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Medford United Press Full Leased 51$t Year 16 Johnson's Victory Over Shivers Ups domination Chance Washington (U.R) Southern senators today hailed Senate Majority Leader Lyndon B. Johnson's victory in Texas as a big boost for his chances of cap turing the 1956 Democratic pres idential nomination as a "dark horse" candidate. Johnson last Saturday wrested from Gov. Allan Shivers control of the 56-vote Texas delegation to the Democratic National Con vention. Shivers, a staunch states' right advocate, bolted the Democratic party in 1952 and helped swing Texas to President Eisenhower. Sen. Walter F. George (D-Ga.) Millard Tydings' Bid Major Contest In Maryland Vote Baltimore (U.R) Former Democratic Sen. Millard E. Tyd ings' attempted political come back provided the major contest in today's Maryland primary. Maryland Democrats and Re publicans also were deciding how their delegations to the August political conventions should vote. Republicans balloted on wheth er to give President Eisenhower first claim on their 24 presiden tial nominating votes or to send an uninstructed delegation to the GOP convention. The choice for Democrats, who will have 18 convention votes, was between Sen. Estes Kefauver and an un instructed delegation. Both Mr. Eisenhower and Ke fauver were heavy favorites. ' Tydings Seeks Old Seat Kefauver won the state's Dem ocratic delegation four years ago. Mr. Eisenhower was not entered in the 1952 primary but carried Maryland in the election. Tydings was seeking the Dem ocratic nomination for the Senate seat he held for 24 years and lost in 1950 to incumbent Republican Sen. John Marshall Butler. But ler was a candidate in today's Republican primary against two opponents who were given little chance of upsetting him. Strong Opposition Tydings, on the other hand, had strong opposition in the Democratic battle from George Mahoney, wealthy Baltimore paving contractor. Mahoney has made impressive but unsuccess ful tries three times previously for statewide office and has built up a strong following within his party, although he is opposed by most party regulars. More than 1,000.000 voters 755,000 Democrats and 313,000 Republicans were eligible to vote in today's primaries. Five of six Maryland con gressmen were running without oppostion in the primaries. Agate Rings Taken in Break and Entry Here A breaK and entry at Santo's Agate shop, 411 East Main st., early Monday morning was. re ported to Medford police. The front window was broken with a pipe wrapped in paper, and a display case containing 46 agate rings valued at $7.80 apiece, was taken, police said. Baseball AMERICAN Cleveland 1 4 0 Boston 3 14 2 Garcia, Houtteman (6), Da ley (8) and Hegan; Brewer and Whhe. Home runs: Gernert, Boston; Vauchin, Boston. Hassle May Keep Kefauver, Adlai Off Joint Platform Portland (U.R) Jack Bain and William L. Josslin, co-chairmen of the Oregon Kefauver committee, today invited Adlai Stevenson to share the platform and the meeting they have ar ranged fcr Sen. Estes Kefauv er when he visits Eugene May 15. The co-thairmen said they had received a telegram from Keith D. Skelton, Lane county Stev enson supporter, stating that 'Lane county Democrats de mand" a joint meeting of the two candidates. They informed Skelton that the offer was accepted. Wire Pages termed it a "most sweeping vic tory" for Johnson whose politi cal stock surged as a result of the triumph. Chances Are Better Johnson has insisted he is not really a candidate for the Dem ocratic presidential nomination. He has said his only aim is to unify his party in Texas and keep the state in the Democratic column. Nevertheless, George and oth er Senate Democrats said John son's chances for the nomination have been enhanced. Saturday's results in Texas are "most helpful to the party and his prospects for 1956," George told a reporter. Sen. Harry F. Byrd (D-Va.) one of the leaders of the South ern bloc in the Senate, said the Texas results would give John son "a big boost" if he should decide to become an active can didate for the nomination. Other Comments Sen. Allen J. Ellender (D-La.) said "'definitely, yes," when ask ed if Johnson now is a strong "dark horse" possibility for the nomination. Sen. Mike Mansfield (D-Mont.) who has not come out for any candidate, said the Johnson vic tory "is good news for the unity and future of the Democratic party.". Johnson now is virtually as sured of being named Texas' favorite son candidate for the presidential nomination, and his victory will lend new strength to supporters who want the full convention to accept him as a dark horse candidate in the event of a convention deadlock. Heart Attack Victim The Johnson bid is not con sidered serious, however, be cause, as a victim of a : heart attack, his nomination would rob the Democrats of the health issue they plan to use against President Eisenhower. But aside from the nomination contest, Johnson, as a result of his Texas victory, will be on hand to wield a moderating in fluence at the convention in efforts to select both a candidate and a platform acceptable to both North and South. Trial Starts for Connelly, Caudle St. Louis (U.R) Former Truman aide Matthew J. Con nelly and T. Lamar Caudle, an assistant attorney general in the Truman administration, went on trial on tax fraud charges today. Harry I. Schwimrner, former Kansas City, Mo., attorney, was also on trial with Connelly and Caudle on charges of trying to defraud the government in a tax case. Former President Truman gave a deposition in Connelly's behalf in Kansas City Friday. The federal court ordered the deposition sealed and Connelly's lawyer, John H. Lashly, would not reveal its contents. It was believed to be brief. Connelly is Mr. Truman's one time White House appointments secretary. He . is now a New York public relations consultant. Caudle practices law in Wades boro, N. C, and Schwimrner is in business in Puerto Rico and has a home in New York. Coos 6a Fringe Annexation Defeated Coos Bay (U.R) Residents of a fringe area lying between Coos Bay and North Bend voted over whelmingly against seeking an nexation by the city of Coos Bay in a special election Saturday. The proposal, however, was rejected by Hy Raskin, Chicago, who is in charge of Stevenson's Oregon campaign. Raskin said that Stevenson supporters did not intend to share their candi date's platform with Kefauver. . Today Josslin and Baine de clined to speak at the Stevenson meeting along with "other .can didates" and said, "Sen. Kefau ver will not be the tail on any Stevenson kite." ' The senator's campaign lead ers in turn extended an invita tion to Stevenson to appear at the program they have arranged for Kefauver. MEDFORD, OREGON, MONDAY, MAY 7, 1956 a,av',"'","- t" ' 1"-"rrimmniiniir i iiffiinrmnjjjjiiM i im in mmmmanaia&ai FOOTLIGHTERS HOME Shown above is the almost-completed theater building at the fairgrounds which is the home of Medford's little theater group, the Footlighters. For merly a two-story building located near High way 99, it has been cut down to one story, and moved several hundred feet due east in the rearrangement of the area .to permit con struction of a new armory building. Though Rain Showers Good For County Crops; Some Hail Reported Spotty heavy rain showers over the week end generally were beneficial to county crops. according to C. C. Cordy, county agent for horticulture. Only' .35 of an inch of ram was measured at the Medford weather bureau, but it was con siderablv heavier than that m other portions of the county. There were scattered reports of hail between Medford and Phoenix, but no damage from either hail or rain were made to the county agent's office. Cordy said the rain tended to dampen soil which has dried out somewhat in recent days. Clearing Predicted Yesterday's rain was followed by .04 of an inch this morning. Partial clearing is expected to night and Tuesday morning with sunny and warmer weather to morrow afternoon. The weather bureau said that despite below-normal April pre cipitation, water-year runoff still is forecast at above normal. And partly as a result of the fact that April precipitation was only 50 to 80 per cent of normal last month, no flooding is expected in southwestern Oregon coastal basins, the bureau said in a water forecast summary given as of May 1. Runoff during the April to September irrigation period in the Rogue river below the south fork is estimated at 2,020,000 acre feet, or 15Z per cent oi normal. Inflow into Upper Klam ath lake is expected to be 189 per cent of normal. Kefauver To Test Ike's Farm Bill Veto Indianapolis (U.R) Sen. Estes Kefauver will try to make political capital out of President Eisenhower's farm bill veto in tomorrow's Indiana presidential primary. It will be the first day at the polls for. farmers from the corn hog belt since the President vetoed the controversial farm bill. Kefauver tried to cash in on this in his one-day week end swing through Indiana. The Ten nessean made three stops, draw ing the most attention at the farm community of Franklin. He was off in North Dakota cam paigning for "more support to day. It appeared likely the Presi dent will out-draw Kefauver in votes tomorrow, since both po litical camps predicted a 4 to 3 GOP margin among 700,000 ex pected voters. But the senator's workers hoped he could do bet ter than Adlai E. Stevenson's 41 per cent showing against Mr. Ei senhower in 1952. Minors Arrested for Alcohol Violations Ralph Eugene Murphy, 18, route 2, box 127, Central Point, and three other minors, aged 15, 16 and 17, were arrested at Eagle Point Saturday by state police officers, according to the sher iffs office. Murphy was charged with furnishing alcohol to minors, the report indicated. The four were brought before juvenile authorities and were to appear in district court today, the sheriff's office said. The younger minors face charges of illegal possession of alcohol. Two of them are from Central Point and the other is from Butte Falls. Medford police said two other minors, aged 17 and 15, were arrested and confined to the county jail Saturday on a simi lar charge. Both youths are from Rogue River. Employment Increases During April; Number Of Jobless Declines Lumber industry employment and construction activity took a sharp upswing during April, and unemployment declined, ac cording to the monthly report of the Medford office of the state employment service. Fine weather through most of the month brought an increase in log supplies, which permitted more sawmill operations to get under way. and several mills added night shifts, according to John J. Patton, office manager. Activity Grows Construction work increased he added, and activity in other industries had a noticeable but lesser increase. Unemployment at the end of Court Rules on US Mail Airlift : Washington, (U.R) The Su preme Court today denied a hearing to five Western rail roads which object to a post office experiment under which some refeular first-class mail travels by air. The court's brief order leaves standing a lower court decision that Postmaster General Arthur E. Summerfield had authority to conduct the experiment. Under the program, three-cent mail normally carried by sur face transportation goes by air if there is any empty space after all other traffic is accommo dated. The railroads claimed the law requires that "all mailable mat ter being transported as mail by air" bear six-cent postage. Three other experiments are being carried out in eastern United States as well : as the western one involved in today's case. The protesting carriers, which operate in Washington, Oregon and California, are the Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe, the Great Northern, Northern Pacific, Southern Pacific and Union Pacific. Air-Dropped H-Bomb Explosion Postponed Aboard USS Mt. McKinley at Eniwetok, (Tuesday) (U.R) Atomic officials have postponed for the second time the explos ion of America's first air-drop ped hydrogen bomb. Officials announced late Mon day that the explosion has now been tentatively scheduled for early Thursday morning (Wed nesday PST). However, they had no assurance that the weather will be any better by then. The bomb was originally scheduled for firing today but unfavorable winds forced test of ficials to postpone it until Wed nesday. Officials said "unfavorable northerly winds at practically all altitudes" forced the new postponement. If the bomb were exploded under such conditions, it would mean the atolls south of Bikini would be dusted with dangerous radioactive fallout. Today s Deadline For Absentee Ballots Today is the last day for ob taining absentee balolts for the primary election, according to Mrs. Bereth Hopkins, county clerk .and recorder.. The dead line is 5 p.m. A demonstration of proper voting procedures will be tele vised between 9 and 9:30 p.m. today, Mrs. Hopkins said. JTribune Price 5c the -building is not entirely completed,' the , Footlighters are using it anyway, and will offer their first production in more than a year there this week, Tuesday through Satur day nights. The play is "Good Housekeeping," a Broadway comedy success of a few years ago. Curtain time each night is 8:30 p.m. - (Brainerd photo) ' the month was estimated at 965 persons, including - 275 women. This was 44 per cent below the same time at the end of March, and 31 per cent below the same time a year ago. . Unemploy ment compensation claims dropped to about half, of those the month before, with 3,104 weeks claimed, compared to 6,305 in March. . . ' Jobs To Increase Job opportunities are expect ed to increase in most local in dustries during the next 60 days, the report indicated. The next large demand for seasonal help is expected in. June, when fruit thinning gets under, way. A num ber of students aged 16 or more will be able to help in this field when school closes. The ' employment service said its aptitude testing program, in the county's - high schools-' has been completed, and that a num ber of seniors with ability will be looking for jobs after gradua tion. The tests give reliable indi cations of students' abilities, the report stated. .Employers with job openings were urged, to get in touch with the office here.. Young Republicans Table Accounting Portland (U.R) i The execu tive board of Oregon Young Re publicans yesterday fought down a proposed resolution that would have demanded an accounting of campaign expenditures from two national committeeman candi dates." The resolution was introduced by Jane Arthur of Portland after George K. Tomlinson, ' retiring president of Oregon Young Re publicans, charged - that Candi date Robert Mautz had spent 530,000 in his campaign for Re publican national committeeman from Oregon. ' ' ' Tomlinson said "Mautz has al ready spent more than $30,000 on a race which pays nothing. John .Merrifield has -spent -only $2,080. The supporters of Mautz are a small but wealthy clique within the Republican party." The resolution was tabled per manently by' the board.', - State Senator Merrifield is op posing Mautz for- the party of fice. Both are from Portland. - Madison, .Wis. -4U.R) About 400 students nominated Adlai E. Stevenson for President and Sen. Wayne Morse' of Oregon for .vice president at the University of Wisconsin's mock . Democratic convention Sunday. ' ' Banana Tree Of Harris Ellsworth; Capital By A. ROBERT SMITH Mail Tribune Correspondent Washington Rep. H a r r i s Ellsworth (R.Ore.) has proved his point--namely, that- there is enough hot air around the Unit ed States capitol to grow a tropi cal plant. ):' The Roseburg congressman has a flourishing banana plant his hands, courtesy of the Jackson County. Chamber of Commerce. He said that in the two weeks he has had it the plant has grown one big new green leaf and is sprouting an other. The gift was prompted by a television show Ellsworth puts on regularly for Medford's TV station. -On this occasion he had with him Frank Teuton, research specialist from the .U.S. Depart ment of -Agriculture, who dis played various fruiU and other commodities tested by the gov ernment. United Press Full Leased Wire No. 40 Billy Nunn Bound Over to Grand Jury At Hearing Today Judge HofcJs Evidence Sufficient for Action Billy Junior Nunn, 28, Klam ath . Falls millworker who has admitted the April 19 slaying of Alvin William Eacret, 14, Klam ath Falls, was bound over to the grand jury ' following pre liminary hearing in district court this morning. . ' ' - District Judge Rawles Moore ruled that testimony of State Police Sgt. Thomas Eaton, Med ford, one of the investigating of ficers in the case, and only wit ness at the hearing, was suffic ient to hold Nunn to answer to the grand jury. Sergeant Eaton told of Nunn's verbal description of the sex killin g ' while : en route ; to - Med ford from Alturas, Calif., where he made the written confession. Brought Here Friday' Nunn was brought to' Medford on Friday, May 4, by Sergeant Eaton and Joe Walsh, chief deputy sheriff. Two other state police-sergeants, Earle Tichenor and Byron D. Winningham, both Klamath Falls, accompanied them part of the way. Sergeant Eaton testified that Nunn told the officers of pick ing up the Eacret youth in his car when the boy was hitch hiking to work on April 19, in ducing him to travel with him to Tub Springs state park and hiking with him through the brush to a secluded location. Sgt. Eaton said Nunn told the officers : that at that point he asked Eacret to submit to an unnatural sex act, and at the completion of that strangled the boy with his hands. Afraid He'd Tell The sergeant said Nunn had told him he killed -the boy be cause he "was afraid- he would tell someone." Nunn was quoted as saying he later fastened a belt around the boy's neck, stuffed a handkerchief into the victim's mouth,. removed his clothing, hid the clothing nearby and left the park through the brush, avoiding the foot path. ' Robert . Duncan, Medford at torney who is temporarily han dling Nunn's defense, repeated ly objected to this "portion of Sergeant Eaton's .testimony. His objections were overruled by Judge Moore. ' The sergeant was asked to describe the finding of the mur der victim's body, the surround ing area and details that led to the apprehension of Nunn in Alturas. Nunn was arrested last Wednesday night by an Alturas city policeman. Interrogation . Questioned Duncan ' spent considerable ; time questioning Sergeant Eaton about the interrogation of Nunn by officers before Nunn wrote out his . -confession. Sergeant Eaton -said the. officers had not mistreated, the suspect,, either! physically or verbally, at any time. , It was however brought out . that Nunn had not been ad vised of his right to counsel or told that, anything he said would be held against him at anytime Sergeant Eaton could remember. - 'The hearing was interspersed with objections and counter ob jections, by Duncan and District Attorney: Walter- Nunley. A- district attorney's- informa tion charging Nunn with first degree murder was filed Satur day morning.: The . suspect was arraigned the same day. Eacret's nude body was dis covered by two teen-age girls picnicking in Tub Spring park on April 29. , ' From Jackson Bragging about the wide va riety of products grown in the Medford area, Ellsworth told Teuton his congressional district raised everything but tropical fruits. ' The Jackson chamber's alert agriculture committee immedi ately arose to. the situation and wired '. Ellsworth that- it was sending by air mail "robust ba nana plant from Rogue valley in answer to-recent television re port that our area grows every thing but bananas." - " When the foot-high plant ar rived, the congressman perched it on his desk and wrote his friends in Medford, "Now I've seen everything." He added: "You need have no fear of the plant flourishing in this cli mate. We will, of course, keep it indoors but there is enough hot air around the Capitol at all times, especially while Congress is in session, to cauM the plant! Plans To Give Allies Advanced Weapons Told Washington (U.R) John B. Hollister, foreign aid chief, said today the United States plans to give its allies $500,000, 000 worth of "advanced wea pons" under the military aid program. Hollister did not elaborate. But defense sources indicated that the weapons would be pri marily for strengthening West ern Europe's air defenses. They would include anti-aircraft mis siles such as the Nike; bombard ment missiles such as the Mata dor and Honest John; new fight er planes such as the F100 Super Sabre, and a new communica tions network to provide a uni fied warning system. Hollister, appearing before the Senate Foreign Relations Committee to plead for Presi dent Eisenhower's $4,900,000, 000 foreign aid .request, said about $500,000,000 is earmarked for "an initial increment of ad vanced weapons for . . the free world defense effort." He said the program would Train Loaded With Children Derailed; Several Injured Waukesha, Wis.; (U.R) A Milwaukee Road train loaded with school children en route to the Braves- Brooklyn game in Milwaukee was derailed today L. a collision with a gravel truck and "many" injuries were re ported. ;'.- The sheriff' office said there were "between 30 and 40" stretcher cases, but no known fatalities. Waukesha Memorial hospital reported receiving "between 25 and '30" stretcher cases. Coachee Piled Up A railroad spokesman said the 16-car train was hit at an inter section by the gravel truck, that smashed into the train near the front at the second or third coach. . :- i- Witnesses said coaches were "piled up" along the right of way. ' The train was a baseball spec ial, carrying school children to the game in . Milwaukee' from the Portage, Wis., area and from other points along the division. One ' report said the train caught on fire. All ambulances and doctors in the area were summoned. Five buses picked up those who were not seriously hurt. 300 Children Aboard - The wreck occurred about four miles north of here near the village of. Duplainville, ' a crossroads town on Highway 164. 1 Officials said there . were at least 300 children aboard - the train, chartered especially for the trip to Milwaukee,. Many of the' injured were able to walk and were brought to the hospital here in school buses. They suffered cuts, bruis es ana minor injuries. - Weather FORECAST: Partial clearing and cooler tonight and Tuesday morning. Sonny and warmer Toesdar afternoon. Low to night 39. High Tuesday 70. Temp. Highest yesterday . 62 Lowest this morning 46 Prec. To Id a.m. today . 36 Our Skies Tonight Sunrise 4:59 a.m. Sunset , 7:18 p.m. Moonrise Tuesday ...... 3:36 a.m. New moon May 10 MORNING STARS: Mars, in the southeast . 3:14 a.m. Saturn, in aouthwest 4:04 a.m. High above Mars ia seen the "summer triangle" of . Vega, Oeneb, and Altair. County Thrives on Desk Hot Air Sufficient to grow well.' The longest speech yet made this year by Sen. Wayne Morse was a four-hour stem winder re cently attacking the pattern of decisions handed down by the National Labor Relations Board, which Morse said generally fa vored management against la bor. ' Historians reviewing . this period- of the history of the repub lic may wonder whether it did not indicate that Wayne Morse was losing his stamina, for near the close of his speech he called for a five- minute recess. - Anyone who thinks Morse was wearing down couldn't be .fur ther from the truth: What hap pened doesn't -show up in the Congressional Record, but here it is: When Morse got the floor around five o'clock in the after noon to start his . speech, the provide the allies "with weapons designed effectively to counter the growing potential of Com munist forces.'? Too. he said, it would "serve to reassure our allies that we are doing all in our power to assist them in buil ding a modern defense for our mutual benefit." NATO Members On List Hollister said $195,000,000 has been allocated to North Atlan tic Treaty Organization mem bers, with the remainder alloca ted "in the manner best adapted to advance free world and U.S. security." Hollister defended the admin istration's request for authority to make long term foreign aid commitments. "The power requested to make commitments does not amount to binding contract authority," he said. There would be no need for actual appropriations except on a year to year basis, he said. But "countries in which such a project is to be carried on would have strong assurance it is an undertaking for which the United States expects later to make appropriations." Dulles Opened Hearings Secretary of State John Fost er Dulles opened the Senate hearings last Monday with a general plea for approval of tire full amount of funds asked bv Mr. Eisenhower. The President called the program part of a "na tional insurance policy" against further Communist aggression. Committee Chairman Walter F. George (D-Ga.), said the Sen ate hearings would run all of this week. Similar hearings were under way before the House Foreign Affairs committee with witnes ses from the general public scheduled to testify today. Hitchcock Will Be ' . - - - In County Tuesday Phil Hitchcock, candidate for the Republican nomination for U.S. senator, will arrive at the Medford airport, Tuesday at 4 p.m. for an overnight county visit. . . The former state senator will attend an informal reception at 4:45 p.m. at the Central Point American Legion hall following a brief tour of Elk Lumber com pany en route from the airport. Robert ' Rukovina, county chairman of the Hitchcock for senator committee, said the com mittee urges residents in the northern part of the county, from Rogue River to Prospect, to meet Hitchcock at the Central Point get-together. - Hitchcock will speak briefly at a "candidates night" of the Jackson County Young Repub licans Tuesday at 8 p.m. in the YMCA and on television at 8 p.m. The YR meeting is open to the public. He will meet Ashland Repub licans Wednesday at 8 ajn. dur ing a coffee hour at Hathaway house, Rukovina said. Truman Files Probed For Potsdam Report Washington (U.R) Stata Department historians preparing a special report on the controver sial World War H Potsdam con ference now have access to form er President Truman's personal files. The historians have been in Kansas City Mr. Truman'i home town examining t h papers and making photograph ed copies of some, it was learn ed. Mr. Truman promised depart ment officials about a year ago that they could examine docu ments in his possession after he had completed work on his mem oirs. freshman senator from West Vir ginia. Laird, was handed the as signment of presiding over the Senate. Gradually, the rest of the senators drifted out of the chamber, returning either to their offices or leaving for home. Three and a half hours later the senator from Oregon was go ing strong and the senator from West Virginia was getting more and more uncomfortable with no one in sight to relieve him. Ksnally he communicated hi discomfort to one of . the Senate workers, who stepped over to where Morse was standing and whispered into the orator's ear. Morse - promptly called for a brief recess and the presiding officer lost no time dashing from the chamber. - A few moments later he was back on the rostrum,' and the Senate resumed its deliberation.
