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nn 1 J! iu iseors Moscow IP Marshal Georjzi Zhukov Saturday was re lieved of his post as Soviet de fense minister. An official an nouncement said he would be succeeded by Marshal Rodion Y. Malinovsky, hero of the World War II defense of Stalingrad. There was no immediate ex planation of the announcement that the presidium of the Soviet Union had "relieved Marshal G. K. Zhukov of the post of U.S.R. minister of defense." A dispatch by the Soviet news agency, Tass. was beamed to the west by radio Moscow at 8:40 p.m. (2:40 p.m. EJ.D.T.). Forty minutes later, it was announced on broadcasts for home consump tion. Surprises Sovitt Capital The announcement came as a surprise to the Soviet capital. At the time of the announce ment, Bulganin and Soviet Com munist party chief Nikita S. Khrushchev were attending a re ceptipn at the Iranian embassy in honor of the birthday of the Shah of Iran. Zhukov, 61, had served as de fense minister since Feb. 9, 1955. He returned to Moscow Satur day from a tour of ' Yugoslavia and Albania. His successor, Malinovsky, a Red army marshal, is a "hero of the Soviet Union." He won ac claim for his defense of Stal ingrad in 1942 and is a career j soldier. The change of status for Zhu i kov wag as sudden to the public a higher one, his promotion was announced at the same time as hii release from his old job. MalinovsKy, 59, was elected a deputy of the supreme Soviet (or parliament) in 1956. Zhukov was elevted to the presidium in the shakeup last July. Western observers wondered why the announcement had not been held until the eve of the celebrations for the 40th anniver sary of the Bolshevik revolution on Nov. 7. accept an invitation to visit ashington. The suggestion was received coldly in Washington. (Correspondence between Ei senhower and Zhukov ceased re cently after a flurry of letters between them. The writing drop ped off after Zhukov made sev eral nuclear disarmament pro posals. He also attacked Eisen hower in a speech during a vis it to India last winter). The announcement followed by several weeks the disclosure of a program for more party dis cipline among the military branches. Recent editorials in army and party publications have critic ized the educational program of the armed forces. They noted "many shortcomings," and have stressed that the party is the leading and guiding factor in So viet life. It could be that the Kremlin was preparing for Zhukov's dis missal. Both Zhukov and his success or, Malinovsky, are profession al soldiers of the old school. Both started their careers in the turbulent days touched off by World War I. Both held high rank during World War II and both were spectatcularly suc cessful as field commanders. (Zhukov and Eisenhower met at the Geneva Summit confer ence in 1955. After that, there were reports that Zhukov would at the dismissal last July 3 of the "Molotov" trio of Georgi Malenkov, Vyacheslav Molotov and Lazar Kaganovich for "anti party activities." The announcement could mean that Zhukov was on his way up or down. Observers noted in the past that whenever a Soviet official was elevated from one post to M Ihukov m Recommended Recommended: A feature ttory on Hunter's Safety Course in rub lie Schools Here appears on pile 12 of today's Medford Mail Trlbunt. 53 PAGES "Oh, We Think Of This As Just A Launching Platform" D. A. Sends Letter Asking for Inquiry The board of control might investigate why Lowell Allen Bish. 32, Medford has been al lowed to escape from the state hospital in Salem twice. District Attorney Thomas J. Reeded sug gested in a letter to Gov. Robert D. Holmes. Reeder said Friday afternoon he is sending the letter to see if steps can't be taken to keep Bish under maximum security. The letter, written before Bish was caught early Friday morning, stated, "Last night and today there has been a man-hunt All Building Needs For U.S. Offices Now Being Studied The federal government is making a study of federal office space needs to determne wheth er a new federal building is needed in Medford, Congress man Charles O. Porter reported to Mayor John Snider Friday afternoon. The mayor had asked Porter to check with the general serv ices administration, the govern ment's "housekeeping" agency, ' pointing out that federal offices are now housed in a number of different locations, and paying substantial rents. He felt a sur vey should be made to deter mine the feasibility of consoli dation of some of these in a new federal office building. Porter recently recived a re port from the GSA, which said a survey has been made, and its results are now being studied in Washington, and that when it is completed, it should be pos sible to evaluate the most feasi ble manner of satisfying Fed eral space requirements. It add ed: "Should the need for new Federal construction be indi cated . . . you may be assured that it will be given early and most careful consideration." The congressman also report that he has been assured by Forrest Cooper of the state high way commission that the Crater Lake highway will be adequate ly maintained by the state until a determination of a new route along the Rogue has been made. Reconstruction of some of the i route has been postponed by the possibility of dam-building along the Rogue, and some people have expressed fears that the exist ing road would not be main tained properly. Cooper told Porter that, if the basin plan is approved, the new route of the highway may go along the north side of the reservoir, al though the routing is not defi , nitely determined. 52nd Year Me United Pre Full Leased Wir in the county with the result someone may be shot and possi bly killed." "It's all go unnecessary and expensive to the taxpayer," Reeder continued in his letter. Authorities Warned Reeder pointed out in his let ter that he has warned state hos pital authorities three times by letter that Bish "is dangerous and should be kept under maxi mum security." The first letter was written after Bish was or dered committed to the state hospital on June 20, 1957, Reeder said. The district attorney wrote that the first time Bish escaped he "merely walked away." He was apprehended and returned and another warning letter writ ten to the hospital authorities. The head of the state hospital has now been warned a third time, Reeder said. A file of the correspondence with the hospital is enclosed with the letter to the governor, "I'm informed that when he escaped recently he was given ground privileges and just walk ed away," Reeder wrote. When people suffer such men tal disorders, under our laws they are committed to the state hospital, Reeder continued. "I have felt this was the hu mane and proper thing to do with mental cases of this type. However, if the hospital is not going to assume responsibility of keeping people in custody I am almost forced to send per sons like this to the penitentiary to protect the public. I urge you to look into this matter and take the necessary steps," Reeder con cluded. Several Shots Fired When Chief Sheriffs Deputy Joe Walsh and Medford Police man Jack Sanders were chasing Bish Wednesday evening they fired several shots to halt the escapee. After being notified by Ash land officials he was headed to ward Medford, Bish was trailed onto the road to Little Switzer land area, where he jumped from the car. Officers fired several shots into the ground behind Bish, who was carrying a rifle, according to authorities. On one previous occasion law enforcement officers fired 12 shots at Bish's car tires to appre hend him after he was charged with assault with a deadly weap on on a warrant by a state police officer. Bish was committed originally after he was arrested for a traf fic violation. His actions then led to a mental hearing, Reeder ex plained. The fugitive was apprehended early Friday morning at South Riverside ave. and Barnetl rd. when city police conducted a routine traffic check. DFOI Pre-Election Calm Settles On Istanbul, Turkey, OP) A pre-election calm settled on Tur key Saturday night despite shrill Soviet insistence that the ballots to be cast tomorrow will turn to bullets the day after. All interest appeared to be centered on the presidential and parliamentary elections today rather than the ' "war" charges by the Soviet Union and Syria. The Soviets have charged that "immediately" after the election Turkey will attack Syria. Indicate No Aggression So far, the Turkish people and their leaders have shown no in dication that Turkey plans any military action against neighbor ing Soviet-armed Syria. Most military leaders have resigned their commissions temporarily to stump for candidates in the leading Democratic and Peoples Republican Party. At Gaziantep, Turkey, U. S. Col. Harvey J. Jablonsky, com mander of a 20-man U. S. Army training detatchment, said the only trouble he saw on the bor der was an attack last month by bandits on an American oil crew. Deep In' Arguemenis The Turkish people were deep in internal political arguements which would be resolved at the Football Scores EAST Penn si. 20,'Syracuse 12 Navy 35, Pennsylvania 7 Lehigh 40, Columbia 6 Yale 20, Colgate 0 Dartmouth 26, Harvard 0 Buffalo 15, Alfred 0 Dayton 24. Xavier (Ohio) 13 Boston U. 35, Holy Cross 28 MIDWEST Notre Dame 13, Pittsburg 7 . Michigan it. 19, Illinois 14 Iowa 6, Northwestern 0 Ohio si. 16, Wisconsin 13 Purdue 37, Miami (Ohio) 8 Indiana 14. Villanova 7 Texas Christian 26, Marquette 7 Michigan 24. Minnesota 7 Kansas st. 14, Iowa st. 10 Cincinnati 7. College of Pa cific 2 Missouri 14, Nebraska 13 St. Vincent 14. Baldwin-Wal-lac 0 Grinnell 8, Cornell college 6 Drake 21, Bradley 13 Iowa Tchrs 27. North Dakota 20 WEST Oregon 24, California 6 Washington 19, Oregon st. 6 SOC 21, OCE 19 Utah 23, Wyoming 15 Lewis 8c Clark 19, Pacific U. 14 New Mexico Highlands 41, Adams St. 13 Eastern Washington 16, Pa cific Lutheran 0 Washington Si. 13, Southern California 12 Stanford 20, U-C.L.A. 8 Idaho St. 34. Colorado college 7 Idaho 20. Freeno Si. 6 Central Washington 25, Puget Sound 7 Pomona 13, Badlands 12 SOUTH Florida 22, Louisiana si. 14 Florida st. 20, Virginia Tech 7 Army 20. Virginia 12 North Carolina 14, Wake For est 7 VMI 26, George Washington 20 Mississippi St. 25, Alabama 13 Arkansas 12, Mississippi 6 Georgia 33, Kentucky 14 Citadel 18. Furman 14 SOUTHWEST Teaxs A&M 14. Baylor 0 Oklahoma 14, Colorado 13 Texas Tech 28, Arizona 6 Marshfield Iff) South Eugene High school snapped the long winning streak of Marshfield Saturday night with a 9 to 0 victory. Spring field High came close to break ing the Pirate siring last week after a disputed safety was finally ruled void. T A IT Tr KCS3U0 EN3C juvusn o do n MEDFORD, OREGON, SUNDAY, OCTOBER 27, 1957 Bur key polls tomorrow. The election campaign which ended Wednesday was based pri marily on domestic issues. Both leading parties support the West, NATO membership and the Eis enhower doctrine. Their main arguement is on the methods of industrializing the country. 1 The Democratic party of Pre mier Adnan Menderes and Presi dent Celal Bayar was expected to, win over the Republican for ces head by .former President Ismet Inonu. The ruling party in parliament then will pick the president who will name the premier and cabi net. Peferson Transfers To Portland Office As Area Assistant Eugene K. Peterson, District Forester for the bureau of land management at Medford for the last 12 years, will be promoted and transferred to the Portland area office as assistant area for estry officer, effective Nov."17, Area Administrator James F. Doyle announced today. At the same time Virgil T. Heath, Oregon state supervisor, announced that Ross A. Young blood, presently district forester at Coos Bay, will transfer1 to Medford to replace Peterson. Boris T. Vladimiroff, who is now on the BLM forestry staff in Washington, D.C., will go to Coos Bay as district forester. Peterson's transfer to the area office will strengthen its forest ry staff in its work in Califor nia, Oregon and Washington, Doyle said The area office is charged with overall supervision policy formulation, programming and inspection of BLM activities in the three states. Peterson, a graduate of Oregon State College with a degree in Forestry started his federal ca reer with the U. S. Forest Serv ice in 1937. He joined the Ore gon and California revested lands administration at Medford as as sistant district forester in 1938. He has been district forester in Medford since 1944, except for two years in Roseburg dur ing World War II. Saud Drops Efforts To Mediate Dispute By United Press Syria announced Saturday that Saudi Arabia's King Saud had abandoned his efforts to me diate the Turko-Syrian dispute through personal diplomacy. The issue now becomes solely the property of the United Na tions, which will debate in pub lic Syrian and Russian charges that alleged Turkish troop con centrations on the Turkish Bord er with Syria threaten Syrian security and could lead to World War III. The U.N. resumes debate on the issue Monday, following Fri day's gloves-off speech by U.S. Ambassador Henry Cabot Lodge. Lodge accused Russia of creat ing an "artificial" war scare along the Turkish-Syrian border. 323 Cases of Flu In Jackson County A total of 323 cases of in fluenza were reported in Jack son county for the week ending Friday, the Jackson County health department has reported. Of the total, 238 cases were reported in Medford, 39 in Ash land and 46 in Phoenix. Other communicable diseases reported last weeks included four whooping cough in Med ford, one case of measles in Ash land, and one case each of scalp ringworm, scarlet fever, strep throat, mumps and tuberculosis, all in Medford, Plans Now Rushed For 'Summit' Meet Of Western Powers Announcement Set For Early Next Week Washington HP) The West ern Allies, united again by Rus sian threats, rushed plans Sat urday for a "summit" confer ence to modernize their alliance for the rocket era. A White House announcement that President Eisenhower will attend the mid-December NATO council meeting in Paris is ex pected early next week. , The NATO standing commit tee' first must meet and get ap proval of the 15 member na tions, for a top-level conference. Until that formality has .been completed, the White House and state department said, there will be no announcement. Paul-Henri Spaak, NATO sec retary general, told newsmen at Norfolk, Va., that he should be able to announce the summit meeting early next week. Russia's launching- of the earth satellite, he said, has "brought NATO nations close together." He urged a halt in the reduction of armed forces pending the top-level confer ence. Canadian Prime Minister John Diefenbaker did not wait for this, hower. He said in Ot tawa that he will attend the "gathering of NATO leaders at the highest level." This statement, coming after the arrival there of British Prime Minister Harold Macmil- lan, confirmed diplomatic re ports that a summit meeting to reappraise the West's defense needs will be the next move in meeting Russia's new challenges. Attendance of the chiefs of state would dramatize the re vived spirit of western unity in repsonse to Soviet rocket- rattling. American officials emphasized that the renewal of wartime Anglo - American cooperation was the historic result of the Eisenhower - Macmillan confer ference. Officials said the NATO meet ing probably will produce agree ments on defense efforts and information and weapons shar ing geared to the age of rocket missiles. Recent scientifc advances have virtually destroyed the assump tions on which western Europe's defense was based, one official said. Hearing Scheduled On Bus Route Halt A hearing will be held at 10 a.m. Wednesday, Nov. 13, at the public service building in Salem on a request from Continental Pacific Trailways to eliminate its route through Gold Hill. The company operates through Gold Hill on Highway 234. It would maintain its route on Highway 99 between Port land, Salem, Albany, Eugene, Roseburg, Grants Pass, Medford and Ashland. The company also asked to eliminate its route along High way 99E between Portland and Salem and substitute a route along the Baldock Freeway. ' Dublin, Ireland (IP) Lord Dunsandy, one of Ireland's most renowned men of letters, died Friday night. He was 79. WEATHER FORECAST: Fog evaporating by late morninr. fair this afternoon and evening, and arain Monday morning, he rominr fair Monday after noon. High today S5. low to night 42, high Monday 2. TEMP. Highest Yesterday 2 Lowest this Morning it Our Skies Tonight Sunrise 6:38 a.m. 5:12 p.m. Sunset Moonset 9:12 p.m. First Quarter Oct. 30 MARS, soon to be seen in the morning sky, is now passing to the east of Spica in the con stellation. Virgo. Well below Jupiter, Mars is now only ahout a brirht as the North Star. Pro Jtife" : A tij) , m- RELIEVED OF POST Marshal ; Georgi Z.hukov . (pictured above), Saturday was relieved of his post as Soviet defense, minister, according to an official announcement Saturday. Zhukov . was a ; wartime friend ... of President; Dwight D. ...'Eisenhower, , No ; immediate . official explanation of the an nouncement has been made. f " r -.. . - Orga n izarion U rged For Basin Promotion "Immediate organization" of local people in support of de velopment of the Rogue Basin was called for Friday night by Congressman Charles O. Por ler. , Speaking to a group of some 30 Grange members and others interested at the Live Oak Grange hall in Rogue River, the Eugene representative discuss ed putting emphasis on the flood control aspects, and the need for local support. "This isn't 'my' project as much as it is the project of the people of the Rogue Valley who will benefit by it," he declared, pointing out that the bill he has introduced calling for develop ment is multi-purpose in object tive, including not only flood control but also irrigation, pow er generation and extensive re creational benefits. The congressman gave a quick survey of the history of the pro ject, and how when proposed as "Plan A," it was defeated by what he believed was an "organ ized and vocal minority" of the people, who believed it would damage recreational values. The congressman, while point ing out that detailed knowledge of the overall benefits would have to await the outcome of current resurveys, said he be lieves the damage it would do to recreation and fishing have been overestimated. He cited numerous experi ments in the propagation of fish life, including current ones on artificial spawning beds, and stated his belief that, rather than damaging the Rogue fishery, it would actually improve it. "We don't really have a fish problem, what we have is a fish erman problem," he said, refer ring to the opposition of some fishing and outdoor organiza tions. Congressman Porter said his mail, and his personal contacts with many local" people, have convinced him that informed people in the valley support a development project by 95 per cent or better. But he warned that a complacent majority can lose its fight for what it wants and needs. "A determined and well-organized minority often can get its own way, simply because the majority is "unorganized or apa thetic,", he said. Criticized For Bill He said he had been critic ized for introducing his $66 mil lion Rogue development bill when he did, but explained that this was done for two reasons: Price 10a United Press Full Leased Wir first to "get something started" by talk and discussion of a con crete proposal, and second, to give governmental agencies in volved a means and. a reason to speed up their work in studying the project. During a question and answer period following his remarks, the congressman gave a possible timetable for the project, "if ev erything goes just as well as it possibly could." This would have the surveys now being made by the, Corps of Engineers com pleted in July, a public hearing in August, the public hearings in the area by members of Con gressional committee about a year from now. If successful, the bill amended in - conformity with the Engi neers recommendations, could be passed authorizing the project in the session of Congress open ing in January of 1959, with the first appropriation bill the fol lowing year. Construction would take an estimated two to four years, he said, indicating that at the very best it would be 1962 to 1964 before a completed pro ject would start providing its benefits. One questioner, citing thou sands of out-of-state signatures submitted on petitions in oppo sition to the project at the 1948 hearing, asked if these are ef fective as far as congress is con cerned. Porter said this depends on "how they are interpreted." An eastern congressman, not fa miliar with the proposal, could be impressed by the sheer vol ume of signatures unless some one is there to point out the fact that many of them are from peo ple with no personal interest in it, he stated. The congressman left early Saturday for his home in Eugene. On Friday, he visited the South ern Oregon college campus, vis ited a pear packing plant, and conferred with a number of con situtents on their problems. He probably will not be able to re turn to Jackson county until the Easter congressional recess. He plans to leave for Washington within the next few weeks. Swedish Coalition Gives Resignation Stockholm, Sweden (W Premier Tage Erlander's coali tion government resigned Sat urday. 1 Erlander, a Social Democrat, presented his cabinet's resigna tion to King Gustav Adolf, who asked the ministers to remain in a caretaker cabinet until a new government is formed. Subscribers To report Improper or non-delivery of the Mail Tribune in Med ford phone SP 2-6141, Ashland MU 3-1021. Yreka 841W before 6:45 P-m. daily and 1030 a m Sunday. If regular delivery arrives short ly aiter you call please notify of fice thus eliminating special mes senger service. No. 160 Cops Trace Veapon Used In Slaying Albert Anastasia Police Grill Hoods V In Marathon Session New York HP) Police traced a gun used in the gangland slay ing of Albert Anastasia to Chi cago Saturday. The discovery hinted that the killers were im ported from Al Capone's old battle-ground to commit murder for hire. - One of the two guns discarded after the , 55-year-old Lord High Executioner of Murder, Inc., was shot down in a barber's chair was traced to Chicago. Police worked around the clock to try to solve the city's most sensational slaying since Rubinstein was strangled In his Fifth Avenue mansion slayer has not been found. More than 60 persons, many of them drawn from a list of "who's . who" in hoodlumism, were questioned Friday ' night and Saturday. . Underworld czar Frank Cos tello, c who narrowly , escaped death from a would-be assassin's bullet last spring, was at the top of the list. But true to gang land code, he refused , to talk. Police said Costello was ques tioned for 15 minutes at his home but "passed hocomment on any question" put to him about Ana stasia; who was killed with five of 10 shots fired by, the two si lent gunmen in the barber shop of the Hotel Park-Sheraton. , Hours of marathon question ing sessions still left police right where the started on the two key questions in the Anastasia case: Who killed Anastasia and why? Teamsters Apeal Lett's Court Order Washington Ofi , The Teamsters union Saturday ap pealed a court order barring James R. Hoffa from taking of fice as the union's president. Union attorneys asked the U. S. Court of Appeals to throw out a preliminary injunction is sued by Federal District Judge F. Dickinson Letts. They also asked that the legal dispute over the union's election be taken out of Letts' hands. The lawyers claimed that Juc'ije Letts has failed to ex ercise "judicial discretion" and has abused his powers in issu ing the injunction. The 82-year-old jurist granted the injunction earlier this week when he . held that Hoffa and other Teamster officials rigged the recent Miami Beach, Fla., convention which elected them to office. He acted at the request of 13 New iYork rank-and-file Teamster members who claimed that 80 per cent of the conven tion delegates were handpicked to guarantee Hoffa's victory. The preliminary injunction is to remain in effect until a hear ing can be held on whether to order the union to hold a new convention and another election. Mollet Threatens To Quit Government Paris " (IP) Premier - Desig nate Gyy Mollet warned squab bling political parties he would quit unless they agreed to his distribution of cabinet posts by nightfall. Mollet sounded the virtual ultimatum against a background of increasing public unrest and resentment over France's worst political crisis since World War II. He called on leaders of the groups that promised to support him to meet this afternoon (6 a.m. p.s.t.) in a "make-or-break" round table conference, at . the labor ministry building. Mollet had been expected to announce his cabinet lineup Saturday. However, most of the leading posts were still unfilled at noon. V M
