.Price Ceilings On Rp Hences; Building Material Priorities Decided
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FORECAST: Clear vnd coot
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Temp.
Higheit Yesterday 43
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Fortieth Year
16 Bodies Found
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Officers remove charred bodies of 16 persons who died in C-47 Army
transport plane crash near Billings. Mont., where plane skimmed topi
of trees and nosedived Into plower field.
Marshall Accepts Responsibility
For Army's Failure to Realize
Hawaii Defense Not Ready to Act
Washington, Dec. 12 (U.R) Gen. George C. Marshall said to
day he "accepted the responsibility" for failure of the army high
command to realize before Dec. 7, 1941, that its Hawaiian de
partment was not prepared to meet attack.
San Francisco, Dec. 12 (U.R)
Reports that FBI agents held
a suspect in connection with
the mysterious disappearance
of 15-year-old Thora Chamber
lain circulated here and In San
Jose, Cal., today without offic
ial confirmation.
; Joseph Connelly, assistant
FBI director, who arrived here
from Washington, D. C, last
month to direct the searches for
the San Jose school girl and 3-year-old
Dickie turn Suden, who
disappeared the same week
from his Shasta country home,
was not available for comment.
The girl was last seen driving
away from the Campbell high
school In San Jose, with a man
who, school friends reported,
had asked her If she wanted to
make "some money" by caring
for his "sick children."
NEW RECORD FOR
WEST-EAST HOP
New York. Dec. 12 U.R The
official west-east transcontinen
tal non-stop flight record was
five hours, 27 minutes and 8 15
seconds today.
The new record was set by
Col. C. S. Levin and his nine
man crew in the Superfortress
"Dreamboat" last night as the
climax to two record smashing
days.
Levine pulled ,the huge ship
off the airstrip at Burbank,
Calif., yesterday at 6:15.11 p. m.
(EST) and "buzzed" Floyd Ben
nett field here at 11:42.19 15
p. m. for an official National
Aeronautical a.-'sociation trans
continental record.
Conchie Resumes
Eating Routine
Waldport, Ore.. Dec. 12 UR
Lloyd Danziescn, last of 11
conscientious objectors at the
Waldport camp who went on a
hunger strike 20 days ago
against peacetime conscription,
resumed eating today.
He end'd his fast on the rec
ommendation of a camp doctor
that he either break his hunger
strike or be hospitalized and
given forced feeding.
SIX JAPS CONDEMNED
FOR KILLING FLIERS
Kwajalcin. Marha!I I.-lands.
Doc. 12 iSJ P.' Six Japanese
army and navy officers were
condemned to urntli by hanging
today for the decapitation of
five American fliers on Mille
Atoll in February, 1944.
A U. S. military commission
parsed the sentence, which -ill
be reviewed by higher authority,
No date was set for the execu-1
Uuo, . '
M
United Press
in C-47 Wreckage
11 v;r
The former chief of staff en
gaged in a spirited exchange
with Rep. Frank B. Keefe, R
Wis., in his sixth day of testi
mony before the congressional
Pearl Harbor investigating com
mittee. Longest Statement
Keefe's rapid-fire questions,
asked in a booming voice, evok
ed from the normally taciturn
and soft-spoken general the long
est statement he has yet made
to the committee.
"Do I understand that this
strong statement is to be con
sidered an extenuation of the
failure of the general staff?"
Keefe asked as Marshall con
cluded. "I have stated," Marshall re
torted, "that I accept the respon
sibility." Earlier the committee had re
leased conflicting and confusing
"top secret" army reports both
asserting and denying that Wash
ington officials had evidence
four days before Dec. 7, 1941,
that a Japanese attack was com
ing. Evidence Suppressed
The assertion that such evi
dence was available in the
form of intercepted Japanese
messages was made in a hith
erto suppressed 18 -nap, rpnnri
by an army board which investi
gated the Pearl Harbor disaster
last year.
The denial was in memnrin.
da by MaJ. Gen. Myron C. Cra
mer, army judge advocate gen
eral, based on a later investiga
tion by Lt. Col. Henry C. Clau
sen. The Clausen inquiry was
ordered by former Secretary of
War Henry L. Stimson. It dis
closed that some witnesses be
fore the army board subsequent
ly changed their testimony.
7 HALL
JWPROJECT,
Jacksonville. Dec. 12 A
community hall to be dedicated
as a war memorial and a city j
dump ground are the foremost!
projects being considered by the
chamber of commerce, accord
ing to H. E. Lind, president of
the organization.
A small fund has been sub
scribed, so far, for constructing
the hall.
At the last regular meeting:
the following officers for 1946
were nominated: H. E. Llnd.
president: J. McKim, vice presi
dent: F. Hall, vice president and
corresponding secretary; treas
urer. Mrs. W. Kimball and re
cording secretary, Roger Cram.
BLUEBEARD SUSPECT
MAY BE RE-BOOKED
San Francisco, Dec. 12 'U.R)
i ;id today they will re-1
lxj'j rtiiiL'd L.eunara line. do,,
on suspicion of forgery, if ncces- j
sary. to retain cuMody of him j
while they continue to investi
gate the deaths or disappearance
of several well-to-do elderly
women who had been romanti
cally associated with him.
Cline's attorney, J. H. (Jake)
Ehrlich, had announced he will
file for a writ of habeas corpus
if a definite hold is not placed
eu Ciuic by Uii altiriiuoa. j
EDFURD
Full Lasd Wlr
TRUMAN
TO PROBE GENERAL MOTORS STRIKE
NO REAL POWER
VOTESNEW LAW
Ford of Canada Rejects
UAW Offer to End Three
Months Strike at Windsor
Wahington. Dec. 12 (U.R)
The home today passed a bill
to make labor unions subject
to federal anti-racketeering
laws.
By United Press
President Truman appointed
a fact-finding board to probe
the General Motors strike to
day, and Ford of Canada reject-
ed the CIO United Auto Workers
offer to end a three-months
strike at Ford plants in Windsor.
Ont.
Mr. Tmman admitted that the
board will have no authority to
examine the books of General
Motors, without the legislation
he has asked congress to pass,
but he said he expected coopera
tion on both sides.
Stacy Chairman
He named Judge Walter P.
Stacy, chairman of the labor-
management conference, Lloyd
K. Garrison, chairman of the
war labor board, and Milton
Eisenhower, president of Kan
sas State College, as members of
the board. ' "
D. B. Greig, treasurer of Ford
of Canada, said the UAW's offer
to accept arbitration of its de
mands for union security at the
Windsor plants was "pleasing"
but that details were "unaccept
able."
Across the river In Detroit,
Ford and the UAW began wage
discussions for the first time
since the end of the war.
CIO steelworkers inferentially
invited steel manufacturers to
renew negotiations.
469,000 Idl
The wage issue, based on or
ganized labor's campaign to
maintain wartime pay levels,
was responsible for the vast
majority of strikes idling 469,000
American workers.
Despite the union's action In
ordering a general strike in the
nation s steel mills, CIO Presi
dent Philip Murray opened the
way for further negotiations
when he told a press conference
that the union's $2-a-day wage
demand was "a negotiable fig
ure." 'We will negotiate it," Mur
ray said, "but the industry has
made no attempt to do so."
The United Steel Workers
(CIO) wage policy committee
yesterday rejected President
Truman's back-to-work appeal
and scheduled a strike Jan. 14
in the nation's steel, aluminum
and ore industries. Unless fore
stalled, the work stoppage would
Involve upwards of 700,000
workers in 27 states.
Washington, Dec. 12 (U.R)
Secretary of State James F.
Byrnes left by plane for Moscow
today to seek a Big Three under
standing on atomic bomb con
trols and the calling of a gen
eral peace conference for Eu
rope. Byrnes' big C-54 transport
took off from Washington Na
tional airport at 9:20 a. m. EST.
The plane will fly to Moscow
by way of the European route.
It will make stops at Bermuda.
The Azores, Paris and Berlin. It
is scheduled to reach Moscow
sometime late Friday night.
Victory Lean Driv
"E" Quota $525,000
"E" Sales to Data
$435,669
Remainder to sell 189,331
MEDFORD, OREGON, WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER
NAMES FACT FINDING BOARD
Christmas Tree
And Santa Claus
Junior C-C Plan
Final plans for placing a
decorated Christmas tree in the
city park were completed by
members of, the Junior Chamber
of Commerce at a meeting held
last evening. The group is also
making arrangements to have a
telephone connection for Santa
Claus later this month in order
that Medford kiddies may let
Santa know about their Christ
mas wishes.
Entertaining at the meeting
were Dolores Morris, Roger
Hogstrom and Robert Lee Fish
er from Apollo's studio.
LUM
SEEK AFL RATE
Portland, Ore., Dec. 12 IU.R)
Efforts to obtain a pay rise of
2'.s cents an hour in the CIO
portion of the lumber industry
were being made today in a spec
ial session of fir operators and
officials of the International
Woodworkers of America, CIO.
The 2V4 cent raise would lift
the minimum wage to the 15-
cent level already granted the
AFL lumber and sawmill work
ers.
Meanwhile the AFL's strike
committee was still driving for
ward in its pine-belt demand in
the areas of Oregon, Washing
ton, Idaho, Montana and por
tions of northern California.
Earlier an agreement was an
nounced in the Klamath basin
area between the Moore Lumber
Products company of Grants
Pass and employes in two circu
lar sawmills and a planing mill,
for a 15 cent per hour raise
to the $1.05 minimum establish
ed for other areas.
JAIL JAP PRINCE
TO AWAIT TRIAL
Tokyo, Dec. 12 (U.R) Prince
Morlmasa Nashimoto, first Jap
anese of court rank to be im
prisoned by the allies, and 27
other Japanese were taken to
Sagamo prison today to await
trial as war criminal suspects.
The 28 were included in a
list of 59 suspects whom Gen
eral Douglas MacArthur order
ed arrested December 2.
The prince, a field marshal in
the Russo-Japanese war, a su
preme war councillor and lord
custodian of national shrines,
will sleep on straw mats and eat
Japanese food while In prison.
He will receive the same treat
ment as his companions.
1946 AUTO STICKERS
READY BY SATURDAY
Sale of 1946 auto license
stickers will start at the sheriff's
office next Saturday, Sheriff
Howard Gault reports. Autoists
are requested to buy early and
avoid the usual final day rush.
Under Oregon law all cars mast
display cither stickers or license
plates on and after January 1.
VIOLENCE FLARES IN
SHIPYARD WALKOUT
By United Press
Violence broke out today for
the third successive day at the
strike-bound Bethlehem ship
yard at Alameda, Cal.
Two workmen, flourishing
drawn knives went through a
CIO machinists' picket line at
the Alameda shipyard, and a
third employe was hit In the
face as he reported for work.
MORE CIVILIAN SUGAR
HINTED BEFORE SPRING
I Chicago, Dec. 12 U.P) Earl
I B. Wilson, chief of the agricul
ture department's sugar branch,
hinted today that civilian sugar
rations may be eased by spring.
He told the annual meeting of
the American Bottlers of Car
bonated Beverages that no im
provement In the sugar situation
is foreseeable until April.
Gunpowder was invented by
Ui ChUicje.
WORK-TO-DEATH
Nazi Documents in War
Crimes Trial Reveal Ruth
less Fate Meted Slaves.
Nuernberg, Dec. 12 (U.R)
Hemrich Himmler Issued sped
fic orders to the SS to "work
to fleam concentration camp
Inmates and Hermann Goering
thought slave laborers should
"supply their own food cats,
horses, etc," evidence at the war
crimes trial revealed today.
Dachau. Dee. 12 (U.R)
Forty Nail defendants in tha
Dachau atrocity trial war
found guilty of war criminal
ity today.
An American military gov
ernment court deliberated
two hours and 18 mlrutei be
fore announcing tha blanket
conviction of all tha guards
and other attaches of tha
notorious concentration camp
her.
Tha sentences will b an
nounced later, probably to
morrow. The evidence was provided
from a mass of nail documents
dlsclosingvjiow the millions of
slave laborers in the aelch were
rounded up by force r.nd driven
to work for the naz! war ma
chine under bestial conditions.
Work To Death
Hlmmler's order was issued to
his staff Sept. 18, ig42. He
directed that all Jews. Gypsies
Russians, Ukrainians and Poles
serving concentration camp sen
tences of three years or more
and all Germans committed to
eight-year terms literally be
worked to death.
He laid down a policy of "ex
termination through work"
whereby the concentration camp
inmates were forced to labor In
arms factories without limit on
their hours and little or no food.
Simultaneously, the popula
tion of the concentration camps
was being greatly increased.
Statistics showed that six con
centration camps had a popula
tion of 20,400 at the start of the
war but grew to 44,700 by 1942.
No Hour Limit
Prisoners in the camps were
sent to industries under special
orders which called for "ruthless
exploitation" and specified that
the workers were to be given
"exhaustive tasks without limit
on working hours."
Goering's ideas on treatment
of workers included a recom
mendation that Russians be
used for clearing mine fields
a dangerous task as well as
providing their own food.
Orders on the employment of
Polish farm labor disclosed that
they were forbidden to com
plain about anything, forbidden
to leave their working places,
forbidden to assemble, uie
bicycles, busses or railroads and
forbidden to visit churches,
theaters or restaurants. Male
Poles were "forbidden to have
sexual intercourse with women
and girls." Women workers were
allowed not moce than three
hours off per week.
An estimate that the Germans
harnessed 6,691,000 foreigners
to their war production system
was placed before the tribunal.
Mr. and Mrs. Cram
Are Publishers of
Jacksonville Paper
Jacksonville, Dec. 12 Now
In its sixth week of publication
here Is the Jacksonville Press,
weekly paper published by Mr.
and Mrs. Roger W. Cram.
Permanent offices of the
paper are being Installed In the
old U. S. lintel building which
ho'ises the museum.
Cram, war veteran who
served with the 41st division,
came to this area from Portland
following his discharge last win
ter. He is residing In Medford.
A graduate of Crook county
high school of Prineville, he has
done wme abort story writing
Tribune
UnlUd Prs Full
12, 1945
HE SHOT
IN SELF DEFENSE
Ralph Tice On Stand in Own
Behalf in Manslaughter
Trial; Drink Was Factor.
Judge Fee was completing
his instructions to the Jury in
the Tice case at 2 p. m. today
and it was expected the 12 men
would begin deliberations in a
short time.
Declaring that he shot In self
defense and without Intent to
kill, Ralph Wm. Tice, Chlloquln
Indian being tried in federal
court here for manslaughter in
connection with the death last
August 13 of Eugene Mecum,
Chiloquin Indian, was on the
stand for about an hour this
morning. "I just meant to stop
him" Tice testified, after hav
ing told the court that he was
afraid Mecum meant to kill him.
Tice, 34, related how the Sun
day evening preceding the
death of Mecum the two had
prepared to drive to a ranch
where they were to Join a hay
ing crew, stopping enrotite to
get a quantity of shotgun shells
and rifle cartridges from Me-
cum's home. Later when Me
cum prepared to sell some of
the ammunition, Tice said, he
declared part of It was missing
and accused Tice of having
stolen It, along with some whis
key.
Mecum Abuslv
The two later called at the
home of Roland Wnllupe, where
Tice testified Mecum became
profane and abusive and was
finally ordered out of the house
by Wallnpe. Tice remained for
the night and was rejoined by
Mecum and Kenneth Moore In
the morning, the three men
driving to the Klamath Indian
agency and later to Ft. Klam
ath where Tice said Mecum
went to obtain liquor. Tice re
lated that Mecum continued to
drink, becoming more threaten
ing and abusive, as the three
were on their way back to Chll
oquln, and that they finally
stopped near the Paul Hendron
home where he and Moore got
out of the car.
Took Gun
Tice said he took one of two
guns, laying on a shelf back of
the car seat, out of the car be
cause Mecum had been attempt
ing to get possession of It dur
ing the trip, and started away
with the Intention of hiding it
The defendant further related
that Mecum said he was going
to kill Tice and then "rushed
at me" after rummaging around
In the car as If looking for some
thing and that after he had call
ed two or three warnings that
he would fire If Mecum didn't
stop, he fired one shot from a
crouching position.
Tice said after he had calm
ed down he went to the Hen
dron home, told Mrs. Hendron
"I have killed a man and want
to turn myself in" and then
waited for the arrival of offic
ials. Story Confirmed
Wnllupe followed Tice on the
stand, relating much the same
story of the incident at his
home. He was followed by
three defpnse character witness
es, Lloyd L. Low, Klamath
county sheriff, Orville Hamil
ton, acting chief of police of
Klamath Falls, and former In
dian service employee, and
John Arkell, Indian service em
ployee. All three testified that
Tice had a reputation for being
law abiding and orderly while
Mecum's reputation was de
scribed as "bad".
Yesterday afternoon fourteen
prosecution witnesses were on
the stand. Paul and Loretta
Hendron related details of the
shooting viewed from windows
of their home and law enforce
ment officials told of Invest!
gating the shooting, of Tice's
arrest and read statements made
by the defendant at that time.
Montana is popularly known
aj Hie "UrcMuxa Mate."
Laid Wlr
NO. 224.
Witness
lM.ifl-,
(Armm Ttlrphoto)
Commander Tke Hashimoto, Jap
skipper of submarine 1-58, which,
according to Tokyo rcporta, sunk
the cruLser Intlliinnpolls, pauses In
Onklnnd, Cnllf., briefly on way to
Washington, D. O., where he will
testify at courtirmrtinl of Cnptnln
Chnrtea B, McVny, Indlannpolls
skipper chnrged with negligence and
Inefficiency.
JAP SUB SKIPPER
MAY NOT TESTIFY
Washington, Dec. 12 U.R)
The Japanese submarine com
mander who claims he torpedoed
the cruiser Indianapolis will be
called to testify tomorrow in the
court martial of Capt. Charles
B. McVay III, the cruiser's skip
per.
There still Is a possibility,
however, that the enemy officer
will not be allowed to testify if
there Is an objection by McVay's
counsel, and If the objection Is
sustained.
The Jap captain, Cmdr. Ike
Hashimoto, was flown to Wash
ington from Japan last week
after he claimed that it was his
submarine that sank the Indian
apolis in the Philippines sen
July 30.
25
FOR JURY DUTY
Twenty-five county residents
were listed today to report for
circuit court Jury duly, Wednes
day, December 19, at 9:30 a. m.
The damage suit of Betty R.
Skeetcr against Fred Svinth and
Harold Swnnson. all of Pros
pect, is set for trial that day.
Eighteen of the Jurors are
from this city, and seven from
other points.
Those from Medford are: Ina
Dunn, Flora M. Harper, Helen
Wilson, Francis E. Martin, M. J.
Swing, Lucille Chapman, Paul
V. Brav, John Demmer, Edna
Pearl Clark, J. W. Fish, E. M.
Drysdale. H. D. Prltchard, Sadie
M. Koehler, Hortense Jennings,
Hcssie M. Darby, Ethel Blsh,
Evelyn J. Ellis, and Ruth B.
Custard.
Others are: Nellie Rankin,
Eagle Point; Ivan L. Hale, Ber
tha L. Bonney, W. C. Blanken
ship, Edward W. Carlton, Cen
tral Point; George Frohrcich, J.
E. Gcttling, Ashland.
Germans Get
Cannot Escape
Washington. Dec. 12 (U.R)
The United Slates told the Ger
man people bluntly today that
thry cannot escape harsh peace
terms and a period of hardships
and privation. But it held out
hope that German economic re
covery can gradually get under
way by next spring.
The stale department outlined
American economic policy to
ward Germany In a lengthy
statement clarifying this govern
ment's interpretation of the
Potsdam declarations on German
reparations.
Copies were sent to the war
department for guidance of U.
S. occupation authorities In Ger
many and also to the other
occupying powers Russia, Bri
tain and France.
Secretary of State James F.
Cirucs founded the policy key
TO
SPIRAL
Former Louisville Mayor Is
Named Government Boss;
Some Legislation Needed.
Washington, Dee. 12 (U,B
President Truman today an
nounced the government would
place price ceilings on old and
new dwellings and would rein,
state government priorities on
building materials.
He also announced that h
was accepting the suggestion of
Reconversion Director John W.
Snyder, for the appointment of
on over all government boss.
He appointed Wilson Wyatt,
former mayor of Louisville, Ky.,
to the job.
Wyatt's title will be housing
expediter.
Inflation Curb
The new housing program,
aimed primarily at curbing in
flation in the real estate market,
was in the form of recommenda
tions from Snyder to the Presi
dent. The President said he ap
proved the program and that it
would be put into effect as rap
idly hs possible.
The program has three basic
provisions.
1. Surplus housing units and
building materials, including
army and navy barracks and
dormitories, held by the govern
ment will be released immedi
ately to the states and local com
munities. 2. Priorities on building ma
terials, which should ba in ef
fect shortly. A regulation to thla
effect is being prepared now.
Single or multiple dwelling
housing units costing $10,000 or
less per unit, would be eligible
for priorities on materials. The
statement said this would put
about half of all available build
ing materials into residential
construction.
Legislation Nedd
I. Ceiling prices on old and
new housing. While some steps
In this direction can be taken
u . . .1.- rr f. . x-i : j i i
ujr uib viute ui -iii.e nuiiuuis
trillion and the credit agencies
of the government, legislation ia
necessary to provide for ceiling
prices on the sale of old and
new housing. Such legislation Is
pending before the House Bank
ing and Currency committee. '
Snyder told Mr. Truman that
"such authority is essential if we
are to avert further skyrocket
ing of home prices, and the price
control feature of the pending
legislation appear workable and
satisfactory."
Pending adoption of this kind
of legislation, the report said,
credit agencies are working out
ways to curb unsound lending
practices and OPA Is placing lo
cal do!lar-and-cents ceilings on
construction materials them.
selves and many related serv
ices. Objectives Listed
The six objectives of the co
ordinated housing program list
ed by Snyder are:
1. To increase the supply of
building materials.
2. To strengthen Inventory
controls to prevent hoarding.
3. To strengthen price con
trols over building materials.
4. To discourage unsound
lending practices and specula
tion. 5. To enlist Industry's support
in increasing production and
fighting Inflation.
6. To p r o v I d information
and advisory service on horn
values to the public.
Prepare now for the further
modernization of America by
putting your cash in Victory
Loan Bonds. In ten years yoti
are guaranteed thirty-three and
one-third more cash than you
invest in Victory Bonds TODAY.
Blunt Warning
Harsh Terms
note In an accompanying state-'
ment. He said Germany's futur
must be considered in light of
the fact that for. six years sh
"ruthlessly imposed war and
destruction on Europe and tlm
world."
At the same time, Byrnes ra
affirmed the Potsdam pledga
that the allies do not intend
cither to destroy or enslave th
German people but to allow
them to "prepare for eventual
reconstruction of their life on 4
democratic and peaceful basis."
The winter ahead, Byrnes
said, promises to be extremely
hard for the German people, but
"only slightly more difficult
than for certain of the liberated
areas of Europe." The victims of
German aggression, he said,
must and will have a higher
piionty on Jtood and fuppb.