Medford mail tribune. (Medford, Or.) 1909-1989, February 26, 1946, Image 1

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Newspaper Page Text1 MOST!' ... V Sill llfflIT M, "i Si i P Weather FORECAST: Cloudy tonlfht and Wedneiday with light rain. Little Changs In tem perature. Temp. Highest yesterday S Lowest this morning SI Fortieth Year Pauley Navy OIL MAN FAILS 10 GET APOLOGY FROM SEN. TOBEY Suggestion For Deal with Senate Naval Affairs Com mittee Made by Saltonstall Washington, Feb. 26 (U.R) Edwin W. Pauley toaay agreea fA.4.irp nnHpr advisement" a suggestion that he withdraw his nomination to be unaersecre fsrv nf the navv. The suggestion was made by Sen. Leverett saltonstall, n. nftAi Pnulpv had demand ed without success a public apology from Sen. Charles W. Tobey, R N. H., for the charge .that Pauley sold oil to Japan shortly before Pearl iiarDor Deal Suggested Saltonstall asked Pauley whether, if the senate naval af fairs committee vindicates him in the oil sales, he would De willing to ask President Truman 4n withdraw the nomination. Saltonstall said Pauley need not answer if he didn't want to. "Let me take that under ad visement," Pauley replied. "That suggestion is not unique. I've seen it in all the papers. I just want to remind you that I'm still here." Two Democratic senators have publicly advocated Pau ley's nomination be withdrawn. They are Sens. Tom Stewart, D., Tenn., and Claude Pepper, D., Fla. Saltonslall's question marked the first time that such a sug gestion has been made at the tumultous committee hearings. It came shortly after Pauley re turned to the witness stand and called on Tobey to make a pub lic opology "as a matter of plain decency and fair dealing." Near Treason Charge Pauley said that Tobey, in ac cusing him of selling oil to the Japanese shortly before Amer ica's entrance into the war, "has come as close as he dares in charging me with treason." He said his real record was that he had not sold oil to Japan, directly or indirectly, after June,. 1938, and that "is based not on hearsay or supposition or imag ination or even politics." Tobey made no answer to Pauley's demand for an apology. Pauley then shouted: "I ask that this committee in vipw nf the farts and in the ab sence of a retraction by Sen J Tobey of this unwarranted ana unfounded charge against me completely exonerate me from this foul, irrational and malici ous charge and stigma." He said Tobey 's charge was an "unjustifiable smear." FORESTRYTEASES ASHLAND OFFICE An office on the second floor of the Tayler building in Ash land has been secured for the Ashland branch of the Rogue River Forest service it was an nounced today at the headquar ters office in Medford. The branch will be opened in the near future when a staff has been appointed, it was said. A site for the new Prospect ranger station has been selected and William I. Turner, Portland, from the division of engineering of the forest service, and Robert H. Mercer, construction superin tendent for the forest, are in Prospect today attending to pre liminary details concerning con struction of the station. Establishment of the branch office and new ranger station are part of a reorganization plan for the forest announced a few weeks ago by Karl Janouch, forest supervisor. MEDFOED United Praii Full Leased Wire Agrees Nominee Withdrawal Candidates Vote in fAcme Telephoto) Juan D. Peron, Laborite candidate for President of Argentina (left) and Democratic Party candidate Jose P. Tamborlni (right) cast their ballots during one of most enthusiastic elections in nation's history. Federal troops, stationed at polls, maintained order and quiet as about 3,000,000 roters cast ballots In the Argentine's first election in nine years. Result of the voting will not be known officially until possibly March. France to Close Spanish Frontier; Renew Requests for Action by UNO Paris, Feb. 26 (U.PJ The French government decided to day to close the frontier between France and Spain at midnight March 1 and to renew requests to the United States and Britain for action against the Franco regime. Reliable sources said" the cab OF Approximately 84 citations for failure to use, or improper use of the newly installed city parking meters were given mo torists yesterday by city police. The citations,' which will net the city at least $42 in fines or forfeited bail, can be settled in police headquarters anytime. police said, by the motorist for feiting bail of 50 cents when ap pearing within 24 hours after the citation. Additional tl per day will be charged following the first 24 hour period. Drivers are failing to bring car radiators up to the meters, according to Clyde Fichtner. city traffic officer, some are pay ing machines in back of the car. Another fault among motorists is the failure of drivers to turn the handle of the meters com pletely down. With insertion, of the first coin, the handle should be brought all the way down, at which time the red warning flag disappears. After second payments the payee should be sure the time indicator goes to time paid for, Fichtner said. Painting of parking spaces In the metered area is to be under taken by the city very soon, ac cording to the officer. SOCIALITE TO WED Baltimore, Feb. 26 (U.P.) Rachel Cooke, Baltimore social ite, today announced her en gagement to Col. James Dev- ereux of Chevy Chase, Md., com mander of the heroic marine gar rison on Wake Island at the be ginning of World War II. TELEGRAPHERS STRIKE Chungking. Feb. 26 (U.P.) At least 100,000 telegraph workers were on strike today throughout China in support of. their de mand for higher wages to meet skyrocketing prices. BOY ACCUSED Lewiston. Ida., Feb. 28 (U.P.) A 18-year-old boy who alleged ly stole three cars in Washing ton and Idaho during the past month was being held today un der a $1,000 bond. AWAY TOO LONG Hollywood, Feb. 26 (U.R) Actress Natalie Draper today said she planned to divorce Mer rill Pye, MGM art director, be cause his absences while work ing on a film in Mexico made him "almost like a stranger." MEDFORD, OREGON, TUESDAY, FEBRUARY 26, 1946. To Ponder Argentine Election 4 inet also decided to refer the Spanish situation to the UNO Security Council, The cabinet - responded to heavy left-wing pressure for ac tion against Generalissimo Fran cisco Franco with a series of moves which fell short of an out right break in diplomatic rela tions. It decided to make representa. tions to the American and Brit ish governments about "the dan ger to international security caused by the present situation in Spain." It was presumed that the gov ernment would try to persuade Britain and the United States to join France in a break of rela tions with the Franco govern ment. MUflONIGLE SANE IS QUICK VERDICT Santa Cruz, Cal., Feb. 26 (U.PJ Thomas' H. McMonigle, convicted of the kidnap-mur-der of 14-year-old Thora Cham berlain, was found sane today by the same Jury, which delib erated only three minutes in re turning its verdict. The jury's findings made ex ecution in the San Qucntin gas chamber mandatory, unless the governor or supreme court in tervenes, because the original verdict of first-degree murder was returned without recom mendation for leniency. The former convict was calm throughout his court appear ance. IRE PAY ASKED E Washington, Feb. 26 (U.R) Secretary of War Robert P. Pat terson and Secretary of Navy James Forrestal today asked con gress for a 20 per cent increase in the pay and allowances of the officers and enlisted men of all the armed services. They said the increase is necessary to meet Increased liv ing costs and to enable the army to compete successfully with private industry in recruiting men capable of handling the complicated mechanical equip ment of modern warfare. 7 AND HALF MILLION DISCHARGED SO FAR Washington, Feb. 26 (U.P.) President Truman told a news conference today that the army and navy have discharged more than Ti million persons since last October. . Mr. Truman offered these sta tistics to show that the discharge plans of the anned services are working successfully. MEAT PRICE HIKE 1 1-2 PER CENT Government Wage Stabiliza tion Board Acts to Clear Industry Wage Disputes, Washington, Feb. 26 (U.PJ The government announced to day that meat prices will be in creased lib per cent for the average family within the next month as a result of wage in creases in the meatpacking in dustry. At the same time, the wage stabilization board released three orders to clear the way for settlement of the wage disputes which resulted in a nationwide strike and government seizure Jan. 26 of most of the meat pack ing industry. Wage Hike Ordered One of the orders directed the agricultural department, the government operating agency, to put into effect a 16-cent hour ly wage increase for 90,000 pro duction workers in seized plants of the five major packing com panies. ' A second order provided for the same pay increase for 36,000 white collar workers employed in the same plants. The third order established a "wage pattern" for the packing industry under the government's new wage-price policy. It grant ed automatic approval of 16-cent wage increases for all packing plants whose wage scales nor mally follow changes in the wages of "the big five." Bowles' First Act The price announcement was made by stabilization adminis trator Chester Bowles his first since taking over his new duties as chief of the office of economic stabilization. , The higher wholesale ceilings will be announced about March 11, Bowles said, and retail ceil ing increases will be made effec tive "as soon thereafter as pos sible." : JEWISH SUSPECTS Jerusalem, Feb. 26 (U.PJ Police arrested 9.000 Jews in the Lydda area today in an un precedented hunt for the ter rorists who attacked three RAF air fields last midnight and escaped after a running gun bat tle with British troops. Police authorities said all the arrested Jews were being held for questioning in connection with the airfield raids. Simultaneously, British army headquarters ordered all civil ian vehicles off intcrurban roads throughout Palestine from sun set to sunrise. The order for bade all but military vehicular traffic between towns during those hours. The British and Jews fought a prolonged gun battle after the third attack early today. CODY HONORED Washington, Feb. 26 (U.PJ Sen. E. V. Robertson, R., Wyo., today paid tribute to William Buffalo Bill" Cody on the 100th anniversary of his birth. Rob ertson, whose home town was named after the famed frontiers man, said Buffalo Bill repre sented "the great Roman of the west." DRIVER KILLED Ontario. Ore., Feb. 28 (U.R) John Tolbert Gillespie, 23. Hunt ington, Ore., was killed last night when the automobile he was driving collided with a truck, on (he highway between here and Huntington, the Oregon state police office reported today. , SMITH DECLARES State Board Member Feels Klamath Barracks Project Answer to Housing Lack. Edgar W. Smith, chairman of the finance committee of the state board of higher education, said here today that the board is facing a serious problem in the shortage of housing and edu cational facilities for veterans at at the state schools. Smith said he believes the proposed renova tion of the Klamath Falls Ma rine Barracks into a part of the state system of higher education is the answer to the shortage of existing facilities. The board is in favor of the Klamath Falls project, according to Smith, only on a temporary basis as an ideal setup for the emergency. The higher education board stated Sunday it is willing to take over the project, offered to the state by the navy, if it gets satisfactory answers to two ques tions: Will the navy give the $8,500,000 plant to the state with no strings attached? How much will it cost to convert the build ings to living quarters and class rooms and will the state emer gency board put up the money to do the job? Ashlanders Assent Mr. Smith discussed the pro posed acquisition of tile barracks as a part of the state educational system with a group of Ashland business men yesterday. Estab lishment of a temporary school to be operated only during the housing emergency, created by the great influx of veterans in state schools, was approved by the business men. However, the group opposed any steps that would tend toward establishment of the school where only prepara tory courses without issuance of degrees would be offered. E. H. Hedrick, Medford city school superintendent, told the group that such a policy at the proposed school would be dis astrous until the state is finan cially able to care for the needs of the present colleges and uni versities, which should be able to care for the situation when the veteran emergency ends. SOC To Grow "There are good days ahead for Southern Oregon college," Smith told the Ashland men. He said construction of a dormi tory holds number one priority but stated that It could not be constructed under present ex cessive building costs. Smith ex pressed friendliness of the state board toward SOC and predicted that enrollment under the able leadership of Dr. Elmo N. Stev enson would continue. FEWER TURKEYS Sacramento, Feb. 26 (U.R) California poultrymcn plan to cut their production of turkeys by 20 per cent this year because of feed shortages, the state crop reporting service said today. India Natives rebellious natives nub railroad station and (It on track to prevent movement of Calcutta express at NulhaU, tedil U tWedu Indian (lots agalust British government. Tribune United Preit Full NEGRO RIOTERS SUBDUED AFTER NIGHT-LONG FIGHT Columbia, Tenn., Feb. 26 (U.PJ Rioting negroes who had battled police during the night were being subdued today after a night of bloodshed in which seven persons were wounded. Acting to put down Tennessee's worst racial disorder in years, more than 500 state highway patrolmen raided a two-block negro business area known as the "Mink Slide" area. More than 40 negroes had been arrested. The wounded included four city policemen, two white men and a negro. State Safety Director Lynn Bomar led some 20 highway police with drawn guns as they rushed the home of James K. Morton, Columbia negro undertaker. No resistance was offered, although six shotguns, several pistols and a quantity of ammunition were found in the house. A bar and a quantity of liquor also were found in the house, Bomar said. Maury county is a dry county. Four negro women in the house were not held. VENT HATRED IN Chungking, Feb. 26 (U.R) Twenty-five thousand Chinese students and professors from 40 schools staged a mammoth antl Russian parado in Chungking to day. The marchers, about one-third of Svhom were girls, carried pla cards in Chinese, English and Russian asking "Russia: Friend or Enemy?" The Kuominlang's own cen tral political Institute and the government's central police academy led the parade, second of its kind to be staged in the Chinese capital,. . -.- ... Russia Lampooned Tiie youthful marchers car ried huge cartoons depicting Russia variously as a bear wres tling for Manchuria, the latter decorated with the hammer and sickle. The parade was started a short time after Generalissimo Chiang Kai-Shek urged the Chinese peo ple to "trust that the government is doing its utmost to achieve a reasonable settlement of the northeastern problems." Chiang spoke at a morning memorial service. Los Angeles, Feb. 26 (U.R) Leroy Harris Gelger, 24-year-old newsboy, today told police he stabbed and killed Mrs. May Desparo, 31, whose nude body was found In a downtown park ing lot, because he "wanted to see blood." Mrs. Desparo had been gagged, stabbed 21 limes and'ap parently assaulted, police said. Her body was discovered In a bus company's parking lot early today with all her clothes, ex cept a pair of blue bobbysox, ripped off her. The termite builds the largest structures in the world except those built by man nests 35 feet high or higher. Stop Train by Sitting Leued Wire NO. 287. Ei IS EXPERT,. A. KRUG Washington, Feb. 26 (U.R) President Truman in a surprise action today named J. A. Krug, 38-ycar-old public power expert, to be secretary of Interior. Krug, if confirmed by the sen ate, will fill the post that was held for 13 years by Harold L. Ickes. Ickes, challenging Mr. Truman's veracity, auit in a dis pute over the appointment of Ed win W. Pauley to bo undersecre tary of navy. The president, In announcing selection of Krug, said he had onsldered a large number of names. - ' ' ' On Duty March 15 ' Assuming that he la confirmed and Mr. Truman seemed to have no doubts on that score Krug will take over the cabinet post on March 15. Krug never has held political office, but has spent most of his career in the public utility field, whore he specialized in electri cal power. Long an advocate of public distribution of electrical power, he became a key execu tive in the Tennessee Valley Authority In the early stage of its development. Krug Is a legal resident of Wisconsin, where he was born and educated. Father Release Effort Rejected Washington, Feb. 26 U.R) The senate military affairs com; mittce today rejected a bill to force prompt release of all draft ed fathers. Chairman Elbert D. Thomas, D., Utah, said the vote was 8 to 5, JAMES H. OWEN IN CRITICAL CONDITION James H. Owen, 15 Kcene Way Drive, remains In a critical condition as a result of injuries suffered yesterday afternoon, It was reported this afterr.con at Sacred Heart hospital. Owen was struck by a Rogue Valley bus on South Central avenue while he was crossing the street. There are 215 inmates In the Wyoming state penitentiary. on Tracks (Arm Ttlettholo) S.F. N UNION MEETING International Officers Told To "Suspend Us and Be Damned"; Return Balked. San Francisco. Feh 5 mv Striking AFL machinists openly reoeuea against their interna tional officers todav. to be suspended and broke up a meeting called in an attempt to eno. meir 121-day strike after several brief and bloodless ex changes of blows. Edward F. Dillon and Harry Hook, business agents of lodge 68. were backed hv trnna majority of the approximately u.uuv macninisis present, as they took control, of the meeting away from Harvey Brown, IAM inter national president, and adjourn ed the meeting before a return-to-work vote could be taken. Fights Break Out During a hectie an.min(. ... slon, a number of fights broke out on the auditorium floor and machinists shook their, fists at Brown, shouting "Sin, ... and be damned." ' The meeting had hn ..n.j by Brown when attempts to ne- Kuimie me siriKe for wage in-, crease were unsuccessful. Brown had planned to'iaka lot to determine whether the membership supported the strike. Brown said the IAM council would hold a special ses sion today, but refused to say what disciDllnarv be taken. By United Press A threatpnpH frnnalf I. New York city was averted to dav. and strikl nff pllu tirnftrnn at Houston, Tex., were reinstat ed aner an AFL demonstration. The CIO Transit Workers un ion had threatened to walkout an hour after midnight tonight but officers conferred with Mayor William O'Dwyer and a comnromlse wm rpar-heri whnra. by the union arranged to with draw Its demand for exclusive bargaining rights for the city's transit workers. At Houston, a eltv nf half a million innnn Airr. ,t.inni.t staged a mass demonstration to protest the firing of 700 striking citv emnloves. The demonstra tor sent representatives to state their case to Mayor Otis Massey. Massey promised to return the city workers to employe status. Elsewhere . In the nation strikes and shutdowns kept 789, 000 workers iOJe. ESCOJLPATROL The new grand jury, J, Frank Carson, Butte Falls, foreman, adjourned yesterday afternoon after a short session. No crim inal matters were brought ta their attention. In a report to the court, the grand Jury stated it had in spected the county Jail and found It well managed and clean, They said they also In spected the courthouse and found It well kept and in good condition. The grand jury also Investi gated a number of motor ve hicle fatalities the past two months, on the Pacific highway In the Slskiyous and the Green Springs Mountain road between Ashland and Klamath Falls, and recommended, when these roads are a menace to motorists by reason of ice and snow, that au toists be stopped or provided with an escort patrol. Berserk Driver Slashes Three For Criticism San Bernardino, Cat., Feb. 20 (U.R) Going berserk be cause of "back scat driving" was blamed by officers today for John Laakso, 52, of Boren, allegedly knifing his wife and two friends. After the slashings, Laakso Jumped from the car, and a mounted posse lost his trail in Lucerne Valley, Undersheriff Harry W. Heap said Mrs. Laakso and Mr. and Mrs. Donald Martin of Santa Ana were riding with Laakso when he became enraged at criticisms of his driving over mountain roads. He drew a knife, slashed at Martin, then wounded the two women. The three were treated at San Ber nardino county hospital.