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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,
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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.
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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- .. '.
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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.
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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-
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