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.