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Medford United Press Full Leased Wire Fortieth Year ORDERED IN USE 25 Council Passes Ordinance Placing Coin Devices In Operation 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. Parking meters In Medford nd the new ordinance concern ing their use will go into opera tion on Monday, Feb. 25, accord- JO fntf to a aecision 01 ine streets W Mid roads committee which con vened with City Superintendent Frank Rogers following the city council meeting last night. A new ordinance, passed by eouncilmen last night, estab lishes the following portions of itreets as parking meter, zones: Main street between the Bear creek bridge and Holly street, Sixth street between Riverside avenue and Fir street, north side of Sixth street between Grape street and the alley in block 56. Eighth street between Bartlett and Front streets, Riverside ave nue between Sixth and Eighth streets, east side of Riverside avenue between Eighth street and 115 S. Riverside, Bartlett street between Sixth and Eighth streets, Central avenue between Fifth and Ninth streets, Front street between Fifth and Eighth itreets, Fir street between Sixth street and a point 150 feet south of Main street. Grape street be tween Sixth street and alley south of Main street and west side of Grape street between Fifth and Sixth streets. No Sunday Use Use of the meters in the zones will be in effect from 9 a. m. to 5 p. m. daily except Sundays and legal holidays. Meters thro .ghout the area are general ly hour devices with two hour . . Tll Jmacnines in m itsw b:i.wu. device! are adjusted to show )teg&l parking for 12 minute per iods after the deposit of one cent .a nir,ii.. nf that time are possible with the insertion of additional cent pieces or with the deposit of a five cent coin for hour parking. To expedite traffic, the chief bI nnHro with the approval of the council may determine the parking time limit in destgnaiea areas. SO Cent Penalty Penalty for over-parking or Illegal use of the space adjacent to the meter is 50 cents if paid to the city Judge within 24 hours after notice la attached to . a vehicle or $1.00 if paid there after In parking. Superintendent Rollers stresses, a driver should hrino- th. radiator of his car even with the meter posts. The present lines on the streets are being obliterated. After the or dinance goes into effect, loaauns zones will not exist but, until further notice, Rogers states, tniMr. wilt he allowed to load and unload, double-parking if tne meters aie ui 1 type, it is emphasized, and the. The meters are of the manual . hanHlp must be turned com pletely to the right after the in sertion of each coin. Aim Stated Authorization of the meters according to the ordinance is for th. "nuroose of relieving motor vehicular traffic congestion with in a certain business district of the City of Medford caused by the double-parking and over parking of motor vehicles and a general abuse of the parking privileges and to facilitate a greater freedom for the motor user in transacting business, re quiring a relatively short period of time, and as an exercise of the police power, and for more efficient and adequa'e control and regulation of traffic moving to and from the congested dis trict of said city. ..." Washington, Feb. 20 iU.PJ The Southern Pacific railroad today asked the interstate com merce commission for authority to abandon an 11-mile branch line from Kurand to Fruto, In Glenn county, Calif. MOTORISTS! SAVE A LIFE KNOW YOUR TRAFFIC LAWS . .. ... Somewhere in the state of Oregon. fallurVto eb..;;; .hi. U. will cost someone hi. life, or ..nous UNLAWFUL TO CARRY DOGS OR CHILDREN ON EXTERNAL PARTS OF AUTOMOBILES It .hall be unlawful for any per.on to carry a dog upon a pubH highway upon the hood, fend., running board or ether external part of any automobile or truck unless he urn. shall be protected by framework, carrier or other lo keep any .uch animal from falling from the said automobile provided"urth.r. that it .hall be unlawful at any t.m. for any to carry any ejtlld upon . public ..re.t or ha, .way upon th. hood, fender, running board or ether external part o any motor vehicle. tOitgoa Molor Vehicle Law-Section 114 349). MEDFORF Pauley Ready (Acme Telephoto) Edwin Pauley opens his brief case preparatory to taking the witness stand at the Senate Naval Affairs committee meeting where his nom ination as underse ;retary of navy is being heard. 10 WORLD PERIL Vatican City, Feb. 20 U.R Pope Pius XII declared in a radio address to the world today that .."modern imperialism" is endangering unity and enduring Deace among all nations. "Modern imperialistic empires are being maintained by force and have no solid basis," the Pontiff charged. "Such organisms, owing to their fraeilitv. are ever more exposed to a breaking up and to the creating of new frictions. Cardinals Hailed The Pope delivered his broad cast from Vatican City immedi ately after the solemn imposition of the scarlet berettas on 29 of the 32 Roman Catholic prelates present in Rome for their eleva tion to the College of Cardinals. He hailed the choice of these cardinals, drawn from 19 dif ferent nations scattered around the globe, as fresh confirmation of the "super-nationality of the church." "The church embraces the whole of human society," he said. "The church has never in tended to dominate the world, not in the imperialistic sense of the world which is being some times used." st , T r" bounty I O KeceiVe $158,343 OC Check A treasury department check for $158,343.92, representing Jackson county's payment from the government in lieu of taxes on Oregon-California grant lands was mailed from Washington, D. C, Monday, according to a wire received by County Treas urer Ralph Sweeney from Sena tor Guy Cordon. The money when received will be transferred to the county gen eral fund after small payments in school districts having O-C land within their boundaries. Bulletin London, Feb. 20 (UP.) Radio Moscow acknowledged tonight that the Soviet Union has obtained supposedly con fidential information on Cana dian defenses but denounced Canada's current spy hunt as an "unfriendly act." A hair lives from two to five years. ten I AS 17 11 v Fciilev Called On For Party and 'Common AUTHORITY PLAN RAPPED BY CARR IN WALTON TALK Federal Attempts to Usurp State Rights in Water Re sources Told by Speaker. "People of the Rogue River Valley had better wake up, for geography has been 'modified' and they are now a part of the Columbia River Valley," warned ex-Governor Ralph L. Carr of Colorado in an address before an open meeting of the Izaak Wal ton league in the auditorium of the Jackson county courthouse last night. Not only is the Rogue River Valley to be a part of the pro jected Columbia River Valley Authority, but the entire north west and also a part of Canada, if our government can get the Canadians to go for it, Carr told the capacity crowd. Can't Run Busineit Carr, who was introduced by Chairman Kenneth Denman. former state game commissioner, told how the state of Colorado has previously defeated three federal attempts for an authority in his state. Irrigation laws were first passed by Congress In 1866 and law-abiding citizens set up their water rights according to law and successfully farmed parts of semi-arid states. Now, the government says we no longer know how to run our own business" and" that a throe man board not acquainted with our problems can do it better than we can," the noted Irriga tion and water authority said. The Columbia River Valley Authority would be set up by the government and controlled by a three-man board, members of which need not be residents of the affected areas. They could not be recalled by the people but could only be dis missed by the president, Carr ex plained. Not only would the board dictate size of farms, but would tell the people what they could raise on the farms and how much water they could have to raise their crops, he further stated. Would Abolish Bureaus Forest service. Bureau of Mines and the Bureau of Re clamation would be abolished in the lands affected by the author, which would take over control of all water, land and natural resources by condemn ing land and water rights, Carr said. "You people can work out your problems across a confer ence table just as we in Colorado did. Get together on settle ments of your local problems and keep outsiders out, the former governor warned. "It is a scheme of congressmen of the east and south trying to force way of life on the west which is neither suitable or needed," he continued. People Not A.kad People are not being asked if they want an authority. Can said , but are having it shoved on them. When we sit back and. permit an authority to dictate to us and to take over our land and water rights we are saying good bye to representative 'gov ernment and are becoming a totalitarian nation, the speaker emphasized. . "We have no need for authori ties in the west," he concluded. Everything which has been done on the Tennessee Valley Au thority can be done better and cheaper by the states. A period of questions and answers followed the address. The Colorado leader also spoke yesterday before the Rotary club and at a high school assembly. The west coast relay races are held annually on the campus of Fresno, Calif., Stale college. Weather roBPCAST' P.rltr rloiitfr to tloudy tonl.ht and Thuri ay with rain shower.. Snow In mountain. Little cbanf in temperature. Temp. Hlcheet TetterSa .. .1 loweit thli Morning . .. 3X Free, to 4:1 TndaT -41 ON, WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 20, Hirt Trial s a O k" (Acme Telephnla) 8-Set Frank Hirt, Army Air Forces mechanic accused of conspiring to commit espionage. lLsWns to Captain Gene Moroney. his defense attorney, at his General Court Martial trial at Hamilton Field, Calif. Masquerade as Anti-Nazi Charged in Trial of Hirt Hamilton Field, Cal., Feb. 20 (U.P.) Court martial prosecutors charged today that SSgt. Frank Hirt, carrying out an elaborately contrived plan formulated by German spies, masqueraded as an anti-nazi for the purpose of entering the United States un suspected and conspiring to com mit espionage. ' Hirt was accused of traveling from- Germany to New- York City in the guise of an anti-Hitlerite, carrying forged papers. PROBERS TOLD OF T ' Washington. Feb. 20 U.R) The unsuccessful efforts of two army G.I.'s to report to their superior officers a radar contact with attacking Japanese aircraft on Dec. 7, 1941, were recalled today nt congress' Pearl Harbor committee hearing. George E. Elliott, ex-army sergeant, told the committee of trying to pass along the contact which was made while Japanese planes still vcre 137 miles off Pearl Harbor. Elliott and Joseph E. Lockard picked up the planes while "prac ticing" on the new radar equip ment near Pearl Harbor early Sunday before the attack. Elliott and Lcckard both were privates at the time of the Pearl Harbor attack. Elliott later was promoted to sergeant, and Lock ard was commissioned a lieuten ant. Elliott's testimony on the radar contact came near the end of the committee's long hearings on the Pearl Harbor disaster. Full Employment Useful Work Washington, Feb. 20 (U.R) The president signed the full em ployment bill today. The act makes it a function of government, by advance plan ning and preventive legislation, to try to prevent periods of pro longed unemployment. The measure is a compromise between the 'full employment" version originally voted by the senate and a watered down "maximum employment" bill turned out by the house. ' Approved after considerable spurring by Mr. Truman, the new law bears the title "Em ployment Act of 1948." Nowhere: doe. it use the specific words "full employment.'' First Step Backers of the full employ ment principle welcomed the compromise as an important first step toward assuring Jnvs for all. They say the next important things are that the right kind of persons be selected for the pres ident's three-man economic coun cil to be set up under the act and that congress pafs additional laws necessary to carry out its principles. Tribune United Praia Full 1946. To Withdraw Opens receiving money from a Gorman agent in Switzerland, and under going espionage instruction at a Gestapo spy school at Munster. Long Plot Alleged The prosecution, opening its case .against the 31-year-old U. S. army air forces mechanic, outlined what is alleged to be a long plot to put Hirt in a posi tion where he could obtain and transmit to1 Germany vital infor mation about American war planes and other military equip ment. The trial Judge Advocatc'MaJ. John P. McQuillcn, Sioux Falls, S. D., presented the prosecu tion's contentions. He said Hirt, born in the United States in 1915, went to Germany in 1924 and returned to the United States Nov. 24, 1941. He produced a letter purport edly from the Dusseldorf police, saying he had been forced to leave Germany, and later told the same story to his draft board and the state department In re trieving his $1,800 from the Brit ish counsel at Bermuda, the prosecution alleged. Actually, McQuillen charged, the entire story was false. He said Hirt went to a storm troop er training camp in 1941, where he met a "Dr. Shuler," who in troduced him. to Karl Bauer, Germany spymaster later con victed in the United States. Bauer, according to McQuil len, arranged for Hirt to return to the United States as an es pionage agent. After enlisting in the U. S. army, Hirt sent at least two com munications to Germany through mall drops and in 1943 applied for inlclligence"Work at Muroc, Cal., army base, a cen ter for secret army air forces test flights, McQuillen said. Act, Compromise Version, Signed; for All Able and Willing Is Objective Sponsors of full employment on Capitol Hill arc expected to insist that the 14 man Joint con gressional committee which will study presidential recommenda tions under the act be composed of members In syrriprthy with the principles of the legislation. Work For All Aim The "employment act" is an innovation In this country's eco nomic development. It pledges the executive branch of the fed eral government and congress to use all available resources, con sistent with certain principles, for the creation and mainten ance of "conditions under whi :h there will he useful employment opportunities" for all able and willing to work. The principles it lays down are those of "consistency" with the "aims" of free enterprise and "conformity" with the govern ment's overall needs and obliga tions and other essential consid erations of national policy." It provides for the govern ment to consult with representa tives of Industry, agriculture, labor and state and local govern ments in forming pUnt lit "max- Leased Wire NO. 282. Decency SAYS PARTY SPLIT BY Sen. Stewart Makes First Public Demand For Oil Man to Bow Out of Picture Washington, Feb. 20 U.R Sen. Tom Stewart, Tennessee Democrat, today called on Ed win W. Pauley, for the good of the party and "out of common decency, to withdraw as Presi dent Truman's nominee to be undersecretary of navy. Wa.hington, Feb. 20 (U.R) Rep. Jerry Voorhi.. D.. Calif., aid today that .enate confir mation of Edwin W. Pauley a. undersecretary of navy would be "bad public policy." In the first public demand for Pauley's withdrawal by a Demo cratic party stalwart, tjiewan said he regretted that Pauley had not bowed out of the picture or that Democratic National Chairman Robert E. Hanncgan "has not had him do It." Party Split The nartv. he continued, "seriously split" over the noml- nntinn. Declaring that "Mr. Pauley id not be confirmed," Stew art added that "to continue to nihrrass the Drcsident is bad Meanwhile, the senate naval affairs committee continued hearings on the former Demo cratic national treasurer's quali fications tar the navy post. Former Undersecretary of In terior Abe Fortas testified that he could not back up cnargns by his erstwhile chief, Harold L. Ickes, that Pauley tried to block federal suit to tideland oil title by promising campaign con tributions from oil men. Ickes had told the senate naval affairs committee that Pauley tried to get him to drop suit for rHori liiln to tideland oil by promising that oil Interests would contribute $300,000 to the Democratic campaign cnesi. Ickea Re.lsna After President Truman sided aith Pauley in the dispute, Ickes resigned last week with the dec laration that he would not serve an administration that expected him to commit perjury. Earlier, Secretary of Navy James Forcstal told the commit tee he had "a favorable impres sion" of Pauley's character and ability. He declined, however, to make a flat recommendation as to whether the senate should confirm the California oil man's nomination. Pasadena. Cal.. Feb. 20 U.R A small earth tremor centered In the Pasadena and Glendale areas was recorded by the Cali fornia Institute of Technology seismograph vl 8:11 a. m. today. The local shock did no damage. imum production, employment and purchasing power." Report To Congress Under the act the president Is required to submit to con gress, within 80 days after the opening of each new session, an "economic report" setting forth the production employment and purchasing power picture, cur rent and prospective. In this report the president will submit his program, drawn up with the aid of his economic cuuncll, for reaching maximum employment levels in the com ing year together with suggested legislation. I The economic council, com posed of three economic experts appointed by the president with the consent of the senate and re ceiving $15,000 a year each, is to gather Information on the na tion's economic prospects and advise the president as to how best to achieve the desired goals. A maximum appropriation of $3",000 a year Is authorized to enable the cuuncll to set up Its own staff of experta and clerical aMitlanU. Milk Famine Hits Detroit As Dairy Workers Strike; More Walkouts Threatened By United Press A new outbreak of strikes deprived several hundred thousand Detroit-area families of milk today although the number of the nation's strike-idle fell below a million for the first time In month. Wildcat walkouts of 1,100 CIO the Borden Farm Products Co. of Michigan, the United Dairies and the Jersey Creameries curtailed deliveries to all except schools and hospitals. 20 PER CENT WAGE The Detroit strikes, involving increase, came as the nation's steelworkers continued a back-to-work trek that cut to 998,000 the number of U, S. workers Idle) because of work stoppages. It was the first time since dropped below a million. But new The major developments: 1. Two railroad brotherhoods strike within two weeks. The walkout would tie up 300 main lint railroads. 2. Member-unions of the National Federation of Telephone Workers voted to call a nation-wide federation promised to meet the to avert a strike." 3. Representatives of General Motors and the CIO United Auto Workers failed to agree on major issues in the 92-day strike of 175,000 GM employes. 4. More than 300,000 CIO steel workers still were on strike, although 450,000 had returned to work under new contracts pro viding 1814 cent hourly wage increases In line with President Truman's wage-price policy. 5. Twelve thousand CIO electrical workers rejected pro posals by Westlnghouse Electrical Corp. for ending their month long walkout. Rail Strike Sure A. F. Whitney, president of the Brotherhood of Railroad Trainmen, and Alvanlcy John ston, president of the Brother hood of Locomotive Engineers, said last night that a rail strike was "a foregone conclusion." They said early returns from an election among 300,000 brother hood members showed almost 100 per cent approval to the proposed work stoppage. Representatives of the two brotherhoods walked out of a negotiation conference last year after railroad operators refused to consider operational griev ances along with wage demands. A parley between General Motors and the UAW broke up after four hours yesterday. Fed eral Mediator James F. Dewey said meetings were "still har monious" but admitted that little progress had been made. PARENTS FREED AFTER DESERTING FLOCK ON SPREE Mr. and Mrs. Vernon Haines of Grants Pass were talfen Into custody by local police over the week-end for desertion of their three small children in a Front street beer parlor. According to county Juvenile officers, the parents became In toxicated and left the children, aged three, two and a half, and two months, In the parlor. The two older children went out on the street and were found by an unidentified intoxicated person who offered to buy ice cream for them. When he had no money to pay for the Ice cream, police were called. A search was started for the parents and in the meantime the Infant was found In the beer parlor. Police found the father Saturday night and the mother was found Sunday. The parents were taken Into Justice court, charged with con tributing to the delinquency of their own children, and were given three months each In the counly Jail. Sentence was sus pended provided they return to their home and care for their children. GUILT IS F Santa Cruz, Calif., Feb. 20 (U.P.) Thomas Henry McMonlgle, 31, who was found guilty of the kldnap-murder of Bobby-Soxer Thora Chamberlain, returned to his Jail cell today to await t second trial on a plea of insanity A Jury of five women and seven men deliberated only 37 minutes late yesterday before re turning a verdict of first degree murder. Superior Judge Jumes Atter- idgo fixed Feb. 26 for the second trial. At nearby San Muteo, Mc Monigle's wife, Ena, who had filed suit for divorce, told re porters, "1 have my life to live. We will try to forget all this." She is the mother of a daught er, born about the time of Thora 's disappearance last Nov 2, and two children by a former marriage. McMonlgle, a former bus driver, served a prison term in Illinois on a charge of attempted rape and prior to the Chamber lain case was freed of a rape charge In San Mateo county when the family of a high school girl refuted a procccut. United Dairy Workers against BOOST DEMANDED demands for a 20 per cent wage Jan, 21 that the strike total had walkouts were threatened. threatened a nation-wide rail telephone walkout, but the companies "more than half way NEW PRICE RULE 'ILL ENCOURAGE CLOTHING MAKERS Washington, Feb. 20 U.PJ A new program for stimulating the production of lower-priced clothing was disclosed today by Economic Stabilization Chief Chester Bowles. Bowles told the house bank ing committee that the office of price administration soon would make price adjustments for tex tile mills to "sweeten them up" and encourage them to go into lower-priced textiles. - At the same time, ha disclosed the civilian production admini stration will help garment man ufacturers get supplies of tha low-priced textiles through a system of priorities. . Improve Quality Ho did not go Into full details but said the new program would not only assure a larger supply ,of clothing but also would re sult In Improvement of quality. This disclosure preceded the reading of a telegram from Henry Ford If In which he said he would be "happy to appear before the committee If there ia really any public interest to be served." Bowles asked the committee's "permission" to write Ford and look into any complaints, espec ially those concerning the diffi culty of getting parts because of restrictive OPA ceilings, "and see If there are any corrections we will have to make." Detroit, Feb. 20 XU.R) Henry Ford II today accused Price Chief Chester Bowles of Imply ing the Ford R'otor company act ed "secretly" In requesting a 35 per cent increase In auto price ceilings last July. Bowles made public the com pany's price-boost application yesterday In testimony before the house banking and currency committee at Washington. Ford's reply was contained in a telegram sent from Los An geles to Chairman Brent Spcnce of the banking and currency committee. Septuplets Born To French Wife London, Fab. 20 U.R) An Exchange Talagraph dispatch from Paris raported that the wife of a Pari, cafe owner gave birth to ptuplet. four girl, and three boy. tonight and that all were alive. The dl.patck gave no details of the reported multiple birth, which probably would be the large.t number of live births , ever recorded. Exchange Telegraph said the parent, operate a small bar In the Rue Gallande. F00TPRINTERS SLATE DINNER AND MEETING International Footprintcrs as sociation, chapter 16 of Medford. will meet for a 6:30 p. m. busi ness meeting at Rupp's dining hall at Central Point tonight, it has been announced. A 7:J0 p. m. dinner hour will follow. Clear Lake is the largest body of fresh water wholly within California. Subscribers II jron So net reeelta roar paper telephone 1141 or 4SSt before T:Ji p.m. OB Sunday ealJ III! er 415. before I2:) p.m.
