TWO MEDFORD (OREGON) MAIL TRIBUNE
Wednesday, January 12, 195S
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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. .
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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
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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. ' ,
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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
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Phone Number
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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,
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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
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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.
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Former OSC Speech
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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. ; ?
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