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ixecufion of Batista Little Time Needed To Reach Verdict By Court Br ANDRES LOPEZ Colon, Matanzas Province, Cuba -CPU Cuban revolution ary justice allows plenty of time for testimony but needs only minutes to reach a ver dict. This was the pattern in Monday's trial of three form er Batista soldiers on charges they were responsible for 20 to 30 deaths in this sugar town 45 miles east of the provincial capital of Matanzas. A five-man tribunal headed by Capt. Julio Chaviano, local commandant of the July 26th Movement, convened at 4 p.m. at a rural guard headquarters building. In addition to Chaviano, a young Castro guerrilla veter an, the tribunal consisted of two other members of the rebel movement a militia man and a civilian member of the rebel underground. Charged With War Crimes The tribunal sat behind a bare wooden table holding documents relating to the al leged "war crimes" of the ac cused. ' On trial were former Army Capt. Isidoro Lopez, Sgt. Juan Leonard and a private soldier, Segundo Napoles, who sat on folding wooden chairs when not addressing the court. The proceedings continued for four hours, with Chaviano reading the charge sheets ac cumulated during an investi gation and with the accused rising to argue their defense. At one point Leonard vig orously disputed his former commanding officers asser tions to the court. ' The press and witnesses were permitted to attend the trial but residents of the area were excluded and could only peer in through the dusty windows. Martin To Keep Chauffeured Auto Washington-IUPD-Rep. Joseph W. Martin Jr. (R-Mass.) 74, ousted as GOP House leader, will be able to keep his chauffeur-driven ' limousine, after all. The House Monday speedily approved a resolution to that effect. It was sponsored by Demo cratic Leader John W. Mo Cormack (Mass.) and support ed by the new GOP leader, Rep. Charles A. Halleck (Ind.) who defeated Martin m a contest for the leadership last Tuesday. The action came as friends of Martin were reported about ready to organize a campaign for private contributions to finance a limousine for Mar tin. Until Monday's action only three members of the House were entitled to chauffeur driven limousines-the speak er, Demqcratic leader and Re publican leader. Friends said Martin was touched by the gesture and felt it would be ungracious to spurn it. Actor's Son Pleads Guilty To Charges Beverly Hills, Calif. - (UPD -Edward G. Robinson Jr., pleaded guilty Monday to charges of using "abusive lan guage" before guests in the lobby of the plush Beverly Hills Hotel. The 25 year-old-son of the famed actor was ordered to appear Feb. 10 before Muni cipal Judge Adolph Alexan der for a probation hearing and sentencing. He was freed on $25 bail pending the hear ing. The complaint to which Robinson pleaded guilty was amended from the original action in which he also was charged with drunkenness at the time of the incident last Nov. 21. Dance Nets $40 for Teens Against Polio An after-the-game dance at the Young Men's Christian as sociation Saturday netted S4035 for the "Teens Against Polio" fund drive. Sponsored by the Theta Tau Alpha Tri Hi-Y, Miss Char lene Highland, club president, was chairman. Adult advisor for the affair was Charles Johnson, club advisor. TUCK WALKS OUT . LondorMUPD-Friar Tuck has ' walked out on Robin Hood. Actor Alexander Gauge, who plays the portly friar in a TV series, said he would return to playing 'the Sidney Green street type of heavy villain." in Cuba Once the long testimony was finished Chaviano cleared the court and the accused men were returned to their cells. Five minutes later the verdict was ready and the men were brought again into the courtroom. Sentenced To Be Shot Chaviano read the verdict: "Guilty" and sentenced them to be shot. He then saluted Lopez who returned the sa lute, wheeled and again was sent to his cell. The rebels 'sent a Roman Catholic priest Fr. Juan Lang lois of Montreal, into Lopez cell where he spent several minutes hearing the captain's confession. The priest had been gone only a few minutes" when shouting echoed throughout the jail. Rebel guards rushed to Lopez cell and found him clutching his throat, gurgling and gasping. He had tried strangling himself with a mattress string but it broke. The rebels con ducted him to a hospital. The execution must await approval of the tribunal's sen tence by the provincial mili tary commandant, William Galves, in Mantazas. ' But firing squads may be heard in Colon before sun down. Several Thousand Due for Castro Justice in Cuba Havana -(DPI)- Rebel sources said today "several thousand" Batista men faced revolution ary justice throughout Cuba. It was certain the death toll would rise far above the 121 known formal and informal executions reported since Jan. 1. The busiest firing squads were reported in Santiago, capital of the eastern province of Oriente, which was the scene of the bloodiest repres sions carried out by followers of ex-President Fulgencio Ba tista. Rebels in Santiaeo com manded by Raul Castro, broth er of the revolutionary leader, have arrested at least 320 persons. Seventy of them faced a mass trial and 14 were executed immediately. The remaining 56 are to die in small groups. Secret Executions In addition, 52 formal exe cutions after a summary trial have been reported since Jan. 1 in the cities of Matanzas. Manzanillo, Camaguey, Pinar Del Kio and Santa Clara. Lengthening the list are 15 executions reported to have occurred secretly in Cabana fortress m Havana. In addition 40 persons were reported "informally" execut ed by zealous rebels in the early hours of victory before the rebel command gained control over the over-zealous civilians. At least 20 of the killings were reported in Ha vana. , Incidents of rebel over-zeal-ousness still were cropping up. In Havana a family demanded Monday that the government apprehend and punish rebels responsible for the Saturday night assassination of univer sity professor Rafael Escalona. In a signed statement a dozen members of Escalona's family said authorities took the professor at 8 D.m. to a police station and that his corpse was delivered from there to a morgue with seven bullet-holes in his chest, neck and face. Mistaken Identity They identified Escalona as an "outstanding, militant rev olutionary" and speculated the rebels took him for Chuchifeo Cardenas, hench man of hated Batista San. Ro lando Masferrer. Many of Masferrer s group already have met their death. Elsewhere other types of irregular shootings were re ported; a 16-year-old militia man killed a teen-ae eirl bystander in Santa Clara when he accidentally dis charged his rifle; a prisoner being escorted to iail was shot by a militiaman in Cienfue eos: a 21-year-old Santa Clara youth was wounded by stray bullets in a suburban gun fight. Thus far most of the rebel "war crime" trials have taken place in the battle-torn prov inces, but they are to spread to Havana this week. Havana police chief Efigencio Alme jeira said trials would begin this week for many of the 1,200 seized in the early hours of Jan. 1. Try and -By BENNETT CERF- A TIMID LITTLE LADY refused to board a plane headed for Denver unless the pilot promised her personally not to fly above an altitude of 4,000 feet. "Higher than that," she ex plained, "my doctor says would be more than my heart could stand." "But my dear lady," blus tered the pilot, "Denver it self is one mile high." "Then I just won't go there," de cided the little lady. "I al ways thought Denver was on the ground." Harry's Bar in Venice has come up with a new drink that tourists are going for in a big way. It's called the telephone cocktail. Drink two of them, and your head starts ringing. ' K. M. Linhoff, of Long Beach, Calif., informs us that a crook broke mto his pigpen last week. "Now," he concludes mournfully, "I haven't got mahogany more." 1959, by Bennett Cerf. Distributed by King Features Syndicate. Quotes From the News By UNITED PRESS INTERNATIONAL Aurora, Ill-Mayor Paul Egan, at a City Council meeting where he traded punches and lost to the sergeant-at-arms aft er the council voted to remove Egan from the meeting: "I will recognize a motion to adjourn and that's all." Dallas, Tex - Evangelist Billy Graham, on cancelling a speech scheduled for Monday night to fly to Minnesota for treatment of an eye ailment: "After the luncheon speech today. I was greatly tired and felt it probably best lo cancel the scheduled speech." Columbus, Ohio-Michael V. DiSalle, former federal price stabilizer, on being sworn in as Ohio's 55th governor: "I can hardly believe it is happening to me." Lake Forest, IU.-Adlai E. Stevenson, chiding the United States for its complacency in the face of Soviet progress: "In our fat, dumb, happy complacency, we assume we can't lose. We assume the right won't fail." , Washington-Rep. Emanuel Celler (D.-N.Y.) in introduc ing a joint resolution to repeal the constitutional amendment which limits presidents to two terms: ."Time has proven how sorry a mistake this amendment is. The country is living with a lame-duck president who in his second term has lost much of the political power essen tial to him for leadership." Los Angeles, Calif.-Soviet Deputy Premier Anastas Miko yan, shaking hands with actor Marlon Brandon on a movie set: "You're a strong man. When I shake hands with you I feel like a movie star too." New York-Mrs. Frances Chionchio, when her kidnaped daughter was returned and she held the child for the first time: "My baby! My baby! God has. returned you!" ROGUE RIVER Club Meeting By MRS. MYRTLE WHIPPLE Rogue River - The Laurel Garden club met Wednesday, Jan. 7, at the home of Mrs Jack Demory, with Mrs. C. Woodward as co-hostess. There were 23 members present and guests were Mrs. Everett Goodnight and Mrs. Willis Hoar. A dessert lunch was served at 1 p.m The meeting opened by the chaplain, Mrs. Victor Friden, giving a prayer and a salute of 'the flag was led by Mrs. Jim Whipple. . Members welcomed Mrs, Claud Willoughby who has been ill for so long as well as Mrs. Harry Condray and Mrs. Ed Burkett, who have been unable to attend for some time The regular business was conducted and Mrs. Harold Dunham gave a talk on birds while Mrs. William White gave a report on conservation. Plans were made for a card party on Feb. 12 and a food sale to be held March 28. President Mrs. Henry Bon- ney invited members to a lunch at her home Wednes day, Jan. 14, at which time Mrs. Esther Shock will show the pictures which she took while in Hawaii The next meeting will be at the home of Mrs. Henry Bon- ney Feb. ,4 Mrs. Iza Forcyth returned Tuesday evening from several weeks' visit with her son, Tom Webb, and family in San Di ego, Calif. Ben Golding and family of Eugene spent Christmas with his parents, Mr. and Mrs. Joe Golding, of Rogue River. Walter Howell and family of Toledo, Ore., were guests over night Saturday of Tom Wilson and Ambre Blayden. Mr. Howell is a nephew of Mrs. Blayden. Word has been received from Paul Woods of Lake Grove, Ore., of the death of his wife, Gladys, on Nov. 25. Mrs. Woods was raised in Rogue River and was the daughter of the late Sam San drys. Mrs. Wood is survived by her husband, Paul, one son, Don Woods, and by one sister, Mrs. Dorris Grim, of Bis marck, N. D. Mr. and Mrs. Leland Brag ington of Walport, Ore., were Followers Expected To Else Stop Me Held recent over nieht euests of Mr. and Mrs. Joe Golding. Stephen Brown of Grants Pass was a week-end guest of his grandparents, Mr. and Mrs. Lloyd Smith. Mr. and Mrs. Grant Clyde and two sons returned last week from Los Angeles, where they spent Christmas and had a family reunion. It was the first time all the Clydes have been together for many years. Karen Lee Irwin, who is at tending Lewis and Clark col lege in Portland, spent the holidays with her parents, Mr. and Mrs. Jeff Irwin, of Evans creek. Mr. and Mrs. Cliff Voss en tertained for an evening of cards Saturday, Jan. 3. Guests were Mr. and Mrs. Lloyd Smith and Mr. and Mrs. James Whipple. Mr. and Mrs. Lloyd Young of California are in Rogue River looking after property interests and visiting relatives. Young's parents are both con valescing at a rest home in Grants Pass. Mr. and Mrs. Robert Stew art and daughter, Karen, of Grants Pass have moved to Longview, Wash. Mrs. Stew art is the daughter of Mr. and Mrs. LeRoy "Bud" Webb of Rogue River. Captain Byron M. Drumm, of the 11th Engineer Group, U.S. Army, spent the holidays with his parents, Mr. and Mrs. L. A. Drumm, of East Evans creek. Captain Drumm, who has been in the army since 1945, has spent the last three years in Germany. He will report to Fort Ord for reassignment. Guests over the holidays of the Earl Weavers of Weavers' Cash Market were their daughters, Carol Ann, and Mrs. Golie Patrick and hus band and family, all of Casa Grande, Ariz. On Dec. 27 the family cele brated Mr. Weaver's birthday with a turkey dinner. Mr. and Mrs Rollin Stiehl have returned from San Ma teo, Calif., where they visited Mrs. Stiehl's son and family, Dr. and Mrs. Don Re Ville. Mr. and Mrs. Max Thayer, 1959 Commodity Price Picture Shows Infuences New York-(TJPD - A bifocal view of the 1959 commodity price picture reveals opposing influences separating domes tic items from important ma terials. Domestic commodities like grains and cotton will re spond to what the' new Con gress may decide on price supports, production controls and the freer distribution of surplus commodities overseas. Recurring tensions in the Formosa Straits, Berlin, the Middle East, Africa and the Orient will have an effect on rubber, wool, burlap, platin um, copper and other non-fer rous metals. Watch-Point Russia's policy of unloading surplus stocks will be a sensi tive watch-point. Soviet dump ing raised hob with platinum and aluminum in 1958 and temporarily demoralized the tin market in early Septem ber. Coffee and cocoa will hinge on the ability of Brazil and Africa to maintain minimum export prices in face of mount ing stocks and a deteriorating currency. Latin - American countries agreed on a coffee price stabilizing plan, but the refusal to go along by other producers, particularly Africa cast shadows on the future of the plan. Political turmoil in Cuba must be reckoned with in analyzing sugar price pros pects. India's ability to main fain "floor" prices on burlap and other jute products will affect packers of grain, flour, feed, seed, as well as rug and carpet . manufacturers and linoleum markers. Started on Upgrade Despite the blurred overall picture in 1958, commodity prices started on an upgrade before the summer ended. The stock market boom, plus an inflationary psychology whet ted by the election outcome and an inventory replenish ment move, all had a bullish effect. The Bureau of Labor Sta tistics index of 22 sensitive commodity prices in early No vember reached the highest point since Sept. 6, 1957. The index is more heavily weight ed with industrial commodi ties, making its more respon sive to a general business re covery. ids Asked for Gold Beach Job The Portland district, Corps of Engineers, will accept bids, starting Jan. 27, for construc tion of two rubble-mound jetties at the entrance to the Rogue river at the coast. The bids will be opened Feb. 25 at 2 p.m. in the of fice of the district engineer, Col. Walter L. Winegar, Port land. , The project will be the start of construction of port facil ities at Gold Beach. Federal funds will cover the costs of the jetties and to dredge a channel, it was reported. Jan. 20 a special bond election, called by the Gold Beach Port district, will be held at which time voters will be asked to provide funds for the construction of facilities not financed by the government. The district will be required to purchase land and ease ments, construct docks, and other miscellaneous works. The government project on which bids will be invited later this month are for various classes of stone fill and 9,000 cubic yards of ex cavation. MOTHER LIKE DAUGHTER Chicago -(UPD- Mrs. Earl Reid, 23 gave birth to her seventh child, a boy, Sunday just 62 hours after her 16 year-old .daughter, Mrs. Ray mond G. Brier, presented her with her first grandchild, also a boy. editor of The Times, received as a Christmas present, a 6 pound granddaughter, born Christmas day to Mr. and Mrs. Robert Pearce. The baby has been named Kelli Renee. L BRILL METAL WORKS Commercial Industrial Residential Sheet Metal Work Stainless, Galvanized and Copper Fabrication 2287 West Main PHONE SP 2-4440 Pelham, N.Y.-4UPD-Dr. Hol land N. Stevenson II, 72, a former pathology instructor at Johns Hopkins and Creigh ton universities, died Sunday after an illness of several months. IF YOU LIKE TO SAVE WHILE YOU LIVE IN Collect the family, scurry down to your Studebaker Dealer's, pile into The Lark and take off. Take it through the paces in 'traffic, in the open, and watch the gas gauge stand still. Turn it on a dime. Park it on a postage stamp. It's three feet shorter outside with room for six inside, delivers peak performance on regular, low-cost gas, looks like a million, cuts motoring bills to the five-and-dime level. And such a beauty. You just can't get so much for so little-anywhere else! Investigate! CALL rui w How is it you know you're taking no chances when you let a youngster take your shopping list? Isn't it for the same reason that you buy 70 of your family's food without actually seeing it? You know that A good brand is your best guarantee . . . and that the name on the label is your best buying guide. You have learned to count on good The earliest known copper nickel alloy coins are those minted about 170 B.C. in Bac tria, a Kingdom in northwest ern India. The country was conquered by Alexander the Great in 326 B.C. -DRIVE THE FOR A FUN DRIVE DEMONSTRATION TODAY AT LC LLIVjn VlVjlUi0 134 SOUTH RIVERSIDE col send a child MAIL TRIBUNE, Mcdford, Oregon, Tuesday, January IS, 19St I Steadily Tokyo - (UPD - Tokyo police are planning to add women to the force to help fight juve nile delinquency. To be eligi ble for a police job, a woman must be a widow and a mother. STYLE MKK" to the store? brand names. You know the company standi back of them. You know they protect you. The more good brands you get to know, th fewer buying mistakes you'll make. Get ac quainted with those brands in this newspaper. You'll get more value for your shopping money if you do. BRAND NAMES FOUNDATION Incorporated A Non-Profit Educational Foundation 37 West 57th St., New York 19, N. Y. MEDFORD MAIL Maidstone, England-flJPD-Ar-thur King, 27, and Jonah Mor ris, 46, have been jailed for 30 months for burglary be cause they believed in adver tising. Police were tipped off to the two men's operations by a painted business sign, reading: "King and Morris, burglars incorporated, all kinds of work considered; breaking and entering a specialty." BYSTUDEBAKER $1925 Transportation, toeal Inti and any other extras plainly labeled on. every car. TRIBUNE
