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MEDFORD, OREGON, THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 28, 1946.
NO. 289.
Replaces Ickes
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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.