-CLINE CHARGED
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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
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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.
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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.
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S'WLITY NEED
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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,
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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
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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.
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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.