G
G
-EIGHT MIDrOHD (OMGOH) MAIL TRIBUNE
Wednesday, September 14, 1955
Torture Ordeal at Stead Air Force Base Conditioning School Described
Methods Designed
To prepare Airmen
For Enemy Capture
By JOSEPH L. MYLER
G Uniled Press Correspondent
Stead Air Force Base, Nev.
U.R) You neel on a broomstick
' until the pain has you sweating.
The insufferable blond young
An in the weird helmet and
green shirt calls you an S.O.B.
His brownhaired accomplice,
just as insufferable, screams
that your wife is a tramp.
The brutish-looking soldier
standing behind you with a rifle
inquires in a roaring voice, you
want your head smashed?" He
swings the butt menacingly
close to your left temple.
. What with one thing and
another, including minutes-long
support of weighted bags in your
out-stretched hands, you get to
feeling that it is just possible
you might pass out.
The Major Explains
But, said the blue-eyed Major,
you do not break, you do not
feel you are being tortured, and
if anybody wants to know, just
being a member of a Strategic
Air Command crew 'is far worse
than this".
Thus lightly did a 35-year-old
B-47 navigator from Texas dis
miss the thought that the U.S.
Air Force Survival Training
School here is subjecting its stu
dents to inhumane physical and
mental ordeals.
A controversy has been going
on of late as to whether Air
Force efforts to make combat
crewmen immune to Communist
brainwashing techniques have I
gone too far toward the side of
"torture."
"Hell," said the Major, "I
knew it wouldn't last long. I
knew the swearing and the
cracks at my wife were just
meant to make me mad. And I
knew the whole idea was to help
me out if I ever ran into the
real tiling."
"Under the circumstances,"
he acu"?d, "you certainly could
not call i torture."
Small Part c Program
Nevertheless, Base Comman
der Burton E. Mi.Kenzie, who
inherited this job two months
ago, is thinking of ditching
some phases of the training pro
gram until he gets new direc
tives from Washington.
The controversial phases the
realistic interrogation of stu
dents by members of the head
staff especially trained. for the
job constitute only a small part
of the training program here.
They have to do with Presi
dent Eisenhower's Code for
American Servicemen who may
become prisoners of war. Under
this cojje, U.S. POWS must at all
costs protect information, disclo
sure of which might jeopardize
their military units and the se
curity of the United States. The
Air Force is preparing new
training procedures to imple
ment the code.
Communist Methods
To help the combat aircrews
who may some day- have to live
up to this code, the Air Force
at Stead has been trying to give
crew members from bases all
over the country an idea of what
they may expect if they ever
get shot down in war over Com
munist territory.
The way this is done is to ape
In mock interrogations the meth
ods and physical practices which
have been employed in the past
by enemy nations.
Some 40 reporters, TV-news-reel
cameramen, and newspaper
gphotographers from both coasts
ewere invited to Stead yesterday
for what was described as "an
open look" at the training meth
ods used here.
Interrogation Shacks
They saw the "interrogation
shacks complete with bright
lights and electric shock ma
chines and out of this world
walls so planned as to induce
physical and, mental giddiness.
They saw the sweatbox a
vertical coffin used by Rumania
in World War II. They saw the
horrizontal coffin a shallow
and narrow trench with a rock
bottom. They saw "the hole"
a circular pit eight feet deep and
two and a half feet across in
which U.S. POWS in Korea have
spent months.
They also saw a POW com
poundexactly like the kind
you have seen in photographs
and warcrnovies and they saw,
while TV cameras hummed, a
mock-brutal herding to prison
ers into the stockade by snarling
captors in foreign battle dress.
L;. ;.,; ' jffAij. y ' j
HELD CAPTIVE IN ICE PACK, Norwegian ship Jopeter is helpless off east coast of Green
land after U. S. Air Force rescues 28 crew members using helicopters. x ' (International)
1892 Copy of Medford Mail
Found in Old Alaska House
Everybody Drinks;
Everybody Fights '
Manitowoc, Wis. (U.R)
Charles Kirwan, 19, tried an
old gag Tuesday but it back
fired. He walked into a bar and
announced. "When I drink,
everybody drinks." Just about
everybody- did but when the
check came around Kirwan
announced, equally loudly. -"When
I pay. everybody pays."
A free-for-all fight broke
out and police hauled Kirwan
off to jail where ha will spend
the next 10 days. '
An 1892 copy of the Medford
Mail, predecessor to the Mail
Tribune, recently was acquired
by Riley Potter, route 1, box
525, Central Point.
The 63-year-old paper, which
is yellowed and crumbling, was
found in the walls of an old
house in Wrangell, Alaska, be
tween Kechikan and Juneau,
when it was torn down not long
ago. How it got there is any
one s guess.
The finder, F. E. Bennett, gave
it to W. N. Titsworth, Vancou
ver, Wash., who was visiting in
Alaska at the time, who in turn
gave it to Potter.
The issue is that of March 10.
Most of the news other than that
of local happenings, appears to
have been clipped and reprinted
from other papers sent here by
mail. The weekly paper has on I
Page 1 columns listed "Current
News," which printed items of
interest, most of "them several
weeks old, from all parts of the
world, "Woman's World," "Farm
Notes," and a story about "Buf
falo Bill" Cody.
One full column on Page 1
is devoted to advertisements,
most of them by doctors v and
lawyers, although the Southern
Pacific has an ad which gives
the timetable for a train leaving
Medford at 5:05 p.m., arriving
in Portland at 7:35 a.m. The
southbound train leaving Med
ford at 9:33 p.m., arrived in San
Francisco at 8:15 a.m.
One item headed "Notice!"
said: - .
"After April 1st, 1892, the
barber, shops in Medford will
close on Sundays."
Qther stories and notices re
vealed that the schqol district
had a valuation of $303,501, and
that seven teachers and a janitor
were employed in the school.
The city council minute,
printed in full, included the fol
lowing: "Petition from Thomas Morine
and 72 others, asking for a liquor
license to sell liquor in quantities
less than one quart . . . Petition
granted . . . Thomas Morine pre
sented his resignation as night
watch and special police . . ."
A "Local News" item reveals
that "R. V. Beall, of Central
Point, was in Medford lately;"
and others say "This is court
week in Josephine county, and
about every attorney irt the val
ley is in attendance at Grants
Pass," "It is reported a party
from California will arrive at
Central Point on the 18th inst.
to investigate the flume project,"
"The Weeks furniture store is
being moved from its present
quarters to a building on the
south end of Front street," and
"Why not call a meeting, ye
base.ball lovers, and organize a
club that will be a pride to Med
ford and a source of terror to
every club in the valley?"
A furniture fttore advertises
carpets, curtains and paper, and
says, "Undertaking carefully at
tended to." -
The Eagle Point "correspond
ence" started out this way:
"Since the much talked of ex
tension of the R.R.V.R.R. to
Eagle Point is almost assured
there have been many inquiries
by people in distant localities
as to where Eagle Point is, and
what its prospective advantages
To those who may chance to
read the Mail, this information
is given. Eagle Point is fourteen
miles northeast from Medford,
on Little Butte creek, which, by
the way, has some of the best
water- powers in Oregon. It has
one roller flouring mill, of large
capacity, two stores of general
merchandise, two of confection
ery, one drug store, two phy
sicians, two hotels, two black
smith, shops, with wagon repair
shops connected. It has one
church building and one school
house. It numbers about 150 in
habitants. The surrounding
country ... contains some of
the best farming and fruit lands
in the state. It is well known
that the best wheat raised in
Rogue River valley was from
Butte creek. This we have now
Alter tne advent of the iron
LEGAL NOTICES
SUMMONS FOR PUBLICATION
Suit in Equity to Quiet - TiUe
No. 55-46 1-E
In the Circuit Court of the State of
Oregon for- the County of Jackson
O. B. WADDEL. Administratrix witn
the Will Annexed of the Estate of
Richard Stevens Eskridge. deceased,
riamtifx,
vs.
FRANK CHTLDERS and JANE DOE
CHILDERS, his wife, if married, and
tne unknown heirs of Frank Chil-
ders. if deceased, and also all other
persons or parties unknown claim
ing any right, title, estate, lien or
interest in and to the real estate
described m the complaint herein,
ueienaants.
To Frank Childers and Jane Doe
Childers, his wife, if married, and
the unknown heirs of Frank Chil
ders ,if deceased, and also all other
persons or parties unknown claim
ing any right, title, estate, lien or
interest in and to the real estate
described in the complaint herein.
tne above named defendants:
IN THE NAME OF THE STATE OF
OREGON: You and each of you, are
hereby required and summoned to
appear in the above entitled court
and cause, and answer the complaint
of the plaintiff on file herein against
you wunin lour weeks irom tne aate
of the first publication hereof, and
you will hereby take notice that if you
fail to so appear and answer, for
want thereof, plaintiff will pray to the
court for the following relief against
you ana as prayed for in plaintiff s
complaint on file herein and specifi
cally referred to hereby and by this
reference made a part hereof, a suc
cinct statement of which is as fol
lows, to-wit:
For a decree of this court forever
quieting her hue in fee simple in and
to the following described premises
lying and being situate in Jackson
County, Oregon, to-wit:
An undivided one-half interest in
and to Lot Three (3) in Section 5
in Township 37 South, Range 3
West of the Willamette Meridian
in Jackson Countv. Oregon.
free and clear from all and anv right,
title, estate, lien and interest that said
defendants, or any of them, or anyone
claiming by. through or under them,
may have or claim therein or thereto
and forever barring and preventing
said'- defendants, or anyone claiming
Dy. tnrougn or under them, from ever
setting up or asserting any right, title.
estate, lien or interest therein and
thereto, and holding that said claim
is null and void and of no force and
effect, and for such other, further
and different relief as to the court
may seem meet and proper in the
premises.
This summons is published in the
Medford Mail Tribune, a newspaper
ot general ana regular circulation,
published in the City of Medford.
Oregon, once each week for a Deriod
of four consecutive weeks, and that
said defendants hereinabove named
are required to appear and answer
as herein provided, under and by
virtue ot an oraer auiy made, ren
dered and entered by the Hon,
Charles Foster, Circuit Judge of the
state oi. uregon, in and for Jackson
county, on August 23. 1955.
Date of the first publication of this
summons is August 24. 1955.
Roberts. Kellington & Branchfield
Attorneys for Plaintiff
Address: 201-5 U.S. National Bank
Bldg.. Medford. Oregon '
Mmil
More Pets in Medford
eat BONNIE than
any other. Dog Food!
becaus.,.
Petspreer Bonnie's meaty flavor....thrive
on Bonnie's balanced diet, and...
BONNIE costs LESS
than OTHER premium quality doe foods;
if made right here in California saving
you expensive freight charges.
7f
Whtrtvr Per Foods an Sold !
torn;
Another Protfvcf by mcktrs of DOO-E-STU
horse we will tell more about it.
"This delightful weather
makes all nature rejoice, animate
and inanimate."
MORE 4-H AWARDS
Two more Jackson county
placings in 4-H contests at the
recent Oregon State fair were
reported today. A Jackson coun
ty team won a white ribbon in
the 4-H forestry identification
contest, and David Woolfolk,
Eagle Point, won a white rib
bon with a conservation exhibit.
Sixty Receive
Chest X-Rays as
Clinic Reopens
Sixty people, most of them
school personnel, received chest
X-rays at the reopening of the
cut-patient ' clinic atr Sacred
Heart hospital last Thursday, ac
cording to hospital officials and
the Jackson County Public
Health association.
The clinic will be open to
morrow and each Thursday
from 2 to 5 p.m. Volunteer help
at the out-patient clinic is pro
vided by the hospital auxiliary.
Those assisting the x-ray tech
nician last week were Mrs. L.
E. Duff, Mrs. James Dunlevy,
Mrs. H. A. McCullough, and Mrs.
Julia Shasky.
It is a state law that all peo
ple connected with schools
must have a chest x-ray so that
unknown cases of tuberculosis
may be discovered, according to
Dr. A. E. Merkel, Jackson coun
ty health officer.
However, he stressed the im
portance of chest x-rays being
given to every person over 15
years of age who has not had
an x-ray during the past year,
particularly those who handle
food. Dr. Merkel urged that all
such people go to the out-patient
clinic for a chest x-ray
as soon as possible. -
Defense Role for
Portland Outlined
Portland (U.R) Civil de
fense leaders got a briefing yes
terday on the role they will play
in "operation greenlight" a
mass' evacuation test set for
Portland later this month.
The CD directors were also
given their traffic control - as
signments for the test which will
be held sometime between Sept.
27 and 29.
Exact date and hour of the
test will be kept secret until
the sirens sound to start the ev
acuation. Jack Lowe, Portland civil de
fense director, said the operation
would have national significance
as an indication of how well a
large city could evacuate its
citizens in an emergency.
Daily's U-Drive
Medford Airport
SPECIAL WEDNESDAY 07SLY
. West Bend Automatis Percolator
NOW $E95
Regular $10.95 3)
QUANTITIES LIMITED
BREWS 2 TO 5 CUM O
FULLY AUTOMATIC O
BREWS DELICIOUS COFFEE
STOPS PERKING BY ITSELF
KEEPS COFFEE HOT
ALL ALUMJNUM MODERN DESIGN
FULLY GUARANTEED
1
SAVE $30.00 ON A 12 CU. FT. G-E- TWO-DOOR
REFRIGERATOR. Used briefly as a demonstrator
at our main store.
2 SAVE $20.00 ON A 10.8 CUBIC FOOT
REFRIGERATOR-FREEZER.
We Loaned this to some folks for a few days
while we special ordered cPnew Colored Refrig
erator for them.
BARGAIN STORE
A Service of Home Appliance Co.
GUARANTEED, RECONDITIONED APPLIANCES
Phone 2-5595 - 303 S. FRONT - Phone 2-5595
AT 10TH WEST AND SOUTH FRONT STREETS
TO BUY OR SELL USE TRIBUNE CLASSIFIED ADS
Using knowledge gained through many years of experience, Safeway has
built the largest, finest facilities ever devised for aging meat in this area
The tenderness and flavor you get from
TtoD
Metf ttelodau
Big Difference in
Prices of top grade meats are pretty much the same
everywhere. So to get value, you have to be sure that
every ounce of meat you buy eats perfectly. That is
why we believe you will be interested in these facts:
Q. What is meat aging?
A. Meat aging is the holding and conditioning of meat until
it reaches eating perfection by its own natural processes
instead of sending it immediately to market Safeway aids these
processes by providing proper conditions of temperature and
, humidity. As explained below, natural changes take place in
meat during aging i . . changes that improve the eating quality.
Q. WiH all meat take aging? , -..
A. No. Pork and veal shouldn't be aged, and poor beef and
lamb are not improved by aging. But top U.S. Government
grades of beef and lamb, such as Safeway buys, benefit by aging.
Q. Does aging improve meat flavor?
A.. Yes. Durjng the aging of fine beef ano! lamb under proper
conditions, the flavor-carrying, extracts in the meat tissues
ocvelop and permeate the meat. '
Q. Does aging increase meat tenderness? v
A. Yes. Even naturally tender meat like jib roast of beef,
lamb loin chops and fine steaks reaches maximum tenderness
only with aging. That's because aging softens tough fibers anH
tissues makes for tender eating.
Q. What about juiciness?
A. Meat aged under correctly controlled conditions of humidity
and temperature such as you find in Safeway's Central Meat
Aging Plant retains its natural juiciness. Such meat does not
'dry out It shrinks less in cooking. Every bite is juicy. ,
Q. Is all beef and lamb at Safeway properly aged?
A. Yes. Safeway pioneered, at its own expense,-ways to make
it possible for retail stores to sell properly aged meat Over a
period of Id years, Safeway meat experts developed meat
, aging procedures, plants and facilities that never before existed
in the retail meat field and put therti into operation in isany
areas throughout the country.
Safeway's Central Meat-Aging Plant here is the climax of
this work. For you, it means that each and every cut of Safeway
meat you buy has the exact aging it requires to develop its finest
eating quality.
Q. How con this value difference be proved?
. A. Select your favorite cut of meat at your nearest Safeway.
Take it home. Cook and serve it as you prefer it Eat it and
judge its value in tenderness, juiciness and flavor.
If you don't like your Safeway meat for any reason
whatsoever we will give you all your money back with
out fuss or quibble. '
SAFEWAY GUARANTEED MEATS