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Weather Recommended FORECAST Variable cloudi lness with a chance of a few showers this evening. Partly cloudy Monday. Cooler tem peratures with a hifh both days of 60 to 65; low tonight, 33 to 35. Temp. Highest yesterday 67 Lowest yesterday 36 A feature itory on a law enforcement agency school held in Medford appears on page 12 of today's Mall Tribune. United Press full Leased Wire United Press Full Leased Wire 51st Year 30 Pages MEDFORD, OREGON, SUNDAY, MARCH 25, 1956 Price 5c No. 3 Sentiments For Hitchcock Grows Throughout State By A. ROBERT SMITH Mail Tribune Correspondent Portland A slowly forming groundswell of sentiment in fav or of Philip S. Hitchcock, the un derdog candidate against Doug las McKay for the Republican senatorial nomination, appears to be developing generally throughout the state of Oregon as the primary election cam paign gets underway. This was observed in commun ity after community visited by this reporter during the past week. Hitchcock forces here claim they are greatly encourag ed by similar findings wherever their candidate has been in re cent days. Sympathy for Hiichcock While sympathy for Hitchcock is running high, few persons are willing to predict at this early stage that he will defeat McKay in the May 18 primary eight weeks away. Yet most think he will give McKay quite a battle for the chance to challenge Sen ator Wayne Morse in the Novem ber general election. One of the surest signs that confidence is mounting concern ing Hitchcock's chances is that he will have enough financial backing to run an all-out cam paign. This represents a significant change. Hitchcock said that af ter McKay made his dramatic last-minute entry into the Ore gon race, financial pledges earl ier made to him were immedi ately withdrawn by GOP donors who had not counted on the sec retary of interior jumping into the contest. Regains Commitmenis . . Since then, however, Hitch- cock has regained the financial commitments that are consider ed vital to underwriting his cam paign. ' Reportedy some chief Repub lican contributors and fund raisers here are ready to put money into the war chests of both McKay and Hitchcock, so uncertain are they of the out come. While Democrats are momen tarily enjoying this intra-party Republican squabble, they would have preferred to skip this pleasure. Their greatest anx iety now is based on a fear that Hitchcock 'may beat McKay and go on to sweep Senator Morse out of office in November. Democrat Suggestion One top Democrat suggested, in apparent jest, that he might make a speech or two in Hitch cock's behalf, believing this would surely give McKay's op ponent the kiss of death politi cally in the GOP primary. In a word, Democrats are con fident they can re-elect Morse in a hard slugging match with Mc Kay, for they figure McKay to Yuba City Flood Victim's Body Found Yuba City, Calif. (U.R) The badly decomposed body of a man believed to be the 38th vic tim of last December's flood here was still unidentified Sat urday, according to Sutter Coun ty Coroner B. W. Ullrey. Uiirey said the body was found late Friday on the E. M Wnitfield ranch by a -group clearing a flooded orchard. Clothes worn by the man indi cated he may have been working on a levee when it broke. The man, who was about five feet, nine inches tall and weigh ed about 160 pounds, carried no identification papers. Meanwhile, Special Deputy Attorney General Donald Bos- coe said a grand jury's findings on the flood, expected to be made public late Tuesday, would name officials the jury felt had failed to do their jobs during the flood. Sewage Blamed for Polio Epidemic Lincoln, Neb. (U.R) Sewage which seeped into drinking wat er through improper bathroom plumbing was blamed Saturday by two scientists ior comnoui- ing to a Polio epidemic near here in 1952. The epidemic, which killed two person and paralyzed 18 others, struck the village of Huskerville, a town comprising mastlv barrack - type homes b"ilt during World War 1L be just as big a target for cam paign criticism as is Morse from the standpoint of controversial issues. Republicans generally seem confident they can take Morse with either of their leading con tenders, once the party settles the primary question of wheth er their man shall be McKay or Hitchcock. Hitchcock Claims His Support Came From Bend Region Bend (U.R) Phil Hitch cock told a luncheon audience here Saturday that it was friends in Bend first urged him to seek the United States senate seat now held by Sen. Wayne Morse (D-Ore.) and that the first financial help for his campaign came from this central Oregon city where he once worked as a logger. He added that when Interior Secretary Douglas McKay enter ed the same race, "The most urgent insistence that I stay in the race came from Bend." The candidate said "We have just completed a tour of Oregon and we found throughout the state the kind of driving enthus iasm and support it takes to win a political campaign." Willing to Debate Hitchcock, candidate for the Republican nomination, declar-. ed that he was willing to debate public issues with Morse "any time, any place." He said he made "no claim to being as glib as Morse, but if he tried to attack my stand on al most any issue, I can say to him and prove out of his own words that these are the basic beliefs which he betrayed after winning elections by standing on them." Hitchcock was scheduled to address a banquet of Key Clubs from the three western states and British Columbia last night. The clubs are Kiwanis-sponsor- ed high school service organiza tions. They are in convention here. Ask Crack Down On Law Violators Moscow (U.R) Communist party officials in Josef Stalin's home state of Georgia Saturday appealed to the party and to the militia to crack down on stu dents violating the "elementary rules of conduct" in public plac es. The appeal is believed to re fer to the recent pro-Stalin stu dent demonstrations in Tiflis, capital of Georrgia where Stalin was greatly revered. According to "Zarya Vostoka" official party newspaper in Tif lis, Deputy Interior Minister O. D. Muserdize spoke of the need for "maintaining strict public order in the city. , Speakers at the conference de manded stern measures in deal ing with "hooligans and other anti-social elements." . . - The speaker described the dangers of the "cult of the in dividual" which "diminishes the role of the party and mass es, diminshes the role of collec tive leadership in the party, and leads to serious shortcomings in work." It was admitted that "this cult was widespread in Georgia." Neuberger Charges McKay With Mixing Politics, Indian Affairs in Campaign Portland (U.R) Interior Sec retary Douglas McKay struck back at Sen. Richard L. Neu berger (D-Ore.) Friday for his attack on William L. Phillips of Salem, manager of McKay's campaign for Republican nomin ation for U.S. Senator from Ore gon. Neuberger, in a Senate speech Thu-'rday, charged McKay with mixing politics and Indian bur eau affairs, because , McKay earlier had appointed Phillips to a job of supervising Klam ath Indian property affairs. Phil lips recently resigned the post but Neuberger said he had not heard of that. McKay, in Portland making campaign plans Friday, said Review of Rogue Basin Survey Data Ordered by McKay Object Is to Reach Agreement on Plan Portland (U.R) Interior Sec retary Douglas McKay Saturday ordered an immediate review and reanalysis of all available studies and data on the Rogue river basin, because of recent damaging floods in that area. McKay said object of the re view will be to "reach agree ment on a plan of development which will properly take into account the divergent interests of the Interior bureaus" and make possible the flood control developments desired by local interests. First Hand Inspection Arthur M. Piper, chairman of the Pacific Northwest Field com mittee, said representatives of several agencies of the depart ment would make a first hand inspection of the basin this week. McKay said he particularly directed the bureau of reclama tion to give special attention to methods of flood control on the main stem of the Rogue, other than Lewis creek dam, in order to study alternatives that would reduce flood damage to the fishery resource. He directed the fish and wild life service to evaluate fishery losses that would result from construction of Lewis creek or other dams. Lewis creek dam was once proposed as a flood con trol structure. Joint Plan McKay said the technical re view staff of the department had been ordered to submit a joint plan by May 15. He also di rected a letter to George Rod erick, assistant secretary of the Army and chairman of the inter agency committee on water re sources, urging that the Colum bia Basin Inter-Agency commit tee take action for inter-agency coordination in the Rogue basin The basin was hit by record- breaking floods in December and February. It is widely known for its specialty agricultural crops and fishing and recreation al facilities. Third Storm Heads For New England Boston (U.R) The third storm in eight days swept from Michigan to the Atlantic coast Saturday, crippling traffic in New England. The storm came as highway crews struggled to clean up the remnants of the paralyzing near blizzards which hit the North east on St. Patrick's day and again Sunday night. ' The new storm dumped up to 10 inches of snow in Michigan, up to six inches of snow in New York state and up to 10 inches in southern New England. There already was up to 20 inches of snow in New England from the previous storms this month only 13 inches below the all-time record of 1916. Some rain fell on the south ern, edge of the storm, changing back to snow this afternoon, to add to the highway drifts. The storm was expected to end during the evening, with the forecast for Palm Sunday call ing for clear and cold weather The new storm, like its pre decessors,' forced dozens of events to be cancelled, includ ing the St. Patrick's day parade in Boston held over from last week. Washington (U.R) The United States has rejected a Japanese plea to suspend its great spring series of nuclear tests in the Pacific. It said the tests are vital to defense of the free world. The attack by Dick Neuberger upon Bill Phillips, one of Ore gon's most loved and respected citizens, is typical of what may be expected this year." McKay hopes tp meet and beat Sen. Wayne Morse (D-Ore) in the general election next Novem ber. The Interior secretary said: "Wayne Morse described Presi dent Eisenhower as 'completely lacking in all political morality.' Now he has assigned his role of character assassin to Neuberger, the recognized new master of this technique, who becomes Morse's hatchet man with com plete disregard of political dec ency." Noting that Phillips, resigna RESIDENTS OUSTED British troops super vise evecuation of district of Nicosia, Cyprus, after District Commissioner Sir John Harding issued an order for families to vacate the area in which a British policeman was killed by Day-Long Nicosia, Cyprus U.R) Brit ish Govern-General Sir John Harding ordered nearly every one in the main towns and cit ies of this island to stay indoors today. The order was intended to forestall Greek independence day violence. The order was issued as an other outburst of violence was reported on Cyprus last night. A bomb was thrown in the main police station cf Atktima, slightly injuring one policeman. In line with the curfew, all long distance telephone calls within the limits of the island were banned "in the interests of public security." Only essential workers will be excused from the curfew that will affect an estimated 200,000 Cvoriot and ' non-Cypriot resi dents when it went into effect at 4 a.m. In Athens, Greek authorities ordered strict security measures to prevent pro-Cypriot riots. The Police and Army were put on standby alert. Extra guards were placed around the British embassy and barbed wire was strung across the streets leading to the embassy building. Many Greek Orthodox priests and worshippers announced they would defy the curfew and hold services in church com memorating the March 25 Greek independence holiday. Offer Reward The government also issued notices offering a $14,000 re ward for information leading to Jacksonville, Ashland Censuses Start Monday Census takers in Ashland and Jacksonville will begin work to morrow to determine accurate population figures in order to provide basis for a possible in crease in the pro rata shares of certain state funds. Census takers will work ' in Ashland between March 26 and 31 and in Jacksonville March 26 and 27. Neither city has had a census taken since the federal census of 1950 when Ashland's population was 7,739 and Jack sonville's 1,190. Morse Demands NLRB Probe by Congress Washington (U.R) Sen Wayne Morse (D-Ore.) charged Friday that Eisenhower ap pointees to the National Labor Relations Board have "re-written the Taft-Hartley Act to make it more intensely anti-labor. The Oregon Democrat, a form er member of the War Labor Board, demanded a congression al investigation of the NLRB. tion as consultant to the Klam ath Indians was announced in the press before the Senate at tack, McKay said the announce ment "apparently meant nothing tc Neubeger. The people of Ore gon should understand that the mouth may be Neuberger's but the words belong to Wayne Morse." Washington (U.R) Sen. Jos eph R. McCarthy (R-Wis) Friday accused Sen. Richard L. Neu berger (D-Ore) of "irresponsible character assassination" against Secretary of Interior Douglas McKay. McCarthy said in a Senate speech Neuberger had heaped a "gratuitous smear" on McKay. terrorists. Cypriot extremists planted a time bomb in Harding's bedroom, but it was found and removed before it exploded. Harding has ordered a curfew today in an attempt to pre vent Greek Independence Day violence. Orders overnor new in the arrest of Neophytos Sophoc- leus, a young Cypriot who van ished from his job at Harding's home after a time bomb was discovered in the governor-general's bed earlier this week. Sources said Nicosia's airport would be closed from midnight last night until 6 a.m. Monday. Authorities turned out num- House Leaders Urge Finish to Farm Bill .Washington (U.R) House Democratic leaders fearful . of being accused of s t a 1 li n g cleared the decks Saturday for a "desperate effort" to finish work on a compromise iarm bill before Congress starts a 10- day Easter vacation next Thurs day night. The Democratic high com mand tossed overboard plans to subject Secretary of Agriculture Ezra T. Benson to a final round of questioning by his critics on the House Agriculture commit tee Tuesday. Registration Is Clarified by Clerk Only voters who registered prior to March 9 will be eligible to vote in the Oak Grove, West Side and Medford school con solidation election, which is scheduled April 9, the Jackson county clerk reported yesterday. Those who registered on or before March 9, or who register before April 17 will, however, still be eligible to vote in the May 18 primary election. The county clerk explained that, according to law, citizens must register 30 days before an election in order to be eligible to vote. In Jackson county, names of voters who register after a spec ial election registration deadline are witheld from the list of eligible voters for that particular election. Their names, however, are included in the list of elig ible primary election voters if they register 30 days before the primary election takes place. Considerable confusion con cerning registration deadline for the May 18 primary election has resulted from an erroneous re port originally released from Salem, the clerk said. That re port listed April 18 as the dead line. The correct deadline for primary election voter registra tion is April 17, the county clerk emphasized. 10 Killed, 30 Hurt In Plant Explosion Bilbao, Spain (U.R) An explosion ripped through a nitroglycerine processing wing of a dynamite factory Saturday, killing 10 workers and injuring at least 30 others. Big chunks of the walls and roof flew through the air. A mushroom cloud similar in ap pearance to those which follow atomic explosions billowed above the shattered wing. The force of the explosion smashed windows and damaged doors and chimneys five miles away. Police reported the casualties They had to rope off the blast area to keep frantic relatives from rushing into the rubble of the wing. . Cyprus bers of British troops to patrol the streets of Nicosia. But de spite their presence, devout Cy priots said they intended to go to church today, curfew or not. In Limassol, violence contin ued. A youth walked into the grocery of -Christos Vias and fired three times. The bullets missed and the youth fled. The decision to cancel the hearing, which . would have in terrupted work on the bill, was reached at a secret meeting late Friday between Speaker Sam Rayburn ' (Tex.) and Committee Chairman Harold D. Cooley (D- N.C.). It came after some Repub licans began accusing the Demo crats of delaying action. Little Chance Members of both parties gen erally agreed that there was little chance Congress could reach a showdown vote on the politically explosive farm price support issue until after the re cess which ends April 9. Cooley noted that cancellation of the Benson hearing means that Senate and House farm leaders, starting Monday at 2:30 p.m., will be able to work with out interruption all next week to reconcile differences between the House and Senate farm bills. Democrats are seeking a com promise that would include the administration-sponsored soil bank and a restoration of rigid high supports on 1956 basic crops. Anticipating that the com promise bill will call for sup ports higher than acceptable to the administration, Republicans plan to offer a substitute. Agencies To Discuss Spring Flood Threat Salem (U.R)' Representatives of city, county, state and federal agencies will meet in Portland Tuesday for a conference on flood planning and operations to meet the potential flood threat to Oregon this spring. State Civil Defense Director A. M. Sheets said the meeting would cover reports and plans from the state civil defense agency, Portland and Multnom ah county, the corps of engin eers, state highway department, weather bureau and American Red Cross. , Representatives of the gover nor's office and other federal agencies also will participate D'Autremont Slated by Federal Judge Portland (U.R) Federal District Judge Gus J. Solomon will hear arguments Monday for a dismissal of a federal indict ment against Hugh D'Autremont which accuses him , of assault against a ' railway clerk near Ashland in 1923. Hugh is the youngest of the three D'Autremont - brothers who murdered three trainmen in the notorious Siskiyou train robbery of 1923. The mail clerk was killed by a dynamite charge placed against the door of the mail car. The three, Roy, Ray and Hugh were sentenced to. life impris onment from Jackson county in 1927 for the murder of oo of Sha w una llsworth reoare Congressman Harris Ells worth was assailed as a "do nothing" representative by a Democratic aspirant for congress here last night. Dave Shaw, a Gold Beach at torney and candidate for the Democratic nomination for con gress from Ellsworth's fourth congressional district, in a speech prepared for delivery at a meeting of the Jackson County Democratic club, said "All the problems that troubled this dis- Kefauver Says GOP Doing 'Nothing' On Water Problem Los Angeles (U.R) Sen. Estes Kefuaver Saturday flatly pre dicted there would be no Dem ocratic "party bolt" in the south over the segration issue. At the same time, he attacked the Eisenhower administration cutting of the Air Force budget, declaring the United States needs an Air Force "second to none. Charges Republicans He also charged Republicans with -doing "nothing" about the water problem in the west and apparently failing to recognize the area's potentiality. The Tennessee Democrat, on a fast-paced tour to pick up votes in the June California presidential primary, told press conference at Chino, Calif., east of here, where he attend ed an American Legion lunch eon: . - "Tht south knows its best friend is the Democratic party.' At another meeting in the 23rfl congressional district here he said the U.S. cannot afford to have- a "second-best Air Force. The senator told farmers m the Chino valley that the west has made its greatest develop ment under the Democratic ad ministration and that it did not appear Republicans recognized the area's potentiality. No Attempt . Made He charged the GOP had made no attempt to get irrigation and hydroelectric projects started in the water-hungry west. - "They have done nothing about the water problem, while we are worrying about water, we still have water flowing into the sea from our rivers," he said. Ashland Man Injured In Siskiyou Accident Jose Chacon, 24, of route 1, box 413, Ashland, was seriously injured about 6:30 last night when his car went over an em bankment on Highway 99 about two miles north of the Siskiyou summit, according to state po lice. Police said that Chacon was passing a Greyhound bus on a curve when his car went, onto the highway shoulder, traveled about 200 feet, and went over an embankment. A nassenser in the car, Menced Antnnin Channn. 20. also 'of route 1, box 413, was not in jured. Chacon was taken to Ashland General hospital by Litwiller ambulance and from there was transferred to Sacred Heart hos pital in Medford. He has been employed as a railroad section worker, police said. Case Hearing the trainmen. The other indict ments have stood against them since that time. Phillip J. Roth, Portland at torney for D'Autremont. said his client had been ready and willing to stand trial on the as sault indictment since 1929 but that the government had not granted him the "speedy trial to which he is entitled. Roth contended in the motion for dismissal that the indict ments have been used to pre vent him from receiving consid eration for parole under Oregon law. United States Attorney Ed Luckey has submitted a memor andum in opposition to D'Aut- remont'i motion for o-watsgal. rges trict six year ago, when I was the Democratic nominee running against Ellsworth are still press ing." He added, "Your congressman has done nothing about them." The dinner meeting was at the Phoenix Grange hall. Survey Started Shaw declared that a survey on proposed flood control was started 16 years ago, about the time Ellsworth went to Congress as representative of this district. "By the year 1950," Shaw said, "A long and exhaustive re port had been issued from the Bureau of Reclamation, a hear ing had been held and all par ties had full oportunity to be heard." He claimed that Ellsworth did nothing to push the project and recalled last December's flood conditions in which destruction to homes, crops, roads, public in stallations and other property ran into millions of dollars. "What is your congressman's solution now?" Shaw asked. Another survey! It took 16 y e a r s to get the first one through. Are we going to wait another 16 years and then have him come up with a third sur vey?" He said, "I think you will agree with me that the time has come for action not double talk." The speaker pointed out ' the annual flood danger and short age of box cars that has been apparent for several yers. "It's getting worse, not better," he declared. "Mills are forced to shut down and men are out of work, during the season when there should be no unemploy ment. What, in 16 years,' has your congressman done to help us out on this?" he asked. Shaw stated that recent tim ber hearings conducted through out the northwest by a congres sional subcommittee have dem onstrated that $25 million is not enough to develop access needs for the 150 national for ests in this country. "They should be developed according to good timber practices," he said. "It would be hard to find a single specific incident in which Ellsworth has shown real leader ship in accomplishing anything for the best interests of the peo ple of the district he repre sents," Shaw said. "He will stand by while timber is reaped by residents of Alabama from a highly questionable min ing claim, but he won't do any thing to help the small operator who lives in his own district get his fair share of government tim ber." The speaker continued his at tack against Ellsworth by claim ing, "He doesn't represent you or me." Shaw commented, "If you get behind him and shove, he'll pro vide leadership one step for ward and two steps back." Fluoridation Is Favored by Society Portland !U.R) The Oregon State Medical society Saturday said Oregon's practicing physi cians are 9-to-l in favor of flu oridation of the state's water supplies'. Unofficial results of a state wide poll released yesterday by the Public Policy committee of the society showed that 1,081 physicians favor fluoridation, while 116 doctors are opposed. Ten doctors marked their bal lots "undecided." Dr. Russel L. Guiss of Salem, chairman, of the policy commit tee, said the survey results were even more impressive when con sidering the unusually high per centage of physicians who par ticipated in the poll. Of 1,615 member physicians of the Medi cal society, 1,207 or 74.7 per cent, returned their ballots. "The 9-to-l margin indicates a decided majority," Dr. Guiss said. The survey was taken to pro vide Medical society officials with an up-to-date report on the opinion of the general member ship regarding the issue of. fluoridation. Cayucos, Calif. (U.R) Two men were downed and a third was rescued five miles north of here Saturday when their 10-foot skiff was swamped in heavy seat.
