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Fortieth Year
First U. S. Soldier
2.500 IN
OF"
TO BERELEASED
J, 300,000 to Be Sent Home
In First Year; Withdrawal
From Europe Starts Soon
Washington, May 11 U.R
The first U. S. soldiers to be dis
charged under the point system
about 2,500, will be released at
separation centers throughout
the country tomorrow.
The War Department said to
day that this group, first of some
1,300,000 to be released during
the next 12 months under the
army's partial demobilization
plan, include soldiers with long
overseas service records.
Home Before V-E
All had been brought back to
this country for res.t and recup
eration before V-E Day. Repre
senting all theaters, they have
high point scores based on length
of army service, overseas serv
ice, combat awards, battle hon
ors, and parenthood, the War
Department said.
Ai present 85 points make a
man eligible for discharge, if he
is replaceable. But many who
are eligible may have to wait
months before being released.
The number, of. points may be
decreased later.
Meanwhile, the army is begin
ning the task of withdrawing
some 3,100,000 of its 3,500,000
men now in Europe.
Rome, May 11 U.R) Allied
headquarters announced today
that about 11,000 American sol
diers will leave Italy for the
United States this month.
The repatriation and redeploy
ment of the United States army
In Italy is beginning immediate
ly, headquarters revealed.
Depending on shipping space,
about 13,000 will leave in June
and a like number in July.
A majority of the first 11,000
expected to be on their way by
the end of May are eligible for
discharge, personnel authorities
reported.
BIG3MNGIS
TALKED IN LONDON
London, May 11 OI.Rl Brit
ish newspapers loosed a flurry
of speculation today over the
possibility of a Truman-Stalin-Churchill
meeting in London,
but official sources discounted
the reports.
The Evening News said Presi
dent Truman was ready to visit
London and that Prime Minister
Churchill believes "an early
meeting of the big three is ur
gently required."
The News diplomatic corres
pondent said Whitehall believed
the reported meeting should be
held in London and the view
was "shared in official Washing
ton," but soviet agreement had
not been obtained.
FILM PROFIT JUMPS .
Philadelphia. May 11 U.R)
Profits of Motion Picture Pro
ducers and distributors jumped
from $49,125,000 in 1942 to $60.
153.000 in 1943. according to the
Securities and Exchange Com
mission's survey of profits and
operations of American listed
corporations released today.
SIDE GLANCES
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TRIBUNE REPORTERS
Mayor Meeker relieved to find
one other masculine guest at a
large feminine gathering.
Charlotte Brenncman unable
to cope with the paper shortage
and doing up a package wnich
had a beautiful face but didn't
quite meet in the back.
The post office boys proud of
the gigantic VE gracing the
facade of their wnrkshoo. bnti
afraid few noticed it due to its'
tlevaticn
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Succeeds Molotov
(Acme Telephoto)
Alexander A. Gromyko, Soviet am
bassador to Washington, who be
comes head of the Russian delega
tion to the UNCIO replacing Foreign
Commissar V. M. Molotov, who has
returned to Moscow.
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No definite announcement can
be made yet as to the opening
date of Crater Lake National
Park this year, E. P. Lea vitt
superintendent, stated yesterday
or as to the details of operation
during the summer. First inquir
ies of the season concerning the
park are beginning to come in.
Opening date of. the park de
pends largely upon the amount
of snowfall and the rapidity of
its melting. A party of men,
headed by R. A. Work of the
snow survey staff, made a trip
into the park yesterday and
found six and one-half feet of
snow remaining at park head
quarters and nine feet at the
rim, Work stated. The snow has
been going, out .rapidly, . Work
said, but he considered condi
tions to be about normal.
Superintendent Leavitt, Assis
tant Superintendent Thomas
Parker and R. J. Smith, chief
clerk, returned this week from
a meeting of region four super
intendents, custodians and other
staff members held at Yosemite
National Park in California. The
meeting was headed by Newton
B. Drury, director of national
parks, Chicago, and O. A. Tom-
linson, San Francisco, director
of region four. Leavitt states
that increased travel into parks
is anticipated, the amount of in
crease depending upon the lift
ing of travel restrictions.
Accompanying Work' to the
park yesterday were Archie
Pierce, Charles Reames, Walter
Lcverette, Raymond Reter.
Henry Huencrgardt, Will Han
sen, Bob Work- and Howard
Oden of Ashland. The trip was
made with J. C. Tucker's Sno
Cat, with Tucker operating the
machine.
Northern California Mostly
clear today, tonight and Satur
day, but with increasing cloudi
ness extreme northern part Sat
urday; slightly warmer today.
Congressman Would Vote Selves
Added $2,500 Tax
Washington, May 11 (U.R)
House members were virtually
assured today of a $2,500, tax
exempt allowanre for the year
beginning next July 1.
The proposal, approved by the
House after six hours of turbu
lent debate, yesterday was the
first effective move taken in re
sponse to recent mounting pres
sure for action to help congress
men handle their personal finan
cial problems.
Although the Item, totaling
$1,642,500 for 435 members, stil
must be approved by the Senate,
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LAYS DOWNFALL
AT HITLER
Old Boss Responsible For
Germany's Share in War
Says Captive Nazi No. 2.
Outside Augsburg, Germany,
May 11 U.R) Paunchy Her
mann Goering jumped complete
ly off the wrecked Nazi band
wagon today and tried to place
all political responsibility . for
Germany's share in the war on
his old boss, Adolf Hitler.
Allied War Correspondents
were able to interview the sur
rendered Goering, former No. 2
Nazi designated by Hitler him
self as the man to succeed him.
Medals Gone
Not a single medal adorned
Goering's powder blue uniform.
He gave the impression of being
jittery, if not frightened, and
there was none of the bluff and
boastful Relchsmarshal whose
Luftwaffe once terrorized Eu
rope. Goering looked 25 to 30
pounds lighter than the weight
to which he had become accus
tomed. But he still was fat. His
paunch bulged his tunic In most
unmilitarv fashion.
Otherwise he appeared to be
and said he was in good
health. And his answers indi
cated he still was able to think
quickly and trickily.
Goering claimed he last saw
Hitler. April 20 in the German
Chancellery at Berlin. It was
then that Hitler bade him fare
well, he said, as Goering pre-
oared to depart for Berchtesga-
den, to which Hitler also intend
ed to travel.
' End Seen April 22
Asked why Hitler changed his
mind, Goering said:
"On the evening of April 22
certain events occurred in the
Chancellery, and Hitler finally
admitted the war was at its end
and that it was useless to con
tinue the fight in the south."
Goering was evasive in many
of his answers, especially those
with- political implications. Fre
quently he pleaded forgetfulness,
especially about events occur
ring, several years ago. But at
other times he claimed to remem
ber verbatim what he said five
years ago.
The conference was held in a
hot sun beating down on the
back yard of a German villa.
More than 30 correspondents and
about 10 photographers were
grouped In a semi-circle around
Goering. who was seated in a
lounge chair under a willow tree.
TRIAL OF QUIZLING
DELAYED BY DEATH
Oslo, Mav 1 1 (U.R) The trea
son trial of Vldkun Quisling, de
posed nazi puppet ruler of Nor
way, was postponed today be
cause of a death in the presiding
judge's family.
Quisling will be brought be
fore the Norse civil court to
morrow or possibly Monday for
a preliminary hearing.
Meanwhile, there were strong
Indications that Josef Terboven.
nazi governor of Norway, had
escaped allied Justice by blow
ing himself to bits.
Loafer's Glory Is a hamlet in
Mitchell County, N. C.
Exempt Fund
interference In the financial or
organizational affairs of the
other. The senators might in
clude a similar allowance for
themselves.
An attempt to eliminate the
provision from a $50,000,000 con
gressional appropriation bill was
defeated on a standing vote of
208 to 68. The House also re
jected an attempt to cut the
amount to $1,000.
After staving off those amend
ments, the House agreed to raise
the pay of its Fages from $4 to
S5 a day but refused to increase
jb salaries Qi oepilaj pc-Uc em.cn.
Saturday
SMALL NATIONS
BALKED IN PLEA
FOR MORE VOICE
Effort to Win Greater Share
In Controlling Use of Arms
In Enforcement, Fails.
San Francisco, May 11 (U.R)
Small nations today made
new but apparently futile effort
to win from the United Nations
conference a greater share in
controlling the use of arms for
enforcement purposes in connec
tion with the proposed world se
curity organization.
New Zealand proposed in a
closed committee meeting that
the general assembly of the or
ganization be given a voice in
decisions involving the use of
force.' The proposal was sup
ported by several other small na
tlons but opposed vigorously by
Big Three representatives.
Big Three Adamant
Russian, British and United
States delegates were under
stood tt have remained adamant
in support of the original Dum
barton Oaks plan provision
whereby decisions involving the
use of force shall be made only
by the organization's security
council.
Meanwhile, it was learned
that the United States and Brit
ish will oppose any further invi
tations to the conference to pre
vent revival of Russian demands
for admission of the Warsaw
Polish government.
The issue of other Invitations
is expected to be raised formally
again and soon: The Norwegian
delegation may ask unless pre
vailed upon not to do so that
its Scandinavian neighbor lib
erated Denmark be made the
50th participating nation here.
Argentina became the 49th
after a bare-knuckle row with
Russia in a public plenary ses
sion. More Delegates Leaving '
Meanwhile, the conference
plodded on its way toward the
writing of a world organization
charter. More and more of the
top delegates are leaving, or
plan to leave soon. British For
eign Secretary Anthony Eden
will be flying back to London
early next week.
The conference work con
tinues in secert committee meet
ings while the top conference of
ficials admit little or no progress
on the remaining major un
solved problems trusteeships,
regional arrangements and the
world court.
CHECK SUSPECTS
Leo H. Moon, 31, Portland,
and Doris M. Johnson, 21, Mc
Minnville, are in the county Jail
on charges of passing spurious
checks. They were arrested late
yesterday afternoon by state po
lice and a sheriff's deputy on a
warrant outstanding in Yamhill
county.
The couple passed bad checks
In several counties, Including
Jackson, police said. The John
son woman is said by police to
have admitted passing checks In
Medford and Ashland. Accord
ing to a report from Yamhill
county there are about $500 In
bad checks written by the cou
ple outstanding there, police
said.
It was undecided today If they
will be prosecuted here or in
some other county, according to
police.
FIVE MORE U-BOATS
. SURRENDER AT SEA
London, May 11 (U.R) Five
more German U-boats from mar
auding wolf packs in the Atlan
tic surrendered at sea to British
warships and headed for north
c. Ireland ports today.
A Londonderry dispatch said
German submarines had sur
faced to surrender all the way
from the Arorei area to a point
oil the Canadian, coast,. -
1945.
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(Acmw Radio-Telephoto)
Air Chief Marshal Sir Arthur Tedder, Deputy Supreme Commander, and Sir Harold M. Burroughs, OO of the
Allied Navies, survey the damage done to Berlin by Allied bombings while In Berlin to sign the ratified sur
render terms. They are accomDanled by Russians. Blenal Cores radlo-telephoto by NEA-Acme.
U. S. Military To Exercise Firm Control
Over Lives, Economy of German People
By Fred Scherff
United Press "
Staff Correspondent
Washington, May 11 J(U.R)
The U. S. Military Government
of Germany will exercise iron
control over the lives of Ger
man, people in the American-
occupied section, it was revealed
today by Secretary of War Henry
L. Stimson. t
'Stimsori; outlining" the AMG
setup for Germany, said Amer
ica s uniformed bosses of the
Reich would be charged with
demobilizing the German army
in their portion of the country,
demilitarizing the entire area,
wiping out the Gestapo and
thoroughly "denazifying'' tne
territory.
Rule All Courts
Thev will rule over all courts.
over domestic and foreign poli
tics, over manpower and the
area's economy. They will con
trol all forms of public expres
sion and the domestic police.
There will be censorship of news
going to the outside world, but
it will be based "solely on mili
tary necessity" according to
Stimson.
One of the most Important
agencies will be an intelligence
section which will purge public
Moscow. May 11. U.R) A
Tass News Agency dispatch said
fires were breaking out in vari
ous parts of Berlin today, started
bv die-hard Nail fanatics snu
operating secretly in the fallen
capital.
Tass said Russian patrols ar
rested several of the arsonists
and were still combing the city
for the remaining underground
fighters.
The dispatch also reported
that Nazi elite guards who re
fused to obey the German capit
ulation order set fire to and de
stroyed the city hall.
The elite guards then flooded
the city subway tunnels, drown
ing hundreds of their ' own
wounded troops as well as Ger
man women and children shel
tered there, Tass said.
High School Band
Concert Enjoyed
By Large Throng
Several hundred Medford res
idents attended the concert of
the Medford high school band
given In the city park last night
under the direction of Sidney
Bouck. The concert was sched
uled at this time in observance
of National Music Week.
The concert under the stars
featured a program of varied
and distinctive music , high
lighted by an intermission fea
ture of "Boogie Woogic" num
bers. Later the girls' drum
corps appeared in a number
which accompanied a lively
march, and the program fit
tingly concluded with an im-
crtstivf Il ceremony, .
IRIBUNE
United Press
Survey Damage Done to City
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agencies and German industries
of Nazis and ruthlessly suppress
activities of any German under
ground such as the "Were
wolves." Stimson said this country had
been working for many months
with Britain, France and Russia
to coordinate a "stern" program
for Germany. As agreed on at
Yalta, the four nations will sit on
a- Joint control council or com-
mlssion in Berlin and In addi
tion each will occupy a .zone of
Germany.
Stimson did not delineate the
zones of occupation, nor did he
say whether the other three na
tions had plans for military gov
ernment of their areas similar to
those of the War Department for
the U. S. zone.
The Secretary said Gen.
Dwight D. Eisenhower would be
the American representative on
the control council and also com
mander of the U. S. zone.' His
deputy will be "tough-minded"
Lt. Gen. Lucius' Clay, hand
picked for the job by the late
President Roosevelt.
The army has worked out a
BASEBALL
National
R. H. E.
Cincinnati 3 9 0
New York 4 7 1
Dasso and Riddle; Mungo,
Adams and Lombardl, Berres.
Chicago !ZZIZ. 7 12 1
Philadelphia 15 2
Wyse and Williams; Sproull,
Kennedy, Ripple, ' Schanz and
Mancuso.
St. Louis 0 7 1
Brooklyn 7 8 3
Wilkes, Burkhart and Rice;
Scats and Owen.
American
Philadelphia 5 12 1
Chicago 2 7 1
Christopher and Hayes; Lopat
and Tresh.
New York 7 7 1
Detroit 3 9 4
Borowy and Crompton; Ncw
houser, Houtteman and Richards.
Boston, May 11. U.R) The
worst May snowstorm in 25
years raged in northern New
England today after taking two
lives, causing more than $1,000,
000 crop and property damage,
and leaving highways clogged
with up to 15 inches of snow at
some points.
Brunt of the storm was felt by
western Massachusetts, Vermont.
New Hampshire and Maine.
Many towns were In darkness
during the night as power lines
fell. Ploughs which had been put
away for the season were hauled
out to open snow-clogged high
ways. Deepest snowfall was report
ed on the route between Wood
ford and Brattlcboro, Vt., where
ploughs were battling through
15 inches of snow,
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of Berlin
form of government for its area
splitting governing functions up
among 12 divisions. The heads of
these divisions will also act for
the U. S. In the four-power coun
cil In Berlin.
In some ways the 12 divisions
correspond roughly to some of
the departments of our own gov
ernment though of course many
of their functions are utterly dif
ferent.
Thero will be three military
divisions, Army, Navy, and Air,
charged with demobilizing the
German armed forces and dis
arming the American sector.
AGAINST WOLF
Judgi! H. K. Haima completed
his instructions to the Jury and
the case of James A. Wolf, ac
cused of murder in the second
degree, was given to the Jury at
J:40 p. m.
Closing arguments were com
pleted by prosecution and de
fense and final instructions of
the court were given today in
the circuit court trial of James
A. Wolf, 63,- charged with the
slaying of Percy H. Ijames at
Gold Hill the night of February
4 last.
Deputy District Attorney Alli
son Moulton opened for the state
yesterday afternoon. Attorney
Don R. Newbury, counsel for
the defense, started this morn
ing and was followed by District
Attorney George W, Neilson.
Instructions to the Jury, com
posed of seven women and five
men, were given by Judge Her
bert K. Hanna.
Wolf, a small man, was first
witness for the defense, and de
nied he had seen Ijames the
night of the fatal affray, or was
present at the scene. It was testi
fied Wolf and Ijames were good
friends, no bad blood existed be
tween them, and that no motive
had been shown.
Nurse Testifies
Mrs. Edna M. Thompson,
nurse, Gold Hill testified that
when she was called to render
aid, Ijames' wife had asked:
"Did Shorty Wolf do it.", and
Ijames had "replied "No". The
state attempted to Impeach Mrs.
Thompson's testimony on the
grounds it had taken them by
surprise, and that it was at vari
ance with statements made to
authorities.
The state contended Wolf was
at the scene, as testified by sev
eral witnesses. One of the states'
witnesses, Howard Kell, testi
fied Wolf had made threats
against Ijames In his presence
several weeks before the stab
bing. Other state witnesses locat
ed Wolf on the sidewalk and
said they saw him walking away
from the scene.
The trial opened last Monday.
No session was held Tuesday on
I acount of V-E Das y 1
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GREAT JAPANESE
L STATION
Japan's Inland Sea Is Sown
With Mines; Naval Air
craft Plant, Cities Blasted
By United Press
Philippine based American
bombers have wrecked the great
Japanese naval station at Saigon,
French Indo-China, it was dis
closed today, while other raiding
fleets rained bombs and sea
mines down on Japan's inland
sea area in a bid to choke off
the enemy's remaining naval and
air power in the home islands.
Headquarters of the U. S. fifth
London. May 11 (U.R)
Plans for hurling 2,000 Super
fortresses at Japan in an aerial
campaign exceeding that
against Germany were envis
aged today at a press confer,
ence of Lt. Gen. James H.
Doollttle and his deputy com
mander of the 8th air force.
Doolittle and Maj. Gen. Or
vil Anderson revealed that '
part of the famous 8th air
force would stay in Europe a
an occupation force. Part will
be sent to the Padfie.
air force In the Philippines said
American warplanes gutted Sai
gon's oil depots and submarine
and ship repair yards in seven
concentrated strikes between
April 22 and May 4. They also
destroyed or damaged 97 enemy
merchant and naval vessels.
Out For Duration
Air force spokesmen said
Saigon, second only to Singa
pore as an enemy naval station
in southern waters, may be use
less for major ship repairs for
the duration of the war.
lvToanwhllA win, tVtnn 1 Ki
superfortresses of the 21st bomb
er command hit a large naval
aircraft plant, airfields and two
southern Kyushu cities around
the Japanese inland sea today.
Radio Tokyo said 16 mora
B-29's followed through later in
the day with an attack on the
Kyushu sector and on the south
western part of Shikoku island.
The mine-laying operations
were revealed for the first time
by spokesmen for the 21st
bomber command. They dis
closed that superfortresses based
on Tinlan island in the Marianas
have carried out almost a dozen
night mining raids over Japan
since March 27.
Inland Sea Mined
Mines have been littered
throughout the Japanese inland
sea and Inside the enemy's major
harbors in a full-scale attempt
to bottle up the ocean-going
shipping that handles about 75
per cent of Japan's war-time
transportation.
The Japanese radio also re
ported a new raid on Formosa
today by a force of about 70
Philippine-based heavy bombers
and 40 fighters. The attack cen
tered on the big port of Tainan,
according to the enemy account.
Allied ground forces, mean
while, continued slow but steady
progress in campaigns on south
ern Okinawa, the rich oil island
of Tarakan off East Borneo and
In the Philippines.
The B-29's returned to the
Japanese homeland In excellent
weather today to smash at the
Kawanishl naval aircraft plant
at Fukae on the Inland seacoast
of Honshu.
Fires still were burning near
by In Japan's main fuel storage
area from the record 400-plane
superfortress raid yesterday.
Central and northern Oki
nawa were turned over to con
trol of the island's military com
mander May 4. Approximately
135,000 Japanese civilinns were
under American Jurisdiction on
May 8.
A Japanese communique
claimed Japanese forces on
southern Okinawa killed or
wounded 12,600 American troops
between April 29 and May 7.
It also claimed Japanese planes
and submarines had sunk eight
allied warships and damaged
nine others off Okinawa since
May 6.
Two columns of American
troops closed In today on the big
Ipo dam northeast of Manila in
an attempt to reopen one of the
main water supplies for the city.
On northern Luzon, a renewed
aerial assault was made 1 on
strong Japanese positions in the
Cagayan valley, lying Just anead
of American troops at the edga
of Baleto Pass.
Washington, May 11 U.R)
Rep. Clyde Doyle, D Cal said
today he has suggested to the di
rector of the U. S. mint that the
likeness of the late Franklyn
Delano Roosevelt be placed oo
the diipe, 1
t