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Medfoed.M&x Weather FORECAST: PlTtlr cloudy to cloudy with ihowert Sunday. Little chance in temperature. Temp. Highest Yesterday 4 Lowest this Morning 3 a . Uie The Mail Tribune Want Ad Way Quick Results At Small Cost Tribune United Press Full Leased Wire United Press Full Leased Wira Fortieth Year MEDFORD, OREGON, SUNDAY, NOVEMBER 11, 1945. NO. 198. T REBELS IN JAVA All Out Assault flnpns In ...... -- Snerahain? Snrrpnrlpr Ro. fused Batavia, Java, Nov. 10 (U.R) British Indian troops, supported by warships and planes, today opened an all-out assault against Indonesian nationalists barricad ed in the streets of Soerabaja who refused a surrender ulti matum and summoned rein forcements from central Java. Despite fierce resistance in bloody street fighting, the Brit ish were reported gaining ground. Indonesian sources said the situation was "most critical at 8 p. m. (7:30 a. m. EWT) or 14 hours after the offensive started. one third of Soerabaja and are I welL established, although Indo t nesians are resisting and re grouping in other parts of the city, the Sunday Times of Lon don said in a special dispatch. Promptly at 6 a. m. when the ultimatum expired British warships in the harbor opened fire on Indonesian strong pointsJ in the city. Indian troops occu pying positions around the city, began moving into its streets. Shortly before noon British warplanes bombed and strafed the government quarter, center of the nationalist resistance. The Soerabaja radio, still In nationalist hands, said strong reinforcements were leaving central Java Sunday for Soera baja. The broadcast said relig ious leaders had been called upon to assist the nationalist fighting forces. The British said they had been forced to attack by stead ily mounting Indonesian aggres siveness which caused some 300 British casualties, despite a truce in effect since late October after the killing of British Brig adier Aubertin Mallaby. The Indonesians charged the British started the battle despite their pleas for time to deal with radical nationalist factions who favor an armed revolt to pre vent a return of Dutch rule to the East Indies. Dr. Soekarno, president of the Indonesian republic, was report ed to have told Surio, extremist leader of eastern Java, to use his own judgment on whether or not to accept the British ulti matum which warned of a full scale attack if Surio did not sur render all hostages, lay down arms and surrender uncondition ally. nrATH MMR Til ULnii! UUITILU IU Washington, Nov. 10 (U.R) Sen. John Thomas, R., Ida., a former Kansas farm youth who became a western banker and cattleman and was twice ap pointed and three times elected to the senate, died here today after an illness of several months. He was 71. An isolationist and a strict party Republican, Thomas was prominently identified in con gress wtih the irrigation, farm ing and livestock interests of his state. He was a member of the senate banking, finance ir rigation and public lands com mittees. Thomas entered George Wash ington hospital here a week ago. Cause of his death and fu k neral plans were not announc ed immediately. He first was appointed to the senate in 1928 when Sen. Frank R. Gooding died. Later in the same year he was elected to serve out the unexpired term. In 1932 he was defeated by Sen. James P. Pope. He was again appointed sena tor Jan. 27, 1940, to succeed the late Sen. William E. Borah. He later was elected to fill Borah's unexpired term and in 1942 was elected to a full six-year term of his own. San Francisco, Nov. 10 (U.R) Dairy market unchanged. Victory Loan Drive "E" Quota $525,000 "E" Sales to Date $33,556 Remainder to sell $441,444 All-Out v leaoeexae - tmHSTS oroeied to serrenoer Of foce fill-scale SUMATRA 1 Tocl 1 TeW J - -" sn- Indian Ocean Mcme Tetrphoto Map shows where conflict between Indonesian extremists and British occupation forces has reached a crisis In British ultimatum lor unconditional surrender of rebels. Strong British forces have moved in for full-scale attack if ultimatum is rejected. WEDEMEYER SAYS YANKS INVOLVED IN CHINA CLASH Chungking, Nov. 10 (U.R) Lt. Gen. Albert C. Wedemeyer, commander of U. S. army forces in China, admitted today that Americans had been involved in little isolated clashes" growing out of the civil war between Chungking government and Chinese communist troops. I regret these clashes, but I can assure you the Americans did not take the initiative," he told a press conference at wh.ch he outlined United States policy in the China theater and the Far East. Wedemeyer, who conferred with Generalissimo Chiang Kai- bhek shortly after his arrival here last night, said American forces would continue to help the Chinese repatriate the Japa nese, but that Americans did not come to China to get in volved in fratricidal warfare. 'I am directed by the War de partment to use all means avail able to protect American life and property," he said. He added that every incident in volving an American was under investigation. Wedemeyer said that in his conference with Chiang they dis cussed the current situation. Chinese communist quartars have demanded that American troops withdraw from China on the grounds that' they are inter fering in China's internal affairs. Wedemeyer said Chinese forces still were being transport ed northward by American ves sels and more will be thus car ried. Vessels of Vice Adm. Daniel E. Barbey's 7th amphibi ous force have been carrying Nationalist troops toward Man churia, where Chinese commun ist forces are deployed to oppose their entry. T TO JOB QUESTIONED Salem, Ore., Nov. 10 (U.R) Sheldon F. Sackett, publisher of the Coos Bay Times, today filed a petition in Marion county cir cuit court contesting the right of State Senator Merle E. Chess man, Astoria newspaperman, to hold the office of highway com missioner while still retaining his seat in the senate. Sackett contended in the peti tion that a state senator cannot legally perform the duties and secure reimbursement out of public funds for expenses in curred while acting as state hiChwav rnmmkcinnn. The petition 'also questioned ' inc rights of act ns Stat ,. tor William H. Straycr of Baker county, a member of the govern ing board of the state department of gellogy and mineral indus tries, and State Representative Earl H. Hill of Lane county, on the State Fish commission. Yugoslav Republic Vote Staged Today London, Nov. 10 (U.R) Brit ain and the United States recog nized the regime of Col. Gen. Enver Hoxka as a provisional government of Albania today as the people of Yugoslavia pre pared to vote Sunday for na tional assembly rxpoctcd to le 'ilt in a YngnOnv republic head ad bv Marshal Tito. Warfare Threatened Srivag Into forces occety Soeroeoj oarsKirri, port sin, QmScia1 fo bocft pp JruBorwe -a I CITY TO OBSERVE ARMISTICE WITH E Medford banks, post office, city hall and court house offices and many of the city's business establishments will close Mon day in the observance of Armis tice day. The Mail Tribune will bo to Dress at noon and I there will be no rural or city mail delivery. The day's program will in clude the annual American Le gion breakfast at 8:30 a.m. at the Medford hotel at which all veterans are welcome; a parade, starting at ll a.m., and the all veterans lunch in the Elks temple basement at noon. The American Legion dance in Mer rick's ballroom, with dancing from 9 p.m. to 1 a.m. will wind up the day. The parade will start at the city park on Main street, going east to Riverside avenue, north on Riverside to Sixth street, west to Bartlctt street, south to Main and west to the point of starting. ,23, , HELD CASE T San Francisco, Nov. 10 (U.R) Richard Worswick, 23, Oakland, tonight was held incommunicado in city jail after questioning in connection with the disappear ance of three-year-old Dickie Turn Suden scion of a gold min ing family who vanished Nov. 1 near his home at Goodyear Bar, Calif. Chief of Police Charles Dullea announced he and Federal Burea of Investigation agents had questioned Worswick, adopt ed son of a Masonic Employment Service employee, and had de cided the youth "knew nothing about the boy's disappearance." Worswick, who police said has a bad check record in both Oak land and San Francisco, was taken into custody at his Oak land rooming house early today after he allegedly telephoned Mrs. Frances Gardinier, aunt of the missing child and demanded S2.500 for information about Dickie's whereabouts. Captain of Inspectors John Engler admitted authorities had trailed Worswick for three or four days but would not reveal whe'er 'he,, yu,h was s,0UKhi "" "au " -" by San Francisco and Oakland department stores or in connec-1 tion with the Turn Suden case. San Francisco police brought Worswick from Oakland at 1 p. m. today. He was then spirited out of the city jail and was gore several hours. After he was re turned. Dulcau announced he believed Worswick waj a j "phoney." BOMBER HITS HILL Middlesboro, Ky., Nov. 10 (UP.) Five members of a B-25 Mitchell bomber crew were kill ed late today when their ship hit the top of a Cumberland mountain peak in fog. Th ac cident occurred six miles kouth Hi tue. . ::-.-.-;;-.v.-.v.::-'? W lledonaal itnem off hum ot-.-: jtempfoefiltrofentTsfcpoM in Java l-VV HAINAN jf"V: XV-rt. bos efrirAlbfeX V; v.tftV SSjM IN A.F.L. STRIKE Portland. Ore., Nov. 10 (U.R) New offers of 12Vi cent increases were made today by northwest lumber employers to striking AFL workers, while additional non-striking CIO lum ber workers added their appro val to the union's acceptance of the compromise wage raise. The Evans Products Company in Coos Bay, which has the larg est payroll in southwestern Ore gon, made the.newcst 12'6 cent offer to its striking AFL employes. A special meeting will be called for the veneer and plywood workers, local 2621, to vote on the proposal. Three new CIO locals have voted approval of the compro mise 12'2 cent raise reached by CIO union leaders and fir 'oper ators in Portland last week, thev were the Reedsport and Coos Ba,v. Oregon, and Aber deen, Wash., locals. Meanwhile 55.000 Oregon and southern Washington AFL team sters have joined their fellow carpenters in all-out support of the seven-wcek-old AFL walk out. Charging the CIO with "un scrupulous raiding tactics," the joint council of drivers. No. 37, announced It would refuse to handle any lumber or timber "manufactured or delivered by firms or operators who may have labor contracts with CIO unions or their affiliates. In Salem, the district coun cil of lumber and sawmill work ers, AFL, demanded that the council office in Eugene move to settle the strike by compro mising on the 12V4 raise. E TO CAPTTOL QUIZ Washington, Nov. 10 (U.R) Field Marshal Albert Kessclring, former chief of staff of the Ger man army, was in Washington late this week undergoing ques tioning by American intelligence authorities, usually reliable sources said tonight. Kessclring and other captured German officers whose identities could not be learned were re moved from the capital by plane early today. At that time they were spotted at a distance by te porters gathered to cover the ar rival of Prime Minister Clement Attlee. ALLIED CONTROL Berlin, Nov. 10 (U.R) The four-power allied control coun cil for Germany, in the first final disagreement since its for mation, announced todav that France had blocked a proposal I for inter-zone amalgamation of j German trade unions. The breakdown was announc-j ed by an American spokesman j as "final," and he implied that; either the French must change ! their minds or agreements by the individual Russian, Amcri-1 can and British zonal command ers micht well follow, leaving ilae iituli out ia the told. i FULL FACTS WILL BE GIVEN PUBLIC ON PEARLHARBOR Barkley Gives Assurance of No Cover-up Governor Dewey To Testify Washington, Nov. 10 U.R) Chairman Alben W. Barkley of the Pearl Harbor investigating committee said tonight the committee would lay all facts before the public "no matter whom they may hurt in high or low places." He disclosed that many top urnrtimp lenders and others, in cluding Gov. Thomas E. Dewey of New York, will be among early witnesses betore tne com mittee. One of the witnesses will be Grace Tully, confidential secre tary of the late President Roose velt now employed at the Archives building where she is in rharee of Mr. Roosevelt's collection of private papers. Barkley's statement climaxed a week of intra-committee ffiinu rinrine which republi can members accused the demo cratic majority and President Truman of blocking their indi vidual efforts to get at the facts. The chairman issued a formal .(.lament 'ln order" he said. "that there may be no misunder standing resulting from discus sions in congress." Un!ihnr T as chairman nor the committee as a whole will countenance any effort to keep from the public any facts ma terial to the inquiry," Barkley said. Barkley listed 48 persons who will be among the early witness es. They included: Dewey, Maj. Gen. Walter C. Short, army commander at Pearl Hurbor at the time of the Japanese attack; Rear ' Adm. it. .i .. v vimmpl. the navy Iiuauotn, " - commander; former Secretary of State Cordull Hull; former sec retary of War Henry L. Stim son Gen. Henry H. Arnold, chief of the army air. forces; Gen. George C. Marshall, army chief of staff; Capt. Alvin D Kramer, navy off leer, who car ried messages from the navy to the white house on the eve of Pearl Harbor; Adm. J. O. Rich ardson; Adm. Harold Stark, for mer Chief of Naval Operations. Adm. William F. Halsey, Jr., former Undersecretary of State Sumner Welles, and Joseph C. Grew, former undersecretary of state and former U. S. ambassa dor to Japan. F0REIGNT0L1CY Washington. Nov. 10 (U.R) President Truman said tonight that he hopes this country can formulate "a foreign policy which will be the policy of the people of the United States and not the policy of any political party." In a short speech at the state dinner in honor of Prime Min isters Clement Attlee of Britain and W. L. MacKenzie King of Canada, the president declared: "One of the great things about the British empire is that whe nthcy have a foreign pol icy and they always have one the British people are behind that foreign policy no matter which government is in power." Mr. Truman said his state ment was "amply illustrated" by the Potsdam "Big Three" con ference which began with Win ston Churchill as the British prime minister but concluded with Attlee at the reins of a new British labor government. The British prime minister told the gathering that he be lieved the United States and Great Britain needed most a "foreign policy that is directed not to any immediate aim of any particular country, but a foreign policy that is conceived in the Interest of all the people of the world." "This does not mean that we don't take into account our par ticular differences," he added, "but it seems to me today that our over-riding interests of world civilization come first." Victory I.oan "E" Bonds mature for 33 1-3 percent more PRESir ..KING AND 1 , LEE OPEN AToT.. British and Canada Meads Arrive To Discuss Mo mentous Problem Washington. Nov. 10 U.R President Truman and the prime ministers of Great Bri tain and Canada today began discussion of the world's most portentous question h o w to make atomic energy the servant rather than the destroyer of mankind. Clement Attlee, Britain's new socialist premier, arrived from London by air this morning, and the Canadian prime minister, W. L. MacKenzie King, came in about the same time from Canada. The talks began at lunch to day on what the white house described an "informal basis". And a spokesman for the presi dent emphasized that the discus sions would continue through tomorrow on the same "informal basis." There was no informa tion as to when "formal" busi ness would begin. The three men began their momentous work against back ground of spreading political strife ip many parts of the world and domestic crises in volving labor and management in their own countries. The hope of statesmen now is that the requirements of -national security tis conceived by leaders of the bomb-sharing nations and the necessity for international cooperation to pre serve peace may be meshed without conflict. Difficulties which the Anglo-American-Canadian leadors face in this respect were underscored this week by. Soviet Foreign Commisar V. M. Molotov, who expressed his country's frank disapproval of. U. S. determina tion to keep technical secrete of atomic bomb production. Incident to the . conferences the i white house made .these other points: 1. No technical experts are expected to take part in the dis cussions. 2. The three-way talks will deal with policy, not technical details. After the throe primary partners In the atomic, bomb have decided on a policy, their decisions will be taken up at later dates with other members of the united nations. There was, however, well founded reason to believe that Mr. Truman and Attlee would find occasion to discuss other matters such as the proposed $4,000,000,000 loan to Britain and solution of the knotty Pales tine problem. The president has said that although the pro gram calls only for atomic con trol discussions, he will discuss any subject brought up by Attlee. CITY THIRD FOR TRAFFIC SAFETY Salem, Ore.. Nov. 10 (U.R) Medford placed third in Its di vision of the 1945 Oregon cities traffic safety contest at the end of September, Secretary of State Robert S. Farrell, Jr., an nounced today. First place In the division representing cities with over 10,000 population went to Eu gene and second to Klamath Falls. The cities were graded ac cording to their current accident experience compared to their own previous three-year aver age. Nazis Hanged For Murder Six Fliers Brucsahl, Germany, Nov. 10 (U.R) Five Germans, shivering in a chill rain and pleading for mercy, were hanged by the United States army today for the murder of six American fliers. The five were found guilty by an American military court at Darmstadt of murdering six American filers who parachuted Into Russclshelm 15 months ago after their planes were shot down. CHILDREN MISSING Mexico City, Nov. 10 U.R An epidemic of missing children between the ages of two and 13 continued to spread through the capital tonight. By some ac counts, the number of missing ciiiloitiu wai moie Hum 32. BULLETIN Baton Rouge, L Nov. 10 (U.R) The lead changed hands six times tonight, end when the game ended Mississippi State had outlasted Louisiana State. 27 to 20. before 35.000 in thrilling touchdown der by. Mississippi took lead in the opening period, After that, the game was see-saw affair until the final chapter when End Billy Howard raced 31 yards with In an intercepted pass to clinch the contest. LEWIS AND GREEN OPPOSE CIO CZAR IN WAGEJISPUTE Show-down Due This Week Murray Backs Truman Pay Stand Washington, Nov. 10 (U.R) The labor-management confer ence to promote industrial peace tonight faced a show-down bat tle among labor delegates over the wage issue. The personal prestige of two fouling labor leaders CIO President Philip Murray and mine union chief John L. Lewis was at stake. Murray wants the conference to discuss wages. Lewis doesn't. The conferenco has survived its first week of bickering be tween Murray and Lewis. The coming week is almost certain to see them in a knock-down and drag-out fight. Murray In tends to force consideration of the wage question when the con ference executive com m 1 1 1 e e meets on Tuesday. Except for meetings on Sun day and Monday of one of its six working committees, - the conference was In recess until next Tuesday. Strategists of the CIO and Lewis united mine workers were using the recess period to draw their battle plans. AFL President William Green, who has endorsed every utterance of Lewis in the past week, has promised to continue to support the mine chief's position next week. Management representatives also were united in opposition to Murray but they preferred to let Lewis and Green carry the ball. - Many labor observers and some government officials for merly idontiifed with the new deal believe that Lewis and Green have set up an Informal coalition aimed at reducing Murray's prestige. Murray's sup porters contend that Green's position on the wage issue is not representative of all AFL un ions. Murray's resolution, seeking confcrcnc cendorsement of Pres ident Truman's recent statement that wages could be increased without price raises, was attack ed by Lewis as 'namby-pamby" and too conservative. UMW spokesman said today that Lewis would "stand pat on what he has said about Mur ray's proposal and he Is not go iug to introduce any substitute. As things stand now, the op position to Murray's resolution could muster more than enough votes to kill It In the executive committee. It takes a vote of three-fourths of the committee to bring a report to the floor. The only votes Murray Is cer tain of are those of the three CIO members. Arrayed against him are the three AFL, one UMW, one railway brother hoods and eight management delegates. COMMITTEE BALKS Washington, Nov. 10 (U.R) Some members of the House Military Affairs committee re belled tonight at "being put on the spot" by the rest of congress and predicted the committee as a result would shelve pending universal training legislation. The committee is scheduled to vote Tuesday on a motion to de fer until next year legislation re quested by President Truman 'or one year of compulsory training for all 18-year-old males. FILM TYCOON PASSES New York, Nov. 10 (U.R) David Bernstein, vice president and treasurer of the motion pic ture company, Locw's, Inc., died today of a heart attack at his I 'ilk, avenue burnt, lit was 63. i OVER IRISH 48-0; Indiana, Big Ten Leader, Routs Minnesota Co lumbia, Temple Beaten New York, Nov. 10 (U.R) Army's Sons of Mars and Thund er made a frolic of what was supposed to be the acid test of their gridiron greatness todax when they shook a previously unbeaten Notre Dame team to pieces with a 48 to 0 football victory. Columbia's Lions and Temple's Owls, previously unbeaten east ern teams, saw their hopes for Bow) games go glimmering as both suffered decisive defeats. Pennsylvania toppled Columbia, 32 to 7 while Perm State was a 27 to 0 victor over Temple. Navy's dormant power assert ed itself at last against a Michi gan team rated the best in the Big Ten and the Middies came off with a 33 to 7 victory. In other eastern games, Brown upset Yale 20 to 7; Ohio Stale topped Pittsburgh, 14 to 0; Cor nell defeated Colgate, 20 to 6, and Rutgers drubbed Lafayette, 32 to 14. Princeton rose to gain an unexpected 13 to 13 tie with Dartmouth; Harvard topped King's Point Merchant Marine, 27 to 7; New York University won from Lehigh, 19 to 0, and Connecticut paraded past Maine, 53 to 0. In Dixie, Gcorgie Tech poured it on Tulanc, 41 to 7; Tennessee blanked Mississippi, 34 to 0; Vir ginia won from Richmond1, 46 to 0; Duke defeated North Caro lina State, 26 to 13; Auburn drubbed Southwest Louisiana, 52 to 0; North Carolina edged Wil liam and Mary, 6 to 0; Georgia defeated Florida, 34 to 0; Clem son won from Virginia Polytech nic, 35 to 0; Kentucky beat West Virginia, 10 to 6; Chattanooga upset Vandcrbilt, 13 to 6, and Maryland drubbed Virginia Mili tary Institute, 38 to 0. Indiana's Hoosicrs, still ahead in the Big Ten race, handed Minnesota its worst defeat of all time, 49 to 0. Purdue defeated Miami, 21 to 7, Northwestern, won from Wisconsin, 28 to 14, Great Lakes defeated Michigan State, 27 to 7, Detroit won from Cincinnati, 20 to 0, and Drake overpowered Iowa State Teach ers, 53 to 6. In the Big Six, Oklahoma con tinued to set the pace with a 14 to 7 win over Iowa State whila Nebraska trimmed Kansas State, 24 to 0. Kansas lost an outside game to Marquette, 26 to 0. Oklahoma A. & M. won from Tulsa, 12 to 6 to remain unde feated. In the southwest, Texas A. tc M. used a field goal to defeat Southern Methodist, 3 to 0, Texas Tech topped Texas Chris tian 12 to 0, Texas edged Baylor, 21 to 14 and Rice outclassed Arkansas, 26 to 7. Utah defeated New Mexico in, a Rocky Mountain feature, 21 to 20, Denver won from the Coior ado Aggies, 35 tc 12, Colorado defeated Utah State, 14 to 7 and Colorado College was a 47 to 13 victor over Greeley, Colo., State. SNOWS CLOSES M'KENZIE By United Press Snow storms closed the Tim berline highway and the McKcnzie Pass today and state motor association officials urged drivers to carry chains for any trips to eastern and southern Oregon or to the coast. Officials in Bend said they were unable to get in touch with the Eugene side of the McKcnzie Pass to warn them the pass was closed so the gate could be closed there. Drifts following a blizzard glutted the road with stalled cars. The early snow storms caught highway and forest officials in the Mount Hood area by sur prise and It is possible the Timberllnc highway will not be cleared until after this week end. However, the road of Govern ment Camp was still open today and the Loop and Wapinitia . highways were passable. San Francisco, Nov. 10 'U.R) Eight ships carrying 3,728 re turning servicemen and civilians docked tier today,
