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MEDFORD, OREGON, SUNDAY, MAY 20, 1945.
No. 50.
JAP RESISTANCE
Allied Offensive In Pacific
Closing On Foe Cities
Raked By Bombs.
Guam, Sunday, May 20 (U.R)
Japanese resistance on Okinawa
showed the first signs of crack
ing Saturday as U, S. 10th army
marines and 'diers threw their
full w';" 1 against 3trong enemy
defei. along the entire five
mile line In the bloody struggle.
By United Press
Chinese troops recaptured the
east C '"a port of Foochow and
open. 3 an invasion gateway to
east sia while American forces
on C-inawa continued an all
out assault against the cracking
Japanese defense line Saturday.
.'oochow fell in one of the
greatest victories of the Chinese
in almost eight years of war. A
nine-day battle ended Friday
when the Chinese conquered the
city, won an airfield to the
south and opened a port where
American troops could land for
a thrust into the Asiatic main
land. Only 515 miles west of embat
tled Okinawa, Foochow is one of
China's largest ports.
Washington, May 19 (U.R)
A very large force of Super
fortresses smash i heavily at
the Japanese industrial city of
Hamamatsu today while small
er groups hit Tokyo.
Tk 20th air force said the
mission was directed at fac
tory areas in both cities, both
en tl home island of Honshu,
but f at because of bad weath
er most of the force passed up
the capital to concentrate their
i ..ion on Hamamatsu.
The Japanese" could see the al
lied Pacific offensive closing on
her homeland. In six of her ma
jor production centers, an area
almost equal to that of Boston
was in ruins after great B-29
strikes. This week alone Nagoya
and nearby Hamamatsu were
blasted with 9,100 tons of
bombs unloaded by more than
1500 Superforts.
One-fourth of Nagoya, heart .1
Japan's aircraft industry, was
destroyed. A total of 59.58
squat- miles of six cities in
cluding Tokyo, Osakaka, Kobe
and Nagoya have been swept
by fire.
Enemy resls'.jnce on Okinawa
still ':iou3 and by no means
broken, showed signs of crack
in i 'e. the weieht of Ameri
can arms. Marines and soldiers
fought side by side along the
blazing five-mile front.. Flame
throwing tanks paced their slow
march across the island's south
ern ridges and hills.
Japanese counter-attacks and
suicidal defense stands slowed
the advance. Hand-to-hand fight
ing went on at some points. A
pulverizing naval aerial land
bombardment poured into Jap
anese defenses but the enemy
still managed to throw back
enough artillery fire to make the
going extremely to. h'.
TEN AlYllTS
VETS OF UPHILL
FIGHT WITH JAPS
Washington, May 19 (U.R)
Undersecretary of War Robert P.
Patterson named 10 Army Divi
sions today which are "veterans
of the uphill war against Japan
in service extending back three
years."
Four of these the 7th, 27th.
77th and 96th are now fight
ing in the Ryukyu Islands.
The 7th Division, composed
principally of men from Cali
fornia, Oregon and Washington,
was the first to recapture Amer
ican territory taken by the Jap
anese when it conquered the en
emy on Attu. It later captured
Kwajalein and took part in the
campaign on Eniwetok before
making the landing on Okinawa.
The 96th Division, with men
principally from the middle west
and the gulf states, also saw serv
ice on Lcyte before going to
Okinawa.
Two Divisions which have
been fighting in the early fall of
1942 are the 32nd ana ist inian
try. They took part in the Pa
puan campaign on New Guinea.
The 41st, with men from Wash
ington. Montana. Oregon and
Idaho, saw action on Luzon in'
the Philippines as well as Pala
wan. Mindanao and the Sulu l-
' - (Acmm lelcphoto)
On a ridge two miles north of Naha City, Okinawa, Marines battle strong enemy forces oefore tne position
was captured. Here amid shellbursts and rifle fire, the Leathernecks prepare for the drive on the town.
Marine Corps photo
TITO'S STAND ON
TRIESTE PUT UP
TO ALLIED RULE
Rome, May 19 (U.R) Field
Marshal Sir Harold Alexander,
allied comma.ider in the Mediter
ranean, charged today that Mar
shal Tito of Yugoslavia was at
tempting to establish territorial
claims on Trieste and part of
Austria by "force of arms" in a
manner "reminiscent of Hitler,
Mussolini and Japan."
Alexander explained in a five
point statement to allied troops
in his theater that he had failed
to reach agreement with Tito on
the withdrawal . of Jugoslav
forces from Trieste and that the
matter had been referred to the
American and British govern
ments. "It is our duty to hold these
disputed territories as trustees
until thejr ultimate disposal is
settled at the peace conference,"
Alexander said.
Correspondents in Rome view
ed Alexander's statement as pos
sibly the final effort to prevent
bloodshed among allied troops
over occupation of the areas in
dispute.
"In this situation I have tried
my best to come to friendly
agreement with Marshal Tito
but did not succeed," the state
ment said. "The United States
and r 'tish govcimcnts have
therefore taken the matter up
directly with Tito. The soviet
government has been kept fully
informed.
London. Sunday, May 20
Agency said today that Marshal
(U.R) The Yugoslav Telegraph
Tito of Yugoslavia expressed re
sentment and surprise" at Field
Marshal Sir Harold Alexander's
statement charging him with
using methods similar to Hitler,
Mussolini and Japan in attempt
ing to establish territorial claims
on Trieste and part of Austria.
Chicago, May 19 (U.R) Two
Chicago trucking companies
filed a $1,000,000 damage suit in
federal district court here late
today against the Independent
Chicago Truck Drivers' union
whose threc-day-old strike has
tied up shipment of food and vi.
tal war materials in the Chicago
area.
The suit was filed as leaders
of the union were en route to
Washington to appear at a hear
ing tomorrow on a summons
from the National Labor Rcla
tions board.
Sen. Newbry Named
To Tax Study Body
Salem, Ore., May 19 (U.R)
Sen. Earl T. Newbry of Ashland
was named todav as a legislative
member of the Tax Study Com'
mission created by the 1945 Ore.
gon Legislature. He served as
chairman of the Taxation and
Assessment Committee of the
Senate.
HONORARY DECREES
Portland. Ore., May 19 (U.R)
The University of Portland
will confer four honorary Doc
tor of Laws degrees at com'
mencement exercises Sunday
MaV 27. the Rev. Charles C
Miltncr. C. S. C, president, an-iof pedestrians. Injuring six worn
oouactd. today. i n ad Jostling many ethers.
Marines Battle for Naha
STALIN'S LETTER
Premier Holds Only Solution
On Crimean Decisions
Fear Sealing Off.
London, May 19 U,R) Polit
ical observers today found Mar
shal Jvjepf Stalin's statement of
what Russia wants in any reor
ganization of the Polish govern
ment as no new basis for break
ing the Big Three deadlock on
the Polish question.
Stalin gave his views In a let
ter, to Ralph Parker of the Lon
don Times, released in Moscow
late Friday night. Ha reaffirmed
the stand which Russian diplo
mats ha.e been taking for
months since the Crimea confer
ence. He expressed belief that
the Polish question could be
solved "by agreement among the
allies," but only on the fulfill
ment of certain conditions.
Some observers believed that
publication of the letter has
deepened the rift between Rus
sian a.id Anglo-American author
ities on what to do with a future
government of Poland.
As to the actual question of
the reconstruction of the Polish
government, it can be solved
only on the basis of the Crimean
(Crimea conference) decisions as
no deviation whatsoever from
these decisions can be permit
ted," Mr. Stalin wrote.
It was thought highly signifi
cant that Stalin put into, writing
his fears that an attempt was be
ing made to seal Soviet Russia
from the rest of Europe by a belt
of buffer nations.
Men who have dealt closely
with the Russians for the past
year feel that really close co
operation betweei. the Sov
Union and the western powers
will bo difficult until Russia is
c nvinccd that no attempt is be
ing made to seal her off from the
west.
Bend Roadster Has
Ownership Record
Salem, Ore., May 19 (U.R)
Henry L. Reed of Bend has a
1929 roadster now in its 29th
ownership, an all-time record
for the Oregon Motor Vehicle
Department. The runner-up car
has been owned by only 26 dif
fcrent people.
Gen. Patton Issues
Buy Bond Statement
Washington, May 19 (U.R)
Here is a seventh war loan drive
statement by Gen. George S
Patton, Jr., commander of the
Third U. S. army in Europe:
"I saw a. American die of
battle wounds. You will agree
that buying at least an extra
$100 war bond is a lot easier way
to pay for victory.
SEEK LOST BOY
Great Falls, Mont., May 19
(U.R) The most extensive hunt
fcvei to be carried on in this
area was being conducted here
tonight as more than 500 Great
Falls rcstden searched for
three year old Clyde "Scotty"
Bell, missing from his home
since yostirday afternoon.
TROLLEY HITS CROWD
Portland, Ore., May 19 (U.R'
A streetcar in downtown Port
land veered through a switch
today and bowled over a crowd
City
Y
IN BOLD RESCUE
Aboard Adm. Mitscher's Flag
ship. May 18 (Delayed) (U.R)
Two navy seaplanes boldly land
ed in Japan s inland sea in the
midst of enemy vessels and un
der the fire of shore batteries
to rescue a carrier pilot and his
gunner in one of the most daHng
actions of the war, it was dis
closed today.
Vice Adm. Marc A. Mitscher,
whose carrier task forces nave
swept right to Japan's shore,
said the daring rescue missions
next will include that of recover
ing pilots "right out of the em
peror's fish fiofld on the imperial
palace grounds."
It was the first rescue from
the inland sea. Earlier, a de
stroyer had steamed Into lower
Tokyo bay to bring out other
downed Americans.
The airmen Drought back to
fight again were Ensign John
M or res, Haverhill, Mass., and
Aviation Radioman 3c Cletis
Leo Phegley, Fristoe, Mo.
It was "one of the most excit
ing" rescue missions of the Pa
cific war, Mitscher declared.
WEST AND SOUTH
GET FREIGHT CUT
Washington, May 19 (U.R)
The :.uth and much of the west
won a 10 per cent basic freight
rate reduction today, thus
achieving victory in a long fight
to scrap inequalities which they
contended have hampered their
industrial growth. At the same
time, the east was handed a 10
percent rate increase.
This action was taken by the
Interstate Commerce commission
in a ' ision that followed six
years of investigation. It or
dered establishment of a uniform
freight classification system for
the -entire nation.
NEW LINE-UP
Los Angeles, May "1 (U.R)
A city accustomed to cigarette,
butter and other war-inspired
lines witnessed something new
tonight. More than a half dozen
contractor's representatives are
"in line" until 8 a. m. Monday
when doors of the Federal Hous
ing Administration office will
open to issue permits to build
1.10D new homes in this area
QUAKE HITS MEXICO
Mexico City, May 19 U.R) A
sharp earthquake, with its epic
center in the Pacific 943 miles
west of Mexico City, shook Mcx
ican Pacific coast villages at
1:56 p. m. Mexican time today.
No n.orts of severe damage
were received, the Tacubaya ob
serve y. said.
ERNIE HONORED AGAIN
Portland, Ore.. May 19 (U.R)
A niece f the late columnist
Ernie Pylc, Babettc Johnson
will christen a troop transport
bearing his name at a Vancouver
launching in June. She is
student at Southern Methodist
university.
ALL OUT OF NAMES
Albany, Ore., May 19 (U.R)
After finding names for nine
daughters and three brothers,
Mr and Mrs. Luis Guticrres are
having trouble finding a name
for the latest arrival, a nine
pouiid eutt.
CENSORS REVEAL
WHITE HOUSE NO. 1 ' -
TARGET OF ENEFJARKET DEALINGS
Air Raid Shelter S
Built, With T u n v io
Treasury Vault
Washington. May 19 (U.R) A
cloak of secrecy was lifted today
from the story ofvextensive pre
cautions taken to safeguard the
life of President Roosevelt dur
ing the European war years.
Censorship regulations pre
vented earlier disclosure of how
laborers worked 24 hours a day
for three months to build a $60,
000 White House air raid shelter
which was a massive cube of
steel and concrete.
The shelter, started less than
a month after Pearl Harbor un
der the east end of the White
House, occupied a space about
40 feet square. The ceiling was
nine feet of heavily reinforced
concrete. The walls and the
floor of the same material were
seven feet thick.
While the shelter was being
built, a heavy concrete tunnel
was run from the White House
to the treasury, where vaults
were available as shelters until
the main refuge could be com
pleted. The new shelter was designed
on technical information and ad
vice from British experts who
had refined shelter plans during
the London blitz.
Plans for the shelter went for
ward when the war and navy de
partments expressed the opinion
a few days after Pearl Harbor
that the enemy would regard the
White House as the No. 1 target
in this country.
JAPAN INDUSTRY
CENTERS ROCKED
AS
21st Bomber Command Head
quarters, Guam, May 19 (U.R)
Great fleets of B-29 Superfort
resses, now rocking Japan with
attacks as devastating as those
which wrecked German war In
dustry, have wiped out an area
in six major Japanese produc
tion centers almost equivalent
to that of Boston, it was dis
closed today.
In the past six days alone, Na
goya and the nearby city of
Hamamatsu were rocked by 9100
tons of bombs dropped by more
than 1,500 Superfortresses, and
officials said the attacks would
grow heavier until Japanese war
industry has been paralyzed.
It was disclosed that a total
of 59.58 square miles of six
cities has been destroyed in the
past two months. That would be
the same as wiping out Kansas
City, which has an area of 59.4
square miles, or almost all of
Boston, with an area of 65.9
square miles.
Individual destruction by cities
was not available, but it was
known that Nagoya, Tokyo,
Osaka and Kobe were the hard
est hit of the Japanese produc
tion centers, with approximately
one-fourth of Nagoya, site of
Japan's biggest aircraft factories,
in ruins.
Honshu Coast Ships
And Train Wrecked
Guam, Sunday, May 20 (U.R)
Shorcbascd American aircraft
ranged the south Honshu coast
pressing the United States war
of annihilation against Japanese
shipping on May 18 and 19 while
ca.'rier planes swept through
the northern Ryukyu chain.
Search Liberators and Priva
teers from fleet airwing 18 sank
a trawler and damaged six small
cargo vessels, a sailing vessel
and wrecked a train. Fleet Ad
miral Chester W. Nimitz an
nounced today.
WAR BULLETINS
Guam., May 19 (U.R) (Via
Navy Radio) The quality of
Japanese pilots has deterior
ated so much since the rugged
days of Midway and Guadal
canal that a single fast carrier
airgroup has compiled a score
of 140-0 In eerial combat dur
ing the last 60 days.
V'r hington. May 19 (U.R)
The navy disclosed tonight
thai the New Mexico's skipper,
a h . -nking V rh visitor,
and 3 others were killed
tn a Japanese bomb hit the
2S-v 'd bs'.'tr.'iip and
it it iiiit was wound.
O.P.A. LAYS RATION
"UDDLE TO BLACK
Mountain of Bogus Stamps
Seized Vinson Plans
Subsidy For Meat..
Washington, May 19 (U.R)
The Office of Price Administra
tion said tonight that its special
agents warring against black
markets have captured enough
illegal ration currency "to have
crippled, if NOT wrecked, the
gasoline, sugar and meat ration
ing programs."
For 10 months, OPA said,
these agents have been "striking
directly at the black market's
big-time criminal leaders," hun
dreds of whom have been ar
rested. By seizing mountains of bogus
or stolen stamDS and coupons,
OPA said, the agents have saved
for legitimate consumers 75,
582,663 gallons of gasoline, 415,
505 gallons of fuel oil, 764,275
pounds of sugar, and 55,245,789
pounds of meat.
These statistics supplied addi
tional evidence of the vast scope
of black market operations
which, notably in meat, have
aggravated civilian shortages all
over the country.
Meanwhile, new government
effort tn a 1 1 e v i a t e the meat
shortage evoked .expressions of
disappointment from cnairmen
house food committees.
The new federal moves includ
ing a $40,000,00U-a-year suDsiay
for rattle feeders were an
nounced by War Mobilization Di
rector Fred M. Vinson last night,
in addition to the new subsidy,
Vinson said existing subsidies
for beef and pork packers would
be increased and that other steps
would be taken to improve meat
distribution and check its move
ment to black markets.
Thn Aerlculture Department
meanwhile, predicted a five per
pntit rirnn in farm food produc
tion this year which would re
duce civilian supplies to a point
only two to four per ceni ouuv
pre-war levels.
Now York. May 19 (U.R)
Four Bhips carrying more than
5,000 soldiers returning from
Europe reached New York and
Staten lslana piers iuihk"i.
BULLETIN
(Nioht Games)
Portland. Ore.. May 19 An
explosive ninth Inning tonight
gave Los Angeles a 5 to 2 win
over Hie league-leading Portland
Beavers, with all seven runs
coming in the final inning to
hreslc a scoreless deadlock.
Charlie Adams snatched the
victory from Portland's Don Pul
forj, with Los Angeles having
slightly the best margin on hits,
ft tn 6.
Even with the loss, Portland's
double win over the Angels last
niBht eave them a 6V4 game lead
over the racmc i.oasi icaguu
field.
Los Angeles .... .... 5 8
Portlnnd 2 6
Red Adams and Greene. I'm-
ford and Eddie Adams.
Seattle, May 19 (U.R) San
Francisco Seals evened their
three-game local scries with Se
attle tonight in the Pacific ooasi
leneue race when they took tun
advantage of a sixth inning loss
of control by Rainier pitcnor
Glenn Elliott, to clinch a 9-3
victory.
R. H.
finn Francisco 8 15 3
Seattle 3 8 2
Joyce and Sprlnz; Elliott, Mc
Laughlin and Sucme.
Ear. Diego 6 8 3
Hollywood 8 116
nrlllhcart. Ferguson (8) and
Ballingcr; Smith and Hill.
American
By United Press
The St. Louis Browns took
their second strnikht night game
from the New York Yankees,
4 to 7, and shoved tho Yankees
down into third place in the
American league. A sixth-inning
wild streak cost Al Gcttcl the
game. He walKed three men, hit
a batter and then Pete Gray
long fly sent the final run across.
Tex Shirley was the winning
pitcher.
Night games:
New Yjrk 2 11 0
St. Louis 4 7 1
Gettel, Zuber (0), Bevens (7)
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worth (7; and Uaucuw.
5000 MORE YANKS
Offenbacher Hen
Mothers Kittens
An old white hen, belong
ing to Herman Offenbacher,
Applegate district farmer, is
now mothering four orphan
kittens, with all the fussy care
she would bestow upon her
own brood. The mother died
shortly after the kittens were
born. For a couple of days,
Mrs. Offenbacher fed the kit
tens with an eye-dropper, and
the old hen adopted them, and
nestles them under wings.
The kittens are now big
enough to drink from a dish.
They rush out from under
her wing when called, and
hasten back when their meal
is finished. The old hen is
very fond of her foster
charges. Offenbacher reports
the old hen did not have
much luck this spring, trying
to have a flock of her own,
and thinks she took charge
of the kittens to satisfy her
thwarted mother instinct.
14 JAPS DIE FOR
LOSS IN PACIFIC
Wa - Ligton, May 19 U.R
From the beaches of Guadalcan
al to the outskirts of Naha on
Okinawa, the score has been 14
to 1.
That ratio of Japanese dead to
U. S. fishting men killed was re
porttl tonight by the Office of
War Information.
In the first official account of
combined U. S. losses for amphi
bious operations in the Pacific
since this country took the offen
sive in August, 1942, OWI said
that 33,429 Americans have been
killed in action, 125,447 wound
ed and 4,175 missing up to May
9.
Those losses were contrasted
with an estimated 488,697 Japa
nese killed. Of the total, Gen.
Douglas MacArthur's forces ac
counted for 237,256 Japanese in
the Philippines alone, at a cost
of 10,432 American lives, the
OWI report showed.
OWI did not disclose how
many American prisoners the
enemy has taken but reported
that U. S. forces have captured
only 10,000 Japanese In three
and a half years of fighting.
The figures on which the 14
to 1 ratio of dead was based did
not include Australian losses,
OWI said, although enemy cas
ualties credited to them were
included in the estimated Japa
nese losses. However, thousands
of Japanese merchant and naval
losses were not figured in the
estimate of enemy dead, cither.
Most of the naval losses resulted
from American fleet operations.
EXTRA DRESSES TO
EUROPEAN NEEDY
Mexico City, May 19 U.PJ
The newspaper La Prensa paid
today Mexican customs officials
had developed a scheme for re
lieving the European clothing
shortage.
The paper said special women
inspectors had been attached to
the customs offices to investigpte
cases where women entered
Mexico wearing two or three
dresses over each other to avoid
paying duty.
The offenders will be stripped
down to their bottom dress and
the extra clothing will be col
lected and sent to Europe.
Freedom Too Much
For Old Tough Guy
Lansing. Kan., May 19 (U.R)
"Old Bill" Latrasse, notorious
train robber, escape artist and
convicted murderer who es
caped from the Kansas state
prison here Thursday, returned
to the comfort of the peniten
tiary hospital today.
"I was, lust too old to make II,"
he told Warden Robert Huds
peth, Old Bill was found lying on
the ground outside a shack near
the Lansing city limits by a
passerby who heard his feeble
cries for help.
Attendants said the old man
was apparently "in bad shape"
from a fall suffered In descend
ing tho prison wall.
LONG SHOT WINS
New York, May 19 (U.R)
Harford, almost 49-1 Irf the bet
ting swept past a field of six
from last place within 100 yards
of the wire today to score a (
stunning photo finish victory in
the $5,000 Rowe Memorial atl
Funlico. - -
SOVIET ACCEPTS
SECURITYP LANS
No. Difference On Principle
But Moscow Changes In
Wording.
San Francisco, May 19 (U.R)
The Soviet Union has accepted
in principle the American com
promise formula on, the regional
Security Issue but has suggested
certain changes in its language,
it was learned tonight.
Russia's instructions to Its
delegation on how to vote on
this controversial issue were
conveyed to representatives of
the Big Five late this afternoon
at a hastily-summoned meeting
by Soviet Ambassador Andrei A.
Gromyko.
It was reported that there
were no real differences in sub
stance between the Soviet and
American approaches to the is
sue, and that the Soviet sugges
tions appeared to accept the real
ly big hurdle recognition of tho
principle of the right of self-
defense, individually or collec
tively. The Regoinal Issue has pla
gued this conference for mora
than two weeks. For 10 days the
U. S. delegation debated it be
fore deciding how it felt regional
agencies like the inter-American
system should be linked with tha
world organization.
The compromise American
formula proposed that the world
organization should be consid
ered paramount. But it recog
nized also the right of self de
fense of a nation or a group of
nations historically bound to
gether in event the world Secur
ity Council fails to maintain
peace and an attack occurs.
The Latin American nations
agreed to this and all of the big
powers except Russia accepted It
without delay. But the Russian
delegation had to cable Moscow
for instructions. The issue has
been postponed from day to day
since last Tuesday while await
ing the Russian reply which
came today.
ALL BUT 18 OF
69 ARTICLES IN
NEW COURT OKAY
San Francisco, May 19 (U.R)
The United Nations conference
committee on the world court
revealed today that it has ap
proved and completed action on
all but 18 of the proposed 69
articles In tha new court statute.
This announcement came as
the conference began a new
phase with the first open meet
ing of one of its four commis
sions. Commission IV on ju
dicial organization met for an
hour in the Sar. Francisco opera
house to hear progress reports
from its two committees on the
court and on legal problems. The
meeting "played" to packed gal
leries. It was the first confer
ence session open to the public
since May 2.
LIFT PRODUCTION
BAN ON 'REEFERS'
Washington, May 19 (U.R)
The War Production Board to
night lifted a three-year ban on
manufacture of household gas
and electric refrigerators and au
thorized priorities to make 630.
000 of them this year.
These refrigerators will be
added to the nation's dwindling
stockpile for essential users such
as hospitals. The general public
may not have the chance to buy
new refrigerators until early
next year, the WPB said.
With the lifting of the ban,
effective July 1 manufacturers
will be permitted to make re
frigerators above the authorized
1945 quota if they can obtain
the necessary materials without
WPB assistance.
Seventh War Loan Drive
"E" Sales to date $155,575
Quota $1,067,000
Total Salei to Data
$458,088
Quota $2,087,000