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fM Medford Lolled Pkm full LtucS WtM 47th Year 14 Pages Jeering Tank Troops Tear Down Red Banners Inside Compound Fellow Captives Care for Victim By RICHARD APPLEGATE Koje Island !U,B A South Korean officer Monday night shot and wounded a jeering, rock-throwing prisoner of war only a few hours after an Amer ican Patton tank and bayonet armed troops tore down taunt ing banners inside a compound. The new shooting was report ed as Gen. Mark W. Clark, su preme U.N. commander, flew here for an inspection of pris oner stockades and said that "maximum force" would be ap plied if necessary to get obedi ence from the rebellious cap tives. The 200 Communists inside compound 60 carried the pris oner, wounded in one leg, into a tin shack about 30 feet from the fence. They refused to turn him over to American officers for medical care. The Korean officer fired three shots from his .45 caliber pistol after the prisoner and his com rades jeered and stoned a pass ing column of South Korean soldiers. Commander Gives Orders Earlier, at Compound 602, camp commander Brig. Gen. Haydon L. Boaatner stood in a machine gun guard tower and shouted orders while his tanks and men took direct action to enforce his orders that-the ban ners must come down. Compound 80, where the prisoner was wounded, is the smallest of 17 enclosures and confines only prisoners accused of war crimes. When American officers ask ed the prisoners to give up the wounded man the Reds formed Into a solid mass just behind the Inner gate. They sang and shouted anti American slogans while a cheer leader spurred them on, waving a scrap of North Korean flag and giving them insulting phrases which they repeated In chorus, A witness to the shooting said the South Korean officer had been goaded' beyond control by the shouting and rock throwing. Capt. Jim Miller, Washington, D.C., head of the medical com pany of the 187th Airborne reg iment, asked the prisoners to return him. They responded by yelling belligerently. For a moment it appeared that the angry Miller was going to charge alone into the com pound, but after a few minutes he and his men folded their med ical kit and left. Fair Weather Expected To Continue in Oregon By UNITED PRESS Continued fair weather through Tuesday was forecast for most of Oregon Monday by the weather bureau. Some high cloudiness is ex pected in some western sections of Oregon. Temperatures will be up to 70 to 80 degrees west of the Cascades and from 72 to 82 east of the mountains. Ontario, with 84, was the warmest spot in the state Sun day. Young Valley But Only After Difficulty A young valley couple got mar ried Saturday but they just barely made it. The bridegroom, Eugene Davis Cox, son of Mrs. Fern Elizabeth Miller, 403 DeBarr avenue, is in the Army, and is now stationed at Ft. Lewis. Wash., after return ing from Korea last January. He was here on a three-day pass to get married to Betty Mae Bean, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Fred H. Bean, 411 Church street. Phoe nix, a sophomore at Phoenix high school. Plans for the wedding were in definite until 4 p.m.. according to the girl's mother. There were number of difficulties, including finding a minister. And to add to the confusion. Mist Bean dropped her medical MEDFORD, OREGON, MONDAY, JUNE 2, 1952 POW Shot by Koje Guard ar g&fp nk F : r ttt r i J 5lsa'Jw -Or""" ,1 - M-". NOT TO BE TAKEN LIGHTLY West Berlin youths ignore a new cold-war threat as they use a newly erected East Zone road blockade for a game of "follow the leader" in the French sector of the city. The recent signing of a peace treaty with the Allies by West Germany sparked retaliatory moves by the Soviet much the game as those which resulted in the Berlin airlift of 1348-43. Holiday Death Toll Establishes Record; Oregon Counts Nine By UNITED PRESS The week-end toll of traffic deaths set a new record for any three-day Memorial week-end, a final tabulation showed Monday. The nation counted 335 dead in traffic crashes -4tom $- p-.m. Thursday to midnight Sunday. Drownings Claim 87 In addition, 07 persons died by drowning, nine in airplane crash es and 79 in miscellaneous mis haps to give the country an over all total of 520 violent deaths. National Safety Council ex perts had expected 310 persons would die on highways. California led the states with 48 deaths of ail types, including 31 auto fatalities and 10 drown ings. Ohio, however, had the most traffic deaths, 37. New York state counted 19 traffic deaths and Texas had 18. Florida reported only one death- on its highways while Del aware, South Dakota and Ne- West Berliners Beat Commie Policeman Berlin U,R! Angry West Berliners Monday beat a Com munist policeman manning a barrier between the city and the surrounding Soviet Zone of Germany. . It was the first outbreak of violence since the Soviets bar red West Berlin's 2,500,000 in habitants from all access to Soviet-occupied Eastern Ger many Sunday. Allied-occupied Western Berlin is an island of the free world more than 100 miles behind the Iron Curtain. Allied officials said some 125 West Berliners, irked by the So viet blockade tactics, went to the Communist checkpoint at Lichterfelde, on the border of the American sector of Berlin and the Soviet Zone of Ger many, and pummeled the Red policeman on guard duty. Couple Weds, certificate into the mail, through some misunderstanding. When she discovered her error. a postal authority was summoned and a search of mail sacks began. Since the courthouse closed at noon, a license bureau clerk was standing by to issue the licepse. u and when the certificate was found. , It was. The bride and groom went to the Bean residence, and were married by the Rev. Clay ton Brisman of the Friends church at about 9:30 p.m. The new Mrs. Cox accom panied her husband as far as Eu gene, and then returned to finish the last two days of school. She wilt join him at Ft. Lewis when school is out. He expects his Army dischuge some time this month. Xi. TJ r-r- ' vada reported no accidental deaths of any type during the week-end. By UNITED PRESS i -Oregon's ' holiday week - end death toll stood at nine Monday The state counted three deaths in traffic accidents, four drown ings, one suffocation and the ninth was attributed to heart at tack. Clifford C. Aldrich, 24, an air man stationed at the Portland airbase, died in an auto crash on Portland's Northeast Marine drive and John Marshall Hill, 38-year-old Portlander, was the victim of another accident near the Columbia river highway. Oakland Man Killed George S. Perrault, about 35, of Oakland, Ore., died 12 miles north of Roseburg In an accident on Highway 99. - At Danbury State park, near Troutdale, Ore., a three-week-old infant son of Mr. and Mrs, Roger Oppenheim, suffocated while sleeping in the back of his family car. James McCullough, Portland drowned Friday night in an irri gation canal 15 miles southwest of Vale, Ore., in Malheur county. Rogue River Searched Jackson county authorities were searching the Rogue river for the body of eight-year-oid Gary Larson, son of Mr, and Mrs Einer Larson, Medford, who was believed drowned near Casey State park. - Melvin A. Green, Portland, the 23-year-old father of two chil dren, drowned in Columbia slough. The fourth drowning victim was Roland Campbell, Sweet Home, who died in the waters of the South Santiam river 35 miles east of Lebanon. Russell Coder, 55, of Portland was stricken by a heart attack while fishing in Badger creek. Acheson, Eisenhower Broadcasts Scheduled Three radio broadcasts of special interest will be carried over radio station KYJC today, Tuesday and Wednesday, the station reported today. Secretary of State Dean Ache son will speak from 8:15 to 8:30 o'clock tonight on his trip to Europe when the peace contract was signed. Tomorrow, between 3 -nd 3:30 p.m., the station will broadcast Gen. Dwight D. Eis enhower's last military press conference from Washington, DC, and at the same hour Wednesday will broadcast Gen eral Eisenhower's first major speech after he takes off his Army uniform. The latter talk will be from Abilene, Kan., his home town, POOL TO OPEN Hawthorne park's swimming pool will open for the summer season this Saturday. June 7, ac cording to Darreil Huson, park director. The pool will be open seven days a week from 1 to , 9 pjn. Tribune Unit! Prtti Full Lnnl Wilt No. 62 Local Boy Missing, Believed Drowned, Along Rogue River A search of the Rogue river near Casey state park was con tinuing today for the body of Gary Larson, son of "Mr., and MrsV Eiria'r F, Larson, 1011 West 11th street, Medford. The boy Is missing and presumed drowned after he fell Into the river yes terday afternoon while fishing. According to information giv en the state police and county coroner's office, the boy was on a picnic with the Sam . Mete family, 1038 West 11th street, and was fishing with Alexander Mete, 12, in the afternoon. The reports said a fish line became entangled on a log about eight feet from the bank, and the Lar son boy attempted to free it. In the process he fell In the river. Starch Banks The first call came to state po lice at 4:15 p.m., and an officer was sent to the locality to assist in the search for the boy. Ac companied by volunteers, he searched the banks of the river until about 1 a.m. today. Anoth er officer was searching (his morning. The spot where the Larson boy apparently went into the water is just above the park. There Is a large hole in the river bottom below there, and police speculated the boy's body may have caught on rocks along the bottom. ffwo boats belonging to resi dents of the area were used in the search yesterday, it was re ported. Admitted Burglar Gave Self Up Saturday Ronald Lewis Ansted, 23, Box 1087, Eagle Point, who last Sat urday admitted a series of local burglary and larceny cases dur ing the past two years, appeared voluntarily at the Medford po lice station and gave himself up, police reported this morning. Aisted was accompanied by hit father L. B. Ansted, Eagle Point. Young Ansted is married and has one child 14 months old. BASEBALL AMERICAN Cleveland 0 4 0 New York 2 4 0 Lemon and Hagan, Tabbels 7; Reynolds and Sarra. (10. Innings) Chicago ... 2 0 0 Boston ill Holcemb and Leila?! Nix en and Wilber. Horn Runt! Leonard, basts full. NATIONAL Brooklyn 11 Chicago 1 Loes, Sabintt t. Van Cuyk 1. and Walks Kally, Rams, dsll I, and Alw.il. Horn runs: Jtffceaf. I on; Settaa. nona oat Ssuar nont on. Weather FORECAST: Variibie fclll Lew tonlfiU 3$. 8!f Tudy nr $3 Highest Viry ..... Law this MorBi&f w-w. it Loyd W. Whitney Gets Democratic Commissioner Vote Write Ins Nominate Mrs. Watson lor Clerk Loyd W. Whitney, Jackson ville, won the Democratic nomi nation for county commissioner by a close margin of 118 votes, it was revealed today when the canvass of Democratic vote in the primary election May 18 was completed by deputy county clerks. Whitney's vote wat 2.4S5, compared to 2,389 for C, L. Hockersmith, Phoenix. Write-ins Give Nomiusfion Luia G. Watson, 'Medford, gained the Democratic nomina tion for county cierk by write in votes, the canvass revealed, A write-in campaign for her nomi-; natton was staged in the last lew days before the election, and she was given 520 votes, com pared to 287 votes for George Carter, Republican county clerk who was nominated for reelec tion on the GOP ballot. Mrs, Watson, a Democratic precinct committeewoman, re sides at 1838 Stewart avenue. Dr. M. P. Vogel received 682 Democratic write-in votes for coroner, compared to 727 for In cumbent Carlos Morris, Both men are Republicans, and Vogel received the Republican nomi nation. The fact that Morris gained more democratic write ins, however, does not mean that he can be the Democratic candi date, because state law prohibits: the candidate on one party ticket from tunning for election on the ticket of another party or as an maepenaem. - Andrew -Hawver, Talent was given 4,138 complimentary votes as unopposed candidate for, the Democratic nommation at eoun ty assessor. Ralph Sweeney, county treasurer seeking nomi nation for reelection, wat given 4,548 such votes. Other Wrlla-Int Here are other write-in votes on the Democratic ballet: For coroner, C. M. LitwUler, 4 D. Woods, 1; "Conger," 8: Frank Peri; 15; and Meredith Groves, 3, Fdr county Judge, S. S. Ster- rett, I: J. B. Coleman, (incum bent and Republican nominee) 325; Bob Brantley, 883 whs cannot run on the Democratic ticket for the tarn reason that Carlos Morris cannot for coro ner); L. Peers Wilmeth, 1; H, K, Hannah, 13; William Herman, I; Edward Kelly, 8; Paul Haviland, 1; George Goodman, 1; Walter Nunley, B; L. G, Morthland, 2; Kawles Moore, 11, and Lynn Sanders, 1, : Gats Dmo Nomination For county surveyor, Paul Rynning, 153 (giving him the Democratic as well at the Re publican nomination); R, E, Aaer, 4 and W, P. Tucker, 1. For county commissioner, L. G. Morthland, 28; Robert Ly tie, 1, For county assessor, Robert G Fowler, 73; John H. Taekker, 18; and Tucker (no turname giv en), 28. For county clerk, Ray Marks, 1; Lula Wagner, 1; and L. G, Morthland, 1. For treasurer, H. F. Cope, 15: and Bob Fowler, 2. Salem 8MB Gov, Douglas McKay wilt leave Tuesday morning for Abilene, Kn., to greet Gen. Dwight D, Eisen hower on his return to hit "home town" Wednesday, Theory of Troop Approach Definitely Proven At Nevada Las Vegas, Sev, U,B At omic scientists announced Mon day that troops in tanks and on foot can safely attack an enemy objective seconds after an at omic explosion. What had long been believed in theory was proved definitely Sunday when American GIs ad vanced quickly to within 1,000 yarda of the area where an at omic device had been touched ott. ltlh Explosion The pre-dawn test was the 18th nuclear device to be ex ploded to the Southern Nevada desert. Brig. Gen. Harry P. Storke, the exercise commander, termed 'it "the most realistic atomic land axerci yet attempted" and Hid IMMEDIATE STRIKE BY STEELWORKERS Washington (UP) 8 seizure of the steel industry s unconstitntional Monday. By 6 to 3 vote, the high tribunal held that Mr, Trtintan had no legal or eon (titutional authority to seiie the nulla, CIO President Philip Murray then ordered hit 650,000 United Sleelworkers to strike immediately, Murray, who personally heads the steel union, also called on the Industry to set up new bargaining talks to write a contract based on the Wage Stabilization Board's recommendations for a 26-cent hourly increase and union shop, U. S, Steel Corp, at Chicago reported that picket lines were set up at the main gates of the Gary, Ind,, and South Works plants, and that a walkout had begun at a third. - The picketing by members of the CIO United Steel workers began less than an hour after the Supreme Court ruled against President Truman, Technically, the government's control of the steel mills will not end until the Court's mandate reaches Federal District Judge David A, Pine's court, Tafl-Eisenhower Nomination Race Enters Last Week Washington iil,B The nip-and-tuek race between Gen, Dwight D, Elsenhower and Sen, Robert A,- Taft tor the Rcpubli can presidential nomination turned into the final big week of delegate elections Monday for the national convention. Republicans will elect 124 delegates this week, most of them Tuesday In South Dakota and California in the last two GOP presidential primaries be fore the national convention next month, . Nw Heat Generate! New heat was generated In the left-Eisenhower race, mean while, as Elsenhower returned to enter the political wars only to be met by a broadside Wast against his foreign and military policy by Taft, Elsenhower, meanwhile, stuck to his "no polities" rule for his iirst day In the capital and briet ed defense official In secret on the progress of the North Atlan tic treaty Army, The retiring supreme Allied commander in Europe will be free to answer the foreign pol icy challenge flung down by Taft when he sheds his uniform Tuesday to take mere direct part in the political campaign. Tali folding Lad ' As the two-man GOP race headed into Its final weeks, a United Press poll showed Taft holding the lead with 4U dele gates compared t Eisenhower's SBS, It takes 604 votes to win the nomination. The tabulation is based on formal pledges and known first-ballot preferences. The South Dakota primary Tuesday offers the last direct test between Taft and Eisen hower and the only one where they have been matched in a two-man race. California Republicans eject 70 delegates to their primary Tuesday, The slate pledged to Gov, Earl Warren Is expected to win. It la opposed by one pledg ed to Hep, Thomas Werdel, Cal ifornia, but considered friendly to Taft BULLETINS WasMnftloB OiX) The National Production Author itr lata Monday banned ciccl item warehouses to manufac turers ef el-rtllen-lype goods,, xetpt for small users. Washington M9 The Su preme Court Monday nicctad the appeal ef Oscar Collaso, Puerto Mean Rationalist eon vlciad ot murdering a White House policaman during as at tempt to asMHinatc President Trumas Ho. 1, 1SSS, it was "an important and suc cessful step in our atomic war fare research," About 1,000 6th Army "house keeping troops from Camp Des ert Rock watched the blast from foxholes and trenches 1,000 yards away. Two minutes after the atomic flash, the troops attacked a my thical enemy objective. Troops Move Fast Two hour later, Just half the time the Army had anticipated, the troops were within 1,000 yards ot "Ground Zero," the scorched spot where a 300-foot steel tower vanished In the dust and flame of the explosion. At this point, the radioartiv ity was too "hot" to permit the troops and the tanks to nova The Supreme Court voided FrscMtu usually Delayed Fer FeHttoa Ts Supreme Csort FMs procedure usually fa delayed S5 days to g!vebath rides time to petitEan the Supreme Court tar a rehearing, which ceUaES is granted. It appeared passible, however, that in this eass th Court mandate may be speeded up. Justice Hugo L. Btaek, usually regarded as the most liberal member of the Court, delivered the majority optoloo opholdtog Pine's April 89 ruling in ordering the seized propertie restored to prh?ate ownership, Chief Justice Fred M. Vinson and Justices Stanley T. Heed and Sherman Miatoia dissented. In Its historic ruling, the Court met squarely th controversial issue ot the President's "inherent" sefaurp power. " "There fa no statute that expressly suihorisei the President to take possession ot property as he did here, Kor is there any art ct Congress to which our attention has been directed from which such a power can fairly be tospHed, Black said, Black said that, therefore, "The President's auUsority, U any, must bs found in the Constitution itself," Eisenhower Starts Top-Secret Talks With High Officers Washington M Dwight 0, Elsenhower will ha plaead en the wtlred Ms with out psy Tuesday, She Atrey ansouBsad Men-Sty, Washington M9 Gen. Dwight D, Eisenhower" plunged into round of top-secret tnilt tary conferences with pentagon oftieiais Monday alter a imrrw checkup at the Atmy't Walter Reed Hospital, Eisenhower arrived at the Pentagon ahead of schedule and went immediately into a ciosed door conference with Gen, Omar N, Bradley, chairman of the joint chiefs ot staff. Final Accounting The meeting was called to give Bradley a final accounting of the progrea Eisenhower has made toward building up Allied forces in Europe against the threat of Communist aggression. The retiring supreme Allied commander, who returned late Sunday front hia 18-month tour of European duty, went to Walter Reed Hospital for a brief checkup at the eye and dental clinics, Further Reports Planned After meeting with Bradley, Eisenhower arranged to deliver further reports on his Worth At lantic ConsBsand to other defense officials. Top officials of the Worth At lantic Treaty Organisation agreed at Lisbon Last February to raise a European defense force of 50 land divisions and 4,000 warpiancs by the end of this year, But, according to recent unof- ficial reports, this program Is togging, , COW JOWES AVERAGES DowJoncs closing stock aver ages: 80 industrials S8S.SI off 0 63; !0 railroads M.89 off 0.30; 13 utilities 3,83 oft 0.11; and 65 stocks IOi.22 off 0,28. Sales Monday approximated 1,190,000 shares compared with 1,000,060 shares traded Thurs day. to Atom Blast Test Site any closer. The CIs saw graphis exam ples of the fury ot the atom, A truck 500 yards from the deton ating tower was torn in two. An amphibious tank was hurled through the air and overturned. Another tank looked as if it had been pounded by a giant ham mer, and Jeeps and other trucks were crumpled, ghcaps Wool Scorched Two live sheep tethered In pens 000 yards from the tower suffered scorched wool on their backs but otherwise appeared to have survived without harm. Two more, to foxholes below ground, were untouched. Other sheep closer to the blast above ground and in fox holes were burned fatally or blown to bits. CALLED President Truman April Gsrammrt Aigumrsi Rejected by Bcdslos He rejected the government s argument that the President has setatae cower because he is com mander-m-chlel of the armed forces. we cannot with faith- fulness to our constitutional sys tem hold that the commander-to-chief el the armed forces has the ultimate power as such to take possession of private property in order to keep labor disputes from stopping production," "This, Black said, "Is iob for the nation's lawmakers, not fof Ms military authorities, Separate Opialstai The five justice who Itoed op with Black Robert H, Jackson, Harold H. Burton, WttUam 0, WasBtoefen 0UB Secre tary of Commerce Charles Sawyzr Monday returned ft nation's steal mills Is ifceir owners In asesrdaaea nrlfit ia stnnllons tram Prasldent , Truman, Douglas, Fells Frankfurter and Tom C, Clark wrote separate concurring opinions. Burton and Clark were named to the high bench by Mr. Truman, as were two of the dissenters tasoa and Minton, The others r Roosevelt appointees. Chief Justice Vinson, Eeed and Minton said to a 44-page dis sent by "Vinson that history sup ports ,Mr. Truman's position when survival Itself rosy be endangered, Truman Silent Mr, Truman received wori of the Court's ruling and Murray' strike call without comment. There was no immediate hint from the White House what Mr, Truman would do to counter She new strike in the steel Industry, He has said previously he would cross that bridge when he came to it. The steel controversy has been sn the headlines since IBS', so vember when the Steelworkera Onion notified the Industry It wanted to bargain for wage In crease and other benefits effec tive, when Its contract expired. Driver found Innocent Of Accident Cirefien Hugh Cochrane Ingle, 333 Bessie street, who was cited Fri day tor failure to yield right-of- way with an accident Involves, was found innocent to city court today, according to police rec ords. The collision accident occur red at Third and Grape streets. police said. The other car wm operated by Donald Richard Ed wards, route 2, box MI-B, to wards was cited at the sama time for violation of the basic rule and was fined $10 to munl eipal court Mrs, Hugh Ingle was throws from the Jeep which her hus band was driving and taken to the hospital with minor Injuries, according to police, Portland BUB Thomas G. Warner, 61, lather of Oregon Su preme Court Justice Harold J. Warner, died early Monday, Warner was a linotype opera tor with the Oregon journal for 35 years until he retired to IMS, Before that he worked on to Pendleton East Oregooias,
