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Weather FORECAST: Partly cloudy to cloudy with scattered showers tonight and Tuesday. LUM. change In temperature. Temp. Highest Yesterday 1 On The Mail Tribune Want Ad Way - Quick Rtiulti At Small Coil Medford TRIBUNE Lowest this Morning 41 Prer. w .02 To I i nt today , United Pr.ii Full Leased Wire Unlt.d Pr.ii Full L.ai.d Wii. Fortieth Year MEDFORD, OREGON, MONDAY, MAY 28, 1945. NO. 67. v-- - ssssse"-. . tt - Willi vm mm , . . E SOUTH FROM KEY Shorten Lines Under Murd erous Fire Yank Control Island Escape Blocked. Pearl Harbor, May 28 (U.R) The Japanese were retreating on all three main fronts in the Pacific war today. On Okinawa, they appeared about to abandon Shuri, key- itone of their already ruptured outhern defense line, for a new stand at least a mile and a half to the south. - In China, they pulled out of the Inland Treaty Port of Nan rung. Recapture of the port by Chinese troops cut the Japanese continental corridor into Indo China. In the Philippines, their scat tered remnants continued to give ground on Mindanao and Luzon Islands. Gen. Douglas MacArthur estimated Japanese dead, wound ed and missing for the Philip pines' campaign at 378,427. Still other Allied blows rocked the Japanese in their homeland nd at sea. Guam, Tuesday, May 29 U.R) Japanese troops have been lighted moving southward from Shurl in what may prove to be the beginning of a general with drawal of enemy forces from the main bastion of their Okinawa defense line, It was. disclosed to day. American naval gunfire broke up two or more columns of about 1500 troops each : when they pulled out of the besieged Shuri fortifications. Front dispatches said it appeared additional Jap anese have abandoned the city. Virtually every escape route from Shurl has been cut,off, Uni ted Press War Correspondent Ed ward Thomas reported. The Seventh Division, through a ser ies of adroit maneuvers, gained strategic control of practically all' high ground paralleling the Konuba river valley. "For all practical purposes, Thomas said, "the part of Oki nawa we came thousands of miles to get is already ours, al though the slow battle of attri tion on the southern tip against rain, mud and Japanese probably will go on for several weeks be fore the last vestige of organized resistance is broken." Guns of U. S. Battleships and Cruisers were prepared to lay down a barrage against enemy units pulling out of Shurl for a stand south of the city. An American column, slashing down the east coast against mea ger resistance, outflanked a po tential new Japanese defense line in hilly terrain south of the Kokuba river valley. VOTE FOR FOOD PROBE Washington, May 28 (U.R) The House voted an additional $15,000 to its Food Investigating committee today after an im promptu debate over the success of the administration's food pro gram. The committee is headed by Hep. Clinton Anderson, D., N. M., who has been chosen to be secretary of agriculture. In the House discussion, Rep. John L. Rankin, D., Miss., start ed off by congratulating Pres ident Truman for inviting former Prssident Hoover to talk over food problems and by condemn ing the Office of Price adminis tration. Mr. Truman's invitation to Hoover, he said, was particu larly timely "today when the OPA is making such a miserable mess out of things." Plainficld. N. H., May 28 U.R Mrs. Winston Churchill. 71 wife of the American novelist, died at her home Saturday after long illness. NO PAPER WEDNESDAY Following a long-established custom the Mail Tribune will not publish on Wednesday. Memorial day in order to per mit employes to have well turned hnlidnv. Eisenhower ri . . "'!ii --ij 7 S- r i , . (Aemm TeUphoto) Oen. Dwlght Elsenhower, flaMced by Sen. A. W. Hawkes R, N. J) right, and Ben. Ernest W. McParland D Ariz.), eats from mess kit In enlisted men's section at English camp which processes Yanks who were prisoners of war in Germany. E TEXTILE President Orders Move OPA Takes Over Chicago Packing Plant. Washington, May 28 U.R) President Truman today direct ed the army to take over the textile plants of the Gaffney Manufacturing Co., Gaffney, S. C, because of a labor dispute which has interrupted plant op erations. The president gave the author ity of seizure to the secretary of war in an executive order direct ing him to take over and operate the plants until productive effi ciency prevailing prior to the order has been restored. Chicago, May 28. U.R The Chicago office of price adminis tration ordered one of the city's largest packing houses to stop dealing in meat for tne aurauun of rationing. Tn nno nl the blBBest victories over black market operations and ceiling price violations, me agency ordered the Marhocfer Parkins Pn. to StOD Selling Or dealing In ration meats for the duration of rationing, eitner ai rectly or through persons under its supervision. John H. Marhoefer, head of the firm, admitted that his com pany had violated rationing reg ulations from June through October, 1943. He said the com pany had failed to collect points from customers and employes for the sale of meat and saus ages.. As the result of the order, the official said he would sell the packing house, one of the largest in the .middle west, to a "well known company." He said the purchaser's name would be an nounced next week. L London, May 28. U.R It won't be against the law for an American soldier to wear his uniform in the Irish Free State after Wednesday. It was announced here that the Eire government has modi fied its regulations prohibiting foreign uniforms In the streets of the Free State by excluding Americans from the ban. The action will enable Yanks who want to visit relatives in Eire during their stay in the British Isles to do so. LOCAL STORES WILL CLOSE ON WEDNESDAY All Medford stores will be closed Wednesday. Decoration Day, according to an announce ment by Noble Vincent, chair man of lh Medford Retailers' association, and Senators WAR BULLETINS Frankfurt-on-Main. May 28 (U.R) Brig. Gen. Frank A. Allen, Jr., director of public relations at allied headquart ers, received the Legion of Merit award from G.n. Dwlght D. Eisenhower today for "su perior execution" of his duties during the European war. London, May 28 (U.R) A Trieste dispatch today report ed an exchange of gunfire be tween Yugoslavs and Italian Partisans in the Udlne area of northeastern Italy, T H0LLYSTARTSAT8 A troupe of 40 veteran Ma rines arrived in Medford from the Klamath Falls barracks this morning and at 8 o'clock tonight will present a show of band and orchestra music, specialty song and comedy numbers and a war film at the Holly theater. Ad mittance is by "E" bond only and those not securing tickets in advance may make bond applica tions at the door tonight, the committee states. Doors will open at 7:30 p. m. and no scats will be reserved. This afternoon the men are presenting a street concert at 4:30 p. m. and will be guests at a banquet staged by the Elks club before the evening concert. Their appearance here has been jointly arranged, by the local Elks lodge and the county war finance committee. Washington, May 28 (U.R) The White House announced to day that President Truman will make his flight to the San Fran cisco conference on or about June 6 in the specially equipped C-54 air transport command plane assigned specifically to the chief executive. Plans for press and radio cov erage of Mr. Truman's flight to the coast will be announced by the White House tomorrow. ROYAL FLEET ON (By United Press) The British radio reported to day that some of Britain's biggest warships arc on their way to the Pacific, and soon the cream of the Royal navy's battle forces will be there. FAMILY DROWNS East Liverpool, O., May 28 (U.R) Six members of an East Liverpool family were drowned today when their skiff capsized on the Ohio river. Bad Neunahr, Germany, May 28. (U.R) The first schools to be opened in Germany since allied occupation will begin classes at Aachen Job 4, x T VALLEYGROWERS Plan Nickel Box Fee to De velop Market Commit tee Named. Rogue River Valley fruitgrow ers have started work on a plan for promotion of the post-war Bosc pear market if a poll being conducted by the Traffic associa tion and the directors of the Fruit Growers league is approv ed by Bosc pear growers. The orchardists are asked to contri bute five cents per box to be used by a special committee for market development and market ing of Medford Bosc pears under a committee appointed jointly by the presidents of the Fruit Growers league and the Traffic association. The members are: Geo. B. Dean, S. M. Tuttle, Harry Holmes, A.S. V. Carpent er, M. S. Spatz, Earl T. Newbry, H. B. Murphy, Martin Luther and R. R. Reter. That the Bosc variety has fail ed to gain and hold the popu larity that this fine long necked russet winter pear deserves, is evidenced by that fact that this variety has returned only very mediocre returns to valley men despite a strong demand for other fruit. During the period of anticipated falling prices these returns could, easily fall under the continuing high cost of production resulting in Joss to the Base pear owners. " - ; Since Medford produced more Bosc than all the rest of the United States combined, It is up to this district to put the popu larity of this variety up with the best" of the other pears where It belongs. Unfortunately pressure of war time shortages has interfered with getting this fruit to market in prime condition. This has built up a prejudice that is unde served but which the Bosc com mittee must overcome. It is the work of this commit tee to see that Bosc pears ar rive in best condition to the con sumer. Therefore the growers are also being asked to delegate authority to the committee to set dates for the opening and closing of the Bosc marketing season. This program is to be carried on in addition to the regular acti vities of the Winter Pear bureau that the growers are now sup porting. It is planned, however, that the two agencies will work in cooperation on the program. According to A. S. V. Car penter, president of the Fruit Growers league, the growers will be kept Informed as closely as possible with developments of the committee. It is felt that the endorsement of this Bosc pear marketing pro gram is of real value to the Rogue River Valley as well as the Individual growers as the success of this widely produced variety is closely tied to the gen eral prosperity of nearly all the people in the community. Guam, May 28 (U.R) Amer ican submarines have sunk 4.500,000 tons of shipping on the ocean that Is "anything but Pacific one for the Japanese Navy and the Japanese merchant fleet." "You have met the enemy, and he Is yours," Admiral Ches ter W. Nimltz said yesterday to 14 submarine men whom he dec orated after revealing the latest figures on enemy losses. Nimltz said that from Dec. 7. 1941, to May 5, 1944, American submarines have sunk 128 Jap anese warships, including four carriers, 17 cruisers, and 53 de stroyers. All told, submarines have accounted for 1,119 enemy ships of all kinds. PLANES HIT. 3 DEAD Fort Lauderdale, Fla., May 28 (UK Three officers were killed and fourth parachuted to safety when two navy planes collided near Pompano Satur day, it wai announced today, r,iCA OKAYS Big Five Interpretation of Yalta Formula Awaits More Approval. San Francisco, May 28 (U.R) Publication of the Big Five's interpretation of the Yalta for mula for the New World Organi zation will be delayed until Lon don, Moscow, Chungking and Paris have approved it, it was re vealed today. ' The delay appeared to make highly impossible earlier hopes that the United Nations confer ence would be able to adjourn on June 6 the anniversary of the Allied landings on the Norman dy beaches of France. The Big Five Committee of technical experts reached full agreement on a final draft over the weekend a draft which has been the unanimous approval of the U. S. delegation. It has been cabled to the home governments of the big powers and publica tion awaits replies. Decision to get final approval from the home governments will also delay conference progress on that and several related Issues. The committee considering the voting formula cannot proceed until the Big Five answer to the 22 questions of the little nations has been received. There also was prospect of even further delay on this issue. The big power delegates are dis cussing the possibility of includ ing in the charter language which will define procedural matters questions on which only a simple majority vote are needed. This is only in the dis cussion stage but there is strong argument for doing It here to avoid future arguments on this point. Reference of the Big Five in terpretation of the Yalta formula to the home capitals prevented the calling of the heads of those delegations today for their final approval of It. T New York, May 28. U.R) The stock market rose to new highs since 1937 today with vol ume Increasing on the advance. The favorable statement by J. A. Krug, head of the war pro duction board, that employment will remain high during the transition period and that gov ernment controls will be relaxed aided the rise. Confirmation of the rise In the rails by the industrial shares also was a factor. The industrial average reached a new high since Sept. 14, 1937; railroad, since May 24, 1937; utility, since April 16, 1937, and 65 stocks the shares in the fore going averages, since Aug. 18, 1937. Movie Of Victory In West Due Soon Washington, May 28 (U.R) The War Department an nounced, today that a motion picture of the Allied campaign in western Europe from the planning of D-Day to Germany's unconditional surrender Is now nearing completion for world wide distribution. The sequences are being chos en from millions of feet of film taken by American and British army camermen. It is called "The True Glory " distributed by the U. S., and British govern ments. The picture Is being produced overseas by an Anglo-American unit under the Joint direction of Producer Carol Reed for Great Britain and Garson Kanin. Holly wood director now a U. S. army captain. Announcement of the American prpmlere and distribu tion plans will be made shortly. Paris. May 28. (UP) A sen ate committee, Investi gating army communications In Europe, will leave tomorrow for Italy following tour ol Germany, Finish of Hangman Himmler .tf.,.l ,,,- I! UWI I Jill I.I JJ , IH l.'imM H ' ... u Inlr.Miirl rtMmMWl ill itf.fr Kilf nMrii.fSlinmilfti.ifiSllntVli(ri rt ' h J Tl' Tha body ot Nazi Gestapo Chief Helnrich Himmler, partly covered by a blanket, lies on the bare floor of a German villa where ho committed suicide with poison. His body was later carted by truck into a woods, dumped into an unmarked Brave. T EUROPPS RELIEF Gov. Dewey and Alf Landon Invited to Call No State ment on Talks. Washington, May 28 (U.R) President Truman conferred for 45 minutes with former Republi can President Herbert Hoover to day, and it was announced that two former GOP presidential candidates, Alf M. Landon and Gov. Thomas E. Dewey, also have been invited to the White House. Mr. Hoover, returning to the White House for the first time since he turned it over, to the late President Roosevelt on March 4, 1933, discussed with Mr. Truman the United Nations' gigantic problem of feeding the liberated peoples of Europe. The White House said Landon and Dewey had been invited to call on the president, but no spe cific topics for discussion were mentioned. A White House announcement said today's conference "was a very pleasant meeting" and that "Mr. Hoover had some very con structive ideas which the pres ident was happy to receive." White House Secretary Ross did not know whether the two men would confer again or whether Mr. Truman planned to offer Mr. Hoover a post in connection with food and European relief. The former president, who won acclaim for his handling of food problems during and after World War I, came here on Mr. Truman's suggestion to discuss European food conditions. He favors Immediate initiation of an emergency army program for seeing to it that some 100,000, 000 persons in western Europe do not go hungry. Mr. Hoover had nothing to say as he walked out of the White House through a throng of reporters and photographers. He told questioners that it is the prerogative of the president to make any statement about his conferences. London, May 28 (UP.) The air ministry announced tonight that a royal air force mission had Investigated the sunken German battleship at Tromso Fjord in northern Norway. Interviews with German crew men indicated that about 1,000 sailors were lost when the ship was sunk by the RAF's six-ton bombs. Details will not be known until divers examine the hulk. REVIEW DENIED Washington. Mav 28 HI P) The supreme court today refused to review the question of wheth er a Japanese-American detained In a relocation center is subject to army induction. . v tAcme lelephotot BASEBALL National New York 5 ,13 1 Pittsburgh 11 15 3 Mungo and Lombardi; Strince vlch and Lopez. American Chicago J 15 2 Boston 6 11 1 Grove and Tresh; Cecil, Ryda, V. Johnson, Barrett and Gar bark, Walters. NO QUICK END OF New York, May 28 (U.R) Gen. Alexander A. Vandegrift, commandant of the United States Marine Corps, warned today that quick end to the war against Japan is not In sight. "Japan is ruled by Its army and navy, and In all our battle experience with those forces to this moment, we have never found them ready to surrender when a situation became obvi ously hopeless," Vandegrift said. "They have fought on fanatically to the end. The general, who led the cam paigns on Guadalcanal and Bou gainville before becoming com mandant of the corps, spoke be fore the annual membership meeting of the Brooklyn Cham ber of Commerce. ' The biggest amphibious oper ations of the war are yet to come," he said. "Whenever we undertake them. In whatever di rection we go, we can expect the bitterest of opposition." Japanese illusions about the greatness of their llcci ana me paralyzing power of their forti fied islands have been shattered, Vandegrift said, "but the Jap anese were, and are, hard 10 con vince." IREllEEOED Washington, May 28. (U.R) Secretary of Treasury iicnry Morgcnthau, Jr., announced to day internal revenue bureau personnel will be Increased Dy 10.000 to combat what he called "shocking violations" of the In ternal revenue laws. Last week Morgenthau said he was asking for an additional 5,000 men to work in the treas ury's drive against war-rich In come tax evaders. Today, how ever, he said there was a need for even more men to run down tax violators. Morgcnthau said he will ask the house appropriations com mittee this week for an addition al 50,000.000 to finance the campaign against tax evaders. ACCUSED NISEI ATTACK Fresno, Cal., May 28. (U.R) Police today arrested Levi Mul tanen, 33, of Parlicr, on a mis demeanor charge growing out of the terrorist shooting when charges from a double-barreled shotgun tore through the home of Charles Iwasaki, relocated NioU -- I TOKYO AIRFIELDS BY Seek Pictures of Saturday's Ruin City Still Burns Bay Mined. Guam, May 28. U.R) Threw B-29 superfortresses and 30 Mus tang fighters bombed and strafed airfields near smouldering Tokyo for 40 minutes at mid-day today, Japanese broadcasts said. If true, the planes also may have been attempting to get da tailed photographs of the de struction spread through the capital by 4,000 tons of fire bombs in last Saturday'! B-29 raid. Two other groups of B-29s to day mined Hakata bay off north ern Kyushu and Kanmon Strait, between Honshu and Kyushu, radio Tokyo said. Tokyo claimed that Japanese fighters shot down four of the big bombers and damaged eight others. The enemy broadcasts also re ported that the Japanese foreign ministry, Greater East Asia Min istry and possibly 40 to SO per cent of Tokyo's public utilities were destroyed In Saturday's disastrous air raid. Tokyo newspapers were refer ring to the smouldering city aa a "new battlefield," the broad cast! said. Radio Tokyo conceded that future American raids may ba even more terrltfle. 'The enemy raids will In crease In ferocity in the future," Tokyo said. "He, with his naked ambition, will certainly attempt to destroy and burn down every Inch of the capital city." Officers of the 21st bomber command said preliminary re ports indicated the attatfc was Ing"very successful," but were awaiting reconnaissance photo graphs 'to determine the exact extent of destruction. Fires still were burning In Tokyo yesterday, more than 38 hours after the raid, but heavy weather prevented fliers from taking reconnaissance photo graphs. Tokyo broadcasts earlier said most of Emperor Hirohito's pal ace was destroyed and the re mainder of the capital "laid waste" in the attack. The cen tral business section was only a ruin, they said. The Japanese cabinet held an extraordinary session yesterday to discuss emergency measures "against air raid disasters", Tokyo added. F London. May 28 (U.R) Prima Minister Churchill's new "care taker" government was sworn In tonight by King George at Buck ingham palace. Churchill attended a session at which the new members of the cabinet were handed their seals of office. This afternoon he was host at No. 10 Downing street to both old and new mem bers of the government. Dionne Quints, 11, Observe Birthday Callendar, Ont., May 28. (U.R) The Dionne quintuplets cele brated their 11th birthday today at a family party. Yvonne, Cecile, Marie, Emilia and Annette got no advance hints of their birthday surprises, but a birthday cake was on the program and Papa Ollva Dionne said he hoped they wouldn't have to go to school. Seventh War Loan Drive "E" Sales to Date $238,515 Quota 11.067.000 Total Sales to Date $625,467 Quota 12,087.000
