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Truman Proposes Five - Point National Health Program Weather FORECAST: Cloudy with occa sional rain tonight. Partly cloudy Tuesday with mow flurries in mountains. Slight ly cooler tonight. Temp. Richest Yesterday 55 Lowest this Mornlnr . 40 ...44 Pree. to I A. M. Today... Fortieth Year . k; 5 Xf - (Acme Telf photo) Rear Adm. Husband E. Klmmel, naval commander at Pearl Harbor when the Japanese attacked (left), and MaJ. Qen. Walter C. Short, the Hawaiian Army commander or 1941, listen as special congressional Pearl Har bor committee begins the first public inquiry into the Pearl Harbor disaster. Both are listed as key witnesses among the 30 tentative witnesses to appear before the committee. Who Ordered Battleships Massed at Pearl? Investigatory Seek to Fix Responsibility Washington, Nov. 1 9 U.R) Pearl Harbor investigators sought today to determine who ordered most of the battleships of the Pacific fleet to be an chored in a close formation in Pearl Harbor on Dec. 7, 1941, where they proved to be an easy target for Japanese planes. Rear Adm. T. B. Inglis, chief of U. S. navy intelligence, said that "presumably" Rear Adm. Husband E. Kimmel, who was commander in chief of the Paci fic fleet at the time, issued the order governing disposition of the ships in the harbor. Heavy Loss Result Inglis had testified previously D'GAULLE VOTED ANOTHER CHANCE 10 SOLVE CRISIS Paris, Nov. 19 (U.R) The French assembly by a vote of 358 to 39 decided today to give Gen. Charles DeGaulle another chance to solve the critical gov ernment crisis caused by the split between DeGaulle and the communists. The vote came after a bitter attack upon DeGaulle by Jacques Duclos, communist party secre tary. The communists largest party in the assembly abstained from voting on whether De Gaulle should have another chance. The decision to let DeGa-.ille try once more to organize a coalition government of social ists, communists and popular re publicans came largely through the plea of the socialists tnat France not drop her war time leader without giving him one more opportunity to put a gov ernment together. The decision, in effect, gives DeGaulle a breathing spell to attempt to work out a solution but there was no indication in the fiery speech of Duclos that the communists were prepdied to back down on their demand for a major cabinet post for eign affairs, war or interior. This demand, rejected by De Gaulle, caused the crisis. SEEK ENEMY NO. 1 Wewoka. Okla., Nov. 19 (U.R) FBI and Oklahoma state offic ials today pressed a search for Matt Kimcs. notorious bank rob ber and killer, identified by at least five persons as the bandit who last night robbed a theatre manager of SI. 025. Kimes, want ed for a S17.000 Morton, Tex., bank robbery last Sept. 5. had been unofficially des i g n a t e d America's public enemy No. 1. Victory Loan Drive "E" Quota $525,000 "E" Sales to Dite $130,644 Remainder to sell S394.356 Med United Press that a large part of the Pacific fleet was anchored opposite Ford island in the harbor the morning the Japanese struck. He said the Japanese sank four battleships, a medium cruiser and an auxiliary vessel, heavily damaged one battleship, two cruisers and three destroyers, and lightly damaged two battle ships and a light .cruiser. Rep. Bertrand W. Geaihart, R Calif., asked Inglis about the battleship orders as the hearing went into its fourth day. It was announced that former Secretary of State Cordell Hull previously listed as a probable witness would be called as a witness later this week if his health permits. It was presumed that Hull would be asked to tes tify about this government's in terpretatfon of intercepted Japa nese diplomatic messages. Ing lis said he had no knowledge of the interpretation of the mes sages. Turn Back Provided Earlier examination of Inw'.is by Sen. Owen Brewster, R., Me., brought out that the Japanese force which struck Pearl Harbor had instructions as late as Dec. 2 to turn back if diplomatic ne gotiations were successful in gaining Japanese ends. In testimony Saturday, Inglis referred to the "turn back" pro vision in connection with an order issued Nov. 25, 1941 the day before the Jap striking force steamed out of Hittokapu bay toward Hawaiian waters. Order Coded On Dec. 5 the Japanese force SIX MEET DEATH Tooele, Utah. Nov. 1 9 OI.R) Civilian and military authorities today sought clues to the iden tity of two servicemen and a civilian whose charred bodies were recovered yesterday from the twisted wreckage of a Paci fic Greyhound bus. Three other victims, a soldier and two sailors, were identified last night by scotched bits of paper in their wallets. The names were withheld, however, pending notification of next of kin. The victims charred beyond recognition were pinned in the blackened wreckage and burned to death when the diescl-motor-ed vehicle careened off the highway and completely over turned, witnesses said. The driver said he had been traveling east at 42 miles an front jre i hour when the left blew, throwing the bus out of control on the ice-coated high way. SAIL FOR U. S. Tokyo. Nov. 19 U.Pi The eighth army announced yester day that the ships General Ernst. carrving 221 officers and 3.098 . enlisted men of the Americal di-cst rangers who broke through vision, and the Ernie Pyle carry- on snowshoes to the party last ing 214 officers and 3.075 en-1 night; ran out of gas before con listed men. had drparted from ! tact with the snowplow was , Yokohama for the United Stales, i made. FORD Full Leased Wire MEDFORD, OREGON, MONDAY, NOVEMBER 19, 1945. received a wirelessed code order to "climb Mt. Niitaka," meaning to go ahead and attack at dawn of the 7th. Inglis said examination this week-end of data from Gen. Douglas MacArthur's headquart ers showed the turn-back provi sion was included in Dec. 2 in structions to the striking force as well as in the Nov. 25 sailing instructions. The sneak attack on Pearl Harbor, according to documents submitted to the committee by Inglis, were not included in Japan's general psewar plans. TAKEN TO PRISON Robert Ben Merrill, convicted by a circuit court jury last week of assault and robbery, was sentenced to the maximum term of not to exceed 20 years in state prison by Judge Herbert K. Hanna Saturday. With Eddie Gunger, navy sailor, sentenced to a year in state prison on an auto theft charge, Merrill was taken to the state intsitution Saturday afternoon. Merrill, possessor of a long criminal record, showed no emotion when sentenced but ac cording to authorities was deep ly depressed. Before sentence was passed Merrill told the court his wife had nothing to do with his escape from the county jail last August, a few weeks after his arrest on the robbery charge. He was arrest ed in Los Angeles in September and returned. He was sentenced to a year in the county jail on the jail break charge. Merrill, testimony in his trial showed, assaulted Dave Hicklin, with a beer bottle, after a tour of local taverns. Hicklin was in the hospital with head injuries for a time after the attack. Mer rill for a number of years did orchard work in this section. Gunger, stationed at Camp White, stole an auto here and later was arrested. He entered a plea of guilty. RESCUERS BATTLE THROUGH DRIFTS Walla Walla, Wash., Nov. 19 (U.R) Rescue parties attempting to bring out 58 stranded hunters from the mountain wild 15 miles south of Pomeroy. Wash., bat- tied with shovels today to open up iwu nines ui ruau iiiukuu under 18 feet of snow after a rotary snowplow stalled beyond its depth, rangers said. Rescue of the group of hun gry, chilled hunters, snowbound for 10 days, was further delay ed when a tractor used by a small group of soldiers and for- LEGION'S HELP MAY BE OFFERED Investigating Committee Talked For Study of Na tion's Armed Force Unity Chicago. Nov. 19 U.R The American Legion may offer its services in making an unbiased investigation of the proposal to merge the nation s armed forces The resolution committee of the Legion's 27th annual conven tion, was reported today to be considering urging the forma tion of an investigating com mittee to report on the merger question before the next session of congress. Adm. King Heard The Legion, divided within its own ranks on the controver sial unification of command issue, last night heard one of the foremost opponents against a single department of national defense. Fleet Admiral Ernest J. King, commander in chief of the U. S. fleet, sounded the navy s opposi tion to the proposed merger yes terday, when he recommended that a presidential commission investigate the plan. King, speaking before the opening session of the Legion's 27th annual national convention, declared that before any action is taken the problem should be studied by a special board of civilian and military leaders Favor Training Plan In addition to the unified command argument, the Legion naires favored action on I recommendation to en d o r s e President Truman's request for one-vcar universal training. i. ' "The narade of high army and' navv officers will continue throughout the convention with General of the Army Dwight D. Eisenhower scheduled to appear tomorrow. Lt. Gen. James H. Doolittle "of the army air forces and Brig. Gen. Kenneth C. Royall, undersecretary "of wa, will address the convention on Wednesday. PRINTlIIf SEATTLEPAPERS Seattle, Nov. 19 (U.R) Seattle residents were without news todav as a result of a strike of members of the Seattle unit of the International Typo frranhira 1 union (AFL). who left their jobs in support of demands for wage increases. The Hearst morning daily the Post-Intelligencer, and two eve ning publications the Star and the Daily Times -r all were af fected by the action. Representatives of the pub lishers issued a statement that they "stood ready to resume ne gotiations with the union at any time. "The union demanded an in crease in pay from $10.35 a day of seven hours to $13.30 a day, an increase of $2.95 or 28 per cent. In addition, the proposal demanded conditions which would greatly increase the cost of operations." Viifian Lindquist Latest Entry In Bond Queen Race Latest entry in the Victory Queen contest is the Junior Chamber of Commerce's can didate Vivian Lindquist, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. A. C. Lindquist, of route 2, box 18 B. At present employed as sec retary to L. A. McCormick, manager of the Big Y, the at tractive, brown-haired Miss Lindquist is a graduate of Medford high school in the class of 1944. With the back ing of the Junior Chamber of Commerce, she is expected to be among the leaders in the final judging. Clubs and organizations may still submit names of candidates and any girl de sirous of entering the contest may secure application blanks at the Chamber of Commerce or Craterian theater. Ballots and ballot boxes have been placed at both banks. Jackson County Federal Savings and Ixian Assn., Grocrrteria No. 1, Postoffice and at Camp White. EAS '42 Ford Up 2, Studebaker 9 Per Cent G.M. Products 2.5 Lower; Chrysler up 1 ii.u i ....... vH.. la (llD The car-hungry public was told A t ,n,a louay iiiai new jp-iu muuvi automobiles will sell for about the same average retail prices that prevailed In January of 1942. The OPA, after a series of de lays, finally announced its "anti inflation" reconversion pricing formula but included specific dollars and cents ceilings for only two companies. Ford and Studebaker. On other makes, however, it gave the public definite information on what to expect. In general, Fords will sell at two per cent higher than in 1942; Studebaker, nine per cent higher; General Motors products (Chevrolet, Pontiac, Oldsmobile. Buick and Cadillac) 2.5 per cent lower; and Chrysler products (Plymouth, Dodge, DeSoto and Chrysler) about one per cent higher. Some Unpriced Information still is being pre pared on Packard, Nash and Hudson prices. The OPA did not explain cnnrifinnllv whv average Gen eral Motors prices would be lowered while others were in creased. It said only that the move was Indicated by Informa tion submitted by GM itself. Price Chief Chester Bowles ecirl that Bvnrnitp. faptorv DriCCS, apart from extra costs for speci fication changes, would be 3.5 per cent higher than in 1942. But to the buying public he gave this assurance: "Thl. inprense In factory prices will not be passed through to the car buyer. "Dealers normal pre-war ini tial mnruins will be uniformly reduced by 2.5 per centage points, which will assure me 1942 retail prices on the average for all pars. necnuse of the elimination or reduction In the losses which they formerly were forced to take on used cars, deal- prc are hnwever. assured mar gins considerably above those actually realized before the war." Rnwles did not close the door entirely on General Motors price increases. He ruled that in the pase nf GMC and other com panies whose specific prices have not been fixed, slight in prpasps will he allowed to cover the cost of improvements in structure and design. Saratoga Heading Returnee Parade San Francisco, Nov. 19 U.R) T;ie aircraft carrier Saratoga with 3370 Dasscnecrs aboard was secheduled to arrive here today. heading a parade of 10 ships re turning a total of 12,577 veter ans home from the Pacific. Other ships due: Gen. John Pope, 5.312: Sibley, 1,977; Hen dry, 1.743; Mahimahi, 14; Lark, 54; APC No. 1, five; Longvicw Victory. 20; Millicoma, 63; and Pecos, 19. T Jap Colonel Boasts Order To "Kill Americans Crueiy Manila, Nov. 19 (U.R) A Japanese colonel boasted In court today that he ordered his troops to '"kill Americans cruel ly" and to slaughter Filipino women and children If neces sary. Col. Masatoshi Fujishige, a prisoner of war who command ed 6,000 Japanese soldiers in the Batangas area south of Manila, was brought Into court as one of the final prosecution wit nesses in the atrocity trial of Gen. Tomoyuki Yamashita. Squinting sullenly at his American interrogators, the shabby little colonrl bragged that he had ordered his men to fight without mercy In the final days of the Luzon campaign. "I issued an order to kill the Americans cruelly and not with one stroke," he said. "Also to shoot guerrillas, including wom en and children. Maj. Robert M. Kerr, Port TRIB United Press F CHINA COMMUNISTS WIN IN RACE FOR MANCHURIA Chungking, Nov. 19 U.R China's communists have won the race for Manchuria and are deploying 500.000 well-equipped troops to hold the vast northern territory against the central government armies, informed sources said today. Changchun, capital of Man churia, and virtually every other kev city in the territory were HELLO GIRLS IN ILLINOIS STRIKE (By United Press) An operators' strike disrupted telephone service In Illinois to day, and the nation's labor troubles grew as representatives of 350,000 automobile workers met in Detroit to consider call ing a strike. About 308.000 workers were Idled throughout the nation in strikes and shutdowns. In New York, the United Re tail, Wholesale and Department Store Employes union (CIO) de livered what it termed a "final message" to the Montgomery Ward & Co. The union oftered to withdraw demands for union shop and dues checkoff if the mail-order firm consented to ar bitration of other disputed 1s- Gen. Eisenhower At III Wife's Bedside Boone, la., Nov. 19 U.R General of the Army Dwight D. Rlspnhnivpr tndnv maintained a vloil heslrie the bedside of his wife, under treatment at the Bnone County Hospital for bron ohial pneumonia. . Mrs. Elsenhower, 49, ' was stricken Saturday night and taken to the hospital Just two hours after arriving here for a visit with her aunt and uncle, Mr. and Mrs. Joel E. Carlson. X-ray plates showed some con gestion In both lungs. Prowler Leaves Telltale Prints Portland, Ore., Nov. 19 U.R) Jack Parker, 29, today was charged with prowling his em ployer's store alter he was ar rested at his nearby room. Parker had stepped Into a pile of plaster, lending the police direct to his room via large and clear white footprints. Parker confessed the burglary- BLAST-INJURED MAN IN FAIR CONDITION The condition of Joseph Proc tor, about 45, who was Injured shortly after noon Sunday when 25 dynamite caps exploded, was described as fair by today by of ficials at Community Hospital. Proctor was working for Guerrin Brothers, contractors, at Union Creek, when the caps with which he was preparing to set off a blast exploded, accord ing to George Davis, who brought the injured man to the hospital in the Perl ambulance. The Irish language must be taught in every national school in the Irish Free State. land, Ore., the chief prosecutor, prefaced Fujishigc's oral testi mony with a mass of documen tary testimony gleaned from captured Japanese diaries and other sources to supplement the charges of wholesale atrocities committed by Yamasliita's troops in the Philippines. The diaries told of the mass execution of allied prisoners of war on Palawan in December, 1944, before the American In vasion of that island. Kerr also introduced as evi dence an affidavit from MaJ. Robert E. Conn, Geneva, Minn., recounting the transfer of 1,600 American prisoners of war to Manila from Olongapo in the same month. The prisoners, Conn's statement said, were pub licly humilated, beaten and ex posed to gunfire. Kerr was expected to close the prosecution's case tonight with a showing of atrocity films to the tribunal. JNE ued Wlr NO. 205. reported In communist hands after an almost bloodless coup that nationalist sources tacitly blamed on Russia's "passive in tervention." Government spokesmen ad mitted the lnss nf Chanffchun. but they were silent on the re ported communist seizure of Mukden, Chinchow and Antung in southern Manchuria and Har bin and Lung Kiang in the north. If confirmed, the communist triumph appeared to signal the end of the protracted peace negotiations in Chungking that so far have limited China's civil war to a series of relatively small skirmishes along the Man churlan border. , Three powerful nationalist columns already were on the march against the communists. One was inside Manchuria and moving slowly northward to ward Mukden after breaching the great wall at Shanhaikwan, on tlie eastern coast. EVE OF Nuernberg, Nov. 19 4U.R1 Ernst Knltcnbrunner, number one hatchet man of the Nazi gcslapo, suffered a cranial hem orrhage In his cell last night that will prevent his appearing In court if the war crimes trials open on schedule tomorrow. Kaltenbrunncr, who has been charged with ordering the deaths of thousands of concen tration camp inmBtcs, showed some Improvement this morning after doctors nan worn uv Lin-, IVirnuffhntlt the nicht. Kaltenbrunner's sudden ill ness Injected a new complica tion Into the allied prosecution rtv unset bv Russian and French threats to walk out of the trial unless some repre sentative nf German big indus try Is added to the roster or de fendants. Legion Honor To Late President ri,ipaip. Nnv. 19 U.R) The Roosevelt family todny added the American Legions nignesi award, the distinguished ser vice medal, to the late presi dent's many tributes. Cmdr. Franklin D. Roosevelt, Jr., accepted the medal yester day for Ills father before thous ands of Lcgionnires at the open ing session of the annual con vention. SHIPPER DIES' Portland, Ore., Nov. 19 (U.R) Hector M. Hunt, 56, shipping executive on the west coast and in the Orient, died today in a Portlnnd hospital. Funeral serv ices will be held Wednesday. Stingeroo! (Acme Trlephoto) Whole hive of stingers made a bee line for Jlmmie Allison. 2, 8An Ber nardino, Calif., when he stumbled Into their honey home while play ing. Now, swollen but wiser about the waya of bees, he is recovering from critical rase of poisoning and shock after he wus given adrenalin. ft , , j INSURANCE PLAN TO PAY MEDICAL COSM PHASE Federal Aid For Hospital, Health Center Construc tion Recommendations Washington, Nov. 18 (U.R) President Truman today propos ed a broad five-point national health program, recommending that congress adopt a compul sory national health Insurance system for the prepayment of medical costs. Stressing that what he wmi recommending was "not social ized medicine," the president set forth his program in a lengthy message to the house and senate. Federal Aid Advocated Mr. Truman's basic recom mendations for legislative action were: 1. Federal aid for construc tion of hospitals, health centers and other facilities where they are needed. 2. Increased use of federal funds to expand cooperative state-federal public health, ma ternal and child health service. 3. Federal aid to support more adequate professional edu cation and the advancement of research on the cause, preven tion and cure of cancer and men tal illnesses. 4. A compulsory national health Insurance system to as sure prepayment of medical costs under a plan which would leave patients free to choose their own doctors and hospitals. 5. Disability insurance for pro tection against loss of wages be cause of sickness and disability. Early Action Asked The president urged congress to give careful consideration to his program now. The nation's economic productivity, he said, will Increase In direct ratio to Improvement In the national health. "Appreciation of modern achievements in medicine and public health has created wide spread demand that they be fully applied and universally available," the president told congress. "By meeting that demand we shall strengthen the nation to meet future economic and social problems; and we shall make a most Important contribution to ward freedom from want In our land." The president, saying that all American citizens should have ready access to all necessary medical and hospital services, recommended that the basic problem involved be solved by distributing the costs through expansion of the existing com pulsory social security Insurance system. Mr. Truman proposed compul sory health Insurance which would cover medical, hospital, nursing and laboratory services, and dental care. His plan would call for estab lishment of a national health fund which he said would as sure adequate support for doc tors and hospitals everywhere. Local Administration He proposed that the nation wide system be highly decentral ized in its administration with local administrative units adapt ing local services to local needs and conditions. Repeatedly emphasizing that his plan would not amount to socialized medicine, the presi dent said the people should re main free to choose their own doctors and hospitals. Removal of financial barriers between the patient and the doctor, he asserted; "would enlarge the present freedom of choice." At the same time, he added, the people would remain free to obtain and pay for medical services outside the health in surance system. COL. LUKE LEA DIES Nashville, Tenn., Nov. 19 (U.R) Funeral arran g e m e n 1 1 were being made today for Col. Luke Lea, former U. S. senator and newspaper publisher who made a sensational attempt to capture tlu; German kaiser at the end of World War I. Lea, 68. died at Vanderbilt hospital yesterday after a brief illness. SIDE GLANCES By TRIBUNE REPORTERS J. C. (Mairzy Doats) Dcaver bemoaning the fact that his vocal aspirations were completely overlooked this year by both the press and officials for the Ar mistice day celebration. Sgt. Dan Hull wishing he wa home for 53 years instead of a mere 53 days. U. S. National bank book keepers carrying on business by candlelight this morning.
