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Capital Pays Farewell To Washington (U.R) A mour Ing Capital said a sorrowful farewell today to its beloved "Veep," Sen. Alben W. Barkley. President Eisenhower led the throng of notables and plain folks at funeral services for the homespun Kentucky orator statesman who "went down in full armor" of the political bat tlefield. Mr. Eisenhower, in a last-minute change of plans, canceled a chcduled news conference to join in the capital's last tribute to the former Democratic vice president. The Chief Executive was accompanied by Sherman Adams, the assistant to the Pres ident; the entire White House legislative liaison stiff and White House Press Secretary James C. Hagerty. The Senate and House, where Barkley served for 40 years, also were represented by a large del egation of Democrats and Re publicans. Services were held in Found ry Methodist church, with Dr. Frederick Brown Harris, Senate Chaplain, presiding. Went Down in Armor' The 73-year-old former vice- president, who had appeared in robust good health, died sudden ly of a heart attack late Monday while performing his favorite chore, making a political speech. He was delivering the keynote address to a mock political con vention at Washington and Lee University, Lexington, Va Dr. Harris took note of this in his eulogy. "... He went down in full armor with unabated power.' Harris kept his eulogy short at the request of Mrs. Barkley, Outside, on the sign where Sunday services usually are an nounced, were the last words Barkley uttered "I would rather be a servant in the house of the Lord than ait in the seat of the mighty. Flags in the Capital flew at half-staff. Nary Wears Bands Navy Secretary Charles S. Thomas ordered Navy person nel to wear mourning bands un til after Barkley's burial to morrow at Paducah, Ky. The order carried out a Navy reg ulation requiring the bands af ter, the death of certain govern ment officials and former offic ialsv.The Army and Ajr Force do not have such a regulation. Twenty-four senators, includ ing both the Democratic and Re Charges Listed for Diamond Camping Camping areas along the east ihore of Diamond lake will be operated as charge campgrounds during the 1956 season, accord ing to Vondis E. Miller., super visor of the Umpqua National forest. Better services and facilities should result, including furnish ing fire wood, Miller said. The south end picnic area will be free for public use as usual for day time picnicking. Miller said, but will be closed to over night camping. Charges for campjng will be $1 for overnight per car party, and 75 cents per car party for all day. Miller said. The fishing season at Diamond lake will open May 26. The lake was closed to fishing last year when it was restocked. Morse Turns Down ' Hitchcock Debate Portland (U.R) Sen. Wayne Morse today turned down an in vitation to debate ex-state sena tor Philip Hitchcock at a mock Democratic national convention at Willamette University May 10, his office here announced. Morse said that Dressing legis lation to come before the Sen ate during that time would necessitate his remaining in the nation's capitol. He also added, though, that he still feels that Douglas McKay, former interior secretary, is Hitchcock's oppon ent at the present time. In a telegram to Dave Finley, president of the Willamette stu dent body, Morse said that his fight on the senate floor to ob tain adequate flood control ap propriations for Oregon required his presence in Washington dur ing the event. AFL-CIO Grocery Clerks Authorize Walkout Portland U.R) AFL-CIO grocery clerks today authorized their negotiating committee to call a strike if a satisfactory wage agreement is not reached. Secretary George Lightowler of local No. 1092 of the union said membership voted to turn down an offer of a wage in crease ranging up to $2.40 a week with variations based on experience. Lightowler said that the union sought a $7.50 across the board increase. publican leaders, wera named to represent the Senate at the burial services in Paducah to morrow. Among them: Democra tic Leader Lyndon B. Johnson (Tex.); Republican Leader Wil liam F. Knowland (Calif.); Dem ocrats Alan Bible (Nev.), J. Wil liam Fulbright (Ark.), Estes Ke fauver and Albert Gore (Tenn.), Hubert H. Humphrey (Minn.), Wayne Morse (Ore.), Stuart Sy mington (Mo.), and Joseph C. O'Mahoney (Wyo.). Barkley's body was to be tak en after the funeral by special train on his last journey home to Paducah, Ky. for burial services and interment Thurs day. His family and an official congressional delegation will ac company the body. The Kentucky senator's wid ow, the former Mrs. Jane Hadley of St. Louis whom he married in 1949, requested no long eu logy at the service. Harris Jensen Death Penalty In Hile Murder Case Upheld by High Court Salem 4U.R) The State Su preme Court today upheld the death penalty imposed on James Norman Jensen, convicted Jack son county murderer of Mrs. Fern Hile, a Medford housewife Jensen was charged with kill ing Mrs. Hile April 23, 1954, in the course of an armed robbery by Jensen and his associate, Don ald Chesley, who broke into the Hile home to steal money and car keys. In his appeal Jensen com plained of denial of his motioi for change of venue which was made on the grounds that he could not secure a fair trial in Jackson county. The high court noted in an opinion by Justice Hall S. Lusk, however, that the trial did not commence until more than five months after the commission of the crime and that the record showed no abuse of discretion in denying the motion. Jensen also complained that Trial Judge H. K. Hanna refused to give certain instructions per taining to the effect of mental in stability cf some degree less than . insanity. The Supreme Court found nothing wrong with the instructions, however. The court noted that Jensen was indicted for a murder com mitted in the commission of rob bery and since the robbery and the homicide were proved be yond all question, the result was the, equivalent of deliberate and Probe Continues in Klamath Boy's Death Klamath Falls Funeral serv ices for Alvin William Eacret, 14, whose body was found at Tub Springs State park Sunday afternoon, will be held here tomorrow. The body was brought to Klamath Falls from Medford, where an autopsy was per formed and preliminary exami nation indicated he may have been the victim of a sex deviate. Jackson County Coroner Car los Morris said the boy appar ency died of 3trangulation. A belt was around the boy's neck and a piece of cloth stuffed in his mouth. Additional examina tions are being conducted at the state crime laboratory in Port land. Law enforcement officials from Jackson and Klamath coun ties continued the investigation today for the boy's slayer. The Jackson county sheriff's office confirmed reports that known sex offenders in this area are being interrogated. Langli ie To Seek Magnuson's Seat Olympia (U.R) Gov. Arthur B. Langlie of Washington an nounced today he would seek the Senate seat now held by Democrat Warren G. Magnuson. Langlie, finishing out his third term as governor, indicated he made his decision to give con gressional support to President Eisenhower's program. He con ceded he had been asked by the White House to run against Mag nuson, but denied he was under any pressure. Langlie, 55, said one of the issues of the campaign would be the "question of supporting the President in all major decisions that have been made in the last three to four years." Washington (U.R) Sen. War ren G. Magnuson said today he welcomes the opposition of Gov. Arthur B. Langlie of Washing ton for his seat in Congress-S-if Langlie wins the Republican nomination. Seattle (U.R) Spring quar ter registrations at the Univer sity of Washington totaled 12,-957. Least 'Veep' agreed to make only a brief per sonal reference to the veteran senator and former vice-president whose public career span ned 50 years, 41 of them in Washington. Mrs. Barkley also requested no flowers. She asked that con tributions be sent instead to the Kentucky Heart fund. But that didn't stop a flood of floral trib utes. Barkley's death rang down the curtain on one of the most notable careers in American po litical life. No death here in years plunged the capital so quickly into complete and sin cere mourning. . The body lay in state in an iron-coated, manila bronze cask et in the Hysong Funeral Home here Tuesday night and until time for the services today. Hundreds visited the mortuary to pay last respects. (Sea Story on Pag 3) premeditated malice and the crime of first degree murder. The court said that evidence that Jensen was a psychopathic personality could not reduce the crime from first to second de gree murder. Jensen's execution date will not be set until he has had a chance to petition the Supreme Court for a rehearing. He has 20 days under the law to petition. Sheriff Injured in Crash; Condition Reported Serious Jackson County Sheriff How ard Gault was seriously injured about 3 a.m. today when the car in which he was riding went out of control' and crashed into an irrigation flume on McAn drews rd., according to incom plete reports today. He was taken by Medford Am bulance service to" Community hospital. Goes Off Road The car apparently went off the road on the north side and on the west side of the bridge. Sheriff Gault reportedly was removed from the vehicle by a passing motorist and taken to his home at 3426 Delta Waters rd. The ambulance then was called. Extent of his injuries were not fully determined this morn ing but his condition was seri ous, according to hospital sources. State police and city police said they had no reports of the and further details were not im mediately available. Harold Sexton, manager of Rogue River Valley Irrigation district, said water in the west ern section of the district will be turned off about eight hours for repairs to the flume. He said damage was not too extensive. Convair Plant To Handle Ballistics Missiles Washington U.R) The Air Force announced today that the Convair division of General Dy namics Corp. will begin almost immediately to build a plant "for development and produc tion" of intercontinental ballis tic missiles at Sorrento, in south ern California. Convair is working on the At las missile, which will be de signed to travel 5000 miles at speeds up to 15,000 miles per hour. Air Force Picks Woodburn Site for New Jet Air Base Salem (U.R) The Air Force revealed today it has chosen a site west of Woodburn for loca tion of its new $14,000,000 Wil lamette valley jet base. The long awaited decision on site was made public today by Air Force officials who said the Woodburn location would best meet the operational require ments of both the Air Force and the Navy. Approval Being Sought Approval is being sought for the new air base in the fiscal 1957 construction program now before Congress. In a letter to Gov. Elmo Smith, the Air Force said devel opment of the Woodburn site would require the acquisition of approximately 424 acres of land purchased by the state of Ore gon for the construction of an WEATHER FORECAST: Variable high cloudiness through Thursday. Low tonifht 45. High Thurs day 75. Temp. Blghest Yestvdir 77 Lowest this Morning 4f on. D. C.f Tally Slow; Early Lead Given Adlai Folsom Apparently Beaten in Alabama Washington (U.R) Demo cratic primaries in Alabama and the District of Columbia gave another nudge today to Adlai E. Stevenson's reviving hopes for the Democratic presidential nom ination. But neither primary was ex pected to have any major impact on the contest between Steven son and Sen. Estes Kefauver in their current series of presi dential primary battles. Folsom Appears Beaten In Alabama, Gov. James E. Folsom apparently was beaten by a strong pro-segregation vote in his bid for election to the Democratic National Committee. Only the District of Columbia, which has no vote in November, provided a direct contest be tween Stevenson and Kefuaver in the voting Tuesday. Slates of national convention delegates pledged to' each were entered in the primary, the first official vote in Washington in 82 years. Six convention votes were at stake. Official Count Slow About 40,000 Republicans and Democrats voted in their respec tive primaries in this city of 900,000. The official tallv was very slow and was suspended during the night until Thursday. With about a sixth of the Dem ocratic vote counted, pro-Stevenson delegate candidates were leading those pledged to Ke fauver by an average margin of about 2 to 1. In the GOP primary, six dele gates were .elected tPyatefoxJ the renomination of President Eisenhower. Alabama Democrats elected unpledged delegates who will share 26 national convention votes. Seen Pro-Stevenson In the Alabama contest for 16 half -vote delegates at large, 12 of the leaders were considered to be jther pro-Stevenson or leaning his way if the national convention develops into t a straight Stevenson-Kefauver con test. The only announced Kefau ver delegate candidate appeared out of the running. Delegates who will cast 18 other national convention votes were elected by congressional districts. Sen. Lister Hill appeared an easy winner for renomination, which is tantamount to election in Alabama. Returns from more than a third of the precincts showed him leading Rear Adm. John Crommelin, retired, by a margin of about 2 to 1. The Big Contest . But the big contest in Ala bama was over the election of a Democratic national committee man. In that race, Folsom ran far behind state Rep. Charles McKay Jr., who favored a more aggressive fight to maintain racial segregation. Both Kefauver and Stevenson were much less concerned about Alabama and the District of Co lumbia than about their crucial contests in the May 29 Florida and June 5 California primaries. Salem (U.R) State Tax Commissioner Ray Smith says that state income tax returns filed before the April 15 dead line should be processed within the next two weeks. intermediate penal institution. "Operations from the base should in no way interfere with the four proposed mental hos pital sites which are under con sideration by your office," the letter informed the governor "After congressional approval has been obtained for the new air base, your office will be ad vised concerning plans for the aca.uisition of the state land re quired," the letter concluded. Plans To Proceed The State Board of Control had been holding up plans for the mental hospital and the in termediate penal institution un til today's decision. State Treasurer Sig Unander has said that plans would pro ceed promptly as soon as the de cision wai known. Stevenson's Intepes Medford 51st Year 20 Pages STEVENSON VISIT Adlai Stevenson (in center of picture) candidate for the Democratic nomination for president, talks with Jackson County Judge Rodney Keating (at left in cen ter group) and County Commissioner Chester Wendt and Rob ert Duncan (with back to camera in group) during his visit SPEAKS Adlai Stevenson' is shown above speaking from the Jackson county court house steps yesterday noon. He visited sev eral communities in southern Oregon before going to Cali fornia for an 11-day tour. (Brainerd Photo). City Budget Group To Meet Here Tonight The Medford city budget com mittee will meet at 7:30 p.m. to day in the council chambers at the city hall. A detailed study of the proposed preliminary budget of $610,158 for the general fund is expected to start. Members of the . off-street parking committee of the Retail Merchants .committee will meet with the budget group to dis cuss possibilities of making available funds for off-street parking purposes." The proposed budget for 1956 57 fiscal year is within the 6 per cent limitation, although ex penses throughout various city departments has increased with expected extended services during- the coming year. Stanley Stark is chairman of the committee, which includes the council and eight citizen members. Air Incidents Shake Middle East Peace Jerusalem, Israeli Sector (U,R) United Nations Secretary General Dag Hammarskjold con centrated on Israel' uneasy northern frontier today but Mid dle East peace again was shaken by air incidents in the south. The UN Chief, scurrying like a fireman from capital to capi tal, suddenly scheduled a trip to Damascus for a conference with Syrian leaders on the pro jected Israeli Jordan river di version project. In the south, Egypt charged three Israeli aircraft penetrated the northeast sector of the Gaza strip Tuesday. Cairo sent a strongly worded protest to the United Nations. This is the region in which Is raeli and Egyptian aircraft fought air battles two weeks ago. Salem (U.R) The Oregon Department of Veterans' Affairs has reported that war veterans were being offered priority . in acquiring 17 homestead farm units on the Kennewick division of the Yakima project in south central Washington. MEDFORD, OREGON, WEDNESDAY, MAY 2, 1956 Adlai Says Revival off Party, Young Leadership Heartening Revival of the Democratic party, and the firm foundation being established by young, ani mated, invigorated leadership, are heartening, Adlai Stevenson said here yesterday. - He spoke before an audience of nearly 100 at a 1 p.m. lunch eon in the Medford hotel base ment, - - . Stevenson, former governor of Illinois and aspirant for the Democratic presidential nomin ation, pointed to Robert Boyer and Robert Duncan, Medford at torneys seeking election to the state house of representatives, as examples of valuable young leadership apparent in the Demo cratic ranks. Serve Couniy Better He said, "It seems to me you could serve your county no bet ter than to send Bob Boyer and Bob Duncan to the state legislature."- Speaking informally, Steven son said to observe the emer gency of new leadership in the party all over the nation has been one of the greatest personal experiences in his term of ac tive campaigning. He said the current primary is affording an opportunity that was absent in" the 1952 cam paign. "It gives a chance to Ashland One presidential aspirant gave a friendly boost to another her yesterday. Adlai Stevenson, seeking the Democratic nomination for President of the United Slates, wished success to Leon r. McDougall, seeking election as president of the Southern Ore gon college student body. Mc Dougall ii the son of Mr. Mrs. J. A. .McDougall, Perrydala are., Medford. and 315 The Medford student was carrying a campaign poster saying "McDougall for Presi dent" when Stevenson ar rived. The ex-governor of Illi nois greeted him. shook his hand, and told his audience, "I't come to your city to say a word for myself, and while I'm about it, I will say one for my friend . McDougall for president." move more leisurely, meet peo ple, talk to them, listen to them and move at a grass roots level." The speaker made reference to news reports on success of his "new hand-shaking campaign technique.'.' He said, "The tech nique is not new, but the op portunity is." He told his audience of sev eral humorous incidents in cam paign experiences in Oregon and elsewhere. Historical Significance Reflecting on the historical significance of primary elections, Stevenson said, "They seem to have had a function of eliminat ing, rather than making, candi dates." He also said, "The pri mary in Oregon is important, both because it s Oregon, and because of the psychological ef fect the results will have else where." Regarding his recent defeat in the Minnesota primary, he , to the county yesterday. Stevenson spoke at the court hous steps before a luncheon here, and evening engagement in Klamath Falls last night. Duncan, Medford attorney, is a Democratic candidate for the legislature. (Brainerd photo) said, "I have no alibis." He pointed out, however, that Min nesota Republicans are allowed to vote in Democratic primaries. "More than 100,000 Republicans voted in that primary," he said, "and most of them must have supported Kefauver." He concluded by saying, "We have all suffered a sad and se vere blow in the loss of Alben Barkley." The former vice-presi dent and Kentucky senator died Monday afternoon while delrv ering a speech at .Washington and Lee university. Grave Concern Stevenson told his audience that he and Barkley were cous ins. "His death is a matter of grave concern and heartbreak to me." He added, "Barkley ele vated our dialogue . . . and his contributions reached a measure that has few counterparts." Stevenson was introduced at the luncheon by Boyer. Prior to the luncheon the visitor ad dressed a large gathering of citizens on the steps of the Jack son county courthouse at noon. - A caravan of about 25 cars with police escort met Steven son when he arrived Tuesday Annexation Discussed At Council The city council last - night asked representatives of the Grandview and Kenwood dis tricts to meet with the Medford planning commission concerning annexation. Roy P. Wilkes, representing residents of the areas, said the people want some assurance Close Vote Seen on Soil Bank Payments Washington tU.R) Demo crats today predicted a close House vote on a Republican move to provide advance pay ments to farmers under the $1, 200,000,000 soil bank proposal in the new farm bill. Rep. Carl Albert (Okla ), the Democratic whip, was one of those who made the forecast as the House swung into debate on the bill. Voting on the bill is not ex pected to get under way until tomorrow. Biggest remaining issue is whether to make ad vance soil bank payments this year to farmers who promise to take acreage out of surplus crops next year. Democrats are opposed to the Republican move to tack this provision onto the pending soil bank provision. They assert that it is merely a "political gim mick." aimed at garnering votes for the GOP in this election year. Roseburg (U.R) Stan Olson, Roseburg chief of police, has sub mitted his resignation to be ef fective June 1. He said he would enter private business. Tribune Price 5c No. 36 Revived morning at the Medford airport. In the lead car were Stevenson, Mrs. Eva Hamilton, Stevenson committee member; Boyer, county Democratic chairman; Duncan, county chairman for the Stevenson campaign; Alf Corr bett, Portland, state chairman of the campaign, and Harvey Wyatt, driver. Rousing Welcome The caravan movea" directly to Ashland where Stevenson was given a rousing welcome by stu- " dents on the Southern Oregon college campus. After shaking hands with the students and signing autographs, he spoke from a truck to a large crowd of Ashland residents at the plaza. In his talk there he emphasized Democratic stands on education' and stated that education ha suffered under the present ad ministration. After his luncheon talk in Medford, the caravan escorted Stevenson to the airport, where he took a plane to Klamath Falls. He left there late Tues day night by train for San Fran cisco. . He will be in California for an 11-day campaign. Meeting from the council that if they were annexed, sewer facilities would be available. Members of the council point ed out that once an area is an nexed, sewer facilities are avail able when petitions circulated in the area are submitted. They pointed out that past history of sewer installation upon request by residents should be assurance enough that they will be in stalled. Annexation of the Grand-view-Kenwood section has been considered at several meetings with city officials and residents, who also considered formation of a sanitary district. Wilkes declared that their pri mary objective is to obtain sani tary facilities. Residents, he said, decided that annexation would be better for both the areas 'and the city in the long run. The representatives were asked to establish suggested boundaries of an area for annex ation, and submit it to the plan ning commission for considera tion before council action. 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