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FORECAST: Parti? cloudy
tonight and Friday with
snow showers In mountains
Friday. Cooler tonight.
Temp.
Highest Yesterday . 47
Lowest this Mornlnc SB
Prec, 4:10 a.m. Today, Tract
Fortieth Year
SOUND DEVICE IS
AT CRATER LAKE
Instrument, Thousand Feet
of Cable Lowered Without
Mishap, Crew Reports.
The dangerous task of install
ing a sound recording instru
ment in the water of Crater
Lake to determine if there is a
recurrence of volcanic activity
has been partially completed
without mishap, Chief Ranger
J. Carlisle Crouch of the park
service reported by radio to
Park Superintendent E. P. Lea
vitt early this morning The
four men assigned to the task
succeeded in lowering the in
strument and more than a
thousand feet of cable down the
steep crater wall to the lakes
edge yesterday, and today the
mnrV will be comoleted if
weather permits, Ranger
Crouch reported.
Geologist F. W. Cater of the
United States geological survey
first set up the drum recorder
in the park lodge, Crouch re
ported, and it was connected to
the cable and found to work
after the instrument intended
for the lake was placed at the
rim. Today the men will build
a small raft from which the
sounding device will be sus
pended in an effort to keep it
from rolling In the lake water.
Leavitt said. It will be sus
pended 10 feet below the
water's surface, according to
the plan. The rubber covered
cable can be used by the men
to aid their. trips up and down
the Crater wall for the work
today, Leavitt said.
"Cat" Performs Well
Crouch talked from park
headquarters, to which he and
Daryl Painter, equipment oper
ator for the park service, trav
eled by sno-cat last night. The
ranger reported to Leavitt that
the sno-cat had performed very
well all during the trip to the
lake and on trips around the
park, in spite of stormy weath
er. He reported but one mishap
with the machine, stating that
when they attempted to climb
over a tree en route to head
quarters last night that one
track turned over. In attempt
ing to right it, the track came
off, disclosing a broken cotter
pin. Crouch and Palmer replac
ed the pin and track and pro
ceeded to headquarters, using
the sno-cat headligh's. The
men then remained overnight
at the headquarters, having
been too late for the five o'clock
broadcast to Medford, and re
layed their report this morning.
Snow Falling
Heavy. wct snow was falling
at headquarters this morning
according to the ranger.
Crouch, Palmer and Paul
Herron will return to Medford
tomorrow if the installation is
completed, with Cater remain
ing. Cater plans to stay at the
lake until after the first week
in February, leaving about Feb.
7 for Washington D. C. to re
port to his superiors on the lake
experiment. He will travel to
headquarters daily to report to
Leavitt by radio.
Geologist Cater has had much
experience in crater observa
tions, having spent considerable
time in recent years at the new
crater. Taracutin. forming in
Mexico. The decision to send
Cater to the park and to install
the sound recording device was
made after park employees and
visitors three times last summer
reported seeing a strange cloud
of gas or smoke hovering over
the lake.
KOREANS DENY RIFT
Seoul, Korea, Jan. 24 (U.R)
Leaders of the "provisional gov
ernment" charged today that lo
cal press reports of a split In its
top ranks were "communist in
spired'' and designed to prevent
Korean unity.
11 HURT IN BUS SKID
Truckee. Cal., Jan. 24 (U.R)
Eleven persons suffered slight
injuries when the Greyhound
bti in which they were riding
kidded ind overturned on an
icy highway five miles west of
here, the California highway pa
trol repotted today.
About 5.000 of the 18.000
qualified voters in Wyoming
were women when the ?l:,te was
admitted to the uuton in 1890. ,
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United Press
Tells His Side
( Arme Telephotoi
Lit. Den. Walter C. Short, commander
of the Army forces in Hawaii at
time of Pearl Harbor, appears before
Pearl Harbor Investigating Commit
tee at Washington, D. C, to tell for
the first time his story of the Japa
nese attack. Although Short is re
covering from pneumonia, he told
committee he felt fit to read his pre
pared statement.
ADM. SHORT CITES
Washington, Jan. 24 (U.R)
Lt. Gen. Walter C. Short said
today that as a result of the
Pearl Harbor disaster the war
department adopted new regula
tions of keeping field command
ers fully informed.
The former commander of
army defenses in Hawaii said
an entire new section on that
subject was inserted in the war
department's field manual in
1942.
Short insisted that with the
information available to him
prior to Dec. 7, 1941, he did "all
a prudent commander could'do."
He blamed the war department
at Washington for withholding
certain information pointing to
the possibility of a Japanese at
tack on Hawaii.
He pointed to the new sec
tion added to the field manual
since the surprise attack on Pearl
Harbor.
Earlier the committee was told
radar equipment ordered by the
army's Hawaiian defense com
mand lay idle on Oakland, Calif.,
docks at '.he time of the Pearl
Harbor disaster. Short had told
the committee of his fight to get
radar equipment.
SPAATZ SOON TO
Washington. Jan. 24 'U.R)
President Truman announced
today that Gen. Call A. Spaatz
soon will succeed Gen. H. H.
Arnold as commander of the
army air forces.
Spaatz. like Arnold, was one
of the army's pioneer airmen.
In the recent war Spaatz com
manded the U. S. strategic
bombing forces in Ftirope, and
later in the Pacific.
In response to news confer
ence questions, the president
said Arnold had planned to re
tire upon completion of a tour
of South America.
G. P. MAN SUICIDES
Gratits Pass. Jan. 24 "Bud
dy" Oden, elderly 'local man,
committed Suicide In the wood
shed at the family home here
Wednesday, according to County
Coroner V. E. Hull. Hull said
Oden had placed the barrel of
a 30-30 calibre rifle under his
chin and pulled the trigger.
SHIDEHARA CALLS
Tokyo, Jan. 24 (U.R Pre
mier Baron Kijuro Shidehara
called today on Gen. Douglas
MacArthur. presumably to dis
cmss his recent reorganisation
of th" cabinet. The visit lasted
half an hour. 1
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FIRST ATOM TEST
SLATED AGAINST
GUINEAPIG FLEET
100 American, German and
Jap Ships To Be Used in
Experiments in Pacific.
Washington, Jan. 24 U.PJ
The first of three historic tests
of atomic bomb blasts on naval
vessels will take place early in
May in a tiny ring of mid-Pacific
islands, the navy disclosed
today.
The experiments, which will
determine the future of navies
in an age of atomic weapons,
will be conducted with a "guinea
pig" fleet if 100 American, Ger
man and Japanese ships and sub
marines. They include four old
U. S. battleships and the carriers
Saratoga and Independence.
Two More Later
Besides the May test, to be
held in the Marshall islands, an
other will take place July 1 and
a third sometime thereafter,
probably in 1947.
Americau correspondents will
be on hand to report to the pub
lic on the long-awaited experi
ment with the world's most
awesome secret weapon. No rep
resentative of any foreign nation
will be allowed to attend, under
present plans, but this is still
under discussion.
Details of the joint army-navy
operation known by the code
name "Crossroads" were re
vealed today by Vice Adm. W.
H. P. Blandy in testimony be
fore the senate's special commit
tee on atomic, energy. Blandy
will command "Joint task force
one" the armada of ships and
planes that will carry out the
tests.
! Near Bikini
The test scheduled for "early
in May," Blandy told the com
mittee, will be held near Bikini
atoll which is composed of a
circular group of more than 20
islands in the Marshall! area.
He said ships to be used as
atomic bomb targets In the first
trial include th old battleships
New York, Arkansas, Pennsyl
vania and Nevada; the aircraft
carriers Saratoga and Independ
ence; the heavy cruisers Salt
Lake City and Pensacola; 16 de
stroyers and eight submarines.
In addition, 15 unidentified U.
S. transports, landing craft and
auxiliary vessels will be test
targets.
Foreign ships to be included
in the first test are the German
heavy cruiser Prinz Eugen,
which arrived at Boston only
yesterday, the Japanese battle
ship Nagato and the Japanese
light cruiser Sakawa.
The atomic bomb in the May
test will be dropped by an army
air forces bomber and will be
timed to explode several hundred
feet above the target ships,
Blandy said.
Find Baby's Body
In Bus Terminal
Cincinnati, O., Jan. 24 U.R)
A badly decomposed body of a
baby was found in a suitcase
here late today in the storage
room of the Greyhound Bus Ter
minal, police reported.
Charles Wimmer, manager of
the terminal storage room, said
the suitcase had been there since
Dec. 10 when it was moved
from the waiting room lockers.
1.198.032 JAPS RETURN
Tokyo, Jan. 24 (U.R) A
total of 1.198.032 of the 6.500.
000 Japanese to be repatriated
from all Asia have been return
ed to Japan, it was announced
today.
Die -Hards of Crossroads Village
Vote to Reunite With 'Dam Yank
Town" Line, N. Y'., Jan. 24
The nation became fully united
today.
Residents of this tiny cross
roads village voted today to re
join the union after holding out
as the last Confederate strong
hold in the United States for 84
years.
Only 23 die-hard residents
voted to keep the Confederacy's
Stars and Bars flying over the
villas. But 89 residents buried
old animosities and voted to ten
MEDFORD, OREGON, THURSDAY, JANUARY 24.
Truman For Government Intervention In
Labor and Management Battle For Power
Washington, Jan. 24 (U.R)
President Truman today describ
ed the nations' bij, labor disputes
as battles for power between
management and labor.
He told reporters he thought
there was too much power on
each side and that the govern
ment should assert the power
of the people.
Asked what would be done
to assert this power, the presi
dent said that he personally had
done as much as he could.
Conference Rejected
He rejected the suggestion of
Benjamin F. Fairless, president
TEEN-AGE LOVERS
SUICIDE TOGETHER
Long Beach, Cal., Jan. 24
(U.R) Two high school sweet
hearts, "heart-broken" over par
ental objections to their mar
riage, carried out a carefully
planned suicide pact, it was dis
closed today and died clasped
in each others arms.
The bodies of the 'teen-age
lovers, Aubrey Wayne Matthews,
17, and bobby-soxer Shirjey
Johnson. 15, were found late
yesterday in Matthews' mother's
car in the family garage. In the
boy's pocket was a vial of poi
son crystals.
Long Planned
Letters In her purse indicated
the lovelorn pair had planned
the. act for some time, met after
school, ate, went to a show, and
then sat down to die in their
last embrace.
Friend.-! of the two teen-agers
told officers that they were
"heartbroken" over the objec
tions of their parents to their
marriage after a six months'
romance. The girl's mother is
dead, but her father, John John
son, a mechanic, objected to the
two marrying because of their
youth. Wayne's mother, Mrs.
Anna Matthews, also Had told
her son she thought the two
were too young.
County Court Draws
Jury List For Year
The county court has com
pleted its work of drawing the
Jackson county jury list for the
coming year. It includes be
tween 400 and 500 names,
drawn from the poll books of
the county, with all precincts
represented.
Thp firot inrv drawn from
new list will be for the Febru
ary term of circuit court, start
ing February 24. A new grand
jury will be drawn at the same
time.
No Flood Peril
Despite Deluge
Portland. Jan. 24 (U.R)
Weather bureau officials say
there is little danger of a second
seasonal flood along the Willa
mette river, despite a downpour
during the night.
A stage of 13 5 feet at Harrls
burg is expected to cause a
slight flood condition tomorrow
morning but otherwise no trou
blc is anticipated.
MAIL CARRIER RETIRING
Grants Pass, Jan. 24 Herbert
C. Lawton, employe of the Pos
tal Service here for the past 39
years, will retire Feb. 1. The
veteran mail carrier was eligible
for retirement three years ago
but remained on the Job during
a shortage of employes.
join the union.
It was dark, damp and gloomy
as the residents voted. A little
dog. with a sign attached to its
back reading. "Beat the Damned
Yankees," darted among the
voters.
After the vote was announced
the Stars and Stripes were raised
over the weatherbeaten black
smith shop, where in days gone
by the town's forefathers had
signed the articles o( secession.
The banner replaced the Con-
federate ting.
of U. S. Steel Corp., that the
chief executive call a conference
of the executives of. major in
dustries now involved in strikes.
Fairless made his suggestion
in a broadcast last night.
The president said that he did
not make his engagements over
the radio or through the press.
The president pointed out that
he had held conferences with
management executives before,
and that he was perfectly will
ing to have other meetings. But,
he said, the best thing Fairless
could do was send him word
that he would accept the presi
dent's proposal for settlement of
the steel strike.
Seizure Impractical
The president said he thought
it would not be practical to seize
the steel mills at the present
time. He added quickly, how
ever, that this was not to be
construed as a statement that
he would not seize them even
tually. Mr. Truman talked slowly and
thoughtfully in a news confer
ence as he answered number
of questions bearing on the na
tion's labor disputes.
Reporters repeatedly tried to
draw from the chief executive
details of any plans for the gov
ernment to assert the power of
the people In the steel case.
Mr. Truman said he thought
he had done everything possible
and he repeated his belief that
he thought the biggest factor
preventing settlement was the
desire on each side to see who
is most powerful.
The president recalled his re
quest to congress for fact-find-
ing and cooling-off legislation.
He said he had asked congress
to make certain Improvements
In machinery to cope with such
situations, but the congress had
not seen fit to give it to him
Nothing Planned
Asked sgaln whether he plan
ned anything beyond fact-finding
legislation, the president said no.
A reporter wanted to know
about the government's owner
ship of about $1,000,000,000
worth of steel plants and what
plans there were for operation
of these units.
Mr. Truman explained that
most of the government units
wire integrated into other
WILL BE DELAYED
BY STEEL STRIKE
Washington, Jan. 24 (U.R)
If you've been looking forwara
to delivery soon of a new radio,
vacuum cleaner or some other
scarce household item requiring
steel in its manufacture, maybe
you'd better pocket that dream
for a time, Mrs. Housewife.
The vast steel strike if it
continues for any considerable
period is likely to postpone the
date when you can expect to get
many of these household goods.
Many Items Hit
You may feel the strike's ef
fects eventually in shopping for
such common steel products as
razor blades or nails or needles
and pins.
Radios, electric refrigerators,
vacuum cleaners, washing ma
chines, ranges, clocks, irons and
fans are some of the household
commodities which are turned
out by the combined work of
these strike bound industries.
The CPA recently announced
it expected that by next June
30 manufacturers would be ship
ping , these items at the 1941
monthly rate. Now the strikes
have caused them to cancel
these forecasts.
SIDE GLANCES
Br
TRIBUNE REPORTERS
Helen Drummond relating an
interesting story which hinted at
a slight case of blackmail.
Carma Chipman sallying forth
to the village to buy loaf of
bread and returning with $15
worth of assorted merchandise.
Cap. Fred Johnston yawning
Into the telephone today as the
result of a night out with the
boys.
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1946.
plants. He said there was one
exception, at Provo, Utah, and
that the government was con
sidering federal operation of this
plant.
Told that the steel strike had
affected non-basic steel produc
ers with the result that their
plants wore shut down although
they had no dispute with then
workers, the president said these
workers should return to their
jobs.
Everybody that can ought to
go to work, he sqid. Mr. Tru
man add?d that this was neces
sary to assure the success of the
reconversion program.
BYRNES' APPEAL
IN UNO ADDRESS
London. Jan. 24 (U.R) The
United Nations assembly voted
unanimously today to estab
lish an atomic energy commis
sion after hearing an appeal
by Secretary of State James
F. Byrnes for quick Withdraw
al of occupation armies from
all countries except Germany
and Japan.
London, Jan. 24 (U.R) Secre
tary of State James F. Byrnes
today called for early withdraw
al of armies of occupation from
all countries except Germany
and Japan.
Byrnes proposed withdrawal
of occupation armies in a speech
to the UNO general assembly,
which had been called into spec
ial plenary session to adopt the
Moscow resolution for establisn
ment of an atomic energy com
mission. Peace Periled
The world cannot return to
peace as long as It remains an
"armed camp," Byrnes said.
'There will be a need for the
continuation for some time to
come of armies of occupation
in Germany and Japan, but It
will not make for a peaceful
world to have armies of occupa
tion remain in countries which
wo hope will soon join us in the
United Nations.
This was a direct appeal to
the big powers . to withdraw
troops not only from such places
as Greece and Iran, wnicn al
ready are UNO members, but
also from eastern European
countries which were former
enemies.
Withdrawal of troops would
solve the three situations facing
the UNO security council. Soviet
Russia and the Soviet Ukraine
have complained about the pres
ence of British troops In Greece
and Indonesia, and Iran has filed
a complaint against the activity
of Russian troops in Iran.
To Eye Complaints
The security council scheduled
a public meeting for Friday aft
ernoon to discuss methods of
dealing with the complaints fac
ing It.
After outlining the develop
ment of the atomic bomb, Byrnes
warned the assembly to consider
the atomic and other common
problems in a spirit of peace
and reconciliation.
"We must get back to the
conditions of peace, he said
Elks to Entertain
State Head Tonight
Louis G. Slldham. president
of the Oregon State Elks associa
tlon, will be entertained at the
regular session of the local Elks
lodge tonight. A class of candi
dates will be Initiated in honor
of the president.
Those to be initiated are R.
K. Rlans. J. C. Staley, John A
Thompson, Ben Stafford and
William B. Clegg. C. A. wine
trout will be admitted from the
Grants Pass lodge. Refresh
ments will be served later In the
evening.
EAGLES TO MEET
Grants Pass. Jan. 24 Fratcr
nil Order of Eagles of Southern
Oregon will hold their first dis
trict convention since 1941 at
Roseburg this week-end. Dele
gates from all counties In the
district will open the program
Sunday. Visitors from other
sections of the state are ex
pected to attend.
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Suspicioned
(Acme TrJpphato)
Virginia McElhinney, 2B-year-old
wife of Everett McElhinney, looks
rather (rim as she is arrested in Los
Angeles, Cnllf.. on suspicion of mur
dering her husband, when authori
ties believe there Is a possibility that
McElhinncy died of arsenic poison
ing rather than burns as originally
believed. '
MORSE IN EEFORT
TO HALT TALKFEST
AGAINST FEPC BILL
Washington, Jan. 24 (U.R)
Senate Republicans today began
signing a petition to limit senate
debate and thus break a south
ern filibuster against a perman
ent fair employment practices
commission.
Even if the senate considers
the petition, its chances of pas
sage appeared negligible. It re
quires a two-thirds vote. Cloture
has been Invoked only four
times since 1D17.
Sen. Burnet R. Maybank, D
S. C was scheduled to resume
his talk today as the southern
fight against the FEPC went into
its second week.
Meanwhile, Son. Wayne
Morse, R.. Ore., offered to pro
ceed in "good faith" to work out
amendments to the bill if the
southerners would give up their
filibuster.
Amendment Needed
Morse, an FEPC supporter,
said an amendment was needed
to "guarantee certain Judical
processes to American citizens
whose cases would be heard.
Morse said if the southerners
would abandon their current
maneuvers, he would try to pre
vent cloture on the merits of
the FEPC bill. Technically the
filibusters are now debating
amendments to Ihe Semite Jour
nal rather than the bill itself.
Sen. John II. Bankhead, D.
Ala., a leader of the filibuster
rejected Morse's offer.
The Orcgonian then repeated
a hope, expressed last week, that
"4 senators (a malo.ritv) will
ioin me in keeping the senate in
session for as many weeks as it
takes to break tills filibuster.
VET HOSPITAL AT
Klan-.ath Fidls, Jan. 24 Con
gress has been asked for funds
to build a new general hospital
for veterans here, it has been
learned here.
The institution would have
200 heels and cost $3,002,347.
The Veterans' administration, In
making the request of Congress,
requested a similar hospital at
Spokane, Wash., and also asked
for a 10 per cent Increase In hos
pital beds and nearly $20,000
for alterations and service addi
tions to existing hospitals.
Truman Regrets
Rosenman Leaving
Washington. Jan. 24 OJ R)
President Truman today an
nounced with "deep regret" the
official departure from the White
House of Judge Samuel I. Rosen
man, who served him and the
late President Roosevelt as spec
ial counsel.
Rosenman will return to pri
vate law practice in New York.
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WAGE DISPUTES
ARE BROKEN OFF
Union Wires Request For
President Truman to Inter
vene in Latest Argument.
Washington. Jan. 24 (U.R)
President Truman late today
directed Secretary of Agricul
ture Clinton P. Anderson ts
seise 134 meat packing plants
operated by 17 companies at
12:01 a. m. Saturday.
Snn Frnnnisnn Ann 91 rtlPI
The International Longshore
men's and Warehousemen's
union (CIO) todny threatened a
Pncific coast waterfront shipping
tie-un as a result, nf twn nor.
ate wage disputes.
The union announced that ne
gotiations have been broken off
with the Waterfront Employers
association of the Pacific coast
for a 1946 coastwise contract.
A spokesman said Frank P.
Folsle, president of the Employ
ers' organization, had been in
formed by Harry Bridges, pres
ident of the ILWU, that his
"leaves the union no reennrea
other than to protect its mem-
Ders in any way it sees fit."
Additionally the union sent a
telegram to President Truman,
requesting that he intervene im
mediately In a dispute over re
troactive wage Increases, which
the ILWU said had been ordered
in a War Labor- directive of
August, 1945.
"Without immediate presiden
tial intervention and action,
coast-wise tie-up of shipping la
Inevitable," the union telegram
read.
1,800,000 IDLE
IN GREATEST U.S.
By United Press
Upwards of 1.800,000 Ameri
can workers were Idle today In
the nation's greatest Industrial
crisis as high government offi
cials prepared to seize strike
bound meat plants in an effort
to end a strike of nearly 300,000
packinghouse workers,
A presidential order, officially
authorizing the department of
agriculture to take over plants
of the major meat packers, was
expected todny or tomorrow.
The seizures goes Into effect at
12:01 a. m. Saturday.
More Industries Hit
In other reconversion threats
to the national economy.
1. More Industries wera
forced to curtail operations as a
result of the walkout of 750,000
CIO stcelworkers, now in Its
fourth day.
2. Company and union offi
cials were scheduled to meet to
dny in New York in an attempt
to settle the ten-day strike of
200,000 members of the United
Electrical Workers (CIO) against
General hloctrlc, Wcstinghouse
and General Motors.
3. Last-m I n u te negotiations
averted scheduled strikes on the
Indiana Harbor Belt and Chica
go Junction Railroads, vital links
in the cross-country movement
of freight.
4. Workers In two electrical
plnnts threatened to strike Mon
day forcing coal mine? in Ken
tucky and Virginia to close and
throw 150,000 miners out of
work if a new contract has not
been signed by then
Hope Held
High administration leaders
leaders '.ti Washington were con
fident that striking CIO pack
inghouse workers would return
to work under government op
eration of the meat plants de
spite opposition to seizure.
Delegates from the meat
workers' union locals meet in
Chicago tomorrow to decide up
on a course of action.
Officials of the Amalgamated
Meat Cutters and Butcher work
men (AFL), also participating in
the strike, already have Instruct
ed members to resume work
when the government takes over.
The seizure order, it was
learned, will authorize the agri
culture department to accept tha
wage recommendations of tha
government fact-finding panel
now hearing testimony in Chica
go in tho meat dispute.
PEN POPULATION GROWS
Sacramento, Jan. 24 (U.R)
Prison populations in Califor
nia made the biggest Increase
in history last year, with a net
gain of 918 Inmates, Richard A.
McGee, director of corrections,
reported today. And the depart
ment expects at least a 1.000
prisoner gain during 1946,
McGee said.