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MEDFORD, OREGON, THURSDAY, AUGUST 6, 1953
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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.
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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.
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"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.)
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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.
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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.