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... , ' "V. dBLa ' Recommended Feature stories on a Medford ou who worki ag a medical Illustrator, and on a education program for retarded children, appear on Pace 14 of today's issue of The Mall Tribune. Weather ,f-' o. :: FORECAST ciondr and windy with intermittent rain today and Monday. High today ' about 60. low tonight 40. - . Temp.;: Highest yesterday ". 55 . Lowest yesterday - 35 Precip. To 19:39 p.m. yesterday trace United Press Full Leased Wire United Press Full Leased Wire 49th Year No. 204 30 Pages MEDFORD, OREGON, SUNDAY, NOVEMBEF Price 5c i 1111 Em DIXON - YATES PACT GETS GO-AHEAD !N CLOSE PARTY VOTE Washington U.R The Senate-House Atomic Energy committee voted 10 to 8 along Tremier of France Flies to U.S. for High Level Talks Paris (U.R) French Premier Pierre Mendes-France flew to America Saturday night for talks with President Eisenhower which were expected to include the new Russian call for a Euro pean Security conference. . The Premier -left Paris only a" few hours after the Soviet Union in an attempt to block German rearmament proposed a conference here, or in Moscow, on Nov. 29 of 23 European na tions, the i United States .and Communist China. To Discuss Talks Informed sources said that Mendes-France planned to raise the question of new talks with the Soviet Union, in his meeting next week with Mr. Eisenhower and Secretary of State John Mendes-France favors the West drafting a new plan for co-existence with the Communists, the sources said. However, France does not want such East-West talks until after ratification of " the German rearmament and sovereignty treaties. There was no official comment ..on the Soviet's latest proposal in; Paris: But diplomatic" circles predicted the Russian bid would fail to block French ratification of the new Western European union pact, which would rearm and free Germany. SATURDAY SCORES WEST Oregon 26, Washington State 14 California 46, Oregon State 7 Southern California 41. Wash ington 0 Idaho 45, North Dakota 0 San Jose State 19. Stanford 14 Willamette 7. College of Ida ho 0 Denver 25, Utah State 7 Lewis and Clark 22, Pacific 0 Wyoming 34, Brigham Young 13 Marquette 19, College of Pa cific 13 . . Colorado 20, Utah 7 SOUTHWEST Southern Methodist 21, Ark- ansas 14 Oklahoma A&M 47. Kansas 12 Texas 35. Texas Christian 34 Rice 29, Texas A&M 19 , Texas Tech 55, Tulsa 13 : Oklahoma 34. Missouri 13 . MIDWEST Michigan 33. Michigan Stale 7 Wichita 13, Cincinnati 0 Notre Dame 42. North Caro lina 7 Minnesota 22, Iowa 20 -Wisconsin 27. Illinois 14 Pittsburgh 21. Nebraska 7 ' Kansas State 12, Iowa State 7 Indiana 14. Northwestern 13 Ohio State 28, Purdue 6 SOUTH Maryland 16, Clemson 0 " Auburn 35, Georgia 0 West Virginia 20. William and Mary 6 r- Florida 14, Tennessee 0 Duke 28. Wake Forest 21 South Carolina 27. Virginia 0 Mississippi 26. Houston 0 ' Mississippi State 25, LSU 0 North Carolina State 14. Richfield 6 v ' Georgia Tech 20, Alabama 0 Kentucky 33, Memphis State 7 Tulane 6, Vanderbilt 0 . Florida State 33, Furman 14 EAST Army 35, Rennsylvania 0 Princeton 21, Yale 14 Harvard 21. Brown 21 Holy Cross 20. Fordham 19 Cornell 40, Dartmouth 21 Syracuse 31. Colgate 12 -Penn State 37. Rutgers 14 Boston College 7, Boston U. S strict party lines Saturday to let the administration proceed with the controversial Dixon Yates power contract without further congressional review. The action, which the commit tee's Republican majority ram med through over Democratic protests, means that the long pending deal can take effect as soon as the Securities' and Ex change commission approves fi nancing arrangements. ,' The 25-year contract, ..' under which the Atomic Energy com mission will buy 600,000 kilo watts of power from the Dixon Yates private utility combine, was signed last Thursday. By law, such long-term AEC con tracts must lay over for 30 days while both houses of Congress are in session, unless the con gressional atomic committee votes to waive this requirement. This it did Saturday. , Barring some unforeseen hitch in getting SEC approval of fi nancing, the Dixon-Yates com bine is now free to begin con struction of a $107,250,000 steam generating plant at West Mem phis, Ark. Power from the plant will be delivered to the Tennes see Valley Authority system, to replace TVA power used by atomic plants. : Ike Urged Waver President Eisenhower person ally urged the committee in a letter last week to . grant the waiver and let the project get underway. . But Democratic opponents who were outvoted Saturday served notice that they will re new, the battle in the 84th Con gress, when vthey will have a majority. They have indicated they will try to kill the project then by tacking a rider onto the AEC appropriation bill, for bidding the use of any federal funds to finance the Dixon- Yates contract. . The committee voted the waiver after a . final public hearing on the contract at which Sen. Estes Kefauver (D-Tenn.), testified in opposition to it. Kefauver called the contract "sloppy business" which will be dragged through law courts 'time and time again." County To Receive $171,212 on Timber Jackson county will receive $171,212 as its apportionment of the 25 per cent federal forest reserve rentals and sale of tim ber during the fiscal year end ing last June 30," according to United Press. The total revenues were about $1,000,000 less than the preced ing year, Earl T. NeWbry, sec retary of state, said yesterday. Total apportionment was $4.- 988,206, with Lane county get ting the largest share, $1,030,- 350. Douglas county was next with $553,824. Other southern Ore gon counties receiving funds were Josephine, $83,487: Klam ath, $383,819; Curry, $110,346, and Coos, $16,367. Lafferry Will Seek Delay in Hearings Portland (U.PJ A. W. Laffer- ty, special attorney for Clacka mas county in a suit to stop transfer of 472,000 acres of Ore gon and, California grant lands from the interior to the Agricul ture Department, said Saturday he would seek to have a hearing of the case postponed. f Lafferty. said, his co-councel. Richard L. Merrick, Washing ton, D. C, had been ill and needed time in which .to recover before the hearing, which was scheduled for Tuesday before U. S. District Judge Alexander Holtzoff in Washington. - The suit attacks the recent Cordon - Ellsworth O&C Land Settlement Act transferring the timberlands. The Justice Depart ment has a motion "before the court to dismiss as unconstitu tional the county's suit; i y Oakland, Calif.-0J.R) A spec tacular four-alarm fire Saturday night destroyed the Oakland En gineering Company in Oakland and threatened nearly a dozen PREPARES REPORT Secre tary of State John Foster Dulles has prepared a voluminous re port on the treaties to restore sovereignty to . West Germany, President Eisenhower disclosed yesterday.' The report, together with strong arguments by the president, will be submitted to the Senate, which will receive the treaties Monday. ... , Ike Plans To Send German Treaties To Senate Monday Toledo, Ohio (U.R) President Eisenhower plans to submit to the Senate Monday the treaties to restore sovereignty to West ern Germany and bring 500,000 of her troops into the European defense against Communist ex pansion.; . .... ' The plan was disclosed" Satur day while Mr, Eisenhower was enjoying a uckhunting 'expedi- tion on the shore of Lake Erie. Strong Recommendation White House Press Secretary James C. Hagerty said the Ger man treaties will be sent to the Senate Monday with a strong recommendation for ratification in January. "He will stress the importance of these agreements to the free world and his hopes for speedy ratification in January," Hagerty said. ' Mr. Eisenhower does not ex pect action on them at the pres ent session of the Senate, con vened; to consider censure charges against Sen. Joseph R, McCarthy (R-Wis.). Submitted for Study But he submitted them to this special session for study by the Senate Foreign Relations Com mittee in the hope that it would clear the way for speedy ap proval when the 84th Congress meets in January. ' In addition to his own strong arguments, Mr. Eisenhower will send the Senate a . voluminous report from Secretary of State John Foster Dulles. Ephrata, Pa. U.R) Blonde Evelyn Ay, Miss America of 1954, married Navy Ensign Carl Sempier Saturday in a little church in the Pennsylvania Dutch country. Bureau During Medford Convention Some Oregonian will receive the Oregon Farm , Bureau , Fed eration s ' distinguished service award -for agriculture at' the an nual meeting of the' federation to be held here Nov. 17 to 19. The award, given for "service beyond the ordinary duties and normal responsibilities of an individual farmer, organization al official, or worker," will be presented at the annual banquet of the state farm group on Thursday evening, Nov. 18. George Wilson, California Farm Bureau president will speak at the banquet v On Tuesday the state resolu tion committee will i meet and a traditional religious vesper service will be held. On Wednesday, convention delegates will discuss commod ity problems in four Farm Burr eau commodity department meetings, unairmen of . the in dividual commodity conferences include Folmer Bodtker, Bend, dairy department; Floyd Root, Wasco, field crops department; Ed McCanse, . LaGrande, ' live stock department; - and ' Gerald Detering, Harrisburg, and Har Little Hope Held For 15 Men Trapped In Mine Explosion West Virginia Blast t Kills Father of Four Farmington, W. Va (U.R) An explosion ripped through a coal mine Saturday killing one man and trapping 15 others more than a mile inside. Efforts to rescue the 15 were abandoned Saturday night minutes before a second blast shook the mine. Little hope was held that the 15 trapped men still were alive. Demolished Entry The first blast let go with a mighty roar about 1:45 p.m. at the Jamison Coal and Coke Co. No. 9 mine and demolished the main entry portaL a ventilating fan house and nearby structures. Mushroom-like clouds of black smoke billowed from the portal. Smoke still poured from the shattered ventilating shaft hours after the explosion The second explosion occur red minutes after George Mc Kay, general manager of the mine, ordered a halt to rescue operations until a fan could be repaired to expell the deadly fumes. McKay said two en trances to the mine would have to be barricaded before repair work could be started. Rescue May Take Days :: Members of the rescue crews said it may take days to reach the men trapped deep in the mine. McKay said equipment to re pair the fan was being rushed here but it would take "several hours" before the job could be completed. One rescue team was ordered to stand, by but a team from nearby Monogah was' ordered to report back at 4 p.m. Sunday. Howard Jenkins, 38, father of four children, who was working outside the mine Saturday was killed by falling : debris. The trapped workers were members of a maintenance crew. Midnight Monday Deadline for Taxes Deadline for payment of Jackson county property taxes is midnight tomorrow. Sheriff Howard Gault has ask ed that as. many taxpayers as possible send their payments through the mail, thus easing the burden on deputies at the tax department at the county courthouse. He also-pointed out that any letter containing pay ment will be in time for a tax refund if it is postmarked be fore midnight. , After - tomorrow, penalties amounting to a small percentage of the total payment for each month of delinquency will be gin. ; Ensenada, Mex. U.R) Six teen adobe homes were "com pletely destroyed" in the tiny village of Alamo by Friday's earthquake and minor injuries occurred among the population of 100, a messenger reported l upon arrival here Saturday. To Give Award chairmen for the fruit and veg etable department, In -addition, the Farm Bureau women s annual conference is scheduled for the same day, with Mrs. A. J. Cliff, western region Farm Bureau women's director from California, as speaker, Othe speakers at the meetmg, which is expected to draw farm ers from all parts of Oregon, are Jim Short, the new state director of agriculture; E. W. Tiedeman, director of American Farm Bur eau Federation dairy depart ment; Dr. Elmo Stevenson, pres ident of Southern Oregon col lege, and the Oregon Farm Bur eau Federation president, Ben Robinson, who will deliver his annual message Thursday morn ing, Friday, the house of delegates will vote on policy issues to guide the Farm Bureau program for the year ahead. j Entertainment and several local tours have been planned bv the convention hosts, the Jackson County Farmr Bureau. Those ' desiring reservations during the convention can se cure them by writing to the OREGON young republicans APPLAUD Speaker Declares Liberal Attitude Needed by. Party Portland Man Named To Serve as Chairman The Oregon Young Republi can federation adopted a resolu tion yesterday , applauding the Watkins committee on its hear ings "and the soundness of its findings in recommending cen sure of Joseph R. McCarthy of Wisconsin for conduct . which would have tended to bring the U.S. senate into disrepute." ., The measure was adopted overwhelmingly with only one vote cast against, according to committee officials. The federation, which was holding its state convention , in Medford, also adopted two other resolutions on national affairs, including one endorsing the "co operation offered by the govern ment in private power develop ment as presented by the ad ministration. Election Discussed In the last major speech of the convention, State Sen. John Merrifield, Portland, blamed the recent GOP election failure in Oregon to "failure of our state wide. Republican organization to do the kind of selling job which is required in the year 1954. Oregon has changed and I ques tion if all of us Oregon party vidrke'? have changed The? speaker stated that the defeats could not be blamed on any Democratic landslide, and said the GOP must "adopt a more liberal attitude ... and re examine our Republican mach inery in Oregon and replace the faulty and worn - out parts." The federation wound up its convention last night after a long day of activities, including committee sessions in the morn ing and a business session in the afternoon, long into the early evening. Heading the new officers elected was George Tomlinson, Portland, as chairman. He is dep uty district attorney for Mult nomah county, v ' Others included Emily Handy, Roseburg, co-chairman; Fred Bernau, Roseburg, assistant chairman; Winston Carl, Med ford, vice-chairman .at large; Dorothy Fletcher, Portland un iversity, secretary; Robert Bat- chelder, , Willamette university treasurer; James Hatfield, Sal em, national committeeman, and Maryann ; Stoop, : Eugene, na tional committeewoman. The convention opened Friday night with a dinner at which State Rep. Robert Root was the speaker. The average conven tion attendance was about 75. (See Story on Page 2) Cordon Says Plans Not Definite Sen. Guy Cordon, defeated to the recent election by Richard L. Neuberger, says his future plans are not definite but he probably will practice law either in Washington, D. C, or Oregon or both. '- ' " ! . ; 1 ; Cordon, visiting friends here and in .Grants Pass, yesterday, also said he would not concede defeat to' Neuberger or ask for a recount of votes until ; results of the comDlete official canvass are announced by the State Elec tions Bureau. !. With .29. counties reported in with official figures, and unoffi cial tallies from the remaining seven counties, it appeared that Neuhereer's . margin will be slightly more than 2,400 votes. Hearing Demanded by Klamath Murder Suspect Klamath Falls (U.R James O. Anderson, 32-year-old rancher from Beatty, Ore.,' on the Klam ath Indian reservation, Friday demanded a preliminary hearing when he was arraigned on charee of first degree murder, Anderson, who appeared at the arraignment without, his at torney, is. accused of Vie mur der of Richard David Miller, 25-year-old scion of a .Tucson, Arit, family : . WATKINS STICKS TO GUNS Sen. Arthur Watkins (R-Utah) Saturday re fused to alter his position on the censure of Sen. Joseph McCarthy (R-Wis.) despite efforts by Sen. Francis Case (R-S.D.), a member of the Watkins committee, to ob tain a "constructive substitute' to the censure move. Sen. Case Would Back Substitute For Censure Move Washington (U.R) Sen. Francis Case (R-S.D.) said Saturday he would support a constructive sub stitute for the resolution to censure Sen. Joseph R. McCarthy because Milwaukee, Wis. (U.R) seph R. McCarthy ec- cusn Stiu Arthur Watkins (R-Ui&h) of "most , unusual, cowardly" conduct and told a cheering crowd of birthday greeters Saturday night that he will seek re-election. it is "unjudicial" and a "negative thing just to tack a man's hide up on the wall. , , Case is a member of the spec ial committee which , recom mended that McCarthy be cen sured. However, during Senate debate he had proposed that the censure move be killed if Mc Carthy would apologize for some of his deeds and remarks. , Still Keeps Charge The Wisconsin Republican re fused, and that move collapsed. However, Case still was seeking some substitute. Case said that "pure censure" of McCarthy would be "sterile and negative." He said he would support a substitute for the cen sure resolution "if I thought it provided a more constructive re sult."-- - - - ' - But Sen. Arthur V.' Watkins (R-Utah), chairman of .the spec ial six-man . committee which unanimously recommended cen suring McCarthy, told reporters: I signed some recommendations and I haven't altered my posi tion." . - - Reaffirms Stand Watkins thus reaffirmed his stand after learning, of Case's remarks. . ' . . i . . ' - Newsmen asked Case if he would vote to censure McCarthy on the basis of the committee re port ' ';. . , f . J ?. "That depends on develop ments during, debate," Case. "How can I predict" ' End Diplomatic Relations Wirti Russia,) Jenner Urges Washington (U.R) Chair man William E. Jenner of the Senate Internal Security Sub committee.: Saturday urged the severance of diplomatic relations with Russia 'and its satellites jto "seal off the i spy centers" in their embassies. ; . v : The Indiana" Republican strongly recommended; this ac tion in a. statement: distributed with the fifth volume of his group's hearings on "Strategy and Tactics of, World Commu nism." The volume , contains testimony that the Soviet Union has used diplomatic facilities to further subversion. . - ? i Budenz Testimony Louis - Budenz, self-confessed former Communist, testified that Boleslaw, Gebert, whom Jenner called ' a former -; Russian spy chief, set up the diplomatic estab lishments to "be links with .the Communis ta . and espionage in FINDINGS Chesley To Come To Trial Dec. 1 For Hile Murder Judge Sentences Four to Prison Donald Chesley, 18, charged with first degree murder in the April 24 slaying of Mrs. Fern Hile, will go. on trial on Wed nesday, Dec. 1. ' Trial date for Chesley, one of two men indicted in : the case, w a s s e t Saturday by Circuit Judge H. K. Hanna. James Norman Jensen, 24, Larkspur, Calif., co-defendant with Chesley, was found guilty of the crime in circuit court last month. Jensen was sentenced to die Jan. 7 in Oregon's lethal gas chamber. He is now in the state penitentiary. A motion for a new trial is before the court. Mrs. iiiie was killed in an early morning robbery at her home at 1200 Sunset ave. Her husband, Hugh, was badly beat en. V - " Four Sentenced - Four jail or prison sentences were pronounced by Judge Han na in a Saturday morning court session. Two men entered guilty pleas and their cases were con tinued for sentencing. Bill Wagner, 38, Salem, was sentenced to three years in the state penitentiary for publishing false check for $29.05 at Medford Safeway -store in Sep tember, 1953, according to the district attorney's office. A three-year . suspended prison sentence was given Lynn W. Kinney, 36, of 714 Palm st, on a charge of. obtaining money under false pretenses. The case involved a $20 check passed at the Dusenberry service station here in October, district at-d torney's records showed. .. - ; Suspended Sentence Samuel Gene Bell, 1001 Tol- man rdr, Ashland, who previous ly pleaded guilty to larceny of a gun from Fir Milling and Planing company, received a two-year suspended sentence. George Jim Lee, 20, Borger, Tex., was sentenced to 30 days in the county jail for procuring benefit upon false statement of financial condition. The district attorney's office said that a year-old forgery charge against Lee will be dropped. He was ex tradited from Texas. ; Lawrence (Bud) Scroggins, 23, of 210 Bliss st., and John T. Eg gers, 44, , entered the ; guilty pleas. Scroggins is accused of larceny in a dwelling in the connection of the theft of a gun, ammunition, boots and money at the Allen hotel. Eggers was ar rested . in Portland earlier this month. . His case concerns ob taining money under false pre tenses in connection, with a $20 check cashed by Gray Line Cab company . in August, 1853. USSR Keeps UN Guessing On Atom for Peace Plan United Nations, N. Y. U.R) The Soviet Union kept the United Nations guessing Satur day on whether it would parti cipate in President Eisenhower's "atoms for peace" plan. i'ii'- this country.? Jenner pointed out that "Mr, Budenz also declared that, be fore the United Nations was es tablished and - when . the Soviet embassy was the sole Red diplo matic agency here, ' it directed the espionage. . i -".;.-'-- Budenz was one of three wit nesses whose,T testimony is ; in cluded in the. volume, Two Other Witnesses Another, Grigoriv Klimov, a former Soviet official who de fected to the West, said:- "Political subversion is the primary and main purpose of all Soviet diplomats here and of the Communist party in the West';.'" -V - v- Rep. Fred E. Busbey, (R-IH.), the' ttiird witness, warned that, "you cannot trust or do busin ess with the Kremlin under, any circumstances." Proposal for Talks On Europe Security Termed 'Insincere Formal Answer Set for Monday Washington (U.R) Ameri can officials late Saturday re jected Moscow's new bid for a , 25-nation conference on Europ ean security as an insincere sabre-rattling propaganda effort to stall western progress on re arming Free Germany. , Officials who analyzed Soviet invitations for the proposed talks in Moscow or Paris on Nov. 29 expressed confidence that the Western Powers would maintain a united front in turning down the Russian invitation. ' ' "- Hit Rearmament Plan The Soviet Union warned that rearming Germany- "greatly in creases the threat "of a destruct ive atomic war in Europe." he Russians added that bringing a demilitarized Germany into mili tary blocs sets European states against one another and leads "finally to war." The Soviets in almost identi cal notes to the United States, Britain, France and 21 other . Communist and non-Communist European nations proposed the meetings be held in Moscow or Paris. The Russians said they hoped" that Communist China would attend as an "observer. ' The nations invited were: Aus tria, Albania, Bulgaria, East Ger many, The Netherlands, Greece, Iceland, Norway, Romania, Tur key, Switzerland, Yugoslavia, France, Great Britain, Belgium, Sweden, Finland, Denmark, Italy, ' Poland, Czechoslovakia, Hungary, Luxembourg and tha United States. - West Germany Omitted Omitted werie. .such countries . as West Germany, Spain and Portugal, which have no rela tions with Russia. However, tb.9 Soviets offered to let the Western Big Three invite "European na tions with which the Soviet Union has no diplomatic rela tions." . ,. - (Western observers and diplo mats in London, Paris, Bonn and Washington predicted that the ' latest Soviet conference propos, al would be turned down flatly. Washington said it was a "bald, undisguised" effort to kill the new Paris agreements on rearm ing a sovereign West Germany.) Answer Slated Monday . The first U. S. formal answer will come Monday, when Presi dent Eisenhower will send to Congress the Oct" 23 agree ments to grant Germany its sov ereignty and rearmament This will be carried, out within the Brussels Treaty organization and the North Atlantic treatry organ ization. ' American reaction in ad vance of Allied conferences on a formal reply followed these general lines: 1. The Russians never expect ed that a meeting would be held on Nov. 29. It would be physi cally impossible to do the ad vance work for such a confer ence in two short weeks. V Scare Try Charged 2. The Russians engaged in a bald effort in their, note to frighten the Europeans with the spectre of atomic war. They also raised the grim pictures of Hit lerism, heavy defense burdens, death and destruction for all Europe if the German rearma ment program supported by the West goes into effect. 3. The Russians provided ab solutely . nothing basically new in proposing the conference. Ex perts said, it sounded the same to them, except for a date, as the proposals put forward at the Big Four foreign ministers conference in Berlin last Feb ruary by Soviet Foreign Minis ter V. M. Molotov. Early Morning Blaze Destroys Dailey Motel Ashland (U.R) Fire early Saturday destroyed the four-unit Dailey's Motel on the highway about four ..miles south of Ash land: Owner Wayne Dailey esti mated loss at $20,000. " - The blaze which started about 3 a.m. was fanned by a strong wind. Motorists passing by stop ped and helped Dailey remove most of the furnishings from the motel units. There were no guests staying at .the motel when the fire broke out. The Dailey family's adjoining residence was saved. .... Cause of the fire was not im mediately determined. 3 If fi 15 fi J? '11 1 H i i t ! s t I!! I k i ' Nary 51. Columbia residences in the vicinity. Ui Hlggma, Hood River, co- chamber of commerce, ft
