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Newspaper Page Text..;. :.,) -V Tribune P3 C cz O p: a P: o 7 vv :- United Press Full Leased Wire United Press Full Leased Wire 50th Year 24 Pages f fit - , WEDFOI ft if s , RD, OREGON, FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 25, 1955 Price 5c No. 211 -3 CO Pi a O 3 - 't r A GOING HOME Dr. Alberto Gainza Paz, former editor and publisher of La Prensa in Buenos Aires, gets a help ing hand from his wife as he packs in his New York apartment to return to Argentina. Gainza Paz was forced into exile after dictator Juan Peron seized La Prensa in 1951. Since Peron's overthrow last September, it has been rumored that the paper would be restored to Gainza Paz, although there has been no definite statement from the new government United States Tells Plans for H-Bomb Tests Next Spring Washington OJ.R) .The United States next spring will test new H-bomb models expect ed to equal or exceed the new Soviet super weapon in destruc tive power. That this country plans to re sume super weapon tests at the Eniwetok proving ground in the. Pacific was confirmed today by Rep. James E. Van Zandt (R Pa.), a member of the congres sional Atomic Energy . Commit tee. "The United States," he said, "will launch another series of special weapons tests next spring in the Pacific." Van Zandt added the tests will proceed as scheduled. He de nied a report that the tests had been delayed or canceled be cause of the Geneva Big Four conference and the world atoms for peace plan. "There has been no postpone ment, no cancellation; they are Soviet Sports Rioters Given Prison Terms Moscow (U.R) Twelve "hooli gans" received prison sentences ranging up to 25 years for start ing a riot at a football game in Soviet Armenia, provincial news papers reported today. The Armenian newspaper Communist said the "drunken defendants" assaulted the um pre, stoned a policeman and tried to rape a. woman spectator following a football match in the Soviet Armenian capital 5f Yerevan last month. Four of the ringleaders were sentenced to 25 years. Two re ceived 20 year sentences, two re- ceived 15 year sentences and the remainder received terms ranging from one to 10 years. Nine of the defendants had previously served time for com mon felonies and had received amnesty, the newspaper said. French Premier Calls For Confidence Vote Paris . (U.R) Premier Edgar Faure called today for a Na tional Assembly confidence vote in a make or break attempt to keep his job and push through nationwide elections in Jan uary. The sixth vote of confidence in as many weeks will be taken Tuesday. Faure made his formal de mand when the National Assem bly again tried to stall on his demands for electoral reforms and a general election by Feb ruary. lewis Bright Wins Speak Tournament Lewis Bright, son of Mr. and Mrs. Philip S. Bright, 1797 Minear rd., Medford, won first place in impromptu speaking at the Western Speech association tournament at Pacific Lutheran college. Parkland, Wash. The tournament was held early this week. Bright, a sophomore at Wil lamette university, was the only representative from an Oregon school at the meet, in which students from 17 colleges com peted. While a student at Medford High school, Bright was state champion orator and extempo raneous speake. proceeding on schedule," he said. Other sources said a variety of H-bomb models will be tested. Informed sources believe they will include devices of differ ent energy yields including some comparable tomillions of tons of TNT. The Soviet super weapon test announced by the AEC this week was in that range. The new U.S. models, it was understood, will include some larger than the famous shot of March 1, 1954, and some smaller. Mrs. Joyce Meadow Wins Driving Award Mrs. Joyce Meadow, Route 2, has been presented a $5 check as winner of the Medford Safe ty council's first "Courtesy Driver of the Day" award. The award is being given dur ing the council's "Partner in Safety" program in conjunction with its membership drive. Mrs. Meadow found her li cense number in the Medford Mail Tribune safety story Wed nesday and identfied herself to the safety council this morning. License number of Today's Courtesy Driver 5E713 Today's courtesy driver has un til Saturday noon to identify himself by telephoning either 2-2441 or 3-5643. Mrs. Meadow was selected on the following acts which demon strated good driving habits: She made a proper left turn from a two way street onto a one way street, approached a signal ed intersection and stopped for an amber light. She then pro ceeded to the next intersection and stopped to permit pedestri ans to cross the street and wait ed until the pedestrians were safely on the curb. Mrs. Meadow then turned left again, staying in the proper lane from a one-way street into a two way street,, and parked her car, using proper hand signals dur ing the observation time. John Van Dyke Wins Honor Science Award John Van Dyke, a senior at Medford High school, has won the Bausch and Lomb Honorary Science award and will receive the Bausch and Lomb medal at commencement exercises next spring. The award, made annually to the top-ranking science student in the senior class, carries with it an opportunity to compete for scholarships for as much as S4.000. The award is given in 5.800 high schools in the United States" to encourage scientific careers and to reward high scholastic attainment. John is the son of Mr. and Mrs. Frank Van Dyke, 22 Modoc ave., and is planning a career in electrical engineering. Chicago (U.R) Glen Klock, 18, of Troutdale, Ore., has been named among national winners of the 4-H Leadership Award Program at the 34th annual 4-H Club Congress here. Vancouver, Wash. (U.R) Van couver civic and business leaders have made an unofficial bid to move the ' Pacific International Exposition to Vancouver from Portland. 144 Perspns Die In Traffic During Holiday Period Figure 'Shocking Safety Council Says By UNITED PRESS Thanksgiving Day, a holiday not ordinarily marred by a high traffic death rate, resulted in a "shocking" number of fatali ties, a compilation showed today. The United Press counted 144 traffic deaths across the country between 6 p.m. Wednesday and midnight last night. Heretofore, Thanksgiving Day has been more like an ordinary Thursday so far as traffic fatali ties were concerned, according to the National Safety Council. The council makes no prediction on the number of traffic fatali ties expected during Thanksgiv ing. 'Shocking Figure' However, a council compila tion for Thursday, Dec. 2, 1954, made in the interest of the first Safe Driving Day, showed 81 deaths in the United States. This includes delayed deaths. A council spokesman informed of the United Press count said it was a "shocking figure." Fires killed. 11 persons and miscellaneous accidents 22 yes terday for a total of 177 vio lent deaths during the holiday, In Michigan, which led all states with 20 ' traffic deaths, five persons died in one two-car crash and four in another. At Mesquite, Tex., a 15-year-old boy was killed when a piano he was helping to move fell on him. Quiet Day for Ike President Eisenhower set the theme for the nation's observ ance. He spent a quiet day at his Gettysburg, Pa., farm home, concentrating on his three grand children. He carved a 40-pound turkey. U. S. troops around the world may not have had the children, but they had the food. Turkey with all the trimmings-was the menu. In Korea, some 50,000 GIs spent a happy if homesick day just outside the Bamboo Cur tain. Only a handful of troops had to eat in the bunkers. President Syngman Rhee of Korea told U. S. servicemen "the people of Korea thank you for your sacrifices." McCarthy Charges 'Jungle Warfare' Washington -(U.R) Sen. Jo seph R. McCarthy (R-Wis.), ac cused Sen. Thomas C. Hennings Jr. (D-Mo.), today of waging "jungle warfare" against the government's employee security program. McCarthy issued a statement demanding that the Democratic party leadership call an imme diate halt to the "disgraceful and dangerous activities" of the Senate Constitutional Rights Subcommittee headed by Hen nings. Hennings retorted the hear ings are "an effort to strength en our security program by pro tecting innocent and loyal men and women." "We realized that extremists of all sorts and disgruntled in dividuals might do everything to frustrate our work," he said. Speedup in Hydrogen Bomb Tests Urged Albuquerque, N. M. (U.R) The chairman of the joint con gressional Atomic Energy Com mittee called on the United States today to step up "hydro gen bomb tests" to answer Rus sia's latest "display of firepow er." Sen. Clinton P. Anderson (D N.M.) said the fact that the So viets could explode a hydrogen bomb whose force measured in' megatons indicates that the Unit ed States "had better not relax its vigilance now." DAMAGE FROM FIRE Firemen reported slight dam age in a fire at the G. H. Huff man home, 1024 West Ninth st., about 10:40 a.m. today. They said that the blaze, originating from a defective flue, spread to the attic and ceiling of the resi dence. Two pumper trucks were dispatched to the scene. DOW-JONES AVERAGES New York (U.R) Dow-Jones final stock averages: 30 indus trials 482.88 up 0.26, 20 rails 167.83 up 4.41, 15 utilities 65.31 up 0.12, 65 stocks 173.57 up 1.46. Sales today were about 2, 190,000 shares against 2,550,000 Wednesday. Ike's National Gran Offers Suggestions For Farm Program Plight of Average Farmer Pointed Out Cleveland U.R) The 89th convention of the National Grange representing about 1, 000,000 American farmers, went on record today in opposition to much of the government's pres ent farm program. Resolutions approved at the convention's closing' meeting hammered at the theme that the average farmer, the one with small to medium size acreage, has been hurt more than any other segment of the population. Four Steps Urged ' "No other, major part of the American economy is being called on to shift from wartime to peace-time production levels with so little financial assistance from government," the Grange said. To correct the situation, the Grange advocated: 1. Disposing of surplus com modities in world markets at any price they would bring, even in Communist countries. 2. Fixed price' supports for those commodities now being supported. . " 3. Long range conservation policies, as opposed to "land bank" programs. 4. Flexible acreage allotments where controls now call for in flexible allotments. Washington (U.R) A special Democratic party ad visory committee today unanimously recommended that Congress return farm price sup ports to "not less' than 90 per cent of parity next year. The recommendation came from a special Committee on Agriculture. The committee's recommendation, plus an earlier formal proposal b y Senate Democratic Leader Lyndon B. Johnson of Texas for a 90 per cent price support bill early next year, indicated a stepped up Democratic drive to make farm prices a major issue in the 1956 elections. Algerian Question Oif U. N. Agenda United Nations, N. Y.-4U.R) The U.N. General Assembly without objection today struck off its agenda the question of Algeria and opened the way for France to end its two-month boy cott of the world parliament. The French walked out of the Assembly Sept. 30 when the As sembly decided to put the Al gerian issue on its agenda for full debate. A conference of the powerful Arab-Asian group today brought agreement on a formula to de lete the item from the agenda for this session, leaving it open to be raised again in the future. Weather FORECAST: Considerably cloudiness with a few sprin kles toniEht. Partial clearing Saturday morning but rain by evening. Continued mild. Low tonight 40. High Saturday 50. Temp. aighest Yesterday - 56 Lowest this Morning . 38 ?rec. to 10 a.m. Today . 03 Tightwad Shows Patches; Has 13 Ways To Save Money London U.R) Tax officials thought they had 50-year-old Bill Hughes dead to rights. But the self-confessed tightwad showed them his patched underdrawers and listed 13 ways of saving money and they began reconsidering his case today. Hughes, a shipyard worker, appeared in bankruptcy court on charges of bookmaking and failing to pay tax on the, proceeds. He admitted saving up $16,800 on his $56 a week salary but said he did it this way: 1. Never ate candy, even when he was young. 2. Never smoked. 3. Never drank. 4. Never went out with women. 5. Shaved with his brother's razor blades. 6. Charged his grandmother 12 per cent interest or money she borrowed. 7. Worked a night shift and borrowed, his father's shoes while he slept to save shoe leather. 8. Went 13 years without buying a new suit. 9. Never bought a single flower. 10. Limited his lifelong movie going to one. 11. Ate everything on the table even if he didn't want it. 12. Patched everything, including his underwear. 13. Never took a holiday trip that cost more than 56 cents. He helped prove his point by displaying his underwear. The original fabric had disappeared. There were patches oa faded patches. n to -n. Byrd Sets Out on Fifth Antarctic Exploration Trip Washington (U.R) Rear Adm Richard E. Byrd at the age of 67 set out today on his fifth Ant arctic expedition a venture he believes will foreshadow the first permanent settlement on the icy continent. The famous explorer predict ed at a news conference on the eve of his departure that Antarc tica will become a land of per manent citizens, mostly civilians, living in villages of perhaps 500 persons when the present explor ation ends in 1959. "Eventually, this is the begin ning of the opening of a great continent that is going to be of great value to generations to come and to the peace-loving peoples of the world," he said. ByM leaves with his chief of staff, Capt. Laurence Matthews, on the first lap of a journey to join U.S. ships and planes al ready en route to Antarctica. Traveling by commercial air lines, the two will stop at San Francisco tonight, at Honolulu Saturday night and then pro ceed to Auckland, New Zea land, where they are due Nov. 30. At New Zealand Byrd and Matthews will join seven U. S. ships and 15 airplanes for the remainder of . the trip to the Antarctic area. Byrd told 25 newsmen who at- Advise Carrying Chains Oyer Pass Motorists were advised to carry chains while traveling across Siskiyou summit today, but state police said the highway was passable without chains; ' An inch of new snow fell at Siskiyou summit yesterday and last night, making a total of 16 inches at roadside. State highway department personnel were plowing there this morning. Police said Highway 66 over the Green Springs was passable without chains. No new snow fell on the Green Springs, where there is four inches at roadside. Oregon and Sexton mountains were almost normal, police said. Two inches of new snow fell at Crater lake national park dur ing the past 24 hours, park offi cials said today. The present depth is 40 inches. Chains were required on the road to the rim, and on the south and west en trances. Chains were required for ve hicles traveling to Chemult, and were advised at Lapine and Au stin. Three inches of new snow fell at Government Camp and Tim berline, but there was slush and the pack was breaking up. Motorists were warned to watch for falling rocks at Wil son rive.- summit and at Detroit. The Umpqpa highway was closed half a mile east of Reeds port due to a mud slide, but it was expected to be opened by 10 a.m. The Bellevue-Hopewell highway was closed at Deer creek by high water. One-way traffic was in force on the Co lumbia river highway at mile post 51.4 due to a slide. Washington (U.R) The Navy has announced that the aircraft carrier Franklin D. Roosevelt will be reassigned to the Atlan tic Fleet upon completion of her modernization next summer. White Mouse Sue tended his unusual Thanksgiv ing Day news conference that Antarctic a continent larger than the U. S. and Europe com bined holds perhaps the world's richest store of untapped natu ral resources. He said he had seen coal seams on his earlier expeditions to the Anarctic plateau and be lieves that uranium, gold, silver and copper may also bev found there. Byrd suggested anew that the continent at the bottom of the world could serve as a "deep freeze" for agricultural surplus es and hinted it might 'become a haven for bachelors. "Women have never set foot Much To Be Explained In Timber Business, Chairman Declares Portland U.R) Rep.' Earl Chudoff (D-Pa.), chairman of a c o n g r e s sional subcommittee which is investigating federal timber policies, said today there are a number of matters about the timber business not yet ex plained satisfactorily by the In terior Department. Chudoff issued a statement as the hearings went into an extra day here. The Pennsylvania Democrat said "As I have listened to the Interior Department officials last Wednesday and as I have thought about the ' testimony since then it occurs to me that we have uncoyered .a .number of serious matters that these gentle men and the secretary still have to explain satisfacorily.'' Indians Said Overcharged He said the testimony dis closed that the Bureau of In dian Affairs is charging the Warm Springs Indians a service charge which goes into the fed eral treasury. He said the gov ernment now' is overcharging these Indians "100 per cent to the tune of $60,000 a year." The fee is charged by the Indian Service for administrative costs of their timber lands, but the Indians said that in the last five years it amounts to much more than the government spends in administrative costs. "This overcharge results from an administrative regulation which the secretary is free to charge at any time," Chudoff said. "Revision of this regula tion seems to me to be long overdue." Chudoff also said, ."Despite contract revisions and the pro testations of the Indian service officials, the figures indicate that the price received for In dian timber is in some cases considerably below that receiv ed for other comparable tim- Break-In Reported At Bottling Company The Pepsi Cola Bottling com pany, 1221 Court st., was broken into last night, according to city police. Police reported that someone gained entrance to a store room and from there climbed over an; other room, kicked a hole in the ceiling and lowered them selves into the bottling company office. Nothing was reported stolen. An attempted burglary at Hitzler and Kelsoe Electronic Service company, 18 North Grape st., some time during Thanksgiving, was reported to city police this morning by War ren Maxwell Kelsoe, route 3, box 172. According to police, a steel plate had been pried from the lower portion of a window which opened into an alley north of the building. Second Tarp Stolen From Scout Building The second tarpaulin stolen from the same spot in the last two weeks was reported taken from a lumber pile at Girl Scout headquarters, 500 East Main st, according to city police. The first tarp, used to cover a pile of lumber being used to remodel the offices, was stolen Nov. 12. The second tarp, also used to cover the lumber, was taken Nov. 22, police said. on the place we call Little Am erica (base of previous expedi tions), and we have found it to be the most peaceful and silent place in the world," he quipped. Nine or, 10 other nations, in cluding Russia, plan Antarctic operations this year in ' connec tion with the International Geo physical Year of 1957-58. This will bring to 25 the number of stations within the Antarctic Circle. The United States makes no claims to any part of the 600, 000,000 square mile continent and does not recognize the claim of other nations. It plans to ex plore some presently unknown parts of the continent. (See Story on Page 8 2nd Section) ber." He added that "while some steps may have been taken to correct this situation, a sub stantial inequity still exists." Roads Policy Criticized ' He also criticized department policy on use of roads to federal timber, holding its use of a road fee cost in appraising timber could have an effect of increas ing the price of timber. He said there was no evidence this has happened but "it could have such an effect, particularly in a declining market." Rep. Clare Hoffman (R-Mich.), another member of the group, said the statement -was political. Chudoff replied that the hear ings are not political. First witness today was J. Herbert Stone, regional forester, who outlined forset service tirrv ber practice policies. Wolf Ruled Sane By Two Psychiatrists Portland (U.R) Victor Laur ence Wolf, confessed bomb slay er of Portland . attorney Oliver Kermit Smith, today was de clared sane by two psychiatrists. This cleared the way for a hearing Dec. 5 to determine his degree of guilt and the penalty he will pay for the crime. Results of the psychiatrist ex amination, made by Drs. Herman A. Dickel and John W. Evans, were announced by Circuit Judge James W. Crawford who will preside over the hearing. The two doctors said in their report that Wolf was presently sane and competent and that he was sane and competent at the time of the crime to which he confessed was committed last April. The examination was asked by Wolf's court-appointed attorneys, Charles E. Raymond and Nich olas Granet. The attorneys may ask for a lie detector test. Smith was blown up last April 21 when a bomb went off as he started his car at a Port land country club. Smith's widow, Marjorie, was tried and found innocent of any part in the slaying. Rep. Hope Announces Plan for Retirement Garden City, Kan. (U.R) Rep. Clifford R. Hope, 62, rank ing Republican on the House Agriculture Committee, an nounced today his retirement from Congress at the end of his present term. He will round cut 30 years service, Jonger than any other Kansas congressman. Ski Conditions Skiing conditions at Crater lake this morning were poor, the national park service re ported. The sky was overcast, there were flurries of snow and the lake was fogged in at the 8:30 a.m. report. Snow depth was 40 inches. Roads were open but chains or abrasive tires were advised. The park ranger station said trail skiing is doubtful be cause of insufficient snow lo cover downed logs. The warm ing hut will operate this week-end if the road to the rim remain open. Dec. 20 Chief Executive To Remain Until Congress Launched Weak-End Visits To Farm Home Planned Gettysburg, Pa. (U.R) Pres ident Eisenhower will return to the White House about Dec. 20 and remain there, except for some week end trips, until Con gress is well launched on its ' 1956 program, it was learned today. The President, gradually re building his health and strength, plans to stay in Washington from late December until about mid April, White House sources dis closed. Week End Visits to Home According to Mr. Eisenhower's current plans, he . will make week end visits to his farm home here. He also may make a num ber of flying visits to the little White House at the Augusta, Ga., National Golf Course. Press Secretary James C. Hag- erty has announced that Mr. Ei senhower will spend Christmas at the White House with his fam ily. By operating from the White House until mid-April, Mr. Ei senhower is expected to take a personal hand in the start of the Republican legislative pro gram in the crucial election year. This program is now under study by administration leaders. Busiest Schedule In the days ahead the Presi dent will be taking on his busi est schedule since he suffered a heart attack Sept. 24. Next Monday he will hc3 a political conference with GOP National Chairman Leonard W. Hall. Then in days fallowing, he will meet with. . both GOP and Democratic congressional leaders and undergo two medi cal checks. But his schedule for today was one of relaxation with his three grandchildren. Seven Dinner Guesls The President and Mrs. Eisen hower served Thanksgiving din ner for seven guests yesterday. Helping eat a 40-pound turkey were their son, John, and 'his wife, the grandchildren, and the President's brother, Dr. Milton Eisenhower, and his daughter, Ruth, who drove from Univer sity Park, Pa., 100 miles away. Egypt Anti-Aircraft Guns Fire on Israel Jerusalem (U.R) An Egypt- tion military spokesman report ed today that Egyptian anti-aircraft guns fired on an Israeli plane over the Gaza Strip where Israel accused Egypt of commit ting a series of new border in cidents. f ' An Egyptian spokesman at Gaza said the Israeli plane flew over the strip dividing Egypt and Israel at high altitude early today. He said several rounds of anti-aircraft shells were fired before the plane banked and turned back to Israeli territory. In Jewish 'Jerusalem, mean time, Maj. Dan Gov accused Egyptian forces of six attacks on Israeli positions in the Negev Desert within 24 hours. Pinball Machines in Idaho Ordered Out Boise (U.R) State Commis sioner of Law Enforcement Earle E. Koehler today ordered all pin ball machine distributors to "get their machines out of the state and keep them out." The order put the "teeth" in Attorney General Graydon W. Smith's Wednesday opinion rul ing pinball machines and other coin-operated devices paying off in free games illegal in Idaho. "We will use all legal means including abatement (public nui sance) laws" to eliminate pin ball machines from Idaho, Koeh ler said. Brazil President Signs State of Siege Measure Rio De Janeiro (U.R) Acting President Nereu Ramos signed a bill early today putting Brazil under a state of siege for the next 30 days. Ramos acted quickly to sign the bill which suspends many constitutional guarantees during the time it is in force. Roseburg (U.R) Douglas County Commissioner Elmer Metzger has resigned. If.