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SIXTEEN MEDFORD (OREGON) MAIL TRIBUNE Monday, October 10, 1955 Republicans Find Little Comfort In Connecticut Election Returns By LYLE C. WILSON United Press Correspondent Washington (U.R) There is mighty little comfort for the Re publican party and its ailing p r e s 1 dent in election re turns from 128 small towns in in swing -state Connecticut. The returns got lost last week in the big news breaks of the day, but they were the tyle C. Wilson first pollings since Mr. Eisenhower was- strick en in the last days of September. Democrats did not sweep the state. Far from it. But among the towns they did win were Hamden, for the first time in 50 years; Sterling for the first time in 40; New Fairfield after a lapse of 35 years; and Ledyard after 30. - Eighty town administrations stuck with the Republicans and six deserted from the Democrats to fix Republican holdings after the election at 86 towns. Twenty-five towns remained faithful t? the Democratc and 15 formerly Republican towns switched, giving the Democrats a net of 40. Two towns held non partisan elections. Not Major Defeat These figures do not repre sent a major defeat for the Re publican Party, but the trend ob viously favored the Democrats who gained more than they lost. The loss of Hamden especial ly is cause for GOP concern in the Nutmeg State. This is a big and important town ' in a con gressional district which has sent a Republican to Washing ton in the last two congressional elections. The Hamden vote fig ured significantly in those 1952 and 1954 GOP victories. 1 Republican strategists doubt less will study the returns with care, being especially alert to any indication that the Connecti cut Republican organization needs overhauling. Swing - states are important even though they may be small, as is Connecticut, with only six votes in the electoral college. A basic Connecticut trend would be likely to extend considerably through New England where the Republican Party has made a substantial comeback and can not afford to retreat. Must Hold Their Own New England has nine Repub lican senators and 23 representa tives in the 84th . Congress against three Democratic sen ators and 10 representatives. The Republicans must hold their own or, perhaps gain a bit in New England next year to achieve control of the new 85th Congress. In light of that neces sity, the returns from Connecti cut's small towns will not arouse Republican enthusiasm. Returns from Connecticut's 1954 congressional and guberna torial polling were mixed. Abra ham A. Ribicoff, a Democrat, de feated Republican Gov. John Lodge, who sought reelection. But Connecticut sent five Re publicans and only one Demo crat to the House of Representa tives. There was no senatorial election last year but Republi can Senator Prescott Bush is up in 1956. The party cannot af ford to lose him. Bush reached the Senate on President Eisen hower's coat tails in 1952 to complete the term of the late Democratic senator, Brian Mc Mahon. ' The swinging tendency of Connecticut elections is shown by some recent presidential re turns. The state cast its electoral votes in 1936 and 1948 for Dem ocratic candidates. It went Re publican in 1940-44-52. Dead line Sunday Classified is at noon Saturday; 10 ajn Monday for Monday: other days 5:30 previous day Jesse Neff Rites To Be Wednesday Jesse Vincent Neff, 86, pio neer resident of Jackson county, died in a Medford convalescent home yesterday after having been ill for several months. Mr. Neff, born in Clay county, Mis souri, Sept. 10, 1869, came to Oregon with his parents as a small boy and lived here almost 80 years, working as a carpenter and farmer. Funeral services will be held at Conger-Morris chapel Wednes day, Oct. 12, at 1 p.m., with the Rev. C. W. Frost officiating. In terment will be in Central Point cemetery. . ' Survivors include two sons, James T., Medford, and Lee M., Portland, and five grandchil dren. Mr. Neff's wife, Loma, died last year. When the Neff family first came to the county they lived in the area now known as Black well hill, and later near the site of Talent. As a boy he attended, school in Central Point and re membered well the late "Profes sor" Hall, well known early-day teacher in this county. Woman Takes Life 01 Son and Self Oswego (U.R) Bodies of an Oswego woman and her eight-year-old son were found in their home last Saturday by a neigh bor. They were dead from the same pistol the woman's hus band used 11 days ago to end his own life. Clackamas county coroner Leslie Peaks listed as murder suicide, the deaths of Mrs. Mar garet Emerline Schoonmaker, 46, and her son, David. The woman was the widow of Dr. Perry L. Schoonmaker, a dentist who was found shot to death Sept. 28 in his car on the Columbia river express high way near Multnomah falls. His death was listed as a suicide. United States Said Ahead Des Moines (U.R) A top Atomic Energy Commission of ficial said today that the United States is two or three years ahead of Rissia in developing peaceful uses for atomic energy. But the official, W. Kenneth Churchill Popularity , Credited To Germans London J(U.R) A British cor respondent reported that he told a waiter "I hadn't realized ho was so popular with the French," after he saw 50 people stand up and sing "For He's a Jolly Good Fellow," when Sir Winston Churchill entered a Monte Carlo hotel. " 'In truth he's not,' the waiter said, Taut 80 per cent of those people are German tourists.' " On Peaceful Atomic Use Davis, director of the AEC re actor development program, said this country is "losing" the race with Russia to educate "suffic ient numbers" of atomic scien tists and engineers. ith Green Denies Resignation Reports Portland U.R) Rep. Edith Green (D-Ore.) has denied re ports that she intends to resign her Congressional seat to seek election as Oregon Secretary of State. Mrs. Green yesterday told a breakfast meeting of Multnomah County Young , Democrats that she will seek reelection to the House of Representatives in 1956. Mrs. Green, who had recently. returned from a trip to Alaska, said she was "more convinced ' than ever",' that the territory should be granted statehood, but she said she felt there was little hope statehood would be grant ed in the next session of Con- STOP! His i to lot Chronic bronchitis may develop if your cough, chest cold, or acute bron chitis is not treated. Get Creomulsion quick and use as directed. It soothes raw throat and chest membranes, loosens and helps expel germy phlegm, mildly ; relaxes systemic tension and aids nature fight the cause of irritation. For children get milder, faster Creo-, mulsion for Children m the pink and ' blue package. Adv. CREOI7IUESION Confta. Oxtf Cat. 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