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MEDFORD, OREGON, SUNDAY, JUNE 15, 1952
No. 73
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I AFTER THE BATTLE American medical men tend to wounded Communist prisoners after para
troopers cleaned out Compound 76 on Koji Island, Korea. The compound was the resistance center for
fMB fanatical Reds. Thoueh not a shot was fired in the wild, three-hour battle, one American and 31
" Communists were killed. Fourteen Americans and 139 Beds were wounded.
UN Finds More Evidence
Of Fresh POW Execution
Beating by Reds
Said Death Cause
In Koje Compound
Members of "Court"
Believed Identified
Koje Island, Korea, Sunday
U.R) Camp authorities discov
ered evidence of a fresh
"execution" in one of the new
800-man Communist war prison
er compounds here today.
A prisoner doctor delivered a
body to the gates of enclosure
Number eight and stated the man
died from wounds in last week's
bloody fighting" in compound 76.
An American doctor, however,
said the prisoner was beaten to
death after being moved to the
new smaller enclosure. His bay
onet wounds from the compound
76 fighting had already begun to
heal when he was killed, the
doctor said.
American intelligence officers
said today they believe they have
identified a 15-man "kangaroo
court" responsible for the execu
tion of 16 men in former, "mur
der compound 77."
The Red "court" was picked
out by an anti-Red prisoner in
one of the 500-man compounds
who escaped its sentence by flee
ing under a barbed wire fence.
Officers said it was probably the
game Red "court" that operated
in No. 77.
Allied soldiers easily put down
three minor rebellions in the
new small compounds with tear
gas Saturday.
The pint-sized prisoner who
identified the "kangaroo court"
also pointed out 102 Communist
ringleaders in his compound.
The 102 hard-core Commun
ists include a 15-man kangaroo
court which a short time earlier
had sentenced the four-foot en
listed man to death. Also among
them was a North Korean lieu
tenant colonel Rhee identified as
the No. 1 Red on Koje.
The enlisted man's flight to
nfntv frppH from Communist
terror 273 other prisoners who
violently denounced their Red
comrades and asked to be separ
ated from them. This brought to
783 the number of prisoners, wno
have denounced Communisln in
'five days.
George Owens, 18, Klamath
Falls, suffered a broken leg Sat
urday evening near the top of
Greensprings mountain when
his car turned over and is being
treated in Sacred Heart hospital
according to attendants. Details
of the accident were not avail
able at press time from the state
police.
SPORTSBULLEflNS
Sacramento, Calif. (U.P.) - -Plump
Kan Gables gave San
Diego a run in the first Inning
that blanked the Pidrei for
the remaining eight Saturday
night, while Sacramanto
turned hit eight-hitter into a
4-1 victory over the league
leaders. The win was the Sc
ions' fourth of the series.
Bandon defeated the Med
ford Cheney Studs last night
7 to S. Derald Woolen receiv
ed the lots. He was relieved in
the third Inning by Cliff Py
land who allowed only three
hill and shut out Bandon the
rest of the way. Frank Roe
landt hit four for live times
at bat for the Stud.
TESTIFYING before Senate Foreign-Relations
committee, Seore
tary of State Dean Acheson
urges ratification of German
treaty. (International Soundphpto)
Soviet Appointment
Of Andrei Gromyko
Brings Speculation
Washington (li.R) Ameri
can officials speculated Satur
day that Andrei A. Gromyko, as
Russian ambassador to Britain,
may seek to divide Britain and
the United States on a common
approach to world peace.
The significance of the major
shift of Soviet diplomats in
Washington, London, and Pei
ping had American officials
groping for some explanation of
whether it meant the Kremlin's
policies will change.
May Work on Split
Some saw in Gromyko's dis
patch to London indications that
his task may be to work on the
growing split on foreign policy
between the out-of-office Labor
party and Winston Churchill's
Conservative government.
Britain's Labor party criticiz
ed again Friday some major U.
S. foreign policies and called for
new elections in western Ger
many before any German rearm
ament begins.
It may be Gromyko's task to
play up the Laborites by offer
ing concessions in a major new
diplomatic peace offensive that
would widen further differences
between Washington, London,
and Paris.
The Soviets have been calling
steadily for a new Big Four con
ference with the U.S., Britain,
and France on Germany unity
to stop West German rearma
ment. Postmaster Nominations
Made for Valley Towns
Parker T. Hess, Ashland, and
Howard C. Nutt, Shady Cove,
have been nominated for perma
nent appointments as postmaster
in their communities, according
to press dispatches from Wash
ington, D.C.
President Truman sent the
nominations lo the senate last
week.
Radio Highlights
Sen. Wayne Morse. R-Ore.,
will be a guest on "Meet the
Press" on radio station KMED
(1440 ke) at S o'clock this eve
ning. At 4:30 p.m. Sen. Estes
Kefauver and Sen. Robert
Taft will discuss their foreign
and domestic pslicies on tiie
"American Forum of the Air."
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Allied Truce Team
Agrees to Return
To Monday Session
No Progress Reported
From Saturday Meeting
Tokyo, Sunday (U.R) The
patience of United Nations truce
negotiators held for another day
as the Allied team met with the
Communists for 35 minutes at
Panmunjom today . and agreed
to return again Monday. '
" Before the session United Na
tion's "'negotiators"" hinted they
might walk out of the n Korean
truce talks in another three-day
recess if the Communists refused
to say something new on the
deadlocked issue of prisoner re
patriation. Consents to Demand
Chief U. N. negotiator Maj.
Gen. William K. Harrison con
sented to a Communist demand
for another session.
"Absolutely no progress" was
the U.N.'s report on Saturday's
meeting.
Harrison imposed a three-day
recess last week when he wear
ied of long Communist tirades
against U.N. treatment of war
prisoners on Koje island and
their refusal to discuss the ac
tual matter holding up a truce.
He agreed to meet yesterday
only after a short consultation
with other delegates as to whe
ther the meeting was "worth
while" in the absence of any
new offers by the Communists.
UN Stand Final
In an 11-minute statement
Harrison repeated that the U.N.
stand on war prisoners is final,
but he offered to explain or clar
ify it if the Reds wished. The
U.N. insists that anti-Communist
war prisoners should not be
forced to return to the Commun
ist side; this is the only issue
holding up an armistice.
North Korean Lt. Gen. Nam II
replied in mild tones but he gave
no Indication the Reds have
changed their own stand.
Fruit Growers
Between Anti
The president of the Jackson
County Fruit Growers league
Saturday denied that anti-hail
cloud-seeding has had any effect
on rainfall in the area.- .
W. G. Beard Jr., 119 Newtown
street, president of the fruit
growers, also pointed out that
fruit men of the area have just
as much at stake in normal rain
fall as do members of the Mois
ture Conservation league.
The fruit growers, who have
joined with the Traffic associa
tion to hire pilots to seed clouds
in attempts to prevent hail
damage to fruit in the valley,
have been under heavy attack
because of a widely-held opinion
that the fliers prevent rain from
falling.
Claims Ns Connection
"If we had any reason to be
lieve that the fliers are cutting
down on rainfall, we'd stop spon
soring them right now. Beard
said. "We are convinced, how
ever, on the basis of facts and
figures, that there is no relation
ship between anti-hail flying and
precipitation figures that is,
iraln."
Attorney General
Announces Three
Top Resignations
Circumstances Point
To Clean-Up Start
Washington (U.R) Attorn
ey General James P. McGranery
Saturday announced the resig
nations of three top Justice De
partment officials in circum
stances strongly suggesting he
was beginning his long anti
cipated departmental clean-up.
At a press conference In Phil
adelphia, where he was spending
the week-end at his home, Mc
Granery said he had accepted
resignations of H. Graham Mor
ison, assistant attorney general
in charge of the anti-trust div
ision; Harold I. Baynton, assis
tant attorney general and dir
ector of the office of alien prop
erty and William A. Underhill,
Baynton's assistant in charge of
the Lands Division.
Rep. Patrick J. Hillings, (R-
Calif.), who called the turn on
the three resignations before
McGranery announced them said
"McGranery apparently is de
termined to carry out his pledge
to clean up the Justice Depart
ment." Hillings also predicted "fur
ther heads will roll." But he
mentioned no names.
Hillings is a member of the
House Judiciary subcommittee,
headed by Rep. Frank L. Chelf,
(D-Ky.), which has been investi
gating the Justice Department.
Besides the three men who
left the department today, the
Chelf committee has, at var
ious times, been critical of Dep
uty Attorney General A. Devitt
Vanech, Assistant Attorney Gen
eral Joseph C. Duggan and, to
a lesser degree, Solicitor Gen
eral Philip B. Perlman.
Hillings declined to predict
whether any of these three
might be on the way out.
Senator McMahqn
Urges Production
Of Many H-Bombs
Washington (U.R) Sen.
Brian McMahon (D-Conn.) Satur
day urged production of thou
sands of H-bombs for battlefield
use to deter the Kremlin from
waging war "and win us time to
wage peace."
McMahon is chairman of the
House - Senate Atomic Energy
committee and the first respon
sible official to i n d i c a t e that
H-bombs, big brothers to the A
bombs, could be used in a tactical
role against enemy forces in the
field.
He made it clear that the Unit
ed States is on the verge of
perfecting the dread hydrogen
bomb. But he did not confirm
reports that the Atomic Energy
commission will test its first H
bomb at Eniwetok this fall.
McMahon, who is a candidate
for the Democratic presidential
nomination, made his proposal
in a speech delivered by tele
phone from, Washington to the
Connecticut State Democratic
convention at Hartford.
He outlined a five-point pro
gram "for security, solvency,
and peace"' should he be elected
president. One point called for
a meeting of the chiefs of state
within the United Nations Secur
ity council "to consider ways and
means of disarming this earth
and developing this earth."
Head Says No Connection
- Hail Flvinq and Rainfall
Referring to two letters from
readers, which appeared in Fri
day's Mail Tribune and which
indicated a belief that the pilots
were responsible for dispersing
clouds resulting In an unseasonal
cold snap, Beard stated that
weather bureau figures show
conclusively that the cold was
not a local situation.
"Cloud seeding here could not
have affected the weather pat
tern over the entire Pacific
coast," Beard said.
Drouth "Dlitiieroui" to Fruit
He went on to point but how
and why fruit men, too, stand to
lose from lack of rain. Last year.
for Instance, the pear packout
was only 57 per cent of the crop,
compared to a normal 75 per
cent, due to lack of sizing of
pears, Beard said. The lack o(
sizing was a direct result of last
year's drouth, he added, and was
"disastrous to fruit men. But he
also said that the drouth could
not be attributed to the hail
experiment it was general all
over the western part of the
state.
Senator Taft Says
Delegate Disputes
Must Go to States
Convention May Get
Hot Texas Argument
Washington (U.R) Sen.
Robert A. Taft said Saturday the
Republican National committee
was following a rule, written by
his present opponents, in refer
ring disputes over delegates to
the National Convention back to
the states for settlement.
He added, however, that the
most hotly contested argument
over southern delegates, involv
ing the 38 from Texas, may have
to be settled by the National
convention.
Talks With Reporters
The Ohio candidate for the Re
publican presidential nomina
tion discussed the southern con
tests with reporters after the
GOP National committee had
announced the referral of some
disputes to state Republican
committees and conventions.
Republicans ' supporting Gen.
Dwight D. Eisenhower for the
presidential nomination are pre
paring to carry fights over
contested southern delegates
particularly in Texas, Louisiana
and Georgia to the convention
floor.
The latest United Press tabula
tion gives Taft 468 delegate votes
and Eisenhower 399. To win the
nomination 604 votes are needed.
Contests to States
The national committee an
nounced Friday night that it had
referred contests over 11 sou
thern delegates elected by dis
tricts back to the states. Eight
elected at large from Mississippi
and Louisiana, were referred to
the national convention.
' Taft commented that the com
mittee had merely followed the
rule written in 1944 and reaf
firmed in 1948 by supporters of
Gov. Thomas E. Dewey, the GOP
presidential nominee in both
years. Dewey is now one of the
leading backers of Eisenhower,
Taffs chief rival for the 1952
nomination.
Large Crowd Sees
First Roundup Show
A near capacity crowd of
about 2,500 people braved heavy
rains during part of the rodeo
show last night at the 11th An
nual Rogue River Roundup.
There were no accidents despite
slippery footing. The rodeo is
also scheduled for 1 o'clock to
day with competitive drills by
mounted posse groups.
A parade was held preceding
the rodeo last night with posse
groups from Jackson, Josephine
and Douglas counties participa
ting, and the Medford Senior
high school band, a soap box
derby float, and ancient red
Model T Ford sponsored by the
Larson-May company.
L. Garland Ellsworth, Box 81,
Talent, a clown in the parade
fell from a wagon which broke
in front of Fluhrer's building,
and was taken to Community
hospital by Conger-Morris am
bulance. He was released after
x-rays were taken which show
ed no serious Injuries, hospital
attendants said.
This year, by comparison, has
had good rainfall, with both
May and June having above
normal rains, and the seasonal
ralnfa't figure is also above
normal, he pointed out.
Beard himself, as well as other
members of the league, also are
Interested in many acres of "dry"
land, he said, and he added that
their need for rain is as great as
anyones.
Protest Flights
The Moisture Conservation
league was organized recently in
order to protest the hail-busting
flights, and members say the
fliers prevent rain. They cite
thrpe dry years 1949, 1950 and
1951 during which flights were
made.
The fliers, on the other hand,
have pointed out that weather
bureau statistics show the three
years were dry throughout the
state, not just In the Rogue val
ley. And they also say that rain
fall this year has been above
normal. They have seeded clouds
several times since the hail sea
son started April 1.
First Atomic Sub
Near Completion,
President States
Groton, Conn. (U.R) Pres
ident Truman disclosed Satur
day that the . first atomic sub
marine engine will be in opera
tion soon and predicted it would
open a new era as revolution
ary as that set off by the inven
tion of the ocean steamship.
Mr. Truman gave a glowing
report on the nation's atomic
energy progress at ceremonies
for the laying of the keel of the
$40,000,000 USS Nautilus, the
world's fi r s t atomic-powered
submarine.
Significance Tremendous
"The military significance of
this vessel is tremendous," Mr.
Truman told a crowd of 10,000
persons at the flag day cere
monies. "The engine of the Nau
tilus will have as revolutionary
effect on the navies of the world
as did the first ocean steamship
120 years ago.
"... This vessel is the fore
runner of atomic-powered mer
chant ships and airplanes, of
atomic power plants producing
electricity for factories, farms
and homes.
Mr. Truman took the occasion
British Government
Worker Held as Spy
London (U.R) A British
foreign office employee with ac
cess to Buper-sccet .British cod
ed material, Saturday was order-
Medford Fire Chief
Announces Plans
Of Home Inspection
Medford Fire Chief Gordon
Barker yesterday announced a
new plan for the Inspection of
the city's homes for fire hazards.
The program which will be
purely voluntary will begin to
morrow morning, he said.
'Every house fire we've had
in the past year has been pre
ventable," Barker pointed out.
The new plan is designed to as
sist homeowners of Medford to
find and eliminate the hazards
which cause needless fires.
Cites Carelessness
"Practically all fires are caus
ed by pure carelessness of one
sort or another," Barker contin
ued. The fires here Included
those caused by stoves too close
to walls, smoking in bed, frayed
extension cords, and other caus
es which a little care would have
eliminated.
Barker said that in Portland,
when a similar home-inspection
plan was inaugurated, home fir-'
es dropped by 28 per cent. Simi
lar results have been noted in
the business area here since in
spections there were begun.
The Job, to be done under the
direction of Fire Marshal Tru
man Nelson, will be performed
by trained teams of firemen.
They will travel In a radio
equipped truck, with one man
staying in the truck to listen for
calls, while the other will make
the inspection.
By Invitation
Inspections will be made in
homes where firemen are "invit
ed in," either as they make tours
of a, neighborhood, or by tele
phon calls to the fire department
headquarters, at 2-2790. Anyone
wishing to have his home in
spected is invited to call.
The Inspecting fireman will
make out a report on the house,
and a copy will be given the
homeowner, with any recom
mendations which may be made
Last year, Medford averaged
one house fire each three days,
Barker said. There were several
deaths resulting, Nation- wide
fire statistics showed that 8.000
people died in home fires each
year; more than half of them
children under 10 years of age.
Salem (U.R) Elling Hal-
vorson, president of the Halver-
son Construction company of
Salem, died Thursday In St.
Paul, Minn., of a heart attack
the firm announced here Satui
day.
fief
NO
to criticize Gen. Dwight D.
Eisenhower, without naming
him, for talking about a $40 bil
lion tax cut. He warned against
cut-rate, bargain counter" pol
icies, which he said would
severely hurt the nation's de
fense effort.
But most of the president's
speech was devoted to the new
submarine and the "marvelous
new things it foreshadows.
Nearing Completion
Speaking under a bright sun
in the boat yard of the Electric
Boat division of t h e General
Dynamics Corp., Mr. Truman
proudly revealed that the con
struction of a dry-land submar
ine w i t h .a full-size working
engine was nearing completion
and "soon" would be ready for
tests.
When a similar engine is in
stalled in the Nautilus, he said
it will enable the submarine to
trdvel at a speed of more than
20 knots, with a few pounds of
uranium giving the craft enough
fuel to travel thousands of miles
at top speed. The Nautilus will
be able to stay under water In
definitely, he said.
ed held for trial on charges of
passing information to the Sov
iet embassy in London
He was identified as William
Martin Marshall; 24, who served
one year in the British embassy
In Moscow.
A foreign office radio opera
tor, Marshall was charged speci
fically with violation of Brit
ain's official secrets act by pass
ing information "useful to any
enemy to Povel Kuznetsov, a
second secretary in the Soviet
embassy. . .
The charge carries a possible
penalty of from three to 14
years imprisonment.
Information Not Told
It was not disclosed what in
formation Marshall is alleged to
have given the Russians.
In his capacity as radio opera
tor in the foreign office monitor,
station, authoritative sources
said, he had access to both open
and coded material.
Although there was no official
comment, well-informed sources
said privately that there was no
indication that the Soviets had
broken any secret British codes.
Marshall denied the charges
against him and was ordered
held for trial next week in an
emotion-packed, four-minute ap
pearance in London's tiny
southwestern magistrate's court.
Appointments Taken
For Blood Donations
Up to noon Saturday, 158 per
sons had made appointments to
give blood next Wednesday dur
ing the visit of the area's blood
mobile, it was reported by blood
program workers.
They said they hope to have
325 appointments by the time
the blood center opens at 1 p.
m, June 18 at the Elks Temple.
Blood donation will continue un
til 6 p. m. that day.
Telephone number to call lo
make an appointment is 3-3813.
May Fireball Over Seattle
Believed 50 Miles m Air
Seattle (U.R) A meteor
expert said Saturday that a fire
ball that rumbled across the
heavens, routing thousands of
atomic bomb-conscious Seattle
residents from their beds early
May 11, was 50 miles high.
J. Hugh Pruett, Pacific reg
ional director of the American
Meteor society, sent question
aires and measuring instruments
to some 80 persons who reported
witnessing the most spectacular
meteor ever seen in the North
west. With reports received from
as far south as the Oregon-California
border and east to west
ern Montana. Pruett plotted the
path of the meteor. .
Pruett'i charts thow the me
DEALS
General Urges US
To Hit Corruption
Where It Arises"
Large Crowd Cheers
Free-Swinging Speech
Detroit (U.R) Gen. Dwight
D. Eisenhower said Saturday
night that he was a "no deal"
nomination for the Republican
nominatio nfor president and
urged Americans to wipe out
corruption "wherever lt arises."
In a free-swinging political
speech before a crowd of 10,000,
the retired five-star general said
he entered the presidential arena
without obligations.
No Deal" Man
"Not a single soul has ap
proached me," the general de
clared. "I'm strictly a no deal
man."
He said he has "no political
debts" except that a Virginia
delegate the other day brought
him a ham.
Casting aside prepared texts on
which he labored long and hard.
Eisenhower set out in his speech
before a shouting throng in
Olympia stadium to answer some
of the questions he has been
asked since he returned to the
United States as a presidential
candidate two weeks ago. '
As the World war II comman
der of Allied defense forces in
Europe, one of the questions has
been why he didn't capture Ber
lin, which has been a focal point
of East-West troubles since 194S.
Explains at Length
He explained it at length, list
ing some of the military and po
litical problems and the tremen
dous costs Involved in taking tha
German capital.
He disclaimed any responsibil
ity lor the much oritlcized decis
ions of Yalta and Potsdam.
He said he made two recom
mendations at Potsdam and
both were disregarded." The
first, he said, was against a di
vision of Germany into East
West zones, the other was "that
we do not Invite Russia to get
into the Japanese war."
"I have been asked about cor
ruption," he said.
"My reaction is the same aa
that of any other American. We
expect Americans to fight cor
ruption wherever lt arises. And,
we can do lt without besmirch
ing the character of any man."
Weekend Rainfall ;
Ups Month's Total
Rainfall during June Is now
"above normal" following heavy
showers Friday and Saturday,
according to the Medford weath
er bureau.
The week-end rains, which
started Friday afternoon, and
resumed after a let-up, Friday
evening and Saturday morning,
brought a total of .64 Inches of
rain up to 11 p. m. Saturday.
The weather bureau said that
normal June rainfall up to the
14th is .39 of an inch, and the
recent rain made the June, 1952,
total to date .82 of an inch, or
an "excess" of .43, making a
total of more than the normal
total June rainfall of .76 of an
Inch.
In addition, the bureau report
ed, up to Friday midnight, the
seasonal average rainfall (since
Sept. 1, 1951) totaled 20.17
inches, compared to the 15.99
inches which is normal.
The bureau reported late Sat
urday evening that the storrh
was over with clearing Sunday
night and fair Monday. The
heaviest precipitation from the
storm occurred In the southwest
Oregon area, the bureau concluded.
teor was first sighted at a point
30 miles west of Tacoma and
traveled in a northeasterly direc
tion before exploding Into sev
eral pieces 50 miles beyond Seat
tle at 1:26 a. m. (PDT).
"Fragments m a y be found
anywhere from Seattle to sev
eral miles beyond this end
point," he said.
Two Seattle policemen said
the meteor appeared to be about
2,000 feet overhead. However,
Pruett said its height more like
ly was 50 miles.
A column by J. Hugh Pruett
appears each Sunday In The
Mail Tribune and may be found
today on Page 11.
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