TWELVE MEDFORD (OREGON) MAIL TRIBUNE
Thursday. January 19, 1956
regon Missionary Tells of Riots Against Baptist Mission In Jordan
Former Prisoner
Of Red Chinese
En Route To U.S.
Editor', note: After 4'i vfars im
prisonment in Communist China, Ir.
I.evl Alton Loegren, a Baptist mis
sionary from Cherry Grove, Ore.,
was released last September. Last
week during his trip back to the
L'nited States he had another close
brush with death. While visiting his
son 'at Ajlun, North Jordan, anti
western rioters attacked a Baptist
mission and burned it. Lovegren took
refuge in the Israeli sector of Jeru
salem where he wrote this dispatch.
By LEVI ALTON LOVEGREN.
PH.D.
WrilJen For United Press:
Jerusalem IU.R) My wife Ida
and I were staying with our son,
Dr. Lloyd August Lovegren and
his wife" He is superintendent
of the Baptist mission hospital
at Ajlun. For the last two
months we've stopped over there
on our journey from China back
to America.
Tension mounted in Jordan at
the beginning of last week.
At 10 a.m. Thursday, a large
mob from various villages ar
rived at Ajlun, where it was
joined by local Communists and
members of the Moslem brother
hood for a new march on our
mtssion.
Shouted Slogans
The rioters shouted slogans
against the Bagdad pact and
American colonialism. The mob,
including some women, carried
sticks and axes which they
used for smashing.
Before reaching the mission,
the mob burnt the equipment of
the Baptist school on the road
from Ajlun. The five policemen
on guard at the mission could
not guarantee to protect all sof
' its nine buildings, so we sought
shelter in the hospital com
pound. The mob ransacked two build
ings across the road from the
hospital compound,' as well as
the out-patient clinic and the
dispensary. They looted and
smashed equipment and furni
ture and then set it afire.
Drugs, Microscopes Destroyed
The stone buildings did not
burn, but the rioters destroyed
the hospital's stocks of strepto
mycin and penicillin and dam
aged two valuable microscopes.
The arrival of police rein
forcements about noon, followed
at 7 p.m. by heavy Arab legion
reinformements, brought the sit
uation under control.
During the worst riots, my son
Lloyd and his assistant delivered
one hospital patient of a healthy
baby boy.
But after 20 years in China,
including 4Vz years in Commu
nist jails, civil wars and Chinese
robber attacks, 1,000-odd Jordan
rioters at Ajlun just couldn't
scare me. Anyway there was no
nervous tension.
In China During War
During the war I served as an
Air Force major attached to the
OSS in China.
On Jan. 6, 1951, the Commu
nists arrested me at Sichang in
Sikang province in far west
China. The Reds didn't tell me
the reason for arresting but la
ter said I was an "international
spy."
I was never beaten, but the
Reds threatened to shoot me if I
didn't admit to being an Ameri
can spy. I denied the charges.
Finally I was brought to trial
in Chungking and my Commu
nist defense counsel pleaded
guilty to all charges. I admitted
"spying to appease the court"
and received a light sentence
five years, leaving six months to
serve.
On Sept. 11 last year I was
freed.
Herbert Hoover Becomes
Great-Grandfather Again
San Jose, Calif. iU.R) Former
President Hoover became a
erat-crandfather for the eiahth
time Tuesday with the birth of
a daughter to Mr. and Mrs
Herbert Hoover III.
The girl, named Leslie, was
born in Palo Alto hospital. She
weighed o pounds, 14 ounces,
she is the couple's third child.
Leslie is the great grand-
daughter of Mr. Hoover and
granddaughter of Herbert Hoo
ver II, undersecretary of state.
Her father is an electronics en
gineer for a local firm.
FIRE ENGINE UNSAFE
Billings, Mont. (U.R) Fire
Chief Lucian B. Smith asked the
Citv Council Wednesday to re
place fire engine No. 5. He said
the 1916 model with wooden
wheels, chain drive and two
wheel brakes was "unsafe to
drive."
ONE-TWO PUNCH
Holland, Mich. (U.R) A
Holland -to - Muskegon freight
train that passed the Gordon St.
crossing north of town daily for
years without a single mishap
was hit by cars twice during a
36-hour period.
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BOYS' NIGHT More than 100 boys, all sons of shriners, were
guests of the Jackson County Shrine club Monday night at the
organization's first Boys' Night party. The youngsters, wearing
red fezzes, attended the banquet, entertainment and an address
by Hillah Temple's George F. Guldager of Eugene, who attended
with his sons, George Jr. and Bill. Shown above are, seated,
Guldager and his son, George Jr.; Ray Frisbie introducing Gary
Fichtner, and Jackson County Shrine club president, A. K. Morse.
Gary Fichtner has been a patient at the Portland Shriners' hos
pital for crippled children. Chester Hubbard, past president of the
club and oriental guide of Hillah Temple, was chairman of the
program, and Al Leighton assisted in arrangements. Included in
the program of entertainment was Jack Walker's shrine band.
Efforts will be made by the local club to spread the Boys' Night
party throughout the United States, Canada, Mexico, and Hawaii
following Monday night's success.
Upper Texas Crippled by Heavy
Snowfall; Other States Covered
By UNITED PRESS
The Gulf of Mexico hatched a
snow storm which crippled 50,-
000 square miles of Texas and
swept all the way to the Great
Lakes today.
A near-zero freeze followed
Rainfall Continues
To Menace Oregon
Portland U.R) The guy
who wrote the song hit of the
1920s about "It ain't goin' to
rain no more didn t know how
wrong he could be.
At least he didn't foresee 1956
in Oregon.
It not only continued to rain
in Oregon today, but the heavy
precipitation brought more
slides and highwater threats to
western Oregon.
One slide blocked N.W. Cor
nelius Pass road about a mile
west of the Lower Columbia
River highway near Portland.
High water near S. E. 128th
ave. and Long st. in Portland
menaced several homes.
In other parts of western Ore
gon wary officials were keeping
an eye on rising streams and
hillsides where troublesome and
costly slides might recur. .
The weather bureau forecast
calls for more rain for western
Oregon through tomorrow and
snow or rain showers east of
the Cascades. Temperatures will
remain mild.
Milk Sales Discussed
At Cattle Club Meet
Continued growth of all-jersey
milk sales was discussed by Wil
liam Auel, state field-secretary
of the Oregon all-jersey milk as
sociation, at a meeting of the
Rogue River Jersey Cattle club
in Grants Pass recently.
Ed Parsons, president of the
club, appointed committees, and
discussed plans for the year.
The meeting was held at the
home of Mr. and Mrs. Neil May
field. Those present included Mr.
and Mrs. R. G. McCarty, Jose
phine county 4-H agents, and
Mr. and Mrs. Lee Smith from the
Oregon Dairy Breeders service.
The next meeting will be held
at the home of E. B. Poyer in
Ashland.
Western Air Lines
Remains Strikebound
Los Angeles (U.R) A 10-day
strike against Western Air Lines
by the Brotherhood of Railway
Clerks continued today with no
settlement in prospect. Negotia
tions have been suspended al
though both sides have an
nounced their willingness to re
sume talks.
Shutdown of the 12-state serv
ice linking 45 cities came when
850 ,clerks walked out Jan. 9 in
a wage dispute.
John Arden was the last of
the 41 signers of the Mayflower
Compact to die on Sept. 12,
1687.
PANEL SHOW
Chicago ;U.P.i Tne weather
inside the new 41-story, $40,000,
000 Prudential building is con
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basement. By setting switches
and dials, the building engineer
can regulate the air conditioning
at any place in the building.
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the snow in Texas and heavy
snow warnings were posted for
parts of five Midwestern states.
More snow hit Arkansas and Mis
souri. The storm also brought soak
ing rains to five bone-dry South
ern states, breaking a critical
mid-winter drought at least for
the time being.
Louisiana, Mississippi, Ala
bama, Georgia, and Tennessee
hadn't had any good rains for
almost a month. TVA generators
at Douglas, Tenn., were idled for
the first time in 12 years and
grazing and other winter crops
in the area were in dire need
of water.
The storm was also a blessing
to Texas, although forecasters
said a lot more moisture would
be needed to crack a. disastrous
marathon drought there.
Two Dead in Texas
The heavy snows which hit
yesterday crippled a 50,000
square mile area in upper Texas.
Two persons were killed, at least
three communities were isolated,
and scores of schools were
closed.
At Paris Tex., there was an
eight-inch snow and buses ran
five hours late. Six inches of
snow were measured at Bonham,
home of House Speaker Sam
Rayburn,- and it was so cold
that an official temperature
reading couldn't be taken be
cause the weather observer's in
struments froze.
Clear, cold weather followed
the storm in Texas, but forecast
ers predicted snows of up to
eight inches or more for South
ern Illinois and Indiana and
parts of Missouri, Oklahoma,
and Iowa.
The predictions were borne
out as Charles City, Ia meas
ured nine inches of snow; Mai
den, Mo., five and Flippin, Ark.,
and Paducah, Ky four.
Spring From Gulf Storm
State Police in Southern Illi
nois said highways were packed
with up to four inches of "snow
early today and it wag still com
ing down.
The U.S. Weather Bureau said
the widespread snows and rains
were springing from a storm cen
ter born in the northern Gulf of
Mexico. The deepening low cen
ter should be over Ohio or West
Virginia by tonight, it said.
West of the storm, tempera
tures went below zero as far
south as Lincoln, Neb., where it
was an icy minus seven degrees
early today.
And on the East Coast, a strike
of fuel oil and coal truck drivers
in New York City, reached the
crisis stage.
There were high hopes that
the three-day-old strike would
end today, but the city's Real
Estate Board warned of a "catas
trophe in the making" if it
doesn't.
Temperatures were , around
freezing and many Manhattan
buildings feared they would run
out of fuel today.
Contract or No Contract;
Nude Singer Skedaddles
London (U.R) Actresses can
appear on the stage nude in Bri
tain if they don't move. If they
move they are breaking the law
and are liable to get fired.
Nineteen-y ear-old Peaches
Page billed as "the delicious
singing nude," broke the law
Tuesday night. Her grand immo
bility dissolved in a burst of
speed and she was fired.
Peaches appeared at the Cam-
berwell Palace in shoes, a brace
let and a white muff. And as she
moved her lips (legal) a record
player in the background gave
forth with "I've Got My Love To
Keep Me Warm."
Her aplomb was shaken when
a little grey mouse walked on in
the middle of her song, gathered
sped and zipped across her feet.
Peaches and the mouse fled in
different directions.
Show manager Syd Elgar said
the authorities would get after
him if they found out Peaches
was flouncing about m puoiic
without her clothes.
"By moving, you have broken
your contract," he told Peaches.
"You're sacked."
But Peaches' show stopper
didn't stop the show. The record
kept grinding out, "I've Got My
Love To Keep Me Warm."
Then theater manager Gilbert
Oscroft intervened and said
Peaches could appear in the sec
ond show her last. Men were
posted in the wings to watch for
mice.
"Miss Page will not be appear
ing again," Elgar announced la
ter. "She is under contract to
remain still while posing. If the
authorities hear of this I could
lose my license."
, "I don't care what Mr. Elgar,
the London County Council or
anyone else says," Miss Page
told newsmen. "Any girl would
have done the same."
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Charlie A. Brunton, defective hand
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Virgil L. Brown, no signal device,
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Dean W. Allen, defective headlight,
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Lester De Shaver vs. Leta De Shav
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Betty Walker vs. Robert L. Walker,
divorce decree.
Chaileen Gwendolyn Hewitt vs.
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p.m. at YMCA, Saturday, Jan. 21. We'll be there Will You?
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Liia Leeds, Former
Film Starlet, Arrested
Chicago (U.R) Lila Leeds, a
blonde movie starlet whose ca
reer was ruined by narcotics,
was held today on a charga of
soliciting.
Detective Russell Burton said
Miss Leeds' arrest late Tuesday
night stemmed from complaints
about, her "call girl" activities.
Miss Leeds, the wife of a mu
sician and mother of two chil
dren, testified before a Senate
committee last November that
narcotics addiction had ruined
her screen career. She told the
committee that she had stopped
using narotics.
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