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MEDFORD, OREGON, SUNDAY, AUGUST 10, 1952
No. 121
Hvasta Feared Killed by Communists
Washington (U.PJ John
Hvasta's former cellmate in a
Czechoslovakian Communist
prison said Saturday he feared
secret police somehow "got rid"
of the young American.
This grim view was given to
the United Press by a Czech
refugee who became a friend of
Hvasta while occupying the
same cell with the Hillside, N.J.
youth in 1949 and 1950.
Views Shared by Others
That view is shared by Amer
ican and other non-Communist
Czech sources despite announce
ment by the Czech government
Hoover Says Nation
Mired in Swamp of .
Inflation, Taxes
Ex-President Speaks
At Engineers Meeting
Portland, Ore. (U.P.) For
mer President Herbert Hoover
said Saturday night that both
political party platforms were
in agreement "that the nation is
mired down in a swamp of
spending, inflation and taxes."
Mr. Hoover, who received an
"Engineer of the Century
award from the Northwest En
gineering Centennial, said in an
address which he termed "non
political" that Republicans and
Democrats alike disagree on
"who-done-it."
Suggested Method
As an engineer, he suggested
"a partial method of relief."
"That partial remedy for our
ill is with all our might to stim
ulate scientific discovery, inven
tion and their application by our
engineers," he said.
"That would increase produc
tivity per capita and thereby mit
igate these burdens. I do not
guarantee it can work fast
enough to save -the American
way of life but it could help.
Hope In Experience '
"The basis of this hope lies
in our experience from three
great hot wars. By increased pro
ductivity after these wars, the
credit of our nation was restored
and the prosperity of our people
moved into high levels. '
The former president saw two
obstructions to such a solution
of economic problems, including
"unintelligent taxation" and "a
coming national famine in tech
nologists." He cited a decline in
development of the non-ferrous
metal industry in the west as an
example of "what ill-considered
taxation can do to our economy."
US, Britain Slate
Big Atomic 'Firsts'
In Next Two Months
Washington (U.R) Big
atomic "firsts," both British and
American, are just around '-fie
corner.
Before another two months
pass the United States may have
exploded the world's first H
bomb. Apparently more imminent
are Britain's first atomic weap
ons tests, scheduled for the
Monte Bello islands area of the
Indian ocean some 50 miles off
the northwest coast of Australia.
The American tests will be
carried out at Eniwetok atoll
in the mid-Pacific. Congressional
sources have hinted that the
feature show at Eniwetok will
be the first test of a hydrogen
super bomb a weapon which
theory says could be hundreds
or thousands of times more
powerful than the A-bombs of
World War II.
The Eniwetok demonstrations
will be conducted by joint task
force 132, formation of which
was announced last February.
They will be secret. The Atomic
Energy commission will not say
what kinds of weapons or "nu
clear devices" will be tested, or
when.
Informed sources have sug
gested however, that the tests
will get underway in September
and may be climaxed on or
around October 1 by detona
tion of an H-bomb. This cannot
be confirmed officially.
Ho7 Clouds Reported
North of Rogue Valley
The Rogue Valley cloud seed
ers' BF-13 plane seeded heavy
clouds at 15,000 feet for 5 min
utes north of the valley late
yesterday afternoon. .
The seeders, under contract
to the Jackson County Fruit
Growers Traffic association; re
ported a "good reaction" from
the seeding.
that Hvasta "escaped" last Jan.
2 and his whereabout now is not
known.
Some Czech exile sources be
lieve Hvasta did escape from
Leopoldov jail in Bratislavia, got
to the Czech underground, but
for some reason has not been
heard of for several months.
Now Lives in Canada
However, the Czech refugee
who was a friend of Hvasta did
not entirely share this view. The
refugee, who wished to remain
anonymous, is visiting the Unit
ed States on vacation from a job
in a Canadian hotel.
CONVICTED OF CONSPIRACY to overthrow United States, these Communist leaders are led into
Federal Court, Los Angeles, to hear arguments for new trial. From left: Ernest Otto Fox (back to
camera); Philip Connelly (glasses); Albert Lima (background); Henry Steinberg, Frank E. Spector,
Frank Carlson, William Schneiderman and Carl Lambert. They face prison terms of up to five'
years and fines of $10,000. Four convicted women are not shown. (International Soundphoto)
Bulgarians
Aggressive
Two Nations Filell
Protests With UN
In Island Dispute
Dangerous Situation
Seen by Commission
United Nations, N. Y. (U.R)
The Greco-Bulgarian frontier
dispute over tiny Gamma Island
threatened Saturday to become
a major United Nations issue
after Bulgaria charged formally
Greece had displayed an "open
ly aggressive and bellicose
policy."
Both sides now have filed pro
tests with the U. N. Secretariat
and U. N. Peace Observation
Commission members) on the
scene have warned a "very dan
gerous situation" might result
from the incident.
Bulgarian Protest Ignored
Greece ignored Bulgaria's
protest. Officials in Athens
termed the Bulgarian message
"more Communist insolence."
Bulgarian Foreign Minister
Mincho Neytchev told the UN
Secretariat the Greeks "provo
catively" sent aircraft to the
frontier area and opened a bomb
ardment of Gamma Island after
"all sorts of warnings and men
aces to the Bulgarian frontier
patrol."
The Bulgarian note did not
mention whether Bulgarian forc
es had occupied Gamma Island,
as the Greeks charged. Instead
the Bulgarians stressed that their
frontier guards had maintained
"iron calm" in the face of "pro
vocative acts of the Greek gov
ernment." Greece charged earlier this
week in a protest to the UN that
Bulgaria had occupied Gamma
Island. The Bulgarians with
drew Friday, according to an
Athens communique, after the
Greek bombardment.
Gamma island is one of three!
sand bars in the Evros river
which forms 10 miles of the Greco-Bulgarian
border in Thrace.
Eagle Point Man
Found Dead at Home
Earl P. Updike, 61, of route 1,
box 15, Eagle Point, was found
dead at his home about 1:30 p.m.
Saturday, according to Coroner
Carlos Morris.
The coroner said that Updike
died from a gunshot wound that
was probably accidentally self
inflicted. Updike's body was
found by his wife.
Survivors in addition to hi?
wife, Edith, include two small
children. Perl Funeral home is
in charge of funeral arrange
ments. . ,
He escaped from Russian-controlled
uranium mines at Gachy
mov, Czechoslovakia, last year
following a "labor" transfer
from Leopoldov prison.
"Sinister Plot"
The United Press was put in
contact with the refugee by an
other Czech exile who resides
in Washington. A telephone in
terview was arranged.
"This must be a sinister plot
by the Communists who got rid
of John somehow and now they
are telling that he escaped," the
refugee said on the internation
al mystery "Otherwise there
Charge Greece
and Warlike Plans
Rogue Valley 'Saucerr
- Is Weather Balloon "
Rogue valley residents," a '
little left out of all the "fly
. ing saucer" reports which are
cropping up throughout the
world thought ihey had a
saucer of their own for a few
minutes here Saturday eve
ning. The object, emitting a gold
en glow, hovered over Med
ford for several minutes and
then moved slowly away to
the north. Earlier several
residents had seen it move
over Medford from the north.
After calls had started com
ing in to The Mail Tribune, a
check with the weather bur
eau disclosed that the object
was a weather balloon on a
routine flight. Weather bur
eau officials report several
calls after each balloon is sent
aloft.
Young Demos Elect
Pete C. Soderlund
Pete C. Soderlund was elected
president of the Jackson County
Young Democrats at an reorgan
ization meeting held at the
Edward C. Kelly home, 906 West
Fourth street, Friday. Mrs. Ken
neth R. Corliss was named vice
president, James J. Boyle, secre
tary and Norman Matteson,
treasurer.
"We Have a Winner" was the
subject of a talk given by Pete
Soderlund, who was one of the
delegation of local Democrats
who met Governor Adlai E.
Stevenson when he stopped over
here for an hour between planes
following his appearance in Port
land earlier this year.
Secretary of State
Returns from Hawaii
Washington (U.R) Secre
tary of State Dean Acheson re
turned to Washington in a dri
ving rainstorm S a t u r d ay to
receive the congratulations of j
President Truman for his work
at the recent "Anzus" Pacific
defense conference in Honolulu.
The big Air Fodce Constella
tion bringing Acheson back to
the capital landed at National
airport at 9:07 p.m., EDT. De
spite the heavy rain, Mr. Tru
man and Undersecretary of
State David K. E. Bruce were
on hand to welcome him.
"I'm certainly glad to see you
back," Mr. Truman told Ache
son. "Congratulations. You did
a fine job."
Acheson may join Mr. Truman
and Gov. Adlai Stevenson of
Illinois at their conference next
week in drafting campaign strat
egy on foreign policy issues.
should be some information
about him by now. Since there
is none, it must be that he has
met with foul play."
Returned as Student
Hvasta, who became an Amer
ican citizen in 1944 after com
ing to the United States from
Czechoslovakia in 1939, had re
turned" there as a student. He al
so worked briefly for American
consular authorities at Bratis
lavia. He was arrested in October,
1948, on spy charges, and ev
entually sentenced at a secret
trial to 10 years imprisonment.
With
Starts in Regions
Stricken by Drouth
Hay Supplies Sent
To Southern States
Washington (U.R) The
government got its multi-million
dollar drouth emergency pro
gram rolling Saturday with an
nouncement that $23 to S36 a
ton would be considered a fair
price for hay in stricken Tenne
ssee and Kentucky.
Supplies of hay will be divert
ed to the two states from the
midwest and will begin arriving
within a few days. All costs
over the $28 to. $36 range will
be borne by the government.
The Agriculture department
announced details for Kentucky
and Tennessee along with five
midwestern "supply states"
from which the hay will be ship
ped Indiana, Wisconsin, Michi
gan, Iowa and Illinois.
The hay subsidy program was
outlined first for Tennessee and
Kentucky because their officials
were first to appeal for federal
aid in the agricultural emer
gency. Other drouth-stricken
states will be given the same
assistance when they ask for it.
In Hay Business
The . program puts the gov-j
ernment into the hay business
as buyer, shipper and seller. To
begin with, it has a S3 million
fund allocated by President Tru
man. Secretary of Agriculture
Charles F. Brannan asked rail
roads serving both the midwest
and the drouth-singed states to
lend assistance by slashing their
rates in half for the emergency
feed shipments."
Department spokesmen said
Brannan has not received a re
ply from 'the carriers who last
week turned down a plea to
make emergency rate reductions
for the entire stricken southland.
Sports Bulletins
Portland, Ore. (U.R)
Portland's Don Eggert hit a
homerun in the second: in
ning of Saturday night's ball
game here, but it wasn't
enough to stave off a 5 to 2
defeat by the league leading
Oakland Oaks.
Grants Pass 3 to 2 here last
night in the third and deciding
fray of a iwo-out-of-lhree ser
ies for the District No. 8 soft
ball championship. Grants
Pass Pitcher Bob Smith
walked in the winning run in
the extra eighth inning.
Local Chamber Asks
Right To Intervene
In Flight Hearings
Medford-Klamath
Service Involved
The Jackson County Cham
ber of Commerce this week pet
itioned the Civil Aeronautics
board for permission to inter
vene in the application of three
airlines for service between
Medford and Klamath Falls.
Applications have been filed by
Southwest Airways, United Air
Lines and West Coast airlines.
The chamber requests to in
tervene "because is has a sub
stantial interest in the proceed
ing and believes such interest
may not be adequately repre
sented by existing parties," the
petition states.
The petition also points out
that the chamber has a mem
bership of more than 600, in
cluding many corporations,
firms and individuals who reg
ularly use air transportation and
are directly interested in air
service being established . be
tween the two cities.
In addition, the petition
draws attention to the fact that
Medford is served directly by
the three airlines which have
applied for the service.
The petition seeks, specifical
ly, that the chamber be given
the right to have notice of and
to appear at the hearings and to
participate in the examination
of witnesses. The chamber also
seeks to be heard orally or to
submit briefs.
In past statements, the Jack
son County Chamber of Com
merce has pointed out that it
is not backing any of the three
air lines' application for estab
lishing service between Med
ford and Klamath Falls. The
chamber is chiefly interested,
representatives have stated, in
having such service established.
The petition also requests that
the': hearing oh tfo 'matteY' be
held in either Medford or Kla
math Falls. It points out that,
inasmuch as the only commun
ities directly affected by the
hearing are located in Oregon,
and as the business firms and in
dividuals represented by the
chamber could not be heard if
the hearings were held in Wash
ington, D. C, it is highly desir
eable from a local standpoint
that they be held in this area.
However, a letter from the of
fice of Sen. Guy Cordon, re
ceived this week by the cham
ber, states that the outlook for
holding the hearings in this area
is not favorable. It quotes an
other letter, from the CAB,
stating that because of the
board's budgetary situation,"
there is "considerable doubt as
to whether a further session on
the west coast would be justi
fied." The letter quoted by Senator
Cordon's office, however, adds,
the chamber's interest in locat
ing the hearing outside of Wash
ington "will be given consider
ation when the matter is finally
set for hearing."
Don Lane, secretary - man
ager of the chamber, and other
chamber officials, have stated
that, if the hearings are held in
Washington, it will probably be
possible to send only one repre
sentative to the hearing. It is
felt that one man would not be
able to handle the many phases
of the question, they state.
Denver (U.R) Dwight D.
Eisenhower got a briefing on
corruption in government from
three Republican congressmen
Saturday and told them he wast
"disturbed" by what he heard.
Two New Surgery Units Planned
In Hospital Expansion Program
Plans for two new surgery
wings, at a contemplated cost of
$50,000 are the latest develop
ment in the over all remodeling
program now in progress at
Sacred Heart hospitaL'.'The new
step was given impetus by a do
nation of $20,000 from Mrs. T.
E. Daniels in memory of her
late husband T. E.-Daniels and
the late Dr. J. J. Emmens, both
benefactors of the hospital since
its establishment in 1911.
The Daniels donation will be
used exclusively on a special
surgery unit for. eye, ear, nose
and throat cases. The second unit
will be devoted to major surgery
to augment present facilities.
Culmination of Program
The new wings will be a cul
mination of an extensive remod
eling program at the hospital
PuS I DEEDED
I
WOUNDED IN BATTLE for possession of "Old Balriy" hill, Allied
soldier receives first aid from corpsmen before being sent to rear
during Korea fighting. Victim's arm is clenched as wound Is
cleaned before he is carried to ambulance. (International)
Angry Iranian Premier
Threatens Resignation
if Ail Demands Not Met
Tehran, Iran (U.R) Iran's
emotional Premier Mohammed
Mossadegh, angered by Senate
resistance to his demands for
dictatorial powers, threatened
Saturday to resign his post.
Mossadegh, whose resignation
last month touched of a violeijj
outbreak of riots in which hun
dreds were knreffa'ndwoufided,
refused' to' trim" his demands to
meet Senate objections.
Key senators, in a stormy ses
sion. Saturday protested Mossa
degh's demands for blanket au
thority to run the country as he
pleased on grounds it would con
travene, the Iranian constitution
and strip Parliament of its
powers.
Mossadegh met with a 10-man
Yreka Man Killed
In Siskiyou Wreck
Ashland Robert Andrew
Pender, employee of the Siski
you Daily News. Yreka, Calif.,
was killed Friday night when
the car he was driving went over
the bank on highway 99 detour
15 miles south of Ashland, ac
cording to ambulance attendants.
Two hitchhikers, Wick Witt
Jr.. Bigelow. "Ark., and Jacques
C. Talbert,-Kent, Wash., passen
gers in the car, were injured.
Witt was released after treat
ment at Ashland General hospi
tal and Talbert yesterday was
still confined to the hospital.
Talbert was brought to Ashland
by the Litwiller ambulance.
Pender's chest was crushed,
ambulance men said. They re
ported that Witt told them, Pen
der was driver of the car.
Pender's body is at Litwiller
Funeral home.
Washington (U.R) Price
Stabilizer Ellis Arnall has in
formed President Truman personally-
that he would like to
leave his post by Sept. 1, aides
reported Saturday.
begun two years ago. Among
changes made were the remodel
ing of the first floor to include
admission, business and admini
strative offices. The new en
trance, opened last November,
eliminates climbing steps. An
emergency room near the ambu
lance entrance is now being
equipped for service.
The changes also included an
enlarged and modernized ma
ternity department which now
includes four labor rooms, two
delivery rooms, a doctor's
lounge, supply room, nursery
with 14 bassinets, four incuba
tors, a new isolation unit .for
infants and a remodeled accomo
dations for mothers. There has
also been a cafeteria added,
equipped to accommodate em
ployees and relatives of sick
patients who remain in the build
senatorial delegation later and
threatened to walk out on the
premiership if his demands were
not met.
The Senate committee will re
port to a closed Senate session
scheduled for Monday, when
the chamber -will chart its next
move.
If the Senate rejects Mossa
degh's demands for a six months
dictatorship, political - observers
said Shah Reza Pahlevi will face
a most difficult problem.
Last Aopoiniee Red
The last man he appointed to
form a new government after
Mossadegh's earlier resignation.
Ahmen Ghavam, fled Tehran as
mobs sought to lynch him after
three days in office.
The Majlis (lower house) read
ily acceded to- Mosadegh's de
mands for the dictatorial powers
he said are necessary to put
through his economic and de
fense program.
The Senate opposition boiled
up suddenly during Saturday's
session. ,
Senators challenged the mea
sure on grounds that it violated
the constitution of Iran.
They presented arguments by
Mossadegh himself when he was
a deputy 26 years ago opposing
full powers for any one minister.
Medford Man Returns
From Korean Fighting
Sfc. Lawrence W. Vernon, 229
Berrydale avenue, Medford, will
be among 60 Oregeonians in San
Francisco Monday from Korea
and Japan under the Army's ro
tation system, according to Un
ited Press.
He enlisted on April 17, 1950
and received his basic training
at Ft. Ord, Calif., and was later
transferred to Ft. Lewis, Wash.,
He shipped out from San Fran
cisco in January of 1951, and
would have been returned on
rotation in January, 1952, but
he signed up for another six
months.
ing during mealtime.
Many Donated
Responsible for many of the
modern improvements in equip
ment are Junior Service league
which donated explosion proof
incubators for the delivery
rooms: Mrs. T. E. Daniels who
gave 14 modern basinets; Provi
dence Guild, four labor beds, and
the surgery nurses, contributions
towards nursery bed spreads.
Sister Rose, superior, who has
supervised the expansion pro
gram during the past two years
has been transferred to St
Elizabeth's hospital, Yakima.
Wash. She will be succeeded by
Sister Reine who " will arrive
here Monday to take over her
duties. Sister Reine is well
known locally, having served as
superior at Sacred Heart hospital
six years ago. ,
Two Nations Alarm
NATO, Members By
Cutback Proposals
Council Fears Others
May Follow Precedent
Paris (U.R) The North
Atlantic council Saturday blunt
ly called upon Britain and
France to lay their rearmament
cards' on the table by August 20.
The council, and the other
members of the Atlantic com
munity, want to know in frank
and unequivocal terms whether
Britain and France plan to scut
tle their 1952 defense goals. If
so, they want to know just how
drastic the cut-back is to be.
Council Alarmed
A NATO source said the coun
cil was alarmed by reports that
the two nations, which promised
to supply the bulk of Europe's
defensive aircraft and manpower
this year, were planning severe
'cutbacks."
Britain has publicly an
nounced her intentions to
"stretch out" her rearmament ef
forts. France has hinted broadly
at a similar move.
The council fears that other
NATO members may follow
"this potentially dangerous pre
cedent." Answers to the council's direct
inquiries have been requested
in time for discussion at the next
council meeting in Paris, August
20.
Reflects Dissatisfaction
x Council - sources said the re
quest for detailed information
reflected the growing dissatis
faction of the other 12 allies
with Britain's action, which was
taken without prior consultation
with other North Atlantic pow
ers. It also was inspired, they
said, by the threat of France to
topple the carefully trimmed
"minimum" defense schemes
hammered out at the Lisbon
conference in February.
The object of the Lisbon de
cisions, it was pointed out, was
to create a military balance of
power in Europe before the
"year of decision" 1954.
Blood Appointments
Coming In Slowly
Appointments for the visit of
the bloodmobile unit here Wed
nesday are coming in very slow
ly, officials of the Jackson coun
ty blood collection reported Sat
urday. Only 75 appointments had
been made by Saturday morn
ing, they said. However, they
added, there is hope that the
drive may still be a success. Last
month blood donors were very
slow to make appointments but
many came in between Sunday
and Wednesday, the day the un
it was here.
The bloodmobile will be here
from 1 to 6 p.m. at the Elks
temple. The lines are expected
to run faster and the entire op
eration more smoothly than in
the July visit.
1r057 Sign Petitions
To Save Two Wilsons
Portland, Ore. (U.R) Peti
tions urging commutation to life
imprisonment of the sentences
of Turman and Utah Wilson,
sentenced to die on the gallows
August 15th for the kidnap-slay-ing
of a teen-age girl, have been
signed by 1057 residents of Ore
gon and southwest Washington.
The Rev. Allen C. Lambert of
Portland, chairman of a citizens'
committeee which hopes to save
the lives of the convicted slayers,
said a sworn statement about
the petitions would be mailed
Monday to Governor Arthur B.
Langlie of Washington.
Lambert also' is seeking an
apoointment with the governor.
although Langlie has refused in
the past to act in the case.
Former G-Man Named
To Head Investigation
Washington (U.R) Chair
man Frank L. Chelf Saturday
tapped a former FBI agent to
boss his subcommittee's investi
gation of the justice department,
and said -hearings on a code of
ethics for government attorneys
will be the subcommittee's next
move.