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EDITION
Fortieth Year
What'll We Do With
President Harrv S. Truman (left), Secretary of State James Byrnes and
British Prime Minister Clement Attlee (right) exchange greetings as
Attlee arrives at the White House In Washington to take up with the
President and W. L. Mackenzie King, Canada's prune minister, the inter
national question of how to make the atomic bomb an Instrument for
, preserving lasting peace.
OF
ARMISTICE DAY
Celebrating with the tradi
tional patriotic parade, annual
meetings of veterans' organiza
tions and other events, Medford
l.i today observing Armistice
Day under rainy skies. Since
November II" occurred on Sun
day, the holiday was set back
one day.
Members of all veterans' or
ganizations of the city, civic
and fraternal groups participat
ed in the annual parade at 11
o'clock this morning, traditional
Armistice hour, and at noon
veterans gathered at the Elks'
club for lunch. The annual
American Legion dance at Mer
rick's tonight will be the day's
closing event.
Commander Here
Highlighting American Le
gion activities is the visit here
of Niel L. Morfitt, Astoria, de
partment of Oregon commander,
and Fritz Nissen, Portland, state
adjutant of the Legion. The
two men attended the Legion
breakfast at the Medford Hotel
this morning, with Morfitt
speaking, and at 2 p.m. today
the state commander was
scheduled to speak at the corner-stone
laying ceremonies of
the Central Point American
Legion.
Morfitt spoke In Ashland last
night and was to go to Grants
Pass later today for an appear
ance there.
Columbus, O., Nov. 12 U.R)
A plan to replace the present
income tax system with a levy
of three per cent on gross in
come of every individual or
business was offered here yes
terday by Dr. Frances Town-
lend, originator of the famous
Townsond plan.
He said it was unfair to tax
salaried persons and wage earn
ers on gross income while busi
ness men are taxed only on net
income. He also outlined a
plan to use receipts of the tax to
pay an annuity of S1099.20 to
every person over 60.
S. F. DAIRY PRICES
San Francisco, Nov. 12 U.R!
Dairv market:
ButtT: 93 score 48' 4, 92
srnrr 48. 90 score 471.
Cheese: Loafs 28 2, triplets
Fgg: Lar?
medium grade
grade A 44'j
50'.
grade A 5714.
A 52'2. small
large grade B
WEATHER
Northern California: Inter
mittent rains today and tonight.
Showers Tuesday. Snow above
4.000 feet. Little temperature
chance. Moderate to fresh south
to southwesterly winds off
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FIRS! ARMISTICE
'ICE
By United Press
The United States observed its
first peace time Armistice day
since 1941 with Sunday services
throughout the nation arid the
world for the dead of both world
warsr r" "
Observance In a world at
peace of the 27th anniversary of
the armistice which ended the
first world war was marred by
fighting in Indo-China, Java and
Manchuria.
In Washington, President Tru
man, British Prime Minister Cle
ment Attlee and Canadian Prime
Minister W. L. MacKenzie King
interrupted discussions on the
atomic bomb to lay wreaths on
the tomb of America's unknown
soldier.
Honor British Dead
King George VI placed a
wreath on a Whitehall monu
ment in London honoring almost
1,500,000 English dead of the
two world wars.
Throughout the United States
the observance extended through
today with banks, stock ex
changes, federal offices and
many private businesses closed.
GI's in Japan marked the an
niversary in Tokyo yesterday
with a wild west rodeo in the
Meiji baseball steadium. Special
trains from ail sections of the
country brought thousands of
soldiers to the show.
More than 1.000 French and
American soldiers paraded
through the streets of Reims,
scene of Germany's surrender in
World War II.
Ex-Ziegfeld Girl
Stands by Claims
She Wed Valentino
Hollywood, Nov. 12 (U.R)
Despite denials by the actors
brother and nephew, former
Ziegfeld Beauty Marion Benda
continued todav to claim she
had been secretly married to the
late Rudolph Valentino.
"Look up the records in New
Jersey" was Miss Benda's only
rnmnipnt as she was taken from
the hospital to her Santa Mon
ica. Calif., home where she took
sleeping pills in a suicide at
temDt Friday nieht.
Alberto Valentino, brother of
the film idol, and his son, Jean,
said the last year of the
"sheik's'' life was positive proof
that there was no marriage and
no dauehtcr born to such a
union, contradicting Miss
Benda's claims.
SIDE GLANCES
Br
TRIBUNE REPORTERS
Snrwr F H Hedrick deciding
that there must be something
wrong with the gas gauge on
his car after being forced to car
ry supplies to his stalled motor.
Roberta Bebb having difficul
ty in finding the proper angle
In ucar on ohiprt said to be a
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EDFORD
Full Leased Wire
MEDFORD, OREGON, MONDAY, NOVEMBER 12, 1945.
TO CANCEL PACT
WITH AFL UNION
Willamette Valley
Says Contract
By Workers
Concern
Violated
Portland, Ore., Nov. 12 U.P.)
As the five-state AFL northwest
lumber strike moved into its
eighth week today, union em
ployes of the Willamette Valley
Lumber company mill in Dal
las, Oregon, were faced with
cancellation of their contract.
Earle Fulgham, company
superintendent, announced that
cancellation was ordered for
November 15 because "t h e
union had violated provisions of
the contract." At the same time
he added the Willamette valley
mill to the list of employers
willing to agree to a 12'.i cent
compromise wage increase.
Union Silent
Edward Hayes, secretary of
the Dallas local, said the union
was not ready to comment on
the proposal.
Other AFL locals in the walk
out affecting 500 mills in Ore
gon, Washington, Idaho, Mon
tana and northern California
split on 12V4 cent issue.
The Tacoma district council
decided Sunday to hold out for
a $1.10 wage minimum, while
the Salem, Oregon, local has
demanded termination of the
strike and acceptance of the
compromise, offer. It has been
estimated that $19,124,000 has
been lost in pay during the
strike.
In St. Helens, the 220 AFL
employes of the Fir-Insulatina
plant have voted to resume
work.
The two largest lumber mills
in the world, Longview and
Long-Bell, will be affected by
the teamsters ban on hauling
CIO lumber if the ruling is fully
observed.
BAKERY TIE-UP
IS COAST THREAT
(By United Press)
A strike of San Francisco oak
ery drivers at the Langendorf
United Bakeries today tnreaien-
ed to spread to other Pacific
coast cities and prompt major
baking firms to close their doors
in Joint protest action.
These were the latest develop
ments in the western labor scene:
Bakers Wendell J. Phillips,
secretary of the AFL Bakery
Drivers union in San Francisco,
said "there is a strong possi
bility" that the three-day old
bakery drivers strike against the
Langendorf plants may spread
to Berkeley, San Jose and L.os
Angeles, Cal.; Portland, Ore., and
Seattle and Tacoma, Wash.
In Seattle, operators reported
ly threatened to shut down every
bakery if union pickets from the
San Francisco local appear he
fore the Langendorf plant there
today.
All San Francisco bakeries,
which produce from 60 to 90 per
cent of the city's bread, closed
Saturday when 110 drivers be
gan picketing the Langendorf
plant. Independent French dnd
Italian bakeries halted opera
tions yesterday.
63 Ships Bringing
Men From Pacific
San Francisco, Nov. 12 (U.R)
The navy announced today
that 63 ships with a capacity of
88,000 are scheduled to arrive
at five west coast ports this
week loaded with returning
veterans of the Pacific war.
Eleven ships were due here
today, with a total of 6.402 pas
sengers. They included the
Saugus. with 2 450; Seiver.
1.823; Grafton, 1,733, and the
Sappho, 295.
HEADS AMVETS
Santa Barbara, Cal., Nov. 12
OI.R) Edward S. Shattuck, Los
Angeles attorney, was installed
today as state commander of
AMVETS. organization of World
YAMASHITA TRIES
TO HALTf ARING
"Tiger of Malaya" Asks
Restoration to Plain Sta
tus of Military Prisoner
Manila, Nov. 12 (U.R) Gen.
Tomoyuki Yamashita, caught be
neath a mountain of evidence
linking him with the mass mur
der and rape of thousands of
Filipinos, appealed to the Philip
pines supreme qourt today to
halt his war crimes trial and re
store him to the status of a mili
tary prisoner.
Yamashita's defense counsel
filed the appeal before his trial
was resumed this morning, in
an 11th hour move to save him
from execution for the crimes
committed against the Filipino
people by his Japanese soldiery
Tiger Unconcerned
There was no immediate in
dication as to how long the com
monweath's highest court would
take to act on the petition, which
asked for a writ of habeas cor
pus and a writ of prohibition to
halt the trial.
If the appeal Is rejected
Yamashita's last recourse would
be to the supreme court of the
United States. '
Sullen and puffy-eyed after a
week-end spent in sleep, the erst
while "Tiger of Malaya showed
no concern over the latest legal
maneuvering for his life.
Nor was he perturbed by the
obvious haUcd of .'.he . witnesses
summoned by the prosecution
when court resumed after the
week-end recess.
Twice when witnesses Inter
rupted the proceedings to scream
epithets at him he merely cock
ed his head attentively and star
ed back at his accusers.
Atrocity Told
Gliceria Meere Malvecino, a
41-year-old housewife, wept con
tinually as she told how her four
children and her aged mother
were cut to death by the Jap
anese In Santo Thomas.
"I saw a Jap solidcr grab my
baby daughter's right arm, Jerk
her upward and drive his bayo
net clean through her suspended
body," the mother said.
HIR0HIT0 OFFERS ART
AND JEWELS FOR FOOD
Tokyo, Nov. 12 (U.R) Em
peror Hirohito, the newspaper
Mainichi said today, has offered
his crown jewels and art collec
tions to pay for food for the
Japanese people in the event
the allied supreme command
permits the import of food
stuffs. San Francisco, Nov. 12 A
turtle named "suits" has reap
peared at the Melbourne zoo
after an unexplained absence of
18 years. Melbourne radio said
today. The turtle originally
came to the zoo as a gift from
the United States, Melbourne
said In a broadcast recorded by
United Press.
Britain Would Withhold Atomic Secrets
Until Russia Shows Better Cooperation
Washington, Nov. 12 (U.R)
The British government wants
better evidence of Soviet co
operation with America and
Britain before giving Russia ac
cess to atomic bomb secrets, a
high authority reported today as
the three-power atomic energy
conference continued here.
British Prime Minister Cle
ment Attlee, according to this
source, has proposed an interna
tional pool of war secrets, in
cluding the atomic bomb, with
admission limited to those who
give full cooperation to the
United Nations Organization Bnd
also put their own secret weap
ons into the world pool.
Talks Returned
president Truman, Attlee and
Canadian Prime Minister W. L.
Mackenzie King, representing
the three powers which possess
the bomb secret, conferred all
yesterday afternoon aboard the
presidential yacht Sequoia, pre-
umahlv evaminintf in Hftail IhP
LoiLtH BiiiU.
Eisenhower Home to Plead
For Armed Service Merger
Boston, Nov. 12 (U.R) Gen.
Dwight D. Eisenhower came
from Europe to fog-shrouded
Boston today to receive the
Armistice day homage of 1.000,-
000 persons before proceeding
to Washington to urge the mer
ger of America's armed services
into one fighting team.
Fog and a chill drizzle, the
remnants of a northeast storm,
had caused all commercial lines
to cancel their regular flights.
It forced the supreme allied
commander's plane to land at
the Squantum naval airbase in
stead of the Logan international
airport as originally scheduled.
Started Sunday
Gen. Eisenhower's big C-54
transport hit the ground at 11:31
a. m. It had left Bermuda at
6:40 a. m. on the last leg of the
flight that started Sunday in
Frankfurt, Germany.
First to greet the smiling
Texan was his attractive wife
who came from Washington
soon after midnight to meet her
soldier-husband.
"How was the trip?" those on
the field heard Mrs. Eisenhower
ask.
"Fine," chuckled the general
of the armies. "The only thing
1 was afraid of was being late."
The couple continued to con
verse In low tones while photo
graphers' flash bulbs popped.
The general squeezed his wife's
hand.
"Kiss her, general, so we can
SELLERS' STRIKES
Washington, Nov. 12 XU.R1
The government is investigating
certain industries suspected of
keeping sorely-needed civilian
goods off the market until the
excess profits tax is repealed
Jan. 1, it was revealed today.
The inquiry into the so-called
"sellers' strikes" was undertak
en by the civilian production ad
ministration at the request of
Reconversion Director John W.
Snyde'r. A CPA official said
agents were already at work but
that there was no evidence the
practice was widespread.
Several congressmen said they
had received complaints or a
strike but others had seen no
evidence of such a move.
Sen. Wayne L. Morse, R., Ore
observed that "there seems to be
an indication" that somj produc
ers are withholding goods.
Hirohito Departs
To Tell Ancestors
Tokyo, Nov. 1 2 OI.R) Em
peror Hirohito today left Tokyo
for the first time since the U. &
occupation of Japan for a four-
day trip to the island of Kyushu.
Hirohito's trip was to include
a pilgrimage to the grand
shrine of Ise, where he will
"report" to his ancestors on the
termination of the war.
The president and Attlee re
sumed their talks briefly this
morning before Attlee left the
White House at 10 a. m. for the
British embassy where he will
stay during the rest of his visit.
Presidential Secretary William
D. Hassett would not comment
on the Attlee plan, saying there
would be no announcement from
the White Houfe until the joint
communique is Issued by the
president and the two prime
ministers at conclusion of their
conversation..
Here is the way the Atllee
plan was explained by authoria
tive sources:
Pool Planned
The atomic bomb, along with
other American and British sec
ret weapons, would be placed in
an international pool under the
control of the permanent United
Nations Organization. Russia
and France, too would have'ac
cess to the pool if first, thev
pledge full and complete co-
United Pren Full
get a picture," one photographer
asked.
Eisenhower smiled broadly
and replied:
"You take enre of your busi
ness and I'll take care of mine."
To Parade
As the 200-odd spectators at
the field cheered, Eisenhower
and his wife proceeded with
Gov. Maurice J. Tobin of Massa
chusetts, Acting Mayor John E.
Kerrigan of Boston and the gen
eral's aide, Col. James Stack, to
a waiting car.
The party proceeded to a
hotel where Eisenhower and his
wife were to stop during their
brief visit in the city. At 2:30
p. m. the general was to partici
pate in a vast Armistice day
parade.
SYMPATHY STRIKE
FOR ALL CANADA
LABOR IS URGED
Br United Pre
An appeal from the united
automobile workers union (CIO)
for a one-day sympathy strike
of all Canadian labor union
members brought two strike
threats but no immediate walk
outs today.
Two locals of the UAW ap-
nealed for the Dominion-wide
strike in support of 10,000 strik
ing' Svorkers at the Windsor,
Ont, plants of the Ford Motor
Company.
Meanwhile, In the United
States, shipping was tied up at
the port of Mobile by a strike
of several thousand members
of the international association
of longshoremen (AFL).
Now Threat
A new strike threat came
from the CIO electrical work
ers union which announced at
New York that it had petitioned
the national labor relations
board for a strike vote. The
vote would cover 270,000 union
members in General Motors
electrical division, the General
Electric company, and Westing
house Electric company. The
union seeks a $2 daily wage
increase.
In a speech at Ithaca, N. Y.
Gov. Thomas E. Dewey of New
York warned labor and industry
that both must learn that the
Interests of the public come
first.
"In short, a trained under
standing of all the factors In In
dustrial relationship must take
place," Dewey said.
At New Orleans, Andrew J.
Higglns, who Is liquidating his
big manufacturing company In
a dispute with AFL unions, said
he was "seriously considering"
re-locating a portion of his firm
in Omaha, Neb.
The Stanford Stadium seats
89,000 spectators.
they put their own war secrets
into the pool.
This would have the effect of
internationalizing the atomic
bomb and similar new weapons,
leaving their use in the control
of UNO.
Before even a preliminary
agreement, however, Russia
would be asked for a "maximum
and final list" of their territorial
and economic demands in Asia
and Europe. Attlee's position
was that the only demands to be
considered would be those re
garded by the USSR as vital to
her national security.
A Big Three conference then
would be held to examine facc-to-face
the Russian position. If
Britain and the United Slates
agreed that the Russian demands
were acceptable for a "final"
settlement, efforts would be
made to see that they were
granted but again only on the
condition of complete Soviet ad
herence, support and cooperation
with, UiiO fill future-
Leased Wii
NO. 199.
INDONESIANS ASK
IN THEIRBEHALF
Unrecognized Republic Asks
Support As Bloody Battle
Of Soerabaja Subsides
Batavla, Nov. 12 U.R) The
government of the unrecogniz
ed Indonesian republic has ask-
ed Russia to Intervene in the
Netherlands East Indies on be
half of the Indonesians, it was
revealed today.
Dr. Sukarno, president of the
nationalist government, and
Foreign Minister Subardjo
cabled intervention appeals to
Generalissimo Stalin and For
eign Commissar V. M. Molotov,
respectively.
Earlier Sukarno asked Presi
dent Truman and British Prime
Minister Attlee to support the
nationalists in the bloody strife
which has been going on for
some weeks in Java.
Battle Subiidet
The Indonesian appeal to the
Soviets came as a fierce battle
at Soerabaja subsided, with the
British Indian division apparent
ly in firm control of most of the
naval base city in eastern Java.
After two days of street fight
ing, pockets of Indonesian re
sistance appeared to be dwindl
ing. The Indonesians were report
ed turning stolen Japanese
tanks and guns against the Bri
tish at Soerabaja. Dutch sources
said natives were massing In the
interior for a "holy war" against
the allies.
RAF planes attacked nationalist-held
sections of the city
for the second time yesterday
afternoon, scoring direct hits on
a number of buildings where the
extremists were entrenched.
Casualties Mount
Nevertheless, British casual
tics were reported mounting
steadily and aerial reconnais
sance showed no evidence that
the nationalists were quitting
the city.
Large quantities of Japanese
made weapons, including me
dium machine guns, were found
abandoned in the streets, and
the Netherlands Aneta news
agency said the Indonesians
were using Japanese mortars
and light tanks against the Bri
tish. British army headquarters
revealed that MaJ. Gen. Noboru
Yamamoto, chief of the Japa
nese 10th army in Java, had
been arrested, presumably in
connection with the surrender
of Japanese arms to the Indone
sians. 7 SHIPS BRI
E
New York, Nov. 12 (U.R)
Seven ships were scheduled to
dock today with 5,584 members
of the U. S. armed forces.
The CCNY Victory carried
1.064 trops, Including headquar
ters and headquarters battery of
the 66th infantry division artil
lery; service company of the
262nd infantry regiment; 252nd
ordnance medium maintenance
company; 2flBth engineer combat
battalion: 55Hth signal company,
and the 721st field artillery bat
talion. The Rushvllle Victory carried
1,042 troops, Including the 100th
evacuation hospital, headquar
ters and headquarters battery,
250th field artillery group, 445th
ordnance Ham Co... 552nd AAA
battalion, and 3279th QM service
company.
. BAN DUTCH HELP
San Francisco, Nov. 12 'U.R)
The Melbourne radio said last
night that Air Minister Arthur
Drakeford had announced that
no Australian air force person
nel would be permitted to leave
Australia to serve with Dutch
forces in Java.
JAPS DEMAND REFORMS
Kyoto, Japan, Nov. 12 U.R)
Students at the Boshisha univer
sity one of Japan's oldest mis
sionary schools today issued
an ultimatum to the faculty dc
ranullng "dmoualifi y.nrrofc"
FOES TO S
AT
Decision Brings Hope of
Healing Central Govern-ment-Yenan
Breach
Chungking, Nov. 12 (U.R).
The central government and tha
Chinese communists agreed to
day to submit their political and
military differences to the politl
cal consultative council which,
meets Nov. 20.
The decision brought hop
that the bitter split between the,
central government and tha
Yennn communist group may ba
healed in some manner which
will avert the incipient Chinese)
civil war.
Decision to place their differ
ences before the political con
sultative council came at tha
suggestion of the Chinese Demo
cratic league which has been
seeking to mediate between tha
two groups.
Agree To Nov. 20
Both Minister of Information
K. C. Wu, speaking for the cen
tral government, and Chow En
Lai, vice-chairman of the com
munlst party, agreed to the)
meeting Nov. 20.
The move to settle the dlsputa
came as Gen. Chiang Kai-Shek
appealed to Russia for pcrmis
sion to fly his armies into Man
churia.
Dispatches from the north said
Chiang's field commanders hart
abandoned all thought of enter
Ing Manchuria by sea and wera
staking their hopes for peace on,
the conferences now in progress)
with red army commanders ir
the Manchurlan capital of
Changchum.
Upwards of 1,000,000 com.
munists and an even greater
number of nationalist troop
were poised along the great wall.
There was grave danger that tha
threatened civil war might ex
plode at any moment.
Clashes Already
Communist spokesmen assert
ed there already had been a num
ber of stiff border clashes, par
tlcularly near the port of Shan
haikwan, eastern gate to Man
churia. They charged that mora
than 3,000 "secret agents of tha
Chinese-American secret serv
Ice" had been sent to the border
with American equipment to aid
the nationalists.
(The dispatch did not maka
clear whether any Americans
were alleged to be among tha
"secret agents.")
The Chungking government
said 300 of its representative!
were conferring with the Rus
sians in Changchun in an effort
to obtain permission for tha
landing of nationalist troop
transports on soviet-held air
fields in Manchuria.
Lt. Gen. Hsiung Shlh-Hul,
chief of Chiang's military coun
cil In Manchuria, returned to
Chungkng yesterday, presumab
ly to report to the generalissimo
on the progress of the negotia
tions. There was no word, how
ever, as to the Russian attitude.
TOSSfClTO
E SITE OF
The toss of a coin will decida
sometime today the. site of tha
Mcdford-North Bend District 3
championship playoff, Principal
Lester D. Harris of Medford high
school said this morning.
The game will probably b
played Friday night, with tha
winner scheduled to meet Grant
of Portland in a Thanksgiving
day semi-final.
Though Medford is virtually
assured of the district title by
reason of its impressive record,
the District 2 committee insisted
that the Black Tornado go
through with its Nov. 16 gama
with undefeated North Bend.
The committee includes R. E.
Jewell, North Bend principal,
chairman; Carl E. Morrison, Co
quille, superintendent; and Le
land P. Linn, Ashland, superlrw
tendent.
Carpinterla ! called "the lenv
on capital of the world,"
Weather
roKKCAST: Mostly cloudy
with late ihowert or mow
flurrlei today and tomor
row. MtOa chanje In tam
parature. Tamp.
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