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' - By Hal Boyle
WITH U. S. FIRST CAVALRY
IN KOREA, Triday, Aug. 18
Seven captured American tank
men were reported today to have
been executed in the same battle
tor hill 303 north of Waegwan in
which some 30 other Yanks were
atrocity victims of North Koreans.
- Bodies of seven soldiers, said
D have been executed, - were
found on the road near their two
tanks which had been knocked
out two days before. .
Three American soldiers earl
ier . today dramatically identified
two North Korean ' prisoners as
members of a group of reds who
shot to death 32 bound American
captives.
.The identifications were made
-by three of five prisoners in the
group who escaped death.
They were CpL James Melvin
Rudd, 18, of Salyersville, Ky, Cpl-
100th YEAR
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The ' estimate for the cost of
widening Highway 99E from Salem
to New Era . where the present
four-lane, road out of Portland
.ends is $3,000,000. That is a lot of
money, but considering the heavy
cost for right-of-way acquisition
on this well improved route the
estimate '.is. not surprising. And
over the years the expense is much
more apt to increase than to de
crease. In view of its other engagements
It is doubtful if the highway com
mission will be ready to authorize
this whole job immediately. But it
can and I hope it will get the im
provement on -the highway pro
gram and make an early start on
the work.
The worst congestion on this
section is just north of Salem be
cause of the addition of heavy lo
cal traffic to the through traffic.
Immediate widening to the Totem
pole would bring a measure of real
relief.
Then if another section could be
widened say in the Gervais dis
trict you would have a "safety
valve" where cars could pass the
alow moving trucks and trailer out
fits with safety. After that splicing
could be done in both directions to
close the cans.
On 89 W there are "patches" of
four-lane road from the Y west of
Newberg to Tigard which accel
erate traffic flow. That offers a
pattern for
(Continued on editorial page, 4.)
Social
Bill
WASHINGTON, Aug. 17 -WV
Overwbelming senate approval
gent to President Truman today a
bOl vastly expanding social ' se
curity. It would blanket 10,000,000
more workers under old age in
surance and increase benefits up
to 100 per cent.
Passage was by voice vote, and
no opposition voices were heard.
The legislation more than dou
bles social security payroll taxes
over the next 20 years, to help pay
for the bigger benefits. Payroll
taxes will increase from $2,500,
000,000 a year now to about $7,
800,000,000 in 1970. ,
Animal Crackers
By WARREN COODRICH
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Security
Approved
Roy I Day, jr, of El Paso, Tex,
and an 18-year-old rea-neaaea
ammunition bearer, -Pvt. Roy
Marring of Chicago, who has suf
fered seven wounds. They iden
tified two out of six North Ko
rean prisoners.
One was Kim Qwong Toaek, an
officer accused of giving the or
der to shoot the American prison
ers. The other, Chon Tyong Tok,
was Identified as one of the group
who fired at the Americans. CpL
Day identified Kim as the officer
who had directed the shootings.
"That's the bastard who gave
the orders," he said. ?! "
The whole episode has stirred
up the battlefront and made: the
GJ-'s grimly mad. .
The whole area of till 303 was
being combed for more bodies.1
The identification was made in
the presence of three staff offi
cers of the first cavalry division
The Cfrecjon Statesman, Salem, Oregon. Friday.
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Reaches 107
At Hie Dalles
An unrelenting sun, slowed
only by a slight afternoon breeze,
seared-the Salem area under, 98
degree heat Thursday for a new
1950 mark and the highest tem
perature recorded here since Sept
9, 1948.
Relief - seel ng residents may
find some solace in the we ther
man's forecast for a "slightly
cooler day today. Prediction for
this afternoon's high is a still scor
ching. SI.:
Temperatures, except for those
along the coast, ranged into the
90s throughout the state and The
Dalles sweltered under the day's
high of 107. Portland - - at 97 - -
had its hottest day In four years.
Roseburg, Medford -and Pendleton
recorded 99 degrees, Ontario and.
Baker joined Salem at 98 and
Burns had a 97. Newport was 30
degrees cooler with 68.
The sunny skies dried forest
areas to the extreme danger point,
prompting a warning from State
Forester George Spaur. Relative
humidity readings between 25 and
30 per cent will probably force
closure of logging operations in
many areas of the state today, he
said.
Already three fires were report'
ed, two in the Gold Hill area of
southern Oregon and the other on
Gearhart mountain on the Klam
ath-Lake county border. A care
less smoker started one. and burn
ing debris the other in the Gold
Hill area. They had burned over
750 acres, Spaur reported. Twenty-six
fire fighters were on the
scene of the third blaze and ex
pected to be able to hold it under
control during the night Thurs
day.
. Though Thursday's mercury
topped the year's previous mark,
Salem residents found it less dis
comforting than Wednesday's lin
gering heat. After topping at 98 at
4:45 p. m the termperature drop
ped rapidly and was down to
comfortab'e 81 degrees by 8 JO
p. m.
Dulles Named
U. N. Delegate
WASHINGTON, Aug. 17-iflV
jonn i osier XTuues today accepted
an appointment by President Tru
man to serve again as a delegate
to the United Nations.
. He said he will not be a candi
date for the republican senate no
mination in New York and will
continue his present role of repub
lican foreign policy consultant to
Secretary of State Acheson.,
Appointments of the 62-year old
New Yorker was expected to have
two immediate effects: (a) Lessen
ing some of the fears of a complete
break-up of the bi-partisan for
heign policy front traceable to re-
I cent senate debates on Korea, and
KB) scramoung ine rew xorx wr
senatorial picture.
Medical Reserve
Officer Quota Set
VANCOUVER, Wash, Aug. 17
Twenty-seven Oregon medical re
serve officers will be called to ac
tive duty by September 10, Brig.
Gen. Robert A. McClure, Oregon
military district chief, said today.
This is Oregon s share of the
1,532 Quota for the nation. The
dentists, will have 21 days after
being called to dispose of personal
affairs.
They wQ be taken from volun
teer and inactive segments of the
army reserve cuius-
who are conducting an investi
gation of the killers with a view
of prosecuting them as war crim
inals. : ...
The reds herded 37 prisoners
into a hillside gully west of Waeg
wan. They began slaughtering the
Americans when a U. S. patrol
approached. Three North Koreans
were captured. Five Americans
escaped with their lives. .
Five other Americans were tak
en away oy tne reas ana tneir
fate - is unknown. One other
American, a lieutenant, appar
ently escaped but he has not been
heard from. A first cavalry divi
sion spokesman today said . 26
bodies, had been recovered.
Corporal Rudd said their cap
tors posed as South Korean re
inforcements which the Ameri
cans were expecting.
"They came right into our fox
holes, shaking our hands and tak-
ree
World War II
BLY. Ore. Dedication of a monument and park at the site of Amer
ica's only World War II continental battlerroona is set Tor Sunday,
at 2 p. m, northeast ef Bly.
stonemason Robert H. Anderson.
A. . Mitchell and five pknickinx Sunday school children were
killed May 5, 1945, by the explosion of a Japanese balloon-carried
bomb. The site is en Weyerhaeuser Timber company tree farm
land. Weyerhaeuser is establishing the spot as a patriotic shrine,
to be known as Mitchell recreation area. The stone monument
bears a bronxe plaque with the victims' names. The area develop
ments include outdoor stoves,
Douglas McKay . -
Fishing Boat
Catches Deer
NEWPORT, Ore,. Aug. 17-CTV
The Kingfisher is the first boat at
this pott to put to sea for fish and
come back with a deer.
The deer was found fouled in
one of the boat's propellers when
workmen examined it after a four
hour sport-fishing cruise today.
Then the crew of the boat re
called a bump as they left their
pier for the trip this morning. Im
mediately the propeller quit work
ing. The crew then started the
boat s other engine, and put to sea.
They believed the deer must
have been swimming when the
boat backed away from its Yaqu-
ina bay moorage in early morning
darkness.
FOG SLOWS SHIPPING
ASTORIA, Aug. 17 -V Ship
ping at the mouth of the Colum
bia was slowed for the second
straight day today by heavy fog,
which closed In after yesterday's
82-degree temperature. This was
the hottest day here this year.
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reau. WcNary field. Salem): Generally
lair today and tonight. Siighuy cool
er today with hih near il. how to
night near SS. Low relative humidity
X. Conditions will be excellent for
most Sana actiTitiea today wun, mod
erate winds la after&oae. noun.
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ing our weapons as if to examine ,
them," Rudd said-
Then they lined us up and
marched up down a place north
of Waegwan. They ued o r bands
with : telephone wire, ; shoestrings
and rawhide." i
. The reds told the GFs the were
going to take them to SeouL but,
Rudd said other U. i S. soldiers
were . getting too close and the
communists moved the prisoners
twice and gave them their first
food since their capture a pear
and an apple apiece.
"We dug holes in the sand for
water," said the corporal. "Then
they kicked sand in the hole and
hit us with their weapons."
At daybreak, he said, the com
munists began to exchange fire
with approaching American sol
diers. ",
"We were worried because Cor
poral Day had heard them talking
August 18. 1950
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This marks the spot: where Mrs.
Speakers Sunday will include got.
Solons Back
Payments to
GFs Families
WASHINGTON, Aug. 17 -JP)
Federal payments of $45 to $85 a
month to families of the lowest
grades of enlisted men are pro
vided in legislation approved to
day by senate and house com
mittees. " , i
: A man would have to add $40
a month to this outjof his pay. A
raw recruit starts at $75 a month.
v The bills vary greatly In de
tail, but both call the payments
"quarters allowance. This is the
term for allotments to families
which are not provided homes at
military bases. At present the low
crt grades do not receive such
allowances. 1
- The senate bill, : approved by
the -armed services committee,
may be ready for senate consid
eration next week. In the house,
an armed services subcommittee
gave approval to its bilL It will
go before the full committee for
action."
(Additional details on page 16.)
Rust Infestation Threat
To Peppermint Crop
EUGENE, Aug. 17-P)-Rust in
festation is threatening Lane coun
ty s peppermint crop.
County Agent W. B. Parker said
this disease, making its erst ap
pearance in fields hereabouts, has
no known control. The mint oil
output will be reduced because of
the outbreak, Parker said. "
1
Raptured
the night before and an officer
said they would1, kill us if our
own troops got too close."
? "There were two guards watch
ing us. They got on each end of
the ravine and hollered some
thing and about 14 red soldiers
ran up. Then the guards and sol
diers opened up on us with burp
guns.".
Rudd said he was saved be
cause he was lying on the ground
and a soldier standing near him
was killed and fell across him.
"Our patrol kept coming and
the gooks got scared," Rudd said.
"They started to leave, but some
of our boys were moaning and
groaning, so the gooks came back
and shot the wounded as many
as they saw. Then they took off
north over the hill towards the
river (Naktong). :
No. 143
Salem
160 More Men
To Answer Call
Of Draft Board
Call for 160 more Marion coun
ty men to - take pre-inducuon
physical examinations in early
September . highlighted - military
developments Thursday in Salem.
Orders received during the day
also gave the organized marine
reserve unit a date of next Wed
nesday night to entrain for Camp
Pendleton, Calif.
Still making final preparations
to send the first 80 men for pre
induction physicals in Portland
Monday and Tuesday, the county
draft board received the new call
for double that number. They will
report to Portland September 1,
5, 6 and 7. Preparation for noti
fication of jMs group has already
begun.
Including an advance party of
about eight men leaving two days
early, the marines. Battery C of
the 4th 105 mm" howitzer -battal
ion, will leave here with !a
strength of seven officers, 96 en
listed men and four attached navy
hospital corpsmen. , I
Departure on a special train
carrying the battalion, Including
troops at Portland and Eugene,
will bo at 10:30 pjn. from Salem.
The units will arrive at camp,
near San Diego, Friday morning.
Commanded by Mai. Leonard
G- Hicks, the battery has been on
active duty since August 8 at Sa
lem naval-marine reserve armory.
All unit equipment already has
been dispatched to camp or to
battalion headquarters, leaving the
men only personal items to take.
One member of the marine in
structor group here received or
ders Thursday to report Septem
ber 2 to Camp Pendleton. He is
Sgt. Donald L. Barnes.
Word was received from Ham
ilton air force base, California,
that CpL Jack H. Miles, 840 Mar
ion st, and Sgt Raymond L. Ma
bry, route 9, box 619, both of
Salem, have been recalled to ac
tive duty with the air force.
Bids for Gearing of
Damsite -Timber Due
PORTLAND, Aug. 17 -UPh Ar
my . engineers announced today
that bids will bo opened Septem
ber 28 for clearing of 790 acres of
timberland in the Detroit dam
reservoir area. ' i
CoL Donald S. Burns said the
work. would be let in two parts:
a 280-acre tract south of the San
tiam river, and a 510-acre tract
northwest of the Breitenbush riv
er. ' z ' I
Captured North
Of Low Red Morale, Desertions
By Jack MaeBeta '
WITH U. S. 24TH DIVISION D1
KOREA, Aug. 17-i)-Take it from
three cringing, skinny North Ko
rean prisoners of war, each of
their regiments has a Russian ad
viser. '
- Captured Wednesday a short
distance behind the American
front line, the prisoners of war
filthy and dirty carried two Rus
sian rifles and a U. S. carbine.
They were found mingling, in ci
vilian dress, with a large group of
refugees. .
Interviewed through an inter
preter, the captives told a dismal
story of life in the North Korean
army. None of them wanted to go
back and all claimed they would
be shot if they did return. i
Each said there was on Soviet
officer attached to each North
Korean regiment.
Tank Helps
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SOUTH KOREA, Aug. 17 While laundry dries, U. S. tankmen clean
their weapons while waiting to move back to front lines, some
where in Korea, i Soldiers (left to right) are: Srt. Louis Talbot,
'Fort Scott, Kan.; Sgt. Herbert Womack, Russell Springs, Ky.; Set.
James O'Rourke, Revere, Mass.: and CpL Robert E. Barrett, Read-
; lng, Pennsylvania;. (AP Wirephoto to the Statesman.)
Fighting Parson tills 27
Commies Despite Wound
1 . . By Stan Swinton ' ' z
WITH U. S. 25TH DIVISION IN KOREA, Aug, ll-(ff)-A fight
ing' parson from Pennsylvania has
a bullet in his thigh.
Capt. Logan E. Weston of Frank, Pa., who praises the Lord and
passes the ammunition through
an attacK in wmcn 4uu norm rxreans were Jtiiiea.
The talL rangy Pennsylvanian
spent seven and a half months be
hind the Japanese lines in world
war II as a lieutenant in Merill's
Marauders in Burma.
After the war', with his diploma
from the Transylvania Bible
school, he returned to tip church.
Now he's back fighting' with the
77th infantry regiment of the 25th
division. .
Don't Fade Away
. "We used to hit the Japs hard
and then fade away," he said. "The
communists try it but don't do it
very welL They strike and then
stick around and get kined. .
Weston was in a regimental com
mand post the other day when 700
North Koreans attacked.
He grabbed a rifle and headed
back to his company.
" The reds were setting up two
machineguns. He sot them down.
A bullet tore into his thigh.
The medics slapped on a band
age and tried to put the fighting
parson to bed. They failed.
Ran Back Up HU1
"He ran right back up that hill,"
one of his soldiers told a reporter.
"They hit him twice more and he
stayed right up there."
Afterwards the boys started
counting. They credited 27 of the
enemy dead to the parson.
Weston who already had a
purple heart and a bronze star
with two clusters refused to talk
about the fight.
"But you should have seen those
guys in my company, he said.'
Token1 Rail
Strikes Called
WASHINGTON, Aug. ll-UFh
Union officials today authorized
new five-day MtokenM walkouts on
two American railroads.
President Truman told his news
conference he remains hopeful a
settlement can be reached that will
lead off a nationwide strike in this
country. Both routes affected by
the U.S. strike call set for next
Tuesday at 8 slul are short lino
railroads.
The strikes were ordered by the
Brotherhood of Railroad Trainmen
and the Order of Railway Conduc
tors against the Elgin, Joliet and
Eastern railroad, with headquar
ters in Chicago, and the Pittsburgh
and Lake Erie railroad, Pittsburgh.
Both are steel-carrying roads.
Koreans Tell
This Is what they had to" say
about conditions in their army:
Morale is low. The men have
been told repeatedly that victory
is -imminent, They do not get
enough food. They are afraid and
fight tenaciously only because the
alternative is death from their
own leaders. Their casualties have
been heavy and they say "most of
our mends are dead." ...
One prisoner said a complete
company of his regiment recently
deserted into the hills. Ho claimed
very few of the soldiers are com
munist party members. 1
In the fallen South Korean cap!
tal of Seoul, one prisoner said,
there are more than L000 U. S.
prisoners. The ' two communist
soldiers denied any knowledge of
atrocities committed against Am
erican soldiers by their comrades.
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killed 27 North Koreans despite
his own M-l rule, led his men In
Big Hurricane
From Bahamas
MIAMI, 1 Fla- Aug. 17-WFVThe
severe " Atlantic hurricane began
turning northward tonight, lessen'
ing its threat to the Bahamas and
Florida. I
At 10:30 p.mv EST. the storm.
packing winds up to 140 miles an
hour, was about 400 miles east of
Palm Beach, Fla- and - moving
northwestward.
The present course would carry
the main force of the blow away
from the Bahamas and Florida, but
the U.S. weather bureau warned
the hurricane could change its
course again, as it has several
times. i w
Earlier In the night, the storm
which measures 350 miles across
was aimed at the northern Baham
as and southeast Florida, including
Miami. It is the season's first hur
ricane. I -
Increase in
Santiam Bus
Fares Sought
Operating losses of $1,429 for
the first seven months of 1930
were claimed Thursday by the
Hamman Stage lines in a state
public, utilities commission hearing
on a -request to boost fares be
tween Salem and the Detroit dam-
site. ' r
J. O. Lewis, accountant for the
firm, offered evidence to the hear
ing, claiming losses for the com
pany in each of the months ex
cept March and May. Profits of
about $75 for those months were
reported by Lewis.
The line Is asking an Increase
in its commutation books for 12
trips from $8 to $7.50 on rides
from Salem, Turner. Aumsville.
Sublimity and Stayton to the dam
site. Boosts from $4.50 to $6 from
Mebama and Lyons and frpm $3
to $4.50 from Mill City are also
being asked. .
- There was no opposition voiced
at the hearing, - the commission
reported. A ruling on the appli
cation is expected in about two
weeks..
. Westerm International
At Salem a, Taeoraa IS
At Victoria 4, Vancouver 1
At Wenatcbee . Spokane 10
At XrtOty a, YakUna 1
Cast Learve
At Saa Diego 4. Portland S '-'
At Seattle S-l, Sacraraento 1-3
At Saa rraneUco 1-9. Oakland M
At Lot Angeles X. Bollywood
National Leagae
At Hew York -L Brooklyn S-9
At Chicago L Cincinnati I
At St. Loula-Pittaburfh. rata
Only zxmea scheduled
American Learue
At Detroit t, Chicaro
At Washina-toa 2. New York 1
At Boston 10. Philadelphia S
AS Gereiaod a, St. Louis 4 (12 Inn.)
Moves
Away
Fighting
Reneed
InPohang
TOKYO, Friday, Aug. 10
(AP)- A tank-led thrust
rom the north hj 30,000
Korean communists today
menaced the key Ameri
can supply base of shell
truck Taegu prompt
ing orders for more than
500,000 civilians to get
out. ;; .
Later today it was disclosed
hat South Korea's President
Syngman Rhee and U. S. Ambas
sador John J. Muccio already left
the menaced city.
But 23 miles southwest of that
South Korean provisional capital.
U. S. marines and 24th division
infantrymen. forced 12,000 reds in
the Changnyong bridgehead of the ,
Naktong river to begin a retreat
back across the river.
And on the east coast South
Koreans-fought their way back
into the port city of Pohang, east
ern anchor of the 120-mile battle
front. Pohang was lost Saturday
when 10,000 reds supported by
guerrillas entered the town.
The red thrust from the' north
was made from Kunwi, a red stag
ing area 25 miles north of. Taegu,
and overran the town of Knnhwa,
12 miles north of Taegu on. at'
main road to that key American
base. A U. S. eighth' army com
munique frankly called this in
the area xt the "main threat."
South Korean army source
claimed the recapture of Pohang
but U. S. eighth army officials
were cautious. The South Koreans
also claimed recapture of Kigye,
eight miles northwest of Pohang.
General MacArthurs head-
TJ. S. EIGHTH ARMY HEAD
QUARTERS IN KOREA, Fri
day, Aug. 18 -t3V An enemy
force estimated at battalion,
strength was observed cresains;
the Naktong river in retreat In
the Changnyong sec tod before
a powerful army-marine attack
now in its second day.
Considerable numbers ef pris
oners were taken. Some reds
crossed voluntarily Into Ameri
can lines and surrendered.
quarters, despite the successes at
Changnyong and Pohang, made it -
crystal clear that attention was fo
cused on the red's northern stab
from i Kunwi plus a threatened
one from the Waegwan sector, 12
miles northwest of Taegu.
An Intelligence spokesman said
four main North Korean divisions i
temporarily had dropped out of
sight Whereever they reappeared,
he added, would mark the focal
point of the long awaited push
against Taegu, He identified these
as the second, third, thirteenth and
fifteenth red divisions.
first Division Seen
The crack communist first div- .
ision has shown up in the north in
the vicinity of Kunwi.
Despite the acknowledged north
threat, it still was not clear from
conflicting ; reports whether the.
Kumhwa drive actually was the
specific big push or marked one
development in a threatening bat
tle situation. .
An air release today from Gen
eral MacArthurs headauarters
said the air force concentrated th
bulk of 500 sorties In the menac
ing northwest sector Thursday,
spreading death among red col
umns and shooting, up their tanks
with rockets.
U. 8. Planes Use Field
Underlining the importance o!
the turn of events in the Pohang
coastal sector, tne spokesman said
American planes have resumed
using the war-built fighter bass
six miles southeast of Pohang but
the field is not yet in' general
operation. Use of this field was ab
andoned recently after the South
Koreans yielded the port of Po
hang to the reds. But the field ham
remained in American handsr"
An eighth army communiqu
today, in referring to the Changn
yong bridehead fighting, said the)
u. s. Z4th division resumed it
offensive there this morning and
made 'small gains."
The shelling of Taegu six
rounds of 122 millimeter shells
presumably was made from 20,000
yards away-by a battery on -the
west side of the Naktong duo west
of Taegu.
Cap tared Kamnwa
A communist regiment, advanc
ing nearly three miles through
South Korean defenders, captured
the ! town of Kumhwa - astride
main road leading to Taegu. Some
artillery and mortar shells, pro
bably fired from the Naktocg
west bank, hit Taegu.
Eighteen miles southward down
the Naktong river from Waegwan, -the
communist reinforced troop
who had crossed over at Song
Dong.! in a bend in the river. Am.
merican troops moved immediate
ly to reduce that force 13 miles
southwest of Taegu.
" While the northern thrust was
under way, American marines and
U. S. 24tS division infantrymen
25 miles southwest of Taegu to
day halted savage red counter
attacks in the bloody Naktong
river bulge near Changnyong.
Red Attempt Repulsed.
A front- line report said tho
leathernecks, who took "slaugh
terhouse hills' yesterday, repulied
a . bitter, bloody attempt Toy thai
communists '.to regain that stra
tegic high point i - -