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FLASH flood umm pot 1 - . - - - rn Allied Planes Hit Chemical North Korea Raid Seoul, Kore& UR) One fighter-bombers rained bombs, bullets and rockets through a North Korean chemical plant Monday and protecting Sabrejets added two more Communist MIG-15 jets to their August toll. Five fighter-bomber wings of Shooting Stars and Thunderjets and two groups of Marine aircraft struck Namsok, about 20 miles north of the east coast port of Wonsan. The Allied planes dropped 140 tons of bombs and destroyed 29 Red-occupied buildings and damaged a power station. Namsok was not one of the 78 North Korean towns slated to receive radio warnings in the event of an air attack. Six MIG-15 jets seen in the area were attacked by American pilots, who chalked up claims of one MIG probably destroyed and one damaged. It was the eighth straight day that the Sabrejets tangled with Russian-built fighters an it brought their MIG toll for the month to 52, including 24 destroyed. Latest Attack in Series To Cripple Red Effort It was the latest attack of a series designed to cripple the Communist war effort in Korea and persuade the Reds to make peace with the Allies. B-26 light bombers from the 17th Bomb Wing attacked a sup ply target near Haeju, just above the 33th Parallel in the West. British carrier-based pilots for the second day in a row Sunday administered a slap in the face to Communist MIG-15 jets. Propeller-driven Sea Furies from HMS Ocean damaged and pos sibly destroyed one of the Russian-built jet fighters and drove off seven more during a raid near Chinnampd, western port for the North Korean capital of Pyongyang. Freight Yard Attacked Japan-based B-29"s attacked a freight yard at Chinnampo Sun day night while Okinawa-based Superf orts flew close air support along the battlefront. Radio Pyongyang charged Saturday's B-29 raid on Red sup ply depots in the North Korean capital killed or wounded 1,000 persons. The propaganda broad cast said 44 Superforts took part in the raid, but U.N. Air Head quarters in Tokyo said only 10 or 11 were used. Ground Weather Hot On the ground, the war was fought in 104-degree heat. Chinese Communists tossed tt:ii U.S. Marines off siDeria run, low advance position on the Western Front, in a dawn at tack Sunday. The Marines had taken it only -four hpurs before. The successful Chinese coun terattack marked the fifth time the hill has changed hands in two days. Eiehth Army Headquarters announced its ground forces in flicted 2,520 Communist casual ties in the first week of August, the highest since early July. Congressmen Visit Rogue Forest Area Several congressmen passing through southern Oregon en route to California were guests of a tour last week-end of timber and mining claims in the Rogue River National forest, according to J.A. Wood, supervisor of the forest. They included several mem bers of the Agriculture sub-committee of the House of Represen tatives who were given an unof ficial tour of various timber and recreation points in this area. They were shown timber and mining claims in the Union creek area when they stopped off en route from Lakeview to Califor nia on other official business. The sub-committee had come from Graves Harbor, Wash., to Lakeview and was officially con cerned with a sustained forest ) unit in that area. Wood reported. The committee was not Concern- ed with investigation of mining claims on government - owned lands at this time. Members of the tour, included L. G. Jolley, former forest ser vice supervisor at the Medford office, and Reps. A. F. Herlong, Jr.. (D-Fla.), William S. Hill, (R Colo.), Charles B. Hoeven, R old A. Patten, (D-Ariz.), Harold C. Ostertag (R-N.Y.), and John C. Heimburger, counsel and committee executive officer. Eugene (U.R) Mrs. Bessie Asia, wife of Oregon's leading Sabrejet pilot who is missing in action in Korea, said Monday she was confident that Maj. Fe lix Asia, Jr., successfully bailed out of his stricken plane. Timberline Lodge (U.R) The annual meeting of the Western Regional Commission for High er Education opened at Timber line Lodge Monday. Weather FORECAST: Fair -with little temperature change through Tuesday. Low tonight 60. High Tuesday 93-95. Temp. Highest Yesterday 94 Lowest this Morning 61 Plant i hundred and fifty United Nations v 'Strange Light' Seen In Sky Over Medford A strange light was report ed by Orville Bendure. 216 Chestnut street, to have cross ed the sky above Medford at about 10:15 p.m. Sunday. He said the light made no noise and travelled from the north with another light go ing at the same speed in front of it and blinking. Bendure re - ported that it went across the sky faster than any airplane and gave off a while light that did not resemble a star al though it was about the size of a "good sized star." The light, he said, appeared for "about two minutes" and then vanished. Masked Man Takes About $3500 From Grants Pass Store Grants Pass (U.R) Police Monday were looking for a gun man with a false nose who rob bed the Safeway store here of an estimated $3500 and handcuffed the store's assistant manager to a post. The robbery occurred about 7 p.m. Sunday but police didn't learn of it until after midnight when a patrolman, testing the lock on the store's front door, heard yells for help from E. F. McCallister, the assistant man ager. Found .in Back Room The patrolman found McCal lister in a back room handcuffed to a post with an old pair of nickle-plated manacles. McCallister said he had lock ed up the store about 7 p.m. and was changing a flat tire on his automobile a short distance from the store when a man ap proached and asked, "Are you having a bad time?" McCallister said he didn't bother to look at the man until he felt something jab him in the ribs. The man, who McCallister said was- wearing a false nose, had poked a gun partially con cealed by a paper bag, into Mc Callister's side and ordered him to return to the store. Forced to Open Safe The gunman forced McCallis ter to open the new store safe and hand him the money which he put in a shopping bag. He then took the assistant manager to the back room and manacled him to the post. Valley Pear Harvest To Start This Week Valley pear picking will be gin in general later this week with the earliest picking slated for Wednesday, according to C. B. Cordy, county agent in hor ticulture. Bartletts will be the first var iety picked and all growers who wish to test pear samples to de cide the exact picking time can take specimens for this purpose to the county agent's office where the tester is set up. Cordy requested that growers bring 8-10 good pears that have been selected from underneath the trees (not hardened by sun), and are average pears from a parti cular orchard for the pressure testing. Two US Destroyers Hit by Communists Washington (U.R) Two U.S. destroyers were hit by Com munist shore batteries off Korea and one Washington man was killed and another wounded, the Navy announced Monday. The destroyers are the Bar ton and the John R. Pierce. The Barton engagement occurred Sunday, Korean time. The Pierce was struck Aug. 6. The Pierce was damaged seriously; the Barton not as severly. Dale Foemx Gray, boatswains mate, Wenatchee, Wash., attach ed to the Barton, was killed in action. Highway Mishaps Responsible for Seven Fatalities Auto Runs Over Tot In Driveway of Home 3y .UNITED PRESS Accidents claimed the lives of at least 10 persons in Oregon and southern Washington, dur ing the week-end. Seven persons died in high way mishaps, one was crushed, one strangled and one drowned. Sixteen-month-old Elmer Lar ry Lankins, son of Mr. and Mrs. Elmer LeRoy Lankins, Portland, was fatally injured Sunday night when he was run over by a car in the driveway of his home. La Grande Pair Killed Victor Ragain, 71, and his .wife, Bessie Gekeler Ragain, 68, La Grande, were killed Satur day night when their automobile was struck by a Consolidated Freightways truck on Highway 30 about three miles east of La Grande. Arthur John Backen, 28, of Albany, died ' when his car swerved off the highway five miles north of Lebanon" and overturned Saturday night. Seven-year-old Robert Henry Spani, Bend, was killed when an automobile driven by his mother, Mrs. Ronald Spani, struck a guard rail on the Wapi nitia cutoff. . Seattle Man Dies Loren Wakefield, 30, of Seat tle, died Monday morning of in juries suffered early Sunday when a -car in which he was a passenger struck a guard' rail on the Pacific highway just north of the Vancouver, Wash., city limits. Portland recorded its 28th traffic fatality of the year Sat urday night when a car driven by Leona Christian, 47, of Port land, struck and killed Daniel W. Boone Kurtz, 78, of Portland , An 800-gallon water tank slip ped from the bed of a truck and crushed 11-year-old Theodore Radke.Tigard... Ore. Child Strangled One-year-old Michele Gordon strangled in her Camas, Wash., home Saturday afternoon when an open . window fell on her neck, pinning her to the sill. Po lice said the child apparently had removed a stick used to prop open the window. Search was being made Mon day for the body of Leonard Moore, 39,' of '. Gold Beach, drowned-when a small fishing boat capsized near the mouth of the Rogue -river Sunday. Attempted Larceny Lands Two in Jail Kenneth Dale Peavler, 1122 West Eighth street, and August ine Fred Lewis, Los Banos, Cal., were arrested and jailed Sun day morning for an attempted auto larceny, the city pouce re port. Peavler and Lewis were ar rested after Raymond E. Swit zer, 112 Laurel street, a member of the Medford Merchant police, saw them attempting to force their way into a car parked at 224 North Riverside avenue. Peavler admitted he had at tempted to get into the car by forcing open the front . . wind wings with a knife. The car is owned by Ted W. Hammond, 423 Beatty street. Lewis denied any part in the attempted theft, although he ad mitted he was with Peavler when the windows were forced. Salem (U.R) The Vanport College Cooperative Association has failed supplementary articles of incorporation here to change its name to Portland State Col lege Cooperative Association. SEARCH is in progress for Wil liam F. Rupp,18, ranch hand, named as gun slayer of Ruby Payne (above), 15, as she cared for three children at Yorba Lin da, Cal, ranch. (International) ft Medford United Press Full Leased Wire 47th Year 12 Pages "MUlM mrY SON'S FATE UNKNOWN Mr. and Mrs. Michael Hvasta . and their son, Steve, study a picture of their family's eldest son, John, in their Hillside, N. J. home. John Hvasta, Communist-held prisoner in Czechoslovakia since 1948, "escaped", in January, ac cording to the Czechs in a statement to the U. S. State Department, and his whereabouts are now unknown. Foul play is suspected and the department has pledged its efforts to learn his fate. Meat Plants Idled By Work Stoppages Chicago (U.R) Two ma jor meat packing plants 'were closed by work stoppages Mon day as industry r wide contract negotiations here reached the deadline stage. : Walkouts closed the Armour plant at ' Atlanta,. Ga. and the Cudahy plant at Wichita,- Kan. October Draff Call To Be 47,000 Men Washington (U.R) The De fense Department Monday said it has directed Selective Service to draft 47,000 men in October for the Army.. The Navy, Marine Corps, and Air Force do not intend to take any draftees during October, the department said. The Defense Department said the increase of 17,000 over the September call is necessary to replace men drafted during the latter part of 1950 who will be eligible for release. The call also is based upon maintaining ap proved strength after estimated allowances for reenlistments and new enlistment. The October call will bring to a total of 1,060,430 the number of men requested from Selective Service since September, 1950. Mossadegh Receives . Dictatorial Powers Tehran, Iran (U.R) The Iranian Senate backed down Monday before Premier Moham med Mossadegh's threat to resign and voted him the dictatorial powers he had demanded to meet Iran's economic crisis. Only' two of the 27 senators present voted against Mossa degh's emergency powers bill on the third and final reading, which had been refused by the upper house Saturday. One of the two was Dr. Matin Daftari, Mossadegh's son-in-law. The Senate said it was satis fied Mossadegh would not abuse the extraordinary powers. The bill already has been approved by the Majlis, the lower house, and will become law upon sig nature by the Shah. Jordan King Ousted; Young Son Appointed Amman, Jordan (U.R) The Parliament of Jordan announced Monday the ousting of ailing King Talal and proclaimed, his 17-year-old son, Hussein H, as King. Parliament announced after a secret session- that a regency council has been established to assist the new ruler. The change comes at a time when political tension is high in Jordan over the Arab refugee problem and economic difficul ties brought on by the Palestine war. However, the internal sta bility of the country seemed se cure because of the presence of the British-staffed Arab army. Tok MEDFORD, OREGON, I Absenteeism was reported high at a second Armour plant at Tif- ton, Ga. Contracts between most major packers and two unions the CIO United Packinghouse Work ers and the AFL- Amalgamated Meat Cutters . expire at mid night tonight. .-. i,-- . , .. Armour's contract with the CIO Packinghouse Workers ex pired Sunday night. , However, the union refrained from calling an immediate strike on indications that the company would make a new offer today. Night Crew Quits A night crew at the Atlanta Armour plant walked off the job at midnight and only a few workers showed up today with about 300 failing to report. ' - At Tifton, Plant Manager J. B. Gross said 65 to 70 workers failed to report, but no picket lines were set up and the plant continued operations. At Wichita, Kan., employees at the Cudahy plant walked out late last week pending the out come of the negotiations here. Negotiators, On Job Union and management nego tiators in Chicago worked late into the- night in an attempt to work out a contract for Arm our's several plants across the country. The negotiators here did not break off their talks. They re cessed with no agreement and scheduled another meeting later today. Cooler Weather Will Reduce Fire Hazard By UNITED PRESS The weatherman said-Monday cooler weather and "morning cloudiness would reduce forest fire danger in western Oreeon somewhat through Tuesday but higher temperatures and scat tered thunderstorms east of the Cascades would keeD the fire hazard relatively high in the eastern Tialf of the state. . - -Thunder showers were report ed in several sections of eastern Oregon with .14 of rain falling at Pendleton and traces record ed at La Grande and Ontario. Wanted Gangsters Hold Champagne Party Right Under Chicago (U.R) A pack of big shot gangsters wanted for questioning in connection with the murder of a rival racket eer were at large Monday after tossing a lavish champagne par ty right under the noses of the police. . ' . - Attended Fancy Party - --' Such underworld kingpins as Tony Accardo, reported to be the biggest shot of them all, Jake (Greasy Thumb) Guzik, -Sam (Golf Bag) Hunt and Sam (Moon ey) Giannca attended a fancy wedding party with about 1,000 other guests early Sunday.- - The men, followed by a pack of reporters, gathered at the Westward Ho' Country Club in suburban Northlake to toast the newly-married son of one' of their friends. - - - - Officers from the Northlake - , . H MONDAY, AUGUST 11, - South Campaign, Vote of Farmers Occupy Ike's Time Southern Republicans Confer With Nominee Denver (U.R) Dwight D. Eisenhower turned his attention Monday to the thorny problems of trying to decide how much of a campaign to wage in the South and what to do to attract the farmers' votes. ' The GOP presidential nomi nee had a mid-morning confer ence scheduled with 19 Repub licans from eight . Southern states. ; He had a luncheon en gagement with a group of GOP senators and " congressmen who are members of the Senate and House Agriculture committees. Honored in Gallup The former five-star general returned to his headquarters here for the conferences after soending Sunday in Gallup. N.M:, as the honored guest of the final day of the. 30th annual inter-tribal Indian ceremonial. He urged the Indians in a brief extemporaneous speech to set a "proper example" for their white brothers by exercising their right to vote. Then Eisen hower settled back to watch al most two hours of colorful In dian dances and various kinds of contests, including the selection of a beauty queen among Indian maidens dressed in their historic costumes. Follow General Pattern The conferences arranged for Monday followed the pattern 'of recent. , weeks during which Eis enhower' has" "spent much of his time talking with leading Re publicans about.campaign issues and problems. The Southern Republican leaders were invited in despite the fact that their hopes of de livering . normally Democratic Southern states to Eisenhower on Nov. 4 have suffered seyeral recent setbacks. UN Again Recesses Korean Truce Talks Panmunjom. Korea (U.R) The United Nations asked for and got another week's recess in the stalemated . Korean truce talks Monday and an armistice seemed farther away harf ever. The U. N. demanded the new recess after it became apparent at today's 35-mtnute meeting the first in a week that the Reds had "nothing new or dif ferent to say." . ' The recess is the third called by the U.N. in as many weeks. Gen. Nam II, chief Communist delesate, told the Allies at ihe meeting that continued heavy U.N. attacks In Korea "will only invite you to miserable de feat." "Outside the conference, your side has brazenly attempted to apply the so-called military pres sure and carried out wanton and indiscriminate bombings of our Deaceful towns and inhabitants," he said. Portland (U.R) The Nation al association of Barber Exam iners opened their annual con vention here Monday in the State Office Building. Astoria (U.R) The Columbia River Gillnet Fishermen's Union struck Monday for 251i cents a pound for Chinook, or 2V2 cents a pound above the 1951 price. Noses of Police police department went to the country club and walked around to "look over the wedding par ty," Police Chief Freo Heck said. When he was told many of the guests were wanted by Chi cago police investigating the shotgun murder of policy gamb ler Theodore Roe, Heck said, "we don't know any of those gangsters." Everything Okay ' '"If all those - reporters - know so much about gangsters why didn't they tell the Chicago po lice or us and they could have been arrested. Everything was okay at the party as far -as I know." . . ' ; Mean while it was learned the order asking, that the under world figures be picked up had never been; relayed to suburban police. Most of the wanted men Lives Tribune United Press Full Leased Wire 1952 No. 122 CHAIRMAN NAMED Chicago lawyer, Stephen A. Mitchell was named by Governor Adlai E. Stevenson as chairman of the Democratic National Committee. Stevenson Given Free Hand To Pick National Chairman Springfield, 111. (U.R) Presi dent Truman gave Gov. Adlai E. Stevenson "a completely free hand" in choosing the chairman of the Democratic Nationa Com mittee for the 1952 campaign, a spokesman for the governor said Monday. , . This statement was made in response to queries about pub lished reports Mr. Truman want ed retiring Chairman Frank" E. McKinney kept in the chairman ship and that there was disagree ment over whether Mr. Truman or the governor should kick off the . campaign with Labor day speeches. . Met With Stevenson Stevenson, .the' Democratic presidential nominee, last week named Stephen A. Mitchell, Chi cago lawyer and political new comer, to succeed McKinney. Mitchell and McKinney confer red with Stevenson Sunday. "There never was any indica tion by President Truman to Governor Stvenson that he (Mr. Truman) wanted Mr. McKinney kept as national chairman," Wil liam I. Flanagan, the governor's press secretary said. "The gover nor was given a completely free hand." No Controversy Flanagan also asserted there was "absolutely no controversy involved" about Labor Day speeches. He said a member of the White House staff had advised Wilson Wyatt, the governor's campaign manager, a few days ago that Mr. Truman had been "tenta tively scheduled" for four or five months to make a Labor day speech at Milwaukee. Anthony Eden To Wed Niece of Churchill London (U.R) Foreign Sec retary Anthony Eden is to be married soon to Miss Clarissa Spencer Churchill, 32-year-old niece of Winston Churchill, it was announced Monday. Miss Churchill is the only daughter of the late John Spenc er Churchill, brother of the Pre mier. Eden, 55, is considered one of the handsomest and best "catch es" of British society. Officers live in the comfortable North Shore suburbs. Capt. Kinzie Blueitt of the Wabash avenue police said" he was sure the sheriff's police had been informed of the pickup or der. But the county officers said they did not have any orders to arrest the Capone syndicate lead ers. - "We're doing all we can -to find them,"-Blueitt said. Blueitt seemed happy . that his quarry was still in the vicin ity of Chicago when he was in formed of their social outing. "I'm glad to hear they're still in the Chicago area. I was afraid they might have lammed to Flor ida. It may take a day or two longer, but we'll get them." Roe was shot down in the gut ter a week ago Monday. The crime is still unsolved. ; I - I 2 Persons Missing; Houses Destroyed In Freak Storm Wenas Creek Area Feels Storm's Brunt - Yakima (U.R) The body of Mrs. Norman Winchell, one of two persons missing Sun day after a flash flood struck Wenas, Wash., was found Mon day. Her body had washed up into debris. Yakima (U.R) A 37-year-old mother and her five-year-old son were missing Monday and four women were injured in a freak summer storm and flash flood which roared down Wenas creek Sunday night. Missing were Mrs. Norman Winchell, 37, and her son, Floyd, who occupied one of the seven houses swept away by the flood waters gushing down the Wenas valley about 15 miles north of Yakima. Taken to St. Elizabeth hospital with serious injuries were: Mrs. Alfred Webb, Mary Ann Webb, 17, Mrs. Bill Eckley and Sharon Winchell. Many Trees Down Telephone and power lines spiderwebbed the Wenas Valley road and scores of trees were knocked flat and a main north south state highway was blocked by monstrous slides in the sud den, terrific thunderstorm which lasted about an hour. Yakima Deputy Sheriff Gene Pomeroy said one farm house was swept down the suddenly swollen creek and smashed against a county bridge. "It looks like the flood hit so suddenly and unexpectedly that the people barely had a chance to get out before their houses were swept away," he said. Six People in House Mrs. Webb told an ambulance driver who took her to the hos pital that six people were in one house when it was carried off. "We were all sitting in the house when suddenly we heard a terrific noise. We looked out the window and saw our rabbit hutch disappear. Before we could get out a huge wave of water and debris hit the house." At least 100 sheriff deputies, state patrolmen and other rescue workers sped to the area immed iately after the storm. Land slides on " the Wenas road smashed at least four cars, but no one was believed to have been inside at the time. Windows and power lines all over the Yak ima valley were destroyed and the streets of Yakima were over flowing with water in many places. Local Blood Drive Receives Impetus Impetus was given the local blood program Sunday which needs 250 donors by this Wed nesday when President Truman launched a new unified national blood program to build up the plasma stockpile against pos sible atomic attack or natural disasters, according to local blood bank officials. John Steelman, acting defense mobilizer, announced the pro gram which will coordinate the Red Cross, defense department and civil defense administration into the campaign for donations. The program will satisfy whole blood needs for the armed forces and civilian needs first, with all remaining blood being built up into an emergency stockpile. Locally, the Red Cross office urged all donors to join in the new campaign and stated that the local office had only 86 don ors this morning, while it needs 250 by Wednesday when the bloodmobile unit will be at the Elks temple from 1 to 6 p.m. for collections. Appointments can be made by phoning 3-3813. , Truman Pressured Not To Call Congress Washington (U.R) Presi dent Truman from his own par ty Monday to forget about call ing Congress back to strengthen price controls at leats until after the November elections. Sen. John J. Sparkman, the Democratic vice presidential nominee, publicly declared his opposition to the special session which Mr. Truman said last week he is considering. . Gov. Adlai Stevenson, the Democratic presidential nominee will have a chance to put in his oar on the subject when he at tends a White House ' luncheon with Mr. Truman and the Cab inet Tuesday. BASEBALL' NATIONAL 1st game New York 10 13 2 Boston 11 12 2 Jansen. Wilhelm 5. Spencer 8, Gregg 8. and Westrum; Yvars; Wilson, Jones 5, Chip man 8, Lanier 8, Spahn 9, and Cooper.
