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Fortieth Year
PEA SOUP
IS
CAUSE OF
TRAFFIC
Motorists Forced to Slow to
Snail's Pace; Mail Trib
une Carrier Among Injured
Thick fog which blanketed
the valley all day yesterday be
came so dense by dusk that
motorists were forced to travel
at a snail's pace and even-pedestrians
had difliculty in re
cognizing familiar streets and
houses. The fog persisted
throughout the night, clearing
after sun-up this morning.
A number of accidents re
sulted from the poor visibility
afforded motorists. Charles H.
Hansen, 82, suffered injuries to
his neck and one shoulder when
the coupe he was driving on
Crater Lake highway near the
Bear Creek bridge was struck
from behind by a bus of the
Rogue Valley Transit company,
according to Carlos Morris, am
bulance driver. Hansen, carrier
for the Mail Tribune, had slew
ed in an effort to find a side
road onto which he was to
make a left turn when the bus,
driven by James Edward Eller,
struck the coupe, Morris re
ported. Hansen was taken to Com
munity Hospital in the Conger
Morris ambulance atfd later re
leased after examination by a
physician. Mrs. Ben E. Thurs
ton. Route 3, Box 103, passen
ger on the bus,' suffered slight
leg injuries, Morris reported. .
Two Injured
Among numerous other re
ports of minor traffic accidents
filed with city police yesterday
and today was a mishap which
occurred yesterday morning on
Crater Lake highway when
cars operated by R. W. Pierce.
104 West Main street, and El
mer Settell, Camp White, col
lided, slightly injuring Bonnie
Sanger and Mrs. R. W. Pierce,
passengers.
Elinor Beattie, route 2. and
Edvthe Woodrich, Eagle Point,
we're reported injured slightly
at about 8 a. m. yesterday when
cars they were operating collid
ed on Crater Lake highway,
three miles northeast of Med
ford. Truck,' Car Crash '
Police investigated an acci
dent at the West Sixth and
Main street intersection Thurs
day after a collision of a car
driven by Walter R. Neel, 1600
North Riverside with a Stand
ard oil truck operated by James
Frank Hays, 101 Geneva street.
Damage estimated at $100 was
caused the oil truck, according
to a report filed later.
Also reported was a collision
on highway 99 yesterday where
cars operated by Bessie Den
ham, Talent, and Bryan Bow
man, route 4, were damaged
slightly.
Portland, Ore., Jan. 18 (U.R)
Twenty persons were hospital
ized today as the result of a
head-on collision between a
crowded bus and streetcar.
The accident occurred during
the evening rush hour yesterday.
A total of 37 persons were in
jured. Witnesses said the bus, driven
bv Harold R. Stanton, 43, swerv
ed to the wrong side of the
street, almost in the direct path
of the northbound trolley.
SIDE GLANCES
By
TRIBUNE REPORTERS
Margaret Conger dispatching
a dog-messenger to inform Edna
Silliman of the impending re
turn home from overseas of
Hubby Chct Silliman.
Fdna Tengwald giving a wild
eyed speculator a bit of good
advice.
Amy Downing dropping a
milk "bottle in the post office
lobby with becoming blushes
and confusion.
Nebraska ranks 41st among
the 48 states in the average sal
ary paid teachers.
lvjljlj wviFrmA
United Press
Defends
A aV ' ' l- .hm
Rear Adm. Husband E. Kimmel. Commander of the Pacific Fleet at the
time of Pearl Harbor, heatedly contends that Washington Naval officials
denied him Information that might have made Pearl Harbor an ambush
lor Japanese. Kimmel took the stand before the Pearl Harbor Committee
as the committee convened following a two-weeks recess.
16 DIE AS AIRLINER
BLOWS UP IN FLIGHT
. .Cheshire, . Conn., .Jan.. IS
AM?) An Eastern-Airlines plane
caught fire in flight today and
crashed in flames in a wooded
patch near ' the state-reformatory,
killing its 13 passengers
and crew of three.
The plane was enroute from
New York to Boston when the
crash occurred. :
The bodies of three women
were found among the victims.
An identification disc ' bear-
JANUARY TO BE
BUILDING HERE
Evidence of the growing boom
in Medford was shown today by
records at the office of the city
superintendent which indicate
January will be the heaviest
month yet as far as the number
of bui'ding permits issued from
the office are concerned. Forty
permits, including 25 for new
residences and one for an 11
unit motel, have already been is
sued thus far.
Applying yesterday for per
mits to erect residences and gar
ages were Stanley G. Parrish.
Central Point, to build at 418
West Court street at a cost of
$6,000; C. H. Hayes,. 204 North
Columbus avenue, $3,250; J. W.
McConnell, 1132 Court street, at
521 Boardman street. $4,500; Eu
gene Carothers, 116 Chestnut
street, at 108 South Columbus
avenue, $3,000; Everett Corey,
Eagle Point star route, at 19
Ashland avenue, $4,000; and A.
R. Mercer, 221 North Riverside
avenue, to build at 736 West
Jackson street, S4.000.
Also applying for permits
were L. C. Schafer, 110 East
Sixth street, to remodel a busi
ness at 142 North Front street
at a cost of $300 and Harold
Crowl, 1258 South Riverside
avenue, to erect an addition to
a garage and shop costing $750.
NATURAL GAS FIELD
IN NORTH CALIFORNIA
San Francisco,, Jan. 18 U.R'
Discovery of another poten
tial natural sa field in north
ern California whs announced
today by Shell Oil Co.. which
said a test well in the Winters
area had produced at the rate
of 6.300.000 cubic feet a da.'.
The new well. McCuen No. 1.
is 25 miles wet of Sacramento
and 25 miles north of Shell's
Kirby Hill gas field, the Fair
field Knolls gas field is six
miles to the south.
Full Leased Wire
His Stand
Acme Telepholoi
ing the name "F. W. Bassett,
Pa n-American'. Airways" was
found at the wreckage.
Witnesses reported that the
twin-engined airliner caught
fire as it passed over Cheshire.
. .With smoke trailing behind
the plane, the pilot apparently
tried desperately to set the
plane down In an emergency
landing.
. But then an explosion shook
the plane.
C. A. Goddard. president of
the Ball & Socket Company,
said when the explosion occur
red "the wings of the plane
folded and the plane came
straight down."
Peter Ricco, an overseas vet
eran, saw the plane catch fire.
He ran to the scene of the
crash but flames and the in
tense heat kept him a distance
from the wreckage.
"No one got out," he said.
"Everybody evidently stayed
with the ship."
The plane left LaGuardla
Field, New York, at 10:28 a. m.
and crashed at 11.06 a. m.
Rescuers were unable to re
move the bodies for more than
90 minutes after the crash be
cause of the flames.
All bodies were burned bad
ly, some beyond recognition.
STRIKERS PICKET
LOS A. CITY HALL
Los Angeles, Jan. 18 (U.R)
Striking CIO electrical workers
today picketed the Los Angeles
City hall in protest against
"police brutality" at the strike
bound U. S. Motors plant where
strikers and police battled yes
terday. The pickets, leaving only a
small number behind at the
motor plant, held a mass meet
ing this morning and then
marched on the City hall.
More than 250 pickets were
patrolling the Spring street en
trance to the City hall by 10
a. m carrying banners that
called for the removal of Mayor
Fletcher Bowron. As they pat
rolled in front of the block
square edifice, the pickets sang
"Solidarity Forever," CIO an
them. Tokyo, Jan. 1 8 U R' Allied
, headquarters today ordered the
Japanese government to arrest
I 111 additional suspected war
I criminals, bringing to more than
700 the number arrested for al
leged war crimes.
Heading the latest list were
seven generals, chief of whom
i was Gen. Nakaji Tachi, former
chief of staff at Japanese head-
quarters in the Philippine.
MEDFORD. OREGON,
Southern Demos Filibuster
Against Fair Employment Bill
ACTION DIMS HOPE
FOR EARLY CURB
ON STRIKE CALLS
Labor Committee to Consid
er Proposals For Increase
In Minimum Wage Rates.
Washington. Jan. 18 U.R)
A southern democratic filibust
er against a fair employment
bill today practically killed any
chance of early senate action on
strike-prevention legislation.
The antl-FEPC filibuster kept
Sen. James O. Eastland, D.,
Miss., from getting a vote on
a motion to discharge the labor
committee from consideration
of the fact-finding measure pro
posed by President Truman to
prevent strikes. Eastland want
ed to bring the labor bill to the
senate floor.
To Eye Wage Rate
The labor committee had sus
pended consideration of the
legislation until Jan. 25. In the
meantime it will consider pro
posals to Increase minimum
wage rates under agreement to
dispose of that question on Jan.
24. ' - - -'
The outlook for action on
fact-finding 1 e g 1 s 1 a tion was
slightly better In the house. Its
labor committee agreed to vote
by next Tuesday on a motion to
send a bill of some kind to the
house floor.
LAKE RECORDER
TO BE INSTALLED
If snow and weather condi
tions are right, an effort will be
made within the next several
days to lower a sound recording
instrument into the waters of
Crater Lake to determine if there
is a recurrence of volcanic acti
vity, E. P. Leavitt, superinten
dent of Crater Lake National
park, reported today after con
ferring with three men who re
turrncd last night from tjic lake.
Leavitt reports that Chief
Ranger J Carlyle Crouoh, Daryl
Palmer, equipment operator, and
Paul Herron, mechanic and boat
operator at the lake in past
years, are of the opinion that a
combination of the right kind of
snow conditions and clear weath
er will permit installation of the
drum-like instrument without
undue danger to the workers.
The three men, who made the
trip into the lake earlier this
week with F. W. Cater, geologist
of the United States Geological
Survey, plan to leave for the
park again Monday taking with
them the sound-recording instru
ment. Suspect Released
In Degnan Crime
Chicago, Jan. 18 'U.R) Po
lice today questioned and re
leased Sidney Sherman, a music
! school operator, In their search
for the owner of a handkerchief
found in the neighborhood
where six-year-old Suzanne Deg
nan was kidnaped and slain.
Police Capt. John L. Sullivan
said that after talking with Sher
man he was convinced that he
was not the owner of the hand
kerchief. SERVICE PAPER AFTER
PATTERSON'S SCALP
Washington. Jan. 18 'U.R
The army and navy bulletin, an
unofficial service publication
is demanding-the resignation of
Secretary of War Robert P.
Patterson.
The publication said editor
ially that Patterson should be
replaced by someone who un
derstand currpnt military prob
lems, including the clamor for
demobilization.
FRIDAY, JANUARY IS,
Mechanical Arm
Enabled Benito
To Hold Salute
Chicago. Jan. 1 8 (U.R)
An army lieutenant said to
day that he had discovered
the secret of Benito Musso
lini's enduring Fascist
salute.
Lt. William E. Brckke,
23, said tha.t the key to the
salute that never wavered
once during long parades
was an artificial arm he
found in the basement of
Mussolini's castle at Lake
Garda.
"I found an artificial
arm, fashioned In the Fas
cist salute," Brckke said.
"To It were attached heavy
straps to be fastened about
the body. '
"While admiring crowds
marveled at such control
and endurance, 11 Duce re
laxed in his tunic."
T
London, Jan. 18 (U.R) Soviet
Ambassador Andrei A. Gromyko
denounced proposals to wipe out
the big power veto In the United
Nations Security council today
as Iran sought a way to force
UNO consideration of its quar
rel with Russia.
Gromyko told the assembly
that any revision of the UNO
charter would be dangerous and
might lead to serious conse
quences. The big-nation plan drafted at
Moscow to put the proposed
atomic bomb energy commission
under the security council of
the United Nations drew vigor
ous opposition today from Prime
Minister Peter Fraser of New
Zealand.
Fraser argued that the gen
eral assembly representing all
the United Nations alone had
the proper authority to direct
such a vital commission as that
on atomic energy.
Fraser thus was the first UNO
delegate to criticize in public the
plan for the atomic commission
as drafted at Moscow by the Big
Three and now supported by
China, France and Canada.
FILM MEANIES FIGHT
Hollywood, Jan. 18 (U.R) A
meeting of movie villians at the
home of a noted bon vivant early
today resulted in Jack La Rue.
one of the "heavies," receiving
a bad cut on the back of his
head, apparently following a
scuffle with Lawrence Ticrncy,
the other meanie.
Youth Spanked
Is Sentenced to
Paul Eldon Morris, nearly 17,
who figured In the recent
"spanking incident" at the State
Industrial school at Woodburn,
was sentenced to serve 18
months in state prison by Cir
cuit Judge Herbert K. Hanna
yesterday for the theft of an
auto in l'J44. The "spanking"
of Morris and another inmate of
the stale school recently caused
a state-wide furore.
Morris, reported as an incor
rigible and beyond the control
of the state school authorities,
was remanded to the local court
recently.
Originally an Ashland hoy
whose firs-i offense was stealing
money left in milk bottles on
porches, Morris admitted lo the
court ih;it a "prison term might
do some good."
In recommending a prison
term for Morris, District Attor
ney George Neihon informed
the court he was reluctant to do
I so but added "considering his
past record, there Is no other
solution." The record showi he
Tribune
Unittd Pri Full
1946.
18
Selective Service Director
Hershey Rejects Proposed
Raising of Draft Age.
Washington, Jan. 18 (U.R)
Selective Service Director Lewis
B. Hershey today asked congress
to extend the draft act immedi
ately and amend it to provide
that every inductee serve a spe
cific term, preferably 18 months.
Hershey flatly rejected, how
ever, a proposal that the present
draft age, 18 through 25, be
raised to speed the flow of re
placements to occupation thea
ters. Instead, he recommended
that the army and navy lower
their physical qualifications to
make more men in the present
age group eligible for induction.
Supply Inadequate
Hershey was called before a
senate military affairs subcom
mittee on demobilization in an
swer to war department com
plaints that selective service is
supplying only about 35,000 of
the 50,000 men a month request
ed by the army.
The war department has at
tributed the recent demobiliza
tion slowdown to lack of replace
ments. Hershey told the subcom
mittee that 60.000 to 80,000 tem
porarily deferred high school
students would become available
for drafting in June and July "if
there still is a selective service
law" then. The law is scheduled
to expire May 15 unless con
gress extends it.
Quick Action Urged
In asking extension and
amendment of the selective serv
ice law, Hershey recommended
that men who have been dis
charged after serving less than
six months be rcinductcd to
serve out an 18-month hitch.
Hershey emphasised the desir
ability of action now to extend
the draft act. Advance notice is
necessary, he said, if the public
and the draft boards are to
know what to expect.
Hershey predicted that "it
will not be necessary to return
to the Induction of fathers." He
said such action would not meet
with popular approval.
NO MINE STRIKE
Ely, Ncv., Jan. 18 (U.R)
J. Frank Murkle, president of
district 2 of the CIO Interna
tional mine, mill and smelter
workers union, which Includes
Utah and Nevada, declared to
day "There will be no mine
strike in Nevada at present."
at Woodburn
State Prison
was involved in six charges In
volving larceny of autos and
thefts, that he has been paroled
twice and twice escaped from the
Woodburn school.
He was pictured as "a menace
to society," considering his
present attitude, and "an argu
ment for the establishment of an
Intermediate institution by the
state for the handling of youth
ful offenders."
Morris said he suffered no ill
effects from the "spanking," ap
plied on the hands and feet with
a strap, vhen questioned by the
court on its severity.
A Iwo-yciir suspended sen
tence was granted Robert A.
Heynolfls. 22. of Ncwbcrg. who
plead villi v to the theft of a gun.
lie had no previous record. It
was shown that most of the pro
cecds from the sale of the gun
were Mse-1 by Reynolds for the
purchase of Christmas gifts for
his two small children and that
the own t had been paid a sum
equal to the original cost of the
4,'un.
Leased Wire
NO. 254.
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REJECT PLEA TO
CALL CHURCHILL
Sen. Ferguson's Motion
Loses 6 to 2; All Demos
On Committee Vote Nay
Washington, Jan. 18 (U.R)
Adm. Husband E. Kimmel de
nied today that the Pearl Har
bor disaster resulted from any
errors of Judgment or dere
liction of duty on his part.
Washington, Jim. 1 8 (U.R)
The Pearl Hurbor committee to
day rejected six to two a motion
to Invite former British Prime
Minister Winston Churchill as a
witness.
The motion was made by Sen.
Homer Ferguson, R., Mich., who
wanted to ask Churchill about
his Atlantic conference with the
late President Roosevelt in Aug
ust 1041.
Republicans Favor
Ferguson and Rep. Bcrtrand
W. Gcarhart, R., Calif., were the
only two members of the 10-man
Joint congressional committee
voting In favor of the motion.
The two other republicans on
the committee Sen. Owen
Brewster of Maine and Rep.
Frank B. Keefe, of Wisconsin
voted "present."
All six democrats on the com
mittee voted against calling
Churchill.
Chairman Barklcy interrupted
examination of Adm. Husband E.
Kimmel; commander 6f the Pa
cific fleet at the time of the Pearl
Harbor attack, to take the vote
on calling Churchill, -Kimmel
Again
Kimmel, testifying for the
fourth consecutive day, repeated
his statement that as of Dec. 7,
1041, he didn't think a Japanese
attack on any United States pos
session was more than "a re
mote possibility."
He said that as time went on
after receipt of a war warning
message from Washington on
Nov. 27 he thought the possibil
ity of Japanese aggression was
growing less likely
Even if war did come, he
thought it would be In the Far
East rather than In the Hawaiian
area.
Kimmel pointed out that a
"surprise" attack does not neces
sarily mean a strike against ter
ritory not previously indicated.
He said that raids against the
Japanese at Manila by Adm.
William F. llalsey long after the
war started were "in the nature
of a surprise."
Sentenced
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f Ai-mt Trlephotni
Here Is lntrst plrtuie of Pfc. Joseph?
E. Hlcawa. 20, Wnlllngton. New Jer
sey, received by hU piu-enui. Mr. and
Mrs. Juseph lllcawa before their son
was sentenced to death for slaying
. two Japanese at Osaka, Jupan. Ap
peals are bclnu made by civic leaders,
i vetcruiu and neiuhtiors to spare the
1 lit col the. buy,.
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TRUMAN. EFFORT
TO BREAK JAM
Proposed W2 Cent Pay In
crease Acceptable To
Union; Meat Facts Sought
Washington. Jan. 18 (U.R)
President Philip Murray of
the United Steelworkers (CIO)
asserted today that a nation
wide steel strike "must take
place" at 12:01 a. m. Monday
because U. S. Steel Corp re
J e c t e d President Truman's
wage settlement plan.
By United Press
President Truman's effort to
ease the nation's labor crisis ran
into a snag today when U. S.
Steel refused to accept the Pres
ident's plan for settling the steel
wage dispute.
Earlier the CIO United Steel
workers union had accepted the
proposal to e;id the deadlock
with a nav increns r,t mi.
. . - AW VClllS
an hour.
Administration leaders had
hoped to break the coast-to-coast
strike jam by ending the steel
wage dispute.
Strike Alternative
The U. S. Steel refusal to ac
cept the wage peace plan was
contained in a letter n r-o-
dent Truman from Benjamin
. n.-,-,, pi csiaem ot the corpor
ation. The development Increased
the possibility of a nationwide
steel strike starting at midnight
Sunday. The strike had been
postponed for a week to permit
further negotiations of the steel
workers wage demands.
Mr. Truman urged the corpor
ation to reconsider the rejection,
but White House aides said gov
ernment seizure of the steel In
dustry had not been considered.
Fairless told th. Pr..u...
that an Increase in wages such
as suggested by Mr. Truman
would result in "great financial
harm" to the corporation nd to
users of steel in general. Fair
less said the steel corporation
had reached tt limit u,kn i -
fercd a wage boost of 15 cents
an nour.
To Seek Meat Facts
Meanwhile, it was announced
it Washincton that tl-io .-iet. firm
ing panel in thn mpnt.nonb-in
strike would begin formal hear
ings in unicago next Tuesday.
Exploratory Conference. m.III,
the parties were held last night
ann xonay.
Elsewhere In th rurPAnt la
bor crisis idling nearly a mil
lion worners there were these
developments:
Striking CIO electrical work
ers offered to submit to arbi
tration a wage dispute which has
shut down 78 nlnnt nf nrni
Electric, Westinghouse and Gen
era i motors.
The memhprchln
unions of Western Electric em
ployes was polled on whether to
walk out In sympathy with 17,
000 other telephone workers.
'J he tord Motor Co.. which
yesterday announced lt had
topped 1948 production sched
ules, appeared near wage set
tlement with the CIO Auto
workers Union.
PILOTLESS PLANE
OUT OF CONTROL
New York, Jan. 18 (U.R)
A small, radio-controlled pilot
less plane was running wild to
day off Cape May, N. J., and
residents of Long Island were
warned by police to expect it to
crash somewhere on Long Is
land within a short time.
Coast guard air and sea res
cue headquarters said that the
plane, known as a "red dog,"
was 30 miles off Cape May at
12:35 p. m. with only two and
one half hours supply of fuel.
It was said to be heading
north at a speed of 85 miles an
hour, carrying "confidential
gear."
The plane, which has a 15
foot wing span, normally is
used In simulated dog fights or
for trials of aircraft parts.
Hedy and Husband
Now Living Apart
Hollywood.' Jan. 18 (U.R)
Raven-haired Hedy Lainarr and
her husband, Film Actor John
Lodcr, are living apart, the act
ress confirmed today. '
The separation came after
nearly Ihree years of marriage
for the couple, both having been
married before.
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