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Pacific Coast Transportation Monopoly Charged By Justice Department Weather -n mr rORECAST: Clir tonight. b coming cluudy Thurtday. Warmer Thursday. Temp. Hlchtit Yesterdar . 61 Lowest this Morning .27 Fortieth Year FILM STUDIO STRIKE SETTLED POLICEMEN ARREST 300 PICKETS Temporary Restraining Or der Signed After Tues day's Rioting Before Gates Cincinnati, O., Oct. 24 (U.R) Film strike negotiators meet- ing here with the American ' Fedeartion of Labor council an nounced today thev have reach td a settlement which will end the Hollywood motion picture strike. Eric Johnston, president of the motion picture producers association nnd Donald M. Nel son, president of the indepen dent producers, negotiated the rettlement with AFl and IATSE union chiefs. Johnston said "This means the strike is over." Details of the agreement are to be announced later. Hollywood, Oct. 24-(U.R Police today broke mass picket ing nt two studies RKO and Paramount with wholesale arrests of strikers Including 50 'sit-down" pickets who had to be picked up bodily and lugged into police vans. The detail of 75 officers, di rected by Dot. Sgt. Harold Wool ford, made the mass arrests in enforcing a temporary restrain ing order signed late yesterday by Superior Judge Genry N. Willis limiting pickets at RKO and Paramount, scene yesterday of two riots, to 22 iach. The court order was another legal move in the eight-months-old AFL jurisdictional strike in the movie industry. After 100 were arrested at Paramount, seven large busses carrying workers were driven into the studio. Another hundred strikers left the Paramount picket line as police approached, nnd went to RKO studio, a mile away. FREED OF Washington, Oct. 24 (U.R) President Truman today ordered the end of military control in Hawaii. The President acted by sus pending an order of Oct. 18, 1944, in which the military com mander of Hawaii was given vir tually complete control over tne Hawaiian territory. The commander's authority extended to the evacuation, de tention or exclusion of any per son when necessary to guard against espionage or satrotage. His authority also extended to travel within the Hawaiian mili tary area, possession of radios, and the publication of foreign language newspapers. Hospital Program Before Congress Washington, Oct. 25 'U.R) Congress was asked today to put up $375,000,000 toward construc tion of hospitals and health cen ters during the next five years. Nearly 50 per cent of the money would go to southern states. Oregon would receive $398, 000. SIDE GLANCES TRIBUNE REPORTERS Kiwanian RnhTt Chun-h ar riving with his "note? ' for a rrs interview, the note "in sisting of a name on a thumb nail size scrap of paper. Delie Whisenant being two days behind in her telephone calls. Friends wondering if Vtrl Walker has been kidnaped, or fallen in an abandoned wel ne not being much in evidence lately United Press .. . mii , . . (.Acme Telrpliolo) Striking film workers picket the entrance to Paramount Studios. Hollywood, Calif., in the first mass demon strations at the studio. Mass picketing increased as a week of Intensified negotiations failed to settle the walkout. As the strike deadlock continues into the thirty-second week o( paralysis to movie production, fisticuffs continued in several picket lines throughout the colony. PAYS WITH LIFE IN IT Oslo Oct. 24 (U.R) Vidkun Quisling, who sold out his coun try to Germany for gold and a puppet premiership was execut ed by a firing squad in the 16th Century Akershus Fortress at 2:40 a.m. today. The justice ministry announc ed that the death sentence was carried out after King Haakon in state council yesterday inject ed an appeal for mercy from Quisng's wife. Quisling himself had written the king plerding his innocence, but ha did not ask mercy. He was condemned by a Norwegian jury Sept. 10 for treason, mur der and theft His appeal was rejected a month later by the supreme court. Newsmen Barred The man whose name became a symbol tnroughnut the world for trerison and puppetry in gov ernment went to his death at the same prison where the Ger man's executed Norwegians who opoo?cd the Quisling regime. No newsmen were present at the execution and Justice Min ister Johnann Cappellen refused to reval whether Quisling had died braveiv or had become hvsterical a? he did at his trial Quisling was the first of the Fiirr.nean tr?itors to sell out his countrv to Ocrmany. With his connivance the Germans mvaa ed Norway April 9. 1940 and within a few weks had overrun the ei.tirc e.uintry At his trial, it was brought out that Quisling before and after the German Invasion had dealt with uch Nazi leaders a Adolf Hitler. Reichsmarshal Hern.rmn Gr.eiing and Marshal Wilhelm Keitel High-Point Sarge Unable to Stand Life of Civilian Prt'and. Ore Oct. 24 TJ.R' It wa op'y 10 day? aso that T Sut Char'e? Paddock receiv ed hi- discharee with 227 points, the highest-pointed enlisted man in the fourth air force and pos sibly the entire air corps. To-lay he was bJfk in he air forces taking a 'vantage of keeping his rank re-enlistment bnnu and furlo'.Eh and the i-han'-e to choore his station in Alaska where h'S home was before th war. n.rl.l.wk ua an aerial tun rpr -pi-i-itoerapher -ind had over :t rnmhat tours in Europe and ! th" Al"'itia: TV" dav a a civilian s funnel for me" Paddock told ! lecruiting (ficers at ne run- land army air base. BRITAIN STORM LASHED London. Oct. 24 URi Winds reaching 80 to 100 miles an hour and accompanied by torrential rains lashed the south coast of England for the second straight T?Trt?rYDTV JmwLMjL. Full Leased Wire MEDFORD, OREGON. WEDNF 325,000 G.M. Employes Vote On V alkout For Pay Increase (By United Press) In one of the largest elec tions in industrial history, some 325,000 General Motors em ployes vote "yes" or "no" today to interrupt production to force a showdown on demands for a 30 per cent wage increase. Union leaders throughout the country marked time while wait- Plans for the Junior Chamber of Commerce board of directors' convention ,n Medford Saturday and S'indav were completed at a special dinner meeting at Hol 'and Hotel last night. Ray Ish registration chair man, urges all local members to registc-i Friday at the chamber of commerce for the Saturday night banquet at the KP Hali. Robert Schfnck. banquet chair man, has made arrangements with the Knights of Pythias sis ters to serve a turkey dinner be ginning at fi 30 p.m. Mrs. Alan .lewett. president of the Lady JayCees. has appointed a com mittee to decorat' the hall in Hallowe'en colors. A dunce beginning at 9 p.m. Saturday in the armory will be one of the convention festivity highlights. Advance registra:lon tends to how that nearly every club in the 'itate will be represented at I the convention Because of lim ited dining paee local members who plan to attend the banquet are requested to register in advance of arrival of upstate dclr.ites. Guests at last night's meeting were two returned war veterans, i Charles Reum and -Joseph Smith. CALIFORNIA IS TOUGH ON DRUNKEN DRIVERS Sacramento Oct 24 'U.R) California courts are "being tough" in enforcing the new law providing susDonsion of driving privil"pr f':r rirui.ken driving Gord it H Garland director of motor vehicles, reported today. T'ie law ft a 30-dsy snstvn Hon for the firf offence and !)" r'avs '-ir thf; orond Fnllowine the rcond f-'fn; 1h driver if' required to sh.w proof ofi finar-ial ability t.i meet Ham I see ints b. fore his license is restored Brussels, Oct. 24 (U.R) The government today granted Bel gian women the right to vote after Janu&ry. 1 047. Several political groi.ps wh'ch promoted worn?:' suffrage wore expected ! to protest apainst the exclusion ' of women from the general ', OCTOBER 24, 1945. ing for the government's lor.g- waited wage-price policy, and the strike idle dropped to 219 000 workers lowest in more than a month. American Airlines asked for a federal mediator to settle a dis pute of 500 mechanics who walked out yesterday following a breakdown in wage negotia tions, but said flight schedules had not been affected. Chicago motormen and con ductors on elevated and subway lines staged a two-hour walkout today, stopping service to ap proximately 60,000 persons. The strike was staged in protest against delay in receiving retro active pay raises. In the turbulent automotive industry, there were increasing signs of speedy government action to head off a mass work stoppage. Meanwhile, federal postal em ployes joined the cry for increas ed hourly pay to compensate for loss of overtime. The AFL As sociation of Post Office Clerks, representing 40,000 federal post al employes, petitioned congress for a 30 per cent wage increase. More than 1,000 AFL and CIO workers walked off their Jobs at the Moore Drydock Company shipyards today in Oakland, Calif., a jurisdictional dispute between riggers and AFL Sailors Union of the Pacific. L STRIKE BE SOUGHT Portland. Ore., Oct. 24 (U.R) Federal intervention In the month -old northwest lumber strike was indicated today in Federal Conciliator Ernest P. Marsh's statement that "the time is drawing near for us to step in again." Marsh, fourth regional direc tor of the U. S. Conciliation Serv ice and chairman of Labor Sec retary Lewis Schwellenbach's special three-man commission, said it is time both sides realized "this strike has gone far enough." Five more small lumber com panies in Montana and Washing ton have agreed to union de mands of $1.10 an hour minimum wage, bringing to 36 the number of plants back in operation. It was estimated that 1000 men have returned to work. The Carpenters Local, AFL, in F.uEcne. declared it will stop work on ronM ruction job whpn lumber already transported to the work has brrn used up. LAST SHIP Portland, Ore., Oct. 24 U R; The 445th and last vessel to be built under Oregon Shipbuilding corporation's war contract went down the ways today. This was Oregon shipyard's 99th Victory ship. Preceding the Victory ves sels were 322 Liberty ships &ud SLASH IN TAXES HAS SENATE OKEH Final Passage Expected To morrow: At Least 12 Mil lion Low Paid Absolved. Washington, Oct. 24 flJ.PJ The senate today tentatively ap proved a $5,633,000,000 tax cut for business and individuals next year. Tentative approval came through acceptance of finance committee amendments to a house-approved tax reduction bill for 1946. The bill still was open to other amendments but congressional leaders doubted that any major changes would be made. Final senate passage is expected by tomorrow afternoon. Senate acceptance of commit tee amendments appeared to as sure that at least 12.000',000 low paid individuals will be relieved of any federal income tax next year. The house voted similar relief. Repeal Excess Tax The full senate also approved outright repeal Dec. 31 of the excess profits tax on corpora tions. The house voted to re duce the excess profits tax in 1946 and eliminate them in 1947. After senate approval the bill will be sent to conference he tween the senate and house to iron out differences. It is hoped congressional action will be com pleted by Nov. 1 so the tax cuts can become effective Jan. 1. The bill would provide tax savings next year for both busi ncss and individuals. At the last moment the senate finance committee raised its estimate on the total savings to $5,633,000, 000. Earlier it had been esti mated at $5,629,000,000 and then cut to $5,625,000,000. STORES, OFFICES TO CLOSE NOV. 72 FOR CELEBRATION Official celebration of Armis tice Day will take place in Med ford Nov. 12, Monday, since Nov. 11 falls on Sunday this year. Members of the Medford Mer chants' association voted yester day to close their place of busi ness on Monday. Medford's traditional celebra tion of the patriotic holiday is being planned. Veterans' organ izations will cooperate in spon soring the annual parade in the morning and In the afternoon the annual football classic be tween Medford and Ashland high schools will be played on the lo cal field. At the federal building it was reported that while no official word has been received, it is presumed that federal employees will be given a holiday on Nov. 12, since the rule in use before the war was to take the follow ing Monday when national holi days fell on Sunday. D.A.V. Denounces Gerald L, K. Smith Chicago, Oct. 24 (U.R) The Disabled American Veterans, third largest ex-service group, closed their 24th annual conven tion with a denunciation of Ger ald L. K. Smith, leader of the Christian Veterans of World War II. The DAV delegates also heartily endorsed President Tru man's plan of universal military training and urged that the house committee to investigate unAmerican activities, led by Rep. Rankin, (D., Miss.), be en couraged in its work. The 1946 convention will be held in Portland, Ore. Everything Happens To Private Berge Kene.ott, la . Oct. 24 'URi Pvt. Glenn Berge, Kenesett, ea.nc home on furlough and had his tonsils out. Then he caught the mumps. As the swelling began to go down he got scarlet fever. iThen he broke his arm in a friendly wrestling match. The arm knitted, but he got the mumps again on the other side of his face. Now he has the Tribune United Press Full 1 " Malcolm Eploy LODGE OFFICIAL TO VISIT LOCAL ELKS THURSDAY Malcolm Eploy. of Klamath Falls, district deputy, Grand Ex alted Ruler of .Oregon, south, will make his official visit to the Medford Elks Lodge tomorrow night. Epley is past exalted ruler of the Klamath Falls lodge, past president of Klamath Falls Ki wanis and Klamath County Chamber of Commerce. Manag ing editor of the Klamath Falls Herald and News, Epley has been In newspaper work in southern Oregon for nearly 15 years. Melvin R. Plaskctt, exalted ruler of the Medford lodge, said Epley will attend a 6 p. m. din ner with officers of the lodge and will witness the initiation of some candidates at the regular lodge session, after which lunch will be served. Plaskctt urges ull Elks in "the community to be present for the meeting. IN CIRCUIT COURT The Jackson county grand jury returned two indictments yesterday against Robert Ben jamin Merrill charging him with assault with intent to rob and jail-break. Merrill, held in the county Jail was arraigned before Circuit Judge H. K. Hanna to day. One indictment charges Mer rill with robbing Dave Ilicklin in this city last July 25, assault ing him with an empty beer bottle and taking a considerable sum of money. The second true bill charges Merrill with escaping from the county Jail last August 17, by means of a file and a rope. Merrill was arrested in Los Angeles three weeks later and returned here. BIDDLE DIVORCED Paris Oct. 24 (U.Rl Anthony J. Drexcl BMdle Jr., diplomatic advlso- to U. S. military hcad- quartcis in fcuropc, was divorc ed yesterday by Margaret Thompson Schultz Biddle Biddle formerly was U. S. am bassador to Poland and during the war was ambassador to nine governments exiled in London. i v r V i ii r i irwimmnii-stiM m Prayer Meetings By Mail Suffice Church of Golden Rule Says Head Los Angeles, Oct. 24 (U.R) Arthur L. Bell, "Voice" of Man kind United, today defended his Christ Church of the Golden Rule as a "living church," which holds prayer meetings by mail. Attorney general's deputies Christ Church of the Golden Rule operates a number of Jackson and Josephine county properties, including the large Henley cattle ranch In the Lake Creek district, the Ledi no cheese factory et Eagle Point, the Gelbreath auto court at Eaqle Point end the Hill crest Bulb Gerdens et Grants Pans. Bell visited the county last month, trarellng Incogni to, He inspected the church's holdings In southern Oregon and through the church's agent for this district, N. L. Nagler, met a number of local resi dents. seeking to remove Bell from con trol of the $11,600,000 religious ttiWUkUv4 tud LUey louud Leased Wire NO. 183. STICK TO TRUTH T ORDER TO Charge Leading Publications With Distorting News Restricting Discussion. Tokyo. Oct. 24 (UP.) A spokesman for Gen, Douglas MacArthur today called on Jiipa nese newspapers to establish more "independent" editorial policies or make way for a press that will. A blunt order by Col. Ken R Dyke to leading Japanese news paper publishers charged them with distorting news and falling to comply with a recent head quarters directive calling for un restricted discussion of the im perial household. Program Given Dyke, chief of Mac Arthur's civil Information and education section, outlined a four-point program for the Japanese press and radio, as one of Tokyo's lcadhm newspapers' became In volvcd in a "labor dispute" with employes who are demanding the resignation of the manage ment. Five employs representatives who brought demands for de mocratization" of the newspaper Yomiuri Hochl were discharged and the employes then held an emergency meeting and voted to refuse compliance with the dis missal order. Meanwhile Assistant Secretary of War John J. McCloy made an urgent telephone call to Wash- inuton and worked until o'clock this morning with his staff after daylong conferences with MacArthur yesterday. Reds Coming It was reliably reported that a "committee" of 20 Russians were en route to Tokyo. Head quarters sources refused to con firm or deny the reports Soviet personnel in Tiyo now Include 16 on a special military mission plus the Russian embassy staff. The Japanese press and radio was warned that hereafter they will be expected to: 1 Report on domestic and foreign news fully and truth fully. 2 E x p 1 a 1 n adequately the aims and activities of the Allied occupation forces. 3 Permit and encourage free discussion of all issues which have a bearing on the welfare of the Japanese people. 4 Provide all segments of re sponsible public opinion with equal access to the channels of public expression. Dyke said that the present treatment of foreign news by the Japanese press "is hardly the way to prepare the Japanese people for their eventual entry into the community of nations." DR. JUDD DIES Los Angeles, Oct. 24 ;U.R) Trunk-murderess Winnie Ruth Judd, who twice attempted to escape from an Arizona insane asylum to see her doctor hus band, today was told of his death. Dr. William Craig Judd, 62, died last night at the Sr.w tellc Veterans' hospital after a six-year illness. owned several business enter prises, but no church. Deputy Clarence Linn charged that Bell kept no church records and used church money for per sonal activities. "We have located everything except a church, a prayerbook or an edifice," Linn said. 'Wo have found resorts, restaurants, laun dries, lumber mills, bakeries, dairies, hotels and numerous oth er enterprises running on a large st ale, and a threat by Bell to con vert all the property into cash " Superior Judge Henry M. Wil lis took under consideration th stale's plea to remove BpII as trustee of the church and appoint a receiver. "This is a living church, no matter in what form it appears," Bell told the court. The members worked cooper atively in the organization's holdings and didn't need a church building because they did their praying at home and got religious instructions by mail H.lifiaid, i, S.P., STANDARD OIL Defendants C o m b I n e d ta Eliminate Competition and Control Traffic Is Charge, San Francisco, Oct. 24 The Department of Justice filed a civil suit today charging Stand ard Oil of California, Pacifist Greyhound Lines, Southern Pa cific and five other companiea wMh monopolizing transporta. tion between Portland, Ore., and San Francisco, and on the coastal route between San Francisco and Los Angeles. The suit filed In Federal Dis trict court additionally named Greyhound Corp., Dollar Line, Interstate Transit Line, Inter state Transit Lines, Inc., and Union Pacific Stages, Inc. It specifically alleged that the) defendants combined to elimin ate competitors along the two major west coast routes, and ta control west-bound passenger traffic by "closed door" agree ments. Stock Control Seen The Department of Justice) charged that Southern Pacitio, the west's largest railroad, and its subsidiaries control approxi mately 40 per cent of the stock of Pacific Greyhound, whicli blankets western states with bus line network. Additionally, it was asserted that former em- Iployes of Southern Pacific are) key men in the Greyhound or ganization. The suit said Dollar Line. bus company, Is 60 per cent own ed by Standard Oil of California and 40 per cent owned by Paci- tic Greyhound. In return for an average o-l $750,000 a year in oil and gaso. line business from Pacific Giey hound. Standard Oil "allow Greyhound a free hand in run ning Dollar Line," the suit as serted. Beyond ICC These alleged agreements be. tween transportation companies) and Standard Oil are beyond thei Jurisdiction of the interstate) Commerce commission, the suit said, and as a result fares havo been kept at a high level and competition has been eliminated. The suit asked that the assert ed contracts between Pacifisj Greyhound Line, Standard Oil, Greyhound Corp., Southern Pa. cific and Dollar Line be declared Illegal and that operation of thej contracts be enjoined. The department asked th court to declare the alleged monopolistic activities illegal and to restrain the defendant "from further conspiracy and at tempt to monopolize traffic i the Pacific Greyhound terri tory." Dlrorce Sought The suit additionally asked the court to compel Pacific Grey, hound and Standard to sell thci Interests in the Dollar Line to att independent concern, and to com pel Southern Pacific to sell its interest in Pacific Greyhound Line; and to be enjoined forevef from owning or controlling any stock in Pacific Greyhound. Interstate Transit Line, Inter state Transit Line, Inc., . and Union Pacific Stages, Inc., wer charged with participation in closed door agreements uhdes which they interchanged pas sengers at junction points ex clusivcly with Pacific . Grey hound Lines, depriving compet ing carriers of interchanged traf fic at Portland, San Francises) and Los Angeles. , . BLAKELEY TAKEN BY DEATH Mrs. Myrtle Blakeley, long time resident of Jackson coun ty and for many years a member of tin Mail Tribune businesl staff, died vestcrday at Sacred Heart hospital where she had been a patient for several weeks. Conger-Morris funeral home Is In charge of funeral arrat.gements and an announce ment of these, with complete) obituary, will bt made to morrow. Mry. Blake-ley's home waa a 518 West Tenth street. Sunday Broadcast To Open Bond Driva Washington, Oct. 24 OI.P.) Secretary of the Treasury Fred M. Vinson will present the open ing message of the victory loan bond drive during a 30-minute) nationally broadcasting program Sundaj night. The program, scheduled from 4:30 to 5:00 p. m. (PST), will be carried by the five major net works. Each will present its own victory loan program before Viae
