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"Witnesses dt Atomic Hearing MEDFOitD&,TEIBUNE X r . J United Press Full Leased Wire United Preii Full Leased Wire Fortieth Year MEDFORD, OREGON, FRIDAY, DECEMBER 7, 1945. NO. 220. j,n m I Shown at the opening hearing before the special Senate atomic energy I, control committee are the first two witnesses to appear before the group They are Alexander Sachs, left, New York economist, who reportedly sold the late President Roosevelt the idea of an atomic bomb, and MaJ. Gen. Leslie Groves, head of the atomic bomb- project. UNO Urged to Insure U. S. Interest By Locating Headquarters Here . T.nnHnn Finn 7 ft PI A Philippine delegate opened de bate on selection of an Ameri can city as the world's peace capital today by asserting that the best way to keep the United States in the United Nations is to put UNO's feet in the United States." The delegate, Pedro Lopez, told a meeting of the UNO preparatory commission's locale committee that the danger of , American isolationism is "as great today as ever." War Far Away "American homes were far away from the battle areas," Lopez said. "The nearest they QUEEN CONTEST With the Victory Queen Con test closing Saturday, Margaret Ruth Bolton continued to hold a substantial lead this morning with 2767 votes, with Nina Tuttle ig second place wi!h 2024; Jackie Allworth in third place with 1506 . and Vivian Lindquist fourth with 1114 votes. All votes must be in by to morrow niphi in order to be 4 counted in the contest. The winner will be announced at the Craterian Theatre Sunday evening, when all four contest ants will be presented from the stage. The Medford girl who wins the town contest will then receive all the votes cas in the contest for all candidates in the final' selection of the county queen, who will be selected be tween the Medford and Ashland winners. The Jackson County Queen will report to Victory Loan Headquarters in Portland Wed nesday for the state finals to be held Wednesday night at the Mayfair Theatre, when two state queens will be selected to go to Hollywood. The two state queens will leave Portland Friday and will be joined by five other state , queens in Hollywood, where each girl will be given a screen test and two girls will receive a year's contract with a major film studio. GRANTS PASS MOVS FOR PARKING METERS Grants Pass, Dec. 7 Parking meters will be installed in Grants Pass, according to a decision reached at a council meeting Wednesday night. Auto matic meters will be used, it was stated, with 25 per cent of the revenue to go to the city and 75 per cent to the company in stalling the meters until the devices are paid for. Funds de rived from the meters will be used for upkeep of the machines, to hire new city patrolmen when needed and to install traffic signals. British Loan Gets Mixed Reception But Congress Approval Is Expected Washington. Dec. 7 (U.R) I The proposed $4. 400.000.000 1 loan to Britain got a mixed re-j ception in congress today, withj one influential member doubt ful of London's ability to holds up its end of the agreement. London. Dec. 7 (U.R) A campaign to defeat the Anglo American loan both in con gress and parliament was vigorously championed by Lord Beaverbrook's mass cir culation newspaper today with the support of some members of parliament. The baron's Daily Express bitterly headlined the loan announcement "we pay until A. D. 2000." There was other criticism and some strong opposition to the loan, but general indication" were that congress would wind came to war was when a bomb er crashed into the Empire State building." Lopez said the United States "bebaved like an elderly, excit ed lady about to become a grand mother at' San Francisco when she observed the birthpangs of the UNO. "She threw out her arms In hysterical hospitality to the delegates, and passed out cigars and wine and all on the house." Poland sprang one of the major surprises of the meeting by abandoning the Russian bloc which had been favoring the United States as the permanent UNO site. The Poles said living expenses for the delegates would be too high in America and that they felt turope would he tne local point of most post-war world problems. The Philippine delegate said the American press and radio and the movie industry had snared no expense at the San Francisco conference to drive home to the American people the fact that an organization which meant life or death to civilization was being created in their own back yard. U. S. Important He said the old League of Na tions would have succeeded had the United 'States-participated, and pointed out that the im portance of America was sub stantially greater now. 1 The United States delegates took no part in the discussion, but proponents of America as the UNO headquarters won their first major round at to day's meeting by gaining British consent to direct consideration of that question by the full UNO preparatory commission. Canada, which had abstained from voting on the matter in the executive meeting, came out in favor of the British plan for .-election of a European site. Washington, Dec. 7 (UP.) The Office of Price administra tion today announced a $6 per ton increase in manufacturers' prices for newsprint, effective next Tuesday. OPA said that about 5,250.000 tons is consumed annually and the price increase will jump the annual cost to $19. 500,000.. . The increase, recommended by the Newsprint Advisory commit tee, was the fourth allowed since the product was placed under price control. OPA said it was necessary to offset increased production costs, ' restore earn ings to the pre-war level and check a further decline in U. S. output. The price boosts applies to all newsprint sold in the United States. up by approving it. Congressmen lauded the ob jectives but had some question whether they could be brought; about by such a loan. Their doubts were traced in part to a reported statement by Assistant Secretary of State William L. Clayton that the loan agreement would "work for two years, anyway." One member of congress, con sidered an expert in high finance, insisted that Britain1 could not mce: her agreements' and maintain the stability of the pound sterling for less than S6.000.000.000. He said she "probably would need $8,000, 000,000" to do it. To advance her only $3,750,000,000 now. knowing that in two years she would have to come back for more, he said, would be like "pouring good money down a drain." t SIX TRUE BILLS ARE RETURNED BY FEDERAL JURORS Ralph Tice, Klamath Indian Indicted for Manslaugh ter; Enters Not Guilty Plea Six true bills, including one secret indictment, and two not true bills were reported by the federal .grand jury which re ported to Judge James Alger Fee in federal court here this morning. The 23 jurors had de liberated since Wednesday morning. Ralph William Tice, Klamath Falls Indian, was indicted for manslaughter over the death of Eugene Mecum, another Indian Tice was immediately arraigned, pleaded not guilty and his trial was set for Dec. 11 at 10 a. m. Mexican Sentenced Jesus George Jara, Mexican from Klamath Falls, indicted for selling liquor to Indians, plead ed guilty when arraigned and was given a sentence of 13 months in a federal pententiary, with two months' credit given by Judge Fee for time already spent in confinement. Jara's record, reviewed in courj by at torneys, included past convic tions on the same charge and al so charges involving handling of marijuana. Jara begged consid eration because of two sons in the service, but was admonished by the judge for his continued record of law-breaking. ..Indicted on two counts, Virgil D. Jackson, 19, another Klamath Indian, pleaded guilty to both counts. A lengthy statement given by Jackson to officials in Klamath Falls at the time of his arrest revealed a series of thefts in Klamath last summer involv ing saddles and other pieces of harness while Jackson was hid ing out due to the fact that he had deserted from the army. The judge was informed that the army would take no action against the youth and Jackson's case was referred to the proba tion officer for investigation. Five Indicted Five men, Robert Vincent Harrison, Fred Vargas, Floyd Blinzler, Harry E. Johnson and Jack Woolrich, were indicted on a charge of transporting 325 cases of stolen liquor. These men, all in custody but at vari ous points, will be assembled in Portland later for arraignment. Robert Patrick Morgan, in dicted on two counts for theft from mail boxes, appeared in court but had no attorney and will be arraigned later after ap pointment of a defense counsel for him. Not true 'bills were returned by the grand jury in the cases of Lee Arlett Hixon, Indian, charged with the theft of a sad dle, and Eulogio Welch Jacques, Indian, charged with the theft of a truck. Both have been in custody ' and their release was ordered by the judge. Frank Vochatzer, Roseburg, appeared before the judge after having been on probation for a year after conviction on a charge of selling liquor to Indians. He was sentenced to four months in jail and fined $10, but due to the fact that his probation report was considered favorable, his probation period was extended for one year. Berkley Dismissed The case of Silas Barkley, charged with forgery, was or dered dismissed as were two cases, those of Russell A. Hoblcr and Harry W. Cleveland, these both having been settled out of court. Judge Fee complimented the grand jurors for their perform ance of duty and excused the members who will hold them selves subject to call until the present term of court expires next fall. Victory Loan Drive X" Quota $525,000 "E" Sales to Dkte $322,219 Remainder to sell $202,781 Truman In Favor Real Estate Curb To Stop Inflation Washington! Dec. 7 (U.R) President Truman told a news conference today that some sort of control over real estate pric es will be necessary to avoid serious inflation in the real es tate market. He also said that the adminis tration is working out arrange ments to restore priorities on building materials. This will be done in order to channel these materials into the construction of residential units. ILL, DESPONDENT WAR I VETERAN TAKES OWN LIFE Harry Joseph Norbury, 58 route 4, box 102, Grants Pass. was found dead last evening near his home near tho Savage Creek store in Jackson county. an apparent victim of suicide, according to Deputy Coroner Carlos Morris. Earlier in the day, Norbury reportedly told a neighbor, Al Ostermeier, that he was going home and sit by the fire. Upon arriving home, Norbury took a rifle and went into the foothills near his home which was his habit, Morris said he learned. Search Instituted When Norbury failed to come home at 6 p. m. his wife, Hazel, notified state police and Morris was called. The body was found about 9:30 p. m. along ar irriga tion ditch near his home.' Norbury was a veteran of World War I and had been des pondent over ill health, Morris said he was told. Besides his wife, he leaves a son, Harry, recently discharged from the army. The body is at the Conger Morris Funeral Home, pending arrangements. Ashlander Suicides Waldo Klum, 67, retired Southern Pacific employee, com mitted suicide in the family home, 291 Wimor street, Ash land, yesterday afternoon. Klum reportedly went into the bath room and placed a gun in his mouth. No apparent motive for the act could be learned, Deputy Coroner Carlos Morris said. Ho is survived by his wife. Ruth, and was a member of the Ashland lodge, BPO Elks. The body is at the Litwillcr runcrai Home, Ashland, pending funeral arrangements. SET BY BIG THREE London, Dec. 7 (U.R) The foreign ministers of the United States, Britain and Russia will meet in Moscow on Dec. 15 to discuss atomic energy, an authoritative source revealed to night. It will be the first time that the critical subject of the atomic bomb still an Anglo-American secret will be brought into open discussion with the Soviet Union. The Big Three foreign mini sters also will confer in detail on the security council that is to form the nucleus of the United Nations peace organiza tion, this informant said. REJECT GM OEEER New York, Doe. 7 AJR) CIO electrical workers in four Gen eral Motors plants have unani mously rejected the firm's offer of a $1.08 per day wage in crease , the united electrical, radio and machine workers of America, CIO, announced to day. The union had asked a $2 per day increase, roughly equiva lent to the 30 .per cent raise de manded by the united automo bile workers and other CIO unions TO E SUPERVISOR SAYS Horticulture Society Speak er Sees Shortage Again Next Year; Elections Held Labor shortages will again be a major problem of Oregon food producers next year according to J. R Beck, Corvallis, state supervisor of emergency farm labor, who spoke this morning at the sixtieth annual meeting of the Oregon State Horticultural society. With prisoners of war unavailable, an estimated de crease of 50 per cent in Mexican labor and an expected decrease in emergency help from women and children, farmers will prob ably be short some 4,000 farm hands during the period from Aug. 20 to Oct. 10 next fall, Beck declared. Beck said that about 50.000 women and children aided in food harvest this summer, and that the average age of the special farm helper is but 13 years. He urged farmers to pro vide special care for women and children workers and added that lack of adequate housing for farm workers has meant a failure to place from 50 to 100 good workers weekly. Ho said farm labor camps for transients should be owned and operated by the growers themselves for best results. Western state col leges arc asking to be relieved of the emergency labor work, he said, believing it to be not a proper function of an educational institution. Election Held Elections were held this morn ing, with Wendell Bartholomew of Eugene named president of the society, succeeding C. C. Clemens of Medford. Also elected were A. P. Mohr, Hood River, first vice president; Leon ard Carpenter, Medford, second vice president; Lon A. Faulklns, Eugene, third vice president; M. Clark, secretary-treasurer, md C. B. Cordy, Medford, assistant secretary-treasurer. Resolutions adopted by the society included one urging the passage of the Magnusson bill now being considered in con gress; recommendations asking for further development of the Slate College department of hor ticulture, increased study of packaging and marketing of fruit, a widespread survey and study' of the Oriental fruit moth in Oregon and a recommendation that more tobacco be made avail able to produce nicotine sulphate to combat aphids. S. M. Tuttle was chairman of the resolutions committee and members were Dick Grey, R. L. Norris and Ray mond Reter, Medford, and A. P. Mohr, Hood River. Eugene Next Site Eugene was chosen as the next meeting place. Speaking yesterday afternoon. Dr. A. L. Strand, president of I Oregon State college, surveyed I legislation affecting the fruit1 industry and education and urged the society members to back the Magnusson bill now up in congress as against the Fullbright bill which he declar ed would centralize power over scientific research and educa tion matters in the hands of one person. Strand stressed that an edu cated nation is a strong nation and gave present-day examples in support of this statement. Another speaker this morn ing was George H. Vanscll, division of bee culture, Agricul tural Research administration, and colored pictures of fruit marketing were shown by the California Fruit exchange. P.-T.A. MANAGERS HIT COMPULSORY TRAINING Kansas City, Mo.. Dec. 7 'U.R. The board of managers of the National Congress of Parents and Teachers expressed opposi tion today to the May-Gurney bill, providing one year of com pulsory military training, as "inadequate" to meet national defense needs. The board passed a resolution opposing the bill at the conclud ing session of its annual meeting yestcrdav Byrnes Defends Diplomats Against Hurley's Charges That U. S. Policy Sabotaged Washington, Dec. 7 (U.R) Secretary of State James F. Cynics declared today that Patrick J. Hurley's charges against U. S. career diplomats in China were without founda tion. The secretary told the senate foreign relations committee that he had found nothing in the records or the facts to substan tiate Hurley's charges against George A. Atcheson, Jr., and John S. Service, U. S. foreign service employes now attached to Gen. Douglas MncArthur. Hurley, who resigned as U.S. ambassador to China last week, had told the committee thnt Atcheson and Service had plot ted the downfall of the Chinese government of Chiang Kai-shek by proposing that lend-lease arms be given tho Chinese com munists. Policy Wrecking charged The white-haired and hot tempered Hurley also accused foreign service men of trying to wreck U. S. policy "all over the world," Including Iran. Byrnes presented the commit tee a statement replying to Hur ley's charges that U. S. policy in China was being sabotaged and to the former diplomat's declaration that he would have stayed in his post if top officials here had publicly backed him up with a clear statement of 30 ADDITIONAL FOR U. S. COURT Names of 30 additional trial jurors were drawn in federal court here Friday noon and ask ed to report Tuesday, Dec. 1 1 at 10 a. m. at the federal building in Medford. About two dozen, previously selected, reported in the morning and were excused until Tuesday morning. Drawn Friday morning were H. E. Andrews, farmer; L. W. Clement, clerk; Al Gcrcn, fire man; Fred E. Lawrence, sign painter; Elmer Leslie, plumber; Henry E. Meyer, gardener; Allan Perry, bank employee; Gilbert Stewart, contractor, all of Med ford. Others drawn were Harry B a r r, farmer, Jacksonville; George B. Brown, Brownsbmo, farmer; Joel K. Brown, Kerby farmer, and Albert B, Clarno, farmer; S. W. Gould, laborer; Clyde Gunter, florist; Clifford Ownby, clerk; W. A. Savage, farmer; W. L. Schroedcr, con tractor; E. M. Tardy, all of Grants Pass. Ashland men se lected were James E. Merritt, road foreman; Richard C. Joy, farmer; Harry R. Morris, garage man; E. L. McNeil, contractor, and Edward E. Vail, bookkeep er. Drawn from Klamath Falls were Robert Hart, accountant; Lewis Richardson, manager, and others from Klamath county are Ray Harris, Bly and Henry F. Phelan, Lake o'Woods. Also listed were A. A. Ingalls, farmer, Wilderville; Victor Met calf, Phoenix painter; C. J. Win ters, Rogue River carpenter. Assassination Try Fails in Batavia Balavia, Dec. 7 (U.R) An apparent attempt to assassinate General Sir Philip Christison, British commander of allied forces in Java, upon his return from a conference in Singapore failed today. A hand grenade, believed to have been thrown from a road way, struck a hangar at the Kemajoran airfield just as the plane carrying Christison and his staff touched ground. The grenade blasted a hole In the hangar door, but failed to damage the plane. There were no casualties. More than 90 per cent of what the Allies learned about the enemy during the war came from acrul photographs. policy. The secretary's state ment did not, however, mention Iran. Byrnes said he had examin ed specific documents cited by Hurley in support of his accusa tions against Atcheson and Ser vice. "There is nothing in them," he told the committee, "to sup port the charge that either Mr. Atcheson or Mr. Service was guilty of the slightest disloyalty to his superior officers." Policy Long Known As for Hurley's statement about public declaration of U.S. policy, Byrnes asserted that "the broad outlines of our pol icy In China have never been hidden or difficult to recognize." Byrnes said U. S. policy In China had two. parts the Imme diate goal of keeping all Chin ese factions in the war against Japan and the long-range goal of developing "a strong, united, and democratic China." Byrnes said Chiang's govern ment was "the most satisfactory base for a developing democ racy." But, he added, Chiang's regime should be broadened "to include the representatives of those large and well-organized groups who are now without any voice in the government of China." Fact Required The problem, he said, "re quires tact and discretion, pa tience and restraint." The cen tral government must make concessions to "the so-called communists" and the commun ists must make concession to the central government, Byrnes said. Hurley, Byrnes said, has not expressed disagreement with this policy. But he dors object, the secretary noted, "to what he asserts has been a failure or refusal to make this policy public." But "of all the phases of our policy in the Far East," Byrnes said, the U. S. policy of sup porting and dealing with the Chiang government "seems to have been the clearest and most obvious." Chungking, Dec. 7 (U.R) Nationalist troops have seized the town of Kupeikow, on the great wall northeast of Pciping, In a severe battle with Chinese communist forces, It was report ed today as nationalist military quarters said other Kuomintang troops 500 miles to the northeast are expected to -enter Mukden peacefully In a day or two. Kupeikow Is on the route to Chengteh, capital of communist- held Jehol province, and leports reaching Chungking said the reds fought desperately to hold what they regard as their life line and' the gateway to Jehol Into which units of the govern ment 92nd and 94th armies arc moving. In the Mukden area. Chinese press reports said, Gen. Tu Li Ming's government forces are 20 miles west of the city. E SALES LAG AS Washington, Dec. 7 (U.R) Secretary of the Treasury Fred M. Vinson announced today that the Victory Bond Drive has gone over the top in everything but sales of "E" bonds. With results still far from com plete, sales totaled $12,288,000, 000 at the close of accounting yesterday. The overall goal was $11,000,000,000. Individual sales also were past their goal of $4,000,000,000. reaching $4,212,000,000. Only "E" bond sales were lagging. The goal is $2,000,000,000. Sales to date total $1,165,000,000. The formal phase of the drive ends tomorrow night. DEATH SENTENCE ATROCITY GUILT Verdict Subject to Review By Lt. Gen. Styer and Gen. MacArthur Before Action. Manila, Dec. 7 (UR) Gen JSlkl Yamashita,' first top flight Japanese war criminal to be tried, was convicted by a flve-mnn IT c- '.l.. ,"" "' - n"iary commis- l.ti da.y and "ntenced to death by hanging. i WpJ. Gen. R, B. Reynolds president of the commiS , : inounced the verdict after a 12 n inuto statement reviewing- out s andlng points of the case in eluding uncontested evidence that troops under Yamashlta's BtZX?" wan,only murdered 60,000 civilians and war prison- Atrocities Uncurbed The atrocity acts seemed Planned and Yamashita failed to lake precaution against them." "eynolds said. c.irecShengsaid?' thirds or more of the members concurring, you are guilty as charged and sentenced to death by hanging." ,uTh? sentence, pronounced on the fourth anniversary of the Japanese sneak attack on Pearl Harbor, dazed Yamashita. When ordered back to his prison cell unrlpt hAn,, t. . . - tsuuiu, ne started a king the wrmg directon Military police had to turn him around. The verdict is subject to re view by Lt. Gen. W. D. Styer commander of American forces In the western Pacific, who set up the trial commission by order of Gen. Douglas MacArthur. Styer has the power to com mute the sentence but If he ap proves the death penalty he must pass the case to MacArthur for final approval. Tokyo, Dec. 7 (U.R) Trials of suspected Japanese war crimin als will start in January with former Premier Hidekl Tojo and others charged with highest re sponsibility for the war among the first to face the court, Joseph B. Kecnan, chief American pro secutor, said today. Keenan refused comment when asked whether Emperor Hirohlto will be tried. Indicating that Tojo and oth ers considered most responsible for the war will be tried in groups, Keenan said there will be no trials for Individuals. 242 PLlSSEEK Miami, Fla Dec. 7 (U.R) Two -hundred and forty -two navy planes roared over the Atlantic at dawn today In search of five navy torpedo bombers W'hich mysteriously disappeared on a routine training flight. The planes Joined a fleet it surface craft. Including carriers, destroyers and coast guard cut ters, which were scouring the sea off the Florida coast for a sign of the missing bombers and a sixth plane which reportedly crashed during an earlier search. The five bombers, carrying 14 navy personnel, were missing since Wednesday. Jap Mother Held In Baby Slaying Tulc Lake, Cal.. Dec. 7 U.R Mrs. Shizuno Fudctanl was held by Modoc county officials today on suspicion of the bludgcon murdcr of her daughter. Violet, 3, at the Tule Lake rc.ocatlon center. Another 11-month-old daugh ter also lay seriously Injured with a skull fracture, but was expected to recover, authorities said. District Attorney ' Charles Ledercr said Mrs. Fudctdni was under technical restraint at the center hospital, hysterical and apparently unable to remember details ol Uis killing. .
