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TWO MEDFORD (OREGON) MAIL TRIBUNE Wednesday. December 15, 1954 Strong Now for Potoiitial Navy Secretary Sees Lessening Of War Danger Riverside, Calif. U.PJ Navy Secretary Charles S. Thomas said last night the threat of glo bal war has lessened because the free world now is too strong for any potential enemy to hope to win. "Our strengthening and mul tijilying alliances, our massive retaliatory capability, our in dustrial superiority and our sea power make the prospect of glo bal atomic war in the near fu ture unlikely," Thomas declared. He credited the free world military buildup for what he termed an "era of lessening ten sions between East and West" and said the Communists now appear to be depending chiefly on subversion and economic warfare. The Navy secretary warned, however, that there is "no room for complacency or - relaxation of our efforts. "We must never forget the Communist system of 'three- steps-forward, two-steps back,' he said. "We seem to be in the 'two-steps-back' phase just now, . Because of this lessening in tensions, Thomas told the Insti tute of World Affairs, "I do not believe a danger of a global war is now great." He. said he feels the danger of war in Europe is less than at any time since 1948. Thomas said that while "we should explore every avenue of peace that offers itself, Russia so far has taken no positive or concrete steps" to support its talk of peace. The long-range Communist goal apparently still is "world revolution and world domination," he said. j The Navy secretary said that "by far the greatest danger to the free world in the next dec ade is not hot war but contin ued cold war, with perhaps the danger of fringe wars wherever and whenever we fail to main tain a posture of strength and a program for resistance." He said, the biggest : danger now is that the Communists will try to undermine the free world economy, ."burrowing into our national structures and weaken ing fthem through subversion and dissension."- r -At a press conference earlier, Thomas warned the Chinese Communists they "will get a bloody nose walking over the U.S. Seventh Fleet if they try to invade Formosa." The Navy secretary said the United States Navy now is in a position to "carry out any as signment that the President would give us." However, Thomas reported that the American navy has only 165 submarines of all types as compared to Russia's 400. "The Russians are building one submarine a week," Tho mas said. "And they now have seven times as many subma rines as the Germans had at the start of World War II." 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Douglas and Mrs. Mercedes Hes ter Davidson were married at the home of her parents here late yesterday and left for a "honeymoon in the west." Douglas, 56, and his 34-year-old bride, an attractive blonde divorcee who did research for his books, slipped quietly into this Northwest Louisiana plan tation i town for the ceremony and left immediately afterward. Only close relatives and friends of the couple were pres ent at the ceremony performed at the home of her parents, Sher iff and Mrs. C. E. Hester. Witnessed by Family Douglas, an outdoorsman and author of books on travel and finance, wore a blue suit and the bride, a dress of silk import' ed from India. Their honeymoon destination was believed to be Arizona. Among those attending were W. O. Douglas Jr., son of the justice; Douglas' brother, Arthur F. Douglas of New York; a sis ter, - Mrs. ; Martha Douglas Bost, of Chicago; Elon Gilbert of Yak ima, Wash., and Samuel Smith of San Francisco, both friends of Douglas, and the new. Mrs. Douglas two children by a pre vious marriage, Michael and Jo Ann Davidson. 1, Both Divorced .... i . Mrs.- Douglas was divorced about three years ago from her first husband, Gerard Davidson, who is now a practicing attorney at Portland, Ore. He. served as an assistant secretary of interior during the war. Friends of the bride said she had known Douglas for some time. Before she became a re searcher for his books she was a secretary to former Congress woman Helen Gahagan Douglas (D-Calif.). Douglas was divorced in 1953 from his first wife, the former Mildred Riddle of La Grande, Ore. They had two children. He became an Associate Justice of the Supreme Court in 1939. fjt& the new D0RMEYER Silver-Chef Come i today and roped thu gltoKing felonry by DefioejrerAieencs'f leader e outer ewrvfocruro. Convenient Budget Terms Free Parking! Free Delivery! 3o I HOMEWARES I CENTRAL POINT CIO, AFL During 1955 lems out, every single one of them, as men of good will, as men . believing in one another, as men believing in fundament als of American trade unions." A "realistic appraisal" of the problems involved, he said, would show no unsurmountable barriers or unsolvable problems. The United Mine Workers and seven other big unions walked out of the CIO contending that workers should join unions on an industry-wide basis rather than according to their job, or craft. Subsequent merger efforts have hung up on resulting juris Clooney, Sinatra Top Singers; 'Hey There' Most Popular Song New York U.R) The nation's disk jockeys have picked Rose mary Clooney and Frank Sina tra as the most popular vocalists of 1954 and "Hey There" as the record most demanded by their listeners, That's the outcome of a poll One Dead, Three Missing as Plane Crashes on Takeoff Haines, Alaska (U.R) One man was killed and three others including a mental patient laced in a straitjacket pre sumed dead after a Coast Guard Albatross plane crashed while at tempting a water takeoff on Cor tage Bay here yesterday. Three persons survived the crash, the Coast Guard reported, but one man was in critical con dition after being rescued from the icy waters of the harbor by local fishermen. The body of Clifford E. Ha- becker, 30, a crew member from Pittsford, N.Y., was recovered. The three missing men were identified as Andrew P. Tourn ier, 39, Lansdowne, pa., Doyle E. Jamnr 21, Roseland, Neb. both crew members and Fred Har rington, a mental patient who was being flown from Haines to Juneau. Survivors were the pilot, Lt. Cmdr. Frederick A. Hancook, 34, Reading, Va., and Lt. Wil liam P. Butler, 25, Hyattsville, Md. Also surviving was U. S. Deputy Marshal Darrell Miller, Juneau. , Butler's condition was report ed "critical" and Hancock was in fair condition. Miller was un harmed. Xavier Cugaf Sued By Theatrical Agent Hollywood (U.R) Theatri cal agent Franklin D'Amore de manded $21,500 from bandlead er Xavier Cugat today, charg ing the rhumba kmg reneged on a contract to pay 10 per cent of profits from a European tour. D'Amore, also a Hollywood restaurateur, said in his suit fil ed in superior court yesterday that he had ' received nothing from Cugat. r ' He . asserted Cugat's band made more than $200,000 on its tour and he demanded $20,000 as his share of the profits plus $1500 reimbursement for tele phone calls, and cablegrams. Southern Oregon Men To Attend Conference Ashland Alwin Miller, dis trict representative, and ' Verne Spiers, president of the Beta Iota chapter of Phi Delta Kappa, pro fessional fraternity for men in education, will attend the Dis trict I , biennial conference of PDK in Seattle Dec. 27 and 28. Miller, of Southern Oregon, will preside over two meetings one on district problems and one on individual chapter prob lems. Among plans to. be dis cussed in his groups. Your shopping convenience is our first consideration. That's why we're open every evening now . . with a large v se lection and people to speed, erry gifting The Toy 28 South Bartlett dictional questions. ; John L. Lewis and his United Mine Workers subsequently quit the CIO in a political dispute with the late Philip Murray, Mc Donald's predecessors as head of the steel union; rejoined the AFL, and then "disaffiliated" to become an independent. McDonald, a close friend of Lewis, kicked off the current "unity" drive at the USW con vention last September. He car ried the battle to last week's CIO convention where a "unity" resolution passed unanimously. The steel union head said his taken bv the United Press of record spinners at radio stations across the country. A total of 726 ballots were received. Edges Eddie Fisher The 37-year-old Sinatra pulled the big surprise by barely edg ing out Eddie Fisher as the top male vocalist on the disk jockey list. Miss Clooney won by a siz able margin as top female vocal ist with Kitty Kallen second. The top records were "Hey There" (Rosemary Clooney-Co--lumbia); "Little Things Means a Lot" (Kitty Kallen - Decca); "Young at Heart" (Sinatra-Capitol); "Wanted" (Perry Como-Vic-tor); "Secret Love" (Doris Day Columbia). The male vocalist outcome, with total votes, was: Sinatra 195, Fisher 190, Como 142, Nat Cole 48, Bob Manning 21, and, bunched closely behind in order, Bing Crosby, Don Cornell, Tony Bennett, Tony Martin, Gordon Macrae and Frankie Laine. The female vocalist outcome was Rosemary Clooney 202, Kit ty Kallen 112, Doris Day 86, Patti Page 50, Kay Star 30, and, behind them, Jo Stafford, Sarah Vaughan, Ella Fitzgerald, June Christy, Dinah Shore, Peggy Lee and Joni James. The winners in other divisions polled were: Top vocal group Four Aces . . Big . band Kay Anthony. . Small instrumental group George Shearing.. ' Rhythm and' blue Bill Haley. Country artist Eddy Arnold. Other Song Voles f , : Other songs , which - drew a Veterans' Gift Suggestions Listed Camp White E. K. Ricker, manager of the Veterans Ad ministration domiciliary center here, today listed gift sugges tions for those wishing to re member friends or relatives in VA hospitals or domiciliaries at Christmas. . A visit on Christmas day or during Christmas week is gen erally the best gift any veteran member can receive, he said The next-best thing is a long, friendly, newsy letter. Ricker also recommended VA canteen coupon books as ap propriate gifts. They come in 50 cent and $1 denominations and permit members to choose for themselves what articles he wishes. They can be purchased at the VA canteen at Camp White, and are good the year around." Writing materials, including stationery, . fountain pens and mechanical pencils were recom mended, as were shaving materials,-hair brushes, combs, lo tions and other toilet items. Ricker said that books, play ing - cards and games are sup plied ,to. members, so that gifts of this nature would be less use ful than others he .mentioned. KILLED BY TRAIN ' Vancouver, Wash. U.R) : Isaac K.-Braatz, 64, of Vancou ver, Wash., was killed yester day afternoon when his car was struck by a passenger train at the Biddle crossing, eight miles east of here near the Evergreen highway. extra -sales you on your Christmas ' way! Jll House IW Predicted optimism of an early merger of the AFL , and CIO was based on "many -factors, - the first - and most important of which is that the people want labor unity." "And when I say the people I mean the people who are now members of the American Fed eration of Labor and the people who are nbw members of the Congres of Industrial Organiza tions," jie said. Among the "other" goals, McDonald-listed "maximum politi cal, social and economic effec tiveness oh federal, state and municipal levels." sizable vote included "The High and the Mighty," "This Ole H o u s e," "Sh-boom," "T h r e e Coins in the Fountain," and "Mr. Sandaman." x ' "Hey There," composed by Dick Adler and Jerry Ross, is from the score of the Broadway musical "Pa jama Game." Columbia Records' Mitch Mil ler used an intriguing gimmick in the Rosemary Clooney re cording an answer-back ver sion using a multiple tape in an echo chamber. The record has passed the 1,500,000 mark in sales. School Board Gets School Locker Bids The board of directors of School District 49, Medford, ac cepted bids for lockers in the new east side junior high school at its December meeting last night. Six bidders made offers with various alternatives, which are being compiled and prepared before the contracts are award ed. Two sets of lockers, for the school corridors and for the shower rooms, are contemplated. Bidders included Bruce Bauer Lumber company and Jewett Office Supply, - both Medford, and Frank D. Cohan and As sociates, Lyon Metal Products company, Northern School Sup ply, .and Allied Building Specialties, all Portland. The board also discussed three formulas proposed for the distribution of the basic school support fund which will be con sidered at the 1955 meeting of the state legislature. hear these eca Victor MOOD MUSIC ALBUMS inglorious KI?ziv Orthophonic" High Fidelity sound ft MUSIC FOR TWO PEOPLE ALONE Two Sleepy People, Embreee , oble Yon, o there EF. 2.4 Long PUj, $i.l Stop in today and hear these outstanding recordings. You'll enjoy the smooth, restful melodies of the great Melachrino and Al Goodman Orchestras. And you'll thrill to the brilliant sound made possible only by RCA Victor's famous "New Orthophonic" High Fidelity recording process. 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Speaking at a luncheon meet ing at the Jackson hotel, Chief Pryde said that, despite predic tions that Washington's strict enforcement of traffic laws would discourage tourist travel, tourist business is booming and visitors to the state have been vocal and enthusiastic over the state's sane and sensible driving practices. People Made Changs Viewing a toll of 636 deaths from traffic accidents back in 1936, Washington people were not happy with a situation in which citizens were struck down and drivers passed off fatal ac cidents as" "unlucky incidents." They decided to do something about it, the speaker said, and today's enviable record of fewer fatalities on Washington high ways is the result of years of careful study and effort. The public was made to know and understand the traffic problem after exhaustive research into the causes of accidents. Drivers' licenses involve both a privilege and responsibility, so Washington's policy is to con duct rigid examinations. 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