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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.
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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.
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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
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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
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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.
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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.