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VIOLENT EXPLOSION rocks 20 mile area around Whiting, Ind., refinery of Standard Oil '
Company. Flames and smoke shoot up 500 feet as firemen and rescue workers evacuate 800
persons rom area where fire spread out of control. (International Soundphoto)
Rain, Dampens Flareups Between
Guards, Residents at Oil Blaze
Whitingnd. (U.R) Rains
today cooled off , flareups be-
tween National Guardsmen and
residents anxious to return to
the blast-torn homes they evacu
ated in the mammoth fire at the
Standard Oil Co. of Indiana re
finery. " AgSteady downpir, which
began last night, ended what
threatened to be a serious situa
tion when many of 800 homeless
-State of
Paris (U.R) Premier Edgar
FaureOclamped a "state of ur-
eencv" on all Algeria today to
ward off any more trouble there
while trying to pacify Morocco.
'- The state of urgency previous
ly' applied only to the rebel-ridden
mountain areas but today's
official journal published a de
cree extending the emergency
to ail of Algeria while Faure
works out final details of bis
delicate MSroccan plan.
: Faure won cabinet approval
of the broad lines of his Moroc
can plan but many points of de
tail remained unsettled and the
crisis remained. It appeared the
cabinet had given in only to
forestall the downfall of the gov
ernment itself.
The cabinet accepted secretly
the resignation of Resident Gen
eral Gilbert Grandval but there
was no public announcement for
fear one would touch off a wave
of rioting throughout Morocco.
Sultan To Lear
The cabinet also a creed re
luctantly .that Sultan Moham
med Ben Moulay Arafa must
leave the Cherif ien throne of Mo
toppo. but it could not aeree on
details and the actual ouster of
the sultan awaited further con-
ferences.
Under the state, of urgency
French security forces can .shut
down newspapers and radio sta
tions, clamp sudden curfew on
danger areas, curtain 08 entire
regions and break up meetings
Involving two or more persons.
Benson Tours British
Agriculture Station
London (U.R) U.S. Secre
tary of Agriculture Ezra Taft
Tipnson toured Britain's top- agri
cultural research station at near
by Rothamstead today.
Benson and his wife arrived
by train from Scotlid this
morning to begin a two-day vis
it. After breakfast they drove
to the research station.
- Embassy officials said Benson
had asked that this afternoon
and evening be kept free of of
ficial engagements. They said it
was "quite likeJ" he would
mpt with David O. McKay,
Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-
day Saints, who also is visiting
here. Benson is one of the 12
apostles of the church.
. Tomorrow Benson opens taixs
with British officials starting
with A. R. M. Low, minister of
state to the board of trade. He
also will meet with Derick
Heathcoat-Amory, minister of ag
riculture and fisheries.
Benson leaves for Amsterdam
. Thursday.
Missing Portland Boy
found Walking on Street
. Portland (U.R) Police to-'
day found a 10-year-ofc Portland
boy, missing since yesterday, as
he walked along North Margin
ave. toting a sleeping ag.
Clinton J. Berg, son of Mr.
and Mrs. Roger G. Berg was
reported missing when he fail
ed to return home last night
from an agate-hunting expedi
tion. -He
appeared unconcerned
about the widespread search
launched for him and explained
he had been Xpn a little camp
fug trip." He was armed with a
bow and "row.
persons demanded that the
guardsmen let them re-enter
their houses in the inner "dang
er" area. '
The guardsmen had orders to
blockade the innermost points
of a two-square-mile area until
sewers were cleared of gasoline
fumes and there was no further
danger of the flames spreading.
The rain apparently assured
the protesting evacuees that
these developments would take
Urgency'
Details of the bitter argu
ments of the cabinet meeting
here became public only today
The meeting was so heated that
Faure threatened several times
to resign a drastic move that
would have crippled France at
this time of crisis. '
"Representative Government
The major announcement to
come from the cabinet session
was that a "representative" Mo
roccan government would be
formed within 15 days, with
Arafa to leave the throne even
tually. The cabinet also decided
to replace Grandval with Gen.
Pierre -Boyer-de la" Tour, theJ
present governor general of
Tunisia, once Grandval's resig
nation is announced.
Hanging over the government
was the problem of what to do
with Sultan Sidi Mohammed
Ben Youssef who was ousted
No Log Hauling on
Saturday Afternoon
Log hauling on Oregon state
highways will be forbidden on
Saturday afternoon, Sept. 3 ac
cording to state police and the
Southern Oregon Conservation
and Tree Farm association.
L. L. Simpson, SOCTFA man
ager, checked with the Oregon
State Highway department per
mit director and the Public
Utilities commission office on
the matter yesterday. State po
lice had reported considerable
inquiry.
Under highway regulations
Saturday afternoon log hauling
is not permitted between May
23 and September 8. At the re
quest of the timber industry,
however, the Highway commis
sion issued a memorandum lift
ing the ban for this season after
July 6. Nevertheless, the com
mission declined to permit haul
ing on Sept. 3 because of the
anticipated heavy traffic over
the Labor day holiday week end
Federal Jurors View
Property Hear Galice
A federal district court jury
resumed hearing the case United
States vs. Zora Gallagher this
morning. -
The case involves condemna
tion of property near Galice in
Josephine county for a Bureau
of Land Management road. The
jury yesterday viewed the site,
traveling by chartered bus and
escorted by The deputy marshal.
The case was put on the dock
et by Judge James Alger Fee at
the regular court session two
weeks ago.
Judge Fee heard the case
Lawrence H. Newton vs. R. Drew
Lamb concerning an alleged vio
lation of a timber cutting con
tract earlier this week.
Explosion Set Off
Beneath Peron's Window
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Buenos Aires (U.R) A small
explosion charge was set off to
day just beneath the windows oi
President Juan Peron's office in
Casa Rosada, the Government
House in central Buenos Aires.
Police said the explosive,
thrown from a speeding car by
unidentified persons, went off
harmlessly shortly :bef or noon.
place sooner than expected and
they ceased their arguments of
ficials said.
The massive blaze, touched off
when a 26-story cracking plant
exploded Saturday, was under
control and confined to two stor
age tanks still afire and being
allowed to burn themselves out.
Two persons were killed and
hundreds were injured in the
explosion and fire.
in Algeria
two years ago and exiled "to
Madagascar.
Moroccan nationalists who de
mand more home rule have
given up hope of restoring him
to the throne in face of bitter op
position by French settlers and
right - wing cabinet members.
But they think he should return
to Paris.
iff in Creek Sets
Opening of School
Jackspn- county schooli; will
start opening tomorrow .when
Griffin Creek students attend a
half-day session. Regular classes
will start at Griffin Creek
Thursday, Sept. 1, but school
buses will run regular schedules
tomorrow morning.
Students at Griffin Creek will
register and obtain books at to
morrow's session.
Six other schools will start
classes Sept. 6. They are Ash
land, Lone Pine, Applegate, Elk
Trail, Shady Cove and West
Side. Schols starting Sept. 9 in
clude Eagle Point, Rogue River,
Prospect, and Butte Falls.
Schools at Ruch, Central Point.
Evans Valley, Oak Grove, Pine
hurst, Jacksonville and Howard
will commence Sept. 12.
Phoenix, Talent, Medford ele
mentary and. junior high will
start Sept. 19..
Japanese Minister
Calls for Vigilance
. Washington (U.R) Japanese
Foreign Minister Mamoru Shige
mitsu called today for vigilance
against "Communist peace of
fensives which aim at creat
ing difficulties and dissensions
among the free nations."
Shigemitsu noted a recent
"hopeful trend" in the interna
tional climate, but said this has
come about largely as a result
of the free world's "peace
through strength" policy." .
"Logic demands that we con
tinue to pursue the same policy
Li order to 'reap the harvest of
perpetual peace'," he said. "We
must beware of the Communist
peace offensives which aim at
creating difficulties and dissen
sions among the free nations."
The 68-year-old Japanese dip
lomat said those offensives are
now most noticeable in Asia
"where the situation is still fluid
and uncertain."
Portland Girl Given
Baby; Mother Disappears
Portland (U.R) Portland
poliee are looking for an uni
dentified woman who yesterday
stopped a 10-year-old girl on the
street and gave her a baby to
keep. The mother failed to re
turn. The infant was given to Mar
celle Everman who said she was
playing on the street, when the
woman approached her.
Marcelle, said she was told to
keep the child all night. Mrs.
Everman called police and the
baby was placed in Albertina
Kerr nursery '
Bellingham, Wash. (U.R) A
Freeman Seranous of Portland
has been elected governor of the
Northwest District Kiwanis at
the District's convention here:
Sfassen Seeks To
Persuade Russia
On Inspection
No Indication
Of Soviet Reaction
United Nations - N.Y.OJ.R)-
American disarmament expert
Harold E. Stassen today took
over the job of persuading the
Soviets to approve President
Eisenhower's military inspection
plan.
The five-nation U.N. disarma
ment subcommittee was to open
the second session of its current
talks this afternoon.
Thus far, there was no indica-
tm of Soviet reaction to Mr. Ei
senhower's plan for an exchange
of military blueprints and aerial
inspection of each other's terri
tory by the United States and
Russia.
Ambassador Henry Cabot
Lodge Jr. told a closed session of
the disarmament subcommittee
Monday that the United States
was "prepared to put the. plan
immediately into effect as be
tween ourselves and the Soviet
Union."
Kremlin Position 'Reiterated
Russia's Arkady A. Sobolev,
reiterating the Kremlin's profes
sed desire -to "strengthen peace
and lessen international ten
sion," urged the latest Soviet dis
armament proposals on the sub
committee and said:
"The next step is now up to
the Western powers." -
Lodge moved into the back
ground of the crucial conference
after delivering a statement of
the American position at the two
and one-half hour opening ses
sion and let Stassen, Mr. Eisen
hower's personal assistant on
disarmament, take the lead.
Stassen and Sobolev met pri
vately for the second time in
three days at lunch Monday. It
was not known what they dis
cussed.
Lodge put before the subcom
mittee, composed of the United
States, Britain, France, Canada
and Russia, details of the Eisen
hower plan, which was first
broached at the Big Four Sum
mit conference in Geneva.
Under the aerial reconnais
sance plan, he said, both the Un
ited States and Russia, would be
permitted to ,sehd their own
planes over ' each other s terri
tory in "unrestricted" flights. '
Each country would use its
own planes and photographic
equipment, and personnelVpf the
country being inspected would
be aboard every flight. Each
country would provide one or
more airfields as bases of oper
ations for inspection by the oth
er country's planes.
The Soviet plan, outlined again
by Sobolev, calls for stationing
international inspectors at rail
roads, road junctions, .sea and
airports as a precaution against
preparations for a surprise at
tack. Aside from that, it includes
the long-standing Soviet demand
for immediate prohibition of nu
clear weapons and reduction of
all armed forces.
Logging Truck Suction
Reverses Car, Trailer
Nehalem, Ore. (U.R)
Suction created by a passing
logging truck picked up the
car and trailer of a California
couple yesterday and reversed
its direction of travel. No one
was seriously hurt.
Tillamook County Deputy
Sheriff Dave Wilson said Hor
ace Wright, 69. Whittier, Calif,
and his wife, Irene, were driv
ing south on Highway 101.
Just as they passed Mansan
ita Junction, the passing log
truck lifted their vehicles,
spinning them completely
around.
Mrs. Wright suffered bruises
and was taken to a Wheeler
hospital. Her husband was not
hurt.
Former Wife of Prison
Guarded After Threat
Seattle (U.R) A state-wide
manhunt was being conducted
today for two escaped mental
patients and Seattle police guard
ed the former wife of one after
learning he had threatened to
return here and "get" her.
One of the escapees, Herman
Salter, 23, was described as a
psychotic. He was one of the
ringleaders of the July 5 riot
at the state prison in Walla Wal
la. He had been transferred to
Eastern State hospital in Medi
cal Lake two weeks ago.
Threatened To Kill Ex-Wife
The other escapee was James
Eiland, 35, a Tegular patient at
the mental institution.
Salter, prison authorities said,
had threatened to kill his ex
wife, Mrs. James Christie, if he
gained his freedom. Police here
twera guarding har and her mo
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Final Decision on
Funds for Hospital
Still Forthcoming
Chance for Favorable
Action Appears Good
A final decision on the Rogue
Valley Memorial hospital's re
quest for federal construction
funds has yet to be made, but the
prospect for favorable action ap
pears good, it was reported to
day. .-, .
A spokesman for ,the hospital
organization, which proposes to
build a new institution to replace
Community hospital, said he has
been informed that the request
has received tentative approval
from an agency of the state board
of health, one of the first steps
in obtaining the grant.
$586,533 Requested
The hospital has requested a
total of $586,533. The applica
tion has been reviewed by the
advisory council on hospital sur
veys and construction, which ad
vises the state board of health
on grants. The state board has
authority to apportion the feder
al funds available to Oregon un
der the Hill-Burton act. This
year these total $776,082.
The decision of the state board
may not be known for some
time, although supporters of the
local project hope for early and
favorable action.
The advance gifts phase of a
public drive for money to build
the hospital will get under way
the first of October. Estimated
total cost of the hospital, to be
built on Barnett rd. southeast
of town, will be some $1,800,000.
If the federal funds are available
in full, it will mean early $1,300,
000 must be raised locally.
Resignation Bares
Chiang Army Strife
Taipeh' (U.R) The sudden re
signation of General Sun Li-Jen
brought into the open for the
first time the conflict which has
been smouldering within the Na
tionalist Chinese Army over the
political officer system.
General Sun, the brilliant sol
dier trained at America's Vir
ginia Military Institute and Pur
due University, was perhaps the
most fearless and outspoken op
ponent of this little-known de
partment of the Nationalist mil
itary machine.
Sun, and reportedly other offi
cers, including some Americans,
were particularly opposed to that
part of the system which gave
the political officers, assigned to
every unit down to company
level, the final say over promo
tions. It was inevitable that Sun
should clash with General Chin-
ang Ching Kuo, the elder son of
Generalissimo Chiang Kai-Shek.
Chiang Ching-Kuo, was the
father of the political officer
system in the Nationalist Army.
Lake o' Woods Group
Files Incorporation
' Salem (U.R) Articles of in
corporation were filed in Salem
today for the Lake o' Woods Re
creation Association' with head
quarters in Klamath Falls. The
H articles were signed by Oregon
Speaker of the House Edward A.
Geary, State Rep. Henry Smon
and Elbert Stiles. The association
will cooperate with the Forest
Service in protection and en
forcement of rules and regula
tions. ther, Mrs. M. H. High, both liv
ing in South Seattle.
Prosser police, meantime, re
ported that two men answering
the escapee's' descriptions were
seen in Prosser last night. One
was wearing khaki trousers and
the other carried what was be
lieved to be the jacket of a hos
pital uniform. They ran when
challenged and escaped.
Seen in Toppenish
Another report said they were
seen in Toppenish. Still another
report said a maroon-colored
Ford coupe they were accused of
stealing near Spokane was seen
crossing sthe Cascade Mountains
at Stevens Pass.
: Officers described , both men
as "very dangerous" and Salter,
they said was "one of the worst".
The hospital supervisor, Dr.
Myron ' D. Campbell, . admitted
both Salter and Eiland had the
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Harry Dexter White as UN
Delegate at SF Suggested
By Roosevelt, Papers Show
Concord, N.H. U.R) The late President Franklin D. Roose
velt suggested Harry Dexter White as a "delegate to the 1945 San
Francisco conference setting up the United Nations, according to
a memorandum turned over today to a Senate investigation com
mittee. State Atty. Gen. Louis C. Wyman, jn handing over the docu
ment to the Senate Internal Security subcommittee, said Roose
velt sent the memo to Treasury Secretary Henry. Morgenthau Jr.,
to whom White was an assistant. ,
White, who died in 1948, allegedly was a member of a Com
munist spy ring which operated in Washington. He was assistant
treasury secretary during World War II and was named U.S.
executive director of the International Monetary fund by Presi
dent Truman in 1946. -
Crews Battle Two
Fires in County;
Firemen Save House
Two fires were reported in
Jackson county yesterday.
More than 40 men were fight
ing a fire this morning in an old
slash area on the east fork of
Evans creek, according to state
forest patrol officials.
The blaze was reported at
about 2 p.m. yesterday. Twenty
state men, 10 from Elk Lumber
company, six from Timber Pro
ducts, and crews from the Byron
Coulter and Adams Brothers
woods operations were fighting
the blaze today.
Equipment being used to fight
this "fire included at least" one
tread type tractor. .
Central Point Fire
Central Point Rural Fire pro
tection crews battled a grass, hay
ahd sawdust fire which threat
ened a house for more . than
three hours late yesterday in the
Tolo district.
District Chief Richard Krupp
said high winds spread the blaze
toward a house, from which Jim
Mitchel had moved yesterday.
Firemen were able to turn the
fire before reaching the house,
but were unable to keep the
blaze from spreading to a nearby
hill and igniting stored, lumber
and timber.
100th Fire This Year
The fire was reported about
4:30 p.m. yesterday, and fire
men were at the scene until
about 8 p.m. The fire was the
100th this calendar year, com
pared to 83 during 12 months in
1954.'
The fire was located in the
Tolo district southeast of Table
Rock Lumber company. Crews
from the Double D Lumber com
pany's planner mill assisted in
extinguishing the fire.
A large bulldozer from the
Gulf Red Cedar company was
used to build a trail around the
fire, Krupp said.
Weather
rORECAS T:.. Fair, through
Wednesday. Low tonight SO;
high Wednesday 99.
Temp.
Highest Yesterday .... 8
Lowest this Morning 32
Escapee
of Death
"freedom of the entire ward."
They said the two men escap
ed after Eiland pushed an at
tendant into a bathroom where
Salter was awaiting for him. The
attendant was tied with cord and
adhesive tape. The two inmates
took the attendant's keys and
"simply walked out," Campbell
explained.
Officials 'Too Clinical'
In Olympia, Dr. Thomas Har
ris, state. Supervisor of Institu
tions, said he thought hospital
officials were "being a little too
clinical instead of cautious." He
reaffirmed orders to the hospit
al today to "take no chances"
with convicts placed in the men
tal institution.
Salter was charged last Satur
day with kidnaping, conspiracy
to kidnap and prison rioting. The
charges, carry a maximum pen
alty -of death.
tSDAY, AUGUST 30, 1955
States Seeks End
rael-Egypt Fighting
Wyman gave the committee a
carton full of documents and
papers concerning White which
he found at White's summer
home in this state, but said he
himself would not make them
public.
One of the papers, Wyman
said, was White's credentials as
a U.S. representative to the U.N.
conference at San Francisco.
Wyman said the credentials were
signed by Alger Hiss, State De
partment official convicted of
perjury in another celebrated
spy case.
Another document, Wyman
said, was a letter from a Secret
Service official to White telling
the results of an investigation
into alleged theft of some papers
at the U.N. conference.
The committee went into exec
utive session after Wyman de
clined to make public the con
tents of the documents.
Two To Be Subpenaed
In Ladejinsky Case
Washington (U.R) Senate
investigators said today they will
subpoena two Agriculture De
partment, officials who failed to
appear to testify on the contro
versial Wolf Ladejinsky security
case.
"We don't want these people,"
said Sen. Olin D. Johnson. "We
want to know why we have
such dilly-dallying and jumping
the rope with people's character
and reputation."
Johnston, chairman of a Sen
ate Civil Service Subcommittee
which is investigating ' the ad
ministration's personnel security
program, said he will issue sub
poenas , for Security Officer J.
Glen Cassity and for Milan D.
Smith, assistant to Agriculture
Secretary Ezra T. Benson.
Evans Valley Rejects
$50,000 Bond Issue
. Rogue River. Residents of
Evans Valley school district yes
terday rejected a $50,000 bond
issue proposal to bring the dis
trict school up to standard. The
vote was 35 yes and 66 no.
District board members called
the election for the bond issue
to finance construction of a two
classroom addition and installa
tion of first floor restrooms to
bring the school up to standard.
Rest rooms presently are in the
basement. ,
Board members have not de
cided yet whether to call another
election in the near future.
Evans Valley school is located
seven miles north of Rogue
River.
13 Day-Old Child
Stricken With Polio
Springfield, Mo. U.R) The
smallest iron lung in Missouri,
only 40 inches long, stood in
readiness today for a 13-day-old
polio stricken girl, but doctors
are hoping they won't have to
use it. . . r
The girl is Connie Sue Peeples,
who contracted polio Aug. 22,
nine days after her mother, Mrs.
Onnie Peeples, came down with
the disease. Mrs. Peeples has
been in an iron lung for two
weeks and the girl was born two
days after the mother contracted
polio.
Taipei, Formosa (U.R) Vice
Adm. Alfred M. Pride said U.S.
forces are keeping up with the
Chinese Communist military
buildup in South China opposite
Formosa.
Los Angeles (U.R) Mrs.
Adele Strout, 76, widow of the
founder of a nationwide real es
tate company, was found dead
today in her downtown hotel
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Dulles Discloses
Appeal Made To
Bolh Countries
Russian Arms 6ffer
Declared Indicated
Washington (U.R) Secretary
of State John Foster Dulles dis
closed today that the United
States has appealed to Egypt and
Israel to stop fighting in the
Gaza frontier area.
He told a news conference
that the appeal against using
force to settle the border dispute
was made in capitals of both
countries within the last 48
hours.
Soviet Offer Indicated
Dulles also said, in response
to questions, that there are indi
cations, with some signs of re
liability, that Russia is offering
to provide military equipment to
Arab countries.
But he stressed that the Unit
ed States has no official infor
mation to support these reports
and that there is no evidence
that Russian equipment is now
in Arab hands.
Dulles said bluntly that any
Soviet move to introduce mili
tary equipment in the troubled
area certainly would not con
tribute to the relaxing of ten
sions pledged by Moscow at the
recent Geneva summit confer
ence. Bloody Clashes -
Dulles said the efforts of
American diplomacy at present
are being directed toward stop
ping the fighting between Egypt
and Israel in the Gaza area.
There have been bloody Clashes
on the disputed frontier strip for
the past six days.
To underline his statement
that the immediate U.S. interest
is to stop the fighting the secre
tary flatly refused o elaborate
on his offer of U.S. guarantees
to Israel and its Arab neighbors
against aggression by either side
once agreement is reached on a
permanent border.
Dulles said the dramatic offer.
made in a New York speech Fri
day amounted to definite pol
icy statements which were being
studied by the governments di
rectly concerned.
Reaction Is Cold
The next move on that front.
he said, would develop when the
reaction is in from Israel and
its Arab neighbors.
Unofficial reaction from Arab
countries to the guarantee pro
posal has been cold. Col. Anar
El Sadat, a member of Egypt's
ruling military junta, , said la
Cairo today that the proposal
was "unworthy of considera
tion."
Rep. Burdick Watches
As Bride Dies in Fall
Williston, N. D. -U.R) Rep.
Usher Burdick (R-N.D.) watched
as his bride of one month was
killed in a fall from a horse yes
terday. Mrs. Burdick, a no vice, rider,
was thrown from a horse on the
Burdick ranch near here when
the animal made a sharp turn.
She suffered a broken neck, a
skull fracture, and brain hemor
rhage.
The 76-year-old congressman
was following in a car and wit.
nessed the accident.
Mrs. Burdick, the former
Edna B. Sierson of Bradford,
Mass., was a Washington, D. C,
secretary when she met her
future husband.
Roseburg Man Shools
Self as Wife Dies
Tonopah, Nev. -(U.R) Henry
Hytti, 55, Roseburg, Ore., urani-
lum prospector, lay down beside
his wife and shot himself to
death yesterday after she had
been killed in an auto accident.
Authorities said the accident
occurred 19 miles north of here.
The couple's pickup truck rolled
over three times on a curve and
caught fire. Mrs. Hytti was
thrown from the truck and died
instantly. "
Police said that when Hytti
saw his wife lying by the road
side, he staggered to the burning
truck, recovered his gufl, lay
down beside her body and shot
himself in the head.