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urley Names Atcheson Leading Effort To Aid Chinese Communists United Press Fortieth Year Service Men Bring :Cr Jvfen j;f VTJf- 1 Ex-servicemen, members of Uhited Auto Workers C. I. 0.) Union, on strike against General Motors, enter picket line at Montgomery Ward picket line in Chicago, wearing uniforms and carrying flags. UAW-Chrysler CIO Girds For By United Press General Motors and CIO United Auto Workers represen tatives cancelled a meeting by mutual agreement" today, and the UAW announced that nego tiations with Chrysler corpora tion, another big auto manufac turing firm had broken down Walter P. Reuthcr, UAW vice president, revealed that his scheduled meeting with General ft.Vtnrs Vice President Harry W Anderson had been called off. Reuther said he was leaving by GEN. TU'S FORCES NE Chungking, Dec. 5 U.P. Nationalist military officials said today that Gen. Tu Li Ming's nationalist vanguards have by-passed Sinmin and are "within one day's walk" of Mukden, .principal cily and rail terminus of Manchuria. Sinmin is about 50 miles northeast of Mukden on the railroad from Chinhsien along which Tu's troops have been moving. The nationalist report indicated that Tu may have left the railroad now, cutting across country directly toward Muk den. Recent dispatches from Tu s headquarters at Chinhsien re ported that the Chinese com munists have been falling back under Russian orders to let the nationalists through. Meanwhile, tht central Chin ese news agency reported that Gen Peng Tch-Huai. deputy commander of the 8th route army, now is in the Lincheng area in south Shantung province directing a Chinese communist offensive there. Only One Conchie Continuing Fast Waldport, Ore., Dec. 5 iU.P.) Onlv one of the original U hunger fastcrs at the Waldport conscientious objectors camp con tinned without food today, in protest against peacetime con scription and continued admin istration of the camps by the Brethren service committee. The remaining faster was Lloyd Danzeisen of Ohio. Two others who held out 15 days iin til today said they had attained their objective of calling atten 4inM fl-,ni HomanHc for flis iivn iu tiiv,, v.v..,...- - continuance of the conscientious . . . KIWANIS BOND RALLY SELLS $1 1 .000 WORTH , A bond rally at today s noon m?eting of the Kiwanis Club in the Holland Hotel sold about SI 1,000 worth of Victory bonds, according to a club spokesman. V 'es will go to Margaret Ruth Bolton in the Victory queen con test. Charles Rosnick spoke on tra els in Hawaii and showed mution picturrs r.f the island of j Maui in the Hawaiian group. I EDFORD Full Leased Wire Uniform, Flags Into Negotiations Break Down; Fight on Truman Program plane for an unannounced des tination. Reuther's announcement came at a meeting of the "impartial committee" of 14 prominent citizens the UAW has invited to hear its side of the General Motors dispute. Meanwhile the CIO marshall ed its membership to combat President Truman's program for ending the reconversion labor disputes which have, idled 565,- 000 American workers. ' -, In the first outright split with the administration" since 1932, CIO President Philip Murray last night charged that the pro posal had but one single pur pose "to weaken and ultimate ly destroy labor union organiza tions." The CIO leader denounced the federal government for yielding in "abject cowardice" to industrial "arrogance" and served notice that his union would rise to defeat the measure with every means at its com mand. Despite violent opposition from every major union, the house labor committee went ahead with plans to approve the program, calling for the ap pointment of fact-finding bodies to deal with labor disputes threatening the national econ omy. Acting Chairman Robert Ram speck, B., G., said the commit- Yamashita's Fate Rests With Jury Manila, Dec. 5 (U.R) The fate of Gen. Tomoyuki Yuma shita rested today with a five man U. S. military commission after a final demand by Chief Prosecutor Maj. Robert M. Keer of Portland, Ore., that he be sen tenced to death for war crimes in the Philippines. A verdict was scheduled to be returned at 2 p. m. Friday, Ma nila time (1 a. m. EST). NOBEL WINNER DIES Pasadena, Calif., Dec. 5 (U.R) Nobel Prize Winner Dr. Thomas Hunt Morgan, 79, noted auth ority on heredity and genetics, died yesterday at Huntington memorial hospital after a illness. brief I ANTI-NAZIS Nuernberg, Dec. 5 (U.R) Rec ords in allied hands revealed to day that three separate conspir acies were launched by anti-nazi German officers in an attempt . ; , aji n;.i ,,ii,,j : The plots culminated in the abortive July 20, 1944, assassi nation attempt which touched off one of the greatest blood purses jn hy. First July 13. 1943 Tnc t jrst ef(ort to kjii Hitler. it was revealed, was made July 13, 1943, and was planned care fully by a group which attempt ed to eliminate Hitler about the time of the German disaster at Stalingrad. It was undertaken by Ober lieutcnant Von Schlabrendorf who placed a time bomb under Hitler s scat n the plane the using to inspect fuehrer was MEDFORD, OREGON, WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER 5, 1945. Picket Lines (Acme Telephotoi tee was prepared to give Mr Truman "exactly what he asked for" and said a bill would be ready for introduction today or tomorrow. Congressmen, on the while, appeared to feel that some type of legislation was needed in a hurry, in view of the recent labor-management conference's failure to agree on a voluntary program. CHRISTMATfURK Shipment of valley turkeys to eastern and coast markets for the Christmas trade has started. Ac cording to representatives of Swift and Company and the Half Moon company, the ceiling price is 38 cents for hens, and 33 cents per pound for toms. It is estimat ed close to 60,000 birds remain from the Thanksgiving sales, and toms predominate. The smaller hens are preferred by housewives. The toms were rais ed largely for army sale. It is also expected between 10,000 and 15.000 birds will be available for the January and February trade, which were late in maturing. ' County Agent Robert G. Fow ler and shippers report most of the growers "made some mony, but did not get rich," on turkey sales so far. GOLDSTAR MOTHERS URGED TO LIST NAMES Gold star mothers of Medford were urged today by the Veter ans of Foreign Wars to submit their names to the Medford post for inclusion in a list which is being compiled for national headquarters of the group. The mothers are asked to submit their names, along with the names of sons or daughters who died during either World War I or II to A. D. Vosika, 322 South Central avenue. The list must be completed this week and names should be sent to Mr. Vosika by Dec. 6, it is stated. TRIED THREE headquarters on the eastern front. Among the leading partici pants in the plots were Admiral Wilhelm Canaris, chief of the German intelligence service. Dr. Karl Goerdolcr, mayor of Leip- zig, General Ostler, Canaris' ly supplied explosives for the fhinf nf claff ITinlrl KT.pcl.nl trn'r.. U... J I I ...I 111. chief of staff, Field Marshal Von Klugc who committed suicide to avoid execution, Field Marshal Erwin Rommel, Field Marshal Alexander Falkenhausen, Ger man governor of Belgium and northern France, and Gen. F.rnst Stuelpnagel, Paris commandant. Fuse Failed To Work The initial attempt to kill Hit ler failed when the fuse of the bomb failed to work. The second attempt on Hitler quarters and the headquarters of j plosion of the bomb in the con was made July 11, 1944. Hitler the German replacement army fined underiiround quarters, it wis planning to review a group of soldiers wearing a new type' BUSINESS AND AFL CIO Director Sees "Wide Scale Attack Upon Na tional Economy, People." San FrancUco, Dec. 5 (U.R) Harry Bridges, regional director of the CIO, charged today that "big business" is "deliberately engaged in a vide-scale attack upon the national economy and the people" and accused AFL leadership and John L. Lewis of joining business in "an unholy alliance." Addressing more than 600 delegates repreienting nearly 140,000 members at the eighth annual convention of the Cali fornia CIO council, Bridges de clared, "the prime struggle of labor today is for full employ ment." Says Strikes Forced He said "big business" is forc ing strikes in an attack on the nation's economy and people which "even includes imperial istic moves to lay the basis for a third. world war. He did not amplify this statement, but con tinued to say: "Part of their (big business) plot is to make the people foot the largest part of the bill for plants deliberately shut down in order to bring a-out a state of confusion and unemployment. This they have accomplished through tricky tax legislation which insures them against loss of profit." Bridges asserted that in the Washington .labor-management conference called by President Truman in an unsuccessful at tempt to map a formula for na tional labor stability, big busl ness representatives formed "an unholy alliance with AFL lead ership and John L. Lewis, who joined them in a demand that wages and prices be allowed to find their own levels through the machinery of 'free enter prise'." Istanbul, Dec. 4 (Delayed) (U.R A crowd of 27.000 waving Turkish flags and shouting "down with the communists" today wrecked the plants of the pro-Russian newspapers Tan and La Turquie. The mob including 7.000 uni versity students smashed the plant of Tan, th-n marched to the modern part of the city and destroyed a Russian bookstore. They swung past the United States consulate shouting "long live free America." Next they tried to reach the Soviet con sulate but were blocked by police and automobiles. Still bent upon destruction, the mob surged around behind the Soviet embassy and wreck ed the installations of La Tur quie. All stores were closed during the demonstration. No casual ties were reported. SENATE VOTES RELIEF Washington, Dec. 5 (U.R) The senate by voice vote today approved a $550,000,000 supple mentary appropriation for the United Nations relief ar.d re habilitation administration. TIMES TO of uniform. The plotters planned to put timebombs in the packs carried by the soldiers. The bombs would be timed to go off as the troops marched' past Hitler. Ostler, it was learned, actual attempt but it failed when Hit ler suddenly decided he wouldn't bother with the re view, A third plan was then set afoot for an attempt to be car ried out later in the summer of 1944. The plotters picked Col. Count Klaus Von Stauffenberg, a one armed officer who was liaison officer between Hitler's head-1 to make the attempt. I Details of the plot, it was I Tribune United Press Full Hap Arnold Says A-Bombs Outmode Aerial Armadas Washington, Dec. 5 (U.R) Gen. H. H. Arnold said today that the atomic bomb made the great aerial armadas of World War II "as outmoded as the Ma cedonian phalanx." Writing In the Army and Navy Journal, the army air forces chief said new weapons are being developed at such speed that present U. S. air su premacy "may prove to be as hollow as the legend of the Mag- inot line" if Americans become complacent. To avoid "another, infinitely more terrible and perhaps alto gether paralyzing Pearl Harbor disaster, Arnold said, we must maintain: 1. An up-to-the-minute air force. i 2. A nucleus of trainei'. men to man the air force and "sup ply the experience needed for rapid expansion." 3. Research and development adequate to make our fighting equipment "the best in the world." 4. Strong "industry capable of rapid expansion for war produc tion. 5. Strategic bases. These, Arnold said, are the "minimum basic requirements. UT UNCOMMITTED BEFORE JAPS HIT AT PEARL HARBOR Washington, Dec. 5 (U.R) Lt. Gen. Leonard T. Gerow said today this country's military planners made no prc-Pcarl Har bor commitments to go to war with Japan. He told the Pearl HBrhor in vestigating committee that U. S. British, Canadian, and Dutch staffs discussed plans that might be used in the event of war. But these plans. Gerow said, includ ed "no political commitments." He added in response to i question that he never saw or heard of any agreement by any one, including the late President Roosevelt, which "assumed to bind the United States to engage in war against Japan before Japan attacked the United States." Gerow, now commandant of the general staff school at Ft Leavenworth, Kan., was chief of the army's war plans division from November, 1940, to febru ary, 1942. He was called before the com mittee to answer questions as to whether this country agreed with other Pacific powers to go to war if Japan pursued her aggressions beyond a certain point. Gerow's testimony was de signed to lay the ground work for testimony tomorrow by Gen. George C. Marshall, former army chief of staff. JAMES LILES, 25, HELD ON BAD CHECK CHARGE James Leonard Liles, 25, Ear hart street, was arrested today by sheriff's deputies on a war rant charging obtaining money under false pretenses. Liles is accused of issuing worthless checks, deputies said. He is be ing held in the Jackson county jail awaiting court action. GOLD HILL GRANGE Gold Hill II. E. C. bazaar and turkey dinner will be held from 5:30 to 8 p. m., Dec. 10, not Dec 8 as was previously announced. KILL HITLER learned, began to be bruited about in some army circles and on July 15, 1944. one of the con spirators, Captain Sidney lies sen, a naval officer, was told by a junior officer at a Potsdam tea party that a plot against Hit ler was underway. Alarmed at the leak, Hesscn reported the news to Von Stauf fenberg who decided to act iin mediately. He went to Hitler's headquarters, taking a bomb with him. Hitler ordinarily held his staff meetings in a concrete air raid shelter but the July 20 meeting, by chance, was in a wooden structure. This was believed to have saved Hitler's life since ex was thought, would certainly have killed him. Leased Wlr NO. 218. 23 SELECTED FOR Jl James Alger Fee to Preside Over Court Sessions Trial Jurors Will Report Twenty-three southern Ore gon men were selected for fed eral grand jury service this morning and began deliberations at 11:15 a. m. Nine cases are to be considered and it is expected the session will continue through the next two days. Trial Jurors are to report Dee. 7. Selected for the grand jury were Claude V. . Hoover, Med ford farmer, who was named foreman: Archie E. Abbott, Butte Falls: William J. Albert Ashland orchardist: John Caro lan. Grants Pass farmer; Arthur Davies. Jacksonville farmer; A. O. Edwards, farmer from Will iams; Charles A. Finch, Klamath Falls pressman; Harold R. Gris- wold, Rogue River rancher; George W. Hiles, Medford, fruit company flcldman; I. R. Kline Eagle Point farmer; Herman L Lofdahl, Klamath Falls electri cal contractor; Wilbur L. Mar tin, Klamath Falls mechanic; Joseph A. Mason, Ashland, re tired: Ray Pence, Medford mil ler; W. J. Phillips. Eagle Point farmer; Henry H.'Pringle, Med ford, contractors supply com pany; Dewey Sackett, Ashland laborer: H. M. Shutt. Ashland printer; Fitch M. Snyder. Sams valley rancher; Albert P. Ter williger. Klamath Falls, chief clerk: Ross J. Thurman. Med ford plumber: J. F.. Weaver Gold Hill farmer; William R Yoiinn. Medford. But 24 of the original list drawn renorted for duty,' the one remaining man not selected being Charles Williams, Rogue River farmer. JudBc James Alger Fee ar rived in Medford Tuesday night to preside over the court ses sions here. Also here for the session arc J. Mason Dillard chief assistant United States at torney: Edward Twining and Victor E. Iliiir, assistant United states attorneys: their secretary Miss Marilyn Sheldon, and .Turlife Fee's secretary, Miss Esther Davis. Other court officials here for thn term are Jack R. Caufield. United States marshal; Walter H. Hadlork, chief deputy; Leo Mi-Lain. Frank L. Meyer and Miss Dorothy Adler, deputy marshals; James R. DcMott deputy court clerk; Fred H Norman, bailiff; Cloyd D. Ranch court renortcr: Loren C Coch ran, chief probation officer for Oregon and John Mctanana, assistant probation officer. GET London, Dec. 5 (U.R) Great Britain and the other colonial powers were handed a sharp set back today when a United Na tions committee voted over whelmingly to eliminate a pro posed restriction on the types of petitions dependent peoples can submit to the UNO trusteeship council. Britain, Belgium and the Un ion of South Africa led the op position in the UNO technical committee, but they were snow ed under by a voting bloc led by the Soviet Union. The United States abstained from voting on the question. Printers Reject Seattle Proffer By United Press A strike against three Seattle newspapers went Into its 1 7th dav today after printers rejected another publishers' compromise offer of a $1.65 daily wage in crease. SALE OF LOTS GIVEN APPROVAL BY COUNCIL Besides routine business con ducted at the meeting of the city council last night sale of the lol lowing city lots were approved: lots 1 and 2, block 5, Euclid Park addition, to Frank Fairweather. $500; lot 5, block 1, Euclid Hirk addition, Harvey J. Field. $100: and lot 5, block 3, West Walnut addition, N. D. Ncathcrmcr. $300. Ex-Ambassador Charges Aide Sought Destruction Of Central Government Washington, Dec. 5 (U.R) Patrick J. Hurley, resigned am bassador to China, charged today that career diplomats in Chin wanted to give lend-lease arms to Chinese communists with the deliberate purpose of destroying the central government of Gen eralissimo Chiang Kai-Shek. Hurley told the senate foreign relations committee that the man who led this policy was George Atcheson, Jr., then serving as counselor at the American embassy in Chungking. Atcheson later returned to this country and then was assigned as adviser to Gen. Douglas MacArthur in Tokyo. CHUNGKING GOVERNMENT BACKING FAVORED . Hurley recounted that about last Jan. 20 or 21 he called In the heads of all American agencies in China and explained to them what he considered the American policy there strong support of the Chungking government with the object of keeping its armies in the war against Japan. He said nobody dissented from these views at that time. When he later returned to Washington for conferences, Hurley said, he was "confronted" by a letter from Atcheson, who had been left in Chungking as charge d'affaires. Hurley said Atcheson confirmed most of his policies, but re commended that lend-lease arms be supplied to the communists. According to Hurley, Atcheson said he had the "support and acqulcsence of every official of the embassy." Hurley emphasized that the communists actually never did re ceive lend-lease arms. "Did he (Atcheson) point out that the objective was to get both -sides in China to fight side-by-side?" asked committee chair man Tom Connally, D., Tex. "I see you've read the letter," Hurley replied sharply. Connally denied he had seen the letter, and asked why, in fact, Atcheson did want to help arm the communists. DESTRUCTION OF REPUBLIC CLAIMED AIM "His reasons were that this would destroy the government of the republic of China," Hurley shouted. He shook his head so -vigorously that his glasses vibrated on his nose. "Did he say those were his reasons," asked Connally. "No I say those were his reasons," replied Hurley. Hurley said he informed the state department that if this were to become the official policy, the department should leave Atche son in charge of the embassy. "What was the result of this?" asked Sen. Robert M. LaFol lette, Prog., Wis. "Atcheson was recalled and made my supervisor In the state department here," Hurley answered. Hurley also charged that a report by John S. Service, state department aide, was circulated among Chinese communists. He said it detailed "how to let fall the government I was sent over to China to sustain." Connally asked if Service was "under you in China." Hurley banged the table in front of him. "Not under me, no sir," he shouted. "If he had been, I would have taken him out immediately. I couldn't control him. He said he was serving under the commanding general." ATCHESON SERVING UNDER GEN. STILLWELL "Who was the general? asked Connally. "Gen (Joseph W.) Stillwell." Stillwell later was removed from his China command becauee of differences with Gen. Chiang Kai-Shek. Sen. Styles Bridges, R N. H., interrupted to ask: "Was this Service thn same Mr. Service involved in a scandal at the state department?" "I read about It in the papers but would not like to testify on that subject," Hurley said. (Service and two other state department employes were amonf six persons arrested last spring on charges of obtaining illegally certain secret state department documents. A federal grand Jury however, exonerated Service and two of the other five ) Hurley told the committee that if U. S. foreign policy had been publicly clarified while he was in China, as it was recent'v by Secretary of State James F. Brynes. he would not have resigned Rep. Jack Z. Anderson, R., Calif., yesterday made public a letter from Byrnes outlining this government's foreign policy NO STATE DEPARTMENT INSTRUCTIONS Hurley complained that ho had received no specific Instruc tions from the state department while he was in China "I had Instructions from Franklin D. Roosevelt I could not get statements from the state department," Hurley said He recalled that about Dec. 22 or 23, 1944 he sent tlie state department a detailed program which he intended to follow He said the then secretary of state Edward R. Stettiniu, telegraphed his commendations, but nothing was made public uT.C"" t"Pm' ' tills as not an endorsement of my policies," Hurley said. report'srlpublicd """ SUl! d,PBr,mcnt to make his 3 DEATHS LISTED IN COAST STORM By United Press Near hurricane winds along the west coast eased off Wednes day liter leveling their heaviest blows at the Oregon and Wash ington sector while snuffing out the lives of three persons and damaging property valued at thousands of dollars. Theodore Dukes, 40, negro, who was killed Tuesday after noon at Vancouver barracks staging area when a tree fell on the bulldozer he was operating At Seattle, John Muzzy. 89. was electrocuted when a power line blew down on his home, setting it afire. Clifford Mather of Eugene. Ore., was killed when a tree was blown upon a logging truck he was driving. Power, telegraph and tele phone services In Portland, western Oregon and southwest Washington were hardest hit by the sudden wind. It was derlar ed the most extensive alorm damage caused in recent years. 100 SHIPS BRINGING TROOPS FROM PACIFIC Pearl Harbor, Dec. 5 (U.Rj Nearly 100 vessels were sail ing toward the Pacific coast to day from Japan, China, Korea Okinawa, the Philippines, the Marianas, and the Marshall, in the largest ship movement since V-J day, the navy re ported. The navy said that 150,000 veterans aboard the ships were assured of spending Christmas the United States, although! all of them might not be able to I reach their home by Dec. 25. 1 TRIO SUFFER INJURIES IN AUTO-TRAIN TANGLE Mr. and Mrs. William E. Cox, 336 Mao street, and Mrs. Doro thea Tillman, 331 Marie street, were treated at Community hos pital Monday night for injuries suffered when a southbound freight train struck an automo bile driven by Cox at the Main street crossing, it was learned today. Cox was treated for a smashed nose and bruised knee and his wife was treated for a bruised knee and shock. Mrs. Tillman suffered a cut mouth, bruised knee and bruised pelvis, accord ing to the attending physician. They were rushed to the Com munity Hospital in the Conger Morris ambulance. WIFE'S MIND BLANK ON SHOOTING NURSE San Francisco. Dec. 9 (U.R) Mrs. Annie Irene Mansfcldt in sisted today that she had no recollection of fatally shooting Mrs. Vada Martin and shouted at the prosecuting attorney who cross-examined her that she "told anything" at the time of the Oct. 4 Jealousy slaying be cause "I don't want to be in sane." "I was trying to seem sane and coherent." she said when asked why her testimony con tradicted earlier statements. "I didn't want any insanity plea . . . I fought tooth and nail . . . I told anything to prevent that." Victory Loan Drive E" Quota $525,000 "E" Sales to Date 3252,995 Remainder to sell $272,00$ t
