J. C. PENNEY CO.
Sale by Porter J. Neff An
nounced; Building in Klam
ath Falls Part Payment.
Sale of the building at 100
North Ceniral avenue now occu
pied by Groceteria No. 1 to the
J. C. Penney company has been
announced by Porter J. Neff,
Medford, former owner. Court
records show the consideration
to have been $85,000. The three
story building in Klamath Falls
now occupied by the Penney
company was obtained by Mr
Neff in the deal.
The Groceteria building has a
200-foot frontage on Central
avenue and extends 100 feet on
Sixth street. It was erected in
1923.
Ray F. Baker, manager of the
Penney company here, said this
morning that he could make no
statements at this time concern
ing the firm's plans for remodel
ing the newly acquired building.
William A. Gates, Groceteria
owner and manager, stated that
he was considering available
sites for a new store but that no
definite plans had been made.
He added that it would probably
be late summer before the busi
ness could be moved to a new
location.
HIT By AUTO ON
William Rolland Crosby, 58,
Talent, severely injured at 1:20
a. m. Tuesday when struck by a
car on the highway a mile and
a half south of Phoenix, was
reported today by his physician
to be "holding his own." Crosby
Is in Community Hospital here
suffering from a 10-inch scalp
wound which tore a large por
tion of his scalp from his head.
Thomas Lawrence Madden,
24, discharged army veteran,
driving from Ventura, Calif., to
his home at 3723 S. E. Mill
street, Portland, operated the
car which struck Crosby accord
ing to state police and Deputy
Coroner Carlos Morris, who in
vestigated the accident. Madden
told officers that the lights of
his car, traveling on a curve at
the time of the accident, failed
to reveal Crosby, walking on the
highway. Madden, who claimed
he was driving at a moderate
speed, was told to remain in the
city pending further investiga
tion. Witness to the accident was
Johnny Sutton, Gold Hill, whose
southbound car approached the
scene as the accident occurred.
Morris reported that two boys
were known to have picked up
Crosby and driven him to the
Talent Junction. Crosby ap
parently became confused, the
deputy coroner said, and con
tinued south on the highway.
Papers in the man's clothing
issued by Selective Service
Board No. 2 gave his address as
Box 47, Talent, and the names
of Gladys Seward and L. D.
Crosby, Gracagle, Calif., as
relatives.
Two Die in Smashup
Of Luxury Limited
BlBney, S. C, Jan. 2 (U.R)
The Silver Meteor, luxury
'reamliner of the Seaboard rail
d, was derailed four miles
i. '.h of here at 5:15 a. m. to
c wo persons were killed 3nd
20 injured. The dead were Mrs.
Helen E. Wilson, wife of a Negro
soldier of New York city, and
her infant daughter, Beverly.
Her soldier husband. Alonza H
Wilson, was among the injured.
M0YER WINS T.K.O. IN
FIRST PROFESSIONAL GO
Portland, Ore.. Jan. 2 (U.R)
Portland's ex-amateur boxing
star, Tommy Mover, made his
professional ring debut here last
night by the technical knock
out of Tuncrio Lopez of Mexico
City in the seventh round of a
scheduled 10-round main event.
SIDE GLANCES
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TRIBUNE REPORTERS
Frank Humphrey insisting
upon absolute realism when set
ting up his unique holiday decor
ations at the Humphrey home.
A crowd of poker devotees
growing pale upon discovering
their fabulous hands resulted
from the fact that a pinochle
deck had been broken out by
mistake.
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Holmes and Al (Just Call Me
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Fortieth Year
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tain Eugene Dale, 27, of Enid, Okla., In the apartment of Mrs. Pay Han
cock, 24, attractive ex-Powers model (right). Miller broke Into his wife's
apartment where Mrs. Miller and her sister were talking with Dale and
Arthur Gormley. Miller shot three times before he was disarmed.
Truman To Urge
In Talk to Nation
Washington, Jan. 2 (U.R)
President Truman returned to
the capital today from a holiday
cruise on the Ptomac, prepared
to address the nation by a radio
tomorrow night (time not given)
in behalf of his legislative pro
gram. The Presidential yacht Wil
liamsburg arrived here shortly
before 8 a. m. EST after an
overnight trip from Quantico,
Va. The President had break-
ENTIRE FAMILY
PERISH III FLOOD
Eugene, Ore., Jan. 2 (U.R)
How a sailor watched helplessly
while the swirling waters of
Salt Creek near here one by one
snatched a family of four to
their deaths was related today
by John C. Bartlctt of Oakridgc,
Ore.
The sailor, who was not Iden
tified, said he was standing on
the opposite bank of the canyon
during the flood last Saturday,
helpless to give aid, when the
car bearing Mr. and Mrs. John
A. Mitchell and their two chil
dren, of Portland, plunged into
the swirling creek where it had
cut a huge hole in the highway.
The sailor said Mitchell and
the two children climbed to the
top of the car while Mrs.
Mitchell clung to a fender when
the vehicle came to a temporary
halt a few hundred yards down
stream. As Mitchell attempted
to reach his wife, one of the
children slipped into the stream
and vanished. A moment later
the other child disappeared. The
mother, apparently losing grip
on the fender, then was washed
away, and then Mitchell plunged
into the water.
The car was found about a
half mile downstream, crushed
and mangled.
Cultists Escape
Kidnaping Charge
Washington, Jan. 2 (U.R)
The supreme court today set
aside kidnaping convictions
against three members of a Utah
religious cult believing in plural
marriage.
Justice Frank Murphy wrote
the 8 to 0 opinion. Justice Robert
H. Jackson did not participate
COUNTY ROADS SOFT
AFTER RECENT RAIN
County Engineer Paul B. Kyn
ning reported today all roads in
the county are in a soggy cun
dition with minor damage wnere
gravel was washed out in the
recent rains. A bridge is out on
the Evans Valley road and the
Ramsey Road has a slide. Main
tenancc crews will make repairs
as soon as wea.her conditions
will permit.
( Acm Telephoto)
Bellevue, Tex. (left) was arrested on
Legislative Plan
Tomorrow Night
fast aboard before leaving for
the White House.
Mr. Truman had been aboard
the Wililamsburg since Friday
but it was far from being a com
plete holiday from his official
duties. He met twice with Sec
retary of State James F, Byrnes
on state matters and also with
his reconversion and labor ad
visers in preparation for his ra
dio address.
No Callers Today
The President schedueld no
callers for today, concentrating
instead on completion of his
speech.
Because of work on the speech
and on his state of the union
message to congress later this
month, Mr. Truman will not
hold a news conference this
week. He plans tentatively to
meet reporters next Tuesday at
10:30 a. m.
White House Press Secretary
Charles G. Ross reminded re
porters today that it was "by no
means certain" that the Presi
dent would go to Capitol Hill to
deliver his state of the union
message in person, probably on
Jan. 15.
May Send Message
There were other indications
that Mr. Truman would send
the message to congress, rather
than present it personally.
The reminder from Ross was
prompted by announcement
in New York that Mr. Truman
would be televised on Capitol
Hill as he delivered the message.
Ross said that if the President
does decide to appear personal
ly, television will be permitted.
IN FINAL SPURT
Building permits issued by
the city during December totaled
SI 16.055 for 58 permits, records
at the city hall show. This in
cluded $93,800 for new resi
dences and $4,500 for business
houses.
Community Hospital applied
Monday at the city superintend
ent's office for permit to remodel
the first floor of the building
at a cost of $500 and Vcrn E.
Rose applied for permit to move
a residence from 358 South Oak
dale avenue to 520 West Main
street at a cost of $1,000.
Driver Cuts Groove
In Courthouse Lawn
County authorities are look
ing for a New Year's celebrant
who drove his auto across the
south lawn of the courthouse!
leaving a deep rut, and in mak-
ing sharp turns threw three i
large clods of sod. A complete!
circle of the lawn was made, ap !
parcntly at high speed and the
ca.- miraculously missed half a
dozen trees. The driver lost his
bearings at the Oakdale avenue
and King ?.treet intersection and
struck out across the lawn. The
same thing happened on the
Main street side a few days before
MEDFORD, OREGON, WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 2, 1946
Worst Flood in Years Leaves 5 Dead;
Damage Is Estimated Over $5,000,000
PORTLAND CREST
FALLS SHORT OF
IftW STAGE
REA Lineman Drowns in
Trying Run Electric Line
Across Swollen McKenzie
Portland, Ore., Jan. 2 (U.R)
Oregon's worst flood in years
swept on today, leaving five
known dead, five others missing
and damage estimated to exceed
the $5,000,000 flood of 1943.
The crest of the Willamette
river flood reached Portland late
Tuesday, falling short of the 18
foot flood stage before passing
on to join the Columbia.
Charles S. Pounds, rural elec
trification administration line
man, was listed as the fifth
known victim of the flood when
he drowned after falling Into
the swollen McKenzie river
Tuesday as he tried to run an
electric line across the stream.
His body was not found. Bodies
of four other flood vistims have
been recovered from other swol
len streams throughout Oregon.
Seek Missing
Search was still progressing
for five other persons reported
missing.
In the lower Willamette val
ley, where the flood wrought
the worst havoc, evacuated fam
ilies were returning to their
home and business was return
ing to normal.
The weather bureau reported
the river rapidly falling at all
flood points in the Willamette
valley.
Virtually all roads in the state
were open to traffic with the ex
ception of the South Santiam
highway which was closed by a
slide.
TO
ON JAPAN POLICY
London, Jan. 2 (O.R) Andrei
A. Gromyko, Soviet ambassador
to Washington, will be the Rus
sian reprcsetnative on the Far
Eastern commission to formulate
Japanese occupation policies for
Gen. Douglas MacArthur, the
Tass agency announced today.
The council of people's com
missars selected Gromyko for
the important role. He will be
the first Russian to have a direct
voice In the control of Japan,
since the Russians had abstained
from membership in the Far
Eastern advisory commission be
fore a new arrangement was
made at the Big Three foreign
ministers conference.
A United Press dispatch from
Moscow reported that Soviet
newspapers yesterday gave two
paragraphs to the Far Eastern
section of Secretary of State
James F. Byrnes' radio address.
They made no mention whatso
ever of MacArthur.
The Russians have consistent
ly denied foreign reports that
they objected to MacArthur.
Lyn Charlene Krier
Eight-Pound Girl,
Is First 1946 Babe
Lyn Charlene Krier, born to
Mr. and Mrs. William Krier, 229
S. Front street, at 10:07 a. m.,
yesterday, was Medford's lone
New Year's day baby according
to reports so far received.
The girl, weighing 8 po'inds,
was born at the Commuity hos
pital. She is the couple's first
child.
Judy and Evelyn May Cla-no.
twin daughters of Mr. and Mis.
John Clarno, 1468 Prune street,
missed 1948 birthdays by a few
hours. They were born at d:55
p. m. and 7:03 p. m.. Monday, at
the Osteopathic clinic. The twins
are the third and fourth children
of the Clarno's who have a girl,
aged 6, and boy,
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Ban Discrimination
In Race Or Color
For Return Trip
Washington, Jan. 2 (U.R)
Secretary of Navy James For
rcstal has taken special steps to
end any discrimination because
of "race or color" in the return
of overseas troops by the navy,
it was learned today.
In a directive to all ships and
stations, Forrestal ordered naval
personnel to "adhere rigidly" to
regulations aimed at preventing
discrimination.
His order followed a recent re
port that Negro troops had been
left at Le Havre, France, by the
escort carirer Croatan because
it lacked "suitable accommoda
tions." The army said the navy
was responsible for the decision
not to ship the Negro troops
aboard the Croatan.
STARK BELIEVED
FLEET AT PEARL
ALERT TO PERIL
Washington, Jan. 2 (U.R)
Adm. Harold R. Stark, former
chief of naval operations, said
today he did not expect the Jap
anese air attack on Pearl Har
bor but he thought the fleet
there had been properly warned
of such a possibility.
Washington, Jan. 2 (U.R)
The Pearl Harbor investigat
ing committee today selected
Seth W. Richardson, former
assistant attorney general In
the Hoover administration, as
its new chief counsel.
Stark told the Pearl Harbor
investigating committee that na
val authorities in Washington
were aware of the possibility of
an air assault such as Japan de
livered. "It was our intention to put
them on guard against such an
attack and we thought we had
done so," Stark testified.
Stark pointed out that direc
tives sent to Pacific command
ers Nov. 24 and Nov. 27 warned
them of the possibility of a Jap
anese drive "from any direc
tion." He said the navy had nothing
to Indicate that an attack on
Pearl Harbor was likely. In
stead, all the positive informa
tion available pointed to the pos
sibility of hostilities in the Far
East.
It was for this reason that the
war warning mentioned the pos
sibility of an attack on the Phil
ippines, Thailand, and Kra Pen
insula and possibly Borneo,
Stark said.
But, he added, the mention of
those possibilities "did not rule
out the chances that Japan
would strike in other directions
loo.
Kitchen Sink Taken
By Busy Burglars
Pucnte. Cal., Jan. 2 'UR)
Police today were hunting
burglars who reached the ulti
mate they took the kitchen
sink along with other loot.
Movie Cameraman H. L.
Underwood told officers he
had placed a "For Sale" sign
on a vacant house, discovered
too late that someone had
broken in to take the kitchen
sink, water heater, and all the
plumbing pipe from the house.
HEADLESS, HANDLESS
BODY OF WOMAN FOUND
San Bernardino. Cal., Jan. 2l
(U.Ri The headless and handles
nude body of a white woman
was found today on High Gear
road nearly a mile above Arrow-,
head Springs hotel, Sheriff Em
molt L. Shay announced.
Wrapped in an old blue and!
white cotton blanket, the body
was discovered by passing
motorists in a roadside ditch,
Shay said.
Investigators found automo
bile tracks at the side of the
highway indicating the body was
dumped from a car
HITLER ORDERED
War Crimes Tribunal Told
Edict Issued in 1942; S.S.
Mass Slaughter Described
Nuernberg, Jan. 2 (U.R)
Adolf Hitler issued nn order in
October, 1942, -that all American
and other allied commandos be
"slaughtered" to the last man
upon capture, the war crimes
tribunal was told today.
The order applied to all com
mandoes, whether they were
dropped on German-held terri
tory in Europe and Africa by
parachute, or whether they
were landed by ship or airplane.
All To Die
"From now on all enemies on
so-called commando missions In
Europe or Africa challenged by
German troops, even If they are
to nil appearances uniformed
soldiers, or demolition troops
armed or unarmed in battle or
in flight are to be slaughtered
to the last man," the order read.
Hitler's order was Issued
few weeks' after the British and
Canadian commando raid on
Dieppe, in which a few Ameri
can Rangers participated. It was
dated shortly before the Anglo
American Invasion of North
Africa.
The order was aimed in part
at wiping out allied agents and
saboteurs who . were harassing
th German rear areas,
"Even if when found they ap
pear prepared to surrender no
quarter is to be granted on that
principle," the order said.
Earlier the tribunal heard
evidence that S.S. men, lazily
puffing clgarets, lined up hun
dreds of naked Ukrainian Jewish
men, women and children in a
ginnt open grave and slaughter
ed them with tommyguns.
The prosecution prepared to
bring witnesses to testify against
Ernst Kiiltonbrunner, oiling nazi
security police head. This phase
of the case if bring handled by
U. S. Navy Lieut. Whitney
Harris, Los Angeles.
Jobless Increase
Noted in Country
Washington, Jan. 2 (U.R)
Unemployed persons in the U.
S. numbered 1,710,000 in the
week ended Nov. 10, an Increase
of 160,000 from the correspond
ing week in October, the census
bureau said today.
A rise of 250,000 In the num
ber of unemployed men was
partially offset by an increase In
women's employment. Total
employment in November stood
at 51.730.000, an Increase of
170,000 from the month prev
ious. The civilian labor force
totaled 53.440.000, a rise of
330,000 over October.
South Bend, Ind., Jan. 2 UR)
Studcbuker Corporation officials
nnuounccd today that produc
tion and shipment of new auto
mobiles, delayed 13 weeks by a
labor dispute affecting a major
parts supplier, was underway.
Resumption of .shipments to
dealers involved output of the
first passenger cars produced by
Studcbaker since January 1942,
when production was suspended
for output of military goods.
Central Point Building Permits
Represent $130,200 Value in '45
Central Point, Jan. 2 Thirty,
seven permits for building struc
tures valued at over $1,000 each,
representing a total valuation of
$130,200 were issued by '.his
city in 1945, according to City
Recorder Guy Tex. The figure
is unprecedented In Central
Point history.
Ten of the permits were issued
for commercial structuies
amounting to $'8.000 and 27
were for new homes totalling
NO. 240.
UNRRA Chief in Germany
Says Project Camouflaged
Atrocity Claims Fake.
Jerusalem, Jan. 2 (U.R)
Palestine government officials
announced today that all
further Jewish Immigration
has been suspended until
Great Britain decides what to
do with the thousands of
Jewish refugees clamoring lor
admission to the holy land.
Frankfurt, Jan. 2 (UR) Lt
Gen. Sir Frerinrlrk E. Mnrcrnn
UNRRA chiet In Germany, said
today that the Jews in Europe
apparently had formulated an
organized nlnn for n mna nvnHnc
from the continent to Palestine.
New York, Jan. 3 (U.R)
Dr. Stephen S. Wise, president
of the American World Jewish
Congress, said today that the
statement of en UNRRA of
ficial charging European Jews
with mast exodus plan
"savors of Naiism at Its
worst."
He said he would bring the
"Incredible" statement of Lt.
Gen. Sir Fredorick E. Morgan,
UNRRA chief in Germany, to
the attention of a special meet
ing of the congress.
Morgan said at a press con-
lerencc that he was unablo to
put a finger on the purported
organization around which such
a Jewish movement revolved
He soid he believed thot the
organization was camouflaged
cieariy.
Morgan said he was becom
lng more and more convinced
that reports of pogroms and
atrocities against the Jews in
Poland were based less and less
on fact.
He charged that such stories
were by-products of an organiz
ed Jewish plan to force the
United Nations to take some
action giving the Jews a perma
nent home.
Tralnloads of Jews were ar
riving in Berlin almost dally
from Poland, Morgan said. He
added that the pockets of most
of the Jews were well lined with
money, and they were well fed
and well clothed. Their stories
of persecution of Jews in Poland
he said, were notable for their
similarity.
Morgan's representatives hove
been unable to find any concrete
examples of pogroms inside Po
land, he said. The stories invar
iably were that the atrocities
"occurred In the next town,"
Morgan said.
Morgan said at a press con
ference that he was unable to
put a finger on the purported
organization around which such
a Jewish movement revolved.
WEST COAST POPULATION
UP 3 MILLION SINCE '41
San Francisco, Jan. 2 (U.R)
K. W. Hunter, regional U. S.
employment service director,
predicted today that the West
coast's 1948 population will
show an Increase of more than
3,000,000 over the pre-Pcarl Har
bor figure.
$72,200.
These statistics do not Include
permits issued for the Howard
Cooper building and for the
Sonoma Valley Cheese Factory
addition, valuations of which are
not yet determined.
Permits given for smaller
scale construction were 42 and
represented a valuation of ap
proximately $18,000.
Total building in 1944 tvas
estimated at $22,000.
Butchers' Shelves Empty In
Two Weeks If Walkout
Comes, Says Union Head.
By United Press
Leaders of the United Pack
inghouse Workers of America
(CIO) today called on 200,000
workers to strike Jan. 18 against
the nation's meat packers to en
force demands for a 25 cent
hourly wage increase.
Lewis J. Clark, international
president of the union, said that
95 per cent of the workers in
the meat packing industry would
join the walkout, which will af
fect Swift, Armour, Wilson, and
Cudahy, the big four of the meat
packing industry, and a number
of independents.
Two Weeks Supply
"Within two weeks after the
start of the strike the butchers'
shelves will be bare of meat all
the way across the country,"
Clark said.
Negotiations toward reaching
a wage agreement will be con
tinued despite the strike call,
Clark said, but he added that he
was not hopeful of a settlement.
He said Armour and Company
had made the best offer by a
major packer, an increase of 714
cents an hour.
He said the union was willing
to settle with all the packers for
an immediate 17 i cents an
hour, with the provision that ne
gotiations would continue for
the remainder of the wage de
mand. Bus Strike Looms
In Seattle, another strike was
threatened when 1,100 bus driv
ers issued an ultimatum calling
for a city-wide tie-up of bus
service beginning Jan. 11, un
less agreement is reached by that
date with the Seattle Transit
commission over union wage
hour demands.
Meanwhile, President Tru
man's fact-finding panel In the
steel industry's wage dispute an
nounced in Washington that it
would begin work Saturday.
"The first order of business
will be to urge the parties to
resume collective bargaining"
and avoid a nation-wide steel
strike scheduled for Jan. 14, the
panel said.
Administration labor officials
worked overtime to head off
threatened strikes by 1,500,000
workers in the next two weeks.
TOTAL OVER 401
By United Press
At least 401 persons met vio
lent deaths over the three-day
New Year's holiday week-end, a
United Press survey showed to
day. Automobile accidents caused
188 of the deaths.
The highest accident casualty
list was in New York State
where 54 persons were killed,
15 in traffic mishaps. California
was- second with 41, Illinois
third, with 30, Texas fourth,
with 29, and Pennsylvania fifth,
with 28.
California had 25 deaths at
tributed to motoring accidents.
This was the highest number of
traffic facilities reported by any
state.
Pennsylvania recorded 15
traffic deaths out of a total of
28 dead, while Michigan and
Texas each had 12 traffic deaths
although only 18 holiday fatali
ties of all nature were reported.
Only 13 of New York's deaths
were blamed on traffic.
Wood Alky Party
Fatal For Three
Dugway, Utah, Jan. 2 (U.R)
Wood alcohol drunk during a
Nc.v Year' party at the Dugway
proving grounds here today had
claimed the lives of three serv
icemen and left three others
hospitalized.
Dead of alcohol poisoning
were Pvt. James P. Folan, Morse
Bluffs, Neb., T4 George H.
Johas, Boonevillc. Ark., and T5
John J. Smulck, Bairdford, Pa.
Haw Haw Hanging
Slated Tomorrow
London, Jan. 2 (U.R) William
Joyce, "Lord Haw Haw" of the
German radio, will be hanged
tomorrow at Wandsworth pri
son. His last hope to escape
execution was erased by the de
cision of James Chuter Ede,
home secretary, not to exercise
clemency.