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FOUR MEDFORD (OREGON) MAIL TBIBUNg
Sunday, April IS. 19S0
Washington Report
By Bob Dickey
Washington, Apr. 15 In his
Washington press conference last
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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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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.