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Newspaper Page TextControl Over Religious Organizations Abolished By Japs I Weather rotlKCAST: Partly cloudy t rloudy wtth srftttertd ihow ri mostly in mountain! tonight and Thursday. Forit Thursday morning. Slightly cooler tonight. II I r hut Yesterday Z.?fi Lowest this Iornlnj..M.51 Tribune United Press Full Leased Wire United Press Full Leased' Wiri Fortieth Year MEDFORD, OREGON, WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 17, 1945 NO. 177. American Search Party Un earths Mjllion Dollar Silver Cache Under Navy Shop. New Jap Premier r tt uuu monies nome MEDF0R7,eJlBL Tokyo, Oct. 17 (U.P.) Gen. Douglas MacArthur tonight or dared tha Japanese govern ment to keep hands off the film industry and "permit it to reflect the democratic aspir ations of the Japanese people." MacArthur's directive was the latest in a series of steps freeing the Japanese people from totalitarian "thought control." Tokyo, Oct. 17 U.R1 The Japanese cabinet today abolish ed the religious organization control law in con.pliance with Gen. Douglas MacArthur's de mand for religious freedom in Japan. . (The cable did not say wheth er the cabinet's action would have any effect on state Shinto ism, by which the Japanese peo nle are compelled to recognize Fmcefor Hirohito as a Sod the son of heaven.) Silver Cache Found While the cabinet was hewing to MacArthur's line, an Ameri can search party unearthed cache of silver bars worth $1,100,000 presumably hidden away by Japanese militarists for fiitur iicp Tt wa found he- neath an abandoned navy ma chine shop on tne snores oi Tokyo Bay. Combat veteran of the Am erical division's 132nd infantry regiment, a former Chicago national guard outfit, made the discovery during a routine search of old, rusting machinery in a shop at Haratsuka naval ordnance depot. As they were about to leave, one soldier noticed weeds grow ing in an irregular pattern in a corner. Investigation disclosed they camouflaged a trap door covering a timber-lined pit 16 feet deep. From Imperial Mint At the bottom of the pit the astonished Amcricnhs found 110 bars of silver valued at $10,000 apiece and each stamped with a serial number from the Osaka Imperial mint Army authorities said the sil ver brs would be added to a growing pilo of Japanese prec ious metal and other treasuries uncovered throughout the enemy homeland. Emperor Hirohito, meantime, declared a senerai amnesty af fecting 1,000.000 persons on the occasions of today's harvest fes tival. It includes a reduction in prison terms for 37 000 persons, restoration of civil rights to 600,000 and a special amnesty for 320,000 not covered by the provisions of the general amnesty. IS DEATH CAUSE George A. Lawson, about 81. of Anderson, Calif., passed away in a local hospital about 6:30 p. m., yesterday from injuries re ceived in an auto-truck accident at Camp White last Friday. Mrs. Lawson and Mrs. William L. Lawson, 613 East Eighth street, who were also injured in the wreck, are still confined in Sac red Heart hospital. The accident occurred when a sedan, operated by George Law son, collided with a truck driv en by James J. McRae. route 1. Central Point, at the intersection of highway 62 and Avenue G. Camp White. The body is at the Perl Fu neral Home awaiting completion of arrangements. GREEKS SWORN IN Athens, Oct. 17 (U.R) A new Greek government was sworn today under the premiership of Regent Archbishop Damaskinos. All ministers of the former gov ernment retained their posts ex cept former premier Admral Petros Voulgaris and his under secretary, George Lambrinopou los. SIDE GLANCES Br TRIBUNE REPORTERS Ed Kubli admitting that he shot three bears but refusing to have the fact chronicled in the press. Mary Moffat maintaining that her beautiful dahlias "just growed." Lillian McMillin paying heed i to her allergies and prudently i providing her own food at Cfluuh luncheon. I ft'." - I I (Arm Trlrphoto) Baron Kijuro Shldchara. 73. Liberal, named new premier of Japan by Emperor Hirohito, promises all-out co-operation with Allied occupation forces, will choose a new Cabinet within two or three days. F HE UP TRAVEL, STAGE RIOT SCENE Buenos Aires, Oct. 17 U.R Striking labor followers of Col. Juan D. Peron shut down virtu ally all transportation and busi ness in the suburbs of Buenos Aires today in a riotous demon stration for release of the de posed Argentine strong man. Buenos Aires itself was quiet this morning, but all reports in dicated that police outside the capital were giving the Peron followers a free hand. The rioters burned street cars and buses, closed down the main suburban meat packing plants and effectively sabotaged the Southern Railway Suburban Sys tem by cutting the signal and tel egraph lines. Release Is Aim Peron himself was being held in "protective custody," and the suburban demonstrations appar ently were the first moves in a carefully-laid plan to force his release under threat of a general strike throughout the country. Reports from the affected areas said the police, most of them Peron appointees, were making no effort to stop the dis orders but merely were caution ing the rioters to "take it easy. Unconfirmed reports said the po lice in some districts were join ing the demonstrations. Meanwhile, the political situ ation was confused further by a report that another army man would succeed Peron as vice president. JAP SUGGESTION Washington, Oct. 17 (UP.) Secretary of State James F. Byrnes revealed today that So viet Russia had reiterated its sug gestion that four-power control machinery for Japan be set up before the formation of a far eastern advisory commission The United States opposes the formation of any four-power control body for Japan, where allied control now is exercised by Gen. Douglas MacArthur. Byrnes told a press conference that Russia has not yet accept ed his invitation to send a rep resentative here on Oct. 23 for formation of a 10-nation advis ory commission which would formulate policy for Japan AVA AND ARTIE WAIT CHANCE FOR MARRIAGE Hollywood Oct. 17 'URi Actr"-s Ava Gardner and Band Leader Arti. Shaw will marry in "the near future'' as soon as !hev ran take time off from pro duction schedules, her studio said today. A report that Miss Gardner, forniei wife of Mickey Rooney. would marry Sh:w today was denied by Metro-GeUiwyn May cr whore lh- actress it under contract. Shaw a formerly narrn-d to screen i'.ar Lana Turner- CONTINUE TROLS E ITEMS Bowles Believes Choice Beef Cuts, Sugar and Canned Fruits Will Remain Scarce Wasninijton. Oct. 17 U.R Price Administrator Chester Bowles believes' that price con trols must b retained on choice cuts ct beef sugar canned fruits and fats and oils through next spring it was disclosed today. His forecast on when OPA controls could be relaxed was contained in a letter dated Oct 1, to the house appropriations committee. "Although control of good end choice cuts of beef must be con tinued through spring o 1946," Bowles wrote, "there is reason able possibility of suspension of controls of low-quality, utility, stew and processed meats during the grass-fed cattle run. Sugar Long Scarce "Sugar, canned fruits and fats and oils will probably be controlled through June, 1946." Bowles said that with few ex ceptions such as eggs, potatoes and some vegetables most food controls must be maintained through next winter. About April 1, he said, controls prob ably can be dropped on men foods as milk and certain other dairy products, fish and many canned vegetables. For other classes of price con trols, Bowles forecast: Consumer goods considera tion can be given to removing controls over clothing and tex tiles by April 1; the supply .md demand of most durable con sumer goods will not be in bal ance so controls can be removed before next June. Rent Control Needed Rents controls will be itop ped by next June 30 in about 150 areas, most of them rela tively small, where ceilings were imposed because of the develop ment of military establishments. Pressure against rent ceilings, particularly in large cities, "will unquestionably continue for some time." Congress must de termine how long controls will be retained since OPA authority expires next June 30 under ex isting law. Services and transportation "Beginning Jan. 1, and probably effective by April 1, controls may be removed from important services such as laundries, dry cleaning, etc. Continuation of restaurant control will be gear ed with food price control and probably will be continued through early spring, 1946." MEDAL FOR U. P. MAN London, Oct. 17 (U.R) The war office awarded the British Empire medal today to Mc- Quown Wright, United Press staff correspondent in India and Burma. Manufacturers Say Tax Cut Is Too Little and Too Late Washington, Oct. 17 (U.R) The National Association of Manufacturers denounced the pending $5,350,000,000 tax re duction bill today as "Too little and too late" and urged cuts closer to S8. 000,000, 000. H. E. Humphreys, chairman of the NAM tax committee, told the senate finance committee that maximum tax relief now "will do more to speed rercn version, stimulate investment into new business and increase production than will any manner of spending the government might undertake." "Only the defeatist can fail ' to see that such tax reductions j will increase the total lax takei over the long haul next year , and the years to come," Hum phreys said. "Tax encourage-; mcnt should be made where it PRESIDENT ASKS ,V II-, Most of Money For Flood Control, Navigation, Rec clamation Projects, Word. Washington, Oct. 1 7 (U.R) President Truman today asked congress to provide $221,842,000 to assure federal public works programs which were halted by the war. He requested $128,475,000 for the army engineers and $93,367, 000 for the Bureau of Reclama tion. The money would be spent largely for flood control, naviga tion and reclamation projects. Reconversion Program "The projects proposed by the President to be undertaken at this time are a part of the gov ernment's program of reconver sion from war to peace, and all have high priority for developing our resources and for the promo tion of the general warfare," said a White House announce ment. Funds also were requested for the Bureau of Reclamation to resume work In the Central Val ley in California on the Delta Mendota and Delta Cross chan nel canals, as well as for final work on Shasta, Friant and Kes wick dams. In the Pacific northwest the army engineers would start work on flood control dams in the Wil lamette valley and the Bureau of Reclamation would construct irrigation works in the Columbia River valley. Washington, Oct 17 U.R) Thousnnds of additional men and women In naval uniform looked forward today to dis charges -by Jan. 1 as result of newly-annou;ieed reductions in navy discharge point scores. The navy estimated that the cuts would bring total dis charges to 1.000 000 men and 100,000 officers by January 1 about a third of the war-end strength. Discharges from V-J dav through Oct. 14 numbered 283.000. Effective Nov. 1. the point ore for al' personnel will be reduced by three points. That will lower the discharge score for enlisted men to 41, for male officers to 48 for enlisted Waves to 26 and for Wave officers to 32. On Dec. 1, the point score will be lowered another two points the navy said, and a fur ther reduction of one point will lake effect on Jan 1. The method of computing scores remain the same. counts In the family pockct bodk, and In wages and divi dends that keep it supplied" His proposals included out right repeal of the corporate ex cess profits tax at the end of the year tid a flat 20 per cent reduction in individual income taxes. The house bill cuts the excess profits tax from 05 (o 60 per cent in 1946 and would delay repeal until 1947. On individual taxes, the house measure would remove some 12.000.000 persons from the federal tax rolls with reductions ranging upward from 10 per cent. Despite the calls for more tax relief than the $5,350,000,000 outlined in the house bill, some members of the senate comm'l tee were opposed to ruts nf nvjre lhan 1 5,000,000,000 in 1918. Found in Coma (Acme Telephoto) WAVE Lt, (Jg) Pauline Elizabeth Rupp. 34, San Francisco, who was found unconscious in a New York City-hotel room in which body ol Navy Lt. John Gerald Mooney, 37, Washington, D. C, was found dead, cause not yet determined. Lt. Rupp nas receiving treatment for "tem porary psychosis," PEACE PARLEY IN LUMBER STRIKE STILL FAR AWAY Portland, Ore., Oct. 17 (U.R) Reported wholesale peace ne gotiations between AFL union leaders and northwest lumber operators in the five-state AFL "umber tie-up, affecting some 500 mills and 61,000 men, were still "far from reality" today, said strike chairman John Chrislcnson. The AFL labor leader spiked earlier rumors that the lumber dispute was near the concilia tion stage by declaring "any prc dicti"ii that the strike is near ing an end is premature." Referring to negotiations be tween operators and union chiefs Christcnson said they were still in the "feeling out" itag'j and no formal negotiations had vet been scheduled. The union he said was still receiv ing offers from various opera tors, the majority of them own ers of small mills. So far 17 operations have re opened after giving in to AFL lumber and sawmill workers' union demands for a $1.10 per hour minimum wage. SHERIFF OFFICERS Hollywood. Oct 17 0J.P1 Still squatting sit-down strikers were removed bodily from In front of Warner Bros, studios today, but only a trickle of workers went through the gap thev blocked Sheiiff's deputies and police working in pairs and avoiding violence, pi'ked i'p the squat ters nnd dc',oitcd them to one fide ol the "Mcket line. The quirt tone of today's mas picketing ws in dlstmrt contnst to vesterriay's melees. Production was not expected to ba resumed at Hie studio to day, a spoki-sman yesterday in dicating that further mass pick eting woul" keep the studio closed LOCKE IN CHUNGKING Chungking. Oct. 17 UR) Edwin A. Locke, personal n pre tentative of President Iruirijn arrived in Chungking today. The total area of the nt.ili of Michigan u 96,72.0 iquaie milt. RETURN TO PITS SET FOR MONDAY BY JOHN L L Negotiations Off for Present, U. M. W. President Tells Members of Local Unions. By United Press United Mine Workers Presi dent John L. Lewis today called off the soft coal strike which nad cut fuel supplies to the nation's stee! mills. Lewis said the miners would return to work Monday. The coal strike, with 208.000 miners out and at least 30,000 steel workers laid off had ac counted for more than half the nations 365.000 strike-idle workers. Negotiations Off Lewis wrote officers and members of local unions that "all negotiations . . . have been discontinued" and "future ef forts to abate this controversy will be resumed at a later and more appropriate date." The coal strike began when miners refused to cross picket lines set up by foremen seeking recognition of their supervisors' union, a UMW affiliate. A new threat to Industry was posed, however, when the CIO utility workers council ordered a strike against the consumers power company, serving 2,200 Michigan communities with gas and electricity. Steel Lois Hearr Even with the resumption of coal production on Monday, rewly reconverted Industries may lose as much as 223,000 tons of finished steel this week, according to the magazine Iron Age. The Ingot steel loss will be even hiifhcr about 300,000 tons, the magazine said. Meanwhile about 8.000 long shoremen reported for work as limited operations were resumed nlonff the New Lork waterfront. Mennwhlle, limited operations were resumed along the New York waterfront. Full service was resumed alont the 900-mile length of the eastern Massachusetts Street Railway So. lines today as strik ing transit workers returned to work for the state which seized control of the system over the weekend. Mure than 400 AFL truck drivers called off a short-lived strike in four midwestern cities, but mi'k 'trike still threaten ed New York. In congress. Rep. Ed Gossctt, D., Tex., cited a growing senti ment to "impose on organized labor greater responsibility for its acts." The current rash of strikes was not helping labor, he said, adding thtt "unless the publi? interest is given more consideration ... the whole cause of organized labor is go ing to suffer." FRANKPERTNEW KIWAN1SJ.EADER Tronic Perl. 138 North Oak- dale avenue, was elected presi dent of the Medford Kiwinis oi i ih oi luncheon-meeting in the blue room of Holland Hotel today. Ed Miles was named vice president. Directors elected were Gene Frrrotl Tnnv Manno. Don New bry, Paul Sclby, Jiminic Bolton, Don Kaber and Bill Peek. OREGON PROJECTS HAVE BUDGET BUREAU BACKING Washington, Oct. 17 (U.Rl Ren. Lowell Stockman, ft.. Ore , said today the bureau of the bud get has recommended apprecia tions totaling $2,193,000 for four reclamation projects in his state. Stockman said the following sums were recommended: $1.- 000.000 for Hie Deschutes pro- led; $1,000,000 for Itjo Klamath project; $190,000 for the Owy hee project, ?3,000 lor the Vale projetl, ot ' A P . I J v". i v a r fcj-y T . Or - ' 1 Adm. WilllBm F. "Bull" Halsey stands aboard the US3 South Dakota, flagship of his victorious 3rd fleet as the vessel neara the Golden Gate bridge for a triumphant entrance Into San Fran cisco bay. spearheading the entrance of other fleet units which "came home" to be greeted by thousands who thronged both shores of the bay. A navy blimp, part of the welcoming pageant, can be seen circling the Dakota. Halsey Opposes Reduction In Navy And Relief Shipments To Japanese Los Angeles, Oct. 17 (U.R) Admiral Wlllinm V. "Hull" Hnl. sey, fighting boss of the Third iicci, loaay opposed any peace time reduction in the navy. 'Every ship we've got that can be kept afloat and all the men we need to maintain them," was his prescription for a postwar navv. he told rennrtnrs m he stepped from a navy transport S Wl AFTER COLLISION; HITS GAS OFFICE Two large plate glass windows of the California-Pacific Utilities Co., 229 West Main street, were shattered yesterday afternoon and two women were slightly In jured in a freak accident at the corner of Main and Holly streets, city police reported today. Miss Mollie Britt, passenger in a- car operated by her brother, Einil Britt, of Jacksonville, received a slight bump on the head, and Mrs. G. B. Aykroyd, wife of a naval lieutenant stationed at Camp White, was slightly In jured when knocked down in the accident, according to police. Mr. Britt was reported to have apparently lost control of his au to after collision with a car op erated by Marion H. Johnston, route 4, while traveling south on Holly street. The Britt car struck a street sign, throwing it through a plate glass window in the gus office. Britt's car, after knock ing out a second glass, came to a stop against a concrete post of the building, officers said. Cars operated by Bill Cole man, Central Point, and C. S. Elder, Central Point, collided yesterday at the intersection of Main and Second street, slight ly injuring Mrs. A. F. Bisscll. Hcaldsburg, Calif., passenger In the car operated by Elder, ac cording to an accident report filed with city police. Elder's auto was damaged considerably. Slight damage was caused the second car. Also reported to police Mon day was a mishap at Grape and Main streets where a car operat ed by James B. McGrath, route 1, was damaged considerably In collision with a truck which Earl W. rtawlings, 80S West Jackson street, was driving. Batavia, Oct. 1 7 (U.R) A communique said today Indone sian mobs reportedly killed 15 European men and women at the Christian community of Depok, and Aneta News Agency dis tributed an eye-witness story asserting seven of the victims were beheaded by native swords men. ' Agriculture is one nf Wyom ing leading industries. rffl plane from San Francisco Into a tumultuous welcome after cir cling the fog-bound municipal airport for 51 minutes. Ha was against relief ship ments to Japan, he said. "There are more poor In this country who need food and clothing than there are in Japan. The Japs can either change their emperor worship to democracy or go out of existence, it's up to them." Halsey tossed his comments over his shoulder as ha strode In a waiting motor caravan to begin a triumphal parade into Los Angeles. Flanked by a 21-man marina honor guard, Halsey was greeted by Mayor Fletcher Bowron on, behalf of the city. CATTLE L( OWNERS PROTEST County officials have receiv ed a number of complaints from rural residents against bird hunters entering private pro perty. Vcme Brophy, stockman of the Tolo district, reports on steer was killed and another had a leg broken by shots. His cat tle were ready for market and in the excitement they raced around the pasture, losing con siderable wright. Brophy esti mates the damage at close to S1000. Brophy. who had two riders patrolling his fields, said one group of hunters ignored re quests to leave. OthiT reports Iwive been re ceived of hunters shooting too close to houses and livestock, end e.ir.sing owners who object ed to their trespassing. District Altorney George Neil son states that under Oregon laws huntcrr: have no right to enter private property without permission, whether or not it is posted DR. NEWBURN SPEAKS AT THURSDAY FORUM Dr. Harry K. Newburn, presi dent of the University of Ore gon, will arrive here Thursday morning and will address a pub lic forum of the Jackson County Chamber of Commerce at noon. The luncheon meeting will b held in the Blue Room of the Hotel Holland, and reservations should be made before 11a. m., by phoning the chamber offices, 2294. Dr. Newburn will be accom panied by Mrs. Newburn. After a brief visit In this clly they will leave for Klamath Falls where he will address an verting meeting.