Medford mail tribune. (Medford, Or.) 1909-1989, September 20, 1945, Image 1

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Newspaper Page Text4 Weather FORECAST: Partly cloudy with showeri tonight and Friday. Continued cool Friday. Temp. Highest Yesterday 84 Lowest this Morninf . ...... .4 7 Use The MEDFORD United Pint Full Leased Wire Tribune Mall Tribune Want Ad Way Quick Remits At Small Colt (Jnlt.d Press Full Leased Wire Fortieth Year MEDFORD, OREGON, THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 20, 1945. NO. 154. TO BE INSTALLED City Council Signs Contract " For 472 Devices; City Im provement Bond Bids Eyed Signing of a contract for the Installation of parking meters in Medford's business district and sale of four issues of bonds to finance various civic improve ments, voted by citizens at a re cent special election, took place at the meeting of the city coun cil last night. The parking meter contract was entered into with the Dun can Meter company of Illinois and calls for the installation of 472 meters, the installation to be gin in about two months. At the time of installing, an ordinance setting the exact location of the meters will be enacted, but it is understood that they will be placed in sections now having one-hour parking restrictions. In all probability none will be located on side streets off West Main street, it is stated. Three Types Three types of meters will be used, some set for 12-minute parking, some for one-hour and others for two-hour periods. Bids were opened on bonds to finance the storm sewer project, sanitary sewer construction, park development and for the sewage disposal plant construction. Atkinson-Jones company was suc cessful bidder on $15,000 worth of disposal plant bonds at an in terest rate of one and one-half per cent and on $25,000 of park development bonds, also at one and one-half per cent. U. S. Bank Wins . Successful bidder for $107,000 of storm sewer bonds was the United States National bank at an average interest rate of ap proximately 1.75 per cent and this firm also was successful bid der for the $78,000 sanitary sewer bond issue at the same average interest rate. These Is sues do not represent the entire bond issues authorized at the election, but in some cases por tions which are being sold only as the projects warrant. Approval of the following city lot sales was also made last night: Lot 4, block 2, Crescent sub-division, to Victor Sether, $450; lots 1 and 2, Highland Park addition, John P. Hartsook, $1. 000; lot 1, Highway addition, U. S. Tire Stores, Inc., $550; lot 6, block 2, Tuttle Second addition, Roy Cherry, $175; lots 13 and 14, block 1, Tuttle Second addi tion. R. M. Hargrove, $350; and lot 6, block 9, Laurelhurst addi tion, F. D. Palmer, $150. JAPS NEARLY READY TO BOMB WEST COAST Washington, Sept. 20-U.R) 1 lie Japanese had developed planes capable of suicide attacks on Seattle and other west coast points, and such attacks might have materialized in eight or 10 months, Maj. Gen. Barney M. Giles said today. The attacks would have been made from the Mizutani airfield on Hokkaido, the field from wjiich the three B-29's flew yes terday from Japan to Washing ton. Giles commanded one of these Superforts. Giles said the atomic bomb merely gave the Japanese n ex cuse to quit and an argument which the emperor could use. PORTLAND POLICE RAP GANGSTER PICTURES Portland, Ore.. Sept. 20 (U.R) Purtland Police Association loca! 456, AFL. stood on record today as "unalterably opposed" to screening of gangster films such as "Dillmger" which "tend ed to glorify cruelty, inhuman ity and ruthL-ssness." In a resolution to Mayor Earl Rilev, Union Secretary John L. Hartley declared the organiza tion enndemned the Hollywood films depicting the lives of no torious criminals because they were "detrimental to the morals of American youth." JAP PAYS RESPECTS Tokyo. Sept. 20 U.Rj Shig eru Yoshida new Japanese for eign minister called on Gen. Douclis MacArthur's headquar ters tins afternoon and paid his tespects to the supreme allied commander No details of their confetence were an nouiff d. Hollywood. Sept. 20 U.R Comedian Red Skelton will be discharged from the army Mon day and reuirn here for several months' rest before re-entering radio and motion pictures, his business manager and ex wife, dna Skciton, said today. To High Court hi I t - . : v h The nomination of Sen. Har old O. Burton, R.. Ohio, for the supreme court of the United States was approved by the ten ate yesterday. CENTRAL PL VOTE ON WATER BONOS Central Point, Sept. 20 To decide whether or not the city shall be bonded to raise funds for improvement of the city's water system and lay mains to connect with the Medford sys tem, thereby permitting the Med ford water commission to sell Central Point surplus water, vot ers will go to the polls Saturday for a special election. Much in terest is being shown in the spe cial election and it is generally predicted that the issue will carry. Two propositions will be on the ballot, the first providing for a bond issue of $35,000 to lay pipe between Central Point and Medford and the second to bond the city for $80,000 for exten sion and repair of mains and laterals. The present water is obtained from a series of wells and is de clared by those favoring the new proposition to be inadequate. They also declare the water from one well has been found unfit for human consumption at vari ous times. The supply is also hard water and the fact that Medford water is soft is consid ered much in favor of the change. Under the agreement made with the Medford Water com mission Medford would supply Central Point with up to 400,000 gallons a day on a master meter. This will in turn be metered to Central Point users who will pay a minimum charge of $2.50 a month. The well water will be available in case of emergencies, it is stated. Polls will be open at the Cen tral Point fire hall between 8 a. m. and 8 p. m. and registered voters residing within the city limits for at least 30 days and in the state for six months may vote. In addition to the special elec tion, he same day a large com munity auction is planned by the Business Men's association as a benefit for the Veterans' mem orial building now under con struction. The auction will begin at x p. m. and a dance is sched uled for evening. FIND BLOOD TYPE Canon City, Colo., Sept. 20 (U.R) A 35-day medical research project in which 49 inmates of Colorado's state penitentiary served as "guinea pigs" was dis closed today to have been suc cessful in developing a universal blood type for use in blood transfusions. $24,695,604 Worth of War Bonds Sold in Jackson County Since 1941 Jackson county has sold a total of $24,695,604 United States war bonds since 1941, according to figures issued by the Oregon War Finance Committee Chairman E. C. Sammons. The totals by years have been: Exclusive of Drives: Scries E Total All Issues 1941 $ 239,612 $ 239.612 1942 1.747.044 2,192.421 1943 2.106.264 2.681.220 1944 751.234 937,661 1945 657,486 849,169 Total $ 5,501,640 $ 6,900,083 Drives: 1st (12 1942) $ 192.300 $ 339.061 2nd (4 12-4 '3043) 589.706 1.872.500 3rd (9 12-10, 16 43) 837.113 2.939.811 4th (118-2 29-44) 997.800 2,722.100 5th (6 12 7, 8 44) 758.000 3.238.000 6th (1118-123144) 784.600 3.268,100 7th (49-7745) 908,002 3,415,949 Total ..... $ 5,067.521 $17,795,521 Grand total $10,569,161 $24,695,604 August 31, inclusive. K.F. BY STATE V s State Troopers r-c CIO Pickets to Open Lines for Passage of AFL Workers Klamath Falls, Ore., Sept. 20 U.R) State police were pa trolling the giant Weyerhaeuser Timber company mill here to day, seeing to it that 30 AFL machinists could go to and from their jobs through heavy CIO picket lines without incidents. Marshalled at the request of Gov. Earl Snell, the state troop ers were stationed at the mill to prevent violence, The machinists attempted to go through picket lines twice last week, but were turned back on the advice of the Klamath Falls sheriff's office, which warned it could not provide ade quate protection. AFL Not Striking The AFL machinists, kept from their jobs for several days by picketing workers, are not involved in production con tracts, but serve as maintenance men, while the CIO union, bar gaining agent at the plant, is asking for a closed shop. CIO workers are striking at the Weyerhaeuser mill and four other operations in the Kiamath Falls area, leaving 2200 work ers idle. Portland, Ore., Sept. 20 (U.R) A settlement of some nature was hoped for today in the lum ber industry after 200 represen tatives of labor and management met in three precedent shatter ing meetings Tuesday to find a solution to a wage controversy which is threatening a strike by 60.000 members of the lumber and sawmill workers, AFL in five western states. Joint Meetings The meetings, a joiftt session labor and employers, the second with operators alone and the third with the union alone, were held with a special three-man conciliation commission named by Labor Secretary Lewis B Schwellenbach, consisting of E. P. Marsh, Portland, western reg ional director of the United States conciliation service; H. H. Lewis. Seattle, and Oliver Goodwin, Los Angeles. Chairman Marsh said the meetings attracted the largest group of employers ever seen at a conference of the kind, with a good cross section of the lum ber industry in the five states affected. Oregon, Washington, Idaho, Montana and northern California, present. WOULD QUIT JOB Washington, Sept. 20 (U.R) Gen. Brehon Somervell, com manding general of the Army Service forces, revealed today, that he submitted his resigna tion to Chief of Staff Gen. George C. Marshall on Aug. 18. Under army regulations, Som ervell's resignation must be ac cepted because he has completed more than 35 years service. Somervell said he wished to leave the service on the day on which Gen. Marshall vacates his position of chief of staff. This was taken to indicate that Marshall's retirement as chief of staff is imminent. All In Army Over Two Years To Be Eligible For Discharge By L OF Acheson's Reply to Gen. MacArthur Revealed Lack of Forign Policy, Is Claim. Topeka, Kan., Sept. 20 (U.R) Alf M. Landon charged today that Acting State Secretary Achason's implied criticism of Gen. Douglas MacArthur reveal ed lack of foreign policy by the national administration was re sponsible for the "shamefully slow demobilization of our citi zen army Landon, who paid President Truman a friendly visit on the chief executives first visit to his Independence home in June and emerged with expressed sat isfaction in Mr. Truman's handl ing of things took off the kid gloves in a statement released today. Acheson Blasted The republican midwestern spokesman blasted at Acheson for his reply to MacArthur's statement on the size of the oc cupation army needed in Japan and demanded that congress no longer delay Texercising its au- hority to force the speed-up of demobilization. Landon's statement in part: "Acting Secretary of State Acheson's implied criticism of General MacArthur for greatly delaying deflating previous esti mates for the army of occupa tion in the Pacific is very reveal ing. "The administration lacks the courage to 'bell the cat' but his statement shows that the foreign polic'es, or lack of them, by the idmiristration rather than the military are primarily respon sible for the shamefully slow de mobilization of our citizen army. Morgenthau Plan Hit "The administration's barbar ic and immoral 'Morgenthau plan' was not only responsible for prolonging the European war meny months but it also is responsible for the size and dur ation of the European army of occupation. "A:; sure as the sun rises, It is laying the foundation for an other war. "Italy surrendered two years ago. yet the peace treaty is not signed and our soldiers still occupy that country." BRIIIilE TO Saigon, French Indo-China, Sept 20 (U.R) The British army proclaimed martial law throughout south Indo-China today in a move to head off a threatened uprising by anti French nationalists. Mai. Gen. Douglas D. Gracey, commander of British forces in Indo-China, issued a proclama tion forbidding the carrying of arms by anyone outside the allied torces. H announced that crimes against public order would be treated as military offenses and that looters and saboteurs would be executed summarily. Observers believed the great est danger of an explosion would come when the French re-enter Indj China and the An namites see their last hope of independence vanishing. $200 TRAVEL GRANT FOR WORKERS VETOED Washington, Sept. 20 (U.R) The senate today rejected, 65 to 14. an amendment to eliminate from the pending unemployment compensation bill a $200 travel allowance for discharged war workers. The amendment, offered by Sen. John L. McClcllan. D., Ark, would have removed a pro vision authorizing the allowance for war workers returning to their homes or to other employment. Late Winter Earth's Date With Doom 7:30 a. m. Friday, Claim Kb. 0 ' Mrma Telrphalo) Awaiting atomic evaporation of the world. Rev. Chnrles G. Long (right) and his sou, Richard, lenders of group who believe doom will laice place morning of Sept. 21, 1945, calmly rend Bible outside their Pasadena, Cat, bungalow which serves as meeting place for their followers. Rev. Long eceived mathematical evidence of coming of the end in a vision seven vcars nca STEPS TAKEN TO KEEP PRISONERS Pear Interests of the Rogue River valley have taken steps for the war department to grant an extension of time for German prisoners of war at Camp White to continue working in the pear harvest, now at its most critical period, County Agent Robert G. Fowler reports. An extension of time was recently granted from Sept. 15 until Tuesday, Sept. 25. Close to 300 prisoners of war are now engaged in pear har vesting and packing plants, and the removal of them now would further aggravate the local labor shortage. The Oregon congres sional delegation and other fed eral and local agencies have been working on the problem for several days. A dispute at Camp Prescott, headquarters of the Mexican Na tional;! employed in the fruit harvest, first of the week has been adjusted. Cooks at the camp, irked by delay in receiv ing their pay checks, walked off the job. leaving supper unpre pared. They returned to work as soon as they understood rea sons for the delay. BIG FlfPfDERS FINN PEACE PACT London, Sept. 20 (U.R) The Big Five council of foreign min isters opened preliminary dis cussions today on the drafting of a peace treaty with Finland. Well-informed sources said proposals for a final settlement with twice-defeated Finland were introduced at this morn ing's council session, paralleling similar negotiations for treaties with Bulgaria and Romania. These informants said, how ever, that the council had run into an immediate snag because of the fact that only Russia and Britain actually were at war with Finland. The question of a Balkan set tlement also appeared to be run ning into difficulties' over Rus sia's reported insistence that both Bulgaria and Romania be represented at the council meet ing when their peace treaties come under consideration. The average American now uses 124 oranges per year, com pared to 39 in 1930. reports the California Fruit Growers Exchange, BASEBALL American Philadelphia 0 6 1 Boston 2 8 0 Black, Berry and Rosar; Hef- lin and Stonier. Detroit '. 18 4 Cleveland 6 9 2 Benton, Trout, Caster and Swift; Reynolds and Hayes. Washington 1 7 0 New York '.. 6 10 0 Haefner, Appleton and Ferrell; Page and Robinson. National Boston 3 8 0 Brooklyn 2 8 5 Logan, Hendrickson and Masi; Gregg, King and Dantonio, Pea cock. Shirley's Wedding One of Fanciest In Hollywood History Hollywood. Sept. 30 U.R Shirley Temple, the world's lavorite baby star, knew what it meant today to bo a war bride even though the war was over. She had only seven days to be with Sgt. John Agar, Jr., whom she married last night, and where they were honey mooning was anybody's guess. Agar, 24-ycar-old army air forces physical training Instruc tor and son of the late Chicago packe- must report to a Utah camp for overseas assignment in just one wck. His 17-year-old brid? will go back to her par ents and to work on a new pic ture, "Suddenly It's Spring". Despite a postwar-shortened honeymoon, their wedding was one nfr the fanciest Hollywood ever has turned out. It was an Episcopalian ceremany, held in the swank Wilshire Methodist church because that's the big gest church In town. A thousand guests including movie greats and studio workers watched inside the church. BOYS NABBED IN YUBA ADMIT ROBBERIES HERE The sheriff's office received word today from Yuba City, Cal, that two 15-ycar-old boys arrested there on burglary charges, had admitted recent robberies in this section. It is believed by local authorities they might have been responsi ble for robberies in this sect on. over the week-end. Including the entry of a home south of Ash land, and theft of $400 from a safe. The youths are residents o the Yuba City district. DEVEREUX COMING Washington, Sept. 20 (U.R) Maj. James P. S. Devereux, ma rine commander of the epic Wake island defense, will take off from Pearl Harbor for his return to the United States at 11 p. m. EWT. today, the murine corps announced. Says Marshall All Human Bodies Will Vanish; Souls To Wait Judgment Pasadena, Calif., Sept. 20 (U.R) Tomorrow the world is go ing to explode into vapor if it sticks to the schedule of Rev. Charles G. Long and all hu man bodies will vanish, but the souls will live on and wonder through the universe. Meanwhile Pasadena school officlnls and businessmen issued special orders to students and empioes not to skip school or work because of Friday s im pending date with doom. In Twinkling of Eye Loi'g. 72-year-old founder and leader of the remnant Church of God, predicts the atomic end will come at 7:30 a.m. (PWT), in the 'twinkling of an eyelash" and no person on earth will feel the explosion. He figures at least 2,169.868, 000 souls will be pushing each other around until Judgment day when they will find new bodies. Long and his 32-year-old son, Richard, entered what they be lieve tr be the last 24 hours of the earth's existence with utter calm. The elder prophet cleared up a few last-minute scientific do tails for his 60 devout followers. No Soul Atoms "The soul has no atoms," he said. "It is derived from the spirit of God. But the body is made up of atoms only. And when the world ends tomorrow, it will simply vaporize with the explosive force of an atomic bomb and our bodies with it." Then Long quoted Revela tions 10, as he said: "To inhab itants of the earth and the Is lands of the sea. I say, 'there shall be no more!' " The faithful 50 prayed, and bowed their heads. E CUT BY STRIKES FOR PAY BOOSTS By United Press Gasoline for fuel-hungry auto mobiles slowed to a trickle to day as almost 20,000 oil workers struck in response to a call by O. A. Knight, president of the Cyl Workers International union. The strike call came after ne gotiations for take-home pay failed, and pulled 18,325 men from their Jobs In refineries, oil fields and on pipelines. Knight threatened to have 30.000 out by the end of the week. Leaders of the CIO United Auto Workers union staged a race against government con ciliation officials to set their own house in order and end a 29-day-oId strike at the Kelsey Hayes wheel plant. The Kclsey-Hayes walkout has cut off supplies to the Ford Mo tor Co. and forced the layoff of 50,000 Ford workers. Ship construction was halted at the Brooklyn and Slaten Is land yards of the Atlantic basin yesterday when an estimated 3,500 CIO shipbuilders left their Jobs. Union officials said the strike was the result of the company's refusal to negotiate "some 400 different grievances" accumulated since last April. Additional labor strife loom ed in an 11-day-old walkout which has shut down four key plants of the Westinghouse Elec tric Corp., as a CIO union at tempted to raid the ranks of 10.500 striking "white collar" workers. The work stoppage also has Idled 28,000 production em ployes in seven states. 11 Ex-Cons Pardoned Sacramento, Sept. 20 (U.R) Gov. Earl Warren today an nounced he has granted pardons to 11 former convicts who have completed their terms and have obtained certificates of rehabili tation from local superior courts. 70 POINTS NEEOED AFTER OCT, 1 AND 60 AFTER NOV. 1 General Appears Before Members of Congress in Effort to Halt Criticisms. Washington, Sept. 20 (U.R) Gen. George C. Marshall an nounced today that points need ed for army discharge will be re duced to 70 on Oct. 1 and 60 on Nov. 1. The present point score dis charge level is 80. Marshall, appearing before members of congress in a per sonal effort to halt congressional criticisms of the army demobili zation program, said the reduc tions would affect "somewhere In the neighborhood of 2,000,000 people." Winter Main Hurdle He promised that by late win ter demobilization will have reached the point where all men of two years or more service will be eligible for release. By then, he said, the point sys tem as it now stands will hardly be a factor. Marshall said that when that time comes the trou blesome problem of discharging limited service personnel who never got overseas service to earn discharge point credits will be answered. - It also was disclosed that on Oct. 1 other discharge point scores will be reduced as fol laws: 1. Field officers, 100 to 73 "across the board." 2. WAC enlisted personnel, 41 to 38, with a further reduction to 34 on Nov. 1. 3. WAC officers, 44 to 39. Liberal Furloughs The army also was revealed to be liberalizing furloughs and re leases for hardship cases. Marshall said the army expects to release 450,000 men in Sep tember, 550,000 in October, thereafter, he said, the rate will be 700,000 to 800,00 a month. He said this would keep up un til next spring, when we will reach the point where it will have to be determined what force will be needed for occupa tion purposes and how many more can be demobilized. Marshall repeated the asser tion made by President Truman yesterday that there is no rela tionship at this time between the speed of demobilization and fu ture army needs. He said it will be next spring before the occupation needs can be determined accurately, and such needs will not be a factor in demobilization before that time. He took note of congressional protests that overseas veterans are being kept in idleness or as signed menial tasks at domestic bases while awaiting discharge. That situation, Marshall prom ised, will be cleared up within three or four weeks. In that length of time demo bilzation fi :ilities will have reached the point where all men for whom a useful Job cannot be found will be released. HALT FOREST FIRE ON CITY'S EDGE By United Press Plans for evacuation of wom en and children from Stirling City, Cal., were dropped today as a 11.800 acre forest fire was halted a mile and a half from the town of 1200 persons. Although the fire was stilt burning in other directions, more favorable weather was ex pected to aid 1500 residents, sol dier and deer hunters to brin i it under control. Meantime. 3500 soldiers orig inally assigned as a defense force against Japanese Incendi ary balloons were battling flames in Mendocino county All overseas veterans, they were formed Into engineer fircfight ing companies and were assisted by the 555th parachute battalion, the only Negro paratroop unit in the U. S. army.