Auto Workers Vote Authority For General Strike Call
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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.
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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
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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.
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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.
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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,
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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.
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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
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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.
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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.
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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."