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THE BEND BULLETIN, BEND DESCHUTES COUNTY, OREGON, THURSDAY, MAY 31, 1945
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Volume LIU
TWO SECTIONS
NO. 150
Y
Pincers Close
Around Shurl
As Yanks Gain
Tokyo Radio Concedes
. Main Line in Collapse;
Marines Encircle Japs
Guam, Friday, June 1 (IP)
Tenth army marines and soldiers
took formal control of the Shuri
area in southern Okinawa today,
drawing two separate pincers
around perhaps thousands of Jap
anese near the conquered citadel.
As Radio Tokyo conceded that
its main defense line had col
lapsed and said the critical stage
in the 61-day battle for Okinawa
was imminent, the Americans
slashed at enemy soldiers seeking
to escape to the southern tip of
the island for a last-ditch stand.
Army troops drove in from the
north of Shuri to meet the ma
rine conquerors of Shuri castle
and complete one p i n c e r s. A
larger encirclement was being
forged by marines driving south
east from captured Naha, now ap
proximately 1,000 yards from
doughboys at the town of Chan,
in the center of the island below
Shuri.
Near Okinawa Tip
Advanced elements of the Sev
enth division were reported mov
ing down the east coast to within
two miles of the southern tip of
Okinawa.
In Shurl itself, marines of the
First division raised the stars and
stripes over 15th century Shurl
castle, shell-pocked former Japa
nese army headquarters, at 1:45
p. m. yesterday.
Brig. Gen. Pedro Del Valie, com
mander of the First division, said
his marines now controlled the
whole of the ruined city of Shurl,
though "actual physical occupa
tion" had not been completed.
Japanese suicide squads still
clung to strong positions north
west, north, east and southeast of
Shuri, but the 77th division col
lapsed the northeastern defenses
and plunged ahead to within a
few hundred yards of a junction
with the marines at Shuri castle.
Junction Nears '
A junction of the-77th division
and First marines would encircle
the Japanese still holding out on
Wana ridge northwest of Shuri
and other enemy units north of
the city.
The second ring of encirclement
was being forged "by the Sixth
marine and the Seventh army di
visions in the Kokuba river valley
more than a mile south of Shuri.
The marines, driving southeast
from captured Naha on the west
coast, were less than 2,000 yards
from a junction with the Seventh
division slashing across Okinawa
from the east coast last night.
A linkup of these forces would
trap all remaining enemy forces
in the Shuri area.
v Name Is Studied
For World Group
San Francisco, May 31 (IPi The
new world security organization
probably will be called "The Unit
ed Nations," but not without ob
jections. The question of a name is being
considered now by a conference
committee. There appeared to be
little prospect that the name
agreed upon by the Big Four at
Dumbarton Oakes "The United
Nations" would be changed. But
several latin American countries
have suggested these others:
Ecuador: "Juridical Comrhuni
ty of States" or "International
Juridical Community."
Mexico: "Permanent Union of
Nations."
Cuba: "World Commonwealth
of Nations."
Uruguay: "Association of Na
tions." Venezuela: Just doesn't like
' United Nations because a name
which perpetuates war association
seems unsuitable for an organiza
tion of peace.
Man Is Arrested
In Stabbing Case
Arrested in connection with the
beer bottle stabbing Sunday night
in the Shamrock of William Haff
ner, 33. of 65 Franklin avenue.
John W. Jones, 56, a resident of
the Shady Nook auto court, to
day was at liberty on S1.000 bond
on. a charge of assault with a
deadly weaDon. Jones was arrest
ed on a warrant signed by the
victim. He was taken into custody
in a tavern in Redmond by Chief
of Police Jess Edgar of Redmond
According to Bend officers,
Haffner was stabbed by the
broken end of a beer bottle dur
ing an altercation in the beer par
lor. He was taken to the St.
Charles hospital where he was
treated for severe laciai wounos.
(NKA Teltphoto)
Much discussion, heavy thinking and heavy smoking mark this UNCIO sub-comm.ttee meeting on regional ,
arrangements. At table (left to right) are Arnold Raestad and Arne Ording of Norway; Maj. den. E. X. O. .
Jacob and Sir Alexander Cadogan of Britain. Official Secretariat photo. '
War 2 Combat
Reach Well Over Million Mark
Total of 227,097 Listed
For Week Show Heavy
Washington. May 31 (U.E)
this war passed 1,000,000 today.
Military losses as announced officially here reached 1,
002,887, an increase of 6,798 over a week ago.
The total included 890,019 army and 112,868 navy, ma
rine corps, and coast guard casualties.
The overall total, including
have been tabulated and announced in Washington, was
nearly four times the World War I total of 259,735 for all
Plans Are Made
Nineteen persons have already
signed up with the Beta Sigma
Phi sorority for the organization's
fifth blood donor trip to Portland,
it was reported today. The trip is
scheduled for Friday, June 8,
when a special bus has been char
tered for the trip.
It was also reported today that
the trip was made possible
through donations from Ross
Farnham, the Bend high school
student body, . Jennie Keyes and
Mrs. Dee Haines. Further trips
will not be possible, according to
sorority members, unless addi
tional funds are donated.
Those who have already signed
up for the June 8 trip are: Mrs.
Edith Dart, Mrs. Lillian Chute,
Mrs. Fred Sheppard, Mrs. Jack
Hollenbeck, Mrs. Arnold De Caru
fel, Mrs. John Putnam, Mrs. Nel
lie Mazar, Mrs. Fritz Lundgren,
Mrs. Lydia Hakanson, Mrs. Ida
Rines, Mrs. C. H. Corkett, Mrs.
Leo Bishop, Mrs. Hubert Scoggin,
Mrs. G. B. Gantz, Bobbie Posvar,
Neilie Libel, Mrs. A. T. Niebergall
and Mrs. Jerry Robideaux.
Motorist Cited
In Traffic Case
Near collision with an automo
bile driven by District Atotrney
A. J. Moore, today had resulted
in the arrest of Tony Posedel, 50,
of Bend, on a charge of driving
while Intoxicated.
Bend officers" reported that
Posedel was arrested at the cor
ner of Third and Davis streets
last night after his alleged erratic
driving had been reported by
Moore. The arrest was made by
Chief of Police Ken C. Gulick and
State Officer Glenn" Ray after the
district attorney said his car had
nearly been sideswiped by a ve
hicle driven by Posedel.
Allies Passing
In China, Says
By George Wang
(United Pr Wmr Corrwpoodent)
Chungking, Ma 31 HP) Lt.
Gen. Albert C. Wedemeyer, com
mander of U. S. forces in China,
said today that the Allies were
passing from the defensive to the
offensive in China.
"We now are on the upgrade,"
he told a press conference-"I am
very optimistic over future mili
tary developments in China."
Even as he spoke. Chinese for
ces seized control of possibly 180
miles of the Japanese lifeline cor
ridor across China.
Still greater victories appeared i
imminent. The Japanese were
reported to have fired and aban-
doned the strategic cities of Liu-:
chow and Liuchene in the cen-
tral Kwangsi province sector of!
the corridor. 1
UNCIO Subcommittee Meeting
Casualties
A
as Killed; Data
Losses at Okinawa
U. S. combat casualties in
only those casualties which
services.
The week's increase was al
most evenly divided between
the two jnajor branches.- The
army's total rose .3,494 while
the navy's, reflecting heavy
losses of Okinawa, Climbed 3,304.
Figures Presented
The casualty total for all serv
ices includes 227,097 dead, 607,468
wounded, 63,455 missing and 104,
867 taken prisoner.
Of the prisoners, about 90,000
were in Europe and have been
liberated.
The missing total includes
about 44,000 army missing in Eu
rope. Undersecretary of War
Robert P. Patterson told a press
conference that there was little
hope that many of these would
turn up alive.
Patterson disclosed that five
Infantry divisions the third,
fourth, ninth, 45th and 36th
suffered among them a total of
133,394 casualties.
Each, he said, suffered losses
greater than its total strength at
any one time. An infantry di
vision's strength is about 15,000.
Death of Six ,
Due fo Bomb,
Says Official
Washington, May 31 HP The
only casualties inflicted by Jap
anese balloon bombs which have
fallen sporadically in the west
ern area were suffered by a family
that found an unexploded bomb,
undersecretary of war Robert P.
Patterson said today.
They detonated the bomb, with
the result a woman and five child
ren were killed. Her husband
and one child survived.
The secretary did not give de
tails of the incident.
It was known, however, the in
cident occurred at Lakeview, Ore.
From Defensive fo Offensive
General; Jap Lifeline Is Cut
Wedemeyer told his Dress
ference that the Japanese may
abandon the whole corridor link-1
ing Shanghai with Hong Kong,
Bangkok and Singapore.
Wedemeyer said Pacific opera
tions by the forces under Admiral
Chester W. Nimilz and Gen. Doug
las MacArthur had contributed
greatly to the change for the bet
ter in China.
"The Japanese appear commit-!
ed to a po icy on the Asiatic main-,
land and the homeland of redis-;
posing their forces and resources
(for protecting the dynamo and the.;
citadel of their war effort,
he I
said. j
The Japanese withdrawals In
China were accelerated, he said, I
by their discovery that thev could ;
not accomplish the purpose of j
their April drive to widen the!
ilitan
Joins in Services
"War is carrying your prob
lems from where you might solve
them to a battlefield, where they
can never be solved," declared
Rev. Robert Mcllvenna in the
principal address of the Memorial
day observance at 10 a. m. yes
terday in the school gymnasium,
attended by a delegation of ap
proximately 70 sailors from
Camp Abbot, representatives of
Bend's four veterans' organiza
tions, and many townspeople.
The attendance was the largest
I Personnel
. KevAMcIlvenna- stressed r'V"'r"" r . ,
.eliet that "as Christians, wed strengthen his hand in
belief
ought to believe In the possibility
or peace, denying the oiten-re-
peated statement that wars are
inevitable and that human na
ture can't be changed.
Walker In Charge
Joy Walker of the veterans'
council announced the program
and introduced the military per
sonnel who were guests for the
occasion, Including Major J. H.
Jerome and Capt. Karl H. Jor
dan, army, and Lt'. Carl A. Hol
vick, navy. Also on the platform
were Ben Hodges, commander of
the Spanish-American War Vet
erans; Mrs. R. L. Henry, presi
dent of the auxiliary; Earl Birch
ard, commander of the V.F.W.;
Mrs. William Gibson, president of
the V.F.W. auxiliary; Mr. and
Mrs. Willard Higgins of the Dis
abled American Veterans and
auxiliary; and Mr. and Mrs. D.
Ray Miller of the American Le
gion and auxiliary. Commissioner
Mel Munkers represented the
city, and John Newby was color
bearer for the state guard.
Rev. Fred Watson of the Naza
rene church gave the invocation,
and Elder Boswell of the Mission
ary Baptist church pronounced
the benediction. Rev. George R.
V. Bolster of Trinity Episcopal
church was in charge of services
which followed at the cemetery,
featuring the traditional firing
salute.
Musical numbers on the pro
gram included a solo, "My Bud
dy," by S 2c Izzo of Camp Ab
bot; piano selections by Mrs. Hil
da Bush, and two numbers,
"Thanks .Be to God" and "This
Is My Country," by the Bend
Gieemen, under the direction of
C. Dale Robbins. .
RECRUITS SOUGHT
Portland, Ore., May 31 ill")
Maj. H. C. Tobln, executive offi
cer of the Oregon state guard,
today Issued a call for recruits
for the cavalry units.
con-lenrririnr ri ,
bases without excessive costs
Th nvhi r . , .,'
....... ui supply sun re
mains one of the greatest in the
theater, Wedemeyer said, point
ing out the difficulty of distribu
tion to the fronts even after the
supplies are delivered at Kunm
ing. He credited Improved moral and
fighting spirit among Chinese
troops to better food and pw
American advice and evacuat on
of the wminrii """
He paid tribute to the Chlm
forces on the Hunan front where
they "really foueht an iLi ViArt
Japs." .
Wedemeyer deserlhoH r.H.,
takon th, Pr's"ers
many of whom arc "convinced fj ?n
an has lost the war?' P"
Chiang Quits
Premier Post;
Still President
Brother-in-Law Takes
Over Position; Other
Switches Are Reported
Chungking, May 31 till Gener
alissimo Chiang Kui-Shek resign
ed as premier of China today,
but retained his concurrent post
of president.
Reliable sources said a plenary
session of the Kuomintang's cen
tral executive committee appoint
ed T. V. Soong, Chang's brother-in-law,
as premier a post official
ly known as president of the ex
ecutive Uyan.
Soong had been acting prem
ier "--since last December, when
Chiang turned from political pro
blems to urgent military matters
including a Japanese drive toward
Chungking.
Resignation Accepted
. The plenary session also ac
cepted the resignation of Dr. H.
H. Kung, another brother-in-law
of Chiang, "as vice-premier vice
president, to succeed him.
A Washington dispatch said Dr.
Kung resigned because poor
health prevented him from return
ing to China from the United
States at this time. Dr. Kung
also resigned from the concurrent
post of governor of the Central
Bank of China, but remained
Chiang's personal representative
to President Truman, Washington
said.
Officers Retained
Both Chiang and Kung also re
tained numerous other lesser of
ficers in the Chinese government.
Chiang also is supreme command
er of Allied forces in China.
The changes were believed the
first of several in China's govern
ment. Soong, a brother of Madame
Chiang, headed the Chinese dele
gation to the San Francisco world
security conference. His formal
the Big Five the United States,
Britain, Russia and France. '
It also may clear the way for
an agreement with the Chinese
communist regime at Ycnan.
Holiday Marred
By Many Deaths
(By United Prcu)
At least 40 violent deaths were
counted today as an aftermath
to the nation's holiday honoring
its heroes felled in battle.
Of this number, traffic casual
ties were estimated at 10, as com
pared to a death toll of 50 fore
cast by the national safety coun
cil. The council's figures, com
piled on the basis of past experi
ence, included those persons hurt
on Memorial Day who die later
of their injuries.
Preliminary reports from
United Press bureaus throughout
the country listed, in addition to
traffic deaths, seven drownings,
three stabbings, two shootings,
two chemical explosion casualties
and 13 miscellaneous deaths.
Three Fatally Burned
' Pennsylvania, reporting eight
deaths, had the largest holiday
toll. Three brothers were fatally
burned when their car was struck
by the Pennsylvania railroad's
crack liberty limited passenger
train outside Pittsburgh, two
others died In automobile collis
ions, and three miscellaneous
deaths were listed.
Michigan ranked second with
six deaths, including one traffic
accident, one drowning, two stab
bings, a shooting and a fatality
caused by a fall.
County Residents
Hurt in Action
Two local men have been
wounded in action, the office of
war information reported today.
T4 Louis A. Walter, son of
Roy Walter, Route 1, Box 15, was
wounded in Europe; and Pvt.
Robert Johnson, husband of Mrs.
Loraine A. Johnson, 330 East
Revere street, was wounded In the
south Pacific, the OWI reported.
Donald Sholes Writes
From Japanese Camp
Mr. and Mrs. C. D. Sholes, 14.30
Newport avenue, this week re
ceived a regulation censored card
from their son, Donald R. Sholes.
who Is a prisoner of the Japanese
at Camp Fukuoka Furge Shuyo
sho on Honshu island.
According to the card, which
was dated Oct. 11, 1944, Donald
was "doing very well," and he
added, "I hope to be with vou
"l
f ho ?s,..rfceived
all soon." The last card the
was dated In
April, 1944
Bend Children Produce 25
Tons of Paper, Attend Show
New High Mark in Collection Work Set After
Boys, Girls Submit Salvage in Lieu of Tickets
When it comes to producing salvage paper for the war
effrt..'t takes the youngsters of Bend to do it.
This was the opinion today of members of the Bend ju
nior chamber of commerce, who reported that more than
25 tons of paper were delivered Tuesday to the Tower the
ater by boys and girls, when admission to the show required
only a bundle of paper. According to Don Higgins, presi
dent of the Jaycees, the 50,000 pounds of paper greatly ex
ceeded the amount gathered in any city-wide pickup made
by the Junior chamber of
commerce since that organi-l OanrJ W
zation assumed resnnnsihilitJ OCUO rilGr name
for the paper salvage in this
community.
Making three triDs to th
theater with an automobile and
iraner, teduy Mcllvenna, son of
Rev. and Mrs. Robert Mcllvenna.
was announced the winner of the
$25 war bond given for the larg
est amount of paper donated
Jaycee officials who weighed the
largest donations, said that Teddv
brought a total of 2,338 pounds of
paper to the theater.
912 Attend Show
B. A. Stover and Ken Hodkln-
son, operators of the Tower the
ater, reported that 912 boys and
girls attended the theater after
they had brought paper to aid the
war effort. The theater manage
ment and President Higgins of
the Jaycees, reported that the
boys and girls were most order
ly in the theater, Higgins adding
that "they are a credit to thei
community." j
Junior chamber officials said
they were a "bit disappointed"
when they called for a small boy
to stand up in the theater and
be applauded for his efforts in
the paper drive. The boy, they
said, had made six trips to the
theater with a wheelbarrow load
ed with paper. Apparently, Jay
cees said, his modesty prevented
him from "making a bow."
According to Higgins, three
trucks and trailers were loaded
with paper. The last truck load
was taken to the salvage depot
because of the inability to send
It direct to Portland with the
other trucks, it was reported.
Traffic Slowed
Motorists who were, ineonvenl-
inoH hv Rlnw ti-flffle nn Wall
enced by slow traffic .on Wall
street during tne paper assembly,
apparently took the matter in
good spirit, for there was no lm
patient honking of horns or at
tempts to speed traffic, police
reported. For a time cars anu
trailers were backed up from the
Tower theater to Greenwood ave
nue. '
Members of the Junior cham
ber of commerce, children,
women and those of other organi
zations assisted in weighing
paper bundles and loading the
trucks. The Jaycees listed the
following persons who formed
the "crew":
Marlon Cady, Don Connor,
Claude Cook, Ray Dahl, Bruce
Gilbert, Don Higgins, Wilfred
Jossy, Vernon Larson, Charles
Morrison, George Thompson, Joe
Van Wormer, Mrs. George
Thompson, Barbara Stelnhauser,
Frank Nelson and Ollle Bow
man, s
Sorority Helps
In Selling Bonds
Patrons of the Capitol theater
are finding the seventh war bond
subscription booth being conduct
ed there by members of the Beta
Sigma Phi sorority a real con
venience, It was reported today
by members of the organization
who have been staffing the head
quarters. A number of bond
purchasers have informed the
girls at the booth that owing to
the fact that they work during
the day, their service affords
them the only opportunity they
have at night to subscribe to
bonds.
Margaret Dougherty and Ruth
Yeilding, co-chairmen of the
theater bond sellers, said that the
booth will be maintained the rest
of this week, and perhaps longer
If the demand warrants.
Girls Are Ltxted
Members of the sorority who
alternate at the booth are Gerrlc
Arney, Dorothy Applegate, La
Verna Ballard,, Elizabeth Beaver,
Eleanor Bechen, Margaret Dough
erty, Helen Faddis, Lucille lied-
strom, Carola May, bllzaoetn
May, Mary Ellen May, Phyllis
Olsen, Leola Olson, Luewala Sand
ers, Ann Staples, Katherine Wise,
Lucille Wood, Ruth Yeilding and
Mary Alice Schilling.
8A.UMONS TO SPEAK
Discussing "My Contacts with
America at War," E. C. Sammons,
Portland banker, will address a
town meeting of the Bend chamb
er of commerce tonight at 7
o'clock In the Pine Tavern. Sam
mons, who spent considerable
time in the nation's capital, was
expected to reveal many facts
concerning war production and ac
tivities behind the political screen.
r-.h:.
Lt. Kenneth Preston
Lt. Ken Preston
Returns to Bend
Second Lt. R. Kenneth Preston,
veteran of 27 missions over Eu
rope as navigator of a B 24 bomb
er, and a war prisoner in Ger
many for the better, part "bt. a
vear. has returned to his home
, ,B(md a ?0 Jeav&,qir.
i 1 v .. .7
culatlon manager for The Bulletin
when he entered the service, Lt.
Preston was released from a Ger
many prison camp Just a month
ago. He is the son of Mr. and
Mrs. E. I. Preston, Bend.
Lt. Preston was an officer on
a bomber that was shot down
near Munich. That was the start
of an experience that took him
on a great triangle through south
ern Germany, as the nazls moved
prisoners to avoid advancing kus
sians and Americans. Following
three months In a Munich hos
pital, while he recovered from a
broken leg suffered when he ball
ed out over Germany, Lt. Preston
was taken from Munich to Frank
furt, then up to Wctzlar. Final
ly, the war prisoners were moved
to soremoerg, men uown 10 urn-
berg not far from the point
where Lt. Preston made his forced
landing many months before.
Red Cross Lauded
Lt. Preson was profuse his
praise for the Red Cross, and for
the fine treatment he received.
Blankets and food were especially
welcome, In a bitterly cold wint
er, the young officer said.
The navigator's hard luck was
not all experienced when his
bomber was shot down. Before
leaving the states, ho announced
his engagement to Miss Phyllis
Currey, of Hebron, Neb. He hur
ried home to meet his fiancee,
only to learn that she had Joined
the army nurse corps, and for the
past six months has been in Eu
rope, always hoping she would
meet Lt. Preston.
Had Lt. Preston known Miss
Currey was In Europe, he could I
possibly have remained longer onln an eliort to Doost ivto piuum.
the continent. Itlon 30 per cent above schedule.
Change in Point Values Due
In Coming Month, Says OP A
Washington, May 31 mi Lower
point values In June for tomato
and mixed vegetable Juices and
higher values for canned toma
toes and canned spinach were an
nounced today by the office of
price administration.
The new values take effect June
3 and continue through June 30.
Raising of canned tomato point
values to 40 points, the highest
for tomatoes to date, came as
chairman Elmer Thomas, D. Okla.,
of the senate food committee de
clared that tomatoes and a lot of
other processed foods should be
off the ration list entirely.
Thomas charged OPA officials
of keeping canned goods rationed
"because they want to keep their
Jobs."
Along with the processed food
changes OPA announced that
point values for most meats, fats
and oils would remain undisturb
ed for the June period but warned
that there would be seven per
Great Britain
Orders Troops
Into Lebanon
Big Power Acts to
Half Bloody French
And Arab Disorders
London, May 31 UP) Great
Britain ordered her troops into
Syria and Lebanon to halt the
bloody Arab-French disorders to- '
day and served a virtual ulti
matum on France to cease hostili
ties in the Levant immediately.
In a move to resolve the Le
vant crisis and prevent a possible
rupture of allied communications
lines to the Far East, Prime
Minister Churchill announced he
had ordered British armed inter
vention between the warring .
French and Arab forces In Syria
and Lebanon.
At the same time, a terse
memorandum was dispatched to
Gen. Charles De Gaulle "request
ing" the immediate withdrawal of
all French troops In the Levant
to their barracks "to avoid col
lision between British and French
forces." - .
I' .To Hold Discussions
J "Once firing has ceased and
order has been restored, we shall
be prepared to begin trl-partite
I discussions here in London," the
tsritisn note said.
The sudden British Interven
tion climaxed three .weeks of
spreading disorder in the Levant,
toucned oir by. the dispatch of
French reinforcements to Syria
and Lebanon to back up France's',
demand for strategic bases in the
iormer mandated countries.
The ancient city of Damascus
was aflame from French bomb
ing and shelling, and Foreign
Secretary Anthony Eden an
nounced in commons that the
situation there had become worse
In the past 12 hours.
Eden said late advices from the
British minister in Damascus re
ported heavy and continued fight
ing in the city .throughout last
night and early-today.; ;..; "Yi
- Big Firea Burn ,
He said two great fires were
burning in the center of the city.
They were about a mile apart
but spreading swiftly.
Eden said the British and
American civilian colonies were
evacuated from Damascus during
a brief armistice yesterday after
noon. Then the center of the
city was subjected to a very
heavy and concentrated French
artillery bombardment and
French warplanes roared In to
bomb the Syrian garrison.
Cries of "shame arose in the
house when Eden revealed that
bombs had been dropped on the
Biblical city. -
Eden emphasized that Britain
had been "Immensely anxious" to
avoid intervention in the Levant,
but he reiterated that the threat
to British and American supply
lines to the Far Eastern war the
ater had become too serious to
ignore.
Would .Shame All
We have not acted until our
overall responsibility was so se
rious that we simply had to act
or stand by and see a situation
develop which would have
shamed us all," he said.
The British cabinet, he added,
is in constant communication
with the United States govern
ment on the situation.
FARM EQUIPMENT DUE
Washington, May 31 mi The
war production hoard today re
moved restrictions from the
manufacture of farm machinery
a month ahead of schedule. The
restrictions had been scheduled
to exDlre on July 1, but WPB
said they were lifted Immediately
cent less meat for civilians than
the meager supplies available in
May.
OI'A said there would be 6,700,000
pounds less beef, 12,300,000 pounds
less pork, l00,000 pounds less
lamb but 5,300.000 pounds more
veal and 1,000,000 pounds more
mutton.
Values for fatback or salt pork
were increased three points bring
ing them to eight points a pound,
plate bacon the same and pork
sides, aged and dry cured, one
point to nine points a pound. Lard
shortening, salad and cooking oils
were left at 10 points a pound,
margarine at 12 points and cream
ery butter at 24.
Canned tomato Juice and vege
table Juice combinations contain
ing 70 per cent tomato Juice were
set at two cans (up to and includ
ing the No. 2V size) for one blue
ration stamp (10 points). Cans
brought singly, however, still re
quire one blue stamp (except for
the No. 10 size.)