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Fortieth Year
COLEMAN, CARTER
CANDIDATES FOR
Incumbent to File Within
Short Time Vern Smith
Enters Race For Sheriff.
Interest in county politics be
gan to build up this week with
the announcement that both
George R. Carter and Judgp J.
,B. Coleman would seek the Re
publican nomination for county
Judge, that two candidates, Vern
Smith and Howard Gault will be
in the race for the county sher
iff's nomination and that both
Frank Van Dyke and O. H.
Bengtson will file for re-election
to the house of representatives.
Carter, who has been county
clerk since 1933, filed for the
judgeship nomination today and
this morning Judge Coleman
stated that he planned to file
for re-election within a short
time. The Judge, who is complet
ing his first term in that office
added that his campaign would
be "on my record m public of
fice." Two more years remain
in Clerk Carter s tenure of of
fice. Billings Silent
In spite of persistent rumors
for several weeks past, Ralph
Jennings, Democrat, and former
county sheriff, stated this morn
ing that he had not even con
sidered the possibility of run
ning for judge.
Ralph Billings, Ashland ' Re
publican, and a former county
commissioner, declined to make
a statement today regarding re
ports that he has been urged to
file for the judgeship nomina
tion.
Smith, deputy sheriff who yes
terday announced his resigna
tion, stated this morning that he
would file as a candidate for the
sheriff's nomination within a
few days. Smith is a Republican.
Howard Gault, present sheriff
appointed to the position last
summer after the death of Syd
Brown, has already announced
his intention of seeking the Re
publican nomination for office.
Representatives To Run
State Representatives Van
Dyke and Bengtson. both Repub
licans, have both signified their
intention of seeking re-election.
Van Dyke, Ashland attorney, ex
pected to file this afternoon
while Bengtson stated he plan
ned to file some time soon.
Commissioner William Perry
of Eagle Point has stated that
he will file for re-election. Also
expiring is the term of Circuit
Judge Herbert K. Hanna and it
is expected that he will be a
candidate for re-election to this
non-partisan office.
Ickes Embarrassed by Question, Admits
Pauley Tried to Squelch Oil Land Suit
Washington, Feb. 1 (U.B
Secretary of Interior Harold L.
Ickes testified today that Edwin
W. Pauley once told him Cali
fornia oil men would contribute
large sums to the democratic
party if Ickes dropped a suit for
federal title to oil-bearing tide
lands. Washington. Feb. 1 (U.R)
Edwin W. Pauley said today
it was "not true" that he told
Secretary of Interior Harold
L. Ickes California oil men
would enrich the democratic
parly treasury if Ickes dropped
a suit for federal title to oil
bearing tidelands.
Ickes testified before the Sen
ate Naval Affairs committee
which is studying Pauley's nom
ination to be undersecretary '
navy.
Sen. Charles W. Tobey. R., N.
H.. questioned him about the
tide-lands suit. The issue is now
perilling in the Supreme court.
Answer Is Yes
"Did Mr. Pauley," Tobcy
asked, "ever tell you that filing
of the government suit would be
bad politically and that several
hundred thousands of dollars
could be raised from California
oil men if they could be pro
mised that the suit would not be
Mekord
United Pri Full Leased Wire
Denies Philippine Marriage
) if :
MaJ. Arthur Wermuth, Bat tan '5 "One Man Army,1 denies story of Olivia
Josephine Oswald, Philippine native, that they were married In Manila.
Wermuth claimed wedding picture produced by Olivia waa made at a
party.
1,500,00 IDLE AS
TRUMAN, BOWLES
SET CONFERENCE
By United Press
The number of strike-idled U.
S. workers edged over the 1,500,
000 mark today as President
Truman scheduled' a conference
with Price Administrator Ches
ter Bowles, reportedly to con
sider the nationwide steel strike.'
Meantime, the deadlocked
steel industry wage dispute
brought further work cutbacks
to related industries, beset by a
growing shortage of steel prod-:
ucts.
May Up Steel Price y
-Mr. -Truman, summoned
Bowles back from a South Caro
lina vacation for the conference
at the White House tomorrow.
Washington observers expressed
belief that possible steel price in
creases would be discussed.
The U. S. Steel Corp., princi
pal target In the 12-day strike,
has contended that wages can
not be raised 18V4 cents an hour,
as proposed by the President,
unless prices can be increased
much more than the $4 a ton
suggested by reconversion di
rector John W. Snyder.
President Truman scheduled
a conference for late today with
his steel fact-finding panel,
which has been gathering cost-
wage-earnings data.
At La Grange, 111., there was a
flurry of violence at the strike
bound electro-motive division
General Motors Corp. plant near
La Grange, 111. Police reported
that two automobiles were over
turned when massed pickets
halted a back-to-work move led
by two war veterans.
filed?"
Ickes replied:
"That's an embarrassing ques
tion but the answer is 'yes'."
. Pauley, former democratic na
tional treasurer, had told the
committer he was not interested
in the tidelands suit and had
done nothing to try to get it
dropped.
Asked whether Pauley's state
ment was "accurate," Ickes said
it was not. He added that, like
the other, the question was of
the "embarrassing type."
Speaker Sam Rayburn, D
Tex., also testified about Pau
ley's interest in the tidelands.
He said Pauley had arranged
for William F. Clary, an assist
ant attorney general of Califor
nia, to visit him. Clary support
ed legislation to give the states
title to tidclands
But the conversation was
brief, Rayburn said, because "we
both agreed."
Rayburn Uninfluenced
As to whether Pauley and his
associates influenced him on the
legislation. Rayburn said:
' Nobody could influence me
in 1945 because my mind was
made up years ago."
Ickes etrongly criticized Max
Easton Thornburg, a former
State department adviser on
petroleum, who testified yester-
day that Pauley tried to swing
an oil deal with Mexico which.
(Acme lelephoto)
Cougar Killed In
Applegate Region
By C. P. Hunters
A cougar measuring seven feet
two inches in length was brought
to Medford today after being
killed yesterday at the head of
Star Gulch in the Applegate
district by Lester Lewis, govern
ment hunter from Central Point.
The cougar, which was brought
down by a shot from a .22 cali
bre rifle, is believed to the one
which has caused considerable
trouble to stockmen in the dis
trict during the past few months,
according to Fred and Bob Bean,
Central Point, who aided in the
hunt.
Seven of the best trained bear
and cougar dogs in the state par
ticipated in the six and one-half
hour's chase which led the party
through country covered with
snow measuring one-half to two
feet deep, the men said.
The same pack of hounds re
sponsible for killing of the
cougar led hunters to a large
black bear in the Evans Creek
district last fall.
45 MARRIAGE LICENSES
ISSUED DURING JANUARY
Marriage licenses issued in
Jackson county during January
totaled 45, three more than in
December. Divorce actions dur
ing the same month totaled 34,
two less than in the previous
month. A goodly share of the
marriage licenses were to dis
charged veterans.
DIME BOTTLE THIEF
GIVEN SIX MONTHS
Portland, Feb. 1 (U.R
Forty-eight-year-old Elmer H.
Fetterly of Portland has been
sentenced to serve six months
in jail for stealing a "March of
Dimes" bottle from a Portland
business house.
Thornburg said, would have
been a virtual "steal."
The interior secretary declared
that Thornburg, a former vice
president of the Standard Oil
company of California, was moti
vated in fighting the Pauley pro
ject by interests "other than
those of the U. S. government."
Asserting that Thornburg was
"dealing some cards under the
table," Ickes said the former
State department official was in
terested In getting the Pauley
contract disapproved because he
hoped to open the way for re
turn of U. S. oil company prop
erty expropriated by Mexico.
The secretary testified, how
ever, that he, too, finally op
posed the contract terms pro
posed by Pauley.
F.D.R. Uninformed
Tobey asked Ickes if he be
lieved the late late President
Roosevelt lacked specific know
ledge of the terms when he sent
the contract to the State depart
ment for approval.
"That's right," Ickes said.
Tobey asked if he felt there
was political pressure from the
democratic party to have the
Pauley contract approved.
"I couldn't say," Ickes replied.
Earlier, Tobey had charged
that Pauley falsely represented
to the Mexican government that
President Roosevelt was backing
the deal
MEDFORD, OREGON,
American Legion After Scalp
Of Veterans Administrator
TRAGIC FAILURE
Replacement of Bradley with
Seasoned Businessman
Sought by Organization.
Washington, Feb. 1 (U.R)
The American Legion today de
manded a congressional invest!
gation of the Veterans adminis
tration under Gen. Omar N.
Bradley and his replacement by
a "seasoned businessman.
The Legion's national com
mander, John Stelle, accused
Bradley of failure to utilize all
available hospital beds and said
there was n "tragic breakdown
in processing of veterans claims
and mail.
Promise Unfulfilled
"It is apparent that the giat
promise of our government to
the returning veteran ... is
not being fulfilled," Stelle said
in asking the investigation in
letters to members of congress,
"What we need in charge of
the VA is a seasoned business
man, not a soldier, however good
a soldier he may be.
Bradley has been in office less
than six months. He was called
by President Trum&n from com
mand of the, 12th army group in
Europe after "a congressional
probe of VA that is still to be
wound up.
The house committee on vet
erans legislation is currently
writing its verdict on charges of
malpractice in Veterans hospi
tals. Bradley's first effort was
to revamp the medical program.
The Legi'in's blast punctured
a six-monthu "honeymoon" in
which all veterans organizations
had backed Bradley in his an
nounced effort to overhaul the
agency.
Bradley Criticised
Stelle's charges reportedly fol
lowed a heated conversation in
which he criticized Bradley for
a recent suggestion that hospi
talization of non-service connect
ed veterans cases be temporarily
suspended, to lighten the hospital
load.
The proposal has been aban
doned at the request of the White
House. .
Stelle said a reorganization of
the veterans agency ordered by
Bradley had proved "wholly in
adequate." He said emphasis
should have been placed on
establishment of more regional
offices.
(Bradley, announcing the re
organization plan a month after
taking office, said it could not
be fully effective in less than a
year or possibly two years.)
Stelle said VA's handling of
insurance was confused; that In
competent help had been used
to process mail; and that VA
activities had been scattered "all
over Washington and New Xrk.
Hospitals Unused
"There has been an apparent
unwillingness on the part of the
Veterans Administration to ulti
lize the staffed hospital beds
available in army and navy hos
pitals . . . and to service those
in need of hospitalization in this
emergency." Stelle said.
"Measures for emergency hos
pitalization should be adopted
at once, the authorized program
for hospital construction launch
ed immediately, and the unjusti
fiable and unwarranted delay in
processing claims for benefits be
eliminated."
Stelle said a half million ap
plications for disability payments
lie unprocessed. He called the
delay "unjustifiable and unwar
ranted." More than 7,000 appli
cations for hospitalization await
action, he asserted.
Applications Wtit
Stelle cited a backlog of 102,
830 unprocessed applications for
GI education: 20.411 pending
claims for waiver of Insurance
premium; 18.847 undisposed
death claims; and 287,000 un
answered letters.
'The American Legion feels
that the time has come when
it-inust speak positively of the
deieJicilon ol the Veteran Al-
FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 1,
Mailman Retires
After Plodding
200,000 Miles
Salt Lake City. Feb. 1 (U.R1
Hugh Nation, 66, retired today
after 42 y-ars as a mail carrier,
41 of them on the same down
town Salt Lake City route.
During those years, Nation:
Walked an estimated 200,000
miles.
Wore out 15 leather mail bags.
Wore out 15 uniforms.
Saw Salt Lake City's Main
street change from "an over
grown mud puddle" to a wide,
paved business artery.
DAUGHTER KILLED
TO HIDE MURDER
OF
Grand Rapids, Mich.. Feb. 1
(U.R) Police Chief Richard Van
til said today witnesses had con
vinced him the Reverend Frank
E. Siple killed his pretty 17-year-old
daughter "because she knew
too much about her mother's
death."
Siple told police he poisoned
the daughter, Dorothey Ann, six
and a half years ago because she
was mentally incompetent.
However, Van Til quoted Mrs.
Lyle Doan, .wife of an elder of
the Church of God where Siple
formerly was pastor, as saying
she was told by Vtwo reputable
pastors" of the church that
shortly before her death Dorothy
Ann had accused her father of
murdering her mother, Mrs.
Bessie Siple, in 1929.
"The pastors said the girl told
them at a church encampment
at Oregon, 111., shortly before her
death that she did not want to
return to Grand Rapids because
she feared her father," Van Til
said.
"They said she told them
point-blank her father had murd
ered her mother. They said he
flew into - a rage when the
daughter said she did not want
to return to Grand Rapids."
Siple pleaded guilty late yes
terday to what he insisted was
a "mercy killing." Judge Leon
ard D. Verdier remanded him
to jail for sentencing after
Siple's attorney asked for a san
ity examination.
As police probed deeper into
the cause of Dorothy Ann's
death, the stcrn-v I 8 a g e d, 55-year-old
prisoner sat in his cell
reading passages from his Bible.
Attendants said he ale heartily,
slept soundly and "showed
absolutely no signs of remorse."
RECORD FOR CITY
January was the largest month
for Medford building permits on
record, according to a report to
day from the office of the city
superintendent. Eighty-four per
mits, amounting to $266,865,
were issued by the office and In
cluded 46 residence construction
permits, $167,500; three non
residence constructions, $840;
six new businesses, Including
two motels. $66,000; and 29 per
mits for alterations, $32,525.
Applying yesterday for permit
to erect a residence and garoge
at 6:15 Pennsylvania avenue, at a
cost of $2,500, was W. E. Beelby,
408 South Grape street. A. E.
Bunnell, route 1, applied for per
mit to erect a $3,000 business
building at 944 South Central
avenue.
ROAD CONDITIONS
Salem, Feb. 1 (U.R) Oregon
State Highway commission has
issued the following road report:
Santiam Pass: Snowing lightly;
chains advised.
Wi;iA(,ie;te Pass: Tata! snow
132 Inches; packed.
ministration In order that our
people will see to it through
their representatives in congress
that their government keeps
faith with thoe who sacrificed
In its defense," Stelle told con-freak
Tribune
UniUd Piw Full
1946.
PLANE HUNTERS
USE SNOWMOBILE
ON WYOMING PEAK
Blizzard Drives First Search
ing Party Back; Temper
ature Reaches 30 Below.
Elk Mountain, Wyo., Feb. 1
(U.R) Four mountain men, trav
eling in a "snowmobile" and car
rying snoeshoes and skis for use
when the going gets rough,
fought their way toward the top
of Elk mountain today, in search
of a United Air Lines plane
which was believed to have
crashed with 21 persons aboard.
They left the Elk Mountain
Coal company mine near the
base of the 1-1.000-foot peak
shortly . before noon, according
to Robert Bowlby, office mana
ger at the mine.
Blinard In Night
The sun was shining on the
base of the mountain, but the
towering peak was shrouded in
clouds which indicated that the
blizzard which drove another
searching party off the mountain
last night might still be In pro
gress. The quartet which braved the
snow, Icy winds and tempera
tures - which ranged last - night
down to 30 degrees below zero
was led by Joseph R. Hicks, 29-
year-old shovel operator at the
coal mine.
It was expected to be some
time tonight before the four men
reach the spot where the airliner
was believed to have crashed
and caught fire about 3 o'clock
yesterday morning while on a
flight to Denver from Portland,
Ore., and Boise, Idaho.
The plane was carrying a crew
of three and 18 passengers, in
cluding 12 military personnel
who were being deployed from
the Pacific to the eastern sea
board. San Francisco, Feb. 1 (U.R)
High Commissioner Paul V. Mc
Nutt warned today that disaster
in the Philippines was Inevitable
unless the United States moved
quickly to provide economic aid.
In a statement released on his
arrival here from the Pacific,
MrNutt said "the people of Ma
nila cheered and danced in the
streets when American bombers
appeared overhead, and wcttr
Jubilant when the Americans re
turned." "Now the rosy promises we
gave the Philippine people
through the war years have fad
ed away. Their cities are still
in shambles; their economy is
in ruins. We have failed to pro
vide the necessary economic cli
mate for a productive economy.
That economy is based on free
trade with the United States."
Hitler Mute and Deaf After
1944 Assassination Attempt
Nuernberg, Feb. 1 (U.R)
Adolf Hitler was muto and deaf
for "several weeks" after the at
tempt to assassinate him on July
20, 1944, Marshal Wilhclm Kcl
tel was revealed today to have
told allied officers.
Kielcl and Col. Gen. Alfred
Jodl, both defendants in the war
crimes trial, also were Injured
seriously enough to require cor
rective operations, according to
information made available to
the United Press.
"There was a blinding flash
and resounding explosion." Kie
tel told allied officers. He was
hurled backward by the blast
which wrecked temporary
frame hut la which Hitler was
Leased Wire
NO. 266.
Missing
(Arm Ttlephota)
Cant- W. P. BrlRgs, pilot of New
York-bound United Air Lines Muln
linrr, missing between Boise, Iclnho,
and Denver, Colo. Plane carried 18
passengers and crew of three. .
2
IN G. PASS FIRE
Grants Pass, Feb. 1 Between
$30,000 and $40,000 damage was
caused to the Hotel Del Rogue
and the Sequin Club, In connec
tion with the hotel, when fire
of unknown origin - broke out
about 3:10 a. m. today.
Fire Chief Homer Grable was
confined to hospital this after
noon, having been overcome by
smoke while combatting the
blaze. R. S. Levins, Grants Pass,
was released from the hospital
today after jumping from, his
third story window to a roof
one story from the ground.
Seventeen rooms in the south
wing of the hotel, owned by Rex
Godding, were damaged, most of
them by water although fire
and smoke did considerable dam
age. None of the other rooms
were damaged, it was reported
All rooms in the hotel were oc
cupied.
The blaze broke out in the
foyer of the Sequin Club, spread
ing quickly to the ante room and
Hie club proper, which was prac
tically destroyed.
Gambling Devices
Banned At Bend
Bond, Feb. 1 (U.R) Deschutes
county law enforcement officials
have banned all forms of gam
bling, Including slot machines
and amusement devices suspect
ed of payoffs In the county in
an unheruldcd surprise move.
The order affects nil so-collcd
men's resorts, clubs and frater
nal organizations with club II-
15 CENT WAGE HIKE
ACCEPTED AT GENEVA
New York, Feb. 1 (U.R)
llourly-rnted employes of the
Geneva Steel Plant, Geneva,
Utnh, have voted to accept an
offer of a wage increase of 15
cents an hour offered by United
States Steel Corp., it was an
nounced today.
holding a staff meeting, and
Hitler was thrown into his arms.
"For some reason that day
the fuehrer decided to hold a
noon conference in the frame
hut rather than the inforccd
concrete shelter where It nor
mally would have killed us all.
"But the fllmy wooden walls
simply splintered and hurst into
the air, permitting the blast
force to escape.
Kietel said Hitler's arm was
injured, his hearing and power
of speech destroyed temporar
ily. Some five months later Hit
ler underwent an operation by
the same surgeon who operated
on Keitel and Jodl, and the fueh
fur i Ucaiiiig was lutotcd.
I ? s . a -a
'f 1 J
OF
BEING FOSTERED
IS WORD TO
British Helping Greek Mon
archist Factions Is Claim;
Bevin in Quick Answer.
London, Feb. 1 (U.R) Soviet
Delegate Andrei Vishinsky told
the United Nations security court
ell today that Russia "insists on
the speedy and unconditional
withdrawal of British forces
from Greece."
In a cold dispassionate de
nunciation of Britain's policy In
Greece, Vishinsky said that the
presence of British troops In
that country was "entirely un
justified." He said Greece was threaten
ing the new-found peace of Eu
rope and that the British were
helping Greek monarchist fac
tions create a "reign of terror."
Bavin Replies
British Foreign Minister Ern
est Bovin rose Immediately to
challenge the Russian delegate's
remarks and said bluntly that
he believed the situation waa
interpreted by Vishinsky called
for more rather than fewer Brit
ish troops in Greece.
Vishlnsky's long speech about
the "terror" In Greece and the
lack of law and order, Bovin
said ironically, "points not to
necessity for withdrawal of
British troops but to the impera
tive necessity for putting mora
there."
Bevin opened his defense of
British policy by admitting tha
Soviets had brought up the ques
tion many times, but always
a counter-attack by the Russian!
whenever we discussed other
parts of Europe."
Stalin Satisfied
He said Generalissimo Stalin
was satisfied with the British,
explanation given during the
Yalta conference and quoted
Stalin as saying he.had complete
confidence in the British policy
in Greece.
Vishinsky spoke for mora
than an hour in presenting tha
Russian demand for prompt
withdrawal of the British from
Greece. He quoted profusely
from antl-Brltlsh protests mada
recently by left-wing Greek lead
en and warned the present gov
ernment of Greece that It waa
"maknlg a mistake In not meas
uring the consequences of tha
presence of foreign troops."
Then he dropped a veiled hint
of "mysterious circumstancea"
surrounding the sudden resigna
tion this week of the head o
the Greek delegation to the UNO,
John Soflanopouloi.
Then he stated hli govern
ment's view that the British
should leave Greece as quickly
as possible because their pres
ence was being "used by reac
tionaries" as an excuse for fur
ther Internal fighting.
The Greek Issue was brought
before the council after UNO
financial experts had reconw
mended adoption of a provision
al UNO budget for 1946 of $24,.
978,000;
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S.P.
NEAR WEST FORK
pivlre was restored on tha
Southern Pacific line between
here and Roseburg today after
workmen removed a slide from
the tracks at West Fork near
Glendale, according to Robert
Holmes, district traffic agent
for the company. Holmes re
ported that the track was cov
ered eight feet In depth for a
distance of about 50 feet.
Passengers on the northbound
train last night were transfer
roH tn hnsses at Grants Pass and
put on the train again at Rose
burg, Holmes reported, and tha
some procedure was followed
with southbound passenger
this morning. Express and mail
were hauled by truck.
VET SERVICE OFFICER
IN LIBERTY BUILDING
Jack Murray, veterans' serv
ice officer for Jackson county,
has onened offices in rooms 407-
408 in the Liberty building.
Main and Grape streets. The of
fice la fully equipped with all
the necessary blanks. Murray
recently returned from Portland
where he underwent a course o
instruction.
Subscribers
IT yon to tfbt rH yomr
paper telephone 1141 or 4st
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