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Jap Suicide Planes
Hit 13 U. S. Ships in
Fighting For Shuri
GUAM, May 29 (UP) Japanese defenses in southern
Okinawa appeared to be crumbling fast today.
On the west coast, marines of the sixth division captured
two-thirds of the capital city of Naha, cleared the north shore
of Naha harbor and sent patrols to Onoyama island in mid
harbor. Sixteen-inch guns of battleships offshore breached the
walls of the inland citadel of Shuri, already outflanked and
nearly encircled. A number of Japanese were fleeing through
the escape gap still open.
Seventh division troops on the east coast drove another
1,500 yards south on a 3,000-yard front and reached the
southwest corner of Iiaten Bay. Reconnaissance groups in
lanning craii reconnoiierea me
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Churchill Predicts
Early Session With
Truman, Stalin
LONDON, May 29 (UP) Prime
Minister Churchill said today he
contemplates an early meeting
with President Truman and Mar
shal Stalin. His assertion was in
the form of an affirmeii.e, un
claboratid written r.'ply in com
mons to a question by laboritc
Ivor Thomas. Churchill intim
ated last Saturday that a big
three meeting-might- be held be
fcre Britain's general ek'ction
early in July.
Answering demands Tor a
speedup in the punishment of axis
war criminals, Churchill said the
big powers arc inclining toward
assigning the trials to interallied
military tribunals.
Churchill announced that At
torney General Sir David Max
well Fyfc had been appointed
United Kingdom war criminals
prosecutor to work with Robert
Jackson, the American rcpies'-'n-lalivc.
Russia and Franco have
not yet named representatives,
he said.
Commons met loday for Ihc
first lime r-inrfl Vile l.ibnnlcs
broke away from the wartime
coalition government. The reor
ganization of the cabinet left the?
lahoritcs free to heckle Churchill
at will, and they look advantage
ef Ihc opportunity.
Kansas Suspects
Nabbed in Union
Sheriff Jesse Broshcars and
state police yesterday arreted
Frank D. Hutchison, 22, and John
M. Lomon, i, ;n Union oh tele
graphic advices from Kansas that
they arc wanted there on felony
charges.
The eldc r man, whose name is
said to be an alias, arrived in
Union a few days ago, and Hut
chison has been there for some
lime, having gone to the neigh
boring city from San Fianciseo.
whore he is said to have bcei.
employed recently in a shipyard.
They arc being held pending ar
i ivai of officers from Topeka.
La Grande Coast Guardsman
Praised for Combat Courage
Coast Guardsman Doug H6I
man, 2H, 'gunners male first
class of 2004 Adams avenue,
has received high praise from
his commanding officer for his
role in the invasion of Levi?
and Mindoro.
in speaking of the 2'i year
old coast guardsman, his skip
per who pictured to remain
anonymous said, "Holman was
pointer on a 20 m m. gun. His
shooting was exceptionally good
and his leadership has bt n
outstanding. On one ctrasion
we nearly raised out of the
water by a near miss. The en
tire ship was covered with
water and shrapnel. W? re
ceived one severe casualty as
:i result of this bomb. Holman
was also hit but he didn't even
report his wound unlil the ac
tion was over.''
. Hobnail's record, and the i .c-
Bl ows Crumble
south ana west coasts of the
bay.
The gains all across tho island
were the best sinco Lt. Gen. Sim
on Boliver Buckner's 10th army
forces rammed into the Naha-
By United Press
A Bern broadcast said with
out confirmation today that the
American 10th army had cap
tured Naha, capital of Okin
awa. The broadcast, giving no
rource for the report, said "All
the city of Naha now is occu
pied" by the Americans.
Shuri - Yonnbaru defense line
more than a month ago.
A Pacific fleet communique
revealed the Japanesere
newed their suicide air attacks
on American war ships off
Okinawa Sunday, sinking one
light unit and causing minor
to modcrato damage to 12
others.
The enemy paid for the suc
cess with 77 planes shot down,
preliminary reports showed.
Sixth division marines met only
scattered machine-gun and rifle
fire from enemy rear guards as
thry swept through the mined,
lubble-heaped streets of .'aha to
the shores of ihe harbor.
A front dispatch from United
Tress war correspondent E. G.
Valens saiel a patrol landed on
liny Onoyama island in the cen
ter of Naha harbor, but retreated
under fire from Japanese guns on
the south shore of the harbor.
Increased Veteran
Hospitals Sought
WASHINGTON, May 23 (UP)
Veterans Administrator Frank
T. Hines loday asked the federal
board of hospitalization lo ap
prove construction of 72 new vet
erans administration hospitals or
additions to existing hospitals.
The revised program would
provide 20,772 additional beds.
Hines said this would cover the
requirements of the veterans ad
ministration through December,
1!)47.
Locations of the proposed hos
pitals and their size included:
Additions to existing neuropsy
chiatry facilities at American
lake, Wash., 104 beds, and a new
.'100 bed tuberculosis hospital in
Spokane.
ord of the LST to which lie was
asHgnod is one of courage. At
the invasion of Leyte the coast
guard ship shot down four Jap
anese planes despite the fact
that th; ship's smoke generat
ing equipment was not func
tioning, .after that the ship made two
runs to Mindoro, crossing
through enemy held "Suicide
Gulch" in the Sula sea. On
their first run they dowr.;d a
Jap dive bomber and on their
second added four mole to
bring their total of enemy air
craft to nine. It was the last
plane shot down which almost
caused disaster, for she came
in at 20 feet from head on.
The gun crews poured a Y.&, of
anti-aircraft fire ito her, and
suddenly, the Jafsi wings be
gan to wobble and one of them
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WARNS JAPS Capt. Ellis M.,
Zacharias, one of the navy's
leading experts on Japan and
a former rosident of that coun
try, has promised in broadcasts
beamed at Nippon that greater
destruction than was heaped
upon Germany will be the fate
of Japan. The recent raids on
Tokyo aid Yokohama are sam
pler of what U to come.
Big Five Extend
Security Parley
As Business Lags
SAN FRANCISCO, May 20
(UP) The big five of the United
Nations security conference, in
a two-hour meeting, today moved
ahead rom June 6 to. June 11
(heir tentative- deadline for ad
ournment of the parley.
The conference leaders also
discussed at length a French pro
posal to change the wording of
an amendment to the basic Dum
barton Oaks plan covering bi
lateral treaties such as the Franco-Russian
pact directed against
any future German aggression.
Meanwhile, it was indicated
that Denmark might seek a seal
at the conference within the next
few days. The United Stales
told its fellow big five members
that if Norway should move lo
admit Dcnmaik to the confer
ence, this country would agree.
But the major part of today's
big five meeting was revealed to
have centered around the lag
ging progress of I ho conference
work. The general sentiment
was that the conference should
get on with its work as rapidly
as possible, but that under no
circumstances should the qaulity
of the output suffer.
Sharp Increase in
Jobless Predicted
WASHINGTON. May V.) (UP)
War production boss J. A. Krug
today predicted a sharp new cut
in munitions production soon
wilh a resulting jump in unem
ployment. He said, however,
that within six months rapidly
increasing civilian production
should be able to begin taking
up the slack of cut back war
workers and discharged soldiers.
He estimated that the war ma
chine will need 2,000.000 less
workers three months from now,
boosting unemployment from a
current 800,000 lo 1,000,000.
Six months from now, he said,
the numler of persons no long
er needed for war activities will
amount to 4,800,000 including
1.000.000 disehaiged servicemen.
Baseball Results
By Unilod Press
NATIONAL LEAGUE
New York 3 12 0
Pittsburgh 4 8 1
Fcldman, Adams and Berres;
Hoc, Gables and Lopez, Salkeld.
Brooklyn 10 14 I
Chicago . 3 8 3
Chapman and Danlonio; Stew
art, Columellas, Vandcnberg and
Rire. O
AilCBICAN LEAGUE
Chicago 4' 0 I
Boston 13 I
Ross, Papish and Tresh; Woods,
F.arrctl, Hausman and Garbaik.
St. Louis 0 5 1
New York ' 11 15 I
Kramer, West. Zoldak and Hay
worth, Mancuso; Donald and
Crompton.
LA GRANDE. OREGON TUESDAY EVENING, MAY 29, 1!M!
Y Is ham a "Sim
Lumberman, Passenger Are
Missing on Idaho Flight
Frank Van Patten of Ontario; a member of Van Patten Lumber
company of La Grande, is reported missing in his four-passenger
Cessna plane presumably in northern Idaho. He had Charles P.
Flcgcl, Ontario rcalcstatc man, as a passenger.
Valley County Sheriff Merling Francis said the plane has been
missing since it took off from the Yellowpinc airport at 5 p. m.
100 Syrians Killed
By French as Near
East Crisis Grows
BEYROUTH, May 20 (UP)
Jcmii Mardam, acting premier of
Syria, reported today that one
hundred Syrians have been kill;
cd and 300 wounded so far ij
widespread fighting with Frcncn
forces in the Levant.
Mardam said at Damascus that
the crisis caused by an intlux of
French troops was "most grave."
Disorder and violence were wide
spread in Syria and Lebanon, de
spite an apparent effort by the
French to avoid trouble or keep
it to a minimum.
Reports reached Beyrouth that
French forces had withdrawn
from certain exposed points
where local garrisons could not
be quickly reinforced.
Damascus reports said French
tanks were sent to rcinfotco the
garrison at Hama. , ,
LONDON, May 20 (UP) .
Foreign Secretary Anthony Eden
indicated lo commons today that
Britain supports French claims
to military bases in Syria and
Lebanon, similar lo the British
bases in Iraq.
In a carefully-worded state
ment delivered in response lo u
number of questions from the
house, F.den admitted grave con
cern over the spreading tension
in the middle cast. He said it
threatens the security of allied
communications to the far east.
Both Britain and the United
Stales, he added, arc in active
consultation with France on the
situation and the French have
been warned that the dispatch
of further reinforcements to yria
and Lebanon may have ' rcgret
able" consequences.
Truman Plan for
Jobless Payment
Meets Opposition
WASHINGTON, May 20 (UP;
President Truman may gel the
first major congressional rebuff
of his administration over the
question of setting a federal stan
dard of unemployment compen
sation. President Roosevelt was simi
larly rebuffed last year.
Mr. Truman yesterday asked
congress to set federal standards
of unemployment pay as an
emergency measure during the
reconversion period pending ac
tion on a general broadening of
social security measures. '
Specifically he urged establish
ment of a nationwide maximum
of at least $25 weekly extending
over a period of up to six months
for woikers thrown out of jobs
during the changevor from war
lo peace production.
Reaction among congressional
leaders indicated that the request
will be rejecied as was a similar
one !a.-.l year during considera
tion of the war mobilization and
reconversion bill.
All that congressional Iradrvs
would promise for the lime being
was prompt attention to the prob
lem am. luiimmem oi some p.o i
of the president s request.
Both houses of congress re-,
jcetl d proposals to set a federal
standard ranging up lo $35 a
week based on previous earn
ings antl dependents of tile un
employed woi-fcers.
ACTRESS HAS DAUOKTER
11(51,LYWCMJD, May 2! U'Pl
Screen A t a Herfv Jjnnarr
end (B)iti(B Ai-tuT John irfXici
today trtoBirO the pairnu uf
en i, upsetting. Ihcir choice of ,
(jymc for Bfm A iiWt
was born at 7:j) (,&.. " She
Defenses on Okinawa
5n
1 Sunday onroute for Ontario,
The plane was equipped wilh
a two-way radio but no commun
ication was received from the
men. Forest service men report
ed ' hearing the plane 18 miles
west of Yellowpinc, a lumbering
community, shortly after it left
thc-ficld. Francis said ho and
P6'rin Stohr, veteran Idaho pilot,
flew over the mountainous terri
tory yesterday but saw no trace
of the plane. Civil air patrol
planes from Boise have joined the
search, and the CAP from La
Grande and the surrounding area
have offered their services.
Van Patten, frequently a bus
ncss visitor In La Grande, is a
major in the CAP and saw serv
ice in the current war flying bor
der and Atlantic patrol.
Slash in Army
Sought By House
Military Leader
WASHINGTON, May 20 (UP)
Chairman Andrew A. May, D.,
.Ky., of the house military affairs
committee today recommended a
"drastic reduclici " in Ihc size of
the army.
Stating that approximately 12,
100,000 persons were enrolled in
the U. S. armed forces on April
I, May urged immediate dis
charge of jll soldiers over 35 ex
cept thosa in key positions.
"Now lhat c.ir principal enemy
has surrendered unconditionally
there should be a more drastic
reduction in the armed forces
than the army has yet made,"
May said in an interview.
"All men over ,'15 years of age
except those in key positions es
sential lo the completion of the
war against Japan and those
needed for the occupation of con
quered Germany should be speed
ily discharged."
In this group, he said, arc most
of those who have families and
business eonncctions and will
have the greatest difficulty in re
adjusting themselves.
Induction of Some
4-Fs is Army Plan
WASHINGTON, May 20 (UP)
The army plans to induct a few
men under 20 with minor phy
sical defects for limited service
assignments.
Selective service announced
that a limilcd number of such
men would be drafted in addition
to the monthly quotas for general
service.
The new polity also covers
conscientious objectors. Those
under 20 who ale physically ac
ceptable will be assigned to
"work of national importance"
under civilian direction.
Knudsen Quits Army
Production Pout
WASHINGTON, May 2.) '(UP)
Lt, Gen. William S. Knudsen
has nsigned as army director of
production effective June I, the
war department announced to
day. It also was dis4.-loKf.-d t ii a t
Knuriurn has l.en awardea an
oak leaf cluster to tha distin-
eu'.'Jied orvire medul fur his
fjvc , j st.rvic(! in
ucXtm
Knudsclli rrn,cr piTgi,,.nt f
(;rn,,8 Mirs, did Not ai.nounee
j futurc plans,
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Extension of Price
Control Favored
WASHINGTON, May 29 (Cl'l
Th set alo bankr.g ccmml'te
today app -oved ft biii tu exMiid
pr.w control JRir art'thcr yca. ,J,
"live ny'iavnt ;iw mil t
I pirdJuiw 30. hc cil (U69 $p
proved tfwk'xlcnsion bill witholt)
HELD AS SPY Paul Jean
Mario Cavaillot, 43, former
Fronch air force officer, who
hBs beon arrested by the FBI
on charges that ss sorved as a
German agent.
Oregon to Get New
Insect Killer to
Use on Potatoes
WASHINGTON, May 20 (UP)
DDT, the war developed insect
killer, will be tried out commer
cially against the potato tuber
flea beetle, the war production
board saiel today.
On the request of war food ad
ministration a limited amount of
DDT will i.r. made available in
Oregon to motect the potato crop.
; The limited supply of DDT,
makes it impossible, however, lo
permit general commercial use
because of the great military de
mand for it, WPB said.
Other home front commodity
and production news included:.
A total of 1,500 new automo
biles will no released lo essential
users during Ihc next month, the
office of price administration said.
The June quota is the same as
May s.
OPA said the remaining sup
ply of 1013 cars, less than 4,000,
will last until new production is
available.
WPB removed controls on pro-
diielion of aluminum cooking
utensils and kilehenware. In
creased production of aluminum
ware is. expected as war contracts
are completed.
Japan Warned Not
To Mistreat Yanks
WASHINGTON, May 20 (UP)
The United Stales again has
sternly warned the j;l ----
eminent against mishandling
American pi isoners, lnc ,
partment revealed today.
The Japanese had hinted at a
policy of reprisal against Ameri
can prisoners and civilian in
ternees because a U. S. subma
rine mistakemy sank a Japanese
supply ship thai was traveling
under an allied grant of safe con
duct. The United Stales rejecied a
Japanese protest about the sink
ing. However, the U. S. navy has
instituted court martial proceed
ings against the commander of
the submarine. The Japanese
vessel, believed to have been the
supply ship Awa Maru, was sunk
on April I.
Three Girls Are
Given Scholarships
President Koben J. Maaske nl
Kastern Oregon colli ge, today an
nnunt :'d the awarding ,f Hirer1
all-tuillon scholarships presented
wm.puinmi cum oi
La
wranuc. iney nave necn given
to Irrnr Van Beveren uf Hills-
lioro. Vera linrtril ut Lostir,'.
and one from Wagner's Dress
Shop lo Mary Soinnicrcr of Her
niislon. Receipt of a $71 fiesliiiian
scholarship gilt from Mr, antl
Mrs, Clyde McKrnie of Sum
n crvilh was acknowledged lo
dav tly Or. sTaaaKe.
10 scholarship is designalcD
for a ?!uritt in agi(S)iltiire.
X0j fr ,-' city commissioner1.-
iVtHm$lr7::JU o'clock tonight
idrtctto' of (Wednesday night, be
cause of tomorrow being a legal
holiday.
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Industries, Homes
Of Great
Wrecked By Bombs
GUAM, May 29 (UP) Yokohama, Japan's second port
and fifth larjfest city, was a nixing inferno today after morp
tnan 'i:u superiomesscK poured u.zuu tons oi nign expio
sives and incendiary bombs on the city in a daylight fire raid.
UetuTtimir Ii-2!) crewmen said smoke rose as high as 20,000
feet over the blazing metropolis and alHO reported smoke oveJT
nearby smouldering Tokyo, target for two GOQ-plune assaults
last week.
Shipyards, war plants, naval
block of business buildings and homes in Yokohama were re
duced to charred wreckage as bombardiers laid their deadly
cargoes in a pattern from the waterfront straight through
the city. I
The assault was carried out
from medium altiludc with what
GUAM, Wednesday, Mav 30
(UP) (Via' Navy Radio) 21st
bomber command headquartors
announced loday lhat 51 square
miles of the industrial heart of
Tokyo have beta destroyed by
superfortress raids on the Jap
anese capital.
Maj. Gen. Curtis E. Lemay
said there was "vory little left"
of the third largest city in the
world after six B-29 attacks.
Photographic reconnaissance
showed lS'i more square miles
wore destroyed last Thursday
and Saturday in the climatic
fire raids that have leveled 46
per cent of the built up area of
tho Japanese metropolis.
pilots said was "relative case."
Yokohama, a city of 1,000,000
was one of Japans principal
naval buses and the main- port
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Business Will Halt As
City Honors War Heroes -
Patriotic eili.ens of La Grande will lay aside the implements of
commerce, and industry tomorrow lo pay tribute to the memory of
the men and women who gave Ib.'ir lives in defense of their coun
try, with exercises locally that will consist of u parade and services
al the Masonic cemetery. In the event of Inclement weather the
program will be presented in the First Methodist church.
Business houses will be closed ;
all day and public attention will
be focused on the Memorial Day
observance. The parade will form
at Greenwood and Washington
streets and will traverse Ihe busi
ness district, disbanding at the
Kills' temple. Immediately fol
lowing tne parade the partici
pants, representing the city's pa
triotic organizations, boy and girl
scouts and other organizations,
will go to the cemetery where rit
ualistic services will be conduct
ed by the American Legion, Vet
erans of Foreign Wars and the
United Spanish War Veterans.
One of the highlights or the
ceremonies will be the reading
of general orders No. II of Gen
eral Logan, first commander of
Ihe Grand Army of the Republic,
which set aside May 30 as the
first Memorial Day. It will be
redd by It. J. Kitchen, represent
ative of the Sons of Union Vet
erans. Shorter Work
As Step to Balk
An improved system of tlis
Iribution jvhich will contribute
lo greater consumption of the
products of American industry,
and a possible? shortening of
hours of work are seen by Kev.
Clarence A. Kopp of La Grande
as some of the measures neces
sary lo prevent widespread un
employment and depression in
post-war years.
He spoke last night at a
meeting of the Union county
veterans' vmployment commit
tee in the city hall, asserting
thul present efforts to readusl
the nation to a civilian econ
omy are onlv makeshitls and
will not solvere problem now
confronting the nation any
more than similar measures did
after World War I.
Itev. Kopp said the demand
for consumer goods will be so
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Weather
Data for 24 hours to 7 a. ni.
Temperature:
Maximum 77
Minimum 49
Forecast: Purtly cloudy tonight
and Wednesday.
FIVE CENTS
am
Port Are
installations and block after
Jap Navy Chief
Ousted, Post Goes
To Air Veteran
SAN FRANCISCO, ' May .20
(UP ) Admiral Soenm Tnyoda
was removed from Japan's three
top naval commands today in a
general shakcup following the '
American successes on Okinawa
and carrier-based raids on the '
Japanese homeland.
The Japanese Domei agem.v
said the navy ministry announce
that Toyoda had been relieved as
commander In chief of the. com
bined fleet, commander-in-chief
of the newly-established over-all
naval command and commander.'
of the naval escorts' command. .
All three posts were given to
Vice Admiral Jisuburo Ozawa,
vice chief of the naval general
staff and oresident of the naval
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240 Remain in
Thinning Ranks
Of Grand Army
WASHINGTON, May 29 J
(UP) Morr.orial Day this you
will find only 240 members of
the Civil war Grand Army of '
the Republic still alivo.
Rep. William R. Thorn of '
Ohio said tho 240 "Union" army :
veterans average 98 years oi
ago and all live in the United '
Slatos oxcept one in England. '
California leads with 30 liv
ing GAR vetoians and Ohio is
second wilh 23, Thorn said. ,
Arizona has two! Colorado
nine: Idaho one: Kansas seveets
Oregon three; Utah one, and
Washington four.
Day Is Projected
Unemployment
great for nerhaps two years ali
tor thj war onus lhat there wil
be no unemployment problem,,
but, he added, once the immc-
diate demand has been satis'
tied the .(iiestion of jobs will
again develop. ''
He said America's problem
has not been one of over-pro-duclion
but of undcr-consumpV."
tion and faulty distribution. -He
said it is his opinion that
one step toward preventing un
employment is the spreading of
work IhroiigW shortening of
hours.
William Hermann said tho
CmUi-al labor council has adopt(
..eu a resolution proposing a six-'
hour day, but that no action has
been taken by tho state federa-,
tion.
The next meeting will b(j,
June 25.
v.eighir' pounds. amendments.
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