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1955
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No. 212
Me
Rogue River Forest
ining Case Enters
earings
Portland, Ore. (U.P.) A con
troversial mining claims case
was reviewed Friday by a joint
congressional subcommittee
studying federal timber sales
policies.
The so-called Al Serena case
Involves a mining patent grant
ed by Interior Secretary Douglas
McKay to an Alabama family,
for a claim in the Rogue River
National Forest. The patent in
cluded title to timber on the
land, under mining laws then in
effect.
Sen. W. Kerr Scott (D-N.C.)
said Congress "needs to know
One Killed in Raid
On Police Station;
IRA Denies Action
Belfast, Northern Ireland
iU.P.) One man was reported
killed and a policeman was seri
ously wounded yesterday when
raiders from the Irish Republic
stole across the border and
bombed A police station.
The Irish Republican Army
denied that any of its men were
connected with the raid and run
ning gun battle with Northern
Ireland police.
A doctor reported he had re
fused to sign a death certificate
when the body was brought to
him after the raid which oc
curred before dawn yesterday.
Constables Aroused
Several constables, aroused
' from their beds above the sta
tion, beat off the raiders in a
furious gun battle.
One policeman was shot seven
times during the hot exchange.
It was not 5own" whether the)
raiders suffered any casualties.
Authorities said the daring
raid, on a lonely barracks just
a mile from the Irish border, had
all the trademarks of the IRA,
which is dedicated to the use of
violence to force the withdraval
of Britain from Northern Ireland
and secure unification of the
Irelands under one government.
The IRA denied it had any
connection with the raid, how
ever. A statement issued in Dub
lin by the "General Head
quarters of the Irish Republican
Army" said no member of the
IRA was involved. The state
ment, circulated to Dublin news
papers, was signed "D. Macdi-
armada, Adjutant General.
Police said part of yesterday's
10-man party stood guard on a
nearby hill while other raiders
planted a bomb that blasted a
huge gap in the barracks wall
"and split the two-story structure
from base to roof.
Before the smoke cleared, po
lice said, the raiders swept into
the station and shouted for the
surrender of the six-man garri
son. Negro Says He Was
Shot by White Men
Belzoni, Miss (U.P.) A
critically wounded fighter for
-sjgro rights said Saturday that
white men shot him down only
a few blocks from the spot where
another Negro was slain seven
months ago.
Gus Courts, a member of the
National Association for the Ad
vancement of Colored People,
told doctors from a hospital bed
in the all-Negro community of
Mound Bayou that three or four
white men rolled up to his store
about 8 Friday night and shot
.him through the window as he
sfood at the cash register.
Sheriff Ike Shelton, however,
quoted two witnesses, Courts'
wife and a woman customer who
was in the store, as saying there
was only one man in the car
"a white man or a light skinned
Negro." They said the attacker
fled the scene after firing two
or three shots with a shotgun.
Shelton said his investigation
was hampered by the fact that
Courts' friends .rushed him out
of this delta farming town to
Mound Bayou, almost 75 miles
north of here "without even let
ting a doctor here see him."
Carson City, Nev. (U.PJ A
letter surrending gambling lic
enses for Club Cal-Neva in Reno
and the Tahoe-Biltmore at Lake
Tahoe was accepted Saturday
by the state gaming control
beard from Sanford Adler and
his associates.
On Timber
if the people of America are
entitled to know what the facts
are in connection with this case
which was finally decided at
the highest level of the Depart
ment of Interior."
Hearing Held On Case
Pierce M. Rice, lands officer
for the Bureau of Land Man
agement, said he had held a
Portland (U.R) A top Ore
gon Republican party official
has termed Friday's session of
a joint Congressionel subcom
mittee "conclusive proof" that
current timber hearings are
Intended to discredit the Eis
enhower Administration.
State Central Committee
Chairman Wendell Wyatt of
Astoria, said "the dragging
into the testimony of the dis
credited Al Serena mining
case is 'political demagoguery
at its very worst." He said
the case was one of mining law
"and completely out of the an
nounced scope of the present
hearings."
hearing in the Al "Serena case,
but the attorney for the patent
applicant had offered no testi
mony or evidence in the hear
ing and refused Rice's ruling.
Rice said . he recommended
against the application because
there was not sufficient minerals
in the area. However, Secretary
McKay had a survey made by a
Bureau of Mines employe who
reported that a "prudent oper
ator" could profitably mine.
The definition of "prudent"
was criticized earlier by Loran
L. Stewart, ' president of the
Bohemia Lumber Company of
Eugene, Ore., who "said mining
laws are too lax and there is
no sound definition of a prudent :
man. : - . - i
Tepe Recording Made
A small commotion was caus
ed at the session when subcom
mittee members discovered a
Bonneville Power Administra
tion employe making a tape re
cording of testimony. Congress
men finally said they had no
objections, but insisted the em
ploye should have asked their
permission first.
- The extra day's session in
Portland was scheduled by sub
committee chairman Rep. Earl
Chudoff (D-Pa.), who said there
were "a number of serious mat
ters" about the timber business
not yet explained satisfactorily.
Soviet Boss Offers
World Compeition
Bangalore, India (U.R) Soviet
Communist Party Boss Nikita
S. Khrushchev offered Saturday
to compete with the world "with
out war."
The Russian leader said his
country already had offered the
west a "gentelmen's agreement"
to forbid atomic war. He said
the west would not agree, and
Russia, therefore could not cease
making atomic weapons.
He added that Russia would
never be the first to use the
atom bomb. The Soviets would
be happy to "let them lay," he
said.
In a speech at a civic recep
tion honoring him as Soviet
Premier Nikolai A. Bulgarnin,
Khrushchev also said that Presi
dent Eisenhower's proposal for
arms inspections would lead to
an arms race.
Helicopter Pilots Brave Strong Winds
To Rescue 21 Men From Battered Ship
Halifax, N. S. (U.R) Two
helicopter pilots braved buffet
ing 50-mile-an-hour winds Sat
urday to pluck 21 men from' a
grounded, blizzard - lashed
freighter being dashed to pieces
against huge rocks.
The seamen were rescued after
clinging for 28 nightmarish hours
to the vessel as it was lashed
by heavy seas to within 25 feet
of the rugged cliffs on the north
eastern tip of Cape Breton.
A helicopter ran a mercy
shuttle between the helpless Li
berian freighter Kismet II and
an emergency rescue station on
the snow-banked shore.
Drops Four Times
While rescuers stood tensely
atop the cliff, the helicopter
dropped to the deck of the Kis
met four times, and returned
each time with a load of weary,
Tribesmen Kill 17
French Troops; 10
Wounded, Ambush
Premier Named to Form
Firm Government
Rabat, Morocco U.R Rebel
Tribesmen sweeping down from
the mountains near the Spanish
Morocco frontier killed 17
French troops and wounded ten
others in an ambush, officials
disclosed Saturday.
At the same time, Sultan Sidi
Mohammed Ben Youssef named
one-legged Si Bekkai Premier
in a race to establish a firm gov
ernment before revolt breaks
out.
As fighting raged in the wild
Riff mountains, and open ter
rorism menaced the cities the
newly restored Sultan named
his faithful follower Morocco's
first head of a modern cabinet
in its march toward independ
ence. Called to Palace
As the result, the Sultan
called Si Bekkai to the Palace
Saturday and asked him to form
a cabinet, which will be Moroc
co's first representative govern
ment. The Sultan's decision ended a
week of uncertainty. But the pos
sibility of serious trouble re
mained. Brown - robed Riffi Rebel
tribesmen swept down from the
hills near the Spanish Morocco
frontier late Friday and killed
the 17 troops in an ambush. Ten
more French troops were wound
ed. Convoying Ambulance
Army trucks were convoying
an ambulance, containing a
wounded soldier, when the
rebels opened fire with sub
machine guns.
Before the rebels scattered
into the hills, the French army
had suffered its most serious
casualties in a single engage
ment since newly-restored Yous
sef was ousted in 1953.
A rescue column which set out
after nightfall to support the
convoy was itself ambushed.
Yesterday French mobile
troops supported by planes
stabbed into the Riff hills in
search of the rebels.
Goldstein Appointed
Judge Prolem Here
Barnett H. Goldstein of Port
land has been appointed circuit
court judge protem for Jackson
county. He will hold court start
ing Monday in the absence of
Judge H. K Hanna.
The appointment was made
by Chief Justice Harold "Warner
of the state supreme court.
Judge Goldstein has held court
here previously.
Judge Hanna will go to Port
land tomorrow for medical at
tention. Denning Transferred
To Iowa City Hospital
Camp White Ruben H. Den
ning, assistant manager at Camp
White, has been transferred and
promoted to the position of as
sistant manager of the Veterans'
Administration hospital in Iowa
City, Iowa.
Denning's first assignment as
assistant manager was to Camp
White Domiciliary in December,
1953. A replacement for him has
not been appointed as yet.
He will be accompanied to
Iowa City by his wife, Ruth, and
children, Richard and Marilyn.
He was active in Methodist
church and other activities in
and around Medford.
storm-soaked men.
The helicopter reached the
2,800-ton vessel at is was inched
closer and closer to. the rocks
at the bottom of the cliff. It
landed on a small area cleared
on the deck and 45 minutes
later every crew member had
been removed.
Capt. Anast Maniatis of Ath
ens, Greece, told how he and his
men were rescued by the Royal
Canadian Navy. He said that
for a time all aboard feared
they would be dashed to death
against the rocks.
"Our troubles started early
Friday when we moved close to
the Cape Breton shore because
we were in danger from a viol
ent storm," Maniatis said. "But
our steering gear became dam
aged and while we were repair
ing it our ship was dashed on
RUSSIAQ
D'F ALL
Terrorists Throw
Bomb Into Ballroom
Of Cyprus Hotel
Action Follows State
Of Emergency on Island
Nicosia, Cyprus U.R) Ter
rorists defying a death penalty
imposed by new emergency reg
ulations hurled a bomb into a
crowded ballroom at the Ledra
Palace hotel last night. One man
was injured.
The hotel, most luxurious on
this British Mediterranean is
land, is tenanted largedly by
British officials. The Caledonian
(Scottish) society was holding its
annual ball when the bomb was
thrown.
Make Escape
The terrorists were believed
to have made good their escape.
The bomb burst only a few
hours after British authorities
had proclaimed a state of emer
gency on the island, making the
possession of a bomb or the firing
of a gun by unauthorized persons
punishable by death.
The State of Emergency order
was issued by Field Marshal Sir
John Harding, governor of this
strategic British colony. The or
der banned all meetings except
religious services, movies and
theatrical shows.
The decree said sports con
tests could be held at the discre
tion of local commissioners.
Five Soldiers Killed
The firm tightening of British
Seeuritv holders followed the
death of five British soldiers in
the past week at the hands of
terrorists. There have been daily
incidents of violence by cypriots
demanding an end to British riule
and . union of this island with-i
Greece. ,l
Harding also ordered that any
one caught committing sabotage
against water supplies, electri
city lines or communications sys
tems would be sentenced to life
imprisonment.
British Security forces Satur
day seized 11 cypriots of Greece
origin on suspicion they were
supporting the wave of terrorism
in Rhia Mediterranean island.
Two of those seized were,
members of the Ethnarchy coun
cil nf Oreek Orthodox Archbish
op Makarios, fiery leader of the
movement for union wim
Greece.
French Communists
Withdraw Support
Paris (U.R) France's com
munist party withdrew its pow
erful support of Premier Edgar
Faure Saturday and pushed his
tottering government toward
seemingly certain collapse.
Without the backing of the
94 red deputies which carried
him through his last two con
fidence votes, Faure appeared
to have little chance of surviv
ing the new National Assembly
confidence vote Tuesday.-
French newspapers of all po
litical shades openly predicted
a government crisis and turned
,their attention to speculation on
a new nrimier.
Jacques Duclos, communist
party floorleader, announced his
party's about (f ace to newsmen
in the assembly lobby.
the rocks by a 50-mile-an-hour
wind. There was also heavy fog
and later blinding snow.
Shut Down Engines
"We shut down our engines
as the engine room became flood'
ed. That left us without heat
in sub-freezing weather." .
The captain said his entire
crew was "magnificent," acting
"in the finest traditions of the
sea."
On the first trip, the helicopt
er took four men. Then it sue
cessively rescued six, six and
five, leaving the ship abandon
ed. All the men were reported
to be in good condition.
Rescuers who had reached the
cliff edge with the aid of snow
plows and the rescued men them
selves watched in awe as the
Sikorsky H04S completed the
rescue.
i
IQUfJCE
-HYDROGEN 'BOMB .E
PICK WINNERS A committee of four pick
winners in Medford Safety council's Safety
Slqgan contest, which is being held as part of
the council's membership drive and its "Partner
In Safety" program. Seated are Medford Police
Chief Charles Champlin (left)' and R. L. (Bud)
Palmer of the safety council. Standing are
Medford Police Sgt. Clyde Fichtner (left) and
Don McNeil, manager of Jackson County Cham-,
ber of Commerce, Winning slogans were sub
mitted by Ethelyn Wilson, Central Point, "Have
a prayer in your heart, when you have the
wheel in your hands;" Mrs. M. E. Ball, 923 Mur
Federal Grand Jury
Many Finish Inquiry
Into Tax Scandals
Washington L-U.R) The St.
Louis federal grand jury which
has been investigating tax scan
dals in the Truman administra
tion, may wind up the inquiry
next week, informed sources
said Saturday.
Whether there will be any
indictments is up to the grand
jury. It has been hearing testi
mony for several months from
one-time high-ups in the Truman
tax hierarchy about an alleged
"white wash."
The government, when it
launched its investigation more
than a year ago, made it clear
that it hoped to expose officials
who allegedly conspired to per
mit tax-fixing during the four
years of the past administration.
Investigate Reporls
Specifically, the jury at St.
Louis and an earlier one at Om
aha, were authorized to investi
gate reports that former Truman
officials tried to cover up a 1950
51 investigation of the St. Louis
Internal Revenue office.
But officials here,, who would
not be quoted by name, said the
investigation has gone "deeper"
than the authorization would in
dicate. Democrats have privately ac
cused the Eisenhower admini
stration of "political motives" in
pushing the inquiries.
The earlier St. Louis investi
gation resulted in an indictment
against James P. Finnegan,
former St. Louis collector who
later was convicted of miscon
duct in office.
Three Men Appear
In District Court
Richard Dale Akin, 30, Can-
yonvjlle, was arriagned in dis
trict court, Friday, on a charge
of grand larceny.
Akin, who was released on $1,-
500 bond, was charged with
stealing a tool used in well drill
ing. A preliminary hearing will
be held Dec. 2.
John Richard Baylis, 71, route
1, box 511, Ashland, was fined
$255 and sentenced to 30 days
in county jail on a charge of
driving while under the in
fluence of intoxicating liquor.
Baylis' driver's license was
suspended for 90 days. The jail
sentence was to be suspended on
payment of the fine.
Also in district court Friday.
Donald Robert Rominger, 40,
route 2, box 246, Central Point,
was fined $30 on a charge of
being drunk on a public high
way. A car operated by Romin
ger was involved in a n accident
Wednesday at the junction of
Highways 99 and 62, in which
one person was injured.
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SATURDAY
SCORES
WEST
University Of Southern Cali
fornia 42, Notre Dame 2Q
Colorado A and M 10,
Colorado 0
SOUTHWEST
Baylor 15, Rice 7
Texas Christian 20, Southern
Methodist 13
Oklahoma 53, Oklahoma A
and M0
Arizona 7, Arizona State 6
SOUTH "
Miami (Fla.) 7, Florida 6
South Carolina 21, Virginia 14
Tennessee 20, Vanderbilt 14
Clemson 40, Furman 20
Georgia Tech 21. Georgia 3
Auburn 26, Alabama 0
Mississippi 26, Mississippi
State 0
LSU 13, Tulane 13 ' -r
EAST ' .
Army 14, Navy 6 , ' .
Boston College 26, Holy
Cross 7
Poce Battle 200
In Stockton Riot
Stockton, Calif. (U.P.) Thirty
three police officers battled more
than 200 person for 2Vz hours
early Saturday in a dance-hall
riot touched off when a teen
age boy slapped a women in the
face. - "
The uprising finally was quell
ed when a fireman sent streams
of icy water into the mob. Four
teen persons, including 12 of
ficers, were hospitalized for
minor injuries and ,14 rioters
were arrested on charges of dis
turbing the peace.
School Census Shows 6,038
In District 49 This Year
The 1955 Medford school cen
sus, completed recently, has
revealed, there are 6,038 people
between the ages of 4 and 19,
inclusive, in School District 49,
it was reported Saturday.
The total is a gain of 267 over
the 1954 figure, an increase of
4.6 per cent from the 5,771 listed
last year.
10 Year Comparison
The 6,038 total this year also
comparies to 4,143 in 1945, ten
years ago. Other totals in the
past ten years are, 1946, 4,189;
1947, 4,500; 1948, 4,719; 1949,
4,885; 1950, 5,143; 1951, 5,454;
1952, 5,441; and 1953, 5,605.
In addition to the students
living in District 49, which
roughly corresponds to the Med
ford city limits, the district also
takes care of the education of
both elementary and high school
students in the Dewey and Ken
wood districts, and a majority
of the high school students from
nearby non-high districts, includ
ing Griffin creek, Oak Grove,
'MOST POW
XPL0SI0N-
ray st., "Be cautious a minute saved may be
a lifetime lost;" Page Meyerding, 112 Medford
Heights, "A flying spark, a glowing ember can
put you in the cold this chilly December. Use
a fireplace screen;" Mrs. Victor Kasser, 903
South Peach st., "That hand that lifts the cup
of cheers, should not be the one that shifts the
gears;" and Joe Whealdon, 515 Liberty st., "If
your car has power plus take it slow or take
the bus." Each will receive a prize. The final
contest for larger prizes will be held during
the next two weeks. (Brainerd Photo).
(Sea story and picture page 14) '
Eisenhower Urges
Bi-Partisan Policy
Despite Victor
Gettysburg.'Pa. (u,R) Presi
dent Eisenhower Saturday en
dorsed a Democratic Senate
leader's plea to keep politics out
of foreign policy in the 1956
election campaign.
Through a spokesman, the
President urged Americans to
support ; a bi-partisan foreign
policy no matter who wins the
elections.
Murray Snyder, White House
assistant press secretary, said
Mr. Eisenhower had read and
approved this , statement made
Friday by Sen. Walter F. George
(D-Ga.) to the New York Herald
Tribune: "A Mature Nation"
"We must assure the world
that we are capable of having
a non-partisan foreign policy
and', regardless of who wins , or
loses in 1956, our foreign pro
gram will go on substantially as
is. We must sBow.we are a ma
ture nation." .
Despite the President's urging
and George's appeal, it was dead
certain that foreign policy will
play a great part in the cam
paigning. - -
Politics will be discussed by
President Eisenhower Monday
with Republican National Chair
man Leonard W. Hall who will
fly here for a frankly political
confab. It will be the first meet
ing of Mr. Eisenhower with his
political lieutenant since he suf
fered his heart attack on Sept.
24.
West Side, Howard and Lone
Pine.
Of the totals this year, 118 of
the girls and 20 of the boys, a
total of 138, are married, which
is 2.3 per cent of the total. There
are 35 pairs of twins (15 sets of
girls, and 13 of b o y s, and 7
"mixed" twins). Ten of the fam
ilies contacted had six. or more
children.
Smith remains the most fre
quent name, with 66 listed. There
are also 57 Johnsons or John
stons, 45 Joneses and 31 Browns.
Places of birth include China,
Saipan, Guatemala, Norway, Al
aska, all parts of Canada, Ger
many, England, and many others.
Three of the youngsters were
born on Feb. 29, and thus have
birthdays only every four years,
on Leap day.
Census enumerators this year
were Mesdames Minnie Bryant,
Ethel Cope, Helen Fagone, El
eanor Halsey, Jessie Howard,
Ruth Parsons, Blanche Powell
and Joy Sorensen.
ERFUL
Official Statement
Says Blast Part of
New Weapons Test
Confirms AEC Report
Of Nuclear Activity
Moscow (U.R) Russia an
nounced Saturday it has set off
"the most powerful of all" hy
drogen bomb explosions.
An official statement said the
Hi-blast was one of a series of
recent explosions of "new types
of atomic and thermo-nuclear
(hydrogen) weapofis" by the So
viets. It said the H-bomb was ex
ploded at a "great height" in
order to prevent the conse
quences of atomic fall-out.
Confirms Reports
(The announcement confirmed
the U.S. Atomic Energy Com
mission disclosure last Wednes
day that the Soviets had ex
ploded their 1 a r g e st nuclear
weapon so far.)
"The last explosion of the
hydrogen bombs was the most
powerful of all explosions car
ried out so far," the ' announce
ment issued by the Soviet Tast
News Agency said.
(Speaking in Bangalore, India,
touring Soviet CommSnist Party
Chief Nikita Khrushchev said
the new Soviet bomb had the
explosive power of 1,000,000
tons of TNT. He said it was de- -signed
to get the maximum ex
plosion from a minimum amount
of material.
(This week's announcement of
AEC Director Lewis Strauss said
the Soviet explosion was "in the
range of megatons." A megaton
equals 1,000,000 tons of TNT in
explosive power. -
(The official Soviet announce
ment failed to specify whether
its reference to "most powerful"
applied only to tests carried out
within Russia or also to tests
known to have been carried out
in the United States.
(But informed s ou r c e s in
Washington said the United
States had developed H-bombs
at least 10 and probably 20 times
as powerful as the one tested by
Russia. The U.S. bomb exploded
at Eniwetok last year has been
reported to have equaled from
12,000,000 to 20,000,000 tons of
TNT.)
Bolster Security
The official Soviet announce
ment said the recent nuclear
tests were carried out with the
aim of bolstering Russia "Na
tional Security." It criticized the
western powers for turning down
Moscow's disarmament pro
posals at the Geneva Big Four
parley.
In India, Khrushchev declared
the Russians would never be the
first to use atom bombs. He said
the Soviets would be happy to
"let them lay."
The Soviet announcement on
the nuclear tests said:
"In accordance with plans of
scientific research and experi
mental work in the field of
atomic energy, the Soviet Union
recently carried out tests of new
types of atomic and thermo-nuclear
hydrogen weapons.
"The tests fully confirmed the
pertinent scientific technical re
search which showed important
achievements of Soviet scientists
and engineers.
"The last explosion of the
hydrogen bomb was the most
powerful of all explosions car
ried out so far. In order to pre
vent consequences of radio-activity
fallout, the explosion vs
made at a great height."
Courtesy Driver
Award to Roma Rice
Roma Rice of Talent yesterday
identified himself from the Med
ford Safety Council's "Courtesy
Driver of the Day" license num
ber in the Mail Tribune .Friday.
The license number of Sun
day's courtesy driver:
5-J-6292
The owner of the license num
ber should call 3-5643 or 2-2441
by noon Monday and identfy
himself.
Starting tomorrow, the anti
jaywalking campaign will start
with a Mr. or Mrs. Jaywalker
walking on the streets of Med
ford and other Jackson county
towns. Cash awards will be pre
sented to residents who approach
jaywalkers and receive an af
firmative answer to "Are you
Mr. or Mrs. Jaywalker?"