mm
KM
warn
mm
mm
"On to Tokyo"
Underscore the current battle
cry by buying war bonds to the
limit of your ability. Slackening
on the home front because the
nazls ore "kaput" will delay the
knockout of Japan. Better to
over-buy than be over-confident
euietv
Established 1873
Conquest, of
Handful of Japs Making Last
Stand on Island Tip; 30,000 of
Enemy Driven Into Luzon Trap
. , I By the Associated Press)
l The end of the Okinawa campaign after 82 days of savage
fighting was announced by Adm. Nimiti today, giving American
forces a strategic base only 325 miles from Japan.
Costliest of all the central and western Pacific campaigns,
the battle of Okinawa took a toll of 25,1 16 Americans killed and
wounded up to four weeks ago, and cost the enemy more than
90,000 dead.
While the big guns of the fleet and the artillery battalions
fell silent, U. S. Tenth army forces still hammered with tanks and
flamethrowers at two small pockets on the southern tip of the
island mopping . up a handful of Japanese who refused to
surrender. -
Nlmltz announcement was
made shortly after MacArtliur
reported from Manila Gen. Jo
seph W. Stilwell, chief of army
ground forces, would take over
command of the Tenth army.
Victory was proclaimed only
three days after Stilwell's prede
cessor, Lt. Gen. Simon Bolivar
Buckner, Jr., was killed by a Jap
anese shell burst as he watched
the final, decisive assault.
It fulfilled Buckner's predic
tion, made a short time before
he was struck down, it was un
likely the enemy could hold out
more than a week longer.
Japs In Sorry Plight
Presumably one of the remain
in;; pockets was near the south
east shore where the Japanese
general commanding the garri
son was holed up. The other prob-
In the Day's Hews
By FRANK JENKINS ;
WITH victory In sight, General
Simon Bolivar Buckner,
ground commander on Okinawa,
is killed. -
He was In a forward observa
tion post, watching an assault by
a marine combat team. Jap artil
lerymen got the range and drop
ped half a dozen shells in a close
pattern. Splinters from one of
them killed Buckner instantly.
A few days earlier, the Jap naval
commander In the Ryukyus had
been killed.
Shooting war takes high and
low alike.
OKINAWA is all but over as a
battle. There remains only the
grewsome task of killing the 5000
or so Japs left In a more or less
organized body and rooting an un
determined number out of scat
tered caves and holes.
IN the Cagayan valley of north
ern Luzon, the retreating Japs
are using ox carts drawn by
water buffaloes for transport,
their trucks having been badly
smashed up by our planes. When
they get where they are going
(presumably the beaches at the
island's northern end) there will
be nowhere else to go for there
can be no Jap ships to rescue
them.
Their wlerd Bushido code leaves
(Continued on page 2)
Japan's Industries Easier to
Crush Than Germany's, Says
General James H. Doolittle
WASHINGTON, June 21. (AP) The strategic bombing of
Japan will be carried out by two separate heavy bombardment
forces, the 20th and the 8th. -
This was disclosed today by Lt. Gen. James H. Doolittle, chief
of the 8th air force which now is being redeployed from Europe to
the Pacific area.
He said he believed Japan
would be easier to destroy indus
trially than Germany because:
1. There is a greater concentra
tion of Japanese industry than
was found in Germany.
2. The targets in Japan are
more inflammable.
3. The Japanese war economy
and industry do not have the re
cuperative power which Germany
had.
4. The Japanese he said, have
not had time to put their factories
underground as the Germans
were doing In the closing months
of the European war.
'- The general, who led the first
:
GENERAL KILLED Lt. Gen.
Simon Bolivar Buckner, Jr.,
above, commander of America's
Tenth army on bloody Okinawa,
was killed by an enemy artillery
shell at a forward observation
post.
Taeoma High School Girl
Victim of Brutal Attack
SEATTLE, June 21 (AP)
Brutally beaten, a girl, identified
Las a lb-year-oia lacoma ttign
school student, was found on a
south end vacant lot here about
6 o'clock this morning. At a hos
pital where she was reported in
a critical condition, it was lound
she had a jaw fracture, probable
skull fracture, numerous cuts and
bruises. Attendants said she may
have been raped.
Patrolmen said the girl's cloth
ing had been ripped off and there
were evidences of a terrific strug
gle. Vancouver Plans Closure
To Spur Sale of E Bonds
VANCOUVER, Wash., June 21
(AP) Vancouver, its bond
sales dragging, is going to close
Its doors one entire day and send
all employes out to sell bonds.
The move was voted by
businessmen last night, who re
ported that the county has sold
only 58 per cent of its E bond
goal, with just 9 days left to go.
bombing raid on Tokvo in 1942
by flying bombers from an air
craft carrier, was asked if he ex
pected to go over Tokyo this time.
"I don't think lt would be ex
pedient for me to go over Tokyo
until the job there is done," he
replied. "I should not like to fall
into Japanese hands.
He then explained that there
is a standing order against any
officer who has knowledge of
future strategic plans allowing
himself to get into a position
where he might fall Into the
enemy's hands.
OREGON,
&i&Jawa lEMedNSmStz
A. J. Suomela Appointed
Master Fish Warden of
Oregon, With Hoy as Aide
PORTLAND, Ore., June 21
(AP) Arnle J. Suomela,
llwaco, Wash., was appointed
master fish warden of Ore-
gon today by the Oregon '
State Fish commission. '
Suomela, managing biolo
gist of the Washington fish
eries department, will take
over his new post August 1. .
M. T. Hoy will continue as
secretary of the commission
under the title of assistant
master fish warden. Irvin
French, now field superin
tendent, will replace Hugh
C. Mitchell as chief fish cul
turist. Mitchell will become
special commission represen
tative on the proposed Colum
bia river basin development
plans.
Friday Vote to
Be Very Light,
Expectation
Two Important measures, refer
red to the voters' of the state of
Oregon, will be decided Friday at
the- state-wide special election.
Observers are anticipating a very
light turnout of voters, despite
the importance of the two issues.
Of major concern is the 310
million postwar state building
fund proposal, which would ear
mark surplus income tax reve
nue, already on hand, to be used
to construct new buildings at the
various state institutions and fur
additions, improvements nnd new
facilities, as well as providing ad
ditional facilities for the state
system of higher education. The
sum of $6 -million would' be used
for institutions aside from schools
and $4 million for schools ..
- The ballot title provides for a
five-mill property tax for each
of two years, but no tax will be
levied or collected, If the meas
ure Is passed, as money already
is on hand to offset the tax.
Cigaret Levy Also at Issue
The second measure would im
pose a tax of two cents per pack
age on cigarets, the money to be
distributed to the state's elemen
tary and high schools on a basis
of the number of teachers em
ployed. The tax would provide ap
proximately $12,000 annually to
the Roseburg school district.
Polling places in Douglas coun
ty will open at 8 a. m. and will re
main open until 8 p. m. The elec
tion machinery normally used for
a general election is required,
with double boards In all except
smaller precincts. Ballots have
Deen primea, Danoc Doxes pre
pared, and materials distributed
to all of the county's election
boards, County Clerk Roy Agee
reports.
Bills Protect Right of
Women in Postwar Jobs
WASHINGTON, June 21 (AP)
Two senators moved today to
preserve the right of women to
postwar jobs if they want them.
Legislation barting job discrim
inations because of sex was pro
posed by Senators Pepper . (D.
Fla.) and Morse (R.-Ore.), . vest
ing enforcement powers in the
women's bureau of the labor de
partment. "Women In producing ' the
weapons of war have, in many
industries and occupations, dem
onstrated their ability to turn out
the same day's work as men do,"
the authors said in a statement.
"From now on hey should be as
sured the same pay for the same
work."
Their bill would declare it an
unfair labor practice for any em
ployer engaged In interstate com
merce to discriminate between
sexes by (1) paying a different
wage to females for the same job
and (2) firing a female and re
placing ner witn a male- em
ployee.
Reedsport Man Gets 1 0
Years for Manslaughter
COOUILLE. June 21. (AP)
William J. Johnson, Reedsport
millworker arrested in the death
of Vivian Lafay Daniels, has
been sentenced to 10 vears in the
oenitentiary after pleading guilty
to a manslaughter charge.
Miss Daniels died June 9 at
North Bend and Johnson was ar
rested after an autopsy revealed
death caused by a blow on the
head.
Warrens ReaDDOinted
SALEM. Ore.. June 21 (AP)
Robert H. Warrens, Forest
Grove, was reappointed today by
Governor Snell to a four-year
term on the state sou consewa
tion commission.
THURSDAY, JUNE 21,
Log Truckers
Lose Heavily
On Bad Roads
Inadequate maintenance of the
North Umpqua road between
Roseburg and Glide is costing 30
per cent of the life of logging
trucks, resulting in an average
of one Hat tire per truck per
day and destruction of one tire
per truck every alternate day and
lowering log production from a
minimum of 30 per cent to a max
imum of 70 per cent, according
to reports made last night at u
meeting of the Douglas County
Log Truckers association.
One operator told the meeting
that seven out of ten of his trucks
are laid up for repairs or because
of lack of rubber and that woods
Droductlon is down 70 Der cent
because of inability to move the
logs from the woods. Another op
erator reported 50 per cent equip
ment breakage, while a third has
40 per cent of his equipment out
of service because of lack of rub
ber. One fleet has 40 wheels with
out tires.
Truck Darhages Costly
Tire repairmen reported tiiat
tires from trucks operating the
North Umpqua route require
more service and are in worse
condition than those from any
other section of the county.
Eauinment breakage, resulting
in prolonged layoffs for repairs,
Continued on page 6)
Gen. Eisenhower Given
Big Two-State Welcome
KANSAS CITY. June 21 (AP)
General of the Army Dwight
D. Elsenhower and 53 members
of his cfficlal party returning
fro'm Europe came home today to
his native mlddlewest to receive
a tumultuous two-state homecom
ing celebration nnd greet his 83-
year-old mother, Mrs. Ida E. Ei-
sennower, oi ADiiene, iias., ana
four brothers.
Tonight the whole Elsenhower
clan, some (55 of them, will as
semble for the first complete
family reunion in 20 years. This
will be at Abilene, Kas., the gen
eral's home.
West Coast States Set
Up Conference Board
PORTLAND, Ore., June 21.
(AP) A 23-man board of lnter
government relations will meet
In San Francisco September 21 to
begin work on governmental
problems of the three west coast
states.
The board 11 representatives
of federal agencies and 12 local
reireset natives was set up here
yesterday by a conference of
Oregon, Washington, and Cali
fornia officials.
Oregon men named to the
board: George Aiken, Salem, and
Earl RHey and Frank Shull, Port
land. Record One-Day Bond
Sale In Oregon Posted
PORTLAND, June 21 (AP)
The largest single-day bond sale
in the Seventh war loan drive
was reported in Oregon today.
The total one-day total of $7,
411,816 brought Oregon's bond
sales to $90,831,787. E bond sales
to date stand at 37,859,496.
Nation-wide Black Market in
Shingles Declared Bared by
Arrest of Alleged Big Shots
SEATTLE, June 21. (AP) Arrested at Bellingham, Oscar J.
Olson, president, and H. R. Main, secretary of the Northwestern
Lumber & Shingle Co., of Bellingham, posted $7,500 bail here last
evening on San Antonio, Tex., federal grand Jury Indictments
charging conspiracy to violate the emergency price control act. They
agreed to stand trial in San Antonio. R. D. Reser, a third defendant,
Is out on bail at San Antonio.
The arrest of the Bellingham
men, on fugitive warrants, an
OPA announcement said, cracked
open a nation-wide black market
in shingles, originating In Wash
ington and British Columbia.
More arrests of lumber and shin
pip operators were expected, the
OPA said, and added:
"First reports reached OI'A
from lumber yards In Texas that
thev were forced to pay side
money to Reser if thev wanted to
obtain critlrallv needed shingles
from the Northwestern Lumber
& Shln"le Co. OPA found that he
was splitting these Illegal and ex
cessive side payments with Obon
and Main."
The OPA statement quoted J.
Charles Dennis, U. S. district at
195
, :'-' n t '-3r '
KNITTING QUEEN When . it
comes to knitting , and perling,
Mrst-D. J. Gooch, above, of Ox
ford, N. C, takes Red Cross
laurels. Since 1940, when that
organization called for knitting
volunteers, Mrs. Gooch has
turned out 660 pieces, including
404 sweaters, 90 socks, 93 hel
mets, 39 watch-caps, two muf
flers and eight four-piece tod
dle packs.
40 El 8 Will Hold
State Meet Here
J.nglonnaires from all parts of
urcgon are expected in Koseourg
Saturday evening to attend a
state conference of the 40 et 8,
fun and service 'organization of
the American Legion. The meet
ing will open with a banquet at
the Knights of Pythias lodge hull
at 6 o'clock. .
The meeting is called for the
purpose of discussing activities
of the organization and making
plans tor ne summer ana lull
program.
One of the principal topics for
discussion will be the sunpjrt
being given by the 40 et 8 to re
lief of veterans aflicted with Han
sen's disease, a form of leprosy,
and consideration of a possible
southern Oregon site for a lepro
sarium. Wider Reciprocal Trade
Bill Passed by Senate .
WASHINGTON, June 21 (AP)
The broadened, extended, recip
rocal trade legislation which
President Truman called "of the
first order of importance for the
success of my administration"
was his for the signing toduy.
The senate passed it yesterday
by a vote of 54 to 21. First it re
stored a house-approved provision
permitting Mr. Truman to reduce
selected tariff rates another 50
per cent. Then lt slapped down a
series of proposed restrictive
amendments.
It extends the trade law three
more vears. and. with the addi
tional rate-cutting authority,
gives the president and the state
department- fresh bargaining
power In working out export
Import deals with other nations.
torney here, and Jerome S. Disc
hoff, regional chief of OPA lum
ber enforcement and A. H. Hitch
cock, OPA district lumber en
forcement attorney the latter to
the effect that the defendants not
only received side money on their
sales but paid side money to
other lumber mills and dealers
In this area and Canada when
they needed more shingles to fill
orders.
The statement added that
"names and sellers found to have
collected illegal overcharges In
the form of side payments, or
who have concealed their over
charges by fraudulent invoices or
records, are being reported to the
U. S. Treasury department for In
vestigation on income tax."
45-144
Transfer of
OPA'sFdod
Power Sought
WASHINGTON. June 21 (AP)
Broadening a recommendation
from Herbert Hoover, Representative-
Jenkins (R'.-Ohto) today
proposed a price control amend
ment ' transferring - all OPA
powers over food to the Agricul
ture department.
Jenkins read to the house yes
terday a letter from Hoover In
which the former president and
World War 1 food administrator
called for "an administrative
revolution" to combat meat and
fats shortages.
Referring to scarcities In cities,
Hoover criticized conditions he
said produced black markets and
set forth a 12.point program de
signed to meet the problem. He
suggested concentrating authority
under a system where no govern
ment subsidies would be re
quired. "The existence of black mar
kets in meat and fats (except
milk) in every city of the coun
try," Hoover wrote, "'is sufficient
evidence of a breakdown in con
trol of both distribution and
price."
Jenkins, chairman of the re
publican food study committee,
read the 2,000-word Hoover letter
as the house opened debate on
legislation prolonging, the price
and rationing law for one year.
Plans Transfer Demand
Later he told newspapermen
he would offer an amendment,
when voting begins tomorrow, to
strip OPA of food pricing and
rationing authority and transfer
the responsibility to the War
Food administrator, under the
Agriculture department. Rep. P.
Clinton P. Anderson (D.-N. M.)
takes over July X as both secre
tary of agriculture and WFA ad
ministrator. The nmendment will not at
tempt to embody all the proposals
put forward by Hoover. Most of
the recommendations, Jenkins
said, should be considered as. a
matter of administration. ,
"The secretary of agriculture,".
Hoover said, "should be not only
food administrator, as the presi
dent has already announced, but
in my view the secretary of agri
culture should also have physi
cally transferred to him all the
(Continued on page fit
Referendum on
Voter Law Fails
SALEM, June 20. (AP)
Sponsors of the referendum
against the bitterly-contested 1945
act creating the office of elec
tion registrar lor Muitnoman
county failed by 217 to obtain the
14,442 signatures of registered
voters, the state department said
today.
The bill now is law.
The referendum was sponsored
by the Multnomah county Demo
cratic central committee, which
charged that the overwhelmingly
Republican legislature passed the
law lor tne soio purpose oi strip
ping AI Brown, newly' elected
Democratic county clerk, of his
election powers. The registrar
would be appointed by trie county
commissioners, wno are KepuD
licans. ,
Only one referendum move
against a 1945 law was success-
ful. This was the measure to
further restrict commercial fish
ing in coastal streams. It con
tained 4,000 signatures more than
were necessary.
Oregon Needs 79,896
Tires, Survey Reveals
PORTLAND, June 21 (AP)
Oregon needs 79,896 tires between
now and September to replace
tires worn out by four years' war
time duty, a rubber survey indi
cated today.
A nation-wide report by the
Rubber Manufacturing associa
tion indicated tiiat 20,uuu,uoo pas
senger car tires will go off the
road In 1945. Oregon alone will
lose 266,320 this year, the report
saiu.
Revenge-Seeking Negro
Shot by Detective
SEATTLE, Juno 21 (AD
Police reports stated Detective
Allison Alexander of Portland,
shot a 23-year-old Negro in the
leg here last evening when the
Negro recognized the detective
on the street as having had him
failed previously, and attempted
to "get even." Alexander is here
to Investigate a Portland murder
case.
Signature; of Fifty Nations to
Follow Next Week; Truman will
Submit Document to Senate
SAN FRANCISCO, Juno 21. (AP) A charter embracing
the views of 50 united nations was wrapped up today into a world
document designed to maintain peace.
The conference, which began on Aprit 25, achieved that
goal last night when a committee approved an Australian-Russian
compromise empowering the proposed general assembly of na
tions to discuss and make recommendations on any question
"within the scope of the charter" written here.
Thus endod a long struggle by small nations to make the
assembly a "town meeting of the world" potentially capable of
exerting the pressure of public opinion on the big-power-eon-trolled
security council, even though it could exercise no con
trol over the council directly.
Veteran of Corregidor,
Former Prisoner, to Aid
Sales of War Bonds Here
Capt. Rohert F. Auger, above.
veteran of the Corregidor cam
paign, arrived in Roseburg today
to assist the seventh War Loan
committee in sale of war bonds.
Captain Auger was scheduled to
speak before the Rotary club at
noon and tne jions club tonight.
Arrangements also will be made
by the committee for radio talks.
Captain Auger, a resident of
Portland, Ore., was called from
the officers reserve before the
outbreak of war. He went Into ac
tive service, was sent directly to
Corregidor and was on the island
when the Jbds took.oveft-He lost
a leg from mortar Jire tea jtlayy
ociore vne loriress ieu.
Ho was taken to Bilibid prison
In Manila and remained there -for
33 months. He has ten different
citations.
7th War Loan Near
GoaL but Buying of
E Bonds Still Lags
WASHINGTON, June 21 (AP)
It appeared todav that the S14.-
000,000,000 goal of the 7th war
loan drive is about to be passed
with few hurrahs and no let-up in
uono-seiung enorts.
Treasury officials sav lhore'8
still far too much work to be done
for celebrations now.
The biggest task of the drive Is
to borrow a record-breaking $7,
000,000.000 from Individuals
$4,000,000,000 of it In the form of
series E bonds bought by small
investors, and that task is a long
way from being finished.
The treasury announced Indi
vidual sales amount to $6,0C3,(0O,
000 but E bond sales are at only
$2,723,000,000.
The corporation sales figure Is
$6,979,000,000, so close to the $7,
000,000,000 Corporation quota that
It Is certain to go over the top
today and keep on going.
The drive officially ends June
30, a week from Saturday. Bond
money processed after that will
count toward the drive througn
July 7.
Strike Threat Hovers
Over Lumber Industry
PORTLAND. Ore.. June 21.-
(AP) A strike threat hung oves
the northwest lumber Industry
touay.
The executive committee of the
AFL northwestern council of
Lumber and Sawmill Workers
went Into closed session today to
discuss calling a general strike
vote In support of their demands
lor a iiat u-cent-an-nour wage
Increase.
AFL officials said the strike,
If called, would Involve some 60,
000 loggers and sawmill workers
in Washington, Oregon, Califor
nia, Idaho and Montana.
Burglary Charges Faced
By Deserter From Army
SEATTLE, June 21 (API -Harold
Ennis, 24-year-old army
deserter who admitted living on
loot from burglaries while evad
ing police with a girl friend for
three months In the woods near
Lake Sawyer, was charged with
six counts of second degree bur
glary and two counts of lurccny
yesterday. The girl, Mary Jane
Voung, 19, pleaded guilty to sec
ond degree burglary Tuesday. En
nis was cantured last week asleep
In a stolen car and the girl was
arresTcd at Tacoma, where she
went to visit her father.
President Truman, now taking,
a brief holiday in Washington
state, will bring the united na
tions conierence to a formal close
with a speech on international af
fairs luescay afternoon.
Secretary of State Stettlnlus
announced that the charter would
be signed Mondav. The oresldcnt
will arrive that day in time ior
tne signing and will remain
through the closing session about
24 hours later. When he leaves to
fiy back to Washington by way o
his hometown, Independence,
Mo., he will take the charter with
him to submit to the senate with
a plea of speedy ratification.
Charter of Human Liberty
Among sections of the charter
which won committee approval
yesterday and last night was a
chapter setting up a system of in
ternational trusteeships for gov
ernment of internationally-held
territories and also setting forth
standards for colonial powers in
the government of all dependent
peoples.
Brig. Gen. Carlos P. Romulo of
the Philippines, who had fought .
for a oromiso of independence
for such DeoDles. hailed the state
ment of standards in a commis
sion speech.
'Here we have a charter for
all the colonial peoples and for
all peoples," he said. "For lt is
the charter of human liberty, and
its Is irrefutable proof that at
last we have won the long fight,
and that In winning the fight fur
freedom, we have won this war."
The charter does not specifi
cally mention Independence bat lt .
promises tne development oi seit
govcrnmcnt and free political In-
suiuuons. . . .
Nations Must Do Their Share
Commander Harold E. Stassen t
(Continued on page 6)
Meat Rationing, Looms ,
For Canadian Civilians .
OTTAWA. June 21 (AP)
The Canadian cabinet, studying
this country's decreasing meat
supply against the background ot
a world-wide food crisis, probably
will order rationing of civilian
consumption In the near future,
It was learned today.
Canadian meat production,
which has made the dominion a
principal provider for allied ar
mies and the united nations and
has stocked civilian tables to the
envy of other peoples, is now run
ning tighter. Rationing would be
aimed at distributing civilian sup
plies more equitably and making
more available for export to u
famine-threatened world.
Surplus Trucks to Be
Available to Farmers
CORVALLTS, June 21. (AP)
More government surplus trucks
may be obtained for Oregon farm
ers under a new sales plan, N.
C. Donaldson, executive assistant
of the state AAA committee, said
today.
The new program povides for
sales of allocated trucks to deal
ers who agree to resell to farmers
and farmer cooperatives within
designated areas. Farmers who
hold AAA certificates can then
purchase trucks direct. .
Victory Requires Burning
Of All Japanese Mitscher
PORTLAND. June 21 (AP)
Vice-Admiral Marc A. Mitscher,
commander of task force 5S of
Pacific fame, declared here that
"victory will come only when we
have burned up all the Japanese,"
The admiral said he saw no
reason to believe Japan will capit
ulate. "We can plaster them with
bombs and shells and level every
thing on earth, but they will
still be underground and have to
be burned out," he declared.
U. S. War Casualties
Reach 1. 023,453 Total
WASHINGTON, June 21 (AP)
United States battle casualties
in World war 2 now total 1,023,
453, an Increase of 6,356 from
those reported a week ago.
Of the total, 903,701 are army
casualties ann iin,(sa navy.
To err Is human, to forgtv
divine,
A rule by which mercy Is won,
Should have an exception In
The Weather Man's case,
When he prophesies rain, and
there's none.