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Special Election on $50A 000 School Repair Bonds Set for May 19 BALLOTING DATE SELECTED AFTER PLANAPPROVAL Proposed Program Will Also Utilize Funds Received from Sale of Unused Site. Weather Tribune FORECAST: MoiUy cloudy with light thoweri tonight and Wednesday. Little chance In temperature. Temp. Hlihest yeiterd.y Lowest this morning 3 United Press Full Lea.ed Wire United Pretax-Full Leased Wire Fortieth Year MEDFORD, OREGON, TUESDAY, FEBRUARY 19, 1946. NO. 281. No Steel, No Automobiles BIG PRICE BOOST TRUMAN REMAINS DIMMED BY LACK OF GRAINSUPPLY Medford Feed Dealers and Poultry Raisers Believe In dustry Will Weather Storm While admitting that the out look is far from bright, Medford feed dealers, poultry raisers, hatcherymen and poultry co operative officials believe that the valley poultry industry will weather the present feed short age without serious trouble. A survey of interested persons re sulted in the information that while the situation looks pretty desperate now, the feed indus try and cooperatives are work ing to have the recent ruling re garding wheat lifted for this area am feel that the situation will be alleviated somewhat when grain crops begin to come on in June and July. Hatcherymen and cooperative officials on the whole stated that noultrv raisers should not De un- dul;' frightened by the present feed shortage, which was de clared by some not to be as acute as first believed. It was pointed out that the general government recommendatiop for a 20 per cent curtailment of turkey pro duction and a 15 per cent curtail' ment of market hens originally was not to have applied to soutn- ern Oregon and similar western sections which have had poultry nd ees shortages, but that due to the feed shortage, would prob- hlv result anyway. This cur- tollman. i exnected to be largely m ine neavy oreeas uscu "for broilers ano-tryere. -. u Supply Rationed - It was learned that feed deal ers are rationing supplies in or der to take care of established customers with large flocks and that poultry cooperatives are taking measures to channel feeds to the laying flocks, which they believe must be maintained in production. While there is quite heavy liquidation of breeder hens, this was said not to be seri ous as yet. What action the government will take in the matter was view ed as uncertain. Following the government's announcement that the use of wheat would be re stricted in mixed feeds, vigorous protests were showered on Washington and on congression al delegations and requests made to have the percentage raised for this district since the Pacific northwest depends almost en tirely on wheat for feeds, unlike other sections of the country where corn, barley, oats and other grains are more consider ably produced. Senators Guy Cordon and Wayne Morse, as well as Con gressman Harris Ellsworth, have all been contacted from many sources and have promised co operation in the lifting of the or der, it was reported, and hope was expressed that this move would be successful. ii r 'tA I (Acme TtUvhoto) Bright and shiny new cars almost stand unfinished on assembly line at Ford Rouge plant, Dearborn, Mich., for lack of steel to complete con struction due to steel workers' strike. 55 Per Cent Increase Asked Last Summer, Price Con troller Tells Committee. E T BUTCHERED CHILD'S ARMS FOUND IN POWER CONDUIT Chicago, Feb. 19 (U.R The arms of a child believed to be those of Suzanne Dcgnan, 6, who was kidnaped and butchered here Jan. 7, were found today in the conduit r an electrical com pany near her parents'. nortiiside home. Police said there was no doubt BLOOD BATH AT FORT OF DEATH TOLD AT TRIAL CENTRAL POINT BUYS ADAMS ROAD GRADER Central Point, Feb. 19 Pur chase of an Adams road grader to replace the present city ma chine was authorized by the city council at a meeting here last night. The grader is being bought from Loyd Silva of Graves Creek. Henry Waelty, street superintendent, and James Cummings and L. H. Morris. councilmcn. were to go to Graves Creek this afternoon to obtain the machine. An important meeting of the city council will convene on Monday, Feb. 25. when bid on the contract for laying the new water mains will be opened. Guy Tex. city recorder, reports the receipt of 17 requests for plans of the project. Nuernberg. Feb. 19 (U.R) Soviet Prosecutor Ivan Smirnov charged today that the nazis slaughtered 22,000 persons in a 48-hour blood bath at Kaunas, Lithuania, in December, 1941. The Kaunas massacre was car ried- out, Smirnov told the war primps court, at the "Fort of Death" on the outskirts of tne Lithuanian capital. Altogether, Smirnov said, 70, 000 French. Austrian, Czechoslo vak and other prisoners entered the "Fort of Death" a convert ed concrete fortification and none left alive. Gum Overwhelmed During the two days of slmiffhter in 1941, the soviet nrnseeutor said, the German ma chine guns rattled hour after hour, but were unable to keep up with the flow of prisoners into the camD. Naked men nmmpn nnd children had to stand fnr hours in the bitter cold before the gunners could get to thpm. The parade of the doomed tri.tehert for miles back from the ready-dug mass graves, Smirnov said. Hp sold a German physician, Baron Dr. Von Hciman, ordered the sale of poisonous methyl alcohol and oxalic acid as liquor and soft drinks in the city mar ket of the occupied town of Georgievsk as part of a plot to depopulate eastern Europe. Reds Training Japs For Future Service Chungking Learns Chungking. Feb. 19 (U.R) Well-informed government sources said today there were in dications that the Red army was training Japanese troops in Manchuria, northern Korea. Sak halin and the Kuriles for possi ble future use. There was no sign, inese sources added, that Russia planned to repatriate Japanese troops from those areas occupied by Soviet Far Eastern forces. "it was estimated there were approximately 500.000 Japanese troops in Russian-occupied bat tle areas, where hostilities were brief and casualties small. but that the arms were those of the child who was taken from Her ground floor bedroom while her parents, Mr. and Mrs. James E. Degnan, slept in a nearby room. Maintenance workers for the Commonwealth Edison Company found the arms when they check ed a trouble report in the vicini ty of the conduit. The workmen called police who rushed to the scene. The arms will be taken to the morgue ar turned over to the coroner, police said. Police found Suzanne's head in a sewer catch basin half a block from her home on the afternoon of her abduction. With in a few hours her legs and torso were found in other cesspools. Only her arm:i had remained un-found. A constant search for the arms was made from that time until today. Police -nd city employes worked day and night, dragging every sewer in the neighborhood of the Degnan home. They be lieved discovery of the arms would complete the pattern of the slaying and might give a clue as to the identily of the fiendish slayer. HIROfOliS Choice Believed Narrowed to Justice Douglas, Sen. 0' Mahoney and Chapman. Tnkvo. Feb. 19 (UP.) Em- neror Hirohito visited bombed out Yokohama for the first time in 17 years today on an unparal leled insncction tour of war- damaged factories and homes for war sufferers. The emDeror spoke to civilian workmen and plant officials, al lowed himself to be photograph ed at will by eager American sol diers and news photographers, and didn't insist that people be forced to descend from street cars because they were on a higher level than he. Tokyo residents noted the j Japanese people bowed less than they would have a lew montns ago when the eight-car imperial cortege passed by. It was pre ceded by a white American mili tary police Jeep and was trailed by 20 Jeeps carrying allied cor respondents and photographers. Washington, Feb. 19 (U.R) Price Chief Chbster Bowles re vealed today that the Ford Mo tor Co. last summer asked OPA for a 55 per cent price increase. Bowles, newty designated economic stabilizer, made the statement to the house banking committee, which is holding hearings on renewal of price controls beyond the present June 30 expiration date. The committee immediately agreed to invite Henry Ford II, president of the Ford Motor Co., to appear and explain his views on price control. Control Lift Urged Young Ford recently has made statements urging removal of price control. The demand that an invitation be extended to Ford was made by Rep. Fred L. Crawford, R., Mich. Bowles said that Ford had made the statement he was los ing $300 a car and that his pro duction was being impaired by high price ceilings on parts. Pointing out that Ford's pro duction had not yet attained its full volumes, Bowles said: "I don't know of any intelli gent Industrialist that would base his pricing on small volume. I'm surprised that Ford didn't know that parts were taken out from under price control. Request Quoted Pressed to tell the committee how much of a price increase Ford asked when OPA was un dertaking to price new cars last summer,. Bowles said: "I think this should be known, normally we don't reveal the ex tent of the price increases asked, but because of the many state ments I would say irresponsi ble statements Mr. Ford has made, I'm going to say this. Ford asked OPA for an increase in price by 55 per cent last sum mer. "A figure like that should ex plain why Ford is so eager to get rid of price control. That's an outrageous increase." Meanwhile a republican move was afoot in the House to give OPA advisory committees the to end price controls in industries when they see PHONE STRIKE VOTED Memphis, Tenn., Feb. 19 (U.R) The greatest telephone strike in history was ordered late today by officials of the National Federation of Telephone Workers (Ind.) Heads of 50 NFTW member unions, with a total membership ol 250.000 voted overwhelmingly in favor of a nationwide walkout to nooort' demands for higher wages. The vote was announced as 121,000 members in favor of a ttik. end 30.000 members opposing a walkout. No votes were cast by 25.000 members. The strike resolution did not set a date for the unprecedented telephone strike which was expected to virtually paralyse long distance service throughout the nation and local calls in at least 43 states. Washington, Feb. 19 (U.R) The White House said today that President Truman is still unde cided about a successor to Har old L. Ickcs who resigned last week as secretary of interior. The President received a cou ple of congressional delegations whoso members urged their fa- voritc candidates upon him, but White House Press Secretary Charles G. Ross said Mr. Tru man had not made up his mind about a man for tho post. Douglas Lunch Guest Ross admitted officially, how ever, that Supreme Court Jus tice William O. Douglas lunched with the President yesterday. Informed sources believed the choice may have narrowed down to three men Douglas, Sen. Joseph C. O'Mahoney, D Wy and Acting Secretary Oscar L. Chapman, in that order. A senate group representing 13 southern senators asked Mr. Truman to appoint Rep. Frank Boykin, D., Ala., to the interior post. Sen. John H. Bankhcad, D Ala., said the President agreed to give Boykin "friendly consideration" but was "not yet committed to anyone." The President also received four California congressmen who proposed Rep. Harry Sheppard, D., Calif., for the interior Job. Informed sourcos thought Douglas, O'Mahoney, and Chap man were running one-two-thrce, but agreed the President might come up with an outsider. Sen. Tobey Barred From Testifying Regarding Pauley's Solicitation Of Demo Funds From Air Line Head right their fit. L MOTORISTS! SAVE A LIFE ccio i aw; KNOW YOUR TRAFFIC LAWS . ,. . c..hi in the state of Oregon. nere is a lew wi ... ift,, l.llu,. ta b..r. this law will eo.t someone his lie. or serious injury: EMERGENCY VEHICLES EXEMPTED FROM SPEED LAWS rvrroTIONS The speed, de.ignaled in or pursuant to the P'" . r . a. ....A.a4 mMatncY thiclM whin ecx man not appir - . operated in emergencies and the driver, thereof wund audible signal by fc.II. sire- o, 7 Z relieve the driver of an autnoruea .o... j ". duly to drive with due reg.rd for the safety of P" ' of others. next of the week-long consistory Vatican City, Feb. 19 (U.R) Joseph Cardinal Mindszenty primate of Hungary, arrived at Ciampiano airport today and said he had been delayed from attending opening of consistory ceremonies by refusal of Russian authorities to grant him permis sion to leave Hungary until yes terday noon. He was more than 24 hours laic for the formal notice of his elevation yesterday to the Sac red collrge of Cardinals along wilh 31 other prelates. Meanwhile the four new American cardinals received diplomatic callers at the Apos tolic chancellory, planned to re turn calls of the old cardinals Floyd Kinney, charged with forgery, entered a plea of guilty and was sentenced to serve not less than three years and six months In state prison by Cir cuit Judge Herbert K. Hanna yesterday. Kinney, the district attorney s information charged, uttered a spurious check for $15. pur portedly signed by "Les Gilman. Gilman's Dairy." Alter cashing the check at a local restaurant. Kinney according to the authori ties 'went to Ashland and was Jailed later for Intoxication by the city police there. Most of the check money was recovered. According to Sheriff Howard FINEDJAILED Three Medford men were ar rested by state police early this morning for spotlighting deer and illegal possession of deer meat. Stopped in their automo bile near Eagle Point this morn ing were Norval N. Johnson. 1730 North Riverside avenue; Rube J. Smith, 433 Manzanlta street; and Dudley P. Smith, 1112 Niantic street. According to state police, who found rifles, spotlights, knives and a doe car cass in the car, the trio admitted illegal hunting in the Lake Creek area. Taken Into Justice court to day, they were each fined $100 and court costs and given 30 days in the county Jail. The court confiscated the hunting equipment. Peronistas Shoot Into Depot Crowd Buenos Aires, Feb. 19 (U.R) Disorder marked by gunfire broke out today at a railroad station where some 40,000 per sons had gathered to welcome democratic union, candidates re turning from a campaign tour of the provinces. The first unof ficial reports said two persons were killed and 15 were wound ed. Eyewitnesses said gangs of Peronistas followers of Col. Juan D. Peron, himself a presi dential candidate In the forth coming election broke through Washington. Feb. 1 9 (U.R) The Senate Naval Affairs com mittee refused today to let Sen. Charles W. Tobey, R., N. H., tes tify about Edwin W. Pauley's solicitation of democratic cam paign funds from the president of United Air Lines. Tobey, a member of the com mittee, was rebuffed when he had himself sworn as a witness in hearings on Pauley's nomina tion to be undersecretary of navy. He tried to read a mem orandum he made on the basis of a long distance telephone con versation with the air line pres ident, William A. Patterson. Advice Offered ' The gist of earlier republic questioning indicated that they would try to show that Pauley, as democratic national treasurer, offered corporations legal advice on how they could charge off as business expense the personal political contributions made by company officers. The Federal Corrupt Practices act forbids political campaign contributions by . corporations and labor unions. Chairman David I. Wulsh, D.. Mass., ruled Tobey out of order when the rebublican senator tried to read the memorandum. Walsh explained that a sub- pena for Patterson already has been issued and that every mem ber of the committee will have ample opportunity to question him when he appears as a wit ness personally. Hannegan Offer Told Earlier Pauley told the com mittee he once offered Demo cratic National Chairman Robert E. Hannegan an oil investment venture. Ho said, however, the proposition was dropped later as unprofitable before Hannegan put any money into it. Asked whether Hannegan or any other government officials had any financial interest in his oil and other business enter prises, Pauley said he recalled none. When the hearing recessed for lunch, Tobey told reporters he Intended to bring out the ma terial In the Patterson memor andum during questioning of Pauley later. Date for Patterson's appear ance had not "yet been fixed def initely. Patterson was reported on the west coast. Fund Raising Probed Tobey and Sen. Owen Brew ster, R., Me., had subjected Pauley to a critical examination of his fund-raising activities on behalf of the democratic national committee. Pauley testified that: 1. "We never solicited corpor ations because that would vio late the Hatch act." 2. "We did everything we could to raise money within the law." . 3. "We raised enough to elect a president." 4. Although corporations weren't solicited, there was no hesitation about approaching of ficers of corporations as Individ uals. He added that "nine out of 10 said no." 5. There was "no attempt" to single out officials of corpora tions which had government contracts. Pauley said that "when I am confirmed" he would order the navy to have nothing to do with his potrol ' corporation "even though it might be low bidder for a contract." Walton Speaker fa . , - ,Sp.'j It ;V ' Ralph L. Carr, ex-governor of Colorado and present president of the Denver Bar association, will speak on we.tern re.ource. and related aubjeci. at the court hou.e auditorium tonight at 8 o'clock. Hi. talk I. under au pice. of the Iiaak Walton league and the public 1. Invited to hear him. PAY. HIKE FAVORED Gault. Kinney has a long police cordons and began shooting Into record for petty offenses. the crowd. Army Man Accused of Espionage As Court Martial Trial Gets Underway th. .hell it protect the driver of en, .uch vehicle irom , ana oegan preparaMons . r ,nc the ...,- af a recklets disregard of the safety lOregoa Motor Vehicle Lawk Sec 115-3251. J ceremonies. Hamilton Field, Cal., Feb. 19 (UPJ Staff Sgt. Frank Hirt of the U. S. army was charged at the opening of his court martial trial today with conspiring with at least nine Nazi spies, operat ing throughout the world, to commit war-time espionage against the United States. Hirt. 31, an air forces mech anic at the Fairfield-Suisun air transport command base, was brought to trial ax the clirnqx to a three-year Investigation. The first specification of the official charges accused Hirt of "wilfully and unlawfully agree ing and conspiring in Germany, Switzerland. Por'.ugal. Brazil, the United Statu and at other places presently unknown." with at least nine active German spies. Another specification purport edly linked Hirt with a tenth spy. and mentioned the Nether lands and Spain as additional bases from which two of the spies worked. The charges said the allcgrd conspiracy wb designed "lo ob tain and record information and intelligence concerning the na tional defense of the United States, particularly information relating to military aircraft, new Inventions, military equipment and war materials, and to pass on sueh Information to Germany and ila ageuta." SUSPECT BALKS Santa Cruz, Cal., Feb. IB (U.R) On the grounds that he feared a lynching attempt . on his life In Santa Clara county, Thomas H. McMoniglc accused as the kld-nap-slayer of 14-year-old Thora Chamberlain, today changed his mind In Superior court and re fused to lead an official search party In a hunt for the girl's body. McMonigle, In what amounted to his sixth purported confession. testified that Mis Chamberlain was killed when she Jumper! from his car last Nov. 2. He said he buried her near her home town, Campbell, which is In ad Joining Santa Clara county. The court, including Judge and Jurors, had prepared to go to Campbell, 45 miles distant, by bus to Investigate McMonigle'i story. By United Pres. Major lnbor developments to day included: 1. Government procurement nuenclca recommended at the national shipbuilding wago con ference at Washington an Jo cent hourly raise for the nation's 450,000 shipyard workers, re troactive to Dec. 4. 2. Nearly 400,000 of tho 750, 000 Btecl workers who struck Jan. 21 settled for 18'i cent hourly pay Increases In line with President Truman's wage-price policy. 3. At Lancaster, Pa., CIO unions voted to support the AFL in a city-wide strike to protest delays in settling a walkout of bus and street car operators. CM And CIO Negotiate 4. General Motors and the CIO United Auto Workers were to meet again today, and Federal Mediator James F. pewey said there is still a great deal of negotiating to be done" in the strike of 175,000 workers. 5. A government fact-finding board at Washington recommend ed a wage increase of 1 cents an hour for 30,000 CIO fa equipment worker striking against the International Har vester Co. At a meeting of the school board last evening it was voted to call a special election for March 19 to vote on a bond issua of $500,000 for repairs, improve ments and additions to present school buildings. A 10-year issue Is proposed with principal and interest to be amortized in iu annual payments. A building report with recom mendations submitted by City School Superintendent E. H. Hedrick about 10 days ago was adopted by the board, but with a reservation permitting tne board to deviate somewhat from the proposed program should fu ture changes and further study of the school picture make it seem wise to do so. $525,000 Total The proposed program, in volving all buildings, was esti mated to cost $525,000. Al though some members express ed doubt whether the district could get all the work done that was planned if prices and wages should keep on rising. It was shown by the clerk's report that the district now has on hand about $27,500 received from the sale of land on Bartlett and Riverside last year. Proceeds from the sale of this land were mandated by a vote of the peo ple in 1930 toward a building fund for an addition to the Jun ior high school. Taking account of this amount on hand, the board set the sum to bo raised by bond Issue at $500,000. Feelers the board had put out In the bond market indicated that the school district might expect an Interest rate less than lvavo on a 10-year bond issue. Board members present at the meeting were John P. Moffat, chairman, Dr. R. E. Green, Otto Frohnmayer, Eugene Thorndike. DISCHARGESGO : TO VALLEY MEN Among those recently dis charged from the armed serv ices are Pfc. Jack Morris, route 2, box 325, Ashland; Frank Rich ardson, Jr.; PhM3c, box 505, Central Point; Alfred Ball, CSK. box D; SSgt. Calvin Bell, box 190, and SSgt. Kenneth Knapp, all of Talent; Pfc. Daniel Mo Kccn, box 117, Gold Hill; TS Garth Ross, route 1, box 73; Rogue River; and T3 Frank Proctor, Jr., Trail. Sgt. William Rottschafcr, 121J West 9th street; Everett Dahack, RM lc, box 177; Cpl. Howard Lind, route 3, box 42; Cpl. Charles Cornutt, 23 Mistlctos street; SSgt. Arthur Sntterlee, 311 Laurel street; Pfc. William Buchanan, route 1, box 2B3A; Robert Johnson Slc, route 4, box 263; John Wood, Sic, 84 Rose avenue; SSgt. Charles Daley, 502 Soulh Fir street; Pfc. Raymond Darby, route 2, box 412E; T3 James Dunlcvy, 243 North Holly street; Cpl. Gilbert Merritt, 230 North Ivy street; Sgt. Martin Webb, Jr., 1208 Bal ing avenue; Charles Commons, Sic, route 4, box 276; SSgt. Paul Atkins, route 1, box 263A; Sgt. Robert Ford, route 2, box 320; and Pfc. Williams Jones, box 1023, all of Medford. Subscribers If yon dt not rcm rour MP" tdephun X 1 4 1 or 4St before Mlprn On unU? rail till or 4tS feitoro IZ:30 f.ffl Blast Kills 2 In Negro Apartment New Orleans, Feb. 19 (U.R) At least two persons were killed and 34 injured when an explo sion wrecked the ground floor of a negro apartment house to day. Police Capt. James Cripps said the two bodies had been sighted but had not been removed. Ho said there was little hope for five other persons still trapped In tho ruins. Thirty-four persons were carried to hospitals. Eleanor and Party Return From UNO New York, Feb. 19 U.R The Pan American World Air. ways plane, UNO clipper, land, cd at I.iiGuardia field at 2:57 p. in. F.ST today with Mrs. Elea nor Roosevelt, Edward R. Stet tlnliis, Jr., and other United Na tions assembly delegates aboard. Bad weather had grounded the plane for a time at Gander, Newfoundland, en route from England. More than 5000 different kinds of plants flourish in th 1017 acres of San Francisco Golden Gale Park,
