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II vr jvl U M L TaRyn Russian Apology In Holt Incident Finally Accepted Matter Closed, Solon Informed Washington (U.R) The United States has reluctantly accepted Russia's apology for the improp er conduct of a pistol-packing Russian officer who threatened Rep. Joe Holt (R-Calif.), in Mos cow on Aug. 31. The State Department prev iously had branded Moscow's reply "unsatisfactory." It said today that a new U. S. note de livered.to the Soviet Foreign Of fice yesterday "noted" Russia's apology and a promise that the officer would be disciplined for threatening Holt at pistol point. State Department Spokesman Henry Suydam emphasized, how " ever, that the Soviet version of the incident as set forth in the Soviet reply to an earlier Ameri can protest was an "unsatisfact ory . distortion" of the inci dent. Cloud Matter Suydam said the department informed Holt at Van Nuys, Calif., today of the Soviet reply. The department said it is now willing to consider the matter closed and has informed Holt of its decision. Suydam declined to give Holt's reaction to the department's secoad thought decision or to mike the Soviet - American cor respondence on the incident pub lic. Despite U. S. objections to the Soviet version of what hap pened, Suydam 'said: "However, in spite of the dif fering versions, the department has now noted that the Soviet government has expressed regret for the improper conduct of the officer-who pulled the pistol, and has also noted that the Soviet government has stated that disciplinary action will be taken against him by the Soviet government. , Held Prisoner "Under these circumstances, the department is willing to con sider ethe jnatter closed and so has informed Congressman Holt, and presumably any further com ment will come from him." v The Incident occurred when Holt, accompanied Jy an Ameri can Embassy official, sought to take some photographs in a Moscow suburb while. Holt was touring Russia. A Red Army lieutenant, detained Holt, and embassy official, with cocked revolver pointed . at them, for about an hour. Holt has charged that the cocked pistol " at one time was within inches of his face, and that the officer shouted at him. Holt escaped possible harm when a Russian Army colonel came along, extmined Holt's papers, and let him go. Deaths Undetermined In Hurricane Hilda Mexico City U.R) Mexican authorities conceded today they will "probably never know" ex actly how many persons died when hurricane Hilda swept whole villages into the Gulf of Mexico and swallowed up Tarn pico with a devastating flood. The known dead along the stricken coastline was 99. The counted dead in Tampico alone was 74. That did not count the hun dreds of persons missing or re portedly seen being swept from Tamnien ' ronftons where thev had fled for their lives, or the residents of one-time villages which were described today by Mexican Air Force pilots as nothing more than "pockmarks" in tne eartn. Willie ' Aloys Injured In Crash Into Wall New York (U.R) Willie Mays. spectacular vounif New York Giants' centerfielder, was car ried off the field on a stretcher today after crashing- into the center field bleacher' wall while trying to grab a fly ball in the first inning of the second game of a double-header, against the Pittsburgh Pirates. MOeton Portland (U.R) A search party todaj found the aban doned automobile of two Port land women, missing since Sunday, on a dirt road on the northwest slope of Larch mountain. The women, Mrs. Avera E. Ferguson. 53. and Mrs. Ber nice N. Sharkey, 73, were last seen Sunday afternoon when they left for a' drive in Mrs. Ferguson's car. Bedford MEDFORD United Press Full Leased Wire 50th Year 24 Pages MEDFORD, OREGON, WEDNESDAY, SEPTEMBER 21, Numerous Clues Fail To Tu Missing From San Francisco Woman Answering Description Seen In Two Localities Father Has Feeding Formula Published San Francisco (U.R) Police settled down today to the tedious job of checking out every clue to the kidnaping of little Robert Marcus in the hope that one of them would lead to the baby's whereabouts. The child, now four days old. was kidnaped Monday from the nursery of Mount Zion hospital. Police believe the kidnaper was a heavy-set woman with stringy blonde hair, who spoke Eng lish with an accent. The best clues' came from the suburbs, where, residents in com munities 80 miles apart reported seeing a woman answering the description of the suspected kid naper, with what seemed to be a newborn baby. . Another strong lead develop ed as officers worked on the theory that the kidnaper was. a thwarted mother. Searching hosDital ' records, police found the name of a woman whose infant was stillborn and whose description tallied with that of the suspect. - The woman, was employed as a nurse's aide at the hospital about two years ago, officers said. During that period, she had her baby. She was recently reported working at another hos- Meanwhile, the child's par ents, Dr. Sanford Marcus, 34-year-old physician, and his wife, Hanna, 29, prayed that their baby would be found before it was too late. Formula Published Marcus had a feeding formula published and broadcast in the hope that the kidnaper would see to it the little baby was prop erly nourished. Up to the time the baby was kidnaped, he was breast fed. For Mrs. Marcus, the kidnap ing was another harrowing in cident in a life marked already by grief. Xears ago, a 13-year-old refu gee from Hitler's Germany, she learned her father, mother and younger brother had been gassed in a Nazi concentration camp. . Marcus, heartbroken himself at the kidnaping, tried to com fort his wife as best he could. "He's such a little baby," he said. "He didn't even have his eyes open until the day he was taken." The ?'best" clue to the where abouts of little Robert came from Mrs. Ruth Haughan of the small Marin county community of No vato, about 30 miles north of San Francisco. She reported that a couple with a small baby stopped at her home yesterday morning to ask directions to Point Reyes, an other small community in the county. ' . while the man, about 35, came to the door, the woman re mained, seated in a ramshackle car, holding a crying infant in her lap. ' Mrs. Haughan said the woman called "hurry up" to the man, The man grumbled something about not liking "this damn busi ness," she said. Another clue came from Mrs. Henry Guerro of San Jose, about 50 miles south of San Francisco. She said a woman fitting the de scription of the suspect knocked at her, door about 9:30 a.m." yes terday and, asked if she could heat "a bottle for her baby. Mrs. Guerro said she could. She noted that the woman did not have any .change'of diapers for the baby and was not even carrying a purse. : - The child was crying while the milk was heating. When it was ready, the 'child refused to take the bottle, , Mrs. Guerro said. Then the woman left. Fraser, Colo. (U.R) Cold blasts of mountain air failed to chill President Eisenhower's en thusiasm today for his restful sojourn of fishing, cooking and painting at his ranch hideaway in the Rockies. Stores Uill Remain Open LEAVING STORE at Sumner, Miss., where Emmett Till, 14, her are Mrs. Roy Bryant and her two children. She is expected to be key witness at' trial of husband and J. W. Milam, his half-brother, charged with slaying Negro boy.(Internatioal) Negro Boy's Uncle Points Finger Of Accusation at Co-Defendants Sumner, Miss. (U.R) A gray haired Negro who gestured dra matically wjth toil-worn hands told a hushed court today that one of the defendants on trial for slaying his nephew came for the boy with a "pistol in one hand and a flashlight in the other." , -. ' - Mose Wright, 65, with cropped hair, was the first prosecution witness at the murder trial of white half-brothers J. W. Milam and Roy Bryant, accused of shooting and beating to death 14-year-old Emmett Till of Chi cago on suspicion of whistling at- Bryantfs pretty -young- wife. j Knoclc at Door Dist. Atty. Gerald Chatham called' Wright as the first wit ness. He said it was about 1 a.m.. because they had been visiting late. About 2 a.m., he said, there came - a knock at the door. "Preacher, preacher, this is Mr. Bryant and I want to talk to you and the boy," Wright told the jury. "I got up and opened the door," he said. "Who was at the door?" the district attorney asked. "Mr. Milam was at the door Export Cotton Sale Planned at Cut Rate Washington (U.R) The' Agri cultural Department today an nounced it has "decided defin itely" to offer for export sale at cut rate prices up to 1,000,000 bales of government owned sur plus cotton after Jan. 1.. It said the cotton will be offered under an open competi tive , bid basis, "possibly at prices somewhat lower" than current minimum federal sale prices. Until then, all cotton export sales will continue to be priced at 5 per cent more than the cur rent support price of 31.7 cents a pound, plus carrying charges. On his return last week from discussions abroad, Secretary of Agriculture Ezra' T. Benson said he told European officials the United States will not "dump" its surpluses on world markets. Tumbling Elevator Kills Eugene Workman Eugene (U.R) Nicholas" J Heusner, 46, was killed yester day when an elevator fell on him while he was working in the elevator pit at the Ruben stein Furniture company ware bouse here. The victim was making final adjustments on a freight ele vator in the new furniture com pany warehouse when the acci dent occurred-, -. Smith River Project Due to Start in April Portland (U.R) Sen. Richard L Neuberger (D-Ore.) said to day he has been informed by the Corps of Engineers' that con struction on the Smith river project near Reedsport will be gin in April The $147,000 project calls for deepening and widening the river channel from the mouth of the north fork of the stream. with a pistol in his right hand and a flashlight in the left." - The Negro said he did not recognize the man with Milam at the time but he aimed a point ing finger at the co-defendants before him and said both Milam and Bryant were the two who made the nocturnal visit. . Wright said Milam and Bry ant took young Till to a car which had no lights and drove in the direction of Money, the small settlement where the wolf whistle incident occurred. Soviets May Release Six Nazi Officials Moscow (U.R) The Soviet government may be willing to release some or all of the six top Nazis still held as war crim inals in Berlin's Spandau pris on, diplomatic sources said today."-.. " . ." : These sources said the Krem lin is understood to be consid ering a favorable reply- should the Big Three" Western powers, the United States, Britain and France, press ; again for their release. . , v . Top ranking Nazis like for mer Luftwalffe chief Hermann Goering, Gestapo -boss Heinrich Himmler arid Foreign Minister Joachim von ' Ribbentrop were sentenced to death by. the Allied War Crimes Commission at Nuernberg in; 1946. : Goering and Himmler com mitted suicide; Ribbentrop was hanged. But seven other Nazi leaders were sentenced to yary:. ing terms of imprisonment in grim Spandau. ----- ! Baron Konstantin von Neu rath, now 82, sick and half blind, was' released last year. Six others, remained. Ashland Man County's Fifth Polio Patient ! Jackson county's fifth polio myelitis case of , 1954 was re ported from Ashland yesterday, according to the county health department. The patient is a 23-year-old man. - It is believed the case is of the non-paralytic variety. Of the five cases reported, only two have been contracted in this county, the health department said.: Only one has resulted in any paralysis , Reseeding To Acres Burned About 2,000 acres of land in! the Timber mountain area northwest of Jacksonville' which r burned over in one of several Jackson, county forest fires La bor day is expected to be re seeded this week end or early next week. The Jacksonville city council last night authorized reseeding to preserve the water shed area, and placed an order for seed to day. Reseeding will be done by plane, and will include rye and alta fescue grasses. :....' 4 i Leased Wire 1 No. 155 V Baby tiosnital is asserted to have whistled at "When was the next time you saw Emmett Till or his body?" Chatham asked Wright: ' "When they took it out of the river." Hurricane lone Shows Signs of Dissipating Norfolk, Pa. (U.R) Hurri cane lone roared across Atlantic shipping lanes far south of Mas- sachuttes today and showed signs of dissipating without re turning to land. . - k- -The - storm.r- whicn-eered - off its path toward New York City Tuesday and stayed at sea, was not expected to come nearer than 150 miles to Cape Cod, Mass. The weather bureau alerted residents of southeast New England, however, to fol low today's weather bureau ad visories "to make certain that the storm follows the: expected path." . While the vicious ; tempest raged across the sea officials in North Carolina counted six dead and damage totaling 85 million to 100 million dollars from its savage swipe at coastal lowlands. Fire in Engine Room Of Army Corps Dredge Portland (U.R) Fire broke out in the. engine room- of the Army Corps, of Engineers sea going hopper dredge Davison at 8:55 a.m. today and the dredge was reported dead at sea some 190 miles west of Crescent City, iaiii. . CoL David S. Parker, acting Portland district - engineer, said the fire has been put out and that no one was hurt. The Davi son carries a normal crew of 48 men., ",. . . .. "... ; Col. Parker said the vessel was en route to Honolulu to dredge in the Hawaiian area. He said efforts were being made to start one of the dredge's two engines. Extent of damage was not known. i Weather FORECAST: Fair through Thurs day. Frost in cooler places in valley. Low tonight 35 and high Thursday. 75. Temp. 74 ; 37 i Highest Yesterday . Lowest this Morning Get Under Way on 2,0Q0 in Timber Mountain fire - Trees will be planted in an- other project later this fall. The council plans to purchase seed lings to reduce possible loss by seeding trees by plane. Table Rock Project Meanwhile, reseeding was un derway or planned for . about 7,000 acres of land which burned over in the Table Rock area and Sykes creek " area north of Rogue River. Both fires started Labor day. -About 2,500 acres will be re seeded in the Lower Table Rock for Shopping Until Fate of Peron On Paraguay Ship Remains in Doubt Rebel Leaders Demand Trial for Dictator Buenos Aires (U.R) Argen tine rebels won unconditional surrender today from a military junta which took over control of the nation after the resigna tion of President Juan D. Peron. A provisional government, headed by Gen. Eduardo Lonar- di, took over control of the country. He is one of the lead ers in the revolution. One of the first acts of the provisional government was to lift the blockade on Argentine ports, including Buenos Aires. But that action still left in doubt the fate of Peron. He was on a Paraguayan gunboat in Buenos Aires harbor, attempting to seek political asylum in Paraguay. . -Shortlv after Peron took ref uge on the Paraguayan gunboat yesterday the Rebel leaders be gan broadcasting orders to the Argentine navy to' prevent the ship from leaving Buenos Aires harbor; One of the conditions of surrender set by the Rebels was that Peron be brought back to Buenos Aires and put on trial. i The order lifting the block ade on all commercial shipping in Argentine ports left it unclear whether the Paraguayan gun boat would be allowed to steam out of Buenos Aires with Peron aboard. An earlier announcement said the ruling junta of 14 generals "accepted all conditions made" by the . Rebels. The announcement made no mention of Peron, but one of the Rebel conditions was that he be surrendered to them to stand trial. ' f . In Asuncion, Paraguay, Rear Adm. Gabriel Patino, head of the Paraguayan Navy, . told the United Press that he had direct word that Peron still was on board the Paraguay. The pier near which the gun boat was anchored was under heavy guard and BebPl warshins blocked any exit from- the harbor. .;. ' Colonialism' Debate Seen in UN Session '. United Nations,. N. Y. (U.R) The United - Nations steering committee meets today to ap prove an agenda for the 10th General Assembly, providing a major test of Western unity on the issue of "colonialism." The United States, traditional ly opposed to colonialism, was on a diplomatic hot-spot with several of the NATO allies in volved in disputes over colonies or protectorates. The steering committee meeting was to de cide whether these issues will be debated in the General As sembly. France was expected to oppose inclusion -of items' concerning its North African protectorate of Morocco and Algeria, the lat ter a part of France. -, Britain: was certain to fight scheduling of debate on the question . of whether its Mediterranean-island colony of Cy prus should be allowed to de cide whether it wants union with Greece. Too Many Judges Seen In Child Custody Case Portland (U.R) - Multnomah county ; Circuit Judge Virgil Langtry is of the opinion too many judges are involved in the custody case of a two-year-old Portland boy. Judge Langtry gave the child, Willis Lester ' Russell Jr., into temporary custody of Mr. and Mrs. Lewis Smith of Clarkston, Wash., after the boy was found badly beaten in January. The Smiths are the child's uncle and aunt. 1 - The boy's 21-year-old father recently was acquitted in Port land of a charge of assaulting the child. area, and about 4,200 acres in the Sykes creek area. Land ownd by the bureau of land management and other federal agencies is being or will be re seeded. ( v ; Will Prevent Erosion W. B. Tucker, Jackson county extension agent, said seed plant ed as soon as possible will help prevent erosion of land during winter rains and snow. Tucker discussed reseeding Timber mountain area with the Jackson ville city council last night.- N euberger and Coon Prepare for (Debate dDnJohn Pay Issue Portland (U.R) Rep. Sam Coon, Republican, and Sen. Rich ard L. Neuberger, Democrat; were making final preparations today for their series of 10 east ern Oregon debates on Coon's bill for construction of John Day dam on the Columbia river. The debates start at Hood River next Monday night and end at Bend on Friday night, Oct. 7. v- The proposition to be debated will be: "Agreed, the John Day Council Sets Date For Hearings on Two Annexations Ordinances calling for public hearings Oct. 18 on two annexa tion proposals were adopted by the Medford city council last night. Properties proposed to be an nexed include the -Jefferson school site and three other prop erties south of Stewart ave. be tween extensions of Holly st. and Oakdale ave., and California Pacific, utilities property on South Groveland "ave. Hearing Time Both hearings will be held starting at 7:30 p.m. Oct 18 at the city hall. ! ; s Medford School district - 49 and contractor Ed Stevens re quested annexation of the Cali fornia Pacific Utilities property. The council also authorized presentation of an . ordinance calling a hearing on annexation of lots owned by Benton Smith and Odell Larson on Columbus ave. and Murray st. Both re quests were recommended by the planning commission. (See story on Page 6) Coney Island Fire Claims Five Lives New York (U.R) Five persons were killed and 12 'others in jured, three of them seriously in a "very suspicious" five-alarm fire that raged through ancient brick and timber residences and rooming houses near the famed Coney Island Boardwalk early today. . All the dead were found in .the charred ruins of a four-story rooming house where the blaze was believed to have started. ' Owners of the rooming house and one of the adjoining build ings that burned paid $10 fines last Friday for violations of the city fire laws. , The fire was only two blocks from the famous Coney Island beach and amusement park. Fire Commissioner Edward Cavanagh described the origin of the blaze as "very suspicious." Police began an immediate in vestigation, for arson." Food for Copper Barter With Chile Suggested Washington (U.R) Rep. James T. Patterson today asked Presi dent Eisenhower to order ' the Agriculture Department to bar ter surplus American farm com modities for copper from Chile to alleviate -a domestic copper shortage. : . , In a letter to Mr. Eisenhower, the Connecticut Republican also urged that the federal govern ment buy copper on the world market for resale ' to domestic fabricators. ' He said that an "acute copper shortage" has curtailed .indus trial employment in the flood ravaged Naugatuck Valley in his district. Six-Mill Assessment On Pears Proposed Washington (U.R) A six-mill assessment per standard western pear box on pears grown in Ore gon, Washington and California to finance the three-state Pear Control Committee was pro posed today by the Agriculture Department. The proposed assessment was based on . estimate expenses of $27,915 for the current year. A deadline of Oct. 1 has been set for interested persons to file their views with S. A. Smith, di rector' of the department's fruit and vegetable division. Salem (U.R) Don L. .Parker, with the attorney general's of fice on assignment to the State Industrial Accident Commission for the last, seven years, was transferred this week to the State Department of Agriculture as attorney. 9 o'clock Tonigbt dam bill is in the public In terest." Coon will take the af firmative, Neugerber the negative. Coon's Proposal Under Coon's bill, the dam would be constructed with local public and private utilities pay ing 88 per cent of the estimated $310,000,000 cost of construc tion. Congress would appropri ate an estimated $37,000,000 to finance the navigation lock and other non-reimbursable, general: benefit features. Local interests would receive 50-year power contracts in return for payment in advance of money to help fi- nance construction. Local in-' terests also would pay for fish passing facilities. Army engineers would design, build, maintain and operate the dam which would be owned by the federal government. Other Debates Scheduled Debates also are scheduled for The Dalles Sept. 27; Pendleton Sept. 28; La Grande Sept 29; Baker Sept. 30; Ontario Oct. ;: Burns Oct. 4; Lakeview Oct. 5 and Klamath Falls Oct. 6. Coon will present his side for 15 minuttes, to be followed by Neuberger. Members of the au-. dience may present written questions to the moderator dur ing a five-minute recess. After the recess, Neuberger will have five minutes for rebuttal, follow-, ed by Coon with five minutes of rebuttal. Final feature of the de bate will be a.20-minute ques tion and answer session with a maximum of two minutes allo cated to answering-each ques tion. City Street Crews Redeck Bartletl St. Medford street crews today redecked with t h r e e-quarter-inch asphalic concrete South Bartlett st.' between Eight and Ninth sts., and were expected to start maintenance work on South Ivy st. between : Eighth. and-lOth sts.-late today -or-.tov morrow.' . , " Vernon Thorpe, public works director, said the resurfacing was to . protect street surfaces, which are starting to deteriorate. J. C. Compton company start ed paving Oak st. between Sec ond and Jackson,' sts. today, Thorpe said. Company em ployees yesterday, began con struction of a fence at the Muni cipal airport. Paving of runways by Compton" was completed earlier. . Petition Opposes Genessee Freeway The Medford city council last night received "for the record" a petition opposing the Genes see st. route - for a proposed Highway 99 freeway through Medford. The petition was sign ed by 68 persons. . i : . Public hearings on proposed routes for the freeway will be mild here early next year by the state highway commission. Sev eral routes through the city and to the east and west of Medford, have been suggested. ..The highway commission will make the final decision. Medford Man Indicted On Federal Violation Portland (U.R) Edgar Pat rick Jr., 41, of Medford, posted bond in Portland yesterday and was released pending arraign ment on a Spokane federal grand jury indictment charging viola tions of federal housing regula tions while he lived in Walla Walla. He will be arraigned Oct 24 at Yakima. Patrick, assistant manager of a Medford shoe store, was accus ed of obtaining an FHA home loan in 1953 and of using it for other purposes. He was released here after posting $2500 bond. " Available city directories do not list an Edgar Patrick Jr. in Medford. Tacoma. Wash. (U.R) Onlv two of the seven prisoners who escaped from the Pierce countv , jail Saturday night remained at large today, following yester day's capture of Carlton Jordan. (Baseball NATIONAL LEAGUE (First game) " Pittsburgh 2 4 2 New York 7 12 1 ; Face, Friend (3), Waters (8) and Shepard; laddie and Katt.
