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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
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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.
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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.