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()f War 4 A1" . s- MEDFORD WINS AWARD The city of Medford. because it went through the year 1954 without a pedestrian fatality, has been awarded a citation by the American Auto mobile association and the Oregon State Motor association. A plaque commemorating the citation was presented to the city re cently by Herb Grey, Medford, a member of directors of the OSMA. Shown above, left to right, during the presentation ceremonies are Charles Champlin, Medford chief of Brownell Said Aware of Talbott Dealing With Defense Contractor Washington (U.R) Senate in vestigators were told today that Atty. Gen. Herbert Brownell Jr. knew that Air Secretary Harold E. Talbott's private firm sought a business deal with a defense contractor. Air Force General Council John A. Johnson testified at a public hearing of the Senate In vestigating Subcommittee that Brownell "expressed no dis agreement" with the idea that Talbott was acting legally in pursuing the deal. But he said Brownell suggested delaying ac E. Germans Call for Reunification Talks Berlin (U.R) The East Ger man Communists called today for immediate talks on German reunification between the East and West German governments. Such talks were first proposed by the two top Russian leaders now visiting the Soviet Zone. The appeal for East-West Ger man talks was made in the Com munist Party newspaper Neues Deutschland which said the two governments must negotiate now to prepare for German participa tion in the October Big Four foreign ministers conference at Geneva. Rally Scheduled Soviet Premier Nikolai Bul ganin and Nikita S. Khruschev, Soviet Communist Party leader, have repeatedly said that Ger mans must take part in any de liberations on Germany. The Communists scheduled a rally for today for the two visit- Courthouse Annex Connection Starts Construction of a connection between the present recorder and clerk's office in the Jack son county courthouse and the new annex has started. County Judge Rodney Keating said today some quarters in the annex will be occupied "presumably some time in August." The west wall in the record er's office has been knocked out to provide a connection between the present office and one on the second floor of the annex. Keating said he was not sure when construction of the annex would be completed, but that construction was progressing well. The sc h o o 1 superintendent's office, the agricultural stabiliza tion and conservation committee office, county watermaster, en gineer, and surveyor's offices will occupy the first floor of the three-story annex. The third floor will be unoc cupied at the present. Alterations will be made in the present court house to provide additional office space. Fairbanks, Alaska Hotter Than Medford (Editor's Note: The high tem perature recorded here yester day was 81 degrees, according to the weather bureau.) Fairbanks. Alaska (U.R) Interior and Arctic Alaska sweltered in record high tem peratures for July 25. The mercury soared lo 93 degrees, sending hundreds of Fairbanks residents to lakes and walerfilled quarries for a cooling swim. police; Mayor Earl Miller, who accepted the plaque on behalf of the city; Grey, and Kenneth Berrey, manager of the Medford office of the OSMA. Medford was one of the 500 other cities in the same population group, which had an average of three deaths per 100,000 population. The year 1954 was the first in three decades where the number of pedestrian fatalities fell below the 8-000-mark. The high point was in 1937 when 15,500 pedestrians died. tion on the deal.. Meanwhile, Talbott's attorney said the Air Force secretary wants to return for more testi mony before the subcommittee, which is conducting an inquiry into his acivities on behalf of Paul B. Mulligan & Co., a man agement engineering firm in which he is a partner. Chairman John L. McClellan (D-Ark) said the group would meet later today to consider which witnesses to call in its in vestigation. The subcommtitee investigat- ing leaders who will be the main speakers. "The call for negotiation be tween the governments of the German democratic republic (Communists) and the federal re public now must be raised with doubled emphasis," the Neues Deutschland said. "All-German talks on a gov ernment level should be borne by a powerful movement in all Germany for the bringing to gether of both parts of Germany and agreement of the German people. "The first common goal: End the cold war on German soil." The authoritative newspaper, like the Soviets, coupled the de mand for talks with the demand for a European security pact which it said must take prece dence over unity. General Dean's Questioner Arrested by CIC in Seoul Seoul, Korea U.R) The Re public of Korea Counter Intelli gence Corps announced today it had arrested a South Korean Communist who interrogated Maj. Gen. William Dean during the Korean war. The man was identified as Lee Chang Kwang, 25. He was charged with questioning the former commander of the U.S. 24th Division after Dean was captured by the Reds during the early days of the war. The CIC announcement said Lee was preparing to go to the United -States as a student "to conduct higher espionage activi ties under Communist party or- Nine Forest Areas Closed for Entry Nine areas of the Rogue Riv er National forest have been closed to entry without special permits, it was announced this week. The closures are because of high fire hazard in the areas. Permits are issued at ranger sta tions only to those having legiti mate business in the areas. The largest closure is the Ash land watershed, but the Ashland Loop road through it will remain open for travel. All other closures are in rela tively small timber sale areas, and include the Prairie Creek, Woodruff, Sunshine and Huckle berry mountain areas west of Crater lake; Bessie Creek and Rustler peak, near Butte Falls; Big Elk, south of Fish lake, and Joe Creek, in northern Califor nia. Portland (U.R) A two-alarm fire early today resulted in an estimated $2000 damage to a one-story concrete building oc cupied by the Evergreen Equip ment Company. j! -' ing the propriety of Talbott's continued association with the Mulligan firm, which has been employed by a number of big defense contractors as well as other large corporations. Pre vious testimony showed that Talbott has received $132,032 in profits from the firm since he became Air Force secretary. The subcommittee also has obtained copies of letters which Talbott wrote from his Pentagon office on Air Force stationery seeking to drum up business for the firm Johnson was called to the wit ness stand today for question ing about Talbott's efforts to land a contract for the Mulligan firm with Radio Corporation of America, a major defense con tractor. The senators specifically wanted to know if Johnson, as government salaried official law yer for the Air Force, had acted as Talbott's private attorney in talks with RCA officials who questioned the propriety of a defense contractor doing busi ness with Talbott's firm. RCA Not Satisfied Johnson told the subcommit tee he did not act "as Talbott's private attorney in the RCA contracts last January. He said he simply prepared a memo randum for Talbott stating that Talbott's membership in the Mul ligan firm did not violate the conflict of interest laws. Johnson said that Loftus E. Becker, a Washington attorney for RCA, informed him last Jan. 5 that RCA would not be sat isfied with this, but wanted ap proval from the attorney gen eral. ders" when he was arrested in Seoul and that he had gone through all necessary formali ties and "was just awaiting the departure date." Injured Climber Rests in Hospital Salem U.R) Frank Gillette, Salem mountain climber, rested in a hospital here today after a spectaculer ground-air rescue from 10,094-foot North Sister peak. Dr. Ronald Finley of Eugene, who accompanied the rescue party, said Gillette suffered a fractured left ankle and a hand injury. Yesterday, a coast guard heli copter picked up the injured man on a 7000-foot snowfield after a ground rescue party had brought him down from the 10,-000-foot level of North Sister mountain. Gillette said he was just about 50 feet short of the summit Sun day when a boulder he grabbed came loose in his hand and roll ed over him, starting a small avalanche. Four other climbers directly behind him jumped aside and escaped; injury. House Delays Action On John Day Dam Washington (U.R) A House public works subcommit tee took testimony from backers of a bill for "partnership" con struction of John Day dam on the Columbia river and then postponed action on it until the next congressional session. Chairman Clifford Davis (D Tenn.), said he was surprised at the amount of opposition to the bill, and added that "lengthy hearings" would be required on it next year. Medford United Press Full Leased Wirs 50th Year 18 Pages Carvings Portland (U.R) A Port land cab driver and amateur archeologist thinks he has the answer today to a 12,000-year-old mystery. Jack Benson has been fascin ated by a huge slab of basaltic rock in Portland city hall court yard since he first saw it 35 years ago when he was a lad of SP's Request for Heltzel Restrainer Denied by Judge Marion County Circuit Judge Val Sloper this morning denied an application by the Southern Pacific company for a writ pro hibiting Public Utilities Com missioner Charles Heltzel from interfering with the end of pas senger service between Portland and Ashland. The SP yesterday asked the circuit court to stop Heltzel from ordering the SP to continue serv ice after Aug. 6, the announced date for the end of the nightly "Rogue River" passenger trains. But Judge Sloper today said the application was untimely, and the SP must wait until Helt zel issues his order. Delay Order Planned The railroad announced July 6 that it would terminate the passenger service, but last week, after protests and a formal com plaint from three state senators were filed with him, Heltzel said he would order a delay in the end of service, pending a public hearing. Word of Judge Sloper's action was telephoned to State Sen. Philip B. Lowry, Medford, one of the three legislators filing the complaint. In filing the circuity court ac-. tion, the SP said it was done to clarify a rule requiring the rail road to give the PUC 30 days advance notice of timetable changes. Bernal S. Quayle, Port land, general passenger agent, said the service to southern Ore gon is causing a loss to SP of about $1,250 each day. Quayle was quoted as saying, "Under the law as we interpret it, we have the right to take off the train, after which the com missioner, based on . his investi gations, may sustain or overrule our action." Judge Sloper's. tell ing the railroad it must wait is interpreted as a setback to the SP in its intention of ending the service. Heltzel's plan to order a delay in the end of passenger service was based on a complaint filed with him last week by Senator Lowry and Senators Gene Brown, Grants Pass, and Paul Geddes, Roseburg, in which the legislators not only protested the end of passenger service, but also claimed that the area served by the SP in southern Oregon is entitled to "reasonably ade quate" passenger service which it has not been getting. The complaint asked the com missioner to order the SP to pro vide such service. The number of protests to SP's plan was increased Saturday through the action of the Jack son County Pomona Grange, which went on record as being opposed to the SP's proposed abandonment of passenger serv ice. 470 Soldiers Said Missing in Korea Washington 4U.R) The De fense Department said today that 470 members of the U. S. armed forces in the Korean war remain unaccounted for and some of them may be held pris oners by the Communists. In reply to a request by Sen ate GOP Leader. Sen. William F. Knowland, the Defense Depart ment said in a letter that the Reds failed to account for 944 Americans after the Korean truce. The department said that it never believed all the un accounted for were alive and held prisoners by the Reds. The demand on the Reds to account for them was an attempt to force them to live up to an ar mistice provision that each side should give a "full accounting" for all prisoners. Hollywood U.R) Actress Betty Hutton has disclosed that she and her husband, Alan Liv ingston, are expecting a baby in January. MEDFORD, OREGON, Believed 5. And off and on he has been trying to decipher the hiero glyphics which cover its surface. The rock markings were gen erally thought to be the work of early day Indians along the Columbia river between Wallula and the Oregon border. The rock was found there in 1910. But Benson is now convinced eoree Talks Will 'Die Convention Speaker Sees Double-Talk' On Elections of '56 "We're going to run across more double-talking candidates in 1956 than ever before." Ed Weston, president of the Wash ington Federation of Labor, warned Oregon labor delegates here this morning. Weston addressed union rep resentatives attending the 53rd Oregon State Federation of La bor convention now in its second day. The Washington labor leader said his state should follow Ore gon's lead in efforts to eliminate strong committees in state legis latures. He noted that in this year's legislative session, labor was not too successful in obtain ing its wishes in the northern State. Weston congratulated Oregon labor organizations for sending to Washington, D. C. Sen. Rich ard Neuberger and Congress woman Edith Green. Farmers' Plight In the second of three major addresses, Harley Libby, presi dent of the state Farmers' Union, told delegates of the farmers' plight. He said they are faced with sinking prices and rising costs. His union, Libby declared, believes in and supports the "family farm." In closing, he asked, "above all," for the peo ple's understanding. The number of industrial worker fatalities has decreased but injuries have increased this year, William A. Callahan, chair man of the State Industrial Acci dent commission, told the assem bly. The first six months of 1955 compared to 1954 have seen an increase of 8.71 per cent in in juries reported, and a decrease of 10.16 per cent in deaths due to on-the-job accidents. Callahan noted that 21.29 per cent more workmen are now employed under, the workmen's compensation act than last year. The commission chairman stated that logging was Oregon's most hazardous industry, but that frequency of accidents in 2 Oregon Men Die In Bus-Auto Crash North Bend, Ore. (U.R) Two men were killed and four others were injured today in a collision between a station wag on and a Greyhound bus about one mile north of the Coos county line on Highway 101, state police reported. Dead were Calvin Forrest Crass, 43, Empire, and Vern Maurice Fleck, 51, Coos Bay. They were riding in the station wagon along with three other men, who also were injured. The bus driver, Clarence Bankhead, 30, suffered face cuts and bruises and was treated at the scene. None of the seven passengers, on the bus was re ported injured. Brought to Keizer hospital here were Edward Clark, 19, Woodrow Matson, 35, and Walter Olson, 40. Matson suffered a head injury, Clark a broken left arm and facial cuts and Olson a broken leg. Education Board Names Secretary Portland (U.R) Dr. Earl M. Pallett today was named secre tary of the State Board of Higher Education. The position has been filled for the past two years by Dr. John P. Richards, now chan cellor of the state system of high er education. ATT TUESDAY, JULY 26, 1955 12,000 Years Old the writing is Mayan. He thinks it tells the story of the sinking of the mother land and the com ing of colonists to the West Coast of North America. From his Mayan studies, Ben son has placed the age of the writing at about 12,000 years. He thinks he can recognize a picture of the Mayan priest Itazmna Feels r that field has lessened consider ably. Between speeches, 22 resolu tions were read and referred to various committees, bringing the convention total to 47. Deadline for filing resolutions is 5 p.m. today. Others addressing delegates this morning included Joe Clark, vice-president of the Painters and Paper Hangers In ternational Union; Kenny Davis, of the Brotherhood of Carpen ters; William Becker, area rep resentative of the Jewish Labor Commission, and Terry Shrunk Multnomah county sheriff. (See sloryon Page 6) Merrill Logger Dies in Accident Lowell Snapp, 25, Merrill, Ore., was killed almost instantly late yesterday afternoon in a logging accident at McDonough Brother's Logging company camp on Glade creek in the south part of the county. Jackson county sheriff's depu ties said Snapp was helping load logs onto a truck. As logs were being raised by a hoist, one log broke loose and fell on him. A standard metal safety hat which Snapp was wearing was crushed in the accident, deputies said. Other workers at the scene of the Ashland company's operation went to his assistance, but sher iffs deputies said Snapp died within a few minutes after being struck. Carlos Morris, county coron er, was at the scene when sher iff's officers arrived. Ashland Mortuary is in charge of funeral arrangements. Final Tribute Paid Cordeil Hull Washington U.R) National leaders and diplomats from ev ery part of the world paid final tribute to former Secretary of State Cordeil Hull today at funeral services in Washington Cathedral. Rites for the 83-year-old states man were conducted by the Very Rev. Francis B. Sayre Jr., dean of the cathedral, at the main altar of the high vaulted Gothic church on Mount St. Albans. The simple, austere service followed the traditional Protes tant Episcopal service for the dead from the ancient Book of Common Prayer. There was no eulogy. Hull was buried following the service in the crypt of the ca thedral, by the side of his wife, Rose, and near the tomb of former President Woodrow Wilson. Midwest Scorched; Floods By UNITED PRESS A sizzling heat wave returned to the Midwest today with 100 plus temperatures and wilting humidity. Summer weather belted other parts of the c&untry with drenching rainfalls and flash floods. At Columbus, Ga., three cloud bursts in less than 24 hours piled up more than four inches of Tribune United Press Full Leased Wire Price 5c No. 108 from a jaguar, which was the symbol of the tribe from which the priest came. Also on the rock is the floor plan of a temple which he believes was built in east or central Oregon. Benson has taken photographs of the stone markings and plans to send them to an expert for confirmation. ar East Air1 Communist China Proposes Debate On UN Admission Washington (U.R) Sen. Walter F. George (D-Ga.), said today that next week's diplomat ic talks with Communist China may help "clear the air" to set up a two-nation foreign ministers conference on the Far East. He told reporters he believes any such conference of foreign ministers should start as bilat eral discussions between the United States and Red China. Communist China proposed in an editorial broadcast by Peip ing radio, that Geneva-like ne gotiations be held on Formosa, Indochina, and Peiping's admis sion to the United Nations. "No one can deny that the tension in Asia and the Far East, particularly the Formosan situ ation and the obstacles in the way of the implementation of the Geneva agreements on In dochina, has aroused serious concern and unrest among the people," the editorial said. The broadcast, which praised the Geneva conference, refrain ed from the usual bitter attacks on the United States. Senate Republican Leader William F. Knowland insisted that there should be no discus sions involving the "sover eignty" of Nationalist China without the Nationalists present Dulles To Be Questioned Secretary of State John Foster Dulles was expected to be ques tioned closely at his afternoon news conference on the talks with Red . China beginning in Geneva Aug. 1 as well as on George's proposal that the two nation's foreign ministers meet. George, chairman of the Sen ate Foreign Relations commit tee, suggested Sunday night that there should be a foreign minis ters meeting with the Chinese Communists within six months, lest there be a new flare-up over Formosa. The United States is committed to defend that island against attack. It is the base of the Chinese Nationalists. The State Department an nounced Monday that U. Alexis Johnston, U.S. ambassador to Czechoslovakia, will fly to Geneva this week end for the Red Chinese talks after a hur ried trip here for instructions. Coof Weather, Possible Rain Forecast Locally Continued cool July temper atures and possible rain have been forecast by the weather bureau here. The outlook for tonight is for a minimum temp erature of 50 degrees, about the same as that this morning. Occasional light rain is predict ed this evening, and in the moun tains tomorrow. The weather bureau said it was raining at Brookings this morning, and that .14 of an inch had fallen there in the six-hour period up to 10 a.m. Continued cool weather, with temperatures "averaging much below normal," are forecast for the five-day period ending Sun day. ram., Flood waters pourea through streets and dozens of homes, .1000 telephones were knocked out, and radio and tele vision stations went off the air. Across the country in Arizona, the heaviest rainfall in 44 years doused the state's central low land area. Flood waters three and a half feet deep washed through Florence, Ariz., caus ing extensive damage, and sever Geneva Meeting Results Good, Newsmen Told Both Sides Must Give, Ike Tells Nation Washington U.R) Secre tary of State John Foster Dulles said today the danger of war has receded as a result of the Geneva summit conference. Dulles told a news conferenca that the Geneva conference pro duced good results. At the head of the list of accomplishments, he said the meeting transformed American and Soviet relations so that they became less brittle, thus making it possible to conduct diplomatic negotiations without fear of ig niting a war. He said this means the danger of an East-West war has re ceded. Dulles' assessment of the Gen eva accomplishments followed President Eisenhower's report to the nation last night. The President said both the United States and Russia must do "some giving" at next Octo ber's foreign ministers' meeting if the "generalities" of Geneva are to be moulded into peaceful settlements. Mr. Eisenhower said that conference will provide the "acid test." Dulles also disclosed at his news conference that the United States, in talks with Red China at Geneva starting next Monday, hopes to find out if the Reds will accept the principle of a cease fire in the Formosa Straits. Washington and Peiping an nounced yesterday that the talks on prisoners and other practical matters between the two coun tries would be held at the am bassador level. Dulles recalled that on April 26 he had said the first thing in any talks with Red China was to find out whether there was a possibility of a cease fire in the Formosa Straits. He also recalled his previous remarks that it was important first to fijid out whether the United States must prepare for war or peace in the Far East. And he repeated that the United States does not -negotiate with a. . pistol aimed at its head. Today, however, Dulles spoke in more conciliatory tones about Red China and events since April 26. . Dulles described Mr. Eisen hower's mutual military inspec tion proposal as the most sober and serious proposal that history records in the disarmament field. He - said it was not discussed with the Joint Chiefs of Staff or Congressional leaders prior to Geneva. Private Discussions As for Geneva accomplish ments, Dulles said German reuni fication now is in the air and Western unity emerged stronger than ever. In private talks with Soviet leaders, the United States em phasized its concern over the Iron Curtain satellites and the subversive role of International Communism even though the Reds gave no assurances in re turn. Mr. Eisenhower mentioned these points in his radio-television report. He said the Bfg Four meeting made the world realize even more "that the United States will go to any length consistent with out concepts of decency and justice and right to attain peace." Must Demonstrate Willingness But, he indicated, Russia must demonstrate its willingness to do the same when Dulles meets with the other Big Four foreign min isters in Geneva next fall. While the President did not "belittle the obstacles lying ahead," he expressed hope that the "longing of mankind" for peace will continue to pressure world leaders "to advance con structively, not merely to re enact the dreary performances . . . of the past." That pressure for peace was felt at Geneva, he said. Weather FORECAST: Cloudy with occa sional light rain tonight. ' Partly cloudy with scattered showers in mountains Wednesday, and mild temper atures. Low tonight SO; high Wednesday 75-78. Highest Yesterday 81 Lowest this Morning 50 Bring Damage al main highways were closed yesterday. Temperatures zoomed into the 100s in South Dakota and Kan sas late yesterday, including 102 at Pierre, S. D., and 101 at Hill City, Kan. The heat wave was followed up early today with a thunder storm and winds up to 75 mile per hour at Bismarck, N.D.
