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V M mm fpfir in Gl's Await Arrival Of Patterson Yanks Send Congress Pleas For Quick Homecoming MANILA, Jnn. 8 UP) Milling thousuiids o( Gl's floodud com mercial coiiimuiilciitlona office tuilny, roliiyluil lo congress their plcua for quick homecoming while tliry owultcd tho nrrlval of Secretary of Wur Palloraon and t'ontiroMioiiul committeemen to whom tlmy hope to protest In person. It win not known how many of the proloaliuila wcro eligible for discharge. Harbor outhorl tlR mild only 3000 uro ollulblo to mil this month but thui 10 transport with u capacity of 40,' "jOUO to S0.000 nro due. ' A U. S. acmito nub-committee InveallKatlng postwar bases and aurulusoa Is cxiicclcd hero Sat urday, und Cenenil MacArthur's press headquarter in Tokyo mild Unit Secretary Piitleraon plan to vlilt Manila "tho middle of next week." Changs Plan Lt. Oen. W, D. Slyer, com' manclinK army force In the Western Pueiffc, hud told rcprc aentatlvea of nrote.itiitK Cl'a ihnt Palteraon had decided to by-pasa Manna on uia worm tour. But n aiiokcaman nt Mae- ' Arthur'a headquarters explained Hint "Inatend of taking Manlln off hl aehedule, Secretary PiiU teraon put It on, after ho arrived in Tokyo, lie did not plan to So to Manila at tho time ho left the United Stales." The aecrctary la acheduled to to to Korea Saturday or Sunday, then proceed to Shanghai before Iiymg to Manila. Chinese Near Agreement To Cease Firing CHUNGKING, Jan. 8 (IP) China's truce committee up proached final agreement for cessation of hostilities at a lengthy - discussion this after noon. Government and communist representatives Issued a com munique atatlng "tho major por tion of the problem have been lottled and certain detdtla re main to bo discussed and dis posed of." The communique was laaucd after a three hour and 40 min ute meeting with General Mar shall, President Truman's apo dal envoy to China, who pre sided. Tho third meeting of the comrnittco, lt followed a three hour mornliiK acaalon. The aiircomont would lncludo plana for restoration of commun ications, particularly in North China, Truce Orders A few hours earlier, the Chin- ese prcas predicted that orders to cease firing would bo Issued by both tho government and communists tomorrow. The committee will meet again lafo tomorrow. Tho conferees declined to give details but they seemed op timistic that final settlement would bo reached tomorrow be foro tho opening- Thursday of tho political consultation con ference interparty and nonpar tisan parleys which will try to settlo outstanding - differences between the government and the communists. This now name for tho con ference, formerly called the po litical consultative council, was decided upon by delegates at an . unofficial preparatory meeting yesterday. Wtm PRICE FIVE CENTS Telephone Bill KLAMATH FALLS. OREGON. TUESDAY. JANUARY ' V -fKo Number 10713 CIO Pockets Vage-Bonus Auto Pact Union Leaders Praise Contract As Best Ever Reached DETROIT, Jon. 8 UP) The CIO United Automobile Work ers today held unique and un- firecedcntcd bonus wage con ract with Kolaer-Frazer Corp., newcomers to tho auto industry, which they will offer us a model for settling disputes with the In dustry's long-established firms. Union leaders hailed the con tract, announced by both sides Into last night, as "unquestion ably the best ever reached with an automotive company." In a whirlwind finish to a highly-secret, acven-hour nego tiating session, Henry J. Kaiser, chairman, and Joseph W. Fra zcr, president, announced at a press conferenco that the new firm would: 1. Base wago scales on pre vailing rates at the Ford Motor Co. Rouge plant, said to be the highest In tne industry. 2. Meat any increases granted by General Motors as a result of the curront GM strike. Set Up Pool J. Set up a pool by laying aside fS for each Kaiser, the company's low-priced car, and Frazcr, its medium-priced car, E reduced during the year at the Ig Willow Run Bomber plant, leased from the government for auto production. The pool would be divided anions Kaiser- Frazcr production workers at tho end of each year. . The company has estimated Its 8 reduction rate will reach 300, 00 cars annually, so the pool will be about Sl.500.000. To prevent wildcat strikes lt was stipulated that any worker participating in a work stoppage not authorized by the UAW-CIO international executive board would lose bonus benefits for the period oi participation, Morgan Will Not Quit Post LONDON. Jan. 8 ttP T.t Gen. Sir Frederick E. Morenn has refused to resign as chief of UNRRA operations in Ger many, the agency's London headquarters said today. Anno unccmcnt previously naa ocon maao that Uen. Mor gan was requested by UNRRA in London to come here and resign, after he had told a news conference that he believed a secretly plotted exodus of Jews xrom fcuropo was underway. An UNRRA spokesman said the general replied that he was not resigning and that he would await fuller information before leaving for London.. UNRRA officials conferred at length today after receiving Morgan's reply. There was no indication when they would take further action, although lt was believed there would be no announcement for ' at least a week. Orville Hamilton Nam&J , Police Chief Of Klamath Klamath Falls today had chief of police for the first time in more than a ycur. . Laal night tho council confirmed Mayor Ed Ostcndorf's ap pointment of Orville Hamilton as chief of police. Hamilton has served tho city since January 1, 1944, as acting chief of police wilh all duties of the office his responsibility. Council aunroved Hamilton's appointment without comment. unici Hamilton, a native oi Klamath Falls, has been with the police department for the' past lu years, serving in various capacities until his appointment as acting chief when Mayor Ed Oslcndorf took office a year ago. Hamilton was assistant chief under Mayor John H. Houston who preceded Mayor Ostendorf in office. Chief Hamilton said today that he would continue to give tho city the most efficiently op erated police force within his fiowcr and to conduct tne oillce n the best manner possible. The department now Includes Chief Hamilton, Assistant Chief Leigh Ackerman, Sgt. Paul Robertson and 18 patrolmen. li." , . SfcaB"( . : I i CHIEF HAMILTON Truman Asserts Discharge Slowdown Due To Critical Need For Troops Overseas WASHINGTON, Jan. 8 (?) i-rusinuiu iruman many at tributed tho slowdown in the army's rate of demobilization to mo critical need for troops over seas." The president declared in e statement that he was convinced that both the army and the navy are cicmoDinzing "with com mendablo efficiency and with justice to all concerned. Taking cognizance of com. plaints in congress about delays In tho return of troops and of demonstrations among members of the armed forces themselves, the president asserted: "The armed forces hntfo been reduced as fast as possible. For many reasons lt is impossible for every member of the armed forces to be discharged prompt ly." He mentioned both tho "enor mous size" of the task involved and the fnct that tho United States "must assume its full share of responsibility for keep ing the peace and destroying the war-inaklng potential of the hos tile nations that were bent on keeping the world in a state of warfare." The slowdown in the army's rate of demobilization, ho de clared, is not an arbitrary action but "an inescapable need of the nation In carrying out its obliga tion in this difficult and critical postwar period. Assorting "tho future of oifr country now Is as much at stake as u was in tno days of tho war,' mo president declared: "We must devote all necessary strength to building a firm foun dation tor tne future peace of the world." To satisfy himself that de mobilization is proceeding with all possible speed, the president sold lie had made a new review of army and navy procedures. "The army has now released well over half tho 8,300,000 In service when the European fight ing stopped," Mr. Truman's for mal statement continued. "More than four and three quarter mil lion mon and women have passed through the separation centers." Out of a peak strength of 3, 500,000, the president said, the navy has returned close to a mil lion and a auarter tn civilian llfn while the marine corps has dis charged more than 183,000 of nearly 486,000 men. Ho added tho coast guard with 180,000 has demobilized over 74,000. Main Street Building Sold Sale of the J. C. Penney com pany building on the northeast corner of Main at Blh to Porter J. Neff of M e d f o r d, was an nounced today. The sale involved a considera tion in the neighborhood of $200,000, courthouse records re vealed. Along with the sale went the signing of a long-term lease by Penney company which will cen- tinue to operate in tne present location. Tho transaction involves a property exchange in Medford where Neff sold a building on North Central avenue occupied by Groceteria No. 1, and located across the street from the Pen ney building. Court records in JacKson county snow a consid eration of $85,000. According to Medford infor mation, the Klamath Falls build' lng was obtained in the deal by Porter Neff through an earlier agreement. J. C. Penney company bought the Klamath Falls building in 1837 from E. W. Vannlce, opera tor of The Golden Rule. Van- nice, for -many years a well known merchant here, now re sides in Mt. Vernon, Wash. C. S. Elliott has been manager of the local store since 1937. The Pen ney company operates 1600 stores in the nation, 42 in Ore gon. : Elliot said today that no change Is anticipated in local operation. According to county records of December 19, the Penney company signed papers trans ferrins title to the building to George D. Ryall and wife of Los Angeles. Un December 29. the Ryalls transferred the title to Porter J. Neff. It is under stood the Ryalls served as brok ers for the Medford businessman. The agreement, now in exist ence, calls for 20 years lease on the 8th and Main property by Penney. Irate Dog Lovers Add To Reward Irate dog lovers continued to day to call C. L. Barkdoll, .115 S. 11th, and add to the fund which is being offered for the arrest and conviction of a killer who has cost the lives of a num ber of pets. Nino additional donors were announced today and the fund has now reached $122 since its inception Saturday. Today's contributors include -E. O. Gil lings, Punky Adams, Paul F. Potoct, Fred Costel, Fred Sav age. Richard Moreen. F. W. Van Buskirk, Paul Haines, and an anonymous giver. Anyone wishing to contribute may contact Barkdoll. The out break of poisoning occurred in late December. Several pets were lost at that time. Animals were being poisoned apparently tnrougn quicK-acting strychnine, the poison spread on meat or bones. Dog owners were urced to watch their animals, especially In tho Mills area. WEATHER (January 8) Max. (Jan. 7) ...33 Min 12 Precipitation last 24 hours 01 Stream yaar to date 8.38 Normal ....5.05 Last year ... 4.35 Forecaati Froat tonight, clear Wednesday. Steel Price To Be Raised WASHINGTON, Jan. 8 VP) President Truman said today that some increase in the price of steel probably would be granted as the result of discus sions now underway. Asked whether the increase would be around $2, the presi dent saia ne did not nave the figures and that he would not say whether it would head off a threatened big steel strike. Tho president at the same time stuck firmly to his insist ence that a 'fact-finding proced ure, coupled with a 30-day cool ing off period, is the way to prevent strikes. Asked for his reaction to a possible compromise i eliminat ing - tne -cooling, on period,, ne said he thought such legislation wouldn't accomplish anything. He said his proposal to con gress was lounded on railroad legislation which he said had been satisfactory in that indus try. Wesiern Electric Installation Men May Quit Jobs NEW YORK, Jan. 8 () Ernest Weaver, president of the Association of Communications Equipment Workers, said today he expected to know by 6 p. m. (EST) whether 6000 Western Electric installation workers would quit work tomorrow in support of the six-day-old West ern Electric strike. Such a walk out would affect the nation's toll telephone system. weaver, whose union, an in dependent organization, is an affiliate of the National Federa tion of Telephone Workers, made the announcement during a re cess in wage negotiations with Western Electric representatives. The recess was taken, he added, to permit the union to caucus on the latest company proposal in the dispute over a wage increase. The ACEW has asked an average weekly in crease of $8. The installations union has an nounced plans If they strike to morrow to picket . exchanges and offices of the American Telephone and Telegraph com pany. Although the operators would not be on strike, the union leaders said they believed they would not nass throueh the lines. Telegraph Employes Quit Jobs Western Union Begins Strike Four Hours Ahead Of Time By ALLAN FISHER NEW YORK, Jan. 8 (IP Telegraphic isolation from the rest of the nation and partial cable isolation from the world hit this international business capital today when 7000 Western Union employes struck at 7:10 a. m. (EST) -four hours earlier than scheduled. Almost Immediately the heart oi tne company s great network came to a near-standstill, and union members in eight interna tional and radio message ' firms refused to accept traffic emanat ing irom western union oy whom a union-estimated 40 per cent of international communica tions normally are handled. Business transactions all over the world were impeded and snarled by the tie-up. A union spokesman, describing the strike as "100 per cent effective," said 1600 points in New York and New Jersey were affected.. Time Advanced A sDokesman for the CIO American Communications asso ciation, which called the strike, told reporters at the company's Hudson street headquarters hub of the Western Union net work that the strike time was advanced because the company was "shipping in four carloads of strike breakers." The CIO workers are protest ing a decision granting them a 12-cent an hour raise. The direc tive, which revised downward a New York regional award, de prives the workers of $6,000,000 they, would have received under the earlier award, the union said. The AFL-Commercial Telegraph ers union, representing Western Union workers outside of New York, have . accepted a WLB grant of a 12-cent an hour in crease and have decided not to strike. ' A company spokesman denied that Western Union was bringing in strike breakers, saying "there was nothing to such reports. Louis Siebenberg. vice chair man of Local 40, one of eight locals of the (J1U American Com munications association which are involved in a wage dispute with the company, said at 9:30 a. m., that the strike was "100 per cent effective with 7000 em ployes out." Willamette Creeps Higher PORTLAND, Jan. 8 (P) The Willamette river at Eugene crept 1.5 feet higher in the last 24 hours, the weather bureau re ported today but waters are ex pected to fall during the next two days. A 2.8 foot fall was reported at Albany, at Jefferson, the river was 1.6 feet higher, 1.1 feet at Harrisburg and .8 foot at Salem today. The crest was expected to hit 13 feet tonight at Port land. SLIDE ENDANGERS HOMES ASTORIA. Jan. 8 (P) A landslide here has endangered six homes, breaking off front porches, cracking lawns and sidewalks and snapping power lines. r Slipping of the hill, on 23rd street, has pulled buildings down from a few inches to sev eral feet. Water has been cut off from the Ray Hendrickson home. Coroner Declares Girl Was Claped; Police Seek Fiend Murdered " Have Faith, Father, Tell Me." Sobs Mother CHICAGO, Jan. 8 (JP) A parish priest, accepting a plea by police officials, related the tragic news of the slaying of little Suzanne Dcgnan to her grief-stricken parents last night. The Rev. George G. Kearney of St. Gertrude's church, ac companied by Detective Edwin C. Daly, went to the Degnan home shortly after the finding of the severed head of the child in a sewer. . Helen Degnan, 36, mother of the six-year-old slain Suzanne, was lying on a lounge, sobbing softly, hoping, pray ing for the safety of her child.- Alongside her sat her husband, James E., 36, who sought to comfort her. Father Kearney looked at the distraught couple for a minute, then quietly asked : "Do you have strong faith?" Mrs. Degnan, sobbing faintly, raised her head slightly, "I have faith, Father, tell me." Her husband nodded. Tho couple looked intently at the priest. He said nothing. Another pause and then Degnan, his eyes filling with tears, whispered: "I understand, Father," He placed a comforting arm about his wife's shoulders. "We understand, don't, we, Mom?" Father Kearney and Daly stood silent as the couple sought bravely to compose their emotions. "Was she disfigured, Father?" "Was she badly harmed?". The priest remained mute. He appeared to shake his head, .slowly. Inspector Daly left the room as the priest lingered, to offer whatever comfort he could. ' ; ''"tL ' r 1 1 ',' H - J i Ik Mk rz ! Suzanne Degnan (above). 6-year-old daughter of a Chicago OPA executive, was kidnaped, probably raped, and strangled to death by a fiend who later dismembered ' the body. Chi cago, police have launched the. greatest manhunt in Chicago's history to capture tne slayer, Truman Lauds Moscow Meet WASHINGTON, Jan. 8 (JP) President Truman - today ex pressed complete . ' satisfaction with the atomic energy and other agreements . reached at Moscow by the foreign ministers of the United States, Russia and Great Britain. , -. - The president also told a news conference that the agreements providing for recognition of the Romanian, Bulgarian and Yugo slav governments were condi tional and that he would have the final say. Mr. Truman, meeting the press for the first time since , the Christmas holidays, told ques tioners that he had no informa tion to indicate the Russians had developed ah atomic bomb. (He apparently was referring to a report by Dr. Raphael E. G. Armattoe, director of Lomeshie research center for anthropology and human biology at London derry, northern Ireland, that Russia had developed a bomb that made the U. S. version "obsolete.".) Mr. Truman said flatly that the Romanian, Bulgarian and Yugoslav governments were not going . to be recognized finally without guarantees of free and fair elections, and added: I have filial say. Rewards Up For 'Butcher' CHICAGO. Jan. 8 (Re wards totaling $11,000 were . offered today for evidence re sulting in the arrest and con viction of the "Mad Butcher of Edgewater" who kidnaped, killed and mutilated 6-year-old Suzanne Degnan. Mayor Edward J. Kelly who called the' crime "the moat hor rible thing anyone can imag ine." offered $5000 to anyone aupplying evidence leading to arreat and conviction. The ' mayor said he would guaran tee payment personally, if necessary. The Chicago Herald-American announced a reward of $5, 000 for excluaive information leading to the arrest and con viction of the killer while two citizens each offered rewards of $500 for hia apprehension and conviction. The two offera, made to the Chicago Tribune, were by Charles J. Whalen, a building manager and father of two small children who attended Sacred Heart academy, where Suianne was a first grade pupil, and J. C. Deagan. a musical inatrument manufacturer. CHICAGO, Jon. 8 (AP) Coroner A. L. Brodia oid today that Suzanne Degnan, 6, probably was raped and wa strangled to death by a kidnaper who dismembered tho body in a manner indicating the fiend had a butcher's skill. Examination of the parts of the body all except the arms have been found taken from sewer catch basins near the little girl's North Side home, Brodie said, Indicated the maniac used an instrument like a hunting knife and hacked the body into gruesome pieces at the joints, without damag ing the bones. It evidently was the ghoulish work of an ex pert carver, he said. "I think it was an on-the-spot dismemberment, carried out on the spur of the moment, rather than a premeditated plan," Brodie added. Fragments of charred bones were found by police investi gators in an ash heap and may be human bones. Supervising Police Capt. Joseph Goldberg disclosed. They were sent to University of Chicago laboratory for examination. The bones were found near the basement of an apart ment building at 5860 Kenmore avenue, not far from the Degnan home. In the basement a refuse cart, , stained ap parently with blood, was located. Experts were trying to de termine whether the cart stains were human blood and if it might have figured in the dismemberment. The text of the $20,000 ransom note left by the kid naper who snatched Suzanne from her bedroom early yes terday in the home of her parents, Mr. and Mrs. James Degnan, was released today by Charles M. Wilson, director of the police crime detection laboratory. It read: "Get $20,000 reddy & waite for word. Do not notify FBI or police. Bills in 5's and 10's." Wilson said this was written in soft pencil an one side of an oily piece of paper and on the other side, in hard pencil, were the wards: "Burn this for her safety." He said the writer apparently tried deliberately to disguise his handwriting." Copt. Goldberg said the cart was sent to the police crime detection laboratory to determine whether the (tains were human blood. In St. Louis, FBI Agent Gerald B. Norris said a man ar rested in the St. Louis Union station, and booked as Graver Casey, 23, of Troy, Ala., had demanded $500 in three tele phone calls to Suzanne's father, James Degnan. r However, Norris said: "So far it looks like nothing more t..an an attempt to chisel in on' the folks up there, but we are investigating every possible angle." One hundred picked policemen were on a house-to-house, store-tc-store search for the maniac killer in the North Side neighborhood where Suzanne lived. ; , '''-The 'gjwesome. discoveries last night of . the child's head, chopped crudely from her tiny body, and dismembered parts of the blond, blue-eyed girl, came after one of the biggest man hunts in the city's police history got underway. . The head, torso' and legs were found in four different catch basins in the vicinity of the Degnan home at 5943 Kenmore ave nue, in the Edgewater beach district on the North Side. "Only the two arms of the little victim were missing as nearly 100 policemen and crews from the city sewer department con tinued their all-night search. Infuriated Officers - Grim, infuriated officers set about to interview everyone liv ing in the neighborhood, every janitor and storekeeper, under direction of Supervising Captain Joseph Goldberg who told them: "Men, the police force is on trial; nothing must be left un done to solve this case." . '. :. . Anyone who called at the county morgue, asking to see the child's body was subject to immediate police interrogation. A half dozen men, mostly janitors in the neighborhood, were taken into custody, for questioning, although Capt. Walter Storms, chief of detectives, said all six had reasonable alibis as to their whereabouts at the time of the fiendish crime. Mayor Edward J. Kelly and all the top-flight officials of the police department, coroner's office, state's attorneys and sheriff's offices maintained all-night headquarters at the Degnan home, departing early today but leaving a detail on guard. The investigators listed these important clues in the brutal killing which followed the kidnaping and the leaving of a $20, 000 ransom note: Fingerprints on the window sill of Suzanne's room, a burlap bag in which the little girl's torso -was found, a paper shopping bag with red crayon markings found with the right leg, the ran som note, a worn gray-green fedora hat found near one sewer, two shoe-size footprints in the earth near the Degnan back porch, the ladder used by the kidnaper to enter the girl's room, a white muslin laundry bag with initials "U. S." found in a nearby basement, two black hairs found on the chest of the torso. Meantime in Baltimore, Md., where the Degnan family for merly lived, prayers were said in Catholic churches for Suzanne, who was known there as a chubby, honey-haired, friendly "wor-x rywart" of the Degnans' neighbors. . Tragic News Told ... The tragic news of Suzanne's death was told to her grief-' stricken parents, James E. and Helen Degnan,- by their parish priest last night shortly after the finding of the severed head of the little girl in a catch basin near an apartment building about a half block from the Degnan home. About five hours later the left leg, severed at the thigh with a clean cut, was discovered in a sewer in a nearby alley. The right leg and parts of the torso were removed from another sewer in an alley a block south and near the Degnan home. Later the remainder of the torso; minus the arms, was found in another sewer, also less than a block from the home. Police said the torso was found in a sugar sack and also in side the bag was a pair of girl's blue pajamas, which fitted the description of the clothing worn by Suzanne when she was kid naped. .... Chicago Shocked , X; The brutality of the crime shocked the city. Hundreds of persons milled near the Degnan home throughout the night as , scores of police toured the area in response to pleas from par ents terrorized1 after news of the finding of the child's body. Many pleaded for police protection for their children until the killer had been apprehended. Top law enforcement officials of Chicago and Cook county joined in the investigation. John C. Prendergast, recently named police commissioner, was in direct charge of the search for the killer and the department's ace detectives were assigned to the ' case. .- Mayor Kelly, who last night went to the home of the dis traught parents, termed the slaying "even too horrible for a maniac." Police Capt. John L. Sullivan called the killer a "sadistic fool motivated by both lust and money." The parents, since the discovery of Suzanne's kidnaping at 7:30 a. m. Monday, had maintained hope throughout yesterday that they would get their child back by paying $20,000,- as de manded in a note left in her room. . , , 1 Degnan, 36-year-old supervisory executive of the Chicago motronolitan office of Drice administration, had appealed by radio to the kidnaper to return his child and he would pay the ransom. He pleaded wltn his daughter to ooey ner aoaucior. But his appeals and pleadings were of no avail. Police the orized that Suzanne, who was a first grade pupil in the Sacred Heart academy, had been killed almost immediately after 'the kidnaper snatched her -from her bed at a time estimated around
