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Newspaper Page Text(i Strong Man" Arrested As Argentina Moves Toward Democracy 1 Weather FORECAST: Partly rloudy to night and Saturday. Little change in temperature. Temp. HUheit Yesterday 77 Lowest thif Morntnj .4I Fortieth Year Slain - Mt 1 (Acme Tclephoto) Dorothy Wills, 18-year-old Modesto girl, shot to death by Robert Ball, 25-year-old discharged Army sergeant, ' McGill, Nev., and then killed him self. Friends say young couple had been informally engaged but that murdered girl had been going with sailor recently DESTROYED HUTS Pearl Harbor, Oct. 13 U.R) Okinawa's violent typhoon tore whole Quonset huts off their foundations, hurled them around like matchboxes and left the fee . ' navy airbase at Yonabaru a scene of sickening destruction. eyewitnesses reported today. AOM 1c Lawrence Roberts, Azusa, Cal., who arrived aboard the first plane from the stricken Al island, said he took oft just as M the wind subsided. Wednesday r night, "The storm started brewing about midnight Sunday, blew through Monday and then be came violent Monday night," Roberts said. "It was pretly swful. The wind destroyed the riavy air transport service ter minal, which was a large quon set. The sheet metal was ripped off and then the girders col lapsed. All nearby warehouses were destroyed.. 'Assistants' Corps To Meet Saturday The Red Cross Assistants' Corps will meet a', the home of Mrs. Ralph Morris on Old Stage Road, Saturday, October 13. .Mrs. iorris will oe nosiess ui p lunriicon for the present corps and several new recruits at one o'clock Mrs. John Day, chairman, will conduct the meeting follow ing li:ncheon MISS HUMPHREY OPENS JUNIOR RED CROSS SHOP Mrs. Vera Humphrey return ed this morning to re-open the Junior Red Cross shop after a Fhort visit in Salem. This after noon she spoke at the Jack-on school P.-T.A. Saturday noon she will preside at the 1 first J.R.C. luncheon of the season, when the teacher-sponsors of Jackson county, elementary and Junior high schools meet at the Holland hotel to plan the fall program in Junior Red Crosr. WHISKY PRODUCTION REDUCED IN AUGUST New York, Oct. 12 (U.R) A August whisky production dropped 17,500,000 gallons under July, Allied Liquor Industries, Inc., reported today. Estimated not whisky inven tories at tnc end ot August stood at 265.500.000 tax gallons against 235,000.000 a month earlier. SIDE GLANCES By TRIBUNE REPORTERS Mavor C!arence Meeker sur reptitously doing a little art work on the table mats in the Blue rloom while listening to commi'tec reports. Mxre Hjmilton unsuccess fully snoppinp for a shirt Joe Earlev hopefully (?) ask ing fi liow C. of C board mem bers :o help him find houses for a lot of new residents. Edpi Tenwald explaining a lechnal pt.rao in insurance nliC!CS. MEDFORD Unittd Prwi Full Leased Wira Eisenhower Cb' es Critics at Home; Avers Potsdam Directives Observed GOING AHEAD IS German Civilians to Be Run ning Government at Lower Levels by June, Says Ike. Frankfurt. Oct. 12 (U.PJ Gen. Dwight D. Eisenhower to day denounced as "just plain stupid" what he called implica tions back home that the Ameri can occupation forces were fall ing down on the job of denazify ing and demilitarizing Germany. Berlin. Oct. 12 (U.R) Ger many's billion-d o 1 1 a r I, G. Farbenindustrie, Uigtil chemical and munitions or ganization in the world, was ordered confiscated today for reparations, destruction or any other purpose decided upon. by . the allied powers. Eisenhower said at a press con ference that he expected disturb ances among the Germans this winter as a result of food short ages. "Shrunk stomachs" are bound to create some unrest and uprisings, he said, although no major trouble was anticipated. To Uproot Nazism The American occupation com mander at a 90-minute press con ference declared "we are direct ed to uproot nazism in every shape and form, and God willing we are going to do it." "Implications at home that we are not trying to carry out the Potsdam agreements that we can train the Germans in democ racy in five months are just plain stupid," Eisenhower said. Already, he said, the new Ba varian military government, from which Gen. George S. Pat ton recently was removed, is showing excellent progress in denazifying the German prov ince. He Insisted that the hulitary will maintain "constant inspec tion and ruthless elimination of all Germans failing to comply with American policy." Worse Than Combat He said the occupation and governing of Germany was even more difficult than running an army in combat. Expressing a hope that German civilians soon would be able to take over much of their own governing, but un der American supervision, he added: "We don't ' care how poorly they operate their government. That is their own worry. We are interested in protecting our se curity." The army never was cut out for the job of military govern ment, he said, and the faster it turned over the task to German or American civilians, the better it would be. . He said the army should be used only as a patrol to exert force if and when nec essary. Eisenhower revealed present expectations that German civili ans would be running the gov ernment at the lower levels those equivalent to districts or states in the American zone by June. The military will super vise the police. Hunters Shoot Each Other In Freak Accident While Taking Aim At Deer Gunnison, Colo., Oct. 12 (U.R) Harry I. Smith, Jr.. of Manitou Springs, Colo.. 29-year-old hunter who was shot by his companion when each fired at the same buck deer, died today. Gunnison. CrAo., Oct. 12 (U.R) A delicate brain operation was i scheduled to be performed today 1 on Harry I. Smith, one of two ! Colorado big game hunters who j were wounded in a freak hunting accident. ! Smith and Karl SuYiderman, both of Manitou Springs, wound ed each other in the head with a fifth bullet fired from their re spective guns while aiming at a larffe buck deer which raced through the rugged terrain be - MEDFORD, OREGON, FP Rudolf Hess Undergoes Sanity Test In Bid to Dodge Allied Punishment Nuernberg, Oct. 12 (U.R) Rudolf Hess, one-time Nazi deputy fuehrer, submitted to an exhaustive lunacy test today in an ap parent bid to escape punishment as a war criminal on a plea of insanity. American officials on the United Nations War Crimes com mission revealed that Hess was being examined by Maj. Douglas Kelly, a U. S. army psychiatrist from San Francisco, Calif. Kelly, who recently treated Reichsmarshal Hermann Gocring for a "narcotics ailment," was understood to be preparing a formal report. It will be submitted to the United Nations War Crime tribunal when Hess goes on trial with a group of other top-flight Nazi leaders now in the Nuernberg jail. Meanwhile, it was learned that another prominent defendant scheduled for trial as a war criminal might not be on hand for the opening of the Nuernberg hearings. Informed sources said the defendant, Gustav Krupp Von Bohlen, head of the Krupp works, was seriously ill in an American military hospital. M'KEOUGH CHOICE Washington, Oct. 12 (U.R) The senate has voted a former political agent of the congress of industrial organizations into office as a member of the Unit ed Stales maritime commission over protests of other labor groups and of conservative legislators. Raymond' S.' McKeough of Illinois was confirmed by the senat? yesterday by a vote of 42 to 34. He was confirmed despite an unfavorable report by t the commerce committee which recommended that the senate reject his nomination. Nine democrats bolted Presi dent Truman on the McKeough nomination and voted to reject. Only two republicans voted to confirm" him: Lariger of North Dakotr and Morse of Oregon. ASK PROSECUTION STUDIO PICKETS Hollywood, Oct. 12 (U.R) Motion picture producers today asked Dist. Atty. Fred Howser for wholesale prosecution of pickets on felony conspiracy charges. The film executives offered more than 100 photographs taken of picket activities at War ner Bros, studios to back up their demands. . Howsor turned the demands, the first made by the producers for complaints, over to his bu reau of investigation. If suffic ient evidence exists, he said, he will issue complaints. Dance-Hall Dandy In Bigamy Hearing Los Angeles, Oct. 1 2 (U.R) David Hardy. 47 -year -old "dance-hall dandy" who married seven times in his search for "a little home with a fireplace," faces a probationary hearing to day on his plea of guilty to charges of bigamy. Hardy, a boiler inspector, who allegedly escaped with an eighth bride-to-be's living room furni ture and $350. also faces a grand theft charge entered by Luira A. Haley, the prospective num ber eight. tween the two men. Unaware of each others prox imity, the two men fired simul taneously at the deer four times. Although wounded, the deer con tinued to run between them and the two each fired a fifth shot at the animal. Both men pitched to the ground, wounded in the head by the others bullet. Authorities said Smith was shot in the temple, and was in critical condition. A Denver sur geon will attempt to remove the bullet which lodged in the brain tissue, after penetrating the left temple. Sunderman received a wrist wound and part of his jaw was ' shot away by Smith's bullet. OCTOBER STEEL OUTPUT HIT BY STRIKE WAVE By United Press One independent and three CIO unions backed up striking AFL longshoremen in New York Harbor today, and the coal strike was beginning to cut the nation's steel output. A United Press survey showed that 453,000 workers were idle because of strikes across the nation. Movie production was halted for the second day at the Universal and Warner Brothers studios in Hollywood as striking AFL painters continued picketing. Meanwhile-the labor department appointed Earl J. Ruddy of its conciliation service to seek an agreement between strikers and the industry. U.S. MEAT GOING TO ALLIED LANDS Washington, Oct. 12 U.R The government still hopes to relax meat rationing further in November despite a new pro gram for requisitioning more than 500 000.000 pounds of meat for export, it was learned today. After next Sunday, federally inspected packers must reserve a large share of their production of beef, veal, and mutton for gov ernment purchase. The meat ob tained under the requisition pro gram will be shipped to Great Britain, France, Holland and Bel gium to fulfill U. S. commit ments. The European nations will pay for the meat. E San Francisco, Oct. 12 (U.P) San Francisco was chosen for the 1046 convention of the Shrincrs of North America which will be attended by President Harry Truman, it was announced today. William B. Poyncr. potentate of Islam Temple, said the pres ident, who is a Shrincr, already had accepted his invitation. Ap proximately 140 temples will participate in the -three-day con vention which will open on June 18. CREWLESS AIRPLANE IN SUCCESSFUL TRIAL Dayton, O., Oct. 12 (U.R A small crewless airplane "pilot ed" by a larger craft win a human pilot at the latter's con trols arrived at Patterson Field today after an uneventful flight from the Lockbourne army air base near Columbus. The plane circled nearby Wright Field be fore landing at Patterson. BANKS AND OFFICES MARK COLUMBUS DAYithe In observance of Columbus day the county courthouse a-id banks and some of the city hnll j offices were closed today, it is a state legal holiday. There was no formal observance here. All stores, barber shops and oth?r I businesses were open. 12, 1945. FREE SPEECH AND T E New Cabinet Complies With American Directives; Navy Headquarters Abolished. Tokyo, Oct. 12 (U.R) The new Japanese cabinet abolished all restrictions on freedom of speech and assembly today and completed the dissolution of home naval and air fleet head quarters in compliance with American directives. Free speech and free assembly were restored to the. Japanese people through repeal of the so called peace preservation laws. The cabinet also abolished laws setting up fortified zones within the home Islands.- MacArihur.'s Order Restoration of the rights of speech and assembly were among the orders issued by Gen. Doug las MacArthur to the Higushi Kuni cabinet last month and re iterated by him to the new pre mier. Baron Kijuro Shidchara, nt a personal conference yester day The newspaper Asahl said seri ous food shortages also were con fronting the government. It esti mated, that. the. Japanese .nee crop . might fall to 10,000,000 bushels compared with the all time previous low of 10,200,000 bushels last year. Rains also damaged the sweet potato crop, on which the gov ernment had been depending as a substitute for rice. The Na tional Agricultural society euti mated that (he Japanese people will be forced to exist on a daily diet of only 050 to 1,200 calories per capita. It said laborers normally require 3,000 calories a clay and other persons should have 2,400. Leftists Tortured Kan Eguchi, well-known nov elist, in a letter to Asahi reveal ed that Taiji Kobayashi, leftist writer, was tortured to death in the Tsukiji police station during the war in Tokyo when he re fused to confess membership In the communist party. He estimated that more thnn 500 other leftists similarly were murdered throughout Japan. A public program in the In terest of the recruiting drive by the Oregon State Guard will be held in the Chamber of Com merce building. Saturday from 8 to 0 p. m. "Flash" Fidlcr will act as master of ceremonies and Mcdford post 15, American Le gion, Jackson county chapter DAV, Order of the Purple Heart, Central Point post VFW, Ash land American Legion Kiltie band, Eve Prentice Accordiana girls and Boy Scout troop 2 drum and bugle corps will participate. Ashland kiltie band will form at the armory and march tip Bartlett street to Main street and west on Main to the Cham ber of Commerce building. The Scouts drum and bugle corps will form at Riverside and Main strep'.; and follow the Kilty band to the chamber building. Speakers representing veter ans posts will appear on the pro gram in order established by the drawing of lots. GLORIA SWANS0NSUED BY ESTRANGED HUBBY New York. Oct. 12 flJ.R) William M. Davey, millionaire yachtsman and financier, filed suit in supreme court today for recovery of two platinum and diamond-mounted star ruby rings, valued at $35,000, from his wife, the former silent screen star Gloria Swanson. Miss Swanson's separation suit and her husband's counter-suit for n iru!r:Tt of the marriage both are awaiting trial. Tribune Onit.d Press Full E WIN PAY HIKE IN AFL Wins First Victory in Three-Week Walkout; CIO Crashes AFL Lines, Seattle Portland, Oregon, Oct. 12 (U.R) Striking AFL lumber and sawmill workers held their first victory in a three-week long strike today when two Montana lumber mills announced agree ment to the $1.10 an hour mini mum wage demand. John M. Christenson, AFL strike policy committee head, disclosed that the Western Tic Sc Lumber Co., Hot Springs, and the Margaret and Minnet Lum ber Co., Kalispcll had given into union demands and were re opening for the first time since Sept. 24. CIO Crashes Lints But in Seattle the AFL cause was slightly reversed when CIO workers fulfilled an earlier pledge to return to work after crashing AFL picket lines at the United States Plywood company mill. AFL forces indicated that while CIO workers might pro duce wood products at the Se attle plant of tho U. S. Plywood company, the operators might have trouble selling their goods. Leaders said that every carload of lumber produced at tho plant would be watched and traced. They added that any truck load ing it would be stopped by AFL teamsters; AFL seamen would refuse to handle any of the lum ber shipped by rail. In Oregon another mill was closed and - one was running again after pickets were with drawn. The Port Orford Cedar company at Millington, Ore., was reported to be down with a line of AFL pickets at the en trance, while the Wcstport Lun bcr company plant at Wcstport was back in operation with its CIO forces. Truman Takes No Steps in Ban Of Negroes by DAR Washington Oct. 12 (U.R) President Truman said today he could do nothing about the ban imposed by the Daughters of American Revolution on ap pearances of negro artists In its Constitution Hall here, but commented: "Oi:f of the marks of demo? rracy Is ita willingness to re spect and reward talent without regard to race or origin." Washington Oct 12 (U.R) The Daughters of the American Revolution today defended its "right" to bar negro artists from their huge auditorium, Consti tution Hall, as a matter of "in dividual liberty." Its position was challenged recently when Hazel Scott, not ed negro pianist, said she had been denied the use of the hall for a concert. Nurse's Slayer Saved From Suicide On Three Occasions, Attorney Says San Francisco, Oct. 12 (U.R) Mrs. Annie Irene Mansfcldt was saved from suicide by her now dead husband on at least three separate occasions In the past 11 years when she attempted to hang herself, turned on a kitchen gas range and deliberately took an overdose of sleeping tablets, her attorney said today. Vincent Hallinan, close per sonal friend of the late Dr. Jjhn H. Mansfcldt who died by nis own hand eight days ago shnrl'y after his wife killed a nurse snc feared was a rival for his aflec- lions, said Mansfcldt each time had been able to revive ner without the aid of police or pub - lie health authorities. The alleged incidents wen not reported to police, Hallinan said, to avoid "possible publicity." One occurred, he said, at the Leased Wir NO. 173. Brutally Beaten jib J ... ' (Amte Telrphata) Mncklin Hall Jr., plnver ot '"Pcirgy," the tough boy of the old "Our GniiK" comrdica, is pictured m he churned the Warner Bros. Hollywood studio picket Une nnd was brutnlly beaten on the head and body. He Li now In & Los Angeles hospital suffering from brain cnnnusfilon. BLAZE DESTROYS GARAGE, 2 AUTOS Fire of undetermined origin last evening destroyed a largo garage and two cars at the home of Mrs, J. Arthur Cunningham, Orchard Home Prive, shortly be fore 10 o'clock. The Cunning ham home was saved through the efforts of neighborhood men and a chemical truck sent by the state forest patrol, coupled with the fact that the evening was calm and that a large tree stood between the garage and the home. Mrs. Cunningham stated today that she and her daughter were unaware of the fire until the horn of one of the cars began to blow and that when they inves tigated the building was well ablaze. Men who gathered used garden hoses and water from the irrigation ditch to keep the fire from spreading. The loss was covered by insur ance, according to Mrs. Cunning ham. The cars destroyed were a Ford coupe and a Chevrolet se dan, and in addition to the cars, a number of farm and garden tools were also lost. SADDLE STOLEN IN G. P. SOLD TO MEDFORD FIRM Grants Pass, Oct. 12 A sad dle stolen here some time earlier this month by Edward V. Wirtz was sold to a dealer in Mcdford, according to Loyd Lewis, county sheriff. Wirtz is serving 80 days in the Josephine County Jail on a larceny charge in connection with theft of a revolver. A bri dle, which was recovered in Wirtz' car, was stolen from the Ira D. Hobson premises here at the same time the saddle disap peared, Sheriff Lewis said. . NOT iNTERESTED Wic.ibaden. Oct. 12 U.R Gen. George S. Pitton, Jr., told reporters today that he was "not interested" in running for con gress. Mansfcldt's fashionable summer home at Atherton. Cal., when Mrs. Mansfcldt locked and bolt ed the doors, shut the windows, turned on the gas and lay down on the kitchen floor, first send ing her three children outside "The children ran to call Dr. Mansfcldt." Hallinan said. "He broke Into the house and found his wife unconscious. . He used his medical skill to revive her." Four years later, Hallinan slid, Mansfieldt on whom an inquest has not yet been held pending further pathological examination of his internal organs, useo a stomach pump to revive her ! after she "intentionally" took in overdose of sleeping pills at ! their comfortable San Fran-.isco jhome. Hallinan did not elaborate on the asserted hanging attempt. XT T Jj FREE ELECTIONS OF MIUTARYHEADS Nobel Prize Winner, Noted Diplomat to Be Foreign Minister in New Cabinet. Buenos Aires, Oct. 12 (U.R) . Col. Juan D. Pcron, ex-strong man of Argentina, was reported arrested today and the Argen tine government was subjected to a full reorganization apparent ly designed to orient it along democratic lines. The arrest of Peron was an nounced to a crowd of citizens outside the Circulo Militar, tha military club, where news of the shake-up was given out by mili tary and naval officers. The announcement regarding Peron was made by a naval offi cer. Cabinet Reformed It was given out immediately after a full reorganization of the government was announced. It was understood that Carlos Saa vedra Lamas, Nobel prize winner and one of Argentina's most not ed diplomats, would become for eign minister in the new cabinet. Admiral Vernengo Lima, a strong opponent of Peron, waa named navy minister, succeeding; Vice Admiral Alberto Teisaire and it was known that other cab inet ministers turned in their resignations in response to the strong pressure of youthful army and navy leaders. The appointment was made at two powerful groups represent ing 1,000 or more Argentine army and navy officers met with members of the new government. Free Elections Aim The young officers are demand ing free elections to pave th way for democratic government. Dr. J. Hortensio Quijano, min ister of interior, reiterated to th officers the pledge given by th ministry of interior last night that there would be no "official" candidate for the presidency and that free elections would be held. The officers fear that desplta Pcron's resignation he will at tempt to utilize the government apparatus in backing his election drive. . - LAVAL REFUSED ANOTHER TRIAL Paris, Oct. 12 (U.R) Pierra Laval's last hope of escaping traitor's death faded today when Gen. Charles De Gaulle an nounced there would be no sec ond trial for the condemned Vichy premier. De Gaulle's announcement was made at a press conference Immediately after his return from a visit to Belgium. Pressed for a definite state ment as to whether he would commute Laval's death sentence, as he did in the case of Marshal Henri Philippe Petain, th French president answered cryptically: "You will read all about that in the newspapers." "Two Bits" Goes Into Retirement After Close Call "Two Bits," the fox terrier dog belonging to William' H. Zeigler, forest service worker, which survived a 600-foot fall off a Butte Falls area cliff and a few weeks later tumbled off a 200-foot cliff In the Applegata district. Is now In semi-retirement on the place of his master in tho Applegatc. Karl Janouch, Rogue River National forest supervisor, re ports "Two Bits" is beginning to feel his years and is not as frisky as he used to be, though his sensational tumbles left no ill effects. In the fall off the Butte Fa'ls section precipice, "Two Bits," while taking an early morning run on ice-crusted snow, turned too sharply and skidded over the brink. Two days later his master went on a hunt for him and met the dog wearily wend ing his way up the trail to the lookout station. The same thing happened in the Applegate epi sode. In both cases, the dog a fall was broken by landing m ! soft snow at the foot of the clifls. I Zeigler is still In the forest ! service. He is married and tha father of a boy. "Two Bits" waa i his solo companion at the lock I out posts. . "HOWLING" TO QUIT ' San Diego, Oct. 12 (U.R) Lt. Gen. Holland M. (Howling Mad) Smith, former commander of Marines in the Pacific and now in charge of the San Diego area, will request retirement about May 1, he disclosed today.