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Argentina Accused By U.S. Of Wartime Collaboration And Intrigue With Germans Washington, Feb. 13 (U.R) The United State today accused Argentina of wartime collaboration, espionage, hemisphere intrigue and aid to Nazi Germany, i The State department delivered to all other American repub lics except Argentina a "blue book," based on documents captured in Germany. Citing a 300 per cent increase in Argentine military credits In the past four years, the "blue tarian groups of combining with create a Nazi-Fascist state. CONSPIRED TO OBTAIN Argentina was accused of a conspiracy to obtain arms from Germany, of attempting to undermine the inter-American system and of making mockery of its pledge to the United Nations to "reaffirm faith in human rights and in the dignity and worth of the human person.". The United States said the indictment contains only a small proportion of the proof of Argentina's pro-German activity in its hands. This country invited the other American republics to state their views on the charges. It was charged that high Argentine officials were so seri ously compromised in their relations with the enemy that trust and confidence "could not be reposed in that government." That statement was Interpreted as a bid for joint action to break off diplomatic relations with the present military regime in Buenos Aires. PERON NAMED HEAD OF The American publication reron, head of a military junta that took over the Argentine gov ernment, as "a principal leader"-of the Areentine eonsnlratnra Peron is accused of spurring the ing similar etiorts with domestic Uruguay. The "blue book" said an iouna maaen and scattered throughout Germany have been cata logued, studied and verified. On basis of these, the U. S. govern ment made its five major accusations: 1. Members of the (Argentine) military government colla borated with enemy agents for important espionage and other purposes damaging to the war effort of the United Nations. 2. Nazi leaders, groups and organizations have combined with the Argentine totalitarian groups to create a Nazi-Fascist state m Argentina. CONSPIRED TO FORM PRO-AXIS BLOC 3. Members of the military regime who have controlled the government since June 1943 conspired with the enemy to under mine governments in neighboring countries, to destroy their colla boration with the Allies and to align them in a pro-Axis bloc. 4. Successive Argentine governments protected the enemy in economic matters in order to preserve Axis industrial and com mercial power in Argentina. 5. Successive Argentine governments conspired with the enemy to obtain arms from Germany. In the case of Bolivia, the U. S. offered reports from German archives to support an accusation that Peron and other Argentine military leaders promised Bolivia lower tariff barriers and the construction of a new railroad between Argentina and Bolivia if .,re. oimiiuuncu ule gooq neignDor oioc in favor of the Axis, HENRY G. ENOERS NEW PRESIDENT OF Henry O. Enders,- Ashland, was elected president of the Jackson County Lincoln club at the 32nd annual meeting of the group held last night at the Ash land Elks club. He succeeds George R. Carter, Medford. Rob ert F. Kyle, Medford,. was elect ed first vice-president; Robert Dodge, Ashland, second vice president; William Perry, Eagle: Point, third vice-president; Mrs. Rosa Dodge, Galey, Ashland, sec retary and treasurer, and Mr. G. Q. D'Albini. Medford, histor ian. Kenneth Denman reported for the nominating committee. A resolution urging congress to "reassume its rights and lea dership in the control and direc tion of our national government" was passed during the business meeting which preceded the ad dress of Lamar Tooze, Portland attorney. The resolution further urged congress to curtail unne cessary expenditure of public monies, provide appropriate leg islation for the elimination of all unnecessary governmental bu reaus, to eliminate governmental controls affecting the economic life of .the people as soon as cir cumstances permit and to estab lish a sound and fair labor policy and means of enforcement there of, applying equally and fairly to both labor and management. The resolution was presented by Frank Farrell, Medford. Menage Read Messages from former Presi-j dent Herbert Hoover, Gov. Thomas E. Dewey. Gov. Earl Warren of California, and Gov. Earl Snell of Oregon, were read by Herb Grey, Medford. Mes sages also were read from Sena tor Guy Cordon, Congressmen Harris Ellsworth, Walter Nor blad, Lowell Stockman and Homer Angell, Palmer Hoyt. Ernest Haycox, Secretary of State Robert Farrell. Congress man Joseph W. Martin, Jr.. C. E. Ingalls, Corvallis publisher; Weather FORECAST: rinimr ton I tlt and Thursday. Light rain be lt 1 n n I n late tonight or ThrtMday. SllghUj warmer tonight. Temp. Highest Yeaterdar 4S Lowest this Morning 2t MOTORISTS! SAVE A LIFE KNOW YOUR TRAFFIC LAWS Htrt It a law ior today. Somewher in th tat of Oregon, failure to observe thi law will cost somcon hi life, or itrlout injury! CROSSING FIRE HOSE No street car or vehicle thill be driven over any unprotected hot of a fire department when laid down on any ttrttt. privet driveway or ttrt car track, ta b utd at any fir or alarm of fir, without lh contnt of th fir officer in command (Section 115-361 Oregon Motor Vthicl Cod). book accuses Argentine total! Nazi leaders and organizations to ARMS FOR GERMANY ARGENTINE CONSPIRATORS specifically named Col. Juan D. Brazilian integralists and of mak pro-Axis forces in Paraguay and enormous volume of documents Frank Jenkins. Ralnh Mnnrfv state chairman Niel Alipn nnrl Frank VanDyke, in Portland at tending a meeting of an interim committee of the state legisla ture. Dick Martin, Ashland high scnool student, gave the "Get tysburg Address" and the Rev. B. F. Belknnn deliverer! tl In. vocation. Community singing was iea oy Henry G. Enders Ashland, with Mrs. R. L. Burdic Ashland, at the piano. Guests Introduce)!) . Introduced during the banquet were Mr. and Mrs. Frank Far rell, State Senator and Mrs. Earl Newbry, Commissioner and Mrs. E. A. Powell, Judge and Mrs. J. B. Coleman, Commissioner and Mrs. William Perry, Mr. and Mrs. Herb Grey, Capt. H.. B. La Favre, Com. Louis R. Ficlcher, Representative O. H. Bengtson, former Senator and Mrs. Genres Dunn, Sherif.' Howard Gault, fcngineer Paul Rynning, Mr. and Mrs. Kenneth Denman, Mrs. G. Q. D'Albini, Roy W. McNeal, Mrs. Bertha Coy Ross, Verne Smith, Ralph Billings and C. R. Bowman, county school superin tendent. Mrs. Robert Dodee and Mrs. Frank Van Dyke of Ashland had decorated the banquet tables with small American flags and red, white and blue candles. (Alio See Story on Pag 4.) CONTIfEDlAFT Washington, Feb. 13 (U.R) On the basis of present recruit ing, the army probably will have to request continuation of selective service after its pres ent expiration May IS, Secre tary of War Robert P. Patter son declared today. , Patterson said this was the case even though the army has obtained a record enlistment of 500.000 men in recent months. He pointed out that many of these enlistments came from among men already in the ser vice. The army demobilization pro gram rounded out its ninth full month of operation with the re lease of the 6.000.000th person to civilian life since May 12, 1945, the war department an nounced meanwhile. The total number of army personnel discharged now ex ceeds by nearly 2.000.000 the estimates made last September. The January estimate was 800.000 and the army actually discharged 93B.000. Vfej)F0RD United Pre full Leased Wire ft ..h Year c 1 : r iff 1 "i t - , 1 y- 1! V .,...w, ..; , .uik. -. . -... M. Relax, Southern Oregonians! New Crater Blast Unlikely If anyone in southern Oregon has been worrying over what might happen if Mount Mazama erupted again, their fears may be shelved if Dr." Howell Wil liams is right, for the noted geol ogy professor of the University of California has concluded that a recurrence of volcanic activity in the Crater Lake area would do nothing worse than spoil the scenic beauty of the lake. Ever since Crater Lake Dark attendants and visitors last sum mer saw a strange cloud of smoke, or gas, hovering over the lake's surface on four different occasions, scientists and laymen have been speculating over the possibility of a second volcanic eruption and the consequences. Crater Lake lies in the crater of n extinct volcano which, when it erupted many years ago, blew the top of Mt. Mazama and scat tered rocks, ashes, cinders and lava for miles in every direction. Not Violent Again However, Dr. Williams, con sidered an authority on the Cra ter Lake area, says there would not be a violent explosion if Mount Mazama acts up again. mm rJse$tl Uuf ' t TOt eV "1 r"W--' rtv. m Mm wm frt rr r 'r r' ill, am in tniaai "An eruption today would kill a lot of fish and would ruin the beautiful blue color of the lake," Dr. Howell is quoted as saying in an Associated Press dispatch. "Furthermore, I doubt if there is even enough activity in the volcano to produce a cone high enough to rise above the level of the lake, which is 2000 feet deep. Williams, who studied the crater over a five-year period, stated that violent activity is very un likely once a volcano collapses. So much interest was shown in the strange behavior of the lake last summer that a United States geologist was sent from the east this winter to install ta hydrophone In the water, with a recording drum set up in the park lodge. However the hydro phone, which waj to have re corded any sound emanating from the lake floor, was disabled when a inowslide down the steep crater wall broke tho at tached cable, and since the in strument had recorded no sounds in the days during its op eration, the dangerous task of repairing it was laid aside un til spring. - I .lmmnijr w aaaaaaaaa' MEDFORD, jOREGON, WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY Gaologitt F. W. CaUr of th U. S. geological turvy (top pho to) at th waUr't dg of Cratr Lak wher a hydrophone had e-been lowered into the lake.-to check on pottibl tubturfac vol canic activity a f t r atrang tmok cloudt had ben reported over the lake during the late summer. It was down this tlope that a snow slide catcaded later to end toundingt for the winter. Chief Ranger J. C a r 1 i 1 1 Crouch at wheel of Sno-cat (cen ter photo) with Crater Lake Na tional Park Superintendent E. P. Leavitt in back teat. The Sno-cat made it pottlble to trantport Geologitt Cater and quipmnt to th snow-bound lak. Ranger Paul Herron (bottom left) with two oil cant uted to lower a hy drophone into the water of the lake, pautet to look back up to ward! the lodge while carrying 'equipment down to the lake't edge. (All photot courtety of Oregon Journal.) E E LITTLE AID Seattle, Feb. 13 (U.R) Six survivors of the liner Yukon today levelled charges of negli gence and incompetence against the crew of the ill-fated liner Yukon which crashed onto an Alaskan reef 10 days ago. The six persons, who arrived here today by plane, were in substantial agreement in saying that the crew did little to help passengers in the marine disas ter, known to have cost three lives, with seven others still list ed as missing. MaJ. Harold Shevin, 26, and his wife, Alva, 22, of Birming ham, Ala., were in one of the Pan-Amolcan clippers landing here. Shevin, former assistant adjutant general of the army's Alaskan department, was ex plicit in his criticim of the ves sel's crew. Evidence of Drinking "I cannot charge an individual crew member with drunken ness," he said, "but I saw several men carrying whiskey in their pockets after the ship struck. There was evidence that some had been drinking." Mrs. Shevin, clad in an Arctic parka, agreed with her husband. "The crew had been drinking all right," she declared. "The crew was no help at all. It was everyone for himself. There was no fresh water for over a day." About a fourth of 700 horses sold at a recent sale at Worland, Wyo., went to canneri and other processor. is E FOR TEMPORARY CAPITALOF UNO Selection Comes After Last Minute Proposal to Locate Headquarters in San Fran. London, Feb. 13 (U.R) The United Nations Security Council rejected tonight a Soviet Ukrainian motion for appointment of a tpecial com mission to invettigate British military intervention in Indonetia. London, Feb. 13 (U.R) The United Nations Organization to day selected New York City as its temporary home until the permanent world peace center has been erected in the United States. The UNO headquarters com mittee settled on New York after rejecting a last-minute proposal to locate in San Francisco dur ing the interim period required for construction of the perman ent United Nations cily pos sibly three to five years. Australia and Bolivia led the last-ditch fight for San Fran cisco, but their motion was voted down by a narrow 21-to-9 margin, with the United States abstaining. France and most of the Latin American nations supported the pro-San Francisco motion and voted against New York City on a second ballolyhlch ended with selection of tho" American met ropolis by a count of 29 to 13. IN CITIES WHERE By United Prett It was business as usual for 12,000,000 Americans today aft er 18 to 48 hours during which utilities, transit and tugboat strikes crippled three great cities. But labor troubles still kept 1,528.000 workers away from their jobs in the nation's troubled postwar industrial situation. The strike picture by cities: Pittsburgh An independent utilities work ers union colled off Its 20-hour stride against the Duquesne Pow er and Light Co. last night. The company agreed to re sume negotiations "starling from scratch" on union demands for a 20 per cent wage increase for 3,400 workers. Philadelphia Trolleys, buses, subway and elevated trains rolled today for the first time in 48 hours, after 0,655 CIO transit workers ac cepted a 12-cent an hour wage Increase and returned to their jobs. New York City New York city health comnils sloner Ernest L. Stebbins last night rescinded a disaster rul ing, Invoked because of a strike of 3,500 AFL tugboat crewmen which seriously curtailed fuel supplies. The order, affecting 7. 454.995 persons, remained in effect for 18 hours. German Prisoners Leaving For Home Fort Lewis; Wash., Feb. 13 (U.R) Army officials Said here today that the first of two ship loads of German prisoners of war would leave the port of Tacoma tonight en route to Eu rope. The S. S. Cape Henloprn, with 1,100 POWs aboard, will be fol lowed Feb. 18 by the steamship Sea Quail with 1.900 prisoners. Subscriber? If ro do not raralv roar papar elephnno 214! or OS feafnra T:3 p.m. On Sunday call SKI or OSt balora 12:1 p ro Tribune United Pr Full 13, 1946. Voices Warning Warning President Truman that his administration may b heading into an oil tcandal through the nomination of Ed win W. Pauley. California oil man, to be undertecretary of navy. Secretary of Interior Har old L. Icket (above) hat retigned hit office. $90 MILLION FOR PUBLIC WORKS IS VOTED OVER VETO Sacramento, Feb. 13 (U.R) A bill appropriating $90,000,000 in state funds for city and coun ty public works became law to day as the slate senate followed the assembly In overriding Gov. Earl Warren's veto of the meas ure. The senate vole cancelling the governor's veto was 35 to 3, fol lowing the assembly 64 to 8 vote in the assembly. A two thirds vote was required In botli houses. The rejection of the veto was the first such action In Wurren's term, and followed a bitter dis pute between the governor and the legislators over disposition of postwar funds. Under the bill, the $90,000,000 will be divided evenly between cities and counties. The city share must be used for sewer improvements up to standards set by the stale public health department, and remaining money may be used for storm drains, major streets, schools and water systems. All of the cily money must be matched equally. TO FROSH FIVE Eugene, Feb. 13 The Univer sity of Oregon Frosh dumped a tiring Medford high basketball crew 51-43 In a contest here yes terday afternoon. Though the tilt was closely fought most of the way, Medford was In front only once when Cave dumped In a field toss to make the count 42-41 with four minutes left in the game. The Frosh led at half time 29-27. DcWayne Johnson was high mar with 15 for the winners and Jerry Ross netted 11 for the Tornado. The contest was Medford's fourth In five days. Woman Suffocates Under Snow Slide Miller River. Wash.. Feb. 13 (U.R) Mrs. Juliette Wright, 72, died of suffocation here yester day after she was buried In 500 cubic feet of snow which slid from the root of her home as she was sweeping a path from her back door to the v atcr pump. Neighbors told Deputy Coro ner James Adams that Mia. Wright, partly deaf, neglected to wear her hearing aid yesterday and apparently failed to hear the slide start. Leased Wire NO. 276. SECRETARY FEARS ANOTHER TEAPOT L Oil Interests' Pressure Cited in Warning; Truman Ac cepts Without Comment. Washington, Feb. 13 U.PJ President Truman today accept ed the resignation of Secretary of Interior Harold L. Ickes, who left the cabinet with a warning against the kind of political pres sure which produced the Teapot Dome oil scandal. The White House said Ickes' resignation, ending nearly 13 years In the same post, would be effective Friday. Assistant Sec retary of Interior Oscar L. Chap man will run the department until Mr. Truman pick a per manent successor to Ickes. Letter Unrelaasad . The White House did not re lease either Ickes" letter of resig nation or the president' letter, dated yesterday, in which he warned of possible political pit falls. Ickes went back 25 years to the administration of the late President Harding to suggest by Inference an analogy with a trend he considers to be develop ing now. Detailing his recent public battle against Edwin W. Pauley, California oil man nominated by President Truman to be under secretary of navy, Icke declared that his department' had been subjected to political pressure. Com 8candal Cited Harking back to the Teapot Dome scandal in which Hard ing's secretary of interior, the late Albert Fall, was convicted of accepting a $100,000 oil bribe, Ickes said in his letter: "As I leave the department, I feel that I ought to warn you of a cloud, now no bigger than a man's hand, that my exper ience sees In the sky." In testimony at a senate naval affairs committee hearing on Pauley's nomination, Ickes said the former democratic national treasurer tried lo get him to drop a suit for federal title to oil rich tldelands by holding out the promise of democratic cam paign contributions by oil men. Pauley denied the charge. And at a news conference on Feb. 7 President Truman, supporting hi nominee, said Ickes might well have been mistaken. The Pauley nomination is headed into a finish battle In the senate, with the outcome highly uncertain. No Alternative In his letter, Ickes said the president In effect had "ex pressed a lack of confidence In me." He added that he had no alternative but to resign. He sug gested that the resignation take effect March 31, but Mr. Truman advanced It to this Friday. Declaring that he told nothing but the truth about Pauley to the senate committee and assert ing that he would have been guilty of perjury if he had dona otherwise, Ickes added: "I was shocked, by the sug gestion that liberal campaign contributions might be forthcom ing if the government should forego whatever claim it might have to the oil-rich lands lying off the coast of California. "Above all departments, the department of the interior must always be on guard against any association of money with poli tics, and even over-zealous, by the standards of some men, in defending the government' legal proprietary rights. Always Tomptod "The forces that ruined Sec retary Fall will always be play ing upon anyone who is secre tary of the interior. "It is not now certain that other departments will be Im mune to similar sinister pres sures. "And the forces that ruined Secretary Fall because he made the mistake of deciding that, po litically, he had to yield to them will always be seeking to oust or to discredit any secretary who will not surrender to them. ' There were 383 Civil War sol diers and nurses on the U. S. pension rolls June 30, 1944. HI
