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Kill m Medfokd United PreuFuIl Leased Wire 47th Year 22 Pages Enemy Prisoners Terrorized Reds Seek Protection Of Allied Guards Control Gained, Boatner Reports Koje Island, Korea. (U.R) Four-hundred a n 1 1 - Communist war prisoners, terrorized by Red execution squads who murdered some of their comrades, bolted to safety Thursday while being transferred from one compound to another. "Now we will live!" they shouted -as they ran toward American guards. , DU-Hards Jeer They broke from the march ing ranks in groups up to 100 while die-hard Reds jeered or tried to hold them back. ' .Several frightened prisoners, unable to escape before they were inside the new Compound 91, tried to run back through the gate but were seized by Commu nists and dragged Into a barracks before guards could interfere. "If they do that again," Brig. Gen. Haydon L., Boatner told his officers, "order them to release the men. If they resist, bathe them in tear gas." Some Get Through About 40 anti-Communist got back through the gate or clam bered over the fence. . Boatner, camp commander, supervised the movement of 4,875 prisoners Thursday from ,, Compound 95 to temporary quar ters in 91. It was the latest step in his plan to break up all -the Island compounds. The deputy camp commander, Col. Harold L. Taylor, announc ed 19,000 prisoners have been transferred to new compounds. He said at least 1,000 prisoners have been weeded out of this number as anti-Communists or for other reasons. Of the new compounds, . he aid, "we have uncontested -control there, without a doubt." "Uncontested control" of the compounds was ordered by Gen. Mark W. Clark, supreme United Nations commander. Draft of Physicians Ordered in August Washington (U.R) The De fense Department Thursday or dered selective service to draft 450 priority one physicians dur ing August unless a sufficient number voluntarily enters the armed forces. If they actually are inducted, they will constitute the first large group of physicians to be drafted since World war II. BASEBALL AMERICAN St. Louis S 12 3 Boston 7 10 3 Pilleite, Madison 7, Ma Honey 8, and Courtney, Moil 4; Hudson, Dtlock 9, and Whit. Horn runt: For Boston: Evert, 1 on. NATIONAL Boston 11 13 2 Pittsburgh 2 4 1 Johnion, Burdettt 2, and Burris; Muir, Main 4, Munger S, Lapalme 6, and Caragiola. Home runt: For Boston: Burrit. 1 en, Allied Forces In Red Lines; Seoul, Korea (U.R) Bayonet-wielding Allied riflemen, supported by tanks on the ground and fighter-bombers in the air, hack- 1 two wedges into Communist lines and still held their newly-won ground Thurs day night. Buildup Area Struck The Allies struck on the flanks of the old "Iron Triangle." the Red buildup area on the central front where Chinese in nightly attacks have been put ting increasing pressure on Unued Nations lines. The triangle is formed roughly Lbv Pycnggang, Chorwon and Kumhwa. Heaviest Allied as sault was along Its western edge where the Reds have been try ing to regain ground the Allies MEDFORD, OREGON, m & J! ' - ' MEETING WITH CHURCH DIGNITARIES, Pope Pius XII permits Frank Mastro, INP photographer, to make exclusive picture as Pontiff sits on throne In Clementine Hall, St. Peter's, Rome. On either side of Pope are Francis Cardinal Spellman (left), New York and Archbishop John F.CHara, Philadelphia (right) .(International) Drain on Britain's Gold, Dollar Reserve Claimed Only Slowed London U.R) Britain warned by Prime Minister Win ston Churchill that she is peril ously near bankruptcy, was told Thursday that the drain on her dwindling gold and dollar re serves has been only slowed and not stopped by .drastic economic restrictions. Continue To Dwindle' ' 'XytY- Chancellor, and: Exchequer .R. A. Butler told the House of Com- Guard Units Leave For Camp Tomorrow Seventy three members of Medford's two National Guard units, Headquarters company and Company A, 186th infantry, 1st battalion, will leave here by train at midnight tomorrow for 15 days summer training at Ft. Lewis, Wash. Three officers and 30 enlisted men of Company A, commanded by Capt. George Bennett, Ash land, will make .the trip. Head quarters company, commanded by Lt. Kenneth Black, Camp White, will be represented by nine officers and 31 enlisted men. The train will also pick up guard units at points north of here. The National Guard outfits are slated to arrive at Ft. Lewis at 6:30 p. m. Officers and men of the 304th logistical command (A), a local organized reserve corp unit, commanded by Col. Tom-Gunn, Grants Pass, will train at Ft. Lewis from August 3 to 18. ' Birth Reporter Reports Birth Salem (U.R) Man bites dog, or: Birth reporter reports birth. James B. Miller, who calls from the Salem Statesman to the hospitals to ask about births, called the Statesman from the hospital Wednesday night to report the birth of a 7 pound, 13 ounce son to his wife at Salem memorial hos pital. The newcomer, Jeffrey Burr Miller, and Mrs. Miller were imported doing well. Hack Wedges Hold Ground won earlier in heavier fighting. On the eastern leg of the tri angle, another tank-infantry team battered its way over two strongly-dug-in Communist outer defense lines. " - - The tank-infantry teams kicked off the attack at daylight Thurs day and were still hammering Red positions at nightfall. Reds Lot Heavily A third armor-tipped raiding party battled Communists east of Ku.-nsong. Other Allied troops fought to defend two hill positions com manding excellent views of both Communist and Allied front lines. The Reds have lost hun dreds of men in attempts to win them back since they were taken by the Allies on Saturday. THURSDAY, JUNE 12, Flee To Safety mons that the vital reserves con tinued to dwindle. Shortly be fore he spoke statistics were re leased revealing that Britain's import-export balance ran into the red by $250,000,000 ; last month. - - . Churchill said Wednesday ,that Britflh js (n , peril of losing her possessions and . glory 'because-she is close to bankruptcy, Britons, he said, are standing on "a; treacherous trap door"; but his warning" was "not a cry of despair . . . it is more than the alert. It is the alarm." . Lots Said Cut ,: - Butler said the drastic meas ures taken by the Churchill gov ernment had cut the loss in gold and dollar reserves to under 10, 000,000 pounds , ($28,000,000) during April and May. But he admitted that the dollar position had been helped in part because figures for this quarter include the first installment of a $300, 000,000 defense aid grant from the U. S. Harriman's Oregon Plans Again Changed Portland (U.R) A second change in plans for the Oregon visit of W. Averill Harrlman, mutual security administrator and Democratic presidential as pirant, was announced : here Thursday. William E. Sanborn, secretary of the Democratic party of Ore gon, said Herriman will arrive here the night of June 24 and at tend a luncheon in his honor June 25, after a press conference that morning. Earlier Harriman was sched uled to arrive June 19 and June 26. Higher Spud Prices Boost Farmers' Index Boise U.R The U. S. De partment of Agriculture report ed Thursday that a sharp in crease in Idaho potato prices boosted the price' index. received by farmers during May to an all time high. i' The May index was set for 327-four points higher than the record high established in April, the USDA reported. j . Average price for potatoes was $2.35 a bushel. This was ex ceeded only by April ,1948, when prices went to $2.40 a bushel. ; Cutting Off of Voice Program Brings Protest Washington (U.R) The Unit ed States will protest the South Korean government's action in cutting off Voice of America broadcasts relayed by the Kor ean broadcasting system, the Slate Department said Thursday. Department press officer Lin coln White said U. S. Ambassa dor John J Muccio it taking up the question with the South Kor ean government. . In reply to a question, White said Muccio is making an effort to get the broadcasts reinstated. Tribune Uallad Praia Full Leaiad WUa 1952 No. 71 Frank Sawacki, Juvenile Officer, Resigns from Post Cut in Budget Seen As Among Reasons Frank Sawacki, Jackson coun ty juvenile officer since Septem ber, 1950, has submitted his res ignation, it was announced today by Circuit Judge H. K. Hanna, who is also presiding judge of the county juvenile court. Sawacki, in his letter of resig nation said, "I am accepting an other position which will offer salary opportunities that will en able me to better meet the fin ancial requirements of my family-"" : 1952 Budget Cut Members of the Juvenile Ad visory committee, who were in strumental in bringing Sawacki here from Madison, Wis., to handle, juvenile problems,- ac knowledged Sawacki 's desire for a better paying position. But it is an open secret among com mittee members that his resigna tion was at least partly motiva ted by the fact that the juvenile court budget was cut this year. Principal cuts were in the amounts allowed for institu tional care for young people, and in mileage payments, which In effect would cut down the num ber of home visits which juv enile officers could make. Miss Alice Grace, deputy juvenile of ficer,, is,, now, on, vacation, .but committee members have beep intpwnea- tnar'sneraiso is - con sidering resigning, and for-much jthc same reasons. - ; , , . .. Praises Judge Sawacki's letter of resignation however,-made no criticism of the county budget, which , in to tal amount is the largest in his tory. His letter was devoted to an appraisal of the juvenile de partment, and had warm praise for the manner in which it has been conducted by -Judge Han na.. . . -I , .- . I "Your sound application of juvenile Justice, tempered with deep understanding of child and parental problems, has person ally enriched my experience," he said. "You have given our people a deeper appreciation of real juvenile law, and in my op inion, you have made a lasting contribution -to the .juvenile court system in our state and icountry ..." tommlliM'i Aid Cited 1 His letter also acknowledged the "tireless effort and devotion to public service" of the Juven ile Court Advisory committee, terming it "commendably un ique In the cause of juvenile services and democratic partici pation in a vital public affair , . There remains much to - be done," his letter continued, "and it is my fond hope that the citi zens of Jackson county will con tinue to offer their understand ing and support in this vital service to our children and our community." Sawacki made no public an nouncement of his resignation, and explained that he felt it might damage his work with young people if they knew he was leaving. However, Judge Hanna made the resignation pub lic in the hope that residents of the county could, if familiar with the circumstances, be of assistance in finding a qualified replacement. BULLETINS Berlin (U.R) The Rus sians rejected Thursday a U. S. protest againtt the June 4 shooting of an American military policeman patrolling the Eatt Wait border and charged that the loldier had violated Soviet Zona territory nd threatened a guard. ' Berlin U.R) The Eati Oerman Communists tighten ed their border controls Thursday by giving the Sov iet Zone tecrat police unspeci fied but "broadened" powart to act againtt "spies,- terror ists and divertionittt" in fron tier treat. Washington (U.R) The ...Senate Thursday approved another lS-day extension of Pretident Truman's emerg ency war powers and tent the bill to conference with the Homi. Central Point Boy Killed When Truck Rolls Over on Him Vehicle Hits Ruts On Road, Police Told A 14-year-old Central Point boy was killed outright yester day afternoon when he was thrown from a pickup truck, and then was crushed by it when it rolled on him, state police re ported this morning. The boy was Robert Leland Rominger, route 2, box 246, Central Point. His parents are Mr. and Mrs. L. D. Rominger, of the same address. The father is employed at the Redskin or chard. Police said he was a passenger in a truck driven by Elgin Gene Robinson, 16, route 2, box 290, Central Point. Another passeng er was Robert William Johnston, 14, route 1, box 273, Central Point. Hit Road Ruts The surviving boys, neither of whom were seriously hurt, told officers they were coming south on Antioch road at about 25 or 30 miles per hour. The truck struck deep ruts of the Beagle road where it intersects with Antioch road, they said, and was thrown out of control. The Rominger boy was thrown from the cab of the pickup, and then the truck skidded, turned over, rolled on him and crushed him to death. The accident occurred at about 5:06 p. m. The boy's body was taken to the Lltwiller funeral home in Ashland by a Conger-Morris fun eral home vehicle, and an nouncement of funeral services is pending. , In addition to his parents, the boy is survived by a brother, Byron, 10, and a sister, Barbara, 4. : Major M. Morris Tells Retirement from Ice Company The retirement of Major M. Morris, president and general manager of the Medford Ice and Storage company, after 35 years with the firm, was announced today. William Briggs, Ashland former vice-president, is the new president of the corpora tion and A. M. Collier, Klamath Falls, is vice-president. Lyle B. Thurman, an ' em ployee of the company for 26 years, and secretary of the firm. has been named general manag er. Earl T. Shepherd, Los An geles, is another member of the board of directors. ; Former President John R. Tomlin, Medford, for many years was president of the company until his retirement Jan. 1, 1952, when Morris as sumed that office. The Medford plant, organized in 1905, is considered one of the best and most modern on the west coast. Its storage capacity. is 6,000,000 standard boxes of fruit. Fruit storage is the prin cipal use made of the plant. In addition (he plant furnishes all the let for icing refrigerator cars from the valley. There also Is a meat cutting department with quick freeze and locker service for individuals. House Committee Vetoes Seizure' Power Washington U.R) The usual ly pro-administration House Banking committee rejected 15 to 10 Thursday a move to give President Truman- power to seize the steel industry. , The action was taken as the committee worked on legislation to extend the Defense Produc tion Act the basic controls act which expires June 30. The seizure proposal, identi cal to one already rejected by the Senate, was offered by Rep, Richard Boiling, D-Mo. Five Southern Democrats join ed 10 Republicans in voting against It. One Republican join ed nine Democrats In voting for it. The outcome made it plain that the administration can have little, if any, hope of getting seizure legislation through the House. Astoria (U.R) Bottom fish ermen were bringing catches into Astoria and Newport again Thursday after the Otter Trawl er Union and Offshore Fishing essel Owners association reached a price agreement with packers. Astoria OI.R) The Astoria Plywood corporation has put $200,000 of preferred stock up for sale In an effort to liquidate a portion of the company'! in debtedness. ' 3-lVay Scheme To Weld tie public an Delegations Told Washington (U.R) Gov. Theo dore R. McKeldin of Maryland confirmed Thursday that a move is under way to weld three pivotal state delegations into a "harmony" bloc winch possibly could decide the Republican presidential nominee. Tells of Approach McKeldin, who holds Mary land's 24 GOP convention votes as a "favorite son" candidate, said he had been approached about the deal Wednesday by a "Pennsylvania politician" he de scribed as a friend of Gov. John S. Fine of Pennsylvania. The Maryland chief executive said the politician talked over a Negligent Homicide Charged to Driver In Fatal Accident Roylee Howard Newsom, 31, of 603 North Bartlett street, was arrested and jailed in lieu of $2,000 cash or $3,000 security bail today, state police said. He was arrested on a warrant charging negligent homicide in connection with an accident In which two people died. Newsom Was driver of a truck which collided with a se dan occupied by Mr. and Mrs. Dudley C. Fullington, Torrance, Calif., on June 7. The' accident occurred on a highway curve north of Central Point, and the Fullington'8 died instantly. Question Wiinetiet The warrant was issued on a complaint signed-by state police officers, who have been ques tioning eye witnesses to the ac cident, since it happened. The complaint alleges that. Newsom whowaa. driving his own truck, was driving ".with excessive speed,' failed to keep a proper lookout, and failed to operate on the right side of the road, according to District Attorney Paul Haviland. At. the time of the accident, Newsom told police his empty flatbed truck and trailer skid ded into the Fullington vehicle on pavement wet by a recent rain. ' . :. ; The case was continued this morning for preliminary hear ing, with a date to be set by the court at a later time. Edward C. Kelly is counsel for New som. House Receives Bill To Continue Controls Washington (U.R) The Senate passed and sent to the House Thursday a bill to con tinue price- wage- rent controls to next March 1. . Passage was by a 58-to-18 roll call vote. The bill continues the De fense Production Act, which is scheduled to expire June 30. The Senate bill would keep wage, price and rent controls for eight more months, but con tinues authority for allocation and consumer credit controls for an additional year until June 30, 1953. The bill now goes to the House, where the Banking Committee Is completing its own version of a controls measure. American President Lines Will Be Sold Washington (U.R) The gov ernment and the Dollar Steam ship "Interests Thursday agreed to offer the American President Lines Ltd. for public sale for at least $14,000,000 and divide the proceeds. R. Stanley Dollar, San Fran cisco, made it clear that he will make a bid for the disputed steamship line. The agreement for the public tale of controlling stock of the President Line formerly the Dollar Steamship Line ends a seven-year legal battle over the ownership of the line. Washington (U.R) The Fed eral Communications commis sion Thursday received an ap plication for acquisition of con trol of radio station KGW, AM and FM, Portland, Ore., by Sam uel Newhouse Jr. Weather FORECAST: llcht ihowrr! to night, htramtng pirtlv cloudy with wldaly Mattered ihow tra Friday. Slightly warmar tonight, low tonight 11-4". High Friday tl-l. tghMt Yaitarday tl Lont thli Morning II three-way proposal which also would involve Republican Na tional Committeeman Arthur Summerfield of Michigan, Bloct Uncommitted Large blocs of GOP conven tion delegates from all three states now are listed as uncom mitted in the contest between Sen. Robert A. Taft and Gen, Dwight D. Eisenhower. "I, of course, have no- way of knowing whether the person who approached me had author ity from Governor Fine," Mc Keldin said by telephone from Annapolis, Md. "Perhaps the same person still is to make contact with Gov ernor Fine. "However, the initia tive in this matter certainly is not mine. ; "If Governor Fine is riot in terested, that ends the matter. On the other hand the news re ports which I have seen do not indicate that the governor would not be Interested in such a har mony move." Fine Denies Propotal However, in Harrlsburg, Pa., Fine said that he had not pro posed that the delegatees from the three states join in a single voting bloc. "I have not proposed any meeting with anyone from Mary land or Michigan, nor do I know of any such meeting," Fine said. McKeldin referred to publish ed reports Thursday morning in the Baltimore Sun and the Wash ington Times-Herald. The re ports did not say which way the three-way bloc would throw its votes to Eisenhower or Taft. Body Located in River Identified As Gary Larson A body found yesterday after noon In the Rogue .river near Bybee bridge was definitely .Identified last night as that of eight-year-old Gary Larson, miss ing since a fishing accident June 1 near Casey park. State police said the river had carried the boy's body about 30 miles from the scene of the accident. ' Finding of the body, in about three feet of water, was reported to police by Craig Orange, 328 North Central avenue. He told officers the body was near the banks of the river about half a mile downstream from the bridge, on the Table Rock side. The boy was a son of Mr. and Mrs. Elnar F. Larson, 1011 West ,11th street. Search Conducted State police and residents of the area had conducted a search for the boy from boats and from the shore since he fell into the river while attempting to dis entangle a fish line which was fouled on a log. The boy was on a picnic with the Sam Mete fam ily, 1036 West 11th street, and was fishing with Alexander Mete, 12, when the accident occurred.. , The drowning was the fourth in Jackson county this year. . Conger Morris funeral home Is in charge of arrangements. Minneapolis'Pilot To Visit Scandinavia Washington (U.R) Max Con rad, globe-trotting Minneapolis aviator, took off Thursday in a tiny Piper Pacer airplane on the first leg of a 4,000-mile goodwill flight'to Scandinavia. Because of bad weather In the Goose Bay, Labrador area, Con rad decided to set down at Old Town, Me., Thursday night. 'Peace Partisans' Protest Ridgway Arrival in Italy Rome (U.R) Italian riot squads and . plainclothes police formed a ring around the Communist-controlled Rome Cham ber of Labor Thursday as Red led "peace partisan" leaders met to protest the arrival In Italy next week of Gen. Matthew B. Ridgway. ' Matting Banned , : PolicB banned s Communist Partisans' mass meeting planned for Thursday In a downtown Rome theater to show their dis approval of Ridgway, the now supreme Allied commander In Europe. . , - , The Communists sidestepped the challenge and met "In pri vate" in the labor chamber headquarters which is con Extensive Damage Caused by Record Cold June Night Tomatoes Wiped Out; Fruit Harm Uncertain Widespread damage to Rogue valley agricultural crops was re ported this morning, following an unprecedented mid-June cold snap. Last night was the coldest ev er recorded in this area during June, July or August, the weath er bureau said. Minimum tem perature recorded there was 31 degrees, although reports from elsewhere in the valley said some spots were as cold as 28 or 27 degrees. (Previous record cold during June was 32 degrees, also on the 12th, in 1917.) Damage Uncertain County Agent C. B. Cordy said that the extent of damage to the county's $10,000,000 pear crop is extremely uncertain. "I haven't the faintest inkling as to how much damage if any was caused to pears," Cordy said. But he reported that the tomato crop was virtually wiped out, as were most of the beans, cucum bers, some corn and many other truck crops. Tender flowers were also killed, he said. Cordy explained that any dol-. lars and cents estimate of the ex tent of damage Is impossible to make today, but it will be heavy, he said. Frost damage to pears ii impossible to detect for several days, he added, although the damage may not be as bad ' as was first though this morning. ' Some Heating Don Most valley orchardists have- taken in their orchard heating smudge pots for the season, al-, though there were a few or chards where the pots remained.. Most of these were lighted last, night, and a light cloud of smoke . over the valley was seen this morning.'- '!'" : ; Weather bureau temperature in Ashland was reported -as 29. and in Grants Pass as 33, with some spots colder than these re ports, , ; - ". ' Fred Kuest, Route 2, Box 388,' reported damage which proba-, bly is typical of that suffered by, family gardens. He said that ev erything tomatoes, . corn, mel-, ons, except lettuce and carrots was destroyed by the cold. . His alfalfa mry have been hurt too, ' he said.. , i . - . No Hall Damage No hail was reported from the heavy cumulr.s clouds which re mained over the valley yester day, but a fall of snow pellets, , and some flakes, was reported from a number of spots through-, out the area. The snow was part of the general weather pattern which resulted in the extreme cold last night. The anti-hail pilots flew' a to tal of 11 hours In three planes yesterday, and Gene Kooser, the chief pilot here, said that : he feels the cloud-seeding flights prevented fruit damage from the pellets. He explained that the freezing level was down to about 4,000 feet yesterday, and that ' pellets which fell from the clouds at around 17,000 to 18, 000. feet would not melt before -reaching the ground, due to the 1 low freezing level. Actual seeding time was be tween five and six hours, Kooser said. By UNITED PRESS The weather was more like approaching winter than ap proaching summer in most of Oregon Wednesday night and the weather bureau Thursday ' had little hope of immediate re lief. - I.-'' : ' .; - Temperatures dipped below ' freezing at several points, snow ' fell at Lakeview and rain and hail were reported in other sec tions of the state. sidered "off limits" to Rome po lice. - Police were across the square from the labor headquarters in force. Fifteen loads of riot police and 100 plainclothes police were moved into the area to surround the building. . Individuals Unh.derad Police did not hinder Individ uals entering or leaving the la- bor headquarters. ' ? " . "But. if they try to hold any i sort of a demonstration outside t we will move In," a police offic ial said The government has promised "vigorous" action against any , Red demonstrations following the linr.a of the Rnd riots mark ing Ridgway's arrival In Paris last month, - - -
