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Weather FORECAST: Continued partly cloudy tonight and Saturday with light showers tomorrow. Little chance in temperature. Temp. HlthMt Yesterday 46 Lowest this Morning 31 Fortieth Year Overwrought Widow Jti a P- ;: if - ' Y J ( Acme I elcjmo(n) Distraught as prosecution set forth brief but challenging accusations dur ing murder trial of Mrs. Annie Irene Mansfeldt at Ban Francisco, Calif., the defendant collapsed as her own statement, "I was only trying to pro tect my children and home," was read aloud. Carrying Mrs. Mansfeldt from the courtroom are her defense attorneys, James Maclnnis lleft) and Vincent Hallinan. III 4 Vj J; U (Acme Telephoto) Itecalllng happier days of Mrs. Annie Irene Mansfeldt, In San Francisco, Cal., now facing trial for the murder of the woman she believed had stolen the affections of her husband, Is this photo snapped in 1915 when Mrs. FrMtin rtnlif.. fpstival. u Ml CONFERS HERE Representatives of all locals coming under the jurisdiction of the Klamath Basin District Council, A. F. of L., gathered in Medford today for a special meeting this afternoon and to morrow afternoon at the Eagles' Hall. The Klamath Basin coun cil covers the territory north to Bend, east to Lakeview, south to McCloud, Calif., and west to Medford. Thomas Grey, president of the Lumber and Sawmill Work ers Local No. 2715 here, said this morning that no predictions were uiiuii inciu. na iu come of the meetings here, but that both probably would be "lengthy." Workers under the Klamath ! Basin District council have been out on strike for two months. seeking a minimum wage of $1.10. with corrcsoondinz in creases in all brackets, and 3 union shop. WOULD HONOR LINDY Washington. Nov. 30 lU.P) Rep. Noah M. Mason. R., Ill proposed the distinguished serv ice medal today for Charles A. Lindbergh for "risking his life" to demonstrate new tecnniques ; to army pilots. He also asked ; that the famed "Lone Eagle" be restored the reserve colonel's commission he was "forced" to give up by the late President Roosevelt. Back the attack on inflation with Victory Bonds. United Press Collapses in Court DR. MANSFELDT'S WITH NURSE, TOLD San Francisco, Nov. 30 (U.R) The trial of Mrs. Annie Irene Mansfeldt, accused of the mur der of Mrs. Vada Martin, was in wdek-end recess today after five patients and professional associates of the late Dr. John H. Mansfeldt said they had seen him kissing or embracing the attractive nurse. ' The trial will resume Monday when Mrs. Mansfeldt's three children are expected to be call ed as witnesses. - - Mrs. Rosa Tyroleur testified she frequently had seen Mrs. Martin and Mansfeldt "in a quite- friendly position of em brace." Brunette Mrs. Tyroleur, who said she was Mansfeldt's patient at 1he Sutter hospital here, tes tified she had frequently seen her doctor and nurse walking arm-in-arm in corridors of the hoslptal and 1 occasionally had surprised them in an embrace. Previously a former nurse at the hospital, a Negro hotel man ager who said he had practiced up because of an allergy to all because of an allergy to all drugs, and two former patients described scenes indicating some degree of intimacy between Mrs. Martin and Mansfeldt. Atomic Automobile Ready For Showing If Tubes Replaced London, Nov. 30 (U.R) If somebody will replace his cop per pipe and vacuum tube, In ventor J. W. Wilson said today, he's ready to turn the first atomic automobile loose on the public. He promises it will go three times as fast as normal automo biles, splitting atoms in all di rection at a cost of 20 cents every 1,000 miles. It wont bother about gasoline. The grey haired doctor want ed to show off all nine horse power of his "atocar" yesterday for Emmanuel Shinwcll, who as minister of fuel and power must take the risk of finding out about such things. But, claimed Wilson, some body sabotaged the test. He. told correspondents that the car tvas parked outside his downtown London office three hours before the scheduled test, when some body smashed the essential parts 0f tne "atomic driving unit.' He charged a malicious attack "by people with sinister mo tives." Baker Trio Given Jail Terms Here Emmett W. Boesch. Baker. Ore., was jailed under SI. 500 bail yesterday following prelim inary hearing in Justice court charged with contributing to the delinquency of a minor. Boesch. wh(j p(ead gul,v was arrested . lice Mondav and I given a five-day jail sentence for driving with no motor ve hicle license. Two Baker youths, one a minor girl, arrested with Boesch were given 30 days in jail charged with vagrancy, EDFORD Full Leaed Wirt MEDFORD, OREGON, FRIDAY, NOVEMBER T T j ness in EX-NAZI DEPUTY READY FOR TRIAL HE TELLS COURT Loss of Memory Simulated For Tactical Reasons Court Mulls Sudden Turn Nuernberg, Nov. 30 (U.R) Rudolf Hess testified from the war crimes witness stand today that his pretence of amnesia and insanity was a hoax and that he was quite competent and ready to go ahead with his own trial. Despite Hess' melodramatic assertion from the stand that his purported loss of memory was faked, the international tribunal withheld an immediate ruling on his mental condition. Counsel Unconvinced His counsel, preceding Hess In a hearing for which the court room was cleared of the other nazi defendants, pleaded that his client's claim to mental fit ness was a part of the quirks of the mind that made him irre sponsible. After sitting through a tedious two and a half hours of the hearing on his case, Hess went to the stand to proclaim his clar ity of mind and charge that the tribunal was "not competent" to conduct the war crimes trials. The testimony provided a sen sational climax to Hess' claims for more than three years that he remembered nothing of his doings as deputy chief of the nazi party and one of the top- dogs of the Hitler regime. Hess began speaking slowly In an even, controlled voice. "At file beginning I gave my counsel a note saying I believed the proceedings could be short ened if I were allowed to speak myself, he said'. He said he had intended to save the "surprise' until later in the proceedings, but gave no reason why he decided to spring it when he did. Speaking from scribbled notes, Hess said solemnly: "My memory is again in or der. "The reasons I simulated a loss of memory were tactical.' He said he had hoodwinked his own counsel as well as a corps of 10 of the greatest psy chiatrists the four allied nations had to offer. Finished, Hess crumpled his note, thrust them into his poc ket, sat down, crossed his legs, folded his hands in his lap, and surveyed the scene of conster nation he had wrought. He smiled slightly. AIR COMPETITOR London, Nov. 30 (U.R) The British government in a sur prise move today ordered Pan American World Airways to re duce its transAtlantic flight schedule from five to two a week. Pan-American officials said the order was stranding an esti mated 300 persons bound for New York. Pan-American recently cut Itn trans-Atlantic fare to $275, well below rates quoted by other American and British competi tors. Aviation quarters regarded today's British order as a move of retaliation against the low rates and faster land plane serv ice established by Pan-American. The British decision applied only to Pan-American's land plane service, which uses the Hum airport as its British term inus. PROSPECT LOGGER HELD ON BAD CHECK CHARGES Lester E. Madden, 21-ycar-old logger of Prospect, is held in the county jail on a charge of issuing worthless checks, sheriff s officers said this morn ing. He was arrested at Pros pect yesterday on a warrant. Madden pleaded guilty in jus tice court yesterday and signi fied his intentions of entering a similar plea in circuit court. He was arrested on the same charge in 1942 and was placed on probation. i i ouaaen, Says Amnesia and Insanity Butte Falls Cow Steals Livestock Show With Calf Los Angeles, Nov. 30 U.R) An Aberdee n-Angus cow brought here for the Great Western Livestock exhibition stole the show today by giv ing birth to a coal-black bull calf. The cow, from the Rancheria Cattle ranch at Butte Falls, Oregon, was brought here by truck from Oregon. Both cow and calf will be auctioned Tuesday. Rancheria is operated by Charles Ryan, who has a con- siderable herd of Aberdeen Angus cattle. CAREENING AUTO Considerable damage was caused a car operated by Paul M. Sparks, Jr., route 2, last night in an accident at the Jack son street and Central avenue intersection, city police reported today. The 'auto driven by Sparks collided with a car oper ated by Elizabeth J. Deaver, 406 West Second street, and careen ed to the left, knocking down a light pole in the parking lot of the Gilmore service station, and damaging a truck, owned by Mrs. R, A. Tanner, 517 North Central avenue, officers said. Sparks was fined $15 in po lice court this morning on 8 reckless driving charge. Stockholm, Nov. 30 (U.R) Former German soldiers intern ed in South Sweden attempted mass suicide and self-mutilation today when they were ordered out to be extradited by Russian ships waiting at Trellcborg. Swedish authorities reported "many" suicides and "great numbers" of wounded among the several thousand former German troops who resisted efforts to get them started back to their occu pied homeland. Anticipating trouble, Swedish troops cordoned the barracks of the Backamo, Rinkaby and Racnneslactt camps in South Sweden at noon as a prelimin ary to starting the move to Thel leborg. , Elliott's Mastiff Ordered Destroyed For Attacking Fala Rhinebcck, N. Y., Nov. 30 (U.R) Blaze, the 130-pound Eng lish Bull Mastiff owned by El liott Roosevelt, was destroyed Sunday for attacking Fala, spunky but underweight Scottic pet of the late President Roose velt. A gift from the then Brig. Gen. Elliott Roosevelt to his actress-wife, Faye Emerson, the dog was shipped from England by army transport plane. When the plane stopped at Memphis a soldier and sailor were bump ed off because of over-loading. But Blaze, with an A priority, continued his trip. Russia Can Produce A-Bombs In Three Years, Is Savant's Prediction Over-Zealous By Eulalie McDowell United Press Staff Correspondent Washington, Nov. 30 'U.R) A prominent scientist predicting that Russia can start atom bomb production in about three years, told congress today that over zealous army security relations tipped the Soviets last June to our secret manufacture of atom ic weapons. Dr. Irvins Langmuir, asso ciate director of research for General Electric Co., said last minute cancellation of passports ol a group o f American and British physicists headed for a scientific gathering in Moscow "resulted in giving to the Rus sians the very information which the army most wished to keep from them." Red Embassy Knew He said the Russian embassy 30, 1945. r uramau v,iimcix ATTACK WARNING IN JANUARY 1941 WAS DISCOUNTED Ex-Chief of Army Intelli gence Tells Probers Grew Relayed Word of Envoy Washington, Nov. 30 (U.R) U. S. military intelligence al ways considered the possibility of Japanese sneak attack on Hawaii, but discounted a speci fic warning to that effect in January, 1941, because it was not impressed by its source. Mai. Gen. Sherman Miles, former chief of army intelli gence, made this disclosure to day to the Congressional com mittee investigating the Pearl Harbor disaster of Dec. 7, 1941. Relayed By Grew The warning, relayed to the State department from Tokyo by U. S. Ambassador Joseph C. Grew, came from the Peruvian minister to Japan. The minister told Grew he had heard rumors of a possible surprise blow against Pearl Harbor. Miles, whose testimony dealt with Japanese messages inter cepted by the army and navy before Pearl Harbor, told the committee that: "A surprise attack on Hawaii with little or no warning was always under consideration. Miles said he had no doubt that a message from Marshall to the Hawaiian command on Nov. 27, 1941, "would effect immedi ate and complete alert of the fortress. The Marshall message, ad dressed to all overseas com' manders, informed them that diplomatic negotiations with Japan "appeared to be termin ated." It said "hostile action possible at any moment." Senator's Son To Be Sent To States Army Paper Claims Honolulu, Nov. 30 (U.R) A dispatch in the army newspaper Stars and Stripes asserted today that the son of Sen. Tom Stew art, D., Tenn., S2C Paul T. Stew art, 18, had been ordered back to the mainland from Hawaii although he has only 18 points and has been overseas less than nine months. The newspaper said Stewart has been recommended for as signment to Norfolk, Va. Navy policy, it added, has been not to reassign men to the States until they have been overseas 18 months. Stars and Stripes said a letter it had received claimed that Stewart had been "bragging to all hands about his connections that swung the deal." YAMISHITA IN DENIAL HE KNEW OF SLAUGHTER Manila, Nov. 30 (U.R) Gen. Tomoyuki Yamashlta looked to day at a prescution mnp mark ing the sites where 60,000 Fili pinos were slaughtered and de nied doggedly that he ever heard of any of the killings. Earlier Yamashita denied he received orders from Tokyo to destroy Manila. Army Officers Gave here "of course" knew that the American physicists had not been permitted to attend and that cancellation of the British passports was given wide pub licity in the British press. "Any sensible Russian scien tist knowing of these facts would have believed that we were developing an atomic bomb and were keeping it se cret from the Russians." he said. Once Russia starts making atomic bombs, a distinct possi bility In about three years, she may very likely be able to turn them out faster than the United States because of her tremen dous resources, Langmuir told the senate's special committee on atomic energy. He said he had never heard an official explanation for can celling the passports of the Moscow-bound scientist). But be II 1 3IBUNE United Press Full Leased Wit N -Ol Brilliant Object Believed Meteor Is Seen In Skies Reno, Nev., Nov. 30 (U.R) A brilliant flaming object believed to be a meteor, which disap peared after alarming hundreds of northern Califormans, prob ably crashed to earth In Nevada's desert wastes, an astronomer speculated today. rrnf. G. Blair of the univer sity of Nevada said that wit nesses' stories indicated the ob ject apparently was slowing down and probably shot to earth somewhere in the barren wastes of eastern Nevada during a storm. The object was first seen by persons in the San Francisco area about 5 p. m. At the same time, residents of northern California and western Nevada reported seeing a burn ing flame "about half the size of the moon, very bright and shed ding flaming particles as it shot along." By United Pre The worst November storm to hit the northeastern part of the country in recent years was headed out to sea today after causing at least 17 deaths, mil lions of dollars of property damage and blanketing an area from New England to Pennsyl vania with from three to 12 inches of snow. Snow still was falling In many sections, including New York City, snarling traffic and communications, but gale winds which lashed the eastern sea board with mountainous waves and brought western New York its first blizzard of the winter, were subsiding. Scores of persons were made homeless as a 72-milc-an-hour gale ripped the Massachusetts coast, causing 20-foot waves that smashed through seawalls. E OVERRI ECONOMY EFFORT Washington, Nov. 30 flJ.R) The house today overrode its appropriations committee on three economy recommenda tions and passed by voice vote a $1,434,792,312 deficiency ap propriations bill. The house action added ap proximately $303,792,000 to the bill as It came out of the com mittee. The measure now goes to the senate. The Bdded appropriations In clude $122,275,000 for flood control and rivers and harbors projects. $158,320,000 for vet erans hospital facilities, and S24. 500,000 for veterans' hous ing. TWO DIE IN CRASH McCook, Neb., Nov. 30 (U.R) Lt. Col. Morgan A. Giffin, San Antonio. Tcx and 1st Lt. Graham C. Woodlaw, Portland, Ore., were killed last night when a C-45 airplane crashed three miles from here, Col. Lews E. Lyle of McCook field a nounced today. Tip On U.S. Manufacture Last June said he had heard "the opinion expressed that this action must have been taken at the request of the American government because no one outside the American army could be so stupid." Nerer Announced Here The scientists were going to attend the 220th anniversary celebration of the Russian Aca demy of Science. Their change of plans was announced in the British press but never publish ed here, presumably because of army security regulations. Langmuir said he himself made the trip to Moscow but that Just before he departed, two army officers asked him not to go. He "disapproved" and took the matter to the state depart ment, he said and was finally allowed to proceed when the ."war department was made to NO. 214. Feigned TO TELL ABOUTCOMMIES Un-American Committee Would Hear Charges Against Career Diplomats Washington, Nov. 30 (U.R) The house Un-American activi ties committee today invited for mer ambassador to China Pat rick J. Hurley to tell it what he knows about any pro-communists in the state department. Committee Chairman John S. Wood, D., Ga., said that Hurley will bo asked to testify Monday or "at some other early date convenient to him." Wood told reporters the committee had ten tatively agreed not to open the meeting to the public. Hurley resigned his post Wed nesday with the charge that state department career diplo mats, by siding with Chinese communists, were sabotaging his efforts to unify warring factions in China.. Has Senate Date The former ambassador is scheduled to tell his story to the senate foreign relations com mittee at a closed hearing on Wednesday. Secretary of State James F, Byrnes also has been asked to appear. Although the house commit tee hearing is tentatively sched uled to be closed, "If Gen. Hur ley has no objection," Wood said, "we will open the meeting to the press and public. Wood said the committee wanted to ask Hurley about pro communists in the state depart ment. "If there are such people in the stale department or any other branch of the government we'd like to know about it," Wood said. The motion to ask Hurley to testify before the committee was made by committee mem ber Karl E. Mundt, R., S. D., who is also a member of the house foreign affairs committee. He said that his motion was adopted unanimously. Medford Debaters Win Pre-Seasonal Test in Roseburg Two debate tCBms of Medford senior high school spent Thurs day in Roseburg where they took part In a pre-season debate with teams of the Roseburg school. The two-man teams, who received a thrcc-to-one favor from the Judges, are com posed of Bill Moffat and Jerry Igo, and Janet Horscley and Jerry Llebman. They were ac companied by Miss Barbara Compton, high school Instructor. Subject of the debate, which was held In preperation for the Llnfield college tournament to take place Feb. 7, 8, and 9 In McMinnvillo, was, "Resolved: that every able-bodied mnle citizen of the United States should have one year of full time military training before at taining the age of 24." Go the limit in purchasing Victory Loan Bonds. realize how little I knew of the atomic energy projects." Lang muir figured slightly in early atomic bomb developments, he said. Other Americans were not permitted to go. False Security Langmuir said possession of the atom bomb formula gave this country a feeling of secur ity, but was giving Russia and other have-not nations a feeling of insecurity that threatened to start a world race in atomic armament. He urged Immediate and direct consultation with Russia to head off such a devel opment. The Nov. 15 declaration by President Truman and Prime Ministers Attlce and MacKenzie King is a most constructive pro gram aiming at this world con trol of atomic energy. Langmuir said. COOS BAY AREA LATEST TO END LUMBER STRIKE AFL Spokesmen Say Most Mills Should Be Operating . Within Week (By United Press) End of the 10-weeks-old strika of 60,000 Pacific northwest AFL. lumber workers appeared im mincnt today as mill after mill reported individual settlement with unions and workers re turned to their jobs. Confident AFL lumber work, ers spokesmen said most millt should be operating within an other week. 15-Cenl Increase Latest settlement was reporW cd in the Coos Bay area, wlsera mill owners agreed to a 15-cent an hour wage increase. Mills at Vancouver, Wash., and at Long view, Salem, Portland and Al bany, Ore., were ready to resuma production and Tacoma, Wash., lumber workers vote today on. a 15-cent an hour wage increase offer. Other labor developments in cluded: Shipping Four San Francisco locals of the International Long shoremen's and Warehousemen'! union indicated they would sup port 1LWU President Harry Bridges criticism of alleged work stoppages on troopships result" lng from a strike of CIO and AFL machinists. Bakers Wait Reply Bakeries Major San Fran, cisco bakeries awaited reply from striking AFL bakery wagon drivers to an offer to re. open plants "pending orderly negotiation of a new contract." Groceries A new meeting was scheduled today between of ficials of 78 Safeway stores and workers to discuss reopening of the stores closed last week when AFL retail clerks and butchers refused to cross picket lines set up by striking bakery wagon drivers. UAW ASK SURVEY OF NEGOTIATIONS Detroit, Nov. 30 (U.R) Unit, ed Automobile Workers unions (CIO) officials today invited an "impartial" group of persons from public life to examine) transcripts of union ncgotia. tions with General Motors cor poration and recommend a set. tlement In the 10-day old strike. Walter P. Reuthcr, vice pres. Ident of the UAW, listed Bcr. nard Baruch, New York finan. cler and adviser to presidents, as head of the committee. Ha did not say whether Baruch had accepted. The group was asked to meet next Tuesday and WeHneHav in ! Detroit. Washington, Nov. 30 (U.R) Rep. Harris Ellsworth, R., Ore., today appealed to Secretary of Agriculture Clinton Anderson to overcome a critical shortage of protein meal in Oregon where he said farmers and poultry raisers suffered "substantial losses" because they lacked ani mal feed. Low protein meals supplies, Ellsworth said, have resulted m refusals of dealers to take orders from his far-western farmers. He suggested a set-aside order on the meal or a consideration program. He said he was informed a conservation order was being" prepared by the Department of Agriculture "and could be put into effect unless the situation improves." LABOR-MANAGEMENT CLOSING POSTPONED Washington, Nov. 30 (U.R) The labor-management confer, encc's closing session was de layed today until after noon to give the executive committee more time to try to salvage some agreement on deadlocked issues. The s e s s 1 o n originally was scheduled for 11 a. m. At that hour Judge Walter P. Stacy, con ference chairman, emerged from a meeting of the executive com mittee to announce that the ses sion has been deferred until p. m. Victory Loan Driva "E" Quota $525,000 "E" Sales to Data $216,094 Remainder to sell $308,908
