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By HARRY S. TRUMAN
North American Newspaper Alliance, Inc.
North American Newspaper Alliance, Inc.
Copyright, 1951, By Harry S. Truman
(Reproduction of thii article in whole or in part is forbidden
without written authorization).
The United States, Great Britain and France should lose
no time in telling the Soviet Union that Khrushchev's propo
sals to compel the West to abandon West Berlin will not work
and will be resisted.
The attempt of Russia to dispose of our rights in Berlin
is an act of mockery and cynicism and a move fraught with
danger.
Whether Khrushchev's ultimatum to force the West to
accept repudiation of the Four Power agreement by the trick
proposal of a "free city" of West Berlin is a maneuver to
force recognition of East Germany or another in a series of
provocative acts to harass us, we cannot permit them to get
away with it.
Russians May Go Too Far
There is a peaceful solution to the German problem as
there is a peaceful solution to every international problem, if
the Russians will abandon their relentless tactics of keeping
the world in turmoil and probing how far they can bully us
while yet escaping war. The real danger is that one of these
days the Russians may go too far.
I, for one, see no valid reason to fear a united Germany
iiow. I think Germany has learned her lesson after two cata
strophic experiences and should take her place in the con
structive and peaceful ways of other hations in mutual coop
eration and development. The immense talents of the German
people and German science should be of great help in the
development and improvement of the lot of people all over
the world. This is where Russia could be of much help to
hasten the betterment of the lot of all mankind if only she
would apply her energies and new industrial development to
the ways of peace.
Stepping Slone for Invasion
But, as matters stand, we all have reason to fear a Russia
now resuming the tough line of Stalinism and more menacing
ly so because of her recent successes in the field of military
science. East Germany under Russian domination is not a buf
fer state for peace but is, in fact, a stepping stone for Russian
invasion westward. A Germany united could be a bulwark
for peace in Europe. What Russia really is after, I believe, is
a division of Germany, with East Germany, and all of Berlin
as a permanent part of the Russian cluster of satellite states.
The Russian move to isolate East Berlin-to emphasize
East Germany's ability to govern itself-is an act of diplomatic
buffoonery, because Russia continues to occupy East Ger
many with an enormous army of over 450,000 soldiers and
will not allow the people of East Germany to elect a govern
ment of their own choosing. Communist Russia continues to
violate the agreements at Potsdam by which, Poland, HunT
gary, Rumania and Bulgaria were to be allowed to choose
their own forms of government in free elections. It is now 13
years since the Russians made this agreement with us in
Potsdam, and the people of these countries remain under
Russian total domination and guns.
I read that Khrushchev has repeated some old suggestions
to recent travelers to Russia that the two German states
West Germany and East Germany-should be left to negotiate
their union without the participation of the United States,
Great Britain, France and Russia. This is a design to expose
West Germany to Communist conquest.
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Water, Fire District
Voters Casting Ballots
Voters in live water tus-
tricts and three rural fire pro
tection districts will go to tne
polls today to elect one or
more directors in each. .
Water district elections, in
clude the Charlotte Anne dis
trict, where voters will cast
their ballots at Camp U-Rest,
Errant Chauffeur,
Auto Keys Missing
Harold Raymond Benson,
1911 Hazel St., told Medford
police he gave his car keys to
an acquaintance who had
agreed to drive him home
Friday night. But the ac
quaintance, and the car, dis
appeared. Police discovered the veh
lclev early this morning, park
ed on North Riverside ave. at
Sixth st. near the spot whence
it had been taken. The keys
were missing, the policeman
who discovered it reported.
And so was the errant chauf
feur. Gregg Sherwood Fined
$100 on Drunk Charge
Los Angeles (UPD Mrs.
Gregg Sherwood Dodge, 34,
former showgirl and wife of
automotive heir Horace
Dodge II, was fined $100 to
day on a plain drunk convic
tion. WEATHER
FORECAST: Considerable cloud
iness and mild with a- few
light showers through Tues
day. Low tonight 40. High
Tuesday 50. TEMP.
Highest Yesterday 48
Lowest thii Morning - 38
To 10 am. Today
.04
Our Skies Tonight
Sunset today
4:40 D.m.
Sunrise tomorrow
. 7:22 ajn.
10:00 p.m.
Moonrise tonight .
Dec. 3
Highlights oi tne pncnomru in
the skies above this month will
be the continued prominence of
Mars, now the only planet in
the evening sky; and the ap
pearance of the Moon at Christ-
AftedhfonirSfiores WolD i
Warns
n
Moves
&ouui racinc mgnway; cis.
City district, at the El Rancho
motel, 3838 North Pacific
highway, and the Jacksonville
Highway Water district, with
voting at the Oak Grove
school.
Also the Maple Park Water
district with Dolling place at
1205 Sage rd. and Kings High
way district where ballots
will be cast at the Wayne
Troxell residence, 1833 South
Peach st.
Votes may be cast until 8
o'clock tonight.
Two directors and a propos
al for annexation of a piece of
oronerty in the White City
area will be voted on by elig
ible voters in the Central
Point Rural Fire Protection
district. The election will be
held at the main fire hall on
Highway 99 just south of Cen
tral Point.
Medford Rural Fire district
noliinz Dlace will be the Oak
Grove school while the voters
in the Shadv Cove-Trail Fire
Protection district will vote in
the fire station.
Caustic Remarks
Against Medford
Results in Punch
One resident of an area
recently annexed to Med
ford remark ed in a bar
here earlv Sundav mornina
L that he preferred Reno,
Nev. lo this fair city.
A stranger, according to
the police report, promptly
knocked him through the
doorway of the bar.
The loquacious resident
picked himself up tnd ap
peared shortly afterward at
the Medford police station.
But after being told the
necessary procedure for fil
ing complaints, he appar
ently simmered down.
"I better go home and
keep my mouth shut,"
ha said.
20 Pages
Oregon Holiday
Accident Toll
Stands at 10
Traffic Accounts
For Four Deaths
By United Press International
Oregon's four-day Thanks
giving week end death toll
stood at 10 today. Traffic acci
dents claimed four lives, three
persons drowned and three
died in other mishaps.
The holiday accident count
extended from 6 p.m. Wednes
day to midnight Sunday.
William Melrose, 60, Port
land, died Sunday in a headon
collision about five miles east
of the Cannon Beach junction.
His wife, Mabel, 65, was in
serious condition. Mr. and
Mrs. Ralph Bryant and their
daughter, Vicki, 10, of War
renton, also were hospitalized.
Martha Minkler, 14, Oak
ridge, was killed in a two-car
collision on Highway 58 about
16 miles southeast of Eugene
Saturday night. Five other
persons were hurt.
-Mrs. Elzora Aldrich, 58,
Gresham, died in a Portland
hospital Sunday from injuries
suffered-when struck by a car
Saturday night.
Frank C. Learning, 51, Cen
tral Point, was killed late
Saturday in a two-car mishap
at Eagle Point junction.
Two other persons were in
jured fatally in Oregon traffic
mishaps just before the 6 p.m.
starting time Wednesday.
They were Mary Ross, 52,
Coos Bay, and Kenneth
Cruickshank, 21, Bend.
A man and his son drowned
in the Columbia river Satur
day while hunting when high
waves capsized their boat.
Drowned were Otis E. John
ston, 46, and his son Wayne,
16, of Portland. Another son,
Lloyd, 19, and a .friend John
Bergeson, 17, managed to
make it safely to shore. The
accident occurred near Trout
dale. Ira McCullough, about 45,
of Everett, Wash., was pre
sumed drowned in the Colum
bia slough while working on
a log boom in Portland.
A hunting accident near
Seaside cost the life of 17-year-old
Harry Keller of
Gales Creek. Keller was shot
while on an elk hunting trip.
Perry Lee Andrews, 57, War
renton, told police he shot
into the brush when he saw
something move, thinking it
was an elk.
Eugene Wayne Mowden, 19,
Wilderville, was killed when
a car he was working on
slipped off the jack and crush
ed him.
Carbon monoxide fumes
took the life of Harry Val
Alst, 22, Portland, while he
was working on his car.
Office Burglarized
In Central Point
Central Point - Thieves en
tered the Howard Cooper
company offices, at Central
Point, Sunday night and took
a check for $88.53 and about
$50 in change, Central Point
Police Chief C. P. Bowen re
ported today.
The burglars entered the
offices at 419 North Pacific
highway, Central Point, by
prying open a window in the
rear with a pinch-bar, Bowen
said. The check was from the
Howard Cooper corporation,
Portland, and made out and
endorsed by Wayne Robert
son, local manager.
Woman Bruised When
Hit by Automobile
Mrs. Mary Evelyn Janes,
1020 North Central ave., suf
fered bruises yesterday after
noon when struck by an uni
dentified vehicle while cross
ing Holly st. between Haven
and West Jackson sts., Med
ford police reported.
Mrs. Jones told police the
driver, who apparently did
not give his name, stopped
and offered to help her. She
said he drove her to her
destination, the Free Metho
dist church, 1216 South Peach
st.
53rd Year
Medford
Advisory Group
To Inform Voters
On Parking Proposal
An advisory committee of
civic leaders is seeking to in
form Medford voters of the
merits of the charter amend
ment for off-street parking to
be voted on Dec. 10.
"Many people have mistak
enly confused , the charter
amendment with ' a general
tax measure," Dr. D. Kirk
land West, committee chair
man, has stated, "and it will
be the job of the 50 or more
volunteer civic leaders, who
comprise the committee - at
large, to correct these misun
derstandings." Dr. West pointed out that
the ballot measure is enabling
legislation and does not con
stitute a general tax levy.
He said it is only the first
step in providing legal author
ity for a solution of the park
ing problem. He said the next
steps depend on voter appro
val of the charter amendment.
Two Schools Back
On Regular Basis
Roosevelt and Wilson ele
mentary schools will operate
on a full-time basis tomorrow,
according to Medford school
district officials. Students as
signed to the . new Wilson
school have been double-shifting
at Roosevelt.
Both schools will open at
the regular time of 9 a.m.,
it was reported.
Roosevelt school cafeteria
will be in operation tomorrow,
but the Wilson school - cafe
teria will not be ready for
service for some time yet, a
school district official said.
Wilson school pupils should
bring sack lunches, it was sug
gested. Milk and ice cream
can be obtained at the cafe
teria. Both schools have been op
erating on a part-time basis
since school opened this fall.
Work is still being done on
the cafeteria and gym section
of the Wilson school. However
the classroom section and the
principal's office .are com
pleted. Slash Burning
Spreads to Five Acres
A slash burning operation
near Tallow, Box lookout in
the Star gulch area broke' out
of its boundaries and spread
over about five acres Satur-
dav. the southwest district of
fice of the state department
of forestry reported.
The "Dost-season" blaze
brought the number "of fires
in the district for this year to
272. Some small timber in a
reproduction area was damag
ed. State patrolmen wonted at
the scene Saturday evening
and Sunday morning. .
Portland - (UPD - University
of Portland has dedicated a
new $425,000 library.
MEDFORD, OREGON, MONDAY, DECEMBER 1, 1958
These subsequent steps
would include hearings and
ordinances to establish the
downtown special assessment
district, to issue bonds for con
struction of off-street parking
facilities and to provide for
the facilities' operation, he ex
plained, i
"Our advisory committee is
confident," Dr. West said,
"that the already existing le
gal safeguards will insure or
derly procedures. And public
control over such items as
bond issuances, downtown
property assessment district
hearings and guarantee of
service to the public is al
ready a matter of established
law and record.
"It would be unfortunate
for city progress if side issues
which are not pertinent and
which are already under pub
lic control were to be intro
duced at this time. It might
tend to confuse the issue, the
basic consideration of the
charter amendment."
The charter amendment
proposal is a pledge of the
city's full faith and credit be
hind the issuance of general
obligation bonds up to $500,
000. Such bonds, to be used
for financing the off-street
parking program, can only be
issued with voter approval.
The bonds themselves would
be paid off by revenue from
the new facilities, up to 25
per cent of parking meter
revenue and assessments from
the property which the facili
ties would benefit.
Dr. West, in a prepared
statement, told voters that
general obligation bonds
would be the only type of is
sue that could find a ready
sale. He said study and con
sultation with experts in the
fields of parking and bonding
had led to this conclusion.
Compares Procedure
He compared the procedure
to methods used to establish
certain water or sewer dis
tricts' financing, where, he
said, general obligation bonds
are issued to guarantee sala
bility but only the benefited
district pays the assessment.
According to his statement,
those downtown property
owners contacted regarding
the measure have indicated
they support it and are will
ing to assume an equitable
levy based on benefit when
ever the necessary downtown
assessment district is formed.
Discussions of the program
and ballot measure have been
scheduled for the Medford
Lions club, the Rotary club,
the Jackson County Chamber
of Commerce roundtable and
other civic forums, the state
ment reported. One speaker
has already addressed . the
Crater Lions club, it is under
stood. Dr. West invited those in
terested in more complete de
tails to get in touch with him
personally or to phone SPring
2-8131 to arrange for a
speaker.
peou 'Umrtil 9 'Clock foraglM
Qypkes sk
Calexico Appears
Hardest Hit by
Temblor Series
Windows Broken,
Plaster Tumbles
Calexico, Calif. (UPD A
series
of unusually sharp
earthquakes rumbled through
most of Southern California
and Western Arizona Sunday
night, alarming thousands of
residents and causing minor
damage in at least three cities.
Windows shattered and
plaster cracked under the im
pact of the successive tem
blors which rocked a large
pie-shaped area extending
from San Diego west to Yuma,
Ariz., just across the Califor
nia border and north to Los
Angeles.
Aftershocks Continue
Magnitude of two of the
four earth tremors was 5.4 and
5 on the Richter scale - slight
ly less than the quakes which
rocked San Francisco a year
and a half ago and caused
widespread minor damage.
Aftershocks will continue
to be felt throughout the day,
seismologists said. -. -
Dr. Charles F. Richter,
seismologist of the California
Institute of Technology at
Pasadena, said the large
shocks hit at 7:21 p.m. and
10:02 p.m.
Cities reporting damage
were this border town which
appeared to be hardest hit,
nearby El Centro to the north
and Mexicali, Mexico, just
across the border to the south.
A large plate glass window
at a chain grocery store was
shattered here and a water
main snapped. A number of
grocery stores reported can
ned goods and bottles were
shaken from their shelves.
Plaster Cracked
Broken windows were re
ported in Mexicali and crack
ed plaster in homes and busi
nesses were reported in El
Centro. -
Dr. Richter said the center
of the swarm of earthquakes
was in Imperial Valley, a rich
agricultural section lying in
land from the ocean about 100
miles and extending north
from here. A series of quakes
rocked this area in 1940, caus
ing at least eight deaths.
Trial Date Set
For Flury Case
Trial date for the case of
the state versus Ted R. Flury,
54, of route 1, box 586, Eagle
Point, was set this morning
by Circuit Court Judge Ed
ward C. Kelly for Jan. 14.
The case will be heard by
Judge James M. Main, pres
ent district court judge, who
was elected circuit court
judge in the Nov. 4 election.
Flury was arrested in Oc
tober on a charge of accept
i n g consideration while a
public official for services
rendered for a person dealing
with a public body. He was
specifically charged with re
ceiving $4,050 from the Cali
fornia Oregon Power com
pany while he was secretary
manager of the Eagle Point
Irrigation district.
DOW-JONES -AVERAGES
New York (UPD Dow
Jones final stock averages:
30 industrials 560.07, up
2.61; 20 railroads 156.02, up
0.34; 15 utilities 85.66, up
0.41, and 65 stocks 194.86,
up 0.81. Sales today were
about 3,800,000 shares com
pared with 4,120,000 shares
Friday.
Price 10
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SOVIETS TEST NUCLEAR POWERED BOMBER-A nuclear
powered bomber is being flight tested in the Soviet Union
according to an article in the
magazine. This is an Aviation Week artist's conception of
the bomber, which shows large nuclear power plants suspend
ed in. pods under the delta
mounted on the wing tips and
radiation protection of the crew. .
McElroy Doubts
Russia Has Flown
Atomic Airplane
Washington (UPD Defense
Secretary Neil H. McElroy
said today he is "highly skep
tical" of reports that Russia
has flown the world's first
atom-powered plane.
He conceded that the So
viets may have a "slight lead"
over the United States in ulti
mate development of a nu
clear aircraft.
The magazine Aviation
Week reported that the So
viets recently flew success
fully the first prototype
atomic plane in the Moscow
area.
Tremendous Jolt
McElroy told United Press
International he does not
know if the report is true or
not, but added that "I am
highly skeptical of it."
"But if it is true," he said,
"it would be a tremendous
jolt to us in this country."
He said the U.S. does not
contemplate any change" in
its program to develop and
build a plane operated by nu
clear power even though the
Soviets may have a "slight
lead."
Western sources in Moscow
said they had no information
on Aviation Week's claim that
Russian scientists have put a
huge experimental atom-powered
bomber in, flight. .
Nothing Published
They said Soviet publica
tions have discussed the the
oretical aspects of nuclear
flight in . recent years, but
nothing has been published to
indicate that it has been
achieved. Neither, they said,
have any new planes been
Cents
No. 216
current issue of Aviation Week
wing. Conventional turbo jets
a 195-foot-long fuselage aid in
spotted flying in the Moscow
area.
Chairman Dennis - Chavez
(D-N.M.) of the Senate's Mili
tary Appropriation . Subcom
mittee, promised meantime
that Congress would give
President Eisenhower all the
money he needs to put a U.S.
atom-powered plane in flight.
Pinball Operators
Get $150 Fines
Ernest Lytle, 49 South
Eighth st., Central Point, and
Henry Aylmar Ditmanson,
221 Vi North Holly st., Med
ford, pleaded guilty in dis
trict court this morning to
charges of possessing and dis
playing a game of chance at
Valley Billiards, Central
Point. The plea was entered
by their attorney, Robert
Dickey.
They were fined $150 each
by Judge James M. Main and
the court ordered the sheriff's
office to destroy the pinball
machine , which .was confis
cated in October at the time
the men were arrested.
The complaint filed against
the two men was signed by
the Central Point city police.
De Gaulle Emerges From
Election as Strong Man
Paris -(UPD- Premier Charles
de Gaulle ruled today as
France's undisputed strong
man, swept to a pinnacle of
power and prestige by a tidal
wave of votes in run off elec
tions Sunday for parliament.
Communists Routed
In doing so the nearly 20
million- French voters:
-Blitzed and routed the
once powerful, Moscow-controlled
French Communist
Party, turning it into a tiny,
impotent group that can no
longer sway French parlia
mentary politics.
-Ousted in a mass wave of
national contempt the men of
the Fourth Republic whom
they blamed for dragging
Agreement With
Western Powers
Said Non-Existent
Air, Land Routes
Discussed In Speech
Berlin - (UPD - East German
Foreign Minister Lothar Bolz
today denied agreements exist
giving the western powers thf
right to travel to isolated Ber
lin. Bolz, in a speech to an East
Berlin meeting of the national
council of the Communist-run
Nationalist Front," went far
beyond previous eastern state
ments questioning western
use of air and land routes
through East Germany in six
months when the Soviets ab- ,
rogate four-power occupation
agreements.
He said no agreements on
use of the lifelines to the West
ever were made and none ex
ist now.
Military Train Delayed
Despite Bolz's statement,
both the Soviets and East Ger
many today indicated by their
acts that they plan to respect
western occupation rights at
least until expiration of the
six-month period given the
West to accept new Soviet
proposals on Berlin.
A broken rail just outside
West Berlin today delayed the
U. S. military train from
Frankfurt for 60 minutes.
A U. S. Army spokesman
said the East German railway
crew repaired the track quick
ly and efficiently so the train
could continue its journey
through the Soviet zone and
enter West Berlin.
A former Soviet com
mandant of Berlin said in an
interview with the Commun
ist newspaper Neues Deutsch-
land that four-power agree
ments gave the western pow
ers only a temporary right to
occupy West Berlin.
Maj. Gen. P. A. Dibrova,
commandant of the Soviet sec
tor from 1952 to 1956, said
the Soviet proposal to give
West Berlin the status of a
free city would not only free
Berliners "from sabotage, di
versionist and war propa
ganda centers' but also from
western occupation, troops.
The Communist propaganda
campaign was meeting firm
resistance, and the 12,000
American, British and French
troops were under orders to
shoot back if Soviet or East
German troops invaded the
western sectors of the city.'
Festival Fund
Hears Half Nark
Ashland - The Shakespear-.
ean Festival fund is now ap
proaching the half-way majk,
according to a fund drive of
ficial following the report
luncheon in Ashland today
noon.
Goal for the money-raising
venture for reconstruction of
the festival theater structure
is $275,000. A total of $38,
829.09 has been collected so
far, according to reports made
at the report meeting in the
fund raising headquarters to
day. Previous total was $32,-
143.09, it was reported.
Medford is to hold its re
port luncheon at the Red
Cross building Wednesday
noon.
Clarence BelL was high
man in the Ashland men's di
vision with $703 collected and
Mrs. Harry Skerry, Ashland,
was high woman in the wom
an's division with $1,465 col
lected. Total that the men's
division has raised is $19,641.
Total for the women's group
is $19,188.09.
France to the brink of civil
war. Former premiers and
cabinet ministers were
dumped in wholesale lots.
-Elected a parliament in
which De Gaulle was ensured
of a crushing majority backed
by the rightwing and military
elements who raised him to
eminence in a near-revolution
last May.
This was the third straight
massive confidence vote for
De Gaulle in two months. He
is expected to get an even
bigger edge on Dec. 21 when
100,000 "grand electors" meet
to name a president with
greater powers than modern
France has known. De Gaulle
is the overwhelming favorite.
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