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Elmo Smith Sworn
In Today As New
Oregon Governor
Oath- Administered By
Chief Justice Warner
Salem (U.R) Elmo E. Smith
of John ,Day was sworn ' in at
9:36 a.m. today as governor of
Oregon, succeeding Paul Patter
son, who died of a heart attack
in Portland last night.
Chief Justice Harold J. War
ner of the Oregon Supreme
Court administered the brief
oath of office in a simple cere
mony while Associate Justice
William C. Perry, Secretary of
State Earl T. Newbry, State
Treasurer Sig Unander and
ELMO SMITH
Assumes Governoi's Duties
Former Senate President William
.... E. Walsh of Coos Bay listened.
. Smith said he learned of Gov.
Patterson's death about 11 p.m.
from Ted Gamble in Portland
and Ed Armstrong, the gover
nor's administrative assistant, in
Salem. .
State ' police officer Bob Mil
ton, stationed at John Day, drove
Smith ,, to Salem. They arrived
about 6 a.m., and Smith had but
a short time to rest before going
to the Capitol for the swearing
in ceremony.
Gov. Smith said Oregon "has
lost a' great citizen. I will de
vote every energy and effort to
see that the sound administra
tion of government which Gov.
Patterson established is carried
on. .
Gov. Smith "said news of Pat
terson's death hit him and also
members of his family. He said
his son and daughter had known
Patterson for about as far back
as they can remember. Smith
had served with Patterson in the
Oregon Senate.
Gov. Smith said he did not
know how soon his family would
come here from' John Day, but
perhaps today or tomorrow.
Next In Line
Smith, a Republican, as presi
dent of the Oregon State Senate
was next in line of succession
under Oregon law. He served
three terms in the Oregon Legis
lature and was elected Senate
president during the 1955 ses
sion. Smith has been a news
paperman for 22 years. He, pres
ently publishes the weekly Blue
Mountain Eagle in John Day.
He was three times mayor of
Ontario, Ore., and is a one-time
airmail pilot who still owns and
flies a plane. He was born on a
cattle ranch near Grand Junc-
4. tion, Colo., Nov. 19, 1909, and
." was educated in Idaho; He served
18 months in the Navy in the
South Pacific and Far East dur-
ing World War H and was cited
for a special mission to Manila
at war's end.
Smith is married and has a
son and daughter. In the legisla
ture he showed a special inter
est in highways legislation.
Funeral Services
Slated for Governor
Salem ' U.R) Funeral ser
vices for Gov. Paul Patterson
will be held at 2 p.m. Friday in
the House of Representatives in
the state capitol.
At the request of the ; family,
friends wishing to make memor
ials were asked to make contri
butions to the Oregon Heart As
sociation, 905 Southwest Taylor,
Portland, or in care of their
local postmaster.
Details of the funeral services
were not immediately 'available,
the governor's office said.
DOW-JONES .AVERAGES
New York Dqw-Jones final
stock averages: 30 industrials
437.28, up 2.54; 20 railroads
1 58.70, up 0.34; 15 utilities 68.uK,
ud 0.20. and 65 stocks 168.32, up
0.68. Sales today were about
2,010,000 shares compared witn
1,900,000 yesterday.
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50th Year 20 Pages MEDFORD, OREGON, WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 1,1956 "J No. 268
Plans Proceed For
Lincoln Day Dinner
Portland (U.R) Francis
L Smith, chairman of the
Multnomah county Republi
can central committee, said to
day "the committee will pro
ceed with plans, for its Lincoln
Day dinner, tomorrow . night
despite the death of Gov. Paul
Patterson last night. .
Smith said the committee
believed it would have been
the wish of the governor.
He said "the Republican
party in Multnomah county
will go ahead with even more
determination and spirit than
before."
Speaker will be Ezra Taft
Benson, Secretary of Agricul
ture. Three Sentenced;
5 Others Appear
In Circuit Court
Two men were .sentenced to
terms in Oregon State Peniten
tiary; one received a suspended
sentence, and six cases were
continued in circuit court this
morning before Judge H. K.
Hanna.
Clyde J. Mallory, 36, North
Bend, was . sentenced to two
years six months in the peniten
tiary on a charge of burglary of
the Earl Richardson residence,
Medford, Dec. 25. Gilbert Emil
Peterson, 56, Camp White, was
resentenced to one year after a
typographical error was discov
ered in a previous arraignment.
He is charged with having cash-'
ed a fictitious check.
Suspended Sentence ..v . v
David Arthur Williams, - 24,
Cottage Grove, received a one
year suspended sentence on con
dition he make prompt non-support
payments.
Charles Lavon Coffey, 18,
Gold Hill, was bound over for
sentencing after pleading guilty
to. burglary not in a dwelling,
involving the Oak Grove school.
He was arrested by sheriff's dep
uties, along with four juveniles,
after a number of county burg
laries. The case of three men,, arrest
ed by sheriff's deputies this
week for malicious injury to
personal property, was continued
pending receipt of reports from
the federal bureau of investiga
tion. They are Jesse M. Chan
cellor; Jr., 21, 510 Marie st.;
Benjamin V. Sanford Shearer,
19, and Richard Dean Randall,
20, both of . 927 Brookdale rd.
The three allegedly broke two
aerials and two mirrors off a
car owned by M. J. Hornbuckle,
Medford.
Continued, awaiting FBI re
ports were the cases of Arthur
Raymond Huff, Jr., 19, Phoe
nix, charged with burglary not
in a dwelling, involving the
Talent club, Talent, and Lau
rence Earl Ericks, 32, Klamath
Falls, charged with uttering and
publishing a false check.
Susan Smith Case
Under Consideration
San Jose, Calif. (U.R) The
guardianship case of 3V-year-old
Susan Smith, formerly of Port
land, Ore., has been taken under
submission by Superior Judge M,
G. Del Mutolo.
The judge indicated . that he
might spend anywhere from sev
eral days to two weeks consider
ing the evidence in the case.
Susan's aunt," Mrs. Ellen High-
tower of Los Gatos, Calif., pe
titioned to be named her guard
ian on grounds that the mother,
Mrs. Marjorie Smith of Portland,
is unfit.
$50,000 Damages Sought
From Ashland Company
A complaint asking $50,000
damages was filed in the county
clerk's office yestefday by
Duane : Mittelstaedt, Franklin
county, Washington, against R.
L. Athey and H. R. Morris, doing
business as the Oak Street Tank
and Steel company, Ashland.
The complaint charges that
Mittelstaedt suffered severe
burns June 11, 1954, when he
was struck by live steam from a
steam cleaner being demonstrat
ed on his farm by Morris, a
salesman for the Ashland firm.
Norwegians Grab
14th Russian Boat
Inside Boundaries
Report Fishing Fleet
Hovering On Horizon
Aalesund, Norway (U.R) The
Norweigah Navy captured its
14th Russian fishing boat inside
Norway's sea boundaries and ap
parently forced the remainder
of the Soviet fleet to retreat to
the safety of the high seas.
The lighthouse master at "Svin
oey, 10 miles off the mainland,
reported the Soviet fishing fleet
had pulled back from Norwegian
waters and was hovering on the
horizon. He said the Russians
gave no indication of making an
other invasion of Norway's four
mile territorial waters, i
Demand Release . '
The Soviet government today
demanded release of the 14 Rus
sian fishing boats.
Radio Moscow, heard in Lon
don, called the incident "a mis
understanding." .
It said the ministry "expects
a speedy consideration by the
Norwegian authorities of this
question and the release of the
detained vessels."
The three-day invasion had
"cost" the Russians 13 fishing
boats and one factory ship. Tor
pedo and patrol boats were forced
to open fire at least twice to
prevent the Soviet poachers
from escaping.
The 14th Russian fishing boat
was brought into this West Nor
way port by a prize crew of Nor
wegian sailors. The seizure
brough to ' 850 the number of
Soviet-"prisoners of war." -The
"captives" included some 50
women.
Deliberate Violation
The tactics of the Soviet fish
ing fleet led Norwegians to be
lieve the invasion was a deliber
ate violation : of Norway's sea
frontier.
Some fishermen here specu
lated that the withdrawal may be
only temporary. They , said the
holds of the fishing boats may be
filled to capacity with herring
and they were unable to take
more until the "mother ship"
Tambov is released by Norweg
ian authorities.
The Tambov, whose captain
hove to only after a warning
shot was fired across the ship's
bow, was captured Monday. It
now is anchored, under guard,
in Aalesund Fjord. : J
Benson Says Live Hog
Supports Won't Work
Austin, Minn. (U.R) Secre
tary of Agriculture Ezra T.. Ben
son said today a government
price support program to raise
the farm value of hogs and cat
tle a nickel a pound would cost
about $2,250,000,000 annually.
. A government price support
program for live hogs and cattle
"won't work," Benson said.
"Such action would hurt more
than it would ever help."
Benson threw cold water on
pleas for a government buying
program of livestock to bolster
sagging farm prices in a major
speech prepared for delivery be
fore the Minnesota-Iowa Swine
Producers association. The
speech followed a blunt warning
issued at Chicago yesterday to
pork processors to keep their
marketing margins and profits in
line and to pay farmers "as much
as possible" for their livestock.
Paul Patterson Died When
Of Political Career Which
Portland-OJ.R Paul L. Pat
terson died just as he was about
to embark on a new phase of his
career in politics, a career that
had always claimed his interest.
He was a lifelong Republican.
Born in Kent, Ohio, July 18,
1900, he moved to Portland with
his family when he was eight
years old and was a newsboy
during most of his school days.
His reputation as a tenacious
debater was earned early in life.
He won debating honors at Port
land's Washington high school
and was president of his gradu
ating class there in 1918. He
took his bachelor's . degree in
business administration at Uni
versity of Oregon in 1923 and
his law degree at the same uni
Ike-Eden Bsscuss wuelear E
PRESIDENT GREETS EDEN President Eis
enhower greets Anthony Eden (left) as the
British Prime Minister arrived at the White
cKay May
To Testify
Hearings Next
Washington (U.R) A joint
subcommittee . investigating a
controversial' timberland and
mining" Tease "; in "Oregon expected
today to issue a formal - invita
tion to Interior Secretary Doug
las McKay to testify.-
"McKay's undersecretary, Clar
ence A. Davis, completed ' two
days of testimony yesterday. But
Subcommittee Chairman' W.
Kerr Scott (D-N.C.) said he won't
be satisfied that "the whole story
has been told" about the so
called Al Sarena case unless Mc
Kay takes the stand.
Letter Prepared
A letter asking McKay to ap
pear was being prepared, and
Auto Accidents
Hospitalize Two
Two men were hospitalized for
treatment of injuries received in
traffic Occidents last . night in
Medford.
John Dee Hawley, 17, 824
West 14th st., received bruises
and other possible injuries when
his car struck the Montgomery
Ward Co. ' building, 117 , South
Central ave. about 1 a.m. City
police said he told them he was
"confused and irritated," when
attempting a left turn off Cen
tral ave.
He was reported in good con
dition today at Sacred Heart hos
pital," where he was taken by
Medforcl ambulance service.
Allen Dale Cannon, 30, Al
bany, was taken to Community
hospital about midnight for
treatment of a lacerated scalp
received when a station wagon
driven by Marville Straley, Eu
gene, in which Cannon was Tid
ing, collided at South Fir. and
West Eleventh sts. with a parked
truck owned by Everett Faber,
401' South Fir st. .
' Hospital attendants today said
Cannon's condition was good.
versity in' 1926. From then on
he practiced law in Hillsboro
until he became governor and
moved to Salem.
Married in 1927
In 1927 Patterson ; married
Georgia Searle Benson who sur
vives, along with a son and two
daughters. Both daughters are
married.
He served briefly in World
War I and was about to take of
ficer's training when the con
flict ended.
His first excursion :aito state
politics was in" 1944 when r he
was elected to the state senate.
His talents for leadership quick
ly became . apparent : and, while
still a freshman legislator, he
was made chairman of the muni
Be Invited
In Timber
committee members said it was
possible he would be. the sub
committee's 'next witness it a
jneeting scheduled "for Tuesday".'
Davis told the subcommittee
in final testimony he wasn't dis
turbed by the fact that the min
ing company has done no- mining
since it obtained title to the for
est lands in 1954, although it has
cut a substantial amount of tim
ber. " -
He said that- was "normal"
since no one probably would
start a mining operation while
the award of the claims was un
der "investigation and criticism."
Denies Haste
He also denied that there was
any haste in the decision to
award full title "patents" to the
claims to the company.
Rep. Charles -Raper Jonas (R
N.C.) asked him if he was influ
enced by "any individuals, per
sons or groups", to make the
award. '
"No, I was not," he said.
. Scott chided Davis for accept
ing, what he termed, "decisive
information and data ; upon
which you based your final de
cision from a member of Con
gress." Apparently: he referred
to Rep. Harris Ellsworth (R-Ore.)
who wrote several letters urging
action in the case.
. Scott said it was a "danger
ous situation" for ; members of
Congress to - become a . chief
source of facts for executive de
cisions. "It is, in short, a shabby and
shoddy way . for government to
operate," he said. :
Weather
FORECAST: Fair and cold to
night and Thursday. Low to
.. night 23. High Thursday 48.
TEMPERATURE
Highest yesterday 44
Lowest this morning 21
Lowest this Morning 21
Embarking On New Phase
Claimed His Interest
cipal , a f f a i rs committee. He
served in the senate for each sub
sequent session until he became
senate president in 1951.
That office led to the govern
orship in 1952 when Douglas Mc
Kay was elevated to the cabinet
by President Eisenhower. In
1954 he won both primary and
general elections by large ma
jorities to take his first term as
governor in his own right.
Never Lost Election
Patterson never lost an elec
tion ' but his campaigns . were
never personal or bitter. He
was known as a relaxed and con
genial speaker but onewho sel
dom lost a point in debate. His
speeches were marked by humor,
House in Washington. Eden is in the United
States for a series of talks expected to cover
all areas of the world.
Kruglov Released
From Interior Job
London- (U.R) Radio Moscow
said today Gen. Sergei N. Krug
lov, who replaced liquidated La-
vrenti Berria as chief - of the
Soviet Secret Police, has- been
"released from his duties" as in
terior minister., i . -r- -wi-.
. The broadcast : said Kruglov
was dismissed by the Presidium
of the Supreme Soviet and re
placed by N.'P. Dudorov, an ob
scure functionary pre v i o u s 1 y
known only, as a department
head in the offices of Russia's
Communist Central Committee.
Kruglov was well known in
the West during World War.H.
He was decorated by both the
United States and Britain, which
made him an honorary knight;
for his work as Soviet security
chief at the Tehran, Yalta and
Potsdam conferences.
. The curt. radio announcement
gave no reason for- Kruglov's
dismissal and no clue to his fate.
President Asks for
Postal Rate Increase
Washington U.R) Presi
dent Eisenhower today . asked
Congress to raise postal, rates on
first class letters from three to
four cents an ounce. ;
Mr. Eisenhower also proposed
an increase in air mail rates
from six to seven cents an ounce.
In letters to the Senate and
House leaders, he also proposed
two successive annual increases
of about 15 per cent each in
postal rates for newspapers and
magazines. This proposal was
designed to bring in about an
extra $17,000,000 a year in postal
revenue. .
He recommended a 30 per
cent increase in the rate for
third class mail which consists
largely of advertising ' matter.
This boost, Mr. Eisenhower said,
would produce about $77,000,
000 of extra revenue. '
Los Angeles (U.R) The long
est strike in Western Air Line
history remained stalemated to
day. '"
logic and a scholarly turn of
phrase.
Patterson's interests outside
his career, included hunting and
fishing and he enjoyed a good
game of poker and cribbage. He
was an advisor of the Hillsboro
Hi-Y club and he held the Silver
Beaver award for Boy Scout
work.
. .Patterson departed from the
Republican line only once, when
he supported Woodrow Wilson
for his humanitarian principles.
As governor he was an ardent
hower's policies, stood for sound
financing of , the state adminis
tration based on economical operations.
nergy
Series Of Talks
To Wind Up Today;
Plan Communique
Consider Control of
: East-West Bomb Tests
. Washington (U.R) Presi
dent - Eisenhower and British
Prime Minister Anthony Eden
wind up their talks today vith
a top-secret discussion of nuclear
energy, including chances of
controlling East - West H-bomb
tests.
By nightfall, the two top
western leaders planned a com
munique telling the world of
their:
New Peace Efforts
.1. Determination to undertake
new peace efforts in the Middle
East in the face of Russia's ef
forts to stir up trouble by giv
ing arms to Arabs. If war should
come between Jews and Arabs,
the two powers would join with
other nations to take strong ac
tion to halt aggression by either
side.
2. Willingness to" negotiate
"just and fair" agreements with
Russia on disarmament, German
unification, lowering East-West
barriers and settling other key
cold war problems. But Allied
willingness will be based again
on Russian "deeds not words
Final White House Session .
Secretary of State John Fos
ter Dulles and British Foreign
Secretary Selwyn Lloyd held a
morning -meeting to - go over fi
nal ' agreements and disagree
ments before Mr. Eisenhower
and Eden meet in the afternoon.
The communique to follow the
final White, House meeting will
skirt the differences remaining
on trade with : Red China
which Britain wants to increase
Red China's membership in
the United Nations, and Britf
ain's smoldering feud with Sau
di Arabia.; . '-
Nuclear weapons and uses of
nuclear energy for peace were
the only new items to be taken
up during the third and last day
of the Eisenhower -Eden talks.
Chairman Lewis L. Strauss of
the Atomic Energy commission
was called in for this phase of
the talks. '
Primary attention will center
on Britain's announced plans to
test a hydrogen bomb this year
and American plans to test sim
ilar weapons in the Pacific. .
French Assembly
Gives Mollet Vote
Paris (U.R) The National As
sembly voted Socialist Premier
Guy Mollet into office early to
day with an overwhelming ma
jority that promised him solid
"third force" backing against tne
Communists and the right-wing
Poujadists.
The Communist bloc voted for
Mollet's left-cf -center govern
ment but he did not need tneir
support he even scorned it as
he won the vote of confidence
by a near record 420 to 71.
Not since the first days of the
Fourth Renublic when the Reds
were" in . the government have
premiers piled up such confirma
tion votes. The record was Soc
ialist Leon Blum's 544 to two
vote in the 1940s.
Four Governors Have
Died While In Office
Salem (U.R) Gov. Paul Pat
terson, who suffered a fatal
heart attack in Portland last
night, was the fourth Oregon
governor to die, in office since
1858. All four were Republi
cans. -
James Withcombe died on
March , 1919, and was succeed
ed by Ben W. Olcott, then secre
tary of state.
I. L. Patterson died Dec. 21,
1929, and -was succeeded by A.
W. Norblad, president of, the
Senate. He was no relation to
Paul Patterson.
Earl Snell, re-elected in 1946,
died Oct. 28, 1947, in a southern
Oregon plane crash. He was suc
ceeded by John H. HalL
Stricken While
Discussing Plans
For Senate Race
Unexpected Death
Shortly Before 10 p.m.
Portland (U.R) Gov. Paul L. .
Patterson, 55, died here last
night of a heart , attack while
discussing campaign plans for
his race for the U.S. Senate.
Patterson's unexpected death
came shortly before 10 p.m., a
little more than three days after
he announced he would seek
the Republican nomination to
the U.S. Senate seat held by
Sen. Wayne Morse (D-Ore.) He
died at the Arlington Club after
si -aking earlier at a convention
PAUL PATTERSON
Heart Attack Fatal
of th Assemblies of God church
in the Auditorium here.
Hundreds of messages of sym
pathy and praise poured in
trom all parts of the country,
including one from President
Eisenhower to Mrs. Patterson
in which the chief executive ex-.
pressed "shock and distress" at
the governor's passing.
The governor told friends onlv
a month ago he had a physical
nhn.I.. 3 XT XI
nothing found wrong with his
health which might stop him
trom .making the race for the
Senate. .-. r . :
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1952 succeeding Douglas McKay
who was appointed secretary of
interior. He was elected by a
big margin in 1954.
Ted Gamble, .Portland radio
and television executive and
manager of Patterson's cam
paign for governor in 1954, said
it was about 9:45 p.m. when
Patterson suddenly' turned pale
and clutched his chest. i
"He didn't sneak after that."
Gamble said. He said he tele
phoned . downstairs for a doctor
but that none was in the club.
He called Dr. Ernest Bovlen at
his home and he was there with
in 5 or 6 minutes.
Still Had Pulse , r'
"The governor still had a
pulse when Dr. Boylen arrived
but he died a moment later,"
Lramble said, i ,
Morse, against whom Patter
son was expected to wage one
of the hottest battles of the po
litical year, expressed deep sor
row at the governor's death.
. "I'm awfully sorry, I'm ter
ribly sorry and deeply sad for
the tragic news of Governor
Patterson's death," said Morse .
when informed the man he bit
terly attacked from time to
time over their different views
on such matters as power and
natural resources had died.
The sudden death of the gov
ernor also stunned other politi
cal leaders in the state, Demo
crat and Republican alike.
Express Sorrow
Democratic Sen. Richard L.
Neuberger, who hsd served in
the Oregon, legislature with Pat
terson ' called the governor's
death "a tragic loss to our state,
toour country, and of course
particularly to his devoted fam-
j -
Leaders of organized labor
expressed shock and sorrow.
Chester Dusten, regional direc
tor of the AFL-CIO, said "We
in labor . . . regret his passing
and give our sympathy to his
family. We recognize his ability
and efforts in the past and feel
he will be greatly missed in the
state of Oregon." '
James T. Marr, executive sec
retary of the State Federation
of Labor said "the entire labor
movement regrets, the gover
nor's passing and we extend our
sympathy to his family."
Douglas ' McKay, who was
governor before Patterson and
is now secretary of the interior,
said the news was "tragic." "He
will be desperately missed by
the Oregon people," he said.
Oregon's congressional dele
gation was unanimous in saving
Oregon had suffered a great
loss.
Wendell Wyatt, state , GOP
chairman, said party leaders
were too stunned by the death
to consider political plans.