Image provided by: University of Oregon Libraries; Eugene, OR
About Medford mail tribune. (Medford, Or.) 1909-1989 | View Entire Issue (Nov. 2, 1945)
BONDS for the VICTORS nr n n MIS) 0) in Id mm raW- i-J Sigotl Corps Photo After the Battle. 82d CWS mortar crew piles up ammunition after clean-up of holdouts on Luzon. They are finishing their Job; buying Vic tory Bonds will finish ours. V. S. Treasury Drparrmtnl V1B SEVERSKY CLAIMS Tokyo, Nov. 2 U.R) Claim ing that the value of the atomic bomb had been exaggerated, Al exander P. De Seversky urged today that the United States maintain a separate air force. r "He told a press conference that he believed 200 B-29 Su perfortresses could have caused as much or more damage as the atomic bombs did at Hiroshima and Nagasaki. Talked To Hirohito Seversky talked with report ers following a tour of Japan. Just before meeting them he had a 15-minute audience with Em peror Hirohito. He said he told the emperor he "displayed cour age in calling off the war." Seversky said he felt develop ment of the atomic bomb had been a great step in the science of demolition but that the bombs had fired the world imagination more than the cities on which they were dropped. "The cities were knocked down by the terrific blast and then caught fire," he said. "Against the Japanese target it was more effective than an in cendiary bomb but I am not so sure we can suspend making high explosive and fire bombs such as we used on Germany. "It's an application of the right force, at the right time and the right place. Planes Necesary "Of course, we cannot judge what the future will bring. There may come a time when we can deliver atomic bombs without the use of planes. But under the present set-up we must have control of the lir." Seversky said he believed that against a modern European or American target, the atomic bomb would be no more effec tive than a 20,000 pound high explosive bomb. F London. Nov. 2 U.P The Moscow radio, in extensive com ment on the atom bomb and President Truman's NavyDa speech, said tonight that "onl frank cooperation among the peace-loving nations can save the world from unprecedented disaster." Observing that the "Ameri can public is getting alarmed that obstacles arp being put in the way of world cooperation, the Russian radio said: "On the prctpxt of national defense, some elements are out for a monopoly of the new wea pon (the atomic bomb). F.very one knows Hint it is a purely of tensive weapon which cannot be used for defense purposes. The bomb is of advantage only to an ncgressor state. Where Hipp does national defense come in? Four Nine Draw Fatal For Player San Diego, Nov. 2 AJ.P.) David Herschovitch. 65, a visi tor from Ogden. Utah, drew four nines in a draw-poker game and suffered a heart attack which proved fatal, the coroner's of fice reported. Deputy Coroner Lloyd Jones said Herschovitch was rushed to a nearby private home where he died three hours before his wife was due to arrive from Ogden. Victory Loan Drive "E" Quota $525,000 "E" Sales to Date S29.S0S.25 Remainder to sell $495,093.75 am n MEDFORD United Praia Fortieth Year EAST RIOTS LEAVE TEN DEAD Demonstrations Spread Jewish Synagogues and Shops Smashed By Bands Cairo, Nov. 2-U.R) Ten per sons were reported killed and 200 injured at Alexandria to day as rioting and demonstra tions spread swiftly through Egypt and Palestine, where the Arabs rigidly enforced a gen eral strike. Alexandria and Cairo appear ed hardest hit by the violence, with rioters and restless bands roving the streets, smashing up Jewish synagogues and shops, and clashing repeatedly with steel-helmeted police struggling to keep down the disorders. British Hold Aloof - At least three persons were reported killed and several wounded in rioting in the Jew ish quarters of Cairo. British military police cars generally held aloof from the disturbances in Cairo. Smoldering unrest throughout the middle east came to a head in the rioting. The Arabs had called the general strike in pro test against the British Balfour declaration 28 years ago today promising the Jews a national home in.Palestine. . . . (Field Marshal Viscount Gort has resigned as governor general of . Palestine . because of "ill health," Colonial Secretary George Hall announced in the London house of commons to day.) A late dispatch from Alexan dria said the trouble was spread ing.' Mobs were reported "tin ning amok," indiscriminately smashing up property in the commercial and shopping dis tricts. Police Fire On Mob Heavv casualties were caused. a United Press correspondent at Alexandria reported, when po lice fired on the rioters as a last resort to protect themselves. Rioters smashed windows in the United States army port command at Alexandria, over which the Stars and Stripes flew prominently. American troops were re-, stricted to their quarters, and army establishments were put under strong military guard. British forces likewise were kept in barracks. Miss Alabama (Acm Tleithoto) Meet "the girl the Iletrt cajne.homc to." Miss U S. S Alabama, Betty Hockinr. San Francisco, Calif., chosen w:nner in a beauty parade held at San Francisco as part of Navy Dav proernm. In back .-r.und u -iiiss U. S. S VGrktonn," Betty Eiua " A3 W WW""!!"' $ y f Ataii i t: ' ) y ' v ' ' . P. " Full Leaied Wire Woman Is Third Bridge Suicide In Twenty Hours San Francisco, Nov. 2 (U.R) A woman tentatively identified as Mrs. Leola Meyers, 42, San Francisco, who took a taxi to the middle of the Golden Gate bridge, jumped to her death to day the third suicide from the world's 'longest single span in 20 hours. Mrs. Meyers was the 57th re ported suicide from the bridge. Two men horrified motorists and pedestrians yesterday by leaping 250 feet into the San Francisco bay within five minutes of one another. A note in her purse, left with her hat and coat near the rail ing, was addressed to Mrs. Joyce Beattie, Los Angeles, believed to be the woman's daughter. Mrs. Meyers' body was recovered by the coast guard. FIRST TO FINISH T Reporting contributions of $16,338.45 from 89 firms nd employees, the Community Chest and victory fund commit tee headed by A. S. Cummins has made its report to Otto Frohnmayer, drive chairman. This is the first major commit tee to complete its solicitation and present its final report. Frohnmayer reported this morning that the final days of the campaign are lagging and that unless a final effort of con siderable proportion is made, the quota will not be reached. Figures compiled this morning show that $30,078.48 had been turned in as of Nov. 1, which leaves about $9,000 left to be contributed if the quota is to be reached. Personal- solicitation has par ticularly lagged, the chairman said, and he urged those who have not yet been contacted to call at the headquarters in the Chamber of Commerce building with their, donations. FOUND IN FIELD George Rosh, 64, was found In a semi-conscious condition in a field near his home about four miles up Sardine Creek from highway 99 by state police and sheriff's officers this morning. He had evidently suffered a paralytic stroke and had at tempted to crawl to his cabin. Rosh was brought to Sacred Heart hospital in the Conger Morris ambulance and is in a serious condition, the sheriff's office reported. Investigation is being continued. Japanese Attack On West Coast Expected Momentarily During Early Part Of 1942 San Francisco, Nov. 2 OJ.R) Air defenses of the Pacific coast were in an almost continual state of alert for more than three months early in 1942 following official warnings that a "coord inated Japanese offensive" might be directed against "American areas," the Fourth Air Force re ported today. It was also disclosed that an undisclosed number of fighter planes and three lumbering B 18 s were sent to attack a Japa nese submarine which shelled an oil refinery near Santa Baibara. Full power of the coast's defense was not sent against the sub marine because Maj. Gen. Jacob E. Fickel, commanding general of the Fourth believed the at tack was "a diversion meant to attract attention from something else that might happen." Attack Report Numerous Releasing further details of its wartime history, the Fourth Air Force said that "reports of t tacks, sabotage and enemy plcns were numerous in (itsi various units'' during the period. MEDFORD, OREGON, FRIDAY, PEARL INQUIRERS ASK MODIFICATION OFT Congress Committee Sees Stumbling . Block in Re striction on Aides Washington, Nov. 2 (U.R Congress' Pearl Harbor investi gating committee today asked President Truman to modify an executive order which some members believed might hamper their inquiry. The committee also decided to start public hearings Nov. 15 on its investigation into all events which led to and followed the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor which launched the Pacific war. The request to Mr. Truman involves an executive ordering restricting disclosure by govern ment personnel of information by breaking codes. Amendment Asked The committee asked for an amendment which will permit army and navy personnel not only to testify openly on the sub ject but to volunteer any other information they may have re garding the attack and associat ed events. Sen. Alben W. Barklcy, D., Ky., said all government records pertinent to the investigation also will be made available to the committee. He said individual members, however, must have the approval of the full committee in demand ing records from government de partments. The committee rejected by a party-line vote of five to three a motion to ask Mr. Truman to issue an order that would per mit single members to demand access to records as an individ ual. Rules Drawn The committee adopted a lib eral set of. procedural rules drawn up by committee counsel William D. Mitchell. They provide: 1. All testimony will be taken in public and under oath. 2. Witnesses may be question ed by committee counsel and committee members. 3. Witnesses may be represent ed by counsel of their own choos ing. The counsel may examine witnesses after committee ques tions are completed, but may not object to committee questions or interrupt such examinations. 4. Prepared written statements from witnessest will not be re ceived except with permission of the committee nor unless sub mitted to counsel a reasonable time prior to presentation. How ever, persons in service of the United States whose conduct has been under scrutiny will have an opportunity prior to closing of testimony to present such a statement at a public session. Milton was 57 years old when he wrote "Paradise Lost." "These reports chiefly concern ed unidentified ships, submarines and planes but also enumerated wire cutting, flares and minor enemy operations on or near the coast," an announcement said. Officials said they had been informed "early in 1942" that Fleet Admiral Ernest J. King had warned naval units that there were "signs which appear to be definite of a widespread and coordinated Japanese offen sive in American, British, Dutch. Australian and New Zealand areas." Station! Alerted The Fourth Air Force immedi ately alerted all stations and units "against sabotage and sur prise attacks." the announcement said. It pointed out that the warning "was the prelude" to shelling of an oil refinery at El wood, Cal., by a Japanese sub marine "and the appearance of mysterious, still unidentified planes over Los Angeles during the early morning hours of Nov. 25." The announcement also dis NOVEMBER 2, 1945. TO TTO Political Situation More Tense As U. S. Forces An nounce Early Withdrawal Hanoi, Indo-China, Nov. 2 (U.R) Hochi Minn, premier of the provisional government of Viet Namese, reiterated today that Indo-Chinese were deter mined to "fight to the last" if the French attempt to enter the country by force. After nearly a month of quiet, the political situation here grew tense following the announce ment that all U. S. forces will evacuate Indo-China in the near future. Viet Namese refused to serve food to any foreigners, including Chinese. It was impossible for foreigners to buy food in local markets, and hotels and res taurants were forced to close their doors because the servants had left. Today, foreign residents weren't sure where their next meal was coming from. Chungking, Nov. 2 (U.R) The newspaper Ta Kung Pao today reported an "anti-Chinese" move ment in northern Burma. Quoting returning government officials, the newspaper said many Chinese residents of Bur ma wore robbed, beaten up and "chased back 19 China." ( DUE IN FEW DAYS 1 Washington, Nov. 2 (U.R) Ybu're going to know within thVee or four days how much that new car will cost. Chances are the retail prices will be higher than most people have expected. Price Chief Chester Bowles announced last night that the new car ceilings have been fixed but said they would not be made public for another three or four days. Manufacturers can pub lish their selling prices a day earlier if they wish. He gave no hint of how speci fic prices would run, but other OPA sources said they probably would be "considerably higher" than was originally hoped. WREN ARRESTED San Diego, Cat, Nov. 2 (U.R) Mary Thompson, 23, former Brit ish Wren, who gave her home address as an exclusive district in London, today was arrested on suspicion of defrauding an innkeeper after she assertedly ran out on several southern Cali fornia hotel bills, police report ed. closed that rpports of the pres ence of Japanese planes during the week after Dec. 7, 1941, "were of such a nature as to convince the highest military authorities that they actually were in the vicinity of the west coast." IB Blackouta Between the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor and Dec. 31, 1941 there were 18 blackouts, 30 radio silences and 25 alerts, none of which were attributed to enemy action. However, four alerts, six radio silences and 10 blackouts were laid to "uniden tified causes," the report said. (In Tokyo the Japanese naval air department denied that Japa nese planes were over Los An geles in February, 1942, or at any other time). High point of the alerts came in June, 1942, when the Japa nese launched attacks on Mid way and the Aleutians. On May 26 the Fourth Air Force fas given advance warning "of an expected attack on the Aleutians or on the west coast." rm RIB1 Unittd Praia Ful' Will Start New "We've been through hell, but we still love each other,' snys Lt. Claude Chipman, war veteran acquitted on murder charge In Madera, Calif., court a month after he shot and killed Herman Blood, lover of his wife during the lieutenant's absence. Couple arc shown here upon reconcilia tion, with their son, Michael. X B-29's Make Tokyo-Washington Hop; Will Shoot At British Record Next Washington, Nov. 2 U.R Four B-29's completed the first non-stop flight from Japan to Washington last night, and today the air forces already are plan ning a new test for the super bomber an assault on the British-held nonstop distance record. The flight completed last night, from Japan's northern most island of Hokkaido, cover ed fl,544 miles. The current rec ord is 7,158 miles, set in 1938 by two British planes which -flew from lsmella, Egypt, to Port Dar win, Australia. The next Superfortress under taking, for which no specific date has been set, will be an at tempt to fly from Hokkaido to Puerto Rico, a distance of 8,088 miles, or Batista, Cuba, 7,693 miles. One of the big bombers which SOXERS COLD TO Gary, Ind., Nov. 2 (U.R) Crooner Frank Sinatra's singing sent Gary's bobby soxcrs into squeals of delight, but his ora tory didn't send them back to school. Eight hundred white students at Frocbel high school continued their strike in protest against en rollment of negroes at the school, in spite of Sinatra's venture as a conciliator. At a mass meeting yesterday, the swoon crooner asked Gary's'students to return to their classes at once. But, today the strike situation was unchanged. Richard A. Nuzum, principal of Froebel high school, said there was no indication of when the students would end their most recent strike which began Oct. 26. "Evidently Sinatra's appear ance' did' not do any good," Nuzum said. "It confused the issue." Nuzum was critical of Sin atra's cliHigrs that two Gary politicians were back of the strike. "That part made me sick." he said. "He came to preach Iter ance and became intolerant him self." 367 DISCHARGES FILED LAST MONTH IN COUNTY During October 367 Jackron county persons in the military service filed their honorable dis charges with the county clcik, the records reveal. A large ma jority of discharges show action all over the world in France, Germany, Italy, Africa, India. Kgypt, Burma, China, Japan and the islands of the Pacific. Deputy clerks in the records department also report a record number of deeds and other papers were filed last month. VULTEE TO CONVERT San Diego, Nov. 2 (U.R) Con solidated Vultee Aircraft corpor ation's plant at Nashville, Tenn., will be converted immediately to the manufacture of gas and elec tric ranges, llrrry V.'oodhcad, president, announced today. NE Wlr NO. 191. Life Together ( Acme Tclephoto) landed here last night had plan ned to fly on to Puerto Rico but was prevented by fuel-consuming headwinds over the Pacific. Air forces officials said all they need to bent the British record Is "an even break" from the weather over the north Pa cific. North Pacific weather, they added, is about the worst and most unpredictable in the world. Chungking, Nov. 2 U.R The official Central News Agency said today that Chinese com- mulst armies were storming Kwcisui, capital of Suiyuan pro vince,- and Tatung, railway Junc tion in northern Shansl. Communist forces of more than 100,000 are massed along the Suiyuan-Shansi front, the news agency said. They were re ported pressing a widespread of fensive vigorously. Fighting was reported Inside the ancient city of Kwcisui while communist artillery roared at its gates. At least three additional communist spearheads were con verging on Kwcisui from the cast, northeast and northwest to reinforce the siege army. Shipside Nuptials i Da' faaCttAj V r - ' it i 1 - 9 Sl C 1 1 fiSlIla I .11 .... J...1.1I. (Jroom kisses bride In hurry follow ing ahlpslde marrtHge ceremony of pvt. Kaymond A. PreiitUa and farmer Mary P. Arnold, cuuntry s f Ifih rank ing tennla player, both of Loa An t'le. at Seattle pun Just IS nilnutea ixluit Prcntu boarded transport lor aimaalu. 1 V ' ; 1 hi i 12.5 CENT BOOST EFFECTIVE NOV. 1 IS Settlement Has No Immedi ate Effect on AFL Pine and Some Fir Areas Portland Nnv 9 nim nm International Woodworkers of America, CIO, and big fir op erators of the Pacific northwest today compromised union wag demands for a 25 cent per hour increase and annntmno 1914 cent boost will be in effect from xvov. 1. The settlement had nn Imme diate effect on the AFL lumber strike which the AFL has claim ed kept 60,000, workmen Idle more man live weeks. The AFL has demanded an industry-wide minimum of $1.10 an hour. 13-Day Negotiation The CIO industry-wide nego tiation result Federal Conciliation Commis- misioner George Brewer in Portland. The CIO settlement came aft er 13 days of negotiations and covers nearly 80 per cent of all douglas fir log and lumber oper ations In western Washington and the Columbia river area in Oregon. Several of the largest operators In the United States are included among the oper ators. " The agreement does not af fect pine and a few fir areas. Brewer said. Negotiations cov ering the Spokane territory were scheduled to begin today In Spokane and the Klamath basin area will be discussed next Tuesday in that city. Stayed On Job . The CIO never took Its men off the Job and fought through the courts to prevent AFL pick ets from halting work at CIO operations. The break in the northwest'i troubled lumber picture came as the AFL lumber and sawmill workers announced that nego tiations would start later today with t he Plywood and Door Manufacturers Industrial Dela tions committee, representing employers of about 20,000 strik ers on 50 operations, chiefly in Oregon and Washington. The operators involved in the AFL strike have refused to ne gotiate on an industry-wide ba sis heretofore, contending the geographical areas previously used were the only equitable basis for handling wage and working conditions. The em ployers cover more than 500 operations in Oregon, Washing ton, Idaho, Montana and north ern California. Stockpiles Low The AFL strike has reduced lumber stockpiles in the north west almost to the vanishing point, as teamsters, carpenters, and other affiliated groups re fused to touch "hot" lumber. Both factions acknowledged ex tension of the strike many more days will drastically affect re conversion and post-war build ing programs throughout the nation. One unofficial estimate was that the halt in lumber pro duction was enough to build 2, 000 houses per day. TELEGRAPH STRIKE (By United Praia) A strike of Western Union telegraphers cut off service In three eastern cities today as tney staged a five-hour work stop page protesting a difference In hourly wage awards to AFL and CIO workers. Approximately 2,0 0 0 tele graphers at Philadelphia, Detroit and Hartford, Conn., left their Jobs from 1 p. m. to 5 p. m. de fying orders of the Commercial Telegraphers union (AFL) Inter national Officers, as America'! total idle went up to 254,000. Production at New England's busy mills was threatened aa walkouts of CIO Textile union spread after workers In nine Maine mills quit at midnight Bus schedules throughout eastern states were stalled and approximately 1,000 buses re mained idle as union spokesmen threatened that the strike of drivers and mechanics would spread across the country if wage issues were not settled promptly. D.U.V. TO MEET Past President of Daughters of Union Veterans will be en. tertained by Mrs. Walter E. Rowley at 1 p.m. Saturday,
