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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
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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
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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.