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
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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.
(See Stozy Page 12)
Baseball
AMERICAN
Detroit 8 15 2
New York 1 3 2
Lary and House; Kucki, R.
Coleman (3), McDermctt (7)
and Berra.
Home run: House, Detroit;
Mantle, New York.
Kansas City 0 3 0
Boston 2 8 1
Ditmar, Gorman (8), Har- .
ringion (8) and Ginsberg;
Brewer and White.