Arizona Daily Star from Tucson, Arizona • Page 1

U. S. WEATHER BUREAU TCSOV A.VD VICINITY: Considerable high cloudiness today; little change in temperature. Temperature vejterday: High 12 Low 50 Mm 8te An Independent NEWSpaper Printing the News Impartially MM Year Ago High. .52 Low.

35 puta to NO. 339 VOL. 104 TUCSON, ARIZONA, WEDNESDAY MORNING, DECEMBER 5, 1945 fot Office. Tucson. EIGHTEEN PAGES PRICE FIVE CENTS WATCH YOUR FOUNTAINS AS STORM FDR SENT WARNINGS OF WAR; MURRAY, TRUMAN IN BREAK; ST A TES MA GET U.

S. HOUSES 7X I jxvto- if ill -f" llXXX.r 4. It-b1 I prKl I tL. Administration Seeks End of Unions: Charge Appeasement Charge Hurled by CIO President; Lewis Chimes in for UMW; Congress Set To Receive Bill Today, However PITTSBURGH, Dec. 4.

(P) President Philip Murray of the CIO tonight rejected President Truman's proposals for ending strikes and charged that the federal administration has "completely ignored human rights" in the current industrial problems. In an outright break with the administration, Hii'-MMiliiri II WIXTKK SCTLPTI'IIE This oi me fountain at St. Louis. The water was turned on by on that city's municipal plaza. Truman Winning Drive For A rmy-Navy Merger By MALVIXA STKPHKXSOX WASHINGTON, Dec.

4. (NANA) President Truman's general legislative program may have bogged down on Capitol Hill, but the commander-in-chief faces probable victory in his year-old drive for the unification of our armed forces. The United States Senate, now holding hearings on the so-called CRIME AGAINST PEACE CHARGED IN WAR TRIALS 20 Nazi Leaders Must Bear Full Responsibility, Contend British NUERNBERG, Dec. 4. (TP) JThe 20 Nazi leaders on trial CTUSt bear full responsibility for Germany's greatest wrong, the crime against peace, Britain's Attorney General Sir Hartley Shawcross told the international military tribunal today.

In a masterly five-hour m-psentation of tne tsruisn case. accused the defendants of piloting Germany into "naked and unasnameu hitoiuii, declared he was determined to nrove mac. "uu 'do so with a halter around their necks." The one-time masters of Europe, described bv Shawcross as "murderers, robbers and frauds," squirmed under the weight of evidence as the British prosecutor traced step by step the German course of broken treaties, violated frontiers and ultimate carnage, which he said resulted 'from their cynical disregard for established international law. 'No Mere Tools "These men were no mete tools," Shawcross declared. "They are the whose support had built Hitler up into the position of power he occupied.

They are the men whose initiation arid planning, perhaps, conceived and certainly made possible the acts of aggression made in Hitler's name." He said he intended to prove -that the waging of an aggressive Var is not only a dangerous venture but a criminal one" and that he would do so by applying the "law of nations" which branded aggression as "an international crime before this tribunal was established." He emphasized the Kellogg-Briand pact, signed in Paris in 1928, pointing out that this agreement outlawing war as an instrument of national policy was never denounced by the Nazis and hence gull stands as accepted international law. Law of Nations "The pact of Paris is the law of cations." he declared. "This tribunal will enforce it." By this line of approach, Shawcross evidently sought to destroy one of the principal defense arguments that the tribunal must apply retroactive justice to find the defendants guilty. The four victorious powers who are trying the Nazi leaders, the British prosecutor said, "are content to be judged by the verdict of history" on their policy of "interpreting, declaring and supplementing the existing law." Charging the 'defendants with "lust and sadism" and "deliberate slaughter," be declared: "Perhaps their guilt as murderers and robbers is of less Importance and of less effect to future generations of mankind than their crime of fraud the fraud by which they placed themselves in a position to do their murder and their robbery." Shawcross repeatedly charged the Nazi regime with bad faith as (Continued on Page 4, Column 2) Tax Purchased Land Say County Leaders PHOENIX, Dec. 4.

UP) Suppoi-t of a senate bill that would make federal property taxable by states, R'hen such property was being purchased by private individuals or firms, was urged yesterday in (a resolution adopted by the Maricopa countv board of supervisors. Senate Bill 1518. now before the upper house, would add "considerable revenues" to state treasuries, said James E. De Souza, board clerk. As it is now, a man may buy a piece of government land under long terms for years and during that time the government still holds title, so that the land is not taxable by states, De Sousa explained.

The state association of county Boards of supervisors has already approved the proposed change. WARNINGS FLY laid an icy hand on "The Meeting mistake, producing an irecapade STORM, SNOWS PLAGUE STATES Northers, Howling Winds Feature Pre-Xmas Weather By THE ASSOCIATED PRESS A howling winter storm that brought snow as far south as the Mississippi delta swept across the deep south yesterday and moved northwestward up the south Atlantic seaboard. The weather bureau at Atlanta forecast the disturbance would head seaward off the North Carolina coast early today. Storm warnings were raided from Cape Hatteras, X. to Kasfnort, Me.

Snow To Rain the storm brought snow to I Tennessee, Mississippi and Louis iana. Init only a deluge of rain as it moved eastward. Snow, wind and cold were forecast for New England tomorrow. The New England area as well as western New York is already under a blanket of snow from last week's northeaster which swept the area. Snow fell yesterday throughout the Lakes region.

The weather bureau forecast sub-freezing temperatures for the south in the wake of the It figured the cold wave would Inst at least two days and extend even into P'lorida. West Is Belter While most of the sunny south was plagued by snow, cold, wind-driven rain and overcast skies. the middle and far west enioved fair, though rather cold, weather, the far western states of Ore In gon and Washington, however, rain and cold prevailed in the of another storm moving in from the northwest. 4,000 ELIGIBLE FOR EXEMPTION World War II Veterans' Rights Explained Bv Finch Veterans of World War II must have resided in Arizona prior to January 1, 1027, and mu lurnisn proof of such residence, in order to secure exemptions on 1016 taxes, Leo Finch, chief denutv Pima countv assessor, warned Finch said that with the approaching sale of 1010 automobile licenses, and the corresponding col-' lection iu lieu of taxes on motor vehicles, his office fears consider-j able confusion on exemptions, this being the first year in which have been allowed exemp tions on automobile taxes. 4,000 Klijiilile The assessor's ofice a I readv has listed approximately 4.000 discharges from services in itlie second world war which have been filer! in the office of Mrs.

Anna Sullinger, county recorder. Manv more are being recorded daily. Only property of record prior to 1, 1940, can lie considered in exempting any applicant for that year. In order to secure exemptions, veterans must: 1. Have an honorable discharge.

of the armed services can-! not secure exemptions until after discharge. 2. Have been in service 00 days in time of war. 3. Have been residents prior to 1, 1027.

4. Have not over in assessed valuations in the state. Residence must be proven bv written evidence such as registration to vote, a birth certificate. school records, or a letter from a. responsible party who was himself a resident prior to Januarv 1, 1927.

Arizona voters will be called upon at the next ection to ballot on the ones; ion of whether the resilience da'e be changed to January 1, 304-V I'ntil that time. til" JJ i St II! l'll ti'- i' Mica jnuio lion will remain in force. i i I I i i 'CONTEMPTUOUS' PHILIP MURRAY jLABOR, INDUSTRY RESUMEPARLEYS G.M. Hopeful, UAWr Cool To Truman's Latest Recommendations By THE ASSOCIATED PRESS Machinery designed to settle the nation's Xo. 1 labor dispute the motor car industry crippling General Motors strike began whirring on several fronts yesterday (Tuesday).

These were the developments: 1 G. M. officials arranged to resume conferences today (Wednesday! with the striking CIO I'nited Auto Workers in the 14-day-old dispute that has made 225.000 idle. 2 House leaders in Washington nresseri for sneedv enactment of legislation to prohibit crucial strikes until fact-finding procedures can acquaint the public wun me facts. 3 II.

W. Anderson, G. M. vice president, expressed the "hope" the General Motors strike could be set-I tied without resorting to a fact-! finding body. Let George Io It 4 UAW officials said President Truman's proposal that G.

M. stri-: kers return at once and abide by recommendations of a fact finding board would be placed before the union's rank and file Saturday "without recommendations" from international officers. Anderson, commenting in Washington after a conference with Edgar L. Warren, chief of the federal conciliation service, said the com pany was prepared to continue general collective bargaining ra iding the thornv issue of picket ing is settled first. Today's conference between the two sides was called to discuss the company's accusation of "illegal picketing." Cool Reception The President's request that G.

M. strikers return at onee and abide by a fact finding board's rec ommendations got a cool reception from UAW officials. Speaker Ravburn said at Washington that legislation would be introduced by today to carry mi' the President's recommendaf 10ns. Meanwhile, the start of a new 24-hour work stoppage "demonstration" left the number of idle in labor disputes at about The rat ion affected some iriooo CJO United Packinghouse (Continued on Page 8, Column 2) V) SURPLUS UNITS WOULD BE USED TO MEET NEEDS Government Plans to Give State's Buildings to Ease Emergency WASHINGTON, Dec. 4.

(JP) The government may turn over surplus buildings to states without cost to meet the housing emergency, W. Stuart Symington, surplus property administrator, was reported tonight by an official of his agency to be considering issuing such an authorization tomorrow. It would be effective at once. The official, who asked that he not be named, said the terms as contemplated call for: 1. The states to maintain the property.

2. Houses to be rented first to veterans and after that to the general public. 3. Demountable (knocked down) houses in storage areas of various disposal agencies to be erected by the states on favorable federal sites. Lease Period 4.

Leases to be for a maximum i of five years with permission terminate on six months notice at the end of the housing emergency. 5. Rents in excess of maintenance costs to revert to the gov-I ernment. The official said the order could be expected to authorize the army and navy specifically, together with other owning and disposal agencies, to make surplus housing i available to the states. The order would include bar-' (Continued on Page 4, Column 5) RATE REDUCTION HEARINGJ0DAY Four Preliminary Rebate Offers by Utility Are Rejected An opening offer of a $134,000 rebate for Tucson utility consumers and three successive offers ranging to Sioo.000 were rejected bv the Arizona Corporation Commission, at a meeting yesterdav with representatives of the Tucson Gas.

Electric Light and Power Company, it was learned last nignt bv the Star. The meeting was a preliminary to todav's open hearing called ny the commission against the local utilitv to show cause why it should not reduce its rates between and SOOO.OOO. Kxcess earnings of approximately these amounts have been shown by payments to the federal government of excess profits taxes, it is. contended. The hearing is scheduled for 10:30 a.m.

in superior courtroom Xo. 2. Follows Phoenix Rebate Todav's hearing follows one in Phoenix on Central Arizona Light and Power Company rates which resulted in a Christmas rebate of approximately SlvMK. ending vesterdavs meeting 1 which was'described as an attempt to find a "common ground" for negotiations were J. R.

Snider, personal representative of C. H. Nicii-lols president of the parent Fed-! eral Light and Traction Company; Cecil Clawson, secretary-treasurer of the Tucson utilitv, and Attorney George Darnrll, all representing ithe utilitv; and Arizona Attorney General J. L. Sullivan.

H. O. Juh- 1 nllnfnat' TtttJ-n met oepui ft' wusr.n T. right, chairman of the ent-noartion commission, and W. J.

Ed corporation commission member. Coin in iion Insisting On the basis of excess profits taxes payments, it was learned that the. con mission is insisting for Tucson con- upon a retia turners approxnu.i'..- lion dollars. Figures on the company earnings and excess profits tax payments were brought out at the recent hearing on an application ImtF a mil. by the -rizona ompan rr.

Thn to acquin ine iih suu m. application was denied. The Tucson ic 1.1111 and Power Company is a sidiarv of the Federal Light sub- and Traction Company of New York, which in turn is owned by the Cities Service Company. Although the parent company has been ordered by the Securities and K.i iiange Com mis-ion 'o di- ve-t jtself of the I ucson noioing. the latter has continued to substantially greater profits are allowed" under state laws make than pend ing execution of the divestment order, it is charged.

REUTHER HITS TRUMAN DETROIT. Dec. 4. OP) Walter P. Reuther.

vice-president of the I'nited Automobile Workers (CIOi. tonight President Truman's labor stand as a "clean cut break Jwith Roosevelt's policies." M'ARTHUR MAY BE CALLED IN HAWAHPROBE Republicans Demand He Testify in Pearl Harbor Inquiry WASHINGTON, Dec. 4. (JP) Disclosure that President Roosevelt took a personal hand in getting war warnings to the Philippines in 1941 brought a Piepublican demand tonight that Gen. Douglas MacArthur be called as a witness in the Pearl Harbor inquiry.

The demand came from Senator Ferguson R-Mieh who declared it was evident that MacArthur, then commander of arm' forces in the Philippines, received a great deal more information on the threat of hostilities than did army and navy commanders in Hawaii. Ferguson, a member of the Joint Pearl Harbor investigating committee, told reporters he would ask formally that MacArthur be called as a witness "if he Isn't called otherwise." Roosevelt's role In th war warnings was developed during questioning of Maj. Gen. Sherman Miles, pre-Pearl Harbor head of army intelligence. A message which th late President sent on November 26, 1941 to the United States commissioner in the Philippines was read into the record.

It said In part: Might Cause Hostilities "I consider it possible that this next Japanese aggression might cause an outbreak of hostilities between the U. S. and Japan." Japan, the President said, apparently was preparing her forces for an aggressive move somewhere. There was also a memorandum from Brig. Gen.

L. T. Gerow, then assistant chief of staff, relating that on November 27, 1911, Secretary of War Stimson told him "the President wants a warning message sent to the Philippines." Another, from Adm. Harold R. Stark, chief of naval operations, to Adm.

Thomas Hart, commander of the Asiatic Fleet (based in the Philippines), said the President wanted three small vessels chartered for "a defensive Information patrol" in Asiatic waters. The President also asked a report on reconnaissance measures being taken. Ferguson, bringing In a Mac-Arthur affidavit of May, 1045 disclosed the Philippine army chief was getting copies of some Japanese secret messages decoded by a navy cryptography station on Corregidor. Miles had testified that the war department here did not send any such secret intercepts to Hawaiian commanders. Had Ample Information The MacArthur affidavit contained, Uo.

a statement that "dispatches from the war department gave me ample and complete information and ndvico for the purpose of altering" the defending forces in the islands. The affidavit was taken for Secretary Stimson by Lt. Col. Henry Clausen. S'imson had asked Clausen to undertake further inquiry after an army hoard completed its investigation of pearl Harbor.

It was a Republican day to on Page 0. Column 1) China Must Solve Her Own Ills, Savs Bvrnes WASHINGTON. Per-. 4.W Secretary of S'a'e Rrne has given Congress a sta'cmen of American policy in China "We favor the crea'jon of a strong, united and democratic China which will contribute to peace and stability in the Far Ka-t." Pep. Anderson fR.

-Calif. today made pub! a 1e-'er in which the secretary ou lined 'be popcy. riu declared that China mjt solve her interrsl problem largely her own efforts. He added that "we seek by appropriate and prae- means to pursue sijch policies and acion as ill best facilitate that purpose." s'gned when co; me-nt was b'okcn up draw a 1 of 'bo Libera Demc'rats, The Libfrais re mand'd the mmi-! treasury a'd icn govern- vr atj-1 ChriS- e'f of ir.d-j-try, works and key economic three posts as the of their irtki- pat Km in the g. ivcrnuKn.

Vittorio Emanuel Orlando, azel World War 1 premier, was understood to have been TVamed a as a result of Liberal par'y demands tha' a p-rst not affiliated wi'h any of i coalition rar'ies be a memicr of the ta met. Aiurrav asserted in an address pre- pared for radio delivery, that "the design of the specif it: legislative proposal" of the President "is to weaken and ultimately destrov labor union organizations." He added: "It can be but the first step for ever more savage repression. For this reason the CIO shall mobilize its entire membership and the American people to defeat this specific measure arui all similar attempts directed against labor." Industrial Appeaser The CIO leader declared the ad- ministration is embarked "upon a i policy of continued appeasement of I American industry in the face of its contemptuous attitude toward the American people and the gov- ernment itself." This was Murray's reply to the I President's message to Congress calling for legislation which would create fact-finding commissions to inquire into major disputes. President Truman had at the same time railed on the CIO United Auto Workers to go back to work and appealed to the CIO United Steel Workers, of which Murray is also president, not to strike. "Industry has refused to engage in collective bargaining," said Mur ray.

"Industry has refused to accept voluntary arbitration in the automobile dispute. Industry has refused to meet with the union in the steel industry though specifically requested by the federal government. Abject Cowards "To all this arrogance, the federal administration yields in abject cowardice. "Its rancor is confined to lalxir." Murray declared American industry had extracted "extortionate profits" during the war period and added: "The Office of War Mobilization through its staff experts, has in a recent report stated that American industry can raise wages and salaries 24 per cent and still earn more than twice as much take home profits as it did before the war. "Let me repeat industry can raise wages 24 per cent and Still' enjoy more than 100 per cent increase in net profits after taxes.

"Faced with these economic conditions what has the federal administration done? Industrial Serfdom "It has completely ignored human rights. Rut American industry has been appeased with even greater opportunities for increased profits at the expense of the American people." Murray declarer! "The American people have not participated with all of their energies and resources in the recent ferocious struggle against Fascism in order to have democracy weakened and threat-(Continued on Page 8, Column .1) Iran Premier Hakimi Threatens to Resign TEHRAN. Dec. 4. OPi Premier Hakimi threatened today to resign unless the Azerbaijan province dispute was settled by direct negotia- tion with Russia, and a foreign office spokesman later said a Soviet representative in Tehran had made a private proposal" concerning the! crisis in troubled northwest Iran.

The spokesman said the cabinet had been called into emergency session to consider the Soviet pro-J posal. This formula was said to; provide that the Russians would' meet certain Iranian wishes if Iran, treated the Azerbaijan question a matter concerning only Iran and the Soviet Union. Insisting on direct negotiation ith the Russians. Hakimi refused to attend a session of parliament to report on Azerbaijan, where the government charges rebels have started a separatist movement MEXICAN WORKERS BARRED FROM U. S.

MEXICO CITV. Dec. 4 No more workers mav leave for the Uni'ed States, the government newspaper. EI Xacional. said to day.

The paper said labor department circles had said authority would not be grairted for their and Mexicans United States alleviate labor who went to wartime ur were be-' weird scene resulted when winter army-navy merger, is rapidly lining up behind the proposal, a survey conducted for the North American Newspaper Alliance revealed today. Less than 15 per cent and most of these members of the naval affairs committee voiced objections. Heady For KHI Unbeaten Army, fresh from a new victory over Navy on the gridiron, is preparing for quick, decisive action in this more bitter contest on Capitol Hill. Army and other pro-merger forces hope the President's expected message this week will clear the air and, perhaps, spur the senate to a vote before the Christmas recess. Navy, on the other hand, is counting on a delaying action, to stave off a vote While trying in the senate.

Secretary Forrestal and the admirals are "looking to the house, where Naval Affairs Chairman Carl Vinson, powerful and popular, already is organizing opposition. House hearings are slated for the first of January. Merge Committees Senator Elbert Thomas of Utah, chairman of the senate military affairs committee conducting the present hearings, just hearings, just back from a tour of Europe, has gone so far as to advocate even the consolidation of the military and naval committees in Congress, in addition to the army-navy merger. The two ranking members of the mili-tarv affairs committee, Lister Hill of Alabama and Ed Johnson of merger bills Colorado, both have pending. Aside from the naval affairs! committee, headed bv Walsh of Massachusetts, Kenneth McKellar of Tennessee Mas about the only one among the nearly TO senators interviewed who strongly objected to the merger.

Fortunately for the navy McKellar is president pro tempore of the senate. (Majority Leader Barkley of Kentucky prob-(Continued on Page 8, Column 1) SKIPPER ENTERS INNOCENT PLEA Capt. McVay Charged With Negligence in Sinking Of Indianapolis WASHINGTON, Dec. 4. (JP) An officer of the Indianapolis testified today- that he heard no orders from the bridge to abandon ship after the cruiser was apparently torpedoed July 30 with the loss of 880 men, one of the greatest disasters in naval history.

This information was given to a navy court martial at the trial of Capt. Charles P. McVay Ilf. the ship's commander. McVay pleaded innocent to charges of negligence and inefficiency.

The witness, Lieut. MG Charles B. McKissick, of McKinney, was one of only officers to survive the sinking of the ship enroute from Guam to Levte. The court martial developed testimony from a half dozen witnesses, that: Sub Contracts I Three submarine contacts had been made only 72 to 10." miles from the charted course of the cruiser and any one of the sub- mersibles could have crossed its path. 2 McVay ordered zigzagging ceased at 8 p.

m. July 20 because the weather had closed in "pitch black." 3 Two "terrific" explosions rent the ship shortly after midnight of the It sank by the bow in 15 minutes. The submarine contacts were explained by Lieut. Joseph J. Wal-(Continued on Page 8, Column 4) i 1 I I I i I I I I I i $556,000 SOUGHT FOR NEW YMCA 150 Persons Attend Dinner Launching Drive for Building Funds Tucson citizens will be asked to contribute a total of S536.000 in the campaign to raise funds for a new YMCA building, it was revealed last night by Hubert d'Autremont, co-chairman of the drive, who presided at a dinner meeting of approximately loO rep-1 resentative citizens in the Pioneer Hotel.

Speakers at the dinner, which marked the official opening of the fund campaign, were Ray L. Ray-burn, New York, of the national YMCA architectural bureau: Harold Steinfeld; and d'Autremont. E. B. Carmack read a message from William R.

Mathews, who was prevented by illness from being present. Armando Leon, )1, pupil at the Safford school, spoke as representative of the Gra-Y clubs, and Lee Carey, Tucson High School student, represented the four local Hi-Y clubs. Plans Outlined Guests received copies of an i illustrated brochure outlining the plans for the new building, to be situated on the north side of East Sixth street, between North Fifth avenue and North Herbert street. Tucson today has seven times the population it had when the present YMCA building was erected in 1914, it is pointed out in the brochure. Ravburn discussed the problems involved in planning a modern YMCA building, and said that building fund campaigns throughout the country are meeting a generous response.

Since the institution of Young Men's Christian Associations over 100 vears ago. their activities have graduallv expanded, and modern buildings must be adapted to the present programs and be. so designed as to avoid having too large a percentage of income dependent upon vearly contributions, he said. for Expanding The speaker cited a number of other cities where new YMCA buildings have provided means for (Continued on Page 4. Column 1) Communist quarters in Chungking charged that the Nationalists were carrying out large-scale conscription in six North China provinces to increase their forces for civil war.

The Communists said a mark of 100.000 men was set in Honan province alone. The same sources asserted Nationalist armies reinforced Tatung, North Shansi railway junction, to collaborate with "Japanese and puppet in an attac-K on commu nist-held areas. he version is that Taung is under siege bv fnmmuntsts and reiniotce the ments must be sent to reuee defenders A delayed dispaicn iroin rtui-ated Press Correspondent John Roderick at Yenan said Communist headquarters feared the Kuomin-tang (Chiang's Nationalist Party) might be using forthcoming peace talks a stalling tactic while preparing for all-out civil war. Never- fnmmnnists were nre- Tnf h. inc a to send delegates, they will Gen.

Tu's Nationalist Troops Seize 70 Former Jap Planes ileide de Gasperi Becomes Premier of Italy in Crisis CHUNGKING. Dec. 4. Rumors of a Chinese Communist air force northern Manchuria and charges of mass conscription for Nationalist forces kept the threat of renewed civil war alive in China fodav. Lt.

Gen. Tit Nationalist troops seized 70 former Japanese airplanes in a surprise raid vesterdav on a Communist airdrome near Cliinhsien, 130 miles southwesr of Mukden. Associated Press Correspondent Olin Clements Sported. He said all were in operating rendition. Rumors drift-Jng down from Harbin said Com munists had mnrp nianps and were readv tr, ItC.

pinst. Tu's forces. Advance elements of Tu's armies ere 30 rmies from Mukden, wait-fS a go ahead signal from Russian forces before moving into the Chinese press dispatches said Chang Hsu-shih had already moved in: the citv with his inde Pendent, amv and was waiuns ROME. Dec. Aleide do premier 'if Palv 'ia pen became 'oda af'er a nme-dav government nsi-.

The and bis was expected to an-pew cabinet soon jstjan Democrat leader was named premier by Crown Prince I'mberto. lieutenant general of the realm, after a Liberal party conference gave up a de- for De Gasperi." Gasperi was expected re-. tain foreign minis'ry portfolio lie held in th cabinet of I Premier Ferruccio Parri, who re-, theirnand for the key ministry of in-during ri'r and decided to enter the gov-shortages because of "great esteem ing repatriated. The question arose in confection with a request from Cahforria 30.000 fruit field workers, said JE1 NacionaL a. wpev welcome Tu I leave.