TWELVE MEDFORD (OREGON)
Turncoat GIs Accuse U.S. of
Injustice in
Tokyo CJ.R) Twenty turn
coat American soldiers now liv
ing in Red China accused the
United States Saturday of in
justice in the court-martialing
of Cpl. Claude J. Batchelor on
charges of collaborating with the
enemy.
Radio Peiping, the voice of
Communist China, broadcast the
text of a statement made by 20
of the Americans who chose last
winter to remain with their Red
captors rather than return to
freedom.
Changed Their Minds
Batchelor was one of 23 Amer
icans captured by the Commu
nists in Korea who decided to
stay with the Reds. Batchelor
and Cpl. Edward D. Dickenson
of Crackers Neck, Va., later
changed their minds and re
turned to U. S. control.
Both were sentenced to prison
by general courts-martial, Batch
elor drawing a life sentence
which later was reduced to 20
year.
UAL Leader, Gives
Support To Plans
For 1st Class Mail
San Francisco (U.R) W. A.
Patterson, president of United
Air Lines, says his company will
pledge full support to a Post
Office experiment in sending
first class mail by air between
numerous West Coast cities.
In a speech before 600 United
employees at the Fairmont hotel
Friday, Patterson said results of
such an experiment now under
way In the East indicate "that
this test area on the West Coast
should be established."
, He said criticism of Postmas
ter General Arthur Summerfield
by some railroads for proposing
the West Coast experiment is
not justified.
"It is his (Summerfield's) duty
to improve service to the public
and increase efficiency within
the Post Office department,"
Patterson said.
He said the experiment in the
East was not being conducted at
the expense of the taxpayers be
cause the Post Office receives
$2100 from stamps from one ton
of mail, while the airlines re
ceives $134 for carrying a ton
of mail between Chicago and
New York.
West Coast cities which would
receive three-cent letters by air
under the proposal include San
Diego, Los Angeles, San Fran
cisco, Seattle and intermediate
points.
Barkley Declares
Congress, Ike Can
Get Along Together
Paducah, Ky. U.R) The
nation's most experienced fresh
man senator sees no reason why
a Democratic Congress and a
Republican president can't co
operate for the good of the
country.
That's the opinion of Alben
W. Barkley, who will be sworn
in next January, as Kentucky's
"junior" senator, even though he
has behind him 22 years of ser
vice in that body, plus four years
of presiding over it as vice-pres
ident of the United States.
No Introduction Needed
Traditionally, junior senators
are introduced to the upper
house by their senior colleagues
but it will scarcely be necessary
for Sen.. Earle C. Clements (D
Ky.), to introduce the junior sen
ator from Kentucky. .
"The Democratic majority in
the 84th congress will not in
dulge in petty or carping critic
ism, but will support the Presi
dent whenever it thinks he is
right," Barkley predicted.
Want To Do A Good Job
Asked what effect he thought
the party's position as the ma
jority party in both houses
would have on the 1956 elec
tions, Barkley said, "our im
mediate task is to do a good job
in the 84th Congress. If we do
that, it will certainly be reflect
ed in the 1956 election."
He thought the Republicans'
loss of the congressional major
ities was due to many things,
which could be summed up as
"disappointment of the people in
the administration."
Woof Growers Schedule
Convention in Roseburg
Corvallis (U.R) The Oregon
Wool Growers Association will
hold its annual convention at
Roseburg, Nov. 11-13, association
officials announced here Satur
day. Major talks are scheduled on
production and marketing with
group meetings on disease con
trol, predator animal and dog
control, public lands and graz
ing, lamb promotion and legis
lation, taxation and transporta
tion. Dead line Sunday Classified is at
noon Saturday : 10 am. Monday for
Monday; other dura 530 previous day.
MAIL TRIBUNE
Courts-Martial
The turncoats, whose ranks
have been reported reduced to
20 by the death of former Sgt.
Rufus E. Douglas, said Batchelor
was working only "in the inter
ests of his buddies" in the prison
compound.
Question Punishment
"We would like to ask," they
said, "if this is the collaboration
with the enemy that the U. S.
Army charged? Or was Batch
elor acting in the interest of his
fellow Americans? Does the
Army want prisoners to be mis
erable while in captivity. If
not, why did it punish actions
that helped keep our soldiers in
good health and good spirit."
Three Die in Crash
South of Redmond;
Infants Recovering
Redmond, Ore. U.R) Two
infants injured in an auto smash
up that claimed three lives Fri
day were listed in satisfactory
condition Saturday at a Red
mond hospital. A sixth person
was still on the serious list.
Dead were Mr. and Mrs. Wil
liam Gugler, The Dalles, Ore.,
formerly of Spokane, and Mrs.
J. Nealon, Long Island, N. Y.
Mrs. Gugler was killed outright
in the headon crash on High
way 97 one mile south of here.
Mrs. Nealon and Gugler died a
few hours later in the hospital.
Injured but in satisfactory
condition were the infant chil
dren of the two couples, the 13-month-old
daughter, of the Gug
lers and the nine-month-old son
of the Nealons. Nealon's condi
tion still was serious Saturday.
Police said they had been un
able to learn details of the acci
dent since Nealon, the sole adult
survivor, was in no condition to
be questioned.
A business associate of Gug
ler's in Portland said the fam
ily moved to The Dalles from
Spokane less than a week ago.
Democratic Leaders
Lay Groundwork for
New Jersey Recount
Trenton, N. J. U.R) Demo
cratic leaders Saturday laid the
groundwork to demand a re
count of ballots in New Jersey's
disputed senatorial election. And
Republicans were reported con
cerned about Democratic plans.
The Democrats decided Fri
day night to try to upset the
apparent victory of Republican
Clifford P. Case by demanding
a recount of votes in at least
four counties and possibly 19.
Petition Judges
Democratic leaders sent law
yers to the 19 counties Friday
with petitions to circuit judges
requesting that ballot boxes and
voting machines be impounded.
Hudson and Essex counties were
omitted because the Republi
cans already had asked that sim
ilar action be taken there.
The petitions said "There is
reason to believe that errors
have been committed by the
election board in counting and
declaring the vote."
Latest figures on the nip-and-tuck
race give Case a plurality
of 3,157. The unofficial results
put Case's vote at 860,813 to
Howell's 857,656. ,
The moves and counter moves
by both parties probably will
come after Monday when the
Board of Canvassers in each
county meet to determine the
official results.
Beeson Will Not
Accept New Term
On US Labor Board
Washington (U.R) Albert
C. Beeson, whose appointment
early this year stirred up a hot
dispute, has notified" President
Eisenhower that he will not ac
cept a new term on the National
Labor Relations board.
The White House said Friday
that Beeson would decline a re
appointment when his 'short
term expires Dec. 16 because
his wife recently underwent a
serious operation.
Mr. Eisenhower, accepting
Beeson's decision, praised his
"diligent and effective" service
on the NLRB and expressed the
hope that Mrs. Beeson soon
would be well.
Democrats launched a full
scale attack on Beeson's appoint
ment last February when the
President named him to a short
term. He was confirmed 45-52
after spirited debate.
Democrats charged that Bee
son "deceived and misled" the
Senate when he originally testi
fied that he had no commitment
to return to work for the Food
Machinery Corp., San Jose, Cal.
Salem U.R) The week of
Nov. 14-20 is mentally retarded
children's week in Oregon.
Sunday, November 7. 1954
The propaganda statement,
which was read by former
Sergeant' Richard G. Corden,
said Batchelor was lured home
with promises of freedom. Actu
ally, the U. S. Army made no
promises to the soldiers m ask
ing them to return to its custody.
Big Liner Delayed
By Jurisdictional
Waterfront Dispute
San Francisco (U.R) The
luxury liner President Cleveland
was delayed four hours Friday
and the Matson liner Lurline
was threatened with delay, ap
parently as a result of a bitter
jurisdictional dispute between
two powerful West Coast water
front unions.
According to reports, the
Cleveland was delayed in San
Francisco because crewmen be
longing to the Sailors Union of
the Pacific (AFL) refused to sign
on until they received promises
that their food would include
"watermelons and grapes" dur
ing the six weeks voyage.
The SUP threatened to delay
the departure of the Lurline
from Wilmington, Calif. , be
cause Matson Line officials had
failed to live up to promises to
install "new bunks" in the
ship.
Deeper Roots
However, waterfront observ
ers said the issue had its roots
in a dispute between the SUP,
headed by Harry Lundeberg, and
International Longshoremen s
and Warehousemen's Union Ind.,
headed by Harry Bridges.
AFL unions are engaged in a
jurisdictional dispute with the
longshoremen that has tied up
the freighter Pacificus at Long
Beach for more than a week.
. Friday's action was thought to
be a move by the SUP to put
pressure on shipowners to rule
against the longshoremen and
force them to "live up to their
contract and unload" the Pacifi-
cus.
This week the AFL sailors put
into effect a no-overtime rule
which disrupted scheduled move
ments of ships in port on week
ends, holidays and at night.
In The Middle
Shipowners have claimed that
they are on "dead center" in
the dispute between the two
unions, and have been unable
to find any solutions..
Meanwhile, the National
Labor Relations Board hearing
on disputed control of seamen
aboard Pacific Maritime Associa
tion ships ended here Friday,
but a decision in the case is not
expected for "at least two
months."
The 10 day hearing consider
ed a petition by the AFL Sea
farers International Union of
North America asking an elec
tion be held to determine which
union is to represent sailors, fire
men and marine cooks and stew
ards working on PMA vessels.
The SIUNA is seeking to rep
resent all personnel, including
the marine cooks and stewards.
who were previously represent
ed by the independent Marine
Cooks and Stewards Union, now
virtually non existant.
O'Dwyer Leaves U.S.
En Route fo Mexico
Kansas City, Mo. (U.R) Wil
liam O'Dwyer, former New York
mayor and ambassador to Mex
ico, was scheduled to fly back
to Mexico City Saturday.
ODwyer, who came to the
United States to testify at a con
gressional hearing in Los An
geles, stopped in Kansas City
overnight to "pay my respects"
to former President Truman,
vno appomted him as ambassa
dor to Mexico in 1950.
Mr.. Truman was host Friday
at a private lunch for O Dwyer,
who has practiced law in Mexico
City since leaving the diplomatic
service nearly two years ago.
O'Dwyer testified at L03 An
geles about Communist infiltra
tion in the western hemisphere,
Terrific Benefit Performance
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ADMISSION $1.00 Tickets: Music Mart, Swem i Record Shop,
Pdruck.r Piano House.
Sponsored by Jr. Chamber of Commerce in Conjunction with United
Medford Crusade. Mr. Simpkins appears through courtesy of Rogue
Valley Country Club.
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wfvc Tir err -wAAt Simmons
ley Country club golfer, was winner of a television set awarded
recently by Courtesy Chevrolet company to the holder of the
lucky ticket distributed at the time of the first showing of the
new 1955 models of the Chevrolet line of automobiles. The
award was made last week by Mayor D. L. Flym (right), and
Russ Heisel (center), manager of the company, holds the lucky
ticket. (Landis-Shangle photo.)
Navy's Shipbuilding
Program Slated for
Boost During 1955
Washington (U.R) The Navy's
shipbuilding program will be in
creased next year to offset the
threat of "obsolescence" of the
fleet, defense officials disclosed
Saturday.
The increased shipbuilding
budget will include funds to
construct another super-carrier
the fifth of the 60,000-ton
Forrestal class carriers to be re
quested by the Navy, it was
learned.
Budgets Being Drafted
The Navy's and other military
budgets are being drafted now
within the Defense Department.
No final decisions are expected
until early December. However,
Defense officials said it appears
certain that the Navy's ship
building budget for fiscal 1956
will be increased over the $1,-
100,000,000 authorized this fiscal
year.
The increase reflects the grow
ing concern among top Naval of
ficials and Admirals that the
fleet, largely built in World War
II, will fall rapidly into a state
of obsolescence in the years
ahead if the shipbuilding pace is
not stepped up. Heightening the
Navy's concern is the fact that
Russia has embarked on a size
able shipbuilding program in an
apparent attempt to challenge U.
S. Supremacy of the seas.
The super-carrrier, which was
the focal point of a bitter Navy-
Air Force fight in 1949, will re
main as the top priority item in
the Navy's shipbuilding pro
gram, officials said. The Navy's
argument, now generally accept
ed in Defense department circles
is that the huge, $200,000,000
carriers are needed to handle
the heavier, faster jet aircraft
now coming off the production
lines.
Three Under Construction
Three of the super-carriers
now are under construction and
the fourth was authorized in this
year's Navy budget. The first of
the 1,000-foot long carriers, the
USS Forrestal, is scheduled to
join the fleet late next year.
Odd Fellow Leaders
Convene in Klamath
Salem U.R) Grand pat
riarch Herbert Munsell of Kla
math Falls outlined the nrinci-
pies of Odd Fellowship Friday
night as discussion meetings op
ened a three-day session of the
Northwest Odd Fellows associa
tion. .
Fraternal leaders in Odd Fel-
lows and Rebekah lodges of Ore
gon, Washington. Idaho and
British Columbia are here for
the three-day meeting.
ARTHUR LEE
SIMPKINS
"Once In A Lifetime ...
A Voice Like This!"
And Accompanist
MR. FELIX DE COLA
Presentation of
"EVENING
OF SONGS"
Tuesday, Nov. 9 8 P.M.
Medford Sr. High
Sc 00 Aud,tonum
fleftl. well-known Rogue Val-
The Navy's original goal was
to build 10 of the super-carriers
ever a 10-year period. While
there is no decision on any fixed
number of the carriers to be con
structed, present indications are
that the Navy will not stop with
the fifth super-carrier.
Eventually, the Navy hopes
to have some of the super-car
riers atomic-powered. But this
eventually, according to authori
tative sources, still appears sev
eral years in the future.
While the Navy's shipbuilding
budget will be increased in fiscal
1956, Defense officials said that
the step-up will fall short of
the mark set by Naval planners.
The Navy has estimated that it
would have to spend $2,800,
000,000 annually over the next
10 years to maintain the fleet at
its present state of readiness and
prevent "bloc obsolescence."
But Defense officials feel the
threat of "bloc obsolescence,"
which naval officials estimate
will start in 1958, can be fore
stalled through modernizing
some of the present ships.
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Further Study Asked on Site
For Oregon
Salem U.R) The State
Emergency board requested fur
ther study of a site for the pro
posed new intermediate penal in
stitution after hearing protests
Friday from property owners
near the site selected by the
State Board of Control.
The Board of Control, after
several months of consideration,
selected the Williams and Hart
property on the Salem - Newberg
road 16 miles north of Salem.
After hearing the protests, the
Emergency Board requested the
Board of Control to investigate
further the purchase of the Kip
pingcr farm and adjacent prop
erty at the Pacific highway and
St. Paul road, totalling 456
acres.
Gov. Paul L. Patterson said
that while the Board of Control
recommended purchase of the
Williams and Hart property it
was a hair-line decision as far
as he was concerned. He said he
considered transportation an im
portant factor and frequent bus
service is available near the Kip
pinger property. Cost of the Kip
pinger property was fixed at
$118,000, compared with $70,000
for the Williams and Hart tract
New-Born Baby Found
Dead in Garbage Dump
Vancouver, Wash. (U.R) A
newly-born male baby, wrapped
in an old newspaper, was found
lying dead Friday in the Van
couver garbage dump by Van
couver Sanitary Service em
ployees. RON I Zl THE DEALER
' ' ' i
Penal Institution
of 420 acres.
Sanford Bates, retired super
visor of industries in New Jer
sey and consultant to the Board
of Control in buying a site for
the intermediate institution, will
be asked to return to Salem to
inspect the Kippinger property.
The Emergency Board is ex
CONCERT
Phoenix Community Hall -
Today - Sunday, November 7th - 7:00 p.m.
Weed, California, COLORED CHOIR
AND CHORUS
SINGING
Traditional Spirituals and Jubilee Songs
The Public Is Cordially Invited
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REMINDER TO THE MEMBERS OF
Rogue Valley
Country Club
ARTHUR LEE SIMPKINS
Internationally Known Tenor
Will Be Appearing With
2 Shows Nightly
, At Your Club
Tues., Nov. 9 through Sun., Nov. 14th
Singing songs ranging from the latest popular
rhythm tunes to arias from "Aida" Pagliacci and
La Tosca.
Mr. Simpkins also will appear at the
MEDFORD SENIOR HIGH SCHOOL
Tuesday, November 9 at 8 P.M. .
This appearance is for the United Medford Crusade
and is under the auspices of the Rogue Valley
Country Club.
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Home's mighty pleasant, and he's headed
there with some of the things that help
make it so.
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constant competition against each other to
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learn about entirely new items ... to find
out where she can get them. And when she
learns which brands serve her best, she buys
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pected to take definite action on
buying a site at its December
meeting. The intermediate insti
tution was approved by the vot
ers in 1952 and 1953 legislature
appropriated $1,250,000 for its
construction. The Emergency
Board will provide funds for the
site.
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