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OO srae WEATHER FORECAST: Variable Ugh cloudiness tonight. Generally cloudy with scattered showers Friday. Low tonight 38. High Friday 58. Temp. Highest Yesterday 58 Lowest this Morning 31 FAURE WINS DECISIVE VOTE OF CONFIDENCE RENCH ""Paris (U.R) Premier Edgar Faure won a decisive vote of confidence early today saving his own government and France's voice at the Geneva Big Four foreign ministers' confer ence. The vote was 330 to 211, a solid 119-vote majority for the pre mier. Although Faure did not -seek their support, the Communists cast their 94 votes for the gov ernment, p. Faure staked the life of his government on his demand for new elections next month to "get a new assembly and a sta ble government capable of the direct action France requires. Pinay At Geneva Had the premier lost, French Foreign Minister Antoine Pinay would have been reduced to the role of an observer at the Ge neva conference. It was Faure's fourth victory In votes of confidence in four weeks. He won at the price of throwing overboard a chance to reform France's unpopular elec tion law and at the cost of an open break with former Premier Pierre Mendes-France, his long time friend and fellow member of the Radical Socialist Party. In winning today's vote, Faure cleared the way for new elec tions expected to be held Dec. 18. Originally, the assembly was scheduled to expire May 30. Faure demanded early . elec tions "because of the necessity of solving important problems without delay." He said this could not be done in the present divided National Assembly. Faure said "grave and import ant decisions" must be made on reform in the nation's North African territories, structure of the French Union, constitutional Jury Deliberating Marjorie Smith Case McMinnville U.R) The jury In the Marjorie Smith murder trial sat down again" today to decide whether the' attractive 34-year-old widow plotted the April 21 bomb-slaying of her attorney husband, Kermit. The jury failed to find an answer in ZV2 hours of delibera tion last night anft was excused at 11:30 p.m. e Judge Arlie Walker told the jury it might return one of four verdicts. These included guilty as charged, guilty of first-degree murder with recommenda tion for leniency, guilty of sec ond degree murder or innocent. The first verdict would mean an automatic death penalty; the next two life imprisonment. Agriculture Groups Slate Friday Meeting Representatives of all county agricultural agencies, all agricul-. tural stabilization and conserva tion county and community com mittees and the boards of super visors of the county soil conser vation districts will meet Nov. 4, at 1:15 p.m. in the courthouse auditorium. Purpose of the meeting is to discuss and recommend operat ing methods and conservation practices to be included in the 1956 agricultural conservational program. ri F Explosives Expert Will Seek Of Blasts Prior To Crash of Longmont, Colo. (U.R) Charles Wilson, Wisconsin ex plosives expert" today was to at tempt to trace the source of the blast or blasts that rocked a United Air Lines DC-6B airliner before it crashed Tuesday night near here killing 44 persons. Employed by United Wilson, head of the Wisconsin State Cjrime' Laboratory, was scheduled to join government and company investigators. Before leaving Madison, Wis., on Wednesday night, Wilson told reporters, that in investigating such a plane crash "you look for the same things you do in a Medford Unitea Press Full Leased Wire 50th Year 30 Pages GTO ASSEMBLY stability, France's place in the United Nations and East-West relations. Mendes-France, in a fiery speech, demanded reform in France's "immoral and unjust" election system, whereby par ties can trade ballots after the votes are in, before any new elections were held. Inspection of Two National Guard Units Scheduled Annual federal inspection of Medford's two National Guard units is scheduled for today and Friday at the Medford armory. Records of Company A, 1st Battalion, 186th infantry, were being inspected this afternoon, and regular inspection of the unit will start at 8 p.m. today. The unit, commanded by Capt. Ray Huson, has 78 enlisted men and 6 officers. The inspection of Company A will include ranks, map reading, patrol action for riflemen, me chanical training on M-l rifle for recruits, crew drill for 57 mm. recoilless rifle section, and gunners test for 60 mm. mortar section. Federal inspection for Head quarters company, 1st Battalion, 186th infantry, is scheduled for 8 p.m. Friday with inspection of records during the afternoon. The unit, commanded by Capt. S. J. Fagone, has 75 enlisted men and 11 officers. To Consiruci Bridge ' Training for inspection will include construction of a foot bridge by the pioneer platoon, driver training and vehicle maintanence by, the motor sec tion, operation of a communica tion system within the battalion by the communications platoon, and specialist training. Col. Hartwell Bynum, Sixth Army inspector general, will be here for. the federal inspection, as-vwill CoL Edward C. Snow, of the adjutant general's office in Salem. Inspections are held annually to determine training National Guard units have completed dur ing the preceding year. Members of the local Guard units will show the recently re ceived "sniper scopes" on tele vision station KBES-TV at 6 p.m today. The scope allows a sol dier to fire in the dark with deadly accuracy at distances up to 150 yards. Home Solicitation . Drive Slated Today Ashland A one hour house- to-house canvass by Talent and Ashland will be conducted from 7 to 8 p.m. today by volunteer workers for the Ashland-Talent Youth Fund drive. Fund leaders have requested that outside lights be left on by Talent and Ashland residents to aid canvassers seeking contri butions to the campaign. Purpose of the drive is to pro vide funds for youth organiza tions in the two cities. bombing of a car." The Wisconsin explosives spe cialist was employed by United Air Lines officials to aid in the investigation. Indisputable Evidence Evidence appeared indisput able on the basis of accounts by residents of the area who saw the crash that at least one and possibly two explosions rocked the four-engine transport before"1 it smashed in flames into a sugar beet field eight miles east of here. One witness, miner La Voyze Popino of Frederick, Colo., said he saw a "flare hanging in the me: 23-Foot Swells Said Raised in Columbia Channel Heavy Rainfall Plagues Two States Astoria U.R) The Columbia river bar was closed for a short time today in the face of a wind storm which raised 23-foot swells on the channel and sent winds , up to 50-miles-an-hour pounding the coastline. Closure of the bar yesterday forced four ships to wait outside the river mouth and three oth ers waited inside for the winds to slack offi Gusts of 58 MPH The Columbia river lightship reported gusts of 58 miles per hour and more than one inch of rain fell in a six-hour period in the Astoria area. The 33-foot fishing boat "Vio let," which was reported missing yesterday, was located about 25 miles north of the lightship. Al though the vessel was reported in no distress, the coast guard cutter Yocona was sent to stand by the ship, which had hove to in the face of the storm. Gusty winds were reported throughout the Portland-Vancouver area yesterday and last night ' Winds and rain also plagued Washington state last night and early today. Cities Drenched Hoquiam, Seattle, Olympia, Bellingham, and other points in western Washington got drench ed by rain measuring from two inches to three and one-half inches in the 24-hour period end ing at 4:30 a.m. I Hoquiam had 3.46 inches of rain, and the streets there, as in Aberdeen, filled to the curb stones with water. Olympia had 2.58 inches of rain, and Seattle had 2.22 inches. Storm warnings -were up on the Washington and Oregon coasts. Two serious floods were re ported as a deluge of rain and winds that howled with the fury of a gale began to take their toll of damage in Washington state. . 3 The Coast Guard at Seattle re ported the Pysht river near Port Angeles as flooding and added that 12 families that live near the mouth of the river were in danger unless they were evac uated. River Rising Rapidly Helicopter from Port Angeles was en route to the Scene aa were land crews which -were equipped with rafts. The Quillayeteriver near the Washington coast was rising at the rate of one foot an hour, and a Coast Guard truck was evacu ating people from the Harley resort, about a mile north of the Quillayette River Lifeguard sta tion. The State Highway commis sion at Olympia reported that damage caused by the heavy rains had forced the closure of seven state highways, and the town of Olallam was., isolated when slides blocked off all high ways reaching into the town. s DOW-JONES AVERAGE New York (U.R) Dow-Jones final stock averages: 30 indus trials 461.97 up 7.05, 20 rails 153.30 up 1.32, 15 utilities 64.24 up 0.36, 65 stocks 163.97 up 1.95. Sales today were about 2,260,000 shares. Salem U.R) Gov. Paul Patterson has designated Novem ber as "operation brotherhood month" in Oregon. Source Airliner sky" where the plane ent down. He said it took "tliree or four minutes" to float to the ground, indicating the pilot might have attempted to signal just before the crash? Early Probe Phase Jack Parshall, regional CAB investigator, completed "the or ganization phase of the investi gation" Wednesday in meetings with representatives of 4he air line, the Civil Aeronautics Ad ministration, FBI, air line pilots association (AFL)the flight en gineers international (AFL), and Pratt & Whitney Aircraft Co., engine manufacturers. United Pn THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 3, 1955 ''tested p FBI WANTS HIM John A. 'Kendriek of Washington, D. C, has been added to the FBI's list of 10 Most Wanted fugitive?. He has a criminal record dating back more than 30 years and is wanted far tin lawfully fleein? from Wash ington to avoid prosecution for crime of assault with a dangtmw weanon. He is five feet, seven inches pnd weighs 202 pounds. He has dark brown hair, receding and graying at sides. Kendrick is extremely dangerous and thought to be armed. German Unity Question Nay Be Shelf ed for Year Geneva (U.R) The United States was believed ready today to accept shelving of German unity until at least next year. The same old deadlock over free elections to unify the two halves of Germany threatened further progress at the present Big Four foreign ministers con ference. As a result, the United States and its "Western partners, Brit ain and France were considering a new Big Ftur meeting with Russia next year to try again to break' the deadlock over Ger many and European security. Reporters Encouraged Reporters covering the pres ent conference have been 'en couraged to take the optimistic view that enough progress is being made at the current gar ley to warrant hopes that detail work on the twin problems can be left to a committee of experts. Authoritative' sources said the remaining differences then could be tackled by a new foreign min isters meeting some time next year. 0 Secretary of State John Fos ter Dulles, British Foreign Sec retary Harold MacMillan and French Foreign Minister An toine Pinay told Russia's V. M. Molotov yesterday that a settle ment of East-West differences was possible if he made conces sions on Germany as he had done on security, o Nervous Gestures While Molotov made nervous gestures with his hands that be trayed his impassive face, the Western Big Three have ham mered away at the view that there can be no security in Europe based on the continued division of Germany. , The three western ministers met in another preliminary strategy session before the sixth plenary session met. Helfzel Will Appeal Court's SP Ruling Salem (U.R) Public Utilities Commissioner Charles Heltiel today said he will file an appeal to a reeent Circuit Court ruling; involving a dispute with South ern, Paeiric railroad. The court held that Heltiel could not force SP to resume its Rogue Rive passenger line be tween Portland and Ashland Without first holding a public hearing. An appeal to a similar ruling, involving Portland Traction Company's proposal to reduce its passenger schedule, is pending before the State Supreme Court, A Supreme Court decision in either case is not expected be fore January. Tribune Xull Leased Wire Price 5c No. 192 McCarthy Demands Immediate. Probe Of Labor Board Reports Indicate Red Ceil, Solon Says Washington (U.R) Sen. Joseph R. McCarthy demanded today an immediate investiga tion of the National Labor Re lations Board. He said he has "facts which, if true," indicate that the NLRB harbors a Com munist cell. . The Wisconsin Republican said his own investigation indi cates that the labor board is "literally honeycombed with in dividuals identified either as members of the Communist party, or as having had years of constant and close association with known , and-or suspected Communists and Soviet agents." Not Double-Checked McCarthy said he had not been able to double-check his ev idence. But he demanded an im mediate closed session of the Sen ate Investigating subcommittee. McCarthy cited eight cases al legedly involving NLRB officials or employees. He mentioned no names but said one case was that of a member of the five-man board who was appointed by for mer President Truman. The two Democratic members of the board are Abe Murdock, former Democratic senator from Utah, and Ivar Peterson, form er administrative assistant to Sen. Wayne Morse (D-Ore.). Pe terson identifies himself as an Independent. Decliae Cowwojut - Peterson said he had not seen McCarthy's letter and declined comment. Murdock said in Utah he would have "no comment on that kind of tripe." An NLRB spokesman also declined com ment. The House un-American Activ ities committee has announced hearings for next January on re ports of past subversion in the NLRB. Herbert Fuchs, former solicitor of the agency, said he told the House committee secret ly that he once belonged to a Communist cell in' the NLRB. Neuberger Defends Switch by Morse Portland (U.R) Sen. Rich ard L. Neuberger (D-Ore.) told a meeting of Young Democrats here last night that Sen. Wayne Morse had just as much right to leave the Republican party for the -Democrat fold as his 1944 and 1950 Democrat opponents had to become Republicans. "It is not generally remem bered," Neuberger said, , "but both of Sen. Morse's Democratic party opponents in 1944 and 1950 are now registered Repub licans, and active in the Repub lican party." . He identified them as Edgar Smith and Howard Latourette. The junior senator defended his colleague's switch of parties as an allegiance to higher ideals than party loyalty. He declared that it was juve nile to presume that any man or woman in public life had a higher duty to a political party than to his own honest beliefs. Jefferson School Dedication Today Dedication ceremonies and open house will be held at the New Jefferson elementary school starting at 7:30 p,m. to day. The school i located eouth of Stewart ave., between ex tension of Holly st. and Oak- dale ave. The chool building will he open for inspection between J5 and 8:30 p.m. and primary room visitation are scheduled be tween 8:30 a.m. and 9:30 p.m. Parent of primary students will hold a social hour in the school cafeteria at 9 p.m. and a social hour for parents of intermediate student i planned to start at 9:35 p.m. Bend U.R) Frank Meeker, Salem, has been elected presi dent of the Pacific Northwest Plant Foods Asiociation. Coast it iiiiiiiTtiiiifi'iffM WrW v iv,v.v,.v.v,. THEY'RE ALL SMILES Shortly after Princess Margaret renounced her love for Group Capt Peter Townsend in favor of royal duty, her sister 4 and brother-in-law, Queen Elizabeth n and the Duke of Edinburgh, arrive smiling at the Odeon Theater in London for a royal film perform ance. Margaret did not attend. Supreme Court Calls On Medford Pear Co. For More Pleadings The Oregon Supreme Court has called on the Medford Pear Co. Inc., to file additional plead ings in mandamus proceedings against Jackson County Assessor Robert G. Fowler. Philip Lowry,' attorney hand ling the case for the fruit firm, which is supported by some 180 orchardists in the county, said he has not yet decided what form his new pleading will take. But Ra sftid he has given notice t0 Fowler that he will ask ques tions of him during the taking of a deposition on Saturday, and that Fowler's deposition may be come a part of the case. No Time Limit No specific time limit has been set for the new pleadings to be made, Lowry said. The court's action is the latest step in a dispute which arose in Jackson county last spring over the action of the State Tax Com mission in ordering valuation of orchard trees to be placed on the tax rolls of the county. Briefly, the chronology of the dispute was this: An opinion by the attorney general that "trees" as defined in the tax laws included orchard trees; an order by the Tax Com mission to the county board of equalization to start assessing commercial orchard trees at the same ratio as other taxable prop erty; a reply 0by the board of equalization that this could not be done within the time limit specified; an extension of that time limit and a reaffirmation of the order; the following of the order by the board of equaliza tion; an overthrow of the board's action by the Tax Commission on the grounds that orchardists had not been given their statu tory right of a hearing on new valuations; a series of hearings by the tax commission, acting in lieu of the board of equalization, on the new tree valuations; and final determination of? the new and increased valuations, some of which were sealed down as the result of the hearings. Request Successful As the hearings concluded, the Medford Pear company, on be half of the 180 orchardists, filed a successful request with the su preme court to issue 'an alterna' tive writ of mandamus, ordering Fowler to delete the tax in creases from the assessment roll. to recompute the county millage rate, and to turn the roll over to the sheriff for tax collection. If he did not comply, the writ specified, he was to show cause why not by Oct. 31. On that date Fowler filed his answer with the court, giving his reasons why he had hot compiled with the writ's alternatives Sackktt Wished Success By Sen. Ettes Kefauver Portland (U.R) Sheldon F Sackett, editor and publisher of the Coos Bay Times, said today he hado received a letter from Sen. Estes Kefauver (D-Tenn.) wishing him success for .his plan ned new daily newspaper in Portland. Sacket has announced plans to start a new tabloid daily in Portland next spring to be called The World. Meanwhile, he hatfe turned the assessment roll, including the increased valuations, over to the sheriff for collection of3 taxes, which is now under way. The court received his answer, and this week notified Lowry e may file additional pleadings m the matter. Man Injured by Accidental Shot W. S. Kistner, 32, of 344 North Central ave., suffered a shoulder wound about 7:55 a.m., today when the rifle he was cleaning accidentally discharged, accord ing to city police. He is reported in good condition at Community hospital where he was taken by Medford Ambulance service at tendants. Kistner is a technical sergeant irio the Air Force liaison group stationed at the federal building in Medford. The shot went through the up per part of his left arm and lodged in the window casing be hind him. According to a report made by Kistner he had taken out two cartridges, which he. believed were all there were in the gun. Evidently one remained in the chamber and discharged as he reached for a cleaning rod on the floor. , 15-Y ear-Old Girl e Reports Attack A 15 year old girl was at tacked last nieht bv an unidenti fied man on North Oakdale ave.,! between Fourth st.cand Pennsyl vania ave., about 6:30 o'clock. The girl was walking home from her grandmothers' home when the eman grabbed her, threw her to the sidewalk, choked her, and hit her in the face. The girl fought back, scratching him and knocking his glasses off until he was forced to release her, according to a Medford police report. Nellie Pamela Wall, 322 North Oakdale ave., near where the girl was attacked, reported hear ing a woman scream about 6:32 p.m., police said. Packing of Holiday Gift Boxes Under Way in Ara Packing of holiday pear gift boxes is getting uder way in the Medford area, and is expect ed to hit a peak later this month, a check of local packing plants showed this morning. Officials of Harry and David's Bear Creek Orchards expect their firm to reach top produc tion around the , 15th of this month until about Dec. 18. Just under 1,000 people will be em ployed there during the rush period. Harry and David will start foreign shipments late this month, and domestic shipments and those to southern Canada will start about Dec. 6 or 7. Pinnacle Packing ; company is now packing gift boxes for November and Thanksgiving de liveries, and work on Christmas Major Attack By Israeli Forces Launches Conflict Counter-Offensive Launched by Egypt Tel Aviv, Israel (U.R) The biggest battle since the end of the Palestine war raged along the Israeli-Egyptian frontier in the Sinai Desert today. The fight started when the Israeli Army launched a major attack to drive Egyptian forces from the El Auja demilitarized zone. In Cairo, the government an nounced that Egyptian forces launched a counter-offensive in the El Auja sector this morn ing. Mai. Gen. Abdel Hakim Amer, Egypt's minister of war and military commander in chief, flew to the front to take command of operations. The Cairo announcement said savage fighting broke out along most of the border on a 30-mile front from Gaza to El Auja. Battle Stiil Rages An official communique is sued in Cairo this afternoon said the battle still was raging at El Sabha. It said the Israelis had thrown 3000 men into the at tack on the Egyptian garrison, which it said numbered 100 men.. "The enemy succeeded in oc cupying at dawn part of the Egyptian positions but our forces are still holding the rest, where the battle is still going on," the communique said. An Israeli communique issued early in the battle said 50 Egyp tians were killed and 40 cap tured. It admitted four Israeli dead and 19 wounded. An Israeli Foreign Office spokesmanQsaid the action re sulted in the expulsion of van Egyptian invading force." "There are no more Egyptian troops le in Israeli," he said. Badly Outnumbered A Cairo spokesman said the Israeli task force ithe attack numbered some 400 men. He said Egyptian forces in the ini tial action by ngionlight were outnumbered "nearly four : to one." He said the Israeli troops were backed by armored cars and field guns. ; Other Cairo sources admitted to 50 Egyptian dead and 40 cap tured. A military spokesman said the figures showed the "tenacity of the Egyptian gar rison in the face of the surprise attack." Haynes Youngster Reported Improved Eleven-year-old Willie Haynes has regained consciousness at "Sacred Heart hospital where he has been for more than two weeks. The child was critically injured Oct. 19 in an automobile accident on Highway 99 near Gold HiU. Yesterday the youngster was able to sit up in bed and feed himself ice cream. He can talk, and has regained use of his arms, hospital attendants said. He also has some use of his legs. The boy's father, J. D. Haynes, and two brothers and his grand parents, Mr. and Mrs. J. D. Wil liams Sr. have remained in Med ford to be with him. Their home is in Corcoran, Calif. The accident occurred while the family was en route home from Independence, where they had been working in the hop harvest. Their car stalled, and they were pushing it down the highway in the early morning darkness when the boy was struck down by another car. Portland U.R) Dr. Charles N. Holman, administrator of the Multnomah county, hospital for 10 years, has been named medi cal director of the new Univer sity of Oregon medical school hospital scheduled to open next March. boxes will start about Nov'. 10. When Pinnacle reaches top pro duction about Dec. 1 some 150 employees will be involved in the operation. Reter Packing company will start work next week on Thanks giving shipment, and about the middle of November on Christ mas gift boxes. About 2D Reter employees will work on gift box shipments. Officials of all three firms noted that the quality of fruit this year is excellent. Color of pears is unusually good, they said, and the quality of cornice pears is the best in several years. They credited the fact that there was little or no hail or frost damage to pears this year with being partly responsible for the fine quality of the crop. t' o
