MacArthur and Russians Tiff Over Occupation of Japan
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Fortieth Year
Mrs. Mansfeldt Guilty Manslaughter
In Fatal Shooting of Suspected Rival
WS VERDICT
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One to Ten-Year Sentence
Faces Doctor's Wife
Sanity Trial Next Ordeal.
San Francisco, Dec. 20 (U.PJ
Mrs. Annie Irene Mansfeldt late
last night was found guilty of
manslaughter in the fatal shoot-
ing of a nurse she believed had
' stolen her doctor-husband's love.
Today, haggard and thin, she
waited in her cell for a sanity
trial.
A jury of six men and six
women returned the verdict aft
er deliberating five hours and
13 minutes, climaxing a three
week court drama.
One to 10 Years
The verdict carries a one to
10-year sentence.
Her eyes dark-ringed and
sunken, Mrs. Manfeldt listened
to the verdict without display
ing emotion a contrast to her
behavior In the afternoon. Then
she buried her face in her hands
and sobbed as Superior Judge
Edward P. Murphy gave his fi
nal instructions.
The 46-year-old socialite moth
er of three children was charged
with the first degree jealousy
murder on Oct. 4 of Mrs. Vada
Martin. 32, wife of warrant of-
ficer Wilbur Martin.
A few hours after Mrs. Mans
feldt walked into Central Emer
gency hospital to announce,
"There's a woman dying in my
car," her husband, Dr. John H.
Mansfeldt, prominent society
physician, committed suicide by
swallowing poison.
With announcement "of the
verdict, Mrs. Mansfeldt rose
slowly to her feet, a flicker of
a smile crossing her fa"ce. She
turned and walked silently back
to her cell.
Second Trial Soon
"She's much braver than peo
ple think," said her attorney
Vincent Hallinan "She showed
it last night."
Hallinan ' said he would pre
pare immediately for Mrs. Mans
feldt's second trial Dec. 26 be-
fore the same jury. Under Cali
fornia law, she was allowed two
pleas, not guilty and not guilty
by reason of insanity.
No evidence touching her san
ity could be admitted into rec
ords of the trial just concluded.
The defense in the first trial,
which began Nov. 26, was oblig
ed to explain Mrs. Mansfeldt's
actions as the result of psycho
logical tension incurred by her
-. relationship with her husband
and sedatives she said he gave
her the night before t!ie shoot
ing. If the jury finds Mrs. Mans
feldt was sane, the manslaughter
verdict will hold and she will
be sent to Tehachapi prison for
women. If she if found insane,
she will be committed to an in
stitution for treatment. At the
end of a year in an asylum, she
could petition to be released as
cured.
Judge Murphy gave the case
to the jury at 3:40 p. m., after
one hour and 35 minutes of in
structions. The jury went out
for dinner at 5:55 and returned
to the jun room at 7:15.
In his instructions the judge i
said that possibility of intimate
relations between Mrs. Martin j
and Dr. Mansfeldt had no bear-1
ing on the defendant's guilt orj
innocence. He cautioned that
California courts do not recog
nize the "unwritten law."
PLAN WHIPPING PROBE
IN REFORMATORY VISIT
Salem. Ore., Dec. 20 iJ.K
Investigation of recent whip
pincs administered youngsters
at the state training school for
boys will be included in the
Marion county grand jury
schedule when the jury visits
the school today. District Attor
ney Millar Hayden said.
M. B. Woolley, superintend
ent of the school, who ordered
use of the strap stopped in the
face of much criticism, has been
subpeonacd to appear at the investigation.
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Mrs, Annte Irene Mansfeldt, who was found guilty of man
slaughter last night is shown as she testified during her trial. She
is seated immediately below a photograph of Nurse Vada Martin
(lop right) whom she killed as a suspected rival for her suicide hus
band. Dr. John Mansfeldt. The nurse's picture had been posted for
identification of jurors.
VICTOR TENGWALD
PASSES SUDDENLY!
Victor Tengwald, 46, well
known Medford attorney and
veteran of World War II, passed
away suddenly during last night,
death reportedly being due to a
heart attack. The attorney, who
returned to Medford last July
after nine months of service in
Europe, had recently been to the
veterans' hospital in Portland
for a physical check-up.
Upon his return to Medford
Iait summer Tengwald resumed
his duties as United States com
misisoner for this district and
clerk of the district federal
court and opened law offices in
the Liberty building. He was a
member of the Medford post of
the American Legion.
The attorney enlisted in the
army in the spring of 1942, train
ed at Camp Roberts and went
overseas in the fall of 1944 with
the I06th infantry division, serv
ing as a corporal. A year ago
this week his division was caught
in the German advance and suf
fered heavy losses in the his
torical "Battle of the Bulge." In
addition to the service in Bel
gium, he was also stationed in
France and Germany.
Tengwald was born June 4,
1899, in Chicago. 111. Survivors
in?lude two brothers, Albert F.
of Los Angeles and Carl Y. Teng
wald, Medford.
The body is at Perl Funeral
Home from where funeral ar
rangements will be announced
tomorrow.
COUNTY WOOL GROWERS
PROFIT IN POOL SALE
Roseburg. Dec. 20 Jackson
county wool unit of the South
ern Oregon wool pool sold for a
little better than 47s i net to
the grower, according to V. J.
Phillippi, secretary of the pool.
There were almost 100 wool
growers of Jackson county in
the unit, Phillippi said. The en
tire pool was handled by Adams
and Leland of Boston.
Wallace, Ida., Dec. 20 II, R) I
A fire of undetermined origin
continued to rage through the
sunshine mine in the Coeur,
d Alenes after 48 hours today as ,
a crew of approximately 50 men;
battled the flames. j
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TURKISH PROBLEM
INJECTED BY REDS
Moscow, Dec. 20 (U.R) The
problem of Turkey was injected
into the forefront of Big Three
deliberations today when the
Soviet official press prominently
published a demand that Turkey
turn over to Rus-ia a strategic
5,500-square mile Black sea
coastal belt adjacent t o the
Soviet oil port of Batumi.
The Soviet demand included
the important Turkish port of
Trabzon and a slice of coast
about HO miles long and rough
ly 50 miles deep extending south
from the Russo-Turkish frontier
on the Black sea.
Simultaneous publication of
the demand in all four of Mos
cow's major newspapers left no
doubt that it had Soviet official
blessing.
PATTON SUFFERS
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Frankfurt, Dec. 20 (U.R)
Gen. George S. Patton had an
uncomfortable day today and
his condition was described of
ficially as "not satisfactory" be
cause of excessive bronchial se
cretions which impeded his
breathing and eating.
Army bulletins on Patton's
condition today were the most
pessimistic since the pronounced
upswing in his improvement
soon after he suffered a broken
neck in a traffic crash a week
ago last Sunday.
Respiratory compli cations
plagued Patton. There was no
sign that serious developments
were likely. Doctors felt that the
possibility of pneumonia devel
oping was slim so long as his
temperature remained low.
STRIP TEASER WEDS
New York. Dec. 20 (U.R)
Noel Toy, Chinese strip tease
dancer, was married yesterday
to Capt. Carleton Young of the
army air forces who said he was
an actor before entering serv
ice. They were married at city
hall bv Denutv Citv Cleric Mnr.
ray Stand of the marriage li
ctnc burca"
MEDFORD, OREGON, THURSDAY, DECEI
Santa To Start
Answering Phone
9 A. M. Tomorrow
Santa Claus will begin accept
ing telephone calls at 9 a. m. to
morrow, Medford Junior Cham
ber of Commerce officials said
they were told today by St.
Nick's North Pole representa
tives. Kiddies may talk to San
ta in person by dialing 9156,
9157 or 9158 from 9 a. m. to
9 p. m. Friday and from 9 a. m.
to 5 p. m. Saturday. Calls will
be referred to Santa's North
Pole headquarters and children
may tell him what they want
for Christmas.
Last year the junior- chamber
refereed ll 00 local and 28 long
distance calls to Santa Claus.
Santa has promised to send a
card to each child who places a
call, acknowledging the request
for presents.
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By United Press
Scores of eastern communities
were snowbound today as winter
gripped most of the nation. At
least 72 persons were known
dead.
Suffering threatened to be
come acute as the eastern sea
board fought a swirling blizzard
with wornout snow plows and
undermanned crews.
The northeast quarter of the
nation was blanketed in snow
from the Atlantic coast to the
wheat fields of Kansas and from
the Canadian border as far south
as Virginia. Thermometers clung
near zero in the midwest.
Die In Snow
At least two men in the New
York city area dropped dead as
they struggled through the knee
deep snow. The snow there was
expected to end before noon aft
er falling steadily for more than
24 hours.
Fresh snow fall wiped out ef
forts to dig out the Buffalo, N.
Y., railroad yards where a ship
ping bottleneck threatened to
stop shipments of fuel and food
to populous coastal areas. A state
of emergency had been declar
ed in Buffalo, and an embargo
placed on all Incoming rail ship
ments. Planes Grounded
Planes were grounded in most
areas east of Chicago. Trains
were running late. Roads were
clogged as far south as the Caro
linas. Long distance telephone
calls from New York to Florida
and Oregon were delayed as
much as two to four hours by
the storm.
The storms delayed troops ar
rivals on both coasts. Ships were
halted outside San Francisco
harbor because of the jam of
troops waiting for rail transpor
tation tied up east of the Rocky
mountains. Transports were un
able to enter New York harbor
because of the blinding blizzard.
BELLE DONE
San Francisco, Dec. 20 (U R)
Belle, the plump "old gray
mare" who lured more than
2,000 mules from boxcars to
corrals during the war, was
turned out to pasture today
with a "well done" from port
of embarkation officials. Belle
enticed obstinate mules from
boxcars that brought the pack
animals from inland points. She
led them into corrals where
they were processed for over
seas shipment.
Th Ktntn Fllr Prcr.rv at
Buttonwillow, Kern county, Cal- j
ifornia, has prevented extinction j
of the California elk.
Editorial Comment On Truman Proposal
By United Press
Editorial comment today re
garding President Truman's uni
fication proposal:
OREGON JOURNAL, Port
land The most salutary part of
the program is condensed into
two words. The president, con
scious of the age of the atomic
bomb, approaching through UNO
the enforcement of peace. Mill
wants the world to know that
Americans, putting peace first,
"mean business" . . . unification
should provide more effective
national defense in peace.
CHICAGO DAILY NEWS
No one would deny that some
method should be devised for a
better co-ordination of our laud.
BULLET1
Washington, Dec. Ju vuffl
Tire rationing will end at 12:01
a, m. January 1, the office of
price administration announc
ed tonight.
This will leare only sugar
on the rationing list.
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GRANTS 15-CENT
INCREASE IN PAY
Portland, Ore., Dec. 20 (U.R)
One of the largest plants in the
pine country of Oregon has
signed an agreement with strik
ing AFL lumber workers in
what union leaders hailed as
the first major break in the
strike-bound pine belt.
The Edward Mines Lumber
Co., of Burns, met the union's
demand for 15 cents "straight
across the board," which estab
lishes a $1.02', minimum wage,
AFL strike policy' leaders an
nounced. The wage boost pre
serves a 2V4 cent differential
between pine and fir, however.
Action of the Hincs operation
may well have an important
bearing on the whole pine strike
situation, AFL strike headquart
ers at Klamath Falls declared.
AFL workers in five north
west states Oregon, Washing
ton, Idaho, Montana and north
ern California have been on
strike since Sept. 24 in support
of wage demands. Fir workers
compromised on 15 cents an
hour raise to a $1.05 minimum
several weeks ago.
Meanwhile, George Metzger,
manager of the Willamette Val
ley Lumber Operators associa
tion, announced he would sub
mit a CIO request for a 2V4 cent
an hour wage increase to the
operators.
The union demand is in addi
tion to the 12'4 cent boost won
a month ago on an industry-wide
basis and includes all workers
except fallcrs and buckers mak
ing more than $13 a day.
Settlement of negotiations be
tween operators and representa
tives of the AFL Lumber and
Sawmill workers in three Wash
ington box factories was an
nounced by the strike policy
committee yesterday.
The 200 employes of the box
factories at Seattle, Tacoma and
Puyallup, Wash., have been
granted an over-nil wage in
crease of 15 cents an hour, set
ting the minimum at $1.05 an
hour.
Gov. Earl Snell was asked by
a delegation from the policy
committee to intervenes in the
feud between operators of the
Kinzua Mills, Kinzua, Ore., and
AFL employes. It was charged
the company was endangering
the health of the community by
turning off electric power and
engaging in other acts of dis
crimination against the striking
workers.
Use of Candles On
Trees Gets Warning
Fire Chief Roy Elliott today
Lsucd his annual warning to
valley residents concerning the
use of candles during the
Christmas season. Elliott point
ed out that lighted candles
should not be used to decorate
Christmas trees or used in prox
imity to evergreen boughs,
since this constitutes a danger
ous fire hazard.
Seattle, Dec. 20 (U.R) Mayor
William Dcvin interceded for the
second time in the Seattle news
paper strike today, calling both
publishers and striking (AFL)
printers to meet in hi office at
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fect the safety, even the sur
vival of the nation.
SAN FRANCISCO CHRON
ICLE The president's proposal
has some gaping holes in it. . . .
National safety would be the
first casualty.
CHICAGO SUN The cvi-
. dence In support of the merger
has been placed before Congress
and the people. It cannot be
ignored without endangering
the safety of the nation.
NEW YORK HERALD-TRIBUNE
The president's message
is an unquestionably able docu
ment. . . . But. . . . We tliiyj it
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Unlt.d Press Full
20, 1945
Gl RULES OUT
ABILITY TO PAY
IN FACTFINDING
Auto Concern Will Withdraw
From Truman's Panel
Proceedings, Declaration.
Washington. Dec. 20 (U.R
General Motors Corp. told
President Truman's fact-finding
pi.nel today that it will with
draw from the proceedings if
the panel considers prices and
profits in making a wage recom
mendation for settlement of the
strike against the company.
The company's position was
made plain at the first public
he-cing of the three-man board
which Mr. Truman set up to
seek a settlement of the month
old strike by the CIO united
automobile workers' union.
Union Disientt
Union representatives argued
that the panel could not pass
intelligently on their 30 per
cent wage increase demand
without considering the com
pany's "ability to pay."
Walter Gordon Merrltt, com
pany attorney, asserted that it
was the company's business to
decide its ability to pay wage
increases.
He said that if the company
has - "anything to pass on," It
should be given to the entire
public in price reductions and
not to "this small group" (the
union).
"If the fact-finding panel
rules otherwise, General Motors
will withdraw from the proceed
ings," Mcrrit said.
Abide By Law
He said that the corporation
would abide by any law con
gress might pass on fnct-findlng.
He referred to President Tru
man's request for a bill now be
fore congress to establish fact
finding boards with power to
subpena company records.
Strikes would be prohibited for
30 days while disputes were in
vestigated. The present General Motors
panel, however, was set up
without any statutory authority.
AGEDlNlL PT.
Coroner H. W. Conger was
called to Central Point this noon
to investigate the death of
Frank O. Cochran, about 77
years of age, who was found
dead in bed at his home, Third
and Maple streets. Two sons In
California were notified of the
aged man's death.
Cochran's body was discov
ered by Jack Tharp, Central
Point neighbor of the dead man.
Thnrp was summoned by Mis.
E. P. Stone, wife of the Cen
tral Point druggist, who had at
tempted to deliver a package of
medicine to Cochran and who
became alarmed when she was
unable to gain entrance to the
home. Cochran was reportedly
suffering from a heart ailment.
The deceased is well known
In the district, having resided In
the county for many years.
CRIME WAVE IN JAPAN
Tokyo, Dec. 20 (U.R) Police
today noted a d
In the number of murders In
Tokyo In the past few months
and expressed fear that a major
crime wave sweeD throuch the
Japanese capitol this winter.
is unwise; we doubt that Con
gress will accept it or that the
army, navy and air force. . . .
would be able to turn such ex
ternal bonds into the genuine
union which is its aim.
NEW YORK DAILY NEWS
Maybe we'd better go slow on
this proposed single command,
and be 100 per cent sure we're
right before we adopt it.
LOS ANGELES TIMES It
will seem to most people that
the president presents stronger
arguments for some form of uni
fication than for the particular
form which he proposes in his
message, which is in essence the
army plan.
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NO. 231.
Nazis Tried Out
Poisoned Bullets
On Five Prisoners
Nuernberg, Dec. 20 U.R)
Doctors of the S. S., trying to
perfect poison bullets for the
German army, shot five con
demned prisoners with poison
missies and three of them died
a violent death, frothing at the
mouth, the war crimes tribunal
heard today.
A report by Dr. Krugowsky,
chief S.S. hygienist, was intro
duced showing that he and two
other doctors shot the five pris
oners through the upper left
thigh with 7.65 centimeter bul
lets in September, 1944.
The evidence of SS atrocities
and weird experiments was pre
sented in support of the prose
cution's charge that every
branch of the SS was involved
in the nazl concentration camp
program.
This was the last day of hear
ings in 1945. The trial will be
resumed early in January.
WEEK-END DATES
Medford high school officials
today cancelled their Friday and
Saturday basketball dates with
North Bend and Coos Bay, Bill
Bowerman, assistant coach, said.
Reason for the cancellation was
given as severe colds affecting
Jerry Ross, Earl Stelle and
Glenn Bostwick, and minor
colds affecting other players.
Coach Al Simpson also is ill with
a cold and probably would have
not been able to mako the trip.
Bowerman said tho games
would be picked up at a later
date if it could be done without
crowding the schedule. Other
wise, they will be forgotten, It
was statod.
Albany high school, scheduled
to play Medford here Dec. 27,
has cancelled their date because
of the flu epidemic, Bowerman
said. Next game on the sched
ule pits Medford against Long
view, Wnsh., here Dec. 28.
SIX DIE IN FIRES
IN SEATTLE AREA
Seattle, Dec. 20 U.R) Two
widely separated fires took the
lives of six persons and injured
four others here today.
Three persons were killed and
four injured when flames swept
through an old two-story board
ing house near the downtown
district.
Fire officials in nearby Kent,
Wash., reported that three per
sons died early today when
flames leveled a farm house and
an adjoining small house 15
miles southeast of here.
Woodbnrn, Ore., Dec. 20 (U.R)
Mrs. Norman Sccley and her
three children are believed to
have burned to death in a fire
which destroyed their farmhouse
three miles cast of here yester
day, the Woodburn fire depart
ment reported.
Cause of the fire was still un
determined. PAPER FIRM BUYS
C.K. SPAULDING CO.
Salem, Ore., Dec. 20 (U.R)
Oregon Pulp and Paper company
has purchased all timber hold
ings, logging and lumber opera
tions and equipment of the 55-year-old
Charles K. Spaulding
company, it was announced here
today.
The price was more than
$400,000. an official of the pa
per company said.
Involved In the transaction
are approximately 100,000,000
feet of standing timber in Polk
county: a sash and door factory
and retail lumber yard at Mc
Mmnville, an estimated 55,000
acres of logged-off land, and
trucks and other logging and
lumber manufacturing equip
ment. There are still 5172 acres of
vacant land in San Francisco
available for residential or com
mercial building.
GENERAL TO
IF
Broadcaster Says Disagree
ment Over Area to Be Oc
cupied Brings Ultimatum
San Francisco, "Dec. 20 (U.R)
Russian troops will not partici
pate in the occupation of Japan
as a result of a disagreement
between General Douglas Mac
Arthur and the Soviets nvw
which of the home islands the
Russians would occupy, Ameri
can Broadcast Company Corre-
sponnent Larry Tigho said in a
broadcast from Tokyo today.
Washington. Dec. 20 (U.R)
The State Department has re
c e i v e d no communication
from Gen. Douglas Mac
Arthur threatening to resign
if the Russians are given any
further participation In the
occupation of Japan.
Meanwhile, it was learned
officially, the United States
several weeks ago asked Rus
sia to send troops to Japan for
the purpose of sharing the oc
cupation. Tiehe Said thf hreaV ram
after Gen. MacArthur reported
ly told the State Department
yesterday that if he was not
left alone, and if Russia was Al
lowed any further participation
in occupation affairs, he would
resign.
Long Argument
"Over a lnnff nerinH nt lim.
MacArthur and the Russians
have been dickering over the
problem of the Russian occupa
tion of Japan," Tighe said.
"First the Russians wanted to
bring an army over here. Mac
Arthur flatly said 'no'. He
would permit them to bring only
one division.
"Flnallv. the Rtlsslnni giruH
but insisted that they be al
lowed to occupy Hokkaido, the
northernmost of the main Jap
anese islands.
"MacArthur again said 'no',
with the Implication that if the
Russians ever got into Hokkaido
they would never be dislodged."
Kyushu Offered
Tighe said, "MacArthur of
fered, instead, to let h. n,,..
sians Into Kyushu, which would
put American troops be
tween the homeland and the ne.
cupylng force. Then the Rus-
sians said no .
"MacArthur's answer in ilmi
amounted to 'alright Hnn't i.nrf
an occupation force. We don't
need it anyway.
Tiche concluded h
that he was informed that the
Russians now have 60 divisions
massed on the Russo-Manchuri-an
border where they only had
38 divisions when the war end
ed.
CAMP ADAIR PUT
ON SURPLUS LIST
Washington, Dec. 20 (U.R)
The war department said today
Camp Adair, Ore., has been de
clared surplus to the needs of
the army, effective immediately.
Salem, Dec. 20 Representa
tives of seven cities of the Wil
lamette valley Interested in the
future of Camp Adair gathered
at Monmouth Tuesday night and
discussed a number of proposals;
as to how the plant could best
be utilized. Speakers pointed out
that the camp site would be
ideal for manufacturing plants.
The group perfected a perma
nent organization to be known
as the Seven City Development
league.
STUNT GIRL SUICIDES
Hollywood, Dec. 20 (U.R)
Mary L. Wiggins, 35, known as
the screen's greatest stunt girl,
shut and killed herself early to
day. Her father, Edward A.
Hodge, said she had been des
pondent over a financial trans
action. She ended her life in the)
backyard of her North Holly
wood home.
SIDE GLANCES
By
TRIBUNE REPORTERS
Homer Gustln opining that
the combination of flue, the cold
weather and arithmetic was too
much for some of his school
pupils.
Glen Fabrick and Flash Fid
ler proclaiming that Frank
Perl's portrayal of Santa Claus
is really outstanding.
Sidney Joe Smith embarrass
ing his mother by holding up a
long line of children while ha
read an extensive list to SantH
Claus.