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U.S., Britain To Keep Atomic Bomb Know-How Secret Weather FORECAST: Partly cloudy to cloudy with rain ihowen In valleys and mow showeri In mountains tonight and Fri day. Slifhtly cooler tonight. Temp. HtKheit Yesterday & Lowest this Morning ...41 Free, to S A. M. Today- 7 Fortieth Year SOLD TO GREENS; 1 mm CASH 150-Acre Property To Be Devoted To Raising Super Fruit for Gift Box Trade. The entire capital stock In Wing Orchards, Inc.. owned by Charles A. Wing, Elizabeth S. Wing, and daughters Acacia Jean and Charlotte Ann Wing has recently been sold to Gordon R. Green and brother, George Green. Announcement of the sale today placed the total con sideration at approx 1 m a t e I y $100,000. This is said to be the largest single cash orchard transaction in some 15 years in the Rogue River valley. The sale of Wing Orchard, Inc., includes approxi mately 100 acres in apples, pears and alfalfa and 50 acres of tim ber land, also a beautiful and modern country home, fully equipped packing plant, all orch ard equipment and modern barns and extensive stock cor rals. Productive Place The orchards and farm which originally consisted of 450 acres were purchased by Wing in 1929 from Mr. and Mrs. Howard C. Bare. Immediately upon pur chase the new owners set out to improve, remodel and rebuild the property. Gradually it be came known as one of the most beautiful as well as productive properties in the valley. Fruit grown and packed on the prop erty has, over the past 10 years, under "Wing-Caw" and "Old State Road" brands, become fav orably known in all markets of this and foreign countries. Be cause of the high quality and ex tremely large sizes of Wing Orchard fruit, many blue rib bons were taken at fairs. On one occasion first prizes were won at the Western States Exposition in Phoenix, Ariz. Later the Cloverhill Dairy was started by Mr. Wing and was developed as Wing's Cloverhill Golden Guernsey dairy the dairy having been operated in conjunction with Wing Orch ards. In 1942 some 250 acres of dairy and pasture land together with 90 registered Guernsey cat tle were sold to Barney Roycc of Portland, Ore. Wings to South A little over a year ago Mr. 'and Mrs. Wing purchased prop erty in Burlingame Hills on San I Francisco peninsula and took up i residence there while Acacia Jean completes her courses at Mills college and Charlotte Ann studies cello with Herman Rine berg of San Francisco symphony. Mr. Wing contemplates divid ing his time between Medford and Burlingame having other extensive property interests in southern Oregon. According to Gordon Green, the Wing Orchard property will be devoted primarily to the rais ing of top quality, large size gift fruit, both pears and double red delicious apples. In addition, he plans as a hobby the raising of a sizeable herd of thoroughbred riding horses. Buys G. P. Property .Too Mr. Green also purchased the Amos W. Mitchell orchard and property near Grants Pass for a reported cash consideration of S25.000. Thus is a beautiful 42 acre orchard and vineyard conv plete with attractive furnished; home and barns and located j I close to me Appicgaie i seven miles out of Grants Pass. In addition to growing high quality fruit the Grants Pass property has extensive barons, pasture and corral facilities all of which wil be used to further Mr. Green's hobby of raising thoroughbred horses. Extensive improvements are already underway to further beautify both properties, the new owner said. A Roosevelt Memorial Bond W being offered for sale in the Vlctorv drive. This bond sells for $150.00 and matures at $200.00. Victory Loan Drive "E" Quota $525,000 "E" Sales to DM. $104,994 Remainder to tell ... $420, 00S MEDFGRDjr United Press Valentino's Wife (Acme Telephoto) Revealed by relatives as original "Lady in Black," who yearly placed flowers at the tomb of screen lover Rudolph Valentino, Marlon E. Wil son is in Santa Monica, Calif., hos pital receiving treatment for over dose of sleeping tablets in suicide at tempt. A one-time Follies beauty, she kept secret for 20 years her marriage In France to Valentino and the birth of their daughter. BODIES' OF IRE AMERICAN PILOTS Yokohama, Nov. 15 U.R) The bodies of seven American fliers, six of whom apparently were strangled by the Japanese, have been recovered from hid den graves, the 8th army an nounced today. Five of the seven bodies were found with ropes or wires tied around their necks in the grave yard of a Buddhist temple. Two more were recovered in unmark ed graves along a lonely road near the Tokyo canal. The Eighth army's announce ment followed by less than a week the discovery of the re mains of 14 airmen who were executed and tortured by the Japanese after parachuting over Osaka, Girl Points Grave A Japanese girl pointed out the first grave site where two of the bodies dressed in flying jackets and coveralls were dis covered by a recovery team un der SSgt. Julius H. Waters, Huntington, Ark. There was no mound to indi cate a grave, Waters said. The bodies were merely wrapped in straw matting and buried three feet deep. A Japanese workman at a nearby foundry had told investi gators he saw the two fliers taken into custody by Japanese police after parachuting salely. He later retracted his state ment. The wrists' of one of the men were bound together by a rope which was wound around his neck. The shallow graves of the other men covered with loose boards and marked by a simple wood plank inscribed as follows: "May 24th died in action B-29 crew grave." BRITISH PUT DOWN ZIONIST RIOTING Jerusalem, Nov. 15 (U.R) Zionist rioting broke out in Tel Aviv again this morning, but British troops went into action swiftly and prevented a repeti tion of the wild street brawl in which two Jewish youths were killed last night. Dispatches from the Jewish coastal settlement said small groups of extremists started fresh disorders early today but were dispersed quickly by Brit ish infantrymen. Two Jews were injured seri ously enough to require hospi talization after this morning's clash, but there was no word of other casualties. HEAR FINAL ARGUMENTS IN BEN MERRILL TRIAL Closing arguments in the cir cuit court trial of Robert Ben Merrill, charged with assault and robbery, were underway bciore a jury today, following the nil ing of the final witnesses Ihis morning. It was expected the case would be in the hands of the jury tat" today. The case started lat Tuesday. Full L.u.d Wli. MEDFORD, OREGON, THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 15, 1945 AMERON4ANNED TANKS REPORTED RACING TOWARD MANCHURIA BORDER TO HELPJGHIANG Reds Claim Two Shiploads of U.S. Munitions and Ar tillery Landed at Tientsin Chungking, Nov. 15 (U.R) Communist sources said today that 100 American-manned tanks had moved out of the U. S. marine beachhead at Tientsin and were racing north and west toward the embattled Man churian border. The American armored col umns were said to be heading for Shanhaikwan and Chahar province, where Chinese Nation alist armies have been fighting for weeks to dislodge the com munists from the Great Wall passes leading into Manchuria. Reds Hint Aim There was no immediate word from the communists as to the purpose of the alleged American thrust. They hinted, however, that the tanks were to be turned over to Generalissimo Chiang Kai-Shek's forces for use against the communists. The report was -published by the New China daily, mouthpiece o the communist party, and re peated later by tha communist office in Chungking. The communists also charged that two shiploads of American muntions, tanks and heavy ar tillery had been landed at Tient sin and were being rushed to the Nationalist stronghold at Peiping. They said 13.000 American military trucks already had bt-cn moved from India to Chinese government bases in southern China and that another 1,000 tanks were on the way there. Fliers Accused The New China daily also ac cused American fliers from Tsingtao of machine-gunning the communist lines on Shantung peninsula on Nov. 2, "killing one child." The reported American inter vention in the north coincided with word from Chungking mili tary sources that thousands of communist reserves were land ing in Russian-held Dauen and Port Arthur to take over .ne Manchurian areas now being evacuated by the Red army. Government spokesmen inti mated that the struggle for pos session of Manchuria was tipping rapidly toward the communists. They admitted that communist troops already were entrenched around the Changchun airfield in position to block any airborne landing of Nationalist forces, and that no government planes had landed there since Nov. 9. MEDFORD PLANES HELP IN SEARCH Yreka. Cal., Nov. 15 (U.R) The coast guard and the army today were searching for a Hell cat plane missing on a flight; irom Medford, Ore., to Red Bluff, Calif. The plane was one of a flight of nine. Bad weather yesterday forced four of them to land at Klamath Falls, Eureka anc" Mc Clellan Field. Three landed at Red Bluff. One plane crash-landed 2'-4 miles east of Etna, Calif., but it was relatively undamaged. The pilot was unhurt. Col. Haynie McCormick. com mandant of the army air base here, stated this noon that planes from the Medford bac were joining in the search, which was being hampered somewhat by the weather. No additional in formation had been received at the base. WEATHER Northern California: Showers today and tonight with snow in the mountains probably clearing Friday. Little temperature change. Fresh to strong south west wind off rna.-l shifting to northwest tonight i Ns LWHtHtt1 Lmnrr mS Butcher of Warsaw Reaches U. 5. Shore On Trip From J apart Hamilton Field, Cal.. Nov. 15 (U.R) Col. Joseph Albert Mel- sinecr. notorious "butcher of Warsaw" captured in Japan, ar rived here today aboard a C-54 transport en route to Washing ton. D. C. ' The disheveled Gestapo offic ial, who reportedly directed Nazi espionage in the Orient, was lodged in the Hamilton field guardhouse while awaiting a plane to Washington, army of ficials reported. Although he had denied de sponsibility for the slaughter of more than 100,000 Jews in Poland, Meisinger has been named by the Polish govern ment as the Nazi war criminal who carried out the destruction of the Warsaw ghetto. He surrendered to American reporters in the Fuji-View Hotel at Kawaguchi on Sept. 7 after announcing that he intended to commit suicide if captured by the Russians because he under stood he stood "high on their list of war criminals." AIRPORT RELEASE IS NEWS TO CITY AND ARMY CHIEF City and army air base offici als stated this morning that no information had been received here relative to a statement by Leo G. Dcvaney, state director of aeronautics, that the Med ford base was one of 11 in the state to be declared surplus by the federal government and would be returned to civilian status. Frank Rogers, city superinten dent, stated that city officials had had no word of such a move. The army's lease with the city is for the "duration of the emer gency and six months," Rogers said. At the base Co. Haynie McCormick stated that he had not been informed of any change in status for the field. Prior to the war the army nad "servicing detachment" ar rangement for the field. Other army, navy and coast guard fields declared surplus ac cording to Devaney were Salem, Redmond, Corvallis, Klamatn Falls, L a k e v 1 e w , Pendleton, North Bend, Newport, Tillamook and Port Orford. E Batavia, Nov. 15 (U.R) Rein forced British troops stormed and captured the main Indone sian strong points in the center of Soerabaja today after beating off a scries of heavy Nationalist counterattacks. Spearheads of the 5th Indhn division thrust across the rail road line bisecting Soerabaja from east to west and advanced into the southern end of the city under fierce mortar and machine gun fire. They dislodged the National ists from the government build ings south of the railroad where the main Indonesian resistance had centered. Late dispatches from the east Java naval base city said the Nationalists still were fighting back furiously, but the brcak through seriously threatened their remaining hold in the southern half of the town. FOOTBALL SCORE Valley football fans may obtain half-time and end of the gam. scores for the Med-ford-North Bend district two championship game Friday afternoon by telephoning the Mail Tribune. Hall-time score if expected to be available about 3:45 p.m. and the final tcore ebmjt 4-45 p.m. JAP WAR INTENT KEPT HIDDEN IS Intercepted Messages Car ried Instructions to Dip lomats to Continue Farce Washington, Nov. 15 U.R) The Pearl Harbor investigation revealed today that the govern ment on Nov. 28, 1941, inter cepted a message from Tokyo advising Japanese diplomats here that negotiations with the United States would be broken off for all practical purposes in two or three days. This and other Japanese dip lomatic messages were made public at the outset of the con gressional hearing which will attempt to fix responsibility for the success of the. Japanese at tack on Pearl Harbor Dec. 7, 1941. Wind-up Nov. 29 The mesasges showed that on Nov. 22 the Japanese govern ment instructed Its diplomats here to try to wind up negotia tions by Nov. 29. "After that things are auto matically going to happen," the Nov. 22 message said. This message was Intercepted and translated byi the United States the same day It was trans mitted. There was no Indication In the opening day's evidence and tes timony as to which branch of the U. S. government intercept ed the messages or what govern ment officials were informed of their content. The Nov. 28 message from Tokyo to Japanese envoys in Washington promised that an other note to the United States government would be forthcom ing in "two or three days." This was to be a Jap reply to the 10-point proposal offered by former secretary of state Cor dell Hull to solve Jap-U. S. dif ferences in the Pacific. To End Negotiations The message said that when this reply is received 'the ne gotiations will be de facto rup tured." But it warned the Jap envoys not to give any impression that the negotiations were ended. They were Instructed to say merely that they were awaiting further instructions from Tokyo. They carried out their Instruc tions. The reply finally was de livered by them to Hull on Dec. 7 as Japanese bombs began fall ing on the American fleet an chored in Pearl Harbor. The intercepted diplo m a 1 1 c messages were included in a 253 page document containing some of the messages sent by the Jap anese government between July 1 and Dec. 8, 1941. Another set of Japanese mes sages showed that the Japanese had sent extensive reports from Hawaii to Tokyo listing fleet movements and ship dispositions of the U. S. forces. These documents and a num ber of others were introduced at the outset of public hearings by the 10-man congressional com mittee. They were introduced as exhibits and made available to reporters, but were not read or explained at today's hearing. SAWYER ELECTED ON RECLAMATION BOARD Denver, Nov. 15 (U.R) Direc tors of the 17 reclamation states elected at the 14th annual na tional Reclamation Association convention for the ensuing year included: Oregon Robert W. Sawyer of Bend. JUICE GRAPES LOWER Washington, Nov. 15 (U.R) The OPA today cut the retail price on Juice grapes about 15 per cent. The reduction was made possible by an OPA order reducing the retail markup for juice grapes from 40 to 15 per cent over net costs. OPA said the 40 por cent markup as "ex cessive." The retail markup and retail price on table grapci re main the tame. United Pi ill Many See "Vision" On 16th Night As Bronx Boy Prays New York, Nov. 15 (U.R) Young Joseph Vitnlo's reported vision of the Virgin Mary in a Bronx lot and what she told hiin remained the nine-year-old boy's secret today. "I won't tell you what she told me," he shouted at report ers last night. "She told me not to tell." It was the 16th night since he claimed to have seen a vision of the virgin. Approximately 30,000 people stood in a Grizzling rain in the streets, surrounding the rock-littered vacant lot to watch him pray. Many left the scene, convinc ed that they had witnessed a miracle. James Sheridan, 44, of the Bronx, said, "I'm hard to con vince, see. But I saw it. It was there on the side of the build1 ing. I saw the virgin's figure, just as plain as anything." CAMP HOSPITAL ON NAVY'S LIST TO BE ABANDONED Thirty naval facilities In the northwest, Including the Camp White naval hospital, are to be abandoned by the navy and turned over to the surplus prop erty administration for disposal according to a release from Washington quoting a report by Secretary of the Navy James Forrestal. Dr. Harry LnFavre, captain In the navy medical corps and com manding officer of the Camp White hospital, stated today that he had not been Informed of any change in plans for the hos pital and added "there Is no rea son to think it will be imme diate." The officer said patients and officers continued to ar rive at the hospital, and that 343 patients were now listed. Chamber of Commerce offic ials of Medford point out that it had been known for some time that the naval hospital could not be considered In the nature of a permanent installation and that efforts were being n.adc to Interest the Veterans' Admini stration in its disposition. Elks Roll Call Session Tonight The local Elks' lodge will con duct its annual roll call at the regular lodge meeting tonight. All members of 1 108 are request ed to be present. A lunch will be served after lodge. Eisenhower Declares U. S. Military Power Greatest Force For Peace In World Today Washington, Nov. 15 (U.R) Gen. Dwight D. Eisenhower de clared today that this country's military power is the "greatest single motivating force for world peace. "i Testifying before the house military affairs committee In support of universal training legislation, he added: "This is our greatest assurance of keeping the peace for which we fought. "Far from being contrary to the purposes and intent of the United Nations organization, I consider It to be essential to the success of that organization." No Time To Prepare Again Eisenhower, the allied com mander whose forces smashed Germany In the west, flew to this country from his occupa tional headquarters at Frankfurt to present his views to congress on universal training, merger of the armed forces, and operations of the United Nations relief and rehabilitation administration. He told the military affairs committee that such "astound ing advances" in the science of destruction as the atomic bomb and electronic warfare will make It impossible for the Unit UNE Leased Wii NO. 202. GJ. OFFERS FLAT 10 PER CENT HIKE Offer Made as Talks Re sumed; We sting house Workers May Strike. By United Prett General Motors offered 330, 000 employes a flat 10 per cent increase in hourly pay today, as the Ford Motor Company told the CIO United Automobile Workers that this was not the time to settle the wage issue. The offer was made by GM Vice President H. W. Anderson as the company and Union re sumed their wage talks. Plan 45 Hour Week Anderson said the offer was based on the company's inten tion to work production em- ployes 45 hours weekly assur ing them of minimum overtime of five hours a week. The proposed boost would give workers six per cent more "take- home" pay for 45 hours than they received during the war for 48 hours' work. Meanwhile 16,000 Westln house Electric Corp. production workers voted to strike if neces sary to enforce wage demands. 275.000 Idle Ford's first official statement on the UAW's demand for a 30 per cent pay hike came at strikes and shutdowns Idled more than 275,000 American workers. The company advocated delay In settlement of the wage Issue because pay boosts "would have to be based on guesses of what our volume of production and our costs are going to be and on guesses as to what earnings if any we should be able to make." The CIO electrical union re ported that Pittsburgh General Electric employes had voted "overwhelmingly" to use the walkout weapon If necessary. The union seeks a $2 a day wage increase. The balloting was held to com ply with a requirement In the local union's constitution. The national labor relations board al ready had scheduled a strike vote for Dec. 8. FREDERICK GRAY RITES SET FOR 3 P. M. FRIDAY Funeral, services for Frede rick William Gray, who passed away Tuesday, will be held at 3 p. m. Fridny at the Congcr Morrls chnpel with the Rev. Dcl bcrt Daniels officiating. Inter ment will follow in IOOF ceme tery. ed States to prepare for World War III after the fact. "If war comes to us again," he stld, "the fact seems Inescapable that we will not have time to train units before we are faced with the final issue of defeat or victory. "We must be prepared on M day the day the enemy strikes or we may never be prepared tc avert defeat at the hands of any aggressor who uses against us the weapons of the future. Prepare First "The only difference now, and the great lesson of World War II, is that It must be done be fore, not after, the first shot is fired." Elsenhower said he was sure "no true American would be willing to take on his own shoul ders the awful responsibility tor actively prohibiting all trailing and thus leavng our country de fenseless and naked before a future enemy armed with wea pons of today." The proposed bill calls for one year of military training for all able bodied youth starting when they are 18 or upon graduation from high school, whichever i later. TO USE ADVOCATED Truman, Attlee and Mac kenzie for Sharing Indus trial Application of Power London, Nov. 15 U.R) Dr. M. L. E. Oliphant, British scientist who cooperated in atomic research, said today that it it poiiible to produce a to-called atomic "poison gar" which would kill every living thing within 1,000 mile. Washington, Nov. 15 U.R) Prc-sident Truman and the prima ministers of Great Britain and Canada concluded their atomic bomb control talks today with an announcement lhat the me canlcal know-how of bomb pro duction would continue to be kept secret. They recommended the estab lishment of a commission under the United Nations organiza tion. This commission, they said, would work toward "en tirely eliminating the use of atomic energy for destructive purposes and promoting its wid est use for industrial and hu manitarian purposes." Fear Secret Spread The statement of policy draft ed by the three leaders advocat ed the widest exchange of basic scientific knowledge, but ex pressed the belief "that the spreading of the specialized in formation regarding the practi cal application of atomic ener gy" for military purposes would not contribute to a constructive solution of the problem of the atomic bomb, "We are not convinced," the statement signed by the three leaders said, "that the spreading: of the specialized information regarding the practical applica tion of atomic energy before it is possible to devise effective, reciprocal and enforceable safe guards acceptable - to all na tions, would contribute to a con structive solution of the prob lem of the atomic bomb. "On the contrary we think it might have the opposite effect. We are, however, prepared to share, on a reciprocal basis with others of the United Nations, detailed information concerning the practical industrial applica tion of atomic energy just as soon as effective enforceable safeguards against its use for de structive purposes can be de vised." The commission, according to the plan outlined in the com munique,, should be instructed to proceed immediately to pre p a r e recommendations. The commission would be called upon to make specific proposals: 1. For extending between all nations the exchange of basic scientific information for peace ful ends. 2. For control of atomic ener gy to the extent necessary to ensure its use only for peaceful purposes. 3. For the elimination from national armaments of atomic weapons and of all other major weapons adaptable to mass de struction. 4. For effective safeguards by way of Inspection and other means to protect complying states against the hazards of vio lations and evasions. Thus, it was left to the United Nations to adopt recommenda tions on these subjects as hand ed to UNO by the commission. In this connection, Eisenhower said the nation's fate in a future war will depend on Its younger men. "They are more readily adapt able to combat conditions and possess more vigor and dash," he said. "Certainly, the techni cal services must comprehend a high proportion of younger men who are capable of mastering the radically new techniques of future warfare." Alternative Told The alternative to universal ' military training, Eisenhower said, is the "criminal sacrifice of untrained young men, or call ing on unfair proportions of otd er men who have already done their duty." Declaring that the "facts o( today must be faced," he added: "The preservation of our way of life in a world which twice within a single generation has fought to virtual exhaustion de pends squarely upon the nation al security. "That is a truism. I sincerely believe that the only practicable way to assure the national se curity is by peacetime military training and that this must be universal." r
