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The News-Review, Roiaburg,
START OF A HONEYMOON Una Schmidt, 20, cuddles
contentedly on the lap of her husband, Airman Daniel C.
Schmidt, 23, at the home of Schmidt's mother, Mrs. Nellie
Peters, in Portland, Oregon. Schmidt spent almost three
years as a prisoner of the Communist Chinese, returned
to the U.S. to find his wife, thinking him dead, had re
married. Their reconciliation followed Schmidt's applica
tion for divorce and custody of their 2 'a -year-old son.
Airman Schmidt Relates Tale
Of Years Spent In Prison
DELAKE, Ore. W Airman
Danny Schmidt, whose marital af
fairs have attracted widespread
attention, has recounted from his
honeymoon cottage here some ot
the rigors he underwent as a pris
oner of the Chinese Communists.
A B29 gunner, he was taken pris
oner in the Korean War Jan. 13,
1952, and was held captive 32
months.
While he was prisoner, h 1 s
young wife Una, said she had mar
ried another man believing that
Schmidt was dead.
Danny was reunited with h 1 s
wife earlier this week and Gerry
J'ratt, a reporter for the Portland
Oregonian traced them to a cot
tage at Delake, where the Schmidts
went for a "second honeymoon."
Schmidt in a story by I' r a 1 1
which was copyrighted by the Ore
gonian, told how he parachuted out
of the plane after il was hit by a
shell.
"I can't say what I did through
the next 11 hours except that 1 fol
lowed survival instructions as they
had been briefed to ma earlier. . ,
"The rest happened quickly.
Porlh Koreans picked me up in a
field at 11 in the morning, The
were a little rough before tieing
me up and leading mj off to a
farm house. . .
"I was in three prisons all just
about the same. They were full of
Chinese criminals. I didn't get to
see a prisoner ot war camp all
the timo I was in their hands.
"Chinese torture is mostly men
tal but believe me it is effective.
I guess things were a bit tougher
on me than they needed to be be
rause f did a lot of things in prison
I wasn't supposed to. 1 spent three
real long stretches in solitary con
finement but that wasn't much
worse than my usual cell,
"1 also did some lime in another
type of cell one with very uncom
fortable walls but I don't think
I can tell you about that," he said
seriously. "The Air Force hasn't
released that stuff yet and there
are still a lot of Americans in
those places. . . .
"In December 'St we got a few
rumors that things were looking
tip for us. That's when we were
let out for those volleyball pic
tures the Reds sent over. My hopes
YOUR BODY
ROSEBURG, OREGON These health
articles are written and paid for by Dr. B.
A. SMITH, Chiropractic and Naturopathic
Physician, 1500 Garden Valley Road, in
the interest of public health and to help
you understand the body function. Look for
these informative articles every Saturday.
The machine age influenced Ihe
effect of forcing upon the peoples
of the industrial nations, especi
ally the United States, the most
Rijiantic human feeding experi
ment ever attempted. The result
of this experiment, carried out
through two or three generations
in this country, became increas
ingly apparent. Many effects of in
fiustiial civilization upon our food
habits, were such as to exert a
deleterious influence upon nutri
tion and health. As a result of
them the American people came
to Mihsist in too large measure
upon a diet of soft, highly refined,
and concentrated foods! a diet
which was predominantly acid
forming, lacking in fiber or resi
due, and poor in mineral sails
and vitamins. Such a diet, in
which meat, white bread, cere
als, potatoes and sweets predom
inate, is likely to be deficient in
minerals, roughage and vitamins.
The ill effects of this national
dietary experiment were evidenc
ed by the prevalence of such con
ditions as poor teeth and bones,
malnutrition, nervous conditions,
susceptibility to infection and
general lowered vitality.
The milling and processing of
flniY developed tn the extent that
only the white inner portion of
the grain, which contains some
protein but consists chieflv of
March was used in the manufac
ture of bread. The germ, bran
and outer portions of the kernel,
which contained most of the vita
Ore. Sot,, Aug. 27, 1955
went up then I had never quit
hoping. In a place like that where
you can't read or talk, all you can
do is think. All 1 thought of was
getting out. . . .
"We walked out of the prison to
gether. It was 11 in the morning
and they had given us most of our
things back. . .They (the guards)
had been acting like it was a big
oke the last couple of months. 1
guess they had to be friendly then.
'You know the rest." said
Danny.
'I would like to get an educa
tion now. f had planned on going
(o university in Missoula, Mont.,
and studying wildlife. Tippy. Una
and 1 like the idea of going to live
in the woods. I like to hunt and be
outdoors."
Asm. Of 0 & C Counties
Meeting Called Sept. 8
(Continued from Page One)
their 75 per cent, 1 1 ill explained,
because the association felt it was
good business to let Congress ap
propriate about half of Ihe 25 per
cent for access roads.
The question now. Hill said. Is
"How far do we go?" If it seemi
advisable to RI.M lo use the full
25 per cent, should the O 4 C asso
ciation go along with such a plan?
The association's special legal
counsel in Washington, former
U. S. Sen. Guy Cordon, will at
tend the session, Hill said.
The O & C chief has notified all
18 western Oregon counties com
prising the association. Multno
mah County, which indicatciP on
July 5 it was withdrawing from
the association because of the ap
pointment of Cordon, is still con
sidered a member of the associa
tion. Hill said.
AUTOMOBILE STOLFft)
Kenneth L. Miller of Rt. 3, Box
1700. nosehurg. reported todaphis
gray 1049 Chevrolet sedan was ap
parently stolen Friday between 5
and 6 p m. He told citv police it
was parked on Oak Street near
Pine.
mins, minerals and fiber, are left
behind lo he used chiefly for stock
feed and low grade, flours. Most
persons preferred the looks, taste
and spongy texture of while bread
to the darker colored, closer tex
tured breads, made from whole
grain flours and the vast major
ity of nersons ate white bread
made from highly milled flour.
Since bread and cereals furnish
as much as thirty-five to forty
per cent of the energy for many
families and are used liberally in
all diets, nutritionists became con
cerned by the fact that these sta
ple foods had been deprived in
process i nt? of tir.iiMipallv nil ,(
i their mineral and vitamin content.
The definite increased con
sumption of sugar in foods which
are pleasing lo the palate, espcci
j ally to the acquired "sweet tooth"
of the American people is tremen
dous. The sugar consumption in
i the United States increased ten
fold in the last century and nearly
! sixty per cent in the last thirty
years.
The use of refined and preserv
ed foods have come into use in
increasing amounts, partly to as
a measure of food conservation, tn
meet the need for foods which will
keep well and partly lo save work
in preparing meals, but all this
has resulted in the destruction
of the vital elements of these foods
and is principally responsible for
the eer increasing incidence of
the riet?pntrativ Hiiki i nrv.
lent today. (Td. Adv.)
Hiring, Firing
Discrimination
Aim Of Meeting
DENVER tin President Eisen
hower and Secretary of Labor
Mitchell Saturday discussed plans
for an Oct. 25 Washington confer
ence aimed at eliminating any hir
ing and firing discrimination at
plants with government contracts.
Mitchell also reported to the
President at the Summer White
House on the Labor Department's
role in providing relief, through
unemployment compensation, in
the flood damaged northeastern
states.
The Oct. 25 meeting in Wash
ington will bring together the
members of the President's com
mittee on government contracts'
which he set up in 1953 with the
objective of wiping out any dis
criminationbased on race, color,
creed or national origin in plants
which have federal contracts.
Vice President Nixon is chair
man of the committee and Mitchell
is vice chairman. At the October
meeting they will be joined by
about 65 to 70 contractors repre
senting business, and by AFL
president George Meany and CIO
chief Walter Reuther, represent
ing labor.
Asked whether the conference
was being arranged because there
is discrimination in such plants,
Mitchell replied:
"Great progress has been made
fin eliminating discrimination),
but we feel there still is room for
more progress."
Mitchell arrived here Friday
night about the time the President
was returning to Denver after a
day of trout fishing at Pine, Colo.,
about 45 miles southwest of here
in the Rocky Mountains.
Boy Loses Life
In Farm Silo
BOONSBORO, Md. 11 It was
supper time and there was no sign
of young Jonathan Carney llarrell
on the farm.
Then it was remembered the 4-year-old
youngster had been play
ing at noon near the barn where
his father was grinding corn stocks
into silage.
They looked in the silo. There
they found, the remains of Jona
than. It wasn't until later that state
trooper Clyde Tucker said the
boy's 7-year-old sister told how it
happened. She and the boy were
sitting on the end of a wagon used
lo haul the stalks to a conveyor
belt which carries them to a grind
ing machine. The pieces then are
fed through a four-inch pipe into
the silo and stored for cattle fod
der. Tucker said the girl said John
son fell off the wagon on to the
belt.
His falher, Carney Luther Har
rell and George Martz, meanwhile
fed two more loads of corn into
the machine.
R. Nichols Horn Burns
In Winston Friday Night
(Continued from Page One)
then to visit with his father, Har
ry Nichols. New Woodstock. N.Y.,
staying with another son, Ramon,
who lives nearby.
Firemen had made no estimate
of damages at press time, but
Mrs. Nichols said loss of house
and possessions probably totaled
around $15,000.
She i?o News-Review Correspon
dent for Winston.
A delay in calling in the fire re
port to the right fire station ap-
K eared possible. Saturday, Rose
urg Rural Fire Dept. members
said they had spent three valuable
midutes, getting an unideiflified
caller to tell (hem where the fire
was. Oinutes later, they learned
it was in Winston, and told him
the number of the department
there.
The fire was one of a series of
incidents to plague the Nichols
this summer. Karlier, lively con
troversy raged among the resid
ents in the Suksdorf Orchard, con
cerning personal differences In
tween the Nichols and their neigh
bors. During the same week, Ni
chols resigned as fire chief.
Saturday morning the Douglas
County Chapter, American Red
Cross, went to work to assist the
Winston family.
An appeal for six beds for fam
ily members was issued. Chapter
personnel said they would be need
ed immediately.
They requesied that persons un
able to contact the Red Cross of
fice, tH W. I.ane St.. Roseburg.
(tit 3-32M call either Mrs. James
White, OR 3 -8(kS7 or Mrs. Cecil
Havs. OR S-5WI. Mrs. White lives
at IROS S R. Kane St. Mrs. Hays
resides at 120 W. I.ane St.
Sheriff Warns Drivers
To Observe Speed Rules
Sheriff Ira C. Byrd has issued
a warning to county motorists,
especially truck drivers, that traf
fic laws will he strictly enforc
ed now that school lime is here.
The sheriff said motorists must
sl;iy within the statutory speed
limit "or arrests will be nude."
All county roads will be patrol
ed during the drive to make sure
drivers watch out for children and
observe speed limits, Byrd said.
DO YOU KNOW THAT FIRE LOSSES ARE UP?
DO YOU WANT FIRE PROTECTION?
Give seriout thought to these important questions
We ore fire protection engineer!. We tell fire
equipment that will meet your specific require
ments and fHl also PERFORM during an emergency.
Look to ui for advice, help and service.
FIRE EQUIPMENT CO.
Ph. OR 3-7134 JOHN H. GAREY 123 S. Pine
Judge Says Texas
Can Desegregate
If It Wants Too
BIG SPRING, Tex. in Dist.
Judge Charles Sullivan Friday,
ruled In effect that Texas public
schools can go ahead and desegre
gate if they want to. ' 1
He denied three tnlunctions
sought by a Texas citizens council
that would have prevented deseg
regation in public schools here and
would have prevented state funds
being paid to schools that did inte
grate. The suit had been regarded as
the first clear test of '.he state's
school laws which provide for pay
ments to school districts on a sep
arate white-Negro basis.
Sixty-four of Texas' 2,000 school
districts already had announced
plans for immediate integration.
The majority, however, took no
action, pending a legal clarifica
tion. The decision Friday meant that
stricts wanting to end segrega
tion right away can do so. No dis
trict, however, is yet compelled to
end segregation. Numerous schools
are giving close study to methods
in carrying out the U. S. Supreme
Court edict.
Ross Carlton, attorney represent
ing the citizens council, said an
appeal wou'd he made to the Texas
Supreme Court.
In his ruling, Judge Sullivan also
held that segregation nortions of
the state s school financing laws
were void.
Neuberger Comes
To Bat For Lillie
Moore Property
GEARHART 11 An effort to
set aside plans of the government
to sell the Lillie Moore homesite
in Roseburg on Oct. 4 was report
ed Saturday by Sen. Neuberger,
Oregon Democrat.
He said the General Services Ad
ministration had scheduled the
sale, by bids, and this might result
in loss of the homesite as a center
for historical relics.
Two years ago a similarly
planned sale was "postponed in
definitely" and the Douglas County
Historical Society was formed to
take steps toward acquiring the
property.
The Moore home was a center
of early-day social life in Rose
burg and Territorial Gov. Joseph
I.ane was a frequent guest there.
It was bequeathed to the federal
government in 1940.
Neuberger said sale of the prop
erty might open it up to commer
cial or industrial development. He
said he had advised the General
Services Administration that the
"highest use" would be disposal
to the city of Roseburg for use as
a museum and that whatever else
might he sold, the homesite should
be excluded.
Yoncalla Sheep Dog Wins
Event At "County Fair
Continued from Pa'-ie One)
ard. Art Rychard was again the
handler. It took 8 minutes .19 sec
onds for him to turn the trick and
win the $40 third arize.
The other three nogs were un
successful in penning the sheep.
Fourth place went to "Queen." the
oldest dog in the trials. The 10-year-old
owned by Darley Ware of
Roseburg won S'M. Fifth went to
Isaac Cline's "Sammy" of Rose
burg. i months old, and sixth went
to "Queen" owned by Bob Hall of
Roseburg, 8 years old. They won
$20 and $10, respectively.
Reside time, the dogs were grad
ed on judgment, ohediea.ee lo sig
nals of handler and assistance
from handler. The dogs were al
lowed 12 minules each to pen the
sheep.
.Sbaloaisaarxs Pcoivad
I la Final PerfasrcoaccccCC
The last round of plays0 at the
Oregon Shakespearean festival be
Igins Saturday with "All's Well
'TI14I Ends Well," the unexpectedly
j popular second comedy of the sea
son. I The play is seldom produced in
j the United Stales, but its sharp
'dialogue and sophisticated humor
1 have made it a favorite with festi
val audiences.
"All's Well" will be followed on
Sunday by "Henry VI, part 3;"
on Monday by the second perform
ance of "Timon of Athens;" on
I Tuesday by "Macbeth;" and Ihe
season closes on Wednesday Pith
I "A Midsummer Night's Dream."
j The addition of a fifth play will
; be continued next year wilh "Titus
j Andronicus." in an effort to give
'audiences a taste of .Shakespeare's
lesser Known worKS.
Two Airmen Baseball
Players Killed In Crash
NACOGDOCHES. Tex. im A
tireQhlowout threw an Air Force
bus into a deep dry creek yester
day, killing two and injuring 14 of
the 1ft airmen aboard.
An undetermined number of the
14 injured were reported criticallv
hurt. All the airmen were from
Bryan Texas Air Force Base and
14 were members of the base's
hiseball team, enroute to Barks
dMe AFB, Shreveport, I.a., to take
part in a tournament.
Trapped in the wreckage and
killed were A.1C. l.loyd D. Buresh.
son of Mrs. Genevieve Audry Bu
resh. Bolivar, .Mo., and the bus
driver. A.IC. James Clyde Kirk
patrick, son of Mrs. Mary A. Kirk-
patnek, mull lily, lenn.
EXTRA FROG LEG is sported by this specimen captured
this week by Tom Kirk, left, and Lonnie Dudley. They
caught the frog in the South Umpqua River near the Dudley
home ot 1302 Myrtlewood Place. The extra leg has
almost two separate feet with seven toes. Lonnie is son
of Mr. and Mrs. Robert Dudley. Tom is the son of Mr.
and Mrs. Kenneth Kirk. (Paul Jenkins picture)
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AN EYE FOR AN EYE French troops hunted down die
hard Algerian terrorists under orders to "shoot first
osk questions later," reliable sources reported from Ain
Abid, Algeria. French sources mode no secret of the fact
that troops sent out to hunt down terrorists were ordered
to shoot first. Reports indicated French Legionnaires were
shooting oil known terrorists found bearing arms. Whole
towns ond villages were being screened by troops in the
house-to-house anti-terrorist drive. These photos show how
the tough Legionnoires root some terrorists out rf their
striped nomod tents and then shoot them if arms are
found. Rebel comes from tent (top) as soldiers stand ready.
He falls (center) as bullets hit home. .Soldiers (Bottom)
move in to check bodypThe native rebels killed women ond
babies in their recent attacks and the tough French troops,
hungry for revenge, in turn cut the terrorists down wtfhout
mercy. (NEA-P?ioto)
Hospital Mows
Douglas Community Hospital
Admitted ,
Midical: Charles Wade. 29
Palms, Calif.; Rosalie Mbion,
Roseburg: Earl Lanning, Vrt'S. Al
vy Fleming. Sutherlin.
Surgery: Reese Palmer, Rose
burg; Judy and Connie Crader,
Sutherlin.
Discharged
Sirs. Jimmy Mitchell. Mrs. Ed
ith Wambolt. Mrs. Ora Welker,
Roseburg: Ed Knopp, St. Marys.
Idaho: Mrs. Judge Gary. Mrs.
Fred Meisser. Sutherlin; Mrs. Al
fred Harms, Winston: Mrs George
Fiedler, Tenmile; .Mrs. Theodore
Powell, Oakland.
2 18-Year-Old Youths
Fined On Liquor Charges
Two 18 year-oli! Roseburg youths
were fined $30 each in Roseburg
Municipal Court today after plead
ing guilty to charges of illegal pos
session, of intoxicating liquor by
minor?
The two are: Frederick James
Combs of 1545 Post St. and Wil
liam Bruce Roth of 1161 Agee St.
I Both were arrested Friday night
I by city police on Military Street.
They said they had found the case
of beer police discovered in their
car in a church lot.
A charge against Dwayne I.ee
Whitlatch. 18. of 710 Fairhaven.
was dismissed. He was the driver
of the ear. both Combs and Roth
said he had not been drinking.
LICENSE APPROVED
The County Court has approved
an application for liquor iicense
filed by Otis and Anna Marie Cling
man for their business one mile
south of Canyonville. Approval
must also be given by the Oregon
Liquor Control Commission.
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7sk.jTSs,)B
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; 8,000 Persons Estimate
For Attendance At Fair
(Continued from Page One)
County entries. The races start at
1 1:30 p.m.
: Special demonstrations are
'planned today at the Community
1 Building by county residents. Mrs.
Frank Brown, Roseburg. will be
.weaving; Mrs. Elhel Beavers,
Roohurg, will be doing ceramic
! modeling and an 82 - year old
I Roseburg resident. Mrs. Michelle
iFlannary, will card and spin on a
spinning wheel.
I Meanwhile county crocheters
j were honored for their work.
I Mrs. Katherine Gladwill. 1940
Beaconway, Roseburg. nabbed top
lair nonors tor ner crocheted .ta
blecloth. It marks the second time
she has won the trophy. She and
other blue ribbon winners will be
eligible to enter the national cro
chet contest held in New York.
I CROCHET WINNERS
I Blue ribbon awards: Bedspread
1 Sirs. Flavia Brackenbury. Rose
burg; luncheon cloths and sets
I .Mrs. D. H. Kelly. Roseburg; cen
terpieces (14 and over) Mrs.
Ray Wright, Days Creek; buffet
and vanity sets Jennie Wilson,
Roseburg: chair sets Mrs. I. B.
j Thompson. Camas Vallev Route;
; doilies Hinder 14) Augusta Bol
dischar, Oakland; scarves and wall
panels Mrs. Robert Houston,
, Rosehurg: edging and insertions,
jMrs. F. W. Maelzer, Myrtle Creek;
Ipot holders and hot plate mats,
Billie Box, Winston: teen-age girls.
i Mary Recla. Roseburg ladies
over 65 AQy Seeley, Route 3,
Roseburg,
DRINKING BRINGS FINE
George Williams McVay. 42. Lit
tle River Route, Glide, was fined
S25 and $5 costs Friday when he
pleaded guilty in district court to
I a charge of being drunk on a puh
llic highway. McVay was arrested
'Friday by state police.
Quarles Overrules
Loyalty Decision
urictJTwTnM ia Secretary
?i nM.M a Onarles over-
ruled an Air Force decision Sat
urday and announcea umi
3.C. Stephen Branzovich of iar-
,, n- ... Hmtin in the AlT
reil, rd., may ,c,,t... ... - :
Force Reserve although his father
was alleged to nave oecu -munist
sympathizer or party mem
ber. . ..!,.
Charles Branzovicn, m
has denied he ever was a Com
munist. ...
Quarles said his decision cani-cu
. K u... that had been
a special iicani.6
scheduled next Tuesday at Mitch
ell Air Force ease in nc
ti ...... -im tn niihlic atten-
juc laac 7 . .
tion Aug. 22 when Branzovich said
he had been given a cnuitc u -ing
a loyalty hearing or signing
a prepareu iHf""""
desirable discharge. He demanded
a hearing, saying in a i' '
Ik. A iw Vnpna "I ft rtl AD V aCCUSCO
of being the 'son of my father."
Branzovich had ennsiea me 'u
of a number of leaders and or
ganizations in his community -to
help him in his tigni ana ine mti-
pn.,niu Pd Hir Assn. had
assigned a civilian attorney to as
sist him.
Texas Court Ruling
Will Be Appealed
BIG SPRING, Tex. (Ji A
prompt appeal of a district court
decision which would allow non
segregated public schools to col
lect Texas State school funds was
promised here.
Ross Carlton, Dallas attorney
and counsel for the Texas Citizens
Council which brought the suit,
said the case would be appealed
all the way to the U. S. Supreme
Court if necessary.
Judge Charles Sullivan refused
a council request to stop the Big
Spring Independent School from
integrating white and negro class
es and block use of state school
money in the nonsegregated school
districts.
The ruling was the first test of
the complicated Gilmer-Aiken Tex
as Public School laws which call
for state aid on a separated, seg
gregated Negro-white basis.
Some 64 school districts already
have announced plans to integrate
classes this fall.
R. Goodenough
Takes Contract
For Grandstand
Construction of Roseburg High
School's 1,200 seat grandstand has
been turned over lo contractor
Dick Goodenough for completion.
The job, originally was to have
been supervised by the Indian Club
which spurred the project. It was
turned over "because," Indian
Club president Bob Davis explain
ed, "we were having so much dif
ficulty getting started and contrac
tors were not available before to
take on the job at such a reason
able rate,"
Davis emphasized that the
change in plans won't make it any
more expensive lo build. He also
stressed that a quicker completion
date can be looked for now. Good
enough figures to finish the job
in three weeks, Davis added. .
The contraotor lakes over at a
stage where all the footings have
been poured. Work on the con
struction of trusses was to have
been starlet early next week.
The Indian Club will meet again
next Tuesday evening at the Sen
ior High School, and an end to the
solicitation campaign is expected
at that time.
Pearl Found
In Mussel In
Umpqua River
Odd as it may seem, the South
Umpqua River has given up a
pearl literally. 0
Ralph Weaver of 2.105 Harvard
Ave. was fishing early this week
and discovered a river mussel,
which he decided to use for bait.
He pried the bivalve open and be
gao) carving up the flesh for bait
wlyn the pearl fell out. He was
fisning just below the Westside
Fire Dept. in Roseburg.
He took it lo jeweler Alan Knudt
son, who revealed it was a ba
roque, lavender pearl. He said had
it lieen sphericul, it, would have
been worth probably $500.
Since it is baroque (odd shaped),
it is of comparatively little value,
"But 1 would certainly like to have
it as a collector's item," he said.
Knudtson called the discovery
"very rare." In the first place,
mussels are almost extinct in the
South Umpqua, and it is compar
atively unusual to find such a large
gem-type pearl in a mussel. He
reported, howevethat the biggest
pearl ever reported was from a
mussel in the Mississippi Hiver.
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Released Aircnan
Reportedly Has
Fractured Skull
TOKYO 1 I.t. Guy H. BumDass
was flown here from Seoul today
(wit a severe compound skull frac
iture. suffered when he was shot
1 down by Red Korean gunners near
the demilitarized zone Aug. 17.
Todav's announcement was the
1 first official U. S. confirmation of
j the Communist claim that Bum
!pass had a fractured skull. Since
his return from the Reds last
j Tuesday, U. S. Army doctors and
I Air Force information officers
;have said only that he had "head
icuts." Rumpass has been isolated
in a military nospital.
Col. W. S. Evans, information
officer for Far East Air Forces
headquarters in Tokyo, said he
thousht Bumpass would be suffi
ciently recovered to hold a news
conference Tuesday.
The Air Force also announced
today the flier had completely de
nied comments broadcast in his
name over the Communist radio at
Pyongyang, North Korea.
Port Of Umpqua
Survey Progress t
Report Slated ' '
William C. Cole, employed by
the Umpqua Improvement Assn. to
survey the Port of Umpqua, will
make a progress report at the
next association meeting wednes
day, Aug. 31.
The association will meet at I
p.m. on that dale at Drain City
Hall, according to Secretary Ernie
Seaton.
Work of the survey will be dis
cussed, and Cole will be asked to
indicate wnai may oe expected
when it is compieiea, seaton said.
The secretary said the officers
of the association feel each com
munity area should present Us in
dustrial development potential
facts to the association so that it in
turn can work with the State De
velopment Commission in inviting
and placing new industry in south
western Oregon.
Seaton invited representatives
from organizations who he believes
should be affiliated with the as
sociation to attend the next ses
sion. Several groups are active
now in working with the improve
ment organization.
Three Highway
Dept. Employes
Are Suspended
SALEM UI Three Highway
Department employes are bejpg
suspended, R. 11. Baldock, state
highway engineer reported Friday.
He declined to state the grounds
for the action, but one of those
suspended said he had been ac
cused of taking money from a
contractor.
He is Charles F. O'Neil, a tran
sit man. Also suspended were Ar
thur T. Garrow, a street inspector,
and Edgar O. Ferguson, an assist
ant resident engineer. All live
here.
Baldock, chief executive of the
Highway Department, said that
"complete files for determination
of whether or not there had been
a violation of the Oregon law."
had been turned over to the dis
trict attorneys of Marion, Polk
and Yamhill counties.
Kenneth E. Brown, Marion Coun
ty district attorney, said he had
received reports on the case and
that he bad scheduled a meeting
with the other two district attor
determine what action, if any,
should be taken.
Farrow and Ferguson could not
be reached immediately for com
ment on the suspension which be
comes effective Monday.
O'Neil said, however, that he
was innocent of any wrongdoing
and he "believed" he would appeal
Ihe suspension to the State Civil
Service Commission.
He said he had not received
money from a contractor, but that
an unnamed supervisor, who since
has retired, made arrangements
for payment in 1953 for overtime
work which could not be paid for
by the state.
Baldock said he could not com
ment on the reasons for the suspen
sions nor on O'Neil's statement.
"The matter has been placed in
the hands of the district attorneys.
Any further information. will be re
leased by them," he said.
'Blackboard Jungle' Out
Of World Film Festival
VENICE, Italy (-The "Black
board Jungle," a realistic Ameri
can movie portraying young
hoodlums in revolt against high
school authority, has been with
drawn from the Venice Interna
tional Film Festival.
The action was taken last night
by the American festival delega
tion and immediately kicked up a
protest in Hollywood.
The U. S. delegation said it
would substitute interrupted
Melody" for "Blackboard Jungle"
in the' film competition. No offi
cial reason was given, but one
member of the delegation said the
action was taken because the
movie gave an "unflattering and
ofinrealistic view of American
school life.
"Blackboard Jungle" aroused
controversy and drew sharply di
vided criticism in the United
States.
Sex Orgies Ring-Broken
j In RaicP In New York
NEW YORK 1 Twenty-six
teenage girls and nine men nave
been seized in a police crackdown
on an alleged sex ring operating
on Staten Island's North Shore
j beaches and woods.
Authorities said they learned two
! months ago that the men, mostly
! in their 20 s, were plying the
! girls aged 14 to 17 with liquor
: and marijuana and then taking
: them to isolated sections on sex
parties.
I A policewoman posed as a bob
by soxer to mingle wilh the girls at
. their favorite hangout, a R i c h
1 mond Ave. luncheonette.
The crackdown began Thursday
night, with police moving into sec
tions of Elm Park, West Brighton
and Graniteville on the island.
Scouts End Jamboree;
Depart For Home Today
NIAGARA ON THE LAKE. Ont.
'-More than 10,000 Boy Scouts
will hit the road for home from
here Saturday, bringing to an end
the 8th World Scout Jamboree.
The Scouts, from 68 nations, will
not leave all at once, however.
.Most will start leaving in the after
noon, some will stay for the flag
lowering services at 7 p. m. Satur
day night, and a few are expected
to remain for religious services
Sunday morning.
CLOTHING STOLEN 0
B. G. Fenwick of 1218 Winches
ter St. reported to city police to
day that four articles of feminine
underclothing had been stolen
from the clothesline at his home
Thursday.
DEPUTY NAMED
Members of the County Court
Friday approved the appointment
jOf William L. White as deputy
I constable for district court. The
appointment was made by Con
' stable Levi E. White.