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CHARGING INTO THREE defiant North Korean prisoner compounds, tank-led American "soldiers
smash down Communist signs, burn llags and bring out disobedient leaders. (International)
Charges Increase
As GOP Delegate
Battle Nears End
Democrats Renew
Pleas to Stevenson
Washington U.R) Bitter ac
cusations of dirty work in Texas
tion began a home-stretch scram
ble for undecided convention
for the GOP presidential nomina
tion began a home-street scram
ble for undeceded' convention
delegates.
In the free-for-all Democratic
race, symptoms of bandwagon
Chicago U.R Supporters
of Sen. Robert A. Taft boom
ed Gen. Douglas MacArthur
Monday for keynote speaker
at the . Republican National
Convention opening July 7.
fever began to appear among
Northern Democrats who have
been wishfully waiting for Gov.
Adlal E.- Stevenson of Illinois
to change his mind and become
available as a candidate.
To Visit Washington
Stevenson was expected to
visit the capital early this week
ostensibly to seek an atomic
energy plant for industry-hungry
Southern Illinois. He was
certain to encounter renewed
pressure from administration
regulars who are getting nervous
about the long lead in delegates
piled up by Sen. Estcs Kefauver
(D., Tenn).
Although Stevenson has said
that he "could not" accept the
Democratic presidential nomina
tion, many politicos are still bet
ting that he might accept a con
vention "draft." But some of
these are beginning to have
doubts whether Kefauver can
be "stopped" at the convention,
unless he is at least slowed down
somewhat beforehand.
Balance of Power
With only 15 GOP convention
delegates still to be chosen and
three in Puerto Rico, the balance
of power in the Republican con
test now rests with the 133 dele
gates who still are publicly un
committed to any candidate, and
with the 61 whose credentials
are in dispute.
Slot Possession
Charges Face Two
Grants Pass Two more
Grants Pass men have been ap
prehended here on charges of
slot machine ownership.
Clifford G. Martin and Vern
V. Helblg were arrested Friday
and Saturday, and pleaded inno
cent in justice court Saturday
morning. Complaints against the
two, on illegal possession of
gambling devices, were signed
by State Police Sgt. C. R. Borg
man. District Attorney Max Mc
Millin said ownership of 18 slot
machines has been traced to the
two men.
They were part of a cache pf
154 such machines found in an
old chicken shed last week on
the property of W. A. Moore,
. McMillin added. Moore pleaded
g u i 1 1 y to a similar charge, and
was given a suspended fine.
Martin and Helbig are at" li
berty under $100 bail each. Mar
tin's trial is scheduled for Thurs
day and Helbig's for Friday.
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American paratroopers armed
with flamethrowers and tear gas
grenades staged their final re
hearsal Monday for the break
up of rebellious Communist pris
oner compounds.
"Operation Split Up" is ex
pected to start Monday.
The troops dug emergency
trenches outside the compounds
Monday but prisoners who were
digging similar chest-deep en
trenchments Sunday did not
turn a shovel Monday. The cap
tives watched soberly as men of
the 187th Airborne Regimental
Combat Team doubled-timed in
and out of a practice compound.
Paratroopers will be backed
by tanks when they start break
ing up the compounds which
now hold as many as 8,000 pris
oners each, into more manage
able groups of 500.
N.H. Republicans
First Delegation
To Visit General
New York (U.R) New Hamp
shire delegates to the Republl
viewed Gen. Dwight D. Eisen
hower on his policies Monday
and said they were "tremend
ously pleased" that he is their
candidate for the GOP presi
dential nomination.
The 14 votes of New Hamp
shire are pledged to the retired
general by virtue of his beat
ing Sen. Robert A. Taft.(R-O)
in the state's primary last March.
Fint in Series
The meeting of the New
Hampshire group was the first
of a series Eisenhower will hold
this week. It was held at
Eisenhower's home, the resi
dence of Columbia University's
presidents.
Gov. Sherman Adams, spokes
man for the New Hampshire del
egation, said they questioned
the general on such things as
military expenditures and econ
omy, civil rights, labor-management
relations, and government
aid to education.
Adams would not say what
the general told them except
that it was along the lines of
what the candidate "has said in
two news conferences since he
launched his campaign in Abi
lene, Kan., last week.
- In his two press conferences
Eisenhower promised econonmy
in military spending and federal
leadership on the civil rights
questions, although he said fair
employment practices should
be handled principally at the
state level. -
429 Swimmers Use Pool
On Season's First Day
Opening day for the summer
season at Hawthorne swimming
pool last Saturday had 429
swimmers use the pool, and 598
used the facilities on Sunday, ac
cording to Park Director Darcll
Huson.
Pool hours are from 1 to 9
p.m., the director added. He also
announced that Mrs. Lillian
Kendall would be playgrounds
supervisor starting today. Play
ground hours are 1-8 p.m., ex
cept Sunday, under Mrs. Ken
dall's supervision.
Planes To Spray Creek
Early Tomorrow Morning
Spraying of Bear Creek and
and Hawthorne park to control
insects will be done by plane
early tomorrow, city officials re
ported today. The work is ex
pected to be completed around
five or six a. m. they said.
Planes are scheduled to con
duct spraying operations on the
creek between the Jackon street
and Cottage street bridges.
MONDAY, JUNE 9, 1952
Van Fleet Issues
Virtual Challenge
To Commie Forces
General Believes UN
Would Trounce Foes
Seoul, Korea (U.R) Gen.
James A. Van Fleet virtually
challenged the Communist arm
ies Monday to attack United Na
tions forces in Korea and said if
they did they would be "sound
ly defeated."
While his troops were knock
ing back strong probing attacks
along the 155-mile front, the 8th
Army commander reiterated his
faith in his Army's ability to re
peal any major offensive mount
ed by the 1,000,000-man Red
force.
Allies Outnumbered
Van Fleet has conceded that
the Reds outnumber the Allies
2 to 1 but he said the United
Nations forces morale continues
high, almost to the point of wish
ing the enemy would attack. , .
"The 8th Army is, as ever,
ready, alert and fit to meet any
offensive which the enemy may
foolishly decide to launch, and
the effort of the enemy would be
soundly defeated," -Van Fleet
said.
His remarks followed a press
conference here, consisting most
ly of off-the-record background
information for correspondents.
Van Fleet declined to com
ment on reports published in
London that a new 100,000-man
Chinese army has been moved
into Korea, and that enemy
bombers are being assembled at
Manchurian bases.
Reds Driven Back
On the Western front 125 Chi
nese infantrymen, backed by a
heavy artillery barrage, were
driven back from a newly-won
U.N. hill west of Chorwon.
U.N. infantrymen moved into
no-man's land west of the Puk
han river on the central front
and killed 32 Reds in a running
battle.
Night raiding B-26 bombers
destroyed a locomotive and a
number of box cars south
Wonsan on the east coast.
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School District 6C
Holding Budget Vote
Central Point The school
budget election for district No.
6C is being held today with polls
open from 2 to 8 p.m. (standard
time) at Central Point junior
high and Gold Hill school gym
nasiums. The amount to be voted upon
in excess of the six per cent levy
limitation is $247,410.23. School
officials said the vote is neces
sary since the base set up under
the limitation 20 years ago . is
"very small."
Elderly Salem
Police Investigating Two Shootings
Salem (U.R) An elderly
woman was brutally slain in Sa
lem, a constable was shot to
death in Silverton and a woman
was hospitalized with a gunshot
wound in McMinnville in separ
ate week end tragedies.
The body of Mrs. Susan A.
Litchfield, 82, was found in her
woodshed. Police said she had
been hacked to death by a
heavy, blunt instrument, possi
bly an ax.
Emory J. Jackson, 48, Silver
ton peace officer, was shot and
killed while he and another offi
cer were investigating a disturb
ance at a grocery store.
In McMinnville, Mrs. Casper
Smith, 35, was hospitalized with
a shotgun wound in the left arm
and her husband was taken to
the county jail.
Mrs. Litchfield's body - was
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No. 68
Russians Withdraw
Troops From Areas
In Berlin Dispute
First Red Retreat
Follows U.S. Demands
Berlin (U.R) The British
have lifted their week -long
siege of Russian-operated Ra
dio Berlin.
Maj. Gen. C. F. C. Coleman.
British commandant, an
nounced that Russian guards
and civilians holed up in the
building inside the British sec
tor since June 3 will be per
mitted to leave, and relieving
personnel allowed , to enter.
Berlin (U.R) The Russians
withdrew their troops from two
disputed areas on the border of
Western and Eastern Berlin Mon
day in an apparent capitulation
to American and British de
mands. Soviet troops left the Stein
stuecken sector, an American
administered island inside the
eastern part of the city, and
pulled away from a disputed
road bordering the British sec
tor. Want Siege Ended
The troops were pulled out
after strong protests from the
American and British command
ants. It was believed the Rus.
sians took their action in hope
that the British might end the
"siege" of Russian-operated Ra
dio Berlin, which is inside the
British sector.
There were reports the Rus
sian guards and civilian person
nel in the besieged radio station
were running short of food and
after a week without fresh sup
plies. But Radio Berlin's chief
commentator, Karl-Eduard Von
Schnitzler, said by telephone
from the building that the re
ports were "nonsense." A stock
of food had been stored in the
station in advance.
Withdrawal from the disputed
Berlin borderline areas was the
first Red retreat in the new
"creeping blockade." "
The Russians continued their
harassing tactics and again
barred American and British
military police patrols from the
superhighway leading to West
ern Germany, :
Two Frenchmen
Confess Spying
Paris (U.R) Police said Mon
day that two militant Commu
nists have confessed betraying
top-secret information on French
Naval and Army activities.
The two Communists were ar
rested in Saturday's raids at the
great Naval base of Toulon.
Police said they had confes
sed gvlng the French Commu
nist party secret reports on Na
val radar research and descrip
tions of French troop and arma
ment movements tt Indo-China.
The confessions were made,
police said, by Emlle Deyrls, 34,
a radio worker at the Naval Re
search Center at Bruch and
Rene Mayen, 34, secretary of
the Toulon Railroad Workers
union.
Councilmen To Study
New Airport Building
An adjourned meeting of the
Medford city council will be
held Tuesday at 7:30 p.m. in the
city hall, with the main business
concerning the new airport
building, according to Robert
Duff, city superintendent.
To be considered are the lease
with United Air lines and pur
chase of their building which
will be incorporated into the
proposed terminal, the federal
government grant on CAA par
ticipation in the building costs,
and the awarding of the contract
bid for building the proposed
terminal building, Duff noted.
Woman Brutally Slain;
found by Harold Shell, a Salem
taxi driver who rented a room at
her home. Police said they had
found no motive for the crime.
They were looking for a stran
ger, thought to be a former
roomer, who neighbors said was
inquiring about Mrs. Litchfield
Saturday.
Brutus Ashcroft, 73-year-old
owner of the Northslde grocery
on the outskirts of Silverton.
was charged with the first de
gree murder in connection with
the slaying of Jackson.
Called by Daughter
Marion county deputies said
Jackson and officer Elden Mo
bley had been called to the
store shortly after midnight by
Mrs. Gordon Altman, Ashcroft'
daughter, who reportedly claim
ed she was being threatened
with a gun.
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WO AGREEMENT REACHED Representatives of the United Steel Workers Union (CIO) and rep
resentatives " managVmentrf the steel mills meet with John R. Steelman, presidential assistant,
in his Washington office. The meeting ended for the night with the steel strike still unsettled. Left
to right: John Stephens, vice president of U. S. Steel; Charles White, president of Republic Steel;
Mr. Steelman; David J. McDonald, secretary treasurer ot the CIO. and Philip Murray, president
r of the CIO. -
COMMUNIST COMMANDERS ASK
UN RETURN TO PRISONER TALKS
Panmunjom, Korea (U.R)
The Communist High Command
Monday asked the United Na
tions to come back to the truce
table and go "all out" to settle
the prisoner of war issue and
achieve peace in Korea. '
The Reds, jolted by the U. N.
declared three-day recess in the
truce negotiations, sent the note
to Gen. Mark W. Clark, supreme
U. N. commander.
It was signed by North Korean
Premier and Supreme Command
er Gen. Kim II Sung and Gen.
Peng Teh Hua, commander of
the Chinese "volunteers" fight
ing with the North. Koreans.
Radio Reports Text
Peiping Radio ;gave the first
word of Us contents, a few hours
after Communist liaison officers
handed it to the Allies, at Pan
munjom and before its receipt
was ' acknowledged by Clark's
headquarters. ' i
The note recognized that "the
only deterrent to smooth delib
erations ... . is the. problem con
cerning repatriation of prisoners
of war."
The prisoner talks are snagged
on the issues of forced repatria
tion. Only 70,000 prisoners held
by the Allies have said they want.
Midwest Heat Wave
Causes 12 Deaths
By UNITED PRESS
A vast heat wave followed by
a violent wind and rain storm
Monday accounted for more
than a dozen deaths.
Most of the victims died in
drownings as the unseasonably
warm weather drove thousands
to seek the cooling relief of an
early dip in lakes, rivers and
ponds.
At least three persons died as
a result of the storm which rout
ed the mass of hot air stretching
over most of the Midwest.
The full fury of the storm
struck the three-city area of Mo
line,' East 'Mollne and Rock Is
land, 111., late Sunday. Winds up
to 70 miles an hour uprooted
trees and snipped power lines. '
The downed wires fell into the
rain-swept streets where more
than 2V4 inches of water fell
within a short time.
Washington (U.R) T h e CIO
Monday "strongly urged" Con'
gress to uphold President Tru
man's veto of the tidelands oil
bill and approve instead an "oil
for education" proposal.
When , the officers arrived,
Ashcroft denied there had been
any, ' trouble. Jackson replied
there must have been trouble or
they would not have been called.
Then authorities said, Ashcroft
pulled a small gun from his belt
and shot the officer through the
heart. Mobley then arrested Ash
croft. Girl Saved Mother
In McMinnville, authorities
credited courage of the Smith's
daughter, Shirley, 14 with pos
sibly saving her mother's life.
Police said the girl snatched the
weapon from her father's hands
as he was about to fire a second
shot.
Officers said the Smiths had
been separated since May 19
when, according to puinu itics.
Smith had threatened to shoot
hit -wife, . - - -
to go back to Communism. The
remainder of the 169,000 former
soldiers and civilian internees
have declared they will resist re
turn, and the U. N. has declared
it will not force them to go.
"If the United Nations has sin
cerity toward the truce talks,"
the note said, "the United Na
Government Eases Payment
Requirements
More Changes
- Washington U.R) The gov
ernment lowered down payment
requirements Monday for pur
chase of all new housing! effec
tive Wednesday. -'
Veterans then will not be re
quired to make any down pay
ment on homes costing $7,000 or
less, and the initial payment for
non-veterans will be slashed
from 10 to 5 per cent In that
price range.
The changes apply to all
types of residential housing
from one-family homes to apart
ment units.
Credit Terms Unchanged
The housing and Home Fi
nance Administration and Fed
eral Reserve board made . no
change in credit terms affecting
non-residential buildinsVhut in
dicated some modification is
under consideration in that
field, too.
The down payment require
ments are set under .the so-called
Regulation X, which is ad
ministered by the Federal Re
serve board.
At the top end of the home
price scale, the down payment
Death of Mrs. Nelson
Reported From Salem
' Mrs. Mamie Louise Nelson
80, long-time Jackson county
resident, died this morning in
Salem, according to word re
ceived here. She was the moth
er of Mrs. Myrtle P. Lee, curator
of the Jacksonville museum.
Mrs. Nelson was born Feb, 20,
1872 in Jacksonville, the daugh
ter of Silas J. and Mary Eliza
beth Day, early pioneers ot this
area.
In addition to Mrs. Lee, she
is survived by a granddaughter,
Mrs. Audrey Mitcheltrce, Albu
querque, N. M., and three great
grandchildren. i
Perl Funeral home Is In
charge of arrangements.
Chicken House Roof
No Hazard to Plane
Salem (U.R) An airplane
,used In dusting crops In the
Lake Labish area north of
Salem skimmed too low and
took the root off a chicken
house, county authorities said
Monday,
" But the plane quickly re
gained lis balance and went
merrily on Its dusting way,
apparently no worse for the
mishap. i
BULLETIN
Washington (U.R) The
Senate Monday passed by a
roll call vote of 59 to 11
a Compromise $6,431,249,750
foreign aid bill for military,
economic and technical aid to
the- free world. -
tions delegation should come to
Panmunjom and resume the
talks." .
They were broken off tempor
arily by the U. N. on Saturday
after the senior Allied delegate,
Maj. Gen. William K. Harrison,
said he wanted to listen to" no
more propaganda drivel.
on Housing;
Are Forecast
requirements Were out from 50
to 40 per cent for non-veterans
and from 49 to 35 per cent for
veterans on homes costing $25,
000 or more.
No change was made in the
time limit set on payment of
mortgages.
Aids Vets' Housing
National Association of Home
Builders spokesmen, who had
been clamoring for months for
relaxation of the down payment
requirments, said the change
would boom business in low
priced veterans' housing.
They protested bitterly that
the changes in credit terms for
non-veterans and for all higher
priced housing were "a vast dis
appointment." They said the
new requirements still are "far
too large. . ."
One School Board
Candidate in 6C
Central Point Petitions for
C. W. (Bill) Anhorn as candidate
for school board director in dis
trict 6C have been filed with the
school office here.
He will be the only candidate
on ; the ballot so far as was
known this morning. Today
was trst final day for filing for
the pest. The election is on
Monday, June16.
Anhorn seeks the post being
vacated by Otto Bohnert whose
term expires. Bohnert has serv
ed two full terms on the board.
Anhorn hag resided at Cen
tral point since 1939. He Is a
farmer tap business manager
for Faber's Farmers' supply. He
has five children and three sons
will be In school next fall. His
wife is a former Central Point
school teacher. The candidate
has been active in sports activ
ities here. He got his schooling
In South Dakota and came to
Oregon in 1936, living first at
Grants Pass,
Battered Lumber Schooner
Reaches Safety at Coquille
Bandon, Ore. (U.R) The
Coast Guard officers and Insur-
a n c e underwriters swarmed
through the battered Cynthia
Olson Monday to determine ex
tent of damage caused the 300
foot lumber schooner w,hen she
went aground early Sunday on
a sandbar at entrance to the Co
quille river.
The Coast Guard Cutter Bon
ham out of Coos Bay and the
tug Port of Bandon put lines
aboard the Olson and skidded
her about 800 feet into the riv
er. The ship still was on the sand
Monday but the Coast Guard said
she was In no danger.
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President Wants
No Legislation ;
At Present Time
Both Sides Believed
Agreeing to Terms
Washington (U.R) T o p gov
ernment officials predicted the
steel strike would be settled
Monday, apparently on terms
close to those recommended by
the Wage Stabilization Board.
Optimism for quick settlement
was dramatized when President
Truman asked the Senate to
withhold any legislative action
on the steel dispute. Mr. Truman
wrote Vice-President Alben W.
Barkley that any Senate inter
vention in the dispute "might
be very harmful" at this stage.
Reasonable Hope
The President said there is a
"reasonable hope" contract ne
gotiations will be successful.
Informed sources said negotia
tors for the major steel com
panies would present a wrap-up
offer when they met representa
tives of the CIO Steelworkers un
ion at 3 p.m. (PST) for the fifth
straight day.
Both sides reportedly had
agreed on a two-year contract
term, as compared with 18
months recommended by the
Wage Stabilization Boara.
Sunday Pay Discussed
, By comparison with the WSB'a
wage recommendations of a 26.1
cent hourly package raise it ap
peared the final "package"
would be closer to 21 or 22 cents.
Sources close to the negotia
tions said the wage issue was still
open on the question of Sunday
"premium pay."
As Presidential Assistant John
R. Steelman called the negotia
tors back into session, the bitterly-fought
union shop issue
shaped up as a major block, but
there was official confidence it
would be resolved.
Morse Shrugs Off (
Omission ot Name
On GOP Listings '
Salem (U.R) Sen. Wayne
Morse, one of Oregon's Eisenhower-pledged
delegates to the
Republican national convention,
was passed by Saturday when
the delegation met to elect its
officers and name Oregon rep
resentatives on convention com
mittees But in a prepared statement
released in Washington Sunday,
Morse shrugged off the omission
of his name from committee and
officer rosters. He said "I do not
propose to let any differences of
opinion which have developed
within the Oregon delegation to
cause me to lose sight of the im
portance of having the delega
tion work In complete unity in
the Interests of nominating
Eisenhower, thereby assuring a
much-needed Republican victory
In November."
Hatfield Named
Oregon Republicans had ex
pected that Morse . would be
named to the platform commit
tee of the convention as one of
Oregon's representatives. But
Mark Hatfield, a state represen
tative from Salem, was named
Instead by a vote of 13 to 6.
Morse declared "Mark Hat
field Is a very able young man
and a very good friend of mine.
I shall be glad to assist him in
any way I can at the Chicago
convention."
He added: "The Oregon dele
gation as well as every other Re
publican in Oregon must not
lose sight of the all-Important
job the delegation has to do in
Chicago, namely help nominate
Elsenhower."
GROUP TO ELECT
Southern Oregon Historical
society officers will be elected
during an annual meeting of the
society Tuesday at 8 p.m. in the'
county courthouse.. Annual re
ports also will be given, offi
cers of the group stated today.
; Seattle were eu route by plane
to inspect the damaged ship.
The Coast Guard said the Ol
son's propellor was damaged and
she had taken on some water
but none of the 28-member
crew had been removed.
The 391-foot vessel was pulled
from the bar at high tide short
ly before midnight Sunday night
by the Coast Guard cutter and
the tug.
The- successful effort came
after part of the Olson's cargo
of 3,000.000 feet of lumber had
been thrown over the side and
the 28-man crew prepared to
abandon ship by means of
breeches buoy. '
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