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Subscribers 10c Recommended Iedford: T report improper or non-delivery the UU rrtur.e ohone :-! otmn t: r m dUy and If reruiAf dIIrr arrives &horv it met tcti ceil chwm aotsty office ttiue umtneuu emctal neenfr Air Patrol 5iudron apprari 14 f today Mail Trlteus. 2 United Press Full Leased Wire 32 Pages BEDFORD. 0REGON., SUNDAY. DECEMBER 2. 1924 No. 217 51st Year PbITrtT O- - . 15 Youths Involved In 'Car About 15 Medford boys, ages ranging from 13 to 16, have eith er admitted or been implicated in a scries of "car borrowing" spices in the city during recent weeks, city police reported Sat urday. Officer Raymond Seeley said in many cases tlie juveniles tooK cars in which keys had been left, "Joy rode" in them for sev eral miles, then returned them without owners even knowing the vehicles had been missing. Take Truck One such vehicle was a pick up truck, owned by Barbara Lee Johnson, 1.420 Hillcourt St., Med ford. The ignition key had been left in the truck which was parked behind the YMCA build ing. On Nov. 21. she reported to police seeing someone drive the truck away. She followed the vehicle and apprehended the 14-y car-old driver. Upon questioning, the boy said he had "borrowed" the pick-up on nine other occasions without Mrs. Johnson's knowledge. He also told officers of several oth er teenage boys who had taken various cars in the same manner Seeley said a large number of the juveniles were borrowing their parents' cars while the par ents were away from home. He also told of one case in which the parents had taken their teen age boy to a football game in Grants Pass. A few minutes aft er they entered the stadium, the boy said he wanted to sit witn some friends and obtained hi. parents' consent to do so. Drive to Medford "Instead of sitting with Chance of Rain May Thin Fog Monday A storm front off the Pacific northwest coast may bring some TCHif from -vfitieu. fotf latv Mon day, the weather bureau indi cated in its forecast for today and tomorrow. The forecast is for fog in the valley through today with fair vcather in the south end of the valley and above 2.000 feet. The fog is expected to thin Monday, morning, with increasing cloud iness and a chance of rain by tomorrow night. Friday and yesterday, slate and city police reported a con siderable number of drivers re porting accidents resulting from fog conditions. None of the ac cidents have been serious, police said, probably because vehicles were moving slowly in most cases. Officials at the Medford air port said that no planes have landed or taken of at the local field since Wednesday. Paul Rynning. county engine er, said virtually all major road work in the county has been postponed until fog conditions ease. Sports Bulletin McMinnyille Linfield de feated Southern Oregon col lege 57-43 here last night in a non-league basketball game, sweeping a two-game series. Halftime score was 27-26 Lin field. Basketball Utah 63, Montana Stat 56 Temple 62, Gettysburg 39 Oregen State 68. Wyoming 6S Michigan 79, Delaware 68 Niagara 75. Colgate 73 Brigham Young 70. Wash ington 66 Duquesne 70. Florida State 55. Iowa State 60. Michigan State 53 Penn State 90. Carnegie Tech 51 Wake Forest 79. George Washington 66 Bucknell 60. Cornell 54 Depauw 72. Western oRe serve 58 Ohio State 98. Butler 82 ' CCNY 82, Hunter 74 Tennessee 114, Furman 108 South Dakota 58, Wiscon sin 56 Seton Hall 87. Toronto 52 New Hampshire 65, Bates 48 Northwestern 99, Western Michigan 60 Minnesota 63, Vanderbilt 60 Seattle 66. Utah State 59 Pennsylvania 90, Rutgers 70 Bradley 95, Omaha 54 Oklahoma A&M 68, Baylor j Purdue 62. Evansville 60 Maryland 67. Virginia 63 Idaho 72. Montana 56 Arkansas 59. Oklahoma 55 orrowmg , " Ct lAft m,,n,4 fnr -kll friends the stadium, got into his parents car and drove all the way back to Medford." En route, the boy receivecj-ja state police5 citation for not having driver i license. Still, Seeley said, the parents were unaware of the incident. They learned of it some time later when the father saw the boy driving a pick-up truck be longing to someone else. Not all of the passengers in these stolen cars have known the ownership until after enter ing the vehicles and riding Refugee Quota Is Increased 16,500 For United States o Washington !U.R The United States offered asylum Saturday to 21.500 Hungarian9! refugee P r e s i d ent Eisenhower, who had; previously ordered admisjd sion of 5.000, announcedj frgm his vacation headquarters at Au gusta, Ga., that the quota has been increased by 16,500. o He also ordered the defense department to work out aorange ments for bringing the refugees here from Austria "with the tit most practicable speed." Pre sumably a military airlift will be organized to repjace the chartered private0 planes now flying refugees to this country About 100,000 refugees have? crossed the border into Austria since Russian troops crushed Hungary's freedom revolt. Only 1.000 have been broucht to this country so far. Aout 30,000 have been taken to other coun tries, mainly Britain and France, which have offered to acccp un specified numbers. Criticism In Europe There lias becn-some criticism in Europe of the U.S. record ir? accepting refugee. And some members of congress had public ly appealed to Mr. Eisenhower to make a more generous offer. The president's announcement noted that "other nations have already made increasingly gen-J erous offers ad have waft.ed the ordinary restrictions imposed upon immigration." g He said he was ordering emergency action" by the Unit ed States to "give practical effect to the American pifeple's intense desire to help the victims of So viet oppression." Only about 6.500 of the refu gees can be. given regular imrai gration visas under the refugee relief act. WherPits quotas arc exhausted, the remaining 15,000 will be brought here under tlffe so-called "parole" clause of the McCarran -cWalter immigration act. Jones Ordered to Leave Budapest Vienna (U.R) United Press Correspondent Russel Jones. ! only American newsman to re main in Budapest from the start of the all-out Russian campaign to crush the Hungarian revolt. Saturday was ordered to leave Hungary within t8ree days. Peter Kemp, correspondent of the "Universe" of London a Catholic publication, was given similar explusion orders by the Hungarian Foreign Ministry. Jones, whose first Hungarian visa expired Friday, had been negotiating with the Foreign Ministry for several days for an extension untfi the end of the year. Saturday , he was summoned to the Foreign Ministry, given a three-day visa valid until Mon day and told he must then leave. Weather rORFXAST: roptT in T11y through Sunday evninc. Fair in south fnd of vallv and hove fret, Fot thinninj Hi valley Monday mornin. In creasinc cloudiness Monday with chance of rain Irv .Monday nirht. Hiich Sunday 34 tn 1o$. near 80 with clear skies. I,nw Sunday ngnt z., ana mtn .Mon- qi nav .A-cn in most areas. TEMPERATURE Highest Yesterday 31 Lowest Yesterday .. 24 Our Skies Tonight Sunrte Sunset ... 1:22 a.m. 4:40 p.m. 5:13 p.m Moonset First Onarter .... De 10 HtRhhjht of the celestial phen omena this month will be the large Ful Moon ridinc hirh in the skv the week before Christ mas. (Snow on the sround over a large area nf the Earth at this time wilt add to the brilliant f the Mnonl. ont.s who tola aed drove the cars told the othen the cars belonged to their par ents and they were using theme Evcntoslly? they would become worried and tell the others he car was stolen," SccPy said. None Wrecjcec? . c None of the cars have been wrecked or damasyd in any manner. oSeeley added sorae owners were rut even vare of the gasoline Ohat had been ucd because the cars we're driven for so few miles 0 c On at least one ofcrasion. how ever, a "bnrroweo' pfek - up tructj rao out of gas. "The felcls piled out of rhel truck, pushed it o the service station a n do got the tank filled with the ifljjie amount 'ofigas tha had been in trfie truck wh?n they took.it," he explained. According to the officer, there isoonly0one known instance in vhich the vehicle ohad been started by 'Hot-wiring' 'the igni tiog. "The rest qf the time the keys were lct ir the cars or I tne agnilion switches" had been lft in a9i unlocked position," he said Other Qffenset o "Most of the kids who hyye been interrogated have been co operative?" Seeley said. "Only a cdKjjle of thenf show signs of being real jroblcrS eases. In one or two instances, they hjve also admitted sBoplifting offense's." The youths involved in the ear theff? will be turned over tip cSuny juvenile auAorities, whether they actually took yie vehftles or were pSssftigcrs in thgn, he sgid. jJovernrnerif JlaiSes FHA Merest Rate.- e Washington (U.R) The governmenjt Sa'turdy rajsec the interesW-Jate on FHA insured home leans from4V4 :fa 5 per' cent. a .! Tlje veterans administration also announced it may ask Con gress next year to raise'the rai on VA-insured "GI" Home loans, now at 4Vi per cent. n Fedca-al Housing Administra tor Albert M. Cole said the iift crease will he"lp home-buyers "get the financihig they need" in9 tijday's tighf money market. Leftders lately hae displayed re luctance to in'test money in FHA mortgages a ii per cent when higher Set urns are Available on3 other types of loans. e The action also was deigned 'to stimulate the slumping house building industry. Cole said the government "cannot afford to let the vital housing portion of our econ8mic life dwindle to a point that jeopardizes ourepro ductive capacity and threatens the jobs of many3 thousands of people." The increase is effective Tues day, if does not affect mortgage loans Slfeady insured under the old ceiling. Red Press Continues Propaganda Line Moscow (U.R) The Soviet Press continued its bitter prop aganda campaign against the United States Saturday, accusing it of seeking to stagt a new mid East conflict. The campaign was 0 being waged in the columns ofQthe Communist party newspaper PPravda and the government or gan Izvestia. Pravcft put one particularly tough dispatch from Fedor Orek hov, its New York correspond ent, under the headline: "New wr of nerves against Syria." "The United- States has made new efforts to divert attention from the Anglo - French - Israeli aggression against Egypt with a campaign of provication against Syria," Orekhov said. The New Cold Storage Facilities District's Capacity 370,000 New cold storage facilities in the Medford pear district bring the total storage capacity to 2,400,000 boxes, an increase of 370,800, according to Harold Holmes, .president of the Rogue River Valley Traffic association. Packing companies complet ing plants in the past year in clude Nye - Naumes Crystal Springs, Barnes brothers. Pin nacle and Associated Fruit. About a 125,000-tox storage was added by Nye - Naumes - Crys tal Springs to bring the total handling capacity for the season Trade Union Boss In Hungary Quits; Fear New Uprising srker, Pid-peM 'UP" 4lurer' lrrit union bo'a quit hj job Iasl night amid signs that thf government frr a now arpujl uprising by the .nation i angry workers. The resignation of Sianrior Oaspa. "president eif t'lf tnv eminent controlled trade uru,yi. war announced nvrV PudapeM ra'rlio A "a joint rftmmuntmie y the association of. fiacre tm- pions and the railway employees! throne aj iyss-A prp looitMii a?sniatinn. 'jchampinus of Oren here 'rri Apootnted Friday ' Gaspat was appointW only Friday as one of two top govern ment agents to negotiate with' the workeiej' leaders onticmands v?hich puppet Premier ,Tan8s KSdar consistcniPy rejected. Leaflet appeared throughout Budapest Saturday calling on workers to resume their "total strike" untfi the demands,, are met. Hungarian President IstVSn Dobi,' in3 an efjEprt to quiet the peonle's hostility oward his iKrdjprcsscd cocrnment. prom ised that democratic 'parties wmild take parfain the verrP mcnt 8"aftcrs peace wd order is restored." Ratflo Budapest, whichamen-f tiontd the strike legflcts in sev eral broadcasts claimed late Taat night that the leaflets jfeo call cS on he workers8 to trde up arms again agagist the Kadar reginje. Resching rjw Peak , flijye wsfii nooubt that idle wojrkers throffehout the3 coun trjt were reaching a new peak of exasperation.9 o 8aftej Irving to wheedle ce? oneratiun Trom thpm PrpTa8r Cadar suddcnl$ turOed to tough" tacucj last weekend. . An ominous sign" that the f government considered the ssit uation really grave was the et that both Resident . Dotn. and Msgrt Joszcf Groesz. CathJic ArchWshap of Kslocsa. made radio appeals to the people to nieftt to restore orHer. & The - CathoSc 9 Prelate akcd the Hungarian people to "per- fform true Christian cftarity, to vork andeto pray."o 8 buglois GirJ Shot By Brother Friday tanglois (U.R) A iO-ycar-old girl was fatally wounded Friday night after challenging her 13-' yer-old brother to cock and fire his .410 gauge shotgun at their home at Denmark, Ore. Joyce Pendergraff .was eprd5 nounced c?tad on arrival at a Gold Be'kch hospital where sfte taken for treatment of chest and shoulder wounas.e The brether, 'Perry Pender jgraff, gate this statement to police: ' I told her 1 can cock my gun and puil- the trigger beforg you can even run across the soorn. She said, 'well, you can't,' so I mftde her a bet. She started across the room and I cocked the gun real quick and pulled the trigger." State Police, who called the shooting accidental, said hey located the children's parents at Port Orford watching tele vision in a tavern. Norway Asks Egypt to Aov? Ships to Move Cairo (U.R) Norway for- Imally asked Egypt Saturday to e.n . i,t : . rtuuw two iurwegian sius nap ped near the north end of the Suez canal during the recent fighting to leave through the channel cleared by Britain and France. Norwegian ambassador Chris tian Reusch presented a "de marche" requesting clearance for the ships to the foreign of fice. He said he expects an ans wer "in a few days." to about 300,000 boxes. Holmes said the total capac ity figures for a season repre sent the combined' use of storage facilities for the bartlctt crop and for winter varieties. Pinnacle Packing company's new plant is a complete pack ing and storage facility with a capacity of 90,000 boxes. Tne plant was placed in operation this year and replaces one de stroyed by fire in 1953. Pin nacle's total storage capacity is now 350,000 boxes a season. Barnes Brothers Packing com BODY RECOVE.. iMarshfield Retains jflateM Crown With 40-19 Victory i Shanlty, Johriorf ifun Too Much for Tornado ' .By DICK JT.WETT .VlaiUl nbune Sports Editor Multnnn.h Sta'lnn. P"rtland Narshfield Jlsh school's gray lu.rdcof Pirates, sharp and u pcrchaf'jjd. maintained, tlifir daa night by crushing and claim- int flieir hicRott rated ialo lenger, the Medford Black Tor nado, in the 'state's big school grill final. 0 The Bucajinccrs of Ctoos Bay combincdothe talents of a mas ije line with tlfb driving run ning of backs Jack Shanley, Rogjjr iihnson, anc! Hard? Spur geon to bWit out gieir stunning 40fo 19 tnumj)h over tls ".'4ul vifid of tiff s$Jth. . So. loRanked 0 'ividrshfield No. 1 ranked in all the noils tkerouaiiaut .the tl&ree- the Nos 2 TornadCi kick-off tftne. But the dgojsive victory canuncxpected MeSford had knotted the Pi- rtes 20 to20 early in the sea-1 Ton. inat aeaaiock, and a tig with South Salem in the 1954 titular tusslcs are (he only Mem ighes on an UjjidefcSted Coos Bay record over fliree seasons aid now stretched to 35 games. Sriking'in the pening min utes for a touchdown the Piraftcs 'saw the Tfirfiadb catch up at 7 all as ttieseciflid period got un der way. iThfti the blaziftg Buc anneers fcejomed in frgnt with tvo touchdowns to head 19 to J 't the0 half. They br?ed across the goal foranother pair to make it 33 to 1 after three quar ters, i Medford, beaten bifl still tsy ijg," scored twice in the"Wnal period and Marshficld addeo ?. wrap-up counter. 14.0 05 Per CSarry Shanley, v.o avcrageii 14?05 r cfirry and thrilled Coos Bay cheerers with four long runs, tabulated or the Piretes on 67 yard and" five-yard jaujits. John son0rseached the end zone on two cracks of one-ard each and on a 12-yard thrlRst. He passed,, to Snd Chuck Amsbary for anoth er TD. Spurgeon added four convers ion kicks. Halfback Eldon Francis pass 'e8 to end. 6ick Copple on an eight-yard Tfb play and crossed the iast white strip twicg on seven and 1 1-yard runs. Copple booted gne extra point kick. Marshfield concluded its chanpionship year ith 11 vic tories and a tie. Medford ended with 10 triumphs and itsingle loss to and onetie with the Pi rates in an impressive season. (See Story on Sports Page) Helicopter Rescues Plane Commander Port Artliur, Ont. (U.R) A helicopter Saturday rescued a B-4, stratojet commander who parachuted into the snow-banked bush country moments before his spinning plane crashed and exploded. The fate of his three crew members was unknown. Maj. Robert M. Slane, 33, Trinidad, Colo., was only slightly bruised from his drop from an altitude off 23,000 feet to ice toatcd Ray lake. . A ground search party reach ed the scene of the crash and found a high crater. Tiny frag ments of the $1,900,000 jet bomber were scattered over a wide area. The only part found intact was one wheel. Sacramento (U.R) Stanley Plumb is an official for the Cali fornia Cling Peach Advisory board. Increase Boxes pany's new plant, completed in time for use this year enables the firm to handle an additional 75,000 boxes of pears on a sea sons basis for a- total of 120.000 boxes. Associated Fruit, which open ed a new storage plant this year, reported facilities lo handle ap proximately 80,000 boxes. Stor age capacity at Associated now totals 140,000 boxes. New storage facilities in the Medford area will help alleviate critical storage problems which confronted the district in past years, Holmes said. "Come In. rird-r-l 600 Troods B w m m m mi in C TttW To Half Cuban Revolt Santiago, Cuba OJ.R) Cuban President FiWgencio Batista sue pemcd constitutional "guarantee qn four of Cuba's six provinces Saturday, and flew 600 "combat trailed" tsoops here"to pfit down a revolt against his government. A? least "lJS perns were bc- Uieved killed and mor8 than 30 wounded in two days of vio lence. Onep?rson was killed and seven wyundedin Six hours of fighting here ycstSrday. Batista appointed Col. Pedro Barrera to the new postsof mili- Hio commander in the Santiago area. He charged Barrera with rc?PQisibility for maintaining order in thft trtrife-torn ares' Sn cooperation wfth the army, ngvy, and police ofg Oriente piovincg. Tank Officers Barrera, a tank officer, -Was cnief o? military intelligence briefly after the assassination of Cole0Antonio Blanco Rico in October. The suspension of constitu tional guarantees, a eropdifiecf form of martial law, was im- cp o s e d in the provinces of Oriente, Camagiey, La? Villas and Pinardelrio. The government apparently considers tlwse the "soft under belly" as far as the revolution bent .political opposition is con cerned. Nearly 500 persons were re ported under arrest in various Cave Junction School Damaged by Vandals By FRANK STRICKLAND ' Cave Junction Vandals, ev idently searching for money, seriously damaged the Illinois Valley High school at Cave Junc tion Thursday night. They ob tained only a small amount of cash. The school was closed down Friday by the request of Jose phine County Deputy Sheriff Les Tythcott. Entrance to the large building was made by jim mying a rear door. The intrud ers broke every classroom door in the building, smashed down office doors, and broke cash re cepticals. Students were turned away Friday and the school closed so sheriff's deputies can complete their investigation. Constable Vern Larson said classes will resume at the regular hour Mon day. Evry desk and drawer in the building was ransacked and floors were left littered with wood splinters and broken glass. The same treatment was given to the big consolidated 'grade school at nearby Kerby on the same night. Damage to both buildings will run into hundreds of dollars, school officials said. FOOTBALL SCORES So. Cal. 28, Notre Dame 20 Oklahoma 53, Okla. A&M 0 Baylor 46, Rice 13 ' Colo. A&M 28, N. Mex. 27 Houston 39. Detroit 7 -Army 7, Navy 7 -;Holy Cross 7, Boston Col. 0 Ga. Tech 35, Georgia 0 Clemson 26, Furman 7 Tennessee 27, Vanderbilt 7 LSU 7. Tulane 6 Miss. 13, Miss. State 7 ' TCU 21, SMU 6 . Missouri 15, Kansas 13 FROM RIVER Welcome SuB5clion" Flown in p'ts of Cuba, including more than 40 ac.ive rebels and some 400 known opponents of Batista. Snipers in half a dozen, build ings in central Santiago fired on troops and police and took pot shots a patrolling planes. Fairly heavy firing was heardoat vari ous points in the city, but there was no sign of a concerted at tack. Officials Seek Cause of Crash ' Cressy,- Calif -.vj.prs: Air Force officials Saturday were seeking the cause of Friday night's crash of a B-52 jet strato fortress which dropped from the air shortly after takeoff and burned, killing all 10 airmen aboard. The crash was the third time one of the monstrous $8 million pliftes have crashed in Califor nia this year. Normally the 650 mile - an - hour heavyweight car ries a crew of six, but on Fri day's routine training mission four additional instructors were along, the air force said. The plane was attached to the 93rd Bombardment wing at Castle Air Force base and crash ed about four miles north of the field after taking off. There was no immediate grounding order for the planes as was the case after the first two crashes when all B-52 train ing missions were halted while investigators sought the cause of the crashes. Artistic Merit lo Count in Contest Members of the Medford Jun ior Chamber of Commerce have reminded residents that artis tic merit and originality in light ing are among the most impor tant of the Residential Christmas Lighting contest. The contest winner will be entered in the $5,000 national G e n e r a Is Electric Christma Lighting contest, Jay Pierce and Greg Orr, cochairrnen of the event said. They said the "amount of mon ey spent is not the important thing, but rather the artistic and original manner in which lights are used." Each entrant should note on their entry blank the cost of the display, they pointed out, thus enabling judges to com pare those in the same class more easily.: . ' Prizes of more than $300 will be awarded local- winners. En tries will be judged en artistic merit, originality, lighting tech niques and ingenuity, they said. Bulletin Medford , iire department was called lo the Neon Ad-' ertising Sign company, 134 North Rirerside ave about 11 p.m. last night. Extent of the, fire was not determined, but Medford Ambulance service as called to fake Fred Lenlz,. of the-address, lo. Rogue Val ley hospital " for' 'treatment. Damage -was - reported to be considerable, police said. WilliamS. Larch Traveling South; Vehicle Hit Tree Dragging Operations Started Early Friday The body of William Stanford Larch, 23, Fortuna, Calif., driver of a vehicle which plunged into the Rogue river about a mile north of the city of Rogue River Wednesday, was recovered hv Tstate police and volunteer searchers at 12:03 p.m. Satur day. The body was identified by Larch's brother-in-law, William B. Hunter, vice principal of Rogue River High school. Search for Larch followed a repoii Thursday that a green 1949 Chevrolet had been seen in the river near Highway 99. The car w as recovered early Fri day afternoon. Hunter identified thi car as his brother-in-law's. Not Heard From He said Larch had telephoned him from Grants Pass Wednes day, saying he was traveling to Rogue River by auto. He had not heard from after that time. Dragging operations were started about 10 a.m. Friday. State Police Officers Donald Cain and Rafe Anders of tha Medford headquarters and Ver lin David, William Allen and Philip Bureau of the Grants Pass headquarters searched the area in the state police river boat. William J. Peters, Rogue River police chief, also joined tha search. The Rogue River Rod and Gun club, whom state police had called, solicited assistance from members owning boats. Volun teers included Chuck Platco, Jack Shoemaker, Bill Cooke and Berle Griffith, all river guides from the Grants Pass-Rogue River area." Disebalinue Search . ,' : ' 1 ,- The search was discontinued at 4:30 p.m. Friday because of thick fog and darkness, but was resumed at 9 a.m. Saturday. The body was found in about eight feet of water a short dis tance from the point where the car left . the highway. Officers said there was a bad cut on Larch's head.: Carlos Morris, Jackson county coroner; was called to the scene and the body was taken to Conger-Morris Funeral home. State police said the vehicle Larch was driving had struck a dog in .the Grants Pass area. Larch and a companion, Elmer Jordan, Silverton, took the dog to Grants Pass, where they tried to find a veterinarian. Jordan . was lodged in the Grants Pass city jail on a charge of intoxication after the vehicle had been found parked illegally on a downtown -street. Larch continued the trip without him.. Struck Tree . : ' Officers said the car struck a tree on the left side of the high way, then continued ever the river bank. Tne dog was found inside the car and -was believed to have been dead before the ac cident. The car, registered to William B.- Layh of Corvallis, had a brokenwindshield and the door on the driver's side was cpen. It was almost completely submerg ed in the water. Larch was a Southwest Air ways station agent at the Eure- ka-Arcata airport, according to company representatives in Med ford. , State police expressed grati tude for. the "wonderful turn out" of volunteer searchers, de spite thick fog and below-freezing temperatures. Countries Charged With Plotting Attack London (U.R) Syria Sat urday accused Britain, France, Turkey and Israel of plotting e military attack on Syrian terri tory. - Syrian Foreign Minister Salah Bitar, in a cable to United Na tions Secretary General Dag Hammarskjold, asked the U.N. General Assembly for help against the "aggressive inten tions" of these countries. Bitar said the situation "con stituted a threat to the peace," and asked that it be placed be fore the current session of the General Assembly in New York. Syria's safety and independ ence are threatened by the con centration of Israeli forces along its 'borders as well as by statements- made by Turkish offi cials, Bitar said.
