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Newspaper Page TextH ome and Commercial Building Restrictions End Oct. 15 Weather FORECAST: Clear with llttl change In temperature to night and Wednesday. Temp. 84 42 Highest Yesterday .... Lowest this Morning Fortieth Year Militarists Deceived Hirohito Is Claim of Premier Kuni Who v Swears It Won't Happen Again JAP COMMISSI TO FERRET OUT GUILTY LEADERS Army Secret Police Will Be Abolished; Emperor to Be Given Truth About War Tokyo, Sept. 18 (U.R) Pre- mier NarnhikO HiBashi-Kuni Said today Japanese militarists de ceived iSmperor Hironiio on set ret developments leading up to e) the attack on feari narDor aim promised that "it won't happen again." He asserted in a two-hour in terview with more than 50 Al died correspondents that circum stances surrounding the carrier niann necanlt. apainst Hawaii re main a great Japanese "state secret. The premier announced he win rrpflip commission to in vestigate Japan's war guilt and Washington, Sept. 18 (U.R) Sen. Richard B. Russell, D., Ga., today introduced legisla tion calling for early trial of Emperor Hirohito as a war criminal. Russell, charging that the iron hand America fiad laid upon Germany had been changed to a kid glove in Japan, put before the senate a joint resolution whereby con ' gress would declare it to be "the policy of the United States to try Hirohito, emperor of Japan, as a war criminal." fix responsibility for Pearl Har bor, abolish the much-criticized kampai-tai (army secret police), and keep the emperor free of military influence. To Hear Truth "We shall tell him the truth," raid Higahi-Kuni,, an imperial cousin. The premier insisted he did not know whether the emperor was aware that the attack on Pearl Harbor liad been planned or whether he was aware- of at rocities committed by Japanese. Shigenoro Togo, Japanese for eign minister in late 1941, told the United Press at the same time that neither he nor Saburo Kurusu, his "peace envoy" to Washington, had advance know 4 ledge of the Pearl Harbor as sault. In another interview, Adm. Mitsumasa Yonai, Japan's pre sent and six times past navy minister, said the attack on Pearl Harbor represented the maximum effort of which the Japanese felt capable. Higashi-Kuni promised to put a direct question to the emperor whether he had been informed of the Pearl Harbor plans in ad vance and transmit the answer to Allied correspondents. Some Punished Higashi-Kuni said Japan itself already has punished some of its own people responsible for mis treatment of prisoners. But he was unable to say who was pun ished, when or where it was meted out, or what typo of pun ishment had been decreed. He promised to obtain infor mation on these points and trans mit it to correspondents. The premier was nearly as vague on the question of atroci ties as on Pearl Harbor. He said protests had been submitted against atrocities, but he did r.ot make it clear in what manner the purported protests had been made. The imperial headquart ers reaction to protests, he said, was: "We'll think it over." Higashi-Kuni denied know ledge of the execution of Allied airmen but said he had heard re ports of torturing of prisoners MINING ASSOCIATION WILL MEET SEPT. 21 A chance in date for the Sep tember meeting of the Jackson county Mining association has been announced, the session to be held Friday. Sept. 21, instead of Sept. 19 as was originally an nounced. According to Floyd K. Dover, temporary president of the newly organized associa . tion, the meeting will be at 8 p. m. in the Chamber of Com-: jr.crce buildinj in Medford, ' ALA T T TV FT VkffiT. J F-f!" MEDFOR T4ljy United Press Speaks Tonight PALMER HOYT Palmer Hoyt, publisher of the Portland Oregonian and war time director of the domestic branch of the Office of War In formation, will be the speaker at the Jackson County Chamber of Commerce forum tonight at the Hotel Holland. Advance re servations indicate a capacity crowd in the Blue Room of the Holland to head the distinguish ed journalist. Hoyt, a director of the Associ ated Press and past-president of Sigma Delta Chi, toured the Pa cific war front early this year for the U. S. navy. He is rec ognized as one of America's" fore most champions of a policy of international free press. Capt. Harry D. LaFavre, USN, commander of the Navy hos pital nt Camp White, will be among the guests at tonight's chamber forum. WORTH $12,000 Portland, Ore., Sept. 18 (U.R) Two men were being held today By btate Liquor Control Com mission authorities for investiirn. tion after state police intercepted a truckload of bootleg liquor valued at $12,000. Apprehended in a largo truck near Milkaukie, Ore., Monday because of the conspicuous ab sence of license plates on the ve hicle, the men, Fred Vargas, Stockton, Cal., driver, and Rob ert V. Harrison, Los Angeles, re lief driver, were immediately ap prehended and the truck and liquor impounded. Ray Conway, administrator of the State Liquor Control Com mission, said it was the largest Oregon haul of bootleg liquor on record with police finding a total of 324 cases in the truck, all in pints. The largest previous haul was 178 cases. Conway said the truck had been loaded at Los Angeles and had covered nearly 1000 miles before being spotted on the high ways. SURPRISE SNOW Denver, Sept. 18-(U.R)--Passage was clear over several northern Colorado mountain roads today after snow plows had removed the ten inches of snow which left many late-season tourists marooned Sunday. Wanta Get in 80 People Offered Chance At least 80 citizens of the movie actors this week-end, and Universal Picture's "Canyon Passage" at Diamond Lake. The call for at least 80 people raising scene of Ernest Haycox's 50 s has been issued by Henry Oregon. About 60 men and 20 and Sunday on location and. after dextrous touches from Holly wood make-up men. they will be transformed into rugged pionoers. Spitz will establish headquarters at the Jackson County Chamber of Commerce office Thursday morning at 10:30 o'clock to interview those who wish to have the unique experience of participating in a technicolor movie. Transportation will be pro vided on Universal Pictures buses. Ten old wagons, suitable for use in "Canyon Passage." are also sought by Universal Pictures and those who have them are requested to telephone the Chamber of Commerce. The wagons will be transported by truck to Diamond Lake this week-end .md returned in good condition as soon as the cabin raiding sequence is completed, according to the film company. Full Leased Wire MEDFOr . REGON, TUESDAY, SEPTEMBER 18, 1945. TYPHOON DELAYS Tokyo, Sept. 18 (U.R) A ty phoon struck Tokyo today, inter rupting occupation operations and wrecking makeshift homes of hundreds of airraid victims. All military and naval planes were grounded and small boat communications between Ameri can naval vessels in Tokyo bay and the shore were halted tem porarily. Gen. Douglas MacArthur's headquarters, meantime, reveal ed that occupation forces have spread out over an 800-mile stretch of the Japanese home land, with 65,000 or more troops concentrated within a 30-mile radius of Tokyo. E OF 12.7 PER CENT Still without a full teaching staff, Medford junior high and elementary schools opened yes terday with a 12.7 per cent in crease over attendance last year, and the facilities of all schools much over crowded, E. H. Hedrick, city school superin tendent, reported today. There is need for a Latin and English teacher in high school and two teachers for the fourth, fifth and sixth and first and second grade;!, according to the super intendent. Attendance figures released at noon today revealed a 14.2 in crease in enrollment over last year for elementary schools, with individual increases as fol lows: Jackson, last year, 293, this year 408 increase of 115 or 39.2 per cent: Lincoln last year. 260. tins year. 271, increase of 11, or 4.2 per cent; Roosevelt. 341, tnis year, 382, increase of 41 or 12 per cent and Washing ton, 414. this year 433, an in crease of 19 or 4.5 per cent. 9.7 Per Cent at Junior An enrollment increase of 9.7 percent was reported in the junior high school with 693 this year as compared with 632 n 1944. However according to Hedrick, many students arc workir.g in the fruit and cnroll- ent promises to be greater with the end of the fruit season. A total of 1.492 students en rolled in the elementary schools; an increase of 14.2 per cent. It was also noted that a 17 per cent increase in enrollment in the 1-B. or beginners classes, was made this year. SOUTH AMERICA GETS ROGUE VALLEY PEARS Export shipment of Rogue River Valley pears to Brazil and other South American lands, via New York and New Orleans, is now underway, shippers report. Several inquiries have also been received from Sweden relative to pear shipments there. Dur ing the war exports were under military permission. the Movies? Rogue River Valley may become have a part in the filming of to appear in the colorful cabin- novel of southern Oregon in the Spitz, in charge of production in women will be needed Saturday WALKOOTTHREAT Will Withhold Strike Vote If Stop-Gap Wage Boosts Given During Negotiations Detroit, Sept. 18 (U.R) The CIO's United Auto Workers union said today it would with hold a threatened industry-wide strike vote if five per cent com promise wage increases are of fered immediately. UAW President R. J. Thomas revealed that "stop-gap" wage boosts would be acceptable dur ing negotiations over the union's demand for a blanket 30 per cent pay gain. Thomas said "in no cases" would less than 30 per cent be accepted as a final settlement. The compromise postponement of pending strike ballots in the automobile industry was pro posed as government interven tion neared. By United Press Oil workers in six midwestern states were alerted for strike ac tion today as walkouts and shut downs, affecting 215,000 work ers, continued throughout, the country. The sixth district CIO wage policy committee of the Interna tional Oil Workers union issued strike mobilization orders to 30, 000 members yesterday after union leaders were rebuffed in demands for a 30 per cent wage increase. Reconversion Hurt A third plant of the Westing house Electric Corporation was closed down yesterday as a strike of "white collar'! workers en tered its second week in a dead lock over incentive bonuses. The strike of some 12,000 salaried employees has idled 26,068 pro duction employes in East Pitts burgh and Sharon, Pa., Cleve land, and Lima, O., and other cities in five states. The threat of impending strikes further clouded the re conversion picture. In Birming ham, Ala., a CIO textile workers spokesman predicted that 50,(M)0 to 60,000 workers soon would be manning picket lines to protest alleged union-busting activities. Take Strike Vote A nationwide strike vote by mail has been scheduled for 18, 500 CIO hosiery workers em ployed by 99 firms throughout the country. The strike notice was filed after workers rejected a proposed two-year contract with the manufacturers. ' On the West Coast, 2.000 film craftsmen remained out in the seven-month-old movie strike, 2, 500 dried fruit pickers struck for higher wages, and 800 Oregon lumber workers were involved in a jurisdictional dispute, idling 2,200 others. OF Wasnington, Sept. 18 U.R) Legislation was introduced in congress today to set the post war personnel strength of the navy and marine corps at a com bined total of 666.000 officers and enlisted men. The measure was introduced in the senate by Naval Affairs Committee Chairman David I. Walsh D.. Mass.. and in the house by Naval Affairs Commit tee Chairman Carl Vinson D., Ga. Walsh and Vinson said estab lishment of the navy and mar ine corps peacetime personnel strength would enable more "speedy demobilization'' within the two serv'ces. They said they had worked out the legislation in consulta tion with naval department of ficials whose views they added. I the bi' "represents in a general way." HOT SPRINGS SOLD Lakeview One of the biggest real estate deals in Lake county was closed this month when Lcs Passmore of Lakeview and his brother-in-law, Jerauld Jacobson purchased Hunters Hot Springs hotel and property. Included in the sale was the hotel, duplex apartment, garages, houses and everything connected with the property, which was owned by the Hunter estate. j Wind, Fire Leave Floridc Air Base 4' tlx j?,z.H?::f , ' - v Fanned by a tropical hurricane, blnzes roared unabated through hangar after hangar at Richmond, Fla., Naval Air Station, destroying 25 patrol blimps, 366 planes ami causing dnninRe estimated at between 30 and 40 mil lions. Burucd-out hangar, with wreckage of Navy TBF planes In foreground. Truman Centers Labor Power In Schwellenbach's Office Washington, Sept. 18 (U.R) A sweeping reorganization of the labor functions of the gov ernment was announced today by President Truman. He trans ferred all of the powers and operations of the War Labor board, the War Manpower com mission and the United States Employment Service to the Labor department. At the same time Mr. Truman I Washington, Sept. 18 (U,R President Truman today accept ed the resignation of Secretary of War Henry L. Stimson and nominated Undersecretary Rob ert P. Patterson to succeed him. Ho also announced that assist ant secretaries of war John J. McCloy and Robert Lovett had submitted their resignations, but that he was not accepting them immediately. Stimson had been rumored on the way out since Mr. Truman began reshuffling the late Pres ident Roosevelt's cabinet early in the summer. Stimson, a republican, was brought into Mr. Roosevelt's so called coalition cabinet in 1940 along with another republican the late Secretary of the Navy Frank Knox. Stimson, who will be 78 on Friday, was hailed by Mr. Tru man as one of the nation's truly great public servants. E T Washington. Sept. 18 (U.R) President Truman announced to day that Sen. Harold H. Burton, R., O. will be the new Associate Justice of the United States Supreme Court.. Burton's nomination to suc ceed Ilistice Owen .1 Itnherlt who retired in July, was sent to the senate at the same time Mr. Truman was announcing his selection In a conference at the White House. NYLON HOSIERY TO BE READY BY DECEMBER 1 Washington, Sept. 18 'U.R) Nylon hosiery mills arc speed ing up production and, accord ing to a war production board offirial, should have 36.000.000 pairs ready for distribution by Dec. 1. A spokesman for WPB's office of civilian requirements told the l.r.ited Press today that he could see no reason why nylon stockincs shouldn't be on gen eral s.'lc by Christmas. BASEBALL National First game. (11 innings). Boston 3 4 2 Cincinnati .1 4 4 Wright and Musi, Harrbt and Lakeuiuu. 1RIBUNE United Press Full faPSm.1,.- .. disclosed that he had transferred the functions of the Office of Economic Stabilization to the Office of War Mobilization and Reconversion under John W. Snyder. Secretary of Labor Lewis Schwellenbach sat at the side of the president's desk and heard him say that the secretary now gets all of the powers of WLB, WMC and USES, and that eventually all of the labor func tions of the government will be centralized within the Labor de partment as far a3 possible. Schwellenbach has promised that aimed with his new powers, he -will step Immediately into the explosive Detroit strike situa tion. Tokyo, Sept. 18 (U.R) Gen. Douglas MacArthur today sus pended the newspaper Asahi, one of Tokyo's two leading dailies, for 48 hours effective with the Wednesday morning edition. The Asahl was accused of vio lating an allied supreme head quarters directive prohibiting publication of matter designed to "disturb public tranquility, criticizing allied powers or con taining false statements." The suspension order con tended that articles had been in tended to Implant discontent in the public mind and create the impression that Japan is abused. SHIRLEY HAS CONSENT Hollywood. Sept. 18 (U.Rl Screen Star Shirley Temple, 17. air Air Force Sgt. John G. Agar, 24, today had parental conse'.t to get married. They plan to wed tomorrow night. Gruesome Tale of Nazi Concentration Camp Told In Trial of Nazi Guards Lucncnburg. Sept. 18 (U.R) Nazi guards at the Bclsen con centration camp still were shoot ing down helpless inmates when British troops entered that place of horror last April, a British medical officer testified today. The eyewitness story of die hard nazi savagery came from r k'ndier H. L. Olvn Huehes. deputy medical chief of the Brit ish Second army and the first prtsecution witness at the mili tary trial of 45 German men and women guards from the lielsen and Oswiecim camps. "We took steps to halt the fir ing and warned that we would shoot if the firing continued," Glyn Hughes said in recounting the Bri'l l entry into Belsen. Unburied Bodies Found He reveoled that the British found 13.000 unburied bodies piled in grisly stacks inside the camp, with living women pris oners lying helpless among the dead. Conditions were so horrible that another 13.000 inmates died within six weeks after the Brit ish took over. He said Josef Kramer, com mandant of the Brl;-en camp and the oumber one dcicntluut iurioug Leased Wlri NO. 152. in Wreckage Merita 1 elf photo) OF TALKED AT MEET Causes and solution of the child delinquency problem, with special emphasis on conditions in Jackson county, were dis cussed last night at a meeting In the court house called by Rep. O. H. Bengtson, chairman of the interim committee appointed by the house of representatives to study child delinquency in Ore gon. Approximately CO persons representing servlcn clubs. Sal vation Army, Parent-Teacher as sociations, educators, Girl Scouts, Boy Scouts, various civic organizations, law enforcement officers, city officials of Jackson county, parents and individuals met and discussed Juvenile de linquency problems and the pos sible establishment of a deten tion home In Jackson county, Actual number of delinquents from Jackson county and case examples were given by Robert Elder, county juvenile officer, and views on the subject were expressed by C. R. Bowman, county school superintendent; Lt. Cmdr. H. G. Miller, formerly In charge of the Fairview home, Salem, now stationed at Camp White; District Attorney George Neibon and C. A. Meeker, mayor of Medford. Response to the first meeting was very satisfactory, according to Bengtson, and a series of such discussions will be held In the future. Purpose of the discus sions is to .formulate a definite plan for Improvement of the situation In Oregon, one which can be introduced at the next meeting of the state legislature, he said. Ottawa. Sept. 18 (U.R) In creased immigration was sug gested today to mon Canada's war-born industries as the House of Commons was told there were two Jobs for every applicant. the 45 charged with the atroci ties, claimed his guards were shooting the inmates because they attempted to "riot." Kramer, he said .refused to bother about the shooting and appeared "indifferent and cal lous" to the whole affair. Throughout Glyn Hughes' tes timony. Kramer sot stolidly in his chair, alternately dozing and taking notes of the evidence against him. Conditions Horrible "Conditions in the Relsen camp were really indescribable." Glyn Hughes said. "Photographs cannot bring home the horrors even to be found outside the camp huls. Inside the huts it was far worse, but only a few saw it." The defendants in the case are subject rb the death penalty if convicted. Nineteen of the prisoners on trial are women. Hughes tdlked in their direction as he si. id: "Conditions in the large women's compound at Belsen were abso lutely frightful. A room in one hut was piled so full of bodies that no more could be lammed inside. Elsewhere in the hut. women were constantly dying." RAPID EXPANSION TO PROVIDE OF Six Point Program Worked Out to Help Construction Industry Over Nation. Washington, Sept. 18-U.R War Mobilization Director John W. Snyder disclosed today that government restrictions on home construction, public works, and commercial construction will end Oct. 15. Snyder disclosed a six-point program to speed expansion of the construction industry. 1. A government campaign to increase supplies of scarce build ing materials through such steps, if necessary, as price and wage increases and priorities to break bottlenecks. 2. WPB action to prevent hoarding of building material! to avoid artificial shortages. To Fight Inflation 3. The OPA will tighten price controls over building materials! to counteract inflationary pres sure. 4. The federal credit agencies will discourage excessive and unsound lending on mortgages. 5. Representatives of industry groups will be called into confer, ence here to map out a voluntary program to increase quickly tho production of materials and fa cilities needed to expand the home-construction agency. 6. The National Housing Agency will supply public infor mation and an advisory service on home values. In lifting all restrictions on private construction as of Oct. 15, Snyder said: Main Job Source "The rapid expansion of the construction industry can be the greatest single source of Jobs in our entire economy. That was In the minds of all of us when it was agreed that L-41 (The WPB restriction order) should be lift ed." Snyder added that at the same time it should be recognized that the mere lifting of restrictions was not enough to expand con- ' struction, but that active steps should he taken to expand the production of building materials. The six-point program was worked out in conferences among Snyder, Economic Stabil izer William H, Davis, WPB Chairman J. A. Krug, Price Ad ministrator Chester Bowles and National Housing Administrator John B. Blandford, Jr. ITALY COLONIES London, Sept. 18 (U.R) . Soviet Foreign Commissar V.M. Molotov revealed today that Russia favors placing Italian colonies urider the trusteeship of individual members of the Unit ed Nations, rather than under any collective guardianship. Molotov held a press confer ence at which he clarified to varying extent the Russian at titude on many Issues facing the five power council of foreign ministers in session here. Molotov indicated complete Soviet support of Yugoslavia's claims against Italy. A new issue was injected into the conference today when the Armenian socialist party asked the big five to call upon Turkey to renounce in favor of Soviet Armenia "all rights and title ov?r territories assigned to Ar menia by President Wilson." M-T Bargain Days Most Successful The 1945 Bargain Days subscription campaign of the Mall Tribune, which closed last night, proved the most successful ever conducted by the paper according to Jarry Latham, circulation manager, with 10 per cent more sub scribers taking advantage of the offer than for the great est previous year of 1944. Latham expressed his thanks to the subscribers and also to the carriers who co operated in the campaign. SIDE GLANCES By TRIBUNE REPORTERS Al Piche paying off on Bob Ebcl's hot dog stand. Alfred Carpenter retrieving a postage stamp from the bank floor and presenting it to Frank Hull vith instructions to credit it to his Chamber of Commerce account and make note of same in the press. Laura York wondering If her well worn brief case is going to withstand another year of school.