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V I Enthronement To Be Solemn Beginning of Eucharistic Congress Rio De Janeiro U.R) The enthronement of Benedotto A Cardinal Masella, personal rep resentative of Pope Pius XII, and all other cardinals on the monumental altar marks the solemn beginning tonight of the 38th International Eucharistic Congress. - Peron Opponents Watch for Sign of Dictatorship End Buenos Aires (U.R) Pol itical opponents of President Juan D. Peron kept a close watch today for signs that the days of tittnrhin mav be over. Congress was in session Mon day for the first time since -er-on pledged to give up all special powers and to restore ruu con stitutional government to the country. Congress had been in recess since June 30. Leading Roles Expected Legislators and the Ministry of Interior were expected to play leading roles in backing up Per m's pledges with action. Politi cal observers believed this week could be one of the most crucial in the country's political history. While the congressional ses sion officially began Monday, it was nnt exnected to produce any concrete action before Wednes day at the earliest. Congressmen from remote interior points were till mi their wav to the capital. Peron's opponents, who look- mA urlth a warv eye on the Presi dent's promises last Friday, sought Indications that the state of internal war will be lifted as promised. They said this would be strong proof of Peron's sin- Certain Rights Suspended The country has been in a state of internal war since 1951. As such, the President has ex ercised special powers and cer tain civil rights, have been sus pended. . In a speech to the Congress ional leaders of the Peronist party last Friday, Peron resign ed as head of the party and pro mised his political opponents lull exercise of their rights. He promised to give up his special Medford united rtui rull Leutd wiro Th installation of the cardi nals on their individual thrones, tha hiffhlichtS of the UI1C v ..... c . wppk-lnni? coneress. will be fol lowed by the delivery by boat of the Blessed Sacrament. The sacrament will be brought 9mi ("itiaranbara Bav in a torchlight procession and en shrined on' the altar in Congress Square. Quarter-Million Pilgrims Francis -Cardinal Spellman, archbishop of New York, was to arrive this afternoon aboard the S.S.Brazil to complete the rec ord attendance of 18 cardinals at the congress. Some 100 bish ops and archbishops are partici pating along with an estimated 250,000 pilgrims. Jaime de Barros Cardinal Ca of Rio. will deliver the welcoming address to Cardinal Masella, an extremely popular figure in the Brazilian capital. The papal delegate served as pa pal nuncio (ambassador) nere ior 17 years, ending in 194B. Masella will read a papal bull to the throngs in mile-square mn cross snuare following his in ctallation. Jose Costa Nunes, president of the permanent com mittee of the Eucnarisuc wn cress, will also .speak. In the purely ritual sense, the roneress will not open until Wednesday when a solemn Pon tifical Mass will be celebrated by Fernando Cardinal Quiroga Palacios, archbishop of Santiago de Compostela, Spam. Eucharistic Blessing This afternoon, Abel Isidoro Antezana, archbishop of Lapa, was to officiate at a eucharistic blessing for all sick and crippled at the congress altar. In one of the few actual congress- activities Monday, Cardi nal Benjamin Arriba Castro of Spain celebrated a solemn high mass in Candelaria church for Spain's national holiday. Earlier, Cardinal Masella told a news conference that the Pon tiff is "in good health" although he works harder than his asso ciates would like to ' see him work. The cardinal said the Pope's dedication to the church is so great that "he works be yond his own endurance:" Second Section J3Tribune , V J united fret ueied Witt Six MEDFORD, OREGON, TUESDAY, JULY 19, 1955 Pages ship form of government in force since 1951. Protect the finish of your lea ther or plastic purse with a coat of wax. Use either liquid or paste wax. annlvine a tmn coaune xo powers and to end the j,rlnrr 1 ffmU getinwtA time, and ruh- Howard Hughes Sells RKO Pictures Las Vegas, Nev. U.R) Mil lionaire Howard Hughes sold RKO-Radio Picture, Inc., Mon day to the General Tire and Rubber Co. for 25,000,000 cash in a deal believed to be the larg est single transaction in the his tory of the motion picture in dustry. An announcement said pay ment is due. to be made by check on July 25. The transaction was believed to be one of the largest rah sales hv an individual in the history- of American finance The contract was signed by Hushes and Thomas J. O'Neill, vice - president of the rubber onmnanv and nresident of Gen eral Teleradio, Inc., and Mutual Rrnadcastine System, which are subsidiaries of General Tire and Rubber. The studio will be taken over by General Teleradio. The new owner also will acquire control of about 400 old films and some new ones. It was believed they would be. shown on the Mutual Television Network. O'Neill said no immediate per sonnel changes were planned as a result of the change in owner ship. Fierce Storm Damages Washington Farmland By UNITED PRESS Ar fierce summer storm brought hail and lightning to eastern Washington and northern Idaho Saturday night, causing at least one death and thousands of dollars damage to farmlands, The hailstones, described as big as baseballs, pelted a -strip of land in Lincoln and Stevens counties in eastern Washington At Kewa, Wash., Delbert Duff ner. 24. was killed when light- nine struck a tree under which he sought shelter from the storm which struck as he was haying on his father s ranch. Numerous forest fires were re ported in the two states but none of them was serious, forest ser vice officers said. bin vigorously soft cloth. '- 1$ Ik A ' v 1? 1 It I. : RFSPiYNTyrvfi" OTJICKLY to "Marian Method" polio treat ment, Mrs. Bonnie Lou Campbell, 20, of Ellinwood, Kan., is able to support her own weight (right) after only six days of Dr. E. J. Ackley's treatment at Immaculate Conception Clinic in North Kansas City. Mrs. Campbell was paralyzed from hips down (left) when she entered clinic. (International) Four Persons. One hv One, miiea Dy Electric Shock Woman's Hunger Strike in 4th Day Miami (U.R) A distraught husband tried today to persuade his wife to call off a hunger strike "unto death" which he blamed on "a case of having, too much religion." Earl Blumenbach, an ap pliance dealer of Coral Gables, Fla., said his wife, Martha, 52, was weak but not in a serious condition as she entered the fourth day of her fast protesting military service for their son. Blumenbach said she has con sumed nothing but water since late Friday, the day their son, Dr. Thomas Blumenbach, 26, entered service at the Public Health Marine Hospital at Sa vannah, Ga., as a dental assist ant. "She's very religious but it's a case of having too much re ligion," he said. She has had sev eral nervous breakdowns and she has had a lot of things on her mind. . ' Mrs. Blumenbach said she re jected an appeal from an in structor from her church, the Silent Unity Church, who said she "was usine force instead of prayer' "But I'm not using force I'm using meekness," she said Alexandria. La. nim a 10-year-old boy told today of a freak accident in which his father, his sister, a friend and a nasine motorist were killed one by one as they came to his assistance. Stunned by Charge The boy, Willie L. Voorhies Jr., said his family had been visiting friends and were pre narinc to leave Monday night in the family automobile. Willie went first to the car "and was chinned bv an electric charge when he touched the metal body of the automobile Willie's father. Willie L. Voor Sr 33. rushed to helD him and was killed when he touched the car. Linda Carolyn Voorhies fi. a sister of the injured Doy, touched the car and she too was killed. The next victim was William L. Brassette. 31. at whose home the Voorhies had been visiting. A passing motorist, Y. E. Till man Jr., 32, stopped to investi gate, touched the car, and was Kiued also. Cine Knocked Down Police said a 110-volt electric line was knocked down during: a rainstorm and fell on the auto mobile charging it with current. Willie voorhies, the sole sur vivor of the tragedy, was taken to uapust hospital. Attendants said he had suffered burns but was in good condition. Portland Girl Dies In Freak Accident Portland (U.R) A six-year- old Portland eirl was killed in stantlv Saturday night in freak accident on the sunset highway one-half mile west of Cornelius road. Carvl Dianne PowelL daugh ter of Mr. and Mrs. Owen Wilbur Powell of Portland, was riding on a mattress in the back of ber father's Dickun truck. A gust of wind blew off the truck's canonv and carried the mattress with it Caryl was car ried into the path of an oncoming autombile. 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