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IffiES iES SB SEttTM nrc o i! t Action Due to Testimony in Pauley Case Ickes Challenges Truman's Right to Pass Judgment On Truth of His Story WASHINGTON, Feb. 13. IIP) Harold L. Ickes. original New Dealer, resinned as Secretary of Interior todav bluntly challeng ing President Truman's right to pass Judgment on his "veracity." "I cannot stay on when you, in effect, have expressed lack of confidence in me," Ickes said In a lengthy letter to the President which he made public after the White House announced his res ignation.. The resigntaion of the "old curmudgeon," who took office with Kranklin D. Roosevelt in 1933, grew out of Ickes' opposi tion to the nomination of Edward W. Pauley to be Undersecretary of the Navv. and the President's support of the California oil man. Ickes asked to be relieved March 31. but Mr. Truman made the resignation effective Friday. Feb. 15. The President's letter of acceptance was not made public. The President designated Oscar L. Chapman, a Coloradoan w-ho has served 13 years as an assist ant secretary, to take over Ickes1 duties pending the appointment of a permanent secretary. No Apologies to Make Ickes in a 2.000-word letter of resignation said of his testimony in opposition to the nomination of Pauley: "I cannot accept the theory that I should have told the Sen ate Naval affairs committee any thing less than the truth. I have no apologies for havin done so. although I did regret the unhappy personal position in which I have f Continued nn nan 6 In the Day's News By FRANK JENKINS THERE'S a thrilling story on the wires as this is written. President Truman calls for a HUGE housing program two million seven hundred thousand homes to be completed within the next two years, of which a mil lion two hundred thousand will be STARTED THIS YEAR. Total tost to be around sixteen billion lollars. (To get the JOLT of this vast program, we have to spell the totals out. Astronomical sums have been juggled before our eyes so long that we find It diffi cult to grasp mere FIGURES.) THESE homes are to be built principally by private contrac tors, most of them to sell for no more than $6,000 or to rent for $50 a month or less. A part of the plan is financing the low cost homes by insured mortgages up to 90 PER CENT of their value based on necessary CURRENT costs. The federal government Is to spend $850,000,000 how not de scribed in detail, but presumably in assistance In financing and planning. There Is so far no talk of outright government owner ship and management of any of (Continued on page 2) Statewide Plan to Put Vets in Jobs Considered PORTLAND, Ore., Feb. 13. (.PI A proposal to promote a state wide "Jobs for Veterans" cam paign patterned after wartime bond drives was made here to the state legislative Interim com mittee on veterans affairs. The committee asked cities, counties and state agencies own ing lands not needed fur public purposes to sell tracts to veterans for farm and home purposes as cheaply as possible. It also recom mended building materials deal ers give "voluntary preference" to ex-servicemen. Foresters Plan Temporary Bridge af Steamboat Creek, Repair of Damaged Highway An allotment of $11,000 for repair of flood damages to the North Umpqua road in December has been made by the Forest Service, V. V. Harpham, supervisor of the Umpqua National Forest, said today. The allotment for repairs Includes the replacement with a tem porary span of the Steamboat Creek bridge, hich was swept away December 2S. The bridge. Harpham stated, i will be strictly temporary and Repair, to the road Itself will utilize the existing concrete piers ! iso wait un)l more fHVorahle which supported the old span. The , ,a,on. jn manv sections In the temporary bridge will not he ; rivr,r canvon, the roadwav was mint until late April or mid Mav. when the danger of floods will have passed. Definite specifications for a highway bridge across tearr.h"M Creek have not vet been wnrW-d out. Harpham said, but 1 Is ex pected that a bridge will lie con nut sections of the road from 15 strutted . during the FU'nmer,to HI feet wide, months, assuming that cniiio-1 Temporary repairs to permit ment and labor will be available ' passagp of Forest ServW vehicles to permit construction. have been made, Harpham said. Established ISSV r-A. Phil&ileiphBa, Pittsburgh MrihesfSettled ', ' t-J" - V - ' . VX -V. 'j mi HAROLD L. ICKES Vacates Cabinet JBb Soaring Rents In Salem Bring Plea For Govt. Control SALEM, Ore., Feb. 13. P The Salem Trades and Labor Council and the newly-organized World War II post of the Ameri can Legion appealed to the OPA last night, to establish rent ceil ings in Sajem. . . . . r , Salem had rent control by city ordinance, but it expired last No vember 15. Since then, rents have skyrocketed. The Salem Capital Journal, which is conducting a rent-reducing campaign, ouoted Federal Housing Authority heads as saying that Salem rents are the highest in Oregon. City officials warned that un less landlords cut rents, they will go back to local control. Both the labor and veterans group, however, oppose local con trol, asserting Federal control Is more effective in that it also could apply outside the city limtis. The veterans resolution said that returning veterans "are dis mayed and angered to discover that their return and readjust ment to civilian life is being de liberately thrown out of gear by unscrupulous landlords with short memories." Hillsboro Business Zone Swept, by $15,000 Fire HILLSBORO, Ore.. Feb. 13.- f.T) Firemen rushed Into a music studio to rescue a violin valued at S2500 as a blaze swept through the Hillsboro business section yes terday. The fire, which started in a beauty parlor, razed a jewelry store and damaged office build ing nearby before it was checked. Twenty -five firemen fought flasnes for more than an hour. Damage was estimated at $15,000. Bull Champ Bring $21,000 MERCED. Calif.. Feb. 13-(Pi Lcskan Tone, champion bull of the Pacific Coast National Here ford show here, was sold for $21. (10 yesterday by Kuhimann and Nelson of North Platte, Nebr., to Homer Sanborn of Meridian, Calif. WSched out entirely hv the flood and the hare rock foundation of the road was left exposed. In father places, mountain stream that teramc torrents because of the heavy rains were too rrurh for the small culverts, and washc Break With Argentina Is Expected Soon Pro-Axis Character of Latin Nation Disclosed In American Blue Book WASHINGTON, Feb. 13.-(P) The State Department's blast at kev Argentine leaders as wartime pawns of Nazi Germany hastened a fresh crisis todav in the already badlv-strained relations between the United States and Argentina. Whether a formal break in diplomatic ties will result re mained an open question. Secretary of State Bvrnes told reporters the I'nited States does not intend to foilow up its "Blue Book" attack on the military rujers of Buenos Aires with any single nation action against Ar gentina. But at least two members of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee Indicated they expect further diplomatic steps even tually. Dispatches from the Argentine capital disclosed that at least part of the Blue Book indictment dis closed here yesterday, had been published there, and these dis patches speculated on the likeli hood of curtailed relations. Peron Chief Target Col. Juan Peron, Argentina's strong man and current presi dential candidate, refrained In a campaign speech last night from mentioning the "Blue Book which included assertions that the Nazis had been allowed to set (Continued on page 6) Roseburg Gives $3,977 to Dimes March Campaign Total of $3,977.11 was collected In Roseburg during the" March of Dimes campaign, Chairman R. H. Franks reports. K,.a,lv sson was collected from natrons at the Indian Star and Rose theaters, Mrs. Donn Rada hnnph. manacer said. Other con tributions came from schools, civic organizations, sports events and coin collection boxes through out the city. The Mile o' Dimes and the "S1.000 Barrel" took in $633.35 altogether. In the Mile o' Dimes, contributors threw their dona tions along a sectional groove on the Jackson Street sidewalk, to make nearly a block-lone line of coins and bills. The Roseburg schools con tributed $4b0. Del McKay, KRNR announcer, sponsored the cam naign in the Junior and Senior High Schools. The total also in cludes contributions from the grade schools. Snorts events brought In $225. From the Klwanis. Rotary, Lions Club, and other special proups. came $1,147.07. The Elks Club gave $100. The Veterans' Facility donated $50.12. "Everyone should be com mended for taking part in the drive." Franks commented, boost the total. Fifty per cent of the funds collected remains In Douglas County, to aid the fight here against infantile paralysis." Sonja Henie Divorced From Rich Sportsman CHICAGO, Feb. 13. (!P Sonja Henie, Ice skating motion picture star, who testified her husband told her to "go your way and I'll go mine," was granted a divorce today from Dan Topping, wealthy New York sportsman. Thev were married here July 4. 1!H0, and she testified they reparatod January 11. 1915. Thev had no children. Miss Henie said a prolertv settlement had been arranged and she waived all other rights, asking restoration of her maiden name. 22 Firms Fined Under Wage Stabilizing Act SEATTLE. Feb. 13. f.r Finos totaling $42,000 were assessed against 22 firms In Washington, Oregon and Alaska todav by the War Stabilization Board. Jhn McCnurt. chairman of the board, said the fines, accumulated 'luring th- war, wire for viola-, Ipn on around a hii'md hulldine lions of the wage stabilization act ! In ,n'" Imperial palace prou-ds invo'vin" the pav:ng of wages, when the emprs enttcarod. She hlrher than allowed hv the act. j startled the girls h' Inquirlre Rov Jackson, enforcement Rt-jnboiit their food and living condi tornev. said that 4 000 firms In tion. this territory were fined a total! of $1,202,000 during the war. ROSEBURG, OREGON, WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 13. 1946 Glide Parsonage Barns; Harry Turnbull, Small Daughter Hospitalized Harry Turnbull and his four-'year-old daughter, Susie, suf fered serious burns this morn ing, when the parsonage of the Baptist Church at Glide was completely destroyed by fire. The family was awakened at 5 A. M. by the flames and escaped the building in their night clothes. Mrs. Turnbull and two of the children suffered no in jury, but Mr. Turnbull was ser iously burned In rescuing his four-year-old daughter from an upstairs bedroom. - - The Roseburg Undertaking Comoany rushed two ambulances to the scene and .Mr. lurnouil and Susie were brought to Mercy Hospital for treatment. Mrs. Turnbull accompanied them- to Roseburg while her two other children were cared for at the home of neighbors. Origin of the fire was unknown and the entire building was burned to the ground with loss of all household furnishings. According to a report from the hosnital this morning, Mr. Turn bull is suffering from shock in addition to his burns; his daugh ter is reported to be improving. Mrs. Turnbull is a daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Fred Asam, for manv years residents of Glide and now making their home on Little River. Death by Shooting Relief to Homma; Feared Gallows MANILA, Feb. 13. (JP) U. Gen. Homma, Bataan death march commander, was so re lieved on learning that he would be shot Instead of hanged that he relaxed and slept during the ride to prison where he awaits execution. He had feared Ignoble death on the gallows, like that decreed for Lt. Gen. Yamashita, reported Mai. Larrv Hodgin, the military police officer who rode with Homma from Manila to Luzon prison camp. Homma evidently hart not understood the sentence as it was read in court. "He asked me. 'Major, what did thev find me guilty of?'" Hodgin told interviewers today. Hodgin gave him a sealed envelope con taining the court findings that he had condoned countless atrocities. Homma donned spectacles and read the copy from beginning to end. "When he got down to the nenaltv, shooting," Hodgin said, he remarked: "Oh, that's good. They're not going to hang me. That (shoot in" is an honorable death." Whereupon he put awav his spectacles. leaned back in the car and went to sleep. Bohemia District Timber Sale Being Prepared Details of a nroposed sale of t mher from the Umpqua N tional Forest are being worked out In Roseburg this week bv Forest Service officials from Portland. Walt Lund, of the div-l-'on of timber management in the orfice of the Peeional F"' "ster. is conferring here with M M Ncinn of the local office an'l with Panper Rex Wakefield of the Bohemia Ranger District re garding the sale. The timber which the Forest Service would sell Is located In the Bohemia Dis trict east of Cottaee Gro-e. When I und has olan"eH the de talis of this sale, he wl'l loin two of the assistant regional foresters from Portland. A. R. Standing and Otto I.lndh. for a trn to the coastal rccion of the Piskivou Na tional Forest. Thev will be accm npnled from Roseburg hv Ilir- I'-hel Olieve. supervisor of the Siskiyou forest with headquarters at Grants Pass. Visit From Empress Awes Jap School Girls TOKYO.- Feb. 17 -(TPI-Knv press Na",iko talked nfo-mMv todav with SO normal 'hl"hi school girls who were "swnrised to find her rai human. We al ways regarded the empress as a m''h!eil figure." The cdrl volunteers were clean- The awed students kept their, eyes to the ground. New Policy on Yages, Prices Slated Soon Truman's Plan Expected To Ease Controls, Shape Flexible Cover on Pay WASHINGTON, Feb. 13.-fA") A high government official pre dicted today President Truman's new wage-price policy aimed at restoring industrial peace will case price controls without clamp ing a rigid lid on wages. The formula, subject of day and night White House conferences, reportedly is "just about set." But the official, who could not be quoted by name, expressed some uncertainty as to the reaction it will receive from labor and In dustry particularly labor un less further revisions are made. Part of the pressure for a quick decision on the long pending is sue apparently stems from a pur ported refusal by Stabilization Administrator Collet to approve higher sleel prices in the absence of the authority the new wage price policy would give him. A top-ranking Federal execu tive, regarded as a key figure in the national economic picture, $aid Collet will approve the steel (Continued on page 6) Calcutta Riots Halted; 22 Slain, 200 Injured CALCUTTA,- Feb. 13. I.'B Btsliuh troops quieted rioting Hindus and Moslems in Calcutta today as the city's second out break of destruction within two and a half months subsided after taking a toll of at least 22 dead and more than 200 injured. The soldiers were in control of the city. Many of the city's shopping dis tricts today were scenes of de struction. The transportation sys tem remained paralyzed, but a few ricksha boys were appearing. Business establishments and homes of Europeans bore the brunt of the rioters' attack. The rioting was in protest against the seven-year sentence passed on an officer oi tne Japanese-sponsored "Indian National Army". Yesterday's injured Included 18 U. S. soldiers and 20 policemen. GOP Head Says Country Needs Another Lincoln NEW YORK. Feb. 13. 1F- Herbert Brownell. Jr.. chairman of the Republican National Com mittee, says lYesldent Truman's record was such that It was "not surprising" some had been led to believe reports Truman would not seek re-election In 194H. Brownell added that "we arc In another period of peril and un certainty and it would be well If we had another Lincoln in the White House." Possessor of Morphine Gets 2 Years in Prison Charles I.awrcnce Shaw, 32, Fresno, Calif., was sentenced to not more than tw-o years In the tate tienilentlary this week by Circuit Judge Carl E. Wlnjborlv, on the charge of unlawful pos session of morphine. Shaw plead ed guilty on the district attorney's information and waived his right to wait two davs before the im position of a sentence. Oregon Growers Urge That Surplus Poultry be Shipped To Hungry People in Europe WASHINGTON, Feb. 13.-7P)-Shlpmont of surplus turkey and chicken to starving people In Europe has been suggested by poultry growers of Oregon. They told Senator 'Cordon of Oregon they were In a "danger ous position" because the govern ment withdrew from the poul try market after It had encour iged maximum production of tur kevs and ch li kens. They said there are 375.000.000 pounds of noultrv In fold storage and If this is offered to rivlllans It will flood the market. They also told Cordon reduced supplies of fi-cd proliens end the propped ban of use of wheat for livesock and poultry' feed, to con serve It fof Fur;."-", was a dan-pet-ous threat to Oregon's $1H.- 100,000, turkey and chicken Indus- try. They taid If surplus canned tur i - ' r : - ' I . I i - VJ i i ! I " l- : JUMP TEST Demonstrating the strength of plastic-glass, which will go into building of 10,000 low-priced homes to be constructed by his company in order to relieve the housing shortage, Henry J. Kaiser jumps, on section ot the new mate rial, at his Emeryville, Cslif.. ex perimental laboratory. Tornado Wrecks Oklahoma Town; 15 Persons Injured ARDMORE. Okla., Feb. 13. W Fifteen persons were hurt, five seriously, when a tornado roared without warning through the east half of this southern Oklahoma city of 20,000 early to day. At least 25 frame houses were ripped apart and their wreckage scattered over a wide area. Fifty more were damaged. Some lost roofs, others windows and porches. A 2-story brick building was demolished at the east end of the city's main thoroughfare. Plate glass windows in business build ings in the area of the brick structure were blown in. Signs were scattered over the section. A search of most of the wreck ed area Indicated no lives were lost hut the hunt for persons who might have been trapped con tinued. Lights over the city went nut and telephone communication was disrupted as the tornado snapped poles. Tribes "were blown down or broken. Falling In the streets, they hamoered rescue workers. Snow Slides From Roof, Engulfs Aged Woman SKATTLK. Feb. 13 - Ml - A 72-voar-old woman. Mrs. Juliette Wright, was killed yesterday when snow slid from her roof and engulfed her as she was sweeping the walk of her home at Miller Hiver, west of Skyko mish, Wash. key and chicken, held by the irmed forces. Is sold In this coun try It also will complicate the market situation. They suggested t be exported. Cordon asked the ' Agrlcultnrp Oenartment. preparing regula tions to enforce President Tru man's plan of conserving wheat, to exempt the Pacific Northwest from the conservation order. He vtd Orepon and Washington, had always used wheat for food, as the midwest uses corn. Growers In his state Informed him thev were unable to get corn, oats and barley and had no feed for their livestock and poultry ex cept wheat. Vage Boost Granted Transit Workers; Mediation Agreed On In Power Union Dispute N. Y. Harbor Tugboat Walkout Not Ended, but Closure Order Revoked; Strikers Turn Down GMC Offer (By the Associated Press.) The end of crippling strikes in Pittsburgh and Philadelphia and revocation of New York City's closure order brought some measure of relief today to the nation t industrial strife. Settlement of the work stoppages by power and transit workers and lifting the shutdown came after a day of inconvenience and confusion to most of the millions living in the three large eastern cities, the most hectic day along the labor front in the post-war period. While New York City resumed near normal operations of its commercial, industrial and amusement activities after 18 hours of paralysis, the labor dispute which was the cause of the shut down remained unsettled. And immediately, there were no indications of an end of the 10-day strike of 3,500 AFL tugboat workers, whose walkout caused a drastic fuel shortage and brought about Mayor O'Dwyer's restriction order. The union has agreed to submit the wage-hour dispute to arbitration but tugboat owners have not as vetl reached agreement among themselves on procedure for arbitration of the issues that led to the walkout. Freedom Issue Straddled By Both Parties Hoover iRy the Associated Press) Former President Herbert Hoover, speaking yesterday at the 60th Annual Lincoln Day din ner in New York City, asserted both major parties had "strad dled" the dominant Issue before the nation's citizens the Issue of "free men against the tide of statelsm which is sweeping three quarters of the world." He criticized the "extra-curricular" activities of "some CIO unions under radical leaders" and Raid the Republican party should give the nation an opportunity to choose freedom rather than reac tion toward "economic serfdom." "Free men cannot permit eco nomic tvrannv whether bv capi tal or labor, any more than thev can tolerate political tvranny," the former president said. Condition of Oregon Highways Are Improved SALEM, Ore.. Feb 13.-) Oregon highway conditions were generally improved today, with snow and lee cleared from the old Oregon trail and the Siskiyou summit on the Pacific Highway, the State Highway Commission said today. Chains were still recommended for the passes on the Santlam and Willamette Highways, while the commission exoects to reopen to morrow the Columbia River High way, which was closed last week hv a slide near Multnomah Falls. A bridge Is being built across the section of hlehway that was dug out ny me snoe. British, Dutch Soldiers Killed In Java Clashes RATAVI A, Feb. 13.- ft Four Hritlsh and Dutch soldiers were killed and three wounded todav In fighting between search columns and Indonesians In the area of Ijekassl and Hatavla. Hiitlsh tanks and two battalions of troops searched villages along the route from this capital to He kassl and encountered 95 road blocks. Returning, a Hritlsh of ficer and two men were am bushed and the enlisted men were killed. The officer was lnured. Dutch forces searching settle, ments arrestinl 50 snoeet. A Dutch officer and a Dutch soldier were killed and two others were wounded. Missing Man's Corpse Recovered From Lake WAl.DPORT, Ore. Feb. 13. .11 Reeoverv of the hodv of Walter F.ste Itlarkstock. 37. New Port, from llowells Ijike north of here was reported today by State Police. Hlaekstoek disappeared Feb. 5 when he left an auto In which he and A. A. Webster, Newport, were stranded bv a stortn between WaldKirt aod Newport. Ex-U. S. Scribe Nabbed As Nail Propagandist VTFNNA Feh' 1 3 - (PI T?oh. ' pt Ti.t fni'mn American news. paper corresnondent In Vienna who whs Indicted for treason on charpes of broadcasting Nazi nrotiaganda, has been arrested hv Hritlsh secur tv police at vuincn, Austria, an intelligence officer said today. The Weather Light rain tonight and Thurs day; warmer tonight. 37-46 edict in the world's greatest city In Pittsburgh, 3.400 employes of the Duouesne Light Co.. went back to their jobs after a 13-hour work stoopage in a dispute over wages. The strike, which threat ened a complete power failure In the greater Pittsourgn industrial area, affected some 1,500,000 resi dents of nearly 100 communities. In Pittsburgh, street cars were halted, schools closed, homes darkened ""! IhuJj'inTji'iJ" work-. -ers kept idle. ' ' The strike ended upon agree ment to establish a three-man board to mediate the wage dis pute. The strikers (independent) demanded a 20 per cent wage In crease while the company offered a 71 per cent hike. Wage Increase Won Transit service for Philadel phia's three million daily riders was resumed after being halted for 48 hours by a strike of 9.900 CIO employes of the Philadelphia Transportation Company. The strikers approved an agreement reached by union and manage ment officials which will give them, among other things, a gen eral wage increase of 12 cents at hour and a "preferential" union shop. They had demanded an hourly pay raise of 25 cents. As the labor picture brightened somewhat by the end of the tran sit and power workers walkouts, news from Detroit in the Gen eral Motors strike was not cheer ful. GM Offer Rejected Wage negotiations between the corporation and the CIO United Continued on Page 6 Russia Pictures Gloom Elsewhere, Own Contentment MOSCOW, Feb. 13 Sov iet newspaper headlines gave Russian readers this picture of conditions In foreign countries to day: "Strike movement In Brazil." "I,ack of coal In England." "Crave food situation In India." "Strikes In U. S. A. London re ports mayor of Pittsburgh said situation becoming critical." "Unemployment In Canada reaches 223.000. ' "Unprecedented floods In Eng land. London reports It has en gulfed one-third of entire terri tory of England." "Two million Phlladelphians walk in transport strike." By comparison. Russian news paers have carried stories that there are no strikes In the Soviet Union, factories are turning out more consumer poods, the fuel situation In on the upgrade, thete Is no unemployment and trans port is crowded but there have been recent announcements of new subway, bus and transport plane construction. Stalin has announced food rationing was lo end soon. LvltyPctlin By L 7. Retaauitata Why should the) government pay the fares to Japan of th wives of U. S. soldiers stationed there? as MacArthur suqqests. Just announce that silk hosiery is aqain available In Japan and said wives will Immediately swim over. t