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A story on an annexation pro
posal southeast of Medford ap
pears on 5je 14 of today's
Mail Tribune.
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MEDFORD, OREGON, SUNDAY, DECEMBER 11, 1955
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No. 224
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Returns Indicate
Wide Victory For
Menziesf Liberals
Australian Election
Result Of Red Spy
Sydney, Australia, Sunday
uj.k; Partial returns indicated
today that Prime Minister Rob
ert Gordon Menzies had won a
.. big victory in Saturday's na
tional parliamentary election.
It was an election which
slpmmwi riirprtiv from thp sur
render of Soviet Russia's chief
spy "agent to the Australian
Secret Service in April, 1954.
When vote counting was Sus
pended at midnight Saturday
until 1 Tvm. todav (10 t.m. Sat
urday EST), it was indicated
ifcat Menzies' Liberal party
country pany cuauuuu wuuiu
win at least 71 seats in me new
122-seat House of Representa
tives, the dominant chamber
parliament.
Labor Seats.
Herbert' Vere Evatt's Labor
party was expected to win at
least 45. Six seats were still in
doubt.
Returns from the election of
30 members of the 60-seat senate
were not sufficient to show a
definite trend.
Menzies held 64 seats against
Labor's 57 in the old House of
Representatives and 31 against
Labor's 29. in the old senate.
Up to 99 per cent of the coun
try's 5,200,000 eligible voters
were believed to have cast Bal
lots because voting is compul
sory in Australia. Those who fail
3 to vote may be fined $4.50.
Labor Leader Evatt, in addi
tion to facing a defeat in the
House, was threatened with the
loss of his own seat in the Bar
ton district of Sydney.,
With 6,000 votes still un
counted, Evatt had 19,044 votes
against 18,014 for Bill Arthur, a
World War II artillery veteran,
and 1,501 for Ian Trembath, In
dependent. Second CJhoica ' 1-
Under Australian' law, the
voters give their first and sec
ond choices on their ballots.
Trembath had urged his sup
porters to make Arthur their
second choice.
Elections for the Senate would
not have been held normally un
til next June, and the next
House election was not due until
Ausrust. 1957.
But Menzies called an elec
tion for both Houses because of
the surrender of Vladimir Pet-
rov. third secretary m the Rus-
sian Embassy and &py -mei iui
Australia.
Petrov turned over to the
Secret Service a mass of docu
ments. The documents named three
of Evatt's aides as having sup
plied information to agents of
Petrov. F e r g a n O'Sullivan,
(Jvatt's Press chief, admitted
that he provided a detailed re
port on Australian newspaper
men.
Morse Acdresses Young
Democra?s In Portland
Portland U.R) Sen. Wayne
jQbrse (D-Ore.) Friday night
promised some 250 Young Dem
ocratsQhere that he would "in
vestigate and ferret out" alleged
failure of the administration to
help small business in Oregon.
Morse, who cancelled an ap
. pearance before Oregon wheat
growers at Pendleton because of
illness, rose from his sick bed
to address the $oung Democrats.
Sports Bulletins
Eugene high's steady Axe
men jumped into the lead
when the contest was a minute
old and stayed on top all the
way to wax the Medford
Black Tornado basketball
team 62 to 38 here -last night
an earn a series split.
The Axemen had intermis
sion leads of 20 to 7. 37 io 17
and 47 to 20. Charley Warren
of Eugene headed the scor
ing with 20 points. Bob Tisdel
put in 12 for Medford.
Oakridge Oakridge high
cagers made it two in a row
over Crater by downing the
Comets here last night' 64 to
43. Warrior margins by quart
ers were 17 to 11. 28 to 26
and 40 to 36. O
OProspect Prospect high
subdued the Canyonville hoop
men 60 to 43 here last night,
holding period edges of 15 to
13. 30 to 22 and 50 to 36.
Phoenix Phoenix high
stayed in front the wl.ole
distance last night in a 57 io
44 basketball win over Yreka.
Calif. Quarterly counts were
20 to 10, 30 io 25 and 46 to 33.
County's Pear Crop
Totaled 3,250,000
Boxes During Year
Jackson County's pear crop
this year totaled 3,250,000 boxes,
not including pears packed in
gift boxes. .
Although this year's crop was
the largest in the history of the
industry, Cliff B. Cordy, county
horticultural agent, pointed out
that it was not exceptionally
large and that the valley is a
uniform producing area.
There was a "tremendous"
Meany Says Union
May Orgi
anize Own
Political Party
New York (U.R) George
Meany, president of the massive
CIO-AFL labor union, warned
Friday that the newly merged
labor force would form its own
political party if it is deprived
of activity in the two existing
parties.
Meany said the 16,000,000
member union did not want a
labor party but made it clear the
union would not hestiate to form
one if "deprived of its rights to
exercise its political voice by
endorsing candidates."
Political Control
Meany made his remarks at
the closing session of the Na
tional Association . of Manufac
turers, which had just heard
Charles R. Sligh Jr., NAM
board chairman, voice the fear
that the merged union might
attempt to "seize political con
trol of the country."
The CIO-AFL president, who
had just finished a conciliatory
speech before the NAM conven
tion, voiced his warning in a
heated exchange with Sligh. The
exchange took place in a corner
of the nearly"va'canf "hotel' "ball- i
room where the meeting had
taken place.
Meany hotly disputed Sligh's
expressed fear that the merged
labor movement might influence
politics to such an extent as to
become a "ghost government."
Attempts to ban political ac
tivity by unions could have an
opposite efect, Meany warned.
"If the politics of the NAM
prevail we would be disenfran
chised because we are members
of unions," he said. "The answer
is obvious we do not want a
Labor party but if we can't en
dorse candidates because we are
members of unions then ob
viously we will do it legally by
starting a Labor party."
Parlies Join For
Campaign Finances
Washington U.R) Republi
cans and Democrats, Harassed
by soaring costs of political
campaigns, have joined forces to
ask for small contributions from
the mass of average voters. They
are planning a public service
advertising campaign.
Both parties bought the idea
first proposed by Philip Gra
ham, publisher of the Washing
ton Post and Times Herald, in a
speech at the University of
Chicago.
Democratic National Chair
man Paul M. Butler disclosed
at a Beverly Hills, Calif., news
conference Friday that a bi
partisan appeal for contribu
tions is in the works. He cited
a public opinion poll indicating
many voters were willing to
make small campaign contribu
tions but didn't know how.
While plans are still tentative,
these additional details were
learned here Saturday.
Graham contacted Butler and
Republican National Chairman
Leonard W. Hall, who brought
party aides to two meetings with
the publisher.
Agreement was reached on a
statement of principles which
said in effect that citizen partici
pation in politics is desirable
and that financial support is one
of the desirable ways to partici
pate. An eight member committee,
four representing each party, is
being set up to work with Gra
ham in launching the campaign,
Poce Arraign 100
After Demonstration
Montreal (U.R) Police ar
raigned more than, 100 demon
strators Saturday after student
rioters damaged 236 streetcars
and buses m protesting a fare
inoreas.
crop of Bartletts this year,
Cordy said. A total of 1,300,000
boxes were .produced with 900,
boxes sold on the fresh fruit
market and 10,000 tons of fruit
going to canneries. The entire
Bartlett crop has been sold.
Below Normal
Production of winter pears
was slightly below normal. The
Bosc crop was large with 715,
000 boxes, but not the largest on
record because the acreage
planted to Bosc have been, re
duced. A moderate crop of D'Anjous
produced 935,000 boxes. Other
varieties including Cornice,
Winter Nellis, Sickles Howells,
P. Barry and Red Bartletts pro
duced about 300,000 boxes.
Jackson county, which pro
duces 10 percent of the nations
pear crop, has always been a
leader in quality, Cordy said. He
stated that this was a matter of
record, substantiated by the fact
that valley pears bring better
prices than fruit grown in com
peting districts.
Satisfactory Prices
Prices this year were termed
"very satisfactory." Part of the
high price received for pears,
in spite of a large crop, has been
attributed to a greatly accel
erated advertising program.
Under the direction of the
Oregon, Washington and Cal
ifornia Pear Bureau, pears have
been advertised on a national
and international basis. Growers
contributed four cents a box
for advertising fresh fruit and
40 cents per ton for cannery
pears. The results were "very
gratifying," Cordy said.
In a new effort to further in
crease the quality of Medford
pears, 1,250,000 boxes were
packed this year in poly-ethelene
bags. Pears packed in the plas
tic bags retain a high moisture
content and stand up better in
storage, he said.
Red..-3ailti-:Sold,-:.'.,.',-: -
Also for the "first time this
year, quantity of the Red Bartlett-
variety was sold. A com
paratively new' variety, Red
Bartletts combine a bright color
with the accepted quality of
regular Bartletts.
The valley area seems to be
particularly well suited to grow
ing the red pears, Cordy said,
as growers to the north fail to
produce quality while Califor
nia growers fail to obtain color.
Lee Resigns CAA;
Lowen Named Head
Washington U.R) Fred
erick B. Lee resigned Saturday
as Civil Aeronautics administra
tor. He said he was asked to
quit by Secretary of Commerce
Sinclair Weeks because of a
"lack of satisfactory working
relations" with Weeks' office.
President Eisenhower accept
ed Lee's resignation and ap
pointed Charles J. Lowen Jr. of
Denver, Colo., to succeed him.
Lowen had been Deputy CAA
administrator. Lee was appoint
ed administrator two and a half
years ago by Mr. Eisenhower.
Lee, in a letter to the Presi
dent, said that Weeks had asked
him to resign because of a "lack
of satisfactory working rela
tions between his office and
me.
Lee told- the President that
Weeks "did not advise me of
any particular instance of this
nor did he indicate any instance
when I failed to administer the
CAA in a sound, competent and
efficient manner."
Lee told the United Press
that published reports that he
had been under pressure to quit
"probably weren't too far off.
I don t want to be question
ing the President's decision," he
said. "I certainly accept it. What
is back of it is sort of "past his
tory."
Vatican City
Of Vision of Christ During Illness Last. Winter
Vatican City (U.R) The
Vatican City newspaper Ob
serbatore Romano Saturday
published Pope Pius XII's ac
count of the vision of Christ
which came to him during his
near-fatal illness last Winter.
It was the first mention of
the vision made in the news
paper, which is regarded as the
unofficial voice of the Vatican.
The newspaper's account of
the vision was based on notes
made by "one of the few very
devout aides who saw the Pope
daily" and only four hours af
ter the vision was said to have
appeared Deo. 2, 1954.
Identical Twins Have
Identical Operations
Robert Williams and Wil
liam Williams, identical 168-year-old
twins, are at Osteo
pathic hospital where both
are convalescing from emer
gency appendectomies. They
are sons of Mrs. Muriel Wil
liams, 435 North Central ave.
Robert was admitted to the
hospital Dec. 2 and under
went surgery at 1:15 p.m., thai
day. His brother; William,
was admitted just one week
later, on Dec. 9, and he had
his surgery that day at 2:15
p.m.
Both young men work as
bus boys, Robert at Henry's
Drivein and William at Mon
Desir dining inn. Central
Point. Both formerly attended
Crater high school. The family
has lived in this area for
about 12 years.
Two American Gl's
Released By Reds;
Arrested Thursday
Berlin U.R) The Soviets
last night released two Ameri
can soldiers whose case had be
come a major issue in a mount
ing controversy over Commun
ist East German claims to sov
ereignty. East German propagandists.
claiming that recent announced
agreements with Russia super-1
ceded four-power control over
the divided city of Berlin, had
demanded that the two Ameri
cans be tried in an East Berlin
court to prove the sovereignty
of East Germany.
The U. S. Army identified the
Gl's as Pvt. Willi J. Holden, 19,
of Poplarville, Mo., and Pvt.
Richard L. Calbert, 22, of Kan
sas City, Mo.
The Communists announced
their arrest last Wednesday on
charges of attacking a cabaret
actor in East Berlin.
Demand Release . .,. .. ,.
The Soviets released the Am
ericans yesterday afternoon af
ter U. S. authorities handed the
Communists a written demand
for their immediate release.
Col. O. M. Barsanti, army
chief of staff in Berlin, follow
ed up the written demand with
a visit to Soviet headquarters to
see Col. Ivan A. Kotsiuba, Ber
lin's deputy soviet commandant,
Shortly thereafter, the Ameri
can soldiers were handed over
to Lt. Col. Vernon Hammonde,
army provost marshal here.
"The men appeared to be in
good physical condition, but
they were admitted to the U.S.
Army hospital for a routine phy
sical examination," an Army an
nouncement said.
"U. S. Army authorities will
make a .thorough investigation
of the circumstances in ' which
they were detained," the
nouncement added.
American officials sent the
written note after the Reds hint
ed they might try the soldiers
in an East Germany court. Such
a trial would be a violation of
four-power agreements in Ber
lin. The American authorities put
the demand in writing after
three previous demands, all
made by phone, were ignored
by the Soviets. The letter ask
ed for information about the
alleged incident involving the
soldiers, the identity of the
Gl's and their immediate re
lease. Grand Jury Returns
Five Indictments Here
Indictments against five men
for six offenses were returned
by the grand jury Friday, ac
cording to District Attorney
Walter Nunley.
Kenneth A. Sheldon, Central
Point, was indicted on charges
of rape and sodomy.
The other four are "John
Doe" indictments.
Newspaper Publishes Pope's
The notes revealed that the
first thing Pope Pius said when
the aide entered his sickroom
on Dec. 2 was, "this morning I
saw the Lord!"
Describes Circumstances
The pontiff then described the
circumstances of the vision,
which the aide jotted down.
The aide put the notes in an
envelope marked "to be opened
after my death," Observatore
said. But when the news of the
vision became public, the aide
took the notes tothe Pope who
told him "their content was cor
rect." What the Fops told the aide
Security Council
Fails To Break UN
Member Deadlock
State-by-State Vote
Proposed By Soviets .
United Nations, N. Y. (U.R)
The United Nations Security
Council in five and a half hours
of debate Saturday failed to find
a means, of breaking the five-
year deadlock on membership
The Soviet Union demanded
fool-proof assurances against
"surprises or accidents" in the
Security Council or General
Assembly blocking the entry of
any of 18 nations on a "package
deal" to the U. N.
The Western countries in the
11-nation Security Council in
turn asked what assurance the
Soviets could give that all 13
Western - sponsored and five
Communist countries would re
ceive approval as U. N. mem
bers.
Soviet Proposition
The Soviets proposed that the
Security Council and 60-nation
General Assembly sit concur
rently to give state by state ap
proval to the 18 applicants. New
members need seven out of 11
votes in the council and a two-
thirds majority in the assembly
. New Zealand and Brazil put
forward a joint resolution cal
ling for state-by-state approval
in the council of the 18 nations
with a recommendation to the
General Assembly that all the
group be approved.
Soviet Delegate Arkady A,
Sobolev sounded his . country's
lack of faith in western promises
and threatened to vote against
a call for priority for the Wes
tern proposal and to veto the
resolulion itself.
"Can anything guarantee that
after a decision is taken here
in the Security Council that in
the General Assembly each of
the 18 nations would receive the
required two-thirds majority,"
Sobolev demanded of the Wes
torn mpmhers of the pouncil . i
He pointed ou that not all of
the nations who voted 52 to
with .5. abstentions in the Gen
eral Assembly Thursday had
publicly announced they would
give their approval to all 18
applicants.
Iran's Proposal
Iran's Ambassador Nasrollah
Entezam proposed the Western
resolution be given priority and
classified the Soviet suggestion
as "not entriely practical."
Britain and Peru also spoke
in favor of the New Zealand
resolution while Belgium de
clared itself in favor of any ac
tion that would give quick
approval to the 18 nations.
The procedural debate
which, if the West wins approval
of the New Zealand resolution,
can be the first step toward
membership for all 18 states
filled two session Saturday.
The council met yesterday
morning for three hours, broke
for lunch and continued for two
hours and 10 minutes again Sat
urday afternoon.
Distilleries Found
In Portland Basement
Portland (U.R) Two stain
less steel liquor distilleries were
found in the basement 'of a Port
land home Saturday but the
man who has lived in the house
since last June said they did
not belong to him.
Don L. Bitney, 45, was taken
into custody for questioning in
connection with the stills found
in his home. He said "this outfit
is not mine, but some people
think it is."
Agents of the State Liquor
commission and the Federal
Alcohol and Tobacco Tax divi
sion confiscated 350 pounds of
sugar, six 50-gallon and six 10
gallon oak mash barrels, 13 gal
lons of "moonshine" and other
DaraDhenalia common to the
manufacture of whiskey.
was identical with the version
published in the weekly1 Obser
vatore Delia Domenica, a sister
publication of Observatore Ro
mano. The weekly's version
was made available to News
men Nov. 27, nine days after
the weekly magazine Oggi first
published a report of the vision.
The Pope's vision, as describ
ed by Observatore Romano, oc
curred as follows:
1. On Dec. 1, the Pope heard
a very clear voice announce "a
vision will come."
2. At dawn on Dec. 2, as the
Pope was repeating the invoca
tion "in hore mortis meat voca
hould
HONORED M. M. Huggins, general campaign chairman of the
United Medford crusade, (above,
John Dellenback, UMC board member and past president, honor
ing his effective work-in this year's successful campaign, Looking
on is Harry Hurst, district sales manager of the General Petroleum
corporation, and a business associate of Huggins, who came from
Portland for the event. (Brainerd photo)
uiva
C Exceeds Goal;
ejects
Avictory dinner, at which col-
lection of" $110,210.82 in the
United Medford Crusade .
announced was held Friday night
at the Jackson hotel. The event
also honored M. M. Huggins,
chairman of the campaign.
The announced total did not
include approximately $2,000
expected to be collected in the
near future, and put the cam
paign over the goal of $109,000.
according to Harold Cook, ex
ecutive secretary.
Harry Hurst, district sales
manager of the General Petrol
eum corporation, Portland,
Two Youths Injured
In Bicycle Mishaps
Two boys, struck by cars
while riding bicycles, were
taken to Community hospital
last night.
John Bernard Wigen, 13, of
16 Knowellcrest dr., Ashland,
received a fractured left leg
and possible skull fractures at
4:15 p.m. when the bicycle he
was riding was struck by a
car two miles east of Ashland
on Highway 66. Operator of
the car, Willard Dale Rollins,
route 1, box 435, Ashland, was
cited by state police for de
fective brakes.
In a second accident, David
Peter Serry, 11, of 1125 West
Second st., was riding a bicycle
at the intersection of North
Oakdale ave., and West Sec
ond st. when he was struck
by a car driven by Orville Em
erson Houghton, 46 South Sev
enth st.,' Central Point, about
6:53 p.m. according to city po
lice. The extent of ' the boy's in
juries were not known but he
was reported in good condi
tion at Community hospital.
Account
me (in the nour oi my aeam,
call me) from the prayer "ani
ma Christi." the Lord "came
.and stood beside ' him."
3. Pope Pius immediately
thought of the sentence from the
Gospel St. John "Magister Adest
et vocat te" (the Master is here
and calls you) and added the
line from the same prayer, "et
jib" me venire ad te" (and or
der me to come unto three.) .
The aide's notes said the Pope
described the circumstances
surrounding the vision with ad
mirable clarity and presence of
spirit Obesrvatore Romano
said.
Soy
Hose
center) is presented a plaque by
a 10,2 10
, spoke to the group. He offered
congratulations to Huggins, who
is associated with General Pe-
troleum, and to the other cam
paign workers and the com
munity. History Told
He was introduced by John
Dellenback, who spoge concern
ing the histqry of the crusade.
Dellenback said the UMC sup
port has more than doubled
since it began in the fall of 1953,
and the speed with which the
campaign has reached its goal
has been faster each year.
He pointed out that a number
of the divisions of the 'campaign
had exceeded their goals, includ
ing those headed by Elliott Beck
en, Tom Sheppard, Ray John
son, Dick House and Mrs. Scott
Davis and Mrs. E. A. Littrell.
Given Plaque
Huggins was presented a
placque commending him for
oustanding leadership. In re
sponse he gave credit to volun
teer workers and the people of
Medford and vicinity who "have
been so generous in their giving
this year."
Over 600 campaign workers
took part in the work, and many
more took part in other phases
of the campaign. He commended
the newspapers, and radio and
television stations for their sup
port. The Rev. George Johnstone,
Salvation Army, led the prayers.
Cost of the dinner and other
expenses in connection with the
meeting were borne by those
attending.
Methodist Church
Buys Five Acres
The purchase of five acres of
property at the corner of Crest
brook and Barnett rds., was an
nounced last week by officials
of the First Methodist church.
The property will be used for
a second congregation of the
church. The present First Meth
odist building on West Main and
Laurel sts., is becoming over
crowded and the new location
also will be more convenient for
many in the , congregation, it
was pointed out.
The land was purchased from
Mr. and Mrs. Gus Boen and is
located on the northeast cor
ner. A residence on the prop
erty is not included in the pur
chase, and the land bought by
the Methodists borders both
streets.
A meeting will be called in
January bv the Rev. M. O.
Groves, Eugene, district super
intendent of the Eugene district,
and former pastor of the Med
ford First Methodist church. At
the meeting plans for erection
of a new edmee wui be ma da.
Dke
Up
President Shows
Signs of Fatigue;
Has Physical Exam
Recommends Less Work
For Next Eight Weeks
Washington (U.R) President
Eisenhower's doctors said Satur
day he has been working too
hard and should ease up for tha
next few weeks.
They said he is still making a
basically good recovery from his
Sept. 24 heart attack but he is
showing some signs of fatigue
from his increased activities.
down on some of his paper work
and official appointments for
the next seven or eight weeks.
Detailed Report
A detailed medical report,
which included both good and
cautious news about the presi
dential convalescence, was is
sued at the White House after
Mr. Eisenhower, underwent an
intensive 90-minute physical
checkup at Walter Reed Army
hospital here.
The report was issued by Maj.
Gen. Howard Snyder, the
President's personal physician,
Maj. Gen. Leonard D. Heaton,
commanding officer of Walter
Reed, and Col. Thomas W. Mat
tingly, chief of the hospitals
cardiology section.
The report offered no answer
to the big political question:
Will Mr. Eisenhower's health
permit him to run for re-election
next year?
Wait For Decision ' - . - S
" Snyder told reporters that if
he were in the President's shoes,
he would wait "for about two
months" longer until mid-February
"before reaching a de
cision on another term.
A main purpose of Saturday's
examination, which included
x-ray and fluorscopic tests, was
to determine whether the Presi
dent's increased activities of
recent weeks have caused any
enlargement of his heart.
The official medical bulletin
said the x-rays showed "no sig
nificant evidence of enlarge
ment." Asked to elaborate on this,
Snyder said that in a strictly
medical sense it is "possible"
there has been some enlarge-
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mem, dui at is iiartuy uexuuii
strable by x-ray film."
Snyder said Mr. Eisenhower's
recent meetings with his cabinet
and the National Security Coun
cil at Camp David, Md., resulted
in both physical and emotional
fatigue.
State of Union Message
He said he definitely thought
it would be unwise' for Mr.
Eisenhower to attempt to de
liver his State of t h e Union
message to Congress in person
next month. The message prob
ably will be' read to the House
and Senate by clerks.
: Republican National Chair
man Leonard W. Hall, who has
repeatedly expressed optimism
that Mr. Eisenhower will run
for re-election, said after hearing
of Snyder's report:
"I have nothing to add to
what I've already said."
At one point, the long medical
bulletin referred -to Mr. Eisen
hower's Sept. 24 heart seizure
as an "acute attack." When re
porters leaped at this phrase,
Mattingly quickly explained
that this was simply a technical
medical description of the sud
denness of the attack, and did
not refer to the degree of sever
ity. Red Bluff, Calif. (U.R) Del
egates representing 2400 mem
bers of the California Cattle
men's Assoication, today voted
8 to 1 against federal subsidies
for the beef industry.
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