Sheppard's Brother
Denies Demanding if
Dr. Sam Was Killer
' Cleveland (U.R) Dr. Rich
ard N. Sheppard denied flatly
-.today that he ever had demand
ed of his young brother, Dr.
Samuel . H. Sheppard, whether
"he had bludgeoned his wife to
death.
"Such a thougnt as that never
crossed my mind," Dr. Richard
testified on cross examination in
.Dr. Sam's wife-slaying trial.
Mayor J. Spencer Houk of Bay
Village, a close friend of Dr.
;Sam, had testified as a state wit
ness that he heard Dr. Richard
ask the question shortly after
the murder and Dr. Sam reply
"Hell, no."
' The mayor said the question
ing occurred in the den on the
-first floor of the Sheppard home
just after Dr. Richard had view
ed the cruelly beaten body of
.Marilyn Sheppard, 31, on her
blood-soaked bed about 6:10 a.m.
last July 4.
Meaning and Crying
'.' Dr. Richard, 38,-the oldest of
the three Sheppard brothers,
said he only told Dr. Sam that
"Marilyn's gone. There's nothing
X can do." He said Dr. Sam slid
off his chair onto his face on the
floor, moaning and crying and
holding, the back of his neck.
Dr. Richard said pictures of
the body made by policemen and
entered in evidence as state ex
hibits showed the body "defi
nitely'' .in a different position
Bridges Ordered
To Have Answers
Ready for
Hearing
San Francisco U.R) Long
shore leader Harry Bridges, who
has been denying membership
in the Communist party, for 20
years,was asked the question
again yesterday as the govern
ment began its fifth attempt in
15 years, to deport hrni.
Federal Judge Louis E. Good
man ordered Bridges to prepare
answers to two dozen questions
within two weeks at a pre-trial
hearing - on , the government s
civil suit to strip him of nis
citizenship. . -
Accused of Fraud
The Australian born leader of
the International Longshore
men's and Warehousemen's un
ion is accused by the Justice de
partment of getting his citizen
ship by fraud in 1954 Ibyrfalsely
swearing that he had not been,
a member of the Communist
party .in the preceding 10 years.
The questions, presented- in
true or false fashion, were de
signed to speed the proceedings,
although the actual trial was not
expected to get underway. until
next spring..
The government hoped to de
termine which issues it must at
tempt to prove at the trial and
which ones -might be eliminated
by admission. .
Found Guilty in 1950
Bridges was found guilty by a
jury in 1950 ' of having lied
about his Communist affiliation
when he obtained his citizen
ship. The U.S. Supreme court
subsequently set aside the con
viction on grounds that statute
of limitations had outlawed the
perjury charge.' A
from the way he first saw it.
The defense contends police
meddling changed the body's po
sition. A defense contention is
that a burglar, or someone intent
on a sexual attack, killed her.
Asked by Chief Prosecutor
John J. Mahon to estimate how
long she had been dead, he said
at a "wild guess" she must have
been dead "18 minutes to one
half hour, and it could have been
two hours'
Dr. Richard, on direct exami
nation, had testified it would
have been impossible for a man
wearing Dr. Sam's khaki trou
sers to stand alongside the bed
and beat Marilyn to death with
out getting spots on the pants.
The soiled, faded trousers held
in front of the witness by de
fense attorney William J. Cor-
rigan, had no spots on them. The
doors and walls of the murder,
room were . splattered with
blood. Dr. Richard said that his
own knee was above the top
of the mattress as he stood at
the bedside trying to take the
dead woman's pulse, and that
it would be "absolutely impos
sible" for blood not to be splat
tered on the murderer's trous
ers. - - , "
Steelworkers
Called in Probe
For Communists
-Washington (U.R) Senate
investigators summoned Bethle
hem, Pa., steelworkers today for
a public hearing in Sen. Joseph
R. McCarthy's renewed hunt for
Communists in defense plants.
It was uncertain whether Mc
Carthy would attend the session
or stay home to nurse his ailing
elbow. He failed to appear to
hear the same witnesses in
closed session Monday. v
Sen. Charles E. Potter (R-
Mich.) and Karl E.' Mundf (R
S.D.), only subcommittee mem
bers who attended Monday's
hearing, listed Herman E. Tho
mas of Allentown, Pa., as to
day's first witness. Other -witnesses,
they said, were all em
ployees of the Bethlehem Steel
Co. plant at Bethlehem.
: Thomas testified in October,
before the Senate . Internal Se
curity subcommittee, that he had
been an -Undercover FBI in
formant., ia the "Communist Par
ty. At that time he named some
230 persons as Communists.
Democrats Not Expected .
The. three ..Democratic ,mem:
bers of the subcommittee, - who
have often clashed with - Mc
Carthy in the past, were not ex
pected to attend today's hearing.
They were also absent Monday
and their offices reported they
are out of "town. .
Potter told newsmen that
"more than one" of eight wit
nesses heard in closed session
Monday took refuge in the Fifth
Amendment when asked about
Communist activities. He would
not say how many pleaded self
incrimination, however. -.
Potter said . "some" . of. Mon
day's witnesses were dismissed
and -.would not be recalled. He
said the Bethlehem plant handles
defense orders.
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Pontiff Hopes Tc
Deliver Annual
Christmas Message
Vatican City (U.R) Pope Pius
XII expressed today hope of
delivering his annual Christmas
message from the central bal
cony of St. Peter's Basilica.
A high Vatican source said the
ailing pontiff wants to -make his
Christmas Eve address from his
third floor studio or the balcony,
both of which overlook St.
Peter's Square.
Depends on Progress
Whether the Pope can fulfill
his wish depends on the degree
of progress he shows in the com
ing three weeks and on the ad
vice of his doctors. .
But the Pope continued -to
show improvement. He took
communion this morning and re
ceived .church officials at his
sickbed.
The Pope's Christmas speech,
whether delivered in full or in
part by. the Pope or merely dis
tributed by the Vatican, js ex
pected to contain the call for a
consistory to name new cardinals
of the Roman Catholic Church
Six Vacancies
Names, of the new cardinals
would be given in such a mes
sage. There are at present six
vacancies in the 70-member Sac
red College of Cardinals.
While the day today improve
ment in , the : condition of the
pontiif . is aamitteaiy "very
slight," it has been steady. His
doctors now are confident of his
recovery, Vatican sources said.
Family Takes
Vacation in Bus
Wooster, - O.OJ.R) Now that
the . vacation season is over.
here's a tried and tested tip for
families for next year.
After the usual uncomfortable
and frustrating attempts at a
family vacation in an automo
bile, Charles.: Collier bought a
bus. for $2,000 from . a transit
company. After re-vamping it,
he- packed his wife, . their five
children and one dog aboard for
the annual outing. They traveled
comfortably to the west coast.
- Collier re-modeled the interior
himself, ripping out the seats
and installing a toilet, shower, a
kitchen, a water system, electri
cal generator, cupboards for
everyone's Dossessions. eatins
space and sleeping accommoda
tions. " - ,
. Laundry was the only chore
that had to be farmed out. ...
Mrs .'-Collier- rnnlrpd pwrv.
thing in either a skillet or pres
sure cooKer. . ' ;
" There was one disconeertine
"matter, Collier said:
When we happened to be driv
ing along a highway about the
same time a regular bus was
due, people come tearing out of
their driveways desperately try
ing to flag us down. We got
some pretty dirty looks when
we went right past them."
, The Collier's only, casualty,
was the dog, Shep. He strayed
from the bus in Missouri and
could not be found. When the
Colliers returned home, a post
card was waiting, saying that
Shep had been found and would
be shipped back. The bill was
$64. ... .
February Draft Call
Made for 20,000 Men
Washington (U.R) The De
partment of Defense today is
sued a February draft call for
20,000 men for the. Army, a cut
of 3000 in recent monthly rates.
A Defense Department spokes
man said the 20,000 level is ex
pected to prevail through next
June. The Army has drafted 23,
000 a month since last July.
; Defense Department sources
pointed out that Army reenlist
ment rates have begun to show
a slight uptrend which may par
tially explain the reduced draft
calls. Reenlistments in the Army
totaled 9472 in October com
pared with 8789 in September.
The Army is in the process of
reducing from a current strength
of 1,370,285 to 1,173,000 by next
June 30. i:- ',
Museum Has Answers
To Question of Skink
Lawrence, Kan. (U.R) Know
much about the blue-tailed
skink? ...
Should you care to check into
the history and habits of the lit
tle striped lizard, the University
of Kansas Museum of . Natural
History has just about all the an
swers. Just published is a 156-page
treatise on the woodland lizard,
which is widely found in the
eastern half of the nation. The
result of six years of research,
the treatise is termed by. its au
thor the first thorough-going
study of the creature ever .made,
"Life History and Ecology of
the Five-Lined Skink. Eumeces
Fasciatus"- is by Dr. Henry S.
Fitch, director of the KU natur
al history reservation.
" Mica - minerals are common
and widely distributed in sedi
mentary igneous and metamor
phic rocks. '
Portsmouth Plaza was once
the. -center . of Yerba Buena-
since renamed San Francisco. .
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POPE PIUS XII Above is the most recent photo taken of
Pope Pius XH in an automobile outside his summer resi
dence at Castelgandolfo Nov. 27 before being driven back
totfce Vatican for a period of special treatment and
enforced rest. ,
Tuesday December 7. 1954
MEDFORD (OREGON) MAIL TRIBUNE ELEVEN
Woman, Car Towed
To Sheriff's Office
- Boise' (U.R) Mrs.- Leona
Bingham, 34, was free on -bond
today and she; insisted she-was
not guilty of speeding . charges
which resulted in her, car being
towed while she . was inside
to the Ada county sheriff's of
fice. v . . . . , . . , . . . . .
Garden City, police, said Mrs.
Bingham-was traveling 57 miles
per hour in a 35-mile-an-li our
zone. What's more, officers said,
she rolled up . all the car win
dows and locked all the doors
and defied them to give, her a
ticket. ' t '
. She cam out ot the car only
after officers knocked out 'a rear
window ; with - a ' hammer, Gar
den City Police Chief: Ted Dis
cus said. . ;.- r .
Mrs. Bingham is scheduled to
appear for a preliminary hearing
Dec. 16. . .
Sea water is essentially 3.5
per cent solution of several salts
of which little more than 77 per
cent is sodium chloride.
Kezar Stadium In San Fran
cisco's Golden Gate Park has a
seating capacity of 60,000. . .
Detours Available
Over Snake River
Salem (U.R) The route
between Nyssa and Idaho points
is closed because of a bridge
out over the Snake river, the
State Highway department said
today in its report' of road con
ditions. Detours are available
by way of Ontario or Adrian.
Construction might mean
short delays for motorists trav
eling the Columbia river high
way, between Big Eddy four
miles east of The Dalles and Ru
fus. Short delays might also be
expected on the Willamette
highway seven miles west of
Oakridge and on The Dalles
California highway 12 miles
north of Klamath Falls.
Other delays may be expected
on the Pacific highway from
Myrtle Creek north four miles,
and on the Oregon coast high
way two to 14 miles south of
Port Orford. Because of con
struction, there is a mile of soft
and difficult travel on the En-terprise-Lewiston
highway.
In the clearest waters of tropi
cal seas there is no visible light
at a depth of a half-mile.
Largest commercial catch in
California waters in the 1952-3
season was the yellowfin tuna;
which accounted for more .than
185,000,000 pounds.
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