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Germans Set
Big Industrial
Concern Afire
BERLIN, June 20 ill1) German
anti-Communists have set fire to
Soviet Germany's biggest Indus
trial plant and at least one other
important factory Is in flames, It
was reported today. .
: At- the same time, the U. S. com
mandant In Berlin said the Rus
sians have created a potentially
explosive situation in Communist
Berlin by brlhglng In two me
chanized divisions, 25,000 troops,
to "tramp down" the people.
, Ma- ' Gen. Thomas S. Timber
man said, U. S. .troops In Berlin
are "outnumbered two to one" by
the Russians, without counting the
thousands of Communist police
also massed in the Soviet sector.
' Of f ice Stormed
; Police headquarters In West
Berlin reported an angry mob of
200 West Berllners stormed a
Communist Party -office In the
American sector this morning.
The demonstrators threw furni
ture into the street and set fire
to it. It was the second Commu
nist office in West Berlin stormed
and demolished by 'anti-Communists
within 24 hours.
West Berlin newspapers report
ed four more deaths In this week's
'-'revolt" against Communist rule
in Germany two Germans slain
by Russian firing squads and two
Communist police lynched ' by
rioters. '; -j-. - , .. .
The Western ' paper Telegraf
said fires are raging in the na
tionalized LeUna synthetic gaso
line plant, which employs 'more
than 2Q.000 workers, and in the
Schkopau synthetic rubber fac
tory. .
' ' Shot Down .
. Telegraf said also that two Ger
mans in Magdeburg were shot
down by Russian firing squads en
forcing the martial law clamped
on much of Soviet Germany fol
lowing the Wednesday riots.. A
similar execution here was an
nounced by the Communist radio
two days ago.
The newspaper Morgennort said
rioters, in Erfurt hanged two,-Red
policemen to lampposts. -,-1
A German "resident of West Ber
lin was shot and wounded last
night when he strayed across' the
sector boundary into Soviet Ber
lin. He was rescued from the Reds
and taken to a West Berlin hos
pital. .-.
Allies Lost 19
Jets Last Week
SEOUL, .June 20 IIP) The Allies
lost 19 jets last week, including an
ultra modern Starfire night fighter,
the worst losses the UN air fleet
in Korea had suffered in a single
week since the war began.
The U. S. Fifth Air Force an
nounced today that the Communists
also lost at least 19 jets during the
week. Four more of their Russian
made warcraft probably were de
stroyed, and 15 were damaged.
The Air Force announcement
said Allied losses included an Aus
tralian Meteor and three U.S. F-84
jets shot down by Red antiaircraft
gunners, one other F-84, the F-94
Starfire and three U.S. Sabrejets
lost by "other causes" an indica
tion that the night fighters may
have been forced down behind
Allied lines.
Nine more Sabrejets were lost
during the week, the Air Force an
nouncement said, but none fell in
air-to-air combat. It was not clear
what caused the nine losses, nor
was the 19th plane accounted for.
The worst previous week in the
Allied air history of the war was
in February, 1952, when 16 planes
were lost.
Audience Enjoys
Second Panorama
Theater Program
A 17th century French motif used
by the Panorama Playhouse to set
off its second production, Moliere's
"School for Wives" received favor
able comment from an enthusiastic
audience which attended last
night's performance at Allen school
-auditorium.
The acting of Joan DuGay and
Lee Paves, as Agnes and Arnolphe,
the leading characters, also was
.,onrinH hv the group. Marie
Hallsted Ouellette was in charge of
the costuming which blended auth
entic styles of the period with the
imagination and color necessary
in the theater.
The rest of the cast included
Robert Willson, as Horace, the ro
mantic lead; Don Van Boskirk, as
Enrique; Pete Howard as Oronte;
Robert Simons as Alain; Gerald
Rodgers, as a notary, and Jean
n Oeoreette. Settings
.T,ro hv Pete Howard. Paul Ouel-
riirocted the play.
..b..i fnr Wives" will run
through Tuesday, June 23, with no
showing set lor munuujr.
tions may be made by calling 772.
BEND, DESCHUTES COUNTY, OREGON, SATURDAY. JUNE 20. 1953 '
Marksmen Busy In Competition Here
f
late. "wif:
This view from the top of the club house shows a squad In action In the Oregon state frailsltoot, now '
under way In Bend. Gunner No. 4, not identified, Is ready for a "pull" In a doubles event. A referee'
Htuiuls by, and seated Is a scorer. - Attentively watching the gunners from the sidelines, behind mussed
shotguns, are other marksmen. Nine traps similar to the one shown here are in use a the state shoot
. . . . : moves into ltt final phase.
Chamber Board
Report By
Pageant Director
Plans for the 1953 Water Pageant
were discussed at length by Pag
eant cnairman uienn H. uregg and
members of the board of directors
of the Bend Chamber of Commerce
at a regular board meeting yes
terday. . . . ',-
i Gregg cited the "fine cooperation
among persona asked to participate
in organizing the fete,"' although
volunteer, labor for.-constructiort of.
the Mirror pond arqh and boom has
been short. Professional crews are
doing most of the building, he said.
In announcing some of the plans
now formed for the pageant. Gregg
suggested the price- of reserved
seats be determined by their qual
ity. The Chamber favored the move
and set choice seats at 1.50 each
and other seats in the reserved
section at $1- Plans also have been
made to provide a special section
in front of the reserved section for
the Pageant queen and her court.
Shrine club members will be in
charge of ushering, while members
of the Bend Rotary club, led by
William Miller and B. C. Tallman,
will take charge of pulling the
floats along the boom.
Reserved seat tickets will go on
sale July1 1 at the Tower Theater
ticket office, Gregg said. He an
nounced also that the evening
Pageant will not begin, until dark
July 3 and 4. A water show will be
given with entertainment by the
Bend Municipal band and the Pan
orama Playhouse-, company from
8 p.m. to nightfall.
The Chamber aiscussea a Deschutes-Lake
picnic to be held- Sun
rlnv at the Bud Parks ranch at
Fort Rock. It was brought out that
the program has been widely pun
licized in Lakeview, Klamath Falls
and California points and that a
large number of southern Oregon
ians are expected to attend. A dele
eation of Portland Chamber of
Commerce members, en route to
Lakeview, also will be present, ine
men will be on the first lap of a
rangeland tour of eastern Oregon.
Persons attending are being asked
to bring their own picnic lunches,
but coffee will be served by the
Fort Rock grange and soft drinks
by the Bend Chamber of Commerce.
Included during the day will be
tours of the irrigated lands from
the vantage point of nearby moun
tains. It has been brought out that
planners of the tour want visitors,
to see the range areas in relation
to the great mass of mountains.
Pickups and other conveyances will
take tour members up the steep
grades. ...
The Bend Municipal band, to ap
pear in concert in the afternoon,
will leave here at 9 a.m. Signs
will be placed indicating the way
to The Poplars, Parks' ranch,
where the outing will be held.
Parks will give a brief talk at one
point in the program.
Among others attending the pic
nic will be several Bend Chamber
of Commerce directors and Mayor
Marion Taylor of Redmond. Bend
Chamber Manager Marion E. Cady
will conduct the Portland Chamber
members to the ranch.
The Chamber went on record as
extending congratulations to The
Bulletin for the contribution It has
mnrlo tn the interests of Bend by
way of the Jubilee Edition, off the
press last Tuesday:
Directors present were Vance
Pmmw Howard Maple, Robert
Mannheimer. Ray LeBlanc, Henry
Pyzdrowski, E. B. HOgan, naipn
n,vi,n Rnhert Wetle. William Mil
ler, Robert Thomas and President
Ben Fanning.
Summer Arrives '
After Cold Nighi
In Local Region
Central Oregon's first , day of
summer was ushered In with win
try weather this morning, and a
minimum of 2 8degrees recorded
at sunrise. ;-,.;,
Summerofficlally arrived at 9
a. m. ..
Last night's 28-degree tempera
ture, lowest of the chilly month.
resulted In some frost damage to
tender vegetables In the area. It
was Bend's seventh night of June
frost, near an all-time record for
the month. Freezing- weather .was
iexperieticed on three "consecutive
nights this week. 'V : . ;;. .V-.':
' - The .lowest June"' teitjperature
ever recoraea in uena was xi de
grees, in 1902,. 1914 and 1919, but
those low marks were early in the
month. The average June mini
mum is 40.6 degrees and the aver
age maximum is 73.9, or a mean
of 57.2 for the month.
The chill that sent the mercury)
aown to zs aegrees last nignt was
general in the northwest.
Observers at the local weather
station said the mercury remain
ed below the freezing point, 32
degrees, for three hours last night.
State Trapshoof
No, 166
yiragmsiini
Breaking HisWFdl
EtHel, Julius Rosenberg Pay
Fiill Price for Spy Activity;
Die in N. Y. Electric Chair
' By Jack Woliston
SING SING PRISON, N. Y June 20 WJ) The United
btatehad exacted full payment today from Julius and Ethel
Kq,senberg for the atomic age betrayal of their country. '
Their lips defiantly sealed to the end, the husband and
wife spy. team went to their death in Sing Sing's electric
char shortly before sundown ushered in the Jewish Sabbath
T-! ; ! ' last night. The Rosenbergs were
n I N " 1 ..: ews.
ncKer uies
In Hood River
S hoofing Fray
HOOD RIVER. June 20 (IB A
berry picker who said he was hid
ing from Communists was killed
near here Friday and two state
policemen were wounded In a gun
battle. '. . .. ,,
Deputy Sheriff William Brvan
identified the dead man as Elmer
K. Jennings, about 55. His address
was unknown.'
Wounded In the shooting frav
were State Police Patrolmen Anton
Krivak, 39, Hood River, and Ber
nard Ross, 36, The Dalles. Both
were reported in ''good" condition
at Hood River hospital.
According to police. Jennings had
been picking strawberries on the
ranch of C. F. Allegre near Odell
and had been carrying, two guns
The government had hnnerl . in
the last that they would talk.
Executioner Joseph Francel sent
16,000. volts of electrloity through
ineir ooaies. juuus, me weaker,
went first. He died with a grotes
que smile on his lias.
The Rosenbergs were the first
American civilians to die for spy
ing, i ney were accused or sending
a rough sketch of the atomic hnmh
to Russia, i , i
Of Terfeck'
Competition In the Oregon state?
trapshoot neared the white heat
stage today as Friday . leaders
dropped Into ties with runners up.
ana lair weather played its part
In the long ' String of "perfects';
appearing on the score board..
'The state'1 shoot is being "heli
on the Bend Trap club grounds!
and; today oon ,ttyasestlma
rnnr snnip r-u hi 'trtinrtora rrnm uai. i t tij '.
rma usicea Jennings wny ne wore.
tne' firearms, and he reportedly
answerea mat ne was moung from
the Communists." Allegre called in
state police Thursday night. ')
Krivak and Ross went to Jen
Catholics Tell
Building Plans
An extensive building and re
pair program has been launched
by St. Francis of Assisi parish in
Bend, with most of the parish
buildings coming in for expan
sion or reconstruction as part of
a $b4,uuo program.
Construction of two new class
rooms and expansion of office
space has been planned for the
parochial school. The church, con
vent, and parish hall are now in
process of being reroofed. Remod
eling at the convent and replace
ment of old foundations in the
building already has begun. Shor
ing and pointing at the church
has been partially completed.
An overall building and debt
retirement program will run con
currently with a three year fund
drive aimed at paying for the
project, church authorities re
vealed. Plans for St. Francis grade
school work submitted by Archi
tect Boyd Jossy and approved by
Bishop Francis P. Leipzig of Port
land, will be put In operation next
week. The work is expected to be
completed by the opening of
school in the fall. The two new
classrooms will be occupied by
lower grade pupils. The new sec
tion will be of masonry construc
tion and will contain full wall
windows.
A steering committee compos
ed of Melvin McClaln, Gilbert Mo-
ty, and Melvin Amsberry are di
recting the program. Subcommit
tee membership is as follows:
Finance John Wetle, Lowell Jen
sen, and L. V. Allen; construction
Dean Korish, Jim Healy, and
Henrv Pyzdrowski: pledges Dr.
K. A. Moodv, Jamei Arbow, Wi.
llam Humnhrey. Mrs. Louis Hu
lls, and Mrs. Roland Anderson
Donafed labor will be sunervlsed
bv Walter Hansen. Loren Cole
man was appointed job superintendent.
STATE VISIT SET
WINDSOR, England June 20 (IB
Queen Elizabeth II and the Duke
of Edinburgh will leave Monday
for a state visit to Scotland which
will be climaxed next Wednesday
with her "Little coronation."
that some 300 Etinhers from west
ern states were being". squadded
tor action on tne tiring, .line
nine electrically operated traps
reaching east ana west a distance
of a quarter of a mile. Brilliant
sunshine flooded the traps' this
morning, following anotner cniuy
nignt.
John Simpson, current top gun
ner among Portland marksmen,
turned In a perfect score of 100
yesterday In four trips to the
traps to blast strings of 25, but
today,, in his final string of 200
targets, ne aroppea a ciay mra,
and his score went up ln; the
morning postings as 99. That
score lowered the Portland gun
ner to a near-tie witn dick sneet-
ers, Medford, who in .16-yard com
petition yesterday cracked 98 tar
gets and came through today with
string of loo x loo.
Has Good Mark '
One of the high gunners in
morning competition today, in the
16-yard shooting, was a member
of the Bend club, Everett Rambo,
who shattered 99 targets. How
ever, his luck yesterday was not
so good. Ormond Ballew of Eu
gene also was In the high-gun
bracket this morning with a 99.
B. Flnnell, one of the visiting
gunners, was included in the ex
clusive 99 bracket at noon today.
Braving a gusty, chilling wina
yesterday, the Oregon marksmen
and visiting gunners from a dozen
other states blasted away at tar
gets yesterday evening until the
sun dipped behind a heavy bank
of clouds draped over the Cas
cades, then took time out for their
annual meeilng. That session was
held at the Pilot Butte inn, and
officers for the coming year
were elected.
George Blum, Tillamook, a
double A gunner, was elected
president of the Oregon State
Trapshootlng association and
takes over tne aunes oi n. k. uu
hert. Bend, president this past
year. Walter Fisher, Gold Beach,
is the new vice presiacnt. Jim
Morris, Portland, was named by
the executive committee to con
tinue as secretary-treasurer.
Directors Listed
Members of the board of direc
tors, some of them newly elected,
are E. E. Drlscoll, Klamath Falls;
Kenneth Gilkcrson, Roseburg; W
E. Pease, Medford; Gordon Hull,
Salem; George Fick, Portland,
and N. R. Gilbert, Bend.
Portland was tentatively selec
ted as the host city for the 1954
shoot.
The Bend handicap, a 100 tar
get 1725 event shot yesterday,
ended in a five-way tie, as Her
man Morltz, Albany; Dick Skect
ers, Medford; Ed Dearing, Port
land, T. Mehl, Glendale, and P.
Schmitz, Eugene, turned in 96 x
100 scores. Morltz won In the
shootoff with a 23 x 25 score,
with Skeeters the runner up, with
a 22 X 25 count.
The first half of the Oregon
class championship was shot off
yesterday in eight aivisions, wnn
the high prize money going to
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Three Death Reprieves -
Three times the couDle had been
spared b e f o r e the electricity
coursed through their bodies and
uiey were pronounced dead. . . .
Prison officials said
for the 35-year-old electrical en
gineer and his plump,. 37-year-old
wife hadl told them "aomeonn will
call for the bodies. But it wax un
certain when or where the bodies
would be taken, or whether thev
iniBiit uk cremaiea r a i n e r jnan
uu leu. -
Julius R 6 s e n b a r , looking
straight ahead and displaying j
eltiotloh. WAS th6 flrmfr-trt ilitf' Wd
was placed , in the chair at 8 :04
Ifcm.' EDT ;and.;Piv'as', pronounced
aeaa at, s:w. ; , ,
Wife Followed Husband
Moon-raced Ethel, attired in a
dark green, figured Drtnt rirexft.
came calmly,' "stoically, i n to the
State Road-e-o
Finals Due Here ? i
Sunday Afternoon
Judges have been selected' for
the state finals of the ' "teen age
Road-e-o competition, which will be
held In Bend Sunday afternoon on
the municipal baseball field, If was
reported today by Dick Chester,
state and local Jaycee chairman for
the event.;
Judges will be John Truett. Bend
fchlef of police; Dave Wilson, Ger
ald Held, Kd Green, Lyle Carrlng
ton, Dr. Charles Hinds. Don Den
ning and Ray Cooper. Also to be
here in connection with the Road-e-o
will be Captain Walter L, Lansing
oi me uregon siate ponce ana Wil
liam Healy, assistant to the Secre
tary of State Earl Newbry.
The contest will start at 1:30
Sunday afternoon, with 20 local
winners from all parts of Oregon
participating in the state finals.
Tom Ray was the Bend Road-e-o
winner, and will represent this city
in the competition. . . .ir, ,:
Chester today reiterated his invi
tation to the publio to attend the
Road-e-o. .. No admission charge
will be made for .spectators.. . ;
Bend automobile dealers will pro
vide the cars that will be used in
the contests. ? : , . . ,.
Juvenile Gang
Broken Up Here
ByCityPpVice
nings' cabin on the ranch during TlcTT'T.Jres
the noon hour Friday. When ,he5 after her husband's body had been
r1 M ut :iniAj an n 1 1 fnr, o i. rivim laae
.than 20-feet away. . . .
. '.Mrs.' Helen Evans, a prison ma
tron who had been.in . constant at
tendance ' of Mrs. Rosenberg dur
ing the two 'years the convicted
spy had been; in the death house
here, and Mrs. .Lucy Many, a pris
on telephone operator,, accompan
ied the condemned woman to the
chair, ... ; . "' .
. As Mrs, Rosenberg reached the
grim walnut chair, she turned sud
denly grasped: Mrs. Evans' hand
and. then kissed her- on the left
cheek. She mumbled "goodbye .
"thank you," V ;- -
knocked on the door, Jennings
started firing.
Krivak was hit in the neck, and
Ross was hit in the back, before
Jennings fell, a victim of Ross' gun.
District Attorney Kenneth Abra
ham has ordered a grand jury in
vestigation Into the shooting. The
jury will convene Tuesday:
Kiwanis Plan
Bicycle Derby
The Bend Kiwanis' club today
revealed plans for a bicycle derby
for local youngsters to be held
the afternoon of July 3 in con
junction with Water Pageant ac
tivities.
Races from 220 to 880 yards
are being planned, Chairman
Keith Shepard announced. The
event will take . place at Bruin
field. A total of 10 races have
been scheduled, segregated ac
cording to ages, three of them for
boys, three for girls, and the re
mainder classified as "open"
events.
Children under six may partic
ipate in a tricycle race. In addi
tion, a slow race and a five mile
open race will be offered contest
ants of all ages.
Children from 6 to 15 years may
enter the contest, Shepard said.
However, competition will be lim
ited to balloon tire bikes In all
events but the five-mile distance
race.
Prizes and ribbons, solicited
from local businessmen, will be
presented the winners. Kiwanians
serving on the derby committee
with Shepard, are Gordon McKay,
Gordon Randall, George Ager,
Dave Taylor, Leslie Ross, Wayne
Hamilton, and Glenn Lay.
Officers Named
At Boys' State
SALEM, June 20 (IB Donald Gil
bert. 16-year-old Lebanon high
school student, today was governor
of Boys State, a governmental
study sponsored by the American
Legion in Salem. He succeeds
Leonard Andls of Bend.
Young Gilbert was Installed last
night following his election victory
over three otner canuiaaies ai
sessions on the Willamette univer
sity campus.
Sherman Seastong, Bly, presided
as president of the senate for the
bovs' "legislature" and Tom Roe.
Corvallis, took charge in the house
of representatives.
Downtown Button
Sale Under Way
Downtown sales of Water Pag
eant commemorative buttons was
to begin today with Bend Camp
fire and Blue Bird members des
ignated to carry on the huskter
Ing. The girls, supervised by their
leaders and bv Mrs. Joe Elder,
chairman of the Pageant button
committee, have taken on the pro
gram as a volunteer, community
service project. They also have
been canvassing residential areas,
but button sales have been light,
according to Mrs. Elder.
A booth was to be set up today
on the corner of Wall and Oregon
streets, outside the First National
bank. A Campfire leader . will
maintain the booth at all times,
while the girls will work out from
it. oproaching everyone not wear
ing a button, Mrs. Elder said.
With the button eacn purcnaser
receives a coupon authorizing his
purchase of a reserved seat ticket
at the Pageant. The button alone
will admit the bearer through the
general admission gate on tne
nights of July 3 and 4, but a tick
et is necessary for obtaining a
place in the reserved section, it
was pointed out.
Reserved seat tickets will go
on sale July 1 at the Tower the
ater ticket office.
SPRINKLER STOLEN
Another lawn sprinkler, of the
more expensive type, has been
stolen In Bend, according to city
police reports. John Osterberg,
461 Riverside, reported that when
he returned from a vacation trip
the sprinkler, which had been left
in the front yard of his home,
was gone. Police are checking
second hand stores in Central Ore
gon, In an effort to run down
leads In the current epidemic of
sprinkler thefts.
A .wave of petty thievery! Outt'
nan uiugueu city puuee lor sev
eral months was at least partly
ciearea up yesceraay witn tne ar
rest of six boys, all ranging be
tween the ages of 14 and 18, and
the recovery , of a large array of
toot tne ooys confessed naving
stolen, t ''( .'.;,'':, ;. :;VVt-"- :.-.
Some of the boys confessed to
having operated as a gang,' In
that three or four of them usually
worked together' In perpetrating
petty thievery, John Truett, city
ponce cniei, said toaay. uniy one
of the boys, Donald M. carnagey,
18, 526 Harmon, will be taken be
fore the justice of peace, the chief
said. A petty larceny charge was
to have been filed against him in
this court today,
The five other boys will 1 be
taken Into the juvenile court for
punishment, - Truett explained.
The names of juvenile court de
fendants are not released. .
Much Loot Recovered
Among the loot recovered Is
the chassis of a table model radio,
which one of the boys admitted
having stolen two months ago'
from the Stanley Noe home, 631
Columbia; a large number of au
tomobile hubcaps of all makes;
fishing tackle, a reel and numer
ous lures shoplifted from local
sporting goods stores, and a large
number of rear view mirrors, de
frosters, windshield wiper blades
and other automobile equipment,
most of which had been pried or
broken from cars. The boys also
have admitted the theft of beer
from local business establish
ments. The boys told police that they
had sold some of the articles
taken, and that other Items, such
as hubcaps, were regarded some
what in the manner of collections,
with the boy having the greatest
variety oil makes regarded as the
best collector. The boys also trad
ed hubcaps, to add variety to their
collections, they told authorities.
In this connection, Chief Truett
noted that some of the boys had
their collections of nuocaps at
their homes, and that parents
must have observed what was go
ing on. He advised other parents
In Bend, noting their boys with
odd assortments of unexplained
merchandise, to contact him, as
a means of checking the epidemic
of petty pilferage.
Deadline is Set
In Mining Cases
PORTLAND, June 20 (IPl-'Holders
of unpatented mining claims on
public domain, national forest, and
O and C lands have until July 1 to
prove tnat they have none fiw
worth of assessment work on their
claims the past year, .the Bureau
of Land Management said here
today.
If the work is not done or proof
filed by the deadline, the claims
are subject to "adverse re-loca
tion," the bureau said.
Koreans Hint
Of Revolting
Against U.N.
By EARNEST HOBEBECHT ;
, PANMUNJOM, Korea June 20 m
Gen.; Mark W. Clark. Supreme
United Nations ' Commander, ac
cused Korean President Syngman
Rhee today of breaking his word
by freeing onti-Qommunist prison
erj. , t
i v"I can not at this time estimate
the ultimate consequences of this
precipitous and shocking action on
your parti" Clark told Rhee in a
bitterly phrased letter. ' '
' The Communist high command, "
in . turn, - in a letter 10 uianc,
accused the U, N. command of
connniving in the release of 26,000 .
prisoners. The 1 Communists de
manded that the prisoners be re-,
captured. , , '
- And finally," the defiant South
Korean government : sent Clark a v
letter demanding- that all remain
ing - anti-Communist Korean pris-1
oners be set free. The letter openly .
hinted at the possibility or violent
Korean revolt against tne u. n.
lorces. 1
Clark In Middle '
Thus Clark was caught In the
middle of an Increasingly'- critical;
situation. j
The armistice negotiations them
selves were In Indefinite recess
after a meeting of the' full truce'
delegations today at which, t to
(communists delivered their pro-!
test. ' i .
''; The Communist letter, to Clark
was written,- -it:- was : disclosed, - In
reply to a frank letter, by Lf, Gen.
William K. Harrison, Jr., senior
U. N. truce delegate.- to Korean
chief negotiator Gen Nam II. ', -, -
Harrison acknowledged that the
prisoners "broke out" of confine
ment . and; said it was indicated
that "the action had been secretly
planned and carefully coordinated -at
top levels in the Korean gov
ernment';.:,;..:, ' 't
Authority Assigned n :
. Clark's note reminded Rhee that
ip the. summer of .1950, when the
umtea states ana otner. unitea
Nations answered his call for help ..
In fighting the North Korean in
vaders, ' Rhee assigned authority
to. the U. N. over "all, land,' sea
arid air forces of the Republic of
Korea." , i',v3i i-.
Notwithstanding this, Clark's let
ter said,' Rhee had taken It upon
himself to break -this agreement:
on his own impulse by ordering
the release -of the prisoners "in
clear violation of ray authority.
Clark also pointed out that the .
78-year-old president recently had
assured him .and Ambassador
Ellis O. Briggs that no' action
would be taken without consulta
tion, is i-r; .sv;" .:.;:.:
Following a cabinet meeting to
day, Rhee's acting premier, Pyun
Yung Tae, said It wouia De im
possible to round up the 26,000
escaped prisoners In compliance
with the Communist demand made
earlier at Panmunjom. , '
No Desire
Pvun said the government had
no desire' 'to put the fugitives in
prison again.; .
Besides refusing to recapture the
prisoners, Rhee demanded the re
lease or tne ,uuu ami-communisi ,
North Koreans - who still remain
in United Nations compounds.
North Korean Premier Kim II
Sung and Gen. Peng Teh-Hual of
the Chinese people s volunteers
also demanded in a letter to
Clark that he give assurance that
Rhee s army would aoide ny a
truce. .- .
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He Missed Fire
At Own Store
PRINEVILLE, June 20 Something-
of a record was set here
Wednesday night when Arthur S.
Michel, pioneer groceryman and SO
years a fireman, missed answering
a call to a fire which alerted the
department to his own place of
business. Traditionally Michel has
been among the first to respond
to fires.
The fire, caused by defective
wiring In refrigeration equipment
caused a small damage, mostly .
from smoke, and did not Interrupt
service nt the store, operated by
his father and himself tor more
than 50 years.
Miohel reported that he was at
home listening to a ball game over ,
his radio and did not know of the
fire until his fellow firemen had
It out. v