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o o Followers IX in London (U.R) Soviet Russia disclosed today that six follow ers of the late Lavrenti P. Beria have been shot in the biggest known blood purge of the sup posedly tranquil Bulganin-Kru-shchev regime. "Tiflis Radio announced that six former police officials in Beria's home state of Georgia were executed for carrying out plots by the executed secret po lice head, covering up his mis deeds and framing his enemies. In addition two others were sentenced to prison terms, a broadcast from Tiflis, capital of the Georgia republic, reported. It was the biggest purge since Hatfield Denies Solicitation of State Employees Salem (U.R) State Sen. Mark Hatfield, who recently an nounced his candidacy for sec--xetary of state, denied today that he or any of his campaign com mittee had made any direct ap peal to state employees for cam paign contributions. " He said his committee sent out a mimeographed letter to all reg istered Republicans in Marion county, to their homes as record ed in the Marion county clerk's office. Invitation To All The handbill, signed by Stew art Compton of Salem, Hatfield's campaign manager, said in the past many candidates had depen ded on large donations from a few people and this was an invi tation to all Republicans to con tribute whatever they wished. Dave O'Hara, head of the State Elections bureau, asked to com ment as one of the state's lead ing elections authority, said: "Sen. Hatfield fell innocently into a trap by using the complete list of registered Republican VO' ters in the addressograph files of the county clerk's office. Illustrates Danger "This occurrence illustrates the danger of using these lists for political purposes. The lists were never intended to be utiliz ed by political activities." O'Hara said use of the regis tration lists was, a technical violation of the election laws in that it was logical that many on the list would be state employees . but said it was equally obvious ! that the violation was only tech nical and not a conscious one on the part of Hatfield. County Officials Back from Meets County Judge Rodney Keat ing returned last night from ;a meeting with the Senate and House of Representatives inves tigating committee on forestry, at the Department of Interior building in Portland. Keating, who acted as a rep resentative of the Oregon and California land grant counties executive committee, presented a statement of policy in regards to access roads and marketing agreements in O&C lands.' County Clerk Bereth Hopkins, returned Monday morning from a meeting of the Oregon County Clerk's association in Portland. Suggestions about reporting vit al statistics; changes in election laws; rules governing tax levys; and new welfare laws were dis cussed. Paul Rynning, county engin eer, returned Saturday from an Association of Oregon County Engineer's meeting in Portland. General problems dealing with T.Tuntv road construction and maintenance were discussed. Criticism Concerning Delay Detention Home Site Said There has been considerable criticism of the length of time it has taken the county court and the juvenile advisory committee to select a site for a Jackson county detention home, it was brought out at a meeting of the advisory group's executive com mittee last night. The meeting of the executive committee, in the courthouse law library, was followed by a meet ing of the full juvenile advisory committee at 8 pjn. in the cir cuit court room. Juveniles in Jail In pointing out the need for early construction of the new home, it was noted that about 16 juveniles were being held in Jack'son county jail last night. What Committee Chairman ' William Abbott termed "street corner gossip" has been heard to the effect that the county court and the advisory committee have not tried hard enough to find a suitable location for the new, se curity type home, committee members said. Abbott denied that this was the case, stating that committee members have been very active in the search, for a building site Beria himself was fired as Soviet secret police chief early in the reign of Georgi Malenkov and shot in December of 1953 for al legedly plotting against Malen kov's government and the Soviet Communist system. Last December four Beria ac complices were shot in a follow up purge sweeping Georgia hotbed of Beria men and home of both Beria and the late Josef Stalin. But after Malenkov resigned in February, a new era of blood less tranquility seemed to dawn in Russia under Premier Nikolai Bulganin and Communist Party Chief Nikita Khrushchev. To WARMING THEMSELVES at piece of road repair equipment on capitol plaza, Eskimo scouts Sgt. 1c Clifford Iknokinok (left) and Master Sgt. Willis Walunga, both of Alaska Na tional Guard, tour Washington prior to special reception for them at Pentagon. Scouts led rescue of 11 crew members of Navy patrol plane which was shot down by Russian jet fight ers over Bering Sea last June 22. It's cold in Washington, too. (International) Harriman Points To Shortage of Teachers in Eugene, Ore. (U.R) Gov. Ave rell Harriman of New York said today that "American educa tion is slipping backward." In a speech prepared for de livery before a University of Ore gon student assembly. Harriman warned of a growing teacher shortage and said some 700,000 children were deprived of full time schooling last year. "The U. S. must launch a nation-wide program to raise the standards of education if we are to win the desperate competition with Soviet Communism," he said. He said school construction needs in the U. S. for the next five years are estimated at about $15,000,000,000. Morse With Him Harriman was accompanied to Eugene from Portland by Sen. Wayne Morse (D-Ore.). He said he would lend the full weight of his support to the reelection of Morse. Phoenix Youth Held On Theft Charge A 17-year-old Phoenix youth was arrested by Medford police late yesterday in connection with an attempted theft of gasoline from a parked car in a service station yard at 618 East Main st. Police said the youth and two others were reported attempting to steal gasoline. The apprehend ed youth was charged with at tempted larceny and lodged in Jackson county jail, police said. .. Two other youths, ages 11 and 12, were questioned in connec tion with two bicycle thefts yes terrday afternoon. Both bicycles were reported stolen from Hed rick Junior High school. The cas es were turned over to juvenile authorities. and that the county court has promptly Investigated all sites which the committee has sug gested. It was also pointed out the the meeting that some people have the mistaken impression that planned construction of the new $65,000 detention home has con tributed largely to tax increases. The tax rate to provide funds for the home is 1.1 mills or S1.10 for each S1.000 of assessed valu ation. Total funds for the con struction of the home will be taken from this year's taxes. Fu ture tax millage, for the main tenance ' and operation of the project, will be about .3 mill. No Final Word ' County Commissioner L. G. Morthland announced that final word has not yet been received in answer to inquiries about a possible site for the ' home on the Crater Lake highway. County Commissioner Chester Wendt stated that anyone know ing of possible sites should con tact the county court. He added that a one acre tract at the end of Elm St., has been offered, but that it probably is too small. Three acres is considered a day's Tiflis Radio broadcast abruptly squashed any theories that blood purges went out with Malenkov. Rather the new Georgia trials served clear notice that Bulganin and Khrushchev join Malenkov in considering conspiracy with Medford United Press Full Leased Wire 50th Year 22 Pages Speech at Last night in Seattle Harri-1 man, who has been mentioned as a possible candidate for the democratic presidential nomina tion, attacked the administra tion's foreign policy. Harriman said he would make a major address covering the Pacific Northwest's most vital New Chief Ranger Appointed for Park John M. Broadbent, former district ranger at Olympic Na tional park, has been appointed chief ranger at Crater Lake Na tional park. He will assume his duties Dec. 1. , ' Broadbent replaces Carlock Johnson, who was transferred to the region 4 office at San Fran cisco as a forester last August. The position has been vacant since then. Broadbent served in the Elwha district of Olympic park f or t several years, which included operation of the winter sports activities at Deer park. - He is a native of Granite Falls, Wash., and was graduated from the University of Washington in 1942. Broadbent has been con nected with federal service since 1930. East Washington Police Search for Bank Robber Spokane (U.R) Law officers in eastern Washington were on the lookout today for a young bandit described as a "cool cus tomer" when he held up the First Avenue branch of the Old National Bapk here yesterday and escaped bn foot with $1,315. in Getting Not Justified minimum for the security type home, in order to allow for pri vacy, outdoor activity, and possi ble future expansion. Water and sewage facilities and distance from the courthouse are also fac tors considered in the selection of a location. It was announced at the exec utive committee meeting that a site near Camp White had been rejected because of the animosity of residents to the construction of a detention home in the area. Two Turned Down Two sites, one located near Medford Gun club, were turned down because of the difficulty of obtaining water. City owned property near the airport was rejected because a clause in the deed stated that the property must be returned to the federal government if a need should arise for it. A movie entitled "The Head of the House," pointing out fac tors in a child's home which con tributed to delinquency, was shown to the group. A discussion period following the meeting was moderated by the Rev. Thomas McCamant Beria to be a shooting offense. The broadcast did not make clear whether the eight newly purged Beria men were convict ed for old activities or whether they may have been carrying on the strong man's activities after his death. MEDFORD, OREGON, TUESD. Eugene resource hydroelectric power- at a Democratic rally and dinner in Milwaukie, Ore., tonight. In his Seattle speech Monday, Harriman called the administra tion's foreign policy a "classic in the history of bungling." Experiments and Slogans He accused the Republicans of conducting a program of for eign relations based on "Ill-coiV-ceived experiments" and "flashy slogans." The result, he said, has been three years of 'incompetence and short-sightedness" with great gaps between "official words and official actions." Harriman said "We Demo crats" will be talking about many issues during the next 12 months, including Republican policy regarding farm prices, de velopment of natural resources, labor, big business, housing and "Dixon-Yateism." Harriman charged that "na tional policies are confused and uncertain" because "for a gen eration the Republican Party has been split on foreign policy. "The Democrats long ago achieved unity on the funda mentals of foreign policy," he said. "Not so the Republicans." Theater Job Costs $10,000 to $20,000 An estimated $10,000 to $20, 000 in work on the Shakespear ean theater in Ashland will be required to make the building safe for actors and workers. The figure was incorrectly quoted as being from $100,000 to $200,000 in yesterday's issue of The Mail Tribune. Wiring in dressing rooms is faulty, according to William Pat ton, general manager of the Shakespearean festival. He quot ed the state fire marshal as say ing the wiring will have to be relocated and expanded. The fire marshal's report also declared that additional stair ways are needed, the concrete foundation needs reshoring, and switchboard and sound equip ment should be relocated in a building behind the audience. Probe of Charges Against Cain Asked Washington (U.R) Attorney General Herbert Brownell Jr. formally asked the Subversive Activities Conrol Board today to consider "bias and prejudice" charges against former Sen. Harry P. Cain (R-Wash.), a mem ber of the board. In making the request, Brown ell made it clear that he thinks Cain should be disqualified from presiding over a Communist front case now underway in Seattle. i It was the first time since the Subversive Control Board was founded that the qualifications of one of its members had been officially challenged by the Jus tice Department. Cain has been an outspoken critic of the admin istration's security program for government employees. ""The military board found that Beria entrusted the accused with the acts to r tic? 1 the of such criminel important jaid cryp- o o CO men were ifficials of United 22, 1955 Medford Offices, Stores To Close Thanksgiving Day Most Medford retail stores, government and state offices, in cluding the post office, will be closed Thursday, Thanksgiving Day, Nov. 24. All . Jackson county schools will close tomorrow, for teach ers' institute, and will remain closed for the rest of the week. At Senior High The educational conference, sponsored by county public schools and Southern Oregon college, will be held at Medford Senior High school from 8 a.m. until 2:30 p.m. tomorrow. Principal speakers at the con ference will be Frank Mclntyre, assistant secretary and director of public relations of California teachers' association, and Dr. John Richards, chancellor, Ore gon state system of higher educa tion. All courthouse and city hall offices will be closed Thursday. The post office will remain closed and mail deliveries will not be made. Stores To Close - All Medford retail stores wal be closed for the holiday with the possible exception of two or three small grocery stores. The Medford Mail Tribune will go to press at noon. The paper will be distributed about two hours earlier than usual. State liquor stores and agen cies will be closed. Licensees of the Oregon liquor control com mission need not close unless they wish to do so. Private clubs which have master locker per mits will not be allowed to sell bottled liquor containing more than 14 per cent alcohol by vol ume, but other sales and service allowed by club license will be permitted. Correction of Voter Addresses Scheduled Stamping of permanent name and address plates to be used by the election department in a new addressograph machine will be gin Monday, Nov. 28. The new machine will be used to prepare election material, and especially all material mailed to voters.' It is very important, County Clerk Bereth Hopkins announc ed today, that all addresses be correct; If the address on the poll book is not the same as the ac tual address, that person will not be privileged to vote, according to law." Any one whose address has been changed in any way should notify the county clerks office as soon as possible, Mrs. Hopkins said. France Pours Troops Into Riff Mountains Rabat, Morocco (U.R) France poured in troop reinforcements today to quell a new uprising in the Riff Mountains and Sultan Sidi Mohammed Ben Youssef be gan a race with revolution to es tablish an independent Moroc can government. New violence also threatened in Casablanca. Thousands of grim Moroccans shut down their shops and left their jobs in that city to mass in a menacing throng at the funeral of three political prisoners slain in a prison mutiny. Nationalist agitators in Casa blanca exhorted Moroccans 'to stop work today in open defiance of appeals from Ben Youssef for peace and order in the violence ridden North African territory. At least 20 persons have been killed in the wage of bloodshed and terrorism since the Sultan's return to the throne last week. flsemih Georgia during or immediately after the Stalen dynasty. Radio Tifflin, giving only the first names, listed these six men as executed by a firing squad: Rabava, formerly Georgian commissar and subsequently commissar of internal affairs. Tribune Press Full Leased Wire Price ,5c No. 208 weir U.S. To Reject Israel Security Pact Plea At Least Temporarily Washington (U.R) The Unit ed States will reject at least for the present Israel's urgent plea for a security pact with this country, diplomats said today. Irael Foreign Minister Moshe Sharett issued a public appeal for the treaty Monday in an ad dress before the National Press Club. . ' But diplomats said the United States now considers the 1950 U.S.-British-French declaration on the. Middle East adequate pro tection for the Jewish state against possible attack from her Arab neighbors. That declaration said the three would take action consistent with their United Na tions obligations to prevent bor der violations. Reaffirmation Said Needed ' Sharett said the 1950 declara tion "purported to guarantee against violent encroachment" of Arab-Israeli borders. "It is this guarantee that now stands urgently in need of an unequivocal and' emphatic reaf firmationby meahsjjf a security treaty," he said. "The buttressing of Israel's se curity would not only meet the present emergency but would, by discouraging counsels of ag grassion, pave the way for last ing peace." . Boundary Agreement Sought The United States meantime is working to get both parties in Month's Rest Due For Marie Dionne Montreal (U.R) Quintuplet Marie Dionne has been ordered to take a month's complete rest because the cloistered life of a nun was "too' hard for her frail health," a spokesman for ' her family said today. Marie, one of the four surviv ing quints from Callander, Ont., left a convent of the Order of the Servants of the Blessed Sac rament at Quebec City last Wednesday. She now is being treated at the Notre Dame de l'Esperance Hospital at St. Lau rent, a Montreal suburb, where her sisters Yvonne and Cecile are student nurses. The family's statement was the first official confirmation that Marie was in the hospital. Hospital officials had repeatedly denied she was there. New Storm Front Nearing Northwest Portland (U.R) A new storm front was expected to bring rain and snow to the Pacific North west today. The weather bureau said rain from the disturbance was report ed this morning about 400 miles west of Astoria and was expect ed to reach the north Oregon coast this afternoon. Precipita tion will be mostly in the form of snow above the 2500-foot level with the freezing level between 2000 and : 4000 feet through Wednesday. A few snow flurries were ex pected in eastern Oregon. Temperatures in western Ore gon remained above freezing last night with 33 at Roseburg the lowest. Coldest in' Eastern Ore gon early today was 14 above at Klamath Falls. WEATHER FORECAST: Rain tonight show ers Wednesday morning, snow above 3,000 feet. Partly sunny Wednesday afternoon. Low tomorrow morning 36, high Wednesday 45. Temp. Highest Yesterday 47 Lowest this Morning 33 Prec. to MidnlBht, 01 Rukhdze, formerly head of the interrogation department of the MKVD secret police (of the Georgian Soviet, Soviet Socialist Republic) and subsequently the Georgian minister of security. Tsereteli, formerly Georgian deputy commissar of internal af fairs and subsequently Georgian deputy minister of internal af fairs. Stavitskiy, Krinan and Khaz ani, interrogators of the Georg ian commissariat of internal af fairs. Paramanov, also an interro gator, was sentenced to 25 years imprisonment. A man named Nadaraia, and not identified further, was sen ' : : : i the bitter Middle Eastern con troversy to work out an arrange ment settling boundaries. When permanent boundaries are agreed upon, the United States will be willing to join a treaty guaranteeing them. Sharrett left the door open a crack to meeting U.S. proposals for agreeing on boundaries when he indicated Israel may be will ing to make some minor border adjustments. But he flatly ruled out any major territorial conces sions to the Arab Nations. Burglars Fail To Crack Safe Burglars entered the Cleaners building, 324 City West Sixth st., sometime last night, but failed to get anything al though the safe was moved sev eral feet to a rear door -. Police said ; burglars entered through-a -skylight after climb ing a tree at the rear of the build- ins. Thev removed the safe s outer door by taking it off the hinges in the office space. The safe was then rolled into a rest room, where they attempted to break open the inner door. Police sad the burglars then rolled the safe to a rear door, fa- fore they apparently were fright ened away. . Drawers in the office were rifled, but nothing was missing, police said. Drawers of the cash register also were open, police said. County To Open Bids On Buses, Tire Jobs Bids will be opened at 10 a.m. tomorrow for the recapping of tires on all county vehicles, County Engineer Paul Rynning announced today. Bids will also be opened to morrow for two new 20 passen ger buses which the county in tends to purchase for the pur pose of - transporting county workers. Six or seven bid invitations have been mailed out to tire re capping concerns, Rynning said. Korea Vets' Insurance Policy Deadline Monday Washington (U.R) The Vet erans Administration reminded veterans of the Korean war to day that they have only until Monday to apply for two GI in surance policies. ,It said they may apply for re placement of World War I or II term policies that expired after April 25, 1951, either while they were in active service or within 120 days after their discharge. Five Jailed in With Thefts, Two Medford men and three juveniles have been arrested and jailed in connection with five cases of theft and burglary in Jackson county, according to sheriff's deputies and city police. Johnie Andrew Hood, 24, of 217 South Riverside ave., and two Medford boys, aged 16 and 17, were arrested on charges of burglary. Charged With Burglaries According to sheriff's office re ports, the men are charged with two burglaries, Oct. 18 and Nov. 16, at Highland Grocery, 458 Highland ave.; a burglary Nov. 18, at Faber's Market, Central Point; a burglary Nov. 18 at the Ace Roofing company, 1150 Court st., and the theft of gaso line from a pump located at Swedenbuxg Orchards, Nov. 16. tenced to 10 years. The broadcast said the Presi- dium of the USSR Supreme So viet dismissed their appeals and "the sentence was carried out." Beria's purge came after the death of Stalin when he appear ed to be assuming joint leader ship of Russia with Malenkov. He was removed from office in July charged with being an en emy of the people. Execution followed an 11-day trial in De cember. Of the five Soviet secret police chiefs since the 1917 revolution only one, Dzerzhinsky, died a natural death. One was assasinat ed and three were executed. Extensive Review Of World Matters Given by Dulles Gettysburg, Pa. (U.R) Pres ident Eisenhower met with his Cabinet for the first time in more than three months today. He warmly thanked Cabinet members for "the perfection of cooperation and coordination" in carrying on the government's business during his illness. The Cabinet also heard an ex tensive review of the world situ ation from Secretary of State John Foster Dulles. The unusual Cabinet meeting, which opened with a silent prayer, was held in a rustic ' mountaintop lodge at the Presi dent's Camp David retreat, 22 miles from here. Mr. Eisenhower who had remained overnight at Camp David, drove back to his farm home here immediatelv after the meeting, which lasted a little more than two hours. Cabinet members came to Camp David by car and helicop ter for the session, and returned to Washington when it was over. Dulles, who returned last week from the Big Four foreJgn ministers meeting at Geneva, took up much of the Cabinet session with a report on the Ge neva conference and his side vis its to Italy, Yugoslavia and Spain. French Walkout Before entering the Cabinet meeting, Mr. Eisenhower dis closed in ' a conversation with Secretary of State John Foster Dulles and U-N Delegate Henry Cabot Lodge Jr., that he has been concerned about France's recent walkout from the United Nations. Press Secretary James C. Hag- erty was asked about published reports that Milton Eisenhower, the President's brother, had in terceded to block demands . by Republicans for Benson's Tesig nation. Hagerty said he -knew nothing of any such action by the President's' brother. Asked whether a previous White House statement that Mr. Eisenhower had not requested and would not accept Benson's resignation still stands, Hagerty said, "of course." The national Security Coun cil and cabinet meetings marked the return of Mr. Eisenhower to personally active leadership of government affairs. After Monday's security coun-,. cil meeting, the President con ferred separately for half an hour in his own quarters with Dulles. Hagerty said he did not know the subject of their dis cussion. DOW-JONES AVERAGES New York (U.R) Dow-Jones final stock averages: 30 indus trials 481.91 up 4.61; 20 rails 161.67 up 2.17; 15 utilitities $64.89 up 0.16; and 65 stocks 171.30 up 1.64. Sales today were about 2,270,000 shares against 1,960,000 yesterday Connection Burglaries A quantity of beer, canned goods, and cigarettes were stolen from Highland Grocery. Fifty cartons of cigarettes, a radio and flashlights were taken from Faber's Market, and an electric razor, a radio, and $20 in cash were taken, from the Ace Roof ing company. Jerry Leander Stewart. 18, of 716 Pine st., was arrested on a charge of , possession of stolen property. A 17-year-old Medford boy was arrested on a charge of concealing some of the stolen property. Stewart was arraigned in dis trict court yesterday. Bond was set at $1,500 by District Court Judge Rawles Moore. The hear ing was continued until Nov. 23, to allow, time to obtain an at torney for the defendant.
