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MARILYN DENNI NG
Rffleental Hospital Riot
Enuds; Mome ilHem IHIurt
Rusk, Tex. (U.R) A gang
of criminally insane Negroes,
led by . a 212-pound giant who
calls himself the "son of God,"
rioted for more than five hours
in Rusk State (Mental) hospital
Saturday, wounded at least nine
men with icepicks and clubs and
he!d the top officials of the hos
pital hostage.
The leader, Ben Riley, a 19-year-old
Negro from Frio, Tex.,
who likes to exhibit his muscles,
called off the strike at 4:20 p.m.
after a conference with Texas
Ranger Capt. Bob Crowder. The
riot started about 10:30 a.m.
v.hen Riley jumped a prison psy
chiatrist. Throw Out Weapons
Riley threw an icepick at the
feet of Crowder and a shower
cf icepicks, clubs, screwdrivers,
tin snips, sickles and knives
fie out of the windows of maxi
mum security Ward 7, where
the riot started.
The hero was Dr. Charles
Castner, 55. superintendent of
the hospital, who surrendered
himself as a hostage so that the
rioters would free ' DrV:L. D.'
Hancock, a psychiatrist. He had
been icepicked and appeared to
be in shock, Dr. Castrer said.
Dr. Castner was the last man
out of the compound when the
liot ended; he let two other
hostages, including the assistant
superintendent, precede him, he
walked slowly and calmly away
His hair wasn't even ruffled.
Ranger Ended Riot
When he asked what ended
the liot, he gestured toward
Crowder and said, "talk to the
man that ended it."
Crowder said the rioters
there were about 10 in a total
of c2 criminally insane men
warted to talk to a Texas Ran
ger and Crowder was the rank
ing ranger present.
"I told them that they'd be
winning a point if they threw
Delegates Arrive
For Episcopal Meet
The first of nearly 400 dele
gates expected in Medford for
the 67th annual convention of
the Episcopal church's diocese of
Oregon started arriving Satur
day, according to the Rev.
"' George R. V. Bolster, rector of
the ' host church, St. Mark's of
Medford.
The convention proper gets
under way at 9 a. m. Monday,
with a communion service. The
Ht Rev. Benjamin Dagwell,
bishop of the diocese, will give
his annual report.
Business sessions will start at
2:30 p. m. Monday, following a
luncheon at noon for clergy and
lay delegates at Blackoaks, the
church's new convention center
and retreat, on the Rogue river.
The annual banquet will be at
the Elks temple Monday evening.
Radioactive Cloud
Drifts Across U.5.
Washington (U.R) A high
level radioactive cloud mass
from Friday's Nevada atomic
test drifted over the eastern
United States Saturday. It was
expected to pass harmlessly out
to sea off the mid-Atlantic coast
last night.
The Weather bureau said that
the high-level remnants of the
cloud from the big blast at
Frenchman Flat soared over the
Grent Lakes region yesterday
morning. , .
The movement was slower at
lower levels The Weather bur
eau made no forecast as to when
7u too would pass out to sea.
Robert J. List of the Weather
bureau described the cloud
Movement as "very normal
Other sources said it constituted
no menace.
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down their weapons and tried
to be men," Crowder said. "I
told them the hospital board
members were coming to Rusk
and that the board would be
more inclined to listen to them
i they threw down their wea
pons and let Dr. Castner and
the other hostages go."
Judge Turns Down
Restraining Order
Against Bert Harr
Circuit Judge Orval J. Mil
lard refused Friday to issue a
temporary restraining order
against defendants in a civil suit
involving property along Squaw
Creek rd. in the Applegate area.
Kermit C. and Evelyn C.
Combes, plaintiffs in the case,
asked a temporary injunction to
prevent Bert G. Harr, Christine
Harr, Art Brown and D. B. Win
ningham 'from use and trespass
on property, owned by the
Combeses, along the road.
According to attorneys, Judge
Millard gave an opinion that the
public status of the road carried
with it a need for the route to
be wide enough for cars to pass.
He advised the plaintiffs that it
appeared they had adequate re
course in a civil action if they
had been damaged. .
Defense Files Motion
A complaint filed recently
charges the defendants have
taken earth from the land owned
by Combes while widening
Squaw Creek rd., and are oper
ating log trucks on the property.
The defense has now filed a mo
tion asking the court for an
order striking the complaint on
the grounds that the complaint
contains more than one cause of
action though not separately
pleaded. The motion asks fur
ther if the whole complaint is
not struck, that certain portions
be struck.
The law firm of Van Dyke
and Dellenback represents the
plaintiffs and the firm of McAl
lister, Duncan and Brophy the
defendants.
Seven Prisoners Flee
From Multnomah Jail
Portland (U.R) Seven Mult
nomah county prisoners escaped
from the jail at Rocky Butte in
Portland at about noon Satur
day, apparently using the noise
of a nearby "hot rod jamboree"
as a distraction.
Sheriff Terry D. Schrunk said
it appeared the - 'youthful and
dangerous" escapees had outside
aid. They escaped between noon
and 1:30 p.m., using a torch to
cut through bars in a jail toilet.
The escape was not discovered
until about 3 p.m.
Salk Polio Vaccine Use Delayed Week in
Oregon; 30,000 Vaccinated
Portland (U.R) The State
Board of Health Saturday an
nounced that statewide use of
the Salk polio vaccine, sched
uled to begin Monday, would be
postponed for at least one week.
Delivery Delayed
Dr. Harold Erickson, state
health officer, said the vaccine
had been supposed to arrive in
Portland by Saturday for state
wide distribution, but delivery
had been delayed.
The health officer said he con
ferred by telephone with Dr.
Hart Van Riper, Medical Direc
tor for the polio foundation in
New York, and that he hoped to
learn Monday when the main
public supply would be shipped
to Oregon.
Ha said the southern part of
DFORD
MEREDITH TACY LYNCH
Two Men Arrested
In Los Angeles on
Hit-Run Charges
Two Los Angeles brothers
have been arrested in . connec
tion with the hit-run accident
which Thursday put a Talent
woman in the Ashland hospital
with serious injuries.
State police here received a
telephone call at 1:10 .am. Sat
urday from a Sergeant O'Don
nell of the fugitive division of
the Los Angeles county sheriff's
office, saying that Claude Day
and Jack Day, 1230 West Flor
ence ave., Los Angeles, had been
arretted.
Claude Day was the driver of
the car, police were told, and
the brothers reportedly admit
ted to California officers it was
their car which Thursday even
ing struck Mrs. Ruby Bartley,
55, route 1, box 237, Talent.
Mrs.. Bartley was found in a
ditch beside Highway 99 near
the Tally Ho restaurant at Tal
ent, and was hospitalized in
Ashland for treatment of two
badly : broken 1 e g s, a broken
juries.
The black 1939 DeSoto car
driver by the Days showed dam
age which could have been
caused by striking a body, Cal
ifornia officers said. The car
was traced by fast police work,
which involved the reporting of
a partial license number, check
ing with the California agricul
tural inspection station, and re
laying information on the crims
to Los Angeles.
District Attorney Walter
Nunley said Saturday he has
prepared two complaints, one
charging Claude Day, thought
to be the driver, with failure to
stop at the scene of an accident
which resulted in bodily injury,
and failure to render medical
assistance in such a case. The
other is a similar complaint
against Jack Day alleging a sim
ilar crime, though somewhat
different from that filed against
the driver.
Nunley said that he would
seek to have the brothers extra
dited, and brought here to face
the charges Hit-and-run, when
a person is injured, constitutes a
elony, with a maximum penalty
of five years in prison and a
$5,000 fine.
Legislators Clear
Way for Adjournment
Salem (U.R) The Oregon Leg
islature Saturday cleared its cal
endars for what some members
said could be the last week of
the 1955 session.
Still the bottleneck holding up
final adjournment was the tax
program now in the Senate As
sessment and Taxation Commit
tee. That committee has prom
ised to bring out its version of
a new income tax proposal by
the first of the week.
the United States was getting the
first part of the shipment. ,
Telephone Supply Source
Dr. Erickson phoned Dr., Van
Riper Friday night after he
learned Hhat stockpiles of vac
cine at Cutter Laboratories, Inc.,
of Berkeley, Calif., had been ex
haused. Oregon's supply of the
serum was to have been shipped
from those stocks, he said.
San Diego, Calif. (U.R)
Smoothly-working doctor-nurse
teams Saturday completed the
nation's first mass inoculation of
school children with Salk. vac
cine in record-breaking time.
The county medical society,
which serves as coordinating ag
ency for the anti-polio program,
said it had received reports from
MEDFORD, OREGON, SUin
KAREN MORGAN
Queen Contest. See story on
Truman Hurls Charges
Of Partisan Politics
Washington (U.R) Former
President Truman Saturday
night accused the Eisenhower
administration of playing "par
tisan, politics" which endangers
the nation's security, foreign pol
icy, and domestic welfare.
Ripping into Republicans in a
style reminiscent of his 1948
"give-'em-hell" campaign, Mr.
Truman used such phrases as
"cynical political behavior . . .
bare-faced political fraud" in de-
Real Estate Case
Complaint Against
Mitchell Dismissed
A complaint filed against
William R. Mitchell, 56, of 3410
North Pacific highway, last Dec.
17,. charging him with violating,
the state real estate laws, has
been dismissed on the motion
of District Attorney Walter Nun
ley., .,4wasi. reported Satupday.
Nunley's motion stated that,
based upon an attorney gener
al's opinion, no crime had been
committed.
Bail Returned
i Mitchell was arrested at' his
residence last December, and
posted $100 bail, which was re
turned to him under order of
District Judge Ralwes Moore
which granted Nunley's dismis
sal action.
' Mitchell said that he has suf
fered a considerable loss of busi
ness due to the filing of the
complaint.
Attorney Irving Allen, who
has represented Mitchell , in tne
case said Saturday that Mit
chell's employer, National Busi
ness and Property Exchange,
dees not engage in the real es
tate business as defined under
Oregon laws, but does accent
and distribute real estate adver
tising. It operates in 48 states,
and Mitchell is the local repre
sentative. His arrest was based on a
complaint signed by Paul Solin,
404 South Pacific highway.
Singing Prisoners
On Bread and Wafer
Klamath Falls (U.R) Five
women who have conducted
all-night serenades in the
Klamath county jail continued
on bread and water rations
Friday. . .
Sheriff Murray Britton or
dered short rations for them
following an all nigr. song
Tuesday. Each night since the
group has continued a dusk-to-dawn
serenade.
On the threat that all bed
ding will be removed ur'-ss
singing stops, one of the
prisoners agreed and has been
transferred to another part of
the jaiL -
at San Diego
several of the 53 schools where
the inoculations were being
given and all said they were
running ahead of schedule.
Wasn't Afraid
The first child inoculated at
one school, Carol Marcott, 7,
commented, "I wasn't afraid."
Her mother said, "hurray!"
It was estimated that nearly
30,000 children from the first
and second grades received their
first shot of a series of two. It
was planned to give the second
shot on May 7.
In New York City, the Na
tional Foundation for Infantile
Paralysis said that distribution
of polio vaccine throughout the
southern part of the United
States could be completed by
Monday. .
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SUZANNE WHITE
Page 12.
scribing administration actions.
Surrender on Principles
"The price of compromise
with the extremists within the
Republican party has led this
administration to surrender on
Indianapolis. Ind. (U.R)
Senate Republican Leader Wil
liam F. Knowland Saturday
night challenged former Presi
dent Truman to explain his
own conduct in office.
- He quickly snapped back at
Mr. Truman following the
former Chief Executive's
charge that the Eisenhower
administration is a "bare-faced
political fraud" which en
dangers national security and
foreign and domestic policies.
basic principles on foreign pol
icy," Mr: Truman declared. "It
has resulted in confusing and dis
turbing the American people and
in frightening our friends and
Allies."
In his bare-knuckle attack, the
former Chief Executive called
for an end to "political bicker
mgl'on Tnatterse national -survival
and creation of bipartisan
unity with the common purpose
to uphold principles of interna
tional peace and order.
Mr. Truman spoke before
some 3,000 Democrats gathered
in the Washington armory at a
$100 - a-plate dinner honoring
Speaker Sam Rayburn of Texas.
Predict Victory
The dinner was the climax of
a two-day gathering of the Dem
ocratic leaders here who boasted
of "taking it all in 1956" from
the White House down to the
precinct level.
Senate Democratic leader
Lyndon B. Johnson (Tex.) pre
dicted that "the Democratic par;
ty is going to sweep the country
from the courthouse to the White
House" in 1956. He said "Sam
Rayburn's birthday present" in
1957 is going to include at least
25 more House Democrats."
Adlai E. Stevenson, 1952 Dem
ocratic presidential nominee,
Mrs. Eleanor ' Roosevelt, and
others also paid tribute to Ray
burn, who has been speaker
longer than any other man.
Stevenson Speaks .
Stevenson, too, jibed at the
Republicans, but his remarks
did not approach the angry
charges made by Mr. Truman.
Stevenson said that whereas the
Democrats always had fought
for social progress, the Repub
licans had fought against it
every inch of the way through
the years.
Rayburn also criticized the
Republican administration in
general, but dealt more gently
with President Eisenhower per
sonally. "Our hearts go out to Presi
dent Eisenhower, as in the terri
ble loneliness that ... surrounds
Presidents, he wrestles with the
problems of life and death that
confront the nation,'.' Rayburn
said.
Ex-Medford Woman
Dies in Accident
Mrs. Beatrice Deuel, Tulelake,
Calif., a former resident of. Med
ford for many years, was killed
in an auto accident near Weed,
Calif., yesterday morning, rela
tives and friends were inform
ed here.
Details of the accident were
not known. Two other women
reportedly were in the car at
the same time. The women were
en route to a rodeo at Red Bluff,
Calif. "
Mrs. Deuel was the widow, of
the late Luther Deuel. She had
resided at Tulelake for 10 to 15
years. Survivors include a bro
ther. Jack O'Brien and her fa
ther, residing in the Applegate
district.
The body will be brought to
Perl Funeral home here for services.
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Part of
FBI Studies Crash
Of Dixie Flyer as
Sabotage Charged
25,000 New England
Workers Walk Out
Atlanta (U.R) The FBI
studied the derailment of the
famed "Dixie Flyer" on a strike
bound railroad and bullets flew
on a new strike front Saturday
to round out five weeks of labor
upheaval in the South.
About 6 p.m. Friday the
storied Dixie Flyer leaped from
the track about eight miles
South of Nashville. The Flyer
was running on the rails of the
Nashville, Chattanooga & St.
Louis railroad, an L&N sub
sidiary also involved in the
strike.. Only several of the few
passengers on the train the
only passenger service still pro
vided by the NC&ST.L were
shaken up.
Charges Sabotage
"This is definitely sabotage
and there is no doubt about it,"
said Fred Whitemore, general
manager of the road. He said
joints were removed from the
track with tools only railroad
workers would know how to use.
The FBI announced in Mem
phis it was investigating the cir
cumstances of the derailment.
There was no doubt in the mind
of engineer Tom Horner, who
was at the throttle of the Flyer
and whose home has been stoned
during the strike.
Hundreds of miles away but
with a Southern, issue para
mount, 25,000 New England tex
tile -workers-walked out,vrefus
ing to take a four to 10 -cents an
hour .wage cut to bring their pay
into line with that of Dixie Mills.
Railroad Trouble Flares
Railroad labor trouble flared
in the East where 400 trainmen
staged a wildcat walkout against
the South Buffalo railroad, idling
thousands of workers at Beth
lehem Steel's Lackawanna plant.
The Brotherhood of Locomotive
engineers announced a strike
against the New York Central
railroad East of Buffalo, N.Y.,
but called it off when the rail
way mediation board entered
the dispute.
President Creates
Foreign Aid Agency
Washington U.R) Presi
dent Eisenhower Saturday ord
ered the creation of a semi-independent
agency in the State de
partment to take over and run
the nation's; foreign aid pro
grams. , '
He asked Secretary of State
John Foster Dulles to recom
mend a high-ranking official as
soon as possible to head the
agency and to get the reorgan
ization underway "without de
lay." - The new organization will be
known as the International Co
operation administration (ICA).
It will take over the work of
the Foreign Operations adminis
tration which goes out of ex
istence June 30.
Mr. Eisenhower announced his
plans in a letter to Dulles. He
said an executive order' formal
ly transferring most aid opera
tions to the State department
will be issued in a few days.
Chou Arrives in Djakarta
For Afro-Asian Conference
. Djakarta, Indonesia U.R)
Chinese Communist Premier
Chou En-Lai arrived; here Sat
urday for the 29-nation Afro
Asian conference under ' heavy
security protection designed J to
guard against any "assassination
attempt."
Peiping Attacks U. S.
' Chou's air arrival from Sing
apore was accompanied by a
Peiping radio propaganda bar
rage accusing the United States
of trying to sabotage the confer
ence opening in Eandung Mon
day. The attacks indicated the Chi
nese Communists would blame
the United States if they fail to
sell their foreign policies to
other delegates from African
and Asian nations.
Authorities sealed off the
Djakarta airport prior to Chou's
arriyal in an American made Air
um
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ExtartiOT Plot
Lonely Bank Patron
Calls in Policemen -
Columbus, O. (U.R) A
man., whose identity was with
held, telephoned police Satur-
day asking why there wasn't
anyine in one of the Ohio
National Bank branch offices
here.
Officers patiently explained
the bank, is closed cn Satur
day. Well, the man said, he was
calling from the bank and
wondered why there wasn't
anyone around.
Police rushed to the bank
and waited until embarrassed
bank officials arrived to lock
the door that had been left
open all night.
Police said apparently no
one but the honest citizen had
entered 'he bank from the
time it closed Friday.
Uranium, Thorium
Location Notices
Filed in County
Two more location notices on
uranium mining claims in the
Evans Valley district and two
notices on thorium claims have
been filed with the Jackson
county, recorder's office, it was
reported Saturday.
Bristow Claims
Two claims, Uranium King 5
and 6, were filed by Dewey L.
and Richard W. Bristow. 200
Lewis ave., Grants Pass, and
two locations, Thorium Queen
1 and 2 were listed by Dewey
Bristow. They reportedly lie be
tween Sykes and Mays creeks
oa Evnsereek,-east of .Wimer.
The notices signed by both men
list "uranium and all valuable
minerals."
A Portland report Saturday
said that the Bristows had leas
ed eight claims to the R. C.
Bartlett Uranium Enterprises,
Spokane, Wash., and that the
firm was to start drilling within
30 days to pick up cores. Ore
tests reportedly were being run
in Portland. The Spokane firm
makes Gieger counters and
Scintillators.
Have Other Claims
The two Bristows recently fil
ed other uranium claims in the
Evans valley area and others
have filed a number of claims
in the Trail area.
A quartz location claim, Jim
my I, listing manganese, has
been recorded for James W. Slat
tery, 603 Childers ave., in the
Applegate area.
Ike Gets Report
From Adm. Stump
Augusta, Ga. (U.R) Presi
dent Eisenhower received a first
hand report on Formosa from
his top commander in the Pacific
and immediately summoned Sec
retary ; of State John Foster
Dulles here for further talks to
day. The temporary White House at
the Augusta National Golf club
emphasized that "no emergency"
surrounds the meetings.
Admiral Felix B. Stump re
ported to the President "the gen
eral situation as I saw it" in the
Formosan area which he visited
as commander-in-chief of Ameri
can forces in the Pacific.
India DC-6 airliner with 25
other Chinese representatives to
the parley.
Follows Air Crash
. The action followed this
week's crash of an airliner kill
ing eight Red Chinese delegates.
The Peiping government charged
the crash was caused by "sab
otage" by U. S. and Chinese Na
tionalists agents.
The sealing off was so
thorough that even American
diplomats were denied access to
the airport terminal building.
But the measures were lifted
later as delegates from other na
tions poured in for the parley.
Also arriving Saturday were
such prominent figures as Indian
Prime Minister Jawaharlal
Nehru, Egypt's Abdel Gamal
Nasser and Burmese Premier U.
Nu, who traveled together on
Nehru's private plane from Rangoon.
FORECAST: Showers today;
partial clearing tonight and
cool; partly cloudy Monday
.. and warmer. Highest today
near SO; low tonight 29; high
Monday 55.
Highest Yesterday 48
Lowest Yesterday Morning 37
Prec.,
10:30 p.m. Yesterday .06 inch
Price 5c
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Explosion Wrecks
Third Floor Room;
Two Persons Hurt
$50,000 Sought From
President of Company
Portland (U.R) Police Satur
day night revealed a fantastical
ly elaborate plot to extort $50,
000 from Aaron Frank, wealthy
president of Meier and Frank
department store, which was the
scene of a "Friday Surprise"
bombing Friday.
The bomb, which exploded in
a third-floor men's restroom,
damaged the room extensively
and did some damage to the
second and fourth floors. The
explosion also shattered windows
and sent glass flying across the
street.
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Two Injured
Only two persons were in
jured slightly Li the blast which
came when the store was crowd
ed with shoppers at the store's
weekly "Friday Surprise" sale.
Police Chief Jim Purcell said
Saturday night the bombing was
part of the extortion plot. The
attempted extortion became
known to newsmen late Friday
but the news was withheld in
cooperation with police.
Purcell told of the plot after
making arrangements to guard
the 63-year-old department store
executive and members of his
family from, any possible harm.
He said police have at least one
suspect.
The extortion note was deliv
ered 'to Frank- Fridayv afternoon:
by -cashier at" the store's 12th'
floor credit window. The first
paragraph began:.
Warned of Explosion
"By the time you receive this
message or very shortly there
after there will be an explosion
take place in your store. This
explosion has been brought about
to convince you that the writers
of this message are dead serious
about the demands and instruc
tions contained therein."
While Frank was reading the
lengthy note, a powerful blast
shook the 12-story building and
scattered fragments of glass and
plumbing facilities on the lawn
of a building across the street.
The note explained that the
first blast "has been designed to
do a minimum amount of dam
age. Whereas the second ex- j
plosion, if you permit it to hap- i
pen, is designed to do the maxi
mum amount of damage."
"We have concealed in your
store," the typewritten note said.
"charges of explosives that are
(outside of nuclear weapons)
composed of the most powerful
explosive material that can be
obtained." '
It said the explosives were
timed to go off "sometime during
the 12-hour period which ends
at 12 o'clock noon Saturday,
April 16, 1955."
Demanded Money ,
The note demanded $50,000,
not more than half of which
could be in $20 bills, and the
rest in $5 and $10 bills, to be
carried in a light-colored suit
case by either Frank or "one
other person you may take into
your confidence."
Within minutes of the blast,
hordes of police, detectives and
firemen surrounded the crowded
store and began an investigation.
The store was closed Saturday
while the second bomb was
hunted. No trace of it was
found.
Chief Purcell said an unidenti
fied person went through the
procedures outlined to deliver.
the cash demanded. After a
series of phone calls, the inter
mediary received his final set
of ' instruction from a baggage
locker at Union Station. .
He then hired a taxicab that
was without a two-way radio sys
tem, and drove out of Portland
toward Eugene, 125 miles to the
south. The cab was to drive at
25 miles per hour, and was to
have been contacted en route by
a car with blinking lights.
The cab drove to within five
miles of Eugene without receiv
ing the signal before turning
back. It arrived back in Port
land at about 4:55 a. m. this
morning. Arrangements were
then made to close the store in
order to allow police to hunt the
second bomb.