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X Iv-yHt If-' '": O CAMERA SHY Monica Seaton, seven-year-old daughter of White House Administrative Off lcai-j Fred Seaton, becomes camera shy as photographers snap her picture with Vice President and Mrs. Nixon at the Horace Mann School in Washington. In observance of American Education Week, the Nixons attended open house at their children's school. National Party ity, State By UNITED PRESS Voters turned out today for hundreds of state and city elec tions which offered the last large-scale test of political senti ment before the 1956 presiden tial campaign. Although state and local is sues were dominant in virtually all cases, national party manag ers watched the balloting for clues to what may happen in the big show next year. They were particularly interested in these contests: 1. The Kentucky guberna torial race in which former Gov. and former Sen. A. B. (Happy) Chandler was trying for a poli tical comeback against Edwin RDenney, the Republican nom inee. The GOP hoped that bit terness growing out of the Demo cratic primary campaign would help Republicans win the gover norship and improve their chances of carrying normally Democratic Kentucky next year. Indiana Forecasts Nation 2. Indiana municipal elections which have sometimes foreshad owed the results of future na tional election. 3. 'The Philadelphia mayoralty election in which Richardson Dilworth is the candidate of the Democratic reformers who ousted a long-established GOP machine four years ago. His op ponent is a GOP reform nomi nee, W. Thacher Longstreth. The outcome can affect the 1956 out look in the critical state of Pennsylvania, where Democrats elected a governor in 1954 for the first time in 20 years. 4. The New Jersey contest for control of the legislature. The Democrats, who put Gov. Robert B. Meyner in office last year, were trying to finish the job by wresting control of the legisla ture from the -GOP. Today elections provided no clear test of sentiment among farm voters, whose sagging in come is supposed to be threaten ing trouble for the Eisenhower administration and its GOP sup porters in 1956. However, muni cial elections in small towns may eive some indirect indications 0of how the farmers feel. Along with Kentucky, Mis Two Fires Reporled In MedfordCP Area Medford fire department was called to a house fire at the res idence of Oscar Phipps, 852 West Second St., about 9:05 a.m. to day. Fire consisted of a blaze burn ing around a flue which caught the wall and ceiling afire. Two pumper trucks and nine men re sponded to the call. Some smoke damage was listed. The Central Point Rural Fire Protection district was called to the home of Jack Jones, route 2, box 646C, on Upton rd. north of Kirkland rd. about 4:35 a.m. today when a storage building was destroyed by fire. Several items of furniture were destroyed in the fire, but there was no damage to other buildings in the vicinity. Articles Filed for Retirement Home Articles of incorporation were filed in Salem today for Rogue Valley Retirement Home, Inc., according to United Press. The articles were signed by George C. Flanagan, Kirkland West, Meredith Groves, L. L. Clark, Ross Knotts, and Ray mond Balcomb. Rogue Valley Retirement Home. Inc., was formed recently to construct a retirement home for the aged in the Medford Ashland area. The home will be known as Rogue VaUey Manor. WEATHER FORECAST: Fair tonight. Fetches of mornins fog. In-c-e-isins 3 h i g h cloudiness " einesda-v . Low tonight 35, ::h Wednesday 65. Temp. Ki;-iest Yesterday .. 67 Lowest this Morning 33 Voting F sissippi also was electing a gov ernor today. Attorney- General J. P. Coleman, the Democratic nominee, was unopposed. Virginia, Kentucky and Mis sissippi, all Democratic states, were electing members of the legislatures, as well as New Jer sey. Besides Philadelphia, major cities holding elections today in ore Polio Malheur Bring Rush For Gamma Globulin Nyssa (U.R) Idahoans liv ing across the Snake river from this polio-infested area visited their family doctors in Nyssa and nearby Oregon communities for gamma globulin shots today fol lowing reports of two more Mal heur tounty polio cases. The cases were the county's 40th ad 41st of the year in an epidemic which has taken the lives of three teen-age girls. The latest cases involved a three- year-old Ontario girl and a one- year-old Nyssa girl. The latter was the 30th victim of the Nyssa area so far in 1S55. 2,800 Immunized The new cases, reported yes terday, followed a -mass gamma globulin inoculation program that immunized 2,800 persons against the disease in the Nyssa school district last week. Dr. Grant B. Hughes, Malheur county health director, said nei ther of the latest victims had re ceived either gamma globulin shots? which give almost posi tive polio immunity for a short period, or injections of the Salk anti-polio vaccine. Two other cases one in Nys sa and another in nearby Adrian Oregon State Blind Workshop Closed Portland (U.R) The work shop of the Oregon State Blind Commission here was closed in definitely today. An official said it was closed because of a ruling by Attorney General Robert Y Thornton that 21 of the workers are not state employees and must provide their own industrial ac cident insurance. Clifford Stocker, commission administrator, termed the ruling a "gross injustice." He said workers in the shop have been covered for the last six years by State Industrial Accident in surance. Coverage, he said, was based on a legal opinion by the State Industrial Accident Com mission. An insurance agent said pri- yate insurance would cost each of the blind persons from S20 to $30 a month. Average earn ings range from $140 to $240 a month. UN General Assembly Balloting Postponed United Nations, N.Y (U.R) The United Nations General as sembly after a record 21 ballots today postponed for two weeks the deadlocked Security Coun cil election between U.S.-backed Philippines and Yugoslavia. The Assembly cast nine bal lots this morning but failed to break the deadlock. However, U. S. Ambassador Henry Cabot Lodge Jr., speak ing in favor of the postpone ment, told the Assembly that, "a new idea" had been put forward for consideration which made it advisable to suspend the voting, Richland, Wash. (U.R) Sen Richard L. Neuberger (D-Ore.! has predicted reelection of Sen. Warren G. Magnuson of Wash ington because "Magnuson has been a leader in the fight to retain our water-power re sources for the people rather than for . private industry." anagers Scan or Clues cluded San Francisco, Boston, in dianapolis. Ind., Memphis, Tenn., Columbus, O., and Hartford, Conn. In Michigan, both Republi cans and Democrats in the 15th congressional district held pri maries to nominate a successor to the late Rep. John D. Dingell, a Democrat, who died last summer. Cases in were reported last week mid way through the five-day inocu lation program. Dr. Hughes said it was impos sible to determine how many Idahoans were coming across the state line to receive injections here but it was believed the number was substantial. Idaho Sends Supply Idaho board of health officials in Boise said 1,970 cubic centi meters of the precious gamma globulin had been shipped to Malheur county to supply Ida hoans receiving injections ther;. Shipment' 'would provide 137 persons with 10-cc shots. Shots were being adminis tered by physicians at their of fices since the mass inoculation facilities at Nyssa high school were dismantled Saturday night. Stores To Remain Open November 11 Medford -merchants will re main open on Veterans Day, Fri day, Nov. 11. Banks, the city hall and courthouse offices will be closed. . . . . Medford retail merchants vot ed at their last meeting to fol low the lead of Portland, Salem, Eugene, and Klamath Falls in relation to closing for the holi day. Since retail stores in those cities were planning to remain open it was decided to follow suit. State liquor stores and agen cies will be closed. Licensees of the Oregon liquor control com mission, however, need not close unless they wish to do so, ac cording to an OLCC report. Private clubs which have mas ter locker permits may not sell bottled liquor containing more than 14 per cent alcohol by vol ume on Friday, but other sales and services allowed by their license will be permitted. Santa Monica, Calif. (U.R) Songwriter Hoagy Carmichael, 55, was divorced today by his wife, Ruth. 41, on charges he was "cold and indifferent" dur ing their past three years of marriage. Problem of Door to Door Magazine Sales Is Stickler for Police, Chamber Chiefs Someone from ' one out of every two groups of door to door magazine salesmen coming to Medford is arrested, Sgt. Lyle C. Perkins, city police, declared Monday. Sergeant Perkins was one of about 15 persons who discussed the problem of door to door salesmen and possible corrective legislation at the weekly Cham ber of Commerce Roundtable luncheon at the Jackson hotel. Two-Fold Problem There was general agreement among those present that the problem was two-fold in that it embraced not only the danger of the public being defrauded by disreputable salesmen, but the fact that outside, high pres sure groups take thousands of dollars out of the city each year. Don McNeil, chamber of com merce manager, stated that the MEDI United Press Full Leased Wire 50th Year 22 Pages Eisenhower May Make Two Brief Speeches Friday President Practices Walking on Stairs Denver (U.R) The White House today announced plans for President Eisenhower's re turn to Washington Nov. 11. He will arrive back in Washington between 3:30 and 4:30 p.m. (EST) and probably make two speeches during the day. The chief executive, accord ing to his Press Secretary James C. Hagerty, probably will speak briefly upon his departure from Lowry Air Force Base at about 11 a.m. (EST) Friday. Hagerty also expected the President would have "a few words" upon his arrival at the Military Air Transport Service terminal in Washington. The forenoon medical bulletin on Mr. Eisenhower reported continued progress in his recov ery from a Sept. 24 heart attack. This morning, he walked up a flight of 10 steps in a fire es cape between the eighth and ninth floors of Fitzsimons Army hospital. To Walk up Ramp He covered the 10-step route three times without stopping, resting briefly at the top of the stairs before starting his down ward trip. Hagerty said that lat er in the day Mr. Eisenhower was expected to cover the same stairway route three more times. What the President and his doctors were doing was a re hearsal for Friday when Mr. Eisenhower will walk up the ramp to his plane, the Columbine III. The President was aware that a civic reception in Washington was being organized and after checking with his physicians, he found no medical objection to any large street crowds awaiting him in the nation's capital. 'Bubble Top' Car - The President will drive through the streets of Washing ton to the White House in what was described as the "bubble top" limousine. This is a car with a plastic covering over the rear seat which protects the Presi dent from the weather and still permits the public to see him. Mr. Eisenhower's statements at Lowry and at Washington were expected to be brief. Ashland Paying Contract Referred Salem (U.R) The State High way Commission said today it had referred to the state en gineer for final award a contract for paving in the city of Ash land. T. W. Thomas, Portland, was low bidder at $118,136 when the commission opened bids in Port land last week. It is a federal aid project and approval from the Bureau of Public Roads is required.- The project calls for .51 mile of grading and paving for northbound lanes of the Pa cific highway in Ashland. chamber receives more than 100 complaints a year from people who have been defrauded by salesmen or desire information as to whether or not a particu lar group of salesmen is rep utable. It was pointed out that door to door sales groups have be come more numerous in recent times. Perkins stated that it is not uncommon to have three dif ferent groups of magazine sales men working the Medford area at the same time and that it would require two men full time for the police to fingerprint, photograph and obtain accurate information about all door-to-door salesmen. Tacoma Ordinance McNeil stated that an ordi nance has 'been passed in Ta coma to prohibit soliciting at night because of the unsavory character of some of the sales MEDFORD, OREGON, TUESDAY, NOVEMBER 8, 1955 Jack B. Welling, 67, Camp White, was killed last. night in one of three automobile acci dents in Jackson county. The fatal accident occurred at about 8:15 p.m. Welling was walking across Crater Lake highway at the Camp White intersection when he was struck by a car. It was the third similar fatal accident at the Camp White intersection this year. State police said Welling was struck by a vehicle operated by Gordon Lee Hayes, 32, of Apartment 1, School apartments, Eagle Point. Hayes' car was eastbound at a speed of 40 miles an hour. He told investigating officers that he did not see Welling in the highway until just before., the car hit the man. Welling evident ly was standing in the eastbound lane of traffic with his back toward Hayes' oncoming car. Killed Instantly Welling was killed instantly, according to Coroner Carlos Morris. The coroner said Well ing suffered multiple injuries, including a broken neck, both legs broken, a back wound, and a possible skull fracture. Conger-Morris funeral home is in charge of funeral arrange ments. Six people were injured in another automobile accident on Crater Lake highway; - Five - of the injured were treated and re leased and the sixth remained in the hospital today. ' State police said the mishap occurred at the Four Corners intersection when a car operated by Eugene D. Winningham, 18, Prospect, collided with a ve hicle registered to Tolbert G. Reavis, Camp White, and oc cupied by William J. Wilkin. 64, and Fred Montova, 63, both of Camp White. Although both vehicles involv ed in the accident were moving at the time of the accident, police said, both Wilkin and Montoya denied they were driv ing the second car. Girl Injured Most seriously injured in the accident was Patricia Sanderson, 15, Prospect, a passenger in the car driven by Winningham. She was taken to Sacred Heart hos pital, where she is being treated for face cuts and a head injury. Lawrence L. Sanderson, 18. and Jeanette Walls, 16, both of Prospect and both passengers in Winningham's car, were treat ed and released at Sacred Heart hospital. Winningham, Wilkin and Montoya were treated and released at Community hosoital, where they were taken by Med ford Ambulance service. Francis Jordon Rhodes. 21, of 1216 East Ninth st., Medford, Salem (U.R) Highways throughout, Oregon were re ported fn good shape and bare of snow or ice today by the State Highway Department. Salem (U.R) Next week, Nov. 13-19, is "Truck Transpor tation Week" in Oregon. men. He suggested that Medford might adopt an ordinance simi lar to one in force in Pendleton, where salesmen are required to register, apply for a license, be fingerprinted, post a bond, give the names of the last three towns in which they worked, and un dergo a 30-day waiting period. Legislation Difficult Frank Farrell, city attorney, stressed the fact that legislation to correct the problem was ex tremely difficult to enact. He said that such legislation must be reasonable; that it couldn't interfere with interstate com merce, and must be fair to out siders as well as resident sales men. He expressed doubt that the Pendleton ordinance was legal and cited an instance of an ordi nance prohibiting photographers from soliciting in Medford which kji faL y-j-y . ' was injured when the car which he was driving crashed into a California Oregon Power com pany utility pole on North Cen tral ave. at Court st. about 4 a.m. today. He was taken by Medford TO HAWAII Mayor Earl Miller presents Bert Pree a box of Rogue Valley pears for the mayor of Honolulu as a good will gesture. The pears were shipped when about S3 members ot tne Jackson County Chamber of Commerce left "Medford Trans Ocean and International Airport" Saturday on a "Pears to Pine apples" tour: Standing at rear are Otto Ewaldsen (left), a Chamber director, and R. B. Thierolf, vice-president of the Chamber. Protective Umbrella Over World Farmers ay Be Withdrawn Rome (U.R) U. S. Secretary of Agriculture Ezra T. Benson warned today that the protective umbrella thrown over the world's farmers by the American price support program may be withdrawn. The statement was made be- Polls Open Until 5 For TID Election Talent Polls will be open until 5 p.m. today for the Talent Irrigation district election. Poll ing place is located at the dist rict's office in Talent. Residents of the district will be electing a director for a three year term. Candidates are Joe H. Meyer, the incumbent, and Da vid H. Holmes. Meyer, who is contemplating his first term in office, is a truck farmer, and Holmes is president of Harry and David's Bear Creek orchards. was contested and declared il legal. Sgt. Perkins said that the po lice department would welcome, the enactment of an ordinance in Medford similar to the Green River ordinance. The Green River ordinance states that it is a trespass when salesmen go on property where a sign says "no peddlers or agents." Fraudulent Practices Instances of fraudulent prac tices among door to door sales men mentioned by the group where magazine salesmen and photographers who fail to de liver their product after selling it; groups selling advertising in non-existant publications; groups selling "imported goods" that are bought locally; and a group that sold a roof coating in Med ford last year which washed off during the first rain. Tribune United Press Full Leased Wire Price 5c No. 196 Ambulance service to Commu nity hospital, where his condi tion was listed as fair early today. , Rhodes was operating a 1949 convertible coupe, according to city police. fore the biennial meeting of the United Nations Food and Agri cultural Organization (FAO). Benson was unable to attend and his statement was read by Earl L. Butz, assistant secretary of agriculture. New Production Seen "In some nations todav." Ben son said, "many of us fear that present trends are leading to ward ,'quick return' attitudes, toward single-crop rather than balanced agricultural economies. "We see new agricultural pro duction springing up in some countries, not because it is eco nomically justified, but only be cause it can creep under the umbrella-like protectic of the United States price support pro gram. "Gentlemen, I must assure you that any production based on such hope of short-term bene fits may sooner or later find.its protecting umbrella with drawn." Benson made these other high light points: 1. American surpluses are "like money in the bank." The problem is not their existence but how to distribute them. 2. One aim of the U. S. flexi ble price support system is to make import controls "less and less necessary" so the United State can be genuinely compet itive in world markets. 3. The time is ripe for all na tions to join in lowering trade barriers. 4. The challenge in agricul ture today is not greater produc tion but distribution. Budget Committee Scheduled To Meet The Medford citizens budget committee will hold its monthly meeting at 7:30 p.m. today in the council chamber. City Manager Robert Duff said City Attorney Frank Farrell will be present to discuss legal ques tions concerning financial prob lems facing the city. The budget committee started monthly meetings recently on re quest from Mayor Earl Miller and the pity council. Western Hopes For New Plan Dashed in Speech Reality Ignored, Molotov Declares Geneva U.R) Soviet Foreign Minister V. M. Molotov today flatly rejected the Western plan for free elections to unify Ger many and made it clear - that Russia intends to hang on to the Communist East Zone. In the longest speech of the current Big Four foneign min isters conference, Molotov dash Western hopes that he had brought back a new plan for Germany from Moscow. He came back instead with a bitter cold war blast against the West's proposals for free elections and German unifica tion. Deadlock Tightened 'The Western plan for free elections ignored the reality of Germany," Molotov said in an hour and a quarter speech that deadlocked the conference tight er than ever. He said the question of free elections is not "mature enough" and was an "artificial plan." Looking across the square conference table to Secretary of State John Foster Dulles, Molotov said 'that Russia "can not agree to see the workers of the Communist German Dem ocratic Republic in East Ger many deprived" of their factories and land." Time and Patience' He charged that the "Eden Plan" for free elections and unity would provoke a general dislocation in Germany. He said the means for re unifying the split nation should be found but that it would not be simple. Then he added: "Time and patience are re- O t quired." , - A half hour before the- plenary session opened, West German Foreign Minister Heinrich Von Brentano, in an airport state ment,' said he had brought no new proposals. He said the West's proposals all had been drawn up in consultation with the Bonn Government and that it approved of them'i in every respect. UMC Fund Drive At 84 Pel. Mark The United Medford Crusade's fund drive climbed from 80 per cent of its $109,000 goal last week to 84 per cent this week, division leaders were told at a luncheon meeting yesterday. The drive total now stands at $92,000, with $17,000 to go. M. M. Huggins, drive chairman, said he is confident this can be done. Leading the divisions this week was the King Arthur group, with 103 per cent of its goal. It was one of the three low groups last week, but went oyer its goal during the ensuing days. As a result, Chairman Dick House was the winner of the trip to the OSC-California game Sat urday, offered by Huggins. House passed up the trip in fa vor of Guy Hays, who headed the real estate section of House's division, and who did a "bang up job," House said. Barbara Hutton Weds German Tennis Ace Versailles. France U.R) Woolworth heiress Barbara Hut ton married German tennis star Baron Gottfried von Cramm here today. The wedding ceremony took place in secrecy at the town hall outside the famed Versailles Chateau. The ceremony was per formed by Andre Mignot, Ver sailles mayor and National As sembly deputy. Miss Hutton is 42, Von Cramm 46. It was the sixth wedding for the dime store heiress and the second for Von Cramm who served a period in jail in 1938 on a morals charge. Miss Hutton divorcee? her fifth husband, Dominican playboy Porfirio Rubirosa, only last July. January Draft Call Placed at 8,000 Men Washington (U.R) The De fense Department today issued a draft call for 8000 men in January. All will be assigned to the Army. The Navy, which started to draft men this month, will skip a draft call in January and re sume again in February. O O
