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Fortieth Year
MARINES BATTLE
Fury Mounts In Okinawa
Struggle Enemy Planes
Lost City Ruined.
Guam, Sunday, May 13 (U.R)
U. S. Marines drova Into ihe
northern suburbs of Naha,
ruined city of Okinawa, Satur
day despite Japanese air attacks
which damaged four American
ships, including one major fleet
unit, and army forces occupied
Tori Island, 55 miles west of Oki
nawa. Today's communique also re
ported "several -other surface
ships" damaged during the at
tacks in the Okinawa area but
did not specify the type or num
ber. There were no details of the
Tori Island operation, carried
out without opposition. The is
land serves as an ouipuai
ing approaches to Okinawa from
the west.
Japanese air attacks against
Pacific fleet units Began inurs
wav evening. The enemy lost
125 planes in these actions, in
cluding 19 shot down by one de
stroyer, Fleet Adm. Chester W.
Nimitz announced.
The already bloody Okinawa
fighting rose to new bitterness
Saturday as four 10th Army Di
visions assaulted Japanese de
fenses. Heavy naval gunfire, ar
tillery and sustained aerial at
tacks supported the drive.
On the west coast, the 6th Ma
rine Division smashed through
the little town of Amike just
north of Naha. The Marines
swept on into the town of Tako
motojl, on the Awasa river just
across from the capital.
The 96th Infantry Division on
the east coast plunged past the
town of Gaja to about a half
mile norto..f..YQD.abaru City.
In the center of the line the
1st Marine Division and the 77th
Army Division were inching for
ward over rough terrain. The
Japanese fought back desperate
ly from caves and inter-locking
defenses.
The four divisions were vising
tanks as much as possible but
the rough ground prevented the
most efficient use of mechanized
equipment.
The Japanese launched their
erial attack against fleet units
off Okinawa Thursday evening,
as reported in yesterday's com
munique, which disclosed that
three light American units were
damaged. The attacks continued
through Friday and the aerial
fighting spread over a wide arc
of the Ryukyus chain.
More than 90,000 American
troops and Japanese are engaged
in the bloody struggle on
ern Okinawa. The line now runs
from the suburbs of Naha on the
west coast, to a point in high
ground overlooking Shuri City
three miles inland, to the u. &.
positions a half-mile above Yona
baru on the east. .
" The fall of Naha seemed cer
tain to come soon. But the ruined
citv whose pre-war population
of 65,000 has apparently evacu
ated the area, will not be of
great military importance.
TRUMAN TO LEAD
NATION'S PRAYER
Washington, May 12 U.R
President Truman tomorrow will
lead the nation in prayer for vic
tory over Japan and guidance
"into the way ft peace.".
The president will offer his
personal prayer in one of Wash
ington's churches. Throughout
the country special prayers will
be said In houses of worship of
ell creeds.
In proclaiming victory In Eu
rope last Tuesday, Mr. Truman
designated tomorrow, which also
is Mother s Day, as a special day
of thanks and supplication.
British Secretary
Heads For London
Hamilton Field. Cal., May 12
(U.R) The public relations of
fice of this army air base an
nounced today that British For
eign Secretary Anthony Eden
was scheduled to leave by army
plane at 9 45 a. m. Sunday.
At San Francisco, officials of
the British delegation confirmed
the time of Eden's departure.
They said he was not planning
farewell press conference be
fore he leaves for Washington,
en route to London.
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In top photo Edward R. Stcttlnius, chairman of UNCIO steering com
mittee, turns to confer with Senator Arthur Vandenberg (smoking cigar).
On Vandenberg's right Is Charles U Watkins, and on left Hayden Q.
Ryaner and Charles Darlington of International Secretariat. Bottom
photo shows Secretary Stettlnlus (seated) turning to confer with ad
visors during the committee meeting In San Francisco's Veterans'
Buildins.
BIG FIVE FAILS
TO
LATIN SECURITY
San Francisco, May 12 (U.R)-
The Big Five conferred twice to
day on the controversial issue of
regional security arrangements.
and while some progress was
made, It was learned authorita
tively tonight that the conferees
still are far from a final under
standing on the matter.
It was learned authoritatively
that the Big Five representatives
recognized the need for main
taining the integrity of the west
ern hemisphere regional system
"but feared opening the door too
wide because that might mean
admitting many other military
alliances that could threaten the
efficacy of the world organiza
tion.
They also recognized the5 need
for insuring that the world or
ganization be the primary
mechanism is unable to deal
properly and effectively, nations
may then invoke the right of
self-defense.
The big powers thoroughly
analyzed the United States pro
posal on regional arrangements
but no decision was reached on
any phase of it and it was under
stood that some representatives
were referring the issues back
to their governments.-
It was not expected that there
would be any meeting of minds
at least until sometime next
week. The fact that Eden is
leaving the conference and that
Soviet Foreign Commissar V. M.
Molotov has left may handicap
discussions because of the neces
sity for more frequent consulta
tions with their governments.
Moscow, May 12 (U.R) An
pi tide by the newspaper Izves
tii's correspondent at the San
Francisco conference said today
that proposals of Latin American
countries concerning exclusion
of hemispheric problems from
the jurisdiction of a security or
ganization were a "complete de
viation from Dumbarton Oaks.
The writer, Eugene Zhukov.
said such action would be a vio
lation of the "principles of the
indivisibility of peace and would
leave a wide loophole for ag
gressor nations."
"This is especially danger
ous',' Zhukov said, "because pre
cisely in certain Latin American
countries, for instance Argen
tina, fascists are operating impu
dently and even enjoying special
favors."
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NIGHT GAMES
'R. H. E.
Portland 3 5 1
San Diego . 14 2
Tising and Adams; Ferguson
and Ballinger.
Amtrican
Philadelphia 2 8 1
St. Louis 8 13 1
Gassaway, Black (7) and
Hayes; Jakucki and Mancuso.
National
Cincinnati 3 8 1
Brooklyn 6 12 2
Walters and Riddle; Gregg
and Owen.
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FARM HELP FROM
Mexico City, May 12 (U.R)
Sending of Mexican contract
workers to the United States
will be continued despite the
end of the war in Europe, offic
ials supervising the expeditions
said today.
The workers will be sent at
the rate of 5,000 weekly to work
on railroads and farms. This
month, 20,000 will leave for the
United States.
San Francisco, May 12 (U.R) ;
American and British delega
tions tonight were prepared to
support Canadian proposals
aimed at providing more effect
ive' machinery for international
economic and social cooperation
under the world security organi
zation. It was understood that the Ca
nadian proposals were closcjy
akin to American views on the
subject.
NO EAlfPEACE
SEEN FOR ITALY
London, May 12 (U.R) Noth
ing can be done "immediately"
toward ending the state of bel
ligerency between Italy and the
allies, a source close to the Brit
ish foreign office said today.
Ditpatches stating that the
British government now sees the
possibility of concluding a peace
treaty are "without foundation,"
he said.
Physicist Survives
Rugged Windstorm
Pasadena, Calif., May 12 (U.R)
Dr. Clark B. Millikan, son of
famed Physicist Robert A. Milli
kan and director of California
Institute of Technology's new
700-mile-an-hour wind tunnel,
was blown half the length of the
huge tube Friday when he was
trapped inside, he disclosed to
night. He was unhurt. To get out,
Millikan had to walk through
the throat of the tunnel, where a
150-mile wind caught him and
hurled him through the air.
"It was uncomfortable," he
said.
MERLE HAS TROUBLE
El Paso. Tex., May 12 (U.R)
What started out to be just an
other Mexican "quickie" divorce
suit, had Actress Merle Oberon
entangled tonight In an interna
tional verbal biawl.
PASTOR ACCUSES
Amsterdam. May 12 (UP.) A
Dutch pastor charged today that
ever 100 clergymen of all de
nominations were Imprisoned by
the Germans during the period
of occupation.
MEDFORD, OREGON, SUNDAY, MAY Q. .945
BIG THREE HEADS
Grew Denies Report Stalin
Stymies Negotiations
British Worried.
Washington, May 12 (U.R)
Reliable sources said tonight
that President Truman, Premier
Stalin, and Prime Minister Chur
chill have taken over thus far
faltering efforts of lesser offic
ials to solve the big three's
toughest diplomatic problem, the
dispute over Poland.
Meanwhile, Acting Secretary
of State Joseph C. Grew offic
ially denied a published report
that Stalin had said in messages
to Mr. Truman and Churchill
that there was "no possibility of
cooperation" between Russia and
the western allies.
Both developments heightened
speculation that the three lead
ers would meet soon to thresh
out the Polish issue and other
threats to big three unity.
Grew's statement failed to si
lence reports that Stalin had sty
mied big three negotiations on
Poland for the time being by
notifying the president and
Churchill that he considered fur
ther discussions of -the subject
useless on the present basis.
London. May 12 (U.R) The
victory honeymoon in Europe
ended today and commentators
began asking how closely Russia
Great Britain and the United
States would cooperate in settl
ing post-war problems.
Now that the "big three" no
longer is bound by the common
goal of defeating Germany, many
diplomats and political observers
believe the alliance is facing its
greatest crisis. They are asking
whether its parties actually in
tend to carry out a joint policy
:n Europe or whether the conti
nent will be split into two
spheres of influence, one domi
nated by Russia and the other
by Great Britain and the United
States.
The Weekly Economist, in its
current issue, called the situa
tion, particularly in regard to
Poland, the "gravest political
dissension that has yet divided"
the three allied nations.
U-BOAT DUE FOR
Cane May. N. J., May 12 (U.R)
The first German submarine
to surrender at an American port
is expected to arrive off Cape
May harbor Monday under v. a.
naval escort, the navy announced
today.
Vice Adm. F. F. Leary, com
mander of the eastern sea fron
tier, said the submarine, the U-
858, will come in on the surface,
flying a black surrender flag,
with a majority of her crew on
deck. .
London. May 12 (U.R) The
British naval base at Gibraltar
received its first surrender of a
German U-boat this afternoon
and another was expected to ar
rive shortly.
Dispatches from Gibraltar
said the first put into harbor fly
ing a white flag over the Swas
tika emblem. It was escorted by
two destroyers.
MILITARY DECREE
ENDS NAZI PARTY
London, Sunday, May 13
(U.R) The Flensburg German ra
dio said today that alleged mili
tary authorities had Issued de
crees dissolving the Nazi party
and the Hitler Youth Organiza
tion and repealing German laws
regarding "pure blood."
The broadcast said other de
crees provided that:
Allied military tribunals be es
tablished and German Jurisdic
tion be restricted; the nazl pro
paganda ministry and its institu
tions be dissolved; a curfew be
Instituted; no Germans may
cross their country's frontiers.
NEW ARMY PAPER
Honolulu, T. H., May 12 (U.R)
As the world focused attention
on the Pacific war today, Lt.
Gen. Robert C. Richardson, com
mander of army forces In the
Pacific, announced establishment
of a Pacific edition of stars and
Mripes, armed forces daily news-piper.
WAR BU HNS
Manila. Sun .J lav 13
(U.R) Amerl tops have
advanced 10 ) rom their
northern Min oeachhead
to within a f the Del
Monta airdroiuA. the Allied
communique announced today.
London, May 12 (U.R)
The Japanese-sponsored Thai
land government has broken
off relations with Germany
and all German subjects in
Bangkok are under police su
pervision, a Swiss broadcast
said tonight.
London, May 12 (U.R) Rus
sian armies have captured more
than 700,000 German officers
i , i . i : j.
ana moil in ins ian uvv uay i,
mopping up virtually the last
German-held pockets along the
Baltic and in Czechoslovakia, a
soviet communique announced
tonight.
JAP PLANE LOSS
OKINAWA ATTACK
Enemy Can't Stand High
Rate Much Longer, Says
Adm. Mitscher.
Guam, Sunday, May 13 U.R)
(Via Navy Radio) The high
rate of destruction of Japanese
aircraft more than 3,500 since
the start of the Okinawa cam
paign indicated today Ameri
can airmen will find the skies
relatively free of enemy planes
when the all-out air war is laun
ched against the Nipponese home
islands.
Since March 18, when Vlce
Admiral Marc A. Mitcher's fast
carrier task force began clear
ing the way for the invasion of
Okinawa, carrier and land-based
planes in that area and over
Japan have destroyed 3,211 Jap
planes. B-29's, attacking Kyu
shu, Shikoku and Honshu air
fields added at least 300 to the
total.
Reviewing the longest continu
ing carrier force operation in his
tory, Mitscher recently told cor
respondents the Jap air force
couldn't stand much longer "the
murderous rate of destruction."
The dire straits of the Jap air
arm is indicated in the large
numbers of long obsolete planes
which the enemy is using .to at
tack our forces in the Okinawa
WOLF ACQUITTED
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A circuit court Jury, late Fri
day afternoon returned a ver
dict acquitting James Alexander
Wolf, 63, charged with second
degree murder. He was indicted
for the sharp instrument death
of Percy H. Ijames, 42, in a side
walk altercation at Gold Hill on
the night of February 4, last.
Wolf was freed from the county
jail following the verdict, after
a three month's stay.
Members of the Jury said the
state had failed to prove Wolf
guilty as charged beyond a rea
sonable doubt. The state also
failed to produce the knife with
which the stabbing was done.
Wolf, in his own defense,
claimed he was not present at
the scene of the crime, and had
not seen Ijames that night. They
were good friends, and fellow
cement plant workers.
The trial started last Monday,
with a recess for V-Day last
Tuesday. The Jury deliberated
slightly more than an hour. Wolf
was defended by Attorney Don
R, Newbury.
FIRSTlOOlETS
GET DISCHARGES
By United Press
More than 2,000 cheering and
laughing American veterans of
World War II raced out of U. S.
army camps and into civilian
life Saturday, with upwards of
$200,000 in their pockets and
three words in their hearts:
home, fun and sleep.
To hundreds, discharge under
the new army point rating sys
tem came with stunning sur
prise.. More than 1,000 had Just
returned to their camps from
45 day furloughs, fully exporting
to return to combat immediate
ly. A large group discharged
from Fort Dix were veterans of
the 27th division, now fighting
on Okinawa,
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GET LEND LEASE
Russia Affected By Order of
Crowley, Pending Review
War Aid.
Washington, May 12 U.R
Suspension of new lend-lease
shipments to soviet Russia, pend
ing review of the whole mutual
aid program in the light of Pa
cific war requirements, was dis
closed tonight by Foreign Eco
nomic Administrator Leo T.
Crowley,
Crowley announced specific
ally that "new shipments to Eu
rope are being held up, except
those destined to countries now
at war with Japan, or to coun
tries through which redeploy
ment of our troops now in Eu
rope will be facilitated thereby."
Russia is the principal lend-
lease recipient which is not at
war with Japan. To date Russia
has received about $9,000,000
000 of lend-lease shipments, or
about 30 per cent of the total of
shipments to all countries.
The British empire has re
ceived about 60 per cent pf all
U. S. lend-lease, and these ship
ments can continue, since Brit
ain is at war with Japan. The
samc'is true of France, and most
other lend-lease recipients, ex
cept Russia,
"As I have frequently stated
in testimony before committees
of the congress, lend-lease is
purely an instrument of winning
the war, Crowley said.'
Crowley explained that pend
ing completion of the review,
"new shipments" were 1 being
held up to countries not at war
with Japan, or which would not
be useful to our redeployment.
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London, May. 12 (U.R) Gen.
Charles DcGaullo has received
a message from Gen. Dwlght Eis
enhower praising the "contribu
tion of the French forces to our
common victory," the Paris ra
dio said today.
"It is my sincerest and deepest
hope that we will remain united
in victory and peace as we have
been during the war," Eisenhow
er said.
Paris, May 12 (U.R) Gen.
Charles DcGaulle will pledge
the active support of France in
the Pacific war and forecast a
major post-war role for his coun
try when he speaks Tuesday be
fore the consultative assembly,
it was learned today.
LEOPOLD YIELDS
E
Brussels, May 12 (U.R) King
Leopold III tonight informed the
Belgian government he docs not
intend to return to Belgium im
mediately due to ill health and
that he desires Regent Prince
Charles to retain his post.
Leopold's action was received
with some surprise as it had
been reported that he planned
to make a surprise appearance
in Brussels Sunday at the cele
bration of the anniversary of
the popes coronation.
Millions of Fake
Stamps Rounded Up
New York, May 12 (U.R)
Millions of counterfeit food and
sugar ration stamps and counter
feit stamps good for 2,500,000
gallons of gasoline were seized
today In a raid on what Brook
lyn police described as the big
gest "drop" for counterfeit ra
tion stamps in the country.
Five persons, all members of
the same family, were arrested
after police and OPA representa
tives raided the basement and
first floor of a two-story brick
dwelling In a residential section
of Brooklyn. They were not Im
mediately booked on charges.
FOOD AID BACKED
Washington, May 1 2 (U.R)
President Truman believes the
American people "can and must"
share their food with the hun
gry peoples of war-ravished na
tions, it was disclosed tonight.
London, May 12 (U.R) King
George VI and Queen Elizabeth
celebrated the eighth anniver
sary of their coronation today.
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Bishop Bruce Baxter (above),
bishop of the Portland Methodist
district and former president of
Willamette University, has been
secured as speaker for the grad
uating exercises of Medford high
school, to be held May 31, E, H.
Hedrick, city school superintend
ent, announced . yesterday. A
class of 82 boys and 99 girls is
expected to receive diplomas.
ALLIES TO RULE
TRIESTE; REBUKE
IS HANDED TITO
Washington, May 12 U.R)
Acting Secretary of State Joseph
C. Grew in a sharp rebuke to
Marshal Tito of Yugoslavia an
nounced today that the disputed
Adriatic port of Trieste will re
main under allied control until
a definite peace settlement."
The rebuke was made In a
stern statement which said the
dispute had raised "the issue of
settlement of International dis
putes by orderly process rather
than unilateral action." In ef
fect, it also accused Tito of bad
faith.
Grew's action was taken as a
warning that all European resist
ance groups and factional armies
must save their territorial claims
for the peace conference. He
said there are "30 or more terri
torial questions in Europe which
require careful study before sat
isfactory decisions can be reach-
ed."
Trieste, an Italian, port during
the inter-war period, has been
occupied by a mixture of allied
troops. Tito has demanded that
Yugoslav forces be allowed to
occupy the area, and Italian
demonstrators protested the pos
sible loss of the port.
'OUT OF BOUNDS'
Chico, Cal., May 13-U.R)
The Arthur Brothers circus to
night was out of bounds for all
northern California military per
sonnel following disclosure that
"crooked gambling devices" had
gypped servicemen of nun
drcds of dollars, Col. A. W. Ty
ler, commanding officer of the
Chico army air base, announced.
At Montague, Siskiyou county,
circus officials made partial res
titution of gambling losses to
service personnel when inform
ed they were liable to prosecu
tion under state law.
The army's central security
district, covering all of northern
California, extended the off-
limits order to cover the entire
state, Oregon army officials may
take similar action, Col, Tyler
said.
Girl Confesses, Man
Held Mother Slayers
Los Angeles, May 12 (U.R)
Barbara Adams, 17-year-old col
lege student, confessed to police
this afternoon she stabbed her
mother to death "because I didn't
like her," then remained with
the body 11 hours before report
ing the murder.
"I've been planning to kill my
mother for a long time because
I didn't like her," the co-ed sul
lenly told officers. "Early this
morning I did it.
Los Angeles, May 12 (U.R)
Neighbor s tales that caused the
arrest of 41-year-old Charles
Endncr on suspicion of fatally
beating his 84-year-old mother
prompted police tonight to In
vestigate the death of his wife
last June.
Ht STUDENTS STRIKE
Hot Springs, N. M.. May 12
(UR) Junior and senior high
school students here today were
protesting against a decision of
the lint Springs school board not
to renew the contract of Prin
cipal W. A. Stuart.
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HIMMLER, TYRANT
OF GESTAPO, NOW
ALLIED PRISONER
Turned Over to British By
Doenitz Goering Indict
ed, Nab Terrorists.
London, May 13 (U.R) .
Hcinrich Himmler, No. 1 surviv
ing Nazi terrorist, was reported
an Allied prisoner tonight and
it was learned that Hefty Her
mann Goering, who so blandly
denies any wrongdoing, has been
Indicted as a war criminal on
several booksful of evidence.
The Allied dragnet for the
Nazi murderers and scavengers
of overrun nations was rapidly
catching the fugitives and dos
siers and witnesses were being
prepared for the judgment of
International Courts determined
to mete out full expiation and
punishment,
CBS Correspondent Charles
Collingwood reported from Paris
that Himmler, Nazi home front
dictator, chief of the Gestapo
and sponsor of such terrorists as
the late Reinhard Heydrich, had
been held under hbuse arrest in
Flensburg by Adm. Karl Doe
nitz. "Doenitz Is now believed to
have turned him over to British
forces in that area." Collinewood
said.
Goering has been Indicted on
at least eight counts, it was
learned, all but one of them aris
ing from his responsibility as
minister of the Reich for the
criminal policies of the German
government. The eighth count
charges him with specific respon
sibility for forced labor and
slavery programs within Ger
many n direct violation of the
articles of the Hague convention.
Other Indictments . charge
Goering with responsibility for
setting up "illegal" courts which
sentenced to death 4,000 Czechs,
for the LJdice massacre in re
prisal for Heydrich's assassina.
tion for atrocities at such death
camps as Dacuah and Buchen
wald, and for the establishment
of the Jewish extermination fac
tory at Auschwitz.
The Czechoslovaks charge that
all these horrors came about un
der Goerlng's administration be
fore Himmler took over.
Two additional war criminal
prospects were reported seized
today the notorious comman
der of the Sixth German Panzer
Army, SS Gen. Sepp Dietrich,
and Joseph Darnand, head of the
hated Vichy Militia which en
forced Pierre Laval's puppet de
crees in France.
Dietrich was captured by the
36th Division of the U. S.
Seventh army and had been lan
guishing in a prison cage uniden
tified until Sgt. Herbert Kraus
of Cleveland, O., spotted him,
according to a field dispatch.
Darnand was captured In
northern Italy along with 200 of
his militiamen, the BBC said.
His case was expected to be
handled solely by the French
government which has placed
him high on its list of traitors.
The man whose name became
a standard word for treachery,
Maj. Vidktin Quisling, was re
ported suffering megalmania in
the Oslo prison where he is held
but his mind was not so de
railed that he will escape Judg
ment for the crimes against his
countrymen.
lard.IalaFoil
Washington. May 1 2 (U.R)
Price Administrator Chester
Bowles in an emergency action
tonight raised the ration point
values of lard, shortening, cook
ing and salad oils from six to 10
points a pound beginning tomor
row. Butter and margarine are
not affected.
Bowles said the point increase
waj necessary because of a sud
den cut of 42,300,000 pounds in
the civilian allocation of these
foods for the April-May-June
period.
The OrA chief cited a recent
government report which said
that "tl.c free world's needs" for
fats and oils exceed prospective
supplies by nearly 500,000 long
tons.
GANGSTERS, YET
Seventh Army Headquarters,
Mo v 12 (UP) Con Niknlaus
Von Falkenhorst. former Ger-
man.commander in Norway, sur
rendered tndav with an assertion
that the allies have liberated
Germany from 'a system of
gangers," -