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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.
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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.
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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
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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. - - ,
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