Major Construction Tieup Predicted In Lumber Strike
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Weather
FORECAST: Partly cloudy to
night nd Wednesday with icat
trd thunder showers. LlUie
change in temperature.
Temp.
Higheit yesterday 7
Lowest this morning 35
Precipitation
Fortieth Year
VAST JAP HOARD
OF STOLEN GOLD
SEIZEDBYYANKS
$251 ,000,000 Worth of
Precious Metals Found in
Past 36 Hours; Hunt More.
Tokyo, Oct 9 U.R Ameri
can occupation forces have seiz
ed $2-M .800.000 worth of Jap
anese, gold, silver and platinum
soma of it probably stolen
from other lands in the past 36
hours. Gen. Douglas MacArthur
annou-iced today.
More than S12.n00.000 in
gold and silver reserves alone
were confiscated by the sixth
and eighth armies in one hour
today et Japanese army head
quarters and the navy ministry.
Other rich hoards were found
In military arsenals in Tokyo
and Osaka, the precious metal
companies and in scattered
warehouses.
Cabinet Sworn
The American occ u p a 1 1 o n
forces struck swiftly while Pre
mier Baron Kijuro Shidehara
and his new government were
being sworn in and were an
nouncing their program for re
storation of Japan.
Th!i government promised to
combat, food clothing and hous
ing shortages, reform the im
perial diet system, purge inef
ficient officials, seek speedy
repatriation of Japanese' troops
end civilians abroad, and restore
free speech and assembly.
A spokesman for MacArthur
said American authorities were
"astounded" to learn that the
Japanese army and navy had
rot reported any expenditures to
the government since 1937.
"The finance ministry told us
they had no reports of army and
navy fund s," the spokesman
said. "The finance ministry
didn't know either whether the
army or navy had n single ounce
of the precious metals. The two
rervices drew theii money from
a master account with the Bank
of Japan and only they knew
what became of it."
SOLICITORS FOR
Names of volunteers aiding
with the down-town solicitanon
for the current Community
Chest drive were announced to
day by A. R. (Tony) Manno,
chairman for that division of the
campaign. Ralph Cook and
other members of the Y.M.C.A.
board will have charge of that
section west of the railroad
tracks, it was stated, while cast
of the tracks Junior Chamber of
Commerce members, headed by
George Davis, will have charge
of solicitations.
G. W. Kellington will handle
the campaign in the courthouse,
Manno states.
Blind War Veteran
Is Short-Changed
Miami, Fla., Oct. 9 (U.R) A
blind war veteran from Tennes
see who went out to celebrate his
armv discharge "like all the oth
er fellows" was $320 poorer to
day. Former Sgt. Charles W. Yates,
of Ripley, told police that he had
about $400 when he want out last
night.
But somewhere along the line
someone shortchanged me Deno
boned veteran who lost his sight
at Dusseldorf, Germany, leaving
him only S80.
SIDE GLANCES
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TRIBUNE REPORTERS
Esther Hammond refusing to
believe the total which the add
ing machine gave on a list of
figures and deciding to add them
by hand after all.
Francis Jarquemin and Floyd
Scott struggling along without
the help of a stenographer and
hoping that the "veteran" which
they want to hire would bo a
good looking blonde.
Rollie Beach sniffing the
morning air and wishing he was
back vacationing on the coast.
Dick McElhosc telling hDW
g''d the fishing is in Canada and
exhibiting pictures to prove it. .
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Murders Japs
4 Ws V
(PiEA Telepholo)
Sgt. Ray L. O'Roark, Los Angeles,
Calif., one of three GIs sentenced to
10 years hard labor and dishonor
able discharge from Army after
courtmartial found them guilty of
slaying two Japanese civilians Id
Tokyo.
BEAST OF BELSEN
ADMITS KILLING
Lueneburg, Oct. 9 (U.R)
Joseph Kramer, burly overseer
of the nazi death camp at Bel
sen, broke down under cross-examination
today and confessed
In tlio nlroritv mnrrlpr of ronnt-
less concentration camp inmates.
Kramer went on the witness
stand for the second straight
day to testify in defense of him
self and 44 other accused nazi
prison guards, and he practic
ally sealed his own death war
rant. In a voice so excited that he
slurred over entire sentences,
the st:,r defendant confessed he
had forced helpless prisoners
into the gas chambers at Bclsen
and personally turned on the
lethal gas jets
On Berlin Orders
The" aware that he was talk
ing his life away the fat-faced
nazi prison boss tried to cover
his damaging admissions by
shouting he had acted only on
orders from Berlin.
. Gestapo Chief Heinrich Him
mler ordered the executions and
they had to be carried out with
out question, Kramer told the
court. '
"So your preferred mass mur
der to arrest." the British mili
tary prosecutor snapped.
"Nein," Kramer yelled.
Twi.-ting uncertainly under
the prosecutor s reientlcss cross
examination Kramer denied he
had watched the death agonies
of the condemned prisoners
ihrougn special peepholes in the
gas chambers
Dirty Jobs Denied
He denied that he personally
had handled the "dirtiest" jobs
at Belsen, but a moment later
admitted turning over corpses to
nazi dissectionists and presiding
at the building of o special leth
al gas chamber.
Kramer began his testimony
calm'y enough and seemed al
most to enjoy his early ex
changes with the prosecutor. But
j l-e became higmy excuuu
i mid-af.ernoon and returned con-
1 Mantly to his theme that he was
! .,nlv a captain in me
. i , ordor from Berlin.
nan iu vuw
The.i came his damning con
fession to the gas murders at
Belsen.
GOVERNMENT OF GREECE
RESIGNS OVER PROTEST
Athens, Oct. 9 (U.Ri The gov
ernment of Premier Pctros Voul
garis resigned today after the
EAM protested against its deci
sion to hold elections in Greece.
Leaders of the leftist EAM re
vealcd they had cabled a protest
acainst the election decision to
President Truman, Prime Minis
ter Attlee and Gen. Charles Dc
Gaulle.
JEFFERS RECOVERING
Los Angeles. Oct. 9 (U.R)
William M. Jcffers, president of
the Union Pacific Railroad and
former national rubber director
who is recovering from a major
operation, was expected to be
w-ll enough today to leave Good
Samaritan tospiuL
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MEDFORD, (
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Failure of Foreign Ministers
Council Due to Russian
Stand on Balkan Treaties.
London, Oct. S OI.R1 British
Foreign Secretary Ernest Bevin
joined American spokesmen to
day in blaming Russia for the
failure of the foreign ministers
council and revealed that the
conference was called off only
after a vain attempt to reach
agreement through the big five
government heads.
London. Oct. 9 (U.R) The
British labor government was
challenged io a general debate
on the Foreign Ministers'
council today after Foreign
Secretary Ernest Bevin dis
closed that the conference
floundered on a sudden re
versal of Russia's stand on the
Balkan peace treatiei.
Bevin told a packed house of
commons what U S. Secretary
of State James F. Byrnes al
ready had informed the Ameri
can people that the conference
split over Russia's insistence
that discussion of the Balkan
peace treaties be limited to the
big three powers
Ordere From Moscow
Soviet Foreign Commissar V.
M. Molotov told the council.
Bevin added, that his adamant
stand against French and Chin
ese participation In the Balkan
treaties was taken on direct or
ders from Moscow
When Molotov refused to ac
cept any compromise on that po-
sition. Bevin said, the foreign
ministers referred the issue to
their government heads in Lon-
don, Washington, Moscow. Paris
and Chungking.
The big five leaders also "fail
ed to agree." he said.
The dynamic labo'rite minis
ter, who was reported to have
had several sharp verbal clashes
with Mo.otov during the confer
ence, expressed regret at the
wide divergence of views dem
onstrated at that meeting.
Resumption Hoped
But he said he was hopeful
the discussions could be resum
ed and that a satisfactory solu
tion could be worked out.
"Perhaps it is a little too close
to the two great victories to be
oble io reach immediate agree
ment," he said.
365-Page Letter
Posts Lawmaker
Washington. Oct. 9 (U.R)
Rep. John E. Rankin, D., Miss.,
had his work cut out for him
today. He has just received a
365-prge, 350 000-word letter on
"The State of the Union" from
a man in Hot Springs. Ark.
Rankin claims with confi
dence 'hat the letter is the long
est ever received by a congress
man. It was written in long-hand
and by pencil The author start
ed it on June 12 and finally
signed his name with a flourish
on Sept. 26.
Adm. Nimitz, Hero of Pacific,
Given Big New York Welcome
New York, Oct. 9 (U.R) Fleet
Admiral Chester W. Nimitz ar
rived in New York today to re
ceive a thunderous greeting the
first official reception given a
naval hero here since 1899.
Cloudy and rain-filled skies
cleared and the sun shone as
Nimitz' plane landed at LaGuar
dia airport.
The white-haired admiral.
whose warships swept the Japa -
nese from the Pacific, was "piped
t over the side" of the navy plane
t by a chief boatswain's ma"te.
As Nimitz stepped from the
plane to the boatswain's whistle,
i a 17-gun salute began roaring a
welcome.
I Following quickly behind the
' . . l D
aamirai w.r ;i:5 vme nu nrai
Admiral Forrest P. Sherman, his
chief of staff.
Nimitz passed through naval
honor guard to be greeted by
Mayor F. H. LaGuardia and
Grover A. Whalen, chairman of
i the mayor's welcoming commit
tee. 1 Five minutes after Nimitz'
plane landd a second plane
tcuciied dawn t the irport. It
)N, TUESDAY, OCTOBER
Strike Picture
(By United Press)
About 475.000 American
workere were away from their
jobs in strikes and shutdowns
today. The major disputes:
Coal United Mine Workers
President John L. Lewis and
representatives of biiuminouc
coal operators met again with
government officials in an ef
fort to send 162,000 miners
back to the pits.
Lumber 61.000 AFL lum
ber and sawmill workers re
newed their efforts to "com
pletely strangle" the north
west lumber industry.
Autos Production wan re
sumed at the Ford Motor Co.
and Hudson Motor Car Co., as
the Detroit industrial area was
without its first major strike
in months. Strike votes were
pending, however, in the na
tionwide plants of Ford, Gen
eral Motors and Chrysler.
Steel An estimated 17,000
CIO steelworkers were idle in
scattered eastern mills in vari
ous disputes.
Transportation A strike of
2,700 Greyhound employes
continued to upset bus service
in seven western states.
HOG CEILINGS UP
EFFECTIVE TODAY
Washington. Oct. 9 (U.R)
The office of price administra
tion today revised ceiling prices
on hos at numerous terminals,
interior markets and country
buying stations to halt a diver
sion o live animals from cus
tomary trade channels.
- The OPA order, effective -today,
will have no effect on re
tail pork prices.
OPA said "widespread and
growing practices of country
buying" had by-passed terminal
markets and brought hardships
on both stockyard companies
and slaughterers using these fa
cilities. At the following terminal
markets, ceiling prices were in
creased five cents per 100
pounds: North Portland, Ore.;
South San Francisco.
Midget $500 Auto
Is Promised Soon
San Diego. Calif . Oct. 9 4U.R)
A midget-size auto retailing
for about S500 will be on the
market within a few months,
Maurice Howard, secretary
treasurer of the newly-formed
Bobbi Motor Car Co., revealed
today.
"Motorists can expect to get
50 miles per gallon from this
light weight metal car, which
will travel as fast as any car on
the market," Howard said.
HOME NOT SO SAFE
Canon City, Colo., Oct. 9 (U.R)
Pvt. Martin J. Pendergast of
Butte. Mont., fought through 39
months of the European war but
his closest brush with death came
last night when he was thrown
under the wheels of a train tak
ing him to Salt Lake City for dis
charge. carried most of the 14 navy and
marine corps heroes who receiv
ed medals of honor from Presi
dent Truman Friday.
LaGuardia clutched the admir
al's hand, shook it vigorously and
said:
"Hello, welcome to New York.
We're glad to have you here."
Then the admiral, his wife and
his party walked to the 19- car
1 motorcade which began the trip
through New York. The start of
the motorcade signalled the be-;
ginning of a roaring welcome
from millions of New Yorkers as
a naval hero hadn't received
since the official reception in
18Dfi for Admiral George Dewey
of Manila Bay fame.
The motorcade moved from
LaGuardia airport to the East
River Drive down to the battery
at the tip of Manhattan where
a parade formed.
Hundreds of thousands of
spectators lined the streets to
catch a glimpse of the naval hero assassination might have been cn
as the parade and the motorcade j gineercd by reactionary Kuom
moved to city hall where Nimitz ingtang elements In an attempt
addrrM a jam packed crowd
ia its Farh,
9, 1945.
LAVAL CONVICTED,
SENTENCED TO DIE
PLANS JAPPEAL
Jury Returns Verdict After
Hour's Deliberation; Ac
cused Sulks in Jail Cell.
Faris. Oct. 9 (UP.) Pierre
Laval. France's arch-collaborator
with the Nazis in World War II.
was convicted of treason in the
high court of justice today and
sentenced to death.
The jury which heard Laval's
fivedav trial received the case
at 4.05 p. m. (10:05 a. m. EST)
and deliberated exactly an hour
before returning its verdict.
Laval, who refused to atlend
the last two sessions of his trial,
was found guilty on both counts
of the indictment plotting
against the security of the state
and intelligence with the enemy.
Plans No Appeal
Laval took the news stolidly
in his jail cell and announced
that he would not ask Gen.
Charles De Gaulle for clemency.
The conviction had not been
left in doubt since the early ses
sions of his trial in the paneled
courtroom of the Palace of Jus
tice. There two months ago
Marshal Henri Philippe Petain
was convicted and sentenced to
death, only to receive a commu
tation to life imprisonment.
When the jury trooped back to
the courtroom after an horn's
absence, Judge Pierre Mongi
beaux read the verdict and the
sentence in brusque formalities
lasting only four minutes. The
courtroom was deathly still, in
contrast with its earlier clamor.
Confiscate Property
Laval also was sentenced to
national indignity and confisca
tion of all his properly,
Now Laval's only hope lay in
an appeal to Gen. Charles De
Gaulle. If that fails and by all
signs it will Laval will be exe
cuted by a firing squad, probably
at tne Montrouge fortress just
outside Paris and possibly by the
end of this week.
LI
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Santa Ana, Cal.. Oct. 9 (U.R)
Pfc Clarence "Whity" Craft,
23, received a cheering home
town sendoff today as he board
ed an American Airlines plane
for Washington to receive the
congressional medal of honor
from President Truman.
Craft, in a "once-in-a-war per
formance." wiped out an entire
pockr-t of Japanese resistance
along the Shuri line on Okinawa
una was instrumental in snap
ping tne line which held for 10
days.
Virtually alone on an exposed
bill crest while others of his
group were pinned down by ma
chine gun fire. Craft tossed gre
nados into trenches and fox
holes, then Jumped Into a trench
cs Japs came at him.
When reinforcement arrived
they counted 58 Jap bodies
three knee mortars, three ma
chine guns, 80 rifles and ammu
nition.
Craft's executive officer said
"That darn fool is determined
to get out of the army, cither
via the meddl of honor or dead!
Mott Recovering
From Operation
Washington, Oct. 9 (U.R)
Rep. James W. Mott, R., Ore
was reported to be "recovering
nicely" yesterday from an opera
tion at Bethesda Naval hospital.
A hospital attendant said the
Oregon congressman was "feel-
j jng much belter today
The of
ficer of the day at Bethesda said
Mott was not in a serious condi
tion. CHINESE COMMUNIST
LEADER ASSASSINATED
Chungking. Oct. 9 (U.R) LI
Hsao-Shih, prominent Chinese
leader, was assassinated last
night while riding through the
streets of Chungking in an au
tomobile. Communist sources said the
i to sabotage Kumi!n6' tang Coin
J quaint peace taUu.
RIBUNE
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Hollywood, Calif., pickets take shelter behind overturned
automobile as police resort to tear-gas and fire to break up the
worst mass violence in the 29-week-old movie strike at Warner
Brothers studio. Clubs, bottles end bricks were used by the
battlers. Picket at right is about to toss a bottle.
Hollywood Pickets Beat Up
Non-Strikers Seeking Entry
Hollywood. Oct. 9 (U.R) A
thousand determined pickets,
massed around Warner Bros,
studio to prevent a recurrence
of a break-through of workers,
effectively repulsed with fists
today a test made by three non
strikers to pierce the double line
of strikers.
Throe AFL International Al
liance of Theatrical Stage em-
CAPTAIN B.N.AHL
E
Capt. B. N. Ahl, of the Navy
Medical corps, has arrived in
Mcdford to assume duties of
executive officer at Camp White
Naval hospital, under command
of Capt. 11. B. LaFavre.
The new executive officer was
transferred here after a long tour
of duty aboard the USS Missouri
which mighty ship served as the
place for formal capitulation of
the Japanese. One of the offi
cer's prized possessions is a sou
venir card bearing the signatures
of MacArthur, Nimitz, liulsey
and Murray, the American army
and navy officers who accepted
the Nips' surrender. Each of
ficer and man aboard the Mis
souri received one of the cards.
Capt. Ahl is not a newcomer
to this area, he having been a
medical officer in the CCC sc-v-ice
in northern California some
years ago.
The officer was accompanied
by Mrs. Ahl and their daughter,
Judy, 10, and son John, six, and
the family is searching for a resi
dence in or near Mcdford.
JILTED VETERAN
KILLS GIRL, SELF
Modesto, Cal., Oct. 9 (U.R)
A discharged war veteran today
walked calmly Into the bedroom
of the 18-year-old girl who Jilted
him, shot her through the tem
ple with a .22-calibcr rifle and
then killed himself.
The girl, Dorothy Wills, a for
mer Modesto Junior College stu
dent, was killed Instantly, police
reported. Her rejected itiitor,
Robert Ball. 25, McGill, Nev.,
died three hours later.
Mr. and Mrs. John Wills, grief-
stricken parents of the dead girl,
said Ball, a former army ser
geant, was a house guest at their
20 acre farm in the San Joaquin
Valley, despite the fact that Dor
othy had broken off with him.
JUDGE AUTHORIZED
Washington. Oct. 9 (U.R)
The senate today parsed and vrnl
to the House a bill directing the
president to appoint an addition
al district Judge for the district
of Kansas.
INMATE STABBED
Morrison, Colo., Oct. 9 (U.R)
An 18-ycar-old Mill Valley, Cal.,
youth was under questioning to
day in the knife-slaying list
night of Wesley E. Wilson. 19,
of Eugene. Ore., a fellow inmate
at the Federal reformatory near
i Morrison.
Leased Wiri
NO. 170.
ploycs replacement workers
were Injured slightly as they
sought to enter the studio, be
sieged since Friday morning by
pickets In the 29-week-old AFL
jurisdictional movie walkout.
The flaretip early this morn
ing lasted briefly as about 200
non-srikers collected across the
street from the pickets, did not
follow the first three who
nought entrance. About 70 were
injured In rioting cn other days.
with 50 treated yesterday after
the worst outbreak.
Some of the 600 non-strikers
who stormed the pickets early
yesterday remained In the studio
overnight, sleeping In property
department beds that were set
up in makeshift dormitories.
wifeMrTason
TO HATE
San Francisco, Oct. 9 (U.R)
A coroner's Jury today charged
Mrs. Annie Irene Mansfeldt with
the murder of Mrs. Vada Mar
tin, the nurse she suspected of
having an affair with her hus
band. Dr. John Mansfeldt.
"The deceased came to her
death at the hands of Annie
Irene Mansfeldt," the verdict
said. "We the jury charge Mrs.
Mansfeldt with the crime of
murder."
The coroner's Jury verdict was
returned shortly after District
Attorney Edmund Brown said he
had witnesses who asserted they
had seen Dr. Mansfeldt and Mrs.
Martin "kissing and embracing"
on several occasions before the
doctor's widow shot and killed
the attractive nurse and the pro
minent physician committed sui
cide.
une or tne witnesses, a nurse
at the hospital where Dr. Mans
feldt worked, signed a statement
saying she had seen the doctor
and the attractive nurse in a
"fond embrace."
Woman Promises
Return to Skirts
Los Angeles, Oct. 9 U R
Frauces Orlando, whose dress
and manners weie so mascu
line they allowed her to pass
as a man for 18 of her 36
years today promised Super
ior Judge A. A. Scott she
would return to skirts and
feminine mannerisms.
Judge Scott dismissed
charges that Miss Orlando
contributed to the delinquen
cy of 16-year-old Robert Ed
win Yarringlon of Waterloo,
la., after she promised "to
dress like a woman from here
out."
When told that his fellow
fruit-picker and roommate
was u woman. Yarrington said
"Gee. what a sticker I was."
ARGENTINESTRONG MAN
QUITS FEDERAL POST
Buenos Aires, Oct. 9 (U.R)
Col. Juan Peron, strong man of
the Argentine military regime
resigned as vice-president and
minister of war and labor to
night, presumably to clear the
way fur his presidential tandi
d4C ueaI April.
IISE
TO HELPAFL MEN
"Hot" Lumber Won't Ba
Loaded; 'Strikers Ready to
Go to Town' Says Leader,
By John W. Dunlap
United Press Correspondent
Portland, Ore., Oct. 9 (U.R)
A national tieup on major con
struction projects was predicted
today by AFL lumber union
strikers in the Pacific northwest
unless the two-weeks-old work
stoppage is settled.
John Christensen, chairman of
the strike policy committee of
the lumber and sawmill workers,
pointed out that lumber Inven
tories were at a critical low point
when the war ended and the;
strike is further draining avail
able supplies.
Sailors To Help
Even though some operations
are continuing with CIO labor,
Christensen said the AFL had as
surances from the Sailors Union
of the Pacific that no "hot" lum
ber would be loaded on ship, and
pledge of cooperation from ths
130,000 AFL building craftsmen
in the state of Washington. He
said construction throughout the
nation would be cripplod without
lumber supplies.
After yesterday's clashes in
Portland between AFL pickets
and CIO non-strikers, there was
quiet today and CIO mills re
sumed operations. Christensen
warned that "we have been very
tame and have been trying to
carry on this strike In a peaceful
fashion but we're ready to go to
town if we have to do so."
Strength Shown
The AFL struck for a mini
mum of $1.10 throughout the in
dustry while the CIO is negotiat
ing separately for a 25 cent an
hour Increase' for all crafts.
Christenson declared the clos
ing of CIO mills, including the
clash at the Multomah Box and
Lumber Company sawmill in
Portland and mauling of 200
AFL pickets, "demonstrated to
the operators what we can do,
and are going to keep on doin(
so long as they conduct 'lockout'
against us and refuse to negoti
ate." It is strange," Christenson
added, "that the operators who
lways talk of the importance ot
the post war world, now sit tight
while lumber supplies dwindle,
refuse to negotiate with us, and
allow the entire reconversion
program of, the nation to be
threatened.
. . Our fight is not with the
rank and file CIO and we do not
want violence. Instead the CIO
should be out on the picket line,
with us . . . what happened in
Portland is going to occur in
other parts of Oregon ..."
FREED BY ARMY
Washington. Oct. 9 (U.R)
Eighty million pounds of butter,
declared surplus by the Army,
are being turned over to the Dl
partmcnt of Agriculture for dis
posal to civilian agencies, tne
War department announced to
day.
The butter will greatly in
crease civilian supplies during
the next few months during the
normal short season In produc
tion.
The butter will be released
as soon as possible. The sudden
cessation of hostilities radically
reduced requirements.
BUS SETTLEMENT
BE SOUGHT
San Francisco, Oct. 9 (U.R)
Pacific Greyhound officials and
representatives of striking driv
ers who have tied up bus opera
tions in seven western states for
five days agreed to resume nego
tiations at 10 a. m. tomorrow in
an attempt to settle the strike.
TROOPS WILL UNLOAD
BRITAIN FOOD SHIPS
London, Oct. 9 (U.R) The
government announced tonight
that troops will be called out to
unload Britain's strike -bound
food ships.
The announcement was made
after i.OOO London dock workers
walked out In support of north
ern dock strike which had spread
to more than 30,000 longshore
men in 11 ports.
The strikers had ignored ap
peals of the government to re-
t