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EIGHT MEDFORD (OREGON) MAIL TRIBUNE Tuesday, December 7. 1954 Cold Wave Dips South To Florida; N.Y. Records 18 By UNITED PRESS The first cold wave of the sea son gripped the nation's East as far south as Florida today with winter, still officially two weeks away. A biting Arctic air pushed the temperature down to 18 degrees at New York City, where 1331 tenants complained to their landlords about lack of heat. Drifts Pile Deep , Accompanying snow piled up drifts as deep as four feet on Cape Cod. Old timers said the snow was the "worst in the his tory of man for this time of year." It was below freezing as far south as Northern Florida, Southern Alabama and Missis sippi. The 32 degrees at Jackson ville, Fla., was 40 degrees colder than yesterday, while a teeth rattling 11 below zero was re ported at Pellston, Mich. Storm Rages ' A storm raged in the Gulf of Mexico south of Florida and the tug Bertha R.t with 11 men aboard was "presumed" sunk, in cnuiy bupenor, wis., a mother left her four children alone in their farm house while she sought help to thaw out her frozen water pipes. The house caught fire and two of the chil dren burned to death. In the East the cold wave was expected to last at least another 24 hours. New England snow made matters worse and seven deaths blamed on overexertion caused by snow were reported in the Boston area alone. Mother Watches as Fire Kills Child Anchorage, Alaska U.R) A horrified Anchorage mother, who had left her baby home alone for a moment to make a phone call, stood in a neighbor hood store late yesterday and watched her house burst into flames. Mrs. Audrey Smith dashed back to the house but could not get into the home to save her four-months old baby girl who perished in the flames. The fire destroyed about 60 per cent of the three-family dwelling, owned by William E. Smith, father of the child. Cause of the fire, which began in the kitchen, was not immedi ately determined. GOP Chairman Claims Democrats Planning To Undercut President , Washington OI.R) Political debate centered today , on ' a charge that Democratic party leaders "are determined to undercut President Eisenhower in every possible way." The charge was made by Re publican National Chairman Leonard Hall as he answered criticisms of the President by Paul Butler, newly elected chair man of the Democratic National Committee. Butler had said that Mr. Eisenhower lacks the capaci ty to lead and unite either the American people or his own party. Cooperation Seen Out Hall said last night that But ler's statement is an indication that the Democrats have "thrown in the ashcan" pledges of xoop erating with the President. "There can be no misunder standing of the fact that Demo cratic leaders, now that the 1954 election is over, are determined to undercut President Eisenhow er in every possible way," Hall said. At New Orleans, meanwhile, Adlai Stevenson, the man Mr. Eisenhower defeated for the presidency in 1952, was quoted by Democratic sources as be lieving the Democrats . can win in 1956 even if Mr. Eisenhower runs again. The sources said Stevenson thinks the Democrats will win because of the "growing unpopu larity of the Republican party." They, said Stevenson concedes the President still is a popular figure but that the Republican party will lower his popularity as time goes no. 'Good Job' Credited Butler's statement about Mr. Eisenhower also was criticized Railroad Conductors Seek Pay Increase In Labor Dispute Korean printers cast bronze type in sand and printed books at least four decades before John Gutenberg independently in vented separate type characters of metal in Germany in the 1430s. Chicago U.R) The railroad industry, in a period of compara tive labor peace, was involved today in two disputes concerning the pay of about 22,000 conduc tors. Settlement of a third dispute, involving 825,000 "non-operating" employees, was announced in Washington late Monday. In that dispute, involving 15 unions, 13 cents an hour in past cost-of-living pay raises was frozen into the basic pay rates of the non-operating employees. - Earl Leigh.ty, chairman of the negotiating committee for the 15 unions, said the settlement averted a one-cent an hour pay drop due Jan. 1 because of recent declines in the cost of living in dex. Pay Raises Sought In the two remaining disputes, the Order of Railway Conductors seeks additional pay raises for about 20,000 conductors on all the major roads, and for about 2,000 conductors of the Pullman Co. The union has threatened strikes in both disputes, but strike action has been deferred in both cases under "cooling off" provisions of the Railway Labor Act. In the bigger dispute, the un ion seeks a graduated pay scale based on locomotive weights. In the Pullman case, it seeks a $21.50 monthly raise. Hourly Raise Accepted In the big dispute, the union last Feb. 5 accepted a five-cent hourly pay raise in line with the industry-wide pattern. , see how I HAND KNIT this SWEATER in just 4 a a a mm - 3 riuuKs on my A precision bulfuintnf Simple to tst fully automatic action ' Perfect knitting every ttrne. ft VI Jh 7VG KNIT, (HAND KNITT ER) You loo can do all of these on the portable KNITKING hand knitter.. .EVEN IF YOU'VE NEVER KNITTED A STITCH You tew en alt your famifs knitwear and gin, too. Knit for profit, too. Wan dtrful Hwroupoutic value. 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' nt wool angora, silk, finen, rayon, " nylon, orloe. mttalGcs, boode, soft ribbei LAURA McMAHON Domestic Sew Machine Demonstrator Will Be HERE WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER 8th Come in and discuss your sewing problems We Still Have Some DOMESTIC SEW MACHINES ON OUR FACTORY SALE As Much As $130.00 For Your Old Machine HAL KRUEGER AL THOMPSON Domestic Sew Machines 237 E. Main Phone 2-2456 Negotiations resumed on the "locomtive weight" issue this fall. On Oct. 30 the union re jected an offer by the National Mediation Board to arbitrate the dispute, and on Nov. 12 an nounced that its members had authorized a strike. But President Eisenhower in voked the 60-day no-strike pro vision of the Railway Act and appointed a fact-finding board, which began hearings here Monday. Checked for Sign Four More Bodies s Of Deadly Poison Anniston, Ala. U.R) The dis interred bodies of four more of Mrs. Nannie Doss' relatives were checked today for possible signs of arsenic that she confessed she used to kill four of her five hus bands. '. The bodies of Frank Harrel scn, the giggling grandmother's second husband; Mrs. " Dovie Weaver, her sister; and Robert Lee .Wiggins her , step-grandson who died when only two months old, were checked for the deadly poison. At Lexington, N. C, investi gators checked for poison in the disinterred remains ,of Mrs. Sarah Elizabeth Lanning, one of Mrs. Doss's five mothers-in-law. Arsenic Poisoning Found In the North Carolina phase of the investigation, arsenic was found in. the bodies of her moth er, Mrs. Louise Hazel, and her third husband, Frank Lanning. Mrs. Doss, who is being held in jail at Tulsa, Okla., was charged with the murder of Mrs. Hazel yesterday . while an order was being obtained to exhume the body of Lanning's mother, Mrs. Sarah E. Lanning. Warrants charging Mrs. Doss with murder in the deaths of her mother and third husband al ready had been issued by author ities in North Carolina. The only other murder charge against Mrs. Doss was for the death of husband No. 4. Richard L. Morton, at Emporia, Kan. . , Construction Takes Usual Seasonal Dip Washington U.R) Construc tion took its usual seasonal dip in November but the total as a new record for the month, the Commerce and Labor depart ments reported today. More than one-third of the month's total of $3,350,000,000 was for private housing, a field in which activity is booming at an unprecedented rate for this time of year. Construction of office build ings and churches also set a No vember record, and private in dustrial building is picking up. The 11-month total, January through November, was $34, 100,000.000 for all construction. This was five per cent more than in tne same 11 months of 1953. Accident-Free Day Planned on Dec. 15 Washington (U.R) Drive safe ly today, tomorrow, every day, and especially on Wednesday, Dec. 15. The nation's communities are aiming at a day completely free of traffic accidents for the 24 hour period on Dec. 15. , S-D Day, or Safe Driving Day, is sponsored by the President's Action Committee for . Traffic Safety. Oh the comparable : Wednes day in 1953, which was Dec. 16, there were 4727 traffic accidents in the United States. They cost the lives of . 60 persons. Some 1807 persons were injured. Dead line for Sunday Classified U at noon Saturday. . by Louisiana Gov. Robert F. Kennon, one of three Southern governors who supported Mr. Eisenhower in 1952. ;. - Kennon said i he thinks the President "has done a better job of. uniting his country in the past three ; crucial years than anyone could have done." He said hewill vote for Mr. Eisen hower'in 1956 again if Steven son runs. limitless' Range Seen for Airplanes Detroit (U.R) Frank Pace Jr., former secretary of the Army, said yesterday that within a decade the world may see atom ic ; airplanes with "limitless range and an inexhaustible fuel supply." : Pace, now executive : vice president of General Dynamics Corp. of New York, told the De troit Economic club he was "quite optimistic" about the prospect of atomic flight. "I think we can get something in the air in less than 10 years if. we are so minded," he said. Attorney's Plea Gets Man Pack Into Jail Boston, Mass. (U.R) Thanks to the impassioned plea of his attorney, Edward I. McGonagle, a parole violator will spend the next six months in the Middle sex House of Correction. McGonagle's attorney pleaded that his client be sent to the Middlesex jail "because the men know him and love his cook ing." 'Well, it's the Christmas sea son," Judge Eugene A. Hudson said. "He can go back." . 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