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Weather TOR EC A ST: Mostly cloudy with light thoweri tonight and Saturday. Little change In temperature. Temp. Hlgheit Yesterday jj Lowest this Morning .. 31 Free. To 4:30 A. M. Today .t3 Subscribers If yon So kol rtttlve roar MPtr telephone 1141 r 4l at lore 1: It p.m. On lular call 1141 or 4191 bllora 12:31 p.m. Tribune EDFOR United Press Full Leased Wise Fortieth Year MEDFORD, OREGON, FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 22, 1946. NO. 284. CANADA DELAYS Club Speaker BRITISH SUbOUE U.S.L M m mmm Bire mm JUST DEVELOPING SAYS'MLISTER Medford Attorney Home From Overseas Duty Sees Long Road Ahead to Peace OF REDPROTEST Answer May Wait Report on Inquiry Into Activities of Russian Spy Ring. Ottawa, Feb. 22 (U.R) A special cabinet meeting to con sider Russia's protest of the Canadian expose of Soviet espionage in the dominions was delayed today, and there was no indication when a formal reply to the Russian protest might be forthcoming. It appeared possible that the cabinet might wait to consider the protest in conjunction with the interim report expected soon, of a royal commission on its in quiry into activities of the spy ring. It was not known whether de ferment of the cabinet meeting would mean that an anticipated statement on the case by Prime Minister W. L. Mackenzie King also would be delayed. Varsion Studied The Russian protest note was received in Ottawa yesterday, too late for consideration at a cabinet meeting. However, the cabinet members previously had studied the version of it which was broadcast by Moscow radio. The royal commission's in terim report, which will recount progress made in the investiga tion, originally was expected to be released yesterday, but it was believed that Russia's admission of receiving secret information was holding it up. Moscow, Feb. 22 (U.R) The government organ Izvcstia today took up Soviet charges that Canadian espionage reports were prompted by anti-Russian aims. T-t.n.jHi. .vcaua a cunuuui WHS cap tioned "Collapse of Plans of King and His Friends." W. L. Mackenzie King is prime mini ster of Canada. . . The editorial recalled that other anti-Soviet campaigns had boomeranged and said the "same scandalous failure awaits King's designs." CHINESE STAGE E Chungking, Feb. 22 (U.R) Thousands of Chinese students, led by professors, held anti-Russian and anti-communist demons trations today and newspapers carried the texts of a protest signed by 20 educators condemn ing the Yalta agreement and blaming the late President Roose velt. The students wrecked the of fice of the communist newspaper, the New China Daily, after rocks hurled from upstairs windows injured two demonstrators. The educators' protest called the Yalta agreement a "black spot in modern diplomatic his tory endangering future world peace." "We can not forgive the late President Roosevelt for signing this agreement despite all his kind help toward China and his great efforts in the war against the Axis powers," the protest said. Washington, Feb. 22 (U.R) The state department repeated today that the United States made no commitments at Yalta granting Russia prior claim to Japanese investments in Man churia as reparations. Karachi, India, Feb. 22 U.R) Censorship of domestic and for eign messages was inaugurated today, and several were held up. messages I MOTORISTS! SAVE A LIFE KNOW YOUR TRAFFIC LAWS Here is a law for today. Somewhere in the stale of Oregoa failure to observe this law will cost someone his life, or serious injury: BRAKES (e) The brakes of a motor vehicle or eombinalion of vehicles rhall be deemed adequate, when on a dry. hard, approximately level stretch of highway, free from loose material, such brakes hell be capable of stopping the motor vehicle or combination of vehicles, when operating at speeds It set forth In the following table, within the distances set opposite such speeds, provided that no vehicle shall be tested for brake efficiency at a speed higher than that permitted by law for Miles , Per Hour 10 1 5 20 J 25 30 (Oregon Motor Geo-politici from an American point of view will be discussed this evening by Hawthorn Daniel, noted lecturer and auth or, who will speak for the Knife and Fork club tonight at 8 o'clock at the Roosevelt school auditorium. "America's New Pacific Empire" will be the topic. SPLITSIN TWO Seattle, Feb. 22 (U.R) The 13th naval district reported to day that an unidentified Russian tanker had run aground and split in two about 360 miles southeast of Adak yesterday. The S. S. Punete Hills, an American tanker, radioed that she had sighted the stricken ves sel adrift in the high seas of the north Pacific soutli of the Aleu tian chain of islands. Her mas ter radioed- thai she was stand ing by to attempt rescue of crew members. The Puente Hills reported at least 25 crew members, includ ing women, still clung to the after half of the Soviet tanker. Auto Production ' Continues Shrink Detroit, Feb. 22 (U.R) Pro duction of passenger cars, trucks and buses continued to decline this week. Ward's auto motive reports disclosed today. The agency estimated the week's output at 19,700, com pared with 21,555 for the pre vious week. Western Republicans Urged to Lead Restoration of Party to Power In Opposition to Democratic Radicals Salt Lake City, Feb. 22 (U.R) Author Clarence Buddington Kelland today urged western re publicans to take the lead to ward restoration of the GOP to national power by declaring themselves members of "the Conservative party of America, in opposition to the democratic or radical party of America." Kelland spoke to a conference of 200 republican leaders from the 11 western states and Alaska after western GOP division Chairman Ezra Whitla of Idaho blamed the OPA for retarding reconversion and predicted the GOP would win a majority, of congress in this fall's elections. Courage Lacked Admitting that the republican party had been "getting what we deserved a good, sound thrash ing" in elections for the last 12 years, Kelland said the GOP had lost because it "lacked cour age and integrity and comprom ised with what it knew to be bad." The famed author, who is the national republican committee man from Arizona, charged that the democratic party had fol lowed a "line of extreme, wild eyed, unbridled radicalism," bor rowing "its ideas from decadent Europe." "The republican party has such vehicle: Stopping Distance 9.3 feet .. 20.8 feet , 37.0 feet S8.0 feet 83.3 feet -Section 115-371). Vehicle Laws IN WO FIGHT Bombay Streets Debris Lit tered Shops Burned Ghandi Party Intervenes. Bombay, Feb. 22 U.R Brit ish machine gunners and mad dened Indian civilians battled through the streets of strife-torn Bombay today in wild rioting in which the day's death toll was estimated unofficially at 50. The streets were littered to night with debris of smashed and burned shops after a fren zied day of skirmishing was touched off by the mutiny of the Royal Indian Navy. The sail ors held out stubbornly aboard the warships they seized in the harbor, despite a shortage of food and water. ' Party Intervenes ' Mohandas K. Ghandi's power fu Indian congress party inter vened in the mutiny. Ghandi's chief lieutenant appealed to the people to stop rioting in sym pathy and to the sailors to lay down their arms. Late in the day, after hours of hit-run clashes between demon strators and military patrols in all parts of the city, the crowds faded away. The downtown sec tions appeared deserted except for continuing patrols. Banners of the Congress party, the Moslem League and the Red Flag,, tied together, in one of the many processions that wound noisily through the streets. Military patrols machine gunned the crowds in recurrent clashes In several sections of the city. Many of the demonstrators chanted slogans made popular by the Japanese-approved "In dian National Army. Los Angeles Faces ' Acute Milk Famine Los Angeles, Feb. 22 (U.R) Los Angeles county and the en tire state faces an acute milk shortage' within' 60 days unless the OPA ups the ceiling price for butterfat, the Los Angeles Milk Producers' Control board warn ed today. failed to challenge this position," he asserted. "It has failed to choose leaders who dared to chal lenge this position. In our last two presidential elections we have nominated candidates who have gyrated about the country . . . saying if you elect ,me I promise to do the same things as the democrats but I'll make a better job of it." Must Recognise Issue Kelland said that if the repub licans are to return to power, they "must recognize that the great issue upon, which the destiny of this country now hangs is the issue between wild eyed, irresponsible, extreme radi calism and decent, prudent con servatism." In suggesting the republican party call itself the conservative party, Kelland defined conserva tism as "conserving the rights of an individual to be inde pendent, productive, contribut ing and diligent" and encourag ing individuals "to be ambiti ous, produce, earn, be economi cal and be protected in his right to enjoy and keep the fruits of his honesty and industry." Turning to the nation's indus trial turmoil, Kelland said that both labor and management, be cause of their tremendous growth, need "fair, just, states manlike regulation." Union Reorganisation He advocated reorganization of labor organizations "accord ing to republican forms," public financial statements by unions, non-partisan activity by unions in politics, outlawing of Jurisdic tional strikes, institution of in dustrial courts of arbitration and retention of labor's right to strike "If agreement cannot be reached" to end the turmoil. In his keynote address, which well might be the keynote of the republican party all over the nation this year, Whitla said he agreed with President Truman's Jan, 3 radio address that con gress should be chastised. He added that a republican con gress is ncccstary to maintain I our "American way of lift.' "Our responsibilities in the matter of keeping peace among the nations are just beginning." according to Major William M. McAllister, Medford attorney and former speaker of the house of representatives in the Oregon legislature, who returned to Medford yesterday after two years in Europe with a military government detachment. The of ficer was promoted to his pres ent rank upon arrival in this county from Germany earlier this month. "It will be a good many years before Europe is straightened out," McAllister said, adding that it would be generations be fore German people could be educated to the type of demo cratic thinking familiar to peo ple of this nation. "They, have been regimented so long they have no conception of real de mocracy,'' the major said. France Wobbly "France is in a precarious state and unable to take any great responsibility in European affairs," McAllister pointed out and added that the situation in Germany was complicated by the fact that four great powers are attempting to administer occu pation policies. Major McAllister left this country in January of 1944 and after spending six months in England, was sent to France with the 20th corps qf the Third army. He spent a year In France before being assigned to a mili tary government detachment in Bremen where he had charge of the legal section of the unit. The major stated that while he attended none of the court proceedings connected with the war crimes trials, before leaving Francis he did investiga tional work in connection with the trials. To Resume Practice McAllister stated that he would return to his law practice at once and planned to re-open his offices in the Fluhrer build ing next week. However, he de clared that he had no political ambitions for the present, say ing that since he had given so much time to public office be fore the war and had been ab sent for so long during the war he felt compelled to devote his entire time to his law prac tice for the present. Mr. and Mrs. McAllister and their two children are now liv ing at 129 Willamette avenue. petrilloTacing Washington, Feb. 22 (U.R) Music Czar Caesar Pctrillo seem ed certain today of receiving a sound legislative spanking but it was up to the senate to say Just how tough congress would be. By a standing vote of 223 to 43, the house last night approved a bill to impose sweeping federal curbs on the demands of Petrillo and his American Federation of Musicians (AFL) upon radio broadcasters. It provides stiff penalties for violations. The senate passed a vastly more moderate Petrillo bill lasU year. The senators now must de cide either to approve the house measure or ask for a senate house conference to settle the differences. In all probability, they will ask for a conference. Striking Grooms Frighten Racer Arcadia, Cal., Feb. 22 (U.R) A majority of the grooms at Santa Anita track today refused to lead horses to the receiving barns and track in sympathy with striking horse race owners. The shouts and Jeers of nearly 500 "sit down" striking grooms caused DiPtaff. two-year-old colt to bolt and run inta the crowd, trampling and injuring Groom M. F. Clark. Arcadia, Cal., Feb. 22 (U.R) Two-year-old Distaff equalled the world's record for three fur longs today when she covered I that distance at Santa Anita race ' track in 32 3- 5 seconds. T PEACETIME PLANS New Set-up Would Divide Organization Into Ground, Air Force Combat Groups Washington, Feb. 22 (U.R) Secretary of War Robert P. Pat terson today had under consid eration a plan calling for organ ization of the peacetime army into two combat arms ground and air forces. The service force and the nine service commands would be abolished and their functions distributed, under the plan, be tween the personnel and supply branches. The ground and air forces would be organized as virtually autonomous arms. The proposed division would closely follow the organization developed during World War II. In such an organization, the in fantry, cavalry, coast artillery, field artillery, and combat elements of the signal corps and engineers would not be giv en back the autonomy they had before the war. The plan was drafted by a special board, now headed by Lt. Gen. William H. Simpson, second army commander. Lt. Gen. Alexander M. Patch, Jr., who since has died, headed the board when the reorganization study was started last October. Patterson said the plan had not yet been approved finally by the war department. The tentative reorganization contemplates maintenance of several armies, perhaps four, in the United States. They would be assigned to specific areas and would replace the prewar army corps. There likewise would be several parallel air forces. TWO MEN HURT AS CAR LEAVES NORTH HIGHWAY Beryl Wyrich and Woodrow W. Richardson of San Francisco suffered slight injuries about 6 a. m. today when a car driven by Wyrick left the Pacific high way near Four Oaks, about two miles north of Central Point. The Conger-Morris ambulance was called but the men had been taken to the Community hospital before the ambulance arrived. Hospital attendnnts said the pair were released after receiving medical attention. Chicago, Feb. 22 (U.R) Amer ica's nudists are planning a glo bal campaign to put clothes In mothballs and a nudist In every back yard, Alois Knapp, the na tion's No. 1 nudist, said today. Knapp, president of the Amer ican Sunbathing ass o c 1 a 1 1 o n, leaves tomorrow for a meeting of the association's executive committee In New York city to work out the details of the program. Farmers, Home Gardners to Furnish Food for Hungry Millions Overseas Washington, Feb. 22 (U.R) The nation's farmer.-, and home gardners turned today to the Job of producing more food so that hungry millions overseas can be fed. Secretary of Agriculture Clin ton P. Anderson called on farm ers to plant 2,000.000 more acres of wheat and corn this year and to step up their pro duction of soy beans and dry edible beans. This, he said, would "further contribute to the critical world wide need for food." At the same time, President Truman urged private citizens to continue their wartime vic tory gardens again this year as Cardinal Receives Samuel Cardinal Strltch (holding birctta) steps down from papal dins at St. Peter's cathedral, Rome, Italy, after receiving oMclnl blessing on ele vation to Cardinals' college. Attendant follows Chicago prelate as Pope Plus XII, In background, awaits next of 33 dignitaries honored. LAST OF COUNTY JAILESCAPEES HELD IN SOUTH Bobby J. Nelson, who escaped from the county jail with Calvin Burtls, Roger Chapman and Ed ward Mackey last Jan, 5, Is be ing held lii custody by the chief of police at San Fernando, Calif., Sheriff Howard Gault said he was notified today. Gault said he could not im mediately learn if Nelson would! oe reiurnua uu muuiuiu iu itnv a charge of Jail escnpe, be re turned to Susanvllle, Calif., where he Is wanted on an armed robbery charge, or would be pro secuted at San Fernando for car theft. The quartet escaped from the Jail with the aid of hacksaws smuggled to them by Doris Bur tis, now serving two years in Oregon stnto prison for the of sense. Chapman and Rogers were arrested neur here shortly after the break and Burtis was arrested on an armed robbery charge in Susanvllle, where he is held for prosecution. Boston Welcomes Convicted Mayor Boston, Fob. 22 (U.R) Rep. James M. Curlcy, D Mass., un der jail sentence of six to 18 months for mail fraud, believes that the U. S. circuit court of ap peals In Washington will not reach his case until April 1947. Curlcy, free on $2,500 bail, arrived home to resume his du ties as mayor of Boston yester day and received a rousing wel come at the south station where he was met by a throng of 9,000 persons and an eight-piece brass band. their contribution to bigger national food stockpiles. In addition to raising nutri tional levels, he said, such a program is valuable because It provides "outdoor physical exercise, recreation and relaxa tion from the strain of modern lifo." Paul C. Stark, nf Loulsianiia. Mo., who headed last ear's vic tory program, was renamed to direct the home garden drive. Anderson's expanded planting program would increase the acreage of each of the two major grain crops by 1,000,000 acres, bringing tho 1040 wheat goals to 63 875.000 acres and tht corn goals of 98,750,000. Official Blessing iw.hik r.; Tttevhfttot TALENT DEFEATS school mm BY 42-32 VOTE Proposal for a merger of the Talent and Phoenix school dis tricts failed to pass last night as patrons of the Talent schools voted down the measure 42-32 at an election there. In a corre sponding election at Phoenix consolidation was favored 89-18 but affirmative balloting in both districts was necessary for It to carry. The ballots were cast after boards of the two districts had jointly studied merger as a means of relieving overcrowded conditions In both schools and after petitions were filed with the school district boundary board asking for the election. Information on what actions will be taken next by each dis trict was not available today. Principal Roy Purr of the Tal ent schools suid this morning that something definitely must be done to case overcrowding but that he had no authority to speak for the board. Phoenix patrons desire further considers tinn of the consolidation propos al according to Lylo Llndlcy, school principal there. 1. New York, Feb. 22 (U.R) Three transports carrying a to tal of more than 1,400 war brides and babies airive in New York harbor today. Two of the ships, the Algon quin, carrying 4IZ Italian wbt brides and babies from Naples, and the Zcbulon Vance, carry ing 480 British war brides and babies, docked at 7:30 a, m. Tho third ship, the transport Bridgeport, will dock at 11:30 a. m. instead of 7:30 a. m. announced previously. The Bridgeport Is carrying 536 Brit ish war brides and children. eugeneTeIjtenarian shares anniversary Kiigenr. Ore.. Feb. 22 (UR Todav was more than Washing ton's birthday for Mrs. Amamle N. Green. She was 100 years old today. Born In Danville, Ind Feb. 22, 1840, Mrs. Green came to LaFayotte, Ore., with her hus band in 1900. She has four chll dren, 10 grandchildren, 28 great-grandchildren and seven great-great grandchildren. (Arm WATER, SEWAGE, POLICE AND FIRE SERVICESTO END Houston, Tex., Given Warn ing by Building Trades Council; Lockout Claimed Houston. Tex., Feb. 22 (U.R) All vital city services in Houston water, city gas, sewerage and alarm systems for police and fire departments will shut down at 5 p. m. today under provisions of a strike vote of the Houston Building Trades council. A stutement from the union council said the action was be ing taken because city officials had "locked out" striking mem bers of the City-County Em ployes union. By United Press Threats of more strikes, al ready idling 1,004,000, faced the nation today as the AFL United Mine Workers prepared to test President Truman's new wag formula for labor peace. .Shaping up at Washington was renewal of wage Jousts be tween the UMW and the bitum inous coal operators after the union called its wage policy committee into session for early next month. Testing Mr. Truman's new wage-price setup, the operator were believed certain to ask In creased prices for coal if sub stantial wage boosts were given the miners. New York Prepares Meanwhile, walkouts loomed in the transportation, telephone, shipping and utilities Industries. New York police planned staggered hours for the city's workers as a transit strike threatened, Pittsburgh business and labor groups were asked by Mayor David L. Lawrence for "pressure" to stave off a power strike, while a walkout of De troit dairy workers kept milk from 1,000,000 persons. The major labor develop ments: 1. The National Federation of Telephone Workers (Ind.) set March 7 as the date for a nation wide telephone strike. 2. The CIO Longshoremen's and Warehousemen's union an nounced that nearly 22,000 Paci fic coast dock workers would strike "on or before" April 1 to enforce wage demands. 3. The Pittsburgh area faced another power strike set for 12:01 a. m. Monday after wage negotiations bogged down1. 4. A walkout of 3,000 CIO dairy workers, now In its third day, cut off 75 per cent of De troit's milk supply. 5. The CIO Transport Work, ers union announced that it would strike New York City's vast transportation system un less lt Is granted collective bar gaining rights at a meeting Tues day. 6. More than 2,500 CIO steel workers quit work at the Col umbia Steel Co. plant in Pitts burg, Calif., last night in a dis pute over the reassignment of men to the open hearth depart ment. The plant, closed during; the nationwide steel strike, re opened only last Monday. 7. Over the protests of Rep, Vlto Marcantonio. Alp, N. Y., the House of Representatives yesterday approved legislation Imposing stiff federal curbs on James C. Petrillo, president of the American Federation of Musicians, In his relations with) the radio industry. STRIKE FEAR EBB9 Tacoma, Wash., Feb. 22 (U.R) The threat of a strike of the city employed Electrical Workers' union (AFL) ot Tacoma power installations was lessened today as a result of a union sub-committee's acceptance of the city's proposal aimed at settlement of a union waga dispute.
