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Half of Tokyo in Ruins The broadcast came on the heels of a 21st bomber command announcement that 51 square miles nearly half ,of Tokyo has been destroyed in 24 major American B-29 raids. In the last two attacks alone last Thurs day and Saturday, 18.0 square miles were burned to the ground, including most of centrai Tokyo. Maj. Gen. Curtis E. Lemay, chief of the 21st command, said "If the Japs .persist in keeping on with this war, I promise they have nothing more to look for ward to than complete destruc tion of their cities." Lemay said the B-29s destroyed all the urban area of Tokyo thev had set out to destroy and there v.as "very little left" of the cap ital. Reconnaissance, photographs showed that 4(1 per cent of the built-up area of what once was the world's thirtl largest city i.i in ruins. Kawasaki, Tokyo Hit Details of the destruction! wrought by 450 B-2!)s with 3,200 tons of fire bombs yesterday in Yokohnma, Japan's second port and fifth target city, were given by TadaWko Okada, Japanese welfare minister. In addition to the GO.OOli houses destroyed in Yokohama, Okada said, the Superfoi treses also damaged Kawasaki, just north of the port, and portions of metro politan Tokoy. Another Tokyo broadcast in dicated that all communications and most transportation linking Yokohama with the rest of Jap an had ben broken. Yank Units Join For Drive on Japs In Northern Luzon MANILA, May 30 (UP) Two American divisions joined forces today for a drive into the Caga yan valley of northern Luzon to crush the last major Japanese garrison in the Philippines. The 25th and 32nd divisions linked up along the Villa Verde trail flanking the main highway into the Cugayan valley after smashing the last organized ene my resistance in the mountains to the east. The area, only 35 miles in from i the Lingayon beaches invaded by i Gen. Douglas MacArthur's forces last Jan. !), had been the scene of probably the bitterest fighting of the entire Luzon campaign. Ahead of the two divisions in the Cagayan valley lay an esti mated 30,000 Japanese, the only sizeable enemy force remaining in the Philippines. Without hope of escape, they probably will fight to the death. Price Control for Five Years Seen WASHINGTON. May 30 (UP) Food price controls probably will have to be kept until 1050, Chairman Robert F. Wagner. D., N. Y of til senate banking com mittee said today. He told repor'.ors after an ex ecutive session with OPA chu-f Chester Bowles and Economic j Stabilizer William II. Davis that j food price controls definitely will outlast the war with Japan. ! Hi added that "probably will i. ' Z V7T7y. I fmernmen to regulate food production and 1 prices until 11150. One of his chief reasons for believing this ' Wagner said, one's worst is that world war . one's worst inflation came after i hostilities had ceased Gestapo Guards Are Executed as War Criminals LONDON. May 30 (UP) A Copenhagen dispatch said to day that 50 German gestapo guards from the Troeslev coi-s cenlration camp in Denmark had been tried by an allied military court and executed. The roport was the first In dication that the western al lies have begun the trial of nazi war criminals. Copen hagen said the trial of the ges tapo guards was held at Flens burg, north Germany seat of the short-lived Doenitz surren der government. Aioihor accused nasi war criminal, William (Lord Haw Haw) Joyce, the renegade Brit on who turned radio propa gandist for the Germans, is ex pected to be brought to Lon don soon from Germany to face trial for his life. War, Depression Can Be Controlled, Asserts Vinson WASHINGTON, May 30 (UP) War Mobilization Director Fred M. Vinson today called on Amer icans "once and for all" to rout out of their thinking that wars and depressions are beyond their control. In a Memorial Day address at Arlington., national cemetery lie declared; "These great catastrophes were not 'acts of God'!" . . "They were caused by man, by man-made institutions, by the way in which man has organized his society," he asserted, adding that "what man has mad?, man can change." The homage "we pay our dead here today," he said, "will be a mockery unless we use to the ut most tlie opportunity for which they fought and died." Vinson asserted that "there will be something wrong with man kind, if we allow wars and de pressions to return with clock like regularity as of bid." In peace, he said, the nation must create a new prosperity and a greater opportunity foV jobs than has existed before.. "A job for every man and wo man who wants to work," he said, "would constitute a good begin ning to the fulfillment of the four freedoms and to the prevention of war." No matter how great the diffi culties of '.he moment may seem, Vinson said, the San Francisco conference and other internation al conferences will succeed "be cause the people of the world have demanded it." Mystery Shrouds Disappearance of Van Petten Plane An extensive search of the air route from northern Idaho to east-central Oregon was under way today for the private plane of Frank Vtrn Petten, Ontario and La Grande lumberman, which disappeared while on a re turn flight from Northern Idaho Sunday evening. Civil air patiol units in On tario, and Boise, Nampa and Caldwell, Idaho, were in the air yesterday and today carefully scanning the rugged mountainous country, but at a late hour no word of the missing plane had been received in La Grande. The local unit of the CAP also was standing by for a possible call to assist in the search. Van Petten and Charles P. Flegal, Ontaiio real estate man, went to Yellowpine, Ida., on a business trip, with Van Petten as pilot. They were last heard a short time after leaving the Yellowpine air field. Circumstances surrounding the disappearance of the plane have caused considerable speculation ua amu was cuuiLiui the shin was couiDocd with two-way radio. The fact that no distress message was received by any receiving station learis to the r,.:,Cth.-it tho n9n. ,.kj nut u.-nmno rn,i ,h ;i.,i V....I no chance to call fur !,-! ,,r rove j his position. French Bomb Damascus as Natives Riot BEYROUTH, May 30 (UP) Reports from Damascus said Flench planes bombed the Syr ian capital today and "many" were killed or wounded in vio lent fighting around the parlia ment building and French bai i acks. French planes bombed Hamma early today. One plane was shot down, probably by small arms fire. The situation at Horns was reported quieter, but authorities feared the violence would spread further when word of the Damas cus fighting gets around. (Foreign Secretary Anthony Ellen told the house of commons that the British government had taken the initiative in trying to improve the situation in Syria and Lebanon. He said he wanted to see the results before repell ing on tho British move.) Anglo - American sources said French troops blasted away into the Syrian parliament building at Damascus. Other reports told of . bitter struggles in several quarters of the ancient capital. French gujls shelling Llamas were reported to have damaged the parliament building, govern ment house and the Orient palace hotel. '' : ' Armod civilians stormed French bariacks at Damascus. A French official said French troops had been instructed not to attack the population unless provoked, but once fired on they must strike hard, crush any opposition, and restore order. SAN FRANCISCO. May 30 (UP) The French delegation to the United Nations conference said today it had been informed that the Mosul oil pipeline con necting the Euphrates river basin with the Mediterranean port of Haiffa in Palestine has been cut on Palestinian territory, inter rupting crude oil deliveries to the Biilish fleet refueling bate at Haiffa. The delegation cited the report as evidence that the Arab na tionalist opposition and sabotage has spread beyond Syria. Progress is Made In Plans for Trial Of War Criminals LONDON, May 30 (UP) Jus tice Robert Jackson, chief Amer ican prosecutor of war criminals, left unexpetedly today to attend the losing sessions of the United States supreme court after an nouncing that rapid progress had been made in plans for trying axis criminals. Jackson said in a statement is sued after nis departure that he had named Gen. William J. Don ovan to act in his place "so that the work of. preparing our case" against major war criminals "will proceed without interrup tion." As a result of his conferences during a brief visit here, the preparation of the American and British chaiges will be coordinat ed, Jackson said. Foreign Secretary 'Anthony Eden told commons that "great progress" had been made toward the trial of major war criminals during Jackson's brief visit. Eden threw cold water on re ports that the trial of reichsmar shal Hermann Goering might be gin next week. Fewer Closures of U. S. Forests Planned PORTLAND, May 30 (UP) Federal forest lands in Oregon this year will have fewei com plete fire-season closures than in other years. John C. Kuhn, assistant re gional forester, today said war years result in fewer areis need ing blanket closures. Hence, strictest regulation will epply to those localities having t.i-avy slash and other specific danger conditions. i- h1 """" WW&w '-V ' i-" til-, Mi FROM ALL OF US The world is girdled wiih graves of America..! bovs who cjavo ihoir lives in de fa.ise of democracy. Thcugh we ai home cannol decorate lhoir resting places ilus Memoriul Day, we can honor them in our hearts and work for them w ilh our hands, the quicker Jo bring a victorious conclusion lo the great battle they so bravely began. Men Who Died for Country Receive Nation's Homage La Grande today laid aside worldly affairs to pay reverent homaye to the heroes of America's wars, and to tacitly pledge herself to the last ounce of effort to bring the conflict with Japan to an early and victorious end. Trusteeships Are Snag to Progress On Security Pact SAN FRANCISCO, May 30 (UP) A United Nations confer ence commission began public consideration of the first draft of a section of the proposed world organization charter today while the big pwers wrestled with n'w troubles over tiusleeships. A committee report recom mending proposed drafts on tho.co sections of the charter dealing with the structure and procedures of the general assembly was sub mitted to the general assembly commission in a public session. The committee reported that it had completed consideration of all sections of the charter as signed to it, but that there are still pending a number of points on which it must withhold action until other committees tleal with related matters. The new snag on the trustee ship problem came as the "little" United Nations chalked up two victories against the big five. Soviet Russia demanded elimi nation from the proposed trustee ship formula of an entire section which it feats will "freeze" de pendent peoples in their nicsent status. Moscow's trusteeship instiur lions to ihe Soviet delegation n' vealed only one other subtan See TRUSTEESHIPS . . . Pag.- Cove School Head Takes New Post COVK. May 30 Sprvi;il An nouncement that Harry Dawson, who has Iz-'cn superintcnrlrnt and principal .if the Covp school fur the past t'.vo years, will he pnn cipal of the union high school in Yamhill during the coming wfi)o year was made here yest-iday. Dawson wa: in Cove en ionic to Joseph, where he plan:, to spend the summer. okohama WW Notable in the I IMS observance of Memorial Day was the absence of th? "boys in hint.'' who con ceived the event in lBtiff in honor of (heir comrades win) laid down their lives in the lonj; struKl' between the states. They also w-'-'re absent from the ceremonies in most places thnmejumt the land, for the ranks of the Clrnnd Army of the Republic have now thinned to n lolal of 'Mil vcleian.; of that memorable war, and nto:;l of them are past the age whei-' they can take an active part in such affairs. But in their accustom: d pine, s in the parade and at memorial rites in the Masonic ceiT -tery were veteran of UJ!)B, I1IJ7-KJ and a scattering few. who have returned from the battle fronts of World War II. Various patriotic ni'oups that have grown out of Ihe nation's lour gieal anr.:d conflicts assem bled at mid-morning to march solemnly before their fellow citi zens, later to assemble in t he cemetery where, ritualistc cere monies were conducted by the United Spanish War Veterans, the Veterans of Koreip.n Wai and I.-' American Legion, as a tribute to those who through the years have given their lives in 'heir country's cause. Thousands Needed For Navy Repairs WASHINGTON, May :tl) (H'i Secretary of the Navy James Forrestal r .-aed today that the continual damage to Amei ican surface ships in Pacific opera tions has brought about an ui gent need for 15.0WJ skilled ship repair workers on the west coast. II. told a press conference lat est naval casualty figures for thi Okinawa opera lion from March 15 to May showed 4,270 navy personnel killed and ini:;sing This, KoiM'.tal :,aid, was an indi cation of the extent of ship darn age suffer-'d in that operation. The mo'it dcrperate need for workeis is in trades such as elru Irician, sheet iiftal workers and machinists, the sccretaiy said. Yanks Decorate Buddies' Graves on Bloody Okinawa 7th DIVISION C E M E TERY, Okinawa, May .'10 (UP) While raindrops splattojed into niuil puddles scattered among rows of white erosses and green spring fern that mark the spot were American dead lie, Lt. Gen. Sim on It. Uuekmr, eoinmanding gen iial of the lOlh army, in n Mem orial day ceremony today said "it is for ns who are honored in tailing them our comrades lo carry on Ihe cause for which Ihey died." Surrounded hy chaplains of all religions ami by fk'd Cross work ers, ofliccr and enlisted men ol all services, Iiucknor read his ad dress and then placed a wreath on the cross marking the grave of an American sailor brought iisbure and buried here Inside the dead of the 7th division. Catholic, piotestant and Jewish services were held at all eemo tei'iis after Buckner's address. Every grave in Okinawa's many cemeteries was maiked by some lloral piece ill accOidaiicc with the wishes of Buckner. liuckner said "that while the Kith army is still fighting the battle to keep alive the institu tions of our homeland, we gather here lo commemorate our com rades whose lives have ended gloriously on Ihe fk'ld of honor." "Whatever may be a man's cecd or form of worship when he died for a principle, he dis playtd (jualily upon which all n ligions aie built," yj said. Accused Slayer Freed on Bond Albert Forrest Howman, 28, today is at liberty on bond while pending trial set for June 4 on an indictment charging him with the murder of his father, Albert V. Bowman. Howman was released yester day by Circuit Judge li. J. Green after members of his family pro vided property bond and cash hail to the amount (f $7,IM)0 which had previously been set by the court. 0 Property bond of $3,(RH pro vided by Bowman's mother, his s.ster, Mrs. Kvclyn Dickinson and his brother. Quentin Bowman, was act jpted by the court, and the mother piovided the addi tional $:),:)()() in cash. o Fall of Naha Speed; Final Phase of Long Campaign for Island GUAM, May 30 (UP) Murines of the tenth army drove, southeast from the captured Okinawan capital of Naha too ward the mouth of the Kokuba. river today and were withiir. 3,000 yards of encircling' the partially occupied citadel o Shuri in the center of the crumbling' Japanese line. The GO-day-old Okinawa campaign extending from Easter Sunday lo Memorial Day was entering what may be lt&' final phase. . N Sixth marine division patrols neared the Kokuba river St' the tip of Naha harbor and well southeast of the ruined capital city, while first division leathernecks stormed ancient Shuri castle, in the heart of the enemy's main defense point. The seventh urmy division worked through the Mamliato and Tera districts south of Shuii, drawing a noose about th Jap anese left in the battered fort ress. A front dispatch from United Press war correspondent E. U. Vulens suid the last 25,000 to 35,000 'Japanese in southern Oki nawa appeared to be breaking up and soon should be split into dis organized or at least only semi organized pockets. Marines of the first division broke into Shuri, keystone and central anchor of the shatteied Japanese defense line across the southern tip of Okinawa, in a surprise attack from the west yesterday. The marines advanced 1,100 yards in three hours to the walls of tho shell-battered, 15th cen tury Shuri castel until mid-morning yesterday Japanese urmy headquarters und strongest posi tion on Okinawa. Other elements of tho first marine division, along with units of the-77th, 80th: and-mwenth army divisions, still we're stalled by mud and now-Isolated Jap anese pockets northwest, north, noilheust, . east and southeust of Shuri. County War Bond Sales Hit 30 Percent of Quota; Seventh war loa.i workers throughout Union county are urging a vigorous campaign lo meet the unusually large quota of $964,000, and with half the campaign period behind them they, have sold slightly less than 30 per cont of their quota. This was announced yesterday by W. C. Perkins, war finance committee chairman, who said lhal tabulations of sales through Monday showed an aggregate of $2110,140 in sales of all types of bonds. Of the total, $210,110 was in E bonds. Both figures lire slightly below .10 percent of the respective quotas. However, the county's percent age of sales is higher than that for the state, which was an nounced yesterday as 22 percent at the close of business Monday. To yeslerday morning sales throughout the slate aggregated $24,210,123, against a quota of $110,000,01)0. Some of '.he community leaders who are active in the Union county campaign follow: ALICEL Community leader, Mrs. Hay fuller; neighborhood leaders, Mrs. S. CI. Huckinan, Tom Walsinger, jr., and Hubert Kin nel. COVE Community leaders: See WAR BOND . . . Page 3 Allied Control Hoard Soon to Govern Germany LONDON, May 30 (UP) The Moscow radio suid today that an allied control commission will be established in Cermuny within a few days. LONDON, May 30 (UP) Foreign Secretary Anthony Eden voiced in commons today a hop--' that obstacles soon would be re moved so that un allied commis sion can be established in Vien- Eden reiterated that the Brit ish government refuses to recog nize the Austrian provisional government of Dr. Karl Renner, established after the Russians captured Vienna. The United States also hus refused to recog nize the Renner government. He gave no hint of what the obstacles are, but his emphasis on the commission in Vienna sug gested that this might ta u main point of dispute. Jap Premier Says? Okinawa Battle Will Decide War SAN FRANCISCO, May 30 (UP) Prime Minister Admiral' Baron Kanturo Suzuki told th' Imperial Japanese cabinet today the battle of Okinawa is the de ciding buttle of this war, radio Tokyo announced. Tho broadcast, recorded by United Press in San Francisco,' said the statement was made as the entire cabinet convened with senior statesmen to obtain "com plete coordination with the strat egy of the Jupanese forces on Okinawa." "Our hopes and determination to win this war are anchored solely on the uctions of the fight; ing situation on Okinawa," th prime minister said. "Now is the moment when our thoughts .and- hopes, as ;a nation must stand up 'in complete co ordination with the strategy of the Japanese forces on Okinawa. "The battle of Okinuwu is the See OKINAWA . . . Page 8 College Graduates Get School Posts Lyk II. Johnson, registrar and director of placement of Eastern Oregon college, today announced most of the teacher training stu dents who will be graduated this week have been placed in posi tions in Oregon schools. He an nounced the following place ments: Shirley Coleman, 3rd and 4th grades, Adams; Lois Davidson, 3rd grade, Slanfield; Kenneth Eshelman, upper grades, Hurley, Iduho; Carol George, intermedi ate grades, Portland; Betty Kight, 5th and 0th grades, Milton; Party Jean Leonard, 4th and 5th grades, Haines; Emily Otis, 7th and Hill grades, Mijlon; Marion Snider, junior and senior high ort, Pen dleton; Helen Tippin, 2nd and 3rd grades, Helix; Dorothy Wbljls, 1st and 2nd grades, Helix; Nina Wells, 4th grade, Slanfield, artd Guy Yarnell, 7th and 8th grades, Roardmun. Utah to Execute Hammer Slayer " VERNAL, Utah, May 30 (UP) James Joseph Roedl, 27-year-old twice-convicted hammor slayer, has been sentenced to die before a Utah state prison firing squad on Friday tho 13th of July. The gaunt former Oklahoma state mental patient, twice has been sentenced lo die for the Oct. 12, 1042, hammer killing of Ag nes Abigail Williams of San Le- andro, Calif. Previously, he was granted a reprieve by Gov. Her-Ai bert B. Maw. Ho was captured S, near Olympio, Wash. Weather ; Data for 24 hours to 7 a.m. ;' Temperatures: ' Maximum 84 ''' Minimum St Precipitation OS Forecast: Partly cloudy to night and Thursday, probable showers. V Mi; j
