Ogden Standard-Examiner (Newspaper) - January 26, 1946, Ogden, Utah The Weather Scattered clouds northwest portion this afternoon otherwise clear tonight and Sunday colder tonight continued cold Sunday high today 25 to 35 low Sunday morning five below zero to 15 above except 35 in Utah's Dixie Seventy-sixth 172 The United Press Associated Press OGDEN SATURDAY EVENING JANUARY 26 1946 NEA Servico AP Service EIGHT PAGES Temperatures For 24-hour period ending sevea m today Min-Max Ogden 13 44 Omaha 41 Albuquerque 37 61 Phoenix 14 Atlanta 44 57 Pocatello 18 K Bismarck 11 Portland Or 34 43 Boise 21 13 32 Butte 25 Reno 14 40 Rock Springs 8 25 Denver 10 61 Salt Lake 17 34 Grand June 15 45 San Antonio 37 7 Las Vegas 41 67 San Fran 39 Los Angeles 53 74 St 54 27 Seattle 31 46 New Orleans 53 61 Sheridan 31 New York 37 37 Okla City 24 23 FINAL EDITION 3 Top Generals Accused By General Short of Making Him Generals Marshall Miles Gerow Blamed Me He Says 1 WASHINGTON Jan 26 Gen Walter C Short today named Gens George C Marshall L T Gerow and Sherman Miles as individual members of the general staff he said tried to shift to him the blame for the Pearl Harbor disaster Testifying for the fifth day be- for a committee the 1941 Hawaiian army commander expanded under questioning by Sen Ferguson R Mich his pre- vious charge that the war ment had attempted to make him the scapegoat Ferguson asked who Short meant by the war department Short re- plied he was talking about the general staff Ferguson wanted to know which individuals Short said he had An mind Gens Marshall who then was chief of staff Gerow then head of the war plans division and Miles then head of gence Says Information Lacking They were the ones the witness said who should have sent him information that he did not get and which he contended would have caused him to place in effect an all-out alert that might have caused the Jap task force to turn back Ferguson wanted to know er Short felt that former Secretary of War Stimson should be listed among those the witness said at- tempted to shift the blame to him On technical grounds no Short said but on policy matters yes What had he meant by Ferguson asked i I meant just ifie ordinary usage of the word the ness replied I meant someone they saddled the blame on in order to get it off themselves Short said he thought that on Page Two Column Two Radar Echo to Moon and Back Miles to Hie Mow ROUND TRIP IN 2'7 SECONDS AT PER SECOND Diagram at W Signal and direction of John H Jr radar contact with tne moon miles dis- tant topographical mapping of moon determination of composition and of oilier bodies radar guiding of future spact lockets The World Today By DeWitt Mackenzie MADRID Jan 26 Franco is quick to com- bat any suggestion that his is backward in political reform Progress which would seem slow in one country ever be regarded as good going in another Apropos of this matter of speed I had asked co if he was headed for absolute democracy that is rule by the PEACETIME POSSIBILITIES This structure at side built by the army signal corps scientists is the instrument used in achieving the first radar contact with the moon by ing radar pulses of extremely high frequency and energy against the satellite with the speed of light Findings were recorded on a screen at the Evans signal laboratory mar N J Diagram il- lustrates achievement of army signal corps engineers in the outer layers of atmosphere with radar pulses Radar to Explore Strange Electric Blanket he had Yes But we must proceed by people are properly prepared Political Reform I introduced the question by saying the impression abroad right or wrong is that very tle has been done toward political reform in purposely blunt approach to the subject I gested would be very ful if the generalissimo could clear up this matter With much he re- although it is very for people to be able to in- the facts about others Conclave Stresses out knowing the situation events which went before and The United States is a young and new country in political life Spain has lived a great deal of political life and lived it very rapidly Democratic Reforms It was almost a century and a half ago that it Spain began to adopt democratic forms and it has passed through all the The tranquil stages with two great parties the following stages when it became impossible to govern be- cause of the breaking up of those two parties into 15 or 20 the tion into politics of the working masses and their obedience to for- eign commands for the ing of social revolution -I -am sure that the day on which U S has passed through these or similar phases its lic opinion will understand the problems of Spain Since oar war of liberation the civil war of ended the progress and perfection of ish politics have been constant For three years the Spanish cortes parliament has been functioning without interruption In it the syndicates the municipal ments and the corporations have their elective representation and during this time there have been discussed and drawn im- portant changes in the original great number of important laws Some of them which met with many difficulties had to be withdrawn by the ministers who presented them Recently there has been the referendum in order to effect the direct tation of nation in those laws are transcendent and there is now in preparation the new electoral census which will permit t us to establish the natural play of public consultation Leading off the first district con- vention of clubs since Pearl Harbor James Venetti Coronado Calif national president told and convention gates today at Ben Lomond Hotel that the club is a young man's organization and as such will continue to devote itself to the youth of the land must serve to be served Mr Venetti emphasized ship awaits the young men of the country and they must prepare for it with a sincerity of purpose knowing that he who serves best is best served Pointing out that no one can wait for his place in the world but must assiduously seek it the tional president said that men have become great through the sincerity they show in devoting their lives to others to the city state ment and youth of the world He who serves himself alone fall away from arid ally become an object of intense hatred Being a union of many clubs the on a basis of fiting not only the association and its members but the state and the nation as well Mr Venetti said A1 the present time attempts are be- ing made by club members to aid and direct young people of the United States and Mexico in as many ways as possible he stated Boys clubs have been formed un- der guidance of a member hiking trips and camping trips have been promoted by individua clubs as wll as sporting and merous recreational activities tha are necessary to the guidance and help of young boys In conclusion said Sincerity of service is now anc must ever be our slogan for sue cess the initial business session an officers meeting was conducted including J Clair president of the Ogden chapter and general chairman of the convention Mr Venetti John Isbell Reno Nev president of the Nevada district Ray Fletcher In- glewood Calif national vice ident Robert Carpenter Grand Junction Colo district governor of the district and Harold Fletcher Provo deputy district governor Plans were in readiness for a dinner tonight at the Ben Lomond hotel at seven-thirty o clock Chairman Owens said The Sunday convention program will a breakfast at ten a m with Jay C Newman special FBI agent in charge of the Salt Lake office as guest speaker lowing the day's business meetings the convention will conclude with a bowling tournament during the afternoon WASHINGTON Jan 26 UP Scientists said today that the most practical immediate use of the army's be to explore the mysterious electrically charged blanket around the earth When scientists find out just how various radio waves behave in the ionosphere they hope to be able to greatly increase the efficiency of radio communications and mately develop ways to control rocket weapons or even space ships by radio Contact With Moon The contact with the moon proved what scientists had pre- viously suspected that radio wayes would pass the ionosphere The ised in normal radio ions will not go through the sphere but are bounced back To give a rough idea one tist said suppose you stand on your back porch and throw peas it the screen All bounce back Throw sand at the screen and it will go through If there was a solid surface just outside the screen some sand might bounce back through The screen is like the ionosphere the sand like ul- waves the peas like used in normal com- Complicated Region Scientists already have learned much about the ionosphere They know it is a complicated region composed of several strata or ers with different ionic The higher layer is the most heavily charged with ions and has the greatest power to refract UNO lames Group To Consider Location in U.S New York Boston New Jersey Areas Examined LONDON Jan 26 The united nations assembly today created a special nation committee to consider where in the United States the UNO headquarters will be located The committee will re- the report of the which has been examining possible sites in the New York Boston and Princeton N areas The subcommittee is expected back in London next week Organizational detail occupied the delegates who anticipated few week-end developments Everyone was awaiting the security council meeting called for next Monday afternoon when the Iran issue will be raised again New Iran Regime Delegates kept a close watch on dispatches from Tehran in belief that a new Iranian government may be formed over the end to replace the one of Premier Ibrahim Hakimi who resigned a few days ago There were gestions that a new government might withdraw the Iranian com- plaint against Russia Such action probably would be accompanied by an Iranian offer to settle issues in bilateral talks with Russia as the Soviet gation has proposed delegates be- Unable to Pay Three united nations have fied the UNO that they will be unable to make their second con- to UNRRA which has beer fixed at 1 per cent of each country's national income The countries are Brazil South Africa and Australia Brazil said her first tion of was actually 10 per cent of her national income Australia and South Africa off droughts Ford Signs Pact With Meat Strikers Ordered Back Rail Factions Will Arbitrate London GI Brides Babies Leave Geneva Figures In Raiser Merger Plans NEW YORK Jan 26 UP Henry J Kaiser today confirmed reports that he is contemplating a merger of a number of steel Kaiser in a formal statement acknowledged that joint operation of his Fontana Calif steel mill Republic Steel Co the Geneva steel plant in Utah Colorado Fuel Iron Co and the Wickwire cer Steel Co has been under dis- cussion Moreover he added just this morning two additional small steel plants have been suggested as cal additions to the list He did not name them Depends On Several Factors Kaiser says the merger depends on a number of factors First Fontana and Geneva must be made equitable financially sound arrangements and EN ROUTE TO U S Two brides of U S service men and their babies appear at the window of a train as they leave London for the former army camp at Perham Down Wilshire where temporary quarters were provided as they awaited departure for the U S Control Asked On Spending WASHINGTON Jan 26 Congress says Rep Dworshak must restore its control over federal spending He raised a point of contention that legislative authority was lacking inclusion of a emergency fund for the president in the independent offices Rep Hendiicks in charge of the made no protest and the speaker ruled the item out He mentioned that congress re- cently reduced federal taxes We wonder he said if it is not likewise the duty of congress to see that commensurate reductions and saving in the costs of the federal government are made to justify the amount of the reductions which have already been made in federal taxes completed with Colorado Fuel Iron Additionally the merger would be subject to the approval of holders in all companies involved after the foregoing had been achieved would the tion be ready for public financing waves The lower layer is least heavily charged and dio the bounces back the fewest waves Waves of different lengths are re- fracted from different layers un- til finally high frequency or ultra- short waves will penetrate the ionosphere and not be refracted These were the waves bounced off the moon Ini Killed By Car IRONTON Utah Jan 26 AP Chris Miller 58 vice president of the Utah State C I O was killed early this morning and officers be- lieve he was the victim of a driver The Springville Utah man was returning from work at the Columbia Steel plant on his bicycle when the accident occurred Walter Anderson Springville of- ficer said Miller and his bike were struck by the right fender of a car A fellow employe also returning from work found the body The steel plant is struck in a wage dispute but tenance employes are permitted to work Miller had been employed there for 20 years as a locomotive engineer Bulletin LONG BEACH Calif Jan ZS army Lockheed jet-propelled fighters took off through overcast skies today for New York shooting for a transcontinental speek mark 01 four hours The present record for the flight is five hours 27 minutes set by Superfortress Dreamboat from Burbank Break Unions Charge Hurled WASHINGTON Jan 26 AP The Republican party General Motors and striking auto- workers all were charged today with contributing to the troubled labor situation Rep of Massachusetts house Democratic leader claimed the was backing big business in a to break the Sen Morse said the strike looked to him as if both sides simply want to slug it out without any interference from con- gress The senate labor committee oJ which Morse is a member further information on the Genera Motors deadlock by calling Walter Reuther youthful boss of the auto workers who walked out weeks ago nine Children Will Sail for America TIDWORTH England Jan 26 first group of 225 GI brides and children left the army's nursery camp here at dawn today in a fleet of 10 buses on the ond leg of their long to join husbands and fathers in the States The buses traveled mile to the Tidworth station where of- and helped the group aboard a special train for trip to Southampton There the er Argentina scheduled to sail at sunset for the United States Others Will Follow The remainder of the 451 brides children booked for passage on the Argentina were to follow in a second special train A mother-in-law problem plaguing one wife It was reported that she had writen her GI husband in Missouri saying her mother wanted to keep their daughter because she could not bear to be parted from all of you The reported the husband had replied that ed his daughter eldest of their two children to come to the ed States mother brought her to Tidworth camp for ing with their youngest child The mother-in-law however came to the camp and took the child back to her Weymouth home My daughter has another baby coming and I know what a job she would have with two in her arms as well so I decided to bring with me for awhile Grazing Fee Hike Of Meat Subsidies Jan 26 Fees for grazing on public lands will be increased until six months after discontinuance of eral meat arid production subsidies Secretary ickes said today He added however that mately a substantial increase in the would not be un- reasonable His views were contained in a letter to Sen Hatch M He said there were two as to possible future in- The wide disparity between the grazing fee of five cents a head a month for cattle and one sheep on range and the prices being paid for the rental of comparable state and privately owned range land and The values of grazing on the public land ly recognized in the sale or lease of range properties that are fied to receive grazing permits His action Ickes said was taken on the recommendation of ence L Forsling of Salt Lake City director of the grazing service who observed that it would be for the interior department to increase the cost of meat duction by raising grazing fees while the government was paying subsidies to growers under production program Ickes directed Forsling to make further recommendations 6 months after the have been discontinued Decline Comment PROVO Utah Jan 26 UP Officials of the Geneva Steel Co today declined to comment on Henry J Kaiser's New York ment that merge several steel Dr Walther Mathesius Geneva president admitted he'd heard rumors was discussing such a merger but Mathesius in- they were merely rumors as far was concerned Other steel industry sources here said they'd suspected something of this nature was in the wind sirico Cyprus Eaton of Cleveland inspected Geneva last fall Eaton chairman of the board of the Otis Co of Cleveland is a ber of the board of directors of Republic Steel been with issuance of stock in the new Automobile company Actress Robbed NEW Martha YORK Jan Raye radio 26 AP and screen star today reported to the of 16 pieces of jewelry she valued at to Seek Office Despite Hint for Youths WASHINGTON Jail 26 for a short year Maw Backs Kaiser SALT LAKE CITY Jan 26 UP Gov Herbert B Maw said today he'd support Henry J Kaiser any other person or who's interested in operating the big Geneva steel plant as a com- plete unit ever the governor said that he'd oppose anyone who might try to buy Geneva and turn it into an exclusive producer of that would be sent to other states for conversion into steel Labor Situation In U S Takes On Brighter Hue By Associated Press Three significant ments brightened the strike situation in the U S today and pointed the way for sible settlement of other dis- putes which have kept 000 workers idle throughout the country The following moves toward peace in three important industries were taken: 1 Negotiators for the Ford tor company and the United Automobile Workers settled their wage dispute on trie basis of an in- crease of 18 cents an hour 2 The nation's major railroads and 18 of the 20 railroad labor unions agreed to arbitrate union wage demands for ers or about 85 per cent of the railroad employes 3 The United house Workers union urged its members to return to work Monday in packing plants now un- der control and operation by the government but did not call off its strike Meat Supply Assured Coupled with assertions by the Amalgamated Meat Cutters and Butcher Workmen that its 000 striking members were back at work or ready to go back the C I O action out would assure Uncle Sam that the labor force of on strike since Jan 16 would meat production rolling again next week Decision of the leadership by -J dark un- ion president reversed its action of yesterday before federal seizure at today A joint Auto Workers statement An agreement on a wage in- crease of cents an hour was reached today by the Ford Motor company and the The effective date of the wage increase still has not been decided Details connected with fair cient and uninterrupted tion will be discussed at an early date and we hope that the wage increase will become effective not later than Feb 1 We have confidence that there will be an early termination to all matters remaining to be will be running for election to the senate as usual this year despite a colleague's harsh hint that younger men might a better job Statistics on 33 of the 34 tors whose terms expire this year show that four have reached or passed the magic three score and ten years They are Senators Raymond E Willis both 70 David I Walsh 73 and Kenneth McKellar The age of the senator was not readily available Who's Who the congressional di- rectory nor his office could re- veal the age of Senator Charles O Andrews The matter of senators and their R Hart a retired naval officer who was appointed I to et v The term expires with this session ojt congress Hart announced he would a candidate for ther senate service He explained that six more years will carry me well into and that is the age of declining powers for most men Hart will be 69 this mer Some of his senior colleagues ma disagreed There has been no hint from any of them including the quartet of terms expire this year whose that they New Housing Boss WASHINGTON Jan 26 Wilson Wyatt who gave up a law practice to become the mayor of Louisville Ky moved in today on one of the biggest headaches The newcomer to the administration yesterday was ed the task of solving the critical housing shortage when he was named by President Truman as national housing administrator He succeeds John B Blandford Jr who will go to China soon to set up a new budget system for the Chinese Blandford was named as the nation's housing boss by the late President Roosevelt The switch is effective February 1 Wyatt was brought to ton recently as housing expediter in charge of the government's new priority system for veterans ing under Reconversion Director John W Snyder Resignation Hinted For 2 U S Envoys WASHINGTON Jan 26 The imminent resignation of the two topmost U S envoys was fore- cast today by usually well in- formed diplomatic officials They said that Averell Harriman to Russia and John Winant ambassador to Britain were ready to quit their posts There has been some tion that Harriman may be by Fiorello LaGuardia for- mer mayor of New York now a columnist and radio commentator One group has advocated ment of a military man to the Moscow post Joseph Davies former ambassa- dor to Russia and James Dunn assistant secretary of state have been mentioned as possible to Winant Harriman left Moscow by plane Thursday for home He has been reported as anxious to return to private ness tiated 15.1 Per Cent Raise The increase agreed upon is c j did not feel equal to at least six more senate years McKellar the oldest senator ex- to be a 1946 candidate for re-election is far from the old man of the senate That tion belongs to Carter Glass He is 88 Continued On Page Twoj Column One Hawaii Sugar Declines HONOLULU T H Jan 26 UP Hawaiian sugar production hit its lowest ebb in 19 years during 1945 with only ex- ported Honolulu sugar producers today The islands 1944 production was tons it was pointed out at Age 66 On Job as Usual TOKYO Jan 26 Douglas MacArthur was 66 years old two years past the statutory retirement for the sharp-eyed supreme allied commander it was just another working day The general inter- his regular routine only to receive members of his staff who called to extend birthday greetings and to lunch with and decorate Sixth army commander Lieutenant General Walter Krueger who celebrated his sixty-fifth birthday today Bing in Old Spot HOLLYWOOD Jan 26 AP Bing Crosby will return to his Thursday night radio program Feb 7 his brother Larry announced today and remain on the air for the Kraft company perhaps until June equivalent to 15.1 per cent against an original demand by the union for a 30 per cent increase The union had scaled down its demand from 30 to 16.3 per cent before day's announced meeting of the H H Schwartz chairman of the national railway mediation board said the brotherhoods had agreed to submit their wage demands to two arbitration He said the procedure for handling the unions demands for rule changes has been disposed of by ings between the parties now ing into the arbitration according to United Press The 18 brotherhoods represent about workers or 85 per cent of all the railroad employes in the nation Two Others Walk Out Two other brotherhoods the Brotherhood of Railroad Trainmen and the Brotherhood of Locomotive Engineers walked out of the sessions last week after in- sisting that 45 rule changes they sought be considered along with the wage demands The two brotherhoods ing about 15 per cent of the railroad workers are now preparing to take a strike vote The 18 brotherhoods who signed today's agreement said they would defer action on rule changes until the wage issue has been settled Schwartz said Of the 18 unions who agreed to mediation 15 have demanded a an hour wage increase The three operating brotherhoods ing firemen men seek a a day pay boost The giant steel strike entered its sixth day and added to the steelworkers off the job m a wage dispute were an additional workers in related industries said the Associated Press Steel Plants Closed Steel plants aluminum and iron ore mines in 29 states re- mained closed and thousands of workers in coal mines and railroads were affected The Ford Motor company laid off workers at Detroit another were to be laid off a week of the steel strike may force the company to shut down com- Meanwhile in Detroit negotiators for Chrysler corporation and United Auto Workers planned to resume wage discussions as reports persisted that the company had of- the union an cent hourly wage increase retroactive to Jan 1 A company spokesman however declared the report just another
