MEDFORD (OREGON) MAIL TRIBUNE FIVE
American Sabrejet Pilots Describe Air Battle With Red Chinese WIG
.Thursday, May 12. 1955
Fighter Planes
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DISREGARDING 2-1 ODDS, these USAF pilots are credited with downing two Communist MIGs
and probably destroying third In blazing battle off North Korea coast. Red planes attacked
without warning, pilots reported. From left: Capt. R. V. Fulton, Bernardsville, N. J.; Lt. J. E.
Mclnerney, Garden City, N. T., and Lt. B. C. Phythyon, Wadsworth, O. '" (lnUrnaUonal)
Eden Probably Happy
Over Proposal for
Big Four Conference
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By CHARLES McCANN
United Press Foreign Analyst
Prime Minister Anthony Eden
must be happy over, the proposal
for a top-level Big Four meeting.
Right in the
middle of a hot
general elec
tion campaign,
the British
voter will cred
it the new pre
mier with per
suading Presi
dent .Eisenhow
er to agree to
the conference.
Cbarles McCann r. a e n mus
will get the same sort of boost
Mr. Eisenhower got when, on
Oct. 24, 1952, he announced that
if elected president he would go
to Korea to seek an early and
honorable end to the war.
The Democrats quite natural
ly fslt pretty bitter over that.
There was nothing they coud do
to offset it. Mr. Eisenhower was
not only the Republican presi
dential candidate but the coun-
uji i hu. i limitary man.
Laborites Pretty Bitter "
The British Laborites are feel
ing pretty bitter now over the
Big Four situation.
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28 Eden still opposed the idea
of a Big Four meeting of chiefs
of state. -
stolen a plank right out of the
Labor platform by urging the
conference.
The Laborites say their candi
date, former Prime Minister
Clement R. Attlee, is the man
who has called all along for such
a meeting.
Well, the Laborites are right to
some extent. Winston Churchill
called for the meeting "at the
summit" just two years ago. But
Eden, his own foreign secretary,
disagreed with him.
Eden felt, as did President Ei
senhower and Secretary of State
John Foster Dulles, that there
was no use holding a conference
unless Russia showed some isign
of wanting to reach agreement
on the issues which are causing
world tension.'
Both the President and Eden
have now changed their minds
about the desirability of a Big
Four meeting.
The fact that there is an elec
tion campaign in Britain could
have helped to change Eden's
mind.
. Presumably, of course, it is a
pure coincidence that the United
States has agreed at this particu
lar time", to a Big Four meeting.
But it does help Eden in his
campaign. And a conservative
American government finds it
easier to do business with a Con
servative British government
than with a Labor-Socialist one.
Especially a Labor-Socialist one
which is always in danger of
being wagged by its Aneurin
Bevan left wing tail.
Politics aside, however, there
was solid reason for the Eisenhower-Eden
change of mind. The
Kremlin is in a jam. The ratifi
cation of the treaties to rearm
Western Germany marked a
turning point in post-war Eu-
Flood Potential
Seen in Washington
Seattle OJ.R) A "flood po
tential" which could be serious
in '.Vasnington has been created
by an unusually late spring, the
Soil Conservation Service said to
day. In less than two months the
situation has been reversed, the
service said, creating a situation
that in many respects is similar
to that of 1948 which produced
disastrous floods on the lower
Columbia river.
"The Columbia River ,as meas
ured near The Dalles, is expected
to flow 62,000,000 feet for the
Apnl-through-June period. , Dur
ing April the corrected flow was
just a little over 8,000,000 feet,
which leaves a considerable vol
ume of water to come later with
the possibility of higher river
state than normally would be ex
pected," the report said.
The Kootenai river was ex
pected to crest about five feet
lower than a year ago, the serv
ice said, when heavy damage was
inflicted in the Bonners Ferry,
Ida., section.
Eagle Point Class
Visits Domiciliary
Eagle Point About 50 mem
bers of Eagle Point High school's
social problems class toured the
Veterans Administration Domi
ciliary center, in Camp White
yesterday. Clarence Davies is in
structor of the class.
The class was studying civil
service , occupational opportunities."
ropean history. It is just possible
that the Soviet government may
be in the mood to talk sense for
once.
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Alabaman Downed
One Plane While
Target of Another
Kunsan, Korea (U.R) A 24-year-old
American Sabre jet pilot
said today he shot down one of
the Communist MIGs in tne air
battle off Korea Tuesday while
another Red fighter was spitting
bullets at him from behind.
The U.S. Air Force said alto
gether American Sabre jet pilots
shot down two MIGs and possibly
four in the clash, thus raising its
claim of Red planes "probably"
destroyed. The Soviet-built fight
ers failed even to hit the Ameri
can jets. .
1st Lt. Robert M. Donahue of
Montgomery, Ala., told how he
chased his MIG and kept shoot
ing at it all -the time another
MIG was firing at him from his
rear.
"I continued firing," Donahue
said. "I saw an explosion on his
wing and tail section and then a
tail piece came off."
Simple Story
The other "MIG-killer," Capt.
Robert J. Fulton, 30, of Ber
nardsville, N.J., told his story in
matter-of-fact terms. .. f
. "I picked up one MIG in my
sight," he said, "and when I
came into range I opened fire
and scored it." '
First Lt. James E. Mclnerney
Jr., 25, Garden City, N. Y., left
one Red plane hurtling toward
the sea in smoke rated by the
Air Force as a probable kill.
"When the enemy flight
poured in on us I was No. 3
man" Mclnerney said. "They
overshot n anH T hit nna with I
three separate bursts. I first saw
smoke, part of the tail break off
and then heavy blue smoke."
- His wingman, 2nd Lt. Harold
B. Petersen, 23, of Brooklyn, N.
Y., then radioed that more MIGs
were approaching.
"We . separated and headed
home," Mclnery said.
First Lt. Burt C. Phythyon, 26,
of Wadsworth, O., saw one of the
MIG pilots bail out of his bullet
riddled plane.
."I saw pieces falling off while
smoke encompassed him." Phyth
yon said. "The MIG rolled to the
left and the pilot tumbled out
the tail."
Parachutes Not Ours
Donahue circled two para
chutes floating toward the sea
after the battle "to determine if
they were ours."
"They weren't," he said. '
The flight of eight U.S.. Sabre
jets encountered about 32 of the
MIGs but only 12 to 16 of the
Red fighters actually attacked,
the American fliers said. "
Lt. Col. , Robert E. Dawson,
who led his 35th Fighter-Bomber
Squadron in the eight-minute
dog-fight, said "after the initial
engagement the flight broke up
into individual fights.
-"After the hostile aircraft
broke off and departed from the
area, we likewise, although being
capable of staying' in the air,
broke off the engagement."
Dawson and the other pilots
denied Pieping Radio's claims
that three American Sabres were
hit by Red gunfire. He also re
jected the Red charge that the
Sabre-ets violated Red China's
territory by flying over its is
lands. '
"We were at no time over the
islands," Dawson said, 'although
they were visible to the west of
us."
No Solid Answers To Be Expected
From Conference of Big 4 Heads
Benson Hotel Patrons
Chased By Minor Fire
Portland (U.R) An esti
mated 250 patrons of , the Ben
son hotel in downtown Portland
were driven into the street yes
terday afternoon by fumes from
a blaze in a piece of ventilating
equipment.
There was no general evacu
ation of guests, however, and the
minor fire was quickly checked.
There were no injuries.'
By LYLE C. WILSON
United Press Correspondent :
Washington (U.R) The
fine print in the official state
ments, made so far about the
proposed Big Four conference
of heads of state adds up to
this: . '
No peace pact will be signed,
nor any detailed agreements be'
reached.
.President Eisenhower does
not expect that he. and his three
conferees will be making- de
cisions on such hot spot sub
jects as Formosa or German un
ification. No Substantive Answers .
"They would not undertake
to agree upon substantive an
swers to the major difficulties
facing the world," said the note
to the Soviet Union suggesting
Big Four conference and de
fining the purpose and' condi
tions under which the heads of
state would sit down together.
"Substantiate" is a technical
word of definite legal meaning.
When the nj.s.-French-British
note to Moscow ruiect out oe -)-
ions on substantive answers to
world problems it ruled out any
Big Four decisions on principles
or essentials of the Cold War
dispute.
Work Sheet of Problems
Instead, the heads of state
will whip up a work sheet of
problems to be solved and the
procedures of solution. A new
group, probably the foreign min
isters or secretaries of state of
the Big Four powers presum
ably would carry on from there.
These precautions against an
other Yalta are a measure of the
anxiety with which Mr. Eisen
hower approaches a conference
which would not be undertaken
in its present form if his advice
were being followed. The Eis
enhower administration is of
fering .solid, all out cooperation
in the effort to turn the trend
of world affairs toward peace
and mutual understanding, de
spite a preference for a differ
ent and more' cautious approach.
But the administration makes
no claim of being parent of the
project now developing, where
as the Russians and both major
political parties in Britain are
ready to acknowledge applause
and take a bow.
; The President's refusal to be
p.ut on a spot where he would
seek basic Cold War : decisions
in agreement with Soviet Un
ion Premier Nikolai A. Bulganin
is attributed here to Soviet Rus
sian welshing on promises made
at earlier conferences," notably
at Yalta.
Yalta's Bruising Experience
Some observers suggest, how-
Communists mean any West
ern democracy or a represeiita:
tive republic, such as the United
States.
Related to Revolution .
Mr. Eisenhower's assumption,
Thompson Creek Couple
Hurt as Vehicles Crash
Mr. and Mrs. Elvie Edgar
Mathews, Thompson creek, suf
fered cuts and bruises yesterday
afternoon when the pickup truck
in which they were riding col
lided with a truck driven by
Rollie Virgil Eggers, Murphy,
according to state police.
The investigating officer said
the Mathews vehicle was coming
around a curve on Kubler rd.
off Missouri Flat rd., and when
Mathews saw the oncoming ve
hicle, he applied his brakes. The
pickup swerved and the rear end
skidded around into the front of
the truck, causing slight damage
to the truck and ' considerable
damage to the pickup, the officer
reported. v
The Mathews' injuries were
said not to be serious. No cita
tions were issued. ...
LEGAL NOTICES
NOTICE OF MEETING OF GROWERS
OF FALL AND WINTER PEARS FOR
ELECTION OF NOMINEES FOR
MEMBER. ALTERNATE MEMBER
AND SECOND ALTERNATE MEM
BER OF THE WINTER PEAR CON
TROL' COMMITTEE. PURSUANT TO
THE MARKETING AGREEMENT
AND ORDER AS AMENDED REGU
LATING THE HANDLING OF THE
BEURRE D'ANJOU. BEURRE BOSC.
WINTER NELIS. DOYENNE DU CO
MICE. BEURRE EASTER. AND
BEURRE CLAIRGEAU VARIETIES
OF PEARS GROWN IN THE STATES
Or OREGON. WASHINGTON. AND
CALIFORNIA. "
TO ALL GROWERS OF FALL OR
WINTER PEARS IN THE MEDFORD
DISTRICT:
TAKE NOTICE that a meeting of
growers of pean in the above named
District, for the purpose of electing
two nominees for a grower member,
two nominees for an alternate grower
member, and two nominees for a sec
ond alternate grower member of the
Control Committee pursuant to. the
provisions of the above named 'Mar
keting Agreement and Order - as
amended regulating the handling of
the Beurre D' Anjou. Beurre Bosc,
Winter Nelis, Doyenne du Cornice.
Beurre Easter, and Beurre Clairgeau
varieties of pears grown in. the states
of Oregon. Washington, and Califor
nia, executed by the Secretary of
Agriculture of the United States and
now in effect, will be held at .130
o'clock p.m. on the 20th day of May.
1955. at 303 West 5th St.. in the -City
of Medford, County of Jackson. State
of Oreeon.
Each grower of pears of the afore
said varieties witnin the above named
District will be entitled to attend and
participate in said meeting and elec
tion. '
R A. Patterson. Manager
. . Winter Pear Control Committee
502 Woodlark Buildin
Portland 5, Oregon -DATED:
May U. 1855.
Merchants Plan Pony
Rides for CP. Kids .
' Central Point Pony fides for
children will start on a trial ba
sis "'at the corner of Pine and
Third sts. here Saturday after
noon. The rides, which will be in
the parking lot corner, will be
sponsored by merchants whose
businesses surround the parking
lot. . -. ...
The purpose will be to enter
tain children while their parents
are shopping. The rides will be
on a trial basis for four weeks,
and if proven successful will
continue throughout the sum
mer each Saturday afternoon.
Dead line ' Sunday Classified is at
noon Saturday; l a. m. Monday tor
Monday: other days 530 previous day
ever, that more than the bnr's- until convinced otherwise, pre-
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BEWARE
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mg experience of Yalta hai
made Mr. Eisenhower cautious.
The Kremlin ' has talked peace
and peaceful co-existence with
the West. But there is scant evi
dence that the American public
has been convinced. . ,
.On the contrary, the belief
prevails widely in the United
States that the basic objective
of the Communist Party, which
controls the Russian govern
ment and operates international
Communism, remains unchang
ed. It was originally, and is wide
ly believed now to be, the de
struction of what the Commun
ists "call capitalist imperialism.
By capitalist imperialism the
sumably is that any Soviet
Russian agreement to join in a
Big Four conference .will be re
lated, to . the world revolution
which has been the basic ob
jective. He is willing, however,
to give Bulganin the opportunity
of convincing him.
. The President does not want
the American public to expect
from his meeting with Bulgan
in, Prime Minister Sir Anthony
Eden and Premier. Edgar Faure
the miracles which great num
bers of British and French men
and women apparently do be
lieve may come to pass. He is
hoping for the best, but prom1
ising nothing for sure.
Central Point Council
To Name New Budgeter
;.. Central Point The city
council in a special meeting to
night will elect a new member
to the citizens' budget commit
tee to replace E. L. Matthews,
who' resigned from the commit
tee last week.
Following the council meet
ing, the budget committee will
meet to work on the budget for
the coming year. The meetings
will be held in the city hall
starting at.7:30 p.m.
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