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Doolittle Speaks
"There can be no let up in either i
bombs or war bondt until the Tokyo
war lords surrender.' .
5 Gen. DooliHle.
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Volume Llll
THE BEND BULLETIN, BEND, DESCHUTES COUNTYOREGON, WEDNESDAY. MAY 16, 1945
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Trieste Harbor
In New Move
Tanks Patrolling Area
As U. S. Planes Cruise
Above Allied Transports
London, May 16 (IP British
cruisers and destroyers have an
chored In the harbor of Trieste
under a canopy of American
heavy bombers, a dispatch from
the disputed port said today.
United Press Correspondent
James Roper reported from
Trieste that the British warships
arrivea xuesaay. tie saia Sher
man tanks, manned by alert New
Zealanders, were patrolling the
streets of the dock area under
British control. With the permis
sion of Marshal Tito, the British
had begun unloading supplies at'
Trieste for the allied armies of
occupation In Austria.
The disclosure came while
Great Britain and the United
States awaited replies to their
notes to Marshal Tito protesting
administration of the port by his
i ugosiav lorces.
Disputes Must Wait
The allied position-was that an
allied military government should
administer Trieste as it does all
other former Italian territory,
and that any disputes between
Italy and Yugoslavia over owner
ship of the port must wait.
The extent to which the Yugo
slavs have seized control of
Trieste was disclosed in a dis
patch from the 'port itself by
United Press Correspondent
James Roper. He reported the
Yugoslavs have Installed their
own picked prefect, renamed a
street Corso Tito, substituted
Yugoslav time for Italian time,
and begun conscripting men from
15 to 50 for the Yugoslav army.
League Talk Heard
An Istanbul dispatch said ru
mors were circulating in diplo
matic circles in Balkan capitals
that Tito Is-planning a league of
Balkan states.
f These unverified reports said
Tito envisioned a league of great
er Yugoslavia, including Fiume,
Trieste, and Salonica, with Ro
mania, Bulgaria and Albania. It
was said the organization would
have Russian backing.
Italian Premier Ivanoe Bonoml
stated Italy's position on Trieste
at a press conference in Rome
last month when he said his coun
try would be glad to discuss the
proniem with Yugoslavia "when
the passions of war have passed."
2 British Forces .
Nearing Juncture
Calcutta, May 16 IIP) Two Brit
ish forces mopping up along the
Prome-Rangoon railway, were re
ported within 20 miles of a junc
ture today.
One force pushing north from
Rangoon has cleared the railroad
town of Tharrawaddy and was
continuing toward the other Brit-
m lorce advancing southwest
from Prome.
To the east oatrols have crossed
to the east bank of the Sittang
river In the vicinity of Mokpalin.
Oregon Farmers
Called Modern
Portland. Orp. Mav 1fi UP)
Oregon farmers were described,
toaay as the "most modern" in
the nation by State Grange
ler Morton Tompkins of Dayton,
speaking before the Oregon Ad-
voi tising club.
He said Oregon farmers have I
kept pace through use of modern !
equipment, cooperative market-1
ng and scientific agricultural !
methods; promoting thereby a !
widening "Oregon-product" mar-1
Ket.
Yanks Rule Air
warsr
Returning U. S. Fliers Say
Aboard Admiral Clark's Flag-1 formations, which operate like a
ship. May 16 ilP Carrier pilots meat grinder on would-be inter
returning from devastating at- ceptors.
tacks on Japanese air fields and "The Japs are amazing people,"
military installations said today ! said Clark. "They use tricks, such
the United States controls the air I as sneak attacks and suicide
over Japan.
Supporting this opinion was
Rear Admiral James (Jocko)
Clark's statement that most-used
Japanese maneuver in the skies is
"running like hell."
"It's always the same story,"
said Lt. Cmdr. William Romberg
er. Coronado, Calif., commander
of a torpedo plane squadron. "The
fighters leave the carrier ahead of
tis and bv the time we get over
the target there are no Jap planes j
.around.
Romberger said his squadron
s?w enemv a r "opposition yes-
' rday for the first time in four
months.
"I saw six Jap planes running
wav as fast a thev cou a. i
Japanese airmen appear afraid ;Of them,
get inside our carrier plane. home.
Trial By Military Tribunal
Sought for War Criminals '
Evidence Now Ready for Justice Jackson, But
Allies Must First Agree on Court Procedure
London, May 16 (EE) The United Nationa war crimes
commission has completed its case, against all top-ranking
"az'8 including members of the government and general
staff, and is re&dv to turn th
jutKson, cniet American prosecutor, the United Press learned
today. . ,, , . .
Col. Joseph V. Hodgson, American representative on the
commission, said "justice will be done expeditiously."
Hodgson said that if the western allies and Russia agree
upon a trial by a military tribunal, as proposed by the United
77es Easy Out
With Allied retribution hanging
over his head for atrocities com
mitted when he was Nazi gov
ernor of Poland, Dr. Hans
Frank, above, attempted suicide
after his capture in Germany.
A Polish art collection valued
t $30,000,000 was In his home.
Submarine Sinks
Washington, May 16 IP The
destroyer escort Frederick C.
Davis was sunk recently by ene
my submarine In the Atlantic with
heavy casualties, the navy , an
nounced today.
I he vessel was commanded by
L.t. James K. Crosby, 27, of 4437
39th Ave., S. W., Seattle, Wash.
He is among the missing.
The navy said next of kin of
casualties have been Informed. '
The vessel, which carried a nor
mal complement of 200 men, dis
placed 1200 tons and was 306 feet
long. Built In Orange, Tex., by the
Consolidated Steel Corp., it was
commissioned July 4, 1943.
This brings to 308 the number
of U. S. warships lost from all
causes in this war.
Crosby was commissioned in
the navy May 15, 1941, and assum
ed command of the Frederick C.
Davis on Nov. 1, 1944.
Portland Market
Has $12,000 Fire
Portland, Ore.. May 16 IIP) A
$12,000 fire at a Portland market
was blamed today on children
playing with matches, after inves-
tigation by William Goerz of the
fire bureau.
A nile of emntv crafps and hnx-
es at the rear of the grocery store
v .1 y - A
was ignited, and flames melted
Mas-Several gas meters against which
the boxes were stacked.
STOVE CAUSES ALARM
An overheated oil stove in the
residence of John Osterburg, 461
Riverside drive, shortly after
noon today caused city firemen to
rush to the scene to prevent the
spread of fire. They reported no
damage resulted.
Over Japan, 4
planes, but they run from our
mass attacks. We have to go In
and dig them out to kill them."
Lt. Cmdr. Marshall U. Beebe,
Seattle, Wash., commander of a
carrier fighter squadron, said his
planes swept over Japan at will.
He said his men had no fear of
enemy pilots, who he described as
"inferior and scared."
"Our only trouble." said Beebe,
"comes from Japanese anti-aircraft
fire, which is getting better
because a large number of Aran-
icans in the air lis giving the Japs
pracuce.
It is not uncommon for four
American fighters to jump as
many as 16 or 18 Japanese at one
time and shoot down a majority
while the rest speed
states, prosecution would be-
gin without delay.
unce sucn a tribunal is
agreed upon, a group of be-
tween 25 and 30 nazi leaders.
including Hermann Goering, will
be tried. Heinrich Himmler, If
captured alive, will be Included,
- Criminals Listed
Members of the German gener
al staff who have been linked
with specific atrocities have been
placed on the commission's war
criminal list, it was reported
Jackson and possibly four co-
prosecutors will present the evi
dence. Jurisdiction of Jackson and his
colleagues, one each from Great
Britain, Russia, France and one
other allied nation, will extend
only to the nazi arch criminals.
Thousands of minor nazis will be
tried by lower tribunals which
may be established by SHAEF
Or the allied control commission
for Germany.
Favors Tribunal
Hodgson, formerly attorney
general of Hawaii, has been the
cnampion ui me mtuiary inuuu
al plan which has won official
sponsorship by the United States
Although the war crimes com
mission at one time recommend
ed establishment of an interna
tional court for the trial of ma
jor war criminals, a majority of
the members now are Deneved to
favor the military tribunal plan
as more practical.
Channel Island's
Herds Decrease1
London, May 16 (IP) Although
the, world famous, cattle pn the
Channel island ol Jersey decreas
ed by only 750 during German oc
cupation, the young stock was so
depleted It will take two years
to regain peacetime standards,
the Royal Jersey agricultural so
ciety revealed today.
The herds were reported in
good condition but many heifer
and bull calves had been slaught
ered by the Germans and the
farmers, both to provide meat and
prevent them from drinking milk
needed by the islanders,
The purity of the jersey breed
on the island has been safeguard
ed for more than 100 years. Never
until the occupation were cattle
of other breeds allowed on the
island of Jersey, once exported,
allowed to return.
Bend Men Meet,
Have Good Visit "
Two Bend men, SSgt. Robert
H. Fox, Jr., son of Postmaster
Robert H. Fox, and Max Dick, for
mer member of the staff of radio
station KBND and now a radio
operator with the merchant ma
rine, recently met by chance, ap
parently at some point west of
the American mainland, it was
learned here today.
Sgt. Fox, a radio operator
aboard a buperfort, and Dick ap
parently had a considerable visit
at the unnamed base. Sgt. Fox
mentioned the visit in letters to
local relatives.
2 Prisoners Flee
And Are Retaken
Two Bend city prisoners who
fled Monday from the Pilot Butte
cemetery where they had been
placed as trusties by the police
to work among the shrubbery, to
day were back in city jail cells,
It was learned today. After an
absence of several hours, the es
capees were taken into custody
near the junction of Century
drive and The Dalles-California
highway by State Officer Walt
Remington and City Policeman
Robert Houtchens.
The prisoners, one of whom is
an Indian, had been sentenced to
the city jail on charges of intoxi
cation. Corporal Fuller
Is on Way Home
Fort Lewis, Wash., May 16 tP
After months of overseas duty.
26 Washington-Oregon officers
and enlisted men have been re
turned home on rotation fur
loughs and leaves, army officials
said today.
The majority of the returnees
were from .the European theater,
with a few south Pacific veterans.
Air corps personnel and Infantry
men predominated.
The returning group included
Cpl. Marvin F. Fuller, 1438 Cum
berland street, Bend, Oregon.
Churchill Tells
How Germans
Will Be Ruled
Allies to Supervise
Administration, With
' Military in Command
London, May 16 ur Prime
Minister Churchill said today that
the Germans will administer their
own country under strict allied
supervision and supreme head
quarters revealed that the re-
cime of Admiral Karl Doenitz al
ready is under full control of the
allies.
"We have no Intention of under
taking the burden of administer
me Germany ourselves," cnurcn-
ill told commons. He spoke as a
number' of announcements
brought the setup in Germany,
present and prospective, Into its
sharpest focus since tne nazi sur
render. Gen. Dwlght D. Eisenhower's
headquarters made.it plain that
the Doenitz setup is being" used
solely as a tool to expedite the
disarmament and aemomnzation
of the German forces. After that
the .high command will be dis
solved. Even now the Doenitz re
gime is not recognized as a "gov
ernment." .
: Speaks To Commons
Churchill addressed commons
after conferring with Eisenhow
er, Marshall Sir Bernard L. Mont
gomery and other military com
manders. . 4
He said a statement on May 11
by Secretary of War Henry L.
Stimson on American plans for
the military occupation of Ger
many was based on an agreement
between the allied governments
on the control of Germany.
In Paris a press conference
cleared up the status of the Doen
itz regime. It was revealed to be
a strictly temporary tool of ex
pediency not even regarded of
ficially as a government to be
used for its value in implement
ing the German surrender terms.
Lt. Gen. Lucius D. Clay, deputy
military governor in the Ameri
can-occupied' part of Germany,
said the first objective would be
to smash the German war poten
tial, drive the nazis out of pow
er, and keep them out.
stern Kuie promised
'The government which we will
set up in Germany will be a mili
tary government, and he Ger
mans will know it is a military
government," he said.
Clay pointed out that the allies
must use German administration
to' a great extent for at least sev
eral months, especially In the
lower offices.
"We will never use nazis of any
degree as long as we can find any
body else," Clay said.
The SHAEF press conference
(ConUnued on Page 8) '
Small Boy Hurt
In Road Mishap
Larry Dean Fair, age 9, son of
Mr. and Mrs. Tom Fair of the
Tumalo district, today was in the
St. Charles hospital in a critical
condition as a result of the col
lision between his bicycle and
an automobile in front of the Fair
home late yesterday, state police
reported today.
According to officers, the boy
was riding his bicycle down the
family driveway into the market
road in front of the home, when he
was struck by a car driven by
Wright Ellis, a ditch rider. Ellis
told officers he did not see the
victim until the collision occured,on a return trip United Air Lines
urcause me unveway was ooscur-MicKet. Berger explained thut hi
ed by a row of lilac bushes. After I bought the ticket in 1941, used
the machine struck the boy, Ellis 'one half of It on his trip to Manila
lost control of the car and it i and for reasons beyond his control
crashed into a . power pole and was unable to return. He spent
some rocks, damaging the vehicle, I four years in a Philippines con
but Ellis escaped injury. centration camp.
Ickes Tries to 'Outsit' Mine
Chief; Strike Nears 3rd Week
Washington, May 16 lUl Fuel
Administrator Harold L. Ickes
was trying today to out-sit Prpsi.
dent John L. Lewis of the United
Mine Workers and Anthracite'
coal producers as the strike by I
72,000 Pennsylvania coal miners
appeared destiped to run its third
full week.
The strike, which began at mid-
nigm pm ou, nas aireaay cost;
more man 2,500,000 (M) tons of , presidential order two weeks ago
hard coal and the loss may fi-1 Ickes may fix any terms and con
nally exceed 5,000.000 (Ml tons i ditlnns npcpsaarv (within ua
depending upon how quickly the j
parties DreaK mcir deadlock over,
a proposed new contract.
Sources close to Ickes con-
CPded that the country could not! for, hard coal mlners'-travel inside
afford the coal loss but up to to-1 the mines to and from their work
day "there have been no final, ing places.
determinative, definitive steps, Lewis wants $1.50 a day for 45
taken" to bring the parties to-! minutes travel and 15 minutes
gether on a new contract and end lunch time, the proposal submit
the strike. . ted by Secretary of Labor Frances
Lewis works steadily at other! Perkins. The supreme court has
matters In his big offices In UMWi since held that travel time Is
headquarters and the operators work time for soft coal miners.
fitlll dizzy, wild-eyed and bewildered but wearing huge and apparently permanent grins, this group of mora
: than 100 enlisted men cheer as they prepare to leave Camp Beale, Calif, for homo under the new point re
lease svatem.
oris
Guam, Thursday, May 17 IP
(Via Navy Kadlo) More than
(WW Superfortresses dropped S.fMKI
tons of Incendiary bombs on the
stilt-smouldering wreckage of In
dustrial Nagoya today In a pre
dawn attack designed to obliter
ate the core of Japan's aircraft
production.
Wave after wave of the silvery
sky giants loosed their fire bombs
on a 16 square mile target area
which included the Mitsubishi air
craft plant largest of its kind In
the world.
Juvenile Question
li Due for Airing
Seeking a solution to the juve
nile problem in Deschutes county
and Bend, city and county offi
cials will meet at noon tomorrow
Hthe Pine Tavern, it was .an
nounced today. Aroused by the
present wave of vandalism nnd
rowdyism in the, city and county
area, the meeting was called by
County Judge C. L. Allen and
Mayor A. T. Niebergail.
Steps to be taken to prosecute
juvenile offenders and their par
ents who sanction acts of van
dalism and disturbances, as well
as the probability of employing
city and county juvenile officers,
were expected to be discussed at
the meeting.
Expected to attend the gather
ing arc Mayor Niebergail, Judge
Allen, Sheriff Claude L. McCau
ley, City Commissioners Loydc S.
Blakley and Melvin Munkers, City
Manager C. G. Reiter and Chief of
Police Ken C. Gulick.
Vandalism itcportcd
As the officials made plans to
attend the meeting tomorrow,
The Bulletin received further re
ports of vandalism, particularily
In Drake Park. Yesterday a park
bench was found In the river
about 12 feet from the bank a
short distance below the- foot
bridge, and the caretaker reported
that he had fished three others
out of the water in the two days
previous. Also the battered hulk
of a rowbot, ballasted down with
rocks, was found In the stream a
short distance above Drake park
point.
REFUND IS SOUGHT
New York, May 16 Ui Walter
H. Berger got prompt service
whpn hf finnllv nvknrl a rofitnH
remain silent in their suites at
one of the capital's best hotels.
That is, unless Ickes gets tired
Waiting fnr thpm tn r:irh thut
nolnt Mfo nnW,,t. n InrlinutnH hn
isn't tired yet.
If he doesn't outsit Lewis and i
.the operators Ickes may attempt
i tn npfrntlntr. an aumnmnni wtth I
Lewis. Aa invornmiini rnctmiinn i
or the mines which he seized on
stabilization limits) to get the
mines back Into production,
The only point at Issue Is
whethpr thp nwrainm will nav
500 Sky F
Topped for the '85' Club
1
Drop Fire Bombs
Hoping for complete neutraliza
tion of Nagoya as main cog In
Japan's war machine, the B-29's
struck In their second great fire
raid within three days from the
trio of Marianas bases.
The Incendiary deluge waa con
centrated on the most highly In
dustrialized portions of the ene
my's manufacturing area. '
Before the first elements re
ported "bombs away" reconnais
sance planes reported smoke waa
Dead Nippons
Found Aboard
German Sub
Washington, May 16 tlP) Ad
miral Jonas H. Ingram, com
mander-in-chief of the Atlantic
fleet, revealed that a 1,600-ton
Gorman submarine headed for
Japan, surrendered on Sunday
with three high luftwaffe gen
erals and two dead Japanese
aboard.
Ingram said that the submarine
surrendered 500 miles east of
Newfoundland and that American
officers were ordered to board the
vessel and watch out for sabotage.
Charts and aviation equipment
of the German air force were
found In the Japan-bound nuzi
u-Doar.
The two Japanese It is not
known whether they were civil
ian or military personnel had
committed hara karl.
Big Powder Plant
Explosion Scene
Taeoma, . Wash., May 16 (Ill
One man was killed in an earth
shaking blast that demolished the
Blaze mill in the black powder
plant of the E. I. Dupont company
15 miles south of Tacoma today.
Archie B. Fleming, 62, Tacoma,
foreman of the plant, was killed
instantly In the blast when he re
ported for work one hour before
the regular shift to start plant
operations, Chief Clerk V. C.
Decker explained. There were no
other casualties, Decker said.
Decker said that 400 kegs of
black powder went up in the blast
tnat ripped tne ractory to bits.
"There is no question of sabo
tage Involved," Decker said.
"Those things happen from time
to time despite all the precautions
we can take."
Damage was estimated at $10,
000. 2 Midstate Boys
Enlisted in Navy
Two Central Oregon bovs were
enlisted in the united Slates na
val reserve at the Portland en
listment headquarters of the navy
on Tuesday May 15 It was learned
here today.
Chief Specialist Paul Connct,
recruiter In charge of thp CnntrH.1
Oreeon navv recruiting station
"end, announces the enlistment
or Norman Henry Mlkelson, son
of Mr. and Mrs. Henry L. Mlkel
son, 224 Miller street, Bend, and
Ervln James Thornton, son of
Mr. and Mrs. Henry W. Thornton,
Ashwood, as apprentice seamen.
These newest recruits for the
United States navy have been re-
turned home on Inactive duty to j
await call for transfer to a train
ing center.
Norman Is a senior in Bend
high school and will graduate
with his class on May 25. Ervln
Is a senior In Redmond high
school and will be home for grad
uation also.
4zm .
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(NEA TtLepholo)
on Nippon City
still pouring from the nine square
mile area left' in ruins by the 500
plane Monday morning attack.
The giant bombers flew In over
the target at low levels, the com
munique said, and scattered In
cendiary bombs over their targets,
The attack came shortly after
midnight May 17 (Japanese time).
Full details of the mission and
the results of the attack awaited
reports of the crews after the
Superforta return to their bases
In the Marianas.
Bond Purchases
In County Good
If the brisk buying of Seventh
war loan bonds is any Indication,
uescnutes county residents are
determined to see that the Japs
are licked as soon as'possible, It
was reported today by A. L. O.
Schueler, county war finance
chairman- Returns to date In this
campaign show greater buying
for the period of time than In any
iormer drives, tne cnnlrman said.
"It Is very evident to me that
Deschutes folks, cheered by the
success of our armies In Europe,
now feel that they can bring this
war with the Nips to a quicker
end ir they support the fighters
in the Pacific with their dollars,"
Schueler said.
Up to last night, a total of
$129,596.50 In all typos of bonds
had been purchased, Schueler re
voalcd. Of this amount, $108,622.50
were In E bonds, or approximate
ly jo per cent of the is bond
quota,
Finn Aid Given
"The spurt In E bond purchases
by the man on the street proves
to me that our people can now see
the end to the war, and they
want to bring it about as soon ns
possiblo with the least bloodshed,"
Schueler commented.
Schueler reported thut Hood
River had reached its quota the
first day the bond drive began.
The war finance chairman said
that the total sales covered the
period between last night and
April 9; and that .the sales on the
first day the campaign officially
opened last Monday reached
$6,082.50.
DINERS GET BREAK
New York, May 16 ll'i When
a chimney fire sent heavy' black
smoke through a mldtown res
taurant, the manager suggested
that the patrons file out, of the
building quietly. They did, leaving
their unpaid checks behind.
Hangman's Noose for German
Criminals Is Russians' Demand
London, May 16 IJ1 The Mos-1 mans had some control over them-
cow radio, joining the clamor over; sevte and a'Mc1: , ..
. . ,,.7 , ,. , "It is not martinis or fried
purported coddling of captured ehick(,n that will tame the ltler.
German leaders, said today thati lu. gangsters. They need a radi
the "only fit way of dealing with leal cure. Sensation-seeking re
such criminals is the hangman's I porters would do better to go to
I Hollywood for a scoop Interview."
. , .... I Minister of state Richard K.
Indignation mounted in London Law tol(1 the American and Brit
with disclosure that Willie Mos-! i.sh Commonwealth association to
serschmitt was living in a pleasant (day that he hoped Goering will be
residential district of London, the j hanged. He said Goering was
city his planes helped to wreck
living In luxury and comparative
freedom, British newspapers said.
An English broadcast from Mos
cow denounced the Interviewing
of Relchsmarshal Hermann Goer-
lnK y Allied correspondents. I he
radio said lt was like talking to
"a murderer who has Just killed
a child and Is still carrying a
blood-covered hatchet."
After prescribing the hang
man's noose for "such criminals,"
the broadcaster attacks a Flens
burg radio report that the Ger-
Marines, Nips
Fight to Death
In Bloody City
Inland Citadel, Shuri,
Is Also Under Siege as
-Yank Forces Hit Japs
Guam, May 16 (1?T-Weary ma-.
rlnes of the Sixth division battled
through a hell of mortar and shell
fire within 1,000 yards of the cen
ter of Nana, rubble-heaped cap
ital of Okinawa, today.
They were fighting house to
house through the capital in
bloody no-quurter combat. Marine
vanguards already had forced the
Asato river, dlsecting the city,
but a murderous rain of enemy
fire still cut down reinforcements
crossing the stream. . -The
Inland citadel of Shuri and
east coast port of Yonabura also
were under siege along the five--mile
front across the southern tip
of Okinawa.
Hill Captured
Chocolate Drop hill, one of the .
main enemy strong points shield
ing Shuri, was taken at bayonet '
point by the 77th infantry divi
sion yesterday at heavy cost. Its
capture broke a stalemate norm-.,
east of Shuri.
The First marine division
fought toward Shuri from the
northwest. .
Yonabaru was attacked by the
96th infantry division after lt beat
off an enemy counter-attack In
the vicinity of newly-captured
Conical hill.
Marines of the Sixth division's
22nd regiment In the outskirts of
Naha also beat off a savage Japa
nese counter-attack in nana-io-
hand fighting. The enemy rem
nants fell back Into the suburb of
Takamotojl. '
Landing Broken up :
A new Japanese attempt the
second within a week to land
troops behind the American lines
near Machlnato airfield, five miles '
north of Naha, was broken up by
naval gunfire.
Field artillery, naval guns and
both carrier and land-based planes
supported the American ground-"
forces.
A Japanese Domel dispatch
said the Japanese defenders of ;
Naha were facing "overwhelming ;
odds" because the American at-
tackers were being continuously
reinforced..
The dispatch claimed that Japa
nese forces had "completely de
stroyed" at least two out of the
six American divisions landed on
Okinawa.
"The remaining four divisions
have also been severely shattered
In recent ground battles," Domel
said. .
Negroes in Portland
Form Taxpayer League
Portland, Ore., May 16 U" One
hundred Portlund negroes meet
ing In the Williams street USO
last night organized the colored 1
citizens' taxpayers league to se
cure removal of "white only"
signs, Ralph H. Faulk said today.
The group objects to what they
term "insulting signs" in cafes
which cater to white trade only,
stated Faulk who Is associated .
with the Portland Inquirer, negro
newspaper.
The signs are usually found In
the Doorcr sections of the city, '.
where many of the colored citi- ;
zens live, according to the new
organization.
JAPS COUNT SHIPS
Tokyo, May 16 (ill Tokyo radio
said Wednesday that the British
ask force In the Pacific includes
he aircraft carriers Indefatigable, .
Indomitable and Victorious, as
well as the battleships George and
Hull, two cruisers, 12 destroyers .
and three escort carriers.
typical of the "silliness" he said
was the outstanding characteris
tic of the German people and
added:
"He Is full of arrogance and
posturing, but I don't believe for
a moment that even now Goering
understands what it is all about.
I do believe that when the hang
man's noose that Is what I hope
it will be Is fastened around his
neck he will just go on saying
the British are Jolly good people,
the Germans are jolly good peo
ple, and that is war."