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1 FOUR MEDFORD (OREGON) MAIL TRIBUNE B Thursday, October 27, 195S O'Mahoney Says GOP Searching Vainly for 'Glamour Candidate1 To Succeed Ike, Conceal Split Washington (U.R) Sen. Jo seph C. O'Mahonev said todav the Republicans are searching vainly for a glamor candidate to replace President Einsen- hower and "conceal" a party Oplit. The Wyoming Democrat told a reporter that the Democrats will nominate a man "whose pur pose is to serve all segments of our society." O'Mahonev said that "the Re publican National Committee is now engaged in a search lor a glamor candidate who can con ceal the basic division between the followers of the late Sen Robert A. Taft nd former New York Gov. Thomas E. Dewey, "But I don't see where they can find on9," O'Mahoney con tinued. "They can't find anyone now to conceal the fact that the Republicans who occupy the seats of power are representa tives 01 concentrated business. Mentioned To Candidates O'Mahoney did not designate his choice of Democratic candi dates, though in appraising them he mentioned only Adlai E. Stev enson and New York Gov. Av- erell Harrimsjn. In another political develop ment Roger Tubbv. former Dress spokesman for ex-President Tru man, quit a job with the Harri man administration to join Stevenson's stff. He did so with Harriman's permission. Meanwhile, Agriculture Sec retary EzrajT. Benson, in an ex clusive interview with the United Press, said tht administration's farm, program is basically sound Jac. J.llk.rt J : tt ucoilc iaiwu& Adiiu . puces, xie New Clues Spur Hunt for Killers Of Chicago Boys Chicago (U.R) Fresh leads, Including a search for a "breath lessly excited" teenager and re ports of screams in the night, raised police hopes of catching the killers-of three young boys today. The new clues turned up just as top police officials had re signed themselves to starting the 10-dayold manhunt from scratch. Then, in fast succession, the following reports came into in vestigation headquarters: 1. A suburban couple said a "breathlessly nervous and ex cited" (youth drove up to their roadside fruit stand on the night that Robert Peterson, 13, John Schuessler, 13, and his brother, Anton, 11, were killed. Asked Directions The youth his face twitching, asked the location of Robinson's Woods, where the boys' naked mutilated bodies were found two days Yater. He also asked "are there any guards on duty there?" Then he drove off in a red panel truck. 2. Three more persons came forward with statements that they heard . piercing screams coming from open fields on the night of the murder, Oct. 16. One similar report had been received previously. However, the per sons named two different areas as the source of the screams and they did not agree on the time when they heard them. 3. A man was arrested Wednesday night after he tele phoned Anton Schuessler, father of the two murdered brothers, andSasked about the progress of the case. Police said they found a map in the man's car with the Robinson's Woods area circled by a pencil. Importance eAtt ached Authorities attached the most importance to Mr. and Mrs. Wil liam Leiper's account of the strange youth in the red panel truck. Sheriff Joseph Lohman Called it "definitely a promising lead" and ordered his officers to find the youth. The . couple described the youth aj between 17 and 20 years ora and weighing about 150 pounds. He kept the motor ox his truck running while he talked to them, the couple said, and sped away without warning. 'Dead' Prisoner Finds Wife Rewed Nuernberg, Germany (U.R) German officials sought today to determine how the wife of a for mer Wem-macht soldier impris oned in Russia managed to get him declared dead before she married an American soldier. Walter Chroba, one of thou sands of Germans released from Russian prison camps this month, returned home here and found himself declared legally, dead, and his wife married and in the United States. According to German law, at least three witnesses must testify that they are reasonably certain a man is dead before he can be legally declared dead. Sugar cane is a giant grass growing 6 to 15 feet high.- - accused Democrats of trying "to paint the picture blacker than it really is." In a speech at Corvallis, Ore., today, Interior Secretary Doug las McKay branded as "pure pol itics" Democratic charges that the Eisenhower administration has ben giving away natural re sources. Democrats Wednesday turned their criticism toward adminis tration foreign policy and its se curity program. Kefauver Speaks Up At Nashville, Tenn., Sen. Estes Kefuaver (D-Tenn.), an expected candidate for the Democratic presidential nomination, said Red China's demand that Portu gal surrender her colonies on the Chinese coast,, is another exam ple of "how we're letting the Communists keep the initiative in foreign policy." Thomas K. Finletter, Secre tary of the Air Force under the Truman administration, charged that administration attacks on "individual freedom" through security investigations have hampered the defense effort. Former Democratic Secretary of State Dean Acheson, in a copy righted article in Harpers Mag azine, said the Eisenhower ad ministration's foreign policy "has coasted on the momentum of past initiative." He said only the Democrats can provide ideas necessary "to develop the unity and strength ... of free nations as a balance to the power of the Sino-Soviet system." N A HERE THURSDAY Pictured above are Rosie and Retta, Colum bia Records recording stars, who will be here Thursday evening, Oct. 27, at Rogue Valley Ballroom with Maddox Brothers and Rose. League Adopts Eight Resolutions Portland (U.R) Astoria May or Peter G. Cosovich yesterday was elected president of the League of Oregon Cities, suc ceeding Diamond L. Flynn of Medford. The league, at its convention which ended here yesterday, adopted eight resolutions, in cluding one to ask the Interim Committee on Taxation to con sider ways of supplementing city revenue to meet financial needs of increased populations and de mands for more municipal serv ices. The league also urged devel opment of a park and recreation program by cities financially able, and supported President Eisenhower's recommendat ion for decentralization of govern ment by strengthening local governing bodies. Member cities were urged to cooperate with the Interim Com mittee in the solution of prob lems facing cities as a result of urban area growth. - - Paul O. Landry, Klamath Falls was elected vice-president of the league, and J. W. Barney of Hills boro was elected treasurer. Included on the new board of Centrifugal Type Device Eliminates Oil Filters Chicago (U.PJ A new centri fugal type device that cleans oil at the rate of 265 gallons per minute and eliminates filters on Diesel locomotives has been de veloped by General Motors' electro-motive division. N. C. Dezendorf, GM vice president and general manager of the electro-motive division, said the device, called the sepri fuge, has run for two months without a cleaning. The filters it replaces need to be changed on the average of every 15 days. PROSPECTS GOOD Detroit (U.R) Justices of the peace, caterers and florists should do well - in the early 1960's, if insurance company statisticians are correct. They report that there will be about 3,000,000 American men be tween 20 and 25 by 1965,. com pared with 6,500,000 now. Half the bridegrooms in the country will come' out of that group be tween 1960 and 1965. directors were Flynn, Ormond R. Bean, Portland; M. S. David son, The Dalles; Richard W. Long, Oregon City; Robert White Salem; John F. Porter, Grants Pass; and Edward C. Harms Jr., Springfield. Research Scientist Finds Lens Analysis Equations Rorhester, N. Y. (U.R) Dr. Max Herzberger, o'f the Eastman Kodak Co. research department, has developed mathematical formulas solving lens develop ment problems that eluded optics researchers for 100 years. Dr. Herzberger's system makes a complete . 1 e n s analysis by tracing nine light rays through a lens and applying his formu las. The former method required the tracing of almost 1,000 rays. BACK TO NATURE Post Falls, Ida. (U.R) Sher iff 's officers called to an area south of here by a report a nak ed man was running through the woods found an embarrassed city dweller who had decided to go back to nature. Trouble was, the man explained, when he got ready to return to civilization he couldn't find his clothes. Aft er lending him a pair of overalls, the deputies helped him find the missing clothes. NO HANDICAP Blissfield, Mich. U.R) A. E. Belman is an enterprising bar ber. When a power failure inter rupted him as he was cutting a customer's hair, he got another customer to turn on the lights of his parked car and finished the job right down to a neck shave. . 1 Higgins Blamed For Chasing Morse The Dalles (U.R) Howard Dent Jr., an Oregon delegate to the 1952 Republican nominating convention and now a registered Democrat, today entered the fray over the political activities of John C. Hoggins. N Oregon Democrats this week have issued blasts at .Higgins for his influence in Oregon Repub lican affairs, claiming he was a Vancouver, Wash., resident and not registered to vote in Oregon. Dent, former mayor of The Dalles, charged that Higgins, "though a Washingtonian, rigged the 1952 Oregon delegation, de nying Sen. Wayne Morse any voice in policy making." Higgins was also a delegate to the 1952 GOP convention. Dent was particularly critical, in a statement, of Higgins' oppo sition to Morse as a member of the convention's resolutions com mittee," Dent charged, "the Hig-gins-rigged delegation sent a po litical neophyte, Mark Hatfield of Salem." Dent blamed Higgins for driv ing Morse out of the Republican party and for costing the Repub licans control of the Senate in 1954. . ;Higgins this week stated that he is now a Portland resident and would be registered to vote in Oregon in time for the next election. lTh2 A. . ft11TftT M , air : arouna Hotel Plaza isn't just near Union Square it's right en Union Square, the cencer of activity in downtown San Francisco. Main stores, smart shops, theatres, garage accommodations, business and finance they're only steps away. And your room in the heart of town is the best value ... for comfort, facilities, convenience and ' service. Fine food, too, at El Prado and the Coffee Shop. RATES: $5 - $6 - $ 7 SINGU $8- $9- $10 DOUBLE SUItr 1-7J0O " TeMyp SF 877 Best hotel value in .It! I . Ill j M BOLD SAFECRACKERS invited trouble from numerous governments by blowing and looting this safe in the World Bank office in Washington, D. C. They got away with $27,500 in U. S. and foreign currencies. 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