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Hitler Death And ' Desperate Nazi Scheme Told in Book About FBI Washington (U.R) Hitler's Germany plotted to assassinate Dwight D. Eisenhower and Franklin D. Roosevelt during the clos ing months of World War II. The desperate Nazi planned to kill Mr. Eisenhower, then su preme commander of Allied forces in Europe, by dropping para chutists behind Allied lines and on London and Paris in late 1944 when Hitler's crumbling regime was in its last days, i The attempt on the late President Roosevelt's life was to have been set up by a mass breakout of 400,000 Axis prisoners interned in this country. - Both plots failed partly through the efforts of the Federal Bureau of Investigation. Enemy Intrigues Rerealed in New Book . The thwarting of these and other enemy intrigues is told in a new book, 'The FBI, Story," by Pultizer prize-winning reporter Bon Whitehead, chief 'of the New York Herald Tribune's Washing ton bureau. Whitehead, who had access to closely guarded FBI secrets, also tells of the agency's relentless war on two domestic evils Com munist subversives and gangsterism. J. Edgar Hoover, FBI director since. 1924 under five presidents and 11 attorneys general, began the attack on home-grown Reds in 1936. He did so at the direction of President Roosevelt who had become disturbed by the extensive travels of a Soviet embassy official. Full Approval Giren by Cordell Hull But before the investigation could begin, it was necessary to .obtain the approval of Secretary of State Cordell Hull. Roosevelt ' threw back his head and laughed as the dignified secretary snapped to Hoover, "Go ahead and investigate the ." Whitehead traces Hoover's battles to keep the FBI free of poli tics. But despite these efforts. Hoover and his agency were'brought Close to political controversy in the case of the late Harry Dexter White, former treasury official accused of being a Soviet spy. In November, 1953, Attorney General Herbert Brownell Jr. charged in a speech that former President Truman had promoted White from his post as assistant secretary of treasury to the inter national monetary fund despite FBI reports to Mr. Truman on White's alleged "spying activities." Mr. Truman replied that he kept White in the government to permit the FBI to keep him under surveillance without tipping off other Red suspects. Heorer Denies Agreement to Truman Plan a After turning down two invitations to appear before a congres tional committee on the case. Hoover denied categorically before the Senate Internal Security subcommittee that he had agreed to the plan. Whitehead takes the lid off the hitherto secret activities of the FBI in Central and South America during World War II. Axis of ficials thought they had discovered a "soft underbelly" of the United States to work on. Using the big German colonies in nations to the south, Ger many embarked on an ambitious espionage program aided par ticularly by the anti-American government . of President Pedro Ramirez of Argentina. : With characteristic thoroughness, the FBI formed a special team of agentr-Ihey used a number of business- fronts to conduct coun ter espionage and organize a system of informants to report on the activities of German spies. In addition to presidents and prime ministers, the book also chronicles the doings of the hoodlums that terrorized whole com munities in the 1930s the American gangsters. Oregon Slash Fires Fanned Out of Control Br VNITED PRESS Drying winds and a lack of rain sent several forest fires out of control in Oregon today. Guy Joheson, "Forest Service fire dyispatcTier in Portland, fcrmed the situation noh-criti-eal at present but said there is a "potential that could become serious." Most ef the fires were report ed to be slash burnings whipped up by the wind. Two fires burned out of con trol jp. the Astoria watershed early today and about' 250 men and all available fire fighting equipment were dispatched to the sceree about 15 miles east of Astoria. Fire broke out last night niar Wickiup mountain in the same area- where a Thanks giving day fire blackened some 60 acres, and at a spot two miles south of last week's fire near Wickiup lake. A dry east wind whipped flames into second growth timber and threatened the home of the water-shed care taker. In Salem, the State Forestry - Department said an additional 60 firefighters would be thrown into the battle against a 600 acre fire west -of Nehalem in Tillamook county. The blaze was located near the headwaters of Cronih creek on lands of the Oregon American Company. The fire was confined largely to Plans for 'Great Decisions' In Jackson County Are Well Under Way Flans for' the "Great Decisions . . . 1957" program, to be con ducts in Jackson county soon, as well under way, it was re ported toqy by Mrs. John Oust erhout, Eagle Point, county chairman. The program, which is a co operative endeavor to stimulate discussion and thought about foreign problems facing the United States, will begin Jan. 20, and will continue for eight weeks, she said. Three Phases There are, three phases to the program. Mrs. Ousterhout re ported. They include the for mation of volimteer discussion groups considered the most im portant segment'of the project; Plotted for Ike Roosevelt slashings and second growth tim ber. ' Four blazes were reported east of Portland, between Sandy and Bull Run, near Eagle creek, east of Colton and south of Mo lalla. The blazes were in slash ings. A blaze was reported in the Willamette forest about 30 miles southeast of Eugene in slash. Small fires were reported in Clark county. Wash., one of which covered 30 acres. Two Oregon Attorneys Permanently Disbarred Salem (U.R) The State Su preme court today permanently disbarred two Oregon attorneys upon recommendation of the State Bar. They were Elmer G. Baldwin, Roseburg, and David C. Pickett. Portland. Neither disbarment was contested. !hrl)fmft; the dissemination of information or foreign affairs through radio, television and newspaper co operation, and the distribution of "fact sheets" covering the topics of discussion, to supple ment the other two phases. Groups and organizations par ticipating this year include the temporary county committee headed by Mrs. Ousterhout, which serves as the focal point of the program in Jackson county; the Foreign Policy as sociation, a non-profit organiza tion formed to stimulate public awareness of foreign problems; the county extension office, and through it the general and ag ricultural extension units of the state university and colleges, 7Z?z fctggir ihr!4fmft2Grfirtp S 51st Year 111 m II M M Mm KM H M r -rri n r w . I United Press Full Leased Wi 20 Pages Eisenhower Names Ellsworth Bunker India Ambassador Recess Appointment For Ex-Red Cross Head Augusta, Ga. (U.P) Presi dent Eisenhower today named Ellsworth Bunker, retiring presi dent of the American Red Cross, as the new ambassador to India. Bunker was given a recess ap pointment, subject to later Sen ate confirmation, to succeed John Sherman Cooper, Republican re cently elected to the Senate from Kentucky. Earlier, the President an nounced the appointment of Dr. Lawrence Grid ley Derthick, Chattanooga, Tenn., to be fed eral commissioner of education. White House Press Secretary James C. Hagerty declined to comment on press dispatches from London reporting increas ing British concern over differ ences between this country and the United Kingdom over Middle East policies. Confidential Briefing Told that British Acting Prime Minister R. A. Butler had called a special Cabinet to avert a formal break with the United States over the Mideast, Hagerty said glumly, "I haven't any com ment on it." Mr. Eisenhower was in his temporary White House office at the Augusta National Golf club at 8:30 a.m. and received a high ly confidential briefing on over night international developments from Col. Andres Goodpaster, White House staff secretary and presidential liaison for Defense Department matters. Mr. Eisenhower -planned to take advantage of sunny crisp weather and play golf later in the -day. He also was expected during the day to confer by tele phone with Acting Secretary of State Herbert Hoover Jr. The, President will send the White House plane, the Colum bine III, to Key West, Fla., to pick up Secretary of State John Foster Dulles arid fly him to a Sunday conference here with Mr. Eisenhower. The White House announced two weeks ago that Bunker had resigned from his Red Criss'post to be succeeded by Gen. Alfred M. Gruenther, retiring NATO defense force commander. Hagerty said today that Bunk er, before going to New Delhi in early January, would partici pate with the President in con ferences next month with Indian Prime Minister Nehru who ar rives in Washington Dec. 16. Bunker, a Democrat, has been head of the Red Cross since Jan uary, 1954. He was the ambassa dor to the Argentine in 1951 and envoy to Italy from April, 1952, to April, 1953. Before he entered government service, he was a director of a number of big American corporations. Rev. Kroon Leaves For Seattle, Wash. The Rev. Paul O. Kroon, pastor of the Central Point Com munity Bible church, and family left this morning for Seattle to attend funeral services for his father and sister who were killed in an automobile accident six miles south of Canyonville Saturday. Enoch Alexander Kroon, 72, and his daughter, Anna Kroon, 43. both of Seattle, were killed and two other passengers were injured when the car in which they were riding skidded on an icy spot on Highway 99 and went over a 188-foot bank. Injured in the accident were Mrs. Agda Kroon. 48. of Seattle, and Earl Evers, 22, Shady Cove, son of the Rev. and Mrs. Ernest Evers. Funeral services will be held in Seattle Thursday at 1 p.m. Program and a number of organizations which are joining in on a vol unteer basis. , Library Cooperation Mrs. Ousterhout announced today that she has received the cooperation of the Medford Pub lic library, which will serve as a place where the fact sheets issued for individuals and dis cussion groups can be obtained. A preliminary list of the areas to be covered in the eight-week program include Russia, Eur ope, the Middle East, Red China, Colonialism, Neutralism, mili tary strategy, and trade and aid. This is the second consecutive year the program has been pre sented in Jackson county. It has also had success in other areas throughout the nation. Hungary Puppet Regime Offers Amnesty To Fleeing Refugees No Thought Given To Acceptance Of Proposal Return Stipulated Before January 1 Vienna (U.R) Hungary's puppet government offered an amnesty today to the 92,000 Hungarian refugees from Com munist terror if they return to their homeland by the end of this year. The offer was broadcast over Budapest Radio to a nation still crippled by a bitter general strike. The thousands of refu gees crammed into emergency camps in Austria received the offer cynically, with no thought of accepting it. No Action Planned Radio Budapest, citing the government organ Nep Szabad- sag, said the amnesty law had been ' approved by the govern ment of Soviet sponsored Pre mier Janos Kadar. It said the text of the decree would be pub lished "shortly." The announcement said no ac tion would be taken against any of the men, women and children who fled across the Iron Cur tain to freedom in the wake of the Hungarian rebellion, provid ed they return to Hungary be fore Jan. 1. Still Fleeing Country Kadar obviously hoped to play on the traditional homesickness of Hungarians who have left the land of the Magyars. , But the sunge of refugees into Austria continued. In the past 24 hours, another 4,800 crossed the Austro-Hungarian frontier. This was a slight increase after two days in which the numbers decreased. At the same time. Radio Bud apest kept broadcasting reports of the alleged return to work of striking miners and factory workers who have kept the country tied up economically for weeks. United Press Staff Correspon dent Russell Jones reported aft er a tour of Northern and East ern Hungary Tuesday that the claims of the Kadar government that the strike has ended were far from true. . Parade to Start A! 6:30 Tonight The weather bureau .has pre dicted "half-way decent" weath er this evening for the fourth an nual Christmas parade, which starts at 6:30 p.m. at Hawthorne park. There will be little fog, but the air will be chilly, it was forecast. More than 20 floats have been entered in the parade, according to the Medford Junior Chamber of Commerce officials. The Jay cees are sponsoring the parade in conjunction with the Retail Merchants association. The parade, led by Santa Claus, will start at Hawthorne park, go west on Main st. to Holly St., north to Sixth st., east to Central ave., s .th on Central to Eighth st., east to Bartlett St., north to Main st., and east to Hawthorne park. The annual Christmas parade marks the "official" opening of the holiday shopping season, and Medford stores will remain open until 9 p.m. each Wednesday until Christmas. During the week of Dec. 17 through December 22, stores will remain open until 9 p.m. each night. Bill Kramer, parade chairman, said he expects attendance at the parade this year to exceed the 8.000 who lined the streets last year for the parade. Salem (U.R) Oregon will have an officials float in the Pasadena Tournament of Roses Darade on New Year's day to match the appearance of Oregon State college in the Rose Bowl. MEDFORD, OREGON, WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 28, 1956 HOSPITAL FRAMEWORK Structural steel framework for the new Rogue Valley Memor ial hospital, is nearing completion at the Barnett and Murphy rds. site. The overall cost of the new hospital has been estimated at 52,555,218. The contract for providing and erecting structural steel was .awarded to West Angered by Refusal for UN Look at Hungary United Nations, N. Y. (U.R) France said today press re ports that French tanks were being sent into Port Said in a new buildup were "high fanci ful." United Nations, N.Y. (U.R) Western delegates grew increas ingly angry today at the refusal of Soviet and Hungarian offic ials to admit UN observers into revolt-torn Hungary. The General Assembly has voted overwhelmingly to de mand the withdrawal of Soviet troops, the end of deportation of Hungarians and the admission of UN observers. The Hungarian puppet regime has ignored UN Secretary Gen eral Dag Hammarskjold's at tempts to get an explanation for the non-compliance. Cuba Demands Report Hammarskjold had hoped to report to the General Assembly Tuesday, but no answer was forthcoming. The result was an angry murmuring among dele gates that new action on -Hungary should be started. Cuban Ambassador Emilio Nunez - Portuondo demanded Hammarskjold give a report "forthwith" on the compliance, or lack of it. It was believed Hammarskjold may interrupt the general de bate today to give 'an interim report. After the assembly adjourned Tuesday night, Israel - Foreign Minister Mrs. Golda Meir re leased a letter to the president of the general assembly charging Egypt has ordered more than 30,000 Jews deported. Egypt Denies Order It asked assembly President Prince an Waithayokan "to ap proach the Egyptian government in order to cause it to desist from the inhuman policy which it is now pursuing." Egypt has denied issuing any such order and it was likely the assembly would ask Hammar skjold to try to clear up this conflict also. DOW-JONES AVERAGES New York (U.R) Dow Jones final stock averages: 30 industrials 466.10, off 4.08; 20 railroads 151.15. off 1.83; 15 ut ilities 65.93, off 0.15, and 65 stocks 165.50 off 1.36. Shares to day were about 2,190,000 shares compared with 2,130,000 shares Tuesday, Better Than Average Pear Crop Reported In Valley This Year A better than average 1956 pear crop has been indicated by a final tabulation of growers' and shippers' reports in the Medford district, according to Cliff Cordy, county agent for horticulture. Despite considerable loss from wind late in the season, the crop totaled about 3.500,000 boxes, Cordy said. The average is about 2,750,000 boxes. About 42 per cent of the total crop was bartletts. Of the bart letts, about 45 per cent was sold to the canning industry, slightly more than the percentage sold Christmas Preview, Show at Ashland Ashland The annual Christ mas preview and gift show will be held Thursday and Friday, Nov. 29 and 30, in the Ashland Armory between 7 and 11 p.m. each evening. The show is sponsored by the Ashland merchants and the Lions club, and includes several entertainment acts in additions to displays by merchants in booths. Dan Engle, president of the Lions club, said 23 out of 24 booths available have been sign ed by merchants. Entertainment will include the high school band and chorus, the high school tumbline team. Rex Clarke, soloist. Thurston Dance studio performers, and a Dixieland jazz band. - Santa Claus will distribute candy to children, and prizes have been arranged. Weather FORECAST: Forre tonight and Thursdav mnrnlnn in valleys, otherwise fair throurh Thurs day. Low toniiht 23-25. Hish Thursday SO. Temp. HlrheU Yesterday 42 Lowest this Morning 25 Our Skies Tonight Sunrite 7:1 a.m. Sunset 4:41 p.m. Moonrise Thursday.... 4:38 a.m. New Moon Saturday night PROMINENT STARS Capeila, low in north- ' east S:4 p.m. Aldenaran. In the east 7:29 p.m. VISIBLE PLANETS Mars, in the south west 9:49 p.m. Jupiter, In the south east 531 a.m. Venus, near the Moon. Tribune Gate City Steel company of Boise. The firm bid $99,200 for the work. A. V. Peterson and company, Portland, was low bidder for gen eral construction. Peterson's bid was $2,040, 404, but through negotiations with the board of directors price of $1,938,000 was estab lished. -. . .v. i to canners last year. All winter pears, Cordy said, are sold on the fresh fruit mar ket. It has been estimated that more than 16 per cent of the total national consumption of fresh pears is produced in the Medford district. Harold Holmes, president of the Rogue River Valley Traffic association, noted that the larg er crop prompted additional ef forts to expand the industry market promotion to sell the crop. Excellent quality this year sustains the high demand for Medford pears on the national and world markets, Holmes said. Additional advances in pack ing and storage techniques in the past few years have extend ed the marketing season of pears, with a resultant increase in consumption and better con trol of .supply reaching the mar ket in an orderly fashion, he noted. Cordy stated two reasons for the increase in the total crop. They are the large size of bart lett fruit this year, and the sub stantially greater amount of D'Anjous. "You And Your Pal Pal PPPilip fli Price 10c United Press Full Leased Wire No. 214 Arms Shipments To Syria Viewed With Concern Syria Advised Of Displeasure Copenhagen, Denmark (UP) Russia's For eign Minister D. T. Shepi lov said tonight he has "in contestable information" that Britain, Trance and Israel intend to attack Sy ria, , Lebanon and .other Mideastern countries. Washington (U.R) The United State? accused Russia to day of creating tensions in the Middle East by sending arms into the area. The charge was made by State Department Press Officer Lin coln White. He said Russia has sent "sub stantial shipments" of weapons into Syria in recent months, some of them after hostilities brought on by the invasion of Egypt. Sources Well-Known' The United States, he said, takes the view that the Soviet move is doing nothing toward relaxing tension in the Middle East. On the contrary, he said, "it is adding to these tensions in. the area." - Asked whether Russia or Syria was creating the tension, White said: "The source of the material is certainly well known." He added that a close reading of reports put out by Pravda, Radio Moscow and other Soviet organs would show "who is at tempting to create further ten sions in this area." White said the United States has advised Syria of its displeas ure over the Soviet arms ship ments. Discussions Carried On U. S. diplomats In Damascus, he said, have been carrying on discussions with the Syrian gov ernment about the Middle East crisis for the past few days. The U. S. diplomats, he said, emphasized in these talks "the need for support for the United Nations of its efforts to restore peace in the area and the need to reduce prevailing tension through the cooperation of all states concerned." White said he did not know whether the United States has complained to Moscow. Although it has been unable to do anything more than com plain orally, the United States has become increasingly con cerned about such pro-Soviet moves as these made by Syria: Buying Russian arms, recogniz ing Red China, relying almost entirely on the Russian news agency Tass for outside news and the censoring of the U. S. information bulletin. Tito!" "You And Your Stalin!"
