Medford mail tribune. (Medford, Or.) 1909-1989, August 24, 1953, Image 1

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Newspaper Page Textif HD(g W.tl.l.U...IMilllH.IWlJ..JJI.U.HIl-llli. II Returnees Greeted By Scores Upon ' Arrival in S. F. Ex-Prisoners Head for Processing Centers San Francisco UJ9 The) first shipload of released prison ers of war fanned out across the country today toward proces Medford Tribune Onltod Praaa - fall Uw Wh 48th Year 14 Pages MEDFORD, OREGON, MONDAY, AUGUST 24, 1953 No. 133 Reinstatement of 7 Counts Against Laltimore Urged Justice Department Asks Ruling Reversal Washington (U.R) The Jus tice Department urged the U. S. Court of Appeals today to rein state a seven count perjury in dictment against Far Eastern specialist Owen Lattimore. In a 61-page brief, U. S. attor ney Leo A. Rover and other government prosecutors asked the court to reverse the ruling of Federal Judge Luther W. Youngdahl who dismissed four of the seven counts as unconsti tutional. Many Errors Alleged The prosecutors argued that Youngdahl made many errors of law in his ruling. On other is sues, they said, he improperly ruled on points that the Jury, not the judge, would have to decide after hearing the evidence at the trial. Oral arguments on the plea probably will be held before the court sometime this fall. A fur ther delay in the start of Latti more's trial, now scheduled for Oct. 6, appears inevitable. Lattimore, a professor at Johns Hopkins University, was indicted last December on charg es that he lied seven times in his 1952 testimony before the Sen ate Internal Security subcoro mittee. Lying Among Charges Among the counts was a charge that Lattimore lied when he said he was never a Commu nist sympathizer or a promoter of Communism. In dismissing this key charge and three other counts in the in dictment, Youngdahl ruled that the accusation was impossible to prove and that it violated Latti more's right, under the first amendment to the Constitution, to freedom of speech and opin ion. He also expressed "serious doubt" as to the validity of the three counts he sustained. 350 Blood Donors Needed Wednesday The Red Cross needs 350 blood donors in order to meet its blood quota this month, it announced today. The bloodmobile will be in Medford next Wednesday. Blood collection officials re ported this morning that only 37 donors had made appointments so far. Appointments to give blood may be made by telephoning 3 3813. The donations will be taken from 1 to 6 p.m. Wednesday at the Elks temple. Blood is used for armed forces needs, for civ ilian hospitals and for blood der ivatives such as gamma globu lin which is used to combat the paralytic effects of polio, and to fight harmful aftermaths of measles . and infectious he patitis. TO HOSPITAL Don Hardin, 806 West Main st, was taken to Sacred Heart hospital this morning by Conger Morris ambulance after being found unconscious in the cab of his truck while working for the city street department, accord ing to ambulance attendants. He is a son of Mr. and Mrs. Paul Hanlin, 806 West Main st. Medford Mother Receives Call From Ex-Prisoner Son Good news came fast during the past three days for Mrs. A. H. Webster, 401 East 12th st. Saturday she was notified that her Marine Corps son, Pfc. Leon ard E. Steege, who had been re ported missing in action in Ko rea, had been released from Communist prisoner of war camp. Receives Telegram Sunday morning, Mrs. Web ster received a telegram from her son, stating that he was in an Army hospital and receiving excellent care. The topper came at f:45 mm. today when Mrs. Webster was awakened by the sound of her telephone ringing. It was a direct Eisenhower Favors Plan To Liberalize Trade Restrictions Denver (U.R) President Eisenhower today threw his support Demna a plan to liberalize American restrictions on foreign trade, particularly with the United Kingdom. A five point program for "a freer American trade policy" was submitted to the President by Lewis W. Douglas, former ambassa dor to Great Britain, who represented this country in financial and economic conversations with the United Kingdom last March. Hailed as "Real Contribution to Thinking.' Mr. Eisenhower then forwarded the Douglas report to Clarence Randall, chairman of the new commission on Foreign Economic Policy, hailing it as "a real contribution to thinking in the field of dollar-sterling relationships." ' Mr. Eisenhower recommended the report to the early attention of Randall's commission. The President also forwarded the Douglas report to the head of each federal department agency concerned with foreign eco nomic policy. The heart of the Douglas report said: "It is doubtful whether the world can recover a high degree of economic freedom or whether American efforts so important to large segments of our country can enter foreign markets with out benefit of continued American subventions and subsidies, un less sterling makes further progress toward its own emancipation. Free World Endangered if Progress Lacking . ' . "If further progress is not made toward the removal of restric tions on trade and a more unfettered exchange of currencies, it is quite likely that, despite any international political institutions that have been erected or that may be erected in the future, the unity of the free world will remain precarious and fragile." He concluded with the relatively simple proposition that if the United States wanted to enjoy the "fruits of an enlarged volume of trade, more stable currencies and an expanded area of economic freedom," something had to be done and done quick to cure the unbalance between the American dollar and the pound sterling. Convict Identifies Self as Prison Ruler In Report by Warden Portland (U.R) A 29-year-old state penitentiary convict trans ferred to Rocky Butte jail here shortly after the prison uprising at Salem last July, said "I'm the man" who was referred to by Warden Clarence T. Gladden as the "boss convict" in a report to the State Emergency Board. The prisoner, Donald Everett Bailev. servine 25 years for 1947 holdup of Lipman, Wolfe and company in Portland, was identified by Deputy Warden i R. Barnes during the week end, the Oregon Journal reported Barnes said Bailey was trans ferred to Rocky Butte jail on July 20. Mossadegh In Secret Jail; Shah Asks Money Tehran. Iran (U.R) Ousted Premier Mohammed Mossadegh was spirited away to an undis closed jail today while Shah Mo hammed Reza Pahlevi sought desperately to get money "from any country that is willing to give it." Premier Fazollah Zehedi, lead er of the Royalist coup that over threw crafty old Mossadegh, an nounced that he had been taken from his detention quarters in the plush Officers Club. Apparently including Soviet Russia as well as the United States as a source of aid, the shah said: "We are willing to accept help from any country which is willing to give it. Not a loan, but direct aid is needed. But it must be made clear that we are not beggars and are unwilling to grant any concessions." call from her son in Tokyo. Mrs. Webster was still thrilled and excited when she talked to the Mail Tribune this morning. She is making plans to meet Pri vate Steege in about a week in Oakland. To Fly Home In his call. Private Steege told his mother that he is flying home and expects to be in Oakland "in about a week." He is now in a hospital in Tokyo receiving treatment for injuries to both arms and a leg. The telegram received Sunday stated that Private Steege is "getting along all right" and "can't wait to see" his mother, a sentiment which she obviously shares. Warden Gladden, in his report to the Emergency Board last Fri day, said a convict with a near genius intelligence quotient rul ed the prison with an iron hand, selling liquor 'and narcotics and giving jobs to convicts and even assigning lientenants to key jobs. Gladden said he had been told the "boss convict" had collected $100,000 and had spirited it out of the prison. Gladden did not reveal the name of the convict to whom he was referring. Bailey told the Journal that "there's no doubt about it, I'm the man. I'm the one they're re ferring to." Bailey .said, however, he would like to see proved in court charges that he was mixed up in inmate rackets at the prison or masterminded the July uprising. Should Be Proved "I believe charges like that should be proved in court. Un doubtedly, there are a lot of thines going on in the prison, but why they connect me with them, I don't know," Bailey said. He said he was transierrea to the jail here without warning and was told by a state police man later that he (Bailey) was supposed to be mixed up in the rackets" in the prison. In Salem today, Warden Glad den said Bailey may or may not be the man. "I honestly can't say definitely the name of one man, Gladden told the United Press. Brainerds' Father Succumbs in Salem Grants Pass Phillip Ash ton Brainerd. 70. longtime Grants Pass photographer, died Sunday at Salem. Mr. Brainerd operated the Art- craft Camera shop here. He had been a resident of Grants Pan for 26 years. L- B. Hall funeral home is in charge of arrangements for fun eral services, which will be held here Wednesday at 2 p.m. Inter ment will be at Hillcrest Mem orial park. Mr. Brainerd was born in 1SS3 at Bloomer. Wise. A mem ber of the Presbyterian church. Masonic lodge and Eastern Star, he was also affiliated with the Rotary club for 40 years. Survivors include his wife, Ina J.; three sons, Phillip and David, both of Medford, and Gordon, Grants Pass, and a brother, Waldo, Bruce, Wise. Brainerd Studio and Camera Shop, 40 South Central ave., Medford, will be closed Wednes day afternoon, , Objection Against Ouster of Sultan Flares in Sabotage Democratic Reforms Prepared by French Rabat, Morocco (U.R) French police reported today that Ameri can servicemen stationed at U.S bomber bases in Morocco were stoned during the night by angry Arabs in the wake of the French ouster of Nationalistic Sultan Sidi Mohammed Ben Youssef. The stonings were reported as anti-French resentment in this tense North African protectorate flared up in sabotage and threats of violence. The French authorities here said two carloads of Americans returning to the big air base at Nouaceur were pelted with building stones. Windshields Broken Windshields of both cars were shattered, the French police said. The drivers, however, managed to speed through the barrage of stones and escape. There were "no substantial in juries" the French report said, and the attackers were not iden tified in the darkness. French reports also told of in creased sabotage and demon strations. - The lightning move in which the sultan was removed had caught anti-French Nation alist groups by surprise and their resistance to the French action apparently is only now begin ning to be organized. Express Is Derailed The French were hastily pre paring new democratic reforms in hope of staving off serious vio lence- The Casablanca -Algiers ex press was derailed during the night by saboteurs, -killing two persons and injuring 12 among the train's 200 passengers. The natives also apparently were being stirred up by weird tales, circulated in the bazaars that the ousted sultan was seen last night riding a big white stallion around the moon. Truman Warns of World War Threat Kansas City (U.R) Former President Truman warned today that if America does not assume the responsibilities she should have assumed after the first World War, "we will be in for another World War." Mr. Truman said Hitler and Mussolini were "second' -rate compared to the Russians, and "the only way to meet the threat of the Russians is with force." . He spoke before the Disabled convention here. "We tried disarmament," Mr Truman said. "We offered con trol of atomic energy on an in ternational basis. We were blocked in every attempt by the Russians. ."I am for a strong national de fense in your interest as well as my own." The former President ad dressed some 1,900 delegates of an expected 3,900 tor the week long convention. flash Lll Abner.Yokum. who dis appeared months ago and was believed dead, turned up to day in the non-thriving com muniiy of Dogpaich. He came clean from Brooklyn (which soma folks will never believe) and slid into his home grounds like a Dodger baseranner. Lil Abner arrived in the nick of time to bust up the wedding ceremony of his gorgeous wife. Daisy Mae. who thought she was a widow. It turned out to be a bigger day in Dogpatch than anyone had expected. Our artist (Al Capp) claims to have been on the scene when the whole thing happened, and you can see the entire episode, fully Illustrated, on the comics P9 't filiftl - litl "i i Itn mil f nVn'i 'llllki -' mi ., until tli1i I HEADING FOR PAYCHECKS AND HOME Repatriated prisoners of war leave the USNS Gen. Nelson Walker, accompanied by relatives. RETURNED TO PROTECT THOSE LEFT BEHIND Panmunjom, Korea (U.R) Tight-lipped American prisoners returning to freedom today said they would not talk about prison conditions "until all our guys gel out up there." The ISO Americans were silent and subdued in contrast -to the boisterous group which returned Sunday. Tell of Escape Attempts Although they would not say anything they felt might en danger their friends who are still under Communist control, they spoke freely of escape attemps and other unusual incidents of their improsinment. Most of the Americans repatri ated today will be aboard the troop transport Gen. John Pope when it leaves Inchon tomorrow on its two .week voyage to the United States. The Communists turned over 400 captives today, including 290 South Koreans, and received 2,- 398 prisoners . from the United Nations. Communist spokesmen said the Reds will release another 400 prisoners tomorrow, including Three Local Firms Entered Saturday Three cases of breaking and entering were reported to city police over the week end. All three cases occured Satur day night Jennings Tire com pany, 229 North Riverside ave., reported that someone had used a cutting torch in an attempt to break into their safe and then evidently had given up and left Nothing appeared to be missing. Police believe the work was that of an amateur. A merchant patrolman report ed what appeared to be a break ing and entering at General Ma chine Works, 404 East Fourth st Several window panes were broken out but nothing seemed to be missing, police said. Chain Saw Sales and Service, 1321 North Riverside ave., re ported that someone had forced and pryed open their doors. Po lice said that the only things that appear to be missing are two cigars and four or five dollars. Two Medford Men Return from Korea Two Medford men were among the 14 Oregon service men returned to San Francisco today from the Far East aboard the USS Lenawee, according to United Press. They are Sgt. Virgil S. Wolff, son of Mr. and Mrs. G. J. Wolff, Grandview market, and CpL Herbert L Wilson, son of Mr. and Mrs. Roy Wilson, 23 Vi Chestnut st . Sergeant Wolff is a graduate of Medford high school and Southern Oregon college. He is scheduled for discharge from the Army after two years in the ser vice, including one in Korea. Corporal Wilson, a Medford high school graduate, was a sophomore at tre University of Oregon before entering the ser vice. His mother and a brother, James, were at Vallejo, Calif., today to meet blm on his re turn. Grasham, Ore. UJ9 A rec ord total of 141,878 persons at tended the seven-day Multno mah county fair which ended Sunday. . , US CAPTIVES SILENT representatives of six nationali ties. In addition to 136 Ameri cans, the Communists will turn over 250 South Koreans, eight Canadians, three" Australians, two Netherlander and one Greek. Monday's exchange lifted the number of Americans repatriated in the 20 days of "Operation Big Switch" to 1,859. The Com South Korea To Tell Attitude on Korean Political Conference United Nations, N.Y (U.R) South Korea today accused India of "treachery of the first magnitude" and warned the United Na tions that Syngman Rhee's government will find it "next to im possible" to participate in the Far Eastern political conference If the Indians sit on the UM. side. , United Nations, N.Y. U.R) An American spokesman today re jected a Red demand that Communist China and North Korea be allowed to take part in arrangements for the Korea political con ference. The Communist demand was made by Red Chinese Foreign Minister Chou En-lai in a broadcast on Peiping radio. Chou aaid the U.N.'s refusal to let his country and North Korea Join in the preparations was "unreasonable." He also insisted that the U.N. must keep the two Red nations informed on all matters related to the political conference. But an American spokesman said: "We are here Just to pick our side for the conference. We cannot give the other side double argumentation rights. United Nations, N. Y. (U.R) South Korea will explain to the United Nations political commit tee today its attitude toward the Korean political conference. As South Korean Foreign Min ister Y. T. Pyun prepared him self to address the 60-nation com mittee this afternoon it was dis closed that Minister of State Selwyn Lloyd, who had led Britain's opposition to the United States effort to keep India out of the Korean conference, had left town on a vacation. Hope Seen Abandoned Lloyd's departure was taken as an indication that the British .Rogue River Rooster . Crowing Contest Plans Said Near Completion Rogue River Plans were nearing completion today for the annual Rogue River roost er crowing contest, to be held here Saturday. Sept. S. start ing at 10 a.m. The unique event is spon sored by the Rogue River Boosters club, an organisation of Rogue River businessmen. A prise of $100 has been of fered to any person, of any age, from any place, whose rooster crows the most times within a period of 30 minutes. A second $100 will be divided Into other cash awards. . Judges will be selected from the audience before the start of the contest. In addition' to the crowing contest, ether events are planned. Portland (U.R) Noel Richard Goin, 28, of Portland, was killed yesterday in a two-car collision a mile north of Tigard. Weather FORECAST: Partly eloady aad H.hU- cmIw with a few ihowara tmlfht and Tactday. Law toalcM 4S-SS. Hl( a Tata day 7S-JJ. Tamp. (- Ytctcrday JS Uwnt tail Mara if SZ Prae. tm 4 Jt aa. taday, Trace for warehouse at Fort Mason in San Francisco where they will receive back pay and 30-days leave. munists have promised to re lease 3,313. One of the prisoners arriving in Freedom Village today said he had heard reports that U.N. officers held by the Communists are scheduled to arrive in Kae song, "pretty soon." Only a handful of American officers have been repatriated, and none has held rank higher than lieutenant colonel. had abandoned hope that a compromise of the Anglo-American differences on the composi tion of the parley would be worked out before the com mittee votes Sir Gladwyn Jebb, Britain's permanent representative here, will take over leadership of the British delegation and is sched uled to address the political com mittee tomorrow. Would Boycott Conference Pyun has been attending the committee sessions without the right to vote. He was expected to detail South Korea's objections to havjng India as a member of the parley. South Korean sources have said their government would not attend the conference if India were invited. As the committee started its second week of debate on the composition of the conference, prospects were that the U. S. would win a vote to exclude India by the end of the week. Emergency Radio Setup for Applegate Valley Planned The first step in establishing emergency radio communica tion with the Applegate valley will be taken tomorow, accord ing to Col. Charles Stafford, Jackson county civil defense di rector. Radio sending and receiving equipment has been assembled by Dwight Albright, control center chief for the county CD agency. The equipment will be taken 4o the Applegate area to morrow. Installed at Home It will be installed at the home of George Picguord, Jacksonville Star route, who will operate the radio for the CDA. The equip ment to be installed at the' home of Picguord, a retired New York city policeman, also includes a gasoline operated power gener ator, to be used in case of power failure. Installation of the equipment in the Applegate area was made sing centers near their homes. Some of them came back en emies, nursing hatreds born in Communist prison stockades where some of the POWs be came so called "progressives.' There were bints from bitter POWs that the progressives "will get their ears pinned back." The men, 328 of them, arriv ed yesterday from Inchon, Kor ea, aboard the transport Gen. Nelson S. Walker to a tumult uous and emotionally charged welcome. Some to Hospitals Scores of families were o hand to greet the men as the transport nosed under the Gold en Gate and into San Francisco bay. Almost immediately after their arrival, the Army be gan the tedious work of issuing travel orders and paying off the men. Most were ordered to report to processing centers near their homes. A few went to hospitals. Many were simply going on leave. Despite their shattering ordeals, they had decided on a career in the army. In Good Health Shortly after midnight, the long processing was completed. The ex-prisoners began leaving ban Francisco by every means of transportation, air, train, bus and private automobiles. The former prisoners looked much like ordinary, homesick American soldiers. They were' tanned, rested and apparently in good health, partly due to a special high calory diet and vit amin pills which the Army fed them daily on their return from Korea. Shaves off Beard Warrant Officer Dwight X. Coxe, Fresno. Calif., hau uacd off his much photoeranhed ' beard. However, he had a handlebar mustache. "Oh, it's great to be back." he yelled as he hugged Dwight Jr., the youngest of his six chil dren. Scattered Rains Fall in Valley Rain fell in varying amounts in the Rogue valley yesterday afternoon and evening. Only a trace, no measurable rainfall, was recorded at the Medford office of the weather bureau at the airport. However, .09 of an inch was reported at Grants Pass. Possibly one-tenth of an inch fell in some areas of the valley. One heavy shower halted the Medford Cheney Studs-Coos Bay baseball game at the fairgrounds for 10 to 15 minutes yesterday. Light rain fell on the audience of the Shakespearean festival concert at Ashland last night and a harder shower occurred following the concert. Rogue River National forest reported scattered light rains over the week end. Rainfall was not sufficient to relieve forest fire danger very long but it helped over the week end. No lightning storms were reported. All forest fires were said to M out. The state forest patrol said it had little help from the rain. One small fire in .the Willow creek area near Butte Falls cov ered about one-half acre. It was believed started by campers, pa trolmen said. possible through the efforts of Mrs. Curtis O. Gerhardt, Apple- gate, Colonel Stafford said. First Such Setup Need for emergency radio communications with the Apple gate valley became apparent last year when a flood knocked down telephone communication with the area, Colonel Stafford stated. This will be the first such setup installed by the civil defense agency, although the Southern Oregon Conservation and Tree Farm association's ra dio network is available for civil defense work. The first effort to put the new radio communications in work ing order will be made Tuesday evening. People of the area have ' been invited to attend. Also tak ing part will be Albright, Col. Stafford, .County Commissioner L. G. Morthland, and Col. Har old Jordan, Ashland civil de fense director.