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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ley's nomination be withdrawn.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
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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
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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.