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51st Year HA Price 10c Tribui UniteiJ Press Full Leastd Wlro WESDAY, NOVEMBER 21, 1956 Hungarian Refugee rr VJ I A .l -wv -ar-l T TV JrWs.r tm w "a United Press Full Leased Wire -"" o No. 203 MEDFORD, OP' 16 Pago 0 Wes fcii T i r-.Ti-tr t li l1fTllBllgVii,ly.r. -'.,,. ..... . f ( THAHJCGIYING DIMMER When boys of the Phoenix High school Future Farmers of America chapter, came up with the idea of collecting food for a Thanksgiving dinner for a needy tatnily, Phoenix townspeople, business houses and farmers co operated. Shown above are seniors Larry Blunt and Archie Trott with ptrt of the food they collected. Other items, not pictured, ir potatoes, squash, various fresh vegetables and dairy produce.According to Jack Dube, agriculture instructor g at Phoenix High school, the project was entirely the boys' idea, and they even took the money from their FFA treasury to buy the 14-pound turkey. Outbreak of Polio, Amoebic Jaundice Told in Budapest Vienna (U.R)5 A polio epi demic has broken out in war ravagad Budapest, the Commu nisfccontrolled Budapest Radio announced today. TUe radio said a polio epi flfimiCihad "hit Budapest and De brecen, the 'nation's third larg est city3 with a population of int.000 some 100 miles east of Bufiaprat. It also reported the capital was threatened by a spreading epidemic of amoebic jaundice from polluted water or vege tables. Budapest had m population of some 1.7 millio:! when the anti Communist revolt erupted. Soviet tanks arjd giirfs took a toll of .many thousand lives in the fighting. Shorta of Milk The, situation is even more critical because ol i shortage of soap and detergents, the radio id. The Gommunist masters had denied early entrance' of re lief supples. - Budapest Radio said the health' of babies and small children is tlened by a shortage of fresh m1lk in a country torn by starva tion sine -the'sturt of the re volt, s The ublic health situation penctallv in Budapest is "un satisfactory 4' it said. Much of the city itself was rubble from Soviet tan! and guns and water mains and ewers were broken during the. fight between the JatriatJf ad the Soviet troops. Budapest" Radio said several of Budapest largest hospitals suf fered serious . damage in the fighting. :The broadcast sa'id many schools in, the capital could not be reopened because of damage suffered in the fighting, or "be cause f the'shortage'of fueL'It added it was "hoped"' that most would be able' to reopen by Jan. 1- , The official Communist organ TCcp Szabadsag announced today that workers who failed to re turn to their jobs after the Nov UN Approval Seen for Indictment of Russia United Nations. N. Y.U.R) Soviot Bussia and its puppet Hunaria regime faced certain indictment todav by the. U. -N. 'General Ajsembly for brutal op pression bf the people of Hun garv. Western diplomats predicted overwhelming approval by the assembly on two resolutions, one of which linked Moscow with the crime of genocide mass ex tinction of a people for politi cal, racial or religious reasons. Medford Council Calls The Rlgdford city council last nij!it called 'for public hearings De. 4 om Jhe change f zone of two Mgdford areas. One hearing is on change of zone o Grape st. between 10th and 11th sts. from class II (mul tiple family) to class IIIA (lim ited commercial). Th other hearing js on the reznning Rogue Valley Memor ial Tiospital property at Barnctt aad Murphy rds. from class IA (sing family) to class II (mul tiple family). The council Jcferrefl action on four other recommendations from he - planning . commission on zoning portions' of south east Medford. Calling) for hear ings was postponed to give the council additional time to study the .recommendations. Proposals on razoning south east Mgrifona that were .defer red included a requt from 10 deadline set by the govern ment would not Set paid for No vember unless their plants were unable to resume operations. Workers who remained on the job during the first week of the revolt, Oct.. 24 to 31, will get double pay for the entire month, the paper said. Those who walked out that week will receive only normal pay, it add ed. Reports from Budapest said Hungarian rebels have revived local "revolutionary councils" and' are taking over key posi tions in some provinces in de fiance of the pro-Moscow regime. Molofov Named Soviet Minister London (U.PJ Former For eign Minister V. M. Molotov,- an Old-line Stalinist, was appointed suddenly tonight to the post of Soviet minister of state control, the Cabinet job responsible for enforcing government policy. Molotov had been a first dep uty premier without specific as signment since he resigned from the foreign" ministry earlier this year in an apparent concession to the anti-Stalinists. Soviet Pre mier Nikolai Bulganin and Com munist party boss Nikita Khru shchev are leaders of this fac tion inside the Kremlin. Molotov's new appointment followed authoritative reports of a new struggle in the Moscow hierarchy between the old-line Stalinists and the new faction led by Khrushchev. Molotov's new post had been a practically unknown technical assignment until he was assign ed to it today. The brief Radio Moscow announcement of the appointment gave no hint of its significance. Fair Weather Seen For Thanksgiving Day Fair weather is forecast for the Thanksgiving holiday to morrow, when city, state and federal offices as well as retail stores in Jackson county will be closed. Schools in Jackson i county closed yesterday, and will re main closed until Monday. In Phoenix, a letter drop has been installed at the recorder's office, which will be closed dur ing the holidays, for residents who wish to pay bills, according to the recorder. There will be a noon edition of the Mail Tribune tomorrow. uogue valley Land company, 704 West Sixth St., to zone the area south of Barnett rd. to the irrigation canal between Mur phy rd. and Black Oak drive from class IA (single family) to class IIIA (limited commercial). Also deferred was action on a request from Rogue Valley Manor that its property be re zoned from class IA (single fam ily) to class II (mutiple family), and a request from George W Fields for rezoning part of Mont Crest subdivision one from class IA (single family) to class II (multiple family) and from class IA (single family) to class IB two family). The council authorized the city to start condemnation pro ceedings for a 20-foot strip of property owned by William C. and Frank Earhart. 1015 South Riverside ave.. Medford. ' Pur pose of the condemnation is to Vanguard Arrives In United States Ceremony Welcomes Homeless People McGuire AFB, N.J. (U.P.) Sixty refugees from Communist tyranny in Hungary, some of them in tears of thanksgiving. stepped onto free American soil. today. They were the vanguard of a flood of homeless Hungar ians. Many of the refugees wept as a color guard held the Ameri can flag high into the stiff wind that swept across this airfield where their mercy plane set down. Army Secretary Wilber M. Brucker brought the personal greetings of President Eisen hower to the first of an expected 5.000 Hungarian refugees in a plane-side ceremony. Applaud U.S. Flag "I show you the flag of the United States and ask you, for the first time on free soil, to applaud the flag of our country your first act here," Brucker said. The refugees, standing before the speaker's platform, applaud ed vigorously. "I saw one of you wipe a tear from your eye," Brucker said. "I want you to know you now have freedom. Here there is freedom of speech, religion, and from every sort of threat that anybody could worry about. You are safe, and we will protect you. "In behalf of the President of the United States and of your hosts, the U. S. Army, I greet you, patriots of Hungary I sa lute you as residents and, I hope, as future citizens." Turkey Thanksgiving The group, flown here from Vienna and Munich by a char tered Flying Tiger plane which was the first of a projected two a day airlift, appeared tired but happy. Several of the women brushed tears from their eyes during the ceremony. An Army band played Hungarian music. The refugees later boarded buses on their way to Camp Kil mer, N. J., where the Army will house and feed them, including a turkey dinner on Thanksgiv ing, until they can be absorbed into American community life. Idaho Student Held for Arson Moscow, Ida. (U.P.) Six state policemen stood guard today around the Latah county jail as "protection" for a University of Idaho freshman arrested in an investigation of four dormitory fires that killed three men stu dents. The suspect was Paul Davis Matovich, Kellogg, Ida. He was accused only of set ting a fire at Chrisman Hall, one of three blazes that preceded the fatal blaze at Gault Hall Oct. 19. It was in the Gault blaze that the three students perished. Law officers refused to say whether Matovich admitted set ting the Gault blaze. They said they had their "reasons" for charging him only with the Chrisman Hall fire. Lloyd Martinson, Latah county prosecutor, said Matovich admit ted only the Oct. 13 blaze at Chrisman hall which caused minor damage. Minidoka, Ida. (U.P.) Union Pacific railroad wreckers last night cleared the east-west main line tracks of debris which blocked the route after 11 cars of a 98-car freight train were derailed just west of Kimama Tuesday. Hearings install a sanitary sewer there as part of the program approved by Medford voters Nov. 6. Council action followed re quests from the Earharts stipu lating conditions to which the city would have to agree before they would grant an easement. The city has been negotiating with the Earharts for the past 18 months for the easement. City Manager Robert Duff said condemnation would be advis able because of the "tentative nature" of the Earhart's condi tions and the delay in time that would be necessary in complet ing a formal agreement with the Earharts. City Attorney E. R. Bashaw and Duff were authorized to pre pare an ordinance and negotiate with Rogue Flying service on a request that airport property be leased to the service to erect a building- to service private planes. Thanksgiving Day Services Scheduled At County Churches Other Services Are Set for Tonight A Union Thanksgiving serv ice, sponsored by the Medjprd Ministerial association will" be held at 10 a.m. Thanksgiving day at the First Christian church, Ninth and Oakdale ave. in Med ford. Dr. D. Kirkland West of the First Presbyterian church will preach on "The Thoughtful Are Always Thankful." The choir of the First Christian church will sing "A Festival Hymn" and "Praise, O Praise the Lord." Scripture reading will be by the Rev. Richard Jones.of the East wood Baptist church. The Rev. William Piper of the First Christian church will be moderator for the hour of Thanksgiving which is under the direction of the Rev. James Neely, pastor of the First Bap tist church. "Why Should I Be Thankful?" will be the sermon topic for the 10 a.m. Thanksgiving day service at St. Peter's Lutheran church, 1020 East Main st. The service will also include holy commun ion. Thanksgiving Sermon At 11 a.m. Thursday at the First Church of Christ Scientist, Windsor ave., and Oakwood dr., the services will include a ser mon on Thanksgiving and read ing in the Christian Science text book and from the King James version of the Bible. All Thanksgiving worship serv ices are open to the public. The Ministerial association of Ashland will hold Union Thanks giving services at the Assembly of God church at 10:30 a.m. The Rev. Fred Plocher, Congrega tional church minister, will preach on "From Privation to Plenty." Soloists will be Mrs. Homer Thompson and Gilbert Elder from the Assembly of God church. Thanksgiving services will be held in many churches Wednes day evening. Political Subversion Hearings Scheduled Washington (U.P.) The House Committee on Un-American Activities said today it will investigate Communist "political subversion" in a series of hear ings in Los Angeles, San Fran cisco and Seattle. Weather FORECAST: Fair through Thursday. Low tonieht 25-27. High Thursday 58-60. Temp. Hichrjt Yesterday 57 Lowest this Morning 25 Our Skies Tonight Sunrise . 7:1(1 a.m. , 4:45 p.m. 8:32 p.m. Sunset The Moon rises Tonttht it is in Perigee and appears between Procyon and the Twin. Last Quarter Nov. 24 MARS, the brightest "star" in the sky at moonrise. is now moving into the constellation, Pisces. on Rezoning According to the request the flying service would rent the space from the city on a 10 year lease and utilize it for park ing planes of itinerant private flyers. An ordinance was passed ac cepting construction of a six inch water main by M. C. Lin inger and Sons. Medford con tractors, on Crestbrook rd. from Modoc ave. to Ellendale drive and on Ellendale drive from Crestbrook rd. to Barnett rd. The council also passed an ordinance assessing property benefiting from the sewer $2.40 per front foot. Engineer's esti mate for the project was $2.36 per front foot. An ordinance was passed adopting plans and specifica tions for installation of a sani tary sewer on Murphy rd. from Barnett rd. to Alameda st. Improvement ordinances for paving Broad st. from West "Think Hard, Now Eleven Persons Take Oath of Citizenship A class of 11 persons, includ ing a seven-year old German boy, took the oath of citizenship in a ceremony yesterday in the courtroom of the county court house. The oath was adminis tered by Judge H. K. Hanna and LeRoy Schilling, Portland, nat uralization examiner, presented the 11. Those who took the oath of allegiance and received natural ization certificates included Don ald Fred Patterson. Nellie Bea trice Baker, Elizabeth Ann Mar tin, Loh Shui, Bengamin Goert zen, Mabel Arlene Lacanf Ruby Doris Avery, Florence Mary Gibson, Daniel Evan Chis holm, Agnes Lcatha Chisholm. and William Richard Savard. All list addresses in Medford, ex cept Goertzcn, who lives in Ash land. From China ' Loh Shui, who came here from China, had his name changed to Henry Loh Shui Chin and Goert zen, who came from Canada, had his name changed to Ben jamin Gertson. Elizabeth Martin came here from Great Britain, and the oth ers came from Canada, except William Savard, who is seven. He was adopted by Col. and Mrs. Arthur M. Savard of Medford while he was stationed in Ger many. Mrs. G. Q. D'Albini, member of Crater Lake chapter, Daugh ters of the .American Revolu tion, was mistress-of-ceremonies for a program. Mrs. D'Albini has conducted training classes for immigrants for more than 30 years. Mrs. D'Albini introduced del egations from West Side, Hed rick and McLoughlin Junior High schools. She presented each new citizen a small flag, pro vided by the Elks lodge, and a copy of the flag code. Mrs., Ross Minnecci welcomed the new cit izens in the name of Medford post, American Legion, and the auxiliary. Property Jackson to Park sts., and Ashland ave. from Ninth Eighth sts., were adopted. O. H. Bengtson, Medford at- torney, appeared on behalf of several beverage licensees. Bengtson asked the council what its attitude would be toward re newing beverage permits of ex piring licenses if the licensee had not yet paid the city tax. The council said it would con sider the matter at its Dec. 4 meeting and that it could not commit itself at this time. The council for the second consecutive meeting continued a public hearing on annexation of the First Free Methodist church property on South Peach st. The hearing was continued because the church still has not secured an easement through certain property in order to connect with the city sewer system, which is the purpose of church's position to annex. Try To Forget" Clifford Ouellette, Medford attorney, delivered a short ad dress on behalf of the Medford Elks lodge. The lawyer said that this country's form of govern ment, with its systems of checks and balances, isone of the best yet devised to protect the citi zen, v ', - He said that the nation's laws reflect its moral standards, and that while our elected represen tatives draft the laws and put them into effect, it is in reality the citizens themselves who make the country's laws. He said this nation's laws make it pos sible for millions of people to live peacefully together. Council Plans to Intervene in Case The Medford city council last night joined the Jackson County Chamber of Commerce and the Jackson county court in filing a petition to intervene in a Civil Aeronautics board hearing on additional air service in south ern Oregon. The CAB hearing is tentative ly scheduled March 5, 1957. The chamber is preparing an appeal to the board that the hearing be held in Portland, according to Don McNeil, chamber manager. Purpose of the hearing is that air routes be added from Klam ath Falls to Boise, Ida., by way of Lakeview and Burns, and to Reno and Winnemucca, Nev. Medford already has air service to Klamath Falls which would connect with the proposed routes. The council action authorized the chamber to prepare a brief on behalf of the city to urge the added air service. The chamber is also representing the Jackson and Josephine county courts in the brief. It will be submitted to the CAB in December, McNeil said. Harold Frye Presides At Council Meeting Harold Frye. elected president of the Medford city council at a recent meeting, presided over the council last night in the ab sence of Mayor Earl Miller. Frye, retiring city councilman from Ward III, was elected pres ident of the council when John Snider, ward I councilman, and elected new mayor, Nov. 6, of fered his resignation as council president. Snider resigned as president and recommended Frye for the position as a gesture to Frye who retires from the council this year after serving 16 years, which probably constitutes a record. New York (U.P.) Pollster Elmo Roper has been elected chairman of the Board of Di rectors of the Fund For The Re public. Salem (U.P.) Gov. Elmo Smith has designated Dec. 10 as human rights day in Oregon. Union Receives Go-Ahead; Group Voices Protes Port Said, Egypt (U.PJ A noisy protest demonstration met the first small group of the VM. Emergency Force which arrived (-today to act as a peace buffer between occupying Anglo t'rench troops and the Egyptian population. The UMEF contingent, a to ken company of 216 Norwegian soldiers, was met by a shouting mob of angry Egyptians when the troops reached Port Said by slow train from the south. Hundreds of screaming Egypt ians massed in the center of the city demonstrating agamst the arrival of new "occupiers." "Nasser . . . Nasser . . . Nas ser," the demonstrators shouted. Break Through Line , The crowd broke through a line of Port Said policemen guarding the local railroad sta tion where the Norwegians ar rived from the UNEF assembly base at Abu Sweir in Egyptian held territory. Lt. Gen. Hugh Stockwell, commander of Anglo-French forces, was in personal charge of troops on the scene. He shoved his way through the crowd and ordered British sol diers to furm-a-svlid front. The Tommies formed up and bodily shoved the demonstrators out of the way. Then the Norwegian Infantry company marched in formation to its camp site, the men carry ing American rifles, machine guns and anti-tank weapons. The reception accorded the UNEF force in Port Said was in contrast to the cheers of Egyptians when the men left their Abu Sweir base earlier in the day. Ultimately, the UNEF troops will replace the Anglo-French forces under the terms of U.N. General Assembly resolutions. When that will be is still indef inite. But the Egyptians want the British and French to with draw immediately, and the crowd demonstration under scored that view. Four Persons Appear In Circuit Court Four persons appeared In cir cuit court this morning. David Walker Laflin, 28, 1032 Cherry st., Medford, and Jack Taylor Stallsworth, 29, 106 Lin coln st., Medford, appeared on charges of grand larceny. Ar raignment was set for Monday, Nov. 26, when they will enter a plea. S. B. Harbison and A. E. Pizza, local attorneys, were ap pointed by the court to repre sent them. Charles Dean Lucht, Klamath Falls, was given a three-year sus pended sentence by Judge H. K. Hanna on charges of contributing to the delinquency of a minor. Robert R. Barclay, 321 Will amette ave., Medford, had his probation revoked and was sen tenced to three years in the pen itentiary on charges of obtain ing money by false pretenses. Railroad Crossing Set To Open Late Today The Southern Pacific railroad crossing at Sixth st, will be open to traffic about 5 p.m. to day when SP crews complete re pair work on the crossing, ac cording to C.'B. Stevens, local SP agent. The railroad crossing at 11th. st. win De ciosea monaay, Ste vens said, while SP crews retie and relay the tracks there. Linn Jail Escapee Enters Guilty Plea ' Albany, Ore. (U.P.) James Arthur Patton. 39, today entered a surprise plea of guilty to charges of robbery and armed assault growing out of his Sept. 7 escape from the Linn - county jail and was sentenced to 20 years in the state penitentiary. Patton and three others escap ed after beating jailer Lou An o o Coast longshoremen empowered union leaders tp call astriMe ajd join East ind Gulf coast do workers in a sympathy walkout that could shut dowi 11 the na tion's ports, it was announced today. " . Local headquarters f Harry Bridges' International L n g- shoremen's and Warehousemen's,-, union reported that members from Puget Sound to San Diego voted by ab'out a to 1 margin ' to approve the strike propqsal. The vote left to Bridges and o other "ILWU officials the deci sion whether to. join East $nd Gulf coast workers in their six-day-old strike. . 0 The ballot proposed that the union reaffirm in current nego tiations with West Coast emlo-p-er groups the "right" to "act with the East coast.". Rebuff to Bridges o e G "That right includes refusal to work East coast nd Gulf ship? the right to shut down if scabs are used and the fightafo take strike action jointly with the East coast and Gulf," it sai. O Even so, it appeared striking East and Gulf coaU Ringshore men did.not welcomthe assist ance of Bridges' Internatitnal Q Longshoremen's and Warehouse men's union. Capt. William Bradley, president of the ILA, said in New- York, "iVe don't need Bridges' help or his sympagiy." Bradley was reported to havS sent Bridges an angry tegraig telling him in so many words to O mind his own business. C Bridges agpeared unperturbed. Be personally appeared btfore the San Franciso loigshore lo cal to urge the membership to vole in favor of ie pftpofte ItO was presumed tha the members would follow, his recommenda- O tion. Bridges' .Message Nevertheless, bridges t e 1 e- graphed Bradley a note lnajat ing West Coast longshoremen may not strike after all. The wire said: "We understand tSat Josofii Curran, president ofUhe Nation al Maritime Union, pontjd out hat West Coast strike supftrt would bring about a JTaft-Hart-ley injunction'and, further.hat based upon his contacts with top shipping industry people, yor strike could be wo, including national bargaining, within a short time. "". . . You should bar in mind that West Coast action regarding East toast ships is the kind of basic and automatic trade hion support our unio is accustone to give any union ih a strike." Public Utilities Par o County Praperff Tax Three public utilitiP paid0 their 19567 couety properry q taxes last week, totaling morg than $575,000. 0 O Highest taxpayer was the "Cal ifornia Oregon Pwer company, $342,951.20. The 'sum ws lgss a 3 per cent discount for cah pay ment. . Second highest ameunt was O Pacific teleohorie and fcle- graph comjfany witfc a payment of $159,420.47, with the discount already deducted, followed by Southern Pacific with72,769.69, after discount. q Many private companies and utilities paid their taxes before O tlie November 15 deadline for -deduction, tax department of ficials reported. DOW-JONES AVEfiiGES Ne'w York (U.PJ ovJbnes final stock jverage: 30 indus trials 467.91, off 2.16; 20 feil roads 153.11. off 0.27: 15 utiJf.ies f66.26, off 0.16", and 65 stocks 166.52, off 0.55. Sas today were about 2.310,000 shares compared with 2,240,000 share Tuesd. o O 03 O G O O O
