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Russia Sidesteps Big 3 Agreement on Iran Withdrawal r PARTIAL FORCE TO STAY IN COUNTRY IS BLUNTiTICE Red Control to Continue in Northwest Area Where Radicals Have Set Regime London-, March 1 (U.R) Russia today sidestepped the Big Three agreement calling l.n ,.,;tU4caiira1 nt nil f J allied troops from Iran by March 2, and announced inai part of the Soviet occupation force would remain "until the situation has been cleared." All American troops already v,rf left the troubled little V country through which United 7 f States lend-lease supplies flow- ' ed to Soviet Russia during the t ni it nnn British soldiers in southern Iran were . scheduled to be out by the week-end. No Date Set But Radio Moscow announc ed bluntly that only part of the Red army's occupation force would "begin withdrawing" on tomorrow's deadline and it set no definite date for final evacu ation from the country. The Soviet broadcast said word of the Kremlin's decision already had been communicated to the Iranian delegation head ed by Premier Ahmad Ghavam Sultaneh which is now nego tiating the dispute in Moscow. The broadcast indicated that the areas which would remain under Red army control were in northwestern Iran, in the re bellious Azerbaijan district where left-wing elements al ready have broken with the Tehran government and set up their own autonomous regime. Trouble Point Azerbaijan was the focal point of the Soviet-Iranian dis pute which for a time threaten--ed to wreck Big Three unity at the recent United Nations or ganization meeting in London. t. wont before the UNO security council to accuse Rus f airline the Azerbaijan re- j volt and of interfering with the f r'country's Internal - affairs. A security council snowaown on the issue was avoided when Iranian delegates agreed to ne gotiate the issue directly with Russia, with the stipulation that the UNO could take up . the problem again if no settlement were reached. .... U. S. Will Battle To Keep Charter Byrnes' Warning New York, March 1 U.R) The United States will fight if necessary to defend the princi ples of the United Nations char ter, "the only road to peace," Secretary of State James F. Byrnes said last night. "In the interests of our com mon and traditional friendship we must make it plain that the United States intends to defend the charter," Byrnes said in an address at the overseas press club dinner. Byrnes stated the Unit e d States' interpretation of certain of those principles which have been involved in recent interna tional developments. "We have no right to hold our troops in the territories of other sovereign states without their approval and consent freely giv en." "We must not unduly prolong the making of peace and con tinue to impose our troops upon small and impoverished states." "No power has a right to help itself to alleged enemy proper ties in liberated or ex-satellite countries before a reparation set tlement has been agreed upon by the allies. We have not and will not agree to any one power deciding for itself what it will take from these countries." "We must not conduct a war of nerves to achieve strategic ends." (Byrnes did not name any par ticular nation in connection with these principles, although Rus sia has been revealed to be re moving heavy industries from Manchuria, and Russia. France and Great Britain have been crit icized for keeping their troops in other countries.) Movie Commentator Jimmie F idler Sued Hollywood, March 1 UP1 Movie Commentator Jimmie Fid lor faced a $1. 000.000 libel and slander suit today for allegedly referring to the movie "Scarlet Street" as immoral and censor baiting. The suit was filed by Producer Walter Wangcr and Diana Pro ductions and alo named as de fendants the American Bread carting Co.. Fidler'i radio spon sor. Carter Products, and agents &ffiU, Seifier, In M United Press Full Lease Wire Fortieth Year Admits Murder r (Acme Telephoto) Newsboy LeRoy Harris Geiger, who confessed to Los Angeles police that he killed Mrs. May Desparo, 31, beat ing and stabbing her 22 times in breast because he "wanted to see blood after she spurned his ad vances." Mrs. Desparo, who has been arrested for drunkenness numerous times, was allegedly picked up by Geiger In a skid row bar and was found dead In a busline parking lot. L BE E T Washington, March 1 (U.R) President Truman indicated to congress todav that it probably should not be necessary for this country to lend over $3,250,000, 000 more to meet minimum needs of foreign nations. " "'" The president's position on fu ture foreign loans was made clear through his wholehearted endorsement of a report of the national advisory council on in ternational monetary and finan cial problems. The council said the $3,250, 000,000 figure was exclusvie of the proposed $3,750,00C,000 loan to Britain which it described as a special case of utmost import ance to future world peace and prosperity. EXTORTION TRY San Francisco, March 1 U.R) The federal bureau of investi gation today announced the ar rest of Way Linn Tom, 29, Sacra mento, Cal.; on a charge of at tempting to extort $100,000 from Bock Hing Chan, wealthy San Francisco Chinatown business man, on a threat of death and destruction of his home. Clinton W Stein, special agent in charge of the San Francisco office, said Tom wrote a letter to Chan Dec. 20, 1945, demand ing payment of $100,000. He threatened to kill Chan and blow his house apart with hand' gre nades. Stein quoted Tom's letter that a "group of ten" had determined to obtain $1,000,000 from wealthy men throughout the United States. Tom, according to Stein, wrote subsequent letters Dec. 14 and 31. making the same threats but reducing the amount demanded to $50,000. ! r . - if - 1 V First Consideration Urged For Vet Housing Projects Seattle, March 1 (U.R) Fore casting new regulations from the Civilian Production administra tion, H. V. Simpson, executive vice president of the West Coast Lumberman's association, today urged building groups to give veterans' housing first considera tion. Simpson predicted that new regulations would divert scarce building materials from "worse than useless kinds of construc tion into the housing our veter ans need and deserve." "All over the United States there is what amounts to a riot of new construction on race tracks, roadhouses. night clubs, saloon halls and gambling halls and other underworld 'spots.' " b said. "Tney compete lor the DISCUSS CRISIS IN FOOD SUPPLY Former President to Aid In Fight Against Starvation Abroad; Would Halt Waste Washington, March 1 (U.R) Former President Herbert Hoov er spent 20 minutes today dis cussing the food crisis with Pres ident Truman and Secretary of Agriculture Clinton P. Ander son. Later today Mr. Hoover and Anderson will participate with others in a White House confer ence called by the President to develop a program to encourage less food consumption in this country in order to fight starva tion abroad. Second Visit Today's White House visit was Mr. Hoover's second since Mr. Truman became President. Twelve other prominenfAmer icans assembled here for the food conference. President Truman, who called the meeting, asked them to work out an "aggressive voluntary program" to prevent waste of food here so more could be sent to the "war torn countries of Europe and Asia." The White House conference got underway as other parts of Mr. Truman's food conservation program went into effect. Wheat Conservation Beginning today, millers start extracting 12 per cent more flour from each bushel of wheat. The result will be a somewhat darker shade of flour, although it will be a few weeks before consumers - generally - notice a slight difference in the color of bread. Also beginning today, brewers stopped using wheat or any whea't product in making malt beverages, including beer. The same order also restricts the to tal use of other grains to 70 per cent of the amount used by the brewing industry last year. MURDER OF GIRL Columbia. Mo., March 1 (U.R) Col. Hugh H. Waggoner, super intendent of the Missouri high way patrol, announced today that Floyd Cochran, 34-year-old negro, had signed a full confes sion in the rape-strangulation of Marylou Jenkins, 20, pretty Stephens college graduate. Text of the confession was not revealed but Waggoner said that Cochran, who was well known to the Jenkins family, had ent ered the home about 10:30 on the night of the slaying Feb. 6, on the pretext of collecting money for his garbage service. The negro, an odd-job worker, recently had been employed by the city as trash and garbage hauler. . A short time before Waggon er's announcement, Cochran was arraigned tvfore Justice of the Peace George S. Starrett on a double charge of first degree murder the first in connection with the shotgun slaying of his wife and the second in the death of Miss Jenkins. A total of 178.000 persons visited Yellowstone park In 1945. sucker money that is in circula tion literally by the billions. "No other kind of construc tion in the Pacific Northwest or elsewhere has taken so much materials and labor out of the channels of the legitimate home building industry." he asserted Simpson continued, "there is much other construction which is needless at present, although legitimate. Everywhere In Seat tle. Portland, and other cities. large steel-framed structures are going up or are about to be started. They take little lumber, but they do take enormous amounts of plumbing pipe and equipment, electrical supplies. plastering materials and labor out of the channels of supply for I veteran huujmg. MEDFORD, PAID LEGISLATORS WITNESS ASSERTS Two Given $200 Month as Public Relations Men For Oil Company, Testimony. Washington, March 1 (U.R) A Los Angeles advertising man told the Senate Naval Affairs committee today that he hired two California state legislators as public relations men for $200 a month on behalf of Edwin W. Pauley's Petrol corporation. The men were hired on Pauley's authorization, the witness said. The witness, Chet Crank, said the legislators were John W. Evans and Cecil R. King. King is now a democratic member of the U. S. house of representa tives. Crank said they were cm ployed as public relations men in order to help get approval by the city of Los Angeles for im provements in the filling stations which used Pauley's gasoline. Withdrawal Declined The committee is considering Pauley's nomination to be under secretary of the navy. He has declined to withdraw his name despite strong democratic pres sure. Under questioning by Sen. Millard E. Tydings, D., Md., Crank related that many state legislators had outside jobs. Their pay as legislators averaged only about $1,200 per year, he said. T. S. Petersen, vice-president of the Standard Oil company of California, testified that politi cal practices during a fight over California oil legislation were "not decent and..that's an understatement." "We did things that' no man should be asked to do." Peter sen was revealed to have told Sen. Charles W. Tobey, R N. H in a private conversation in the senator's office. "If we ever enter into a program like that again, we would resign." Tobey's secretary took notes on the conversation, and read them to the hearing today with Petersen on the stand. Petersen confirmed that they were accur ate. Rotary Selects Frisco For Meet San Francisco, March 1. (U.R) Word was received here today from the board of directors of Rotary International that San Francisco was selected as the site of the Rotary convention from June 8 to 13, 1945. An nouncement was made by the San Francisco Convention and Tourist bureau. Fifteen thousand delegates will come to San Francisco from all parts of the world. James J. Jeffries Making Recovery Burbank, Cal., March 1 (U.R) James J. Jeffries, 70, former world's heavyweight boxing champion, today was showing continued improvement since suffering a stroke here last week. His physician. Dr. Winston Nethery, said the ex-champion was in the convalescence stage and if all goes well should be released from the hospital here in a few weeks. Cigarette Blamed In Woman's Death Marysville. Cal., March 1 UR) A fire apparently started from a cigarette was blamed for the death today of Mrs. Helen May Lemieux, 32, of Marysville. Mrs. Lemieux was found burned to death In the front room of her home. Coroner's deputies said she apparently fainted while smoking a cigar ette. CORN FREEZE SOUGHT -BY OPA REGION CHIEF Omaha. Neb., March 1 U.R) Rac E. Walters, regional admin istrator of the OPA at Chicago, asked today that a freeze order be Issued stopping all sales of corn. "Unless action is taken imme diately, all corn will be off the farms and away from the ele vators and feeders," Walter said in a telegram to Paul Porter, ad ministrator of OPA, and Chester Bowles, economic stabilization director. OREGON, FRIDAY, MARCH 1, 1946. AFL TEAMSTERS TIE UP California mm mm smiKE Detroit, March 1 (U.R) A conference of CIO United Auto Workers delogates repre senting 175,000 strikers voted unanimously today to reject the latest terms offered by General Motors Corp. to end the strike. By United Press The General Motors strike, one of the most costly in U. S. labor history, appeared near an end today but the threat of a nationwide railroad tieup in creased. Negotiations were resumed at Detroit In the 101-day walkout of 175,000 CIO United Auto Workers after an unprecedented past-midnight session. It was re ported that only a few minor issues blocked settlement. 300 Ll. es Involved From Cleveland came a re newed threat of a strike by 300, 000 members of two railroad brotherhoods, which would stop trains on 300 main lines. Presi dent A. F. Whitney of the Broth erhood of Railroad Trainmen said nearly complete returns showed the workers unanimous ly in favor of a walkout. Whitney said ' a strike date would be set March 6 unless there was a settlement of the dispute, involving changes in operational rules and a 25 cent wage' increase, asked by train men and locomotive engineers. Meanwhile, fear of a third con secutive day of picket violence at Philadelphia was eased. Un ion leaders, considering "other actions," called off an expected demonstration But the possibili ty of a sympathy strike of 150, 000 CIO workers In the CIO General Electric wage dispute remained. MORElEWFOR OTHER NATIONS Wn.hlnolnn March 1 (U.R)r The Bffricultural department to day ordered increases In the amounts of meat to be earmarK ed for government purchase to send to the underfed peoples of other nations. The department's order in creased the pork set aside for the government from 10 to 13 per cent of the live weigm ui hogs slaughtered in 37 states. It aim extended to 10 states, pre viously exempt, the earmarking of beef, veal and mutton ior government, purchase. The order becomes effective next Sunday. The new states affected by the beef, veal and mutton regu lations are: Arizona, California, Idaho, Montana. Nevada, Oregon, Utah, Washington, Wyoming and Florida. SPAINSEALEDOFF Paris. March 1 (U.R) Spain was officially sealed off by land from the European mainland to day amid continent-wide protests against the Franco regime. Just at midnight French bor der guards ceremoniously sealed the International bridge at Hen daye to the cheers of exiled Spanish republicans gathered in the frontier town. France was reported to be ready to put the Spanish Issue before the next UNO security councjl meeting single-handed, if the United States and Britain refuse to make a joint move. The frontier shutdown was carried out without incidunU Tribune Bus Crash Kills Three, Injures 12 Pacific Greyhound bus Is moved from scene of crash with automobile driven by Jose Santos Aguilar, San Rafael, Calif., at Corte Madera, Calif, which took the lives of three persons and Injured 12. Witnesses to acci dent said the enr driven by Axullar clipped pnsslng car, went out of con trol, crossed an eight-foot center lslnnd to crash Into bus. Agullar and two riding with him were killed. Anti-Catholic Terrorism Campaign Waged By Russia in Eastern Europe Is Declaration of French Cardinal Vatican City, March 1 (U.R) French Cardinal Eugene Tisser ant charged today that Russia was engaged in a deliberate cam paign to stamp out Catholicism in eastern Europe and that thous ands of Catholic refugees faced death or Siberian exile if they were forced to return to the Soviet zone. The French prelate's out spoken charge of anti-Catholic terrorism by the Soviets was made in a formal statement is sued on his appointment to the Holy Roman Curia as secretary of the sacred congregation for the oriental church. Destruction Aim "East of the Curzon line (roughly representing the new eastern boundary of Poland) Soviet policy alms at the de struction of Catholicism," Card inal Tisserant declared. The cardinal spoke pointedly of the refugee camps In the American and British occupation zones, where, he said, the Rod army whs trying "often at the point of a gun" to force unwill ing exiles to return to their homes in the east. "If the end of the war means an end of the 'right of asylum,' then mankind has lost every ideal of justice and charity," lie added In an obvious appeal to the United States and Britain. He reviewed In detail the plight of Ruthenian Catholics who, the Vatican has charged, arc being persecuted by Ihe Rus sians, and asserted that the Soviet actions were a direct vio lation of one of the four free doms proclaimed by the late President Roosevelt and former Prime Minister ChurchiJI. Schism or Martyrdom Since only the Moscow-controlled Orthodox church is per New Measure Would Credit Farmer's Family With Wages Washington, March 1 (U.R) I Rep. Stephen Pace, D Ga., who believes the fanner's family should be credited with some wages in figuring farm prices, said today that he hoped for early action on a bill that would do just that. Pbcc said he hoped the rules committee would okay the bill next week and that the house would act on it soon afterward. Rep. E. E. Cox, D., Ga., Influen tial member of the house rules committee, said there was a good chance that was what would happen. In figuring parity prices for farm products at the present time, the government considers as farm expense only such items as food, machinery, seed, inter est and lax payments. United Press Full Lease Wire ( Acmn Talenhnto) mitted In Russia, the cardinal said, "the order of the day Is that the Ruthenian Catholic church must disappear." He said the Riithcnlans, whoso lands recently were transferred from Czechoslovakia to the Soviet Union, face either "schism or martyrdom, and mar tyrdom means arrest and depor tation to Asia, prison, forced labor and death." Cardinal Tisserant snid com munist agents were urging all Catholics in Ruthcnla and the Ukraine to Join the Moscow Or thodox church and that priests in those areas were being de nounced as "enemies of tho peo ple" with "all the terrible con sequences such a designation carries." VETO CEILING ON Washington, March I (U.R) The House today rejected an ad ministration plea fur price con trols on both old and new homes. It tentatively adopted an amend ment to the Pntman housing bill to restrict ceilings to new con struction. The amendment was offered by the House banking commit tee. It was adopted by a teller vote of 154 to 08 but is subject to a roll cnlj vote later. Rep. Wright Payman, D., Tex., author of the administration supported bill, fought vigorous ly against the amendment. But a solid bloc of republicans com bined with a group of southern democrats to put It across. The Pace bill would require the government to also consider labor costs including tho farm er's family as well as the hired hands which the Georgia legis lator feels have gone sky-high since the beginning of the war Pare said the original Idea of parity was to provide a yard stick for judging "fair" relation ships between the farmer's costs and profit. But he added, farm wages have gone up so sharply that it no longer provides a fair yardstick. "If Chester Bowles is going to raise the price of meat to pay higher wages for meat workers why can't we adjust the farm er's pay to lake care of his al ready increased labor costs?" he demanded, "It isn't fair, it isn't juiU" Weather FORECAST: Increasing eloudl ntu tonight with light rain Saturday morning. Slightly warmer tonight. Temp. Hlthett Yeiterdar 53 Low tat thla Morning ., 29 NO. 290. Demand for Recognition as Bargaining Agent Instead Of CIO Basis of Action. San Francisco, March 1 (U.R) The Teamsters Union (AFL) tied up the multi-million dollar fruit and vegetable canning business in northern and central Califor nia today with a work stoppage of approximately 98 processing plants. Einar Mohn, International rep resentative of the Teamsters union, announced members had ceased hauling to and from 68 canneries operated by members of the California Processors and Growers association, and 30 in dependent plants with which the teamsters hold contractual rela tions. Would Oust CIO The work stoppage was called to support demand that the teamsters be recognized as exclusive bargaining agent for .15,000 cannery workers, in oppo sition to the food, tobacco and agricultural workers (CIO). The dispute arose when th CIO won a plurality oyer .tjjsj AFL In bargaining election re cently set aside by the National Labor Relations board. Th NLRB said each union could bar gain for its own members but that neither was to be recognized exclusively pending new elec tion which probably will ba called about July, Ihe embargo caught many canneries as they were prepar ing to operato for the 1D46 sea son. The first major crops of the processing season asparagus and spinach will start matur ing within the next two or three weeks. In Sacramento, William Ross, Llhby, McNeil & Llbby plant manager said the shipment of canned goods out of the cannery' and delivery of maintenance and repair materials had been stopped. BACKED BY VFW Washlnetnn. March 1 (11 PI The Veterans of Foreign Wars today asked congress to give World War If veterans a bonus based on the length and type of service with a maximum of $5,. 000 for those who served over. seas and were wounded. Omar B. Kotchum, the VFW'i legislative renrpsrnlntivf. mnrls the proposal to the House Veter ans committee. He suggested giving veterans $3 a day for domestic service and $4 a day for overseas service. The VFW suggestion would Impose a ceiling of $3,500 for veterans who served only in the United States and $4,500 for those with overseas duty. The combat premium would be addi tional. Ketchum estimated "the aver age payment to all who apply will not exceed $2,500." SIDE GLANCES By TRIBUNE REPORTERS Heinle Fluhrer living up to his obligations as president of the chamber of commerce and assuring Gov. Karl Snell that in Meclford the sun shone every day. EB1E8 SQUABBLE OVER JURISDICTION IS STOPPAGE CAUSE H. H. (Hap) Gillette feeling very proud of his new bronze selective service medal and de ciding not to mingle with the common people any more. George Carter reminding Una Inch that unless she ate her vegetables at luncheon she i wouldn't ba given an dessert h J
