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MEDF ; OREGON, THURSDAY, OCTOBER IS, 1945
NO. 178.
Top Nazis Formally Charged
Vith Starting World War II and
Barbaric Murder of Ten Million
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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.
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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, ,