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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.