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M FOUR MEDFORD (OREGON) MAIL TBIBUNg Sunday, April IS. 19S0 Washington Report By Bob Dickey Washington, Apr. 15 In his Washington press conference last O 11.. 1 .n weeK, iviunrue awccmmu, uc gull O uwiluwn.ik ............. - ... mitteeman, made some extreme ly optimistic predictions. He prognosticated that Oregon uinM ka o Hnmnprntln state bv 'SO or '52. In support of this conclusion, he cited the follow ing points: 1 That tha nlH nnlltirnl land' marks are now washed away by tne ou per ceni increase in Ore gon's population. In this rapid aain in ihe nnnulace. Sweetland sees the backdrop for a demo crat upsurge. 2. That the Oregon democrats will have the wholehearted sup port ,in this year's campaign from the democratic national committee and both the senate and house democrat congression al committees. . (This means money, campaign material and big name political speakers.) 3. That the Oregon democrats " have an active party organiza tion in every single county in the state. 4. That the party has a com plete slate and is actively con testing almost every political post in the state. AnH rinniiv Sweet and maintained that the democratic primary in Oregon win De in the limelight this year because so many of the republican can didates are uncontested. This, he pointed out, will serve to aid the Oregon demos In their battle for recognition in the state. Battleground In connection with the con gressional seats, Sweetland re fused to admit that his organ ization had any special district in which they were concentrat ing. He forecast that the demos had a very good chance to make a clean sweep. But when pressed on the issue, he said the real battleground was going to be in the' fourth congressional district where Rep. Harris Ellsworth will be carrying the republican banner. 32 Beethoven Sonatas To Be Played by Arrau New York U.PJ Claudio Ar rau, pianist, will present all of the 32 Beethoven sonatas in two cycles of seven programs each, In Puerto Rico and Bogota, Colombia, next May. Arrau was noted for his performances of the cycle In Europe before the war and in South America. There is a possibility that he may repeat the feat In New York during the season of 1951 82. NO TIME TO TRIFLE Longvlew, Wash. (U.BV Police .,,11a4 nlnnoitrlA an Buto mnvlnff erratically along a residential street to find the driver was a seven-year-old boy. He was lec- 4,t.fi onrl hlltflnH ntt tn KChOOl after explaining that he was late to classes, had seen tne auto ana "had to hurry." Truman Stops Sweetland also revealed that he prevailed on President Tru man to add two more Oregon stops on his non-political west ern trip to dedicate two gen erators at Grand Coulee dam this spring. Originally the president had planned to stop at La Grande and Pendleton cn his way out to Grand Coulee. But now he will also make a short stop in Umatilla and in Baker. Misquoted Rep. Harris Ellsworth of Rose burg got the surprise of his life the other day when he heard himself quoted as saying Sen. McCarthy's charges against the state department were purely partisan. Actually the Oregon re publican had made exactly the opposite statement. In his weekly newsletter, Ells worth made the following state ment: "So far as I am concerned, I would like to believe that the state department is practically pure and that the charges (Mc Carthy's) constitute merely a partisan outburst without mucli basis in fact." He then went on to say that there apparently was, however, much truth in what McCarthy has been saying. Shortly after Ellsworth re leased this newsletter, Frank Ed wards, a radio commentator sponsored by the A.F. of L. labor union announced over the air that "McCarthy was under fire from his own party." Edwards then went on to say Rep. Ellsworth had announced that, "So far as I am concerned, I believe the state department is reasonably pure and McCar thy's charges constitute merely a partisan outburst." In other words, the A.F. of L. newscaster had distorted the meaning of Ellsworth's state ment by leaving out the highly significant words "I would like to believe." This misquoting was no doubt h i g h 1 v embarrassing to Ells worth for Edwards broadcasts over Mutual's national network. And for that matter, some of the radio stations in the con gressman's district carry the pro gram. Ellsworth Is now somewhat appeased, however, because he denounced Edwards on the floor of the house. And Fulton Lewis Jr., on his national newscast, has made a complete disclosure of the fiasco. 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JACKSON COUNTY OREGON jlj ii i lift s its Lincoln Died 85 Years Ago Yesterday; Old Newspaper Describes Assassination Eiithtv-five years ago yester day April 13, 1865 President Abraham Lincoln died from an assassin's bullet. The story of the president's death, the circumstances sur rounding it. and the progress of the Civil war then in its final stngrs, are told in an old copy of the New York Herald of that date, owned for several years by Aubrev Sanders. Route I, Box 220 D. Headlines Long The lead story about the pres ident has a serious of headlines half a column long. They say: IMPORTANT. Assassination of President Lincoln. The President MASS PRODUCTION Pittsburgh (IMS Mrs. Theresa Singer and her daughter. Mrs. Ida Helbing. believe in large families. Between them they have rai.cd 31 children, of wnom it arc living. Shot at the Theatre Last Eve ning. Secretary Seward Dag gered in His Bed. but Not Mor tally Wounded. Clarence and Frederick Seward Badly Hurt. Escape of the Assassins. Intense Excitement in Washington. Scene at the Deathbed of Mr. Lincoln. J. Wilkes Booth, the Actor, the Alleged Assassin of the President, &c, &c, Ice. The Official Despatch. The story tnen goes on to quote a message from Edwin M. Stanton, secretary of war. to MaJ. Gen. Dlx in New York, tell ing the details of the crime. Details Given Under the heading "Addition al Details of the Assassination," the following picture is given: "Washington, April 151:30 A. M. "President Lincoln and wife, with other friends, this evening visited Ford's theatre, for the purpose of witnessing the per formance of the American Cou sin. "It was announced in the pa pers that General Grant would also be present: but that gentle man took the late train of cars for New Jersey. Pistol Report Heard "The theatre was densely crowded, and all seemed delight ed with the scene before them. During the third act, and while there was a temporary pause for one of the actors to enter, a sharp report of a pistol was heard, which merely attracted at tention, but suggested nothing LIKE ONE-ARMED Great Harrington. Mass. iU.R1 James R. Dohoney operates a laundry and an automobile driv ing school, teaches two high school driver-education classes, works as an auctioneer, serves as a deputy sheni' and substi tutes occasionally as clerk of courts. serious until a man rushed to the front of the President box. waving a long dagger in his right hand, and exclaiming 'Sic Semper tyrannis!' and imme diately leaped from the box. which was on the second tier to the staqe beneath, and ran across to the opposite side, mak ing his escape, amid the bewild erment of the audience, from the rear of the theatre, and, mounting a horse, fled. "The screams of Mrs. Lincoln first disclosed the fact to the audience that the President had been shot, when all present rose to their feet, rushing towards the stage, many exclaiming 'Hang him: Hang him" Wlld.it Excittment "The excitment was of the wildest possible description, and of course there was an abrupt termination of the theatrical performance. "Ther. u-a a mt.h tAa-.nli IK I President's box, when cries were hear: 'Stand back and give him air.' 'Has any one stimulants?' "On a hasty examination it was found that the President had been shot through the head, above the back of the temporal bone, and that some of the brain was oozing out. "He was removed to a private house opposite to the theatre, and the Surgeon General of the army and other surgeons sent for to attend to his condition . . . "At midnight the Cabinet, with Messrs. Sumner. Colfax and NOT ALL VELVET San Francisco tU ,R A b o ut two-thirds of the revenue from traffic tags issued during 1948-49 was spent trying to collect them, the city controller lamented. He reported that $1,323,705 was col lected in that fiscal year from traffic tags but the city spent $885,734 issuing and trying to collect. Farnsworth, Judge Curtis. Gov ernor Oglesby, General Meigs, Colonel Hay, and a few personal friends, with Surgeon General Barnes and his immediate assist ants, were around the bedside. President Insensible "The President was in a state of syncope, totally insensible, and breathing slowly. The blood oozed from the wound in the back of his head. The surgeons exhausted every possible effort of medical skill, but all hope was gone. "The parting of his family with the dying President is too sad for descrintion." In other columns, all of which were set off with reversed col umn rules in mourning, were additional details of the assassi nation, and a survey of the crum bling defense of the Confeder acy, a description of the fall of Richmond, the conlederatc capi tal, and President Jefferson Da Vis' last proclamation.
