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BACKED BY TANKS, CN aoidlera are cleaning out North Korean prisoner compounds on Koje
Island, segregating POWs Into smaller groups. These prisoners are being guarded preliminary to
transfer to smaller compound after defiantly flying Communist flags. (International Soundphoto)
Tourists Being Given View
Of Infamous Paris Sewers
Paris U.F) Intruders are de
scending again into the sewers
of Paris, fabled underground
haunt of French cut-throats,
grave robbers and inspiration of
literary creations such as "The
Phantom of the Opera."
They are the vanguard of
thousands of visitors who an
nually peek at the dank rivers of
death during half-hour tours con
ducted in the summer months.
The chief characteristic of
sewer visitors is that they turn
up their noses.
This Is an evil world hiding
misdeed and tragedy in 1,000
miles of tunneling, sporadically
lighted by the flicker of torches
as flat bottomed boats move
slowly through the lowest
stream of life.
The price of admission is ten
cents.
Sewer Lore Fantastic
The keepers of the sewers are
some 800 inspectors who double
as guides. Their collection of
sewer lore is grisly and fantastic.
Many of the strangest stories
they tell are borne out by po
lice records dating to before the
French Revolution.
Until about 80 years ago, the
sewers were hideouts for some
famous criminals. There they liv
ed and fought among themselves.
Gangs of cut-throats crept out by
night, committed their deeds and
then silently disappeared.
Grave robbers and murderers
at one time terrorized the city
by tunneling from the sewers
into the vast Pere-Lachaise cem
etery. There are recorded cases
of persons disappearing and
their bodies showing up later in
supposedly empty tomb vaults.
During the uprisings of 1870
group of commune ' soldiers
fled into the catacombs and sew
ers and were never heard of
again.
Rats a Menace
One of the major worries of
the guides is that some reckles:
member of a party will become
separated from the group and
fall prey to rats. During the
Middle Ages, hordes of the ro
dents came out- of the sewers,
spreading disease and attacking
animals and humans during
famine years.
Tours enter the sewers at the
Place de la Concorde, right at
the spot where the guillotine
chopped heads during the French
Revolution. The exit is a man
hole alongside the Madeleine
church.
For the most part, principal
sewers follow the streets above
them and are marked with the
same names, like the Rue de la
Paix and the Champs-Elysees.
"We have more sights under
ground than they do 'up there.
but tourists can't visit most of
them." claimed one of the guides
proudly. "We have a pit twice as
deep as the Eiffel Tower is high
and over on the left bank arc
the catacombs with 5,000,000
skeletons." . -.
Scientists estimate that the
earliest Indian occupation in the
San Francisco Bay region may
have been abou J500 years ago
State YFW Official
Will Visit in Valley
W. J. Ashworth, Portland,
state commander of the Veter
ans of Foreign Wars, will visit
in the Rogue valley next week,
local VFW officials said today.
He will be accompanied here by
his wife, who is state president
of the VFW ladies auxiliary, and
Paddy Moran, Portland, VFW
hospital coordinator.
They are scheduled to attend a
meeting of District 7, VFW, Sun
day afternoon at the Rogue Riv
er VFW hall. Monday the state
officials will visit the veterans
domiciliary center at Camp
White, and on Tuesday Ash
worth will attend a regular
meeting of Crater Lake post No.
1833 at the post's Medford club
rooms.
Posts taking part in the Dis
trict 7 meeting Sunday at Rogue
River will include Medford. Ash
land, Shady Cove, Central Point,
Gold Hill, Camp White, Rogue
River, Grants Pass, Glcndale,
Cave Junction and Brookings.
May Weather Said
'Nearly Average'
Weather conditions during
May were "nearly average," ac
cording to the Medford weather
bureau's monthly review, pub
lished today.
Only exception was fairly
heavy precipitation during the
first of the month. Total monthly
rainfall was 1.27 inches, or .17
of an inch above normal. The
greatest rainfall on any day was
.61 of an inch on the ,7th.
The latter part of the month
was dry and warm, which serv
ed well for hay curing, but caus
ed unirrigated pastures and low
er ranges to suffer, the report
said.
A hailstorm was reported on
the 12th, causing some damage
to young fruit, although the
storm was not general over the
valley. Light orchard heating for
very short periods ' was neces
sary on the 9th and 15th, the re
port stated.
Warmest temperature was 92
degree on the 27th; coldest was
35 degrees on the 5th;
CARS COLLIDE
Cars driven by Allan E
Wytcherlcy, 53, route 1, box
514, Talent, and Betty Lee
Reedy, 26, of 981 Park street
Ashland, collided near the Tal
ent junction on Highway 99 yest
erday afternoon, state police re
ported. Both cars received con
siderable damage, but no one
was injured, the police report
said. It added that Wytcherley
was cited for driving with a re
voked driver's license.
Since World War II, coffee
imports for Great Britain are
handled by the Ministry of
Food.
Air Ambulance
Has 64th Patient
The Stinson air ambulance
operated by Mercy Flights, Inc.,
carried the firm's 64lh patient
today. The plane left here at
8:20 a. m., and was expected
to return this afternoon. Jack
Edmonds was the pilot.
The patient was a woman be
ing taken to Chico. Calif., for
possible surgery. She was ac
companied by members of her
family.
A subscriber to the non-prof-fit
firm's pre-paid plan, the
patient had let her subscription
expire May 31. However, she
was carried without charge to
d a y because the officers of
Mercy fights have declared a
15-day grace period for expir
ing subscriptions.
Those which were due to ex
pire May 31 will remain in
force until June 15. About two
thirds of the subscriptions ex
piring in May have been re
newed, it was reported
Early Indian inhabitants of
the "sky city" of Acoma, in
Western New Mexico, carried
earth from the plain 357 feet
below to the 70-acre mesa top,
planting peach trees about their
homes.
Portland Woman, 30'Killed in Accident
Klamath Falls (U.PJ Mrs.
Rose May Wilson, 30, of Port
land, was killed and five other
persons were injured when her
north-bound car struck a trailer
under tow of a south-bound
transport truck Wednesday.
Her four-year-old son. Glenn,
was taken to a Klamath Falls
hospital in serious condition
with a head injury. Her hus
band, James, 30. and three other
children, Fred Mason. 2: Linda
Mason, 3; and 15-year-old Char
nett Easley of San Francisco al
so were hospitalized but were
not seriously injured.
The accident occurred on
highway 97 about 50 miles north
of here.
The driver of the truck was
not hurt, although his vehicle
skidded off the highway after
the mishap.
During coal mining operations
in Alameda county. California
many years ago, ancient plant
fossils were found.
TRACK RECORD
DISALLOWED
Oconomowac, Wis. (U.FO
Joseph Sydow, 23, did the mile
in about two minutes flat on the
cinder path at Roosevelt field.
He was fined $5 for doing it the
wrong way driving his car on
the track.
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