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J oo oo o o 0 iss. n o - O3 o O o O Red China Assails Tito as Threat To Communist Parties Tokyo (U.R! Communist cjChina assailed Marshal Tito to day as a -threat to the interna tional Communist movement. It also criticized Tito and oth r Yugoslav Communist leaders for their views on Josef Stalin and his mistakes 'and said they were "-nine loo far Bentmnt Understandable The rebukes were" contained in a lone article to apnea officraTj Saturday issue of thp Peiping Teoples Daily whirh was broadcast in sunrnnariied form by Radio Fviping. "It is understanrlahlr that the Yugoslav comrades bear a par tirtilar resenlmsnt against Sta ling snistakes ". . . Wf also agree O wit Ii some of the points in com rade Titor speech lat Tula I. but Ove arc amazed that . . : he at O tacked ainiost all J he Socialist (rouuiries and many of the Com nWnist parties." the arficle said. Tflo. it added, loolr a "wronf - solitude'' w hen lie maint.iinrd the issue no was wither Yu0-" tavia's independent Communist rfoune or the 'S'linist course" "wouifi - win out. fylit In Movement Such" a contention, the article saiii. "can only lead to a split In the Communist movement." ' Even if some part of their criticism of brother parties is All Chairmen Named For March of Dimes Appointment of all commu nity chairmen for the 1957 March of Din es campaign have G been announced bv Jerry Gsti- neau. ce-jntv chairman, ine drive w-i'a start- on Jan. 2 and wiU coricldcie with, the Mothers' March'on Jan. 31. 0 (3iairrr.cn 'will be Dr. Roscoe vltiw, Ahland: D. B. Finch, Butte Palls; Wendell Panter, 1 Central Poftit: Don-Gcren, Eagle P:ac B J. Christianson. Jack sonville: William Cody. Camp White: X-hrc Hartsook. Phoenix: GeSrgc Hubbard. Prosp'etf. Mrs Eva Segesscnman. Shafiy Cove Trail, and Mrs. Virini. Glcim. XTalent; and John Lcvon. Rogue Appointment of Dick Knight as Medford chairman has been previously annflimced. o Eugens Newspaper Named in Libel Suit Fll?ene !l V T an fnnntv rcuit Judge Frank Keid ves- tcrri!.- filed a suit for libel against the Guard Publishing Co. ana the publisher and two editors of the Eugene Reg'ister Gu.ircl newspaper of Eugene. Theoiit asks general and puitive damages totalling S600. OOi alleging four counts- of libel. Named as defendant besides the publishing f'rm are Publisher Alton Baker Sr. and Editors Alton Baker :Jr., and Robert B. FniTier. o QcQ-'accuses the defendants of conspiring to destroy and black en his reputation and destroy publicl-onfidemtr in him through four articles and editorials. . Good Business Year Predicted in Oregon - Portland A good busi ness yrr in Fortlw-.d and in Ore gon for lis" was predicted here today in the year-end statement of David C. Duncan, president of the PoriUr.d Chamber of Com merce, He brcdie;cl tiat the fevel and veigp.itv of business promised to bej;;gh despite the drop in lum b demand and err.plcymer.t in Jtimbct miiis. reasonable, the basic stand and method they adopt infringe the principles of comradely discus sion." The matters concerned are so vital to the unity of internation al Communism that "we cannot but offer our brotherly advice to the Yugoslav comrades," the newspapers said. Negroes Press Bus Integration By UNITED PRESS Negroes waged their second of three big integration campaigns with indirect federal court sanc tion today in Tallahassee, Fla.. with whites mapping counter moves in the other two test spots. Buses remained integrated in Montgomery. Ala., but integra tion was called off pending le gal action in Birmingham. Ala. Tallahassee integration lead ers said the Negroes will take advantage of a federal injunc tion forbidding the city to inter fere with the bus line even though it permits integrated seating. Federal Judge Dozicr Devane in issuing the injunction from his home in an extraordinary hearing Thursday night said he believes segregation law is as "dead as a doornail." But in Montgomery, where buses were integrated under a court order a week ago, and in Birmingham, where a later dis pute smouldered, white citizens council leaders planned new le gal and "popular" opposition. One council leader announced a series of rallies of whites to de cide how to oppose the drive to integrate Birmingham buses. Another proposed that white "minutemen" ride the buses and enforce segregation. Portland Due Relief From Fog Blanket Portland UR: Some relief for the fog-plagued Portland area was in sight today but the weath er bureau predicted thick blan kets of fog would persist in the Willamette valley and the Co lumbia basin into the new year. The weatherman said east winds should chase away the fog from Portland. It had begun to lift shortly after daybreak today but the airport still was socked in. 4 Record Number of Birds Counted During Annual Christmas Event; Gyrfalcon Seen Fifty-four species of birds, a i The most numerous bird ob- j black capped chickadee. 6; plain record number for this area. I served was the robin. About 15,-: titmouse, 5: bush tit, 37: white were recorded Thursday in the j 000 were estimated at a roost j breasted nuthatch, 2: Bewick's annual Christmas bird count con- on both sides of Bear creek north w ren, 2; Robin, 15.000; hermit ducted by 13 Medford and Ash land birdwatchers. National Audubon society reg ulations specify the count area as a 15-mile diameter circle. This year the center of the circle was moved from the usual point north of Medford to the edge of Talent and included valley areas and contiguous hills be tween Medford and Ashland. The change was made this year because of fog in lower parts of the valley and for the convenience of some Ashland i men participating in the bird ; count. ! This year's count nf bird I species was four higher than the number recorded last year. ; Several unusual species were I observed, including a gyrfalcon ' near the cliffs east of Talent and three magpies on a ranch near j pecker. o2: red breasted sapsuck Ashland. The magpie is normally i er, 2: aowny woodpecker. 4; Stel resident onlv east of the Cascade I ler's jay. 12; scrub jay, 39; range. POLISH SITUATION WORSENING Warsaw CU.Rl The situation in Poland is more serious now than during the fateful week end in October when Nikila Khrush chev and other Soviet leaders flew here as Russian troops stood ready. That is the view of one highly placcd Polish official as the na - tion prepared for the first free post-war election on Jan. 20. j Wladyslaw Gomulka, who was cheered wildly when he was j swept back to power in the , events following the Poznan riots, has the task of getting the I Russians Withdraw Three Divisions From Hungary Budapest UR) The Russians have withdrawn three of the 12 to 14 divisions they had in Hun gary at the height of last month's rebellion, independent non-Communist sources reported today. One hundred and twenty-seven trains have carried the tanks, troops and supplies across the Soviet-Hungarian frontier recent ly and the movement eastward is continuing, the reports said. The information about the So viet withdrawal has been receiv ed by several independent reli able sources here. It is believed designed to mesh with a master plan to build a Hungarian gov ernment similar to the "new look" Communist regime in Poland. Fewer tanks stood guard in Budapest today and Soviet truck convoys laden with what appear ed to be office furniture moved through the snowy streets of the city, carefully observing the traf fic rules. Partial Withdrawal Two Soviet guard divisions were stationed in Hungary when the revolt first flared in October. Between 10 and 12 more were rushed into the country from Romania and the Soviet Union itself, according to reports, be tween Oct. 22 and Nov. 4. The present reported with drawal, therefore, represents a cut of one-fourth of the Soviet armored strength that, was con centrated in the country during the worst period of the rebellion. M e a n w h i 1 e, the Hungarian Writers Association, one of the most active croups early in the revolt, met in closed session in Budapest. Its members were dis cussing "recent events" and pos sibly examining reports of the revolt in the foreign press and by writers abroad. Hungary's restive workers, meanwhile, were showing new signs of resistance to the present Soviet supported regime. The workers' anger was being spurred by the nation's economic crisis which has resulted in wide spread unemployment. Medford Lawyer's Suspension Urged Portland UR The board of governors of the Oregon Stale Bar today recommended a one year suspension for Medford at torney George Rode. The board recommended to the Oregon Supreme Court that Rode be suspended from the practice of law for one year. Rode has 60 days in which to petition the court for a review, modification or reversal of the board's action. On July 13 a three-man trial committee of the state bar con ducted a formal hearing at Grants Pass and a majority found Rode guilty of profession- ' al misconduct. of Phoenix. Several thousand starlings also roost in this area but they could not be observed Thursday morn ing because of the fog. The 3.159 starlings estimated and counted were found in other areas. Both robins and starlings feed in pas tures and orchards in many parts of the valley. The list of birds and the num ber of each species observed in cluded: Mallard. 36: American widgeon, 6: wood duck. 1; sharp hinned hawk. 1: red tailed hawk. 8: American rough legged hawk. 1: marsh hawk. 2: gyrfal con. 1: sparrow hawk, 10; Cali fornia quail, 117; mountain quail, 15: ring necked pheasant. 15: coot, 8; killdeer. 33: Wilson's snipe. 9; mourning dove, 74; red shafted flicker. 44: acorn wood- I American magpie 3 crow, '40; country back on its economic feet before the tide of national "self-expression" becomes un- controllable. The official who expressed his fears realized only too well, as docs Gomulka, that the Soviets banked on giving the Poles suf- 1 ficient rope to hang themselves. Gomulka, the man who was the symbol of new found free dom, two months later is the ob ject of grumbling from the peo ple who still have bad living con ditions, little food, high prices and unhappy prospects for the 51st Year MT7TYPTOT) NCC2U0. 43K3Cn3 Auvusn o 0 n ex. Clearance Starts Wolf Creek Woman Dies of Injuries Suffered in Crash Mrs. Deana Justine Hughes, 35, of Wolf Creek, was fatally in jured about 11:27 a.m. yester day when the pickup truck she was operating went over a 35 font bank at the Highway 09 overpass three miles north of Central Foint. Mrs. Hughes, who suffered a broken back, died at Rogue Val ley hospjtal this morning. Conger-Morris Funeral home is in charge of arrangements. State police said the truck struck an icy spot near the over pass and started weaving on the highway. The truck went across the overpass and proceeded about 100 feet before it plunged over the 35-foot embankment. The truck landed fll feet from the pavement, and Mrs ..Hughe's was lying about 1!) feet trom the pickup, police said. Thrown From Truck Mrs. Hughes, and her nine-year-old daughter, Ellen Jean Hughes, were thrown from the truck. Ellen Hughes suffered severe cuts and was taken to Sacred Heart hospital. Her con dition was reported fair today. Three other persons were in jured in a one-car accident near Metlford early today, according to state police. A car operated by Donald Warren Stetson, 32, of Grants Pass, went out of control and struck a light post at the south end of the Riverside-Stewart ave. intersection about 2:30 a.m. to day, according to state police. Stetson was treated for head injuries at Rogue Valley hos pital. His condition was reported as good this morning. Edward Frances Sakraida. 32, of Provolt, a passenger, was taken to Sacred Heart hospital by Medford Am bulance service with shoulder injuries. Police said his condi tion today was good. Another passenger, Peggy J. Shone. 811 West 10th St., Med ford. suffered minor cuts and bruises, but was not treated at a hospital, police said. Low Traffic Death Toll Hope for Week End Salem (U.R) Oregon traffic officials expressed strong hope today that the comparatively good record of the Christmas holidays will hold for the state over the four-day New Year's holiday. thrush, 1; western bluebird, 121; ; golden crowned kinglet. 15; ruby crowned kinglet. 22; Bohemian waxwing. 1; cedar waxwing, 265: northern shrike. 1: starling. 3.159: Audubon's warbler, 6; English sparrow. 184: western meadowlark. 268; red winged blackbird. 60; Brewer's black bird. 129; cowbird, 4: house finch, 26; American goldfinch. 41; lesser goldfinch. 245; red crossbill, 39: spotted towhee, 15; ' brown towhee. 9: Oregon junco. -H: white crowned sparrow'. 18: golden crowned sparrow, 136; song sparrow, 16. Tho?e participating in the count were Mrs. T. N. Billings, Mrs. Howard Bush, A. B. Collett, Maj. Gen. and Mrs. J. H. Hicks, Mrs. Robert Hubbard, the Rev. Thomas McCamant, Dr. John Reynolds. Mr. and Mrs. Carl Richardson, the Rev. Fred G. Plocher. Dr. Elmo Stevenson and Tom Turpin. near future with worn out pre- ' war industrial and farm equip- i ment. There are also complaints ; from students and intellectuals who insist there must be greater political freedom. At pre-election meetings, these people have been unwilling to back government candidates and insist they must have representa tives in Parliament who are in opposition to Gomulka. There is no doubt that the United Workers (Communist) party will win. But there is a i-'.....V..-y ?D, OREGON, FRIDAY, DECEM3ER 28, 1956 t . f& - f :'. -I- rS X. V L ' s .s, - 4n , ' y ' 1 - I If il'. ' i 1 I t' .1 It; - u V - C j - , j HUNGARIAN RELIEF When the girls of the Medford High school Tri-Hi-Y organization were asked to conduct a clothing drive for Hungarian relief, they decided more immediate results could be achieved with a cash donation. Above. Mcggie Jacobs, the club's president, is shown handing a check from their treas ury to Mrs. H. P. Bosworth, a member of the YMCA board of directors in charge of world affairs, while Tri-Hi-r advisor Mrs. Alva Perkins (left) and Sandra Callif, the club's treasurer, look on. The girls will still carry out the clothing drive. A clothing drive in the Ruch area, under the auspices of the Ruch PTA, headed by the Rev. Earl Best, pastor of the Ruch Community church, is now under way. Other organizations having large do nations of clothing for Hungarian relief are advised to send them to the AFSC warehouse at 70 Oak Grove. San Francisco, instead of the regional office at 1830 Sutter St., San Francisco. Fog May Clear From Valley on Week End Chances of the lingering fog clearing from the Rogue valley this week end were improving today, but the five-day forecast predicts little major change in the weather. Strong gusty winds were re ported in higher elevations to day, and should help clear the pocket of cold foggy air from the Medford area, weather bu reau officials said. The winds, however, increased the forest fire hazard, according to reports from Sexton mountain weather station. The station re ported a 55-degree temperature at 9:30 a.m. today with the hu midity at 12 per cent. Winds up to 35 miles per hour were re corded there, creating rapid dry ing conditions for forest areas. South Winds Weather bureau officials said DOW-JONES AVERAGES New York (U.R) Dow-Jones final stock averages: 30 indus trials 496.41, up 0.03; 20 rail roads, 153.56, up 0.22; 15 util ities 68.33, up 0.62, and 65 stocks 173.44, up 0.34. Sales today were about 2.790.000 shares compared with 2.420,000 shares Thursday. Weather FORECAST: Clear above 2.i0 ft mean a level. For con tinuing in lower alleys through Saturday. Slight rhame of fojt partially clear ing Saturday afternoon. Low tnnieht 11 in foe and 20 out "f Hit h Saturday 35 in foj areas. 55-60 above. TEMP. Hthr Yesterdav ? Lowest this Morning 22 Our Skies Tonight Sunru 7.10 a m. Sunset 4:46 p.m. Mnnnrise Saturday 5:33 a.m. New Moon Dec. 31 PROMINENT STAR Aeea. low in northwest 8:05 p.m. VISIBLE PLANETS Mars, low in west .... 12:05 a.m. Jupiter, low in east 12:10 a.m. Saturn. nar the Moon. Venn, below Saturn and the M nnn . AS ELECTION HEARS bitter fight on hand from the contending Peasants party who have won headway with promises of abolishing compulsory de liveries from farm collectives, reduction of taxes and better equipment and supplies in the building and agriculture in dustries. The Gomulka government be lieves Poland has gone almost as far politically as she can with safety. Hemmed in between East Ger many and Russia and hamstrung by Soviet trade policies. Go there was a chance that the fog would clear partially later today and tomorrow. Winds from the south were expected to start clearing some of the fog in the south end of the valley this after noon. The temperature in Medford at 9:30 a.m. today was 23 de grees. At 6:45 a.m. today the temperature at 5.000 feet over the valley was 62 degrees, weath er bureau officials said. While Medford area residents shivered in the fog, other areas, including sections of Ashland and portions of the Applegate valley, had sunshine and warm temperatures. Kitchen Damaged by Smoke in Fire Today Central Point Fire was con fined to the kitchen in a house blaze about 7:30 a.m. today. Cen tral Point rural firemen re ported. They reported heavy smoke damage through the rest of the residence of Doris Jackson on Crater Lake highway near the Antelope bridge. The fire origi nated from a faulty flue, fire men stated. Fog and icy pavement slowed the three trucks which were dis patched to the scene. Chester Wendt Named Head of Civil Defense County Commissioner Ches ter Wendt this morning was ap pointed by the county court to succeed Commissioner L. G. (Shy) Morthland as president of Jackson county's Civil Defense organization. Morthland's resignation be came effective Nov. 14. He has been president of the organiza tion here since 1951. The po sition must be held by a mem ber of the county court and Morthland's term wil1 expire Jan. 7. mulka must look to the West, however, for economic help if he is to maintain a lid on the pow derkeg of new freedom and anti Soviet feeling. The Poles esti mate they need S300 million credit to rope with the economic situation. Observers here believe Wash ington is wary of doing anything that would lead to a Hungary type explosion. But the feeling here is that such an uprising is more likely if there is no relief for the poverty-plagued country. Price 10c Tribune United Press Full Leased Wi No. 239 Today Future Operaiion Of Canal Said in Negotiation Stage Londpn (U.R) The United Na tions salvage team hoped to begin clearance of the blocked Suez Canal today if no further hitches developed. Negotiations were reported started on the future opertion of the canal. Israel disclosed that Egypt's blocking of the canal had en abled Israel to seize naval con trol of the Gulf of Aqaba by. sending some vessels, around the Cape of Good Hope nnd by trans porting others across the Negev Desert. Prisoner Exchange Planned Israel also disclosed it had offered to exchange 5,600 cap tured Egyptian soldiers lor four Israelis held by the Egyptians, said it was preparing to claim huge reparations from Egypt, and raised new protests against Egytian commando activities. Almost every step in plans to reopen the canal have been de layed by a series of negotiations between Egypt and the United Nations, but U.S. Lt. Gen. Ray mond A. Wheeler, the U. N. salvage chief, twice told the United Press work would begin today. Two U.N. officials arrived from New York to try to prevent further snags from developing. They were Andrew W. Cordier, executive assistant to Secretary General Dag Hammarskjold, and Alfred G. Katzin. deputy under secretary of the U.N. secretariat. Nasser, Menon Confer India's roving ambassador, V. K. Krishna Menon, conferred in Cairo Thursday and today with President Gamal Abdel Nasser and was believed outlining the latest ideas of the United States and other nations for the future of the canal. " The talks were in preparation for a new effort to settle the matter at the next session of the United Nations which resumes early in January. Babson's Forecasts To Appear Tuesday Hoger W. Babson, noted economist whose column is weekly feature of the Mail Tribune, will again predict vents for the coming year. His 50 predicitions will appear in the Mail Tribune on Tues day, Jan. 1. Among other predicitions, Babson gives his views on the possibility of World War III, general business conditions, money and real estate out look, the stock market and international and other affairs. e O w Endorsement Given by Fire Department for Tree Pickup Citv Fire Marshal Truman Nelson today gave the Medford fire department's whole hearted endorsement to the county-wide Chistmas tree pickup planned for Sunday. The Medford Moose lodge will conduct the project in coopera tion with the March of Dimes, picking up the trees from city streets during the day. and burl ing them in a massive bonfire at 7 p.m. in the Camp White area. Cities to be served include Medford. Phoenix. Gold Hill, Rogue River, Talent, Shady Cove-Trail. Central Point, Butte Falls. Ashland and Jacksonville. Nelson explained" that Christ mas trees are a major worry of the fire department each yeans particularly as they dry out after Christmas and become more and more serious fire haz ards. In addition to dry trees Lake Sherwood c Area Residences3 In Path of Flames 0 Arson PossibiIity0 Under Investigation ; o O Malibu. Calif.. (U.R)-SThcciifth big brusli fire in four days eruotcd today within miles of disastrous blazes veeping the Malibu movie colony area, o The fire was described by county fire officials as "a bdu one and units were pulled from the major Malibu Dlaze tonight the flames as they iSigrpt fromvj the Thousand Oaks area, south westerly toward sumptuous resiO dences in the Lak j.erwood c section of Ventura countyo in hilly brushlaod. 0 o o O Firebug Suspected o 0 o the possibility tlTCa firebug1 had started one of the firtgs in the tinder-dry bjshtonds of Southern California ws investi gated by arswi experts as 'gje ou of-control Malibufo-esiiqJfioP to ward esch -pther oy$r a 75-mile area on he outskirts of Ios Angeles . o - Another firej broke out in e fashionable Bel-Air section early today and charred 40 acres be fore it wai controlled? A fite broke out Tuostia'n VenturaO county andjplackened 3.000 acres before it was confcj8(jd early Thursday? Q q 'Definitely incendiary' ., Fire Chief KithKnger after a tour of ihe area indicOed there was hope for control in iome areas; He said the flames were sweeping toward an ArmycNike installation where supplies of volatile fuels Oand arinsunit'n are stored. Firebreaks' riCex pectpd to protect ttv installSt'Sin. "The erjtieal hour of the fire will be fi p.mL when the windsO increase," Klinger safd. rTe said one of the blaws was "defijijtelyO incendiary."., 00 A fire captain said itDQvas "pretty certain" that theconfla gration which erupted T'oirsCfmy night in Hume Canyonowas ar son. A resident told investigator C he saw flames bursting from i unoccupied home oi, a nftgbbor and called fienicn. 0 q Fires MovoTogeftr - - Sheriffs Lt. Bud Fontaine oj the Malibu subtation,0said ah alleged report from the sherifCte office. thai a .firebag was respon sible for 'h fires was "not Jjue q He said the sheriffs office is co operating with wiVCijSlors to find the cause of tne series of fires. Oq The first majorrfire br'eigiit Wednesday at Bucchus Surmit 1 atop Laligo Canyon and hs en gulfed 25,CKjp acres. Thursday0 night's bl7.e in Hume anyon q has charred 2,000 acres and the two now are put two miles apart. O o.An army of 1.500 Vnen 0waQ fighting to control the firf) but officials admitted that they prob ably will oin ipoiS in one tiuge inferno018 miles long aiM cp to C 10 miles wide in Spots. Thf) flames are fceing driven by wiads which puff cjn gtistsoup to "60 milos an Tiour on Midges. O Declared Disaster Area c O The region has been declared a disaster area byoGav. GooSwin J. Knight arid rsll military uje , plies,oequipment ad personnj1 irom me armea forces aoi tne Wert were placed in the hai(tfs 0 of the disaster off byaheO ( Sixth Army. o Q Tjhe.hoiups ofejoan CrawforrL Eva Marie Sflnt, Nof&ian Foster Walter Wanger and Bob Co6b, HoIIyWbod Sf$ baseball inQ president, werethreatened $arly today by a afire in the fashionable Bel-Air section ehich burned 40 acres before being controllcdrby 12 engine-companies roraT,oj Angeles. Malibu resr (frornajunity dwellert Horace Heidt, Jane Russell, Lou .9 Hay ward. Kim Novak. Jul? Havoc aud Marion Davies wee alertedfor possible evacuauen. u " The fire has driven nc; 2.000 person from0heir homes. standing iri hofSes, he saitC scl eral people usually try to burn q them irt fireplaces, a dangerous practice whish anniajjy results in flue fires. q o Also. Nelson added, old trees left in backT constitute a different type of fire hazar some of them frmonths. HeQ recommended the tree pickufc) o as a handy way of ge'-ting rid of the hazards. q O Householders areQ invited to place t'oeir trees on the curb in front of their rAmeJ? where they will be picke up by Boy Scouts and members Gbf the Moose lodge. A contribution to the March of Dimes, placed in an envelope and attached to the tree,is lso requested. The publ: is invited to watcl the tree bonfire, which will be located on , the Agafc rd. just east of the Crater Lake high-way. O O o o' o o o Of? CO o O
