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Newspaper Page TextHigh MM LUCKY LANDING Firemen and Navy rescuers help passengers throueh escane hatches of an American Airlines plane shortly after it made emergency landing at Glen view Naval Air Station, HL The pilot; who discovered his landing ge would not lowS properly, landed the Convair on only two of its wheels. None Sof the 40 paSeKs Probe off Northwest Power Operations To Show Control : By A. ROBERT SMITH Mail Tribune Correspondent Washington A congressional investigation of Pacific Norm- west power company 'operations is expected now to be the first tangible evidence of the switch over in control of the new Bn Congress to the Democratic party, as far as the power issue is concerned. " : Such a probe has been twice promised by Sen. William Lan ger (R-N.D.), currently chairman of the Senate Judiciary Commit tee and its anti-monopoly sub committee. Last August he said he wanted to look iro the Hells Canyon controversy, but the Re publican Policy Committee of the Senate effectively blocked Langer by preventing the alloca tion of his requested $37,500 to finance the investigation. To Explore Issue- In October Langer again said his" committee would tackle the 1 private vs. public power fight in the region, particularly a local scrap between Washington Water Power Co. of Spokane and a nearby PUD in Stevens county, Wash. Now that the election re turns are in, informed sources at the Capitol say this issue will be explored - by an investigative committee. And there are indications that, once begun, the probe will branch out to encompass the for mation last year of the Pacific Northwest Power Co. by four of the region's utilities Pacific Power and Light Co., Portland General Electric Co., Washing ton Water Power Co. and Mon tana Power Co. This is consider ed a natural for the Senate anti monopoly subcommittee, whose new chairman when the Demo crats take command in January will be Sen. Estes Kefauver (D- Tenn.), who shares Langer's feel ings about the desirability . of protecting public power develop ment against private utility op position. This week's move by the Pa cific , Northwest Power Co. to gain permits from the Federal Power Commission for two dam sites on the Snake river, Moun tain Sheep and Pleasant Valley, only heightened fears here among public power advocates that this new company is design ed to be the vehicle for what they suspect are private utility intentions of trying to gam con 4rol. of the entire Northwest power grid. Election Tactics "... The specific incident that may spark this probe was the election last week of a private power company-supported candidate to one of the three positions on the board of the Stevens ; County PUD. A protest over the tactics being used in that election cam paign was detailed for the anti- monopoly committee by Master A. Lars Nelson of the Washing ton state Grange, who told the story as follows: In Stevens county costly 'smear' pamphlets purportedly issued by a self-styled 'Citizens Committee' , have appeared against the PUD. Expensive staffs of public acountants have been used in the vain attempt to find something wrong with the , public agency books. Law firms from Spokane have been used to try to block the lawful pursuit of business by the local district. Door bell ringers have been imported by the private power firm to mislead the people of Stevens county in an attempt to control the local utility's board by election of the private power candidate. , ; Utility Candidate Wins . i The result of the election-was that the utility-supported candi date, John Aston, won out over the incumbent PUD commission er, D. L- McKern, by 237 votes. li i. - I The presumption is that this will strengthen the Spokane utility's chances of besting the PUD in the Stevens county service area clash in which they are involved. The : Washington Grange lead er, argued that such .."actions demonstrate the need for tighten ing utility -regulations to stop customer , discrimination, : mono poly abuse and political action used to destroy their competi tion." - Applegate Tells of 'Traitor' Charges ; ' Chicago (U.R) Richard Applegate said today some' citi zens; have called him "traitor" for making a germ warfare con fession for his Communist cap tors, u .- .:.,.- Applegate, a newsman impris oned for 18 months by the Chin ese Reds, said his critics do not realize that the Communists are uncanny" at brainwashing .. . "They even had me believing for a while that we did, use germ warfare in Korea," he said, "al though I was a correspondent there for 20 months and knew it was a lie."., . . The Communists never used his confession, he said. If they had, they would have found that the authorities he quoted to sub stantiate germ warfare, charges were "Maj.-Red Skelton, Capt. Bob Hope", names that were a clear giveaway to Americans, he said. ' Applegate, a former United Press correspondent - and an NBC foreign correspondent, told the Executives' Club of Chicago of his experiences from the time he was captured on his yacht to his release Sept.US, 1954. Canvass of Election Results Canvass,' of the votes in the Nov. 2 general election was com pleted.by Jackson county -dep uty clerks today, The officiaLount made no changes in the outcome of any of the races, although totals were slightly different- in' some instances from the unofficial to tals compiled election night, Canvass totals, including write in votes," will be published in full in Sunday's Mail Tribune.1 Detroit U.R) The CIO Unit ed. Auto Workers union has rec ommended that its locals seek a guaranteed 52 "weeks of work a vear for, all employees who have at least two years senior ity. . ,:' -' :' ' . Young Driver In Collision With Log Truck A young .Medford barber was in "fair" condition today at Com munity hospital after his car was struck headon by a skidding log ging truck yesterday afternoon. The accident was on West Main st. near. North Orange st. David Doran,-23, of 546 Haven st., suffered compound fractures of. his left leg, and multiple cuts and bruises, according to attend ants at the hospital", where he was taken by Medford 'ambu lance. ' ' ;-: ' Doran was pinned in the car following the collision, police said. The forward part of the car was pushed back, and it was necessary to . cut open the- car with a- torch., A Rogue: Service supply -wrecker then, pulled por Funds for Talent Project Believed In Budget for '56 " Appropriations for initial con struction of the Talent irrigation and reclamation project are ex pected to be included in the President's budget for the com ing fiscal year, it as reported here today. ; j Jack Hoffbuhr,' manager of the Medford Irrigation district, and Bob Kent, of the Talent district," who . attended the an nual convention of the National Reclamation association in Port land this week, said they had conferred with Secretary of the Interior Douglas McKay and With W.- A: Dexheimer, commis sioner of reclamation, regarding the project. They gave assur ances of their support. They warned, however, that while there is a "good chance" of - getting adequate appropria tions to begin work,1 there may be a more conservative attitude toward construction starts in the coming -year. - - Hoffbuhr and others from this area also taiKed witn Haroia Nelson, Boise, Ida., regional manager of the reclamation bu reau, regarding the possibility of obtaining bureau funds not otherwise obligated for use m rehabilitation work on the Med ford and Rogue River Valley Ii- rigation districts canals. If all goes well, construction could begin shortly after the start of the 1956 fiscal year next July 1, Hoffbuhr said. . Paul Culbertson, president of the Medford district, also attend ed. Kent was elected president of the Oregon State Reclamation Congress,' and Hoffbuhr was named chairman of the board of directors for the congress' fourth congressional district. Morse Says Burke 'Inferior Choice' Cincinnati, O.0J.R)-7-Senator Wayne Morse of , Oregon, the U. S. Senate's lone Independent, has - labeled Ohio's senator-elect "a much .inferior man": in com parison with the appointive sen ator he'll replace.- Morse said here yesterday that "if Sen. Thomas Burke loses his recount fight and ' Rep. Bender remains elected, a fine, public figure will have been replaced by a much inferior man." Morse told a Jewish Commu nity center forum audience that the Senate majority .is J held neither by Democrats nor Re publicans, but . by . an ultra-reactionary coalition of both par ties., He mentioned ,nd,.names. but "' identified Bender and ' the late Sen., : Robert A: Taft with his : control . group. ' Burke and Bender ran for the , remainder oi Taf t's term-' ' -, ' I Pinned in Gar tions of "the car away to free him.' ' ' ; -r: ' .The car smoked after the. col lision, and there was a -danger of fire.' A Medford Fire depart ment pumper stood by.- There was no apparent damage to the log truck except for a flat tire, police said. Officers report ed the log truck, driven by Ken neth w Blaze Fitzsimmons . 342 Summitt ave., was travelling west on Main : st. when- a car immediately in front of it turned right. The truck applied its brakes and. skidded into the left lane, striking the - Doran car headon.' Both vehicles ended up on the. sidewalk..' : Fitzsimmons will be cited for operating-on the wrong side of the street, police said. : - . , .... SS J ' . : . : Medford2L : Tribune United Pres Full Leased Wire 49th Year 1 8 Pages Continuation of 'Slush and Slime' Charged in Speech 'Good Work' Said No License To Destroy Washington U.R) Sen. John C. Stennis, (D.-Miss.) told the senate today that Sen. Joseph R. McCarthy's conduct "must be condemned otherwise we adopt it as a standard here." Stennis, a member of the spe cial committee ' which recom mended censure of McCarthy, said McCarthy's first words in the Senate in the censure debate this week "were a continuation of the slush and slime that's been poured over other commit tees." ; ; ,.f . . Stennis was the first Demo crat to deliver a full dress speech in the censure debate. And it was the most impassion ed speech against McCarthy so far. ' 'Moral Contempt' He said McCarthy's "good work" fighting Communism "does not license him to destroy other good work or other mem: bers of the Senate." Stennis urged the Senate to censure McCarthy for his "abuse of witnesses" and "moral con tempt" of behavior which in cluded "abuse and more abuse, insults, and more insults" against a 1951-52 Elections sub committee, evert-after a"60 to 0 vote by which Stennis said the Senate affirmed its confidence in the subcommittee and its members. . Earlier, Sen. Herman Welker (R.-Ida.) read to the Senate a letter in which a member of the Censure committee describ ed Brig. Gen. Ralph W, Zwick er as having been "evasive and resentful." ' However, , the author of i the letter, Sen. Edwin C. Johnson (D.-Colo.) told the Senate he had changed his mind about Z wicker after the general tes tified before the censure group. Changed Hit Mind McCarthy's "abuse" of Zwick er at a closed hearing last Feb ruary was one of the points on which ? the. committee . recom mended that the Wisconsin Re publican be censured. , Walker, a McCarthy support er, contrasted Johnson's re marks in the letter with a later Censure Committee statement that Zwicker had been "cour teous and respectful." Johnson said he changed his mind about Zwicker's attitude when he learned . that ' the general had been "completely under wraps" when he appeared before McCar thy. . . As the censure debate con tinued, Reuublican Leader Wil liam F. Knowland indicated a new compromise plan to end it is being , discussed in Senate cloakrooms. He gave no details. Senate Must Decid McCarthy was not observed in the senate chamber while John son and Welker engaged in their exchange, nor as Stennis began his speech. McCarthy's, attorney, Edward Bennett , Williams, was present. Stennis said that when the Sen ate made McCarthy chairman of its Investigating Subcommittee, he became an official represent ative of the Senate, "We had vouched for him." ... V Therefore, he said the Senate must decide whether it approves of McCarthy's conduct. "This doesn't touch topside or bottom on the question of Com munists in our government," he said. "That issue has nothing to do with the issue before the Sen ate. . .;: v- '-; Question of Conduct i "It is purely a question of po litical morality and senatorial conduct." ' He said the fact that McCar thy was fighting Communism did not give him special privi lege. : Earlier Sen. George W. Ma lone (R-Nev.) charged that the censure move against McCarthy is actually a "move , to destroy the investigative power of this body." He, said McCarthy was being made a "whipping boy" in the effort. Cirod(Lflc1iA Seimoteir Pedoires -1 MEDFORD, OREGON, FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 12, 1954 Ike's Promise To Run Again Said Nonsense . Toledo, O. U.R) ' White House Press Secretary James C. Hagerty said today a report that President Eisenhower has prom ised Republican leaders to run again in 1956 is "a lot of non sense." "' '';:r,:'- "'' '' ' Hagerty made the comment when told a story of that nature was appearing today in the Akron, O., Beacon-Journal. At the same time, Hagerty described as "a lot of nonsense" anqther report that retiring Gov. John David Lodge of Conecticue is slated to replace Sherman Adams as top assistant to the Presi dent in the near future. r Hagerty met with reporters while President Eisenhower was secluded at a private club as a duck hunting guest of Treasury Secretary George M. Humphrey about 14 miles from downtown Toledo. ' ; ' Secret Huddle Story Brings Denial . '.The Akron story was to the effect that Mr. Eisenhower had promised high Republican leaders in a secret huddle that he will run for reelection in 1956. It also said he promised to "reshuffle" the White House staff to bring in men with more political savvy. "It's a lot of nonsense," Hagerty said with finality. ' The story that Adams will be replaced by Lodge in the key White House post was attributed to Rep. Joseph L. Carrig (R.-Pa.) ; Adams has been under fire from some old-line Republicans who believe that the former New Hampshire governor hasn't given politics enough consideration. ' 'The President has complete faith and trust in Sherman Adams," Hagerty said. " Dressier Innocent of Assault Charge; Jury Deliberates 5 Vz Hours Jegse Floyd Dressier, 52, of route J2, , box 465V Medf ord, has been exonerated of charges of assault with a dangerous weapon. A circuit court jury 'brought in the not guilty verdict after 5Vz hours of deliberation. The charge involved an al leged attack July 2, 1954, on Mrs. Nate Smith, who lives about a quarter of a mile from Dres ler's . home in the Jacksonville area. " State Witnesses Witnesses for the . state con tended that Dressier threatened Mrs. Smith with a claw hammer and used abusive language to her. State witnesses included Mrs. Smith, her stepson, Gary Smith, 14, and her two sons, Eldon Dodson, 15, and Danny Dodson, 11, who were with her at the time of the alleged attack. Dressier testified in his own defense. Other defense witnesses were Sheriff Howard Gault, for mer deputy district attorney Thomas Reeder, Mrs. Caroline Seeger, a court reporter from Grants Pass, and Art Dressier, brother of the defendant, who was in the vicinity at the time of the event. Jury Selected Tuesday Selection of the jury was com pleted Tuesday morning. Jurors' counsel for the state and for the defense, and Presiding Judge Lowell Mundorff viewed the scene of the alleged crime Tues day. G. W. Kellington, Medford at torney, . was appointed by the court to represent Dressier, and District Attorney Walter Nun ley represented the state. Dress ier was free on $2,500 bail prior to and during the trial. . In other major cases pending in circut court, Nunley and Cir cuit Judge H. K. Hanna indicat ed this morning that a date for the trial of Donald Chesley, 19, Coos Bay, second defendant in the Fern Hile murder trial, will be set tomorrow. Answer Slated James , Norman Jensen, 25, Larkspur, Calif., first defendant tried in the Hile case, has been sentenced to die Jan. 7 in the state gas chamber in Salem. Jen sen's attorneys, Edward Kelley and Bernard Kelly, have filed a motion for a new trial, and Nunley said this morning that he expects to file a brief in an swer to the motion not later than Wednesday. In the case of Leroy (Bud) Weather FORECAST: fair tonight In creasing high cloudiness Sat urday. Considerable valley tog in the morning. Low to- night 34; nigh Saturday SO. Temp. Highest Yesterday 51 Lowest this Morning - : 39 Prec. to 4:30 ajn. Today .38 United I Starkey Jr., 20, Eagle Point, sen- tenced to10 years in the Oregon state prison on a charge of as sault and robbery while armed with a dangerous weapon, Nun ley indicated that he will file an answer to a motion for. a new trial in the next few days Starkey was convicted of the April 30 stabbing of Jacksonville artist Philip Henselman. Near; Payer line Grows Lines of taxpayers waiting to settle up with the county for the 1954-55 fiscal year got long er and longer today as the Nov. 15 deadline, approached. An estimated 100 people were in the line. It stretched from the tax department almost to the opposite end of the building at i about 10:45 a.m. today, and the line was still growing. As the line got longer, Sher iff Howard Gault, who is in charge of tax collections, re peated requests that taxpayers mail in their statements instead of paying in person. This would speed up the - tax collection process for both the taxpayer and the tax department, - he said. ... , , - .. " - -. . Any tax statements post marked on or before midnight, Nov. 15, will beat the deadline. Those paying taxes in full be fore the deadline will receive a three per cent refund. Three fourths payments will get a two per cent refund, and a one per cent refund will he given for half payment in advance. . Medford Unit Speaker Tells First steps toward formation of a Medford unit of the Oregon United Nations association were taken here last night. - The action followed an ad dress by Dr. Karlin Capper Johnson at the YMCA. The speaker, president of the state UN association, was brought to Medford by the YMCA and the Medford C o u n c i 1 of Church Women. ' ; 4 ' , ' Chairman Named Harlan P. Bosworth Jr., was named chairman of the new group. Lawrence Solin is treas urer and Mrs. Jack Moran is secretary. A meeting will be held Nov. 26 at the Bosworth .home to complete organization. A membership of 25 is required for affiliation with, the state and national UN groups, and about 20 names were listed here last night. r: Dr. Cappex-Johnson told his Prari full Leased Wire , -r Price 5c No. 203 US, Allies Plan To Test Malenkov's Views on Cold War Wide Range of Tests Planned by Officials Washington (U.R) The United States and its allies plan ned early moves today to test Soviet Premier Georgi Malen kov's professed view that the East-West cold war has gone too far. -. : The tests will range all the way from watching the treat ment of Western diplomats and their families , in Moscow to probing Soviet policy on plane incidents in the Far East and Red strategy on Germany and Austria. " Officials Interested t American officials from Presi dent Eisenhower and Secretary of State John Foster Dulles on down are interested in Malen kov's expressed desire to prevent war and work toward normal relations ' through diplomatic channels. But officials said the Russian leader's warm words will have to be matched by Rus sian deeds. In both actions and words, Mr. Eisenhower has shown his in tense desire to do everything pos sible to avoid any steps toward a possible H-bomb war with the East. If sincere. Malenkov's views, as expressed to Ambassa- dor Charles E. Bohlen in Mos cow Sunday, are assured of a thorough but guarded considera tion at the White House. New Note To Moscow The first American test will be a new note to Moscow on the destruction six days ago of a U.S. B-29 plane by the Russians. The note will make the usual claims for compensation and re ject Moscow charges. the United States was at fault and, in addi tion, take a new step by acknowl edging a seeming Russian offer ot take measures to prevent fur ther incidents. ; P In " about, two weeks, the United States, Britain and France will give Malenkov's words a bigger test An Allied note under preparation ' Lon don will leave the door open for four-power talks on (Germany and remind the Russians that their approval of an Austrian treaty would be a major boost for peace. ' ' Fred Snfe Jr., Famed Polio Victim, Succumbs Palm Beach, Fla. (U.R) Fred B. Snite Jr., 44, the cheerful "boiler- kid" who lived more than 18 years in an iron lung, died, in his sleep today while resting from a bridge game in the annual Florida state cham pionship tournament. -; Snite, who was stricken with polio while traveling in China in 1936, was an avid bridge fan. He played cards by looking in a mirror placed over his head in the iron lung he occupied at least 20 hours a day. - His health had been gradually waning in recent years because of his long life in the mechanical respirator.' ' of U N Association Planned; Advantages, audience ; that citizens should "stand up and be counted" as favoring UN, and added, "you are in fact the advance agents for peace." If the UN fails and another war comes, democracy will suffer a tremendous rever sal, he stressed. UN association units provide a means of educa tion, he said, and "train our own minds to what , it really means." 'Peace Not Constant' The speaker, an authority on international relations and . a professor at Lewis and Clark college, Portland, said "peace is not a constant thing": and that the United Nations is $ "piece of machinery," like the Con gress of the United States, where nations ' of the world "talk problems out instead of shooting them out.'' - . ' To those who - complain that there is too much disagreement among UN members, the speak Issues Referred To Committeemen ' For Further Study Disagreement May Upset Time Table ' Bonn, Germany W.R Chancellor Konrad Adenauer's coalition Cabinet refused today to approve the German rearma' ment agreements negotiated rec ently in Paris. The deadlocked Cabinet re ferred the measures, including the highly controversial agree ment on the coal-rich Saar bor der area, to a five-man Cabinet commission for further study. The deadlock developed unex pectedly. Called To Approve Bills Adenauer had called his Cabi net together to approve bills which were to have been sub mitted to the West German par t liament for ratification of the measures which would restore ; German sovereignty, make her a member of a new west European : union, and rearm 500,000 West -Germans for the west's defense ; against Communist aggression. ; Disagreement on the measures were feared likely to upset Ade : nauer s time table for ratifica tion which had called for the measures to be placed before the : bundestag (lower house) for first reading and debate Dec. 16. Adviser Sent To Paris i : Only yesterday Adenauer sent i his foreign policy adviser, Herb ' ert Blankenhorn, to Paris for ; conferences with Premier Pierre Mehdes-France's - Cabinet chief. Jean-Marie Soutou, on the Saar agreement. That feature of the Paris accords has been particu larly unpalatable in Germany. opposition by some of Ade nauer's own ' coalition ; party leaders has bridled its provisions . for permanently divorcing the rich border area -from Germany ana internationalizing it. Cut Tree Slides, Killing Workman James William Shields, 54, resident of . the Trail district. was fatally injured yesterday in a, logging accident near Drew in Douglas" county, state police reported. - , They said that Shields was struck by a tree about 90 feet long'and 30 inches in diameter at the butt. The tree, cut on a hillside, slid downhill about one- fourth mile and hit him. The accident occurred about 4:30 p.m. Shields died about an hour later: Shields, whose home was four miles north of Trail on Highway 227, was a choker-setter for the Johnston-Plumley, Ind. Scene of the accident was near Tison rd.. five miles east of Highway 227. Perl Ambulancemen, accompa nied "by a Medford doctor, were called to the scene. The body . was removed on authority of L. L. Powers, Douglas county cor oner, and brought to Medford. Perl Funeral home Is in charge -of funeral arrangements. ' Two Men Sfait Terms In Oregon Sfafe Prison - Two men were taken to Salem yesterday by sheriffs deputies to start terms in Oregon state prison. They were John Merrill Carter, 51, Martinez, Calif., and Charles Mattson Fender. 40, Grants Pass. ; Both were sentenced to three years in state prison on charges of violation of probation.' Both Carter and Fender were arrest ed on bad check charges. - DOW-JONES AVERAGES New York vUR) Dow Jones final stock . averages: 30 industrials 377.10 up 2.19; ' 20 railroads 127.65 up 0.25; 15 utili ties 60.60 off 0.02; 65 stocks 138.85 up 0.50. Sales today were about 3,720,000 shares compared with 2,690,000 shares yesterday. Needs, of UN er said this is as it should be. "The UN should not be a mu tual admiration society, but a place where people get together because they . don't agree," he said. Discussing who should be members, Dr. Capper - Johnson said, "The UN ought to be a place where states are required to come and where they cannot , go away," and that it should be a ."comnuisOTy' talking society." Sees Atom Hope The speaker declared that dis. armament may be achieved be cause of President Eisenhower's "atoms for peace", proposal and added, "The 1954 assembly rriay go down as of immense import ance because of the adoption of . the atomic energy pool idea." Mrs. Bosworth, : president of the church women's council, presided, and the speaker was introduced by Robert Jones of the YMCA. . .. . .i ....