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Newspaper Page Textrvn JV 00 HE HI uvu mag w Kt ": Neutral Belt of Nations in Europe Declared Planned Wpuld Act as Buffer Between Russia, West. Los Angeles (U.R) The Los Angeles Daily News said today in a copyright ' story that the stage has been set in Washing ton for presentation of a plan - calling for a neutral belt through central Europe as a buffer be tween Russia and her satellites and the Democratic West. '.-'" ? The paper said that the pro posal is known as the Unden Plan, taking its name from Osten Unden, foreign minister of Swe den, and has been drafted as a blueprint for peace co-existence with Russia. V Countries Listed - y i The article. by Glenn Parson, managing editor of the Daily News, and his wife, Ruby Par son, said the neutral belt would be made up of Finland, Sweden, Norway, Denmark, ' reunified Germany, Austria and Yugo- slavia. : ; ; . Under the proposal, which the story said had been in the pro cess of formulation for the past six months, Russia would agree to withdraw her troops back of the Oder-Neisse line and accept the Eden plan for free elections in a reunified Germany. .The United States, as well as France and Great Britain, would . Withdraw troops from Germany. The story said the Undsn plan officially was discussed f of the f irst time at a semi-secret meet ing in Malmo, Sweden, in June. The' Daily News story said among those attending were the prime ministers of the three Scandinavian countries, former Prime Minister Clement Attlee of Great Britain and Erich Olle nauer, head of- the Socialist Party in Germany. Ratification Unaffected The. story pointed out that the Unden plan is not expected to af fect the ratification of the Paris agreement for remilitarization of Germany, because the national leaders involved in this treaty, inscudingPremier M n d-e 8-1 France, feel there is more chance of Russia accepting the Unden proposal after the West ; has strengthened its , position by be ing able to move-with the Ger man armament plan, if neces sary. .. . The Parsons said they based their information on European sources developed during five years abroad, as well as on talks with European journalists. ; Stockholm. Sweden (U.R) The Swedish government said today it has no knowledge of any .'plan to create a belt of neutral European nations separating the East from the West. - A spokesman for Foreign Min ister Osten Unden said Sweden has taken no initiative looking toward cjeation of such a plan and that Unden had no "knowl edge of the idea, described today by the Los Angeles Daily News as VThe Unden Plan." State Agriculture Aide Quits After 15 Years Salem (U.R) Frank Nix on, foods and dairies district rep resentative for the State Depart ment of Agriculture for nearly 15 years, has submitted his res ignation effective Dec. 1. DOW JONES AVERAGES New York - (U.R) Dow Jones final stock averages: 30 industrials 384.63 up 1.89; 20 railroads 131.08 up 0.72; 15 util ities 60.69 up 0.01 and 65 stocks 141.09 up 0.60. Sales today were about 3,990,000 shares against 3,690,000 shares yesterday. Milton-Freewater, Ore. (U.R) Telephone service in th i s northeastern Oregon city was cut off last night when a fire which demolished a shed spread to a power line and burned a phone cable. : Eugene (U.R) The Univer sity of Oregon Air Force ROTC unit has been presented with the Tacoma achievement award for being the most outstanding Air ROTC unit to attend summer camp at McChord Field. Weather FORECAST:. Continued foggy ... In valleys through Thursday : with occasional afternoon clearing. Top of fog ranging ; up to 2,000 feet above sea - level. Continued cool. Low to ; night 33-35. High Thursday 35. . Temp. Highest Yesterday . 55 . Lowest this Morning 35 0 "LMfek 4 SiHH ST WILLIAM REMINGTON Jail Beating Fatal William Remington Dies Following Beating in Prison Lewisburg, Pa. U.R) Two prison inmates today, were identified as the assailants of William W. Remington, for mer government economist who died in a federal peni tentiary today after a beating. The FBI identified the assail ants as George Junior McCoy, 34, Grundy, Va., ' and Robert Carl Parker, 21, Washington, D.C. The. motive for the slay ing was not announced. Lewisburg, Pa. U.R) Wil liam Walter Remington, former Commerce Department emp loyee sentenced to federal pri son for perjury in a Soviet spy case, died today from injuries suffered when he was beaten in a prison ' dormitory Monday.. It was reported the 37-year- old economist was in a coma most of the time since he was attacked. ' :. ; Acting Warden Fred Wilkin son said that Remington died at 7:30 a.m. "..,... Operation Performed Wilkinson revealed that Rem ington underwent an operation by "an outside surgical consult ant" ' yesterday afternoon. 30 hours after he was found in his prison dormitory beaten on the head and face. , ... ..; " The' operation' lasted lwp hours and was to remove bone fragments, it was reported. Surgeons said the "only thing in his favor was his age", after the operation - was completed. Remington, who had lost con siderable blood, underwent a se ries of transfusions; it was re ported from the Northeastern federal Penitentiary hospital. FBI Investigating Wilkinson said the FBI and prison officials were continuing investigation of the fatal beat ing and added "all information will be presented to the ; U.S. attorney." ' '. . :";:. ; , :;V .1 Remington was found Monday in a dazed condition on a second floor stairway landing below his third floor dormitory quarters. Authorities believe he was beat en with a piece of brick wrap ped in a prison issue sock. Pier Angeli, Damone Wed in Lavish Rites Hollywood U.R) Film star Pier Angeli and crooner Vic Da mone were married today in a lavish ceremony at St. Timothy's Catholic church before the elite of screenland. - - The beautiful Italian actress, 22, and the popular singer, 26, exchanged vows in the West Los Angeles church at a late morn ing ceremony. Father William O'Shea officiated the double ring ceremony which featured a 40-vbice children's choir and at tracted scores of fans who lined the street to watch the newly weds leave the church. Wafer District Border ' Hearing is Continued " A boundary-hearing on the proposed Grandview water dis trict was continued yesterday by the county court until Dec. 1, at 10 a.m.," according to Commis sioner L. G. Morthland. ' y Court members will inspect the boundaries proposed and talk -with petitioners wishing to withdraw from the proposed dis trict. About 18 persons hj a v e voiced protest to their inclusion in ; the district. A total of 148 persons signed the petition in fa vor of the project. - Those involved will appear at the Dec. 1 hearing to settle boundaries of the district. After the "boundaries are settled, the court will call an election to name the. board of directors and set up the district. V Sen. Young Tells Reason Against McCarthy Censure Solon Said Singled Out By Military Officers Washington U.R) Sen. Mil' ton R. Young (R.-N.D.) said tc day one reason he will oppose censure of Sen. Joseph McCar thy is that some high military officers- who despise the Con' gress" have signaled out McCar thy as a target for criticism. . Young, announcing his deci sion to vote against censure in a letter to North Dakota newspa pers, said McCarthy is entitled to freedom of speech, include ing the right to criticize." He said McCarthy's critical com ments about some of , his fellow senators' might have been "un warranted and unreasonable,' but broke no standing rule of the Senate. ,.... Young charged that "some ambitious officers high in the ranks of the military have come to despise the Congress which directly represents the people." "They will countenance no higher authority than--their own," he said. "Some of them have been spoiling for a fight with Congress for a long while. When it seemed that Senator McCarthy was losing favor with the people he became a good target for their purpose." Young did not name the offi cers to whom he was referring. But he said he was "not greatly disturbed" by McCarthy's ques tioning of Brig. Gen. Ralph W. Zwicker.- Young called Zwicker an "arrogant, evasive witness." Milk Group Slates By-Laws Revision Klamath Falls Troposed re visions of the by-laws of the Oregon Milk Producers commit tees were worked out at a meet ing of milk producers' represen tatives here last night. The revisions, which are sub ject to the approval of the OMPC . membership, would broaden the representation on the organization's board of di rectors to include elected dele gates: from each milk producers' group in the state, and would make it exclusively a producers' organization.. It now has some distributors on the board. Under the proposal, the direc tors would name a seven-man executive board for the active management of the committee. - The action grew out of an other meeting held in Medford last week, at which the repre sentatives of some 10 milk pro ducers' groups met to discuss' how best the dairy industry could be stabilized, following the repeal of Oregon's milk con trol law. Atoms for Peace Approval Expected Unrfed Nations, N.Y. (U.R) The United States seemed cer tain today to win unanimous ap proval in the U.N. General As sembly of President Eisen hower's "atoms of peace" plan. The 60-natioh Political Com mittee studying the plan for three weeks gave its unanimous approval yesterday when Russia, defeated in attempts to gain se curity council veto powers over the plan, voted with the rest. , The assembly is expected to take up the plan next week and repeat the committee's action. The United " States already was, beginning negotiations to put the plan into actual operation. ; .; ; Washington (U.R) The Federal Power commission's I staff counsel recommended to day that the commission grant a license to the Idaho Power, company to build three lowj dams in the Hells Canyon' reach of the Snake river on the Idaho-Oregon border. ; : I Decree Keeps A decree was entered yester day in circuit court ending four years of litigation over the his toric Squaw Creek rd. The de cree established it as a public road available for the free and unobstructed use of the public. .The road, which connects the Applegate rd. and Squaw lakes, has been the subject of extensive litigation. The decree followed a stipulation agreement entered into between the parties to the suit and their attorneys. Plain tiffs were Bert G. and Christine Harr, who .operate the Squaw Medford ... ....... i . United Press Full Leased Wire- 49th Year 16 Pages Eisenhower Issues Proclamation for Washington U.R) The text of President Eisenhower's Thanks- of those homely joys and satisfactions' which enrich our lives. ' giving proclamation: . . Early in our history, the Pilgrim Fathers inaugurated the cus- torn of dedicating one day at harvest time to rendering thanks to we rededicate ourselves to unselfish striving for the common bet Almighty God for the bounties of the soil and for His mercies terment of mankind. inrougnout tne year. At tms autumnal season tradition suggests ami uu. nciia icyuire uuti. we in reverent thanks for the blessings bestowed upon us individual ly and as a nation. We are grateful that our beloved country, settled bv those forebears in their quest for religious freedom, remains free and strong, and that each of us can cwug w w oicura ox ma conscience. . We are grateful for the innumerable daily manifestations of Divine goodness in affairs botti public and privatefor equal op- f"' """"" Firemen Here Busy On Fund Drive, Toy Repair Projects Medford - off-duty firemen were busy. with "extra-curricu lar" activities today. First, they were completing plans for tonight's .fund drive for the benefit of the Muscular Dystrophy foundation. . Uniform ed members of the department will call at homes between 5:30 7:30 o'clock this evening to ac cept contributions for : the or ganization, which is fighting the mysterious and crippling dis ease. '..' . Leave Lights On ' . Those wishing to donate are asked to keep their porch lights on as a signal to the firemen, who will make their tours . of the city in private cars. Letters telling of the muscular dystro phy appeal were mailed out last week, enclosing envelopes in which contributions ' could be placed. In addition to the health fund drive, firemen were . occupied with two other chores prepar ing for their two Thanksgiving dances tomorrow evening, one at Dreamland 'ballroom and a square dance at Camp Corral, with proceeds going to finance their toy repair project; and the toy project itself. . Toys Being Received Repairable toys and parts of toys are being received at the main fire station now, and fire men have asked that those wish ing to give such articles bring them in soon so the repairs can be completed by Christmas. i Wheels of all type's are espec ially needed, they said. When the toys are completed, they will be distributed to needy children of the area by the Medford Lady Lions. Mendes-France Faces New Trouble at Home Paris U.ip Premier Pierre Mendes-France flew home today from his successful American visit to face domestic troubles. There ..were new rumblings in the National assembly, which has been the -political execution er of , 14 premiers representing 20 post-war administrations. Mendes-France's-; call - for a Biff Four meeting with the Sov iet Union at Paris, in May boost ed his stock at home for reas serting French diplomatic- lead ership.' r . vv i--: . However, Mendes-France' was walking into an assembly where. France's 1955 budget and other problems could cause him trouble. -y .y:: There was some talk : t h at Mendes-France would not be in office at the end of the year. Portland U.R) Mrs. Mona Coons, Hermiston, Ore., report ed missing on a plane flight from Walla WaUa to Oceanside, Calif., has turned . up safe at Chico, Calif., the CAA said. , , Sq uaw Creek Lake resort. Defendants were Kermit C and Evelyn G. Combes; Gerald and Grace Buck, and - Erwin Dow and Ardith. E. Lewis. , . . The decree was based on the public use of the road for.more than 10 years. It allows the Combes to maintain adequate stock guards. The original com plaint in "equity charged that gates over the road were locked in Aug. 1950, and the plaintiffs were unable to reach their prop erties," which . include a fishing resort, tree farm and ranch. MEDFORD, OREGON, WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 24, 1 954 Price 5c . No. 2 1 2 ioiiow iiauowea custom ana DOW worship. God in.his own way, ac- " ve, ana ior xne continuance THEY'RE THE TOPS One Tournament of Roses on New Year's Day in Pasadena, Cat The seven finalists entered the contest known onl" by number. They are, left to right: Patricia Scott, 18; Roxanne Boyd, 18; Joanne Martin, 18; Marilyn Smuin, 19; Joan Gentry, 17; Susan Quarness, 18, and Sheila Breault, 19. Winner will be chosen Dec 7. Thanksgiving Fog May Delay Air Visitors . Jackson county residents ex pecting Thanksgiving visitors by air appeared likely to be disap pointed today, - as the weather bureau predicted fog in Oregon's valleys through Thursday. The . only hope of .airliners getting through was in the bur eau's forecast of "occasional aft ernoon clearing." The fog-.' is thick, the bureau said, with the top ranging up to 2,000 feet above sea level. The weather will continue cool,' according to the forecast. . " 'v Schools, offices and most bus inesses will be closed 'tomorrow. The school holiday will continue over the week end, and several offices, including those of .sever al local unions, also will be clos ed Friday to make a long holi day for employees. ,- A Thanksgiving day dinner for any homeless and transient men will be given from 11 a. m. to 2 p.m. at the' Salvation: Army Transient shelter, Crews rd., to morrow,-according to local Sal vation Army officials. The shel ter is located near the Big Y in the north section of town. Malheur Gets Bulk ' Of Mineral Lease Funds Salem (U.R) Malheur county gets the lion's share, of $26,458 distributed to 10 coun ties from moneys received from the federal govenrnment under the mineral leasing act for the six-months - period ended last June 30, Secretary of State Earl Tr Newbry said today. .. Malheur county gets $24,215. Other counties - are: v Baker, $1,224. Benton, $45. Clackamas, $35. Crook, $393. . Deschutes, $127, Douglas,$195..Harney, $15. Jefferson, $59, and Lincoln; $37. Road Publ ic The Squaw1 Creek rd. : was the only access to the resort, passing over the defendants' land. ' The road has been open under court order, pending the out come of the case. ; v ; , The road was used for many, years as a means of access to the Watkins post office,' which was located upon the old Harr ranch. In earlier times it provided ac cess to mines in the area. Judge Orval . J. Millard pre sided in the case. Judge H. K. Hanna transferred the case to Millard on Jan. 12, 1954. -, - United With gratitude in our hearts for all our blessings, may we be ever mindful of the obligations inherent in our strength, and may Now therefore, I, Dwight D. ed States of America, in consonance with 1rint resolution of Con- gress approved Dec. 26, 1941, designating the fourth Thursday of November each year as Thanksgiving Day, do hereby proclaim Thursday, Nov. 25 1954,' as a day of National Thanksgiving, and I call upon all our citizens o observe the day with prayer. Let us demonstrate in our lives our humble thanks to God for his benefi- cence in the year which is past, year to come. - In witness whereof, I have the seal of the United States of of these Pasadena College coeds will rule as Oueen nf fhc. Union Thanksgiving Church Service Set At 10 a.m. Tomorrow A union .Thanksgiving serv ice, sponsored by the Medford Ministerial association, will be held Thursday at 10 a.m. at -the First Methodist church. The speaker will be the Rev. Ray mond W. Hurn of the Church of the Nazarene. '.His topic will be "Putting Quality into Thanks giving," using Psalm 116:12 as a text. -. v A ; Music will be furnished by the Junior High School Girls chorus under the direction of Ray Lewis. They will T sing "Cme, Ye ' Thankful People, ' J Come," Talbolt Calls for Larger Air Force : Washington J(U.R) Air ' Secre tary Harold E. Talbott called to day for a bigger U.S. Air Force, asserting .that this countey can not rely on defensive jet fight ers or anti-aircraft guided mis siles to stop enemy bombers. His remarks, ; in a : major speech before the National Press club, were viewed asa bid par ticularly for. a larger, striking force.. 'S;'-Tr;:,.: : ;A-' ; - In an obvious reference to the Army's-Nike anti-aircraft mis sile, he . said "We havent yet reached . a point where we can rely on missile batteries alone for destroying bombers." . : , Nor, he said, can jet'fighters give a city safety in an era of 600 miles an hour -. bombers against which the fighters might get only one shot. v . ' . Christmas Opening ' Parade Entries Sought ' Entries are being solicited for the Christmas opening parade to be held next Wednesday eve ning, according to the Medford Junior Chamber of Commerce, sponsors of the event. Floats and marching groups are needed. Several bands have been' secured for the' parade, Jaycees said. A total of $400 in prices for the best parade en tries is being offered. Those wishing to enter" the parade may telephone Bill Rom bach, 3-1564, or Mac- DeHart, 3-4255, committeemen in charge. Pre full Lea d Wire Eisenhower, President of the -Unit- and let us ask His guidance in the hereunto set my hand and caused America to be affixed. ; . "Thanksgiving Hymn" and r '1 Will Extol Thee." The president of the Ministe rial association, the Rev. Willis J. Loar, . will open" the service with the call to worship. Prayers will be offered by the-Rev. Ray mond D. Balcomb and the Rev. D. K. West. The Rev.-F Wilson Colbaugh will lead the respon sive reading and the scripture will be read by the Rev. G. H. Hillerman. The Rev. Ellmore J. Gilstrap will, give the -benediction. ' The offering will be divided between two causes, : according to the Rev. Thomas McCamant, chairman of the special services committee. Half , of it Vill e given to the Jackson : County Board of ' Christian Education and its program of week day re: ligious education. The . other half will go to Church World Service for their "Share Our Surplus" program of food distribution, by which they handle the distribu tion to needy people of surplus commodities furnished free by the United States government. PUC Injunction Case y Heard inCircpit Court ' A hearing was under way this morning in circuit court, involv ing the State Public Utilities com missioner and the OK Transfer company, 2510 North . Pacific highway, according to court of ficials. - The PUC brought suit to enjoin the transfer company from oper ating in alleged, violation of PUC regulations,, officials said. The state is represented by At torney Robert R. Hollis, Salem, and the defendant is represented by Richard B. Maxwell, Klamath Falls. - - . , 'Washington (0R) Rep. Walter Norblad (R-Ore.), said a new post office would be con structed at Woodburn, Ore. EARLY EDITION THURSDAY In ordtr to 'permit its em plorees to observe the Thanksgiving Day holiday The Mail Tribune will pub lish - a noon .edition on Thursday, Not. 25. i . Vashinglon Seeks ; Face-To-Face Talk On Neutral Ground Blistering Protest - To Sentences Planned . v. - . Geneva - (U.R) The U.S. government today demanded a face to face meeting with Red China's consul eeneral in this neutral meeting ground to de liver a blisterine isrotest to China for the imprisonment of 13 Americans on "trumped up" spy charges. Shun Ting, . the Communist consul general here.: staved be hind the doors of his consulate and up to nightfall had not re plied to the U.S. demand that he stand up to the oral dressing aown oraered by Washington. But the Communist Peiping radio which announced th son. tencing of the 13 yesterday to prison terms ranging from four years to life, brazenly added new fuel to the fires of American in dignation. Make New Claims .." The Red- radio said a tntnl nt . 230 American and Nationalist Chinese "spies" dropped from planes by the U.S. Central Tnti. ligence Agency since 1951 have been captured. ! And it boasted that 106 of that number have ' been killed by the Reds. There was no immediate in dication from Peinino any, Americans : were ' among those killed or If any Ameri- . cans in addition to the 13 named yesterday were amone th lured. f President Eispnbnwcir in , Washington, save Mrs. HiirW L. Baumer. Lewishurp. Pn . His. traught mother of one of the Americans sentenced yesterday, his personal assuranr that everything "humanlv nossihl. within peaceful means'' is being aone to obtain the release of the imprisoned men. In Neutral Area The State Department ordered the U.S. consul general here. Franklin C. Gowen. to deliver in . person, in a face to face inter view with Shun, the protest of the U.S. government. : Geneva was chosen for the diplomatic maneuver unusual since- the United - States main tains no diplomatic relations with Red China because Swit zerland is a neutral area in which both governments are re presented Shun apparently was caught by surprise, and without advira from his superiors in Peiptng, by the American mova. His rnn. sulate was silent - throughout the day. America Indignant If he does stand up to Gowen, it will be to receive an embit tered oral protest, backed by the indignation and an per . nf an aroused American Congress and public. No written note will be - nanded over to him because of., the lack of formal dinlomatie relations. The tone of what Gowen will have to sav has been indicator! by U.S. government statements Dranoing.tne Red spy charge "palpably false" a diplomatic ' term for barefaced lies. The - United States also has accused the Communist Chinese of "bad faith," "insincerity," and "amor alitv" in the wrontful deten tion" of the Americans. ' Eleven of the 13 known to be imprisoned are U. S. airmen. The other two are American ci-' vilians who were passengers on what Washington describes as "a routine flight" of an Air Force Plane, " Swiss diplomats described the Americans' demand for a face to face meeting with Shun as "verv significant " Normallv the United States deals with Red China onlv tbrmitfh : the dinln- matically proper formality of - asKmg Britain, which maintains relations with Peiping, to act as an intermediary.- " (see story on Page 18) , .V' - "m PASSES Dr. James C Hayes a long-time Medford -physiciaa who . retired few - years ago. died at .his home oav the Rogue river near Eagle Point this af. traoon. - Stores :Kn 'at'-H-w- s-n:.i--jr- C.C:,.--i'.ft-,'te-'"'itrVs "