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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nation might be withdrawn had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.
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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.
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