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MEDFORD, OREGON, FRIDAY, MAY 25, 1945'
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CENTRALSECTION
i12 Planes Lost in Tuesday
Attack, "Good Results",
City Still Burns.
Guam, Saturday, May 26 (U.R)
Five hundred Superfortresses
blasted the central business dis
trict and waterfront area of Tok
yo with more than 4,000 tons of
building-p 1 e r c i ng incendiary
bombs early today in the second
big-scale attack against the en
emy's capital within 48 hours.
Striking shortly after mid
night night from medium alti
tude, the mammoth air fleet
heaped new destruction on the
heart of the metropolis 'still
smoking from Thursday morn
ing's record-breaking raid by
SO-plus B-29s.
With the target area were
Tokyo' piers, docks, wharves,
warehouses, aircraft parts plants,
machine tool factories, the Gin
za Japan's Broadway and the
main business area which con
tains most of the capital's earthquake-proof
office and govern
ment buildings.
The 20th air force announced
In Washington that 12 Superfort
resses were lost to enemy action
In the May 23 raid. The Japa
nese claimed 27 were shot down
nd 30 damaged.
"Good results were obtained"
Thursday, the announcement
said, and preliminary photo
graphic reports showed that -3.2
square miles or approximately
85,000,000 square feet were
burned out or damaged In the
Shinagawa small-industry dis
trict of Tokyo. Fires raged at
least 12 hours.
For this morning's attack,
MaJ. Gen. Curtis Lemay's 21st
bomber command selected a
heavier type Incendiary bomb
than the one used in previous
raids on Tokyo and Nagoya. The
new jellied-gasoline bomb is ca
pable of piercing heavy struc
tures. The target area under fire to
day is as famous In its own way
as Broadway in New York, the
loop in Chicago and Market
Street in San Francisco. Here
are located extensive military
storage sites, factories producing
electronic equipment and such
noted structures as the luxurious
Imperial hotel planned by the
American architect, Frank Lloyd
Wright.
The area is bounded on the
north by the Imperial Palace
grounds and on the south by the
Shinagawa industrial section.
Vancouver, Wash., May 25
(U.R) Three pot lines were
closed today at the Vancouver
plant of the Aluminum Company
of America by an unauthorized
sit' down strike of production
workers protesting refusal of the
company to remove a foreman.
The Aluminum Workers
Union, AFL. called the strike
but the Aluminum Trades Coun
cil, made up of the seven craft
unions at the plant, stayed on
the Job and attempted to keep
two remaining pot-lines operat
ing. A statement aulhorized by the
management and the Aluminum
Trades Council said the offer
was made to consider the
charges against the foreman
Ithrough regular, channels set up
to consider such grievances but
the production workers refused.
The strike call followed.
WAR FRAUD CHARGED
Chicago. May 25 U.R The
Federal Grand Jury today in
dieted three persons on charges
of conspiracy to defraud the gov
ernment in connection with
Douglas Aircraft Co. tool con
tracts. BLIND VET SEES TRUMAN
Washington. May 25 (U.R)
President Truman today dis
cussed army rehabilitation prob
lems with three army officers.
Including a blind veteran of the
Normandy invasion, who was
brought to his office by Sen.
Joseph C O iUbnae); JQ, 9.
President's
j ' , j;'
President Harry S. Truman greets his 92-year-old mother, Mrs. Martha Truman, as she arrived in wasmng
ton by plane from Independence, Mo, to spend Mother's Day with her son. With them Is the Presidents sis-
ter, Mary Truman. .
E
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BY
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Washington, May 25 (U.R)
"Rep. - Clair Errgle, D., CbI'.t
charged today that officials of
the War Production board de
liberately issued and enforced
an illegal order closing the na
tion's gold mines.
The order was enforced In
spite of an opinion from WPB
lawyers that WPB had no
authority to issue or retain it
on manpower considerations
alone, Engle said.
He described the order, L-208,
issued nearly three years ago,
as an "arbitrary and brutal
action" which has given gold
operators grounds for large
claims against the government.
He also condemned WPB for
its "casual disregard of property
rights" which he said was docu
mented by Donald M. Nelson
when as chairman of the War
Production board he gave the
following testimony on the order
before a Senate committee on
Small Business:
"When we did it we believed
It was the right thing to do,"
Nelson said. "We didn't study
It. Sometimes the only way you
can get the right evidence is
from occurrences after the fact."
T
VISIT PORTLAND
Portland, May 25 (U.R) Pres
ident Truman will not be a Port
land visitor during his visit to
the Pacific northwest after ad
dressing the United Nations se
curity conference at San Fran
Lpw Wallace of Portland.
Democratic national committee
man for Oregon, announced to
day. Wallace received a telegram
from the president's chief admin
istrative assistant stating, Ke
grct that the president will be
unable to stop at Portland dur
ing his trip."
President Truman will, how
ever, be a guest of Gov. Mon C
Walgren of Washington after his
San Francisco address.
LIEUTENANT HAS
E
rwmit Mav 25 (U.R) Second
Lt. Bert Davis, 23, Roswell, N.
M., kept his military bearing and
lost a wife. Lorraine Davis was
granted a divorce today when
she said her husband refused to
carry groceries for her because
it was unbecoming oi cu nuu
lary rank.
Mother Flies to Washington
Little Relief Due
In Auto Go-Ahead
Detroit, May 25 (U.R) Auto
mobile makers answered the
government bugle in the new
car derby today, eager ,to race,
but discouraged by the handi
caps and the empty grandstands.
The War Production board's
long-awaited - authorization of
passenger-car production begin
ning July.! was greeted in of?
ficial industrial' circles as offer"-'
ing "no substantial improve
ment" for either the industry or
the car-hungry public.
"This is a piece of paper," said
George Romney, managing di
rector of the Automotive Coun
cil for War Production an industry-wide
agency, "it doesn't
provide release from the bonds
of government restrictions and it
won't put cars In the garages of
the , people who really need
them."
SALES OFF S
Ft. Douglas. Utah, May 25
(U.R) Removal of restrictions on
the purchase of liquor by mili
tary personnel was announced
today by MaJ. Gen. William E.
Shedd. commanding general of
the Ninth Service Command
here.
Beginning June 1st. military
personnel will be restricted In
the hours of liquor purchase only
by current local, state and fed
eral laws.
Announcing the new regula
tion for both army and navy
personnel, with concurrence by
the commander of the western
sea frontier. Gen. Shedd pointed
nut that beginning June 1 those
in the armed forces will observe
the same ml and regulations
on liquor purchases as are ob
served by civilians in the vari
ous states of the command.
Although state laws vary as to
hours of closing and conditions
of sale of Intoxicating liquors,
military personnel have been
subject to a uniform regulation
The uniform regulation limited
the time of purchase of bottled
liquor and compelled them to
vacate by midnight any estab
lishment in which Intoxicating
drinks were served.
Washington, May 25 (U.R)
White House Press Secretary
Charles G. Ross today flatly de
nied published reports that
President Truman would meet
Gen. Charles DeGaulle at San
Francisco.
BASEBALL
National
PhllarfMnhia 3 7 1
Chicago 4 16 1
Wyatt, Kennedy. Lucier and
Mancuso; Wyse and Rice.
American
St. Louis 9 12 0
Boston 0 8 0
Pntter And Manmso: Wilson
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2 YEAR SENTENCE
''.Vtakliulml Mnv 26 Uj6
ITnttaa nrYiirruttn T.mHpr .Tnhn
W. McCormack, Mass., said to
day that the case oi a zz-year-
nlH armv nrlvnte. sentenced to
two years at hard labor for strik
ing nine Nazi war prisoners, is
gelling tne personal ancnuuii ui
Undersecretary of War Robert
P. Patterson.
The soldier is Pvt. Joseph Mc
Gee, Worcester, Mass., who was
dishonorably discharged and sen
tenced to two years at hard la
bor after a court martial found
him guilty of striking nine uer
man war prisoners somewhere
in France. McGee had been as
signed to guard the prisoners
while they were woriung on a
road.
After receiving a copy of the
court-martial from McGee's fam-
iiv Mpfftrmapk . labeled the
court martial proceedings "ridic
iilniis " and sent an immediate
protest to Army Judge Advocate-
General M. C. uramer.
The court martial proceedings,
in which most of the testimony
was from the nine Nazis, alleged
that McGee struck of kicKea
each of them.
Tt gIoi minted the nrisnners as
saying that they were "humili-
tH" nr "insuitea dv me al
leged act, but that none was
seriously Iniured or requirea
medical treatment.
McGee pleaded not guilty but
declined to testify in his own
defense.
FRENCH AIR ACE
HELD NAZI AIDE
Washington. Mav 25 (U.R)
The Department of Justice to
day announced the arrest In New
Vnrlr Citv nf Paul Jean Marie
Cavaillcz, 43, former French air
force officer, on charges oi serv-
Inff o o flprmnn affent.
J. Edgar Hoover, director of
the Federal Bureau of Investi
gation, said Cavaillcz, former
Fronrh Wnrlrl War I aCP was In
Washington doing research as
late as last March 27. rill
agents took him Into custody at
a fashionable New York hotel,
the announcement said.
Hoover said Cavalllez endeav
ored to gain access to various
plants, producing confidential
electronics devices for the gov
ernment. He planned to con
tinue working for the German
intelligence service even after
his country's surrender, Hoover
added.
SNOW IN MOSCOW
London, May 25 (U.R) A
Moscow dispatch of the Ex
change Telegraph said snow fell
in the Russian capital today. It
said this spring has been the
T 'LAFFEY'
TH
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Destroyer Rak' jicide
Planes, Pro vf.;;S Sea
Saga Like 'Franklin.'
Aboard Adm. Turner's Flag
ship, April 25 (U.R) Brave sail
ors died strapped to their gun
seats i.i the agony of the United
States destroyer Laffey, another
great ship that refused to be
sunk.
The gunners fired until they
were swallowed up in the sear
ing flames of exploding Japanese
suicide planes and bombs.
In two hours the 2,200-ton de
stroyer was hit by six suicide
planes and two bombs. Other
bombs came close enough to in
crease the damage.
The ship's rudder was jammed
to the left by a bomb, and the
vessel sped dizzily in circle
during the raging battle. The en
gineers Judged the speed needed
by the sound and intensity of
the gunfire.
The skipper, Cmdr. Frederick
J. Becton of Hot Springs, Ark.,
uttered these words:
"I'll never abandon ship as
long as a gun will fire."
And so the Laffey ' came
through the third mass Japanese
suicide attack on ships off Okina
wa, nursing serious wounds but
still proudly afloat. .
The saga of the Laffey's two
hours of agony will stand out
among the tea epics of the war
along with other great episodes
such as that of the Franklin.
It was unquestionably the
most savage and spectacular ac
tion in which an American de
stroyer has participated in the
entire war.
Jn no other part of the world
would the enemy hurl six
screaming war planes In flaming
suicide dives onto a ship. This
2,200 ton "can" absorbed all the
Japanese could give that' day
with tremendous heroism and
unparalleled fighting perform
ance. The gallant destroyer stayed
at her post until the last enemy
planes had been destroyed by
gunfire or American planes.
Vhen the last fire was out it
was found that there were 31 of
her officers and men listed as
killed or missing in action. . An
other 60 were wounded.
Seattle, May 25 Her hull apd
superstructure grotesquely twist
ed by impact of six hurtling Jap
suicide planes and two bombs,
the United States destroyer Laf
fey slid into the harbor here to
day, en route under her own
power, to a shipyard to patch
her battle wounds.
AS BOSS OF REA
Washington, May 25 (U.R)
Sen. Henrik Shipstcad, R., Minn,,
today opened a fight against con
firmation of Secretary of Agri
culture Claude A. Wlckard as
Rural Electrification adminis
trator. Shipstead, leader of a fight to
take REA out of the Agriculture
department, said Wlckard "Is un
fit to be administrator of REA."
He said that Wickard'i term
as a cabinet officer many im
portant farm functions of gov
ernment were taken out of the
Agriculture department. Pres
ident Truman announced this
week that ho Intended to nomin
ate Wickard to the REA post.
Nemesis of Hitler
Returns to Office
Starnbcrg, Germany, May 25
(U.R) The only man who ever
succeeded in sending Adolf Hit
ler to prison was back In politi
cal office today after 12 years
of virtual exile.
He Is wizened, 70-year-old
Martin Dresser, prosecutor, who
helped arrest Hitler after the
Munich beer hall putsch In
and obtained sentences up to
five years for the Nazi leader
Ad aeyeral oi hit follower,
"Gross Mismanagement" Is
Charged; New Secretary
Asked to Correct Situation
Washington, May 25 (U.R)
Sen. James E. Murray. D., Mont.,
today called on Sen. Clinton P.
Anderson, D., N. M.. slated to
become secretary of agriculture,
to correct the "gross mismanage
ment and shortsightedness" of
agencies handling sugar. -
The Office of Price Adminis
tration, it was learned, has In
formed industrial sugar users
bakers, candymakers, soft drink
manufacturers that they will
get no more than half as much
sugar in the last half of 1945
as they got in the same 1944
period.
Murray, chairman of the Sen
ate Small Business committee
asserted that reports to his com
mittee "indicate that the prin
cipal agencies concerned with
the food sitnfction WPB, FEA,
CCC, Agriculture, State, War
and Navy departments have
been extremely reckless in han
dling sugar."
' "According to reports," he
said, "the present sugar short
age Is due to mismanagement
shortsightedness, and repeated
blunders on the part of officials
of these agencies. -
The OPA report to industrial
SUgar users indicated that their
supplies for the last half of the
year might be reduced even more
than SO per cent under what
they received in the last half of
1944. They will be limited in
any case, it was said, to about
40 per cent of the amount of
sugar they used in the compar-
aoie period of 1941.
Industry representatives have
complained to the House Food
Investigating committee, head
ed by Anderson, that sugar al
lotments already are dangerously
skimpy and that further cuts
would force some firms out of
business.
Murray called on Anderson to
bring about postponement of
sugar allocations until he has
assumed office and can Investi
gate requirements oT government
claimant agencies.
1.21 IN.
Vcsterday'a 1.21 Inches rain
was next to the highest ever rec
orded in the valley for any 24
houh period during this time of
year, and highest amount for
any 24 hours since the first of
this year, according to statistics
reported by the Medford weath
er bureau. Highest amount of
rain was 1.24 inches which fell
on May 24 and 25 in 1942, it was
reported.
The present rainy period be
gan May 9, the records show and
every day since with the excep
tion of May 11 and May 21, it
has rained In varying amounts
from a trace to the 1.21 Inches
which poured down yesterday
and last night.
The continued rain has pre
vented the cutting of hay and
retarded sprayings, according to
Roy Rogers, meteorologist and
frost forecaster now winding up
the season's work here.
,12th Army Group Ilqrs., Ger
many, May 25 (U.R) Gen.
Omar N. Bradley looked through
Hitler's front window at Berch
tesgaden at the breath-taking
view of the Bavaarlan Alps,
shook his head and said:
"If I had a living room like
this to sit in, . I wouldn't go
around looking for trouble."
Bradley visited Berchtesgaden
in the course of a two-day tour
of southern Germany during
which he saw some of the coun
Vy Ivj axmiei bad won. -
WAR BULLETINS
Manila, May 25. (U.R) The
Mindanao fighting reached the
mopping-up stage today after
two American forces linked in
the heart of the island to split
it lengthwise.
POST WAR VIEWS
OF TRUMAN TOLD
San Francisco, May 25 U.R)
Secretary of State Edward R,
Stettinius, Jr., returned today to
the United Nations conference
and immediately met with other
members of the American dele
gation to give them a "fill in" on
his talks with President Truman.
The secretary was in Washing
ton for two days, during which
he canvassed the many postwar
European problems in talks with
Mr. Truman and with state de
partment officials who have
been handling those problems in
Stettinius' absence.
Stettinius was believed to
have brought word from Mr.
Truman that the United States,
along with Britain, Russia and
China, will stand pat against any
"softening" of their veto power
in the proposed world organiza
tion. These four countries, in talks
here prior to Stettinius' return,
had made it clear that they were
ready to reject demands of the
"little" United Nations for lib
eralization of the Yalta voting
formula for the proposed secur
ity council.
SEEK NEW POWER
Rome, May 25 (U.R) Alclde
de Gasperi, head of the powerful
Christian Democrat party, open
ed the battle for control of the
new Italian government today
with a declaration of his rcadl
ness to fight against the appoint
ment of a Socialist to succeed
Premier Ivanoe Bonomi.
Bonomi's resignation was ex
pected to be announced within
a few days, depending largely
on the attitude of allied authori
ties. Members of the government
and of the six leading political
parties have Just returned from
a series of conferences with
Italian partisan leaders in north
ern Italy, where an agreement
in principle was reached on the
need for forming a new govern
ment. The only question to be decid
ed at the all-party meetings open
ing in Rome this week-end is
the personnel of the new cabinet
KURILE ISLANDS
U. S. Headquarters. North Pa
cific, May 20 (Delayed) U.R)
A U. S. naval task force shelled
Japanese Installations on the cast
coast of Paramushiro In the fog-
shrouded Kurile Islands for 30
minutes at dusk today.
Japanese bombers took off as
the warship turned to sail trom
Suribachl bay, but heavy ami
aircraft fire drove them away
before they could do any dam
age.
There was no return fire from
enemy shore batteries. High ex-J
plosive shells poured Into build
ings and ammunition dumps, set
ting fires and touching off one
explosion after another.
Washington, May 25 (U.R)
War Production Chief J. A. Krug
today urged war workers to re
main on the Job Memorial day,
May 10.
"Military needs remain too
acute to allow any let-up in pro
duction." he said. "We cannot
IIord to lest."
JAP RESISTANCE
SOUTHERN FRONT
Marines Seal Up Caves Out
side Shuri; Tokyo Reports
Base Raid.
Guam, Saturday, May 26
.R) Grenade-throwns nnrhu
systematically sealed off Jap
anese caves In fierce hand-to-hand
fighting outside Shuri to
day while army troops shattered
oreanized resistant
southeastern Okinawa front be
yond Yonabaru.
JaDanese announced wifhmtf
Allied confirmation that special
suicide troons of the
corps had "landed" presumably
oy paracnute on two American
held Blr field. Thlir.riav nlahfr
and blew up U. S. installations.
aircrart and munitions depots.
An Imperial Headquarter!
communique said a coordinated
Kamikaze suicide plane attack
was carried out against a great
neei or American naval and
merchant vessels Ivlne off nvi.
nawa.
"The Alr-Borna Ttnlt." .M
the Japanese enmmiinfnn "a-
achieving great war results by
throwing the enemy Into confu
sion." ,i
Predict Landing
Tokyo . Predicted AmeHran
troops soon would attempt a
innaing on Amami island, 115
miles northeast of Okinawa and
IBS miles south of Japan proper.'
Yesterday the enemv said 400
American transports and craft of
various sizes and classes were
lying off the island.
Tenth Army Ground Forces
have clamped a half -circle
around Shuri, stubbornly-resist
ing fortress city Invested by the
First Marines and 77th and 96th
Infantry.
A stoutly-held ravine at the
edge of the city held up the
Leathernecks' advance. Here the
marines, under cover of dark
ness prowled boldly through en
emy defenses, hurling grenadei
and "Molotov Cocktails" Into the
entrances.
Marine Pfc. Carl L. Sellers
and a three-man patrol, In a dar
ing night foray, invaded the ra
vine with dynamite satchel
charges and grenades. They
sealed four caves containing ap
proximately 100 Japanese.
Shuri and Naha were threat
ened from the rear by the dis
organization of Japanese de
fenses south and southwest of
Yonabaru.
In Shuri. the ancient stone
castle, built by Japanese Sho
guns nearly four centuries ago,
was under fire from naval gun
of American warships. U. S. ar
tillery laced the Shuri breast
works with shell bursts.
The Japanese communique
Identified the air fields under at
tack as the "north" and "cen
tral," presumably Yontan and
Katena. captured In the first few
days of the American invasion
of Okinawa.
T
PROVES MYSTERY
Denver, Colo., May 25 U.R)
More than' 4,500 workers at
the Gates Rubber Company plant
were Idle today as the result of
an unexplained work stoppage.
The walkout, which began
when 157 mill room workers left
thin lnh Wednesday, had
brought a virtually complete
shutdown of the plant today.
John Gates, executive secre
tary of the company, said he did
not know the cause of the walk
out. A representative of the Uni
ted Rubber Workers of America
(CIO) said no strike vote had
been taken.
Seventh War Loin Drive
"E" Sales to Date 6207,461
Quota 61.067.000
Total Sales to Date
3579,320
Quota $2.087.000