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Cautious Optimism
Shown by Officials
On Vote by French
Washington (U.R) The State
Department, the President and
senators were cautiously optimis
tics today over French Premier
Mendes-France's latest victories
in the French debate over West
European defense plans.
Officially, the State Depart
ment had no comment. But offi
cials privately admitted encour
agement over the vote to admit
Germany to the North Atlantic
Treaty Organization and approv
al of West European Union by
the powerful Foreign Affairs
British Papers Play
Up Churchill Visit
London (U.PJ British news
papers front paged reports from
Washington today that Prime
Minister Winston Churchill may
fly to the U. S. capital next
month to confer with President
Eisenhower.
The Daily .'Telegraph ; and
Daily Express said the meeting
is a "possibility" 'whether or
not France . approves German
rearmament. . .
Other : newspapers said, the
meeting hinged on the French
Assembly vote. The News
speculated that Mr. Eisenhower
might fly to London. ;
The only ; immediate, official
comment , was the statement by
a Foreign Office spokesman who
said he had "not heard" plans
for any such trip. .
Pope Pius Given
Blood Transfusion
Vatican City (U.RX Pope Pius
XII received another blood
transfusion" today as part of
his "regular cure,"- then left his
bed to resjime work t on his
Christmas message, a high Vat
ican . source reported.' ' This:
Christmas message was delayed
ed by the Pope's illness. He
hopes to broadcast - part of it
in person some time this week.
The source said the 78-year-1d!
pontiff, who suffered- a -near-fatal
collapse Dec. 2, was still
improving.
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Pittsburgh . (U.R) James
G.. Thimmes, . 60, international
vice-president of the CIO United
Steelworkers union, suffered a
cerebral hemorrhage Christmas
day in his suburban Los Angeles
home, union headquarters dis
closed here today.
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Committee of the '. lal As
sembly. But the key provision of the
defense program German re
armament still has not been
approved, spokesmen cautioned,
and there can be little jubilation
here until it is.
At his Augusta, Ga., holiday
retreat, President Eisenhower
was reported by his press secre
tary, James Hagerty, to be
"gratified", over the vote to ad
mit Germany to NATO. But Hag
erty said the - President wUl
make no formal statement on
the French debate "until action
has been completed on all the
measures." , - - -, .
State Department sources said
French indecision over rearming
Germany has left a "bad taste"
in other West European-nations
because it indicates France is
"playing politics with a matter
of life, or death to the .Western
alliance." v" - -Impact
on Germany Bad
' But department sources said
they have received no evidence
that the indecision -will affect
the willingness of other mem
bers, particularly Germany, lo
ratify the defense, agreements.:
. The impact on Germany. has
been bad, they said but not to
the extent of endangering ratifi
cation, . . .
Chairman Alexander Wiley of
the Senate , Foreign . Relations
Committee said the? vote to ad
mit Germany to NATO was "wel
come news. . to all the free
world." , : . - :;; r: : " . ;: .. '
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"We can be sure:, that -the
Soviet Union is. not going . idly
to accept . the assembly's . deci
sion," he said. "The .Reds will
continue to use : every sort of
stratagem in order to try ; to
sabotage :the pacts.' We may ex
pect a new Soviet diplomatic of
fensive." ', . ' : : '
New Guided Missile
- Washington U.R) Northrop
Aircraft, Inc., hints that its inter-continental'
guided missile
may be in. early .test stages . at
the Air Force's Missile Test cen
ter at Cocoa,' Fla.It:'
The missile, being developed
for the Air Force, is the B62
Snark. A pilotless bomber with
sharply swept-back wings and
jet engine, the Snark is unoffi
cially reported to be able to fly
5000 miles with an atomic war
head.' - The Air Force never has giv
en official information on the
B62. ' '
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Martha Raye Showing
'Great Improvement
New York (U.R) Comedi
enne Martha Raye, who col
lapsed in Miami just before she
was to appear as a holiday head
liner, was reported today "com
ing along great" in her recovery.
The energetic Miss Raye was
recuperating at the home of
friends in Cincinnati, her. press
agent, Jack Tirman, said.
He said Miss Raye would do
her TV show Jan. 18, but was
considering giving up club dates
because they were too much of
a strain.
Pilots Identified
In Crash of Jets
San Jose, Calif. (U.R) Navy
officials have identified two en
listed pilots who were killed yes
terday when their F9F Panther
jets collided at a height of 30,000
feet, scattering wreckage "over a
two-mile area. . .. , -
They were identified as Chief
Air ,. Controlman. Willard D.
Rease, 31, Los Angeles, and
Chief Aviation Mechanic Robert
E. Messer, 37, Hayward,. Calif.
The planes were '. attached to
the overhaul and repair depot at
Alameda Naval Air Station,
Witnesses to the crash said the
planes were looping at about
30,000 feet when the suddenly
met head on.
"Then there was a blinding
flash,'- one witness said. "I saw
a speck falling to earth. I imag
ine it was an engine.'
.Rease is survived. by his wid
ow, Doris Jean, and three small
children residing in Alameda.
" Messer, son of Mr. and Mrs.
Glenn Messer of Birmingham,
Ala., is survived by his widow,
Marie Janet, and four children
living in Hayward.. ( .
Reed Praises Ike's
World Peace Efforts
Washington i(U.R Rep. Dan
iel A. Reed (R.-N.Y.) congratu
lated President Eisenhower to
day f or promoting world peace
and predicted that attacks on
the President's foreign policy
will be ; "overwhelmingly repu
diated by the next Congress."
Reed at the same time warned
Mr. Eisenhower against trying
to push a liberalized foreign
trade program through the next
Congress. The President already
has anounced that this will be
an early objective. ,
Reed, senior GOP member of
Congres and outgoing chairman
of the House Ways and Means
committee, said in a statement
he will oppose any trade pro
gram "which does not protect
the interests of our American
workers and producers."
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Fiveteage Suits
Filed; Accidents
Cited as Cause
Five personal damage suits
totalling more than $65,000 were
filed in the county clerk's office
yesterday.
Named as defendant in three
of the suits which total more
than $50,000 is Jess Wade Mc
Cormick, driver of a truck which
collided Jan. 7, 1953, near Siski
you summit with a vehicle driv
en by Alberta E. Johnson.
Says Vehicles Collided
Mrs. Johnson asks $20,000
general damages and $500 spe
cial damages for injuries which
the complaint says she received
in the , accident. The complaint
charges that McCormick's truck
collided with the rear of the
vehicle. Mrs. Johnson was driv
ing. - -
Two passengers in the John
son car also seek damages for
injuries allegedly received in
the collision.; August E. Johnson
asks $15,000 general damages
and $300 special damages, and
Jane Edtl seeks $5,000 genera
damages and $250 general( dam
ages. All three plaintiffs are repre
sented by the Medford law firm
of McAllister, Brophy and Dun
can. '
In another complaint filed yes
terday, Andrew J. Tkach seeks
$10,000 general damages and
$401 special damages for in
juries which the complaint says
he received Aug. 12, 1954, when
the car in which he was riding
was forced from Highway 62 by
a lumber truck driven by David
R. Clement near the intersection
with East Wood Park driveway.
Plaintiff in the fifth lawsuit
is Ben H. Schmidt, route 3, box
3 75 A, Medford, who seeks dam
ages from Leo Edwin Osborn,
441 Ray lane, Ashland. Schmidt's
complaint charges that he was
injured the morning of Dec. 18,
1953 in an accident on Highway
99 three miles south of Medford.
Schmidt asks .$15,000 general
damages and $792.05 special
damages.
Klamath Reservation
Woman Hurt by Gunshot
Klamath Falls (U.R) Mrs.
Doris Lugo, 38, was hospitalized
here today for treatment of a
gunshot wound in the leg and
juvenile authorities were ques
tioning her 16-year-old son, Leon
ard. Police said the shooting oc
curred last night on the Klamath
Indian reservation.
Quito, Ecuadot (U.R) Presi
dent Jose M. Velasco Ibarra says
the army officers accused of try
ing to overthrow him last week
are "traitors" who will be dealt
with by- the military courts.
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Stronger
Japanese
Economy Needed
Los Angeles ' (U.R) Japan
may be lost to the free world if
the United States fails to take
the lead in strengthening the fal
tering Japanese economy, ac
cording to a church leader.
Dr. Eugene Carson Blake,
president of the National Coun
cil of Churches, warned of pos
sible "revolt to communism" in
Japan when he arrived here yes
terday from a trip to the Far
East.
' "In all the Communist propa
ganda, Japan's economy is al
ways exhibit A," Dr. Blake said.
"I was told in Tokyo that only
"40 per cent of all next year's col
lege graduates will be able to
find jobs.
"This is "just like asking a big
intellectual group to : revolt to
communism," he said.
As partial solutions, he recom
mended a cut in American tar
iffs and a general freeing of
world-wide trade.
Social Security for
Teachers Suggested
Portland (U.R) Possible leg
islation to permit teachers to
share in social security benefits
was suggested last night by the
Portland school board.
. The board authorized drafting
of such a bill for submission to
the 1955 Legislature. If approved
in final form by the board and
passed by . the Legislature, the
measure would allow teachers to
retain membership in the local
Teachers Retirement Fund Asso
ciation and, if they so voted, per
mit them to obtain social secur
ity benefits. ,
However, the board added it
wanted to investigate possibil
ities of integrating the TRFA
plan with the state program for
public employees State Public
Employees Retirement System.
Air Force Instructors
Die in Jet Collision
Valdosta, Ga. (U.R) Three
Air Force instructors, two of
them decorated Korean veterans,
were killed yesterday, when two
jet- planes collided while T ap
proaching Moody Air Force
Base. -
. The air base, where the men
were stationed, identified the
victims as 1st Lts. Albert Dickey
Jr 24, Booneville, Ark., Rex
Allen Van Camp, Kearney, Neb.,
and Henry George Keene, Cot
linsville, 111.
A T33, piloted by Dickey, and
an F89 all-weather interceptor,
piloted by Van Camp, smashed
together about four miles west
of Moody as they neared the en
try leg to the base traffic pat
tern. Keene, a radar instructor,
was in the F89 with Van Camp.
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London (U.R) Britain's big
gest railroad union rejected a
government plea for delay to
night and decided to go' ahead
with plans for a nationwide rail
strike of 400,000 men Jan. 9.
But the 24-man Executive
Committee of railwaymen also
decided to cooperate with a fact
finding board set up by Labor
Minister Walter Monckton. - -
Ceylon Official Raps
Aid Program of U. S.
Singapore U.R) Prime - Muv
ister" SirJohn"T Kotelawala", of
Ceylon today criticized the" U.S.'
giveaway aid program because
he 'said it made .the country re
ceiving it "look like a stooge"
of the United States.
He urged . instead that the
United States join the Colombia
plan. .
Sir John made the statement
at a news conference shortly be
fore leaving for. Bogor, Indone
sia, for a two-day meeting of the
five Colombo powers, India,
Ceylon, Pakistan, : Burma and
Indonesia. -.
The Prime Minister, "who just
concluded a round the world
trip, said "giving away aid is
making it worse because it
makes the country receiving it
look like a stooge of the United
States." He said he thought the
best formula, to save Asia for
the free world is to help under
developed countries raise their
standards of living.
SNOW IN PORTLAND
Portland (U.R) A sudden
snow, storm blanketed the Port
land area late last night, piling
more than two : inches of the
white stuff in higher elevations.
The snow later turned to rain in
lower areas.
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Chest X-Ray Clinic
Scheduled Tomorrow
,;. Valley residents were remind
ed today of the outpatient chest
x-ray clinic to be held tomorrow
at Community hospital from 4 to
6 p.m. , r r ; ;:
The clinic, conducted each
Wednesday through the coopera
tive efforts of the Jackson Coun
ty Public Health association, the
Jackson County Medical society,
the hospital " and the county
health department, Ms designed
to find an ' estimated 100 )unre
ported cases of tuberculosis, plus
other chest conditions.
The only charge is $1.75 for
film"' and processing. " Appoint
ments are not necessary.
Mrs. Chester Guches, presi
dent .of the Health association,
saidgjl morning that several
caes of -tuberculosis and other
internal conditions requiring
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