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Pattern for Japan
Cashing in on the experience gained in the invasion of
Italy and France, the United States and her British, Aus
tralian, Dutch, Chinese and other allies have mapped a very
definite pattern of warfare for the annihilation of Japan,
one in which airpower is to play a major role. And they are
making no secret of their general plan. It is already well
under way.
The key to the whole strategy is the destruction of Japa
nese capacity to produce and transport munitions and sup
plies, a job delegated to the air forces and the navy once the
necessary bases have been won and established. That ex
plains the emphasis placed on the conquest and occupation
of such strategic islands as Iwo Jima and Okinawa, the
cost of occupying which has to many laymen seemed all out
of proportion to their apparent importance.
But viewed in the light of the master plan that is grad
ually unfolding they become all-important. Along with the
Philippines and such points as are later acquired along the
China coast, they will become the operating bases for such
fleets of heavy and medium bombers as have never before
been placed in the air untold thousands of B-29s, Liberators
and B-17s supported by additional thousands of twin-engine
light bombers augmented by land and carrier based fighters
in numbers sufficient to blacken the skies over all Japan.
The concentration of airpower in the western Pacific will
surpass anything loosed against Germany, it is promised.
Already the blasting is under way. It will mount in
ferocity as air units in Europe are redeployed to the new
battle area and that ferocity will be intensified by the
smaller target area to be covered and by the added fact that
no part of the Japanese home islands lies beyond the prac
tical operating range of carrier planes.
If the Japs do not wilt and surrender under such a sus
tained bombardment, they will
but little resistance to invasion
for the mopping up operation.
strategy is costly, but cheap in
That is where your bond dollars
them count.
The Powder Keg Splutters
The Balkans are living up to their reputation as the "Pow
der Keg of Europe." Marshal Tito of Yugoslavia, whose
forces were armed, equipped and fed by the Allies, who
forced the liberation of his country, has occupied Trieste and
other Italian as well as Austrian territories with large
garrisons and refused to accede
peace settlements.
Tito's refusal to co-operate with the Allies brought forth
the charge from Field Marshal Sir Harold Alexander, Allied
commander-in-chief of the Mediterranean area, that the
Yugoslav leader acted with the "apparent intention of estab
lishing claims on northeast Italy and southern Austria by
lorce of arms, which was all
solini and Japan," as all efforts
ment had tailed.
Tito replied in a Belgrade
of our army and the honor of
ence of the Yugoslav army in Austria, Trieste and the
Slovene coast line and the presence of our troops in these
areas does not prejudice the decisions of the peace conference
as to whom these territories belong. I declare that Yugo
slavia is ready to co-operate and come to an agreement on
a basis which will not be insulting or humiliating to Yugo
slavia as an ally.
All of which means that Tito will co-operate if he gets
what he wants in the line of
wont play ball with his benefactors all of which shows
again how power goes to a man's head, for Tito had agreed
only last February that for military purposes, allied forces
should occupy Venezia and (jiulia regions, which include
Trieste while the Yugoslavs should occupy the Fiume area.
British and New Zealand forces remain in Trieste but are
outnumbered by Tito's forces. Other Yugoslav forces are
withdrawing from Austrian Carinlhia for the time being.
It is strange that the polyglot Balkan nations do not unite
in a federation similar to that of Switzerland and co-operate
with eacn otner lor mutual development instead of eternally
bickering and fighting. Only by following the Swiss pattern
can abiding peace come to the Balkans.
Balancing the Budget
Faced with the problem of lopping some $80,000 off from
preliminary city budget estimates to bring them within the
six percent increase limitation, some members of the council
are reported to be considering the possibility of eliminating
the $22,000 earmarked as the city's initial contribution to
the firemen's pension fund, approved by voters last year.
In that the levy is mandatory as long as t he pension amend
ment stands the proposal does not seem practicable, although
repeal of the amendment might be accomplished by refer
ence to the voters at the June 22 election. The budget, how
ever, must be completed before that time.
There is another good reason, however, why the fire
men's pension plan should be resubmitted if the city proposes
to come under the statewide retirement and pension system
for all employes set up by the 1045 legislature to avoid dis
crimination, as well as to avoid duplication of administrative
functions. As a matter of fairness, all city employes should
be entitled to the same benefits. But as' the two systems
are set up, the firemen would get a decidedly better deal
than members of the police force and other departments.
To apply the uniform state system to all would also be less
costly to the city.
An advisory expression of public opinion as to whether
the city is to come under the state act would also be advisable
at the June 22 balloting, as' the city must elect to go in or
stay out before next May.
Funeral Today for
Truman Butler
Portland, Ore, May 21 (UR
Services will be held Monday in
Portland for Truman Butler, 73,
who died Thursday at Nclscott.
Mr. Butler, who had engaged
In real estate and insurance en
terprises the last few years, had
been a resident of Hood River
and The Dalles since 1882.
Born in Ottawa, Kans., he at
tended Lane university. He was
a steamboat purser from 1B90
to 1897. Surviving is a daugh
ter in San Francisco, and sis
ters in Muskegon, Mich., and a
ion In service.
Oregon, Monday, May 21, 1945
Editor and Publisher
entitled to the use for publication of
otnerwise creaitea in this paper,
be so softened as to offer
by ground forces mobilized
In dollars and cents such
its cost of American lives.
come in buy now and make
to joint occupation pending
too reminiscent of Hitler. Mus
"to come to a friendly agree
broadcast that "the honor
our country demands the pres
territory' sought, otherwise he
Driver of Auto
May Face Charges
Oregon City, Ore, May 21 (U.fi)
Clackamas county officials
said Saturday Ernest Handy of
Woodburn, Ore., would be
charged in justice court at Can
by with negligent homicide In
the deaths of Mr. and Mrs.
Hamilton L. Powers.
The Powers were occupants
of a car driven by Handy which
sideswiped an oil truck Thurs
day. Witnesses said the Handy
car was traveling at high speed.
A muskrat can travel 50
yards under water without com
ing up for air.
ips for
By Don
Ialo Smith, well known auto
mobile license expert in Bob
Farrell's department at the
statehouse, went one better
than the guy who loses his shirt
when he was around town after
having lost his pants. He drop
ped into the office of our fa
forite paper and it seems it
was there he lost said pants.
Anyway he came back and
found them there after having
made a hurried search in other
places. O yes, the pants were
an extra pair he had wrapped
up in a bundle and inadver
tently he'd laid 'em down and
gone away and left 'em. In
justice to Ialo we should say
when he was hunting around
Novelties
In the News
(Br the Associated Fresa)
Cooperation
Denver A corporal wearing
overseas campaign ribbons with
stars asked the housing desk
of the servicemen's center for
a house for himself, his wife
and their three-year-old son
a near Impossibility in Denver.
An excited attendant who
had just finished talking on the
phone, told the corporal a land
lord had offered a desirable
vacancy, but that a family with
two children was wanted.
"Tell him we'll take it," said
the corporal. "If he insists on
two children, we'll have an
other one."
Love
Seattle Seaman Rudolf Sen
gcbosh, Newark, N. J on leave
here, and his fiancee from Ne
wark, Mary Alexander, discus
sed their marriage plans as they
blissfully taxied away from the
railroad station.
Some time later Miss Alex
ander discovered she had left
her purse containing $500 In
cash and $15,000 in Jewels in
the cab.
The cab company was noti
fied and they began question
ing their drivers. The 52nd one
queried found the purse and
valuables on his back seat,
ignored by several other fares.
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A (' - i -: t U 'gOCMA CONHECTiO"!
New Japanese Admiral sails out to his
Supper
Upjohn
town for his lost pants he had
his other pair on. We didn't
learn whether Ialo has a suit
with two pairs of pants or
whether he owns two suits.
Nailing Down the Vote
(Art Perry In Medford Mail
Tribune) The Governor of Oregon has
had the house he was occupying
in Salem, sold from under him,
and is unable to find another
one. The chief executive re
ports, "it looks as though we
may have to sleep in the street."
This assures him of the sleep-in-the-street
vote In the next
election.
The Snells might do a bit of
light housekeeping for a while
in one of the legislative cham
bers not now In use until they
can locate a place wherewith to
lay their heads. Anyway they're
not troubled with horses like
the Wayne Morris's when they
invaded Washington.
Heard some complaint from
the younger generation over the
week end that while mother
and father have been taken care
of no provision has been made
for a Daughter's day and a
Son's day. These are projects
that should be commercialized
by all means and when they're
well under way there'll still be
the uncles and aunts. Come to
think of. it the card racks
around town look almost bare
without any Uncle cards or
Aunty cards therein.
Young Walt Cline has knock
ed out another city golf cham
plonship and that chap
seems to be virtually unbeatable
on the home front. He's sorta
the Joe Louis of the local golf
course, as It were.x
Incidentally maybe we were
a wee bit early the other eve
ning in our eulogy on the Port
land Beavers as being a top ball
club and not just lucky. A lot
of glum looking guys came back
from Portland Sunday evening.
They'd started out earlier in
the day all hepped up over the
shellacking the Beavers were
going to hand out to the visitors.
It seems the shellack ran out.
So far we've seen no letter
from a service man over in Eu
rope who ' plans to buy some
little business in Germany and
settle down.
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command
TheWar Today
By DeVVitt Mackenzie
An Interpretative analysis of
war developments by a fam
ous Associated Press war cor
respondent. The unity of the Big Three
is likely to get a sharp and re
vealing test in the explosive sit
uation created by Yugoslavia's
territorial claims against Italy
and Austria and the Anglo
American order to their diplo
matic representatives and na
tionals in Yugoslavia to pre
pare for possible evacuation in
dicates that a showdown is near.
This crisis revolves about dy
namic Marshal Tito, Yugoslav
ia's red politico-military chief,
and the position in nutshell is
this:
Tito is claiming Italian ter
ritory around Trieste and Go
rizla, and east of the Isonzo,
river. He also claims Austrian
territory in the Aillach-Klag-enfurt
one. His troops occu
pied these areas.
British Field Marsh Alexan
der, as supreme allied com
mander in the Mediterranean
theater, asked Tito to withdraw
his soldiers from the disputed
territory and let his claims be
settled at the peace conference.
Tito, while expressing willing
ness to have his claims thus ad
judicated, replied that his mili
tary occupation wouldn't "prej
udice the decision of the peace
conference."
Recollection Unpleasant
This brought a pungent mes
sage at the week-end from Al
exander to the allied troops in
ljis command. He declared that
it is "Marshal Tito's apparent
intention to establish his claims
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by force of arms and military '
occupation. Action of this kind
would be too reminiscent of Hit
ler, Mussolini and Japan. It
is to prevent such actions that
we have been fighting this war."
He said the American and Brit
ish governments had taken the
matter up direct with Tito and
that Moscow has been kept ful
ly informed.
Alexander's statement was is
sued Saturday and yesterday
the United States and Britain
ordered their diplomatic corps
and citizens in Yugoslavia to
be prepared for evacuation.
Meanwhile Tito's commanders
moved their main headquarters
out of Trieste (though there was
no relaxation of Yugoslav mili
tary control to be seen in the
city) and it was reported with
out confirmation that Tito had
agreed to withdraw from Aus
trian territory.
Well, that's the way things
stand at this writing a tense
and dangerous situation. Small
wonder that the British press is
urging an early meeting of Pres
ident Truman, Marshal Stalin
and Prime Minister Churchill to
iron out this and other pressing
imbroglios.
Marshal Tito long has stood
high with Moscow. Indeed, his
leadership in Yugoslavia has
been so efficient and strong that
Britain and America also have
given him moral and material
support in this fight against the
axis forces. There, never has
been any question but that , he
was orienting his program with
his eyes on Russia.
Moscow Watched
The big question now, of
course, is what attitude Moscow
will take toward's Tito's stand
regarding the Italian and Aus
trian territory. Logic frequent
ly doesn't work in situations
like this where passions run
high, but the logical outcome
would be for Tito to withdraw
his troops, since this wouldn't
prejudice his claims at the peace
table. Therefore one would ex
pect the soviet government to
agree with its Anglo-American
allies.
In considering the implica
tions of this dispute, it's im
portant to note that Yugoslavia
falls within Russia's new sphere
of influence in the Balkan pen
insula. This also is Britain's
pre-war zone of influence
which complicates the situation.
Yugoslavia is swinging hard
towards the "left" and may
abolish her monarchy. In any
event she bids fair to become
another of the nations which,
like Poland, will become part
of the security barrier which
Russia is creating in eastern
Europe and the Balkans.
New Planet Swims
Into Savant's Ken
Mt. Wilson, Calif., May 21 u.R
Discovery of a new star of
outstanding brilliance was an
nounced Saturday by Milton L.
HumaYison, Mt. Wilson observa
tory astronomer.
Humanson said such stars,
classified as super nova, were
discovered only about every 500
years.
He said he noticed the new
star last April 6 when he was
photographing a spiral nebulae.
Close examination of old pho
tographs proved the star had
not been there before.
The noxa, just south of the
end of the big dipper, is 5,000.
000 light years from the earth
and not visible to the naked eye.
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