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TRUMAN WELCOMED TO WEST COAST President Harry S.
Truman (right) is welcomed to Washington state by Gov. Mon S.
Wallgren at McChord Field, near Olympia. Truman will enjoy a
brief holiday in the Pacific northwest before he flies to San Fran
cisco for final UNCIO session.
Okin
awa
Japs
Surrender
Phil ippine Escape Blocked
Holiday Visit to Mt. Rainier Is
Made by President Truman
OLYMPIA, Wash., June 22 (UP) President Truman today kept
close tabs on the war in the Pacific as he continued his vacation
in lh northwest. Today ho look a daylong motor lour to Mount
Rainier, tho imposing, snow-covered trademark of Washington state.
The president was in constant communication with world develop
ments. He had special facilities to keep him in touch with the pro
gress of the war even while he was driving through the great
. forests of this section.
The odds were belter than even
Ihat Mr. Truirmn will go to the
Pacific, himself, before the year
is out particularly if condi
tions are such that Philippine in
dependence can be proclaimed in
the early autumn. There also
has been sonic diplomatic pres
sure for a meeting as soon as
feasible between til; president
and Chinese Generalissimo Chi
ang Kai-shek.
Mr. Truman's first internation
al dale is with the big three the
middle of next month near Ber
lin. Speculation was that the
thief executive will include vis
its to London, and possibly Paris
ihc course of Ins European
Story of Fatal
Fight With Father
Told By Bowman
The trial of Albert Forrest
Ilowman on a charge that he
murdered his father, Albert
f ' (Bert) Bowman, was in week-end
' -' recess today after the defendant
. j told from the witness stand his
I story of the fight at the North
'r- Powder ranch on April 22 whii-.h
ri resulted in the death of the ae-
'; cuscd man's patent.
"i Under direct examination by
j defense attorneys Henry Hess
Ified that he was attacked by his i 1
father with a milk s'ool, and said ; Meantime, the president was
Jin effect "it was his lire or mini'." ; enjoying the first real respite
') The parent was in an almtfve ! "V "?,pac, ot WhM
;ad belligerent mood, he tcsli- j Zl ' 1 f'""1
'fled, and became more highly in- ! "C f W,'" l,mu dm'f cxe;u-
censed and vengeful when tin?- J&t April.
. Vicl..,fl.., I... .....ni r
son took the m ik strui nw:.v '. ""J '"- -". ie,i u iuiiu
aw?y
' , from him.
. In defending himself from his '
much larger and more powerful
jji parent, Bowman said, h-j picked i
j up a rock and struck blows on his '
father's head and shoulder.
He said when he realized his !
ft blows had been fatal, he became '
hour fishing trip on Pugel Sound.
Slight Increase
Seen in Pig Crop
WASHINGTON, June 22 (UP)
The agriculture department to-
parjvc 3tnicke:i, realizing that i day predicted a 1945 pig crop of
Mass Surrender
Marks Mop Up By
American Forces
Kyushu Landing
Is Expected By
Enemy Leaders
OKINAWA, June 22 (UP)
-Japanese officers nnrl thou
sands of their men surrender
ed to American forces on
southern Okimiwn rnrinv in
the first mass cauitulation of
enemy troops ot the facnic
war. '
Discarding the pr o p a ganda
myth of imperial invincibility
and Anvo-ican "cruelty1," long
lines of Nipponese soldiers wav
ing wiiite nags streamed up
rocky Mabuni ridge from their
caves and fortifications.
The surrender parade lasted
all day. Many of the captives
said they have lost faith in Jap
an's ability to win the war.
Tokyo suffered a new attack
of invasion jitters, speculating
that U. S. force -. eventually
will land on Kyushu and pos
sibly the Amami group, 110
miles north of Okinawa.
United Press war correspond
ent Russell Annabel reported the
American flag was aised form
ally over Okinawa at 10:15 a.m.
Firiday, Okinawa time. Veter
ans of the bloody 82-day battle
stood aj attention and warplnnes
roared overhead us the stars and
stripes were put up at luth army
headquarters.
Stars and Stripes Raised
At the flac-ralsinc. rtrin n,.,i
r-awrenco Schick, assistant chief
oi staff to the late Lt. Gen. Simon
Bolivar Buckner, read orders de
claring enemy resistance at an
end.
The Japanese, refusing lo ad
mit the complete loss of Okinawa,
icporlcd that a "vast area" of
mo island was being leveled for
many, many more air fields and
lumvays." There was partial
confirmation of that enemy re
port here, where it was revealed
that still more air skips were
being laid out on Okinawa in ad
dition to six already in Ameri
can hands.
Day's Sales of E Bonds
Hit Low Mark of $8,775
War bond sales hit a low point yesterday when a total of $8,975
wero issued by all selling agencies, bringing the total sales for the
7lft war loan to date to $745,230.75, and leaving $218,769.25 to bo
sold during final eight days of tho campaign. '
Despite the fact that a considerable amount of bonds purchased
by men and women in the armed services, through purchases by
union couniy resiaenis working in shipyards, and aircraft plants,
and through payroll savings purchases, there remains a net amount
of nearly $150,000 in bonds yet to be sold if the county is to reach
its $964,000 quota, of which $741,000 is in E bonds.
t soarp reuuciion was
Other members of the family
would be drawn into the cue,
and while excited and ovcr-
wrought he put the body into a
nearby well, where it was found
the following day.
f C. R. Eberhard, district attor-
j w n-in, uuu uni:"
. yocnran nan noi completed ineir
cross examination of the accused
inan when court was adjourned
J lute yesterday.
; Their cross examination will he
resumed Monday morning, and
" the defense announced that it is
, expected the defense and argu
ments will be completed in time
; to give the case to the jury late
. lucsday or Wednesday
J,S87,000 head as compared with
86,753,000 in 1944 and 121,706,000
in 1943.
The department said the spring
ciop would be seven percent un
der last spring's but added that
a 17 percent increase was fore
seeable in the fall crop as com
pared to the fall of 1944.
The spring pig crop will move
to market in the form of pork
from November, 1945, through
February, 1946, while the fall
crop will appear on the market
as bacon, chops and roasts from
about the end of March through
next summer.
Jap Balloon Rumor
Lacks Confirmation
Quick U. S. Okeh of
World Charter Aim
SAN K It A N CISCO. June 22
i Hill 11 , . . .
;n iZJ .1 '!'"-; reports that a Jap balloon had
can foreign policy leaders were : i, ' .
j i ui'kiii iiie-ir cam
paign for winning y. S. senate
WINNIPEG. Man., June 22
(UP) The Royal Canadian air
j force No. 2 air command, in
charge of RCAF operations west-
n ntral Canada, said today that
! Ratification of the new United
jJat.ons charier.
'I ' Sens. Tom Connally, D., Tex.
and Arthur II. Vanricnbei B. R.
! Mich., will fly back to Washing
ion next wcck lo oegin their rc-
idian city had been re-ceived but
that investigation failed to con
firm that the balloon appeared at
great height and that RCAF Hur
1 1 icanc fighter planes attempted
interception.
tun ne.i ftiTu in uefcin inrir re- . .
ports to the senate less than two i ' I'UCK (lOS btailipH
days after President Truman ! .1 l flilflhh' TllfQrlnil
Closes the United Nations confer- ' " iLa"a(,'C I UCSUay
ence.
Bothc senators aie members of third ejuarter of
Gasoline ration stamps for the
in- u. a. aeieganon. Both hope
this time to avoid the bitter par
tisan strife of 1920 which divided
the nation and kept the United
States out of the old league of
nut ions. "
1945 will be
vailable to truck operators June
26.
.Miss Nolle Grimmett, chief
clerk of the board, announced to
day the stamps may be obtained
;.t the ration board office.
Stamping Out of
German Dominance
01 Europe Urged
WASHINGTON, June 22 (UP)
Financier Bernard M. Baruch
today called for the removal or
cicsiruciion of all German heavy
...uuouj, io DrcaK once and for
all Germany's dominance of Eu
rope." Recently returned from Ger
many, Baruch told the senate
military affairs committee that
anything less drastic would fail
completely to provide the basis
for lasting peace.
He declared "Germany's war
making potential must be elimi
nated, many of her plants and
factories shifted east and west to
friendly countries, all other hnw
industries destroyed, the Junk
ers estates broken up. her ex
ports and imports strictly con
trolled, German assets and busi
ness organizations all over the
world rooted out."
Baruch denied Unit his pro
gram would mean destruction of
ine "German r:opJc. He cor
ceded that they would have a
comparatively low standard ,,
living for a lime but said it would
not be as low as Germany im
posed on occupied countries or
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Home Town Gives
Royal Welcome to
Gen. Eisenhower
ABILENE, Kan.. June 22 (UP)
Gin. Dwight D. Eisenhower
urged today that all returning
soldiers be 'accorded the same
friendly, whole-hearted welcome
the folks of his home town gave
him.
"I am not tne hero," lie said,
soaking from "General Dwight D.
fciscnhowcr Park. "I am the
symbol of all the heroic men you
sent to war."
General Ike, asserting Ihat the
life of every one ot those 3.000.-
000 Americans he commanded
was precious to him, said those
soldiers did not want special
treatment, nor care for life, but
are anxious for the "same friend
ly spirit with which you received
me."
Tho parade which preceded Ihc
brief talk was one of bands,
smartly marching military units,
veterans, tractors, wheat com
bines, trucks and floats depicting
the history of this country.
Thousands Turn Out
made
recently in tho estimated amount
of bonds to be credited to the
county through purchases out
side the county, which increased
the amount that must be sold to
people in the county, a situation
explained by W. C. Perkins, coun
ty war finance committee chair
man today in the following state,
mcnt:
"Some have asked why the
amount needed lo m a k e our
quota in the seventh changed
some $50,001) on the 20th of Ihc
month.
"We were advised bv the treas
ury department when we were
given our quota of $741,000 ih.il
$120,000 (which was the amount
credited to us on the sixth war
loan) would comn in os fi-nm n,,,..
phases of bonds at issuing agnn-
eies ouisicie or union county, and
from payroll deductions from
large employers, such as Union
Pacific, state of Oregon, U. S.
army and navy, etc.
"Wc tare now adviifed this
amount will be nearer $70,000.
"Army and navy purchases are
up! Our men and women in all
branches of the iirmv nnrl n,,
are buying bonds In the seventh,
.ui, uenevc u or ot, their pur
chases to date are greater than
in mo sixui. in the s xth. Ssnnni
Guerrillas Sever
Enemy Forces In
Cagayan Valley
Counter-Thrusts
Balked Filipinos
Take Capital
MANILA, Juno 22 (UP)
fiiipino guerrillas seized the
heart of the Canityan valley
today, blocking tho escape of
a Japanese force which bat
tled the Americans 35 miles
to the south.
The Filipinos led by Col.
Russell W. Volckmnhn cap
lured Gugfgiuao, capital of Cag
ayan province, as tho Japanese
finally turned lo fight the 37th
division in the lower valley.
The Guerilla force, driving
across the Cagayan river in a
sudden sweep down from the
hills, also split enemy forces in
northern Luzon, estimated at two
divisions.
The Japanese threw two eoun-
tci'-atlncks ut the American force
in the area two miles north of
Ilagan. The counter-attacks were
hurled back with the 37th knock
ing out nine tanks, eight of them
the flame-throwing type. This
was the first enemy armor met in
the drive along tho valley proprr.
On Borneo, General Douglas
MacAilhur anounccd today, the
Australian ninth division made a
now landing at Lutong, oil refin
ery center on the west coast 110
miles southwest of Brunei Bay.
The landing was unopposed.
Front dispatches reported that
natives told the invaders the Jap
anese withdrew from the urea
when the Brunei Bay landings
were made June 10.
Naval Arsenal, Plane
Plants Are Targets ;
Hit on Home Island1
GUAM,' June 22 (UP) U-29 Superfortresses, already
credited with destroying 112 square miles of Japan's prin
cipal industrial cities, bombed five aircraft plants and a naval
arsenal on the main enemy home island of Honshu today. '
Upwards of 45P of the big bombers cascaded thousands
of high-oxplosive dcmoltion bombs on the sprawling war -.
plants from medium altitude. A. new censorship policy for
bade speculation on the weight of the bomb load.
Targets for the first six-way B-29 attack on the war were,
the Kure naval arsenal on the Inland sea, main arsenal of:
the shrinking Japanese navy; two aircraft i plants 20 miles
north of Nagoya, two more in a town near Kobe, and another
at Tamashima, 90 miles west of Kobe. . , .';
The raid was tho third major
This town of 5,400 was claim- l Jda' in ll,e scv""l'. $21,108,
ing its most famous son lo the I, ,orc' bc credited from
tunc of a turnout of 50,000 fiom P''""'' .
over ine Kansas n a ns t nil lice .. """K'hioii men becomes
then known by his middle name
ot David once roamed. He spent
his boyhood on his parents' near
by farm.
On the program was u mile
long parade of floats depiciling
the general's early life and the
history of Dickinson
cowboys, steers, bulls, sheep,
hogs and wheat combines all
intended lo icveal that the Ilium-
folk hereabouts haven't fniitniimi
Ihat these are what "Ike" Eisen
hower believes most wnrihiuhil,.
In a nreliininarv
ii...
Mie lesponsioimy or tilt- people
on the home front. Wc must
lake up the slack which in this
case is on jcm of $r)000n ..
House Votes Down
Move to Shorten
OPA Continuance
WASHINGTON, June 22 (UPl
The house by a vole of 177 to
i-u oeieaiecl n nim,hii..
crowd oi more than 3.000 r,,7- ,1 lcmpl lu0"y lo "lend th
bee 11U.ME TOWN
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'Swim For Ileal th'
Week Proclaimed
SALEM, Ore , June 22 (UP)
Gov. Earl Sncll issued a state
ment today calling attention to
"swim for health" week, June 25
lo .10.
Purpose of the campaign are to
increase the number participat
ing in the sport and, recreation,
to co-operate with national phy
sical fitness programs, and to
teach swimming to all draft-age
youths about to be called into
military service.
Lumber Production
Down, Orders Up
PORTLAND, June 22 (UP)A
report for the week ending June
10 of comparative figures on
lumber orders, shipments and
production, was issued here to
Jay by the Western Pine association.
Orders for Idaho white pine,
Ionderosa pine, sugar pine and
associated species for the week
ending June 16 totaled K3,223,oori
feet as compared with 64,050,000
feet for the previous week and
74.778,000 feel for .the correspond
ing week hist year. Similar com
parisons of shipments are 57 ri'i'i -
000 feel, 64,381,000 feet and HI,
722.000 feet and of production
are B4,53,000 feel, 5,343,l)0 feci
and 83,564,000 feet.
AN ADVANCED ALEUTIAN
BASE, June 21 (Delayed) (UP)
American planes based in the
north Pacific area have sunk
four small Japanese cargo ship-,
probably sunk two more anrl
damaged foui, others during the
past three days as the intensity
of the aerio! campaign in the Ku
riles area has been increased, the
army announced here today.
These losses were inflicted on
the enemy at a c'-n of only one
Liberator lost.
at-
nrir-M
comrol act for only six months.
Republicans sought a short
term renewal instead of the
year asked by the administration
on the grounds that it would
assure a midwinter chock on OI"
and give congress the change
then to write any necessary new
reconversion formulas.
Democrats argued that the SU
months extension would stimu
late black markots, result in the
holding back of civilian goods in
anticipation of higher prices, and I
OpA personnel to quit
House Speaker Sam Hayb,
made one of his rare speeches to
help defeat the amendment,
which he called "confusing" and
destructive."
llr- ,
; "- aie always here and if
' they don't run things as we think
! "ley snould, then we can
j unolher stitch," h.- said
Earlier, house Democrats had
booed an assertion by Hep. H,n--
i "in itnuison, If., Minn., t,
loon administrator in World War
uiu a Doner job" than OPA
with $8,000,000 and less than .iOO
employes." 0
al-.e
. ' "mm., inai ioi
"t yuijft LiniUH l I (' I ; '"Toon Hoover us
Sunk by V. S. Planes
House Approves
Food Control Switch
WASHINGTON, June 22 (UP)
The house today tentatively
approved by a vote of 145 to 142
the so-called Hoover amendment
to unmsfer control of all food at
tivilics, except rationing, from
OPA to the department of ojt.i.
OPA Slaughtering
Urder Menaces
State Meat Supply
SALEM, Ore., June 22 (UP)
E. L. Peterson, slate director of
agriculture, today telegraphed e
protest against new OPA men:
slaughtering regulations lo mem
bers of Oregon's delegation in
congress.
Peterson's action followed pie
sentation of testimony by meat
eh alers and slaughterers at a con
ference in his office to the effect
Ihat the now regulations would
dry up 00 per cent of Oregon's
meat supply.
Peterson blamed the situation
now confronting the west coast
on "the ignorance of the OPA"
regarding slaughtering conditions
in the west where most of the
meai comes throuidi miinir,
slaughtering channels.
II. E. Carlson, of Portland, sec
retary of the Independent Meal
".-..in.-, uBMieiaiien ioki Peterson
that custom slaughteieis through
out the stale arc refusing to oper
ate under the new regulations
which became effective a week
ago. There are 100 custom
f laughters in Oregon and only six
ledirally inspected packing
plants he said.
The custom slaughterers have
ouit business and the big pack
ers have quit deliveiing in this
area so there is no meat to sell.
Hirl Edwards, meat distributor
testified that there are more
beef cattle on western ranges
than ever before but no meal lo
eat.
Olll' only boon for sneeHv i...
lief appears to be through ( on
gross, Peterson said as he an
nounced thai ,c was appealing
for aid.
B-21) strike at Japan this wee
and raised the number of indiv
idual industrial targets hit in that
period to 13. In previous raids
this month, the B-20s dropped
20,500 tons of bombs on Japan
Attack Force is Large
A Japanese army communique
estimated the attacking force at
.iOO and claimed that 28 had been
shot down or damaged
The 21st bomber command re
ported that a "large number" o;
B-2!s hit the Kurc arsenal, which
spreads over an area of 3,600 by
33,000 feet. It manufactures guns
up io 10 incites, shellB und torpe
does.
Two waves of Superfortresses
hit the Mitsubishi and Kawasaki
aircraft plants, :1,300 feet apart in
is.agamiganura, north of Nagoya
Two other formations bombed
the Kawanishi' aircraft plant at
nimcji, s nitres west of Kobe,
and the Kawasaki factory at
akusw, to miles west of Kobe
At Tiimushlmii, tho Mitsubishi
Misliima bomber plant was a
lucked. ,. ; . .,...,,,
Largo Areas Destroyed "
Reconnaissance photo graphs,
meantime, revealed that B-20s
destroyed or damaged 00 per cent
oi am.uoka, o ner cent of Tovo
hnshi, 40 per cent of Hiimamutsu
and half the commercial center
ot Yokkaishi in raids last Mon
uuy unci Wednesday.
A week ago today, other nholo
graphs revealed, Superfortresses
ourncu out an additional 2.71
square miles of Osuka and three
quarters of a square mile of nd
jaeent Amagiisaki. Sixteen square
miles of Osaka 26 per cent ot
ine mint.. up area of Osaka now
was in ruins.
culture.
Odd Lot Shoes to
lie Ration Free
WASHINGTON, June 22 (UP)
The office of price administra
tion announced today Ihat 4,500.
000 pairs of men's and women's
odd lot shoes will be put on the
market ration-free and ut mark-
down price July 0 through Juljf
The rule will be onfcpair to
A customer. Prices mttft, be at
least 25 per cent below June I
prices.
American, British
Intercession Mav
Be Sought for Poles
LONDON, June 22 (UP) Pre-
mier lomasz Arciszewski said
today his Polish government in.
exiite will apflfenl to Pi'.idonl
i ruman and Prime Minister
Churchill in connection with the
conviction of Polish underground
leauers in Moscow.
n.. i il.
u; juiu me cnarges were "loo
laniasiic to be refuted at the mo
mcnt in detail, but this will be
done in due time." He particu
larly denied charges that the nn.
derground connived with tho
Germans.
Arciszewski denounced the
Moscow trial as a dispatch from
Russia hinted Ihat un official an
nouncement of an agreement
among rival Polish factions on
the formation of a new unity
government was imminent.
WASHINGTON, June 22 (UP)
Reliable sources said lodie
mere was an "outside chance"
the U. S. would seek freedom for
the 12 Polish leaders sentenced lo
prison terms by a Russian mili
tary 'tribunal.
American officials were said to
feel that such a move, if cau
tiously handled, might help the
Polish political di.scussionii in
Moscow.
Extremely Light j
Vote Is Cast In
Special Election !
Voters of La Grande seemingly
took little interest In the special'
election today on the proposed'
$10,000,000 state building fundi
and 2-ccnt clgaret tax proposal,
us at 1:30 p.m., only about seven
per . cent had been to the polls
in a group of selected precincts.'
In six of the city's 13 precincts'
only 157 votes had been cast at
that hour out of a total rcgistra.
Hon of 2,100 electors. '
Should this rate of voting ,be
continued until the polls closo
at 8 p.m., the total would be far1
below the expected 35 to 40 pet
cent. However, it is believed a
substantial increase may be rc-
corded after working hours, when
employed people and business
men will have an ODDortunitv to
cast their ballots without inter
rupting their, ,. employment and,- ,
business,-. ' . , .
The smallest perctntaeo of. ,
registered vote to be cast was in1
precinct 7, the polling place for
which is at 230 Hemlock street.
There only 31 ballots had been
cast of a potential 627. Highest
percentage at checking time was
in tho city hall, polling place
which showed 11. per cent of tho
237 voters hnd cast their ballots. '
Other precincts checked, with
the number of registrations arid
voles cast to 1:30 p. m., follow:
No. 3, Second and Adams ave
nue, 258 registered. 16 votes east;
No. 8, courthouse, 425 and 29;
No. I), Red Cross headquarters,
Depot street, 271) and 23; No.
io, Methodist church, 374 and 31.
Dalles Restaurants
Face Closure As
Patronage Mounts
THE DALLES. Ore.. June 22
(ffJ) Mrs. Finlev Richardson,,
spokesmen for local restaurant
operators, this afternoon chal
lenged a stulemont made lo the
united Press by MeDanncl Brown
of tho Portland OPA office,' t"r
the effect that additional ration
points have been allocated to care
tor several thousand udditionul
workers now here for the cherry
harvest. They said they must'
close Monday unless they get'
more red points.
"Wc huve not been issued a
single extra red point insofar as
I know," Mrs. Richardson sard.
'We are literally swamped with
-fiomers.
Meanwhile, in Portland. Brown
aid any restaurant will get art
automalic adjustment on thej
number of meals serviced Wn
have always made it possible to
secure these adjustments as thcy;
go along, if they get caught on a
spot with a heavy influx of cus
tomers. I believe adjustments
arc being made currently (at The
Dalles.)"
Jap Cave Blows Up,
Wounding Newsman
GUAM, June 22 (UP) K. G.
Valens, United Press staff cor
respondent, was wounrivd on
Okinawa Monday while in the
front lines with the sixth marine
division, It has been revealed.
Valens whs with iP group of
marines wllo; blasted .an enemy
cnv;which pftNently WW. '(tiled,
with" 'ammunition. WhcH it blow
up a large ptete of colli) hit hiftl
on the sic of Jtts face, inflicW,(jj
a severe wound' He will bo Hos
pitalized about a week. .
Baseball Results
By United Press
Amorlcan Leagiie
R II -
Philadelphia 0 4
New York 2 6 1
Gcrkin, Berry and Gcoi;
Pevans and Garbark.
Washington 5 7 2
B'ton io 14 0
Niggtling, Ullrich (3) and Fer
rell, Guerim (5); O'Nal and 3tal-tei
St) i&itt 5 13 0
-'- 2 S 0
BuWUttt 8hd' CVa: (flerrin-
,-r, 8rifcaj)f if, Chipmaig)(0),
Stfttafti O; nnd LlvlngstonX