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British Troops Declared Fighting On Yemen Soil London (U.R) The official ndio of the ruler of the feudal Arab kingdom of Yemen charged today that British troops upported by tanks and armored cars were fighting on Yemen ter ritory. Tne British Colonial Office here said that Royal Air Force planes in the British adminis tered Aden protectorate had been in action against "intruders from the Yemen." But a spokesman aid "they have not been in ac tion In Yemen. Latnt in Series These charges were the latest in a series in which Britain and the Red Sea state of Yemen re cently have accused each other of raids - along the ill-defined Border between Yemen and Aden, both of which lie at the southern extremity of the Ara- man remnsula. Reports reaching here said Ye men was mobilizing its army after declaring a virtual state of war against Britain over the frontier dispute which has been going on for nearly 50 years. Aden reports said about 12,000 Yemeni troops have converged on Taizz, where Yemen's King Irrian Ahmed lives in his "palace 01 pieniiruiness. The Colonial Office claimed the Yemen's action is due to fear that recent improvements in the status of the Aden protectorate maae xemen s claim to sover eignty over the area lass attrac tive to the inhabitants of the pro tectorate. Auto Rams Bed; Two Slightly Hurt Portland (U.R) Two Port land residents escaped with only minor injuries early.Sunday when a runaway car crashed into the bedroom of their home and hurled them from their beds. Police said Ray H. Knitpel and his wife, Marie, both 38, were thrown against a wall with suf ficient force to break the par tition frame. A 19-year-old Prineville youth, Ernest Leonard Grabble Jr., was identified as driver of the car. The crash demolished the bed room of the home and moved the house from its foundation. Grubble told police he must have fallen asleep at the wheel of his car. He was not injured. He said he suddenly realized he was heading directly toward a lumber truck and wheeled the car to avoid crashing into it. The vehicle struck the curb, then skidded into the stucco house. Price Supports To Hurt Small Ranchers Phoenix (U.R) The president of the American National Cattle men's Association said Monday government price supports for the cattle industry would drive small ranchers out of business, but still would allow "the big ranchers to make profits." Don C. Collins, Kit Carson, Colo., told the 60th annual con vention of the association, which opened here: "I am not damning support and the soil bank, but using them as examples of what can happen when the politicians do the farm ing and ranching. "I am sure history will bear out the contention of many men that the soil bank and other sup port schemes now in existence in some phases of agriculture will turn out to be lessons of what it costs tomorrow to get a dollar today." : J ; DREDGING' A BOMBED BRIDGE from the Suei Canal are two German salvage vessels, dimly seen behind the shattered bridge beams they are lifting from the water. Authori ties expect the canal will be open to traffic in May.' (International Smndpliota) Porter! Thoroughly Enjoying First Taste -of Role as Congressman Name for Brazil's ' New Capital Protested Rio De Janeiro-CJ.W Brazil's plans to call its projected new capital "Brasilia" faced possible revision today. . Officials of the city of Bra silia, in Minas Gerais state, brought legal action to prevent use of its name. Federal law pro hibits use of the same name by two communities. The old Brasilia, founded in 1832, has 40,000 population. The projected new one is provided for in the 1946 constitution and was given its name by Congress last year. The government ex pects to transfer the capital from Rio to the new site inland some time this year. Tuesday, January 8, 1957 MEDFORD (OREGON) MAIL TRIBUNE THREE New District Ranger Due at Tiller Station Roseburg (U.R : Leonard E. Flowers yesterday was named as district ranger for the Tiller Ranger station.. The announce ment camfrom Vondis Miller, Umpqua national forest supervisor. Heat Wave Threatens Argentine Corn Crops Buenos Aires (U.R' Farm ers in Buenos Aires province feared for their corn crops today as a record - breaking heat wave continued into its second week. The heat wave, which sent the mercury to 101 degrees Monday, has produced a serious drought. APPROPRIATE Brighouse, England (U.R) Elvis the Pelvis won in a walk over Monday night when the Town Council voted to name a twisting new street "Presley Drive." DRAFTY DRAFTEES Sydney, Australia (U.R) Fif teen draftees assigned to the New South Wales Scottish Regi ment began 42-day sentences in the guard house today for refus ing to wear kilts. FULL SELECTION of RECORDS Single and long Play Phonographs Books Stationery OPEN EVENINGS 'TIL 9 P.M. RECORD & BOOK SHOP BIGT if; Detroit (U.R) Wildcat strikers who had threatened to idle 60,000 workers have agreed to return to work at the Chrysler Corp. assembly plant. Bt A. ROBERT SMITH Mail Tribune Correspondent vt ashington Eery congress congresman gets; at least two standard pieces jof equipment wncn ne is sworn into of fice a huge, black leather chair that swivels in all .directions, and a desk big -enough to ac- o m m o date stacks of let- Bobt Unit uers irgra ' con stituents and the congressman's feet. Charles O. Porter of Eugene, Oregon's newly elected fourth district representative, returned to his office after.presenting his credentials to Speaker Sam Rayburn, settled , back in his chair, propped "his feet up where they could jhow rightfully be placed, and declared with ob vious satisfaction:- I've been lookig forward to this for 24 years. When I read Lincoln Steffens' book (Shame of the Cities) when I was in Eu gene High, the year my dad lost our house through a foreclosure, it made a profound impression on me, and I suppose made me a Democrat. But that was the motivating force for rr.e to want to become a congressman. He's Enjoying It Now that he had made it, Porter was enjoying it hugely, plunging right into the custo-. mary backstage dickering that goes on for choice committee as signments. He hopes for a spot on the appropriations committee but knows those much-sought posts go to veteran legislators. He's talked to Chairman Eman uel Celler of the Judiciary Com mittee, which usually attracts lawyer members. In the outer office of his two- room suite in tne uia nouse Building on Capitol Hill, four staff members were already an swering mail and a battery of telephones. Mapped Career Porter recalled how he map ped out his career with the de liberation of a navigator who had only one destination, taking the route of the law profession. 'I went to law school not be cause I wanted to become a law yer, but because I wanted to get into politics, he said. Along the way his passion for improving the social conditions of the world, sparked by Stef fens' "muck-raking" book, only grew as he learned what made the wheels go around in the so' cial order. But as a freshman congress man. Porter said he is going to devote himself as much as pos sible to local problems of his congressional district. His first bill, introduced on opening day, symbolized this approach. It would authorize modification of the existing river improvement project for the Siuslaw river to open the port of Florence to ocean-going freight e r s and barges by deepening its channel. Closer Outlet " Porter said that "450,000 per sons would, through this assist ance, be given a closer outlet to ocean traffic than any other port on the coast and $6 per thousand board feet could be saved on lumber shipments that now move through Portland to reach shipping." "But I also intend to spend a third of my time on war and peace," said Porter, "to do what I can for peace. I'm going to work out a study program to educate myself to world prob lems, especially what the UN is doing." Stumbo in Court To Defend Action in Property Sales Buster Brown Shoe Store WILL BE CLOSED All Day Tomorrow JANUARY 9TH In preparation lor our of nationally advertised shoos SALE STARTS THURSDAY -9 A.M. Buster Brown Shoe Store Roseburg U.R) One of the Stumbo brothers appeared in court here yesterday to de fend the Stumbo clan's action in selling four-inch squares of property in the middle -of U.S. Highway 99. Robert G. Stumbo presented a motion to strike a State High way Department suit against the Stumbos on the grounds there was a misjoinder of parties, The Stumbos, Robert, two brothers and a cousin; .contend they own a 16 foot 5strip of land which the highway passes over. - They gained' notice-. lst sum mer when they strung a rope barricade across thei highway on a busy Sunday afternoon and IS South Central Fluhrer Bldg. Mirick Discusses Trip at Roundtable . Irving Mirlck, music super visor at Medford High school, discussed the trip of -the Med ford High school band to the East-West Shrine game at the Jackson County ChaVnber of Commerce Roundtable lunch eon at the Jackson hotel yes terday. It was the sixth straight year the high school band ras invit ed to the Shrine game. The first year the band went It was due to a recommendation, Mir ick said, but the other five years the band has been reinvited. Cost of the trip last year, he said, was S2.600. Joining the 102 band members on the trip were 10 chaperons and one doc tor. The trip was financed by sell ing' citizen band booster mem berships to area residents and other people in the northwest as well as contributions from businesses and citizens, accord ing to Mirick. 'Handwriting Twin' Chances Are Slim Chicago (U.R) The chance that you have a "handwriting twin" somewhere is about one in three million, according to a ma jor maker of ball pens. If there is a person whose writing resembles yours, more over, the chance that the resem blance could fool an expert is one in 50 million, the firm's re search showed. The company said a person's handwriting is about his "most original possession," with char acteristics that are readily dis cernible to the trained eye. For one thing, there are 12 basic categories of handwriting. Included among them are writ ing with a "swooping, looping circular turn," and the type that is "short, jagged, jerky," the company said. Even though your writing may fall into one of these broad clas sifications, it would be practical ly impossible' for someone else to duplicate your writing style because no one writes in exactly the same way twice. brought travel to a standstill. Highway department workers reached for their records and admitted that the controversial strip of land did belong to the Stumbos. Circuit Judge Carl E. Wimb erly heard the motion yesterday and warned "the court cannot allow time to deal with trifles." Stumbo charged that the high way department had "lost its sense of humor." Knew It Long Ago Leonard Linndall, attorney for the State Highway Depart ment, said the Stumbo brothers knew of the right-of-way ques tion nine years ago and could have cleared it up without dif ficulty had they only contacted the department. - The Stumbos earlier sub-di vided their plot of land and be gan selling the four inch squares at S2 each. After about 100 were sold, the State Highway Depart ment suit halted the sale. Judge Wimberly ordered both sides to file the briefs in the case. Four Lodged in Jail After Court Monday Four men were lodged in the county jail Monday in lieu of j fine payments after being sen- j tenced in district court by Judge 1 Rawles Moore. i Sentenced were James Her-, bert Whitsitt, 43, Camp White, ! and Curtis Ray Ford, 22, 2819 ! North Pacific highway, Med-1 ford, both of whom pleaded i guilty to driving while under the influence of intoxicating j liquor. Each was fined $225, j their driver's license suspend-; ed for 90 days, and they receiv- j ed 30-day suspended jail sen tences during good behavior. George Arthur Plumlee, 18, Selma. Ore., was committed to jail after failing to pay $30 fine I for being drunk on a public : highway, and Morris Albert Fre- j din, Camp White, was also com- j mitted to county jail in lieu of ! $15 fine payment for being drunk on a public highway. 'Discriminatory' Tax Repeal Sought Washington (U.P.) Rep. Har-, lan Hagen (D-Calif.) said today he will work for repeal of a ! "discriminatory" transportation j tax on unprocessed farm prod-1 ucts.. ' He said he would ask for early hearings before the House Ways ' and Means committee on a re- ; peal bill he introduced Monday, i The three per cent tax is "par- : ticularly discriminatory," Hagen said, on western farmers because I of the higher freight rates and j consequently higher taxes that j they pay. 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