Medford mail tribune. (Medford, Or.) 1909-1989, February 28, 1946, Image 1

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Newspaper Page TextWeather FORECAST: Cloudy to n t ( h t and Friday with Intermit tent light rain. Little chance in temperature. Temp. HUhtst Vesterday 62 Lowest ihls Morning; 36 Prec. To 4:30 A.M. Today . -4X Subscribers MEDFORD Tribune T report Improper or non oellvery ot the Mail T.lbune phone 493S between 6 and 7:30 p. m. dally, and a.m.loU:10 p. m. Sunday. United Press Full Leas Wiio United Pr.i Full Lum Wir Fortieth Year MEDFORD, OREGON, THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 28, 1946. NO. 289. Replaces Ickes TO T E Shown above sorting old clothes in the recent Victory Clothing Drive are members of the Medford Junior Chamber of Com merce. Left to right, they are Bob Voegtly, president; Alan Jewett, reporting secretary of the drive; Bob Rucker, retiring president; Vic Milnes, educational director of the drive; Carey Thomson, county chairman, and C. Lyall Fidler, publicity director. The photo was taken upstairs in the Riverside USO building, where the clothes were stored to await shipment. E CHI FOR RED CROSS DRIVE IN AREA Appointment of sectional chairmen who will aid with the annual. Red Cross fund cam paign which begins March 1 was announced today by F. L. Brewer, general chairman in charge of the campaign. Quota for the campaign is $34,500. An executive committee com posed of Eugene Thorndike, M. N. Hogan, George Frey and El wood Hedburg will assist Mr. Brewer and L. T. Nygaard will be in charge of solicitation for out-of-town industrial establish ments while Ray Wright will contact special groups, including clubs and lodges. The Medford business district is to be divided into four sec tions under the chairmanship of Morris Leonard, C. W. Thomson, Oliver Gustafson and Lyle W. Swift, the latter to represent the Junior Chamber of Commerce. Residential solicitation in Med ford will be undertaken by the American Legion auxiliary un der the direction of Mrs. Rich ard Baize, president. Solicitation in suburban areas will be handled by Lyle Kinney, Alfred S. V. Carpenter and the Junior Chamber of Commerce. Ralph Sweeney will solicit the courthouse staff and Bob Duff the city hall staff. In Ashland, which has a Red Cross branch organization, Joe L. Fader will serve as general chairman for the campaign. Serving as chairmen for other towns and sections will be Tal ent, Mrs. J. C. Ottinger; Phoenix, Henry Frame; Jacksonville, C. A. Smith; Gold Hill, C. W. Mar tin; Rogue River, Elizabeth Fowler; Prospect, 'James H. Grieve; Trail, Mrs. Eva Segges enman; Eagle Point, William Perry; Butte Falls, Harry Lowe; Table Rock, Mrs. John Morris; Sams Valley, Mrs. Ben Day; Up per Applegate, Mrs. Lee Port; Lower Applegate, Mrs. Helen Davis; Central Point, Mrs. Ever ett Faber. Test City Honesty With 'Lose Purses Springfield, O., Feb. 28 U.R) Albert E. Payne, Springfield, O., candidate for the republican gu bernatorial nomination, today picked Toledo as his next "hon esty test" city. Payne said he would place money in wallets and scatter them in public places as he did in Cleveland and Cincinnati. In Cleveland he inserted a dollar bill in each wallet and 70 per cent of them were returned, he said. Final results were not yet in from Cincinnati where S5 bills were used. MARSHALL RETURNING TO REPORT ON CHINA Chungking. Feb. 28 (U.R) Chinese sources said today Gen. George C. Marshall planned to return to the United States to report to President Truman on China's progress toward unifica tion. There was no confirmation of the report from Gen. Marshall, who left today for Peiping with Chinese Communist Ger,. Chou En-Lai and Nationalist Gen. Chang Chih-Chung on an inspec tion tour of central and northern China. ' Victory Clothing Drive Brings Congratulations Medford and Jackson county have been recognized as doing one of the finest jobs in the na tion in the recent Victory Cloth ing drive, according to Carey Thomson, county chairman. Hen ry J. Kaiser, national chairman, wired congratulations to the local committee and expressed thanks to the people of the com munity on behalf of war vic tims all over the world. The drive, sponsored in the county by the Medford Junior Chamber of Commerce, exceed ed the fondest hopes of the com mittee, Thomson said. One hun dred thousand garments, 5,000 pairs of shoes, 300 blankets, 1,000 Tards oi piece goods-ana numerous other articles were col lected in the county campaign. Five thousand good will letters were attached to contributions and the drive reached 200 per cent of its quota, according to Thomson. Individuals Cited Individuals cited for service in collection, packing and ship ping of the clothing were Mayor C. A, Meeker, Harry Stahl, Chct Cole, Leo Lasley, Ben Russell, Les Stamper, Paul Ncwcomb, Mickey Bunnell, Billy Thompson, Lynn Robertson, Russell Peebles, Bob Rucker, Paul Hersey, Bob Voegtly, Russell Royer, Walter E FRENCH REPORT Paris, Feb. 28 (U.R) French press dispatches from Madrid today reported Spanish troop movements along the entire length of the sealed frontier, and one said soldiers of the Madrid garrison had been sent north to ward the border. All normal traffic between France and Spain had ceased several hours before the dead line set by the French cabinet to close the frontier at midnight tonight. A United Press dispatch from the hamlet of Bourg-Madamo in the Pyrenees said Spanish as sault guards, civil guards and cabineros were reinforced strongly within the last 24 hours across the border from the fron tier town. Washington, Feb. 28 (U.R) The state department announced today that France has requested U. S. support of a French pro posal to submit the Spanish issue to the United Nations security council in New York next month. The French request was de livered by the foreign office to U. S. Ambassador Jefferson Caf fery in Paris yesterday and reached the state department to day. TRAINS MOVE AGAIN IN COLUMBIA GORGE Portland, Ore., Feb 28 (U.R) Passenger and freight trains were again moving through the Columbia River gorge today aft ter a 12-houi tie-up yesterday due to a slide on the Oregon side and a fatal truck accident on the Washington side. Roth, Gerald Latham, Dale Stephenson, Victor Milnes, Alan Jewett and C. Lyall Fidler. The Mail Tribune, KMED and Lev erette theaters were indispensi- bis in carrying the story of the drive to the public, the chair man said. California Oregon Power Co., Mann's Department store, Acme Hardware, Rogue River Chevrolet and many other business firms aided the drive through advettising channels. Local concerns lending active support to the drive were U. S. Postof f ice, Jackson County courthouse, First National Bank, Kampfer's Big Y Market, U. S, National Bank, Humphrey Mo tors, Rogue River Chevrolet and the USO, which served as col lection centers. Firms donatirfg toward picking up clothing at the collection depots were Hin kle's Parcel Delivery, Fluhrer's Bakery, Crater Lake Lumber Co., Ekerson Paint Co., Fidler News Agency, Best Foods, Conger-Morris Funeral Home, Perl Funeral Home, Ead's Transfer, Pierce Auto Freight and Rogue River Chevrolet. Schools Contribute Largest single collection, 7,350 pounds, was contributed by the Medford city schools, organized for the drive by Superintendent E. H. Hedrick. . Special appreciation is extend ed to Miss Bcrnice O'Denny who offered the upstairs of the USO building as the main collection and storage depot, Thompson said. JayCee members in charge of th- drive, besides Thomson, were Victor Milnes, educational di rector; C. Lyall Fidler, publicity director; Dale Stephenson, ship ping officer: Reginald Stagg, col lection supervisor; Alan Jewett, reporting secretary and Carl Bennett, Jr., security officer. C. P. WATER LINE Central Point, Feb. 28 Thor- burn and Logoso, contracting firm of Seattle, whose bid, $36,. 990.90, was the lowest of 10 sub mitted, has been awarded the contract to install new water mains in this city. The choice was announced following a special meeting of councilmen last night. The contract will be signed within the next week and work should start 15 or 20 days after that is accomplished according to City Recorder Guy Tex. Pipe and connections were purchased several weeks ago. When lay ing of the mains is completed, they will be connected to the Medford water system. BUS DRIVERS STRIKE TIES UP LONG BEACH Long Beach. Cal., Feb. 28 (U.R) A bus operators' strike to day tied up all Long Beach pub lie transportation, and the city called out taxi cabs and govern ment buses to get worker! to their jobs. The Lang Transportation Co.'s i50 drivers and mechanics, mem bers of the AFL Street Electric Railway and Motor Coach Em ployes, struck at midnight to force the company to negotiate for a new contract. ROUTED AGAIN BY MOUNTED POLICE By United Press Violence broke out again to day in the nation's labor strike which last month cut production to its lowest since 1941. Strikes and shutdowns idled 780,000 workers but the Ford Motor Co. announced that 38,000 employes would be recalled from idleness which was forced Jan. 25 by the steel shortage. At Philadelphia, mounted po lice for the second day scattered 3,000 strikers near the strike bound Eastwick plant of General Electric Co. The strikers, some giving the Nazi salute, again were defying a court injunction against mass picketing. Dozen Hurt A dozen pickets were hurt and 17 arrested. Meanwhile, government agen cies reported at Washington that strikes last month had reduced production to its lowest level since the spring of 1941. The January labor loss reached a rec ord high of 19,200,000 man-days. The government reports indi cated that production this month would drop still lower until wage settlements restore normal pro duction. Dr. Walt E. Hoppe To Resume Soon Dr. Walt E. Hoppe will re open his dental office in the Medford Building between March 15 and April 1, he has an nounced. Dr. Hoppe, a major in the army, was to leave for the separation center at Madigan Hospital, Fort Lewis, Wash., to day to receive his discharge. He has been in the army approxi mately three years, nearly all of which was spent at Barnes Hos pital, Vancouver, Wash. Dr. Hoppe was chief of the oral sur gery section and recently was appointed chief of the dental branch. Dr. Hoppe recently returned from Chicago where he was guest of the American College of Oral Surgeons and also a guest of the American Academy of Restorative Dentistry. Draft Extension Will Be Sought Washington, Feb. 28 (U.R) Extension of selective service for six months will be urged in a bill that was being drafted today while additional witnesses before the house military affairs com mittee opposed peacetime con scription. Committee Chairman Andrew J. May, D., Ky said he soon would Introduce legislation to e: tend the selective service act for six months, setting the mini mum draft age at 21 and exempt ing married men or fathers. The present selective service act ex pires next May 15. STUDENTS REVOLT Mexico City, Feb. 28 (U.R) A group of students of the Na tional University of Mexico to day had possession of the main administrative offices and refus ed to admit personnel to their offices as Ihey demanded reor ganization of the university. Men inducted into the armed services from Wyoming totaled 58 per cent, the remainder be ing volunteers BE CONSTRUCTED NORTHJF CITY Elk Lumber Co. Plant Ex pected to Be Ready in July, Says Manager. Laying of the foundation for a 36 by 112 foot structure to house an eight foot band sawmill will be started next week on property just north of Piercy airfield and west of the South ern Pacific railway tracks by the Elk Lumber company of Medford, George C. Flanagan, manager of the firm, said today. The mill should be ready for operation early in July. Sawing of both-pine and fir in assorted measurements is contemplated. Rough green lumber wll be cut and the operation will employ 20 to 25 men. Made In Klamath Machinery and equipment for the plant is being designed and built by the Klamath Machine and Locomotive Works of Klam ath Falls. The deck which brings logs up to the saw from the pond and the tail sawyer which carries lumber away from the saw will both be automatic devices. Except for the deck machinery and carriage drive, run by steam, the mill will be operated by electric power, A hand manipulated arm for dump ing edgings from the conveyor into a specially constructed slot will be a labor-saving feature, Flanagan slated. One-thousand feet of spur track will be laid and a four-acre pond constructed. According to Flanagan, the company has had timber hold ings in the Elk creek area since 1910 but has never operated a mill. PAULEY REJECTS Washington, Feb. 28 (U.R) Edwin W. Pauley told the sen ate naval affairs committee to day he "cannot now consider" a suggestion that he withdraw his name from consideration to be undersecretary of the navy. Pauley made his statement in response to a ' suggestion two days ago by Sen. Leverctt Sal tonstall, R., Mass., that he with draw if the committee clear him of various charges made during current hearings. "My record, my character and my integrity have been and still are being smeared by scur illou8 and unwarranted attacks," Pauley declared. "I Intend to slay In this and vindicate my character because I know I am right." RADIO STATION FLOOD TO BE APPROVED SOON . Washington, Feb. 28 (U.R) Acting Chairman Charles R Denny of the Federal Communi cations commission said today that the commission would authorize construction of a "large number" of new radio stations throughout the country in six weeks or two months. Denny, appointed acting FCC chairman earlier this week said his first plans would be to speed up consideration of the approxi mately 2,000 broadcasting appli cations pending before the commission. Government by Injunction Seen by Morse If Labor Control Legislation is Adopted New York, Feb. 28 (U.R) Sen. Wayne A. Morse, R Ore., said today that legislation such as the proposed Case bill to con trol labor would result merely in a "great disservice to Indus try" and would bring the nation "back to a government by in junction." Morse, speaking at a Trade and Commerce Bar association meeting on collective bargaining, said that "free labor would fight to the bitter end if such legisla tion should be passed." Tumwork Nttdtd In political and economic de mocracy, Morse said that "unless we make Uoth work as a team, we may lose democracy in both fields." 'The rights of management and labor are based on a per petuation of the profit system," IS BRADLEY'S GOAL VA Chief Asks Congress to Clear Way for Average Increase of $17.25 Month Washington, Feb. 28 (U.R) Veterans Administration Gen. Omar N. Bradley asked congress today to clear the way for rais ing the pensions of from 120,000 to 140,000 disabled veterans. He told the House Veterans' committee that a legal techni cality was now blocking in auguration of a new disability pay schedule which would mean average boosts of $17.25 a month for about 100,000 to 120,000 vet erans of World War II and 23, 000 of World War I. He asked it to approve legislation remov ing the technicality. First Witnais Bradley was the first witness called by the committee as It opened its first hearings of the year on veterans affairs. Others invited include representatives of the American Logion, Veter ans of Foreign Wars and Dis abled American Veterans, Bradley said the new pay schedules would mean increases for about 10 to 12 per cent of World War II veterans and for about five per cent of World War I vets who are now getting disability pensions. Bradley also endorsed legisla tion to liberalize considerably the national service life insur ance sold to servicemen when they enter the army and navy. Insurance Change Aim Bradley said a pending bill, Introduced by Committee Chair man John E. Rankin, D., Miss., would; 1. Permit applicants to have other beneficiaries beside close relatives. Under the existing law, life insurance benefits can be paid only to a spouse, child, father, mother, brother or sister. 2. Permit beneficiaries to re ceive their benefits In lump sums. Under existing law, they must receive benefits In at least 120 monthly Installments. 3. Permit policy-holders to receive protection against total disability as well as death by paying an extra premium, OIL SUPPLY END 13 YEARS AWAY Chicago, Feb. 28 (U.R) At the present rate of consumption America's known oil reserve will be used up In less than 13 years, according to Brad Mills, executive secretary of the Amer ican Association of Oil Well drilling contractors. Mills, who is in Chicago for the 75th annual meeting of the American Institute of Mining and Metallurgical Engineers, said the vast consumption of oil is alarming, but not immediately critical, because new reserves are constantly being discovered. "We aro not finding oil any where near as fast as we are using it though," he said. "Indications are now that the rate of oil consumption will con tinue to rise. In 1941 production was about 4,000,000 barrels a day and on V-J day it had risen to 5,000,000 a day. Today, six months after the end of the war, it is about 4,500,000 bar rels a day," he said. he said.. "I think labor has more to lose than any other seg ment of our national life if we lose our profit system. The essence of the labor movement in America Is the continuing struggle of free workers to Im prove their standards of living under a private property eco ilomy. "In this struggle today be tween labor and management, we must not forget that we are collecting now on the dividends of 150 years of free education In Aierica. I tell employers we cannot turn back the clock on free education. We have the most enlightened mass of people In the world today. Free educa tion means that free men will struggle to Improve their stand ard of living. Some Employers Blind 'There are still employers In ( Acme Tclenlwtoi President Truman In a surprise no tion today named J. A. Krug, 38-year-old publio power expert, to be secretary of Interior. TOU VELLE GIVES 25-ACRE TRACT i A 25-acre park tract on the banks of the Rogue river east of Bybee bridge has been formally presented tothe state by Judge Frank TouVclle of Jacksonville through the state highway com mission according to S. H. Board- man, state parks superintendent. The gift has been contemplated by the retired judge for some time. The new park will be known as the Elizabeth TouVclle Me morial park in memory of the donor s wife, The land lies along a beautiful section of the river famed for its fine flshnlg and has long been a mccca for south ern Oregon resl ents. It is under- stood that the state will Improve and beautify the land and in time will provide a superintend ent for the new park. "This will make a wonderful playground and fishing area f r the people of Medford and the outlandcr who may stay In your midst for a few days." Superin tendent Boardman stated in a let ter to the Mall Tribune. "The Judge has done a fine thing for the people of Medford and the state. The Judge's gift ii the foundation for a fisherman a par adise." It is contemplated that when Camp White is made surplus, application will be made for 200- foot strips within the borders of the camp. When this Is ac complished, Medford will have In Its backyaro. one of the finest fishing and recreation areas In the nation, supporters of the project declare. Checkers Reject Return Proposal Portland, Ore., Feb. 28 U.R) CIO waterfront checkers and supercargoes voted to reject a proposal from the Portland Wa terfront Employers association that the men return to work un der terms of the contract the employers had 'cancelled Mon day, R. C. Wolf, union president, announced today. Wolf said the members also voted last night 80 to 17 In sup port of a general waterfront strike along the Pacific coast. NEGROES BARRED Los Angeles, Feb. 28 (U.R) Two Negro families today were prevented from occupying homes they had purchased, by a court order which upholds a race re striction covenant entered into by property owners in 1026. America who are not willing to recognize that labor Is no longer a commodity, figured only in cost of production. In a demo cratic government it Is an obliga tion of the community to see that a decent standard of living is maintained. I consider such employers as radical as those communists In some labor circles who would have a state-directed economy. If an Industry cannot pay a decent wage, It is better for the country If that industry go out of business." Morse was one of several speakers at an all-day meeting. David Kaplan, chief .economist for the International Brother hood of Teamsters (AFL), pre sented the viewpoint of labor on collective bargaining, while An dre Maxlmov, New York City attorney, presented the view point of management. Amendment to Patman Bill Reduces Time Six Months Bill's Author Protests. Washington, Feb. 28 U.P.) The house today tentatively ap proved an amendment to the Patman housing bill to termi nate its controls on June 30, 1947. The action was taken de spite the vigorous contention of the bill's author, Rep. Wright Patman, D Tex., that it would "scuttle" the administration' housing program. Patman's bill set Dec. 31, 1947. as the termination date. The six months' reduction was proposed by the house banking committee. The committee amendment was approved by a teller vote of 145 to 88. Scuttle Plan "This is a devastating amend ment," Patman told the house. "It would scuttle the housing program formulated by Presi dent Truman and Housing Ex pediter Wilson W. Wyatt." Patman drew the support of Rep. A. S. Mike Monroney, D., Okla., who contended that th amendment would "play a trick on the veterans." He said it would remove their guarantee of priorities on housing at a time when new homes were "really starting to come through." EYED FOR ASHLAND Ashland, Feb. 28 A zoning ordinance and a proposal for a municipal airport were present--ed to the city council here Tues-' day night. One of th main features of the proposed ordinance is the exclusion of auto court from the business district, which sparked a series of debates among council members. The ordinance, if approved, would designate business, industrial and residential zones in the city. Council members agreed that a municipal airport would be a definite asset to the city and a proposal by Sumner Parker that the city consider a portion of hi property near the intersec tion of the Dead Indian road and highway 68 was taken under ad visement. Blanket Conviction For Nazi Groups Is Prosecution Demand Nuernberg, Feb, 28 U.R American Prosecutor Robert H. Jackson today demanded a blan ket war crimes conviction against all six ruling organizations of Nazi Germany, opening the way for later trial and punishment of the thousands of "little fueh rers" of Hitler's third relch. The chief American prosecu tor demanded a flat verdict of guilty against the six organiza tions as well as the 22 Individual nazi defendants in his final sum mation before the United Na tions war crimes court. He said conviction of the or ganizations as criminal bands would not automatically convict their millions of Individual mem bers but would establish a legal basis for trial of the underlings who committed or ordered per sonally many of nazidom's worst war crimes. Ickes Will Write For New York Post New York, Feb. 28 tU.RT The Now York Post announced today that former Secretary of the Interior Hnrold L. Ickes will write three columns a week for that newspaper and the New York Post syndicate beginning April 1. The Post, In a dispatch from Washington, suid a three-year contract for the column had been signed yesterday. Peron Takes Lead In Later Returns Buenos Aires, Feb. 28 (U.R) Fragmentary returns from five small provinces today gave Col. Juan Peron a alight lead In the Argentine presidential race. Peron had wiped out the two-to-one advantage registered for Dr. Jose Tamborinl in the first few ballot boxe counted. Re turns still were too limited to indicate a national trend.