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iympatby, Condemnation Waiting Turncoats on Reiurn to United SMes
Monday, July II. IMS
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Federal Action
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By UNITED PRESS
Sympathy, and some condem
nation, from their "families and
neighbors today awaited the
three turncoat GIs who decided
the risk of imprisonment in
America was preferable to
hell" under the Communists.
The general attitude was best
summed up by Elbert Bell, fath
er of turncoat Otho Bell, who
said his son should be "given
a fair chance" but added:
"If the Communistic tenden
cies still are part of his life,
then the government should step
in and do something."
The government is considering
stiff legal action against the
former Korean war prisoners
who stepped to freedom yester
day in Hong Kong after allying
themselves with the Reds for
18 months.
The GIs, William A. Cowart,
22, Da It on, Ga.; Lewis W
Griggs, 22, Neches, Tex., and
Bell, 24, Hillsboro, Miss., told
newsmen they were willing to
. go to jail to pay for their "mis
takes."
Promised Old Job
But their greatest trial may
be the reaction of. the families
and friends they grew up with.
Some rallied to their sides
when the news of their release
was announced. ..
In Dalton, Cowart was prom
ised his old job back by J. F.
Calloway Jr., part owner of the
garment plant where he worked
before he quit high school.
In Olympia, Wash., where she
has lived since Bell became a
prisoner, Mrs. Jewell Bell anx
iously awaited her husband's re
turn.
"I still love him," Mrs. Bell
said.
In Jacksonville, Tex., Griggs'
mother, widowed since he be
came a prisoner, said the family
farm is waiting unplowed for
him to wdrk.
Mrs. Griggs, a nurse who
works at a hospital in Jackson
ville, wrote to her son while
he was held captive to tell him
she planned to sell the farm. He
wrote back, asking her to keep
it for him.
Deplores Publicity
- On the other side, the. com
mander of the Mississippi Amer
ican Legion called on members
to turn their backs on Bell.
"Bell made his bed," said
Commander Woodley Carr. "Let
him sleep in it."
Carr said he deplored the
"publicity that is being given"
Bell and said "let us glorify
the heroes rather than the turn
coats."
Meanwhile, Bell's 4-year-old
daughter, Paula, was jumping
with joy at the prospect of see
ing her father for the first time.
And his wife has engaged Smith
Troy, former Washington state
attorney general, to defend him
against any charges that may
be brought against him.
Mother in Court To Test (OonstiMioifiialliify off Selective Service Act
Brattleboro, Vt. U.R) A Ver
mont mother, accused of advis
ing youths to dodge the draft,
went on trial in U. S. District
Court today, determined to make
a test case of the selective serv
ice act.
Missing Magazine
Editor Located
Safe in Montana
Chicago (U.R) Howard Rush
more, former film editor of the
Communist Oaily Worker and
now editor of Confidential mag
azine, has been found safe in
Butte, Mont., after he disappear
ed for three days from his hotel
room here.
Rushmore, who left the party
in the 1930's and has since testi
fied for congressional commit
tees, reportedly was seeking an
alleged - Communist leader.
But the man he was reputedly
seeking said he was in New
York, Rushmore's home, all the
time. '
' Chicago police began looking
for Rushmore after he kept an
appointment and tailed to re
turn to his swank hotel here
Thursday. An anonymous tele
phone call started a query to
Butte where Rushmore was
found registered in a hotel as
H. Roberts."
Sources at Butte said Rush-
more made the trip to contact
a man identified as William
Lazarovich, .alias William Law
rence, who was reported to be a
Communist party leader.
In New York, however, Wil
liam Lazar said he was the man
Rushmore sought. ,
But Rushmore told Butte au
thorities he made the. trip to
Investigate possible Communist
influence in a labor dispute in
volving copper workers.
Newly Ved Couple
Hurt in Accident
Mr. and Mrs. Gary James
Fsee, whose wedding was an
event of Sunday, July 3, at First
Methodist church, and who were
en route to Victoria, B.C., on
their wedding trip, were in
jured In a one-car accident near
Seattle, Wash., early Sunday
morning, friends reported here
today.
The bridal couple suffered
many cuts about their faces and
other Injuries but were not hurt
critically, according to the re
port. The car was badly
wrecked. .
: They now are at the home of
'"Tils mother, Mrs. D. N. Sanders,
Seattle Tho hriria ic the fnnrm
Miss Eleanor Dale Davis, daugh
ter oi dot. ana Mrs. Artnur
Davis, 384 O'Gara st. The
Davises left early Sunday for
Seattle. Pree's father is James
Pree, 2612 -Howard st. The
couple planned to return home
the end of this week from their
wedding trip.
Dead tin Sunday Classified to at
noon Saturday: 10 a m Monday tor
Monday: other day 9:30 orevioua day
GOP Dinner Expected
To Draw Portland Crowd
Portland (U.R) Paul H. Hebb,
chairman of a $100-a-plate Re
publican dinner scheduled here
for July 22, said today he ex
pected attendance would surpass
the 400 who showed up for a sim
ilar function in 1953.
Gov. Paul H. Patterson of Ore
gon-, Robert Smylie of Idaho and
Arthur B. Langlie of Washing
ton will speak at the dinner.
Hebbs said 273 reservations al
ready had been made.
NOT FOR SUICIDES
Chicago (U.R) A stairway
from the pedestrian walk to the
Monroe Street bridge leads no
where but city authorities said
it was not for the convenience
of people who want to jump into
the river. Workmen just haven't
gotten around to removing the
structure since they finished
bridge repairs, the officials said.
, Uaa Mali Tribune Want Ada
Federal Judge Ernest A. Gib
son presided at the trial of Mrs.
Lucille S. Miller, 44, mother
of three children, who claims
peacetime military conscription
is unconstitutional.
Mrs. Miller and her husband,
Manuel, 46, held off federal mar
shals who wanted to remove
Mrs. Miller to a mental hospital
Police Hold Man, 63,
For Death of Wife
New York (U.R) Police held
a 63-year-old man without bail
today and charged him with
strangling his "nagging" 56-year-
old bride to death while she
screamed for help in a telephone
call to his sister.
Monte J. Samuels was ar
raigned Sunday before Felony
Court Magistrate Edward Chap
man.
Police said Samuels became
enraged when his wife, Mary,
ordered him to leave their apart
ment. Samuels, who had been
married once before, became her
third husband last January.
' Police charged that Samuels'
a power press operator, choked
his wife to death as she tele
phoned his sister in Brooklyn
and screamed for help.
COULDN'T WAIT
Seattle, Wash. (U.R) John
W Mullin was not at home yes
terday when officials of Seat
tle's North City festival called
to inform him his 50-cent raffle
ticket had won a free vacation
for two to Juneau, Alaska. Mul
lin had just left on a vacation
SHOT BY 'BEST FRIEND
Wesley Springstan, 35, grits
teeth and winces .as doctors
begin to remove bullet from
bis back in emergency room
of Chicago's Ravenswood hos
pital. He was found stagger
ing in front of the hospital.
He told police his "best
friend" shot him in a tavern
several blocks away. " -
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ADMITTING THEY PUSHED two boys into river, watched
, them drown, then stole their bicycles, Theodore Armpriester,
12, and Joseph Ryan, 12, accompanied by mothers, are be
ing taken to court by Philadelphia police. (International)
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Tear gas was used to route
the rifle-slinging Millers from
their Bethel home in which they
had barricaded themselves for
12 hours. . . -
Mrs. Miller was taken to St.
Elizabeth's hospital, Washington,
D. C., placed under observation
for 10 days, and released. She
was declared sane and capable
of defending herself against the
draft charge. ;
Last Wednesday, Judge Gib
son denied a motion to return
the rifle to Miller who was ac
cused of obstructing justice. He
is free in $10,000 bail pending
trial.
Mrs. Miller told a newsman
she would fight to the U. S.
Supreme Court, . if necessary,
her belief that the selective serv
ice act is unconstitutional.
"The original object of all this
is make it a test case," she said.
Mrs. Miller said she believes in
a well paid volunteer army in
time of peace.
She said that, if asked to, she
would readily acknowledge in
court that she urged young men
to ignore the draft. "My stand'
on the subject is a matter of
frank and open record," Mrs.
Miller said.
She pleaded innocent to the
charge at an earlier court ap
pearance because "I have com
mitted no crime. I don't recog
nize the draft act as being con
stitutional in the first place."
Mrs. Miller said she hoped
her trial also would give her a
chance "to disclose the shocking
conditions," at St. Elizabeth's.
"It's nothing but a booby
hatch for political prisoners,"
she said. .
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tiary, Walla Walla, make demands for improved conditions. Maximum security building
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