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.
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former pathology instructor
at Johns Hopkins and Creigh
ton universities, died Sunday
after an illness of several
months.
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