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IFirwDig' v- -i - ' ' - . .s 1 . DULLES TO REPORT TO EISENHOWER OH MEETIfJG IN PARIS , Washington (U.PJ Secre tary of State John Foster Dulles arrived from Paris today and said Atlantic alliance meetings there had reached "some very important decisions all taken with unanimity and good spir its." Arriving at National airport with Dulles aboard a Military, Air Transportation Constella tion were Treasury Secretary George M. Humphrey 'and For eign Operations Administrator Harold Stassen. Russia Sends Notes To Five Countries; Warn on Germany London U,R) Russia has sent notes to five European countries which do not belong to NATO, seeking to. woo them Into the Soviet-style European collective security system with warnings against a revival of German militarism. Nations Listed - Moscow sent notes to Fin- . land, Yugoslavia, Sweden, Aus tria and Switzerland an the wake of the NATO conference in Par is. The notes gently chided the five for not attending Moscow's security conference but they were almost friendly in tone. : Moscow Radio said each note was sent Dec. 17 with an attach ed copy of the Moscow confer- cute ucviiuduuii vii cl ui - -r made by Russia and the seven Communist satellite nations, They were ostensibly in reply to the five countries rejections of invitations to the Moscow conference. ' Longest to Sweden ; The note to Yugoslavia ap peared to be another effort to woo Marshal Tito bad into the Kremlin orbit, but the longest note was sent to Sweden. It iook pains to answer Sweden's questions "concerning the Sov- ment of a collective security system in Europe." The note to Sweden was un ique in that Russia mentioned the United States and .expressed willingness to listen to any pro posals for security that Sweden might have to offer. Russia said many of - Swe den's questions were answered by Soviet proposals made last February at the Bit? Four Con ference in Berlin. Chamber Elects : John H. Pletsch John H. Pletsch, 18 Willamette ave., today was elected president of the Jackson County Chamber of Commerce for the coming year. Pletsch, who is secretary treasurer and manager of the Jackson County Federal Savings and Loan association, succeeds Walter Garner, of Cal-Ore Ma chinery company. R. B. Thierolf, of Big Pines Lumber company, was elected vice-president of the chamber, and Elwood Hedberg, manager of the First National bank, was named treasurer. All of the new officers were elected unanimously. ;. Bend-s-U.R) A Chemult, Ore., woman, Mildred Beckes, was killed outright last night when the car in which she was riding collided with the rear of a flat bed truck on Highway 97 at Lava Butte, 10 miles south of here. . Demos Step Up Pressure on Republicans To End Charges Washington (U.R) Demo crats stepped up their pressure on Republicans today to quit firing brickbats if they want Democratic cooperation in the new Congress. - Sens. Geof ge A. Smathers (D Fla.) and Allen J. Frear (D-DeL) said the bipartisanship President Eisenhower has called for will be wrecked if the "reckless" charges used against the Demo crats during the election cam paign are continued. ' Smathers. told his constituents in a newsletter that Democratic congressional leaders are ready to do what is best for the na tion. But he said a return to the GOP charges , of the election Shivering in a cold wind, Dulles stood with his hands in his pockets and made a brief statement at the airport for newsmen and for newsreel and television cameras which he promised to elaborate on in news conference tomorrow. Critical Period He said he would report soon to President Eisenhower on the meeting at which the North At lantic Treaty council agreed to rely on atomic weapons as a bulwark of Western strength against aggression. The fast flying secretary" re turned as a supremely critical period for Western Europe and the United States began. French Premier Pierre Men-des-France is nearing a show down confidence vote in his government on the question of rearming of West Germany. The Soviet Union is 'making new efforts to thwart that ob jective. It is now threatening to cancel friendship treaties with both France and Britain if the Paris and London agreements to rearm West Germany are rati fied. ' -Private Discussions Dulles didn't directly refer to any of the NATO council decis ions. He said that the North At lantic council meeting provid ed an opportunity for some "very useful" private discus sions with British Foreign Min ister Anthony Eden and Men- des-France. "We didn't reach any private decisions," he said. But he added that the discussions were useful because, they enabled the three foreign ministers to "keep our thinking in line." t Unless the London- Paris agreements to stiffen Western defenses are ratified with a six month period, it is believed like ly that they will fail together. Mid-June might be called a dead line for ratification. Army Rejects Bids For Hydro Plant Washington (U.R) Senator Thomas H. Kuchel (R-Calif.) said today the .Army has rejected all bids for equipment for the hydro electric plant at The Dalles, Ore., after a foreign firm was low bidder. . - ' Kuchel's office said Army Sec retary Robert T. Stevens notified him that the Army Engineers reexamined the specificates and threw out all bids becaTa the specifications "contained am biguities and requirements which made full compliance difficult and uneconomic." - It was the second time that the Army has rejected low bids on the project when a foreign firm quoted the lowest price. . ' - Pope Pius Planning Christmas Broadcast Vatican City. (U.R) The Vatican announced today - that Pope Pius XII has recovered suf ficiently to broadcast his greet ings to the world on Christmas Eve. j - The announcement in the Vati can City newspaper Osservatore Romano said the Pope would make, an appearance at his fourth floor ( studio ' window Christmas Day to bless the faith ful gathered in St. Peter's Square. ' ' Because of the illness; of the 78-year-old pontiff the broad cast will be recorded , and will be confined to extending his best wishes and blessings. The text of the full message, now being prepared, will be published rather than delivered in person. could destroy all the good will which has been engendered" in President Eisenhower's confer ences last week with Democratic and Republican leaders. Frear told a reporter Mr. Eisenhower must assume respon sibility for the election attacks, even though "I don't believe the President was responsible." In spite of these, however, he said "bipartisanship will last through this session of Congress if the President does his part." " Senate Republican Leader Wil liam F. Knowland meanwhile sounded his determination to keep speaking his mind on iox eign and other issues even if he falls into "conflict with the administration. MedfordmTribune United Frees Full Leased Wire 49th Year, 22 Pages I y l i inn ii i i in mm win i iiwiiiwiium.iii in ..lima iiihimim , in iwmnt lmm I STANDING ON SOUTH LAWN, with Washington Monument'in background, White House-Chrfetm"astree 1s impressiveSymboi of Yule season as the President turns on lights. (International) Re-Trial in Case Due Mext The re-trial of Leroy Elmer (Bud) Starkey Jr., 21, Eagle Point," has been continued until next month, it was reported to day. ' . '. ' . - ; '. . District Attorney Walter Nun ley filed a motion Friday asking for the continuance, and Circuit Judge H. K. Hanna said this-1 morning he would approvt motion. Starkey . is charged with sault and robbery while arm with a dangerous weapon. He . accused of stabbing Philip Hen selman, Jacksonville artist, in the course of a robbery earlier this year. He was convicted dur ing an earlier circuit 'court trial, but Defense Attorney Edward Kelly's motion t for a new ; trial was granted by Judge Hanna. i- The new trial had been sched uled to begin tomorrow. The tri al date will now be set by Judge Hanna after the first of the year. Many Arrests Listed City and state police and sher iff's deputies, meanwhile,, re ported a long list of week end arrests for offenses ranging from violation of the curfew to driv ing while under the influence of intoxicating liquor. .. . Edward Earl Knauss, route 1, box 235E, Rogue River,; was ar rested by Medford police ' at about. 6:35 pjn. Saturday and jailed on a drunk driving .charge. He posted $100 bail Sunday morning, and is to appear in city court at 9 a.m. tomorrow. Francis Jordan - Rhodes, 1216 East Ninth st., was arrested early this morning, and later in the day pleaded guilty, to a similar charge, officers said. He was fined $100 and his driver's li cense was suspended for a 90 day period. Fined . George Bernard Gunn, 57, of 342 Berrydale, Medford, was ar rested by a deputy sheriff "Satur day evening, and was booked Vienna - U.R) The Catholic News Service said today "eye witness reports" from Red Hun gary confirm persistent rumors Josef Cardinal Mindszenty "has been freed after nearly six years in prison. ' ' MEDFORD, OREGON, MONDAY, DECEMBER 20, 954 Stabbing into count while und; toxicatinf. district court oi guilty a; $5 court cc: 30 days in jail and his driver s license was suspended for 90 daivs. The jail sentence will be aided on payment of the :icia Ann Gallegos, N 826 ,!ain st., Medford, was ar t 3:35 a.m. today,by city Vand cited -for reckless liquor involved. She .-ased on her own recog--mce, and is to appear in mu nicipal court at 9 a.m. Tuesday. ' Two California men and a 17-year-old from Ashland were ar rested Saturday evening by Med ford police at the Rogue Valley Ball room. Russell James Wal ston, 21, Gerber, Calif., was booked into county jail on a charge of furnishing beer to a minor, and Robert Lewis Fergu son, 20, Hilt, was booked on a charge of illegal possession of beer. Both posted $35 bail, and appeared in district court this morning where, officials said Walston was fined $50 plus, $5 court costs, with $40 suspended, and-Ferguson was fined $10 plus $5 costs, with $7.50 suspended. The 17-year-old was released after questioning. ; Illegal Possession . : i Sheriffs deputies Saturday evening arrested Robert James Smith, Ashland, and Charles Mc Donald Plummer, Roseburg, at the T-Pee dance hall, and booked them for illegal possession of al coholic beverages; Both posted $35 bail and are to appear in district court Dec. 23. ' State officers Sunday after noon arrested Jack Harvey Cole, 33, Carlton Ore., and booked him into jail for soliciting a ride on . a public highway. He ap peared . in district court this morning after a night ""in jail, and was sentenced to 10 days, the balance suspended pending good behavior. , : . Two Medford boys, 15 and 16 years old, were arrested during the early morning hours Sunday by a sheriffs deputy for viola tion of ; the - curfew law; Both were cited into juvenile court. r V I V . 1 United Subversion By Philanthropic .Groups Reece Committee Report Labeled as 'Untrue, Flimsy' Democratic Members Sharply Critical Washington (U.R) The na tion's big tax-exempt founda tions today labeled as "untrue, biased, arbitrary and flimsy" charges by the Republican ma jority of a special House com mittee that the organizations "directly supported subversion' 416-Page Report . ? The attack on the philanthrop ic foundations was made in a. 416-page report by the three Republican members of the com mittee. The GOP members, Chairman ! B. Carroll Reece (Tenn.) and Reps. Jesse P: Wol cott (Mich.) and Angier L. Good win (Mass) also alleged that the foundations have "supported at tacks upon our social and gov ernmental system and financed the promotion of socialism and collectivist ideas." In a 12-page dissent, the two Democratic committee members, Reps. Wayne L. Hays (Ohio) and Mrs. Gracie Pfost (Idaho) differ ered sharply," claiming some of the statements in the majority report "are untrue on their face, others are at best, only half truths and the vast majority are misleading.". Newspapers Attacked Most of the committee's fire was aimed at the Ford, Rocke feller and, Carnegie foundations and at the New Ybrk"Times7 the New York Herald-Tribune and the Washington Post and Times Herald, . newspapers which had criticized the committee's meth ods and whose publishers also are connected with foundations. Dean 'Rusk, president of the Rockefeller foundation, said the committee majority accepted "flimsy allegations . . . as facts hout the support of trustwor- v! "lence in making its in- ation." He also noted the tions . were denied the i challenge the charges them by direct public v. ". wan Gaither Jr., presi the Ford 'foundation, eweu ,sie committee's hearings "biased from start to finish." He said the report "throws mud not only at philanthropy, but also at American : schools, v the press, business, professional and reli gious groups and whole areas of scholarly a n d scientific - en deavor." - "r - - ; Kidnaped German Escapes Red Police Berlin (U.R) West Berlin police reported today that Wilr heom Heinz, former security chief in the East German De fense Office, was" kidnapped by the Soviets but escaped after 24 hours detention. 1 Heinz, "a former Wehrmacht colonel who built up the coun-; ter-intelligence section int the embryo Defense Ministry of Theodor Blank told police he es caped from a closely guarded Soviet compound in the East Berlin district of Karlshorst. .' He told police he used a line to lower himself from a window in a compound home and scaled a barbed ' wire fence enclosing the compound.' . Heinz said he was lured into East Berlin Thursday by Jakob Kolb, formerly of Blank's of ficer in ;West Berlin and Heinz' adjutant in World War II. Police said orders had been issued to arrest Kolb and his wife. : Direct Telephone Line ; , ; To North Pole Planned o . Through the efforts of the Medford Active club, a direct telephone line to Santa Clans' headquarters at the north pole will be opened up this evening and tomorrow. The hours both days are 5:30 to 9 p.m. , Youngsters wishing to tele phone Santa to tell him of their last minute gift desires may do so by dialing 2-6294. Press Full Leased Wire Price 5c No. 234 Quick Cold Snap Fools City Street Washers A good many Medford streets were slick and icy this morning, and the city street department, with some embar rassment, blamed it on the weather. . A city street-washing truck sprinkled the streets at about 4:30 a.m., when the tempera ture was well above freezing, the skies were overcast, and there was no indication of freezing. But about 5:30 a.m., the skies cleared, and the lem perature plummeted down, freezing the water on the streets. But apparently drivers were careful on the icy pavements. No accidents were reported to have resulted from the slip pery conditions. Still No Verdict -In Sheppard Case; Jury Out 74 Hours " Cleveland (U.R) The Shep pard wife-murder jury went to lunch today 74 hours after get ting the case with no sign it is close to agreement. Dr. Samuel H. Sheppard, the 30-year-old osteopathic brain surgeon who is accused of bludgeoning his . pregnant wife to death last 'July 4, : watched them file out, : his face grim. The jurors, did. not look rat liim.' ieaye.JorLunch4:.u.--;-jj,A.. Common' Pleas Judge Edward Blythin called the jurors from their deliberations, and they left the jury room at 12:02 p. m. EST. - At the time they were called to lunch, the seven men and five women had spent 26 hours and 52 minutes within the jury room. Before the Sheppard jury ar rived today,. Judge Blythin had said: . . , . ' "I have a notion that , we'll hear, from them today." The law requires that Dr. Sam be brought, from prison to the court-room each time the jury is called in to be dismissed for meals or for the night. His at torneys and two brothers during his appearances Sunday grasped his hand and spoke reassuring ly to him. , ' North Park Entrance Closed for Winter Salem U.R) The Crater Lake highway north is closed in the park for the winter except from Annie Springs to - the lodge, which is open, the Oregon State Highway department said today. - Packed snow was well sanded at Warm Springs Junction, San tiam Pass, . Willamette Pass, Ochoco Summit, Meacham and Austin. ,r 'Y ' Gharse Mmi Laughead Sticking To Guns; Chicagoans Unconcerned Chicago (U.R) Dr. Charles Laughead stuck to his prediction today that a tidal wave will en gulf ; Chicago" Tuesday. But the frightful prophecy . didn't seem to hold water with the city's un impressed residents. . Laughead, interviewed at the suburban Oak Park home bf Mrs. Dorothy Martin, where he is a house guest, replied, "cer tainly" when asked if he still expected the tidal wave to show up Tuesday. ' Won't Tell Plans 0. The -44-year-old physician, who was fired from his post at Michigan State college because of his gloomy predictions, said he was "not permitted to re veal" 'where and how he expect ed to spend Tuesday. But Chicagoans were display ing . -a magnificent : unconcern. There were no reports of prepar ations for a flight to the roof tops. Incoming commuter trains were as crowded as ever. And final - - week shoppers who -jammed the .stores and Weather FORECAST Variable high cloudiness through Tuesday. Patches of foe tonight and early Tuesday. Little temper ature change. Low tonight 28. High Tuesday 48. Temp. Highest yesterday - 47 Lowest this morning 28 - Knowland Says Pay Of 'Blackmail' for Airmen Dangerous Renews Proposal for Blockade of China Washington (U.R) Senator William F Knowland said today the United States will invite World War III if it pays any "blackmail" to free the 11 Amer ican airmen imprisoned in Red China. . Backs Stern Measures He declared the stern meas ures , he has urged, including a blockade of the China mainland, are less likely to - plunge tfje world into atomic war than a new sign of allied weakness or a peace-at-any-price policy. f Knowland conceded Russian subs . might try to break up a blockade and sink U. S. ships but he said , he is "prepared to accept that risk." A major war is another possibility, he said, but a remote one. The real danger, he asserted, is that the Allies in their desire to achieve peace will be weak .in the face of Communist advances. The Blackmail Increases "Any time you pay blackmail you increase the demands and I think the more that is paid the greater the demands will be," he said, referring to. proposals that 35 Chinese students m this coun try be swapped for the airmen. . "I think weakness invites war?'" he said.""The best,' chance of-keeping out of war is"mam- taining a position of strength and deal with the Communists on a basis of strength." For this rea son, he said, "I don't think this is a war policy which I am sug gesting." Knowland's views 'were con tained in a . copyrighted inter view with the U. S. - News & World Report magazine. They were made public as the discus sion of the airmen's plight, con tinued in television interviews yesterday: . Predicts Release . 1. Wellington Koo, Chinese Nationalist ambassador to this country, predicted that the air men will be freed when their propaganda value has ended. George Yeh, Chinese Nationalist foreign minister, said ''every thing short of war" should be done to free-them. ' 2. Robert Murphy, deputy Un der Secretary of State, and Henry Cabot Lodge, U. S. dele gate to the United Nations, said public debate should be held, to a minimum while the UN secre tary general, attempts to nego tiate the case in Peiping. CHRISTMAS DINNER ; A Christmas day dinner will be served from 11 ajn. to 1 p.m. Dec. 25 for itinerants, both men and women, at the Salvation Army shelter, SA officers have announced. V carted home Christmas trees seemed confident of being here and being dry come Saturday. World Ending Party f ; . One near North Side bar even scheduled an "end-of-the-world" party to start tonight and end when "the world ends" or when the tidal, wave arrives. Sponsors were sure 'it would be a-marathon party. When told the city was gen erally skeptical of his predic tion, Laughead said, "naturally. But they'll find out." f He said he and Mrs. Martin, who says , she receives "extra sensory" messages from crea tures in outer space, had been commissioned to "alert Chicago" to the .tidal wave. -j The wave, Laughead said, was to serve as a "warning to people who have taken Christ out of Christmas." i When a - reporter suggested that, a tidal wave' would leave no one to be warned, Laughead said the wave was going to be "a local thing. It will warn the rest of the country." ' West German Pact Next on Agenda for National Assembly Approval by Narrow Margin Predicted Paris - (U R) Premier Pierre LMendes-France won a ; crucial vote of confidence from the French National Assembly today and set nis course on the high road to ratification of West Ger man rearmament within the West European Union. The showdown vote gave him a smashing tvictory, officially. 310 to 172. Mendes-France had staked his own destiny and, indirectly, that of the whole of Western Europe on the outcome, of the confidence test. It came on approval of his new budget for Indochina. He had suffered a stunning upset on the same issue Friday night in the midst of vital NATO and Big Three conferences Important Decision The hard-hitting, milk-drink ing Premier squeaked through . that -crisis after an all night battle in which he won by two votes a decision 'to study' the . budget again. ..v r Today he rammed it through opening the way for immediate debate on what will be France's most important decision since the end of World War II. The reluctant Assembly, which last Aug. 30 killed the European Defense Community plan, is ex pected to approve by a narrow margin the new plan hammered out at London and Paris to re arm the West Germans and . ad mit a sovereign West Germany to the North Atlantic Treaty Organization. . Francs Key Nation the agreement to put 500,000 West Germans into uniform under NATO, but France re mains the key. Failure of the French to ratif3" the , London and Paris agree ments virtually, would end hopes for a unified West Germany. But today's vote was believed to pave the way for victory on that issue sflso, despite frantic Russian efforts to prevent it. ' The . reluctant Assembly ac cepted an Indochina budget of $223,003,450 practically identi cal with the one it upset Friday night. 1 The Premier blistered his po-' litical enemies today in a speech accusing them of losing Indo china through "eight years of er ror." . Aid From America And, while MRP (Popular Re publican) members sputtered with anger, he came to the strong defense of the ,United States. The deputies were an gered because the United States refused a bid for $300,000,000 - in aid to French troops in Indo china and offered, instead, 100 millions.- - But Mendes-France told them the United States in reality will in 1955. ' , . As Mendes-France woa his confidence votes, these other events also were affecting the future of German rearmament: 1. The Soviet Union threat ened today to cancel the 1942 ncrrepmpnts tn rearm West Ger many are Tatified. ' I 2. During the weedend, Russia sent notes to Finland, Yugoslavia : Sweden, Switzerland ; and Aus tria, seeking to woo them into the Soviet camp with warnings against a revival of German militarism. 3. Warned France last week that the 1944 France - Soviet treaty of friendship would be treaties are approved. ' DOW-JONES AVERAGES New York U.R) Dow-Jones final stock averages: 30 . indus trials 397.32 up 2.38: 20 rail roads 144.08 up 1.61; 15 utilities ux.ua v . j 147.94 up 0.98. Sales today were about 3,770,000 shares compar ed with 3,730,000. shares traded Friday. - - , (CHOPPING.) nrr n (7 n To itoppoig ye ii mm. mm
