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r Mr I Argent la WEATHER FORECAST: Partly cloudy to night with fog patches. In creasing cloudiness Wednes day with rain by Ik&p after noon. Low toniKht 32, high Wednesday near 55. Temp. Highest Yesterday 52 Lowest this Morning 38 Prec. to 4:30 a.m. Today 09 ' ' Egypticani T enrage To' Dent Tel Aviv, Israel U.R Egyptian troops tried to attack an Israeli position under cover of t heavy artillery barrage before dawn today but were driven back, an Israeli army spokesman said. Maj. Dan Vo, the official spokesman, said the Egyptian infantry platoon charged toward an advanced Israel position on the out skirts of Kissufim from Egyptian positions bordering on the armi stice line. He reported no casualties. gr- Red Blanket Co. Manage. ir Testifies At NLRB Hearing Willard C. Maftson, Ashland, manager of the Red Blanket Lumber company of Eagle Point, was testifying before an exam iner for the National Labor Re lations board as hearings on un fair labor practices continued to day in the federal court room in the post office building. Charges of unfair labor prac tices were filed by Local Inter national Woodworkers of Am erica, CIO, against the Red Blanket Lumber company or Eagle Point and Prospect. Hear ings started here last week. The charges also were filed against the Pine Industrial Re lations committee of Klamath Falls and four Central Oregon firms. Charges Listed The charges arose out of a strike at Red Blanket during June 1954, and involve com plaints that the company refus ed to reinstate employees to their former or equivalent jobs when the strike ended in Octo ber, 1954. The complaint also charges that the employer, in refusing to give certain data concerning payrolls and produc tion to the Union, violated the National Labor Relations act. The Pine Industrial Relations committee of Klamath Falls rep resents lumber firms in labor negotiations. Martin S. Bennett, San Fran cisco, is NLRB hearing examin er. Prowler Questioned In Woodward Slaying New York (U.R) Police ar rested today a suspected prowl er who they believe may indi rectly have caused beautiiul so cialite Mrs. William Woodward Jr., to kill her millionaire hus band in a mistaken identity slaying. The suspect, Paul Wirth, 22 a homeless German refugee, was picked up outside a Huntington, Long Island, diner in possession of a stolen automobile. He aa- mitted he had broken into a number of places in the exclu sive North Shore Long Island Sarea where the Woodwards maintained a 30-acre estate, Nas sau County police said. Police were especially inter ested to learn if he was in the area at 2 a.m. Sunday when Mrs. Woodward, awakened from her sleep by what she thought was a prowler, went to her bedroom door and fired a shotgun blast that killed her 35-year-old hus band. Union County Escapee Captured; One Sought La Grande (U.R) One of two accused car thieves who sawed out of the Union county jail Sun day morning was back in cus tody today. The other escapee was still at large. Sheriff Jess Breshear said 43 year-old John Homer was ar rested at a downtown cab stand yesterday, still carrying the hacksaw blade used to cut through the bars and heavy metal screen covering the cell window. Still sought by county and state police was 39-year-old James Jennings. Inch of $now Fells On Klamath Streets Klamath Falls (U.R) There was one inch of snow on the streets in Klamath Falls this morning. The snow fall began about 7 p-m. yesterday. United Press Full Leased Wire (s50th iar 22 Pages TOO Fails Israel Gov said Egyptian Vampire jets stabbed into Israel Monday afternoon Qind that two of the jets were seen circling over Nitzana and the Patish settle ment in the demilitarized zone areas. He said four planes flew kpver the area Sunday. The spokesman said 311 Egyp tian military force penetrated Israeli territory in the Nirim sector Mond and opened ma chinegun fire on Israeli positions from an Egyptian post. He said anjlsraeli force put the Egyp tians to flight without suffering casualties. A Foreign Office spokesman said Israel had complained to the Israeli-Egyptian Mixed Armi stice Commission about the' Nirim attacks. Hearings Slated On Annexations Public hearings on annexation of faliiornia Pacific Utilities property on Groveland ave., and on two lots on Murray ave. at Columbus avc.Will be held at a meetgig ' of the Medford city council at 7:30 p.m. today. The lots on Murray ave. are owned by Benton Smith and Odell Larson. The ' hearing of California Pacific Utilities prop erty was continued from last meeting because legal papers were not complete. Also on thfi) agenda tonight are ordinances adopting plans and specifications for sewer construc tion on South Ivy st.. from Holmes ave. to Garfield st., call ing for a hearing on water main installation in the Laurelhurst addition, granting California Oregon Power company an ease ment for a power line through Roxy Ain park, and an emer gency fundgappropriation for in stallation of a traffic light at the intersection of Stewart and South Riverside aves. City Manager Robert Duff will report on Verde Hills Sanitary sewer petitions, and a request from St. Mary's school for bi cycle racks on South Ivy st. Judge Says SP Can't Be Told To Run Train Salem (U.R) Circuit Judge Val Sloper ruled yesterday that the state public utilities com missioner does r;ot have author ity to force Southern Pacific railway to resume passenger service to Ashland without first holding public hearings. Judge Sloper made a similar decision regarding Portl and Traction Company service to suburban points. This decision has been appealed to the State Supreme Court and yesterday's ruling also may be appealed. Public Utilities Commissioner Charles Heltzel had sought to force SP to continue the passen ger run to southern Oregon. Public hearings are being held on the traction company dispute and hearings are expected to be announced soon in the SP case, with part of the latter expected to be held in southern Oregon. 12 Inches of Snow Falls at Crater Lake Twelve inches of snow fell at Crater Lake National park during the 24 hours ended at 8:15 a.m. today, and snow was still falling at that time, accord ing to park headquarters in Med ford. -& There ,was a total of 18 inches of snow' on the ground at 8:15 a.m., fed the temperature was 19 degrees.. Chains or snow tread tires were advised for the south and west highways, and the road from Annie Springs to the rim was temporarily closed. East and north entrances to the park remain closed.- MEDFORD, OREGON, TIF " DEVELOPING NEW diagnostic instruments and training aids, Navy research technicians obtain first American kine scope pictures of interior of human eye. Television tech niques were used in conjunction with standard optical equip ment. Above, subject blfore TV camera; below, interior ot eye. Head of optic nerve is circular spot at upper right. Small irregular lines are pulsating blood vessels. (International) Vandalism Reports Several cases of vandalism I were reported to city police and sheriff's deputies last night and this morning. Law enforcement officers said, however, that in general, it was a quiet Halloween. "Most youngsters behaved themselves prety well," police noted. Six cases of vandalism were listed with city police. Paint Thrown About 11 a.m. yesterday, po lice received a report that red Ike Alone To Break Political Vacuum Denver (U.R) President Eisenhower's top advisers main tained the position today that al though the Chief Executive is improving daily he alone must determine when and how he breaks the political vacuum now settled over Fitzsimons Army hospital. Visitor after visitor to the President's hospital suite contin ued, at least for the public rec ord, to disclaim any suggestion that they discussed domestic pol itics with the President. They were willing to discuss other difficult problems of the presidency. Bute there was a un animous administration decision not to bring up domestic politics and 1956 until the President, himself, raises the subject. Mrs. Smith Denies Plans To Remarry McMinnville (U.R) Mrs. Marjorie Smith denied under cross-examination today that her plans to remarry her attorney husband, Kermit Smith, culmin ated in conversations with Vic tor Laurence Wolf over a game of scrabble. Mrs. Smith, accused by Wolf of helping plot the death of Smith, is on trial for her life and was on thevitness stand for the fourth straight day. Smith was slain last April when a dynamite bomb went off as he started his car at Portland country club. Prosecutor Willis West said the case may be in the hands of the jury by tomorrow night. Salem (U.R) H. E. Maxey of Springfield has been elected chairman of the State Water Re sources Board and L. C. Bin ford of Portland, vice-chairman. 'Tribune , 1955 Q paint was being thrown on a ga- rage at .1919 Westerlund dr., Medford. A report that black paint was dumped in the front seat of a car owned by George Douglas Beer, 27 Edwards St., was received about 7:30 a.m. to day. The car was parked at 327 Edwards st. Police reported they received a complaint about 7:45 p.m. yes terday that someone shot a street light out in front of 826 East Ninth st. with a BB gun. A report that someone was pulling up mail boxes on Benson st. was received about 10:15 p.m., and Patti Mae Bennett, 315 Apple st., reported about 12:41 a.m. today that the lid to a gar bage can was taken. Wilber LeRoy Stevens, 1208 Saling ave., reported that his car was damaged while it was parked on Beatty st. between 7:30 p.m. yesterday and 12:55 a.m. today. Three cases of vandalism were reported to the sheriff's office today. Smudge Pots Lighted Vernon H. Turnbough, 4226 Cedar lane, reported that prank sters had lit a large number of smudge pots. About 100 gallons of smudge oil was burned. Mrs. Keith Krambeal, 871 Cherry st., reported to the sher iff's office that several mail boxes had been knocked down on Cherry st. Pranksters wrote on the win dows and threw tomatoes at a house tiwned by William Lesley Mason, 1949 Kings hy. Two juve niles were contacted in relation to the vandalism and the mat ter was called to at attention of juvenile authorities, according to a sheriff's office report. section, Open House at Jefferson School Thursday Dedication ceremonies and open house at Jefferson elemen tary school will be held at 7:30 p.m. Thursday, Nov. 3, at the school south of Stewart ave. be tween extensions of Holly st. and Oakdale ave. Edward Branchfield, chairman of the school district's board of directors, will preside, with the Rev. William Piper, representing the Medford Ministerial associa tion, giving the invocation and benediction. Music will be furnished by the McLoughlin Junior high school band. Otto Ewaldsen, vice-chairman of the school United Press Full Leased Wire Price5c No. 190 Dale Carnegie, Teacher-Author, Dies in New York Speech Instruction Launched Career New .York (U.R) Dale Car negie, 66, teacher and author of 7 the best seller "How to Win Friends and Influence People," died today at his home here after a month's illness. A public speaking instructor, Carnegie publied his famous book in 1936 and almost immedi ately it became a best-seller. Subsequently, he established classes, in public relations in major U.S. cities, using Carnegie-trained men as instructors. CollegeGraduale The son if a farmer, Carnegie was born in 1888 in Maryville, Mo. Later the family moved to Warrensburg, Mo., where Car negie graduated from State Teachers Collegt. He begaS his career as a pub lic speaking teache? in' 1912 when he was 24, launching classes in a New York City YMCA. He charged each pupil a nominal fee but in two years the classes became so popular that Carnegie was earning $500 a week. After his book appeared his lecture tours attracted large crowds at cities throughout the naSon. Lowell Thomas' Manager In 1916, news commentator Lowell Thomas, tln an English instructor at Princeton Univer sity, conferred with Carnegie about a speech Thomas was to deliver before the Smithsonian Institution. The acquaintance ship grew and Carnegie later be came Thomas' business mana ger. When his book, "How to Win Friends and Influence People," appeared in November, 1936, it went into 17 editions within a few months and has been a con stant seller since. Carnegie was divorced frn his first wife in 1931 after 10 yeSrs of marriage. He married again Nov. 5, 1944, toIrs. Hen ry Price of Tulsa, Okla! Two Rehabilitation Job Bids Received Two bids were received b' the Bureau of Reclamation here today for rehabilitation work on Medford and Rogue River Val ley Irrigation districts. Copenhagen and company of Portland submitted a bid of $132,642.52 on earthwork, pipe lines and structures and main canal structures for the. project, located east of Medford. Lord Brothers Contractors of Portlnad submitted ifcwo bids. One was $147,231 and an alter nate bid of $147,607. The alter nate bid is' for a different type pipe. Copenhagen's bid was for the alternate type pipe. - Engineer's estimates for trie project, and the alternate plan, were $99,233 and $103,656, re spectively. The project calls for construc tion of a reinforced-concrete bench flume, construction of two concrete pipe siphons, and modification of other concrete structures. Bids will be forwarded to the Denver, Colo., office of the bu reau of reclamation. Washington '(U.R) A 20 per cent increase in the annual vol ume of timber cut from an 847, 000 acre unit of Mt. Hood Na tional Forest has been approved by the U. S. Forest Service. Salem, (U.R) Isom M. Dough ton, 76, former mayor of Salem, died Monday. board, will introduce guests. The building will be presented by Branchfield with Lois Sted man, student body president, and Kenneth Hulburt, principal of Jefferson school, accepting. Staff members will be introduced by Hulburt. The school building will be open for inspection between 8 and 8:30 p.m., and primary room visitation will be between 8:30 and 9:30 p.m. Parents of primary students will hold a so cial hour in the school cafeteria at 9 p.m., and an intermediate parents social hour will start at 9:35 pjn. New Government Challenged by Walkout Threat Peron Stripped of Military Rank, Honor Buenos Aires, Argentina U.R) Discharged Peronista labor lead ers called a general strike for midnight tonight in open chal lenge to the new government which heaped further disgrace on their fallen idol by stripping ousted President Juan D. Peron of his military rank and honors. The nationwide walkout was called by officials of the General Confederation of Labor who ac cused &he government of Presi dent Eduardo Lonardi of re neging on its promises. .The OGT, which claims a membership of 6,000,000, was a mainstay of de posed dictator Peron's power and offered during the last days of his regime to mobilize a civil militia for his refense. It was the second time in three days that the OGT challenged the government. The Lonardi government met the first defi ance by dismissing ths officials of the 2,400 member unions and ordering election of new union officers within f o months. Threatened Strike Friday The OGT Friday threatened a general strike in an effort togre- main control of unions taken rer by anti-Peronist leaders The government crackdown spiked at least for the moment tH threatened walkout. But the newspaper El Lider, only Pe ronista organ remaining in Ar gentina, warned then that it may lead to "civil war." A OGT announcement Monday night said that union secretaries had agreed to call a strike of indefinite duration because it was charged "no government official fulfilled his word or re spected any agreement" with the organizaspn. An executive decree stripped Peron of his general's rank for conduct unbecoming an officer in his public and private life. Pebn was roundly criticized for his relations with his teen age gmistress, 16-year-old Nelly Rivas, in a report by a military cgurt of honor which examined Peron's convict as an officer. . The court, made up of five generals, found Peron guilty of misconduct, and recommended he be prohibited from wearing an Argentine army uniform. In its 136-page report, the court charged PercSi with sowing hatred in Argentina and inciting violence and murder. It said the former dictator attacked the Catholic faith and encouraged tfie burning of churches. Other charges included disloyalty to the army and constitution. Mistrial Declared In Sherry Fong Case Portland (U.R) A mistrial was declared today in the retrial of Sherry Fong on a first degree murder charge in connection with the 1954 death of 16-year-old Diane Hank. Circuit Judge Alfred P. Dob son dismissed the jury that was to hear the retrial. No new date was set. , The jury had been sworn in last week but was sent home until today because of an other case Judge Dobson had to hear. In a statement to the jury, the judge said: "Counsel for the state and for the defendant,; in their efforts to procure a jury com posed of 12 men and women who were not burdened with affy pre viously formed opinion as to the guilt or innocence of the defend ant, Sherry Fong ... made ref erence to matters whih, wheth er so intended or not, were de signed to engender prejudice in the minds of some if not all members of this jury." Klamath Man Lost In Aspen Lake Area Klamath Falls (U.R) Search ers were combing the Aspen Lake area 15 miles west of here tbday or William Procise, 67, of Klamath Falls, who has been missing since about 3 p.m. yes terday. Friends said Procise had gone into the area to gather firewood. He returned with one load to his home and then departed for more and failed to return. State police entered the search today and the Klamath Air Search and Rescue Unit planned to fly over the area, weather permitting. Denver U.R) The Denver White House has announced that President Carlos Castillo Armas of Guatemala will visit Presi dent Eisenhower here at Fitz simons Army hospital Nov. 9. Salem' (U.R) Gov. Paul Pat terson has appointed Joe Alt now of Drewsey as a member of the Harney County Public Wel fare Commission. SUCCESS OF BIG FOUR APPEARS TO HINGE ON RUSSIAN PROPOSALS Geneva (U.R) Success or failure of the Big Four confer ence of foreign ministers appear ed today to hinge on new pro posals for the reunification of Germany promised Wednesday by the Soviets' Vyacheslav M. Molotov. The conference was in recess today while Secretary of State John Foster Dulles flew to Madrid for lunch with General issimo Francisco Franco and F-fnch Foreign Minister An toine Pinay returned to Paris for consultations with' his gov ernment. Israeli Premier Moshe Sharett lefr today for Israel after plead ing dramatically with Molotov "with all the strength in his power" to stop the flow of Com munist arms to Israel's Arab enemies. The Middle Eastern crisis has largely overshadowed other issues at Geneva. Conference Appears Deadlocked The Big gaur conference ap peared thoroughly deadlocked at the moment. These were the major develop ments in the conference at Mon- kglay's tumultous session during which Dulles as chairman was Cascade Passes Receive Snowfall Chains Advised By UNITED PRESS Heavy snow fell in regon's Cascade mountains overnight and the weather bureau predict ed flurries in eastern Oregon today as Arctic air pushed into the Pacific Northwest. Klamath Falls reported an inch of snow on thr'ground this morning and flurries were fore cast today for Bend and lis Grande. " Twelve inches new snow fell overnight at Crater Lake national park, making the total 18 inches. The road from Annie Springs to the rim was closed temporarily and highway 62 through the pass was reported bad shape." Snow, was general throughout the Cascade passes with chains or snow jres recommended. State police said 20 inches of snow gave plows in the McKen zie pass a battle. Eighteen inches of snow was reported at Aber nathy about eight miles west of the Willamette pass summit. The five-day outlook for Ore gon called for recurring rain or snow with cool temperatures. Salem (U.R) Twenty-two inches of new snow choked the Willamette pass today, and the state highway department, in its first daily road report of the sea son said chains w required of motorists traveling that route. Chains also were requirsd at Santiam pass, with 12 inches of new snow; McKenzie pass, with 18 inches, and Meacham, with nine inches. Chains were advised at Gov ernment Camp, with six inches of new snow; Warm Springs junction, with three inches; Bend, with three inches; Ocho co summit, with three inches; Lapine, with six inches; Seneca, with four inches; and Diamond lake, where the total fall was not ' listed but plowing was in progress. Electric Potential Studied in Alaska Fairbanks, Alaska (U.R) Preliminary water gauging stud ies have been started along the Yukon river by the U. S. Recla mation Bureau so that hydro electric potentials in the interior will be better known. Wilbur A. Dexheimer, U. S. commissioner of reclamation, re cently made an aerial inspection tour of the region and reported a great amount of electricity could be produced at Rampart, 100 miles northwest of here. But, he explained, there is no market for this power; hence, bo immediate need for a dam. Dexheimer said power gener ated at Rampart, which lies downstream from Fort Yukon, could be transmitted to Seward and other coastal points. He said modern methods of transmitting power developed in the Scan dinavian countries made it pos sible to send electrical energy to points 500 miles from the gen erating sites. He also praised the Devil's canyon project on the Susitna river as the "most logical source of cheap electrical energy for the railbelt region of Alaska." The Susitna lies near the Al aska Railroad route. ' forced repeatedly to rap for order: 1. Molotov promised to pre sent further Soviet proposals for the reunification of Germany on Wednesday. All his other pro posals appeared to have been based on continued division of Germany. 2. The United States, lead ing the way in a drive to break down Iron Curtain barriers, an nounced it was lifting passport restrictions on American travel to Iron Curtain countries in Europe. 3. The Soviets came up with a new European security pact calling for a narrower treaty based on the indefinite partition of Germany. This called for a security pact among 15 nations including the United States; the West said it would study the proposal but would never con sent to the permanent division of Germany. 4. The Soviets proposed and su.. u v, j -ci4. j West German governments be invited to sit down at the Geneva conference table. 5. Sharett pleaded with Molo tov. to use all the strength in his power to stop the flow of Communist arms to Egypt. Molo tov promised nothing. 6. The Big Three, meeting earlier on the Middle East crisis, agreed to furnish limited sup plies of defensive weapons to Israel but turned down Israel's pleas for new security guaran tees. Germany Key Question It was obvious the conference was approaching a showdown over the key question of reunify ing Germany and establishing a European security treaty. Thus far all Soviet proposals would do away with NATO and the Western European Union key to the Western defense plan. This the West refuses to do. Soviet minimum requirements Middle Eat also appeared to be based on an unacceptable condition dissolution of the West's Baghdad Pact linking Britain, Iran, Iraq, Turkey and Pakistan in a defense belt run ning across the Soviet's south ern borders. (JMC Contributions Reach 80 Per Cent Contributions to the United Medford Crusade have climbed to 80 per cent of the $109,000 goal, is was reported at a weekly division leaders' luncheon yes terday. . Collections during the week brought the total to $84,558.70, compared to $75,000 at the same point in the campaign last year. For the fourth straight week the Lion Hearted division, com posed of public employees with Elliott Becken as chairman, was high, with 93 per cent of its $7,500 goal collected. "The Lance lot division, with Ray Johnson as chairman, was low with 78 per cent of an $8,816 goal. M. M. Huggins, over - all cam paign chairman, yesterday an nounced a contest between the three low- ranking divisions, Lancelot, Valiant and King Ar thur. If any of the three goes over its goal before the next meeting, the division leader will be flown to Berkeley for the Oregon State college-University of California game Nov. 12. The trip will be paid for by Huggins personally, he said. Sfofe Forest Assistant Appointed by Phipps baiem U.R Ed Schroeder. district warden in charge of the i,b4,UUU-acre northwest Oregon state forest district with head quarters at Forest Grove, has been promoted to assistant state forester in charge of the recently created state forests division, State Forester Dwight L. Phipps said today. , Schroeder has been transfer red to Salem where he took over the duties of his new position to day. Floyd Corliss Injured When Truck Hits Tree Floyd Corliss, 3761 South Pa cific highway, suffered a punc tured lung at about 6:30 p.m. yesterday in a one-car accident on Pleasant Creek rd., near Wi mer, according to state police. Corliss was taken . to Sacred Heart hospitaj, where his condi tion this morning was reported as fair. Police said the pickup truck v-uriiss was drivintr loft O 1UOI sum.- a tree, throwing tr U11V -gainst the windshield me vehicle.
