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Newspaper Page TextUse The Mali Tribune Want Ad Way Quick Retultt At Small Cost Weather MEDFOKP Tribune FORECAST: Hifh cloudttif.l Sunday. Continued coot Morning fog. Temp. Highest Yesterday 45 Lowest Yesterday 24 Unittd Press Full Leased Wire United Prut Full Leased Wire Fortieth Year MEDFpRD, OREGON. SUNDAY, JANUARY 27, 1946 NO. 261. mm EARLY END AUTO STRIKE DUE; FORD CIO Reverses Defiant Stand General Motors Expect ed To Grant Pay Boost Chicago, Jan. 26 (U.R) The CIO Packinghouse Workers un ion today ordered its approxi mately 200,000 striking mem bers to go back to their jobs in meat packing plants Monday. The CIO union will thus join with 65,000 to 70,000 AFL meat cutters in obeying the govern ment's order seizing the 133 strikebound packing plants. Companies immediately began preparations for resuming slaughtering operations. Esti mates as to when packing could begin again ranged from Mon day morning to "several days." The big companies would not estimate when they could get their strikebound plants under way again. However, Gayle G. Armstrong, government representative in charge of operating the seized plants, said "with the coopera tion of labor and management now assured, we can get meat back into the markets within a matter of days." Washington, Jan. 26 (U.R) Government officials tonight jubilantly hailed a crop of good labor news reporting what Secretary of Labor Schwellenbach called "the most important occurrences since the close of the war." The six-day-old steel strike and the 67-day-old General Motors walkout were still on. But there was enough other good news to convince many officials that the country's pro duction machinery will soon be in high gear for the first )ime since V-J day. The decision to send the CIO workers back to their jobs was voted by thewage policy com mittee made up of 300 represen tatives of the packinghouse workers locals. The committee had met here yesterday, when it had voted unanimously to defy the government's seizure. The CIO union reversed its stand of last night in which it had refused to go back to work under federal seizure. The re versal came after Secretary of Agriculture Clinton P. Anderson had sent similar telegrams to both unions, promising ho would seek wage benefits recommend ed by a fact finding board which ends its hearings today. Lewis J. Clark, president of the CIO Packinghouse Workers, who had charged President Tru man's order to seize the plants constitute strike-breaking, em phasized his organization was not calling off its walkout against the packers In the bid for higher wages. Instead, Clark said, the CIO union was attempting to cooper ate with the government in re plenishing the nation's depleted meat larder. Detroit, Jan. 26 (U.R) Ford Motor company and Chrysler Corporation, two of the big three nuto makers, led the way today toward settlement of organized labor's wage demands, granting pay increases of 18',i cents an hour, respectively, to a total of 151,000 workers. Sudden termination of the Ford and Chrysler disputes pointed the way for an end to the 67-day-old strike of 175.000 UAW members against the big gest of the big three General Motors corporation. Talk within the industry for weeks has been that General Motors would not be able to de lay an agreement with the UAW very long after Ford and Chrys ler signed because of the tre mendous postwar auto market at stake. General Motors officia.s were unavailable for immediate com ment. CM President C. E. Wil son was reported aboard a plane, cn route from Washington to De troit. N e w b e r g. Jan. 26 Ben Mosher of Willamette University has won the after dinner pcak irz contest it Pacific College.) Atom Bomb Targets Will Be Here i vTOKYO P0Clf Ocean I. (Acme Telephoto) Testifying before the Senate's special committee on atomic energy. Vice Admiral W. H. P. Blandy illustrates with the use of a map the ring of mid-Pacific islands where the first of three tests of atomic bomb blasts on Naval vessels will take place early in May. Map shows location of Bikini atoll, part of Marshall group, where tests will be held. The Naval "guinea pigs" will consist of German, Japanese and U. S. warships now out of commission. Washington, Jan. 26 (U.R) Dr. Arthur H. Compton, winner of the Nobel prize for physics, tonight urged all nations to sur. render their right to make war by putting the atomic bomb and every other weapon of mass de struction exclusively In the hands of an international police force. "The release of atomic energy means that wars must ceaae," Compton said. "We must work toward placing all major war- IN CRATER LAKE E In spite of deep snow and con tinued storms, the sound record ing instrument sent to Medford by the United States Geological Survey was successfully in stalled in Crater Lake last week, J. Carlisle Crouch, chief ranger of the Crater Lake National Park service reported Saturday morning after returning from the lake Friday night. Crouch had previously reported to Park Superintendent E. P. Leavitt by radio that the task was partially completed. It is hoped the in strument will help in determin ing whether or not there is a re currence of volcanic activity in the lake floor. The ranger reported that Thursday he and Geologist F. W Cater, with Daryl Palmer and Paul Herron, built a small raft, to which they fastened floaters, and that the recording instru ment was suspended from this. The raft is about 15 feet from the lake shore ,and the instru ment hangs in about 15 feet of water, he stated. Attached to the other end of 1,500 feet of cable is the rec ording drum which Cater set up on the third floof of the lodge. This device marks a straight line on recording paper unless sounds emanate from the lake which will then record in un even markings. This will also set off a huzzer which will serve to warn the watching geologist. Leavitt reported that Ranger Crouch will return to the lodge once a week to take supplies to Cater, and that the latter will report to park headquarters by radio any unusual events. DOCK PLUNGE AT ASTORIA KILLS 3 Astoria, Ore., Jan. 26 (U.R) One sailor was safe but another man and two girl companions were feared drowned after the automobile in which they were riding plunged off the end of a dork into the Columbia river hpre tonight. Navyman Mark P. Banjovich. 21. off the LST 840, wriggled to safety through a car window! and swam to safety. The coast guard immediately began drag King the 40-foot-d.-cp water at the scene of the accident but held no hope that the other un denlified occupants would be found alive. Banjovich said a civilian was driving and that he knew only one of the girls whose name he faid was "Dorothy." HAWAIIAN IS. making power, including in par ticular the use of atomic weap ons, in the hands of a world or ganization that will serve as police to prevent wars between nations. "This must be made effective by eliminatiing the veto in the present actions of the UNO se curity council and by resigning the right of every nation in cluding our own to possess weapons capable of mass de struction." TO BETTER RADIO RECEPTION Washington, Jan. 26 (U.R) The first practical result of the army's radar contact with the moon is likely to be improve ment of radio communications, signal corps scientists said to night. When the radar impulses re flected from the moon were rec orded at the army's New Jersey experiment station on Jan. 10, it proved what scientists have long suspected that ultra-hosrt radio waves will penetrate the ionosphere, the multi-layered, electrically-charged upper atmos phere. With this fact definitely estab lished, scientists will be able to use radar to chart much more precisely the effects of the ionosphere on radio waves of varying lengths. When the ionosphere is fully charged, vast improvements In many forms of radio communica tions will be possible, particu larly in elimination of the so called "skip zone." Ths is an area in which the radio signals of a particular transmitter are not heard, either because they strike the ionosphere at a too oblique angle and penetrate It or because they are reflected at an angle that sends them past the skip zone. With a full knowledge of the characteristics of the Ionosphere, scientists say they should be able to adjust radio waves to avoid the skip zone entirely. MITlRl 66 Tokyo, Jan. 26 (U.R) Gen. Douglas MaeArthur and Lt. Gen. Walter Krucger, commander of the inactivated 6th army, cele brated their birthdays with an eight-star luncheon In the su preme commander's Tokyo home today, Just before Krueger boarded a ship for the United States. It was MacArlhur's 66th birth day and Krucgcr's 65th. and Mac Arthur took the occasion to pin the distinguished service cross and an oak leaf cluster in lieu of a second distinguished service medal on the 6th army com mander. PRESS FREEDOM DRIVE Washington. Jan. 26 (U.R) Federal Communications Com mission chairman Paul Porter said tonight worldwide accep tance of the principle of free dom of information wilt' be sought at an International com munication conference to be I held sometime In 1046, 2m C DEFEATS HUSKIES, 52 TO 50; STATERS BEATEN Hays Rebound Shot Gives Webfeet Win 0SC Drops To Third Place Seattle, Jan. 26 (U.R) Wash ington Huskies dropped an overtime Coast conference bas ketball game to Oregon 54 to 52 tonight but retained their lead in the Northern division. Oregon held a slight edge during the first half in which the lead changed hands 12 times. Washington's scoring was mainly taken care of by forward Jack Pomfret, who tallied 12 of his 18 points diuing the first canto. After Oregon held a three point lead with five minutes to go, Washington railed to take a half-time edge of 25 to 22. Pomfret opened the second half with a one-handed push shot that gave Huskies a 27-22 lead, widest margin of the game. Two quick baskets by Captain Bob Hamilton and Stan William son closed the gap and the score see-sawed throughout the sec ond half with no more than four points separating the two clubs. With one minute and 42 sec onds left Washington's Norm Dalthorp and Bob Jorgcnson sank two baskets to tie the score 48-48. In the overtime period, two one-handed push shots by Wil liamson countered a pair of bas kets by Pomfret and Dalthrop of Washington. Kenny Hays re bound shot gave the Webfoots the victory. Moscow. Ida., Jan. 26 (U.R) Idaho Vandals came from be hind tonight to triumph 43 to 38 over Oregon State college to gain second spot In the North division of the coast basketball conference. The Idaho squad with five wins and four losses spilled Oregon State into third place with four wins and three losses. Idaho played an Iron-man team, using only one substitute who played for little more than three minutes. Idaho trailed through most of the first half due largely to a 13-point scoring streak by Redi Iiocha of Oregon State. The halftime score was Ore gon State 27, Idaho 23. In the second half field goals bv Jack Phoenix and Fred Quinn, and free throws by Grant Mortensen and Phoenix gave Idaho a tie with six min utes gone. The lead changed hands seven times in the last half with Idaho finally pushing to the fore with two and a half minutes to go. SHERIMRK Los Angeles, Jan. 26 (U.R) Arthur Eggcrs, 52-year-old sher iff's clerk, tonight confessed that he murdered his wife, cut off her head and hands, and threw her mutilated corpse into a grave on Rlm-ofthe-World high way In San Bernardino county. EKgers had been questioned steadily since his arrest last week when police noticed a discrep ancy between a missing-persons report he made on his wife and her actual description. Sheriff Eugene Biscailuz said tonight that Eggcrs, who had sur vived a lie-detector test with perfect composure, had finally broken down under the constant barrage of questions and con fessed. LADDER SAVES 8IX Oakland, Cal.. Jan. 20 'U.R) Prompt action of neighbor! in securing a ladder today wan credited with saving the lives of six persons, including a 15-months-old baby, who were trapped on the second floor of a burning residence, Cute Trick Item San Francisco, Jan. 26 (U.R) Manipulatoin of a but ter cutting machine to turn out short-weight pounds was charged today at the trial of Nye and Nissen, produce firm accused of a million dollar fraud in war food contracts. Henry Pineda, a - iinpany employe, testified that he was instructed by his super iors to set the machine to cut 15 ounce pounds, and to reset it to cut 16 aunces when government inspect ors approached. 'PEARL' BLAME ON FOUR TOP CHIEFS Stimson, Gens. Marshall. Gerow and Miles Made Him 'Goat' for Disaster Washington. Jan. 26 (U.R) Lt. Gen. Walter C. Short, 1941 army commander in Hawaii said today Secretary of War Henry L. Stimson and three top high command generals made him the scapegoat of the suc cessful Japanese surprise attack on Pearl Harbor. Short ended his testimony be fore congress' Pearl Harbor in vestigating committee with the accusation. The officers he nam ed were Gen, George C. Mar shall, 1941 army chief of staff; C n. LeoArd - T4 - Gerow, then chief of army war plans; and Maj. Gen. Sherman Miles, then chief of army intelligence. He told the. committee he hoped this would be the last in vestigation of the Pearl Harbor disaster. Stimson and the three gener als already have appeared as witnesses before the congres sional Pearl Harbor committee. Short testified for the fifth day today. Marshall and Gerow in their testimony accepted a share of responsibility for the fact that army defenses were not ade quately alerted on Dec. 7, 1941 Miles denied any responsibility Sen. Homer Ferguson, R., Mich., asked Short to name the men who made him the scape goat of the disaster. When he did. Ferguson said: "Then, as I sec It, someone had to lake the blame for Pearl Harbor. Thoso you named were to blame they shifted the blame to you and n.ade you the scape goat?" "That is exactly what I want to convey, Short replied. When Short finished, the com mittee decided in an executive session to call Supreme Court Justice Owen J. Roberts to the stand at 2 p. hi. Monday for questioning about possible de letions or changes In the report of his investigation of Pearl Har bor before the report was made public. On Monday morning the com mittee will hear Navy Capt. E. M. Zacharias, expert on Japan esc affairs and commander of the cruiser SOLDIER LATEST Chicago, Jan. 26 (U.R) Inves tigation of the kidnap-slaying of Suzanne Dcgnan tonight await ed completion of an army In vestigation to determine the whereabouts of a soldier whose name and serial -number corre spond to those on a handkerchief found near the child's home. As the investigation nearcd the end of the third week, the police department's principal re maining clues had dwindled to the handkerchief, bearing the laundry mark, "3168, S. Sher man," and fingerprints found on the ransom note for $.20,000 found in Suzanne's bedroom. The six-year-old child was kid naped three weeks ago tomor row from the bedroom of her northsidc home, then strangled and dismembered. ALL BUT 2 RAIL THERHOODS J Engineers, Trainmen Plan Strike Vote Stalemate In Steel Strike Chicago, Jan. 26 (U.R) Eighteen railroad brotherhoods agreed today to arbitrate their differences with 134 American railroads, but two key operating brotherhoods refused to partici pate and prepared to take strike votes. The 18 brotherhoods, in the first mass agreement to arbitration- in history of American labor, represent 85 per cent of the nation's rail workers, a national railway mediation board spokesman said. However, the two dissenting brotherhoods the brotherhood of railway trainmen and bro therhood of locomotive engin eers representing the other 15 per cent, could halt all rail operations if they walked out. Pittsburgh, Jan. 20 (U.R) ' Hope for an early settlement of the great steel strike faded tto night after Philip Murray, pres ident of the CIO united steel workers, said he had no idea what the next development might be. The strike of 750,000 union members approached its seventh clay as Washington observers ex pected new government pres sure on the steel Industry to ac cept President Truman's wage formula of an 18', I cents an hour Increase. The rejection of Mr. Truman's proposal by U. S. Steel Corp. was the switch that threw the strike machinery into action one minute after midnight Sun day. Murray prepared to leave for Washington Sunday night, where he will testify Tuesday before tho senate education and labor committee. At a news conference todHy, the union leader said, "I have no plans to see the president. MlOUlDPUT IN HALL OF FAME Portland, Jan. 26 W.R) The Oregon historical figures of Dr John McLaughlin nnd Jason Lcc have been selected by a gover nor's committee to represent; Oregon in the national capital's statuary hall of fame. The committee was named to select two Oregon figures for the hall of fame In accordance with a stale legislature rosolu tlon. BULLETIN Palo Alio, Cal., Jan. 26 (U.R) The league-leading USC Tro jans handed the hapless Stan ford cage team its eight straight conference defeat by scoring a 55-40 victory here tonight in the second game of their scries. Minneapolis, Jan. 26 (UP) Mighty Minnesota rolled over an outmanned Purdue team tonight by tho score of 56 to 43, giving the Golden Gophers their fourth straight Big Ten victory, and keeping them firmly entrenched on top of the conference stand- Berkeley, Cal., Jan. 26 AIR) University of California's basketball varsity loafed to an easy 56-42 victory over Univer sity of Santa Clara tonight in a non-conference game played on the Berkeley campus. Lake Park, Minn., Jan. 28 (U.R) Eleven coaches of the second section of the West Coast limited, crack Northern Pacific passenger train, were reported derailed at Manitoba Junction between Lake Park and Haw ley, Minn., about 5:30 this even ing. First reports, from a Northern Pacific official at Lake Park, said no one was In jured. The report did not state the cause of the derailment. Its Different Now Hollywood, Jan. 26 (U.R) A 22-year-old navy ensign who blushingty admitted he was unmarried and had no girl friends, tonight won a two year supply of nylon hosiery, a fur coat, an automobile, a diamond ring and a dozen proposals of marriage. Ensign Richard Bartholo mew of Fayetsvillc, Ark., wan dered into the Truth-or-Conse-quonces radio show by acci dent, and was asked if he could identify the voice of "Mr. Hush." "Why, that's Jack Demp scy," Bartholomew, an over seas veteran, said. He was right. For five weeks the gifts have been piling up because nobody could guess the voice of the former world boxing champion. HUNGRY, NETTLES Australia, Canada, Argen tine Told To Give Share Of Wheat Washington, Jan. 26 U.R) President Truman's demand that other major wheat-producing nations do their share In feed ing the world's hungry appeared likely tonight to cause some In ternalionnl heart-burn. Australian sources here took the view that the" president's statement issued yesterday, was uncalled for. Canadians and Argentinians were represented as feeling the same way. Mr. Truman said he was alarmed by "what now appears to be a world-wide shortage of wheat." He estimated that ship ments to destitute peoples in tho first six months of 1046 would fall $5,000,000 tons short of minlmu.n needs. Addressing himself to Can ada, Australia, and Argentina j which with the Untied States produced about 1,731,843,000 bushels of wheat in 1045 the president said the grain needs of iiberated nations were urgent. "In view of this situation this government Is recommending that each of the supplying coun tries accept its proportionate share of the responsibility in meeting the urgent require ments of the liberated peoples on an equitable basis." Australian sources here were surprised ,md a.littlc hurt. They told the United Press Australia already Is doing precisely what the president recommended. New York, Jan. 26 (U.R) Harold Slassnn, former governor of Minnesota, urged today that President Truman refrain from making 'snap decisions" and bring together all the economic gpnips Involved In the present strikes to "develop agreement on a basic policy." Stasscn, announcing his re entry into active republican party affairs after almost three years in the nuvy, said these groups should Include leading economists and leaders in both political parties. He told the women's national republican club that the "all-time- high" of workers on strike "presents an example in a brief period of months of the failure of governmental administra tion." Mountain Highways Reported Slippery State police said last night that the Siskiyou and Green springs highways were slick and chains wero advised. An earlier report from the Oregon State Highway Commission said fog was freezing on the Siskiyou highway hut was being sanded by highway crews, PLANE WHISTLES 4H0UMIN. 'Shooting Star' Averages 584 MPH in Record Non stop Flight New York, Jan. 25 (U.R) Whistling across the nation from California at 584 miles an hour, a jet-propelled "Shooting Star" fighter plane streaked In to La Guardia field today to set an official non-stop transcontin ental speed record of four hours 13 minutes and 26 sec onds. Behind the first fighter by a matter of minutes were two other Jets, which, with re-fueling stops in Topcka, Kans., also made tho 2,470 official miles from Long Beach, Calif., In un der five hours. The previous non-stop record was held ny the Super-Fortress Drcamboat at five hours, 27 minutes. Col. W. H. Council), Ingomar, Pa., pilot of the record-smashing plane said that between Akron nnd New York he averag ed 630 miles per hour, flying at one time nearly 700 miles per hour, approaching the speed of sound, lie flew from Akron to Now York In 39 minutes. The third plane to arrive, piloted by Capt. John S. Babel, established a single stop record for the coast-to-coast flight ot four hours, 23 minutes, and 54 seconds. He crossed the finish line at 5:22 p.m. - Second to arrive but third In elnpscd time, was the plana piloted by Capt. Martin L. Smith which crossed the line at 5:07 p. m., four hours, 33 min utes, nnd 25 seconds after the take-off. Both Babel and Smith stopped at Topcka to refuel. Counclll had fairly good weather and was believed to have benefitted by a slight tall wind. Said the flight was "Just about pc-icci." When he reached La GiiPidia field, he said he was flying at 015 miles per hour. He swooped down over the field from an altitude of 28,000 cross ing the timing "line" at 2,000 feel. All limes were approved by the chief timer of the national acronnutical association, John P. V. Hclnmuller. The three planes left Long Beach this morning with Smith in the lead. BY FROSH, 42-36 University of Oregon's Frosh hoopmen flipped in seven tallies after the fourth quarter auto matic time-out to trounce Med ford high 42-36 on the Medford maploboards last night. The quintets entered the final four minutes deadlocked at 35 35. John Neoley accounted for two Duckling field goals in the final moments while Art Milne dropped In the other and George Huijgin netted a foul toss. Le Hoy llouso' free throw was the only Tornado score after the au tomatic breather. Neeley was the thorn In Med ford flesh as he looped In 16 points lor tho Frosh. The Tor nado, though apparently tired and listless after Friday's Ash hind clash, gave the collegians a close battle most of the way. Medford led 12-9 at the first period mark, 19-18 at half time and 32-20 at the third period's close. Medford Junior high's eighth grade club won 43-15 over the Ashland eighth graders. Lineups: Frosh (42) (30) Medford Johnson 6 f 3 Watson Milne 8 f 7 Koso Mold 2 c 5 Rlggs Hugglus9 g 8 Cave Neeley 18 g 5 Bostwlck Substitutions: Frosh Albright (1); Medford House (2), Sing ler (4), Steele (2). Rnfiret: Rawer man and I Scroauiiii.