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MEDFORD, OREGON, FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 22, 1946.
NO. 284.
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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
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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
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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.