Tension Mounts As Marines Skirmish With China Reds
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Fortieth Year
E
ON ARMISTICE DAY
LT0 BE HIGHLIGHT
Veterans of All Wars To
Breakfast Monday, Med
ford Hotel; Lunch at Elks
Medford's first peace time
Armistice observance in three
years, will be held Monday, Nov.
12, with a colorful parade com
mencing at 11 a. m.( highlight
ing a program which will start
at 8:30 a. m. and last nearly all
night.
Army and navy units from
Camp White will be represented
in the parade. Also participating
in the march will be representa
tives of patriotic, veteran, civic
and fraternal organizations of
Medford and vicinity.
The veteran group this year
will be swelled by the addition
of many World War II veterans.
Lin of March
Line of march will be from
the city park east on Main street
to Riverside avenue, north on
Riverside to Sixth street, west
on Sixth to Bartlett, south on
Bartlett to Main and west on
Main to point of starting.
All veterans of World Wars I
and II, regardless of organiza
tion affiliations are requested to
mingle and march together in
the parade with the Ashland le
gion Kilty band leading the
group.
The day's program will start
at 8:30 a. m. with the annual
American Legion breakfast at
the Medford hotel. Ham, bacon
and eggs will be served and all
veterans, regardless of affilia
tions, are invited to attend. The
parade will follow at 11 a. m.
and at noon all veterans will
meet at the Elks club basement
for lunch.
Dance It Windup
The day will end with a big
American Legion public dance at
Dreamland. Dancing will be
from 9 p. m. to 1 a. m.
Col. W. H. Paine, in charge of
the parade, has requested orga
nizations participating to form
in the following localities:
Veteran organizations and so
cieties having military origin at
city park; bands, on library
lawn; religious and relief organi
zations, on North Ivy near Main;
civic clubs, societies, Granges
and schools, North Oakdale near
Main; fraternal and social socie
ties. South Oakdale in front of
courthouse; Boy Scouts and Girl
Scouts, on library lawn. All en
tries not provided for above and
organizations of doubtful classi
fication, on Main west of Oak
dale. Represe ntatives of the
American Legion will be at the
above places to guide and assist
In the parade formation.
PULP ANDPAPER
STRIKE IMMINENT:
Portland, Ore., Nov. 8 (U.R)
A strike in the northwest's pulp
and" paper industry, involving
20.000 employes in Oregon,
Washington and California, ap
peared imminent today after
union officials voiced resent
ment at a rejection by the 12th
regional war labor board of pay
increases and other requests de
manded by the unions.
Thirty-nine mills and 40 union
chapters would be involved in
the threatened tie-up.
MARLENE IN BERLIN
Berlin, Nov. 8 (U.R) Marlene
Dietrich arrived yesterday for
the funeral of her mother, Mrs.
Josephine Von Losch, 69, who
died Sunday. The actress flew
from Paris, where she learned
of her mother's death. Mrs.
Losch owned a jewelry store
here.
SIDE GLANCES
By
TRIBUNE REPORTERS
A local hunter back from the
Lakeview area telling of sight
ing fifteen does slain by "sports
men" who shot first and locked
for horns later.
A. Moore Hamilton confound
ing his better half and others by
remembering to deliver a note
entrusted to his tare while home
for lunch.
Medford
United Press
CIO Prefers
Unfair Labor Practices
Against General Motors
By United Press
The United Auto Workers un
ion (CIO) today filed charges of
unfair labor practices against
General Motors Corp., and 10,
000 UAW members continued on
strike at the Ford Motor Co.,
plant in Windsor, Ont.
In an action filed with the De
troit office of the national labor
relations board the UAW claim
ed that General Motors had re
fused to bargain in good faith
over a wage dispute. If the
NLRB deems the action valid,
it will serve formal compaint
TENTATIVE PACT
IS REACHED BY
C. I. O. International Wood
workers of America and saw
mill employers in the Klamath
Basin area concluded a tentative
agreement for an increase in
pay of 12 i cents an hour at a
meeting held in Klamath Falls
Wednesday, B. L. Nutting, man
ager of Medford Corporation,
said today. The agreement was
in the same amount as that
reached in other areas of the
northwest.
The settlement will be refer
red to local unions in the dis
trict and also to individual mills
for approval before the increase
becomes effective. If the agree
ment reached at the Klamath
Falls meeting is accepted ty the
mills and locals in the district,
C. I. O. workmen will continue
on the job, Nutting said. Opera
tive in ihn Rntnip River area to
be affected are the Sugar Pine
Lumber company at Asmana,
MprtfnrH Corporation woods
operations, and the Rogue River
Box company at uranis rdss.
The Klamath Basin area in
rtlnloe nil fenerations from
Grants Pass to McCloud, Calif-
east to Lakeview and norm to
Bend.
K!ttinr aid AFL officials
have asked for a meeting at
Klamath Falls next Monuay in
ffr,rt tn spttlR the seven-
weeks old strike which has shut
down AFL mills in the entire
northwest.
TURKEY GROWERS
Tnrkpv Growers of the valley
have wired the Oregon congres
sional delegation and the OPA
t Washinoton asking for an in
quiry into a drop in the price of
turkeys, and the reported sale of
turkeys at less than ceiling
prices. They request inai uie
army take some of the larger
birds to ease the situation.
The local demand is for the
smaller fowls. There is a large
increase over last year in turKey
production throughout the coun
try. Killing and shipping of the
birds for the Thanksgiving feast
is now underway in local plants.
Small Cotton Crop
Forecast For 1945
Washington, Nov. 8 (U.R)
The Agriculture department to
day forecast a 1945 cotton crop
of 9.368,000 bales. This was a
reduction of 411.000 bales from
the October prediction.
The estimated production
would be the lowest since 1921.
It compares with 12.230.000
bales produced in 1944 and the
1934-43 average of 12,293.000
bales.
Jobs-For-All Bill
On New Sidetrack
Washington, Nov. 8 (U.F.)
The administration's jobs-for all I
bill was shunted into another!
congressional committee today
with little prospect of pass age I
by the Thanksgiving deadline!
proposed by President Truman.
After six weeks of testimony
the house executive expenditures (
committee late yesterday voted
to end hearings and appointed a
subcommittee "to try to reach
some compromise.''
Full Leased Wire
MEDFORD, ORF
Charges ,
against the company and set a
hearing date within 10 days,
Mediators Asked
At the same time the UAW
asked the federal conciliation
service to send mediators to De
troit. Negotiations over a 30 per
cent wage increase were "dead
locked," the union said.
Across the river at Windsor,
C. H. Millard, a member of the
national committee of the Cana
dian congress of labor, said the
congress was ready to pull out
its 350,000 members in sympathy
with the UAW s strike against
Ford of Canada.
Strikes kept 256,000 U. S.
workers away from their jobs.
At Dearborn, Mich., it was re
vealed that Henry Ford II, presi
dent of the huge auto company,
was in conference with labor
minister Humphrey Mitchell and
Leslie Blackwell, Ontario attorney-general.
Talk Steel Pay Hike
New developments in the U.
S. labor picture were:
U. S. Steel Corp. refused to
resume negotiations on a de
mand by the United Steelwork
ers union (CIO) for $2-a-day
wage boost.
Ford workers in the U. S.
voted overwhelmingly to strike
if necessary to enforce their de
mands for a 30 per cent wage
increase.
In Chicago, employes of the
Union Stockyards and Transit
Co. voted 295 to 5 last night to
call a strike unless demands for
shorter hours and increased
wages were met.
STALIN CONTINUES
FIRST VACATION
London, Nov. 8 (U.R) A
Moscow dispatch to the London
Daily Express said today that
Premier Stalin still was vaca
tioning at Sochi in the Caucasus.
' The dispatch gave no clue,
however, as to the reason why
Stalin stayed away yesterday
from Moscow's formal celebra
tion of the anniversary of the
red revolution for the first time
in many years.
Stalin went to Sochi a month
ago for his first vacation sin-e
the outbreak of the Russian
German war, but was reported
to have returned to Moscow
earlier this week.
Delay Sought In
Auto Profit Cut
Washington, Nov. 8 (U.R)
The house small business com
mittee today unanimously asked
the OPA to withhold at least
temporarily any contemplated
change in the automobile deal
ers' discount rate.
The action followed a hearing
at which W. J,. Mallon, Newark,
N. J., president of the National
Automoblie Dealers association,
protested that OPA's proposal to
halve the 24 per cent average
discount would force "the great
majority of dealers" out of business.
German Saboteurs Aimed At
Atomic Bomb Power Source
Washington, Nov. 8 (U.R)
The mighty dams of the Tennes
see Valley, source of power for
the atomic bomb project, were
among the objectives of the eight
Nazi saboteurs who landed in
this country by U-boat in 1942,
it was revealed today.
The enemy agents, captured
soon after their arrival when one
of them turned informer, had
mapped out an ambitious plan
of destruction.
Other targets included the Hell
Gate bridge in New York, many
important war plants and major
eastern railroads and other
transportation facilities.
The full story of the saboteurs
was made public for the lirsl
time when Attorney General
Tom C. Clark released deUiils
of their July, 1942 trial nere
before a military commission.
Clark revealed that George
John Dasch, leader of the group
that landed on Amagasselt
, THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 8, 1945.
REAL
IN
IS
CIO May Get Demand for
Consideration of Wages
And Prices Is Indication
Washington, Nov. 8 (U.R)
The labor-management confer
ence reported officially todi,y
that "real progress is being
made" in tackling its problems.
The report was made by Con
ference Secretary George W.
Taylor. It came as signs indicat
ed that the Congress of Indus
trial Organizations may get its
demand for consideration of
wages and prices to the floor of
the conference through one of
the standing committees or some
other devices now under con
sideration. No Gag Rule
Taylor told a news conference
that "no attempt will be made to
gag" any group. He declined to
discuss any subjects which were
brought up at the initial organ
ization meetings of conference
standing committees late yester
day. Earlier President Ira Moshcr
of the National Association of
Manufacturers served notice
that management delegates
would resist the CIO efforts to
inject the wage issue into the
conference. He said that would
be putting "the cart before the
horse.
Name Committeemen
Taylor announced that Dr
Frank P. Graham, president of
the University of North Carolina
and public member of the war
labor board, had been invited
to serve as chairman of a special
committee to hear the views of
labor, management, consumer
and farm groups not represent
ed in the conference.'
Dr. Ben Mark Chcrrington of
the University of Denver and
Dr. William Fielding Ogborn of
the University of Chicago were
invited to serve as other com
mittee members.
Announcer Shaken
By Wife's Suicide
Pittsburgh. Nov. 8 (U.R)
Visibly shaken with emotion,
Radio Announcer Bob Donley
today claimed the bodies of his
wife and eight-year-old son who
plunged nine stories to death
from the William Penn hotel.
The former WCAE announcer
arrived here from New York by
plane yesterday after being noti
fied that Mrs. Katherine Don
ley, 34, had thrown herself and
her son, James Patrick, from
the 12th floor of the hotei.
Donley declined to comment
directly on his wife s charge In
a suicide note that he had left
her and the boy to continue his
"career."
Air Line Official
Killed in Crash
Cairo. Nov. 8 (U.R) Jack
Nichols, vice president of Trans-
Continental and Western Air
lines, was killed with seven
other passengers and crewmen
yesterday when a U. S. army
bomber crashed near Asmura,
Eritrea, it was announced today.
Beach, Long Island, N. Y., pro
vided the "tip" that led to the
capture of all of his companions
within 14 days of their arrival.
All eight of the saboteurs,
four of whom landed on a beach
near Jacksonville, Fla., were con
victed and sentenced to execu
tion. However, Dasch and
Ernest Peter Burger, who knew
and approved of Dasch's betray
al, were spared the death sen
tence by presidential clemency
on the recommendation of FBI
Director J. Edgar Hoover and
former Attorney General Fran
cis Biddlc.
Dasch is serving 30 years and
Burger a life sentence in federal
penitentiaries. The other six
died in the electric chair here.
It was. learned from the sa
boteurs that the Nazis planned!
to send over a group by nubma-l
rine each six weeks. 'The fnil-
ure in the first undertaking,"
Clark said, "caused a change in '
plans." 1
Winners of Country's Important City Elections
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Winners of two most Important municipal elections In country are shown In victory poses. Mayor Edward J.
Jeffries Jr. (left) re-elected in Detroit, Mich., defeating Rirhnrd T. Frankcnsteen, union leader, Jots down
returns relayed by wife In early hours. William O'Dwyer, Democratic and American Labor Party candldnte
(right) gets handshake after winning lopsided election as mayor of New York city.
No Evidence Suden Child Kidnaped
Says FBI In Refusing Jurisdiction
San Francisco, Nov. 8 IU.R)
The Federal Bureau of Investiga
tion announced today that it has
not assumed jurisdiction in the
case of Dickie Turn Suden, hrce-year-old
missing Downieville
heir, because "there is no evi
dence of kidnaping."
There had been numerous re
ports from Dpwnievillo that the
FBI had taken charge of the
case seven days after Dickie dis
appeared from the front yard of
the summer home of his parents,
Mr. and Mrs. Joseph Turn Suden.
Vincent's statement indicated
that the FBI, on the basis of
DUE FOR SHRINK
Washington, Nov. 8 (U.R)
The ceiling price on nylon stock
ings soon will be cut about one
third, it was learned today.
The office of price administra
tion expects to announce within
a few days a new price schedule
for nylons that will reduce their
retail cost to approximately the
1941 level. Present ceiling prices
are based on 1942 prices.
The new reduced prices are
expected to go into effect about
Nov. 15.
The most common type of
stocking, 45 gauge, now sells for
$1.65. Under the new regulation
It would be reduced to $1.30 for
independent merchants and
$1.10 for chain stores.
Top nylon price under the new
regulation would be $1.90 for
60 gauge and up, all nylon, stock
ings. This Is the independent
store price; the chain store coil
ing for the same pair of stock
ings would be $1.60. Present ceil
ing price is $2.50.
War Dog Attacks
Japanese Woman
Berkeley, Cnl Nov. 8 (U.R)
Mrs. Ume Akati, 65-year-old
Japanese American who was
severely mauled by a German
shepherd war dog recently re
turned from the southwest. Paci
fic, was recovering at her home
today.
The dog, owned by Fred
Hoffier, Albany, leaped over a
seven-foot fence to attack Mrs.
Akati as she passed his yard.
She was treated for deep gajbes
in her leg after police freed tier
from the dog. which was placed
under observation at the pound.
Death Date Fixed
For Five Germans
Frankfurt, Nov. 8 UR) Five
Germans convicted at Darmstadt
last summer of murdering five
American airmen in August,
1944, will be executed Nov. 10,
it was announced today.
The men will be hanged at
Bruchsal. They arc Josef Hart
gen, Johannes Siepcl, Johann
Opper, Philip Gutlic-h and Fr'ed
rich Wust. All lived at Russcl
shcim on the River Main.
CHUTE TOO LATE
Rantoul, HI., Nov. 8 JU.R)
Capt. Hans J. Grasshoff, Lancas
ter, Calif., army flight instructor
at Chanute Field, was killed to
day when his parachute failed
to open soon enough as he leaped
from a burning training plane.
1RIBUNE
United Press Full
available information, consider
ed that the Turn Suden child was
lost in the mountains and not
the victim of an abduction. Al
most 300 searchers covered a 25
squnre mile of terrain near the
Turn Suden home during a week
long fruitless hunt.
Police have received numer
ous "tips" regarding the where
abouts of the missing boy, but
none has proved authentic.
San Francisco police called off
an intensive two-hour search for
a car reportedly containing two
men who a San Francisco house
wife said slugged her and car
ried off a child "resembling" the
Turn Suden child.
Police said that Mrs. Milfred
Beer, who said she was the wife
of a naval officer overseas, called
to say she had found a blond
child "about four years old" out
side her home "around mid
night." Three police squad cars were
dispatched to her apartment in
the Metropolitan housing pro
ject. Her call was made to the
police inspector's bureau shortly
after 1 a. m. A few minutes
later she reported two men had
entered her home, token the
child and left in a black sedan
whose motor she had heard run
ning outside.
Police said all but routine
patrol cars had been withdrawn
from the area "and we are in
vestigating Mrs. Beer's story."
CARPENTERS7 HELP
Portland, Ore., Nov. 8 (U.R)
While eastern and middle ivest
contractors appealed to striking
ALF lumbermen to case the
lumber tie-uo. new wa
ed today in the AFL camp of the
jinanciai support of the Brother
hood of Carpenters and Joiners
union, a step which wnuld
wtimen me seven-week strike.
Frank Chapman, general rep
resentative Of tho ltrll,,..j I
of Carpenters and Joiners, said
he had been informed by tele-
pnoiio irom Washington by Gen
eral President William L. llnl
cheon that the finum-mi r.
sources of the 850,000 carpenters
of the brotherhood was at the
disposal of the striking AFL
lumber workers.
TAX REBATE OBTAINED
BY EARLY PAYMENTS
Final day for payment of 194.V
1946 taxes, with a three per cent
deduction is Thursday, Nov. 15
and taxpayers are calling al 'he
tax collection department of the
sheriff's office, in a steady
stream. It is expected the usual
rush will start next week, reach
ing a peak on the final day. Pay
ments by mail are also heavy
Delinquent personal tax pay
ment notices, numbering around
15, are ready fur mailing, ShT
iff Howard A. Gault reports
The number is about the same as
last year.
YOUTHS PICK PARIS
London, Nov. 8 (U.R) The In
ternational Youth conference to
day selected Paris as the per
manent headquarters of the
World Federation of Democratic
Youth.
L.at.d Wlia
NO. 196.
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Washington, Nov. 8 (U.R)
President Truman today ordered
all heads of government depart
ments and agencies, including
the joint chiefs of staff, to auth
orize all federal employes to
give any information they may
have to the Pearl Harbor In
vestigating committee.
The president In a memoran
dum to government executives
recalled a section of the rcsolu
tlon creating the committee pro
viding that testimony by any
person in the armed services
would not be used against the
person in any court proceeding
or held against him In the
examination of his military
status.
Should Volunteer
The president told the depart
ment heads that federal person
nel should be authorized "to
come forward voluntarily," with
information bearing on Pearl
Harbor and disclose it to the
committee when they think the
Information has any bearing on
the Investigation.
"This directive," the president
said, "is applicable to all per
sons in your departments or
agencies whether they are in
the armed services or not and
whether or not they are called
to testify before the joint com
mlttce."
Meanwhile, democrats on the
committee accused republican
members of destroying public
faith in the Inquiry.
Russians Host To
Officialdom; Cavier
Only Item Missing
Washington, Nov. 8 (U.R)
Washington officialdom turned
out in great numbers lust night
to help the Soviet delegation
celebrate the 28th anniversary
of the communist revolution
and, incidentally, to enjoy the
Sviet embassy's customary
lavish spread on such occasions.
There was no caviar but
tables were piled high with cold
turkey, lobster, tongue, aspic,
salmon cake, ice cream, pastries,
salads and a remarkable variety
of spices and condiments.
Bars were also numerous, and
featured everything from orange
juice to vodka, particularly the
latter.
Lady Poet Sails
Alone in Pacific
Honolulu, Nov. 8 (U.R) Ton
ya Jones, 33-year-old woman
poet with a flair for navigation,
was alone on the high seas to
day in a 30-foot gaff-rigged
auxiliary ketch bound for the
U. S. mainland.
Several score friends and
yachtsmen, some of whom paid
$.1 plus tax to get a final glimpse
of the 30-foot Tahiti-type sailing
vessel "Audacious," tooted Alo
ha from six small craft yesteiday '
and left Miss Jones eight miles
offshore, lt was her fourth at
tempt in three weeks to become j
the first woman to make a suc
cessful solo ocean crossing from j
Hawaii to the Pacific coast, i
OF
FORCE
SEENJOUBTFUL
More Marines Landed to fe-
inforce Garrison at Chin
wangtao Ships in Area
Chungking, Not. 8 (U.R)
All 3,000 American planes in
the China theater will be
transferred to the Chinese na
tionalist government, the na
tionalist newspaper Ta Kung
Pao said today at communist
charges of American interven
tion in China's undeclared
civil war mounted.
Chinwangtao, North Chnia, 12
noon, Nov. 8 (U.R) U. S. offic
ials viewed with concern today
a growing number of skirmishes
between marine guards and
Chinese communists seeking to
sabotage rail lines and other
communications of Chiang Kal
Slick's central government
armies.
Chungking, Nov. 8 U.R
Chinese communists today
charged American forces with
three more specific instances
of intervention in China's in
ternal strife and demanded an
apology from Lt. Gen. Albert
C. Wedemeyer.
The Tientsin Incident alone.
Chu was quoted a writing
Wedemeyer, "obviously is in
tervention In Chinese internal
politics and damaged Chinese
sovereignty."
Reports that U. S. marines will
be withdrawn from north China
within the next month in order
to avoid Involvement In the
Chinese civil war were viewed
with some skepticism here as ths
Chinwangtao garrison was
doubled amid mounting tension.
More Landed
The first battalion of the 29th
marine regiment under Lt. Col.
Lcroy Hunt landed to reinforce
Lt. Col. John Gcrolcy's battalion
of the seventh regiment. This in
creased the marine garrison at
Chinwangtao, only nine miles
south of the communist strong
hold ' of Shanhaikwan on the .
Manchurlan border, to nearly.
2,000 men.
It is no secret that these ma
rines are eager to go home nor
that they are extremely dubious
and unenthusiastic about their
role in China.
It also was understood that the
navy has been keeping numerous
ships in this area for the ex
press purpose of evacuating ma
rines at the earliest possible date.
Thus far nothing approaching
a major engagement has been
fought. However, hourly increas
ing communist activity along
with resentment at our assist
ance to the Kuomintang deepens
the anger.
Whether Chinese officials now
desire the removal of the ma
rines is an open question. It was
reliably understood that only
two weeks ago the Chinese were
eager to see U. S. forces pulled
out as soon as nationalist armies
arrived at Peiping, the Tientsin
area and Manchuria in sufficient
strength.
But Manchuria may be a
poser. The central government
armies undoubtedly hoped to
move into Manchuria as the red
army left without involving the
central sixth, 92nd and 84th
armies forces which were
flown Into Peiping and Tientsin
and some of which moved nito
Chinwangtao.
Now that It appears the Kuom
intang may have to fight its way
Into Manchuria across the great
wall, Chinese leaders are cm
phutlc in saying they wish the
marines to remain as "friends
of tho Chinese people."
Washington, Nov. 8 (U.R)
High diplomatic quarters pie
dicted today that the Chinese
civil war would soon end if the
United States and Russia an
nounced a 'hands oft" policy
and then made it stick.
It was learned, however, that
nothing is being done that might
lead to a joint reaffirmation of
Russo-Amcrican policy in China,
although some American officials
believe such a step to be ex
tremely desirable.
These diplomatic sources em
phasized that they were not im
plying that the United States
was "interfering" in behalf of
Chiang Kai-Shek, or that Soviet
Russia was "interfering" in be
half of the Chinese communists.
But, they said, both great pow
ers appear to be drifting in the
midst of an extremely explosive
situation.
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