Medford mail tribune. (Medford, Or.) 1909-1989, October 29, 1945, Image 1

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Newspaper Page TextASK Weather FORECAST: Cloudy to pirUy cloudy lonljcht and Tuesday. Cooler tonight and Tuesday. Temp. Highest Yesterday .. 55 Lowest this Morning 47 Fortieth Year Salute to (Acm Telephoto) Smoke from saluting guns driits in sky as the Henshaw ties up beside the huge USS Missouri in Hudson river for President Truman's visit during Navy day celebration at New York. City, where the nation's chief reviewed armada of 47 fighting ships anchored in seven-mile line. VICTORY QUEEN RACE TO SPUR BOND DRIVE Opening of the gigantic Vic tory Loan drive today found Jackson county workers ready to go into high gear at once, preliminary plans having been formulated In recent weeks. The drive will be handled by the Medford and Ashland Elks' lodges, with Geo. T. Frey of the Medford lodge as general chair man and Herb Huston of the Ashland lodge as asistant chair man. One of the features of the campaign In all parts of the state will be election of Victory Loan queens, it is announced, with each town and county naming a queen whose name will be en tered in the state-wide contest. This contest will be handled through the cooperation of the motion picture theaters and the newspapers of Oregon. Campaign workers from Ash land, Medford and Grants Pass met in Medford Saturday with Kenneth G. Martin, Portland, executive manager of the Ore gon War Finance committee. Martin spoke at a luncheon meeting at the Holland Hotel Saturday noon. "Oregon has led all states of the union in the per capita pur chase of 'E' bonds." Martin stat ed, and urged the committee workers to do everything pos sible to see that the state main tained this lead for the present drive. In spite of this record. Martin declared that "the sur face has hardly been scratched," and backed this up by pointing out that savings accounts have had a phenomenal growth dur ing the war. Present for the meeting were Frey and Huston, the chairmen. M. R. Plaskett. exalted rulei of the Medford Elks' lodge, W. A. Gates. A. S. Rosenbaum, Victor Milnes. William Meyst, Walter Lcverctt. Lee B. Ryan. Henry Zacharisen, county war bond SIDE GLANCES By TRIBUNE REPORTERS Ralph Woodford going into an acrobatic routine to prove that his vitamin diet keeps him young and sprightly. Pfc. Bob Kyle listing his vari ous medals and badges for a news release and humorously adding "two Hershey bars." "Exhausted Rooster" C a r y Thomson receiving a handsome gift from his fellow JC's. Bill Meyst and his JC dance decorating committee retiring at 4 a. m. exhausted from thtir labors which consisted mostly of looking for the lost decorating material. M Unlttd Press President sales chairman, Herb Grey, O. H. Bengtson, Medford, and Ro land L. Parks, Joseph L. Fader, Jesse G. Anderson and Albert R. Mottner, all of Ashland; Ralph Hanson, Grants Pass. T Washington, Oct. 29 (U.R) President Trumari today can celled all of his scheduled trips. The cancelled tips included that to the south this week and others that had ,been planned for later November and Decem ber. The reason given by assistant press secretary Eben Ayers was "the pressure of official busi ness, the labor situation, ..the labor management conference and a number of other things." Eureka Hero Given Posthumous Honor Washington, Oct. 29 (U.R) Second Lt. Robert M. Vaile, in fantry officer from Eureka, Cal., who deliberately sacrificed his life to protect his men and a group of civilians in Manila last Feb. 5, today was awarded the medal of honor posthumously. The war department reported that Vaile, unable to throw away a live grenade without en dangering the lives of his sol diers and some civilians nearby, covered it with his body. Smoke Over Crater Lake May Presage New Volcano Smoke clouds observed recent ly over Crater lake may presage formation of a second volcanic island inside the steep-walled crater, it was learned today from Dr. John Eliot Allen, chief geol ogist for the Oregon state depart ment of geology and mining in dustries. Dr. Allen referred to reports from creditable witnesses who have seen the smoke clouds four times in recent weeks, the last on Thursday. He said the theory of volcanic action underneath the 2000 feet of cold water was sub stantiated by the "belch ap pearance of the smoke clouds. Less likely possibilities are that some peculiar air formation has formed over the lake or that landslides had formed dust. Dr. Allen cited the long stud ies of Dr. Howel Williams, head EDFORD Full Leased Wire MEDFORD, OREGON, MONDAY, OCTOBER Bloody Fighting Flares In Java; China In Grip Of Civil Conflict INTERNAL STRIFE KEYPROVINGES Chiang Has Hurled 800,000 Troops Against Chinese Communists, Is Charge Chungking, Oct. 29 (U.R) Undeclared civil war gripped China today with more than 1 ,000,000 central government and Chinese communist troops fighting it out for control of 11 key provinces in north, east, south and central China. Both government and com munist sources acknowledged that internal strife had reached a new high pitch while so-called unity talks dragged on in Chung king with no definite solution yet in sight. 800,000 Forces Hurled The communists charged through their new China daily that Generalissimo Chiang Kai Shek has hurled 800,000 central government troops against the famed communist eighth route army in north China and the new fourth army in east China. - " Fighting is raging in Shansi, Suiyuan, Shensi, Hopeh, Shan tung, Honan, Anhwei, Kiangsu, Hupeh, Chekiang and Kwang tung provinces, the new China daily said. Central government spokes man countered with charges that the communists have launched at least three general offensives and already have seized four im portant cities and 13 districts in Shansi and Suiyuan provinces. Each group accused the other of being the aggressor. Spread Feared There appeared some danger that the civil war would spread to newly-liberated Manchuria. A United Press dispatch from Hu lutao said withdrawing soviet forces were turning over Man churian territory to Chinese com munist troops. Marshal Yen Hsi-Shan, central government governor of Shansi province in north-central China, said as many as 50 engagements have been fought every day since Japan's surrender in his prov ince. Australian Horse , May Be Sent Here Melbourne, Oct. 29 4U.R) St. Fairy, winner of the Caulficld cup, may be sent to America to run in the $100,000 Santa Anita handicap, Alfred R. Porter, the gelding's owner, said today. If St. Fairy wins the Mel bourne cup on Nov. 6 he will be sent to Santa Anita, Porter said. There are 550 mile of sloughs and channels in the delta coun try of California. of the geology department at the University of California, indicat ing that Crater lake is an out growth of a huge explosion in side a 12,000-foot mountain now known as the methodical Mount Mazama and one of many such huge peaks in the Cascade range. A series of terrific blasts are calculated to have blown off the top of the peak and covered a large area of central and south ern Oregon with la a pumice. When the lava was exhausted, the remnant of the mountain is believed to have collapsed into the crater and it filled with water to make the present lake. Dr. Williams estimated the explo sions to have occurred from 8,000 to 10,000 years ago, while Dr. Ira S. Allison of Oregon State college has later figures indicat ing it may have been 14,000 years. Town Over Top On Bond Quota In 31 Minutes Ripon, Wis., Oct. 29 (U.R) The city of Ripon went over the top in 31 minutes today and awaited word from Delano, Calif., its rival in a bond-selling race against time. A blast of factory whistles touched off the drive at 8:30 a. m. Another blast at 9:01 announced that the city's 4,566 inhabitants had topped their defense bond quota. Poorbell pushing salesmen sold $560,850 worth of bonds, $271,070 over the city's quota of $289,780. U.S..RED TENSION Washington, Oct. 9 (U.R) Some foreign diplomats doubted today that President Truman's foreign policy speech would ease the tension between the United States and Soviet Russia. There was no criticism of his declara tion of principles,' all of which had been stated before. But some diplomats felt that his "big stick" military policy would heighten rather than di minish Russian suspicions, and that it might even aggravate Russian-American relations on some problems. Questions Raised The speech generally seemed to have raised more questions than it answered. Basic ques tion was whether the U. S. had been applying the president's principles or how it was going to do so in the future. Repub lican members of congress especially raised this point. Diplomatic observers and edi torials of major newspapers were more specific in their criticism some pointing out several con tradictions in the speech itself and also between American prin ciples and practice. They wond ered whether Mr. Truman's pro mise of this country's good in tentions would be taken at face value abroad, especially in Soviet Russia. Glaring Paradox There was at least one glaring paradox in Mr. Truman's address that was certain to bring reac tion from the Russians, as it had in the past. That was his reiteration that the United States does not want one-inch of territory "anywhere in the world." But Mr. Truman, as before sharply qualified that statement Dy aaaing that we would Insist on "the right to establish neces sarybases for our own protec tion." He made no suggestion of international control of br. Some diplomats believe such practice will give Russia Justifi cation for seeking a foothold in me Mediterranean or North Sirica. FRESNO MAN HELD HERE FOR AUTOMOBILE THEFT Lee Roy Fleming, Fresno, Cal., has been lodged in the county jail here charged with the theft oi an automobile belonging to F. M. Wade, Medford. Fleming was arrested In Grants Pass Saturday morning on a charge of speeding and ad mitted theft of the car vjtum questioned by Grants Pass po lice. Also in Fleming's posses sion were several personal ar ticles which he admitted stealing, according to police. He was held in the Grants Pass city jail until Jackson county sheriff's deputies went for him this morning. Radio Highlights President Truman will define his long-awaited wage-price pol icy Tuesday at 7 p. m. His talk will be broadcast by all major network. 29, 1945. TOLD IN TRIAL OF TIGER ONVIALAY General Yamashita Planned Death of All Whites in Ori ent Says Filipino Witness Manila, Oct. 29 (U.R) Three witnesses testified at the opening of Gen. Tomoyuki Yamashita's war crimes trial today that they saw his troops bayonet and shoot to death 40 civilians in Red Cross headquarters during the battle of Manila last February. Most of the victims were wom en and children. One was a 10-day-old baby.. A fourth witness, Juan P. Juan, a Filipino educator whose wife, two daughters, daughter-in-law and seven grandchildren died in the slaughter, said that a Japanese captain three months earlier had told her that the Jap anese intended to kill all white persons in the Orient. "Tiger" Stoical Yamashita, the erstwhile "Ti ger of Malay" who once wns re corded as Japan's best field gen eral, sat unsmiling as the wit nesses told of atrocities unparal leled even in the nazl horror camps of Germany. Fifty-nine additional charges were added at the opening oi the trial to the 64 war crimes originally lodged against him. The 123 counts hold Yamashita responsible, as supreme Japanese commander in the Philippines in 1944 and 1945, for the deaths of 37,000 Americans, Filipinos and others through torture, execu tion, starvation and neglect. AFL TO EXPAND STRIKE PROGRAM Portland, Ore., Oct. 29 U.R) The northwest's five-state lum ber strike went into its sixth week today with plans for en largement of the AFL's strike program on the docket for to day's meeting of union leaders. John M. Christenson, pres ident of the northwest council of lumber and sawmill workers, an nounced that 250 members of the 15 executive councils com posing the council will plan tne next step in the union's demand for a minimum $1.10 an hour wage. They will represent 60,000 AFL lumber and sawmill work ers In Oregon, Washington, Idaho, Montana and northern California who have been on strike since Sept. 24 when fed eral negotiations broke down over the union's demand for an Industry-wide wage minimum Every American Urged to Help By Buying Bonds Washington, Oct. 29 (U.R) The $11,000,000,000 victory loan drive got underway today with every American urged to buy bonds to help meet war costs and defeat the "ogre" of Inflation. Six million volunteers swune into action to sell the $4,000,000, 000 in bonds set as the goal for individuals. , Secretary of the Treasury Fred M. Vinson opened the drive last night with a brief radio ap peal for support for this final bond selling campaign. MAY RENAME BRIDGE Sacramento, Oct. 29 (U.R) The state toll bridge authority will consider a proposal to re name the San Francisco-Oakland bay bridge the Franklin D. Roosevelt bridge at a meeting tomorrow. IIBUNE United Pitt Full Gun Balked ( Acme Tclrihoto) To an unwilling weapon gout credit for the fftct that Joe Wong, 57, Los Angeles, Calif., restaurant owner, la alive though worse for a throbbing head and less $100. Pair of gunmen entered his restaurant, pointed re volver at his head and pulled the trigger twice; when the gun failed to go off, they beat him on the head with lt until the gun fell apart. They then departed with the content ol Joe's cash register. ATTLEE TO GOME FOR ATOM TALK T London, Oct. 29 (U.R) Re ports reached here today that Prime Minister Attlee may go to Washington early next month to discuss personally with Pres ident Truman the atomic bomb and other pressing International problems. Political correspondents attri buted the reports to Washington sources. Attlee's official resi dence at No. 10 Downing street declined to confirm or deny them, Members of commons were curious about who would parti cipate In the atomic bomb talks hinted at by Mr. Truman in his Navy day speech. They also wondered how soon they would start. Pressure was rising In com mons for Attlee to muke a full statement on the atomic bomb and the prospects of Anglo-American conferences on Its control. The British press generally voiced approval of President Truman's Navy day speech, but wanted to know more about his plans for control of atomic energy. Strange Airplanes Over Los Angeles On Feb. 25, 1942 Los Angeles, Oct. 29 (U.R) Unidentified planes, apparently Japanese, were over Los Angeles on the night of Feb. 25, 1942, when anti aircraft batteries and searchlights mounted a four-hour barrage, fourth air force records disclosed today. Compiled from hitherto secret and confidential documents, an air force history now nearlng completion in San Francisco said that landings had been antici pated at Seattle and other Pacific coast cities. No interceptors were sent up to meet the planes, but were held In reserve for an anticipated ma jor assault following observation flights, the records reveal, WILLOW RUN OPERATION SCHEDULED FOR NOV. 1 Detroit, Oct. 29 (U.R) Joseph W. Frazer, president of Kaiser Frazer Corp., and Graham-Paige Motors, announced today that both companies will formally start operations of the huge Wil low Run plant Nov. 1. f3li" Leased Wire NO. 187. T Fighting at Soerabaja Most Most Violent Native Re sistance Since Japs Quit Batavla. Oct. 29 U.R Bloody fighting flared with re newed Intensity today at Soer abaja, biggest naval base In Java, where 2,000 to 3,000 Brit ish troops battled Indonesian ex tremists armed with captured Japanese tanks and armored cars. British officers reported that their occupation forces had suf fered "some" casualties In the battle of Soerabaja. Dr. I. R. Sukarno, president of the unrecognized Indonesian republic, disavowed the resist ance movement nt Soerabaja. He flew to the city in eastern Java to investigate the status of the of the extremists, led by one Dr. Mutsopo. Sukarno said Mutsopo was "insane." Most Violent -.. The fighting at Soerabaja was the most violent manifestation of native resistance In the Neth erlands East Indies since the sur render of Japan. Two American freighters car rying Dutch stores from Dutch and British New Guinea were due to reach Batavia tomorrow. A number of small British working parties were reported marooned throughout the city. Grave concern also was felt for the safety of some 6,000 Dutch and Eurasian men, women and children guarded by compara tively light British Indian forces after being rescued Friday from imprisonment by the extremists. AUTO RATIONING Washington, Oct. 29 (U.R) Automobile rationing Is ended and no priorities will be needed to buy the new cars coming off the production line, Price Ad ministrator Chester Bowles and War Production Chairman J. A. Krug announced jointly today. With new car production start ed and almost 24,000,000 old automobiles still on the road, Bowles and Krug said, there Is "no longer danger of a general breakdown of the automotive transportation system." SLAIN PAIR DISCOVERED BURIED IN CLOVER FIELD Rockport, Ind., Oct. 29 (U.R) Police disclosed today that they had found $3,200 in cash, most of it In 1 bills, on the body of a young woman who was found burled beside a middle-aged man In a clover field. State police at Indianapolis announced the discovery of the hoard while authorities here tramped through a farmer's clover field in the search for clues to the double slaying. The two big bundles of bills were found tucked into the dead woman's brassiere, There were 2,700 $1 bills and single $5U0 bill, police said. Both victims were unidenti fied. They apparently were killed and then driven into the clover field on the banks of the Ohio river. There the slayer buried them In a shallow grav. The grave was discovered by the owner of the farm, John Spaettl, when he went out to inspect the APPLY PRESSURE EOR WAGE BOOST Strikes on Ever - Growing Scale Threatened; Action On Eve of Truman's Talk Washington, Oct. 29 (U.R) The CIO today increased its pressure for wage increases by r.sklng for a strike vote in the steel industry. The action came as President Truman prepared to address the nation tomorrow night on the administration's new wage price policy. The CIO previously warned through Us mouth y "economic outlook" thpt "strikes on an ever-growing scale" could be expected unless wages were substantially Increased. Vote Nov. 28 The united steel workers (CIO) filed the strike vote re quest with the national labor re lations board The strike vote, to be taken Nov. 28, will cover 766 steel, Iron and aluminum plants throughout the country. Approximately 600.000 workers will be Involved, the largest strike vote in history. David J. McDonald, secretary treasurer of the steel workers, filed the request for the strike vote after steel companies had refused the union demand to in crease wages $2 a day. The CIO executive board wat calleo to meet her Thursday to discuss progress of the two-month's-old fight for higher wage rates. It will also map new strategy In the light of the recorversion wage-price guide posts that Mr. Truman outline tomorrow night. The president speaks at 7 p.m. (PST) tomorrow. His address will be broadcast by the major networks. Mr. Truman was expected to emphasize labor's need for high er rates to compensate for loss of wartime take-home pay so that national purchasing power may be maintained. He prob ably will discuss industry's ability to pay without increas ing prices. In this regard, he Is expected to point out that business will make a large sav ing with repeal of the excess profits tax next Jan. 1, now virtually assured by congress. Mistake on Switch Caused Collision Washington, Oct. 29 (U.R) The Interstate commerce com missi n ruled today that the mistaken opening of a switch caused the head-on collision ot two Northern Pacific railway passerger trains near Prosses, Wash.. Sept. 23. One train employe was killed and 112 passengers and em ployes injured. The accllent occurred when an ea3tbound train struck a stationary westbound train on a siding after the front brakeman of the stopped train opened the switch Into the siding. GRIDDEH RECOVERS Berkeley. Cal., Oct. 29 (U.R) Bob McClure, Nevada's AU Ame.ican tackle candidate, was released from Memorial hospital here yesterday and returned with his tam-maies to Reno. McCht.-e suffered a slight brain concussion in the final minutes of the Ncvada-Cnlifornia foot ball game Saturday. field yesterday. There was nothing to show the identity of the victims. They were strangers to this quiet farming community on the south ern Indiana border. The killer had taken pains to see that no identification was left on the bodies. Both had been dead from six to 10 days. The girl, pretty and young, had been shot through the head and stomach. The killer, mak ing sure of his job, also nad strangled her with rope, which still was wrapped around her throat when authorities dug up the bodies. The girl, apparently still in her 'teens, was wearing a sweater and skirt. The dead man was about 45 years old. He had been shot through the heart. He wore grey business suit and an olive green top coat. There were no identification papers, money, or wallet In bis pockets.