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FDR's Insistence on New Front Angered Churchill, Book States London (U.P.i Th U. S. land ing in southern France during World War II touched off a deep but short-lived difference of opinion between Prime Min ister Winston Churchill and U.S. President Franklin D. Roose velt, it was revealed for the first time today. Churchill confided in 1944 that he was left "ill-treated and furious" at Mr. Roosevelt's in listence that a new front be opened in southern France at the expense of Allied strength in Italy. The rift between the two world leaders was revealed in the latest volume of "Grand Strategy," an official British history of World War II writ ten by John Ehrman. holder of a fellowship at Trinity College, Cambridge, who has access to all official sources. The volume published today covers the period from August, 1943 to September, 1944. According to the history, Churchill was in favor of push ing the campaign in Italy, but Mr. Roosevelt wanted to open France with troops taken frorr rime minister, who shot back your telegram," Churchill said, a 1,000-word cable to Mr. Roose- "The splitting up of the cam velt. paign in the Mediterranean into "We are deeply grieved by hvo operations, neither of which can do anything decisive, is, in my humble and respectful opin ion, the first major strategic and political error for which we two have to be responsible." Churchill then quoted Britain's commanding general in Italy as saying that "the ghost of Anvil hangs heavily over the Italian battlefront." But Mr. Roosevelt stood his ground and replied that he and his chiefs of staff were con vinced they should open the southern France campaign. "I honestly believe that God will be with us as he was in Overlord (the Normandy land ings) and in Italy and in North Africa," the U. S. President re plied. "I always think cf my early geometry: a straight line is the shortest distance between two points." Ehrman said in his book that Churchill was "furious." the Italian theater. The U.S. President expressed these views in a telegram to the MEDFORD Unite a Hresa Jj'ulJ Leasee Wire Tribune United Press Full Leased Win 51st Year 16 Pages MEDFORD, OPc' 56 Price 5c No. 93 'Now, Who Did You Say fJee Authorization Bill For Foreign Aid Gets Appovral in House Washington (U.R) The $4,- 000.000.000 foreign aid author ization bill whipped through the House without debate today as Congress entered the stretch drive for adjournment. Shortly after the vote. President Eisen- Accidents Fatal To Four Persons By UNITED PRESS j At least three persons met ac cidental death in Oregon over the week end, two on the state's highways and one drowned. A fourth Oregon resident drowned rear Camas, Wash., to raise the toll to four. A nine-year-old girl was kill ed and her 11-year-old compan ion seriously injured last night near Malm after a pickup truck struck the two children as they wheeled a bicycle along the highway. Police identified the victim as Sherilyn Kay Smith, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. John Smith of Mer rill. Her companion was Shanna Hinz, daughter of Mr. and Mrs George Hinz of Malin. A teen-age swimming party to Lacamas lake near Camas Wash., yesterday by four Port land youths ended in tragedy when 17-year-old Veronica Klein, 17, drowned. Jerry Varnel, 19, Santa Bar bara, Calif., college student working as a lifeguard at Can non Beach, was presumed drowned Saturday when a wave washed him to sea while he was wading in the surf. Richard Roy Shaver, 27, Port land, was killed in a head-on collision in Portland early Satur day morning. Authorities Hold Two Youths as Runaways Two Medford boys, one 14 and the other 15 years of age, were expected to be turned over to their parents by county juvenile authorities today. The boys were arrested by state police in Ashland yesterday and held in the county jail as runaways. Zurich iU.E Chief Justice Earl Warren and his wife have arrived here for a month's va cation. Several Rogue River National Forest Areas Now Closed to Travel, Authorities Reveal Hot weather has raised fire hazards in national forest lands and has caused closing of several areas within the Rogue River National Forest. Supervisor J. H. Wood an nounced several areas today which are closed to travel ef fective midnight, July 8. Federal-State Law According to Wood, the clos ures are made under both fed eral and state laws. They cover relatively small areas and will cause little interference with recreational use, he said. With the exception of the Ash land Canyon area, which is Should Have Spoken Up?' 1 hower appealed for a larger pro gram. The compromise authorization measure, adopted by voice vote, was returned to the Senate where agreement would send it along to the White House for Mr. Eisenhower's signature. Money Bill Next The House then turned to a second bill putting up the money. The Appropriations Committee has chopped $1,300,000,000 out of the President's request and a stiff floor, fight was in prospect in both- the House and Senate. Mr. Eisenhower, in an elev enth hour appeal at Gettysburg, warned that peace lies in the bal ance and the proposed deep cuts would be a 'grave mistake." He called the foreign aid pro gram ' one of the wisest and most necessary . . . our country has undertaken." Unless the funds are restored, he said, "There can be no peace." Adjournment Seen Some congressional leaders predicted optimistically that Congress can wind up its work and adjourn the week end of July 21. But others saw little chance of getting through before Aug. 4. The latter date would give Democratic congressmen only a week before the party's National Convention in Chicago and Re publicans would have but two weeks to prepare for their San Francisco convention. Heat Exhaustion Warnings Issued Portland (U.R) Hot sum mer weather in Oregon brought warnings from the state board of health today to avoid over exertion and over-exposure to the sun. "Sun stroke or heat exhaustion may strike anyone," Dr. Harold M. Erickson, state health office, said. "However, serious cases ap pear most often among persons suffering from any general dis ease, alcoholics, young children, elderly people and persons who are overweight." Symptoms of sunstroke in clude red face, dilated pupils, hot dry skin, no perspiration, labored breathing and sighing, a full and rapid pulse and high tempera ture. Dr. Erickson said. The patient should be moved to a cool place immediately and a doctor should be called. closed for the protection of the Ashland city watershed, all of the areas are sites of active log ging operations. Permits to enter will be issued only to persons needing access for the transaction of business and may be secured from the nearest ranger's office or from the supervisor's office in the Medford post office building. Closed Areas The closed areas are: Ashland Canyon and Big Elk in the Ash land district, Sevenmile and Threemile in the Klamath dis trict. In the Union Creek district: Parts of Foster creek, except the Governor Opposed To Senate Bill For Hells Canyon Stand Explained in Letter To Neuberger Salem (U.R) Gov. Elmo Smith said today he is opposed to the pending senate bill auth orizing a high federal dam at Hells Canyon on the Snake river. The governor explained his stand in a letter to Sen. Richard Neuberger who last week asked for Gov. Smith's position on the Hells Canyon dam issue. At that tim- the governor said he had not read the bill. Thorough Consideration "My position is one of opposi tion to the senate bill 1333," Gov. Smith wrote Neuberger. "The development of the pow er resources of the Snake river canyon has been established as more beneficial under the pres ent program by the federal pow er commission, a bipartisan com mission established by an act of congress. Its unanimous decision was based on thorough consider ation of good engineering and sound economics. Power Need Critical "The need for power in the Northwest is critical. Power will start flowing into the transmis sion lines of the Northwest pow er pool from Brownlee dam within two years, unless con struction is interrupted. "Senate bill 1333 is merely en authorization of a project and in no way gives the people of Ore gon any assurance that any dam will ever be constructed under its provisions. "Senate bill 1333, because of its features reserving a " huge block of power exclusively for Idaho, would put the power users of Oregon in a very disadvan tageous position." . . Central Point Man Gets Jail Sentence Donald A. Beers, route 2, box 330-A, Central Point, was sen tenced to 90 days in jail by Dis trict Court Judge Rawles Moore this morning. Beers pleaded guilty to draw ing a check with insufficient funds in the bank to pay it in full. , He was arraigned June 22 and was scheduled to appear for sen tencing June 30. He failed to ap pear and his bail of $100 was forfeited. Beers was brought in on a bench warrant this morn ing and sentenced. In another district court ac tion, the trial of Horace Phin- ney Isaacs, 61, of Camp White, was set for July 11. Isaacs was arrested by the state police on Highway 62 yes terday and lodged in the county jail on charges of driving while under the influence of intoxicat ing liquor. He was arraigned and pleaded not guilty this morning. Bond was set at $225. Highway, Amusement Revenues Divided Salem ;i).R Apportionment of S2,505-,194 in highway reve nues and S74.721 in amusement device tax moneys was an nounced today by Secretary of State Earl T. Newbry. Counties participated pro rata in highway funds on the basis of 820,829 motor vehicles regis tered during 1955, Newbry said. The amusement device money is divided 60 per cent to the state public assistance fund and 40 per cent to the counties. north bank for a distance of 100 feet ' from the creek; parts of Prairie creek, except the Hersh berger and Mt. Stella roads and the area within 100 feet of Rogue river; a small portion of Huckle berry mountain, but not that part where berries are found; Thous and Springs, a part of the Sun shine area, and part of Wood ruff creek; strips within 100 feet of Jim creek and within 100 feet of Rogue river (the River and McCall creek roads are open); the Joe Creek area in the, Apple gate district and the state of California, except Elliott creek, Hutton guard station, and Hutton forest Camp. President Confers With Top Advisors At Farm House News Conference , May Reveal Plans Gettysburg, Pa. (U.R) Presi dent Eisenhower today con ferred with his advisers, prob ably on politics and foreign aid, to begin the week which may see him confirm his second term intentions. The White House has left open the possibility that before the week is out Mr. Eisenhower will hold a news conference his first since his intestinal op eration last month. If he does, his political intentions and his health will be the main topics of questioning. The President also is expected this week to open an- office in downtown Gettysburg, stepping up the pace of his work. Aid Bill Discussion Mr. Eisenhower planned a con ference today, at his farm house with presidential assistant Sher man Adams and Dillon Ander son, his top aide on national security affairs. One topic for discussion was expected to be the foreign aid program, which is under heavy fire in Congress. The President also was ex pected to discuss politics with Adams. Their meeting today was their irst since they discussed "personal and general politics" by telephone Friday morning. $t was this conversation and a sim ilar one between, the President and Hagerty that led to increased speculation that Mr. Eisenhower will run again. Announcement Due Soon With the GOP National Con vention opening in San Francisco just six weeks from today, Mr. Eisenhower is expected to make his announcement soon. Another indication that Mr. Eisenhower's hat still is in the ring came Saturday when John Sherman Cooper announced he was resigning as U.S. ambassa dor to India to run for the U.S. Senate from Kentucky. It was be lieved that Cooper, who talked with the President Friday morn ing by telephone, had assurances that Mr. Eisenhower will again head the GOP ticket. Platform, Trucks Burned at Lakeview Lakeview U.R) The entire 30-man crew of the Lakeview fire department took two hours to subdue a fire which broke out beneath the loading platform of the Lakeview Building Material company about 12:30 a.m. today. Ray Harlan, manager . of the company, said damage was esti mated "at 520,000 and was cov ered by insurance. The platform, which held miscellaneous fenc ing and drain tile, was destroyed as well as a late model truck be longing to the company. The fire spread to a nearby garage and burned two trucks belonging to Shell Oil company valued at a total of $8300. Ken neth Stoll, Shell distributor, said both trucks were empty but that the first was halted about 30 feet from the Shell storage tanks. Steel Negotiators Awaiting Pressures Pittsburgh Negotiators for 650,000 striking United Steel workers and the dosed-down basic steel industry appeared adamant in their bargaining positions today, apparently wait ing for the walkout's pent-up economic pressures to force a more favorable showdown. But the federal government was expected momentarily to make the next move to break the costly contract deadlock which for nine days has cut off 87 per cent of the country's steel production and threatens to dis rupt the nation's entire economy. Tokyo (U.R) The Socialist Party today rode a wave of Japanese anti-rearmament votes toward apparent victory over the Conservative goernment's plans to revise the MacArthur "nowar" constitution. Slight Temperature Drop Forecast Here Tuesday Mercury to Read 93 In Medford Vicinity; 102 Noted Sunday Forestry Crews Battle Half-Acre Brush Fire Medford area residents, who have been sweltering in temper atures of 100 and above, may look forward to a few degrees of relief Tuesday. The weather man says the mercury will slide to 93 tomorrow. Sunday was Medford's hottest day of the year, when a temper ature of 102 was recorded at the local U.S. weather bureau sta tion. Yesterday's temperature was just two degrees short of the maximum on record here for July 8. On July 8, 1952, the temperature soared to 104. Second Hottest Grants Pass was the stale's "hot box" Sunday, with Med ford and Salem tying for second place honors. Salem also report ed 102 degrees. Saturday's temperature in Medford was 99. Weather ob servers predicted today's tem perature would range between 98 and 100. They said there is a slight chance of afternoon thun derstorms over the higher mountains tomorrow. '" The five - day forecast for western Oregon calls for cooler weather at the beginning of the period with a warming trend by Wednesday. Highs are expected to be mostly in the 90s. Blaze Reported Meanwhile, two state forestry department crews were extin guishing a half-acre brush fire today near the mouth of Sugar creek in the Elk creek district. District Warden Curt Nesheim said the blaze started Sunday evening in a brush pile in a land clearing operation. It was thought that a discarded match or cigarette may have been the cause. The forest patrolmen and Elk Lumber company each sent two pumpers to the scene. The forestry department re ported no lightning in forest areas over the week end, but are keeping a close watch since lightning has been tentatively predicted for Tuesday afternoon. Crops Said OK Jackson county extension agents report the heat is having no affect, either beneficial or detrimental, on fruit and field crops of the valley. Crops are progressing normally, they said, and pear hearvest is expected to start in five or six weeks. Warmer, weather has, under standably enough, caused a spurt in the percentage of sunburned faces of valley residents. A total of 702 people tried to keep cool by swimming Sunday at the mu nicipal swimming pool in Haw thorne park. Darell Huson, city finance officer and director of the pool, said 673 people made use of the pool Saturday. Record attendance at the pool thus far in the summer was noted on June 26, when 935 were regis tered. Flames at Valsefz . Level 3 Buildings Valsetz U.R) A $100,000 fire destroyed three buildings and a logging truck at the West ern Logging company on the Si letz river three miles from here yesterday afternoon. Plant Manager Herb King said the fire was contained just before it reached two 5,000-gallon tanks of gasoline and diesel fuel. He said 12 other buildings were threatened by the flames. Fighting the fire were two trucks from Fall City and one from Valsetz plus equipment from the Polk-Benton fire pro tection district and the C. D. Johnson Lumber company. Firemen said spontaneous com bustion was the' apparent cause of the fire. The three burned buildings in cluded a blacksmith's and ma chine shop and a carpenter's shop. n Kidnap TE1B HIT Athens (U.R) A volcanic earthquake packing the power of "10 atomic bombs" killed a re ported 50 persons and triggered a giant tidal wave today in the Aegean islands off Greece. Unofficial reports from the scene said at least 50 persons were dead and hundreds injured. The predawn earthquake struck in the midst of the vol- Eight People Hurt As Vehicles Collide On Butte Falls Road A 17-year-old Butte Falls boy, Don Ellis and two men, George Wright, 41, and Orville Steven son, 35, both Butte Falls, were still hospitalized today as a re sult of injuries suffered in a two car collision Saturday night on the Butte Falls rd., about a mile east of Highway 62. - Five others were less serious ly hurt in the same accident. Lose Control State police said Ellis was the driver of one vehicle and Ste venson was operating the other. Both cars were thought to be traveling west on Butte Falls rd., apparently at a high rate of speed, and the two cars were abreast when they approached a curve, police reported. Officers said Wright's car sud denly went out of control, mov ed onto the south shoulder of the highway, then returned to the highway in a broadside skid, apparently hitting the left rear of Ellis' car. The impact caused Ellis' car to spin in one direction and Wright's car began to spin in the other direction. Cars Leave Highway Wright's vehicle went off the north side of the highway, trav eled across a ditch, through a fence and about 450 feet into a grain field. Officers estimated his car was out of control for a total of 790 feet. Ellis' vehicle rolled over five times, officers said, and came to rest off the south shoulder of the highway. Ellis was trapped under his car when state police arrived. Ellis suffering from back and pelvic injuries, was reported in "fair" condition today after spending a "poor" night at Com munity hospital. Wright and Stevenson, suffering from un determined injuries, were both listed as "quite good" at Sacred Heart hospital. Others Hurt Two other Butte Falls teen agers, Linda Jean Hawkins, 15, and Clyde Alvin Owen, 16, were released Sunday from Com munity hospital and Raymond Lee Owen, 18, Helen Elaine Hill, 17, and Darlene Kay Haw kins, 15, also of Butte Falls, were all released after treat ment at Community hospital Saturday, night. All the teen agers were passengers in Ellis' car. Stevenson was the only pas senger in Wright's vehicle. The injured occupants of El lis' car were taken to the hospi tal by Medford Ambulance serv ice and Wright and Stevenson were taken to the hospital by a passing motorist. No citations have been issued. No Leads Reported In Blast Investigation State police, sheriff's officers, Rogue River police and postal inspectors are still investigating the explosion in Rogue River, which caused minor damage to several buildings, including the Rogue River post office and the Rogue River Times office, last week. Authorities report no leads in the investigation so far. The blast occurred between 10 'and 11 pjn. last Wednesday. LOR, WAVE GREEK ISLES canic Cyclade Islands, which lie in the Aegean Sea like a series of stepping stones between the mainlands of Greece and Turkey. The undersea convulsion killed at least 30 on the island of Therea, formerly called San torin, and 10 more on the island of Ios. Hundreds of others were injured, and officials indicated there might be additional dead. Communications Out The earth eruption set off a tidal wave that swept over other islands in the Cyclades and neighboring chains, adding to the human misery and property damage of the temblor. A spokesman for the Rome Ob servatory said Italian instru ments recorded the "intensely violent" shock on a scale equiv alent to the explosion of "10 ordinary atomic bombs." Telephone and telegraph com munications were cut off with Thera. A U. S. Air Force plane flew over the island of Thera to survey the needs of the populace of about 10,000 persons. The British Embassy in Athens of fered the help of the Royal Navy. . The , Greek . Navy ... sent rescue ships with medical sup plies to the stricken islands. King Paul and Queen Frederika hurried to the disaster scene on a naval destroyer. The earthquake hit Thera flatening nearly half the houses on the island. Fire and Smoke Immediately afterwards, fire and smoke spewed from the 2000-foot volcano Mt. Elias, the island's highest point. The re sulting haze obscured the ruins from most air observations. B it Theodor Jeckell, informa tion officer of the U. S. Embassy in Athens, who flew over the scene, reported "segments of the cliffs were collapsing into the sea." "The island's capital (the city of Thera with a population of about 2,000) appeared to be com pletely razed, as well as the township of the northern tip of the island," Jeckell said. "I saw a small islet in Thera's harbor that looked as if it had just arisen from the waves. It was covered with lava. The cliff segments were still col lapsing into the sea and raising huge dust clouds." Weather FORECAST: Fair through Tues day except for slight chance of thunderstorms over higher mountains in afternoon. Low tonight 58. High Tuesday 93. Temp. Highest yesterday 102 Lowest this morning 62 Our Skies Tonight Sunrise 4:43 am. Sunset 7:50 p.m. Moonset 8:50 p.m. First Quarter July 14 PROMINENT CONSTELLATION Cassiopeia, high in the north east at midnight. VISIBLE PLANETS Saturn, due south 8:38 p.m. Jupiter, sets . .... 9:32 p.m. Mars, rises 1:1 4 p.m. Venus, rises . 3:38 a.m. Apathy Blamed for Lag of County Polio Apathy on the part of the public and not fear over safety of the Salk polio vaccine was blamed today by Dr. A. Erin Merkel, county health officer, for the lag in the vaccination program in Jackson county. "I am certain that most par ents intend to have their chil dren vaccinated, but the rush of summer activities are causing them to put it off," he said. Dr. Merkel estimated that about half of the eligible chil dren, those up to 19 years of age, have received the vaccine. Expectant mothers are also elegi ble, he pointed out. Parents desir ing to hav their children vac Hoax Men, Broke, Admit Aitempt To Steal Ransom Payment Attempted Extortion Charges To Be Made New York (U.R) Two men have confessed they posed as the kidnapers of five-week-old Peter Weinberger, lured his mother to a Sunday night rendezvous and attempted to steal the $5000 ran som she carried, police said to day. i Assistant District Attorney Thomas Cullen of Queens coun ty said "so far as we have deter mined, they are not the kid napers." He said they will be charged with attempted extortion, carry ing a possible 5 to 10 year prison sentence on conviction, and with giving false information in a kid naping, which carries a 5 to 15 year penalty. Frightened Away The men summoned Mrs. Betty Weinberger, 33, by telephone from her Long Island home to a New York City rendezvous, Cullen said. They attempted to make contact with her there but were frightened away, he said. Cullen said they had told her on the telephone that she would find her infant son in a nearby Catholic church after she paid the money. The men, Robert Giebler, 26, and Gordon Thomas Rowell, 24, first claimed they had made the calls because "We just wanted to see the cops run. around.".;,. . . .Cullen said the extortion plot was originated by Rowell, how ever, because "they wanted the money. They felt that they could grab the money and get away." Both men are broke and out of work, Cullen said. Giebler's wife is expecting their fourth child. Mrs. Weinberger kept her lone ly wait 10 to 15 blocks from the area from which the men tele phoned. Police said it was "close by" a subway station she had entered Friday on a previous un successful attempt to meet the person who kidnaped her son July 4: Deciding on Charges There was no immediate indi cation that the men in custody had made the telephone calls which led to the attempted con tact Friday. Detective Inspector Raymond V. Martin said it had not been decided yet whether the men would be booked in Queens coun ty, where they were arrested, or in adjoining Nassau county, in which the Weinbergers live. He said specific charges to be placed against them were unde cided. Turkey Threatens To Quit NATO, Baghdad London U.R) Reliable sources said today that Turkey has threatened to quit the North Atlantic Treaty Organization and the Baghdad pact if Britain goes through with her plan of self rule for Cyprus. Turkey's firm stand on the prus question has forced Britain to redraft its earlier plan to of fer self rule to the Mediterran ean island, as well as a prospect of self determination in 10 or 15 years. The plan is now dead and a new one is being worked out, of ficials said. Vaccinations cinated should contact their fam ily doctor at once. Dr. Merkel said that tight manufacturing restrictions im posed by the government have made the Salk vaccine the safest vaccine that is now being offered on the American market. The "bugs" which occurred early in the program have been com pletely eliminated, he said. The expected polio season in Jackson county is about a month away. Dr. Merkel said, pointing out that persons receiving the first of the three shot series now can develop considerable immu nity before arrival of the polio season.
