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o o & G O s CO s 0 E o o 2 3 0 0 0 o 0 Ex-Korea POW Tells of Seeing Sergeant Murder Fellow Captive New York (UP.) The lead (er of anti-Communist American prisoners of war testified today that Sgt. James C. Gallagher, 23, murdered a fellow captive by beating him, suspending him from a hook on a wall and throwing him from a shelter in the cold Korean winter. The witness was Sgt. Lloyd W. Pate, 23, Augusta, Ga., who tes tified at the court martial of q Gallagher, a Brooklyn soldier charged with the "unpremediat ed murder" of fellow prisoners in a Korean prison camp. Gal lagher is the first POW charged with murder. Pate said he did not know the victim and later was unsuccess ful in trying to learn his ident ity. He said the alleged murder 5 occurred in March, 1951, in pris on camp No. 5 in North Korea. Blotrt and Groans "A group of us were standing outside a barracks when inside we heard a voice say 'Get the hell out of my way. Damn it when I tell you to move that's what I mean," Pate testified. "We heard blows and groans." He said the five went to the window and looked in. They saw Gallagher picking the man up "very roughly," Pate said. "He brought the man up to his body, slung him over his shoulder, and took him over to Street Trash Pickup Asked by Department A request by the city street department that residents not place trash in the streets was re ported today by City Manager Robert Duff. Lawn clippings, sod and other rubbish must be picked up by 0 hand. Duff said. The danger of solid objects being mixed in with the trash is great, and ithere has been considerable damage to the sweeper equip ment in thi past" through trying to remove trash piles containing such objects, he added. The requests results from dis continuing a special man and 'truck from the street department 'p do that work. Due to the Change, residents have been re CQ'Jested; to remove debris from Jn front of their property them .'elves. i the corner and hung him up." "What did he hang him on?" trial counsel Maj. J. J. Jenkins asked. "A peg, a steel peg." "Describe what you continued to see," Jenkins said. "Gallagher stood there and laughted at the man and said 'Damn it when I tell you to move that's what I mean." "I turned away and got sick at my stomach." Says Man Was Dead "Did you get a good look at this man who was hung up?" Jenkins asked. "I've seen a great many dead men and that man was dead," Pate said emphatically. Pate testified that Gallagher a short time later went back to the man, lifted up his head and looked at him, then picked him up and threw him out the door of his barracks. Pate said he later was a member of a detail which took the victim and sev eral others to Book Hill for bur ial. Throughout Pate's testimony, Gallagher's expression remained unchanged. He sat watching the witness, occasionally blinking his eyes and whispering in an aside to his defense counsel. Another witness, Billy Evans, 31, Rector, Ark., testified that he found the frozen bodies of two other POWs, Cpl. Donald T. Baxter of Waukon, la., and Cpl. John William Jones, Detroit, ly ing outside a barracks at the camp in February, 1951. Gal lagher is charged with their murders. Girl Stowaway Taken Into Custody by Agents of FBI Long Beach, Calif. (U.R) A 16-year-old Hawaiian girl who hid aboard a Canadian destroyer and caused a "bloody nuisance" faced arraignment today before a U.S. commissioner on stow away charges. The adventurous girl, Jocelyn Pilapil, of Hilo, Hawaii, was tfcken into custody yesterday by FBI agents who met the destroy er Athabaskan at the Long Beach breakwater. "I had a wonderful trip and a wonderful time," she said. "I'd like to do it over again." Nice Little Girl Lt. Cmdr. Charles H. David son, skipper of the ship, said Jocelyn was "rather a nice little girl." However, he added "we all thought she was a bloody nui sance." Jocelyn, a former beauty con test entrant, stowed away on the destroyer eight days ago at an open house in Hilo harbor. She hid in a spare parts bin and ate emergency rations she found there. The girl was not discovered until the destroyer was 24 hours at sea, Davidson said. She was assigned a room vacated by the navigating officer and placed under the care of a ship's chap lain. Richardson said Joselyn cheer fully pitched in to work in the psntry, washing dishes and helping to prepare the officers' food. She was confined to her room from dusk to dawn. "They treated me like a boy and dubbed me 'Butchie'," she said. "I left home because of family trouble and I don't want to say anything that will hurt my parents." Won't Discuss 'Bill' Asked about a lipstick-scrawled no'te she left her mother which referred to "Bill" and a "baby," the girl said she wouldn't discuss "Bill." 'I wrote the note because I felt my parents would let me go if they thought I was going to have a child," she said. 'But I am not going to have a child." She said she stoved away for the excitement. "I thought it would be fun. I also wanted to see my aunt and uncle in San Francisco (Mr. and Mrs. John Dias) and to see Bill." Shivers Won't Back Stevenson as Candidate Chicago (U.R) Gov. Allen Shivers of Texas, a Democrat, said he would not support Adlai Stevenson for President in 1956. Shivers said he would oppose any effort to nominate Stevenson and would not support Steven son if he gets the nomination. Shivers, attending the 47th an nual governors' conference here, was a staunch supporter of Pres ident Eisenhower in 1952. Salem Man Elected By Ex-Bandsmen Robert Nelson, Salem, was el ected the "Big Red Bird," or chairman, of the 1955 conven tion during the 10th annual coir vention of the group held at Rogue River lodge over the week end: The 1956 convention will be held in Salem. The meet ing also was attended by wives of the bandsmen. Former band members from throughout the state attended the convention and featured during the banquet at the lodges Satur day night was a tape recording of selections recorded by the band in 1942 when they were stationed at Ft. Stevens, Ore. The record ing was furnished by Earl Weed, Seaside, who, because of business reasons, could not attend the meeting. After the banquet the former band members held a "jam" session. Sunday they and their families held a picnic at the lodge grounds. Monday. August 8, 1955 MEDFORD (OREGON) MAIL TRIBUNE THRES Mrs. Bertha Wray Funeral Tuesday Funeral services for Mrs. Ber tha May Wray, 64, of 36 South Barneburg rd., who. died at her home Sunday, will be read by a Christian Scientist at Perl fun eral home" Tuesday at 10 a.m Commital at Siskiyou Mauso leum will be private. The deacesed was born in Portland on Feb. 16, 1891, and had lived in Medford for the past 21 years. She was Past Matron of the Eastern Star at Chico, Calif. Survivors include her husband, M.T., Medford; two sons, R. A., Medford, and M. T. Jr., Yreka; a sister, Mrs. Clarence French, Portland and five grandchildren. U -Month-Old Girl Killed in Collision Portland (U.R) A 17-month old girl died in a hospital here yesterday from injuries received in a traffic accident between Mist and Vernonia Saturday night. The victim was Janet Hershey. Her mother was also injured in the mishap and taken to a Hills boro hospital. 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