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HILSOKI Medford United Presj-Full Leased Wire 47th Year 18 Pages Marines Turn Back Fifth Enemy Try To Capture Hill Chinese Casualties Reported Heavy Seoul. Korea (U.R) Two hundred Chinese Communists chareed uo Bunker Hill in drivine rainstorm Friday in a eivth attemnt to caoture the strategic heieht. but American Marines again cut them to pieces with a deadly rain of shell lire sinH machineeun bullets. The Chinese, apparently the survivors of a regiment tnai once numbered more than 2,000 men, launched their surprise at tack without benefit of prepara tory artillery. TIselessness Seen For 55 minutes they charged into the volleys of Marine dui lets before the Communist com mander saw the uselessness of it and called for a retreat. It was .the second assault Fri day by the Chinese Reds. Ear lier. 300 enemv troops, appar- ntlv ordered to recapture the hill or die in the attempt, fell be fore the sharpshootmg Marines Bodies Litter Slopes . Bodies of dead Chinese litter- xT the sloDes of Bunker Hill United Press Correspondent Frederick C. Painton said it was obvious from the smell alone that the Reds were suffering heavy casualties in their futile attempts to oust the leather necks. Painton said the accurate Ma rine shooting has prevented the Reds from removing tneir neaa. The 8th Army announced the Marines have inflicted nearly 2,100 casualties on Chinese troops since the Bunker Hill bat tle began. The figures include 271 Chinese dead, 626 believed dead and 1,183 wounded. American Thunderjet fighter bombers blasted a North Korean coastal defense base today, de stroying 30 buildings at the base north jof.Koson on the Korean east "coast.' Marine warplahes struck an airfield north of Sari won and cratered the runways with their bombs. . U. N. F-86 Sabrejets searched North Korean skies for Commu nist MIG-15 jet planes, but for the fourth straight day no MIGs were sighted. Barkley To Retire From Public Life Springfield, 111. U.R) Alben W. Barkley says he plans to re tire from public life when his term as vice president ends next January. The 74-year-old "Veep" told a Democratic rally at the Illinois State Fair Thursday "I expect to retire from office" at that time. He said he'll be leaving "a public life I have enjoyed for 40 years." Barkley delivered a rousing hour long speech during which he criticized Republican presi dential nominee Dwight D. Eisenhower for supporting con gressional candidates who Bark ley said differ from Eisenhower on foreign policy. . Flapjacks Flipper. Sentenced to Jail Portland (U.R) Chester M. Phillips, 35-year-old merchant seaman, is spending 90 days in jail -and must pay a $25 fine. He admitted to Municipal Judge John J. Murchison Thurs day that he tossed a plateful of hotcakes at a woman in a down town cafe. 'It was a short stack," was his qnly explanation. Reconciliation As Prince and Hollywood, Calif. (U.R) A reconciliation between Aly Khan and Rita Hayworth seemed pos sible Friday after the debonair prince came to the star's home for dinner and wound up staying until three in the morning. Khan literally ran into Rita's Beverly Hills mansion Thursday night for dinner immediately after he arrived from New York lugging 75 pounds of toys and gifts for Rita and his daughter. Emerged at 3 a.m. As he left his limousine he told his chauffeur, "I'll' only be a minute." He didn't emerge from the house again until 3 a.m., about an hour after a houseboy had sent the chauffeur away, indi cating that the prince planned Ira MEDFORD, OREGON, HE BLUSHED A DEEP RED British Foreign Secy. Anthony Eden and his bride, the former Clarissa Spencer Churchill, niece of Prime Minister Winston Churchill, smile happily on their arrival at No. 10 Downing Street following their wedding at Caston Hall in London. Eden blushed a deep red as women in the crowd of 2000 outside the Registry Office, where the ceremony was per formed, blew him kisses and shouted, "Good old Anthony.' Eisenhower Advisers Grin Over Confusion Of Truman invitation Denver (U.R) Dwight D. Eisenhower's campaign advisers chuckled Friday over the con fusion in Washington about the top-secret reports on world af fairs that the GOP presidential nominee was supposed to be told about but wasn't. Associates of Eisenhower fig ured that, at least for the mo- Okinawa Island Hit ByWindsoftlOMPH Tokvo (U.R) A typhoon bat tered Okinawa island Friday with thundering rains and gusts of wind up to 110 miles an hour, forcing U.S. Air Force crewmen to work at top speed to tie down their planes. American warships and com mercial vessels put to sea in the hope of riding out the storm. Okinawa is the home of the 307th Bomb Wing, a wing of B-29 Superfortresses which al most nightly makes a combat run over North Korea to bomb Red supply and troop concentra tions. Presidenl Praises' Democratic Platform Washington (U.R) Presi dent Truman said Friday that he regards the Democratic Party platform not as a "scrap of paper" but as something "to go out and fight for," Speaking in the White House rose garden to about 300 dele gates to a ClO-Political Action Committee convention, Mr. Tru man said the 1952 platform is as "liberal and forward-looking as any party has ever adopted." He thanked the union politi cal leaders for their endorse .ment of the Democratic Party ticket and its platform. " New York (U.R) The Wall Street Journal announced Fri day the purchase of a new build ing in Chicago which will pub lish after Jan. 1, 1953 the rapid ly expanding Midwest edition of the Journal. 'Possible7 Rita Meet to stay the entire night. Khan looked downcast as he left the house but his long stay had rekindled rumors that a reconciliation was possible. He drove to the home of Director Charles Vidor in a servant's car. Daughter 'Beautiful' Aly's only comment to news men were that his daughter, three-year-old Princess Yasmine, was "beautiful" and that he planned to visit Rita and the girl late Friday. Neither Rita nor Aly would say if their 13-month separation was at an end. But rumors cir culated that a reconciliation might be in the offing. The long-awaited huddle be tween the couple was covered by droves of newsmen, photogra phers and newsreel cameramen. J Inl FRIDAY, AUGUST 15, ment, they had the Democrats on the defensive. The big ques tion was how to keep them there. May Take Advantage Eisenhower himself may take advantage of the situation next week when he makes a couple of public appearances. He will go to Boise, Ida., Wednesday for a conference of Western Repub lican governors, and to Kansas City, Kan., the following day for a meetmg.pf. Republican candi dates for office, ' These 'occasions will provide the Republican presidential can didate with a sounding board to keep after the Democrats if he desires to try to keep on the offensive. Invitation Declined The feeling of "we've got 'em on the run, boys" started early Thursday when it was announc ed that Eisenhower had declined an invitation of President Tru man to attend a luncheon and foreign affairs briefing -in the wnue House next Tuesday. Mr. - Truman's offer to enter tain Eisenhower in Washington came after the GOP nominee had sharply criticized a similar visit to the capital by the Demo cratic presidential nominee. Gov. Adlai E. Stevenson of Illi nois. After the Eisenhower rejec tion of Mr. Truman's invitation had been made public, the presi dent told a news conference that a week or 10 days ago Eisenhow er had been offered top-secret reports on world affairs. Offer Not Received This statement of the presi dent's brought an immediate huddle of Eisenhower's advis ers. After considerable searching of files Arthur H. Vandenberg, Eisenhower's executive assist ant, said that no such offer had been received here. Later it developed that Gen. Omar Bradley, chairman of the joint chiefs of staff, had been asked by Mr. Truman last Thurs day to see that Eisenhower was offered the reports. But Bradley said that , "being unfamiliar with political matters," the tim ing of the notification to Eisen hower appeared to him to be unimportant. Mercy Flights Carries 85th Passenger to SF The 85th Mercy Flights pas senger, a Roseburg woman, was taken to San Francisco this morning in the air ambulance service's twin Cessna plane, ac cording to Mercy Flights repre sentatives. She was accompan ied by members of her family. . The woman was taken from Roseburg to San Francisco for emergency X-rays. The plane, piloted by Lee Flink, left here at 11:30 a.m. after "stopping at the Medford municipal airport for gasoline. Weather FORECAST: Continued fair through Saturday. Little tem perature change. Low tonight 52. High Saturday 85. Temp. Highest Yesterday 88 Lowest this Morning 57 I III SI Tribune United Press Full Leased Wire 1952 No. 126 Local Television Channel Permit To Be Requested Sheldon Sackett Tells Of Application Plans Sheldon Sackett, publisher of the Coos Bay Times and owner of radio stations KROW in Oak land, Calif., KOOS in Coos Bay and KVAN in Vancouver, Wash., today announced plans to file for television outlets in Med ford, and in Walla Walla, Wash. In a telegram to the Mail Tri bune, from his headquarters in San Francisco, Sackett said the applications to the Federal Com munications Commission for very high frequency channels for the two cities would be filed by two newly-formed corpora tions headed by himself. The corporations are named MED. Inc.," and "WW, Inc.," respec tively. Call letters will be KMTV for Medford and permis sion will be sought for the sta tion to operate on channel 4 VHF. No Television Now Both Medford and Walla Walla are presently unserved by television. Sackett said at least 30 per cent of the common stock of both corporations will be owned by managers active in the con duct of the stations or other sta tions for which he has previous ly made application. "Stock will be sold or subscribed only by men active in the operation of the television outlets," he stated. Contracts to equip both sta tions have jeen confirmed, ac cording to Sackett who said he planned to construct a 500-watt station here at ah estimated out lay of $350,000 including equip ment, buildings and working capital. It will, if permission is granted, have a high gain an tenna permitting grade A tele vision service... to .surrounding, towns including Ashland, Central-Point, Jacksonville, and B plus service to Grants Pass. The Walla Walla station outlay will be about $400,000. - Region Studied The new applications, Sackett said, follow an exhaustive re search into the economic and so cial background of the areas. He added that the program struc ture contemplates not only en tertainment facilities to the area served, but extensive programs dealing with political and cul tural life of the communities. He said every reasonable ef fort would be made to press for an early grant of the applica tions. While new corporations are to be formed to handle the appli cations, control of the com panies will rest with Sackett who is presently, through exist ing corporations, applicant for television outlets in Oakland- San Francisco, Calif ., "Vancouv er, Wash.-Portland, Ore., and Coos Bay, Ore. Application for the Oakland-San Francisco sta tion was filed in October 1947 and for the last two named sta tions in June 1952. Salem Police Warned On Political Activity Salem (U.R) Salem's police officers were warned Friday they may lose their jobs unless they stop circulating petitions to amend the city charter. The police force has been seek ing to change Salem laws to per mit a 40-hour week in the de partment, but City Attorney Chris Kowitz said "employees in the classified civil service are prohibited from activity engag ing in promoting or opposing any political measure or charter amendment." Two Klamath Falls Men Drown in South Umpqua umard (U.R) Two Klamath Falls brothers drowned in the South Umpqua river near here Thursday as the 7l-year-old son of one of them watched help lessly from the bank. Drowned were Everett Reed, 36, and Roland Reed, 29. Sher iff's deputies said the brothers apparently decided to go swim ming after a day of picking beans on the Hoy Rice ranch. REDS BEHIND TIMES Tokyo (U.R) Some misguid ed Communist has failed to keep up with the armistice news. A Red propaganda broadcast moni tored here Thursday carried two stories about the truce negotia tions at Kaesong. The- truce talks moved to Panmunjom 10 months ago. - - - : DAY o Convicted Killers Wonder at Future As Reprieve Heard Innocence Maintained In Truth Serum Test Walla Walla, Wash. (U.R) In their cells at the Washington State penitentiary at Walla Walla, Wash., Utah and Turman Wilson were wondering Friday what the future holds for them. Granted a 90-day reprieve by Gov. Arthur B. Langlie Thurs day, one of the brothers ex pressed the wish officials would stop investigating them. "We wish they would stop in vestigating us and investigate the JoAnn Dewey case," Tur man said quietly. Langlia said the Wilsons main tained their innGcence under the influence of truth serum admin istered Wednesday and that, al though he doubted the validity of the test, he felt the reprieve would provide a safeguard against any possible miscarriage of justice. . "Well, that's ' the longest one we've gotten yet," Utah said to his brother after Warden John Cranor notified the brothers of their fourth reprieve just 30 minutes before they were to be shifted to the death cell. Sentenced To Hang The Wilsons are under sen tence to hang for the 1950 kid nap-slaying of JoAnn Dewey. Their case has twice gone before the U.S. Supreme court only to have the high tribunal refuse to review it. The boys' mother threw her arms around her sons and wept Thursday when notified of the reprieve. No arrangements had been made by the parents for disposal of the brothers' bodies because they were confident of a reprieve. Langlie said he asked Howard L. Barkdull, Cleveland, O., president of the American Bar Association have a bar commit tee investigate all phases of the Wilson case. Meanwhile, a new snarl devel oped Thursday when Utah Wil son, through the brothers at torney, issued a statement which said Sheriff Terry Schrunk, Portland, Ore., offered him his life in exchange for a confession to two 1948 murders. - Schrunk. who talked with Utah in his" cell Thursday morn ing, immediately denied ' the statement and said there were three deputies in the cell with Utah and himself during the questioning who would verify his denial. A statement issued jointly by the brothers thanked Langlie for the reprieve and stated that "God doesn't choose that we should die for these crimes that we didn't do." General Foods Faces Anti-Trust Charges Washington (U.R) The Fed eral Trade Commission Friday charged General Foods Corp., which markets such familiar gro ceries as Birds-Eye frozen foods, Jello and Maxwell House coffee, with. three violations of the Clay ton anti-trust act. The complaint charged dis crimination in pricing and dis tribution and in payments for certain customer services and facilities. The FTC said the firm's gross sales in 1949 exceeded $500,000, 000 and that its alleged discrimi nations could be substantially lessening competition or creat ing an illegal monopoly. Salem (U.R) An increased number of cases of blackleg in Willamette valley cattle' was re ported Friday by Dr. R. R. Younce, veterinarian with the State Department of Agricul ture. FIRMLY gripped by diaper be tween steps of escalator, Mar cia Yonushewski, 2, provides problem for sympathetic New York policeman. (Internationall SOT . -f Airplaime Uisihap Fatal To Brookiongs IPulblisheir U.S. Pledges To Support Campaign Against Weapons Would Protect Against Aggression United Nations, N. Y. !U.R) The United States Friday pledg ed support for the elimination of all weapons of mass destruction, "including atomic, chemical and biological weapons." But the U.S. warned the Unit ed Nations Disarmament com mission it does not intend, be fore safeguards have been agreed upon, "to invite aggres sion by informing would-be ag gressors and charter-breakers we will not use certain weapons to suppress aggression." Red Agreement Asked U. S. Delegates Benjamin V. Cohen, again denouncing Com munist germ - warfare charges against American forces in blis tering terms, asked the Soviet Union to agree to the Western proposed plan for verified arms census. He sought to ensure that preparations for waging war with weapons of mass destruc tion sail not be carried out in peacetime. He said: "We believe as the Soviet dele gate maintained in 1932 at a League of Nations conference on chemical and bacteriological weapons that paramount im portance should be attached 'not to the prohibition of chemical weapons in wartime, but to the prohibition of chemical warfare in peacetime. Paul Selby Endorses Flynn's Candidacy For Medford Mayor Following Mayor D. L. Flynn's announcement yesterday that, he will seek a third term as mayor of Medford, the only other avowed candidate for the posi tion. City Council President Paul Selby, announced this morning that he is endorsing the election of Flynn. In his statement, Selby said "I am indeed happy to learn that Mayor Diamond L. Flynn has reconsidered, at the insistence of his many friends, and though contrary to his personal wishes, has decided to again offer to serve the city of Medford for another term as mayor. Experience Important "I know that Mayor Flynn has served unselfishly in the past and will wholeheartedly serve in the future. Needless to say, his experience in the past as mayor and a director of, the League of Oregon Cities is of vast importance to the city in meeting the many problems of our city incidental to our growth and expansion." Selby added that "From my personal experience, I know the great amount of time and effort that Mayor Flynn has given to the city. The first consideration of any member of the council or mayor should be the welfare of the city, and this is shown by Mayor Flynn by "his filing for the position of mayor." Robinson 'Not Candidate Fred L. Robinson, Medford businessman who has been men tioned for the mayor's position, said today that he "would not consider seeking the post" in view of Mayor Flynn's decision to seek reelection. No other candidates for the city council or mayor posts had filed with the city recorder by noon today. Deadline for filing petitions is Saturday, August 30. However, Recorder Ralph Wood ford has pointed out that peti tions must be in his hands by August 26 to insure a complete check of signatures before, the deadline. ' Cordon Will Discuss Reclamation With Ike Portland (U.R) Sen. Guy Cordon (R.-Ore.) is in Denver Friday to meet Gen. Dwight D. Eisenhower, , GOP presidential nominee, for a discussion . of reclamation and public works in the western states. Cordon said he was confident of a Republican victory on the November ballot and, following his visit with Eisenhower, will meet with the GOP senatorial campaign committee on his re turn to Washington. .. j pFpECUTIORI MATY AS RAKOSI New Austria Premier Rakosi Elevation Completes Russian Reorganization London (U.R) The elevation of Matyas Rakosi to the premier ship of Hungary completes Rus sia's reorganization and stream lining of Communist leadership in its eastern European satel lites. The formal as well as the actual power in every country behind the iron curtain is now concentrated in the hands of one man directly responsible to the Soviet Politburo. In Line With Policy This centralization of power is in line with Russia's general tightening of control over east ern Europe during the past year. The satellites are becoming more and more like' Russia itself with each passing month. Rakosi has been the most pow erful Communist in Hungary ever since his return from the Soviet' Union with the Russian army in 1945. He was leader and secretary-general of the Hungar ian Workers' Party, as the Com munist party is known in that satellite.- . Was Only Deputy But until Premier Istvan Dobi, a one-time member of the Small holders party who became a convenient front for the Reds, moved up to the figurehead post of Hungarian president Thurs day, Rakosi had been only one of several deputy premiers in the government. As new premier, Rakosi has moved into a position identical with that of four other Com munist east European bosses. All hold top positions in both the Communist party and the gov ernment in their respective states. Two Women Safe After Night in Woods Two Medford women reDorted lost in the woods near the Fos ter Creek camp were found safe today, according to Jack Wood, supervisor of the Rogue River National forest. Reported lost when they did not return to the camp grounds last night were Mrs. Joe Dal laire, 24, route 1, box 334, and Arlene Hooper, 16, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Ralph Hooper, 1028 East 11th street. Wood said the two campers were several miles from iheir camp when night fell, so they slept in the brush. A ranger sent from Union creek reported they were scratched up but otherwise unhurt when they walked into camp this morning. , - DOUBLE BAD LUCK New York (U.R) Aaron G. Bass, 40, ran into some tough luck Thursday when his car was stolen and wrecked. But he ran into tougher luck when the police recovered it. In the glove compartment police found 1 1 traffic tickets Bass had ignored. He was brought into court and fined 96. Efforts To Force Commie Registration Up To Board Washington (U.R) Govern ment efforts to force the com munist party to register with the justice department and thus put a crimp in red activi tiesnow hinge on a .decision of the subversive activities control board. After 16 months of exhaustive hearings, a board panel finally has completed the taking of tes timony and is drawing up a finding. If the board's verdict is that the Communist party is for Pilot Seriously Injured in Crash Near Crescent City Third Passenger Hails Motorist Crescent City, Calif. OJ.R) Dewey Akers, 52 publisher of the Brookings - Harbor (Ore.) Pilot, was killed and two others are injured in the crash of a light sports plane late Thursday near the head of Gilbert creek, about three miles south of the Oregon-California border. Injured were Roy Brimm, 50, a former sawmill operator and pilot of the plane, and E. D. Thornton, a Brookings service station operator. Brimm was brought to Seaside hospital here where attendants said both his legs were broken and several of his ribs fractured. Made Way to Highway Thornton, despite painful but not serious injuries, made his way from the plane wreckage to U.S. Highway 101 where he hailed a passing motorist and was brought here. A search party was organized immediately by Del Norte county sheriff's depu ties. The. searchers reached the wreckage about 11 p.m. Thurs day to find Akers dead and Brimm in serious condition. Brimm was carried out to the highway and brought here for treatment. Crash Cause Unknown The men left Gold Beach, Ore., in Brimm's Piper Cub Tri-Pacer for Brookings about 4:40 p.m., the Civil Aeronautics Adminis tration reported. The CAA said neither Brimm nor Thornton could explain how the accident occurred but a CAA spokesman said an investigation into the cause of the crash would be conducted. Stevenson Plans California Visits Springfield, 111. (U.R) Gov. Adlai E. Stevenson probably will make two campaign swings through California this fall, it was disclosed Friday. This tentative plan was re vealed by California National Committeeman John Anson Ford, who conferred with Ste venson and Wilson Wyatt, cam paign manager for the Demo cratic presidential nominee. The AFL, the CIO and the American Farm Bureau Federa tion all were represented on the Democratic presidential nomi nee's calling list as he turned back to a heavy round of politi cal talks. He .spent most of Thursday in "Governor's Day" ceremonies for the Illinois State Fair. Turkey Growers Face Marketing Problem Salem (U.R) Oregon growers face a serious marketing prob lem, Gov. Douglas McKay said Friday as he urged the state to observe August 14 to 23 as "mid Summer Turkey Time." Gov. McKay said materially increased national production, large local storage holdings, and heavy supplies of new crop fowl coming to market at low prices were to blame for the situation. Oregon is one of the leading" turkey producing states in the nation and its poultry industry makes an important contribu tion to the gross farm income of the state, Gov. McKay said. BULLETIN Washington (U.R) The Soviet Union has rejected Big Three proposals, to grant oc cupied Austria an early peace treaty, the State Department revealed Friday. eign controlled and it is up held by the courts the Reds will be forced to open their membership lists to the govern ment and individual members of the party will be subject to limi tations. The case is the first to be tried under the McCarran In ternal Security Act passed in 1950. The law is aimed at curb ing activities of Communist and Communist-front groups without actually outlawing the party.
