Eugene register-guard. (Eugene, Or.) 1930-1983, May 21, 1952, Image 1

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Newspaper Page TextThe Weather Forecast: Mostly cloudy with showeri Thursday afternoon. Temperatures: High Tuesday, 66; low Wednesday morning, 42. Predictions Highs Wednesday and Thursday, 65; low Thursday morning, 45. 1 . . T an &'',(rr?abl. on rare 26 show. IANE COUNTY'S HOME NEWSPAPER. TWO SECTIONS 32 PAGES EUGENE, OREGON, WEDNESDAY, MAY 21, 1952 CITY EDITION Phone 5-1551 iinMJ VVf VOTED n Knocks nan Stand Vain Inquiry L Manipulating U prices 1,7 harmed P a billion dollars lg to do it again this I it the cam'".- as 1 . the Spn- to 1.. H.nart criticism .. . Allan's k brougni u" bv charging w ""--; Lb of his department In storage were caused f i.:.t. eg H Can- in the uniira'j charier an these prevented his ne- from tamg I . ... AoilltlAC H! crops it had to buy ii. ... rlit ennnnrt ine w r1 --' who beaded the Senate rc group in 1B48 in ine . .iriiioH Doth Con- Eifiisiu declared Bran- p-v --" . Ijiven an entirely erron- i of the 1948 law. ik, i .rhullv -the Aerl ttrartment agreed with r ' ... . . . i done and helped to Lnn li tain", "some one Ea In inraa1 H arniinrl ty that there was a lack space. The price ol forced down a billion I they put tha blame on f.liv) illrtv trlrlr nil lers. They lost a billion nr nur.lv nnllHra1 ran. ,...J f.U..MVU. ..... p not going to do it i vMr ir nn RTnr, ir." in Ellender fr-T,a nf Eici, tni only Demo or present as the hear InM illur, HTk.t'. pa" ol what happened twai Dewey of New Ml Mar 11 that tha TV iiirtration oaused farm drop about 10 days be ! presidential election pn io resident Truman er Case 6 Retried agon Suprema Court I rin,ed a new trial ""gtethe Hansen, Cor Wwifa convicted of I Jw husband by run-hta,h.f,mi,ycllr mber'i of th, high Oiere was insuffi "cc to convict Mrs. Han. sentenced to Ufa In PWitentiary, justice, voted for a fb ha other three m m tha majority ho wrote te5"temandin frCh&t: KVIT Chief D u ' ?na Jus- ' anh i. " The r.r"nWery. but r1tonth.ptthe sg- f'fuilL T "ual vt-liTHiarev.r.. U s""." " I'd t hi . sman.' who F!l. t" '"t the NttIir.a.'is L""' may h. " "'l1 'or hij,bu, ,olvel by t ,uPWrt a verdlct wei rre fc'7if lli ifPf T , . j, ,tf . i IiJ....3I....rn B fn r;: Life Imprisonment Faces Belcher Boy . w.rn nr-rrvT&Tn . . (ReK.-Guard photo. WUIshlre enerav.) THE RACING GREYHOUND appeared on Oregon highways again Wednesday as drivers of Pacific Greyhound and of Northwest Greyhound buses went back to work with contracts that mean pay increases and eventually shorter work weeks. Above, passengers board one of Eugene's 21 northbound buses. Sixteen regular buses leave Eugene southbound. Driver Bruce Peterson, Portland, brother of Ralph Peterson, suc cessful Florence candidate for nomination as county commissioner, grins at wheel of bus. : I Allied Guard Kills Chinese Prisoner KOJE ISLAND, Korea (AP) A Chinese prisoner was killed by an Allied guard Saturday in the third prisoner of war incident reported in a four-day span on this riot-ridden rock. The other two occurred at a woman's POW camp and a prisoner hospital. The shooting of the Chinese prisoner announced only Wednesday was the first fatality reported from the tough Koje stockade since Brig. Gen. Aggies to Get Panty Supply Courtesy UO A plan to turn college students' devilish little impulses into con. structive channels was announced Wednesday afternoon by Univer sity of Oregon officials. Taking a cue from the "panty raids" which have become major sport on campuses across the na tion, University of Oregon students tonight will conduct an all- campus clothing drive for charity. Most of what they collect will go to Clothing for Korea. But unmentionables collected in the drive will be sent to Oregon state college for relief of unfet tered and pantyless co-eds on the Corvallis campus. Lvle Nelson. director of information, said. ine use campus Monday night was the scene of a "panty raid" in which male students sought to collect frilly undergarments from women's living organizations, wnnout saying please. Men at the Unlversitv will solicit clothing from women's liv ing organizations at 10:30 p.m. Women will tour men's organiza tions at 11 p.m. This might be 'scanty satis- raction for red-blnnrieH American boys, wolves in sheep's clothing, some of whom were pvnnptnrt in regard the drive as a panty-waste euori. " H . II .2j f -".".'" "' 19 Heart Ailment Causes Death Of Movie Star NEW YORK (P) John Gar- lle'd, 39, stage and screen "tough guy, died of a heart ailment Wednesday in the Gramercy Park apartment of an actress friend, Iris Whitney. She barred police from- the apartment for more than a half hour, thinking they were, news men. The actor was pronounced dead at about 9 a.m. by Dr, Charles H. nammack, a private physician, wno had submitted a routine tele phone report to the medicar exam iner's office. Detective John Barrett quoted miss Whitney as saying the actor became ill while visiting the apartment Tuesday night and had decided to stay overnight. Miss Whitney told police she nad known the star "not too long." -a medtl examiner's office said a cardiac condition caused ath and there was "nothing suspicious." Whitney appeared in the ay Play. "Dark of the Moon" last year. a fleld aine acting fame in Play Golden Boy," in 1937. wiih s nnme nad been "iked wim various organizations labeled as subversive, but he denied before Am.ri e, Committee on Un- hT ad been a Communist. Hoiil. P ved Mifts'er roles in "n an?'00ud ,ilms and ws barred tloiii" ot Broadway produc- Haydon L. Boatner took com' mand a week ago. Boatner said a preliminary in vestigation indicated the prisoner was shot when he resisted search on his return from a work detail outside an enclosure holding 5,000 Chinese Communists. BOATNER said he conferred with prisoner spokesman, Maj. Wei Ling, shortly after the shoot ing. On the camp commander's order Wei returned to the barbed wire enclosure and within 35 min utes halted a demonstration begun by Chinese POWs within minutes after the shooting. Boatner said Wei and 11 other prisoners were permitted to visit the cemetery where the slain Chi nese was buried. Wei made a "lot of demands that had no reference to the in cident," Boatner told a news con ference. The American general added: "I answered him In Chinese and his teeth almost fell out. I told him I could make no statements until an investigation had been completed." The camp commander said about 400 prisoners had been brought to Koje Tuesday from the POW enclosure near Pusan where Allied guards quelled rioting prisoners, THE TJ.S. Eighth Army at Seoul said combat-wise American infan trymen used concussion grenades and a show of force to put down violence Tuesday at the Pusan POW hospital. The Army said the Eed rioters were armed with makeshift spears, barbed wire flails, rocks and similar weapons. Concussion grenades are de signed to stun their victims. They do not burst into many small, sharp 'flying pieces as do deadly fragmentation grenades. One prisoner was killed in the vicious fighting at the hospital in Camp No. 10. The Army did not say how he died, but correspondents In Pusan said he may have been bayoneted. Eighty-five POWs were injured. Half their injuries were minor. One American guard suffered a minor injury. THE ARMY said segregation of prisoner orderlies from prison pa tients, which touched off the out break, is proceeding "without in cident." The Army said Communist fanatics began fashioning weapons of long, sharp steel- pointed spears from litter rails and tent poles when ordered to get ready to be moved. When camp officers noted their activity, American Infantry guards laid aside' their nightsticks for rifles and bayonets and entered the hospital enclosure. Vicious fighting broke out. No rifle shots were fired, the Army said, but the concussion gren ades were brought into action. The outbreak was quelled in 2Vi hours. RICE SHORTAGE MANILA m The govern ment has awarded contracts for importation of 123,000 tons of rice, mainly from Burma, to help re liava a ihortaga of th itapl food, Progress Made In NW Strikes PORTLAND (U.R) Pacific and Northwest Greyhound lines resumed normal service Wednes day in the Pacific Northwest as attempts were made to find new settlements of the region's labor disputes. Late TuesdE , the AFL bus em ployes union completed balloting on a proposed settlement of their strike against Northwest Grey hound and the company said members had accepted a new agreement. WILLIAM PHIPPS, Portland superintendent for Northwest, said ' service would be resumed from the local depot at 8:15 a. m. Federal mediators and Overland Greyhound held conferences with the union and operators on pro posals to settle along the same lines as brought about peace in the Pacific and Northwest Grey hound disputes. Meanwhile, strikes against the Blue-Gray bus line which serves towns in the Puyallup valley east of Tacoma, Wash., and Oregon Motor Stages, serving many West ern Oregon communities, con tinued. ... i. ANOTHER NEW move for peace jwas started Tuesday with exploratory talks between strik ing AFL bakers and representa tives of the 25 major bakeries in Portland, but the talks were re cessed tuitil Friday. BASEBALL NATIONAL LEAGUE St. Louis oot nn 0003 a! New York 010 000 000 0 4 0 Chambers and D. Rice; Janserit Lanier (8. Wilhelm 9i and Wars. Cincinnati at Brooklyn, night. Chicapo at Boston, night. Pittsburgh at Philadelphia, night, AMERICAN LEAGUE Now York 000 000 401 S 12 1 Chicago 000 100 000 ISO Reynolds and Berra; Pierce, Judson (0) and Lollar. Washington at St. Louis, night. European Allies Plan on Arming 4 Million Men Also to Produce Weapon Supply WASHINGTON (AP) Rep. Richards (D-SC) told the House Wednesday that Amer ica's European Allies will raise and support" about four million soldiers and will produce $3V2 billion worth of weapons next year. This force, if placed on active duty, would be an increase of ap proximately 1,600,000 men over present European strength. Richards said Allied forces al ready have over 5 Vi million men under tarms or quickly available throughout the world. THE ACTIVE armies of the Soviet Union, including satellite forces, total around four million men, according to recent estimates. Richards, chairman of the For eign Affairs Committee, opened the fight for House support of $6, 880,100,000 in foreign military and economic aid for the year starting July 1. The brll, already one billion dollars less than President Tru manr requested, faced strong de mands for further cuts. Reductions of another $1 billion have been predicted. Committee officials said Rich ards' outline of European troop strength included Greece and Turkey,, which have a total force of around 500,000: Richards said in a prepared speech the active forces of West ern Europe, excluding Greece and Turkey, totalled 1,800,000 in Jan uary, 1952. THEREFORE a buildup to four million men would mean an in crease of about 1,600,000. The total worldwide force of active and mobilizable troops, Richards said, has increased about million in the past two years. "It seems to me," the chairman added, "that only the most stub born defeatist could fail to be im mensely encouraged by the in crease and improvement in Allied military strength over two short years." Budget Group to Meet The Eugene budget committee will meet Wednesday at 7:30 p.m. to continue work on the proposed ?i $1,535,675 budget for 1952-53. freceaing me meeting in uity Hall, the City Council will con sider the proposed sale ot 20 acres of Eugene Water and Electric Board land below Leaburg Dam. EWEB proposes to sell the prop erty to the U.S. Engineers for 1 trout hatchery site. Sale price has been set at $8,900 by appraisals. Y ' '$P .1 if Iff KtoillSsii ELMER BELCHER Found Guilty of Murder Approval Given To McGranery WASHINGTON IP) A lop sided Senate vote cleared the way for James P. McGranery to walk into the Justice Department Wed nesday and take over as the boss. By a 52 to 18 vote, the Senate Tuesday night confirmed Presi dent Truman's nomination of. the 56-year old Philadelphia jurist to succeed J. Howard McGrath as attorney general, - ALL THE VOTES against the appointment were cast by Repub lican's, but 14 other Republicans joined 38 Democrats in voting for confirmation. Pennsylvania's two Republican senators, Duff and Martin, were among those voting approval. McGranery, a former House member, has been a federal judge in the Eastern District of Penn sylvania since 1946. During the war he served as the No. 2 official in the Justice De partment, as assistant to the at torney general.: MR. TRUMAN sent McGran ery's nomination to the Senate last April 3 in a lightning af termath to McGrath's resignation after firing Newbold Morris as government clean-up man. McGranery told the Senate Judiciary Committee he would ex pose and prosecute corruption wherever he found it. He also pledged to fire any in competent, disloyal or dishonest Justice Department employes. Sens. Ferguson (R-Mich) and Watkins (R-Utah), who led the fight against McGranery, said he did not believe his performance would match his promise. Murder in First Degree Is Verdici of Jurors; Leniency Recommended By MARVIN A. TIMS Kec liter-Quard Still Writer Elmer Belcher in a hushed court room Tuesday evening was found guilty of first-degree murder with recommenda tion for leniency four hours after the jury of 10 women and two men received the case. The verdict was read at 8 p.m. Fifteen-year-old Elmer, youngest defendant ever tried in Lane County on a first-degree murder charge, sat stoically beside his mother while the verdict was read by Judge G. F. Skipworth. Defense Attornev Herbert Lombard would not comment f M 1 Wednesday "one way or the other" on whether the case . w J would he annpalprl Judge Skipworth set time for sentencing at 10 a.m. Friday; According to law, first-degree murder with the recom mendation means life imprisonment. A person sentenced to the penitentiary for life is eligible for parole in seven years if his behavior in custody has been good. Mrs. Harlan Belcher, the boy s mother, gripped her son S hand when the verdict was read and held back tears until she reached the rear of the court room. There she broke down and. sobbed loudly as her husband and other children tried to comfort her. Harlan Belcher, the youth's father, sat at the rear of the court room. He bowed his head and fought to keep back tears. Mr. and Mrs. Dana Campbell, parents of Mary Ellen Campbell, walked slowly from the court room. They left without speaking to the Belcher family. - - No Emotion Detected If there were emotions seething within the youth, they could not be detected. His expression remained unchanged. He did not cry. His face and jaw remained stern. He left the court room without help. The six-day trial was over. Solemn-faced Jurora went home. -. Just before the jury returned its verdict, a University of Oregon Law School mock trial was in progress. Several students were In the audience and twelve student-jurors were sitting in the-jury box. They apparently weren't aware of the tense drama that was about to unfold. Rathet. than dismiss the group, Judge Skipworth allowed everyone to remain vfhlle the Belcher verdict was read. The mock trial continued after Elme was led away. During the trial an estimated 250,000 words ot testimony wr recorded. Numerous witnesses testified for the state and the defense. At least 20 exhibits were introduced into evidence. From the maze of conflicting statements the jury had the arduouf task of sifting fact from fancy and weighing the testimony of each witness. Finally, jurors had the final and heavy responsibility of rendering a verdict. What were some of the contentions presented by the state and defense? What were the main points on which the trial revolved? What, in effect, seemed to be the vital factors Influencing final out come of the case? On what did the jury base its decision? By sifting through testimony and evidence presented in the case, it is possible to evaluate the key points of the trial. The Case of the Defense n Vs ft 5 (AP Wlrephoto) U. S. GUARDS at -Compound 76 on Koje Island where Communists prisoners of war are held, man a machine gun and quad 50 caliber machine guns while behind the barbed wire fence a Communist prisoner stands atop a building as a lookout (to left of telephone pole). Note North Korean flag ilying in background . 1 Killed, 3 Hurt By Falling Log First, what of the defense's case? On what ground was Elmer Belcher's position defended? Here, in general, is the case for Elmer: Defense Attorneys Frank Reid and Herbert Lombard contended the youth didn't fire the fatal bullet that killed Mary Ellen Camp bell, that the bullet was fired by William Howard, the girl' grand father, r ' Here is the scene on the evening of April 4 shortly before Mary Ellen was killed in a area about four miles south of Cottage Grove: Elmer was working on a Model A Ford which was parked in a neighbor's yard a short distance south of his own home. He had been helping the neighbor haul some dirt and when the car stalled he was trying to fix the starter which apparently stuck. It was about 6 p.m. Mr. and Mrs. Dana Campbell, parents of Mary Ellen, left their house a short distance to the north and- drove down the road past Elmer on their way to milk the family cow. They left Mary Ellen alone in the house. The Campbells saw Elmer as they drove past. A few minutes later, according to the defense, William Howard, the grandfather, suddenly emerged from some brush just west of Elmer and asked him if his father had a gun. SWEET HOME (IP) One man "ner lesimea ne was scaieu mm juinpuu lira, i,imci was killed and three critically in.!owara s -narsn commanu inen iwra 10 n.s nome, goi.a . cai.oer jured Tuesday when a car was ' automatic pistol, took off his shoes and put on a pair of rubber crushed under a log which rolled 1 kts, and returned to the grandfather. off a truck. I Elmer, testified he then took off his boots at Howard s command Dead is Oliver D. Goodman, 23 and that the grandfather put the boots on, leaving his own shoes Lebanon. The injured are Arthur 'in the Model A. Elmer said the man then went toward tne Campbell Starr, Wilmer Greer and William ' home and motioned for Mary Ellen, who was looking out the win Cooper, also of Lebanon. j dow, to follow him. A 13-foot log rolled nff a truck i Elmer said he saw Howard and the girl walk In a westerly dlrec- driven by Selmer Norlyn Brown : tion up a hill past a pump house and disappear. In two or three of Sweet Home on to the Good- minutes Elmer said he heard two shots. man's as the two vehicles were' The youth testified he then ran to .a fence nearby and saw passing through a stretch of high- i Howard come running down past the pump house. The grandfather way known as "The Narrows" in then save Elmer back the eun and told him to eet rid of the boots. the Santiam River Canyon. I Elmer testified Weighmaster Robert Wyatt.l .H- .-in u. ,ij .hnrt me if T HirWt hlH h wit T ... Albany, said Brown's load, even' red Elm... id ,.H. also told me to keerJ mv mouth shut It aihir c noma tm aKniit AT a rv TTllon " -n00 jUnds Elmer said he then wentback to working on the car and that allowed. 1 .1 .f,u j:. j 1 v. QriVing ChnrHv Iho fBrnnkollf vol I n-ni-l ffnm rllli-inM h on... bm .a.i. Elmer still at the car approximately 20 minutes after they left home to go milking. According to the defense, Elmer returned home shortly and put the gun secretly back in a bedroom dresser, He then started polish ing his shoes for the family was getting ready to visit some friends. However, according to testimony, several people stopped at the Belcher place shortly thereafter, so the family decided to stay home. Elmer went into the kitchen and baked a cake and made coffee for More than 500 local junior and ; the visitors and then played some table game in the kitchen with senior nign scnooi music suiaenis a girl whose family had come to visit, according to the defense. win participate in ine annual junior-senior high music festival at 8 p.m. Thursday at McArthur Court. Free to the public, the festival will feature five choruses, five Goodman car, was over the maximum Brown was cited for with a shifting load. 500 Students Slate Festival Search Party Formed About 8:15 p.m. Mrs. Campbell came over and said Mary Ellen was missing. A search party was formed and Mr. Belcher, Kenneth iohhnra siarivH pombing the area. Elmer bands, and a combined string or- 1 did not participate in a second search later in the evening when chostra. Nine school music directors will share leadership of the groups. Featured numbers will include Dvorak's "New World Symphony," "Poor Man Lazarus," a Jester Hairston Spiritual by the com bined chorus, and "One World," by the combined ehoiri with band iioaompanimtnt, the hnriv wan found. He slaved home with his mother. This, in essence, is the story presented by the defense to account for Elmer's action at the time the girl was killed admittedly some time between 6 and 6:30 p.m., April 4, according to testimony. ., , In contrast, here is the state's case for contending Elmer killed the deaf-mute girl: The state claimed Elmer left the Model A I'ord after the Camp- LIFE IN PRISON (Continued en Pag I).