2 The News-Review, Reseaurf, Or. Thurs., Fab. 23, 19S0 So-Called Confessions Of Spying In Communist Trials Savor Of Torture Practices By WILLIAM L. RYAN AuocUU Frwi tuft WrtUr One (gain spy trial in Communlit country bia followed the familiar and mystcrioua pattern the arrest, the long and isolated con finement, the confeisiona which the weitern world findi fantastic, and then the aentencei. Even aa the apy trial of Robert A. Vogeler doted in Budapeit, an other waa ehaping up in Communist Bulgaria. There five Bulgariani were confronted with the familiar charge apying for the United Statea. All Eaatern Europe for month baa been in the grip of a toy hunt always for spies accused of pass ing intelligence to the United States and Britain, or for traitors deal ing with the outcast Communist re gime of Premier-Marshal Tito in Yugoslavia. Frequently the two are combined, as in the case of the executed former vice premier of Hungary, Rajk. Will Hungary have more trials? It seems likely. A few dsys ago Deputy Premier Rakosi told the Communist party he bosses that the United Statea maintains "the great est spying organization in the world' "Their spies swarm all over the world, and of course, also in Hun gary," Rakosi said. Vogeler, he charged, waa on such spy one of many. Inquisition Widespread In Czechoslovakia, the nervous new member of the European Com munist family of nations, a spy hunt haa reached into all walka of life. Czechoslovakia haa put on Dr. Georg L Nicholas Vettrinorlon Groduote of University of Pennsylvania It now located at 804 Cardan Volley Rood Phono 116 trial a large group in Moravia on charges of plotting the death of the Communist state's leaders. Thj press has been charging that U. S. embassies and missions are giving diplomatic immunity to spies, sabo teurs and conspirators. Poland has been trying western ersnotably Frenchmen as spies, and has been rooting about in jn attempt to implicate the Catholic church in anti-state activities. Ro mania haa had her series of trials, and so has Albania. All follow the example of the fa mous Russian blood purge trials of the thirties the confessions and self-denunciationa that startled the world. "Cenfesslens" Incredible Why do they confess? There have been all sorts of theories drugs, torture, subtle abuse, broken promises, cajolery, threats to rela tivesall these have been brought in as possible explanation. The Western world searches for an ex planation because msny persons outside the Soviet sphere find the confessions in themselves utterly ! incredible. j One men who got out of Hungary I after "confessing" said he had jn i answer. He is Paul Rudemann, an ; executive of Standard Oil company of New Jersey, and waa held in 1 Hungary with an associate on apy WESTERN AUTO SUPPLY CO. Your DEST BUY in a LAWN MOWER $f95 DOWN ProcWio built ...hi )mok tml ... at! bamd . . rubber roller and Mmt pnouBMtie llrtM. A bowk oonftnietod t qiw many Gross Catcher H59 PH 11 f It" Mad. 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Alberdenna Duncan, who has been ill for some time is re ported aa seriously ill at her home on tut Second avenue. Mra. Chris Bauchman, who un derwent a major operation at M.-r cy hospital in Roseburg last week, Mondsy was reported getting along as weu as can be expected. Mrs. Vera Brittain, who has be confined to Mercy hospital for nearly two months with a fractured hip is reported getting along nice ly and hopea to be home in another month. It is atated that she does not suffer so much pain now and wouia love to nave visitors. Mr. and Mrs. Fred Sullivan en tertained at a delightful ham din ner at the home of Mra. Sullivan's parents, Mr. and Mra. Henry Marge, last Sunday, the occasion also being the birthday of Mra Sullivan. The table waa centered with a beautifully decorated birth day cake. Placea were aet for: Mr. and Mra. Leonard Barge and children; Mr. and Mra. Darrel Ray and chit dren, Mr. and Mra. Henry Barge and the host and hoatess, Mr. and Mrs. Sullivan. Robert (Bobby) Barge, who re cently re-enlisted in the Navy, sail ed for Saipan Feb. 10. Dan Briggs made a business call in Sutherlin and at Umpqua Fri day. Mr. and Mra. Fred Sullivan have purchased the home of Mr. and Mra. P. D. Turner east of town and expect to take possession in about two weeks. Mrs. Lucille Sparks and son, Bil ly, of Grsnts Pasa, visited with her brother, Kenneth of Umpqua, and with Mr. and Mra, Leo Sparka, at Oakland aeveral daya last week Mrs. Richard Riggs apent sever al daya last week in Portland with her sister, Mrs. Vern Holgate, who waa a business visitor in that city Sutherlin cleaners, operated by its owner, E. C. Thatcher, hr.s added pick up and delivery to his business and Roy Pafaender haa been engaged to make the pick upa and deliveriea. Thatcher started his business in this city several years ago on a small acale, in quartera back of the post office and haa grown, so that he now haa a modern building and all new equipment. Horton Thompson, owner of the Sutherlin Hardware and Lumber company of thia city, underwent a major operation at Mercy hospital at Roseburg the forepart of tost week. It is reported thst he is get ting along very nicely and will leave the hospital soon, but will remain in Roseburg at a hotel for some time, under his doctor's care. When Louis Kossuth, Hungarian revolutionary leader, fled his homeland loo yeara ago, and came 1 to thia country, Americana honored ' him by creating handmade glass ware flasks bearing hia name Widely distributed during Kossuth's visit in 1851-52, these are now raritiea. chargea in September, 1948. "In Hungary today," commented Ruedemann, "a man can be force 1 to 'confesa' because he aeea noth ing else to do. He is confined in a dungeon with no hope of getting out unless he does confess. He is deprived of food and water, ques tioned constantly, brought to such mental and physical exhaustion that anything even prison seems better than what he ia going through." The British foreign o ff i e e through a spokesmen, has taken a similar view of the confession of Britisher Edgar Sanders. 0 CM 9VAUTY HVM$I & CALL 1242-R n Make Spring Cleaning Easierl Your washer needs proper amounts of hot water, Call us new for easier, faster wosh deys! Kier-Crooch PLUMBING CO. S1 Mill Strt.t HON! 1242R Queen-Kissing, Banned By School, Stirs Up Furore BETHANY, Okie., Feb. 22 H A kiss Is not hist a kiss ia Be thany, It's tha object of school rules which ban tha practice in public That's the big reason five high school students were expelled in definitely Monday. A court battle may even be brewing. Riddell Riggs, IS, stole the for bidden kiss Thursday night at a basketball game aa he crowned pretty H-y ear-old Charlotte Me- uain "basketball sweetheart." That electrified thia town of J, 500 just west of Oklahoma city where the Church of the Naiarene dominates. Public kissing is in the same class' with smoking, beer drinking, school dances and wo men wearing aborts. In short, it isn i aone. A similar aueen-kissina- incident in 1948 resulted ' in a picture of me ceremonies being banned from the yearbook. So anticipating' punish ment, about 30 atudenta walked out of classes Friday. The rebellion swelled, not just to the no-kissing rule, but to the entire set of school regulations. Now a court fight may be in the making, for about 250 parents have. taxeo up me xias oatue. iney met Monday and charged the school ia ruled by one religioua sect and that atudenta who don't belong to that faith are discrimi nated against. The church operates Bethany Penial college here. It la not in volved in the affair. The citizens committee organis ed Sunday haa retained attorney Fred L. Sikea, who saya they will seek dismissal of Hie high school principal, Mra. Alonzo Norwood. "If we can't get any action from the school board" he asserted, "We will go the stste board, of education. And if we can't get ac tion there, we will go to court." Notifications that their sons need not return to school were given parents of these boys: Jar Stra- der, 18, Paul Witherspoon, Robert Hale, Lnarles wiman nd Jeneu Ellard, all IS. Only one ia a mem ber of the Nazarene church. Superintendent Harry Edwards refused to comment on the suspen sions. But school board President Buford Ingram asserted: "We're going to clamp down on this thing we're going to rule it with an Iron hand." New York City built Its first water system in 1776, having been served previously from wells. Winston By MRS. GEORGE BACHER Mra. Helen Duncan of Winston visited last week with Mr. and Mra. Henry Weber of Round Prai rie. Mrs. Weber ia the daughter of the late Mr. Duncan, and Weber is the former owner of Weber's bakery in Roseburg. Mra. George Powers haa return ed to her home in Winston after spending some time with her son and daughter-in-law. Dr. and Mra. Percy Powera, of Gresham. They recently visited in the Powera borne, at which time Mra. Powera accompanied them back to their home in Gresham where Dr. Pow ers ia a practicing veterinarian. A meeting of the Douglas County Poultry Raisers' association waa held Saturday, Feb. 11, at the K ot P. hall in Roseburg. Lecturers for the meeting were Dr. Dicken son and Noel Bennion from Oregon State college, Corvallis. In attend ance waa Mra. Helen Duncan, poul try raiser from this community Much excitement waa created Friday evening in the home of Mr. and Mrs. George W. Bacher, when their amall son, Bryce, attempted to satisfy a sweet tooth. While hia mother's back waa turned Bryce helped himself liberally to what he judged to be candy, but which turned out to be worm pills prescribed for the household petal A pharmacist waa summoned to analyze the pills. Much to every one's relief he found them to be harmless although not generally recommended! Young Bacher, un aware of the momentary panic be had aroused, had only one com ment, "Ummmmm good!" NEW NIRVI DISIASI SAN FRANCISCO UP) A strange nerve disease which sel dom makes anyone ill but which holda plenty of mystery for medi cal researchers is reported by Dr. Robert Wartenberg, neurologist of the University of California medical school. This ailment causes certain areaa of the skin to have less than normal sensitivity to pain or a dull ing of the aense of touch. It often appeara after infections such aa grippe or flu. It may affect just one small area of the body or many. It may disappear in some areaa and reappear in others. .lUllll.Uk UllUg UUU. 11, says Dr. Wartenberg in the Journal of the American Medical associa tion, is that it ia a definite disease, but nobody knowa what causes it or exactly how to treat it. It is probable, says Dr. Wartenburg, that nearly everyone gets it at one time or soother. I Rejected Suitor Wounds 3 Persons NEW YORK, Feb. 22 UP) Spurned by tha woman be wanted to marry a Florida postal clerk last night shot his way into the apartment where she lived and wounded her and two other per sons, police said. The man, John Rhodea, 2t, of Coral Gables, Fla., was captured later on- the apartment building roof after a pistol duel with police in a snowstorm. Police gava this account: Rhodea, aa air force veteran, met Misa Margaret Ray, 23, here three yeara ago, aad asked her to marry him. He waa rejected. He bought a pistol and came here aeveral daya ago. 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