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House -Subcommitte Ipeons long-Awaited- Hearing' in msic IFayola MedfordWTribune Regional Edition Page 2 Scattered Specials Pace Stocks Lower; Average Declines New York-(UPD -Stocks drift ed lower today with steels, autos,' electronics and scatter ed specials pacing the down turn Eight Children Lose Second Mother Levittown. N. Y. -(UPD- Last September Robert Creamer's wife Lucy, 38, was killed in an auto crash and Creamer, a factory foreman, was left alone to bring up their eight young children. Creamer moved his moth er, Mrs. Catherine Creamer, 69, into their home to act as a foster mother to the chil dren. On Saturday night while Mrs. Creamer was crossing a rain-slick road, hurrying home with groceries for Sunday din ner, she was struck and killed by a car. t The industrial stock aver age fell more than 4 points below Friday's close with losses of more than 2 in Du Pont and a point or more in Westinghouse, International Nickel, Allied Chemical and American Tobacco. Steels also encountered sel ling. Youngstown Sheet and U.S. Steel lost more than a point each, Lukens more than 2, and Bethlehem and Repub lic dropped fractions. Chrysler and Ford lost a point in the autos where Gen eral Motors, trading ex-dividend, lost a fraction. Amer ican Motors gave up a large fraction. In the electronics, Ampex dropped more than 2 and IBM more than 1. American Home Products dropped 1 the drugs. WATCH FOR IT! LISTEN FOR IT! DON'T MISS IT! IN MEDFORD WEDNESDAY Josephine County Clerk Files for Post Grants Pass - Ben W. Cout- ant, Josephine county clerk for 20 years, filed for that position Friday. He will seek the Republican nomination for a sixth consecutive four year term. C o u t a n t was appointed county clerk Jan. 3, 1940, and was elected at the fall general election. This will be the first time Coutant has had compe tition for the Republican nomination. A. Donley Barnes, former sheriff, filed last month for the position. Coutant has made his home in Josephine county since 1914 and except for 18 months during World War I and while attending college, has made his home in Grants Pass con tinuously. He is 70 years old. Democratic Central Committee to Meet The Jackson County Demo cratic Central committee will meet Wednesday, Feb. 10, at 8 p.m. at the Labor Temple, South Grape st. Robert Duncan, speaker of the house of representatives, will report on the Democratic state platform convention held recently in Salem. Other business will include final plans for the annual Roosevelt Memorial dinner sponsored by the Democratic Party of Jackson county. All interested Democrats are invited to attend. Car Hits Fence During Argument A couple named Hassel got into a hassle Sunday morning which caused their car to leave the road and ram into a fence near the intersection of Old Stage rd. and Beal lane, state police said. Operator of the southbound vehicle on Old Stage rd. was Mrs. Jessalee Louvisa Hassel, 41, of 33 North Peach st., Med ford. Police said apparently her husband, Kenneth Edgar Hassel, 42, a passenger in the car. grabbed his wife's arm during an argument causing her to lose control of the car, The vehicle hit a fence on the Ross Conner property, route 2, box 438C, Medford. Ex-Broadcasters Will Tell Roles As 'Consultants' Washington - (UPD - The for mer employees of a Cleveland radio station said today they received payments from a mu sic record distributor as "con sultants." They said they would, tes tify to this when called before a House subcommittee investi gating payola and other al legedly deceptive broadcast ing practices. Disc Jockey Quizzed The three young men talk ed freely with newsmen while the subcommittee ques tioned its first witness, for mer Boston disc jockey Nor man Prescott behind closed doors. The three identified them selves as Charles Young, mu sic librarian, and Joe Finan and Wes Hopkins, disc jock eys, all formerly employed at Cleveland radio station KYW. All three said they had broken no laws and would answer all questions put to them by the subcommittee. It is investigating complaints that radio station employees have taken under the table payments to plug records. Admit Taking Fees "We have admitted we took fees from a record distributor in Cleveland for consultative services," Hopkins told news men. The subcommittee went be hind closed doors to question Prescott almost immediately after opening its long awaited payola investigation. Chairman Oren Harris (D- Ark.) noted that subcommit tee rules provide for a closed session whenever it is deter mined that testimony "may tend to defame, degrade or incriminate any person." Harris said he was ordering the closed session to deter mine whether Prescott's testi mony was of that nature. Harris announced in a brief opening statement that hear ings scheduled for this week 'are but the beginning" of an inquiry into payola and other allegedly deceptive practices in the broadcasting industry. Could Concern Idol Subcommittee sources said this week's hearings would be concerned mainly with broad casting practices in Boston and Cleveland. Harris said later hearings would deal with practices "in Pennsyl vania and many other parts of the country." While Harris did not elabor ate, the Pennsylvania phase could concern teen-age tele vision idol Dick Clark, whose network required him to di vest himself of interests in the record industry. : : vSjPw isys lis SCOUT FOUNDER HONORED Boy Scouts from Ottawa, 111., and surrounding towns are shown as they placed a wreath on the grave of William D. Boyce, founder of the Boy Scouts of America, during ceremonies at Ottawa. The Scouts are, left to right, James Pellino, Kurt Siebert, Joseph Nev rero and James O'Dell. They placed the wreath in behalf of millions of Scouts, past and present. The organization was started in the United States on Feb. 8, 1910. (UPI Telephoto) Eisenhower's Plan to Share Nuclear Weapons With Allies Would Cut Retaliation Time Syniliigton-Brown Ticket Favored in California Foil Sacramento, Calif. - (LTD -Democratic members of the state legislature today rated Sen. Stuart Symington of Mis souri as the likely winner of their party's Presidential nom ination. A United Press Internation al poll of every Democratic state senator and -assemblyman showed that those veter an politicians believe a ticket of Symington and Gov. Ed mund G, Brown of California is likely to emerge from the national convention at Los Angeles next July. However, while Symington led all other candidates as the lawmakers' choice to win first place on the Democratic tick et, when asked to express their own personal favorite for the top spot, Adlai Steven son drew the most support. Many of the legislators who voted in the UPI poll are ex pected to be members of Cali fornia's 81-vote delegation to the national convention. Brown already has announced he will enter the June 7 Presi dential primary as a "favorite son" candidate. Secret Ballot All 28 Democratic state senators and the 46 Demo cratic assemblymen partici pated in the poll, which was conducted by secret ballot. Sen. John F. Kennedy of Massachusetts trailed Syming ton by six votes in the Presi dential sweepstakes and ran three votes behind Governor brown as the likely vice presidential choice at the con vention. Humphrey Out Sen. Hubert H. Humphrey of Minnesota, one of the four United States senators in the forefront of the race for the nomination, drew not a single vote in the poll. And Sen. Lyndon B. John son of Texas was the choice of only four legislators. Quotes From the News By United Press International Cairo Mrs. Genevieva Drury Christie, of Carmel, In diana, one of 76 elderly Americans who made a four month, ; 14,000-mile safari across Africa, discussing the rigorous trip- ; "I wouldn't have missed a minute of it even though at ' times I cried and pleaded with my husband to fly me home." I IAWRENCE BURK. Builder Klamath Fails, Oregon V V." 'Turn on Electric Heat . . . in 5 minutes you have all the heat you want. 1 v . , -.. -Iff 66 Census Takers Needed in County Sixty-six census takers will be needed to take the federal census for Jackson county starting April 1, Mrs. James Ragland, chairman of the Re publican Central committee, has announced. Four crew leaders will be needed, also, Mrs. Ragland reported. Qualified Republi cans and Democrats will be used, she added. Those persons desiring the work should obtain federal employment form No. 57 at the post office, fill it out and mail it to Edward G. Bates, district census supervisor, 460 Lane, county courthouse, Eugene, Mrs. Ragland di rected. Bates is scheduled to be in Jackson county in approxi mately two weeks, Mrs. Rag land said, and will interview crew leader applicants then. Crew leader qualifications include: Must be a U.S. citi zen, at least 18 years old, with a high school education or its equivalent, pass a written test, be able to read maps, satisfactorily complete a training course and be able to devote full time to the job. A crew leader must also have access to a privately owned car, in good condition, be in good physical condition, of high moral character, be able to speak clearly and dis tinctly and have good eye-' sight and hearing. Those having veterans' i preference who meet all re-1 quirements will be given first i chance. To be a census-taker a per- j son must be a U.S. citizen. with at least a high school education, 18 years old or older, pass a test satisfactori ly, be of high moral character and integrity, be able to con duct interviews in a clear, concise manner, have good eyesight, be in good physical condition, be able to write neatly and legibly and have an automobile available if he lives in a rural area. Washington -(UPD- President Eisenhower's proposal to share nuclear weapons with U.S. allies is designed prima rily to cut the time required to retaliate against any So viet air attack, it was learned today. American strategic and tac tical bombers in Europe are only between 10 and 20 min utes flying tune away from the Iron Curtain. While U.S. air defense sys tems could react almost in stantly to a Soviet air attack, Eisenhower's military advis ers warn that West European anti-aircraft systems could not. Question of Tim This is so primarily because although Britain and other NATO members have received American-made weapons de signed to carry atomic war heads, the warheads them selves are stored in separate installations. Time would be required to unlock the warheads, mount them on their carriers or "de livery systems," and prepare them for firing. Eisenhower, according to reliable sources, hopes to come up with an arrangement under which the warheads Swan Takes Ride on Motorcyclist's Back London - (UPD - A 30-pound swan swooped out of the dark ness Sunday night, landed on a motorcyclist's back and wouldn't get off until the shaken rider had brought his machine to a standstill. Then the bird hopped off and perched in the middle of the road causing a traffic jam. could be mounted at all times. British planes which would carry American-made atomic weapons in wartime are not now armed. Under the Eisen hower plan, however, such planes would be armed at all times. Armed After Battle British submarines and sur face vessels, under the Eisen hower scheme, also would be permitted to carry atomic weapons whenever they leave port. . Under present arrange ments, foreign vessels would receive their atomic weapons from the United States only after the battle had started. The administration appar ently has not yet decided which one of two possible methods it wishes to use for the new arrangement. Dr. Finch To Face Cross-Examination Los Angeles (UPD Prosecu tor Fred N. Whichello be lieves there are enough holes in the story told by Dr. R Bernard Finch of his wife's death to send the surgeon to the gas chamber. Whichello was to put Finch under what is certain to be a long and pounding cross-examination today after the doc tor completes his account of leaving the scene of the July 18 killing of Mrs. Barbara Jean Finch, 33. Finch and his 23-year-old mistress, Carole Tregoff, are charged with Mrs. Finch's murder. It was not yet known whether the girl would take the witness stand at all. Relates Final Words Women jurors were in tears Friday at the 42-year-old sur geon's broken-voiced recital of his wife's last words as he knelt beside her. Finch claimed his wife was shot when a revolver iired acci dentally in' a wild fight. "I'm sorry - I should have listened," Finch quoted his wife. "Take care of the kids." Trial observers agreed his story had terrific emotional impact and put the doctor in the best position since testi mony in his trial began five weeks ago. . But it was filled with co incidences and strange twists upon which Whichello was set to seize. The first was the tremen dous mathematical improba bility of the gun firing-Finch says in the process of being flung away-and hitting the brunette Mrs. Finch squarely in the back. Wanted Flashlight A second was the explana tion of the presence of the so called "murder kit" at the scene and the strange mixture of rope, knife, flashlight and medical equipment. Carole brought it up the driveway, Finch said, because he want ed the flashlight inside and she did not have the key to the attache case so she brought the whole kit. New York Heart specialist Dr. Paul Dudley White, who treated President Eisenhower for his heart attack, stating that activity is good for the President: His 1 1 -nation tour is evidence that his job is work that ha is especially adapted to, he likes it, it's an important function, and he's followed the rule otherwise so far as his health is concerned." San Rafael, Calif. Miss Louise A. Boyd, describing as a great honor her being named the first woman councilor in the 108-year history of the American Geographical Society: "They have never had a woman on the council before and I did not expect I would be the first one." 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