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ioca VOTERS GASTIG3G BAUUBTB ulivl ILMlalS uvliyjyiSlSLni " i . Medford United Pr Full Leased Win 49th Year 16 Pages Trend of Election Unexpected Until Later in Night. Both Parties Still a Retain Victory Hopes Washington (U.R) Voters turn6d out in multitudes that mav ton 45.000.000 today to Dass mid-term judgment on President Eisenhower s Republican admin istration. The poll takers figured the '. Democrats on top in this con congressional election year Their consensus: Democratic con trol of 4he House and, perhaps, the Senate in the 84th Congress. But the Republicans were not despairing and the uemocraxs were not indulging in any pre mature celebrations. Indications were that the trend will not be definite for hours after the polls close. It was good voting weather in the West but raw and mean in the Midwest and East. The East's nasty weather was not, however, keeping the voters away from the polls. Voting Seems Heavy Manv precincts, in fact, re- norted heavier than usual ballot ing. Early voting was heavy in New YorK, up 10 per cent in some precincts, an average of 10 per cent in others. " Samples from , other parts of the country: Early voting heavy in Massachusetts, Rhode Island, New Hampshire and Vermont. In Northern Illinois, a little above average, downstate brisk to much heavier. In the voting Maryland and Virginia suburbs of the voteless District of Colum bia, heavy to very heavy. Heavy turnout in Denver and Pueblo, Colorado's biggest counties. v Snow In Michigan Snow over the southern half of Michigan was expected to hold the total state vote under the anticipated 2,100,000, which would have been a record. First-hour balloting was light In San Francisco. But Philadel phia reported heavy balloting despite rain. " In Ohio the turnout ranged from normal - to heavy with Cleveland and Columbus report ing -"very heavy." There appeared no likelihood, however, that the balloting would come close to 1952's rec ord 61,679,882. . Partisans of both sides were professing cheer and confidence. Party Leaders Broadcast President Eisenhower, Vice- President Richard M. Nixon and Adlai E. Stevenson Monday night formally ended history's most remarkable off-year campaign with nationwide radio and tele vision broadcasts. Mr. Eisenhower, with Mamie at his side, urged his listeners to telephone 10 people today and remind them to vote because the elections will if'aff ect the nation al life for thenext two years and even far beyond that." Stevenson charged that the Republicans failed to earn a new mandate from the voters because . of tneir poor penormaute home and ' abroad" and their "smear tactics" in the campaign. Nixon called for a Republican victory to insure "peace and prosperity" and to continue the drive against Communism. Weathervanes Democratic Traditional straws have blown this year' against the Republi cans. Maine elected a Democrat ic governor, the first in 20 years. The weathervane territory of Alaska went Democratic, i It is in the American political T-o?;nn that a maioritv carry loses seaia, jy.xa.j House in an off-year election. The average loss beginning with the election of 1914 has been up ward of 40 seats. But this off-year slump uni formly has followed a big swing e mnorecdnnnl seats tn a nartv r Ui LUi'fa- - . which had won tne wnne House two years earlier. There was no such swing in 1952. Mr. Eisenhower was more popular than the party that nom inated him but he failed to carry a large surplus of Republican candidates into the House and Senate. The tradition of majority party off-year losses has been beaten only once in the past 40 years. That was in 1934 when FDR was rearing the peak of his political popularity and the Democratic party was firmly hitched to his star. Ike Active in Campaign Mr. Eisenhower insisted as re cently as last week that his own MEDFORD, OREGON, TUESDAY, NOVEMBER 2, 1954 ; ' .- I J DUMPING GRAIN along siding when grain elevators are filled creates mountain of 90,000 bushels of grain and gets quick action from railroad lines to move the bumper crop. Two telegraph poles snap as mountain grows at Liberal, Kans. (International) . Red Chinese Planes, Artillery Unleash Attacks on Tachen Taipeh, Formosa (U.R) Chi nese Communits warplanes and artillery unleashed new attacks today against the Tachen Island group, Chiang Kei-shek's north ernmost possessions.. .: Five Russian-built twin-engine bombers bombed Yikianshan, Tachen's north anchor, while Communist batteries on Toumen Island resumed the heavy shell ing of Yikiangshan begun yester day. Thousands of Shells Hurled Nationalist sources said Red artillery hurled thousands of shells at the tiny island. There were no immediate reports of casualties. The Reds- shelled the island for eight hours yesterday. The Reds began attacking this group yesterday, giving rise to fears among Nationalist officials that an- invasion might be imminent. Meanwhile, Chinese National ist planes and ships were report ed attacking Communist posi tions on the mainland. -It was presumed the Nationalists were aiming at Communist air bases in- Chekiang Province from which the Reds have been mounting their raids on Tachen. 150 Bombs Dropped According to fragmentary and conflicting reports, it appeared that some 20 Communist planes, nine medium bombers and 11 Mitchell Expected To AnnounceResignaiion Washington U.R) Demo cratic National Chairman Ste phan A. Mitchell will formally announce his resignation within a few days,' a Democratic spokes man said today. The spokesman said Mitchell plans to step down before the end of the year, probably in December, and will set the exact date later this week. At the same time, according to the Democratic official, Mitchell will arrange for a meet ing of the Democratic National Committee to name his suc cessor. The spokesman pointed out that Mitchell, a strong supporter of Adlai E. Stevenson, said a year ago he would resign after the mid-term elections, regard less of the outcome. political prestige was not at stake today. But under pressure from his advisers he injected himself into this off-year cam paign far beyond the limits of such participation by presidents before him. Today's election will directly affect Mr. Eisenhower's prestige as a political leader. A big Democratic victory would substantially reduce the President's influence on his own party. It would widen the divi sion between the substantial ele ments of the party which obtain ed his nomination and the con servatives who backed the late Robert A. TafU United lMIGS dropped 150 bombs yes terday on Tachen, making two sorties. Nationalist sources said the Reds caused a considerable num ber of casualties. Earlier reports said 14 persons were- killed. ' ' The attacks marked the first time that the Reds have sent planes against Chiang's island holdings since they won posses sion of China. Early Returns Of Election Tbpeka, Kan. (U.R) Sen. An drew F. Schoeppel (R-Kan.) who introduced the flexible price sup ports won by the administration in a Senate battle, took an unof ficial 10,499 to 7484 vote to lead today over Democrat George McGill, the man Schoeppel beat in. 1948. - For governor in the President's home state, Lt. Gov. Fred Hall, Republican, led George Dock ing, Democrat, 9616 to 8872 in an incomplete, unofficial tabula tion from 346 precincts. i Pointe Aux Barques, Mich. (U.R) This traditionally Republi can community split evenly in its congressional balloting today, giving Rep. Jesse Wolcott (R Mich.) seven votes and seven to his Democratic opponent, Dr. Ira D. McCoy. New Brunswick, N. J. (U.R) First fragmentary returns in New Jersey's senatorial election gave Democrat Charles R.-,How-ell a 27-vote lead over Republi can Clifford P. Case today. A tally of absentee ballots in four districts in this normally Democratic city gave Howell 55 votes to 28 for Case. ... Boise, Ida. (U.R) Unofficial returns from one precinct in Clark county today gave Repub lican Sen. Henry Dworshak, in cumbent, 12 votes and Democrat aspirant Glen H. Taylor, 2. Boston (U.R) First returns from Massachusetts towns gave Republicans a 20-3 margin in Mt. Washington and a 35-6 lead in Gosnold in the vote for governor and U.S. senator. Mashpee vot ed Republican, 103 to 101 for governor and 104 to 96 for sena tor. Pacific U. Dormitory Off Limits To Males Forest Grove (U.R)-Officials placed Herrick hall, a women's dormitory, off limits and out of bounds to male student visitors. Officials; said the order was the result of a recent impromptu raid by male freshmen. Dr. William L. Perry, dean of students, said the order will re main in effect until all rules re garding Herrick hall are re vised. ' Tribune Pre Full leased Wir Price 5c No. 194 Communist Party Leader Arrested By Federal Agents New Jersey Woman Seized in New York New York (U.R) ' Martha Stone, 44, New Jersey Commu nist leader who has been oper ating underground for the last three years, was arrested last night by the FBI. The Justice Department, which first announced the arrest in Washington, said Miss Stone was arrested on a federal warrant is sued in New Haven, Conn., June 17, 1954. She is charged with being a member of a group teaching and advocating the overthrow of the U. S. government by force or vi olence. James J. Kelly, agent in charge of the New York FBI of fice which made the arrest, said Miss Stone will be arraigned in federal court here "soon." Emil Asher, husband of the al leged Communist leader, said he was retaining an attorney for his wife and expected her to be ar raigned today for extradition to Connecticut. Asher, a tall, dark man in his early 40s, branded the charges against his wife as "a lot of non sense." . Ton of Korean Aid Supplies Donated About 2,000 pounds of cloth ing, soap, sewing and school supplies for' Korean children were cellected Sunday jiight as part of 'the city s Halloween ob servance, it was announced to day by Mrs. J. P. Rowan. . Mrs. Rowan headed a com mittee of Camp Fire Girls and workers who planned the col lection in cooperation with Med ford Council of Church Wo men, city police and service clubs. Children who picked up the articles while out on the tradi tional "trick or treat" pilgrim age around the city turned their collections in at elementary schools. Lincoln reported about 75 children turned in articles, Jackson about 125, Washington and Roosevelt each about 300 and both Lone Pine and Oak Grove also reported large turn outs. ,- The youngsters were served cider and doughnuts. Mrs. H. P. Bosworth Jr., president of the women's coun cil, states that Sunday schools of the city will be asked to don ate part of their- collections next Sunday to help defray the cost of overseas . shipment, which is 8c per pound. The material will be taken to Oakland by Pierce Auto Freight company free of charge. TRANSPORTATION OFFER Voters who have no other way of getting to Medford voting places will be trans ported, free of charge, by members of the Medford Junior Chamber of Com merce ' up lo the time the polls close at 8 p.m. Those needing a ride may tele phone 3-3936. Protest Hearings on Mining Claims Will Begin Thursday Start of protest hearings on unpatented mining claims in the Union Creek . area of Rogue River National forest has been changed from tomorrow until Thursday, it was announced to day by Jack Wood, superintend ent of the national forest. Reason for the change was a request by J. M. Vassbinder, claimant on 640 of the 14,080 acres involved in the protest hearings, that he be given addi tional time. Vassbinder's request has been granted, Wood said, and the hearing on his claims prob ably will not be held for several months. ' - " Others Thursday Protest hearings on unpatent ed claims on the remaining 13, 440 acres, with U.S. Mining Ex ploration company as the claim ant, will get under way Thurs day at the county courthouse. The hearings will be conducted by representatives of the Bureau of Land Management. Weather FORECAST: ' Cloudy tonight and Wednesday morning; partly cloudy Wednesday afternoon. Low tonight 38; high Wednes day 58. 71 : Highest Yesterday 71 Lowest this Morning 34 Morse Reiterates Intention To Vote With Democrats Closing Campaign Said 'Shocking Example' Washington (U.R) Sen. Wayne Morse, Oregon's Repub lican turned Independent, gave the Democrats a running head start today in their bid to con trol the Senate. Morse said he will stick by his intention to vote with the Dem ocrats on the question of which party should organize the Sen ate and head its committees. "I will vote with the Demo crats in Sny event," Morse said. GOP Must Hold 49 Seats Morse's position means, in ef fect, that Republicans will have to hold 49 Senate seats in the new Congress to control. Demo crats could win shaky control with 48 seats plus Morse. Morse, who resigned from the Republican party during the last presidential campaign and sup ported Adlai E. Stevenson, has been active during the current campaign on behalf of a num ber of Democrats. He said he has made ill "major" speeches since Labor Day. "I have been across the coun try twice, and I am satisfied that the American people are dissatis fied with the Eisenhower rec ord," Morse said. Most Shocking Example , "I think the closing two weeks of the campaign by the Republi cans has been the most shocking example of the "big lie' tech nique in tne historv nf A mpritan politics. "I believe that, as a resftlt, thousands of voters who might otherwise have snirmnrtpri PcnnK. lican candidates will repudiate uie republican party." The Senate now Viae 40 T? licans, 46 Democrats and Morse. with a close election predicted, Morse's, position, could- be im portant. Twice" in trip raet ho ti-ip had the balance of power but in Dotn cases he sided with the Re publicans for organization pur poses. Ministers Ask No More City Liquor Licenses ' The Medford Ministerial A sen. ciation this morning voted to recommend to the city council that no more licenses for the Sale Of haid liauor he irrantnJ in Medford." The group, meeting for break fast with 18 local chiirohps rpn. resented," discussed the licensing snuauon, and declared the so called "saturation point" for hard liauor licenses has reached. A copy of the resolu tion adopted will also be for warded to the Oregon Liquor control commission. The action was nrnmntpri K the city council's recent action in approving a hard liauor lirpnsA on South Front st. Ida Lupino Reveals Plans for Divorce' Hollywood (U.R) Ida -lamino revealed today she has separated for the fourth time from How ard Duff and this time she will file for divorce. "This is the fourth time, and I just can't go on any longer, not with our little girl, Bridget, involved," the actress said. She said she planned a week's rest and then will return to file a suit on grounds of mental cru elty. They were wed in October of 1951 in Glenbrook, Nev. The U.S. Mining Exploration company claims are known as the Kower and Young group. Under existing mining laws, unpatented mining claims on na tional forest land may be con tested for cause by the federal government. Claimants are noti fied officially of contest, and are allowed 30 days in which to re quest a protest hearing. Disproval Opportunity The hearings provide an op portunity for claimants to dis prove contest charges. Failure to request hearing or failure to appear at a hearing constitutes admission of contest charges, and claims become subject to in validation. , - The claims included in the hearings which start Thursday, together with some 2,880 acres, previously invalidated, make up the majority of the claims in the Union Creek area. More than 56,000 acres were covered by claims in that region. Ming in Said Fairly In Early Portland" (U.R) Oregon voters went quietly to the polls today after one of the stormiest off- year election campaigns in years. Voting was reported fairly heavy in some western Oregon areas during the first hours after polls opened at 8 a.m., despite a few morning showers in the northwest part of the state and overcast skies elsewhere. Voters chose a senator, four congressmen, a governor, a la bor commissioner, state legisla tors and decided on eight meas ures having a statewide effect. Countless county and municipal offices and issues also were de cided. ; 70 Per Cent Turnout Seen Skies were clear in eastern Oregon and despite the overcast in western Oregon temperatures were comfortable and the weath er was not expected lo hamper a turnout forecast by station election officials as high as 70 per cent of the 819,703 registered voters. This would mean some 573,000 ballots will be cast be fore polls close at 8 p.m. A 70 per cent turnout, ex tremely high for an off-year election, would attest to the in tense interest in the 'campaign, sparked by the bitter contest between Republican Sen. Guy Cordon and State Sen. Richard L. Neuberger for the U. S. Sen ate. . A large vote and the expected closeness of some of the con tests probably will mean the out come for several offices won't be determined until at least noon Wednesday. New Representative At least one new U. S. repre sentative will be selected. In the third district, Republican Tom Lawson McCall is running against Mrs. Edith Green and the winner will go to Congress Fines JailTerm Given Three Youths Two young men were fined and another was sentenced in district court yesterday. They were involved in a beer bottle throwing escapade Halloween night which resulted in broken plate glass windows at two Med ford stores. , Thomas Lee Robertson, 228 South Central ave., , charged with malicious destruction of private property, was sentenc ed to six months in the county jail, of which five months were suspended. Charles LeRoy Heav ilin, 798 Marshal ave., and George Edward Gunter, 807 West Jackson St., charged with illegal possession of intoxicating beverages, were both required to pay $75 each for the glass re pair and each was fined $25 and $5 costs. Robertson is also AWOL from the U.S. Navy. Heavilin and Gunter were in company of their 17-year-old wives, and were not formally charged. The three men all were 19 years old. " Window repair work will be necessary, at both Acme Hard ware and the Wool worth store, police said. Beer bottles were also thrown at the front of Val entine's lounge, but no win dows were reported broken. Bathtub Voyager Abandons Journey Port Angeles, Wash- U.R) Roy Bergo said today he defin itely is giving up his planned 1,200-mile trip to Alaska in his seagoing bathtub. Bergo said he was unable to get any financial backing for the trip and his two-horsepower out board motor was wearing out. Bergo emphasized he was not quitting because he lacked confi dence; but because he failed to gain a sponsor. , Consequently, he took his bathtub from the water and placed it aboard a freight truck. (See Story on Page 7) Longview (U.R) The Long view Fibre Co. has announced that it has optioned a 70-acre in dustrial site on the McKenzie river near Springfield on which it expects to erect a paperboard plant. Santa Ana, Calif. (U.R-Su-gar heir Adolph Spreckles II has begun serving a 30-day jail sentence on his conviction of beating his former wife, actress Kay Williams. Washington (U.R) More than 130 groups in 10 states have ap plied so far for watershed proj ects under a new upstream wa tershed development. Oregon Heavy Morning for the first time. McCall defeat ed veteran Congressman Homer Angell in the primary. In other congressional races Republican incumbents are seek ing reelection. The lineup by ,dis tricts: ' 1st Rep. Walter Norblad (R) vs. Donnel Mitchell (D). - 2nd Rep. Harris Ellsworth (R) vs. Charles Porter. Gov. Paul ' Patterson is seek ing his first election to the state's top job against Democrat Joseph K. Carson Jr. S. Eugene Allen, Republican, is opposed by Norman O. Nilsen for state labor commissioner. Of the eight measures three by initiative petition and five by referendum the ones to es tablish daylignt time in the state, to prohibit commercial fishing in coastal streams south of the Columbia river and to repeal the milk control law generated the most interest during . the campaign and probably will draw the most voter attention. Hope Dwindles for Finding Survivors Of Missing Plane New, York -4U.R) The possi bility of finding any survivors among the 42 persons aboard a huge Super-Constellation miss ing on a flight over the Atlantic dwindled today. Officials conducting one of the greatest combined air - sea searches in history for the Navy transport cut the air arm of the search operation in half. All Hope Not Abandoned Instead of the 200 planes as signed originally to comb a 120 mile wide strip of ocean from here to the Azores yesterday, only 100 planes will cover the area today. A Naval spokesman, however, said the officials had not given up all hope that survivors would be found. The plane, carrying four wom en and five children among its passengers and crew of 42, was last heard from at 11 p.m. Sat urday 90 minutes after it took off from Patuxent, Md., for the Azores and Africa. . - Many Returning To Duty Many of- the persons aboard were returning to duty after stateside leave or were report ing overseas for new assign ments. About half of the 21 man crew was to have debarked at the Azores to pick up another plane. Naval officials said it was pos sible survivors still might be sighted. Super Constellations like the lost plane normally carry up to 16 life rafts capable of sup porting 16 persons each, they said. Collective Measures Committee To Stay United Nations, N.Y. (U.R) The United Nations Main Politi cal Committee today approved over Soviet objections a recom mendation that the General As sembly's Committee for Collec tive Measures Against Aggres sion be continued on a stand-by basis. . By a vote of 50 to 5, with two ibstentions, the committee noted "with approval" the third an nual report of , the collective measures group. Chief feature of that report was a recommendation that U.N. members should help pay the costs for countries willing to contribute manpower for future collective action against aggres sion but unable to finance sup plies and equipment for such forces. Some Western Oregon Mill Closures Predicted Portland (U.R) Closure of some western Oregon lumber mills for the winter was predict ed today by the Oregon state forest products market report. The report said mills had been unable to build up cold decks for the winter, despite good weather, and would probably close if log prices advance or if lumber prices drop and make further cuts in operating mar gins. Fall rains were expected to shrink log supplies when dirt road logging is no longer pos sible. 1 Independence, Mo. (U.R) Former President Truman, cheerful despite raw, 23-degree weather, cast his ballot at 7 a.m. here today and smilingly predic ted the nation's voters would give "the right answer again.' Voting is Heavy Despite Overcast, Chilly Weather Preparations Made . ' For Ballot Count Jackson county voters wera turning out in large though not in record-breaking numbers today in the 1954 general elee - uun. in uiie uictuiti. in a. z. mors - than 25 per cent of the register ed voters had cast ballots by 11 a.m. and an average of nine precincts at that hour showed .. 17.3 per cent of the vote cast. At 8 p.m., radio station KYJC and The Mail Tribune ... : 1 1 v: t i .. broadcast designed to bring valley listeners results of the general election as rapidly and accurately as possible. A large staff of trained wor kers reporters, business ma chine operators, tabulators - will be on duty throughout the eauniv anil in ihm nffSr it The Mail Tribune. ; KYJC has set up micro- . phones in The Mail Tribune and the results will be broad cast directly from there as soon as available. In addi ' tion, state and national elec tion results will be broadcast from the United Press' speo- . ial high-speed election wire. While this was a relatively high percentage at that time of the day, it failed to match the . turnout of voters in the general election of 1952, when 'the pres. idential contest stimulated a heavy percentage of the voters to go to the polls. By about 1 o'clock, the per centage had increased to an av erage of about 24.8- with the highest vote recorded again in Precinct 42, where it was 33.3 per cent. There was a high overcast, during the morning and the wea ther was chilly. But the fog was expected to break by early aft ernoon, and thin sunshine was forecast most of the afternoon by the weather bureau. No rain fell to mar election day. clusion last night, and the state law prohibits electioneering i any form today. ... , . Results of Oregon s election contest will begin to become av ailable shortly after the polls ; close at 8 p.m. Results from - eastern Biai.cs cau ue expecieu to begin arriving about four hours earlier. Today's election concludes one of the hardest-fought and bitter est general election campaigns in the history of Oregon par ticularly in the race for United States senator. Local candidates and measures drew little atten tion in comparison to the sena torial contest. And it is believed that the high interest in the fight between Senator Guy Cor don and his Democratic chal lenger, Richard L. Neuberger, was the main reason for the the morning hours. . County clerk election deputies this morning announced two more last-minute switches in polling places. In Precinct 28A, it will be at the Haupert Imple ment company on the north Pa cific highway (instead of the Valley auction), and in No. 69 it has been moved back: to the Townsend hall in Central Point . (from the Central Point Gun club, where it earlier was mov ed from the Townsend hall). More Fire Bombs Thrown in Algiers Algiers, Alegria U.R) Three more fire bombs were thrown in the Algiers area early today in a new outbreak of terrorism. Police reported onlv one of the bombs went off, however, causing little damage. Early yes terday 30 bombs and fire bombs were exploded in scattered places throughout Algeria, kill ing seven and wounding 10 in this French possession. The French government im mediately flew in more than 2,700 paratroopers, police and mobile guards from France to crush what appeared to be a well organized campaign of murder and destruction similar to. those that have taken scores of lives in Morocco and Tunisia." Slash Burners Said To Be Doing Good Job Salem (U.R) Loggers are do ing a good job of burning slash ings, Gov. Paul L. Patterson, chairman of the State Board of Forestry said here this week. But he warned that drying east' winds and higher temperatures have created danger when fire is used in the woods. ; " i All forest fire regulations will remain in effect until heavy fall rains arrive, he said. Effects of earlier rains have been largely offset by easterly winds and warmer temperatures.
