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Ml TO WW a) U.S., Russia on Opposite Sides In Korea Battle (Editor's note: A shooting war has broken out in Korea. What it ii ail about? What vital Interest has the United States In the outrome? These and other pertinent questions are answered in the following dispatch by Earnest Haherei-ht, veteran United Press Far Eastern correspondent and manager of U.P.'s Tokyo bureau.) By Earnest Hoberecht United Press Correspondent Tokyo, June 26 U.R) The United States and Russia are in opposite corners in the Korean war. Russia is supporting northern Korea, a communist puppet state which attacked American-supported southern Korea before dawn Sunday in an attempt to win control of the whole country. Korea shook off the Japanese yoke at the end of World War II to find that it had been cut in two by the United States and KUS' sia in the Yalta agreement. The dividing line was fixed at the 38th parallel of latitude. Each Side Encourages Own Democracy Russian troops, already in Manchuria, occupied the northern half of the Korean peninsula. U. S. troops moved into the southern half. Each encouraged its own brand of demacraey. Under American sponsorship, proclaimed August 15, 1948, with United States turned over the rerjublic. Russia took the cue and the was proclaimed September 12, 1948, with a government ot com munists. The United States and Russia withdrew their trooos and re tired to the sidelines. They left behind diplomatic and military mis sions to advise the rival contestants. , The United Nations established a Korean commission to try and reconcile the two governments and set up a democratic regime for the whole country. North Korea retused to let tne commission enter its territory. Thus the lines were drawn day dawn. And the United States themselves neiping governments tney esiaoiisnea iibiii eacn uwiei, Aid Could Lead to War With Russia Tho TTnitpH States fanes this dilemma: If it openly aids southern Korea, this conceivably could lead to a shooting war witn itussia. Tj,,t if tho it s stands irllv hv. er by force or by default, other friendly Asian countries now in the western bloc wno nave Deen counting on Ameui-a mi uci. A highly-placed source in Tokyo says south Korea has only shnut in Havo' sunnlv nf ammunition. But the U. S. already is try ing to remedy that by flying in and other war supplies. Ships will Tho nnrthom fnrtt also were tion. gasoline and transport. But stand behind them. The best estimate here is that southern Korea can muster 141,' 000 men and north Korea, 116,000. n. MrfW. tnri-oe nnmnr so fifidnn armv trooDS. 10.000 se- curity troops and 40,000 police. uuo army regulars ana to.uuu pun. North Has Great Air Superiority North Korea has great air superiority with several squadrons of the latest type Russian fighter planes and a couple of old Japa nese Mitsubishi bombers donated by Russia. South Korea has is L-B reconnaissance planes carrying rocxev muikum. . armm.'J.ff'i... nr, tonics hut mnnv American trucks and jeeps, The north has a regiment of light tanks, but is short on road trans-port. Alaska Air Ordered on Anchorage, Alaska, June 26 hj.r) Anti-aircraft units ana fighter plane personnel were alerted throughout Alaska to day. Military police passed through the city ordering all soldiers connected with the 867th anti aircraft group and the fighter plane groups to return to their post immediately. Maj. James K. Bryan, public information officer at nearby Fort Richardson, said the alert had been ordered by Lt. Gen. Nathan F. Twining, command- Enforcement of Ban On Fireworks Slated The city administration will riot permit or tolerate use of firecrackers within the Medford city limits, Mayor Diamond Flynn declared today. He stated that city officers have been instructed to do all they can to encourage people to comply with the ordinance which forbids sale or discharge of fireworks within the city. Flynn reported that police have received numerous com plaints regarding discharging of firecrackers. The administration, he said, finds it necessary to en force more rigidly city and state laws because of extremely haz ardous fire and safety conditions. Eleven Persons Lose Oregon, Washington By United Press Eleven persons lost their lives in Oregon and Washington dur ing the week-end. Eight died in traffic accidents, two were kill ed in a plane crash and one per son was drowned. Pilot Benjamin Scars, Hills boro. Ore., and Mrs. Anna Can by. Gaston. Ore., died when thrir light plane crashed five miles south of Forest Grove, Ore., Sunday shortly after the plane "buzzed" a farmhouse. George Conway, Portland, drowned Sunday when a canoe capsized in the Tualatin river near Tigard. Ore. His compan ion, Wesley Thorns, was rescued. the (south) Korean republic was Syngman Rhee as president. The reins ot government to the new (north) Korean people's republic for the war which exploded Sun and Russia for the first time find it mav lose to communism, eith emergency supplies of munitions touow with more. helieved to be short of ammunt Russia and communist China The southern forces comprise 96,- Defenses Alert er in chief of Alaskan military forces. Gen. Twining was in Naknek, Alaska, when the invasion of South Korea started, Maj. Bryan said, but has been keeping con stantly in touch with all bases under his command. Army officials emphasized the alert was not general, and service troops were not among those ordered back to their posts. "There is no cause for hys teria or alarm at this time," Gen. Twining said, "either within An chorage or anywhere in the ter ritory. This is only an advance intelligence alert. We are taking advantage of developments in the international situation to hold a precautionary alert here." The general said the alert was applied to air bases throughout the territory, not only to Fort Richardson. . Capt. Sam Sloan, public in formation officer at Fort Rich ardson, said the entire fort was under a precautionary alert, in cluding all troops. WEATHER By United Press Northern California: Fair to day, tonight and Tuesday ex cept patches of morniiej fog along the coast; warmer over in terior and slightly warmer along coast today; west to northwest winds 8-19 miles per hour off coast, except southerly 8-15 miles north of Fort Bragg. Three members of a Puyallup, Wash., family, M r s. Florence Ashdown, 30, and her son, Ray 7, and daughter, Julia, 3, drown ed Sunday when their pickup truck left the highway after sideswiping a car and plunged into a flood-filled ditch near The Dalles. Ore. Ray Ashdown Sr. was thrown clear. Engvold Hanneman, 37, Port land, died Sunday when a car in which he was riding missed a turn at a bridge near Oswego, Ore., and crashed against a rock embankment. Hcnnan E. Lucke, 15, Ronton, Wash., was killed instantly when he was thrown from the back Medford 45th Year. 12 Pages. 16 khohh mm m MAY WED Princess Margaret Rose (left) has picked the man she thinks she is go in? to marry. Friends in London say he is the Earl of Dalkeith (right), 26. immensely rich, and the heir of the Scottish Duke of Buccleigh. Their engagement probably will be announced on or after her 20th birthday, Aug. 2L Explosion Believed Cause of Air Crash Benton Harbor. Mich., June 26 (U.R A DC-4 Northwest air liner carrying 58 persons prob ably exploded during a violent storm over Lake Michigan in the nation's worst airplane disaster, officials said today. The blast apparently shatter ed the plane to bits. Debris and parts of bodies were found yes terday and today over a four mile area of the lake 12 miles northwest of here. The plane disappeared early Saturday-on-a flight from New York to Min neapolis. Terrific Explosion Berrien County Coroner Lou is Kerlikowski and coast guard officers believed the plane was twisted by high winds which created a spark and ignited the gasoline supply. Home Economics 4-H Show to Open A home economics judging contest will open the home eco nomics and spring lamb show sponsored by the Jackson Coun ty 4-H club tomorrow at 9 a. m. at the fairgrounds. Some 250 youths are participating. The show opened this morning with judges passing on entries, but the exhibit buildings will not be open to the public until tomorrow. Tuesday morning's program will include a "dollar dinner" demonstration and a cooking demonstration. After noon activities will feature muffin baking contests, patching contests, junior and senior divi sions of a bread baking contest, darning contests, a dairy foods demonstration and a clothing demonstration. Exhibits of fat lambs and fleece grown by 4-H youths will be held simultaneously with the home economics show. Fur ther demonstrations, a style re view and a lamb sale will con clude the program Wednesday. Radio Highlights Dick Schuchard will inter view Coach Alex MacDonald concerning the Medford base ball school tomorrow at 7:45 a.m. over KYJC (1230 Kc.) Lives in Accidents of his father's truck after the vehicle collided with an auto mobile on the Sunset highway. Otis Grove, 21, Seattle, was killed when the car he was driv ing smashed against the rear of a Seattle Transit system bus Sunday. Karl H. Peterson, Seattle, was injured fatally when he fell un der the wheels of a moving truck while trying to Jump on the running board of the ve hicle. Donald Jenkins, Spokane, died when his car left the road P-5 miles east of Walla Walla. Wash. State patrolmen said Jen kins apparently went to sleep at the wheel. MEDFORD, OREGON, MONDAY, JUNE (Acme Tetephoto) Kerlikowski said "It must have have been a terrific explo sion to disintegrate the bodies so badly." Several persons were found who believed they saw the ship explode. Mrs. Bertha Busse of Bridg man, Mich., told Sheriff Erwin Kubath that just after the big flash of lightning she saw the plane flying over the lake. A second later, she heard an ex plosion and saw the ship dis integrate. Coast Guard Capt. Nathaniel Fulford said he doubted wheth er there was "a piece of the ship big enough to be worth diving for." Diving Request Refused He refused a request by Northwest airlines for a service diver to make the plunge into water which he said was at least 200 feet deep at that point. "I don't consider it the coast guard's duty to perform recov ery service in this case," he said. Northwest airlines sent a re quest to Washington for a navy diver. Fulford said bits of flesh and debris were bobbing to the sur face over the area. R. P. Helm, a retired naval officer, who saw the plane fly through stormy skies early Sat urday said "Suddenly there was a big flash and the plane was gone." W. G. Golkowski, acting chief of the civil aeronautics board's region 3, said it was "possible but not probable that the plane was hit by lightning." He tend ed toward the theory that high winds wrenched it. creating sparks that ignited the gasoline tanks. Pieces Float to Surface Capt. C. G. Bowman, skipper of the ice cutter Mackinac, told the United Press bureau at De troit by radio telephone that "tiny pieces keep floating to the surface all through the area." He said his men found hands, ears, a seat arm rest, and frag ments of upholstery. Fulford said the biggest piece of wreckage was "no bigger than your hand." However, searchers found two torsos and a piece of skull the size of a half- dollar. Six School Bids Over Bond Total Central Point, June 28 School officials who opened bids here Saturday for new high school construction said today that all six offers made exceed ed the $500,000 provided by bond issue for the project. The bids were turned over to the architects. Freeman, llasllp and Tufts, Portland, for study of alternates offered by contractors and the school board will con vene at 8 p.m. Friday for fur ther consideration. Donald M. Drake company, Portland, was reported lowest bidder. Others seeking the job were Settergen and Wiley, Ash land: W. H. Shields, Eugene; A. R. Nieman, Vancouver, Wash.; H. G. Carl, Salem, and H, Barn hart, Medford. 16 Others Missing In West Virginia; Red Cross Aids Six-County Area Swept by Floods Clarksburg, W. Va., June 26 (U.R) Five more bodies were re covered today from the flood ravaged six-county area swept by week-end flash floods, bring ing the number of drowned to 16. Another 16 persons were missing and believed dead. State Police Capt. E. E. Stout said the bodies of Naomi Mc Kinney, 12. Linnie MrKinney. 8. Clyde Bailey. R. W. Rolhwell and an unidentified man were recovered at Avondale. a short distance below their homes in the vicinity of Smithburg. Bodies Not Recovered Stout said the list of missing and presumed dead included six members of the Cooper family of Smithburg. He said their bodies had not been recovered. Stout directed the search by radio from Shinnston after national guardsmen, police and volunteer workers resumed their effort at dawn. A thick fog caused search operations to be suspended during the night. The Red Cross rushed food and medicine into the stricken area and set up relief stations to care for those whose homes were swept away by the swirl ing water. Power Restored The Monongahela Power com pany at Fairmont said electric power had been restored In all flooded towns except Cairo, where utility poles and lines were completely submerged or washed away. Fred Schroeder, in charge of the companies repair crews, said it would be two to three days be fore service could be restored in Cairo. War Reports Send Stock Market in Downward Surge New York, June 26 (U.R)- Fighting in Korea today gave the stock market its widest break since September 3, 1946 on the largest volume since May 14 1B48. Traders seized upon this out break of hostilities to dump holdings in tremendous volume. For a time at mid-session the tape fell as much as four min utes behind the market. Open ing transactions were touched off on volume ranging to 35,000 shares in individual issues. Some leaders failed to open an hour or more after the initial gong had struck on the floor. Slight Recovery Widest declines were made at mid-session after slight recov ery had lifted prices from the early lows. This selling sent lead ers down 5 to 7 points and one high priced issue, superior oil of California, lost IB points. Chemicals, oils, steels and mo tors were hardest hit and most active. Wall Street experts were at a loss to explain the sudden rush to sell. They pointed out that many traders had placed stop loss orders under the market and when these were touched they became orders to sell at the mar ket. With demand off to a small level, large volume of offerings resulted in severe losses. Commodities Advance Commodities advanced as stocks declined. The Dow-Jones commodity futures index hit a new high since Aug. 6, 1948. Im port commodities rose sharply and the grains made wide ad vances. . Dow Jones closing slock ave rages: 30 industrials 213.94, off 10.41; 20 railroads 52.42, off 3.43; 15 utilities 42.31. off 1 64; 65 stocks 74.85, off 3.79. Sales today approximated 3, 910.000 shares, compared with 1,700,000 traded Friday. Springfield, Ore., June 26 (U.R) Twenty-six applications have been received for the city manager post vacant here since the city council discharged Fred Cheatham three weeks ago. Tribune 26, 1950 NO. 80 flash . 5w :2terS2? I f FARM LAND ISOLATED Swirling Columbia River waters poured through a 100-foot break In a levee near Sauvtcs Island about 30 miles northwest of Portland, Ore, forcing evacuation of nine fami lies. Death toll In flooded areas of the Northwest reached 11 and many waterfront industries In Portland and Vancouver have dosed due to rising water. Wilsons Attended Theater, Girl Says Vancouver, Wash., June 26- (U.R) Mrs. Betty Lyon, 18, the mystery witness referred to in testimony last week, today told the jury hearing the murder kidnaping case against Turman and Utah Wilson that she had talked with the brothers Sun day night, March 19, at the Playhouse theater in Portland. ' The Wilson brothers, on trial for the abduction-murder of 18-year-old JoAnn Dewey, have contended they were attending a movie at the Playhouse the ater at the time JoAnn was kid naped from a Vancouver street. Mrs. Lyon was brought into the case last week when Mrs. Cleo Wilson (no relation to the brothers) testified she saw Mrs. Lyon talking to the brothers In the theater lobby "late In Three Hurt in Crash On Highway 99 North Community hospital attend ants said today that the condi tion of Mrs. Norman Summers, 30, Klamath Falls, and of James Kilburn, 34, Crater Lake were fair this morning. They were in jured early Sunday morning when a car driven by Norman Summers collided head-on with one driven by Kilburn near the Valley drive-in theater on high way 99. Conger-Morris ambulance at tendants said Mrs. Summers suf fered a broken leg and that Sum mers had a bad cut over his right eye. Kilburn sustained back and shoulder Injuries. Summers has been released from the hos pital. Switchmen Long Strength Test Chicago, June 26 (U.R) AFL switchmen and five western railroads dug in today for a lengthy test of strength as the national railway mediation board sought to end the switch men's strike against the roads. Francis O'Neill, chairman of the board, talked with both sides In an effort to find a formula to end the walkout of 4,000 switch men against the Rock Island, Great Northern, Western Pa cific, Chicago Great Western and Denver and Rio Grande western railroads. However, O'Neill said no joint conferences were schedul ed as the strike went into Its second day. 32.000 Out of Work About 32,000 non-striking em ployees were thrown out of work on the four roads paralyz ed by the switchmen. The walk out also threatened to idle at least part of the Great North ern's 28,000 non-striking workers. The five roads are heavy freight haulers and operate over 21,256 miles of track In 23 states. Union President Arthur Glo ver said the strike would "stay , THER CAST: Variable htth V tnesi tonight and Tuei O Little change la temper . Temp. Higheit Yesterday .... 78 Lowest thli MHornlng 46 fioqo V.TJ ' t March," but she said she couldn't remember the exact date. Mrs. Wilson at the time was head usherette at the theater. Mrs. Lyon, first defense wit ness called to the stand today, testified that she worked at the theater only one day Sunday, March 19. She said she worked from 5 to 9:50 p. m. She testified that she talked to the Wilson brothers in the theater lobby. She said she thought Utah was someone she knew. Mrs. Wilson in her testimony last week said she had been asked by Defense Attorney Ir- vin Goodman to find Mrs. Lyon but that she hadn't been able to lortite her. Defense Attorney Sanford Clement told reporters that the mystery witness had "completely disappeared. Witness Moved Mrs. Lyon explained that she had moved to a new address after her one night's work at the theater. She said she became ill while on the job and eventu ally went to the hospital for several days. Under cross-examination by Prosecutor Dewitt Jones, Mrs. Lyon said Mrs. Wilson had talked to her 'on two occasions after her employment at the the ater. She didn't say what the conversations were about. Last week, Mrs. Wilson denied from the stand that she had con tacted Mrs. Lyon or know where she was. Utah Wilson was expected to be recalled to the stand today in a continuation of hit testi mony interrupted by court re cess last Saturday. Dig in for In effect until we win our ob jectives." Called "Callous Violation1 Daniel P. Loomls, chairman of the Association of Western Rail roads, called the strike a "cal lous violation of the spirit and intent of the railway labor act." "This Is just another unjusti fied strike which the railroads will have to sit out," he said. The switchmen walked off their Jobs and began picketing at 6 a.m., local time, yesterday to enforce a demand that their work week be cut from 48 to 40 hours without loss in pay. Portland. Ore., June 28 U.P.) Great Northern railroad offic ials said today switching opera tions at Klamath Falls. Ore., and Beiber, Cal., were shut down when union engineers, firemen and other employees refused to cross picket lines sof up yester day by striking AFL switchmen. Thirty switchmen belonging to the Klamath Falls local went on strike at the two yards. A spokesman said no northbound freight trains were expected at Klamath Falls because nf the strike. Normally, six trains a day pass through the two yards. Reds Expected lo Take Over Capital Within Short Time Republican Defense Appear to Collapse Seoul, Korea, June 28 U.R) Communist armored forces from North Korea were massing In the suburbs ot Seoul early to day. Some Americans here be lieved they would take over thli capital of South Korea within hours. The South Korean republican defenses appeared to have col lapsed In the Seoul area, leav ing me city at the mercy of the San Francisco. June 26 (U.R) A spokesman for the South Korean government said today American aid "if too little and too late." The spokesman, Clarence Rhee, public information of ficer, said President Syngman Rhee "is greatly disappointed with American aid." Soviet-affiliated forces which in two days swept down from the border to the outskirts of Seoul. ignoring a United Nations cease fire order. Emergency Session The cabinet met in emergency session. Reports circulated that the government was about to flee southward. Washington dip lomatic sources said it would go to Taiden, 90 miles south of Seoul but this could not be con firmed. Advance elements of the com munist armored forces which broke through north of Seoul and smashed into the outlying area, were said to be relatively weak. During the early and middle part of the night the movement in the war subsided. Tactician! believed the communist van guard was waiting for re inforcements. Can Move at Will The best information in re sponsible American quarter! here indicated that the invaders could move into the heart of the capital Virtually at will. The) suggestion was heard frequent ly that they would do to thia afternoon. The North Korean radio re ported that 100 bombers were) waiting to raid Seoul thii morn ing. Authoritative sources knew of no bomberi in the North Korean air force, and put the report down as propaganda blow in a war of nerves. Reports circulated, lacking confirmation m the hurry and confusion, that the communist had encircled Klmpo airport, just outside Seoul. Flights Cancelled (Gen. Douglas MacArthur la Tokyo cancelled army transport flights to Seoul, suggesting that the city had been out off from normal non-communist air op erations. (A Washington diplomatia sou roe reported fighting at Ai com City, 10 miles southwest of Seoul on the road to Inchon, the port for the capital. It Indi cated that the communists had crossed the Han river, the main stream crossing South Korea, which flows Just south of Seoul. Such a penetration would out flank Seoul.) U. S. Ambassador John J. Muccio was taking the events as they came and apparently had not fixed a course for em bassy attaches in case the gov ernment left Seoul. The American mission burned diplomatic document! and evacuated southward its women members who had not taken ad vantage of the Sunday evacua tion movement. Washington, June 26 (U.R) President Truman today de nounced the "unprovoked ag gression" against South Korea and pledged a bigger and faster flow of military supplies to the communist-invaded republic. Describing the invasion as a lawless action," the president said that those responsible for it must realize how seriously the government of the United State! views such threats to the peace of the world." He said in a spea ial statement this "willful disre gard of the obligation to keep the peace cannot be tolerated by nations that support the United Nations charter." Police Investigating Week-End Safe Robbery City and state police today are investigating leads in a week-end safe burglary at Mod ern Plumbing and Sheet Metal company at 32 North Riverside avenue. Police reported that the lock on the safe was broken ana $110 taken. Apparently nothing else was taken. Entry was made through skylight, It wti mkL.
