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PHILIPPINES HIT BY QUA1CES
- barracks on the island of Mindanao is half
- demolished with the end wall completely gone
after a series of earthquakes hit the southern
Philippines Thousands of buildings were
Hast (Semamis (Issued
Waoi)g off Reprisal
Berlin (U.P.) West German
officials met with East German
Communists Saturday and were
reported to have warned them
of serious economic reprisals un
less the pocketbook highway
blockade is removed.
West Germany vigorously pro
tested a sharp increase in tolls
on the only highway into West
Berlin the West is permitted to
use.
Embargo Hinted
As the talks got underway,
western officials hinted they
would place an embargo on
shipments to East Germany if
the tolls, increased an average
of 10 times the original amount,
are not lifted.
-An embargo would sharply
curtail supplies of coal and steel
East Germany receives from the
West. A similar embargo during
the 1948-49 Berlin blockade was
considered a major factor in get
ting the' blockade lifted. -- --. -
! . The new -tolls, clamped on the
super-highway whicn supplies al
most half of West Berlin's food
supply, raised the cost of a round
trip to Berlin for the average
truck from $5 to about $55.
The West Berlin City govern
ment has allocated $250,000 as
a loan to truckers to keep traffic
going for the next two weeks.
But after that the' economic
blockade threatens to halt all
western truck traffic into the
city.
West German Vice-Chancellor
Franz Bluecher said in a radio
talk that Western negotiators
will impress upon the Commu
nists the "serious results" for the
East if the new tolls are allowed
to stand.
Flurries of Snow
Reported in Valley
There were snow flurries in
the Medford area both yesterday
afternoon and Friday afternoon,
but the weather bureau said they
were not heavy enough to mea
sure. ; i
It was snowing at higher ele
vations in the Cascades, how
ever, and Crater Lake ranger
station reported" 108 inches of
snow on the ground compared to
134 inches at the same time last
Final irrigation water supply
forecast of the season is expect
ed to be made Monday at a meet
gig in Grants Pass, when W. T
(Jack) Frost, formerly of Med
Jord and now of Portland, soil
conservation specialist, and Lar
iv Zimmerman, weather bureau
forecaster, will meet with lrri
Stionists and other water users
to nool their information.
toThe meeting will result in pre-
dicitions for the amounts of res
pired streamflow and runoff
53? to be available between
now and September.
Siassen To Appear
Before Subcommittee
, Washington (O.R) Foreign
M SS Harold E. Stassen will
oar before the Senate InvesU
S subcommittee Monday but
ffSSL of any subpoena, a
okesman said Saturday.
Jf will continue to ignore a
811 ittee subpoena demand
b?hThe produce all the docu
L a disputed project tor
SSdlngVain elevators m Pak-
Ke subcommittee insists the
S?oenVwas served Friday and
iSfsSsS has to honor it. But
that Stassen maintains
ffdJSSSiSl service andthat
fvi W auestioa anyway.
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This Armv
crumbled and late Saturday the death toll
was rising toward the 400 mark, with 87 per
sons still missing and 538 listed as injured.
Some 100,000 were reported as homeless and
damage was estimated at $5,000,000.
Bluecher indicated he thinks
threats of Western retaliation
will force the East to abolish
the tolls.
He held out to the Commu
nists the prospect of more trade
with the West saying, "We are
ready to extend inter-zone trade
if we meet with good will."
New Demand Issued
For Resignation
Of Diem, Cabinet
Saigon OJ.R) Rebel forces
blockading Saigon issued new
demands for the resignation of
Premier Ngo Dinh Diem Satur
day, while some 1,600 fresh in
surgents were marching in to
reinforce their ranks.
Leaders of the rebellious Hba
Hao and Binh Xuyen sects de
manded that Diem and his entire
cabinet quit to "permit the es
tablishment of . a truly demo
cratic and National g-o v e r n
ment." The arrival of two Hoa Hao
battalions to join Binh Xuyen
forces dug in on Saigon's west
ern suburbs strengthened the
rebels' hand.
Other Rebel Gains
Two other rebel gains were
reported during the day the de
sertion of an "Elite Company"
of regular troops and the capture
of a backwoods outpost 75 miles
southwest of here but in gen
eral the government appeared to
be holding its own. ,
Sporadic rifle and tommygun
fire echoed through the streets
all night, but no renewal of large
scale fighting was reported. The
only known casualties were
three natives injured by a ter
rorist hand grenade. '
Rebels firing from ambush ex
changed shots several times with
guards at the headquarters of
Nguyen Thanh Phuong, a leader
of the Cao Dai sect who threw
the support of his 25,000-man
private army to the government
earlier this week. No casualties
were reported on either side.
BloodmobiJe Visit
Slated Wednesday
Only two more days remain
in which appointments can be
made to give blood during the
April visit of the Red Cross
bloodmobile, according to work
ers in the blood program.
Appointments may be made by
telephoning 3-3813.
The unit will be at the YMCA
building Wednesday, April 6,
from 1 to 6 p.m.
Red Troops Invade Hospital
In Vienna, Take Four Persons
Vienna (U.R) Russian
troops, including a uniformed
woman, invaded an Austrian
hospital Saturday and dragged
away four freedom-bound 'Hun
garians, two of them bleeding
and unconscious. ,
Austrian police said the four,
all members of a single family,
had crawled through an explod
ing mine field on the Red Hun
garian frontier in a desperate
bid for freedom.
Two May Die .
The Russians, they, .said,
carried away all four in spite
of warnings of hospital doctors
and surgeons that two, just out
of surgery where they had
undergone major operations,
might die.
One member of the Hungar
ian family, they said, pleaded
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Philippine Quake
Takes Lives of 340;
Hundreds Injured
Dansalan, ' Philippines (U.R)
Gov. Salvador Lluch reported
Saturday that 340 persons were
killed in collapsing buildings,
landslides and tidal waves dur
ing the disastrous earthquake
that rocked Mindanao Friday.
Many persons still were listed
as missing and hundreds were
injured, Lluch said. Thousands
were left homeless and other
thousands of frightened natives
have refused to return to. their
homes in fear . of new earth
shocks.
Lluch reported to President
Ramon Magsaysay as planes and
ships were rushing tinned food,
clothing and medicines to the
stricken areas.
Reports from Ozamis City, one
of the hard-hit centers, said
thousands' of persons slept Sat
urday; night in. public squares
and" other ""open areas "for the
second night. Many had set up
makeshift; shelters in their gar
dens. . ' '
Weather Bureau reports said
mild tremors still were occur
ring in the region on an average
of once every three to four hours.
But they discounted the dangers
of another major shock.
Paul Haviland III
With Rare Ailment
Paul Haviland, 125 White Oak
dr., a prominent Medford lawyer
and former district attorney, was
flown to Eugene by Mercy
Flights late Friday night fof
treatment of a rare disease
which has partially paralyzed
him.
His attending physician said
Saturday the illness is extreme
ly unusual and has no common
name, but in medical circles is
named after the two French doc
tors who discovered it. He said
in layman's language it could be
called infectious or paralytic
neuritis. It is a serious illness, he
said, with a high mortality rate,
Its symptoms are similar to
those of polio. He said Havi
land's chances of geeting well
are fairly good, however. ;
Haviland was the 340th pa
tient to be carried by air am
bulances of the non-profit cor
poration. The flight left the Med
ford airport at about 11 p.m.
Haviland was taken to Eugene
because of .better respirator
equipment and service at Sacred
Heart hospital there.
Dallas, Tex. (U.R) The South
west began cleaning up Satur?
day from its "worst dust storm
in 25 years."
with the Austrian doctors to kill
them' with hypodermic injec
.tfons' rather than permit the
Russians to return them to their
Communist homeland.
Violate Rights
The action of the Soviet troops
was said by Austrian authorities
to have been in violation of
Austrian rights, despite the fact
the incident occurred inside the
Soviet zone of Austria.
The Hungarians were identi
fied as a grandfather, his son
and daughter-in-law and a little
girl of about eight years.
The grandfather and the
mother were seriously injured
by exploding mines and had just
undergone emergency surgery
at a hospital . in the town.- of
Eiseostadt, oaar the Iroa Curtain
Release Oi . ..
MacArthur Papers
Requested by Army
Documents Listed
As Confidential
Washington U.R) The
Army asked the Defense depart
ment Saturday for permission to
release secret wartime ; docu
ments bearing on Gen. Douglas
MacArthur's views on the need
for bringing Russia into the war
against Japan.
Defense department officials
disclosed meanwhile, that the
MacArthur documents are now
classified "confidential," a sec
recy label that bars their re
lease to the press. Previously,
they had been marked "restrict
ed," a lower classification, but
were suddenly upgraded to a
higher secrecy rating Friday af
tre reporters sought access to
them.
May Clear up Dispute
The documents, if released,
may help to clear up a sharp
controversy that has developed
since publication of the Yalta
papers over what stand Gen.
MacArthur took during World
War II on the question of Rus
sian participation in the fight
against Japan.
The Washington Post and the
Times-Herald said in an editorial
last week that MacArthur "is
known to have sent messages to
the Joint Chiefs of Staff during
World War II pleading for con
cessons to get Russia into the
Japanese war."
MacArthur's aide, Maj. Gen.
Courtney Whitney, flatly denied
this in a letter published in the
Newspaper Saturday. Whitney
said he had personally reviewed
the file of MacArthur's most im
portant messages to the Joint
Chiefs, and found "no mention
of the entry of Soviet Russia
into the war against Japan."
Backs Release
Whitney said the pertinent
documents "should be opened to
the public" to clear up the dis
pute. ' -. , , '
"A United PreSs reporter slidw
ed Whitney's letter to the Army
Information office Saturday and
renewed an earlier request for
access to the documents.
. In reply, an Army spokesman
issued this statement: ;
. "The Army, in response to re
quests of the press which were
occasioned by MacArthur's state
ments, has dug out the basic pap
ers and submitted them to the
Denartment of Defense for re
view and security clearance.
"This review is to be done
with a view toward responding
to requests for reference to bas
ic material after all security de
cisions have been worked out."
Churchill Bolsters
Retirement Rumors
London (U.R) Winston
Churchill changed the schedule
of his planned Mediterranean va
cation Saturday, strengthening
belief he intends to 'retire as
Prime Minister early next week.
The British embassy in Rome
notified Italian authorities that
Churchill will not arrive in the
Sicilian city of Syracuse until
a week from Tuesday, instead
of next Saturday as previously
arranged.
No reason for the delay was
given officially, but the news
paper France Soir said the Prime
Minister plans to spend next
week end at the Riviera villa of
his publisher-friend, Lord Beav
erbrook. Taipei! U.R) The National
ist Chinese Navy said Saturday
its ships fired on and damaged
two Communist gunboats near
invasion - threatened Matsu
Island. .
frontier, when the Russians
entered.
. Police' said another member
of the party, a man, was killed
in the attempted escape and that
his wife was listed as missing
Austrian police and hospital
workers were forced to stand by
helplessly as the armed Russians
entered the hospital, demanded
that the Hungarians be taken
from their beds, and drove away
with them.
Nurses tried to press gifts of
oranges and bananas into the
hands of the child before the
four were taken back to Hun
gary. Police said the uniformed
Russian w,oman knocked the
fruit from the child's hands and
barked that all gifts were for
biddfln. - - "
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AEC Embarrassed Over Failure of Defense
Department To Reveal A-Test Casualties
Washington (U.R) The Atomic
Energy Commission was report
ed Saturday to be embarrassed
and angry over failure of the
Defense Department to announce
earlier that some casualties oc
curred in past weapons tests in
Nevada.
Recent Denial
Both the AEC and the Defense
Department denied as recently
as two months ago that anybody
had ever been hurt as a result
of atomic explosions at the Ne
vada proving ground.
But Friday night the depart
ment conceded after 12 days of
prodding by reporters that at
Work Progressing
Rapidly on Two
Plywood Operations
White City Work is progres
sing rapidly on two new plywood
plants scheduled to go into oper
ation in the White City area this
summer.
Fir-Ply, Inc., is keeping close
to a schedule which will allow
it to get the green end of the
mill in operation during the first
week in May.
Pond Being Filled
The building contractor is ex
pected to complete work early
this week. A large lathe drive
already has been put in place,
a spur track railroad was com
pleted last week and the firm's
big log pond is expected to be
filled iivabout four more weeks.
Fir Ply will start taking appli
cations for employment on April
18. The firm will peel and sell
veneers for .about three weeks,
and driers are scheduled to be
installed during the latter" part
of May. Company officials hope
to have the plant in full produc
tion by June 1.
The company's log pond, start
ed about two months ago, is
being completed as rapidly as
possible so that logs can be pur
chased on the open market to be
ready when the mill itself is
completed, according to Carl
Jacobson, manager of the firm.
To Employ 100-110
Plans for the mill call for em
ployment of some 100 to 110
men, with an annual payroll of
about $500,000 and the expendi
ture of another $500,000 each
year for purchase of logs for
manufacture of rough plywood.
Oregon Veneer company's op
eration, located near Fir Ply,
Inc., in the western portion of
the White City industrial area,
is under way, and a large mill
pond is being excavated.
Oregon Veneer will manufact
ure green veneer in a plant
which will cost an estimated
$300,000. About 60 men will be
employed, ' operating on two
shifts, with an annual payroll of
some $300,000.
Man Held for Failure
To Pay Traffic Fines
City police said that Horace
Wigington, 51, of 802ViA North
Riverside ave., was committed
to the city jail Saturday by Po
lice Judge James Main in lieu
of payment of fines totalling $60
on traffic charges.
Officers reported that Wiging
ton, arrested Friday night, was
charged with operating a veh
icle with switched license tabs
and with no Oregon driver's li
cense. Fines were set at $50
each charge. The $60 total in
cluded a $10 fine for a Decem
ber 1954 citation for void veh
icle tabs.
Police said that Wigington
was ordered - to jail until the
fines are paid or for a maximum
of 30 days.
Barricades Planned
Near St, Mary's School
Starting Wednesday morning
barricades will be placed across
12th st. at Holly and Ivy sts.,
during recess periods and noon
hours at St.- Mary's school.
City. Traffic Engineer Vernon
Thorpe said that the barricades
will provide protection for chil
dren crossing the street between
the . school grounds and play
ground. He reported that the bar
ricades will be placed and re
moved by members of the school
boy patroL ". .
Approval, -ioridoii
least four military personnel suf
fered eye damage caused by
atomic shots in 1952 and 1953.
A congressional atomic source
said this belated disclosure puts
both the AEC and the Defense
Department in the position of
having "lied to the public."
The AEC took the position
that in denying any past injuries
at the proving ground it was
telling what it thought was the
truth. It. referred all questions
about the Defense Department
disclosures back to the depart
ment. Congressional and 'Pentagon
sources said the Defense Depart
76 Chaonese SMemvls
FreeTTo EMM run Bonnie
Washington (U.R) The Uni
ted State Saturday declared 76
Chinese students in this country
free to return to Red China in a
frank bid to free more than 55
Americans held behind the Bam
boo Curtain.
The State Department de
clared it has not made any
"deal" with the Chinese Com
munists. But it made it clear it
hopes its action will pave the
way for the release of the Amer
icans. The Communists hinted at
New Anti-Aircraft
For Testing Today
Las Vegas, Nev. (U.R) The
Atomic Energy commission yes
terday announced plans to ex
plode an anti-aircraft missile
with an atomic warhead which
can destroy enemy planes with
out even hitting them.
Scheduled firing time for the
radical device is between 9 a.m.
and 1 p.m. today. The 1 blast, to
take place high over the Nevada
desert, will open what the AEC
describes as a revolutionary era
in anti-bomber defenses.
Minimum Fallout
The new missile can be used
safely in the defense of U. S.
cities because it - explodes so
high it reduces radioactive fall
out to a minimum.' The missile
will be launched from an Air
Force plane flying at nearly 40,
000 feet.
Because of the "direct line of
sight" between the extremely
high-altitude burst and observ
ers on the ground, the AEC
warned persons within a 75
miles radius to protect their eyes
with dark glasses or turn , away
from the blast at the scheduled
detonation time.
Governor Tells Plans
For Surprise Alert
Salem (U.R) Gov. Paul Pat
terson said Saturday that Ore
gon Army and., Air National
Guard units would take part
soon in a nation-wide surprise
alert.
The alert , is called "operation
minuteman" and will be the
first such national test of guard
readiness in history. Exact time
is being kept secret. ,
Military Show, Celebration
Slated on Armed Forces Day
Plans for a military show and
celebration here on May ' 21,
which has been designated by
President Eisenhower as Armed
Forces day this year, were an
nounced Saturday by Mayor
Earl Miller.
Details of the event are now
being worked out by a commit
tee of military officers in coop
eration with the mayor's office,
be said. The show will include
riisnlavs of military eauipment,
a fly-over of military aircraft,
and exhibits by 5 local National
Guard and Army reserve units.
It is hoDed the Medford school
bands pan be secured to play
during the event.
One of Fit
The show is one of. five which
will be nut on the same day in
Oregon, Mayor Miller said. Med
ford has been designated as a
"key city., ia the nationwide
ment had reported the four in
juries neither to the AEC nor to
the Senate-House Atomic Energy
committee until this week.
Occurred in 1952, 1953 ,
The injuries occurred in 1952
and 1953. But Brig. Gen. F. W.
Sladen Jr., deputy director of
military exercises held in con
nection with this year's tests,
said last March that "The safety
of our soldiers is uppermost in
all our planning and actions at
the Nevada test site, and our
record of not a single injury as
a result of atomic detonations
since the Army began operations
here (in 1951) speaks for itself."
Geneva last year that they might
set the Americans free if the
Chinese students being kept in
this country were allowed to re1
turn to their homeland.
56 Held In China
There are at least 56, U.S. citi
zens being held in Chinese House
arrest or prison 15 airmen who
fell into Red Chinese hands in
connection with the Korean war
and 41 civilians. Years of diplo
matic effort have failed to free
them.
In its surprise announcement,
the State Department said "our
position is that we would like
Americans of . all categories in
China to be released for . what
ever reason might appeal to the
Red Chinese authorities.
It said the. immigration and
naturalization service. Friday re-
scinced long-standing - orders
barring the 76 Chinese students
from returning to Red China.
Technical Students
The 76 are part of a group of
Chinese students who were de
nied permission ' to leave the
country after the outbreak of
the Korean war because their
technical training might be help
ful to the Communists. Alto
gether there were about 5,000
students receiving training of
various kinds here at the time
but most either elected to re
main here or did not have essen
tial skills.
Some of the original group
were allowed to leave the coun
try last fall. Saturday decision
to let the 76 return leaves only
about six cases of students who
want to return to China but who
still have not been give a go-
ahead.
"It is anticipated" the De
partment said, "that action will
shortly be completed by the im
migration and naturalization
service on the few remaining
cases."
Neuberger Seeks Hike
In Federal Gas lax ,
Washington' (U.R) . Sen.
Richard L. Neuberger (D-Ore.)
has introduced legislation that
would provide for increasing the
federal gasoline tax one cent a
gallon to put an expanded high
way construction program "on a
more nearly pay - as - you - go
basis."
He charged the administration
plan to . issue special bonds
would be a "bonanza for bank
ers" because "55 cents in inter
est charges would be paid for
every dollar spent on new road
construction."
celebration of the event honor
ing the armed forces.
' Further, plans will be made at
a meeting at 7:30 p.m. Wednes
day in the mayor's . office, he
said, at which time representa
tives of military, veterans and
civic groups will be welcome to
participate in the planning.
. A meeting of the military com
mittee was held last Wednesday.
Members are Maj. Gen. Roy V.
Rickard (USA-Ret.), Maj Gen.
Hicks (USAF-Ret.), senior offic
ers of this area, CoL William
Prentice, senior, officer of the
active Army reserve here; Col
C. E. Stafford, (USA-Ret.), civil
defense chief; Capt. J. M. Hamil
ton, Army reserve unit instruc
tor for Medford and' project of
ficer fof Armed Forces day; and
Lts. Jack C. Phillips and Gerald
Monroe, , of the National Guard
unite in Medford.
Pledge Said Part
Of Peiping-Moscov
Mutual Agreement
Promise May Include
Offshore Islands .
i , .
London (U.R) Authorita
tive diplomatic sources here re
ported Saturday that Red China
has promised she will not attack
Formosa, and possibly the Nationalist-held
offshore islands as
well, unless the Russians give a
go-ahead signal.
' British sources said recent
diplomatic soundings in Moscow
give the strong impression that
Russia is anxious to avoid in
volvement in a Far Eastern war
over Formosa.
Clearance Unlikely . i
Thus, they reasoned, Moscow
is not likely to give Red China
a clearance for Peiping's threat
ening attempts to "liberate" For
mosa.
Diplomatic sources here said
the Red Chinese pledge to Mos
cow was understood to have
been included in a recent ar
rangement which makes major
Chinese or Russian moves of in
ternational consequence condi
tional on mutual approval.
: These sources said Moscow is
acutely aware of the sensitive
ness of Peiping and is playing a
cautious game in an effort .to
preserve its alliance with the
Chinese Communists, without
being sucked .into a Far Xartern
Influx Into' Russia
Russia's increased concern for
the Chinese alliance is said to
have been reflected by a recent
influx of China experts Into the
Kremlin's highest councils.
The , new "mutual consent"
agreement on major moves by
either partner was believed here
to have a purpose beyond that of
keeping a checkrein on the am
bitious Chinese. Russia, diplo
matic sources said, is attempting
to draw China into European
issues in order to strengthen the
bargaining power of Moscow
vis-a-vis the West.
China was reported to have
sent a representative to Moscow
last week to give the blessings
of the Peiping regime to Rus
sia's plans for an East European
NATO alliance under joint
command as a counter to the
Paris agreements rearming West
Germany and creating a West
ern European union (WEU).
Discourage Attack
All reliable indications, ac
cording to diplomatic sources
here, are that Moscow is doing
its best to discourage Peiping
from attacking Formosa. It was
less certain here whether Mos
cow -also is urging Peiping to
soft pedal its demands and pre
parations for the "liberation" of
Matsu and Quemoy the Na
tionalist held islands just off the
China mainland coast.
It was noted here that Russia
hclds the key to any major mili
tary venture by Red China be
cause of China's total depen
dence on Russia for its heavy
armor, planes ana navai cran.
Atwood, Crippen
To Trial Tuesday
Portland Two Medford men '
will go on trial at 11 a.m. Tues
day before a federal court jury
on charges of illegal possession
of 14 pounds of gold bullion.
The accused are Woodrow
Wilson, 42, a cab driver, and
Stephen Crippen, 44, a pinball
distributor.
The men were arrested in a
downtown Portland hotel last
July by a treasury department
agent , when they allegedly at
tempted to sell him two gold
bricks. Their attorney, Norman
Easley, has attacked the 1933
gold act under which they are '
charged, arguing that the law
makes ,it illegal to acquire or
possess gold bullion in excess of
$100 without a license from the
U. S. treasury department is un
constitutional. Trial of a third man, Wilbur
Walls, 61, of 2336 SW Osage
street, has not yet been set He
is said to have turned over to
the Medford men the suitcase
containing the gold bricks.