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.
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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.
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(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.
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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.
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KNOW YOUR TRAFFIC LAWS
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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
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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.
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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,