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8IX MEDFORD (OREGON) MAIL TRIBUNE Monday. August 12, 1937 f l', 111 . r ' I X ' , IS--' Z J ' ' T Vis - BREATHING FIRE AND BRIMSTONE, Philip Kinghorn Burbridge, 64, member of "League of Empire Loyalists," is hauled to gaol by Lonon Bobbies after slapping Lord Altnncham,i.ho called Queen Elizabeth's speeches stuffy nd "f)pain in the neck." (International Soundphoto) Dulles Says Job of State Department Is To Look Out for U.S. WashinEn V Secretary of State John Foster Dulles has told Congress that his job is not to make friends for the United States. "Not for one minute do I think the purpose of the state depart ment is to make friends," Dulles said. "The purpose of the state department is to look out for the interests of the United States. Whether we make friends, I do not care." Dulles made the statement June 18 at a secret session of a House Appropriations subcom mittee studying the Eisenhower administration's request for $3, 864,000.000 to carry on this coun try's foreign aid programs this year. Dulles' testimony was made public Saturday. Under questioning by Rep. Brush, Timber Fire Blackens 900 Acres Wrightwood, Calif HP) Some 750 fire fighters Saturday con trolled all but a small portion of a brush and timber fire which has blackened about 900 acres, mostly in the Angeles National forest, the U. S. forest service reported. Six summer cabins were de stroyed Friday after the fire sprang up near the YMCA boys' camp in the Big Pines area. Forest- Service Assistant Ad ministrative officer Bill Dierx said no other structures had been destroyed or endangered. He said there were many sum mer camps in the Big Pines area but that none of them had been in danger. Firefighters predicted com plete control of the blaze by 6 a.m. today. A small portion re mained uncontrolled on the north side. About 750 acres were blackened in the forest area and 150 in Los Angeles county territory, authorities said. Los Angeles county con tributed about 200 of the fire fighters. Dierx said the forest service urged hunters to keep out of the Big Pines area because of the large amount of fire equipment using the raids. He said the Big Pines highway to Valyermo was closed because of fire equip ment. Another Southern California brush fire was controlled today after burning over 650 acres five miles east of Riverside. Explosion Rocks Rocket Fuel Plant Sacramento IP An explosion that could be heard in a four mile radius rocked the Aerojet Corporation's solid rocket fuel plant at Nimbus Saturday, but only one employee was hurt. Plant manager Elmer Nelson said the blast occurred in T mix ing station on assembly line three and was "accidental." He said the building housing the station was pretty badly damag ed by fire touched off by the blast. A single fire truck from the Mills. Calif., department was at the scene. It had the flames well under control, although traces of smoke from a huge black cloud over the plant site still hung in the air. . Nelson identified the injured man as D. Enzler, who sustained a back injury. The dispatcher at the Mills de partment said he heard the ex plosion at home, four miles from the plant. And the Sacramento county sheriffs office was flood ed with calls complaining of the noise. The plant itself was compara tively empty, as operations are slowed down on Saturday. Aero jet makes rocket engines and iuels for the government. Winfield K. Denton (D-Ind.) about the administration's "soft loan policy toward allies, Dulles said the loans were not intended to make friends. Making Enemies Denton questioned whether the loans, if unpaid, would not make enemies instead of friends. "I do not care in a lot of these cases whether they are friends or not," Dulles said. "We are doing these things because it will serve the interests of the United States." Denton then said he under stood the state department's function was to maintain friend ly relations with foreign coun tries. "We try to maintain friendly relations with some foreign coun tries; not all," Dulles said. "Do you think that that will cause hard feelings later when the soft loans come due and can not be paid, if that is the case?" Denton asked. , "It may," Dulles replied. "But I do not care-about that. "If the making of these loans saves the country from Commu nism, people, an area, the loss of which to Communism would be bad for the United States, 1 do not care whether they like us or hate us. We will have accom plished our purpose." Denton then asked whether the government's purpose would be accomplished if, in the future when the loans come due, they cannot be repaid, . "I do not know," Dulles said. 'That will be a problem for some other secretary of state, not me." Second Convention . Of AFL-CIO Adjourned Klamath Falls HP) The second annual convention of. the AFL-CIO state labor council ad journed here Friday, as dele gates took action on policy-making resolutions. The delegates adopted a reso lution calling for an investiga tion of Portland racketeer James B. Elkins. to determine if he committed perjury during recent vice trials in Portland. A "tax credit" plan was also offered by political director George Brown, aimed at widen ing Oregon's tax base without the necessity of a state sales tax. Brown said a sales tax was not the answer to Oregon's tax structure. His plan was adopted for further study by labor. The delegates, who voted 278 to 21 to keep 23 state officers and directors in office another two years, selected Roseburg as their 1958 convention city. HERE'S TIP HAPPY HARRY "Borrow The . .'. 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Fleeing Robbery The three who Invaded the occupied home of Mr. and Mrs. Homer Fenstemaker were flee ing the S400 robbery of a mar- and shooting occurred Thurs-iket and the shooting of Patrol- day afternoon and the robbers picked the home at "random" for a hideout. A neighbor noticed a strange car In the garage Friday after- man Harris Lillie, 44, of nearby Jouisviiie. Mrs. Fenstemaker said that several times during the period, members of the family answer ed the telephone or the door with a gun a few inches away. "Each time they told us, 'be careful what you say or you won't talk any more." Once 12-year-old Dale Fenste maker was called outside to be paid by a neighbor for some chores. When he returned, one robber gave him 50 cents for "being a good boy." In all, three persons came to the home with out realizing anything was amiss. Mrs. Fenstemaker said ner vously that we can laugh at some of the things that happen ed now, but they weren't funny at the time. The suspense was terrible." Decide To Surrender She said that the three men decided to surrender in the face of a tear gas attack. "They toss ed a large roll of bills to my daughter and said it was 'for the trouble we've caused you'." The robbers will not be for mally charged until Lillie wins or loses his fight for life. He was "improving" at Mercy hos pital, following surgery for a gunshot wound in the abdomen. Flushed from the house they had "occupied" in their flight from crime were Walter Joseph Miller, 28, Los Angeles; WiHiam Rhodes, 25, Anderson, Ind.; and Robert Llewelyn Kline, 25, of Phoenix, Ariz. They said they met in the Army at Ft. Ord, Calif., and "came east for a good time." They admitted robbing the Fairhope grocery. Deputies said Miller blamed Kline for the "ac cidental" shooting of the Louis ville officer. Forty billion dollars will be spent in West Germany in the next decade for new highways, including 20,000 miles of auto-bahns. ALLEGED SMUGGLER SUES New Delhi, India (in Am erican Leo Roy Frey of Los An geles, jailed here for ' allegedly smuggling Indian and foreign currency into the country, filed contempt charges against the publisher of the New Delhi Statesman Friday, the only British-owned newspaper in In dia and the Indian Daily Trib une. Frey charged the newspap ers prejudiced his case by print ing a photograph of his car in which the currency allegedly was seized. '? , -' :-.:J Doesn'f new Royal 76 belong in your picture; too? It's the West's most powerful premium gasoline. It mates driving there almost as enjoyable as what you do, after you arrive. You get it at your Union Oil station where (customers tell us) the Minute Man's service is as good as his gasoline, At the sign of the big 76 where you know you always get the finest. UNION OIL COMPANY OF CALIFORNIA lira ) i mm m t 1 Sim 3 S America's Finest 4 I Service Station System L . i-"
