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Communist Organ
Declares Berlin
Statute Invalid
Four-Power Sfatu
Said Non-Existenf
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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'
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'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
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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 . -
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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. - -
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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
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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.
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