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Fortieth Year
Overwrought Widow
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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.
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(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.
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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
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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.
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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.
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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
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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