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V A mm Nl 0 J Lra Weather FORECAST: Cloudy with shower tonight and Turf day. Snow In mountains. Little chance In tempera ture. Temp. Highest Yesterday 60 Lowest this Morning ....... 4R Prec. to S A. M. Today T. Fortieth Year t 7 i I .M, -AAf lii -rx:'-! fcMiifiMfArifiii)r.-iitiiiiitlirifii ' Aaf r iiiimni ill 'lii'r SdkMai (Acme Trlrphutu) Standing alone In prisoners' box, Rudolf Hess gestures as he tells International War Crimes Tribunal at Nuernberg, Germany, that he had faked amnesia, fooling both doctors and his own attorney, but that he la now prepared to stand trial and "bear full responsibility." HITLER DOOMED Nuernberg, Dec. 3 (U.P.) Adolf Hitler had decided four months before Munich that Czechoslovakia must be destroy ed, and he was pressing last minute military preparations to strike while negotiating with Neville Chamberlain, the war crimes court was told today. Hitler signed a directive for the ultimate attack on Czecho slovakia on May 30, 1938, and had a plan ready in such detail that a whole list of "propaganda incidents" had been drawn up for possible use in connection with the attack. Planned Gas Use The plans disclosed lhat the Germans were prepared to use gas against the Czechs and to justify their action with a claim that the Czechs had used it first. The Nazi high command, ac cording to documents introduced before the war crimes tribunal, had drafted a list of 13 types of possible violations of interna tional law which might be ex pected in the. action ag3inst Czechoslovakia. American Prosecutor Sidney Alderman announced that the British would open their case against the 20 Nazi leaders to morrow. Thereafter the British and American prosecutors will alternate in presenting evidence. The French will follow with de tails of crimes against humouity in the west, and the Russians will cover the east. Chaplin Expects Stork In March Hollywood. Dec. 3 (U.R) Charles Chaplin, 54-ycar-old comedian, expects to become a father in March, he disclosed today. The child will be the second born to Oona O'Neill Chaplin his 20-year-old fourth wife, debutante daughter of Play wright Eugene O'Neill. Their first child, a girl, was born in August. 1944. SIDE GLANCES By TRIBUNE REPORTERS Jimmie Bolton scheming deep schemes to make sure the Ki wanis club candidate for victory queen. Margaret Ruth Bolton, wins the race, even though she isn't a relative. Ella Lister deciding that she's just a fluff-brain, but not vpry disheartened over the dis Id MEDFORD Unittd Press Nazi Admits False Amnesia .... uTf - i&V, if PILOTS FOUND DEAD COOS BAY PLANE WRECK Coos Bay, Ore., Dec. 3 U.R) The ;pilot and co-pilot of a wrecked C-46 army transport plane were found dead In the wreckage today, searching par ties announced. The men were identified as Capt. Hugh B. McMullen, Kan sas City, Kan., the pilot, and Capt. Harlow A." Marsh, Jr., of Syracuse, N. Y., co-pilot. The plane rammed a hillside in "the coastal area, of western Oregon last Monday in a terrific storm. Nine other airmen have been found safe in the same ea. They parachuted as the plane nosed down seeking a land ing field and one of them hung suspended by his parachute tor 36 hours in a tall fir tree. Portland air base officials said there is still one more man be-1 CHILDREN TESTIFY IZE San Francisco, Dec. 3 (U.R) The three young children of Mrs. Annie Irene Mansfeldt testified in firm tones in superior court today lhat their mother appear ed dazed and sleepy and stag gered as she walked on the morning she killed nurse Vada Martin whom she believed was having an affair with her hus band. Terry, 12, one of the two girls, said her mother screamed and fell to the floor in her bedroom several hours before the slaying occurred. When the children Terry. Irene, 15, and John, 14 appear ed in court, it was the first time Mrs. Mansfeldt had seen them since the morning she shot and killed Mrs. Martin whose death was followed a few hours later by Dr. John Mansfeldt s suicide. Mrs. Mansfeldt wept softly as her children testified in her de fense. BEATS DEPORTATION Helena, Mont., Dec. 3 (U.R) William Reihsle, 42 -year -old German alien who eluded immi gration authorities for 10 years died in the Lewis and Clark county jail yesterday apparently as the result of suicide in a final and desperate effort to escape deportation. WEATHER Northern California: Occa sional rain north portion today, spreading slowly southward to night; showers Tuesday: little temperature change; strong j southerly wind Point Arena i northward and moderate to fresh! southerly wind along southern' Full Leased Wire Claims I , vv Vf JrV. k- ilieved missing, since there were reportedly 12 men aboard when the plane took off from Oakland, Cal., for McChord Field, Wash. Incomplete flight plans prevent ed definite identification of the 12th passenger, apparently one of several "hitch hikers" who boarded the transport. At the same time, rescue par ties were setting out from the Portland army air' base for the remote community of Cougar, in western Washington, to learn the fate of six airmen in a downed navy Ventura plane, spotted late yesterday. The navy Ventura had been the object of a three-day search ever since it radioed the Portland army air base it was "in trouble" after leaving Portland for Red Bluff, Calif., in a rainstorm. Double Skating Accident Sends Two To Hospital Mrs. Frank Thome of Baker, who came here to visit her father, in the hospital as the re sult of an ice skating accident, ended up in the Community hos pital here Saturday night suffer ing a badly sprained left knee received in a fall at the Mcdford roller skating rink. She was released from the hospital Sun day. Failing to take warning from her father's experience. Mrs. Thorne had been ice skat ing earlier in the evening but went to the roller rink after numerous falls on the blades, ac cording to Deputy Coroner Car los Morris who took the injured woman to the hospital. Her father, Charles England Prospect, was hurt in a fall at the ice arena Nov. 24 and taken from his home to the Ashland Community hospital the follow ing day when his condition be came worse. JEWISH GOODS Jerusalem, Dec. 3 (U.R) The powerful Arab league ordered a general boycott today of all Palestine in protest against the Jewish goods originating in proposed establishment of a Zionist state in the Holy Land. Announcement of the boycott was made in Cairo by the league's general secretary, Abdel Rahman Azzam. He said that the boycott would become effec tive Jan. 1, 1946. The surprise move threatened to upset the uneasy truce exist- bctv.cuu lite Aiaba mi Jw MEDFORD, OREGON, MONDAY MEMBER 3, 1945. UAW Hurle? Maritime 7 TIE-UP OF SHIPS Tl One-Day CIO Demonstration Aimed At Forcing More Use of Ships for G.l.s By United Press The CIO United Auto Work ers asked the government today to investigate General Motors Corporation for violation of anti monopoly laws. The new development came as a one-day maritime union strike to force the use of more ships for returning service men sent the total number of Ameri can strike-idle workers to near ly 745,000. R. J. Thomas, UAW president, asked Attorney General Tom Clark to "initiate an investiga tion immediately with a view to prosecution of General Motors Corporation under the anti-trust laws of the United States. Own Claim Cited Thomas charged that General Motors own claim that it must resume partial production to supply critical items to other car manufacturers provides "strong corrobn'tory evidence for our belief that this corporation holds a monopoly position in the automotive business." Meanwhile, the Westinghotise Electric Corp. countered a union demand for a $2-a-day wage in crease with a proposal that all plants, where . practicable, in crease their work week from five to five and one-half days with time and one-half paid for all work more than 40 hours. The tentative decision to re open some General Motors plants for the production of parts essential to other auto manufacturers brought rumb lings of disagreement among UAW officers. Thomas and G-M President C. E. Wilson had tentatively agreed to allow reopening of certain plants making parts for other automobile manufacturers. But vehement protests came from R. Carter, head of the UAW lo cal at the G-M AC Spark Plug plant at Flint, Mich. WSA Policy Explained National maritime union of ficials called the shipping work stoppage "a demo nstration against the war shipping admin istration and commercial ship ping lines' policy of putting com mercial interest before bringing the GIs home." The WSA had explained that ships were being operated be tween the U. S. and South Amer ica and other foreign ports to keep "foreign flags" from get ting "a break in competition." At Philadelphia, Louis Wald man, legal representative of two unions which recently struck in New York harbor, called the 24 hour strike a labor-injuring po litical move, which was "socially dangerous." Ford Meeting Slated A meeting was scheduled for today between UAW and Ford Co. spokesmen to discuss the company's demand that the un ion pay the firm $5 daily for every wildcat striker. The union was expected to present a coun ter proposal, undisclosed. Montgomery Ward & Co. prop erties returned to normal over the nation today with the end of a week-long demonstration strike against the big mail order house by the CIO United Retail Wholesale and Department Store Employes union. 35,000 VETERANS IN FRISCO BOUND HOME San Francisco, Dec. 3 (U.R) The backlog of Pacific veterans in the San Francisco Bay area awaiting transportation to their homes was expected to approach or exceed 35,000 today as 13.500 servicemen were due in 19 ships. A total of 16 082 returnees ! wi're due today at Pacific coast nopoly Charge at General Motors; on Stages One-Day National Strike Rotary Candidate Nina Tuttle, Rotary CluE can didate, ii leading the race in the Victory Queen contest with 1350 votes. Margaret Ruth Bol ton is second with 1257 votes; Jackie Flynn Allsworth is third with 902 votes; and Vivian Llnd quist is fourth with 640 votes. All purchasers of "E' bonds may vote for their favorite contest ant with each $25 "E" bond pur chase. SOCIETY. SLATES MEETDEC. 6, 1 Members of the Oregon State Horticultural society will hold the 60th annual meeting at the Holly Theater here Dec. 6 and 7 it was announced today. Ses sions will start promptly at 0:30 a. m. and a cordial invitation is extended to nil interested in horticultural discussions to at tend. An unusually interesting pro gram has been arranged, offic ers declare. It is thought that the talks of William A. Schoen feld, dean and director of the Oregon Experiment Station and Oregon Extension service and of Dr. A. L. Strand, president of Oregon State college, will be of special interest. Dean Schoen feld Is to speak on "Will We Continue to Feed the World," at 11:15 a. m. Thursday and Dr. Strand is to speak Thursday at 2 p. m. C. C. Clemens, of Medford is president of the society, and Leonard Carpenter, also of Med ford, is third vicc-presidenl. Other officers are Wendell Bartholomew, Eugene. first vice-president; A. P. Mohr. Hood River, second vice-presi dent; the late O. T. McWhorter. Corvallis, had been serving as secretary and treasurer and C. B. Cordy, Mcdford, is assistant secretary. The sessions are being held at the Holly theater through the courtesy of Walter Levcrctte. APPLEGATE MAN Trial of the claim of Edwin H. Taylor, Applegate district farmer, against the Southern Oregon Mining company, Ltd., for alleged non fulfillment of a contract for replacement of top soil removed during dredging operation on the Taylor farm. started today in circuit court with Judge Dal M. King of Coos county on the bench. Judge "King was assigned here when Judge Ilanna disqualified himself. laylor seeks approximately $9,000 on two counts of his com plaint for soil replacement. The dredging operations occurred in 1940 1041. The dredging concern Is rep resented by Attorney Ralph E. Moody of Salem and Ililding Bengtson, and the plaintiff by Attorney George M. Roberts. A number of Applegate resi dents have been called as wit- RIBUNE Unit.d Press Full CODE BURNING BY JAPS IN HONOLULU GAVE ATTACK TIP Investigators Told Hawaii Army Men Knew 'Some thing Serious' To Happen Washington, Dec. 3 (U.R) The Pearl Harbor Investigating committee was told today that army officers in Hawaii knew before the sneak attack of Dec. 7, 1941, that Japanese diplomats were destroying codes, "indicat ing that something serious was about to happen." Maj. Gen. Sherman Miles, former head of military intelli gence, said the information was in the hands of the intelligence officer of the Hawaiian defense command about Dec. 3, 1941, and was called to the attention of a staff council on Dec. 6, the morning before the attack. Marshall Due Thunder Miles said the Hawaiian In telligence officer, a Colonel Bick nell, learned of the code-burning through the nuvy and Robert Shivers, chief of the Federal Bureau of Investigation at Hono lulu. - M i 1 o ; continued testimony started last week about Japanese code messages that were inter cepted before Pearl Harbor. The committee announced, meanwhile, that Gen. George C. Marshall, former army chief of staff, will appear before it at 10 a. m. Thursday. Marshall, who was sharply criticized by an army board that investigated the Pearl Harbor defeat, will be given a chance to tell his side of the storv before he leaves for Chungking as diplo matic successor to Patrick J. Hurley, resigned. High Wind Chases Fog Out of Valley Maximum wind velocity re corded at the weather bureau this morning was 44 miles it was stated this noon, this figure having been set about 6:30 a.m. However, it was pointed out that sudden quick gusts often ranged up to ten miles higher than the average velocity. The southwest wind sprang up Sunday afternoon, bringing higher temperatures and relief from h-;avy fog which had cov ered the valley for the past few days, and continued with vary ing violence throughout the night. Light rain fell this morning. Disappointment Waits Many Vets Who Would Try Farming Career Washington, Dec. 3 (U.R) A large number of the million or more veterans who want to be farmers may be in for a disap pointment. These were the straws in the wind: 1. With close to 5,000,000 men already out of service, only 700 veterans have gotten farm loans through the veterans admini stration under the GI Bill of rights. 2. The farm security admini stration, a better bet for the farm-minded veteran but strict ly limited on funds, has helped 3,500 veterans with all types of loans, hopes to set up 4,000 as farmers this fiscal year. 3. The National Planning asso ciation estimated that only 750, 000 farms will become available in the next five years, against a demand for 1.100,000. It indicat ed that many will be overpriced. The planning a.-sociation, in a recent publication, warned not only that demand for farms will outrun supply but that fe.er farmers, not more, may be need ed to run them. The reason: pro ductivity per farmer is steadily increasing. (juvtiuiucct aicuuefc ut be Lasted Wir NO. 216. E Gen. MacArthur Tells Gov ernment to Present New Batch for War Crimes Tokyo, Dec. 3 (U.R) Gen. Douglas MacArthur ordered the Japanese government today to arrest 59 more war criminal sus pects, including for the first time a prince of imperial blood, two former premiers and many top flight militarists. Industrialists and propagandists. The imperial suspect was Field Mnrshal Prince Morimasa Nashl moto, 71, who was a supreme war councillor and lord custo dian of national shrines. Japi Protest (After a series of conferences with Imperial Household Mini ster Sotaro Ishiwata, the Japa nese government reportedly ask ed MacArthur to rescind the order for Nashimoto's arrest. The request was presented su preme Allied headquarters by Foreign Minister Yoshldn, acting for the government. No reason waj given for the request,) The former premiers were Baron Kilchlro Hiranuma, who served In 1939 when Japan was paving the way for Axis alliance, and Koki Ilirota, who served as premier in 1938 and was a mem ber of the advisory council In 1040, Arrests of four of the coun try's leading publishers were ordered. They were Yoshio Kodama, former publisher of the Yamato Shimbu; Hiroshl Shlmo mura, former vice president of Asahi; Insuke Furuno, former head of the now defunct Domei News Agency, and Mutsularo Shoriki, president of Yomluri Hochl. Kid Outlaw of '2&S Run Down By Truck Little Rock Ark., Dec. 3 (U.R) Matt Kimes, notorious "kid outlaw" of the 1920's, was held by the Federal Bureau of In vestigation today after he was run down by a truck on a North Little Rock street corner. Kimes, on "leave of absence" from the Oklahoma slate pris on, had been hunted throughout the southwest for the past three weeks in connection with a $17, 000 Morton, Tex., bank robbery Sept. 5. ing careful to point out to ap plicants for credit or informa tion that many a dream farm lias proved a land mine. Current warnings by the agri culture department include these: that hazards in farming arc. great: work is hard, and the work week is seven days; cash returns are usually small (more than half of all farmers in 1940 had gross income of less than $1,000.) The agriculture department advises would-be farmers who have not lived on a farm to give it a try as a hired hand before making a decision. It suggests also renting or sharecropping as a starter. GI guarantees have been little used luigely because economic factors combined with legal pro visions make the law tough to comply with. FSA lends money directly to veterans who are good farm risks, and can't get adequate credit elsewhere. It has helped 38,000 farm families become farm owners and has lent money , to nearly a million farmers, in eluding 35.000 veterans of World 1 War I. It has $25,000,000 to lend Wuia W U veU Uiia jcar. ' FACT FINDING BY FEDERAL BOARDS President Asks Congress for Power to Set Up System For Coping With Disputes Washington, Dec. 3 (U.R) . President Truman today asked congress for authority to estab lish a system of fact-finding boards to cope with labor dis putes. Expressing his disappointment that the labor-management con ference had not produced an agreement on machinery to set tle existing strikes, the presi dent said it was now the duty of the government "to act on its own." Like Railway Act The president recommended establishment of a fact-finding systenf with boards to operate along the general lines of the emergency board provided for under the railway labor act. The president, without wait ing for congress to act, said he would set up immediately a fact finding board in the dispute be tween the United Automobila Workers and General Motors Corp. "While this board will not have the statutory powers which I hope the congress will soon authorize," the president said in a special message, "I am sure that the American people will expect the employer and the em ployes to cooperate with th board as fully as if appropriate legislation had already been passed." Patriotic Appeal Then the president appealed to the patriotism of both partiei in the General Motors dispute and asked "all the workers to return to work Immediately." He also requested General Mo tors "to proceed energetically with full production." After describing the General Motors strike as tha "major ob stacle holding up our reconver sion program," the president said he was appointing a similar board to deal with the threaten ed strike involving the United States Steel Corp. and the United Steel Workers (CIO). Ho asked the employes to remain at work pending the report of the board of findings and recommenda tions. Under the proposed new law, the disputants would not be leg ally bound to accept the find ings or follow the recommenda tions of the board, but the presi dent said ' "the general publio would know all the facts." T ON VETS HOUSING Kansas City, Mo., Dee. 3 (U.R) National officers of the Veter ans of Foreign Wars opened a five-day meeting here today with the first order of business a re solution urging the president to declare a national emergency in order to meet the nation's hous ing shortage. Louis E. Starr, Portland, Ore., said the meeting would pass a resolution later today calling for a state of emergency so materi als could be obtained to provide housing for veterans. "Conditions on the Pacifie coast are deplorable," Starr added. Dr. Clarence It. Rungee, New Haven, Conn., surgeon general of the VFW, said Connecticut was facing a very serious hous ing shortage. He pointed out that the state's population was up 150,000 as a result of war production. The national council of admin istration of the VFW today set Aug. 25-30 at the dates tor the 47th annual encampment at Bos ton. NO. 8 COMING UP New Rochelle, N. Y., Dec. 3 (U.rJ Tommy Manville. the as bestos heir, confirmed today that he will make Georgina Camp bell, 27, beautiful English-born columnist, his eighth wife. Miss Campbell was en route here from Hollywood aboard the Gol den State Limited. "This is It," Miinvlllc said. Victory Loan Drive "E" Quota $525,000 "E" Sales to Date $234,181 Remainder to sell $290,819
