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TWO MEDFORD (OREGON) MAIL TRIBUNE
Sunday, December 5, 1954
Mail Checks Alarming
To Senators; FBI Man
Says They re Routine
Washington U.R) Senators
were alarmed Saturday over dis
closures that government investi
gators have sometimes run "mail
checks" on private citizens and
even a member of the Senate it
self. But Paul J. Cotter, an ace con
gressional investigator and a for
mer FBI agent, said a "mail
cover"., is a routine method of
investigation..
Many Requesis
He said the post office fre
quently makes mail checks on a
secret basis for law enforcement
agencies. The department has a
book of requests about a foot
high for such "covers," Cotter
said.
A mail cover is a check of
incoming letters by the post of
fice to determine by post marks
and return addresses who is cor
responding with a person under
Slayer
Self-Confessed
of Four -
Writes Memoirs
Tulsa, Okla. U.R) Gentle
faced Nannie Doss, who con
fessed poisoning four husbands
and once fancied herself to have
a touch with an epitaph, is writ
ing her memoirs for a maga
zine. One of her court-appointed
lawyers said Saturday that Mrs.
Doss, 49, hopes to get enough
money for the article from the
magazine (Life) to hire psych
iatrists to prove she was crazy
when she killed the husbands
with rat poison. -Suspect
in 11 Deaths
If she can prove in court she
was crazy, she can escape the
electric . chair. She is suspected
of murdering a total of 11 per
sons: Her parents, two sisters,
two daughters and a step-grandson,
in addition to the husbands.
Relatives of the pink-cheeked
Mrs. Doss told authorities in
Lexington, N.C., that she was
fond of composing epitaphs. .
The inscription she wrote for
the tombstone of husband No.
3, Frank Lanning of Lexington,
whom she poisoned in 1952, said
"We Will Meet Again."
Married Five Times
She had "God be With You
Til We Meet Again" chisled into
the headstone of husband Frank
Harrelson, who was - buried in
Alabama. She was married five
times.
Her first husband, Charlie
Braggs, divorced her because he
was afraid of her and survived.
Traces of arsenic were found
In her mother's body, but she
denied poisoning her mother.
investigation. The mail is not
opened or read.
Senate concern over mail cov
ers developed earlier this week
when Sen. Joseph R. McCarthy
(R-Wis.) said a check was made
on his mail during Senate Elec
tions sub-committee investiga
tion of his finances in 1951-52.
McCarthy charged that someone
forged the name of a senator to
the request for the mail cover.
Blamed Gillette
McCarthy originally blamed
Sen. Guy M. Gillette (D-Iowa),
onetime chairman of the Elec
tions subcommittee, for order
ing the mail check and on the
eve of the recent elections, ac
cused Gillette of a "flagrant vio
lation" of law in taking such
action. Gillette was defeated for
re-election by Rep. Thomas E.
Martin (R-Iowa). -
But testimony released Friday
by a special two-man committee
which investigated use of the
mail cover against McCarthy dis
closed that McCarthy admitted
he made "mistake" in accusing
Gillette. Gillette had resigned
as subcommittee chairman be
fore the. request for the mail
cover was made.
The special committee, com
posed of Sens. Homer Ferguson
(R-Mich.) and Walter F. .George
(R-Go.), said the requests for the
mail cover were signed by a rub
ber stamp bearing the signature
of Sen. Thomas E. Hennings CD
Mo.) who succeeded Gillette as
subcommittee chairman..
But Ferguson and George said
no senator ever authorized the
mail cover and that it could not
be determined who stamped
Hennings' signature to the mail
check requests..
Ike Congratulates Watkins
On Job With Censure Group
Washington (U.R) The White House said Saturday that
President Eisenhower personally congratulated Sen. Arthur V.
Watkins (R-Utah) "on the very splendid job he did" as chairman
of the -McCarthy censure committee.
Press Secretary James C. Haggerty told reporters or tne con
gratulations following a White House call by Watkins.
Reflects Respect ,
."He. told. the Senator he thought he' had handled a difficult
and tough assignment with a great deal of dignity which reflected
the respect the people of the country have for the Senate of the
United States," Hagerty said.
Watkins also talked with reporters after a 45-minute visit
with Mr. Eisenhower. He said he told the President a great load
had been lifted from his shoulders. : " 1
"I feel good this morning," the Senator said. "I feel consid
erably younger, even though I may not look it." .
Sees No Split
Watkins said he did not believe the vote to condemn Sen.
Joseph R. McCarthy would cause any permanent split in the Re
publican party. . .
Watkins said the Senate next year should adopt four rules
changes recommended earlier by the censure committee but over
looked in the furor over reprimanding McCarthy. Watkins said
he tried to call the proposals to the Senate's attention but was
not recognized in the rush to adjourn the special session Thurs
day night.
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TWO ARRESTED
. San Jose, Calif. U.R) Two
men beat and robbed a gas sta
tion attendant Saturday and an
hour later two Stanislaus county
brothers were arrested at an
Alameda county, sheriff's road
block in connection with the
crime. Wayne Thomas, 26, and
his brother, Donald, 17 both of
Patterson, were taken into cus
tody at Niles and jailed here on
robbery, charges,
Montgomery Receives
Rebuke from Commies
Missing Yacht
Believed Safe
Tokyo U.R) An American
yachting expert said Saturday
the "missing" American yacht
Phoenix probably is struggling
against southerly winds near
Midway- island while the Jar
anese Coast Guard is searching
lor u aiong tne coast of Japan
George Folster, a National
T a a
uroaacasxmg company corre
spondent who crossed the Pacif
ic m his own yacht two years
ago, discounted concern over
the disappearance - of the Phoe
nix and said it may be encount
ering trouble in leaving the pre
vailing west winds and heading
toward Hawaii.
"It is easier to sail from Tok
yo to San Francisco than from
Tokyo to Hawaii," Folster said.
The small vessel, carrying an
thropologist Earle Reynolds, his
wife Barbara, their two children
and a crew of three Japanese
university students, sailed Oct.
28 on a cruise to Honolulu.
Davies Fears Gag
inform Agreement
For Separation
Washington (U.R) John
Paton Davies, Jr., ousted State
Department officer, said Satur
day that because of fear of a
"gag" he has not picked up
some $17,000 due him from the
government.
Davies said that in order to
collect back pay and pension
allowances he would have to
sign a "separation" agreement
with the department. This
"form" agreement, he said, may
prevent him from speaking out
onr his case and other national
issues. .
Davies said the form agree
ment which he would have to
sign states that he has neither
classified (secret) or unclassified
material.
Fears Gag
Davies, fired as a security
risk on grounds he lacked
judgment, discretion and reli
ability," said he feared that the
paper "might be a gag."
"I have no classified material"
he told a reporter. But he said
he thought the form agreement
covering unclassified informa
tion was "rather sweeping" and
went beyond "the needs of na
tional security."
He said he is waiting to find
out what the paper meant be
fore he signed it to get his back
pay and accumulated pension
contributions.
Moscow (U.R) Marshal Alex
ander Vasilevsky sharply re
buked British Field Marshal Vis
count Montgomery Saturday for
his recent statements on atomic
warfare and warned that "you
are playing with fire."
Vasilevsky, writing in the of
ficial Communist organ Pravda,
bitterly attacked Montgomery
for his "insistent appeals to un
loose atomic warfare" and for
"appealing to the Americans
command to tell the Russians
that 'we will give them the
works. "
"A well known proverb says
'who sows the wind reaps the
whirlwind," Vasilevsky wrote.
"I would not advise you, Field
Marshal Montgomery, to take the
role of a sower of atomic war."
"Brains" of Victory
Vasilevsky, now deputy min
ister of defense, was appointed
chief of the Russian General
Staff in April, 1943, and was
once called the brains behind
the Russian victories of World
War II.
Montgomery, in a speech at
Los Angeles, Calif., Nov. 29, said
the free world should be ready
to use nuclear weapons if nec
essary "even in small local wars"
and suggested the allied politi
cal leaders warn Russia "we will
give them the works" in event
of aggression. .
"This flair for weapons of
mass annihilation has taken such
an insistent character in Mont-
omery that some Englishmen
have begun to ask themselves
whether Field Marshal Mont
gomery is suffering from atomic
psychosis," Vasilevsky wrote.
"When a British field marshal
who has to understand clearly
the horrors of this war especially
f or such countries as England
appeals for atomic war it is not
simply senselessness but some
thing worse. .
"We, Field Marshall Mont
gomery are a military people.
We know what war is like and
have now a clear idea of the
destructive power of atomic and
hydrogen weapons and the hor
rible consequences of an atomic
war."
As for giving Russia the
works, Vasilevsky said, there is
a difference between the "desire
to 'give the works' to others and
the possibility of attaining it."
"I could remind you, Field
Marshal Montgomery," he said,
"that the Russians are capable
of 'giving the works' to all at
tempting to disturb their peace
ful labor." .
Grofewohl Says Red China Promised Aid
Berlin U.R) East German
Premier Otto Grotewohl said
Saturday Communist China
promised at the Moscow Secur
ity conference to fight side by
side with the Soviet Union if
war breaks out in Europe.
Grotewohl told a press con
ference the Chinese Commun
ist observer informed the Mos
cow meeting nis country win
extend its 1950 friendship pact
with the Soviet Union to cover
European events.
According to Grotewohl, ob
server Chang Wen-Tien; said
Red China decided to put this
treaty in force if the Soviet
needs help' in Europe.
The East German Premier
called this a "very, very impor
tant" result of the conference.
He advised the Western powers
to consider this Chinese pledge
before they ratify the Paris
agreements to rearm West Ger
many. ' ' ' .
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CHILD KILLED
Sacramento U.R) A nine
year-old girl was killed and two
other bystanders were seriously
injured when one of two cars
mvolved in an intersection ac
cident jumped the curb and ran
them down Saturday. Angelina
Huizar, 9, was killed after be
ing dragged more than 30 feet
by one of the cars. Aurora Pul-
ldo, 12, a playmate, and Mrs,
Felippe Guarjardo, were injured
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Sale Trial Set Monday
' Oakland. Calif. U.R) A
jury trial date will be set Mon
day for an elderly widow, and
two m e n accused of selling
$100,000 worth of illegal uran
ium stock.
Mrs. Jewel Rivers, 62, Hay
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nix, Ariz., and Gus Rogers, Win
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Friday night by the Alameda
county grand jury each on one
count of criminal conspiracy, 17
counts of violation of 'the cor
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