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House-To-House Fight
Waged in Port Said
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invasion of the Suez Canal Zone
today, claimed the capture of
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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.
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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.
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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
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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 ?$1. will ac
cept my proposalsson tl estab
lishment of the ternational
force that force will be compe
tent to attain the objectives,"
Hammarskjold said. ,
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lh assembly has approved a
CanadSin proposal for a UN police-
fcce to go into Egypt to
separate the combatants and
take over the S?z Canal zone
iflitil a settlemento i-t) agreed
upon. o
Hammarskjold reported today
tTiat new Zealand. Columbia,
Norway, Canada, Pffcistan and
Sweden have pledged troops to
the police forc. A battalion was
requested from each country.
making a total of about 6,500
men pledged thgs far.
The General Assembly was
scheduled to meet tonight, prob
ably at 5 f.m. (PST), to vote
final approval of the police force
plan.
Hammarskjold s'aid he would
wait until the assembly acted be
fore replying0 to the Anglo
French" note.
Chicago El Train
Wreck'Kills Seven
Chicago (U.R) Authorities
hoped a.n election day j'nquest
would furnish a c'oie to the
cause of an levard train crash
that killed sees peons and ing
jured about 191 others.0
Forty-thriee persons were hos
pitalized, 12 of them ig critical
condition. The renaining 148 in
jured yere released from hos
pitals after treatment.
Officials of the Chicago Tran
sit Authority bfgan an immedi
ate . investigation p determine
what caused tfce accident. "It
was no of th.osf things that just
should not happen," a CTA
spokesman said.
Investigation aTso0was bejngQ
conducted by the corongtr and
Chicago police.
The crash," Chicago's worst
public transportation disaster
since 34 pejsons were killed in
a streetcar-gajfbline0 truck col
lision six year ago, occur3d at
the height of Monday's evening
rush hour when an eight-car city
el plowed into g halted subftban
express.
Klamafh RepotsHeavy
Turhout 'of Voters 0
Klamath Falls (U$ 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.
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