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MAIL TRIBUME, MacHor", Or. FrMay, Dm. 25, 1959 ' TCreryooe la SoutHera Oieau - Published fill CTcepTlaturday by OT.DFCra FKINTINCi TO S3 North ftStPbffMlH RORMTT W RUHL. Editor VERB GREY Adverts Manager GEP.ALD LATHAM Business aigr ERIC W ALLEN JB- Uaaattnt Kdrtor , EARL B ADAMS. City Editor HARRY CHIPMAN Telef Editor RICHARD JVWr.Tr SoorU Editor OLIVE 8T ARCHER Women Editor PALX ERJCKSQN circulation May An IndaBendent KewRMoer . fto tares) a& serwvnd das matter al Medxor oreeon unoer r or Man 3 1897 mjBSCRcnoN rates M 1 1 .In Advance Ootrr lOe Da 11- and Sunday 1 vear $15 00 Daily and Sunday 6 mot 8 00 Dailv an Sunday 3 moi 4.25 Sunday Only One year $420 St Cmrwimr In Advance afedfOTd Ashland Central Paint. Eafle Point Jacksonville. i.oia mu Fhoenis Shady Cove Rogue Rlv mr Ti1M and Ml motor routes Daily and Sunday 1 year $18 00 Dally, and uncay l mo i Carrier and Dealers copy 10c All Terms Cair In Advance OffleM Paper of City f Medfor . Official Paper ol J season uooniy United Press International run Leased wire ' llZMBER OF AUDIT BUREAU- OF CIRCULATION AiSvv-Haine' Renresentative WEST HOLIDA V CO INC Of fices In Verm York. Chlcasjo. De troit San rVanrteo. Los An eel m Seattle. Portland St. Leuls. At lanta. Vancouver B.C. S2XNIWSPAPIt k PUBllSHItl "ASSOCIATION WATIOW At EDITORIAl Flight 'o Time Medford and Jackson County Hlitory from the filet of Th Mail Tribune 10, 20. 30. 40 md 50 year ago. 10 YEARS AGO Dec. 25. 1949 (Sunday) Nearly 50,000 persons at- ; tend St Peters in Rome to bear Pope Pius celebrate first papal masses of 1950 holy year. More than 2,000 Medford youngsters placed phone calls to Santa Claus Thursday and Friday nights, report Jaycees' who answered phones. 20 TEARS AGO Dec 25. 1939 (Monday) Adolph Hitler is spending Christmas with his troops on front lines in France. From Arthur Perry's "Ye Smudge Pot" column; f'Only ' 385 days to Christmas, shop arly." , 90 YEARS AGO ; : Dec 25, 1929 (Wednesday) Post office here to deliver . Christmas mail by midnight. Local man fined. $300 for possessing a quart of Christ : mas moonshine. ; 40 YEARS AGO ., Dec 25. 1919 (Friday) Heavy Harvard line will be - chief worry for Oregon in Rose Bowl game. . City observes Christmas with many family reunions and muct rejoicing. 50 YEARS AGO Dec 25. 1909 (Saturday) Today is most prosperous Christmas in Oregon history; bank clearings set record; record high railroad construc tion in progress. Christmas shopping in Med ford sees more and better goods for sale, more money to buy with, and more goods bought. What's Your I.Q.? Nine at tan correct is superior; aevea at eight is excellent; five et ti it feed. , CHRISTMAS QUIZ 1. In what country did the ' idea of Santa Claus originate? 2. What ancient priesthood ' in Britain used mistletoe in i their religious rites? ; 3. What were the shepherds doing when the angel of the I Lord came down? j 4. What does the French word Noel mean? j 5. What does the holly ' wreath and its red berries I symbolize? 6. What number month was December in the Roman calen j dar? 7. In Charles Dickens' "Christmas Carol," how many i ghosts did Scrooge see? 8. In what country did the i idea of placing lighted candles t in the window originate? ; 9. Can you name Santa f Claus eight reindeer? 10. Of which state is Mistle- ! toe the official state flower? Answers: 1. Holland. 2. The ? Druids. 3. Keeping watch ever , their flocks. 4. Christmas, lit ! erally "birthday." 5. Crown of ; thorns with drops of blood. 6. ; Tenih. 7. Three. (Christmas ? Past. Present, and Yet to ; Come.) 8. Austria. (To light ' the Christ Child on his way.) ; 9. Dasher, Dancer, Prancer. j Vixen, Comet, Cupid, Donder. ' Blitsen. 10. Oklahoma. The first electrically oper ' ated fire alarm system in the f United States went into op ' craiiaa ia Boston in 1852. 'Small All that needs to be gin of Christmas, all that been said before many far richer and more meaningful than we know how to employ. Over the years it has taken on a warmth and universality throughout Christendom so that even the unbelievers, the unchurched, the agnostics and even atheists, feel the aura of charity and warmth which it bnngs Men of genius over have added to its traditions as have the poor and lowly, the little people of the world, whose folk legends and traditions have added much to making Christmas the today. PREOCCUPIED as we bration, it is easy to observe Christmas as a holy day are in the mi nority in this world. In much of Asia, for instance, Christmas is regarded as nothing but a "foreign" religious celebration, and there is standing of the significance of the day, which has grown to be more than a purely religious observance. To remember this should not detract from the joy and wonder we feel at this time of the year. But it should remind us that the world is small, and getting smaller, and if we are to retain the world's respect for our customs and traditions and beliefs, we owe at least an equal respect to theirs. E.A. Asian View of Christmas An example of the sort of thing we were talk ing about above, is contained in a column in a little paper called "The Asian Student," publish ed in San Francisco for students from Asia now studying in this country. Parte of it are quoted below: "Around this time of year the air is filled with . Christmas music ranging all the "way from 'Adeste -V Fidelis'. to Rudolph the Red Nosed Reindeer.' Which . might be called the sublime to the ridiculous . . . . "One of the more tuneful is called 'Good King Wenceslaus.' Unfortunately, having a somewhat warp ed sense of the niceties, we cannot help but remember -that it was probably this same Good King who got clobbered, but good, by Kaidu, the grandson of Gen ghis Khan, some 750 years ago. "This is not the true Christmas spirit, we. must' admit, and we should think of the Good King going out on a snowy night, presumably before his unfortu nate encounter with the Golden Horde, and perform ing noble deeds. It hardly seems fitting that living in ; ' a predominantly Christian land we should associate one Of the more beautiful Christmas songs with the horrible defeat of a Christian King at the hands of the 'heathen' Mongols. i "You must admit, however, that it shows our erudi- tion and knowledge of Asian history. (Did you know that Genghis sent a pleasant note to the Pope saying that if he-the Pope-acknowledged his-Genghis'-mas-; tery over the earth and sky, they could live harmoni ously together and that the Pope could continue his practice of ruling the Christian world with Genghis' blessing? Genghis never received a reply, but then, mail service wasn't what it is today.) ; .".; . . If any Christian reader of ours thinks that we are displaying a certain amount of levity about themost holy of Christian days, we hope he will read on a bit further before dashing off an indignant let ter. The point we are trying to make is that an awful ' .lot ' of people who celebrate Christmas don't know :, what it is all about ... - "To a great many Americans and B-itish and French and Filipinos and other Christians, Christmas is truly a holy day, the birthday of their Savior. They go to church or they attend midnight Mass, depending on their denomination. But to others less religiously minded it is an excuse for a celebration. "Nonetheless and let us be serious for a moment -to every Christian, be he Catholic or Protestant or ' agnostic (and that is not facetiousness, for many are born to a religion, but reject its dogmas) Christmas is a special time. You will notice, we are sure, that people appear to be a little kinder, a little more un derstanding, a little more companionable at this time of year. Unless you are made of stone we are sure that you will notice a subtle change. We think you 1 ' should enter into the spirit of it yourself. If your religion forbids you to recognize that this is the birth day of the Son of God, then think of it simply as the .. "divali or oshogatsu of an alien culture. You would wish the Americans to feel the same way about your holy days, we are sure. "There is a beauty in this season, and only the most arrogant could fail to see it. As millions before us have remarked, if only people would keep the Christmas spirit (the unbottled kind) the whole year around, it would be a much better world in which to live ... "Again, we would like to reiterate at the risk of protesting too much, that we do not hold up Christ mas against Chanukah, Idd or any other religious holi day. ."We understand from our learned friends that Christmas is really the pagan Yule, far antedating the Christian holiday. Fine. The pagans generally had " a good time at their festivals. More power to the Christians for conveniently coupling their most holy day with a pagan festival. Makes everybody happy. "To end this column, we shall borrow from - Dickens . . . for we feel he put it rather better than -we would be able to do. " 'My best of wishes for your merry Christmases and your happy New Years, your long lives and your true prosperities. . . . Here's a final prescription added: "To be taken for life". " , , ' . E.A: Eisenhower Names Guatemala Envoy Washington -UPD- President Eisenhower Thursday named career foreign service official John J. Muccio, who was U.S. ambassador to Korea during the Korean war, as ambassa dor to Guatemala. Muccio, 59, was ambassa dor to Korea from 1949 to 1952, and is presently serving as ambassador to Iceland. He was born in Italy, but became a naturalized U.S. citizen at th age of 21. i World said concerning: the ori is really important, has years ago and in words each year. the past two millennia universal holiday it is are with our own cele forget that those who little or no real under EXPLOSION IN ALGIERS Algiers -(DPD- Two persons were killed and 41 others wounded Thursday when a booby-trapped automobile ex ploded in a busy shopping dis trict of. downtown Algiers. The bombing, attributed to Algerian Nationalists, shower ed a 100-square yard area with splintered steel and . other debris, sending hundreds of last-minute Christmas shop pers ducking for cover. Emperor penguins - largest of the' penguin species - may live for 35 years in the genn fres air of tha Antarctic Dennis the Menace , GUBS5 WHAT. MaU.' 30EYGOT A GREAT BG 7EUDY fOlZ CHRISTMAS, BUT AFRAID & rp Washington Report By WILLIAM HUMPHREY LOOKS BACK Washington-The long, long shot in the field of Demo cratic Presidential .aspirants, Sen. Hubert H. Humphrey J of Minnesota, faces the new year hoping most of all that the poli tical calendar can be turned back to a far Veiter dav. vmt.m c white ' Humphrey, the most liberal of all the can didates, has a single real-and thin-chance. This is that the Democratic party can be per suaded to return to the tone and purposes it had in the days of the New Deal and Franklin D. Roosevelt. Curiously, therefore, this outstanding "progr essive" must depend, in the end, on looking backward. . His hotly intensive cam paign has of late taken him into some 30 states. Even his friends do not claim that all his amiably frenzied exertions have set the public aflame. The polls, for what they may be worth, are not kind to him. Campaign money and the importance of this folding stuff . is undeniable - is not flooding the Humphrey head quarters. BUT some silver linings are wn Tnv thp TTiimnhrv ruw. ple. These are rising from among "the politicians" rath er than "the people." And for purposes of -the coming Democratic" National Conven tion, "the politicians" are far more useful than "the peo ple." ' A good many former back ers of one of the most authen tic, of the old New Dealers, AvereU Harriman, are lining up for Humphrey, particu larly in" the Middle West. Some former "Kefauver men" those who gave devoted sup port to the past Presidential hopes of Sen. Estes Kefauver of Tennessee-are now moving in the Humphrey direction. It would be all too easy to overestimate the value of these quiet marches into the Humphrey movement. For neither Harriman, a defeated ex-Governor of New York, nor Kefauver, who is concen trating now on re-election to the Senate, will be greatly important at the Democratic convention, in and of himself. rpHE Humphrey advisers are -- among the most realistic politicians in the business and have absolutely no belief in Mister S. Claus. And even the principal link to the Roose velt era among these advisers, James H. Rowe Jr., is quite aware that 1960 is not 1932 Try and l:- ft -By BENNETT CERF- TVTILLIAM FEATHER has come up with the 1879 Christ ' mas dinner menu of the Maxwell House, which still does business as a hotel in Nashville, Tenn. For that holiday spread, diners were of- - . fered a choice of over 130 items and all this for a fixed price of under ' three dollars! A few of -the more exotic dishes included oysters in champagne, salmi of prairie grouse, 'boned wild boar's head, buffalo tongues, Tennessee opos sum, saddle of Minnesota venison, broiled pheasant and "old fashioned" New England pumpkin, pie. - - Under roasts and game were 21 items. What puzzles historian Feather is how all tK . " as possible in the gadgetless kitchens and pantries of 8' is ago. How was the food kept fresh and tasty until ti vO cook? Were the gourmets of those lusty days im mune from ptomaine, indigestion, and other related ills? . CUS9bySeUwttCo& BiitribuUd by XiBf letfatrw SyadittU. S. WHITE or '36 or '40 or '44. These men are the first to concede that the road is still uphill all the way. Still, though not leaping with joyous confidence, they have drawn some heart from the - continuing recruitments from among the old Harriman and Kefauver people. For these incidents do show at least this: Humphrey has got enough of what it takes to begin, at least, to draw up a party mosaic basicaUy similar to that which served Frank lin D. Roosevelt so well. Roosevelt made and sustain ed a thoroughly improbable but effective coalition, run ning from aristocratic Delta planters to Detroit auto work ers. Neither Humphrey nor anybody around him sup poses for a moment that the South will give him so much as the time of day. The Hum phreyites do believe, how ever, - and apparently with some justice, that he, too, can raise a pretty good farm-labor alliance everywhere but in the South. HE HAS the first require ment, the undoubted good wishes of most of big labor, He has the second require ment, the passionate loyalty of minority groups whose chief political interest is in civil rights. He has a part of the third requirement. The liberal big-state farm groups like him, even if the South ern farm groups surely . do not. But beyond all this Hum phrey needs something else: to be able to prove in due time to the Northern party bosses that he can gather about himself the old New Dealers and become in their eyes- the one true heir to Franklin D. Roosevelt. And every local or regional Harriman or Kefauver leader who comes into the Hum phrey camp will help in some degree to build up the argu ment that he is really the FDR of 1960. (Copyright, 1959, by United Feature Syndicate, Inc. Importer's Widow Challenges Will Los Angeles -TOPD- The wid ow of wealthy steel importer Robert P. Oldham challenged Thursday a will leaving half his estate to his pretty blonde secretary. Mrs. Ruth P. Oldham, 47, asserted in her contest action that the secretary, Bonnie D. Baker, exerted "fraud" on her husband, who died Saturday. Mrs. Oldham previously had named Miss Baker as co-re spondent in a separate main tenance suit. Stop Me .D-AUFoK TUBES " saf . al f X . Wilson Lists Wants, Politicians, And All By LYLE C. WILSON Washington-TOPD-This Christ mas morning would have been a lot better for these persons if Vice Presi dent Richard M. Nixon had found in. his stocking a pre- conven tion pledge of support from President Eis enhower. Lyia c. wusoa aen. j o n n F. Kennedy (D-Mass.) had a note from Mrs. Eleanor Roose velt saying, "AU is forgiven. I'm for you." Gov. Nelson A. Rockefeller had found an I'm-for-you note signed by .one or two Repub lican pros. Sen. Lyndon B. Johnson D Tex.) had found in his stock ing as many as one big name northern Democrat as his pledged supporter. . Sen. Hubert H. Humphrey (D-Minn.) had gotten some mash notes from a few south ern Democratic leaders. Adlai-E. Stevenson had re ceived promises from every one to keep his name out of the 1960 Democratic national convention. . . Sen. Stuart Symington (D Mo.) had fished from HIS stocking a solid pledge of one or more first ballot votes at next year's convention. President E l s e n h o wer's stocking had yielded assur ances that aU of those cheers during his travels really meant what they seemed to say. The common man's stock ing had been overflowing with pledges of tax relief, sta ble money and, in general, less government, rather than more. . Among things unwanted in their stockings by anyone this Christmas were these: Publicized political support by Jimmy Hoffa and some of his teamsters associates. Communications Letters to the Editor must bear the name and address ol the writei although under cer tain circumstances tne use of a pen name oi initial for publica tion is permissible. The Mail Tribune reserves the right to edit all letters with an eye to clarification and condensation Letters submitted for publica tion must not exceed 400 words Concerning Drinking To the Editor: The Dec. 20 Mail Tribune carried two news items that seem to clash a bit. Chief of Police Champlin gave some sound advice to holiday drivers. He stated that drinking reduces one's ability to react quickly and make proper judgments. Also that two cocktails can impair one's vision as much as dark glasses do at night. He suggested that at parties where drinking was done, for the nondrinkers to drive the others home. He was not trying to dampen the Christmas spirit, but merely trying to eliminate a source of accidents which disrupt many family holidays. In the same issue, a jury returned a "not guilty" ver dict for a man who had only several drinks." It was stated at the trial by a former bar tender that this was not enough to affect one's driving Who are we going to be lieve, the bartender or our Chief of Police? It was stated that the man in question was abusive and did not react too well to tests given at the 'po lice station. It makes one won der. Do we have to call the undertaker before we can prove an individual unfit to drive? The Oct. 27 Mail Tribune carried a very interesting item. The 10th annual conven tion of the National Licensed Beverage association was in session in Grand Rapids. They were addressed by the radio and TV director of a large re ligious organization of the city. This pastor told these dele gates to get rid of their "in feriority complex" because they are in an "honorable pro fession." He told them, and I quote, "to stand up and fight the bluenose enemies of the liquor, industry." "You have every right to take your legiti mate place in your community as a man who provides a legal and honorable service." "Con trolled drinking," he said, "re lieves tensions and relaxes." Because drinking creates a problem for a relatively few people we should not consider depriving the vast majority of normal adults," he added. It would seem that our law officers, along with other clear thinking individuals, are going to have increasing prob lems, in view of the fact that a representative of one of the world's great religious powers has taken such an open stand. God. in His inspired word has warned against certain soul destroying practices. Read and study its precious words and you'll obtain wis dom far above man's warped conceptions. Henry Johnson Jr." 2400 Highway 66 Ashland, Ore. v ff Specific credit for the de cision whereby the Allied armies pulled up and permit ted the Russians toward the end of the war, to roll far into western Europe. Another war! Another Summit confer ence like that 1955 blooper in Geneva. . More big industry -wide strikes. Any more cocktail invita-tions-at least for some time. Responsibility for solving the traffic snarl on land or in the air. ' . . ' . : " Hi-fi recording by teen age torch singers. In the Day's News By FRANK JENKINS. Returning to Washington, President Eisenhower laugh ingly told the crowds that had waited up to greet him that he "had had breakfast in Madrid, lunch in Casablanca and still reached Washington at' an hour which by our getting up time is six o'clock in the (same) morning." ; . THAT is to say: The President and his party ate breakfast in Madrid, took a side trip to Casablanca (which is in Africa, almost due south of Madrid) stopped there for lunch, and came wierdly close to ARRIVING IN WASHINGTON BEFORE THEY LEFT MADRID! REMEMBER, please that the - President and his party were traveling by jet liner. The big jet liners don't travel as fast as the smaller bullet like jet fighters. A jet fighter, if it could have carried fuel enough, would have made the trip much faster. And- A missile travels faster than a jet fighter. The post office department is already talking of sending mail BY MISSILE If they send mail by missile, you can bet your bottom dol lar that it won't be long before somebody will be TRAVEL ING BY MISSILE - figuring that if a sack of mail can do it he can do it. riOING ON from there - You've read, I suppose. these shivery nightmares of the space dreamers to the ef fect that if a man were shot into space in a space vehicle and kept on traveling in space for a million years and then by .some hook or crook got back to the earth time would have died for him during these million years and HE WOULD BE NO OLDER THAN WHEN HE LEFT. Imagine THAT! If, that is, you can. TTMMMMMM. It's getting about time to turn this off. When one gets started on such a subject, there's no telling where he'll end. It isn't impossible that he might wind up in the hands of the boys in the white coats. So - Let's close on a hopeful thought: In a world as cockeyed as this one sometimes seems to be getting to be, THE IDEAL OF WORLD' PEACE ISN'T TOO FANTASTIC TO BE CONSIDERED AS A POSSI BILITY. Let's look at the doughnut rather than the hole. Queen Extends Best Wishes London -(DPD- Queen Eliza beth wished her subjects a merry Christmas today in 126 words. Her annual radio message was the shortest she has ever given. It consisted of only seven sentences. "I do not want Christmas to pass by without sending my best wishes for a happy day to aU of you who may be listening, and especially to my own peoples in the com monwealth," she said. "Wherever you are and whatever you may be doing, you have my constant interest and affection. I am particu larly grateful to the many kind people all over the world who have sent me their good wishes at this time. I am glad to have this chance to thank you all very warm ly indeed. "As the old year passes, let us celebrate Christmas with thanksgiving and carry its message of peace and good will into the year ahead. All of us at Sandringham wish you a very happy Christmas. May God bless you all." The Queen, who is expect ing her third child early next year, was on television. Her speech was recorded. Jerusalem, Israel -JUPD- An Israeli soldier was killed Thursday when his border pa trol clashed with a group of armed Syrians near Tel Tak zir. " The two governments later issued official state ments blamin; each for the incident. Don't-Wants, for the Rest of Us Invitations from the Inter nal Revenue Service to stop by and add it up all over again. Dull steak knives. Confederate money. Invitations to dinner timed for 7:30 but at which the food Old-Fashioned Time Marks Holiday at Washington - (DPD - Christ mas was an old - fashioned family affair for the Richard M. Nixon family today with early-morning gift opening, a waffle and sausage breakfast and carol singing featuring the vice president , at the piano. There was a big tree with gifts aplenty and a traditional turkey dinner with cranber ries and all the fixings. Nixon, his wife, Pat, and their two daughters, Tricia, 14, and Julie, 11, planned to make it mostly a quiet day at their ' big Norman-style stone home in a wooded section of northwest Washington. Brother's Son Visits Visiting them for the holi days is Donnie Nixon, 14, Prisoners Give Spare Time To Helping Qiidren Washington (UPB Prison bars cannot lock out the Christmas spirit or keep it from touching the hearts of the men and women inside. "There is treasure, if you can only find it, in the heart of every man." James V. Bennett, director of the Federal Bureau of Pris ons, used that quote from Winston Churchill to tell how Christmas revealed the "treas ure" in the hearts of some of the nation's most calloused criminals. . -Toys Repaired In his annual report to At torney General . William P. Rogers, Bennett said inmates of several federal prisons de voted their spare time through November and December to preparing ' thousands of toys for needy children. ' The Marine Corps collected playthings and sent them for repair to penitentiaries at At- 1 a n t a, Tallahassee, F,I a Greenville, S. C, McNeil Is land, Wash., and Terminal Island, Calif. The same sort of repair work was done for the Salva tion Army by inmates at Petersburg, Va., and for the Veterans of Foreign Wars at El Reno, Okla. In the reformatory at Chil- licothe, Ohio, prisoners made strings of Christmas lights to decorate the city, and helped repair existing decorations. Checks Contributed Atlanta prisoners distribut ed checks of $7 each to 660 children of federal prisoners whose families could not af ford gifts. Women inmates at Alder son, W. Va., used their leisure time to make toys and cloth ing for children in a nearby school for the retarded. Some prisoners have taken on the support of orphans abroad. Leavenworth inmates have been supporting a French boy and a Korean boy since 1954. At the institution at Seago- ville, Texas, inmates are spon soring two underprivileged boys in Dallas. Prisoners at Milan, Mich., are supporting a 6-year-old Kentucky girl. The Toy House EXTENDS THE to May Your Joys Multiply Help in Making This THE TOY HOUSE WILL BE- Closed Saturday DECEMBER 26 Toy The will not show up until near ly 9. Opportunities for sure-thing investments. What everyone really want ed for Christmas: ' Peace, life, liberty and the pursuit of happiness. - rd Nixon Home Whittier, Calif., son, of the vice president's brother, Don. The Nixons would not di vulge what presents they gave each other. But their gifts to other members of their fami lies included a new photo- Pat, and the girls. Christmas came early in the Nixon household. The two girls like to bound out of bed at an early hour and awaken their parents for the gift opening. The schedule then called for a casual late breakfast, cooked by Mrs. Nixon and featuring waffles, a family holiday tra dition, and country sausage. Guests Invited The Nixons invited their usual Christmas dinner guests, Mr. and Mrs. George M. Full er and their son, Bill, old friends and former neighbors. . Fuller, a Washington pub lic relations man, and Nixon are old friends from Califor nia. The families were close neighbors when the Nixons lived in the Spring Valley section of Washington and usually dine together on Christmas. After the big dinner, the program called for carol sing ing around the piano, with Nixon at the keyboard ac companied by young Bill Fuller on the ukelele. Iraq Premier Under Attack Tehran, Iran - (DPD - Radio Tehran today attacked Pre mier Abdel Kartm Kassem ol Iraq as a "Red servant of black imperialsm," and prom ised that Iran would unmask the present Iraqi rulers before "the loyal and decent Iraqi people." The radio broadcast claim ed Kassem had not shared Iraqi oil benefits with the peo ple but instead used the mon ey to serve the "oil trusts' in terests." The attack came as unoffi cial reports in Tehran told of further troop movements to the Iraqi-Iran border. The troops and artillery are being moved up adjacent to a three mile region, rich in oil, which Iraq now claims as hers. The reports said Britain and the United States were trying to settle the dispute because they fear the Abadan oil re finery might be destroyed if fighting broke out between the two countries. Despite the troop move ment reports, official circles in Tehran discounted reports of the possibility of fighting and said there would be no war between Iran and Iraq. They said that Iraq had been bluffing. DEBT MEETINGS OPEN Washington -(DPD-The Unit ed States will open negotia tions with Russia here Jan. 11 in a new effort to settle the Soviets' big World War II lend-lease debt. The United States provided Russia with $10,800,000,000 in supplies during the war. Everyone and Thanks for Your a Successful Year aw Mouse
