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ONE SENATOR TO ANOTHER At left is shown George W.
Dunn, Ashland, the oldest former legislator in Jackson county,
- and at right is State Senator-elect Philip B. Lowry, who will
take office next January. Dunn, who served in the state senate
. from 1923 to 1943, is 91. Lowry, 37, will have his 38th birthday
three days before the next legislature convenes. Dunn first took
office seven years after Lowry was born. The two met at Dunn's
home last week to get acquainted and to discuss legislative mat
ters.' The meeting was arranged by Linn W. Nesmith, Camp
White, who as a sergeant-at-arms in the senate when Dunn was
. serving. Lowry had no opposition, and received both Republican
anc. Democratic nominations in the primary election last May.
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LeRoy Starkey To Get
New Trial; Decision
Nullifies Sentence
; An order setting aside the
verdict and granting a new trial
to the defendant, LeRoy (Bud)
Starkey Jr., 20, Eagle Point, in
the Henselman stabbing case
- was delivered to the district at
torney's office today.
; The order was signed by
Judge H. K. Hanna and dated
Nov. 18. It briefly stated it sus
tained the defense's motion for
a new iriai ana set asiae me
jury's guilty verdict on Sept. 24
and sentencing on Sept. 28 and
granted a new trial. No basis
. for the order was given by Han
na and he could not be contacted
today as he is in Portland where
his wife has just indergone sur-
. gery at St. Vincent's hospital,
according to his office.
Nunley Surprised '
District Attorney Walter Nun
ley said today he was "surpris-
the defense motion. He added
t that he hasn't decided as yet
kwhat further action will be tak
en with the case.
Starkey, who was found guilty
of assault and robbery with a
dangerous weapon on Philip
Henselmen, Jacksonville, had
been sentenced by Hanna to an
indeterminate period not to ex
ceed 10 years in the state prison.
He has been out on bail since
the sentencing .
His attorneys, Edward and
Bernard Kelly, filed the motion
West Germany Will
Honor Herbert Hoover
Bonn, Germany (U.R)
Former President Herbert Hoov-
. er flew back to a 'booming, re
surgent Germany" today to re
ceive in person the thanks of a
nation he helped' rescue from
hunger, economic ruin and dis
pair. .: . ,
He arrived at nearby Wahn
Airfield and was greeted by
, West German Chancellor K o n-
rad Adenauer, U. S. High Com.
missioner james a. uonant ana
other German and American of
ficials. . Adenauer invited Mr. Hoov
er to visit West Germany again
several months ago in apprecia
tion of his work in feeding hun
gry Germans immediately after
, Xthe war.
'Air-Lifting' of Three-Cent Mail Starrs
On Coast; Medford To Receive Benefits
"Air-lifting" of three-cent let
ter mail along the Pacific coast
begins today, improving delivery
time from 24" to 48 hours to
scores xf cities in Oregon, Wash
ington and California.
Medford is one of the 19 prin
cipal ; cities which will benefit
under the experiment being car
ried put by the Post Office de
partment. First class mail will
be moved by air on a space avail
able basis by all, major airlines
including United, Western and
Northwest airlines.
Others To Benefit
' ' Officials stated that hundreds
of cities near the 19 points also
will receive benefits from the
service, with an estimated , 1,
000,000 pieces of first class and
other priority letters going by
air daily.
A similar experiment in mov
ing mail from Medford to north
ern California cities by South
west airways has been underway
for some time and will continue,
they added. ".' -. - " ..
; The coast-wide operation was
likened by officials to the one
for a hew trial on Oct. 4. The
motion included an affidavit by
Bernard Kelly.
Misconduct Charged
-The defense motion contend
ed that there was "an irregular
ity in proceedings" by the court
when the jury requested furth
er instructions and none were
given, that there was "miscon
duct of the district attorney in
his closing argument as set forth
in the affidavit," and that there
were four errors in law by the
court in granting, certain state
instructions to the jury.
The motion further alleged
that Nunley's closing argument
"prevented the defendant from
having a fair and impartial trial
by reason of matters being stated
in said argument outside the ev
idence." v : . '. '
A similar charge against John
Munn Cushman, 24, Grants
Pass, was dismissed during the
trial to .allow him to testify as
a state s witness.
Cordon Officially
Concedes Defeat
Portland U.PJ U. S. Sen.
Guy Cordon yesterday officially
conceded his defeat to Senator
elect Richard L. - Neuberger in
the recent elections and sent a
telegram of congratulations to
his Democratic successor.
The Republican senator's an
nouncement was made just be
fore he boarded a tram here yes
terday afternoon to go to Wash
ington, D. C, for the remainder
of the special Senate session.
Sen. Cordon's telegram said:
"The people of Oregon have
spoken. You face an onerous task
and a tremendous responsibility.
I wish you success." ; ,
Cordon's concession came after
the official canvess of the hard
fought, election showed Neuber
ger to have won by 2,482 votes.
Cordon said he had no plans to
ask for a ballot recount, and the
state's Republican leaders have
indicated the same feeling.
Neuberger's reply said, , "al
though we may disagree on spe
cific policies and issues, I know
we are united by a common Move
of our country. Mrs. Neuberger
joins me in wishing to Mrs. .Cor
don and yourself personal happi
ness in any future undertaking."
in operation on the east coast
between NewYork and Florida
points and also to Chicago.
Cities Listed
The . J9 cities " between : which
the air lift will operate are Med
ford, Eugene, Salem, Portland,
Klamath Falls and Bend in Ore
gon; Seattle, Wash., and Oak
land, Sacramento, San Francis
co, Stockton, Merced, Salinas,
Modesto, Fresno, Visalia, Bakers
field, Los Angeles and San
Diego, Calif. -
PO members pointed out that
the air lift does not mean that
all first class mail will move by
air in the regions affected.
Essentially, the plan provides
that first class mail is to move
by air where the air-transit is
faster, space - is available, and
where flight schedules make it
feasible. Affected mail will in
clude that for California points
from Oregon and Washington,
and that for Oregon and Wash-'
ington, originating in and mov
ing through California. . .. .
Major revisions and improve
ments -of surface mail transit
si
mm
Conference Would
Follow Approval
Of Paris Accord
Premier Would Exclude
Propaganda Maneuvers
United Nations, N.Y. " (U.R)
French Premier Pieree Mendes
France proposed to the United
Nations today that a Big Four
conference be held next May,
but only after the Paris agree
ments rearming Germany have
been approved.
The Premier stressed, howev
er, that ratifications was not the
only condition for holding the
East-West talks. The talks, he
slid, "must be seriously and
honestly prepared by full ex
changes of views, excluding all
maneuvers of pure propaganda
which could only sow disagree
ment, harden positions and fi
nally compromise the success
which we all hope."
Mendes-France in a forceful
policy declaration to the 60-na-tion
General assembly, suggest
ed the May meeting after ex
plaining that by the time the
Paris pacts will have been rati
fied by; all countries concerned
"as is certainly the case with
France.", ,
Mendes, France,' whose atti
tude on East-West negotiations
had caused some concern in U.S.
government circles,. sai&,:, , -' -
and effective discussions in a
conference of four except after
the countries of West , Europe
directly interested have ratified
the treaty of Paris. To act oth
erwise is to go into adventure; is
to go toward a certain stale
mate." 7 0.' '
The European agreements on
defense and unity, he declared,
could serve as "a pilot .project
for large institutions which, we
all hope, will tine day assure
democratic control and interna
tional cooperation and general
disarmament simultaneous,
regulated and controlled."
Mendes-France after his May
conference suggestion said "the
French government is ready for
its part to organize it at Paris,
if that would be convenient to
the other participants.' ' .'"
The Premier declared that the
conference must be preceded by
attempts to create a climate of
confidence and said settlement
of one question Austria
would be that step.
' He invited the Soviet Union to
make "constructive proposals" to
complete agreement on an. Aus
trian treaty. '
DOW-JONES -AVERAGES
, New York (U.R) Dow-Jones
trials 379.47 up 1.46; 20 rail
final stock averages: 30 Indus
roads 129.97 up 0.25; 15 utilities
60.60 up 0.03, and 65 stocks
139.70 up 0.38. Sales today were
about 3,000,000 shares compared
with 3,130,000 shares Friday. -
routes . in conjunction with the
air lift are also included. Rail
way postal services on Southern
Pacific trains Nos. 9 and 10 south
from Portland will be limited to
closed pouch, or through mail,
and a highway post office truck
will serve post offices between
Portland and Roseburg once
each day. Railway post office
service will be continued on
other Southern Pacific trains.
First in Portland ,
The first load of mail arrived
at Portland's . International air
port at noon today. Ceremonies
were held at the airport, fol
lowed by a luncheon at the Ben
son hotel. Assistant Postmaster
General Albert . J, Robertson
and other high PO" officials ac
companied the first load of mail
from California points, stopping
briefly at Medford. Their flight
from San Francisco took three
hours." ;
Robertson, in - a - luncheon
speech, stated that "this .is an
historical day for .the West coast
and for the Postal Service."
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William
Governor
Dies in Collision
Des Moines ftl.R) Gov.
William S. Beardsley of Iowa, an
ardent leader in the drive for
traffic safety, was killed last
night in a highway collision. He
was 53 years old. .
Beardsley was injured fatally
when his car rammed into the
rear of a panel truck on High
way 60 two miles north of Des
Moines.
His wife, Charlotte, was in
jured but authorities at Iowa
Lutheran Hospital said she was
in "pretty good condition" and
"resting well."
Three persons riding in the
truck were treated for minor in
juries and released.
Highway patrolmen said the
governor was pronounced dead
on arrival at Iowa Lutheran Hos
pital but they did not know
whether he died in his car or in
the ambulance.
"He fell over into - my lap
when we hit," Mrs. Beardsley
told hospital authorities.
"I think he was dead then."
Beardsley, who did not seek
reelection in the Nov. 2 elec
tion was just ending his. third
two-year term.,r Atty. Gen.;Led
A.' HbegK", also a - Republican,
was elected to succeed him.
Lt. Gov. Leo Elthon, Fertile,
will take the . oath as governor
today to serve out Beardsley's
term. . ; . ;
The Beardsleys had gone to
Ames, 30 miles north of here, to
visit their son, Dan, an Iowa
State College student. " They
were returning here when the
accident happened.
Iowa Governor William S.
Beardsley, who was killed in an
auto crash near Des Moines last
Sheppard Witness
Tells of Advice
Cleveland U.R) Dr. Lester
T. Hoversten, "mystery guest" in
the Sheppard home, testified
that Dr. Samuel H. Sheppard
twice consulted him on "the pos
sibility of considering a di
vorce. '
Dr. Hoversten was the 11th
state witness in its attempt to
send Dr. Sheppard to the elec
tric chair. The state contends
the 30-year-old osteopathic-sur-geon
bludgeoned his wife to
death last July 4 after quarrel
ing with her about his attentions
to other women.
Dr. Hoversten, a Glendale,
Calif., osteopath, was a guest in
the Sheppard home for three
days prior to the murder. He
left on July 3.
On both occasions of Dr. Sam's
talking about divorce,' Dr. Hover
sten said, he advised him against
iV However, he said, he never
saw Dr. Sam with any other
women than his wife.
Work Expected To Start
On Annex Concrete Lathe
Work may begin tomorrow
morning on ; reinforced concrete
lathe construction at the new
courthouse annex, 'according to
construction officials.
" The roof will be applied first,
with work proceeding down
ward to the ground, they said.
The work has been held up pend
ing union settlement on whether
lathemen or steelmen will do
the work. r
Pouring concrete for the third
vault also will begin-tomorrow,
they said. The annex will in
clude: three vaults, one in the
basement, another on the first
floor and one on the second. :
Weather
FORECAST Continued fair
through Tuesday with valley,
' log asain Tuesday morning.
. Low tonight . 32-34. B i f h
Tuesday 58-60.
' . , .. v Temp.
Highest yesterday J S3
Lowest this morning ...... 33
Beardsley,
of
night, visited here twice while
his son, Blaine Beardsley, owned
and operated Pennywise drug
store. The governor, a Rotarian,
also attended meetings of the
Medford Rotary club during his
visits here. The younger Beards
ley sold the drug store last April
and moved to Hillsboro.
Democrats To Move
For Tax Reduction
Prior To Election
Washington 0J.R) Congres
sional Democratic leaders have
a tentative plan to cut personal
income taxes shortly, before the
presidential election in 1956, re
liable sources said today.
The present plan, which is
subject to change as conditions
may warrant, calls for the new
Democratic controlled Congress
to study the board field of taxa
tion in 1955. and to lower ner-
scnalersonal income taxes in
the presidential election year of
1956. .
The tax reduction would be
in the form of an increase in
personal exemptions, or in a
general cut in rates, or perhaps
a "combination of the two, if the
federal budget at that time can
stand it.
Personal Exemptions
Democrats tried but failed in
the last Congress to increase the
personal exemption from $600
to $700. Their first move in a
tax reduction program in the
next Congress is likely to in
clude this feature. '
Many Democrats .were critical
of the ' Republican sponsored
tax revision program pushed
through Congress this year.
They maintained that the GOP
plan, which included a contro
versial provision giving a spe
cial tax break to persons with
income from dividends : was
weighted in , favor of the weal
thy. . ;. .
GOP Plan Defended
Republicans denied the Demo
cratic charges.' Rep. Daniel A;
Reed (R.-N.Y.) chairman of the
tax-framing House Ways and
Means committee and principal
sponsor of the Republican pro
gram, : served notice last night
that he will resist any efforts by
Democrats to make any substan
tial changes, n
"I believe that the . Republi
can tax revision program enact
ed by the last Congres will with
stand any Democratic attacks
during the next session,", he said
in a statement : i v
Iowa.
Western Development Outlook Considered Promising;
No Commitments Gained for Work on Talent Project
By R. ROBERT SMITH
. Mail Tribune Correspondent
Washington The outlook for
new federal reclamation develop
ment the coming year is con
sidered somewhat more promis
ing by western members of Con
gress who last week appealed
directly to President Eisenhower
for some "new starts."
While the President reported
ly told the group he had no ob
jection to new projects being
started, no commitments were
gained for two possible new pro
jects in the Pacific Northwest-
Talent division of Rogue River
project near Medford and Foster
Creek project north of Wenat
chee, both of which, were ; au
thorized by Congress last sum
mer. 1 T "- : . ;
Advised Against Expecting
In the White . House confer
ence, Budget. Director Roland
Hughes told -the groups xf -lawmakers
that there. is ne stand
ing policy against funds for all
new projects. - Yet Bureau of
Reclamation official say they
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Knowland Expects
Red China Offense
'Within a Year'
Says U.S. Must Have
Will To Make Issue
Washington (U.R) Senate
Republican Leader William F.
Knowland maintained today that
Red China wil launcfi a new ag
gression "within a year" and
that the United States ."must
have the will" to stand up
against it. ' - "
"I think the Chinese Commu
nists will mov somewhere with
in a year," he said. "The fact
they are talking about Formosa
doesn't mean it will be that. It
could be Korea again or to the
south." .. ' '
U. S. Should Make Issue
Knowland said when an attack
comes, the United States should
make an issue of it. But he
warned against a bluff "if we
aren't ready to act."
. "We shouldn't talk: unless
we're ready to follow through,"
be said. "That only convinces the
Communists, as it has in the past,
that we won't act next time.
That made us what they call in
the Orient a 'paper tiger. Unless
we are willing to sacrifice those
people to Red slavery we must
have the will to stand.
SMakina For Self
Knowland made 4the state
ments in a question"! and "answer
interview with Fortnight, a Cal
ifornia . news magazine, which
was made public last night. He
emphasized he was speaking for
himself rather than the adminis
tration with which ' he is fre
quently at odds on -foreign af
fairs. - V "
Keating Appointed
ToO&C Committee
County Judge Rodney Keat
ing has been named to the O and
C committee of the land grant
board of the Association of O
and C counties at a meeting held
in Portland. :
Keating will assume a posi
tion held by Commissioner Rob
ert Lytle of Jackson county for
the past six. years. Lytle will
end his term as county commis
sioner on Dec. 31. ,
Lytle said that the committee
meets several times a year and
confers with the association's at
torney on legal matters concern
ing O and C matters in the 18
Oregon counties affected.
'.' The O and C group met the
day before the annual meeting
of the Association of Oregon
County? courts. All three local
county court members attended
the latter meetings, as did Commissioner-Elect
Chester Wendt.
Raymond -U.R) Carl F, Hei
der, 55 - year - old deer; hunter,
was shot and killed yesterday on
Pluvius Hill, a popular hunting
area 15 miles east of here.
have been advised by the Budget
Bureau against expecting to ob
tain approval of funds to start
new development work this com
ing year." ; " . "
A group of Washington state
reclamation backers also called
on Budget Bureau officials last
week, in company , with Sen.
Warren-G.-Magnuson (D-Wash.),
to appeal for approval of suf
ficient funds to keep the giant
Columbia Basin project moving
along at a rate of 50,000 to 60,
000 new acres annually. Also
they asked from $3,500,000 to
$4,000,000 to complete the Ken
newick division of the Yakima
project. r .:
Cordial Attention -
Both groups got cordial' and
generally receptive . attention to
their pleas, and the feeling gen
erated among Bureau of Recla
mation' officials as a consequence
is that hopes are higher, but not
too much;' for some new irriga
tion work next year. --.
' Eisenhower,, and, Hughes, in
formed sources explained, gave
this sort of story to the delega
- United Nations,' N.Y. (U.R)
Andrei Y. Vishinsky, acid
tongued head of the Russian del
egation to the United Nations,
died suddenly today of a heart
attack. '. ':: .
The 70-year-old Vishinsky,
onetime Russian foreign minister
who took a back seat after the
death of Russian Premier Josef
Stalin a year and a half ago,
was stricken at his delegation's
Park ave. headquarters shortly
before. he was to have partici
pated in further debate on Presi
dent Eisenhower's atoms for
peace plan. ' ;
First announcement of Vishin-
sky's death was made to the U.
N.. General Assembly by As
sembly President Eelco N. Van
Kleffens of The Netherlands
shortly- before 10 a.m. (PST).
Meetins Suspended '
It was repeated by Chairman
Francisco Urruttia to the Gen
eral Assembly's Main Political
Committee where Vishinsky was
to have, appeared.
All U. N. meetings were sus
pended immediately.
Exact circumstances of Vishin-
sky's death were not reported
immediately.
Members of his own delega
tion at first refused to admit
that he was ill, and later would
confirm .only that he had died.
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Another Communist diplomat,
Polish delegate Jan Lubacz, also
became ill suddenly today. Lu
bacz, attending a meeting of the
special Political Committee, com
plained of feeling faint and
asked for a doctor. He was taken
to the U.N. Clinic where attend
ants said they believed he would
survive.
Members of Vishinsky's own
delegation attended U.N. meet
ings as usual.
Week' End Conference .
... The Soviet diplomat had taken
a leading part in previous atoms
for peace debate and engaged in
week end consultations with U.S.
Ambassador Henry Cabot Lodge
Jr.. on the possibility of gaining
a unanimous vote for the meas
ure sponsored by seven Western
powers to put the plan into op
eration.
.Vishinsky had offered a new
amendment during the week
end, reiterating Russia's demand
that the Security Council should
have veto power over the Eisen
hower plan. '
Washington (U.R) - Presi
dent Eisenhower declined com
ment today on the sudden death
of Russian Deputy Foreign Min
ister Andrei Vishinsky.
The President was tolrl of
Vishinsky's death by White
Hcuse Press Secretary James C.
Hagerty. "We have no comment"
Hagerty told reporters.
The State Department also
had no comment. 5s: ; - ;
Sheriff Deputies Search
For Man Without Foot
, Hillsboro (U.R) Washington
county sheriff's deputies started
a search today for a man missing
a foot after two boys brought
in a shoe containing a man's
foot.-'".? -.vV;: .
The boys said they made their
grisly find near Bonney Slope
while out riding.
Sheriff R. N. Busch said the
foot i had been severed below
the ankle. The shoe was soggy
and appeared to have been ex
posed to the weather for some
time. - V"; '
tion that called for greater rec
lamation spending:
The ' administration has no
rigid policy of rejecting all new
projects,-and it does favor con
tinued , irrigation development
under federal auspices in the
West.- , But defense expenditures
will continue next year to take
a large bite out of the federal
budget; ; And the " administra
tion is determined to keep taxes
from - being increased while
avoiding further deficit spending
if possible. ,x
Rigid Boundary Lines '
That means there are rather
rigid , boundary lines within
which::; spending .for domestic
programs must be fitted. And
one program the administration
wants to invigorate with more
money is highway building. In
short, the administration is sym
pathetic to more irrigation work
but is so: devoted to current
fiscal consideration that the
West cannot expect a greatly ac
celerated spending program for
federal projects.
- Rep. Ben Jensen (R-Ia.), chair
ANDREI VISHINSKY
Sharp Tongue Silenced
Vishinsky Gai
ruiiuiai riuianc
TTnitert Nations. N.'Y. U.B
Andrei Yanurevitch Vishin
sky, one of the last bourgeois, in
tellectuals in high: Russian,
position who died here - to
day, was born In Odessa, the
son of a chemist and a music
teacher, on Dec. 9, 1883. . r
He orosnered and survived as
a major world spokesman for,
if never a maker of, Soviet, pol
icy despite both his background
and an early "mistake." His
"mistake" was that he was more
moderate revolutionary than the
Bolshevisks who won. , -
Famed Prosecutor
Although he started his revo
lutionary activity early, achiev
ing prominence in 1905, Vish
insky, as a Menshevik,' took no
active part in the 1917 Bolshevik
revolution and remained aloof
from the new government until
he joined it in 1920.
Vishinsky first gamed inter
national prominence as prosecu
tor in the famed purge trials of
1936-37. Prior to that time he
had served as ' a government
prosecutor for a time. He made
a brilliant record, but then had
been dropped from the . govern
ment for several years. .
In 1940, he joined the Foreign
Office. .;i;..;',vi . i:.......
, mere, visninsKy negouaiea
the treaty with Czechoslovakia
which gave Russia the right to
liberate Prague after World War
H. He later "meddled" in Ro
mania, being credited with set
ting up a pro-Russian govern
ment there in 1944. ; "
Permanent Delegate 1 : '
Vishinsky had been a princi
pal Soviet delegate to every UN
meeting since 1946. In 1949, he
became Foreign Minister, suc
ceeding V. M. Molotov. Within
days after Stalin's death in 1953
Vishinsky was removed from
that post and Molotov reinstated.
Vishinsky was advised of the
shift as he sailed for home. But
he returned to the United States-'
soon after as Russia's perman
ent delegate to the United Na
tions, and he brought with him
his wife and daughter, a .privil
ege not accorded Russian diplo
mats of whom there is a slight
suspicion. . ; v
A dramatic orator, he was
sharp in his attacks on Western
policy. But he apparently never
was more than an advocate for
pohcies ' formulated in higher
councils. " '. ' -
COMMITTEE TO MEET "
The advisory committee to the
county juvenile court will meet ..
tonight at 8 p.m. in the circuit
court chambers to consider fur
ther plans for the new detention
heme adopted by the voters in
the' general election. - Election
campaign expenses for the home
will be reported,' according to
Mrs. Kay Crowell, juvenile pro
bation officer. r"
man the past two years of the
House subcommittee on Interior
funds, said he showed the Presi
dent figures which he said repre
sented the saving his GOP-con-trolled
committee had made by
slashing funds for transmission
lines. : : t "i '- - .
"L showed him . how most of
what we have spent was on rec
lamation," Jensen said after the
White : House confab,' " "while
most of what the Democrats
spent was on transmission lines."
Jensen To Step Down i.
Jensen will be replaced : in
that post in January when Demo
crats organize the 84th Congre&j,
presumably giving' way to Rep.
Mike Kerwin (D-O.), who head
ed the Interior subcommittee in
past years. - JCerwin's sentiments,
about the economy drive sparked -by
Jensen and other Republican
committee members - was sum
med tip last spring when he told
the House: . -: ': : ":
"Another cut like'.this one in
the Interior budget and we might
as well close down the depart-'
meat."
Prominence Despite