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Fortieth Year
MEDFORD, OREGON, SUNDAY, OCTOBER 21, 1945.
NO. 180.
United Press Full Leased Wir
MASS SHE By
CIO MO UNI
Economic Peace Periled By
Vote Call Both Sides
Firm
Detroit. Oct. 20 (U.R) C. E.
Wilson, president of General Mo
tors Corp.. tonight advocated a
45 or 48 hour work week as a
national economic remedy and
aid it would offset labor's 30
per cent pay boost demand.
He revealed also that General
Motors was planning to spend
$600,000,000 on reconversion and
expansion to satisfy the great
pent-up demand for industrial
products.
Wilson made the work-week
proposal which he doubted
would be acceptable to labor at
an extraordinary press confer
ence following a dinner attended
by special correspondents mak
ing a nationwide reconversion
survey and members of the De
troit press.
Detroit, Oct. 20 (U.R) Peril
of the greatest mass strike in
history hovered over the Ameri
can economic scene tonight as
the powerful CIO moved to
ward ballot-box authority to
call out 500 000 automobile
workers in a fight for wage
gain:
Government supervised strike
lections were scheduled for
Wednesday nnd Thursday, re
spectively, in the General Mo
tors nnd Chrysler systems two
of the giant automotive Indus
try's big three.
Both labor and management
said the ballots would have far
reaching influence on the wage
and nrice policies of peacetime
America.
Neither side doubted that the
voting members of the United
A 'itnn,nbiie Workers union
(CIO) would do anvthlng but ap
prove the strike call. Tn kindred
statements tonight union and in
dustry snokesmen said a strike
of nme kind seemed inevitable.
"There appears to be no will
ingness to negotiate our request
ed 30 oer cent wage increase,"
Mid UAW vice president Walter
V Reuther. "W certainly in
tend to strike if necessary to
rompi'l consideration of our
fair demand;;."
But General Motors president
C. E. Wilson said "our answer
is no and that is final."
And K. T Keller, president
of Chrysler Corn, told report
ers that in his view labor rela
tions were worsening and he
feared there had been no pro
gress in wage negotiations up
to this time
The national labor relations
board drafted more than 200
temporaiy specialists from
ranks of college facultv. lawyers
find accountants to aid regular
staff members in handling the
largesl labor election since the
provision was written into law.
Hollywood Oct 20 Union
leaders reported "progress" to
night as film czar F.ric Johnston
confeired to break stalemated
negot'ations in the 32-wcek-old
movie industrv str'ke, highlight
ed to-lav by 1500 pickets, includ
ing e ,llece students, parading
peacefully at Warner Bros,
studio.
Johnston. recently elected
president of the motion picture
producers association, conferred
mot of today and tonight with
union leader and Donald Nel
son, president of the society of
independent motion picture
producers
FLOOR FIGHT Of)
TAX RELIEF DUE
Washington, Oct. 20 (U.R)
Chairman Walter F. George, D.,
Ga., of the Senate Finance com
mittee tonight predicted a f'oor
fight over the S5.629.000.000 tax
relief bill when it comes up for
senate debate Wednesday or
Thursday.
George said that while he op
posed some sections of the bill as
approved by his finance commit
tee, he personally would not ol
fer floor amendments. He :udd
he felt the senate bill was "s. me
better'' than the house veisicn
because it would repeal al: ex
cess profits taxes on Jan. 1
ASK FEDERAL RULE
Sacramento, Oct. 2U U R)
The Central Valley project con
ference tonight unanimously en
dorsey continued federal control
of water development programs
ca tuiU4 Valley w atsiilici.
Posed as Major
r a
(Acme Telephoto)
Wounded South Pacific veteran. Pvt.
William F. Barrs. who posed success
fully as a bc-medaled major, went
AWOL from Hamilton Field Hos
pital, Calif., married an Army nurse,
was finally trapped by trail of bad
checks, In San Francisco, Calif. His
bride of six weeks, Lt. Hclene E.
Perkins. 21, Oakland Regional Army
Hospital, also AWOL during her
honeymoon, declares she will stick by
her husband. He claims memory
lapses.
F
Lying unconscious in a canyon
for several days, Orval G. Chris
tenson, 31, of Ada, Minn., was
found yesterday afternoon on the
Buckhorn Mineral Springs road,
about five miles from the Klam
ath Falls junction south of Ash
land. A car which Christenson
was driving had left the road,
landing upside down in a creek
87 feet from the roadbed. Parts
of the car and Christenson's per
sonal effects were strewn down
the side of the canyon wall.
Deputy Coroner C. M. Ljtwil
ler of Ashland, who was called
to the scene, took the injured
man to the Camp White hospital
where it was found he was bad
ly bruised about the head and
chest and possibly injured inter
nally. Christenson was discharg
ed from the army about three
weeks ago and had been visiting
his cousin, George Christenson,
at Buckhorn springs.
The injured man had borrowed
his cousin's car to go to Klamath
Falls where he was to work. He
was to have returned a week ago
yesterday and late last week Dr.
Herman Wexler of Buckhorn
Springs went to Klamath Falls
to seek information on Christen
sen's whereabouts.
C. W. McGrew, an employee j
at the springs, was picking rocks
from the roadway yesterday
when he saw the car in the can-1
I yon ami louna unsieiisou ly
ing some distance from the ;
wreck.
Coroner Litwillor said, be
cause of the cold nights and ex
posure, it was a miracle that
Christenson survived.
ALLIES APPROVE
IF
London, Oct. 20 (U.R) The
; four-power allied control council
; for Austria tonight announced
recognition of the government
1 of Dr. Karl Renner and author
: ized nationwide election before
i the end of the year.
I Austria's first post-war elec
! tion was scheduled for Nov. 25.
Recognition was recommended
i two weefis ago in a report by the
! control council to the big four
powers.
Academy Explosion
Takes One, 13 Hurt
Portland. Ore.. Oct. 20 'UP.)
Charles Auth. 50. baker at he
Hill Military Academy, died in
a Portland hospital today from
hums suffered when a hot-water
i tank exploded in the academy's
; mess hall, injuring 1J otner pcr
' sons.
j A little later Cadet J. Pat ilay
den. 12, of Portland, was add,.-d
to the list of those critically in
! jured. The other two, laying
! near deth. were Cadet James F.
j Knight, 14. of Spokane, and Mrs.
Benjamin Hill, sister-in-law oi
Uit ai'iid'.'ir.s headmaster.
FARBINJARTELS
Army Recommends End of
Huge German War Breed
ing Plant
Washington, Oct. 20 (U.P.I
The U. S. military government
in Germany urged tonight that
all I.G. Farbenindustrie canels
everywhere In the world be
wiped out with a single Allied
stroke as a step toward "de
stroying forever" the huge war
breeding chemical and industrial
combine.
The recommendation was con
tained in a report to the War de
partment made by Gen. Dwight
D. Eisenhower as head of the
military government of action
taken so far in the American
zone of occupation against the
I. G. Farben Corp. The report
said I.G. was of incalculable im
portance to the German war ef
fort and accused it of plundering
the industry of other nations in
the wake of the Wehrmacht.
Estimating that there are more
than 2,000 I.G. cartels, the re
port said it was "impracticable
to destroy these interests by the
interminable process of analyz
ing each such arrangement and
taking special action in each
case." Instead, the American of
ficials have decided to seek over
all legislative action on the part
of the Allied control council
outlawing cartels. This legisla
tion is now under study.
Other four-power actions re
commended: 1. Making I.G. plants and as
sets available as reparations to
Allied nations.
2. Destruction of plants used
exclusively for war purposes.
3. Elimination of the monop
oly by dispersion of ownership
of remaining plants.
4. Strict control of I.G. re
search. All these policies are now be-,
ing carried out in the American
zone, the report said. However,
it warned that U. S. action alone
cannot be effective because only
9.75 per cent of I.G. holdings are
in the U. S. occupational area.
This amount, consisting of 84
properties, has been seized.
France has taken over the
II. 5 per cent of I.G. holdings in
French-occupied territory, but
Great Britain had not yet follow
ed suit by the end of September.
I.G. holdings in the British zone
amount to 20.25 per cent of the
total.
FRENCH 10 VOIE
Paris, Oct. 20 (U.R) An esti
mated 24.000.000 French men
and women will vote in national
elections tomorrow for the fust
time since 1936 to determine
whether they want a new con
stitution to replace the docu
ment of 1875 which governed the
third republic.
At the same time, the French
vote for the men who cither be
come the country's representa
tives under the old constitution,
or drafters of a new constitution.
That vote will be quite apart
from the one affecting the fuiuro
type of government.
For the first time in the his
tory of France women will be
allowed to vote.
'DILUTED' DRAFT
Washington, Oct. 20 (U.R)
i President Truman may ask for a
j "diluted form" of universal mili
: tary training on a voluntary
; basis as the backbone of the
nation's defense program when
he addresses a joint session of
congress Tuesday.
Congressional sources said to
i night they do not expect him to
I endorse a "compulsory" training
! program, but agreed that the
, fate of universal training li.-ted
as a must by the army and navy
hinges on Mr. Truman's spcc.al
message.
SUSPECTS HELD
i Portland, Ore., Oct. 20 U R
i Two suspects were in custody to
' day and a third identified as
I Portland police investigated the
! slugging of a Portland drugstore
Fulfills Promise
Portland, Ore., Oct. 20 (U.R)
A promise made 12 years
ago paid off today for Mrs.
Nichjlas Lisac of Portland.
When the doctor said he
would deliver her 13th baby
for "free" he meant it. Today
Mrs. Lisac had her 13th child
and the doctor delivered it
gratis.
Coinctdcntally all 13 chil
dren have been brought into
the world by the same doctor,
or his physician wife, who died
this year on Mrs. Lisac's own
birthday.
ED
BY REBEL FORCE,
REVOLTSPR E A D S
National Guards, Commu
nists Seek Return of Ven
zuela President
Caracas. Venezuela, Oct. 20
!U.R) Rebel war pianos bombed
Caracas late today and heavy
fighting broke out in the city
between revolutionary troops
and national guard units loyal
to deposed President Isaias Me
dina. Casualties of the 36-hour-old
rtvolution were estimated
at 300 dead and more than 1,000
wounded.
The national guard units,
supported bv armed commun
ists, were trying to recapture
the Caracas military school
where. Medina and high mili
tary officer were reported to
be held. Counter-revolutionary
forces were reported massing in
the Andean areas of western
Venezuela.
The Revolutionary troops,
using tanks and nrtillery were
resisting the counlcr-a 1 1 a c k.
Communists were reported to
have obtained arms and uni
forms by assaulting a local bar
racks. The revolutionary govern
ment later announced the at
tack against the military school
had been repelled by their forc
es, using two airplanes and half
a do-en armored cars.
(The pro-Medina radio Tach
'.ra in western Venezuela
broadcast nn urgent bulletin
late this sifternnon claiming
Medina, at the head of loyal
'roop;' hod entered Miraflorcs.
presidential palace in Caracas,
offer heavy fighting in adjacent
streets.)
Earlier. Maj. Mario Vargas,
member of the revolutionary
Juntii. announced that Gen. Lo
pez llenriquez commander of
the hll-important Los Andes mil
itary zone, had pledged himself
to the revolution, along with
Gen Leon Jurario. governor of
Falcon Stats, also in western
Venezuela.
1
WAR HITS HAWAII
Honolulu, Oct. 20 'U.R)
American civilian and military
authorities are trying to find the
source of rumors spread among
some 14,000 alien Japanese on
the main Hawaiian island of
Oahu that Japan won the war
and that news of the allied vic
tory was only propaganda, it was
learned today.
According to one source, 300
j such Japanese recently gathered
in the hills overlooking Pearl
Harbor to watch for the arrival
of the victorious Japanese.
Bulletin
Seoul. Korea. Oct. 20 (U.R)
Dr. Syngman Rhee. long
exiled head of the Korean in
dependent movement, made
his first opcv bid for leader
ship at home today with a fiery
speech denouncing the parti
tion of Korea by American
and Russia occupation armies.
Saginaw, Mich., Oct. 20 'U.R)
The three-day strike of CTO
utility workers which had
threatened to cut off gas and
electric service to 2.000.000
Michigan consumers ended to
night. Hamburg. Oct. 20 iU-R' A
German U-boat skipper and two
of his crew were condemned to
death by a British military c urt
today for murdering helD'css
survivors of a torpedoed deck
steamer early in the war.
Another crewman was doomed
to life imprisonment and '.he
fifth defendant was sentenced to
j 15 years in priton fur his pait in
TRUMAN TO GIVE
WAGE-PRICE CUT
Administration Fears Defla
tion Most Expects To
Urge Higher Wages
Washington, Oct. 2 (U.R)
The administration appeared to
night to believe that deflation
caused by loss of worker buying
power would damage the eco
nomy more than a moderate in
flation caused by substantial
wage increases.
The depressing effect of waie
cuts resulting from peacetime
loss of overtime pay, obscvi-rs
suggested, would produce im
mediate political as well as eco
nomic repercussions.
Of the two dangers, the ad
ministration was said to fear de
flation more than inflation.
President Truman was report
ed to have given considerable
weight to the advice of cabinet
members who feel that the most
urgent step now is to restore
worker purchasing power.
The president is preparing a
wage-price policy announcement
for next week, probably Mon
day. He conferred for more than an
hour -today with Price Adminis
trator Chester Bowles and Re
conversion Director John W.
Snyder.
Mr. Truman's statement ni:iy
outline a method or designate an
agency to decide when and how
much price relief is necessary
to cover a wage boost. He is ex
pected to appeal to labor and in
dustry to resolve disputes over
this issue by orderly processes
rattier than by strike or lockout.
flis statement also is expected
to lay stress on the necessity for
higher wages for all workers in
order to maintain purchasing
power.
COLUMBIA VALLEY
AUTHORITY HELD
IKE
Seattle, Oct. 20 4U.R) Repre
sentatives from five states voiced
continued opposition to the pro
posed Columbia River Authority
at a meeting of the Pacific North
west Development association to
fiay and were told the develop
ment of the northwest would be
retarded from three to five yours
under the program.
"Until our people right here
at home realize that the develop
ment of the Pacific northwest
would be retarded by from three
to five years under a CVA and.
I cm staler importance, mat
j the very fundamental basis on
. which our government has been
established by the authority
idea, true democracy, as wo be
lieve in it, is endangered," said
I Slate Senator Don Miller, Wen
atchce publisher.
Miller charged the non-democratic
elements "intend to use
the river authorit;.' idea" to de
velop a program of "totalitarian
control over our people" find
were "hiding under the banner
of liberalism while doing it "
REBELIITAVA
THREATEN MARCH
Batavia, Oct. 20 (U.R) Rebel
lious Indonesian natio n a 1 i s t 8
challenged British military inter
vention in Java today and threat
ened to march on R.-it.ivin ni
the Dutch grant their independ
ence demands.
Batavia itself was quiet, with
British regulars patrolling the
streets, but the interior was re
ported alive with bands nf n.
live Insurgents looting and ter
! rorizing the countryside.
j The nationalist radio at Soer
I abaja now apparently entirely
in rebel hands broadcast a de
fiant proclamation to the native
population of Batavia calling for
an armed uprising within the is
land capital.
j MURDER CHARGED
Vale, Ore., Oct. 20 U RJ Dis
I trict Attorney E. Otis Smith to
i day said he had filed a murder
charge against 18-year-old Floyd
Pousson, of Lake Charles, La.,
j for the death of N. Kuruj, 61-
ye::r ol I La Cr..,ule, Ore , Jap
jiinesc Ainvrivaa.
Sharp Sitting, Soldier!
AT
x bis r
Pic. Vincent smith, Dncly, Fin., perches atop pile of Jap Samurai swoidi
nnd cautiously 'tests razur slinrpncss of one ulnde, at northern Honshu,
where dcmubillznUun of Jap niilllnry machine is maintained on schedult
by speclul units from 'Mil Ordnance Coiiipiiny, U. S. Eighth Army,
IL
Tokyo, Sunday, Oct. 21 (U.R)
Emperor Ilirohito and mem
bers of the Japanese imperial
household arc not Immune to
war criminal prosecution and
will be tried before the war
crimes commission if evidence
warrants, Col. Alva C. Carpen
ter, chief of Gen. Douglas Mac
Arthur's war crimes branch said
today.
The trials of Japanese war
criminals numbering possibly
in the thousands will begin
within the next month, he said,
predicting the prosecution may
extend over two years.
He told a press conference
that there was "no reason why
Japan should be immune to war
criminal prosecutions." Not even
the emperor himself or members
of the imperial household such
as advisors could evade trial, he
said, if the evidence against them
is sufficient.
He cautiously, but definitely,
stated the emperor was not be
ing Investigated as an individual.
He said Ilirohito was involved
only as he enters the picture
through the study of Japanese
state papers.
However, he emphasized, the
Japanese surrender terms con
tained no clause to prevent try
ing the emperor if the evidence
indicates he is a war criminal.
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FRETS CHURCHILL
London, Oct. 20 (U.R) For
mer Prime Minister Winston S.
Churchill, in his first clear state
ment of regret for having lost
last summer's parliamentary
election, expressed anxiety for
Britain's future today because of
partisan political differences
which he said were greater than
at any time since before World
War I.
"I share with many people the
deep anxiety about the future
and it seems to me that these
I next few years may well decide
; our own place in the world,"
he said. "It is a place which if
once lost might never be regain
i ed. The break up of the famous
j coalition has led inevitably to a
! division of our people into op
! posing parties such as we have
not seen since the days before the
first great world war."
Plenty of Low Wage
Jobs in State, Word
Salem, Ore.. Oct. 20 (U.R)
The Oregon Postwar Develop
ment and Readjustment commis
sion reported today there arc
still thousands of job openings
in Oregon, but mostly in the
I lower wago brackets.
' In a report to Gov Earl Snell.
the commission said in many
leases indutsries were restricting
j their new employes to a 45-year-I
age limit and women were not
j even being considered. The
color l'ne was also being drawn
J in many casta.
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M'ARTHUR PUTS
FOOT DOWN UPON
JAP BLACK MART
Tokyo, Oct. 20 (U.R) Gen.
Douglas MacArthur, cracking
down on black market profiteer
ing, today prohibited American
civilians and servicemen sending
abroad any funds, except legiti
mate pay allowances.
A black market has sprung up
in Tokyo which deals in Amer
ican food, candy, blankets and
other scarce items obtained from
American sources. For a time
in Europe, 'when' Similar biCck
markets operated, some Amer
ican soldiers sent more money
back home in a week than Ihcy
received in pay from the arm in
a year.
The order provided that any
American wishing to send money
out of the ' country, must ex
change yen for U. S. money ord
ers, which must be accompanied
by a certificate from a respons
ible personnel officer saying he
has "personal knowledge that the
funds transmitted were legiti
mately obtained as pay allow
ances from a finance officer of
the U. S. army and were not ob
tained from black market opera
tions sale of property or other
illicit sources."
HOUSING RELIEF
FOR CAIf I SEEN
Salem, Ore., Oct. 20 (U.R)
Gov. Karl Sucll's attempt to cut
federal red tape and secure emer
gency housing for overcrowded
slate colleges today brought the
possibility defense housing units
may be available for "demonstra
tion purposes."
John II. Tolan, Jr., special
assistant lo J. W. Snyder, direc
tor of war mobilization wired
Snell the "demonstration" might
be made to show what can be
done with ll facilities.
State authorities are trying to
get 100 of the units from Rich
land, Wash., recently transferred
from the war department to the
surplus property division.
Portland Shipyard
To Lay French Keels
Portland, Ore., Oct. 20 (U.R)
Edgar F. Kaiser, general man
ager of Swan Island shipyards
in Portland, promised his em
ployes today that the yard "will
build more ships, despite launch
ing of the next to last vessel.
"More keels will be laid at
Swan Island," Kaiser declared.
He reviewed the bidding for a
contract for building French
ships and disclosed that his yard
had entered the lowest of sevf.n
bids received but that the French
had negotiated with the Cana
dian government and had decid
ed to buy used ships.
FORM PERON CABINET
Buenos Aires, Oct. 20 (U.R,
A cabinet acceptable to strong
man Col. Juan D. Peron was
completed today with appoint
ment of Gen. Juan Pestarini as
vice president and the naming
oi three other cabinet ministers
LEICHT, REYNOLDS
Cougars Conquered 26-13,
Washington Wins 13-0
From Injured State
Eugene, Ore., Oct. 20 (U.R) .
An undcrsizo University of Ore
gon eleven sparked ' by the
brown and white combination of
wegro Bobby Reynolds and
feet Jake Toicht i
favored Washington State Cou
gars o-ij in a Pacific Coast
conference football game before
Dim fans here today.
The heavier Cnncm-
only by Washington this year,
were held scoreless through the
iirst tnree periods while Oregon
romped to four touchdowns,
two nf them through the air.
Wa.?hineton Rfnto vnnmA ti
nair of last period tallies with
Reynolds and Leicht An
bench. 1
OreBon st.nhheil fn tlio nDl
within three minutes of the
onening kickoff with right half
Walt Donavan breaking through
'is rient tackle for 25 yards.
A recovered ftimhl V,,, Pau.
nolds on the Washington State
24 after eight minutes of the
second period set up a drive
cntmxcd bv Leicht s end run
from the one.
A 25-vnrd run bv T.nipK .4.
vance:) Oregon to the Washing
ton State 17 and from thpr
Reynolds pitched a high pass to
ine vailing arms or right end
Anderson In the end zone.
MiHwnv In th thlrH rHni
Reynolds shot another end zone
pass to Doey Tor me weDioou
fourth touchdown.
The lineups:
Oregon pos Wash. Stale
Hathaway le Bacoka
Gillir . lt Giskc
Kaufman lg Nieme
Bill Anderson c Lazor
Rciton rg Bullcrl
Deskins rt Claymore
Bob Anderson re Brown
Reynolds q Perrault
Leight Ih Lippincott
Donovan rh Rush
Bond f Walter
Score by periods:
Oregon 8-13-7-0 28
Wash State 0-0-0-1313
Portland. Ore., Oct. 20 (U.R)
Washington Huskies battered
down a stubborn Oregon State
Collece football team today 13
to 0 In thrll'-packed game right
up to the final gun.,
Washington packed too much
power for the Beavers whose
offense was stymied by injuries
md the line outcharged by the
relentless. Huskies. Even so, the
younger and lighters Staters
gamely stopped the victors
short of two additional scores in
the closing minutes.
No-m Sansregret polished
off the first Washington scoring
drive with a seven-yard plunge
in the second period and Wash
ington was knocking on the
door again as the period closed.
A blocked place kick gave
Kararianos a recovery on the 10
and he rambled more than 60
yards as the gun sounded only
to be tackled from behind.
Washington smacked final
scoring punch on to rallies in
I he fourth period but Gordon
Hungur, unsung before the game
but a hero today slambanged
ever from the 12 with only 20
seconds left in the ball game.
Wasnington's 15 first downs
to seven for the Beavers repre
sented the difference in the two
squads Fullback Stevens was
! too su k to .eave Corvallis and
j halfback Rciman was hurt on
i the first play to Impair the
Beaver's attack.
Washington defeated only by
California this year, gained 270
! yards from rushing to 198 for
Oregon State.
The lineups:
Washington pos Oregon State
Hein lo Lorenz
Rice lt Puddy
Oster'iout lg Rinearson
McG'ivern c Krcll
Hem-i'ad rg Anderson
Vlckeiy rt Austin
Bruce re Gibbs
Stone q Hamblin
Given Ih Gray
Stacy rh Rciman
Trask fb Rouse
Se.ne by periods:
Washington
Orcg.m State
0-6-0-7 IS
. 0-0 0-00
HOTEL STRIKE ENDS
Chicago, Oct. 20 (U.R) Eleva
tor and bellhop service was re
sumed late today in the fashion
able Palmer House, Chicago
Loop hotel, after a daylong strike
of service employes which forced
the natrons of the big hotel to
j handle their own lufigase.