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i lafigiarlif raposil I : . Medford United Press Full Leased Wire 50th Year 22 Pages APPARENT ea McKay Being Urged To Enler Campaign For Senate Seat Would Run To Oust Oregon's Wayne Morse By A. ROBERT SMITH V Mail Tribune Correspondent Washington Secretary of Interior Douglas McKay is being urged to step out of the presi dent's cabinet and run for the Senate seat now held by Sen. Wayne Morse (D-Ore.). This was an almost in stantaneous consequence of the .... sudden death of Oregon's Gov. Paul Patterson, to whom vir tually all Republicans had look ed as the man to take on Morse in this fall's upcoming election. Refuses to Discuss McKay, for his part, is having none of it. He has refused even to discuss the issue at this time. His close advisers report that is as adamant as ever against , continuing for long in public life, inasmuch as he and Mrs. McKay have longed , to return to private life : and retirement in Oregon. To many Republicans here, as in Oregon, who feel intensely a need to defeat Morse, the news of Patterson's death was , a double blow. Before the sun was down on the day the news was flashed to Washington, D.C., a group had called on McKay here to return to his home state to make the race. McKay turned them down cold, refusing . to discuss the question at all. He had be(jn up . much of the night from about 2:30 a.m. when his telephone in his apartment brought him the shocking news of the death of his close friend, the Govern or. Later when a reporter asked if he would consider running for the Senate, McKay said, "no comment." When his advisers later pointed out that this could be interpreted to mean he was considering running but just didn't want to discuss it pub licly, the secretary said in ef fect: . Doesn't Want to Talk "I just don't want to talk about it with anyone. Nobody should be talking about politics so soon after the Governors death. It's disrespectful and. unseemly. The funeral hasn't even been held yet." Beyond this, McKay reiterated his previously expressed desire to call it quits when his present tour of duty in the cabinet is . over. McKay was scheduled to fly out of Washington, D.C., Thursday at 2:30 p.m. for Port land. .-.-.."' Another name being mention ed as a potential candidate among public officials here is that of Rep. Walter Norblad (R-Ore.), who has long been re garded as a possible GOP Sena torial candidate. : Norblad de clined to discuss the question, but said that after attending the Patterson funeral he expected r to remain in the state for a week or more to confer with party leaders on the new political prob lems that confront the GOP as a result of the Governor's death. Third Prospect A third prospect being talked about here is former Sen. Guy Cordon, who. has been practic ing law here since his defeat, in the 1954 senatorial election by Sen. Richard L.; Neuberger CD Ore.). Cordon is known to have held no desire to seek re-election in that campaign but ran only after being urged to do so by President Eisenhower. Re portedly, he has enjoyed the pri vate life of a lawyer which has been his the past year. Most observers here feel the party agreement among Repub licans on who would be the best candidates of the GOP for Sen ate and Governor will be made within the coming week or two in Portland, following the Gov ernor's funeral. Coincidentally McKay," Nor blad and Cordon had reserva tions on the same Thursday afternoon plane for Oregon. They were the only prominent Oregonians in the Capital plan ning to attend the funeral. Portland (U.R) Some 60 fire men' fought a stubborn two alarm blaze in 20-degree weath er today in'the Peninsula Iron Works in north Portland. MEDFORD, OREGON, THURSDAY, FEBRU Ki .fifs& Six Burn To IDeath When Fire destroys Home Near Portland - Portland (U.R) A mother, four children and a nephew who wa? staying with the family were burned to death last night when fire destroyed their home in the outskirts of Portland. - The father, 50-year-old Arthur Merrill Graham Sr. was the only occupant of the house to escape the blaze. His wife, Thelma May Gra ham; 39, and all four of his chil dren were trapped in the inferno. The dead include: Richard Michael Graham, 7; Susan May Graham, 5; Kathleen Joan Gra ham, 3; Arthur Merrill Graham Jr., 2, and the nephew, Gerald Edward Myers, 13. Benson Calls For Speedy Enactment Of Farm Program Portland U.R) Secretary of Agriculture Ezra T. Benson to day called for speedy enactment of the administration's new farm program to help farmers who "cannot wait for some more or distant tomorrow to bring them opportunity." Benson said farmers "need op portunity to share in , our na tional unprecedented prosperity now ;this year in 1956." He plugged President'., Eisen hower's proposed n i n e-point farm program, as the farmer's way out of low income problems, high production costs, '. over production of crops, and huge surpluses He - made the state ments in a speech prepared for delivery before the National Association of Wheat Growers. 'Immediate' Income He said the soil bank, which he called the backbone of pro posed new farm legislation, would provide "immediate" in come for farmers, hard pressed for cash. Soil bank certificates, based on normal acreage yields partici pating farmers would not plant, "plus a little more," should "be available soon after the planting season." Benson said. He added that this would provide immedi ate income. "The '. 'plus' would be addi tional'income for 1956," he said. At a news conference, Benson was asKea to comment on re ports that not enough grass seed would be available to seed the zu,uuu,uuu . acres envisioned m the soil bank plan. He said he had; been assured there was a generous supply of seed, as well as ample tree stocks for nursery plantmgs. There is no question, he told newsmen but that fanners are "in a bind." But he asserted that a good part of their price de clines had come under the rigid support program of the Truman administration and that much of the slump had been halted by the Eisenhower administration. Memorial Hospital Fund Still $67,200 Short of Goal With 4 Days Remaining With only four days remain ing in the drive for Rogue Val ley Memorial hospital funds it was reported this morning that $67,200, are needed to reach the quota of $850,000. An all-out ef fort will be made between the Friday morning breakfast and Monday night, Feb. 6, to raise the amount. A final report dinner for the workers will be held Monday at 6:30 p.m., at Medford Elks club. A permanent organization which will be known as the Founders Service organization will be formed at the meeting and offi cers and a board of directors will be elected. Only workers in the campaign are entitled . . to - mem bership in the new group. lt is pointed out. . The announcement was made this morning during a regular breakfast session of the workers. Additional memorials have been taken by the Kiwanis club of Medford; Crater Lions club, Jacksonville Lions club; Phoe nix Thursday club and the Mr. Graham said the. family had retired for the night. He had remained in the front room and was asleep there when he was awakened by the fire and smoke about 11:20 p.m. . He tried to reach the bed rooms to arouse his family but the fire blocked his path. An ex plosion, presumably from an oil circulating heater in the home, set the entire house aflame. Within minutes the house was leveled. Sheriff's men restrained the father as he tried to plunge into the flaming mass to rescue his family. Graham said that early in the day he had trouble with the oil stove used to heat the home. He had repaired it and had thought it was operating properly. Pre liminary reports hinted that this may have been the cause of the blaze. Interim Committee Hearing Date Set A March 1 hearing on prob lems of local government will be held in the Hedrick Junior High school "cafetorium'' (cafe teria-auditorium) it was decided last night. ': Sixteen representatives of local governmental units and interested groups met at the city hall at - the call " 'of May or Earl Miller to discuss plans for the hearing, which will be conduct ed by the state legislative in terim committee on local gov ernment. ; The committee is seeking to compile information about how state legislation might be of as sistance to rapidly-growing com numities and fringe areas. Mayor Miller outlined the field of inquiry the committee has undertaken and indicated the' number of organizations which might be expected to make statements through repre sentatives. It was indicated that a large room would be needed to accommodate the hearing, and the new school's cafetorium was selected as the best spot. Formal presentations of cities, counties, school, sanitation, fire, sewer and soil conservation dis tricts will be prepared for the hearing, but it has been empha sized that anyone with any in terest in the problems would be welcome to attend and', to pre sent statements. The hearing is for both Jack son and Josephine county areas The committee will conduct a hearing in Klamath Falls ' the following evening. The hearing here will start at 7:30 p.m. London (U.R) Bitter Arctic winds brought Europe one of its worst cold waves of the century today. Snow fell on Rome for the first time in nine years, and Germany and France opened emergency warming rooms for freezing citizens. Church of Latter Day Saints. Other memorials and member ships are planned. Persons , who . may not have been ; contacted and are inter ested in memorials may contact campaign headquarters at 28 South Bartlett st. At this morning's breakfast guests included Mrs. Shelby M, Rogue Valley Memorial Hospital Will Be Built With Your Help If you have not been visited by one of the 220 volunteer workers arid you -wish to make a pledge to the community Me morial Hospital, sign this blank and mail it or phone Campaign Headquarters. A worker will visit you. Name ' Street or R.F.D- City Mail Request Headquarters, 28 Sc. Bartlett Medford, or Phone 3-4579 IIBUNE "ress Full Leased Wire Price 5c No. 269 Paris Folies Draw Hisses From Audience ' Rcme (U.R) The famed Folies Bergere of Paris drew more hisses than applause last night at its grand opening in Rome. The girls wore halter type brassieres instead of the traditional rosebuds. Police and city officials sal in the first three rows of seats to protect both the public morals and the performers against outraged Romans who had threatened to throw stink bombs. Postage Increase May Be Headed For Dead-Letter Off ice Washington (U.R) President Eisenhower's request for -a "one cent increase in postage on firt class mail appeared headed to day for . Congress' dead-letter office. ' f . But members did not rule out the possibility that Congress might seriously consider Mr. Ei senhower's request for increases in postage rates on newspapers, magazines, and third class mail. Mr. Eisenhower in letters , to congressional leaders Wednes day asked that postage be raised from three to four cents an ounce on first class letters andj from six to seven cents an ounce for airmail. The increases rejected by Congress in 1953, 1954 and 1955 would raise S311.000.000 of the $405,000,000 in rate boosts proposed by Mr. Eisenhower. Proposes ' Increase .'-" . '- Mr.-Eisenhower' also proposed rate increases of $77,000,000 a year in third-class mail and two successive, annual increases of about 5 per cent each in postage rates on newspapers and maga zines. The latter would yield $17,000,000 the first year. He assumed- ,in forecasting a budget surplus of $400,000,000 for the next fiscal year that Con gress this year would raise post age rates at least $350,000,000. Sen. A. S. Mike Monroney (D Okla.), a member of the Senate Post . Office Committee .com mented that "a readjustment in thirdclass 'junk' mail might "be helpful and we should take ' a look at second class to see if it can stand an increase." Sen. Carl T. Curtis (R-Neb.), said he would urge early Senate hearings on Mr. Eisenhower's proposals. Rep. Edward H. Rees (R-Kans.), senior Republican on the House Post Office Commit tee, said that "of course, if the President sends us this request, the department is entitled to be' heard." But he wouldn't predict that any action would result from 'hearings. ' Eugene Firm Submits Low Bid On Project Ephrata, Wash. (U.R) Wer ner and Tauf Charneski, Eu gene, ; Ore., .. submitted the ap parent low bid of $597,772 to day' for 'construction of laterals, structures . and wasteways in block 89 of the Columbia Basin project, the. Bureau of Reclama tion reported. Tuttle, president of the Women's auxiliary of the hospital; Mrs, Chester Guches, chairman of a special committee of women for the hospital campaign;"Mrs. Mar garet Ames Fluhrer, member of the board of directors; Miss B. J. Larsen, hospital administrator, and Mrs. Olive Starcher, Mail Tribune society' editor. Rogue Valley Memorial Hospital Campaign Weather FORECAST: Fair through Fri day with occasional high cloudiness. Low 20-22. High Friday 52-55. Temp. Highest Yesterday - 46 Lowes this Morning 29 Man Shoots Wife, to Self, County Coroner Reports Frank Denham and Wife Are Victims What police described as a murder-suicide resulted in the death of James Frank Denham, 45, and his wife, Bessie May, 47, at their home, 1014 West Fourth St., at about 1 p.m. yesterday. According to County Coroner Carlos W. Morris, Denham ap parently shot his wife two times through the head with a .22 cal iber rifle, and shortly afterwards killed himself by placing the rifle in his mouth and discharg ing it. Denham was owner of the Rogue distributing company, 2514 Jacksonville hwy. State of Depression No note or other information indicating a motive for the dou ble death was found, but . Dis trict Attorney Walter Nunley stated that Denham reportedly had been in a state of depression recently. Wesley W. Driscoll, 169 Clov er lane, called city police about 7:20 p.m. yesterday when Den ham failed to report to work and Driscoll was unable to get into the house. The bodies were discoyered by a city police of- ficer a few minutes later. The bodies were lying togeth er in the rear of the house in a small hallway leading from the dining room. One bullet had grazed the top of Mrs. Denham's head and the other entered her mouth, according to the; coron er's report. , Neighbor' Visits J " " Bertha C. Nicewood, 1015 West Fourth st., told city police that she had . visited the Den ham's at about 11:45 a.m. and that they had both appeared normal at that time. Mrs. Denham's body has been taken to Litwiller funeral home in Ashland. She is survived' by her parents and a brother who lives at Talent. . Mr. Denham's body is at the office of the county coroner.: Timber, Leases Net $$00 In Oregon Salem (U.R An income total ing $963,000 was received dur ing the calendar year of j 1955 from the -. sale of timber and leases on the various state for ests under jurisdiction of 'the State Forestry Department, Mar vin L. Helland, forester in charge of timber management, said today. '. Nearly the entire income came from the sale of timber. Forthe first time the state re ceived an income from oil leases in the amount of $3176. Most of this came from the Elliott state forest in Coos county. In the distribution of the funds, the various counties wherein ;the income originated will benefit to the extent of $661,830. Tillamook heads the list, with $288,963, practically all of which came from sale of fire killed timber in the Tilla mook burn, Clatsop county was second with $84,273. Temperature Drops To 19 For New Season Low The thermometer at the' U.S. weather bureau station at , the airport registered 19 degrees this morning, lowest temperature reading ,f or the Medford vicinity during the current winter sea son. '. - - Previous lows this year were 21 degrees on Tuesday and Wednesday. On last Nov. 15 a low of 20 degrees was recorded. A 21-degree temperature also was registered on Dec. 31. A minimum of 20 to 22 de grees is forecast for tonight with a high tomorrow of 52 to 55. Fair weather is expected to con tinue Friday. IBuDDetin Gettysburg, Pa. (U.R) President Eisenhower has re-. : ceived another communication' from Soviet Premier Nikolai Bulganin, the While : House .disclosed today. . KILLS TWO FREEDOM SCROLLS In one of the latest pictures of the late Governor Paul Patterson, he is shown handing Freedom Scrolls for Oregon's 1956 Crusade for Freedom campaign, Feb. 12-22, to Lofton Tatum, center, and Chester E. Capon, both of Port land. Mr. Patterson was honorary state chairman of the annual drive to support truth broadcasts and balloon-leaflet operations behind the Iron Curtain. Tatum is 1956. .state chairman and. Capon heads the Multnomah county campaign. Funeral Services For Patterson Scheduled; Observe Mourning Day Salem (U.R) A day of mourning will be observed in Oregon' tomorrow, , as funeral services for the late Gov. Paul L. Patterson are held in the House of Representatives cham ber here. . Gov. Elmo Smith, sworn in yesterday some 12 hours after Patterson's death of a heart at tack in Portland; requested that flags be flown at .. half - staff throughout the state. i Offices Closed All state offices will be closed in honor of Patterson, whose State, county and city of fices will be closed all day tomorrow in observance of an official day of mourning for the late 'Gov. Paul L. Pat terson. - County Judge Rodney Keat ing said the courthouse would be closed all day.' and Mayor Earl -Miller, also said the city hall would be closed out of respect to Governor Patterson. Schools will not close, but appropriate observances will be held there, according to Leonard Mayfield, superin tendent of schools. State agencies closing in clude the liquor store. funeral will be held at 2 p.m. Rev. Julian Keiser, pastor , of the Salem First Congregational church, will officiate at the ser vice. There will be an honor guard from the Hillsboro Am erican Legion post. Honorary pallbearers will include justices of the State Supreme Court,; oth er state officials, ex-governors of Oregon and governors of oth er states. Smith, 46- year- old eastern Oregon publisher, still was stunned by the loss of his close personal friend. ' Patterson was considered the GOP's top candidate in its battle to oust Sen.' Wayne Morse CD Ore.), from the U.S. Senate. He had announced only last Satur day that he would enter the race against Morse. Death came as he mapped campaign strategy with three of his advisers . at- Portland's exclusive Arlington club. ; ; -. , Like Patterson before him, Smith, also a Republican) was elevated to ' the governorship from his position as president of the state senate. He served in the Navy in World War II and was first elected to the Legisla ture in 1948. Ontario Mayor 5 He Ls one of the youngest men ever to assume the office of chief executive in Oregon. He began his political career as mayor of Ontario, Ore., when he was 30. He publishes the John Day, Ore., Blue Mountain Eagle and, with a partner, owns the Madras,' Ore., Pioneer, both Rogue Conservation r Annual Meet Tonight Flood control and land prob lems in relation to the. location of highways will be discussed at the annual meeting of the Rogue soil conservation district at 8 pjn. tonight in the Central Point Grange hall. State Senator Philip Lowry will give a report on state high way rights-of-way. A soil conser vation committee will report on a survey of December flood dam age "along the Rogue river. The public is invited. Albuquerque, N. M. (U.R) A wind-swept snowstorm, worst in ' a decade, claimed one life here today and stranded 55 per sons, mostly school children, in one drift-bound school or nearby homes through an icy- night. : weekly newspapers. ' The physician who was called j to attend Patterson minutes af ter his attack said the governor suffered a massive coronary oc clusion. " Death of Patterson will mean that Oregon will have a guber natorial race next November, as well as the contest for Morse's senate seat. Smith "will serve until next January when the state legislature will inaugurate an elected governor. : Addition of the gubernatorial race to Oregon's two elections this year gives the Democrats an opportunity for an all-out at tack to gain control of the state's administrative, machinery. All officers on the powerful State Board of Control will be' up lor election; governor, secretary, of state" and state treasurer. . (See Stories on Page 11) Hog Sees Shadow; More Winter Ahead Punxsutawney, Pa. (U.R) The Punxsutawney groundhog crawled from his burrow atop Gobbler's Knob today, spotted his 'reflection on the snow cov ered landscape and promptly popped back into his hole to sleep out another six 'weeks of wintry weather. 'Members of the Punxsutawney Groundhog club, who kept a night-long vigil at the Gobbler's Knob Weather Station, said the sun peeped through an overcast sky at exactly 8:33 a.m. EST, permitting their famed weather prophet to cee his shadow. The club members pulled their win try duds around them tighter as Brer Groundhog took one look at his shadpw and disappeared. If there had been no shadow, the club members ; would have hauled out their spring duds. Portland U.R) The ground hogs . shadow practically froze in Oregon today. Frigid air continued to dom inate the weather picture throughout the state. The weath er bureau held out only slight "hope of relief with western Ore gon due for increasing clouds and eastern Oregon expected to get "slowly rising temperatures." However the forecast, called for low down to 25 below zero east of the Cascades tonight. DOW-JONES AVERAGES New . York (U.R) Dow-Jones final stock averages: 30 indus trials 473.43 up 0.15, 20 rails 158.40 off 0.23, 15 utilities 64.35 up 0.27, and 65 stocks 168.39 up 0.07. Sales today were about 1,900,000 shares compared with 2,010,000 yesterday. Norwegians Seize Another Russian Fishing invader1 Aalesund, Norway U.R) A vast Soviet fishing fleet brazen ly violated 'Norwegian wafers for the fourth straight day to day and a Norwegian patrol ves sel . intercepted another of the "invaders,"", it was announced." . A total of 15' Russian ships have : been seized many . at gunpoint by the Norwegian navy since Monday. - ;. The temporary naval head quarters set up here at the out set of ' the Russian "invasion" said the Soviet fishing fleet sneaked into Norwegian territor ial water's under cover, of night. The communique said one of the poachers was captured by the Norwegian, auxiliary shipSar pen shortly before dawn. , Eisenhower, Eden Issue Communique After Conferences Allied Leaders Also ' Warn of Aggression Washington (U.R) The United States, Britain and France soon will consider new peace safeguards in the Middle East The proposals they will dis cuss range from having more United Nations observers check frontiers to threatening joint military action against the side starting a new conflict in the Arab-Israeli crisis. A call for three power talks on the "increased risk of war" in the Middle East was made Wednesday by President Eisen hower and British Prime Min ister Anthony Eden. It was con tained in a final communique on their three days of confer ences at the White House. In another major action, the two Allied leaders warned Red China that any aggression in the Far East would be countered by joint British-American military might. The warning was couch ed in general terms, but both U. S. and British spokesmen said combined action would be taken if Formosa were invaded. ; Red Chinese Threats , This agreement assumed addi tional significance in view of Britain's long-cool attitude to ward the Nationalist Chinese government on Formosa and threats by the Red Chinese, re peated this week, to take For mosa "by war. if necessary." In addition to their communi que, Mr. Eisenhower and Eden issued a "Declaration of Wash ington" designed to show that Russia's new. economic aid of fers to underdeveloped nations are aimed at political conquest, rather than- any humanitarian desire to help out a needy friend. It also . expressed 5 the West's desire for peace. Mr. Eisenhower and Eden said the new three-power - talks on the Middle . East would cover "action"- the Allies would take if force, threat of force or pre parations were made by Israel or '. the Arab states "to violate the frontier or armistice lines." France was invited to join the talks to be held in Washington at an unspecified date. Shady Cove Pledges Exceed Blood Quota A total of 265 donors have already made appointments to give blood in Shady Cove when the blo6dmobile visits there Tuesday,' Feb. 7, Red Cross offi cials announced today. Quota for : Shady Cove and surrounding : communities ; was set at 200 pints. The Bloodmo-bile- will be ' stationed at the Shady Cove Veterans or Foreign Wars hall from 2 to 7 p.m. - The Bloodmobile will be at the Elks Temple, 202 North Cen tral ave.; Medford, Wednesday, Feb. 8, from 1 to 6 p.m. The quo ta for the Medford area is 250 pints. Appointments have been made by only 31 donors. Last month only 171 pints of blood were collected in the Med ford area at the regular Blood mobile visit. The county has been without blood supplies for some time and is dependent on walk ing, donors for emergency trans fusions, Blood program officials said. Since last April, 1,530 pints of blood have been used in the' county, but only 1,194 have been collected, according to Mrs. Jo seph Burba, chairman of the bloodbank service. -; Appointments may be made by people in the Medford area by calling 3-3813. Washington (U.R) President Eisenhower said today the re vival of religion in America has demonstrated to the world that "this nation still is a nation under God." ' , v The remainder of the Soviet fleet was reported to . have re treated again to the safety of the high seas. Observers said there were indications that the fleet may be preparing to sail southwards. . .A navy spokesman empha sized that the continued viola tions by the Soviet fishing boats proved Moscow assertions of a ""misunderstanding" are wholly groundless. Be said Soviet ships were detained only when it had been ' established beyond doubt they were violating Norwegian waters.' ' ,The latest seizure came even ' while Jorway rejected Soviet demands for the release of the detained fishing boats and their crews.-." ' ."':'-" .'" ' i