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Ber litis mim o EO Connelly, Caudle, Schwimmer Named In Indictment Bribery, Perjury, Conspiracy Charged St. Louis (U.R) Ewo for mer officials of the Trunftn ad ministration and an attorney were named today in a 24-count indictment charging conspiracy, bribery and perjury. Named as defendants were Matthew J. Connelly, former White House appointment secre- tary; T. Lamar Caudle, head of the Justice Department's Tax Di vision until he was fired by President Truman in 1951, and Harry I. Schwimmer, a Kansas City attorney. Tax Evasion Scheme Seen The indictment said the three conspired with Irving Sachs, a St. Louis shoe broker, to avoid prosecution for tax evasion. Sachs was later indicted and pleaded guilty, receivings fine of $40,000, in 1951. The indictment said Connelly Agreed to use his influence "in the hope of reward and other corrupt motives" to persuade of ficers of the Internal Revenue Bureau to recommend against prosecuting Sachs. The indictment said Connelly persuaded Caudle to decline to prosecute Sachs and that Caudle persuaded his subordinates to recommend against criminal ao tion against either Sachs or his firm, Shu-Stiles, Inc., of St. Louis. Charged With Perjury Schvimmer, Sach's attorney at the time, was indicted for per jury in the first true bill to be returned by the jury two weeks ago. Schwimmer was charged with telling the jury a $10,000 check he received from Sachs in 1949 was a legal fee. The government said it was actually a fund to bribe officials so that Sachs coyld escape prosecution. Polio Victim Dies In Eugene; Merkel Urges Salk Shots Darrell Higinbotham, 5-year-old son of Mr. and Mrs. Glenn Higinbotham, route 2, box 68, Central Point, died in the Sa cred Heart hospital at Eugene yesterday afternoon,' according to the county health depart ment. He was a victim of infantile paralysis, and had been . trans ferred to the Eugene polio treat ment center Tuesday evening. He had suffered partial paraly sis, and also was having respira tory difficulty. Funeral arrangements are pending at Perl funeral home. Urges Polio Shots Dr. A. E. Merkel, Jackson county health officer, backed by the Jackson County Medical society, today suggested to par ents of children under 15 years of age that the youngsters re ceive shots of Salk anti-polio vaccine. While the worst of the polio season is over, the disease can be contracted at any time of the year. Even one shot of the vac cine gives a considerable degree of immunity, he said. Jackson county physicians have received ample supplies of the vaccine to fill all normal de mands, Dr. Merkel " said, and have agreed to administer the shots at nominal cost. Provide Protection The county health officer urged that children under 15 be Siven the first of the series of shots as soon as possible, point ing out that incidence can be expected to rise again next spring and summer, and that shots given now will provide lasting protection. The Higinbotham boy was the fifth county resident to be af flicted with the disease in 1955. Road Conditions Siskiyous Chains requir ed: snowing; 6 inches new snow; 8 inches roadside. Green Springs Police recommend carrying chains; snow flurries; packed snow on highway; 3 inches new; 3 inches at roadside. Prospect Chains required; snowing hard and continu ously; 2 inches new snow; 2 inches at roadside. Crater Lake Chains or snow tread tires required; snowing; 23 inches new snow; 58 inches on ground; Anne Spring to rim closed, but should be open by Friday noon if weather clears; west and south entrances closed temporarily because plow are not operating HAROLD BROWN Dies in Portland H. H. Brown Dies In Portland After 3-Month Illness Harold Homer Brown. 54, a prominent Medford insurance man, died at Providence hospi tal, in Portland yesterday fol lowing an illness of about three months. Mr. Brown, who retired in 1953, was flown to Portland about two weeks ago by Mercy Flights, Inc. Mr. Brown, who entered the insurance business in Medford in 1938, formed .the Harold Brown Agency here. Since his retirement, the business has been known as Alexander and Brown. He was born in Canyon City, Ore., Jan. 10, 1901. He was mar ried to Mary E. Bebb, Dec. 10, 1932, . Oregon Graduate Mr. Brown was a graduate of the University of Oregon, and was a member of the Baker Lodge AF & AM. the Hillah Temple of the Shrine and the Medford Elks lodge. Besides his wife, he is sur vived by a son, David S., and his father, Charles W. Brown, of Canyon City, Ore. Funeral services will be . held at 1 p.m. Saturday, Dec. 3, at Perl's ' Funeral home with: the Rev. George It. V. Bolster ofSt. Mark's Episcopal church offici ating. Interment will be at the Medford Memorial mausoleum, and will be private. Henrietta Carter Identifies Number Mrs. . Henrietta Carter, 208 Beatty st., identified the license number tf Wednesday's "Cour tesy Driver of the Day" and re ceived the $5 prize today. The prize for today's courtesy driver will be $10 because to day is Safe Driving Day. The license number of today s courtesy driver is 7E-1933 The owner may identify him self by calling Medford 2-2441 or 3-5643 before noon Friday. The "Courtesy Driver of the Day" is. part of Medford Safety council's "Partner In Safety" program and membership drive. Other programs presently under way are a slogan contest, for which entries should be sent to Medford Safety council, and a prize for an affirmative answer to "Are You Mr. or Mrs. Jay walker" who jaywalks in Jack son county communities. Santa Claus, Workshop Win Parade Sweepstakes Prize A float representing Santa Claus and his workshop won thel $100 sweepstakes prize last night in the third annual Junior Cham ber of Commerce sponsored Christmas parade, which form ally opened the holiday shopping season. The -float, which included a jack-in-the-box, an elf painting a ginger bread man and several dolls, was made by the Griffin Creek Girl Scouts and was en tered in the junior division in the toyland theme. Other Prizes A float sponsored by Pilgrim Holiness church, a nativity scene with Joseph. Mary, Jesus, and several angels, won first place in the junior division. St. Mary's Girl scout troop 30, with a Christmas card float, placed second, and Girl scout troop 151 had the third place float, en titled "Joy of Giving" showing girl scouts giving gifts to an underprivileged family. First prize in the senior di vision went to a float entered by the Medford National Guard unit. The float depicted two sol diers guarding . the . tomb of a Medford United Press Full Leased Wire 50th Year 26 Pages UN Opens Debate On Package Plan For New.Members Nationalist China Move Could Wreck Deal United Nations.oN. Y. (U.R) The United Nations opens a full debate on a package plan for r?ew members today despite Nationalist China's determina tion to veto Outer Mongolia's application in a move that could wreck the whole deal. Canada was scheduled to in troduce, on. behalf of 26 other sponsors, a resolution in the General Assembly's Special Po litical committee calling for the admission of 18 countries five Communist and 13 sponsored by the West. ' Under UN procedure, the Gen eral Assembly can elect new members . by, a two-thirds vote only after their admission has been recommended by the Se curity Council, of which Nation alist China is a member. Canadian delegate Paul Mar tin hoped to roll up a command ing vote for the admission of all 18 countries in order to influence the Security Council against ve toing any of them. However, .no reply had been received to a personal appeal from President Eisenhower to Generalissimo Chiang Kai-shek to reverse China's announced in tention of using its veto, for the first time, against Outer Mon golia. Russia showed no sign of re lenting from its position that it would veto all the applicants if Outer Mongolia or any o4 the other four Communist satellites under consideration is not accepted.- . Chinese Ambassador Tingfu F. Tsiang, who announced Tuesday that he would "veto Outer Mon golia, "if necessary," was ex pected to give a full explana tion of . the Formosa govern ment's position in the special committee. It was not definite, however, whether he would speak today or Friday. Rogue Valley Bank ; Joins Federal Reserve ' Rogue Valley' State bank, 1109 Court st., has become a member of the Federal Reserve system, Ralph E. Pierce, vice-president, has announced. Membership be came effective Nov. 28. Pierce pointed out that by be ing a member of the system, the bank will be in a better, posi tion to serve increasing de mands. The bank, which formerly was the Eagle Point State bank, moved to its present location about a year ago with total as sets of more than $1,500,000. Pierce said assets have increased from $2,825,112.34 Oct. 5, this year, to $2,991,237.95 as of. Nov. 28. a DOW-JONES AVERAGES - New York (U.R) Dow-Jones final stock averages: 30 indus trials 481.39 off 1.87: 20 rail roads 165.28 off 1.37; 15 utilities 65.84 off 0.08, and 65 stocks 17S.72 off 0.82. Sales today were about 2;370,000 compared with 2,900,000 yesterday. "buddy" , and a peaceful living room scene at fehristmas. The Phoenix Garden club's float was second in the senior division," and a float entered by the Ladies of Moose and the Loyal Order of Moose was third. Honorable Mention Honorable mention went to floats entered by Camp White employees, ' Talent Methodist church, and Southwest Medford 4-H club in the junior division and the Letter Earners auxil iary, Eagles and Jaycettes in the senior division. There were 33 entries in the parade, including Medford High school band, McLoughlin Junior High school band, Bliss Heine's Juniors, and Santa Claus. i Entries were judged on orig inality, colorfulness and amount of . work in erecting floats. Themes were Bibical, fairyland and toyland. Judges were Medford Mayor and Mrs. Earl Miller and Rich ard Jewett of the Mail Tribune news staff. Medford police estimated crowd of about 6,500 watched the parade. Mr BEDFORD, OREGON, TF Socialist Party Executive Group : Votes Ejection Ouster Move Led By Mendes-France Paris (U.R) The Executive Committee of the Radical So cialist party ordered Premier Edgar Faure expelled from the party tonight in retaliation for his decision to disband the Na tional Assembly and force a gen eral election. The ouster move was led by former Premier Pierre Mendes France, former close friend and colleague of Faure but now his bitter political enemy. Called on Carpet Prodded by the furious Men des-France, the ' Radical Party Bureau called Faure brusquely on the carpet for discipline and then voted, 19 to 8, to throw him out of th party. Faure also faced an attempted ouster as Premier. Enraged op ponents in the Assembly sought to push through a vote of censure. This would put him out of office if adopted. But the Premier threatened to dissolve Parlia ment immediately if it started any such move. G - . Elections in January The Radical Socialist bureau is the inner steering committee of the party. One of its members said before the meeting that it was empowered to take disci plinary action which afterwards could be approved by the full party Executive Committee. Faure's Cabinet voted last night to dissolve the Assembly after the deputies - voted not coir" fidence in his government by a 319 to 219 figure Tuesday night. May Delay Dissolution It was expected actual dissolu tion would be delayed at least until next week, so that the gen eral elections could be held about Jan. 8. The elections must be held within 30 days of disso lution. It was the hottest squabble in French politics , in nearly 80 years. Five key Radical Socialist members of Faure's lame duck Cabinet announced they were re signing in protest against the Premier's actions. Ashland Resident Fatally Injured Ashland Miss Berna Effie Haight, 70-year-old blind wom an, of 625 B st., Ashland, was killed about 5:15 p.m. yesterday when ' she was struck by a car driven by Phillip Randall Aus tin, 16, of Ashland, as she was crossing East Main st. The fatality -was the third since July 3, 1954, at the Gresh- man st.-East Main st. crossing. A pedestrian was killed at the crossing about two weeks ago. Ashland police 'said Miss Haight, who was carrying a white cane, was crossing East Main st. from the south to north side on the east side-of Gresham st.' 3he was taken to Ashland General hospital, but was dead upon arrival, police said. Injuries Listed Police said she died of mul tiple arm, chest and kull frac tures. It was raining at the time of the accident. Austin is the son of Mr. and Mrs. John Austin, 115 Bush st., Ashland. Police said they were not sure if charges would be filed against Austin. Prior to the first pedestrian fatality at the crossing, Ashland went about three years without a fatality within the city limits. Litwiller Funeral home in Ashland is in charge of arrange ments. Alan Fined, Sentenced For Drunk Driving ' Curtis Leslie Hammons, 43, 447 North Fir st., was fined $255 and costs and sentenced to 30 days in jail in district court yes terday after he pleaded guilty to charges, of driving while under the influence of intoxicating liquor. His operator's license was suspended for 90 days. Judge Rawles Moore suspend ed the jail sentence on good be havior. . Hammons, who was jailed in lieu of payment of the fine, was arrested Nov. 29 by state police, FAur r "o 1, 1955 MRED ' WINTER APPARITIONS These two stenographers are al most invisible in the snow flurry as they trudge home from work at Buffalo, N. Y., as transportation came to a stand still. Buffalo suffered the worst early season snowstorm as-' the biggest cold wave this year sprawled across three quar ters of the nation. Schools and plants closed down as four feet of snow was dumped on the area. 1 L - id -Morn i eafMTiorlSitfat 15 On Safe Driving Day Portland '(U.R) Oregonians got off to a safe start on Safe Driving day today with no fatalities reported until noon. One injury was reported when Keith Gordon Randol was hospitalized at Oregon City with an arm fracture suffered when a car struck a power pole on SE 82nd ave. near Portland. Although there were no other reports of injuries, traffic headquarters in Salem said it may not be an indication of no injury accidents. Reports were to be submitted from around the state to Salem at 12 noon, 6 p.m. and mianigm, By UNITED PRESS0 Death stalked the nation's highways,, early on this Safe Driving Day-, out lis-iou m first half of the 24-hour period starting at midnight was be neath a score. At 10 a.m. (PST), the National Safety Council at Chicago, com piling and correlating reports given in by the United Press and other news services, said its adjusted figure for deaths totaled 15. The United Press figure at about that time was 17 deaths. Ohio had four; Louisiana, Michi; gan and Tennessee two each; Illinois, California, Indiana, Kansas, Minnesota, New York, and South Carolina one each. No Washington Falalitie As of noon, Washington, the pnation's capital, had no fatali ties, no injuries, and only six minor' "fender-bumping" - acci dents. New York City and Chi cago ' were among the large population centers reporting no deaths within their city limits before "" noon, although there were traffic accidents and in juries resulting from them. - The first report came from Michigan, where L. T. Bell of Plymouth, died when his car smashed into a culvert. Bruce Donald Mosher, 23, Glen Falls, N. Y., died when his car smash ed into a tree on a curve. In the Chicago area, a 27-year-old sailor, Gerald Lagro, was struck and killed by a truck. President Leads Appeals President Eisenhower led the appeals for sanity and caution on S-D Day. He pleaded with Americans "to help demonstrate that we can reduce accidents on our streets and highways. "Last year, an American man, woman or child ,was killed in traffic every 15 minutes." Mr. Eisenhower pointed out. "Some one was injured every 25 sec onds. And, this year, the record is worse; more people are dying; more are injured and crippled." On the first S-D Day last year, on Dec. 15, the safety council counted 51 traffic deaths. This was a reduction of only nine from the Dec. 15, 1953, total of 60. The key figure today, how ever, was the total of 81 per sons who were killed in auto Tribune United Press Fun Leased Wire Price 5c No.216 ng - Traffic accidents on Thursday, Dec. 2, last year. It was this toll which, safety experts hoped, would be cut dramatically before mid night tonight. . Benson Given Cheers On Exposition Tour Chicago (U.R) Agriculture Secretary Ezra T. Benson was cheered to the rafters when he toured the International Live stock Exposition yesterday. The audience at the Interna tional Amphitheater included many . of the nation's expert farmers. But there were no indi cations that controversy over falling farm prices had dimmed their welcome for Benson. The smiling Cabinet member rode into the amphitheater in a wagon drawn by six horses. Later, he demonstrated an ex pert' touch in showing a photog rapher how to get the show s grand champion to pose properly. : The steer, an Aberdeen. Angus known as Julius, wouldn't raise his head for the camera. Then Benson gave it a sharp slap on the hindquarters and the head came up like clockwork. ' Magazine Planned By Portland Group Portland (U.R) A new maga zine, called the "News Critic," will make its debut in Portland in mid-December, backers a nounced today. e Editor and publisher ef the magazine is Eugene E. Snyder of Portland, a graduate of Reed College and Oxford University He is an economist. Snyder said the magazine would features news and com ments in the fields of art, sci ence, and political economy. It will appear on alternate Fridays News Critic,. Snyder said, would fill a "need for a publica tion on a local level concerned not with day-to-day .reporting of events, but with contempla tive consideration of broader issues and social trends." EXPELLED WEATHER FORECAST: Mostly cloudy with occasional rain showers in valleys and snow showers ' in " mountains above 3,000 feet tonight. Morning fog Friday with partial clearing during day. Low tonight 34. High Friday 42. Temp. Highest Yesterday 50 Lowest this Morning 38 Prec. to 10 a.m. Today .66 Eisenhower Talks Military, Foreign Policy Problems President Meets Security Council Thurmont, Md. (U.R) Presi dent Eisenhower - motored to his mountain hideaway today and discussed military and foreign policy problems with high gov ernment officials shuttled . here from Washington by helicopter. It was Mr. Eisenhower's sec ond meeting with the National Security Council at his Camp David retreat in two weeks. Although the White House emphasized that no emergency was involved, it appeared from the star studded roster of those called to the conference that critical decisions might be in the making. After a 45-minute examina tion Wednesday the President's physicians told him his recovery from a heart attack last Sept. 24 is continuing satisfactorily. They added that his activities still must be restricted. Restrictions Beincr Relaxed However, today's schedule pointed up that the doctor s re stnctions are being relaxed steadily. After a mornine's work on budget and other government matters at his downtown Gettys burg office the President drove to Camp David, Md., for a full- dress meeting of the National Security Council. About 25 ton officials in cluding all members of the Joint Chiefs of Staff were summon ed from- Washington for the ses sion. It was the second of its kind to be held at the mountain top presidential retreat since Mr. Eisenhower came here for a work-and-rest recuperative pe- riod on Nov. 14. Meeting Appears Significant White House Press Secretary James C. Haeertv pictured the session as simply a regular weeKiy .meeting of the National Security Council. But more than usual significance was attached to the meeting because of the size and scope of its list of par ticipants. Council members bv law are the president, vice-president, sec-: retanes of defense and state, and the defense mobilizer. Of this group all but Vice-President Richard M. Nixon attended. Others on the roster were the chairman of the Atomic Energy Commission, secretaries of Air Force and Navy, Secretary of the Army or possibly a stand-in, director of central intelligence, and the director of the budget. Russian Missions Said Cover for Spy Activity Portland (U.R) A former OSS official from Southern Pines, "N.C., last night said Rus sian cultural missions to the Un ited States should be curtailed because they provide a cover for spy activities. Arch F. Coleman, an official in the Office of Strategic Ser vices before and during World War II, said he was sure every cultural mission .from the Sov iet Union contained from the Soviet Union contained Red spies sent to gather information about the United States. .Coleman spoke at a banquet here. No Accidents Are Reported In First Half of S-D Day There were no traffic acci dents reported in Jackson county in the first 12 hours of Safe Driving Day, county law en forcement officials reported. This is the second year in which an attempt is being made to reduce traffic fatalities, and police have urged motorists and pedestrians to cooperate in keep ing accidents to a minimum. Last year, two accidents were reported in Medford on Safe Driving Day, which has been proclaimed by President Eisen hower and his committee for traffic safety. Greatest Number Killed Medford Police Chief Charles Champlin pointed out that De cember is usually the month when the greatest number of fatalities occur, a large portion. Big 3 To Resist Soviet Attempt To Assume Control Affairs Held Sole Concern of E. Germans - , e Berlin (U.R) The ambassa dors of the United States, Bri tain and France handed sepa rate "hands off Berlin" notes to Soviet Ambassador G. M. Push kin tonights The three Western envoys made it clear that their govern ments will resist any Soviet at tempt to end four power control and turn the city over to the East German Communists. The Soviets had indicated previously that East Berlin's af fairs were now the sole concern of the East German Communist regime and not of Russia itself. The three notes were similar, but not identical. The three Western nations had coordin ated their action beforehand, and had kept the West German government at Bonn informed of. their plans. Detention Pretested The note from the United States was the strongest. American officials in Wash ington said before it was deliv ered that it vigorously protested the incident involving the deten tion of two congressmen, the wife of one, and their escort officer, in East Berlin Sunday. It reaffirmed U. S. and Allied rights' in Germany including Berlin. G The U. S. officials said the q American note: 1. Reminds the Russians that they are respon sible for the treatment of Amer icans in East Berlin, and 2. De clares that Russia cannot trans fer its responsibilities under four power agreements to the East German regime. The East German Communists have laid - formal claim to Ber lin as their capital, and said that from now on the Western powers must follow Communist orders in East Berlin. Berlin Is Capital Soviet Maj. Gen. P. A. Di brova told Maj. Gen. Charles L. Dasher Jr. the U.- S. command ant, that Berlin no longer was an occupied city and the West ern powers would . have to re spect East German law., : Bruno Baum, secretary of the East Berlin Communits party, carried this stand a step further when he told a Communist meeting today that "the Ger man Democratic (Communist Republic is a covereign state and Berlin is its capital." "We shall not permit the Americans to drive about in ra dio cars in the Democratic (Communist) sector of Berlin," he said. "They have no right to do that." ' In Berlin, Baum said, "It is we who decide matters and nobody else." " Baum's stand on U. S. Army cars with radios, made in a speech broadcast by the East Berlin Radio, differed with that of the Soviets who said the cars would be permitted to enter East Berlin as long as they did not, transmit "incessantly." County Tax Problems Slated For Discussion County tax problems will be discussed by the Jacksdn County Chamber of Commerce legisla tive committee at a breakfast meeting at 7:30 a.m. tomorrow at Medford hotel. Representatives of the county court are expected to attend to explain taxation problems in Jackson county. Turncoaf Tenneson Fails To Reach Border Hong Kong (U.R) Former Pvt. Richard R. Tennesdn of Al den, Minn., an American turn coat who elected to remain with the Communist Chinese after the Korean armistice, failed to appear at the Hong Kong border today. of them because of adverse weather and driving conditions. . Champlin listed several safety precautions which help mini mize accidents. Among them are adjusting the vehicle's speed to road and weather conditions, keeping ' vehicle windows and windshield clear at all times, using chains or snow tread tires on packed snow and ice, , and maintaining a safe distance be tween vehicles on the highway. Earlier this week, Oregon State police stopped north and southbound traffic, handing out pamphlets reminding motorists of Safe-Driving day. Motorists were stopped, at the state line near Ashland and between Cen tral Point and Medford, on Highway 99, at Prospect and at Lincoln. -r
