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Wi Re mr- War Prisoners e in par e m C -v tK GATES TO HELL Looking like the "Gates to Hell" describes this scene at the five-million-dollar fire that destroyed mills in Manville, K. L Civil defense and Red Cross 5 units were called to the huge state alarm fire. New York Dockmen Accept Offer to Air Grievances New York-4U.R) New York longshoremen voted today to end a seven-day dock tieup which has spread to other East and Gulf coast ports. Some 5600 of the port's 30, 000 dockers approved with a shout their leaders' recommen dation that they accept the of fer of a New Jersey legislator to provide an airing of their griev ances against the New York New Jersey Waterfront commis sion. "Try to get back to work this afternoon," International Longshoremen's association President William V. Bradley told the cheering men. "If you cannot, return tomorrow morn ing. Jump at Proposal ILA leaders had been rebuffed by the governor of both affected stated, by federal authorities, : congressmen and a New York legislative committee in their attempts to by pass the commis sion, set up two years ago to police a dock cleanup.- . The ILA jumped last night at the proposal of New Jersey State Sen. James F. Murray Jr. that he set up a "Citizens' Fact Finding committee" to hear the union's grievances against the Waterfront commission of New York harbor. Santa Barbara Fire Control Seen Near San Francisco (U.R) Hea.y rains brought relief to fire scorched Northern California to day and control was hoped by nightfall in two major fires still burmne in mother areas of the state. Firefighters reported this morning that the big brush fire in the Santa Barbara area now had been circled and that back firing on one front today should contain the blaze. Fire officials said the blaze should be control led today, barring winds. The perimeter of the big brush fire was 107 miles and the flames had resulted in estimated damage of $850,000,000. Meanwhile, the other major fire in the Sequoi National For est east of Fresno was described as being in "good shape" despite a flareup which swept flames toward the famed Boole tree, third ranked Redwood in the world. Gusty winds fanned flames up from the rocky slopes of Kings River Canyon last night but secondary fire lines halted the blaze after it spread through about 100 acres of timber. -8 . Battleship Oregon Sale ' For Scrap Purposes Salem (U.R) Rep. Walter Norblad (R-Ore.) said today the Navy plans to dispose of the battleship Oregon by. sale for scrap purposes only. Rear Adrh. A. G. Mumma said in a letter to the Oregon con gressman that before sale of the hulk, now moored at Guam, any part of historic interest would be removed for loan or gift to non-profit historical of educa tional institutions. Weather FORECAST: Partly cloudy with a few scattered showers to night and Thursday. Cooler tonight with low 40. High Thursday 70. Temp. Highest Yesterday SI Lowest this Morning SI Prec .to 10 a.m. Today SO Bedford Rain Eases To Forests; I rrigation Outlook Rain totaling between .09 and .97 of an inch fell throughout southern Oregon and northern California yesterday. It ended, at least temporarily, threats of new forest fires in Jackson county. In Siskiyou county, it increased hopes that major fires can be controlled in the near future For Jackson county, it was the first measurable rainfall in a month and a half, and the first appreciable precipitation in an even longer period. Eases Irrigation Strain It took a tremendous strain off the . county's overextended irrigation facilities. Water from Fourmile lake reservoir was be ing shut off today, and flow Budget Committee Meeting Slated The Medford citizens budget committee will hold its second regular monthly meeting at 7:30 p.m. today in the city hall. The committee formerly met only during the budget-forming per iod, but Mayor Earl Miller and the city council requested that it meet monthly as do other com mittees. Last month, the' group elect ed Granville Brittsan chairman and Mrs. Marina Gates secretary at an organizational meeting. On tonight's agenda are in structions for the committee from City Attorney Frank Far- ell, and ' discussions of the city's street and sewer programs. The group will meet the sec ond Wednesday of each month. Setting up a budget for fiscal year 1956-57 probably will start soon after Jan. 1, 1956. Fire District Ends Burning Permit Ban Central Point Yesterday's rain enabled Central Point Rural Fire Protection district - to re sume ' issuance of burning per mits, Fire Chief Richard Krupp reported. . ' " Twenty-four permits have beerf issued since yesterday's rain began.- - ' Permission of district officials is still required for all open trash and rubbish blazes, Krupp stated. Burning without a per mit is restricted to approved in cinerators. : The rain has made possible "clean up" of a number of fire hazards, according to the chief. No, trash burning had been al lowed for more than a week. Krupp checked : on four trash burning projects this morning The department received a call to a reported flu fire . on Beall lane about 6:45 p.m. yes terday but ; after considerable search in the area were' unable to find any blaze. Retail Coffee Prices Increase in Portland Portland (U.R) Retail cof fee prices took a four-cent jump in Portland today, both on na tionally advertised and house brands. . , ,, , Prevailing price in most mar kets was 93 to 95 cents for name brands, compared with a whole sale range of 90 to 93 cents. Salem iu.PJ Unless rain slows construction, the Portland Salem expressway will be op ened to two-lane traffic around Nov. 1. Stores lnJill Remain Open Threats Better from Fish lake reservoir was re duced starting yesterday so that the supplies of water may be built up. Irrigated pasture lands are now "in good shape" and the bulk of Jackson county orchards which have been irrigating late pears are now shutting off water. Rogue River Valley Irrigation district officials said this morn ing that they anticipate only moderate demand for water from here on out. Some water will be kept in the ditches to meet this demand, they said. In Jackson county forests, the rain appeared to end one of the county's worst fire seasons in years. State .forestry, depart ment officials this morning re ported "quite a bit" of rain fell on the Sykes creek and Timber mountain areas, where the coun ty's two largest fires are being mopped up. Both mop-up operations were cooled . down," and the forest patrol expects no" more problems on the two jobs. The rain meant that mop-up costs will be low ered, they said. Lookouts Brought Down Some state forestry depart ment lookouts were being brought down today for their first rest in weeks. They will be sent out again if conditions warrant such a move. , Rogue River National forest officials also reported rain throughout their areas, and add ed that "the situation is vastly improved." No lightning was re ported during the rain storrr. At Yreka, Harry Crebbin, spokesman for Klamath Nation al forest, said the storm was "Something we've been getting down on our prayer bones for." The heaviest rainfall in Sis kiyou county was on the west side of Klamath National forest, away from most of the fires. However, all fires received some rain, and none of the blazes has grown -appreciably in size. 7 It appeared that fighters, would be able to'contain all fires not prev iously, brought under control. But, Crebbin warned that al though the situation now seems well under control, fires could start moving again if a dry period follows the "surface wet ting." - The forecast today from the Medford weather bureau was for scattered showers. - Stassen to Report On Disarmament Talk Denver (U.R) The summer White House announced today that Harold E. ' Stassen, presidential- assistant for disarma ment, 'will give President Eisen hower a personal repdrt here Friday on the developments at the U.N. disarmament confer ence in New York. ' Stassen, the deputy U.S. dele gate to the U.N. parley, has been keeping Mr. Eisenhower in formed . regularly on develop ments. - ' The announcement said Stas sen's trip is not due to any par ticular development at the talks. Meantime, it was announced that the President will leave Monday morning for several days of fishing at the Fraser, Colo., ranch of Aksel Nielsen, Denver banker who was his host for a five-day stay when the Presi dent first began his Colorado visit last month. .The summer White House also announced that the President will . play host to 14 golf and business friends at a stag week end here. MEDF0R1 United Press Full Leased Wire 50th Year 22 Pages Hurricane Hilda Drives Thousands From Cuban Towns Force Could Still Threaten Mainland Miami U.R) Hurricane Hilda slammed across the eastern tip of Cuba today with damaging winds and flooding rains that drove thousands, of lowlanders from populous river towns. Winds howled through deep valleys . at 70 miles per hour upon exposed points of the rug ged country bringing torrential rains that almost at once sent rivers gushing over their banks. A report said waves swept over the 1,7000-toh steamer Sa t'urno of Italian registry in near by Caribbean waters. Vesstls Seen in Storm Navy hurricane hunters who flew into the storm Tuesday re ported sighting two vessels in the storm, one a 200-f ooter ap parently grounded in surf at the eastern tip of Cuba. -. . The hurricane knocked out outside communication with the U.S. Naval base at Guantanamo, and hit the seaport towns of Santiago de Cuba and Baracoa. Weathermen said the course would carry the tornado into the Gulf of Guacanayobo on the southern coast of Cuba during the morning. Central Cuban areas were alerted for gales and high tides. Hilda quickly lost much of its awesome force of 90 miles per hour when it slammed upon Cuba's high ridges but the gorges funneled runoff rainwa ter into ominous downriver floodtides. Weather forecasters said the hurricane faced a 100 -mile gauntlet of mountainous country on its present course but still could regain" enough strength on reaching open sea to threaten the U.S. mainland. - Forecaster Paul Moore of the Miami Weather bureau said no likely guess about Hilda's course or future size and ferocity could be made until this after noon. "It seems to be going along .without, too much deviation, which indicates there is a chance it will survive," Moore said "We can't say what will happen when the storm gets over the water again." , . . .. ; REA Said Thwarting Cheap Power Source , San Francisco flJ.R) A rep resentative of the Harney Elec tric Cooperative, Burns, Ore., to day charged that the Rural Elec trification Association was "thwarting the development" of a low-cost power source and said the Bonneville 'Power Adminis tration was "closing the door to possible development" of a fu ture direct public power service. Robert Welty, consulting en gineer of the Harney coopera tive, told a House Operations Subcommittee on Public Works and Resurces that "the morale of the people who have attempted organization of an area-wide self service power distribution unit cannot forever withstand the buffeting it is receiving from indifference or opposition by the government agencies established to assist in such activities, and from the divertive effort of out side groups interested only in control and restricted develop ment." Agreement for BP A-Aluminum Plant Line Draws Praise From Both Political Camps Washington U.R) Praise came from both sides of the poli tical fence today for an agree ment between the Bonneville Power Administration and the Harvey Machine Company, Tor rance, Calif., which cleared tne way for power line construction to the company's proposed alu minum plant at The Dalles, Ore. McKay 'Extremely Pleased' Interior Secretary Douglas McKay, who announced the power line agreement, said he was "extremely pleased that this agreement has been reached." Hei said "I have con sistently supported the comple tion of arrangements to make possible construction of this aluminum plant, which has been v.-, JsWTribune MEDFORD, OREGON, WEDNESDAY, SEPTEMBER 14, 1955 omTD?eftuiri)g EcailiroGidl Urged Transportation Committee Votes Probe of Plans Group Recommends Three 'Alternatives Salem (U.R) A move to bring a competing railroad into Oregon to compete with South ern Pacific was urged on Gov. Paul - L. Patterson here yester day by his emergency transport ation committee. " ' By a vote of 8 to 4, the com mittee agreed to recommend an investigation of plans to force Southern Pacific to transport northern line cars over its tracks to allow the northern lines to operate trains over SP tracks, or to bring in a new, competing line. Enjoys Monopoly Southern Pacific enjoys a mo nopoly, in Oregon points south of Eugene. Clifford W. Fergu son, state supervisor of rail trans portation, said an investigation showed that shippers in that area were discriminated against in obtaining cars while points serv ed by two lines had less difficul ty getting service. J. .W. Corbett, San Francisco, vice president of SP, denied Fer guson's charges, claiming that the line gave service preference to the monopoly areas. Stan Sherwood, Coquille, Ore., chairman of the governor's com mittee, said Oregon's, shortage of . boxcars was as - high as 30 per . cent of demand compared with only three per cent in the rest of the nation. The .figures were questioned by Corbett. UMC 'Kick-Off Dinner Sept. 19 A dinner meeting to "kick-off! the 1955 United Medford Cru sade campaign is scheduled for Monday, Sept. 19, at the Med ford YMCA social hall. Sponsors for the dinner have not yet been announced. AH arrangements for the spon sorship of . UMC report lunch eons have been completed, ac cording , to Boyd Budge, assist ant campaign chairman. The schedule for report lunch eons sponsors includes Sept. 26, Rotary club;" Oct. 3, Crater Lions club; Oct. 10,' Medford Lions club, and Oct 17, Kiwanis club. On the latter three dates, ser vice for the luncheons will be provided by the clubs' auxiliar ies. ., The final report meeting, scheduled for Oct. 24, will be sponsored by the Elks lodge, and will be held at the ; Elks building. All other report lunch eons will be at the YMCA social halt .- ; Season's First Snow Falls on Mt. Hood Timberlin Lodge, Ore. (U.R) First snow of tha sea son, a two-inch fall, was re ported on Mt. Hood last night. certified as essential to national defense." ' Sen. Wayne Morse (D-Ore.), a bitter political foe of McKay, said the agreement "is good news for Oregon and for the country." Morse said if the' agreement is in line with; Har vey's original proposal to estab lish a plant at The Dalles, , "I shall do everything possible to give legislative support to get this plant into production." ; At the same time, the General Services Administration : an nounced it has signed a contract with the Harvey Machine Com pany to produce 270,000 tons of aluminum by June 30, 1963. The contract calls for production to begin as soon as The Dalles plant is in operation. :..- for Shopping Until T T - . . . for T j. ml j ,mmmm FOURTH QUIZ WINNER Mrs. Harry J. Fitzpatrick, route 1, box 364B, Medford, was the winner of the fourth daily current events quiz, being conducted by the Mail Tribune in connection with Bargain Days. She is shown above year subscription to the Mail with Mrs. Kingsley delivers 24,000 papers each month. Of the 890 families served by the Kingsleys, 564 subscribe on a yearly basis, saving the Kingsleys' 500 hours making collections. The from Alaska a year ago, and he carrier. They live in Cherry Heights with a 15-year-old husky dog. Mrs. Fitzpatrick as hobbies works quizzes are being held to call attention to the MaiLTribune s year ly subscription offer when savings of $2.50 can be made. ..... . .. ..... , . (Landis-Shangle photo) Week or 10 Days Seen For Freed Prisoners To Reach Hong Kong Hong Kong (U.R) Ameri can diplomats said today it might be another week or 10 days be fore' any of the 19 Americans listed as ready to leave Red More Rain Forecast; Power Outlook Better Portland (U.R) More rain was forecast for Oregon today, brightening the power outlook and the forest fire situation. Bonneville Power administra tion officials said that if rain should spread up the Columbia basin it might not be necessary to cut off 20 per cent of inter ruptible power to aluminum and other industries late this month. Fire danger in western Ore gon was rated low to moderate but decreasing conditions in cen tral Oregon. During the 24 hours ending this morning, Brookings on the southwest coast got 2.11 inches of rain; Portland had .59, bring ing the year's total to 15.09, com pared to the normal of 22.02 at this time. Rainfall east of the Cascades measured from ".87 at Pendleton to -.02 at Redmond. " McKay added that the plant will add 100,000,000 pounds an nually to the nation's aluminum capacity. Sen. Richard L. Neuberger (D-Ore.), said that the construc tion of a major aluminum smel ler in : Wasco ' county was "a great day for Oregon." He gave much of the credit to Sen. Carl Hayden (D-Ariz.), chairman of the Senate Appropriations Com mittee. In Public Interest - He said Hayden agreed, in dis cussions with 1 Sen. Morse and himself,' that it would be in. the public interest for the Harvey company to 'cooperate with Bonneville - in advancing its own funds for the necessary trasmission facilities." United Press Full Leased Wire Price 5c No. 149 ire go on receiving her prize, a free one- Tribune, from Joe Kingsley, who miles of extra driving and many Fitzpatricks moved to Medford works for the post office as a mail leather and collects dishes. The China reach Hong Kong. Ten of the Americans have been in prison or under house arrest. Nine others had been denied exit permits and another three can leave if they request permission, r , -. No Indication of Arrival : . American Red Cross official Richard. Tomlin and a represen tative of the British Red Cross went to the Hong Kong-Red China border today but report ed on their return that there was no indication when the Ameri cans would arrive. ; The U. S. Consulate has decid ed not to send a representative to the border until some defin ite word is received about the arrival date of the Americans. Even though there were indi cations of delay, friends and rel atives of the 10 imprisoned Am ericans made preparations to re ceive them. The wives of Lawrence R. Buols, commercial air pilot of Stockton, Calif., and Baptist missionary Levi A. Lovegren, Seattle, said they were arrang ing transportation to the United States... .. Hopes for Stopover , Mrs. Buols said she hoped to arrange a one week stopover in Honolulu. Mrs. Lovegren, whose daughter is with her, said she and her husband would sail for home by way of India and the Middle East within two weeks. W. A. Rickett, Seattle, who went to China on a Fulbright scholarship, was to be the house guest of U. a. Vice Consul Rob ert Aylward," a close friend of Rickett's in Peipipg. Murder and Suicide Seen in Portland Deaths Portland (U.R) The bodies of Amos C. and Norma Packer Corson were found in their home here today and police labeled the deaths a murder-suicide. Officers said Corson, 64, was apparently despondent over the failing health of his 53-year-old wife and shot her before putting a bullet into his own head. A suicide note was found. 9 o'clock Bulganin Promises To Start Action Before Day's End No Secret Agreements, Adenauer Declares Bonn, Germany (U.R) Chan cellor Konrad Adenauer re turned from Moscow today with a Soviet promise to start action on the release of German war prisoners before the end of the day. The Soviet assurances on the release of prisoners were given at the end of five days of talks Washington aj.R) The Stat Department hailed Jay the new agreement between Russia and West Germany as a major diplomatic victory for the West. In a long formal statement the department said the agree ment, negotiated in Moscow -this week by West German Chancellor Konrad Adenauer and Soviet leaders, marks "the abandonment by the Soviet -Union of its bankrupt German . policy." in Moscow in exchange for West German argreement to establish diplomatic relations with Rus sia. Chancellor Looks Tired The 79-year-old Chancellor looked tired as he arrived after -his fateful conference in the So viet capital with Premier Niko lai Bulganin and other Kremlin leaders. He is scheduled to report to , the Cabinet tomorrow and is ex pected to hold a news confer ence Friday. He will report later to the Bonn Parliament some time after it reconvenes Sept. 22. Adenauer, speaking at a press conference shortly before he de parted by plane to the West German capital of Bonn, stated: "I am authorized by Marshall Bulganin to declare that before our delegation arrives back m Bonn action to release the pri oners will begin." Historic Agreement Signed - Adenauer had signed an his- toric agreement with Bulganin a few hours before to establish full diplomatic relations between -the two nations. The agreement on diplomatic relations .was written into two formal letters and a commun ique. Russia s promise to free , war prisoners took the form of . an "assurance" from Bulganin. . Adenauer reassured his West- - era Allies that "we have been faithful to alliances with our Western friends." He empha sized there bad been no secret , agreements. J , "We have not been asked to " abandon our Western Allies or give up membership in NATO . and , WEU (Western European Union). Nothing has been. changed and nothing, has been: asked from us in this respect, he said. Says Reunification Unbindarad Adenauer said his negotiat ions with the Russians had not hindered but had helped the cause of reunification of Ger many. He said this was the re sponsibility of the four powers which conquered. Germany the United States, Britain, France and Russia. Adenauer said the Soviets naa agreed with the West Germans that the question of German re unification was a subject for the big powers. This also was a change in the Soviet position. During the conference the Rus sians insisted that the East and West Germans must get togeth er and work on reunification of the divided country. The chancellor's announce ment on prisoners was sure vto come as a shock to the East Ger man Communists who have been loudly proclaiming for weeks- that the prisoner problem could only be settled with their coop eration. ""c O .on AMERICAN LEAGUE Detroit : 4 3 1 New York 6 10 2 Garver, Aber (2) Birrer (8) and House, Wilson (3); Larsen and Berra. Kansas City Boston Ditmar and lock. Susce (7) and White. (First game) Chicago . 2 8 0 Baltimore . 8 14 . 1 . Donovan, ' Martin (7), Con suegra (7), Papai (8) and Lol lar; Wilson and Triandos. 7 11 0 3 8 0 Astroth; De- Tonight o i 1 I If O - ! ; i j t -.1
