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Ford Offer of 15 - Cent Wage Boost Spurned By U. A. W. Weather FORECAST: PirUr cloudy thli even ins. Cloudy Wednesday With early morninf fOR. Temp. Highest yesterday 46 Lowest this mornln(.MHMHa. 27 Fortieth Year Privacy No Feature : sir. J fa--.-' , , V5vi H. 1 . I ( Acme Telephota) Too weary to worry about comforts, the family of Corp. Edward H. Gibson sleep on the floor of Los Angeles. Calif., Union Station as they and thou sands of servicemen wait vainly for trains that will carry them home for the Christmas holidays. Many C. I.'s just back from overseas are among throng who have waited 24 hours or mora. Thousands of Returning Vets Jam Los Angeles Facilities Los Angeles, Dec. 18 (U.R) Fourteen thousand more Pacific war veterans, eager for Christ mas furloughs, arrive at Los An-; geles harbor today to join the 15,000 already "marooned" on board ships because of the trans portation jam. Twenty ships which docked in the last few days have held their men aboard because pack ed redistribution centers cannot get transportation for the men to separation centers across the country. 23 Mors Ships Today Another 23 ships loaded with servicemen are due today. Military and railroad spokes men said "there simply isn't REACHES PEAK IN MEDFORD OFFICE Yesterday was probably the peak of the Christmas package mailing for Medford according to Frank DeSouza, postmaster, who stated that while he had not compiled exact figures, the day's business would probably be close to a record. Mailing slack ed off somewhat today, he said. Yesterday 48.000 pieces of mail went through the cancella-j tlon machines, the postmaster ! reported. While a high figure j for normal years, this is much under the peak of 110,000 pieces which went through the ma chines in one 24-hour period when Camp White was at peak operation, DeSouza added. The postmaster snid that the mailing windows would be open Saturday afternoon for the con venience of customers. LITTLE GLASS EYE Yokohama, Dec. 18 fU.P.) The first war crime trial to be held in Japan proper opened here today, the first defendant. Tatsuo Tuchiya, former prison camp guard known as "Little Glass Eye," pleaded not guilty to charges that he beat one American prisoner to death and beat and tortured others. Major Louis Geffen, Atlanta, Ga., head of the prosecution staff, announced that he would a.-.k the death penalty for Tsuchiya and said he will show how "Little Glass Eye" was "fiendish and sadistic" in his treatment of Allied prisoneis of war. Tsuchiya was arrigned in the small, cold Yokohama court house early this afternoon and the trial began immediately. He pleaded not guilty to charges that he used ropes, clubs, boards, rubber hose and shoe to beat Al lied prisoners at the Mitsushima can-.p. MEDFORD United Press Full Leased Wire of This Bedroom enough railroad equipment" to break the jam until after the holidays. One official of the Los Ange les port of embarkation suggest ed that the government ban all civilian travel by public carrier until the troop tangle is cleared. Soldiers on the decks of the ships booed, hooted and held their noses at the news they could not come ashore. "We'll land like we did at Manila if they don't let us off," some threatened. "Come aboard for a jam sand wich luncheon," they yelled to reporters on the dock. "Our beans for breakfast are the best there are." 20,000 Out Dally Ashore, desperate servicemen filled the highways hitchhiking rides home for Christmas. Rail roads, airline and bus company officials said they were dispatch ing nearly 20,000 servicemen a day from southern California. After waiting 48 hours to get down the gangplank, 3200 mem bers of Onio's famed 37th (Buck eye) division disembarked last night and boarded trains for sep aration centers. 2 MORE DEATHS . E PROBE San Francisco. Dec. 18 'U.R) The possible linking of choir singer Alfred Leonard Cline with the mysterious deaths of two more Colorado women to day raised to 10 the number of persons who have died or disappeared in association with the ex-convict. At Denver, Colo., Henrv S. Sherman, chairman of the Colo rado Public Utilities commis sion, told of the death in 1925 of Cline's first wife, Mrs. Bessie Hannah Lentz Cline. at Fort Collins, Colo., under "suspicious circumstances." Sherman said the woman died of "lobar pneumonia," and her body later was exhumed and moved to Denver at Cline's di rection. Sherman also was Investigat ing the 1933 death at Los An geles of Mrs. Elizabeth Van Sickle Cline, also of Fort Col lins. Mrs. Deveny Denies Sonny's Seduction Los Angeles Dec. 18 (U.R) Mrs. Eleanor Deveny who said she knew 16-year-old Ellsworth (Sonny) Wisecarver was the man for her "the minute she saw him" today pleaded not guilty at her arraignment to charges of contributing to his delin quency. Superior Judce A. A. Scott asMg.ird the case to Judge Wil liam R. McKay who on Dec. 24 will set a trial date for the at tractive 25-year-old mother of two. Mrs. Deveny. who eloped to Oruville, i.'al., last month with Sonny, was accompanied to the routine court appearance by her fnrciving husband, Cpl. John De veny. i DENIES CHARGES OF INEFFICIENCY Capt. McVay Tells Court Didn't Believe Zig-Zag-ging Necessary for Safety Washington, Dec. 18 (U.R) Capt. Charles B. McVay, III, denied today at his court martial trial that he was guilty of neg ligence and inefficiency in con nection with the sinking of the cruiser Indianapolis. The cruiser sank with loss of 880 officers and men a few min utes after it was struck by tor pedoes fired by a Jap submarine in the Philippines sea last July 30. McVay told the navy court hearing the charges that he did not believe it was necessary for the cruiser to follow a zig-zag course. He added that he ord ered his crew to abandon ship approximately eight to 10 min utes before the cruiser sank. McVay is charged by the navy with failing to direct the cruiser to follow a zig-zag rather than a straight course. He also Is charged with failing to give "timely abandon ship" orders. McVay was asked by his de fense counsel, Capt. John P. Cady, if he gave any instructions regarding zig-zagging. "I did not," McVay repiicd. "Conditions were such that I did not believe zig-zagging was necessary. The visibility was very poor and there was no moon." JANUARY 10 SET London, Dec. 18 (U.R) The United Nations pre paratory commission today formally ap proved Jan. 10 as the opening date of the first meeting of the UNO assembly. The date for the inaugural session of the full United Na tions organization was approved by the preparatory commission meeting in plenary session. The commission was nearing the end of its work preliminary to the full dress meeting of the UNO, in London. Only a few details remained to be disposed of before the commission ad journs. Pullman Proffer Has Court Okeh Philadelphia, Dec. 18 (U.R) A special federal court today ap proved the sale of the Pullman Sleeping car service to a group of railroads representing 95 per cent of the nation's railways. Armed Forces Is 0SP Reply By Sandor S. Klein United Press Correspondent Washington, Dec. 18 OI.R) Veterans, small businessmen and other segments of the public are heaving bricubats at the government's surplus property disposal program. They're writing in by the hun dreds to complain they can't lay their hands on any of the stuff that the armed forces don't need any longer. The surplus proper ty administration still has a backlog of unanswered letters from better than 2.000 veterans asking what's the trouble. Unanimous In Blame This correspondent sought to find the answer from officials now or formerly connected with the chief consumer goods dis posal agency, the consumer goods division of the Recon struction Finance Corporation's office of surplus property. They are unanimous in blam ing the armed forces, particu larly the army. They contended the army was slow in declaring surpluses and that it caused con fusion by withdrawing goods after declaring it surplus and providing inadequate, inaccura ate data on quantity and type of materials it does release. Last week the army promised imme diate release of S403.721.370 worth surplus civilian itcmi In- MEDFORD, OREGON, V 'TV J. V (Acme Telepholo) Thomas M. McMonigle PLAN INDICTMENT IN GIRL'S DEATH Santa Cruz, Cal., Dec. 18 (U.R) District Attorney Steve Wyckoff said today he will ask the Santa Cruz county grand jury tomorrow to indict Thomas H. McMonigle, 35, on a charge of murder in connection with the kidnaping and purported slaying of 15-ycar-old Thora Chamberlain, San Jose. Wyckoff at the same time said FBI agents disclosed that Mc Monigle, in an apparent suicide attempt, had taken an overdos of a sedative while traveling by, bus from Reno to San Francisco. When he arrived in San Fran cisco, Wyckoff said, McMonigle was removed unconscious from the bus by waiting FBI agents and taken to a hospital for emer gency treatment before ques tioned concerning the Chamber lain case. Trailed From East McMonigle had been trailed here from Illinois. The FBI said McMonigle con fessed that he kidnaped and shot to death Miss Chamberlain, and threw her body into the Pacific ocean about at Devil's Slide, less than a mile inside the Santa Cruz-San Mateo county line. Divers were unable to find a body in the turbulent surf. But Wyckoff said he believed he had sufficient evidence to ask for a murder indictment, despite the absence of a corpus delicti. RICE LOAN APPROVED Tokyo, Dec. 18 (U.R) Su preme allied headquarters an nounced today that Gen. Doug las MacArthur has granted the Japanese government permission to borrow 1.500,000.000 yen for the purchase of rice in December. Mess Up Surplus Disposal To Wholesale Complaints eluding trucks, shoes, socks and radio equipment. William S. Bradley, who re signed as head of the consumers division just before it was trans ferred from the commerce de partment to the RFC early last month, told the United Press that 40 out of 60 sales programs scheduled for September were help up because of inaccurate data supplied by the army. Examples Cited Here are some examples of the difficulties cited by Bradley and other officials in connection with the disposal program: On Aug. 18, the army declared as surplus 3,150,000 yards of parachute silk. Garment manu facturers descended in a pack on the consumers goods division, each hopeful of getting some of the silk. To insure orderly dis tribution, the divisions met with an industry advisory committee to work out allocations. This was done. Then the Office of Price Administration was called on to set ceiling prices. With everything set for distribution, the army stepped in on Nov. '8 and withdrew the cloth. It said it needed the silk for gunpowder bags. The navy declared surplus about 500,000 short coats, or pea-jackets. As preparations were being made to sell them, .4' .... - TUESDAY, T j iBER 18, L IN PEERS HOUSE Only 98 of 600 Vote on Agreement After 2-Day Debate; 8 Vote Against. London, Dec. 18 (U.R) The House of Lords passed the Bret ton Woods agreement and the $4,400,000,000 American loan bill today after a perfunctory challenge to both measures by the conservative opposition. Only 98 of the 600-odd peers voted on the loan agreement at the close of a two-day debate in which the opposition, led by Lord Beaverbrook, virtually washed his hands of responsibil ity for the American deal. The final vote was 90 for the loan and eight against it. The Bretton Woods agreement was approved unanimously. Beaverbrook wound up the conservative argument with a cautiously-worded address urg ing rejection of the loan on the grounds that it was "entirely unnecessary" at this time. FINALLY DEFUSED Croydon, Eng., Dec. 18 (U.R) "Operation groundhog" was completed today and Herman, the two-ton German bomb which had imperiled South Croydon for noaHy five years, at last was a harmless dud. Shortly before S a, m., tired but grinning bomb hospital crew emerged from a 43-foot hole tri umphantly carrying the fuse which might have set off Her man's 3,000 pounds of TNT with disaster to the district. They had worked 21 straight hours rendering the explosive impotent in a secret "Turkish bath" so that the sensitive fuse pocket could be cut out, Stalin Returns As Big 3 Work On Bomb Policy Moscow, Dec. 18 (U.R) Gen eralissimo Stalin returned to the Kremlin from a nine-weeks va cation today while the Big Three foreign ministers, working in deep secrecy, tried to thrc'sh out an atomic bomb policy. The announcement of Stalin's return to work carried promi nently In all Moscow newspa pers. It appeared to dispose of rumors that he is ill. Stalin went to Sochi, a Black Sea spa, on Oct. 9 for the first vacation since 1041. the navy advised It could not de liver them until it had removed ; the buttons from the Jackets, i The buttons happened to have the navy anchor on them and it didn't think civilians ought to wear them. This caused a delay of several months in their dis posal. Meanwhile, however, a large New York department store had the same type of jack et on sale buttons and all. It had acquired them from a man ufacturer who had bought them from the navy as part of a con tract termination settlement. Sheets Withdrawn The army also declared sur plus 800,000 sheets, which are in great demand by the public. The navy stepped in, exercising its top priority as a federal gov ernment agency, and demanded the sheets. An official of the consumer goods division asked the navy why it needed the sheets and was told they were for separation centers. The official contended that from lioot camp on the navy never provided its enlisted men with sheets and could see no reason why it was necessary to provide this luxury In the last few days of service. The up shot of the whole thing was that the army kept the sheets for its medical corps, which really needed them. Tribune United Press Full 1945 Tragedy Takes New Turn , v W'VA,v, ILi.Sh .i.fa.ii Jii.ni. i.t,.lt ik.tMSfc. ; , f i Mima Telenhnm) Horrflcd and shaken with grief. James J. Carlnn, machinist's mate 2c, ho was flown home from Oakland, Calif., to Chelsea, Mass., on high priority ratiiiK to aid authorities in search for supposedly kidnapped son, Itonald, 3 months, is questioned by police alter the discovery of the child's body beneath a bureau in the family home. Mrs. Hose Carlan, 33 (right), arraigned on charge of murder, claims she invented story of kidnaping to prevent gossip of "neglect'' when she found th child dead In his bed while she attended a party In an apartment above, Desire To Get Husband Home May Have Prompted Hoax Chelsea, Mass., Dec. 18 (U.R) Her desire to get her husband out of the navy may have driven Mrs. Rose Carlan to hide her 6-month-old baby alive to pro mole a bizarre kidnap hoax which ended with discovery of the infant's body in a makeshift crypt, police said today. The baby's father, MM2c James J. Carlan who was given emergency leave from his Pacific station to help in the search, was reported recovering after collapsing when he was reunited with his wife yesterday at a Bos ton psychopathic hospital. Carlan told police that he had telephoned his wife from his west coast station Nov. 27 the day before the "kidnaping" was reported to tell her that he was to be shipped to Japan with in a few days. The possibility has not been eliminated, police said, that the infant died accidentally while it TALENT SCHOOLS CLOSED BY FLU Talent, Dec. 18 Schools here have closed as result of a severe influenza epidemic according to a statement from Roy Parr, prin cipal, this morning. Classes will resume following the Christmas holidays. School was held yesterday. The epidemic struck the school during the middle of last week. Parr said that 40 per cent of the students were absent yes terday. Fifty per cent of the high school pupils were out Fri day. All basketball games prior to the first of the year had previ ously been cancelled. Phonelx, Dec. 18 Current flu epidemic has resulted in the ab sence of about one-third of the high school student body here, says L. L. Lindley, principal. The epidemic has not serious ly touched the grade school. Lindley reports one case of Infantile paralysis and several of chicken pox. He believes that current sick ness will not curtail Christmas program plans this week-end be cause most of the students in volved arc from the grades. Santa Claus Will Greet Kiddies At Park On Saturday Medford kiddies should pre pare their Christmas lists this week, for Santa Claus will visit the city Saturday. Under plans arranged by the Junior Chamber of Commerce, San'a Claus will be at the park Sat urday night and each young ster calling on Santa will re ceive a gift from him. Com plete details of Santa's visit will be announced later. Plans are also underway to provide telephone connection direct to Santa's house so children can talk to him, as they did last year. The com mittee states that snow condi tions have troubled them a little, but it is hoped the tele phone will be connected by thu week end Letted Wire NO. 229. iiii''-''";wi'' f-1 F v-4. . f i. was hidden In the bottom of a built-in china closet In the Car lan home. The theory that the child was alive when he was first reported kidnaped was strengthened by the story of a Chelsea high school girl who told police she saw the baby In his carriage three days after the date on which Mrs. Car lan says she hid the dead body in the cupboard. haw huses last life hope London, Dec. 18 (U.R) Wil liam Joyce, "Lord Haw Haw" of the German radio, lost his last chance for life today when the House of Lords dismissed his ap peal, and he will be hanged for treason. A panel of peers chosen to consider Joyce's appeal return ed a four to one decision reject ing It. Joyce had sought to prove that he was an American citizen and not subject to British Jus tice. When the decision was an nounced In the House of Lords, a man In the public gallery cried, "This man is innocent. I prophesied the death of Hitler and his return." The man, un identified, was permitted to re main In the gallery until the chamber was cleared. Joyce, a sallow, broken man, was not present to hear the de cision. U. S. Broadcast Gave Japanese Word On Fleet Washington. Dec. 18 U.R An American broadcast gave Ja pan information on United States warships In Pearl Harbor two days before the Dec. 7, 1941, attack, it was disclosed today. Gen. Douglas MacArthui s headquarters in Tokyo found this out in questioning of Jap anese leaders after the surrender of Japan. The report from Mac Arthur was laid before congress' Pearl Harbor Investigating com mittee to supplement earlier tes timony regarding Japanese plans for the attack. The report showed that Japan ese naval intelligence had for years been compiling material on the Hawaiian naval base. In formation was obtained through newspapers and magazines, radio broadcasts. Interviews with pas sengers and crews of ships that stopped at Honolulu and the con sul general at Hawaii. Continued Cold Is Two-Day Prospect By United Press Continued bitter cold for the next two days was is prospect today fur most of the U. S. with heavy snow anticipated in the Ohio Valley states and north into Illinois and Indiana. The weatherman prcd I c t e d slight and short-lived relief for shivering residents in the east ern half of the nation, where temperatures were due to rise slowly to between 10 and 20 degrees today before dropping again in the wake of a second cold wave. UNION HOLDS OUT FOR 30 PER CENT E U.A.W. Pickets Bar Office Workers from Flint Plant; Fact-Finding Sub Drawn By United Press The Ford Motor Co. offered s 15-cent an hour wage Increase, today, and the CIO United Auto Workers promptly rejected the proposal, holding fast to their original demand for a 30 ner cent boost. Meanwhile UAW picket! barred non-striking office work ers from a General Motors nlant at Flint, Mich. Richard T. Leonard, UAW di rector, for the Ford division, said the offer, highest made by any auto company so far, was "com pletely unacceptable." John S. Bugas, Ford industrial relations director, said the In crease would amount to 12.4 per cent. The union seeks a 30 per cent pay hike. Top CM. Proposal Ford's offer topped General Motors proposal of a 13V4 cent an hour raise about 10 per cent. But the Ford boost would become effective only when car and truck production reaches or exceeds 80,000 units monthly. The GM raise would take effect as soon as the 28-day old strike ends. General Motors continued its campaign to get non-striking of fice workers through UAW picket lines and back to work. But at Flint about 600 pickets stood fast at the gates of GM's AC sparkplug division. Several hundred office workers made no effort to enter the building. There was no violence, although police patrolled the area. 13,000 In Offices The company claimed that about 13.000 nfflm turned to their Jobs In a dozen plants yesterday. The General Motors strike ac counted for mnr than nnA-M of the nation's 455,000 strike Idle workers. At Washington, the controver sial question of whether a com pany's profits and prices should be considered In settling union pay demands was taken under advisement by a three-man fact, finding panel for the oil indus try. The ISXIIC W ntcaJ 1 4L. Oil Workers International union (uiu, which Insisted that tha panel obtain and publish records Of COmDanv Mrnlnna h.fA drafting Its recommendations for a settlement. It also demanded that the companies be prohibited from increasing prices to com pensate for any wage Increases recommended by the panel. In other labor developments, congressional foes of the admin istration's fact-finding proposal reportedly were preparing a standby" substitute designed to be more acceptable to labor. It will not be introduced, however, unless action seems certain on the administration bill or some thing more drastic. POST QUARTERS Crater Lake Post No. 1833. Veterans of Foreign Wars, has purchased the building on North Front street near Sixth street formerly occupied by the Fra ternal Order of Eagles and will convert it for the use of the post and auxiliary it was announced today by Victor Robb, post com mander. The lower floor of the build ing will be remodeled and equipped as a locker and club room for the use of all veterans of Jackson county, Robb stated, and proceeds will be used In veteran relief work. The upper floor will be made into meeting rooms for the post and auxiliary and will also be available for the use of other veteran organi zations, Robb said. Six Bodies Found In Bomber Crash Fort Worth, Tex., Dec. 18 (U.R) A navy PBY patrol bomber crashed in a field and burned near Haslet, Tex., 15 miles north of here this afternoon. Six bodies have been removed from the wreckage. No further details were im mediately available. Tokyo, Dec. 18. (U.R) Shinto rites will be held at the funeral of Prince Fumimaro Konoye Fri day, it was revealed today. Tha funeral will be headed by Prince Talashige Shlmazu who will ba assisted by Kakichi Kawarada, Konoye committed suicide Sun day shortly before he was to have been arrested by America . authorities.
