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r CHARRED BODY OF VICTIM is removed by ambulanee attendant from one of two Greyhound buses which hit headon as they reached crest of hill near Waco, Texas, with loss of at least 28 lives. Injuries to. 24. Tragedy occurred In darkness before dawn. ' (International Soundphoto) Young Mother Denies Guilt In Death of Airforce Mate Munich, Germany U.R) A pretty teen-aged American mo ther of two children, her voice trembling and almost inaudible pleaded innoncent Wednesday to the first degree murder of her Ah Force sergeant - husband. The U.S. High Commission District Court ordered pale, slen der and blonde Mrs. Martha J. Wage, 19, held for trial opening Sept. 22 before three American judges. If convicted, she could be sent to prison for life. No Evidence Heard No evidence was heard at the brief hearing in a stifling court room. She was accused of shoot ing 25-year-old Sgt. Dan P. Wage, Baldwin, Wis., in - a bedroom quarrel in their Fuerstenfeld brucke base billets July 26 aft er he brought home a German girl friend. Mrs. Wage, mother of two in fants, appeared more composed than at her tearful preliminary hearine July 28. She was still nale but a slash of bright red lipstick brightened her face. She. wore a white blouse and a crown and yellow skirt. No Sign of Emotion She was led into the small court room by a WAC and a giant military policeman who dwarfed the petite prisoner. .MOVING?- Save by Renting a BEE HIVE U - DRIVE Vans Stakes and Pfekup Trucks MM9 TEXACO STATION 6th & Grape Phone 3-3261 She showed no sign of emotion, her large dark eyes staring al most trancelike into the distance. When presiding Judge Leo M. Goodman asked Mrs. Wage if she were married, she replied in a small, trembling voice: "No. I was. I am a widow." She shuddered slightly. "Do you plead guilty or not guilty?" the judge demanded. Mrs. Wage's reply was almost inaudible: "Not guilty." Her lawyer, Morton Lang, re peated the plea of "not guilty" and asked time to gather wit nesses. With fixing of the trial date for September 22, the brief hear ing ended. s Shot From Souvenir Pistol Kills Boy, 11 : Portland U.R) The acci dental discharge of a German P-38 war - souvenir pistol held by a 13-year-old boy resulted in death for his 11-year-old play mate Tuesday afternoon. Victim of the accidental shooting was Larry D. Shinn. Detective John Fraser said the gun was held by Ronald Lester, a neighbor of the Shinn boy. Fraser said the two boys and another youngster had been playing with the gun in Lester's home arid that young Lester had been told to put it away, as ne was insertine the cliD back in the gun, it discharged-. The bul let struck the Shinn boy m the right shoulder, pierced his arm and went through his chest. Lester was. not held. Local 4-H Boys Tour Attending Two Rogue valley 4-H bDys are attending the range tour in Umatilla National forest from August 4 to 9, according to R. H. Cate Jr., county agent in 4-H work. , They are Charles Elmore and Francis Krouse both from Ap plegate. The boys were selected to attend the tour from 4-H members who wrote a letter de scribing why they wished to at tend the meeting. They are be ing sponsored by the Jackson County Young Farmers club and the Jackson County Stockmen's association. Jackson county is the only county west of the Cascade mountains that is represented at the tour, Cate pointed out. In struction will be given on out-of-door subjects, such as hunting and fishing, woodcraft, plant identification and principals of plant growth. The tour is sponsored by the northwest section of the Range Management association. . La Prensa Ed itors Plan To Resume Place in Freedom Court Records DISTRICT COURT Jarlr Dw Mvers. overload. $39. Alvin McKinley Hicks, passing with insufficient clearance. 15. CIRCUIT COURT Lucille Bourne vs. C. O. Bourne, divorce coirmlaint. Charles A. Wilcox vs. May Wilcox, divorce complaint. Dead line on Classlftea Ads: S3C p.m. for following day; 10 a.m. Mon day: noon Saturday for Sunday a m It's the nandy way to Jbuy Brew 66' "the light, smooth, distinctive beer that gains in popularity week after week. H Auto Thieves Increasing Action Washington flJ.R) FBI Di rector J. Edgar Hoover Wednes day warned car owners that auto thieves are stepping up their operations throughout the nation. According to local police 're ports from 381 communities, he said, .car thefts increased 21.2 per cent in large- cities during 1951. and 15.1 per cent in rural areas. He valued the cars stolen at $95,312,596. The FBI chief said the racket is so highly organized that cars frequently are stolen by "spec ial order" a car thief is provid ed by his ring with the particu lar make, year, model and color desired. He said 90 per cent of the stolen cars are recovered event ually. Order To Prohibit Feeder Hog Import Salem U.R) E. L. Peterson, state director of agriculture, said Wednesday his office was pre paring an order which would prohibit import of feeder hogs to Oregon for 30 days. Purpose of the order, Peterson said, is to prevent outbreak in Oregon of vesicular exanthema, a swine disease. The order, which New York (U.R) One of the world's great newspapers was suppressed on Jan. 26, 1951, in Buenos Aires, Argentina. The former editors of the expropri ated La Prensa pledge, in a book published by the John Day Co., that one day ;it will resume its place in "defense -of freedom." ."Defense of Freedom,'' the title of the volume, traces the history of La Prensa from its founding in 1869 by Dr. Jose C. Paz to its seizure by the Peron government in 1951. The book was originally published in Span ish last March and now appears in English' for the first time. Three men, all members of the Paz family, guided La Prensa through its 81-year-history. All held passionately to the creed laid down by the founder in his first editorial: "We are here to express true public opmion and not to sub iect it to our thinking. Late 1943 saw the beginning of the end for La Prensa. The government set up its ministry of propaganda. "A .monster is born," report ed tne editors of La Prensa. It was to be the "single pen" con trolling both press and radio. La Prensa's policy did not change. In 1946, Dr. Alberto Gi- anza Paz, successor to Don Eze- quiel Paz wrote: "The Argentine nation can only have one political faith, and that is democracy; can admit only one mode of life, and that is freedom; can accept only one statute, the one - that provides constitutional guarantees; and can progresg only by means of the fully respected toil of its sons. The blow that was to prove the beginning of the end fell on Jan 25, 1951. The government-spon sored union of news vendors served a series of demands on the newspaper, including one that it contribute to the union's social work 20 per cent of the value of all classified advertise ments. Hoodlums Move In That night hoodlums invaded the press room while other arm ed men outside surrounded the plant. Without police protection, the plant closed and the paper did not publish again. However, one more scene re mained to be played out. La Prensa's hundreds of loyal employees held a meeting on Feb. 27, 1951, and voted to go back to work. At 2 p.m. on February 28, they gathered at the mam build ing for the 10 block walk to the printmg plant. They had almost reached the plant, the story continues, when the tragic ambush took place. Not Union Men "The same mobsters who had been active before rushed in from several streets, reinforced xnis time m iiumueis, maicvu lence and weapons. They were not union men, they were pro fessional thugs. They spread their ranks at the street corners and opened fire on the columns of men and women. The attack was made without opposition; there was not a policeman in sight. They cut off access to the plant and in a few minutes the tragedy was completed. A young La Prensa workman 36 years old, a father and an exemplary citizen fell dead, cut down by the assailants' bullets, and 14 other workmen were wounded. Violence and bloodshed finally closed La Prensa where other measures had failed. The building and shops of La Prensa now are used by the Gen eral Confederation of Labor for would be effective upon signa ture by Gov. Douglas McKay, would allow shipments ot hogs for immediate slaughter to con tinue from areas where the dis ease is not prevalent. )St Like fy4 v We invite you to compare the smooth, quiet "air borne" ride of the Aero Willys with any car at any price! You'll say it's almost like flying when you glide over rough pavement . . . when you step on it and this fleet car seems to sprout wings! Come in and drive the car that gives you luxurious comfort. uuiaing pcnormance ana record gas economy Willys - w MONTHLY PAYMENTS AS LOW AS s 42 60 Leever Motor Go the publication of a paper by the same name which, the editor say, "is not the true and only La Prensa which defended freedom and constitutional order during 80 years." : The Editors of La Prensa .wrote: ... ... "Everything material that was used for. the publication of La Prensa has passed into other hands. But that is not the news paper. The true La Prensa is an honest popular voice that has fought for the freedom of the people independently and fear lessly! it is a spirit, not a collec tion of type faces. That spirit is far beyond the reach of expropri ation and violence; no human force can silence it. Freedom al ways wins the last battle, and great injustices have never en dured." - Wednesday, August 6, 1952 MEDFORD (OREGON) MAIL TRIBUNE NINE Meat Price Increase lips Wholesale Index i Nev York (U.R) A not j able rise in meat prices brought i the wholesale food index to the highest level of the year in the week ended Aug. 5, Dun and Bradstreet, Inc., reported Wed nesday. Although declines outnumber' ed advances, the agency report ed its index at $6.65, a cent above the previous high of $6.64 set on the first of the year, and two cents above last week's fig ure. The current index compares with $6.95 in the like 1951 week. Percentagewise, the index stands 4.3 below a year ago but 11.6 above the pre-Korean mark of $5.96. v The Norwegian pronunciation of ski is shee. Farm Bureau Takes Stand on 3 Measures Bend UU.R) Oregon Farm Bu reau Federation directors, who ended their quarterly meeting here Tuesday, took a stand on three measures to appear on Ore gon's November ballot. Marshall Swearingen, presi dent of the group, said the fed eration would intervene actively in the controversial truck tax fight. He said the group would support the truck and bus bill passed by the legislature and re ferred to the people by long-haul truckers. The board opposed the school district reorganization bill but went on record as in favor of the principles of the Oregon Milk Market Act. Dead line Sunday Classifieds ts at noon Saturdays. Korean Armistice Negotiations Halted Panmunjom, Korea (U.R) Korean armistice negotiations were halted Wednesday -.with only a few Allied and Commu nist soldiers on guard at this dusty, deserted village. United Nations and Commu nist staff officers stayed at their bases in Munsan and Kaesong after agreeing Tuesday on minor word changes in the proposed armistice draft. High-level negotiators will re sume their recessed talks Mon day, when they will again tackle the stalemate over excha i'ing war prisoners. 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