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Of Red Medical Work
Panmunjom U.R Ameri
cans newly returned to freedom
told Saturday of cold-blooded
"mercy" killings and medical
experiments on human "guinea
pigs" in Communist prisons as
inhuman as the Nazi "horror
camps" of Belsen and Buchen
wald. A medical officer described
the incredible crudity of Com
munist military medicine even
when it was sincerely intended
to help the man being treated.
Other prisoners said the Com
munist medics often set out de
liberately to kill their patients,
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or to break their wills , or to test
Russian medical theories on
them. .
Three Men Died
Pvt. Cleveland Clairmont, 23,
of Mission, S. D., (aid that he
knew of three tick American
prisoners in a Red camp at Py
oktong who died within five
minutes after being given"shots"
by Communist doctors.
Pfc. Charles H. Matthews, 23,
Jayess, Miss., and Negro CpL
Leonard Rohman, 24, New Or
leans, also told of instances in
which ailing prisoners were kil
led by "mercy" shots.
Three Negro soldiers told of
medical experiments, apparently
intended to verify the Russian
theory that complete organs can
be grafted into living bodies a
technique said to be in wide use
in Communist-held China.
"One time a woman doctor,
who said she was educated in
Detroit, put some sort of meat
under my skin," said Pvt. God
frey Jones, 21, of Scarburo, W.
Va.
Two of his friends, Pvt. An
derson Battle, Bartow, Fla., and
Cpl. Tommie Hampton, 33, Chi
cago, told of similar incidents.
"That's all they were doing
experimenting on us," Hampton
said. "They did a lot of that."
Pvt. Robert W. Fletcher, 20,
Ypsilanti, Mich., and Pfc. Rob
ert L. Brooks, 23, Keidsvme, xm.
C. said the Reds encouraged
prisoners to smoke a narcoflc
weed, "something like mariju
ana" which made them more
pliable to their captor's will.
"We called the stuff sun-chi,"
Fletcher said. "Quite a few of
the men smoked it."
"The Reds tried at first to stop
it," Brooks added, "but later
they found they could maKe a
iunkie (narcotic addict)' of you,
I believe they encouraged it, al
though not openly."
Medical service corps Capt.
James R. Curry, Mt. Vernon, O.,
said that Communist medical
care was crude and dangerously
unsanitary even when it was
well meant.
Lumber Firm Opens
Forest Fire Suit
Portland U.R) A federal
court suit filed by the Long'-Bell
Lumber company and the Gardi
ner Lumber company Saturday
rfpmanded damages of $2,717,020
resulting from the August, 1951,
forest fire in Douglas county.
The firms seek the sum Irom
the E. K. Wood Lumber com
pany. The complaint asserts it
was this company's negligence in
blasting operations which started
the fire which destroyed 13 mil
lion feet of cold-decked timber
owned by the Gardiner Lumber
company, and 11 thousand acres
of young timber owned by Long
Bell.
Jurisdiction Accepted
On Reapportionment
Salem -U.R) Marion County
Circuit Judge Rex Kimmell ac
cepted jurisdiction Saturday in
the suit of State Rep. Dave Baum
cf La Grande challenging the
constitutionality of the legisla
tive reapportionment measure
passed by the voters last No
vember. Secretary of State Earl T.
Newbry and intervenors, includ
ing Walter Dodd of Eugene, filed
a motion to strike the suit on
grounds the Marion county cir
cuit court did not have jurisdic
tion. -
Judge Kimmell overruled the
demurrer on ground the suit was
PROBLEM Ob the shoulders of
Judge Lorna Lockwood (above) of
Phoenix, Ariz., will fall the prob
lem of what to do with wme 150
children of Short Creek, Ariz. The
entire adult population of Short
Creek were arrested for polyg
amy. Judge Lockwood said every
attempt would be made to keep
the children with their mothers.
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Plywood Industry
Cuts Production
Portland U.R) Cuts in pro
duction in plywood plants in the
Douglas Fir belt of the Pacific
Northwest were announced Sat
urday. A lumber and shingle
mill in Aberdeen, Wash., report
ed it had shut down completely.
A few of the owners said here
a seasonal improvement in mar
ket conditions in the fall would
probably permit their plants to
resume full schedules next
month. But poor marketing con
ditions were blamed for cuts in
production of about 35 per cent
in some plants and reduced
work-weeks of four days.
The McCleary and Shelton
plants of the Simpson logging
company will be placed on a
four-day basis Aug. 17. A 35
per cent cut in production, fol
lowing on the heels of a 16 per
cent cut in June, was reported
by Paragon Plywood corporation,
Crescent City, Calif.; Brookings
Plywood corporation, Brookings,
Ore., and Northwest Door Co.,
Tacoma, Wash.
of great public interest and
therefore his court had every
right to hear the case.
The secretary of state and in
tervenors were given 10 days in
which to file an answer.
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MEDFORD (OREGON) MAIL TRIBUNE THTRTEEH
Country homes built in the
dim oast were reallv designed
for large families and week end
nouse parties. Recently sold In
Pleasant Hill. Md was the hnme
of one C. Wilbur Miller. This
house has fifty rooms, twenty
two baths and ten fireplaces. It
required a minimum of fifteen
servants to-operate. At present
inrougnout the country, large
houses can be purchased for Ian
money than small houses. Some
young couples have taken advan
tage oi this by getting together
and buvine a laree hnuw nil
living together. That's not a new
iaea. My mother and father and
tw oother young counles lived in
a large house on East 120th St.,
near Pleasant ave. in Manhattan,
when all were in very moderate
circumtsances. I was born in that
house.
Sidelights
An expert on the subject says
brunettes see better than
blondes. Could be the reason
the brunettes have better look
ing husbands than blondes? Or,
why so many blondes . feature
so many curious color combina
tions in their attire . , . Am asked
if I know a cure for corns. All
I know is that when I started
to wear woolen sox I ceased to
have corns.
Please Note
There never has been a film
star who used "Mrs." in her
billing. Yet such a billing has
proven very effective in the
legitimate theater. Three out
standing stage stars use it: Mrs.
Patrick Campbell, Mrs. Leslie
Carter and Mrs. Langtry. In her
first New York appearance, the
last named, ordered all posters
reading "Lilly Langtry" de
stroyed and new ones made
reading "Mrs. Langtry.' Her
tour was a terrific success. She
was paid $3,500 a week when
the dollar had four times its
present buying power, and there
was no income tax. All the
aforementioned stars who used
"Mrs." in their billing were red
heads. The names they used
were of their first husbands. All'
of their stage careers began after
they had lost or were divorced
from their original spouses.
Anon
Has there aver been published
a book or group of books titled
"The Works of Anon?" Seems
it would be a good idea. Some
of the greatest things ever writ
ten are of unknown authorship.
Incidentally, three of the great
est sets of popular song lyrics
are by "Anon." I refer to
"Frankie and Johnnie," "Casey
Jones" and "Abdul, the Bul-Bul
Emir." The lyrics of "Casey
Jones" include two of my fa-
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vorite lines of popular song,
namely:
The switchmen could tell by
the engine's moans, that the man
at the throttle was Casey Jones."
Among the Married
Did your wife marry you for
love? Don't answer me, it is
none of my business. However,
if she did you are in an unusual
spot. Only one out of ten wo
men in this country marry for
love. Or, so a nationwide poll
indicates. Ninety per cent of the
women questioned frankly said
that the most important quality
in a husband is to be able to
provide a good income for his
family. Only 10 per cent con
sidered love the most important
factor in matrimony.
Briefly
."My Three Angels" is a suc
cessful play. Have you ever con
sidered the number of successful
plays and films with three lead
ing characters, such as "Three
Live Ghosts," "Three Mustke
teers," Three Smart Girls,"
Three Wise Fools," ets.? . . .One
Manhattan hostelry announces
the installation of a telephone
in every bath room. The ques
tion arises is it safe to use the
telephone while in a tub full of
water?
Get It Right
A widely circulated claim is
that sculptors have a code for
Ex-Willamette Dean
Succumbs at Home
Salem U.PJ Miss' Olive M.
Dahl, former dean of women at
Willamette university, was found
dead in bed in her home Friday.
She was 65. Dr. Ralph Purvine
said death was due to a heart
condition.
Miss Dahl, born at Ashley, N.
D., came to Oregon in 1927. She
was dean of women from then
until she resigned in 1948. She
served as professor of German at
the university from 1946 until
her retirement in 1952.
equestrian statues of generals
that is observed all over the
world. The alleged code is as
follows: If a general's horse in
a statue has two feet in the air,
it indicates the general was kil
led in action. If the horse has
one foot up, it indicates the gen
eral was wounded. There is
nothing to this claim. In the
equestrian statue of Gen. An
drew Jackson in Washington,
D. C, the horse's forefeet are in
the air. Jackson died at home.
The horse in the General Sher
man statue in New York has two
feet in the air. Sherman died
at home many years after the
Civil War. In Baltimore, the
statue of General LaFayette has
the horse's forefeet in the air.
LaFayette also died peacefully
at home.
Wadsworth New Head
Of Roseburg Hospital
Washington UJ0 Appoint
ment of Dr. George L. Wads
worth as manager of the veter
ans hospital at Roseburg, Ore.,
was announced here Saturday by
the veterans administration.
Dr. Wadsworth, now manager
of the veterans hospital at To
man, Wis., will take over his
duties at Roseburg in about 30
days, the VA said.
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Hodler, in Line for
Portland PM Job
Portland tUPJ Rep. Hom
er Angell of Oregon confirmed
here Saturday that Albert M.
Hodler, 54-year-old Portland
attorney, will get the Job of
postmaster in Portland pending
a civil service examination for
permanent appointment.
- Angell said he received word
from Norman R. Abrams, assist
ant postmaster general, saying
Hodler's qualifications for the
post have been approved and
that plans are being made for
his installation.
He will replace the' late Dr.
E. T.'Hedlund.
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