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Newspaper Page TextSuperf orts Spread New Destruction in Nagoya Industry 16 Weather rORECAST:Partlr cloudy wltb ghoweri tonight. Clearing and lightly warmer Friday. Temp. Hlgheit Yesterday -,- o Medford Tribune ADDED TO RUINS IN PLANECENTER Great Waves of B-29s Rain 3,500-Ton Bombs; Mitsu bishi Plant Among Targets Lowest this Morning . To I i n., todaf M 45 Prec. .21 United PtMt full Ltaitd Wire UniUd Press Full Leased Wire Fortieth Year MEDFORD, OREGON, THURSDAY, MAY 17, 1945. NO. 48. Nazi U-Boat Surrenders Off Nova Scotia BIG 5 MAY ACI Eludes r Her.mann Worries PLANS SPEEDED SQUARE MILES f ST ? MM" Mrm Teltphoto) A Gacman aubmarlne, the U889, proceeds under escort of a Canadian naval vessel to Shelbourne, Nova Bcotlv af ter surfacing and surrendering- to an RCAF Liberator. FROM PORTLAND Y Representatives of courts, chambers of county commerce and city officials who attended a meeting of the state highway commission in Portland Tuesday to consider the proposed change of highway 99 as the inter-re gional highway for Oregon, re turned yesterday and this morn ing. About 30 men from districts adjacent to highway 99 and coast counties reached from 99, at tended the meeting. A comprehensive brief cover ing facts showing why the change to 97 should not be made was presented and a few speak ers backed up the brief with per sonal comment. Salem for 98 Included among the material presented was a letter from the Salem Chamber of Commerce requesting that the highway com mission designate highway 99 as the main inter-regional road Previously the Portland Cham- Der 01 commerce romiiiiu uu roads and highways had taken aimilar action and the chairman r( the committee attended a . special meeting held here earlier thia month to discuss me mat ter. Attending from Jackson coun- tv ware Commissioner A. J. Powell, Engineer Paul Rynning, Mayor C. A. Meeker, Medford; Mavor T. S. Wiley. Ashland; W. M Brlsffi. Ashland city attor ney: H. L. Claycomb, Ashlano automobile dealer: Representa tive Frank Van Dyke, Senator Earl T. Newbry and Ralph Koo- ir. president of the Pacillc Highway association, all of Ash land; Archie fierce, nieaioro auto freight operator, and Herb Grey, Medford, president of the Jackson County Chamber of Commerce. Sacramento, May 17 (U.R) The State Highway Commission today listened to arguments by Redwood Empire and Yreka civ ic groups favoring designation of U. S. Highway 99 from Weed, Calif., to Eugene, Ore., via Ash land, as an interstate route. Charles H. Purcell, director of public works, said the Oregon State Highway Commission fa vors an interstate route by, way of ..lamath Falls. He added that the California and Oregon com missions must designate the route between the two states by July 1 as part of the National In terstate System of Highways. FREIGHT LOADING DIPS Washington, May 17 (UP.) I oadings of revenue freight dropped 24,892 cars in the week ended May 12 to 838,507 cars, the smallest volume since the week ended April 7, a report by fie Association of American Railroads disclosed today. SIDE GLANCES BT TRIBUNE REPORTERS Don Newbury flashing two S0 bills all at the same time. Joe Earlcy receiving letter from Bing Francis addressed to "the man with the gold pan in his hand." Victor Sether successfully in terfering with the freedom of the press. John Eby stnigRling with the wording of church notice. Nazi Big Shots May Try Escape To Japan Aboard U-Boat, Surmise Washington, May 17. U.R) Surrender of a German subma rine heading - for Japan with three luftwaffe generals and two Japanese aboard led to specula tion today that Adolf Hitler, Heinrich' Himmler or other high Nazis might be trying to escape under the sea to Japan. Adm. Jonas H. Ingram, com mander in chief of the Atlantic fleet; revealed the surrender to newsmen yesterday at a press conference in which he reviewed the entire course of the battle of the Atlantic. In addition to capture of the Japan-bound U-boat Ingram re vealed that: 1. Three weeks before Ger many surrendered, one of the UP TO SCHEDULE Washington, May 17 U.P.) Individuals were well on their way today toward the $1,500, 000,000 mark in the seventh war loan drive. The first and easiest billion wa chalked up yesterday when the treasury department an nounced total sales of $1,264, 000,000. That figure was 18 per cent of the $7,000,000,00 indi vidual quota. It included $1, 021,000.000 in sales of E-bonds slightly more than 25 per cent cf'the $4,000,000,000 quota. Director Ted R. Gamble of the treasury's war finance divis ion said sales were approxi mately what the treasury had hoped for at this stage of the drive. He added that as is usually the case "the first bil lion is the easiest." , Hitler Surprised By Luftwaffe Absence After Allied Landing On Normandy Shore By Jack Fleischer United Press Correspondent Obersalzberg, Germany, May 17. (U.R) The absence of the luftwaffe after the Normandy In vasion surprised allied leaders, but it surprised Adolf Hitler much more. Hitler's official stenographers said today he had counted on the luftwaffe to play the main pan In defeating the invasion. When the necessary planes did not ap pear. Reichsmarshal Hermann Gocring began right away to slip in Hitler's esteem. Laughed At F. R. Death The stenographers, Heinz Buchholz and Gcrhardt Merge-selle,.- also made these disclo sures: When Hitler learned of Presi dent Roosevelt's death, he laughed gleefully "like a devil." Hitler and Admiral Kan Doenitz turned down a Japanese request for Germany's U-boat fleet. The shorthand reporters at tended the daily conferences at Hitler's headquarters during the Normandy campaign. They said he was not surprised by news of the allied landing. They said Hitler had counted on having 1.000 to 1.200 fighter planes to hurl against the inva sion forces. Goering reportedly had assured him the fighters would be on hand. 9 KM, . t most powerful U. S. carrier and destroyer-escort forces ever to operate in mid-Atlantic broke up a formidable U-boat pack. The U-boat force had orders to "blan ket the east coast from Maine to Florida." 2. In more than 16,000 con voys escorted by the Atlantic fleet a total of 15 merchantmen were lost to enemy submarines. 3. The U. S. navy definitely accounted for 126 German U- boats during the battle of the Atlantic out of a total of about 500 sunk by the allies.. 4. Convoy operations will continue in the Atlantic until every Nazi submarine is account ed for. . . .'The two Japanese aboard the Japan-bound submarine were not identified. They committed hara kari the Japanese version of suicide before the vessel sur rendered. - The identity of the three Nazi air generals were not known either. TORCH CLUB HOLDS FORMAL INITIATION Second formal initiation of the - Y.M.C.A. ; Torch club was held May. 16 in the "Y" club rooms. Bill Todd, Ralph Roth ermel, Wayne Rose, Wayne O'Neil, Bill Tarns and Dean Ep pinger staged the initiation for Bruce Stafford, David Chlrgwin and Ramon Marion. Director was Ben H. Schmidt. Two guests were present to observe the ceremony. ATHLETE SENTENCED Boston, May 17 (U R) For mer Colgate athlete Josiah R. Lancaster of New York was un der a two-year federal peniten tiary sentence today for failing to report for his army induction. "Up to the time of the Inva sion Goering had been Hitler's number one confidante, but from then on the fuehrer stead ily lost confidence .In him," Buchholz said. "Mter the luft waffe's failure Hitler personally took charge of airforce produc tion. Hitler many times and in an Increasingly obvious manner showed his lowered respect Jor Goering. Usually he just ignored the reichsmarshal and often just pushed him aside when Goering tried to express his opinion at conferences." Hitler and the high command, the shorthand reporters said, were handicapped in their deci sions on disposing their reserves by the continued presence tn England of "another army group." They apparently meant Gen. George S. Patton'i third U. S. army, which landed in France July fourth. My informants said Hitler was highly agitated by the way the allied airforces paralyzed bis communications, forcing him to move only by night and even then with limited success. They said he made one last desperate effort to have his roads by order ing that all main highways to Normandy be lined solidly with flak guns. That, too, failed. They said Hitler was deeply disappointed when he saw Ger many would lose all bold on T U. S. Delegates Irritated by 48-Hour Delay Caused by Reds Waiting Instructions San Francisco, May 17 U.R) Secretary of State Edward R. Stettinius, Jr., called another meeting of the Big Five today to decide whether the United Na tions . Conference should act on the proposed regional arrange ments compromise without ad vance Russian approval. If Russian instructions on that issue are not here when the Big Five convene late today. Stettin ius is expected to serve notice that the United States will spon sor the Regional Formula alone Several members of the U. S. delegation are known to be ex tremely irritated by the 48-hour delay already caused by the Rus sians. Other Progress On the major unsolved issue trusteeships there were better siens of progress. The full con ference trusteeship committee began discussing the "working paper" drafted by Cmdr. Harold E. Stassen. The Russians also were understood to be awaiting instructions from Moscow on this issue. The U. S. delegation mean while continued its study of amendments submitted by other nations. The objective is to de termine the American position in advance so that the U. S. rep resentative on the confmittees can act without continuous refer ence back to the full delegation. The U. S. delegation also re ceived from a group of consultants- representinaJabor, indus try, agriculture and education a series of proposed amendments designed to broaden the scope of the economic and social council. One of the recommendations was that the proposed council ar range conferences with and re ceive recommendations from the major non-governmental organi zations. Delegates were weary after more than three weeks of delib erations and many were openly annoyed at the new delays. Hopes of adjourning this confer ence by June 1 again were fad ing. Claudette Colbert Collapses on Set Hollywood, May 17 (U.R) Screen Star Claudette Colbert collapsed today on a sound stage at International Studios for the second time within ten days. The actress had returned to kvork today after spending the last 10 days at home with influ enza. Dr. Myron Prinzmetal ord ered Miss Colbert .home for an Indefinite stay. Africa, and that he foresaw the political implications, Herrgeselle said he was pres ent when Hitler heard of Presi dent Roosevelt's death. Hitler. Herrgeselle, and another short hand reporter were alone in a bunker behind the Berlin chan cellory. 'There had been the usual late night conference," the sten ographer said. "Hitler had his glasses on and was reading some thing when suddenly the door flew open and Oberreichslciter Lorenz of Press Chief Otto Diet rich's staff burst Into the room without knocking. This was highly Irregular for anybody to enter the conference room with out knocking. "Lorenz waved a DNB news sheet in one hand and cried out Jo'yfully, 'My Fuehrer, I have very Important report. Roosevelt is dead!' Then he threw the sheet on the table in front of Hitler. 'Hitler picked up the sheet and read the two-line report of the White House announcement with wide open eyes. 'Then he threw his arms Into the air with obvious glee and laughed. It was a hideous laugh, like a devil's laugh. There was something unnatural about it." Herrgeselle said Hitler cried "I knew it. I knew it." He kept repeating that, mingled with ex clamations of "donnerwelter." Air. , -M 4 v s em4ii6-m3 (Acme ielephoioj W. H. McDonald, 70, Australian-bora friend and advisor to Chiang Kai shek, pictured in San Francisco si tei his liberation from Philippine prison camp. High on Jap reprisal list, he escaped detection because Nips be lieved he vas a much younger man. JAP EXTREMIST By United Press The Imperial Rule Assistance Association. Japan s totalitarian party, will be disbanded and its member organizations absorbed into the new "People's Volunteer Corps," Tokyo reported Thurs day in a broadcast recorded by United Press, San Francisco. Imminent dissolution of the fascist-like association, or "Yoko sankai," was announced by Premier Admiral Baron Kantaro Suzuki. It was expected to be completed by June 10. The Imperial Rule Assistance Association, whose members In cluded some of Japan's most in fluential friends of naziism and fascism, was for.ned in 1940 to assist the government to execute the nation s Imperial alms. It has been under domination of Japanese military extremists generally credited with instigat ing the attack on Pearl Harbor. KILL PASSERBY Miami, Fla May 17 (U.R) Joe Munn, owner of seven bull dogs was held on a manslaught er charge today after the dogs attacked Mrs. Micko Zinke, 38, so viciously that she died in a hospital a few hours later. Mrs. Zinke, mother of a Mit chell Field, N. Y., army sergeant, was set upon as she walked near the city limits last night. Physicians said she "literally was chewed to pieces." Passing soldiers rescued Mrs. Zinke and took her to a hospi tal, where attendants said her condition was the "worst ever seen at the institution" and that all sections of the body were mutillated. Her clothing was torn completely from her body. She still was conscious when brought to the hospital. Abandon Hunt For U-Boat Off Coast Seattle, May 17 (U.R) A search was abandoned today for a German submarine reportedly seeking surrender off the Wash ington coast near Westport. The search began after the receipt late yesterday . by the coast guard radio station at Westport of a message purport edly from the skipper of a Ger man submarine. Officials of the 13th naval dis trict told of the incident and ex pressed doubt as to the authen ticity of the message. Light Earthquake Jars Bay Region San Francisco, May 17 (U.R) A light earthquake shook San Francisco at 8:06 a. m. PWT to day. There were no reports of damage. The Santa Clara university seismograph registered the term or and reported the epicenter as SO miles north or south of Santa Clar. Occupants of downtown build ings felt the Jar. BASEBALL National St. Louis 7 11 0 Boston 4 7 1 Partcnheimer, Burkhart and O'Dea; Andrews. Hutchings, Shacker and Klutiz. OF NAZILEAOERS Von Papen Indictment Virtu ally Assured; Eden Hopes For Early Goering Trial. London, Mny 17 (U.R) Indict ment of Baron Von Papen as a German, war criminal was re ported today to be virtually as sured as signs increased that plans were being speeded up for bringing nazi leaders to Justice. Foreign Secretary Anthony Eden, fresh from the San Fran cisco conference, told Commons that he hoped swift justice would be visited upon Reichs marshal Hermann Goering. He was unable to specify the date for beginning the trial of war criminals, but said the allies were busy with arrangements. Investigate Von Papen Sources close to the allied war crimes commission revealed that it was investigating Von Papen, ace diplomat of Germany In both world wars. These sources said he already had been charg ed with complicity in systematic terrorism and other crimes. The commission was disclosed to have indicted H J a 1 m a r Schacht, German financial wiz ard, and Count Schwerin Von Krosigk, former nazi finance minister now designated as for eign minister by Admiral Karl Doentz. Eden told Commons that the question of Doentz' guilt in con nection with war crimes is un der investigation, and that ac cording to newspaper reports he has been arrested. Ribbentrop Missing . Former German Foreign Min ister Joachim Von Ribbentrop is missing, Eden said, adding that every effort is being made to ar rest him and bring his to justice. The status of other big names In the actual or potential field of war criminality included:' Heinrich Himmler according to his wife who was found near Bolzano, Italy, he was believed killed In Berlin with Adolf Hit ler. This view lacked convincing support. Robert Ley Leader of the nazi labor front captured by American airborne troops 40 miles south of Berchtesgaden. Marshal Henri Phillippe Pe- tain tried at preliminary ques tion to shift full responsibility for his government's collabora tion with the nazis to Pierre Laval. Laval still In Barcelona, where he and some of his hench men fled by air, so far as was known. High Wind Levels Circus "Big Top" Greensburg, Pa May 17 (U.R) A crowd of 3,500 spectators was led to safety as high winds cap sized the "big top" of the Clyde Beatty wild animal show on the hillside circus grounds here. Three circus attendants and one spectator were injured slightly as the crowd filed out. None of the animals escaped. A few seconds after the last of the wild beasts had returned to their cages, the main tent collapsed. GESTAPO CHARGED San Diego, Cel., May 17 (U.R) San Diego grand Jury mem bers today subpoenaed a half dozen police officers and Jail matrons for questioning In an in vestigation of police methods ard jail conditions. The investi gation was prompted oy a num ber of deaths In the city Jail, esDecially that of Patricia Lee Tragise, 16, of Oakland, Cal.. who died last November of pneu monia while held as a runaway. Combat Casualties Over Million Wnthlniitnn. Ma'v 17. (U.R) U. S. combat casualties officially announced here totaled 986,214 today. This means that the actual total, including thousands not yet transferred to the records In Washington, has passed 1,000.000. The 986,214 figure Is 13.560 greater than that for a week ago. Undersecretary of War Robert P. Patterson Teportcd that the Philippines campaign up to May 9 has cost 46.038 army casualties. Patterson estimated that army forces in the Pacific have killed about 360.000 Japanese since the Guadalcanal campaign but not counting the fighting on Okinawa. Of army wounded In all theaters, Patterson said 294,208 have returned to duty. The overall casualty table: Army Navy Total Killed . ., 178.854 41,986 220,840 Wounded - 844,249 . 50.421 594.670 Missing - 66.684 10.620 77,304 Prijoners : 89,152 4,248 93,400 Totals ,..878,939 iff Mem Ttlephoto) Hermann Goering. No. 2 Nasi, ap pears sober and apprehensive as hi was interviewed alter his surrender. Be attempted to shift blame fat atrocities to Hltlex. San Francisco, May 17 (U.R) The British Information Ser vice distributed an announce ment today that Britain, after the war, will grant full self-government to Burma when internal conditions permit free elections. In London, a government statement of policy on Burma suggested - that an executive council be formed to supplement the present government of Bur ma until a general election can be held. . The BIS said that when It be comes possible ito hold elections, a new Burmese legislature win take over law-making functions. T Tnnrinn M.V 17 (U.R) Eieht Engineering factories in suburb an Acton marched into Hyde Park today, shouting "We want work." About 2,000 of the workers had been declared "redundant" no longer needed for war work and the remainder de clared a strike in sympathy. Demonstrators carried Dan ners bearing the slogans "We produced for war, we can pro duce for peace" and "Unemploy ment In 1918. has this war been in vain?" Von Papen Record Eyed by Captors London, May 17 (U.R) The United Nations War Crimes com mission is examining the records of Baron Von Papen, Germany's ace diplomatic troubleshootor In two wars, and his indictment as a war criminal was reported to day to be a virtual certainty. ' Responsible sources said von Papen had been charged before the commission with "complicity In systematic terrorism and oth er crimes." Von Tapen, the so-called "Gray Fox" of German diplo macy, was taken when the allies encircled the Ruhr. TO SEEK STRIKE END Hollywood. May 17 (U.R) - The National Labor Relations Board moved today to end nine-week film studio strike by setting May 24 for a bargaining election among set decorators, over whose Jurisdiction the walkout began. 107.275 686,214 Guam. May 17 (U.R) The enemy reported today that mine - laying Superfortresses and Iwo-based Mustang fight ers attacked Tokyo and Its in land sea lanes several hours after 500 B-29s touched off huge fires, visible 150 miles. In industrial Nagoya. Tokyo said Superfortresses dropped mines In waters near Cape Kamon at the outlet to Tokyo bay. Cape Kamon juts into Uraga strait south of To kosuka, site of Japan's largest naval base. By United Press , Great waves of American superfortresses spread fires thru 16 more square miles of indus trial Nagoya today in the fourth of a series of raids to obliterate the enemy's largest aircraft manufacturing center. A Japanese Dome! dispatch re corded by the FCC said that 40 small allied planes from Iwo bases flew over Tokyo for 30 I minutes today, straNng the Fuji- sawa area outside the metropoli tan area. Drop Huge Bombs The Nagoya raiding force, equaling or perhaps exceeding the record 500-plane B-29 force which fired nine square miles tn the city Monday, raided 575,000 fire bombs weighing 3,500 tons on the city's southern factory district In 90 minutes hefora dawn. In each of the last two raids, the bomber tinlnnrlpH m await weight of fire bombs than ever was dumped on German city in a single allied raid. The tarffet area Inrliirlori th Mitsubishi aircraft plant, largest oi us kind In the world, five other major war plants and less .iiipuiiniii war lactones, trans portation facilities, warehouses and workers' home Industries, Half In Ruins coupled with previous raids, the damage possibly left half of the city, Japan's third largest, in ruins. Meanwhile the battle across southern Okinawa raged with unparalleled fury. Tenth army troops, killing Japanese at the rate of one a minute, drove Into the outskirts of Yonabaru on the east coast and tightened a nlnrera mltVtin 200 yards of Inland stronghold of Churl. At the western end of the line, marine patrols probed through Naha, the capital, within 300 yards of the business center. They found streets and build ings littered with hundreds of dead Japanese. A Pacific fleet communique said 46,505 Japanese had been killed and 1,038 captured thru Tuesday. In the last five days the Americans have been killing Japanese at the rate of 1,400 every 24 hours. 20,950 U. S. Casualties American casualties for the first 44 days of the campaign were set at 3.781 dead. 17.004 wounded and 165 missing a total of 20,950. Twelve Japanese planes ap proached American warshins off Okinawa Tuesday night but were Intercepted before they could cause damage. Nine were shot down. U. S. navy planes continued attacks on shinning off the Jan. anese homeland yesterday, sink ing two small vessels and five fishing craft off southern Hon- shu.t Tokyo said today that a Brit ish task force had Denctrated Malacca strait between Malaya and Sumatra for the first time in nearly three years and en gaffed Japanese warships. A Tokyo broadcast said the Japanese ships, presumably based at Sing apore, south of the strait, sank one destroyer. American troons on Mindanao advanced another five miles to within eight miles of Valencia, the enemy's last big air base on the island. Troops closing in on Valencia from the south were within, 40 miles of another force driving from the north. A junc ture of the two forces would bisect the Island lengthwise. Two British forces which have been moDoing un north of Ran goon have linked up at a point oo miles north of the city. Golf Club Making Given Green Light Wasl. .Ion, May 17 (U.R) The War Production Board to day lifted the ban on manufac ture of golf clubs, which up to now have been manufactured only to meet military needs.