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Fortieth Year
CORONER WEEPS
AT INQUEST IN
WDHAPMURDER
Father Describes Last Time
He Saw Little Girl Alive
Janitor Main Suspect.
Chicago, Jan. 9 OJ.PJ Even
the coroner wept today as the
father of six-year-old Suzanne
Degnan appeared at an inquest
into the sadistic murder of the
child.
Tears trickled down the
cheeks of Coroner A, L. Brodie
while the father, James Degnan,
38, described the last time he
saw his golden-haired little girl
live.
After Degnan left the packed
. and stuffy hearing room, Brodie
wiped his eyes with the back of
his hand, and murmured:
"This is tough to take."
Testimony Brief
The father, an OPA executive,
was at the Inquest for only a few
moments.
"When was the last time you
saw Suzanne alive?" Brodie ask
ed in almost a whisper.
"It was about midnight Sun
day," Degnan said firmly.
"I got up to take her to the
bathroom."
A few hours later, a kidnaper
broke into the child's bedroom,
strangled her, carried her from
the house, attempted to attack
her, and then viciously cut up
her tiny body.
Continue Cat
Brodie, regaining his com
posure, then continued the in
quest until Jan. 30. Capt. John
L. Sullivan, of the Summerdale
police district, said authorities
need the additional time for in
vestigation and the search for
the child's slayer.
Veteran attaches of the cor
oner's office said that today was
the first time they had seen him
shed a tear at an inquest.
Meanwhile, police began ques
tioning every person known to
have a key to the "murder base
ment" where a sex fiend dis
membered the child's body.
The number one subject of
the police examination was the
65-year-old janitor of the north
side apartment building where
authorities said the body of the
kidnaped girl was dissected. He
is Hector Verburgh, a greying
grandfather, who stolidly main
tained his innocence.
Friend Grilled
Next to Verburgh, detectives
concentrated on Desere Smet,
35, who was reported to be a
close friend of Verburgh and a
janitor in three apartment build
ings near the murder scene.
Smet denied he knew Verburgh.
Authorities learned that all
tenants of the 12-apartment
building had keys to the laundry
room where, detectives said, the
girl was butchered, shortly aft
er she was taken from her bed
room early Monday.
An attorney for the Flat Jan
itor's TFninn nnneared before
Chief Justice Harold G. Ward of
criminal court today to ask for
the release of Verburgh, his
wife, Mary, and Smet on habeas
corpus writs.
Atty. Joseph Ricker told the
court the three should be re
leased because no charges had
been placed against them.
"The Verburghs are old peo
np ' he said, "and we know
what they go through when they
are grilled by the police.
Newcomer Praises
Local Climate At
Kiwanis Meeting
Pointing out Medford's suit
able climate and favorable loca
tion for raw materials for his
business. Cecil Ray More, who
established a display manufac
turing firm here early this
month, addressed local Kiwan
ians at their luncheon meeting
at the Ho. lane1 hotel this noon.
More showed samples of his
firm's work which included pre
served artichokes, palm fronds
and manzan'ta boughs.
A high-light of the meeting
occurred when Lyall Fidler re
moved Carey Thomson's shirt
and contributed it for the old
clothing drive. Thomson is coun
ty chairman of the drive.
MEDFORD
Unlttd Freu
Yanks Mass in Protest Against Slow
;WHAT
5. ;
DOES
'f'ewriofi
(Acmt Tthphalo)
Portion of the more than 50.000 soldiers who gathered near City Hall in Manila. P. I., in mass protestation
of announcement of demobilization slow down. Lieut. Gen. W, D. Styer told a delegation from the angiy
throng that the U. S, Army will keep a garrison of 375,000 In the Pacific to protect American Interest.
Eisenhower Tells Truman Clamoring GIs
"Good Men" - Denies Discipline Breached
Washington, Jan. 9 U.R
Gen. Dwight D. Eisenhower,
army chief of staff, told Presi
dent Truman today that GI's
clamoring to be sent home from
Manila "are good men" and in
no way guilty of breaches of
discipline.
He also told the prestdem
that, despite the current criti
cism at home and abroad, the
REOS FOMENTING
MASS PROTESTS
OFFICER CLAIMS
Frankfurt, Jan. 9 (U.P
A mob of mora than S.00Q
GI' attempted to storm Gen,
Joseph T. McNarney's head
quarters in Frankfurt at the
height of a demobilisation
demonstration tonight but was
turned back by armed para
troop guards.
By United Press
GI demonstrations against de
mobilization delays spread
around the world today with
new outbreaks both in Europe
and the Pacific.
In Yokohama Col. Charles A.
Mahoney. provost marshal,
charged that a demonstration in
the presence of Secretary of War
Fiobert Patterson was fomented
by "communists and bolshe
viks." Mahoney was answered bv
GI's who circulated a pamphlet
calling for a mass protest meet
ing Thursday ana cnarjimKi
Mahoney with cursing the Gl'si
and acting in a manner unbe-i
coming an officer and gentle
man. May Peril Forces
Lt. Gen. Charles P. Hall, act
ing commander of the 8th army
in Japan, warned that the posi
tion pt American occupation
forces would be jeopardized if
the army continues to redeploy
troops more rapidly than re
placements are shipped overseas.
In the Philippines military
police investigated a wild shoot
ing spree which followed the
kiliine of a neero soldier by .a
white sentry outside Manna. ro.
one was injured in the outbreak
but 80 negro troops were neu.
Demand Point Cut
In Honolulu a rally of 2,500
trooos demanded a cut of 10
points per month in the dis-j legislature, came to Jacksonville! The marriage ceremony was
charge point system. Lt. Gen. to reside in 1851. Nye' mother; performed by Justice of the
Robert C. Richardson, Jr., I was Amantha Burt, pioneer of Peace M. E. Ward. Harold Mum
promised to send their protest to! Dnuglas -ounty. jmey and Carol Walton, court t
Gens. Dwight D. Eisenhower and The deceased was married to, taches, acted as witnesses.
Douglas MacArthur.
In Frankfurt GIs distnoutea
handbills for a mass protest The childien are Mrs. Hope
march and meeting tonight de- Hedgpeth, Mrs. Marian Bean,
claring "if it takes a demonstra-i Mrs. Irene Jantzer, Waldo P.
tion to help us we will give them j Nye, Emery G. Nye and Ivbo
one to remember." One handbill Nye. Also surviving are four
wjs stuck in the four-star license teen grandchildren, one great
nlate of Gen. Joseph T. McNar-j grandchild and a sister, Mrs
ncy'i sedan.
Full Leaud Wire
rvw
FAP5 G 1
'"
army must not be permitted to;
demobilize at a rate that would
shrink it below minimum re-:
quirements.
Beport Requested
The staff chief's statement was
In response to a presidential re
quest for a report on the recent
Manila demonstrations.
It came at a time when the
army was attempting to speed
up its process of combing out
non-essential personnel and cut
ting its strength to absolute
minimum needs. Theater com
manders are being asked to send
home all men who can be spar
ed, regardless of whether they
have enough points for dis
charge. Eisenhower presented Mr.
Truman with information sup
plied by Gen. Douglas Mac-
Arthur and Lt. Gen. William D
Styer, commanding genera!
s
western Pacific army forces. I
quoted MacArthur as saying O'
the Manila demonstrators:
"These are good men who
have wrfnrmni mapnifieentlv
under campaign conditions and;
inherently are not challenging:
discipline or authority." !
Mainly Homesick
MacArthur attributed their;
discontent primarily to "acutei
homesickness aggravated by the
termination of hostilities."
Eisenhower said Styer had re
ported to MacArthur that
mass disciplinary action"
no
had
been undertaken "by respon-
sible commanders" against the) emerged with a bundle, and was
complaining soldiers because killed by the sentry after refus
there had been no acts of vio-ing to halt, army headquarters
lence or disorder. MacArthur, ' said.
the staff chief said, approved the) Negro troops from the dead
decisions made by Styer. man's camp seized weapons
Meanwhile congressional
criticism of the demonstration
NELSON NYE, 74.
PIONEER, PASSES
Nelson Nye, "4, one of the
oldest pioneers of this section,
died Jan, 8 at the home of his
daughter, Mrs, Marian Bean.
Prospect. Funeral yervices will
be held at the family's private
cemetery on the home ranch at
Prospect at three o'clock Friday,
Jan. II. Friends may attend.
Nye was the first white child
born in Klamath county
his
birth having taken place at
Klamath Falls March 29, 1871.
His father, Chauncey Nye, a
member of the first Oregon
Clarice Paul m 1891 and she andi
six of their children survive.
i Elsie Phipjis. j
ivLAXJ . .. IN11AI IIE-IIP
MEDFORD, OREGON, WEDNESDAY, JANUARY
Demobilization
SERVICI
SERFDOM
3 '
program persisted. Rep. Clar
ence J. Brown, O., member of
the house republican policy com
mittee, was not Impressed by
the strong defense of the pro
gram which President Truman
made yesterday. He said a con
gressional investigation was
necessary. . . . .... 1
These developments occurred
as the war department reported
that the 5,000,000th soldier to
be discharged since V-E day
would be released today.
In response to world-wide
clamor of GI's to be sent home,
the army was accelerating Its
efforts to release all men who
could be spared.
NEGRO, WHITE GJ.S
BATTLE IN MANILA
MBnlla, Jan. 8 (U.Rl U, S
military police announced today
that they were holding 80 negro
soldiers during investigation in-
to a wild hour of gunfire which
followed the fatal shooting of a
negro soldier by a white sentry.
The riot occurred Monday
night at the 10th quartermaster
depot in suburban Quezon City.
An unidentified negro soldier
from an Bdjacent camp broke in-
to the quartermaster eompoundi
from their supply roomandfired!fonned murces beijeved that
them for an hour as a demon-i
stration against his death.
Lieut. Col, T. R. Little, Cape'
Girardeaux, Mo., commander of j
the military police battalion I
which broke up the shooting!
fray, said nobody was killed ex- j
ccpt the man shot by the sentry. '
PAPPY MARRIES
CALIFORNIA GIRL
Las Vegas, Nev., Jan. SH).K
Lt. Col. Gregory (Pappy) Boy-
ington, who this week announced ,
he had changed his mind about j
marrying New York socialite j
Lucy Maicolmson, married Fran- i
ces Baker, 32, of Los Angeles
here vesterday, it was announc-
! ed today.
It was not immediately Known
wnere tne ooymgions wens an-
er the ceremony.
Marriage records showed Boy -
ington had been divorced in Se -
attle in 1941 and that his bride J "I'm getting tremendous
won her freedom from a pre- j mail," Morse told a reporter to
vious mate in San Francisco in day. "It's running 9 to 1 in sup
1932. 'port of my position. And it
(Alo set wry past 10j,
CHINESE FACTIONS
FAIL TO AGREE ON
CEASE FIRE HER
Prospects Not Bad But Diffi
cult. Government Repre
sentative Tells Reporters.
Chungking, Jan. S U,
Chinese nationalist and com
munist representatives meeting
with Gen. George C. Marshall
adjourned today without agree
ing on an expected cease-fire
order in China's civil war.
Following their fourth confer
ence, Gen. Chang Chun, govern
ment representative, told re
porters that details had not yet
been settled.
"The prospects are not bad
but difficult," he added.
Asked If he was still hopeful,
Gen. Marshall said.
"Oh, yes. My gracious, yes."
He said no unforeseen diffi
culties had arisen.
The tabloid newspaper Hsin
Mto Pao said remaining difficul
ties Involved the penetration of
Jehol province.
The communists were said to
be insisting that the nationalists
halt in their present positions.
The government was reported
determined to take over the
communbt-held provincial capi
tal of Chengteh and the central
Jehol town of Chihfeng.
The nationalists, who began
taking over the province 10 days
aeo. were reported within 60
miles of each objective.
D.A.V.11ASES
SITE FOR BUILDING
Purchase of the lot at the
corner of Front and Fifth street,
directly across from the Grand
Hotel by the Jackson County
chapter of the Disabled Ameri
can Veterans was announced to
day. The property, purchased
from George Barnum at a re
ported cost of $5000, will be
used as the site of a building for
the use of the DAV chapter and
auxiliary.
Lester Mathes. chairman of
the building committee of the
chapter, states that construction
of the building will begin as
soon as financial arrangements
have been completed and ma
ter's i can oe secured.
FAR EAST COMMISSION
INVITED RUSSIA AGAIN
Yokohama, Jan. 9 tU,R) A
new invitation to participate in
the Allied Far Eastern commis
sion's activities has been sent to
Russia. Commisison Chairman
Maj. Gen. Frank R. McCoy re
vealed today.
He said the commission has
not yet received any reply from
the Soviet government and in-
Russia would not be represented
on the commission a present
delegation in Japan.
The delegation arrived at 2:30
p. m. Wednesday (Tokyo time),
Frankfurt, Jan. ft CURS
Capt. William Atterberry of the
American military government
ha been convicted of black
marketing in a French wine deal
and fined $10,000, U. S. Seventh
army headquarters announced
today.
Morse Says Mail Supports
Statement GOP Reactionary
Washington, Jan. S (U.PJ
Sen. Wayne Morse, R., Ore., said
today his mail i "running 9 to
1" in support of his contention
that the republican party as rep
resented by Sen. Robert A. Taft,
R., O., is too reactionary.
Morse voiced his criticism last
week after Taft had declared
that President Truman's legisia-
: tive program wa mostly
"CIO -
; PAC
j comet uwo ail over th repubii-
RIBUNE
United Pr Fall
9, 1946,
Truman's Message
Scheduled Jan. 17
Washington, Jan. 9 U.
The White House announced to
day that President Truman's
state-of-the-union message will
be sent to congress ore Jan. IT.
This will be two days after the
new session begins.
On Jan. 21, the president will
send his budget message to the
house and senate.
PLAYMATE KILLED
N SUICIDE PACT
Eureka, Cat, Jan. 9 (U.B
District Attorney Jeremiah Scott
said today a murder charge may
be filed against Glenn Griffith,
13, of Carlotta, Cal.. who admit
ted killing a playmate as part of
a "suicide pact.'
The boy told sheriffs depu
ties that he and Albert Weseott
13. also of Carlotta, agreed to
kill themselves Monday and
went to Griffith's barn with
their .22 caiiber rifles.
Griffith said he shot himself
In the stomach, and lost con
sciousness. When he regained
consciousness, he told the offi
cers, he found that Westcott had
not attempted to commit suicide
so he shot his friend three times
and then killed Wescott's dog.
Relatives heart the shots and
rushed to the barn to find the
Weseott boy dead. Griffith was
taken to the Scotia hospital, 30
mites south of here. He was re
ported to be recovering.
Phone Installers
Have No Quarrel
With P.T.&T.Co
T. Tf, Tellwrlght, vice presi
dent and general manager tor
Oregon for the Pacific Tele
phone and Telegraph company
made the following statement
this morning, according to word
received by R, B. Hammond
manager here.
"The Western Electric Em
ployees association representing
some l?,2a0 members employed
at Kearny, N. J., and nine asso
ciated manufacturing plants of
the Western Electric company In
New York end New Jersey have
been on strike since January 3.
"The association representing
Western Electric company
slallation department employees
throuehout the country ii re-
norted by the press to have call
ed a strike of its members
January 9.
"The Western Electric em-j
oloyees involved are tnanufsc-
.rmg ..u ""'" r"-"
the publie.
"These strike actions do not
arise from any dispute with The
any dispute with The
iePL,eP& Telegraph
The responsibility of
Pacific Tele
eomoany.
out company and of all Its
people Is to give the public un
interrupted telephone service.
This is the first duty of the com
pany and employees alike. Our
company urgently requests ail
employees to do their full duties
P' jWHlV te1
? l"om rPmbsM
I:
the public
2 HELD IN JAIL FOR
GOLD HILL BURGLARY
Lee O. Plympten and Ethmer
H. Boen, addresses unknown,
are lodged In the Jackson county
jail charged with burglary In a
dwelling. A charge of carrying
concealed weapons also faces
Boen, slate police who made the
arrest stated. The pair was ac
cused of burglarizing a dwelling
in Gold Hill last night.
' can section of the country."
Morse said the reaction "sim
ply means what I've always said
if the republican voters ever
had a chance to cast a vote on
what progressive republican)
stand for as opposed to the old :
guard, they overwhelmingly
would vote Wr a mldetle-of-the-
road, liberal philosophy."
"The trouble Is the old guard
1 controls republican
convention
i machinery," Morse
said, but
added:
They're going to have to
start a groundswel! so Impelling
that they can nominate a repub
lican ot the bvojwn tji,"
Laatad Wire
NO, 248,
STEEL WORKERS
AND CORPORATION
TO RESUME TALK
Decision To Renew Negotia
tions Bolsters Hope For
Averting Monday Walkout
Washington, Jan. S U.B
The United Steel Workers (CIOl
and the U. S, Steel Corp. agreed
today to resume wage negotia
tions. The agreement Immediate
ly raised hope hers that the
nation-wide rteei strike schedul
ed for next Monday can be
averted.
The decision to resume bar
gaining was, announced by Presi
dent Truman's fact-finding
board. The board thus far has
deferred hearings on the union's
S2 a-i.Jay wage demand hoping
that s settlement could be reach
ed through direct negotiations.
Panel Chairman Nathan P.
Feinslnger released 1 statement
at a press conference announcing
that the board was "ready to do
everything possible to facilitate
the final settlement of this dis
pute through collective bargain
ing." MAYORAISALL
TO COOPERATE IN
CUIING DRIVE
Mayor Clarence A. Meeker
and other eMe leaders of the
city today urged everyone to
cooperate in the clothing drive
now underway to aid needy peo
ple of the war-devastated tour
trie. In addition donors were
urged to write short friendly
notes or letters. Including name
and ssidres. snd attach these to
article or bundies of clothing.
In a proclamation urging the
cooperation of ail the city' resi
dent Mayor Meeker I d:
"Whereas millions of pie
in Use war-dcvasfalea iamt oi
Europe, China and the Philip
pine are in dire need of cloth
ing, shoes and bedding and are
subject to death from exposure,
and Whereas the meeting of this
urgent need overseas will serve
not only to relieve auflerlng
I humanity
but will Bid liberated
peoples to revive their economic
life and enable their rehabilitat
ed countries to contribute a full
I """"
"JSTli"
le creation of a
and
president has
said that the need it imperative
and Justifies a second appeal to
the American people, I there
fore urge all religious, educa
tional, patriotic, civic, fraternal
buisness and labor croups to co-
cerate in this collection and i
urge contributor to attach good-
will messages to their gifts."
Pick-up Arranged
Committees from the Junior
Ing the drive, in cooperation
with Medford churches, have ar-1
ranged for boxes and barrels at)
business house and stores and j
pick-up front these Is in charge i
of Reginald Stags, Quota fori
this county Is 50,000 garments.
Carey Thompson, genera
chairman, has expressed the be
lief that the quota will be easily
met and said "The need for
clothing by the destitute persons
of Europe and the Far East
should be obvious to all. In near
ly every household some article
of clothing, no longer needed,
can and must be found."
, In addition to other groups,
a plea for the assistance of
Scout troops and Granges
throughout the county has also
j been made.
Needed for the drive arc
wearing apparel of all kinds.
blankets, shoes, old draperies or
blackout curtains. These should
be wranoed in convenient
bun -
and
dies for easier handling.
j shoes, overshoes, boots and like
j articles should be securely tied
More than 30 inches of rain
fell in Tampa, Florida, during
the mis weeks beginning with
June 15th. following the longest
ury jieU oa murd. .
IS THREATENED BY
INSTALLING CREW
Portland, Grants Pass, Eu
gene, Dallas Workers Out;
Dial Service llnaffscted.
AU lesg-distanca calls p!c
4 through th Hcdford sfflc
today win bales esspltl
without delay it was i"atd
by Mm chief sparctsr t
Rssn. No nmr eoncRstag th
t:-up st Fsrtland bccaisw of
th walk-sff of Communica
tion Eqmpmasi workM hd
btn xeijf st th Isecl of
tst, it a said.
By United Fr
Telephone installation work
ers; left their jobs fat 14 dUe
today, threatening i nationwide
communications tie-up l n d
bringing the number of Ameri
can workers idled by strikes to
389,000.
Threatened stoppages to th
steel, meat, electrical and com
munication industries, plus
passible Mew York City CIO
walkout, would add approxi
mately 2,000.000 other workers
to the nation atrika total.
Portland, Ore., Jan. 8 flMB
Long distance telephone facili
ties to Portland were partially
tied up today when local ?5 of
the Association at Communica
tions Equipment Worker walk
ed off the Job to lympslhy for
the Western Electric company
strike.
Local President Dan Ham
said about 250 members of his
union in Oregon and v ashsng-
ton would Join the walkout. H J
said installers to Grants Pass,
Eugene and Dallas, all to Ore
gon, left thetr Jobs a short tim
before the Portland workers
struck at It m. m.
PUn Pickt Linn
The union official said that
unless the Western Electrie
company strike to settled by Fri
day morning, picket line will
be established about the Port
land main office of the Pacific
Telephone and Telegraph com
pany and two main branch ex
changes. Such picket line would fur
ther cripple telephone service
because Edward T. Healy, presi
dent of the United Telephone
Company employes of Oregon,
said members of his union will
refuse to pass through.
Dials Working
Local service was unaffected
because It to serviced by dial
telephones.
Dial service would suffer in
event repairs were needed, be
eeuse only conimunicatioa men
may do the work,
Press, radio and emergency
telephone circuits were not ex
pected to be Bffected, with su
pervisory employes hassdiing
their operation.
Heaiy called mass meeting
i of unionist for tonight. H said
one third ol ni unions J.uuu
members are employed Is Port
lend, "While we have no floarret
with the telephone company, w
most respect a picket line,"
Heaiy said.
The A.C.E.W. to a anion com
posed entirely of installation
workers. The sympathy gestur
is in connection with the West
ern Electric installers strike in
Use east. Hcaly said the eastern
strike was called because no
agreement has been reached aft
er nine months of negotiating
for wage increases.
Rtchard Smith, 12
M;; . tj.
MtSStng t TOTTl home
Richard Smith, 12-year-old son
of May E, Smith, 1115 East Slain
street, was reported to city P
He yesterday as missing. Offi-
Is cers were told the boy teft foe
Junior high school yesterday
morning and did not return
home last evening.
The boy, who was wesHng
tan sweater, brown leather jack
et, and reel cap, and riding a bi
cycle, was believed to be en
route to Tacoma, Wash., front
which the Smith family recently
moved to Medford, police said.
SIDE GLANCES
Br
TRIBUNE REPORTERS
Fire Chief Rot Elliott recalt-
; issg his boyhood days and such
! nrank m tvine rats toeether by
their talis.
Jerry Jerome broadcasting his
intentions of getting both feet
into heaven.
Florence Dean delving inta
, details of what become of old
ietotlie,
1