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Newspaper Page Textmm Nl li 1 J EDFORD 1RIBUNE United Pint Full Luted Wit United Press Full Leased Wire Fortieth Year MEDFORD, OREGON, FRIDAY, JANUARY 25, 1946. NO. 260. mm M UNO TO -AINTS OF t I M&V NDGREECE j . Oft ? j Security Council Votes Unanimously for Airing; Russian Opposes Action. London, Jan. 25 U.R The I United Nations security council voted unanimously today to put the Iranian, Greek and Indones ian situations on its agenda and consider them next Monday 'and Wednesday. The action does not necessar ily insure an investigation of the Iranian complaint to which Rus sia has vigorous objections. . The Soviet delegate agreed that the matters be placed on the agenda with the reservation that the security council at the next session will consider only whether It shall have a hearing on the merits 'of the Iranian charges. Red Oppoiei Soviet Delegate Andrei I. Vishinsky emphasized that he would oppose any detailed dis cussion of the merits of the Iranian case. The council vote came after Vishinsky formally had opposed taking up the Iran matter and had offered instead that Russia and Iran conduct bilateral nego tiations on the affair. British Foreign Minister Ern est Bevin supported inquiries into all the complaints and Dutch Foreign Minister E. N. Kleffens said his government had no ob jection to putting Indonesia ,on the council agenda . ,Bevin said he thought that In all these cases the ' complaints should be heard. Should Hear All "I think we will be making a mistake if any government large or small can't be -heard here," he said. "Inasmuch as my own government has subse quently been charged with en dangering peace in Greece I want to say we have no objec tion to the fullest investigation. '1 am so sick and tired of these charges about the situation in Greece by the Soviet Union in private conferences that no one would be happier than me to see these charges brought out into public." . . IN INDIA RIOTING Bombay, Jan. 25 U.R Cas ualties reached 14 dead and 466 wounded today as mobs of anti British rioters overran Bombay in an orgy of arson, looting and attacks on police and pedes trians. Disturbances which began Wednesday when police attempt ed to break up a pnrade of In dian nationalist sympathizers were developing into mob rule proportions. Police fired six times Thurs day on mobs which spread vio lence through the downtown sec tion. Two rioters were killed and 60 wounded. Four police officers and 11 constables were wound ed. Mobs set fire to government grain elevators, military trucks, street cars and police cars. HAWAII SUGAR OUTPUT LOWEST IN 19 YEARS Honolulu, T. H., Jan. 25 (U.R) Hawaiian sugar production hit its lowest dbb in 19 years during 1945 with only 799.637.86 short tons exported, Honolulu sugar producers reported today. The islands' 1944 production figure was 8M .873.2051 tons, it was pointed out. Weather roRrcAsT cifit umnbi and Saturday with naming log. Colder taatght. Tune. Hlrhet YwterdaT 4 l.owrtt Uilt Mornlrg ... 31 Prrc. lo : a. m. Todar, H Smokeless Stacks I"- -VV ft .1 hp- S (Acm Telf photo) Blast furnaces at Republic Steel Corp.'s No. 3 plant at Youugstown, Ohio, are cold and smokeless as strike of 750,000 C. I. O. steel workers continues with no sign of early settlement. Filibustering Demos Rest Throats While Colleague Expresses Views Washington, Jan. 25 (U.R) Throat-weary southern Demo crats filibustering against fair employment legislation in the senate yielded the floor tempor arily today to permit a pro-FEPC colleague to "express hia views' The effect of Oio move, com ing as the filibuster dragged along in Its second week, .was CLAIM OF SHORT Washington. Jan. 25 !U.P.) Lt. Gen. .Walter C. Short, 1941 army Pearl Harbor commander, revealed today that Gen. George C." Marshall,- former army chief of staff, recommend ed his- retirement within 24 hours after telling him to "stand pat." Short told the Pearl Harbor investigating committee he tel ephoned Marshall and offered to submit a request for retiie mcnt immediately after reading the Roberts board report Jan. 25, 1942. The board accused him of dereliction of duty. Told To Stand Pat Short said Marshal! told him then to "stnnd. pat." He intro duced evidence showing that Marshall recommended the next day that Short's request for retirement he accepted. Short earlier had testified that he did. not see a series of navy messages about Japanese code destruction in the week before Pearl Harbor. He said his last conference with the navy commander at Pearl Har bor took place on Dec. 3 four davs before the attack. "When I read the findings of the Roberts commission on the morning of Jan. 25. 1942. I was completely dumfnundfd." Short told the congressional commit- "To be accused of dereliction .rf duty after almost 40 years of loyal and competent service was beyond my comprehension. Mother Saves Baby But Loses Own Life Willow Grove. Pa., Jan. 25 UP.) A 21-year-old mother dropped her baby daughter to safety from the second floor of their fire-swept home today and then was trapped and burned to death with h"r huband. As a flaming staircase pre vented rescuers from reaching them Mrs. Aroth Hallowell drapped five-months-old Sharon Lee in all the blankets she could find and pushed her out the window The baby slid down a snow-covered roof and tumbled 12 fct to cement steps. She was unhurt. DOUBLE CROSS BY are Sign of Times to give southern larynxes a rest without bringing the legislation any nearer to a vote. Sen. John L. McClellan, D., Ark., a leading foe of the pro posed permanent fair employ ment practice commission!, con sented for Sen. Alexander Smith, R., N. J., to make a speech in favor of the bill. The move toward limiting de bate appeared doomed to failure. While it takes only 16 signa tures to file the motion, it can .be .pased only by a two-thirds vote. The filibuster bloc claim ed 26 sure supporters probably enough to block cloture. Sen. Wayne C. Morse, R., Ore., renewed. his. plea for long senate sessions late yesterday after southerners had droned on all day with their arguments against FEPC. "The senate should make up its mind to break this filibuster and not by bankers' hours or we ought to stop this farce of giving the impression that we are trying to break the filibus ter," Morse said. PLAN EXPANSION Portland. Jan. 25 (U.R) The Oregon AFL progress commit tee . has asked .AFL . President William Green to send into Ore gon an . outstanding campaign manager to direct the activities of the committee in building up the labo.- organization in the Oregon area. The program of the commit tee calls for widespread organi zation of the unorganized work ers and the building up of the effectiveness of AFL unions where they are now established. EXPECTED TONIGHT Portland. Jan. 25 OJ.R) Most of western Oregon experienced rain during last night, with some sections reporting ice at high elevations. A drop in the upper Willam ette river is expected tonight, and the rise downstream is ex pected to be slight. At Jefferson the Santiam river Is reported a little above flood stage, but dropping. O'HARA NOW CITIZEN Hollywood. Jan. 25 (UP) Irish-born screen itar Maureen O'Hara became an American citizen today. The world's largest garage is the 1700-car. four-level narkine ! "pace under Union Square in I San Francaco. TO A. F. L FOLD: LEWISHONORED Workers' Boss Given Seat on Federation Council; Not to Supplant Green, Word. Miami, Fla., Jan. 25 (U.R) The United Mine Workers and their burly chief, John L. Lewis, today were returned to membership in the American Federation of Labor and Lewis gained a seat on the AFL execu tive council. AFL President William Green announced the action was taken unanimously by the council to day. Lewis paid S9.000 in January taxes to the AFL for 600,000 mine workers. Long Discussed ' Granting of a council seat to Lewis was made in response to a demand by the miners' boss. The re-affiliation has been dis cussed for more than a year but was made complete only today. Lewis is expected here within a few days to take his place on the council for the remainder of the current session, Green said. The AFL chief branded as "ab solutely false" reports that he would resign so that Lewis could be elected president of the federation. He also declared that he had no fear that Lewis would "intrigue" against his leadership. Unity Need Soen v Asked what significance of the return of the UMW was to labor, Green replied: "It is significant in this re spect that the workers of the country are placing more em phasis on the need for unity and solidarity. I Interpret this step taken by the mine workers as an endeavor on their part to wipe out division and establish unity. It may be interpreted as a move designed to place the house of labor in order. "It will have a profound ef fect upon the expansion and de velopment of the labor move ment. I might point out that this is the second large organization to return to us after experiment ing with the CIO. The other was the International Ladies Gar ment Workers." Green said that "the story I was going to retire (in Lewis' favor) is false. I am going to continue as president of the American Federation of Lobor." MEDFORD FIFTH 1945 BUILDING Medford ranked fifth in the number of building permits Issued in Oregon In December. 1945 according to a release of Pacific Northwest building data. With 497 permits issued for con struction Valued at $637,221.50, the city showed a huge Increase over 1944, when 185 permits had a construction valuation of $163. 148.50. December permits for $116,055 worth of construction! showed 1.000 per cent over De cember. 1944, when the figure was $10,540. Portland was first In (he num ber "of permits granted while Salem was second, Eugene third, and Klamath Falls fourth. New residence building, be ginning to gain momentum as materials ebb back, amounted to $4,439,733, largest home build ing month, In 39 northwest cities. It was 44 per cent of all building and averaged $4,990 a dwelling. Every state In the northwest, and British Columbia, at least doubled their year-ago building. Oregon showed the highest gain. MARTHA RAYE ROBBED New York. Jan. 25 0J.R) Singer Martha Raye was robbed of jewelry, valued at $15,000. from her St. Moritz Hotel suite, police disclosed today. Felix Gouin ( Acme HariioTcIrnhata) Felix Gouin, chairman of French Constituent Assembly, speaks to Paris. France, listeners after he ac cepted bid of French Conummists and Socialists to succeed General Charles De Gaulle as Provisional President of French Republic. Gouin had previously declined the honor. Photo radioed from Paris to New TALENT RESIDENT KILLED BY AUTO Humphrey Elliott' Meagher, 68r Talent, was killed about 12:55 a. m. today when struck by a car driven by Roger E. Card, 304 South Central' ave nue, i about a half mile south of Jackson Hot Springs, near Ash land. Deputy Coroner C. M. Litwil ler, Ashland, said evidence showed Meagher was walking on the highway at the time he was struck. Card, recently released from the armed service and accomp anied by Dorothy DeLols Mae Mahan, route 1, Mcdford, and Kclsic E. Marquiss, Ashland, was not blamed for the acci ent, Litwillcr said. Meagher, a veteran of the Spanish-American war and of World War 1, is survived by his wife, a barber at Talent. Fu neral arrangements will be an nounced later, Litwillcr said. TEN INCHES NEW SNOW FALLS AT UNION CREEK Ten Inchis of new snow fell at Union Creek yesterday ac cording to information received by the National Forest service, Telephone lines were clown this morning, preventing further in formation from coining through, but it was thought skiing would be good Sunday. jreawianiai Charlie Hoover's Aged Hat Brings In 1250 Polio Dimes A battered and dilapidnted old hat yesterday was respon sible for adding 1230 dimes to the annual March of Dimes campaign In Jackson county. To begin with, the hat was the special property of Charley (Pop) Hoover, well known seed grower and cattleman, and like most men. Charlie had no In. tentlon of parting with it. How ever, his cronies who gather at the Midway Auction yards on auction day had other notions and last week they took up ( collection with the Idea o' buy ing Charlie a new piece of head gear. Hat PreitnUd Yesterday Billy Bray, auc tioneer at. the yards, stopped the proceedings long enough to make a speech and present "Pop" with a large hat box. Be fore opening the package; Hoo ver accepted the gift with the provision that he would give Ihe price of the hat. together with a collection from- the crowd, to the March ?f Dimes fund. Charlie then opened the box to find not tut traditional AGAINSHRITISH 10.000 March to Embassy to Demand Return of Hong Kong, Macao, End of War. Chungking. Jan. 25 (U.R) Almost 10.000 Chinese students marched to the British embassy tonight demanding the return of Hong Kong and Macao to China and protesting construc tion of a Royal Air force airfield near Kowloon. In a six-hour demonstration, the students called for thorough accomplishment of the ceasefire order in China s civil war, re lease of political prisoners and punishment of traitors. The demonstrators marched in a mile-long procession. Among the witnesses was Gen. George C. Marshall, President Truman's personal emissary to China who mediated the truce In hostilities between national government and communist forces. Started By Students The demonstration appeared to have been started by students from Central and Chungking universities and the Szcchwan Education college. They were joined by youths from five other schools. Before marching to the British embassy, the demonstrators ap peared st the national govern ment building demanding that the political consultative coun cil, now in session to formulate a unity constitution for China conclude Its meeting successful ly. Six PCC delegates, Including communist representative Chou En-Lal, assured the demonstra tors that the council would be successful. Elder Statesman No Teh-Hul tearfully told the demonstrators that Chini "must have no more war, and no more bloodshed." The students waved multi colored banners on which their demands were written, and shouted slogans before the em bassy. ARGENTINE CANDIDATES HELD AFTER FATAL RIOT Buenos Aires, Jan. 25 (U.R) Dr. Jose Tamborini, chief oppon ent of Col. Juan Peron for the presidency of Argentina, was ar rested today in connection with the fatal shooting of a 12-year-old boy during a riotous political demonstration In Jujuy province. Tamboriiil and his vice-presidential running mate on the union dernicriitica ticket, Dr. Enrique Mosca, were Jailed along with 100 of their supporters who had been travelling with them on a campaign tour of Jujuy pro vince. 10 gallon Stetson but a mlna turc. After one look at Char lie's face the crowd roared and the collection doubled. Eventu ally Charlie was given hit full size new hat. Brny then opened the bidding on Charlie's old hat with Ber nie Thnmler, ringleader of the Kng, buying the old felt for $10. When the money was counted and found to be only $71. Charlie then offered the minia ture Stetson for sale In an ef fort to swell the fund to $100. Bids Run High Bidding was brisk, with Hugo von der Ilellen of the Gore ranch buying It for $18 30 and then putting it up for resale. Second buyer was Bob Jones. Grants Pass cattleman, who bought the tiny hat for $12 30 and also offered It for sale again. Hoover purchasing it this time for $10. Last buyer was Wayne Arnold of Mcdford, who paid $7 for the miniature. The hat-happy crowd Uien went home, and $125 was turn ed over to the Jackson county fund for the National Infantile Paralysis Inundation. CIO Men Refuse To Resume Work In Seized Plants Chicago, Jan. 25 (UP) The CIO United Pack inghouse Workers union balked at President Tru man's seizure of the struck meat packing indust.-y today and voted not to go back to work when the government takes over the plants at 12 :01 a. m. (local time) tomorrow. Members of the union's national wage policy committee, representing all the packinghouse work ers local unions, voted unanimously against going flack to work for the government without wage in creases. The union represents nearly 200,000 packing house workers in meat plants from coast to coast. AFL Men Vote Return To Work Another union involved in the 10-day-old strike, the AFL Meat Cutters and Butchers union, previously had decided to send its more than 60,000 members back to work when the government takes over. There was loud cheering within the hall where the union delegates met as they rejected the pres ident's plea to return to work and start the flow of meat to the nation's dinner tables. Lewis J. Clark, president of the CIO union, said the seizure order was a "complete double cross" be cause it did not provide for wage increases under the government operation of the struck plants. Asked if the CIO picket lines would be removed from the struck plants when the government takes over, Clark snapped: "Go to the stockyards and see for yourself." LACK OF STEEL 10 NATION'S IDLE By Unltad Press Additional thousands were thrown out of work today by the critical steel strike, most serious of a scries of postwar work stoppages keeping more than 1,1130,000 workers aw-.y from their Jobs. Administration leaders hoped that seizure of the strikebound meat Industry, scheduled for 12:01 a. m. tomorrow would send nearly 300,000 AFL and CIO packinghouse employes back to work pending a final settlement of their wage dispute. Tne Ford Motor Co. has an nounced that it is threatened with a "complete shutdown" within 10 days because of a sliiii'tngc of steel for its curs. Ap proximately 15,000 Ford work ers were to be In Id off today and another 23,000 early next week. Disputes Listed In the major labor disputes: 1. A fact finding panel began hearings In Chicago on the five day strike of 30,000 CIO farm equipment workers In 11 plants of the International Harvester Co. 2. Federal mediation was re cessed Indefinitely In the strike of 200,000 CIO electrical work ers against 78 plants of General Electric, General Motors and Westinghouse. 3. Employes of two electrical generating plants went ahead with preparations to strike Mon day, Idling 150,000 workers In Kentucky and Virginia coal mines. Two Cents Apart 4. A contract session between the CIO United Auto Workers and the Ford Motor Company ended with the two sides still two cents apart on wages. The talks wiil be resumed at 2 p. m. Tuesday. The five-day walkout of 750, 000 CIO steel workers In 1,200 mills, aluminum plants and Iron ore pits forced the almost Imme diate layoff of 100,000 office workers. In addition, nearly 50, 000 persons were affected in the railroad, river transportation, mining, coking and steel proces sing Industries; Canada Acts And In Canada, Reconstruc tion Minister C. D. Howe an nounced that steel controls had been temporarily re-established to meet the emergency caused hv the American steel strike. Howe said a prolonged walkout would have a "disastrous'' effect on Canadian Industry. President Truman late yester day formally ordered Secretary of Agriculture Clinton P. Ander son to direct the seizure of 1.14 strikebound plants of 17 pack ing firms. The order specified that present terms of employ ment remain In effect for the present. Many work stoppages. In turn, indirectly forced other lay offs. The Packard Motor r.av Co. began a progressive shut down, affecting 8,000 workers, because of a shortage of parts from strikebound suppliers. Chrysler Corp. laid off 8,700 employes because of a shortage of glass. Tho slowdown at Pack ard resulted in the layoff of 2, 800 at the Brlggs Manufacturing Co., which turns out Packard bodies. T JARS SWITZERLAND Zurich, Jan. 25 U.R) A se vere earthquake shook Swltzcr land for a full minute beginning at 0:34 o'clock this evening (12:34 p. m., EST) and first re ports said widespread property damage resulted In citlea and towns throughout tht country. The only casualties reported Immediately were In Lausanne, where scores of pedestrians were hurled to the ground by the shock and suffering alight In juries. Zurich apparently was near the epicenter of the earthquake and the city was shaken vljlent- iy- At Ncuchatcl, a seismograph recording the tremor was smash ed. Snow Fiesta Out; Heat Wave Melts California Supply Los Angeles, Jan. 25 (U.R) A midwinter heat wave that brought temperatures up to 85 brought blushes today to the Junior Chamber of Commerce as lt cancelled Its winter snow sports fiesta. Temperatures of 83 yester day, equaling the hottest Jan. 24 on record, and 8a Wednes day melted all the snow In southern California. The chamber, which haa been booming a winter sports fiesta, announced it would be I postponed to Feb. 3, and held In the Inyo-Mono area, 300 miles north. DIRECTOR DIES Hollywood. Jan. 25 (U.R) Veteran Director Otto Brower, 55, died today of heart disease after a three-day illnesa. SIDE GLANCES By TRIBUNE REPORTERS Walter Rowley claiming that he must hurry to the bank to get a pound of butter which he had hidden In his lock box. The firo department report ing "no runs, no hits, no errors." Minnie Bryant being fore sighted in the matter of keeping the Tribune reporters in a good mood. Emll Schmidt bemoaning the chopping down of a beautiful tivergrccn on North Holly itreet.