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Newspaper Page Textmm "te Tell Ikn istialitv Stories; Panmunjom, Korea U.R) American prison ers came back to freedom today with sickening reports of Communist bestiality. Eighty-four Americans went through freedom gate along with one Canadian and 324 other Allied soldiers. Some of the Americans were listed as "sick" but they were able to walk. : Their liberation on the 10th day of "Opera tion Big Switch" brought the total of United Nations servicemen released by the Communists to 8,411, including 907 Americans. Shocking Brutality Reported Some of them gave eyewitness accounts of Red brutality that shocked newsmen and other observers who have become accustomed to hear ing reports of mass atrocities such as the 1950 death march. Pfc. Charles J. Wolfe, 23, Wallace. W.Va, said Communist guards bayoneted and beat with rifle butts an American prisoner who had become insane. Wolfe, captured in July of 1950 at Taejon along with Maj. Gen. William F. Dean, said the man was bayoneted three times in the legs and dragged off to regimental headquarters where he was brought out for daily public beatings. Shot for Seeking Water Wolfe said a lieutenant in his camp No. 1, was shot for going after a drink of water at night. Another returning prisoner said the Reds tied captured Americans to tanks and sent them into battle. Pfc. James R. Hunt, 25, Russell, Pa., who was captured at the same time Dean was taken pris oner, said he saw "the knocked out tanks." Mangled bodies of the prisoners were splat tered across the tanks, Hunt said. MORE BURIED IN GREECE QUAKES Athens (U.R) A new earth' quake crumbled a hospital on the island of Zante in the Ionian sea today and buried a number nt natients iniured in the temblors of the past four days. Destruction of the hospital left only a school, the national bank and a church standing in the caDital citv of Zante. Fire swent the rest of the island. earthquakes shook Cephalonia and Ithaca and flame reddened moke mushroomed from the islands. Death Toll Uncertain American and British aircraft began a mighty mercy airlift, piercing the billowing smoke to dron water to thirsting thous and who have survived the series of earthquakes. Unofficial estimates placed the rfpath toll at 1.000. but some authorities considered the num ber exaggerated. They said 400 bodies had been counted and at least 100 more presumably died. "Ten 's ago we had a terrible shock,' an American Mutual Security Mission official said last night in a broadcast from Cephalonia. "I saw a moun tain sliding into the sea." King Visits Areas The disaster was almost be yond imagination, A. U.S. Navy rescue team that moved inland from the Sixth Fleet flagship, the cruiser U.S.S. Salem, mes saged Vice Adm. John H. Cassady aboard the vessel the destruction was "terrifying, sickening and complete." King Paul of Greece visited the ruined cities of Argostolion George Mclnfyre, Realtor, Succumbs George W. Mclntyre, 61, well- known Medford real estate brok er, died at a local hospital early today after a lengthy illness. Mr. Mclntyre, whose home was at 1807 West Main St., was as sociated with the Spencer-Bag-ley agency here. A resident of southern Oregon since 1941, Mr. Mclntyre lived at Williams for several years before moving to Medford. He was in the real estate business in California before coming to this area. Survivors include his wife, Mary Ethel, Medford, and two brothers, Claude E. and James E., both of Medford. Mr. Mclntyre was born in Boise, Idaho, in 1892 and attend ed public schools there. He was a former member of the Santa Monica, Calif., Elks lodge and attended St. Mark's Episcopal church in Medford. Perl funeral home is in charge of arrangements, which are pending. Eugene U.R) Lyle M. Nel son, publicity director at the University of Oregon has sub mitted his resignation. Grants Pass Cafe Lawyers Seek Bargaining Election Portland (U.R) Attorneys representing a Grants Pass cafe operator have filed a petition at Salem for a bargaining election to be conducted by the new Ore gon Labor Elections Board, it was reported today. Portland Attorney Will Mas ters said it was the first petition for such 'an election under the new anti-picketing law passed by the 1953 Legislature. The law set up the Elections Board. The petition, filed for Dwight D. Battey, operator of The Cave 'leaf Gls Named and could not be and Lixouri on Cephalonia. He walked among the people, at tempting to soothe them with words of encouragement. Argostolion, completely lev eled, threw up hospital tents to administer to 150 Cephalonians injured in the disaster. The Greek government said it was ridiculous to believe the islands would sink under the impact of the earthquakes, caused by a shifting sea bed be Crowd Riots Outside Telephone Building In Indiana Strike Indianapolis, Ind. (U.R) A crowd of 150 persons rioted out side one of the largest exchanges of the strikebound Indiana Bell Telephone Co., last night and early today, breaking windows and hurling firecrackers in two buildings at South Bend. The utility, plagued by a 24- day walkout of 6,900 CIO Com munications Workers, evacuated Some Uon-Varring Nations Favored In Far East Talks New York (U.R) United Nations Secretary General Dag Hammarskjold indicated today he favors including the Far East peace conference some nations that did not have armed forces in the Korean fighting. Hammarskjold s views came on the heels of a statement last night by American delegate Henry Cabot Lodge Jr. that the United States wants to pick the U. N. delegation to the Far East parley from among the 16 na tions whose troops fought under the U.N. flag in Korea. Assembly Action Favored Britain and othe Common wealth countries, on the other hand, are known to favor Gen eral Assembly action to broaden the composition of the meeting to include Russia and India which did not even have armed forces in Korea. Lodge last night revealed that the U.S. considers the U.N. side to include only the 16 nations that sent armed ' forces to the aid of the South Korean victims of Red aggression. Up To Communists On the other hand, Lodge said it was for the Communists to pick their delegation and he added that it would be logical to expect them to include Russia. Hammarskjold appeared to be putting himself behind the British Commonwealth view that the U.N. side means the U.N. as a whole. shop at Grants Pass, asked for an election to determine whether the 18 employees of the shop as of May, 1952, want Medford Culinary Alliance, local 329, to represent them as their bar gaining agent A union contract expired in May, 1952, and Battey's shop has been picketed since early June 1953. Masters said the petition was filed last week and that a second filing in the case would be made soon. Washington (U.R) The Defense Department today made public the names of 123 American servicemen who the Communists claim died in North Korean prison camps. It was the second such "heartbreak list" re leased in the past 24 hours. The department stressed that it has no verifi cation of the Communist reports. The first list, released last night, contained names of 121 American prisoners from a roster of 1,022 whom the Communists said died in captivity. Skeptical of Red Roster The Communists also claimed that 147 other Americans "escaped" from prison but the De fense Department said not one of these had re turned to American military control. This list has not yet been published. The Defense Department was highly skeptical of the Communist roster. Officials expressed strong misgivings about its accuracy, and also doubted whether the Communists had included all prison camp deaths. The unreliability of the Communist account ing was demonstrated by the Air Force, which said the Reds reported one officer dead in several months before he was missing in action. Reports Not Verified . In notifying next of kin of the men named by the Reds, the Defense Department stressed that the report came from Communist sources verified at this time. Publication of the names was held up for 24 hours after telegrams were sent to next of kin. The Defense Department plans to issue the names in daily installments until the lists are cleared up. tween Zante and Cephalonia. But terrified islanders spread the rumor among 45,000 home less victims that their lands were sinking into the sea. By the hundreds they streamed to the coast, got into small boats and canoes and paddled out to rescue vessels. Flotillas of ships standing by to help careened crazily as strange currents boiled up in the sea. the buildings of 70 employees who had kept long distance serv ice going since the strike began. Long distance service was halted in South Bend, a city of 120,000, fifth largest city in Indiana, and in an outlying area populated by perhaps more than 200,000 persons. Arson Attempt Police in West Lafayette, home of Purdue University, reported an arson attempt on a non-union phone worker's home which threatened the lives of a sleeping family including several small children. Police Chief Richard J. Gillen reported at South Bend the dis turbances were "periodic and spasmodic" over a period of hours before and after midnight. He said police removed "key men" from the scene and were .ble to restore quiet. Buildings Deserted Reports of the disturbance, most severe of a 24 -day-old strike, were obtained from a message sent by newsmen to neighboring Elkhart by auto mobile. It said Bell's two office and switchboard buildings in South Bend were deserted and barri caded after a crowd of 150 per sons smashed windows and doors, threw stones, tomatoes and fire crackers, and set off a burglar alarm. The incident reached its height about 2:30 a.m. Four hours later, police escorted 58 employees out of the buildings, 40 of them from the structure housing most of Bell's long distance boards. Mrs. Arthur Powell Succumbs in Salem Mrs. Virginia Powell, wife of the late Arthur E. Powell, a former Jackson county commis sioner and mayor of Central Point, died yesterday in Salem. Married June 25, 1897 to Mr. Powell, she was associated with her husband for many years in publishing the Central Point American. Seven children were born to Mr. and Mrs. Powell. They in clude Kenneth D. Powell, pres ent publisher of the Central Point American; Carroll W. Powell, Mrs. B. C. Jolly," John W. Powell. Harry E. Powell. Helen Parker and Mrs. John Townsend. Perl funeral home is in charge cf arrangements. BASEBALL NATIONAL Milwaukee . 4 11 1 Chicago 11 ' 12 1 Surkont Antonelli; Jolly and Crandall; Hacker, Lows, Klippstein and Garagiola; Mc-Cullough. MEDF0RD United 48th Year 18 Pages Communists Plan Demonstrations to Revive Walkouts Speculators Smuggle Articles Over Border Paris (U.R) The Communists tried to intensify waning French strike enthusiasm today thousands of workers ignored walkout orders, others straggled back to work, and the govern ment increased its emergency measures to restore order. Speculators smuggled watches, nylons, gold and other precious commodities across uncontrolled borders in an effort to reap quick fortunes in the disorder which the strike of 4,000,000 union workers has brought, A Communist brain trust con vened at party headquarters to map plants for concentrated widespread demonstrations next week to coincide with the ninth anniversary of the liberation of Paris. No New Strikes Informed sources said this ef fort was aimed at keeping the current general strike -from petering out into easily control led walkouts, as the government of Premier "Joseph Laniel earn estly hopes will happen. No new strikes began today and no important new strike calls were issued as the country started a week end religious and bank holiday in observance of the Roman Catholic Feast of the Assumption. Workers, feeling the pinch of 10 days without pay, were show ing less enthusiasm for the mass walkouts ; Seek Quick Profits Many Frenchmen and foreign ers took advantage of the lack of customs guards to make quick fortunes. They drove to neigh boring Switzerland, Belgium, Germany and Spain and return ed with items heavily taxed with French import duties. They hoped to get rich quickly by dis posing of their loot at 30 to 40 per cent markups. Welfare Agency Names Son in Suit A complaint was filed yes terday by the state attorney general's office against James Barnard, 19 Geneva st., Medford, for non-payment of $1,349 in welfare payments under the state relative responsibility law. according to circuit court rec ords. The complaint, initiated by the state through the Public Wei fere commission by John W. Brugman, special assistant to the attorney general, alleges that Barnard's mother, Nellie May Barnard, was "needy and eligible for public assistance," during three separate periods and that the state paid to her amounts of $275, $654 and $420. The state is now demanding these sums from Barnard. The complaint further alleges that from Aug. 1, 1950 through Dec. 31, 1950, she received $275 in state payments, while the de fendant's net monthly income made him liable to her under law for $75 a month; that during the year of 1951 he was liable to pay her $55 a month and the state had paid her $654 during the year; and that during 1952, the state paid her $420, while the defendant was liable for $35 a month. Wheat Marketing Polls Remain Open Until 9 Polls for the wheat marketing quota referendum election will remain open until 9 o'clock this evening, according to Talbert Sehorn, manager of the local production and marketing ad ministration office. About 65 wheat growers In Jackson county are eligible to vote in the election, he noted. Voting was very light this morn ing, but he expected growers to come in during the evening after work. The results will be canvassed immediately after the election and sent to Portland by 10 p.m., from where they will be for warded to Washington, D.C., Se horn added. The polls are in the PMA of fice on the First floor of the courthouse. Mmm EUR East test; MEDFORD, OREGON, FRIDAY, AUGUST 14, 1953 i . i : . . . " c - . . . . .1 I '5? ri . y , ' H ASHLAND FIRE The two-alarm fire which swept through Busch Motor company, Ashland, early yesterday was at its peak when the top picture was taken shortly after 1 a.m. Some of the 17 new passenger cars and trucks which were destroyed in the fire are shown in the lower picture, which was taken later yester French Deep Water Divers Break Record In 1.3 Mile Toulon, France K Two French naval officers broke their own two-day old deep water div ing record today by descending 6,890 feet below the surface of the Mediterranean in a French naval bathysphere. On Wednesday the French men, Capt. Nicolas Maurice Houot and engineer Pierre Henri Willm, set the previous world's record with a dive of 5,115 feet, or just under a mile. Other Bathysphere Tested Their plunge today of 1.3 miles into, the depths of the Mediteranean was accomplished while the more publicized bathy sphere of Swiss scientist August Piccard was undergoing shallow Pre-School Test Dates Announced The annual pre-school testing for under age children who wish to enter Medford' city schools will begin August 17 and con tinue throush September 4, it was announced today bySupt. E. H. Hedrick. Children are accepted for Sep tember entrance in the first grade under state law if they become six years of age on or before November 15. The Med ford public schools will accept younger pupils who become six years of age on or before Jan. 31, 1954, providing they show mental .development of BVs years on a mental age test. Parents having under age children whom they wish to enroll, should call Mrs. Edamae Adamson, telephone Medford 2-7467, between the hours of 10 a.m. and 4 p.m. on or after Au gust 17 to secure appointments for taking the mental test. United "at-' Plunge water diving tests off the Italian coast The pair are making secret reports to the Frency Navy of what they have seen in depths of the sea never before explored by man. Secrecy also shrouds the na ture of their submarine shaped. free moving underwater craft which they call a bathyscope. Requires Four Hours Today's record dive required about four hours to complete. "somewhat along the lines" of Piccard's earlier hathyscope model. Piccard since has rebuilt and "improved" his underwater craft in which he hoped, shortly, to plunge 2.5 miles into a deep can yon like chasm beneath tn"e Med' iterranean. Ashland Family, Hit By Fire, Theft, Wreck, Hopes Troubles Ended "It never rains but that it pours," can very well apply to troubles which for a week have plagued the Jim Busch family of Ashland. A robbery last week was first of a chain of events which the family hopes ended early yesterday when the Busch garage was destroyed by fire. Also, yesterday, Jim Buich's brother. Ernest Busch and family, from Salem, and his young nephew, Jim. left Ash land for a trip to Lake o' Woods. One of their two cars, occupied by Ernest and young Jim, turned over after hitting loose gravel near Ashland. Ernest suffered a deeply lacer ated ear and Jim has cuts and a black eye. Both were taken to Ashland General hospital. Tribune Wfaa No. 125 day after the fire as extinguished by the Ash land fire department Firemen speculated that a. wrecked automobile which was "saturated" with gasoline when it was towed into the garage late Wednesday may have figured in the blaze which swept through the Ford dealer's building. (Photo by Hughes Photo Service, Ashland) Lightning Caused Fires Controlled Eleven fires in Union Creek district and three in Butte Falls district set by lightning last night, were reported this morn ing by the forest service. All are small,, the largest about two acres, and are under control, ac cording to the report. Smoke Jumpers were used this morning to fight one of the fires on Herschberger mountain in Union Creek district. The two acre fire is on Huckleberry mountain in that same district Several lightning strikes on state forest land on the Klamath Jackson county border were re ported last night, but no fires had been located this morning, ac cording to the state forest patroL Salem (U.R) The annual sum mer meeting of the Oregon Asso ciation of school district super intendents will be held in Coos Bay Aug. 21-22. Local Scouts Climb To Top Of 14,162-Foot ML Shasta Nine Crater Lake Area council Boy Scouts reached the 14,162- foot summit of Mt. Shasta yes terday after an arduous climb through weather that included rain, sleet, snow and hail. Five other scouts were forced to turn back to the group's base camp because of the extreme cold. The 14 scouts wore light jackets,' but had no gloves or heavy clothing. Others Turn Back Three other parties attempting to climb the mountains were forced to turn back before reach ing the summit. The scouts were led by Fred McMullin, field executive of the Crater Lake area Council, and Larry Lundin, Yreka field execu tive. Lundin accompanied the tive scouts who were forced to turn back. The nine scouts- completed Vealher FORECAST: Cattaac4 with thra.erctarat activity tareach Sataro-y. Law to aicat ; fcif k Saturtay $-!. Temp. IrkMt Testrrtay Lawaat this Moralaf S Heavily Populated Resorts in Path Of Howling Storm Vacationers Flee As Storm Approaches New York (U.R) A howling tropical hurricane smashed along the Maryland coast today and headed north with increased speed toward the coastal cities and heavily populated beach re sorts of New Jersey and New York. The storm left one dead in North Carolina, raked across the Norfolk, Va., area and was cen tered this morning 35 miles off the Maryland beach resort of Ocean City. The resort town was evacuated as the storm approached. Winds in gusts up to 66 miles per hour whipped waves 10 feet above the normal high tide line as vaca t'oners jammed highways in a bumper to bumper exodus. Tides Flood Streets The Weather Bureau at Wash ington reported in a noon ad visory the storm was expected to pass 40 miles off Atlantic City, NT., about 4 p.m. (PST). High tides and swirling winds had al ready flooded streets in Ventnor and Margate, south of Atlantic City. Streets were flooded in towns along the entire southern coast of New Jersey as the tide rose. Boardwalk stores reported ex tensive wind and water damage end pedestrians waded knee deep in the business district of Wild wood. The advisory said highest winds at hurricane center were esti mated at 75 miles an hour with steady shore winds as high as 60 miles. Gale winds extended 150 miles east and 60 miles west of center. From the Maryland coast through New England Coast Guard stations cancelled all leaves, and stood ready to re move seaside residents to safety wherever necessary. Planes Battened Down Air Force bases flew light Jet and other fighter planes to in land fields to escape the force of the blow. Light planes were bat tened down at commercial air ports. Rain began falling in New York City shortly before noon with gale winds of 39 to 54 miles an hour forecast for evening. The full force of the eastern tip of Long Island about midnight KBES-TV Telecasting Still 'Indefinite' Station KBES-TV officials re ported this morning that opera tion this evening was still in definite. The necessary part was shipped air express last night from New York, but hadn't been received by 12:45 p.m. today. Local technicians were working around the clock," in an effort to solve the antenna difficulty. The temporary antenna, specially made for the station until the permanent unit is installed, re quires special parts, which can not be obtained on the open market. The station has been off the air since Tuesday. their descent of the mountain at 12:30 a.m. today, and reported that "everything went according to schedule." Members of the group were proud to report that they had made the climb when the other three parties were forced to give up. Successful Climbers In addition to McMullin, those successfully making the climb were. Don Gordon, Troop 9, Med ford;' David Kelso, Post 15, Phoe nix; John Van Dyke. Post 3, Medford; Marvin Hale, Troop 26. Dunsmuir; Leon Stansfield and Kenneth Bird. Post 24, Jerome Prairie; and Basil Newton and Jim Love, Troop 37, Mt Shasta, Calif. . Boys who were forced to turn back by. the weather were Tom and Jim Chamberlin and Jack Sullivan, Pondosa, Calif., and Buzz Stevens, Post IS, Phoenix.