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Off RATION PULL Tow trucks jockey gasoline tank trucks to safety as a $250,000
' fire destroys four gasoline storage tanks at the Blue Oil Co. plant in Flint, Mich. Too
3 close to the flames for drivers to enter them, trucks were towed to safety with long
lines hooked to the bumpers. Several other trucks were lost in the blaze.
Nixon, President
Confer; Ike Still
Has Long Way To Go
Denver "(UP.) Vice-President
Richard M. Nixon confer
red with President Eisenhower
late Saturday and assured the
ailing chief executive that he has
"time to make a complete recov
ery" and "does not have to rush."
' Nixon flew to Denver from
Washington and met with the
President for 15 minutes as Mr.
Eisenhower passed the critical
two-week recovery period fol
lowing his heart attack Sept. 24.
Ike Looking Well '
Nixon said afterward that "I
was sipriseffto?e'e 'Tfow'weTl 1
he looks . . . I had heard that
I would be pleasantly surprised
and I certainly was. His spirit
was tops."
However, . Nixon endorsed a
Earning earlier Saturday by the
White : House Press Secretary
James C. Hagerty that "there is
still a long way to go" m the
President's total recovery.
His remarks last night indica
ted that he agrees with doctors
that th President's recuperation
period should not be rushed.
Must Not Hush
T told him he had time to
make a complete recovery and
did not have to rush," Nixon said
in a news conference.
He held the press conference
at Lowry Air Force base,' the
temporary White Houses head
quarters. Hagerty said earlier that the
President's condition during the
first ten weeks since he was
stricken has "progressed satis
factorily without complications"
but "there is no intention of re
moving him from the hospital
for some time." ...
40 and 8 Puts Off
Secession Decision
Miami (U.R) The govern
ing board of 40 and 8, the Amer
ican Legion s Frencn-navorea
fun-loving group, branded the
J5 parent organization "dictators"
- Saturday but put off for a year
a decision on secession.
Tho 9ftn memhers of the SOV-
i - .ww w
erning board Shouted down a
quick move to secede trom me
Leeion. Thev adopted a suDsti
tute motion which postpones the
snlit for at least a year. ,
The action will beetaken be
fore the 40 and 8's full conven
tion which opens at 2 p Jn. today
one day ahead of the big Am-
' erican Legion convention.
Sports Bulletins
Milwaukee. Wis. U.R)
Rookie Quarterback George
Shaw, supported by a rookie
cast, led the Baltimore Colts
to a two-touchdown lead in
the first period Saturday night
and the Colts held on for a 24
20 victory over the Green Bay
Packers.' . '"
St Mary's high of Medford
took over lone leadership in
Jackson County B League foot
ball by trimming Talent 39 to
20 in a battle of offenses here
last night. Quarterly scores
were 0 to 0, 14 to 6 and 33 to
13. '
La Grange Eastern Ore
' gon college defeated ' South
ern Oregon 21 to 20 in a foot
ball gam placed her last
night.
Molotov Admits Bad
Blunder About Extent
Of Russian Socialism
Moscow (U.R) Foreign
Minister Vyacheslav M. Molo
tov confessed Saturday that he
had committed a "theoretically
mistaken and politically harm
ful" blunder by understating the
extent of Russia's socialistic pro
gress.
The 65-year-old foreign minis
ter, one of the last of the "Old
Bolsheviks" to survive the Stalin
era, made his confession in a let
ter published in the magazine
"Communist," which is the of
ficial theoretical organ of the
Predict Ouster
(In Washington, diplomats pre
dicted .that Molotov will bow
out soon. Some diplomatic quar
ters said Molotov's "resignation"
Carrier Saratoga
Christened in NY
New York (U.R) The World's
mightiest warship was christen
ed the U.S.S. Saratoga Satur
day.
The giant five-block-long sup
er aircraft carrier, the sixth
naval vessel to bear that illus
trious name, was hailed, as a
symbol of the power of' the
American people, splashed with
campagne, sea water and a light
rain, and saluted by ever ves
sel in the nation's biggest port.
The ship will cost about $19,
000,000. The new -60,000-ton "Sara,"
said to be 70 to 80 per cent
completed, will add something
new in the way of comfort for
the crew as well as atom-age
technical improvements and
push-button jet plane launch
ings. ,
' From garbage disposal nits in
the galley to semi-private bunks
equipped with fluorescent read
ding lights, from automatic po
tato peelers to softly decorat
ed lounges with plush overstuff
ed chairs, the ship was designed
to boost crew morale along with
battle efficiency.
: With navy officers and men
and a crowd of onlookers stand
ing at attention in the rain, Mfs.
Charles S; Thomas, wife of the
navy secretary, smashed a bottle
of champagne against the ship's
bow. -
U.S. Starts Work on New Airtight Plan
For Disarmament; Leading
' United Nations, N. Y. (U.R)
The United States Saturday
began work on.a new airtight dis
armament plan with the aid of
recalled ' American World War
II heroes and prominent indus
trialists and scientists grouped
into eight "task forces."
Competent Authorities
Presidential Aide Harold E.
Stassen described, the "task
force" leaders as the "most com
petent authorities in American
life," including such retired mili
tary leaders as Gen. James H.
Doolittle, Lt. Gen. Walter Bedell
Smith and Vice Adm. Oswald S.
Colclough.
The civilians and scientists in
cluded Benjamin Fairless of the
United States Steel Corporation;
Walter S. Cisler,' president of
the Detroit Edison Co.; Dr. Ern
may come at the Communist
party congress next February.
There was also some feeling he
will step down before then.)
In a speech last February
when George M. Malenkov was
fired as premier, . Molotov said
that "the foundation of a social
ist society has already been
built" in this Union of Soviet
Socialist Republics.
' "This mistaken formulation
leads to the incorrect conclusion
that allegedly a socialist society
has not yet been created in the
Soviet-Union," Molotov:;.: said;
"that only the foundations of
a socialist society have been
built." . "
'Built in 1932'
Actually, he said in his letter,
it had been stated in 1932 that
the foundations had been com
pleted and further successes in
building socialism have brought
the Soviet Union to a new state
of development.
-; This new state of development,
Molotov said, is that of gradual
transition to a Communist soc
iety. . ... ,
(The Communist conception is
that the Soviet Union is now a
socialist community. This first
stage is to be followed by evolu
tion into a fully communist one.)
Diplomatic circles at once re
called the rumors which swept
Europe several months ago that
Molotov might resign.
Westerberg Predicts
Milk Price Increase
Portland (U.R) Dick Wes
terberg, president of the Oregon
Milk Producers associations, said
Saturday that producer prices
for milk will go up 42 cents a
hundredweight Oct. 15 in Eu
gene and Roseburg.
He said the result would prob
ably be a one-cent, a quart hike
to the consumer.
Similar increases were on the
way for Grants Pass, Medford
and Corvallis, he said.
New prices to producers will
be $6.24 a hundredweight for 4
per cent butterf at milk. Milk
prices to consumers in Medford
and Roseburg are now 22 cents
a quart. In Eugene and Grants
Pass the price is 23 cents.
est O. Lawrence, director of the
University of California Radia
tion Laboratories; Dr. James B.
Fish, of the Bell Telephone Lab
oratories; and Dr. Harold Moul
ton of the Brookings Institute.
"Open Sky" Plan t
Stassen reiterated to the
United Nations Disarmament
Subcommittee that Washington
believes firmly President Eisen
hower's "open sky" arms in
spection plan is the best means
of insuring disarmament. .
All five nations represented
on the subcommittee issued long
statements at Friday's session,
the last until after the Big Four
foreign ministers conference in
Geneva, Switzerland, on Oct. 27.
Soviet Delegate Arkady A.
Sobolev repeated the Moscow
position on disarmament and said
French Security
Guards Fight Off
Attacks by Mob
Communists Lead
Rioting Workers
Rouen, France U.R Black-
uniformed Republican Security
Guards fought off repeated at
tacks by a howling mob of 1,500
Communist- led workers and
forced the surrender early Sat
urday of some 500 . French sol
diers who had mutinied against
service in North Africa.
Fifty members' of the tough
riot squad, formed in 1947 to
combat Communist-led demon
strations, were injured when the
rioters attacked repeatedly with
bottles, bricks and paving
stones. The police units fought
back with tear gas and clubs.
Ten rioters were reported hurt.
The trouble started late Fri
day when the young reservists,
recalled from civilian life for
rlutv in North Africa, rebelled
while they were being loaded
aboard trucks for a trip to an
airnort and a flieht to Morocco
which is aflame with native in
surrection.
Barricaded in Barracks
They yelled their defiance of
trie nrriers. finned the badees of
rank from officers and barricad
ed themselves in the grey stone
and red brick Richepanse bar
racks. The Republican Security
Guards were called up. They
surrounded the 20-foot high bar
racks wall, onlx to be met with
a shower of bricks, roof tiles and
bottles from the men who had
been assigned to the 406th anti
aircraft and artillery regiment.
Before the Security Guards
becan pouring. out '-factories
and the docks of this city where
Joan of "Arc was burned at the
stake. With many of them sing
ing the Internationale, they at
tacked the police forces.
Police Commissioner Wounded
Police said seven of their num
ber were wounded seriously, in
cluding Police Commissioner M.
Sant-Harcou.
From time to time during the
battle some of the mutineers
tried to flee over the walls only
to be captured by the police.
Then shortly before 1 a.m. police
sained the uDDer hand and sent
in an ultimatum to the rebelli
ous soldiers come out or be
dragged out.
The rebels talked it over and
surrendered. They were herded
into trucks and taken to another
barracks for possible punish
ment andJa quick flight to
the Moroccan danger zones.
The fighting appeared over but
police reinforcements rushing to
the scene were hit by a mob of
500 in the Rue Saint Julien near
the barracks. This flareup grew
in size until 1,500 workers were
involved. Again police dispersed
them.
Freight Car Shortage
Unchanged During Week
Salem (U.R) The freight car
shortage in western Oregon last
week was at the same level as
the week before, Public Utilities
Commissioner Charles H. Heltzel
said Saturday.
He said Southern Pacific was
able to supply only 59 per cent
of the cars ordered last week by
lumber shippers west of the Cas
cades. " ; '
Shippers on the Siskiyou line
between Eugene and Ashland
were able to get only 47 per
cent of the cars they ordered.
Citizens Aid
there had been some "rapproch
ment" of the positions of the
five nations since the talks began
last spring. He said the Soviets
had asked for clarification of
Mr. Eisenhower's proposal.
Both; the United States and
Russia agreed that internation
al confidence" was necessary for
any -disarmament plan.
Concealed Nuclear Weapons
Lawrence will head . the nu
clear .task force which will seek
a scientific "breakthrough" to a
means of detecting concealed nu
clear weapons.
Doolittle, who led the first
bombing raid on Tokyo and is
now vice-president and director
of Shell Oil Co., will head the
efforts to find improved methods
for aerial inspection and report
ing. .' ;'
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4se off Dmproved Outlook
a, England (U.R)
ster Anthony Eden
Saturday that Brit-a-
. its armed forces by
12 ent because of the im
proved outlook for peace. -.
Eden said 100,000 men and
women will be dropped from the
armed - services by spring of
1958. The British armed forces
now number 800,000 men and
women.
Slowdown of Draft
At the same time, the Prime
Minister announced a "slow
down" in calling up draftees.
But he said the two-year draft
Orchard Tree Tax
Hearing Scheduled
To Be Speeded Up
Starting Monday, hearings on
disputed valuations of Jackson
county . orchard trees for tax
purposes will be stepped up, it
was reported yesterday.
In addition to Donald Kvavle,
tax commission hearing officer
who has conducted hearings this
week, two other hearings offic
ers arrived here yesterday, and
three separate set of hearings
will be held during the week.
They are expected to be com
pleted by late in the week.
Two To Join
Al Thomas, an assistant attorn
ey general assigned to the tax
commission, was also here last
week to get the hearings under
way: He left yesterday for Salem
but two other attorneys, Omar
Halvorson and Leon Gabinet, are
due to assist during the early
part of the week.
The additional hearing officers
are Walt Taylor and Allan How
ells. '
The tax commission plans to
review the records of the hear
ings and to issue orders based
on them as soon as possible.
The dispute over taxation of
trees has been in progress here
since this spring, when the tax
commission ordered them placed
l the- tax rolls for the first
time. After considerable contro
versy involving orchardists, the
county board of equalization and
the tax commission, the commis
sion "stepped in" last week to
assume the hearing function? 'of
the board of equalization.
May Appeal Rulings )
Appeals to the commission's
valuation rulings may be made
to the commission later on legal
grounds, according to Tax Com
missioner Sam Stewart. He add
ed that rulings of the commis
sion can also be appealed to the
circuit court. V-
Some 225 different orchard
valuations are '.involved in the
hearings.
Search Medicine Bow
Peak For Crash Clues
Laramie, Wyo. U.R)--Govern-
ment investigators . searched the
side of Medicine Bow peak until
darkness fell last night for clues
as to why a United Air Lines
pilot was 25 miles off course
when his DC-4 crashed and
killed 66 persons. .
They hoped to find among the
twisted pieces of aluminum and
engine something that will tell
them whether the pilot was
blown off course, whether he
got off course accidentally, or
whether he was taking a short
cut when he hit the 12,005-foot
mountain Thursday.
It was the worst disaster in
U. S. civil aviation history. The
investigators gave body recov
ery workers careful instructions
yesterday about handling the
wreckage. They also indicated
that they may keep some moun
tain climbers on after the bodies
are all recovered to retrieve
pieces ' of wreckage that may
bear a clue.
Coast Guard Cutter
Slates Rescue Attempt
Yaquina Bay, (U.R) : The
Coast Guard cutter Bonhom was
on its way up the Oregon coast
from Coos Bay 'Saturday night
to the rescue of a 45-fbot tug
boat which was reported taking
water in stormy seas 35 miles
west of her today.
period would be maintained.
Eden announced the cuts in his
first speech as party leader be
fore the annual conservative con
vention here.
A defense ministry spokesman
in London said the major share
of the cuts would be borne by
the army rather than the navy
or . Royal Air Force.
Authoritative cabinet sources
said NATO had not been con
sulted in advance about the troop
reductions because they will
not affect Britain's contribution
to the Atlantic Pact forces.
He warned, however, that de
Gen. Dean,
Slated To Speak at
Brigade
Maj. Gen. William F. Dean,
one of the heroes of the Korean
war, will be among the speak
ers here Oct. 18 at ceremonies
marking activation of the 417th
; GEN. WILLIAM DEAN
To Speak in Medford
Engineer Aviation ! brigade and
Company E, 2nd Battalion, 413th
Infantry regiment, 104th Infan
try division.
Holds Congressional Medal
General Dean, now deputy
commander, Sixth army, was a
prisoner of the Communists from
Aug. 25, 1950, until Sept. 4, 1953.
He was awarded the Congression
al Medal of Honor for heroism
in the battle of Taejon, which
led to his capture.
At the time of his capture he
was commander of the U. S. 24th
division, the first American
troops committed in the Korean
fighting. After his position was
overrun he was able to avoid
capture for a month.
In 1947 and 1948, General
Dean was military governor of
the U. S. occupied area of Korea,
and also served as commander
of all U. S. ground forces in
Korea.
Among decorations which the
general has received are the Dis
tinguished Service cross, the Dis
SATURDAY
WEST
Colorado 13, Oregon 6
Washington 7. USC 0 '
Washington State 20, Cal
ifornia 20
COP 20. Idaho 0 v
Colorado A&M 14, Wyom
ing 13. ,
Air Force Academy 34, Den
ver Frosh 18 .
Denver 61, Montana 13
Lewis and Clark 47, Linfield
7 , '
- San Jose State 27, Arizona
State 20 .
SOUTHWEST
Oklahoma 20, Texas 0
West Texas 20, Arizona 20
.. Baylor "25, Arkansas 20
MIDWEST
Michigan 26, Army 2
Michigan State 38, Stan
ford 14
Wisconsin 9. Purdue 0 , '
Minnesota 18, Northwestern
7 . " ''."..''
Ohio Slate 27, Illinois 12
Iowa 20, Indiana 6
Wichita 14, Oklahoma A&M 7
Kansas 7, Iowa State 7 . .
Texas A&M 27, Nebraska 0
Kansas Slate 42. Marquette 0
spite the new "spirit of Geneva"
he did not necessarily believe
that Russia or the other great
powers have "changed their pur
poses." He said they are held in
check by the fear of nuclear de
struction, i '
In a sweeping review of. Brit
ish policy before 4,000 cheering
conservatives Eden also warned
that Britain faces "formidable"
economic problems.
j He said he will soon announce
priority, corrective measures to
pull Britain out of the near crisis'
caused by inflation and dollar
shortages.
Governor
tinguished Service medal, and
the Legion of Merit. General
Dean makes his home in Berke
ley, Calif.
Also on the program for the
activation ceremonies will be
Oregon's Governor Paul Patter
son, Col. Willard B. Carlock,
chief of the Oregon Military
district, and Mayor Earl Miller,
Colonel Carlock will , be intro
duced by Maj. Gen. Lamar Tooze,
commander of the 104th division,
The program, which will be
held in the senior high school
auditorium, will open at 8 p.m.
Music will be by the Medford
High school band.
Accepting colors for the 417th
Engineer Aviation brigade will
be Col. W. H. Prentice, Medford,
who will be commanding officer
f, the . .new. or gapijatipn.. Colors.
for Company E, a Grants Pass
unit, will be accepted by Capt,
James T. Cain, commanding of
ficer. ;
Activation' of the two units
is being made under the Army's
policy of revitalization of the
reserve program under provis
ions' of the Reserve Personnel
Act of 1955, which was signed
in August by President Eisen
hower. - Officers and men of the two
units are from Medford, Ashland,
Grants Pass, Glendale and sur
rounding areas. It is anticipated
that total strength of the units
will be more than 400 officers
and men.
HST Denies Support
Given to Stevenson
- Albany, N. Y. U.R) Former
President Harry S. Truman said
Saturday' he had not pledged his
support to Adlai E. Stevenson
and . urged New York's Gov.
Averell Harriman to be at least
a "favorite 'son" candidate for
the Democratic presidential nom
ination next year, v
; In a press conference at which
he was seated by Harriman's
side as the governor s guest, Mr.
Truman said he had no favorite
candidate at this time. He said
there were a number of promin
ent Democrats he considered had
"all the , qualifications" to be
President.
GRID SCORES
SOUTH
Maryland 28, W. Forest 7 .
Texas .Christian 21, Ala
bama 0
Tennessee 13,- -Chattanooga
0 .v."" v , ;
Georgia 28, North Carolina
1 .
: - South Carolina 19, Furman
0
Duke 47, William and Mary
7 !' - :
' Kentucky 14, Auburn 14
Penn State 28, Virgina 7
Florida 28, George Washing
ton 0 ' '
Virginia Tech 24, Florida State
20
Mississippi State 14,-Tulane 0
Georgia Tech 7, LSU 0 ;
Mississippi 13, Vanderbilt 0
EAST
Princeton 7, Pennsylvania
0
Navy 21, Pittsburg 0
Boston College 28, Villa
nova 14 V"
Cornell 20, Harvard 7
Brown 7, Dartmouth 0
Yale 46, Columbia 14
Holy Cross 15, Colgate
. West Virginia 47. VMI
Syracuse 27, Boston U. 12
14
12
Premier Forced
To Accept Motion
By Socialist Group
Risks Loss of Own
Right Wing Majority
Paris, Sunday (U.R) The Na
tional Assembly overwhelming
ly gave Premier dgar Faure.
an implied vote of confidence
on his Moroccan policies early
today.
By a vote o 477 to 140 the
Assembly approved a motion by
Taza, Morocco flj.R)
French settlers threatened to
sabotage Premier Edgar
Faure's Moroccan home rule
plan Saturday while he fought
for his political life in Paris.
The settlers demanded the Im
mediate recall of Francois de ,
Panafieu, whom Faure sent to
Morroc as a special envoy to
help settle the home rule crisis.
the opposition Socialists which
the 47-year-old Premier accept
ed as his own.
Humiliating Move
It was a humiliating action
for Faure to do this. By accept
ing the support of the 105 Social
ist deputies,' the bluk of his
official opposition, he risked the
loss of his own right wing ma
jority the next time a crucial
issue comes up.
; But the Premier was bargain
ing for enough time to carry out
the Moroccan reforms which he
had labored over so long and
hard. He also wanted to prevent
a cabinet crisis .before the big
rour - forergrrTrrtnfstetsw confer
ence in Geneva, Switzerland,
later this month.
Faure had demanded that the
Assembly take up first a gov
ernment resolution 'endorsing
his Moroccan policies. But the
chamber gave priority to the
Socialist resolution.
Withdraw Paragraph
The radical Socialist Premier
persuaded the Socialists to with
draw from their resolution the
paragraph which critized the
goverment. With that para
graph deleted, the resolution
was similar to the one proposed
by the government.
Faure then stood up in the
Assembly and declared he was
staking the life of his eight
month old goverment. on the
altered Socialist motion.
The deleted paragraph de
nounced the government's "hes
itations and weaknesses" in put
ting its Moroccan reform pro
gram into effect. . ,
Earlier in the debate, Faure
won the important support of
two former premiers, Pierre
Mendes - France and Antoine
Pinav ' ,s
Premier Makes Appeal '
. Faure climaxed a day-long
assembly session with an im
passioned appeal to the deputi
ses to stop bickering and decide
on the government.
He told the Assembly to
males up its mind to reforms
in Morocco or face further
bloodshed in .the North African
protectorate.
"Your decision must be clear
to enlighten world and domestic
opinion," Faure told the dep
uties. "A clear-cut solution is
necessary to affirm the authority
of the state." ,
He said "I want you to judge
you will decide whether you
want a throne council in Mor
occo and a representative Mor
occan government.
"You must decide whether
you want advancement over-
seas.
"You cannot run Morocco
with a government without the
Nationalists,". Faure said. "Be
ware, wljat is still possible to
day may become impossible to
morrow. "Nothing serious can be done
without the Nationalists. We
must be frank and loyal with
them and not seek to divide
them."
Faure warned the National
ists were "our partners repre
sentatives of the fledgling and
extremely powerful racial and
national aspirations." .'
New Castle, Ind. (U.R) A
decision to reopen the strike
bound Perfect Circle Corp.
foundry raised the threat of
more violence Saturday and Gov.
George Craig hurried home from
a vacation to take personal com
mand of the situation.