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o o o O , OO O o G O 3 5 51 st Year .. 4" A T T If Medford 20,P8 MEDFORD, Gunfire, Arrests Mark Bus Desegregation Steps Tallahassee Bus. "Officials on Side 0f Negro Riders Montgomery Vehicles Jtrutk by Bullets Sy UNITED PRESS Determined attempts by Ne- (?! to desegregate buses in three ,.,Sonlhern citis today brought gunfire and arrests. In Tallahassee. Fla., an un usual twist to the Dixie race issue found the local bus com pany on the side of the Negroes. (t.ne drivers and a company manager were arrested there for failing to enforce segregation rules. In Montgomery, Ala., two buses cere fired on but there were no injuries. In Birmingham, Ala., Negroes voted ta hit the industrial me CSopolis with a mass integration attempt but later toned down the tlireat with a suggestion that Men Nnro "use his own con gciemT" about' wln-re to ride. In Mobiles Ala., where the bus m voluntarily announced a de Q segregation policy, later coun termanded by the city commis lion, aHuorning" check showed no O attempt by Negroes to ride on front seats. Bullets Hit Bus - Nine .22 caliber slugs riddled one bu in Montgomery and shot gun fire smashed a rear window In another Wednesday night, causing occupants to "hit the floor." They escaped injury. The gifnfire failed to halt Ne gro integration efforts. They were sirring 'where they pleased again today without further in cident. As the situation grew tense in Birmingham, Alabama Public Service Commission President 0 Jack Own warned that the transit service there might be ijirced out of business if its "nar row margin of profit" is cut by integration moves. The state guarantees public utilities a fair return investment and Owen said the commission could not pre vent the utility from dropping its franchise. Twenty-one Birmingham Ne groes were under arrest for vio lating segregation laws. At a midnight meeting Negro leaders switched plans and announced a mass integration move for today but it fizzled. Portable Barriers "Each person should use his own crscience about where he sits." Negro spokesman Rev. F. L. Shuttlesworth said today. One Qf the big isues in Bir mingham was 0 the "dividing board" system on buses which is a portable barrier that is moved at the vill of the driver. That's what touched off the Montgom ery boycott tUat lasted a year. Negro Monroe Flesor Jr., 17, leave from Artlmore, Okla.. Air Force Base, was arrested Wednesday night and jailed in lieu of a Sou bond for moving one of the boards in defiance of the-driver s orders to leave it alpne.n o o Sxnallwoed Sentenced, Fined in Court Today ,liies ouirtiiwooa, tu, iai fined $305 in district j pnt, was court thiirKrning a.er pleading guilty t a charge of driving hile itoxicated. e . His drier's license was sus u pended for 90 ,days and he re ceived a suspended 60-day jail science. He was arrested Wednesday by state police in -f noenix. Christmas Tree In County for Plans for a chanty-wide Christ mas tree ;ckup, -to benefit the Jlch ja times. was announced todav bv the Medford Moose 'r LorigV. Tilt pie'erp wil be held on S-Mlday. Qc. 30. arm" those rirsijr.s to get rid of their holi- riav trees ;Te a.4;ed !o place, tfrf" !B3ihe iiout yard -and to a'ch a contribution, in an envelii.ie. to the March el Dimes. Boy Scouts will assist in the 'ftekup, 3i-30seeplanners said. The 'wes will be taken to a site on Agate rd.. just east of Jlije Crater Lj.ke highway in the Camp White area where they will be burned arcmt 7 p.m. Sun- OREGON, THURSDAY, DECEMBER i." "How Do You Let Go When You've Got Hold Of A Ma H'$ V -fj&jZ ' APS Hungarians Drafting Farmers for Vienna (U.R) Hungary began drafting peasant farmers into the coal mines today in a desperate attempt to get produc tion going and stave off a "na tional disaster," Radio Budapest reported. It said some peasants already had started work in the mines of Pecs, near the Yugoslav bor der. Some of the heaviest fight ing of the Hungarian uprising occurred in the Pecs region and partisans were still fighting Rus- Portland Hospital Guard Slays Prowler Portland tU.R) A hospital guard early today shot and fa tally wounded a 29-year-old man who broke into a student nurses' home here, police reported. Howard Leon Gentry, who po lice said had a long criminal record, died about an hour after he was shot by Fred J. Gross. 54, a Pinkerton guard employed at Emanuel hospital. Detectives Jack Sizer and Nor man Lcitheiscr said that Gentry apparently pried off a window screen and entered the nurses' home about 2:30 a.m. Usually about 15 student nurses reside In the building but only three were present because of the holi day season. Student Nurse Jeanette Under wood, 21. said she awoke to find the man on her bed. Another nurse. Jane Sehmelling, 20, heard the commotion, saw what was occurring and rushed out to get help. She ran to the hospital and told Gross. Wolf Creek Woman Injured in Accident . Mrs. Dena Hughes. 35. Wolf Creek, suffered undetermined in juries when her car went off Highway 99 at the overpass three miles north of Central Point at 11:27 a.m.. according to Medford Ambulance service. She was taken to Rogue Val ley hospital, where her condition was reported "fair." Pickup Set Next Sunday burning, it was stated Chairmen in charge of the pickup are Leo Webster. Med ford: Dewey Gcarin and Walker Caldwell, Phoenix; Gerald Reeves and Lee Couch. Gold Hill-Rogue River; Charles Long and John Baldwin. Talpnt: G K. Efrod. Shariv Cove-Trail; Ivan Myers. Central Point: John Sum merfield. Butte Falls; R. L. Winn, Ashland, and D. Zimmer man and Charles Weter, Jack sonville. Webster asked that anyone wishing to donate use of a pick up truck for the Medford pickup is asked to bring it to the Moose Hall, 11 South Newtown St., by j. 238 .?" sian troops as recently as two weeks ago in the area. The coal shortage and the re sultant lack of power has closed down virtually all of Hungary's industry. The government warn ed that as a result up to 200.000 workers would lose jobs "per manently" in the new year. Holiday Respite The warning was sounded while Hungarians faced up to the grim realities of life under the Soviet imposed Janos Kadar regime after a three-day Christ mas holiday respite. Hungarians were permitted to celebrate Christmas in the old way for the first time since the Communists seized power in 1948. The pup pet regime was believed to have encouraged the festival in an at tempt to divert attention from the nation's economic plight. The government's action in forcing farmers into the mines indicated it has had little success in its door to door appeal for "volunteers" from the idle fac tories. Although the workers went back to their jobs today after the three-day Christmas holiday, production remained at almost a standstill for lack of coal and power. Albany Man Dies Of Gun Wound Here LeRoy Krieger, about 40, Al bany, died about 9:30 a.m. today after being accidentally shot through the abdomen while mov ing a shotgun in a car at the George Haas residence, 502 King st., according to early re ports by the Medford police de partment. Officers said Krieger was vis iting at the Haas residence. He I was taken to Rogue Valley hos pital by Medford Ambulance service and died a short time later. Police said the gun was in a case when it fired. He was moving the gun to make room in the car for some suitcases, ac cording to the report. Salem (U.R) Results of a Salem school census show that twice as many first graders will be coming in the front door next year as seniors going out the back. Weather FORECAST: Fogey in valleys, clear above .000 feet mean a level throueh Friday. Continued cold. Low lonieht ?! in tnz areas. 20 in clear areas. High Friday 32-3. in foe section, near 45 in clear, TE.mi-. Hir h-t Veslerdav 33 Lowest this Morninc 23 Our Skies Tonight Sunrise . 7:0 a.m. Sunset , . 4:4s p.m. Moonrise Friday 4:36 a.m. New Moon Dec. 31 MARS, huh in south at 6:27 p.m., has been the brishtest "star" in the evening skv for several months. It will soon be replaced by Jupiter, now ri iru at 13:10 a.m. Tanker Planes Enter Battle as Winds Slacken Flames Leap lines Into Ventura County Malibu, Calif. (U.R) Aerial tanker planes dropped water chemical bombs today to help check an out of control brush fire which in a 24-hour period blackened 22,000 acres, killed one man and razed 50 structures in this movie colony area. A fleet of six tanker planes was thrown into the battle as winds slackened momentarily and gave weary fire fighters their first hopes of bringing the blaze under control. It was the worst conflagration in 21 years in Los Angeles county. Four firemen were burned, none critically, and 60 others suffered lesser injuries. Many Are Evacuated More than 150 persons were homeless. Hundreds were forced to evacuate danger spots that ultimately were saved by the ef forts of more than 1.000 fire fighters. TV-radio star Ralph Ed wards lost his 575,000 home and actor Hugh O'Brien the "Wyatt Earp" of television, reported his S50.000 home damaged in the fast moving fire. Early today the fire burst over into Ventura county on its north ern front. On the eastern front, which was headed for the heavily populated and once fash ionable movie colony at Malibu, a hot spot threatened Malibu Inn and a cluster of 20 dwell ings, all evacuated, a mile in land from the Pacific Ocean. The dirty brown cloud of smoke above the 32-mile fire perimeter was visible from Holy wood, 25 miles from the fire's eastern front. A force of 10 bulldozers fought along the crest of Santa Monica Mountains to keep the blaze from spilling over into San Fer nando Valley, where roughly one million persons reside. Scattered Communities The populated portions of the valley, however, begin about eiylil miles from the fire front and tire-lighters believed the blaze could be halted short of the scattered communities that dot the approach to the popula-1 tion hub in the center of the valley. Jack Burke, California Divi sion of Forestry officer, after a helicopter survey of the per imeter, said if the 40 to 60-mile per hour winds of Wednesday resume today in the tinder-dry brush there could be no hope for control for three or four days. Order of Arrow Holds Annual Meeting Here Seventy-five members of the Boy Scout honor organization, the Order of the Arrow, are at tending a two-day convention in Medford. The annual meeting is being held at St. Mark's Epis copal church. Delegates this afternoon will receive instructions in Indian skills, including Indian dances. Medford YMCA facilities will be used for recreational purposes tonight. Discussions and election of 1957 officers will be held to morrow, and the convention's banquet is scheduled at the Med ford hotel Friday night. Local members who have been planning the event include Dick Clark, Mazama lodge chief; James Boyd, registration chair man; Larry Hammond, work shops chairman: Bob Glover, physical arrangements; and Wil son Gilinsky, discussions chair man. Representatives Set Meeting in County The Jackson county court will be host to county courts and legislative representatives of the fourth congressional district at a meeting in Medford Monday, Jan. 7. it was reported today. The group will assemble at 9:30 a.m. in the Jackson county courtroom and will have a lunch eon meeting in the Medford hotel. Legislative proposals are expected to be among major dis cussion topics. Also invited to attend the meeting was the Klamath county court. The fourth district con fists of Coos, Curry. Douglas. Josephine and Jackson counties. Cftrsfmas Decorations Being Removed in City Removal of Christmas decora tions in the Medford business section is expected to be com pleted this afternoon, according to City Manager Robert Duff. The decorations, which were put up in late November, are being removed by the public works rippartment crew which started the work yesterday. a u . " " " r a - '" y "'Ik : : ' " " -- - 69 ' O lMtr " ' - - 0 c0 FOG COVERS VALLEY Fog, which is expected to remain in the Rogue valley for at least another day, looks this way from "Prescott park on Roxy Ann. Warmer air aloft creates a cold air pocket in valleys, causing considerable fog. The number of foggy days in the valley this year is more than average, New Councilmen to Be Sworn in Office Monday, Dec. 31 New members of the Medford city council will be sworn into office at a special meeting at noon Monday, Dec. 31, it was reported today. They will hold the first official council meeting of the new year at 7:30 p.m. Wednesday, Jan. 2. (Meetings usually are held Tues day evenings, but that day is the New Year's holiday this year.) Mayor-elect John Snider has been active in recent weeks making plans for his adminis tration, which assumes direction of the city that night. He has conferred with members of the council, both new and holdover, in lining up appointees to the boards, commissions and com mittees of the city. Snider said today it will be the policy of the council to ask as many Medford residents to serve the city in unpaid positions as possible. New Appointments "In keeping with this policy," he said, "only new appointments will be made this year to re place those whose terms are ex piring." The "no rcappoinmcnt" policy means more than a dozen posi tions will be filled by new ap pointees. These include the mu nicipal judge, the water com mission, planning commission, library board, civil service com mission, state athletic commis sion, professional examining boards, and similar groups. In all these cases, appoint-, ments are made by the mayor and confirmed by the council. The only full-time city em ployee directly appointed by the council is the city manager, a post now held by Robert Duff. His reappointment is expected Wednesday evening. He in turn is responsible for employment of all other city employees. County Officials New officials of Jac"kson coun ty, elected Nov. 6, will take oaths of office in the county clerk's office and begin terms Monday, Jan. 7, at 8 a.m. Taking the oaths will be Ralph James, county commis sioner succeeding L. G. (Shy) Morthland; Thomas Reeder, dis trict attorney succeeding Walter Nunley; Ray Schumacher, coun ty assessor succeeding Mrs. Elva Jennings; Karl Janouch. treas urer succeeding himself; Paul Rynning, county surveyor and engineer succeeding himself; Alf B. Mckvold, county school su perintendent succeeding himself; and Rawles Moore, district judge succeeding himself. The oaths of office will be administered by Mrs. Bereth P. Hopkins, county clerk. Eugene City Council Legalizes Trailer Parks Eugene U.R) The Eugene City Council last night approved an ordinance banning use of trailer houses as living units within the city, except in regu lated trailer parks. The ordinance makes it illegal to park trailer houses on indi vidual lots. Thp law aho Iccal-iz-; trailer parks for the first time. DOW-JONES AVERAGES New York U.R) Dow-Jones final stock averages: 30 indus trials 496.38, off 0.36: 20 rail roads 153.34, up 0.60; 15 utilities 67.71, up 0.02, and 65 stocks 173.10. up 0.09. Sales today were about 2.420.000 shares compared with 2,440,000 shares Wednesday. ieports o m n Celebes, Jakarta, Indonesia (U.R) A revolt against the govern ment of Premier Ali Saslroamid jojo spread today to South Su matra and there were reports of unrest in the North Celebes and Borneo. Government officials called the South Sumatra action an "indirect coup." Most political sources in Ja karta gave the Sastroamidjojo government at least only a few days of survival. It was believed former Vice President Moham med Hata, revered throughout the nation, probably was the only man who could form a new government. Revenues Blocked Central and North Sumatra already have broken with the Jakarta government. Today the government of South Sumatra announced it was blocking all revenues from flowing into Ja karta. The action meant the great is land of Sumatra which supplies most of Indonesia's foreign ex change through the sale of oil, rubber and tin was now com pletely isolated from Jakarta rule. Newspapers quoted an army officer as saying the situation in the North Celebes is becom ing critical as news of the Su matra revolt spreads. He said Nixon on Tour Of Refugee Center New Yorx (U.R) Vice Presi dent Richard M. Nixon visited the Hungarian refugee center at Camp Kilmer, N.J., today for a last survey before making a final report to President Eisen hower. The administration is expect ed to use Nixon's reports both from the center and from his tour of Austria in asking Con gress for the admission of more refugees, not only from Hungary but from other Communist coun tries. The President already has or dered the Justice Department to continue processing of Hungar ian refugees as the first step to admitting more than the present emergency quota of 21,500. Umatilla Republicans Ponder Steen Successor Pendleton U.R) The Uma tilla County Republican Central Committee meets tonight to recommend a successor to Lowell Steen, who yesterday an nounced his resignation from the state Senate. One of the names mentioned prominently for the position is that of S. E. Brogiotti, a Helix wheat and cattle rancher. The GOP group will make its recommendation to the county court tomorrow. Death of Boy May Save Life Chicago U.R) The death of a 3-year-old boy from traffic accident injuries may save the life of a little girl suffering from burns over most of her body. Surgeons at Children's Me morial hospital today will take the skin from the body of the dead boy and graft it onto the body of the burned girl. The bereaved parents of Gil bert Case Jr., Chicago, gave per mission for the operation Wednesday shortly after the boy died. They made their decision as they lay in Elizabeth's hos pital recovering from injuries suffered in the same Christmas holiday accident that killed their ton. weather bureau official said. days of fog, compared to an above looking across the Rogu taKen By .bob Vroman. Unrest discontent against the govern ment was growing and the army was "conspicuously active" in both the Celebes and Kalimantan (Borneo). Charges of Corruption The cabinet., in an attempt to stave off collapse, announced today that Foreign Minister Rus lan Abdulgani would be made "non-activey if brought to trial on corruption charges. He has been under investigation for al leged involvement in the smug gling of foreign currency." But political sources said the announcement was only a "weak attempt to save the cabinet" by reducing the . discontentment over charges that the Sastroa midjojo government was riddled with corruption. Russia Claimed Holding Captives Maizuru, Japan (U.R) The Russians are holding 1.3 million prisoners in "living hell" slave labor camps in the frigid wastes of Northern Siberia, repatriated Japanese war prisoners said to day. The story of the horror pris ons at Karyma was related by three of the 1,025 Japanese pris oners who were repatriated from Siberia Wednesday after 11 years in Soviet captivity. Taka hiko Hase, Toshitane Ando, and Seiichi Sato said they were im prisoned at Karyma until last October. The three described the Ka ryma prison camps as "grave yards." They said the prisoners, listed by the Soviet authorities as the "worst criminals," in clude Ukrainians, Poles, Hun garians and Germans mong others. Japanese prisoners said the Russians were planning to bring in Hungarian freedom fighters deported during the Hungarian rebellion to take the place of the Japanese. Suez Canal Clearing To Start Immediately Port Said UP.i Clearing of the Suez Canal will start im mediately, an ofifcial announce ment said today. Lt. Gen. Raymond A. Wheel er, chief of the U.N. -salvage operations force, told the United Press in an interview that work would begin at Suez in the south Friday. But the U.N. informa tion office in Cairo and Cairo Radio announced that clearing operations should "start imme diately," and quoted Wheeler as saying the work will begin today. in Traffic Accident of Badly Burned Child The girl is Cindy Evans, also 3, of Decatur, 111. She was burned from her knees to her chin Nov. 27 when a stove in her home ignited her tess. Mrs. Genevieve Case;' -24,' learned of the request for the skin graft at the same time she was informed of her son's death. The fateful information was re layed to Mrs. Case by her sister, Mrs. Marion Kravarik. May Save a Life Hospital officials told Mrs. Kravarik the little girl "prob-. ably would not live if the neces sary grafts were not made im mediately." "At first I wu doubtful about Last moglh, there ere 17 average of nine. "Che picture valley from Roxy Ann o o O , Fog May Remain in Valley fQ0rcARs o Daye B&eau Says 4 o o O , Fog is expected to remain in O western Oregon valleys, includ ing the Qpgue valley, for at least 0 another day, the weather bureau said fcndgy. Temperatures will remain cool in the fog, and warQ) at higher elevaiions. Much of ?.Iford thnorn ing was covered with white Snow-like pedicles, O.ut it as not general tnroughout the val ley, weather bureau of&cials said. 0 0 Bob Church, wea- bureau metgorologist here said the snow like particles were caused by a mechanical disturbance whit condenses the saturated atmos phere. The particles were re ported only in the downtown Medford area. Possibilities Slim Possibilities of fog leaving the valley appeared slim for at least another day or two. Weathermen are watching a storm front off the Pacific northwest about 700 miles, but a strong high pressure area over the northwest states may force the front to circle northward into Canada. The low temperature in Med ford this morning was 23 de grees, and it had warmed up only three degrees by late morning. At 5,000 feet the er cury reading was- 58 degrees, and Sexton sjjmmit weather station reported 56 degrees, and a 100-mile visibility. The number of days of fog in the valley this year has been more than average, weather bu reau officials said, but the exact number has not ben determined. During November there were 173 days of fog, compared to an aver age of nine days. Rainfall during the fall months has been below average, c'liefly becaus'e storm fronts have not moved inland asisoal. More Newsmen Said To Be in Red China Washington-(U,P.) The United States is investigating reports that two more American iws men have entered Cominurtfct China despite a ban on such travel by the Slate Depar'nent.0 Stale Department Press Offi cer Lincoln White said the State Department so far0does not have enough information to comr?nt on tife reptirts. o Dijpatches from Hong Kong said that Edmund Stevens, a re porter, and Phillip Hollingt4, a photographer, both employed by Loot magazine arrived in Pei- , ping Wednesday from Moscow. 0 They were preceded to Red China by another American re porter, William Worthy, corres pondent for the Baltimore Afro American. He crossed the Com munist border from Hong Kong the day before Christmas. giving perfmssioS," QMrs. Case said. "Then I realized how gnO.t- ly it hurt to know rr. son waf desd and how the little g.,s 0 "parents mut be feeling at the prospect of losing their daugh-O ter." o a O Mkes Decision Gladly o O Mrs. "Case added that "i? my O decision could save one life foi someone else, I had to make it so ?ladly." a Mr. Case's 2-year-old hus band, a shipyards expftiitor held his wife's hand and mur- mufed agreement. a Neither the Cases he girl's parens, Mr. and Afca. f James .Evans, have met b, o O - O OO dav. The public is iitvited to the moon Sunday. "O O o O- o
