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Friday, December IS, 1955
MEDFORD (OREGON) MAIL "JHIBUKE WINS
Red Chinese Demands May Jeopardize Early Return of Yanks Held Captive
New Accusations
Maeln Meeting
Held af Geneva
Geneva, Switzerland (U.R) t
A1 series of Red Chinese demands
Cpn the United States coupled
with a string inew accusations
may jeopardize the early return
of Americans still in Communist
hands, diplomatic sources feared
today.
The Reds demanded that the
United States give names and
information on all Chinese resi
dents and assist the Indian em
bassy in Washington to contact
these persons,
Violation Charged
They accuse the United States
of "outright violation of the let
ter and spirit" of the agreement
for the return of civilians
reached in the mbstdorial
talks here.
The demands and ccusations
were contained in a statement
handed to correspondents Thurs
day night at an unprecedented
press conference at the Red Chi
nese consulate.
The United States denied
charges but diplomatic sources
feared that the demnd may
-stymie for an indefinite timt the
talks between U. S. Ambassa
dor U. Alexis Johrison nd Red
Chinese Ambassador Wang Ping
Nan. The United State has been
reluctant to disclose the identity
of Chinese still in the country
for fear of reprisal against
their families In China.
Johnson and Wang met Thurs
day for the 30th time since the
talks began Aug. 1. A brief an
nouncement said only they
would meet again next Thurs
day. But sourres said that the
Unfiled Staffs may want addi
tional time to study the Com
munist state?nt.
- The five page Red document
charged the United States with:
1. Failing to furnish a com
plete and detailed list of all Chi
nese living in the United States.
2. "Pressing too hard for the
release of Americans still de
tained in China and trying to
set a Cjme limit for their release.
3. Blocking attempts by the
Indan embagjy, acting for the
Chinese Communists, to contact
Chinese in the States to deter
mine whether or not they want
to return to Red China.
4. Attempting to pressure Chi
nese studentsgagainst returning
to .-the mainland by requiring
them to (hpve Formosa entry
permit.
Police Press Hunt for Revenge
Killer; Second Torch Victim Dies
Oakland, Calif. 4U.R) Police
intensified their search today for
a "revenge" killer after the sec
ond of his victims, Mrs. Alice
Franklin, died from burns re
ceived when she and a male
companion were drenched with
gasoline and set on fire as they
slept.
Mrs. Franklin, 37, a waitress,
died at 2:25 (PST) this morning
less than 24 hours after she and
Robert Leo Hand, 27, were res
cued from her flaming apart
ment. Hand died yesterday aft
ernoon. Burned Over Most of Body
Both suffered severe burns of
90 per cent of the body when
Army To Control
Chile Copper Mines
Santiago, Chile (U.R) The
armed forces prepared today to
take control of the Chilean cop
per industry in a drastic gov
ernment move to break the
strike that has paralyzed pro
duction at three U. S. owned
miles since Wednesday.
Decrees to be published in
the official Gazette today ' also
will order strikers to return to
work under threat of dismissal
without compensation. Informed
sources said the government
might draft the strikers under
the compulsory military train
ing program if the back to work
orders are ignored.
The strike was touched off by
the government's refusal to con
sider the so-called copper work
ers statute. The statute sets the
basic conditions for labor-management
relations in the industry.
Some 14,000 miners and other
workers walked out Wednesday
at the Chuquicamata and Potrer
illos mines of the Anaconda
company and the El Teniente
mine of the Kennecott Copper
Co.
i the sadistic torch slayer slipped
j into Mrs. Franklin's apartment
during the predawn hours yes
terday and set them on fire.
Meanwhile, police said they
were questioning "very closely"
another man who admitted liv
ing with Mrs. Franklin for about
a year after she was divorced
from her husband.
The man, whose name was
not disclosed, said he broke up
with Mrs. Franklin about three
months ago and had not seen
her since. Police said the suspect
gave them a "very strong alibi"
explaining where he was at the
time of the fire but officers
planed to grill him further to
day. Case of Murder
Police Inspector George Kel
ler of the Oakland arson detail
said it was a case of murder.
"We can rule out any possi
bility of suicide ' or accident,"
Keller said. "This looks like a
clear case of murder, and . the
motive may have been revenge
of some kind."
Police said Hand answered a
few questions before he died
yesterday, but was unable to
identify the arsonist. Mrs.
Franklin also talked to police
but was unable to furnish any
clues.
Visited Several Bars
Both victims told police they
had visited several bars early
Hop Growiri Seek
Commsodlt! Sroup
Salem (gfl) - Hop growers
have ftled petition with the
0 State Gekriifteft f Agriculture
asking ar fbffnetion of a com
modity corSiiMi8ft to gssist their
industry, Pri Rowell, chief
of the diii09 0 market de
velopment. tai& taSiy.
Fifty-two jprowert ri present
ing harr-'of tn toti growers in
the state, signe tfte petition.
TTi sieners rerjreWit about two-
thirds of the 195f production in
Oregon. The petition were pre
sented by JoOin W. Smith of St.
Paul and Homer L. Goulet of the
Hopmere district near Salem.
Smith is president and Goulet
secretary of -the Oregon Hop
Growers Association.
Cabinet Action on
Water Policy Denied
Washington (U.R) A White
House spokesmen yesterday de
nied reports that the Cabinet has
decided either to reject or take
no action on a report aimed at
establishing a national water
resource policy.
A Cabinet Committee on
.Water Policy beaded by Secre
tary of Interior Douglas McKay
submitted the report to the
White House in August after
working on it ftor more than a
year. The new national policy
would replace existing patch
work laws.
The spokesman said reports
from presidential commissions
and committees require lengthy
study before Cabinet action can
be taken.
Family Returns To
Coxcomb Hill Home
Astoria U.R) One family
that had evacuated its home on
Astoria's Coxcomb hill moved
back today, hoping that the
creeping earth slides in the resi
dential area had come to an end.
City engineers said the slides
that forced several families to
evacuate earlier in the week,
probably would not resume un
less there were further heavy
rains.
Officials said repairs would
be made to damaged Irving ave.
but had no comment regarding
plans for other work in the slide
area. Experts believed part of
the problem of the 1955 slides
lay in a filled area where a na
tural draw was covered with
loose dirt about 40 years ago.
Astoria has been plagued with
damaging earth slides three
times in the past five years.
British Comet Jet
Wings Over Pacific
Honolulu (U.R) The DeHavil
land Comet III jet airliner took
off from here at 7:59 a.m. (PST)
on the Honolulu to Vancouver
leg of its Australia to London
shakedown flight.
The Comet III, piloted by
Group Captain John Cunning
ham, is scheduled to land at
Vancouver at 1:44 p.m., trim
ming approximately five hours
off the regular flight time on
the Honolulu to Vancouver
route.
The plane and crew will re
main in Vancouver for two days
before going to Toronto, Mon
treal and London. It arrived here
Tuesday afternoon after making
the 3200-mile flight from the
Fijis in 6 hours and 52 minutes.
FENCE ME IN
St. Paul (U.R) Minnesota is
pretty well fenced in for the
winter. Snow fences, installed
by the state highway depart
ment, if stretched out in a single
line, would reach 900 miles.
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Hearing Set on Reds
In News Business
Washington (U.R) The Sen
ate Internal Security Sub-committee
today J scheduled public
hearings Jan. 4-6 on alleged
Communists in the newspaper
business.
The subcommittee said "nu
merous" witnesses would be
called, but a spokesman declined
to identify them. The group said
most of the witnesses already
have been questioned in closed
sessions held last week in New
York.
The hearings were described
as an aftermath of the testimony
of Winston Burdett, Columbia,
Broadcasting System newsman,
who said last summer that he
was a member of a Communist
cell at the now-defunct Brooklyn
Daily Eagle during the last
1930s.. Burdett named a .number
of fellow workers and former
officials of the New York News
paper Guild as Communists. ,
yesterday and had returned to
Mrs. Franklin's apartment about
3 a.m.
An hour - later the flames
erupted with a muffled explo
sion and the entire bedroom
was afire.
The explosion awoke two
neighbors who made a vain at
tempt to enter the burning bed
room to rescue the couple.
Mrs. Franklin, a waitress, was
divorced from Robert A. Frank
lin, 33, in May, 1953. Police
questioned the ex-husband and
afterward, declared, ""Franklin
is clear."
Hand had been working as a
steelworker since his discharge
from the Air Force in July.
Tenneson Returns
To Minnesota
Minneapolis (U.R) Turncoat
GI Richard Tenneson, 22, return
ed today to Minnesota and a
tearful reunion with his mother.
Mrs. Portia Howe, Alden,
Minn., rushed up the ramp to
Tenneson's plane with tears in
her eyes and embraced the son
she had not seen in nearly five
years.
Tenneson parried most ques
tions by newsmen who swarmed
about the plane and Mrs. Howe
begged that he not be asked
questions for the time being.
"How can he be expected to
evaluate?" she asked. "He just
got home."
Mrs. Howe was crying softly
but her son smiled broadly when
they met and kidded on the ramp
of the plane. When they reached
the ground, Tenneson gave a big
hug to his 12-year-old twin half
brother and sister.
Mrs. Howe said she plans a
big turkey dinner for her son
this afternoon on their farm near
Alden, about 100 miles south
of here.
Tenneson came here from Se
attle where he checked through
customs and immigration. He
crossed from Red China into
Hong Kong last Tuesday.
SHORTER LIFE
Muskegon, Mich. (U.R)
Charles W. Spear, 84, was award
ed $2,000 by a circuit court jury
for injuries he received when
hit by a car last July. 3. Spear
claimed among other things that
his injuries shortened his life
expectancy.
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