charge
PARIS (IP) The United Na
tions Political Committee gave the
United States a vote of confidence
Friday by rejecting Russian
charges that the U. S. was sup
porting anti-Kremlin plotters on
Soviet soil.
The vote was 39 against the
Russian resolution, S for it and
11 abstentions.
An American spokesman laid
the vote backing up U. S. denials
of the charges would have been
even larger except that several
pro-American delegations had al
ready left Paris for the Christmas
holidays.
Annual Christmas Party;:
Show Slated Saturday
One of the county's biggest
Christmas parties will begin at
9:15 a.m. Saturday when the Elks
Lodge opens the doors of the Mc
Donald Theater for a free show.
Elks members said after the
special show the guests will be
escorted by Santa to the lodge to
receive presents. Elks emphasized
all children are Invited. -' .-
ORF.GON WAGES HIGHER
SALEM (IP) The average '
hourly wage of Oregon's lndustri- :
al workers during November went
over the $2 mark for the first"
time, the State Unemployment
Compensation Commission said
Friday.