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OFT TO GEORGIA Miss Peggy Cabler, 18-year-old daughter of
Mr. and Mrs. Joe Cabler, Jacksonville, leaves this week for Warm
Springs, Ga., where she will enter the polio evluation clinic .of
the Georgia Warm Springs Foundation. Miss Cabler was stricken
with polio at Grants Pass in 1951 and spent some time in hospitals
in Grants Pass, Medford, Eugene and Portland. - She also spent
. several months in an artificial respirator. She will be accompanied
on the train trip by an aunt, Mrs. Bob Cabler, Jacksonville. Her
expenses are being provided from March of Dimes funds by the
Jackson county chapter of the National Foundation for Infantile
Paralysis. (L. E. McMurray photo)
Two Senators Return
On Reg ular Flights;
Irked Over Incident
" Washington (U.R) Two sena
tors returned from Europe to
day " aboard ""a regularly "VchecPl
uled military air transport, and
said tartly the Defense Depart
ment will have to explain state
ments that a special plush plane
had been sent at their request
to pick them up. "
The senators, Democrats John
L. 'McClellan of Arkansas and
John Stennis of Mississippi, in
sisted they never had requested
a special plane be sent to Europe
for them at a cost of $10,000.
"I shall certainly expect them
(the Department of Defense) to
make an explanation," McClel
lan said.
"If there was any intent to
Congressman
Arrives Here
Congressman Harris Ells
worth (R-Ore.)Q arrived in Med
ford this morning for appear
ances at three meetings and
several days visiting around
southern Oregon. 1 '
Congressman Ellsworth will
speak at the Chamber of Com
merce meeting in Ashland to
morrow noon at the Wednesday
Medford Kiwanis club meeting
and at American Legion initia:
tion ceremonies and stag party
at Central Point Saturday.
Among places visited by Ells
worth will be the Talent project
site, he said.
He also will be in Grants Pass
a few days as well as other
southern Oregon cities. He will
make his headquarters at Med
ford hftel.
Stale Claims Three
Smith Murder Tries
McMinnville : (U.R) Prose
cutor Willis West today charged
that Mrs. Marjorie Smith of
.Portland and her alleged "love
slave" tried three times to kill
her husband, and had mapped
out several different murder
schemes.
, West, in presenting the state's
opening arguments in the trial
of the 35-year-old widow, told of
the three murder attempts, one
of which was successful.
He said the April 21 dynamite
, blast which killed Oliver Kermit
Smith "opened the book to an
amazing set of facts which the
state has come here to set be
fore you."
The Multnomah county prose
cutor said the state would try to
prove that Mrs. Smith remarried
the husband she had divorced
solely so she could plan the
murder. The motive, West said.
was the Portland attorney's
estate, valued at $50,000 to $60,-
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embarrass me," he added,
"I
positively ' refuse--, to be
em-
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Stennis said "a serious mis
take has been made" and "I am
going to call on the Department
of Defense for a statement of
facts."
Special Plane Returns
The senators, who are mem
bers of the Senate Appropria
tions Committee, landed aboard
a- four-engine military air trans
port from Germany. The trip,
regularly scheduled MATS
plane, is called "the blue plate
special" within the air force.
The plane carried a load of 44
passengers including the sena
tors and military personnel.
The two senators were smil
ing as they alighted from the
plane. But they became voluble
and emphatic in denying they
had requested a special plane.
They seemed ' somewhat taken
back by the publicity their trip
had stirred up. . v
The Defense Department
sought over the week end to
explain the situation. It ad
mitted a mix-up over arrange
ments, and not a senatorial re
quest, had created the rumpus.
The department admitted it
knew before the' senators left
on their trips that they had to
be. back on specified dates. The
department thought it would
have planes unavailable in Eu
rope on regularly scheduled
runs to return them.
Stale GOP Forms
Money-Raising Group
Portland (U.R) iX A Repub
lican group called the Oregon
Committee for Good government
has been formed to raise a "sub
stantial, amount of money," to
help the GOP in the 1956 elec
tion campaign.-
John.C. Higgins, a member of
the group, said "we have band
ed together in a volunteer group
without any formal elections of
any kind to stimulate interest
m the party and to aid the party
organization in their work."
Higgins said that in 1954 the
Republicans did not get started
on their campaign until almost
a year after the opposition had
been at work. He said it was to
remedy this situation that the
group is working.
Howard Morgan, state Demo
cratic chairman, said in a state
ment that formation of the group
meant "the capture of the Re
publican party of Ore eon bv
Mohn C. Higgins of Vancouver.
Wash., representing the New
York office of Thomas E.
Dewey."
Salem U.R) The State Board
of Control tomorrow will re
ceive engineering reports on
three sites proposed for the
Portland area hospital. '
Oregon Accidents
Cost Lives of Six
During Week End
Auto Wrecks, Hunting
Mishaps Make Up List
By UNITED PRESS
Two teen-age boys died when
their auto plunged 200-feet over
an embankment near Otter
Crest on the Oregon coast yes
terday, bringing to six the num
ber of week end auto victims
in the state. .
In other mishaps, a 10-year-old
boy died in a shotgun acci
dent and a farmer was killed
when his tractor overturned on
him. Several persons were
wounded while pheasant hunt
ing. Truck Mishap Fatal
John Wesley LeRoy, 34, of
Salem, was killed instantly Sat
urday afternoon when his truck
went off a soft shoulder and
into a ditch two miles, east of
Alsea. . -t.
James Irish, 14, and . Warren
H. Hughitt, 16, Toledo, Ore.,
were killed when the car in
which they were riding side
swiped another and plunged
over the bank, state police re
ported. The driver, Wayne F.
Howell, 17, also Toledo, and the
driver of the other car, Alvah
Herrig, 61, Depot Bay were hos
pitalized. In another coastal accident,
Mrs. Walter G. Knott, 65, Puyal
lup, Wash., was injured fatally
near Florence Saturday and her
husband injured seriously when
their car was struck by a car
carrying four teen-agers. State
police identified the driver of
the youths' care as William G.
Hart, 17, Toledo.
Klamalh Man Killed
Charles E. Caldwell, 34, Kla
math Falls, died Saturday night
from injuries suffered when two
pickup trucks collided earlier in
the day.
Forrest Collins, 34, died in a
Portland hospital Sunday from
injuries suffered Friday when
struck by a car near Oak Grove.
John Charles Bighaus,' 69,
West Linn, was killed Sunday
when his tractor overturned on
him while he was working in a
field near Willamette.
. -Thomas .Edgar .Walker,' 10,-" of
Crabtree, was wounded fatally
Saturday in the accidental dis
charge of a shotgun about 12
miles northeast of Lebanon.
Struck by Pellets
Jimmy Points, 20, Nyssa, was
seriously injured Sunday when
his shotgun accidentally dis
charged. Clifford M. Shrock, 30,
Woodburn area farmer, also was
seriously wounded when struck
by flying shotgun pellets Satur
day while hunting pheasants.
Two Corvallis men . were
wounded in bird hunting inci
dents.
Alex Schaffner, 24, was shot
through the right hand when his
shotgun fell to the ground and
discharged as he walked along
the bank of the Willamette river
south of Corvallis. . .
Charles Nendel, was shot
through the ear by an unidenti
fied bird hunter.
Flight Engineers
Picket UAL Offices
Chicago (U.R) About 500
flight engineers picketed United
Air Lines offices in 27 U. S.
cities today, ncluding New York
and Chicago. .
The AFL International Flight
Engineers Association called the
strike yesterday after eleventh-
hour negotiations broke down
over a job security demand.
Air line officials said service
was proceeding normally in gen
eral. But they admitted several
flights were delayed and that
one was cancelled because of per
sonnel dislocation.
The flight engineers' strike
against United Air lines is hav
ing no effect on operations at
the Medford airport. Only four-
engine aircraft have flight en
gineers, and none are scheduled
on Medford flights.
Ike, Lodge Confer
On Hospital Terrace
Denver U.R) President
Eisenhower today conferred
with Henry Cabot Lodge Jr.
U.S. ambassador to the United
Nations, in the mild October
sunshine on a hospital sun ter
race, and also stood up by him
self in his room for several min
utes.
The President also called in
his top economic advisers for a
quick briefing on economic af
fairs in general. -
The economists, the assistant
for economic affairs, Gabriel
Hauge, and Dr. Arthur F. Burns,
chairman of the Council of Eco
nomic Advisers, arrived shortly
before noon (MST) and were to
confer with the chief executive
during the afternoon.
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50th Year U
L. A. McCORMICK
Heart Attack Victim '
L A. McCormjck.
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Dies in Hollywood
L. A. McCormick, 52, vice-
president and general manager
of the Big-Y markets in Medford
and Eugene, died in Los Angeles
last night, according to word
received here by friends.
It was reported tie suffered a
heart attack at about 3 a.m. Sun
day in Los Angeles, while on
his way back from a week in
Arizona. He was taken to Cedars
of Lebanon hospital in Holly
wood, where he died at 8:20
p.m.
Mrs. McCormick was with him
at the time. She is now with a
daughter, Mary Elizabeth (Mrs,
Dean) Pratt, in Burbank. ,
Business Activity .
Mr. McCormick moved to, Med'
ford in 1943, and was active in
the grocery and market.business,
He-moved- his -headquarters' "to
Eugene about three i years ' ago
and had lived there since, al
though he was'a frequent visitor
to Medford. He had suffered a
heart attack earlier this year.
In addition to his connection
with the Big-Y markets, he also
was interested ' in the Oakdale
and East Side markets in Med
ford.
In addition to Mrs. McCormick
and Mrs. Pratt, he leaves another
daughter, Margaret .Ruth (Mrs.
Ray) Bostwick, Medford; three
sons, David, in the Navy in San
Diego, and John Edward and
Matthew, Eugene.
Funeral arrangements are
awaiting further word from Mrs.
McCormick.
Two Face Lie Jests
In (Chicago Slayings
Chicago UJ.R) Lie tests were
scheduled for two men today,
but most clues fizzled' out in the
hunt for the sadistic stranglers
of- three young boys.
The latest 'persons' to match
their testimony against police
lie detectors were a man picked
up in Tennessee with scratches
on his arms and shoulders and
a sailor wanted in connection
with reports of forest preserve
sex orgies.
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Octv24, 1955
MEDFORD, OREGON, MONDAY, OCTOBER. 24; 1955
US Population Jumps
In Four Years; Now 162,409,000
Washington (U.R) The- rapidly
ulation of the United States spurted another 7
per cent between 1950 and 1954 to an unprece
dented 162,409,000. ...
The Census Bureau reported yesterday that all
but seven states shared in the
states were Maine, Vermont, West
bama; Mississippi, Arkansas and
Gains by otner states ranged from 1.1 per cent
for Kentucky to 31 per cent for
The Census Bureau said the
tion rose from 150,697,361 on April 1, 1950, to
about 162,409,000 on July 1, 1954.
Population Shifts To West
As in earlier years, the Census
mates showed a mounting population shift to
ward the Far West. '
Alaska led all states and territories in the rate
of increase. After adjustments for the heavy in
flux of seasonal labor, it showed an amazing 62
per cent rise for the four years. As of July, 1954,
the population of Alaska stood
208,000.
Ill 3 11 -ftGREE
m MEETIfJI '.STRATEGY
PICKED UP by Brockton, Mass., police on complaint from
t unidentified woman that he was leaning against a pole and
leering at her, Musty, a boxer, suffers through his hangover ,
and promises to stick to chasing cats and keep out of local
bar where patrons have been feeding him beer. (International)
r voters
'European -
Saarbruecken U.R) '.A rab
ble-rousing former Nazi storm
trooper proclaimed "victory for
Germany" today in a landslide
conquest at the polls reminiscent
of the plebiscite that won the
Saar fror Hitler 20 years ago.
rThe Saar, by a vote of more
than 2 to 1, rejected a French
plan to give this coal and iron
rich : territory, a "European"
statute. In effect the outcome
amounted to support handing
the Saar to Germany once again.
Blow To Unity Policy
The result also was a blow to
the European unity policy the
United States has pushed ; in
Europe since World War II.
cii y
growing pop
increase. These
Virginia, Ala
Oklahoma.
Nevada. ,
nation's popula
Bureau esti
Other sizable
at an estimated
per cent. But the
tion drop 10 per
tteiecr
Statute
The vote spelled a new crisis
in .the long-smouldering dispute
between France and Germany
over the territory snuggled be
tween their borders. There was
open dismay in Paris. In Bonn.
West German Chancellor Kon
rad Adenauer, who had support
Led the statute, called an emer
gency Cabinet meeting.
Dramatic Triumph
The referendum was a dra
matic triumph for the pro-Germans
led by Dr. Heinrich Schnei
der, a former Nazi officer who
whipped German nationalism to
a white hot pitch. It was such a
bitter defeat for pro-French Pre
mier Johannes Hoffman that he
resigned soon -after midnight to
day when the results became
known.
It was an immense turnout,
96.72 of the Saar's -662,849 reg
istered voters went to the polls.
The mass ballot recalled the
plebiscite 20 years ago; On Jan
13, 1935, when the Saarlanders
voted by 90.6 per cent for Adolf
Hilter and their return to Ger
many after 15 years of the
League of Nations' ward.
New Values ; ;
Arrive Here
A list of corrections of the as
sessed value of orchard proper
ties was received today from the
State Tax Commission by Coun
ty Assessor Robert Fowler.
au of the 190 corrections
made as a result of -recent tax
commission hearings here, have
not been received, Fowler said,
but thejrare expected to arrive
today.
Fowler, stated that when all
corrections have been made in
the tax rolls, the roll i will be
ready to1 turn over to the sher
iffs office for collection of taxes.
Fowler did not know how lone
it would take to process the as
sessment roll corrections.
. The tax roll should legally
have been turned over . to the
sheriff Oct. 15, but the assessor's
office was unable to do so be
cause it nad not received cor-
rections for assessment rolls.
Tribune
United Press Full Leased Wire
Price 5c
No. 183
7 Per Cent
On the average, the U.S. population increased
1.6 per cent a year during the four-year period.
The seven states showing decreases for the
1950-1954 period lost citizens mostly because of
migrations to ether areas of the country. The
Pacific coast, particularly California, appeared
to be the Thief destination of the migrants.
During the four-year period, California's popu
lation rose 18.1 per cent to 12,500,000, an addi
tion of 1,914 000 persons. Nevada, center of the
divorce and gambling business, enjoyed an in
crease froip 160,083 in 1950 to 210,000 last year.
Arizona Has Big Increase
. Arizona followed Nevada percentage-wise. Its
population jumped 23.8 per cent from 749,587
to 928,000.
increases were 10.3 per cent for
Michigan; 16.7 for Delaware; 11 for Maryland;
19.1 for Florida; 10 for Texas; and 10.6 for Utah.
Among the territories, Hawaii gained 4.4 per
cent, the Canal Zone" 1.8, and Puerto Rico 0.8
Virgin Islands saw its popula
cent from 26,665 to 24,000.
EfJT
Western Ministers
In Show of Unity
Por Coming Talks
Pinay Announces
'Complete Agreement'
Paris U.R) The Big Three
foreign ministers, under ' the
shadow of crisis in the Saar and
the Middle East, reached "com
plete agreement" today on much
-of their -strategy for-the fdrttr-
coming Geneva talks with Rus
sia. - .
French Foreign Minister A'n
toine Pinay announced the
"complete agreement" on pro
posals for German unity and
European security when he
emerged from a meeting with
Secretary of State John Foster
Dulles and British Foreign Sec
retary Harold MacMilian.
This pronouncement of re
newed Western unity came in
the light of these related diplo
matic developments: ,
1. In a referendum yesterday,
the . Saarlanders rejected a pro
posed statute to "Europeanize"
their tiny state which lies be
tween France and Germany.
Renewed Hatreds Possible
2. The result, a major defeat
for French foreign policy, threa
tened to revive Franco-German
animosity , and renew old ha
treds. 3: The government of Saar
Premier Johannes Hoffman re
signed in the face of the defeat
of the referendum which it had
supported.
4. West German Chancellor
Konrad Adenauer and French
Premier Edgar Faure vowed in
an exchange of telegrams to save
the friendship between their two
countries despite any temporary
setback.
5. Israeli Premier and Foreign
Minister Moshe Sharett arrived
in Paris to confer with the for
eign ministers and with his key
ambassadors from Washington,
Moscow, ' London, Paris and
Rome about mounting Middle
East tension. A spokesman said
he has been promised a session
with Soviet Foreign Minister V.
M. Molotov in Geneva Thursday.
He will confer with . Dulles
Wednesday, and hopes to talk
with MacMilian and Pinay later.
Dulles .Visits Italy
6. Italian officials and the pro
government press hailed a week
end visit to Rome by Dulles as
insuring a more important posi
tion for Italy in the Western al
liance. Dulles was reported to
have promised to consult Italy
on major issues, continue the
fight for Italian admission to the
United Nations, but to have de
clined to raise Italy and Germany
to the same status as Britain and
France in Western councils.
Soviet Newsmen Decide
To Bypass Chicago
Washington 4U.R) The State
Department said today that seven
visiting Russian newsmen decid
ed to bypass Chicago after fail
ing to get a "flat guarantee"
against. anti-Soviet demonstra
tions. Department Press Officer Lin
coln White said the decision was
made by the Russian newsmen
who, he said, are "free agents."
Cities, Towns in
100-Mile Radius
Feel Two Jolts
Windows Shattered
in Stores, Homes
San Francisco U.R) Police
in scores of cities and towns in a
100-mile radius of the San Fran
cisco Bay area reported mount
ing damage today from an earth
quake that was blamed for at
least one death.
The quake, which took place
last night, shattered windows in
stores and homes, toppled mer
chandise from shelves, cracked
walls and hurled dishes to the
floor over a widespread area.
Several Persons Injured
Perhaps a dozen persons were
treated for injuries, mostly cuts.
Police were thankful that the
quake occurred on a quiet Sun
day evening ' when downtown
areas were relatively deserted.
The quake came in two waves,
beginning at 8:11 p.m. First,
there was a sort of rolling mo
tion that prompted people to
smile and say, "Oh, it must be an
earthquake." But it was the lull
before the storm. Then followed
a frightening series of jolts that
caused buildings to groan and
creak.
The worst of the two-wave
quake lasted about two minutes,
but if. registered on seismographs
for an additional 15 minutes or
so.,
Scale of 4.5
Seismologist Perry Byerly of
the University of California said
it measured 4.5 on the Richter
Scale of 10, but seismographs in
Southern California recorded it
at 5.5.
The disastrous quake that de
stroyed San Francisco in 1906
measured 8.25 and the temblor
that leveled Tehachapi in South
ern California three ears ago
measured 7.5. .
Byerly said Satunday night's
quake was "not very big, but in-
was apparently caused by a slip
in the Hayward Fault along the
eastern shore of San Francisco
Bay.
'Big One' Predicted '
Only last week, Byerly predic
ted that' California was about
due for a "big one" although he
said the San - Andreas Fault"
would be to blame if it takes
iae quaKes apparently lusea
two gas main explosions in
Oakland. One of them set off a
fire in a house that took the
life of Mrs. Ora Bell, 85, Mrs.
Ruthene Aldinger, 49, jumped
from a second floor window and
two others escaped.
The fire, which caused $25,000
damage, was not reported for
several minutes after the quake,
apparently because telephone
lines were jammed with calls.
The other explosion blew a
room from a house. Fire broke
out but was confined to a kitch
en. A neighbor, Manuel Ortega,
was injured by flying glass. .
Most of the damage appeared
to be centered along the eastern
shore of the bay; with Walnut
Creek,-about 30 miles east of
San Francisco, suffering the
most Hundreds of householders
reported windows broken and
dishes shaken to the floor.
At least every other store In
Walnut Creek had its windows
broken. , The worst damage was
caused to huge plate glass win
dows in banks and stores.
NLRB Hearings In
Labor Case Start
An examiner for the National
Labor Relations board opened
hearings' here this morning on
unfair labor practices filed by
Local International Woodwork
ers of America, CIO, against the
Red. Blanket Lumber company
of Eagle Point and Prospect.
The charges arose out 'of a
strike at the company 1 during
June, 1954, and - involve com
plaints that the company re
fused to reinstate employees to
their former or equivalent jobs
when the strike ended in Octo
ber, 1954. It also is charged that .
the employer, in refusing to give
certain data concerning payrolls
and production to the Union,
violated the National Labor Re
lations Act. - '
- The NLRB complaint includes
charges made against four other
lumber firms, all in the central
Oregon area, and the Pine In
dustrial Relations Committee,
Inc., Klamath Falls, which rep
resents lumber firms in labor
negotiations.
The hearings continued this
afternoon and may continue to
morrow. Weather
FORECAST Variable high
cloudiness through Tuesday.
Mild temperatures. Low to
night 40. High Tuesday 70.
Temp.
Highest yesterday 72
Lowest this morning , , 38