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MEDFORD, OREGON, THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 1, 1945.
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munists clash on widely separated fronts. According to dispatches from
both factions, China's undeclared war appears to be expandinc.
CHINA WAR SPREADS
TO MANCHURIA LINE
Chungking, Nov. 1 U.R)
China's undeclared civil war
ipread to the Manchurian bor
der todav. Communist outposts
in the shadow of the great wall
temporarily halted central gov
ernment forces in the first fron
tier skirmish.
Richard W. Johnston, veteran
United Prsess Pacific war cor
respondent, reported from the
frontier that thousands of Gen
eralissimo Chiang Kai-Shek's
government troops were massing
BRITISH PLANES
IN JAVAREVOLT
Aerial Attack Clears Way
For Recapture of Mace
lang; British Unload Tanks
Batavia, Nov. 1 (U.R) RAF
fighters machine-gunned Indo
nesian extremists today for the
first time, clearing the way for
outnumbered British troops to
re-capture most of the interior
strong point of Macelang.
An official British spokesman
said Indonesian resistance at
Macelang slackened considerably
after the air attack. Three
British-manned American Thun
derbolts fired on three trouble
spots in the city and observers
reported direct hits.
Tank Unloaded
British transports unloaded
tanks at the eastern Java naval
base of Soerabaja to support
British troops attempting to wipe
out resistance there after the as
sassination of their commander,
Brig. A. W. Mallaby.
In Batavia itself, representa
tives of the Dutch East Indies
government and the unrecogniz
ed Indonesian republic began in
formal talks aimed at ending
hostilities in Java and reaching
a political understanding.
The three RAF Thunderbolts
were sent to Macelang after Brit
ish commanders on the spot re
ported the situation "very
grave." Large numbers of Indo
nesian troops gradually had
wrested almost the whole cily
from the British despite large
casualties.
October Is Busy
Month For Cupid
October was the busiest month
in more than a year in Jackson
county for Dan Cupid, with 65
marriage licenses issued by the
county clerk's office. In Sep
tember 38 were issued. The in
crease was attributed to dis
charged service men taking
brides.
Divorce complaints filed dur
ing October totalled 46. seven
more than filed in September.
SIDE GLANCES
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TRIBUNE REPORTERS
Clarence Winetrout unleash
ing a guffaw audible from Fir
street to Riverside on learning
he must buy the chamber of
commerce president a new suit.
Fire Chief Roy Elliott on a
hunting trip in the Lakcview
country staging a mad scramble
to put out a fire when his camp
stove blew up. Charlie Rose, an
other member of the partv un
able to hit tlitT ground with his
hat after breaking hi5 gin."".-',
blazing away at two bucks with
out result.
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for an all-out assault on the fron
tier defenses following the first
rebuff.
The government forces, land
ed from three American trans
port flotillas at the North China
port of Chinwangtao, were arm
ed with American flame-throw
ers, bazookas, mortars, field
guns and machine-guns.
They called a temporary halt
in their advance on Manchuria
after two of their officers in an
advance party were wounded in
the initial skirmish late Tuesday
night.
Spread of fighting to the Man
churian border added a grave
new note to internal strife in
China. Civil war between na
tionalists and communists al
ready was raging in 11 other
provinces, and informed sources
feared 2,000,000 troops l.uuu,
000 on each side soon may be
fighting.
At Honolulu, Lt. Gen. Albert
C. Wedemeyer, American com
mander for China, reiterated
that the United States wculd
continue to support Chiang and
the central government,
UNRRA AID ONLY
IF PRESS FREE
Washington, Nov. 1 (U.R)
The house approved a $550,000,
000 foreign relief appropriation
today after voting to deny aid
to nations which bar the Ameri
can press from reporting on the
relief activities.
The appropriation will com
plete this nation's initial $1,350,
000.000 commitment to the
United Nations relief and re
habilitation administration. But
UNRRA can spend the money
only to aid nations which per
mit United States press repre
sentatives to report on its activ
ities in those nations.
Rnnnsnred bv ReD. Clarence
J. Brown, R., 6., the "freedom
of the news ' amendment was
adopted by a roll call vote of
1RR tn lfiR. The amendment was
backed by house republican
leaders ana me vote cioseiy ioi
lowed party lines.
JAPS IP. S,
Tokyo, Nov. 1 (UP.) Speak
ers at a public rally in liibiya
Park, opposite the imperial pal
ace grounds, today demanded
that the Japanese government
send a mission to America to ap
peal for food shipments.
The rally was designated as
the "People's Anti-starvation Na
tional Meeting." Speakers warn
ed of impending widespread
starvation this winter and se
verely criticized the govern
ment's failure to cope with the
food situation.
The speakers asserted some al
ready are dying of malnutrition
in Tokyo.
CHAIN GANG FUGITIVE
FORGIVEN BY GEORGIA
Atlanta. Ga., Nov. 1 'U.R
Georgia forgave her famous fu
gitive from a chain gang today.
Robert Elliott Burns; 55. who
fled a chain gang 23 years ago
and publicized its tortures and
brutality in a book and a movie,
was granted a commutation of
sentence and full restoration of
civil rights.
' This is the day for which I
have waited 23 years," said
Burns.
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British L ftor Government
Communications and Civil
UAL OFFICIALS
TELL PLANS FOR
Medford Service Will Be
Greatly Enlarged, United
Men Claim on Visit Here.
United Air Lines plans grfat-
ly expanded services in the Pa
cific northwest in the imme
diate future, according to a
group of United officials from
Chicago headquarters who were
in Medford today on an inspec
tion trip, the party including J.
A. Herlihy, vice president-operations,
Harold Crary, vice presi
dent traffic, and J. W. Nevvey,
vice president finance. While
here the group conferred with
Max Henne, station manager.
The party spent the night here
prior to leaving for California.
Included in the expansion
plans of United are proposals for
a new service to Klamath Falls
and to Eureka. North Bend
Marshfield and Reno.
United also proposes service
from Medford and Seattle to
Alaska and a service from ihe
Pacific northwest, Including
Medford, to Mexico City via Los
Angeles. United has also applied
to add- numerous cities which it
flies directly over or close to
in the Pacific northwest, includ
ing O 1 y m p i a, Aberdeen-Ho-
quiam, Centralia - C h e h a 1 i s,
Astoria. Lewiston, The Dalles,
Baker, in addition to the cities
mentioned.
, Reequlpment Planned
- Mr. Herlihy" is in charge of
United's reequlpment program.
He said that United will put
into service in January, the first
of a fleet of four-engined, 220-mile-an-hour,
44-passenger car
go C-54 type planes which it
is leasing from the government
as a means of accommodating
heavily increased traffic until
the company can take delivery
of a fleet of four-engined, 300-mile-an-hour,
DC-6 planes which
it has on order. This four and
five mile a minute, four-engined
equipment , he declared, will
radically speed up passcnger-mail-express
schedules all along
United's transcontinental and
Pacific coast system. At the
same time. United steadily is in
creasing its fleet of twin-engined
Mainliners to provide greatly
increased inter-city schedules
and to connect at key points with
the four-engined planes.
New Low Fares Aid
Mr. Crary said that new low
fares, 24 per cent less than be
fore Pearl Harbor, plus an ap
parent desire on the part of
"most everybody to go some
where" has resulted in the great
est volume of traffic in airline
history, and all airlines are faced
with an emergency situation.
"Temporarily, all airlines are
not able to meet the demand
despite the fact that United, for
example, is flying almost twice
as manv cassengers as before the
war. Military travel, particular
ly from demobilization and sea
board points, promises to be
heavy through the summer of
1946." Crary said. "But this sit
uation is rapidly being alleviat
ed as more equipment is added.
Bv sDring of 1946 the airlines
expect to be meeting the de
mands of the public for both
passenger accommodations and
cargo services. They are already
moving all mail and express of
fered. "In the summer of 1946, Unit
ed will introduce coast-to coast
schedules of nine and one-half
hours. Air fares are now gener
ally less than rail plus Pullman
costs and we are hopeful of
still further reducing the pres
ent four and a half cents a mile
fare in future years."
New Cargo Service
Mr. Crary said United will
shortly announce a new air car
go service. "The tariffs are de
signed." he said, "to greatly
stimulate the movement of
freight, as distinguished from air
express, including movement of
western perishable fruits and
vegetables to eastern markets as
well as applying to other com
modities." Mr. Newey declared that Unit
ed proposes to spend $57,000.
000 on its post-war expansion
program. Included are approxi
mately $10,000,000 for conver
sion of C-54, four-engined mili-
Major Wermuth,
"One Man Army" .
Back From War
San Francisco, Nov. 1 (U.R)
Major Arthur W. Wermuth, 30,
the "one-man army" of Bataan,
stepped ashore today into the
arms of his mother and sister.
Wermuth, credited with kill
ing 116 Japanese during night
sniper patrols, arrived from
Manila aboard the SS Marine
Shark.
Modestly disclaiming credit
for the almost legendary feats
of soldiering attributed to him,
Wermuth offered lavish praise
for the Filipino scouts who
fought with him on Bataan.
Welcoming him at the dock
were his mother, Clara, and his
sister, Talia, a dancer, both of
Chicago. She cancelled a tour
to meet him.
"Son, I have the roast beef
and Christmas cookies you asked
for," his mother told him after
their joyous reunion embrace.
His sister hugged him and called
him "Bubbles."
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Portland, Ore., Nov. 1 (U.R)
Northwest lumber operators and
Federal Conciliator E. P. Marsh
today moved the five-state lum
ber strike, closer to the negotia
tion stage with statements indi
cating conferences might resume
within the next month.
A. B. Fitzgerald, secretary
manager of the Lumbermen's
Industrial Relations Committee,
Inc., has announced employers
are "ready and willing to ne
gotiate" AFL wi ge demands
which resulted in a walkout 39
days ago.
Meanwhile, the 250 AFL board
members, called to Portland to
discuss the strike program, were
headed home today after reaf
firming their demands for an
industry-wide $1.10 an hour
minimum wage and their inten
tions to tie up all "hot" lumber.
JAP LOSS HEAVY
Tokyo, Nov. 1 (U.R) Nearly
2,500,000 buildings were burned
or destroyed by allied air raids
against Japanese war production
centers during the war. it was
announced today.
tary transports to be leased from
tte reconstruction finance cor
poration and put into United's
service soon, $20,000,000 for
four-engined Douglas DC-6
planes; $10,000,000 for electro
nic and other technological de
vices which will further increase
the efficiency and dependability
of airline operations: $10,000,000
for the improvement and expan
sion of ground facilities, and be
tween $7,000,000 and $8 000,000
for additional twin-e n g 1 n e d
planes. Such expenditures, he
said, will be reflected in improv
ed facilities at points every
where on United's system.
4 Voice of Mankind's' ' Palaces Taken Over;
Saloon Found Hidden Behind Secret Panel
Hollywood, Nov. 1 U.R) The
fabulous empire of Arthur Bell,
magnetic "voice" of Mankind
United, was a step nearer disso
lution today when a state re
ceiver took over two of Bell's
palaces high in the Hollywood
hills.
Charles H. Manaugh, agent
for the receiver, said he almost
needed a map to work through
the maze of rooms in the homes,
property of Christ's Church of
the Golden Rule, which also
owns hotels, resorts, office build
ings, laundries and a dozen other
business enterprises.
Leader Deposed
Bell has been deposed by
court order as head of the church
on charges of misusing its
money.
One $75,000 home. Into which
Manaugh had to break when re
fused entry was hung with ori
ental drapes and decorated with
gilded lovescats, had a small
theater, a pipe organ end a blue
swimming pool. There also was
a saloon hidden behind a secret
panel in a billiard room, Man
augh sajd.
The second home, valued at
$45,000, was opened by a lock- j
smith.
PRIVATE OWNERS
TO BE PAID FOR
PROPERTHEIZED
Nationalization Move Is Re
vealed in Commons
Government To Finance.
London, Nov. 1 (U.R) Brit
ain's labor government announc
ed today that it was preparing
to take over British civil avia
tion on a world-wide basis and
the empire communications sys
tem of cables and wireless, Ltd.
In quick succession the gov
ernment revealed in the house
of commons that it was moving
to nationalize cables and wire
less and to monopolize civil avia
tion by conducting three govern-mentally-owned
airlines and na
tionalizing all airdromes they
will use in the British isles.
The proposals were announc
ed by Hugh Dallon, chancellor
of the exchequer, and Iron
Thomas, parlimentary undersec
retary to the ministry of civil
aviation.
Line To U. S.
One aviation corporation will
operate between the United
Kingdom and other parts of the
commonwealth, the U n i t c d
States and the far cast. A sec
ond will operate inside the Unit
ed Kingdom and to Europe, and
the third to South America.
"Each of these corporations
will be wholly financed out of
government funds," Thomas told
commons. "Railway and ship
ping companies and travel
agencies will be Invited to assist
The government will make fair
payment for any physical assets
taken over."
Thomas said there would be
no financial interests in the pro
posed corporations outside the
government.
The plan, he said, was funda
mentally "a national plan, but
so framed that it can be fitted
into any scheme of common
wealth or international organi
zation which may subsequently
be promoted.'"
Hirohito Going To
Tell Sun Goddess
Tokyo, Nov. 1 (U.R) Tokyo
newspapers prominently d 1 s
playcd today the report that
Emperor Hirohito would go to
Kansai, central Honshu, Nov. 12
to report the end of hostilities to
the sun goddess at I-se shrine.
He also will report the. end of
the war to the spirits of his Im
perial ancestors at Kyoto and
return to Tokyo Nov. 15. The
emperor last visited the Isc
shrine Dec. 14, 1942 when, in
an unprecedented action, he
prayed for Japan's victory after
Guadalcanal.
Pure tungsten is never found
in nature in the metallic state.
Seizure of the vast property of
the churchless religious organi
zation came through a suit
brought by California Attorney
General Robert W. Kenny charg
ing Bell with using Golden Rule
funds to finance his defense on
a sedition charge and with fail
ing to keep proper accounts.
The suit was the latest of
Bell's legal troubles over the
church and Mankind United,
which a California committee on
un-American activities charged
was a "racket which poured $4,
000,000 a year into Bell's pock
ets.' Sedition Conviction
The "Voice" was convicted of
wartime sedition for calling the
attack on Pearl Harbor the re
sult of "conspiracy" between the
United States and Japan. He is
free on bail pending an appeal
of the conviction.
Manaugh estimated Bell's to
tal holdings at better than $3,
500,000. He said he was having
trouble locating some of the em
pire's tangled assets.
Among the properties, Man
augh said, were a huge ranch
near Medford, Oregon, a dude
ranch in northern Calif' rnia, a
building in LojAngclci' finan
Will Take Over
Aviation Systems
EASTERN BUS CREWS
JOIN STRIKER RANKS
(By United Press)
Some 4,000 Greyhound bus
employes joined the ranks of
striking wage earners today, as
the nation's top labor leaders an
nounced they would use the iew
government wage-price policy to
break a log-jam of disputes hold
ing up reconversion.
Drivers, baggage handlers and
maintenance employes of six
Greyhound lines struck at mid
night last night, paralyzing the
company's vast transportation
system throughout the eastern
U. S.
The walkout, called to enforce
demands for wage increases,
halted operations of some 1,000
busesi enough to accommodate
40,000 persons a day.
Unions Approve
Leaders of big AFL and CIO
unions, meanwhile, generally ex
pressed approval of President
Truman's wage-price statement
and indicated they would put it
to use toward settling continued
and threatened work stoppages
over wages.
In other major labor develop-,
ments, "progress" was reported
In efforts to settle wildcat walk
out of San Francisco bay area
machinists, but AFL Wcstern
TAX REDUCTION
READY FOR
Washington, Nov. 1U.R)
The senate today completed-leg
islative action on the tax re
duction bill, which will save in
dividuals and corporations an
estimated $5,920,000 next year.
It now goes to the White
House. President Truman Is ex
pected to sign it promptly so
that the cuts can become effec
tive Jan. 1.
The bill was approved by
voice vote after only 40 min
utes discussion.
Sen. Walter F. George, D.,
Ga., briefly explained the final
form of the bill after changes
by senate and house conferees.
Sen. Tom Connally, D., Tex.,
protested that the excess profits
tax will be eliminated entirely
effective Dec. 31, instead of
merely reduced as the house had
first proposed. Connally called it
a "gratuity" to corporations
which he said may earn more
in 1946 than they did during'thc
war years.
DETROIT TIGERS GET
NEW GENERAL MANAGER
Chicago, Nov. 1 (U.R) Presi
dent George Trautman today
submitted his resignation to the
board of directors of the Amer
ican Association in order to take
over as general manager of the
Detroit Tigers of the American
league, effective Jan. 1, 1946.
cial district, and assorted bank
buildings, laundries, bakeries,
cafes, dental laboratories and
real estate offices.
(Ed's note: Considerable
Oregon property ii held in the
name of Arthur Bell's Christ
Church of the Golden Rule.
Included is the extensive Hen
ley cattle ranch in the Lake
Creek district, the Eagle Point
Ladino cheese factory, the
Galbreath auto court at Eagle
Point and the Hillside Bulb
farm in Grants Pass.)
Lived Lavishly
Bell, charged by Kenny with
keeping $1,000,000 of the church
assets In cash, lived lavishly at
swanky hotels, Manaugh said.
Bell has seven doubles, Kenny
added.
Members of Mankind United
and of Bell's church, on the oth
er hand, were forced to surren
der all their possessions when
they joined and received only
$5 a month and their board and
room for working in the church's
enterprises, Kenny charged.
Manaugh said he understood
that some of the 15.000 members
who had jni.u'd the organizations
riii'-e 1'IH4 rut tendered as much
as $50,000 tor admittance.
Union telegraphers went ahead
with plans for a proposed five
hour work stoppage tomorrow
Throughout the country, some
266,000 workers were idlo In
strikes and shutdowns, according
to a United Press survey.
The threat of mass walkouts
still hung over the automotive
and steel industries, however,
where more than a million work
ers already have voted to strike,
if necessary, for wage increases
to compensate for losses of war
time pay.
1 ORDNANCE
SHOP OPERATION
TTO
Yesterday brought the closing
of the ordnance service com
mand shop and storage facilities
of the army at the fairgrounds
which had been in operation
since April 12, 1942. Capt. Leon
ard R. Applcton, officer in
charge of the shop in recent
months, stated thai all civilian
personnel had been released or
transferred and that officers had
either transferred or were await
ing discharge orders.
Capt. Appleton is being dis
charged under the point system,
Capt. John G. Lineker has al
ready left for a separation cen
ter. First Lt. Roland B. Brcault
has been transferred to Camp
Cooke, Calif., and Warrant Of
ficer Harold Nusbaum will go to
a separation center for release.
The shop, entirely staffed by
civilians, at one time employed
230 persons: It was used for
tho repair of automotive vehicles
for the army and furnished parts
and supplies for other army
stations.
The shop building, originally
used by the Civilian Conserva
tion corps, is now handled by
the United States Forest Service
and officials of the Rogue River
Forest Service here have not
been informed as to what future
use is planned for the structure.
The land near the shop used by
the army as a parking lot for
vehicles is now owned by the
city of Medford.
Washington, Nov. 1 U.R '
A flight of four Superfortresses
nymg non-stop from Hokkaido,
Japan, is expected to arrive here
at 7 p. m., EST, tonight, the war
department announced.
The B-29 flight, led by Brig.
Gen. Frank A. Armstrong, Jr.,
a deputy commander of the 20th
air force, took off at 4:09 p. m.,
EST, yesterday.
From Hokkaido, northernmost
Japanese home island, the bomb
ers flew the great circle route
across the Pacific via Agattu to
Kodiak, Sitka, Port St. John
Winnipeg and Detroit.
"Big E" Assigned
Navy Honor Niche
Washington, Nov. 1 (U.R)
The aircraft carrier Enterprise.
gallant veteran of the Pacific,
was assigned her place today be
side "Old Ironsides" and other
famous ships preserved as sym
bol of "American valor and
tenacity In war."
The navy revealed that Presi
dent Truman had authorized
preservation of the "Big E" so
she could join the naval hall of
fame alongside the Constitution.
Constellation, Hartford and
Olympia.
Five Meat Stamps
Good Until Feb. 28
Washington, Nov. 1 (U.R)
Five new ration stamps for
meats and fats became valid to
day. They are the last four red
stamps in ration book four
Wl, XI. Yl and Zl and one
green stamp, NB. These will be
good through Feb. 28.
HITLER A SUICIDE
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ALLIED OFFICIALS
Fuehrer and Mistress Died
Together at Chancellery
April 30, Evidence Shows.
Lueneburg. Nov. 1 (U.R) Th
first official allied statement on
Adolf Hitler's disappearance said
today that all available evidence
led to the conclusion that hs
killed himself in the Berlin chan
cellery at 2:30 a. m. last April
30.
An Intelligence officer of the,
Control Commission said Hitler
and his mistress, Eva Braun,
died together in a bunker under
the Soviet-besieged chancellery,
and their bodies were burned in
the yard.
Official Report
The report of Hitler's death
and his last hours was the first
to bear an official imprint, lt
tallied in the main with the ac
count of a former chauffeur ot
Hitler and of a Berlin policeman,
who told their stories after they
were captured last summer.
The intelligence officer, an.
nounclng the conclusion regard
ing Hitler's fate, said it was
reached after sifting all evi.
dence, including the accounts ot
persons who witnessed all or
parts of the dramatic events in
the chancellery in the last hours
ot the battle for Berlin.
Admiral Karl Doenitz broad
cast from Hamburg on May 1
that Hitler was dead in the ruins
of Berlin, and before his death
had designated Doenitz as his
successor to the nazi leadership.
Doom Known
Today's account said Hitler
had become convinced that Ber
lin was doomed as early as Apirl
20, when the Red army was bat
tering the city. ,
"Hitler planned to fly to Berch
tesgaden on April 20, with the,
Intontion of directing a last ditch,
struggle from -the Bavarian re
doubt, the Intelligence officer re
ported. But on the 20th he postponed
his departure. Two days later,
at 4:30 p. m. he held a staff con
ference at which he told his ad
visors he considered the war lost
and that he had decided to stay
in Berlin until "the end."
ORGANIZE UNIT OF
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A Medford unit of the Council
of Oregon Republican Women
was organized at a luncheon
meeting at the Holland Hotel
this noon by Mrs. George T.
Gerlinger, state president of
the group and national commit
tcewoman for the Republican
party for Oregon. This is the
30th unit of the council organ
ized in 21 counties.
Temporary officers wtti
named, with Miss Anne Living
ston as temporary chairman.
Permanent officers will be nam
ed at a meeting later this month.
Other temporary officers ar
Mrs. William McAllister, vice
chairman; Mrs. Kenneth Den
man, recording secretary: Mrs.
J. E. Earlcy, treasurer; Mrs. B.
G. Harding, Mrs. Catherine Han-
ley Heffcrnan and Mrs. J. C.
Boyle, trustees.
Study Government
Purpose of the new council l.
to study government and its
practices, to Inform its members
of the Implications of legislation
and governmental rulings and to
perform other services for Ore
gon and its communities, Mrs.
Gerlinger stated. She said that
while the volunteers of the
council units would probably
become party workers, the work
of the council would be directed
towards helping the Republican
ticket as a whole and that no
candidates would be endorsed
before primary elections.
Mrs. Gerlinger was accom
panied by Mrs. John Y. Rich
ardson, Portland, vice-chairman
of the Republican central com
mittee for Oregon, who Is check
ing with party officials in the
various towns. The two women
went from Medford to Ashland,
where the first unit of the coun
cil was organized last spring.
Tonight they will drive to Gold
Beach and from there will go to
Port Orford. Bandon, Ccqullle,
Coos Bay. North Bend, Reeds
port and Gardner. Florence and
Cushman and Newport and
Toledo.