10 Th Ntwi-Rtvitw, Roieburg, Ort. Frt., Sept. 2, 1949 Alleged Gl Deserter Says He Was Abducted, Abused By French Foreign Legion WASHINGTON, Sept. 2. f.W A navy court-martial board today weighed Jamet Patrick Ryan's story that he didn't really desert hit ihip in 1947 but was shang haied into the French foreign le gion. The court was expected to reach a decision today after hearing ar gument from young Ryan' attor ' ney, Lt. Cmdr. R. H. Kroetz, who Is prosecuting the case. Ryan, 24-year-old Huntingdon, Pa., army combat veteran of the last war, is a postwar navy en listee who is charged with drsert ing from the destroyer Dickson at San Remo, Italy, July 3, 1947. He gave a harrowing account of miserable experiences endured for 16 months as an unwilling member of the fabled French for eign legion. Ryan said rfe missed his ship at San Remo because he passed out after having a few drinks too many with Italian pickup ac quaintances. When he started for Nice, France, to rejoin the Dick son, he related, he was kidnaped by the legion. He said he endured repeated beatings because he wouldn't sign enlistment papers, but was kept In the legion any how. Flees From IndoChina His long ordeal, Ryan testified, took him in and out of several French prisons and North African legion posts and eventually Into the Vlet-Namese war in Indo china. He said officials told him he was being shipped to Asia to keep him out of the hands of those trying to free him from the loRion. He said he escaped from Indo China in October, 1948. Battered and weary, Ryan finally reported to naval authorities in Canton, China, last February. His story of being whipped with a leather belt in North Africa was supported by Walter G. Leathe, 23, of Maiden, Mass. Leathe said he too was abduct ed Into the legion while touring France last year, but was finally released after six months, through the Intervention of Sena tor Saltonstall iR.-Mass.). Should Ryan be convicted, his maximum sentence would be two years confinement and a dishon orable discharge. But questions asked of Ryan by the president of the court, Comdr. Lloyd A. Straits, indicated that the verdict would be either ac quittal or a finding of guilty on lesser charge "unauthorized leave." Conviction for unauthorized leave carries a maximum sen tence of six months plus the time of the unauthorized leave in this case three or four days. Dttroit Dam Job Overcrowds Locality's Schools DETROIT, Ore., Sept. 2. UP) Construction of the new De troit dam on the North Santiam river is going alonp briskly and that's a headache for school teachers. That's because the Influx of population threatens to over crowd the schools. Mill City, which had 1,223 residents In 1947, la estimated at 2.500 population now. Detroit, Gates, and the sur rounding areas have boomed, too. School officials said that even the newly built schools may not be enough to accommodate pu pils easily. Mill City has a new 12-room grade school; Gates has added new facilities; and Lyons consolidated district plans to com plete a building In October. Meanwhile work continued apace on the dam. The 1, 400-foot diversion tunnel through the mountain on the south bank will be opened today. Crews reported solid rock throughout, promising a solid foundation for the dam. Construction was also going forward on the fish hatchery, being built at Marion forks to care for salmon and game trout whose spawning grounds will be cut off by Detroit dam. -k m nh iifW ' Lnit". MANHATTAN PARACHUTIST Leonardo D'Attolica (left), who described himself as a former paratrooper, munches on a sand wich as he sits in a New York police station after being taken into custody after making a parachute drop over midtown Man hattan. In landing d'Attoliee's parachute draped over a chimney atop a nine story apartment on East 38th street (right), D'At tolica holds his camera with which ha made movies during his drop. (AP Wir.photo) Remains Of Primitive Group Who Roamed Western America Many Centuries Ago Found In Wyoming NEW YORK, Sept. 2. UPV-Ex-tensive remains of a primitive group of hunters, who roamed the American west thousands of years before Christ's birth, have been unearthed near Cody, Wyo., It was disclosed here today. Dr. Loren Eiseley of the Univer sity of Pennsylvania said the Wyoming camp aitc probably dates back to between 5.000 and 12,000 years before Christ. He called the find one of the most important evei made in connection with the culture of the Yuma, the Nomadic group who disappeared centuries ago as a cultural unit. They were among the earliest known inhabitants of the new world. Dr. Eiseley estimated that the ancient camp site covered about 600 square feet of a terrace over hanging Sage creek, five miles northeast of Cody, The valuable deposit of tools, weapons and food remains were preserved through the centuries by dusty desert sands, now cover ing the camp site to a depth of about 10 inches. The Yuma were foot hunters who roved the high plains of the American west in search of bison. Evidences of their existence have been found before, Dr. Eiseley said, but never so extensively or In a deposit that may enable scientists to fix more accurately the period In which they lived For example, he said, from the bison bones on the site It may be possible to determine whether the Yuma lived before certain types of bison became extinct late n the Ice age. No human bones were 'ound, Dr. Eiseley said. He expects to take another year to evaluate the findings on the site, although the excavating is expected to end before winter sets In. VITAL STATISTICS Marriage License HALSTEAO-MILLEN Ben- nle LeRoy Halstead. Myrtle Creek, and Cleone Gertrude Mil ler, Roseburg. Divorce Suits Filed STORA Suzanne E.. vs. Fred M. Stora. Married at Salem Feb. 9, 1929. Gruel and inhuman treat ment charged. Property settle ment asked. FIELDS Mary Jacqueline vs. Marvin Roscoe Fields. Married at Crescent City, Calif., May 28, 1947. Custody of their one child, $25 a month support and property settlement asked. Cruel and in human treatment charged. milking machines until a new light plant can be secured and In stalled. But lt is proving "rug ged" in the home, which was en tirely equipped with electrical appliances. For ops en Oralnboarde Soo Phil Durnom Linoleum Laying and Venetian Blinds 920 S. Main 1336 J August Jobless Payments Post Summer Record SALEM, Sept. 2.-JF Ore con's unemployed received more jobless benefits during August than in any other summer month in history, the State Unemploy ment Compensation commission reports. The August payments totaled $1,266,764 to covered workers, plus $267,120 to war veterans who couldn't find Jobs. The August total was 27.7 per cent more than In July, and was 163 percent mora than In August 1CUO Tha previous summer high mark was in July, v.iib, nut the August total was $100,000 more than that one. Heavy Industry accounts for more than half of the unemploy ment. Last week, 30 percent of the Jobless were In the logging and lumber Industry, 20 per cent in construction and food process ing industries, and 16 percent In other manufacturing. If homemade doughnuts are greasy after they nave been deep-fat fried, the chances are that the fat In which they were cooked was not hot enough. Power House On Milk Ranch Burns The power house on the Wal lace Townsend ranch, near Reeds port, burned to the ground late Sunday night, with an estimated loss of about $2,000. 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