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Suxann Degnan
JAIL ESCAPEE,
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Calvin L. Burtis, who escaped
from the county jail Saturday
morning, is being held by the
Susanville, Calif., sheriff's office
on a charge of armed robbery,
the Jackson county sheriff's of
fice was advised this afternoon.
His sister, Doris, also is being
held by Susanville authorities
The message also stated that a
car belonging to H. R. Sutton
203 North Peach street, Medford
stolen following the jail break.
was in Burtis' possession at the
time of his arrest.
Bobby J. Nelson, the other
escapee with Burtis, Is still at
large.
It was unknown today if Cali
fornia authorities would release
Burtis to serve an 18 months
prison sentence in Oregon for
car theft.
Sheriff's officers said today
that Edward Mackey, 17-year-
old Negro who escaped from the
county jail Saturday with Roger
Chapman, another Negro, Burtis
and Nelson, had made a full
written statement telling their
manner of escape. Mackey and
Chapman were soon apprehend
ed in Medford.
According to officers. Mac
key's statement said Burtis' sis
ter had smuggled two hacksaw
blades into the jail. The fugi
tives used the blades to saw jail
bars, lowering themselves to the
ground with the aid of a flagpole
rope. Sheriff's officers have
traced the purchase of the blades
to the girl at a local hardware
tore. She also was identified
as being with the fugitives when
they crossed the state line in the
stolen car.
District Attorney George Neil
son today signified his intentions
of charging the girl with a felony
for aiding and abetting a jail
escape.
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Prospect, Jan. 8 Fire of
undetermined origin completely
destroyed the Alley Lumber
company sawmill on the Crater
Lake highway two miles east of
here, late Saturday nignt
Amount of the loss, which was
not covered by insurance, has
not been computed, R. H. Alley,
one of the owners, said, yester
day. The fire, discovered by
mill employes about 11:30 p. m.
was out of control before ex
tinguishing measures could be
taken, it was said. The blaze
appeared to have started in the
central part of the mill.
Alley states that no definite
plans have been made to buna
a new sawmill on the site.
The mill had been cutting 50,
000 feet daily and was being
operated by Marion Carter.
Only 149 Coyotes
Killed Last Year
During 1945 only 149 coyotes
were killed in Jackson county,
and bounty paid on their pelts,
according to records of the coun
ty clerk's office. It was one of
the lowest totals in years. Dur
ing the relief days of the de
pression, a half dozen or so resi
dents of hill districts killed al
most as many in a single month.
FELLER SIGNS
Cleveljnd. Jan. 8 -(U.R) Bob
Feller, Cleveland Indian fireball
pitcher, has signed his 1946 con
tract with the Cleveland Indians.
Vice President Peckinpaugh an
nounced today. The exact sal
ary was not announced but was
believed to be considerably
more than $30,000 per year.
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MEDFORD
United Pre
Fortieth Year
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James Degnan, 38, Chicago OPA executive, and his wife, Helen,
36. are shown awaiting word as to the fate of their six-year-old
daughter, Suzanne, (left) who was kidnaped Sunday night from
her bedroom. The kidnaper left a note demanding $20,000, The
girl's dismembered body was found last night within a block of
her home.
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Washington, Jan. 8 (U.R)
The veterans of Foreign Wars is
ready to make its pitch for a 25
to 50 billion dollar bonus for
World War II veterans, it was
learned today.
VFW may begin putting on
the pressure in a matter of
weeks.
Other big veterans organiza
tions, meanwhile, still believe
the time is not ripe. So far, the
American Legion has not even
come up with a bill.
The powerful VFW legislative
committee meets here Jan. 14-16
and a major item on the agenda
will be plans to promote the
World War II bonus.
$3 to S4 Day
Months ago VFW endorsed a
bill by Rep. John Lesinski, D.,
Mich., providing adjusted com
pensation at the rate of $3 a day
for domestic service and S4 a
day for duty overseas.
The maximum payment would
be $4500, with an extra $500
thrown in for wounds.
Payment would be in bonds,
cashable at the rate of one-fifth
a year. VFW estimates the bill
will cost $25,000,000,000. Other
sources put the cost as high as
$50,000,000,000.
The Disabled American Vet
erans has endorsed a measure
identical to VFW's in amount.
but differing in method of pay
ment. It calls for a ten-year re
demption, with the veteran en
titled to . borrow against his
credit for business, educational
or home building purposes.
YUGOSLAV RECOGNITION
REMAINS CONDITIONAL
Washington, Jan. 8 (U.R)
President Truman said today
that this country's recognition
of the Yugoslavian government
remains conditional.
The question of recognition
came up in a news conference
discussion of the recent Moscow
conference of the Big Three for
eign ministers and their final
communique.
The President said he was sat
isfied with the communique and
the accomplishments of the for
eign ministers.
EISENHOWER LEAVING
Washington, Jan. 8 iU.R)
Gen. Dwight D. Eisenhower,
army chief of staff, is scheduled
to leave at 8 p. m. by train for
his viit to Canada. He will ar
rive in Ottawa about noon to
morrow.
Full Ltaid Wlr
Germans Ordered
To H alt Criticism
Of Allied Policies
Frankfurt, Jan 8 (U.R) Lt.
Gen. Lucius Clay today called a
halt in the denunciation of al
lied international policies by
German political leaders in
their election campaigning.
Clay, deputy military gover
nor of the U. S. occupation zone
in Germany, ordered German
minister-presidents to put a stop
to the public criticism of the
policies affecting this country.
Clay's action followed a dis
closure that Gorman socialists
were taking advantage of the
new-found democratic freedom
of speech to denounce the Pots
dam declaration.
L EYE
Blueprints of the new Ameri
can Legion home will be on dis
play at the regular meeting of
Post No. 15 at the Armory Wed
nesday night. Commander Rich
ard Baize urges every member
to be present.
Committees are working on
the final stages of a plan which
will give local Legionnaires and
the auxiliary fine meeting halls
as well as a large veterans' club
room, according to Merle Jar
min, chairman of the building
committee.
O. L. Overmyer, finance com
mittee chairman, reports that
the cost of the proposed home
plan will be so low that it will
be paid for before construction
starts and the post will not be
saddled with debt.
Camp Bond Buying
Totals $40,098.25
Camp White, Jan. 8 Civilian
employees and soldiers purchas
ed a total of $40,098.25 in bonds
during the recent Victory Loan
Drive just concluded according
to Chaplain Carl S. Ohman, war
savings officer at the camp.
Final figures showed that ci
vilians purchased $26,103.75 in
bonds during the drive. PX em
ployees buying $537.75 of this
sum, sales to officers totaled
$10 080 and sales to enlisted men
$3,376.75.
PUBLISHER DIES
Chico, Cal.. Jan. 8 (U.R) Fu
neral services were pending to
day for Chester J. Dahl, presi
dent of the Chico Publishing
company and editor of the Chico
Enterprise, who died of a heart
attack yesterday while on a duck
hunt. He was 40
MEDFORD, OREGON, TUESDAY, JANUARY 8, 1946.
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Demobilization Being Car
ried Out With Efficiency
and Justice, Is Statement
Washington, Jan. 8 (U.R)
President Truman today defend
ed army and navy demobiliza
tion procedures, explaining that
a "critical need for troops over
seas" still exists.
The president Issued a formal
statement In response to what
the White House described as
many appeals for the release of
various groups from the armed
forces.
It came amid angry congres
sional demands for a full Inves
tigation of demobilization spur
red by G. I. demonstrations in
Manila, France and in this coun
try. Procedures Reviewed
The president said he wanted
to satisfy himself that demobi
lization was being carried out
with all possible speed. So, he
reviewed the army and navy
procedures.
"I am convinced, as every
other American who examines
the record must be, that the
services are carrying out de
mobilization with commendable
efficiency Bnd with Justice to
all concerned," Mr. Truman
said.
He explained that there are
two primary reasons why is
impossible for every member
of the armed forces to be dis
charged promptly.
Huge Task
"First." he said, "there Is the
enormous size of the task in
volved. "Second, there Is the fact
that our nation must assume its
full share of responsibility for
keeping the peace and destroy
ing the war-making potential of
the hostile nations that were
bent on keeping the world In a
state of warfare."
Mr. Truman said that a criti
cal need for troops overseas,
rather than arbitrary army ac
tion, was responsible for a slow
down in the army rate of de
mobilization. Ho said the army had released
well over half of the 8.300.000
men and women in service on
V-E day.
From a peak strength of 3.
500.000, the navy has returned
close to 1,250,000 to civilian
life.
"These numbers are stagger
ing," the president said. He
asked the people to consider the
ships, extensive staffs and rail
transportation involved.
Chungking. Jan. 8 (U.R)
Leaders of China's warring fac
tions announced that they had
reached an agreement on the
major points facing them at a
"peace conference" with Gen.
George C. Marshall tonight.
Settlement of the Chinese
civil war appeared. Siear on the
basis of statements issued after
a meeting of nationalist and
communist delegates, with Mar
shall sitting in as conciliator.
Gen. Chou En-Lai. leader of
the Chinese communist delega
tion, issued a post-conference
statement saying:
"A major portion of our
problems were settled, and cer
tain details were discussed and
disposed of,"
LAW BLIGHTS ROMANCE
Hollywood. Jan. 8 'U.R' Ann
Miller, tap-dancing stage and
screen star, ran smack against
! her studio lawyers and a threat
ened $150,000 lawsuit today
i when she tried to give up her
career to get married. The cur
vaceous, dark-haired dancer an
nounced yesterday without
consulting her studio bosses
that she would quit the movies
after her marriage Jan. 20 to
wealthy Reese Llewellyn Milner.
Then the heard from the legal
department
Steel Price Increase May Avert Walkout;
Kaiser - Frazer Auto Co. Grants Wage Hike
By United Press
President Truman predicted a
small increase ,in the price of
steel today, as strikes threatened
to idle more than 1.800.000
workers, among them 700,000
CI'J sleelworkers.
New York, Jan. 8 (U.R) A
picket in front of a Western
Union branch office in down
town New York carried a
large red-lettered sign today
reading: v
"Western Union workers on
strike.
"Don't wire write!"
Mr. Truman said that the
price increase had been under
discussion and that he expected
some small increase. He declin
ed to discuss the possibility that
the increase might avert a strike
in the steel industry.
Telegraphers Out
Western Union telegraphers In
New York City walked out to
day, bringing the number ot
workers idled by strikes and
shutdowns to 383,000.
An impetus was provided for
settlement of Detroit's motor in
dustry dispute with the agree
ment of the infant Kaiser-Fiazer
GET EARLY CALL
Washington, Jan. 8 (U.R)
More than 5000 young medical
officers trained under the army
specialized training program will
be called to active duty July 1
to replace medical corps officers
eligible for discharge, the war
department announced today.
The ASTP graduates are now
taking interneships and occupy
ing residences in civilian hos
pitals. Today's announcement
said that after July 1 they will
not be continued on inactive
status for these purposes.
Notice has been sent to the
hospitals where they are train
ing so they may make arrange
ments for replacements.
Tengwald Advanced
To Lieut. -Colonel
Carl Y. Tengwald, Medford
realtor, has been advanced to
the rank of lieutenant-colonel in
the Oregon State Guard by Gov.
Earl Snell, the order being ef
fective Jan. 2. Tengwald is com
mander of the First Infantry
Battalion, First Regiment of the
guard, this serving Klamath
Falls, Medford, Cave Junction
and Coos Bay.
The officer has been associated
with the State Guard since its
inception shortly after Pearl
Harbor, transferring from the
National Guard unit which he
had commanded before the war.
High Court Pondera
Yamashita's Appeal
Washington, Jan. 8 (U.R)
The supreme court, after two
days of oral argument, today
took under advisement the plea
of Japanese Gen. Tomoyuki
Yamashita that his death sen
tence for war crimes be set
aside.
Yamashita has asked the
court to prevent his execution
by hanging as ordered by an
American military commission
In Manila, which tried him for
war crimes.
Mill Wage Scale
$1,021-2 an Hour
Wage agreements reached by
the Southern Oregon Sugar Pine
company and employees, who re
turned to work at the mill yes
terday, established a minimum
wage of $1.02',i an hour instead
of 87 'i cents as inccorectly re
ported yesterday, this latter fig
ure being the former minimum
wage.
Las Vegas, Nev., Jan. 8 'U.Pj
A roundup of all suspicious
persons in this city was in pro
gress today so their finger prints
could be checked to rid the city
of undesirables.
Mayor E. W, Cragin instigated
the man-hunt to clear up rob
beries committed here recently
which he faid "bear the stamp
of big-time operators who know
their way around,"
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United Prast Full
Automobile company and the
CIO United Automobile Workers
union on a contract, while in
Washington government labor
sources held out new hope for
averting the scheduled Jan. 14
strike of 700,000 steel workers.
The threat of a nation-wide
communications tie-up continued
grave, but there was new possi
bility of governmental Interven
tion to forestall it.
Compromise Hopes
Hope that compromise settle
ments might be in the offing was
given a boost In the emergence
of some agreements between the
CIO and the oil industry calling
for 18 per cent wage raises.
The union originally asked 30
per cent. An 18 per cent boost
in the steel industry would mean
about $1.20 a day for the worker.
Washington believed the union
might accept that figure.
Kaiser-Frazcr agreed on a
basic wage rate of $1.19 an hour,
equal to that paid by Ford at
the River Rouge plant, the
highest In the industry. When
UAW demands against General
Motors are decided, Kaiser
Fr.izer will raise Its wages the
same per.-entage. Additionally,
the company will pay $5 in
bonuses on each car into a pool
which will be divided among em
ployes. May Be Model
R. J. Thomas, UAW president,
said he hoped the agreement
would become "a model for the
automobile industry and a basis
for settling the Industry's labor
dispute."
The UAW-General Motors dis
pute still was stalemated in the
40th day of a strike of 175.000
production workers. UAW Vice
President Walter P. Reuther, en
route with other leaders to
Washington, said President Tru
man's fact-finding board was ex
pected to release its report Wed
nesday In the GM strike.
The Dodge division of the
Chrysler corporation meanwhile
announced the closing of its truck
plant in a dispute with AFL
truck drivers. It said 3.000
workers would be idle inde
finitely. Poll Phona Workers
While the National Federation
of Telephone Workers (Ind.) con
tinued its poll on the question of
authorizing n nation-wide strike
of 263.000 Bell employes in sym
pathy with 17,000 Western Elec
San Diego, Jan. 8 fli.R) A
sharp earthquake today shook
office buildings and rattled win
dows in southern California,
bringing numerous telephone
calls to newspaper offices and
police stations.
Fred Robinson, seismologist,
reported the quake was record
ed at 10:53.15 a. m. (PST) and
was of number three intensity.
It would be easily felt and had
a strong east-west motion. It
lasted 25 seconds Robinson said.
Sen. Morse Calls on Truman
To Name Arbitrator on Wages
Washington, Jan. 8 (U.R)
Sen. Wayne L, Morse, R., Ore
called on President Truman to
day for immediate appointment
of a federal arbitrator to settle
reconversion wage disputes.
He said In an interview that
Mr. Truman should take that
step while waiting for congress
to act on his legislative program,
which includes a proposal for
government fact-finding ma
chinery in major disputes. Morse
is a former member of the War
Labor Board.
"I think the president would
exercise real leadership," he said,
"if here and now he offered to
employers and unions to appoint
an impartial arbitrator who
through voluntary arbitration
would settle disputes on the basis
of the evidence presented and
in accordance with the judicial
process."
II Mr. Trunin did that, Moriei
L.aied Wire
NO. 245.
trie employes In New York and
New Jersey who are striking on
30 per cent wage Increase de
mands, the labor department in
Washington was considering
creation of a fact-finding panel
in that dispute.
A scheduled Jan. 18 strike of
meat packing house workers re
ceived serious attention from
high government officials who
hoped to submit definite wage-
price adjustment proposals at
mediation conferences tomorrow
in Chicago.
The board of directors of the
National Retail Meat Dealers
association In Cleveland asked
President Truman for govern
ment intervention In the pend
ing .strike of 335,000 AFL and
CIO meat workers, asserting the
stoppage would cause a famine
in the United States a week alter
it was called.
EARLY SOLUTION
SEEN FOR ATOMS
London. Jan. 8 flJ.R) Secre
tary of State James F. Byrnes
arrived by plane today and it
was believed the controversy
over atomic controls which has
troubled the American delega
tion to the United Nations as
sembly will be settled quickly
Byrnes arrived at Bovington
airport shortly before 2:30 p. m.
(0:30 a. m. EST).
The American UNO delega
tion met for three hours today
but left the atomic controversy
for discussion after Byrnes
could be consulted.
The discussions centered on
nominations for the security
council, the economic and social
council and other assembly
posts. The United States was
understood to favor as nonper-
manent members of the secur
ity council Netherlands or Bel
glum, Poland or whatever east
ern European country fnvorcd
by Russia. Egypt, Canada, Mex
ico and Brazil.
The major problem Is to meet
Australian demands for a place
on the security council. The
United States may support
Australia In place of Canada.
Tax Collections
Show Prosperity
Tax collections for the 1045
lfllfl tax year up to January 1,
amounted to $1,053,482.50, ac
cording to a report of the tax
collection department of the
sheriff's office. The budget re
quirement for the same period
is fixed at $1,288,002.84.
The tax collections amounted
to 81.8 per cent of the budget
requirements and will largely
be made up by later payments,
it Is anticipated.
The collections indicate the
prosperity of the county as a
whole for the last 12 months,
county officials said.
said, it would be "perfectly ab
surd" for industry and labor to
refuse to accept the arbitrator's
services. He said a refusal would
indicate to the public that the
refusing party "is truly acting in
bad faith."
At the same time, he said, the
government should bind itself to
accept the findings and adjust
prices to meet them.
Morse said he had no objec
tion to Mr. Truman's proposal
for fact finding boards, "except
that in handling the type of
emergency cases which now con
front us fact-finding is not near
ly as effective as voluntary arbi
tration in reaching a just settle
ment." "I don't know where the presi
dent is getting his labor advice."
he commented, "but somebody
in the administration ought to
inform him about the differences
between arbitration and factfinding."
PIECES HIDDEN IN
CESSPOOLS NEAR
Six -Year -Old Degnan Girl
Victim of Sex-Mad Killer;
Ten Suspects Grilled.
Chicago. Jan. 8 (U.R) An ex
amination of the butchered body
of kidnaped Suzanne Degnan
showed today that she died of
asphyxiation when choked by
the man who stole her from her
bedroom.
The coroner's office reported
that a post mortem examination
showed" that the girl's body was
dismembered after she was
strangled. The severed portions
of the body were found in separ
ate cesspools last night less than
a block from the girl's home.
Sex Victim
The report said there was evi
dence that the six-year-old child
had been the victim of a sex
crime but there was no conclu
sive evidence that she had been
raped.
The results of the examination
were announced shortly after
police discovered a blood-stained
push cart In a basement near th.
girl's home.
Detectives said they found th.
cart In the apartment building
in which Thomas Lundmark, a
butcher, formerly was janitor.
Lundmark and nine others be
ing questioned by police wer.
being given He ditector tests.
The bones were sent for ex-
aminatlon to Dr. Wilton M.
Krogman, professor of anthropo
logy at the University of Chi
cago and Internationally-known
bone expert.
Not. Revealed
Police today for the first tlm.
released the full content of the
note left by the kidnaper when
he crawled Into the girl's bed
room Sunday night. It said:
"Get $20,000 reddy and waits
for word. Do not notify FBI or
police. Bills In fives and tens."
It was printed crudely on a
piece of brown, grease-marked
paper. On reverse side lt said:
"Burn this for her safety."
Charles M. Wilson, chief of.
the Chicago crime detection
laboratory, said the note had
been carried around for some
time In the pocket of "a me
chanic or grease monkey."
He said the writer had at
tempted to disguise the hand
writing. Wilson said he was not
certain whether the note bora
fingerprints.
Before the discovery of th.
body, the girl's father, James
Degnan, had said that he had
burned the note In an effort to
get the kidnaper to contact him.
Amateur Butchery
Coroner A. L. Brodle said th.
post mortem examinaiion con
vinced him that the body was
cut up by "an amateur." "n did
not appear to be the work of a
professional butcher, he said.
"It Is Impossible to tell ex
actly what kind of an Instru
ment was used," he said, "but It
would take a heavy instrument
to sever the neck.
Police Capt. Joseph Goldberg
disclosed the discovery of the
refuse cart only a few feet from
the catch-basin where the child's
blonde, curly head was found.
He said, however, that the stains
did not appear to be from human
blood.
Two Chicago detectives left
for St. Louis to question an Ala
bama handyman In custody
there. FBI agents at St. Louis
were holding Grovcr Casey, 23,
Troy, Ala., who admitted tele
phoning the girl's father last
night.
FBI agents said at St. Louis
they were convinced that Casey
had nothing to do with the slay
ing. $5,000 Reward
Mayor Edward J. KcIIey of
Chicago, meanwhile, offered
$5,000 reward for information
leading to the arrest and convic
tion of the slayer.
"The people of Chicago ar.
shocked by this diabolical slay
ing." he said.
"Every available agency Is be
ing utilized in a zealous effort to
solve this horrible crime."
At the same time, Police Com
missioner John Prendergast,
called on the police force for a
city-wide roundup of all known
sex degenerates and all persons
with sex crime records In an ef
fort to ferret out the killer.
LAMOUR MOTHER
Hollywood, Jan. 8 (U.R) Ac
tress Dorothy Lamour, wife of
MaJ. William Ross Howard III,
today gave birth to a six pound,
eight and one-half ounce baby
boy. Attendants at Good Sa
maritan hospital said the glam
orous star, who made "sarong"
a household word, was doing
very well.
ABDUCTION SCENE