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urn n n nn Evidence Indicates MEDFORD United Pm - rull Laaaa Wiro Tribune Agreement Failed llnt'ert Prear roll Laaaa Win To Include Total 48th Year 22 Pages MEDFORD, OREGON, THURSDAY, AUGUST 6, 1953 No. 118 mm tvT A TT Dick Maymes, Singer, Arrested for Deportation To Native Argentina Hollywood U.R Dick Haymesy one of the nation's top singers and current beau of movie queen Rita Hayworth, was arrested by immigration author ities today for deportation to his native Argentina. The handsome crooner was charged, as an alien, with il legally leaving and re-entering the country when he flew to Hawaii to visit Miss Hayworth two months ago. Picked Up in Hollywood Haymes was picked up by im migration officers as he ' was walking down Sunset blvd. in the famous Sunset Strip area, a belt of swank restaurants and nightclubs . , The singer was freed on $300 bond after being held at immi gration headquarters in down Prison Riots Cite Weaknesses, Fine Tells Governors Seattle (U.R) State prisons throughout the nation must be greatly improved "if we are to dull the explosiveness that hov ers over ah imprisoned colony. Gov. John S. Fine said today. The Pennsylvania Republican, leading the final panel discus sion on the 45th annual gov ernors conference said violent prison riots in the past year ac tually served one good purpose. Weaknesses Pointed "They pointed up weaknesses and deficiencies in prison ad ministration," Fine said. "Prison riots have awakened in the minds of every governor here not only the imperative neefl for corrections in prison ad ministrations, but also adoption of preventative measures against a recurrence of disturbances," he added. Fine said there would be more riots "unless we change ou. cen turies' old governmental be havior of placing this problem at the bottom of our lists where a myriad of other problems cause it to be soon forgotten." Joint Obligations The Pennsylvania governor said the states have a joint obli gation "to initiate a thorough study of the entire penal system from convictions .... to pris oner rehabilitation." Yesterday, the governors went into the question of rising school costs, the teacher problem and educational television. Gov. Norman Bunsdale, (R.), of North Dakota expressed the opinion of many governors when he said part of the problem of school financing could be solved by placing more emphasis on control at the local level. Mayhem Charge Made Against Local Woman Pasty Lou Knox. 21, of 638 South Holly st. in Medford, was arraigned in district court this morning on a charge of mayhem, and bail was set at $1,000, ac cording to court records. The case was continued until 10 a.m. tomorrow for the de fendant to obtain counsel. The complaint was signed by Arthur Fears, who alleges that the de fendant struck him on the ear with a beer bottle in a local tavern the night of July 31. Fears' ear was almost cut off from the blow, District Attorney Walter Nunley said, and intern al ear damage was also sus tained. Dulles, Rhee Again Dodge Talk on Peace Conference Seoul. Korea (U.R) Sec retary of State John Foster Dulles and President Syngman Rhee again sidestepped the cru cial issue of the Korean peace conference today. A full dress meeting at Rhee's mansion lasting nearly two hours concentrated instead on economic aid that the United States will furnish for rebuild ing the shattered South Korean economy. Dulles said as he emerged from the meeting that the Kor ean unification plans, key issue before the peace conference be ginning in October, were not discussed. town Los Angeles. Haymes' quick trip to see his lady love got him into legal tan gles because of a chain of events regarding his citizenship that be gan during World War II. Haymes was born in Buenos Aires, Sept. 13, 1918. He en tered this country, the Justice Department said, for permanent residence May 28, 1937. Exempted from Army The deportation warrant against the singer charged that during World War II he obtained an exemption from military service on the grounds he was a citizen of a neutral nation, Ar gentina. Under the McCarran-Walter immigration law this exemption makes him ineligible for naturalization. Thunderstorm Sweeps Across Rogue Valley A "typical summer thunder storm" swept over the Rogue valley yesterday afternoon and evening. Lightning strikes set a few small fires in surrounding for ests, and hail sufficient to cause limited commercial damage to pears was reported in a restrict ed area northeast of Medford. The tall cumulus clouds started moving over the valley at about 3 p.m., and the height of the storm came between 6:30 and 8 p.m. Heavy rain was re ported in some sections of the valley, although .04 of an inch was measured at the weather bureau. Hail Reported Reports of hail came from sev eral orchards in the Big Bould er area, where some commercial damage to pears was reported to C. B. Cordy, county agent for horticulture. The hail fell shortly before 8 p.m. and after dark, the reports said. No other hail was reported to Cordy or to the weather bureau from other sections of the val ley, although one-inch hailstones were reported at Sexton moun tain and heavy hail near Grants Pass also was reported to the weather bureau. Cloud seeding pilots for. the Rogue River Valley Traffic as sociation flew for 4 hours, 48 minutes during the storm, and they believed they prevented damaging hail from falling gen erally over the valleys peach and pear orchards. Tops of the clouds built up to around 30,000 feet, the fliers said, and they ilew through "an amazing ex hibition" of lightning of all types and colors. "The world was on fire up there," one of them said, and the storm at higher altitudes was as rought as anything they'd encountered before. Two Fires Two small fires, in the Elk creek area and near Butte Falls, were reported to the state for estry department here, but they expected no trouble with them. Some rain fell during the storm throughout the forests, depart ment memUrs said. They ex Radio Highlights President Eisenhower will speak tonight on the CBS net work over station KYJC from 9:30 to 10 o'clock. Tomorrow. KYJC will fea ture a one-hour program from 9 to 10 p.m.. entitled "The Quacks." It is a CBS progtam in cooperation with the U. S. Food and Drug administration and is an expos on illegal medical practices. "Economic problems were dis cussed this morning,' Dulles told newsmen. - Army Secretary Robert Stev ens did most of the talking, the secretary of state added. Dulles explained the $200,000,000 al ready earmarked for Korean re construction by the U. S. Con gress is being drawn from de fense funds saved by the end of the fighting. Dulles said a working level committee will continue nego tiations on the U.S.-Korean de fense pact. It was not discussed at the meeting of the full dele gations at Rhee's mansion. The Justice Department learned about this "military re lief," it said, when Haymes re turned to Los Angeles from Hon olulu. Under normal deportation pro ceedings Haymes will be given a hearing by an inquiry officer on the deportation charges. If a deportation order is issued by the hearing officer, Haymes can then appeal to the Board of Immigration Appeals and ulti mately to the courts. Linked With Rita Haymes recently has been mentioned in Broadway gossip columns as a close friend and frequent companion of actress Rita Hayworth. The government refused Haymes a visa for foreign travel in 1952 because of unpaid back pected a few more to show up during the day. No fires were reported on na tional forest land up to mid morning, according to Jack Wood, supervisor of the Rogue River National forest, but there were "quite a few" lightning strikes, and fires could break out during the day, he said. Fog and clouds were hampering the forests' fire-spotting services. Winds were relatively mild during the storm, with gusts be ing measured at only 15 miles per hour. However, firemen were called at 7:30 p.m. to stand by on Tripp St., where the limb of a tree was being blown against a power line, causing short circuits. A California Ore gon Power compan crew rem edied the trouble. ars Get Prison Terms In Circuit Court Two safe burglars received in determinate prison sentences not to exceed 15 years yesterday from Circuit Judge H. K. Han na according to District At torney Walter Nunley. The men, David Clinton Crockett, 31, Lander, Wyo., and Donald Edward White, Billings, Mont., had pleaded guilty to a charge cf burglary by explosives at the O. K. Market at 1202 North Riverside ave., Medford, the night of July 16. Blow Safe Open They obtained $1,100 in cash after blowing the market's safe with the use of nitro-putty, elec tric blasting caps and a battery, They returned to the market for the battery they had forgotten and met Police Officer Edward Zander, who arrested them on suspicion. The two also admitted eight other burglaries in the Rocky mountain region, and rifle thefts. Monte Joe Treadwell, 33, for merly o f Jacksonville, and James, Tex., was sentenced to the state prison for four years on a forgery charge involving cashing signed checks taken from the Jackson County Feed Co., at Court and McAndrews rd., Medford, Nunley said. Bodies of Dentists Located in Klamath Yreka, Calif. (U.R) Bodies of two San Jose, Calif., dental partners have been recovered from turbulent waters of the Klamath river near here, sher iff's deputies said today. The body of Dr. Horace Rowe, 63, was discovered yesterday and that if his partner. Dr. Charles D. Bradley, 60, was found Tuesday. The two launched a boat Sat urday 20 miles south of here and were not seen again. Dr. Bradley's body was found 10 miles downsteam and Rowe's about 30 miles below where the boat was launched. Mrs. Dorfio Neilson Dies; Rites Pending Mrs. Dortho Neilson, wife of tne late George Neilson, former district attorney of Jackson county, died last night at a local hospital. j, Plans for funeral services will be announced later by Perl funeral home. taxes. Miss Hayworth, when in formed by the United Press of the arrest of her swain, refused to comment. But his estranged wife, Nora Eddington Flynn Haymes, gasped,' "this is awful. I feel so sorry1 for him." Mrs. Haymes vigorously de nied that the singing star had "tried to get out of the draft.", "He tried several times to en list in the American army, and he was turned down because he has high blood pressure. That's why he went all over the United States on those Army camp tours," Nora said. "He wanted to do what he could to help. He didn't try to get out of serving because of his citizenship." Russians Massing Troops and Armor In East Germany Berlin (U.R) Columns of Soviet troops and armor were reported moving toward indus trial centers throughout rebel lious East Germany today to put down rapidly spreading strikes by workers who defied a Red ban on acceptance of American "Eisenhower food par cels." Massed in East Berlin Heavy concentrations of Sov iet troops and armor were re ported being massed in East Berlin a tew miles from the West sector distribution centers where upwards of 1,600,000 hungry East Germans have collected free food sent bv the United fetates. The' anti - Communist Fight ing Group Against Inhumanity, which has reliable contacts throughout the Soviet zone, re ported Soviet troops in division sirength were moving in many areas. Russian trained East Ger man police also were reported moving in on trouble centers. Tanks and Guns The northwest German radio (British) reported that 400 freight cars carrying the Red army men, T-34 tanks, trucks, artillery and machine guns have lolled into the Magerviehhof freight yards in East Berlin in the last three days. Forty to 50 of the big T-34 tanks .were said to have arrived in the East sector of the city. Western observers said it was too early to determine Whether the troop movements were de- sisned to intimidate rebellious workers or were in preparation for Russia s autumn war maneuv ers. Phone Rate Boost Hearings Ended Salem (U.R) Hearings before State Public Utilities Commis sioner Charles H. Heltzel on the Pacific Telephone & Telegraph ws application lor rate in creases were concluded here at noon today. In all the hearings have taken more than nine days with the transcript running close to 1000 pages. Last witness today was J. L, Kennedy, chief accountant for the commissioner, who present ed testimony regarding the com pany's earnings. He said that the cost of capital to the com pany had increased and he pro posed a six per cent return on net invested capital to the com pany instead of the 5.6 per cent return allowed PT & T after its last rate hearing. The company has been asking a return of 7V4 per cent which would mean an increase of some $5,966,000. Heltzel indicated it would take some time for him and his staff to study the hearing trans; script before he makes his de cision. BASEBALL AMERICAN Detroit 2 0 New York 5 12 0 Aber. Herbert, Miller and Bucha; Miller, Reynolds and . Berra. Chicago . ... 1 2 Philadelphia ..... 4 9 0 Fornieles, Almoa, Bearden and Lollar; Coleman, Byrd. Taaoricb and Murray. . :t ,!xv ' -r'z! V V ' 2! - W $jj.9 kin U" w -ah . .('W iafcSssB LI "OPERATION BIG SWITCH" Here is a general view of "Freedom Village" with fhe Commnnist "Peace Arch" in background, where exchange of UN and Red prisoners started taking place Aug. i People in background are not identified, but presumably are Communists. (NBA Radio-Telephoto.) to, FIRST RELEASED First Ameri- i can officer freed at the prisoner ' exchange at Panmunjom was afaj. j John Daujat of Richmond, Calif. ! He reported grimly that only two days before the exchange Reds 1 sentenced some high American j officers to prison terms. iNEA Radio-Telephoto.) Applegate Release Aid Asked of USSR Washington U.R) The State Department disclosed it has asked Russia to use its in fluence with Red China to win release of three Americans cap tured aboard a private yacht last April. The three Americans are Kicn- ard Applegate, Medford, Ore., former United Press correspond ent; Donald Dixon, Internation al News Service reporter, and Benjamin Krasner, a ship cap tain. The three were seized when the Red Chinese captured the yacht Kert on which they were traveling from Hongkong to Macao. A department spokesman said the United States has made "sev eral approaches to. the Soviet Union asking them on a human itarian basis to use their influ ence with the Peiping regime to rectify the unjunstifiable treat ment of American citizens . in China." He said the first approach was made in September, 1951, and the lastest in May of this year. Forged Check Passed At Medford Market A forged pay roll check blank labeled "Pacific Machinery Co.," and apparently printed on a pri vate press, was passed at the Central Market yesterday, ac cording to city police. The check, signed with a rub ber stamp, was for $67,33, and was on the Medford branch of the U.S. National bank, .police said. - Police were informed that the check was not printed by a local concern. Heading on the check was not like those that Pacific Machinery co., uses, officers said. Hollywood U.R) Jane Powell, the pert nice girl of movie musicals, divorced insur ance salesman Geary Steffen Jr. on grounds he left her. alone week ends to go skiing. Red Promises Dimmed By Prisoners1 Tales Panmunjom, Korea (U.R) The Communists promised to re turn 81 more "healthy" Ameri cans at freedom gate today, but the joy over their return was dimmed by the growing fear that thousands of other captured Americans may never come back. - Three returning Americans now have told of fellow prison ers being sentenced by the Reds on phony charges of endanger ing the lives of other prisoners or "instigating against peace." The 81 Americans to be re turned today will bring to 221 the total released by the Reds in the first three days of "Big Switch." In Bad Condition However, the condition of ill and haggard prisoners, their ap pearance reminiscent of victims of the Nazi torture camps of Dachau and Buchenwald, will delay the United States home coming of the few that are "healthy." American officers at Inchon said the Reds are delivering so few able bodied prisoners that it may take three weeks or more before enough are collected to make up a shipload of 400. Meanwhile, an American war rant officer painted a gruesome picture of North Korea's "Death Valley" where more than 2,000 American soldiers starved or froze to death in the bitter win ter of 1950. In Mass Graves Dwight E. Coxe, 50. of Fresno, Calif., now awaiting shipment home at Inchon, said mass graves were dug by the Ameri cans for their buddies as they perished at the rate of five to 17 a day from starvation, dysen tery and exposure. Medical attention, he said, was a "farce." Returning Americans hobbled Soviet Council Airs Financial Budget... Moscow (U.R) The Supreme Soviet's Council of Nationalities convened today to debate .Fi nance Minister Arseni Zverev's 530,500.000,000 ruble ($132,625, 000,000) budget. , . . Zverev presented the budget report to a joint session of the Supreme Soviet, Russia's Par liament after it convened yes terday. He said expenditures would amount to 530,500,000,000 rubles and estimated income would to tal 543,300,000,000 rubles ($135, 825,000,000). Under provisions of the new budget, the Soviet Union ex pects to cut its defense outlay for the coming year by 3.2 per cent, or 3,600,000.000 rubles (3900,000,000) below that for the previoua yeaf- Garbage Man Tires Of Hauling Away Bills Orland. Calif. (U.R) Garbage Collector Leone Pen na told the city council he has ivn up sending garbage bills to his customers. "What's the. use?" he com plained. "I send a bill, they throw it in the garbage can and then I have to haul my own bill to the city dump." Portland U.R) Word has been received here by friends of the death of Warren A. Reid, former Oregon businessman, at Warren, O. ,1 on canes or crudely fashioned crutches to the reception tents for identification and prelimin ary medical examination. Some left the Communist ambulances on stretchers. Two Americans were uncon scious. They were not identified One of the South Koreans was returned dead. Another ROK soldier was a. living skeleton who dried to pull his tightened skin over his teeth to smile but couldn't. Marines Shocked Battle toughened Marines on duty at the reception center were shocked by the appearance of the gaunt, haggard shells of men. A dazed Negro soldier stood like a robot on the tailgate of his truck and toppled into the arms of medics. Guilty Plea Made On Larceny Charge Floyd Earl Denno. alias Don Smalley, 23, Sun Valley, Calif., pleaded guilty Wednesday after noon in circuit court to a charge of larceny by bailee, according to James McGoodwin, deputy district attorney. The case was continued for sentencing,, pending receipt of FBI records. Denno is charged with not returning an electric sander, valued at over $75, which he had rented from the Sherwin-Williams Co. office in Medford on June 17. In other circuit court business, the Jackson county grand jury returned an indictment Wednes day against Robert Kimbrell, 30, of 1468 Prune St., Medford. for drawing a bank check with in sufficient funds. It stated that on Nov. 29, 1952, Kimbrell wrote a check, payable to the White City Sales Co. for $748.42, which was not covered by a bank deposit. A bail of $1,000 was continued on the charge. Medford Soldier Among far East War Returnees Francis R. Pavao, Medford, an Army sergeant first class, is list ed as one of seven Oregon serv icemen returning on board the Navy transport Gen. Hugh J. Gaffey scheduled to arrive at Seattle port of embarkation to morrow from the Far East, ac cording to United Press. Sergeant Pavao is not listed in local directories. Bus and Car Canyon; Six Hyiro, Okla. (U.R) An ex press Greyhound bus. and an automobile collided on a bridge approach near here today and carried six persons to their deaths in a canyon 40 feet be low. . 33 Persons Injured The Oklahoma Highway Pa trol, which reported the death loll, siid 33 persons were in jured, several critically. The patrol liT'ed among the tentatively identified injured: Vivian Cornman, Riverside, Calif.; Fred Hill, Long Beach, Calif., Alice B. Hopkins, Glen dale, Calif., and her four year old daughter, Marian Elaine Hopkins, and Dominick J. In fant!, 34, Camarillo, Calif. - ls$ue To Be Pressed At Armistice Board Washington U.R) Gen. Mark W. Clark, Far East com mander, said today the Com munists may hold from 2,000 to 3,000 more American prison ers than they have agreed to re turn as part of the armistice. We have certain evidence In dicating they (the Communists) have more Americans, Clark told a news conference at the Pentagon. The- Communists have agreed to return 3-313 American pria- , oners. Other Information Clark said the Communist total is "not far from the num ber of American prisoners we estimated the Communists held for sure." But, at the same time, he said, the United States has other information that leads us to believe they have more." Clark said the evidence in American hands is not so cer tain that this country could make flat charges that the Com munists hold more prisoners than they have admitted. But he said the United States intends to press the issue at the Armistice commission. And if unsuccessful in getting a satis factory answer the United States will turn the question over t the forthcoming political peace conference. Must Submit List The United States lists 8,705 American soldiers "missing in action" in Korea. The mystery of what happened to them may be partially, and tragically. solved in the next few dayi when the Reds submit a list of prisoners who have died. For some American families. however, it will be months, it ever, before the fate of their misusing sons is determined with certainty. Clark said that when the Com munists presented the 3,313 fig ure he asked advice from Wash ington as to whether he should accept that total or continue negotiations. Caa Protest Latir It was finally decided, he said, to accept the Communist figure with a reservation that the Unit ed States could protest later be fore the Armiftice Commission. Clark said he had no knowl edge as to whether the Commu nists had submitted a list of pris oners, as required by the armi stice agreement, who died within Red prison camps. An Army spokesman said that as of last night no such list had been received from the Com munists. He added that the list will not be made public until the Army has performed the sad task of notifying next of kin. Clark also said: 1. There "might be" from 2,000 to 3,000 more Americans in Communist hands in Korea than the Reds have admitted. Favors Any Weapon 2. If the Korean truce is vio lated, he would personally favor "using any weapon at the dis posal of our country" in retalia tion. That answered a question whether he would favor using the atomic bomb. 3. The Republic of Korea army does not "have the capa bility" to go it alone should present Communist forces in North Korea violate the armi stice. But if all foreign troops. United Nations and Red Chi nese, were removed from Korea, the ROKs "could take care of themselves" if attacked by North Koreans. Weather FORECAST: Prtly rloady and continued warm through Fri day with afternoon and ' evening thunder storms in vicinity. Low lonif ht SS, hit a Friday SS. Highest Yesterday . . SS Lowest this Morning SS Plunge Into Persons Killed Deputy Sheriff E. W. Lewis said at the scene the death toll mght climb to "eight or 10." Officers could not immediate ly identify the dead. The driver of the automobile was tentatively identified as Manuel E. Wilkey of the Yuma test station, near Yuma, Ariz. He was critically injured. Crash en Narrow Bridge It was not known if there were other occupants in the car. Lewis said the crash oc curred on a narrow bridge on U. S. 68 about -one mile west of here shortly before sunrise. Lewis said it appeared that the bus was attempting to pass the automobile when a left tire blew out on the car causing it to skid into the bus's path.
