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r. umht aMi; THE DAILY OKLAHOMAN Partly Cloudy Partly cloudy Thursday with a few widely Mattered thundershow-r. Little chanu In temperature; high about 86, Map on Pat 24. snBtMssffrsmm tl) et Mrck 1. ItTfl KtMotoc Mcond cU'm mtl mttUr okUkMii air.

SINGLE COPY PRICE: Daily fc. Sttade MSI, TWENTY-EIGHT PAGES 500 BROADWAY, OKLAHOMA CITY, THURSDAY. SEPTEMBER 24, 1953. iL. C2, NO.

2G1. Morning and Sunday 23 American Prisoners Who Balked at Swap Handed Over by Reds Juries Go Along I Six Saw Way Out GIs Sing Praise ForCommunisfs; All Are Healthy Group Is Delivered To Neutral Troops; One Briton Included PANMUNJOM, Korea, Sept. 24 (Thursday) (fl The Reds Thursday yielded control of 23 American prisoners of war they said had re WithScanland's Get Tough Rule 10-Year Minimum Will Be Enforced On Repeat Violator Two district court juries Wednes Of Muskogee Jail Six prisoners escaped from the Muskogee county jail Wednesday night, sawing through two separate cell blocks and cutting a steel bar from a north window without alarming the jailer on duty in a front office of the one-story building. The break, believed to have occurred shortly after 7 p. was not discovered until an hour later.

Sheriff R. T. Sypert said a woman living across the street from the north side of the building noticed the window bar missing about 8:30 p. m. and called jailer L.

W. Ratley. Sypert said the prisoners sawed off the lower bars from two cells and took them along, apparently to use as weapons. But he added he did not consider the men dangerous. "I don't believe any of those fellows are killers," he said.

Robert William Bumgartner, 42, Chicago, was tabbed as the most desperate. Bumgartner is wanted by both federal and California officers for writing hot checks and as a parole violator from California's Folsom prison. Sypert said he was jailed in Muskogee after purchasing an auto with a hot check. Highway patrol units were called in to assist county officers in searching the area, overcrowded by the influx of visitors to the Muskogee state fair. No roadblocks were thrown up, however, Another prisoner, Vernon Raymond Coon, 33, charged with raping his 9-year-old daughter, stopped by his house at the edge day nut their stamp of approval DRAMA ON THE 20TH FLOOR of the Tribune Tower in Chicago was witnessed by thousands on the street below and on television Wednesday when a hazardous rescue prevented the suicide of Millicent Armin, 36.

Fire Marshal James R. Hughes (white hair in the picture at left) grab bed the woman by the arm when she was lured into reaching to pat her dog, and pulled her to safety. Another view of the rescue, at right, shows the perilous ledge from which the woman sought to jump. Friends said the woman had been irrational since an operation recently. the county attorney's new tougn policy on habitual criminals.

In a staff meeting last week, Granville Scanland, county attor fused repatriation. The Americans sang the Communist Internationale ney, announced that in the future as they were handed over to Indian custodial troops in the Korean neu the office would take tne namtuai tral zone. criminal statute to juries to de Regents Will Obey Football TV Limit By BILL VAN DYKE cide whether citizens of the county want a tougher enforcement pol- Sooner to Write Ike's Speeches $15,000 Job Goes To Graduate of OU The Reds also gave up one Briton and 335 Korean prisoners of war they said did not insist on repatriation in last month's big prisoner of war exchange. Edgemere'sNew Church to Start $730,000 Raised In Finance Drive Authorization to begin immedi- In the past, many defendants charged with crimes "after a for mer conviction OI a ieioiiy nave Barring a last-minute change of heart by the National Collegiate The Koreans were handed over first. The Americans and the Briton came last.

There were five women among the Koreans- Tho been allowed to plead guilty to the crime, without the added "former conviction" penalty. Athletic association, Saturday's Oklahoma-Notre Dame football game will be broadcast only by WKY-TV, Oklahoma City. University of Oklahoma regents, in a 3-hour closed meeting Wednesday voted to abide with the NCAA's "home station" rule and Stiff Terms Loom (Oklahomn-Tlmei Washington Bureau) WASHINGTON, Sept. 23 A Uni The law sets a 10-year minimum i le construction of the $1,250,000 transter was completed snoniy after lp.m. The Americans were singing the Communist anthem as they rolled versity of Oklahoma graduate and Labor Promised Changes in Law Eisenhower to Ask Taft-Hartley Action dcemere Christian church con- Plant Explodes, 10 Men Killed Blast Near Buffalo Injures 27 Others not risK suspension by ignoring the ban dh extending television coverage of the game.

former Oklahoma City man has penalty for a "former The law was passed to make possible stiff prison terms for repeated violators. ruction project at NW 36 and into the demilitarized 7one in trucks. been given the job of writing Members did keep the issue alive for one last chance by adopting a resolui They Are Laughing Thev lauehed and smiled as thev iv iae ahKing mat DOtn wax-tv, Oklahoma City, was approved here Wednes-ay night. Decision to give the go-ahead roar-hrH at a ioint meet- President Eisenhower's speeches. Bryce N.

Harlow, 37, will re Because OI tne nign minimum peanlty, it has been difficult in ana ivuiv, misa, De equauy con- climbed out of the lumbering sidercd home stations for the uni the past to get convictions for crimes carrying lessor penalties versity. lg of the board of elders of First place Emmet J. Hughes, senior editor of Life magazine who re-j signed Wednesday, effective October 15. as nrincitJal speech writer. All appeared healthy and were The resolution pointed out the when tne alter iormer kuu- ST.

LOUIS, Sept. 23 (fl President1 nristian vjnurcn anu TONA WANDA. N. Sept. 23 Same is a sell-out.

does not con Marijuana Hunt Wearies Police Eisenhower said today They smoked Chinese cigarets. Snmp chnnV kanric with North At least 10 men were killed Frank Buttram, chairman of the Many defendants, charged with enmo ciif-h prime as burelarv. Harlow, who has held various envprnmpnt and congressional sage to the AFL convention that Wednesday as a series of four ex Korean Communists who helped flict with other games, and under the NCAA rules the home station' rule could be intrepreted to cover television of the game by both oard of elders, said a four-wecK-IH P-nnnaifrn to finance the proi- posts since 1938, has a master of! the Taft-Hartley Act is essentially would agree to plead guilty and! tl, Wrnc if thp "AFC." cWfpr tprms if the "AFC plosions blew to bits a chemical! them down trom tne trucKS, ana arts degree from OU. sound but has "a number of de thanked them. ct has reached the' $730,000 mark and we feel success of the finance plant building here ana rocicea! stations.

mnw assistant to Mai. Gen. fects" he will ask Congress next One American told a enmese: luck; Comrade Lee. We were dropped. Katner tnan nwi losing a case, the county attorney's office has.

accepted the pleas ampaign is assured." A search for "dreamweed' Members privately expressed doubt, however, the NCAA tele the northern suburbs ot Buttaio. Twenty-seven persons -were in- January to change. Wilton B. Persons, administrative assistant for legislative liaison, and has helped prepare presidential will see you in Peiping, old Another report meeting ot cam- Oklahoma City's flower gard. Eisenhower's message which in many instances.

vision committee wm reiax its stand to permit any other station KSinin Christian was turning into a minor night- Another told a Bed officer, "Thank you. See you later." No More Guilty Plea was read to delegates by Vice speeches ana messages iu congress. hurfh'-i Hinine room at NW 10 1 mare for police Wednesday. Police and firemen searched for more bodies in the smoldering man w.y-iv to carry tne game, i The Communist replied, However, because of the current President Richard M. Nixon, made no reference to the controversy His new ioh Davs $15,000 a year.

forget ns." Iruins of a building owned by the Lawton Station Helpless Earlier Wednesday. George: He was vice-president of his many of the crimes committed by Lucidol Division oi tne rxovauei- stirred up by AFL leader Martin nd Robinson. Officers, their faces scratched The Edgemere development proj- from peeking around rose ct includes an ultra-modern series their hands raw from yanking up structures covering a 40-acre weeds and their hay fever dealing ite. The project planners have them misery, said a day's search family's Oklahoma City publishing Never." Names Are Censored Censorship banned release of the persons with long records, scan- Agene Corp. Durkin's recent resignation as Polipp flhief Elmer C.

Mang said liirm, ine tianow i-uunsmng Miskovsky, state senator from Oklahoma City, had urged the regents to ignore the NCAA rule and let KOTV televise the game. No plea was made in behalf of the men's names immediately. jland decided to give jurors a 'chance to crack down on the habitual offenders. from 1951 to 1953. he understood there were 12 men The allied POWs and more than in the building wnen tne nrst oiast ripped it apart at 10:18 a.m.

22,600 anti-Red Chinese and Ko- secretary of labor. Nixon, however, in remarks of his own, told the convention Eisenhower never broke his word with Durkin on T-H law changes Under the new policy, no gunty ilaccd heavy emphasis on provid- has failed to turn up a single mari-ng church youth facilities. jjuana plant in any flower garden. The project is sponsored by First Thev said suspicious flower grow--hrisfinn rhurch. pis had svvnmned nnliee with tele- From 1938 to 1941, he was sec-! retary for former Rep.

Wesley Dis-1 ney, Tulsa Democrat. During i POWs sent to tne neutral plea will be accepted from a son chareed "after a former Authorities said they believed te explosions were in chemical J.V station, whicn lound it did not have facilities to carry the game even if it were granted per-! World war 11, he was assistant 10 zone by the allies in the past two weeks, on Saturday will begin hoarine explanations of their rights viction" for less than the 10 years In Wednesday night's meeting of-1 phone calls all day. They demanded 'icials reported the campaign's spe-; officers inspect such things as giant Gen. Persons, who was army: storage tanks. But the precise cause of the blasts was not Scanland said, juries Durkin has charged.

Durkin Stands Pat 'There may have been a mis has legislative and liaison cniei. served on the staff of the ial eifls mssion. Robert Freeland, assistant man-! eer of KOTV. promised the re rigolds, rag weed, and iunder the armistice by represent go along on the policy. small elm sprouts.

atives of their respective sides. house armed services committee 1450,000 and the campaign tea: iavp raiser! 280.484. tninKs ne got The neutral nations repatriation The first three cases since of the policy went to trial from 1947 to 1951. understanding, but in 40 years of service to his country Dwight Eisenhower has never been fiuiltv commission in charge of the POWI The figures represents cash gifts Damages was expeciea to run into millions. The first two victims identified r-horloe Wnv about 26.

a mariiuana bush growing in gents his station would carry the game, if the regents approved. Miskovsky said citizens of the state were being subjected "to a Hughes, who has been principal Wednesday. Iof both sides told them Thursday (front yard," police inspector Roy presidential speech writer since Man Gets 10 Years iof breaking his solemnly iven word on anything. And I don't be uergman signed. Police besan lookine for mari chemical worker, and John Sick, a research chemist.

new Kina or. gangsterism trom an they can make tneir own cnoice on repatriation "of their own free will without any fear." Gus Graham, 715 NE 1, was tne i02 campaign, resignea compelling reasons demanding return to mv profession." illegal gang," in his reference to hnrupH with burelarv after lieve that anyone can claim that he broke his word in this instance," Nixon said. mcl pledges, miurarn sam. Cooler Weather Heads Into State; Rain Is Possible juana plants in city flower gardens Tuesday after Mrs. Scott W.

Fisher discovered one growing in her Some bodies were torn apart uy the hlasts. Two bodies were found nor conviction. He was accused of The auieo prisoners were aressea i drab blue Chinese uniforms. burglarizing the Martin Cleaners, DurKin. seated amonc delegates 75 feet away from the two-story NCAA's ban on statewide telecast of the game.

He said the threatened suspension of OU by the NCAA was "We shall miss you greatly In the task of reducing ideas and aspirations to words," the president They wore, white pins of the ironl yard at 3716 in lann, 110 IS. urana. ine cnarge ai brick structure, in wnicn a sieam- close to the platform from which Nixon spoke, afterward went up Officers began checking reports replied. picasso peace uuve on meu. jackets.

Some appeared to have statea ne was timvit-icu i fitting crew naa neen woikihs. tempted burglary Sept. 19, 1946 and Lucidol's main buUding, midway hnmlarv Feh. 25. 1948.

V.o,.,pn Tnnnwanria and Buffalo. fitting crew had been working. ano snooK nanos wun tne vice president. But the resigned Cabinet meoais. "pure Dliifl" and said the association could not bacl.

it up. Lawsuit Called Possible Hhunderstorms closed in nscattered marijuana seeds in flower Oklahoma City from the north and were $30,000 in Jewelry They wore tennis shoes ana member said he still stood on what (vest late Wednesday night, Joe t. Martin, assistant coumy had scarcely a wnoie piece oi giass letting unsuspecting flower lovers! floppy blue Chinese army caps. Miskovsky. an attorney, charged he said before.

attorney prosecuted tne case. neft in it. r.nhum who was arrested in the The pv-nlnsinns were heard cultivate the: Stolen From Executive NEW YORK. Sent. 23 Iff) Thir Eisenhower's convention the ban was illegal restraint of trade and commerce.

He said if bince it about harvest time lor saee said an administration study the weatherman said the city might get doused before morning. The front extended over much of central Oklahoma, and rain be--. fallinw in fhp Fl Reno area establishment, claimed he had far away as six miles. They fol- ent Wilfred Burchette's book titled marijuana plants, police figured the NCAA suspended OU ty thousand dollars' worth of jew of changes needed in the Taft-Hartlev act is "not as yet com thev had better get busy. So far celled anv eames.

it eould he sub- elry was reported stolen Wednes- narcotics and didn't remember a period of 25 minutes, shattering anything about it. windows in nearby buildings and tney ve come up empty nanaea ex-nected to triple damages in civil pleted" but there is "substantial I before midnight. The forecast calls aay trom me rum avenue apart "China's Feet Unbound." They Shun Newsmen None spoke to American nw- ing at the correspondents, the only cupi lor uus. risnei uuui, a giant- action. over several accord on a heartening number' for widely scattered snowers Thursday with little change in DiocKs in every ot proposed amendments.

Police figure some folks are cul ment of Mr. and Mrs. tieorge Armour. Armour is president oi American Aniline Products, Inc. The Armours reported the jewel Murray declare martial law at the ations returned a verdict ot guilty and gave him a 10-year sentence.

Flames leaped high in the air temperatures. High should be tivating marijuana plants and don't Eisenhower said objectives Pfjvno T.onnc Chester Poland. 1627 NW under a mushroom cloud of heavy, black smoke that witnesses said about 86. Cooler weather should begi stadium Saturday to repel any NCAA enforcement and let KOTV go ahead with a telecast. of the administration's ry was taken while they were went to trial on a charge of can officers who escorted the press.

Know it. rne piant maKes a pretty flower, and it's native to this section of the country. moving into the northwest section study" of the T-H law are: away irom nome. tney saia it an burelarv after a former conviction. resembled pnotograpns oi atomic explosions.

To remedy defects which But one from Daytona Beach, the ivernor replied bv teleeram he tHp pharpp stated he was con- mntted American newsmen of the state Thursday, and rea Oklahoma Citv the following cause concern on the part ofi" standing on the other side of the thought such action was too severe Training Planes Collide; Wednesday's high at Will Rogers working men and women over pos- larceny and Feb. 20, 1948 of 10 Killed, 27 Hurt In Turkey Explosion sible results or uses of the act to wire. The ano impetuous wnere oniy a loot-ball same was concerned. Americans were cheered by Nebraska Cadet Killed larceny of an automobile. 'SdooI of Thread' Cai their detriment; airport was s.i.

Muskogee Officers Murray added, however, he also '2. To Insure administration of the South Korean prisoners al- Eisenhower Sends Greetings Here To Chamber Men Greetings from President Eisenhower enme Wednesday to mem rrvRPTTS r.HRlSTI. Texas. Sent, ISTANBUL, Turkey. Sept.

23 (fl Scanland prosecuted this case deplored tne apparent uncompro- Ten persons were killed and 27 for the state. Poland was ac- onrM'eedv ndiZA-' I An Indian spokesman said only fic ent speedy, and impartial of the orisoners handed over 23 (fl The third collision of navy nlanps in this area in two weeks ounded in an explosion and tire cuscd ot entering an upaiimcm Veterans Reach U. S. killed an aviation cadet about 25 killed an aviation cadet about 21 sick, all South Koreans. sick, all South Koreans, rj" "jon; iwere miles south of Corpus ChrisUa ne th legitimate! One was a pregnant woman who Wednesday.

brought along a child. A Red news- bers of the American Chamber of at tne municipal luei aump at nouse at i lxc a wmus Kars, newspapers reported portable sewing machine and Wednesday night. Kars, a town of radio. 20,500 population in northeast Tur- He also pleaded drunkenness Make Gambling Raid MUSKOGEE. Sept.

23 UPI A I eounty-wide numbers racket mas- ter-minded from a residential garage in Muskogee was raided Wednesday night by police, chief R. M. Pickens reported. O. A.

Thomas was charged with gambling as a result of the raid, Commerce Executives just as tne SEATTLE, Sept. 23 iPi The navy transport Marine Lynx docked here Wednesday, bringing 2,741 Korea war veterans home XMln she waj captured with i iu -i i husband. key. is 25 miles from the Soviet his defense, and there was no ques- issions were closing. The telegram from the White Tne victim was cauet ivaipn u.

Bobier, 22, of South Sioux City. Neb. Cadet Robert E. Morgan, 20, nf fYilnmhiis. Texas, pilot of the "4.

To worK to tne cnu wi uicic Pour Women Along bordcr. 1 (Contlnu. from the far east. be less rather than more govern House, addressed to Stanley other plane, bailed out and escaped ment interference in laoor-manage-ment affairs." Draper, president of the ACCE and manager of the Oklahoma! Pickens said. The chief disclosed with minor bruises.

Booze War Has Ups, Downs city enamDer, sain: delighted to send greet Four other South Korean women were in the group. The Americans arrived from Kaesong, the Red truce headquarters, in open Russian-built trucks. Reaching the Indian stockade, they broke out singing the Communist Internationale. The first lines of the Internation- that numbers could be bougnt lor five cents and up with payoffs ranging as high as $500. Canada Requests U.

S. To Reduce Trade Bars ings to you and to all those Maysville Battles Fire Into the Night al convention of the American but gave him until Thursday to report to the courthouse. It was a downright pleasure Chamber of Commerce Execu th for the deputies to work in such Wednesday njght called tives. May this convention result in continued success for an organization which, in hundreds of communities throughout our nation, has done so much to fortify our United States to help remove the, MAYSVILLE, Sept. 23 Fire de-i threat of communism and depres-, stroyed a grocery store, an unoc- anrl Mortin? leadership in solving Movsvillo hotel here early On Today's Editorial Page Stewart Alsop Asserts United States intelligence underestimated Soviet capabilities.

Leonard Lyons Says Democrats already hard at: work on TV coverage for '56 convention. By RAY PARR Frank Lynch and Larkin Lamb, deputy sheriffs, Wednesday scaled the heights and hit the bottom of the Oklahoma county whisky manufacturing industry. In a raid north of Luther they found the finest still they have turned up in years of raiding. It was a 100-gallon all-copper outfit and included charred wooden barrels. The whisky passed through copper tubes into five gallon crock jars then through a cop respect for individual initiative and; our love of freedom.

Dwight D. the world's dollar problem. morning. such a conscientious figure of industry. But then the next raid ouch.

Two hours later the deputies still couldn't draw a deep breath. They raided a house at the northeast edge of Luther and followed what looked like a too well-beaten path to the outdoor plumbing facilities, known in literature as a Chic Sale. They discovered a floor plant in the Eisenhower." Ike Orders Review Of Civilian Aviation of making whisky, but he thought if a fellow was going to do it he ought to make good whisky. "I want anybody to get hurt by anything I make," he He said he had six children and hadn't applied for an old age pension, because it wouldn't be enough to keep his children in school. He said he had been in trouble just once before because of making whisky.

That was back in the depression days of the 1930s, he said. He also said that since he started up his rye still again, his conscience got to hurting him and he chopped it up twice and went out of business. But the press for ready cash led him to solder it up and run off a few more gallons, he added. The deputies destroyed the still and placed Bottger under arrest. At the same time ne suggesiea! Fjrefighting equipment trom Canada should know just how it Lindsay and Pauls Valley joined fits into American trade policy, em- tne battie to save the two-story phasizing that Canada does not notej but tne blaze still was raging want to be regarded as a 12:30 a.

m. Thursday, nearly ginal supplier to be cut off when- tnrce hours after the fire was dis-ever the going is tough." covered. c- The J. and J. Supermarket and WOMEN OVER 60 PREFER LOVE STORIES Love stories with happy endings are the favoritereadinj women over 60.

The oldish gentlemen, however, prefer Westerns and mystery stones. But regardless of age ndac, Oklahomans get a kick oat Of reading Oklahoman and xanes Want Ads. Becauaethats where they find the EASY answer to many every-day problems without leaving their, comfortable easy chairs. If you'd like to sell or buy something, hire good help, buy car or property, call on the Want Ads. Phone CE X-Wll for ad-writing help.

WASHINGTON, Sept. 23 Iffl Sylvia Porter nnccihln r. President fciiscnnower today oraer- per funnel into one-gallon jars. cession. ed a comprehensive review of; A gasoline pressure tank ntiaren Diamea in nre tne 0ij Rex theater ouuoing facilities and dug up 108 pints ot whisky.

skfd Robert B. And it wa turning out rye rhiiHrin nlavinc with matches Garvin county town cre Bwcu hv firemen Wed- heavilv. No estimates of Joss were rven for setMng fTre to a available and cause of the fire had Victor Rice1 Tells how Red leaders of the Air Co-ordinating whisky, instead of the traditional committee to make such a review! corn of the blackjack country. operate. house at 529 SV 5.

Firemen said not been determined VninnWrs were aiding the three! so the public and tne aviation m-i un lap were 33U gallons oi pure Eddie Shaw was booked for possession and the corn was destroyed. "No. we didn't pour it down the sink." Lynch snapped, in answer to a question. "We finished that job in the open air. they were able to umii oarnaRr i Marcaret Chase hmtth P1, Pt a clear and rve tir.

Mffiuit and one utnoenu- nusiry tM building to PnwVf ified firefighters was reported in- Still finds airforce cutback comprehensive statement of the The owner turned out to be confusing. aviation policies of this adminis- William Marvin Bottger. 65. He Ifiremen said. No one was injured, jured.

i told deputies he did not approve Pleat tun to rag it. auon..

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