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MEDFORD, OREGON, WEDNESDAY, SEPTEMBER 19, 1945.
NO. 153.
Shirley and Fiance Or license
Truman Says Size of Occupation Forces
Cannot Be Determined Until Next Spring
HOYT'S ANSWER
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Publisher Tells C of C Forum
Free Flow of Uncolored
News Only Hope
Civilization's answer to the
atomic bomb must be complete
understanding among nations of
the world brought about by com
plete exchange of facts and in
formation for "an uninformed
world cannot be free, cannot en
dure." declared E. Paler Hoyt,
publisher of the Portland Ore
gonian and former director of
the domestic branch of the Of
fice of War Information in speak
ing for a forum meeting of the
Jackson County Chamber of
Commerce last night at the Hoi
land hotel.
"Smashing of the atom and
the atomic bomb was the start
of a new world epic," Hoyt said.
"It made us citizens of the world
Instead of merely citizens of a
nation. When that parachute
slipped down from a B-29 bear
ing the first atomic bomb we
entered a new stage, and what
might well be the last stage, of
civilization unless ' we learn to
control this Frankenstein. A
third world war will result jn
suicide or world dictatorship."
Free News First
Hoyt strongly emphasized that
first step towards solving the
great problems now confronting
the world must be setting up of
a completely free flow of news,
information and facts between
all countries with elimination
of political censorship and the
right by all nations to use all
communications. The speaker
said freedom of the press in its
fullest sense was the basic right
of the people to "know" and
that this complete freedom of
the press had resulted in a great
United States. What has been
accomplished . by this nation
would be just as practical for the
entire world, he added.
Information must be dissem
inated objectively throughout
the world after the American
fashion not only through news
papers but through magazines,
all news services, all types of
communication, books, movies
and every other known means,
Hoyt stated. He added that the
differences in language actually
presents no great obstacle.
United Nations Job
The task of seeing that all
riatidns share all information
and facts rests with the United
Nations, the United States and
with President Harry Truman,
the speaker said, adding that it
was largely up to the people of
this nation since we constitute
the most widely informed people
and since the secret of the atomic
bomb lies largely in our hands
the "most powerful weapon for
peace ever placed in the hands
of any nation." He urged that
the United States recover its
moral leadership, which he said
had gradually slipped from us
during the war, and see that
world leaders "live like goldfish
in a bowl." "We cannot outlaw
the atomic bomb, but we can out
law state secrets," he declared.
To back up our campaign for
a free flow of all facts, this na
tion should refuse to lend to or
support countries which refuse
us information and should see
that all 'occupied countries have
complete access to all facts and
information.
Japs Malleable
Hoyt said in his opinion the
Japanese would lend themselves
to political regimentation more
easily than the Germans and de
clared that the Asiatic peoples,
particularly the Filipinos, will
be very susceptiblg to an in
creased flow of information.
"The Philippine Islands consti
tute a great beach head of demo
cracy." he declared.
In closing Hoyt declared "The
world cannot exist half informed
and half uninformed. Freedom
of news and communications is
very practical and if we will it.
it can be done. It must be done
for it involves our salvation. An
uninformed world cannot be
free, cannot endure."
President Herb Grey of the
chamber presided over the meet
ing, which followed a dinner.
and intrudurcd the speaker. Also
introduced were Com. Paul
R. i
Weeks, Com. Benjamin Wcis.
Capt. Harry La Favre. Capt. M.
W. Coleman, Col. L. J. Farber,
Senator and Mrs. Earl Newbry
of Ashland, Rep. and Mrs. Frank
Van Dyke of Ashland, Rep. O.
H. Bengtson, Judge J. B. Cole
man, Reginald H. Parsons and
Mr. and Mrs. Frank Hull.
Gov Frank J. Lausche of
Ohio was a professional baseball
plav" in his youth; finally de-
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Actress Shirley Temple, 17. and her fiance, Strt. John Agar, 24, smile hap
pily as they held marrinee license they obtained at Glendale. Calif..
county clerk's office. Shirley, one-time famous baby screen star, will
marry Wednesday nighU
CHRYSLER STRIKE
LATEST THREAT IN
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Detroit, Sept. 19 (U.R) A
new strike threat among 100,000
Chrysler Corporation employes
was voiced today as the govern
ment's reinforced labor depart
ment sought to avert. labor dis
turbances throughout the auto
mobile industry.
Presidents of 17 Chrysler un
ions unanimously recommended
a strike ballot to enforce de
mands for a 30 per cent, wage
increase at conclusion of a two
hour executive session today.
The union membership will be
asked to approve the ballot Sun
day, enabling the United Auto
mobile Workers (CIO) to file an
election petition with the nation
al labor relations board.
G-M Vote Authorized
A similar strike vote already
has been authorized by union
members in 135 plants of Gen
eral Motors Corp., employing
350.000 workers. UAW officials
hinted that an NLRB petition
might be filed at any time to
speed the G-M strike ballot.
Shortly before the Chrysler
strike vote was asked, Nash-Kel-vinator
Corporation announced
that a wildcat strike of CIO
members had closed it Kenosha,
Wis., Nash division, with several
thousands workers idle.
But elsewhere, tension over re
conversion wage demands ap
peared to be easing as UAW of
ficials sought to restore order in
their own organization and avert
intervention of federal concilia
tors. Port Arthur, Tex., Sept. 19
(U.R) A complete tieup of the
multi-million dollar oil refining
industry of the Texas Gulf Coast
was underway today as 10.000
workers began walkouts to sup
port demands for 52 hours pay
for 40 hours of work. .
Tokyo, Sept. 19 (U.R) The
first women's suffrage on Japa
nese soil was approved for Okin
awa today by the American mili
tary government. Under the
new plan, both men and women
over 25 will have equal voting
privileges in native affairs.
Another Bumper Baby Crop Looms;
Doctors Debunk Boy Excess Theory
New York Sept. 19 (U.R)
It isn't only in your town all
America is expecting another
bump-T crop of babies
The national birth rate made
us Iirst spurt in 1941. the yeari
cfter congress adopted the selec-
ive service law. It was the big
gest lump since the first world
war.
The rate continued to climb in
1942 md 1943 despite a nation
wide shortage of hospital beds
and a scarcity of obstetricians.
In 1943 there were 2.935.171
babies born in the United States
an all-time high.
The 1944 figures aren't avail
able yet but it was estimated
thry will bring a new record
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Shirley Temple To
Say Wedding Vows
At Church Tonight
Hollywood, Sept. 19 (U.R)
Shirley Temple, on her second
film career at the age of 17, be
comes a postwar bride tonight
when she marries Army Air
Forces Sgt. John George Agar,
Jr., 24.
"I wanted to be his wife be
fore he is sent across," said the
future Mrs. Agar.
The Beverly Hills, Calif., ser
geant has only a seven-day fur
lough before he is due back at
his Spokane, - Wash., base' for
overseas duty.
There will be few motion pic
ture celebrities at the Wilkshire
Methodist church when Rev.
Willsie Martin performs the
ceremony at 8:30 p. m. .But
prop men, wardrobe girls and
electricians will mingle with
Shirley's socially select school
mates from the West Lake
School for Girls.
New York, Sept. 19 (U.R)
Will H. Hays, president of the
Motion Picture Producers and
Distributors of America, Inc.,
resigned today and was succeed
ed immediately by Eric John
ston, president of the Chamber
of Commerce of the United
States. ,
"It is our aim," Johnston said,
"to foster an industry program
which will make motion pictures
an even better reflection of the
American design of living,"
In accepting Hayes' resigna
tion, the producers and distrib
utors said that it was "with pro
found regret."
CITY COUNCIL OPENS
BIDS ON BOND ISSUES
Bid! for the sale of $225,000
in city bonds were opened last
night at the regular meeting of
the city council. Money provid
ed for in the bonds is to begin
preliminary work on the city
disposal plant, storm sewer and
park, according to city officials.
The meeting was adjourned un
til 5 p.m. today when accept
ance of a bid and approval of
city lot sales will be made.
the 1945 total. If the birth rate
pattern of the second world war
follows that of the first the
figure will swell to a new peak
in 198.
In 1943 the rate rose to 21 5.
Maternity hospitals began book
ing deliveries as much as eight
mont' in advance.
The hospital situation was re-!
ported just as tight today. There
was very little chance of its
looseping up for several years.
All over the country hospitals
and doctors debunked the the
ory tnat war brings a higher
percentage of boys' births. The
sex uroportions remained about
the same throughout .the war
with boys loading s iris by a
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SOAP, SHORTENING
SCARCITY TO EASE
AFTER OCTOBER 1
Sugar Supplies To Shrink
Sharply in Last 3 Months
Of Year Says Anderson
Washington, Sept. 19 U.R)
Consumers today could look for
ward to the easing of shortages
of soap, shortening, cooking oils
and paints after Oct. 1.
But sugar supplies are due for
a sharp slash in the last three
months of 1945. They will drop
almost to the low point reached
in 1942 after Pacific imports
were shut off.
These were the prospects out
lined by Secretary of Agricul
ture Clinton P. Anderson as he
released data on the sugar, fats
and oils allocations for October,
November and December.
See Ration End Jan. 1
Anderson said an improve
ment in the fats and oils supply
will make it possible to recom
mend the ending of rationing on
shortening and cooking oils after
Jan. 1.
Soap production will be allow
ed to rise to give civilians 17,
600,000 pounds more in the last
quarter of 1945 than in the pres
ent three-month period.
There also will be a 67 per
cent increase in oils allocated for
use in making linoleum, paints
and varnishes.
A new reduction in the civil
ian sugar quota was in line with
Anderson's recent statement that
sugar rationing must continue
well Into 1946. Supplies for October-December
will be 28 per
cent smaller than the average for
any previous three-month period
of 1945.
ASHLAND AOTOS
HIT AT PHOENIX
Can operated by J. F. Col
lingsworth and Charles W.
Cleveland, both of Ashland,
were damaged considerably at
.about 12:30 a.m. yesterday in a
highway collision near Phoenix,
according to accident reports
filed with city police. Another
auto, operated by W. W. Robin
son, was involved in the mishap
and Cleveland was slightly in
jured, the reports stated.
Other reports stated that
considerable damage was caused
to an auto operated by Gladys
C. Orr 1202 East 11th street,
when In collision yesterday on
North Central avenue with a car
driven by G. F. Whitney, route
1, Central Point. Small damage
to Whitney's auto was reported.
Also reported as damaged yes
terday was an auto operated by
B. L. Nutting, Jr., when it col
lided at Central avenue and
Main street with a truck K. F.
McClellan, Gold Hill, was driv
ing. Amount of damage to the
truck was not listed.
Plane Beats Stork
In Hospital Race
Los Angeles, Sept. 19 (U.R)
Mrs. Jane Anderson, 26, en route
to her home in Bayport, Minn.,
today gave birth to a boy one
hour after she was taken from
a TWA airliner in Albuquerque,
N. M., TWA offices here disclos
ed. The plane rushed into Albu
querque 32 minutes ahead of
schedule on full throttle as Mrs.
Anderson's plight became known
soon after the takeoff from Bur
bank. She had been visiting her
husband, Henry, air forces pri
vate at Bakersfield, Cal. The
baby wasn't due until next
month.
Poisoning Cause
Of Pollard Death
Acute cyanide poisoning has
bcen determined as the cause of
; the death of Oral w. Pollard, late
, manager oi me rurcsurr jcweiry
store of Medford found dead In
his hotel room Sept. 12, accord
ing to H. W. Conger, county
coroner. The report was obtained
from Dr. Joseph Bceman, Port-
land, state criminologist
A bottle of cyanide was found
in Pollards room, the coroner
State Authority
Over Jobless Pay
Has Senate Okeh
Washington, Sept. 19 U.R)
The senate today adopted 56 to
23 an amendment to the pending
Jobless bill which would restore
the unemployment services to
the states within 30 days from
passage of the bill.
The vote came after Sen. Scott
W. Lucas. D., 111., author of the
amendment told his colleagues
the only way to solve the unem
ployment problem is to "place
the authority in one agency or
the other."
The present system of divid
ed authority is too complex to
do the job, Lucas said.
Immediately' after the vote the
administration launched a drive,
to restore the $25 unemploy
ment compensating maximum to
the pending bill. Senate Demo
cratic Leader Alben W. Barklcy,
Ky., introduced an amendment
which would raise maximum
state benefits to the $25 figure.
ALLIED COUNCIL
TO FREE TRIESTE
London, Sept. 19 (U.R) The
allied council of foreign minis
ters announced tonight that
Trieste will be made a free port
under international control and
that part of Italy's Istrian penin
sula will be ceded to Yugoslavia
in the forthcoming peace treaty.
The final settlement of the
Italy-Yugoslav dispute and de
lineation of the two countries'
common frontiers, which for a
time threatened to set the Big
Five powers at odds, was left to
a sub commission of the foreign
ministers' council.
A special communique said
the council had instructed the
sub-commission to draw the new
Italy-Yugoslav frontier along
racial lines, leaving a minimum
of Ita'ians and Yugoslavs under
Alien mle.
The Adriatic port of Trieste,
around which the dispute cen
tered, will be controlled by an
international commission.
'Man' Fruit Picker
With No Draft Card
Revealed as Woman
Los Angeles. Sept. 19U.R
Miss Frances Orlando, 36-year-old
'ruit picker who masquer
aded for 16 years as a man was
unmasked today because she
carried no draft card.
Stopped by police on a rou
tine checkup the woman, who
gave lier name as 'Ted Jensen,"
was dressed In a man's overalls,
leather jacket and had a GI
haircr.t.
Officers took her to jail when
they found she had a driver's
license under the name Frances
Orlando and no draft card.
A police matron at first re
fused to admit her to the
women's department.
Miss Orlando said she once
married a girl in Nevada, but
the marriage was annuled after
two weeks.
NAVY HOSPITAL OFFICER
KIWANIS CLUB SPEAKER
Comdr. Lewis Gunthcr, chief
of medicine at Camp White
Naval hospital, said the navy is
doing all possible to mini.nize
spreading of tropical disease
which may be contracted from
returning servicemen, in a talk
to members of the Kiwanis club
at Holland hotel today.
Comdr. Gunther also told of
his experiences on the tour of
duty in Hawaii.
Guests of the club were Paul
A. Lee, Klamath Falls, Joe
Earley, Jr., and E. E. Hanson,
Chicago,
HEALTH ASSOCIATION
TO HEAR SANITARIAN
Victor Morgan, new county
sanitarian, will be guest speaker
for the first meeting of the fall
of the Jackson County Public
Health association scheduled for
Thursday at 12:14 at the Girls'
Community club. Mrs. R. H. Wil
cox, Phoenix, vice-president of
the group, will preside. Anyone
interested in the work of the
association is invited to attend.
Members attending arc asked
to bring sandwiches for their
lunch.
S i x states Georgia, Mary
land. North and South Carolina,
Virffinia and Wprf Virginia
OEATHJDEGREED
Renegade Who Broadcast
Nazi Propaganda During
War Sentenced To Die
London, Sept. 19 (U.R) Wil-
iam (Lord Haw Haw) Joyce was
convicted of high treason
agninsi Britain in Old Bailey to
day and sentenced to death on
the gnliows.,
A British jury took only 25
minutes to find Joyce guilty on
the third count of an indictment
charging him with broadcasting
Nazi propaganda while Britain
and Germany were locked in a
death struggle.
Appeal Planned
Counsel for Joyce announced
as soon as the conviction and
death sentence were brought in
that they would appeal the case.
The jury went out at 3:35
p.m. to wejgh the evidence In
the three-day treason trial of
perhaps the most notorious -renegade
broadcaster of Axis pro
paganda in World War II.
Just before the Jury retired.
Justice Sir Frederick Tucker
knocked the main prop out from
under Joyce's defense. He ruled
that loyce owed allegiance to
the British crown, regardless of
his citizenship.
Thi defense staked Its main
hope of saving Joyce from the
hangman on a contention that he
was born an American citizen,
became a naturalized citizen of
.Germany under the Nazis, and
henco was not subject to Brit
ish Jurtice. Judge Tucker ruled
otherwise.
Many Deer Killed
In Tulelake Area
Tulelake, Sept. 19 The big
gest deer kill since pre-war days
snowed under Earl's cold storage
plant here Monday. By Tuesday
morning, 30 carcasses were hung
up.
The number far exceeded that
of last season when adverse
weather conditions sent hunters
home empty-handed. The largest,
a mule deer, killed on Round
mountain, had eight points, an
antler spread of 34 inches, and
weighed 205 pounds.
Deer signs are plentiful, ac
cording to hunters, In all areas
in both Siskiyou and Modoc
counties.
BASEBALL
American
St. Louis - 6 13 1
New York 5 10 1
Potter, Zoldak and Mancuso;
Ruffing and Robinson, Drescher.
Detroit 0 10
Cleveland 2 3 0
Mueller, Caster, Bridges and
Richards, Swift, Feller and
Hayes.
Philadelphia 10 16 0
Boston 11 13 2
Bowles Fowler (4) and Rosar:
V. Johnson, Ryba (6), Barrett
(8) and Steiner.
Dogs, Cats Used for Food by Coolies
During Jap Occupation in Hong Kong
By Richard G. Harris
(United Press Correspondent)
Hong Kong, Sept. 19 (U.R)
Cats and dogs are worth their
weight in gold In the Brlllsh
crown colony of Hong Kong.
The famished coolies eat them.
Telling me about it today
Harry Ching, editor of the Morn
ing Post, said sadly, "My own
cat has been stolen."
Ching said the situation grew
so desperate during the tightest
days of the Allied blockade that
the hungry mobs would eat any
thing they found.
Dead Rat Taken
"I threw a dead rat into the
garbage can one day," he said.
"Before I had time to re-enter
my home a coolie raced up und
grabbed it by the tail. The last
I saw him, be was walking off
with a pleased expression on his
face."
During the occupation, the
Japanese stripped Hong Kong of
its lovclv trees. Fuel-hungry
soldiers walked around with
Two Superforts
Run Out of Fuel
On Non-Stop Hop
Washington. Sept. 1 9 (U.R)
Two of the three Superfortresses
flying from Japan to Washing
ton will be forced to land in the
midwest and refuel, but the third
will try to reach Washington
non-stop as planned, it was an
nounced today.
Heavy headwinds over Canada
depicted fuel s u p p 1 1 e s of the
planes commanded by Lt. Gen.
Barney Giles and Brig. Gen. Em
mett O'Donnell, balking their
plans to span the 6500 miles
from Japan to Washington non
stop. Air transport command offic
ials said O'Donnell's plane is ex
pected to land at Minneapolis,
refuel and then proceed to Wash
ington. They said Giles' plane will re
fuel at Detroit and resume its
journey.
The flights to Minneapolis and
Detroit, as well as the one to
Washington, are the first non
stop hops from Japan to the
United States.
T
FOR HIGH COURT
Washington, Sept. 19 (U.R)
The senate today confirmed the
nomination of Sen. Harold O.
Burton, R., O., for the supreme
court of the United States.
Chairman Pat McCarren, of
the judiciary committee, asked
that the nomination be approved
in special executive session fol
lowing a meeting of the com
mittee, which unanimously ap
proved the nomination.
Approval of the Ohio senator
for a place on the high court
bench was unanimous.
Proposing the immediate con
firmation of the appointment,
made yesterday by President
Truman, McCarran hailed Bur
ton as "a credit to the country
and to the world." He said the
"American government is to be
congratulated on the president's
action in naming Sen. Burton."
Movies Will Use
Non-Riders Too
According to word received
today from Henry Spitz, produc
tion manager for Universal Pic
tures at Diamond Lake, the men
needed this week-end at Dia
mond Lake will not necessarily
be riders and the horses requir
ed for the "Canyon Passage"
cabin raising scene should be
teams of work horses.
An office will be established
at the Jackson County Chamber
of Commerce by Mr. Spitz Thurs
day beginnig at 10:30 a. m. and
those who wish to appear In the
motion picture may be inter
viewed at that time.
14,534 Returnees
On Queen Elizabeth
New York, Sept. 19 (U.R)
The Queen Elizabeth, with 14,
534 troops aboard, arrives today
on its fifth trip from Europe
since V-E day.
Six other troopships, carrying
3.194 members of the armed
forces, also will dock.
down anything larger than a
bush.
The food situation has im
proved rapidly sinco the Br'lish
returned to Hong Kong, but ob
servers estimated that it would
lake another 30 years of re
forestation to restore the trees.
Children's Bones Found
Ching said he read an account
in one Chinese paper about a
child's body being found in an
old woman's apartment along
with the bones of other children,
Indicating that she had bcen rat
ing them. Some of the bodies
were said to have been only
partly cut up, with pieces of
flesh still hanging from them
The Allied blockade of Hong
Kong was successful almost
from the first because the Japa
nese had no ships to spare for
China's coastwise trade.
The Japanese troops starved
along with Chinese civilians be
cause they only received 12
ounces of rice a day. Ching
said the 2.000.000 population in
the greater Hong Kong area
duwed to 5CJj),0UO
T
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No One Can Accurately Pre
dict What Needs Will Be
Is President's Assertion
Washington, Sept. 19 (U.R).
President Truman said today
that the "size or makeup" ot
the army occupation forces
abroad cannot be accurately de
termined until next spring.
Tha president said the "im-pressi'.-n"
that "the speed of do
mobilization is governed by our
future needs for occupation and
other forces" is "not true."
"No one now can accurately
forecast what those needs ar
going to be," the president said
in a statement released by tha
White House.
Mac Says 200,000
Yesterday Gen. Douglas Mao- ,
Arthur supreme allied conv.
mander In Japan, asserted that
the Japanese occupation forca
need be no larger than 200,000
regular army troops.
At his news conference tha
president cited MacArthur's re.
cent varying estimates of tha
manpower he will need, point,
ing out that MacArthur 30 days
ago ?5timated he would need an
occupation force of 500,000 men,
and had now dropped to 200,.
000. The president said yester.
day he was glad to hear this last
estimate.
Pointing out that earlier estU
mates are being constantly re
vised, Mr. Truman referred
again today to MacArthur:
"For example, Gen. MacAis
thur this week stated that he
would be able to handle the oc
cupation of Japan and Korea
with half the troops that only a
month ago he estimated ha
would need for that purpose."
t Spring To Tell
Then the president went on t)
say:
"CaTying on our demobiliza.
tion as rapidly as we can
which we are now doing wa
shall not really face the problem
of the size or makeup of the oc
cupation forces until next
spring. By that time, we ought
to know how many men wa
shall need for occupation and
to what extent that need can ba
met through volunteers."
He said the present army dis
charge rate of 15,200 a day
would increase between now
and Christmas to not less than
22,000 per day, and by January,
1946, to more than 25,000 pcf
day In fulfillment of the army'a
plan tn return more than 2,000,
000 soldiers to their homes by
next Christmas.
Find Seven Bodies
At Air Crash Sitd
Elko Nov., Sept. 19 4U.R) i
A rescue party today found
seven bodies near the wreckage
of a Liberator bomber which
crashed in rugged mountainoul
country 75 miles north of here.
Lew Gourlcy. operator of an
Elko flying service, saw tha
wreck from a plane yesterday.
The bomber left Gowcn Field,
Ida., Monday with 10 men
aboard. One of the men aboard
still is missing. Two men sur
vived the crash. Names of tho
dead and missing have not been
released by army authorities.
SLAP3IE SAID CRUEL
Hollywood Sept. 19 (U.R)
Maxie Rosenbloom, former
world's light-heavyweight box.
ing 'liampion. today was charg
ed with general cruelty in
divorci- suit filed in superior
court by Muriel Rosenbloom, 26,
a child psychologist.
SIDE GLANCES
By
TRIBUNE REPORTERS
Giu Newbury lingering after
a meeting to shake hands with
the feminine delegation and
readily admitting that he was
enjoying himself.
Don Faber maintaining that
Saturday will be a big day for
Centnl Point when with a spec
ial bind election and a huga
community auction all on tha
same day.
Mel Hogan giving
blow description of
a blow by
his opera
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