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Newspaper Page Textest of k Cmp rady Set Column 1-1 Community Newspaper For Every Mkmber of the , Family ESTABLISH KD 1S9B Enemy Resistance Ends; Stilwell Gets Command of Victors GUAM, J'-une 21 (UP) The American 10th army has won the .battle of Okinawa after 82 days of the bloodiest fightinfr of the Pacific war, Admiral Chester W. Nimitz an nounced t,oday. Simultaneously, Gen. Douglas MacArtluir in a surprise move appointed Gen. Joseph W. (Vinegar Joe) Stilwell, chief of U. S. army ground forces, to command the victorious 10th in tfe climactic battle of Japan. Jtudio Tokyo said the United Slates apparently al ready has begun preparations for a "direct invasion of the .lumniese mainland." ) Nintilz'K brief, triuniiili.'int aM organized Japanese resistance on Okinawa, hard-won stepping stone island only .'.'!() miles southwest of Japan, ended today. The 41-word communique was issued after a dramatic message to headquarters here from Marine Maj. Gen. Roy S. Geiger, 10th army commander, three days after his pre decessor Lt. Gen. Simon Bolivar Buckner, Jr., was killed in action. "Remnants of the .enemy garrison in two small pockets in the southern portion of the island are being mopped up," ; ' British Aid May Be Asked to Save Poles From Prison LONDON, June 21 (UP) A source close to the Polish -exile government said today the gov ernment probably will ask Bri tain to intercede in behalf of 12 Polus sentenced in Moscow to four months to 10 years in prison for terrorism against the Red army. Official British quarters re fused to speculate on the possi bility thafBritaTn' would inter cede with Russia. Britain and the United Slates still recognise the exile government as opposed 1o the Soviet-backed Polish pro visional government in Warsaw. Radio Moscow announced that the Soviet court had sentenced Gen. Leopold Okulicki to 10 years for his part in the terrorist at tacks and for operating candes tine radio transmitters behind the Red army lines. Jan JanWowski, vice premier of the London government and its delegate inside Poland, was sen tenced to eight year. Adam Ban, vice-chairman of th Polish under ground council of ministers, and Stanislaw Jasiukowicz, a Polish nationalist, were given five-year terms. Eight other defendants were sentenced variously to four months to one year each in prison and three more were acquitted. Truman Approves Alaskan Highway OLYMPIA, Vash., June ?.l (UP) President Truman today advocated completion of the Alaskan highway as an essential postwar project. Mr. Truman told his press con ference that 600 miles of high way still must be constructed to complete the long highway whi'.'h links the United States wiih Alaska. He made the announcement to his press conference after meet ing with Gov. Ernest Gurening of Alaska and Sen. Warren G. un .,,. '""snusun, u., wasn. Mr. Truman said the commis sion which planned the original Highway will be revitalized. Suicide Planes Desfroyer, Damage Big Cruiser WASHINGTON, June 21 (UP) The navy, rapidly removing the news blackouts on Japanese suicide attacks, told today how the dou ble blow of a Jaoancse suicide plane aid a "baka bomb" sank the destroyer Manner! L. Abele off Okinawa last April 12. The account, containing th first disclosed incident of a baka bomb h'tta an American ship, followed by oily 12 hours navy release of a six-month old account of a suicide plane attack on the light crius r Naihville enroute to the invasion of Mindoro island in the Phil- FHines. The Nashville was hit by a sin file suicide plane while in convnv last Dec. 13, a total nf 1X1 offi- c"s and men were kiK -d but the sh'P remained afloat and h;, smcc been repaired and restor.vK o action. Canities aboard the Abele ... V. 81 dt'ad and 32 wound ,Jhf,,u.icide Plane, a single-en- S'Ud Zeke fighter, dived through ed TU , WOUNU- j "r. f - off rl,. P wns on P'ck,"t du',Vi,hc waler at mm Okinawa on the day of the i an hour to ciash 0Uack. , .,l,,i nl (miimiiniriiip rminrturl ihni the communique said Only yesterday, marines and doughboys of the 10th army had split diehard i nimy remnants in to three separate death pockets. Nimitz's announcement indicated one of the three pockets since had been wiped out and the others reduced to impolency. Holdouts Pocketed Apparently still holding out were pockets in the area of hill 81 and another pocket at the ex treme southern end of the island where many of the Japs were leaping from cliffs to their deaths. But the marines and doughboys swept into the pockets, breaking up what little was lelt of Japanese communi cations and severing the enemy fiom overall command. A handful of Japanese fighting as guerillas remain at the north ern end of the island, but it is believed they will be of no effect in halting development of Oki nawa as a base for the reduction of Japan. Casualties Are Great Total Japanese casualties were not announced immediately, but they were believed well above the 000.000 mark. A total of 87, 243 Japanese dead had been counted through Tuesday and 2,565 other enemy troops had surrendered. American casualties have not been tallied for publication since May 24. Then they totaled 35,116 in the army, marine corps and navy, including 9,602 dead. ll was a costly campaign for the U. S. fleet as 31 ships, most ly smaller units, were sunk, and 54, including four large units, were damaged. Conquest of the island gave the Americans an island base 60 miles long with a number of air bases and sufficient giound area Jo deploy hundreds of thousands of troops for the invasion of Japan. Mac Hoke Funeral Will Be Tomorrow Funeral services for Mac Hoke. Pendleton grain and shsep ran cher who died Tuesday in a Port land hospital, will be at 2 p.m. at Folsom's in Pendleton. Burial will be made in Olney cemetery. Hoke was well-known in East ern Oregon, having been a coun ty agent in Wallowa county at oee tinie and was active in farm i organizations. Sink American a blazing hail of anti-aircraft file from the Abele to hit the ship on the starboard side, penetrating ; the deck to the after engine room. I A bomb attached to the plane exploded inside the ship, urea!;- ing the shaft and keel. About one minute ,,hiter the baka homb came skimming above e than 4UU miles into the ship rd u-alerline on the starboara side. A second terrific explosion j Sop DESTROYER . . . Pago " Light THEY HOPED TO CONOUEH THE WORLD Those dejected, ashamed or merely stupid-looking Japs were captured by American soldiers of tha 37 Hi division on their victorious push north from Ba guio through the Bayombong area on Luzon. They wear identifying POW lags. Signal Corps photo. Speed-up of Sales cf Small War Bonds Is Urged to Prevent County Failure to Meet Quota Urgent appeal lo Union county residents to step up their pur chases of war bonds of smaller denominations was voiced today by C.'Perkins, chairman of the county war finance committee, with the declaration that if small bond purchases are not continued at a high rate during the next eight days the county cannot meet its quota In the 7lh war loan campaign. He called attention to the fact that to dato sales of E bonds aggro gale $535,830, agaimt a quota of $741,000, and the sales of all types of bends total $736,255, toward a quota of $964,000, Allied Air Raiders Blast Japs on Wake, Home Isles GUAM, June 21 (UP) Tokyo reported that 56 American planes scouted Honshu and Kyushu for several hours today in apparent preparations for stepping up the bombing of Japan. The Japanese radio also said 300 or more allied carrier planes attacked Wake island far behind the Pacific battk'fronts yesterday. It was the first attack in strength this year on Wake, scene of a gallant stand by 385 marines in December, 1941. The reconnaissance fleet over Japan today. Tokyo said, coin prised 12 Liberators, 40 Grum man fighters, two naval patrol bombers, one superfort and one other plane of a large type. The radio said the Liberators and Grummans evidently came from Okinawa. Tokyo said the task force from which the Guam raiders took off included at least two aircraft car riers, but did not indicate its na tionality. A British task force attacked Ttuk island last week and an American task force hit Jaluit aloll in the Marshalls only Monday. Mother Greets 'Ike At Homecoming KANSAS CITY, Mo., June 21 (UP) General of the Army Dwight D. Eisenhower received a homecoming son's wi-leomc to day, a hug and a ki- fiom his 33-year-old mother, Stover Eisenhower. "Hells, mom," he "How are you .'eling ' ' "The saint' old way, son," she replied as she hugged him to her bosom and smothered him kisjes. To his wife, M:rs. Mamie how'er. Ike called nut: I "Hello, darling. I'm son- glad to see you au.nn." The Kendal's wif.- had r.ni" ! to Kansas City ahead "f him by train fur this, lu-r :hiid meetirrf .of the week .u'.n him. '"Eis'.ihowei was his ,v; : S. Eisenhow .-r, and hi- I As photographeis around the family p.,:' C-54. Ike y,.o-l-.o..d .. thers. Artnur H . M:lt gar. and F.a:!y. l! w . such family ge'.-tog. ! ' Iv a score of yea: s. li:- s-A.-unied : I.A CjRANHW. OUECON THUKSDAY KVKNINC, .U1NB Ballot Indicated Si "It is only through substantial purchases of smaller denomina tions of K bonds that we can hope lo reach our quota," he said. lie said that the drive to sell a number of $1,000 bonds to in dividuals set ins to have caused many prospective purchasers of bonds of smaller denominations to refrain fiom doing so, believ ing the sales of larger bonds wouid bring the sales lo tin quota figure Small bond? Important Perkins announced today thai nine $1,000 bonds have been sold, leaving $141,500 in bonds to be sold to individuals to reach the quota. Ho said of the total amount necessary, $50,000 has been set by the committee as the amount that would accrue norm ally in salt's of bonds of small de nominations, especially the $25 denomination. "These $25 bonds play a highly impnitant pail in the war loan campaigns, and we must continue buying Ihem or the present cam paign cannot be a success," he declared. He also said a substantial part oi tne sans Hie committee ex pected under the payroll savings plan have not materialized, or have materialized in amounts considerably smaller tiian anti cipated, dealing an urgent need for more direct individual pur chases. He said yesterday's sales of E bonds totalled $9,130.75, and sales Sei MANY SMALL . . . Page 7 IKE DECORATED BY TRUMAN President Truman pint an oak leaf clusl?r in lieu of hii third distinguished service medal on Gen. Dwight D. Eissnhowcr in ceremony held on White House grounds. Mrs. Eisenhower proudly witnesies the award given her husband for "corspicuous service lo the U.iiled States and lo the peoples of all the United Nalions." ft he w jr "-o rfo.o.. Ce.;. Yugoslavs Say Italy Protecting War Criminals LONDON, June 21 (UP) A Yugoslav spokesman charged to day that the Italian government is protecting and even assign ing important positions to fas cists wdio are high on Yugo slavia's list of war criminals. The chargo was made in a for mal statement by Radomiro Ziv kivic, Yugoslav representative on the United Nations war crimes commission. Zivkivic also announced Hint his government has preferred atrocity charges against Adm. Nicholas Horthy, ex-regent of Hungary, an dthat Gen. Draja Mikhailovitch, leader of the Yugoslav Chetnik forces, is be ing hunted for trial as a trailor. Zivkivic denounced the treat ment accorded fascist war crimi nals by the allied-dominated Italian government and delated Yugoslavia has unearthed evi dence of more than 10,000 fascist atrocities against the Yugoslav people. Horthy and 100 other Hungar ians were on the list of accused criminals, along with Mikhailo vitch, who battled both the Ger mans and Marshal Tito's forces in Yugoslavia. The Yugoslav commission, Ziv kivic said, has discovered orders issued by Mikhailovitch instruct ing his men to link up wilh the Italians and Germans for com bined operations against Tito'.i forces. School Budget is Approved at Cove COVE, June 21 Mrs. Vernona Rundall and Harvey Elmer, in cumbents, were re-elected lo the school board at this week's elec tion without opposition. The board has approved a bud get of $19,201, of which $12,82:1.07 is within the 0 percent limit, and $0.437..'):i will come from sources other than district taxation. 21. liUIi Bowman Testifies Concerning Fatal Fight With Father Family Members Defend Man On Death Charge Albert Forrest Bowman, 28, to day faced a jury in the circuit court of Judge R, J. Green to tell lirst hand the story of the fight with his father at the family lunch neur North Powder on April 22 which resulted in the death of his parent, for which ho has been indicted on a charge of murder. The early part of his testimony was devoted to describing his employment, family life V.d ether personal affairs, and during the afternoon the defense, in the hands of utlorneys Henry Hess ?nd S. H. Burleigh expected to get to the recounting of the alter cation which led to the fatal fight. Prior to Bowman's appearance on the witness stand, the defense called a number of character witnesses who testified that they found him peaceful, sober and indusliiuus. Brother, Sisters Called The accused man's brother, Clinton, who was discharged from the army a few days ago on the point system, and a 15-year-old sister, Larose, and another sister, Evelyn Dickinson, supple mented testimony of their mother and brother, Eugene, con cerning their father's use of in toxicants and quarrelsomeness, which the detense contends was I he cause of the slaying. The mother, brother and sister of the accused testified that ex cessive use of intoxicants mau the elder Bowman quarrelsome and antagonistic, and the mother said that it was because of the lather's disposition and habits that they induced Fotrest to go lo the ranch and irve us fete man. , Attacks by Parent told Clinton Bowman testified that his father attacked him in 1939, and attempted lo do so in 1940. Mrs. Forrest Bowman also test ified concerning his report to her of the fatal struggle withl his father, saying he told her after he decided his father was dead he became panic stricken and Lxciled and threw the body in the well. The defense yesterday at tempted to introduce in evidence the divorce complaint filed against the elder Bowman by his wife a few days before the fatal fight, but the court upheld ob jections of the state that it was irrelevant, Larose Bowman testi fied that she and her mother left Ihe ranch in October, 1944, and went to North Powder to make their home, and that her father threatened her. Pea Growers Talk Over Pest Control Pea growers of Union county met last night in the Ilnbler high school to discuss pea weevil and aphid control. Dr. T. A. lirind ley of the U. S. bureau of ento mology at Moscow, Idaho, was the speaker. Dr. C. D. Harrington, of the Associated Seed company, dis cussed the histoly and control oi pea aphids. Among tin; large crowd pres ent were Al Mi ppin. local man ager of California Packing com pany, Keith Province and Mer lin Johnson, owners of the local Hying school, and Joe Seaman, V'akima, Wash., all of whom are working on the dusting of peas by airplane, and County Agi nl Uolhn W. Schaad. Federal Agent is South-40 Speaker L. L. McBi ide was guest speak1 er at the dinner meeting of the Soulh-49 club Tuesday evening In the Stein banquet room. He told en interesting account of his work as a federal officer and how investigations are conducted. The group prepared pluns for the summer visit to the experi ment station near Union. Presi dent Clayton Fox presided, Tomorrow 35 Percent Vote Predicted; Registration of Electors inf Union County Decreases : Oregon voters will go to the polls tomorrow to ballot oft the question of whether $10,000,000 of surplus income tax funds shall he expended on a state institutiontil building pro gram, mid whether u levy of 2 cents a package shall be im posed upon cigarets to provide additional funds form the support of public education. . ,;" ' While the state has a registered voting strength of som'fe 500,700, of which 6,853 is in Union county, only about 85 to 40 per cent of the voters are expected to ballot on the issued Support of the. state institutional building proposal has been almost universal, no organized opposition having made itself heard. Although this preponderance of approval of tha building meacure would Indicate Us adoption without serious threat. Its proponents fear over confidence and an apathetic at tlude on ihe part of the ma jority could result In its defeat. Many oigcnizatloi I and in dividuals throughout the slate havo endorsed the building pro gram as one of the chief Horns in the states "must develop ment projects. They point out that most state correctional and welfare institutions, as well as thuso in the higher education systun are badly in need of ad ditional buildings, the latter par ticularly because of the expected increase in enrollment when men and women begin returning from the armed forces in jargo num bers, i Eastern Oregon college is ciled as one example of this need, due lo the lack of a men's dormitory. Similar conditions exist in other units of the educational system, and various institutions, such as the penitentiary are ' badly in need of improvement, propon ents point out. While the measure is titled on the ballot a "bill authoriz ing tax levy for state building fund," its proponents point out See LIGHT . . . Page 7 Security Parley Gets Bolivia Bid For Sea Outlet SAN FRANCISCO, June 21 (UP) Bolivia, the land-locked South American plateau country, today broke the informal rule of no territorial discussions at the United Nations security confer ence with a bid for an outlet to the sea. The proposal was made at an open commission session consid ering the sole remaining unap proved chapter of the world char terthe chapter on the political and security functions of the general assembly. It was voiced by Victor Andrade, Bolivian am bassador to the United States nnd chairman of the conference com mittee reporting to the commis sion. The session marked one of tha lust steps prior to formal signing of the final charter on behulf of the 50 nations represented here, slated for Monday. President Truman is to address the closing session of the parley on Tuesday, under the revised schedule an nounced yesterday. Wind Fans Fire In Deschutes Forest BF.ND, June 21 (UP) Fanned by fitful winds, the most severe forest fire in recent years wus raging in the lower Metolius riv er section of the Deschutes na tional forest, nppiolmntely 45 miles northwest of Bend, as up wards of 300 men fought to bring the blaze under control. Meager reports from the area dkul that aheady 800 acres of'tfiiin tim ber between the Warm rStrin Indian reservation and f.AIdcr fprings had been gutted, and Ihe flumes were reading (TapiHly through the lice tops. ts) MEETING IS CANCELLED The Junior chamber of com merce directors meeting sched uled for tonight has been can celled. An announcement of the mtvting will be made al a fiituie tnile. Weather Daju for 24 hours to 7 a. m. Temperature: Maximum 94 Minimum 56 Forecast: Partly cloudy tonight and Friday; cooler Friday. FIVE CENTS Truman Predicts Early Improvement In Food Situation OLYMPIA, Wash., June , Jl (UP) President Truman today forecast a material improvement in the national food situation when the new food admlnistia., tion takes over. :'t. Mr. Truman made this forecast in a special nows conference here in the office of Gov. Mon Wall' fcren, his host during a vacation in the northwest. The president said he thought the food situation would straight? en out automatically as soon as the new administrator Rep, 'Clinton Anderson, D N. M., who " becomes administrator and sec retary of agriculture takes over his job. -Noncommittal on Cabinet Asked about rumored cabinet changes, particularly the reported replacement of Secretury of In terior rturold L. Ickes, the presi dent said it was news to him and no changes were contemplated immediately. As hu hos been in recent weeks, the president was noncommittal about the future of his secretary of state, telling reporters today that when he had some news they would get it. One theory which followed Mr. Trumban's request to congress for a change in the rule of presi dential succession was that it might result in Stettinius retain ing his post longer than had been anticipated in some official quar ters. He announced plans to make a brief stop Monday at Portland, Ore., en route to San Francisco where he will address the ad journing session of the confer ence on Tuesday. Mr. Truman said he will leave here at 10 a.m. (PWT) Monday and fly to Portland, arriving there about 11 o'clock, and leav ing there in time to reach Sun Francisco about 4 p.m. Monday. Hours of County Offices Increased As the result of legislation adopted at the last session of the state legislature, county offices throughout the state which have more than one deputy, now must remain open during the noon hour. In Union county these offices include the county clerk and re corder, assessor and sheniff, POMONA GRANGE TO MEET Pomona grange will hold an all-day session Saturday at the Pleasant Grove grange halL Lyie Johnson, registrar of Eastern Ore gon college, has been asked to speak at the afternoon on "Educa tion After the War." Baseball Results By United Presf) AMEBICAN LEAGUE R. H. E. Clevelal 1 7 J Detroit 5 n .l Bagby, Henry (8) and Hayes. Overmire and Swift. New YoC 14 12 I Boston .... 4 7 3 t-'(ubiel and Gnrbark. Ferriss, Barrett (8) Heflin (5) and Wal ters. NATIONAL LEAGUE Pittsburgh 4 7 0 Chicago 5 13 2 Roo, Sewell (7) and Salkeld. Lopez (0); Wyse and Livingston.