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THREE DATS OF "QUAKES Buildings are reduced to rabbi and streets strews with wredufe at
Vashti on the Greece island of Ithaca following- tare days of tarthquafcm which rarafed the Ionian
Sea islands, five hnadred oersona are reDorted dead.
Rifle-Toting Grandma
Repulses Seaborne Try
To Regain Equipment
Baltimore, Md. U.R) A construction company's crew was
in full retreat Saturday after failing in a daring seaborne attempt
to wrest its expensive equipmen from a rifle-wielding grandmother.
The defiant. 57-year-old woman, Mrs. Wanda Sienkielewski,
threw a chicken wire fence around the equipment Tuesday be
cause she was tired of the firm parking it on her lawn without
permission.
Haiders Repulsed
Late Friday, the Leo G. Butler Co., sent 10 burly raiders onto
a barge in Bear creek behind her house in a bold bid to recapture
the sewer-digging machinery.
Mrs. Sienkielewski swung in action. Moving to the water's edge
she lowered her .22 caliber rifle and warned:
"111 let the first one that comes on my land have It"
Nine of the raiders aot the noint and retreated in disorder.
When one keot advancine. Mrs. Sienkielewski hauled off and
shoved him back onto the barge.
The cnmnanv hastily called off the attack.
Mrs. Sienkielewski is hopping mad because the construction
workers ignored her demands to get the equipment off her prop
erty and. adding Insult to injury, referred to ner as "an oia wo
man.
May Auction Equipment
She has announced she will never surrender the machinery
until the company meets her claims for damages and parking
fees.
She disclosed that she might try to auction off the equipment
If there isn't a satisfactory settlement very quickly.
Meanwhile, she patrolled her fortress with the rifle and dared
anybody to attempt to make off with the captive equipment.
Navy Minesweeper
Constructed at Astoria
Astoria (U.R) The non-magnetic
minesweeper Dash, first
vessel of its type to be completed
for the United States Navy,
awaited assignment Saturday fol
lowing commissioning ceremo
nies at the Port of Astoria.
The 165-foot wooden vessel
was formally turned over to the
Navy by its builders. Astoria
Marine Construction Co.. and Lt.
Cmdr. Robert Giamolti took
command.
The gray-painted vessel is built
with laminated oak frames and
keel and is equipped with the
most modern minesweeping gear,
much of it secret.' It carries a
crew of five officers and 65 men.
President Signs Bill
On Indian Jurisdiction
Denver U.R) President
Eisenhower Saturday signed
bill giving Oregon's Gov. Paul
Patterson Jurisdiction over crim
inal offenses and civil causes of
action committed on Indian res
ervations within the state.
The president said he had
''grave doubts" about some of
the provisions of the bill but ap
proved it because its basic pur
pose represented "still another
step in granting complete polit
ical equality to all Indians in our
nation."
It is the first of five being built
by the Astoria firm.
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Invetigafors Set
For Public Hearing
Washington (U.B Senate in
vestigators sifted through a week
of secret testimony Saturday in
preparation for next week's pub
lic hearings in Sen. Joseph Mc
Carthys' latest Reds-in-govern-ment
investigation.
The Senate Permanent Inves
tigating subcommittee, which
the Wisconsin Republican heads,
Friday wound up the closed
door phase of its search for pos
sible Communists in the govern
ment printing office. Public
hearings will begin Monday.
McCarthy told reporters Fri
day that a former woman em
ployee of the printing office had
testified that she saw a fellow
worker steal secret materials
from the big printing agency.
She said the alleged thefts were
"sizeable" in number and cov
ered a "considerable" period of
time.
He did not reveal the name
of the witness or the accused
worker. Neither did he say when
it happened although he indicat
ed it was some years ago.
16-Year-Old Said
Crime School Head
Los Angeles (U.R) A 16-year-
old Arizona youth was accused
Saturday of being the "brains"
behind an "earn while you learn
crime school" that taught bur
glary and strong arm robbery.
Sheriffs deputies smashed the
alleged juvenile crime ring Fri
day by rounding up 10 juveniles,
including a young girl, and three
adults.
Deputies said the ring's , teen
age "professor, here from Ari
zona only a month, taught his
young disciples such "subjects"
as mugging old men and women,
rolling drunks and breaking into
stores.
"The professor promised he
was going to promote us to big-!
ger jobs in Hollywood and Bev
erly Hills where there was big
money," deputies quoted one of
the small fry "students" as saying.
Deputies said the juveniles
were believed to have netted
thousands of dollars worth of
loot in 20 "jobs" during the past
month.
Reds Forced U.S. Captives
To Act In Surrender Movie,
Repatriated Captive Says
Freedom Village U.pj were sentenced to jau at camp
Chinese Communists forced 500
captive Americans to act in a
Korean battle and surrender
movie used later for propaganda
purposes, a repatriated Ameri
can said Saturday.
Cpl. Harry W Hoover, 26, of
New Paris, Pa., said the movie
was filmed in the faU of 1951 at
Camp No. 1.
Ran Up Big Hill .
"We still had our GI clothes
in those days," he said. "They
made us run up this big hill and
then they made most of the boys
in the front ranks fall down like
we were killed. The rest had
to drop , their rifles and raise
their hands.
"The Chinese and Norh Kor
eans surrounded us. They made
us do that a couple of times. And
all the time they were taking
movies."
Hoover said he knew two men
No. 1 the day of the Korean arm
istice.
Threw Rocks '
"One of them was a good
friend of mine," he said. "He got
three years for throwing rocks,
tearing his mosquito netting and
just his overall anti-Chinese at
titude. He also beat up progres
sive pro-Communists, His sen
tence will end in July 1056.
"The other guy got sentenced
for rape. It was impossible be
cause the guy never got out of
camp in two and a half years.
I'm, not sure, but I think it
was a two-year sentence."
PIONEER MEETING
. Eddyville (U.R) The Lin
coin County Pioneer association
will hold its- annual meeting
here today. - President Jim
Hodges of Elk City will preside
over the all-day meeting.
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John L. Lewis (above), miners
union leader, confers in 8aa
Francisco with Harry Lundeberg,
head of sailors. . (IntomatummlJ
California ranks fourth in
total milk 'production in the
United States.
McMinnville Youth
Drowns in Yamhill
McMinnville (U.R) Walter
Foster, 15, McMinnville, drown
ed in the South Yamhill river
Friday afternoon while trying
to swim across the stream three
miles south of Sheridan.
The youth was the son of Wil
bur Foster, McMinnville, and
was the oldest of five brothers.
The mother lives in Portland.
Ten gallons of wine are re
quired to distill a gallon of
cognac.
Meany Says Carpenters
Will Return (o AFL
Chicago George Meany,
president of the American Fed
eration of Labor, predicts that
the Carpenters Union will come
back into the AFL-
There was no sound reason"
for the 750,000-member Carpen
ters Union to withdraw, Meany
said.
He said the union will realize
this and "sooner or later come
back. He wouldn't attempt to
say when, however.
BEN H. TODD
REGISTERED ARCHITECT
Announces the opening of New Offices at
Suite 303, U.S. National Bank Bldg.
. Telephone 2-5180
Former OSC Prof
Ousted from Job
Kansas City, Mo. (U.R A
former member of the Oregon
State college faculty has been
relieved of a teaching post at
the University of Kansas City
"at his own request," Univer
sity Chairman Ernest E. Howard
said Saturday.
Howard said the teacher, Dr.
Ralph Spitzer, has been granted
a leave of absence to undertake
research' work and additional
study.
Spitzer lost a similar Job at
Oregon State college four years
ago. He recently declined to
answer questions about Commu
nist party affiliation put to him
by a Senate investigating sub
committee. He was never ac
cused of being a Communist at
Oregon State college.
After leaving Corvallis Dr.
Spitzer went to Prague, Czecho
slovakia, to attend a Communist-organized
student congress
and his passport was cancelled
at The Hague, Netherlands, on
his return trip.
General Finance Corp.
Head Dies in Salem
Salem fll.Pl Ro Harmon
Simmons of Salem, president of
General Finance Corn., died late
Friday in a Salem hospital after
a year's illness. He was 60 years
old.
Simmons was a breeder. and
exhibitor Of American saddle
show horses, and at one time
managed the Oregon State fair
horse show.
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Jackson County
4-H CLUBS
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young folks ... depends upon their energy, integrity and good citizen
ship. That is why Copco is so enthusiastic over the fine 4-H club and
Future Farmers of America movements, which instill in boys and girls
the finest type of training in self-reliance, resourcefulness and sound
citizenship. That is why Copco urges YOU to lend encouragement to
these outstanding youth organizations by attending the Rotory Club
sponsored fair this week.
REMEMBER Wednesday - Thursday - Friday - Saturday
... and something doing every minute!
Poultry, Crops and Livestock Judging . . . Contests-Horn
Economics Demonstrations Showmanship Judging
Special Awards Finest Displays of Jackson County Live
Stock and Craftsmanship of 4-H Club and F.F.A. Boys
and Girls! Yes, Something Doing Every Minute. Be Sure
To Attend and Participate in the Big Auction Climaxing
a Truly Fine Show! N
Published in Cooperation with the MEDFORD ROTARY
CLUB, Sponsors of the 4-H - F.F.A. Fall Show, and Jackson
County F.F.A. and 4-H Clubs by . .
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