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Fortieth Year
Mightiest B-29 Force Fires
OVER 400 "FORTS"
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Smoke Billows High From
Devastating Hits on Larg
est Fuel Storage Tanks.
Guam, May 10. (U.R) The
mightiest force of Superfort
resses ever sent aloft today bat
tled through heavy flak from
the last remnants of the Jap
anese fleet to ignite devastating
fires in the enemy's largest fuel
storage and synthetic oil produc
ing centers.
Returning crewmen of the
more than 400 B-29's which at
tacked the home islands of Hon
shu and Shikoku said that
clouds of black smoke billowed
skyward to 18,000 feet from oil
fires at key factories.
Flak Ineffective
They described as "ineffective"
the curtain of antiaircraft fire
from the guns of warships hud
dled in Japan's inland sea.
Specific targets included the
Otake oil refinery, the Toku
yama naval fuel station and the
Tokuyama synthetic fuel factory
on Honshu. Part of the huge
aerial task force also struck the
Oshlma oil storage area, Japan's
largest known fuel storage area
west of Kyushu.
Second Lt. Donald L. Endlcott
of Portland, Ore., flatly declared
that the Otake refinery "has
been eliminated as a target.
When we left the whole penin
sula was a mass of flames and
smoke rose to 18,000 feet."
Some of the big bombers
staged earlier diversionary at
tacks on airfields on southeast
ern Honshu, northwest Shikoku
and southern Kyushu.
Steady Raids Due
The raids came only a few
hours after Lt. Gen. Barney
Giles, commander of army air
forces in the Facmc, saia Amen
can bombers soon would be raid
ing Japan around the clock on a
scale greater even than the as
sault that crippled Germany.
(A Japanese Domei dispatch
recorded by the FCC said 80
B-29s bombed Skikoku at 5 a.m.,
40 raided southern Kyushu for
an hour at 6 a.m. and 160 struck
southern Honshu at 9 a.m.)
(Another Domei dispatch re
ported by the FCC said Japanese
suicide planes sank an allied
battleship and set two aircraft
carriers afire off Okinawa yes
terday.) Nearly 400 miles to the south
west, 10th army forces in south
ern Okinawa drove to within
1.500 yards of the west coast
city of Naha, capital of the
island, the inland town of Shuri
and the east coast port of Yona
baru. Marines on the west coast al
ready could see the ruins of
Naha, levelled by air and sea
bombardment and apparently
deserted.
A communique announced
that American casualties for the
first 37 days of the Okinawa
campaign were 16,425, including
2.684 dead one American, for
every 16 Japanese killed.
Rogue Valley Lines
Opens I ntermediate
Service to Ashland
The Rogue Valley Transit
company began today operating
bus service between Mcdford
and Ashland and Intermediate
points, in connection with a
franchise recently Issued by
Public Utilities commission of
Oregon.
The company will operate
eight round-trip schedules daily.
Southbound, the route will leave
highway 99 at Talent Junction,
going through Talent and con
necting with highway 99 about
a half mile north of Jackson Hot
Springs. Northbound schedules
will also go through Talent.
There will be no services to
Grants Pass as was recently stat
ed in a press release from the
Public Utilities commiisiouw
MEDFORD
United Prat
Srertinius Presides Over UNCIO Steering Committee
Becy. of State Edward Stettlnlus presides over an DNCIO steering committee meeting In San Francisco's
Veterans Building. At table with him are (left to right) : Sir Alexander Cadogan, British undersecretary
of foreign affairs; V. K. Wellington Koo, Chinese ambassador to Washington; Dr. Gulllermo Belt, Cuban
ambassador to Washington; Alger Hiss. Conference secretary general, and V. M, Molotov, Soviet foreign
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Big Four Agrees To Curtail Veto Power
S Except Regarding Enforcement Measures
San Francisco. May 10 (U.R)
The Big Four powers have
agreed to refrain from exercis
ing on any questions short of en
forcement measures the veto
power which they would have in
the security council of the pro
posed world peace organization,
British Foreign Minister An-
STATE RECALLS
EDNA THOMPSON
IN WOLF TRIAL
Twelve witnesses marched to
the witness stand yesterday in
the circuit court trial of James
A. Wolf, charged with the second
degree murder of Percy H.
Ijamcs at Gold Hill last Febru
ary. All were from Gold Hill.
Ijamcs. following a sidewalk
altercation died of a hemorrhage
caused by a sharp instrument,
the state charges.
The state today recalled Mrs.
Edna M. Thompson of Gold Hill,
a nurse, who was called by tele
phone to render help to Ijames.
She said the man who summoned
her called himself' "Art". The
state sought to impeach Mrs.
Thompson on the grounds her
testimony late yesterday had
taken them by surprise, and it
was at variance with statements
she had given to Criminal Dep
uty Sheriff Vern Smith and
State Trooper Willard Ruch. a
few days after the stabbing.
Mrs. Thompson insisted, under
questioning, her testimony was
correct.
She testified that f ollowing
the affair she was brought by
auto from her home by Floyd
Dusenbcrry and John A. Sutton.
When she arrived Ijames was
Iving on the sidewalk, bleeding,
with a soldier applying a tourni
quet and another soldier nearby.
She was unable to describe
them. She testified she adminis
tered some medicine and en
deavored to calm Mrs. Ijames.
also present, until the arrival
of the ambulance.
John A. Sutton of Talent testi
fied! today he had driven the
auto that brought Mrs. Thomp
son to the scene and had taken
her coat into a beer hall. He
saw the two soldiers but paid no
particular attention to them, he
said. He saw the defendant,
Wolf, walking away from the
scene later, according to testi
mony.
The state is scheduled to com
plete its main case today, when
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MEDFORD, OREGON, THURSDAY, MAY
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thony Eden said today.
Eden made this disclosure at
a press conference called amid
a new drive to speed up this
United Nations conference's
main job drafting the charter
for a world peace organization.
Leaders hope to complete the
conference before the end of the
month.
Soviet Plan Loses
The conference's steering com
mittee meanwhile voted 33 to 7
against a soviet-sponsored pro
posal that the new world labor
congress be invited to join tlje
conference as an observer.
Eden told the gathering of
more than 400 correspondents
that he could not now see any
solution to the conference con
troversy over -regional arrange
ments in connection with the
proposed world organization.
But he added that he thought the
BRITISH DRAFT TO
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London, May 10 (U.R)
Prime Minister Churchill told
Commons today that conscription
of men for the British Armed
Forces will continue during the
war against Japan, and hinted
that it might go on several years
after that.
Churchill said conscription Is
essential to provide for the re
allocation of manpower to re
lieve men who have served long
periods, and to provide man
power for armies fighting Japan
and occupying Germany.
London, May 10 (U.R)
Prime Minitttr Churchill Im
plied strongly in Commons to
day that the Big Three had
ailed io make any progress
toward a solution of the Polish
problem.
The Prime Minister's world
wide radio speech, scheduled for
3 p. m. F.WT today was post
poned until Sunday because of
the pressure of other duties.
Churchill told Commons that
he would address the House next
Tuesday on the subject of Allied
victory In Europe.
Churchill announced that as
one of the first blessings of
peace, a basic gasoline ration for
motorists, similar to that in the
United States, will be introduced
within 30 days. For years civil
ians have had no gasoline.
The Rotary club was founded
LiU ttea.0 la ISO). ""
(Acme Telenholo)
matter could be settled eventu
ally. Polish Issue Deadlock
On the Polish issue, the for
eign minister asserted anew
that the problem had been com
plicated by Russian arrest of 16
former Polish underground lead
ers. He said the development
had made it impossible to con
tinue talks on the matter here,
and "we now leave it to our
governments to determine what
the next step should be."
Of his own plans, he said he
planned to "stay a day or two
more to do what I can". Other
British sources indicated he
might leave here Monday. Brit
ish Prime Minister Winston
Churchill said in the House of
Commons earlier today that he
expected Eden back next week.
Point System To Govern G. I. Discharge;
85 Points Needed For Immediate Action
Washington, May 10 (U.R)
Soldiers with long combat serv
ice overseas and dependent chil
dren will top the list of those
eligible for discharge under the
Army's partial demobilization
plan.
Details of the Point System
that will govern discharge of
more than 1,300,000 soldiers
during the next II months were
announced at noon today to
troops and to the public. The
point values follow:
One credit for each month of
army service since Sept. 16.
1940.
One credit for each month
served overseas since the same
date.
Decorations Count
Five credit for each bronze
service star and for each decora
tion. The service stars arc
awarded for participation In
each battle or campaign. This
also means five credits for each
wound suffered, since a purple
heart decoration is awarded for
each wound.
Twelve credits for each child
under 18 years, up to inree cnu
dren. Enlisted men of the Army
Ground. Air and Service For:es
will be Immcdialcly eligible for
discharg" if their total credit
score is B5 or more. WACs with
total credit scores of 44 points
will Immediately be eligible for
discharge.
These total credit scores are
designated as "interim scores."
Immediately after the scores of
all soldiers are compiled, the
number of soldiers with each
point total In every theater will
be reported to the War Depart
ment toed ea laest rcpoit la
10, 1945.
Jap Oil Bases
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SHIFT
BY K. F.
Washington, May 10. (U.R)
Any attempt by "ambitious local
interests" to shift the interre
gional highway route in Oregon
from U. S. 99 to 97 will be con
trary to the best interests of the
state, Rep. Harris Ellsworth, R
Ore., said today.
"Highway 99 carries an enor
mous volume of year-round traf
fic," Ellsworth said. "Already a
large portion of it has been
brought up to most recent stand
ards." The Roseburg congressman
said pressure was being brought
on the Federal Bureau of Public
Roads to move the official Pa
cific highway route east of the
Cascades by way of U. S. 97 via
Eugene end Klamath Falls. The
U S. 99 runs from Eugene to
Medford and Into California.
Up to Commission
Ellsworth said he was inform
ed no change was planned unless
requested by the Oregon High
way Commission. The shift was
proposed by Arthur Schaupp,
member of the Commission from
Klamath Falls.
"I hope Oregon's Highway
Commission will decline to be
swerved from what I feel to be
the best interest of the state by
some ambitious local Interests,"
Ellsworth added. ,
Earlier this week, Rep. Lowell
Stockman, from Pendleton,
whose district embraces part of
the U. S. 97 route to Klamath
Falls, endorsed the change.
FIRST ON BONDS
Showlow, Ariz.. May 10 U.R)
This village today had the dis
tinction of being the first com
munity in Arizona and possl
ly In the nation of exceeding
its quota In the still-to-bestartcd
Seventh War Loan Drive.
DR. COUNTRYMAN
Spokane, Wash., May 10 U.R)
Lt. Col. C. W. Countryman,
popular Spokane physician, was
killed in Cuba May 5, according
to a telegram received by his wi
dow here. The telegram gave no
particulars of his death.
about six weeks, revised figures
will be announced as to the total
credits needed for discharge.
To Compile Scores
Scores will be compiled on the
basis of points earned as of Sat
urday, May 12. Decorations and
battle credits awarded after that
date, but earned prior thereto,
may be counted. Children born
on or before May 12, whose birth
were not known to their fathers
at the time the scores first were
compiled, may be counted in re
vised scores.
Service In the army will be
computed from the date the sol
dier reported to his reception
center and took his oath. Odd
portions of the month of 15 days
or more will count as a whole
month.
Overseas credit Is counted for
the period from the date of de
parture from a U. S. port to the
return to a U. S. port, with odd
15 days or more counting as a
month.
The point system for discharg
es cover men in all parts of the
world not merely those who
served In Europe.
Immediate ellgibllty for dis
charge does not mean immediate
discharge. It will take- nearly a
year to bring the 1.300.000 eligi
ble mon home, although they
will be coming by hundreds of
thousands in ensuing months.
May Be Retained
And any given man even
though he has more than the
necessary number of credits for
discharge can be kept in serv
ice if his work is deemed vital to
the war against Japan.
The combat and decoration
credits, worth five points each,
will be awarded for the follow
ing iiutttu and deceiaUouj by
Tribune
United Prat
CAMPS SELECTED
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Washington, May 10. (U.R)
U. S. troops brought back from
Europe for redeployment or dis
charge will go first to disposi
tion centers attached to ports of
embarkation.
There they will be classified
geographically and sent to per
sonnel center reception stations
throughout the country.
At the personnel center, the
returned soldier will be Issued
required clothing, receive his
pay, and have his record put in
shape . before going home on
furlough.
After furlough the men will
return to the personnel centers
to await discharge or reassign
ment. Wherever possible returned
troops will be sent to personnel
centers serving their home
states. The centers and states
include: Camp Beale, Calif.
northern California. Fort Lewis,
Wash. Washington, Oregon.
Fort MacArthur, Calif. South
ern California.
23 COAL
KILLED IN BLAST
Sunnyslde, Utah, May 10
(U.R) Twenty -three Carbon
county coal miners were dead
today victims of a terrific gas
explosion about two miles un
derground in the Utah Fuel Co.
I'o. 1 mine.
The seared bodies of 21 of
the victims were recovered dur
ing the night. Rescue ciew of
35 continued to dig through the
coal-strewn tunnels of the mine
in search of two of the workers.
Seven miners were critically
injured and were hospitalized In
nearby Draggerton.
Belgium, before the war, had
complete religious freedom, and
part of the salaries of ministers
of all creeds was paid from the
national treasury.
army personnel for services per
formed since Sept. 16, 1940:
Army SC, Legion of Merit,
Silver Star, DFC, Soldiers' Me
dal, Bronze Star Medal, Air Me
dal, Purple Heart and Bronze
Service Star.
Navy Navy Cross, DSM, Le
gion of Merit, Silver Star Medal,
DFC. Nnvy and Marine Corps
Medal, Bronze Star Medal. Air
Medal and Purple Heart Medal.
Foreign Awards and decora
tions of foreign countries accept
ed and worn under War Depart
ment regulations.
The Army announced earlier
that any holder of the Medal of
Honor was eligible for immedi
ate release.
The mention of navy decora
tions does not mean that navy
personnel are included in the
plan. They are not. It refers
only to navy and marine corps
decorations that may have been
awarded to army men.
Five points are given for the
first and each additional award
of the honors mentioned above
as represented by Oak Leaf Clus-
Commissioned officers will
have adjusted service rating
scores with the same point val
ues as enlisted men. Eligibility
of otficers for discharge, how
ever, will be determined primar
ily by military necessity with the
point rating secondary.
Major-Gen. William F. Tomp
kins, director of the- Special
Planning Division of the War De
partment General Starf, said dis
charges under the Point System
should commence In about two
weeks. Men with long overseas
service who have since returned
to this country will be fust to
set out,
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Remaining Units Flee To
ward Yank Lines to Es
cape Russians, Yugoslavs
By United Press
The last shots were being fired
in Europe today.
The German surrender in Eu
rope was complete except for
some units in Czechoslovakia,
Austria and Yugoslavia who
were not so much fighting the
victors as fleeing in disorder to
ward the American lines to es
cape capture by the Russians and
Yugoslavs.
Premier Josef Stalin announc
ed that the German pockets In
Latvia, in the Vistula Delta-near
Danzig and on the Hel Peninsula
above the Polish port of Gdynia
had joined in the general sur
render. Islands Surrender
The Germans In the British
channel Islands surrendered to
British troops who landed today.
The hold-out French ports hav
ing capitulated, that about ac
counts for Nazi resistance In
Europe. A few Islands in the
Mediterranean remained to 'be
taken over. '
German submarines and other
vessels still at sea also were giv
ing up. The first U-boat to reach
England surrendered at Wey
mouth, and six others were sight
ed making for British ports.
- The German garrison tn the
Channol Islands numbered about
30.000. It surrendered without a
fight and the terms were signed
aboard a British warship.
The Islands, Just off the
French coast, have an area of
about 75 square miles and the
pre-war population was about
100,000. They were seizea ay
the Germans In 1940 and were
useful for channel observation
and as torpedo boat bases. The
nrlnelnal islands are Jersey,
Guernsey, Alderney and Sark.
Round uo Traitors
The military situation being
In hand, the liberated European
mostly busy re
establishing their own countries
and rounding up traitors and col
laborationists. Czechosiovaic pa
triots, aided by Russians, hunted
down scattered Nazi snipers in
cellars and on roof-tops.
Thm rmindun was especially
vigorous In Norway. The chief
villain, Vldkun Quisling, whose
name has become synonomous
with traitor, was In Jail. Josef
Terboven, German governor of
M,, and fiS Lt. Gen. Wil-
helm Rediess, Gestapo chief In
Oslo, were reported to have com
mitted suicide. The notorious
Jonas Lie and others were still at
large.
Freed Denmark was slowly re
turning to normal. A British ad
miral and 2.000 sailors took over
command of Copenhagen harbor
after the Inst German ship ex
cept for a few Red Cross vessels
had departed.
Japs Slink Around
While Moscovites
Celebrate Victory
Moscow, May 10 (U.R) Ev
erybody celebrated victory day
in Moscow except the Japanese,
who slunk around all day trying
to make themselves as small as
possible.
The victory celebration reach
ed its climax last night Just be
fore Premier Stalin's speech,
when a million Muscovites
swarmed into the center of the
city. The spacious Red Square
was as crowded as an allied pris
oner of war camp.
It was Impossible to reach Red
Square. The mobs moved In
waves through the streets, dan
cing and singing and shouting.
The premier's brief speech, fol
lowed by his order of the day,
raised enlhusiam to a new high
pitch.
Then came the great victory
salvo 100 roars from 1,000
guru,, the greatest barrage ever
fired except at the front.
PILOT KILLED
Vineyard Haven, Mass., May
10 U.R Lt. Joseph F. Koll,
Jr., of Boise, Idaho, was killed
Tuesday when his fighter plane
crashed Into the sea off Martha's
Vineyard, the navy announced
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APPROVAL GIVEN,
C.0FC.
Telegram From Ellsworth
Says Details Being Work
ed Out; Date Not Known.
Approval of the transfer of
the station hospital at Camp
White from the army to the navy
has been given by the war de
partment a wire from Congress
man Harris Ellsworth to Herb:
Grey, president of the Jackson
County Chamber of Commerce
stated today. The chamber has
long urged that the hospital be
put to full use, either by the
army or some other branch of
the service.
Congressman Ellsworth stated
that details of the transfer are
now being worked out and that
the exact date of naval activa
tion were not yet available. Col.
John R. Young, commanding of
ficer at Camp White, stated this
morning that he had not been
Informed of the transfer and
therefore could make no com
ment on the announcement.
Long Sought
Chamber of Commerce files
on the hospital project show that
since the moving of the last
training division from Camp
White, the chamber along with
other groups and citizens in the
valley,, have advocated convert
ing the station hospital into an.
other classification for addition,
al use by the army or transfer
to some other branch of the ser
vice in order that its extensive
facilities might not be idle. The
chamber was aided by Senator
Guy Cordon and Congressman
Ellsworth in the project.
In correspondence with army
and navy officers lt was point
ed out that use of thg idle facili
ties at Camp White could save
large sums of money since hos
pitals in other parts of the nation
are being enlarged or entirely
new ones are being constructed,
to Care for the returning service
men in need of hospitalization.
Several months ago the navy
took over the hospital at Camp
Adair, Corvallis, and it is now in
use by that branch of the service
and three hospitals in southern
California were also transferred
from the army to the navy it
recent months.
JAP DEFENSES IN
E
BOW TO CHINESE
Chungking, May 10. (U.R)
The entire " Japanese line in
western Hunan province, where
an enemy drive threatened th
American air base at Chihkiang,
crumbled yesterday under s
Chinese general counter-offensive,
a communique announced
today.
More than 2,600 Japanese dead
were counted In the area south
east of Kiangkow by the Chi
nese forces which launched their
attack Tuesday. The communt.
que said the Japanese forces be
gan retreating at 4 .m. yester
day. In a dozen more places evi
dence that the enemy had burnt
his dead was discovered. About
120 prisoners were taken.
The central Chinese column
pursuing the enemy reached
Chukaotang and the left column
entered the Shnnmeng area. An
enemy unit 50 miles west of
Paoching, main Japanese base
for the attack on Chihkiang, was
surrounded and wiped out.
Another Chinese unit pressed
southward to cut off enemy
units retreating on the highway.
A, P.
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By United Press
Robert McLean, president of
the Associated Press and presi
dent of the Philadelphia Bulle
tin, said today that the AP ' pro
foundly regrets" the distribution
of Edward Kennedy's unauthor
ized dispatch of the German sur
render at Reims.
"The AP profoundly regret
the distribution on Monday of
the report of the total surrender
in Europe which Investigation
disclosed was distributed in ad
vance of authorization by allied
supreme headquarters," McLeaa
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