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IJi) I- Holdout Convicts Herded in Cells;: -Buildings Burned Inmate Killed, Three Hurt in Disturbance Monroe, Wash. (U.R) Grim guards and state police herded 160 sulking state reformatory MEDFORDes THIBU1E ' Onttrl Ptmr - Ml Imam Win Unlteo- Prssa - full 48th Year 20 Pages MEDFORD, OREGON, FRIDAY, AUGUST 21, 1953 No. 131 LAST MINUTE SHOPPING Is hurried by Shah of Iran and his queen, Soraya, after he recelvea word to return to Tehran where his loyalist supporter. Gen. Faatolla Zahedl (right), directed overthrow of Premier Mossadegh' anti-Shah government 0 nUrnatummt SiautpMrtst Streets of Tehran Decorated for Return Of Shah From Exile Tehran. Iran (U.R) Ousted Premier Mohammed Mossa degh may be exiled instead of tried for treason, well inform ed sources reported tonight as Jubilant Royalists prepared to welcome shah Mohammed Resa Pahlevi back to his capi tal tomorrow. Tehran, Iran (U.R) Jubilant Royalists festooned Tehran with flags and flowers today in prep aration for the triumphant re turn of their shah in streets stained by bloody rioting only two days ago. Tanks and troops of new Pre mier Gen. Fazollah Zahedi stood guard at street corners of the capital and across the nation. But feahedi's authority was virtually unchallenged follow ing the arrest late yesterday of Hearings Claimed Same McCarfhyism Los Angeles (U.R) Four witnesses appeared to testify at Sen. Joseph McCarthy's investi gation of alleged Communist in filtration of the Government Printing Office today, including William C. Taylor, 43, Negro. Taylor emerged from the secret hearings after 30 minutes of testimony and blasted the hearings as the "same old Mc Carthyism." "They are trying to frighten people with star chamber ses sions about the alleged misdeeds of government employes and by spy stories," Taylor said. "Per haps they are preparing to rail toad a few more innocent people to their deaths in order to in timidate people from protesting against war, the high cost of liv ing and Jim Crow." Taylor said he still is a mem ber of the Communist party, and had been ordered to reap pear tomorrow morning at 10:30 for an open hearing. Medford Man Killed , In Wyoming Accident Roy L. Petre, 108 Florence st., Medford, an x-ray technician for Sacred Heart hospital, was killed in an automobile accident about 15 miles east of Lovell, Wyo., early today, according to a tele gram received here from his wife. The telegram stated that Petre" was driving a sports roadster which overturned while round ing a sharp mountain curve. It was not known if Mrs. Petre, credit manager for the Medford hospital, was injured. The couple have no children. Veafher FORECAST: Fair throat- Sat urday with fame morning cloudlnesi. Low tonight 55. High Saturday SS. Temp. Highest Yesterday SI Lowest this Morning 59 Grand Champion Steer Named at 4-H Fair; Good Crowds' A 1,050-pound hereford steer owned by Clifford Bigham, Sams Valley, yesterday was named grand champion of the annual Jackson county 4-H and FFA fair. Bigham's win continued the fait tradition that no youngster has ever displayed a grand cham pion animal for more than one year. , Other Winner Reserve grand chimpion hon ors went to a 1,020-pound here ford steer owned by Doreen Bohnert, Antelope. "Very good crowds" have been attending the fair, largest in the history of the event, ac cording to Rulus Cate Jr, county deposed Premier Mohammed Mossadegh, who was held and guarded from mobs for trial as a traitor. Mossadegh Protected Cheering crowds erected tri umphal arches across the city's wide streets where Nationalist mobs angrily smashed statues of Shah Mohammed Reza Pahlevi and demolished picture of him less than a week ago. Mossadegh, arrested late yes terday through a trick telephone call, languished in a room at the plush Tehran Officers Club where Zahedi was living. Za hedi told the 78-year-old former premier he would be protected until he is brought to trial for plotting against the legal gov ernment. Short Exile Ends The 33-year-old shah, ending one of the shortest exiles in his tory, was speeding here from Rome aboard a chartered Royal Dutch Airlines passenger plane. Leaving his beautiful empress, Soraya, behind until conditions here become more settled, he took off for Baghdad, Iraq. There he plans to take off for Iran in the same private plane he used to flee his country last Sunday. He was scheduled to arrive in his capital late tonight or early tomorrow. The army general staff said the government was in complete control of Iran after crushing scattered resistance in the prov inces, particularly at the oil re fining centers of Abadan and Shiraz. French Strikers Returning To Jobs Paris OJ.R) The united front of French labor, which for 17 days had defied the economic re forms program of Premier Jo seph Laniel with a crippling se ries of nationwide strikes, crack ed wide open today. Laborers, by the tens of thou sands, began streaming back to work in nationalized industries and civil services in defiance of Communist pleas for a continua tion of the work stoppages en forced by 2,000,000 workers. At their peak, last week, the strikes affected 4,000,000 men. The collapse of the strike fol lowed an agreement, reached' at dawn today, between non-Communist union leaders and repre sentatives of Premier Laniel's cabinet. $137 Missing Affer Land Firm Burglary The Roeue Vallev Land rorVi- pany was robbed sometime last night or this morning, city po lice reported today. Police said the thief, who got away with a monev bag con taining. $137, broke a window in the back of the building, un locked it and crawled through. The filing cabinet that con tained the money had been broken open. The burelary was discovered at 8:25 a. m. Attending Annual Event agent for 4-H club work. Today's program will be high lighted by a livestock auction, scheduled to get underway at the fairgrounds at 7:30 p.m. A total of 178 sales including 205 animals have been scheduled. To Be Sold They include 60 individual fat lambs and seven pens of three fat lambs; 47 fat hogs and five pens of three fat hogs; 55 fat beef steers and six feeder beef steers, and the champion pen of market poultry. Col. A. H. Dudley will act as auctioneer. A special seating sec tion will be reserved for buyers. Other beef winners announced by tht county agent's olfice to Suspect in Murder Confesses; Other Man Is Implicated Duane Albert Hall, 40, has confessed to taking part in the murder of a man on Mt. Tamal pais, near San Franciso, last June, and has implicated Ray mond C. Hodge, 37, District At torney Walter Nunley was told this morning. Hodge and Hall were arrest ed by Oregon state police June 19 near Phoenix, and were held in the Jackson county jail until a few days ago. According to the United Press, Hodge has been arraigned on a charge of first degree murder at San Rafael, Calif., and was to be brought there today from San Quentin prison, where he has been held, to enter a plea. Victim of the murder was Roy V. Kapphahn, a Salinas cement finisher, whose hacked and beat en body was found by picnickers shortly after his death June 14. Nunley said the California prose cutor described Hall's confes sion as telling of one of the "most hair-raising, cold blooded crimes" in his experience. The confession told in detail how the crime was committed, with the victim being beaten over the head with a wrecking bar, stabbed with a screw driver and finally having his throat cut witaiTJ2knife. Hall said Hodge suggested they kill Kappahahn for the $295 he had with him. The three men were in Vallejo and plan ning a trip east together. Hall said Kappahahn fell asleep in the back of his car, and Hodge drove to Mt. Tamalpais where he and Hall killed him. Hodge was returned to Cali fornia last week, after waiving extradition. A week ago last Sunday he was foiled in an at tempted escape from the Jack son county jail when he met Jailer Reuben (Smitty) Janzen in the jail corridor and was sub dued. Hall was returned to Califor nia last Monday after extradi tion proceedings were complet ed. The two men were arrested here when two state officers spotted the car they were driv ing and recognized it as one wanted by California authori ties. Veferan Grants Pass Businessman Expires Grants Pass Frank Mash burn, 85, veteran Grants Pass businessman, died at his home here yesterday. He had been in ill health for a number of years. Mashburn had been affiliated with Golden Rule stores in the western states for a number of years and was founder co-owner of the company's store here for 48 years. He actively managed the local store from 1905 until 1916 and since that time has maintained his interest in the store but has been in semi-retirement He was one of the original stockholders and a past president of the Oregon Caves Resort company. Survivors include his wife, Dora, Grants Pass, and two brothers, Charlie and Marvin, both of Boise, Ida. day included Dale Smith, Cen tral Point, and Verity Day, Sams Valley, firsts in the hereford di vision; Grace Gail, Gold Hill, first in the shorthorn division; Robert Hayes, Antelope, first in the angus division. Other Events Events still on the program in clude livestock showmanship judging. Style review champions will be announced Saturday night.- They will compete for state honors next month at Salem. . Some 450 county 4-H club members of the Central Point Future Farmers of America club are taking part in the fair. Festive Morocco , Greets Appearance Of Hew Sovereign Franc Attempts To Quell Riot Threats - Rabat, French Morocco (U.R) Morocco's new sultan received homage amid dazzling Moslem splendor today while France made a show of strength to keep down threatened riots by Na tionalist supporters of the de posed ruler. ' New Sultan Sidi Mohammed Moulay Ben Arafa, 64, made his first public appearance leading prayers of the faithful in the French protectorate's biggest re ligious festival, Aid-El-Kebir. Thousands of loyal Berber tribesmen in age old costumes gathered at the dazzling palace and the mosque of Marrakech to fete the new sovereign, and slit the throats of new born lambs to give thanks to Allah. 'Lat Blood Flow' Europeans evacuated their homes in the native quarters of Moroccan cities when inflamma tory leaflets appeared during the night despite a strict shoot-at-sight curfew. "Do not be afraid to let the blood flow," the leaflets de clared. The leaflets, signed by the "Brotherhood of the Faithful" called on anti-French Nationalist and Communist factions to turn the feast marking Abraham's Biblical sacrifice into a day of national mourning and protest over the removal of the old sul tan. He was described as a "martyr to French colonial domination." Judge Dismisses Bad Check Charge A charge of drawing a check with insufficient funds, made against Jack Swayze, Ideal court, was dismissed in district court yesterday by Judge Rawles Moore, he said this morning. In a written opinion. Judge Moore said "It has been uni versallly accepted by the bar . . -for many years that a check given in payment of goods al ready purchased is not a check given 'with intent to defraud because the drawer of the check can only inconveniece the payee, not defraud him, where he has already got possession of the property. The drawer owed the debt before he wrote the check, and he still owed the debt after he drew the check." The state contended that Swayze acquired two tires from OK Rubber Welders Nov. 1, 1952, and said he would bring a check to pay for them. On Dec. 15, 1952, the state charged, Swayze drew a check for $67.74 on the First State Bank of Eagle Point and give it to OK Rubber Welders. The check was re turned marked "not sufficient funds," the state asserted. Dismissal of the charges came on a motion by Hugh Collins, attorney for Swayze. Government Quits Power Rate Dictating San Francisco (U.R) The fed eral government has given up its right to dictate retail rates for federal power sold to public agencies, Interior Secretary Douglas McKay said today. McKay made his announce ment of the major switch in In terior Department policy in a speech before the San Francisco Commonwealth club. "It is desirable that federal energy should be resold at rates which are reasonable and non discriminatory, but we see little reason to presume that the De partment of the Interior is better equipped to maintain this stand ard than are . . . other public agencies," McKay said. Registered Hereford Bull CorvaUls u.pj A registered hereford bull brought a top price of $1200 yesterday in the first annual Oregon State college live stock dispersal sale which netted Former Congressman , Harold Knutson Dies Wadena, Minn. (U.R) Former Congressman Harold Knutson, one of the most controversial fig ures in the Republican 80th Con gress, died today at Wesley Memorial hospital Ha was 72. lombs in Turn Eyes To Washington (U.R) The Soviet H-bomb and A-bomb have destroyed much of the VS. atomic stockpile's war-prevention power, informed offi cials believed today. From now on, these officials say, the United States will have to bank less on its power to de liver a crushing atomic counterblitz and put more dollars and effort into military and civil defense. At the same time, many believe, the world's leaders will have to try harder than ever to se cure peace and bring atomic weapons under ef fective international control. Better Air Defense Needed The "great debate" in the next session of Con gress seems likely to center on defenses against possible attack by H-bomb and A-bomb. Chair man W. Sterling Cole (R.-N.Y.) of the House Senate Atomic Energy committee already has stressed the urgent need of improved air defense. Paul H. Nitze, former chief of the State De partment's policy planning staff, has said the United States for the next several years should spend $2,000,000,000 to $3,000,000,000 a year more on civil and military defense than it is spending now. City Water Usage About Like 1952's All-Time Record The use of water in Medford this summer is running at about the same level as during the summer of 1952, when water use set an all-time record for the city, according to water depart ment officials. - Monday, July 6, has been the biggest day of the year in Med ford for water use, they stated. The hottest day of the year so far, August 11, when the tem perature reached 102 degrees, was second high. Not Yet Needed It has not been necessary so far this summer to use water released to the city by use of the new Willow Creek dam res ervoir, which was completed last year. If the weather is "av erage" until fall rains start, the city probably will not use the supply of spring water owned by the Eagle Point irrigation dis trict, which is "traded" for Wil low Creek dam water. The reservoir was filled for the first time in February of this year, and has remained at a near-full level since that time. Water department officials say that their biggest problem now is not supply, but distribu tion and adequate pressure. Present and proposed construc tion of new water mains is ex pected to remedy this problem, they said. Beating Charged To Spreckles Heir Newport Beach, Calif. -UK) Sugar fortune heir Adolph B. Spreckels H was arraigned to day on charges he beat his beau teous ex-wife, Kay Williams. Prelimsaary hearing for Spreckels, 41, was set for Aug. 26 on a felony charge of assault with intent to commit great bodily harm. Attorney Daniel Schnabel, rep resenting Spreckels, denied that his client beat the 38-year-old former actress, who was report ed in fair condition at Hoag Me morial hospital here. She was suffering possible broken ribs, head injuries and severe bruises on her arms and legs, -the hos pital reported. People Must Qecide on Constitutional Meeting Salem (U.R) Attorney Gen eral Robert Y. Thornton said to day that the people themselves must decide whether or not they want a constitutional convention called to bring Oregon's constitu tion up to date. Thornton wrote his opinion in reply to Rep. Mark O. Hatfield of Salem, secretary of the gov ernor's and legislative constitu tional committee. Brings Price of $1200 a total ox $10,411 The prize bull, OSC Lionheart No. B-28, was purchased by the Buck & Doe Ranch, Deer Lodge, Mont Astoria (U.R) The Merchants committee of the Astoria Cham ber of Commerce has approved a volunteer plan for Monday night openings Singapore (U.R) The U. S. destroyer Erwin, Vodger, Pres ton and Picking have arrived in SiBgaport harbor from Korea US That the U.S. the Recently Captured Prisoners Slated For Early Release Panmunjom, Korea (U.R) The Communists released 150 Americans today, the most in one day since "Operation Big Switch" started 17 days ago, amid reports that men captured in the last days of the Korean war may be freed tomorrow. Some of the returning prison ers said the Saturday delivery of 94 Americans will include men from camp No. 9. a com pound the United Nations did not know existed. It was believed the camp was set up for men recently cap tured.. The returnees said the City Checking Men For Police Probe Contacts have been made through the League of Oregon Cities leading to the choice of a police department investigator, Robert A: Duff, city superintend ent, said today. Duff said that two possibilities are now being checked and he expects to have more definite re sults sometime today. The final choice, he pointed out, rests with the council, and should the leads now being checked on turn out to be good, a special meeting of the council ' will probably be called. A special meeting re quires 24 hour notice to the councilmen. , Near-Genius Convict Controlled State Prison, Warden Declares Salem (U.R) A prisoner with a near-genius intelligence quotient of 129 ruled Oregon state penitentiary with an iron hand, selling liquor and nar cotics and giving jobs to convicts and even assigning lieutenants to key jobs in the prison, Warden Clarence T. Gladden told the State Emergency Board today- Additional Guards Requested Gladden made his statement in support of his request for 25 additional guards. He said de tails now are not properly super vised because of lack of person nel. He told the board: 'It was the custom, prior to my taking over the prison, for the prisoners to go on a big drunk every Saturday night We have destroyed 400 gallons of ptuno since last April." Potato Peelings Favored "Pruno" is made up of any thing that will ferment Potato peelings are one favorite source of the brew, and if the convicts can get some yeast from the kitchen, it gives a potent finish to the product. Gladden said he had been told and had reason to believe that $10,000 was collected by this convict leader and spirited out of the prison. Asked if this leader was still in control. Warden Gladden re plied: "He's in a spot where he can't control anyone." But be added that because of Inadequate supervision, both liq uor and narcotics are being smuggled into the prison. He told the Board frankly that he had not yet been able to put a atop to this practice. of teste ieffesnses atomic stockpile no longer pos- war-prevention value it used to have was emphasized today by Chairman Lewis L. Strauss of the Atomic Energy Commission. In a letter to Chairman Alexander Wiley (R. Wis.) of the Senate Foreign Relations committee Strauss said frankly that: "It is ... a fallacy to assume that a stock pile of atomic weapons in' our own hands is in itself any longer a complete deterrent to aggres sive action." . Power Balance Being Restored .The U.S. atomic stockpile has been credited in the past by statesmen of the caliber of Prime Minister Winston Churchill with preventing World War III. But Russia, by adding mastery of the H-bomb to her rapidly growing A-bomb stockpile, is grad ually restoring the balance of power and at the same time intensifying the possibility of civilization-crippling war. Former AEC Chairman Gordon Dean said re cently, it is no comfort to be able to destroy an enemy twice over if that enemy can destroy us "just once." camp No. 9 prisoners, many of them sick and wounded, reached the nearby Communist base at Kaesong last night, 30 Litter Patients Pfc. J. D. Britten, 22, of Sur- goinsville, Tenn., said 30 litter patients from camp No. 9 were brought to Kaesong in "some sort of dirty ambulances." "One of them was captured July 5, another on the 11th,' Britton said. "One Tiad a leg Diown on." Prisoners returning to free dom today were jubilant. Some of the Americans were so happy that their shouts of "whoopee" could be heard while the Russian trucks transporting them to freedom were still half a mile away. 450 Men Set Free The Americans were among the 450 war prisoners repatriat ed by tne communists. Their release brought the number of Americans freed in the big exchange to 1,465. The Reds have promised to return 3,313 Americans along with al most 10,000 other captives. The road to freedom was a one-way street today, because the United Nations was unable to return any of its captives to the Communists. Storms at sea during the early part of the week made it impossible to take Communists of Koje island. But the U. N. announced it would resume repatriation of 2,400 pris oners daily, beginning Saturday. Talking about conditions he found when he took over as warden, Gladden said he was amazed to find that convicts con trolled the leather industry at the prison. He said: "The convicts purchased the leather, then distributed, per haps at a price, to other convicts, who used it to manufacture leather novelties- It was a fine business for them." He added with irony: "Why, last Christmas the convicts stole 11 turkeys." Doubters Asked To Check Milk Sources With State Salem (U.R) A report from the field that one Oregon doctor has attributed probably one-third of childhood sickness to milk from questionable sources today prompted the State Department of Agriculture to issue some warnings about milk sources. Check SuggeWed Approved sources of milk are available throughout Oregon, the department said, and if anyone has any doubt about the whole someness of the milk and cream he is using, all he needs to do is to check with the department at Salem. Or, officials said, put it this way: If you want to know the ap proved sources of milk in your area, ask the department for a list of the inspected and licensed dairies in the ipediic area. convicts back to their cells to day, ending a bloody, blazing riot in which one inmate was killed and three were wounded. The holdout band of prison ers, which huddled throughout the cold night on the reforma tory's baseball diamond, was di vided into small groups and marched -to their cells after being fed. Before the men were re turned, a cell-by-cell search was made for weapons. Buildings Burned The riot started at 6:43 p.m. yesterday when the inmates re fused to return to their cells following an exercise period. They set fire to a machine shop, garage, brickyard, green house, powerhouse and other smaller buildings. Damage was estimated at about $1,500,000. Killed by a bullet through his head was Walter Thomas Lys hall, 23, Seattle. Glenn M. An derson, 23, also of Seattle, was shot through the head and his condition was critical. The guards opened fire when the rioters rushed the main yard gate at about 10 p. m. An estimated 200 law enforce-. ment officials, including 90 state patrolmen, were called in to restore order during the up rising w n 1 c b Superintendent Paul Squires said aDnarentlv was the result of resentment over the treatment of a Negro prisoner. Convicts Break Ranks Squires said the riot started at the end of the yard exercise period about 6:45 p. m. He said 349 of the reformatory's 600 in mates were in the yard at the time. About half followed the order to return to their cells. Squires added, but the others broke ranks and began setting fire to the shop buildings. Squires said the Negro inmate whom other prisoners claimed bad been mistreated had refused to go to work yesterday morning and was sent to "deadlock," a cell in which a prisoner is con fined and loses privileges and has all meals taken to him. Squires said the Negro had to be put in the cell by force and with the use of tear gas. Ho said the man was not harmed bodily. Brahma Bull Gores Clown at Rodeo Sidney, lav (U.R) A rodeo clown was in critical condi tion today after being gored by a brahma bull yesterday at a performance of the an nual Sidney rodeo. Bobby Clark. Bakersfield, Calif- suffered a severe con cussion and Internal injuries when one of the bulls charged him, pinned him against a gate and gored him before rodeo workers could free him. He said: "And that was the reason we had so much trouble in the prison. Turnover of prison per sonnel has been heavy." But he said he hoped that once things are straightened out in the prison, guards will be more sat isfied with their jobs and stay there. He said: "I have checked up and find that we are paying our guards a wage comparable to that paid in other prisons and it is likewise comparable to the wages paid guards in federal prisons.1 Under state law, all dairies selling milk and cream, in Ore gon are required to be licensed by the department. Exceptions are only those licensed by cities having their own milk ordinance and then these must meet state standards. Sources Inspected Each milk source on the de partment's approved list is in spected regularly for, compliance with state sanitation standards and the dairy cows are tested regularly for bang's and tubercu losis, two diseases which may be transmitted to human beings if milk is not properly protected. Manpower, money and time are devoted constantly to supply ing wholesome milk to Oregon's population so there is little ex cuse for anyone buying milk of questionable character, depart ment officials said.
