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Auto Workers Vote Authority For General Strike Call i.i Weather FORECAST: Increasing cloudi ness, warmer tonight. Friday partly cloudy and cooler, with showeu. Temp. HI chest Yesterday 6s Lowest thla Mornlnf 27 Fortieth Year Medford - 1 iff kkm in v- --.v., .its b i r 3 $ V City firemen are shown above in front of the Medford Fire department with the newly-arrived Amorican LaFrance fire engine. The truck in recent tests showed that it is capable of pumping 1.000 gallons of water per minute. Shown from left to right, front row, are Wesley Coleman, Charles Hobbs, Kenneth Stockhoff, George Shreeve. Richara Knight, Fred Sievens, Ed Canooss, asistant t chief, and Roy Elliott, chief. Back row, left to right, are Carold Parker, Earl Harrison, LeRoy Williams and Robert Pyle. (Photo by Shangle). TAX LEVY VOTE MUSEUM IS BY The Southern Oregon chapter of the Sons of the American Revolution have taken prelimin ary steps for placing on the pri mary election next May a pro posal to vote a tax levy for the maintenance and establishment of an historical museum in the pioneer courthouse at Jackson ville. Attorneys are now prepar ing the ballot title. County Judge J. B. (Blin) Cole man reports the county court has no authority to appropriate funds for the museum and that the people voting a tax levy was the proper method. He thought one mill would be sufficient mill age for the first year, and one tenth of a mill for later years. The historical museum project is sponsored by the Sons of the American Revolution and the or ganization has committees at work. Some repairs will have to be made to the old courthouse, and glass cases and shelves will have to be installed for the relics and heirlooms. A curator, probably a Jacksonville resident versed in the town's and Jackson county history will also be needed. Yir T By United Press AFL machinists went on strike Thursday at the San Leandro, Cal., plant of the Caterpillar Tractor company while a one day "quickie" walkout ended at the Moore drydocks in Oakland. Seven hundred and fifty mem bers of Machinists Lodge 284 walked off their jobs at the San Leandro factory, forcing the plant to close. A picket line was organized to back demands for a 30 per cent pay increase and closed shop contract, officials said. A strike vote had been tak en yesterday. As unions and producers com pleted arrangements to get 8.000 workers back on the job, 1.000 pickets were ordered to patrol , Warner Brothers studios. Harmonica Removed From Tot's Stomach Chicngo. Oct. 25 (U.R) Kar en Liberty 3 underwent an operation today for the removal of a harmonica from her stomach. The child swallowed the in strurr.cMt. which was three inches long :md three-fourths of rn mch wid'j. five days ago. Doctors s.'id the operation was a success. wniiT n sf.i.I. KHQ I Washington. Oct. 25 'U.Ri Lojis Wasmer. operator of radio station KHQ at Spokane, Wash., asked the federal communica tions commission today for per mission to sell the station to the Spokane Chronicle Co., headed by W. H. Cowles, Jr. The Chron icle Co. will pay approximately SI. 295,000 for all the stocks and j assets of KHQ. a National Broad- j casting Co. outlet, according to Uic icUuou IileU L Wasmer, j MEDFOR United Press Fire Department Adds New IS a. f ; et j r Truman Studies Claim Wages Can Go Up Without Price Hike Washington. Oct. 2S (U.R) President Truman announc ed today that he will present the government's reconver sion wage-price program directly to the people in a radio address next Tuesday night. The chief executive told his news conference he would go before the nation at 7 p.m.. PST, next Tuesday to discuss the new wage-price program. His address will be broadcast over all U. S. networks. It will lake about 30 minutes. Washington. Oet. 25 (U.R) President T.-uman today studied a finding by government econ omists that industry can raise basic wage rates :it least 24 per cent without increasing prices. The information was submit ted by the advisory board of re conversion Director John W. Snyder. The board was so bad ly aivided when it conferred with Mr. Truman late yesterday, however, that it rmild not rec- UMBERLAND TAX URGED FOR STATE Salem, Ore.. Oct. 25 (Un charging that a large amount of revenue is lost to Oregon on federally-owned, tax-exempt timber land being logged by private companies, State Tax Commis sioner Coe A. McKenna today urged legislation to tax equitable titles of property held under tax exempt ownership. In a letter to George R. Good rich tax commission attorney, McKenna suggested that a study be made to determine the feasi bility of proposing such legisla tion at the 1947 session. McKenna, who is head of the utilities division of the state tax department, proposes that taxes be levied on property operated for profit by companies or in dividuals, under a statutory right to tax equitable interest, not withstanding the fact that legal titles may remain in the hands of the federal government. JAP EXPLOSIVES Tokyo, Oct. 25 (U.R) EiEht hundred to 1.000 tons of Japa nese mines, shells and torpedoes blew up on the Kurihama penin sula below Tokyo today, causing widespread damage and possibly heavy casualties. The ammunition was being moved by Japanese from stoitige caves to wharves for disposal under supervision of the Amer ican 316th Ordnance Ammuni tion company. However, no Americans were believed among the casualties. Cause of the ex plosion was not determined im mediately. Fvnlodinff shells shot across ih mnnih of Tokvo bay ai d damaged dwellings on the opp- itc banks. Doors ana winnows over wide area weie blowu 10. Full Ltased Wirt MEDFORD, OREGON, THURSDAY, OCf uBER 25, 1945. Bm n inn - " I ir VP , : . i-... ommend a statement on wage and price policy. Meanwhile, it was learned that the labor-management con ference opening here Nov. 5 will be asked to study the rcspon :ibility of both unions and in dustry "for living up to the let ter nnd spirit of all collective bargaining agreements." Ther1; was no indication when Mr. Truman would announce the long-awaited wage-price pol icy but it was believed he had completed his exploratory con terences, He has discussed the policy with the war labor board, his cabinet, a group of top econ omic advisers and Snyder's group. He meets the cabinet ngain tomorrow. - On the question of wage raises, the government econo mists predicted that the gross weekly pay of the average fac tory worker would decline from the $47.12 he received last Apri' to $33.96 by next spring. Allowing for income tax de ductions and the higher cost of living they said the $33.96 will buy 10 per cent less goods than in January, 1941. Tho economists believed that wages should be increased suf ficiently to maintain average hourly earnings at the April, 1945, level. japanWIse L Tokyo, Oct. 25 (U.R) Gen. Douglas MacArthur -today cut the Japanese government's last link with the outside world. He ordered the government to. turn over all diplomatic and con sular archives and property throughout the world to the al lies, to recall to Japan all diplo matic and consular employes, and to cease all but routine con tact with foreign governments. The action, taken at sugges tion of the joint chiefs of staff in Washington, at one fell swoop shut the eyes and ears of Japan abroad. It well might forestall any concerted plotting by Jap anese and nazi diplomats still at large In such neutral countries as Spain and Portugal. Yule Tree Patrol California Plan Sacramento. Oct 25 U.P) A "Christmas tree patrol" will be checking California highways again this vear to prevent the shipment of "bootleg" tiecs. Dewitt Nelson, state forester, reported today. Nelson explained that In vears when lack of snow on the mountains permits easy removal of tres the market has been flooded with stolen trees. Navy Vets Stranded At Oakland Station Oakland, Cal., Oct. 25 (U.R' Nearly a thousand navy veterans of overseas service, on their way east to separation centers, nud died around bonfires at the San ta Fe depot here late last night and earlv todav when a delay in tram schedules left them without i luod or a pxacc to sleep, Pumper .i1S ,Kit' ,--; W ;vv VERA PLYMALE HELPS CAPT A former Medford postal em ployee, Mrs. Vera Plymale, was mainly responsible for the cap' ture and arrest recently of a Portland girl now charged with using the mails to defraud ae cording to a story released in Portland. Mrs. Plymale, who left Medford about three years ago after having been on the postal staff here for about 15 years, has many- friends and relatives in the county. Mrs. Plymale was also at one time secretary to the late Evan A. Reamcs. The arrested girl, Carol Den ton, is charged with having im personated a woman who bought and lost a railroad ticket, the re port states, postal inspectors de claring that Miss Denton attempt ed to get a refund on the ticket. A company clerk became sus picious when the refund request was made and asked the ticket finder to write a letter repeating the request. A trap was set by postal inspectors, but when Miss Denton came for the answer to her letter, the postal inspectors were all out of the office and Mrs. Plymale took over. Mrs. Plymale followed the caller, saw the name of the let ter and asked Miss Denton to re turn for questioning. Miss Den ton returned to the federal build ing with Mrs. Plymale, the story relates, but broke away and ran down the street, pursued by Mrs. Plymale, who finally caught up with her and succcded in get ting her to return to the inspec tor's office. Miss Denton is now being held for trial under $1000 bail, ac cording to the report. IS Weavcrville, Cal., dct. 25 (UR) Conscientious objectors In a camp near Minersvillc, 14 miles east of here are "out of control" and a "menace to the county," Sheriff Harvey L. Bige low of Trinity county charged today. Although there have been no reports of damage, Bigolow said residents near the camp have complained to him that the 75 inmates are allowed to come and go as they please. He said he knew of one who has a gun. Bigelow said he was "delayed land obstructed" by inmates when he took one of them into custody on suspicion of insanity, and Haydcn Saunders, deputy U. S. marshal at Sacramento, reported similar trouble when he made an arrest at the camp last week. TWO GIVEN HEARING ON STOLEN GOODS CHARGE Charged with receiving stolen property, Frederick C. Courll and Steve Edwin Meredith ap peared in Justice court yesterday and asked for a preliminary hearing. Justice of the Peace W. P. Tucker set Oct. 25 at 2:30 p. m. for the hearing. Attorney for the plaintiff Is ! G. V. .Neilron, and G. W. KM j lingtvn ivprc:ents the Uelca-Jcnt. MAJOR BATTLES L( Government Forces Trying To Annihilate Communists Near Hangchow, Claimed Chungking, Oct. 25 (U.R) A Chinese communist communique said today that fighting had broken out nearly three weeks ago between government forces and a brigade of the New Fourth (Communist) army and that the Kuomintang troops still were at tempting to "annihilate" the communists near Hangchow bay. The strongly-worded commun ist communique was issued as re ports from an American flagship off Tsingtao, nearly 400 miles to the north, indicated that Gener alissimo Chiang Kai-Shek s forces and hundreds of thousands of communist troops were on the verge of major clashes. "Treacherous Attack" The communique charged that Kuomintang troops had "treach erously attacked" the communist army while the latter was re treating toward the north "in the interest of national peace and unity." Meanwhile a dispatch from United Press Correspondent Richard W. Johnston aboard Adm. Daniel Barbey's flagship off Tsingtao said that peace in North China appeared to depend on outcome of further negotia tions between Kuomintang and Yenan officials here and on "communist reluctance to force a situation which might turn United States military might against them. Anything Can Happen "Should the- negotiations fail or should communist leaders eventually decide to challenge the influx of Kuomintang troops either by air, rail or sea, any thing might happen," Johnston said in a dispatch dated early today. (Johnston reported that the communists estimated at be tween 500,000 and 1.000.000 were in control of most of the Shantung peninsula with the- ex ception of the major cities. The Japanese have declined so far to surrender their arms to com munist forces, and there hove been some minor skirmishes be tween communist troops and U. S. marines, for which the former apologized formally. There have been at least two cases in which marines were wounded, Johnrton said). DEATH HITS MAN E Apparently the victim of a heart attack, Howard L. Mor rison, about 65 years of age, died suddenly about 6:30 p. m. yesterday as he was standing In line at the Medford state liquor store, waiting to be helped. Coun ty Coroner H. W. Conger said today that Morrison came to Medford only recently, and was preparing a location in the Med ford center building, to be open ed soon as a jewelry store. Morrison had no known rcla lives living here. He had been living at the Grand hotel. Pend ing contact with the victim's family, the body is being held at the Conger-Morris funeral home. Some Australian War Brides Find States to Liking La Grande. Ore., Oct. 25 (U.R) Not all the Australian and New Znalar.d wa' brides are Hisgnstcd with tli United States, as related fiom Australia by a quartet of disgruntled girls returning 'o thli homeland after i tast of American living Mrs. Adrian Masmussen, a na tive of Atist'alia and Mrs. Tom my rtussell from New Zealand mariid rivicem-n from La Grande Or" , and like It here. Mrs. Rasmussen said the peo ple in Oreg n "are very helpful and kindheri'tfd and with much more opportunity and higher staml.-irds nt living than In Aus trali3.,: M . Russell said she 'ound life so interesting in America sh docsn t even care to return to New Zealand, ex cept perUapi lor visit. Tribune United Press Full Kaiser Recognizes Justification For Wage Hike Demands Portland. Ore., Oct. 25 (U.R) Edgar F. Kaiser, general man ager of the three Kaiser company shipyards in the Portland-Vancouver area, today was on record recognizing the justification of labor's demands for higher wages. Speaking at the launching by the Oregon Shipbuilding Corp. here yesterday of the yard's 455th hull, the S. S. Brainerd Victory, Kaiser said: "Demands for higher wages to keep abreast of higher costs of living can be expected, and are just." He expressed the opinion that the law of supply and demand eventually would stabilize the nation's economy. DDT IS COMPARED TO ATOMIC BOMB IN BAD EFFECTS New York, Oct. 25 (U.R) In discriminate use of DDT can be just as dangerous as the atomic bomb, according to Dr. i.. h. Curran of the American Museum of Natural History. Dr. Curran was one of more than a dozen experts who sp.ike yesterday during a forum on the Dowerful, new Insecticides at the opening of the 41st annual con vention of the National AuaoDon society. Perfect Insecticide "Eventually," Dr. Curran said, "we will find that we have In DDT Just about the perfect in secticide. But meanwhile Its in discriminate use without proper knowledge can be Just as danger ous as tho atomic bomb." The speakers agreed that DDT used over wide areas to Kill on insect pests, if not carefully ap plied, could do great harm in killing insects beneficial to man as well. A couple of instances were cited In which DDT was used improperly in apple or chards. It killed the insects harmful to the fruit but also killed those of which would have pollinated the trees with the re sult that they either failed to produce or the crops were sub normal. As far as household pests arc concerncf. the experts point out that DDT is highly effectiv, but slow-acting. Don't expect quick death, they say. Etymologists draw the following chart of its effectiveness for the housewife: Bed-bugs and silver-fish: Ex tremely effective. Flics, mosquitoes, gnats and fleas: Very effective. Carpet-bugs and clothes motns: Less effective (supposedly be cause of the difficulty of apply ing DDT to them). Cock-roaches: Reasonably ef fective. Gloomy Outlook For Sugar Supply Washington, Oct. 25 (U.R) Hopes for an end to sugar ration ing by spring were diminished today by gloomy reports of the sugar situation from agriculture department officials. Earl B. Wilson, director of the sugar branch, said the Philip pine sugar picture "is not good." No help may bo expected from the islands in 1948 and it is doubtful if much sugar will be available in 1947, he reported. Butter, Shortening and Oil Points Sharply Reduced Beginning Sunday Washington. Oct. 25 (U.R) Ration values of butter, i.iar garine, lard, shortening and oils were reduced by the OPA today from 12 to eight points a pound for the rationing period begin ning Sunday. Ration values of all meat will remain the same during the Oct. 28-Dcc. 1 period, except for a four-to threc point reduction on seven fatty cuts of pork. The pork cuts include fat ba -ks and clear plates, from 10 to 6 points a pound; Jowels, from 7 to 4; regular plates, from 10 to 6; bacon plate, from 10 to 6; bacon jowl, from 7 to 4; dry cure Jowls, from 8 to 3, and barbe cued pork, from 10 to 8. OPA said it was reducing point values on butter, fats and oils because 12 per cent more butter and 30 per cent more lard would be available fur civilian licit Leased Win NO. 184. L OF COAST AREA IN VERBAL WAR CIO Denies AFL Claims That AFL Strike Has Stopped Delivery of Logs to Mills Portland. Ore., Oct. 25 (U.R) Rival AFL and CIO lumber unionists resorted to verbal brickbats today as the fivc-s'atc AFL Pacific northwest lumner strike went into its second month with little prospect of settlement. The CIO International Wood workers of America denied AFL claims that the AFL strike action had stopped delivery of logs to mills. The CIO denied also AFL statements that 11 operators In the Morton-Mineral district of Washington had agreed to AI'L wage demands. Say CIO Pay Higher The AFL is asking a uniform minimum wage of $1.10 per hour and claimed several days ago that the 11 operators went even higher to $1.50. The CIO elaborated that many of the mills in that area are CIO and have been paying $1.50 for more than a year, since skilled men are needed for operations there. The CIO, while negotiating for a 25 cent wage raise, has con tinued on the job and even re sorted to court action to prevent AFL pickets from stopping CIO workmen. The AFL claims Its strike has shut down more than 500 operations employing 60,000, of which 33 have reopened. The AFL strike committee an nounced that government and lumber sources in eastern states said the AFL ban on "hot" lum ber and the AFL shutdown of so many mills was creating a seri ous lumber shortage. The in dustry acknowledged that many major construction projects in the reconversion program will be forced to halt unless the strike is settled before long. L PROPOSED LINE Washington, Oct. 25 (U.R) United Airlines today presented arguments before the civil aero nautics board for permission to serve 20 additional communities in California, Oregon, Washing ton, Idaho and Utah. Twelve airlines are seeking new routes in the western area. United said, however, that it had made "exhaustive studies" of the transportation needs of the communities involved and that it was "sound and logical" that United be awarded tho route. The cities for which service Is proposed are California, Santa Barbara, San Luis Obispo, Sa linas, Santa Rose, Eureka and Chico; Oregon: Klamath Falls, Bend, The Dalles, Baker and Marshfield; Idaho: Gooding and Twin Falls; Utah: Ogden. NO BENEFITS Sacramento, Oct. 25 (U.R) The appeals board of the Calif ornia employment stabilization commission todav ruled that union members who refused to cross picket lines in the Holly wood movie strike are not en titled to unemployment benefits. month, largely because of large supplies released by the armed forces. Butter prices go up five to six cents a pound Nov. 8 as re sult of termination of govern ment subsidies. OPA Chief Chester Bowles said there would be 13 per cent less beef next month than during October. There also will be less veal and lamb, but a 41 per cent Increase in the supply of pork will make the over-all meat sup ply about the same as this month. OPA also validated five new ration stamps of 10 points, ef fective Nov. 1, Because there are only four red stamps left in war ration book four Ql, XI, Yl and Zl green stamp N8, the top-right stamp on the last sheet of book four will be used. They will be good until Feb, 28. GREYHOUND MEN EAST OF ROCKIES THREATEN STRIKE Walkout Set For October 31; Unless Progress Made in Contract Negotiations (By United Press) The number of strike-idle workers across the nation dropped below 200,000 today for the first time in more than a month, but early returns from the General Motors strike poll Indicated overwhelming senti ment for a walkout. The first unofficial result from yesterday's election gav margins of from 3-1 to 10-1 in favor of a strike which would halt General Motors production lines. Chrysler Too Chrysler Motor Co. employea were taking a similar vote today. The strike votes were ordered after the companies had rejected the CIO United Auto Workers' demand for a 30 per cent wag Increase. Another strike threat appear- ed as 12,000 Greyhound bus drivers, maintenance men and terminal employes cast of th Rockies voted to walk out Oct. 31, unless progress is made In their contract negotiations. American Airlines' transcon tinental and transatlantic service was threatened as ground crew members began walking out in sympathy with workers in th company's export branch. The strike spread to a third city when mechanics quit worle at the Detroit terminal. Service there was cancelled by the com pany, i The strike previously had halted flights between New York and Chicago, New York and De troit, Chicago and St. Louis and Buffalo, N. Y., and Chicago. Portland, Ore., Oct. 23 XU.R)-. Livestock producers "will be in real danger of losing their shirts" if ceilings on livestock aren't re moved or adjusted when govern ment subsidy payment are can celled, F. E. Mollin of Denver, secretary of the American Live stock association, warned today. Mollin told Oregon agricultur al leaders here that Secretary ot Agriculture Clinton Anderson this week announced that a six month notice would be given be fore any subsidy payments wer cancelled. Commenting on the Interstate commerce commission freight rate order calling for a 25 per cent reduction on cost of meat shipments from the midwest, Mollin said it would bring about an unhealthy condition for Pa cific coast producers. He said it would mean concentration of slaughter houses between Denver and Salt Lake City and reduction of competition for western pro duced cattle. The order is effec tive November 10. G. P. MAN HELD IN THEFT, FORGERY Grants Pass, Oct. 25 Elmef W. Richey, 34, of Grants Pasa was arrested by state police and lodged in the county Jail, charged with larceny of a trailer and contents from Roseburg. Richey also used a title to an automobile, found in the trailer, to borrow $500 from a Klamath Falls bank, the complaint charges. Among other articles stolen and recovered with Richey's ar rest, besides the trailer and con tents, was a 16-foot boat and out board motor. The boat had been repainted and the number filed from the motor. A second trailer and girl's bicycle were also recovered. HIGH SCHOOL DAUBED BY VANDALS IN NIGHT School vandalism, which has subsided since the paint and mud-slinging days of the 1920's, reappeared in Medford last night when paint was smeared on the local high school building and walks. City School Superintendent E. H. Hcdrick stated today that "Some paint was found this morning on the high school building and walks." The paint was removed today, Hedrick add ed that "a regulation of the Ore gon State High School associa tion provides for the disqualifica tion and expulsion from the asso ciation of any school whose play ers, rooters, or supporters ma raud in another town."
