EIGHT MEDFORD (OREGON) MAIL TRIBUNE
Thursday, September 8, 1955
Mystery Man To ie enttfal Figure in Internal Revenue
Battle
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Former Official
""Charges Political
Reason for Firing
Washington (U.R) A mys
tery man, alleged to be a top
executive of the Internal Reve
nue Service, is expected to be a
central figure in an ex-official's
legal battle to prove he was fired
for political leasons.
The ex-official, Edgar E. Hop
pe, who formerly was chief po
liceman over Internal Revenue
employees' behavior, has sued
the government for almost $27,
000 in back pay.
His lawyer charged yesterday
that Hoppe was dismissed from
the tax service "two years ago for
refusing to "whitewash a critical,
adverse report on a new politi
cal appointee," the man whose
identity is still unknown.
Showed Disrespect
Secretary of the Treasury
Georee M. Humphrey immedi
ately stepped into the fray with
a sharp statement that Hoppe was
fired for incompetence ... a
belligerent attitude and dis
respect for his superiors."
Humphrey Ignored the talk of
politics and whitewash. But
Treasury sources denied Hoppe's
allegations although they refused
to permit use of their names.
While two congressional com
mittees prepared full inquiries
of the Hoppe case, and others
similar to it, Rep. Herman P.
Eberharter (D-Pa.), a member of
the tax writing House Ways and
Means Committee, said an inves
tigation may be necessary to find
out if the mysterious official is
"as clean as a hound's tooth."
In High Position
Hoppe's lawyer, John P. Wit-
sil, said the official now holds
"one of the highest ranking po
sitions" in the tax service. His
name will come out when Hop
pe's salary suit reaches trial in
the U.S. Court of Claims, Wit-
sil said. He told newsmen the
case might not be tried for a full
year. It was filed Aug. 19. .
Humphrey said Hoppe was
"one of those unfortunate cases
wherea man with long exper
ience was advanced to a position
of importance that proved to be
beyond his capacity and ability,
Hoppe was a Z4-year career
federal employee when he was
O dismissed from his $14,000 - a
year post as assistant commis
sioner of Internal Revenue in
1953. Humphrey said it had been
"hoped he might be transferred
to a lesser position for which his
) ability might adequately fit him,
but it soon became apparent that
even this was impossible be
cause of his pelligerent attitude
and disrespecTcf or his superiors."
Hoppe now is a lawyer in Dal
las, Tex.
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STILL HONEYMOONING Airman Daniel Schmidt and his
wife,- Una, continue their second honjymoon as they keep
cool at Hollywood poolside as temperature soars into the
100's. While in Hollywood they appeared on a CBS-TV
show. Schmidt returned after almost three years as a pris
oner of the Chinese Communists to find Una had remar
ried. Reconciliation followed Schmidt's filing for divorce.
Shady Cove-Trail
California Couple Visits
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Move by Industries
Not From Town's Area
Ithaca, N.Y. (U.R) A Cornell
University study of commuters
habits in 12 states indicates that
while industries may be mov
ing out of town, they're not
quitting their particular areas.
The surveyors found that
theories that industry is decen
tralizing may be out of line with
geographic facts. While statis
tics show a trend toward expan
sion in smaller industrial areas.
it is at a slower rate of growth
than edge-of-town development
in major centers.
"Future employment oppor
tunities will De greatest in
plants located outside city limits
but close to established major
industrial centers, said Prof,
Leonard P. Adams and Dean of
Agriculture Thomas W. Macke-
sey.
Prof. Glenn H. Beyer, direc
tor of the Cornell's housing re
search center, said the study
covered commuting patterns in
Connecticut, Delaware, Mary
land, Massachusetts, Michigan,
New Hampshire, New Jersey,
New York, Ohio, Pennsylvania,
Rhode Island and West Virginia.
Dog Attends Church;
Adopted by Members
3 Milwaukee 4U.PJ A Cana
dian husky dog named Brownie
probably - goes to church more
than most people do.
Brownie is owned by the Rev.
Thomas A. Madden, an Episco
pal minister. v
Brownie hasn't missed a ser
mon, wedding or baptism in the
piwt eight years at St. John's
Episcopal Church. His master
always takes Browiiie to the
services and lets him stay at the
altar.
When he first picked up
Brownie as a stray and adopted
him, the minister was afraid the
congregation might not approve
of the dog's appearances in
church. But the parishioners also
adopted Brownie without ques
tion, and they bring him cookies
and bags of bones.
(Brownie remains quiet
throughout the services, and no
bdiiy objects if he curls up for j
a snooze during th sermon.
Shady Cove-Trail Mr. and
Mrs. N. R. Hohn, Long Beach,
Calif., former residents of Trail,
have spent several days up at
their home near the Reinnings'
which they still own. They have
the place listed for sale and also
would like to sell some of the
furnishings. Betty Mc Elrath,
Trail, has a key and will show
the furniture to anyone inter
ested. Mr. and Mrs. Bob Harmon and
family, Ventura, Calif., were re
cent guests of Mr. and Mrs. Paul
Davis, Trail.
Harry Goode, Shady Cove, left
this past week end for Granite
Falls, Wash., where he will be
working for Jimmy Davis, Shady
Cove. -
Mr. and Mrs. Floyd French
and children, Lee, Dee and
Stevie, and Mr. and Mrs. Forrest
Copeland, all Buena Park, Calif.,
have spent the past two weeks
visiting with the Copelands' son
and family, Mr. and Mrs. Vernon
Copeland, Trail.
Mr. and Mrs. Chester Sallee
and children of Glendale, Ore.,
spent the Labor day week end
visiting with his brother and
family, Mr. and Mrs. Earl Shep- j
pard, Shady Cove. i
Mr. and Mrs. Athel Dudley ac
companied by Mr. and Mrs.
Thomas Quail and son, Allen,
spent the Labor day holidays at
Taft, Ore., visiting relatives and
friends.
Mr. and Mrs. Allen Eastgate
and sons moved to Medford last
week end.
Mr. and Mrs. Rolland Hotch-
kiss, Bell Gardens, Calif., are
visiting with Mr. and Mrs. Jerry
Hicks and family, Shady Cove.
Mr. and Mrs. C. W. Brunson
and daughters, Charolyn and
Barbara, Pasadena, Calif., vis
ited with Mr. and Mrs. Preston
Smallwood, Shady Cove. Brun
son is Mrs. Smallwood's son.
Other visitors of the Smallwoods
have been Mrs. B. Tassey and
Mrs. Margaret McQuire, Fall
brook, Calif.
Mr. and Mrs. Ernest Segessen
man, Shady Cove, have returned
from a 10 day trip to Reno, Nev.,
where they visited their daugh
ter and husband, Mr. and Mrs.
Chester Pfluke. Wile there they
took a . number of sightseeing
trips to Virginia City, Carson
City and Lake Tahoe.
Mr. and Mrs. Wayne Miller,
Shady Cove, have bought the
property next to the Max Hawks'
residence on the River road from
Mr. and Mrs. Bob Peebles, Med-J
iora. Miner started excavating
for the basement last week end
and the Millers are planning to
build a pummy block ranch style
house.
Mr. and Mrs. T. B. Wright,
Tillamook, Ore., spent the Labor
day week end visiting with Mrs.
Wright's sister and husband, Mr.
and Mrs. Elic Oliver, Trail. Har
ry Oliver and Mr. and Mrs.
Harl White and family, Trail,
made a fishing trip to Brookings
Labor day week end.
Mr. and Mrs. Floyd Kelley and
Mrs. Pearl Adair, Shady CoTe,
left Labor day week end for the
California and Oregon beaches,
first to Crescent City and White
Rock, Calif., near Smith River
and up the Oregon coast to Ban
don, then to Roseburg and home.
On their trip they collected shells
and rock plants.
Charles Chubb, son of Mr. and
Mrs. Ray Chubb, Shady Cove,
has leased the - Bob Lewellen
service station in Shady Cove.
Chubb left Wednesday for Glen
dale and Charles will accompany
him back and open the station
as soon as he arrives. The Charles
Chubb family will remain down
in California until a nlace for
them to stay here can be located.
Mr. and Mrs. Walt Messecar
and daughters, Trail, made a trip
to Crescent City over the Labor
day week end. Mrs. Messecar's
mother, Mrs. Alberta Hughes, is
teaching at Riddle, Ore., this
year. N
The Shady Cove Garden club
will meet Monday, Sept. 12,
starting at 12:30 p.m. at the
home of Mrs. Tom King, Shady
Cove. ,
A meeting of Our Lady of Fa
tima club will be held Wednes
day, Sept. 14, with a potluck pic
nic starting at 12:30 p.m. at Ca
sey State park. Several events of
importance are to be discussed.
Mr. and Mrs. E. A. Westrom,
Klamath Falls, were week end
guests of Mr. and Mrs. Ole Horn
seth, Shady Cove.
"TORNADO" BOYD
Wichita, Kan. (U.R) David
Lynn Boyd, born in a Wichita
hospital two weeks after his
mother survived the death-dealing
Udall storm, has been nick
named "Tornado" by family
friends.
State and federal seed laws
are among the oldest regulatory
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Political Scientists
Win Wilson Award
Boulder, Colo. (U.R) Three
University of California faculty
members who co-authored "Prej
udice, War and the Constitu
tion," received the $1,000 Wood
row Wilson Foundation Award
last night at the . convention of
the American Political Science
Association here.
The book by the California po
litical scientists was judged the
best of the year "in the field, of
government and democracy" by
the award committee. It was a
scholarly description of the in
ternment of Japanese on the
West Coast during World War II.
The principal speaker at the
convention Wednesday, Paul G.
Willis of Washington, predicted
that the Democratic candidate
will win the 1956 presidential
election. Willis is administrative
assistant to Paul Butler, Demo
cratic national chairman.
Motor Courts Now Twice
Number Ten Years Ago
' Chicago (U.R) There are
now 50,000 motor courts, near
ly twice the number of 10 years
ago, the Chicago Motor Club re
ports. '
The club said the number of
places offering overnight accom
odations to motorists is increas
ing by about 1,500 a year.
In addition, hundreds of ho
tels have remodeled lobbies,
basements and adjoining prop
erty to provide motorists with
more convenient entry and
packing.
The motor club said most new
hotels have built-in motor lobbies.
MAGIC STORY FAILS
Orlando, Fla. (U.R) Clarence
Kickey, 25, a Negro, today faced
trial on forgery charges despite
his claim that figures on a
check increased by "magic."
Hickey, of Apopka, Fla., said a
fortune teller sprinkled a white
powder on a check and magic
ellv increased its value from
$3.25 to $40.25.
Wolves Still Plague
Farmers in Michigan
Lansing, Mich. (U.R) Al
though Michigan is known as the
nation's automobile "capital,"
state conservation officials point
out that from 40 to 100 timber
wolves still roam its wild upper
peninsula.
Conservationists said they ex
pect the wolf soon will become
extinct in Michigan, but they
pointed out the animals have
continued to plague farmers al
though a wolf bounty has been
in existence since 1837.
Wildlife experts said the
Huron Mountain area of north
ern Barags and Marquette Coun
ties is the home of the largest
colony of Michigan wolves, with
several other large packs in
adjacent areas.
WOMEN RESENTED
Waterbury, Conn. (U.R) Male
cadets of the Civil Air Patrol
squadron were asked to state
their gripes. First on the list: be
ing ordered by woman officers.
COMPLETE investigation of
slaying by Korean guard of
Airman Martin L. Drach
(above), 22, is demanded by
his mother. ( wtionaij
The size of some truck and
bus mufflers has been increased
three and one-half times to low
er the amount of exhaust noise.
Construction Starts
On Natural Gas Line .
Ontario (U.R) Construction
was started this week on the On-tario-Hermiston
segment of a
natural gas pipeline, following
settlement of four easement
cases in court. Q
0 Bulldozers were at work
clearing a right of way two miles
north of Ontario for the Pacific
Northwest Pipeline Corp., trans
mission line.
The four easements had held
up work all along the line. One
was settled Monday in Port
land's Federal Court, and the
others were settled in Malheur
County Circuit Court last week.
Fulghum Contracting Com
pany subcontracted work on the
segment from Fish Construction
Company.
Portland (U.R) The General
Services Administration yester
day announced that Portland's
Pioneer postoff ice building
would be soW to the highest
bidder.
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