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and Wednesday morning meant a lot of hard work with a shovel
for many Medford residents. Mrs. R. J. Otto, at right above,
received some help clearing the sidewalk at her home at 631
Pennsylvania ave., from Mary Nehr, left, of 625 Pennsylvania
ave. Shown below, making the snow fly as he clears off the
sidewalk at his home, is T. S.
Road Dispute Enters
Into Timber Hearing
Roseburg flJ.R) A dispute
over use of a private road by a
logging company entered the
hearings on federal timber pol
icies being conducted here to
day by a joint congressional in
terior and insular affairs sub
committee. Leo Craget, 68, Myrtle Creek,
told the committee the Umpqua
Plywood Corporation was using
a private road across land on
which he holds mineral rights.
He said the company had agreed
to pay him 15 cents per thousand
feet for logs hauled over the road.
But, he said, he hasn't been
paid.
Case in Litigation
The committee was told the
case now is in litigation and the
members advised Craget to ex
haust other legal means before
the committee considers his case
Sen. Richard L. Neuberger
(D-Ore.) suggested that the
Bureau of Land Management in
Portland be questioned about
any part it might have in the
dispute.
It was Neuberger's first ap
pearance on the committee since
it opened hearings at Redding,
Calif., four days ago. The Ore
gon senator has been ill at his
home in Portland. Rep. Harris
Ellsworth (R-Ore.), whose home
is in Roseburg, sat with the com
mittee today as an observer..
Objects lo Broadcast ,
A brief dispute, arose in the
committee when Rep. Clare Hoff
man (R-Mich.) objected to a
broadcast of the committee hear
ing by radio station KRXL. Hoff-
Sanitary District
Calls for Sewer Bids
South Bear Creek Sanitary
district today advertised for bids
on construction of a trunk sani
tary sewer. Bids are due at 7:30
p.m. Dec. 2 in the office of
Harvey and Watkins, consulting
engineers for the district.
The project will include 16,
430 lineal feet of sewer. The
system is to be complete and
in operating condition early
next year.
Portland (U.PJ An invalid
woman died in a local hospital
Wednesday from burns suffered
when a cigarette she was smok
ing ignited her bed clothes. The
victim was identified as Mrs.
Esther K. King, 59.
breaking snowfall Tuesday night
Harvey, 23 North Peach st.
(Brainerd Photos)
man said he was not opposed to
public airing of committee af
fairs, but he said broadcasts
were against congressional
policy! A station representative
explained . that . permission to
broadcast the proceedings had
been granted by committee coun
sel some time ago. Hoffman then
agreed to the broadcast.
At the morning session, sev
eral Douglas and Coos county
lumbermen testified, generally
along lines urging the BLM to
acquire a road system to aid in
hauling logs from government
timber purchased by private
companies.
(See story on Page 5)
James Roosevelt
Raps Portland Banks
Portland (U.R) James Roose
velt, California's Democrat Con
gressman, left Portland early
today after telling an organiza
tion of Democratic businessmen
here that Portland's two major
banks were indifferent to the
needs of small businessmen.
The son of the late president
told his audience here that the
Federal Small Business Admin
istration makes no loans less
than $50,000 unless banks par
ticipate. He charged that "85 per cent
of these loans are controlled by
Portland's two major banks,
who won't cooperate with small
business."
Two largest banks in Portland
are the United States National
and the First National. Roose
velt did not identify them by
name.
He also asserted that Oregon
businessmen are handicapped by
administrative rules of the
Small Business Administration.
He blamed the rules on what
he called the "big business" atti
tude of the Eisenhower admin
istration. Weather
FORECAST: Cloudy with rain
tonight. Showers Friday. Low
tonight 38. High Friday 40.
Chance of fresh to strong
southerly winds in valley to
night and early Friday.
Temp.
Highest Yesterday 34
Lowest this Morning 32
?rec .to 4:30 a.m. Today 37
Warmer Weather,
Rain Move Into
Southern Oregon
Rain and gradually warming
temperatures today appeared to
end immediate threats of more
snow for the Medford area.
Temperatures were expected to
climb into the mid-40s tonight,
and a high of 40 is being pre
dicted for tomorrow.
The rain and warmer tempera
tures are the result of a storm
from moving into this area, ac
cording to the weather bureau.
Seven-Inch Snowfall
They brought an end to a
snowfall which dumped approx
imately seven inches of snow on
the Medford area in a 24-hour
period, shattering a November
mark of 4.7 inches set Sunday.
The previous record, set in 1911,
was 2 inches.
With snow turning to slush
throughout most of the area,
school buses were getting back
on schedule and all schools were
operating as usual. Seven schools
held no classes yesterday be
cause of the storm, and two oth
ers, Jacksonville grade school
and high school, closed at 11:30
a.m. to allow buses to get an
early start.
Streets Clear
Virtually all Medford city
streets were clear today, except
for some slush, and no run-off
problems were reported.
Yesterday, some complaints
that snow on sidewalks was
creating a hazardous condition
were registered with city offi
cials. City Recorder Neva Samuels
reported today that an old ordi
nance, still in force, requires oc
cupants of city residences to
clear snow or ice from the side
walks in front of their premises
"within two hours" of the time
the snowfall ceases.
Red China Releases
Three More Americans
Tokyo, Friday U.R) Com
munist China's Peiping Radio
said last night three more Amer
ican civilians will be released.
They were identified as:
Mrs. Homer V. Bradshaw, the
former Wilda Hockenberry, New
York, N. Y.
The Rev. Marcellus White,
Waltham, Mass.
The Rev. Martin Vincent Gar-
vey "Father Justin," Union City,
N. J.
Mrs. Bradshaw's husband, a
Presbyterian minister, also was
imprisoned in Communist China.
Peiping Radio said Mrs. Brad
shaw "previously" was released
from prison "on bail for medi
cal attention."
White and Father Garvey, the
broadcast said, are being re
leased before completing their
prison terms and are being "de
ported." The Peiping Radio des
cribed the three as "American
criminals."
Oregon Counties Ponder
Resolution for Highways
Portland (U.R) The Associa
tion of Oregon Counties today
considered a resolution asking
the Oregon congressional dele
gation for early passage of a fed
eral highway program.
The resolution was submitted
by the roads and highway com
mittee. It urged a compromise in
current proposals for the fed
eral highway construction pro
gram and that the appropriations
be made when Congress re
convenes in January.
County judges and county
commissioners make up the asso
ciation membership. The annual
banquet will be held Thursday
evening.
Pendleton (U.R) The pol
icy committee of the Oregon
Wheat Growers league will meet
with technical advisers at Ar
lington Nov. 22 to discuss "soil
bank" plans for conservation of
acreage now out of production.
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Road Conditions
Improve Despite
Some New Snowfall
Chains Still Needed
On Mountain Routes
Highway conditions in south
ern Oregon and northern Calif
ornia were improved today, al
though new snow was reported
from several areas and fog was
hanging over a large part of the
region.
Despite hazardous driving con
ditions for the past to days, no
serious automobile accidents
have been reported in this area.
State police praised drivers for
the caution they have used.
New snow was reported at
Prospect, on the Siskiyous, and
on the Greensprings.
Chains Recommended
At Prospect, state police were
recommending that drivers carry
chains. There were three inches
of new snow, for a total of 15.
Plows were operating and snow
as packed. The temperature was
36 degrees
Fog was reported on the Siski
yous, where there were six
inches of new snow for a total of
22. Higbay 99 in that area is
well sanded, snow is packed, and
cars are going through without
chains. The (temperature was 24
degrees. . , ;
On the Greensprings, east of
Ashland, the temperature was 28
degrees and it was foggy. Plows
were operating following a new
six-inch snow fall, which brought
the roadside total to 14 inches.
Chains were required.
California Report
California highway patrol ad
vised that traffic was going
through on Highway 99 without
chains. However, chains were
required on Highay 97 from 14
miles north of Weed to the Ore
gon state line.
State police were recommend
ing that drivers carry chains in
the Klamath Falls area, where
four inches of new snow brought
the total to 12. The temperature
there was 19 degrees.
East Diamond lake reports 10
inches of new snow and a total
on the ground of 36 inches.
Chains were required. The tem
perature there was 12 degrees.
West Diamond lake highway is
closed for the season.
Twelve inches of roadside
snow was reported at Oregon
mountain on the highway be
tween Grants Pass and Crescent
City, Calif., but cars were going
through without chains.
Portland Youth Admits
Inflicting Own Wounds
Portland (U.R) A 14-year-old
hish school student admitted to
day he made up a story about be
ing slashed with a razor-blade
knife by two 'teen-agers to avoid
attending classes, police re
ported.
Detective John Hunt said
Carlton C. Connor admitted
slashing his own clothing and
cutting himself with a razor
blade after it was pointed out
that the slashes in the clothing
and on his arms were too per
fectly placed to have been in
flicted by an angry assailant.
(See story on Page 9)
Ike Tackles
Gettysburg, Pa. (U.R) Presi
dent Eisenhower tackled some
of his administration's sternest
problems today from a small
office in the Gettysburg Post
Office.
In near freezing weather, the
smiling chief executive walked
into his new office at 9:46 a.m
to plunge into the problems of
the Geneva Conference, govern
ment spending, and taxes.
Meets With Weeks
His first conference was with
Secretary of Commerce Sincliar
Weeks. They discussed the state
of the national economy and
from the evidence of latest gov
ernment reports were to find it
happily booming.
Next to call after Weeks was
Budget Director Rowland
Hughes who brought a rough
estimate of the fiscal 1&57 budg
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Portland U.R) Oregon
State Senator Mark Hatfield to
day announced his candidacy for
the Republican nomination for
secretary of state.
Hatfield confirmed at his
Salem office that the press con
ference announced over the sig
nature of Carl W. Salser was
for the purpose of revealing his
own candidacy.
Hatfield would be the first
member of either political party
in Oregon to announce for major
elective office. He was elected
to the state senate from Marion
county last year with the largest
plurality of three candidates and
would sit in the chamber again
in 1957 as a' carryover senator
unless elected to another post.
Incumbent secretary of state
Earl T. Newbry of Ashland is
Chicago (U.R) The Demo
cratic National Committee vot
ed today not to require a "loy
alty oath" from delegates to
the party'!'?, .L95B nommeting
convention j "' 1
(Sei story on page 14)
Elbert Ray Young
Trial Under Vay
Trial of Elbert Ray Young,
59, of 512 Pennsylvania ave.,
on a charge of failure to yield
the right of way, began in dis
trict court this morning.
Young was driver of an Ever
green bus which was involved
in an accident Sept. 15 at' the
entrance to Camp White on the
Crater Lake hwy. One person
was killed and 16 injured in the
accident.
The bus was turning into the
Camp White entrance when it
collided head-on with a car
driven by Donald Lee Knoebel,
19, Route 1, Eagle Point. Knoe
bel was killed and 16 of the 20
occupants of the bus were in
jured. At about 10 a.m. today the
court recessed to the scene of
the accident, and returned to
the courtroom about an hour
later.
Stanley C. Jones Jr., attorney
for the defense, had a tape re
corder brought into the court
room this morning for purposes
of recording the trial. .
First in Tax Study
Series Scheduled
First of a series of tax study
meetings will be held by the
legislative committee of the
Jackson County Chamber of
Commerce at a 7:30 a.m. break
fast at the Medford hotel Friday.
Members of the chamber plan
ning to attend ate asked to call
the chamber office, 2-6293.
Sen. iviark Hatfield
Government Problems
et an estimate that would give
some idea whether taxes can be
cut next year.
The major meeting of the day,
however, was scheduled for this
afternoon at the Eisenhower
farm when the President gets
his first-hand report on the dis
appointing Geneva' Big Four
foreign ministers, meeting from
Secretary of State John Foster
Dulles.
Looks More Rested
The President looked much
more rested than he did when
he arrived in Washington last
week from Colorado. Before go
ing to the office, he underwent
an extensive medical examina
tion by Dr. Howard McC. Sny
der, White House physician, and
Col. Thomas W. Mattingly, the
heart specialist from Walter
Reed hospital la Wasbiagtaa.
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SEN. MARK HATFIELD
First To Tell Plans
prevented by law from seeking
another term.
Hatfield, who is 33 and a
bachelor, was an Eisenhower
delegate to the Republican na
tional convention in 1952 and
one of the earliest founders- of
the Citizens for Eisenhower or
ganization. He is a World War
II Navy veteran and holds de
grees from Willamette and Stan
ford universities. He is professor
of political science and dean of
students at Willamette.
Assassin Misses
Iranian Premier
Tehran, Iran (U.R) A would
be assassin failed in an attempt
to shoot and kill Iranian Premier
Hussein Ala today. But he slight
ly injured the Premier in ' the
neck when he threw his pistol
in despair.
The assailant was arrested, im
mediately. Ala appeared unperturbed by
the incident. He had a cup of tea
before going to a hospital and
permitting doctors to dress his
superficial wound.
The would-be assassin was
identified as Mozaffarali Zolg
Ghadr, a 35-year-old painter. He
was suspected of being a Mos
lem fanatic by the Fadayin Is
lam, possibly angered by Iran's
decision to join the western
sponsored Baghdad Pact.
Unlike the late Prime Minister
Ali Rammara, who was killed
by assassins in 1951, Ala escaped
the attack.
The attempt on Ala's life was
made when he went to a Tehran
mosque to attend a remembrance
service commemorating the
death of Mustafa Kashani, son of
the powerful political and reli
gious leader Mullah Kashani.
Today's meeting with Hughes
was the . President's first face-to-face
conference with his budg
et director on the fiscal picture
for 1956-57. It was regarded as
the first of a series of similar
meetings before the budget is
whipped into final shape some
time in late December.
No Defense Increase Seen
Defense Secretary Charles E.
Wilson told newsmen Wednes
day it will riot be necessary to
increase defense spending
some $34,500,000,000 a year
because of the Geneva outcome.
The Republicans badly want
a tax cut before next year's
elections. But the President may
decide on some increases in the
budget as a result of the return
to a cold war status in relations
wiih. Russia.
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Strong Winds Due;
Precipitation To
Be More Intense
Weather Blamed for
Three Portland Deaths
Portland (U.R) The weather
bureau said today the tempera
ture may go above the freezing
mark in Portland tomorrow for
the first time since last Friday.
But there was little else in the
outlook to encourage cold and
snow weary Oregonians.
A new storm, carrying heavier
precipitation that the last one
and also packing strong winds,
was reported intensifying in the
Gulf of Alaska. It is expected
to lie off the Oregon-Washington
coast in the morning.
The last official above-freez
ing reading in Portland was 33
degrees at 4:30 p.m. Nov. 11,
the weather man said. But it
may go up to 35 tomorrow.
Three Deaths in Portland
The weather was blamed for
three Portland deaths yesterday.
Raymond Smith, 55, died
while shoveling snow, apparent
ly from a heart attack.. Charles
Ormae, 66, collapsed and died
in front of his home after calling
firemen to put out a basement
blaze started when he tried to
thaw out frozen water pipes.
Arthur Johnson collapsed while
removing snow from the side
walk in front of his home and
was pronounced dead on arrival
at a hospital.
Besides heavy damage to
crops, the cold and snow has
resulted in temporary loss of
jobs, closure of schools and in
creased fuel bills. Some 550 per
sons employed by the Santiam
Lumber Co. were out of work
until the cold snap ends and
logs can be carried to mills in
Lebanon and Sweet Home.
" Highway travel remained dan
gerous throughout the state.
The weather bureau said the
new storm also would result in
stronger winds in the Columbia
gorge and other Cascade passes.
Snow was expected tonight,
changing to a mixture of rain
and snow Friday. High winds
also were forecast off "the coast.
Rain was expected . along the
coast except near the mouth of
the" Columbia. The storm that
brought snow yesterday has
moved to southern California.
13 Inches at Klamath Falls
' Temperatures were slightly
higher during the 24-hour- pe
riod ending at 4:45 a.m. today.
It was 3 above at Redmond, 8
at Baker, 10 at Pendleton and
Burns, 23' at Klamath Falls
where there was 13 inches of
snow, 26 at Lakeview which had
9 inches of snow, 22 in Salem,
23 in Portland, 32 in Medford,
and 38 at North Bend.
Engineers' Bust
Abolished at OSC
Corvallis (U.R) The student
life committee at Oregon State
College today announced three
fold punitive action taken as
a result of a strip tease per
formance held in a. college build
ing Tuesday night.
The committee, composed of
student and faculty representa
tives, voted to abolish the En
gineers' Bust, annual stag party
held by the school of engineer
ing. It was at this year's party
that 750 male students Tuesday
saw a strip tease artist from
Portland demonstrate her rou
tines. The committee also voted to
cancel the engineering school's
dance, scheduled for later this
year, and to place on social pro
bation for an indefinite period
all 14 societies within the en
gineering school student body.
The burlesque queen's per
formance was held in the Home
Economics building of the OSC
campus.
DOW-JONES AVERAGES
New York U.R) Dow-Jones
closing stock averages; 30 in
dustrials 485.26 off 2.12; 20 rail
roads 161.04, and 65 stocks 171.81
off 0.47.
Eisenhower Will
Get First Hand
Report on Parley
Nationwide Report
Scheduled Friday
Washington (U.R) Secre
tary of State John Foster Dulles
returns from Europe today to
pin on Russia the blame for the
"cruel" failure of the Big Four
Geneva conference.
Immediately after his arrival
late this afternoon Dulles will
issue an airport statement, walk
a few steps to a smaller plane
and fly to Gettysburg, Pa., to
report to President Eisenhower
on the disappointing Big Four
parley. Undersecretary of State
Herbert Hoover Jr., will accom
pany the ' secreteary on the 80-
mile flight.
Dulles will return to Washing
ton late Friday to deliver a na
tionwide radio and television re
port Friday night to the Ameri
can people.
Pull No Punches
Diplomats said Dulles would
pull no punches in his report
to Mr. Eisenhower in blaming
Russia for wrecking the "spirit
of Geneva" and sparking new
East-West tensions. In Dulles'
view, they said, Soviet Foreign
Minister Vyacheslav M. Molotov
had orders not to bargain onG?
European security, German uni
fication, disarmament, or lower
ing of East-Wes barriers.
But Mr. Eisenhower and Dul
les are not expected to take an
entirely gloomy attitude toward
the Geneva meeting. The Presi
dent was reported to hold hope
that some way still can be found
to cracjk through Russian block
ades on settlement of key East
West issues.
Rough Road Ahead
But the road ahead will be
long and hard. Dulles said in
Geneva that there could be "no
solid peace in Europe!' .without
putting Eastern and Western
Germany back together again.
In a special American-British-French
statement at the end of
the Geneva meeting, the West
said the failure to unify Ger
many and establish European
security "must bring a sense of
cruel disappointment" to all the
Germans. Blame was placed on
Moscow.
Some special attention wil be
devoted in Dulles' private and
public reports to the threat of Q
war in the Middle East posed by
Russian-backed arms shipments
to Egypt. The secretary protest
ed directly to Molotov at Geneva
against the dangers of this move
which already has prompted Is
rael to ask the United States for
arms help.
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Argentina Seeks
To Break Strike
Buenos Aires U.R) The Per-onista-led
General Confedera
tion of Labor (CGT) summoned
the secretaries of its unions to
an urgent conference today as
the government took stern steps
to break the CGT's three-day-old
general strike.
The CGT did not say it was
ending the strike. But when it
called its major test of strength
with the government of Presi
dent Pedro E. Aramburu, CGT
leaders said the strike could be
lifted only by a meeting of the
secretaries.
The government seized head
quarters of the CGT, center of
strength of ousted president
Juan D. Peron, and Labor Minis
ter Raul Migone proclaimed
over the radio that the strike
was illegal and strikers were li
able to be'fired with no indem
nities. The strike had been steadily
losing ground but the govern
ment acted when at least five
persons were injured in clashes
between troops and strikers in
the Buenos Aires, area.
Missing Chicago Boys
Located Unharmed
Chicago (U.R) Five teen-age
boys who were missing from
their homes in suburban Stick
ney Township have been found
unharmed.
The boys left their homes at
a time when Chicago was still
jittery over the unsolved slay
ings of three other boys a month
ago.
The Cook County sheriff's of
fice said that state police picked
up the four missing boys, all 15-year-olds,
hitchhiking southward
near Springfield, about 150 miles
southwest of here.
The other boy was arrested
near Kankakee in a stolen car.