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o fmci Troops Wf: IS (tensive o o o MEDFORD o United Press Full Leased Wire 50th Year 20 Pages Dke Pledges IFedleirod .To President Would Summon Congress To Obtain Money Citizens Urged To Give To Red Cross Hartford, Conn. -4U.R) Presi dent Eisenhower said today, he would call a special session of Congress "if necessary" to get federal funds for disaster relief ffin the flood-stricken Eastern states. Grimly and forcefully, the president pledged the full facili ties of the federal government during a conference with gover nors of six hard-hit states at Bradley Field, Windsor Locks, Conn., near here. He met with the governors im mediately after landing in gloemy weather following an early morning aerial inspection of the flood-ravaged areas. His view, however, was partly spoiled by soupy weather and low-hanging clouds. Mr. Eisen- w Th Jackson County chap ter of the American Red Cross today received a telegram fjcm National Chairman E. " Roland Harriman appealing for funds to aid in the north eastern states flood disaster. The national organization is appealing for $5,000,000 from county chapters throughout the country. hower made the flying survey after a night flight from uenver, where he has been vacationing. Promises Federal Aid His face reddening and his voice rising with feeling, Mr. Eisenhower said in a statement for press, radio and newsreels trrtit he will ask congressional leaders immediately for author ity to spend as much as needed tS)help the flood areas. 2He said he hopes a way will be worked out so the money can be obligated now and appropri afcd when Congress reconvenes January. cjBut "if necessary, I will call aQ special session to get the rweney," he declared. E. Roland Harriman, chairman at, the American Red Cross, and Federal Civil Defense Adminis trator Val Peterson flanked Mr. Eisenhower as he sat at a plain table in a cavernous aircraft hangar on the gloomy, overcast ' nirfiplfl The governors of Massachu setts, Rhode Island, Connecticut, New York, New Jersey and Pennsylvania and other omc ialsdtat at the table or clustered behind them as the President, Harriman and Peterson spoke. Anneals for Donations Mr. Eisenhower said the Red Cross appeal "is a chance where each of us can tise to an emer gency and prove that the Ameri can neonle. reeardless of gov ernments, regardless of the limi tations on them, can meet an emergency and do it well. Peterson estimated it may take $75,000,000 in federal aid fnr tht pishfcstates in which ma jor disaster areas have been de clared by Mr. Eisenhower, uniy $11,500,000 are available now in the President's emergency fund, he said. Envoys of U.S., Red China Meet in Geneva QGeneva s U.P.) Envoys of the United Slates and Commun ist China met for 27 minutes to day to discuss release of 41 Am efican civilians detained by the Reds. ut there was no indication ot) progress when the 10th ses sion of the talks adjourned with agreement to meet again to morrow. V brief joint communique said only that agenda item one, the roiurn of civilians of both sides to their respective countries were discussed. The session opened the fourth week of the talks. Pendleton (U.R) The Pen dleton city c3uncil has hired Walter E. Cook to be new city ntgnager here. He will take over his duties' here Sect. 29. MEDFORD, OREGON, FLYING S 3 mi Charleston, S.C. i(U.R) A C-119 Flying Boxcar faltered on takeoff, crashed into a Negro residential area near the Charleston Air Force Base and exploded early today, killing nine persons and injuring 11 others. The Air Force announced that five of the 11 members of the plane crew died in the flaming ruins of the plane. Four Negro civilians were killed when the plane demolished the structures, and five others were injured. Dark Hollow Home, Contents Destroyed By Evening Blaze A large, modern ranch style home, owned by George E. Lo gan, route 1, box 421, Medford, together with all its contents, was destroyed by fire which started shortly before 10 p.m. yesterday, according to state police. The only people present in the house at the time the fire broke out were Mr. and Mrs. Logan's two small children, aged three and five, police said. The young sters were rescued from the building by Gordon Logan, their uncle, who lives next door.' Logan is working somewhere between Kansas and Texas as a-rodeo announcer, according to police, and Mrs. Logan was tem porarily away from the house. The house was located . on Dark Hollow rd. about two miles west of Coleman Creek rd. Two Medford trucks and a state for est patrol truck were dispatched to the blaze, but the Medford trucks were unable to get on the fire because it was located out side the Medford territory. State forest patrolmen stayed on the fire until about 2 a.m., and were sent out again this morning for a final check. Cause of the blaze had not been determined. AFL Meat Cutters Reach Agreement Portland (U.R) A new agreement with some 600 AFL meat cutters and wrappers in 14 Oregon cities was revealed to day by the Safeway store chain, giving them a 40-hour week for the first time outside Portland. The agreement affects meat cutters and wrappers in Safe way stores, instead, will receive an $8 weekly pay boost to be followed by a $2 increase next year. Amos Buck, secretary of Local 143 of the union said other con tract improvements would be equivalent to a total gain of $13.- 50 for men per week and $11.50 for women. Negotiations between the un ion and independent meat mark ets .were continuing under the direction of Bob McClelland, fed eral mediator. Construction of Four Atomic Subs Slated Washington (U.R) The Navy notified senators today of the assignment of ship construction and reconversion work, includ ing four new atomic-powered submarines, to Navy yards and private shipyards. One atomic submarine will be built at the Mare Island, Calif., Navy Yard, and one at the Portsmouth, N.H., Navy yard. An atomic submarine and an atomic radar picket submarine will be built at Groton, Conn Competitive bids will be ta ken for another Forrestal class aircraft carrier to be built in a private shipyard. Weather FORECAST: Fair tonight and Wednesday. Little change in temperature. Low tonight 50, high Wednesday 92. Temp. Highest Yesterday 91 Lowest this Morning 50 TUESDAY, AUGUST 23, mouses The six survivors, the Air Force said, were not critically injured. The big troop carrier "hit three houses," the Air Force said. "The aircraft was demolished. Only the tail section remained. It wasn't very high and had some kind of trouble almost im mediately after takeoff." The crash occurred at 2:05 a.m. in liberty Park,' one mile southeast of the Air Force base and 200 yards west of a dual lane highway. The plane was taking off for a routine night mission from the Charleston base when the acci dent happened. Newsreel cameraman Bob Kennedy of station WCSC-TV said "The only part of the plane remaining is about 20 feet of one tail assembly. The damage is complete. One house is leveled to the ground." Flier Released By Red Captors Kirisil, Demilitarized Zone, Central Korea (U.R) Second Lt. Guy H. Bumpass walked to freedom today with his injured head swathed in bandages and said the treatment he received by the Communists who shot down his plane was "O.K., con sidering the circumstances.". " A few moments , later the Reds handed over a wooden cas ket containing the body of Army Capt. Charles W. Brown of West Louisville, Ky., who was killed a week ago when "trigger hap py" Red gunners shot down the light plane piloted by Bumpass. Bumpass, 23, of Jackson, Miss., arrived at this lonely ex change spot in- a white ambul ance. He stood wearing the flight suit in which he crashed, two Communist nurses at his side, while the United Nations Com mand negotiated the final details of his release. Bumpass' return to freedom was delayed ten minutes while the U.N. Command insisted that the Communists turn over the wounded man before delivering the casket of the dead Army captain. Because of the lieutenant's physical condition, the Ameri can officers said, he should be returned first. The Reds hesi tated a few minutes and then agreed. They indicated earlier Bumpass had suffered a frac tured skull. Ringleaders of Riot Facing Prosecution Tacoma (U.R) It may become necessary for the Washington state Attorney General to prose cute ringleaders of the two re cent riots at the penitentiary at WaPa Walla, State Sen. Neil Hoff, chairman of the Legis- Hoff( chairman of the Legis lative Interim Subcommittee on Institutions, said Walla Walla County Prosecutor Arthur Haw man had the names of the ring leaders of the Aug. 14 riots for at least a week, "but he has done nothing about it." Hoff said Warden Lawrence Delmore Jr. advised him yester day that the names of the ring leaders were given to Hawman. Salem (U.R) The State High way Commission's program to build a wider, straighter high way between Salem ' and Mill City will be furthered at its Stpe. meeting when bids will be called for grading another nine miles of new road for the North Santiam routs. , - - J Leased Wire No. 131 . Aid The Dalles Dam Worker Killed as , Wood Panel Falls Seven Hospitalized By Construction Mishap The Dalles (U.R) One man was killed and seven others hos pitalized here this morning when a piece of wooden panelling weighing from three to four tons fell from a crane onto about 12 men working at The Dalles dam. Officials of the Atkinson Aus trander Construction Co. declin ed to identify the dead man pend ing notification of next of kin. Used as 'Concrete Form The accident occurred at the upstearm entrance of the east fish ladder of the dam where a "whirly" crane was swinging the wooden panel into position as a concrete form. Workmen were standing atop the existing con crete to bolt the panel into place. Engineers said a "structural failure" caused the panel to drop from the crane hook. It plum meted onto the perch occupied by a dozen men, knocking them off scaffolding and tossing some of them about 40 feet into the concrete fish channel below. Others who were not knocked off the scaffold were injured by pieces of flying debris. Ambulances Called --- ' Several ambulances were rush ed to the scene to take the in jured to a The Dalles hospital two doctors said it was too early to determine the extent of all the injuries. The fatality was the 11th dur ing construction of The Dalles dam. Two others have died on adjacent relocation projects. Oil Lands Meeting Set at Shady Cove Oil exploration and develop ment in the Shady Cove area will be discussed at a meeting starting at "5 p.m. today at the Shady Cove VFW hall. The meeting is in connection with possibilities of developing oil in the Sams Valley, Beagle, Ramsey Canyon and Meadows districts. A landowners commit tee from those areas recently de posited oil right leases in a safe deposit box pending arrange ment for exploratory drillings. The leases were obtained on 12,000 acres- of land prior to Natural Resources association, San Jose, attempting to" obtain a major oil company to start exploratory drilling. Several landowners in the Shady Cove area have expressed an interest in exploring oil pos sibilities in that area. Nixon Plans To Visit Near East and Africa Washington (U.R) Vice-President Richard M. Nixon will visit the Near East and Africa, prob ably during November, the White House announced today. Nixon's trip is being made at the request of President Eisen hower and Secretary of State John .Foster Dulles. Tennessee Train-School Bus Crash Fatal To 10 Children; Governor Orders Probe Spring City, Tenn. (U.R) Gov. Frank Clement today or dered a three-way investigation of a freight train-school bus col lision which killed 10 small chil dren and injured 30 others at a Spring City grade crossing. Children Scattered The speeding train Monday plowed into the side of the yel low bus toward the rear, tearing it into a twisted' mass and scat tering the killed and mangled children for 300 feet. Among the slightly injured was the driver, Raymond Moore, 38, who said he saw the train and "prayed I would make it" but it was too late. Clement promised . stunned FLOOD AFTERMATH Main-st, Winsted, Conn., is completely demolished by high flood waters. Two store owners work their way through roadway which was flooded over eight feet leaving only broken water mains and sewer pipes. 40-Acre Forest Fire Controlled In Prospect Area Jackson county's largest forest fire this season was brought under control early this morn ing, and mopping up operations were expected to start before noon. About 40 acres of forest serv ice land which recently was cut on a timber sale burned over in the Mill creek area north of Prospect during the night. The fire started about 4 p.m. yester day, and about 80 men worked all night in controlling the blaze. 80 Men Fight Fire The 80 men included forest service personnel, state forest patrol men, and employees of Elk Lumber Company.- Tractors, pumpers and tankers were used in surrounding the fire, which forest service offic ials said probably was caused from a fisherman or hiker in the area. Water from Mill creek was used in controlling the fire. Officials' said a few trees re mained burning within the line around, the fire today, and at tempts were being made to ex tinguish them. The blaze was potentially dan gerous to Douglas Fir stands in the national forest. Cut Over Area The fire was in an area which recently was cut over in a tim ber sale, and piled slash, which was to be burned this fall, added to the fire, officials said. Officials said there was a lot of crowning and spot fires dur ing the night. A larger forest fire about 600 acres was expected to be con trolled today in the Fremont na tional forest. The fire threaten ed virgin stands of Ponderosa pine six miles northeast of Bly, and about 100 men were on fire lines today aided . by tractors from Weyerhaeuser Timber com pany. Harvester Firm Target of Strikers . Chicago (U.R) About 40, 000 CIO United Auto Workers went on strike against 18 Inter national Harvester . Co. plants in six states today, but negotiations to reach a settlement continued. The nationwide walkout be came . off icial early today when the old five-year company-union pact . expired. Almost 30,000 workers had already jumped the gun and walked out at nine of the farm machinery company's plants. The plants involved are lo cated in Illinois, Indiana, Ohio, Kentucky, Tennessee, and Calif ornia. Some of the biggest con centrations are in the Chicago area, where four plants employ 17,000 workers, and in the Il linois quad-cities region, where there are two plants. parents of Ideal Valley, where most of the children lived, that the state would "leave no stone unturned" to prevent a recur rence of such a disaster. Governor To Meet Parents The governor announced Mon day night in Knoxville, Tenn., that he would arrive today to meet personally the parents of the dead children and tour hos pitals of four other towns where the injured were taken. Mayor Leonard Pack, an early arriver at the scene, said the freight train was traveling at full speed along tracks through" the heart of this town of 1,725 popu lation and "burst the rear of the Search Continues For Bank Robbers Umatilla, Ore. (U.R) A two-stale search was underway today for three bandits who held up the Inland Empire bank of Umatilla at noon yesterday and escaped with a shopping bag full of cash estimated at $60,000. Roadblocks along major Oregon and Washington highways netted a young Oklahoma marine and his wife in a red convertible at Kennewick, Wash., but they were later released when police determined they were merely on vacation. Oregon State police were tracking two cars following the robbery, but their leads fiz zled out. Police said only one man entered the bank while another stood guard at the door and a third sat in the getaway car. There were no customers in the bank when the bandit entered, brandishing a revolver. He quietly told three women employees "I'll have to put you in the vault. I'm very sorry but that's the way it will have to be." The polite bandit then herded Mrs. Frank Stewart, assistant cashier; Mrs. James Rafferty. teller, and Mrs. Vernon Stewart, clerk, into the vault and banged the door. He then heaped his shopping and tellers' cages. On the way out he just about ran into a cus tomer, N. H. Ness. Ness heard the women screaming in the vault. He summoned L. Waid De Vore, cashier, who was at lunch one block away and they released the Charles A. Roberts, Umatilla shopping-baa was "all heaped up" car was a brown Oldsmobile sedan. Carole Jo Kabler Loses in Tournament Charlotte. N. C. (U.R) Young Ann Quast of Marys ville. Wash., eliminated 17-year-old Carole Jo Kabler of Roseburg, Ore., 8 and 6. in a second round match today at the Women's National Ama-" teur Golf tournament. Walla Walla Prison Disturbance Quelled Walla Walla (U.R) A minor disturbance, created by the 18 inmates who triggered last month's riot at the Washington State Prison, was reported to dav by Prison Warden Lawrence Delmore. . ? The warden said the prisoners began pounding on their cells and shouting Sunday afternoon. Delmore said he told the pris oners: ."If you be quiet, every thing will be all right." The prisoners, however,' con tinued their demonstration and guards were forced to toss a tear gas bomb into Wing One, where the so-called "hardcore" are kept. The gas broke up the dis turbance. - - The 18 inmates previously had protested their impending 'trans fer to a maximum security ward at Eastern State Hospital. IBuDBetin London (U."R) A British Canberra jet bomber flew from London to New York and back . today in 13 hours and 56 mini uies to complete a round trip Atlantic crossing between breakfast and dinner. bus like a bubble." Mrs. Sybil Hardaway, a news paper correspondent, said that when she arrived "the bodies of the children were scattered over the ground; all covered with blood, all mangled." Stunned Parents Arrive, Paul Giles, engineer of the Cincinnati, New Orleans and Texas Pacific freight train, said he was traveling at full speed but that the warning light was blinking at the crossing. He said the bright yellow bus moved upon the tracks when he was about 450 feet from the crossing and his Diesel engine struck it about six feet from the rear. bag with money from cash drawers women. police chief, said the bandits with bills. He said the getaway Five Plead Guilty In Circuit Court; Wright Sentenced William Eugene Wright, 22, who gives his address as 77 Man zanita st, Ashland pleaded guilty to various crimes after arraign ment in circuit court Jhis mor ning. Wright, arrested by Ashland city police, was sentenced to a term not to exceed five years for burglarly not in a dwelling. All of the five appearing waived grand jury indictment and counsel and pleaded guilty. Sentences were delayed pend ing receipt of complete records. Those who appeared included: Jack Eugene Miller,' -18, of Rogue River, charged with grand larceny concerning car theft. Ralph Ownby, Crater hotel, charged with non-support. Glen H. Upchurch, 51, of Los Angeles, charged, with obtain ing money by false pretenses. William Boyd Harl(jw, 64, of 329 Apple st., charged with con tributing to the delinquency of a minor, involving a 9-year-old girl. Judge Charles H. Foster, Lake view, presided. Regular circuit court judge, H. K. Hanna, is on vacation. Ike Makes Contribution To Flood Relief Fund ' New York (U.R) The Am erican Red Cross said today that President Eisenhower made, his own contribution to the organi zation's flood relief fund at the conclusion of his Hartford meet ing today, handing it personally to Red Cross Chairman E. Ro land Harriman. - The New York chapter quoted Harriman as saying the Presi dent's gift was "a generous one, an example to others who have not acted." Freeway Will Not Use School Property Central Point The Central Point school board received word from the state highway commis sion today that the route for any freeway constructed through this area will bypass the Central Point grade school site. Superintendent H. P. Jewett had been notified last week that a new highway probably would take about four acres of land recently purchased for construc tion of a 12-room school at the east' end of Manzanita st. Rebellious Tribes Target of Drive By Tanks, Planes Rebel Territory Said Encircled Casablanca, Morocco Tank and air-supported French army troops launched a general offensive today against rebel lious tribes responsible for the slaughter of French settlers in Morocco's wild interior. Thousands of soldiers jumped off at 5 a.m. along a 65-mile front into the desolate reaches of the Khenifra and Khouribga region, where four Berber tribes rose against French rule In a se ries of savage butcheries that brought death to nearly 1000 in Morocco and Algeria. Territory Said Encircled First reports said the French had encircled the rebel territory at the foot of the Atlas moun tains and moved off into the arid rock-strewn hills to blast out all resistance nests in a series of systematic attack against the Berber villages. French forces attacked rebel forces in Algeria in the second day of the campaign there to wipe out the anti-French insur gents reported still fighting in the. fourth day of bloody terror. Today's offensive in Morocco centered in the rugged hill coun try 100 to 150 miles southeast of Casablanca and to the north of Marrakesh. It is wild mountain country where savage Arab tribesmen have lived for cen turies. Area Devastated Khouribga is a phosphate min ing center devastated in the up risings as if hit by a tornado. It is near the town of Oued Zam, scene of the bloodiest carnage of the entire rebellion. The security forces attacking today were aided by Vampire jet fighters and tanks. , Similar operations were car- ried out in Algeria where French troops Monday evacuated and then destroyed nine rebel Arab I villages in a series of dawn at tacks. The attacks were against outlaws who . had used the vil-- . lages for their headquarters. France Seeks Compromise While troops pursued their; quarry in the wastelands of the Constantine area of eastern Al geria and in the wrecked towns and villages of the Atlas Moun tains, French Premier Edgar Faure and his top ministers met with Moroccan representatives for the second day in the resort town of Aix-Les-Bains, France. Their goal was a compromise - that would retain France's hold- ings in North Africa but would grant enough independence to meet the demands of Nationalists who touched off the weekend demonstrations to underscore their determination. Reformatory Inmates Riot in Nebraska Lincoln, Neb. (U.R) Some 100 inmates of the Nebraska Reformatory rioted last night to cover up an escape attempt in the third outbreak at a Nebraska prison within a week. However, the two would be escapees were caught, and the rioters were stripped of . their clothing and quickly locked in the reformatory jail or "hole." The reformatory uprising fol lowed a major riot and $100,000 fire last Tuesday night at the state penitentiary, and a Satur day night uprising at the peni tentiary by 16 of the Tuesday night rioters. The Saturday night affair was quelled by guards wp fired shotgun volleys atthe pris on "hole." . .' Reformatory . Supt. George Morris said the reformatory riot ers last night "thought they were big penitentiary boys." He said they would get out of the refor matory hole" when "we decide they want to be good citizens, and we don't care how long that takes." Mississippi Negroes Rejected at Polls Jackson, Miss. (U.R) Missis sippi' Democrats ',tfhose a gov ernor today in a runoff primary from which Negro voters were excluded. Negro voters were turned away from the polls or their bal lots were challenged over a widespread area. Atty Gen. J. P. Coleman and young attorney Paul B. Johnson, son of a former governor, aban doned the segregation issue for name calling campaigns to get ready for the runoff. They were the leaders in a five-candidate first primary race Aug. 2. Salem (U.R) Gov. Paul . Patterson has appointed Mrs. Robert F. Hamilton of Portland to the State Furniture and0Bed- ding Advisory Council. O O
