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Wednesday. December 15, 1954
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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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Merger of
Pittsburgh U.R) David J. J.
McDonald, head of the CIO Unit
ed Steelworkers, has predicted
that in 1955 the 16,000,000
members of the CIO and AFL
will merge in a "new united la
bor union."
The 53-year-old head of the
nation's 1,200,000 organized
steel workers, who was named
to a "unity" committee at last
week's Los Angeles convention
of the CIO, declared in a state
ment issued upon return to his
headquarters here: '
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Justice Douglas,
Bride Leave for
Honeymoon in West
Tallulah, La. (U.R) Su
preme Court Justice William O.
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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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Favorable publicity for the
state of Washington for the best
accident-free traffic record in
the U.S. has been invaluable,
James A. Pryde, chief of the
Washington State Patrol, told
members of the Medford Rotary
club in an address here Tues
day. 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. A re
newal program brings all ap
plicants before trained officials
for practical periodical tests.
Few have lost entirely the privi
lege to drive, but some have been
restricted, Chief Pryde said. The
public has learned that they
have nothing to worry about
if they obey the laws.
Education Important
Washington's comprehensive
traffic regulation program en
tails vitally important education
in schools, an annual governor's
conference and new teachniques
in traffic control. This year over
1,100 officials from all sections
of the state reviewed the high
way accident problem at the
state's governor's conference.
Airplanes, helicopters, camera
cars and radar equipment help
keep Washington traffic safely
regulated. Realistic zoning for
speed and the. shifting of person
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for Jackson County.
Dismissal Sought
On Assault Charges
Oregon City (U.R) Clack
amas County District Attorney
Winston Bradshaw yesterday
moved for 'dismissal of assault
charges against three Portland
men and District Judge Paul C.
Fisher cancelled the felony
counts.
Bradshaw asked for the dis
missal after the three victims
of the alleged assault said they
were not certain of details of
the incident. The charges arose
out of a fight at Milwaukee 10
days ago. . v :
The court dismissal freed
Jonathan C. Olney, 20, Clifford
L. Timm, 22, . and Richard N.
Olney, 30, all Portland.
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