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mm wis ' nag cdl w, twi-A.it wiiEisie FORECAST: Partly eloudr to night and Friday. SUihlly cooler tonight. Temp. Highest Yesterday 45 Loweft this Morning 35 Prec. to 4:30 a.m. lodty. .41 Fortieth Year Truman Backs; Pauley Nomination; Believes Ickes Mistaken On Bribe r PRESIDENT FEELS Nomination of George Allen To Head RFC Also Under Fire of Republican Guns. Washington, Feb. 7 (U.R) President Truman today gave his full support to Edwin W. Pauley, whose nomination to be under secretary of navy has caused a heated senate controversy. Asked directly whether he planned to withdraw Pauley's nomination, the president sam no: that he was backing Pauley because he believed he was an honest man and an excellent ad ministrator. New Target Rumors that the Pauley nomi nation might be withdrawn had been heard as Republican sena tors who have been fighting the Pauley appointment turned their fire on another Truman nomination, that of George E. Allen as a director pf the Re construction Finance Corp. Opposition to Pauley, Califor nia oil man and former Demo cratic national treasurer, has . been fed by testimony at senate naval affairs committee hearings on his qualifications. Secretary of Interior Harold L. Ickes testified that Pauley, in his party role, tried to persuade him to drop a federal suit for title to oil-bearing tidelands. , $300,000 Bait Ickes told the committee that Pauley, in September, 1944, told him oil men would contribute $300,000 to the party treasury If the suit were dropped. Pauley repeatedly denied the charge. He said Ickes was con fused and had misunderstood their conversation. Mr. Truman expressed a simi lar view; he said Ickes could well have been mistaken. Mr. Truman added under questioning that the situation would not mean any change in his relations with Ickes. The president went on to say that he thought Pauley was an honest man. He added that he was not the only honest man in Washington. President Slates Talk to Churches Washington, Feb. 7 (U.R) ! President Truman will speak on March 6 in Columbus, O., to a special meeting of the Federal Council of Churches of Christ in Ameri.a. Mr. Truman will speak at noon to a meeting called by the coun cil to consider postwar problems confronfing churches. On March 5 the president will introduce former British Prime Minister Winston Chuichill who will speak to the students of Westminster college at Fulton, Mo. KAISER-FRAZER PLANT SET FOR LOS ANGELES Oakland. Cal.. Feb. 7 iU.R Henry Kaiser, Sr., arriving from Detroit on the same train with Henry Ford II, said today the Kaiser-Frazer Corp. will establish an automobile assem bly plant in Los Angeles and use aluminum from plants in Washington. MOTORISTS! SAVE A LIFE KNOW YOUR TRAFFIC LAWS Here is law lor today. Somewhere In the state of Oregon, failure to observe this law will cost someone his life, or serious PEDESTRIANS' RIGHTS AND DUTIES AT CONTROLLED INTERSECTIONS (a) At intersections where traffic Is controlled by traffic con trol signals or police officers, drivers of vehicles, including those making turns, shall yield right of way to pedestrians crossing or those who have started to cross the roadway on a green or "go" signal, and in all other cases pedestrians shall yield right of way to vehicles lawfully proceeding directly ahead on greea or "go" signal. (Section 115-341 Oregon Motor Vehicle Code). MEDFORiyMMrRIBUNE United Pros Hall With UAL 20 Years rfttffliy , hi - W" ft-lnt laj.rin ifilaaij S. V. Hall (left), regional vice present, Pacific Operations for United Air Lines, receives a service pin studded with three dia monds from W. A. Patterson, president of United, in recognition of his 20 years of service with the company. Hall, formerly of Medford, was one of those who pioneered the establishment of Pacific Air Transport company, a west coast predecessor of United. Prior to that, he operated an automobile agency in Medford and was a barnstormer who gave many Pacific coast citizens their first taste of flying. Bevin Shouts "Lie" At Ukrainian Charge London, Feb. 7 (U.R) For eign Secretary Ernest Bevin cried "Lie" at Dmitri Manuilski today when the Ukrainian charg ed before the UNO Security council that British troops at tacked the Indonesians in Java. IN PICKEIDEATHS Bloomington, 111., Feb. 7 U.R) The Brotherhood of Locomotive Engineers and Firemen filed charges of murder today against four men accusing them of kil ling two pickets in a flurry of gun-fire that marked an attempt to operate the strike-bound To ledo, Peoria and Western Rail road. Lewis A. Smith, 27; his broth er, Raleigh J., 23, both of Bland inville; Roy Dailey, 35, Peoria, and Everett J. Parks, 22, Can ton, were charged by the union with the murders of Arthur W. Brown, 39, Spring Bay, 111., an engineer, and Irwin K. Paschon, 27, Peoria, formerly a timekeep er. FILM FAMINE FACED IN TRUCKER STRIKE Detroit, Feb. 7 U.R Six hundred movie theaters and their patrons in Detroit and out state Michigan faced a film fa mine today as the result of a strike of 30 truck drivers em ployed by four motion picture film delivery companies here. State Labor Mediator Robert E. Lomasney said the drivers, members of the AFL teamsters union, walked out to enforce a demand for a 30 per cent wage increase. The strike halted all film delivery. Bay Area Butter To Grow Scarcer San Francisco. Feb. 7 U.R Dwindling butter supplies may result in an even more acute shortage soon in the Bay area, the department of agriculture forecast today. Distributors, who are report ed depleting their stocks for civilian use, are considering withholding sales until their stock is increased by spring pro duction, the federal agency daily market report said. Full Leased Wire Manuilski charged that British policy in Indonesia "undermines the UNO and should not be tol erated." Ho demanded that the security Council appoint a spe cial commission to investigate on the scene and establish peace in the strife-torn Netherlands East Indies. As soon as Manuilski had pre sented the Ukraine's charges that the presence of British troops in Indonesia threatened the peace, Bevin answered him. Liel Shouts Bevin "I give you the lie that we attacked the Indonesians," he shouted angrily. "You have not got the facts." "It was an allied decision that British troops would go to In donesia. We went into Indonesia to rescue allied internees, and we were fired at." Bevin said the British were "given the unpleasant task of going into Indonesia" by Gen. Douglas MacArthur, allied su preme commander in the Pa cific. "I am anxious to see this af fair cleared up," Bevin said. "If United States or any other troops had been sent to Indone sia, they would have been in the same position as the British troops." Declaring that the Ukrainian charges made him impatient, Bevin said: Charges Based On News "I went through this with Mr. Molotov (Soviet foreign minister V. M. Molotov) in Moscow, and not one line said there was against us. Now charges are be ing made here on the basis of newspaper clippings.' The Ukrainian charge against Britain regarding Indonesia was a companion accusation to Rus sia's charge in the Greek case. The council reached a non-com-mital compromise on that issue last night after days of bitter ar gument. FEPC BILL DEATH Washington, Feb. 7 (U.R) Senate leaders today neared an agreement to end the 22-day-cld parliamentary ba'tlc over a bill for a permanent fair employ ment practices commission. The agreement probably will lead to the eventual death of the FEPC bill. Son. Wayne C. Morne, R.. Ore., tried to pacify some of the southerners' anger by offering a subtitute bill. It would clarify one section to leave it plain that an employe could be discrimin ated against on grounds that he was a communist. He also would have the bill apply to employers of 50 or more persons instead of six as at present and would leave enforcement up to state court. MEDFORD, OREGON, TIGER OF MALAYA BY Yamashita Must Die on Gal lows for Responsibility in Atrocity Deaths. Tokyo, Feb. 7 (U.R) Lt. Gen. Tomoyuki Yamashita, the once haughty 'Tiger of Malaya," must die on the gallows for his re sponsibility in the atrocity deaths of 60,000 Americans and Fili pinos in the Philippines. His last avenue of possible escape from the penalty impos ed by a U. S. military com mission in Manila was closed to day when Gen. Douglas MacAr thur affirmed his conviction and sentence. MacArthur's finding was final. The supreme allied command er directed the commanding gen eral of the western Pacific army forces to execute the Judgment. Headquarters spokesmen said they did not expect any further delay in carrying out the sen tence and believed Lt. Gen. W. D. Styer, western Pacifia com mander, would set the hanging date shortly Tokyo, Feb. .7 (U.R) Mrs. Hisako Yamashita, wife of Lt. Gen. Tomoyuki Yamashita, to day greeted the news that her husband must hang for the atro city deaths of Americans and Filipinos with a resigned, "I am ready." When Mrs. Yamashita learned that Gen. -Douglas MacArthur had affirmed her husband's death sentence, she said impas sively, "Is that so." E New York, Feb. 7 (U.R) Striking tugboatmen and owners apparently neared an agreement late today as the federal govern ment used navy tugs, protected by armed marines, to help meet the food and fuel crisis the four-day-old strike had brought to the world's greatest city. Schools will close tomorrow for an Indefinite period, shipping was almost at a standstill, sub ways were heatlcss, a bare mini mum of heat was being provided in amusement houses and other public places, and Brooklyn faced possible suspension of gas service. San Francisco. Feb. 7 (U.R) The California Railroad commis sion said today there was "mounting agitation" for the early construction of a 26-niilc tunnel beneath the Tehachapis near the present route of state highway 99. The commission Issued a state ment saying that Commissioner Justus Cracmer had been a fore most early advocate of Teha chapl tunnel proposal, and that he had also urged construction of two other grrat California tunnels one through the Don ner summit and another through the Siskiyou mountains near the CaliforniaOrrgon border. HUNAN HUNGRY Shanghai, Feb. 7 (U.PJ Hora tio Hawkins of Berkeley, Calif., UNRRA representative In Hunan province, reported today that re lief food wss urgently needed to save a half million residents of the are from starving. THURSDAY, FEBRUARY CHANGES VIEWS ON WINDS CODE Kramer Tells' Pearl Harbor Probers He Now Doubts Jap Message Intercepted. Washington, Feb. 7 (U.R) Capt. Alwin D. Kramer today indignantly denied he was "badgered" or "beleagured" to change his testimony on whether the navy intercepted prior to Dec. 7 a winds coda message revealing Japan's de cision for war with the United States. Washington. Feb. 7 (U.R) Capt. A. D. Kramer said today he does not believe the navy de partment intercepted a message which revealed Japan's decision for war w'th the United States prior to Dec. 7, 1941. Kramer told congress' Pearl Harbor investigating committee he once regarded an intercept Which he saw Dec. 5, 1941, a genuine "Winds code" mes sage meaning that Japan was going to war. But, he said, he is convinced now that the paper he saw on that occasion was just one of many "false alarms." The winds code was set up by Japan as a means of notifying her diplomats abroad when rela- tiosn were to be broken with the U. S. Britain or Russia. Kramer explained to the con gressional committee why he testified before a navy court of inquiry at Pearl Harbor in 1944 th.it the winds message actually was intercepted. He refuted in detail the claim of Capt. L. F. Safford that the navy department intercepted an "execute" of that winds code on Dec. 4, 1941, that it was trans lated by Kramer and distributed to the army and navy high com mand. Safford was then chief of navy communicatlbns section re sponsible for intercepting and decoding Ja p a n e s e messages Kramer was chief of a section which translated and distributed the intercepts. Kramer repudiated Safford's claim that the winds message is missing from navy files now be cause the army and navy high command have conspired to de stroy such evidence and "frame the commanders of Hawaiian de fenses at the time of the attack. Rep. Jcrc Cooper, D., Tenn. asked Kramer whether he felt that the general staffs of the army and navy "in effect are crooks and would indulge in framing and are not to be trust ed." Meat Rationing May Return If Needed to Help Europe Washington, Feb. 7 (U.R) President Truman said today he saw little likelihood that this country would have to return to meat rationing In the food conservation program to avoid starvation abroad. But. Mr. Truman told his news conference, the country shnuld take such a stcn if it be comes necessary to keen be tween 10.000.000 and 15.000.000 nn"le in other lands from starving. The nresldent said the world food situation Is so critical that this government felt it absolute, 'v nnpeffnrv to take all nossible measures to prevent widespread stnrvation. This Is whv Mr. Truman yes terday outlined a nine-point food conservation program for American", calling for 'imnlier dirt including "rv" bread. Ie beer and whiskey. "Does this mean we will have to rnme to meat rationing aenin?" he was asked. The president said thought, fully that he hoped this would not be necessary, and did not think It would, particularly If packing houses continue their rMent production. . Btit if it beeo"s ner-.arv to keep 10 million to 15 million Unlt.d Praia Full 7, 1946. Takes Stand (Arm Telephota) Former Associate Justice Owen J. Roberts, who on orders of the Into President Roosevelt made the first formal investigation of the Pcurl Harbor Attack, takes the witness stand at the congressional invest Ign Uon of the disaster, held In Wash ington, D. O. HANNA TO SEEK REELECTION AS CIRCUIT' JUDGE Circuit Judge Herbert K. Han- na reported today he had sent to Salem his filing for renomi' nation for circuit judge for the Jackson-Josephine counties Ju dicial district, In the May pri mary. Judges In this state run on a non-partisan ticket. Judge Hanna, who is serving his first term, is a native son of Jackson county, born In Jacksonville, and his father was a widely known early day judge. County Judge J. B. (Blin) Coleman, incumbent, who re ported last week he would seek renomlnation on the Republican ticket, made formal filing yes terday. He gives as his slogan: "Continue to conduct the busi ness of the county to the best interest of the taxpayers." County Clerk George R. Car ter, previously filed for the same office on the same ticket. Commissioner William Perry of Eagle Point also filed for re- nomination yesterday on the Re publican ticket. He is a well known farmei of the Eagle Point district, prominent in Grange af fairs Bnd nighly conversant with county lnnd and road affairs. There are 1005 miles of gas mains and 97 miles of main trunk sewers in San Francisco. people from starving, the presi dent said, he thought we ought to do it. He said it would be unAmerl can to let anyone starve, wheth er they were allies or enemies In the past war. He promised that allied and liberated nations would receive first help. But, he said, we still will .provide aid in food to enemy nations because this na tion, in the interest of its own ideals, cannot afford to sec them starve. Horses Consume Honey and Bees in . Jl -Out Raid on Hoover Farm Apiary Six horses pastured at the Claud Hoovei ranch on Sticky Lane yesterday went on a binge, or maybe they Just found out about the sugar shortage. At any rate, the animals destroyed 18 hives of bees, eating all the honey along with a quantity of stray bees that happened to be in the way. The finger of suspicion was pointed at the newest horse In the pasture, one which Hoover's brother, Bud Hoover, had recent Leased Wire NO. 271. STEEL FORMULA IN DAY OR 10 TRUMAN'S HOPE President Expects Plan to Lead to Settlement Of Strike; Murray Has Date. Washington. Feb. 7 (U.R) President Truman said today he hopes to be able to announce within a day or two a wage-price .ornnila which will lead to a settlement of the steel strike. Mr. Truman told his new con ference that he hoped to be able to make his announcement short ly. He said that it was not a materially new economic stabili zation formula, but a plan for meeting the immediate situation. Adjustment Hop In general terms, he explained that If this country achieves the mass production of which It Is capable, the situation will adjust itself. And then, the president said, there would be no need for a government wage-price formula. Stumbling blocks have pre vented th-i achievement of this production and the president said if these difficulties had not arisen the government's original stabi lization formula would have worked out. Date With Murray Shortly after Mr. Truman's conference with reporters he scheduled a meeting for this aft ernoon with Philip .Murray head of the CIO sleelworkers un ion and one of the principals In the steel dispute. Murray will see the president nt 3:30 p. m. Both government and Indus try quarters were confident that the now policy, allowing higher prices to compensate industry for wags Increases, would lead steel companies to accept Mr. Truman's proposal for giving the 750,000 striking CIO steel work ers an 18'4 ceilt hourly raise. The union has accepted the pro posal. One Informed official com mented that the strike "is vir tually settled or will be by Sat urday. RELATED IN TRIAL Simla Cruz, Cal., Feb. 7 (U.R) Thomas H. McMonlglc, accused of the kldnap-murder of bobby soxer Thora Chamberlain, boast ed to fellow workers that he had been out vlth a 15-ycar-old girl on the same day Miss Chamber lain disappeared from her Camp bell, Cal., home, witnesses testi fied In superior court today. Witnesses also testified Mc Moniglc, a,, ex-convict, had gone to San Francisco about the same time for treatment of a disease. District Attorney Steven Wyc- koff hoped to prove from cir cumstantial evidence that Mc- Monlglo shot Miss Chamberlain to death Nov. 2 and then tossed her body over a cliff into the ocean. SCULPTOR DIES San Francisco, Feb. 7 (U.R)- Funeral services were pending today for Edward Bruce Doug las, inlerndtionally-known Amer ican sculptor who died of a heart ailment at his home yesterday He was 60. ly purchased at an army sale, for the remainder of the horses had paid no attention to the bee hives fur many months past. The animals seemed none the worse fur their oigy, either from eat Ing the honey or from stings, the Ilooveis reported. The bees, Incldentiy. weren't even the property of the Hoov ers, having been rented from Or- villo Hamilton of Central Point to aid in the pullenization of the Hoover grass seed crops. PROVIDES 30-DAY MFFPERIOD Would Limit Walkout Right Where National Welfare Affected; Vote 258-155. Washington, Feb. 7 (U.PJ A coalition of Republicans and southern Democrats today over whelmed weak pro-union opposi tion in the house and passed one of the toughest strike-control bills to come before congress in years. Passage was by roll call vote of 258 to 155. The house approved the bill, introduced by Rep. Francis Case, R., S. D after rejecting by voice vote an attempt by Rep. Joseph Clark Baldwin, R., N. Y., to send It back to the labor committee. The bill would impose restric tions upon the right of labor to strike in Industries which affect the national welfare. Goes To Senate It now goes to the senate. Considerable delay is expected before any decision is made on the bill in that body. The bill would make labor unions liable in the courts for violations of contract, and would ban foremen's unions, union boy cotts and picket line violence. It also would provide for a 30- riay, no-strike, cooling-oft period for unions in major industries. The house tentatively approv ed the bill yesterday, but Rep. Clare E. Hoffman, R Mich., de layed passage until today by de manding a reading of the of fial documentary copy of the measure. By unanimous con sent, the house dispensed with furthor reading after a few para graphs of the bill had been read. Sub For Truman Bill The Case bill is a house sub stitute for the moderate labor committee version of the fact finding bill proposed by Pres ident Truman, House approval ' of the substitute came after five full days of floor debate and two months of committee bicker ing over Mr. Truman' measure. The bill contains provisioni for its enforcement. HOW THEY VOTED Wnshlnffton. Feb. 7 (U.R)1 The following Includes names ot representatives who voted on tn house approved Case labor bill today: Democrats for: Einon, taiu.j Fernandez, N. M.; Lea, Calif. Democrats BDalnst: C 0 f f Wash.; De Lacy, Wash.; Engle, CaliM Granger, Utah; riavenner, Calif.; Hcaly, Calif.; Holifield, Calif.; Izac, Calif.; Jackson. Wash.; Miller, Calif.; Murdock, Ariz.: Outland, Calif.; Patterson, Calif.; Savage, Wash.; Sheppard, Calif.; Tolan, Calif.; Voorhls, Calif.; White, Idaho. Republicans for: Anderson, Calif.; Barrett, Wyo.; Dworshak, Ida.; Ellsworth, Ore.; Gcarhart, Calif.; Gillespie, Colo.: Hill, Colo.; Hlnshaw, Calif.; Holmes, Wash.; Horan, Wash.; Rlzley, Okla.; Rockwell, Colo.; Stock man, Ore. Republicnni against: Angell, Ore.; Johnson, Calif. By United Press The blizzard which disrupted communications and plied snowdrifts over Minnesota and the Dakotas retreated north east across Lake Superior today but temperatures stayed near the zero mark. Winds, which reached 70 miles per hour at Grand Forks, N. D., diminished slowly and the snow subsided to occasional flurries. The U.S. weather bureau pre dicted a day or two of warmer weather for the central states, but warned that the thermo meter would dip again on Satur day. Warmest spot In the nation yesterday was Key West. Fla., where the mercury reached 79 above. It was 77 In Miami, Fla., and AO in Los Angeles, Phoenix and Tucson, Ariz. Subscribers If sod ao not rtetlva onr paper telephone ZM1 er 493S ktfnrt Mips. On lundsy call till er OSS btfora IMS m.
