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IN CONNIE'S EYE Cmdr. E. L. Foster (left) of Chatta
nooga, Term., and his crew leave their plane at Jackson
ville, Fla., Naval Air Station after reconnaissance flight
into hurricane "Connie." The 11-man crew flew a Navy P2V
(Neptune) at low level into the eye of "Connie."
Dulles Nudges China
To Free US Civilians
From Bamboo Curtain
Washington (U.R) Secre
tary of State John Foster Dul
ler today diplomatically nudged
Red China to free U.S. civil
ians still held behind the Bam
boo Curtain.
Dulles also told a news con
ference it has not yet been de
cided what action to take on
torture, charges made against
Red China by 11 recently freed
U. S. airmen.
The secretary said it is unfor
tunate that Red China, during
negotiations at Geneva, had not
made it possible for the Ameri
can civilians to come home
quickly. He pointed out that Red
Chinese Premier Chou En-lai had
aid the number of Americans
in Red China is quite small and
their future should be settled
quickly.
Statement Not Realized
Unhappily, Dulles said, that
statement has not been realiz
ed. As for the torture charges
made by the 11 Air Force men
who are en route home after 2Vz
years in Red jails, Dulles recall
ed that the British, after the
Korean war, had published a
white paper dealing with prison
er treatment.
The secretary said that this
was a very sober and disturbing
document and the United States
may do something comparable
to that. But he said it would be
better to decide what to do after
the airmen return.
On the Geneva negotiations,
Dulles indicated that Red
China's main counter proposals
for release of the American civ
ilians dealt with Chinese students
in this country. Dulles said the
United States hopes to get some
clarification at tomorrow's meet
ing on Red China's proposal to
Britain Will Join
Hydrogen Power Race
Geneva (U.R) Britain an
nounced formally today that she
has entered the race to harness
the power of the hydrogen bomb
for peace.
Sir John Crockcroft, chairman
of the United Kingdom Atomic
Energy Authority, -made the
announcement at a press con
ference here. Thus the United
States, Russia and Britain have
declared their intentions to
achieve a slow burning, con
trolled fusion reaction with
hydrogen.
It is known that the United
States is conducting experi
ments on slow fusion at Prince
ton, "N. J., Los Alamos, N. Mex.,
a4 Livermore, Calif., but the
Atomic Energy Commission has
refused to discuss the projects
or to answer questions.
Rangeland Blaze
Controlled Near Vale
Vale U.R) Four fires which
spread over 2000 acres of range
land northeast of here have been
brought under control and mop
ped up. John C. Hunt, fire con
0 trol officer for the Bureau of
Land Management, reported to
day. Hunt and Derrel Fulwider, dis
trict range manager, said the
fires were caused by lightning.
Baseball
NATIONAL
Cincinnati 7 14 1
Chicago 2 6 1
Gross, Freeman (6), and
Baits, Burgess (7); Minner.
Jeff coat (4), Hillman- (9) and
ChitL
Medford
have a third party investigate
Chinese students in this country-
Red China contends they are
being held against their will.
In Agreement
On another China phase, he re
marked somewhat crisply that
he is in agreement with Chou's
statement that Chou opposes a
"two China" policy. This would
set up Red China and National
ist China as separate states for
UN membership and diplomatic
recognition. Dulles said the Un
ited States recognizes only one
China, Nationalist China.
Four People Hurl
In Auto Accidents
On Medford Streets
Four people including a five-
year-old girl received injuries
yesterday in two Medford auto
mobile accidents, according to
city police.
Margaret Ayer, 1420 West 13th
St., and Myrtle E. Joyal, San
Diego, received possible back in
juries when a car in which they
were passengers collided with
an auto driven by Marjorie E.
DenHerder, 900 Hamilton st.,
police said.
No Citations
The accident happened at
about 5:20 p.m. at the intersec
tion of 13th and Peach sts. No
citations were issued.
The two women were taken
to Community hospital by Med
ford Ambulance service. They
spent a "fair night," according
to hospital attendants. The ex
tent of their injuries was still
unknown this morning.
A fire department pumper
was ordered to stand by at the,
scene of the accident. However,
there was no fire.
Hit Sign
Mrs. Jean Smith, 413 Lozier
lane, and her five-year-old
daughter, Marcie Jean, were tak
en to the office of a Medford
doctor for treatment after their
car collided with a stop sign at
Stewart ave. and King st., police
said.
Mrs. Smith told investigating
officers she was blinded by re-'
fleeted light while attempting to
make a left turn. She and her
daughter were treated for cuts
and bruises. "
1 1 Released Airmen
Head for West Coast
Tokyo (U.R) Eleven happy
American airmen, out "of Com
munist Chinese prisons less than
a week, flew towards home and
their eagerly waiting loved ones
today.
Behind them lay more than
two and a half years imprison
ment, and for at least one man,
Col. John Knox Arnold, the bit
ter memory of Red torture.
Ahead lay the United States
and long-awaited family re
unions. The airmen are sched
uled to reach Travis Air Base,
near San Francisco, Friday
night.
The former B29 crew boarded
two plush C54 transport planes
at 1:25 p.m. John Arnold, their
leader, bounded up the boarding
ramp two steps at a time, the
Tachikawa Air Base band broke
into a rousing "California Here
I Come."
The six officers and five en
listed men, who were released
from Red China last Thursday,
grinned broadly and waved at
the large group of military per
sonnel. Red Cross girls and Jap
anese employees wno saw them
off at the air base. . .
Stores Will Remain Open
Military Police
Ordered To Shoot
If Koreans Attack
Official Says Army
'Getting Fed Up'
Inchon, Korea (U.R) Heavily
armed U.S. military police were
ordered today to "start shooting"
if a threatening mob of South
Koreans attack their compound
on Wolmi-Do Island, well-informed
sources said.
A high American official said
the Army was "getting fed up"
after six days of government-
Washington (U.R) Secre
tary of State John Foster Dul
les said today that the United
States has told the Republic
of Korea it will protect Com
munist members of the neu
tral nations inspection team in
South Korea.
As for the troublesome
problem of reunification of
Korea and other divided na
tions, Dulles said that to do so
by war could only lead lo the
horrors of atomic and hydro
gen devastation.
inspired rioting in which 19 U.S.
soldiers have been injured in
Korean efforts to capture Com
munist members of the Korean
truce supervision team.
Gen. Lyman L. Lemnitzer,
U. S. Far East commander, flew
to Korea from Tokyo today with
Adm. Sohn Won II, Republic of
Korea defense minister, as ten
sion mounted between the Ko
rean mobs and American M.P.s
armed with tear gas, rifles, bay
onets and baseball bats.
The ROK government has
given the Polish and Czech mem
bers of the neutral nations truce
inspection teams until Saturday
to leave South Korea. The ulti
matum accused them of spying
for the Communists.
At Panmunjom, the chief dele
gate of the four-nation Neutral
Nations Supervisory Commis
sion called a session today to dis
cuss the ROK ultimatum. The
Swedish and Swiss members
were not affected.
President Syngman Rhee broke
a six-day silence and called the
riots a "normal expression of
patriotism" but an aide said the
80-year-old Rhee made it clear
he "strongly objected" to any
violence.
Implied Support by Rhee
But Rhee, who could halt the
demonstrations with a single or
der, gave the stormy mobs his
implied support with his refer
ence to "patriotism."
Another 5,000 Koreans were
surrounding the U.S. Army's Hia
leah compound in Pusan, South
Korea's other major port, but an
Army spokesman said only about
200 or 300 were "actually dem
onstrating." -
So far the South Koreans have
attacked U.S. Army compounds
in five Korean cities in an ef
fort to capture the Communists
and the situation was approach
ing the crisis point. The U.S.
Army is bound by the truce
agreement to protect the inspect
ors. Hong Kong Police
Detain Americans
Hong Kong (U.R) Hong
Kong police detained a United
Press reporter and a Movietone
News cameraman for an hour
today and required them to give
statements and the cameraman
to expose and. destroy his film
before their release.
Newsman William Miao and
cameraman Marvin Farkas were
taken into custody by police
while interviewing and making
a film of American businessman
Arnold Kiehn, who was being
detained in a Hong Kong hos
pital pending his deportation
from this British crown colony.
The two were taken to a po
lice station where a police offi
cer took their statements and
Farkas was required to expose
the film he had made of Kiehn.
Miao and Farkas were told by
police that they should not have
taken a film of any person under
police custody. The newsmen
emphasized they were merely
carrying out their duties as
members of a free press. ;
Raisin Grape Production
Set at 1,720,000 Tons
Washington (U.R) The Agri
culture Department today esti
mated 1955 production of raisin
variety of grapes in California
at 1,720,000 tons.
On a dried basis, one ton of
raisins is the equivalent of about
four tons of fresh grapes.
The department made no esti
mate of the raisin crop. Raisin
production in 1954 was 167,000
tons.
United Press Fu"
50th Year
Valley irrigation Water
Falling
Sen. Morse Urges
Rejection of Fast
Dam Tax Write-Off
Solon Cites Cost
To Federal Government
Washington (U.R) Sen.
Wayne Morse (D-Ore.) urged
the Office of Defense Mobiliza
tion today to turn down an ap
plication of the Idaho Power
Company for rapid tax write
offs on Hells Canyon dams.
He said the company's appli
cation, if granted, would cost
the federal government $31,357,
000, during the first five years
of operation of two of the three
dams planned by the company.
Licenses for them were ap
proved last Thursday by the
Federal Power Commission.
Morse made the request in a
letter to ODM Director Arthur
S. Flemming.
Seek Tax Relief
"The Eisenhower administra
tion," he said in the letter,
"claims that taxpaying private
utilities should be permitted to
grab off the finest power dam
sites in the country.
"These same private utilities
seek millions of dollars in tax
relief by accelerated amortiza
tion certificates which would
shift the burden of construction
costs to the taxpaying public
without compensating revenue."
Investigation Planned
Mcrse. said that if the com
pany invested the proposed tax
saving at six per cent interest
it 'would realize the colossal
sum of $338,406,000" over the
50-year license period for the
dams.
Earlier, Sen. James E. Murray
(D-Mont.) announced he plans
an investigation of the FPC ac
tion in granting licenses for the
dams. He also charged that the
action was delayed until after
Congress adjourned to prevent
"a full airing" in the Senate of
the matter.
Oregon Child Killed
In Nevada Accident
Winnemucca, Nev. '(U.R) Col
leen Moseley, four-months-old
daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Tru
man Moseley of Redmond, Ore.,
died early today at Humboldt
general hospital of a fractured
skull suffered in an automobile
accident late Tuesday afternoon.
The child was injured when a
car driven by her father hit a
soft shoulder and overturned 20
miles north of McDermitt on
highway 99 inside Oregon.
Washington (U.R) Presi
dent Eisenhower has signed a
bill awarding Dr. Jonas E. Salk
a $2500 gold medal for his part
in developing the Salk anti- po
lio vaccine.
Eight Attorneys Admitted
To Practice in U.S. Court
Eight attorneys were admitted
to practice . in federal district
court proceedings here yester
day. Judge James Alger Fee of the
United States Circuit Court of
Appeals stepped down from the
higher bench temporarily and
opened the district court session
in the post office building at 1
p.m. yesterday.
Attorneys Listed
Attorneys admitted to the
federal bar included Michael
F. Hennesy, Yreka, Sam B.
Davis and Sidney E. Ainsworth,
Ashland, and George W. Rode,
Ervin B. Hogan, Robert A.
Boyer, Thomas J. Reeder, and
J. V. McGoodwm, all of Med
ford. A damage case, Paul Bonner
vs. Lloyd S. Johnson, was dis
missed by Judge Fee on motion
by the attorney for the defend
ant, Philip Lowry.
A case of the United States
vs. Frank J. Simpson was
quashed because of reasons of
inefficiency of the indictment.
The case concerned theft of tim
-DFORD, OREGON, WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 10, 1955 Price 5c No. 120
to Near
Moover in Newberg
For (Birthday Party;
E3aps Totalitarians
Newberg, Ore. (U.R) Former
President Herbert Hoover re
turned today to the scene of his
boyhood to observe his 81st
birthday and defended American
ideals against "fuzzy-minded to
talitarian liberals" who advocate
"creeping collectivism."
In a speech scheduled for 2
p.m. (PST) at his boyhood home
which was dedicated as a na
tional shrine, Mr. Hoover de
clared that "freedom of mind, of
spirit and of initiative still lives
in America . . . our people are
strong in religious faith."
Time To Tell World
He said it is time for America
to tell the world that "our sup
posedly decadent people still
rely upon the ballot and the leg
islative hall to settle their dif
ferences without a secret police
with slave camps."
"During the last score of
years," he said, "our American
way of life has been deluged
with criticism" from honest per
sons who want to improve the
country. But much, he said,
"comes from the fuzzy-minded
totalitarian liberals who believe
that . . . creeping collectiveness
can be adopted without destroy
ing the safeguards of free men.".
' The only living Republican
ex-president recalled how he ar
rived in Newberg just in time to
help his uncle's family prepare
its winter store of pear butter
His Quaker aunt, he said, in
formed him that "thee can eat
all the pears thee likes."
"I liked the idea, and I liked
it too much," he said. "And then
she tucked a sick, small boy into
bed. I ceased to eat pears for
a while."
Highway Named
A section of Highway 99W
from Tigard to Newberg was
named Herbert Hoover boule
vard in honor of the former
president.
The home is that of his late
uncle, Dr. Henry John Min
thorn, where Mr. Hopver came
as an orphan at the age of 10 and
lived for about five years.
He arrived from Iowa in 1884
to make his home with Dr. Min
thorn, his wife Laurea, and their
daughters.. Dr. .Minthorn was a
county physician.
The home,, which has been
restored to its 1884 condition,
will become . a national shrine
largely through the work of the
Herbert Hoover. Foundation,
headed by Oregon historian Dr.
Burt Brown Baker.
Secretary of Interior Douglas
McKay, whose home -is in Salem,
was to introduce Mr. Hoover at
ber, and involved a question
whether, or not. timber in its
natural state was real or per
sonal property. Larceny is the
theft of personal property.
The court also heard the case
of the United States vs. Athel
Hupp Dudley on charges of vio
lation Interstate Commerce com
mission regulations.
Robert Carney, deputy United
States attorney, was prosecuting
attorney in both cases.
Injury Case Starts
Late yesterday afternoon, the
case of Kenneth Iverson vs. J.
E. Brownly and others started.
The case involves personal in
juries. H. B. Collins represents
Iverson and the firm McAllister
Duncan and Brophy represents
the defendants.
The court staff for this session
of court is Hal Kenyon, court
clerk; Walter Hadlock, chief
deputy U. S. marshal; Mar
guerite Pendergrass, personal
secretary to the judge; Eldon
Caley, law clerk; George Welsh,
deputy court clerk; John Beck
with, court clerk; and Paul Han
lin, deputy U! S. marshal.
for Shopping Until
Critical level
HERBERT HOOVER
Defends American Ideals
the dedication ceremony. The
former president plans to remain
in the state for one of his
periodic fishing trips.
County Funds Aid
In Polio Fight
A check for $13,610.93 has
been sent to the National Foun
dation for Infantile Paralysis by
the Jackson county chapter, it
was announced today by Harry
Chipman, chairman. The check
represents 50 per cent of the
chapter's surplus as of June 30,
based on last year's expendi
tures. Half of the surplus in county
chapter treasuries throughout
the nation was called in this
week by Basil O'Conner, Foun
dation president, to be used to as
sist those chapters where funds
have been depleted by heavy in
cidence of polio.
Since last year's March of
Dimes campaign fell some $12,
000,000 short of estimated needs,
the Foundation was forced to
rebudget its needs, O'Conner
said. This resulted in a pool of
funds for epidemic aid to chap
ters being deleted and surplus
funds in counties not hard hit by
polio being used to meet this
need, it was pointed out.
Corn Crop Figured
Largest in History
Washington (U.R) The Agri
culture Department today esti
mated the 1955 corn crop ft 3,-
477,711,000 bushels, thev second
largest in history. ,
The crop reporting board said
Aug. 1 conditions indicate a
910.958,000 bushel wheat crop
is in prospect, compared with
last month's forecast of 860,-
331,000 bushels.
The corn crop estimate for
Aug.l compares with the July
forecast of 3,449,667,000 bushels,
productions last year of 2,964,
639,000 bushels, a 10-year aver
age of 3,080,115,000 bushels.
and the record high in 1948 of
3,605,000,000 bushels.
This year's wheat crop fore
cast compares with 1954 produc
tion of 969,781,000 bushels and
a 10-year average of 1,154, 073,
000 bushels.
Hillcrest Escapees
Seized Near Eugene
Eugene (U.R) Three -girls
who escaped from Hillcrest
Home for Girls near Salem Mon
day night during a disturbance
were taken into custody today
by state police near here.
Police said the girls were
asleep in a home north of here
when officers arrived. The police
were called by a woman who had
taken the girls into her home.
Tribune
United Press Full Leased Wire
Only One Third of
Present Deliveries
By End of August
District Managers
Request Cooperation
The water supply situation in
Medford and Rogue River Vailey
Irrigation districts is serious, it
was reported this morning. Un
less the valley gets an unexpect
ed rainfall within the next week
the water shortage will become
critical.
Jack Hoffbuhr, manager of
the Medford district, and Har
old Sexton, manager for the
Rogue River Valley district, said
this morning that pressure has
been lost on the gauges at Fish
lake. . -
Districts Limited 1
This means, they said, that
from now on, instead of carrying
full capacity, the two districts
will be limited to what they can
release from the lakes.
The situation parallels that of
1951, but the season is two
weeks later this year, thus put
ting the two districts two weeks
behind four years ago.
The two managers indicated
that by the end of this month,
the districts will be able to de
liver only one third of the water
they are delivering at the present
time. They will be able to make
some deliveries in September.
but on a "very reduced scale."
Ask Cooperation -
Both managers asked all pos
sible cooperation to hold down
losses and gain maximum bene
fit from the available water.
Waste will be cause for shutting
off water, they said. Both noted
that cooperation so far has been
very good.
Orchards have had only one
irrigation so far, and are now
coming up for a second delivery
of water. It was noted that any
farmer whose property has re
ceived three irrigations since the
middle of June probably will not
be able to get additional water.
Normal Predicted
Regarding the possibility of
a good rainfall for the valley in
the near future, Medford wea
ther bureau officials said this
morning that the outlook is for
only normal rainfall this month
The average August rainfall in
this area is only .19 of an inch.
With the end of the "weather
year" due Aug. 31, the Medford
weather bureau has recorded
only 8.89 inches of precipitation,
or 9.12 below normal.
Robert Kent, manager of the
Talent irrigation district, report
ed this morning that his district
can be expected to run out of
water around the end of the
month. However, he noted the
district's situation is ' no worse
than in many other years, and
on occasions Talent has run out
of water earlier.
"I don't expect anyone to be
hurt very badly in the Talent
district," Kent declared.
Gallagher Trial
Recessed Abruptly
New York (U.R) The court
martial of Sgt. James C. Gal
lagher, 23, accused of murdering
fellow Americans in a Korean
prisoner of war camp, was re
leased abruptly today because
of the arrival of "an important
witness."
Trial counsel, Maj. J. J. Jen
kins, identified him as Steven A.
Rada, Branchville, Pa., and said
he had been an eyewitness to the
deaths of the two American war
prisoners whom Gallagher is
accused of killing.
Jenkins said Rada had been
on his honeymoon and police
and military officials have been
attempting vainly to contact him
for the past several weeks. Jen
kins said Rada and his bride
had been located in a New York
hotel this morning.
Jenkins asked and was grant
ed a recess until tomorrow.
9 o'clock
Supply
1
Coastal Residents
Clogging Highways
To Flee Storm Path
Carolina Expected
To Be Wind Target
Cape Hatteras. N.C (U.PJ
Hurricane Connie ground to a
near halt 225 miles at sea today
and spun around in a eiant
circle of 125 mile an hour winds.
The slowdown gave coastal
residents time to flee inland and
the roads were jammed with
vehicles.
It was still uncertain lust
where the miahty itorm. some
what diminished In power but
still a killer, would smack
against the U.S. mainland.
Connie is just sninnina
around now but our Dresent
forecast is that she will head
toward Carolina when she begins
moving again," Miami Chief
forecaster Gordon Dunn said.
We are just waiting it out
now."
Dunn said Connie's antics arj-
proximate almost exactly those
of her 1954 sister, Carol. Carol
came to rest in almost the same
area for two Or three davs lasfc
August, then took off on a north-
northeast course, brushed by
Cape Hatteras and hit New Eng
land Aug. 31 with a punch that
killed 66 and caused $500,000.-
000 damage.
A huge area from South Caro
lina to New England was alerted
for the oncoming storm? Evacu
ation was started on an orderly
basis. o
At Wilmington. N.C. the
Weather Bureau rerjorted off
shore winds had reached steady
45-50 miles per hour velocity.
Police designated churches,
the community center and the
boys brigade club as emergency
sneiters in the city of Wilming-3
ton.
Since yesterday, the . miehtv
storm has drifted about 120
miles toward the northwest and
toward the U. S. mainland, but
for the past several hours today
it ground to a near halt out in
the ocean.
Maximum winds were still at
125 miles an hour although cen
tral pressure in the hurricane
had filled out somewhat, an indi-
wUVH 1,1101. lb llllglll UC .WCO&CU"
ing to a certain extent.
The hurricane alert was ex
tended north to Cape Ann, Mass.
The great expanse of territory
that was put under emergency
status apparently was the result
of criticism of Weather Bureau
policy in 1954 when New Eng
enders claimed they did not
have" sufficient warning.
(See story on Page 1, Sec. 2)
Arrogant Convicts
Tamed by Sheriff
Yakima, Wash. (U.PJ The
18 arrogant ringleaders of last
month's riot at the state prison
in Walla Walla got tough again '
last night in the county jail here
but Sheriff Bert Guns and state
patrolmen squelched them.
Guns learned that the convicts,
who were transferred to the jail
here after the Walla Walla riot,
had a hacksaw blade. He ordered
them to give it up and they de
fied him, flooding their fourth
floor cells by stopping up sinks
and toilets.
They also ripped up mattress
es and began pounding the cell
walls with a metal bar from a
bunk.
Guns sounded a general alarm '
and state patrolmen and city po- ;
lice joined the sheriff and his
deputies. ,
Guns then told the convicts
they would not eat until the
He also told them tear gas would
be fired into the cells until the
disturbance ended.
"Go ahead and use it,"Csome
one -shouted. But in a few min
utes one hacksaw blade was
handed out' to a guard, Guns
said.
Family Fl'ees Home
Destroyed by Fire
Sherwood, Ore. U.R) A cou
ple and five children escaped
when fire destroyed their home
about 4V .miles south of Wilson
ville last night. Mr. and Mrs.
C. C. Snively and the children
were asleep when the fire start
ed, apparently from ah explod
ing refrigerator. They fled tbe
flames in their nightclothes.
Weather
FORECAST: Pair through
Thursday. Low tonight 56;
high tomorrow 95.
Temp.
Highest Yesterday 9
Lowest this Morning , 54
Tanight
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