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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.
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-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.
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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.