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I Kl M (Era it Ti M 8: Was SGI (EUIl 'z f ti PUZLIC WELCOME GREETS TEARFUL SHAH Iranian Army officers salute as the plane bearing Shaft Mohammed Kezi Pahlevi pulls to a stop at the Tehran airport. The Shah, returning from exile am Borne following the coop d'etat eosting Presaier Mossadegh, was awed to tears by the public f weacetpe he received. IRANIAN COMMUNISTS FOR GOVERNMENT OVERTHROW Tehran, Iran (U.PJ Ousted Premier Mahammed Moua degh and his henchmen were put into solitary confinement awaiting treason trials today while the Royalist government alerted troops against a threatened Communist upris ing. Tehran, Iran (U.R) Iran's outlawed Communists cam paigned to overthrow the Shah of Iran today but the govern ment said its tanks and troops controlled the nation. The Tudeh (Communist) party Central Committee littered the streets with pamphlets denounc ing the Rovalist coud that end ed the rule-or-ruin regime of Mohammed Mossadegh. Unity Urged ' Calling on the people to "rise against the Anglo-American and Shah coup de'etat against the people," the Communists said the Anglo-American bayonets pointed at you" could be brush ed aside through unity. It was the first open bid by the Communists since Gen. Faz ollah Zahedi engineered the coup last week that toppled Mossadegh and returned the tri umphant Shah from exile. Police Study Funds Due Before Council A city council meeting will be held at 7:30 p.m. today in the council chambers of the city hall, according to Robert A. Duff, city superintendent. The main purpose of the meet ing will be to consider appropri ations for a survey of the police department, approved last week by the council, Duff said. Body of Man Found In Canal Near Malin Klamath Falls (U.PJ The body of a man was found early today floating in an irrigation canal near Malin, 35 miles south east of here, Klamath county Sheriff Murray Britton reported. A driver's license found in the dead man's pocket bore the name of Harry Porter Joslin, Sprague River. Sprague river is located on the Klamath Indian reservation- The body was found by Fred Woltjer, Malin, a Bureau of Reclamation employee. The man was wearing big overalls and a railroad workers cap. Foreign Troop Removal Asked by Red Minister Tokyo (U.R) Foreign Minis ter Chou En-lai of Red China called today for the withdrawal of all foreign troops from Korea. Chou's statement, broadcast by Peiping radio, said the removal of Chinese Communist and United Nations armed forces should be the first order of busi ness at the peace conference. 16 Members at Slated for Hospitalization Camp White Traveling in a special Pullman car, 16 inval id members of the domiciliary here will leave for the Veterans Administration hospital at Boise, Ida., Wednesday night. The men are being transferred from the Infirmary here as part of a program to equalize hospit al bed capacity in the region and to maintain the quota allowed for domiciliary admissions, VA officials said. The 16 Home membersare in need of constant medical atten tion and their removal to the Boise general hospital will re lease beds not only in the In firmary but in the overall cap acity, now held at point Zahedi said the country was "100 per cent under control" in spite of the Communist cam paign to create unrest. He said, however, the gov ernment's first task was "estab lishing law and order" through out Iran. Iranian police scoured the country for Tudeh leaders. They Wafer Fluoridation Will Be Debated At Public Forum The pros and cons of fluorida tion of city water to aid control of tooth decay will be debated at a public forum meeting next Monday under the sponsorship of the Jackson County Chamber of Commerce, it was announced. The discussion will follow a public dinner at the Rogue Val ley Country club at 7 p.m. Mon day. ' Two dentists will debate the issues. Favoring fluoridation will be Dr. David M. Wiitter, Port land, head of the dental health section of the State Board of Healthy andtypposing fiim will be Dr. Arthur S. MacWhinnie, Se attle, who was active in the elec tion campaign in Seattle several years ago when voters turned down fluoridation. To Allow Questions Frank J. Van Dyke, Medford attorney, will be moderator, and will present questions to the two speakers. Questions from the audience will be allowed only if they are written and signed. Tickets will be available at the chamber office, and at the coun try club, on a first-come-first-served basis only. Don McNeil, chamber manager, advised those planning to go to arrive early to assure themselves of good seats. Each speaker will get 20 min utes for argument, plus 10 min utes for rebuttal. Wartime Restrictions In Seoul Will Ease Seoul, Korea (U.R) The South Korean Cabinet agreed to day to lift martial law and ease other wartime restrictions effec tive Sept. 1. The nightly curfew will be shortened by one hour and Sun day holidays for government workers will be restored. The ROK National Assembly, meanwhile, was expected to move the provisional capital in Pusan to Seoul about Sept. 20, completing return of the govern ment to .the pre-war capital. Most government offjces already have relocated in Seoul. Portland U.PJ Funeral services will be held here to morrow for cafe owner George S. Lewis, who died, Sunday at Seaside. He was owner of the George Lewis restaurant at the Central Bus depot here and a drive-in restaurant. Camp White slightly above 800 beds, Manag er E. K. Ricker pointed out. The party will be escorted by Mrs. Mary Guy, of the nursing staff, and Kenneth Dufour and Melvin Lewis, medical attend ants. Two domiciliary attend ants, Lawrence M. Willis and Arthur L. Mick, have also been assigned to make the trip as aides. The patients are .Stanley ii Winings, Fred P. Spindle, Wil liam M. Saari, Louis Olson, Ruf us R. Markley, Chris Nelson, William Kerstein, Martin L. Kasbohn, Charles Gordon, Jens Frank, Peter Datsopoulos; Walt er C. Allison. William L. Scholz, Joy R. Holcomb, J. A. Felles and E. R. Leonardo - CAMPAIGN also sought former Foreign Min ister Hussein Fatemi, who er roneously had been reported killed by a mob during the Wed nesday uprising that took scores of lives in Tehran. Zahedi said Iran was "in a very critical position" and ask ed friendly nations to "extend the hand of cooperation and as sistance." The Shah already has ap pealed for economic help from any source and he did not bar Russia. In his most recent blast at Mossadegh, the Shah last night accused the former premier of trying to destroy the constitu tion, emptying the treasury and issuing worthless currency. Police Questioning Los Angeles Man In Murder Probe Gerald Arthur Nolan, 22, Los Angeles, is being questioned by Medford city police who are seeking information in a Los Angeles murder case, city offi cers said today. Nolan has refused to answer questions about whether he had been offered money to kill three possible witnesses in the case, according to investigating offi cers. "He has been very uncoop erative," they said. Nolan was extradited to Ore gon recently after serving a 10- month sentence in Los Angeles on a statutory rape charge in volving a 15-year-old Medford girl. He has been bound over to the Jackson county grand jury on a larceny by bailee charge involving theft of an automobile. City police are questioning Nolan regarding the March, 1953 murder of wealthy Mrs. Mabel Monahan at the request of Los Angeles authorities. Mrs. Monahan's body was found in the closet of her Bur bank, Calif., home. Authorities believe she was slain by robbers who hoped to find a fortune in the house. Estimate for Fairview Cottage Said in Error Salem U.R) An error of $118,000 in estimating- the cost of a new proposed 100-bed in mate cottage at Fairview home was frankly admitted today by its superintendent. Dr. Irvin B. Hill at the meeting of the State Board of Control. Dr. Hill had estimated the cost was $132,000 before the 1953 Legislature. The architect now estimates the cost at $250,000. As a result, the Board of Con trol will ask the State Emergen cy Board to allocate a part of the difference. Dr. Hill told the Board he could transfer some funds to provide a substantial part of the difference. BULLETIN United Nation. N.Y. UP.) Russia agreed today that South Korea should have a vet ever any Korean peace settlement. ' Soviet Delegate Andrei Y. Vishinsky also proposed a new slate 'of nations to at tend the Korean peace par ley. He dropped Sweden, at its own request, from his or iginal U-nalion slate and added five other non-belliger-ents: Indonesia, Syria. Egypt. Mexico and Csechoslovakia. The other 10 nominees would be: The Big Four, Red China. North and South Korea. Po land, Burma and Indian. While agreeing to a South Korean veto. Vishinksy sub jected president Syngmaa Rhee's regime to scathing crit icism. He charged thai its slo gan calling for unification of Korea was "nothing but a call for men wax." Medford United Pros - full Um Wtra 48th Year 20 Pages Ike To Dedicate Rio Grande Dam; Slates Speeches Panama President To Visit Washington Denver (U.R) The White House announced today that President Eisenhower will meet with President Aldolpho Ruiz Cortinez of Mexico, Oct. 19 on the Rio Grande River to dedicate the Falcon Dam. The White . House also dis closed that President Jose An tonio Remon Cantera of Panama had accepted an invitation to visit Mr. Eisenhower in Washing ton Sept. 28. The President will make at least two other speeches in con nection with his October trip to the dam built jointly by the United States and Mexico to serve the lower Rio Grande Val ley. Schedules Speeches As part of this flying trip,1 the President will speak Oct. 15 at Kansas City to the convention of the Future Farmers of America. On Oct. 17 he will speak in New Orleans in connection with the Louisiana Sesquicentenial Celebration. Press Secretary James C. Hag erty said the President would not return to Washington be tween his Oct. 17 date in New Orleans and his Oct. 19 engage ment on the Mexican-United States border, but he did not know how the gaps in the Presi dent's schedule would be filled. He said he expected Mr. Eisen hower to return to Washington Oct. 19 or 20. Pear Crop Harvest Hearing Full Swing Harvest of Jackson county's 1953 pear crop is now "getting into full swing," according to County Agent C. B. Cordy. The crop has been estimated at 5, 000,000 boxes. Bartlett pears are being pick ed now and are expected to be completed by about Sept. 5, when the first d-anjou pear will be picked. They will be followed by cornice and bosc, with winter nellis ending the harvest about the middle of October. Labor Fight Cracks In French Turmoil Paris (U.R) French labor's 21-day offensive against govern ment economy measures cracked tonight when Communist unions ordered railroad strikers back to work. Leaders of the non-Communist unions previously had ordered their men back to the Job. Hundreds of thousands of workers who had joined the two million man strike in protest against government economy measures remained out this morning in defiance of orders of the non-Communist labor leaders. Leaders of the Communist unions had tried to keep their men out and even had called for a general strike. Wave of Sabotage Possible in Morocco Rabat, Morocco (U.R) French authorities alerted security forces today to prepare for a pos sible wave of Communist -inspired sabotage. Government ' spokesmen said the derailment of the Algiers Casablanca Express Sunday, in which two persons were killed, was not the work of Nationalist supporters of the exiled Sultan Sidi Mohammed Ben Youseff. Expert investigators said their inquiry into the derailment un covered clues that pointed to the Communists. Weather FORECAST: ClOBdy cool with few howrt. Low ta . sight 4; high Wdnesdy 19. Temp. Hltheit yettcrtay J Lowest UUi mralnc 4 MEDFORD, OREGON, IPs, Families Scuffle at S.F. Dock, Havy Apologizes Alameda, Calif . U.R) The? Navy apologized today for a dockside incident in which Marine guards pulled an Army wife from the arms of her husband and prevented angry families from greeting homecoming Korean veterans. The relatives hooted and scuffled with the husky Marine military policemen yesterday until the Navy finally allowed them to meet the re turning troops, but not before one shipload of men was hustled off the dock before eyes of dis appointed parents, wives and sweethearts. Investigation Promised by Executive Officers Cmdr. Robert Farrington, executive officer at Alameda Naval Air Station, said "there certainly was no intent on the Navy's part to keep return ing veterans and their families apart." The Army likewise denied any such inten tion. Farrington promised the incident will be investigated. Lt. Cmdr. W. L. Messner, in charge of naval security, said in explanation that he had been informed the Army wanted no greetings at dock side because it wanted to hurry the returnees to Camp Stoneman for family reunions there. The Army later denied that such orders had been issued. Higher Humidity Readings Easing Forest Fire Danger Higher humidity readings in southern Oregon since rain which fell Sunday have eased the forest fire hazard in Jack son county, according to state and federal foresters. Light flurries of snow were reported this morning from Roundtop lookout on the Jackson-Douglas county border, state foresters said, and there were light showers of rain elsewhere. Ted Maul, district warden for the state forestry department, reported this morning that there have been a total of only 69 fires, totaling less than 100 acres, on state-protected land so far'this season, a total well be low usual. Only One Logging Fire Of these 43 were caused by lightning, and 26 of them were classed as "man-caused." But only one of these was from log ging operations, Maul pointed out, and he praised highly the improved job of fire prevent ion being done by lumber com panies .this year. While the higher humidities have eased the fire hazard, both Maul and Verus Dahlin, fire control officers for the Rogue River National forest pointed out that the rest of the fire season up to the first general rains is potentially the most danger ous part of the year. Forests dry out out progres sively during the summer sea son, with fire hazard mounting steadily. Increasing caution on the part of lumbermen and oth ers who use the forest will be necessary to prevent bad fires, they said. Widows of Judges Entitled to Pensions Salem (U.R) Attorney Gen eral Robert Y. Thornton said today that the widow of any judge of the Supreme Court or Circuit Court is entitled to a pension under law enacted by the 1953 legislature, whether that judge had paid into the re tirement fund or not. Thornton wrote his opinion at request of Secretary of State Earl T. Newbry, who asked for advice on whether or not "a widow would be entitled to a pension under the act if her husband was eligible at the time of his death," whether he had contributed to the judge's re tirement fund. Inchon, Korea (U.R) The transport Gen. John Pope will sail at dawn tomorrow for the United 'States with 458 repatri ated American prisoners aboard - Berkeley (U.R) The Univer sity of California seismograph has recorded a "large" earth quake 6,000 miles distant near the Loyalty Islands in the South west Pacific. Washington (U.R) Sen. Pat McCarran (D-Nev.) said he is sure President Eisenhower will not lead a drive to revamp the controversial McCarran -Walter Immigration law at the next ses sion. . TUESDAY, AUGUST 25, 1953 136 More Americans Freed From Prisons; 400 Refuse Release Panmunjom, Korea (U.R) The Communists returned 400 more prisoners to freedom to day, claimed that 400 other cap tives refused to go home and announced 1,651 had died in cap tivity. Of the 400 men who passed through Freedom Gate in the 21st - day of - "Operation Big Switch," 136 were Americans. All were in good physical condi tion. In addition, the Communists released 250 South Koreans, eight Canadians, three Austral ians, two Netherlanders and a Greek. The Reds, who thus far have released 8,620 captives or two thirds of the 12,763 promised, an nounced they would free 133 Americans, 17 Britons and 250 South Koreans tomorrow. Unruly Communists Twelve North Koreans being returned to Communism spat in the face of Lt. Col. Arthur Le Fevre of New York who angrily protested to the Communists. Peiping radio and the United Nations Military Armistice Com mission each announced that 400 Dr. Vogel Resigns As County Coroner Dr. M. P. Vogel, Jackson coun ty coroner since last January, today submitted his resignation to the Jackson county court. He is leaving Medford to take over a practice in Lakeview, he said, where an old school friend has been called into the service. In leaving, Dr. Vogel stated, he wished his appreciation to the voters who elected him last November, to the police depart ments of the county and the county's funeral home operators for their cooperation during his eight months of service. He plans to leave Wednesday or Thursday A successor to Dr. Vogel will be named by the county court upon the recommendation of the Jackson County Republican Cen tral committee- DR. M. P. VOGEL Resigns as Coroner if. """I Tribune Unit Pi roll I mmim Wil No. 134 The crowd had gathered at 7 a.m. yesterday to await the arrival of the Navy transports Hen rico with 1,037 soldiers, the Lenawee with 1,303 Army men, and the Begor with 75. The relatives had come from all parts of the country. The first ship to arrive, the Henrico, docked at 8:20. About 50 Marine MPs lined up and held back the astonished relatives while the returnees filed off the ship and into waiting buses and a ferry boat. Short Embrace Broken Up by MPs As other returnees began leaving the Lena wee, the crowd surged through one line of Ma rines, but was stopped by a second line. The MPs held them, but not before Mrs. Evelyn Brewer of Danville, 111., embraced her husband, Pvt. Jo seph A. Brewer. Mrs. Brewer was carrying her 11-month-old daughter Joane, whom the father had never seen. The embrace lasted only a moment. Three MPs pulled the couple apart and took Mrs. Brewer back to the line. The crowd hooted and jeered at the MPs' action. Finally, the lines were removed and the fami lies were allowed tojgreet the remaining soldiers. Allied captives of the Commun ists had refused repatriation. The red radio claimed the list of names was given to the U.N, last Thursday, but Allied authori ties said the roster was not re ceived until last night. Fear Execution The number of Americans on the list was not given, but it was believed most of the 400 refus ing to return to democracy were South Koreans who had been told in nearby Kaesong they would be executed by President Syngman Rhee 8 government. Peiping radio also announced that the Communists formally had notified the U.N. that 1,651 allied prisoners, including 1,050 non-Koreans, had died in Com munist compounds. "Some of them were killed in air raids by U. N. aircraft," the broadcast said. Refund of Surcharge Asked in Power Case Salem U.R) An attempt to require three power companies to give back $4,600,000 they re ceived in surcharges after last fall's electric brownout in Ore gon was seen today as the Public Utilities Commission resumed its hearing of a complaint filed by State Rep. and Mrs. Monroe Sweetland of Milwaukie. And it brought an immediate reply from Pacific Power and Light Attorney Allan A. Smith that the plaintiffs had thrown the hearing into "a beautiful state of confusion." Public Utilities Commissioner Charles H. Heltzel, presiding at the hearing, recently allowed the plaintiffs to amend their complaint to allege now that the surcharge was unlawful because the three firms did not make the proper tariff filing. Washington (U.R) Sen. Mil ton R. Young urged the Agricul ture Department not to sell gov ernment held wheat for export at less than the domestic support price. 132 Donors Signed So Far For Blood Gift; 350 Needed A total of 132 donors have (wounds received during the signed up to contribute blood at Wednesday's collection program, according to collection officials. They expressed the hope that many more appointments would be made this afternoon and to morrow morning, and that nu merous "walk-in" donors would take part. 350 Needed Appointments to give blood may be made by telephoning Medford 3-3813. The donations will be taken from 1 to 6 p.m. at the Elks temple. Fifth st. and Central ave. Some 350 donors are needed. Collection officials pointed out that military need for blood re mains high despite the end of the Korean war. Many men are still receiving treatment for Interviewed POYs Believed Briefed By Red Captors No Complaints Mad On Camp Conditions Munsan, Korea (U.R) United Nations members of joint Red Cross teams said today the Com munists refused to let them visit notorious prison camp No. S where 2,500 Americans were re ported to have died of starva tion and sickness. Twenty-seven members of joint Red Cross teams returned here today after a three week trip into North Korea to inspect Communist prison camps. Brig. Gen. R. M. Jerram, Cornwall, England, senior mem ber of the UN team, said he strongly suspected that the Al lied POWs interviewed were well briefed by the Communists beforehand. No Complaints about Conditions He said there was not a sinele complaint about conditions or treatment from the prisoners to whom they talked. Jerram said members of his team were escorted at all times by 15 or 20 "nasty little thugs with submachine guns, to nro- tect us from an 'enraged popu lace," which we never saw." Several unofficial inquiries about Maj. Gen. William F. Dean, highest rankina Allied soldier held by the Hls brought no results. Visits Prohibited Jerram said his team visited Camps 1 and 3 and met repre sentatives "supposedly elected" by the POWs brought in from Camps 2 and 4. Later the team passed Camp 2. It was not per mitted to visit Camp 5 at Pyong yang where returning prisoners have said some E.400 Americans died. The Red Cross team was not permitted to visit Camps 2 and 4 because, the Communists said, repatriation from these camps already had started. However, no POWs from either camp have been returned and prisoners freed today said none was at the Kaesong base camp. 4-H Club Agent Due To Leave Tomorrow Rufus Cate Jr.. Jackson coun ty agent for 4-H club work for the past seven years, will leave Medford tomorrow for Corvallis. where he is scheduled to confer with state 4-H leaders before starting a one-year sabbatical leave of absence at Colorado Col lege of Agriculture and Mining, Ft. Collins, Colo. He will be accompanied bv hia wife and two children, Stephen, 9, and Janet, 3. Cate will work towards a mas ters degree at Colorado A&M. He came to Jackson county in 1944 as a farm labor assistant following his graduation from Oregon State college. He has also served in 4-H club work in Clatsop county. He will be succeeded here by Glenn Klein, Corvallis. GP Police Hold Woman Wanted on Local Charge A Portland woman, wanted in Medford in connection with worthless checks passed here, it being held by Grants Pass auth orities on similar charges, ac cording to city police. The woman, Mrs. Nora Gail Gillander. alias Alice Nelson, is alleged to have passed a check for $54.46 at Oakdale market, Thursday, and to have attempt ed to pass checks at Matlack's market and Central market, city police stated. fighting, they stated. Also, some 250 pints of blood are needed each day for civilian use in Oregon, they said, adding that only about half that amount is being collected at the present time. Blood may be donated by per sons between the ages of 18 and 60. Those under 21 years of age must have a signed release from their parent or guardian, unless they are married. No Fatty Foods Those planning to donate blood should not eat fried foods, or fatty foods including butter and cream, for a period of four hours prior to giving blood. They may eat fruit and fruit juices, jam, marmalade, honey and, preserve, dry toast or crackers,' and tea or coffee without
