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Newspaper Page Texti N Recommended A feature itorj 0a the two Medfott unite t th Oreson NsUoul Oaitt p;un ea "e or today's Issue of The U Tribune, I .J FORD U United Press Full Uiad Wlro 49th Year 32 Pages MEDFORD, OREGON, SUNDAY, OCTOBER 31,1954 3 : 5 .-.i -t ; : '.;,. , ' '. V'ft'i'" '':V-' '" ''''I":-- " . 'v- '. ; ;' -''"''';"'' (,: '' - " - .TVLXl : : . Weather 2. t.. :-M?l ' ... ,;-rJT--' ' United Prose Full Lund Wfro I VJL1 F 'i5 . Price 5e . No. 192 "I ' y- ' : .- : . . ' r op . mm . o r Sen. Morse Charges iii Republican Party Urges Vote for Demos In Union Address Seattle, Wash. (U.R) Sen. Wayne Morse, (i-Ore.) charged Saturday night that "liberalism in the Republican party, is as dead as a dodo." Morse, speaking here before leaders of the Aero-Mechanics -Jnion (AFL), urged voters to "return Congress to the people of the United States by electing a Democratic Congress." Takes Issue With Ik '.- The independent senator, a Republican until 1952, took is sue with President Eisenhower's campaign statements that a Democratic Congress would en gage in a cold war with the President. ' . - - i "If there is a cold war," said Morse, "it will be declared by the President." : He said Democrats in the present. Congress had supported the President far better than had the Republicans on many Issues. Morse also slapped at Vice President Richard Nixon's cam paign 'techniques and the VBig smear, big lie techniques of re actionary Republicans." Nixon made a major address here to night, also, speaking at a public rally.' :. - , Attacks Nixon Stand ' On the issue of Communism, the Oregon senator charged that Nixon, himself, had "worked on the back of the Senate floor," to uree defeat of the Humphrey- . Morse bill which outlaws the Communist party. Morse accused the Republl . mn of doina nothing to relieve unemployment in the nation. He said there were 5,000,000 per sons out of work at present, ana that lesser figures being quoted by Nixon were not -complete"- Bprmhllcan farm policy, said Morse, had reduced the purchas ing power of famers by 22 per cent, ' - SATURDAY SCORES WEST ' ' Oregon 26. Washington 7, USC 34, Oregon State 0 Washington Slat 30. Stanford 26 UCLA 26, California 6 Oklahoma 13, Colorado 6 Idaho. 14. Utah 13 Montana Stat 22. Idaho Stat 13 - ' ' Colorado AfcM 37, Montana 34 Utah Slat 45, Brigham Young Lewis and, Clark "23. Wilam ette 13 - SOUTHWEST Oklahoma AfcM 12, Tulia 0 Rica 34. Vanderbllt 13 Texas 13. Southern Melhodisi 13 Arkansas 14. Texas A&M 7 San Jos St. 27, North Texas St. 20 MIDWEST Wichila 8. Houston 7 Iowa Stat 35, Drake 0 " : Indiana 13, Michigan 9 Cincinnall 13. College of Pa 's ciiic 7. Iowa 13. Wisconsin 7 Purdue 28, Illinois 14 ' Ohio Slate 14, Northwestern 7 Minnesota 18, Michigan Stat ; 13 ; Nebraska 25. Missouri IS Kansas Stat, 28. Kansas 6 SOUTH ' Alabama 0, Georgia 0 VPI 7. William and Mary 7 Duke 21. Georgia Tech 20 Tennessee 26, North Carolina 20 Maryland 20, South Carolina 0 Florida 7. Mississippi Stat 0 Florida Stat 33, VMI 13 Clemion 32, Wake Forest 20 ' Kentucky 28, VlllanoTa 3 Auburn 27. Tulane 0 Mississippi Stale 21, Louisiana Slate 6 EAST Penn Stat 35. Pennsylvania 13 Xavier (O.) 19. Boston College Harvard 27. Ohio U. 13 Yale 13. Dartmouth 7 Princeton 6. Colgate 6 Pittsburgh 13, West Virginia 10 Notre Dam 6, Navy 0 Brown 34, Lehigh 6 Cornell 23. Columbia 0 ; . Army 21, Virginia 20 Rutgers 25, Temple 0 Syracuse 25, Holy Cross 20 BOMB AUTO Chagrin Falls, O. (U.PJ 1 Hoodlums attempted to blow up the automobile of Rep. George H. Bender (R-O.) early Saturday. His wife narrowly escaped death or injury '"when the home-made bomb proved to be a dud. , Bender, who is seeking elec tion to the U. S. Senate against Thomas A. Burke, Democratic 'Hallween Bandit' ) Armed With Broken Bottle Robs Woman A "Halloween bandit" wear ing a rubber, mask and armed with a jagged portion of a beer bottle forced his way into an apartment at the Brownell motel, 1102' North Riverside ave., Fri day night, injured the attend ant, Mrs. Thelma Ailene Nether land,, on both arms with the weapon and made off with $14, city police reported. Mrs. Netherland, SOB Futman st., told officers that the robbery occurred about 8:10 p. m:, while she was attending the motel for owners, Mr. and Mrs. George E. Brownell, while they went to a school carnival. . . Answered Knock ' V - '. She heard a knock at the door and, when she answered It,: the man said, "Trick or treat," she informed officers.; Mrs. Nether land reriled. "You .are, -a'' Utile Wtt'W;thBt.intM-mW'aa7an "I guess I am." She stepped back into the apartment to get some cajidy and, as she did so, the man took what appeared to be the broken neck of a beer bottle out of his pocket and tried to force his way in. The woman reported to offic ers that she tried to snut tne door but that she was hit several times on the arms and forced back into the room. Instructed "to get the money I had," Mrs. Netherland stated to officers that she just stood still. The bandit hit her in the stomach and said, "Get it." She went to the cash drawer and, after concealing a $10 bill, she gave other currency to tne man. He then left. Description Given , Mrs. Netherland described her assailant as being 5 feet 6 or 8 Inches tall and weighing 130 to no pounds. She said he was wearing a green jacket with fur collar and a blue or green color, and indicated that his voice sounded like that of teen-ager. Police later found a broken, bloodstained beer bottle near the scene. Large County Voter Turnout Seen As Bitter Election Campaigning Nears End One of the bitterest election campaigns in many years will come to an end tomorrow night. On Tuesday an unknown but presumably large number of Jackson county's 31,809 regis tered voters will &o to the polls. The polls will be open from 8 a.m. to 8 p.m. The voting places in each of the 94 precincts in the county are listed on Page 10 of today's Mail Tribune. Two changes have been made in the list since it was published last week.-Voters in Precinct 69 will vote at the Central Point Gun club (instead of the Townsend hall) and those in Precinct 29A will vote at the Cullen Implement company (in stead of the Economy Auction). Help Offered If any voter does not know in which precinct he lives, he can get help from two sources: The county clerk's office, or, for Medford precincts, the Jackson County Chamber of Commerce. With certain exceptions, busi ness will continue as usual Tues day. But city offices (except the police department) will be closed, as will all county offices except the county clerk's election de partment and the sheriff's office. The state liquor store will be closed, and the sale of beer, wine and hard liquor for on premisea consumption is banned FOUDD. IH OF 8G9IO former mayor of Cleveland, . . . . charged the bomb was planted by "stupid, ruthless racketeers." Dynamite Charged He said two sticks of dyna mite had been placed on the back seat of his automobile. The ends of the sticks were charred but the dynamite had failed to go off. ... ' ' He found the charred remains of a six-foot fuse lying across the floor and speckles that he be lieved were white pieces of an exploded dynamite cap. The crudely-made bomb was discovered after Bender's wife, Edna, drove to the post office to get the morning mail. Bender said he was in his pajamas when his -wtfe.returned asking "what's the funny smell in the car.' He dressed and investigated, finding the dynamite sticks, Didn't Notice Bomb : r "They must have been placed there after. I got home last night," he said. "1 would have noticed them when I took some things out of the back seat after parked the car In the drive way." Bender blamed the attack on "labor racketeers." He is chair man of a House subcommittee that held hearings into labor racketeering . in Cleveland last month. ' . X- - Bender said he ruled out po litical connection with the at tempted bombing. "I can't con ceive of any political impllca: tion at Ml,? he said.? '1 don't see eye-tc-ye , wwn qie.--.vemo-'eratK.xui: aaot .ot-ihlnKs, and, I know they'; Won't see eye-to-eye with me, but It s out of the question that politics had any thing to do with it." Famed Wilbur Shaw Dies in Air Crash ' Decatur, Ind. (U.R) -Wilbur Shaw, who flirted with death hundreds of times as three-time winner of the Indianapolis 500 mile auto race, was one of three persons killed , Saturday when their plane plunged into a field near here. : Shaw, president and general manager of the Speedway, was returning to Indianapolis from the Chrysler corporation's Chel sea, Mich., testing grounds where he had viewed, the firm's new autos. He would have celebrated his 62nd birthday tomorrow. State police said the pilot was Ray Grimes, 40, Greenfield, Ind., sales manager for Sky harbor Airport in Indianapolis from which the party left Sat urday morning: from 8 a.m'. to 8 p.m. The Medford Junior Chamber of Commerce is offering assist ance in going to the polls to any one in Medford precincts with out transportation, according to Tom Reeder, Jaycee Get-Out-The-Vote committee chairman. A call to 3-3936 wiU bring a car driven by a Jaycee volunteer, who will drive the person need ing the transportation to the poll and home again. This is of fered as a free, non-partisan pub lic service. Many Will Vole How many voters will go to the polls is anybody's guess. Mrs. Bereth P. Hopkins, county clerk, estimates about 65 per cent will vote. This would be slightly more than' 20,675 persons. She said she thinks, because of the high degree of interest among Democrats, some 75 per cent of this party's voters will cast ballots. This would be 10,' 083 Democratic voters. If it is a 60 per cent turnout, the number of voters wduld be aooui 1H.UH3; u it is a 75 per cent turnout it would be 23,856 voters. Republicans outnumber Demo crats on the registration lists 17,684 to 13,445. The other 680 are usiea as miscellaneous. Senile Race Hottest Th campaign tot Unit id Nixon Calls for Continuation of Economic Policies Sees 1955 as Best Year Ever tn U.S. Seattle, Wash. (U.R) Vice-President Nixon's press secretary said Saturday night ' an anonymous caller tele phoned th ' Vice-President's hotel room her to tell him ' that his supper had been pois oned. '"" "Th Vice-President dismis sed Ih call as a prank." Kloe pher said, "but th sert ser vice Insisted that ih food be examined and sent It to a lab oratory for anlysls." - Seattle Wash. (U.R) Vice President Richard Nixon said Saturday 'night ; Republican controlled 84th Congress would make 1955 America's best year ever, In war or peace. "Continuing economic policies which have brought America Its best peacetime year in history . , . will Increase America's gross national production to $500,000, 000,000 in the next 10 years an increase which will mean 3,000 real dollars in additional income to every family In America," he said. . '' :"- : ( Winds Up Campaign Nixon wound up an exhaustive campaign tour through crucial states that started Sept. 15. He spoke at a public rally, present ing what he said was the "major speech" of the stumping tour. The vice-president said if the people elect a Democratic con trolled congress, it would mean going back to the Truman poli cies. It would mean a return to "economic policies which would mean higher , spending, . higher taxes, and controls on the econ- "These are the same policies which failed for 20 years to pro vide prosperity for America ex cept -during wartime. In 1940, after seven years of leaf-raking and boondoggling, there were still 10,000,000 unemployed in America four times more than there are today. In 1949, Mr. Truman's last peacetime year, there were 5,500,000 unemploy ed twice as many as there are today," Nixon said. And the vice-president, look ing fit despite his rigid schedule of appearances, charged a Democratic-controlled congress would mean a "return to the economic philosophy which was taking the United States down the road to Socialism." Stat Police at Medford lai last night reported a two-car headon collision at ih Rock Point bridge overpass near Gold Hill in which several per sons wore hurt No further de tails were available at press lime. States senator has held the cen ter of the stage throughout the pre-election months, with Port land author and Democratic State Senator Richard L. Neu berger challenging Republican Incumbent Guy Cordon. In a vote-seeking contest which has ranged into every corner of the state, Neuberger has assailed Cordon's record, charging him with "give-aways," anti-conserva tion votes and flailing at the "one-party monopoly" in Ore gon. Cordon has countered by defending his record, and hitting back at Neuberger's state senate record. Supporters of both candidates have accused the other with "smears" and dirty tactics. High Lvl Campaign The race for the governorship has ' been another hard-fought campaign, but one marked by hiah-level campaigning and gen tlemanly behavior on the part of both candidates Republican Gov. Paul Patterson end Demo crat Joseph' K. Carson Jr., for mer Portland mayor. In the contest for congress from the fourth district, Charles O. Porter of Eugene, the Demo cratic candidate, has hit out hard at the record of Republican Con gressman Harris Ellsworth on forelsn affairs, timber conserve Uon, publio power and other Party I im 'Taitvathon, VJalkathon' Ike Telephones 10 Friends in 'Chain' Voter Turnout Plan Eugene Man Receives Call From, President , ' Washington (U,R) Republi cans led by , President Eisen hower and;'"6emocrats led by Stephen. A. Mitchell countered each other Saturday with un usual "talkathons'1 and "walka tteons" in last . minute get-out-the-vote bids for control of Con gress. ., .:J..' -y '..'.' ; The Republicans did it by tele phone; the Democrats by door bell ringing. Ik Starts'. Moves ' . . Mr. isenhower started the maneuvers. He telephoned 10 of his supporters in various parts of the country, urging them to get out and vote. . He also asked them to : tele phone 10 other friends and. make a similar request in a sort of tel ephonic chain letter" to achieve a big out-pouring of votes. . The Democrats immediately countered by staging a "Demo cratic walkatbon." Telegraph Demos ' Democratic national Chairman Mitchell telegraphed party lead ers and candidates that every one should match Mr. Eisenhower's unusul strategy by "walking to jV'He should fell them why we need a Congress that will take positive action to curb ' unem ployment, give the farmer a fair return for his toil, give tax cuts to the people instead of special groups, enable the President to conduct a real bi-partisan foreign policy," Mitchell said. Eugene Man Called Eugene (U.R) A Eugene, clothing store manager called by President Eisenhower Saturday and asked to telephone 10 per sons to urge them to vote in next j Tuesdays Congressional elec tions, said he would get started "right away." , Grover S. Slayter, 69, said the President called him about 9 a.m. (PST). He said Mr. Eisen hower did not specify to tell peo ple to vote Republican. "Ike is awfully fair about that sort of thing," he said. Washington (U.R) The United States Saturday offered Guatemala $6,425,000 in aid dur ing the current fiscal year in a move to keep Communism from getting a new hold in the Cen tral American nation. Tuesday issues. Ellsworth has ' replied only briefly or not at all, and has declined to debate with Porter. His quiet campaign has been confined mostly to tours and brief talks, and references to his record in congress. The campaign for labor com missioner, between Republican S. Eugene Allen and Democrat Norman Nilson, has been a quiet one, particularly in southern Oregon where neither candidate is well known. Local Races County voters also will choose a county commissioner, a sher iff, a county clerk, and a county coroner. Other local candidates, including those for county judge state senator and state repre sentative, are unopposed. Cam paigns here have been quiet. In Medford, a mayor and four councilmen, one from each ward, win be chosen Little heat has been generated by the campaigns for or against most of the 11 measures on the Daiiot. Exceptions are the pro posal to repeal the state milk control law, the one to ban com mercial fishing In coastal streams, and the Medford pro posal to require dogs to be leash ed 'or muzzled whenever they ar off their owners property. ,rs Bid ' X- - L iff i7i : "S iniMalMBHIijiitBMBMal CONFERENCE ON REARMAMENT of Germany Is held by Presi dent Eisenhower and West Oerman Chancellor Konrad Adenauer I (right) at White House. Aged German executive la guest of President during three-day goodwill visit. (International) Constructive Program For Trick or Treats Is City-Wide Project If youngsters and household ers do what several groups of citizens hope they do tonight, Halloween will serve a construe tlvepurpose tit addition to prd' viding traditional fun, ... A city-wide, project, coopera tively sponsored by the Camp Fire Girls and the Medford Council of Church Women with an assist by other groups, is mak ing it possible to assist relief work in Korea, Ike Said 'Misled' On Dip-Yates Washington (U.R) Gordon Clapp, former chairman of the Tennessee Valley authority, said Saturday -that President Eisen hower got "exceedingly mislead ing" advice on the controversial Dixon-Yates Power contract and may not have understood "what he was getting into" when he ap proved It. He voiced hope that "when the facts are smoked out" about the still-secret contract, "the revul sion of Informed citizens may somehow get through to the President and have this deal squashed." . . Clapp blamed Budget Director Rowland R. Hughes for giving Mr. Eisenhower a "slanted" pic ture 'of the contract, and said Hughes was guilty of "something approaching derelection of duty." V- .. '. " . r Mail tribune- KYJC To Team Up Tuesday On Election Coverage ; ' The Mail Tribune and radio station KYJC will team up again election night to bring radio listeners fast, accurate coverage of election returns, A full newspape r-radio crew will be at work from ih lime the polls close until far into ih night, gathering re turns from in precinct level. Compilations will be mad by a trained staff at the news paper office, and results will be broadcast directly from Th Mail Tribune via KYJC's fa-, ellitles. '' - In addition to local election results, state and national coverage will be brought her by ih wires of the United Press, and flashed to radio listeners. Th day afler ih election, the work of totaling votes will continue until completed. In ih iJt Mail Tribune KYJC election results have proven io be highly accurate, considering the spaed with which they are compiled. They have seldom varied more than a few percentage points from the "oificial" tab ulation, which often take a week more to make. for Vote s .r.: j. :!". n 1 t .,':, .; The plan Is this: V Youngsters making tradition al "trick or treat" calls1 on houses in their neighborhoods, instead of asking for the usual Items of candy, nuts and so on, are re quested to ask for clothes for small children, school and sew ing supplies, soap .and other necessities. .. ' When collections, are complet ed, they may be delivered to any of the four city grade schools, or the Lone Pine school, all of which will be. open from 6 to 9 p. m. The gift parcels can be deposited there, and youngsters will be given refreshments Cider and doughnuts will be served-at Jackson school by the Medford Lions club; at Lincoln school by the Crater Lions; at Lone Fine school by the Active club; at Roosevelt school by the Kiwanis club, and at Washington school by the Junior Chamber of Commerce. The main en trance to the gymnasium of each school will be open for this pur pose. .. All articles brought In will be packaged by Camp Fire Girls and mothers.' They will be ship ped at the same time as another collection made by the Church Women on World Community Day, Nov. 8, to Church World Service in Korea. Police Chief Charles Champ lln has offered (the assistance of the department to aid youngsters carrying heavy loads to get them to the schools.- A call to police headquarters will bring a patrol car for this purpose. . Funds for the cost of the over seas shipment also are needed, and further information is avail able from Mrs. James P. Rowan, telephone 2-5859, The young people's Luther League of the Zion Lutheran church will collect canned goods between 6:30 p, m. today, which will be distributed through the Lutheran World Action relief organization. In the Howard school district, youngsters also have been asked to request relief Items for Korea, which can be brought to school Monday morning, and will be shipped overseas through the American Friends Service com mittee. Saturday Oulei Medford city police reported a "reasonably quitt" pre-Hallow-een observance last night wth only minor pranks occurring In scattered areas. "Trick or treating" appeared to nave generally jumped the gun on the basis of a Salem story by Gov. Paul Patterson calling for a Saturday night observance, in stead of Halloween night. The only accident connected with the observance reported last night was a costumed seven-year- old girl who received minor In juries when struck by a car.Jhe girl, Linda Benson, 1915 Hazel st, was -treated for ' multiple bruises and abrasions at Sacred Heart hospital and released, at- I tendants said. Stevenson Attacks 'Campaign of Fear' By Top Republicans Pleads for Unity in -' National Broadcast New York U.R Adlal E, ..' Stevenson charged Saturday night that Irresponsible Repub -lican politicians were "tearing; the country apart in their search for votes" and have gone so - for as using the Communist party line in. their attacks against the Democrats. 1 The 1952 Democratic nresl :' dentlal candidate tore into the .' conduct of the GOP campaign in a nationally-televised 11th hour speech here following a day of : politicking , in wealthy West- " chaster county. v - ". Calling for the election of a Democratic Congress in Tues day's balloting, Stevenson said; -Effects of Partisanship All thoughtful citizens have '. been concerned about the pro- ;' gressive deterioration of this present political campaign. W have observed with sorrow the effect that the pressure of par tisanship and political ambition have had on the top leaders of the Republican party. . - , ' Stevenson told his nationwide audience that President Eisen hower started his campaign with his record as the only issue, but when it became apparent that it was very poor issue," Repub lican leaders, spearheaded by vice-president Richard M. Nixon, launched into a "reckless cam paign of fear, misrepresentation and distrust" ' t : No Democrat, Stevenson Hid. has been immune to a "savage. sly attack on hia integrity, his good sense and his very loyalty . y;;,. this is the end Qt.the gnat, crusade." Pleads for Unity .. Stevenson pleaded for unity awi for a discussion of the cam-, paign issues and called upon Americans to "dense your minds of suspicion and hate" at th polls Tuesday. ' ..- "I fear that Irresponsible poll ticians, tearing the nation apart In the search for votes, hav recklessly damaged our freedom. out self respect and our unity of national' purpose," he said. Stevenson attacked President Elsenhower, Nixon and other top GOP campaigners for stating the proposition that prosperity in the past has been "only at the price of war and bloodshed."' ' "This, of course, has been standard Communist propoganda for years and is believed by many to prove that the United States is ready to precipitate war in order to save capitalism," ha said. , 1"- "I am sure the President must have spoken thoughtlessly and carelessly," he added, saying that no one who sincerely believes in free capitalism would believ that prosperity depends on war. Stevenson charged that there could be no war between Mr. El- . senhower and a Democratic Con gress either "colder or hotter" than the war within the Repub lican party. - He said President Elsenhower has been offering several argu ments why the people should "give him'' a GOP congress. ' 'At Denver he said a Demo cratic congress would usher in a period of cold war between the r congress and the White House, but if we are to judge by the record of the last congress, there can be no war colder, or hotter, than the internal conflict within the Republican party." He said the only solution Is election of a Democratic con gress, adding that it was an "irony" that the Democrats were more likely to support President Eisenhower's program than the Republicans. . " . "I could even add that It Is th only way to rehabilitate as an effective instrument of govern ment the Republican party, now so hopelessly divided on policy, program and philosophy," he said. Congress To Get Paris, Manila Pacts in Nov. Washington (U.R) Presl dent Eisenhower will submit the Paris and Manila agreements on European and Southeast Asia security pacts to the special Senate session next month, the White House announced Satur day. The White House said the President hopes the treaties will be ratified promptly when the new Congress convenes in January- . , -;;--:-;--;' -4 'l I i $. it r