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speare's Macbeth: J '
"When shall we three met again,
In thunder, lightning or in rain?"
And Second Witch replies j
"When the hurly-burly's done,
When the battle's lost and won.
The dialogue comes to j mind
with the present agitation for an-
i other meeting of the Big Three:
chiefs of state of Great Britain,
! Russia and the United States Pres-
ident Truman would substitute for
' Roosevelt in a session with Churc
: lull and Stalin. Churchill has
: urged such a meeting, Truman
. has endorsed it, the Sphinx of the
i Kremlin has made no comment
; that vexing questions demand a
meeting of the Big Three, j with
the possible addition of represen-
tatives of France and China, there
are others who question whether
i such a formal meeting would be
I fruitful. The Baker Democratr Her-
aid says it cannot "share the
! childlike faith ; ; . that the clouds
that cover the diplomatic horizon
could be scattered by .another
i meeting of the "big , three."; The
jWall Street Journal, after noting
that Teheran left problems un
1 settled, and that in spite of the
; fact that Yalta was to bring' a
I settlement the problems have
i grown, inquires: "What warrant
-. for helieving another conference
; will have different result?"
i What indeed? Add to that the
i terrific letdown if the proposed
: meeting should end in a blank
lwall of disagreement, if not of
j rupture? In view of the risks
President Tru311 was well ad
vised to have Harry Hopkins go
I (Continued on editorial page)
Report
Chinese
Town of Ishan
; CHUNGKING, May 31-(yp-Chi-nese
troops were reported tonight
to have, captured the South China
rail town of Ishan, "43" miles west
of the former U. S. air base city
' of Liuchow, as they dug deeper
into the narrowing corridor lead
ing into French IndoChina where
thousands of Japanese are! iso
lated. .!!
The Chinese high command had
not confirmed the capture of Is
han, but the Chinese troops yes-
- terday had fought into its outskirts
in. their converging drive on Liu
chow, the enemy's most important
. road hub in Kwangsi province.
pther Chinese columns were re-
' ported S3 miles southwest and 40
tniles northwest of Liuchow, swept
1 by ' fires apparently , set off by
. the retreating enemy.
; - LL Gen. Albert C. -Wedemeyer,
U. S. army commander in China,
declared the Japanese were with
out question, . withdrawing
from
the trans-continental land corridor
connecting enemy forces in China
with perhaps. 200,000 Japanese in
Jndo-China, Thailand, Malaya, and
Burma. At a point near the Indo
china frontier the corridor is only
bout' 100 miles wide.
Workers Needed
At Camp Adair
' CORVALLIS, May 31. H&h A
labor recruiting drive for! 600
workers at Camp Adair, the Cor
vallis naval hospital ' and naval
air base was announced today by
, the US employment service, i
; :. The federal service office here
aid men and women of all types
of skill and common laborers
would be needed.
The Camp Adair public relations
office said there was no announce -
dent regarding the increased ac -
tivity at Camp Adair. 1
From his subject, "A Handful of
Life Dr. Paul S. Wright, pastor
f Portland First Presbyterian
church drew reasons and methods
for living awarely, selectively,
courageously, loyally and loving
ly as he addressed Salem high
school's 367 graduating students
and more than 1400 guests .who
filled to capacity the high school
auditorium Thursday night
Names of 46 other graduates are
inscribed on the nation's service
rolls, one of them followed by a
gold star, ; - ' i 1 .'-''.'
T Awareness of the future is as im
portant as knowledge of current
events; energies must be expended
on a limited , list of activities if
excellence in , anyone is sought,
Dr. Wright pointed out ; "It is
when we learn to live for a pur
pose that we must learn to live
selectively," the speaker main
Say
. 14
Mustangs
Escort
Big Forts
By Rbin Coons
GUAM, Friday, June l-Jfy-At
least 450 Superfortresses, escorted
by about ISO Mustang fighters
based on Iwo Jima, poured 3200
tons of fire bombs on Osaka,
Japan's second largest city, in a
daylight raid today.
Osaka was bit once before by
B-29 incendiaries, on March 14.
en 30df planes struck in the
early morning darkness. More
than 2,000 tons of bombs on that
raid destroyed or damaged 8.1
square miles! of the city.
Osaka, located centrally on
Japan's main island of Honshu,
has a population of 3,252,340 and
ranks among .the .three most
densely populated cities in Japan,
with an average of 45,000 per
sons per square mile.
Today's target area was a sec
tion ; bordering Osaka and south
of the Shin Yodo river probably
the city's most highly industrial
ized district.
Important among the objectives
today was the Dural sheet metal
and aircraft propeller plant. Near
this are shipyards, two large elec
trical equipment plants, machine
ry factories, textile irillls and sev
eral power stations.
The main Osaka railway station,
with an extensive rail network
and freight yards, stands near the
Shin Yodo river. Destruction there
would break the heart of the city's
communications.
The -target area included
Osaka's harbor facilities the cus
toms house and municipal harbor
department - besides important
docks and warehouses.
Allies Lifted
English Fogs
LONDON, May 31-iiP)-Another
war secret that could not be told
until now is how the jinx of Eng
lish fogs was overcome for the
first time in history--so that Al
lied planes were able to maintain
around-the-clock bombing of Ger
many regardless of weather.
-Th5 fog simply was burned off
the airbases by means of ingen
ious oil burner devices strung a-
long the runways like lights.
The generated 'enough heat to
melt the fog .like magic, turning
wartime air offensives that used
to be. impossible into a matter of
routine and offering great possi
bilities for safer peacetime flying.
tth Air Force to Add
B-29s for Nippon War
WASHINGTON, May 31-ff)-Lt.
I Gen. James H. Doolittle, who
struck the first air blow against
Tokyo, will have B-29 Superforts
I as well as smaller planes in his
1 8th air force when he hurls it
j against the Japanese, it was an
I nounced today.
tained. "Happiness," he said,
"consists in knowing where we're
going and the rations necessary to
reach that goal. I : ,
Youth has great heed of courage,
for it makes life's greatest deci
sions; though -activities be limited,
loyalties should be spread over the
face of the earth, he said. Quoting
from the 13th chapter of First
Corinthians, Dr. Wright maintain
ed that living lovingly in possible
for those who live awarely, selec
tively, courageously and loyally
and that - religion "is the basic
foundation- to which J all other
things are attached, providing the
power to grasp success in life.
Special awards as well as di
plomas were presented to grad
uating students. Highest honors
in scholarship , went to " Carolyn
Carson and Robert Gilbert; the
NINETY-FIFTH YEAR
PAGES
Satan,
Back in U; S.
Gen. Courtney H. Hodges, com
mander of the American First
inn? which played a leading
role ! hv the ; victory 1 ever fGer-
many, Is back In the United
States for a short rest before
leading his army arainst the
Jp ! Mi
Lakeview
x , : t "E ' "I i H -
That Killed Six
Was Jap Bomb
LAKEVIEW, Ore., May!3!-)
The only survivor of the Japanese
balloon bomb explosion that killed
his wife and five youngsters hear
here told tonight how the f first
Victims of a World War II enemy
attack on the United States main
land, died, I , 1
4 Disclosure of the May 5 trag
edy was made by Undersecretary
of War Robert P. Patterson to
warn the public against touching
strange objects in the forests
.The survivor, Rev. i Archie
Mitchell, said he had taken: his
wife and five neighborhood chil
dren on a fishing trip. Later in
the day, he related, they decided
to eat lunch at a picnic ; site
short distance from the stream.
i Mitchell said his wife and the
children were . walking through
the woods to the spot while be
drove the car there. As he stopped
the car, he said he heard someone
shout, "Look what we've found."
The minister said he 'called,
"Don't touch it, and started jun-i
ningi toward .the group.? Bel ex-
plained; he had heard of the Jap-
ahese balloons and was afraid that
was what they'd found.! I it f
iuAs I ran through the woods,'
he said, "there was a terrific- ex
plosion." ; . ; I .
'. He found the six of them dead,
all within: a 10-yard radius of the
balloon fragments. A. piece . of
burning balloon lay on Mrs.
Mitchell's: body. J v M 1 1 H
Killed Were Mrs-Mitchell; Joan
Patske,ll; her brother Dick, 13
Eddie Engen, 13; Jay Gilford, 12
and Sherman Shoemaker, 12.
Nelson -cup to ' Dorothy Cooney; 1
senior' band and orchestra cup to
Dean AUport and Frank Combs;
Girls Letter club plaque to Wilma
Earnest; "S" club plaquo to Thom
as; Boaiman; DAR Good Citizen
ship award to Helen Paulson, Com
mercial club award to Arlene
Fromm; Albert prize, Robert B.
Bennett J. C. Nelson Memorial
award to Edith Fairham and Rob
ert Hobiis; Bausch and Lomb sci
ence aSard to Robert Gflbert'..-! ,
Senior home economics award,
JoAnne Tweedie; Civics club a
ward,? Robert Weber; , Crescendo
dub award, Edith Fairham; Amer
ican ? Region auxiliary American
history award, Helen Shepard;
Wtorneter university Rotary
scholarship Betty Zo Allen; WU
honor I scholarships, Carolyn Car
son and. Edith Fairham; U of O
s , , I
Blast
Oregon. Friday Morning. Jus
oirasCidl -
i r l
Assault
Goes
Well
! By lief Erickson ;
GUAM, FridayJune 1.-HJ.
S. 10th army divisions, killing
more than 1000 Japanese daily,
crumbled the last formidable core
of enemy defenses across southern
Okinawa yesterday in a general
assault 'which gained up to 1200
yards and virtually pinched off
ShuH. I ' ' I ' . . V
The fall of Naha on the west
coast and Yonabaru on the east
had left only Shuri in the center
and, for all practical purposes.
the Japanese around Shun are
through.
First marine division patrols ad
vancing yesterday through the
wrecked city of Shuri were within
sight of westbound forward ele
ments of the 96th infantry divi
sion. ,: I
Thus one encirclement virtually
has been completed around any
enemy troops within Shuri's boun
daries and another is, forming
more than a mile to the south.
Today's fleet communique dis
closing these successes, listed 61,-
519 Japanese dead In the cam
paign up to May 30. j
Ma). Gen. Simon Bolivar Buck
ner, jr., iota ; army commanoer,
estimated the original enemy gar
rison oh Okinawa at about 85,000.
Whether the Japanese succeeded
in withdrawing the about 25,000
they have left was not Clear. It
is likely the enemy is split up
into a rearguard force holding in
the northeast portion of Shun
and other forces have pulled into
hill positions to the south.
The marines and soldiers also
have taken 1,353 Nipponese as
prisoners. The enemy death toll,
announced in today's fleet com
munique, raised the total 13,416
in a 13 day period for an .'average
of 1000 killed a day. j
Yes, It Was
Wetter Than
Usual in May
With 4.44 inches of rainfall, May
had more than twice its average
of 2.10 inches and almost five
times as much as the .83 total for
May of 1944. This was the fourth
succeeding month to exceed the
normal amount, and the' heavy
rainfall continued to keep farm
Work of all kinds from two to
four weeks behind schedule. High
est amount of rain registered in
one day was .88 iches on the 15th.
j Temperatures for the i month
were slightly above normal, said
Gilbert L. Sternes, senior observer
at the weather bureau at McNary
field. Mean temperature for the
month was 58 degrees compared
with :a I normal of 56.2. Warmest
temperature recorded was 84 de
grees on the 29th, coolest was 40
degrees on the 5th. .
scholarship, Alden Sundlie; OSC
home economics scholarship, Nel
da Carter; National Athletic Hon
or society, Thomas Boardman, Ar
thur Gottfried,' Loren Helmhout,
Eugene S Lowe and Jack ' Slater;
Snikpoh' dramatics award, Addyse
Lane; Pacific college scholarship,
Glen Armstrong. - ; !
The Rev. Allen C. Wilcox of the
Chemawa campus church i made
the . invocation. Vocal solos by
Edith Fairham; two numbers by
an instrumental trio, Philip Blank
enship,t Bonnie- Daugherty and
Jean Fidler and music by the Sa
lem high school orchestra were on
the program. Jewell Gueffroy ac
companied Miss Fairham. j '
Principal Harry B. Johnson pre
sented the capped': and gowned
graduates to Supt Frank B. Ben
nett, who awarded the diplomaa.
SKIS
1. 1945
Pric
Shlem Guest
. i -
W. A. Patterson of Chicmso, pres
ident Of United Air lines; who
told interviewers in Salem that
he anticipated a 500 per cent In
crease! in airplane passenger
traf fief after: the war.
1 j
OPAWill
Home Canning
Sugar Racket
WASHINGTON, j May . 31-P)
The OPA. tonight launched a dras
tic program designed to end what
it termed a home; canning sugar
racket developing : in some parts
of the country, !
Price Administrator Chester
Bowles announced a four point
plan which he said was aimed at
Some chiselers (who) are stoop-
PORTLAND, May Hl-(yF)-Ap-pllcations
for canning sugar in
Oregon jj and southwest Wash
ington are normal and' demand
does net warrant a halt in al
lotments; the, district OPA said
today. ! ' J ! .
The . Statement , followed an
nouncement that national OFA
headquarters had Instructed dis
tricts where! demand exceeds
Supply to halt sales.
p" . j . . ... r
frig to falsifying their applications
in an effort to L get sugar they
know they won't use in canning.
The' tightening of sugar distri
bution followed a boost in the ra
tion point value of canned toma
toes and spinach, and a lowering
of the point price of tomato juice
ana vegetaoie juice comomauons.
This is the new sugar program:
1, Everyone i applying for home
canning sugar, must hereafter sign
this pledge: : ; ;
"I aeree that I will use the
sugar applied for here for home
canning purposes only. .
"If, fori any. reason, I should not
use it for canning I will return
the equivalent in sugar stamps to
my local : War price and rationing
board, i! ;i '
"I further agree that I will
furnish a report to my local board
of the number of quarts of food
canned with this sugar and the
amount of sugar actually used in
canning this food.
"I understand that my report
will become a 'part of my record
and will be considered in further
issuances of home canning and
other sugar rations to me."
2. OPA! local boards m areas
where fruit and vegetable crops
are not 'how .available for home
canning will -suspend issuance of
ration stamps for this purpose un
til the canning season starts in
these areas. This ,will apply par
ticularly to the northern sections
of the country.! ; I "
3 Issuance i also j will be sus
pended in many other areas to
give local boards a breathing spell
so they can process more carefully
the applications on file. This move
is intended also to give district
officers an opportunity to recal
culate . monthly: quotas for home
canning. I f ; . .'
4. A special : staff of OPA in
vestigators will undertake a "vig
orous campaign" against the di
version of home canning sugar to
bootleg liquor or illicit bottling
or drinks. i I r ; .
WFA Says Civilians lo
Gel Soluble Coffee
t
WASHINGTON,' May 3 1.--The
war 'food administration an
nounced today that the order un
der ; whicli all soluble coffee has
been set aside for the armed forces
will be terminated effective June
The order will permit soluble
coffee to ! go ; back v Into civilian
channels, f i I , ;
Weather
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Engea
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PorUaaS
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Seattle .
..C4 S3
trace
Willamette river 3 ft. 4 la.
FORECAST (from V. S. weather n
ream.. Mr Nary IMA. Salem):- Partly
cloatfy to4ay, wmewhat wamer l
tha afternoon. . Mwlamm aeac 14 e-
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No. 57
UAL : Gets
Ready For
Big Gains
President Visits
Salem on Tour -Of
West States
By Wendell Webb
(Managing Editor, Th Stotesman)
United Air Lines contemplates
operating three peace-time routes
from Salem south and is prepar
ing to handle around 400 to 500
passengers daily between Portland
and San Francisco,! 1
This statement of plans came
from W. A. Patterson, president
of the growing UAL system, who
arrived in Salem yesterday after
noon and will leave for Eugene,!
with his party, at 11 ajn. today.
The genial chief of the air lines,
in an interview at his hotel room
in the Marion, said his line anti
cipated a 50O per cent increase
in business soon after the war,
and was making plans accordingly.
Valley to Share it
Salem's share will depend en
tirely on the volume of traffic it
provides, but Patterson indicated
he believed it would . be consid
erable. . ! !
The three contemplated routes
south include the Salem-Medford
flight now in use and two others
for which approval how is sought
Salem - Bend - Klamath Falls -Chico
- Sacramento and Salem
Coos Bay - Eureka A Santa Rosa.
The Portland - San Francisco
flights will utilize both the DC3
and the projected DC6, the latter
of which carries 52 passengers.
Patterson said it was not known
how many of what type of ship
would be required, but cited as
an example that it the DC3 was
used exclusively it would take 30
trips a day each way to handle
the anticipated volume, .. more
than one an homY .5 H . v
If the DC6 was used exclusively.
about 10 trips daily would appear
expectable.
Space to Be Provided;
The stocky, graying president
also said that peace times prob
ably would find airlines carrying
about 75 per cent capacity there
by leaving plenty ; of room for
last-minute reservations instead
of the 98 plus per cent now being
flown.
He said the DC6 planes could
traverse the Portland-San Fran
cisco run in two hours and 13
minutes. Their speed is around
300 miles an hour. Cabins will be
pressurized for flying at higher
altitudes.
Air lines do not contemplate
entering the freight business on a
"mass scale," Patterson said.
Planes can carry but around 30
per cent of their own gross weight,
and for that reason freight costs
must remain high. But passenger
rates, recently scaled 10 per cent,
probably will drop from the pres
ent 4-cents-a-mile tot 3ft-cents-
a-mile within a few years, he said.
The plane companies plan to
carry on extensive trade in per
ishable foods, and at the present
tune in some areas of j the east
fresh food particularly aspara
gus is being grabbed up rapidly
even at 50 per cent more cost
than the product shipped through
land channels, he said.
New Ideas Studied j 1
Airplanes for the time probably
will follow . the present j standard
type, Patterson said. He declared
jet-propulsion probably was 10
years away, so far as commercial
plane traffic was concerned, but
that ; air lines were constantly
studying developments made by
the military and planning "re
finements." ! , , ,
The UAL president also said his
company recently had acquired an
air line in Mexico and contem
plated direct Canada-to-Mexico
City service, via Salem. He added
that Salem had "a good airport,'
and declared his firm had receiv
ed "perfect cooperation' in Its
operations here. I
(Additional details page 3.)
Summer Fuel Delivery
Only Wajrjo Be Sure
Summer fuel deliveries and
only summer deliveries can pro
vide any sort of guarantee tha
homes and business' buildings will
be heated next winter, Salem ser
vice club representatives and rue
dealeri were told Thursday after
noon; when they met with fuel
rauorung representatives of the
OPA.' Autumn may; see transpor
tation so badly tied un with other
jobs more necessary to the war
effort that movement "even of
sawdust from local 'mills may be
a heavy problem, it was said.
. . I. - i ' .i" " ::-.' ...... . ,' '..
i ! By Alex H. Singleton ?
LONDON, Friday, June L (AP) The Morocco radio
quoted a Beyrouth dispatch
French troops in Syria had ceased firing, after receiving in
structions from the French government to comply with the
British wishes. v:;"-:;' -j"-'; " -;'
There was no official confirmation from any official
source of this report! A Paris radio report on the situation
today made no mention of any "cease fire order.
. Britain'earlier had ordered her troops in the Middle
East to intervene in the explosive situation after sternly de
Army Prop
oses
eration
f Concurrent-joint" operation of
McNary field, rather than army
exclusive management, , was ten
tatively held put to the city of
Salem - yesterday and tentatively
rebuffed. .1 .; i
A. D. Stanley of the ! Pacific
divisional real estate offices of
U. S. engineers, here from' San
Francisco to discuss the project,
was told by' Aldermen Tom Arm
strong and David O'Hara, chair
man and member, respectively, of
the city's airport and aviation
committee, that the offer j should
be made in writing for considera
tion by the entire committee and
presentation to the council. But
they indicated that unless j some
greater advantages were shown to
them than seemed apparent Thurs
day they would oppose any change
in; the lease until entire manage
ment could be 'taken over! by the
city. i ' v M
unaer a lease providing "con
current-joint' operation, the city
would be expected to share main
tenance and lighting costs! but
would be able to offer private
fliers any use j permitted by the
western defense command, and
not interfering with army or
United Air Lines lease. The army
Is not at all likely to give up its
entire hold on the field until the
war in the Pacific, is over, Stan
ley declared, m -
Cost of runway resurfacing now
contemplated at the field may run
as high as $100,000, Stanley said
The city would not consider such
expenditures for airport upkeep at
present O'Hara who is chairman
of ways and means, declared.
At least a portion of the army
feels that army money is paying
for lights on the field, heeded for
landing of United Air Lines
planes, Stanley said. It was point
ed out that these lights are also
maintained for f emergency land
ings of army planes over this area.
Maj. C H. Westover, command
ing officer at the field, with his
accountant, participated in: the
conference. '
Greyhound to
Build $70,000
Station Here
SAN FRANCISCO. May 31-GP1
Plans to spend $10,000,000 in im
provements ins western states
were outlined before the Califor
nia railroad commission today by
red w. Ackerman, vice-president
and general manager of. the Pa
cific Greyhound lines. 1
A 1 ...
Acxerman cusciosed.a program
for modernizing and building: sta
tions and shoos in California:
Oregon, Nevada, Arizona, Texas
and New. Mexico. 1 a j
Oregon projects included Salem,
new terminal,! $70,000; Albany
ana Oregon City, ! Improvements,
$43,000. I
Joint Op
Of Salem Field
Plans Being Worked Out for
Selecting Bond Prize-Winners
Complete plans for the selection ;
of prize-winners at the end of
the Seventh War Loan campaign1
were being worked out yesterday
by the Marion county committee.
At leas 100 'prizes valued at
$4591.58 will be awarded to E bond
purchasers, . Chairman Douglas
Yeater announced.'
The winners will be picked at
11 a. nx, 3 p. r4v and 7 p. m. jit
the Marion square partriotic cele
bration on the Fourth of July, it
was decided. Already the- huge
glass container at bond headquar
ters is almost half full of tickets
given to purchasers. ,
Other attractions at the wind-up
celebration include the Browning
Brothers carnival, a parade, kids'
races and patriotic services. Amer
ican Legion committees will be in
charge. v v --t'r-h "iY D'V:.
Meanwhile, two more industrial
firms, Blake Moffitt - & Towne,
and City Ice, met their quotas,
bringing the number over the top
to 12. Industrial concerns already
have purchased $201,703 worth of
today which : indicated that
manding that the French discon-
tinue firing on the Syrians. A
Damascus dispatch said British
tanks had been deployed on roads
leading to the Syrian capital.
The Morocco radio report, quo
ting the Beyrouth dispatch, said:
"French troops have brought to
a conclusion the establishment of
order in the greater part of Syria
yesterday (Thursday). The Brit
ish commander-in-chief in the
Middle East has communicated
with the : commander-in-chief of
French forces of the Levant, ask
ing him to give orders for "cease
fire. The French government had
instructed the French command-j
er-in-chief beforehand to comply
with the British wish."
No Confirmation
London morning papers quoted;
the French-controlled Levari t,ra
dio at Beyrouth as saying nhti
the French government had or
dered General Humboldt, its com
mander - in - chief in Syria and
Lebanon, to cease firing. There
was no confirmation of this from
any official source. j -
Associated Press Correspondent
Frank O'Brien, in a dispatch from
Damascus last night, said the Syr
ian capital was tensely quiet aft
er an almost continuous barrage
from French 75's and mortars
lasting through Wednesday night
and until 4 p. m. Thursday.
This hill began, however, two
hours (before the British ultima
tum was broadcast . ' :
O'Brien, who made the 75-mile
trip frfcm Damascus to Beyrouth
to file his dispatch, said the high,
way between the -Syrian and Leb
anese capital was busy with Brit
ish motor transport and that he
saw British tanks with alert crews
alongside villages on the way, -
400 Reported Dead "
He said the Syrian public health
officer, Dr. Ahmet Kadry, told
him ambulances had picked up
400 dead and 500 wounded in the
narrow streets of the old section
of the town where French .fire
had prevented rescue efforts.
In a! firmly-worded note Prime
Minister Churchill notified Gen. ,
Charles De Gaulle that the British j
commander-in-chief in the mid-
east had been ordered to "inter
vene" to prevent further blood
shed and to protect allied com-
munication lines for the Japanese
war. ' ' .'
He called upon the French
leader "immediately" to order ,
French troops in Syria to cease
fire and withdraw to their bar-. ,
racks fin order to avoid a colli
sion between British and French
forces." '!
"Once the firing has ceased and .
order has been restored, we shall
be prepared to begin tripartite
discussions here in London,
Churchill said, leaving the obvi
ous implication that Britain's in
tervention would be extended be
yond the shooting period," . ;
Truman Halls Summer
Wears New Cotton Suit
WASHINGTON, May 31.-ff)-;
President Truman took official
cognizance of the arrival of hot
weather by appearing in a summer
suit today.
The garment, light blue and
made of cotton, was one of three
Senator Ellender (D-La) recently
brought to the White House as a
gift from southern cotton interests.
bonds, Chairman Dent Reed said,
of which E bonds totalled $120,
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Employes of Miller Mercantile
company met Thursday morning
to see a war moving picture, listen
to talks by Dn Ed Boring, Jim
Beard and Sgt. Herman Doney,
and toj buy i war bonds, Retail
Chairman Sid Stevens reported. ,
Anothev meeting will be held this
morning at the Woolworth store.
Three copies of Rosenthal's Iwo
Jima flag-raising photo will be
auctioned off next Tuesday night
at the Grand theatre in connection
with the lond premiere oi "God
Is My Co-pilot T Signatures of two
survivors f the flag incident will
go wa the pictures. A few tickets
for the premiere still are obtain
able by E bond purchasers issuing
agencies. .V;. :'-;'i-y
E bond totals reported to head
quarters yesterday climbed to
$748,000, but , Chairman ; Yeater
Stressed the fact that local sales
Of all issues were running behind
state and national figures. '
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