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
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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.