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BRITAIN iPIUI N U ITU II Handwriting On The Wall 1 - 5 FRANCE 1S0VIET REATE TROOP fr. Lack of Consultation On Troop Use Threat Annoys U.S. Officials Washington U.P.) U.S. offi cials expressed dismay and an noyance today that Britain and France did not consult the Unit ed States about their plan to (end. troops into the Suez area unless Israeli-Egyptian fighting tops. Some viewed the surprise move as an excuse to get Anglo French troops back into the Suez Canal area. Others voiced suspicions that Britain and France had secret advance knowledge of Israeli's plan to invade Egyptian terri tory, and that they even may have tacitly approved. These officials noted that the Uniied States was not informed in advance about British-French plans to send troops into the Suez area unless fighting in Egypt stops today. Anglo-French failure to notify" the United States was disclosed earlier by the Stale Department "We have no information on that at all," Department Press Officer Lincoln White told news men. Britain and France announced jointly they will send troops to the Canal Zone unless Egypt and Israeli stop fighting by 8:30 p.m. PST. Couple Held on Narcotics Charge Mr. and Mrs. Acy Eshman Yates, Prospect, are being held in the county jail with bail set at $2,000 as a result of their ar rest Monday on charges of ob taining a narcotic drug un lawfully. Millie Bydclia Yates,. 43, was arrested Monday following a complaint from Harold Gallo .way Wainscott, of Wainscott't Pharmacy, 322 East Main St., Medford, that a women was at tempting to fill a forged pre scription, police said. She was arraigned in district court Mon day. The case was continued un til 10 a.m. Wednesday for selec tion of an attorney. Mrs. Yates admitted to police that she stole" two prescription blanks from her doctor Saturday in Shady Cove to use them to ob tain some "dilaudid." a narcotic, for a headache, officers report ed. She was first charged with forgery, they said. Acy Yates, 34, arrested late Monday and also lodged in city jail, stated to police that on "numerous occasions" his wife gave him prescriptions to fill for her after leaving her doctor in Shady Cove. He added, police said, that the ''dilaudid" was for medical treatment for his wife. If the prescriptions were forged. Yates said, he did not know it, police stated. According to Yates, officers said, his doctor prescribed "some kind of medicine" for his appendix early in ,1956 and warned him that it was habit forming and that he should not use too much of it. He was ar raigned in district cpurt today. Preliminary hearing has been set for Nov. 1 at 9:30 ajn. He will be represented by O. H. Bengtson. Medford attorney. Medford Man Fined on Driving Charge Here Warren A. Owen. 42, South pacific highway, Medford. was fined S255 and his operators' li cense suspended for 90 days aft er he pleaded guilty in district court today to a charge of driv ing while intoxicated. Owen was also given a sus oended 30-day jail sentence. He was arrested by state police Monday on North Riverside ave., ln-jUectford. i White, at his daily meeting with reporters, refused to. say what the United States itself proposes to do to restore peace in the Middle East. Because the issue is now be fore the U.N. Security Council, White would not discuss details of this nation's plans. Previously, however, officials had said the United States may halt economic aid to Israel if she does not obey an expected U.N. call for a cease fire. McMillen Pleads Innocent lo Charge Of Manslaughter .-... Carl Wallace McMillen, 50. route 2, box 816, Central Point, entered a plea of innocent in cir cuit court today to a grand jury indictment charging manslaugh ter. McMillen was the driver of a vehicle which struck a jeep in which the Arthur Hanshew fam ily, 2214 North Columbus ave., was riding on July 21. Eight-weeks-old Michael Hanshew was killed in the accident. A district court jury found McMillen guilty Aug. 25 of driv ing while under the influence of intoxicating liquor. He was fined S255 and his driver's li cense was suspended for 90 days. No date has been set for the manslaughter trial. Walter V. Pirkey, 38, Central Point, entered a plea of innocent today to a charge of obtaining money under false pretenses. William Raymond Pickett, New ell, Calif., who previously plead ed guilty to a charge of obtain ing money under false pretenses, received a suspended four-year penitentiary sentence. Glenn A. Meske,, Larry Stubbs and Ronald Morgan, all of Port land, were given suspended three year penitentiary sen tences after pleading guilty to a charge of burglary not in a dwelling. Charles Dean Lucht, 22, Klam ath Falls, pleaded guilty to a charge of contributing to the delinquency of a minor. His case was continued pending receipt of FBI records. He was arrested by state police Sunday, along with John Martin Lucht, 18, Klamath Falls, also charged with contributing to the delin quency of a minor. Trial date for William Fred erick Farleigh, 66, of 421 South Front St., charged with sodomy, was set for Nov. 13. He will be represented by his court-appointed attorney. Robert Bover. Life Magazine In Empty Chamber Violates Portland .U.R) Controversy over a Republican campaign pic ture illustrating Sen. Wayne Morse addresing an empty Sen ate chamber flared anew today with a report from Life maga zine that it believed the picture to be copied from one of its pub lications and a violation of its copyright. Drawes Ire of Democrats The picture has drawn the ire of Democrats in the state who charged that the picture had been "doctored" and parts of it cropped to give an erroneous impression. The picture carried on a pam phlet published by the State Re publican Central committee shows the senator practically alone in the Senate chamber. Attempt Seen To Trick Rebels Into Laying Down Arms Budapest Radio Tells Of Soviet Evacuation Vienna (U.R) Artillery and mall arms fir broke out anew in Budapest today and the Hungarian Air Force threatened to attack Soviet troops unless they withdraw from the city within 12 hours. Vienna W.R) Strong Soviet tanks units were reported pour ing across the Czech border into Hungary today, and it appeared the Communists had tried once again to trick the rebel army into laying down its arms. The Communist controlled Budapest Radio announced this morning that Soviet troops were evacuating the bloodstained cap ital and that nationalist rebels were joining the Hungarian Army in maintaining order. But United Press Correspond ent Russell Jones reported from Budapest itself that "strong" So viet forces were moving into the country from Czechosluvukia in what appeared to be the start of a new Russian drive to crush the rebellion. Rebels Hold Out Another United Press dis patch from Budapest said the grim, embattled insurgents still were holding out today in the narrow, slum streets surround ing Budapest's massive univer sity clinics. Rebels told newsmen they were interested only in the de parture of the Russians and there won't be peace here as long as we can see a single Rus sian tank." For the first time in days, fir ing could be heard across the border at the Austro-Hungarian frontier station at Michelsdorf and Hungarian border authori ties suddenly closed the border against anyone who did not bear a Hungarian visa. Confusing Broadcasts What this meant was not mi mediately clear. Rebels might now be mopping up isolated units of Secret Police the reb els have virtually controlled Western Hungary since the early days of the revolution. Budapest Radio, whose an nouncements have been both confusing and wrong during the seven-day-old rebellion, broad cast a statement of the Commu nist minister of the interior that Soviet forces were .leaving the martyred city of Budapest. Contract Awarded for New Girls Clubhouse Myers Jones, Medford con tractor, has been awarded the contract for construction of the news Girls Community club house, Mrs. Dolph Phipps, club president, said today. The contract was awarded yes terday after the board of trustees recommended to directors the bid be accepted.- The bid was about $150,000. Construction of the new build ing, at 229 North Central ave., will start immediately, Mrs. Phipps said. Completion is sched uled for May 1, 1957. The two-story structure, on the site of the present club house, will have club facilities, dining rooms and kitchen on the first floor. Plans also call for a lounge and a snack bar for residents. The second floor will include 11 girls' rooms, each with twin beds, and a matron's suite. The latter will include living room, bedroom, and bath. Salem (U.PJ The Legislative Interim Tax Study Committee will meet in Salem Nov. 9-10 and in Portland Nov. 16-17. Believes Photo of Morse Democrats have contended that what the picture fails to show is that parts of it have been cut and in the portion left out Sen. William Knowland (R. Calif.) was shown debating witn Morse. The debate covered in the Life picture was during the Atomic energy bill debate in the Senate. Picture Believed Copied These were the latest develop ments: 1. James Pitt, publicity direc tor for Life said he believes the picture was copied from one published in that magazine in 1954. He said the original pic ture was taken by a Life photog rapher and the negative still is in Life files. 51st Ye Medford United Press Full Leased Wire 22 Pages UN Asked To Order Cease Fire Eisenhower Cancels Campaign Schedule In Face of Crisis With High Officials President Confers Washington (U.P.) Presi dent Eisenhower today cancelled his scheduled campaign trip to the Southwest and South Wednes day because of the Middle East crisis. Mr. Eisenhower was to have made airport speeches at Dallas, Tex., Oklahoma City, and Mem phis Wednesday. But he tele graphed his supporters at all three cities today and said he must remain at the White House. "The turn of events yesterday leaves me no option, in the in terest of working for peace, but to remain at the White House Wednesday to deal with the sit uation developing in the Middle East," Mr. Eisenhower said. Holds Conferences Shortly after the telegram was sent, Mr. Eisenhower con ferred with Secretary of State John Foster Dulles, Undersecre tary Herbert Hoover Jr. and other high officials on the Israeli Egyptian fighting. Mr. Eisenhower sped back to Washington Monday night from a campaign appearance in Rich mond, Va., to confer with Dulles and other top advisers on the rapidly developing crisis in the Middle East. The White House announced after Monday night's 90-minute conference that "we will honor our pledge" to help any victim of aggression in the Arab-Israeli dispute. The White House said, however, that a decision on whether to call Congress into special session to decide whether U.S. action- is required would "be decided in the light of the unfolding situation." Mr. Eisen hower has said he would only commit United Slates to mili tary action if approved by Con gress. Future Plans Uncertain As a first step, the President decided to take the Israeli at tack before the U.N. Security Council this morning. White House Press Secretary James C. Hagerty, announcing cancellation of Wednesday's trip, said Mr. Eisenhower'j future campaigning must be on a day to day basis. Hagerty said he could not tell now whether Mr. Eisenhower will be able to keep his sched uled appearance in Philadelphia Thursday night or whether he might work in a trip to Dallas, Oklahoma City and Memphis on another day between now and the Nov. 6 election. McAllister Favored In Bar Association Poll Portland (U.R) A poll con ducted by the Oregon State Bar showed that 1334 attorneys fav ored Justice William M. Mc Allister for election to the Su preme Court and 386 were in favor of Judge David R. Vanden berg, who opposes him, John H. Holloway, bar secretary, said to day. A third candidate for the position in the write-in cam paign is Peter W. Welch, Mult nomah county surveyor. Copyright 2. Robert Boyer, Oregon Dem ocratic chairman, and Sen. Wayne Morse have charged that the picture came from Life mag azine and that it was cropped to show only the parts the GOP wished the voters to see. Said From Same Negative 3. Paul Ewing. press secretary for Douglas McKay, said he un derstood the picture was from the same negative as that used by Life but did not come from the magazine itself. Republican headquarters said it was not cer tain how the picture was ob tained. Henry Kane, GOP publicity representative here, said it was his understanding a private pho tographer took the picture and sold it to Life." MEDFORD, OREGON, TUESDAY, OCTOBER 30, 1956 wwi'''' ' fi dl RETIRES Otto W. DeJarnett, above, assistant postmaster at Medford, will retire after 37M years of service tomorrow. His 37Vi years have been in the local post office. He started as a substitute postal clerk July 16, 1919, after his discharge from the Army after World War I. He will be replaced by Earl H. York, presently superintendent of mails. (See story page 14). Freeway Decision May Be Made Soon After Jan. 1 Williams Says A decision on the location of the new Highway 99 freeway in the Medford area probably will be made shortly after the first of the year, W. C. (Dutch) Wil liams, state highway engineer, said today. Construction is tentatively scheduled to start during 1959, he said. Williams, in a telephone call to the Mail Tribune, indicated there may have been some mis understanding as to the highway commission's intentions after a hearing on the four route pro posals last week, as to when a decision can be expected. Consider Testimony The commission will consider all of the testimony presented at the hearing, Williams said, in cluding the pro and con on all four routes, and suggestions for a foothills route. He added that the commission will take plenty of time to consider all aspects and suggestions, but that he ex pects a final decision to be made within a few months. Any implications that the com mission now favors one or two routes over the others is not accurate, because the members will have to consider testimony before arriving at a decision, Williams emphasized. Asked if the commission has considered a new Highway 99 route across the Tiller-Trail line, between Myrtle Creek and Med ford, Williams said it has been considered and rejected. It is mountainous terrain, the mileage is approximately the same, and for these and other reasons it is no longer under study or con sideration, Williams reported. The freeway between Black- well hill and Ashland, wnicn ever route is chosen, will cost between about $18 and $22 mil-J lion, about 90 per cent irom ieo- . . eral highway program tunas Weather FORECAST: MosUy cloudy with shwoers through Wednesday, showers through Wednesday, ate to heav- at times. Snow tvel lowering to 1,500 feet inirh. Low tonight 35. High Wednesday 45. Temp. Hihest Yesterday Lowest this Morning 3 Prec. to 4:30 a.m. Today ....2J2S Our Skies Tonight S-nnrise 6:43 a.m. Sunset - 5:07 p.m. Moonrtse Wednesday.. 435 a.m. New Moon Friday EVENING STAR Mars, in the southeast in the evening twilight, is now about as bright as Jupiter. Saturn, now nearly lost in the rays of the setUng sun. will return to view as a morning star this Winter). The hearing last week was held to determine, if possible, major ity local sentiment regarding possible routes. Two Inches of Rain Reported; Forecast Calls for Showers Showers last night and early today brought 2.96 inches of rain to Medford, and showers are forecast through Wednesday, the weather bureau said today. Rain up until 10:30 a.m. to day brought the total for the A landslide today closed the Tiller-Trail rd. about a mile east of Tiller, state police re ported. Size of the slide, caused by excessive rain, was not known here. No anticipat ed opening date for the road was given, state police said. month to 5.83 inches, four inches above normal. Total rainfall since Sept. 1, the start of the agricultural year, is 6.47 inches, 3.99 inches above normal. 30 Inches of Snow The storm front brought 2.32 inches of rain at Prospect be tween 4:30 p.m. yesterday and 8 a.m. today, the weather bureau said, and left more than 30 inches of snow in the higher altitudes. - The forecast calls for mostly cloudy skies with showers through Wednesday. Showers are expected to be from moderate to heavy occasionally. The snow level will lower to about 1,500 fee; tonight, the weather bureau said. A total of 31.5 inches of snow at Crater Lake during the past 24 hours closed all roads includ ing the south and west en trances. Total depth on the ground at 8:30 a.m. today was 44 inches, and it was still snow ing. Last year on Oct. 31, there was 9 inches of snow on the ground at Crater Lake. At this time in 1954, there was no snow there. Highway Closed The Diamond lake highway was closed at 9 a.m. today, after highway crews were unable to cope with 30 inches of snow dur ing the past day. About eight inches of snow fell on the Siskiyous, police said, and seven inches were reported at Hayden pass on the Green- 1 springs. Price 10c Tribune United Press Full Leased Win No. 189 Lodge Points To Responsibility To Restore Peace U. S. Resolution To Ask Troop Withdrawal United Nations, N.Y. (U.R) The United States asked the U.N. Security Council today to issue an immediate order for a cease fire in the Israeli-Egyp-tion fighting and for the with drawal of Israel's troops to its own borders. U.S. Ambassador Henry Cabot Lodge Jr., opening the council's extraordinary session on the Palestine situation, said each member has a "clear cut respon sibility to take immediate meas ures to restore peace" in the Middle East. , U.S. To Submit Resolution He gave notice that the United States will submit a resolution to the council this afternoon call ing for the withdrawal of Israeli forces 'and asking for steps to insure that they are withdrawn. Soviet Ambassador Arkay A. Sobolev said Israel could not have launched its attack "with out encouragement and assist ance from tnose aggressive cir cles which are not interested in peace in the Middle East and are looking for any pretext to bring their troops into the Mid dle East." He read to the council London reports that Britain and France had served notice they would send troops into the Suez Canal Zone if fighting is not stopped within 12 hours. "It is quite clear," the Russian said, "that they took this step without waiting for U.N. action to intervene. The Security Coun cil must act because it bears the main responsibility for peace and security." Cease Fire Asked Secretary - general Dag Ham marskjold reported to the coun cil that Maj. Gen. E. L. M. Burns of Canada, chief of the U.N. truce supervision organization in Palestine, had asked for a cease fire to be effective at noon, local time, today. He said Burns had pointed out that both sides were bound to keep the peace under the Pales tine armistice agreement and the cease fire arranged by Hammar skjold himself last April. "So far," he said, " I have no information concerning any re plies by the governments of Israel and Egypt." Four Brief Talks Given at 'Town, Country' Breakfast Phoenix A "town and country" breakfast sponsored by the agriculture committee of Jackson County Chamber of Commerce and Phoenix Grange this morning at the Grange hall drew an attendance of about 115 persons from all parts of the county. Grants Pass was also represented. Melvin Lattie, master of Phoe nix Grange, served as host and Jennings Pierce as master of ceremonies. Vaughn yuacken- bush led singing. Giving brief talks were Frank Van Dyke, Medford attorney; Chet Hubbard, Medford business man; Walter Hoffbuhr, secretary-manager of the Talent Irri gation district; and Otto Ewald sen, president of the chamber of commerce. Van Dyke, chairman of the chamber's governmental op tions committee, said the com mittee attempts to help solve tax problems. He commented that the 6 per cent limitation law no longer works as it was meant to, and that the commit tee believes the state should work toward a more equitable tax structure. Hubbard, member of the high way committee, said the group had worked out a program per taining to southern Oregon highway needs which had been presented to the legislature's in terim committee on highways. He said this program included suggested improvements for the Ultimatum Given To Remove Forces Within 12 Hours Intervention Promised To Secure Compliance Jerusalem (U.P.) Britain and France announced today they will send troops into the Suez Canal Zone unless Egypt and Is rael quit fighting by 4:30 a.m. tomorrow (8:30 p.m. PST to night). The Anglo-French ultimatum was disclosed by British Prime Minister Anthony Eden in a formal report to the House of Commons in London. Eden had conferred with French Premier Guy Mollet and their respective foreign minis ters in the British capital before he made his grave statement against a background of fighting on Egypt's Sinai Peninsula. Eden said communications had been sent to Cairo and Tel Aviv, asking the Egyptian and Israeli governments to "stop all warlike action by land, sea and air forth with and to withdraw their mil itary forces to a distance of 10 miles from the canal." "The governments of Egypt and Israel have been asked to answer this communication with in 12 hours," Eden said. If one or both of these nations had not complied with this de mand by that time, Eden said, "British and French forces will intervene in whatever strength may be necessary to secure com pliance." As Eden spoke, the battle sit uation in the Egyptian-Israeli conflict was fluid. Egypt sent its Soviet-equipped Air Force into action against Israel'-s lightning drive which had carried 126 miles inside Egypt and only 12 miles short of the Suez Canal. Air raid alerts sounded twice in Cairo during the day, indicating Israeli planes also were aloft. An Israeli announcement said Israeli forces had captured the Kusseima Road junction, about six miles inside Egypt's Sinai Desert area and far north of the initial attacks Monday. In a rash of rival claims, Egypt said its forces had brought the Israeli drive "to a complete standstill" and Israeli said its planes shot up Egyptian con voys. Cairo reports said Egypt de clared full mobilization, while other nations of the Arab world stood by to offer help if asked. Britain and France, mean while, made preparations to im plement their ultimatum if that step became necessary. The British Mediterranean Fleet cancelled exercizes to day and was warned to stand by. possibly for movement to the Suez Canal. The British Admiralty warned all shipping tonight to steer clear of the Suez Canal, as well as Egyptian and Israeli waters, "until further notice." British and French troops sta tioned on the Eastern Mediter ranean islanc' of Cyprus were alerted for possible swift move ment to the Suez area. Medford-Klamath Falls highway. so important to business and commerce in this part of the state, and for improvement of the Crater Lake highway. The committee is optimistic that the Crater Lake highway program will be undertaken by the state in the near future, he said. The irrigation official report ed that two contracts have al ready been let as a start on the improvement and enlargement of the Talent irrigation district; work is now underway on the Dead Indian tunnel, and the contract for core drilling for the Keene caeek dam has been awarded. When the entire project is completed it will mean twice as much water as the district has been receiving, he added, and an additional 5,000 acres can be put under water. The chamber president said the prime purpose of the organ ization was to promote the economic welfare of the entire county, and that the chamber sought closer cooperation with the rural sections. Master Lattie closed the pro gram by saying a second "town and country" event would be planned for next year, and that the Grange would endeavor to further closer cooperation be tween country and city resi dents. The breakfast was prepared and served by Grange members and the Home Economics dulg t " V: 1-v - Way 1
