i
'Much Serious
Business Done
By Big Three
Work of Conference
Going Ahead American
Delegation Reports
Potsdam. July 21 i;pi The
big three held their fifth meet
ing today, the American dele
gation announced, and "Much
serious business has been done.
The work of the conference Is
going ahead. Since the first
meeting on Tuesday the big
three have met every day, in
cluding today, and averaged al
most three hours per meeting."
Foreign secretaries of the
United States, Soviet Russian
and Britain have been meeting
every day since Monday, put
ting in long hours, and numer
ous committees and subcom
mittees also have been busy
drafting reports for action by
the big three.
Confers with Land
Both President Truman and
Prime Minister Churchill were
understood to be anxious to
speed up deliberations.
In the American compound.
Truman conferred with Admiral
Emory S. Land, chairman of the
U. S. maritime commission here
for discussions looking to the
postwar utilization of America's
merchant fleet. Lt. Gen. Lucius
Clay, Gen. Eisenhower's deputy
in Germany, had dinner with
the president.
Tomorrow Mr. Truman pre
sumably will attend church ser
vices as usual. The American
delegation planned services in
its area. There was a possibility
the services would be conducted
by Col. L. Curtis Tiernan, chief
of chaplains of U. S. forces in
the European theater. An old
friend with whom Mr. Truman
served in the 129th field artil
lery in the last war. Col. Tier
nan called on the president last
night and they talked for sev
eral hours.
Hear Pianist Again
The president's party was en
tertained again by Sgt. Eugene
List, pianist, and Pvt. Stuart
Canin, violinist, both of New
York City. They had played the
previous night for all the big
three.
Prime Minister Churchill took
time out from the deliberations
and reviewed in Berlin's Tier
garten the Seventh armored di
vision, British occupation force
which fought all the way from
El Alemein. He said the "Desert
Rats" 'march from Africa
through Germany had been un-
The president is eager to re
turn to Washington soon, and
is believed seeking to keep dis
cussions down to a minimum.
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Surrender
Terms Drafted
Washington, July 21 UPi The
Army and Navy Journal said
today that President Truman
carried to the big three confer
ence a draft of Japanese sur
render terms as favored by the
state, war and navy depart
ments. These terms, the unofficial
service publication said, call for
the total loss to Japan of what
remains of her fleet and air
forces, as well as for other mil
itary disarmament; the loss of
territory outside the home isl
ands; the destruction of her war
industries; the complete control
of her economy by the United
Nations and the surrender of
designated war criminals.
The Journal said that interest
in the Potsdam conference re
solves around the question of
whether Emperor Hirohito will
be declared a war criminal and
punished accordingly.
When President Truman left
for the conference the ques
tion had not been decided, the
publication said, and counsel
here was divided.
"Liberals and new dealers
were demanding that he be ex
ecuted," the Journal said,
"others felt that the war lords
rather than he were responsible
for Pearl Harbor and that, any
way, the status of the emperor
did not involve our security and
that the war would only be pro
longed if we should fight to de
stroy Japan's religious and poli
tical systems."
The Journal said rumors of
Japanese peace feelers are prev
alent but find no official support
in Washington.
The Weather
(Released by the United States
Weather Bureau)
Forecast for Salem and vicin
ity: Cloudv tonight and Sunday
with scattered liaht rains. Min
imum tonight will be near 55.
Conditions will not be favorable
for dusting Sunday morning.
Max. yesterday, 85. Min. today,
5. Mean temperature yester
day, 66. which was 1 below nor
mal. Total 24-hour precipitation
to 11:30 a.m. todav. .02. Total
precipitation for the month. .11.
which is .17 inches below normal.
Willamette river height. -33 ft.
G apital
57th Year, No. 172 JSEt
Drizzling Rain Eases Peril
From Forest Fires Raging Over
70 Square Mile Tillamook Area
Portland, Ore., July 21 W1 A driizle of rain in northwest
Oregon gave new hope today to the 2000 men fighting a losing
battle against a 70-square mile forest fire. In the timber town of
Glenwood, partly evacuated Thursday night when fire licked 1000
feet away, rain was falling so heavily that smouldering embers
were extinguished.
Loggers and soldiers worked :
double time to trail the fire be
fore a new hot spell comes.
Rain was drizzling over most
of the burning area, which ex
tends from coastal mountains
20 miles from the Pacific to
hills and lumber towns 50 miles
northwest of here. But precipi
tation expected by the wea
ther bureau to continue until
Tuesday was far too light to
quench the blaze.
Passes Wilson River
On the eastern end of the
fire, between the lumber towns
of Glenwood and Timber,
flames were advancing over
.Roundtop mountain.
The blaze passed beyond the
Wilson river highway so hot
this week that fire-fighting
trucks were scorched and the
route was reopened to public
traffic.
Spot fires continued breaking
out in new sections, but were
expected to be lessened by the
rain.
Fire fighters checked the blaze
on one sector and started to
mop their brows, only to find
flaming embers blown in anoth
er direction.
The huge Wilson river blaze
scurried across 10.000 more
acres in 48 hours to blacken
more than 46.000 acres. To the
north, the Salmonberry fire
crackled in half a dozen new
sections under a heavy layer of
smoke.
Spot Fires Near Meet.
Near the Tillamook-Washington
county line, spot fires from
both blazes threatened to meet,
and fire crews redoubled their
efforts. Forestry officials shook
their heads at a weather bureau
forecast of light showers to
day and said the fire might be
controlled if it rained buckets.
Wo.kers at the lumber com
munity of Glenwood, however,
appeared a little more hopeful
reporting spot fires extinguish
ed promptly. A wind which
changed its mind to one to two
hour intervals kept soldier and
civilian crews hard at work all
day putting out blazes from
falling embers, but the main
wall of flame was temporarily
checked about three miles from
town.
Dozen Families Remain.
Only a dozen families remain
ed in the hamlet and they were
ready to pull out at a moment's
notice. Refugees from the Glen
wood area were strung out all
the way to Forest Grove, living
in cars, trailers, or tents set up
in plowed fields.
William Powell, medical tech
nician for the National Hospi
tal Association, said casualties
among firefighters were light
considering the size of the blaze.
Most of the weary men being
treated had burned or smoke-
damaged eyes. Some had bad
splinters from falls on logs hid
den in the thick smoke.
Meanwhile, what officials
called the "biggest aerial attack
ever made on a single forest
fire" was stagged, in Eastern
Idaho, where a 100-acre lightning-caused
blaze burned steadi-
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Congressmen Seek Retention
Of Some Pacific Islands
Washington, July 21 VP) President Truman's statement that
the United States is 'not seeking "one piece of territory" prompte
congressional demands today that this country retain complete
rontrnl of strategic Pacific isl-
ands. Senator George (D., Ga.),
foreign relations committeeman,
told a reporter he thinks there
are areas taken from the Ja
panese at a high cost in lives
where United States control
should not be hampered even
with the technical restraints of
a proposed international trust
eeship system.
George's declaration was
echoed in part by some other
senators. All expressed the
opinion that Mr. Truman was
not talking about the Pacific
when he said at a flag raising in
Berlin:
"There is not one piece of ter
ritory or one thing of a mone
tary nature that we want out
of this war."
Nobody argued with the pres
ident's further contention that
the United States is not fight
ing for conquest, although Sena
tor Ellender (D., La.) said he
Salem,
S:eoL Onto
Chinese Within
Mile of Kweilin
Chungking. July 21 (U.R) Cen
tral News agency frontline cor
respondents reported today that
one column of a Chinese three
prong drive against Kweilin has
reached TachiaoLsun village, less
than a mile west of the former
great American airbase city.
Other Chinese troops, storm
ing up from the south, have cap
tured Liangfeng. 13 miles be
low Kweilin in central Kwang
si province.
The Chinese communique de
clared that Japanese forces were
battling furiously to hold their
perimeter around Kweilin but
that Chinese fighting units had
repulsed all enemy counterat
tacks from the outer defenses
west, northwest, and northeast
of the town.
In Fukien nrovinre Chinese
tronnc Viavo lannrhpH flankina I
attacks against Japanese col
umns in the area southwest of
Amoy inflicting considerable
casualties.
Japanese troops apparently
were continuing their withdraw
al northward but grimly deter
mined to hold Kweilin until the
last possible moment, possibly
for reasons of prestige.
Many of their troops despair
ing of slow overland travel,
have taken to barges, sampans,
and rafts on the rivers in the
areas and eager Chinese marks
men have found these easy tar
gets. Pope Pius Not
Anti-Russian
Vatican City, July 21 OJ.R)
A Vatican source said today
that the Vatican is not pursuing
an anti-Russian policy but only
desires a minimum of religious
liberty and permission for Ca
tholic clergymen to communi
cate freely with the Holy See.
These quarters said it appear
ed Russia was willing to agree
to the religious liberty mini
mum but is "lukewarm" on the
subject of free commuincations
with the pope. This, it was said,
stems from a Russian belief
that the Vatican is its political
adversary.
The Vatican source said this
Russian belief was behind re
cent attacks on the Vatican by
the soviet press and radio.
Other Vatican quarters, how
ever, regarded the attacks as
more in the nature of trial
balloons designed to test out
Vatican reaction.
The Vatican is now carrying
on intense diplomatic activity
designed to dissipate soviet fears
of the church's political inten
tions. The Holy See will soon
publish a statement disclaiming
intentions of backing the re
storation of old regimes such as
that of the Hapsburgs of Aus-
tria.
thought Mr. Truman was being
"too liberal."
"I think we must retain the
islands we have conquered in
the Pacific, as well as some
bases we have built in other
parts of the world," Ellender
said. "Moreover, I think that
some of our allies should agree
to make available to use some
of the natural resources we have
dissipated in the war, such as
oil."
Senator Austin (R., Vt.) said
he didn't think the president in
tended to "cut across the bow"
of army and navy policy which
calls for retention of Pacific
areas this country needs for
future defense purposes.
Austin and George agreed
that some of the non-strategic
islands the Japanese held un
der mandate from the last war
well may go under the trustee
ship system proposed as a part
of the United Nations peace
keeping organization.
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Oregon, Saturday, July 21,
Yanks From ETO Arrive In Philippines l.-P1 First American troops redeployed from the Euro
pean theater disembark upon their arrival by transport at the Philippines. The men. mostly serv
ice troops, saw service with the Fifth army in the Mediterranean area. (AP wirephoto from sig
nal corps radiophoto from Manila.)
War Criminals' Trials
To Be Held in Nuernberg
London. July 21 U.R The trials of European war criminals
will be held in Nuernberg, the nazi shrine city where the German
fascist party met each year to lay the foundation for war. it was
revealed today. American, British and French delegations of
the war crimes commission, which
Senate Votes
For Food Plan
Washington, July 21 P The
senate voted overwhelmingly to
day for United States member
ship in the food and agricultur
al organization of the United
Nations. Passage came on a
voice vote.
The action completed the Am
erican program of international
cooperation except for the Unit
ed Nations charter. The charter
is to come up next week with
approval assured.
Twenty-three other nations
already have approved' the food
organization which is to make
studies of ways to improve
world nutrition.
The resolution for United
States membership commits this
country to contribute $625,000
to the organization's budget in
its first year and up to $1,250,
000 annually thereafter.
Sen. Revercomb (R. W.Va.)
told the senate that if the United
States goes into the United Na
tions food organization it should
be with the understanding that
it surrenders none of its free
doms. He was apprehensive, he
told the senate, over a report
from the 1943 Hot Springs. Va.,
international food conference
suggesting that an international
organization have power to rec
ommend "migrations of peo
ples." WLB Rules lor
Closed Shop
Washington, July 21 iP) De
cision was awaited today on a
union request for a closed shop
in Florida, after two WLB de
cisions upholding maintenance
of union membership clauses de
spite Florida's anti-closed shop
amendment.
The war labor board con
firmed today that it had denied
a second petition of interven
tion by J. Tom Watson, Florida
attorney general, and a compa
ny appeal from an Atlanta re
gional WLB 'decision ordering
maintenance of membership in
a contract between the AFL
carpenters union and three Tam
pa box manufacturers.
The board had not announced
this decision, but confirmed it
when informed the Tampa un
ion had made it public earlier
this week. Frequently, board
decisions are made known to
the interested parties before be
ing announced here.
The board yesterday upheld
its Atlanta regional board in
ordering a voluntary mainte
nance of union membership
clause in the contract between
three AFL unions and the St.
Joe Paper company, of Port St.
Joe, Fla.
It denied a petition of in
tervention by Watson. The
board said Watson cited the
constitutional amendment
adopted by the people of Flor
ida last November asserting the
right of persons to work shall
not be denied because of mem
bership or non-membership in a
labor union.
Journal
1945
selected the site, left by plane
today for Nuernberg to examine
courtroom and other facilities
for the trials.
Decision to try the major Eu
ropean war criminals in the
picturesque German city where
the nazis held their annual par
ty congresses was a gesture of
retribution.
Further details of prepara
tions for the trials were ex
pected when the delegations re
turn to London tomorrow.
The absence of Russian dele
gates from the party flying to
Nuernberg caused surprise: The
only explanation was that "cir
cumstances had arisen unexpect
edly which made it impossible"
for the Russians to make the
trip.
The delegation's visit to
Nuernberg prompted specula
tion that the date for the first
of the trials might be announced
soon. One of the big-name nazi
prisoners may be the first to
face the court. There was some
speculation that it might be
Goering.
Nazis Forced to
Clean Sewers
Frankfurt, July 21 (U.R)
Twenty-six nazis got hot under
their white collars today clean
ing a 25-mile stretch of sewer.
They got their new job as part
of the Frankfurt military gov
ernment plan to work over large
known nazi elements which
could constitute a real delayed
action danger to Germany's
postwar political and economic
development.
These workers reported to
their regular office jobs at 8
a.m. By 8:05 they learned that
they had been fired and assigned
to clearing sewers.
By noon they were probably
the saddest nazis in Germany.
Their backs ached, their hands
were blistered, and their brows
were sweaty.
Military government officials
described the group as con
firmed party members and ar
dent supporters of Hitler who
are now prohibited from hold
ing responsible positions in gov
ernment, education, or indus
try. However they are not im
portant enough to be kept under
arrest.
Mine Sweeper
Lost Off Borneo
Washington, July 21 (Pi The
motor mine sweeper YMS-84
has been lost in the Borneo area
from enemy action, the navy
announced today.
Casualties included 10 enlist
ed men wounded out of the ves
sel's normal complement of 35
officers and men.
The loss raised to 325 the total
naval vessels lost from all
causes since the start of the war.
The vessel was under com
mand of T.t. James V. Barton,
whose wife, Mrs. Alice Barton,
lives at Detroit, Mich.
A native of Chicago, Lt. Bar
ton had commanded the YMS-
84 since August 3, 1944.
Price Five Cents
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Subs Sink 11
More Jap Ships
Washington, July 21 W
United States submarines have
sunk 11 more enemy vessels,
including four small combat
ships, in far eastern waters, the
navy announced today.
The combat ships included
two minesweepers and two pa
trol escort vessels.
Non-combatant craft claimed
in the latest toll included a
large cargo transport, a me
dium transport, three small mer
chant vessels, a small freighter,
and a medium freighter.
The announcement raised to
1174 the total Japanese vessels
of all types which have fallen
prey to United States subma
rines since the start of the war.
The total included 144 com
batant ships sunk and 1030 non
combatant vessels sunk.
House Goes
On Vacation
Washington, July 21 (Pi
With a lot of work behind It
and some tough jobs ahead, the
house cleared up legislative
odds and ends today in a rush
to start its longest vacaiion
since 1938.
At the end of today's session,
house members the few still
in Washington will begin an
11-weeks holiday Chat will last
until October 8 unless an emer
gency arises to recall them
sooner.
They will leave Capitol Hill
to the senators, who won't call
it quits until some time next
month after ratification of the
United Nations charter drafted
at San Francisco. Then the sen
ate, too, will fold up until Oc
tober 8.
Most house members left
Washington last week-end. leav
ing to a faithful handful the Job
of completing legislative action
on the Brctton Woods monetary
program and a corporation tax
relief measure. Both skimmed
through the house yesterday in
record time.
An estimated 100 house mem
bers will spend their vacation
traveling abroad on investiga
tions. Some already have de
parted for foreign shores; others
are waiting for boats.
Franco Re-organizes Spanish
Cabinet with Monarchists
Madrid, July 21 (IP) -General Franco administered the onth
of office to his new cabinet today and the Falangist newspaper
Arriba declared that the new government would conliiuin the
"falangist ideal." The newspa -
per's editorial said the long
expected cabinet shakeup,
which placed in office five men
considered monarchist sympa
thizers, was a "new step" In the
life of Franco's party, the only
one in Spain.
One of the displaced cabinet
members, Foreign Minister Jose
Felix Lequerica, may succeed
Juan Francisco Cardenas as am
bassador to Washington, but
there was no confirmation.
Lequerica and Eduardo Au
nos, minister of Justice, who
also was replaced, were known
to be on terms with the falange
which at the least were not
friendly.
The cabinet shake-up. reveal
ed last night, displaced Falange
Secretary-General Jose Luis
New Multiple Air Attacks on
Japs from Honshu to Indo-China
By Hundreds of Planes in Progress
Sers and Fighters Smash Industrial and
,.j.ovVory Targets, Paste Formosa and Shanghai
ft0. Vf'9 News Blackout on Fleet Operations
,
nese empire from Honshu to Indo-China by hundreds of tactical
planes were disclosed by American headquarters today as tha
Tokyo radio complained that the blows were becoming "com
plicated." Settling down to day-after-day attacks, bombers and fighter
concentrated on industrial and military targets on the two main
rnemv Islands ot Honshu ana Ivyusiiii. gave rormosa us nauy
pasting, and slammed the vital Shanghai shipping and aviation
center in east China for the second straight day.
Two groups of O-M Mustangs hit the central industrial area of
Honshu between Osaka and Nagoya yesterday. The first, based
on Iwo Jima. roared in 80 strong, and the targets they left among
the smaller towns of this crowded industrial area were soon under
the guns of 94 more Mustangs in a second wave that shot up boats,
airfields and factories. These N
attacks followed the record 800-
plus Superforts which had blast
ed the same general area before
dawn yesterday.
Five Japanese airfields
around Shanghai were worked
over on Wednesday by Far Fast
air forces Liberator heavies.
Mitchell mediums and A-2t at
tack bombers escorted by fight
ers a total more than 200.
They met no aerial opposi
tion, and dropped bombs which
started two big fires along the
important docks lining the
Whangpoo river. Gen. Douglas
MacArthur reported in a com
munique from Manila.
This was the second straight
day the Shanghai area had come
under the sights of Seventh air
force planes, and pilots began
to refer to it as "the milk run
from Okinawa."
Kyushu Cut-Off
On Kyushu, the port of Ka
goshima remained virtually cut
off because of railway tunnels
blocked the day before Fifth
air force Mustangs bombed and
strafed the piled-up locomotives
and boxcars as the Japanese
struggled to clear the approach
es to the city. Rayon mills and
waterfront installations were
hit in suburban Kushikino and
Miyakonojo. Thirty-five Thun
derbolts roved southward to the
little mineral island of Iwo and
attacked sulphur mines, phos
phate works and roads. Iwo is
in the Osumi islands.
Liberators hit the giant Miho
airdrome on southern Honshu
and swept over Tomltaka air
strips on the cast central coast
of Kyushu.
Twenty of the big B-24's
struck Formosa, setting the Mat
suyama airfield on fire and de
stroying two grounded planes
and railway rolling stock and
storage dumps on Wednesday.
Indo-Chlna Raided
Seventh fleet Liberators rang
ed over Hainan island and pa
trolled the Indo-Chinese const
line, wrecking locomotives- and
rolling stock and hitting a small
freighter off Nha Trang. Lib
erators of the Fifth air force
bombed a factory area at Can
ton, China, setting a number of
fires.
The Tokyo radio acknowledg
ed that the psychological ef
fects of American bombings on
the Japanese home front were
"surprisingly strong" and com
plained that the attacks were
"so complicated thai they can
not be anticipated from experi
ence or the common sense
gained so far."
The speaker snld a single B-29
raided Tokyo yesterday and
cited it as an example of "sneak
tnclics" aimed at creating con
fusion. Army Blamed by Navy
Washington, July 21 itfl -The
navy and the office of defense
transportation have protested
that the army stepped up the re
turn of troops from Kurope with
out advance notice with conse
quent swamping ot trasporta
tion facilities.
-
Arrese through the elimination
of his cabinet post, minister
without portfolio.
Franco named Alberto Mar
tin Artajo. Catholic law lender,
minister of foreign affairs.
A cabinet reorganization had
been expected since the time of
the United Nations Snn Fran
cisco conference declaration
that no government organized
with axis help could become a
member of any United Nations
group. Franco has asserted,
however, that this declaration
did not affect Spain.
In Mexico City, Dr. Juan Ne
grin, last premier of the Span
ish republic, announced that he
considered the time ripe for a
union of republican factions to
"restore legality to Spain if
possible, without violence.'1
.t
B-29 Raids Aid
Jap War Effort
(Br liw A-i-wuiM Prm
It's the queerest thing, the
way these Superforts are giv
ing a boost to the Japanese war
effort.
The last anyone hoard, the
Japanese needed more room in
their commodious cities, and tha
Superforts provided some.
Now, by current Japanese ac
counts recorded by the federal
communications c o m mission,
the honorable enemy was on
the verge of running out of
scrap iron.
And at this crucial moment,
said the Tokyo newspaper
Asahi. why along came the Su
perforts and did the Japanesa
the following favor:
"At the beginning of this war,
scrap Iron was not Importable,
so it was gathered from among
the common people.
"Recently, however, due to
the fact that our technical skill
has progressed and to the fact
that the amount of scrap Iron
has Increased considerably In
the war-damaged areas, we have
been able to get all the scrap
Iron we want and need."
Now If any Japanese Junk
dealers run shy on metal. Just
send word to the B-2!s and a
cargo of scrap fresh from the
finest war plant a yen can buy
will be delivered smack on
his doorstep.
Aussies Near
Koetai Delta
Manila, July 21 U Austra
lian troops pressed Japanesa
forces back along the Sama
rinria pipeline, on Borneo's
southeast coast, today fighting
toward the rich oil prize of the
Koetai delta.
The Koetai delta area around
the mouth of the Mahakam
river and the oilfields around
Sambodjn to the south before
the war produced over 7,000,000
barrels a year.
Japanese units showed a sur
prising reluctance to fight, per
haps husbanding their strength
for an nll-out blow.
In the Brunei bay area, south
east of Beaufort, Australian
troops easily smothered a Ja
panese counter-attnek of less
thnn company strength.
Gen. Douglns MacArthur's
communique snld that Okinawa-based
bombers and fighters
struck Shanghai for the second
successive day, hitting five air
fields as well as dock areas and
shipping.
They destroyed or damaged
nine grounded planes.
Along the lndo-Chlnn const
other planes strafed locomotives
and boxcars, and shot-up a
small coastwise freighter.
Neutralization of enemy fa
cilities in the East Indies con
tinued. Increase in Oregon
Assessment Values
Assessed values of Oregon
property stepped up from
$lH5,ni2.135.6B in 1044 to $104,
2(111,100.87 In 1015, slnle lax
commission figures relenscd to
day revenl.
Coos and Gilliam counties'
valuations increased by more
limn ono nnd one-hnlf million
dollars each, although actual
cash values were lipped only
approximately $100,000 in ench
counly.
Multnomah county's nssessed
vnlues rose from 58 to 00 mil
lions, while actual values went
up by more than three millions.
DeCiaullc Escape Injury
Brest, July 21 Wl Gen. Da
Gaulle escaped Injury today
when a platform from which ha
had spoken collapsed just after
he had departed. Several cabi
net ministers were spilled into
the street but suffered no injury.