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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
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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
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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
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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.
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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
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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