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Newspaper Page TextC omp . mm if md rn IN Step Likely If Situation The Weather Partly cloudy tonight and Tuesday. Grows Worse u: Of 0. Library Eugene, Oregon I iilllfu L Established 1873 Mysterious Sickness Hits Texas Cities Public Gathering Places, Schools Closed After 4 Deaths in 15 Cases Occur SAN ANTONIO, Tex., May 13. UP) Drastic precautionary measures both here and at Cor pus Christi, 175 miles to the south, were taken today by pub lic officials in a battle to halt the spread of a strange, polio-like sickness that already has claimed four victims. Fifteen cases already have been reported in this military personnel-swollen citv and four persons have died. At Corpus" Christi. four cases have been reported and one victim Is in a critical condition. In Nueces County, of which Corpus Christi is a part, the city and county health boards closed all schools, churches, theaters, night clubs, parks, playgrounds and swimming pools for two weeks and prohibited public gath ering of more than five persons. In Stfn Antonio, an earlier city order closing schools in half the city was extended yesterday to include all schools, public and parochial, and university and col leee classes were ordered cur tailed. Medics Advance Theories Dr. Edwin Sulkin and Dr. Charles L. Wisseman, Jr., of the Southwestern Medical College bacteriology department at Dal las, arrived here yesterday and began testing cultures taken from victims. Dr. Sulkin said he Is going on the assumption that the epidemic might be both poliomyletic and encephalitic in nature. He ex plained that poliomyletis, of which infantile paralysis is one form, attacks the spine, while fPnntlnued nn Pare fi In the Day's Hews By FRANK JENKINS AS these words are written, there is a break in the long and costly coal strike. John L. Lewis has just called for a 12-day truce, during which coal will be mined while the wage negotia tions go on. That, at least, Is some progress. We need coal. LEWIS lets go this typical blast: "This action (the truce) is the contribution of the United Mine Workers of America to our na tion's economy which is being im periled by the stupidity and sel fish greed of the coal operators and associated financial interests and by demagogues who have tried to lash the public mind into a state of hysteria rather than grant justice and fair treatment to the men who mine the nation's coal." THAT is a fast one, in the best Lewis style, but it is hard to escape the conclusion that it is an offensive-defensive maneuver de signed to mask the fact that the (Continued on page 2) Surrender Nof Unconditional, Nippon Attorney Contends at Trial of Top War Criminals TOKYO, May 13. UP) Argument that Japan did not surrender unconditionally and does not have to obey every Allied command was presented today to the Far East Military Tribunal by the chief de fense counsel for Japan's major war criminals. Attorney Kiyose's challenge that the court lacks authority to try the 28 defendants on 55 counts was taken under advisement as the tribunal adjourned until Tuesday. The Allies' chief prosecutor, Jo seph B. Keenan, labeled Kiyose's argument as the "height of ab surdity" and offered documentary evidence that Japan's surrender was "utterlv without condition." Kiyose said that in eivine the tribunal iurisdiction over crimes against peace and crimes against humanitv "General MacArthur is exercising authority which he does not possess and the Japa nese people are not bound to obev that order." Japan's top statesmen. KKwe said apreed to surrender in the belief thev would not be prose cuted as war criminals. Potsdam Edict Cited The attornev declared that In the surrender last September Ja pan recognized that she would obey orders and directives of the Allied powers but only those in ' ' ; - , j: ft ROSEBURG CI EASES TEDIUM OF PATIENTS Pvt. Cuy Cox, son of Mr. and Mrs. W. F. Cox, Rt. I, Box 109-A, Roseburg, Oregon, busily engaged in checking his motion picture projector prior to displaying full-length features to ward patients of Brooke General Hospital, Brooke Army Medical Center,' Fort Sam Houston, Teras. Cox, a patient at the Brooke Convalescent Section himself, spends his off-duty hours displaying full-length features to bed-ridden patients at the Center. Conference of British, Hindu, Moslem Leaders on Planned India Independence Fizzles SIMLA, India, May 13, UP) The British cabinet mission, ad mitting failure of an eight-day conference with Moslem and Hindu leaders on Independence for India, made it plain today that it still had hopes of solving the Indian Hundreds Inspect Veterans Hospital Approximately 350 persons availed themselves of the oppor tunity afforded by the invitation of Dr. George E. Melvin. mana ger, to visit the U. S. Veterans Hospital at Roseburg Sunday. The-public visitation was ar ranged by Dr. Melvin in observ ance of National Hospital Day. Visitors included persons from nearly all sections of Oregon. with several from outside states including California, Minnesota, Idaho, Washington and Texas. Tours were arranged by Niels Jensen, supervisor of attendants, and John Whalen, head attend ant. Nurses and attendants acted as guides for groups which num bered 15 persons. Dr. Kenneth W. Kennev, clinical director, and Miss Winnifred Williams, chief nurse, arranged speakers in each department to explain the work and purposes of each unit. A special tour was arranged last Wednesday for a group of 29 sophomores from Drain, who, un der the leadership and supervis ion of Mrs. Hueh Whipple, visit ed the hospital, county offices and industrial plants in Rose burg. Aged Man Suffers Head Injury in Fall on Walk Lafayette Mears, 85, was In fair condition with little improvement at Mercy Hospital today, where ne was taken alter ne sunpea and fell on the sidewalk on Jack son Street, near the Douglas County Creamery, Friday after noon. He suffered head injuries. Policeman Kennedy Quits from the Roseburg police force and has stone to Pennsvlvania to engage in business, Chief of Po lice Erwin Short reports, ino re placement has been obtained to date to fill the vacant snot on the police force, Short said. accordance with the Potsdam declaration. Thus he challenged the tribun al's authority to try the defend ants on charges of crimes against peace and crimes against human ity charges which make up a large part of the indictment against the defeated leaders. Keenan contended examination of Japanese communications de livered to the Swiss government at the time of surrender would show It was without condition. Kivose told, the tribunal nvr the oblection of Keenan that he could see no reason why the ques tion of. Japanese aggression in Manchuria should be covered in the indictment. He said several countries had recognized the state of Manchukuo, set up there by the Japanese, ROSEBURG, problem. The conference ended In a com- plete breakdown yesterday, thus dealing a severe blow to the hopes of those who Had expected a quick transition from British control to Indian self-government. The communiques issued after the breakdown one jointly by the cabinet mission, the Moslem League and the Congress party; the other by the cabinet mission alone gave no rcasonf for col lapse of the negotiation. It seemed apparent, however, that the conference had flound ered on demands of the Moslem League for an independent Mos lem state (Pakistan). These de mands have been bitterly opposed bv the Congress party, which favors an India unified at least insofar as foreign affairs, defense and communications are con cerned. The communique by the mis sion said the conference had not "led to any agreed plan between the leaders of the Congress and the Moslem League." It added, however, that the breakdown "does not in any way bring to an end the mission with which we were charged by his majesty's government and the British people." Four Hospitalized In Truck Collision Four persons were sent to Mercy Hospital yesterday after noon suffering internal injuries resulting from the col.islon of a logging truck and a freight truck on the Pacific Highway south of Yoncalla. The injured were re ported in "fair" condition this morning by hospital attendants. Driver of the logging truck, which Sgt. Paul Morgan of the state police said was "completely demolished," was Walter Frank Neis, Sutherlin, accompanied by Earl Downs, Lakeview, Ore., owner of the truck. Both were hospitalized. Also in the hospital were Leon ard Stovall and Charles Jacobs, Eassengersjn the System Freight Ines truck. Driver of the truck, Charles Smith, escaped unhurt. All are of Los Angeles. The logging truck was not loaded, Sgt. Morgan said. He was told by Smith that appar ently the southbound logging truck was in the wrong lane of traffic, knocking the northbound freight truck into the west ditch of the highway. John P. Gregg Named to U. S. Tariff Commission WASHINGTON, May 13. UP) President Truman today nomi nated John Price Gregg of Ore eon to be a member of the U. S. Tariff Commission. At the same time he nominated Paul A. Walker of Oklahoma for reappointment as a member of the Federal Communications Commission and Charles I. Laf- ferty of Atlantic City, N. J., for reappointment as comptroller oi customs. Drunken Driver Fined; Jail Term Suspended Clarence L. Mahlev was fined S100 for driving while under the influence of Intoxicating liquor, his 40-day jail sentence was sus pended upon payment of the fine, and his driver's license was re voked one year after he pleaded guilty to the charge in city po lice court, city Kecoroer A. J. Geddes reported Saturday. OREGON. MONDAY, MAY. 1 3, I946 53 Nazi Camp Operators to Die in Noose DACHAU. Germany. May 13. UP) A general military court to day sentenced 58 operators of the notorious Mauthausen extermina tion camp to hung. Three others were given life terms. The 61 defendants were sen tenced after the American court found them guilty of murdering thousands of victims imprisoned by the Nazis in persecution cam paigns. August Eigruber, Gauleiter of the upper Danube region and dic tator of much of upper Austria during the Nazi regime, took his sentence without emotion. Other defendants turned white. Some had to be helped from the courtroom by guards. Completing the 38-day trial the court said it had found an "irre futable record of death by shoot ings, gassings, hangings and reg ulated starvation" which made (Continued on Page 61 Five Bodies Taken From Plane Wreck in Montana GREAT FALLS, Mont., May 13. (JP) The bodies of five men killed in the crash of an Army C-45 transport last Sunday were held here for identification today following their removal from the wreckage of the plane on Lebo peak in the south central Mon tana. The sixth passenger on the plane before it crashed was not found and there was speculation that he may have parachuted from the plane as did Sgt. Frank Avry of Youngstown, Ohio, who was to assist in identification of the victims. The plane crashed 8,000 feet up on the side of the 13,000-foot peak about 15 miles from the point ,where Avry balled out. Ai-my authorities feared the miss ing nassenger would nave sum chances for survival if he did jump because of blizzard weather prevailing in the mountains. China War Continues as Marshall Tries for Peace PEIPING, May 13. W News papers here reported today con tinuing small-scale attacks by Chinese Communists on North China railways and stubborn de fense by Communists holding Szepingkal and Pengshlhu in Manchuria. Meanwhile, Gen. Marshall faced the job of peace-maker with a new weapon. Washington reports said he had an absolute veto over a $500,000,000 American loan to China, considered a potent source of power in dealing with the Chinese. ' The veto, however, was seen in Shanghai as a one-sided weapon useable against only the National government. Communists have said the loan wouia "perpetuate Fascist rule in China" and have actively opposed it. i New Altitude-Load Marks Established by B-29 MANILA, May 13. P) The Pacific Air command's B-29 "Challenger" carried a payload of 34.000 pounds to an altitude of 37,400 feet last week over Guam to establish two new world altitude-load records, PAC head quarters announced today. The "Challenger's" top altitude automatically became a record. No plane before had ever hoisted such a pavioau to sucn a height. The second record was for weight carried to 2,000 meters. Sugar Allowance for Canning to Be Increased WASHINGTON, May 13. UP) The Commerce Department estimated today the annual house hold sugar ration of 15 pounds a person can be maintained this vear ana that there win be a larger allowance for home can ning. It reported civilian sugar sup plies this year will be 341,000 tons larger than the lsis total. But it said this yeer's 5,433,000 ton allocation for civilian con sumption would have to cover "the greatly increased industrial sucar ration imd the addition of 8.000.000 veterans to the number of civilian users. Siamese Twin Girls Continue to Thrive PORTLAND, Ore.. May 13. IIP) The Siamese twin girls Carol and Susan Hurse will be a week old tomorrow. Portland General Hospital re norted today "the infants are thrlvine and continue to Improve in color, me nionne girls, born to Mr. and Mrs. Edward Hurse, Deep River. Wash., had been given onlv slight chance of living until last Fridav when the weaker one began taking nourishment normally. -1 COURT RULES HE'S 'DAD' Baby Born 355 Days After Husband Leaves Divorce Suit Issue NEW YORK. May 13 (IP) A 24 year-old Navy lieutenant says he will appeal the ruling of the New York Supreme Court that he is the father of a boy born to his wife 355 days after he left for the Pacific. lLt. (ig) Robert A. Lockwood sailed for a 26-month tour of duty on April 24, 1944 and a son was born to his wife April 14, The couple was married in March, 1944. ine court ruling was made bv Supreme Court Justice Peter M. Daly in denying a plea for di vorce by the naval officer, who contended that a 355-day preg nancy was Impossible and there fore proof of adultery. 'Not Impossible' justice uaiy ruled, nowever, that in "the present state of medical knowledge and belief, it can not be said that it is im possible that the plaintiff is the father of this child." Daly also said evidence by a Jamaica, N. Y., hospital doctor showed that the delivery was abnormally delayed, and added that "the presumption of legiti macy is one of the strongest and most persuasive known to law." As precedent he cited a British probate court decision of 1921 up holding legitimacy of a baby born alter a dd-uay pregnancy. Commenting on the ruling, Lockwood said: "I wish some one could convince me that he's right." Mrs. Lockwood said only "The decision tells the story." in a recent Chicago case, a jury decided that Former Chief Petty Ullicer Joseph howa could not have been the father of a baby born to his wife 349 days after his departure. He was granted a divorce. Roseburg Drive Scheduled to Aid Yictims of Famine Gifts of money and food for the benefit of famine-stricken people of Europe and Asia, will be asked in a five-day drive be ginning next Monday under au spices of the Roseburg Minister ial Association and the women s organizations of Roseburg churches. Co-chairmen of the local col lection campaign are W. O. Strad ley and Don Forbes, who are out lining the campaign this week and appointing committees. Money gifts are to be collected in bottles placed In stores, restau rants, groceries, hotels and banks. Food will be collected in boxes placed In business houses, churches and schools throughout the city. Collections will be made daily by Bov Scouts. It is specified, Stradley said, that food shall be in cans and not in glass bottles or Jars, be cause of the dancer of breakage in shipment overseas. Donations will be stored locally at the Douglas Countv Flour Mills un til sent to the U. N. R. R. A. for distribution abroad. Further information about the drive next week may be obtained from Stradley at phone 336, or from orbes, onone aba-K. Oregon Unemployment Decreases During April PORTLAND, Ore., May 13. Unemployment In Oregon drooped about 500 jobs In up state communities last month, but Portland has had an increase of iob applications, the U. S. Em ployment Service reported today. Up-state logging operations ab sorbed some loss of jobs at ship yards here, the U. S. E. S. re ported. Unemployment in the slate April 30 was estimated at 70.400. Portland area's Jobless total 44,000, the office said. With Roseburg's March of Progress J.. ' ,,,- n TRACT DEVELOPMENT BEGUN Mr. and Mrs. C. W. Harrii at the Garden Valley highway in 15 acres of land he owns there named the tract Eden Heights. bower E-den a good job of naming! State Dept. Rift Hampers Byrnes' Work WASHINGTON, May 13. UP) A widening split within the State Department may vitally af fect American foreign policy on almost every major outstanding issue. This is one of the main prob lems which will confront Secre tary of State Byrnes upon his re turn from Paris. One resignation already has re sulted, and speculation is rife among departmental insiders that others either will follow or there will be important reassignments later this year. First to go was col. Alfred Mc Cormack, who quit as organizer of a central American intelligence unit because he contended his plans were wrecked b" opposition within the department. speculation about possioie iu ture resignations revolves chiefly around Undersecretary of Stale Dean Acheson, Assistant Secre tary Will Clayton and MeCor mack'8 former colleague and suc cessor In the Intelligence job William Langer. Traditional Split Seen The struggle appears to be an outgrowth of the tradlonal fight (Continued on page 6) CPA Nod Given for New Homes in Douglas Areas Approval has been given for construction or tnree out or it residences proposed to be built at Sutherlin by the firm of Stenson & Wav. the Civilian Production Administration reports. The houses are to be of five rooms each, with wood siding and sheathing, wood interior surfac ing, Firtex finish, asphalt roofing, linoleum covered floors, and will have General Electric ranges in- stalled. The homes are to be built for sale in the $5400 to $5700 price range. Approval also has been given Cecil L. LIndlev. Camas- Valley Rt., Roseburg, for construction of tnree homes, eacn oi lour rooms, stucco finish over wood framing. Application had been made for construction of five dwellings. The houses will be in the $6,000 price range. . Prospect Saved From Two-Pronged Forest Fire MEDFORD. Ore., May 13. VP) Two forest area fires that threatened the town of Prospect late Saturday were brought under control witn little aamage to um ber, the State Forest Patrol head quarters here reported today. Several homes were endang ered In the Red blanket district when the fires that started near Prospect Jumped into the tree tops late Saturday after they were diverted from Prospect. About 300 loggers Joined Btate and national foresters. The main fire burned a 140-acre tract while the accompanying brush fire burned over about zo acres, ior esters reported. Waste Paper Sent From Roseburg Brings $369.18 A check in the sum of $369.18 has been received by the Rose- burg Receration committee In re turn ior waste naper recenn- col lected and shinned from Rose burg, Paul S. Elliott, committee publicity chairman, rpported to day. The paper was weighed in at 52.740 pounds at the paper mill, Elliott said. "The committee." Elliott re ported, "desires to' express Its thanks and appreciation to all who gave donations of trucks, la bor, time, etc., to the drive, and all who cooperated by furnishing paper for collection." Roseburg residents are urged by the committee to continue sav ing paper, as another collection Is planned ior mmsummer. Phulo by Paul Jenkins Pictured today is the home of the intersection of Eden Lane and Edenbower. Mr. Harris is opening for property development and has Eden Lane. Eden Heights, Eden 113-46 ; ,- A.ji 'HI.-.,.-, , VS. ARMY Admitting he is AWOL from Buckley Field at Denver, Colo., 14-year-old Harry James Sylter (above), surrendered to Fort Lawton, Wash., authorities. He had brought his 15-year-old bride, the former Patsy Ann Herbert, to Seattle so he could obtain his birth certificate and get out of the Army. Ycung Slyter wants to make a home for his bride, who says she believes she's go ng to have a baby. Army au thorities at Fort Lawton have recommended Slyter's reelase. Parley Goes On as Miners Resume Job WASHINGTON. May 13. (IP) resident Truman, reviewed tn soft coal situation with congres sional leaders today! as the opera tors interrupted negotiations witn John L. Lewis to confer privately on the miners' demand for $3,000,- mx) in back holiday pay. No "progress was reported by either slue alter a brief session between the United Mine Work ers and operators. Most of the striking miners went back to work today under a two-week truce. Edward F. McGrady. special government conciliator, told re porters that a night session may be held tonight In an effort to speed work on a new contract. this was the overall picture: 1. Restrictions on freight, ex press and parcel Post shipments came off at midnight, hours be fore the first full crews descended into the mines to end the 42-day shutdown. 2. Other conservation measures including tight controls over all coal to be produced during tne truce remained In eftect. 3. The government prodded miners and operators alike to reach a swift agreement on a new contract, but both sides said pri vately there was little hope of meeting the Wednesday deadline fixed by president Truman. 4. Congress showed no Inclina tion to back down from its de termination to seek a legislative barrier to future crises growing out of labor disputes. The Senate turned Its lull attention to writ ing a strike control bill. $500 Million Airport Bill Signed by Truman. WASHINGTON, May 13. UP) President Truman signed Into law today legislation authorizing ssoo.ooo.ooo in federal expendi tures during the next seven years for an airport construction and development program. The civil aeronautics adminis tration has announced that $356, 250.000 has been earmarked for distribution by states but that no funds win ne assignea ior cities and communities until CAA ernl necrs determine local needs. The law requires that states and mu nicipalities match the federal money. The apportionment of funds. yet to be appropriated bv Con gress Is on a formula basis, one half In proportion to population and one half In proportion to area of the states. Playe er Who Broke 'Ike's Leg Now Teaches Japs TOKYO, May 13. UP) The man who broke Dwlpht Elsen hower's leg In a football game Is trying to tench Japanese firemen modern methods of flre-fiRhting. One time gridiron star George An.-rell. while attending Tufts Col lege, broke Elsenhower's leg in a rame at West Point In 1912. An t11 was on the War Production Board In 1941. He said a survey of Japanese fire departments disclosed a lack of suitable equipment. Average fire trucks are from 10 to 15 years old and firemen lack ade quate training, he declared. CUPID Pillsbury Mill Cosed By Wheat Lack; Truman, Hoover Talk on Crisis WASHINGTON. May 13 UP) The wheat pinch began to hurt at home today with one big flour mill closed fis President Truman called In Herbert Hoover for the. first of n series of talks that may answer this question: Will a resort to wartime food rationing with bread added to the list for the first time in American history be necessary to solve the world famine crisis" Those In favor of such a step gained powerful new support with word that Stabilization Di rector Bowles plans to urge it upon Mr. Truman unless the present a ark outiooK origntens quickly. Bowles' suggestion. If It is made, will caU, for action by August, according to a highly placed official who asked not to be named. While Hoover remained silent on returning from his seven week, 35.000-mlle globe girdling food study yesterday, no one ex pected his report to Mr. Truman today to cast any optimism on the global picture. The former president made the survey at tho chief executive's request. He is honorary chairman of the Fam ine Emergency Committee. Millers Feel Squeeze On the domestic scene, mean while, the closing of Plllsbury's "A ' mill at Minneapolis stood out as a grim reminder that tho shortage of wheat can well make) Continued on Page 6 Jap Guard Pleasant When He Beat GIs, Testimony YOKOHAMA. Mav 13 UP) Yoshika Yagl, former Fukuoka orison camp guard, was defend ed at his war crimes trial before an Army tribunal today as a man who treated nis prisoners witn respect. An affidavit from Set. Harold T. Irving of Holyoke, Mass., de scribed Yagl as a nappy-go-lucky fellow, always smiling." wno "uiu not get angry- wniia carrying out the camp com- -mandant's ' orders ".to beat thfl ' captives. At another war crimes trial. Tomlo Yamada, former guard at Umeda prison camp, pleaded in nocent and then sat stolidly as a series of affidavits were present ed accusing him of "deliberately" Killing one prisoner anfl pontrin uting to the death of another., , 1 v -i ' Suspect Held in Mystery Killing of Five Parsons ATOKA. Okla.. May 13 UP)-r Sheriff W. E. Davis of Texar kana. Ark., where a phantom slayer Is believed to have killed live persons since March 24, said today a man held here is "defi nitely a suspect." Sheriff Davis said the man, ar rested at Paris, Tex., for ques tioning in an attack on a ranch er's wife near here Friday, "is from the part of the country where the killings occurred." The rancher's wife, Mrs. W. E. Harmon, told officers that a man appeared at her ranch home and demanded food, threatening to kill her. Then, she recounted, ho boasted he had slain three women at Texarkana. She was unable to Identify the suspect definitely. - Baby Killed, Nine Other Persons Hurt in Crash PORTLAND, Ore., May 13 UP) An automobile collision near Tigard last night killed Jennifer Markee, Infant daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Loren Markee, McMlnn vllle. Her parents and three others, all of McMlnnville, were treated for Injuries. In the other ear four persons suffered cuts and bruiees. . They were Betty Lydon, Chehalis, Wash., and three University o( Portland students, Orville A. Shields, Bob Durham and Larry Lydon. Tanker Lost in Aleutians: All 44 on Board Saved KODIAK. Alaska, May 13 UP) Ttie 10,000-ton tanker, Fort Sumter, broke up Saturday, about 720 miles south of Attu Island in the Aleutians but all 44 hands were saved by crews of two mer chant ships, the commander of tho Alaskan sea frontier report ed. The report gave no details as to how the accident occurred. Tho boat was bound out of San Pedro, Calif., but its destl- pntlnn wnv vnt Ifnnwn Ltvlty Fact frnT k)Lr, lUiaeMtata Russia might be dissuaded from trying to horn In on Brit ain's Mediterranean "life line" if tho atomic bomb test were held in that area Instead of In tho Pacific. A show of fore would be preferable to forcing a showdown.