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Newspaper Page TextNATION fll EKTEO FOE ME HAL QF KOREA CONFLICT Medford United Press FuU Luied Wlr 47th Year 18 Pages POW Riot. 'Fanatical' Red Prisoners Cause Turmoil at Pusan Sit Down Strike o On Koje Island Seoul, Korea (U.R) One pris oner of war was killed, 85 were injured and one Allied soldier 4 hurt when guards broke up a riot by "fanatical" Communist prisoners near Pusan Tuesday. At the same time it was dis closed that a "sit down strike" by Korean prisoners, doctors and attendants in the main pris oner of war hospital on Koje Island had been broken without violence. Segregation Causei Trouble Trouble flared in the Pusan camp when prisoners described a 3 "Communist agitators" tried to prevent segregation of pris oners for medical treatment. Gen. James A. Van Fleet's 8th Army headquarters here called it "an attempt by fanat ical Communist prisoners to re sist proper medical treatment of patient inmates of Enclosure 10." Battle-toughened Allied troops moved in after the prisoners ig nored two warnings that force would be used. The troops car ried arms and used "riot tac tics" but no shots were fired, the 8th Army said. , Trouble at Koje On Koje Island, where rebel lious hard-core Communists re cently kidnaped the Allied camp commander, trouble broke on May 16 and 17, it was disclosed Tuesday. Prisoners, doctors and attend ants in the main hospital went on "strike" with demands rang ing from better food to "an hour of pleasure every day with the women." Women Prisoners Rejected In a companion incident 400 women prisoners refused to ac cept the return of four women back to their compound. The sit-down strike began May 16 when representatives of the prisoner doctors and attend ants handed a list of 10 "de mands" to Col. G. S. Gelenger, Flint, Mich., hospital command er. Galenger was startled by the "women" demand. "You can interpret that one," he said, "whichever way you want." Council To Consider Setback Proposals Hearing on a proposed set back change at Highland drive and Barneburg road will be held at a regular meeting of the coun cil at 7:30 o'clock tonight, city officials said today. The council is also expected to set a date for a hearing on a setback change at Murray and Hamilton streets, they said. Other business slated to come p before the council includes a number of traffic regulations recommended by the safety com mittee and a gasoline fueling lease at the municipal airport. 4 Log tans urr ituck; -a - it - v I One Killed, Two Hurt Albany, Ore. (U.R) One man was fatally injured and three others were hurt, two crit ically, Tuesday when a log fell off a passing truck on top of an automobile two miles west of Sweet Home. Oliver D. Goodman, 23, Le banon, died half an hour after the accident in a Sweet Home hospital. Wilmer Greer and Ar thur Star, both of Lebanon, were in critical condition. Submerged H Sighted; Two Bellinghom 0) The sub merged hulk of the 35-foot sloop Prelude and the bodies of two of the seven persons aboard the yacht were found Tuesday off Lummi Island, eight miles west of Bellingham, the Coast Guard reported. One Body Identified . Only one of the bodies was identified that of Ed Jukes, Bellingham. Coroner August Coet said Jukes died from a blow on the herd. The hulk of the craft was sighted from a Coast Guard plane off Migale point, north ernmost tip of the island. Coastguardsmen said the ves- MEDFORD, OREGON, TUESDAY, MAY 20, CREVASSE YIELDS BODY OF STUDENT Kelso, Wash. (U.R) Art Jessett, 23-year-old Seattle min ister's son, apparently died 12 hours after he slipped into a 90- foot-deep crevasse on the slope of Mount St. Helens, a member of the rescue team said Tuesday. Jessett's frozen body was re moved from the crevasse Mon day by nine rescuers who brav ed a snowstorm to reach the snow bridge at the 8,000-foot level where the accident took place. Accident Sunday The body was brought to Spir it Lake, where Jessett's grief stricken parents were waiting. Jessett fell into the crevasse about noon Sunday while climb ing down the southwest slope of the 9,671-foot mountain with three companions. Bruce Raby, one of the party, said they were going down singlefjfile, with Jes sett in the rear. Suddenly, Jessett called out, "I'm slipping." He fell from sight. He landed on a ledge about 35 feet down, but the heat from his body apparently melted the ice so that he could not hold on. He then plunged another 55 feet to the bottom. Became Silent His companions heard him groaning at intervals during the afternoon. At 5:30 p.m. Sunday he became silent. The rescue party lowered Se attle mountaineers Jim and Lewis Whittaker into the ere- City DST Decision Meets With Favor Mayor D. L. Flynn and other city officials today reported that the city's decision to remain on standard time has met with a widespread favorable response. Only one letter, unsigned, has been received commenting un favorably on the decision made last Saturday, Mayor Flynn said. "Literally hundreds of phone calls came in early this week approving the rejection of day light savings time," Mayor Flynn stated. He added that a majority of those voicing approval of standard time were residents of Medford, although calls and let ters were also received from rural residents. The mayor again urged that all Jackson county residents unite in efforts to place a meas ure clarifying the state's stand on daylight saving time, "for once and all," on the general ballot in November. Such a meas ure would end the confusion which has been in evidence this year, he said. Germany Peace Treaty To Be Signed Monday Bonn, Germany (U.R) The Western Allies and West Ger many will sign a separate peace treaty in Bonn Monday despite Communist threats of retalia tion. Later the same day, In Paris, Germany will sign the Euro pean defense agreement under which she will contribute 12 div isions to a European army de signed to defend West Europe against any Soviet aggression. West German Chancellor Kon rad Adenauer presented to the Parliamentary Foreign Affairs Committee Tuesday the final text of the peace treaty. He will ask for final Cabinet approval Wednesday. ulk of Sloop Bodies Found sel apparently sank after she stuck on a reef or log. In addition to Jukes, those aboard the craft included five adults and a 12-year-old boy. On Pleasure Trip The auxiliary powered sail ing vessel left North Beach on Orcas Island at 6 p. m. Sunday for a 20-mile, two-hour cruise to Bellingham. The sloop had left here early Sunday on a pleasure trip to the island. Aboard the Prelude were Mr. and Mrs. Paul Fordyce, the owners: their 12-year-old son, Kenneth; Mr. and Mrs. Ed Jukes and Mr. and Mrs. Don Card, all of Bellingham, Broken Up -van " . ART JESSETT Found Dead in Crevasse vasse by ropes Monday. The brothers placed a rope around Jessett's body and those on the surface hauled it up. Poll Open Until 8 p.m. In School Budget Election A poll in the Medford senior high school will be open until 6 o'clock this evening in an elec tion to give School District 49 authority to exceed the six per cent limitation on budget in creases for the coming fiscal year. The total amount of the 1952-53'budgct is $1,265,196.09. Any registered voter who has resided within the school district for at least six months is eligible to vote in the election. The amount of the budget in excess of the legal limitation is $321,237.45. Of the total pro posed budget, $557,607.58 will be derived from state, county and other receipts and $707, 588.51 will be raised by tax ation. The polling place, in the Girls gymnasium of the high school, opened at 2 p.m. Votes from two of the larger of the 23 rural school districts in Jackson county were tabulat ed this morning and showed 107 in favor of the proposed budget and 7 opposing, accord ing to the county school super intendent's office. The election was held throughout the county yester day on the $1,081,642.21 budget with an excess of $819,377.12 ov er the 6 per cent increase lim itation and $140,646.10 over the current year's budget. Rescue Expeditions In Jungle Reached Rio De Janeiro, Brazil (U.R) Brazilian Air Force men reached members of two rescue expedi tions stranded at the jungle scene of a Stratocruiser crash Tuesday and began evacuation operations. Between 30 and 40 men were prisoners of the jungle until Air Force officials reached the scene and set up an emergency evacu ation camp. They reported by radio that the situation was "normal," indi cating the release of two mem bers of an official U.S.-Brazilian investigation team seized as hos tages by a group of civilian ad venturers who feared they would be abandoned in the jun gle. Portland U.R) Sen. Wayne Morse, R-Ore., Tuesday named H. Clay Myers Jr., president of the Young Republicans of Ore gon, as his alternate to the Re publican national convention in Chicago. Weather FORECAST: Varlihlf e1oudlnit with wldrlv srittrtfj ihowert tonight and WMnridv. Low toniiht 4, hlh Wednesday 70-7i. Htthrtt YUrdT 7T Lowest this Morning ...... . 54 Pretlp To 4:1 a m. Today .... . .at Tribune lluitd prua rull Leased Wus 1952 No. 51 Gen. Eisenhower Plans Major Talk In Detroit in June Exact Date Not ' Yet Confirmed Washington (U.R) Gen. Dwight D. Eisenhower's cam paign strategists are making plans for the general to deliver a major address in Detroit on or about June 17. Informed sources said it is "definite" that Eisenhower will make a June appearance in the Motor City, but that the exact date is not yet "firm." Wants To Be Told - Eisenhower said at The Hague Tuesday that he is "not aspiring to anything." He said if the Re publican party wants him to run for president, it will have to tell him so. The Detroit speech could be one of Eisenhower's most import ant undertakings before the Re publican convention opens July 7. Present plans call for him to return from Europe in time for a June 4-5 appearance at his home town of Abilene, Kan., followed by an indefinite schedule that in dicates at least two or three ma jor speeches. Michigan Key State Supporters of both Eisenhower and his chief rival for the GOP nomination, Sen. Robert A. Taft, R-O., eye Michigan as a key state this year. Besides wanting to capture the state's hefty bloc of electoral votes, the GOP especially wants to knock off Sen. Blair Moody, D-Mich., a prime Republican tar get in the November voting. On the Democratic side, Presi dent Truman accepted an invita tion to serve as a delegate-at-large from Missouri at the party's national convention. Helena, Mont. (U.R) Sup porters of Gen. Dwight D. Eisen hower Tuesday were ready to make 'the fur fly" if they don't win at least two of the state's eight convention delegates, while Democrats appeared agreed on sending an unpledged slate to Chicago. Three state conventions. Re publican, Democrat and Progres sive, opened Tuesday. Taft Bob. Confident Sen. Robert Taft seemed a cinch to win at least five dele gates, but his Montana campaign manager was still confident the state's delegation would win all eight. To this, state Sen. Charles H. Mahoney, a liberal Republican, replied: "we'll make the fur fly if there's any steam roller tactics by that bunch. If there s any railroading, there's not going to be a single Republican elected in the general election in this state. Those Taft boys better not try to ride rough shod." Portland (U.R) Donald J. Sterling, who retired in March as managing editor of the Ore gon Journal here, has joined the staff of Pacific Power & Light company as public affairs con sultant. Mayors Embarrassed As Prize Automobile Disappears on Tour Central Point Their hon ors were left slightly embar rassed this morning when the top city magistrates of the valley, touring the country In kangaroo court style for the Phoenix May Festival, were ' left without their prize Ply mouth sedan. While the learned judges from the Phoenix Lions club were passing sentence on Cen tral Point's mayor, police ' chief and other city officers, a group of disrespectful citi zens made off with the offic ial car, regardless of dire con sequences known to be meted out by i the augurt body from the city south of Medford. After a "sweating out" per iod, the car was returned, however, and the court was able-to resume its somewhat belated journey to Medford. It resumed by Impounding Mayor Diamond Flynn and Police Chief Clatous McCred ie In its portable jail with sen tence suspended if his honor and the chief phow up at Sat urday's festival. The court is slated to ap pear with its entourage at Ashland and Talent later thil afternoon. o? i-s-- ?v jf"" r!irsj Iv !"l? iff HARRISON RELIEVES JOY-Maj. Gen. William K. Harrison Jr. (left), a member of the United Nations truce delegation in Korea, will succeed Vice Adm. C. Turner Joy (right) as senior U. N. truce delegate. Adm. Joy is to take over as superintendent of the U. S. Naval Academy at Annapolis. Saberjets Down Four Communist Planes Seoul. Korea (U.R) American Sabrejets shot down four Com-1 munist MIG-15s and damaged an-! other in a battle near the Yaluj river that produced America's 16th jet ace Tuesday'. Twelve Sabres ripped into 12 MIGs that were stalking slower Allied fighter - bombers. They fought 15 minutes while the fighter-bombers plastered rail lines from Manchuria with bombs and rockets. Victories ran the 5th Air Forces' toll of Red jets to 302. Col. Harrison R. Thy'ng, Pitts field, N. H commander of the 4th Fighter-Interceptor Wing, shot down his fifth MIG to be come the newest American ace. Thyng's achievement came a year to the day after Maj. James Jabara became history's first jet ace. Infantrymen Attack On the ground Allied infantry Anti-Hail Flights Made Here Monday Thunderheads which rose to more than 20,000 feet during the early part of the afternoon were seeded by planes yesterday to prevent hail from falling on pear orchards of the valley, it was reported this morning. The flying was done by planes belonging to Harvey Brandau and Eugene Kooser, who are un der contrpct to the Rogue Val ley Traffic association to pre vent hail. Three planes were In the air for varying times between 2 and 5 p.m., Kooser reported, and ac tual seeding lasted for about half an hour, he said. At about 2 p.m. several clouds were build ing up high and fast, he added, in typical hail-bearing forma tions. The efforts of the pilots were successful, and rain was seen to fall from the seeded clouds, Kooser reported, al though he said the clouds were so high that he thinks the rain evaporated before it got to the ground. At about 3 pm., a natural change in weather, with dry winds, changed the picture In the valley, and eliminated the threatening cloud formations, Kooser said. 'Vicious' Means Said Used To Block Peace Panmunjom, Korea (U.R) Vice Adm. C. Turner Joy, chief United Nations truce delegate, accused the Communists Tues day of blocking peace in Korea by "every vicious means" at their disposal. Joy snid the Communists turn ed on I he most "vicious, degrad ing propaganda" outburst that he has heard in the more than 10 months since the talks began. He told the Communists "the responsibility is yours" if the stalemate continues. Response 'Gratifying' To Appeal for Aid The response to yesterday's plea for furniture for the burned out Evans Creek family of dis abled veteran Clarence Kapar off has been "very gratifying," according to Mrs. Fred Rankin of the Jackson County Red Cross. She said this morning that en ough bedroom furniture has been donated and that the home less family now needed chests of drawers, living room furniture, rugs, chairs, and a refrigerator. Anyone wishing to contribute to the collection, which will be taken to Rogue River tomorrow, it asked to call Medford 2-4405. men wearing new nylon body armor hit stubborn Chinese out posts in the third straight day of bayonet grenade and rifle at tacks on the West-Central Front Medford Sergeant Killed in Action In Korea Fighting Marine Corps Sgt. William Paul Noud, son of Thomas P. Noud. route 2. box 251 Medford, was killed in action in Korea May 9, his father was informed this week by a telegram from Marine Corps headquarters in Washington, D. C. His death occurred just one month after he arrived in Korea. No details of the action In which he was killed were contained in the telegram, but a letter re ceived today by the sergeant's father, from a corporal in the same squad, said Sergeant Noud was hit by shrapnel from a mor tar blast while carrying a wounded Marine to an aid sta tion. 75 Wounded The action was an attempt to gain a hill held by Chinese com munists, the letter said, and 75 men were wounded in the battle 7 were killed and 2 were cap- lured, bcrgeant Noud was a squad leader In the outfit. The hill was taken and was still be ing held at the time the letter was written. The Medford man "was the best squad leader I ever served under," the corporal's letter said. Sergeant Noud had been In the Marines about 2V4 years, ac cording to his family. He was born in the Rogue valley, and attended St. Mary's school be fore enlisting in the service. Survivors here, other than his father, include a sister, Beverley, and a brother, Pat. Another brother, Tom, Is now serving in the Air Force, and a sister, Mary, lives in Portland. The telegram telling of Ser geant Noud's death was signed by Gen. Lemuel C. Shepher Jr., commandant of the Marine Corps. Greyhound Lines Strike Settled Portland (U.R) The Pacific Northwest labor picture was brighter Tuesday with settle ment of the Pacific Greyhound line dispute. AFL bus drivers accepted a settlement ending the 11-week- old strike against Pacific Grey hound lines Monday night and the company planned to resume service In seven western states today. Pacific Greyhound busses be gan operating In Portland at 6.15 a.m., and full service to Oregon points south of the Rose City was expected by the end of the day. Scheduled Atomic Test At Nevada Site Fails To Go Off; Cause Said Unknown Las Vegas, Nev. (U.R) A scheduled atomic test failed Tuesday for the second time since the Atomic Energy Com mission started using its South ern Nevada proving grounds. The A EC said it did not know what went wrong. Reset for Thursday The detonation was to have been the 18th nuclear explosion at the desert site 75 miles north east of here. Failure either In the wiring maze or in the device itself atop the 300-foot steel tow er caused the fifth postponement of the test originally set for a week ago, It was tentatively re set for Thursday morning. MUST BE READY FOR TREACHERY, TRUMAN TELLS ARMY CADETS West Point, N.Y. (U.R) President Truman alerted the nation Tuesday for possible renewal of Speaking at ceremonies marking the 150th anniversary of the U.S. Military Academy here, he said he is still hopeful of concluding "a Just and honorable added: "We must also be alert and ready to meet treachery or a re newal of aggression if that should come." War Possibility Said Not Remote Drawing up a balance sheet on the general world situation, Mr. Truman said it remains "difficult and dangerous in the ex treme" and "no one should assume that the possibility of world war has become remote." He said the United States has tripled its military production in the past year and Its Allies are rolling forward rapidly with their rearmament programs, so "I believe we are well on the way to preserving our freedom without paying the frightful cost of world war Congresk Warned Against Money Cuts He warned Congres anew that any "substantial cuts in his de fense and foreign aid spending requests will have "extremely se rious offects." Senate and House committees have trimmed $1, 000,000,000 from his $7,900,000,- 000 foreign aid request, while the house has voted a cut of $4, 700,000 000 in the $50,900,000,- 000 defense budget, Mr. Truman confirmed an ear lier report from Gen. J. Lawton Collins, Army chief of staff, that an atomic artillery piece has been "developed and tested." He gave no further details, but said the new weapon "will have to be reckoned with in the future." Atomic Cannons Ordered Informed sources said the Army already has ordered 20 of the giant atomic cannons from the Baldwin Locomotive Works, Collins said several months ago that the weapon had been tested with conventional high explo sives, but indicated that the Army was still awaiting perfec tion of an atomic artillery shell a project which the Atomic En ergy Commission has given high priority in its recent Nevada tests. Americans must not "relax" their defense efforts Mr. Tru man said. The forces of the Soviet em pire are large, well-trained, and equipped with modern weapons, including the atom bomb. The Kremlin's desire to dominate the world is obviously un changed." Talk with Ridgway The President's analysis of the situation in Korea followed a long talk with Gen. Matthew B Ridgway, the supreme comman der in the Far East who is on his way to Europe to succeed Gen. Dwight D. Eisenhower. Ridgway arrived in Washington Monday night and went into im mediate conference with the Presiden.t He accompanied the President to West Point Tues day. During the ceremonies Mr, Truman awarded General Ridg way an oak leaf cluster signify ing a third Distinguished Service Medal. The general was cited for his "magnificent personal leadership" of United Nations forces In Korea. Prisoner Stand Told Mr. Truman restated in strong terms this country's firm refusal to give in to Communist demands on exchange of prisoners in Ko rea. "It would be a betrayal of the ideals of freedom and justice for which we are fighting if we forced these men at bayonet point to return to their ex-mas ters. We won't do it. We won t buy an armistice by trafficking in human slavery," he said. Railroad Unionists Favoring 'Pakage' Washington (U,R) Railroad union leaders were reported "leaning" toward acceptance of a White House proposal Tues day for settling their three-year dispute with the carriers. The carriers quickly accepted the "package" Monday night. It would mean an immediate out lay of $100,000,000 in retrac tive wage Increases and substan tial future boosts. A loose wire caused the prev ious failure during the series of tests last fall. "An experimental nuclear de vice scheduled to be tested this morning on a Nevada proving ground tower was put into op eration but at the zero time there was no detonation," the Atomic Energy commission said In a prepared statement. Cause Not Known "It has not yet been determin ed what occurred In the inner connecting firing and test cir cuit," to the tower, the AEC said. "The experiment has not been cancelled but has been postponed for at least 48 hours." large - scale warfare in Korea. armistice" In the Far East. He Kefauver Opposes Photograph Ban at Committee Hearing Washington (U.R) Sen. Estes Kefauver, who presided over the widely-televised hearings of the Senate Crime Committee, said Tuesday he is "very much against" the move to bar radio, TV and even still cameras from the Senate committee hearings. The Tennessee Democrat, now presidential candidate, said the senate should welcome the widest possible dissemination" of its hearings. Chairman Pat McCarran, D- Nev., of the Senate Judiciary Committee, introduced a resolu tion Monday to change Senate rules so as to bar recordings or broadcasts of testimony before committees. Still pictures would not be allowed while the com mittee is in session, and wit nesses could not be photographed in committee rooms before or after sessions without their con sent. House Speaker Sam Rayburn recently enforced a similar ban against broadcasts or newsreels of house committee proceedings. However, house committees al low still pictures. McCarran said his proposal fol lowed recommendations of the American Bar Association. How ever, the bar association made no mention of still pictures in the letter which McCarran put into the record Monday. Six Miners Perish In Gas-Filled Pit Frugeres, France (U.R) Six miners were killed Tuesday and six were trapped in a gas filled mine pit 1,800 feet below the surface and believed lost. Eight miners scrambled t o safety when deadly coal gas fumes filled the underground chamber at the Brassac mine. Pickets Picketed In Labor Dispute Employees at Kim's restau rant. Highway 99 south, are now picketing union pickets of . AFL Local 329. Culinary A1-. llance and Bartenders union. They started last Sunday ac cording to one of the wait resses. The union picket line, which has been in effect since May 2, it against the employees of the restaurant, the spokesman pointed out, and "we are pick eting the pickets on our own the employer has nothing to do with It." Four employees were march ing with the union pickets on Sunday, one on Monday until 5 p.m. and four until 9 o'clock last night. The waitress said that the union pickets didn't start until about noon and that three of the waitresses would be walking with signs again this afternoon. Signs read "We ARE Get ting Union Scale." "We Don't Need Local 329." "We're for Kim's" and "Why Join?" When asked how long they intended to picket the pickets, the reply was, "We can last as long as they can." The AEC withheld annouce ment of the test failure pending clearing of the official statement with headquarters in Washing ton. The action took 10 minutes from the time it was dispatched from the proving grounds at Yucca Flat, 70 miles northeast of here, until clearance was re-, celved. GIs Disappointed Failure of the detonation to come off as scheduled was a dis appointment not only to scien tists but to some 2,000 shivering GIs who huddled in cold wind swept foxholes at a safe distance from the tower to observe.