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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
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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
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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
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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 ,
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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.