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G WEATHER Recommended FORECAST: Cloudy with oeca ional rain through Monday, be coming heavier this afternoon and tonight, snow in the mountains above 3.000 feet, windv this afternoon. High today, 45, low tonight 46; high Monday, 45. Temp. Highest Yesterday .45 Lowest Yesterday Morning 38 Prec. To 10 p.nC Yesterday 33 RIBUN Several stories of local Inter est appear on page 14 of today's Mall Tribune. C " o United "Press Full Leased Wire o United Press Full Leased Wire 50th Year 36 Pages MEDFORD, OREGON, SUNDAY, DECEMBER 18, Price 5c No. 230 t- -J XX! !: j O Z3 2 C Lumber, Sawmill Union Agrees To Medco Wage Offer Local 2715 Votes 100 , Per Cent Acceptance Members of Local 2715, Lum ber and Sawmill Workers Union, AFL, have voted 100 per cent to accept a Medford Corporation wage offer, B. L. Nutting, Med co manager, reported Saturday. Nutting said Al Boharman, business agent of the local un ion, had informed him the action was taken at membership meet ing of the union Saturday. The wage increase, similar to that offered by lumber firms in the Pine Industrial Relations com mittee area of Oregon and nor thern California, provides for bracket wage increases averag ing 8 cents per hour. The bracketoincreases will be for 5, 712, 10, I2V2 and 15 cents per hour ir? various work categaories, with the larger in creases going, generally, to the more killed workmen. Appi$ to 350 Men The wage increase will apply to about 350 men, Nutting said. He added that union represent atives plan to sign the agree ment Monday afternoon. It is retroactive to Dec. 16, and will' remain irfe effect until April 1, 1957, with one wage reopening possible on Jan. 1, 1957. Nutting says i insures at least a "year of peaceful relationships" be tween 0the company and the union. 0 Nutting also reported that company officials recently met with representatives of Local 6-221, IWA-CIO, the woods and railroad workers, and presented a similar wage increase offer for their consideration. He said they are expected to act on the offer shortly. Red Border Control Tightens In Berlin Berlin (U.R) East German Communists tightened the bor der control noose around West Berlin Saturday by shutting down elevated railway exits to the isolated Western sector. Alfred Neumann, first secre tary of the Berlin Communist party, said the Western Sector's anti-Red policy would "isolate West Berlin still more" and bring "serious disadvantages1 for West Berliners. He told West Berlin workers to band together with the Reds to overthrow the West Berlin city government. Neumann described West Ber lin as "an island,- a lost position, and implied that four-power rule in Berlin is' dead as far as East Germany is corlteerned. The East German Communists ordered police reinforcements to thfr, border to control highway and elevated railway traffic be tween West Berlin and surround ir Communist territory- West Berlin police described the new controls as strong. 1 The Red pice checked trains en route from the Soviet sector to West Berlin in an apparent effort to catch smugglers and to stem the flow of refugees to the West. The Communists closed exits leading to West Berlin at the only two elevated railway sta tions on the East-West city bor der. Police barred the exits with large iron gates. Naval Research Base For Coos Head Park Washington, D. C. U.R) The office of Sen. Wayne Morse (D-Ore.) announced Saturday that a Naval Oceanographic re search station will be established at Coos Head park on the Ore- eon coast. The announcement . was confirmed by the 13th Naval district in Seattle. 0 Construction of "five or six buildings" on the site was not expected to begin until March. 1957. It wild have a comple ment of about eight officers and 89 enlisted men and would be similar to a research station planned for Grays Harbor, Wash ...Help Fight TB - .Buy Christmas SmUi FIFTEEN TO CNE Members of the powerful Arab-Asian bloc threatened action to oust Nationalist China from the United Nations for killing off an 18-nation membership deal. Resentment against the Nationalists was strong for using its veto, but cooler heads among the UN diplomats put the major share of blame on the Soviet Union for wrecking the membership package deal with its 15 vetoes. Nationalist Delegate Dr. Tingfu F. Tsiang (left) vetoes the admission of Cuter Mongolia and Russia's Arkady A. Sobo lev (right) votes in favor of the application. S-m ember Pi aiming larouD is pointe Nine members of a new Jack son county planning commission were named Satvrday by the county court. Need for the commission has resulted from the growth of the county outside incorporated areas according to County Judge J. Rodney Keating. Names Listed Named to four-year terms were John Pletsch, Medford; Edwin W. Gebhard, Central Point; and Edward S. Strother, Shady Cove. Three - year members are Stuart V. McQueen, Medford; John Neidermeyer, Jacksonville; and Lloyd Selby, Ashland. " Two-year members are Ed- Ward F. Bolt, Gold Hill; Don Whalin, Medford; and David Israel Says Nation Is 'Ready For War Jersalem U.R) Israel warned Egyptian Premier Gamal Abdel Nasser Saturday that "if you want war, we are ready. At the same time, Egypt charged that Israel forces at tacked Egyptian positions with automatic weapons in a 20-min-ute battle in the Southern sector of the Gaza strip. The Israeli radio bluntly told Nasser to remember 1948 when Jewish troops held off the com bined military might of the Arab nations. It suggested that Nasser "reconsider your warlike call." The broadcast was in answer to Nasser's announcement ear- ier this week that future Israeli aggression would be met with two-front retaliation by Egypt and Syria. In a formal complamt to the U.N. mixed Armistice commis sion, Egypt charged .that the Israeli attack in the Gaza strip took place last Thursday. Offi cial Egyptian sources said there were no. Egyptian casualties. The hew charge against Israel J came as me u.m. jraiesune iruce team promised a speedy report on a bloody Israel raid on Syria A,. TT T T1l A" 4 . 1 to help the U.N. Security Coun cil decide economic sanctions against "the Jewish state. But sources close to the Israeli gov ernment in Tel Aviv expressed belief that no non-Arab member of the United Nations "except possibly Britain and Russia" would support the Syrian de mands. Drive To Minimize Differences Starts Washington (U.R) Some Con gressional Democrats have op ened a behind-the scenes drive to minimize party differences on farm price support levels and win solid backing for other farm proposals, informed sources said Saturday. These Legislators were said to hope that the price support bat tle can be deferred while the Democrats push other programs to help the farmer fight skidding prices. These would include dis posal of farm surpluses and es tablishing a soil-bank. . Sen. Clinton P. Anderson (D- NJM.), one of the few Demo cratic supporters of President Eisenhower's flexible farm price supports, was reported to be one of the central figures in the unity bid. . County By on ft B. Lowery, Phoenix. Subsequent appointments will be for four year terms. Purpose of the commission, according to Keating, is to fur thur public health, safety, and general welfare of Jackson coun ty, specifically "to develop a pattern for the physical and ec onomic development of. the country." The court will approve such ordinances as are deemed nec essary in order to carry out the aims and recommendations of the commission, he said. Ordin ances from the commission must be submitted to the voters in a general or special election before adoption by the court. Members will not receive com pensation other than for expens es incurred during official du ties, and they must be residents of the county, with the majority residing in uncorporated areas. Appointment of the planning commission was planned more than a year ago, members of the court pointed out, but a study of the implications and problems of the step was con ducted prior to the naming of commission members. Sports Bulletin Medford high's Black Tor nado hoopsters whirled to a stunning 150 to 44 victory over Marshfieid in a rough ar tumble fracas here last night. The Tornado led the Pirates at the intermission, 20 to 11. 44 to 24 and 67 to 29. Eagle Point Oakridgs high made it two straight over the Eagle Point basketball five with a 48 to 44 victory here last night. Period standings all favored the Warriors, 11 to 9, 25 to 21 and 37 to 33 but the Eagles knotted the game at 40-each in the final quarter. St. Mary's high slipped past the Mt. Shasta, Calif., cagers 36 to 31 here last night after trailing at halfiime 20 io 19. Talent Talent high turned back the Chiloquin Panthers 53 to 30 last night in a basket ball scrap here. .The Bulldogs had quarter budges of 15 to 12, 25 io 20 and 40 to 26. New Earthquakes Jolt Imperial Valley; Report Light El Centro, Calif. (U.R) New earthquakes jolted cities in the lush Imperial valley Saturday, posing a threat to the All American canal, the ' arid reg ion's vital water link, and caus ing further light damage to residential and business struc tures. A shock at 11:05 a.m., second sharpest of a series of "ump teen" which began jiggling the area late Friday was followed by another at 11:15 yesterday morning. No Injuries There were no reports of in jury or major damage. Store windows were smashed, ceilings buckled and water pipes were broken. ' . Seismologists were able to count "about 30" separate shak ers since 7:30 Friday night, but an attendant on the canal made a private count of "at least 67." The canal feeds water from the Colorado river into the area that once was barren but now California Man Is Killed In One-Car Accident Near Here Four Others Injured In Crash On Siskiyous Adrian Renay Erickson, 42, of 2849 Darwin st., Sacramento, Calif., was killed instantly in one-car automobile accident Friday evening, according to state police and the county coroner's office. The accident occurred just east of Savage Rapids dam on the Jackson-Josephine county line, about 6:17 p.m. Friday. Conger-Morris funeral home is in charge of arrangements. Erickson, driving a 1955 sedan, apparently was alone in the car at the time, officers said. His care evidently struck gravel the edge of Highway .99, skidded into a ditch, traveled some distance before it hit a bank and flipped over, throwing the driver from the car, the police report said. The body was found on the highway 67 feet from the car. The skull was crushed. Other Accidents Two other accidents were re ported, late Friday , and early Saturday. ' Two cars collided on Highway 99 in the Siskiyous, about a half-mile south of the former site of Ruby's kitchen, about 10:15 p.m. Drivers were Ellis Epton Pendergrass, 25, Riddle, Ore., and Mrs. Lee Cardinal Brumbach, 36, Santa Clara, Calif. Investigating officers said the Brumbach car, headed downhill, apparently skidded on the ice- coated highway and collided head-on with the Pendergrass car. Both vehicles were heavily damaged and had to be towed away. There were no citations issued. Pendergrass suffered a minor cut near his eye. His wife, Ruby Xioretta, ., 21,- suffered a cut ...on her forehead and bruises, and was taken to Ashland General hospital by Litwiller ambulance. Their children, aged 5, 2, and 4 months, were uninjured. Mrs. Brumbach suffered se vere cuts on her head and chest bruises. A passenger, Alda Lee Brumbach, 10, also had cuts and -bruises. Both were hospital ized. . One-Car Accident A car driven by Fritz John Ruch, 23, of 328 North Central ave., Medford, failed to 'make the curve at Bybee corner on the Jacksonville highway about 3:27 a.m., Saturday, left the road, broke off a highway sign, went into the ditch, traveled 75 feet, and " stopped headed back in the direction from which it came, the police report said. Ruch was unhurt, officers re ported, but a passenger, Gordon Koehler, 24, Jacksonville, suf fered minor cuts about the face. Medford Stores To Remain Open Nights Stores in Medford will remain open until 9 p.m. Monday through Friday next week for the convenience of Christmas shoppers, according to Robert Boyd, chairman of the retail merchants bureau of the Jackson County Chamber of Commerce Stores will close at the usual hour of 5:30 p.m. Christmas eve, he said. Businesses will close Monday following Christmas and also Monday following New Year's day, he said. Damage; Threat is a mum-mimon aouar agri cultural region. Engineers said a major jolt conceivably could seriously damage it. Preliminary checks revealed, however, that the moderate to light shocks thus far have failed to injure it. The jolts hit the major valley cities of El Centro, Brawley, and Calexico as well as smaller outlying towns. Apparently they stemmed from sub-surface ac tivity somewhere in Baja Cal ifornia, south of 'the Mexican border. There was no panic, residents reported, and "business is go ing on as usual." "Nobody is leaving town," one El Centro resident said, "but everyobdy's got a nervous laugh about it." Last Major Quake The last major quake in the Imperial valley killed four per sons in 1940. None of the prev ious big quakes had any simil arity to the pattern of the eur-' Heart Specialists Advise Brief Rest After Christmas May Be Back To Normal Work Load in January Gettysburg, Pa. (U.R) Pres ident Eisenhower's heart special ist Saturday prescribed a brief after-Christmas vacation in the south to speed the Chief Execu tive's "excellent and encourag ing" recovery. The specialist, Dr. Paul Dud ley White of Boston, who ex amined Mr. Eisenhower at his farm home here, also fixed . a target date of mid-February for a medical estimate as to the ability of his heart to stand" the strain of a second term. White discounted the import ance of the fatigue Mr. Eisen hower suffered from his recent ly increased' activities, and said he has stood the strain of the past; six weeks very well." Reporters pressed White for a forthright opinion on whether the "trend" of Mr. Eisenhower's recovery indicates he will be "physically able to run aga,in." "The trend is good, White re plied. "But we've got to have another examination to see how he stands up under the full load." He said Mr. Eisenhower probably could resume ! a fairly normal work load when he re turns to the White House about Jan. 9. He said the southern va cation is necessary because the President needs exercise he can't get in cold climes. White House Press Secretary James C, Hagerty said plans foe the trip had -not been com- Dieted. - But Mr. Eisenhower probably will go to Augusta, Ga., one of his favorite spots, right after Christmas. He has a cottage there on the borders of famous Augusta National Golf club. v White said the President could chip and putt but was not yet ready to play 18 holes ot goii, his favorite sport. Hagerty said tentative plans called for Mr. Eisenhower to re turn to Washington Jan. 3, to consult with Republican Legis lative leaders at the opening of congress, and . then go back to Augusta until Jan. 9. This schedule means Mr. Eis enhower may be away from the Carjital when his State of the Union message goes to Congress Hagerty said it has already been definitely agreed with congres sional leaders that Mr. Eisenhow er will send the message to Con gress in written form rather than delivering it in person. Dr. White said a full 18-hole round of golf will have to wait until some time in tne spring, when Mr. Eisenhower is ex pected to make another trip to Ancmsta. " Explaining why he suggested the southern vacation, White said Gettvsburg's wintry weather has made it impossible for the Pres ident "to get as much exercise as we would have liked. "Since the weather here prob ably will continue to be cold he could find a visit to the south helnful" from that standpoint, said White. "It is not because he needs a rest for the heart, but hppansp he needs . exercise for his heart as a test." To Canal rent earth shivers. Heretofore the major jolt hit first and trail ed off into after-shocks. The "big ones" of the current series were scattered over the two days. Such a "big one" rocked the area at 10:03 Friday night It was 5.3 intensity, compared to the 6.7 shock in 1940. , Dr. Charles F. Richter, seism ologist at the California Insti tute of Technology in Pasadena Calif., said there is no evidence the shocks are ended. He said the Imperial valley was known for frequent earth quakes. ' The series began at 7:30 p.m and continued through the night One at 7 a.m. "woke up any one who was still asleep,: authorities said, and another sharp jolt of 4.7 magnitude came shortly before noon Saturday. The jolts Friday night made some people leave their houses. but thev returned when the quakes tapered off early yes terday. GEORGIA Youngsters Ask Everything In Letters To Santa Claus Santa Claus will need an extra big crew and an over-size sleigh when he answers the hundreds of letters coming to him through the Medford post office. Boys and girls in. this area, some with obvious help from mommies or older brothers and sisters.' are giving Santa the annual lowdown on 'their wants this year for Christmas. It might help his office girl, too, io have a good im agination, for many of the items listed are spelled in the phonetic style. The youngsters' ask for everything from chackk (to go with the blackboard), skurts and truks, to phonegraffs, hankis, and lawnmores. Davy Crockett hasn't lost his influence yet, for there's a good share of requets for Davy Crockett hats, guns, and other cowboy or frontier paraphernalia.- One little fellow (undoubtedly from a logging family) asks for a "goose-neck trailer truck, big size, and a 'login' truck, big size." Boxing gloves are frequently mentioned, as are dolls and child-sized furniture and appliances. But a five-year-old named'Mike must have given Santa a surprise and food for thought when he wrote for a jail house and the keys. i Most of the youngsters limit their Christmas expecta tions to five or ten items. One ambitious boy, however, listed 28 toys. - ' Most of the young correspondents give an impression of complete confidence that Santa will come through the same as last year. Some of the more sophisticated did voice some doubts, one writing, "Is there really, a Santa Claus? Please answer , my letter." But chances are, they will awaken Christmas moaning forgetting their questions when they see the asked-for presents under the Christmas tree. Everyone Laughs When Santa Steps From Plane ' El Paso, Tex. (U.R) They laughed when Santa Claus Claus stepped out of his heli copter Friday and when Santa bent over he saw why. His pants had dropped to his ankles and exposed . two pillows used for padding. - "Ho, ho, ho." Santa ad libbed gracefully, "I left "In such a hurry this morning I forgot to hitch up my pants good." Dulles 'Satisfied' With Pad Meeting Evreux, France (U.R) Sec retary ,of State John Foster Dulles said last night before he headed for home that he is "very satisfied" with the new deter mination shown by America's Allies at the Atlantic Pact meet ing in Paris this week. Dulles' special Air Force plane left the U. S. airbase here at '5:14 p.m. He is expected in Washington at 9 a.m. today after stopping in Bermuda. Authoritative sources said one of the secretary's last acts before . leaving Paris was to promise U. S. aid and advice to a proposed six-nation European atomic power pool if it can be brought into existence. . These sources said Dulles felt the Atlantic Allies showed a "stronger and more vigorous determination" to resist the Communist threat at this week's meeting than at any time since he became secretary of state in 1953. The new firmness was attrib uted to the Russians' renewal of the cold war, following 'their re fusal to consider any of the West's proposal for peace at the foreign ministers' meeting in Geneva last month. Central Point Church' Listed Incorrectly The telephone "number which appeared Friday for a daily Bible verse . at the Community Bible church in Central Point was reported incorrectly ac cording to the Rev. Paul O. Kroon, pastor of the church. The number to call for a Bible verse is NOrmandy 4 1615. An automatic telephone answering device will read the verse when the number is dial ed. Buenos Aires U.R) Au thorities in La Plata arrested 400 persons and seized numer ous arms caches this week in the government's campaign to "erase every vestige of totalitar ianism in Argentina," unofficial reports said Saturday Saarbruecken (U.R) "West German Chancellor Konrad Ade nauer Saturday urged voters in to day's Saar legislative election to support parties favoring re turn of this disputed border area to Germany." ON FO Plan To Break UN Deadlock Offered United Nations (U.R) Gen eral Assembly President Jose Maza Saturday said he intends to press his plan to settle the dead-locked "United Nations Se curity . Council "election by lot despite a sharp rebuff from the world parliament.:: Russia was reported to have dropped its objection to the pro posal to split the two year term beginning Jan. 1 between Yugo slavia and the Philippines. The Soviets Friday night declared this procedure "not normal" and questioned its legality. The 76 nation assembly, in a rebellious mood, refused to re turn the required two-thirds ma jority for "any candidate Friday night, even though the Philip pines and Yugoslavia the countries deadlocked after 35 ballots agreed to Maza's plan. . The plan, fully endorsed by Henry Cabot Lodge Jr. for the United States and Sir Pierson j Dixon for Britain was this: Brig. Gen. Carlos P. Romulo of the Philippines and Leo Mates of Yugoslavia agreed to have Maza draw lots to ; de termine which should retire from the race. The Philippines lost the drawing. Christmas Seal Sales Total $7,251 Here A total of $7,251.54 has been collected thus far in the annual Christ.-ias Seal sale, according to Mrs. M. O. Grove, county seal sale chairman of the Jackson County Public Health associa tion. Response this year has been gratifying, she said. Seventy-four per cent of the proceeds remains in Jackson county for health education and eradication of tu berculosis, she added. Twenty per cent goes to the Oregon Tuberculosis association and six per cent to the national association. - Candidates Asked For Opinion On Red China Washington (U.R) Senate Republican Leader William F. Knowland challenged all pros pective presidential candidates Saturday to declare whether, if elected, they would resist admis sion of Red China to the United Nations. A probable candidate himself if President Eisenhower retires, Knowland said he wants the issue raised before, not after, the 1956 election. He has long been one of the most outspoken foes of admitting the Chinese Com munists to the U. N. ' He also made clear to report ers ' that he is still dissatisfied with the package plan by which 16 new members were voted into the U. N. this week. He said he agreed with a British diplomat who had described package deal admission plans as blackmail. AO VACATION 0 Funds For Foreign Military, Economic Kelp In Cold War Would Eliminate Cut In Taxes Next Year Washington (U.R) Presi dent Eisenhower may ask Con gress next month for a whopping $5,140,000,000 in foreign mili tary and economic aid to combat Russia's renewal of the cold war it was learned Saturday. The tentative figure, about double this year's foreign aid ap propriation, almost fertainly would run into a buzz saw of opposition in the economy-minded congress. And if approved, it would about eliminate the pos sibility of a tax cut in the 1956 presidential election year. Subject To Change 4 . High-ranking administration sources said the $5,140,000,000 total has the Budget Bureau's approval. But they emphasized that it will be subject to change right up to the moment Mr. Eis enhower sends his budget mes sage to Congress Jan. 17. The size of the request for the fiscal year beginning next July 1 " surprised some Demo cratic and Republican congress ional leaders who attended a bi partisan briefing on foreign af fairs at the White House Tues day. House Republican whip Leslie C. Arends, (111.), indicated that if the report is true the request would face sharp opposition in Congress. Arends, who was among the congressional leaders briefed at the White House, told a reporter: "That was not rPy understand ing. I understood that foreign aid spending woulld be kept at about the same level as this year. I am hopeful that the administra tion's request for foreign aid ap propriations will not be increas ed. If there is an increase, con gress will certainly want to take a look at it." Possible Explanation One possible -explanation for the difference between the re ports which came " from the' White Touse briefing and the re ported plans for a. sharp increase in appropriations was offered by an administration official. The official, who declined to be quoted by name, said the in crease . in appropriations might not necessarily mean any great increase in actual spending. He added that much of the new funds requested were for plan ning to fill pipelines for deliver ies of foreign aid at a later time. Some of them said statements rBade then by secretary of State John Foster Dulles and Foreign Air Chief John B. Hollister in dicated foreign aid requests for fiscal 1957 would remain about the $2,700,000,000 level of the current fiscal year. But administration officials in sisted the decision to seek a big increase does not represent any sudden or unexpected shift in thinking. They said the' higher figures have been under consid eration since early last summer. These sources said the request will include $3,240,000,000 - in foreign aid military funds, $2, 240,000,000 more than congress approved this year, and $1,900, 000,000 in, economic aid, $300, 000,000 more than' the current appropriation. Air Base Bids To Be Opened December 29 Seattle, Wash. (U.R) The 13th Naval district announced Saturday that bids will be open ed here Dec. 29 for the construc tion of a runway extension and installation of taxiway and ap proach lighting at the Klamath Falls, Ore., air force base. Bids also will be opened Dec. 29 -for the resettlement of Kla math project facilities at Kla math Falls and Tulelake, Calif. Asks Financial Help Through Newspaper Ad Coldwater, Mich. (U.R) The following ad appeared Friday in the Coldwater Advertister: "An attractive gal who gets paid on Friday and is broke by Tuesday wants to meet a man who gets paid on Tuesday and is broke by Friday." O
