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Nimitz Says Okinawa Conquest Completed in 82 Days of Battle Truman Visions Improvement in Food Situation Anderson to Straighten Mess Out To Pay Portland Visit Monday Olympia, Wash., June 21, U President Truman today fore cast material improvement in the national food situation when the new food administration takes over. Mr. Truman made this fore cast in a special news confer ence here in the office of Gov. Mon Wallgren, his host during a vacation in the northwest. The conference was held primarily for reporters from this section. The president said he thought the food situation would straigh ten out automatically as soon as the new administrator Rep. Clinton Anderson, (D-N.M.) who becomes administrator and secretary of agriculture takes over his Job. Mr. Truman also praised con gress for its renewal of the trade agreement act, saying this act ion "places the United States squarely behind the principles of international trade coopera tion which must prevail in the interest of world peace and ec onomic well being." To Visit Portland At the same time the presi dent expressed gratification over the progress of the San Fran cisco United Nations conference. saying he was very happy that it had been a success. He announced plans to make a brief stop Monday at Port land, Ore., en route to San Fran cisco where he will address the adjourning session of the con gress on Tuesday. , Mr. Truman said he would lsave here at 10 a. m. (PWT) Monday and fly to Portland, ar riving there about 11 o'clock, and leaving there in time to reach San Francisco about 4 p. m. Monday. Permits Quotation He permitted direct quotation of his comment on congressional action in renewing the trade agreements act for three years: "The action of the senate in approving the legislation to re new and strengthen the trade agreements act is indeed gratify ing. "The revitallzation of this act places the United States squarely behind the principles of international trade coopera tion which must prevail in the Interests of world peace and ec onomic well being. "Trade cooperation, however, rnust go hand in hand with mon etary and financial cooperation and I am confident that the sen ate will also take favorable ac tion on the Bretton Woods leg islation." (Continued on Pare 16, Column 5) President for Alaska Road Olympia, Wash., June 21, (U.R) President Truman today ad vocated completion of the Alas kan highway as an essential postwar project. Mr. Truman told his press con ference that 600 miles of high way still must be constructed to complete the long highway which links the United States with Alaska. He made the announcement to 1 his press conference after meet ing with Gov. Earnest Guren- ing of Alaska and Sen. Warren G. Magnuson, D., Wash. Mr. Truman said that the (Commission which planned the Original highway would be re vitalized. He observed ., that Magnuson is now a member of the commission, as was Gover nor Wallgren who sat beside him during the meeting with the northwest press. , The president said it would be the commission's job to plan the construction of the last leg of the highway. In answer to a question, the president reiterated his sup port for the bill introduced by Sen. Hugh B. Mitchell, D., Wn., which would create a Columbia valley authority. Mr. Truman reminded that the CVA is part of an overall plan in which his home state of Missouri is interested as well. Forest Fire in Metolius Bend, June 21, (U.R) Fanned by fitful winds, the most severe forest fire in recent years was raging in the lower Metolius river section of the Deschutes national forest, - approximately 5 miles northwest of Bend, as oipwards of 300 men fought to bring the blaze under control. Capital 4 Journal 57th Year, No. 147 matter at Salem. Orecoo Doolittle Marks Map for Set-up For Jap Bombing Washington, June 21, VP) The strategic bombing of Japan will be carried out by two separate heavy bombing forces, the 20th and the 8th. This was disclosed today in a news conference with Lt. Gen. James H. Doolittle, chief of the 8th air force which now is be ing redeployed from Europe to the Pacific area. In answer to a question about the general setup, Doolittle said: To Command 8th "The 8th will be under my command; the directives will come from the joint chiefs of staff." This will parallel operations of the 20th air force, command ed by Gen. H. H. Arnold, with Lt. Gen. Barney Giles the dep uty commander in the Pacific. The 21st bomber command (a part of the 20th air force), bas ed on Saipan, has been conduct ing the attacks on the Japan ese home islands. The 20th is directed from Washington and the strategy is determined by the joint chiefs of staff here. To Use B-29s Doolittle said that Colorado Springs, Colo., will be the head quarters of the 8th air force while it is retraining in this country. Asked whether the 8th would use only the Superfortresses us ed by the 20th, Doolittle said that the "decision to date is to have B-29s and such other ships as are needed." He was unable to say whether the B-17s, used along with the B-24s in the bombardment of Germany would be part of the 8th air force in the Pacific. He said the 8th hoped to have long-range fighters as part of its Pacific organization. While Doolittle gave no fur ther details on the Pacific air organization, he said, there would be an announcement on the strategic command in that area soon. AbeleSunkby Jap Baha Bomb Washington, June 21 U.K The navy, rapidly removing the news blackout on Japanese sui cide attacks, told today how the double blow of a Japanese suicide plane and a "baka bomb" sank the destroyer Man nert L. Abele off Okinawa last April 12. The account, containing the first disclosed incident of a baka bomb hitting an Ameri can ship, followed by only 12 hours navy release' of a six month old account of a suicide plane attack on the light crui ser Nashville enroute to the in vasion of Mindor island in the Philippines. The Nashville was hit by a single suicide plane while in convoy last Dec. 13. A total of 133 officers and men were kill ed but the ship remained afloat and has since been repaired and restored to action. Casualties aboard the Abele were 113 81 dead and 32 wounded. The ship was on pic ket duty off Okinawa on the day of the attack. $100,000 in War Bonds Sold at Victory Center Show While totals were not yet figured up an estimated $100,000 in bonds were sold yesterday under the stimulation of last night's bond show and the cleanup made in jeeps yesterday by bond salesmen. It is estimated fully 2000 people saw the show on the courthouse lawn and a con siderable number participated in the bond bidding. A purchase of $10,000 in war bonds brought the services of a group of business men to cook and serve a dinner, the seven men being Glenn McCormick, Ed Boring, Dent Reed, Doug Yeater, Loyal Warner, Bob Mc Ewan and Burr Miller. It was then discovered by the brave seven that the bond purchasers were the St. Paul Rodeo associa tion and they'll have to serve the dinner to around 150 per sons at the rodeo. The rodeo association queen with her court and a fine show ing of visitors appeared in full regalia and opened the bond 30,000 Japs in Cagayan Valley Herded in Trap Manila, June 21, (IP) A force of possibly 30,000 Japanese was herded north up the Cagayan valley today by onrushing col umns of the 37th Ohio infantry division toward fierce igorots bent on adding them to the more than 400,000 enemy casualties on Luzon. The Nipponese were falling back on Aparri, a scant 100 miles ahead of 37th advance pa trols, with nowhere to go once they reach that northwest city on Luzon. On the west side of the Ca gayan river, which splits the val ley, the Igorots and other Fili pino guerrillas waited in long prepared positions to frustrate any Nipponese attempt to find refuge among the wild, spiney ridges of the Cordillera moun tains. Maj. Robert S. Beightler's Buckeyes drove unchecked north of captured Ilagan and its grass-grown airstrip. The back tracking foe was hounded by planes, some flown by Mexican pilots, which are making as many as 300 sorties a day in support of the Luzon opera tions. Latest field advices added 336 more Japanese to the daily mounting casualty lists. New Borneo Landing On Borneo, Australian forces have made a new landing, this time at the northern head of Brunei bay to give them con trol of "the shores bordering both entrances into the bay," headquarters announced today. The diggers crossed the five mile strait from previously cap tured Labuan island in a move which would block any attempt of the Japanese to attack from Jesselton, 60 miles north. Headquarters reported anoth er in the daily series of attacks by . heavy bombers on the oil center of Balikpapan on Bor neo's east coast but still said nothing concerning repeated en emy broadcasts that an allied fleet is offshore, shelling and mine-sweeping. In dozens of small scale mop ping up operations on Luzon and Mindano island fronts of the Philippines, ground forces killed more than 350 Japanese Tuesday and captured 160 oth ers. Prison Terms For 12 Poles Moscow, June 21, VP) Twelve of 16 Poles accused of subvers ive activities behind red army lines were convicted by a Sov iet court early today and given sentences of from four months to ten years in prison. Three were acquitted and the trial of another was postponed. The heaviest sentence 10 years was imposed upon Maj. Gen. L. Bronislaw Okulicki, commander of the underground home army after the ill-fated Warsaw uprising. Jan Janowski, deputy prime minister of the London Polish government-in-exile and leader of the Polish underground move ment, was sentenced to eight years imprisonment. show. They also had planned to buy in the 50-pound ham do nated by Mickey's Cafe but an unidentified woman took the ham for a $7000 war bond purchase. A pair of pre-war silk hosiery brought $500 in bonds. With the bond sales of Wed nesday night not yet figured in the total in E bond sales is still lagging and causing acute con cern to the members of the war finance committee, who see less than two weeks ahead in which to sell around $800, 000 in this type of bonds. The E total did go to 61.2 percent of quota Wednesday with $1,388. 162.25 of this type of bond sold and the individual quota, in (Continued on Page IS, Column 1) Salem, Oregon, Thursday, June 21, ,t',"""'&,,.,..' Map of Bush's Pasture, purchase of a portion of which will be voted on in the special city elec tion Friday. The area marked A is the lower 57 acres already owned by the city in which the 10 acres to be used as an athletic field by Willamette university and the community is located. B is the portion to be retained for the use of Miss Sally Bush during the lifetime of Miss Bush and A. N. Bush, after which it will revert to the city. C is the remainder of the tract. Portions B and C are the 43 -acre area to be voted on Friday. University Policy on Sports Field Liberal Willamette university has no intention of adopting a selfish attitude in connection with the development of an athletic plant on the lower level of Bush pasture should the proposal to secure the entire tract as a public park meet the approval of the voters at Friday's special election. This was the assurance given today Security Meet Ends June 26 San Francisco, June 21 (IP) A charter embracing the views of 50 United Nations was wrap ped up today into a world docu ment designed to maintain peace. President Truman, now tak ing a brief holiday In Wash ington state, will bring the United Nations conference to a formal close with a speech on international affairs Tuesday af ternoon. Until that time the delegates of the 50 nations represented here will be busy with a variety of technical problems and speech-making sessions. But the real work of the conference, which met April 25, is accom plished. It reached that stage last night. A committee approved an Australian-Russian compro mise empowering the proposed general assembly of nations to make recommendations on any question "within the scope of the charter" written here. Thus ended a long struggle by small nations to make the assembly a "town meeting of the world" potentially capable of exerting the pressure of public opinion on the big-power-controlled security coun cil, even though it could exer cise no control over the council directly. Victor Andrade of Bolivia, chairman of the committee on assembly powers, attributed leadership in this struggle to Foreign Minister Herbert V. Evatt of Australia. The Weather (Released by the United States Weather Bureal) Forecast for Salem and vicin ity: Partly cloudy tonight and Friday with temperatures about the same as today. A few light, widely scattered showers are ex pected Friday afternoon. Mini mum tonight about 52. Condi tions will not be favorable for dusting. Max. yesterday. 91. Minimum today, 53. Mean tem perature yesterday, 74. which was 12 above normal. Total 24-hour precipitation to 11:30 a. m. to day. 0. Total precipitation for the month. .32. which is .63 inch es below normal. Willamette riv er height -1.7 ft. by President G. Herbert Smith in explaining the university's plans for the 10-acre tract for which it is willing to pay $25, 000. "Willamette has traditionally made its athletic facilities avail able to the ctiy," President Smith said. "And the univer sity would look forward in the development of the new ath letic field on Bush pasture to provide the best possible fa cilities both for the university and for the entire city. Sweet land field is crowded and can never be made adequate for the needs of the university or the city. The university would start construction of a football field within a short time, the presi dent said in explaining Willam ette's plans for development of the tract. A modern grand stand of steel and brick con struction will have a place in the plans, although no effort will be made to erect such a building until peace has been concluded. Dr. Smith has in vestigated a number of athletic fields and promises the de velopment in Bush pasture will be in keeping with the beauty of the tract as well as those of other cities. Strike Threat Hangs Over Lumber Plants Portland, Ore., June 21 UP) A strike threat hung over the northwest lumber industry to day. The executive committee of the AFL northwestern Council of Lumber and Sawmill Work ers went into closed session this morning to discuss calling a general strike vote in, support of their demands for a flat 20-cent-an-hour wage increase. AFL officials said the strike, if called, would involve some 60,000 loggers and sawmill workers in Washington, Oregon, California, Idaho and Montana. An AFL spokesman estimated the conference would last at least through today, but de clined to say how soon a de- i cision might be reached. 1945 Price Five Cents v90ljSSMft Say Hitler in Hamburg Area Hamburg, June 21 (P) Ru mors that Hitler is in the Ham burg area and talk of his pos sible capture within the city itself are increasing among German civilians once Joachim Von Ribbentrop was picked up here. Residents to whom one cor respondent talked in Germany's second largest city, where many other nazi bigwigs have been arrested, do not believe the story of Hitler's death in Berlin. They are more disinclined than ever to lend credence to it since conflicting reports have been given as to how Hitler al legedly met death by men who contend they were on the scene. British security officers still are investigating the Ribben trop case amid a high degree of secrecy. He may have had many Interesting visitors during his seven weeks stay in an apartment house room which he presumably rented from an at tractive 35-year-old blonde di vorcee. The divorcee Insists the only caller on Ribbentrop that she saw was a "tall, slender man with black hair." "He always asked me the exact time I would return when I left." No State Fair in 1945 Is Decision of State Board There will be no state fair in 1945. This decision was reached at a meeting of the Oregon state board of agriculture held in Salem Wednesday. In making this decision the board called attention to the following fac-f- tors: 1. In the face of food short ages the efforts of farmers are devoted fully to production, leaving little time either to pre pare exhibits for a fair or to attend if one were to be held. 2. The farm labor supply is such that a fair held at harvest time would impair the necessary harvesting of crops in the terri tory adjacent to Salem. 3. The redeployment of mil itary forces to the Pacific Is creating a very difficult trans portation problem, already crit ical. 4. Crowded transportation facilities and tire and gasoline shortages together make hold ing of a fair inadvisable. 5. The extent of repairs and renovations required at the fair grounds would utilize labor needed in more essential pro Remnants of Japs in 2 Pockets Mopped-Up by Flamethrowers With Over 90,000 Nips Killed parations Underway for Invasion of Japan's .o 'auoWo-ne Islands 'Vinegar 9600 kner in Command of Guam, June 21 M.B The American Tenth army has won the battle of Okinawa after 82 days of the bloodiest fighting of the Pacific war, Admiral Chester W. Nimitz announced today. Simultaneously, Gen. Douglas MacArthur in a surprise move appointed Gen. Joseph W. (Vinegar Joe) Stilwell, chief of U. S. army ground forces, to command the victorious Tenth in the cli mactic battle of Japan. Radio Tokyo said the United States apparently already has begun preparations for a "direct invasion of the Japanese main land." NimKz's brief, triumphant communique reported that all or ganized Japanese resistance on Okinawa, hard-won stepping stone island only 330 miles southwest of Japan, ended today. The 41-word communique was issued at 10 p.m. (Guam time) after a dramatic message to headquarters here from Marine Maj. Gen. Roy S .Geiger, Tenth army j commander, three days after his predecessor, Lt. Gen. Simon Bo livar Buckner, Jr., was killed in action. "Remnants of the enemy gar rison in two small pockets in the southern portion of the is land are being mopped up," the communique said. Two Pockets Left . Only yesterday, marines and doughboys of the Tenth army had split diehard enemy rem nants into three separate death pockets. Nimitz's announce ment indicated one of the three pockets since had been wiped out and the others reduced to lmpotcncy. Apparently still holding out were pockets in the area of hill 81 and another pocket at the extreme southern end of the is land where many of the Japs were leaping from cliffs to their deaths. But the marines and doughboys swept into the pock ets, breaking up what little was left of Japanese communica tions and severing the enemy from overall command. Handful of Guerrillas A handful of Japanese fight ing as guerrillas remain at the northern end of the island, but it was believed they would be of no effect in' halting devel opment of Okinawa as a base for the reduction of Japan. Total Japanese casualties were not announced immedi ately, but they were believed well above the 90,000 mark. A total of 87,343 Japanese dead had been counted through Tues day and 2565 other enemy troops had surrendered. American casualties have not been tallied for publication since May 24. Then they to taled 35,116 in the army, ma rine corps and navy, including 9602 dead. It was a costly campaign for the U. S. fleet as 31 ships, mostly smaller units, were sunk, and 54, including four large units, were damaged. Suomela Appointed State Fish Warden Portland, Ore., June 21 UP) Arnie J. Suomela, Ilwaco, Wash., was appointed master fish warden of Oregon today by the Oregon state fish com mission. Suomela, managing biologist of the Washington fisheries de partment, will take over his new post August 1, M. T. Hoy will continue as secretary of the commission under the title of assistant master fish warden. Irvine French, now field superinten dent, will replace Hugh C. Mit chell as chief fish culturist. duction activity. The agricultural board again stated it was only with reluct ance that this decision was made, particularly as this mokes the fourth year in which no state fair has been held. However, plans are definitely made to hold a fair in 1946. Improvements are underway on a limited scale at the fairgrounds and will con tinue as materials and labor be come more readily available. Director E. L. Peterson, i n commenting on the board's act ion, said: "I think in view of the facts mentioned this Is a wise decision. We still have a war to win. We are far from easy street with respect to food supplies. I hope the friends of the Oregon state fair will be patient. We will have a good fair when the gates open Labor day, 1946." Joe' Succeeds 10th Jap ueneral Being Hunted Okinawa, June 21 (IP) Seventh division infantry storm ed up hill 89, south of Mabunl Town, today in search of the Japanese general commanding the Okinawa garrison, whom they want dead or alive. The hill, 200 yards south of Mabuni on the southeastern coast, is believed by many to be Japanese army headquarters. It is highly probable the Jap anese general was killed by na val gunfire, bombing or artil lery. Or he may have commit ted hara kiri, a precedent set by other Nipponese comman ders elsewhere in the Pacific. There is a bad pocket near Ozato, which was so badly in fested with mines that the Yanks withdrew from lt upon their first entry several days ago. This Ozato pocket was 1000 yards behind American lines. Three hundred Japanese held out there for three days before the pocket was cleaned out by troops led by Lt. Col Charles W. Johnson, Olympia, Wash., and James F. Doyle, (no rank given), Worcester, Mass. Japanese Increased their at tempted infiltrations In thesa final hours of the campaign, but were, having little surcpss. Stilwell in Buckner's Place Manila, June 21 (U.R) Gen. Joseph W. Stilwell has been appointed commander of the American 10th army on Okin awa to succeed the late Lt. Gen. Simon Bolivar Buckner, Jr., it was announced today. The appointment was made by Gen. Douglas MacArthur, commander of all Pacific ground forces for the climactic battle of Japan. Stilwell still is In the Pacific area, where he has been making a tour of the battlefronts and training area in his former post as commander of army ground forces. He will take over command of the 10th army as soon as he can reach Okinawa. Okinawa at present is under the over-all operational com mand of Admiral Chester W. Nimitz, but MacArthur's com paratively new post of com mander of all army forces in the Pacific left to him the se lection of local army comman ders. Senate Passes Tariff Cut Bill Washington, June 21, (IP) Tha broadened, extended reciprocal trade legislation which Presi dent Truman called "of the first order of importance for the suc cess of my administration" was his for the signing today. The senate passed it late yes terday by a vote of 54 to 21. First it restored a house-approved provision permitting Mr. Truman to reduce selected tar iff rates another 50 per cent. Then it slapped down a series of proposed restrictive amend ments. Chairman George (D-Ga.) of the senate finance committee had made good on Tuesday his effort to put back the addition al rate-cutting provision which had been eliminated in commit tee, 10 to 9. He and other ad ministration Democrats, joined by a considerable number of Re publicans, followed up the inl tial victory by defeating yester- ;day all other attempts to amend the bill and by passing it in the same form in which it cleared the house. 1 7
