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lottDe With 9 ytocam) dobd UD Civil Russia, Unleashes Htage Propaganda" Mack on West ' ' JJrtited States, Allies ' Come infor Big, Shane o - London (U.R) The. Soviet Union unleashed a massive pro paganda attack totfay against the Umied States and its allies. It was a cold-elooded return to the cold war. n mie space of a few hours Moscow Radift, the Saviet press and Red diplomats loosed an avanche of char'acs against the United States, Britain, France, Iraq and Turkey. Returning To Stalin Lint OlaKrvers here said Moscow, stung by world condemnation of it action in-Hungary and the possible Urns of a foothold in r-gypt, was returning to the )Ugh Stalin-Molotov foreign policy line. The Soviet assaults ranged , from the Mediterranean through Syria and Turkey into Austria. They included these charges: 1. Western "imperialist" pow ers and Iraq are planning armed itervition.in Syria. The pres ence of The Turkish foreign min- isimt in London goes hand in hand with diplomatic and politi cal maneuvers" against Syria. This came frim Sovetskaya Ros sia, orjn of the Russian S.S.R. Bureau of the Central Commit tee of the Communist party of the soviet Union. Provocative Activities 2. The activities of the U. S. 6th Fleet in the Mediterranean are "provocative." This came from goviet:i Flot. organ of tlif Red fleet, which said the U. S. Fret was being reinforced, was almost constantly on the move and was soon beginning mafive maneuvers which "pur BU"s$viously provocatie aims." 3. Thes United States is plan ninggto isolate Austrian neutral ity and re-establish American air phases therf on the "pretext" of flying out Hugariarr refugees. Thai came from Radio Moscow. Coday's barrage was preceded Gby several days of isolated at tacks on Israel, of attempts to split tiie United States further from its Anglo-FrcVich allies, and of attempts to discredit the West ern allies throughout the Middle East. a Diplomatic observers here said the Soviet action was aaother significant development in its determined.policy to win foot hold m th Middle East and to increase its influence in' the Mojiterraneais All-Out tSt Beachheads Moscow, aiter extending its policy of infiltration from Egypt to neifhboring Syria, appeared today to be going alLout for fisher beafcheads wherever a crack appeared in the Vfestern front. Moscow Vad made tentative' approaches to Greece for -some "tie, but reports from Athens today give ominous indications Russians shifting its. diplomatic offensive there to offers of fi nancial aid and support for . Creek claims to Cyprus. 45G0 Registrations May Be Cancelled About 2.300, voter registrations. m Jackson county are expected to be cancelled because residents failed to vnte either in the pri mary or general elfction offi cials in the caiinty elections de partment said today. ixr three times that num ber registrations were can celled for the sSme'reasop after - tbe 1954 election,, they pointed " out. . Residents whose registrations Stre being prepared for cancel ation ill be notified and will Tiae opporunity to become re instated in the lecal 90-day re instatement period. After that Qimc. Toteri must reregister. Officials explained voters may fce remsiatcd if tltcy have not fcved oiil of the precinct in tiich they were registered. If they have moved, new registra tisjnust be made. ike Acts To Let Industry Meet World Oil Deficit Augusta. Ga. (U.R) Presi d5t Eisenhower acted tdday to let the American oil 'industry help meet th:wold. oil deficit caed Igy the .trouble in tae MfeJdle E'as. . The ad-.iiistration put into ef fect mrgenci .pians to boost shipment ot oil from the.WesV- erncHemwphere to 'Western Eu- Tt White House declined to say whether this government wouJ eventually finance oil 9 shipments to Western Europe, the ari primarily affected by the crisis uvthe Jliddle East Today i order requests Secre 51st Year Medford United Press Full Leased Wire 24 Pages MEDFORD, OREGON, FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 31 I : ! ' ' ' : " irrrs?p um. ri&s i i i ir - - CONSTRUCTION PROGRESSING The new $40 000 Medford armory is expected to be completed sometime in March. Considerable progress in construction has been noted in Preliminary Under Way Program in Preliminary work is under way for Jackson county's first three year program for rebuilding and improving roads, the county court has anounced. Members of the court and County Engineer Paul Rynning are inspecting roads throughout the county to determine the amount of work needed from now through J 959. Results of the survey, to be reported sometime next spring, will be taken into consideration when road pro gram budget allocations are made. Three Allotment Judge Rodney Keating said an attempt will be made to split the anticipated three-year finan cial requirements into three sep- Morse Thinks War Danger Lessened Portland U.R) Sen. Wayne Morse (D-Ore.) said today he thinks the "danger of war is much less than it was a month ago." Morse returned late last night after a seres of meetings with the Senate Foreign Relations Committee in Washington, D.C. He declined to speak directly on the Middle East crisis. "This is a time for senators to be silent and give the administra tion support for what is in the best interest and what is neces sary," he said. Morse said the "administra tion is now working through the United Nations and exercising leadership through the United Nations in connection with poli cies which many of us in the Senate advocated last year in connection with the Middle East problems." Idaho Freshman Charged With -Murder Moscow, Ida. (U.R) Paul D. Matovich, 20, freshman student at the University of Idaho, was char.ged today with first degree murder in 'connection with a dormitory fire which killed three students Oct. 19. Ely? T8 tary of Interior Fre1 A. Seaton to authorize 15 U. S. oil com panies to coordinate the efforts they have been making individu ally to help meet oil needs of the Western European countries, including the United Kingdom. The order means Seaton may call into session immediately the Middle East Emergency Commit tee made-up of the 15 com panies. In Washington. Defense Mobil izer Arthur S. Fleming said the big problem now is transporta tion. He said there are not enough tankers to carry all the oil that is needed ''everywhere in the world." Work Is for Road County arate budget allotments. At the present time budgets are plan ned on a year-to-year basis.The three-year-plan, he explained, will guarantee enough funds to complete all road projects which may be in progress when the new budget is fomulated. He said the plan will be flex ible enough to meet changing economic conditions or special needs in the county. As an ex ample of such a factor, the judge mentioned a forest fire which would require additional road fa cilities to permit salvage of tim ber from the burned area. Inspect Roads , ; Judge:. Keating,"; Rynnirut. and Commissioners Chester Wendt and L. G. (Shy) Morthland have already inspected two-thirds of the county's- roads in tours of the Applegate and Butte Falls Prospect areas. Northeast and northwest areas of the county will be toured in the next few days. They said roads they have toured so far appear in "very good" condition and they are "well-pleased" with progress in areas where new construction is under way. U. S. Hopes Warning Staves Off Fighting Washington (U.R) The United States hoped today that its warning to any nation attack ing Baghdad pact members will stave off a new outbreak of fighting in the Middle East. Diplomatic officials expressed grave concern that warlike ac tion in Syria, the latest arrna for Russia's "malicious meddling," could spark a new war. This was the big reason that the United States, in a formal statement late Thursday, warned Russia, Syria, or any other na tion that ft would regard aggres sion against Middle East mem bers of the Bahdad pact as a threat to peace. The pact is a mutual security arrangement embracing Britain and the Middle East nations of Iran, Iraq, Pakistan and Turkey. Oregon Christmas Trees Going To Antarctica ' . Salem (U.R) A dozen Oregon Christmas trees left here today to cheer the Christmas holidays of service men based in Antarc tica. The eight-foot firs, requested by the Army and rounded up by the Bureau of Land Management, will be trucked to Portland and then flown by the Air Force to the frigid South Polar regions. Loa Mason Resigns From Welfare Office Salem (U.R) Mrs. Loa How ard Mason, administrator of the State Public Welfare Commis sion for the past 12 years, an nounced her resignation today and the commission appointed her assistant, Jeanne Jewett, to succeed her. DOW-JONES AVERAGES New York (U.R) Dow-Jones final stock averages: 30 indus trials 472.78, up 6.16: 20 rail roads 151.69, up 1.25; 15 utilities 66.42, up 0.45, and 65 stocks 167.24, up 1.79. Sales today were about 2,300.000 shares compared with 2,440,000 shares Thursday. recent weeks. General contractors are Wiley and company and L. C. McLaughlin, Ashland. The First National bank was awarded the con tract for bonds. Architect is Robert J. Keeney. Car Pulled From Rogue South of GP Late This Morning A 1949 green Chevrolet was pulled from the Rogue river about a mile north of Rogue River along Highway 99 shortly before noon today. The car was found about 10:10 a.m. today, state police said. A wrecking crew from Grants Pass was called. The car, police said, was almost completely sub merged. When found, the car contained only a dog, police said. Owner of the car had not been determined at noon today. Police estimated the vehicle had been in the river since Wednesday night. Grants Pass state police office said' the-lirst report-lhey -got of a car in the river was about 1:30 p.m. yesterday. An officer from the Medford state police office was dispatched this morning to assist Grants Pass officials. Police said William B. Hunter. vice principal at Rogue River High school, was asked this noon to view the car for possible identification. Hunter reported to police this morning that his brother-in-law, William C. Larch 23, of Fortuna, Calif., was 24 hours overdue from Grants Pass Hunter told police Larch tele phoned him from Grants Pass Wednesday that he was trav elling to Rogue River by car at that time. He has not heard from him since. Grants Pass state police said Hunter told them Larch and another person were supposed to be in the car. Hermiston Girl, 17r Auto Wreck Victim Hermiston (U.R) Frances Howard, 17-year-old Hermiston high school student was killed about 10:30 a.m. today when the car she was driving struck a steel railroad- bridge one mile south of Hermiston on Highway 32. Three other teenage girls in the car with the Howard girl were hospitalized with serious in uries. They were Nancy Bunten; Marcene Templeton, and Kath erine Bennett, all students at the Hermiston school and all about 17 year old. Police said they had been unable to learn details of the accident immediately. "Who Else Do We Pick Price 10c 216 ciieral Assembly Irked by Hungary's Inspection Stand No Reply Received On Observer Request United Nations, N. Y.(U.P.) Hungary's reusal to reply to U.N. requests to admit observers to the revolt-torn country touched off diplomatic conferences today on how to deal with the Buda pest puppet regime. Secretary-general Dag Ham marskjold reported to the Gen eral Assembly that Hungary had sent no reply to his repeated communications. But he said the possibility of a trip by him or by U.N. observers to Hungary remains open. The United States consulted with delegates of more tban a dozen countries on a suggested resolution that would urge the secretary-general to send U.N. observers into countries near Hungary, such as Austria, if they could not get into Hungary itself. Knocking on Door A U.S. spokesman said this would have the effect of having observers "knocking at the door" of the Budapest .puppet government and at the same time enable them to gather eyewit ness reports for a document that could be presented for world opinion. The U. S. spokesman said the exact language of the draft prob ably would not be worked out until Monday. It is expected to express the General Assembly's indignation that the Soviet Union and its puppet Hungarian government have not heeded past resolutions calling for withdrawal of Soviet troops and admission of U.N. ob servers. Another resolution, under con sideration by Italy and perhaps other sponsors, called openly for condemnation of the Janos Kadar regime. Neither had been presented to the assembly and action was un likely before the start of next week. Bank Debits Show Decrease in Area Eugene Bank debits In southern Oregon during October showed a decrease of 8.8 per cent from September, and a 4.6 per cent decrease from October last year, according to the bureau of business research at the Univer sity of Oregon. The southern Oregon area in cludes Medford. Ashland and Grants Pass. Bank debits, re garded as a good indicator of current business activity, repre sent the dollar value of checks drawn against the deposit ac counts of .individuals and busi ness firms. Oregon bank debits during Oc tober were $1,729,803,012, an in crease of 2.8 per cent more than September this year and 11.2 per cent increase over October, 1955. Southern Oregon bank debits were $65,551,077. Springfield, 111. (U.R) Ben jamin Platt Thomas, 54, one of the nation's top authorities on Abraham Lincoln, killed him self Thursday because he thought he was dying of cancer. Up In Thi Car Pool?" f inn Revolution Seen Attempt To Upset Batista Regime Situation Eased; Still Confused Santiago, Cuba (U.R) Armed civilians, battled police in the streets of Santiago today in what appeared to be a revolutionary attempt to overthrow the gov ernment of President Fulgencio Batista. Gen. Martin Diaz Tamayo told United Press the fighting started at 2:40 a.m. (PST) when groups of armed civilians attacked po lice stations in various parts of the city. Two Said Wounded First reports said at least two civilians were wounded. Shortly after 7 a.m. (pst) Cuban Army headquarters here said "situation has eased, al though it is still confused." Lt. Laureano Pino Cruz, aide to Diaz Tamayo, said "some per sons still are loose" in the streets. But he said there had been no further street fighting "for some time" as of that hour. Pino Cruz said that, although no official list of casualties had been compiled, there were "var ious persons" dead and wounded, with "only a handful" among the dead. He said that "various pris oners" were taken, noting they were "captured in the street and were armed." He said fighter aircraft were sent aloft over the city on patrol "as a precaution." The sound of automatic gun fire rattled through Santiago, a city of about 120,000 persons that lies 460 miles southeast of Havana. Cuban Army aircraft took to the air over the city at 6 a.m. (pst). It was not clear whether they were being used to support ground operations against the rebels or as a precaution against possible air attack. Siata of Confusion ' Civilians armed with rifles and submachine guns were re ported roaming the streets of this industrial city, the second largest in Cuba. - There were no official reports on the fighting. One reporter said "a state of confusion" ex isted throughout Santiago. Army and Navy units in and around the city were called back to their posts and placed on general alert. Machine gun nests barricaded by sandbags were placed around the Cuartel Moncada Military Barracks, which was the site of an abortive revolutionary attack July 26, 1953, in which 200 j persons were killed and wound ied. Youth Ordered to Trim 'Presley' Hair Cut An 18-year-old Medford boy was ordered -Thursday to have his "Elvis Presley hair style" modified and make restitution within 10 days or face prosecu tion for theft of a .22 caliber rifle. Joe Walsh, chief deputy sher iff, identified the youth as Vic tor William Godard, 1221 Thom as rd., cabin 3. He was interro gated by deputies Thurdsay in connection with the Nov. 14 theft of the rifle, belonging to Noel Kooken, 1221 Thomas rd., rabin 4. He was subsequently referred to the district attorney's office. The order for restitution and hair-clipping was issued by Alan Holmes, deputy district attor ney. Federal Agents Seize Las Vegas Club Money Las Vegas OI.R) Federal In ternal. Revenue Service agents swooped down upon the Silver Palace casino here today and seized all the money in sight to satisfy unpaid claims for with holding payments and social se curity taxes totalling $77,000. Ten agents led by Collections Supervisor Wendell Ruby en tered the downtown gambling club at 8:30 a.m. and, after pad locking the doors, began empty ing cash off the gaming tables and out of the slot machines. The club's bank accounts were also seized. Oregon's Three Major Forest Fires Reported Controlled; Light Winds Seen Salem (U.R) The State For estry Department reported today that Oregon's three major forest fires were all under control with only light variable winds pre dicted. Smaller fires were all under control yesterday. Ted Maul, executive assistant to the state forester, said that close to 10,000 acres had been ravaged by . w i n d-whipped flames, but that the figure might X UN TROOPS MOVE TO TRUCE ZONE; ALLIES RETREAT o London (U.R) U.N. fqrees moved into the no man's land .be tween Anglo-French and Egyp tian forces in the Suez Canal Zone today and British troops pulled back. At the same time, the British Admiralty in London announced that certain naval units now n the Mediterranean would be withdrawn. The two moves raised hope for lessening tension in the Middle East and diplomatic speculation that Anglo-French withdrawal from Egypt would be completed bv Christmas. New Danger Threatened But new Mideast danger threatened m the area centered around Syria, which is reported under the control of Communist elements and which reportedly has been supplied with a vast arms buildup by the Soviet Union in recent weeks. Turkey, which is sandwiched between Syria and the Soviet Union, announced that it would hold "routine" army maneuvers in its eastern and western re gions adjoining those two neigh bors. A communique discounted foreign press reports that Turkey Martial Law in Iraq London '(U.R) Baghdad Radio announced today that Iraq hd proclaimed martial law in four provinces to figbi subversive acti vities. Turkey was reported to have warned Britain that Iraq may resort lo force to prevent Syria becoming a Soviet satellite. Baghdad Radio, heard in Beirut, Lebanon, said martial law was declared in the four northern provinces of Mosul, which borders Syria and Turkey: Erbil. which borders Turkey anc? Iran, and Kurkuk and Sulemanya, which border Iran. An Iraqi communique issued by ths- military cQ,mmaf(dr said "advocates of subversive doctrines" wen tryinn to promote dis order in upper Iraq, where Communist'inspirea riots Ifcve ben reported for the last several days. . More Than Hungarians Vienna 'U.R) The number of Hungarian refugees fleeing to Austria to escape Communist terror passed the 100,000 mark today despite determined Soviet efforts to stem the flow. Another 4,432 refugees, brav ing mine fields and Soviet fire, crossed the Iron Curtain border to freedom in the past 24 hqurs, refugee officials announced. This brought the total number of fugitives to 100,511 since the exodus began Oct. 28. Reports that the Russians were using tanks near the fron tier to stop the refugee tide were discounted by Austrian border officials. Hear Rifle Shots Border police at Klingenbach, west of the Hungarian frontier. town of Sopron, said they heard only some rifle shots during the night. For the first time since the Western rescue effort began, evacuation of refugees " troni Austria today exceeded the in flux, the Intergovernmental Committee for European Migra tion announced. The committee said a total of 4,950 refugees was moved out of Austria in the past 24 hours. The outgoing refugees include 140 more Hungarians scheduled Weather FORECAST: Continued foggy In lower portion of valley with partial afternoon clearing, olherwixe fair through Sat -nrday. Low tonight 25. Htrh Saturday In fos 38, out of fOS S5. Temp. Highest Yesterday 17 Lowest this Morning Our Skies Tonight Sunrise 7:7 a.m. 4:41 p.m. Sunset Hoo' rise Saturday 6:44 a.m. New Moon Saturday night PROMINENT STARS Rige). in the south east 10:87 p.m. Aldeharan. high over Rigel. VISIBLE PLANETS Mars, due south - 7:23 p'im. Venus, rises 4:55 a.m. Jupiter, high In south at sun rise. be lowered somewhat when in teriors of the blackened areas were mapped. Permit restrictions in north western Oregon were still in ef fect. Maul said, and would prob ably be continued until there were signs of rain. The three largest blazes were the Salmonberry river fire in Clatsop county which burned in a 6,000-acre area; the 400-acree Trask river fire in the Tilla was massing ft:ips on bor- der, although it twted Istanbul had taken normal precautions fot- defensee A series of conferences were underway here in London on the Mideait. A Turkish delegation headed by Foreign Mister Ethem Menderes conferred with British Foreif!i Secretary Sel wyn Lloyd. A French Relegation headed bf Ejf?eign Minister Christfin Pineau flew in fro Paris for urgent consultations on tl.e Suez. Moscow Radio Vrged that Iraq, Turkey and Israel ere on the road to "premeditated ag gression against Syria,"nd said g that "tension alegg the Syrian frontiers is on the increase." Say Attack Doubtful However, an informed source in Paris said France considers an Iraqi Turkish attack against ( Syria "hilhly improvable." Because the area is heavier mined, it was considered the most dangenJUs nssion under taken so. far by troops of the U.N. Emergency Force. It was to be he first fleployment of UNSF" troops into no-man's-land sice the international forces began arriving in Egypt Nov. 15. I 100,000 Escape' ; ito leave lor the Uniteci&taies to- day in two U.S. planes. Representatives of Hungarian Worker Councils conv.ied in Budapest today following rejec tion of worker demands for greater freedom by the Soviet puppet regime of Premier Janos Kadar. " The government turned down demands of the Central Work ers Council of Greater Budapest as "destructive." The demands were the miifimum pyce set fey laborleaders for an end to he general Strike ajfc? a worker spokesman Vad warned rejec tion would plunge Hungary into "total anarchy." DeBerry, Bettiol fc Promotiojis Recently Dean Deberiw and Paul Bet tiol, formerly dl-puties in the Jackson county sSeriff's office, have been promojd to r geants, it ivas repotted today. Personel in the sheriffs fice now fall into three classifi cations, deputy, sergeant and chief criminal deputy,in addi tion to the sheriff. They have previously fallen into jusPtwo classificatons, sheriff yid dep uties. Seceral months ago, Joseph Walsh was promoted from dep uty to chief criminal deputy. Bryson Conviction Upheld by Court San Francisco U.R) The U. S. Court of Appeals today up held the peniury conviction of former labor leader Hugh Bry son convicted in 1955 of lying about his relationship with the Communis, party. Bryson was found guilty of falsely swearing in a Taft-Hartley affidavit that he was not af filiated with the party. The juy failed to find he perjured him self in derayint he hadever been a member. mook burn; and a double blaze in the (Astoria watershed. A fire on U.S. forest service land 30 miles south of Eugene was also under control, foresters reported. Mopping-up was under way at several smaller fire sites in Clackamas county. Foresters said the chief fire danger this time of year was from strong winds particular ly from the east and that thes had apparently subsided.
