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Weather Uie The MU Tribune Want Ad Way Quick Result! At Small Coit Tribune FORECAST: GnrUr fair to night and Frldiy but log and near freezing temperature Friday mornuif. Temp. Highest Yesterday , 61 Lowest ihlS Mnrnlnt MEDFORD United Prtii Full Leased Wire Unittd Pm Full Leased Wli Fortieth Year MEDF ; OREGON, THURSDAY, OCTOBER IS, 1945 NO. 178. Top Nazis Formally Charged Vith Starting World War II and Barbaric Murder of Ten Million 4Ny' vxw 1 lN 1 p i r v Mcme Tcltphoto) No low stepping for this Tokyo Geisha girl, who learns to cut a solid rug under tutelage ol Corporal Stanley Biuki. Reading. Fa. who threatens to dance her sandals right into the groove ... as American way of lile spreads in occupation zones- JAPAN NARCOTIC DIAMONDSSEIZED All Planting Of Narcotic Weed to Cease at Once, MacArthur Office Orders. Tokyo, Oct. IS U.R The Al lied occupation command today froze Japan a narcotics industry source of 90 per cent of the world's Illegal drugs and seized $30,000,000 worth of diamonds owned by the Japanese govern ment. At the fame time, Imperial Household Minister Sotaro fshi- wata told the United Press in aa exclusive interview that Em peror Hirohito had no intention of abdicating despite demands for his doposal by newly-emerging communist and socialist groups. Narcotic! Banned MacArthur's headquarters doomed Japan's narcotics indus try with a directive prohibiting all future planting and cultiva tion of narcotics weeds and ord ering the destruction of crops already planted. "There is well-documented evi dence of Japanese use of opiates in attaining their quest for an empire and as a means of sub jugating conquered peoples," the statement also said. G.I.'s Find Diamonds The $30,000,000 cache of dia monds 131,000 karats of tlum were unearthed by 10 soldiers from the Seventh regiment of the First Cavalry division under Capt. Roy Katz of Brooklyn, N. Y., in a safe deposit vault at the Mitsui Trust company bank in downtown Tokyo. Sixty-four cans of platinum worth hundreds of thousands of dollars and 12 other boxes con taining lesser jewels also were seized in safe deposit boxes. Hold Tokyo Rose Two more persons have been lodged in Yokohama jail to await trial as war criminals. Iva Toguri, Los Angeles-born Nisei who became known as "Tokyo Rose" for her propa ganda broadcasts to American servicemen during the war. was re-arrested after an investigation indicated she still was an Amer ican citizen. She had claimed Portuguese citizenship by mar riage. Patrick Tomkinson, alias Sa dao Kawaguchi, about 35, also was jailed after the Eighth army decided lie, too, was an Amer ican despite his claim to Japanese-Irish decent. He will be charged with com mitting atrocities on Allied war prisoners while acting as a Japanese army interpreter. MASQUERADING PRIVATE GIVEN SANITY SURVEY Ran rwnicr., I, lift. Army doctors at Lettcnnan hos- j pital's psychopathic ward today) examined Pvt. William F. Barrs I a wounded soldier from the! South Pacific who successfully posed as a bemedaled major, married an army nurse, and cashed nearly SI 000 worth of bogus checks, before he was trapped on an AWOL honey moon. LIFT PRICE CONTROL Washington. Oct. 18 -UP) The Office of Price Administra tion today lifted price control rom natural condition unpacked dried prunes and raisins. fin imiMi : ' ' '-i-'- .v,.,p..m, .. nn ,,!,,! attii miiMin mf fl' il Jap Bobby Sox Learn G. I. Rug Tokyo. Oct. 18 (U.R) Mem bers of the Japanese bobby sox set are urging that American style rug-cutting be taught in the schools, the Red Cross said today in announcing plans for a series of 'skiing and skating parties for GIs with or without Japanese girfs. Gen. Douglas MacArthur has not issued orders banning fra ternization between Japanese civilians and American soldiers. Headquarters sources indicated his policy was one of "letting nature take its course." Can't Jitterbug The Red Cross said il hoped to arrange for dances soon, but at present Japanese girls' Ignor ance of American jitterbugging techniques is delaying the pro gram. , While some Japanese parents apparently still are urging their daughters to retain their tradi tional reserve, a local high school principal reported to the Red Cross that girl pupils seem ed anxious to take lessons in "western dances." Japanese girls employed at the new GI Tokyo Red Cross club said they'd also like to learn the modern American ver sion of the dance. G.I.'! Data Japi The winter sports program definitely will be "coeducation al", the Red Cross said. SCAP's policy is reflected in an increasing number of soldiers HOT LUMBER HEX IS AFL THREAT Portland, Ore., Oct. 1 8 'U.R1 The AFL Lumber and Saw mill Workers' union threatened today to brand all CIO produced lumber in five western states as "hot lumber" in an effort to put teeth into its 25-day old strike for an industry wide SI. 10 hour ly minimum wage. Previously the union had used the term "hot lumber" only in reference to that produced be hind its "imaginary picket lines" which existed about CIO opera tions from which pickets had been banished by injunction writs. Spok ane Bakers Continue Strike Spokane, Wash!, Oct. 18 (U.R) Spokane housewives and res taurants again planned to serve meals without bread today as a strike of bakery workers went into Its fourth day. The workers walked out at 10 bakeries last Sunday midnight in a demand for a 15 per cent wage increase. LUMBER KING DIES St. Paul, Minn., Oct. 18 'U.R) F. E. Weyerhaeuser. 72. head of the extensive Weyerhaeuser lumber and timber interests died today at Miller hospital. The nationally-prominent lumberman and financier was born in Rock Island, 111., Nov. 4. 1872. He was widely known for his philanthro pic activities. MORE FISH Washington. Oct. 1 8 (U.R) Big boosts in fish canning on the west coast this year, coupled with reduced government pur chases, will give civilians more tuna, salmon and sardines than they have been able to buy "for several years." the coordinator of fisheries said today. Set Eager To Cutting Style promenading down Tokyo's main streets between bombed out buildings with their newly acquired Japanese girl friends. The only other places for a stiol! are in the city's parks and around the imperial palace moat. Some Japanese girls are ask ing already if "Americans will be permitted to marry here." There has been no official answer. ENDED BY ARMY . Chicago, Oct. 18 (U.R) The army Glided ' its nine-months seizure of Montgomery Ward and Co. today. The Wards properties in seven cities will be relinquished at 11:50 tonight. Immediately a new strike threat arose in the huge mall order firm, where labor strife has led to two government seizures. Sewell Avery, chairman of Wards board of directors, said it was "not probable that our posi tion will greatly change" with regard to demands by the united retail, wholesale and department store employes (CIO) for wage increases and maintenance of membership during its operation of the property. 23 Per Cent Hike In Basic Wage Aim Of Administration Washington, Oct. 18 (U.R) The administration appeared to day to be working on a wae price policy that would give lab or about a 23 per cent increase in basic pay rates. On the basis of statements by high officials, the administra tion's aims in developing the wage-price yardstick seemed to be: Give labor raises in btsic wages that would compensate for part or all of the 23 per cent cut in "take home" pay suffeied with the loss of wartime over time. This is necessary to keep purchasing power where it will stimulate production. Permit price increases for manufacturers who are squeezed between the higher wage rales and rigid price ceilings. Require absorption of higher manufactur ing costs at the distributor and retail levels. However, make certain that there results no broad inflation ary rise in the cost of living. Assorted Cannon Offered Cities As Trophies of War Washington, Oct. 18 (U.R) Here's a chance for the boys at city hall to replace the village square cannon they donated to the war effort. The War Department an nounced today that it has about 4,000 guns. Howitzers, tanks and other assorted war items that I will be released to communities and certain organizations as war trophies. The only hitch is that cities must pay transportation charges from army ordnance depots. The army warned that cannons and such come pretty hig F. O. B. Veterans organizations, non profit museums and municipali ties arc eligible Ui make application. ON BLOODY WAVE OF STRIKES, RIOTS "Argentina Strong Man" Ousts Coup Leaders that Unseated Him Week Ago. Buenos Aires, Oct. 18 (U.R) Col. Juan D. Peron, the resur rected "strong man" of Argen tina, rode back into power on a wave of strikes and bloodshed today, and immediately began forming a military cabinet. An official government state ment said Gen. Humberto Sosa molina and Rear Adm. Abelardo Pantin would be sworn In as min ister of war and navy, respective ly, at six o'clock this evening. The new ministers replaced Gen. Eduardo Avalos and Vice Adm. Hector Vernengo Lima, the two leaders of the coup that unseated Peron exactly one week ago. The third member of the tri umvirate that had ruled Argen tina for the past seven days President Gen. Edclmiro Farrcll welcomed Peron back into power with open arms. Vernengo was reported In flight aboard an Argentine war ship and all of Buenos Aires, at least, was firmly in the hands of Pcron's supporters. Buenos Aires quieted down late this morning after wild shooting frays during twhich at least six persons Were reported killed and almost 50 wounded. The general strike called by Peron's adherents to celebrate his restoration to power closed the capital down almost com pletely. All business houses cither shut down voluntarily last night or closed tiieir doors this morning on orders from armed Peronists who roamed the streets in well organized bands to enforce the strike. BABY ABANDONED IN STAGE DEPOT Los Angeles, Oct. 18 (UR) Miss Jessie Morman explained today she abandoned her new born infant in a bus depot rest room because she feared It would interfere with her plans to marry her boy friend. "I didn't want him to know I was having a baby," Miss Mor man said. "I was afraid I would lose him." The 22-year-old Elliott, Miss.. woman excused herself from Air Corps Lt. Floyd Bennett. 23, at the bus depot to give birth to the baby in the rest room Tues day night, Bennett said. She was charged with abandoning the child by stuffing it into a pile of newspapers. The baby, a boy, was born two months prematurely. It was ex pected to live. Rotary Convention In Atlantic City Chicago, Oct. 18 (UP.) The 1946 Rotary International con vention will be held in Atlantic City, N. J., June 2-7, it .was an nounced today. SIDE GLANCES By TRIBUNE REPORTERS E. H. Hedrick and Tony Manno hastily assuring a scribe that they didn't care about appearing In print, especially in this space. Passersby gazing at the coffee spilled from a broken bottle on West Sixth street and remember ing when t!.! berries were hard to get. Earl Hcrcndccn deciding that Mary Morgan's excuse for not be ing at work that she was going bear hunting rated publicity of some kind.- Long Beach, Calif., Oct. 18 (U.R) Funeral services w t r e planned today for A. D. Mitch ell, 59. oil mmi and philanthro pist, who died at his home last night after an Illness of two years. Roseburg Hospital To Get Additional Beds For Veterans Washington, Oct. 18 (U.R) Gen. Omar N. Bradley, veterans administrator, announced today that President Truman has ap provea locations for 19 new hos pitals and additions to 15 exist ing hospitals to be built at a total cost estimated at $125 000, 000. The new facilities will pro vide 15.276 new beds for veter ans administration patients. The construction is a part or a 29,100 bed program approved by the president in August. No commitment was made at that time on the location of any of the units authorized. An additional 160 beds were authorized for the neurophychi atric hospital at Roseburg. Ore. ELMER MORSE, 61, DISCOVERED DEAD AT HOME Elmer Henry Morse. 61, 1138 Court street, died suddenly this morning in the yard at his home. Death was probably caused by a heart attack, according to De puty Coroner Carlos Morris, who was called. Morse, a welder by trade, was dead when Morris arrived. An autopsy will be held to determine catine of death, ac cording to the deputy coroner. Morse was working beneath n car, removing nuts from a U bolt at the time he was stricken. A slight bruise on the forehead Indicates he may have dropped the wrench when stricken, Mor ris surmised. The deceased Is survived by a son, Carl William, at homo and a daughter, Mrs. Carol M. Douglas, Mcdford. He was horn in Nebraska and had resided here over 36 years. The body is at the Conger Morris Funeral Home awaiting funeral arrangements. Prisoner Escapes . Prison Gun Gang Salem, Ore., Oct 18 (U.R) State police today intensified their search for Frank V. Ter rale, 33, who escaped from a pri son gun gang yesterday after noon. Tcrrale was committed to the state prison from Multnomah county in 1939 on conviction of a charge of assault and robbery. The man was described as five feet, five-inches tall, 150 pounds in weight and dark complexloncd with brown eyes and black hair. Half Of Japs At Tule Lake Free To Leave But Prefer To Stay On Uncle Sam's Bounty In November, 1943, United Press Correspondent Nick Bourne covered the "rebellion" of interned Japanese at Tule Lake relocation center. Ho arriv ed a few hours before the hrmy moved In to quell the disturb ance. Now two years later Bourne has returned to Tule Lake to find the birth rate climbing and many of the in ternees reluctant to leave. By Nick Bourne United Press Correspondent Tule Lake Japanese Center. Calif., Oct. 18 (U.R) Half the 16,000 "dangerous" Japanese held here behind barbed wire for three and a half years were free to leave today, but they arc staying and having babies for 13 cents. The Japanese are getting; thicker all the time. i The 4,200 who renounced U. S. citizenship arc receivln? alien j registration numbers, but the de partment of Justice has not an-j nounccd whether they will be sent to Japan a step which has been urged by many Pacific coast anti-Jap groups, but which has no precedent in American history. Troops Leaving Troops who chopped up the lawns with tanks and armored cars Nov. 4. 1943. when they took over the center to quell a rebellion art leaving. Border pa TAX RELIEF FOR S L Senate Finance Committee For Exemption of 12 Mil lion Individuals in 1946. Washington, Oct. 18 (U.R) The Senate Finance Committee voted today to relievo 12,000,000 low-paid individuals from federal income taxes next year. The house of representatives last week passed a bill which would accomplish the same end. The senate committee made some changes. But the net effect would be the same for the low income groups. Exceis Profit! Also The senate committee also voted to repeal, effective Jan. 1, the excess profits tax on corpor ations. This is estimated to save corporations next year approxi mately $2,555,000,000. The house had voted to cut the excess prof its tax from 95 to 00 per cent for 1946, saving corporations $1, 088,000,000, and delay its elim ination until Jan, 1, 1947. In voting to end the excess profits tax this year, the senate committee struck out a house approved four per cent reduction of normal and surtax rates on corporations for 1946. Commutes Chairman Walter F. George, D.,- Ga., estimated that the senate committee re visions would save individual taxpayers next year the same amount recommended by the treasury $2,085,000,000. George said he hoped to com plete work on the bill this after noon incltiding'reduction of ex cise taxes, repeal of (he $5 auto mobile use tax, freezing the so cial security payroll tax and spe cial benefits for small business and veterans. Pet Deer Kills , Aged Gardener Mt. Angel, Ore., Oct 18 U.R) Kaspar Bruecker, 70-year-old monastery gardener, died here yesterday after being attacked by a pet deer. The body was found by the Rev. Anthony Tcrhaar several yards from a pen where two pet deer were kept. Deputy Coroner V. T. Golden said there were signs of a struggle and the vic tim's clothing was torn. The pet, a year old buck, was killed immediately after the body was discovered. trolmen of the Immigration and naturalization service guard the enclosure. Through August, 1,245 babies were born to the prolific Jap anese behind barbed wire here. The government foots the hos pital and doctor bills. It costs a dime to register a little son of heaven at the country court house, and three cents to mail the letter. The 1945 birth rate through August was 32 babies per 1,000 population. The national i940 birth rate was 17.9 per thou sand. Japanese doctors attend ing births receive $19 a month, plus keep. Culls of Coast The Tule Lake Japanese were culled from the Pacific coast d fense zone early in 1942 us "dan gerous to military security" un der the direction of Lt. Gen. John L. Dewitt. an apostle of the "A Jap is still a Jap" theory. The rest were sent to nine other camps all of which have been ordered closed by Dec. 15. Tule Lake, however, has no deadline on it and is beset by legal, racial, prejudicial, human and strictly oriental problems. Roy R. Best, war relocation authority project director, gave some of the reasons for reluc tance of between 7,000 and 8.000 Japanese who could walk out of the enclosure right now, to leave. Strike Picture By Unittd Press Labor dispute! throughout the country kept 471.000 U. S. work er! away from their jobi today, although the loft coal itrlke wai called off. The major developments: Coal United Mine Worker! President John L. Lewii order ed 208,000 ioft coal miner! to return to work Monday, ending a 26-day walkout. Utilitiei The CIO Utllitlei Worker! union began itrika againit the Comumeri Power company, which lervlcei almost jvery important Michigan com munity except Detroit. Super visor! and ikeleton crewi main tained service to the company'! more than 2,000,000 cuatomeri. Steel Some 30.000 iteel worker!, laid off because of the coal strike, prepared to return to their jobs. Lumber 81,000 AFL lumber worker! demanding $1.10 mini mum hourly pay continued their itrlke againit Pacific northweit e Traniportatlon 2,700 AFL bui driven rejected back-to-work etlpulatlon for further ne gotiation! In a wage dlipute which hai halted Pacific Grey hound lervlce In leven weitern itatei. Shipping 10.000 AFL long horamin reported for work yes terday hut New York waterfront operation! remained snarled ai tome 25,000 lmurgent union member! continued their itrlke. Motion Picture! The power ful Screen Acton Guild, includ ing top-flight itari, threatened to loin the aeven-montn nony wood film itrike If movie itudloi did not rehire itrikeri "without discrimination." Drop Prosecution Texas Bombshell Bridgeport, Conn., Oct. 18 (U.R)-The state dropped today a mnnclnil dhter charge against Mrs. Imogcne Stevens, 24, "The Texas Bombshell ' accusea oi killing Seaman Albert Kovaca at the home of a New Canaan neighbor last June. State's Attorney Lorin w. Willis told Superior Court Judge Fmet A. lni'lls that "I am con vinced that the state could not convict her in the face of the es tablished facts." MVA DISFAVORED Washington. Oct. 18 (U.R) The Senate Irrigation and Re- rlnmntinn committee today vot ed, 12 to 2, against the bill of Sen. James E. Murray, D., Mont., to set up a Missouri Valley Authority. "Some have no money and no Job, no friends outside to help them get a fresh start. Some arc better off here than they ever were outside. The department of Justice will decide what to do with those who renounced citi zenship. The center was stunned by the end of the war." No Eicapei Young Japanese of this tar paper village play baseball and tennis, go to school, ride bicycles and listen to the radio. Four teen-agers scooted under an ir rigation flume recently, but were caught when they tried to hitch-hike out of the area. There have been no successful escapes, Best said. Old men sit and talk, grow potted plants, and make trinkets from shells found on the ground, for the center is located on a dry lake bed. Thousands who could leave, officials said, have been held back by fear of threats voiced in Pacific coast states, the inertia born of three and a half years' confinement, lost hope, and to some, the achievement of a kind of "social security." Except for the "stop list." of 4.505, the others arc permitted to go shopping at nearby Klam ath Falls. No hostile incidents have occurred, and those ven turing forth return to the fold at night to tell what they aw in the citj-j ALLIED TRIBUNAL TO BEGIN, TRIALS MHO DAYS Hitler's Name Not on IndicU ed List; Seven Organiza tions Also Stand Accused, Berlin, Oct. 18 (U.R) An In. ternational indictment presented to the Allies' four-power tribunal today formally charged seven German organizations and 24 top Nazis with the principal war crimes of the European war. The 25,000-word indictment was presented at an hour-lone; open session of the court. Early Trials Copies of the Indictment were) ordered served on the defend ants "immediately" In the Gcr man language with instructions to be ready for trial within 30 days. Most of the 24 Individual de fendants already were in Allied custody at Nuernberg, where the actual trial will be held. They Include Relchsmarshal Hermann) Goering, former deputy Fuehre Rudolf Hess and former chief o the German high command, Mar shal Wilhelm Keitel. Hitler Not Named Adolph Hitler's name was not included in the indictment, pie sumably since all circumstantial evidence indicates he is dead. This would not preclude his trial later If found alive, however. ' ... A i ne seven organizations namea In the Indictment Included the German cabinet, the leadership) corps of the Nazi party, the Ges tapo, the SS Elite corps, the SA. Brownshlrls, and the general staff .and high command of the German armed forces. All 24 individual defendant! belonged to one or more of the) organizations named. Washington, Oct. 18 (U.R)- The Big Four powers today form ally accused 24 top Nazi va criminals of plotting and start ing World war II, of murdering more than 10,000,000 civilians and prisoners of war by barbaria methods, and of plundering Eur ope on a scale unprecedented in history. Exclusive of battle damage, they were charged with looting and destroying nearly $160,000, 000,000 of property in Russia, France and Czechoslovakia. In the killing of more than 10,000,000 innocent persons, in eluding 5,700,000 Jews, they were charged with practicing systematic exterminations out side regular military operations. The indictment traces the his tory of the "master race" from the origin of the Nazi party in 1919 to its doom last June. It Is a story of barbarous atroci ties, inhumane persecutions and slavery, large-scale plunder, and wanton devastation unmatcned on such a scale in the history of mankind. Many of the details of Nazi terrorism have been known for a long time. The indictment ii the first official attempt to set down the entire sordid story of the Nazi bid to rule the world. Each of the defendants is) charged with responsibility for plotting and helping execute seven wars of aggression which are now known as World war II. They face almost certain exe cution. The methods of torture de vised by the fanatical Nazis ranged from their much-publicized poison gas chambers and wagons, some of which "broke down" from overwork, to the "Iron helmet," a medieval tor ture instrument. Other methods Included freezing to death in Icy water, hanging, shooting, starvation, kickings, beatings, the use of hot irons, pulling out of finger nails, deliberate ex posure of concentration camp victims to typhus and other deadly diseases, disembowelling. sterilization of women, and the use of victims as guinea pigs In experimental operations. The main fact that stands out throughout the indictment ia that the Jews and Russia bora the brunt of Nazi savagery and terrorism. Of the 9,381,986 spe cific cases of murder, nearly 9, 000,000 occurred in Russian ter ritory, ,
