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MEDFORD, OREGON, FRIDAY, DECEMBER 7, 1945.
NO. 220.
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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
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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. .