terieaws .Held
Berlin (U.P.) German politi
cal prisoners freed today by the
Soviets said they had met six
Americans in Communist slave
labor camps in the Arctic.
Five of the Americans were
listed by name. The sixth was
not identified, but the returnees
aid he was 23 years old, short
and slender, and was seen at the
Soviet transit camp at Potma,
near Moscow. -
The five named were listed as
George Green, Los Angeles;
Vladimi Goltwruski, San Fran
cisco; Pvt. Sydney Sparks, Ten
nille, Ga., who fled to East Ber
lin from Cn Army stockade in
West Berlin in '1951; find Jack
Gorolski and Bud Goldsman
hometowns unreported.
Sparks, reported held in the
lave labor camp at Potma, a
French Assembly
Turns Attention
To Algerian Job
., Paris U.R) The National As
sembly turned today to Premier
Edgar Faure's handling of the
touchy Algerian problem the
second front of a legislative bat
tle to topple him and his North
African policy.
The assembly gave him a re
prieve , this week end when it
voted approval of his handling
of Morocco. But it was clearly
understood in the parliamentary
corridors that, if he failed to
complete his : reforms there in
the next three days he was fin
ished.
The issues in Morocco and Al
geria are much the same the
Arab natives' demand for inde
pendence. Morocco is a colony
with the status of a protector
ate. - Algeria, legally, is a part
of metropolitan France but the
cries for independence are just
as loud there.
raced With Two Plans
, Faure was faced today whether
to press forward with his plan
-for complete' integration of Al
geria inp France or to back up-
and consider some other form
such as a federal association, or
a dominion status that would
leave Algerians free to work out
their own internal affairs.
The assembly takes'uplormal
debate of Algeria this afternoon
in the first of six sessions that
will end Thursday night.
Deputies already were lining
up party motions on Algeria and
speakers included Communist
Party Secretary Jacques Duclos
and Socialist Edouard Depreux.
ThrM-Man Council
The key .to Faure's success in
Morocco still appeared to be for
mation of a three-man regency
Copco Contract
Discussed at KF
e
Klamath Falls (U.R) A decis
ion as to whether objections to
a proposed contract between
California Oregon Power com
pany and the Bureau of Recla
mation will be dropped will be
mad. at meetings here tomorrow
and Thursday, Nelson Reed,
chairman of the Oregon Klamath
River Commission, said today.
' The Oregon and California
commissions will meet here both
. days. Also on the agenda are
thealgae study of upper Klam
atlrlake and the Klamath inter
state compact, revised last month
, , at Sacramento.
In a letter from John Boyle,
.' - vice-president and general man-
ij ager of Copco at Medford, the
power company offered to agree
that no Klamath river water
would be used by Copco when
needed or required for domestic,
municipal or irrigation purposes
in the upper Klamath basin, pro
vided objections to the contract
were withdrawn.
Sen. Vayne Morse
Arrives in Medford
Sen. Wayne Morse (D-Ore.) ar
rived in Medford yesterday to
begin a week-long series of pub
lic appearances and talks in
southern Oregon.
He was the speaker this noon
at the Medford Rotary club
luncheon, and yesterday noon
lunched with local Democratic
leaders, later visiting the new
E. H. Hedrick Junior High
school.
, Other appearances early in the
week will be in Josephine, Coos,
Curry and Douglas counties, but
he will return here ? nday for
a non-partisan talk before the
Medford chapter of the United
Nations association, and on
Saturday he will address a Demo
cratic dinner meeting after an
afternoon meeting with soil con
servationists of the area.
Salem (U.R) Gov. Paul Pat
terson bagged his buck, a four
point, on . week-end hunting
trip in the Ochoco forest.
camp from which prisoners are
usually taken before their re
lease, escaped from the Berlin
guard house Dec. 4, 1951, while
awaiting trial on charges he at
tacked and robbed, a German
taxi driver.
Since then the Army has ac
cused him of being absent with
out leave and breaking arrest.
The East German Communists
reported on Dec. 28, 1951, that
Sparks had asked for political
asylum in East Germany.
A prisoner who talked with
Sparks said the Georgia ssldier
had received a 25-year sentence
on espionage charges. Now, he
said, Sparks told him: "I want
to return to the United States,
no matter what punishment I
get."
The German Red Cross said
council to replace Sultan Sidi
Mohammed ben Moulay Arafa
The council would include a rep
resentative of the nationalists
who seek Moroccan independ
ence.
The fighting in Morocco con
tinued, and more French troops
poured into the protectorate to
fight the "Little Riff war" on
the Spanish Moroccan border.
In France itself, a French gen
eral and two colonels were sus
pended as result of Friday's mu
tiny of 600 reservists on their
way to North Africa. The mutiny
precipitated violent riots. The
two officers were ousted on the
grounds that they were partly
to blame for the mutiny because
they failed to explain to the re
servists the urgency behind their
call-up. .
Pyfhians Elect New
Officers as State
Conclave Hears End
Harry M. Wood. Cosmopolitan
Lodge No. 1, Portland, was to
be installed ' this afternoon" ""as
grand chancellor of the Kniehts
of Pythias Grand Lodge of Ore
gon.
Wood was elected yesterday
to succeed J. Paul Mvers. . St.
Helens, , who was named a trus
tee.
The conclave, the lodge's 71st
annual state meetine. oDened
Sunday and is to conclude today.
More than 100 delegates are at
tending. .
Other officers chosen yester
day were Earl F. Ward, Eugene,
grand vice-chancellor; G. H.
Welch, Grants Pass,, grand pre
late: Walter G. Gleeson. Baker.
grand secretary; Jack R. Demp-
sey,. Cosmopolitan Lodge, Port
land, grand treasurer; LeRoy
Cline, Medford, grand master at
arms; Clarence P. Roberts, Cor
vallis, grand inner guard; Al
Holton, Ivanhoe Lodge No. 1,
Portland, and Robert A.' Ben
nett, Calantha Lodge No. 21,
Portland, representatives to the
supreme lodge.
Gleeson and Dempsey were re
elected. During business sessions yes
terday, Central Lodge, Salem,
was announced as winner of the
visitation contest for the year,
having made a total of 26 visits
to other lodges. Avon Lodge,
Portland, and Talisman, Med
ford, tied for second.
Annual Banquet
More than 225 Knights and
Pythian Sisters attended thhe an
nual banquet at the Ashland
Elks lodge last night, at which
Harry Bryant, Medford, was
master of ceremonies. Retiring
Grand Chancellor Myers made
introductions for the Knights
and Grand. Chief Willie Zacker
for the sisterhood.' Entertain
ment consisting of local talent
groups was provided.
Today's business sessions dealt
largely with inter-lodge affairs,
and was to culminate with in
stallation of officers at 4 p.m.,
followed by final adjournment.
Matthews Sentencing
Scheduled for Friday
Sentencing of Ralph Bernard
Matthews, Evergreen Bus lines,
on a charge of hiring an unlic
ensed chauffeur, has been set
for 10 a.m. Friday, Oct. 14.
Matthews was charged with
hiring Elbert Ray Young, 512
Pennsylvania ave., driver of a
bus involved in a Camp White
accident Sept. 15 in which one
person was killed and 16 in
jured. Matthews' attorney moved
twice to dismiss during the
trial Sept 29, once at the con
clusion of the State's case and
again at the conclusion of the
trial. Both motions were revers
ed by District Judge Pro Tern,
George W. Rohde.
in
Soviet
the latest transport of prisoners
totalled 527 persons, including
110 women and 11 children. Of
these, 58 women, five children
and 132 men were repatriated
to West Germany, the remainder
to East Germany.
Most of the women were Red
Cross workers, nurses or attach
ed to women army auxiliaries.
But a few, like Sonya Pristolik,
Medfok
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Soviet Overtures
To Arab States
Major Offensive
Against West Seen
London (U.R) Western diplo
mats warned today that Soviet
overtures to the Arab states
marked the start of a major dip
lomatic offensive against the
West just two weeks before start
of the Big Four, foreign minis
ters conference in Geneva.
At the same time, Soviet prop
aganda organs were spreading
the theme that the Geneva "acid
test" conferences may be a fail
ure and that only the West
would be to blame. The official
Communist party organ Pravda
accused the United States of try
ing to "bury the spirit of Gen
eva." The Kremlin diplomatic offensive-was
tied to a 'sweeping
offer of economic and technical
aid to the Arab nations, a de
termined bid to gain a foothold
in the strategic area from which
it has so far been excluded.
Agents Also Promised
The offer of economic and
technical aid carried with it the
promise to send in agents to see
that the aid was carried out
actual arms to Egypt and other
properly., It followed offers of
Arab states and sharp Moscow
rejection of Anglo-American pro
tests against beginning an arms
race in the troubled area.
American and Soviet diplo
mats were giving the closest
study to the economic and tech
nical aid offer, made by Soviet
Ambassador Daniel Solod in
Cairo. They said a first appraisal
showed it was a calculated So
viet step toward penetration of
the Middle East.
The latest development coin
cided with reports of a Syrian-
Lebanese joint defense plan for
an all-Arab pact. This could pro
vide for an Arab military force
armed from Communist sources.
Specter of Rival Alliance
Poised opposite this was the
specter of a rival alliance of
Arab nations within the four
power defense pact linking Tur
key, Iraq anJ Pakistan with
Britain. Iran may also be added
shortly as a fifth member.
A defense pact between Tur
key and Iraq has accused strong
Egyptian opposition and has
threatened to split the Arab
world because of continued re
sentment from Egypt, Saudi
Arabia and Syria the targets
of the new. Soviet offer.
The West was believed con
sidering possible counter-moves,
but thus far there have been no
concrete steps. Western policy
was laid down as determination
to avert a Middle East arms race.
But, with Russian insistence on
arming Egypt, a solution appear
ed remote.
Israel has warned that it will
not sit by and watch the Arab
nations arm.
Weather
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occasional light rain tonight
and Wednesday. Low tonight
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Highest yesterday 56
Lowest this morning 34
Prec.
To 4 JO a.m. today 1 02
Government Delays Settlement
Payment on.Dixon-Yates Contract
Washington (U.R) The gov
ernment will delay paying set
tlement costs on. the cancelled
Dixon-Yates power contract until
it decides whether the contract
was legally valid.
unairman J-ewis l. Strauss. of
the Atomic Energy Commission
said Monday "there may be. a
question" as to the contract's va
lidity stemming from the "con
flict of interests" issue raised by
a Senate investigating commit
tee. He said the government is
studying the matter.
His disclosure was contained
in a letter to Chairman Clinton
P. Anderson (D-NJM.) of the
Joint Congressional Atomic En-
Labor
were arrested in East Germany
years after the war ended, on
espionage charges.
The women were dressed in
rags and tatters but had made
a pathetic effort to improve their
appearances with lipstick and
cosmetics sent them in gift pack
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Investigators Call
Interior Officials;
On Power Policies
Witnesses Scheduled
By House Committee
Washington- U.R) House in
vestigators called Interior de
partment officials today for
what is expected to be a rough
and tumble hearing on the ad
ministration's power policies.' .
Assistant Interior Secretary
Fred G. Aandahl, Bonneville
Power Administrator ,s William
A. Pearl, Southeastern Power
Administrator Charles W. Lea-
vy, Southwestern Power Admin
istrator Douglas G. Wright and
H. T. Nelson, reclamation bureau
regional director for Idaho were
scheduled as witnesses.
Chairman Earl Chudoff (D.-
Pa.) has charged that the admin
istration," in the sale of federal
'poweris favoring -private utili
ties at the expense of coopera
tives, municipalities and other
customers which by law are
supposed to have preference.
The Democratic controlled
subcommittee, in hearings across
the country, has been gathering
ammunition 'for attacking the
administration on its power poli
cies in the coming election year.
Department' officials were
called today to answer com
plaints from cooperatives and
other preference customers who
told the subcommittee of their
troubles at hearings in Spring
field, Mo., Atlanta, , Denver,
Idaho Falls, Ida., and San Fran
cisco. t
"The poor people i are being
deprived of electric t power by
the shenanigans of 'the Eisen
hower administration" Chudoff
said at a San Francisco hearing.
Rep.v Clare E. Hoffman (R.
Mich.) countered with the
charge that Chudoff "has been
giving us this left-wing propa
ganda all across the country.":
Chudoff and Hoffman clashed
bitterly at the cross-country
hearings.
Murder Victim May
Be Oregon Woman
Riverside, Calif. -4U.R) Sher
iff's officers said today they were
investigating the possibility that
a woman found murdered near
here Sept. 18 might be a missing
Oregon woman. '
Officers said they received in
forma'tion from Portland and
Milwaukie, Ore., police that a
Mrs. Cecil Mae Gormely, also
known as Mrs. Henry J. Seymour
and Mrs. Cecil Mae Alford, had
been missing from her home , in
Eugene since Sept. 3.
Officers here said relatives of
the woman apparently believed
dentures of the unidentified vic
tim ' resemble those of Mrs.
Gormely. '
ergy' Committee.
. The "conflict of interest" is
sue concerned the role played
by New York investment banker
Adolphe H. Wenzell in the con
tract negotiations. The Senate
committee. had charged Wenzell
acted as both consultant to the
government and as an executive
of the firm which handled the
Dixon-Yates financing arrange
ments. , Strauss said the AEC has been
talking with Dixon-Yates, offic
ials about terminating the con
tract. Experts have estimated that
the money the AEC would have
to pay to. Dixon-Yates as cancel
Samps,
and spoke only that language.
The children were returned to
their mothers when the women
were firmed. ' - '
The Berlin prisoners said
George Green's father was Leon
Green of Los Angeles. They said
Green told them ' he went to
Moscow in 1948 as a newspaper
man accompanied by his sister.
Green said 'both brother and
DAY, . OCTOBER 11; 1955
dilles Minimis m
. - - '
ADOPTING A WHOLE family of Korean otr
phans eight of them Oregon farmer Harry .
S. Holt of Cresswell, make a "dry run" of
departure at Seoul airport.-Miss. Katherine
UMC Drive Reaches
39 Per Cent Mark;
$42,387 Collected
The United Medford Crusade
fund drive hit 39 per "cent of its
$109,000 goal at Monday's report
luncheon. The total so far is $42,
387, or 513,943 more than last
week.
The weekly total is $2,500
more than at the same time last
year, volunteer Crusade workers
were told. -
The Lion Hearted division of
the drive, with Elliott Becken as
chairman, was the body at the
luncheon, with 73 per cent'of its
goal achieved. The Valiant di
vision, with Ray Johnson as
chairman, was low with 25 per
cent.
Lions Sponsor Luncheon
The luncheon, at the Medford
YMCA, was sponsored by the
Medford Lions club, and served
by Lady Lions with Mrs. Alan
Jewett as chairman.
Cliff Hanson, Boy Scout exec
utive, provided the stunt of the
day by passing out balloons for
those attending to blow up. The
first one to break a balloon, and
thus qualify as the one with the
most hot air, was Lou Cranston,
newspaper publicity chairman.
Others who found slips with
"UMC" written on them inside
the balloons also received cigars.
: Next week's luncheon wil
mark the half-way point in the
month-long drive, and Drive
Chairman M. M. Huggins is hop
ing for a 55 per cent report. -
U.S. Said Still Ahead
In Air-Atomic Power
New York (U.R) Gen. Na
than F. Twining- said today the
United States is "still ahead" of
Russia in the kind of long range
air-atomic power which the So
viets respect: . -1
lation damages would run into
the millions of dollars.-,
- The contract provided that
Dixon-Yates, . a private utility
group, build a steam generating
plant at West Memphis, Ark.,
which would feed power into the
Tennessee Valley Authority sys
tem to replace power furnished
by TVA to AEC installations.
President Eisenhower ordered
the contract cancelled last July
after the city of Memphis, Tenn
decided to build a municipal
power plant to meet the area's
needs. The contract provided
that Dixon-Yates receive settle
ment payments if the contract
were. cancelled. -. . . . . . .
Kelisas
sister were arrested in 1948 and
sentenced to 25 years imprison
ment for espionage, the prisoners
reported.
The Germans said the sister
had been released and they did
not know her whereabouts. They
reported Green at pit No. 8 at
Vorkuta, the Soviet slave labor
complex in Siberia.
The Germans said Green told
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"'The weather bureau forecast further slight rises in the lower
Willamette river but the Sanliam river at Jefferson was back be
low flood stage today. . ' 1
The Santiam went over a foot above the 13-foot flood level
yesterday,' flooding some low-lying pasture land, but had dropped
to 11.3 feet today. . . -
-'. : : -Warnings of another ' intense
Tree Tax Hearings
To End Saturday
Hearings on the taxable valu
ation of orchard trees in Jack
son county probably will be com
pleted by late Saturday, it was
reported today. The hearings are
being conducted in three shifts,
and one night session may be
held this week.
. In Salem, State Tax Commis
sioner Sam Stewart said the
commission will start consider
ing transcripts of the hearings
as soon - as ' possible, and hopes
to start making decisions on in
dividual cases early next week.
Tax commission hearing offic
ers are conducting the sessions
in the place of the county board
of equalization which was super
seded by the commission -when
it found revaluations had been
made without opportunity for
hearings on the part of orchard
ists. Some 225 complaints are be
ing heard. ' '
The commission s order this
spring, which neid tnat orcnara
trees, never before taxed in' Jack
son county, should be placed on
the tax roll, resulted in a series
of actions which concluded in
the present - hearings.
The tax commission has" indi
cated it hopes to have the -situa
tion cleared up in time to get
the orchard ' trees' on the
rolls before bills are sent
ta
out
November.
Salem Deer Hunters .
Reported Missing
Salem-i-(U.R)--Two Salem deer
hunters were reported missing
today west of Falls City Ore.,
and bloodhounds joined the
search for them.
The missing men were identi
fied as Bill Zunck and Fred"Gap
hardt, who went hunting yester
day and failed to return to their
car at nightfall. ' - - i
Silver Lake, Ore. (U.R) Sen.
Wayne Morse (D-Ore.) will speak
here Oct. 28 at an observance
marking completion of electric
power lines into north Lake
county from the Midstate Elec
tric Cooperative of La Pine.
them the Soviets refused to rec;
cgnize his American citizenship
and ruled he was stateless. '
Sparks has been reported in
Soviet hands by other prisoners
returning from Russia in the
past. The Army announced in
Berlin this year that Sparks es
caped from the Berlin guard
house Dec. 4, 1951, while await
ing trial on charges he attacked
and robbed a German taxi
driver.
The East German Communist
press reported on Dec. 28, 1951,
that Sparks had asked for po
litical asylum in East Germany.
The Germans said Sparks told
them the ' Soviets held him at
Bautzen in the East zone until
1952 and that he secretly return
ed to West Berlin then for a two
week visit with his girl friend.
Cowan, a purse, will help tend the kids on
the way home.. Typhoon Nora has delayed
their actual departure. - -' ' '
. (International Soundphoto)
storm came from forecasters and
storm warnings were flying off
the coast for southerly winds up
to 50 miles an hour tonight.
Mountain areas above 4000 feet
probably will get 'snow.
Portland had rain all day yes
terday and a heavy hailstorm,
accompanied by thunder and
lightning, yesterday afternoon.
Eastern Oregon got freezing
temperatures early today with
the mercury dropping to 22 de
grees at Burns, 26 at Baker and
Klamath Falls and 27 at Lake
view. '
The . five-day outlook called
for recurring rain throughout
the Northwest. '
Ellsworth Slates
Visit to County
Congressman Harris Ellsworth
(R-Ore.) will be in Jackson and
Josephine - counties Oct. 24
through 29, he announced this
week. No definite plans for
speaking engagements have been
set up, Ellsworth said. - ' -
The congressman's visit to the
two - southern Oregon counties
will be part of a trip through
the seven counties which make
up his-district. ' The trip is not
in the nature of a speaking tour,
he declared. ' ' - . . -
While in Jackson county, Ells
worth plans' to inspect govern
ment projects and contact local
offices of government agencies.
The congressman and Mrs. Ells
worth plan to leave for Wash
ington, D.C., early in December.
Two Inches of Snow '
Falls at Crater Lake
Two inches of new show fell
at Crater Lake National park in
the 24-hour period ended at 8
ajn. today. Rangers said . low
temperature at the park early
.today was 26 degrees and High
way 62 through the park was
icy and motorists were caution
ed to drive with care. .
Portland (U.R) Restrictions
on use of Salk polio vaccine
have been eased in Oregon to
permit inoculation of children
up to the age of 15 and expect
ant mothers, the State Board of
Health said. v. .- .
Say
oneirs
He returned to Bautzen, he said,
and the Soviets sentenced him
to IS year-for espionage and
shipped him to the slave labor
camffc""-". ' v
The prisoners had few details
of Groloski except that he is an
American in Pit No. 40 at Vor
kuta. They said he told them he
was born in Russia but left with
his father who lives in San Fran
cisco and is a colonel in the
U.S. Army.
They said Goldsman told them
he was an American with ' an
American mother and Estonian
father. They said Goldsman told
them he had been arrested in
Estonia in 1946 when he "drop
ped in by parachute." The re
turnees could not explain the
statement.
25-Minute Meeting
Drafts Letter on
Disarmament Plan
Doctors Approve
Extended Visit
Denver (U.R) President
Eisenhower in the longest busr
iness session since he suffered
a heart attack today collaborat
ed with Secretary of State John
Foster Dulles in drafting an in
terim reply to the disarmament
proposals of Soviet Prime Min
ister Nikolai Bulgamn.
The letter, drafted in a 25-
minute conference in Mr. Eis
enhower's hospital suite, will be
sent to Bulganin tomorrow or
Thursday and released for pub-,
lication once the American gov
ernment knows the Soviet lead
er has received it. . :
' Dulles originally was sched
uled to spend only 15. minutes
with the .-Pre4denttbut..wite..the
approval of the doctors, he i
mained in Mr. Eisenhower's
room for 25 minutes. After the
meeting, doctors checked the
President's pulse and blood pres
sure and found that the extend
ed conference had produced no
change in Mr: Eisenhower's con
dition. .
Discuss Eight Subjects ,
Dulles, who is returning to
Washington by air this after
noon, took up ah eight-point ag
enda with the chief executive.
Because of the security nature
of some of the points, the entire
agenda was not released. But
Dulles said the topics he cover
ed with the President included
the reply to Bulganin, prepara
tions for the Oct. 27 meeting of
the Big Four foreign ministers
in Geneva, and recent Russian
activities in the Middle East, in
volving Czechoslovakian supply
of arms to Egypt. .
According to Dulles, this was
the first time since his illness
that Mr. Eisenhower has dealt
with substantive matters, al
though he has handled a light
volume of routine work.
Lauds Miami Speech - ,
Dulles reported the President
in tneir bedside conference ex
pressed satisfaction and approv
al of the secretary's speech to ,
the American Legion in Miami
yesterday in- which Dulles said
the United States would not re
duce its armed forces until it
could be sure that other nations
were doing the same. '-. '
The mid-day bulletin on the
President's condition continued
to be optimistic. )
Mr. Eisenhower awoke after
eight hours 6f sleep "refreshed
and in a cheerful mood" and he
told his doctors he was looking
forward to his- meeting with
Dulles. ' ' 'f
City Planners Study ; ;
Proposed Annexation
The Medford planning com
mission will consider annexa
tion of several hundred acres of
land southeast of Medford at a
special meeting at p p.m. today. '
City Manager Robert Duff said
five petitions requesting annex
ation of the area have been sub
mitted, and that several more
are expected to be presented at
this afternoon's meeting.
The area requesting annexa
tion includes the Rogue Valley
Memorial hospital site and an
area along Barnett rd.
An election in the area will be
held if the planning commission
and city council approve the re
quest. . J ' - V I
The land being proposed for
annexation to the city is in
cluded in an area brought up for
annexation earlier this year and
turned down by the voters at
that time. - . , i