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Newspaper Page TextTWO MEDFORD (OREGON) MAIL TRIBUNE Wednesday, January 12, 195S nm landed V . . - ! Setback Wot m Enemies Team To Defeat Choice for New President Paris U.R) Premier Pierre Mendes-France suffered a sharp political setback in the National Assembly Tuesday night. His political enemies and some of his friends teamed to reject his choice for the 1955 assembly president and elected Pierre Schneiter, a member of the Catholic Popular Republican (MRP) party. ' It was a telling defeat for the Premier on his 48th birthday and a hint of coming political troubles when he returns from his series of important confer ences in Italy and Germany. .Mendcs - France's own choice was Socialist Andre le Troquer, the assembly" president in 1954 Schneiter's Popular Republicans are regarded as Mendes-France's bitterest political enemies. Cuts Majority The vote cut into the Premier's left-of-center. majority while he . was in Rome trying to sell his controversial plan to pool Euro pean arms production and Unit . ed States military aid. The vote did not mean the automatic downfall of Mendes France after he returns home, -but his enemies sought to assign great political significance to the result. ... They pointed out that his ma jority, which first began to form last year when Le Troquer Was -elected, has'been whittled down into a minority by the right-of-center coalition of the MRP and other groups. Schneiter, a 49-year-old for mer resistance hero from Reims, was elected on the third ballot after the assembly deadlocked on the first two. He finally poll ed 232 votes to 188 for Le Tro quer and 86- for Marcel Cachin. 8f-year-bld Communist dean of . French lawmakers. ' Reds Desert Troquer . The Communists voted for Le Troquer last year. But by stick ing to Cachin throughout, the balloting this year they clinched 3the victory for Schneittr. An absolute majority is required on the first two ballots; but" the man with the iriost votes -wins ' in the third ballot. Schneiter, although a member Of the MRP, abstained in the recent showdown vote on the Western European Union. Most of his party voted no.- Some of Mendes-France's own Radical Socialists contributed to the defeat of Le Troquer. The 20 blank or void ballots were mostly from Radical Socialists who did not like Troquer. Perm Station Bombed; Police Hunt 'Crackpot' New York (U.R) Police searched today for a "crackpot" who set off a homemade bomb in Pennsylvania station Tuesday at the height' of the evening rush hour. No one was injured. Police believed the bomb was planted by the same person who set off bombs, in the Port Authority Bus Terminal and Radio. City Music Hall last November. Four persons were - injured in the Music Hall explosion. . mcme$ Pre-Season POWER MOWER SALE Qt4'T PUSH ...OWN A GENUINE j?P0VERM0VtR for Only DEUVKED-tEABY TO tUR. EAST UMMS FREE PARKING I CD GS Q ID m fh SPECIALISTS IN MEDFORD o I "n" ' ,1, mm ..,'3., ij SMILING HAPPILY, Jack (Dragnet) Webb signs papers in Chi cago for license to marry Dorothy Towne after his divorce from Actress Julie London became final. ( International S'oundphoto) Jack Webb, Bride on Chicago Honeymoon Chicago (U.R) Television star Jack Webb and his new bride, actress Dorothy Towne, honeymooned in Chicago today and shopped for household an tiques. An extended honeymoon . trip was out for TV's Sgt. Joe Friday for the time being. Webb said he had to return to Hollywood tomorrow to finish up work oh his television series. The Webbs said they will go on a belated -honeymoon after Webb completes - a movie in New Orleans. They, were mar ried yesterday in a ceremony at the Ambassador East Hotel here. Pope Meets Mendes In Private Audience . Rome (U.R) Pope Pius XII today received French Pre mier Pierre Mendes-France in the first audience the pontiff has granted since Nov. 25. Mendes- France interrupted talks with Italian leaders to be come the first French Premier received at the Vatican since the late. Pope Pius XI granted an audience to Pierre Laval in January, 1935. The 78-year-old Pope, stead ily recovering from a near fa tal collapse on Dec. 2, descended from his fourth floor bedroom to his private library one floor below.. . The topics of private audienc es are never disclosed, -but it was believed the two probably used the opportunity to touch on the question of European unity. ".. v Because of its consumption of rodents- the barn owl is consid ered one of the; most valuable birds of prey. It is seldom seen in the daytime. r "JUNE IN JANUARY' SAVE NOW! Lowest Prices Ever! Now is the time to really save BIG Money on Famous name brands such as Reo, Johnston and Huffy Mowers. ; $74.95 Huffy Mower : Special .$ 4.95 141.95 21" Reo Roy- . ale Deluxe 124.30 130.50 18" Johnston 109.95 131.95 20" Reo Fly- -'-ing Cloud Deluxe.. 1 15.9$ 1 only 18" Reo Run- . abut, used, in per- about, used, in per-- eial at 9.95 For rtiesa mi many ether big pewir mower values go into Acme Hardware and save. 10 down balance 6 months. No carrying' charges. Layaway aow for summer months. FREE DELIVERY Q 6 HOMEWA&M&t CENTRAL POINT Arizonan Heads GOP Campaign Committee , Washington (U.R) Sen. Bar ry Goldwater (R.-Ariz.) is the hew chairman of the GOP Sen ate Campaign committee. i He said after his election yes' terday that the 1956 election battle already is underway and will be fought on the basis of Republicans "united" and Dem ocrats "divided." Goldwater succeeds Sen. Ever ett M. Dirksen (R.-Ill.) in the campaign post. He said most "minor differ ences of personality and opinion have been resolved within the Republican party." This "closing of ranks," he said, will enable the GOP to "move forward to victory in the 1956 elections" and recapture control of the Senate from the Democrats. Aufo Crashes Kill Three in Portland Portland U.R) Three per sons were in urea tatally.. in three accidents here last night and early today bringing the city's 1955 traffic death toll to six. Victor G. Fone, 39; was killed in a two-car collision last night xie was a passenger in a car driven-by Herman R. Chinn, 36 who was in critical condition. Robert J. McCann died in a local hospital about 7:30 a.m, today a few minutes after his motorcycle struck an oil truck. Glynn C. Bristol, 67, Port land, died at a local hosnital early yesterday evening after he was struck, by a car. . MYSTERY MAN CALL DUE First telephone call in the March of Dimes contest to identify the "Polio Mystery Man," shown above, will be made over Ash land radio station KWIN at 6:15 p.m. today. Second call will be made over station KBES-TV at o:au p.m. Tnursday. only per sons who have sent their name; address and telephone - number to March of Dimes Mystery Man. PO Box 531, Medford, will be eligible. Clues are: He was born in a year of great financial nanic. His birthplace was approximate ly seven miles east of the county seat of Jackson county. Start with a popular brand of ciga rettes, make a real estate deal. and you have his first name. One call. will be made nightly until the man is identified, at which time another contest will start. Prizes are offered to the person making identification and the polio fund will be aided by contributions included by those sending in their names. Persons desiring to give prizes to the contest are asked to call John Duffy at 2-7111. A coupon for convenience of those entering the contest- appears elsewhere ;on this page. ' , 130 Persons Death in Series of Airplane Accidents By UNITED .PRESS - A total of 139 persons, includ ing 69 paratroopers : and Air Force men ; who bailed out of Flying Boxcars, have escaped death in four near plane tragedies. : , The most spectacular of the widely scattered mishaps Tues day occurred near Nashville, Tenn., and. Miles City, Mont., when the air was dotted with paratroopers drifting down from stricken C-X19 Flying Boxcars. A giant United Airlines DC-7 blew all four of its tires as it Communist Rebels Appeal To Italian Members To Revolt Rome (U.R) . A group of Communist rebels broke today with party boss Palmiro Togliat ti and circulated an appeal to their 2,000,000 Italian comrades to "revolt" against his "personal rule and political tyranny." The party splitting appear, circulated clandestinely . among delegates to the fourth Commun ist National Conference here, was drafted by members of the party's old guard. They were said to include one of the par ty's founders. He was reported a virtual prisoner of his "com rades" in a village of the . Red dominated Emilia region. Conference Forced The serious rift in the largest Communist party this side of the Iron Curtain came as hand picked speakers at the confer ence were trying to sooth im easiness among the party's rank and file over Togliatti's "peace policy and the role of "bourgeois elements" in the party leader ship. Unrest among the member ship forced Togliatti to call an advisory national conference in stead of the originally scheduled full fledged congress . which would have had power to topple him and elect, a new leader. . Accusations Made The pamphlets, also distributed to newspapers, charged the Tog- Hatti leadership with "suffocat ing and refusing political dis cussion and accused him of en trusting high party posts to for mer Fascists. They .said. Togliatti had sacri ficed party organization to his parliamentary tactics and politi cal exploitation of the Wilma Montesa "scandal of the cen tury," Those - signing the manifesto were reported to include an old time Communist named Seniga, formerly the secretary of Pietro Secchia, No. 2 Comrminist lead er, and a man named Cicalini who was described as Togliatti's former.adviser. ; ! c " Sammy Davis Wows Hollywood (U.R) Sammy Davis Jr., the night club star who lost his left eye in an auto mobile accident, made an excit ing comeback last night at Holly wood's most star-packed night club opening in years. June Allyson, Dick ; Powell, Humphrey Bogart, Liberace, An na Magnani, Judy. Garland, Dor othy Dandridge and Marilyn Maxwell were among the many celebrities who jammed Ciro's night club on the famed Sunset Strip. - ; " n- The celebrities cheered, wept, applauded and gave:, Sammy ' a Standing ovation after he showed them his talent was not damag ed by the 'accident. " March of Dimes Mystery Post Office Box 531 Medford, Oregon Name Address Phone Number A contribution lo the March of Dimes would be welcome - BOXES CRATES BASKETS WE BUY" AND SELL WHOLESALE AND RETAIL SOUTHERN OilEGOf DOX GO. Coal Mine Road Earl Etters Escap landed at Chicago's Midway A port, but the 54 passengers and five-man crew were not injured. At Rhinelander, Wis.,1 a pri vate twin-engine DC-3 carrying 11 persons made an emerency landing in a field when both of its engines failed. Some Fatalities - - There were some fatalities in the crash of air accidents, how ever. :- v A,; Two men were missing in the crash of the C-119 at Memphis and two Navy.TV-2 jet trainers collided near Corpus Christi, Tex.j killing a student pilot, r. At Tucson, Ariz., hope faded for four persons aboard a pri vate plane which has been miss ing five days. Both of the C-l 19s were help ing to ferry 3,000 troops of the 503rd Regimental Combat Team, 11th Airborne Division, from Ft. Campbell, Ky., to. Alaska for "Operation Snowbird." ' Near Memphis 37 of the 39 men aboard five crew mem bers and 34 paratroopers bail ed out before the twin-engined transport crashed and burned. : The plane developed trouble at 10,000 feet shortly after tak ing off from Sewart Air Force Base. The mass jump, at 6,000 feet, was conducted so calmly that several of the paratroopers thought they were going through a practice drill. -Fire in Engine In Montana the paratroopers hit the silk when fire broke out in the C-119's engine. The crew stayed with the plane, however, and landed it at Miles City. f . The Chicago accident . occur red as a 120,000-pound . plane settled down after a non-stop flight from San Francisco. - The pilot, J. W. Hawes of San Francisco, said one., .of, -the pro Dellers "did not seem to reverse properly" arid he applied full emergency brake power, locking, the dual tires on each of the main gears. 1 . The plane which ran into trouble over -Wisconsin: was en route from Cleveland and was owned by the Reserve , Mining Company. One of the passengers was the company -president, W. ,MKeUy.n :. ;, ' .- Criminal Matters Heard in Court Several criminal matters were heard in district court yesterday and today, according to - court records. Oscar " Freeman Stallsworth Jr., 20, route ,4, .Grants Pass, was . bound - over to the grand jury this morning on a charge of burglary not in 'a dwelling. He was released after $500 cash bail 'as posted. Stallsworth is charged with burglary of the Rogue River grade school on Mar. 7, 1954. Entry to the building was made through a second story . window and a large amount of food was taken from the school cafeteria, officials said. The youth was ar rested by sheriff's deputies and Police Chief William " Peters, Rogue River. " Yesterday, Ronald - Edward Snyder, 21, Box 296, Prospect, was arraigned on a fugitive com plaint from Del Norte county, California. He was ordered held for officials from Crescent City. Snyder is charged with forgery involving a $31.25 check. A 17-year-old Ashland youth pleaded : guilty to a charge I of illegal possession of intoxicating liquor and was fined $50 and $5 costs. Six others involved in the case had already paid their fines. Three of them are in the service, officials added. Tides occur in' lakes,, too. At Chicago, for instance, there's a two-inch tide in Lake Michigan Man Contest s Medford, Oregon Phone 3-3572 Democrat Wins Special . Election in Florida ;f Fort Lauderdale, Fla. (U.R) Democrat Paul Rogers easily de feated a Republican opponent in a special election to fill the con gressional seat, of his father, the late Dwight L. Rogers. - v Unofficial but completer re turns, except? for absentee bal lots in the . election yesterday gave the 33-year-Old West Palm Beach attorney .30,067 votes to 21,522 votes for Republican J. Herbert Burke. - 1800 Hepatitis Cases in Oregon Portland (U.R) AbOut 1800 cases of infectious hepatitis were reported in Oregon last year, ac cording to Dr. Harold Erickson, state health Officer. He told a meeting of the State Board of Health that .Oregon's hepatitis rate was four times the national i ate and that there were . nine times as many cases last year as in 1950. He said intensive invest'' tiohs are now being condr throughout the state in ar , tempt to bring the disease dr control, although there "is still a great deal to be learned about how infectious hepatitis is spread." V I Deaths from diphtheria hit ah all time . low for; the. state last year, Dn Erickson said, adding that mOst " other diseases were at or below normal. ; , The Board of Health elected Dr. Tom Dunham .of Salem as president; Dr. Charles Hunt of Eugene, vice-president, and Dn Thomas Griffith of The Dalles, second - vice-president. II ' YOUR CHARGE ACCOUNT INVITED Main and Bartlett Streets Former OSC Speech Department Head Dies Corvallis ' U.R) Charles B. Mitchell, 68, retired head of the speech department at Oregon State 'college, died yesterday at Good Samaritan hospital here of a heart condition. He had been ill for several days. ..Mitchell came to Oregon State in 1920 and established the first speech department in ; the Paci fic Northwest. He retired in 1952 but continued as a part time teacher and adviser to the department through 1953. He is survived by his wife, Hazel, and a son, Joseph B. of Portland. ; ? AIIIJMCIBMEOT ENTIRE STOCK ALL LABELS 33 Vs L.P. Records Now at NEW Reduced Prices See Our Complete Selection ' . Swem's 217 EAST MAIN NO CLUES IN SIGHT to tell youre wearing a beauty treatment! For this completely different lubricant ... leaves none of the usual oily look nor greasy feel yet has all the rich oils your skin needs to be softened, smoothed, soothed. $3, VELVET TEXTURE LOTION Sparkling New-Season Displays in Medford's Fine Shops and Stores. mm -M o ney When You Shop in Medford - Shopping Center for Southern Oregon and Northern 1 California. Special : TYPING CLASS Saturday 9 toM2 a.m. For 8 WEEKS Begiftnirts Jan. 15 for PtrMai Over 12 Yean of Age Complete $4)E06 Course Includes Materials and Sueeto Robertson School of Business 40-42 N. RIVERSIDE Phone 3-4264 RECORD SHOP MEDFORD, ORE. 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