ovlet prison) Camp SIMDy
Vienna (U.R Three Ameri
cans held in a Soviet prison
camp southeast of Moscow are
in excellent health and may be
released soon, a group of return
ing Austrian prisoners reported
today.
The three Americans are Wil
liam T. Marchuk of Bracken
ridge, Pa., William A.v Verdine
of Starks, La., and John Hell
muth Noble of Detroit. The
State Department has demanded
several times that Russia free
them.
Marchuk was reported absent
without leave from the U. S.
Army on Feb. 1, 1949, in Berlin.
He was born April 5, 1916, in
Maynard, Mass.
Verdine was reported AWOL
in Europe on Feb. 3, 1949. He
had reenlisted for three year's
Army service on Aug. 21, 1947,
at Ft. Sam Houston, Tex. He is
28.
Noble has been in Soviet cus
tody for nearly eight years. He
was taken to Germany by his
parents in 1938 and was arrested
in Dressen in 1945 with his
father. His father later was re
leased and returned to the Unit
ed States with the rest of the
family.
Johann Schick, one of the 55
Austrians who returned today,
said the three Americans told
him Soviet prison officials prom
ised them they would be sent
home very soon.
Schick said Verdine and Mart
schuk told him they both were
soldiers when the, Russians ar
rested them in East Berlin 1947
or 1948. Noble told him he was
a civilian when the Russians
seized him at Dresden, Germany,
in 1946.
Noble was permitted to write
to his father in Detroit last year
"through a mistake of one of
the Soviet prison guards,"
Schick said. Noble later receiv
ed a letter from his father.
The three Americans arrived
at the camp southeast of Mos
cow last summer from the Wor
kuta coal mine area in northern
Russia, Schick said.
He described them as being
"in good physical condition"
when he saw them for the last
time on Christmas Eve shortly
before the Austrians boarded a
Vienna bound train for freedom.
Schick said the prisoners at
Potma went on strike last year
to try to force the Russians to
release them and "for many
months we have done almost no
work. Apparently tne strike im
pressed the Russians.' ' -----"We
refused to work because
we thought it would be better to
die than remain as prisoners in
definitely," he said.
The Golds said they left jobs
in London in July, 1953', and en
tered Red Germany illegally.
After 15 months, during which
they worked in a locomotive fac
tory for wages of $14 a month,
they decided they had had
enough and headed for home.
The Communists caught them
trying to escape and held them
for 10 weeks. They finally re
gained their freedom last month,
after agreeing to sign a paper
saying they had been "well
treated."
During their confinement,
they said, they were held in a
private house in Soviet-occupied
Dresden which was used as a
prison by the Reds.
"There were several Ameri
cans and Germans "there who
were beaten up at intervals,"
Sydney Gold said. "Some of
them we saw for a few days and
never heard of again." ,
When they first entered Com
munist Germany, ' the brothers
said, they were screened by the
Reds and then sent to the Rene
gades' Club in Bautzen for indoc
trination in the party line.
Their fellow students included
15 ex-GIs, five former British
soldiers and one other British ci
vilian, a Dutchman, a Spaniard,
a Mexican and a Nigerian Negro.
" "We were billeted in the town,
but had to attend classes at the
club' every day," Sydney said.
"Communist propaganda was at
the top of .the .curriculum under
the heading of social science."
After three months at the
club, the Golds got their factory
jobs. Each month, they had to
pay $5.06 of the $14 pay for rent.
The low pay didn't matter too
much, though, the brothers said.
There were so few consumer
goods available in the Soviet
zone it didn't make much dif
ference. London (U.P.) Two British
brothers who returned recently
from behind the Iron Curtain
said they met "15 former GIs"
among the members of a Russian-supervised
Renegades' Club
in Soviet Germany.
The Gold Brothers, Sydney,
30, and Alfred, 26, did not give
the names of any of the renegade
Americans in the accoun t of their
adventures published by the lib
eral News Chronicle.
Three Amnierocaini Prisoners SaM me lor Release
Froin'S
Medford
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49th Year 12 Pages
ivasion
Declared
Salem (U.R) Persistent
charges of long haul truckers
that there was widespread eva
sion of mileage payments due
under the motor transportation
code were found to be without
foundation, the State Highway
Interim Committee said today,
and it will recommend that the
weight mile tax on trucks, which
originated in Oregon, be con
tinued without change.
The committee, in its report
to Gov. Paul L. Patterson, pre
sented today, also recommended
that taxes on motor vehicles and
motor vehicle fuel should be the
exclusive right of the state of
Oregon and cities or other politi
cal subdivisions of Oregon should
not be permitted to levy or im
pose such taxes.
Favors Legislation
. ' The committee, headed by
State Rep. Edward A. Geary of
Klamath Falls, recommended
that "legislation should be enact
ed to clearly establish and limit
the levying and collecting of
revenue taxes on motor vehicles
and motor vehicle fuel to the
" state of Oregon, exclusively, ex-
cepting only- the right'6f the
federal government." .
.: Oregon originated the gaso
line tax, which now amounts to
six cents a gallon. Uncle Sam
adds another two cents tax.
The committee, which was cre
ated by resolution of the 1953
Legislature, recommended "a
further study should be made to
bring under one head thp activi
ties relating to the regulatory
and revenue field of motor ve
hicles." Wants Separate Department
The Interim Committee on the
Department of Revenue, headed
by State Sen.' Paul Geddes of
Roseburg, recommended in its
final report that a separate de
partment of motor vehicles be
established, under the appointive
power of the governor. The mo
tor vehicle department now is
a branch of the secretary of
state's office.
The Highway Interim Com
mittee said it made no conclu
sive study on this subject of
consolidating the presently dis
persed activities because the
matter was being studied by the
interim committee on the depart
ment of revenue.
The committee said it recog
nizes that the control of adver
tising signs on highways bill
boards is essential and recom
mended that such legislation be
considered.-
Fourth Recommendation
And its fourth recommenda
tion was: 'The committee be
lieves our present reciprocity
status can be made to better
meet the problems among the
several states, with relatively
minor changes, and recommends
a definite reciprocity officer be
designated with sufficient au
thority to meet the changing
needs and carry out the legisla
tive intent."
Noting that "Oregon has been
the leader in the weight-mile
tax," the committee said that be
cause of the persistent charges of
evasion of this tax, it engaged
the Stanford Research Institute
to conduct the study impartially
and to report its findings. When
that study was completed the
institute found that evasion of
the weight-mile tax amounted to
about four per cent. And the in
terim committee noted that even
this low percentage could be les
sened as the public utilities com
missioner completes the installa
tion of its machine-records sys
tem which will enable even
more efficient auditing of the
books of motor transportation
companies. ,
Other members of the high-
DOW-JONES AVERAGES
New York (U.R) Dow-Jones
final stock averages: 30 indus
trials 398.51 up 4.63; 20 railroads
145.36 up 1.52; 15 utilities 61.43
up 0.06; 65 stocks 148.47 up 1.40.
MEr
it
Shares
way interim committee are Sen.
Warren A. McMinimee of Tilla
mook,' vice chairman; Rep. Rob
ert L. Elfstrom of Salem, secre
tary; Sens. Jack Bain of Port
land and Charles W. Bingner of
La Grande, and Reps. Robert W.
Root of Medford and Loran L.
Stewart of Cottage Grove.
Asian Ministers
Open Conference
To Restore Peace
Bogor, Indonesia (U.R) Five
Asian prime ministers today
opened a two-day conference of
African and Asian nations on re
storing peace to the world.
The group, had been expected
to discuss the subject of 11
American airmen jailed in Com
munist China, but Prime Min
ister Sir John . Kotelawala of
Ceylon said he would not bring
it up, for fear of "upsetting, the
United Nations applecart." . ;
The U. N. has" taken up the
matter and Secretary General
Dag Hammarskjold leaves for
Peiping early in the new year
to discuss the case with the Com
munist regime.
The prime ministers attending
the conference here at Kotela
wala, Jawaharlal Nehru of India,
Ali Sastroamidjojo of Pakistan
and U Nu of Burma. They met
this afternoon behind the heavily
guarded walls of the presiden
tial palace in this West Java
mountain town.
Sastroamidjojo proposed the
conference of African and Asian
nations to attempt to lessen the
tension between East and West
by creating an "area of peace"
extending from Asia through
Africa. The meeting would be
held in Indonesia next February
or March.
The five Colombo powers
agreed at their last meeting in
Colombo to let Sastroamidjojo
work out plans for the confer
ence. Today's meeting was to
decide which nations will be in
vited and what subjects will be
discussed.
Stevenson Stickers
Permitted on Mail
Washington U.R) The Post
Office Department - said today
that anyone who wishes may
decorate envelopes and pack
ages with stickers quoting Ad
lai Stevenson. . . . ' , .
A department spokesman said
a local postal employee made a
mistake when he questioned the
admissibility of such articles to
the mails.
Leland Merrick, Bronx, N.Y.,
a Stevenson admirer, had asked
for a department ruling whether
the stickers legally could be put
on mail following the incident
in the post office here.
The stickers, like other quota
tions, slogans, and similar mate
rial, can be put anywhere on
items to be mailed so long as
they don't interfere with ; the
addres, return address, or post
age, the spokesman said.
Dean of Portland
Newspapermen Dies
Portland (U.R) Rolla Git
tings, 91, known as the dean of
Portland newspapermen, died in
a local hospital today.
Gittings, called "Git" by his
friends and associates, retired on
New Years day of 1946 after
more than 39 years on the staff
of the Oregon Journal. He was
Northwest editor, telegraph edi
tor and finally exchange editor.
He continued to write guest
articles for the editorial page
after his retirement.
Gittings had been ill for about
three weeks.
Utlirue
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JESDAY, DECEMBER 28, 1954
BRAKING
SHOWN
BRAKING DISTANCE
IS
75
III
MINIMUM BLACK MAXIMUM WHITE
mmm IM m
T
r
GLARE ICE
J 1 46' 75
Il57 61' WINTERIZED TIRES
I I 48' 61' MUD-SNOW TIRES
Tl50' 54' WINTERIZED MUD-SNOW TIRES
H 35' 40' REINFORCED TIRE CHAINS
i i - -
r HARD PACKED SNOW
21' AVERAGE- REGULAR
Broking distances do not Includo "reaction dtstancos." Reaction
time may bo as much at of a second or more. Using of a
second (a generally accepted average for reaction time), the
"reaction distance" at 20 mph would be 22 feet, which should
. be added to the above braking distances to determine the total
stopping distances. :'
NATIONAL SAFETY COUNCIL
Sriov Covers Valley;
List Few Accidents
As Drivers Cautious
Snow covered the Rogue val
ley this morning. Amounts
ranged upward from the one
inch measured at the Medford
weather bureau at the airport.
; The snow began -in flurries
about midnight, then resumed in
a steady fall shortly before 6
a.m. By about 8 ajn. streets
were covered and slushy where
traffic was heavy. .
Apparently drivers were using
extra caution on the slippery
surfaces,' for accidents reported
this morning were few, with'no
injuries listed. City crews were
at work early, sanding the
packed snow on hills to give
motorists better traction.
Stops By 9 A.M. -,
The snowfall stopped by 9 a.m.
and began to melt as tempera
tures rose' above freezing, al
though there were a few later
flurries. About .06 of an inch of
moisture was contained in the
inch of snow at the weather bu
reau. At 8 a.m., about IV2 inches
were measured at Jacksonville,
and on the Siskiyous and Green
springs passes amounts ranged
up to three inches. Chains were
required for travel over both
routes, state police said.
Rain N was reported from
Grants Pass, and the highway
over Sexton mountain was clear.
About an inch of new snow
was reported from Prospect, and
at Klamath Falls only a trace
was reported.
More snow at lower elevations
was not predicted by the weather
bureau, but more may fall in
Gen. Peyton March
Observes 90th Birthday
Washington U.R) Gen. Pey
ton C. March, Army chief of
staff during World War I, cele
brated his 90th birthday yester
.day at Walter Reed Army hospi
taL March has been at the hospi
tal since he broke a hip a year
ago. Attaches said he is coming
along fine.
Price 5c No. 241
DISTANCE
BV TESTS
IN FEET FROM 20 MPH
125
I5
175
2M 221
EH2027
' REINFORCED TIRE CHAINS
AT 20 F.
REGULAR TIRES
TIRES ; DRY PAVEMENT
showers over the mountains, the
forecast said. Rain showers this
evening, and a chilly, foggy
morning tomorrow Was pre
dicted. ' :
Road Conditions
; Chains were required for
travel over both Siskiyou and
Groensprings mountain passes'
this afternoon, after - three
inches of new snow fell dur
ing the night. '..':.., L
Highways to the north were
clear of snow.
Elsewhere in Oregon, chains
were required over the Santi
am pass and at Lapine, and
-were advised oa most other
mountain route.
Routes closed for the winter
include the east and west Dia
mond lake highways, the Mt.
Hoed loop from Warm Springs
junction to Cooper spur, the
rim road at Crater lake, and
the McKensie pass.
Roosting Place for Estimated 21,000 Robins Found;
Birdwatchers Report on Annual Bird Census Monday
A roosting place for ' a mam
moth group of . robins was dis
covered here yesterday by three
birdwatchers out to make an
annual census of the birds in the
Medford area.
The three, Mrs. Howard Bush
and the Rev. and Mrs. Thomas
McCamant, said this is the 55th
year that such counts have
been made throught the coun
try, and last year there were
521, including three in Oregon,
at Portland, Eugene and Med
ford. They counted 44 species of
birds and an estimated 21,781
individuals.
The count, was vastly; larger
than that recorded last year,
Mr. McCamant said, because of
Weather
FORECAST: ' Rain showers In
the valleys and snow showers
In mountains tonight. Valley
fog Wednesday morning;
otherwise partly clondy with
widely scattered showers. Low
tonight 32; high Wednesday
45.
- Temp.
Highest Yesterday 36
Lowest this Morning' .. .. 31
Prec.
To 10 ajn. Today 06
Brother-in-Law of
Portland Artist
Admits Shooting
Parka-Clad Companion
Mistaken for Deer
The Dalles (U.R) Joseph
Ferguson, 39 -year -old Mosier,
Ore., rancher, was booked in
Wasco county jail here at 12:30
a.m. today on suspicion of man
slaughter in connection with the
death Sunday of the rancher's
brother-in-law, Portlapd artist
Charles Eaton, 29.
Ferguson, who had been Eat
on's hunting companion in the
mountains near Mosier on the
day after, Christmas, succumbed
to police questioning and sobbed
out a statement admitting he had
shot the young advertising artist
with a .30 calibre rifle, mistak
ing his parkaclad figure for a
deer. '
.30 Calibre Shells Found
State -Police Sgt. Glenn Ray
said a search of the death area
yielded ' two ; .30 calibre shell
cases after officers had retraced
Ferguson's steps. Ferguson had
at first told of hunting with a .22
calibre weapon.
Dr. Homer Harris of the state
police crime detection laboratory
reported that Eaton had not been
killed by a .22 rifle like the one
he carried and that the wound
in Eaton's head was not compact,
ruling uui me pussioniues oi
suicide or an accidental dis
charge of the artist's own gun.
Fatal Shot Admitted
Confronted with the labora
tory findings, Ferguson produc
ed his .30 calibre rifle and ad
mitted that he had fired the fatal
shot. He said the incident oc
curred at 9:30 a.m. Sunday.
Eaton was shot through the
head. The bullet entered the
right side of the head at the
ear and emerged at the left
side. His own gun was found
under his body.
' Ferguson explained to offi
cers that he had panicked after
shooting his brother-in-law and
had returned to his ranch home.
He fled without stopping to ex
amine Eaton's body. ,
Formal charges were not filed
immediately but Ferguson was
booked on suspicion of man
slaughter count in connection
with the death.
United States Sending
Wheat To Yugoslavia
Washington U.R) The Uni
ted States has promised to give
Yugoslavia enough wheat to tide
the Balkan nation over a criti
cal grain shortage, a State De
partment official said today. "
The exact amount which the
United States will supply will
depend upon how much Yugo
slavia needs until her next har
vests come in. Preliminary esti
mates run about : 850,000 tons
but the amount could go higher.
Svetozar Vukmanovic-Tempo,
Yugoslav vice president in
charge of economic affairs,, was
in the United States two months
ago seeking American aid to tide
his country over one of its most
critical wheat shortages.
the robins' roost. It is located in
a long, tangled thicket of black
berry vines which grow along
Bear creek south of Sacred
Heart hospital and west of the
IOOF cemetery.
There were an estimated 21,
000 robins in 'the roost, Mr. Mc
Camant reported. He said that
at 7:10 a.m. yesterday they be
gan to leave the roost, and for
about half an hour the birds
continued to fill the sky in a
dense cloud, fanning out to feed
throughout the valley and the
surrounding hills. :
The birdwatchers said they
also spotted a large number of
bluebirds and cedar waxwings
feeding on mistletoe -berries on
the slopes of Roxy Ann butte.
Because there were only three
Fire, Wind Sweep
South California;
Damage in Millions
Forest Fire Burns
Big Watershed Area
Los Angeles (U.R) Fire and
wind swept regions of Southern
California again today, sending
damage estimates soaring into
millions of dollars.
A two-day brush and forest
fire in the San Bernardino Moun
tains flared anew behind high
winds and consumed 3,000 acres
of watershed. Twelve families
were forced to flee their homes
during the night at Verdemont
near Cajon Pass. The Forest
Service reported no structures
burned, however.
The fire Was placed about 10
miles northwest of San Bernar
dino and burning on a three-mile
front. About 500 fire fighters
were on the line. They stood off
the blaze as it threatened ,the
community of Devore Heights,
officials said.
Forest Service Supervisor Don
Bauer said he did not expect the
fire to be controlled before to
morrow. Continuing winds made
the situation critical, he said. '
Steady winds of hurricane
force which swept in from desert
areas subsided somewhat today
but were expected to reach gusts
ranging from 45 to 70 miles an
hour. , The Weather Bureau said
small craft warnings were up
from Point Concepcion to Ocean
side. Trees, Wire Downed ,
Yesterday's winds knocked
down trees and high voltage
wires, sandblasted some autos,
grounded boats, damaged prop
erty and fanned a fire at Fuller-
ton which destroyed two large
fruit plants',, a storage plant, a
dress factory and a water-softening
plants Damage from the fire
was placed at $2,000,000.
The windy weather, confined
areas, was accompanied by cold
temperatures last night which
sent the thermometer down to
16 at Palmdale and below 32 in
many citrus areas. It was 37 in
Los Angeles.
, "By UNITED PRESS -
. Winter 7 landed its biggest
punch of the season today. At
Fraser, Colo., President Eisen
hower's favorite summer fishing
retreat, the mercury plunged to
36 degrees below zero. A similar
reading was reported at West
Yellowstone, Mont. ;
A New Mexico blizzard with
winds up to 50 miles per hour
stranded more than 1,000 motor
ists in the little town of Vaughn.
Most of them resumed their trav
els today after' spending the
night in homes, motels, churches,'
the City Hall and the high school
gymnasium. ; v ... '
v Snow, sleet and freezing rain
spread a treacherous glaze over
Midwestern ' highways.
Klamath Man Held
For Embezzlement
Klamath Falls (U.R) Ken
neth Dean Snyder, former sales
man for. the Klamath : Falls
creamery, was held in the coun
ty'jail today on a charge of- lar
ceny by embezzlement after he
was alleged to have misappro
priated $900 of company funds.
Snyder waived preliminary
hearing when arraigned this
morning before Judge D. E. Van
Vactor and was ordered held
for the grand jury. Bail' was set
at $2000.
District Attorney Frank Ald
erson said. Snyder. admitted tak
ing the money to pay debts. He
said -Snyder had not been in
previous trouble.
counters, and because of the
shortness of the daylight hours;
they couldn't make the count as
complete as they wished, but
they covered Roxy Ann's slopes
in the morning,, and in the aft
ernoon made a trip to the Mili
tary Bridge area of the Rogue
river. .
Other than the robins, the
numbers of which they could
only estimate, here is the count
on other species listed by the
birdwatchers: ;
Mallard, 2; pintail, 1; cooper's
hawk, 1, red tailed hawk, 1;
sparrow hawk, 2; .. California
qaaiL 120; mountain quail, 10;
ring necked pheasant, 4; ameri
can coot, 11; killdeer, 6; wilsqn's
snipe, 2; mourning dove, 20;
belted kingfisher, 3; red shafted
denudes
Success feir .
Paris (U.R) Opponents of
German rearmament introduced
new delaying tactics .-. in the
French ' National Assembly to
day but Premier Pierre Mendes
France remained confident he
will win final approval of the
fateful measure in two votes of
confidence tomorrow. -
A rightist Peasant party depu
ty, George Loustanuau - Lacau,
brought out a new amendment
Ike 'Gratified'
By Approval of
Germany in NATO
Augusta, Ga. U.R) Presi
dent Eisenhower was reported
"gratified"? today that the
French National Assembly ap
proved the entry of West Ger
many t into .the North' Atlantic
Treaty Organization.
However, the ; President de
dined to issue a formal . state
ment until the Assembly, in re
cess until tomorrow, acts on
other phases of the accord which
would, bring the Bonn govern
ment . into the Western alliance
as an armed power..
President Reluctant. ." '
. The President was said to be
reluctant to voice . enthusiastic
approval until after the Assem
bly takes final action on all of
the Paris accords to rearm West
Germany. .
Press Secretary James C. Ha
gerty said: "I have informed the
President of . the vote of the
French Chamber of Deputies
and he is gratified at the turn
proceedings have taken in' that
chamber. There will be no for
mal statement until action has
been completed on all the meas
ures." V
Britain Keeping Silent
This was a restrained manner
of speaking on the part of the
White House. In effect it under
scored the tenseness of 'the situ
ation among all of the Western
powers. Britain has said it was
"keeping quiet and keeping its
fingers crossed." The Bonn gov
ernment in West Germany ex
pressed mild pleasure. ; .
US-Canada Route
Urged by Morse
'Washington... (U.R) Sen.
Wayne Morse today - released
copies of a letter , sent to Secre
tary of State, John Foster Dulles
and to Civil Aeronautics Board
Chairman Chan Gurney urging
favorable action on a proposal
to establish air service between
Portland and Calgary, Canada.
Morse indicated that the sub
ject of air routes between the
United States and Canada was
under discussion between the
State Department and the CAB
earlier this year.- v '.
Morse told Gurney and Dulles
that "air service on a permanent
basis between Portland and Cal
gary will produce increased
commerce and travel between
our countries and this in turn
will serve to strengthen our tra
ditionally fine relations with
Canada. -.' '
flicker, 23; acorn . woodpecker,
15; downy woodpecker, 4; stel
ler's jay, 2; scrub jay, 8; moun
tain chickadee, 1; - plain tit
mouse, 16; common bush tit, 12;
white breasted nuthatch, 7.
Bewick's wren, 5; american
robin, 21,000 (estimate); hermit
thrush, 3; varied thrush, 3; west
ern bluebird, 91; townsend's sol
itaire, 2; ruby crowned kinglet,
5; cedar waxwing, 106; audo
bon's warbler, 17; house spar
row, 18; meadowlark, 18; brew
er's blackbird, 37; house finch,
1; american golf inch, 6; lesser
goldfinch, 26; spotted towhee,
17; brown towhee, 5; oregon
junco, 130; white crowned spar
row, 13; golden crowned spar
row, 52; fox sparrow, .8; song
sparrow, 8.
calling for talks with Russia in
advance of ratification of West
European Union. ,' .
But the same informed sources
who reported, Mendes-France's,
optimism also said the new de
laying action is doomed in ad
vance. American and AllieH embassy
circles were cautiously optimis
tic over the Premier's chances
for final victory but both they.
and the French Foreign Office
knew it would not be a fact
until the votes are counted.
The reluctant National Assem
bly approved German entry into
NATO by a vote of 289 to 251
early today in an atmosphere
of grim T silence and then1 ad
journed until Wednesday. Men-des-France
appeared to have sav
ed the 'alliance With Britain an
the United States.
No 'Wild Rejoicing
But there was no wiM t-o.
joicinz . in Bonn TmHnn . -
Washington. President Eisenhow
er was reported "gratified" and '
West German officials expressed
pleasure and relief. But a Britain
Foreign Office spokesman sai
only that London was "keeping
nuiet ana ; Keeping its fingers
crossed." s . ;
The big test Wednesday comes
when Mendes-France seeks re
versal of the assembly's Christ
mas Eve vote in which it turned
down German - entry into the
Western European Union, the
key part of the Paris accords to
rearm a free Germany.
Must Approv Ratification
The other vote will be on the
overall ratification bill on Ger
man entry into NATO and an
amendment insisting that " Ger
many approve the Saar accord
before ratification is complete.
That vote will lartrelv h
tition of Monday night's ballot
ing. ;
But in each . ra?o Vsnise.
w iwuvo
France has staked the life of his
government in ah effort to save
the Atlantic alliance. If .he re
ceives an adverse vote he must
resign and France must face the
future outside the Western al
liance.
Mendes - France wrestled the
vote on NATO to a surrpscfni
conclusion with , a series of im
passioned, appeals to the as
sembly .members. '
Rejection Delays Rearming
? The assembly has approved al-
most all the articles of the Paris
accords. Only rejection of Ger
man membership in the West- "
ern European Union is holding
up the rearming of 500.000 West
Germans on the side of the West.
The expected decision still
could be UDset and France's al
lies must take care in the next
two days to avoid giving the re
luctant deputies an excuse to
turn and throw over the whole
system again as they wrecked
the European Defense Commun
ity.
The United States and Britain
have made it clear they will
rearm West Germany regardless -of
what France does. Mendes
France told the deputies this and
warned of France's being iso
lated if they do not vote rearm
ament. (Se story on, Pag 2)
Americans Removed
From Burning Vessel
Singapore (U.PJ Six Ameri
can passengers removed from
the burning Danish freighter
Lexa Maersk shopped today for
new wardrobes to replace be
longings they lost in the ship's
fire.
The Americans, together with,
two Australian passengers, left
the ship after it caught fire
Christmas Day while leaving
Singapore with a cargo of food- i
stuffs, rubber, rosin, teak and '
textiles. .
'-The cargo was valued at $1,
300,000. It was a total loss.
The 7520-ton freighter was
beached today on the eastern
coast of Singapore, two miles
from her original position. Thick
black' smoke rose more than 500
feet from the hulk and could be
seen for miles around. .
The - six Americans were
lodged in a hotel awaiting the
arrival of Maersk line officials.
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