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Newspaper Page Text-CLINE CHARGED F( Ex-Convict and Choir Singer Formally Cited Habeas Corpus Ruling Saturday. San Francisco, Jan. 11 (U.R) Alfred L. Cline, 56-year-old for mer convict and choir singer, whose possible connection with the deaths or disappearance of 11 persons is under nationwide Investigation, was charged for mally with two counts of forgery and one of grand theft today. District Attorney Edmund Brown asked that bond be set at $300,000 or cash bail at $150, 000. Claim Deeds Forged The first count of forgery ac cused Cline of falsely signing property deeds to four Rich mond, Cal., lots owned by Mrs. Elizabeth Hunt Lewis, Oakland, Cal., widow, who died in 1944 , in Jacksonville, Fla., assertedly " while on a trip with Cline. He was charged with grand theft in obtaining title to the lots, valued at $1,110. He also was accused of forging an affidavit of loss for 25 shares of American Investment Secur ity Co. stock to defraud the Old Colony Trust Co.' of Boston. The securities were owned by his wife, Mrs. Delora Krebs Cline, of Chicago, who died a year ago in Dallas, Tex. Dallas authorities have charged him with murder in connection with the death of Mrs. Alice w. L.ar renter, widow of a Bloomington Ind., veterinarian, but police be lieve the woman was Mrs. rireos Cline. Poison Reported Another woman, who was cre mated in Portland, Ore., as Mrs. Tlplnrn Krebs Cline. was believed to be Mrs. Isabel Van Natta of San Francisco. Toxicologist Jo seph Swim of San Francisco re ported chemical analysis snuweu arsenic reactions in me asnes ui the bodv cremated in Portland. A ruling on Cline's petition for a writ of habeas corpus will be heard at 10 a. m. tomorrow. OF TOP UNO COMMITTEE London, Jan. 11 UiR The United Nations assembly picked Ukrainian Foreign Minister Dmitri Manuilski by acclama tion today as chairman of the powerful political and security committee. . Manuilski was nominated by Wellington Koo, the Chinese delegate, and seconded by the Belgian, Brazilian, French and Syrian delegates. The political and security committee is one of the most important of the UNO since it will consider the resolution for an atomic energy commission. Other chairmen elected were: Economic and financial com mittee, Polish minister of fi nance Waclaw Konderski; social, humanitarian and cultural com mittee, Prime Minister Peter Fraser, New Zealand; trustee ship, R. E. MacEachen, Uruguay an ambassador to Britain. PLANNED FOR E.P. Eagle Point, Jan. 11 A large housing project with construc tion to start this summer is planned here by George F. Put man and sons Edwin and Fran cis. Twenty modern frame dwellings of three to five rooms each are contemplated. The Putmans possess 20 acres just inside the north city limits where they plan to erect 19 of the homes. The homes will be sold, not rented, the elder Putman states. A cold storage plant in east Eagle Point on the Lake Creek road is operated by the Put mans. CENTRAL POINT SELLS LAST CITY-OWNED LOT Central Point, Jan. 11 Sale of this city's last lot yesl irday, is announced by Recorder Guy Tex. Purchase of the property on the northeast corner of Alder and Fourth streets was made by Flossy M. Frcneer, WAC dis charge". She intends to build a home there. WIND STORM COMING San Francisco, Jan. 11 The weather bureau ordered small craft warnings hoisted in the San Francisco Bay region at 10 a. m. today, predicting north . erly winds with a velocity of from 25 to 30 miles per hour. United Press Fortieth Year wm BisTWf: se rvjce SEATTLE BUS STRIKE HANDICAPS 250,000 Seattle, Jan. 11 flJ.R) Some 250.000 bus riders either walked, had a taxicab, joined a car pool or stayed home today as 570 City Transit company busses formed long, silent lines in car barns throughout the city. Seattle, Jan. 11 (U.PJ Twenty thousand telephones In Seattle were tied up today by refusal of 2,000 union em ployees of the Pacific Tele phone and Telegraph company to cross picket lines around sixteen company buildings, officials said. Paralysis of the bus system left this teeming port city with out a public transit system. Streetcars were replaced with trolley and gasoline busses seven years ago. At 12:01 a. m., the city's 1,100 bus drivers walked off their jobs after a last-hour conciliation at tempt failed. Congestion of taxicabs and automobiles in the downtown area was expected to reach a new high. City Traffic Engineer J. W. A. Bollong estimated a total of 175,000 cars in Seattle ,12 Because he didn't like his new school and because his pet dog became sick and had to be de stroyed,. Richard Smith, 12, wanted to go back to his old home at Tacoma. And he want ed to visit his grandparents, Mr. and Mrs. Roy F. Smith, 6430 South Montgomery street, in Tacoma. So Richard struck out by him self Tuesday. His father, Roy E. Smithi 1115 East Main street, while looking for the boy, found, that he had been picked up by a soldier and his wife in a northbound automobile at Glendale Junction Tuesday eve ning. Richard had only two or three dollars in his pockets, his father said, and the parents are beside themselves with worry. The father is devoting his entire time to running down clues on the Pacific highway north, leav ing word for anyone seeing the boy to notify the parents. Richard, who had been ill re cently, was described as five feet, eight inches tall, weighing 126 pounds, light complexioned and with light brown hair. He was wearing cream colored cords, navy pea coat and a wine colored knit stocking cap. His father is a saw filer at Mcdford Corporation, the family coming here from Tacoma recently. Severe Earthquake Believed Near Fiji Pasadena, Calif., Jan. 11 U.R) A "very severe" earthquake recorded at 5:44 and 5:54 p. m ytsterday originated about 5600 miles from Pasadena and pos siblv in the vicinity of the Fiji islands, California Institute of Technology seismologists said to day. Dr. Charles Richter. seismolo gist, said the recording indicated the shocks were centered about; 350 miles beneath the earth's She asked custody of their six surface. ' year-old son, Jody. "Don't Hotter Until You're Hurt," Anderson's Advice To Stock Raisers Denver, Jan. 11 (U.PJ "Don't holler until you're hurt" was the advice of Secretary of Agri culture Clinton P. Anderson to day to the nation's livestock pro ducers. In a speech prepared for de livery at the 49th annual con vention of the American Nation al Livestock Association, An derson said that it had been the nolirv of his department to seek elimination of subsidies and their cost to the taxpayer as ranidlv as possible without con - tributing to inflation.' The agriculture department has proposed a schedule for the removal of subsidies, under which the subsidies on cattle and calves and sheep would be determined by June 30. but An derson pointed out that "what EDFORD Full Leased Wire and parking space for only 5,000 in the business and industrial districts. I Officials at army and navy bases, factories, shipyards, banks and department stores awaited the effect of the transportation paralysis and wondered what percentage of employes would make it to work. The Seattle public school sys tem had organized car pools for teachers but was unable to bring the thousands of school children to classrooms in the numerous schools throughout the city. L LATEST CLUE IN Chicago, Jan. 11 (U.PJ As mourners attended the funeral of little Suzanne Degnan today, police found a clue which might link her kidnap-slaying with the recent "lipstick murder" of Wave Frances Brown. Chicago, Jan. II (U.R) The Chicago civil liberties committee protested today against what it termed "the brutality end third-degree torture" of two janitors re leased late yesterday by po lice after questioning about the Degnan kidnap-slaying. Detectives found scrawled on a post, near where Suzanne s body was butchered, this mes sage: - - "Stop me before I kill more." The message was the same as that found scrawled on a mir ror in the hotel room where the Wave was slain last month. It was written with lipstick, as in the Wave killing. Miss Brown's slayer never has been captured. Officers At Rites At the funeral services for the six-year-old victim of a sex fiend detectives mingled with the mourners in their search for the killer. Meanwhile other detectives re traced their steps in the Degnan neighborhood with the hope of uncovering some clue previously overlooked. There was not a major suspect in police custody today, and police admitted that only a "lucky break" would lead to an immediate arrest. Would-Be Holdup Picks Wrong Man Los Angeles, Jan. 11 (U.R) An 18-year-old sailor who want ed to impress his new-found girl friend with a car and ready cash was in critical condition today after a gun duel with a former Florida deputy sheriff he allegedly tried to rob. Hospital Attendant 1c Mar tin O'Connor, of Minneapolis, Minn., was shot in the chest and stomach by Arthur M. Co- wart, night manager of the Coast Auto Rental Service. DIVORCE ASKED Hollywood, Jan. 11 (U.R) Movie Actress Sylvia Sidney charged Broadway Actor Luther Adlcr with mental cruelty in a suit for divorce on file today. may be done after that date de pends entirely on the kind of program developed by the gov ernment and authorized by con gress." "I cannot forecast what the program may be, but I do want to point out one significant thing," he said. "If it is neces sary in the views of congress and the President to continue to hold the line on cost of living after June 30, it follows almost automatically that food prices 1 must be kept under control as the central, most vital part of America's everyday living. "We simply cannot afford to let inflation get a start on the food front. To do so would be to invite economic disaster that would not pick and choose its victims it would hit all of us," MEDFORD, OREGON, FRIDAY, JANUARY 11, 1946. i o GP'JSTOLD S'WLITY NEED E( Farmer Organization Offi cials Meet With County Leaders; First Since War Central Point, Jan. 11 Sta bility in reconversion and main tenance of peace is as great a problem as was waging the war, in the opinion of Morton Tomp kins, State Grange master, who with other state officials of the organization, met with Jackson county Grange leaders and mem bers here yesterday afternoon and evening. Tompkins, who visited Lon don last year at the invitation of British leaders, also emphasized that British farmers are looking to America for aid and advice. Moral and temperance problems were covered in his talks. Other state officials having a promi nent part in the meeting were Garnet Rickman, lecturer, Agnes Flint, home economics chairman, Edith Bohncrt, youth superinten dent, and Hilda Reiher, juvenile superintendent. Fowler Speaker County Agent Robert Fowler addressed the group on the need for better enforcement of laws governing weed and pest control. He also brought out that many newcomers to the county were buying unproductive land and that this may have a serious ei fect on the economy of the area, after the boom years pass, through inability to make a liv ing from the land. Phoenix Grangers gave open ing and closing and floor-work demonstratoins at the session. R. E. Nealon, county. Grange deputy, and William Foley, local Pomona master, were in charge of arrangements for the confer ence, the first in four years. Mrs. Warren Patterson, Pomona home economics chairman, and Mrs. Stanley Lydiard, holder of the same office in the Central Point Grange, headed commit tees for the chicken dinner at 6 p. m. During the evening meeting graduation ceremonies were con ducted for seven members of the juvenile Grange. Those who were graduated are Shcryl Jen sen, Nancy Potter, Patty Hamil ton, Jan Freeman, Anne Bohnert, Calvin McKibben and Ted Birds eye. The exercises were conduct ed by Mrs. Arnold Bohnert. Approximately 300 attended the conference, according to Nea lon. LIGHT VOTING ON Salem, Ore., Jan. 11 U.R) An exceedingly light vote was forecast for Oregon's special election in the 1st congressional district today. The light vote Is expected be cause of the short ticket, the short campaign and the realiza tion that it will have to be done over again at the May primary and November general election. Voters in ten western Oregon counties go to the polls to choose Walter A. Norblad, independent republican, or Bruce Spaulding, independent with democratic backing, as their congressman for the remainder of the term of the late James W. Mott. INCOMPETENT DOCTORS TO GO, SAYS BRADLEY Washington, Jan. 11 (U P.) Gen. Omar N. Bradley plans an early removal of incompetent doctors in veterans hospitals, it was revealed today. Bradley, at a press conference, emphasized that able, conscien tious doctors need have no fear for their jobs. "I want it under stood that we are not loaded down with poor doctors," he said. THREE VETS LEFT Los Angeles. Jan. 11 (U.R) j Only three members of the "Last Man" club of the Stanton post of the Grand Army of the Re public were left to fill 11 of fices at the annual convention today. The three, survivors of the 2.000 members that once made the post the biggest in the GAR., were C. L. Chappell, 98, Darwin B. Wolcott, 97, and Or- i rin Mallctte, 9 PICKET LINES IN MAJOR CITIES BAR Tieup Comes After Night of Rapid-Fire Developments; Dial Service Unhit. A spokesman for the Pacific Telephone and Telegraph com pany here said today that the telephone strike has not affect ed operations at the local office and the office is not being pick eted. Long distance telephone calls to points affected by the strike are being cancelled while all other calls are going through without delay, it was stated. New York, Jan. 11 (U.R) Long distance telephone service across the nation was paralyzed and local service curtailed at many points today as picket lines were thrown around tele phone exchanges of key cities In 44 states. Full extent of the tleup could not yet be assessed, as picket ing across the nation got under way at varying hours. The ma jority of telephone workers had not been due to report for work at most points until later In the day. Major Cities Hit But In such major cities as New York, Washington, Chica go, Philadelphia, Detroit, Cleve land and Dallas, only emer gency long distance calls were being accepted, and it appeared that by this afternoon telephone communication among most of the nation's cities would be practically at a standstill Dial service, which covers the hulk of telephones In most of the larger cities of the coun try, was unaffected thus far, but manual telephone subscrib ers at many points were with out service. Such services as Information trouble, and the like, were af fected. The tieup came as the strik ing associations of communlca tions equipment workers (IND.) threw picket lines around the exchanges, and telephone work ers, members of the National Federation of Telephone Work ers (IND.) generally respected them. Busy Night Picketing started after a night of .rapid-fire develop ments In which the ACEW ac tion was first on, then off, then on again. A meeting between ACEW leaders and officials of West ern Electric Company, against which the union had struck Wednesday In a demand for wage increases and other con cessions, had ended without an agreement late yesterday, al though the union made a "com promise offer." Ernest Weaver. ACEW presi dent, then said that plans for picketing the exchanges would go ahead. But U. S. Conciliator J. R. Mandelbaum, making every ef fort to avoid the tie-up, report ed to Secretary of Labor'Lewls B. Schwellenbach, and the sec retary shortly before 10 o'clock last night made an urgent ap peal to the ACEW to postpone the picketing move. He asked both sides In the dispute to meet with him at 4 p. m. today in Washington. Schwellenbach, who had gone to bed In Washington believing the union had postponed its picketing until Monday, said to dav that Weaver had promised a new attempt to witnoraw ine picket lines. He said the 4 p. m. meeting would go ahead as scheduled, and in reply to a question as to whether government seizure was possible, said: "If they got the picket lines called off, it may not be necessary." Soldier Newspaper Muzzled, Is Claim Manila. Jan. 1 1 'U.R) Staff members of the Daily Pacifican. GI publication for the Philip pinej. accused the army high command today of muzzling their newspaper to prevent full report ing of the demobilization contro versy. In a public statement signed by 33 Pacifican writers and editors, the staff protested that censorship has been imposed on their news and editorial columns, IJKlJDUJNli United Press Full Leaied Wire fm I I I AW 1 WILLIAM H. '4 Flulirer Elected President Jackson County Chamber William II. Flulirer, head of Fluhrer's Bakeries and former lieutenant-colonel in the army air corps from which he was recently released, was unani mously named president of the Jackson County Chamber of Commerce at the first meeting of the newly elected board of di rectors held this noon at the Hol land Hotel. He succeeds Herb Grey, advertising manager of the Mail Tribune. Floyd Hart, president of Tim ber Products company and also a former llcutennnt-coloncl in the army, was elected vice-president to succeed II. S. Deuel. Eu gene Thorndike was elected treasurer, replacing George Frey, and Frank Hull was again named manager. The nominating report was presented by Bon Harder and Mark Goldy and Harder compli mented Grey and his officers and committee chairmen for the outstanding accomplishments of the Chamber of Commerce dur ing the year Just closed. A. C. Pierce presented a for mal vote of appreciation to the E FOR CAMP WHITE Camp White, Jan. 11 Col. J. Merriam Moore assumed com mand of 1913 SCU, Camp White, yesterday, it has been an nounced.. Col. Moore succeeds Lt. Col. John W. Horsley who will serve as the new command er's executive officer. Col. Moore is a regular army officer and veteran of both World Wars. He recently re turned to the United Slates after serving In both the European and Pacific theaters of opera lion. Prior to going overseas, Col. Moore was commander at Camp Roberts. Calif. He re cently visited with his family at Dallas, Tex., and with his son, who recently was discharged from the navy. The family plans to join the colonel here in the near future. The new commander is a grad uate of the army war college. AC tactical school, chemical warfare school, field officers course and attended the com mander and general staff school. He received his degree at Har vard University. Replacement Class Time Is Shortened Washington. Jan. 11 (U.R) The replacement training pro gram for army ground, air anil sf-rvice furces has been reduced from 17 to 13 weeks to speed up replacement of veterans over seas, the war department an nounced today. The revised training program calls for completion of so-called basic training In six weeks, this will be followed by seven weeks of advanced instruction. NO. 248. """-V i vl ' t - v. v it , I i el-Anni FLUHRER retiring president on behalf of the board members and Mana ger Hull presented Grey with desk . lamp. The annual finan cial report was presented by Dwlght Houghton. Guests were Col. J. Mcrrlam Moore, new commanding officer for Camp White who stated that Ninth Service Command head quarters expected to assign a combat division to Camp White In the near future. Another guest wasT,t. Col. John W. Hors ley, who has been serving as camp commander and who will remain at the post for the time being as executive officer. ON WAGE IE IN STEEL New York, Jan. 11 U.R) Settlement of the wage dispute In the steel Industry appeared near today as negotiation con tinued here between United Stales Steel Corporation and the United Steelworkers Union (CIO) which had scheduled a strike of 700,000 workers for Monday. ' Indications mounted that an agreement on a wage Increase approximating 20 cents per hour may be reached, as lt was revealed that Philip Murray, CIO and USW president, had Informed the Tiniken Roller Retiring Co., of Canton, O., that such an Increase would be acceptable to the union. May Set Pattern This offer, although made to company employing only 12,000 workers, appeared likely to set a pattern for an Industry-wide agreement. The USW originally had de manded a flat Increase of $2 a day. The 20-cents an hour com promise offer to Tiniken would mean an Increase of $1.00 per day. Tlmken Roller Bearing had offered an Increase of 17H per cent. Based on the average wage rate in the steol industry, this would amount to an aver age Increase of 19'4 cents an hour. Thus It was obvious that the parties were not too far apart In the negotiations. But the union's ohlection to the 1714 per cent offer was based on the fact that a percentage Increase would mean only 14 cents an hour more for some workers in the lower brackets, who make as little as 78 cents hourly. HOSPITAL CLOSING Omaha. Neb.. Jan. 11 U.R The seventh service command announced today that the army's general and convales cent hospitals at Camp Carson Colo., will be closed not later than March 31. The hospitals will be offered either to the veterans administration or the surplus properly administration for disposal. FASTER RETURN TO War Secretary Patterson Says More Than 400,000 To Be Back Before May 1. By United Press Secretary of War Robert P. Patterson, seeking to calm world wide demands by American sol diers for faster demobilization, announced in Tokyo today that more than 400,000 men will be brought home from ihe Pacific before May 1. Patterson told a press confer ence that more than half tha 807,000 service men In the Pa cific on Jan. 1 would be relieved within four months. No replace ments will be sent for them. He said he found troop morale In the Pacific good. Demands Presented Three thousand soldiers In Hawaii presented demands to Washington today for "a clear foreign policy" and faster de mobilization. At the same time, Lt. Gen. Roy S. Geiger, commander of the fleet marine forces In the Pacific, issued orders forbidding ma rines in his command from hold ing mass meetings. He told them to submit their complaints through normal command chan nels. A five -point demobilization plnn was adopted in Fchoeficld Barracks Bowl, Hawaii, last night and sent to Lt. Gen. Rob ert C. Richardson, Jr., mid-Pacific army commander, for relay to Washington. The American veterans committee sponsored the rally. Soldiers Give Plan The soldiers' plan proposed automatic release of two-year men on March 20, monthly drop of 10 points In discharge requirements, point credit for service since V-J day, full use of available transportation and "a clear foreign policy." Geiger ordered marines In his command not to attend meetings except, for regularly scheduled military, religious and recrea tional purposes. His order, issued in Hawaltt late yesterday, was the first se rious check on the world wide flurry of demobilization protest meetings. The order caused im mediate cancellation of a marine mass mee'.lng called for last night at Camp Catlin, Hawaii. May Call "Ike" In Washington, It was learned that Gen. Dwlght D. Elsenhower may be called before the full congress next week to explain th-j army command's side of the demobilization controversy. Sen. Edwin C. Johnson, D., Colo., said that many congress men favored an appearance by the chief of staff before the whole congress possibly next Tuesday, followed by a discus sion of details between him and a specinl senate military affairs subcommittee. Eisenhower al ready has been asked to appear before the subcommittee,- Protest demonstrations among army personnel spread to India and continued in Frankfurt, Ger many, the army's European head quarters. No orders had been re ported forbidding demonstrations by army personnel. THREE OFFICERS Nuernberg, Jan. 11 UR) The army newspaper Stars and Stripes reported today that the blackened bodies of three mili tary government officers were found In their burned house at Passau, near Rcgcnsburg, on Monday. The dispatch said there were Indications that the three men had been beaten to death, their house soaked with gasoline and set ablaze. All three, a major, a captain and a lieutenant, apparently had been murdered by repeated axe blows while they slept In sep arate rooms on the second and third floors of the house. A major who was sleeping In a ground floor bedroom when the murders occurred managed to escape, but Stars and Stripes said military investigators swore him to secrecy and refused to make his story public. PHONE FROM JAPAN Tokyo, Jan. 11 (U.R) Trans pacific telephone service be tween Japan and the United States was Inaugurated today when Pvt. Vinson P. Pettit, 313 Center St., Alva, Okla., called Wichita, Kans. He paid about $3D NEW RICE PREXY Pasadena, Cal., Jan. 11 Dr. William V. Houston, 45, head of the physics department at California Institute of Technol ogy, today said he will leave March 1 for Houston, Tex., to become president of Rice Insti i tute.