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SIX MEDFORD (OREGON) MAIL TRIBUNE Monday, November I, 1954 Series of Crimes Plagues Police in Wesl Pennsylvania Aliquippa, Pa. U.R) The blood-caked body of a pretty high school girl was found on a lonely hillside near here Satur day as police throughout west ern Pennsylvania sought the "trick or treat" slayer of a six-year-old girl near Johnstown. Police said both slayings ap parently -were the work of sex killers. ' The knife-slashed body of Helen Jean Bryant, 16, a straw berry blonde sophomore, was found under a pile of leaves and dirt in a wooded section about one-quarter of a mile from her home by members of a posse which had searched for her since she was reported missing Wednesday. Throat Slashed Police said the girls' cloth ing was disarranged, and Mrs. Margaret Sanders, deputy Beav er county coroner, said "it ap pears she had been attacked sex ually." , Her throat had been slashed, and she was stabbed "several times" in the chest, au thorities said. Police Chief Matthew Zvonar said Helen Jean had been partial ly stripped by the killer who sought to ravish her. Several hours after her body was found, state police began questioning a 27-year-old Ali quippa man in whose possession they found a pair of bloody trousers and several crime comic books. Several other members of his family, apparently broth ers, also were brought to the Aliquippa jail. At New Castle, 32 miles down the Ohio river from here, a 12-year-old girl, whose name was withheld, told police she was attacked last night after she and her four-year-old brother were forced into a car at gun-point and driven to a lonely road out side of town. - .-..t .mmminiiw cTToe a trr nMnnn tnrnrs nnrl one of seven men who will determine fate of Dr. Sam Sheppard, Cleveland, O, osteopath accused of slaying wife From left: Edmond Verlinger, store manager; Mrs. Elizabeth Borke, mother of two; Mrs. Louella Williams divorcee; Mrs. Louise K. Feuchter, wife of railroad inspector; Mrs. Beatrice P Oren stein mother of two, and Mrs. Anna W. Foote, stenographer. (International Soundphoto) Elections Bureau Work To Start In Earnest Following Election University To Honor It's First President Northfield, Vt. 4I.PJ Nor wich Univeristy will name its new dormitory Ransom Hall, in memory of its first president, who gave the school its motto, "I will try." Col. Truman B. Ransom re signed as Norwich president in 1847 to command a regiment in the Mexican' War. .Ransom led the assault on Chapultepec after Gen. Zachary Scott asked him if he could capture the heights and Ransom replied, "I will try." At the moment of victory, Ransom was killed by a musket balL By WILLIAM WARREN Uniled Press Correspondent Salem (U.R) When you cast your ballot Tuesday, you will have accomplished your duty as a citizen as far . as the general election goes. But the duties of the State El ections Bureau under Secretary of State Earl T. Newbry will just have started. The counting of those collec tive votes by the thousands and thousands throughout the state is the next immediate chore. And that's where the elections bureau, directed by Dave O'Hara comes in. Out to each of the counties goes an abstract of votes, a large chart-like piece of heavy paper some two feet, four inches by two feet 10 inches. On it are listed all the candidates voted on in the county and all the measures, precinct by pre cinct. When the tally is complet ed the abstract comes into O' Hara's office where he carefully goes over every figure, watch ing the vote in each precinct. If there is an abnormally large vote for a candidate or the bill to outlaw outlawery, or an ab normally small vote, then O' Hara checks the county to find the trouble. - v Example Cited There was a good example of that back in 1940 when Willis Mahoney, who gave Charles McNary a close race for U. S. Senator in 1936, filed for U.S. senator and also delegate to the candidate. So Mahoney with- Democratic national convention. Mahoney had accepted an out- of-state appointment under the Roosevelt administration and re turned to Oregon only shortly before the primary campaign. So the Portland newspapers, among others, gave him what-for for running, dubbing him among other, things, the carpet-bagger Superstitions Stiil Very Much Alive Los Angeles (U.R) Super stitions are still very much alive in our modern times, according to Dr. Mac-Elward Leach, folk lore professor at University of California at Los Angeles. Some of the popular supersti tions observed by persons in all walks of life -include: 1. A pair of miniature baby shoes hanging inside the cab of a truck will protect the driver against an accident. 2. Whiskey will cure colds. 3. If a black ace falls on the floor during a bridge game, don't play any more. 4. After opening canned foods, place any leftovers in a glass jar before putting them in the refrig erator. . 5. Balls of cotton hung on strings in open doorways will keep out flies. Fatal traffic crashes in 1053 involved 41,700 men and 4,100 women. ffsr 'a Business .'Job yiP?piiSil $Mm fll8iftp mXM: i4Vl Deborah Kay and Cecil Morris Gayle Ann Wife Helen and Son Pat 1UECT tabRRis eciil ea. for gouiify Olerk Experienced Courteous Impartial Paid Political Air. by "Businessmen Cecil Morris for County Clerk Comm." drew from the race for senator ial nomination, but remained a candidate for delegate to the Democratic national convention. Jackson County Telegram On April 27, 1940, G. R. Car ter, Jackson county clerk, tele graphed then Secretary of State Earl Snell: "Is Willis Mahoney's name to stay on ballot?" The telegram went directly into Snell's office instead of going to the elections bureau quarters across the corridor. It seemed obvious that the query concern ed the U. S. Senatorial candi dacy, so Snell replied April 29, 1940: "Mahoney's name to be withdrawn from ballot." Weli, Mahoney won out as delegate, getting the highest vote for the Democratic convention,1" 69,683. But when the abstract of votes came in From Jackson county, Mahoney received ex actly zero votes. O'Hara tele graphed to Carter to find what the error was, and discovered Carter had withdrawn Mahon ey's name also as candidate for delegate. Check Important Now, here's where the check becomes important. Suppose Mahoney had withdrawn as can didate for delegate but remained as candidate for Democratic nominee for senator. And sup pose he had lost out by fewer than the number of votes in Jackson county. Then he would have a clear case, legal obser vers here say, of going to court to have the election declared invalid. So the, abstract of vote gets a check, a double check and a triple check. Three Weeks Needed It will be about three weeks before the official returns are announced here, because Mult nomah county, with its large population and its hand-counting takes that long to tote up its tab. Once the total is determined here and the check of the ab stract of votes made, Secretary of State Newbry will canvass the vote in the presence of Gov. Paul L. Patterson. Then indi vidual certificates of election will be issued to the successful candidates. ' And the work concerning the election will be completed. But wait, is there rest for the work ers in O'Hara's office. No indeed. They get immediately to work then making the vast and intri cate preparations necessary so ; tnat the Legislature can open its session in January with ease and without a hitch. Nixon Gives Tongue-Lashing To Heckler, Orders Him Out San Mateo, Calif. (U.R) A blazing mad Vice-President Rich ard Nixon delivered a tongue lashing Friday night to a heckler vho interrupted his nation-wide rrdio political address by shout ing, "Tell us a dog story, Dick." The vice-president concluded his impromptu address by telling the doorman, "now, throw, him out." Pushed Out Door The interrupter, identified by San Mateo police as . James Heavey of San Francisco, was then pushed vigorously out a doorway near the stage and was escorted off the grounds.' Nixon was about three quar ers through his address, which was televised locally, when Heavey made the interruption.' Television engineers said tne re mark was audible to the TV audience. The vice-president did not even break stride in his speech, while a dozen men swarmed about Heavey. At the conclusion of the address,' Nixon bade his audience sit down and had Heavey brought to the foot of the platform. "I would be ashamed if any member of my party wouldn't allow a speaker to address his audience," Nixon said. First Heckling lie pointed out that he had toured 22 states and made 200 speeches during his campaign ing tour, "And this is the first time I have been hsckled." Heavey refused to give his name to newsmen afterghe was ejected from the high school auditorium where the vice-president delivered his speech. Heavey told newsmen, he would have been "proud" to give his name last week, but 'Home on Range' Writer's Home Becomes Shrine Anthol, aKn. U.PJ The lit tle cabin home of Dr. Brewster Higley where he wrote "Home on the Range" has become a Kaiisas shrine. Before it was dedicated as the birthplace of Kansas' official state song, the limestone and log cabin had served as a hen house. J The cabin is located nine miles nortnwest of Anthol in Smith county. It was restored by the Smith Center, Kan., Lions Club. Higley built the cabin in 1872 on the bank of Beaver Creek and in it wrote the song that appar ently has won everlasting popularity. that Nixon had upset him "with his talk of security risks." In his scheduled address, the vice-president said that unless the Eisenhower administration gets a Republican congress the security risk program will be sniped at, badgered and sab otaged." - : He said the "Adlai Stevenson Stephen Mitchell-ADA left wing of the Democratic Party" -is "blind to the threat" of Com munism in the United States. ' Keep Med ford Progressive ELECT Earl F. Halgren City Council FOURTH WARD Halgren for Council Committee Linn Mills, Chairman REPUBLICAN Open All lay ELECTION DAY For TRANSPORTATION TO THE POLLS OR INFORMATION ON POLLING PLACES MAIL $5H83 Paid Political Adv. Jackson County Republican Central Committee J Use of Marked Cards To Teach Languages Detroit (U.R) An education-minded Austrian-born sur geon hopes to teach children the fundamentals of French, Greek, Latin, chemistry and music by the simple process of having them play rummy with marked cards. Dr. Henry Tudkel's proposed venture into the field of arts a venture he hopes to enter with in the next 12 months is based on the large success of his word rummy game which teaches children spelling as well as the Morse code. The 52-card deck contains four complete alphabets and the ob ject of the game is to meld out witn words as in rummy. Dr. Turkel concocted the game for his daughter, whom he describ ed as being better versed in card games in spelling. - The Toledo O., board of edu cation said that the game gave children "excellent practice in spelling and vocabulary build-1 ' Dr. Turkel who is noted for his invention of medical instru ments, said his musical deck is designed to teach children note recognition and enable them to learn sight-reading. For the chemical formulas with, the sym bols on each card. ... - Oft DT'l Jf TO vr JV ELECTION EVE Dear Voters: You have just experienced a very American thing in the political campaign drawing to a close. You have seen and heard many facts about each candidate and issue. Now you have the responsibility for casting a vote to determine the wishes of the majority. - You can't be expected to remember all the facts. We, of the Cordon Committee, have tried to give you the honest truths so that" you might make a wise decision. We again state these truths in brief for your consideration: 1. Guy Cordon supports, and is supported by, President. Eisen hower. ' 2. Guy Cordon holds numerous, important committee assign ments earned by honest effort and hard work. Don't vote these away! 3. Guy Cordon is respected by law makers of both parties for his fairness, integrity and the ability to get things done.- 4. Vote for Guy Cordon to keep the Northwest growing, to keep Oregon a respected state and help President Eisenhower do the" job you elected him to do. Yours sincerely, John Niedermeyer, Jackson County Chairman Cordon for U.S. Senate Comm. Re-elect ...am . ntmm uv u. s. ENACTOR TOTE 1D1 Paid Adv. Cordon for U.S. Senator Committee John Neidermejrcr, Chairman rvn UV isjiyjiniiyiy LlJ . t
