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. ,
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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.
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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." .
"Within seven or eight years we
will definitely know where we
are going. - i
Defense Officials
Test Communications
By UNITED PRESS
Civil defense officials in Ore
gon and seven other Western
states tested communication sys
tems today in "operation second
phase."
The civil defense exercise was
a continuation of "operation
alert," a national drill held last
June 14. In the June drill, it was
assumed that Seattle and Port
land, in the Northwest region,
were hit by atomic bombs. To
day's exercise assumed it was the
24-hour period after attack.
Telephone and radio networks
were emphasized in today's drill,
which was designed to test recov
ery ability following an attack,
and to' show the extent to which
operational readiness , had im
proved since the June exercise.
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