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Q' Cl Storms End Heat o Wave in Midwest; Relief Shortlived By UNITED PRESS Thundershowers snapped a three-week heat wave in the Midwest Saturday but a hur 0 ricane named "connie" whipped its way across the Caribbean Sea, threatening the South At lantic Seaboard. The Miami Weather Bureau cautioned southeastern coastal interests as far north as Cape Hatteras, N. C, to watch for possible hurricane warnings and advised against making extend ed trips in sea craft without radios. Aids Farmers Meanwhile, cool air brought on by showers gave new life to farmers in mid-continent and brought relief to swelting city residents. The rain began- to fall Friday night in a band from Eastern Kansas to the Southern Great Lakes region and from Eastern Colorado northward into the Da Q kotas. The wetherman said the cool air was moving slowly eastward and might bring3 relief to the heatweary East by late Satur- day.G May Return0 Put he cautioned that the heat would probablyi return again in full force Monday. G Showers dropped early morn ing temperatures into the East into the 80s from near 100-de-gree readings. In North Dakota, however, they took more violent forms. A udden, fierce thunderstorm with winds up to 70 miles per Jjour snapped a radio transmitter Jower, blew down power lines Gand tore the roof of a state pris Cpn farm building at Bismark (Friday. Michael McDermotf 3 Dies in Washington Washington CJ.P.) Michael J. McDermott, for 26 years top State department "spokesman," Hied Friday night of a heart con dition at the age of 61. A native of Peabody, Mass., McDermott joined the depart ment's press setftion in 1920, be coming its head in 1927. He was the official department spokes man with the press and a top line diplomat. In 1953, he was appointed am bassador to El Salvador. He re tired from the post several months ago. The genial, heavy-set Irishman (yeas known to thousands of Washington officials and news men as "Mike" or "Mac." PENNIES Saved . . Are DOLLARS Earned.. When Invested Wisely G Savings Invested In Jackson County Federal e Are SAFE . . . Savings Invested in Jackson County Federal Are PROFITABLE The Current Dividend Is 3 Per Annum Savings Invested By Aug. 10 Earn Dividends From Aug. 1 Qaclkm SAVINGS & LOAN 126 E. Main St. Medford OVERJOYED BY FREEDOM after release from Chinese prison camp, 11 U. S. airmen ar rive in Manila for physical checkup before resuming flight to California. From left, front: Sgt. Howard W. Brown, St. Paul, Minn.; Airman John W. Thompson, Orange, N. J.; Airman Daniel G. Schmidt, Redding, Cal., and Airman Harry M. Benjamin, Jr., Worthington, Minn. Rear, from left: Col. John K. Arnold, O.; Lt. John W. Buck, Armathwaite, Tenn.; Lt, Wal lace L. Brown, Banks, Ala.; Capt. Eugene J. Vaadi, Clayton, N. Y.; Maj. W. H. Baumer, Lew isburg, Pa., and Capt. Elmer F. Llewellyn, Missoula, Mont (International) Murray Predicts Approval for Controversial Hells Canyon Dam Washington U.R) Chair man James E. Murray of the Senate Interior Committee pre dicted Saturday that the next session of Congress will approve five big water and power de velopments, including the con troversial Hells Canyon dam. The Montana Democrat join ed with Sen. Clinton P. Ander son (B-NJVI.), chairman of a sub committee on irrigation and re clamation, in a statement tag eing the five projects as "priori ty matters" for Congress next year. Other Projects Besides Hells Canyon, the pro jects are the Upper Colorado Basin storage, Ventura in Cali fornia, Washita in Oklahoma, and Fryingpan-Arkansas in Colo rado. The Hell's Canyon project on the Snake river on the Idaho Oregon border has been the sub ject of a bitter fight between public and private power advo cates. The Federal Power Commis sion last Thursday authorized the Idaho Power Co. to build three low dams in the area. Mur ray, Anderson and others favor federal construction of a single high dam. Their joint statement assert ed that the first session of the Democratic - controlled 84th Congress had "arrested and re ASSOC ATION "Where You Are Paid To Save" versed a do-nothing program re garding federal water and power development." . Policy Re-established "The traditional policy of fed eral fostering of this vital work has been re-established," the Longview Boy Scout Found Unharmed in Abandoned Mine Spirit Lake, Wash. (U.R) A 44-hour search for 12-year-old Bennis Lloyd, Longview, Wash., Boy Scout ended at dawn Sat urday when searchers found the boy alive and well in an aband oned mine eight miles north of Grizzly Pass in the Mt. St. Hel ens area. The boy disappeared from an overnight Boy Scout hike about 10 a.m. Thursday. He told fel low Scouts he was going to re turn to camp, but none of his companions took him seriously until ha failed to return. Weak from Hunger Dennis was found by James Ray and Bio Bill Kratzenstein of the U. S. Forest Service. They reported the boy uninjured but weak from hunger and exposure. A pack-horse party was dis patched immediately from Spirit Lake ranger station to bring the boy out of the wild, rugged country. With the pack party was J. H. Oberteufer, chief Scout executive of' the Portland area council. The boy was found 11 miles, by twisting trial, from Spirit Lake ranger station. Parents Overjoyed Parents of the boy, Mr. and Mrs: Robert Lloyd, were over joyed when news came ihat their son had been found. 'They had spent a sleepless Friday night at the ranger station. "We had not given up hope. We were sure Dennie would keep his head," Mrs. Lloyd said. The radio flash from two mountain lookouts to the ranger station came only 30 minutes after a small army of mountain eers, national guardsmen, forest ers and state patrolmen had spread out over the rough Griz zly Pass area to resume the search!. U. S. Nudists Name Leaders for Year v Spokane, Wash. (U.R) An In diana businessman and a Kansas housewife were named "nudist man and woman of the year" at the annual convention of the American Sunbathing associa tion near here Saturday. Earl Barrett, Granger, Ind., who has been active in helping defeat antinudist measures in the midwest, was elected "man of the year." Mrs. Maria Park, Newton, Kan., who was nudist queen at last year's convention, was named "woman of the year." The convention is being held at Sunway ranch near Deer Park, about 30 miles north of here, which is headquarters of the Sunbathing Society of Spo kane. Reed Suplee, Palmerton, Pa., was reelected president of the Sunbathers for his second term. Watefield Drapery NEW LOCATION Littrell Parts Building 321 East 6th statement said. "Now there re mains the task of reinstituting a policy of driving and .dynamic advance." The two senators said Con gress "independently initiated" new construction starts on five public power projects: Hardin Yellowtail in Montana, Yakima Rosa in Washington, Provo in Utah, Cougar in Oregon, and Ice Harbor in Washington. In addition, they said, it com pleted "the break-through of a paralyzed program" on five wa ter projects: Palo Verde in Cali fornia and Arizona, Santa Maria in California, Michaud Flats in Idaho, North unit Deschutes in Oregon, and Foster Creek unit Chief Joseph in Washington. Court Martial at Fort Lewis Hears v Defese Witness Fort Lewis, Wash., (U.R) A court martial hearing enemy col laboration charges against 1st Lt. Jefferson D. Erwin, 38, of BJanchard, Okla., met in a morn ing session here Saturday to hear a defense witness. The unidentified witness was allowed to testify out of turn because he is leaving for Eur ope today. Deney Charges Erwin denied charges he col laborated with the enemy dur ing the early months of 1951 while a prisoner of war in North Korea. Friday, a sergeant who was a member of the Central Peace Committee of PWs in Korea said "I felt like I had been done a very mean injustice" by his fellow POW's who elected him to the committee. Staff Sgt. Leroy Carter, Jr., Seattle, told of constant threats the Chinese and North Koreans used against CPC members to get what they wanted from the prisoners. He also described his deep fear of reprisals. The CPC was composed of United Nations prisoners of war from all POW camps in North Korea. It was the key weapon of the Communits in their so called international peace of fensive. Wouldn't Trust Erwin Earlier, Capt. Sheldon H. Foss, Hampden Highland, Me., said he would not trust Erwin to serve with him. He said Er win was too "eloquent" in his statements about Communist doctrine when requested by Chinese Reds to address the men of his compound in POW Camp No. 5. - Foss said he was a member of a prisoners' detective squad which kept tabs on officers whom the group believed were not conducting themselves as they should and said he believed Erwin had once informed on a major. Edmund Kiernan, Dana Point, Calif., was named vice-president: Registration at the open-air activities has passed the 500 mark. Next year's convention will be in Palmerton, Pa., and the 1957 session is scheduled for San Jose, Calif. The Pacific ocean covers about one-third of the earth's surface. Manila Newsmen Get Visas (or Visit to Russia Manila U.R) The publisher and the editor-in-chief of the Ma nila Chronicle and a third Chron icle official have been granted visas to make an observation tour of Russia and other Iron Curtain countries, the newspa per said. In a special dispatch under a West Berlin dateline the Chron icle said Publisher Eugenio Lo pez Sr., Editor in Chief Ernesto Del Rosario and Secretary Jose Cosca will soon visit Russia. Lopez, a wealthy industrialist, has been on a world tour since last May. Del Rosario recently left Manila to join Lopez in Europe. To Leave Saturday The Chronicle said Lopez Del Rosario and Cosca will leave Germany for Paris Saturday to pick up their visas and then travel by plane to Moscow by way of Prague or Berlin. They expect to stay one or two weeks in Russia. The Chronicle, said President Magsaysay had given permission to the three Chronicle officials to travel to Communist coun tries. Filipinos . are generally banned from travelling to such countries. . Russians Release 73 Austrian POWs Vienna, Austria (U.R); Soviet authorities Saturday turned over to Austrian government 73 pris oners of war and civilians held for years in Russia for alleged war crimes. Sunday, August 7, 1955 Visiting Russians Mingle With Indians, Cowboys at Old West Show in Wyoming Sheridan, Wyo. U.R) Three visiting Russians, wearing western-style leather thong "bolo" ties, caught some of the flavor of the old west Saturday as they mingled with calf-branding cow- Ike Plays Golf Under Hot Sun Gettysburg, Pa. (U.R) Pres ident Eisenhower played 18 holes of golf in the sizzling sun Saturday with an old Army friend and a former Democratic Pennsylvania state senator. The weather here was no re lief from Washington. The Gettysburg temperature at noon was 98. After his early morning golf, the President returned to his farm on the edge of the Gettys burg battlefield. He is spending the better part of a week here working on legislation passed in the congressional adjournment rush. Mr. Eisenhower's golfing part ners were Brig. Gen. Arthur S. Nevins, who owns the farm next to the President's, and John S. Rice, former senator and local manufacturer. The Austrians arrived at Voeslau south of Vienna, early Saturday aboard a train. Soviet authorities had requested that the time of the arrival be kept secret. ' y MEDFORD (OXEGOW) MAS. TXIIUME SEVEN boys and 2,000 Indians. The rope - twirling cowboys really caught the eye of Petr Badmindra, and he insisted on trying his hand at swinging a lariat. He declined, however, to actually try to rope a calf. The Russians flew here to wit ness a pow-wow of 2,000 Indians decked out in their tribal finery from the United States, Canada and Mexico. They paused to talk with 97-year-old Dewey Beard, believed to be last surviving Sioux brave of the battle of the Little Big Horn better known as "Cust er's Last Stand." Like the Rus sians, the aging Sioux warrior spoke through an interpreter. The three Russians were up at the crack of dawn Saturday morning as they wound up an overnight visit to the huge, 173,-000-acre Keeling Ranch near Gil lette, Wyo. Eat Hearty Breakfast After packing away a hearty breakfast of hot cakes, bacon and eggs . washed down with hot coffee they were given a demonstration of calf roping and branding. As usual the Russians fired a barrage of questions, jotted down copious notes. The Russians were genuinely appreciative of the reception they were given here -1 and throughout their trip. The leader of the delegation, Yuri Golabash, said he hoped the friendship would lead to a "good life for everybody in the world." Talbott Successor Still Not Selected Washington U.R) Defense Secretary Charles E. Wilson said Friday night "I haven't talked to any" one man yet" about succeeding Harold E. Tal bott as Air Force secretary. "I am being careful on this one," Wilson said. He was asked about Talbott' replacement as the list of ru mored successors to Talbott grew bigger. The White House had no comment. Talbott resigned as air secre tary after Senate investigators conducted an inquiry into his business activities. 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