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RISKED DEATH Their bicycle loaded dowji with personal belongings, a Hungarian
family arrives at Klingenbach, Austria on Hungarian border where entire villages
risked death to flee from strife-torn Hungary. Although civilian support for the
rebellion against Russian occupation was reported waning, the fighting rages on in
Hungary.
Logging Operators
Appeal To Public .
For Understanding
San Francisco U.R) West
Coast logging operators today
pleaded for public understanding
of one of their most critical
problems bringing logs from
forest to mill.
In resolutions, speeches and
panel discussions, delegates to
the 47th Pacific Logging Con
gress hammered at the theme
that highways are the lifeline of
the multi-million dollar indus
try. Urg Beit Possible Roadt
They urged state legislatures
and highway departments to
build the best poss'ible roads
over which logs are trucked to
the mills.
They called for a more "real
ltic" recognition of application
of modern equipment design to
highway transportation. Legisla
tion is needed that "will permit
the use of gross vehicle weights
and axle loadings consistent with
the most efficient hauling of for
est resources."
Batter Public Relations
The loggers also recognized
'the netil for improved public re
lations in areas where touring
motorists encounter huge log
trucks; for instance, U. S. 101
In Northwestern California. '
"That's one of the most mar
velous little cow trails in Cali
fornia," said Walrtron Hyatt of
the Hammond "Lumber Co.,
Samoa, Calif.
"But we've worked hard on
our drivers and actually the
motorist driving on that high
way has very little to worry
about from the logging truck
driver. He'll pull over to let you
pass S5 per cent of the time."
Diamond Lake Road
Opens Early Today
o Highway 2J0, the Diamond
Lake highway, was reepened at
8 a.m. today, according to J. G.
Bronjlny, Grants Pass, superin
tendent of highway maintenance
for Jackson and Josephine coun
ties. MotcJTists were advised to ;
carry chains because there are
spots of packed snow on the"
road, state police said.
The highway was closed two
weeks ago by heavy snowstorms
in the mountains.
President Jo Light
Yule Tree Dec. 20 .
Washington .UR) Presi
dent Eisenhower will light the
national Christmas tree Dec. 20
at the annual pageant on peace
program in the ellipse south of
the White House.
Pageant Chairman Edward R.
Carr announced the 65foot
Christmas tree, ah Engelman
spruce from Lincoln National
Forest near Alamogorde-. N. M..
is expected to be set up. about
Dec. 10.
India, Russia Push Fight
For Red China Seat in UN
United Nations. N. Y. U-R
India and Russia, despite a de
feat in committee, prepared to
carry to the floor of the General
Assembly today their bitter ficht !
fnr a United Nations seat for
Red China.
India's V. K. Krishna Menon i
and Soviet Deputy Foreign Min
ister Vasily Kuznetsov led a fu
tiie effort in an assembly's Steer
ing committee meeting late Wed
'nesday to block an American
resolution deferring any consid
eration of the Chinese represent
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24 Witnesses
At Hearing on
Flood Control
Grants Pass The Army corps
of engineers heard 24 witnesses
I this morning as a public hearing
on flood control of Rogue river
and tributaries started in the
Josephine county library audi
torium. The hearing was ex
pected" to continue this after
noon. Much of the testimony this
morning centered around fish
and wildlife interests. Among
witnesses were Robert L. Hack
er, research biologist. Portland,
U.S. fish and wildlife service,
and Lowell D. Marriage. reDre
sentative of the Oregon Fish
commission.
Leading Contributor
Thcy:pointed out that Rogue
river is one of the leading con-
Governor Proclaims
'Help Hungary Day'
Governor Elmo Smith has pro
claimed "Help Hungary Day"
Nov. 25, and a campaign is be
ing organized to obtain funds to
aid Hungarians "Unwilling to
submit to tyranny."
The campaign will culminate
Nov. 24, according to the inter
national rescue committee,
which today wired The Mail
Tribune asking help in publiciz
ing the movement.-
The committee is composed of
Admiral Richard E. Byrd (ret.);
General Lucius D. Clay, (ret.),
former military governor of the
U.S. zone in Germany; Major
General William J. Donovan,
(ret.), former director of office
of strategic services; Henry R.
Luce, editor-in-chief of Time.
Inc.; General Carl Spaatz (ret.),
former chief of staff. Air Force:
and Herman" W. Steinkraus, in
dustrialist and former president
of the United States Chamber
of Commerce.
Funds may be remitted to
Emergency Appeal for Hungar
ian Refugees, International Ros
cue committee. 62 West 45th St.,
New York City, according to the
committee.
Skin Diver Locales
Auto in Columbia
The Dalles aj.R1 A Port
land skin diver today reached
the wreckage of an automobile
submerged in deep waters of the
Columbia river and brought the
license plate to the surface for
identification.
Tom Amerman located the
car in 80 feet of water some four
miles east of Hood River. A
check of the license plate re
vealed the car to be a 1950 Mer
cury sedan registered to Naomi
Ellis of Hood. River and reported
missing Oct. 30.
ation issue for the duration of
this assembly session.
The U.N.'s police force was
starting operations in Egypt and
Secretary-General Dag Hammar
skjold was off to watch its opening-phases,
with the possibility
of a stop-over in Hungary before
be returns here six days hence.
This eased some of the pressure
here -on the Middle East and
Hungarian problems and permit
ted the assembly to move toward
completing organization of its
11th annual session.
Heard
Rogue
Today
tributors to off-shore troll fish-
ing. The contribution is in ex
cess of one-half million pounds
of fish annually, they noted.
Fish and wildlife interests ar
gued that supplying streams
from fish hatcheries does not
really work, and based the
claim on the number of adult
fish that return to the stream
in the life cycle.
Other testimony centered
around protection of lives of
those living along the river. Wit
nesses argued that human life
was more important than fish
life.
Carl B. Rchrrd, Josephine
county civil defense director,
said "whether it's high dams or
low dams, we can't pick up
Grants Pass and move it away
from floods, and whatever it
takes to protect the city from
(loorls. we arc fnr ion per cent."
Medford Represented
City Manager Robert Duff
represented Mcdford at the hear
ing. The Mcdford council direct
ed Duff to appear as a witness
and ask that Bear creek, a tribu
tary to Rogue river, be included
in flood control survey.
Tlie hearing was called to give
interested parties an opportunity
to present views cencerning the
character and e:;tent of the im
provement desired, and the need
and advisability of carrying out
a flood control program.
Written statements accompa
nied oral testimony, which will
be forwarded to the secretary of
the Army for consideration.
Girls Questioned
Regarding Checks
Two 18-year-old Mcdford girls
were questioned by city police
today about an attempt to cash
a fictitious check Nov. 7. They
were released and will not be
prosecuted, it was reported.
Deputy District Attorney Alan
Holmes said the offense was the
first for each of them, and that
they have good prior records.
City police said the girls signed
a statement admitting the at
tempt. Police began their investiga
tion after Andrew Darrell Mitch
ell, of the Groceteria Super Mar
ket on West Sixth st. reported
that two girls attempted to cash
a check for S6.70 there, but left
when they were told by a clerk
he would have to see the man
ager about the check.
The Groceteria clerk said he
recognized their pictures in the
Mcdford High school yearbook,
and the girls were brought in
for questioning.
California Youths
Held in Jail Here
Two San Rafael, Calif., youths
have been arrested and lodged
in county jail on charges of
driving a stolen vehicle across
the state line into Oregon, ac
cording to Medford police.
They are Daniel Lee Wyatt,
17, and Robert Vernon Treacy,
18.
The car was stolen in Sacra
mento, Calif., police said. They
will be transferred to Portland
by the federal bureau of invest
igation, they said.
They also are being held for
the theft of a doctor's bag be
longing to Dr. Dwight H. Find
ley, 7 Myrtle St., Medford, from
his car while it was parked at
Rogue Valley hospital Nov. 7.
PEARL HARBOR TEEMING WITH ACTIVITY
Pearl Harbor, T. H. (U.R)
Pearl Harbor was teeming with
more combat-ready warships to
day than at any time since
World War II.
It was a part of the Navy's
"accelerated schedule" to im
prove America's defenses in the
Pacific during the Middle East
crisis.
The attack aircraft carrier
Philippine Sea steamed into
Pearl Harbor Wednesday with
four destroyers as her escort.
Already at the big naval base
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Russia-Trained
Hunge
ary Premier
Promises Election
Budapest (U.R) Soviet-backed
Premier Janos Kadar prom
ised "free and secret" elections
today to defiant Hungary and
an end to the mass deportation
of Hungarian youth.
But he said Russian troops
would remain in Hungary until
"order is restored." And he said
the "time for neutrality has not
yet come."
Kadar fired 12 Stalinists from
top party posts and capitulated
to a series of worker demands
in hopes of ending the nation's
paralyzing general strike.
It was the biggest climbdown
yet by the Soviet-sponsored Ka
dar regime. It was made in a
last-minute panic to prevent
workers in gas. electric and oth
er vital utilities from joining
the strike.
Kadar also made new over
tures to the other sections of the
populace.
Promises to Farmers
Budapest Radio announced the
abolition of all laws compelling
farmers to hand over agricul
tural products and meat to the
state.
The broadcast said also the
government will buy apartments
to house those who lost their
homes in the fighting.
Budapest Radio reported Ka
dar's new moves to appease his
anti - Communist countrymen,
even at the possible cost of his
own post and the Hungarian
Communist party's domination.
He said he promised to nego
tiate with ousted Titoist Pre
mier Imre Nagy for his return
as head of the government. And
he conceded the Communist
party would be badly beaten in
new elections.
Kadar said he was ready to
talk with Nagy whenever he left
the extra-territorial grounds of
the Yugoslav Embassy in Buda
pest. But Hungarian workers have
demanded the immediate with
drawal of the Russian troops
and tanks as the price for call
ing off the general strike, now
more than three weeks old.
Six Demands Accepted
Tlie general strike continued
today but the threatened walk
out of the gas and electric work
ers did not materialize.
Kadar agreed to six of the
eight demands made by a work
ers committee. But he turned
down demands for immediate
withdrawal of Soviet troops and
declaration of Hungary's neu
trality. Medford Man Injured
In Ashland Accident
Ashland Robert W. Shep
herd, insurance adjuster of Med
ford, suffered chest injuries
when the car he was operating
struck a manhole cover project
ing nine inches above the pave
ment in Ashland Tuesday, ac
cording to Ashland police.
Obstruction on the right side
of the pavement was unmarked
and unlighted, police said. The
accident occurred on the recent
ly opened stretch of highway on
C and Second sts. here. Shep
herd's car was considerably dam
aged. Weather
FORECAST: Cloudv with orca
sional light rain in valley,
snow in mountain trniieht
and Fridav. Low tonight 35.
High Friday 48.
Temp.
Htrhett Yesterday .; 4
Lowest this Morning .T 28
Our Skies Tonight
Sunrise
7:01 a.
Sunset 4:43 p.n
Moon set Friday 5:20 a.m.
The eclipse of the Moon Sat
urdav night will become total
at 10:08 p.m. on the West
Coast. (One hoar later in the
Rockies, two hours later in the
Central States, three hours la
tr in the East, and four hours
later In the Maritime).
were three cruisers and four
other destroyers. They arrived
Sunday.
Their appearance spoiled the
holiday week end for Navy and
civilian suppliers. The seven
ships issued "hundreds of requis
itions for fuel, spare parts and
provisions," the Navy said.
The carriers Yorktown and
Shangri-La steamed through the
Golden Gate on Tuesday and
were expected at Pearl this week
end. Navy officials refused to
confirm West Coast reports that
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MEDFORD, OREGON, THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 15, 1956
Britain, nance
Accused of Using
U.S. Equipment
Washington U.R) The De
fense Department accused Brit
ain and France today of violat
ing their international agree
ments with the United States by
using U. S. military aid equip
ment in the attack on Egypt.
The department, however, ap
parently plans no disciplinary
action against the two govern
ments beyond verbal protests.
Flirting With War
It said in response to inquiries
by the United Press that the
United States "has made repre
sentations to the British and
French concerning their viola
tion of bilateral agreements, con
cerning military equipment des
ignated for the defense of the
North Atlantic treaty area."
Meantime, U. S. officials said
Russia and Red China would be
flirting with a major war if they
carried out their threats to send
"volunteer'' forces into Egypt.
President Eisenhower was be
lieved to have discussed these
threats and other aspects of the
Middle East crisis with his top
advisers at a morning session 01
the National Security Council.
He aiso was to confer with Act
ing Secretary of State Herbert
Hoover Jr. this afternoon.
Agreements Violated
The Defense Department state
ment was the first to say official
ly that the bilateral agreements
governing the use of U. S. mili
tary aid had been violated.
It became known early in the
fighting, through press reports,
that British and French troops
were using U. S. equipment. The
Defense Department at that time
took a noncommittal stand.
The bilateral agreements with
Britain and France specify that
U. S. military aid is to be used
"to promote the integrated de
fense of the North Atlantic
treaty area."
In the past six years, the
United States has furnished $3.6
billion in military equipment,
supplies and services to France
and about $1 billion to Britain.
The department's statement,
which was cleared by Assistant
Defense Secretary Gordon Gray,
said the United States "has been
aware . . . that U. S. equipment
has been diverted to the support
of operations in the Suez area."
Vote on Sales Tax
To Be Recommended
Portland (U.R) Slate Sen.
Rudie Wilhelm of Portland told
the Association of Oregon Coun
ties convention here today that
the Legislative Interim Tax
Committee will recommend a
vote on a 3 per cent sales tax
in Oregon.
Wilhelm, who is chairman of
the committee, said the recom
mendation would be submitted
to the 1957 Legislature but he
added, "I'll admit that I'm not
too optimistic about people vot
ing favorably on a sales tax at
this time."
Canvass of Votes May
Be Completed Today
Canvass of votes in the gen
eral election is expected to be
completed late today for Jack
son county, according to election
department officials.
The canvass started Nov. 9
and will include the city elec
tions in the county, county totals,
and all write-in votes.
the carrier Wasp was being read
ied at San Diego for Far East
duty.
A Navy spokesman said the
stepped up activity is "all part
of the same acceleration sched
ule" ordered by Adm. Felix
Stump, commander in chief of
the Pacific.
Stump issued his order last
week as a result of a directive
from the Defense Department to
all military commanders that
they must "tighten up" the na
tion's defenses.
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Control Board Votes
Big Building Program
Salem (U.R) Tlie Slatp
Board of Control today voted to
include a $10 million building
program in its budget for "crit
ically needed" institutional
buildings.
The board said it also would
present the Legislature with a
list of other needed buildings
costing an additional S19 mil
lion. The second list is designed to
Several Thefts Are
Cleared by Police
The theft of a portable radio
from the Western Thrift store,
30 North Central ave., Medford,
Nov. 8, has been cleared with
the interrogation of a 12-year-old
girl, according to Medford po
lice. '
Police said the girl admitted
the theft. She also admitted tak
ing several articles recently
from the J. J. Newberry com
pany store, 36 North Central
ave., Medford. and from Sim's
Cycle and Hobby shop, 23 North
Fir st., Medford, police said.
The girl was released to her
parents with instructions to ap
pear before juvenile authorities,
officers reported.
Central Point Youth
Shot in Right Leg
Wayne T. Wyatt, 18, of route
2, box 240, Central Point, was
shot in the right leg Wednesday
afternoon while he was cleaning
his 22 caliber pistol in his
father's store, according to Jack
son county sheriff's deputies.
Wvatt. who was taken to
Sacred Heart hospital, was to
be released today, according to
hospital officials.
DOW-JONES AVERAGES
New York (U.R) Dow-Jones
final stock averages: 30 indus
trials 480.20, off 2.16; 20 rail
roads 156.73, off 0.27; 15 utili
ties 66.57, off 0.55, and 65 stocks
170.08, off 0.79. Sales today
were about 2.210,000 shares
compared with 2,290,000 shares
Wednesday.
His order affected "just about
all ships in the Pacific," a
spokesman said, making them
available to go out faster to re
place or supplement units al
ready in the Western Pacific.
This redeployment, according
to the spokesman, was designed
to achieve "a better posture of
defense in the Pacific."
Stump is now attending high
level military conferences at the
Pentagon in Washington, D.C.,
on his redeployment.
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give legislators a picture of fu
ture building needs for any ac
tion they choose to take.
Included in the $10 million
"critical" program was an ad
ditional $631,000 to cover "in
creased costs at the new mental
hospital near Wilsonville since
a S6. 300. 000 appropriation was
made for the project two years
ago.
Power Plant OK'd
Also approved was $950,000
for construction of a power plant
at the intermediate correctional
institution here.
A water system to serve tjie
correctional institution, the pen
itentiary annex, tuberculosis
hospital and Cottage Farm at a
cost of $130,000 was approved.
Other projects in the building
program included: Furnishings
for a dormitory at Oregon school
for the deaf, S30.00.0; furnish
ing and ' equipment for four
buildings under construction at
Fairview home, $11:7.000: com
pletion of dormitory at McLaren
school for boys, $273,000; and
remodeling of kitchen at the
boys' school,- $82,000.
Two additional buildings at
Fairview home costing $768,000
were apprqved along with a
$128,000 dormitory at Hillcrest
school for girls; a 100-bed dorm
itory at MacLaren school, $725,
000; a womens' unit at the state
prison, $725,000 and a chapel at
MacLaren school.
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Big Global Bomber Falls
Few Minutes After Takeoff
Denver (U.R) An Air Force
B36 global bomber crashed and
burned shortly after takeoff
here early today injuring four
of the 21 crew members aboard,
one of them seriously.
The 10-enginc. $3.5 million
plane apparently suffered a
power failure a few minutes
after it took off from Lowry Air
Force Base here en route to its
home station at Ellsworth AFB,
Rapid City, S. D.
It crashed Into a wheat field
in open, rolling countryside
about two miles northeast -of a
Denver residential section, and
burst into flames. The crash
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Needed, Egypt Says
Arcb Leaders Demand
WithdrawaLof Trofcps
LondonU.R) AG1'.N. police
force landed today in the Suez
Canal . Zone ,nd Egypt) an
nounced the need for Soviet grid
Red China 'volunteer" 0 no
longer, existed. o
Egyptian Ambassador Ahnd
Abdel Razek and Syrian Minis
ter Ibraham Istuany said &i
Bonn, Germany, that gsypt and
tlie other Arab states had turned
down the Soviot and Red Chi
nese offers to send volunteers to
the Mideast. q
Won't Be Accepted
Istuany nd the Egyptian en
voy to the West liermao gov
ernment flatlv stated tlwt vol
unteers will not be accepted and
that tjicre is no necessity tor
them now that the fighting has c
ceased.
But a new complication arosw
in Beirut, Lebanon, o where a
meeting of the leaders of eight
Arab nations' ..demanded, with
drawal of the Anglo-i rench and
Israeli troops frem Egypt to4iy.
They warned that the Arab
will take "effsctfVe measures to
Ihe maximum of t'Ueir capabili
ties ta enforce this.
It appeared that U.N. Secre
tary-general Dag Hanimarskjold
had.won for the time being the
race against jssible Soviet in
tervention in the glideast asjj
the ihreat of a major war.
The situation had become so
critical that the first contjggent
of 43 Danes and 50 Norwegians
left CapodicftinOj oAirport at
Naples in the middle of the
night on Han-ynarskjold's urgent
orders. o
Another 200 were to follovco
them today into the danger zone
to take up positions between the
Anglo-French ad th? Egyptian
armies now separated by only q
600 yards of no man's land and
a presarious trSce. 0
They will be followed by a
force of from 5,000 fo 6,000 men
from a dozen orjnore members
of tle United Nations for duties
still as yet not defined. Ft the
world organizatiSn hoped tneir
presence ' would dampen an
spark that cotAd start another
war.
Called For Volunteers 0
The "crisis" (kas touched off
wheii A,rab sources in oloscow
Wednesday said the tain) gov-
ernment had asked for the imp
mediate disgatch of Soviefiilots
arid tank crewmijJ"'volunteers"
promised for weeks by the
Kremlin. 0 G
The statements in Bannfcjday
dispelled for the time being this
immediate, threat.
In Moscow itself the Egypt
ian Embasft' imposed a corgiete
blackout on news of s8viot vol
unteers an0d declined all com
ment on Wednesday's rgpPrt.
Soviet sources were just as
mum as usual. But (the Soviet
press reported today without
comment g brief dispatch from
Washington in wfiich President
Eisenhower said he opposed ie
unilateral dispatch of armed
forces to Egypt, o
Plows Operating
In Cascade Passes
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Salem U.R) State highway
plows continued operations on
Cascade mountain passes today
as maintenance meiyeported an
inch of new snow and ccjUnu
lng snow fligrries at Government
CamR and War Ssrings junc
tion. o
Drivers were urge's to carry
chains in crossing mountain
passes. o
Traces of new snow were re
ported at Santiam pass and
ocfcoc summit. o O
Packed snow was roporlcd on
the road between U. H. Highway
26 and Tixnberline lodge. Chains
are required on this stretch.
Sanding crews were busy at gov
ernment Camp, on Santiam pass
and at Austin.
Cannes, France '.U.R) F-pr-mcr
Queen flizabeth of Greece,
62, died today of heart disease.
scene is on a portion of the
Army's Rocky Mountain Arsen
al, a Chemical Warfare orps
stellation, nd only one mile
north of Denver's Stapleton Mu
nicipal Airfield.
Tie. seriously injL:d crew
member was identified by the
Air. Force s MSgt. Oliver W.
Webright. He sufferea skull
fracture. Three others were hurt
sufficiently to be hospitalized.
The remaining el7 wcg given
first aid treamentor miiftr in
juries, mostly utsnd bruises.
An Air Force spokinan said
crew members reported definite
ly that .engine fcilure was
sponsible or the crash.
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