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m Merger To One of 30 Portland (U.PJ The United States National Bank of Port land next week will becom one of the 30 largest financial insti tutions in the nation when it absorbs the 11 branches of the Commercial Bank of Oregon and the Bank of Albany. Approval of the merger was voted by stockholders of the U. S. National here yesterday. It will bring another $40,000,000 Intermediate Penal Institution Site Receives Approval - Salem (U.R) The State Emergency board has voted to approve the purchase of the Wil liams and Hart site near St. Paul for location of the inter mediate penal institution author ized by the 1953 Legislature. But it did so only after practi cally every member present at the meeting here had expressed the opinion the Board of Control would hav done better to pick the Kippinger site near Gervais in spite of . the fact that site would have cost $174,000 com pared with $70,000 for the Wil liams and Hart property. They voted 5 to 7 to approve the purchase after Rudie Wil helm Jr. of .Portland had ob served: "We shouldn't go against the Board of Control. It is their responsibility and they will have to run the institution." : : Rep. - Francis W. Ziegler of Corvallls cast the lone dissent ing vote. He made it plain he is in favor, of the intermediate in stitution, but thought the Kip pinger site would have been better. Chiang's Troops Celebrating Smashing Victory Over Reds " Taipei, Formosa (U.R) Chiang Kai-shek's forces Satur day celebrated their smashing victory over a Communist at tempt to raid Wuchiu Island by bombing 'Red intallations on Toumen Island. Returning pilots reported good results from their raid on Com munist gun positions on Toumen, which lies off ' the Chekiang Tachen Islands 200 miles north of Formosa. Prepare for Allacks Nationalist defenders of - Wu chiu, 75 miles southwest of Tachen, prepared for new Com munist attacks even though -the Reds suffered a bloody defeat there Friday. Reconnaissance pilots said the situation at Wuchiu was quiet .and the entire Communist inva sion fleet had dispersed under heavy Nationalist air attack.' Reports of what actually hap pened at Wuchiu, a stepping stone to Formosa, Friday were conflicting. Official Nationalist agencies disagreed among them selves as to what course the bat tle took. The office of government in formation announced late Fri day that the Communists had landed on the island and had 1 THE TOGGERY AD ON PAGE 11 ki: C .0 mannee ;gv Happy Hearted, Carefree f&M Musical! I I ' W Osifl I 7 JIL nflLS t'v.ca , Make U.S. National Biqqest U.S. Banks in deposits into U. S. National coffers, boosting the total past the $700,000,000 mark. Stock holders of the other two banks had already approved the mer ger. Nam.d To Board Directors also elected two long-time directors of the Com mercial Bank of Oregon, Hills boro, to sit on the board of the U. S. National, raising the num ber of directors on that govern ing body to 23. Elected were R. W. Weil of Weil's Department store in Hills- bon, and Lester Ireland, Hills boro hadware dealer and mem ber of the state liquor control commission. - - President E. C. Sammons of Khe U. S. National said the mer ger has already gained the ap proval of the federal comptrol ler of the currency and formal approval by federal authorities is expected early next week. The changeover will take place im mediately afterward. The merger will be accomp lished by exchange of $4,000,000 worth of U. S. National stock for stock of the two merged in stitutions. Dec. I Deadline for . Sheep GrowersEvent Corvallis (U.R) The Oregon Purebred Sheep Breeders Asso ciation Saturday reminded Ore gon sheepmen that Dec. 1 is the deadline for entering the 1955 sheep production contest. The contest, sponsored by the association, is aimed at promot ing better sheep management and feeding practices. Ewe flocks of 35 head or more are eligible to enter the contest. Awards will go to owners of commercial flocks having' the most efficient production of lambs and wool. been driven off following a bit ter hand-to-hand struggle. This office reported the Reds suffered heavy casualties and the Na tionalists took many prisoners.. Real rieroes Late Friday night the Ministry of National Defense, the most re spected news sources on For mosa, said the Nationalist Chi nese Air Force had been the real heroes of Wuchiu's defense, The ministry said no Chinese Communist set foot on Wuchiu and the blistering Nationalist aerial bombardment turned back ROKAssemblyStops Rhee's Amendment 1 Seoul, Korea U.PJ The Re public of Korea's National As sembly Saturday voted down a constitutional amendment spon sored by President Syngman Rhee's liberal party that would have allowed Rhee to stay in office indefinitely. . - The rebuff to. the ROK pres ident was by a one vote margin, A total of 136 votes was neces sary to adopt the resolution but the liberals received only 135. There were 60 votes against. Seven members abstained. The constitutional amendment has been a sore point in South Korean politics for months. Rhee's party has attempted ev ery strategy to guarantee pas sage and at one time called for an open vote which would have allowed the party leaders to check the voting of their mem bers. , '., ' ' The 135 votes cast for the amendment Saturday represent ed the exact strength of the lib eral party in the National As sembly. ' CARD OP THANKS'. V, wish- to think our many friends and neighbors for their kind words of sympathy, the beautif'U flowers, cards' and acts of kind- nes sin our bereavement of our loved one. Mary Catey, Mr. and Mrs. Boyd Kline and family. Mr. and Mrs. W. H. Catey and family. T-J-. Gales loaayopens pm M iTBwSifcoiofc Ma 'juftnttn- WFEn-Aunr II Commercial Bank of Oregon has, besides its had office in Hillsboro, branches in , Banks, Cloverdale, Newberg, Sherwood, St. Paul, Tillamook, Vernonia, West Slope, Wheeler and Hood River. They will become branch es of U. .S. National. Within two years,' the Albany bank will be come part of the present, U. S. National branch in Albany in a new building. Traf tic Resumed On SP Line Closed By Big Earthslide ; Portland (U.R) Normal traf fic was resumed on the South ern Pacific's main line south Saturday after a slide tempor arily .blocked traffic and de layed schedules between Port land and San Francisco Friday. The dispatcher said here the lines were cleared of debris .by 7:30 p jn. Friday, earlier than first anticipated, and stalled trains moved through from four to six hours behind schedule. The slide occurred at 11 a.m. Friday near Oakridge and par tially derailed a freight locomo tive. Much of the engine was buried by the rocks and mud No one was injured. Stalled trains, including the Shasta Daylight streamliner, were held up on either side of the slide. Speed of crews in clearing the tracks made it nec essary to reroute the trains over the old line through Medford and Ashland . . as originally planned Some passengers were trans ferred to busses to ; reach their destinations. the Red invasion attempt. The National defense ministry did not mention Nationalist naval activity. Five Communist gunboats were said to have been sunk by concentrated ' Nationalist bomb ing and 30 Communist junks were wrecked. They were loaded with troops, it was reported, fi . . Hacksaws Smuggled Info Mental Hospital La Porte, Ind. U.R) Au thorities Saturday arrested a hospital attendant on charges of smuggling hacksaw blades to criminally insane prisoners. Elmo Bell, head of Norman Beatty - hospital's . maximum se curity section, said George Green, 20, who lived at the hos pital was caught during a shake down inspection with a hacksaw blade attached to his shorts. He said a shakedown of at tendants was ordered when four blades were found in an inmate's cell. The criminally insane re cently were, transferred to Nor man Beatty from Indiana State prison. Green admitted smuggling in one other blade, according to authorties. He said he was being paid from $20 to $50 for each blade he delivered, but refused to say what inmate he was deal ing with or where the money came from. Mercy Flights Takes Patient to Lebanon Mercy Flight, Inc., carried its 303rd patient Saturday after noon, taking John Lowe, 16, to his home town of Lebanon where he was to undergo sur gery for an inflamed appendix. George Milligan and Gene Kooser were pilots for the flight which was made in the twin engined Cessna. They left here about 2:30 p.m. and returned about 5 p.m: The boy had come here to at tend the funeral of . his. grand father, John M. Lowe, who died Wednesday. . Pilot Escapes Crash Of Jet Fighter Plane Dover, Del. (U.R) An F86F jet . fighter plane, crashed in flames on a farm shortly, after taking off from the Dover Air Force base Saturday, but the Christmas Christmas Christmas TREES! TREES! TREES! A ' 1 . 1 T ' I - ' Li 2 i j VICTIMS OF REDS Air Force Capt. Elmer F. Llewellyn, sentenced to five years in prison by Red China as "spy " is shown with his wife, Marjorie, and son, Claik, of Mis soula, Mont. His mother lives in Vista, Cal. The United States dispatched, the "strongest possible protest" to Red China demanding the immediate release of Capt. Llewellyn and 12 other Americans sentenced to long prison terms oiO "trumped-up spy charges." Hollywood Guest Stars for Band Concert Announced Hollywood guest stars, Lil lian Randolph, "Birdie" of the Great Gildersleeve show, and Walter Tetley, "Leroy" of the Demo Senators See Aid to Asia Plans As 'Probably Good' Washington (U.R) Two key Senate Democrats expressed guarded general approvel Satur day of administration proposals for a development and aid pro gram for Asia. The proposals, thus far only tentative, envision the United States sharing the cost with European Free Na tions. .' Approach Good Sens. J. William Fulbright CD- Ark.), and Mike Mansfield (D- Mont.), both members of the Senate Foreign Relations com mittee, told a reporter in separ ate interviews they thought the approach probably is good. How ever, both wanted to see details of the program before -definitely committing themselves to sup port it. t On the other hand, Sen. John J. Sparkman, (D-Ala.), another member of the committee, voic ed doubts about the Asian aid proposal. It was outlined earlier this week- by Director Harold E. Stassen of the Foreign Op erations administration. "As much as I believe in the necessity of our helping the Asi atic countries to help themselves I doubt , that the best means of doing this is through any huge Marshall , plan," Sparkman said. No Cost Estimate At a news conference on Mon day, Stassen did not outline de tails of the proposed air pro gram or cite' an estimated cost. He said, however, that member nations of the organization for European economic cooperation have been approached about joining the U.S. in the "broad devlbpment program" for free Asian nations. Fulbright, Sparkman, and Mansfield all agreed that th greatest emphasis in any . such program should be on so-called "point four" technical assistance rather than outright economic aid. : : Copper is the metal most fre quently used for the hardening of silver. pilot escaped with only slight burns. Second Lt. H. E. Delfosse, 23, of San Fernando, Calif., walked from the blazing wreckage and notified the base of the crash. Fire crews rushed to the scene three miles from the base but were unable to save the craft. PHOENIX LIONS CLUB Will Again Have A Christmas Tree Lot Order New 'for Your Special Tree . . . Will Cut to Size & Species same program, will be here Sun day, Dec. 5 to appear in the Medferd High school band bene fit concert. Miss Randolph will furnish songs and Tetley's act will include recreation of scenes and characterizations of radio personalities. Specialty numbers also are on their program.-- Guest soloist for the concert, which will be held at 2 p.m. at the high school auditorium will be Keith Mirick. -To Aid Band Trip The annual benefit perform ance for the band is sponsored by radio station KMED and the Jackson County Shrine club and proceeds will go toward defray ing expenses of the band mem bers when they go to San Fran cisco to play during the East West game. The high school choir will sing directed by Allen Lehl. The mixed choir is made up of about 60 voices. The madrigal singers, a mixed group, is made up of 14 voices. Selections by these two groups for the benefit will include a variety1 of light, , entertaining numbers, as well as spirituals, show tunes and radio arrange ments of folk music. Soloists will be Miss Emily Gannaway, a senior, and David Moore, a junior. U. S., Austria Plan To Press for Treaty Washington 0J.R) The United States and Austria will continue pressing for an Austri an peace treaty calling for with drawal of all occupation troops despite Russia's insistence on keeping troops there. A joint U. S.-Austrian com munique released by the State department Friday said the two governments will "continue with determination to, work together for a state treaty which would provide for the withdrawal of all occupation troops from Aus tria at an early and fixed date." . p i v iiimuJi.u diu.ii r s YJm h Vf 1-41 OF COURAGE AND ; 'LiAjLMJ n ' MAUREEN ' "mXcDONALD Si -O'HARA CAREY in i mil lift vv; wmrni1:: i Sunday, November 28, 154 Campaign To For Off-Street Medford Talked at Meeting A campaign to gain, public support of city-owned off-street parking facilities was urged Fri day at a board of directors meet ing of the Jackson County Cham ber of Commerce by Jack Craw ford, member of the special parking committee. Crawford suggested that pub licity on public off-street park ing be made to inform the resi dents of the facts involved. He stated that this was the only type, of parking that he believed feasible. Chet Hubbard, another com mittee member, stated earlier that the committee had, as yet, reached no agreement, -but that "some solution" would be ar rived at. . In other business, Don McNeil, manager ot the Chamber, an nounced that a new trade area brochure was now being printed for distribution designed to at tract wholesale businesses to this area. It will include two standard size pages, he added. Car Theft Suspect Confesses Slaying , Sacramento, Calif. (U.R) Robert C. Knowles, held here for stolen car charges, has sign ed a statement that he killed Alvin Calvert Stewart, Wick enberg, Ariz., and threw the body in the Yakutia, Wash., river, it was learned- Saturday. Stewart was reported missing Sept., 1953, by a sister in Wick euberg. She told authorities her brother drove his pickup truck and trailer to Modesto, Calif., to participate in farm harvests and had not returned. A Modesto motel owner who knew Stewart said Stewart left for the apple harvest in Wash ington and had been looking for a companion to. accompany him.. He has not been seen since. Stewart and Knowles had worked together in the Califor nia harvests. Ava Gardner Planning To Buy House in Spain Hollywood U.R) Film star Ava Gardner took off on a round-the-world air trip with the word that she might buya per manent home in Spam and "re turn to Hollywood only to make movies." . "If I get to Spain, I will look for a house," she said Friday as she left on a trip to publicize her picture, "The Barefoot Con- tessa." She didn't explain why she never has divorced crooner Frank Sinatra, saying only that they are "good friends." HOOVER SALES & SERVICE Feldman & Olson Main & Bartlett , . Phoit 2-2456 O DINE at - - - - WORLD FAMOUS mmdn DDiEsnm . ' Dinners Served from 6 p.m. Till 11:30 p.m. - ' Closed Tuesdays ; , For Reiervationi Call Central Point 122 MEDFORD (OREGON) MAIL TRIBUNE FIFTEEN Gain Support Parking in Robert Root, state representa tive, was announced as the speaker at the weekly round table meeting at noon in the Jackson .hotel on Monday. Root will discuss property taxes with Chamber members and guests who attend. ' The tentative date of Jan. 17 i at the Jackson hotel was an nounced for the annual Cham ber dinner. Choice of a speaker for the occasion was also dis cussed. A motion was adopted to work with the county court in conjunction with the recent city traffic survey in order to con tinue traffic control outside the city limits. . , Glenn Jackson Named To Centennial Group Salem (U.R) Gov. Paul L. Patterson has asked a group of citizens to form a study commit tee to recommend the type of celebration for Oregon's centen nial in 1959. . , ' The governor said his. office had . received many suggestions from interested groups and indi viduals concerning the celebra tion and he has asked a group of persons throughout Oregon to serve on the committee, first meeting of which has been set for Dec. 17 at the Benson hotel in Portland. Members of -the committee named by Governor Patterson include: Glenn Jackson, Med ford; Gen. Curtis T. Beecher, Roseburg; Niel Allen, Grants Pass; Frank Jenkins, Klamath Falls. ..- Early Bird Shows GATES OPEN 5:15 P.M. ENDS TONITE , was mm PLUS &1BUSII AT r.TAHAYTK MiHODUK'itUKX m Mia coiuMiu ncrwt fHOPD I 2 50p Admissions If A Singls 50c II ' i Today Continuous from 1 P.M. Another Entertainment Packed Double Fruits such as raisins, citron and currants for cakes will be distributed evenly, if you sprin kle them with flour before add ing to the batter. 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