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Mair M EDFORD United Press Full Leased Wire 50th Year 24 Pages mount Communist Organ Declares Berlin Statute Invalid Four-Power Sfatu Said Non-Existenf - Q Berlin (U.R) The Sast Ger man CommiinistsQigid tocfty Am- erican Ambassador James B. Conant was "basting" when he said theUnittQ States would holto tue four-power status of Berlin. The savage new attack on West Berlin and the United States was published in the of ficial Communist newspaper Neues Deutschland which has hinted repeatedly .at a new blockade of Berlin. Neues Deutschland said Dr. onant (rtjould know the four power statute on Berlin "has not existed ft a long time" be cause ve "West itself trampled it in the mud." The official Communist organ thus appeared to proclaim inval id the four pwer laws under which the United States, Brit ain and France occupy Berlin with Russia, supply it and have the right to free movement to Berlin through the Soviet zone. View Government as Puppet It was another East German effort to bolster the "sov ereignty" of- the East Germany government which the Western powers and the Bonn govern ment recognize only as a pup pet state under the Soviets. Only Monday Soviet Maj. Gen. P. A. Dibrova, the Russian Berlin commandant, stressed again the sovereignty of East Germany and the Soviet sector of Berlin. He did this by reject ing a British protest against a border shooting and referred it to "the proper authorities of the German Democratic Republic." Today's blast against Conant and the West Berlin officials followed a series of boasts by the iQst Germans that they will decide "who" travels to West Berlin id "how." They accom panied it with new threats against barge and highway traf fic. Demand Liability Insurance There still was no clear ex planation of how the Commun ists iiwended to apply their latest threats. They said Monday that Western vehicles ranching the isolated city through 110 miles of Communist territory must have East German liability in surance as of Jan. 1. This could be a threat either to stop Western traffic or to levy high insurance rates.' Already they have imposed high high way uscotaxes. T&e threat to close canal traf fic which supplies one-fourth of Berlin's supplies ' was coupled with demands the West Germans negotiate with the East German government. This Bonn raiding trade groups have met frequently. Nation's Aerial Defenses Tested in Practice Alert Colorado Springs, Colo. (U.R) The mobilized defense forces of the United States and Canada staged seven-hour war prac tice alert last night and early Cfcoday. ThPalert, "Operation Cracker iaek." was flashed throughout the North American defense communications network at 7 p.m. Irb-U JasL nigm ay .ueaa quarters of the Continental Air Defense Command here. . Planes Ward Off 'Enemy' It was terminate at 4:05 a.m. (PSI) on CONAD orders. Vfithin minutes after the prac tice alert was called, interceptor planes" were in the sky over the continent to ward off simulated "enemy" attacks. Units the Strategic Air Coramano America's offensive air force, are staging the attack or attacks which might last four days. SAC planes are probing outer continental defenses in at tempts to exploit any weak MEDFORD, OREGON, TUESDAY, DECE' euro 'EMERGENCY PANTRY' The fuel in West Berlin's "emergency pantry" is coal this is one of the huge piles reserved in the event that Soviet blockade threats come true. Contemplating a traffic blockade by the Communists, West Berlin nas stored supplies to feed and warm their area for six months or longer. East German Reds set the stage for a new blockade by refusing to renew permits to West Berlin's barges to bring supplies through Communist territory. Two Bond In Counfv M Bond issues totaling $67,000. were passed and 14 commission ers and directors were eieciea in the county yesterday. Eight water districts, three rural fire districts and one sanitary dist rict held annual elections. Voters in South Bear Creek sanitary district approved 43 to 10 a $40,000 bond issue ior ad ditional funds for construction of trunk and lateral sewer lines. Also in the South Bear creeK district. Jack W. Busn, nioi South Pacific highway, a write- in. candidate, defeated incum bent Edward Stevens, 33 to iU, for a three year term as director. Man Reports $110 Theft To Police fieoree A. Cummins, 708Vi West Sixth st., reported to city nnlice that he was knocked un conscious at his home Saturday night and robbed of about $nu Cummins told police that he met a man at the Veterans wud 49. North Front st.. had a few drinks and then took him to his home to watch television, me man attacked him with a knife, Pnmmins said, and he was knocked unconscious. According to the police report he did not recover until 12:30 p.m., Sunday, at which time, he told police, he discovered $80 missing from his billfold, and $30 from a small bank, fishing reel, clothine and food were also stolen. points Crackerjack's success might not be announced for several davs or weeks, if ever, CONAD said. Its official 'announcement said only that ."elements of the Strategic Air Command are being used in the exercise in a at ! tempt to penetrate to penetrate the air de- , fense system." Reserves Ordered Out An estimated 400,000 civilian aircraft spotters are on alert Army, Navy, Air Force, Marine National Guard and Reserve units were ordered to emergency duty about five hours before the initial signal. Word that the gi gantic exercise had started leaked out about 2 p.m. (PST) Monday when these members of the defense forces were suddenly called to duty. It was announced on Oct. 18 that a test would be conducted but actual timing was a well- kept secret . - VV Issues, One p pro Ye i Districts A $27,000 bond issue for the extension of water service and erection of. fire hydrants, was approved 39 to 4, by voters in the Grand View water district. Mrs. Jacquoise More, Buckshot hill rd., was elected to a five year term as commissioner and Floyd W.' Fogelquist, Roberts rd., was elected to a one year term. Medford Rural fire district voters approved annexation of land between Griff in' Creek and Griffin Creek road, 18 to 3. Har per Hamilton, 2199 Crestbrook rd., was elected to a five year term as director. . Other Commissioners Other commissioners elected in water districts were: js.mgs Highway, Claude L. Gunter, 1596 South Peach st., five year term: Maple Park, John Kluk- kert, 1123 Bens lane, two year term, and Edwin C. Rutter, 1298 Sunset ave., five year term; Ken wood, Herman W.Newland, 1134 Morrow rd., five year term; Elk City, B. Sam Taylor, Beall lane, Central Point, four year term; Jacksonville Highway, Charles Hoppe, Lozier lane, three year term; Midway, Eddie Berteau, 2640 Howard ave., five year term; and Charlotte Anne, Jack W. Bush, five year term. In the Central Point rural fire district, Claude Hoover, Sticky lane, was elected to a five year term as director. Glenn Hutchin son was elected to a five year term as director in the Rogue River rural fire district. Voting was light in all dist ricts. . Onlv 10 votes were cast in the Midway water district: 11 in the Maple Park district and 53 in the South Bear Creek san itary district where voters passed a $40,000 bond issue Road Conditions Prospect Pavement bare; raining; 2 inches snow road side. Siskiyous Foggy, snow pack and icy; 12 inches new snow; 20 inches roadside. Green Springs Snowing; pack beginning io slush; 6 inches new snow; 9 inches roadside. California Highway 99 al most normal throughout ex cept for spots of icy condi tions. Highway 62. Crater Lake National Park Open through park; Anne Springs to rim closed; 8 inches new snow; 68 inches on ground; chains or snow tread tires advised. Higher altitudes Chains advised or carrying recom mended. - - UNE c0 O . Press Full Leased Wire Price 5c No. 220 " Giant Tax Slash Possibility Voiced By Private Group Income, Corporation, Excise Cuts Seen Washington (U.R) A group of business and tax experts to day voiced the possibility of a giant slash in income, corpora tion and excise taxes next year and recommended that the big gest cut be in income taxes. A seven-man subcommittee of the committee for economic de velopment (CER), a privately endowed organization, said a three to four billion dollar cut was possible. The bulk of the cuts, the group said, should be in income taxes with biggest re ductions in the middle and high er income brackets. But six leading economists ad vised Congress against cutting taxes in the 1956 election year. Not Needed by Economy They agreed unanimously in testimony before a Senate House Economic subcommittee that the booming economy doesn't need and shouldn't have the stim ulus of a tax cut. Some said any budget surplus for the next fiscal year should be used to improve highways, schools and other services. Oth ers felt a reduction in the na tional debt should have first pri ority. Among the CED subcommittee members proposing tax cuts were Beardsley Ruml, author of the nation's pay-as-you-go in come tax withholding system, and Walter Williams, undersec retary of commerce and a mem ber of the CED's board of trustees. The subcommittee said the tax cut should be possible even if federal spending in fiscal 195 rises slightly for defense, schools and highways. More Power Said Need of Northwest . Portland (U.R) A private power company spokesman said today the electric load growth in the Columbia Basin has been so great that more money must be spent to keep up with industry expansion in the area. Allan A. Smith, attorney for Pacific Power & Light Co., read statement at the final day of a two-day Congressional water and power resources subcommit tee hearing here on the Hoover Commission report. Smith said that in 1933 the load of the region was 1,200,000 kilowatts." Since them, he said, the load has grown to more than eight million kilowatts and . by 1965 would reach 14,500,000 kilowatts. Sen. Richard L. Neuberger CD- Ore.) attacked the Hoover Com mission by saying, "the preju dice of Hoover task force com mission members against further multiple purpose projects was so apparent that to hamstring river development was a foregone conclusion." Sen. Wayne Morse (D-Ore.), was the principal oojecxor. Morse condemned the report as biased and loaded in favor of private power. He said an analy sis of the report indicated the commission was for getting the government out of the power business which he said would be damaging to the region. Nevada, Oregon Brand Officials Set Meeting Salem U.R) Livestock brand inspection officials of Ne vada and Oregon Will hola a conference Thursday at Winne murca. Nev.. to discuss mutual problems on border movements of animals. M. E. Knickerbocker, animal division chief, and Roy K. Nel son hrand suDervisor. will rep resent the Oregon Department of Agriculture. .Help Fight TB . Buy Christmas Seals Whopping SV3 Spending Approved Gettysburg, Pa. (U.R)- dent Eisenhower and his top de fense and budget advisers agreed today on a military spending budget of roughly $34,500,000, 000 for next year. Defense Secretary Charles E. Wilson told newsmen after an hour and a .half conference with Mr. Eisenhower that there was no major change in previously announced plans to keep mili tary spending at that level in the fiscal year starting next July 1. "It will - be tough," Wilson said. "We think we can make it." The big problem which con fronted the conferees was bigger Council Will Hold Annexation Hearing At Meeting Tonight Public hearings on two an nexation proposals will be held at the regular Medford city council meeting at 7:30 p.m. to day. The hearings are for Medford residents to express their opin ion on annexation of about 1,200 acres southeast of the present city limits and about a three block area in Siskiyou Heights extension. Elections will be held in both areas for residents in those areas to decide on annex ation. Dates, polling places and elec tion officials probably will be set at the council meeting. Other Items Also on tonight's agenda are continued hearings on annexa tion of California Pacific Utility property on Groveland ave. and on two lots at the corner of Murray and Columbus aves. Other agenda include: Consideration of accepting Oak st. project and Eastwood Sani tary sewer projects. , Consideration of ordinances assessing property - owners -. -for paving on Hamilton st. between 13th st. and 106 feet south of 11 st., and paving on East Jackson st. from Lindley st. to Berkeley way. City Manager Robert Duff will report to the council on a re quest from Southern Oregon Hu mane society for increased com pensation, on purchase of police cars, on destroying ballot box contents from the last election, on a proposed airport develop ment, and a storm sewer system in Laurelhurst addition. Teen-Aged Couple, Baby Die in Flames Tigard, Ore. (U.R) A teen- aged couple and their two- month-old son died early today when fire destroyed a home east of here. Graham Young, Washington county coroner, identified the dead as Lloyd Oren Trump, 17; his wife, Doris, 16, and the baby, Monte Edward. State Policeman A. F. Grab- horn said he discovered the fire about 4:40 a.m. and turned in an alarm summoning the Tuala tin fire department. He said the end of the house where the heat ing stove was located was en gulfed in flames and that the three-bedroom home was leveled in a matter of minutes. ' The coroner said one body, be lieved to be that of Mrs. Trump, was found near the front door, The other bodies were in the bedroom. Ellsworth Announces Plan for Reelection Roseburg Harris Ellsworth, congressman from Oregon's fourth district, will be a candi date for- reelection, he said Monday. He has represented the dis trict ever since it was formed in 1943. The congressman is now en route east, stopping to visit daughters on his way to Wash ington. The announcement of his candidacy was released here before his .departure. DOW-JONES AVERAGES New York (U.R) Dow-Jones closing stock averages: 30 indus trials 436.73 off 0.43, 20 rail roads 166.38 up 0.68, 15 utili ties 66.10 up 0.16 and 65 stocks 174.21 up 0.20. Approximately 2,540,000 shares changed hands today, compared with 2,440,000 shares yesterday. . Salem (U.R) Gov. Paul Pat terson said he has reappointed William A. Callahan at Portland as a member of the State Indus trial Accident Commission. Hilary Conferees Presi-defense spending in the face of a desire to balance the budget and a possible election year tax cut. Besides Mr. Eisenhower and Wilson, those attending the con ference were Adm. Arthur W. Radford, chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, Budget Director Rowland R. Hughes, and Assist ant Defense Secretary W. J. McNeil. The conferees met in Mr. Ei senhower's tiny temporary of fice in the Post Office building in downtown Gettysburg. The administration wants to balance this year's budget and have prospects of doing the same for fiscal 1956-57 before asking Congress to reduce taxes. Defense Is Budget Key Defense is the dominant item in government spending and, as such, is the key to Mr. Eisen hower's drive .for a balanced budget and a tax reduction. Wilson is not expected to ask for any big changes in military programs or in the distribution of funds between the Army, Air Force and Navy. The President's conference with Wilson and Hughes high lighted his work-and-rest sched ule for today. He will be busy all week and will return to Washington Saturday for a monthly physical examination and conferences with Republi can and bipartisan, congressional groups. Meeting With Eden The White House announced Monday that British Prime Min- isther Anthony Eden would come to Washington Jan. 30 for difcussion with Mr. Eisen hower of "mutual problems." Officials said the conference would deal chiefly with Western strategy for coping with Russia in the light of the deadlock which occurred at the recent Geneva foreign ministers meet ing, Meat Inspectors In Central Oregon Salem (U.R) The pilot pro gram on state meat inspection moved into central Oregon and Wasco county this week and will be in operation there until Christmas. M. E. Knickerbocker, chief of the animal division of the State Department of Agriculture, said the meat inspectors now are working in nine plants in Bend, Prineville, Madras, Redmond and The Dalles. During this period the special pilot program shield-shape "in spected and passed" stamp is placed on all carcasses approved by the inspectors. Two veterinary meat inspect ors and six lay inspectors are on the job in this area. Only 32 Appointments Made for Bloodmobile Only 32 appointments have been made to date for the regu lar visit of the Bloodmobile at the Elks temple, North Central ave., between 1 and 5 p.m. Thurs day, Red Cross officials reported today. The quota for this month is 240 pints. Appointments may be made by calling Medford 3-3813 between 9 a.m. and 5 p.m. today and Wednesday and Thursday morn ing. Officials said volunteers will be accepted all Thursday afternoon. - During the last visit about two months ago, 122 pints were col lected. Red Cross officials pointed out that about 250 pints have been used in the valley since that time, and an average of 125 pints is used each month G. W. Newberry Dies; Conducted MBC Here Georee W. Newberry. 70. of 334 North Holly st., died in a lo cal hospital last night. Conger- Morris funeral home is in charse of arrangements. Mr. Newberry conducted the Medford Business college here for several years. Weather FORECAST: Fog or low over cast tonight and early Wednesday with partial clearing by noon. Increasing cloudiness Wednesday night. Low tonight 35. High Wednes day 45. Temp. Highest Yesterday 43 Lowest this Morning 38 Prec. to 4:30 a.m. Today 50 BE A ' A BLOOD JP DONGfR fcfirt7 Desire by Soviets For India To Use Force Charged Secretary Defends Portugese Statement Washington (U.R) Secre tary of State John Foster Dulles charged today that Russia has been trying to get India to use force in its dispute with Portu gal over the territory of Goa. Dulles made the charge at a news conference at which he de fended a joint U.S.-Portuguese statement on Goa which has in furiated India. Dulles said he gave very care ful consideration to the state ment issued last Friday, and that he felt it was appropriate to ex press feelings on Soviet state ments aimed at fomenting trou ble in the Goa area. Status Disputed The controversial statement, which Dulles issued jointly with visiting Portuguese" Foreign Min ister Paula Cuhna, referred to Goa as a "Portuguese province." The phrase infuriated the In dians because they have insisted that Goa is not a province but an unwilling Portuguese colony which should be turned over to India. Dulles also told newsmen: . 1. Communist China has been steadily building up airfields in the Formosa Strait area. But U.S. intelligence so far has not indicated that the Red Chinese are making preparations to at tack Nationalist Chinese hold ings in the area. Sees No Berlin Crisis 2. The United States hopes both Israel and' her Arab neigh bors will see the benefits to all concerned in a solution to their dispute. So far no concrete step toward a solution is in sight, but the possibilities for agreement exist. 3. It is always possible that Communist East Germany will cut barge traffic to Berlin, but the United States has no reason to think this will happen now. He said the United States will hold Russia responsible for in terruptions in canal traffic under the 1954 agreement assuring the West of communications with Berlin. Diplomats said earlier that Dulles would have to speak out personally to get the United States off the hook with India on the Goa controversy. High officials at the American embassy in New Delhi consid ered the Dulles statement a ma jor diplomatic blunder which has inflamed the Indians more than U. S. aid to Pakistan. In dian Foreign Secretary Subimal Dutt summoned U.S. Ambassa dor John Sherman Cooper to a 30-minute private conference Monday to discuss the matter. Position Slill Neutral Officials here emphasized that the United States has not chang ed its policy on Goa and is still maintaining a strictly neutral position in the controversy.' The Dulles-Cunha statement actually was aimed at rapping Soviet Premier Nikolai Bulgan in and Russian Communist Party boss Nikita Khrushchev for bit ter anti-Western statements they have been making during their tour of India and Burma. It It simply said Dulles and Cunha discussed Russian "allegations concerning the Portuguese Prov inces in the Far East" and did not consider these and other re marks by the two Soviet offic ials as contributing to peace. The Russians had said they thought Goa belongs to India. Employment Here Continues Better Than Last November Employment in Jackson coun ty during November- continued to be better than during the comparable period last year, ac cording to the monthly report of the Medford office of the state employment service. At the end of thejmonth the office estimated the number without jobs to be 1,360, includ ing 250. women, or 5 per cent less than Nov. 30 last year. The seasonal rise in unemployment was reflected in the fact that the total was 42 per cent higher than at the end of October. Lumber Activity The report showed that lum ber activity held up well dur ing the month, although heavy snow and rain during the middle of the period caused several shut downs. Most of the em ployees affected, however, were back at work by the end of the month. Barring further storms, the report said, there is no indi cation of any extensive or long continuing layoffs, and employ ers anticipate steady employ ment except for such shutdowns as may be forced by bad weather. TAP CHAIRMEN Gree Milnes. upper photo, junior at Medford high school and son of Mr. and Mrs. Victor Milnes, 15 North GroVeland ave., has been named chairman of the Jackson county leens Against Polio campaign for the coming March of Dimes fund-raising drive. Nancy Adams, lower photo, high school sopho more and daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Ross Adams,Fairview pi., is co-chairman. Both also have been named to' represent the youth of the county on the execu tive committee of the countv chapter of the National Founda tion for Infantile Paralysis. (Landis-Shangle photos) French Socialists Ponder Decision Paris (U.R) The powerful French Socialist Party today called a National Council meet- o ing that could determin to a great extent the outcome of the French parliamentary elections. The Socialists, with 104 mem bers, are the largest group in. the National Assembly. They were to decide today whether to ally themselves with former Premier Pierre Mendes-France or to fight him. Socialist Party Secretary-General Guy Mollet already has twice publicly sided with Men-des-France during the past week, and it was believed he would press the party to form an alliance with - Mendes-France's Radical-Socialists. It already was considered cer tain the UDSR (Social Degao crat) Party with 16 membfis and eight ; affiliates would join Mendes-France along with the Social Republicans (Gaullists) who ; have . 72 seats. Mendes France was believed to com mand at least half the Radical Socialists' 69 members and seven affiliates. The grouping would form a new non-Communist left of cen ter bloc that could return Mendes-France to power. The report, issued by John J. Patton; manager of the office, said job placements in non agricultural employment made through' his office during the first 11 months of 1955 lve been higher than , the corre sponding months of 1954 in each month but two, when the totals dropped below last year by about 5 per cent. . ' Demand for Pruners Orchard pruning got under way during November, with a steady demand for pruners, and will continue throughout the winter months. Pruning was later than usual due to mild fall weather which left leaves on the trees. November snow and rain also caused delay, the report said. - Minimum hiring activity is expected during January and February, the seasonal low-employment months of the year. During November, unemploy ment compensation claims were filed for 2,334 weeks of unem ployment, fewer than in Novem ber, 1954, when there were 2.600, but triple the 748 weeks filed for in October. ' o
