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Los Angeles (UP.) Olela
O'Connor Yates, one of 14
California Communist leaders
serftenced lo prison for con
spiring lo teach and advocate
the violent overthrow of the
government, today was sen
tenced lo an additional year
. in jail for contempt of court.
Los Angeles (U.R) The pro
tracted six-month trial of 14
"second string". Communists
draws to a close Friday when
Federal Judge William -C.
Mathes pronounces sentence on
one of the party leaders for con
tempt of court.
Mathes 'called the West Coast
Communists before the bench
Thursday and handed each of
them the maximum sentence
five years in jail and a $10,000
fine for violation of the Smith
Act.
Defendants Denied Bail
The defendants were denied
bail and taken to County Jail
to await transportation to fed
eral prisons.
The Communists were con
victed of conspiring to teach and
advocate the violent overthrow
of the government.
Mathes handed down the sen
tences after refusing to set aside
the jury's guilty verd'ct as de
fense attorneys had asked. He
then announced he would sen
tence Oleta O'Connor Yates, one
of the 14, on 10 contempt of
court convictions.
Mrs. Yates was found in con
tempt during the long trial for
refusing to answer questions at
the direction of the judge.
Appeal Notices Filed
Defense attorneys said they
have already filed written notice
of appeal to the U. S. Circuit
Court of Appeals and will de
mand release of the 14 on bail
pending a decision from the
higher court.
In refusing to vacate the ver
dict. Mathes commented, "The
jury's guilty verdict is appar
ently beyond reasonable doubt.
I therefore deny the defense mo
tion for a judgment of acquittal."
Under federal law, the judge
considers such motions for di
rected verdicts of acquittal after
the. jury returns its decision.
Mathes also denied a motion
for a new trial, which the de
fense sought on grounds that the
release of an FBI report may
have prejudiced the jury.
Overthrow Plot Told
The report was released in
Washington before the jury be
gan deliberations. It said Josef
Stalin plotted to overthrow the'
U. S. government through the
agency of the American Com
munist party.
The judge, calling the Com
munists before him one by one,
allowed each defendant to ex
press his defiance, protest his
innocence and reaffirm his belief
in the Communist party.
Mathes then refused to set
bail, and ruled that the prison
ers must remain in jail until
their fines are paid.
Walter Pearson
Named in Divorce Suit
Portland U.R) Walter J.
Peafson, Oregon state treasurer,
is being sued for divorce in a
suit filed in circuit court here
by his wife; Dorothea L. Pear
son, charging cruel and inhuman
treatment.
The suit also alleged that
Pearson inflicted personal indig
nities on Mrs. Pearson, making
her life burdensome and un
bearable. She asked custody . of their
infant son, born in May.
The Pearsons were married
May 29, 1951. His first two mar
riages also ended in divorce.
Many Tales of
Saved Carrier
Tokyo (U.R) The Navy told
Friday how officers and enlisted
men heroically risked their lives
to save the American carrier
Boxer from destruction when a
jet plane exploded and set fire
to the hanger deck.
Three of the nine men who
were ' killed in the accident
Wednesday died braving fire and
exploding ammunition- to treat
injured crew members.
32 Men Injured
Thirty-two men were injured"
and 50 others were treated for
smoke exhaustion. Twelve other
planes were destroyed. The acci
dent took place while the Boxer
was about 90 miles east of Won
san off North Korea.
The jet plane had just return
ed from a mission over North Ko
rea when it exploded. A spokes
man said the fire, fed by gaso
line, bombs and ammunition,
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CONCLUDE PACIFIC DEFENSE PARLEY New Zealand Foreign
Minister T. Clifton Webb (left),,U. S. Secy, of State Dean Acheson
icenter) and Australian Minister for External Affairs Richard G.
Casey leave the conference house in Honolulu after concluding
their talks on the Pacific Mutual Defense Treaty. Acheson, refer
ring to the campaign to halt Red aggression in the Pacific, called
the conference a "good start."
Eisenhower, Nixon
C q n f e r i t fi J5ules
On Foreign Issues
Denver (U.R) John Foster
Dulles, Republican foreign pol
icy expert, arrived here Friday
for a series of conferences with
Dwight D. Eisenhower and Sen.
Richard M. Nixon, Republican
presidential and vice presiden
tial candidates.
Dulles, who drafted the for-,
eign policy plank of the .GOP's
1952 patform, planned to spend
several days here talking with
Milk Marketing Laws
Subject of Meeting
The Grade A Milk Produces
league will meet at the court
house auditorium at 8:30 p.m.
today to discuss the Oregon milk
marketing laws.
Edgar Grimes, chairman of
the milk committee of the Ore
gon Farm Bureau federation,
and Stanley Church, representa
tive of the Oregon Milk Produc
ers committee, will speak in
favor of the laws. Grover Steele,
Portland, will represent Safe
way Stores, which have actively
campaigned against the law. -
Pee Wee, Cub Players
Will Picnic Saturday
All boys who participated in
Southern Oregon Junior Baseball
league pee wee and cub activity
this season may attend the picnic
and swim starting Saturday at
2:30 p.m. at Jackson Hot Springs,
Lee Ragsdale, Medford school
athletic director, said today.
Families of the boys may also
attend. All persons going are to
take their lunches. Boys from
eight southern Oregon towns
took part in league play.
Heroism Told of Men Who
Boxer From Destruction .
made the ship an "inferno" in a
matter of seconds.
Well-trained Navy firefighters
were on the job "almost before
the sound of the first explosions
had died away," attacking the
fire with water and foam. Then
the flames burned out vital fire
fighting equipment and commu
nications lines. .
Portable Pumps Rigged
"One bomb exploded, spread
ing the flames and inflicting cas
ualties on the fire and rescue
parties," the spokesman said.
"Emergency communications and
portable pumps were rigged and
the fight continued ...
"Plane crewmen rushed in
among the fire fighters and
stripped bombs and ammunition
from the Corsairs, Skyraiders
and jets.
"Many men were trapped
briefly in spaces above and be
low the hangar deck by the
DFOI
Eisenhower, Nixon and the Re
publican top command about
the stand the party will take on
foreign issues during the cam
paign. Final Plans Prepared
Nixon arrived a few hours
ahead of Dulles. He expected to
remain for at least 10 days and
perhaps longer while final cam
paign plans are being whipped
into shape.
Meanwhile, an unannounced
visitor into Eisenhower's private
sanctuary late Thursday created
something of a stir around the
GOP nominee's headquarters.
The visitor was Davis Mer
win, who identified himself as
a cousin of Gov. Adlai Steven
son of Illinois, Democratic nomi
nee for president.
Merwin and his brother, Lor
ing, own the Bloomington, 111.,
newspaper, the Pantagraph,
along with Stevenson and Ste
venson's sister, Mrs. Elizabeth
Ives.
Military Views Talked
Merwin, en route to Korea as
a correspondent for the Panta
graph and ' other newspapers,
said he talked with Eisenhower
concerning the Republican
nominee's views oil military
policies particularly in jegard
to matters of. air-sea power.
He said he wanted to learn
whether Eisenhower had chang
ed his views from certain opin
ions he had axpressed previously-
Eisenhower had a light sche
dule of visitors;- today, saving
most of his time for foreign pol
icy discussions with Dulles and
Nixon.
dense smoke. Rescue workers in
oxygen masks guided many of
them to safety. Far below the
water line, engineers were
forced to don masks to remain
in their places."
Lt. James E. Schropshire, Bir
mingham, Ala., a medical officer
for Carrier Air Group Two, was
killed by a fragment of an ex
ploding shell while treating pa
tients only 100 feet from the
flames. '
Men Leap Into Su
Bomb fragments also killed
Hospitalmen Richard Smith Tay
lor, Kendallville, Ind., and James
Veryle Wark, El Monte, Calif.
Sixty -three men were forced
to leap into the. sea . when . the
flames and smoke became un
bearable. All but one were res
cued. '
The 27,000-ton carrier is now
en route to Yokosuka Naval Base
near Tokyo for repairs.- .
MEDFORD,
Wayne Long Dies
In Prison Chamber
For Rucker Murder
Long Tells Newsmen
Trial Wasn't Fair
(Editor's note: Bill Force,
author of the following article
on the execution of Wayne
Long at Oregon State prison
today, formerly was a reporter
for The Medford Mail Tribune
and is the son of Mr. and Mrs.
H. D. Force, Gold Hill. He join
ed the United Press about a
year ago.)
By BILL FORCE
Salem U.R) Wayne Leroy
Lone died in the state's lethal
gas chamber at 7:17 a.m. (PST),
Friday for the June 14, laau,
murder of Walter L. Rucker in
Clackamas county.
The calm, gum -chewing 28-year-old
Long, one of the slate
prison's most notorious inmates,
strode unassisted into the state's
new death - house just outside
the' prison wall a few minutes
before 7 a.m. He was accom
panied by the Rev. William Mc
Clory, Catholic chaplain at the
penitentiary, who was Long's
constant companion in the hours
just before the execution.
Long was the 14th person to
be executed since Oregon estab
lished gas as the state's form of
capital punishment.
Door Clanks Shut
At 7:02 a.m. the heavy steel
door of the gas chamber clanked
shut and moments later the dead
ly white cyanide fumes cuiled
like smoke through the ctiamDer.
At 7!17 a.m. the final heart im
pulse was recorded on instru
ments outside the champer, jusi
14V2 minutes after the first lumes
struck Lonk's-face, -x.--"-
Some 50 witnesses and news-
ottonHeH the execution in
lii,'. --'--'- -
addition to prison guards and
officials. Dr. Emil Muns, prison
physician, and Dr. W. Ray Poin
dexter, state hospital physician,
acted in a supervisory capacity
at the execution.
Unfair Trial Claimed
A few minutes before Long
,Wn from the euard cao-
waa l ti 1 1 i . cj -
tains office he was interviewed
by news men. He continued to
maintain that he had not received
a fair trial but he ignord a re
porter who asked if he still claim
ed he was innocent of the Rucker
murder.
Long ate no breakfast Where
I'm going I'm not going to need
any breakfast," he said.
During the night he played
pinochle with Father McClory
and prison guards. Long and the
Women inmates clustered
around their cell windows on
hQ rr. floor of the prison ad
ministration building as Long
was taken to a car and driven
the short distance to the death
house. ,
There was no disturbance
among the convicts as the exe
cution hour drew near.
Convicted of Murder
ronvicted bv a Clack
oc mil ntv circuit court jury
of fatally shooting Rucker in or
der to use the Portland carpen
ter's pickup truck in an abortive
attempt to hold up a orancn Daiih.
-Portland's eastside.
Long went to his death still
maintaining the jury which con
victed him was not impartial
since all the jurors had said
they were not opposed to capital
punishment.
Long, who was first arrested
,hon he was 12 for stealing a
bicycle, had been one of the
prison s most unruly inmates, nc
marfo spveral escape attempts
and was a leader in many of
the prison disturbances.
Sheriff's Deputy
To Return Morgan
An agent from the sheriff's
office has been dispatched to.
Indianapolis, Ind., to return Mil
ton E. Morgan to Medford, ac
cording to Sheriff , Howard
Gault. Morgan, 25, is wanted by
local authorities in connection
with the 1948 robbery of Chris
tian's market, 1135 Lozier lane.
He is. charged with assault
with a deadly weapon and at
tempted robbery. He was arrest
ed in Indiana for another of
fense and Gov. Henry F.
Schricker signed papers to ex
tradite him to Medford. . ,
Washington (U.R) The De
fense Department said Friday it
has asked Selective Service to
draft 371 physicians and 200
dentists in October.
OREGON, FRIDAY, AUGUST 8, 1952
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Allies Continue
Slaughter of MIGs;
Sinchon Blasted
Civilians Warned
Of Pending Raid
Seoul, Korea (U.R) United
Nations jet planes shot down
three Communist MIG-15 jets
Friday while B-26 Invaders blast
ed Red troop concentrations and
supply areas at Sinchon after
warning the Communists they
were coming.
In Friday's jet battles, Capt.
Clifford D. Jolley, Salt Lake
City, became history's 18th jet
ace. He made hjs fifth kill in
an afternoon fight between 12
Sabrejets and 15 MIGs.
Civilians Warned
Sinchon, about 45 miles south
west of Pyongyang, the North
Korean capital, is one of the 78
cities and towns marked for at
tack by U.N. warplanes. Before
the B-26s appeared overhead,
Radio Seoul warned civilians to
clear out.
The warning was given in ac
cordance with the Allied policy
of trying to avoid needless de
struction of civilian lives.
Town Attacked Tiqe
The B-26s attacked. Sinchon
twice,: .dropping.. more., than .50
bomb loads. Pilots could not give
a detailed description of the dam
age because of darkness and
smoke.
Elsewhere the ground war
came to an almost complete halt
in 108-degree heat.
Communist troops tried again
Thursday night to dislodge tough
South Korean troops from Capi
tol Hill west of the Pukhan river
on the Central Front, but were
driven off in a 50-minute fight.
The Communists hit the South
Koreans with 500 rounds of artil
lery before sending a company
of infantry against them. The
hill has changed hands six times
since August 5; '
Staffordllected
Red Cross Head;
Secretary Resigns
Col. Ben Stafford, former
Jackson county Civilian Defense
director, was elected chairman
of the Jackson . County Red
Cross chapter at a board of di
rectors meeting yesterday, ac
cording to Edward Branchfield
retiring county chairman.
At the board of directors
meeting, Mrs. Enid Rankin sub
mitted her resignation as execu-
t i v e-secretary for "personal
reasons," according to Branch
field. The board "regretfully
accepted" the resignation, effec
tive August 31. He said the
board is drawing up. an official
resolution commending M r s.
Rankin for her public service.
Board Officers
Board officers elected at the
meeting, which was the first
board meeting following the an
nual election on July 26, were,
besides Col. Stafford, M r s.
Frank Fairweather, first vice1
chairman: Dr. Elmo Stevenson,
second vice-chairman; El wood
Hedberg, treasurer; and Mrs.
Lester Adams, secretary. . -
Members named to the execu
tive committee of the board
were Branchfield, Hedberg, Mrs.
C. L. Pierce, Mrs. Adams, Mrs
Sam McNair, Mrs. Howell Mur
phy, Mrs. John Day, Mrs. C.
Reese Braley, Mrs. Fairweather
and Dr. Stevenson.
Mrs. Katherine Hall Cham
bers, disaster field -representative,
Pacific area, National Red
Cross, was the principal speaker
this morning at a county-wide
organizational meeting for nat
ural and war-caused disasters.
The meeting was held in the
Lincoln school gymnasium.
Over 55 representatives from
county Granges and school
groups attended the session
which saw the setting up . of
community heads to orsane
loctl groups to he a c"-.r.r-3 o;
the mass care services of lodg-
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51 TIRANA GAMMA ISLAND JjpS
GREEKS SHELL DISPUTED ISLAND-Cross marks spot where
the Greek Army shelled disputed Gamma Island in an attempt to
drive off Bulgarian Reds who seized it July 23. The island, always'
considered Greek territory, lies in the Evros River, which for
10 miles forms the frontier between Bulgaria and Greece The
Greek press said the bombardment was a prelude to reoccupation
of the island.
Stevenson's Aides
Discuss Itinerary .
For Southern Jaunt
.Springfield, 111. (U.R) Gov.
Adlai E. Stevenson's aides are
mapping out a campaign itiner
ary", which tentatively calls -for
taking the presidential nominee's
train into the South. it was learn
ed Friday.
Although the Democratic presi
dential nominee's headquarters
has heard generally favorable
news from the once-safely Demo
cratic South, his campaign aides
have decided that the campaign
train should go there.
Walkout Threat Gone
The threat of any large-scale
Southern walkout from the
Democratic Party this year has
just about evaporated.
With the assurances received
this week from Sen. Richard B.
Russefl of Georgia, the Steven
son headquarters appeared fair
ly confident that the entire South
would give its electoral votes
to the Democratic nominee. Rus
sell conceded, however, that
Dwight . D. Eisenhower, the Re
publican nominee, would prob
ably poll more Southern votes
than any GOP candidate in re
cent years.
Concerned About Texas
Among the southern states,
the Stevenson camp seemed most
concerned about Texas, Eisen-
Medford Boy Loses
Toes in Accident
Eleven-year-old George Bem
is, son of Mr. and Mrs. Edwin
Bemis, 1808 Spring street, had
several toes amputated at Com
munity hospital this morning af
ter an accident at his home, at
tendants reported.
Young "Bemis caught his right
foot in a hay baler when the in
jury occurred. His parents rush
ed him to the hospital in their
car for treatment.
ing, feeding and clothing during
a disaster.
The position of the Red Cross
disaster chairman in the CD set
up was explained by Mrs. Cham
bers. She pointed out that the
Red Cross unit was transferred
under the CD organization to
the mass care section with the
Red Cross chairman becoming
the CD section chief. Finances
are different, however, with the
Red Cross in charge of natural
disasters and the government fi
nancing war-caused disasters.
The field representative
stressed the fact that "no area
is immune from disaster. If we
are to survive we must organize
and make mass care everybody's
business." She noted the unity
and cooperation between the CD
section and Red Cross in disaster
preparations. "
Mrs. O. A. Eden, vice-chairman
cf the Red Cross disaster
committee, was in charge of re
cruiting volunteers for the vari
ous local units at the meeting
srd'TSr?." Pr.rV'.i spoke briefly,
on the chapter's organization.
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hower's native slate, which nor
mally produces a larger Repub-
lican vote than " other Southern
states. - -
: Stevenson's first speech out
side of Illinois is now scheduled
for the American Legion Conven
tion at New York August 27.
This is not billed as a campaign
speech.
Ashland Man Found
Dead in Hotel Room
Percy Clifford Shutt, 435 "B"
street, Ashland, was found dead
at about 3:40 p.m. yesterday in
a room he had taken at the Med
ford hotel, according to city po
lice. They said Shutt apparently
had taken his own life with a
single pistol shot.
The unemployed pensioner reg
istered at the hotel at 7:10 a.m.
'Two letters addressed to Coun
ty Coroner Carlos Morris were
found in the room, police stated.
One told Morris where to find a
suitcase containing clothes for
burial purposes and the other re
quested that the coroner con
tact his brother, H. M. Shutt,
Grand hotel, Medford, according
to investigating officers.
The second letter contained
$405, -with the request that the
money be used for burial pur
poses, officers stated. They said
a total of $3,455, including the
burial money, was found in the
room. The remainder of the cash
was in a papeV sack addressed
to Shutt's brother.
Shutt's body was discovered
by a hotel maid, police said. They
added that he had apparently
taken his life with a .45 caliber
pistol, aided by a mirror.
H. M. Shutt told police his
brother had talked of killing
himself since being released
from a mental institution about
11 years ago.
HST's Special
Brings Cries
Washington (U.R) Presi
dent Truman's disclosure that
he may call a special session of
Congress to strengthen price con
trols drew hoots of "politics"
from Republicans Friday.
Some key Democratic lawmak
ers endorsed the idea, but most
of them fervently hoped that
Mr. Truman at least would wait
until after the election. They
pointed out that all members of
the House, and one third of the
senators, currently are up to their
ears in reelection campaigns.
May Consult Stevenson
One congressional informant
said he is confident Mr. Truman
will make no decision on the
matter without consulting Gov.
Adlai Stevenson, the Democratic
presidential nominee. Stevenson
is coming here Tuesday for a
White House luncheon with Mr.
Truman and the Cabinet.
Sen. Joseph C. O'Mahoney, D-
Weather
FORECAST: Continued fair
through Saturday. Little tem
perature change. Low tonight
58. High Saturday 92.
Temp.
Highest Yesterday 91 '
Lowest this Morning 58
No. 120
Warning Issued
To Slay Off Isle;
'Calm' Prevails
Evacuation of
Civilians Denied
Athens (U.R) The Greek
Army warned Bulgarians Friday
they would be fired on without
warning if they landed again on
the disputed border island of
Gamma in the Evros river.
The Greek general staff an
nounced, however, there was "ab
solute calm" in the Evros river
area following Thursday's rout
of Bulgarian troops who had
seized Gamma July 23. The Reds
fled back to their own side of
the Evros under a Greek mortar
barrage.
Return Fire Denied
The general staff communique
denied press reports that the Bui
garians had both returned the
fire and concentrated large num
bers of troops on the north bank
or ine river opposite Gamma.
"Bulgarian peasants are busy
with their fields like ours," the
communique said.
It also denied reports that
Greek inhabitants were being
evacuated from the frontier area.
One report had said civilians be
gan moving from the village of
Dikaia, opposite Gamma, Thurs
day night.
Warning Backed
Dispatches from the area indi
cated the Greek Army had back
ed up its warning to Bulgaria
against any renewed attempt "to
take Gamma by sending large in
fantry forces, along with artil
lery, tanks and planes, to the
scene.
Although they insisted Gamma
historically is Greek, the Greeks
said thev would not attemnt to
occupy the island until the U. N.
feace commission formally de
cides its ownership.
The Greeks said they would
not permit the Bulgarians to oc
cupy the .island while the U. N.
is considering the dispute.
Elliott To Address
Young GOP Meeting
Robert A. Elliott, state Repub
lican chairman from Medford,
will speak on the GOP national
convention highlights tonight at
7:30 o'clock in the Pioneer room
of the Jackson hotel, according
to Robert Dickey, chairman of
the county Young Republicans.
Elliott will replace William
McAllister, convention delegate,
who was slated to speak but was
filing 1 m A vl- A4 nut nf 4a. .M
on business. Phil Hitchcock,
Klamath Falls state senator, a
convention alternate, is also ex
pected at the meeting to which
all Young Republicans in Jack-
-son county are invited.
Salem (U.R) The name of
Russel H. Nichols, Cascade
Locks, was on file Friday in the
State Elections' Bureau here as
an independent candidate for
state representative from Hood
River county.
Session Plan
of Politics1
Wyo., chairman of the Senate-
House Economic Committee, told
a reporter that if Congress is call
ed back before election day "it
is highly improbable that it will
discuss anything except the presi
dential campaign."
Election Necessary First
"We have an inflationary prob
lem, but in my opinion it can be
constructively settled nly after
the arguments of the campaign
have been silenced by the votes
of the people on election day,"
he said.
Mr. Truman's news conference
disclosure Thursday that he is
.considering a special session was
prompted at least in part by
stern warnings from Price Sta
bilizer Ellis Arnall that a 1M
per cent food price jump from
mid-June to mid-July may mean
that inflation is about to "get
out of hand."
gars