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Newspaper Page Textmm in v Weather FORECAST: Partly cloudy to night and Friday. Slightly warmer rriaay. .'.'"ft 51 Prec. . Traca Highest Yesterday Lowest this Morning ..... To 5 a. m., today Fortieth Year HIGHWAY 99 HAS 'S Action of State Body Closes Controversy Klamath Commissioner Joins Vote. Highway 99 was officially designated as the inter-regional highway for Oregon to connect with Washington and California roads by unanimous vote of the Oregon highway commission at a meeting Tuesday afternoon, a message to the Jackson County Chamber of Commerce states. This action brings to a close a controversy of several weeks standing between backers of highway 99 and of highway 97, which runs from Eugene to Klamath Falls. Releases from Portland are to the effect that all three members of the commission conceded that the Klamath route had many compelling arguments in its fa vor and stressed that .the com mission's choice should in no way detract from the importance of the Klamath Falls-Eugene route. . Banfield States Stand A statement by Chairman Banfield outlined the commis sion's position, He declared that both highways should be brought up to high standards and that the naming of one as a regional highway does not neces sarily mean that it will have completion preference over the other. "The federal government has made no funds available for a regional system, it being merely in the talk state," the chairman said. "When funds are available the only difference will be an additional two feet in width of the pavement and of five feet of oiled shoulder on each side. In either case, a primary state highway will have a 22-foot wide pavement and five-foot shoul ders while the regional highway will have a 24-foot pavement with 10-foot shoulders on each aide." The chairman concluded by pointing out that the committee for regional highways, as set up by the federal government, and the California commission had chosen 99 as the regional high way and that the Oregon com mission concurred in their choice. Commissioner Merle Chessman concurred in Ban field's statement and moved the adoption of 99, without preju dice to the alternate develop ment of the Klamath Falls route. Commissioner Arthur Schaupp of Klamath Falls recalled his statement at the last meeting that 97 is a faster, shorter, less expensive to construct route and predicted that it would become the inter-rcgional route by use, if not designation, but cast his vote with the other two com missioners to make the decision unanimous. During the meeting the com mission adopted the state-wide program for three-year postwar highway construction and auth orized the chief highway engi neer to proceed with the award ing of contracts as fast as condi tions warranted. A number of contracts were awarded, includ ing one for work on the Crater Lake-Fort Klamath timber ac cess road to Babler Brothers, Portland, for $70,694. OFFICERS INVESTIGATE REPORTED PLANE CRASH Stale police and officers from Medford Army Air Base are In vestigating the reported crash of an airplane near Van Dyke cliffs, about three miles north east of Talent. A Talent resi dent reported having seen the plane crash about 10:30 a. m. today but at press time investi gators had not returned from the scene and no information could be obtained. Seventh War Loan Drive "E" Sales to Date .... $313,603 Quota $1,067,000 . Total Sales to Date $928,023 Quota $2,087,000 M United Press ieMseiMei 2 ueW k "i ejsi ' v-; . I- (Acme lelcphoto) Much discussion, heavy thinking and heavy smoking mark this UNOIO sub-comm.ttee meeting on regional arrangements. At table (left to right) are Arnold Eaestad and Arne Ording of Norway; MaJ. Oen, E. L O. Jacob and Sir Alexander Cadogan of Britain. Official Secretariat photo. ."Little" Nations Growing Impatient As Big Five Delays San Francisco. May 31. U.R A United Nations con ference committee has ap proved a section of the' pro-' posed world organisation char, ier directing the security coun cil to report to the assembly on measures it adopts and applies, despite strenuous ob jections by Soviet Russia, it was revealed today. ' San Francisco, May 31. (U.R) The "Little" United Nations displayed mounting impatience today at the big five delay in answering their questions about the Yalta voting formula for the United Nations world organiza tion. The nearly two-week delay has slowed other conference progress. Nothing more can be IS The American people must, by necessity, have more govern ment In their lives than before' the war, E. B. McNaughton, president of the First National bank of Portland told members of the Medford Rotary club Tuesday. Speaking at a lun cheon meeting at the Hotel Med ford, McNaughton pointed to a probably national debt of $300 billion when final victory is won, with interest totaling $6 billion. "We must accept reasonable controls" the speaker declared. "The lessons that people here have learned in recent years will enable them to adapt them selves to necessary restraints. If they do accept needed con trols they need not be afraid of the future or the threat of dang erous inflation," he emphasized. Economic and racial problems affecting Portland were dis cussed by McNaughton, citing the fact that the southern Ore gon area depends much upon products of the soil and that lumbering activities are moving southward means post-war pros licrity for this section of the state. The buying of war bonds was offered as the surest brake against serious inflation and the speaker pointed out the danger of excessive borrowing by the government from banks and other large financial institutions. Mr. McNaughton was intro duced by Eugene Thomdike. manager of the Medford branch. First Nfaional bank of Portland. BASEBALL American Cleveland 2 S 1 Boston 6 12 2 Embree. Center and Hayes; Ferrits and Carbark. EDFORD Full Leased Wirt MEDFORD, OREGON, THURSDAY, MAY 31, UNCIO Subcommittee Meeting Reply On Voting Plan done on almost half of the major unsettled questions until there is a decision on the big five veto issue.' " ' ' The little,' nations conceded privately that-they probably will have to acquiesce to the veto power as it stands. As a result they are preparing to direct most of. their fire against the Dum barton Oaks clause which gives each of the big five a veto over any future amendment of the charter. ' Evidence of how the lack of a final decision is slowing confer ence progress came at the first working commission session yes terday. A committee had recom mended that the veto not be ap plicable on nomination of the secretary-general of the new organization that the nomina tion would be by a majority of any seven of - the 11 security council members. .When this point came before the commission, Soviet Delegate K. V. Novikov objected to appro val and served notice that he was appealing the committee de cision to the steering committee, which is composed of the chair men of all the 49 delegations. When the committee original ly eliminated the big power veto over nomination of the secretary general, the little nations had hailed It as another victory. But MAY MOVE HERE Upstate reports today said Camp Adair, located near Cor vallis, may be used as an assem bly center for soldiers being transferred from the European battlefronts to Pacific areas. The camp has been used the past sev eral months as a naval hospital. Reports that the Camp Adair naval hospital would be moved to Camp White, near here, could not be confirmed, the report stated, ' Sen. Morse Says Navy Labor Policy Responsible For Coast Shortage Washington, May 31 (U.R) Sen. Wayne Morse, R., Ore., charged today that the navy's la bor policy was responsible for the critical shortage of workers In west coast repair yards. He said west coast senators have de manded an explanation. Secretary of Navy James For restal yesterday made a plea for 15.000 additional skilled work men in Pacific coast repair docks to handle vessels damaged in Pa cific battles. He told a news con ference that since V-E Day work ers have been leaving yards in "alarming proportions," creating a critical situation. "There need be no real basis yesterday's commission action made them reconsider and wonder how permanent are the "victories" they have chalked up in committees, .... .. .: - . The conference moved at a snail's pace with committees re porting only minor progress yes terday. The little nation delegates have been doing a lot of talking in recent days about the veto issue. Australian Foreign Minis ter Herbert V. Evatt has even predicted that "a distinct major ity" of the conference is against the big power veto over peaceful settlement of disputes. But the big powers have indi rectly warned the little ones not to go too far not to use their preponderance of votes to get something Into the charter which might keep some or all of the big powers out of it. BURGLARS HELD J Jack Henry Allen, who Is re ported to be AWOL from Camp Maxey, Tex., and Alice Laura Messcr, an accomplice, were bound over to the grand Jury by the jusice court yesterday. Bail was set at $ ,000 for each. They are held in the county jail. Allen Is charged with bur glary not in a dwelling in con nection with theft of nearly $2,500 worth of tools from the Clyde Caton garage In Ashland a week ago. With the Messer woman, he also aces charges of larceny of an automobile be longing to G. Wannberg, Ash land. The pair were arrested by state police recently on the Tiller-Trail road while driving the Wannberg auto. John Rasmus Anderson, re portedly an escapee from an army stockade in Louisiana who was arrested earlier on the bur glary charge, is also In the county Jail on $1,000 bail await ing grand jury action. for the navy's fears if It would proceed to iron out its labor policies on the west coast," Morse said. Since World War I, private re pair yards from San Francisco north have paid an 11.6 cent dif ferential for their work, Morse said, and despite the fact that "historically and factually there Is adequate basis for this differ ential," the navy has failed to pay it. "There appears to be some basis for the charge of the labor organizations involved that the navy has been inslrumcr tal In preventing the application of this differential in southern Califor- , nia shipyards," Morse said. 1945. CITY'S T'ilTE 10 DEAL Camp White Army Unit Heads Long Procession; Canfield Speaker in Rites. Traditional ceremonies in ob servance of Memorial day were held in Medford yesterday with Ira Canfield, past Oregon de partment commander of the Vet erans of Foreign Wars, substitut ing as main speaker in the city park program for Louis Starr, national junior vice commander of the V.F.W. Starr was detained at the San Francisco conference on International relations and could not appear as scheduled. Hundreds of Medford citizens lined Main street to watch the parade which included the 752nd Military Police battalion from Camp White, Women's Relief Corps, Daughters of Union Vet erans, veterans of World War I and II and past wars, Veterans of Foreign Wars Auxiliary, Med ford high school band, Boy Scout drum and bugle corps, Disabled American Veterans Auxiliary, Eagles lodge and Auxiliary, Navy Mothers, Nurses Aides, Red Cross Motor Corps, Torch Honor members, Royal Neigh bors, Eve Prentls' accordion band, Girl Scouts, Salvation Army Sunbeams, Boy Scouts, Cub Scouts, and the Central Point high school band. ' Soa Dead .Honored- J In a program held on the Bear Creek bridge, Mrs. Mable Clemm gave a reading in memory of boys lost at sea and a gun salute and taps were presented by men from Camp White. Following the short program there the parade led the crowd to the city park where memorial services were held. Band Opens Program The park ceremony which was presided over by Mrs. Fred Lawrence, chairman, was open ed with numbers by the high school band followed by the Pledge of Allegiance. A patriotic reading was presented by Mrs. Ora Cox, past national president of the Daughters of Union Vet erans and the Gettysburg ad dress was given by William Hed rick, of Medford senior high school. The dedication of va cant chairs in memory of fallen comrades was made by the W.R.C., G.A.R., Unknown Sol dier, D.U.V., Spanish American War Veterans and Auxiliary, Sons and Daughters of the Amer ican Revolution, V.F.W., Ameri can Legion and Auxiliary in memory of World War I and II, Order of Purple Heart and Aux iliary, Navy Mothers, Gold Star Mothers, Royal Neighbors, and the Southern Oregon Pioneer Association. Following the dedication of the chairs Past Commander Can field spoke on "Memorial in 1945," and the ceremony was closed with the benediction by the Rev. George Coulter, Med ford Church of Nazarene and the playing of the Star Spangled Banner by the band. ON REICH POLICY London, May 31. (U.R) A Moscow announcement of an im minent meeting of the allied con trol commission for Germany indicated today that Russia, America and Britain were agreed oi' the main points of policy in the three-way occupation of the reich. British sources confirmed the Soviet report that a meeting of the control commission was shaping up. They said the exact date had not been set, but there would be no undue delay. Marshal Gregory K. Zhukov, Russia's No. 1 professional sol dier, will represent the Soviet union on the commission. A Soviet Tass dispatch Indicating by indirection that Marshal Klementi E. Voroshilov might also be a member was clarified later to mean that he was the president of a control commis sion in Hungary, Tribune United Press Lt. Tommy White Sends Word From French Army Camp Wflton White, route 4, box 39, has received a letter from his brother, Lt. Tommy White, who is now at an army camp in France. In the letter Lt. White, who has been a prisoner of the Germans since Jan. 11, 1944, when he was shot down, told of being "recaptured" by the Rus sians and of being flown out of Germany in "forts." Lt. White wrote that he saw most of the Ruhr valley on the flight. He told of receiving a week's pass and of plans to visit Paris. He wrote of meeting his crew members, who have put in for 10 fighters destroyed and four probables. He added he has several souvenirs from Ger many. In the letter Lt. wmte wrote he was having difficulty becom ing used to "heavy eating." He said he expects to be home about the end of June when he plans to have a "real vacation." Li DUE TO JAPANESE BALLOON BOMB Washington, May 31. U.R) The only casualties Inflicted by Japanese balloon bombs which have fallen sporadically in the western area were suffered by a family which found a nunex- nloded bomb. Undersecretary of War Robert P, Patterson said today. They detonated the bomb, with the result a woman and five children were killed. Her husband and one child survived. The secretary did not give de tails of the Incident. It was known, however, that the incident occurred at Lake view, Ore., several weeks ago. "There have been no. other fatalities or injuries to person nel people from enemy bal loon attacks. As previously stat ed, the attacks have been very scattered and the point of attack cannot be controlled by the Jap anese. "While It is not impossible that other Incidents involving injury or deaths may occur, it is our natural aim to keep from the enemy any information that will make his futile attack any more effective. Any information at all which would Indicate the time or place of the arrival of a balloon, or their numbers or their particular effects or any thing on their technical aspects would aid the enemy to correct and improve their flight mechan ism and encourage their, contin uance. Lakeview, Ore., May 31, (U.R) The sheriffs', office at Lake view today identified the six persons announced by Undersec retary of War Robert P. Patter son to have been killed by a Japanese balloon bomb as Mrs. Archie Mitchell, Sherman Shoe maker, Jay Glfford, Eddie Engen, Joan and Dick Patzke. The woman was wife of a Bly minister. Together they had taken a group of children on a picnic 15 miles east of Bly, last May 5. At the time they had handled the balloon and Its ap paratus thereby causing its deto nation. The pastor had been far enough away to escape injury. Amos E. Williams, Resident Of Talent Ls Taken by Death Ashland, May 31 Amos E. Williams, Talent, passed away in the Community hospital Wed nesday. He was born on Eml .Trant Creek, south of Ashland Nov. 5, 1898, and hsa spent his f ntlre life In southern Oregon. He Is survived by his widow, Margaret and a daughter Marie, both of Talent. Also surviving are four brothers, Ralph, Ne halem, Ore., and Del, Jesse and Clarence, all of Ashland, and two sisters, Mrs. Ada Kcrby and Mrs. Rachel Bradley of Ashland. His step-father, Charles Cowan, also survives. Funeral services wl!1 be held at Litwiller Funeral Home Sat urday at 1:30 p. m. with inter ment in Mountain View cemetery. Full Leased Wire NO. 59. ALLIED VICTORIES PILE UP AGAINST JAPAfTUORCES Trap on Okinawa Closing on Thousands Nip Navy Trains for Suicide Attacks Pearl Harbor, May 31 (U.PJ Allied victories piled up in Okin awa and China today, and Japan rallied for a desperate de fense of her homeland. Developments In the quicken ing Pacific war included: Okinawa Marines captured heavily-fortified Shuri Castle and 'most of the city of Shuri. To the south, two American di visions neared a Junction that may trap thousands of Japanese troops. Offensive In China China Lt. Gen. Albert C. Wedemcyer, commander of U. S. forces In China, said Allied forces were shifting from the defense to the offensive in China with the future bright. Chinese troops captured 180 miles of Japan's lifeline corridor across China. Japanese troops fired and abandoned the former Amer ican air baso city of Lluchow end nearby Lluchlng In central Kwangsl province. Philippines American bomb ers dropped more than BOO tons of bombs on holdout Japanese positions on Luzon. The last Japanese remnants were cleared from Wawa dam east of Manila. On Mindanao. American forces began a drive to cut the Japa nese escape from a pocket north west of Davao. Burma Indian troops ad vane ed another mile and a half east on the Toungoo-Mawchl road to. ward the Thailand border. Japa. nese groups were reported resist ing strongly In the Mokshltwa area, 14 miles west of Pegu. British Welcome Guam Admiral Chester W. Nimltz welcomed the British fleet to the Pacific and denounc ed "Irresponsible" statements that the United States resented its presence. The British com mander promised that Britain will use everything she can to help defeat Japan. Japan Radio Tokyo said all branches of the Japanese navy were being trained In suicide attacks and called on the entire population of Japan to prepare to repel American Invaders. On southern Okinawa, Ma rines of the First Division raised the Stars and Stripes over shell torn Shuri Castle, formerly Japanese army headquarters, at 1:45 p. m. yesterday. What's in Store For YOU Today .... Tomorrow? Will it be a date ... a check in the mail . . something about a job? Every day The Wishing Well will bring you a personal message in cipher. Here's a new and different pastime, easy to play and sure to give you lots of pleasure. 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Miller, Piitrlbutea y King 'i!4 DE GAULLE GIVEN ULTIMATUM TO HALTHOSTILITY Churchill Announces Order to Cease Firing Action Climaxes Spreading Riot. Washington, May 31 OI.R) President Truman has ap proved Great Britain's inter vention to end bloodshed In the Levant, Acting Secretary of 31ate Joseph C. Grew said today, London. Mav 31 flIPl -! Britain ordered her troops into Syria and Lebanon to halt the mooay Arab-French disorders todav and nerved virtual nlH. matum on Franca in rpnu hn. tllities in the Levant immedi ately. In a move to resolve the Le vant crisis and prevent a pos- siDie rupture of Allied communi cations lines 10 xne f ar East, Prim TWinKfor Phiii-ohl!! an. nounced he had ordered British armed intervention between the warring French and Arab forces in Syria and Lebanon. Withdrawal Asked At the same time, a terse memorandum was dispatched to Gen. Charles De Gaulle, "re questing" th Immediate with drawal of all French troops In the Levant to their barracks "to avoid collision between British and French forces." "Once firing has ceased and order has been restored, we shall be prepared to begin tri-partlte discussions here In London," the British note said. The sudden British Interven tion climaxed three weeks of spreading disorder In the Le vant, touched off by the dis- " patch of French reinforcements to Syria and Lebanon to back up France's demand for strategic bases In the former mandated -countries. . The ancient city of Damascus was aflame from French bomb ing and shelling, and Foreign Secretary Anthony Eden an nounced in Commons that the situation there had become worse in the past 12 hours. Casualties Pass ' , Million Mark In Global Conflict' Washington, May 31 (U.R) U. S. combat-casualties In this war passed 1,000,000 today. Military losses as announced officially here reached 1,002, 887, an Increase of 6,798 over a week ago. The total Included 890,01$ army and 112,868 navy, ma rine corps, and coast guard casualties. The overall total, including ' only those casualties which have been tabulated and an nounced in Washington, .was nearly four times the World War I total of 259,735 for all services.