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perature. Temp.
Highest Yesterday 45
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Free. To -1:30 A. M. Today ,4?
Fortieth Year
Strikers Battle
t. mar :.rts
(Acme Telcihoto)
Non-strikers attempt to crash the picket line at gate to Western Electrio
plant in Kearny, N. J., becoming Involved in battle in which live men
were injured. A policeman is caught between two opposing sides ol the
struggle.
37 KILLED AS TORNADOES
SLASH MISSISSIPPI VALLEY
By United Press
Tornadic winds, slashing hap
hazardly at sparsely populated
sections of Mississippi and Ark
ansas, today brought the toll of
week-end storm casualties to at
least 37 persons killed and 200
injured.
Towns hit in the two states in
cluded Coila, Holly Ridge, In
dianola, Sunflower, Rolling
Fork, Heathman and Leland,
Miss., and Lake Village, Ark.
Coila, a village of 105 persons,
SEE EYE TO EYE
Washington, Jan. 7 (U.P.)
President Truman and Congress
may differ on many domestic is
sues but they appeared united
today on at least one major goal
drastic cuts in government
spending.
Mr. Truman, It was learned,
has reduced from $50,000,000,
000 to about $38,000,000,000 his
tentative budget for the 1947
fiscal year starting July 1. And
he hopes for a balanced budget
by the 1948 fiscal year. That
hasn't been done in 17 years.
Nearer Income
A $38,000,000,000 budget
would narrow the gap between
anticipated government expendi
tures and income to about $8,
000,000,000, the lowest deficit
since before the war. Barring
new tax cuts and lowered indus
trial activity, government in
come next year is expected to
be around $30,000,000,000.
The new budget will be an
nounced a few days after Con
gress wind" up its holiday recess
Jan. 14. Mr. Truman's plans for
economy were assured a re
sounding welcome on Capitol
Hill although there already are
demands for a fully balanced
budget.
House Republican Leader
Joseph W. Martin, Jr., Mass..
warned in an interview that
"wildest inflation" would fol
low unless the government's in
come and outgo are equal. That
must be done, he said, to protect
the value of "people's bonds,
their insurance and their life
savings."
12-R00M HOUSE BUILT
AND RENTED IN 90 DAYS:
Completion and occupation of j
a 12-room house in Just 90 days
was reported today by the own
er. L. R. Andrews. 344 North j
Central avenue. The new home,
located at 340 North Central
avenue, was begun Oct. 7 by
Rudolph Kunkel and Son of
Medford.
Divided Into two six room
flats, the residence is deluxe in
every way, Mr. Andrews said.
It is now occupied by two fam-,
ilies, one the family of an of-!
ficcr stationed at Camp While. I
MEDFG ilD
United Press Full Leased Wire
at Electric Plant
was demolished. Two persons
were killed there, three at Lake
Village, two near Sunflower and
one near Indianola.
The tornadoes struck last
night. Communication lines,
crippled for hours, were re
stored to service today.
The series of storms was born
of a collision of a warm air mass
moving northward and a cold
front advancing eastward across
the Mississippi river valley.
Hospitals in the area, busy
treating victims of the freak
winds, had identified only a few
of the injured and two of the
dead remained unnamed early
today.
Rescue workers toiling in mud
and continuing thunderstorms
said that one home had been
picked up by the wind and de
posited as a mere pile of
splinters.
.85-INCH DELUGE
L
Heavy rain falling between
1:30 and 10:30 a. m. today
totaled .85 inches according to
Robert Church of the weather
bureau. Since the soil in this
area is completely saturated
from preceding heavy rainfall.
Ihe additional moisture rapidly
filled ditches and small creeks
and formed ponds on pastures
an in orchards in the lower
areas.
No extensivt damage had
been reported to the county
engineer's office or to the coun
ty shops but it was believed
that roads already in poor con
dition would suffer from the
additional rain. Ditches along
Kings' highway were over the
banks in a few places this
morning.
Snow fell on the mountains
and state police reported this
morning that both the Siskiyou
and Greensprings highways
were snow covered and that
travelers would need chains.
Excess rainfall for the season,
measured since last September,
is now 4.24 inches. Light to
moderate showers were fore
cast for tonight and tomorrow.
Clothing Stores
Asked To Favor
Returning Vets
Washington, Jan. 7 tJ.P
The government asked men's
clothing stores today to put
"For Veterans Only" signs on
most if not ail their stocks of
hard-to-get apparel.
The 'civilian production ad
ministration, which issued the
request, said it was thinking of
such garments as suits, over
coats, shirts and heavy under
wear. Omar Ketchum, legislative
director for the Veterans of
Foreign Wars, noted that there
was nothing in the OPA move
to compel merchants to sell to
veterans.
Homesick, Angry GIs Stage Protest March;
Told 375,000 Must Stay to Guard Pacific
MANILA CITY HALL
SCENE OF GIANT
'Lincoln Freed Slaves, Who
Will Save Us?" Reads
Placard Carried By Men
Manila, Jan. 7 (U.R) Lieut.
Gen. W. D. Styer told angry
G.I.s marching in protest
through the Manila streets to
day that the U. S. army will
keep a post-war garrison of
375,000 in the Pacific to pro
tect American Interests.
Washington, Jan. 7 (U.P.)
Several members of Congress,
purred by the angry protest
demonstration! of G.I.'i in
Manila, today attacked the
War department's slowing
down of demobiliiation.
Sen. John L. McClellan, D
Ark., said "the changing of
the rules at this stage of de
mobiliiation apparently con
stitutes a breach of faith with
veterans."
A giant rally of 20,000 sol
diers was staged at the city hall
in early evening to protest slow
demobilization. They carried
placards saying "Lincoln Freed
the Slaves, Who Will Save Us?"
and "Are We Patterson's Play
things?" Their band played
"Show Me The Way To Go
Home."
200.000 In Japan
A statement issued by Styer
said the Pacific force would in
clude 200.000 In Japan and
Korea, and 175.000 In the mid
Pacific and western Pacific
zones. Of these, less than 70,
000 will be in his command
based in the Philippines. The
over-all figure Includes airforce
personnel.
(In Tokyo, Secretary of War
Robert Patterson said a mini
mum figure of 790.000 soldiers
for overseas duty will be set
for July 1. On Nov. 1, 1940.
the total American army
strength was $513,000).
Angered because they are
kept in the Philippines for what
they think needless duties, sol
diers of Styer's command stag
ed a series of protest demon
strations and sent a dpmand to
President Truman to get them
home.
Call on General
More than 2.500 men march
ed four abreast to Styer's
headquarters in the morning
and sent a five-man delegation
in to say they wanted to go
home, and quickly.
Late in the afterp-on, hun
dreds of soldiers swarmed to
the city hall for another pro
test session. They arrived by
the scores in army trucks.
The soldiers were angry at
statements by Patterson high
army officers that their return
home would be delayed because
it had been decided not to make
further drastic cuts in the
necessary discharge point score.
They demanded to see Patter
son, but Styer told them he was
not going to visit the Philip
pines on his world tour.
Statement Read
Styer tried to calm the rest
less troops with a 10-page state
ment stating that he had no
control over the discharge sys
tem. He said their desire to be
come civilians was "entirely
understandable." However, he
said, 'he United States has larce
world responsibilities to meet
FAIRBANKS HAS FIRE
Fairbanks. Alaska. Jan. 7
(U.P.1 Charred ruins were all
that remained today of a fire
which laid waste one-quarter of
Fairbanks' business district and
caused damage estimated at
S500.000. The fire, which started
Saturday night and raged
through yesterday, was the worst
in the city's history
MEDFORD, OREGON,
Germans Planned
Extermination Of
30 Million Slavs
Nuernberg, Jan. 7 (U.P.)
SS Gen. Erich von dem Bach
elewski, commander of Nazi
"anti-partisan" operations on i
the eastern front, testified at
the war crimes trial today that
Germany's objective in the war
against Russia was to reduce
the Slavic population by 30,
000.000. Zelewski said that this pur
pose was stated by Heinrich
Himmler in a speech before
the war against Russia was
launched.
Zelewski, 46, a thin-lipped
dark-haired man was an SS
"career" officer. He had been a
member of nationalist strong
arm groups and joined the
German army in 1924, becom
ing a Nazi and winning elec
tion to the Reichstag in 1932.
JAIL ESCAPEES
STILL MISSING,
BREEDLOVE HELD
Sheriff's officers saiu today no
trace had been found of Calvin
L. Burtis and Bobby J. Nelson,
both 19, who escaped from the
county jail here Saturday morn
ing. Roger Chapman, 19, and
Edward Mackey, 17, Negroes
held for vagrancy, were captured
shortly after they made their
escape with Burtis and Nelson.
The fugitives arc under sentence
of 18 months in the state peni
tentiary for auto theft.
Clarence L. Blair, charged
with larceny of clothing from
a Front street hotel room, has
been bound over to the grand
jury for a hearing, the sheriff's
office reported.
Leland Brccdlove. 17, is held
in the county jail charged with
operating an auto without a driv
er's license. Breedlove's car
struck a bicycle ridden by Jim
mie Dennis, 11, Saturday morn
ing. Brecdlove is being held
pending outcome of the youth's
condition. Sacred Heart hospital
attendants said this afternoon
that Dennis' condition is "un
changed." Leonard S. Lyons is also be
ing held in the county Jail charg
ed with threatening to commit a
felony, sheriff's officers said.
FIGHTER CRASHES
Fullerton, Cal., Jan. 7 (U.P)
A navy fighter plane crashed
and burned on the city's edge to
day, killing the pilot. Witnesses
said the Corsair spun into an
orange grove from about 4.000
feet and burst into flame. The
pilot was unable to bail out.
Shidehara Cabinet Groggy,
May Ask 'Mac' What To Do
Tokyo, Jan. 7 (U.R) The gov
ernment of Premier Baron Kl
juro Shidehara, shaken to its
foundations by Gen. MaeArthur's
purge of political undesirables,
turned again today to the allied
supreme commander for guid
ance. The Shidehara cabinet was vir
tually on the rocks not only be
cause of MaeArthur's directives
but also because of mounting
public criticism of its inability
to make any sort of decision of
its own.
The cabinet members, unable
to decide what to do. left it up
to 73-year-old Shidehara, sick
with a heart ailment, to salvage
what he can from the muddle
or admit defeat and quit en bloc.
Thus far, MacArthur has not
offered any suggestions to the
government on how to solve the
problem. The feeling among
allied officials was that it was
a matter for the Japanese them
selves to settle.
MONDAY, JANUARY 7,
NEW LABOR PARTY
TALKED BY CIO TO
Shipbuilders Head Says
More Political Action By
Unions Needed
By United Press
Formation of a labor party
was suggested today a:; current
labor disputes indicated that
more than 1,500,000 workers
may Join 376,000 already idle
unless settlements are reached
within a week to 10 days.
The warning of formation of
a labor party came as three big
CIO unions continued their
drives for wage increases.
John Green, Camden, N. J.,
president of the International
Union of Marine and Shipbuild
ing Workers of America, told
1,105 delegates to the CIO
union's 11th convention at At
lantic City that there should be
more instead of less political
action by unions in their fight
to maintain and extend gains in
behalf of labor.
Labor Party Answer
Green said that if labor could
not remove congressional lead
ers who fail to keep their
promises of full employment and
fair employment practices with
in the framework of existing
parties that "we will create our
own party a labor party."
In disputes of nation-wide
scope:
1. Seven hundred thousand
members of the United Steel
Workers, second biggest CIO
union, were scheduled to walk
off their Jobs Jan. 14.
2. Officers of the United
Electrical Workers, next in CIO
strength, set a Jan. 15 strike
date for 200,000 members em
ployed by General Electric.
Westinghouse and General
Motors.
3. AFL officials authorized
135,000 meat workers to join
200.000 CI J packinghouse work
ers in a work stoppage slated
for Jan. 16.
In all three cases, the unions
were seeking wage boosts ap
proximating 30 per cent to com
pensate for increased living
costs.
Phone Strike Near
Meanwhile, the threat of a
nationwide telephone tieup be
came more serious as striking
Western Electric employes press
ed for an immediate sympathy
walkout by approximately 250,-
mtn lelenhrine fmeratnr and in
stallation workers. I
Actually, it was the first real
test of whether the Japanese can
make any constructive decision
for themselves. And it appeared
that they are unable to do so.
The latest reports from sources
close to the cabinet Indicated
that Shidehara may leave a sick
bed to get a personal interview
with MacArthur for some hint
or suggestion of what to do.
But allied quarters reported
that so far the Japanese have
not yet attempted to broach the
subject to MacArthur despite
I persistent reports that Shidehara
; had delegated Foreign Minister
1 Shigeru Yoshida to be his tem
porary "go-between" at allied
. headquarters.
The cabinet held two sessions
I Sunday in the absence of Shide
ihara, but so far as could be
learned its members merely dis
cussed the directives and how
they affected the cabinet's mem
bership. No decision was reached
I nor was any semblance of an
' agreement reported.
IRIBUNE
United Press Full
1916.
BACK ON JOB AT
C. POINT MILL
Wage Increase Settlement
Made With Union Calls
For 15 Cent Hour Boost
Planing operations at the
Southern Oregon Sugar Pine
company mill in Central Point
resumed this morning after a 15
cent per hour wase increase set
tlement made with the Lumber
and Sawmill Workers Union,
AF of L local 3030, yesterday
afternoon. The mill, strike
bound, had been Idle since Sep
tember 24.
According to J. G. Wolfe, Med
ford, union representative, the
agreement is substantially the
same as that reached by Med
ford Corporation owners and
employees, Friday, and by mills
and workers in the Klamath
area. The increase establishes an
87 '4 cent minimum wage. Wolfe
says that the Swede Basin Lum
ber company of Grants Pass
came to a similar agreement'
with its employees, yesterday,
and that these settlements should
clear up the strike situntion in
this area.
25 Men On Job
Twenty-five men went back to
work at Southern Oregon Sugar
Pine company's planing mill,
Chauncey Florey, mill owner,
stated this morning.
Dry kiln workers will resume
their duties tomorrow, he de
clared. However, because need
ed repairs remain to be complet
ed, the sawmill will not open
until February 1. When it gets
under way, the company will be
employing about 100 men in
cluding loggers.
An adequate supply of logs on
hand, mill operations should con
tinue through the winter, Florey
says. A daily sawing of 75,000
feet, which will double when a
second shift is added, is expect
ed. Both pine and fir will be cut.
Dimension lumber In fir and
select and shop pieces In pine
will be the output. Shipments
will be to eastern markets.
Cheney Mill Resumes
Also starting operation in Cen
tral Point this morning was the
Cheney Oregon Lumber com
ber company stud mill. The mill
has been rebuilt since fire de
stroyed it completely, August 14.
Two by four and two by three
inch studs in eight foot lengths
arc manufactured by the con
cern. Still closed by weather cur
tailment of logging is the saw
mill run by the Southern Oregon
Planing Mill company just east
of Central Point. The company
came to agreement early in De
cember according to Harry Dow
son, one of the owners.
German U-Boats
Could Stay Down
For Seventy Days
Washington, Jan. 7 (U.R)
A hitherto secret report by
German Adm. Karl Doenitz said
today that Germany's U-boat
fleet included subs capable of
ranging zz.wio miles and re
maining underwater 70 days.
Doenitz. chief of the German
navy during the last war years,
made the report to allied in
telligence officers. Indicating
the great strides made by the
Germans, U. S. navy officers
state that American submarines
can remain submerged one or
two days and range 10,000
miles.
Doenitz said Germany had de
veloped a device called "schnor
kel" a breathing tube which
projects above the surface. He
said this enabled the sub to re
main underwater for 70 days at
a time without causing a strain
on the crewj
Leased Wir
NO. 244.
( Acmn Telephnlo)
Mrs. David Lltsls, 24-year-old St.
Louis, Mo., model, who was seized
and used as shield by Lawrence
Drcwer, 31, East St. Louis gangster,
when two assailant advanced on
lilm with shotguns leveled. Mrs.
Lttsls broke away and ran, the slay
ers killed Drcwcr, who polico say
waa lender of bank robbery gang op
trating in southern Illinois, Ohle
and Indiana.
JAP COMMANDERS
FACE EXECUTION
Yokohama, Jan. 7 (U.R) Lt.
Kci Yuri, former Japanese
prison commandant" was sen
tenced today to death by hang
ing after a U. S. military com
mission convicted him of respon
sibility for the deaths of two
American prisoners of war.
Yuri admitted ordering the
execution of U. S. army Pvt.
Noah Heard of Salinas, Cal. He
also was convicted of starving
to death Pfc. George Pavlokos
of Chicago and of withholding
food and Red Cross supplies
from the American prisoners.
lie testified Saturday that he
ordered Heard bayoneted to
death but said he closed his eyes
during Ihe execution "because I
had never seen anything like
that before."
San Francisco, Jan. 7 (U.RI
An Australian military court at
Labuan, North Borneo, today
sentenced two Japanese officers
to death after finding them
guilty of responsibility for the
deaths of 820 Australian and
British prisoners of war, Mel
bourne radio reported.
A "Capt. Takakuka," officer
formerly in command of a prison
er of war camp, was sentenced
to death by hanging, and his ad
jutant, a "dipt. Watabc" was
sentenced lo be shot by a firing
squad, Melbourne radio said in
a broadcast.
AUTOS PROWLED
T
Prowling of three cars some
time Saturday night or Sunday
morning was reported yesterday
to city police. Elmer Knips, 242
South Holly street, told police
his car had been pilfered an.l
that a bank book and check
book were missing. The vehicle
was parked in front of the Knips'
homo, police said.
At 11:30 a. m. yesterday police
investigated the prowling of
ears in a local hotel parking lot.
The left wind-wing of a car be
longing to John II. Jcwett, in
Medford from New York City,
had been broken out and four
suitcases in the car had been
thoroughly ransacked. Nothing
was reported missing.
Attempt to enter a third car,
parked next to the Jewett auto,
was also made but only damage
to the left wind-wing was noted,
officers stated
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Left Contact Agreed
Chicago. Jan. 7 mm civ.
year-old Suzanne Degnan was
kidnaped for $20,000 ransom
today and her distraught father
broadcast an appeal for the kid
naper to return the child.
"If you nave any sympathy or
understanding in your heart you
will return the child to the
family," Degnan said in a state
ment recorded for broadcast
every hour over a radio net
work. Money Promised
"Please let me know what I
can do. how I can contact you.
11 R'vo you the money. I'll do
nnylhlng to get my child back.
If you harm her God will re
pay you. Please, please dd not
harm her."
Suzanne wearing only a pair
of flimsy blue pajamas, was ab
ducted from her bedroom bv a
kidnaper who left a greasy
Tnn"nP?nt.e.d "ote demanding
$20,000 in $5 bills.
The note lay only a few feet
from the bedroom window
through which the child appar-
ently was taken away. The kid-
naper promised in his note to
get In touch with you later."
Degnan denied reports that
he had received a telephone call
from the kidnaper about 10 a
he found the child was gone.
Note Burned
thifK'h i'd ,he Unltcd Pre
that he had rnrri,) .. , , .
, . uu, me Kla-
nancr lnsir.,i: . V .
burned the ransom note. "
All I want Is Suzanne back "
na sold.
"I assure the kidnaper I will
do nothing to harm him If ha
wiU return the girl. . .
"I will do whatever thev
qVire1nlce,ThCre "
i nave carried out the In-
structions,
I have burned In
note.
Degnan is district price board
executive for the office of price
administration. Although he
lives in a larRe first-floor apart
ment in a fashionable neighbor
hood, he said he was not wealthy
mid could not understand why
the kidnaper took his little girl.
Parents Not Wealthy
Degnan, who makes $7,500
annually as his OPA salary
said the kidnap note was printed
"..?.uPiCC0 of wrPPing paper.
The note said 'get $20,000
ready'," Degnan related.
Then In crude lettering the
note added:
"We will contact you later.
Have the money in fives. Burn
this note for the safety of the
child."
Degnan said he and his wife.
Helen, 35, were awakened about
3 a. m. by the barking of two
boxer dogs owned by neighbors.
The father said he heard
Suzanne mumble. "I don't want
to get up I'm sleepy."
He said he thought the child
was talking in her sleep and the
disappearance was not discover
ed until about 7:30 a. m. when
Degnan entered the bedroom to
awaken the girl.
Commotion Heard
Ethel Hargrove, colored, a
maid in the household of A.
Louis Flynn, attorney, who oc
cupies the second floor apart
ment of the two-flat building
said she heard dogs barking
about 1:30 a. in. She claimed
she heard a commotion in the
Degnan apartment and heard a
child talking.
Flynn's son-in-law, Thomas
Keegan, and his wife, Marian,
came home shortly after 1 a. m,
and parked their car in the
garage. They said they heard
nor saw nothing. Suzanne's bed
room window, in the rear of
the house is not visible from ths
garage or the driveway. The
Kccgans also heard dogs bark
about 1:30 a. m.
The little girl Is pretty and
has reddish-blonde hair. She
weighs 74 pounds and is 52 In
ches tall.
PAPPY'S WOLF CALL
ROMANCE FIZZLES OUT
San Diego. Cal., Jan. 7 (U.P.)
Lt. Col. Gregory (Pappy) Boy
ington's "wolf call" romance
with Mrs. Lucy Malcolmson has
ended, the marine flyer said to
day, admitting the wedding had
been called off.
Boyington gave no reason for
the change in plans, except to
say:
"I'm not going to Reno. The
weddin is off."
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