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FOURTEEN MEDFORD (OREGON) MAIL TRIBUNE Tuesday, January 11, 1953 Civil Rights Official Tells of Shame Over Double Role for FBI Los Angeles U.R) David Brown, 49, former Civil Rights Congress official, today blamed shame over being a "stool pig eon" for the FBI for his hoax story of being kidnaped. Brown confessed to the hoax and alleged he was an under cover spy for the FBI in a state ment released yesterday by At torney Frank Pestana, counsel for the Civil Rights Congress, a j left wingi organization. Brown, former executive sec retary of the group's Los Ange les chapter, claimed he had act ed as an informer for the FBI but decided to "get away from it all" because he felt ashamed of -"being a stool pigeon." The Los Angeles FBI' office refused to say whether Brown had acted as an undercover spy for them within Communist and left wing groups as well as ribt commenting on , Brown's claim it had helped invent his false kidnap story. Brown, who was reported missing Jan. 3 by his wife, Syl via, turned up' at International airport here the night of- Jan. 6, telling a weird story' of having been kidnaped by two men and a woman, driven to Fresno, Calif., and then turned, loose. It was feared Brown had met vith foul play when a note mailed to Andrew Harris, a San Francisco Civil Rights Congress official, said Brown had been slain and that Harris would suf fer the same fate. Brown said he became an un dercover spy four years ago after receiving an offer to act as an informer from FBI agents who had learned he had been expelled from the Communist party. "I didn't like the double role I was playing," Brown said in his statement. "I decided to get away from it all." . His confession,' in brief, indi cated he disappeared in an emo tional upheaval over his "double role." He said he called FBI agents when he reached Port land, "in a fit of panic," and they put him aboard a plane for Los Angeles. Brown said, he was taken to the Los Angeles FBI office where, he made up the false kid naping story to explain where he had been. He intimated the FBI helped him concoct the kidnap story which he repeated to police. Maple Park Water District Bonds OK'd ' Voters of the Maple - Park Water district yesterday by a narrow margin voted approval of the issuance of bonds up to $10,000 for improvent of facili ties of . the district, according to Secretary William Hughes. The vote was 34 to 31. The 65 ballots cast were less than half the number of voters eligible to vote in the special election. Actress Uses Cruelty As Grounds for Divorce Hollywood U.R) Actress Cathy Downs today sought a di vorce on grounds of extreme mental cruelty from actor and golfer Joe Kirkwood Jr., who plays "Joe Palooka" for films and television. - 'The tall, blonde actress stat ed in her Superior court divorce suit filed yesterday that she and Kirkwood married Oct.. 8, 1949, and separated last Oct. 10 after a marriage of five years. City Firemen Make Three Runs Firemen made three runs in the 24-hour period up to early afternoon today. No serious da mage was reported. - At 1:45 p.m. the rural pumper was called to Veritas Orchard on Hillcrest rd., where a mach ine shed was reported on fire. Investigation showed smoke coming from the shed was from an orchard heater being used to heat the building. , At 4:55 p.m. a pumper invest igated a report of smoke at the Fluhrer building, Main st. and Central ave., where it was found a heating system motor had burned out. There was no other damage. At 6:50 a.m. today west side firemen were called to the Dale Culy residence? 21 Washington st., where a switch on a newly installed range had shorted out. Fire Marshal Truman Nelson yesterday inspected four busin ess occupancies and four, public garages, and issued seven orders for correction of hazardous con ditions. 1M1 ONE WEEK ONLY! SMI mm . nmMDD ILIIMdDlLIEnJMI N Famous Name Brand To Be Sold Regularly At $2.45 Sq. Yd. M $11 00 iflOO U Li"- Ft. ($1.50 sq. yd.) II III II f A Wide Choice of Designs and Colors '2 0 imm - LINOLEUM . TILElOf MANY COLORS Reg. $1.35 Sq. Yd. f 6' Width j VI. 1MJ MANY DESIGNS a WJJ LIN. FT. (75c Sq. Yd.) ! 6th and Front Streets ewffl Mim ws Phone 2-4040 ' t gpHOOWmrouMW-.- - -.v.' ....... - MAKING PUBLIC BOW after several weeks in seclusion at a friend's home in Westport, Conn., a "changed" Marilyn Monroe greets press and friends at cocktail party in home of attorney Frank Delaney in New York. She returns to Hollywood soon to complete film which was interrupted by rest. (International) Wilson Asked To Clarify Policy On Defense Pacts Washington U.R) Two Democratic members of the Sen ate Armed Services committee demanded today that Defense Secretary Charles E. Wilson clarify his policy on awarding defense contracts. . Sens. Estes Kef auver (D-Tenji.) and Henry M. Jackson (D-Wash.) asked whether Wilson is follow ing a policy of spreading con tracts ' among several producers or concentrating them in a few large companies. Peeved and Puxzled They said the question also should be explored by the Arm ed Services committee The two senators said they were both peeved and puzzled by Wilson's latest statements about Defense department pro curement policies. Last month Wilson issued a new directive calling on the ser vices to promote a "broad mo bilization base" .; ' a procure ment policy established in the Truman administration - by spreading defense, contracts among as many . producers as possible. Kefauver. and Jackson promptly congratulated Wilson for his "shift1' away .from the policy of concentrating defense contracts, with "single, efficient producers." . . No Basic Change Wilson then stated that the di rective did', not represent an y basic change in policy. He added rather tartly that he did not have enough time to so inform Kefauver and Jackson. Obviously miffed by Wilson's answer, Kefauver said he intends personally to look into the de partment's procurement policies to see what is being done to spread out defense contracts. 'Lion of Africa' Dies in Rome Clinic Rome (U.R) Former Italian Marshal Rodolfo Graziani. Fas cism's "Lion of Africa," died to day at a Rome clinic. Graziani, 72, had been ailing for several years. . ; An Italian military tribunal convicted Graziani in May, 1950, of treason charges and sentenced him to: 19 years in prison,, but his sentence was cut by amnes ties to only .14 months. :: -; He was taken into custody in 1945. and charged with collabo rating -with Fascist Dictator Benito, Mussolini- in - northern f Italy; after the" Italians', surren der to tne allies. , He was given a military trial after ; a civilian court had dis qualified itself following a five- month hearing. - -! Graziani's defense was based on the ground that he was only a soldier carrying out orders. : ., Marilyn Monroe Forms Corporation To Make Own Films Hollywood U.R) Marilyn Monroe, the sexiest-looking cor poration head, says she formed her own "production firm so she can last longer in show business and live in security 25 years from now. The glamorous film star, how ever, agreed she still was under contract to 20th Century-Fox Studios but would try to reach an understanding which . will permit her also to make her own pictures. :' -' Reports for Retake - ' Miss Monroe reported at her studio yesterday for a . retake scene in her latest film, "The Seven Year Itch, -saying she had no quarrel with ;the studio but that "we'll have to reach : an agreement." ' Miss Monroe's attorney in New York, Frank Delany, caus ed ; a furor over the weekend when he said her old contract had been terminated and aband oned. The studio said it would use "every legal means to en force the agreement it said had until Aug. 8, 1958 to run. Good Picture Necessary . "Let's 'face it," Miss Monroe said yesterday. "I was lousy in River .... Of : No Return" and in "There's No Business Like Show Business.' Those are the sort of things I want to get away from; The way to last longer in this business is to make good pictures." Adm. Radford Favors Red China Blockade Washington (U.R) Adm. Arthur W. Radford, chairman of the Joint ; Chiefs of Staff,- said today an Allied Blockade of Red China would be an effective step to take if other efforts fail to free 11 American fliers impris oned there. , Radford, returning, from a round the world inspection trip, told newsmen that a blockade would "be the best way to tackle such . a ; problem." He did not advocate a block ade in so many words . but he said that if other measures fail to win freedom for the 11 im prisoned American airmen, a blockade would "have . a great deal of effect on the Red Chin ese." : . ; ., Protesting Argentina Students Shot by Police ; Arrecif es, : Argentina U.R) Police fired into a crowd pro testing :'foadeciuate;-.". municipal services - here yesterday,' killing two youths ', arid injuring " four other, persons. v ; f ;; v The crowd - had gathered to demand the resignation- of the mayor in the latest - manifesta tion of popular discontent over the failure of ppwer; light and water service to keep pace with Arrecif es rapid postwar growth. DELIVERED BY: ,.'.:-''' i-. . -4 -......'. . Medford Fuel Co. Since 1937 Tel. 2-211 1 - Court & Mc Andrews i I III WW V F1 P Savings in every Department! Coats-T9. 24. 34. 42. 62. Values to 89.95 Dresses 5. 10. 14. 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