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OHIO BUILDING;
20 KM DEAD
By RICHARD E. FALES
United Press Staff Writer
Andover, O. (U.PJ The
bodies of two more persons were
recovered today from the wreck
age of a block-long building
demolished last night by an ex
J plosion and fire, bringing to 20
-the number of dead.
Neither of the two new bodies
was identified. They, like most
of the others, "were burned be
yond recognition.
They were taken to a hastily
assembled morgue in the garage
of this small town's only funer
eal home.
Torsos, Extremities matched
Officials attempted to identify
e charred victims after match
ing torsos with extremities inai
had been counted as separate
bodies.
Rescue teams searched the
smoking ruins for more . dead
and one volunteer said "We'll
be prodding this debris for
couple of days."
"We haven't even gotten into
the rubble," the volunteer said,
"Most of the bodies were taken
from the top fringe of the de
bris."
He said rescuers worked with
Army wreckage equipment and
pick and shovels to clear away
the debris.
Victims Seated at Tables
The deafening explosion rip
ped through the building at the
height of a lashing rain and elec
trical storm during the dinner
hour Wednesday night. Most of
the victims, including 18 injur
ed, had taken shelter in a dairy
store and an adjoining restaur
ant when the c.blast happened.
Several victims trapped in the
dairy store, burned beyond rec
ognition, were found seated at
tables with food before them.
Nancy Mock and Mike French,
operators of the dairy, said at
least 10 employees were in the
tore at the time. Only two were
accounted for by early today.
Miss Mock and French, who
were standing outside when the
explosion rocked the building,
said they had smelled "some
thing like sewer gas." They said
they had no idea how many cus
tomers were in the store at the
time.
Many Critically Injured
Bodies of the dead were cov
ered with blankets and put in
the temporary morgue in a near
by garage. No effort was made
immediately to establish identi
ties. The injured, many in critical
and serious condition, were tak
en to hospitals in Ashtabula,
Youngstown and Conneaut.
James Strickler, program di
rector for radio station WMTW,
Meadville, Pa., reported from the
scene that only a pile of debris
remained where the big two
story brick building once stood.
It housed four other commercial
establishments besides the
dairy and restaurant.
Two other buildings, one
housing the Ohio Edison Tele
phone Co., exchange, were gut-
tea by fire as flames spread rap-
Linda Bowen Returns
To Home in Gold Hill
Gold Hill Linda Bowen,
daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Robert
Bowen, Gold Hill, who was
paralyzed as the result of a fall
last year while trying to rescue
written from a tree, is home
from the Shrine hospital in
Portland, friends reported today.
She is taking a few steps by
the aid of leg braces and tripod
crutches, and it is believed that
she may walk by herself in time.
SJie probably will have to return
to the hospital for further treatment.
Red China Calls for Meeting To Seek
Peaceful Settlement of Korea Problem
London (U.R) Red China's
Foreign Ministry called today
for a Far Eastern conference "to
seek peaceful settlement of the
Korean question."
A New China news agency
broadcast said Communist China
was seriously concerned by de
mands of the Republic of Korea
that the Neutral Nations Super
visory Commission leave the
country.
Seek To Eject Communisls
"The countries concerned
should flot stand idly by," the
Red broadcast said.
For eight days, groups num
bering from several hundred to
as many as 2000 or 3000 South
Koreans have attacked Amer
ican guards at compounds in
Korea housing members of the
Neutral Nation Supervisory
ily. The town was isolated for
several hours without telephone
service or electric power. Hun
dreds of lines were felled by
the heavy rain.
"Rescue workers continued to
search the ruins into the early
morning hours," Strickler said.
"It was a gruesome sight. Every
now and then, they would pull
out a part of a body."
No Leads Found In
Attack Case; Cars
Checked by Police
No new leads have turned up
in the investigation of an at
tack on Mrs. Evelyn Dutschman
Tuesday night at the Y Oil com
pany, 1908 Table Rock rd., state
police reported this morning.
Three youths are being sought
in connection with the case. The
attack occurred at about 10:15
p.m. Screams by Mrs. Dutsch
man foiled what apparently was
a robbery attempt.
Head Gashed
Mrs. Dutschman was treated
at Sacred Heart hospital for
three severe gashes in her head,
She was released from the hos
pital and her condition was list
ed as satisfactory.
Mrs. Dutschman's husband,
who was sleeping at the time of
the attack, had loaned a wrench
to three unidentified men ear
lier in the evening. They re
turned the wrench and got gas
oline and oil for their car.
Two of the men were washing
the windshield of the car and
the third was inside the station,
Mrs. Dutschman told police. The
man in the station reached into
his back pocket, she said, and
thinking he was going to pay
for the gas and oil, she opened
the cash register.
Car Checked Out
He hit her with some object,
and she screamed, waking her
husband, who arived in time to
see two of the youths fleeing
from the station.
State and city police checked
out several cars in the area
shortly after the attack, but
turned up no definite leads.
No complaint had been filed
in the district attorney s office
this morning.
Columbia Gorge Land
Sought for Park Use
Portland (U.R) The State
Highway Commission, holding
its regular meeting here, was
told today steps are underway to
acquire 13 tracts in the west end
of the Columbia gorge for park
purposes.
C. H. Armstrong, state parks
superintendent, said it is hoped
that some of the land will be
under option by the commis
sion's September meeting. A
sum of $50,000 has been budget
ed by the commission this year
to buy more land in the gorge.
The tracts are located between
the south of the Sandy river and
Multnomah falls.
The commission agreed to
buy about 150 acres at the mouth
of the Deschutes river for later
development as a state park.
Salem (U.R) Three escapees
from Hillcrest School for Girls
who were captured in Eugene
Wednesday will be returned to
the school tomorrow, Superin
tendent Marjorie McBride said
today.
Springfield (U.R) Spring
field's new $500,000 sewage dis
posal plant was dedicated yes
terday.
Commission. The mobs sought to
seize and eject the commission's
Communist members before Sat
urday. "This is a serious action,
aimed at outright destruction of
the Korean armistice " agree
ment," said the Communist state
ment, broadcast by Radio Peip
ing. "The commission must be re
spected by both sides of the
armistice.
End of Riots Asked
"The countries concerned
should convene a Far Eastern
conference with broad participa
tion of Asian countries to seek
a peaceful settlement of the Ko
rean question."
The United States has asked
Republic of Korea President
Syngman Rhee to call off the
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Donald A. Quarles
Appointed as New
Air Force Secretary
Electronics Expert
To Succeed Talbott
Washington (U.R) Donald
A. Quarles, the Pentagon's top
official on the earth encircling
satellite program and "push
button" guided missiles, today
was appointed secretary of the
Air Force.
President Eisenhower named
the 61-year-old electronics ex
pert to succeed Harold E. Tal
bott who resigned during a con-
trovery over his private business
affairs.
Quarles is now assistant sec
retary of defense in charge of
research and development. He
will play a major role in the
planned launching of the un
manned satellite which the Uni
ted States intends to launch be
tween mid-1957 and the end of
1958.
Directs Research
A former vice-president of
Bell Telephone Laboratories and
Western Electric Co., Quarles
was president of the Sandia
Corp. at Albuquerque, N.M.,
when he became assistant secre
tary of defense in 1953. The cor
poration runs an atomic energy
facility.
Of slight build, friendly but
reserved, Quarles has been in
charge not only of research on
the push-button weapons of the
future but of all weapons used
by the armed forces.
Especially Cautious
Quarles, known to reporters
as being especially cautious
about military secrets, has taken
the position that the planned
Earth satellite program will re
veal . no technical- information
that will benefit any enemy.
Quarles, who was appointed
on recommendation of Defense
Secretary Charles E. Wilson, met
with reporters in Wilson's office.
He said that he will continue to
emphasize modern weapons de
velopment and "long range mis
siles are a prominent part of
that kind of new weaponry.'
After serving 'as a field artil
lery captain in World War I,
Quarles went with the Bell
laboratories in 1919. His home
town is Englewood, N.J., where
he once was mayor.
He is married and has four
children.
Agreement Said Near
In Prisoner Release
Geneva (U.R) Communist
China delivered a secret reply
today to American demands for
speedy release of U.S. prisoners
held by the Reds. Unofficial
Communist sources said both
sides were moving closer to
agreement.
Contents of the note, which
conference sources said was de
livered at the opening of today's
talks, were not immediately
disclosed. The Americans were
strictly respecting the secrecy
agreement made at the opening
of the talks between U. S. Am
basador U. Alexis Johnson and
Communist Chinese Ambassador
Wang Pin an.
But there was dogged hope
that the 41 Americans would
finally win freedom as result
of these talks.
Johnson met with Wang for
85 minutes this morning, their
fifth session in 11 days. A brief
joint announcement said only
that they continued discussion
of the first agenda item: Re
turn of citizens of both sides.
riotous demonstration, in which
26 American soldiers have been
injured by howling mobs, hurl
ing stone and bottles.
Seoul, Korea (U.R) Six hun
dred South Korean demonstra
tors tried today to storm the
gates of the U.S. Army's Hialeah
compound at Pusan but were
driven back, fragmentary , re
ports from the southern port
city said. ,
Second Demonstration
It was the second major dem
onstration against the Hialeah
compound in efforts by the Ko
reans to capture Communist
members of the neutral nations
truce supervisory team and fol
lowed an attack Wednesday
against the Army compound at
Wolmi Island off Inchon.
MEDFORD, OREGONVrlURSDAY, AUGUST 11, 1955
LOOKING DOWN ON 'CONNIE' Navy Banshee ;et plane (left), at an altitude of 20,000 feet, wings toward the eye of
Hurricane Connie which is at 15,000 feet As it heads for the North Carolina coast, the eye of Connie is shown at
right The wind, top of picture, is moving counter-clock-wise. Dark spots appearing in the storms eye, bottom of pic
Iture, is water.
Personal Injury
Suit Under Way
In Federal Court
The federal district court to
day is hearing the case of Nancy
Copeland vs. Montgomery
Ward company, a personal in
jury suit.
The case concerns injuries al
legedly received by the plaint'Tf
when she slipped and fell in the
Roseburg branch of the store.
The case was expected to go to
the jury late this afternoon.
Attorney James Landye is
representing the plaintiff, and
Philip Lowry, the defendant.
Yesterday, Judge Alger Fee
found for the defendant in a per
sonal injury suit, Kenneth Iver-
son vs. J. E. Brownlee. iverson
charged that Brownlee, proprie
tor of an eating place near
Yreka, was instrumental in an
assault on Iverson. H. C. Collins
was attorney for the plaintiff,
and Robert Duncan and Carl
Brophy represented the de
fendant.
The next case scheduled for
the court is Mildred Balderson
vs. O. u. Kasmussen, an auto ac
cident case. C. S. Crookham,
Portland attorney, will repre
sent the plaintiff, and Roberts,
Kellington, and Branchfield, a
local firm, the defendant.
lesterday Judge Fee an
nounced the district court ses
sion in Eugene, at the Lane
county courthouse, will be post
poned" from Aug. 16 to Aug. 23.
Flying Finn Twins
Sign Parole Papers
Los Angeles (U.R) The fly
ing Finn Twins signed their pa
role papers today but insisted
in writing on tnem tnat tney
were doing so "under protest."
Federal prison officials on
Terminal Island said they were
checking with parole officials in
Washington to determine if the
'under protest" notation would
prevent releasing the brothers
later today.
The twins signed the papers
after a two-hour conference with
their attorney, Joseph Scott.
Earlier the twins refused to
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sign the papers because xney
claimed doing so would "brand
them as criminals."
Medford Donors Give
201 Pints ol Blood
A total of 201 pints of blood
was collected here yesterday at
regular . visit of the Blood-
mobile collection unit, accord
ing to Red Cross officials. They
had hoped to obtain 240 pints.
During the afternoon, 233 do-
. . . II tt s
nors, including 64 waiK-ins,
appeared at the collection cen
ter in the Medford Elks temple.
There were 32 rejects.
Collection .off icials had hoped
to have 300 donors for yester
day's collection program.
Salem U.R) Col. Elmer
Wooden, head of selective service
for Oregon during World War II,
died today at his home.
teirm
Chamber Asking Ike
For Special Session
On Road Legislation
The Jackson County-Chamber
of Commerce is requesting Pres
ident Eisenhower to call a spec
ial session of congress to enact
a highway program.
At a breakfast meeting of the
board of directors of the cham
ber today, the group unanimous
ly voted to support the action
of the highway committee in
making the request.
Chet Hubbard, former cham
ber president, said the highway
group is writing the president,
pointing out the urgency of
some sort of federal action on
highways. The chamber supports
no particular highway proposal,
Hubbard explained. But he said
the committee feels the ' states
will withhold action of their
own on highways until the fed
eral government makes known
its intentions.
Defense Highways
Most important, Hubbard said,
are the national defense high
ways, of which there are two
in Oregon, Nos. 99 and 30. The
federal government could be ex
pected to pay for some 90 per
cent of the cost of these, he
added, with the states paying
10 per cent. But it appears that
no action will be taken1 until
congress lets it be known what
it is going to do." -
With the next session of con
gress six months away, and be
cause it will be an election year,
Hubbard indicated the vitally
important highway work would
be badly delayed unless, action
is taken immediately.
Yreka Lumber Plant
Damaged by Flames
Yreka, Calif. (U.R) Fire
early today destroyed the boiler
building and fuel chute at the
J. F. Sharp Lumber Company
just south of the Yreka city lim
its on Highway 99. Damage was
estimated at 535,000.
J. H. Evett, purchasing agent,
said repairs would start imme
diately and until completed the
steam-operated mill would be
closed.
Firemen said cause of the
blaze had not been determined.
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In addition to the letter to
President Eisenhower, the high
way committee, with the approv
al of the board, is writing to
Senators Wayne L. Morse and
Richard L. Neuberger, to Con
gressman Harris Ellsworth, and
to other administration and con
gressional leaders making known
its request and asking assistance
in bringing about a special ses
sion for highway legislation.
Foreign Ministers
To Meet October 27
Paris (U.R) The confer
ence of Big Four foreign min
isters which will take up the
tasks of ending the cold war be
gun by the Geneva summit con
ference last month, was sched
uled today to begin Oct. 27. ,
The foreign ministers of the
United States, Russia, Britain
and France will meet in Geneva
on that date to begin working
under directives given them by
the Big Four heads of govern
ments. Selection of the date for the
beginning of the foreign minis
ters' meeting was announced by
the French Foreign ministry.
The Western Big Three look
upon the forthcoming foreign
ministers' meeting as the real
pay off on the new policy of
sweetness and light displayed by
the top Soviet leaders at last
month's Geneva conference.
Contract Showdown
Near for Chrysler
Detroit (U.R) A showdown
on contracts affecting nearly
165,000 auto workers appeared
near today.
The CIO United Auto Work
ers, preparing for action in case
negotiations with the Chrysler
Corp. become stalemated, called
a special meeting of its National
Chrysler Council for tomorrow.
Delegates will decide whether to
take a strike vote among 140,
000 Chrysler workers, most of
whom work in Detroit area
plants.
CIO President Walter Reuther
personally entered negotiations
yesterday in an effort to speed
a settlement. Bargaining teams
began talks last June 27 and are
working against an Aug. 31 dead
line. Washington (U.R) Robert D.
Gregg, dean of the college of
liberal arts at Willamette Uni
versity in Salem, Ore., has been
named to the foreign policy
committee of the U. S. Chamber
of Commerce.
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Weather
FORECAST: Fair through Fri
day with variable cloudiness.
Windv in the afternoon. Low
tonight 57; high Friday 92.
Temp.
Highest Yesterday 96
Lowest this Morning 56
IPymich
Second Tropical
Blow Following
Hurricanes Path
Cape Hatteras, N.C. (U.R)
Hurricane ; Cganie lost some of
her punch today.
Although "winds of hurricane
force were sweeping the North
Carolina coast, the velocity of
the mighty tropical blow drop
ped from 115 to about 100 miles
an hour.
But even as Connie, tired
from 'two days of thrashing
around in circles offshore, lost
some of her power a new tropi
cal storm was building up 2000
miles to the southeast and fol
lowing Connie's pathl
The fresh blow, named Diane,
was located about 1000 miles
southeast of Miami at noon.
New England was removed
from hurricane alert today al
though the' seas in that area
were rough and dangerous for
small craft.
The Miami Weather Bureau
said Connie was drifting to the
northwest or north-northwest at
between six and seven miles an
hour. Should that course be fol
lowed, she would crack the
beach between Myrtle Beach, S.
C, and Wilmington, N.C, about
6 p.m. (PST).
At noon Connie was located
about 110 miles south-southeast
of Wilmington which already
was getting winds of near hurri
cane force.
A bulletin from the Miami
Weather Bureau said winds had
risen to near hurricane force
around Cape Fear, N.C, a point
south of Wilmington where the
shoreline juts into the ocean.
Storm Signals Up
Storm signals were changed
to red and black hurricane flags
from a spot south of Myrtle
Beach to Cape Romain near
Georgetown, S.C , '
Schmidt's Attitude Draws
Praise From Air Force
"Honolulu (U.R) Young Air
man Daniel C Schmidt won the
praise of the Air Force today
for courageously facing the
problem created by the . re
marriage of his wife while he
was in a Red Chinese jail.
But an Air Force spokesman
asked reporters not to question
Schmidt further about his mari
tal troubles.
Leave for States Tonight
Schmidt and 10 other U.S. air
men who recently were freed
from Red Chinese prisons where
they were serving terms on
"spy" charges arrived in Hawaii
yesterday on their way home. -
The fliers were scheduled to
leave for the mainland tonight,
arriving at Travis . Air. Force
Base near San Francisco at 7
a.m. (PST) tomorrow.
All appeared joyful as they
stepped off their planes to re
ceive a typical Hawaiian recep
tion but soon, their mood
changed. I
Carriers Loaded
With Paratroopers
Fall in Germany Q
Disaster Occur
Shortly After Takfioff
Stuttgart, Germany (U.R)
Two U. S. Air Force CI 19 Flying
Boxcars loaded with American
paratroopers collided near Stutt
gart today and crashed in flames
killing 66 men, an Air Force
spokesman announced..
The announcement by the 12th
Air Force said:
"Two Air Force C119 troop
carriers crashed this afternoon
about 30 miles west of Stuttgart
and initial reports indicated that
66 persons on board were killed.
"The C119s were part of a nine-
plane flight which had just taken
off from Echterdingen Airfield
near Stuttgart on a training
mission with troops from Sev
enth Army aboard.
'Initial reports said that one
plane developed engine trouble
just a few minutes after takeoff,
after reaching a cruising level of
4000 feet.
"The crippled plane lost alti
tude momentarily, then pulled
up abruptly across the front of
another aircraft in the forma
tion.
"The crippled plane went
down immediately.
"The first plane to crash had
41 passengers and a crew of
five plus one loadmaster on
board.
"The second plane carried 14
passengers, a crew of four and a
loadmaster.
"The second plane flew level
for almost one minute, then
went out of control and nosed
into the ground.
"The accident occurred less
than 15 minutes after takeoff,"
the announcement concluded.
German police first reported
the flaming double-crash.
Witnesses told of the breath
less minute after the air col
lision when one of the two
planes fought to stay in the air.
The pilot lostt he fight to keep
his plane up and it wavered and
plunged into the ground behind
the first plane.
Fire spouted high above the
wreckage. Both planes apparent
ly slammed into the earth out of
control. There was little chance
for any of the men aboard to
live.
The fat silver transports still
were climbing from their take
off to form up for the aerial
maneuver when the collision
knocked them from the sky.
Entries Coming In
For County Fair
The fairgrounds are being
readied and entries are coming
in fast for the county 4-H and
Future Farmers of America fair,
Aug. 16 through 20.
Home economics exhibits and
other projects are to be at the
fairgrounds Sunday. Big live
stock is to be in by 10 a.m. Tues
day, and rabbits and poultry by
1 p.m. Tuesday. Equipment for
the Young Farmers club display
should be at the fairgrounds
Wednesday morning.
The fair will be open to the
public from Wednesday nfiftn
through Saturday. Food booths
will be operated by the Young
Farmers club.
Home economics contests and
demonstratiorfs, beef and live
stock judging, and a style re
view will be highlights of the
show.
An innovation this year is
that ' home economics contests
and demonstrations will be from
to 8 p.m., Wednesday, Thurs
day and Friday. The style re
view and awarding of trophies
will close the fair at T:30 p.m.
Saturday.
Schmidt became glum when
a reporter handed him a dis
patch telling him that bigamy
charges may be pressed against
his 20-year-old wife, Una, for re
marrying because she said she
believed her husband was dead.
When asked for comment,
Schmidt shook his head, but he
took the Nevada City, Calif.,
dispatch with him as he walked
off with the other fliers.
Another incident marred the
occasion of the airmen's return
to U. S. soil. o
Mood Changes
Capt. Elmer Llewellyn of' Mis
soula, Mont., was smiling as he
stepped off his plane but bega
crying when newsmen ques
tioned him about torture in
flicted on him by Chinee Com
munist captors. '
"I certainly was tortured,"
Llewellyn said. "They gave me
the works."
Then Llewellyn brok down
and sobbed and an Air Foroi. of
ficer tried to calm him.
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