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Seoul, Korea (U.R) Hun
dreds of screaming Koreans at-
ijked the U. S. Army compound
n Wolmi-Do Island in waves
early today in an attempt to
E kidnap Communist members of
jeutral nations inspection
a Sana. The Koreans, demonstrat--ffig
lor the fifth straight day,
,13 surged across an 800-yard-long
causeway, connecting the island
with Inchon and tore up the U.S.
g Army guard shack before they
were beaten back.
Complaint Registered
A bitter official complaint was
registered by the ROK Foreign
ministry against the use by the
. f Americans of "bodily force"
against what were described as
"peaceful and unarmed," demonstrators.
3 The Foreign Ministry said the
Korean demonstrations were
omade "in support of their (Kor
gean) security and that of for
eigners." o Acting Foreign Minister Dr.
Cho Chung-wan said the United
States should realize "that its
protection is being afforded to
spies seeking destruction of Am
erica as well as this republic."
g Serious Error
"We cannot but feel that this
n is a serious error in judgment,"
?Cho said, "and we hope and pray
i that the United States will come
"C)to realize it and cooperate with
us in expelling the Neutral Na
tions Supervisory Commission
2 without . . . incidents of any
t)kind."
The two-pronged Korean at
tack began shortly after mid-
finight. Five American soldiers
and two officers were injured
9s the ROKs hurled stones, bot
tle and other debris. They were
repulsed when the Army used
tear gas and fired carbines over
:lheir (heads.
Seventeen Americans Injured
'J National police reported nine
"cjfCoreans were injured in the
lifth day of demonstration that
jbrought to 17 the number of
Americans injured in the riots.
Korean press reports said the
campaign to storm the island
would be reinforced this after
gnoon by 1,500 railway workers
and , that 3,000 war veterans
would join the demonstrators
there Wednesday.
B Col. Winston Butscher of
CoraloGables, Fla., troop com
mander on Wolmi-Do, ordered
particular attention to boatloads
of 200 tough, anti-Communist
eex-war prisoners circling the
island.
The U.S. Army denied rumors
it ha4 evacuated the truce mem
bers charged by the Koreans
ewith being Communist spies
but sent crack 7th Division
frontline combat troops to its
Hbesieged compounds.
Wolmi-Do was the fifth U.S.
post to be attacked in five days
of anti-Communist demonstra
tions that quickly turned into
rioting against American troops.
The government-inspired attacks
were part of a drive to oust the
Communist commission members
bp Saturday.
Fresh Trouble Expected
Elsewhere thousands of Ko-
reans laid siege to other U.S
aArmy compounds housing neu
tral truce teams at Taegu, Kun
san and Kangnung. Fresh trou
ble was expected there and at
Skywatchers Asked To
upunf Perseid Meteors
Eugene (U.R) Skywatchers in
Oregon, Washington and Idaho
have been asked to participate
in a count of the Perseid me
"teors between Aug. 10 and 13.
Dr. J. Hugh Pruett, Eugene,
Pacific Northwest director for
,Jhe American Meteor Society,
' made the appeal and. asked that
the counts be forwarded to him
cJiere.
Baseball
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Cnicag 4 6 0
Klippstein. Minarcin (6).
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Three Girls Flee in Hillcrest
Salem (U.R) Two more
outbreaks were reported at the
Hillcrest school for girls last
"ight during which three-girls
esca&jd and eight were brought
4o the county jail here, state po
j$ce reported.
Damage was not as heavy as
last month when an estimated
SOOO jvorth of property was
estreyed when 11 girls smash
Pusan where six GIs were in
jured in an attack Monday.
The Republic of Korea has
given the Communists until Sat
urday to get out of the country
Swiss and Swedish members of
the commission are not affected,
The Republic of Korea has
charged the Czech and Polish
members oi tne u.in. super
visory commission have been
working as Communist spies
gathering information for the
Reds.
Cropdusfing Plane
Cuts Power Line;
Service Disrupted
A Piper Cub cropdusting
plane, piloted for Medford Air
Service by Kenny Owens, cut
through a 12,000 volt power line
this morning. .
The pilot managed to keep his
plane in the air, and returned
safely to the Medford aimort.
but power over a large area was
cut off, including that to the
White City industrial area.
Minor Damage
Medford Air Service reported
that the only damage to the
plane was three small holes
burned in the leading edge of
the right wing.
California Oreeon Power com
pany said that service to White
uny was restored about an hour
after being cut off. but it took
longer to restore it to other sec
tions of the Eagle Point area.
Some districts along Butte Creek
were still without power at mid
morning. .
One Line Cut
The incident occurred at about
6:30 a.m. while Owens was dust
ing a clover field owned by G. E.
Ousterhout on Dutton rd.. near
Eagle Point. One of the three
lines was cut and the other two
were damaged by flashover.
A Copco spokesman said there
have been similar incidents in
the past.
Two Small Fires
Being Mopped Up
Two more forest fires, both of
them small, were being mopped
up today by state forestry de
partment crews.
A crew was out all night on
a fire of about IV acres south
of Pilot rock near the California
border.
The second was spotted by
plane late yesterday afternoon
near Moon prairie. It covered
only about one-fifth of an acre.
State crews this morning fin
ished mopping up work on a
fire above Neil creek. .
Rogue River National forest
officials have received no re
ports of blazes on federal .land.
Released Airmen
Get Freedom Taste
Tokyo U.R) Eleven Ameri
can airmen, released by Red
China last week after more than
two years in prison, got a real
taste of freedom today.
After undergoing a final phys
ical checkup, they were free to
spend their last afternoon in the
Far East just as they wished. The
11, who told of tortures, beat
ings and solitary confinement
during their 2i years in Red
prison, are scheduled to leave for
home Wednesday.
Five of the men spent the aft
ternoon sightseeing and making
last minute purchases for loved
ones. The others just relaxed in
their quarters.
They are expected to arrive at
Travis Air Force Base near San
Francisco Friday.
Terminal Island, Calif. (U.R)
The federal government has
indicated it may grant a parole
release to the flying Finn twins,
transferred here from the Fed
eral Medical Center for federal
prisoners in Springfield, Mo.
ed furniture in the maximum se
curity building.
First disturbance yesterday
was reported when three girls
smashed a window to obtain glass
to pick locks on their' rooms.
They were jailed during the sup
per period after running from
building to building. Three state
policemen were called about 8
p.m. to quell a disturbance that
Atomic Congress
Told of Plans
For Cheap Power
Russia's Progress
Told in Report
Geneva U.R) An American
atom scientist told the atoms
for peace congress here today
that U. S. atomic power plants
will be producing power cheaply
enough by 1975 that an Ameri
can housewife will be able to
use it to fry the breakfast eggs.
Present experimental use of
atomic power to generate elec
tricity, he said, indicates that
nuclear plants will be producing
electricity as cheaply in 15 to 20
years as coal, oil or water
power. . ,
Outlook Promising
"The outlook for large scale
nuclear power in the United I
States is very promising, James
A. Lane, of the Oak Ridge Na
tional Laboratory in Tennessee,
told the international meeting
of nuclear scientists.
The congress also heard a de
tailed and glowing account by
the Soviet Union of Russia s
progress in developing atomic
power plants. But Russia hinted
that development of peaceful
atomic power was being slowed
by the production of atomic
bombs.
The report on the Soviet's
first atomic electricity plant
warned that use of the latest
high-powered atom fuels is "re
stricted ... by the fact that these
materials can be used for mili
tary purposes. '
Russia, handing out 61 pages
of technical data including pho
tographs, mathematical charges
and blueprints, also reported it
is rushing plans for a number
of improved atomic - powered
generating plants.
It was the biggest batch of
atomic details ever handed out
by Russia in the hurried history
of nuclear development.
Reactor of Little Interest
Western scientists reported
surprise at an up-to-the-minute
system for turning heat inside
the uranium "furn ac e" into
steam for the 5,000 kilowatt tur
bine generation.
Otherwise it was a relatively
small reactor with little of inter
est. A British physicist said at
taching the modern heat transfer
system to the old-style reactor
was "like putting a super-charg
er on a Model T."
The United States followed up
the Soviet disclosure with a re
port on development of a 3,500-
watt experimental atom-powered
electric generator.
Dr. Walter Henry Zinn of the
Argonne National Laboratory,
Chicago, described it as a new
type in which steam is generated
right inside the uranium pile
while a tamed-down A-bomb re
action delivers controlled heat.
Umatilla Fairground
Buildings Destroyed
Hermiston (U.R) An intense
fire swept through Umatilla
county fairgrounds here yester
day, destroying all but two
buildings and causing $50,000
damage.
Fanned by a 20-mile-an-hour
wind, the flames consumed two
horse buildings, each about a
quarter of a mile long, an agri
culture exhibit room and six
concession stands. All the struc
tures were wooden.
A new commercial exhibit
building and a new cattle shed
were saved and fair officials de
clared that the county celebra
tion would go off as planned
Aug. 17-20.
Firemen from Hermiston,
Umatilla and Stanfield fought
the blaze and three of them re
ceived slight burns.
The fire broke out about 1:25
p.m. near where some grass was
being burned.
fee's Broffier Could
Win, Langlie Declares
Chicago U.R) President
Eisenhower's brother could : be
elected president if he -ran-in
1956, Gov. Arthur B. Langlie of
Washington said today.
The Republican governor em
phasized he was "100 per cent"
for the president, but said Mr.
Eisenhower's brother would
stand a "very good chance."
Milton Eisenhower is now
president of Pennsylvania State
College.
Outbreak
involved six others, aged 14 to
16. It was while the latter dis
turbance was being put down
that the three girls escaped.
The state Board of Control
has asked that the security buil
ding be repaired as soon as pos
sible. Irma H. Bywater, assist
ant superintendent, said of some
girls that "now there is no place
to put them and they know it."
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Research Pilot
Averts Disaster
At High Altitude
Rocket Explodes
n 'Mother Ship'
Edwards Air Force Base,
Calif. (U.R) A research pilot
in the world's fastest rocket
plane was credited today with
averting a possible disaster
when his high-powered plane ex
ploded in the belly of its "moth
er ship."
The rocket pilot, Joseph A.
Falker, 34, saved himself and
the bomber's seven crewmen
from possible death Monday
when the rocket plane explbded
seconds before its scheduled re
lease nearly six miles over this
desert flight test center. All the
fliers were civilians conducting
flight tests for the National Ad
visory Commission for Aeronau
tics. Rocket Plane Jettisoned
The $1,000,000 X1A, which
holds the world's speed record
of 1,650 miles per hour as well
as the world's altitude mark of
90,000 feet, had to be jettisoned
for fear a second explosion
might destroy the bomber. The
rocket plane crashed on the des
ert as "probable a total loss,"
but the bomber landed safely.
Walker, in the rocket ship
when it exploded, exercised
"great coolness" in cutting off
switches to prevent any further
explosions. He also emptied
some of the highly-explosive
rocket fuel before escaping into
the bomber's bomb-bay.
Falls Unconscious
Walker also came close to
death when he disconnected his
oxygen supply to escape the
rocket plane. He fell uncon
scious from lack of oxygen and
was pulled up to safety by the
bomber's crew. Death can occur
in a -few minutes without, oxy
gen at high altitudes.
Neuberger Renews
Hells Canyon Attack
Washington (U.R) Sen. Rich
ard L. Neuberger (D-Ore.) said
last night the Federal Power
Commission's decision authoriz
ing private dams in the Hells
Canyon area is the equivalent of
giving away another Bonneville
dam.
Neuberger -said that Interior
Secretary Douglas McKay should
resign because he has "utterly
failed to conserve our natural
resources."
He said the FPC decision to
permit private construction of
three dams on the Snake river
will be appealed.
The Idaho Power Company
will develop only 500,000 kilo
watts of firm power, he said,
whereas the proposed federal
project there would generate
900.000 kilowatts.
"That means that between the
two we will lose the equivalent
of another Bonneville dam,"
Neuberger said.
U. 5. Would Protect
Red NNSC Members
Washington (U.R) The
United States today served no
tice that it intends to protect be
sieged Communist members of
the Neutral Nations Supervisory
commission in South Korea.
South Korean President Syng
man Rhee's government is try
ing to get the Communist NNSC
members Poles and Czechs
to leave their territory by Satur
day. Waves of Korean demonstra
tors attacked an Army compound
on Wolmi-Do Island early today
in an effort to kidnap Commun
ist members of a neutral in
spection team.
Seven U.S. soldiers were hurt.
Oregon Gets 14,514 '
Salk Vaccine Doses
Washington (U.R) The Pub
lic Health Service today al
located 1,177,068 doses of Salk
polio vaccine to states and terri
tories under the government's
voluntary distribution system.
The allocation included 14,514
doses for Oregon; 22,410 doses
for Washington, and 4,392 for
Idaho.
Portland (U.R) West Coast
lumber production during July
was nearly 26 per cent below the
1950-54 average, according to
Harris E. Smith, secretary of the
West Coast Lumbermen's Association.
IT
rtEGON,
FALLING BRIDGE Clayton R. Hassell, ..
Ashland, in the cab of his log truck, barely
escaped being dumped into the west fork of
Evans creek yesterday afternoon. The bridge,
two years old, gave way just as the cab reach-
Mrs. Schmidt-Fine
Told Mate Alive
Before 2d Wedding
Washington U.R) An Air
Force spokesman said today an
official notification was sent to
Mrs. Una Schmidt in June, 1954,
advising her that her husband,
Airman Daniel C. Schmidt, was
believed to be alive and a pris
oner in Red China.
Schmidt and 10 other Ameri
can fliers were recently released
by Red China. Schmidt learned
on his release that his 21-year-
old wife had married again, in
September, 1954, to lumberjack
Alford D. Fine of Soda Springs,
Calif.
Mrs. Schmidt told reporters
last week that - she. remarried
because "I thought Danny was
dead .. . .1 didn't find out he
was still alive until two months
after' I married Alford."
Inquiries Prompted
Her statement prompted in
quiries to the Air Force here as
to why the service had failed to
notify her, as it customarily noti
fies next of kin, as soon as it re
ceived word that Schmidt was
alive.
An Air Force spokesman re-
plied to these queries today by
stating that:
At the Geneva Far East con
ference in June, 1954, Red China
acknowledged that it was hold
ing a group of American airmen,
including Schmidt.
On the basis of this informa
tion, the Air Force immediately
sent official notification to next
of kin of all the airmen involved
stating that Red China had giv
en indications the men were
alive.
Red China Requests
More Delay in Talks
Geneva (U.R) Red China
called today for a 4-hour delay
of .the next meeting with the
United States on the deadlocked
issue of repatriation of 41
American civilians now detained
behind the Bamboo Curtain.
The United States agreed to
set the meeting over until
Thursday.
It has been announced, fol
lowing Wednesday's unproduc
tive session, that the talks be
tween U. S. Ambassador to
Czechoslovakia U. Alexis John
son, and China's Ambassador to
Poland Wang Ping nan, would
be held tomorrow.
American sources said Wang
claimed that communications
difficulties with Peiping necessi
tated the delay.
Defense Department
Shuts Down Businesses
Washington (U.R) The De
fense Department notified Con
gress today that it plans to shut
down in the near future 14 activ
ities which can be done as well
by private business.
The action applies to such
things as coffee roasting, dry
cleaning, the manufacture of
paint and rope and shoe repair
ing.
Weather
FORECAST: Fair with little
change in temperature to
night and Wednesday. Low
tonight 57, high tomorrow 97.
Temp.
Highest Yesterday .- 92
Lowest this Morning 54
TUESDAY, AUGUST 9, 1955
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Loaded Log Trailer
Plunges Through Span
On West Evans Creek
A trailer load of logs was lost
when a two-year-old steel trestle
bridge on the west fork of Evans
creek collapsed about 5:45 p.m.
yesterday.
The front part of the truck
with the driver reached safety
just as the 100 foot span gave
way, spilling the trailer, and
load of logs into the creek.
$10,000 Loss
County Commissioners L. G.
Morthland and Chester Wendt
and County Engineer Paul Rynn-
ing were making inspections of
the site today. Morthland said
the top of the log load hit the
steel girders of . the bridge dur
ing the crossing.
According to the commission
ers, the structure was a com
plete wreck with loss estimated
at $10,000. It will be rebuilt.
East of Wimer
State Police said that Clayton
R. Hassell, 809 Clay st., Ashland,
was driving the truck and trail
er east on Evans creek road
about 10 miles east of Wimer.1
Girl Found After
Night on Mountain
Golden, Colo. (U.R) An 11-year-old
Missouri farm girl,
missing more than 30 hours on
lofty Mount Evans west of here,
was found alive and well today
by search parties, the sheriff's
office reported.
Blonde Colleen Patton of Clif
ton Hill, Mo., was found shortly
before noon.
The girl was being brought
down to the Evans .ranch west
of here.
The sheriff's office here said
the girl was in "good condition"
and apparently suffered no ill
effects from her. stay overnight
in the rough mountain country.
She was found about seven
miles from where she disap-J
peared yesterday near timber
line on the 14,259-foot peak 50
miles from Denver.
Market Restrictions
On Potato Crop Urged
Portland (U.R) Roy Snabel,
Fowell Butte, chairman of the
committee which administers
the federal potato marketing
agreement in five Oregon and
two California counties, said to
day an Oregon group would
urge that marketing restrictions
be -placed on this year's crop to
avert disaster-level low prices.
: Snabel said "If we don't have
some kind of marketing restric
tion to withhold some of the
spuds, some of us will have to
dump our entire crop.
An Oregon group will attend
in Chicago Thursday and Fri
day a meeting of state and fed
eral market.
Reports from the Department
of Agriculture last week indi
cated potato prices in Oregon
and Washington had dropped to
83 cents a hundred weight, low
est July 15 price since 1913.
Porland (U.R) Oregon's 1955
wool crop is estimated at 5,758,
000 pounds, of four per cent less
than last year's, according to the
U. S. Department of Agriculture
market news service.
President Richard Nixon was
scheduled to. arrive here by
plane today for a visit with his
parents, Mr. and Mrs. Francis
A, Nixon, of nearby Whittier.
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ed safety on the other side. The trailer and
load of logs were spilled. Bridge was a total
wreck with an estimated $10,000 loss.
(George Bell photo)
The bridge is located in front of
Mission Bell ranch near the
junction of Ramsey Canyon rd.
and Evans Creek rd.
Police said the structure col
lapsed just as the front part of
the truck reached firm ground
on the other side. The trailer
uncoupled and fell with the
bridge.
$34,500 Allocated
To Medford by CAA
The sum of $34,500 has been
allocated to Medford by the civil
aeronautics administration, ac
cording to word wired here by
Congressman Harris Ellsworth
yesterday.
According to City Manager
Robert A. Duff, the amount is
set up for a 1956-57 project
which will include reconstruc
tion and reinforcement of the
main runway at the airport, and
work on taxiways there.
The federal funds are allocat
ed on a matching basis, and
Medford's share will come from
money still remaining in the
$250,000 airport improvement
fund, raised from the sale of
bonds in 1951 after being ap
proved by the voters.
Donor Appointments
Far Below Needs
Red Cross officials reported
this morning 75 persons have
made appointments for the
Bloodmobile visit here tomor
row. This was far fewer than the
250 donors needed to fulfill the
Medford quota.
Officials stated that replace
ments by those who have at one
time or another received blood
are greatly appreciated. These
are not mandatory, but a great
number of people in such a
position have voluntarily given
blood.
The bloodmobile will be at
the Elks temple from 1 to 6 p.m.
tomorrow. Those wishing ap
pointments may telephone 3
3813. Jacksonville Office
Upped to Second Class
Jacksonville Increased postal
receipts raised the Jacksonville
Post Office from third to second
class ranking effective July 1,
according to Postmaster Leon
Matheny. The office has shown
a steady increase in stamp sales
during the past several years,
Matheny said, and indications are
that 1955 sales will exceed those
of 1954.
Opening Dates Listed for
Schools in Jackson County
Opening dates for county
schools are now set, with one
or two still on a tentative basis,
according to the county school
superintendent's office.
Sept. 6 Opening
Griffin Creek school will
open Sept. . 6, with registration
Aug. 31. Other schools opening
Sept. 6 include Ashland, Lone
Pine, Applegate, Elk - Trail,
Shady Cove, and West Side.
Rogue River is the only one
scheduled to begin Sept. 7.
Eagle Point and Prospect will
open Sept 9. On Sept. 12, Jack
Future Action in
S. P. Case Waiting
Traction Ruling
Injunction Request
Against S.P. Denied
Salem (U.R) The fight to
restore operations of Southern
Pacific's Rogue River train be
tween Portland and Ashland is
not over, the attorney for the
Public Utilities commission said
today. Service was terminated
by the railroad after last Satur
day night's run.
Attorney John R. McCullough
said that future action in the
Southern Pacific case is depend
ent upon the decision in a Port
land Traction company case
scheduled for hearing before Cir- o
cuit Judge Val Sloper Friday at
9:30 a.m.
Mandamus Action Eyed
If the contention that the PUC
has jurisdiction over schedules
and runs of railways and rail
roads is upheld by the court,
McCullough said he plans to im
mediately file . a mandamus ac
tion in court seeking to force
Southern- Pacific to resume op
eration of the train pending a
hearing on the subject.
It is not the desire of the
public utilities commission to
act arbitrarily in this matter,"
McCullough said. "However, it
is the contention of the office
that in matters of this sort the
commissioner has the legal right
to hold a hearing and determine
the case on the evidence pre
sented."
Judge Val D. Sloper yesterday
denied a request for an injunc
tion against the Southern Pacif
ic company in an effort to get
the train service restored. He
also denied a request of Portland
Traction company to enjoin the
public utilities commissioner
from cancelling a schedule re
ducing service on the Portland-
Oregon City streetcar line.
Court Ruling Awaited
McCullough stated that a court
ruling on the traction company
case would, in his opinion, also
hold in the Southern Pacific case.
Hence, he said, should the
court rule in favor of the state
in the traction case McCullough
would take appropriate action
to place the matter of restoration
of the Rogue River train before
the court for determination.
The railroad claims it lost
money on the Portland-Ashland
trains 329 and 330. 6s
Public Utilities Commission
er Charles Heltzel last week is
sued an order that the company
continue the run pending an in
vestigation and hearing., But
the railroad claimed Heltzel
lacked jurisdiction.
OSC Athlete Suffers
Eye Injury in Mishap
Wayne Moss, 20, Richland,
Wash, an outstanding athlete
at Oregon State college, is being
treated at Sacred Heart hospUal
for eye injuries received yes
terday. Hospital attendants said Moss
was injured while working for
the state forestry department in
the Diamond Lake area. H was
attempting to put out a fire
when fluid from an extinguisher
was blown into his eyes.0
First reports indicated that
Moss' condition was not believed
to be serious.
The young 6 foot, eight inch
athlete was an outstanding cen
ter for the Oregon State Rooks
basketball team last year, and
this spring highjumped 6 feet,
4 inches for the best mark in G
the Pacific Northwest.
Republican Strategists
Hold Political Huddle
Washington (U.R) Four top
Republicans stategists held an
hour-long political huddle at the
White House- today.
They were Vice President
Richard M. Nixon, Atty. Gen.
Herbert Brownell Jr., GOP Na
tional Chairman Leonard Hall
and Sherman Adams, President
Eisenhower's top assistant.
A White House spokesman de
clined to comment on the confer
ence except to say that the four
were "talking politics for about
an hour."
sonville, Ruch, Central Point,
Talent elementary, Evans Val
ley, Oak Grove, Butte Falls,
Pinehurst, and Howard schools
will begin. Registration for
Butte Falls students will take
place Sept. 9.
Medford Dates Set
Phoenix and Talent High
school will open Sept. 19.
"Medford city school opening
reported by District 49 superin
tendent's office include Sept. 19
for elementary and junior highs,
and Sept. 26 for high schooL