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Three Americans
Bmg Released
JFiroimi Red Jails
Pannunjom U.R) The North Korean Communists admitted
Saturday they are holding one of two American fliers shot down
by Red guns Wednesday over the Korean truce xone but the Reds
id the second American is dead.
O North Korean General Jung Kook Rok told U.S. Air Force
Ma. Gen. Harland Parks during a meeting of the Korean Military
Xrimistie Commission that the Reds held 2nd Lt. Guy H. Bumpass
Jr.. of Myrtle, Miss.
Washington (U.R) Three ray Fiedls of Bayside, N. Y.,
Americans, including a man
that nobody knows," are being
released by Russia after years
of imprisonment, the State de
partment announced Saturday.
They are Pvt. Wilfred Cumish
Amesbury, Mass., Pvt. Mur-
Chiang's Personal
Aide Resigns; Full
Cnu Inrmirv I afar!
OTaipei, Formosa (U.R)
Generalissimo Chiang Kai-Shek's
flrsonal chief of staff has re
signed as "an admission of neg
ligence" in connection with a
Communist spy ring operating
within the Nationalist army, the
government announced Satur-
cChiang accepted the resigna
tion of American-trained Gen.
(on Li-Jen, former commander
f all Nationalist forces, and r
(Sered a full investigation of
(Sun's "responsibility" in connec
tion with the spy ring. He was
(Considered the most pro-Ameri
can of the Nationalist military
leaders.
Spy Operation Charged
Maj. Kou Ting-Liang, one of
(un's long-time subordinates was
(fgarged with operating a Com
(jnunist spy ring in Nationalist
(jjjlitary training camps.
The government said Kou and
(Others involved in a plot to
create a subversive incident, ru
rgpred to be an assisination plot
against Chiang, were arrested
mt May.
urdu readily admitted that he
is working for the Commun
ists, the government said.
JbdmitsrNegligenc
The-1 presidential order said
Sun, who recently became
Chiang's personal chief of staff,
"tendered his resignation as an
admission of negligence in con
nection with the case of the
Communist agent Kou Ting
Liang and has requested for a
full investigation of the case and
his respsonibility thereof.
O "A commission of inquiry
shall be Jt up to make a thor
ough, impartial investigation of
trie matter and submit a report
of its findings for consideration
and action," the order said.
British Bicyclist
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Reaches Los Angeles
0 Los Angeles (U.R) Johnny
Hathaway, of Coventry, England,
(planned SOurday to pedal his
iiicycle cross-country to the At
lantic coast.
Hathaway, 30, arrived here
Friday after a 1900-mile trip from
Vancouver, British Columbia,
which he pedaled in 19 days.
Hathaway said he planned to
make his cross-country bike trip
via Las Vegas, Nev., the Grand
Canyon, Denver, New Mexico
and Texas, across the Gulf states
and up the Atlantic coast to
Montreal, Canada. He said he
will sail for England from Can
gfta on Nov. 8.
Hathaway stopped in Medford
01 Aug. 9 after visiting Crater
Qlake. He left here the following
day on his way to the California
coast.
Sports Bulletin
Portland (U.R) The
Metropolitan and State foot
ball teams battled lo a 7-7 tie
("jn the annual Shriners high
school all-star game here Sat
urday night.
CP Seattle. Wash. U.R) Art
Schult singled home the win
ning run with two out in the
eleventh inning lo give Seattle
6-5 victory over the Port
Jxlfpd Bvr Surdy sight.
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an(j Frederick Charles Hopkins,
whose home address, family and
background the State depart
ment has tried in vain to trace.
Spelling Wrong
Although the name of the
Massachusetts soldier was listed
in government records as "Cum
ish," members of the family in
Amesbury told reporters the
correct spelling is "Kumis."
The department said the So
viet government informed the
U. S. embassy in Moscow that
the men will be released, but
did not specify when or where.
The department said it also
is making "urgent" inquiries
into the case of William G. Bau
meister, of St. Paul, Minn., . a
fighter pilot whose plane was
shot down over Burma in 1944.
Austrian prisoners returning
home from Russia said he may
be in a Soviet slave labor camp.
Father Urges Action
Department press officer John
Meagher said the pilot's father,
William G. Baumeister, had
written to President Eisenhower
urging -action. '-
Although the department is
checking up on the Austrian
prisoners' stories, Meagher said,
to date the government has "no
records that Baumeister is alive
and being held in the Soviet
Union."
Festival Broadcast
Slated for Today
The fifth annual NBC Shake
spearean festival radio show will
be broadcast over station KMED
in Medford at 8 p.m. today.
A 30 minute adaption of
scenes from Macbeth was re
corded on the fesitval stage last
weekend for the program to
night. At the same time, three
short programs for the NBC
Monitor service were recorded,
to be broadcast this weekend.
Included in the Monitor sports
are an interview with Jennings
Pierce, Medford, Angus L. Bow'
mer, festival founder and pro
ducing director, and Dr. Margery
Bailey, festival director of edu
cation. Excerpts from Timon of
Athens and All's Well That Ends
Well are also on the Monitor
recording.
The radio Macbeth features
Robert Loper in the lead, with
Marjorie Schaffer as Lady Mac
beth. Narration is done by the
play's director, H. Paul Kliss,
now in his fifth season with the
Ashland enterprise.
GSA Issues Certificate to
Northwest Mining Company
General Service administra
tion regional offices in Seattle
Friday issued a operating certi
ficate to Northwest Mining com
pany of Medford, according to
United Press.
Northwest' Mining is operat
ing a tungsten mine in the Foots
Creek area. General Service ad
ministration is a division of the
government which purchases
metals for the United States.
Newt Grabill, spokesman for
the GSA regional office, said that
issuance of the operating certifi
cate is the extent of the GSA re
lationship with the Medford firm
so far.
"This does not mean we are
buying, or even will buy tung
sten from that group," he said.
Grabill declared it is his under
standing that Northwest Mining
has just started operations.
"GSA, under the domestic
minerals act, will not consider
purchases from any operator
until after at least one ton of
concentrates, equivalent to 60
per cent pure tungsten, have
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sophomore, inspects the Future
America shop exhibit. Eldon has
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4-H'ER CLEANS STALL Ann Higday,
member of the Antelope 4-H club, cleans the
stall for her Herefords entered in the judging
for the annual county 4-H1 and FFA fair. Ann
Government To Examine
Guiit-by-Kinship Case
Washington (U.R) The Civil
Service Commission said Satur
day it will "re-examine" the
guilt- by -kinship case of a
Cleveland government research
scientist who was discharged
because his parents once bought
insurance policies from an al
leged Communist front.
been accumulated," Grabill said,
Noting quoted figures of 1 to
3.7 per cent tungsten on the ore
from the Northwest Mining com
pany mine on Foots creek, Gra
bill said these assay per centage
figures "would be good provided
they can achieve this 60 per cent
concentrate."
Four partners lister for North
west Mining company are Glenn
Badley and Charles Jackson,
both of Medford; William Rhea,
Central Point, and Ivan W. Lan
ham, Gold Hill.
The firm is said to have some
200 acres inthe Foots creek area.
At the present time, six trucks
are hauling ore to a concentrates
plant leased at Eagle Point from
Laughlin Alloy Steel company.
The mine is not expected to get
into full production until spring.
State department of geology
officials in Grants Pass said Fri
day that they have been contact
ed by the owners of the com
pany, but that department men
have not yet been on the scene.
crater iigh
Farmers of
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1955 County Fair
Ends With Awards
To Club Members
Jackson county's annual 4-H
and FFA fair ended last night
after a five-day run at the coun
ty fairgrounds.
Final event on the program
was a special awards program
and style review. Names of the
winners of awards and other
honors are included in a story on
Page 2 of today's issue of The
Mail Tribune.
' Another highlight of the
week's , program was . the fat
stock auction Friday night. The
auction attracted one of the
largest audiences to attend the
five-day show. Full results of
the auction will be found on
Page 12 of today's Mail Tribune.
Competition in the Future
Farmers of America division of
the fair this year was restricted
to members of the Crater High
chapter, the only FFA group in
the county. The FFA competi
tion will be expanded during the
next two years with the addition
of chapters now being organized
at Eagle Point and Phoenix high
schools. -
Results of the week's FFA
events are listed on Page 12 of
today's issue of The Mail Trib
une. .
Competition in 4-H club
events included groups through
out the county. Results of Fri
day and Saturday 4-H club com
petition are listed on Page 9 of
today's Mail Tribune.
acre xarrn ana raises registered Deer., trucK
crops, and hay. He is the son of Mr. and Mrs.
Harry Eldon, Central Point. (Brainerd photo)
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and her brother, Don, also entering exhibits,
live at route 1, box 181, Eagle Point.
(Brainerd photo)
Fraser, Colo. U.R) Presi
dent Eisenhower gave 32 joyous
kids from grandson David's
summer camp the time of their
lives Saturday with an outdoor
picnic luncheon on his vacation
guest ranch.
Medford Man
Surprise During Trip to New York City
Life has moved in a rapid
whirl during the past few days
for James P. Dunphy, 903 Win
chester st., and now the Califor
nia Oregon Power company
journeyman lineman is the cele
brity of his neighborhood.
Dunphy was flown to New
York City last week. He saw the
glittering sights of the big city,
appeared on the premier of a
television show and learned that
he was heir to a $10,000 inher
itance. Came As Surprise
The Medford man knew of a
possible inheritance but he had
no inkling of the fact that it
was involved in his trip to New
York. Contacted by telephone
by the Walter Framer studios
a week ago, he was told that a
human interest story was want
ed on his work and military ser
vice. He left for the east last Mon
day, traveling by United and
American Air lines. In New
York Dunphy thought he was
being groomed for an appear
ance on the. "Strike It Rich"
television show. On Wednesday
night he was sitting in the au
dience, with a Walter Framer
staff member, at the premier,
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VACATION RESORT
IN PENNSYLVANIA
Philadelphia U.R) Camp Davis, with about 46 women and
children vacationers, was swept away by rampaging flood waters
near East Stroudsburg, leaving only nine known survivors, it was
disclosed Saturday.
State police managed to reach the stricken camp site to find
the 14 cabins gone. Twenty-sevn bodies were recovered about a
miie and a half downstream. The other persons were missing and
presumed dead.
Governor Pledges
Full Cooperation
To Multnomah DA
Salem (U.R) Gov. Paul
Patterson of Oregon Saturday
offered full cooperation and help
to Multnomah District Attorney
William Langley in a probe of
the Oregon Liquor Control Com
mission. At the same time, Gov. Patter
son criticized the attorney gen
eral's office for attempting to
"usurp" authority in the case,
which he said properly belonged
to the county district attorney.
The probe concerns a recent
investigation into allegations
that OLCC employees accepted
bribes. It was conducted by two
Portland attorneys, at the re
quest of the governor.
Patterson declared "the attor
ney general contended, in ef
fect, that he could supercede the
governor, the Oregon Liquor
Control Commission, the Civil
Service Commission and the dis
trict attorney of Multnomah
county, and make his own in
vestigation." '
He added that Attorney Gen
eral Robert Y. Thornton "went
to court to prove his position
and was told by the court that
he was trying to usurp powers
that were not his."
Langley announced Friday
that he would order a grand jury
investigation into the charges
against the OLCC.
(See story on Page 8)
Violent Rioting in
North Africa Reported
Algiers, Algeria (U.R)
Violence rioting and fighting
broke out across a 1,000-mile arc
of French North Africa Saturday
and at least 450 persons were
killed.
Government sources said 351
Arab terrorists, French soldiers
and civilians were slain in fight
ing in and around the city of
Constantine, ear the Mediter
ranean sea.
In Morocco, the government
reported the death toll at more
than 100 after a day of violence
which saw foreign legion para
troopers battle robed Berber
tribesmen in the Atlas mountains.
Learns of Inheritance in
limited to New York, of the new
TV program "Billion Dollar
Giveaway."
Saw Mother. Teacher
One principal had already ap
peared on the program and Dun
phy was talking to the staff
member when he was startled to
see his mother, Mrs. Irene Dun
hy, and his first grade school
teacher, Miss Elsie Chambers,
both of North Beach, Md., ap
pear on the stage. The Medford
man reported that he could
hardly restrain himself but man
aged to wait until cameras and
attention were focused on him.
Then, he ran to the stage.
After the amenities, Master of
Ceremonies Mike Wallace re
vealed that Dunphy was one of
six heirs to the $60,000 estate of
his uncle, Edwin P. Dunphy,
Williamsburg, Mass., who died
last April. Also on the program
was Milton S. Altshuler of Gen
ealogical Research Institute, Dal
las, Tex. Altshuler had written
Dunphy previously concerning
the inheritance. Dunphy report
ed that he hadn't taken much
stock in the letter but had turned
the matter over to an attorney.
Seeing the sights of New York,
the Copco employee visited the
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Worst Tragedy
Of Record Flood
Survivors of the worst single
tragedy of the record flood were
identified as Mrs. Jennie John
son, Jersey City, N. J.; her
daughter, Nancy, 19; Beth Lid
die, 11; Sarah Lacropane, Brook
lyn, N. Y.; Elizabeth Lacropane,
Brooklyn; ' Linda Christiansen,
Staten Island, N. Y.; Elizabeth
Dubel, Bellville, N. J.; Rowan
Lawyer, Orange, N. J., and War
ren Baker of Brooklyn.
The camp disaster brought to
87 the total known dead in
Pennsylvania with an unaccount
able number missing and feared
dead.
Mrs. Johnson, found clinging
to a floating island of debris in
the swirling waters along with
Beth, said she, her daughter and
her two sons were sitting in their
bungalow .Thursday night when
a wall of water crashed against
the structure.
"It seemed as though a dam
had broken," she said.
Forced Into Attic
She quickly herded her chil
dren to the camp headquarters
where other members of the
camp had gathered. The water
rose rapidly, and the campers
were forced to move to the sec
ond floor, and then to the attic.
Children were screaming hys
terically as the flood waters
continued to mount and seep into
the attic.
"And then the building col
lapsed," Mrs. Johnson said. The
women and children were
hurled into the rampaging
waters."
Mrs. Johnson said she clung
to her jdaughter, but they be
came separated in the torrential
rain. The cries of children and
women filled the night as the
roaring waters scattered the
campers.
Grabbed Wood
"I went down in the water.
Then, the first thing I remem
bered was grabbing hold of a
piece of wood, then a bigger one.
Finally something stopped me, as
though I had struck a log jam,"
Mrs. Johnson said.
While holding frantically to
the board, she heard little Beth
shouting for help. "I reached out
and touched her and pulled her
in. We spent the night there
until we were rescued in the
morning by firemen in a motor
boat," she said.
It was not until Mrs. Johnson
was taken to the hospital that
she learned her daughter was
safe. Her two sons were among
the missing.'
Empire State building and the
United Nations building. He saw
the Rockettes at RCA Music
hall and the Phil Spitalny All
Girl orchestra at another the
after. Dunphy occupied a room
at the Governor Clinton hotel.
Traveling by air for the first
time and riding first class Dun
phy flew east by a central route.
The home leg of the transcontin
ental round trip was by North
west Orient airlines over a nor
thern route and by United. Hard
rains from Hurricane Diana de
layed his departure from New
York three hours. He returned
here Friday.
A number of neighbors gath
ered at the Dunphy home Fri
day night to hear about his
trip. He indicated that he was
happy to be home.
The estate is still in probate
and the Dunphys are yet unde
cided as to what use they'll
make of the money. It may go
to pay off their home and their
car. Dunphy also mentioned a
further inheritance and ' the
possibility of going to New York
for another program. If he goes
east again, his wife, Helen, and
sori, Mike, will go along, too, he
said.
Death Toll Mounts
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To Near 150 Along
Eastern Seaboard
Business District
Of Town Wiped Out
Hartford. Conn. (U.R) The
G a
death toll from the Eeastern Sea
board's worst floods approached
150 Saturday, thousands were
homeless and property damage
was in the billions of dollars.
High water receded Saturday
night, but the number of known
dead seemed certain to increase
as rescue workers probed into
the hardest hit sections.
The floods caused by record
rains from hurricanes Connie
and Diane, hit Pennsylvania,
Massachusetts. Connecticut, Vir
ginia, New York, New Jersey,
Rhode Island and Delaware be
ginning Thursday night. Burst
ing dams, buckling bridges and
torrents of water continued to
plea sue the area Saturday.
There were 147 known dead.
Pennsylvania counted 87 dead,
Connecticut 30, Massachusetts
17, New York 4, New Jersey 5,
Virginia 2, Delaware 1, and
Rhode Island 1.
These were the day's chief
developments:
Camp Davis. Pa. This sum
mer camp was washed away in
the worst single tragedy of theO
floods. About 46 women and
children were in the camp on
Thursday night when a wall of
water hit it. The campers took
refuge in a three story house
but water rose all the way to the
attic and it collapsed. There
were only nine known survivors.
T'.venty-seven bodies wee recor
ded Saturday a mile and a half
downstream near East Strouds
burg in the Pocono mountain re
sort area.
Eisenhower President Eis
enhower designated the entire
states of Pennsylvania, Massa
chusetts and Connecticut, all
flooded areas in New Jersey and
the city of Woonsocket, R.I., as
major disaster- areas. He order
ed the military to extend every
possible aid to the distressed
areas.
Red Cross Disaster teams
were ordered from all parts of
the country into the flooded
areas. The national organiza
tion made an initial allotment
of $2,000,000 for flood relief and
appealed for more money from
the public. Chairman E. Roland
Harriman said, "without a doubt
a great catastrophe has occur
red." Pennsylvania Authorities
said there was no way of tell
ing how high the number of
dead would go. Every affected
community reported missing
persons. Numerous sections, in
cluding the city of Scranton and
East Stroudsboro, had their wa
ter supplies cut off. Thousands
were homeless and the threat of
disease hung over the entire east
ern section of the state. Prop- '
erty damage was in the millions
of dollars.
Connecticut The town of
Winsted was reported beyond
salvage by a tearful ham radio
operator. Three men who reach
ed Hartford from the flood sur
rounded city of 10,000 persons
reported "terrible lack of food,
shelter and utilities." Fires rang
ed at Putnam, where the busin
ess district was almost wiped
out Friday by other fires and
floods. Gov. Abraham Ribicoff
reported "staggering" blows to
industry, business, schools, sew
ers, streets and public buildings
through a wide portion of the
state.
New Jersey Looters work
ing from motorboats were re
ported operating in flooded
areas along the Delaware river.
Civil Defense officials and po
lice moved in quickly. Damagv
from the floods was reported to
be the worst in the history of
the state.
Helicopters Navy and Mar
ine helicopter pilots rescued at
least 900 persons marooned by
the floods in New England in
one of the greatest civil mercy
missions ever attempted by the
whirlybirds, the Navy said. The
helicopters plucked men, women
and children from rooftops and
trees and flew medical supplies
and rescue workers to flooded
sections.
Washington (U.R) Sen.
Estes Kefauver said Saturday
he has had "calls, letters and
visits" from political supporters
across the country urging him to
seek the 1956 Democratic presi
dential nomination.
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