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MEDFORD, OREGON, SUNDAY, JUNE 3, 1945.
NO. 61. i
Adm. Halsey's Third Fleet Opens New Phase Jap War
JITTERY EMPIRE
OF MARTIAL LAW
Kyushu Base Planes Raked;
Osaka In Ruins Navy
Commands Changed.
By United Press ,
tAm William IT TTnlcnv throw
the powerful carrier forces of
his famed Third fleet against
five Japanese airfields on Kyu
shu Saturday, destroying or
Aamattino 3R pnpmv nlnnps as
the world's mightiest team of
fighting ships returned to action.
.Tanan said the destructive
aerial offensive might make mar
tial law necessary tnrougnoui
L h pmnire and the return of
" Halsey to the western Pacific
appeared to mark the opening 01
a new phase of the war against
Japan.
Halsey, hard-bitten sea dog
known as' "The-Bull," who has
promised to ride Emperor Hiro
. hito's white horse through
Tokyo, was back in action
against the Japanese even as the
presence of the Third fleet was
disclosed.
Halsey took command of his
"private lake" off Japan May 27
from Adm. Raymond A. Spru
ance, commander of the Fifth
fleet. Spruance has returned to
Guam, where he received the
Navy Cross for "extraordinary
heroism."
Carrier planes of the Third
fleet shot down two enemy
planes, destroyed 11 on the
ground and damaged 26 others
in raking Kyushu airfields at
Miyazaki, Kokubu, Kushira,
Kagoshima and Chiran. Navy
t and marine patrol bombers hit
shipping off Japan and in the
East China Sea as invasion-jittery
Japan predicted the coming
of martial law.
Photographs of Friday's Super
fort raid on Osaka indicated that
' the heart of Japan's second city
and largest industrial center had
been destroyed.
A Japanese newspaper said
that "we certainly would not be
surprised even if we see a neces
aity of adopting martial law."
Fleet Adm. Chester W. Nimitz
reported Halsey's return to ac
tion and announced other chang
es in the U. S. Pacific fleet and
Pacific ocean areas. The U. S.
Tenth Army on Okinawa, com
manded by Lt. Gen. Simon Boli
var Buckner, Jr., has been placed
f under Nimitz' direct control;
Adm. Richmond K. Turner has
relinquished control of the Fifth
Amphibious corps to Vice Adm.
Harry W. Hill; the name of the
forward area has been changed
to the "'Marianas Area," with
Vice Adm. John J. Hoover re
taining command.
HALFlllJAL
Washington, June 2 (U.R)
The $7,000,000,000 individual
phase of the mighty Seventh War
loan was nearly 50 per cent sub
scribed as the drive ended its
third week tonight.
The Treasury's War Finance
Division announced individual
war bond purchases totaling $3,
393,999.999, or 48 per cent of
the individual quota.
Sales of Series E bonds also
approached the half way mark
reaching $1,870,000,000; or 47
per cent of the $4,000,000,000
E bond goal. ,
Royal Netherlands
Bomber Crew Crash
Grass Valley,. Cal., June 2
(U.R) A two-motore'i Royal
Netherlands air force bomber
crashed here today, killing the
entire crew, police reported.
At latest reports, officers had
recovered four bodies from the
burning wreckage of the plane
which plowed through two
houses and then crashed Into a
Catholic retreat building and
caught fire, setting the building
ablaze. It was not immediately
determined how many people
were aboard the plane.
Seventh War Lean
Driv
Sales to Date $337,J84
Quota $1,067,000
Closing In
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Nooning capture
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of Allied advances in every theater
4.58 INCHES RAIN
NEW RECORD HERE
May, 1945, was the wettest)
May ever recorded here, weather
bureau officials said Friday. The
monthly precipitation was 4.58
inches as compared, with a nor
mal rainfall of 1.10 inches ex
cess being 3.48 inches. Next
wettest May recorded since 1911
was in 1942 when the valley had
3.69 inches.
The seasonal precipitation
since Sept. 1 is 18.76 which is
3.22 above normal. The greatest
amount of rainfall in any 24
hours -occurred on the 24th with
1.21 inches. Thunderstorms, too,
were above normal with storms
occurring on May 2, 22, 24, 28
and 29. The average number
of days with thunderstorms is
two, making three more than
average this year. The survey
covers a period of 16 years.
Light fog was recorded on the
morning of the 26th.
May temperature was about
average, highest being 91 de
grees on" the 1st and 2nd. Lowest
was 41 degrees on May 11. Mean
maximum was 71.5 and mean
minimum was 47 degrees which
gives a monthly average pf 60.8
degrees. Average daily depar
ture was 1.0 degrees above nor
mal. No frost occurred during
the month.
R. G. Fowler, county agent,
stated that the large amount of
rain caused considerable damage
to grain, hay and vetch crops
and that the second hay. crop is
already growing through the
first. The greatest damage was
caused by the seasons being
pushed together, along with the
labor shortage, Fowler said. He
also stated that some damage
was caused by the delay to or
chard spraying.
STRIKE BLACKOUT
FACED By MEXICO
Mexico City, June 2 (U.R) i
The National Confederation of
Electricians said today it would
order t strike In 22 states June
9 if salary increases were not
approved by the Federal Labor
Ministry. The strike would
blackout the federal district. The
Swedish-owned Ericsson Tele
phone company also would' be
affected.
The Labor Ministry said the
decision was delayed because of
difficulty in Inspecting working
conditions in remote sections of
the republic. They said data ac
cumulated tended to support the
electrician's request for raises.
FUEL HOPE SLIM
Washington. June 2 (U.R)
Civilians in the Pacific North
west can expect no increase In
fuel oil supplies until V-J Day.
Ralph K. Davies, Deputy Petro
leum Administrator, said today.
on Japan
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fleet, land-based
flyers hit Formosa,
China ports; scores
of Jap "suicides"
downed at Okinawa
ivori". S. troops push
north on luzon,
tighten around
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Aussies continue
Tarakan advance.
New Guinea map-up
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Paclfie war show stepped-up tempo
against Japan's main defense lines.
BILL PASSED TO
Sacramento, June 2 (U.R)
The assembly today passed a bill
designed to allow wives of serv
icemen who ' bear illegitimate
children to permit adoption of
the children without notifying
their husbands..
The bill was introduced by
Assemblyman Gardiner Johnson,
R., Berkeley. He said it would
prevent a mother's indiscretion
from "forever damning and be
clouding the future of a helpless
infant."
Assemblyman Kathryn Nei
house, R., San Diego, quoted
from a letter from a San Diego
attorney declaring that army and
navy officials were in favor 'of
the bill. The letter said that noti
fication of husbands overseas in
such situations "is most demoral
izing." The. bill was opposed by As
semblyman Don Allen, D., Los
Angeles, as condoning unfaith
fulness which betrays a soldier
while he is fighting and risking
his life to save his country."
BY DE GAULLE IN
Paris, June 2 (U.R) Gen.
Charles De Gaulle today blamed
Britain for the outbreaks be
tween Syrians and French in the
middle east and said that France
was willing, in a spirit of inter
national cooperation, to negoti
ate the situation with all inter
ested nations, including the
Soviet Union.
De Gaulle told newsmen at a
press conference that when
Prime Minister Winston Church
ill told France that1 British
troops would Intervene to halt
the fighting in Syria, Britain
broke a Franco-British agree
ment of June 1941 by which
France was given command of
forces in Syria and Lebanon, and
expressed her willingness to ne
gotiate Levantine independence.
' De Gaulle defended France's
role In the middle east and ac
cused Britain of forwarding her
interests there at France's ex
pense. De Gaulle's conference was
held as Syrian officials stiffened
their attitude toward the pres
ence of French troops In Syria.
Syrians demanded that the
French Gen. Oliva-Roget, who
ordered Damascus shelled, be
listed as a war criminal for trial
by an international court
SEEKS VICE PRESIDENCY
Pasadena. Cal., June 2 U.R
Window Washer Samuel W.
Lawry has written President
Truman applying for the vacant
post of vice-president.
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OKINAWA BATTLE
IN FINAL STAGE;
Marines Near Airb d
Within Sight r ia
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U. S. 10th Ai..,, ,ps on Oki
nawa struck towa. . Naha air
field, rolled southward through
crumbling enemy resistance in
all sectors and captured two
towns as the 63-day fight en
tered its last stage.
Marines were within 5,000
yards of the great airfield and
its three strips. In the central
zone, marines pushed 1.000 yards
southward, cutting the Naha
Yonabaru highway, and drove
toward 96th infantry troops still
farther south. The 7th infantry
on the east was only 2V4 miles
from the southern coast, over
ran Ogusuku village and fanned
out toward Shinzato town as the
U. S. columns drove to split the
remaining 20,000 Japanese into
isolated pockets.
Chinese troops collapsed the
Japanese defense line before
poking in central China. They
captured three towns and drove
within nine miles of the city as
they swept forward on a 40
mile front and rolled back Jap
anese defenses.
The Okinawa battle moved re
lentlessly toward a finish.- The
Yanks were within sight of Oki
nawa's southern beaches. Clear
ing weather brought more artil
lery and armored units into ac
tion against the weakening Jap
anese. Chan village south of the
Naha-Yonabaru highway ' was
captured and 96th infantrymen
drove to Tera and Kamizato vil
lages in a push threatening to
wipe out-- ny-hope-th - enemy
had of making a new stand in
hill masses to . the south. .,
USE HUGE PLANE
Washington, June 2 (U.R)
The army for the first time to
da.y let reporters see and write
about the president's huge, lux
ury plane which is equipped
with everything from an electric
refrigerator to an elevator.
It is a four-engined C-54
transport built by Douglas Air
craft Co.. and converted to the
president's use by the Army Air
Transport Command. Its crew
is commanded by Lt. Col. Henry
T. Myers, former airline pilot.
. The late President Roosevelt
used the plane once on his
flight from Malta to Yalta and
back to Cairo. It has, however,
been used on a number of other
important missions. It recently
brought the mother of President
Truman from Kansas City to
Washington, and Mr. Truman
will use It in his forthcoming
flight to San Francisco.
Gen. George C. Marshall,
army chief of staff, various cab
inet members, Harry L. Hop
kins, and Mme. Chiang Kai-Shek
have flown in the big ship which
has the flags of 44 nations on
its fuselage, showing the num
ber of countries it has visited.
The Interior of the ship is
sound-proofed in a new and
ultra-scientific way which is so
effective that the four powerful
motors barely can be heard when
the ship is breezing along at
250 miles an hour. Normal con
versation is as easily audible as
in a hotel room and the music
from one radio can be heard
throughout the plane.
STASSENS LAUNCH SHIP
Richmond, Calif., June 2
(U.R The 10.800-ton cargo ship
"Adclphl Victory" slid down the
ways at the Kaiser Richmond
yards tonight with Comdr. Har
old E. Stassen and Mrs. Stasscn
as sponsors.
DIVORCE SOUCHT
Hollywood, June ' 2 (U.R)
Mrs. Geraldinc Farrar Jcrglns,
socially prominent wife of Allen
A. Jcrglns, son of A. T. Jergins,
millionaire oil man, today filed
suit for divorce charging mental
cruelty.
SYRIANS INSIST
Fl
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Levant States Serve De
mand On British for Trial
Arabs Restless.
Bey rough, Lebanon, June 2
(U.R) President Shukri Al Ku
watly of Syria has informed Brit
ish authorities that the Levant
states will no longer tolerate the
presence of any Frenchmen, it
was reported today. Meanwhile,
Syrian quarters demanded that
the French Gen. Oliva-Roget,
who gave the order to fire on
Damascus, be placed on a war
criminals' list for trial by an in
ternational court.
Although feeling against the
French continued high, the sit
uation in the Levant gradually
was returning to normal with
the arrival of British troops.
Armed Arabs under Emir El
Shaalan attempted an attack on
Circassian troops under French
command in the Kuneitra region
along the Syria-Palestine fron
tier , today. British military
forces Intervened immediately.
It was revealed the Arabs did
not know that the British had
been ordered to halt the fighting
in Syria.
Kuwatly reportedly asked
Gen. Sir Bernard C. Paget, Brit
ish middle east commander, to
include Oliva-Roget on the war
criminals list. The demand was
said to have been made during
the recent Kuwatly-Paget con
ference at Damascus. Premier
Abdul Hamid Karameh of Le
banon, who was at the talks,
supported Kuwatly in his stand.
Reports from Damascus said
that .Syrians were In an ugly
mood toward the French but
were restrained by some 800 pO'
1 Icemen. Some looting, mainly
for food, wu reported as the ef
fects of a lOrday strike reduced
many persons to a desperate
plight without food and without
money.
IS PLANNED HERE
Building of a $70,000 Pacific
Greyhound terminal in Medford
Is expected to start within 60
days, lt was revealed Saturday
by W. H. Egger, superintendent
of construction, in an interview
published in Salem. Egger also
said terminals are planned at
Albany and Oregon City, each
to cost $45,000, and one in
Salem to cost $70,000. Work on
a $45,000 terminal Is already
under way in Roseburg.
Although it has been known
here for some time that' a new
bus terminal was contemplated,
Greyhound officials have refused
to make a definite statement as
serting the plans were not com
plete. It has been known that
a site on the northwest corner
of Fifth and Bartlett streets has
been negotiated for but whether
this has been definitely decided
upon could not be determined
Saturday.
BASEBALL
Seattle, June 2 (U.R) Hal
Patchett's tie-breaking run on a
dropped fly with two out in the
ninth gave the Seattle Rainlers
a 8-4 victory over the first place
Portland Beavers In a Pacific
Coast league game here tonight.
The Beavers Jumped Into the
lead with a run In each of the
first four innings, one of them
on Catcher Eddie Adams' homer.
Seattle, shutout the last two
games with Portland, ended its
long scoreless drought in the
fifth
The Rainlers foxed Portland's
defense In the eighth inning to
tie the score. Johnson singled,
moved to third on two infield
outs, and Katz drew a walk. The
pair broke on a double steal and
made It easily when Short Stop
John O'Neil dropped the ball on
a cutoff play.
Two were out In the ninth
with Patchett perched on first.
Johnson's single sent .Patchett
to third and he romped home
when Aleno's fly to short center
trickled out of the hands of
Shone.
Portland 4 0
Seattle 5 6 1
Mooty, Tislng (8) and Adams;
Elliott and Sucme
$70,000 TERMINAL
CIVILIANS MUST
EXPECT 25 PC. CUT
Also Vegetables WFA Warns
Stocks Now On Hand
Below Last Year. '
Washington, June 2 (U.R)
Civilians must expect a 25 per
cent cut in their canned food
and vegetable supply within the
next 12 months, War Food ad
ministration officials disclosed
tonight.
At the same time President
Truman called on Americans "to
help swell the nation's food sup
ply" by raising Victory gardens,
canning vegetables and fruits,
and "conserving food in every
possible way."
He asserted that this country
not only must meet its "tre
mendous military requirements"
but also must help nourish lib
erated nations,
, The prospective slash from
the 1944-45 allocation is based
on these facts;
1. Stocks on June 1 were
smaller than a year ago.
2. Civilians Will get a smal
ler' share of produce canned
from the 1945 production.
Stocks of commercially canned
fruits, which must last until the
new pack is available, will con
tinue slightly below last year's
very short supply. On June 1
the quantity of canned vege
tables, except baby food and
soups, was only half the civilian
supply on the same date last
year.
Meanwhile, the Office of
Price administration acted to
Improve distribution of the coun
try's short meat supply. It ord
ered that every slaughterer must
send into each county he serves
the same proportionate quota of
meat, that he shipped into that
county in the first quarter- of
1944.
RAISIN GROWERS
FOOLED WFA QUIZ
' BY FBI REVEALS
Washington, June 2 (U.R)
The Federal Bureau of Investi
gation has looked into use of
raisin grapes for wine on the
west coast but has found noth
ing on which to base criminal
prosecutions, lt was learned to
night. The Investigation was made
before today's order discontinu
ing War Food administration re
gulations restricting use of
edible raisin grapes In wine
making.
The FBI Inquiry was under
taken at the WFA's request. It
has been completed and the find
ings have been turned over to
the food administration.
Although no criminal viola
tions were discovered, lt was
understood that the FBI found
Instances in which the old WFA
regulations were circumvented.
Neither the FBI nor the WFA
would discuss the investigation.
For three years until today
the WFA had required growers
of raisin grapes to dry their
crops for raisins. Farmers for
whom it was more profitable to
sell their crop to wineries found
ways, however, of getting around
the order, it was said.
Instances were found, It was
reported. In which farmers per
mitted grapes to deteriorate or
spoil slightly to the point where
they were no longer edible but
were all right for wine-making
purposes. Nothing was discov
ered, however, on which a suc
cessful prosecution could be
based, lt was said.
Allies to Observe
V'Day Anniversary
London, June 2 (U.R)
Gen. Dwight D. Eisenhower,
said tody 'that June S the
first anniversary of the Invasion
of Normandy would be ob
served as a holiday for Allied
forces.
Paris, Sunday, June 3 (U.R)
Gen Dwight D. Eisenhower
goes to Berlin today for the first
meeting of the four-power Allied
Control Corrimission for Ger
many, It was learned through
official quarters.
WAR BULLETINS
General Mac Arthur's Head
quarters, Sunday, June 3
(U.R) American troops with
air and naval support have
carried out new landings on
Mindanao at Luayon 75 miles
south of Davao City in a move
to envelop isolated enemy gar
risons. Gen. Douglas MacAr
thur announced today.
P
IN NAVY HANDS
. 1 1S PLAN
Tentative plans 1 for transfer
of Camp White hospital to the
navy were drawn this week at
a conference of army and navy
officers held at the camp and
presided over by Col. John R.
Young, commander of Camp
White. Announcement of the
conference, made Saturday by
the public relations office, re
vealed that the hospital will be
taken ,over August 1 and oper
ated on a joint-user basis, mak
ing the accommodations avail
able also for army personnel.
The facility is to bevdeslgn
ated a general hospital, the pub
lic relations office said, and
this designation gives rise to
the presumption that the entire
capacity of 1,750 beds will be
made available.
Permanent Building
The hospital was built as a
permanent structure at the time
of the installation of Camp
White and is declared by army
medical officers to be one of the
finest in the entire country.
First word of the successful
culmination of efforts of the
Jackson County Chamber of
Commerce to promote greater
use of the hospital, came May
10 in a telegram from Congress
man Harris Ellsworth. The con
gressman' stated that approval
of transfer of the facility from
the army to the navy had been
given by the War department
but that details were yet to be
worked out.
Plans Walt Okeh
It was pointed out by the pub
lic relations office today that all
plans agreed upon at the of
ficers' conference must be given
final approval by the army and
navy departments.
Attending the meeting as rep
resentatives of the various serv
ice branohes involved were Col.
L. R. Moore (MC), in charge of
all hospitals in the 9th Service
Command; Lt. Col. C. R. Flem
ing, representing the command
ing general of the 9th Service
Command, and acting as coordin
ator of the conference; Capt. R.
L. Nattkcmper (MC), of the 13th
Naval District headquarters in
Seattle, and representing the
navy; and Ma. R. B. Daugherty,
CE., of San Francisco, represent
ing the division engineers.
Jackson Gets $1,630
County Fair Fund
Salem. Ore., June 2 (U.R)
A total of $52,436.50 has been
apportioned to counties of Ore
gon from the millage tax for
county fairs, the Secretary of
State's office reported today.
Jackson County will get $1,630.
HONOR F. R.'s IN-LAW
Washington, June 2 (U.R)
Lt. Col. John Boettigcr, the late
President Roosevelt's son-in-law.
has been awarded his second
Legion of Merit for outstanding
service in formulating basic poli
cies of military government In
Europe the War Department an
nounced today.
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Rejection of Views on Yalta
Formula Cause of Grave
Crisis.
San Francisco, June 2 (U.R)
The United States has decided
to take the Yalta voting for
mula controversy io the full
United Nations Security con
ference for a vote if Russia
refuses to give up her demand
for a veto ever even "discus
sion" of disputes, lt was
learned tonight.
Britain, China and France,
it was said, will stand pat
with the United States against
the Russian demand which has
plunged the conference into
its gravest crisis and may pro
long it indefinitely.
San Francisco,-June 2 (U.R)
Soviet Russia plunged the United
Nations conference into its ,
gravest crisis tonight by demand-'
ing that each big power have
the right to suppress even "dis
cussion" of a dispute in the"
World Security council.
The situation was so serious
threatening Big Five unanimity
on nearly a score of other Issuea
that the third Big Five meet,
ing within 24 hours was called
for early tonight.
In an effort to prevent public
disclosure of the sharpness of
the break between Russia and
the other big powers, an absolute
"gag" was imposed by the)
heads of the five delegations.
Russian rejection of the more
liberal interpretation of the
Yalta voting formula suggested
by the other big powers came in
a paper presented to the Big
Five last night. On the crucial
point whether big power can
veto council discussion of a dis
pule the Russian paper was re
ported to say:
"In no way can 'discussion'
(in council) be considered a pro
cedural matter."
On procedural matters the pro.
posed world charter provide
that only a majority of any
seven members of the 11-nation
council would be needed for de
cision. On all other questions,
unanimity of the Big Five it
needed.
On another Issue, the Russian
epressed a willingness to follow
the other big powers which have
suggested that all procedural
acts in the charter be defined.
The only Russian stipulation i
that such acts be so labeled in
the charter and that all others
without exception be considered
non-procedural.
Some U. S. delegates express
ed the opinion that the voting
crisl may prolong the confer,
ence "indefinitely."
The Big Five met for two
hours and 45 minutes this morn
ing and called another meeting
for early this evening. Press
officials issued a virtually unin.
tclligible "communique" after
the meeting sayingA.
"They have met. Some pro.
grcss was made. There are still
other points to be discussed.
They will meet again this after,
noon at 0:30 p. m."
There was no further word
from press officials or delegates.
The latter, tired from six weeks
of day and night work on the
charter and now visibly de.
pressed by the prospect of dif
ficult deadlock over the veto
issue, said they were unable to
talk.
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