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Star day noon portion Partly with 8, 1953 0 Net Member: Paid The Cirel. 3 Associated Mos, Pease Ending March Audit 31, Bureau 1953 al 3,274 Circulations TORTURED AND PUZZLED American Saberjet pilot Lt. Col. Thomas D. Harrison, left, cousin of Chief Truce Negotiation Lt.

Gen. was clubbed and tortured with the "water treatment" by Red William K. Harrison, tells, newamen at Freedom Village how he captors trying to wring military information from him 25 he iny In Communist prison cell with a shattered lea. Harrison was freed 6 after 26 months Imprisonment. Army Warrant Officer Dwight E.

Coxe, right, looks a wee bit puzzled an he looks at August money received on his firet payday In many montha, Coxc, released he August carried 5 from to Inchon, Koren, to await transportation to Tokyo and Communist captors in operation "Big Switch," the United Staton, NEA Radionhoto Bill to Admit 214,000 Into U.S. Signed WASHINGTON President Eisenhower signed Into law today to admit 214,000 extra refugees, orphans and other allena auto the United States in the next three years. He called the legislation significant humanitarian net and. an (important contribution toward greater understanding and cooperation among the nations of the free world." The President affixed hiss elgnain the presence or or congressional leaders other persons netive In the measure's behalf. a statement about the bill, Eisenhower sold: 1: 8 dramatic contrast to the tragic events toking place Eastern Germany and in other captive nations." The President went DI1 fr sny the bill "demonstrates again Amerlea's traditionnl concern for the homeless, the and the less fortunate of other lands." The bill finally sent to the President is a compromisu measure containing many provisions almed at screening out any Communist agents among the migrants in admitted over and above regalar quotas.

Son, McCarran(D-Nev.) led fight against th emeasure but ginally accepted the rewritten version, which will allow the admis. of :1 somewhat smaller number of aliens, than Eisenhower originally It also will lenythen the period of the program from two to three yours. The largest number of visas allotted to persons who have caped or been expelled from hind the Iron Curtain ani have streamed into Western Germany Western Austria, These are, divided into groups. One la made up of persons of German ethnic origin who were born in Russia or her European satellites, but forced out, Other persons who have escuped from these areas compose the second group. The law authorizes the mission of 55,000 German expel.

lees and 35,000 escapees residing in Western Germany or Austria It also permits the entry of 10.000 escapees residing in North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) tons, orin Sweden, Iran or free territory of Trieste. The law carmark9 45,000 visas for Italian refugees, 15,000 Italians, 2,000 Creeks and 2,000 Dutch who, even though they may not be ugees, have close, relativos living in this country. ExDies in Newton FAYETTEVILLE Rual! Custar Ham of Jasper, Newton County school supervisor and former Arkansas legislator, died of al heart attack hero last night. Ham, 51, was attending a summer workshop for school adminis. tratorz and working on his manter's degree in school ton at the Univorsity of Arkansas.

He was stricken outside the lege of Education as he prepared to attend a class yesterday noon. He was taken to a hospital, where he suffered another attack and died, Ham represented Newton County in the Arkansas House from 1939 through 1945. He is survived by his widow and four SONS. Funeral: arrangements fare incomplete. WEATHER FORECAST NOTICE City Subscribers: you do not receive please telephone 7-3431 by and a copy will be sent special carrier.

54TH YEAR: VOL. 54 NO. FBI to Check $30,000 Given Truman Fund By LEWIS GULICK WASHINGTON 4'-The Justice! Department has taken over inves. tigation of transactions involving $65.000 paid Welburn Mayock, 1 lawyer, for getting a favorable tax: ruling. Marock testified br paid $30.000 of this into Democratic campaign fund coffers in 1948, and that ho got the ruling after a personal uppeal to then Secretary of Treasury.

John W. Snyder. The Mayock case was among the last unearthed by a House ways! and means subcommittee which yesterday wound up more than two years of a frequently sensational inquiry into handling of lax matters during the Truman tration. Justice Department officials announced yesterday the FBI will investigate the case. Mayock, who described himself! as a volunteer counsel for the Dentocratic National Committee in 1948.

told the House group earlier this week he got the $65,000 from William S. Lasdon, chemical company execulive of Yonkers. N. after obtaining the Treasury Department ruling favoring Lasdon. Snyder, now vice president of Willys-Overland Motors.

at Toledo, Ohio, has said he does not recall the incident. Subcommittee Chairman Kea (R-NJ) turned the case over to the Justice Department following Maycock's further testimony that he gave $8,750 apicec out of his fee to Louis Markus and William Solomon of New York. Mayock said the two men had put him in touch with Lasdon. Markus and Solomon both denied getting the money from Mayock. Kean remarked the conflicting testimony indicated someone guilty of perjury and income tax evasion.

90 More Gls Freed and In Better Health By MILO FARNETI PANMUNJOM LAY Some laughter and joy came to Panmunjom today as 90 Americans returned to freedom in obviously better health and spirits than those liberated the first three days of the great Korean prisoner exchange. There were few maimed and haggard men in today's group. The Reds sent back 250 South Koreans. 90 Americans, 35 Turks and 25 British a total of 400. They said Sunday's group of 400 will include 250 ROKs, 112 Americans, 21 British, 13 Turks, 2 Australians, 1 Canadian and 1 Filipino.

The 112 Americans will be the biggest shipment of U.S. troops. so far in four days of Big Switch" and will bring the total of Americans returned to 401. The Reds have promised to send back 3,313 Americans among 763 Allied POWs. So far, the four-day exchange! has brought back a grand total of 1,205 ROKs, 311.

Americans, 143 Turks, 126 British, 34 Filipinos, Colombians, 7 French, 6 Austra-1 lians, and 1 each Belgian, dian, Greek and South African. The prisoners released rolled out of the north in Fred Trucks under a broiling sun. One carried a skin drum and! another wore a red and white cap standing out brightly against the dull blue POW clothing. Eighty were Negroes, many from the old 24th Regiment, disbanded two years ago when the Army abolished racial segregation. The returnees were exuberant.

"Well, well, old chap, Pall Malls, no Jess-" one quipped to St. Louis Balent of Summerville, N. when the military policeman; dumped a carton of clagrettes into: A helmet and passed them "Be light, be bright! It sure good to be back to this little piece of the old U.S. "Man do realize we are the USA?" 'cried Pfc. Frank Quarles of Hopkinsville, as truck pulled into the exchange point.

"I just can't keep my mouth shut," he said. was a long trip and a sick Seeing a convoy of singing Red North Koreans driving up the road, the Americans yelled and hooted. might as well sing, too shall we give him a little blues, boys?" A deeper note was struck by the Turks and South Koreans. Their hatred of their was so intense that scores tored their Chinese prison uniforms spontaneous acts of defiance, your Star 6 p. m.

you by Hope Star of Hope 1899. Press 1927 253 Consolidated Jan. 18, 1929 Dick Haymes, in dark glasses, is brought into immigration office in Hollywood by investigator Thomas D. McDermott, left, after. he was arrested leaving deportation and to his native Argentina.

Haymes was picked up for re-entering United States illegally when he flew to Hawaii to visit actress Rita Hayworth. NEA Telephoto Forced Labor Feared Fate of Americans By JOHNW. FINNEY WASHINGTON (UP) Specu- WASHINGTON (UP) Speculation grew in army circles today the Communists have "shipped captured Americans to China as forced laborers o1' propaganda tools. There is some evidence that few Americans have even beer sent to Russia to help build har: bors on the Siberian coast. Such use of captured U.

troops, if confirmed, would help account for the discrepancy between the number of Americans listed by the United States missing and the number listed by the Communists as captives, Gen. Mark W. Clark, United supreme commander in the Far East, sai dyesterday there some indication that the Reds: may be holding 2.000 to 3.000 morei Americans than the 3,313 they agreed to return. army lists 8,705 S. soldiers as missing in action, and licials hwere fear many of those not reported by the Communists! may be dead.

But the army knows for a tact that 3 small group of Americans were taken to Manchuria and South China for doctrination." Some of them have made propaganda broadcasts the Reds' Poiping radio although they have never been reported the Communists as captured. Other American prisoners have been reported in European stacklite countries such as Czechoslovakia and Poland. There also have ben reports from Chinese refugees that sever lal thousand American soldiers with special skills were sent northeast China and Manchuria work in mines und factories. The army does not confirm these reports, hut officials called that in World War It Russians used captured Germans and Japanese as forced laborers. Thousands of them have yet to freed, despite frequent Western demands that they be sent home.

Several congressmen urged the administration do everything possible to confrim whether Communists archolding back U. prisoners now and, if they are, take action to get them back. CRUDE OIL WASHINGTON Arkansas' stock of crude petroleum totaled ,8,000 barrels on Aug. 1, a de. crease of 109.000 barrels from the previous week, the Bureau of Mines reported yesterday.

The national domestic and foreign crude petroleum products Aug. 1 was 70,144,000, a net increase of 34,000 barrels. Hint to Motorist Hays in Plea for Fourth Class Offices By GORDON BROWN WASHINGTON W- A plea for the fourth class past office was made today by Rep. Brooks (D-Ark.) He said that while it might be necessary for the administration close some small post offices as an economy step, there other factors which must be considered. Hays wrote his plea to Ben.

H. executive assistant to the postmaster general, Guill has advisad Hays that surveys are bing made in five of the six counties, in his district to determine the sibliity of replacing fourth class post offices with rural mail carrier service, The Post Office Department said such a survey is being made of a nationwide basis. Declaring that the fiscal aspects of each situation should not be Hays said: "The community's history enters into the calculations and trust that the relationship which office hears to community morale and patterns of community life will be taken into account. "Some of the offices are not related to the commerclal arguments for abolishment, but there some situations in which the has become not only a symbol for the community's survival but very vital factor in its activities." Hays said that in northern Pope County there are about 10 offices serving a large area although each has fow patrons. He said that the financial picture in each case not good "but if all were done away with and complete reliance placed upon rural service it would be very unfortunate impact upon the community life of that area.

Democrats Blast GOP Claims By JOHN L. CUTTER WASHINGTON -The Democratic National Committee issued box score today lambasting Ru. publican claims that they rolled up 2 grout record during the first session of the 33rd Congress, The eight-page "Caci sheet" was! made public a few hours after President Eisenho.ver told the nation he was proud of the accomplishments of the GOP. controlled legislature. The committee sail the achieve.

'ments actually fell far short of these, Republican it declared. promises. And stemined most of Democratic votes and Democratic programs. Democratic Congressmen generally complained that Mr. Eisenhover failed to give them due erecit in his nationwide radio cast, that what he said seemed to It is abisable to use new gas- be mostly praise keis when' installing new spark cans.

plugs and also to make certain Sen. Robert S. that the plug is, screwed down said the President tightly with a wrench. After theifar a wing plugs hae been installed and wing for the used for a short time, they should 3 prayer of be tightened still farther to avoid were enough I compression leakage. help carry him cloudy Saturdny and Suns widely scattered afterthundershowers.

Cooler north Saturday, BROADWAY Dulles Signs Security Pact With ROK's By WILLIAM C. BARNARD SEOUT A treaty pledging America's military might in de. Sense of war -battered South Korea Red armies break the truce and! attack again was initialed here! today. 'The mutual security part. which must win U.

S. Senate approval, initiated by Sveretary of State' John Foster Dulles and ROK Minister Pyun Yong Tal. The ceremontes In President Syngman Rhee's hillside mansion tour days of important conferences between Rhee anct Dulles. It came is U. N.

headquarters New York announced that 101 Allied nations with troops in Korea (have promised to take 1113 arts again in the event of flew Communis: attack. 131 Britain al Canada later hedged their commilttoiment. Dulles and Rhee, in joint stato. ment issued 09 the security pact was initaled. hailed their work ns "an important contribution to the development of independence and freedom in the Far East." They also announced 11 United States Korea agreement 10 walk out of the forthcoming politicul conference if both feel after 90 days that the Communists are efforts to nchieve peace in Korea.

Dulles, his mission 10 Koren completed, flew to Tokyo Saturday evening on the first leg of his trip back to Washington. Dulles suld he and Japanese Prime Minister Shigeru Yoshida would meet Saturday night to "talk over matters of common! concern, both relating to Japan and to the free world position in the Far Enat." Dulles promised another sinte. ment before toaving Japan for Washington Sunday. The security pact agreed upon by Dulles and Rhee provides for basing American troops in Korea. But the secretary of state told news conference that "we want to get our armed forces home :5 soon as is consistent with our sponsibilities." Dulles and his advisers also dis cussed with South Korean Jeaders a vast program of economic aid planned by the Uniled States rebuild the war shattered land.

The three to four-year program one billion dollars in contemplates, of which 200 million already has been approved by Congress. Harris Returns Home From Washington Congressman Owen Harris ar rived home today from Washington with his family following ment Congress this week. The Fourth District Representative returned home by automobile leaving Washington Wednesday after cleaning up some work on his desk and in the office. "We are exceedingly glad to be back home after another long and trying session of Congress," gressman Harris stuted. "Though the Congress got off to a slow start the early part of the year, we have been these going at a rapid pace during closing weeks." Congressman Horris announces that he will open offices 011 the second floor of the Post Office Building in El Dorado within the neyt few days.

He will maintain offices here in the Distrlet during the adjournment of Congress through December. He plans to spend inost of the time in the District, visiting, meetand talking with his constituents, Although he will be out over the District al great deal, he con be contacted through his office in El Dorado, Miss Cristine and Miss Ruth Collins, of Ashdown, of his staff will be in the office. Mr. Harris says that he may have some Committee work during the Fall and it is entirely possible the President will call i Session, but "I hope to spend most 0 fthe time in the District. Eight months is a long time to be away." He is anxious to get in fishing' and a few days relaxation.

Washington Test to Be Spudded in on Monday The Gunter No. 1, a wildcat off test about a mile and a half west of Washington is scheduled to be spudded In Monday, A heavy rig has already been moved in by the T. W. Murray Petroleum Company of San Angelo, Texas. No definite depth has been set.

The operation is headed by Claud Garner, former resident of Washingion, PRICE 5c COPY Judge McFaddin to Teach Bible Class Judge Ed Me Faddin of the Arkan-! sas Supreme Court will teach the Century Bible Class of the First Methodist Church. Sunday August 9. All members and guests are invited to attend. Russia Again Using Famous Doubletalk B.Y JAMES MARLOW WASHINGTON If the state' men's minds could always bel read from what they wrote, it might seem the Russians were onsure of themselves in their week on the Big Four forcign! ministers conference. But, since they've made a prac lice of double talk, the note's purpose was probably to confuse, not enlighten.

'The State Department trying 110W to decide what means. The Russians have East Germany completely for the eight years since World War M. That would seem time enough crush the East Germans' spirit and discipline them under munism if they could not be won over to It. At the need of the eight years, East Germans-through riots, defiance in: accepting food, and desertions from the police and Army--have demonstrate neither discipline nor This might be enough shake SONIC of the Russians' confidence themselves, particularly since they're trying to feel their way under a new regime at home. The Russians have consistently brushed aside suggestions by this country and its big Western allies that East and West Germany be alluwed to hold free elections for single German government.

With the hatred expressed by the East Germans in recent weeks, the Russians must fecl even less inclination that ever to permit them to unite with the West mans whose present governmert pro-Western. It seems impossithat the Communists, would consent to free German elections or unification in the fore sec able future. The United States has urged the Russians to agree on those two points until thus cummer. The last time the State Department made he proposal was Sepember 1952. The Russians never answered.

But In July, Secretary of Sate Dulles met here with the foreign ministers of Britain and France, OnlJuly 15 they, seni the Russians and note suggesting that they the Russian forcign minister meet consider German unification and free elections. The Western Powers could hardly lose with such a note, even the Russians didn't answer. The proposal at least might win support. for Chancellor Konrad Ade. nauer in the West German elevtions of Sept.

6. Adenauer has worked with Western nations and it would to their beneflt for him to win. He has run into some intense sition in Western Germany, which might indicate something else all visible now: That if Germany evey did reunited it might not lie up with either camp for a long tin! try to play of! the West against Russia, or the other way around, strictly for good of Germany, Tuesday night Russia responded to the Western proposal with vague and rambling note which dicated or SO it their foreign minister would talk about Germany with the other three foreign ministers, But the Russians the ougaly scrambled up the business inserting that the Communist Chinese must sit in on sible discussions about casing world tensions. The only purpose of the Russian note, probably is to make them look good, or at least not stubbornly bad, in the eyes of the East Germans. The foreign ministers' conference, it and when it started, could be booby-trapped with much mumbo-jumbo about China that it would have to break up despair.

In their note, in an almost conscious and defensive way, Russains warned the West not get too hopeful that the Communists were losing their because grip, there East Germany just had been some trouble there. Arkadelphia Plant to Start in November Metals ARKADELPHIA UP The million Res: nolds Company's 33 dollar smelting plant at nearby Gum Springs probably will begin production of virgin aluminum In November, This was disclosed today by Jim Hutchinson, works manager, who said construction of the plant Is about 70 per cent completed. The plant, Hutchinson said, will employ about 550 persons with an annual payroll of about two million dollars. 3 Americans Refuse Their Freedom By JIM BECKER FREEDOM VILLAGE, Korea (' An American soldier Troud by the Communists today shill three fellow Americans stayed bet hind In North Koren not because they were Communist converts but because they fenred retaliation: front fellow captives. Another liberated POW sald ho knew of one captive killed by tel.

low prisoners because he a "stool "We had quite bit of that, sold Cpl. Tommie Inmplon al Chicago, M. Sat. Londe M. Leach of lumbus, wns asked by nowse 1114:11 it felt the three who stayed behind diet so beenuse.

they frared retaliation from fellow. ohptives, "You're dammed right I think an hoch anid billerly, "'We. told them Wu: would throw them over the side of the ship. There's guys up there who would alve their lives to del even." Another POW. Cpl.

Roosevelt Powell 25, of Okmulgen, Okla! mall the three informed on fellow cuptives. "They tried hard to get: Infor: mation," Powell suld, "and' We tried koep it from them." Others of the 90 Amoricans, ineluding 80 Negroes, who camos back Saturday from 'North Koruna prison campy added now twist lad life in the Red the smoking by some captives of 01 cotic weed, possibly marijuana. They sald prisoners hold at Pyoktongs on the Yalu River Just south ol Manchuria Found the weed which anve un Intoxicating effect when smoked on wonder gathering fornys outsido the come pounds. Ple. Robert I.

Brooks, 23, of Raidsville, S. snid the Chinese "could have slopped" Its uno they had really wantad Another libernted POW, CHIS A bert Dixon, 20, ol Manchester lowa, declared tho Reds had, made effort to atop. the Brooks said he thought Come munists encouraged Its. use cuuse if thay figured they could louku a Junklo: out. of.

J'ou would be willing to do what they wanted." 16 Members of UN Pledges to Resist Attacks By A. I. Goldberg UNITED NATIONS. N. Y.

(0 A S. report to the United Notions has disclosed that tie 10 U. N. members who fought in Korea 11'P pledged to realet any now altack: on South Korea even If fighting should spread beyond Korenn, borders, and Conada quickly doclared, however, that the promise did not commit them to any del. int! sauce.

of action, A. Canadian swirl any move to micet a new attack would be token only after consultations among the 10 nations. Signing of the pledge July 27 was revealed in almost routine fashion here yesterdny in a special report on the Korean armistice nogotiations. The report was presented by the United Slates-the U.N. unified command leader.

was made publie shortly be fore U. 4. Secretary of State John Foster Dulles in Joint statement with South Korean President Syng. man Rhee warned the Communists that the U. N.

Command would meet any new attack in violation of the armistice. The statement was issued in Seoul as the United States and South Korea initialed a mutonl security pace, The pledge was signed by the United States, Britain, France, Australla, Belgium, Colombia, Canada, Ethiopia, Greece, Luxernbourg, The Philippines, The Netherlands, New Zealand, Thailand, Turkey and South Africa. retaliate against Communist China for any now aggresslon in Korea. It declared that "if there a renewal of the armed uttnck, longing the principles of the United Nations, we should again Do united and prompt to resist." "The consequences of such 11 breach of the armisticos would be 50 grave," the pledge continued, "that ju all probability, It would not be possible to confine hostillties within the frontiers of Korea." A British Foreign offlee spokes. Inan in London said his ment did not consider the plodge committed thern in advance Lo "any precise courso of action." Explaining that only "hypothetical" situations were covered by the pledge, he said action taken would have to be in line with elr.

cumstances ut the ilme. A Canadian Foreign spokesman also said Canada would not be committed In advunce 10 Pipeline Work Halted by Strike SEARCY (An Construction has been halted by striko at a thren million dollar Texas-Illinois Pipeline compressor station near here, An unofficial source said picket lines were established last Tuesday members of a steelworkers and pipefitters union in a. dispute with a contractor over travel time. Officials of the Hydro-Carbon a Houston, contractor, wa not available for comment. The spokesman, who declined use of his name, said the dispute" concerned payment for travel to.

and from the construction sitto, about three miles southwest of here. Some 240 workers are employed Jn building the compressor station, 18 houses for plant personnel, recreation center and a commissary, Senator Cases Plans Will Save Millions By EDWIN B. HAAKINSON. WASHINGTON () Sun. Case (It-SD)) said toriny that trimming frills from plans for overseus, mil, ilary Installations and requiring joln use of Home by different ices WilK saving Case Is chairman of throo-man Senate armed services subcommittue which hun been holding closed: door sessions on secret military projects abroad.

The group's opproval In detail is required before construction of a base cup be Elimination of such things officers clubs and expensive hous Ing, and a requirement that Army Navy and Air Force. jointly certain facilitlos produced most the savings, Case said in an Intel vlaw. Case auld he and the other? committeemen, Senators Dull Pay and Stunnis (D-Miss) make an inspoction of projects in Spain, North Africa England and France from Sept 4 lo Oct, 7 before" clearing number This of secret projects. was seen indication that a start muy bo near on the long delayed project: of" bullding U.S. alr bases in Spain, for which Congress has voted about 15 ml lion dollars as part of foreign programs.

Case disclosed a now polley "fixed price on struction of U.S. air bases North Africa, Most of the prior contracts wore on a basis of plus fixed fee" and congressIonal investigators said this Was. cause of waste and extravagance, CLAPS FOR JOY MULLINS, S. C. (UP) Verneda Davis was; awakened curly today to be told thaty he husband, Sgt.

James Davin been released by the Communists "I can't hardly say anything sho repeated over and. over going to clap my And she', did. for the Republi- Kerr survived so and a prayer Republican party and thanksgiving that there Democrats around to LITTLE Usually the pers witty enough to to enough to shut up.