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ABANDONED Mrs. Betty Lou Crockett, 25, (right), is fed at General Hospital in Los
Angeles after she and her two children, Kathy, 4, and Deborah, 15 months (left), were
found starving in a motel Mrs. Crockett said that her husband, James, 34, had aban
doned them Nov. 17 and that they had not eaten since Thanksgiving Day when they had
a can of sardines. Her 5-year-old-son, James Jr., died of leukemia last Christmas.
Four-Year Draft
Extension Faces
Fight in Congress
Washington (U.R) The ad
ministration's call for a four
year extension of the draft plus
a modified Universal Military
Training program will ' meet
strong opposition in Congress,
Senate specialists on military af
fairs said today.
One veteran senator, a sup
porter of Universal Military
Training in the past, said the
military manpower proposals
will pass only if President Eis
enhower throws his "full pres
tige" behind them. Even then,
the President may be forced to
accept a compromise cutting the
four-year extension of the draft
to two years, the senator said.
He declined use of his name.
Defense Secretary Charles E.
Wiison announced at his news
conference late Tuesday that the
new combination draft and re
serve program will call for:
Provisions Not Enforced
; 1. A four-year extension of the
draft act which expires next
June 30. Under the draft, induct
ees serve two years of active
duty and six years in the re
serves although the reserve pro
vision - has ."hot"" been enforced
About 276,000 young men would
be drafted each year.
2. A new reserve program un
der which an additional 100,000
men a year would be given six
months of basic training and
then placed in organized reserve
or National units. Wilson did not
specify how many years of re
serve service would be required.
3. Contmued emphasis on
voluntary enlistments to funnel
another 450,000 men a yenr into
the armed services. .
The plan as Wilson outlined it
means universal military
service.
Edith Green Sees
Morse as Democrat
Washington (U.R) Mrs.
Edith S. Green, new Democratic
Congresswoman from Portland,
Ore., predicted yesterday that
Sen. Wayne Morse, the Indepen
dent, will run as a Democrat in
1956.
Mrs. Green admitted face
tiously to a news conference that
she based her prediction on "wo
man's intuition." She said
Morse's support was one of the
major factors that enabled her
to win in November over Repub
lican Lawson McCall. Multno-
man county nas not Deen repre
sented by a Democrat since
1938.
She said Democrats in Oregon
would welcome Morse "with op-
- en arms."
" Morse said recently he intends
to run
1956.
as an independent in
Bulletin
' United Nations, N. Y. (U.R)
The United Nations xefused
by a 39-9 vote with 10 absten
tions today to give a seat to
Red China and North Korea
in its debate on Korean uni
fication. CXGi
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Majority of
Seen Lined
McCarthy
Washington U.R) The Senate
to its time of decision on censure
McCarthy.
Republican Leader William F.
Democratic ' Leader Lyndon B.v
general debate.
Although a final vote was not
to two-thirds of the Senate seemed
Republican despite Knowland s statement and two llth-hour com
promise proposals. The compromises were suggested by Sens.
Everett M. Dirksen (R.-IU.) and H. Alexander Smith (R.-N.Y.).
After a quorum call which ended at 2:59 -pm. (EST) Chairman
Arthur V. Watkins (R.-Utah) of
recognition to offer a minor amendent to the first censure count,
that McCarthy was contemptuous of a Senate Elections subcom
mittee in 1951-52.
McCarthy Supports
Knowland Demand
For China Blockade
Washington (U.R) Sen.
Joseph R. McCarthy today back
ed Republican Senate. Leader
William F. Knowland's demand
for a blockade of Red China to
free imprisoned Americans.
But McCarthy said an effec
tive blockade possibly could be
established ; without ships. He
said a blockade could be en
forced if the United States would
refuse aid to , its Allies .when
they ship material of any sort to
Communist China or permit
ships under their" flags to carry
on such trade.
Should Use Navy
McCarthy said the United
States should use its Navy to en
force 'the blockade if hon
Communist nations persist in
keeping up the China trade, i
He said this country should
demand the return of not only
the 13 Americans imprisoned on
spy charges in Red China but of
other Americans held behind the
Iron Curtain.,
"The military tells us the
Communists hold over 500 Amer
icans," he said. "We should make
every effort to make sure they
are returned."
Stabbing Suspect V
Bound Over fo Jury
Samuel Gene Bell, 22, Ash
land, charged with assault with
a dangerous weapon, appeared in
district court this morning;: and
was bound over to the grand
jury after waiving preliminary
hearmg, according to court records.:''-,
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Bell is alleged to have stab
bed his former wife, Stella Bell,
Ashland, inflicting flesh wounds.
In another district court hear
ing today, Ronald Arthur. Nel
son, zo, Butte Falls Star route,
Box 49A, charged with ' grand
larceny, also was bound-oyer to
the grand jury." The charge in
volves thereof i five 1 batteries
from the Medford Irrigation dis
trict on Nov. 26. Two juveniles,
aged 18 and. 17 were arraigned
earlier on the same case and
transferred to. juvenile court for
disposition. '
Parrot-Type Birds Qua ran ti
Twelve , parrot-type birds
in
the Ashland area .have been
found to be infected with, or
have been exposed, to psittaco
sis, Dr. A. Erin Merkel, county
health officer, said today. , e v -f
He warned county residents
that the disease can be trans
mitted -to humans, and is a ser
ious respiratory infection type of
illness. He said non-certified and
out-of-state, birds should be
avoided. ; . ;
County Sanitarians B. R. Hart
Senate
Against
in
yre
at mid-afternoon today came
charge against Sen. Joseph R
- . , .
Knowland opposed censure and
Johnson favored it in the final
. : :
expected until tomorrow, close
lined up against the Wisconsin
the Special Censure committee got
Words Eliminated
In ' First Count
watKms explained he was
eliminating from the first cen
sure count the words "in failing
to cooperate with a Senate com
mittee in clearing up matters
affecting the honor of the Sen
ate" because they "semed to
place a limitation" on the scope
of the first count.
As soon as it was adopted,
.Washington (U.R) The
Senate refused today to throw
out censure- charges against
Sen.' Joseph Rr McCarthy. The
action' indicated that eventual
censure is almost certain.
Dirksen stepped in with Ms sub
stitute proposal.
Only one hour of debate was
allowed for any amendment.
Before today's session began,
a top McCarthy leader said" he
could not count more than 33
votes for McCarthy.
In another development, Sen.
Carl Hayden (D-Ariz.) confirmed
McCarthy's charge that a senate
Elections Subcommittee checked
McCarthy's mail during its 1955
investigations of his finances.
The substitute resolution on
which the McCarthy forces
hoped to muster their peak vot
ing strength was introduced
early this afternoon by Dirksen.
Doubt Exists
The long promised substitute
would have the Senate "de
plore" the use of "abusive or in
temperate language" by " any
member, but would hold that
such language "does not in the
light of precedent warrant for
mal censure or condemnation."
Dirksen's resolution, which
mentioned McCarthy only once
by name, also said that a "reas
onable doubt" exists whether
the Senate has legal authority to
rebuke a senator now for "lan
guage or conduct in a prior ses
sion of Congress."
Cement Overload Blamed
For Sinking of Ferry
Salem (U.R) An overload
of cement was blamed today for
sinking half of Marion county's
ferryboat fleet.
The Buena Vista, one of two
Willamette river ferries operated
by the county, sank Monday
under a heavy truck load of
sand. The county1 court said a
bulldozer and other heavy equip
ment would be used to pull the
vessel to shore for repairs.
Salem. U.R) Gov. Paul L.
Patterson has appointed H. H.
Harrison of Portland as a mem
ber of the State Apprenticeship
Council, representing employees.
and Walter Sutherland have
been checking birds in Jackson
county since infected parakeets
were found in the northern part
of the state. , ' - r -
It is believed that none of the
county's bird breeders purchased
any of the infected birds which
were involved in a -sale in Port
land, when uninspected para
keets were brought into the state.
Local sales of exposed birds ap
parently were made door-to-door.
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49th Year 22 Pages
Planes Searching
English Channel
For Five Vessels
Death Toll of Storm
Expected To Reach 111
London (U.R) French
naval planes searched the stormy
English Channel today for five
fishing boats missing with 60
men aboard.
Forty three persons were dead
or missing in three shipping ac
cidents in the, waters around
Britain and eight persons were
killed on land. French officials
feared the missing fishermen also
perished in the storms. ;
High Death Toll Feared
It was feared the toll of dead
in the storm might rise to 111.
The missing fishing vessels are
the Alain-Yvon, Tourville, Ber-
ceau de Moise and Perle d'Arvor
from the ports of Concarneau
near Brest and the Tendre Ber
ceuse from the nearby port of
Donarnenez.
The little coastal steamer Ard
glen docked In Milford Haven,
Wales, today with the body of
Capt. Wililam. Winters, 59, who
survived three World War II
sinkings only to drown in a gale
yesterday with 23 of his men.
Captain Winters' ship Tresil-
lian foundered in a 90-mile hur
ricane. He gave the order "every
many for himself" and then
plunged into the sea.
Other Missing Men Sought " ;
The Royal Navy searched
raging seas today for- 20 missing
men, but the Admiralty said
there was little hope they would
be found. Four bodies were re
covered and 16 men ; were
rescued. "
Winters, who planned to retire
at the end of his voyage, was
almost in sight of home when the
cargo of grain aboard the Tre-
sillian shifted and sent the 7300
ton ship to the bottom.
Light Snow Reported
On Mountain Highways
Snow was reported on high
way mountain passes in tms
area today, but a south wind
kept temperatures top warm for
snowfall on the valley floor.
Light snowfall was reported
this morning at Neil creek and
at Montague, Calif., on the Sis
kiyou mountain route, and on
Sexton mountain north of
Grants Pass. The snow was not
sticking.
The weather bureau had a re
port of four inches of snow at
Mt. Shastal Calif., this morning.
Windy weather with snow
above 4,000 feet, and with occa
sional light rain in the valley is
anticipated tonight, according to
the Medford office of the weath
er bureau. i
Dulles Says Blockade
Might Be Considered
t Washington (U.R) Secre
tary of State John Foster Dulles
said ' today the United States
might consider a blockade of
Red China if peaceful means fail
to free Americans imprisoned
there. But he expressed confi
dence that peaceful methods
would, not faiL -
DOW-JONES AVERAGES '
New York (U.R) - Dow-
Jones final stock averages: 30 in
dustrials 384.04 off 2.73; 20 rail
roads 19.80 off 1.67; 15 utilities
60.73 off 0.02, and 65 stocks
140.60 off 1.05. Sales today were
about 3,100,000 shares against
3,440,000 shares yesterday.
ned; Doctor Warns of Psittacosis Danger
Dr. Merkel said anyone who
is offered a parrot-type -bird for
sale by a door-to-door salesman
should report to him. Certifi
cates of health should be de
manded for each bird purchased,
he said, although birds raised
locally are not required by law
to have such certificates.
' The danger of psittacosis (pro
nounced sit-a-ko-sis) ; is rising
throughout the country, . Dr.
Merkel said, adding that 450
cases of the disease in hu
em Full Leased Wire United Frees
MEDFORD, OREGON, WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER 1, 1954
Antarctic
Boston (U.R) The stubby
nosed icebreaker Atka cast off
lines and sailed for "the bottom
of the world" today. ,
With a crew of 220 men, 14
officers and 35 passengers, the
Atka headed south for the first
U.S. Antarctic exploration in
seven years.
Ships Whistle Salute '
Ships in the harbor whistled
a salute as Cmdr. Glen Jacobsen
of Seattle, Wash., headed down
the channel past Castle Island
on the five-month voyage. It
will take him to ' the frozen
wastes where years ago Admiral
Richard Evelyn Byrd built Lit
tle America on the icy shores
of an uninhabited 6,000,000
square mile continent.
Jacobsen's mission, as public
ly announced, is merely a recon
naissance to prepare the way
for a huge new expedition next
year. ; " ' V '
But his crew of scientists in
cludes cosmic ray experts, geolo
gists and an electronics engineer
lending credence to persistent
rumors that the explorers will
Christmas Opening
Of Merchants Set;
Parade Scheduled
Medford merchants' official
opening of the Christmas season
will be this evening, and the
event will be opened with a
downtown parade.
, . Stores .will be open after the
parade, which . will start "at "7
pjn. so that spectators can view
the Christmas merchandise on
display.
Floats, bands ' and marching
groups will make up the parade,
which will be east on Main st. to
Riverside ave., north to Sixth st.,
west to Central ave., south to
Main, and west to the breakup
pomt near. Ivy st. ..
Christmas Themes
Biblical and fairyland themes,
appropriate . for the ,; Yuletide
season, will be featured in the
parade, and the floats will be
sponsored by groups, organiza
tions or individuals, all of a
non-commercial nature.
Nineteen prizes, totaling
$400, will be awarded to adult
and young people's floats. The
Junior Chamber of Commerce is
the parade sponsor.
Christmas street decorations,
sponsored jointly by the city of
Mqdford and the- Jackson Coun
ty Chamber of Commerce, have
been put in place in recent days.
Iowa Girls Reign
As Exposition Champs
Chicago U.R) Two teen-age
girls from Iowa reigned today
as queens of the International
Livestock Exposition. ' , ; ' : "
The best cattlement in North
America had' to take a back seat
to Janice Hullinger, 16, of Man
ly; and Barbara Slausen, 15, of
Spencer, who walked off yester
day with the two top prizes of
the world's biggest agricultural
show. V
Janice's. 1080-pound jet black
Aberdeen Angus was selected as
the grand champion of the show
while Barbara's 1120-p o u n d
Shorthorn won the . runnerup
award.
Portland ' (U.R) A Japan
ese firm, Hitachi, Ltd., .Tokyo,
is lowest of four bidders for the
design, manufacture, test and de
livery, of 14 main turbine gov
ernors for The Dalles dam pow
erhouse. The firm's offer was
$931,540. " .
mans have been reported 't o far.
this year, compared to 48 in 1953.
Birds of the psittacine family
subject to the." disease include
parakeets, parrots, am a z o n s ,
mexican double heads, cockatoos,
macaws, lovebirds, loriketts and
others. ' -
Some can . become infected
without becoming ill and, in ef
fect, are disease carriers. White
the state will issue health "certi
ficates for psittacine birds after
two years under certain' condi
Expedition
hunt uranium, oil, and keep a
weather eye out for Russian Ant
arctic activity, if any. '
Fortune Magazine said this
fall that Jacobsen had been giv
en the task of determining
whether Russia is using the Ant
arctic continent as a testing
ground for nuclear weapons and
inter-continental missiles. The
Navy denied the report when it
was published. 1 Y
Once Part of Russian Navy
The Atka, incidentally, once
was part of Russia's navy on
loan during World War II. ,
Two helicopter "Whirlibirds"
were parked on the .. tiny aft
flight deck of the Atka as she
sailed.. Crowded into the tons
of supplies in her holds was a
"weasel" .truck specially de
signed for use in ice.
They will give the ship's men
far more safety and mobility
than Scott, Amundsen and Byrd
dreamed of as they used dog
sleds and skis fighting the bit
ter cold of the south polar re
gions. v
In the Atka's holds were 100
Churchill'
London (U.R) Prime Min
ister Winston Churchill confes
sed to the House of Commons to
day that his memory may have
played him false last week when
s
iThe Christmas kettles of the
Salvation Army were placed on
the streets of downtown- Medford
today.
. Donations ..; dropped' Into the
kettles will be used by the Sal
vation Army for those who de
pend on it for whatever Christ
mas cheer they receive.
Lt. George Johnstone of the
Medford corps pointed out that
they have come to be as much a
part of the American Christmas
scene as trees and stockings over
the fireplace.
The kettles were first used in
1894 in San Francisco during a
time when many seamen and
longshoremen were out of work
and in need of food. A Salvation
Army officer, told he could set
uj5 a soup kitchen in he provided
funds for it himself, spied a soup
kettle in a ship chandler's office.
He obtained the kettle, put up a
tripod, painted a sign saying
Keep the pot ' boiling," and
shortly was able to finance his
kitchen.
Since that time the idea has
spread throughout the United
States, and , is the Salvation
Army's chief source of funds for
its Christmas time charitable
work.
Wholesale Food Prices
Unchanged During Week
New York (U.R) Whole
sale food prices as measured by
the Dun & Brandstreet index
held unchanged this week at
$6.85, the exact level Where they
started the current year, it was
announced today.
The index for week ended
Nov. 30 compared with $6.52 in
the comparable 1953 week and
was 14.9 per cent above the
$5.96. pre-Korean level. -
tion's,' sanitarians : expressed
doubts that a two-year period is
sufficient to show lack of the
disease, which is highly . con
tagious. . "" 1 :" ""' ' ' :
Among humans the disease is
like, pneumonia and is particu
larly hazardous to elderly peo
ple.. It is contagious from human
to human, particularly by-cough-ing.:
'
The sanitarians noted there
has been a laxity in'keeping re
quired shipment records of psit
Ma king Statement on
Wea po ns ff or Ge rm a ny
Army
Yule Kettles Up
full Leased Wire
Price 5c
No. 218
Sets Sail
tons of food, including frozen
vegetables and meat. Pemican
and hard tack ' provided the
meals for earlier explorers like
Scott, who perished after be
coming the first man to reach
the South pole in 1912.
"We've had all the benefit of
other men's hardships," Cmdr.
Jacobsen said. "Admiral Byrd
spent days with me pouring over
charts. Paul, Siple who started
as a Boy Scout on a Byrd trip
years ago briefed me for hours."
Civilian Scientist Aboard
Aboard, too, , were men like
Amory H. Waite of Long Branch,
N.J., a civilian scientist who ac
companied two earlier expedi
tions. Waite was one of the three
men who fought their way
through gales to reach and res
cue Byrd when he became ill
while making observations at a
tiny, lonely camp 100 miles inH
land from Little America.
Another man aboard who will
be returning to his "home", in
the ice is Army Maj. Murray
Weiner, . a specialist in . testing
cold 'weather equipment.
he told how he ordered captured
guns , stacked ready to - hand
back ' to the defeated Germans
if Russia advanced too far west
in 1945.
He made his admission in a
remancaoie expression of Te-
grets." .;-.A
Starts Controversy.
Churchill's remark at, a small
meeting at Woodford, touched
off a storm of controversy and
criticism in Britain and brought
a propaganda blast from Mos
cow.
He said a check of his records
has not, as yet, turned up a copy
of the order and lie agreed with
his Laborite critics that it might
not have been sent at alL He
promised to continue the search
for a record of the order.
Regrets Expressed
"I express my regrets to the
House for what I said last
week," Churchill said with rare
humility. -
Thejow in Commons over the
Churchill statement returned
the Prime Minister to the rough
and tumble of political life after
yesterday's emotional celebra
tion in which friend and foe
alike paid tribute to his great
ness. (See Story on Page 14)
Love-Crazed Oregon .
Man Takes Own Life
Los Angeles (U.R) A love-
crazed Oregon man shot himself
to death today when police tried
to arrest him in a gunfight as he
stood on the stage of a deserted
burlesque theater and kissed pic
tures of a dancer his "red
headed angel face." v
Police identified the man from
his driver's license as ; Roger
Wing Whittier, 26, North Bend,
Ore. . . 'V-v ,
Chief autopsy surgeon Frede
rick Newbarr reported Whittier
apparently shot , himself in the
head with, his 32 automatic and
then was struck in the abdomen
by a police .38 caliber slug.
(See Story on Page 10)
Salem (0.FJ Bert E. Doss,
maintenance foreman for the
State Forestry Department since
August, 1939, has retired.
in County
tacine birds "b"y dealers "in" the
area, although they added that
generally, both dealers rand
breeders have cooperated.
The only way to determine
definitely whether or not a bird
has psittacosis is to have its
spleen examined in a laboratory
in Georgia. Because of this, the
sanitarians recommend that if
any bird has been a part of an
infected shipment, or is other
wise suspected of having the dis
ease, it would be safest to kill
it and dispose of the body.
Regrets
Suspect Jailed
On Suspicion of
2nd Degree Murder
Woman's Death Listed
Unsolved for 5! Years
Marion Franklin Piening, 50,
of 425 South Grape st., was ar
rested and lodged in the county
Jail this morning. He was book
d on suspicion of second degree
muxaer m connection wun mo
death here of Margaret Ann
Cornell, 50, on April 19, 1949.
Mrs. Cornell's death has been
listed as an unsolved crime for
more than 5V4 years. She was
found dead on the doorstep of
131 Almond st., fatally injured
by some unidentified object.
. District Attorney Walter Nun
ley said - Piening has signed a
ion euiu ucuuiea vuiucsaiun vi,
the assault which resulted in her
l. .11 J : -
death. He was questioned last
night by state and city police
officers, and voluntarily sub-
mitted to a lie , detector test,
Nunley reported. . -
At first, under questioning.
he denied connection with the
Cornell crime, but officers said
that when the lie detector, used
as an aid to interrogation, indi
cated he was not telling the
truth, he changed his story.
Under further questioning, h
admitted the assault and describ
ed it in detail, and the lie de
tector indicated this story was -
correct, officers said. '
Piening was picked up aft
about 7 p.m. yesterday by city
police officers in- connection
with a complaint made Nov. 14
to police by a woman who said
she had been sexually mistreat
ed by a man she identified as
Piening. He was questioned ear
lier in connection with the case
and signed a waiver which per
mitted officers to test him with
the lie detector.
He was placed under formal
arrest early today after making
his confession regarding - the
; Piening was also arrested In
July, 1946, on the complaint of
a woman who said she had been
assaulted and mistreated, and he
entered a plea of guilty at that
time. Later, however, he chang
ed his plea to innocent and was
never Drosecuted. according to
records in the district attorney's
office. -
The Cornell killing was char
acterized at the time by police
officers as a particularly brutal
and savage one. A number of
suspects were questioned by
officers, but all were either
cleared, or there was not suffi
cient evidence to bring them to
trial. . "
Nunley said Piening's account
of Mrs. Cornell's death was in
accord with the known facts of
the case, and could not be
known by anyone not familiar
with what had happened. Pien
ing was not held as a suspect at
the time of the Cornell slaying.
Trucker Acquitted;
Acts as Own Lawyer .
A Medford log truck driver
was acquitted by a district
court' jury on an overweight
charge yesterday afternoon
after acting as his own attor
ney.;'' c-h,,;,. : -v
Dan William Favor, 41, Box ,
444, Medford, received a cita
tion from the state weighmas
ter at the Camp White scales
on Highway 62, accusing him
of driving a log truck which
was 1,300 pounds overweight.'
Favor then drove to two.
privately-owned truck scales
in Medford, and weighed his
truck. Each time the' scales
showed a different weight,
one of them only a few pounds
over the maximum, the other
well under the maximum per
missible weight.
Favor told the Jury about
the differences :in the scales,
and they brought in a verdict
of innocent. If he had been
convicted, he could have been
fined 3 cents per pound of
overweight, or $39. The case
Cost him more than that to de
fend, he said, ; but he added
that it was "the principle of
Deputy District Attorney
Gene Piazza was prosecutor.
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FORECAST: Cloudy and windy
-with snow above 4.C00 feet
and occasional light rain in
valley tonight. Variable
' cloudiness with showers ,
Thursday. Low tonight 35-40.
High Thursday 48-50.
:Iemp.
Highest. Testerday ' ' 48
Lowest this Morning 31
mimm
fwwm Jiiglt; $im
n.