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Town's Industry Tied Up By Mass Union Demonstration Weather FORECAST: Cloudy tonlcht and Friday with rain brginninc tonight. Snow In mountains. Little chance In temperature. Temp. Highest Yesterday 51 Lowest this Morninr 38 Free. To & A. M. Today Jl Fortieth Year SHAMEFUL ABUSE OF MARTIAL LAW IS LAIOTO ARMY Sen. MacCarran Wants In quiry Into Actions In Ha waii; Army Courts Also Hit Washington, Jan. 3 (U.R) Sen. Pat MacCarran, D., Nov., today accused the army of shameful abuses in administra tion of martial law and prom ised a congressional investiga tion. MacCarran, chairman of the Senate Judiciary committee, said the inquiry should also cov er the army's court-martial sys tem. He said particularly objec tionable practices occurred while military law was in force in Hawaii where, he declared, innocent persons suffered pun ishment "worse than just being locked up." Private Inquiry "If Hawaii typifies military law as administered by the army, then somebody should let the army know it is not the gov ' emment of the United States, and that the constitution of the United States still prevails," MacCarran said in an interview, x Disclosing that he had been carrying on a private investiga tion, MacCarran said that "if one half of what I have heard is true, then there are some people wearing chevrons who should be wearing stripes.'" MacCarran said his informa tion came from "many sources." He said he had not asked the army for an official report "be cause if I did, I knew that it would be smothered up and I'm not going to let anything be smothered up." Backs Morse MacCarran said he might use as a vehicle for the inquiry a resolution introduced by Sen. Wayne Morse, R., Ore. It calls for an investigation of army and navy courts martial by a special committee composed of three members from each of the judi ciary, military and naval com mittees. Morse also has complained of injustices which he says were committed and still are being committed by courts martial. He said today that he also had received a particularly large number of complaints from Ha waii. T AT 7 TONIGHT IN Washington, Jan. 3 (UR) President Truman goes on the air tonight to seek strong public support in his fight to overcome congressional indifference to his legislative program. He will deliver a 30-minutc nationwide radio address from the White House at 7 p. m. (PST ) It will be broadcast by all net works. He will list for the nation the basic provisions of his program and explain the status of the many individual proposals to which congress thus far has given little support. Mr. Truman was not expected to ask for anything new, but merely to restate and stress the need for White House proposals already pending before the house and senate. After nearly 10 months in of fice, Mr. Truman finds most of his major requests of congress unanswered. Myrna Loy Late For Ceremonies San Pedro, Cal.. Jan. 3 (U.R) Actress Myrna Loy, 38. whose next picture will be "I Married A Sailor." was ten minutes late today for the ceremony in which she was married to Commodore Gono Markov, 51 year-old movie producer. Adm. William F. (Bull) Hal sey was best man. Twenty close friends "heard Capt. M. M. Leonard, navy chap lain, read the marriage vows. This was the third time each had been married. El Salvador is one of the ( principal producers of indigo. Medford United Press UNO Delegates Leave for London i ' t?X M -S )V'S.1 t--v t- KT' v'-,'. , lb iv 'CVf United Nations Organization delegates embark for London, England, aboard Queen Elizabeth at New York City They are (left to right) Sen. Tom Connally, D, Texas; Sen. Arthur H. Vandenberg R, Michigan; for mer Secretary of State Edward B. Steltinius, Jr., and Mrs. Franklin D. Roosevelt. FIRS! NATIONAL GETS CENTRAL PL Central Point, Jan. 3 All bonds on the city water project here have been sold to the First National Bank of Portland, the only bidder, Guy Tex, city re corder, and Harry C. Skyrman, city attorney, stated this morn ing. The bond issue is $114,500 and the interest will be two and one-half per cent. Sale was made at the regular meeting of the council last night. The bonds will be? payable over a period of approximately 22 years, Skyrman said. An amount of 98 cents on the dollar was offered by the bank. Bonds are in two issues, one of $34,500 for installation and tieing in to the Medford water system and the other of $80,000 for repair, installation and ex tension of mains in Central Point. Skyrman declared that the city would advertise for bids on the work within a couple of weeks and that construction should begin with the coming of good weather. Eight inch pipe will be laid from Central Point out to the junction of the old Pa cific highway and the airport road where the pipe will be join ed to an eight inch Medford main. Central Point will maintain its present water storage facili ties for emergency purposes, the attorney stated. TO Washington, Jan. 3 (U.P) The Agriculture department re vised earlier estimates today and predicted that farm prices would stay at present high levels for the next few months. Its economists now believe that 1945 farm income will sur pass earlier predictions by more than $300,000,000 to reach an all-time high of $21,500,000,000. In October, the department said demand for farm products ir-nnM remain hieh in 1946. but, even so that income was likely to slip 10 or la per cent. How ever, consumers have been de manding farm goods at an un preccdentedly high rate and the department now believes prices will remain close to wartime peaks at least for the first ttv months of the New Year. Slim Summerville Has Second Stroke Laguna Beach, Calif., Jan. 3 iU.R) Slim Summerville, the screens leading portrayer of "hick" parts, was seriously ill at his home here today with his second stroke in recent weeks. "Mr. Summerville is a very sick man, his physician. Dr. Ar thus Harris, said. The 54-year-old veteran movie comedian, one of the original Keystone cops, was confined to his bed and was not permitted visitors. Full Leased Wire UNO Committee Leaves To Select Permanent Headquarters Location London, Jan. 3 (U.R) A six man United Nations committee will arrive in New York city Saturday to select a permanent headquarters site for the UNO in the Boston or New York area, it was announced today. The site delegation, which ARMY FLYING GUT TO Portland, Ore., Jan. 3 (U.R) A program to limit all cross country flights to the "more ex perienced pilots" and keep a closer check on wintertime fly ing in the Pacific northwest was announced today by the 4th air force through the Portland army air base. The regulations were set In an attempt to reduce the growing number of accidents involving air force planes which the 4th air force blamed on "adverse weather conditions and lack of sufficient maintenance person nel." Apply To All Thry apply to all flights under the jurisdiction of the 4th air force which includes all western states. During the winter cross-country flying will be limited to pilots with the following train ing: Command pilots with 15 years' experience, senior pilots with five years and more than 1.500 hours, other pilots with 1.500 hours and a green instru ment card (earned after 100 flying hours on actual instru ments In addition to passing flight and written tests). "Pilots with less than 1.500 hours will not be cleared if in strument conditions prevail." Unofficial tabulations show 43 army, navy and marine plane crashes in Oregon and Washing ton during 1945 with a total of 118 persons killed and three in jured, RETURN TONIGHT Washington. Jan. 3 0J.R) Price Chief Chester Bowles has promised that price controls will be lifted in the future only when it is certain that "prices arc not going to advance sharply." Bowles' promise came as OPA announced that ceiling prices- on fresh citrus fruits would be re stored one minute after midnight tonight. OPA said it was necessary to restore price ceilings because prices in many instances have more than doubled since controls were lifted Nov. 19. UTAH TO CELEBRATE Salt Lake City, Jan. 3 U.R Fifty years of statehood will be celebrated by Utah tomorrow in a series of statewide observances. MEDFORD, OREGON, Conference tAcma Telenholol originally was scheduled to leave for the United States today, will board a Pan American Airways Clipper tomorrow and i3 expect ed to start its real sstate searcn early next week. Temporary headquarters of the group will be in New York s Waldorf-Astoria hotel. Its mis sion is to find 40 or 50 square miles of 'beautiful land" near but not too near Boston or New York where the proposed inter national city of the UNO can be erected. The delegation is headed by Dr. Stoyau Gavrilovic of Yugo slavia and Its secretary is Hun tingdon Gilchrist of the United States, who already Is in Amer ica. , J.J. Washington, Jan. 3 (U.R) The federal communications commission has granted author ity for operation of six FM broadcast stations In Oregon. Five of the six stations are planned for Portland. In addi tion, applications are pending for three more Oregon stations. Applications granted and loca tions include: Mrs. W. J. Virgin, Medford: KXL Broadcasters, Portland; Broadcasters Oregon Ltd., Port land: Pacific Radio Advertising Service, Portland; Oregonian Publishing Co., Portland; and KOIN, Inc., Portland. Pending applications are: Medford Printing Co., publish er of the Medford Mail Tribune, for a Medford station: KALE, Inc.. Portland, for a station east of Portland, and Westinghousc Radio Stations Inc., Portland. Mrs. Virgin plans to begin construction of the new station as soon as materials are avail able according to Arthur Adler, manager of station KMED. Adler stated that Mrs. Virgin's permit, one of the first 64 granted in the United States, was issued four months ago. that a site had been secured and plans completed for the new station, but that at the present materials arc unavail able. Two-Headed Baby Given Oxygen As Strength Drops Birmingham, Eng., Jan. 3 (U.R) A two-headed baby girl born Tuesday to the wife of an American soldier was reported "feeble and under oxygen" to day. The nurse in charge of the maternity ward at Selly Oak hospital, where the child was born, said it was too early to tell whether the girl would live, "since babies frequently turn feeble and then have a turn for the better and improve." The mother, whose name was not disclosed, was reported "well." She was permitted to I understand that she had given I birth to twins. THURSDAY, JANUARY 3, MINUTE ZONE Parking from Riverside Ave nue to Bear Creek Bridge Reduced by Council Rule. In action taken to eliminate a bottleneck In traffic, city coun cilmcn last night designated East Main street 011 both sides of the thoroughfare between Riverside avenue and the Bear creek bridge a 15 minute parking zone. Councilmen, In their opening session of the year, emphasized the strain of long and double parking in this area of heavy business and traffic. The move was taken In an effort to make traffic flow more freely. In other action the council safety committee was appoint ed to work with a citizen com mittee to view the matter of ob taining better equipment and providing improved methods of caring for victims of accidents and disasters in the city. A dele gation headed by the Reverend Elvln S. Hansen and by Larry Neely brought the matter to the council's attention. Lots Sold The following lots were sold: Lot 8, block 3, Medford Heights addition, to Robert C. Cuffel for $175; lot 9, block 7, Medford Heights addition, to Everett E. Cuffel for $175; lot 7, block 3, Narregan addition, to John Per kins for $300; lots 7 and 8, block 4, Medford Heights addition, to Winston K. Marks for $350; lot 7, block 4, Mary Place addition, to H. F. Girard for $400; lot 10 and part of lot 11. block 7, Med ford Heights addition, to John A. Hunter for $350. Lots 12 and 13, block 7, less section east side, Medford Heights dddition, to Mallus L. Robinson for $350; lot 15 and lot 14 less part of cast side, Med ford Height addition, to Gerald Hcmpel for $175; lot 9, block 3, West Walnut Park addition, to Richard I. Simmins for $100; lots 9 and 10, block 4, Medford Heights addition, to Robert E. Young for $350; lots 11 and 12, block 4, Medford Heights addi tion, to Harry F. Nordwick for $875; lot 6, block 2, Summit Ave nue Heights addition, to Philip G. Humphreys for $275; lot 5, block 2, Columbus avenue Heights addition, to George Lu ther and Maude M. Robinson for $400; a 50 foot lot on West 4th street, to Ray E. Robinson for $400. FLOODlClS TO Portland, Ore., Jan. 3 (U.R) More than 1,000 families were returning to their homes in the lowlands of the Willamette river valley tod'iy after western Ore gon's worst flood in 50 years. Many of the dwellings were destroyed or badly damaged by the rampaging waters of the Wil lamette river, however, and red Cross worl-.crs prepared to give relief and rehabilitation to an estimated 1,000 families. Springfield, just south of Eu gene, was hardest hit by the flood and the Red Cross set up an emergency relief office there. Nine persons lost their lives In the flood. An estimate of the tola! damage has not been made, but State Highway Engineer R. H. Baldock said damage to the state's highways alone would probably approached $175,000. Seattle 47 Days Sans Newspapers Seattle, Jan. 3 (U.R) With Seattle In Its 47th newspaperlcss day. publishers and a sub-committee representing striking un ion printers were scheduled to meet today In a new attempt to settle the wage dispute that halted publication of the Star, Times and Post-Intelligencer Nov. 19. The conferees will renew con sideration of a demand by mcm be.s of the AFL International Typographical union for a daily wage increase of $2.95. Some 200 printers employed by Seattle's three major dailies already have turned down three contracts ne gotiated by union officials and publishers. 1 TRIBUNE United Press Full 1946 F.D.R. SURPRISED BY JAP ATTACK IS Stark Says No Official Had Advance Information of Definite Attack Plan. Washington, Jan. 3t-(U.R) The Pearl Harbor committee heard today that the late Presi dent Roosevelt said as recently as the summer of 1944 that he was surprised when the Jap anese attacked Pearl Harbor. Adm. Harold L. Stark, former chief of naval operations, told the committee there was no ad vance information among any Washington officials prior to Dec. 7, 1941, that Japan definite ly Intended to attack the United States at Pearl Harbor or; else where. Surprise Mentioned Sen. Scott W. Lucas, D., 111., questioned Stark specifically about posible advance informa tion and about whether Mr. Roosevelt had reason to believe the Hawaiian defense were prop erly alerted. Stark said he thought Mr. Roosevelt felt Pearl Harbor was properly alerted. "I specifically recall his state ment to me that he was sur prised by the attack on Pearl Harbor. He said that to me as late as last summer." Stark obviously meant the summer of 1944, since Mr. Roose velt died April 12, 1945. Stark Gratified He said he was "gratified" to hear the president's remark at the time because he (Stark) had testified to the same effect be fore a na-y court of inquiry a day or two earlier. Under examination by Lucas, the former chief of naval opera tions denied what Lucas called "rumors" that Washington offic ials had advance knowledge as t- the preciso hour and site of the Japanese attack, or that Ja pan was trapped into the attack "so it would be easier to get congress to declare war." JEW OESTRUCTION POLICY OF NAZIS Nuernberg, Jan. 3 (U.R) Dciter Wisliceny, Jewish affairs specialist of the notorious Nari SS, testified at the war crimiruls trial today that the SS policy from 1942 onward was "the planned destruction of all Jews." Wisliceny was the second Nazi to testify today on the planned policy under which the Nazi police organizations systemati cally carried out thousands of executions. The first witness was Maj. Gen. Otto Ohlcndorf, one of Heinrich Himmlcr's chief hench men, who told how he person ally directed execution of 1)0,000 Jews and Russians in 1941 and 1942 "to relieve a housing shortage." Traitor Haw Haw Hanged; Farewell Note Defends Stand London,' Jan. 3 (U.R) Wil liam (Lord Haw Haw) Joyce of nazi radio notoriety died on the gallows at Wandsworth prison for high treason today after writing, according to unconfirm ed reports, a ranting defense of the llitlerian Ideology which brought his downfall. The Brooklyn-born Joyce was reported by the Evening Stand ard to have handed to his broth er during a farewell visit a state ment In which he said: "In death as in this life I defy the Jews who caused this war, and I defy the power of da.kness which they represent. I warn the British people against the crushing imperialism of the Soviet Union. I am proud to die for my ideals, and I am sorry for the sons of Britain who have died without knnwning why." The traitor who once taunted Britain by radio trembled as he walked across the prison yard to the gallows, but he refused assistance. Dressed in a blue suit, he stood quietly on the trap door while Executioner Albert Pierrcpont put the hangman's noose around his neck- 1 Leased Wire NO. 241. Denies Guilt ')",".'l,'H jJH" v NT 11 ' X V 1 AV r 1 (Acma lehiiholol Adm. Harold R. Stark, former chief of Naval Operations, defends himself before the Pearl Hnrbor Investigat ing Committee against charges of "faults of omission" In connection with the Pearl Harbor disaster, Stark insisted that he sent "ade quate" watnlngs to Pacific Command before Pearl Harbor to alert them against a Jap attack. G. Grants Pass, Jan. 3 Grunts Pass council members last night tabled the matter of signing a contract for installation of park ing meters in the city's business section after a petition opposing the meters had been presented. The petition bore 1200 names according to Mayor Joe Whar ton, who said that the meter problem might be again consid ered at the next meeting. The petitions and ballots, printed in Issues of the Grants Pass Courier, were circulated last month after the council had voted to enter Into a contract with a parking meter company. A large percentage of signatures were from residents living in areas adjacent to Grants Pass. Callmed Unsound Business men of the city cir culated the petitions which stal ed the meters were believed to be "economically unsound and an actual detriment to the fu ture development and welfare of the community." Many ac companied their ballots with comments to the effect that cus tomers did not feel they should be made to pay for the privilege of trading in Grants Pass stores, that Grants Pass was too small for such a move, that it would discourage trade and tourists. Out of 207 ballots returned to the Courier, but three favored installation of the meters. At least four of his fascist sympathizers stood in the shiv ering crowd of 300 outside the stone walls of the southwest London prison. Reinforced police guards and a group of British soldiers on leave were at the prison gate, ready for trouble, but there was no demonstration when the execution notice was posted at 9:08 a. m. One of the little traitor's sup porters bared his head and stood at attention as the crowd jam med against the big green gate to read the words, "The judg ment of death was this day exe cuted on William Joyce." Three other young men step ped behind a clump of trees and removed their hats when the 9 a. m. execution hour passed. A small woman standing near them, a shawl protecting her head from the frost, said, "Good riddance." Born an American, Joyce came under British Jurisdiction because he held a British pass port when the war began. He broadcast from Germany while still a subject of the British crown. ' -wV ill 11 ?1 YALE AND TOWNE . . Stamford Industry Halted While Workers Assembla In Town Square. Stamford, Jan. S U.R) A mass union demonstration tied tip Stamford Industry today. Thousands of workers left their jobs to protest jon-settlement o Yale & Towne's 57-day-old labor dispute. Most of the Industry In the city of 65,000 was halted but bases continued to run and stores remained open. More than 25,000 persona assembled in the town square, shouting and cheering. Many oj them were industrial workers who quit their jobs to demand settlement of the strike of tha International Association of Ma chinists union (AFL) against Yale & Towne, the largest loclc plant in the world. Adam Yockel, leader of the) IAM strikers, told the United Press that, "All Industry is down." Yockel said that more than 20 plants were closed down and that the figure included every major Industrial plant in Stam ford. Earlier In the rfnv nt a nnhiin meeting Yale & Towne's indus trial relations counsel wnrfii P. Monson flatly turned down me ciosea snop demand or any part of it" and offered a new wage proposal. WESTERNELEC. CO. WORKERS STRIKE IN 21 FACTORIES New York, Jan. S U,R) . Western Electric company em ployees In the New York and New Jersey area struck prompt ly at 11 a. m. (EST) today In sup port of their demand for 30 pcf cent wage Increases. About 17,400 Western Elec tric employes were Involved Im mediately In the strike, but it was feared that nationwide sym pathy strikes by tdlephone work ers would result. It was regarded as almost cer tain that the strike would spread throughout the nation to affect eventually about 68,000 Western Electric employees. The company has 21 plants In the New York and New Jersey area, all of which were subject to the 11 a. m. strike call. The) largest is nt Kearny, N. J., where, 12,000 to 14,000 persons are em ployed. Not all are production workers. At Kearny, production work ers, members of the Western Electric Employees union (Ind.), left their jobs promptly at 11 a. m. They streamed by hun dreds through the main gate of: the plant. A picket line began moving around the plant Imme diately. HEAVY DECEMBER Cases tried by the city police court in December totaled 148 and fines amounting to $542.50 were assessed, J, R. Woodford, city court judge, tolo the city council last night. ' This compares with 108 viola tions in November wilh fines to taling $434. Forty-nine overtime parking infractions were marked on the books last month. There were only 17 in November. Cases for December were sub divided as follows: 32 drunk, two disorderly conduct, 30 dou ble parking, 16 parking In alley, three failures to stop at stop sign, four reckless driving, three basic rule, two driving without license, one parking in driveway, three Improper park ing, three for two riding on bl-. cycle, 49 overtime parking. MacPhail Guilty, Fined for Uproar Bel Air, Md., Jan. 3 (U.R) Larry MacPhail, New York Yan kees' president, was found guilty of disorderly conduct by a Har ford county circuit court today. The court acquitted MacPhail on two charges of assault. He was fined $50 on the disorderly conduct charge. The three charges stemmed from a bitter argument between MacPhail and Bel Air telepnone employes on Oct. 5 day of a nation-wide telephone itrika.
