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Weather FORECAST: Partly cloudr to cloudy with scattered ihowera tonight and Thursday. Llttl change In temperature. Temp. Hljjheit Yetterday ...8i Lowest this Morning Dm The " Mall Tribune Want Ad Way Oulek ReiuIU At Small Coit Tribune EDFORD United Prese Full Leased Wire United Press Full Leased Wire Fortieth Year MEDFORD, OREGON, WEDNESDAY, JUNE 6, 1945 NO. 64. 4 Hitler's Body Found In Fortress Ruins Is Declaration Of High Russian Source M Rogue Valley Chorui members will present a musicals Friday high school auditorium on South Oakdale avenue. Miss Mabel a varied program with lolo, duet and men's chorui number, in (election!. The musicale ii open to the public without charge. Memberi of the chorui are Kenzie. R. H. Mercer, C. G. Van Niedermeyer. the Rev. George Vera Smith, Margaret Ruth Bolton, Mil. D. Daniels, Mrs. Vaughn Whitmore. Phyllis Corlits, Mary Lee Strang, Mrs. Oscar Clark Mrs. Roy Eskew, M rs. Imogene Smith, Mrs. Jean McAllister, Mrs. R. H. Corliss. Front row: Mrs. John Eby, Mabel Nansen, director, Hamilton, Olive Curry, Mrs. Jeanne Whitehouse, Elizabeth McGalliard, and Mrs. Arthur McMillin. U. S. Eyes Revision Of Yalta Formula As Way Of Settling Conference Veto Crisis Ran Francisco- June 8. (U.R) The United States is eploring the extreme possibility of revis ing the Yalta voting formula as way of settling the United Na tions conference crisis over the big five veto, it was learned to day. Revision of the formula, ac cording to highly authoritative sources, Is just one of several ihillties being studied. But it is Indicative of the extent of the search for a solution which would reserve big five unanim ity. Would Avoid Scars Thu malnr concern Is to find a way out that will not leave deep scars. It is agreed that a thnmrinwn vote on the issue now would end in Russian defeat but the cost would be a body blow n hiff five solidarity. There has been no official dis cussion of the veto crisis here for more than 24 hours. Never hiaa It rinmlnates the confer ence especially on this day of June 6 which originally was sei for adjournment. Informal discussion of the veto problem has included Amerlcan-Brltlstr tarns, conver sations between Soviet Delegate Andrei A. Gromyko and Secre tary of State Edward R. Stetin ius, Jr., and sounding out by the big powers of the feelings of the little and middle-sized na tions. Hopkins Negotiates The actual negotiations on RESERVOIR WATER USE UNNECESSARY OF Due to the May rains totalling 4 58 inches giving the earth a Rood soaking, use of irrigation water from reservoirs at Fish Lake and Four Mile Lake will not be necessary before July, Manager Spencer of the Medford district reports. He states both lakes will be full or nearly so before the heavy drain of sum mer starts. The same general conditions prevail in the Talent district. George Alford of the Phoenix district who has kept a personal record of the weather since 1878, reports this was the wettest May in his book. He states there have been Junes Just as wet, and that one of them recorded five inches. That year hay that was cut in the field got so wet that farmers hauled it away and dumped it In a gully. The moisture while hurting some grain and hay was highly beneficial to other ground crops and was a boon to farmers with land above irrigation ditches, and those who depended on troam flow in the late summer. Orchardists say the present weather hinders the spraying program and causes them to fear scab and blight. Pears and other fruits are progressing favorably. Local strawberries and gooseber ries are on the market now. Seventh War Lean Drive "E" Sales to Date $372,947 Quota 11.067.000 back row, left to right: Harry Young, Leslie Ternahan, Hugh Mc- Valzah. A. A. Neff, Sgt. Oicar Turney, John Eby, George Maddox, this delicate issue are going on in Moscow where Harry L. Hop kins, the personal representative of President Truman, prolonged his stay because of new busi ness." No one here would deny that Hopkins was negotiating directly with Marshal Josef Stalin. There was no elaboration of the fact that revision of the Yalta voting formula was a pos sible solution of the crisis. Such a revision would not be expected to make a basic change in it but, by revision, avoid the pres ent ambiguity on procedural issues those on which a major ity of any seven security council members is needed for a deci sion. The mere fact that the United States is willing to think of altering the voting formula is highly significant. Until now, the emphasis has been that form ula must go Into the world char ter without any change whatso ever. Ten Items Remain Despite the deadlock on the veto issue, a survey revealed that only about 10 general sub jects remained unsettled. Some of them have more than one point at Issue. Here is the latest list of "open" issues: 1. The preamble. The techni cal committee adopted a draft last night which is a combination of those prepared by South Afri can Field Marshal Jan C. Smuts and the United States. 2. Domestic jurisdiction. Aus tralia still wants an additional safeguard against Interference by the organization in purely domestic affairs of a member. 3. Provision for expulsion of a member. 4. Big five veto over nomina tion of the secretarv sfeneml The big five have Appealed to ine executive committee on this, too, seeking such a veto. 8. Security council reports to the assembly. This is another issue on which the big five were aeieated in committee and have Montana Electa ' Republican Solon Helena Tnnf T,.n. a rtim , uullc iu,r.( Montana's second district today had elected Ite fire d..i.i: to congress since the Democratic landslide of 1932, gluing 85-year-old Wesley A. D Ewart a seven to six margin over his Democra tic opponent, Leo C. Grayblll, in the first congressional election since President Truman took of fice." BRAZIL'S WAR ENTRY PROVIDES U. S. BASES Rio De Janeiro .Tun A mm Brazil declared war on Japan The action will enable the United States to utlli Brazil for the Pacific war. It was not believed that the Brazilian exDCdit innnrv fnrr In Italy will be redeployed to the Far East but Brazil was expected to aid the United States in sup plying its forces. FIND LIDICE WOMEff San Francisco. June 6 iU.R) The Czechoslovak delegation to the United Nations conference said today it had been advised that the women of Lidice, the martyr Czechoslovak town which was destroyed by the Nazis in 1942, have been found in two German concentration camp. evening, at 8 p.m. in the senior Nansen, director, hat announced addition to the mixed chorui Clark, Kenneth Denman, Harry and Almus Pruitt. Second row: Mrs. R. H. Mercer, Mrs. Eleanor appealed to the executive com mittee. 6. Amendment of the charter This is still in the technical com mittee. 7. Trusteeships France and Britain sun object to inclusion of a reference to "self determina tion" in thn nhtpptlva 8. Bilateral treaties directed against the enemy. Compromise language satisfying French de mands for changes has been drafted and big five approval is expected momentarily. 9. Transitional arrangements The Dumbarton Oaks lan guage on big five responsibility for keeping the peace through c o n s u l.t a t Ion until the new league is eaulnned with force has been referred to the steering committee lor further clarifica tion. Spokane, Wash.. June S OJ.R) The Spokane Chronicle dis closed last night that U. S. planes have shot down some of the bomb-carrying balloons launched against this country by Japan. The newspaper said that in one instance a plane was readied for a take-off after a balloon was sighted, but the bag was at too high an altitude 40 000 feet. Revealing it had obtained data from police officials and witness-, es, the Chronicle reported that one western farmer "captured" a balloon which landed in a field, tied It to a fence and notified the Federal Bureau of Investigation. Two children played with two bombs their fathers found in the woods. They innocently removed the arming and detonating de vices, but the bombs did not ex plode. (The War Department recent ly announced that six persons were killed May 8 near Lake view. Ore., by the explosion of a balloon-dropped bomb.) The newspaper said two bombs were reported to have exploded near a city but that officials could not find a trace of fragments or the balloon it self. Snell Finds House After Long Search; To Attend Conflab Salem, Ore., June (I (U.R) Oregon's Governor Earl Snell breathed a sigh of relief today. After several months of look ing he's found a place to live! The house In which the Gover nor is now living was sold re cently, and he was "given no tice" Since then, he has been searching for living quarters in Salem where houses for rent are as rare as hens' teeth. ' Gov and Mrs. Snell will move Into their new home on July IS. he said today. The house is in the same neighborhood as the one in which they now reside. Go. Snell will be absent from the state between tho latter part of June and July 10, at the an nual governors' conference at Mackinac Island, in Michigan, he said. Between the 10th and the 15th, ht expects to live ia a OKINAWA BATTLE JAP FEARS GROW Enemy Papers Warn Inva sion of Nip H o m e I a n d "Rapidly Approaching." By United Press A wholly unconfirmed re port broadcast by Bern and heard by the Blue Network said today that "reports con tinue to persist in Moscow thai the U.S.S.R. has been asked by Japan to transmit peace offers to the Allied powers." Pearl Harbor, June 6 (U.R) The bloody battle of Okinawa was virtually over today, and Japan's invasion jitters were get ting worse. With the fighting in Okinawa in the mopping-up stage, a vic tory" announcement from Ad miral Chester W. Nimiti was ex pected any time now. He sig nificantly omitted any mention of land fighting from his regular communiaue. . Japanese newspapers conced ed the "isolation" of Okinawa and warned the invasion of the Nipponese homeland itself was "rapidly approaching." Lluchow Retaken Other developments in the Pa cific fighting included: China Chinese troops recap tured Lluchow, former U. S. 14th airforce base in central Kwangsi province. Philippines The American 37th division gained six miles' in its drive up Cagayan valley in pursuit of the remaining 20,000 to 30,000 Japanese in northern Luzon. Enemy opposition was very light. Pacific Fleet Carrier-based planes of the Pacific fleet sank seven Japanese ships and dam aged at least six more in attacks ranging from the northern tur tles to- the southern Ryukus. Believe Naha Taken Any detailed reports on the climatic fighting on Okinawa were lacking at the moment. However, the sixth marine divi sion was believed to have com-l pleted the capture of Naha air field, best on the island and last heldjby the Japanese. The seventh army division overran Chinen peninsula on the southeast coast, capturing intact an elaborate Japanese under ground headquarters. Tokyo, trying to salvage some propaganda from the Okinawa loss, claimed that American cas ualties in the battle totalled 150, 000. That was far above the last official casualty report, covering the fighting through May 30, which listed 35,116 killed, wounded, and missing. Okinawa Bloody The Okinawa battle, which be gan 66 days ago, was the bloodi est yet of the Pacific campaign. Of the original enemy garrison of about 80,000, over 61,000 troops have been killed. Their totals in wounded must have been very high, too. With Okinawa about gone and fires still smouldering in Kobe, burned out yesterday by Super fortresses, the Japanese had grim reminders of what was in store for them and they admitted It. The Influential Tokyo news paper, Yomiuri Hochl, said: "The present course of mili tary developments on Okinawa, coupled with recently-intensified enemy air raids on Japanese cities, Is considered an unmis takable sign of a direct Invasion attempt against the Japanese mainland in the near future." "The moment for the battle of decision on our own soil is rap idly approaching," Y o m 1 u r I Hochl said, according to a Tokyo broadcast. MEDFORD LOOKS GOOD SAYS LOAN OFFICIAL G. F. Peek, Portland, vice oresldent of Commonwealth, Inc., has been In Medford for the past few days visiting his son, William J. Peck of the Southern Oregon Title Insurance com pany. Mr. Peck stated this after noon that he had enjoyed nls visit ery much and that he be lieved "prospects for Medford never looked better." The visitor, accompanied by his wife, will leave this evening lor Formed. I FACE DEE ilT o p Nine Per Ce! Juction Seen by WF i Avail able for Foreign Shipment Washington, June 6 (U.R) Restaurants are due for a 20 per cent cut in meat rations in July and August. The Office of Price Adminis tration soon will announce an al lotment cut for institutional users for this period. OPA also will slash their canned fruits and vegetables ra tions about 12 to 15 per cent and sugar about 20 to 25 per cent below amounts available in May and June. Washington, June 6 (U.R) The War Food Administration announced today a reduction of 457.000,000 pounds, or nine per cent, in the nation's total meat supply for the July-August-September quarter. The three-month supply of meat is "insufficient to permit any allocations for foreign ship ment" either for lend-lease or re lief to liberated areas, WFA said. Civilians will get 3,740,000, 000 pounds compared with an al location of 3,786.000,000 pounds during the current quarter. This is a decrease of a little more than one per cent In the civilian allocation. Actually, however, the current allocation was not fulfilled. Federal officials hope that "ivilians will get a little more meat in the next quarter than in the present one. . The total supply of meat avail able for all purposes was esti mated at about 8,088,000,000 pounds, compared with 8,543, 000,000 allocated for the second quarter. Table Rock, June 6 An as sessment to provide funds for mosquito control work in the Table Rock district was ap proved at a meeting called by the Mosquito Control assaciation at the Table Rock school last night. The assessment is to be paid according to number of acres owned by members. Those owning 400 acres and up are to pay 8c per acre; 100 to 400, 10c per acre; SO to 100, 18c per acre; 10 to SO, 25c per acre, and those owning from 10 acres down are to pay 80c an acre. Officers elected at the meeting last night were Fred Keust, pres ident; Orville Hamilton, vice president; Norma Miller, secretary-treasurer, and Everett Brown was employed to have charge of the actual control work. A discussion of the work fol lowed and plans to use the "drip barrel" method of control were made, a spokesman for the group said. Spray is to be used where the "drip barrel" method is not feasible. Each member Is ex pected to take an interest in the work on his own property and to report presence of mosquitos to the association, the spokesman said. Starving Veterans of Indo China Escape Nips in Two-Month Retreat Kunming, June 4. (U.R) (De layed) Bearded, starving veter ans of the French Foreign Le gion have arrived at an Ameri can army hospital near Kunming after an epic 650-mile fighting retreat from Indo-China, it was disclosed today. They reported some of their wounded comrades were murdered on the trail by Japanese. Suffering from disease and malnutrition, the legionnaires straggled through almost impos sable jungles and over steep hills for nearly two months. Fighting a rear guard action against harrassing Japanese, t'uy ni&da their way to Szcmao ia southern Yuuuan provifts. TO ONLY BAVARIA AREA Will Turn Over Most of Ter ritory Taken to British and Russian Forces, Is Word. London, June 6 (U.R) United States armies will turn over most of the territory they con quered in Germany to British and Russian troops and occupy only Bavaria, it was believed to day. The ninth army will yield such cities as Leipzig, fifth largest in Germany, Magdeburg, Chemnitz and Erfurt to the Russians. The ninth had taken over much of the first army's sector when the first returned to the United States. British Get Much The Rhineland and the Ruhr, including Cologne, pre-war Ger many's third largest city, Duer en, Duesseldorf and Essen, will be taken over by British occupa tion forces. Though largely conquered by the American first, ninth and third annies, the Ruhr and Rhineland have been adminis tered lately by the American 18th army, ' Unless radical changes were made yesterday at Berlin, corre spondents who have been trav elling with American armies in Germany believed the American occupation zone will be confined to Bavaria in southwest Ger many. Need Two Armies This sector probably will ex tend as far north as Frankfurt, at present Gen. Dwlght D. Elsen hower i headquarters, and cer tainly should require no more than one or perhaps two of the four American armies at present In Germany. The division of Germany pre sumably was decided upon at the Yalta conference last February. Present occupational conditions inside Germany - undoubtedly have caused some changes In the original plan, but they probably were minor. KIWANIANS SEE MOVIES OF NORMANDY INVASION Program Chairman Chet Weed showed moving pictures of the Normandy invasion and Pacific aircraft carriers to members of the Medford Kiwanis club at their weekly meeting in the Hol land Hotel today. Visiting Klwanians were Fred erick H. Mayer, Huntington Park, Calif., and Will Mishlcr, secretary of the Eugene club. Clay M. Lee, manager of Carl's Shoe Store, was introduced and Dave DeArmond, a visiting lum berman was guest of the organ ization. BASEBALL American Philadelphia 2 14 2 Boston 8 7 0 Knerr, Gerber and Rosar; Fer rlss and Garbark, St. Louis 0 S 3 Chicago .. 4 6 0 Jackuckl, West and Mancuso; Grove and 'I'resh. Texas won her independence from Mexico on April 21, 1836, when Gen. Sam Houston defeat ed Santa Ana at San Jacinto, near Houston. From there they were evacuated to the U. S. medical station. At the end of their terrible Journey, there were only two thirds of the original force of two battalions. The other third were left behind, killed or wounded. Several of the veterans said they saw Japanese murder wounded legionnaires who, through necessity, had to be left behind, "Eighty percent of these men are Europeans," said Col. Mau rice Sheahan, Ontario, Calif, "and they are in the worst shape of any Europeans I ever saw. The Japanese harrassed them all Uit way out of ludo-CUiua.'. Hitler's Sister r'. t t 1 if ; V 4 tin nmnni , (Acmt Tehphoto) Paul Hitler Wolf, sister of Adoll Hitler, pictured after her arresl near Berchtesgaden by D. 8. troops She claimed Hitler made her change her name so world wouldn't know ht had any relatives alive. GOV. SNELL WILL To arouse Interest In the proj ect of setting aside the old court house in Jacksonville as a muse um, Southern Oregon Chapter, Sons of the American Revolu tion, will observe Bunker Hill Day June 18 and Gov. Earl Snell has accepted an invitation to address a dinner meeting, of ficers of the organization an nounced today, which will be held In the old building. For some months past mem bers of the S.A.R. in this district have had In mind the museum project, It was said, and have se lected the historical anniversary of Bunker Hill as a suitable date for a gathering to promote the idea. Many articles of historical interest now In family homes or stored away are In danger of be ing lost or destroyed, and if these could be arranged and displayed In a suitable building, such as the old courthouse, it would pro vide a point of lasting historical interest, officers of the organiza tion believe. It is hoped a care taker could be provided for the proposed museum. Since Jacksonville Is one of the oldest towns in Oregon and one of the few remaining west ern towns with many old busi ness buildings and residences still standing In their original manner, men of the S.A.R. be lieve the site and building Ideal for the museum project. Since but 100 persons can be accommodated for the dinner, which will be served by the Grange, tickets are to be sold to members of the S.A.R., and their families, members of the D.A.R., and their families and county pi oneers. A. E, Voorhics, Grants Pass, is president of the society. SHOW MAN DIES Portland, Ore., June 6 (U.R) Warrick R. Patrick, former own er of the Patrick Shows and trav eling circus, and a figure in west ern show business for 35 years, died in Portland yesterday. He was 47. Patrick retired from ac tive duty three years ago and has been connected with the Hantzen Beach amusement park concessions in Portland. WISHING WELL RfgiiHrfd U. S. 4 8 6 .2 67S4S2674 A A B P D E S C W R I X O t S S I f 2 6 5 4 S 3 6 5 ORINTEITSR L N H 1 i 8 8 4 6 3 Si 1 8 4 i 5" R C D R T N VY 1 A R A E 4 6 3 f 2 S i 4 3 7 8 H 8" U E R Y O W R CP H T U I 5 7 4 1 6 3 S 1 i 6 3 8 f H 8 T E K I ONI LLUV 8 i S 3 8 7 i i 3" 5 4 S f LE G ECL BUS HYE P 4 3 9 i 8 6 3 i i 5 4 8" EUAWTNAP8S8RE HERE Is a pleasant little game that will give you a message every day. It is a numerical puzzle designed to spell out your fortune. Count the letters in your first name. If the number of letters Is 6 or more, subtract 4. If the number Is less than 9. add S. The result Is your key number. Start at the upper left hand corner of the rectangle and check every one of your key numbers, left to right Then read the message the letters under the checked figures give you. b-b CesyiltU' l? t W41.UUJ .JIU)rt..RjlUttuW by Kio r muxes, I E ONE OF FOUR IN CELLARJIOLDOUT Belated Revelation Say a Identification of Fuehrer, Believed Fairly Certain, By Joseph W, Crlgg United Press Correspondent Berlin, June 6 U.PJ Adolf Hitler's body has been found and identified with fair certain ty, it was learned from a high, Russian military source here to day. The body, smoke-blackened and charred, was one of four discovered in the ruins of the great underground fortress be neath the new Reichschancellery after the fall of Berlin, Badly Burned These four bodies, any one of which answered pretty well to Hitler's description, were re moved and carefully examined by Russian army physicians. All were badly burned from the flame throwers with which the Red army soldiers finally cleared out the underground command post where Hitler and his lead lng nazi made their last ditcU stand. After careful examination ol teeth and other characteristics, the Russians singled out one body which they believed almost certain is that of the nazi fuehre er. Asked why no official an nouncement of the discovery hai been made yet by Moscow, thia Russian source said as long aa any element of uncertainty ex . lsts the Russians da not wish ta state definitely that Hitler's body has been found. The source added, however, that there seems little doubt that this actually Is the corpse of Hi ler. Died of Poisoning Examination of the body showed that Hitler almost cer tainly died of poisoning. Wheth er this was self administered or whether Hitler was killed bf one of his henchmen there If n sure means of knowing. It will be recalled, however, that Russian sources recently re ported that Hitler died of an in jection given him by his physi cian, Dr. Morel, after he had been insane and partly paralyzed for several days. According to a telegram sent by Propaganda Minister Paul Jo seph Gocbbels to Grand Admiral Karl Docnitz, Hitler died at 3:30 p. m. on May 1. Goebbels him self apparently committed sub cide shortly afterward, Just be fore the last stronghold of nazi dom in Berlin fell to the Rus sians. Goebbels' own body was dis covered by the Russians in the same underground shelter, to gether with those of his wife and children. All had died of poison ing. Goebbels apparently had administered poison to members of his family and then committed suicide. His body was found practical ly decapitated by a shell splinter or explosion charge which had caught him full in the neck, al most tearing his head from hi body. The bodies of Goebbels and his family also were badly burned, but were Identified by the Russians without too much difficulty. Patent Office.
