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D, OREGON, MONDAY, DECEMBER 10, 1945.
NO. 222. J
Japs on Saipan Come Out of Hiding
Lausm in Mill Crew Returns to Work
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(Acme Telephoto)
Japanese Imperial Army Capt. Sake Oba surrenders his Samurai sword to
Lt. Col. Howard C. Kurgis. USMC, of Cawker City. Kans., on Saipan. Oba
and 46 other Japanese soldiers and sailors finally gave up after hiding out
in the Jungles and coral caves of Saipan for almost 17 months. They were
last of once-mighty force of 30,000 Japanese military personnel either
killed or captured since our forces Invaded Saipan June 15, 1944. U. &
Navy photo.
British Used Lend -Lease Supplies
To Build Own Prestige Says Hurley
Washington, Dec. 10 (U.R)
Patrick J. Hurley, resigned am
bassador to China, charged to
day that the British distributed
American lend-lease supplies in
Iran and 17 other countries In
a manner Intended to build up
a British trade monopoly and
exclude American businessmen.
He told the senate foreign re
lations committee that he tried
to get this practice ended. He
said he had the support of the
late President Roosevelt but
was thwarted by Dean Ache
son, then assistant secretary of
state in charge of economic
affairs.
"I contended," he said, "that
the United Kingdom commer
cial corporation a profit mak
ing organization should not be
allowed to handle lend-lease
G. M. TO CANCEL
By United Press
General Motors announced
today that it was cancelling its
contract with the United Auto
Workers (CIO) whose members
have been on strike for 20 days,
.and the UAW proposed that
r workers be fined for unauthor
ized strikes against the Ford
Motor Co.
GM's present contract with the
UAW was not due to expire un
til April 25. But the company
said the agreement provides
that it may cancel at any time
after the 10th day of a strike.
Under the plan presented to
the company by Richard T.
Leonard, UAW director of the
Ford division, a worker partici
pating in an unauthorized work
stoppage would pay $3 for each
day on strike during the first
.offense and $5 a day for the
second offense.
Leonard said his proposal
was the first case in labor his
tory in which a union had
agreed to accept financial re
sponsibility for work stoppages.
The plan came in response to
Ford's demand for a guarantee
against wildcat strikes. The
company had proposed that the
, penalty be levied against the
union "rather than the worker.
UAW representatives and
General Motors official recess
ed their negotiating session un
til tomorrow. The meeting last
ed only two hours and the criti
cal wage Issue was not taken up.
VET 106 DIES
San Francisco, Dec. 10 (U.R)
David Davidson Franklin, 106-year-old
Civil War veteran, died
today of bronchial pneumonia.
A native of Staten Island, N. Y.,
Franklin served four years In
the Union army and was present
at Appomattox court house when
Gen. Robert E. Lee signed the
surrender ending the Civil War.
Victory Loan Drive
"E" Quota $525,000
"E" Sales to Date
$387,572
Remainder to tell $137,428
supplies In, Iran and 17 other
countries to build up trade
monopolies and exclude the
United States from the terri
tory."
Acheson. now undersecretary
of state, had flatly denied to
the committee charges by Hur
ley to the effect that he had
"dynamited" U. S. policy in
Iran. He attributed Hurley's
charges to pique engendered In
a conversation here last year.
Hurley, former U. S. ambas
sador to China, made his charg
es about Acheson before the
committee last week after de
tailing previous charges that
state department career men
had sabotaged American policy
in China.
' Hurley told the commfttee
that detailed proof of his charge
that Acheson opposed American
policy. In Iran was contained in
a letter he sent to Mr. Roosevelt
Sept. 17. 1944. He added, how
ever, that this document still
is secret.
Acheson returned to the
stand to say Hurley's charges
that the U. S. had allowed the
British to build up a trade mon
opoly in Iran through lend-lease
were "fantastic."
Acheson said he criticized
vigorously the first part of Hur
ley's recommendation, which
was on general policy, because
he believed it would get the
U. S. into "commitments."
Heidelberg, Dec. 10 (U.R) A
U. S. army medical bulletin an
nounced today that Gen. George
S. Patton has been partially para
lyzed by the automobile acci
dent Sunday in which his car
was struck by an American army
truck.
The announcement, timed at
11a. m., said the swashbuckling
hero of the Western Front has
paralysis "below the level of the
third cervical."
Diagnosis of partial paralysis
was made at 5 p. m. yesterday,
some six hours after the crash
occurred outside Mannheim, but
was not released until today.
The general also suffered head
wounds, which now .have been
stitched up. He was lying today
in a hospital room guarded by
white-helmeted military police
while his wife and a famous
nerve surgeon rushed to his bed
side by plane from the United
States.
Dakotas Gripped
By Cold Weather
(By United Press)
Cold gripped the nation from
the Rockies to the Appalachian
mountains today, and sent tem
peratures below zero through
the Dakotas and Montana.
U. S. Weather Bureau fore
casts called for the cold wave to
continue through Wednesday,
with continued moderate winds.
From one to three inches of
snow fell in upper Michigan, the
weather bureau reported, with
snow flurries lighter in Minne
sota. Wisconsin and the Dakotas.
Minot, N. D., reported 15 be
low. '
During the ice age. giant
sloths, some as big as elephants,
roamed through North and
South America.
RE-ELECT SCHADE.
BOY SCOUT HEAD
FOR CfER AREA
Annual Council Meeting
Hears Stevenson, President-Elect
of S0CE
Scouters from southern Ore
gon and northern California
gathered in Medford yesterday
for the annual planning council,
business meeting and banquet,
with election of officers, annual
awards and appointment of
standing committees. Featured
speaker for the banquet was Dr
Elmo N. Stevenson, president
elect of the Southern Oregon
College of Education,
Speaking on the problems of
youth. Dr. Stevenson stated that
the purpose of education and of
youth organizations was to help
young people attain their fullest
potentialities and he reminded
his listeners that the youth of a
nation, its greatest asset, be
come exactly what parents,
teachers, youth leaders and
adults of the nation make them
He urged adult leaders not to
proceed haphazardly, but to
study the needs of youth and at
tempt to form a pattern which
would meet those needs.
Phases Outlined
Dr. Stevenson outlined phases
through which a growing child
passes and added that while
these might be only temporary,
they should be recognized by
parents and teachers and the
various "urges" of youth guided
into proper channels. The
speaker closed by declaring that
the basic needs of young people
are a proper balance between de
pendence and independence, ap
propriate and adequate associa
tioli witti the opposite sex and a
satisfactory philosophy of life. .
Dr. Stevenson Was introduced
by Seth. Bullis, master of cere
monies, and the Rev. George R.
Turney gave the invocation.
Music during the dinner hour
was provided by Mrs. George
Maddox and Sydney Bouck.
Officers Elected
Larry Schade of Medford was
re-elected council chairman dur
ing the afternoon session, nd
Schade and George Schrader,
Mt. Shasta, Calif., will be na
tional council representatives.
Vice presidents elected were
Schrader, Howard Hicks, Yreka:
James Martin, Grants Pass, and
Richard Trites, Ashland.
Serving "as district chairmen
will be Seth Bullis, Medford;
Dewey Probst, Grants Pass:
Trites, Ashland; Al Crebbin,
Yreka, and Schrader, Mt. Shasta.
Don Newbury, Medford, will
serve as legal representative; J.
A. McDougall, Medford, council
commissioner; Eugene Thorn
dike, Medford, treasurer, and
Col. W. H. Paine, council his
torian. Named to the operating
committee are camping and acti
vities, Frank Rogers; health and
safety,. C. C. Haggard; finance.
M. N. Hogan; leadership train
ing, Lester Harris; organization
and extension, Cole Holmes; ad
vancement, Don Newbury, all of
Medford.
Members At Large
Southern Siskiyou district
members-at-largc selected are V.
L. Richardson and John Lachen
myer, Dunsmuir; Julian White
and William Runyan, Weed, and
Hubert Hamilton, McCloud,
California; while northern Siski
you members-at-large named are
Jerald A. Morrison, Al. Bryant,
J. E. Hurley, John Janson and
Harrison Howell, all of Yreka,
Calif.
Members-at-large for the Ash
land district will be Henry
Enders, Hugh McKeever, Jacob
Weitzel and Dr. Stevenson and
for Grants Pass K. M. C. Neill.
Don McGregor and Roland
Stearns and for the Medford dis
trict Tony Boitano, Ed. Borg, the
Rev. George R. Turney, Victor
Kengla and H. D. Christcnson.
Please turn to page three for
list of awards made.
WIRING INSTALLED IN
C. P. LEGION BUILDING
Central Point, Dec. 1 0 An
other step in the completion of
the American Legion hall at
Central Point was made yester
day when a dozen volunteer lab
orers from Trowbri dge and
Flynn Electric company and
Flynn Electric Service installed
conduits and wiring throughout
the building.
Ivan Waddell wai in charge of
I the group
Nina Tuttle Wins I
Medford Contest
For Bond Queen
Nina Tuttle, sponsored by the
Rotary Club, was winner of the
Victory Queen bond contest.
Eino Hemmila, Victory Queen
chairman, said today. Selection
of the county queen was unde
termined this afternoon at Ash
land bond official! had not sub
mitter the winner of their con
test at press time.
MILITARY FUNERAL
TO BE HELD HERE
FOR LT. ALANSKY
Full military funeral services
for 1st Lt. Anthony W. Alansky,
killed in a crash of an army
transport plane at Billings,
Mont., Saturday, will be held
here. The body is expected to
arrive in Medford Wednesday
morning with funeral arrange
ments to be announced later,
care of the Conger-Morris Fun
eral Parlors.
Lt. Alansky was stationed at
Camp White in 1942-43, during
which time he was company
commander of Co. C, 353rd En
gineers corps. He was later
transferred to Camp Kochler,
Calif.
He served with the 26th Regu
lation Station as assistant post
engineer overseas, where he
spent 14 months, returning Nov.
29.
On March 20, 1943, he was
married to Carolyn Hall, daught
er of Mr. and Mrs. A. B. Hall,
324 South Orange street, where
Mrs. Alansky has been making
her home while her husband
was overseas. A son, 14 months
old, also survives.
Lt, Alansky's parents, Mr. and
Mrs. Martin Alansky, reside in
Bloomsburg, Pa. Two brothers
also survive.
It was erronously stated in an
article in Sunday's paper that
Lt. Alansky's mother resided in
Medford.
E CRASH OF
BILLINGS PLANE
Billings, Mont., Dec. 10 (U.R)
An army air corps board of
inquiry today attempted to de
termine cause of the crash here
Saturday of a C-47 transport
which plunged to earth and
burned in a blinding snowstorm
killing 19 and injuring four
others.
According to information
received here today, it was
Major Ray K. Craft, who was
killed in the Billings plane
crash, and not his twin brother
Roy. as first believed. Major
Craft was returning home from
service to join a family reunion
with six brothers and two sis
ters at the home of his father,
Dale Craft, in McCleary, Wash.
Roy Craft, a former major
in the army was stationed in
Medford during much of the
operation of the CCC headquar
ters here, acting as public re
lations officer. He Is now on
the staff of Life Magazine.
Mrs. Mansfeldt
Is Reassured On
Insanity Point
San Francisco, Dec. 10 (U.R)
Defense Attorney Vincent
Hallinan in superior court to
day loudly reassured his pale
and nervous client. Mrs. Annie
Irene Mansfeldt, that she was
not necessarily Insane, even
though she had pleaded "not
guilty by reason of insanity" to
a charge of murdering Nurse
Vada Martin.
Temporarily ignoring the
Jury of six men and six women.
Hallinan interrupted his ques
tioning of Dr. Joseph Catton.
alienist, to talk to Mrs. Mans
feldt. "You can have psycho-neurotic
symptoms, such as amnesia,
obsession, split personality, and
still be only psychoneurotic
and not over the border into in
sanity, can't you?" the attorney
asked.
"Yes," Dr. Catton replied. He
was testifing for the defense.
Hallinan wheeled and faced
Mrs. Mansfeldt, who sat tense
ly at the defense counsel table.
"Do you hear that, Mrs. Mans
Xcldt?" Hallinan shouted.
G. M. DISHONEST.
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United Mine Workers Head
Before House Labor Com
mittee Denounces Plan
Washington, Dec. 10 (U.R)
President John L. Lewis of the
United Mine Workers said today
that in the General Motors
strike "the dishonesty of the
company on one side is equaled
only by the stupidity of the un
ion on the other.
Lewis went before the house
labor committee to denounce
President Truman's proposed
fact-finding solution for major
labor disputes as "an evil, sour
smelling mess."
Price Rise Needed
He said the General Motors
strike, the dispute which called
forth the president's proposal,
could be settled in 10 days if
the government would permit
automobile companies to raise
prices.
Lewis went on to chide the
CIO automobile workers union
for striking now. He said that
because of tax readjustments
due the first of the year, the
company can make more money
now by remaining idle than it
could by producing cars.
"But the poor blundering lead
ers of the auto union," he said,
"picked this time to close up
the General Motors plants."
Lewis said the bill incorporat
ing Mr, Truman's proposals was
a poor reward for labor's war
time production record.
Truman Going Ahead
Lewis Testified before the
house labor committee which is
considering the bill. The legisla
tion was requested by President
Truman in a recent message to
congress.
Meanwhile, Mr. Truman Is
going ahead with the selection
of a fact-finding board to in
vestigate the General Motors
strike despite the fact that his
requested legislation has not yet
been passed.
Asked what the president's
next step would be following
the refusal of the United Auto
Workers to return to work,
Press Secretary Charles G. Ross
said Mr. Truman is choosing the
fact-finding board. He said mem
bership would be announced
soon.
The labor bill would authorize
the president to set up fact-finding
boards whenever a labor dis
pute threatened to disrupt the
national economy. These boards
would investigate the dispute for
20 days and make specific rec
ommendations on how to solve
it.
Labor objects to the bill be
cause t would prevent labor
from striking for 30 days while
the board is organizing, Investi
gating and making Its report.
IN
T
Three young men were injur
ed in an automobile accident
about 11 p. m. Saturday when
an automobile driven by Mar
lon Thomas. 21, route 4, Med
ford, left the road about four
and a half miles east of Gold
Hill and rolled over. Coroner
H. W. Conger reported. The
car rolled over three times. Con
ger said. Thomas was found
lying unconscious in the middle
of the road and suffered a cut
scalp and bruised hip.
Donald Hanscom, 18. mer
chant mariner from Central
Point, was cut about the shoul
ders and face. Wayne Malkow-
ski, 17, Gold Hill, suffered two
cuts on his left leg. William
Centers, 17, Gold Hill, was the
other occupant of the car. The
ir.jtircd were taken to a Med
ford hospital in the Conger
Morris ambulance.
STENOGRAPHER FOUND
SLAIN IN APARTMENT
Chicago, Dec. 10 'U.R)
Petite Frances Brown, 33-year-old
stenographer, was found
beaten and dead today, a bread
knife driven through her skull
by a killer who scrawled on a
blood-spattrred wall: "Catch me
before 1 kill mora."
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PUT NEW
STRAIN
E
Bureau Reopened at Bus
Terminal For Registration
Of Accommodations
With troops of the 1154th En
gineers unit scheduled to ar
rive at Camp White beginning
today, and with establishment
of a search and rescue unit of
the army air corps at the Med
ford air base, the housing short
age has again reached the criti
cal stage in Medford and near-by
valley towns, it was said today.
Jackson County Chamber of
Commerce officials stated that
the housing bureau at the bus
terminal had been re-opened,
with Neil McDonald, Camp
White civilian employee, and
Mrs. Minnie Bryant in charge.
A telephone connection will be
in operation by Thursday morn
ing, and in the meantime an
urgent appeal was made to resi
dents to list houses, apartments
and rooms by calling Mrs. H,
D. Powell, 4127.
Appeals Made
The situation is further com
plicated by the fact that the
holiday season is at hand when
families wish to be together and
free of care, it was pointed out,
nd the fact that the cold, win
ter weather makes apartment
and house-hunting a discourag
ing task. Desperate appeals are
being made not only in person
but by long-distance telephone
and telegram, the chamber re
ported.
Appeals have come In from
Col. Walter Krucgcr and Col.
Guy H. Goddard of the engi
neer's unit, and from Capt. Sam
H. Bledsoe of the search and
rescue unit, it was reported.
New Approach
In a new approach to the hous
ing situation, President Herb
Groy of the Jackson County
Chamber of Commerce today
wired Sen. Guy Cordon's office
as follows:
"Kindly determine status of
present effort to permit utiliza
tion of existing excess military
housing for civilians and wire
us. Camp White barracks might
solve critical situation here or
pre-fabricated houses secured.
The problem here is urgent."
SEEN IN HOUSING
Ran Francisco, Dec. 10 U.R)
Gov. Earl Warren told a con
ference of state and federal
housing today that the recon
version program has bogged
down and the GI bill of rights
has been "practically nullified"
by a shortage of housing for
veterans and civilians.
The governor appealed for
Immediate federal aid to help
solve what he termed a desper
ate housing problem. The short
age of dwellings Is a federal
problem, he said, "because it is
a product of war."
"We are so desperate." the
governor said, "that we want to
know what can be done to use
emergency housing put up dur
ing the war. Personally I don't
care for the use of emergency
housing or to keep it In our
cities any longer than absolute
ly necessary,
"But we are willing to use
war housing or anything else
available to end the spectacle
of veterans sleeping in parks for
lack of adequate, real housing."
Hope Dims For 27
Airmen Lost At Sea
Miami, Fla., Dec. 10 (U.R)
Hope dimmed today for 27 naval
airmen who disappeared last
week.
The navy said last night that
a previous report that life rafts
with two men on them had been
sighted was false. Maj. Chandler
Estes, of Athens, Ga., based at
Elgin Field, Fla.. circled his B-24
bomber low over the reported
rafts and found them to be pack
ing cases.
STRIKE SKIRTED
Cleveland, Dec. 10 (U.R)
A strike threat at Cleveland
newspapers was cancelled today
by a one-year agreement with
printers and mailers providing
lor substantial wage, increases.
'Blue Baby' Making
Good Recovery From
Operation On Heart
Baltimore. Dec. 10 (U.R)
Two-year-old Judy Hickman,
the Buckley, Wash., "blue baby",
is recovering "nicely" from her
delicate heart operation.
Dr. Helen Taussig, who help
ed develop the famous "Blalock"
heart operation, said the pretty
little blonde-headed youngster
now has an excellent chance of
recovery.
She added that Judy s chances
of resuming the normal life of a
two-year-old should improve
every day."
T
Washington, Dec. 10 (U.R)
Gen. George C. Marshall said to
day he believed late in 1941 that
hostilities between Japan and
Great Britain in the Pacific
would Involve the United States,
too.
Marshall, then army chief of
staff, told the Pearl Harbor In
vestigating committee that this
belief was behind military pro
posals for joint British and
American action if Japan went
Into Thailand west of 100 de
grees east longitude or south of
10 degrees north latitude, or
threatened to occupy the Kra
peninsula or the east coast of
Malaya.
In Bad Position
"Unless we resisted that, we
would be In a catastrophic posi
tion soon thereafter as regards
the British at Singapore and the
United States in the Philip
pines," Marshall explained.
"Our government would be
forced to accept a condition of
hostilities. Whether our govern
ment would do it is another mat
ter." Marshall said a Japanese
movement in the direction indi
cated would have put Japan in
the gulf of Siam "at the back
door of Singapore and could
have been in our opinion a direct
hostile movement."
He said Adm. Harold R. Stark,
chief of naval operations at the
time, agreed with him.
Tie-Up Probed
Marshall, soon to leave on a
special diplomatic mission to
China, was questioned by Sen.
Homer Ferguson, R., Mich. Fer
guson was seeking evidence as
to whether there was any U. S.
British agreement, prior to
Pearl Harbor, on going to war
with Japan,
Marshall and other witnesses
have testified there were no
agreements committing this
country to fight Japan unless at
tacked. BRITISH REVENGE
Batavla, Dec. 10 (U.R) Brit
ish warplanes smashed three
small Indonesian villages, 50
miles southeast of Batavla, to
day in reprisal for the ambush
ing of a 70-vehlclo convoy in the
area Sunday.
The British convoy, enroute
from Batavia over the mountain
road to Bandoeng, was attacked
suddenly by more than 1,000 In
donesian extremists who sprang
from holes and began throwing
grenades. Others fired from
trees.
In the ensuing battle the
British suffered 50 casualties
while the Indonesians lost 40
killed and a large number
wounded.
The air raids, heaviest yet
made in Java, lasted an hour and
left six fires burning in Tjiba
dak, one of the villages attacked
Plane Peppered
By Duck Hunters
Oregon City, Ore., Dec. 10
(U.R) Duck hunters, possibly
near-sighted, filled a civilian
plane full of holes, the Clacka
mas county sheriff! office re
ported today.
Flier William R. Waldrcn said
that duck hunters in boats on
the Pudding river peppered both
wings of hjs plane with shotgun
pellets Sunday. Returning to
the scene of the alleged shooting,
Waldren said, he obtained the
names of six hunters who had
been in the vicinity during the
time of the shooting.
WORKERS ACCEPT
12 1-2 CENT BOOST
IN HOURLY WAGE
Action By Men Without Un
ion Sanction Is Word
Pickets Continue At Mill
Workers returned to work en
masse at the Lausmann Lumber
company mill, operated by Mc
Murray and Mr-tin, opposite the
Jackson count;' fairgrounds on
highway 99 south of here this
morning.
A. A. Lausmann, owner of the
mill, said the men came to his
office Saturday and accepted an
offer of a 12 Vic per hour in
crease and said they wanted to
return to work Monday morn
ing. The men signed papers ac
cepting the hike and indicating
their desire to return to their
jobs, according to Lausmann. A
committee from the sawmill and
logging operators union was ask
ed to meet with the workers
and operator Saturday but fail
ed to do so, Lausmann told a
reporter. A meeting was held
Sunday night but the union
would not confirm the group ac
ceptance. The mill operator
stated.
Loggers and sawmill men
went to work this morning and
the management expects produc
tion of lumber with a few days,
as soon as the mill can be put in
shape to operate.
The return to work is the first
major break in the 11-weeks-old
strike in the immediate area.
Lausmann said he was told by
union officials that they would
not meet with Lausmann and
his men. The meeting between
Lausmann and his crew was
tabbed illegal by union officials,
according to Lausmann, who
said no negotiations had been
made with the union.
The mill has been closed down
by the AFL strike which has
gripped the Pacific Northwest
lumber Industry for the past 11
weeks.
Only four or five union pick
ets were on duty at the mill this
morning, Lausmann stated, and
no trouble occurred. One work
er tore down a union strike pla
card before going to work.
Officials of the lumber and
sawmill Workers had no com
ment to make on the situation
this morning.
HITLER PLANNED
Nuernberg, Dec. 10 (U.R)
Adolf Hitler fixed June 22, 1941,
as D-day for his attack on Rus
sia on April 30, evidence at the
war crimes trial disclosed today.
The nazl timetable for the at
tack, disclosing that the German
high command actively began
preparations for the assault in
December, 1940, was placed in
the trial record by Sidney J. Al
derman, assistant U. S. prosecu
tor. German plans provided for
dismemberment of Russia. These
were drafted by Alfred Rosen
berg, nazi ideologist and special
ist on Russia.
His program called for "the
total destruction of the Jewish
Bolshevik state administration
without helping to establish a
new and comprehensive state
system.'
He intended to colonize the
Baltic states with large numbers
of Germans.
Hints of the forthcoming at
tack were given u, Bulgaria,
Hungary, Romania and Slovakia
as early as June 1 at which time
the high command noted that
Finland had already been assign
ed its tasks.
LUMBER EXPORT BAN
IS LOS ANGELES AIM
Los Angeles, Dec. 10 (U.R)
A resolution protesting the ex
portation of lumber from the
United States while a nationwide
housing shortage exists will be
given the Los Angeles county
board of supervisors tomorrow.
The protests, which will be
sent to President Truman ask
ing an embargo on lumber ex
portation, will be given the coun
cil by Supervisor Leonard J.
Roach.