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Or AtiM fair 1 mm 7 Medford United Pre -Full Leased Wire 49th Year 30 Pages jleylbeirgeir Other Major Off ice Figures Released By State Bureau Cordon Unavailable For Recount Comment 1 - ... - Salem (U.R) Democrat Richard L. Neuberger defeated ; Republican Guy Cordon for U.S. senator from Oregon, 285,775 to 283,313, the official count re leased by David O'Hara, head of the State Elections Bureau, 'showed today. That was the tightest race for major office in Oregon in the " Nov. 2 general election. Neu- - berger's edge was 2462. Patterson-Carson Figures' Gov. Paul L. Patterson, Re publican, defeated Democrat Jo seph K. Carson Jr., for govern or. 322.522 to 244.179. Other official figures for nuA jor offices showed. For representative in Con gress, first district: Walter5 Nor blad. Republican. 98.592: Don- nell Mitchell, Democrat, 57,882. . For representative in Con- . gress, second district: San Coon, Republican, 43,731; Albert C. Ullman, Democrat, 39,475. For representative in Con gress, third district: Edith Green, Democrat, 103,976; Tom Lawson McCall, Republican, 94,368. Ellsworth's Margin t For representative in Con gress, - fourth - district: . Harris Ellsworth, Republican, 70,69$; Charles O. Porter, Democrat, 55,775. i For labor commissioner: Nor man O. Nilsen, Democrat, 274, 914; S. Eugene Allen, Republi can, 262,745. Portland (U.R) Sen. Guy Cordon, who said he wouldn't concede defeat to Richard J-. Neuberger in the recent election or ask for a recount until the official canvass of votes was in, wasn't available for comment to day on the official figures re leased in Salem by the State El ections Bureau. . , The official count showed that Neuberger had won by a 2462- vote margin. . . -: ' Cordon, who was making his headquarters at his Roseburg home, was reported on a hunting trip. In Portland, Dave Simp son. Cordon s campaign manag er, said he had "no comment" on whether, the senator would ask for a recount of votes because of the closeness of the race. Salem -4U.R) Elmer -Deetz, Canby dairyman, spent $1,099 in behalf of the initiative meas ure he sponsored to repeal Ore gon's milk control act, his re port to the State Elections Bu reau showed today. Air Force Installation In Baker Area Revealed Baker (U.R) Rep. Sam Coon (R-Ore.) today announced plans for a small Air Force installation in the Baker area which he said 'was expected to be in operation early in 1956. Coon said he received con firmation of the installation to day from the Air Force liason office in Washington, D. C. He said the installation would employ about 200 persons and would be connected with the new air defense setup through out the country. Season's Worst Fog Cuts London Traffic To Crawl London (U.R) The worst fog of the winter settled over most of England today in a patchy pattern of clear and fog bound areas that forced London traffic to a crawl. The fog was so thick at sub urban Mitcham that conductors walked ahead of their buses with flashlights while passengers on the rear platform rang bells to warn other vehicles. : The fog began to lift after noon and airliners were given the go-ahead to land and take off. Only one plane had left Lon MEDFORD, OREGON, THURSDAY, N ' '' ' ' ' Local Milk Producers Will Maintain Prices Present Some 70 members of the Jackson County Milk Producers League met last night and de cided to continue selling their Grade A milk to distributors at -inchanged prices. The membership meeting con firmed an earlier decision by the board of directors to make no changes in the selling price of milk at the producer level. In effect, the producers thus agreed Grade A Dairymen Slate Meeting Here For Organization Grade A milk producers from throughout western and central Oregon outside of Portland will meet here tomorrow night. The session is for the purpose of dis cussing the possible formation of an organization of Grade A pro ducers. About 20 men, representing some 1,500 individual Grade A dairymen, are expected to at tend. They will include manag ers and directors of 10. produc ers organizations , along tne coast, in the Willamette valley. and southern and' central Oregonv - : - " ; Watch for Effects . . Since the repeal of the milk control law at 'the Nov. 2 elec tion, milk producers have been watching carefully to see what the effect would be on the price structure of milk. Generally, producers' prices have remained unchanged. Any new statewide organization presumably would have the objective of maintain ing the present price level to the producers. The Jackson County Milk Pro ducers League and the Klamath Basin Grade A producers will be host groups for the dinner meeting', which will, be at 8 p.m. at the Jackson hotel. Producers organizations in Coos Bay, Tillamook, Corvallis, Roseburg, Eugene, Grants Pass, Lakeview, Bend, Klamath Falls and Jackson county will be represented. Iliedermeyer Named As Advisor to FHA Portland John L. Nieder meyer, Medford, prominent Jack son county farmer and com munity leader, has been named to a five-member state advisory committee for the Farmers Home administration in Oregon, it was announced today by K. W. Sawyer, state director. . Niedermeyer's appointment be comes effective immediately, and is for a two-year term. The ad visoiy . group helps adapt na tional policies to local conditions, suggests ways to make the pro gram more effective, and helps coordinate- the program with those of other agencies. Other newly appointed mem bers of the committees are Al bert C. Zemke, Madras; Owen M. Cook, Albany; B. Josephine Fox, Silverton, and James W. Leslie, Ontario. Ex officio mem bers are J. R. "Beck and F. E. Price, both members of the fac ulty of Oregon State college. don Airport all morning. Landings and take off s at Lon don Airport were halted when fog cut visibility to 20 to 30 yards. Airliner flights from the continent were diverted to Paris and a Pan-American flight from Frankfurt was sent to Prest wick, Scotland. Shipping operations on the Thames closed down completely after two freighters brushed against each other in the fog. Trains arrived in London half an hour late while " motorists slowed to a snail's , pace. U v Pa United 18, 1954 Levels to an informal and unofficial "milk pool," for Jackson county Grade A milk production. The meeting, held at the Roxy Ann Grange, was one of the best attended meetings of the league ever , held here. There are 72 members altogether. Retail Prices Down Milk prices at the retail level dropped one cent recently, fol lowing the Nov. 2 general elec tion at which the voters re pealed Oregon's milk control law which empowered the Milk Marketing administration to set minimum prices. The action of the producers last night means that the retail price reduction will have to be absorbed by distributors, rath er than being passed along to producers,, who claim they are unable to accept prices for milk any lower than those now in effect and still keep in opera tion. ' Deadline Hearing On Trial Decisions Next Tuesday is the deadline for a ruling on a defense motion for a new trial for Leroy Elmer (Bud) Starkley Jr., 20, Eagle Point, Defense Attorney Edward Kelly said, this mornir -. Dead line for an appeal to the supreme court," should the motion be de nied, would be Nov. 27, Kelly said. Starkey has been sentenced to 10 years in the state prison on a charge of assault and rob bery while armed with a danger ous weapon. The charge grew out of the stabbing of Jackson ville artist Philip Hensleman. Deadline . for a ruling on a similar motion in the case of James Norman Jensen, 25, Lark spur, Calif., is Dec. 9. Appeal deadline in the Jensen case is Dec. 14. Jensen has been sen tenced to die Jan. 7 in the state lethal gas chamber for the hatchet murder of Mrs. Fern Hile. If rulings on the motions are not made before the deadlines, the motions will automatically be considered to be denied. Judge H. K. Hanna, who has in dicated he will rule on both motions as soon as possible, has been called out of town. How ever, he is expected to be back in his office in time to rule on the Starkey motion before the deadline. . Mendes-Frances, Ike v i - N - Start Conferences Washington "(U.R) French Premier Pierre Mendes-Frances hoped in a talk with President Eisenhower today to start dis pelling American misgivings about how firmly he stands with the West in the cold war. Mr. Eisenhower invited the dynamic statesman and Secre tary of State John Foster Dulles to the White House for lunch and a discussion of a whole series of U.S.-French problems. - These issues range all the way from Russia's call for a 25-na- tion European security confer ence to French hopes that the United States will help foot the bill for 170,000 French troops in Indochina. Vandalism at School Investigated by Sheriff Jackson county sheriff's deputies today were investigat ing acts of vandalism at Wagner Creek school which reportedly included attempts at arson. The building hasn't been used for school purposes since Wag ner Creek district was consoli dated with the Phoenix school system about theree years ago, according to county school of ficials. Tom 'B. Blevin.s route 1, box 526, Wagner Creek .rd., who made the report to the sheriff, said damage included broken windows and "general vandal ism," in addition to what he termed "arson attempts." 1RIBUNE Press Full Leased Wire Price 5c No. 208 Patterson Says Legislature Faces Major Budget Task Two Choices Available, Governor Declares Portland U.R) Gov. Paul L. Patterson said . today the next Legislature faces a major prob lem to find money for the state budget of more Jhan $200,000, 000 for the next biennium. Patterson told the Associa tion , of Oregon Counties there were two . choices. "We must either chop off some of the serv ices given to the people or dig up the money from somewhere to finance them. It is my belief the services should not be aban doned without serious thought of the consequences." May Hand Bill To People He added the state may "hand the bill to the people" and let them decide if they wish to pay the cost of ; these government services. The governor said if President E i s e nhower's $50,000,000,000 highway building program is adopted , by Congress "we can expect very great road activity in Oregon." Under the proposed program, he said, the federal government would pay 62 per cent and the state 38 per cent of the cost of improving Oregon's major highways 99, 30 and 20. He said Oregon would be given credit where it has' built im proved, stretches on Highways 99 and 30 since World War II. $10,105 Damages Granted by Jury Mrs. Ernestine Lane, Ashland, has been awarded damages of $10,105.01 by a circuit court jury for injuries received April 22 at the Medford Health Studio and Steam Baths, 1215 West Main st., according to Circuit Judge Lowell Mundorff, who presided at the trial. ;; The verdict awarded the full amount asked in the complaint. The jury reached a decision after deliberating about 40 min utes. Mrs. Lane asked $105.01 special damages and $10,000 gen eral damages. ' ' In the complaint, Mrs. Larie stated she had received severe third degree burns on her foot. and she charged the defendants, Howard J. Stoll and Judy Stoll, with "negligent operation of a physiotherapy electronics ma chines." Attorneys Harrv Skerrv. Ash land, and Warren Lessee. Med ford, represented Mrs. Lane, and the Stolls were represented hv Medford Attorney Allison Moul- ton. - : Drivers Uninjured in Spectacular Crash Neither driver, was injured Wednesday evening in an auto mobile crash that ended with one of the cars mowing down a traf fic sign, turning on its side, skidding into a plate glass win dow, and knocking down a park ing meter. Charles Winslow Shoffer, 17, of Lake hotel, 130 West .Main st., was cited for speeding after his car collided with a vehicle operated by Edgar Lewis Mont gomery, 55, of route 2, box 167, Central Point The accident oc curred at the intersection of Riverside ave. and Ninth st. at about 9:45 p.m. " : ' It was Shoffer"s car that plowed through the traffic sign and parking meter and broke a plate glass window at Cooksey Motor company, 134 South River side ave. Safe Driving Day Set by Patterson Salem (U.PJ- Wednesday, Dec 15, "will be S-D day safe driving day in Oregon, so des ignated today by Gov. Paul L. Patterson. S-D day . will be ob served throughout the United States. Weather FORECAST: Generally eloady through Fridar with a pos- 7 sibllity of a few Uftht shawers Friday. Mild temperatnrea with a low tonight 45. High Friday 60-62. . Temp. Highest Yesterday 59 Lowest this Morning 41 Cracked Freighter wn in Battle With Sea Weatherstrip Watching Over Stricken Vessel Seattle. Wash. (U.R) An American freighter with a era t Ic ed hull bobbed in rough seas today in the path of a new storm while a Canadian weathership stood by to watch over the stricken vessel. Winds of about 40 miles ner hour were buffeting the Pope and Talbot freighter Trader, hove-to in the North Pacific about 800 miles off the Washing ton coast but the ship's skipper remained optimistic. Ship Holding Own ' Latest renort from Cant. TV E. Wilson, San Francisco, was that the "Sea is confused and rough. Winds 35-45 miles per hour. Hull condition unchanged. We're holding our own." The Trader, carrying a crew of 48, messaged early yesterday morning she had suffered a hull crack between : frames on her main deck.. The weathershin St Catherine radioed the r a d i o operator aboard the ship had left his post after 34 hours of continuous duty. The "radio guard" was transferred to the weathership and all important messages were to be sent to the Trader by blink er light. Another Storm Due Two Coast Guard cutters were speeding toward the area and the Coast Guard reported an other storm was heading for the hove-to freighter although it was not believed as potent as the one which thrashed the North Pacific last night. The freighter was en mnf from Yokohama, Japan, to Ya- quma Jay, ore. 'Telefhon'Slafed As UMC Benefit A "telethon." or ' marathon television nroeram. will ho hold late Fridav- nieht tn benefit the United Medford Crusade. The two-hour program will J feature donated talent, TV appearances by Crusade personnel, and a tele phone arrangement to accept gifts and pledges. ' -s - The program will run from 11 p.m. to 1 a.m. Performers from the Meifnrrt and Ashland area will comnete! with each other to see who can solicit the most funds. Both the UMC and the Ashland-Talent youth activities' fund drive will be benefited. The UMC has nnw raised about 85 per cent of its $102,000 goal, with indications that some 95 per cent can be raised through regular channels of solicitation It is hoped funds raised through mc ue-ieuiuu. wui put tne arive over tne 100 per cent mark. v The Ashland-Talent drive has raised slightly more than 50 per cent ol its $14,300 goal. '. Election Campaign ; Expenditures Told Salem (U.R) W.H. Daugherty spent $5,000 in support of Guy Cordon, Republican nominee for re-election as U.S., senator, he reported to the State Elections Bureau today. Other sums spent in Cordon's campaign included: Henry L. Corbett, $500; Elliott L. Cor bett, $250; Frank E. Fowler, $150; Cordon for Senator Com mittee, George P. Davis chair. man $874; Linn county Cordon ior senator committee, Charles K. McCormict. chairman, $120. Polk county Cordon for Senator Committee, V O. Williams chair man, $314; Lane county Cordon for Senator Committee, Howard S. Merriam chairman, $663; and Marion County for Cordon Com mittee; $250. v ; ,. Charles O. Porter, Democratic nominee lor Congress from the fourth Oregon . district, spent $1148 in his campaign. The Por ter for Congress Committee, Robert L. Brakel treasurer, spent $2253. ,v v : , The Ellsworth for Pnn Committee, L. , E. McClintock treasurer, spent $4183 in behalf of Harris Ellsworth, Republican nominee for reeelection to. Con gress from the fourth Oregon district. DOW-JONES AVERAGES New York U.R) Dow-Jones final stock, averages: 30 indus trials 377.44 off 2.25; 20 railroads 128.22 off 1.08-, 15 utilities 60.36 up 0.14; 65 stocks 138.67 off 0.71.. . Holding 0 r" J FARM BUREAU HOSTS Officers of the Josephine county Farm Bureau Federation are shown above. The Josephine and Jackson county, units are host groups for the 23rd annual ; state convention of the organization,, now under way-here. Standing, left to right, are Jim Malone, Wilderville, county president; Herb Winger, Murphy, county vice-president, and Frank Loosely, Cave Junction, voting delegate. Seated are Mrs, Malone, county secretaryand Mrs. Winger, Farm Bureau women's chairman. Fa rm B u rea u Spea ke r Wa rns Dai r y Industry Of Coming A high ranking American Farm Bureau federation official yesterday forecast a revolution in the dairy industry and called on dairymen to develop better public relations ' in marketing their products. E. W. Tiedeman. Chicago, AF- BF dairy department director, addressing tne dairy department conference at the Oregon Farm Bureau federation's 23rd annual convention here, declared that the milk industry is going to be revolutionized within the next 10 years and that milk products, and even milk itself, will be "taken over" by substitutes. , Advises Belter Relations Dairymen might as well face this fact and start marketing their products with a program of better advertising and better re lations with the public, Tiede man told the commodity meeting. He appealed to dairymen, also, to he more resDonsible to them selves rather than going to fed eral or state governments tor Tiedeman also suggested that dairymen continue to approach narent-teacher-' associations ana school officials to use more muK in their school lunch programs He pointed to an additional $50,- 000,000 which has been ap propriated federally for an ac celerated school milk program. Farm Bureau women in a sepa rate session yesterday placed on their suggested working program for the coming year a project to seek the placing of more milk vending machines in schools. Opinion Divided Oregon's milk marketing sit uation met with calm discussion but divided opinion in the dairy commodity Session. Delegates ap pealed from the floor for the OFBF to enter more vigorously intn the marketing picture. Art Ireland, Hillsboro, representative of the Oregon Milk Producers association, asserted that a fed eral marketing order would be better at the present time than another state law. He said that a state law would invite shipping in of more outside milk. eie eates were divided on whether a federal order or state law should be adopted and no action was taken - Livestock, field crops and fruit arid vegetable departments of the state federation also nad tneir sessions yesterday. In them op- porifion was voiced ! to the weight-distance tax as it applies to livestock trucks, and to the new social security law making farm employees income over $100 reportable. Need to over haul the wheat grading system was exm-essed. brand inspection and wheat price differential stu dies were proposed and con tinued OFBF endorsement of filbert import quotas were sug gested. . , " I Tax Said Unjust Livestock delegates termed "untust" the tax load carried by stock trucks under the weight carrying a pay load or traveling emotv. The department voted to ask the OFBF board of direc tors to have a special committee study costs ' and reservations ol the brand inspection program. Ralph McEwen, Pendleton, representative of the Oregon Wheat league, told the field crops department that the entire system of grading wheat needs to be overhauled. At present, he said there is no incentive under the federal support program to grow good quality Overhaul, he stated, would give the consumer a better product and the farmer a better reward. Talks Livestock Values W. E. Carlson Salem, of the state tax commission, discussed with the livestock and dairy de partments the true value of live stock in connection with per sonal property : taxation. . lie noted that the animals have been decreasing in value and asked Revolution OFBF aid in getting a true pic ture. Both groups named com mittees to investigate. The livestock group voted neither to indorce nor reject a proposed program of compulsory meat inspection in Oregon. ' Field crops delegates indorsed an OFBF move to investigate means of improving small seed marketing. ; Discussion of a Deschutes county move for termination or revision of a potato marketing agreement in its area was halted in the fruit and vegetable com mittee when Robert H. Eaton, Portland, U. S. department of agriculijire official, said that a statewide referendum is planned. In regard to diverted lands in the federal farm program, fruit and vegetable delegates recom mended that vegetables which are contracted in advance for processing should not be in cluded in the acreage used to es tablish a base for acreage allot ment. The same committee saw samples shown by D. G. Sorber, of the USDA research labora tory, Albany, Calif., of "deny-dro-frozen" ' fruits and vegeta bles. Dehydro-frozen foods are being viewed by the entire pro essing industry as a means of marketing farm products, it was said. s Speakers Today Two prominent agriculture experts were scheduled to speak this afternoon at the Holly thea ter. They are James Short new director of the Oregon state de partment of agriculture, and E. W. Tiedeman. director of the American Farm Bureau Federa tion dairy department. Also on this afternoon's program is a talk by Dr. Elmo Stevenson, president of Southern Oregon college. - This evening at Ashland, George Wilson, president of the California Farm Bureau Federa tion, will be the featured speaker at the. organization's annual ban quet, scheduled for the Ashland Elks building. Presentation of the OFBF Oregon1 agriculture distinguished service award, and the organizations annual in formal dance also are planned. About 300 delegates have reg istered so far. The conclave will close with business sessions to morrow morning. Oregc on Traffic Deaths Ahead of Last .Year Salem (U.R) Traffic deaths in Oregon have edged ahead of last year with two of the most dan gerous traffic months yet to be reported, the State Traffic Safe ty Division said today. t Forty-six fatalities were re corded in October 11 more than for .the same month a year ago bringing the 10-morith total to 33C compared with 326 through October, 5913. - ..; County Candidates' Expense Reports Listed With Cleric ! A list of county candidates' expenses for the general election campaign was released today by the county clerk's office. Yes terday was the deadline for fil ing the explnse reports; Candidates are limited by law to note more than 10 per cent of the amount of the annual salary of the office which they seek.. Perry Tops List Topping the list of expenses were those for E. J. (Jim) Perry, unsuccessful Democratic candi date for Sheriff, who spent a.to tal of $462.20. Included in his receipts was. $60, the proceeds from twodances held by back ers of his campaign. Perry's Re publican opponent, incumbent Howard Gault, spent $95.80, all from his own funds. - ' Cecil M. Norris, unsuccessful Democratic candidate for county clerk, spent $197.55, with dona Plan Would Meet Arguments About Future Probes McCarthy Hospitalized ' for Treatment of Elbow ' Washington (U.R) Th; Senate was advised today that. ' Sen. Joseph R. McCarthy's ailing elbow will keep him in , the hospital until Nov. 29. Republican Leader William F. ; Knowland promptly moved to ; recess the McCarthy censure debate until that data. Washington U.H Sen, Edwin C. Johnson (D-Colo.), to day proposed a change in th censure resolution against Sen, Joseph R. McCarthy to meet ar guments that a rebuke would . dampen future congressional in vestigations of Communism. Johnson," a member of . t h e special committee which recom mended censure of McCarthy on two counts, offered the. amend ment as Senate Republican lead-' ers canvassed . sentiment on whether: to suspend 'debate on the censure . case pending Mo Carthy's return. , . McCarthy entered the Bethes da, Md., Naval hospital yester day for treatment of an injur ed elbow. Authorities -said ha may be there several days. Communist Conspiracy -: The Johnson a me ndment' states that it is "the sense of the Senate" that the Communist party of the United' States i "not a domestic political party in the traditional sense" but is part of an international conspir acy. , f :; This conspiracy poses a "dead ly menace to the United States, the amendment says, and . "ap proximate committees" should continue to "diligently investi gate, expose and combat" the conspiracy and members of it . McCarthy's supporters have argued that the censure move ment grew out of a Communist instigated ' fight , against Mc Carthy and that censuring turn would discourage future invest igations of Communism. High Fever Reported Before offering his amend ment, Johnson said that he had intended to make a statement today on the censure recommen dations, but had been informed that McCarthy is "quite ill." Amplifying his statement that McCarthy was "quite ill" John son told newsmen he understood from Sen. Styles Bridges (R N.H.), that the infection in Mc Carthy's elbow ' had spread in the senator's blood stream causing- a high fever. The office of the officer of the day at the Naval hospital reported simply that "Sen. McCarthy had a quiet night and is resting . comfort ably. There are no other devel opments." Senate leaders were disposed to call a temporary halt to the debate if they encountered any objection in continuing in Mc Carthy's absence. ' ' ' Union Resolution Protests 'Giveaways' Portland (U.R) The executive board of the International Wood workers of America (CIO), at the conclusion of a two-day meeting here, last night adopted a resolu tion, opposing what it termed "giveaway of our national forests and parks proposed by the Eis enhower administration." The resolution said in part, "we believe that the acquisition of the national forests by private timber monopolies will accel erate the 'cut-out and get-out trend in forest . management. It said, "we know private owners will prohibit or restrict hunting and fishing if they acquire title to our national forests." .. . Hollywood (U.R) . Actress Joan Blondell is ill with a virus ailment : ; " f. - tions of $50 each from the Med ford Gun Shop and Richfield True k Service. Republican Chester H. Wendt, elected coun ty commissioner, spent $139.90, including a $25 donation from Fred Robinson, while his Dem ocratic : opponent, Ralph A. James, spent $58.85, all from his own funds. . ' No Expenses'- - ; Those reporting they had no election expenses were Repub lican Carlos Morris and Demo crat Dr. Charles Coyle, coroner candidates; Republican Bereth Hopkins, elected county clerk, and Republican Rodney Keating, unopposed candidate for county judge. . ' In the race for Gold Hill jus tice of the peace, Dale S. Col lins, the successful candidate, spent $42.40, and his opponent. I A. A. Walker, spent $147.70, ,
