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wit . ,'1 1 Tige 2Section I THE CAPITAL JOURNAL Salem, Oregon, Monday, August 13, 1956 EgyptTurnsDownBid, British Go Ahead With Suez Talks and Airlift Soap Box . Derby Champion Nasser. Seeks Broader Parley Of 45 Powers to Reaffirm Canal Shipping Freedom By WILLIAM RKJtTON United Press Staff Correspondent LONDON (UP)-: Britain an swered Egypt's refusal 1o attend the London Suez conference by in creasing its flow of troops, planes and guns to tne miaaie tast to day. Army vehicles and supplies poured into Britain irom the na Hagerty Will Stay Mum on Demos' Doings No 'Big News' Out of White House Due This Week !' WASHINGTON 01 - James C. Hagerty, White House press sec retary, moved Monday to ' fore stall .all requests lor comment j "on anything that happens or is 1 mid in Chicago this week" at the Democratic national convention. - i Asked whether he expected any "big news" out of the White House this week with the Democrats meeting in Chicago, Hagerty re plied that he did not. Then he added; "And I don't expect to have anything to say on anything that happens or is said in Chicago this ' week." Responding to newsmen's in quiries. Hasertv announced thM Eisenhower will not hold a news : conference mis wecK, He declined to sav whv. hut the reason apparently is the Dem ocratic convention. . Hagerty did not rule out the possibility of an Eisenhower news conference . next week, but the chances for one then are remote, The , President nlani In lf.ni-,. 1 for the Republican national con vention AUE. 22. . which, hrlno a Wednesday, li the day he normal ly wouia meet with newsmen. lion's bases In Germany and were loaded aboard transport lor snip ment to Malta, Cyprus and Libya. A i huge two-way airlift flew thousands of troops to the East ern Mediterranean and began bringing out more British women and children from the danger zone. Scores of planes were roar ing off British bases for the long trip to the Middle East. Britain, the United Slates and France were prepared to go ahead with-the Thursday conference on internationalizing the Cuoz, and authoritative sources predicted, the 22-nation conference would give token approval of the Western plan. i". .:,..,-.... Egyptian Rejection Forecast . But they said it would be by a narrow majority and that no sat isfactory way had been found to im pose the decision on Egypt. Im mediate Egyptian rejection of any such plan was forecast. Nearly all of the conference na tions have committed themselves in advance, Britain and France in sist that Egyptian President Gamal Abdel Nasser cannot re main in "unfettered", control of the Suez. India.' Russia and such Asian neutrals as Ceylon and Indonesia insist no decision can be taken in nationalizing an Egyptian com pany. India and Russia were ex pected to argue Egypt's case at the conference table. There were Insistent rumors India's roving Ambassador V. K. Khrishna Menon would present a compromise plan in an effort to avoid a shooting war. . Warns Of "Total War" Nasser Sunday rejected the Big Three's plan to internationalize the- (Janal and warned- Britain ana France it would mean "total war" if they resort to force. He again said Egypt would defend the canal to the last drop of Egyptian blood. He suggested a rival comerence of all 45 nations that use the Suez and termed the London conference "Incompetent." Both Britain and Franca Immediately served notice they would not attend a Cairo con ference. ' Some British - diplomats said Nasser's statements bore a "made in Moscow" tag. Russia last week suggested a conference similar to the one proposed ay Nasser. Prime Minister Anthony Eden was expected to discuss the use of force witn nis camnei ministers at a special session today or on Tuesday. He spent the weekend in close touch with his ministers in cluding Foreign Secretary Selwyn Lloyd, chairman ol tne zz-nation conference, Enjoy An Evening f SALEM'S FOURTH ANNUAL ORGAN i CONCERT IN i THE PARK I.Tuesday Eve., 7:30 p.m. In Beautiful Wlllson Park (Just west of the Capitol Bldg.) ! featuring ED SYRING at the ! SPINET MODEL Hammond Organ Brought to You This Weak By Stevens and i Son "Salem's Finest Jewelers" Bring the ' Whole Family! Ask About Stone's "Lesson Rental Plan". : Learn to play, before you pay. PI A NO COMPANY THE VAltEY'S MNIST PIAN'O S I 0 I 1280 State St. Twining Says Jet Power of Russ Shocking WASHINGTON UV-Gen. Nathan F, Twining says "wc should not ever downgrade" Russian ability to design and mass-proauce top quality warplanca and other weap ons. . - . The Air Force chief of staff told a Senate Armed Services subcom mittee July 19 that Russia has "thousands more jet combat planes in operational units" than the U. S. Air Force and Navy combined. A censored transcript of his tes timony made public during the weekend quoted him also as be lieving the Russians are working on a long-range supersonic bomb er "and will be able to make one someday." He said that during his trip to Russia last month he and his group saw a light bomber which the Russians said was supersonic. Lt. Gen. C. S. Irvine of the Air Force's materiel branch testified the plane they saw "looks better than anything we have in our in ventory in the light bomber cater gory, but added that "I am sure our B58 will be much better." Twining said this country still holds an advantage in aerial "striking power" but told the sub committee "I was quite shocked" by the speed with which the Rus sians Tiave produced MIG fighter planes. i&hj . 1 1 Sri V"i iTl - f i rH(iHiMi Cfi..A'i'.-jLl inrrTTTMiammarimMiiaaaal AKRON, 0. Norman Weslfall, 14, of Rochester, N. Y., dis plays a good luck charm he carried when winning the All-Amer-lean Soap Box Derby Sunday over more than 150 other boys from every part of (he . country. He received a $5,000 college scholar ship as first prize winner. A boy from Rochester also won the event last year. (AP Wlrephoto) , Peaceful Suez Policy Gets Biparty Backing Four Lawyers Picked to Hear Sea Testimony NEW CITY, N. Y. UV-Federal Judgo Lawrence E, Walsh has sleeted four prominent lawyers to act as special masters in suits stemming from the Andrea Dorla Stockholm disaster. The masters will have full pow er to hear pretrial testimony and pass on motions. They will not make judgments. Walsh said the masters were Icked to expedite proceedings, 'he move will also save . court fees for the litigants because the masters have agreed to servo with out pay. Most of the suits have resulted from injuries and loss of life and cargo in the July 25 collision off Nantucket Island, Mass. The crash sent the Dorla to the bottom and seriously damaged the Stockholm. The four masters announced at the judge's suburban home here and expected to be formally ap pointed in New YorK City today are: , Simon H. Rifklnd, former U.S. judge;. Louis M. Locb, president of the Association of the Bar of Ihe City of New York; Benjamin A. Matthews, president of the New York County (Manhattan) Lawyers Assn.; and Mark W. MacLay, an admiralty law specialist. All are of New York City. All suits will be heard in. Fed eral Court, Southern District of New York. Sept. 19 was set as the opening date for a pretrial exam ination of Ihe suits. Testimony will be used later In the federal court trial that will try to fix blame In the collision that left 50 persons dead or un accounted for. BLAST SINKS YACHT KYRENIA, Cyprus (ffl A bomb explosion Monday sank a luxury yacht owned by C a p t C h a t 1 e s Worlhington, wealthy chif of the British security de tail a.-slgncd to protect Gov. Sir ,lnhn Harding. Officials said thorc wore no casualties. 0111168' Hand, at Conference Is ; Bolstered By JOHN M. HIGHTOWER WASHINGTON 11 President Elsenhower . and Secretary . of State Dulles seemed assured to day of considerable bipartisan sup port for their drive to settle the Suez Canal crisis peacefully. Evidence of, broad Democratic as well as Republican backing among congressional leaders de veloped after Eisenhower and Dul les had briefed nine Democrats and 13 Republicans yesterday on ihe continuing gravity of the sit uation" and what the administra tion plans to do about it. senate Democratic Leader Lyn don B. Johnson of Texas said no commitments were asked or given, but added in reply to a question that politics stop at the water s edgo when the security of our country is at stake. Officials said results of the con ference in the White House Cabi net Room should strengthen Dul les' hand when he enters a 22- nation conference In London this week on the future of the canal. Dulles, who leaves here tomor row, was winding up preparations today to seek agreement by a ma jority of the 22 countries on f proposal for placing operation of the canal under an International authority. Such agreement could provide a basis for later negotia tion wltn bgypllan President lia mal Abdcl Nasser, who took sole control of the Canal July 26, and with Russia, India and other coun tries which side, with Nasser. Frosh hope for eventually achieving a negotiated settlement instead of war was found here in the manner In which Nasser yesterday turned down, as expect ed, Britain's Invitation to Egypt to attend the London conlcrcnce. The tone of his statement was relatively calm. Instead of slam ming the door on talk he made counterproposal for a bigger conference In' which the problem of guarantees for international freedom of the canal could be discussed. Officials here felt that Nasser's willingness to suggest such a pro cedure means that in, the end he may be willing to work out prac tical arrangements with th west despitt his refusal to attend the London meeting. The congressional leaders and 15 administration officials headed by Eisenhower and Dulles con ferred for BO minutes at the White House yesterday. "All recognized the Importance or dependable operation of tne ca nal as a major artery of world traffic," said a White House state ment. The statement said Elsenhower and Dulles, in discussing the sit uation, made clear that the United States will try at the London con ference to help provide a peace ful and equitable solution "with the objective of safeguarding the interests of those dependent on the canal as well as recognizing the legitimate interests of Egypt." The statement described them as "hopeful" but added that they stressed "the continuing gravity of the situation and the difficulty in achieving a constructive solution." GE Develops Air Navigator UTICA. N.Y' m The General Electric Co. has announced de velopment of an electronic navi gator for aircraft. The company said Sunday that the 150-pound instrument would tell a pilot his position and the distance and the course to his destination. The pilot would first register on the navigator the latitude and longitude of his point of depart ure and destination. GE said the instrument was de veloped under Air Force contracts and would eliminate navigation problems for jet pilots. Formosa Mob Menaces GIs Yank in Squabble With Chinese Officer TAIPEI. Formosa tfl A mob of Chinese tried to attack four U.S. servicemen Sunday night af ter one American became involv ed in a street squabble with a Nationalist major. - The Americans were given re fuge for more than three hours in a downtown police station across the street from President uniang Kai-Sheks headquarters, tnen were whisked away in a riot car to safety. IT'S 440 STATE IN SALEM and 8440 INTERSTATE in Portland! Members attending said there was no discussion of the possibility of a special session ot uongress, but Sen. Bridges tR-NH), chair man of the Senate GOP Policy Committee, - said tbat u things develop more seriously I could well conceive of ther being a special session. Back In Chicago, Johnson laid he thought the Suez matter was "a grave crisis partially of our own making." He did not elabor ate. Belgium Pays Final Tribute To Mine Dead MARCINELLE, ' Belgium Wl Belgium paid a mournful final tri bute Monday to the victims of the greatest mine disaster in the lit tle nation's history. A requiem mass for the six men three Italians, two Belgians and a Pole was Belgium's symbol ic tribute to all those who have died since the fire broke out last Wednesday at the Bois de Cas ter mine. The dead may total 270 men, but so far only li bodies have been recovered. Five were claimed by their families for pri vate services. Two miles from the church, res- cut workers sun tougnt tire, smoke and withering heat in an effort to reach a gallery at 3,300 feet where officials hoped some men might be found alive It was a day of national mourn ing, with flags throughout the country draped In black. River-Harbor Group Elects OLYMPIA W The 1956 North west Rivers and Harbors Confer ence closed here Saturday with the election of W. h. Williams, president of the Portland Dock Commission as president. Other officers named included: ' W. J. Murphy Jr.. manager, Port of Grays Harbor, first vice president; Commissioner L. C, Sherwood, Port of Hood River, second vice president; John J, Winn Jr., manager, Port of Port land, secretary - treasurer; and Otto Neth, Vancouver; Capt. Stan Allyn, Newport, Ore.; W. J. Web er, Seattle; Irvin Mann, Umatil la, Ore.; and N. R. Whltcomb, Willapa Harbor, trustees. Scores of Nationalist military and civil police kept the mob at bay. Once they naa to iock arms to keep the angry crowd from bursting into tne station. Witnesses said the trouble be gan when a pedicab carrying a U.S. seaman and nis wile ran into the Chinese officer. The U.S. Defense Command identified the American as Alfred D. Elsholz, seaman 2.C. of Grants ville, Utah. The command said he and his Chinese wife were on a downtown shopping trip. Witnesses said three other American servicemen joined in the argument and Chinese by standers became incensed. The U.S. command said El sholz suffered slight bruises on the arm and neck. The Chinese said the Nationalist officer, Maj. Yang Kuo-Chu, was cut on the lip. Both U.S. and Nationalist of ficials were investigating the incident killed, have all occurred in small area within about 40 miles of this capital city. 20 FRENCH SOLDIERS SLAIN ALGIERS Wl Twenty French soldiers were slain and another 40 disappeared or were wounded Sunday in the fourth major Na tionalist rebel ambush in the sime area within six days. The attacks, in which 47 troops have been Congratulations on Tidewater "Hospitality Time" In Salem and Vicinity Your Flying "A" Dealer can install and aim a pair of new Westinghouse Safe-T-Beam Head Lamps in just 10 minutes for night driving safety in rain . . . snow . . . fog. See 80 feet further on clear nights too. SEE YOUR NEARBY DEALER SOON SEE TIDEWATER FlYINO "A" AD SEC. 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