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lisi 5 . On 2 51st Year Medford United Prvss KuiJ icasea Wire Price 10c CO ecord Turnout Port Said Capture Claimed by Allies' Units Head South ; House-To-House Fight Waged in Port Said London U.R Britain and France launched an amphibious invasion of the Suez Canal Zone today, claimed the capture of Port Said and sent an armored jin, F Tribune rand In arly Ming United Press Full Leased Wira 16 Pages MEDFORD, OREGON, TUESDAY, NOVEMBER 6, 1956 No. 195 Firs o Washington 'U.R) Ameri can inC-rex-ord breaking early luriiouts v&ted today on whether Dwig p. Eisenhower or Adlai E. Stev.eris'in should lead them Oduringtheiwxt four years. Appmyntly rpurrd by the bloKy ctrenfs in Hungary and the Mitidie East, they poured to the polls in" numbers suggesting thalQtf?e total vote might equal C fl p? the record 61,551,913 castn 1952. In many areas, fcast. West, North, South, the report by mid day was "bigcgT than 1952"' InQm'Mrt parts of the United States the weather was idea! for voting. Bu) the world tlimate was marricd(Jjy 'war and the threat of spreading strife. Quick Voting Trip President Eisenhower snatched 3 hours njjd 9 minutes from his executive duties to go' to Gettys burg, Pa. .with Mrs. Eisenhower ani vote. ' He made'lhe trip to GTctlys- Early Vote Results Washington U.R) A Onit d Presi tabulation of feat ured, early returns and ab sentee balots showed, as of 11:30 a.m. (PST): Eisenhower: 486. Stevensvn: 154. Beaufort, S. C. U.R)- Deufti ski Islam"! in Beaufort eminty, firsts of South Carolina's 1,580 precincts' to rerrt in today's presidential election. Save eight of 12 votes to President Eisen hriwer. t . Adlai E. Stevenson got three votes and -the independent elec tors backingSen. Ifarry F. ByVd (D-Va.) received une. - Cataloochee, N. C. (U.P) The Cataloochoe iirecinct, high in the Great Smoky. Mountains, gave Adlai 1. Stev'enson all of j its 10 votes today. In 1952 the pnacinct went 7-0 for Stevenson. Pointe Aux Barcfties. Mich. U.R PjH 15 voters in this tra ditionally Republican commun ity ;ist their ballots for Presi dent Eisenhower tdday, just as they did in 1952. Lovelock,eNev. .-(U.R) Com plete returns from two rural mail predicts in Prshing .county gave President Eisenhower 13 votes and Adlai E. Stevenson two. Millsficld, N.H. U.R This town today gave: Eisenhower 5, Stevenson 2. In 1952 the vote was: Eisenhower 8, Stevenson 0. Mount Washington, Mass. U.R) Mount Washington, first Massachusetts town to report re turns, today gave: Eisenhower 22i Stevenson 4. In 1952 the town gave Eisenhower 28 and Stjejcnson 6. Bell Store, S.C. IU.P) Thfs tiny voting precinct in McCor mick county today switched its allegiance from President Eisen hower to Adlai E. Stevenson when it cast six votes for the Democratic nominee. , Raton, ?C.M. U.R The voters of remote Vermejo.Park in New Mexico .today gave'President Ei Qhcnhower nine votes to four for AdlaiJS. Stevenson. Portlgnders Swelter In 93-Degree Heat Portland 'U.P.t- Detectives and stenographers in one Port land police department swel tered in 93-degree tempera tures today. The heating plant in the' new police headquarters, build ing slipped out of adjustment and sent temperatures soar ing. Even open windows and electric fans in doorways ail ed to help. Regional Blood Program Assigned Quota Of 10,000 Units for Defense Purposes The Pacific .Northwest Re gional blood program has been assigned a quota uf nearly 10, 000 units of blood by the United State department of Hefcnse. Mrs. J. WB Burba, chairman of the local blood program, an nounced today. The blood is to be. 'collected throu shout the 34-county region F?rvStfo by the blooo" program sid will be used for defense purposes. Tlie new obligation is in addi tion tothe regular civilian pro gram wMcfi requires collection (3id distribution ct S8.000 units of fefcxft yearly to 8i civUIan burg by automobile. But, in a sudden change of plan, he flew back. He had delayed his de parture for Gettysburg by 44 minutes while he discussed the mou'nling East-West tension with Acting Secretary of State Her bert Hooyer Jr. and Director Allen W. Dulles of the Central Intelligence agency. On his return he went imme diately ipto conference with his top military and diplomatic aides on-the Middle Eastern con flict. Typical of the voting reports was that from Texas. Indications after the first few hours of bal loting there were that the state would set a new general election record. In San Francisco, a spot check showed voting in the first wo hours "up 20 per cent from 1952. Ahead of 1952 In Missouri's St. Louis county 27 per cent of the registered vot ers had cast their ballots 3' i hours after poll opening. At the same time in 1952 only 23 per cent had voted. At 'issue along w ith the presi dency is control of Congress in the-next two years, voters are picking 35 senators, 432 house members, 29 governors and thousands of local and state of ficials. Dallas reported the vote "run ning ahead of 1952'' in the major cities of Texas. 'Atlanta said -the Georgia vote was "heavy,'' but about the same as 1952. Both Minneapolis and Duluth reported a "bigger than usual" early turnout. Detroit said vot ing In the first few hour's in Michigan's larger cities was "very heavy" and indicated a record was in the making. Smith Keeps Vigil For Morse at Polls , Eugene fU.R) Wooclrow Smith, a Hood River service sta tion operator defeated by Sen. Wayne Morse in the Oregon Democratic primary last May, today kept a vigil in front of the Eugene polling place where Morse was to cast his vote at 2 p.m. toda.y. Smith, who hds claimed with out success in Oregon and feder al courts that Morse is not a true Democrat, said he planned to challenge the Senator's vote. He parked his car in front of the polling place w'hen it opened this morning. In the scat .beside him was a stack of law books. Roland- K. Rodman. Lane county Republican chairman. said he knew nothing about Smith's plans and pointed out that Smith is a Democrat. As far as the Republicans know, Morse is fully qualified to vote, Rodman said. Two Portland Voters Met With Challenge Portland (U.R) Two men who appeared to vote at the Central fire station here were challenged by a Republican poll watcher today but the precinct judge allowed the pair to cast ballots after' they swore they were eligible to vote. . The poll watcher said one of the men had the name of a per son known to be deceased and the other had given a tavern as his address. The man having the name of a deceased person said his name and address were cor rect.' The other explained he had received his mail at the tavern for years.' The challenges did not hold up- voting. Both ballots were marked as challenged by other wise were handled as other bal lots. ' Washington (U.R) Twelve Navy- destroyers have left New port. R.I., for the Mediterranean to relieve 12 other destroyers now there. hospitals in the region, Mrs. Burba emphasized. Jackson county alone is now using an average of 190 pints of blood per month. Announcement was also made of a change in requirements gov erning the selection of blood donors. Donors with a history of malaria but no overt attack in the past six months are being accepted to donate blood for fractionation. Donors with a history of jaun dice more than two years prior to donation are also being ac cepted to donate blood for fractionation. 1 j f t : f y : y- ( f - .. I -? r V,yf I f v . ' J i v j h' -' . fll i -. : ... 4Zk - m,A f i ('? ' &v. i IW- t. 1 Vic I "4U H Mir ' ii-i,i.. 't i t,ui i iiii,w 'ttmif -' ian(T , EARLY VOTERS When the polls opened at 8 a.m. today, approximately eight persons were waiting in line at the city hall to cast .ballots in the 1956 presidential election. Shortly before noon today about 54 of the 181 registered voters in precinct 34, the city hall, Hungarian Rebels Hanged From Posts; Hospitals Burned Vienna (U.R' The last resist ance to the Soviet master of Hungary collapsed today in a reign of i.e-ror that saw rebels hanged from lampposts and Red Cross hospitals shelled and burned. The last desperate radio ap peals for help from the Hungar ian freedom fighters flickered out and Western officials ex pressed belief the Soviets had crashed the last resistance with a ruthless campaign of reprisals against the insurgents. Flow of Aid Cut Reports reaching the1 outside world told of Soviet tanks and guns shooting at hospitals and setting fire to Red Cross head quarters and cutting off the flow of aid that Hungary's revolution against the Communists had brought in from all of the free world. , Diplomatic sources said heavy fighting raged in Budapest Mon day night and on "an appre ciable scale," with the Soviets moving in heavy armor to wipe out diehard pockets of rebels in at least two Budapest dis tricts. The only broadcasts heard from Budapest were bits of jazz and gypsy music and messages of congratulations to the new puppet government from Com munist bosses around the world. Trial Denied Rebels One of the last insurgents . to escape from the rubbled Hun garian capital reported Soviet troops hanging or shooting all captured rebels without even the promised court martial. The rebels had appealed for ammunition but a ring of Soviet troops cut all roads and blocked all airports. The broadcasts died oui one by one and a Western official expressed belief the re volt was nearing an end. Hungary was reported with out food and in need of medical supplies for victims of the new bloodbath. American Evacuees Arrive in Naples Naples. Italy (U.R) The U.S. Navy transport Gen. Alexander M. Patch arrived today with 1.204 Americans evacuated from the Middle East "war zone." Also aboard were 591 nation als of 38 other nations. The transport sailed from Alexandria last week with the majority of the refugees. 11 picked up others on the island of Crete. Blood from donors with a jaundice or malaria history is not acceptable for whole blood transfusions. However, the proc ess of manufacturing blood frac tions, such as serum albumin or fibrinogen, eliminates the haz ard of transmitting these viruses to the recipient. Blood collected from such pa tients is drawn in the usual ACD bottle, but donor cards and bottles are stamped "For Frac tionation Only." In addition, a notation as to malaria or jaun dice is made in the "remarks" column of the laboratory sheet. The next Bloodmobile visit is Medford will be on Dec. 13. Voters Turning Out In Large Numbers; Polls Open Until 8 Despite fog and chilly weath er', voters were turning out in large numbers this morning to cast ballots in the general elec tion. Up to late morning, a spot check of downtown polling places indicated that a rough average of some 30 or more per cent of the registered vot ers already had voted. This was similar to early morning trends in 1952 and slightly over 1954 election day trends. By 8:20 a.m., 78 of the 596 registered voters in precinct 69 (136 Main st., Central Point) had voted; by 8:30 a.m., 64 of 413 registered in precinct 50 (West Main Church of Christ) had voted: and by 9:30 a.m., 179 of 570 registered in pre cinct 56 (116 South Modoc ave.) had voted. Other Checks Checks between 11 and 11:30 a.m. showed 139 of 359 regis tered had voted in precinct 40 (courthouse); 169 of 412 regis tered had voted in precinct 53 (St. Mark's guild hall), 87 of 275 registered had voted at pre cinct 43 (500 East Maint st.); 135 of 165 registered had voted at precinct 35 (Eads Transfer com pany); and 54 of 181 registered had voted at precinct 34 (city hall). The pattern in Medford is sim ilar to that throughout the state, according to press association reports. In a number of areas, voters were waiting as the polls opened at 8 a.m. Polls will be open until 8 p.m. today. The Medford Junior Chamber of Commerce, Crater Lake Mo tors and both political parties are providing transportation to polls for those who have no other way of getting there. Service may be obtained from the Jaycees by telephoning 3-3619; Crater Lake Motors, 3-4547; Democratic headquar ters. 3-4467: Republican head quarters. 3-7615: and at Rogue River, JUniper 2-3284. Generally Overcast Weather in the Rogue valley was cold and somewhat foggy, but there was no rain to keep voters from the polls 'during the morning. Throughout the state, the weather was gener ally overcast with a few widely scattered showers. The weather bureau at Med ford forecast fog or low cloudi ness to continue throughout to day, with partial clearing tomor row afternoon. Periods of drizzle also were forecast for later to day and tonight. Electioneering ended at mid night last night, as one of the Weather FORECAST: Fos or low cloudi ness and occasional drizzle through Wednesday. Low to nieht 40: nich Wednesday 47. Variable high cloudiness above 2.500 feet. Temp. Hithest Vstrdav 45 Lowest this Morning 40 Our Skies Tonight Sunrise G'M aw. Sunset 4:5s p.m. Moonset B:18 p.m. First Quarter Saturday MORNING STARS Jupiter, rises 2:5R a.m. and will be high In the south east at sunrise. It is now brighter than Mars, but not as bright u Venus, which rises 3:59 a.m. had voted. Despite fog and chilly weather, a large number of voters turned out early to day, and spot checks of several polling places indicated that some 30 or more per cent of the registered voters had already voted. Shown above are early voters at the city hall. most furious election campaigns in Jackson county's history came to a close. Both state and national measures attracted much attention here, but a num ber of the local candidate races and measures on the ballot were strongly fought, with supporters seeking to influence votes al most up to tile midnight dead line. First results in the local elec tion race n'ill become available a few minutes after the polls close at 8 p.m. Radio station KYJC and the Mail Tribune staff will team up, as in past years, to bring valley listeners fast reporting on the outcome of the election, both local and in the state and nation. A list of polling places ap pears on page 10 of today's Mail Tribune. Russians Slorm Foreign Embassies Moscow (U.R) More than 1.000 Russians tried to force their way into the British and French embassies here today in the second day of demonstra tions against Britain, France and Israel. The continuing demonstra tions coincided with the grow ing belief by diplomats here the Soviet Union would offer Arab countries all out military and economic aid and permit a "sub stantial" number of Soviet citizens to volunteer for Middle East duty. Syrian President Shukri Al Kuwatly conferred here last week with government officials, Defense Minister Georgi Zhukov and other top generals. Obser vers said military aid to Syria emerging from those talks pre sumably would be transshipped to Egypt to replace losses suffer ed thus far by Egypt. The diplomats were inclined to give a literal interpretation to Premier Nikolai Bulganin's words to British Prime Minis ter Anthony Eden Monday night that "we are fully determined to apply force to crush the ag gressors and restore peace in the East." East Germans Blame U.S.;West Germany Berlin (U.P.) The East Ger man Communists blamed U.S. 'espionage organizations" and the West German government to day for plotting "provocations" which erupted into an attempt to storm the Soviet Embassy in East Berlin Monday night. Some 7,000 West and East Ber liners fought West Berlin police for four hours in an effort to get to the East-West city border. Another 1.000 who broke through stoned, cursed and threatened 300 Eastern police armed with tommy-guns and barked by armored cars. The official Communist party newspaper Neues Deutschland said the "American espionage or ganizations" and the Bonn gov ernment were using the Hungar ian situation to "bring about the atmosphere for provocations on German soil." column rolling south along the waterway. But even as the Anglo-French forces struck deeper into Egypt, Sir Anthony Eden announced that they would cease fire at 4 p.m. (PST). Moving Toward Ismailia Armored units of the invading force are now moving south on the road from Port Said to Is mailia, the French defense min istry said. Egypt was proclaiming at the same tme that her troops and civilians in Port Said were locked in bloody house to house fighting with the invading Com mando and tank forces and the paratroops dropped Monday. The British victory claim came shortly after Russia broad cast on its domestic .radio Egypt's appeal for outside volun teers. In the Korean war, Rus sia volunteer pilots flew with Red China's forces. Urgent Consultations The United States, Britain and France were in urgent consulta ton to work out a common pol icy to cope with Russia's moves, a French Foreign Ministry spokesman said. He said they were giving "serious considera tion" to a Swiss call for a Big Four conference including Russia. Commandos and tanks swarmed ashore in the seaborne invasion at Port Said under cover of planes from aircraft carriers. Some units were fer ried from ship to shore by heli copter. They linked up quickly with the paratroop units who had been taking a furious pounding from Egyptian forces. Anglo-French headquarters in Cyprus first reported that Port Said had been cut off and an Egyptian force isolated. Then in late afternoon a communique said the twin towns of Port Said and Port Fouad "are now in Allied hands." Egypt Asks Help Egypt, was appealing to all the nations of the world to help her "repel British, French and Israeli military aggression." Warships bombarded Egyp tian shore installations before the landing and minesweepers cleared the harbor for assault craft. Three British Marine units hit the beaches off Port Said and a French outfit stormed ashore at nearby Port Fouad. Tanks rolled in with them. A military spokesman said British planes were still attack ing Cairo and canal cities de spite promises to the United Nations that bombing would cease. Surrender Rejected Roads leading into the Canal Zone were jammed with Egyp tian volunteers rushing to join National Guard units. Railroad stations and trains were packed with soldiers heading for the front and refugees fleeing from the war zone. The amphibious assault came after Anglo-French headquarters on Cyprus first announced Mon day night that the Egyptian commander at Port Said had agreed to cease fire and sur render terms and then very shortly announced a surrender had been rejected. The total size of the seaborne force was not known. But it included Britain's No. 3 Com mando brigade, normally total ling some 2,400 men plus en gineers. Gordon D. Gilmore, Scout Executive, Dies Salem (U.R) Gordon D. Gilmore, 55, executive of the Cascade area council of Boy Scouts for the past nine years, died at his home here Sunday, apparently of a heart attack. He had been a professional in scouting ranks for 17 years and took over the Cascade area in 1948. Gordon Gilmore, who died in Salem yesterday, was executive of the Crater Lake area council here for several years, until 1948. when he left to take over the Salem post, which he held at the time of his death. Survivors include his wife, in Salem; a daughter, Joan, Cor vallis, and a son. James, a stu dent at Oregon State college in Corvallis. Funeral services were to be held in Salem today. Washington (U,R President Eisenhower met with his top military and diplomatic advisers today to push "all possible U. S. support and help" to bring about a cease fire in the Middle East fighting. V United Nations, N. 'Y. (U-R) Britain informed the-' United Nations officially today that British and French troops will end hositilies in the Middle East at 4 p.m. (PST). Secretary-General Dag Ham- marskjold made the .announce ment at a news conference here shortly after British Prime Min ister Anthony Eden, announced it in Parliament. A letter to Hammarskjold, speaking jointly for Britain and France, said the two gov ernments would agree to a cease fire if the secretary-general 'can confirm that Egypt and Is- Egypt Appeals To United States for Help for Survival Washington (U.R) Egypt ap pealed to the United Ssates to day for help "by volantet?rs, arms or otherwise" in assisting what it described as dishonor-, able and brutal aggression. The formal appeal was con tained in a note delivered by Egyptian Ambassador Ahmed Hussein to Acting Secretary of State Herbert Hoover Jr. Bailie of Survival The note said the Egyptian people "are fighting a battle of survival and of honor."' ".They are fighting it not only for themselves and their country but equally for the civilized world," the note said. Hussein said he did not know whether' a similar appeal had been made to Russia or else where He also declined to give re porters Hoover's reaction to his appeal. Hussein delivered two com munications to Hoover, the for mal appeal for help and a com munication from Egypt to the ef fect that British and French bom bardments of Egyptian cities is continuing and ""casualties are very heavy." Attempt To Divert Attention Meanwhile, the White House branded Russia's call for joint U.S.-Soviet action to stop aggres sion in the Middle East as' "an obvious attempt to divert world attention from the Hungarian tragedy." Premier Nikolai Bulganin made the proposal in a letter Monday to President Eisen hower. He called on the United States to join the Soviet in air and naval action, supervised by the United Nations, to halt the war in Egypt. Later Russia tried, but failed, to get the U.N. Security Council to approve its plan. Sccut Recognition Banquet Scheduled The annual recognition ban quet of the Crater Lake Area council, Boy Scouts of America, will be held at 6 p.m. Sunday, Nov. 11 at the Ashland Elks club. The annual council business meeting will be held at 4:30 p.m. prior to the banquet in the Southern Oregon college library. The program will be high lighted by presentation of Silver Beaver and Golden Leader's awards. The story of scouting will be reviewed by a speaker. Reservations for the banquet may be made through Carroll Smith, engagements chairman, or the local Scout office. 'It Came From rael have accepted a cease firs and that n international force will be competent to secure" the truce. O o Want To Open Canal "Her Majesty's government," the British letter saidj'Is order ing its forces to cease fire at midnight (GMT) (4 p.m. PST) un less they are attacked." The Anglo rench itifica- tion said that clearing of obstruc tions from the blocked Suez ca al was not a military operation and tSat their forces had techni cal personnel with them to do the job. 'We propose o' begin -work on that at once," the letter said. Hammarskjold already had re ceived unconditional accept ances from both Egypt and Is rael tcj, the cease fi apfieal is sued by the UN General Assem bly 4ast week. e. "My person! conviction is that i? the General Assembly, and I am certain it ?$1. will ac cept my proposalsson tl estab lishment of the ternational force that force will be compe tent to attain the objectives," Hammarskjold said. , ; r- DI.J..J lh assembly has approved a CanadSin proposal for a UN police- fcce to go into Egypt to separate the combatants and take over the S?z Canal zone iflitil a settlemento i-t) agreed upon. o Hammarskjold reported today tTiat new Zealand. Columbia, Norway, Canada, Pffcistan and Sweden have pledged troops to the police forc. A battalion was requested from each country. making a total of about 6,500 men pledged thgs far. The General Assembly was scheduled to meet tonight, prob ably at 5 f.m. (PST), to vote final approval of the police force plan. Hammarskjold s'aid he would wait until the assembly acted be fore replying0 to the Anglo French" note. Chicago El Train Wreck'Kills Seven Chicago (U.R) Authorities hoped a.n election day j'nquest would furnish a c'oie to the cause of an levard train crash that killed sees peons and ing jured about 191 others.0 Forty-thriee persons were hos pitalized, 12 of them ig critical condition. The renaining 148 in jured yere released from hos pitals after treatment. Officials of the Chicago Tran sit Authority bfgan an immedi ate . investigation p determine what caused tfce accident. "It was no of th.osf things that just should not happen," a CTA spokesman said. Investigation aTso0was bejngQ conducted by the corongtr and Chicago police. The crash," Chicago's worst public transportation disaster since 34 pejsons were killed in a streetcar-gajfbline0 truck col lision six year ago, occur3d at the height of Monday's evening rush hour when an eight-car city el plowed into g halted subftban express. Klamafh RepotsHeavy Turhout 'of Voters 0 Klamath Falls (U$ Aq heavy vote was indicated here today with nine of the city's 33 precincts reporting about 25 vo ters an hour thisomorning. One precinct reported 85 vc?rs ''JWl up in trie first J5 minutes. d si 5 n Out Of Nowhere o Oo O G
