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0 o lCiviiisiihw ,&s EisGiBiowir siifBsfl j Diubt Expressed t wei SB BKk KB Wl P. 'II l I J cV-3f K.-S7 Bi XCi I I 111 I I l It. fofminr earlv Fridav morn- ussia He iverseas Washington (U.R) Defense officials expresse doubt today that Russia has developed an inter-continental missile. At the same time they cau tioned against underestimating Russian capabilities in this fate ful field. efense officials, who have been taken aback by Russian technological advances in the past, were not inclined to pooh pooh Soviet Premier Nikolai Bulganin's latest hint that Rus sia has developed rocket weap ons of "inter-continental power." Development of an ocean spanning missile could tip the balance iffi world power. There is no known defense against an inter-continental ballistic mis sile, which often is called the ultimate weapon of the future. Botf? Russia and the United States are knivn to be working on development of an inter-con tinental missile. The United States in recent weeks has put the ballistic missile program in Directfayments Is Flood Victims Being Considered Washington U.R) The Ad ministration is considering a proposal that the government make direct payments with no strings attached to aid persons suffering flood losses, it was learned today. The proposal, if approved by various agencies, will be sent to Congress as recommended legis lation. Q Frank J. Meistrell, acting head of the Housing and Home Finance gency (HHFA), an nounced yesterday that the ad ministration has nearly complet-. ed drafting a legislative program for "flood indemnity assistance." He gave no details. Paid Out of Public Funds But an informed source said TWe plan under consideration pro poses that "the victim be in demnified (paid directly) for a loss . . . out of public funds." The payments would be a gift, the source said. There would be no loan or insurance-type payments involved. The source would not discuss the scale of payments or what would be required to qualify for the government assistance. Such a plan represents a major shift in administration thinking on how to help com pensate persons suffering prop erty losses from floods and other natural disasters. Private insur ant companies offer little pro tection against such losses be cause of the great risks involved. Science Education Crisis Studied Atlanta, Ga. (U.R) Scientists pondered today what to do about a crisis in science education that is putting the United States far behind Russia in the training of technical specialists. Dr. Alan T. Waterman, direc tor of the federally financed Na tional Science Foundation, told the American Association for the Advancement of Science that the government is helping relieve the situation to the tune of $395,000,000 a year but that most of the responsibility lies with local school authorities and parents. Waterman elaborated at a ess conference with five other authorities in the field of edu-cation. i Vatican City U.R) "Vatican P5 quarters have issued a sharp re minder to the Communist world that Russia must drop its war like posture if there is to be atomic peace Grants Pass Indian Woman Owner of Timber Once Sold Portland (U.R) A young Grants Pass Indian woman has been declared owner of inherit ed timber in Douglas and Lane counties worth more than $30, 000 which she sold for $3000 in 1951. U. S. District Judge Gus Solo mon ruled that Anna Elizabeth Macey, a bank clerk, was the victim of fraud and conspiracy. He ruled that actually the timb er never was sold because docu ments purporting to transfer her ownership to Fred Marsh, Lebanon logger, were void. Assistant U. S. Attorney Vic tor Harr told Judge Solomon i W B A W United Press Full Leased Wire United Press Full Leased Wire Temp. W I Highest Yesterday 36 50th Year 22 Pages MEDFORD, OREGON, THURSDAY, DECEMBER 29, 1955 Price 5c No. 240 Lowest this Mornins 21 Missile BiffEBnsi laieflineie-lennroinifc a top priority category. U. S. development, however, is believed several years away, according to predictions. Based on our own rate of progress, however, it seemed im p:obable to U. S. officials that Russia has succeeded already in . development of the highly complex weapon! An inter-continental missile presents stagger ing problems of power, guidance and heat resista"ht metals that can withstand the terrific fric tion before the missile comes crashing down on .its target at several times the speed of sound. Rapid Russian Progress What concerned U. S. defense officials was Bulganin's indica tion of the Russians' rapid tech nological advance. While Russian technological capabilities still are not equal to those of the United States, defense leaders point out that in many ways the Russian rate of technological progress in the past 10 years has been greater than that of the United States. Russian technical advances on military developments. Evidence of Russian techno logical strides is seen in such developments as the new Red inter - continental jet bomber powered by .more powerful jet engines than any now in use by the United States, and Rus sion explosion of an atomic bomb two years ahead of the official U. S. estimate. . , Stale Civil Defense Officials Check Flood Salem U.R) F i v e members of the Oregon civil defense agency are meeting with officials in counties affected by flood waters, State Director Arthur M. Sheets said today. Logistics officer Logan Berry left for Douglas county where he will discuss emergency relief and' medical services with the county director. Maj. Gen. John Hargraves, medical officer, is visiting Jose phine, Jackson and Coos coun ties to confer with local officials on medical sanitation and medi cal services. Anthony Cardiello, emergency welfare officer, and Tom Bru beck, public information officer, are meeting today with the'Lane county civil defense director. State Highway Engineer R. H. Baldock said preliminary esti mates of flood damage to state highways have been placed at $250,000. Highway Sign Owners Given time Extension Salem (U.R) Labor Commis sioner Norman O. Nilsen today granted highway sign owners a time extension to Feb. 1 to get sign permits , required by the new outdoor advertising law. The extension has been made because of impassible roads and bad weather conditions in many Oregon areas. Owners previous ly were advised that sign per mits for 1956 must be obtained by Dec. 31. Out-door advertising business also will be given another month to get licenses. Nilsen said it is necessary for owners to assemble detailed in formation on their outdoor ad vertising signs for permit appli cations in order to insure com pliance with the law. Require ments include complete sign di mensions, a description easily identifying location of the sign, and its distance from other signs. DOW-JONES AVERAGES New York U.R) Dow-Jones final stock averages: 30 indus trials 484.56 up 0.34; 20 rail roads 162.15 off 0.94; 15 util ities 64.00 off 0.13, and 65 stocks 171.56 off 0.29. Sales today were about 2,190,000 shares compared with 1,990,000 yesterday. that John C. Blanford, Marsh's assistant, went to the home of Miss Macey and her mother, Aleena Towler, and offered $3000 for the timber. Mrs. Tow ler, guardian because her daugh ter was a minor, inquired of the Indian B.ureau in Portland. Ac cording to Harr, the letter fell into the hands of Clyde Flinn, then land officer for the bureau, who wrote that $3000 was a fair price. Mrs. Towler then sold the tim ber for her daughter, Harr said. However, only another Indian could buy without putting the land up for public auction. Harr rAoicnouii mim irai&iLJisir fungi a Dike Washington (U.R) The Nike anti-aircraft guided missile is the next advanced weapon likely to be sent ;o Europe to strengthen Western defenses, it was learned today. The missile itself probably will not be sent overseas for more than a year. But in the meantime, launching sites, in cluding underground storage rooms, will be constructed for the Nike. The supersonic missile, which Damage Reported To Governor; Final Estimate $364,120 A final estimate of $364,120 damage, not including private property, was caused in Jackson county by the recent flood, ac cording to a report forwarded to Gov. Paul Patterson late yes terday. The report was prepared by Maj. Gen. Joseph Hicks, civil defense administrator, with the assistance of County Engineer Paul Rynning and civil defense officials in Rogue River and Shady Cove. An earlier report estimated more than $300,000 damages, but was made before a final tally Gen. Hicks said. Surveys Coniinus Red Cross officials still are surveying flood areas for an ac curate monetary estimate of dam age to private property. A "horseback" estimate of $500,000 was announced yesterday. Another survey is underway today by Gen. John Hargraves of the state civil defense agency; County Commissioner L. G. Morthland; Rynning; and a rep resentative of the small business administration, Portland. Gen. Hargraves plans to give the gov ernor an "eye-witness report" on flood conditions in southern Oregon. Forestry Damage Last weeks storms and high water caused damage estimated at between $35,000 and $50,000 to installations of the state de partment of forestry's southwest Oregon district. Ted Maul, district warden, said the damage is mostly to roads, bridges, buildings and tel ephone lines maintained by the state forest patrol here. Some of the damage is still unknown, he said, as washed out roads or bridges has prevented inspection of some areas. Railroads To Speed Up Rate Increase Request Washington (U.R) The Inter state Commerce Commission agreed today to let the nation's railroads follow a speed-up pro cedure in seeking a 7 per cent freight rate increase. The railroads recently an nounced they would seek the boost, which would be effective Feb. 9. It would amount to over $500,000,000 a year. Under the ICC ruling the rail roads will not follow the nor mal procedure of filing a peti tion requesting the rate in crease. Public hearings are held by the ICC on such petitions. Instead, the railroads will merely file new tariffs which include the 7 per cent boost. The increases will take effect auto matically Feb. 9 unless suspend ed by the ICC. Declared in Fraud said Frank Summers, a Chilo quin Indian, was given S3000 to buy the timber and $1000 for his "services." The timber then was transferred to Marsh, the assistant U. S. attorney said. Harr said the timber was worth, about $15,000 at that time and now has more than doubled in value. The judge's decree giv ing Miss Macey undisputed own ership made no mention of the $3000 she was paid earlier. Flinn, Blanford and Marsh la ter served prison terms after pleading guilty to conspiracy in connection with Indian timber sales.' already is protecting 18 major cities in the United States, will be assigned to U. S. forces sta tioned in Europe. Its primary mission will be to guard the string of U. S. bases there, par ticularly in Germany. But it also probably will be used in helping protect major West Euro pean cities. Present plans do not call for furnishing any West European forces with the Nike, although the Allies will be informed SHOUTS DOWN RED HECKLERS Jumping to his feet to answer a charge by the Communists accusing him of "starting a var" in Algeria, former French Premier Pier re Mendes-France (left) points his finger at Communist Party leader Jacques Duclos (far right foreground) saying that the Red had helped the National Assembly defeat the Mendes-France government specifically on the Algerian question and that therefore Duclos must share the responsibility for the loss of hundreds of lives in the North African uprising.1 During the debate in Paris with Duclos, Mendes-France had to shout down thousands of Communist hecklers. Medford Woman Reported Missing In Yuba City Flood A Medford woman who was visiting relatives in Yuba City, Calif., is b e li e v e d to have drowned in the flood there last Saturday, according to word re ceived here. .Mrs. Vera Johnson, 244 South Grape st, was visiting her nephew, Robert Bartlett, in Yuba City when levees broke along the Feather river. R. L. Harris, 330 O'Gara ave., Medford, an uncle of Bartlett, said neither Mrs. Johnson or Bartlett have been found, and are presumed to have drowned. Harris said Mrs. Johnson went to Yuba City recently to care for Bartlett's mother, Mrs. Charles Bartlett, who was dis charged from a hospital there following surgery. Reported Missing Sunday Harris said Mrs. Johnson and Bartlett were reported missing sometime Sunday morning. . Bartlett's two children,, his wife, Norma, and mother were rescued by helicopter. Mrs. Norma Bartlett and her mother-in-law held the two small chil dren atop an automobile all night Saturday before the heli capter rescue. They are now staying with relatives in Marys ville across the river from Yuba City. Mrs. Johnson was employed at the Pinnacle Packing company here. Road Conditions Highway 62, P r o s p e e t Spots of ice. Highway 99. Siskiyous Packed snow and ice, sanded. Highway 66, Green Springs Spots of ice. Highway 99, California Open, some icy spots. Highway 97 Chains re quired in some sections. Highway 101 Closed Lay tonville to Eureka, except for emergency, light traffic in daylight only and subject to convoy; open Eureka to Ban don; expected to open in Co quille area later today io lim ited traffic. Highway 42 C 1 o s e d be cause of slides. Highway 38 Closed be cause of slides. about the capabilities of the weapon. There is a possibility West European nations may even be given sufficient information about the weapon so they can produce it themselves if they want to. The plan to send Nike missile units to Europe reflects (1) the near completion of the first phase of affording anti-aircraft protection to major U. S. cities, (2) the growing demand of small er European nations for greater Ike Devotes First Full Vacation Day To Painting Scene Key West, Fla. (U.R) Pres ident Eisenhower today started the first full day of his South Florida vacation by working in doors on an oil painting of a Colorado Rocky mountain scene. Partly cloudy and windy wea ther with occasional showers in the early morning may have influenced the President's de cision to remain at his quarters during the morning. Later in the day, Mr. Eisen hower was expected to get out doors if the early morning show ers do not recur. The temperature was in the low 70s and the sun broke Berrydale Grocery Robbed Last Night A lone bandit wearing a white stocking cap and a white ker chief over his face robbed the Berrydale grocery, 1508 North Riverside ave., of $4 about 6:50 p.m. Wednesday, according to city police. Mrs. Ethel May Florey, owner, told Medford police the man en tered her store just prior to closing time and demanded the money in her cash register. He kepf his right hand in his pocket, she said, and she did not actually see a gun. Police said the robber was be lived to be between 20 and 30 years old. MT Will Not Publish; Stores Close Monday There will be no publication of the Mail Tribune Monday, Jan. 2, in observance of New Year's Day. There will be a regular edition Sunday, Jan. 1. Most Medford stores and city, county, state and federal offices will be closed Monday, Jan. 2, which will be observed as a holi day because New Year's Day is Sunday. Stores and offices will reopen Tuesday, Jan. 3, as will schools throughout Jackson county fol lowing annual holiday vacations. The Mail Tribune also will re sume publication Tuesday. esrse access to advanced weapons de veloped by the United States and Great Britain, an'd (3) the determination to equip North Atlantic Treaty Organization forces with the most modern weapons, including nuclear weapons. The Nike, which has a high kill capability against enemv bombers up to 25 miles away', is the only operational Army missile not yet supplied to U. S. Army forces in Europe. through the clouds periodically. Winds were blowing between 20 and 30 miles an hour and small craft warnings were displayed through, the Keys. Press Secretary James C. Hag erty said "no work of necessity" confronted the President today, although a "semi-final" draft of the State of the Union Mes sage would arrive by aerial courier from Washington to morrow morning. -. The. President was expected to do some work on his Jan. 5 message tomorrow. Told of Khushchev Charge During the morning, the Pres ident was informer by Hagerty of .the accusation by Soviet Communist leader Nikita Khru shchev that Mr. Eisenhower and Secretary of State John Foster Dulles had committed "crude interference" in the af fairs of Communist East Europe. Beyond saying that he had shown a press association copy of the Communist leader's re marks to the President, Hagerty declined to comment. Traffic Crackdown Asked On New Year's Celebrants Chicago (U.R) State officials answered an unprecedented ap peal for a drastic traffic crack down today with plans for a na tionwide program to save lives Salem (U.R) Gov. Paul Patterson called on state police today to inaugurate a rigid traffic enforcement for the New Year's week-end, in an effort io prevent a repeti tion of Christmas week-end accidents that claimed seven lives in Oregon. He observed: "There can be no happy New Year for a fa tality or his family or forlhe others involved in an acci dent." over the New Year's holiday. The appeal came from the Na tional Safety Council, which was shaken by the all-time rec ord of 621 - traffic deaths over Allocation of $1,650,000 in Aid Requested Governor Sends Note To President Salem (U.R) Gov. . Paul Pat terson today requested Presi dent Eisenhower to allocate $1, 650,000 to aid in disaster relief from recent floods in western and southern Oregon. The governor followed up his preliminary report to the presi dent of yesterday with the posi tive statement that "as a result of continuing flooding of rivers in western and southern Oregon, a disaster area has. been created." He said "existing conditions have resulted in hardship and suffering so severe to the people of that portion of Oregon that federal assistance is required. State and local civil defense or ganizations, American Red Cross and other charitable or ganizations and idividual citi zens are producing maximum effort toward relief from dis aster." Damage Being Counted The governor told the Presi dent: "This is to assure you that all available state, county and local funds are or will be com mitted for the prupose. Suggest that. $1,650,000 be allocated to the state and local effort and such additional personnel, equipment and materials as is deemed necessary." Meanwhile, damage through out the flood-stricken area was being counted. With rainless and cool weather, the danger of im mediate further flooding ap peared past. The Coquille river, last major trouble spot, was down more than six feet from its crest of earlier in the week and still was falling. But many fam ilies still were out of their homes and the valley was cov ered with water. Jackson Loss High Red Cross workers in Jackson county estimated flood damage to county homes and businesses at $500,000. That was m addition to $250,000 which engineer Paul Rynning said had been done to county roads. Agriculture, soil erosion and forest losses have not yet been calculated, nor have estimates been made on bridges, sewer sys tems or water systems. Lane county bridge superin tendent Miller Sorenson said Lane county lost about , 24 bridges. Food Dropped By Air Some 1,430 families and 157 business organizations were ap parently involved in flooding, according to the state Civil De fense organization. Yesterday, ' Douglas county sheriff Ira Byrd and Red Cross representative Mildren Herman air-dropped food to four families who had been marooned five days without food in isolated Mell Canyon. Food supplies were also re ported en route to residents of the tiny community of Marial on the Rogue river, cut off by slides and water until yesterday Cambridge, O (U.R) A four- engined plane crashed and burned 16 miles northeast of here today. Christmas and its own predic tion that a new record will.be set during the New Year's holi day. - The council followed up its forecast of 420 New Year's deaths with telegrams to the governors of all 48 states. "This nation cannot afford to experience or tolerate another toll comparable to the one over the last week-end," . Council President Ned H. Dearborne's telegram said. "We feel the toll of more than 600 deaths from highway acci dents constitutes a national emergency that must be met just as floods, fires, and other major disasters are met by emer gency action." It was the first time that the Safety Council had made a di rect appeal for emergency ac tion by the states. Plans for such action were already underway in many state capitols. Interference in East European Affairs Rapped Q Inter-Continental Rocket Weapon Hinted Moscow (U.R) Soviet Com munist leader Nikita Khrush chev attacked President Eisen hower today for what he called his "crude interference" in the affairs of Communist East Eu rope. 1 The rare Soviet attack on an American head of state came shortly after Premier Nikolai Bulganin hinted in a speech before the Supreme Soviet (Parliament) that Russia had developed rocket weapons of inter-continental power." Then Khrushchev said the power of Russia's recently ex ploded hydrogen bomb "can be considerably increased" beyond its present equivalent of "many millions of tons of ordinary explosive." , Creators of tension "should remember the result of this test," Khrushchev declared to thun- -derous applause from the Soviet Parliament. Objects to Messages Khrushchev, said Christmas messages broadcast to Eastern Europe by President Eisenhow er, Secretary of State John Foster Dulles and other Ameri cans were designed to "re-establish capitalism" in those states. The Communist party leader said he did not like to criticize President Eisenhower "whom I respect so much," but he was less soothing to Dulles and sin gled him out for particularly heavy criticism. He said the American mes sages were not "compatible with the Geneva spirit',' oecause they said their authors were praying for the liberation of Eastern European countries and would give them assistance. "It leads to the incitement of passions," Khrushchev said. The messages were year-end holiday greetings from Mr. Eis enhower and other U. S. leaders broadcast to Eastern Europe over the Voice of America and Radio Free Europe. Lashes at Dulles Khrushchev then took up the subject of Dulles. "Some Western politicians have a strange idea of the Gen eva spirit," he said. "They want to disarm us morally and pol itically. Such conditions are un acceptable to us. "The most eager proponents of such an unrealistic policy are in the United States, particular ly Secretary of State Dulles who plays a leading role in adbat- ing massive retaliation and oth-, er absurdities. "They are even still using such out of date strength as . "forcing the Reds to withdraw'." Khrushchev also disposed of President Eisenhower's "open sky" arms inspection plan with a brief question and answer. "How does it differ from mili tary intelligence?" he asked. "If differs in no way at all." U. S. Ambassador Charles E. Bohlen was in the audience. Khrushchev's speech added up to one of the sternest denounce ments ever aimed by the Soviets at the American President. Kind to British And while heaping criticism on the United States he temper ed his remarks about Britain which he and Bulganin visit in the spring. He said he meant only English colonizers and not the "English .people whom we admire." Khrushchev went to great pains to deny his statements on his recent Far East tour with Bulganin were aimed at the pres ent British government. Bulganin dropped luv hint of inter-continental missiles in say ing the Soviet Union wants to outlaw rocket weapons along with atomic arms. "The Soviet government stood and still stands, for an end to the arms race and the outlawing of atomic weapons," Bulganin said. "And this extends also to the rocket weapons which have been recently developed into weapons of intercontinental power." ' Red Cross Accepting Flood Aid Contributions Portland !U.P Red Cross of ficials said 4oday that voluntary contributions for flood disaster relief in Oregon, California and Nevada should be sent to local Red Cross chapters! Early estimates, officials said, placed Red Cross0 expenditures for temporary mass care and long term assistance at between $5,000,000 and $6,000,000. The Portland-Multnomah coun ty Red Cross chaptfr said checks should be made out: Red Cross, -Western Floods, (Local Chapter).
