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Y JV WW J W U J U V l V- - . ml v r.l mm 4; JC J: Red China Masses Invasion Fleet Near Yikiangshan US Pledges To Protect Evacuation Defied Taipeh, Formosa (U.R) The Chinese Communists, defying a U. S. pledge to protect the Na tionalist evacuation of Tachen islands, have massed an inva sion fleet near Yikiangshan, barely eight miles away, it was disclosed today. Nationalist sources said Na tionalist planes flew through in creasingly heavy anti-aircraft fire to attack the Red ships. Two' Communist ships were re ported destroyed. 3 Accurate Count Prevented "j The center of the Communist buildup was reported to be at Yikiangshan from, which heavy Red siege guns have shelled Ta- chen island repeatedly. Nation alist sources said "many" Com munist ships had gathered there and to the north. - Darkness - and : bad weather prevented an accurate count of the force. : Agreement Reached - , Informed sources in Taipeh said the United States and Na tionalist China had reached an agreement on evacuation of the Tachens under cover 'of the U.S. Seventh Fleet "and that an an nouncement could be expected within 48 hours. '" , The mighty Seventh Fleet was ready to go into action with air cover for Tachen at a moment's notice. A security - blackout covered much of the American and Nationalist action, however. Lausmann Claims Overhaul Needed: By GOP in Oregon ' Salem (U.R) A. A.-' Laus mann, president of Oregon Re publican Clubs, said today , the . Republican party of Oregon ;"needed ""a face ' lifting ; and an ' overhaul job." Lausmann told the GOP State Central committee meeting here that Republicans should study the last election "to discover where the mistakes were made so we may correct them." ' The GOP official said ' "we need to close ranks, retire a score or "so of generals and en list more privates and buck ser- . geants." - ; . "Above all else," he said, "we need organization." " - V Lausmann praised the record of Oregon .Republican officials and said tens of thousands of Oregonians "believe in the Re publican party and they would like to help, .but they have nev er been asked to'work, or they don't know what to do." He said these people should be encour aged, contacted and enlisted. Defeat May Be Eest Thing Lausmann said the GOP de feat last November may "turn out to be the best thing that ever happened to the Republican party in Oregon. I have seen more evidence of concrete work by, hundreds of party workers than ever before." ; " .-. ; "I believe we must stand or fall in this fight of private and free -enterprise against federal socialism right here in Oregon, he said. ', ' ::- ; - SUFFOCATION DEATH CAUSE v Harold Sliger, Jr., 20-month-old son of Mr. and Mrs. Harold Sliger, 766 Agate st., who died Tuesday afternoon, suffocated it was revealed by an autopsy per formed this morning. Apparent ly contents of the baby's stom ach were inhaled into the wind pipe, cutting off his supply , of air. - " Has Close Call; Pair Held l Portland U.R) Two Los An geles men were - arrested here last night after a gun battle which nearly proved fatal to Po lice Chief Jim Wv PurceJl. : i-,.-" Booked on - multiple charges ranging, from assault with intent to kill to robbery was : a man tentatively identified as George H. O'Connor, 35, of Los Angeles. A companion, Franklin Charles Blenkner Jr.,.25, also of Los An geles, faced lesser charges. Traced To Rooming House The pair, suspects in a holdup of a supermarket a few hours earlier; were traced to art east side rooming house. Police said that when PureelL knocked on the door, Blenkler opened it and O'Connor opened fire "from; in side the room, . One bullet from- O'Connor's gun tore through Purcell's coat. Another missed a detective by-a. MEDFORoJllli united fres Full leased Wire 49th Year 22 Pages (GfifflmSSgg Mppaws& .Siisii IliiiiliiiiifciiiimiisiiiBl ; ,3 , J rs - y?V ... ,-eiiiw, mi2&irm MIMinaaWaWMMaaWMMWaleaWlW STOP, LOOK AND LISTEN And these motorists couldn't believe their eyes as they waited at crossing near Shel burne, VL, for the old sidewheeler Ticonderoga to pass. The 49-year-old Lake Champlain pleasure craft will take1 45 days to cover a cwo-mile trip on her way to the Shel bourne Museum. .., , V-;-,, ;- z.?. Oregon Servicemen Salem U.R) A move . to put 1 on a permanent' basis the right I ofs Oregonians serving in' the Armed Forces to , register , and vote by mail when stationed away from home was before the Oregon House today. v -.; i ", ' The measure, presented to the Legislature by Secretary of State Earl T. Newbry, also would ex tend the right to register and vote by mail to spouses of mem bers iot the Armed Forces, and to civilians officially attached to and :. serving with t the Armed Forces ' away from home such as Red Cross and U.S.O. work ers. The measure also applies to members of ; the merchant ma rine." 'J:' l. "It appears that we are going Oregon Scout To Be Honored by President - - . v - Washington (U.R) An Ore gon boy is one of 12 boy scouts and explorers who will be paid special honor by President. Eis enhower : Tuesday for ; out standing service - in conserva tion worl it was announced to day. ;:, ' - : --f 2:-. The - Oregon scout is Robbie Langley of Milton.-Freewater. " The'president will present the youths signed certificates of mer it in a j White House ceremony. The . boys, in turn; will present him with , their "report to the nation,"! marking the' 45th an niversary of scouting ' in this country., The White House ceremony is included - in a full week of ac tivities for the 12 scouts in Washington and New York. ice fraction of an inch. O'Connor then slammed the door shut. " : ' -: Purcell kicked in the panels. A detective then noticed O'Con nor climbing up a drain pipe outside the building, but was un able to hit. him before ; Ihe gun man ' slid -; over the l roof , top. Blenkner, who had remained in the . apartment ,i surrendered , to Purcell. ,- " . . Admits Holdup Part . O'Connor later gave up when he Ayas dovered by police' re inforcements from adjoining roof tops. ' Police said Blenkner,. readily admitted "his part in the holdup which netted the bandits $1,240. O'Connor t however, refused to sajp anything. His idenwfication ws attributed to Blenkner, who also told police he and O'Con npr left Los Angeles early last week.ior. Portland. -. . MEDFORD, OREGON, THURSDAY, ' lliii to have a large standing Armed Forces personneLfor some time." Newbry : said, "and I feel that Oregonians y who are : serving their country are certainly en titled to the right to vote on matters of concern to all citizens of this state, wherever they are serving." The 1943 Oregon 'Legislature passed an act providing for such registering, and voting by mail, designed primarily for; wartime. The measure now before the House, introduced by the com mittee on elections and reappor tionment headed by Rep. Ed H. Mann of Medf ord, would put the right to" register ' "and vote ' by mail on a permanent basis. '. Deadline pefined ' ' V J ' Another- measure introduced by Rep. -Mann's committee at re quest of Njewbryj spells out .the deadline for candidates for nom ination; to file for. primary elec tions. In the past there has been some confusion as to whether the deadline! means,' In the case a candidate files by mail, the act ual, arrival at the proper office, or showing by postmark that the filing had been mailed - before the deadline. " ' ." ' ;v . This measure would require all filings to be received in the office of the designated official secretary of state,' county clerk, county registrar of elections, city clerks, recorder, auditor or other elections office -not later than 5 p.m. on the last day pemitted by law for such filings. ; !. Oregon Fair Plans Dealt. Another Blow Portland (IT.R) ' Oregon's plans for a world fair in' 1959, already shaken by announce ment of, similar plans by Hous ton, Tex., got; another ' blow to day. Lt A bill creating a Commission to investigate feasibility of hold ing a world fair in Seattle in 1959 was Introduced in the Washington state Senate today. It was pointed out '.that 1959 would be the 50th anniversary year of the Alaska-Yukon-Pacific exposition held in Seattle, v A committee studying ' possi bility of holding a big centen nial observance -: in Oregon in 1959 is continuing its work.. Picket Line Installed- . At ihe Dalles Dam :y Portland (U.R)r A picket line was set up at The Dalles dam to day over a jurisdictional dispute between "AFL iron workers and AFL boilermakers over assign ment of iron workers on a job to weld . "skins" on spillway, n C A -iited V 55 ore leoiairis ..Washington (U.R) Chair man. Francis E. Walter of the House Un - American Activities Committee charged today that turn-about witness Harvey Mat usow was "planted" by the Com munist party to pose as an ex Communist informer. v y : The Pennsylvania Democrat said in a House speech he is "thoroughly,: convinced"- that Matusow "has always been ; a Communist," instead of having left ; the party in 1951 as. he claims. ' . .. ; ' ,l Walter said Matusow was placed in a position of a 'pro fessional witness" by the Com munists to discredit congres sional investigating committees. Deliberate Lies :-:;: - : Matusow, who has labeled more than 180 persons as Com-, munists, now claims he deliber ately lied in some cases. v i ' Rep. Clare E. Hoffman '(R Mich.) asked Walter if Matusow was ""planted" by the Commu nists to discredit Communist In vestigations. : f ? ' h "There is no question ; about it," Walter replied..: " "JK .-Walter said he -had read part of Matusow's book which will be published soon. He. said - it follows the "Communisifc. line." ! -Matusow began -his career; as a professional fitness in .1952 befpre;:theHouse ;ronihiitteeHh testimony about Red activities in youth groups. , . Laitimore Testimony Denied Matusow claims testimony he gave that led to perjury charges against Far East expert Owen Lattimore was false. r : He said he accused Lattimore in testimony before the Senate Internal Security n Committee , of writing books that carried the official Communist party line. ; "Actually I had no knowledge of that,". Matusow said in ; an interview with United Press Movietone News. ; a ;- v False Data io McCarthy He said he had also given false information to Sen. Joseph R. McCarthy at the time McCar thy's Senate Permanent Inves tigations Subcommittee was checking into alleged Commu nist writings in' U. S. overseas libraries. . - Matusow said he told McCar rsr Held At Fault If Struck Salem U.R) A pedestrian who is struck by a motor vehicle tannot collect damages for in juries if. he was "jay-walking," the Oregon Supreme Court ruled yesterday. , The case on which the court ruled involved Raymond C. Leap, a. taxi driver, against Bar ney Royce, operator of a fleet of cabs in Portland. Leap was struck by., a cab while he was "jaywalking" :;, across Front street in Portland . on a dark night. , . V The opinion written by Justice William C Perry, reversed an order' of Multnomah County Circuit Judge . James R. Bain which . set aside a non-suit ' and granted Leap a new ; triaf. The Supreme Court directed that the involuntary non-suit be rein stated. . : . "... Mendes-France Fights For Political Life Paris U.R) Premier Pierre Mendes-France "fought today for his political life in a parliamen tary battle that may stall the crucial drive to "rearm Western Germany. Former Premier Rene Mayer, Mendes-France s principal rival for leadership of the radical So cialist Paty, - controls the 30 votes ;that may make the outer ence between . victory and de feat A speech by Mayer later to day is awaited as a clue to France's future. " ' ; '.-i Mendes-France himself is ex pected tonight to demand a con fidence vote in an all-or-nothing wdowa-wifcioppaeats- RIBUNE Tes Full leased Wire Price 5c No. 273 thy - many , books were Communist-inspired when they were not Communist books at all. ; Shortly after , he made the statements ; Matusow was sub poenaed to appear before a fed eral Igrand jury today to explain recent statements he has made regarding false testimony. : - Plea Made On Lesser Count; The retrial of Elmer LeRoy (Bud) Starkey Jr., 20, , Eagle Point, came to an unexpectedly quick . conclusion 1 yesterday aft ernoon, . when the t defendant pleaded guilty to a lesser charge and was sentenced to three years in the state prison. Attorneys had made their op ening statements and the first witness was about to be sworn when a recess was called. When court reconvened at about 4 p.m., Starkey- pleaded guilty to a charge of assault with a. dan gerous weapon, "and promptly wa-sentenced.bjfJCircuit;udge . James-Bain-- . Was, Indicted ' Starkey had been indicted by the grand jury on a charge of assault 'and robbery while arm ed with a dangerous weapon,. a charge which carries a maxi mum sentence of life in prison. District Attorney Walter Nun ley said this morning that Stark ey was allowed ' to plead guilty to the lesser charge to save the county the expense which would be involved in a retrial. In the first trial, he was found guilty and' was sentenced to 14) years in prison on the assault and robbery charge, which grew out of the stabbing of John Phil ip Henselman last April in Jack sonville.. i - - " ' The verdict andsentence later was set aside by Circuit Judge H. K.'Hanna, and a retrial was granted. i Yesterday morning, on the second day of the retrial, the jury was taken to Henselman's home in Jacksonville, where the stabbing was alleged to have oc curred. Henselman had been scheduled to be the first .witness for the state. ' '' " ' Two Others Sentenced Two other men appeared ' in circuit . court yesterday . and were sentenced by Circuit Judge Orval Millard.. They were Don ald. Lee Biggers, 19, St. Helens, Ore., : and Lawrence Eades, 56, Sawyers Bar, Calif. , ' ' tBiggers received a suspended two-year sentence on charges he was involved in a burglary at Rogue River grade school. Eades pleaded r : guilty and ; was sen tenced to -one year in the state penitentiary on a charge of al-: tering a check. . : Oscar- Freeman Stallsworth Jr., 20, of Route 4, Grants Pass, who also has pleaded guilty :to charges, he took part in the bur glary at the Rogue River school, was scheduled to appear in court yesterday) He didnot appear at the tirae set, and a new time for sentencing is to be arranged. One of Triplets .Goes . Home; Others Too Small James Thomas Rolls, the ; second of ihe . triplet sons born Dec 29 to Mr. and Mrs. .' James W. Rolls, 512 Summit st., was taken home yesterday afternoon, from Sacred Heart hospital where he has been ( with his two brothers since their birth. ' . He weighed 6 pounds, 9V , ounces " when dismissed. His birth weight was 4 pounds 6 ounces. '; His brother, ;: Rob ert Jonathan, ; first, born, and William J David, are progress-' r ing satisfactorily but will need to put on a little more weight before1 they too can go home. All have been in incubators in . the hospital auxsery. , ..: Z. EMM- Party Guilty Starkey Weather FORECAST: Morning tof In valleys. Otherwise fair through Friday. Low tonight 1 22-24. High Friday 45. Temp. Highest Yesterday 42 Lowest this Morning 25 j of Draft House Calls Vote On Bill Tuesday; Two Amendments To Law Approved Washington (U.R) The House , Armed Services . Commit tee today approved, , 32 to 0, an extension of the draft until June 30, 1959.. .: ; jh ; k House : leaders -, immediately scheduled a vote on the bill in the House ' Tuesday. The over whelming committee approval indicated it would pass the House. The draft. now is sched uled to expire June 30. . The committee approved the administration's request for the four-year extension after two days of hearings. Defense Sec retary Charles : E. Wilson said the draft is the only way. the country could maintain a sched uled 2,850,000-man armed force. ' The committee approved two amendments to the present law: . 1. Any man who has served six months or more since Sept. 16, 1940, is not liable for, in duction except, after declaration of war or a national emergency. This is aimed at preventing the re-drafting of men -who have served previously, sometimes al most three years. An estimated 144,000 - men previously had been drafted twice. ': 2. Men who join the National Guard before they are 18V& and stay in the ; Guard until they are 26 will be exempt from the draft. Under present' law. they must stay ' in the Guard until they are 35 to be exempt -; ' . - The draft requires every male to register for the draft by his 18th birthday. He is liable for induction at 18V, but local draft boards are directed to draft no one under 19 if older, eligible men are available.;; . .. The draft requires two years active .duty - followed by six years , in the reserve ' status. A man, unless . exempt, is liable for induction until he is 35 years old, ; The , draft extension ap proved today also extends de pendency allowances for draft ees. v-;v;::v Drain Family Wins $6,500 in Damages Carson , City, ; Nev.- (U.R) -A district court jury which de liberated five hours last night awarded three members of a Drain, Ore., family damages to talling; $6,500 against two Nye county police officers and r the state of Nevada as a result of a roadblock shooting on Aug.. 17, 1952. - .t .' ... -' '' The trial, r completed in two days, resulted from a shotgun blast fired by Deputy ' Sheriff Robert : Lydon into . a car . occu pied by . members . of the John Hill family at a roadblock near Tonopah. ir'-.-.':.-. : : Hill was awarded $500, ' his wife Delia, $1,000, and his daughter, ? Patsy Dell, - $5,000. Mrs. Hill 'suffered scalp wounds and ' the girl suffered - leg wounds as a result of the shoot" i mg. .;;.--; Volupfua Located; Stayed With 'Friend' ; Hollywood -U.R) Voluptua, television sir6n believed missing after her abandoned f car was found near the beach, called po lice today and told them she had spent the night with a ."friend." The six-foot blonde told Lt. A. R. Trout she would come down to the station , and reclaim her convertible which the police im pounded after they were unable to locate her early this morning. Voluptua,' fired from her tele vision job only two days ago, said she had been "upset" and left her. car and spent the night with a friend. (See story on Page 13) : DOW-JONES AVERAGES V New York (U.PJ Dow-Jones final stock averages: 30 indus trials " 405.85 off 1.26; 20 rail roads 143.02 up 0.05r'15 niilities 62.43 up . 0.20, and 65 stocks 149.67 off 0.15. Sales today were about 2,890,000 shares, com pared with 3,210,000 shares trad ed yesterday. - -- - Passage Expected - ' V x - in I SEN. RICHARD NEUBERGER Discredit Attempt Seen mous Mailed From State Washington ,U.FD Sen. Richard L. Neuberger (D-Ore.) says "anonymous personal at tacks" are being made upon him in art attempt to "discredit" him with his Senate colleagues. . During the ; past week, ; Neu berger said,- "Many members of the Senate -have been receiving in plain envelopes, mailed with out identification from Portland, (Ore.) photostatic copies of columns and editorials unfavor able to me and my views , on public affairs." : ' Tactics Said 'Shameful' Neuberger condemned such tactics as "treacherous and shameful" and said they are 'in direct violation of the corrupt practices law" of Oregon. .. A . similar attack was made during the last election , cam-? paign, Neuberger saia, but he chose to ignore it "until it turned into the present effort to discredit nie with my. colleagues in the 'Senate and to impair my effectiveness in serving the people of the State of Oregon here in the capital. Reaction Encouraging - Neuberger said the reaction of his colleagues to what they de scribe as.a "sneak attack" has been "most encouraging." . "Regardless . of whether they agree with me politically, they condemn it as unworthy j of Americans," he said. Neuberger said he is calling the attack , to public attention now "because I believe the peo ple of Oregon should know that the spiteful and vindictive po litical forces which used ' the same methods . during the last campaign have' resumed their activities, even though the at tacks' represent mdre of a dis service to the people of Oregon than to me personally." Building Permit Total Said Seven building permits with valuations totalling $72,600 were issued by the city of Medford yesterday, and city officials said it was oneof ,tbe biggest single days, without a big project, on their records.' ' ' .. Largest of the seven permits was for remodeling of the United States. National bank building, 131 East Main st. It amounted to $32,000. ;-; ; . .. .Other : large . permits were taken by H. H. Bresee, $17,000 for a residence at 516 Berkely way; Sandy Cleve, $12,000 for a residence at 1503 Lenora dr., and W. E. Brooks, $10,000 f&r a residence . at 441 Lynwood aye: ' Building : department officials said present prospects indicate that 1955 will' be ' one of the largest new construction years, in history for the city. ; ' -s- Neuberger Says Anony ..... Derelict Leaves $13,000 To Charwoman He Never Met fi "Joliet; m.-.R) A lawyer searched today for three truck drivers ..who . can verify , a skid row. derelict's will leaving $13, 000 to a warmhearted charwom an he never met. : -'The' attorney, S. Charles Bu bacz, said he must find the truck drivers in order to ' turn oyer the hoarded, estate ' of Samuel Gallo ' to '71-year-old Mrs. Anna Belding, Meads.. .'' ; .;.'... , Listed a Witnesses . ' l The truck drivers are listed as witnesses on the . will Gallo copied laboriously from a law book last Sept. 24. Bubacz sought' them to verify their sig natures and also to check the authenticity, of Gallo's hand writing. 'f-'-?:'':X " The strange will, studded with legalisms and . with a tornput page from a law book attached, wasv delivered to Mrs. r Meads by one of the truck drivers after Gallo died Oct. 31 in- a Chicago flophouse cubicle ha rented for Communists Only Vant Discussion Of Soviet Scheme Hopes Appear Dashed For Cease Fire Plan United Nations, N, Y. (U.R) Red China today refused to send a representative to the U. N. Security Council to debate a New Zealand proposal for a For mosan cease fire. . , .' Communist Premier Chou En lai informed - U. N. Secretary general Dag Hammarskj old that . Red China would take part only in debate of a Soviet resolution which would brand the -United -States an aggressor hi Formosa. 1 Even then, the Red Chinese Premier said, Red China would agree to-be represented only if the Nationalist Chinese, - who : now occupy China's seat in the United Nations, are . "driven " out." - . . .. ,;: - ; The blunt Red China reply shattered virtually all hopes that a formula to end the Formosan shooting and eliminate, the dan ger of a ; general war can be worked out through the United Nations. ' - London Conference . Even before the Peiplng reply was made public, the major ef forts to end the Formosan crisis had shifted to London where India's Prime Minister Jawahar lal Nehru was attempting to ar range a "side street! conference of principals, outside the United Nations, to end the shooting. - The Red Chinese rejection o the U. N. invitation was an nounced by the Communist New China News Agency and broad- , castby Radio Peiping. ' , v : ; ' The broadcast said Chou sent his; reply on Jan. 31; but Ham- marskjold s office here said the message had not yet been re ceived. . U. S. delegates to the United Nations refused to comment" on the gloomy turn cf events until they have had an opportunity to see the official text of Chou's reply. ' -. ; .". --'-. ', . .. ". Back Russian Plan . ; The Communist Premier said Red China "fully supports", the Soviet resolution,'Jntroduced in the Security Council and sched uled for consideration- after the New Zealond plan had . been debated.' : . The : Soviet plan called ; for withdrawal of all American and Chinese Nationalist forces from Formosa and the other offshore islands along the China coast. Generalissimo Chiang Kai- shek and Western spokesman have described the Soviet plan as a demand for "complete sur render." - ' , " . The hard, defiant ' tone ' of Chou's message raised 'doubts t that even a "Geneva-type" con-r' f erence, . suggested by Nehru, could bring a cease fire. There ; was hope,- however, that such a conference might result in an informal agreement- to call off the shooting until tempers cool- -ed and a more wholesome atmos phere for a settlement: exists. , Patterson 'Glad Mi To See Cooperation Salem (U.R) Gov. Paul L Patterson said today he - was "glad to see the spirt of co-operation" expressed in the four point tax program proposed by the Democratic state legislative policy ' committee, but took is sue with several points. 1 j , He said "the main difference' between their program and my suggestion is that they raise the bulk of the money by a surtax, which is a flat 30 per . cent in crease in everyone's income tax es, instead cf the repeal of the federal offset, which amounts to a graduated increase of every one's income taxes." " i: $10 a month. ' ' " ' ' ' An accompanying , letter, Gal lo's last to his pen pal of 15 years, . said "your few dollars you sent me sure showed your friendship." ' . .; '. ; ' '- i "You always wrote me ' such nice letters. So therefore I make my stocks and bonus and what little money : I have to you." Assumed : Penniless When' Gallon died at the age of 58, neighbors assumed he was as '; penniless as .any other skid row. habitue. . They said he. occasionally earned money as a junk dealer and was sometimes seen searching- through garbage cans for something to eat. . -v.- But a search of his ' dusty room revealed bank accounts totalling $6000 and stocks and bonds with a face value of $50, 000. However, officials estimated the . estate's worth at only $13, 000, apparently because of a de- cline in the value of the se cuxities ' - ' - i A
