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Biddle,
TO TAKEUBOR JOB
Texan Named Attorney
General; Anderson, Agri
culture Chief.
Washington, May 23 (U.R)
President Truman today an
nounced three cabinet resigna
tions and the names of the new
members he will nominate.
The president told his news
conference he was accepting the
resignations of Attorney-General
Francis Biddle, Secretary of La
bor Frances Perkins and Secre
tary of Agriculture Claude A.
Wickard.
At the same time he an
nounced that War Food Adminis
trator Marvin Jones is resigning
and his duties probably will be
transferred to the Agriculture
Department,
New cabinet appointees an
nounced by the president were
Tom C. Clark of Dallas, Tex.,
present assistant attorney - gen
eral, to become attorney-general;
Federal Judge Lewis B. Schwel
lenbach of Spokane, Wash., to be
Secretary of Labor, and Rep.
Clinton P. Anderson, D., N. M.,
to be Secretary of Agriculture.
The president said he was ap
pointing Wickard as Rural Elec
trification Administrator.
Mr. Truman said all the cabi
net changes become effective
June 30 except in the case of
Wickard, which will be effective
any time he U confirmed by the
Senate as REA administrator.
The president said that Jones
will return June 30 to the U. S.
Court of Claims from which he
stepped to head the War Food
Administration. He said when
Jones leaves WFA probably will
be put into the Agriculture De
partment. The president gave no Indica
tion ithen other cabinet changes
may come or that there definite
ly will be any further changes.
He was asked specifically
bout the status of Secretary of
the Treasury Henry Morgenthau,
Jr., who visited the White House
this morning. The question was
whether Morgenthau had re
dgned then.
The president said that Mor
genthau had not resigned and
added" that if the treasury head
sought to do so his resignation
would not have been accepted.
Asked whether he expected a
ehange in the State Department
the president said he did not.
SHAPE NEW ROLE
London. May 23 U.
Prime Minister Churchill re
signed today and accepted an In
vitation to form a new govern
ment. Parliament was then or
dered dissolved as of June IS In
a series of moves clearing the
way for a British general elec
tion on or about July 5.
Churchill's resignation formal
ized the breakup of the coalition
cabinet which governed Britain
for five vears. It was precipitated
bv the labor party's rejection of
his proposal that the coalition
be maintained until Japan is
defeated.
DISCHARGE RAILROADERS
Washington, May 23 (U.R)
The national management-labor
policy committee of the War
Manpower commission today
adopted a resolution asking the
army to discharge soldiers who
were formerly railroad workers
to allow them to resume their
former jobs.
BASEBALL
American
Chicago 3 7 1
New York 5 I
Hsynes and Tresh; Bevani and
Crompton.
Medford
United Priss
Perkins and Wickard
Marines of tha First Division hot foot It across an open stretch of land
front line. Ona of the Leathernecks carries a stretcher but not for one
fell mortally wounded a few minutes before as another section
Mour York- Mav 23 (U.R)
100th Infantry battalion, com
nneri'nf Jananese-American sol
diers who spearheaded Fifth
nrmv advances throUCh Italy.
has become the most decorated
unit in army history, according
in an article In the June issue
of the American Mercury maga
zine. Members of the battalion, re
cruited almost entirely from
Japanese-Americans in Hawaii,
have received more than 1,000
purple hearts, 44 silver stars, 31
bronze stars, nine distinguished
service crosses, three legion of
merit medals and two presiden
tial unit citations, ine auinors,
make Clark and Oland Russel.
said. They were the first Amer
icans to take German prisoners
in Italy and the first to knock
out a Nazi tank.
'S
CONCLUDES VISIT
Kansas City, Mo., May 23
(U.R) Mrs. Martha Truman,
mother of the President, was
back in her little suburban
Grandview home today , after a
"fine time" during a two-week
visit with her son in the capital.
The 93-ycar-old Missourian
went to Washington to be with
President Truman on Mother's
Day. It was her first visit to him
since he became president.
Mrs. Truman was accom
panied on her return by Col.
Harry Vaughn, the President's
military aide; her daughter, Miss
Mary Jane Truman, with whom
she lives, and Ensign Helen
Rickard, Bethesda, Md., naval
nurse.
QUIETUS PUT ON
Los Angeles, May 23 (U.R)
The University of, Southern Cal
ifornia student senate was re
instated today when a secret and
allegedly "fascistic" student po
litical organization agreed to dis
band. The government body was sus
pended by the faculty welfare
committee for its refusal to pro
vide a membership and "aims"
list of the association, Theta Nu
Epsilon.
President R u f u s B. Von
Klcinsmid said there would be;
no punitive action against the
organization's members, who
agreed to disband and furoiib.
hit of affiliates.
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MEDFORD, OREGON, WEDNESDAY, MAY
The Quick and the Dead on
PRESIDENT WILL
Definite June Date Unset
Decision Follows Visit By
Stettinius.
San Francisco, May 23 (U.R)
President Truman'i decision to
come here to address the closing
plenary session of the United
Nations security conference was
regarded today as highlighting
the growing importance of post
war problems In Europe some
connected directly with the con
ference, some not so connected.
'The chief executive's decision
was revealed in Washington by
Secretary, of State Edward R.
Stettinius, Jr., after a morning
talk with Mr. Truman. Stet
tinius flew to the capitol last
night to consult with the pres
ident and with state department
aides. He Is expected back here
tomorrow or Friday.
Stettinius told reporters on
reaving the White House that he
had reported to the president on
progress of the conference to
ward Its goal of drafting the
charter for a world organization,
as well as other matters. He
said he could not give any ex
act date when Mr. Truman would
address the conference, "But I
am confident that it will be
early in June."
Meanwhile, Big Four experts
at the conference struggled to
answer a series of technical
questions posed by the "little"
United Nations in their campaign
to modify the almost absolute
veto of the big powers in the
proposed world organization.
ALLIEDflCE TO
OCCUPY TRIESTE
Advanced Allied Headquart
ers, Italy, May 23 (U.R) Peace
ful allied occupation of Trieste
and the remainder of disputed
Venizia Giulia province appeared
likely today despite Marshal
Tito's refusal lasftweek to with
draw Yugoslav troops.
British and American forces,
reinforced by the powerful Sec
ond American Corps, moved into
the province and occupied at
least two towns and three moun
tains yesterday without opposi
tion from Yugoslav troops.
The fact that Tito failed to
resist allied occupation of such
strategic high ground was taken
as a sign that he would permit
the western allies also to take
over Trieste and other key points
pending final disposition of the
territory by the peace confer-en-e.
Okinawa
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(Acme Telephoto)
on Okinawa as they head for the
of their buddies (foreground) who
of this unit made the dash.
PRINCE
HELD BY FRENCH
IS GIVEN SHOCK
With First French Army In
Austria, May 23 (U.R)
Former Crown Prince Frederick
Wilhelm, oldest son of the late
Kaiser, complained that "there
are hardly any decent houses
left" when told he would be sent
back to Germany.
The head of the house of
Hohenzollern spent the war in a
comfortable Chalet, complete
with a pretty mistress, on Lake
Constance. The French removed
him to a small hotel room.
He immediately demanded to
see Gen. De Lattre De Tasslgny,
commanding officer.
The ex-prince got his first
shock when the general ignored
his outstretched hand.
"You asked to see me. What
do you want?" the general said.
"I simply want authorization
to return to my little chalet,"
Frederick said.
When the general told him he
was lucky he had not been shot,
the former prince seemed hurt
and answered:
"But that's an old story so
old it was forgotten long ago."
De Tassigny said he would be
returned to Germany to await
the French government's deci
sion on his fate.
' "But, general, don't you real
ize we have lost all our decent
houses in Germany?" the ex
prince asked."
"You have certainly lost your
sense of dignify," De Tassigny
replied. "In the face of your
country's collapse, a man of B5
with six children, care for noth
ing but your own conduct and a
woman who pleases you. You are
lamentable. Monsieur, and that's
all I have to say to you."
Frederick tried to protest but
De Tassigny summarily dismiss
ed him.
IN FRESNO AREA
Washington, May 23 (U.R)
Secretary of Interior Harold L.
Ickcs reported two new shooting
attempts in Fresno County, Cal.,
against Japanese-Americans.
The new attempts, early Mon
day in Selma, bring the total to
six since the war department al
lowed Japanese-Americans to re
turn to the west coast on Janu
ary 2. The total shootings for
the state now stand at 18 and are
"a matter of national concern,"
Ickes said.
One attack was aimed at the
house of Masaru Miyamoto. One
shot struck six Inches from the
crib of three-year-old son Ed
ward. Ickcs said Miyamoto's brother
N'oboru served in the U. S. in
fantry in Italy and holds the pur
ple heart.' -
23, 1945
(V. it Cabinet Positions
ATEGIC HILL,
.UNABARU TAKEN
IN SLOWADVANCE
Both Ends Enemy Lines Sag
96th Division Plays
Vital Role.
Guam, Thursday, May 24
(U.R) American 7th division
troops were rolling up the east
wing of the Japanese defenses on
Okinawa today. They stormed
and captured strategic Ozato
Maru hill, more than half a mile
southeast of overrun Yonabaru.
Lt. Gen. Simon Buckner's 10th
army forces beat out steady if
slow advances in most sectors of
the five-mile Okinawa front.
Both ends of the Japanese line
sagged under the relentless on
slaught. While the 7th division forces
fanned out beyond Yonabaru,
other troops gained southeast of
Naha. The coastal advances
threatened the complete isolation
of besieged Shuri and the slaugh
ter of its complete garrison.
Lt. John J. Brokaw of Tren
ton, N. J., led the troops who
stormed Ozato Maru hill, one of
the few commanding features in
southern Okinawa. It is one of
the few remaining hills on which
the ' Japanese might anchor a
line for a new stand if and when
they pull Jut of Shurl.
A front dispatch revealed that
an American tank knocked out
six Japanese tanks with 12
shells Monday in a short-lived
clash near Chocolate Drop hill.
The dispatch described it as the
nearest thing to an armored bat
tle so far in the Okinawa cam
paign. In a later engagement U.
S. Shermans knocked out six of
nine Japanese tanks at the out
skirts of Yonabaru.
- By United Priss
Radio Tokyo reported some 20
Superfortresses mined the Kan
mon Straits between Honshu and
Kyushu and "ineffectively" raid
ed northern Kyushu.
American quarters did not
confirm the raid but a Pacific
communique disclosed that naval
planes continued attacks on ship
ping in the enemy's home wa
ters. Yonabaru, Okinawa's largest
east coast port fell to the Ameri
cans yesterday after the 96th
division had paved the way for
the conquest with an 800 yard
advance down the southeast
slopes of Conical hill. Infantry
mea killed 1,000 Japanese in
close quarter fighting.
The east coast thrust laid
Shuri and Naha open to attacks
from the flank and rear.
Four army and marine divi
sions tightened the pincers on
Shuri and gathered strength in
the northern portion of Naha al
though drenching rains and mud
slowed operations.
New York, May 23 (U.R)
Cotton futures opened one point
higher.
Heroic Strip Tease By
Man and Wife Saves Life
Portland, May 23 (U.R) The
life of a sailor clinging precari
ously over an 800-foot cliff was
saved by a Portland man and
wife who stripped and tied their
clothing Into a makeshift rescue
rope, it was learned today.
Modesty was forgotten during
a Sunday hiking trip as Mr. and
Mrs. Richard W. Short saw their
friend, Pharmacist Mate 3c
Larry Secor of Milwauklc, Ore.,
plunge through a broken guard
rail on the McCord creek trail
above the Columbia river high
way. Secor turned a somersault in
the air, then broke his fall on a
slight slope and began slipping
toward the brink of the per
pendicular drop. He stopped
only six inches from the edge,
with his feet hanging In space.
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ALL HERS OF
DOENTZ REGIE
HELDPRISONERS
Goering, Von Runstedt Are
Taken to Britain; Petain
Trial In June.
Paris, May 23 (U.R) Supreme
headquarters announced today
that all members of Admiral
Karl Docnitz's acting German
government and of the German
high command in Flensburg had
been taken into custody as
prisoners of war.
The Doenitz regime, which
succeeded Adolf Hitlers Nazi
government, was dissolved after
its brief lifetime devoted largely
to manipulating Germany's for
mal surrender.
Marshal Wilhelm Keitel, chief
of the high command, was re
vealed to have been in custody
as a war prisoner since May 14.
Along with Doenitz and Kei
tel, scores of German officers
were made prisoners of war.
Among them was Col. Gen. Gus-
tav Jodl, chief-of-staff, who sign
ed the German surrender at
Reims. Keitel signed a like
document at Berlin.
The dissolution of the Doenitz
regime came a day after, the dis
closure that an allied control
party had been organized to
supervise the task of breaking
up the last organized fragment
of Nazi Germany.
London, May 23 (U.R)
Reichsmarshal Hermann Goer
ing and Marshal Gerd von Rund
stedt, former German command
er in the west, have been brought
to Britain, it was learned today.
Reliable sources said Goering
was being held at a hotel at
Windermere in northern Eng
land. He was understood to
have arrived some time ago and
to have passed through London
unrecognized.
Rundstedt was recognized at a
London statiop and booed by
railway workers. The two men
were brought here separately,
Paris. May 23 (U.R) Trial of
80-year-old former Chief of
State Marshal Philippe Petain
on treason charges is expected
to start in June, a ministry of
justice official said today.
A chief defense witness will
be Prof. Louis Rougier who will
come from the United States to
tell the court about the famous
"secret treaty" allegedly signed
by Petain and British Prime
Minister Churchill In 1040, the
United Press learned.
This treaty, whose existence
has twice been denied by the
British government, supposedly
was an understanding that Vichy
reserved the right to repel any
allied attack against the French
empire in return for a promise
to re-enter the war on the allied
side at a propitious moment.
other rescue equipment at hand,
the Shorts removed all their
clothes and fashioned if rope
from two Jackets, slacks, cordu
roy trousers, top to slack suit, a
T-shirt, shorts and two belts.
Still the line fell 20 feet short.
A frantic search of the area
turned up a piece of wire, and
Short climbed part way down
the cliff to a small scrub tree,
from where he dangled the rope
to Secor.
The sailor's hands were so
numb he was barely able to
loop the rope around his wrist
and wriggle upwards as Short
hauled him gradually up to the
small tree. Then Mrs. Short
used the rope to assist both men
get back to the trail.
The rope was untied, the
Shorts redressed and Secor was
given first aid treatment at a
ranger station.
Full Liesid Wlri
NO. 53.
T
OF SOUTH
Plan To Shorten Lines, Ex
tend War for Negotiated
Peace Seen.
Chungking, May 23 (U.R)
Unconfirmed reports reaching
Chungking today Indicated the
Japanese were preparing to
abandon most of southern and
southeastern China in favor of
an Okinawa-typa detente in
north China, Manchuria and
Korea.
Information reaching Chung
king from what were described
as most reliable sources raised
the possibility Japan was reshap
ing her strategy to prolong the
war in an attempt to obtain a
negotiated peace.
There were some Indications
the withdrawal process already
has begun. These included:
1. Japanese military authori
ties ordered Japanese civilians to
evacuate the coastal area south
of Hangchow, important port
city on Hangchow Bay south
west of Shanghai.
2. The Japanese withdrew
their garrison from Foochow,
enabling Chinese troops to re
enter the city and occupy sur
rounding areas near the Min
river and along the coast of Fu
klen province, .
3. Japanese have begun a
withdrawal eastward from Hochl
In.Kwnngsi province. The Chin
ese took advantage of this with
drawal to re-enter Hochl and
push on In the direction of Ishan.
There was speculation that
during the next several months
the Japanese may withdraw
gradually from Kwangsi, Kwang-
tung. Kiangsi, and Hunan prov
inces, as well as from the south
and southeastern coastal areas
and the southern ' end of the
trans-China communications cor
ridor. Information filtering from oc-
cuDled northern areas indicated
the Japanese feverishly were
preparing fortifications in vuai
enastal areas comparable to
those at Tarawa, Iwo, and Oki
nawa.
These defenses, according to
this Information, will be built up
not onlv along the northern
Chinese coastline but also "In
Manchuria and Korea where Al
lied thrusta would imperil Jap
an'a communications lines to the
Asiatic mainland.
SGT. SHELLEDY MISSINO
Sgt. Fayette Shelledy of Med
fnrH hn heen declared missing
In action in the European war
theater according to the latest
casualty list of the Office or War
Information. Mrs. Winnabcll M.
Shelledy, wife, 27 Newtown
street, is listed as next-of-kin.
Bulletin
With U. 8. 101st Airborne
Division, May 23 (U.R)
Amiricin troops today cap
tund Julius Striichir, one of
thi most bittir anti-Simltis In
thi nasi rigime of Adolf Hit.
lir.
(The British radio nportid
thit Gm.-Adm. Hans Giors
Von Frlidiburg. who surrind
rid thi Girmans In north
wist Europi, committed ul
cidi to iscapi arrnt.)
Striichir was capturid by
troops of thi 101st airborni di
vision on a farm mar Wldring,
about 40 miles wist of Birch,
tisgadin. Hi was turntd ovir
to thi ISth corps.
St. Louis, May 23 Uf
Mort Coopir, right-handid St.
Louis Cardinals pitching act,
was tradid today to thi Bos
ton Travis for Charlie (Rid)
Bamtt and cash.
New York, May 23 (U.R)
'Gin. Courtney H. Hodgis.
commander of thi 1st army.
Undid at La Cuardia Fiild at
3:40 p. m. today, thi first of
thi .ctorious Amirican four
star gimrals to ritura from
Europe.
TO ANY ON REICH;
LASTS OVER HOUR
Industrial Center of City Is
Blasted By Attack of 200
Superforts.
Guam. Thursday, May 24
(U.R) Mori than SS0 Supif
fortriiiis unliashid a gnat
fin attack en Tokyo today,
dropping mori than 700,000
Incendiary bombs on thi capi
tal in thi larly morning dark
nils. It was thi griatist tint of
B-29't ivir smt aloft In a sln
gli mission and It brought the
air war against thi Japanm
homeland to a mw peak of
Intimity.
Washington, May 23 (U.R) A
"very large force" of Superfor
tresses today rained several
thousand tons of incendiary
bombs on Tokyo. -
TaKlng off last night from
bases In the Marianas, the Sup
erfortresses first appeared over
the enemy capital in the early
hours of the morning, the 20th
Air Force said. '
Further details of the raid will
be made known when the planet
have returned, to their home
bases, the announcement added.
Today's attack waa the first
one on Tokyo since April 15.
Text o'f the 20th Air Force an
nouncement: "A very large force of B-29't
struck at Tokyo today. May 23,
EWT (May 24, Japanese time)
and dropped several thousand
tons of incendiary bombt on the
Japanese capital. Taking oft
last night from bases In the
Marianas islands, the Superfor
tresses first appeared over the
city in the early hours of thit
morning.
At least 4,900 tons of Incendi
aries were dumped on Tokyo,
starting about 3 a.m.
(A Tokyo broadcast said the
big sky raiders began coming
over the Keihin (Tokyo-Yokohama)
area at 2 a. m. Japanese
time.)
' Ma. Gen. Curtis Lemay'a air
armada attacked Tokyo and .its
already-blasted Industrial envir
ons in a steady parade lasting
109 minutes.
The raid was centered on Shin
agawa the industrial heart ot
the city. The assault was com
parable in tonnage of bombs to
any ever hurled against Ger
many by B-17s and B-24s. .
This was the moment for
which the 20th Air Force a
global organization has long
waited. -
(Tokyo said approximately 200
B-29s were counted over Tokyo
during the first hour of their
appearance over the Tokyo-Yokohama
area. The enemy claim
ed 10 of the planes were ahot
down by intercepting fighters.)
In Washington, an announce
ment by the 20th Air Force
headquarters said further de
tails of the raid will be made
known when the planet have re
turned to their home bases. The
official announcement described
the force of Superfortresses in
today't attack as "very large."
YEAR APPROVED
Medford't 1043-48 budget wtt
adopted at an adjourned meeting
of the city council and budget
committee held last night at tha
city hall. The budget, approxi
mately the same as for last year,
according to city officials, will
be submitted to county official!
who set the levy, figured on the
basis of the assessed valuation
of Medford property.
Last year the levy wat 17.7,
Including a special three-mill
levy to raise funds for a munici
pal swimming pool. The budget,
In Its entirety, will be published
officially in the near future.
Mayor Clarence A. Meeker
states.
The mayor declared today that
figures show only two cities in
the state of Oregon having popu
lations higher than 9.000 have
lower city tax levies than doet
Medford.
Seventh War Loan Drive
Sales to Date $176,779
Quota 11.067.000
Total Balis to Data
$532,126
Quota 62.087,000