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MEDFORD, OREGON, TUESDAY, MAY 29, 1945
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Navy Yard, War Plants,
Docks and Business Area
Blasted Early Today.
Guam, May 29 (U.R) More
than 450 Superfortresses spread
flaming ruin through Yokohama,
Japan's second port and fifth
largest city, in a 3,200-ton day
light fire raid today.
Shipyards, war plants, naval
installations and block after
block of business buildings and
dwellings were reduced to
charred wreckage in the 21st
Bomber Command's third all-out
incendiary attack in six days.
Yokohama, a city of 1,000,000,
was one of Japan's principal
naval bases and the main port
for Tokyo and northern Japan.
Devastated Tokyo itself, just
north of Yokohama, still was
smoking from the disastrous B
29 fire raids of last Thursday
and Saturday.
The big bombers struck from
medium altitude at the 9 a. m.
morning rush hour and, Tokyo
accounts said, unloaded their
cargoes of death and destruction
in a steady rain for two and a
half hours.
Mustang fighters from Iwo
estimated by Tokyo at 150
strong ran Interference for the
Superfortresses and tangled with
enemy fighters high over the
port city. Tokyo said Japanese
anti-aircraft batteries also were
in action.
"A considerable number" of
Superfortresses were shot down,
a Tokyo broadcast said. Thirty
one B-29s were lost in the two
previous raids on Tokyo.
The raid was the first In
strength on Yokohama, a mod
ern city of 72 square miles
aoVaH with ahlnvards. motor
vehicle plants, steel plants and
assorted aircraft, rubber, radio
and petroleum works.
Three Acres Hit
Bombs were aimed at three
main areas, Yokohama harbor
wilh 'its docks and breakwaters;
the modern commercial and re
sidential sections to the south
east, and the northeast district,
where numerous war plants He
on reclaimed land jutting out
Into Tokyo bay.
Among the plants in the north
east section were the Mitsubishi
heavy Industries and the Tokyo
Electric company. The popula
tion in the southeastern district
averaged 30,000 persons to the
square mile.
The raid was tht largest in
daylight since 500 B-29s dropped
more than 3,500 tons of bombs
on Nagoya May 14. It boosted
the number of B-29s over the
Tokyo-Yokohama area in the
past six days to 1,500 and the
tonnage of bombs dropped to
12,000.
Mustang fighters from Iwo
also visited the Tokyo area in
daylight yesterday. They bomb
ed and strafed the Kasumigaura
naval airtstation 32 miles north
east of Central Tokyo and de
stroyed or damaged 42 enemy
aircraft.
One enemy plane was shot
down and another damaged in
the air and five more were de
stroyed and 35 damaged on the
ground. One American plane
was shot down over the target.
Navy search planes were re
vealed to have sunk or dam
aged 10 enemy ships in sweeps
over waters around Korea Sun
day. A destroyer or destroyer
escort, a large freighter and five
small ships were sent to the
bottom and a large freighter, a
small cargo ship and a small
coastal vessel were damaged.
American carrier planes
bombed airfield installations In
the Sakishitna group, between
Formosa and Okinawa. Sunday.
New York, May 29 (U.R)
Cotton futures opened 3 to 10
points lower.
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 a well
nrnd helidur
Plan Tokyo Strikes
-Ma:
'(Acmm Telephato)
As gale tans B-29-set flames destroying Tokyo, MaJ. Gen. Curtis K,
Lemay (left), Lakewood, O., commanding general of 21st Bomber Com
mand, plans further strikes with his chief of staff, Brig. Gen. A. W.
Kissner. Washington. D. C at SUDerfort base In Marianas,
SECURITY PARLEY
TIED UP BY ROW
San Francisco, May 29 (U.R)
The Big Five of the United Na
tions security conference, in a
two-hour meeting, today moved
ahead from June 6 to June 11
their tentative deadline for ad
journment of the parley, ;
San Fra.'.cisco, May 29 (U.R)
The United Nations Security con
ference moved nearer its final
stages today but the parley was
still tied up by a dispute be
tween big and little nations over
the veto power which the Big
Five powers would possess in
the proposed World Security
council.
Calling of a meeting of the
conference's Big Five was at
first believed to presage early
agreement among the big powers
on their interpretation of the
veto power contemplated under
the Yalta formula, but an Amer
ican delegation spokesman ex
plained that the session had been
requested by the French delega
tion to discuss a matter not in
volving the veto question.
It was learned from other
sources that the French sought
to change a clause in the pro
posed World Organization chart
er covering bi-lateral treaties
for defensive action against
enemy countries, ,such as the
Franco-Russian treaty. As it
now stands, the charter would
provide that such treaties could
be subordinated to the World
Organization "by consent" of
the signatory powers.
But the parley moved nearer
Its final stage on another front
when it was announced that the
commission on the general as
sembly will hold an open hear
ing tomorrow.
Battle lines' already were
drawn for a bitter public debate
between the big and little nations
over the Yalta formula.
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ALL SET
Plans are now complete for
parade and program and Harry
Young, commander of the Amer
ican Legion post, today urged
all veterans and other oartici
pating in the parade to be at
the park before 10 a. m. The
parade forms at 10 a. m., will
proceed on Main street to the
Bear Creek bridge where the
navy ceremonies will be held,
will turn on Tripp and Almond
streets and return on Main street
to the park for the program.
Citizens are asked not to drive
on Main street until the parade
has made the entire route and
returned to the park. Young
stated. Participating in the par
ade in addition to veteran
groups will be a unit of men
from Camp White and represen
tatives of various civic and fra
ternal bodies of the city.
Shreveport, La., May 29 (U.R)
William Kennon Henderson,
radio crusader of the 20 s, died
lajt night of a heart attack.
Gen. Patton to Fly
Paris-Los Angeles
Los Angeles, " May 29 (U.R)
Two "hometown boys" Gens.
George Patton and Jimmy Doo
little will be given a heroes'
homecoming when they arrive
here for a visit June f and 10,
Mayor Fletcher Bowron said to
day. . "Blood and Guts" Patton, who
was born in San Gabriel, Calif.,
will fly directly from Paris to
Los Angeles, stopping only to
have his plane refueled en route.
Gen. Doolittle, who tossed the
first bombs at Tokyo, may stop
briefly at Washington. Doolittle
attended. 'Manual Arts high
school here,- .- " -, .
LEADER ASKS CUT
INARMED FORCE
Washington, May " 29-4J.R)
Chairman Andrew May, D., Ky
of the House Military Affairs
committee today recommended a
"drastic reduction" in the size of
the army.
Stating that approximately
12,100,000 persons were enrolled
in the U. S. armed forces on
April. 1, May urged immediate
discharge of all soldiers over 35
except those in key positions.
"Now that our principal en
emy has surrendered uncondi
tionally there should be a more
drastic reduction in the armed
forces than the army has yet
made," May said in an interview.
"All men over 35 years of age
except those in key positions es
sential to the completion of the
war against Japan and those
needed for the occupation of con
quered Germany should be
speedily discharged."
In this group, he said, are most
of those who have families and
business connections and will
have the greatest difficulty in
readjusting themselves.
He pointed out that between
14,000,000 and 14,500,000 men
either are, or have been, in the
service "and they are still com
ing in at the rate of 70,000 per
month from the 18-year-old
bracket."
Nab Man and Girl
For Ashland Theft
Jack Henry Allen, 24, and
Alice Messer, Wichita, Kans.,
were lodged in the county jail
yesterday and charged with bur
glary not In a dwelling as an aft
ermath of a burglary In the
Clyde Caton garage at Ashland
Thursday night. They were ar
rested yesterday by state police
on the Tiller-Trail road near the
Divide Gdard Station while driv
ing the 1940 Chevrolet coupe be
longing to G. Wannberg, Ash
land, which was stolen the night
of the robbery. m
Nearly $2,500 worth of tools
and other mechanic's equipment
was found in the lar belonging
to the Caton garage and a Mount
Shasta, Calif., garage. Allen Is
reported to be a soldier, AWOL
from Camp Maxcy, Texas.
John Anderson, who was said
to be a companion of the couple,
wu arrested Friday near Rogue
River and is now in the county
jail. .
BY HOOVER TALK
"Daily. Worker" Agitated
Also by Conference Trend
and G. 0. P. Bids.
Washington, May 29 (U.R)
The ties holding American Com
munists to the political coalition
which elected the Roosevelt-Tru
man ticket last November are
wearing thin today less than
two months after the late pres
ident's death.
President Truman's invitation
to former President Herbert C.
Hoover to visit him for a food
conference brought instant pro
test from the Daily Worker, Com
munist organ published in New
York.
Less specific invitations which
now have been sent to Alf. M.
Landon, 1936 Republican pres
idential nominee, . and Gov.
Thomas E. Dewey, last year's
GOP selection, probably will
further agitate the extreme left
wing of the New Deal-Democratic
coalition. The Communists
already were uneasy about the
Truman administration because
of the trend of events at the San
Francisco conference.
Daily Worker editorials have
not directly challenged the new
president. But policies of the
American delegation at ban
Francisco have been denounced
editorially on charges that they
were in violation of agreements
mads at the last Big Three meet
ing. ; , ,
The sharpest language direct
ed so far at Mr. Truman appear
ed in yesterday's Daily Worker
in a charge that the invitation
to Mr. Hoover endangered Demo
cratic movements In Europe.
The substance of the complaint
was that Mr. Hoover's advice to
Mr. Truman would be to use
American food to combat Com
munism In Europe at least in
western Europe.'
KiDSilTS
Washington, May 29 (U.R)
Lt. Gen. William S. Knudsen has
resigned as army director of pro
duction effective June 1, the war
department announced today.
It also was disclosed that
Knudsen has been awarded an
oak leaf cluster to the disting
uished service medal for his five
years of service in war produc
tion. Knudsen, former president of
General Motors, did not an
nounce his future plans, al
though lt is expected that he will
return to Detroit for a few
weeks' rest.
ANOTHER YEAR OF
O.P.A. IS FAVORED
Washington, May 29 (U.R)
The Senate Banking Committee
today approved a bill to extend
price controls for another year.
The present OPA law will ex
pire June 30. The Committee ap
proved the extension bill with
out amendments.
DISEASES DECLINE
Communicable diseases show
ed a considerable decline last
week, with but five cases report
ed during the week to the office
of the county health officer, Dr.
A. Erin Merkcl. Reported were
two cases of chickenpox in the
Lake Creek district, one case of
trench mouth, one of whooping
cough and one of diphtheria, all
In Modford.
BASEBALL
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New York 11 15 3
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IS GIVEN RIGHT TO
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Quick Verdict By ' Oregon
City Jury Lessee Anti
Jap Leader.
Oregon City, Ore., May 20 -r
(U.R) Masayuki Fujlmoto, 28
year old Japanese American
berry farmer, won in court last
night permission to reoccupy the
farm he leased when interned
after Pearl Harbor. The jury sit
ting on the case was out only 15
minutes.
Fujimoto had leased his 80
acre berry farm in Clackamas
county to Mr. and Mrs. Dale
Bergh, who agreed in the terms
of the lease to surrender the
premises to Fujimoto after 30
days notice upon termination of
the national emergency and his
return to the county.
After being released from the
Hunt, Idaho, Relocation Center,
Fujimoto served notice to regain
his land on March 24. The
Berghs took the case to court and
won a decision when Judge Earl
C. Latourette withdrew his first
verdict which favored Fujimoto.
The Judge's reversal was based
on the fact that the jBpanese
American had not given the OPA
a copy of the eviction papers.
The second suit which ended
in Fujimoto's favor was tried be
fore Circuit Judge E. M. Page.
Bergh had been a leader ,in the
German anti-Japanese group. :
Fujimoto was born in Portland
and attended grammar, high
school and Reed College there.
He Is married and the father of
two children. ; -
F
ON TRUMAN PLEA
FOR JOBLESS PAY
Washington, May 29 (U.R)
President Truman may get the
first major congressional rebuff
of his administration over the
question of setting a federal
standard on unemployment com
pensation. President Roosevelt was simi
larly rebuffed last year.
Mr. Truman yesterday asked
Congress to set federal standards
of unemployment pay as an
emergency measure during the
reconversion period pending
action on a general broadening
of social security measures.
Specifically he urged estab
lishment of a nationwide maxi
mum of at least $25 weekly ex
tending over a period up to six
months for workers thrown out
of jobs during the changeover
from war to peace production,
Reaction among congressional
leaders indicated that the re
quest would be rejected as was
a similar one last year during
consideration of the War Mobili
zation and Reconversion bill.
All that congressional leaders
would promise for the time be
ing was prompt attention to the
problem and fulfillment of some
parts of the president'i request.
E 6 DATE SET
Salem, Ore., May 29 (U,R)
The Oregon supreme court today
set Wednesday, June 8, for hear
ing arguments in the Injunction
suit attacking house bill 403 of
the 1945 legislature.
The Oregon Business and Tax
Research Inc., of Portland, ap
pealed the suit against the sec
retary of state after an adverse
decision in Marion county circuit
court last week. The tax group
claims the bill, as signed by the
governor, was not the bill as in
tended by the legislature.
Washington, May 29 (U.R)
The army plans to induct a few
men under 28 with minor physi
cal fiefcrts for limited service as
WAR BULLETINS
San Francisco, May 29 (U.R)
Tha Dutch are preparing a
fore of 200,000 men to help
smash Japan and recapture
the rich Netherlands East Indies.
Washington, May 29 U.R
Tha United States again has
sternly warned tha Japanese
government against mishan
dling American prisoners, tha
Stat department revealed to
day. Tha Japanese had hinted at
a policy of reprisal against
American prisoners and civi
lian internees because a U. S.
submarine mistakenly sank a
Japanese supply ship that was
travelling under an allied
grant of safe conduct.
SOLDIER DOLLAR
USED TO PROP UP
F
Rep. Anderson Asks Probe
Of S t a b 1 1 Ization Try
Troops Are Losers.
Washington, May 29 (U.R)
Rep. Jack Anderson, R., Cal
said today he will ask the House
Military Affairs committee to
investigate what he said were
American attempts to stabilize
French currency by paying serv
icemen in France in francs
rather than dollars,
Tha rate of exchange, set by
the French before D-day, devalu
ates the American dollar by
more than half, he said.
"I don't see why the army
should prop up French money
and as a direct result of that
have our soldiers find their dol
lar worth only 20 cents," Ander
son said. "Somebody's getting
stung and I don't think it's the
French." ,
" He said the War department
had informed him use of dollar
currency In foreign areas would
jeopardize faith in the native
currencies and mieht nnssihlv
cause inflation and "affect gen
eral political stability."
Anderson read to the House a
letter from an American service
man in France who called the
exchange rate "wholesale rob
bery."
CROSS ATLANTIC
London, May 29 (U.R) The
end of the Atlantic convoy sys
tem was expected today to speed
tY-t homeward journevs of thou
sands of American troops still in
the European theater.
An Anglo-American announce
ment that ships plying the Atlan
tic no longer must travel In con
voy meant that the homeward
bound troopships no longer
would be restricted to the speed
of the slowest vessel in a convoy.
Nor would they be forced to
take a roundabout, zig-zagging
routes to avoid U-boats.
The joint announcement, from
he admiralty here and the navy
department In Washington, gave
merchant vessels permission to
tail with all their lights on for
the first time since September
1939.
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Some damage to hay and grain
crops of the valley is thought to
have resulted from tha wind and
rain storm which swept the val
ley last evening about 6 o'clock.
R. G. Fowler, county agent, slat
ed this morning that hay and
grain damage had been reported
to his office, but no damage to
the pear crop had been reported.
At the weather bureau it was
said that the wind velocity
reached 52 miles an hour during
the storm. Rainfall during the
last 24 hours was .42 inches.
OF DDT TO STATE
FOR POTATO BUGS
Deadly Insect Killer Still
Goes to Army; Auto Quota
For June, 1500.
Washington, May 29 (U.R)
DDT, the war developed Insect
killer, will be tried out commer
cially against the potato tuber
flea beetle, the War Production
Board said today,
On the request of War Food
Administration a limited amount
of DDT will be made available
in Oregon to protect the potato
crop.
The limited supply of DDT
makes it Impossible, however, to
permit general commercial use
because of the great military de
mand for it, WPB said. Research
in its civilian applications is con
tinuing, it was said, so that it
can be made available when mili
tary cutbacks permit its use
commercially.
Other home front commodity
and production news included:
A total of 1500 new automo
biles will be released to essential
users during the next month,
the Office of Price Administra
tion said. The June quota is the
same as May's.
The War Production Board an
nounced that it had removed re
strictions on production of mo
torcycles. It will continue to con
trol distribution, however, since
it expects a demand for motor
cycles to continue to be heavy
WPB removed controls on pro
duction of aluminum cooking
utensils and kitchenware. In
creased production of aluminum
ware is expected as war con
tracts are completed.
FRANCE KIN SAFE
A letter from a sister received
by Mrs. Isabelle Gault 125 Cot
tage street, was the first word
from relatives in Franca which
Mrs. Gault had received since
Mow r,1 1Q41 . Tt rnntnlnpft the
good news that her father, three
brothers Bnd sisters were an
well and had survived the Ger
man occupation of her native
land and the war. The sister said
food in Marseilles, where she re
sides, is very scarce but sup
piles are more plentiful In the
village in the Alps where her
father, Augusta Renl'.on, lives.
All three brothers were In the
military service. ' Mrs. Gault, an
employe of the Central avenue
Groceteria, has lived in Medford
21 years.
APRICOT GROWER
Washington, May 29 (U.R)
State average grower price ceil
ings for apricots for canning,
freezing and drying purposes
will be the same as those for
Inst year, the government an
nounced today. Only Washing
ton, Oregon, California and Utah
are affected.
HEDY LAMARR A MOTHER
Hollywood, May 29 (U.R)
Screen Actress Hcdy LaMarr
became mother of a girl today,
upsetting her choice of a name
for a son. The daughter was
born at 7:40 a, m. today In the
Cedar of Lebanon hospital, al
most two years after the sultry
star married British Actor John
Loder on May 27, 1943, The
baby weighed 7li pounds.
Seventh War Loan Drive
"E" Sales to Data 1303,628
Quota 11.087.000
Total Sales to Data
$693,253
Quota 12.087.000
TO PAVE WAY FOR
INVASIONS GAIN
Two -Thirds Naha Falls,
Shuri Encircled Japs
. Defeats In China, Luzon;
By United Press
A Bern broadcast recordtd by
tha Blue Network nnnri.J .:,k.
out confirmation today that tha
nmtnean iuui army had cap.
turad Naha, capital of Okinawa.
Tha broadcast, giving no source
for tha report, said "all of the
city of Naha now is occupied"
by the Americans.
Pearl Harbor, May 29 4U.R
American offensives to clear
southern Okinawa and northern
Luzon in preparation for an in
vasion of Japan gained momen
tum today.
Japanese defenses on the two
Islands appeared to be crumbling
rapidly and the end of both cam
paigns was in sight.
Develnnmenta In .V, n
war included:
Okinawa The 10th army cap
tured two-thirri nt ha u..!
city of Naha in the west and al
most encircled the Inland citadel
of Shurl In a drive half-way
across the southern tip of the
island from the east coast.
Luzon American troops head
ed for open, tank ground after
capturing the Cagayan valley
gateway town of Santa Fa. , Tha
stage was set for final drive
aga(nst 30,000 Japanese In north
east Luzon. - ,
. Chlna-Chlnesa troops ' threat
ened the Japanese-held former
American air base town of Liu
chow from the south and west
and drove to within 85 miles of
the Canton-Hankow railway In
Hunan province.
Burma Tha British '14th
army repulsed a series of Japa
nese counter-attacks in strength
in the Mokshitwa area 80 miles
north of Rangoon and continued
to advance beyond Toungoo to
ward the Thai border.
Japan Admiral Soemu Toyo
da was removed as commander
In chief of Japan'i combined
fleet, commander-in-chief of tha
newly-established over-all navy
command and commander of tha
naval escorts command In a gen
eral navy shakeup.
Guam, May 29 (U.R) Jp.
anese defenses in southern Oki
nawa appeared to be crumbling
fast today.
On the west coast, Marines of
the Sixth Division captured two
thirds of the capital city of Naha,
cleared the north shore of Naha
harbor and sent patrols to Ono
yama Island in mid-harbor.
Slxtcen-lnch guns of battle
ships offshore breached ' tha
walls of the Inland citadel of
Shurl, already outflanked and
nearly encircled. A number of
Japanese were fleeing through
the escape gap still open.
Seventh Division troops on tha
east coast drove another 1500
yards south on a 3,000-yard
front and reached the southwest
corner of Baten Bay. Reconnais
sance groups in landing craft re
connoltered the south and west
coasts of the bay.
Gains Best Yet
The gains all across the Island
were the best since Lt. Gen. Si
mon Bolivar Buckner's 10th
army forces rammed Into the
Naha Shurl Yonabaru defense
line more than a month ago.
A Pacific fleet communique
revealed the Japanese renewed
their suicide air attacks on
American warships off Okinawa
Sunday, sinking one light unit
and causing minor to moderate
damage to 12 others.
The enemy paid for the suc
cess with 77 planes shot down,
preliminary reports showed.
Sixth Division Marines met
only scattered machirte-gun and
rifle fire from enemy rear
guards as they swept through
the mined, rubble-heaped streets
of Nsha to the shores of the har
bor. They cleared all of Naha west
of the canal running from the
main harbor to the Asato river.
NO NEWS CENSORSHIP
Trieste, May 29. (U.R) Cor
respondents here were assured
today by a high-ranking allied
censorship officer from Rome
that their dispatches would not
be subject to political censorship.