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MEDFORD, OREGON, FRIDAY, JUNE 8, 1945
NO. 66.
Marines, Doughboys Drive
Relentlessly Forward
Japs Herded Toward Sea.
Three Men Executed by Japs an Guam
25,000 GI Brides
Anxious to Leave
- L3l,
Britain For U. S.
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(Acme Telephoto)
,Three men are about to be executed by Japanese occupation forces on Guam kneel before their open gravel
tin this captured Jap photo, made shortly after seizure of Guam by enemy In 1941. The trio, of which noth
lng Is known, were beheaded for some offense against Jap military. The picture was circulated among Nip
troops for "morale purposes."
Stalin's Approval Of Discussion Freedom
Ends Conference Deadlock. Speeds Windup
San Francisco, June 8 (U.R)
A reunited big five today
defended their right to veto
action by the proposed world
security council but guaran
teed freedom for the council
to discuss any dispute before
taking action.
The big five interpretation
o! the Yalta voting formula
. was presented to the United
Nations conference and made
public a few hours after
Soviet Russia on direction of
Premier Josef Stalin with
drew its demand for a big
power veto even over discus
lion of disputes in the council.
San Francisco, June 8. (U.PJ
Premier Josef Stalin's approv
al of freedom of discussion in
the proposed world security
council broke a dangerous big
five deadlock today and started
a new 'drive for early adjourn
ment of the United Nations con
ference. Officials Immediately stepped
tip the daily program and aimed
at completion of the world char
ter within two weeks.
Ends Long Split
The big five were united again
after nearly a week of a 4 to 1
split over whether a big power
should have a veto over council
discussion of a dispute. Russia's
capitulation on that issue came
after President Truman's special
Jackson county stands In sixth
place among the "big ten" coun
ties of the state in "E" bond sates
during the war loan drive now
underway, a report from Port
land shows. The county has sold
37.1 per cent of its quota of
$1,067,000, the count having
been made June 5.
Winner of the contest will
have the honor of sending repre
sentatives from the county to
launch a ship from one of the
Portland yards. Washi n g t o n
county now leads with 56.2 per
cent of its "E" quota, while j
Clackamas is second and Multno
mah third.
Sales up to Thursday night
were $391,247 for the "E" series,
the daily report of the drive
committee shows.
COUNTY BUDGET GETS
APPROVAL AT HEARING
The Jackson county budget
for the 1945-1946 tax year start
ing July 1, calling for raising of
$366,841 05, by tax levy, was
approved without a protest or
comment this morning at a pub
lic hearing in the courthouse
auditorium. Only half a dozen
citizens were present. County
Clerk George R. Carter said the
order on levy, would be signed
today by the county court and
budget committee and turned
over to the county assessor.
WAR BOND SALES REACH
67 PER CENT OF QUOTA
Washington, June 8. (U.R)
Individuals today were making
encouraging progress toward
their $7,000,000,000 seventh war
loan goal with sales totaling
$4,682,000,000 or 67 per cent of
quota. The total included E bond
ales of $2,150,000,000 or 54 per
rent of the $4,000,000,000 E
bond fioaL
sit .
representative In Moscow, Harry
L. Hopkins, appealed personally
to Stalin.
Big five experts worked late
into the night to draft a paper
for presentation to the confer
ence today setting forth their
unanimous interpretation of the
Yalta voting formula. The paper
about three pages long and
consisting of about a dozen para
graphs is designed to answer
the 22 questions about the Yalta
formula submitted by the little
nations nearly three weeks ago.
Questions Lilted
The big five paper sets forth
for the first time a list of "pro
cedural questions" questions
on which only a majority of any
seven members of the 11-nation
security council is needed for a
decision. . '
The interpretation of the big
five of the Yalta formula is di
vided Into four main points as
follows:
1. It states unequivocally that
any question which might arise
about discussion in the council if
a procedural question and thus
not subject to the rule of unan
irhity veto of the big five
powers.
2. It argues that while the
Yalta formula calls for unanim
ity of the big five on most de
cisions and action, its form Is
limited as compared with the
old League of Nations where all
members had to agree to a de
cision. It contends that the Yalta
formula offers less obstruction
to positive action by the new
organization than the league's
rule of unanimity,
3. It argues that In a strong
organization the great powers
must always concur in matters
that are so serious as to affect
the peace of the world.
4. It sets forth for the first
time the following as procedural
questions: Fixing the council's
rules of procedure; method of
selecting president of council;
organization of the council so It
can function continuously; the
choice of times and places for
K. F. POLICE CHIEF
HELD IN ARKANSAS
Portland, Ore., June 8 (U.R)
The FBI today announced the ar
rest at Kensett, Ark., of Thomas
Lester Van Den Hcuvel, former
Klamath Falls police chief
sought since February.
The former officer was indict
ed on a charge of contributing to
the delinquency of a minor on
January 26 at Klamath Falls. He
was indicted again on February
19 by state authorities on a rape
charge. He left Klamath Falls
on February-20.
He was sought by federal au
thorities on a charge of unlawful
flight id avoid prosecution, said
Joseph E. Thornton, special
BBont In charge of the Portland
FBI office.
BASEBALL
National
Cincinnati .. 3 7 0
Chicago 7 14 2
Lisenbee, Bosser, Fox and
Unser; Derringer and Livingston.
American
Boston t 8 8 1
New York 4 8 1
Hautmann, Barrett, Johnson
and Walters, bunham and Car-bark.
1.
meeting; the creation of subordi
nate agencies of the council;
invitation to states not on the
council to join discussions.
To Gain Unanimity
Russia's decision to abandon
her demand was said to have
been done in the spirit of bow
ing to majority opinion and in
the interest of maintaining big
five unanimity,
"If a point on which we dis
agree with you is proved to us,"
a Russian delegate said, "and we
seek and feel that it is based on
good will and justified desires.
we will agree to it. That has
happened on this issue. You
have convinced us and we have
agreed. Our policy has never
been inflexible.': ........
Behind the Russian change,
however, was the story of Hop
kins:Stalin negotiatipns.and the
decision of Secretary of State
Edward R, Stettinius, Jr., to
have Hopkins lay the U. S. cards
on' the 'table' with the Russian
leader.
ENJOY. IRE GAS
Washington, June 8. (U.R)
uniy a.uuu.uuu out of B,553.zoo
B-card holders will be eligibU
for more gasoline Monday when
ceilings rise to 650 miles month
ly. A rations go up a gallon a
week for everybody June 22.
The office of price administra
tion said today that only B hold
ers whose essential occupational
driving needs exceed current B
ceilings for their regions would
be granted increases.
Other B holders, such as
home-to-work drivers," OPA
said, "should not apply for any
increases since their applications
will have to be rejected only
will add to the work of the local
boards."
. OPA asked, that-applications
be mailed rather than taken to
boards
Japs To Abandon
. . Liuchow, Kweilin
Chungking, June 8 (U.R)
Chinese military sources predict
ed today Japanese troops will
abandon both Liuchow and
Kweilin, former American air
base towns In Kwangsl province,
to escape threatened encircle
ment by Chinese ground troops.
It was disclosed the pnpmv at.
ready has withdrawn from areas
north of embattled Liuchow to
Kweilin. 100 miles distant
Chungking sources said the mil
itary value of both cities has
been lost to the Japanese because
of neavy daily bombings by the
in air force and severance of
the trans-China corridor.
OES DEATH DECREED
Washinetnn. June ft. ill P)
The house today voted 87 to 69
to kill the office of economic
stabilization by striking funds
for its operation out of the war
tgencics appropriation bill,
JAP ADMIRALS KILLED
San Francisco, June 8 (U.R)
The Japanese Dome! News Agen
cy reported today that two more
Japanese admirals have been
killed in action at the Sasebo
naval base on western Kyushu.
The dispatch, recorded by the
FCC. identified them as Rear Ad
mirals Rujima Sugi and Minuru
Karl) a.
PEAR CROP TO BE
LARGE1S YEAR
Early Summer Check Esti
mates Yield to Be Two to
Ten Per Cent Higher.
Earley summer surveys of
fruitgrowers and shippers of the
valley indicate that the 1945
pear crop will probably be some
what larger than last year, with
the possible exception of the
Bosc variety. D'Anjous and
Cornice, it is believed, will show
a small increase and Bartlctt
growers estimate the increase in
that crop anywhere from two to
ten per cent.
. Soft fruit crops may be below
normal, according to C. B. Cordy,
assistant county agent, who
states that the peach crop is
"pretty good" but that the apri.
cot yield is generally light.
Cherry trees for the most part
set well, but some growers are
now reporting a drop, Cordy de
clared, and added that he had not
as yet had sufficient reports to
know whether the drop was gen
eral or not.
No commercial pear damage
from frost was suffered, fruit-
men state. Smudging was neces
sary on but five nights and even
unheated orchards suffered no
damage, the surveys indicate.
Scab infection is said to be light
since the season has been favor
able for control and adequate
spraying programs were carried
on throughout the valley.
More Dangerous
Estimates by leading growers
and shippers place O'Anjou pros
pects at about 500,000 boxes, de
pending upon the growing sea
son and size of the pears at pack
ing time. A few orchardists re
port a poor D'Anjou crop be
cause of an early drop, but many
others report a normal yield.
Last year 434,000 boxes of this
variety were packed in Medford.
Last year 760,000 boxes of
Bartlctt pears were packed here
and about 919 tons were sold to
canneries and both growers and
packers generally agree that the
crop will run considerably larger
than last year.
Bosc Ideas Vary
There is a divergence of opin
ion on the Bosc, but estimates
place the 1945 crop at about
500,000 boxes. Last year 582,000
boxes of this variety were pack
ed. Due to the fact that Cornice
pears are generally packed in
small boxes and packages of
varying size for the gift trade,
the fruit industry finds it more
difficult to make comparative
estimates for this variety but
generally appear to agree that
the coming crop will be larger
than last year.
SIXTY BOYS LEAVE FOR
BLISTER CONTROL CAMP
Sixty boys, 18 to 18 years of
age, from various parts of the
United States, left Medford to
day for the blister rust control
camp at Union Creek, according
to a report from the U. S. forest
service.
Approximately 40 more boys
will arrive next week at the
camp, which is under the super
vision of Charles King.
Prayers Seek Jap Victory
As Okinawa Collapse Nears
San Francisco,' June 8. (U.R)
Premier Admiral Baron Kantaro
Suzuki prayed "ov'cr and over
for a Japanese victory at tne
Meili and Yasakunl shrines to
day, while the people of Japan
were being prepared for defeat
at Okinawa.
Tokyo radio recorded by Unit
ed Press admitted Japanese posl
tions were being flanked in bit
ter fighting.
Japanese reports said that the
climactic stages of the ground
fighting. American air and sea
power both were being Increased
considerably. One enemy broad
cast said more than 400 U. S.
aircraft, Including P-47, P-51
and P-38 fighters, were sighted
on Okinawa air fields by Jap
anese reconnaissance pilots.
"Enemy naval forces, laid
one Japanese report, "arc paving
the way for the ground figming
by further intensifying the In
tense bombardment Irurn vessel
.London, June 8 (U.R) F
thousand British brides of Ar
ican GI's have applied for ti
portation to the United Stat
the month since V-E Day
United Press learned todaj
But love has no priori
transatlantic shipping. I
May the army was able f
passage room for only 80
thousands of clamorii
brides.
There are now 25,000
wivesiawaiting transportation tu
their new homeland, and many
of them have been waiting for
18 months.
There arc no reliable statistics
on the number of children of
these war marriages, but one em
bassy official summed ,it up
wearily:
"It seems as if almost all of
them either have
pecting 'em."
em or are ex-
BLOCKED PLAN TO
FREE COLONIES
Moscow, June 8 (U.R) Prav-
da, the organ of the communist
party, asserted today that the
British in 1943 blocked discus
sion at the Moscow conference
of an American plan for early
liberation of "the entire colonial
world" along the lines of the At
lantic charter.
The assertion was made by A.
Leontiev, in the first of a series
of articles on colonial problems.
Leontiev said the American
plan was supported by the Soviet
Union but was not discussed at
Moscow because of British objec
tions. - "
Ho cited the situation In Syria
and Lebanon as the latest ex
ample of how rivalries over
colonial resources disturb world
peace.
The events In Syria and Le
banon," he said, ."according to
the foreign press, definitely
smells of oil',"
"A prominent role in the solu
tion of these international af
fairs," said the article, "is being
played not only by the colonial
powers but by theSovlot Union,
which has always defended the
right of peoples for self-determination
and complete national in
dependence and by the United
States which has no considerable
colonial possessions and there
fore is not interested In preserv
ing the existing colonial system."
More Transports
Bring Returnees
New York. June 8 (UPJ
Three more troop transports
docked at Stapleton, Staten
Island, today, bringing 4,425 sol
diers home from Europe.
The soldiers arrived on the
troop ships Cristobal, Bienville
and Excellcr and included 2,410
for reassignment, 1,613 wound
ed and 13 liberated from German
prison camps.
STORE BLAZE
Twin Falls, Ida, June 8 (U.R)
Fire gutted the C. C. Anderson
company downtown department
store here today, causing dam
age estimated at $300,000. The
loss was believed to be the high
est in one fire in Twin Falls
history.
around the southern waters
of
the island."
Meantime the Japanese trans
portation ministry announced it
had found it necessary to revise
passenger train time tables
presumably because of super
fortress raids. The ministry said
virtually all passenger trains
w,ill bo moved at night.
London, June 8. (U.R) Radio
Tokyo today reported growing
demands for complete decree
rule in Japan a hint that an
even more severe dictatorship
was about to be clamped on the
country.
"Drastic revamping of the
whole internal administration
under extraordinary authority Is
now considered urgently neces
sary by political and other well
informed quarters," a political
expert of the Japanese Di.mci
Agency said in .a broadcast dispatch.
12
TO
TI
AT
sixty of Total Were Ameri
can Seven Additional
Yankee Divisions in Italy.
Washington, June 8. (U.R)
Gen. Dwight D. Eisenhower had
92 allied division under his com
mand to defeat Germany and 60
o them were American, Secre
tary of War Henry L. Stimson
announced today.
Of the American divisions,
three were airborne, 15 armored
and 42 infantry. There were 14
British divisions, five Canadian
11 French and one Polish.
Serin In Italy
These were in addition to the
armies in Italy, which included
seven American divisions.
Stimson also disclosed that 40,-
000 American soldiers liberated
from German prison camps arc
already back in the United States
and more than 40,000 will arrive
this month, .
The remainder, abcut 10,000,
will be back in July, he said.
"Inside Germany our military
authorities are facilitating the
return of Germans to foo.d pro
duction, Stimson continued.
Gen, Omar .N. Bradley, com
mander of the 12th army group
under Elsenhower and soon to
become veterans' administrator,
was present at Stimson's news
conference.
Bulge Shortimd War
Bradley said the net result of
the German offensive into the
Ardennes last December was to
shorten the war materially."
He said the fortunate capture
of the Remegcn bridgehead also
speeded Germany s final defeat
perhaps as much aa several
weeks. '
The general said he had hoped
the Germans would counter at
tack in the Ardennes. They did,
but In greater strength than he
had expected.
"When the Germans attacked
on Dec. 16, we didn't know how
large it was." He said "Gen.
Smith (Lt. Gen. Walter B. Smith,
Eisenhower's chief of staff) said:
" 'Bradley, you wanted to be
counter-attacked. There it Is'.
"'Yes,' I said, 'but I didn't
want It to be that big'."
"We knew the Germans had
two panzer armies In there and
we wanted them to counter-at
tack piecemeal.
"We had been planning to
attack across the Roer river on
Jan, 10, In an offensive to the
Rhine. We knew we would suf
fer heavy losses if we had to
meet those two panzer armies.
Emmy Weakened
. "The German offensive upset
our plans, and we launched the
offensive Feb. 10 after one
month's delay, but the enemy
was much weaker as a result.
"Along the Rocrrlver we had
to wait from Feb. 10 to 23 for the
river to go down. It was almost
a mile wide and very swift as a
result of heavy rains and early
thaws and dams blown by the
Germans. It was the worst 13
day I ever spent."
Bradley said that In tht bat
tle for Germany, "time was al
ways a keynote." There were
many times, he said, when "If
we had given the Germans 24
hours' rest, they would have
been able to reform and stop us."
"We had the best trained and
the best equipped army ever put
In the field by any nation," Brad
Icy said. "There were squads
that took half a dozen pillboxes
and never got hurt. It was all
teamwork. The people in the oc
cupied countries were amazed at
our equipment, which far ex
ceeded that of the Germans in
the blitz."
In telling how the Americans
bottled up German troops in the
Ruhr and elsewhere while other
U. S. forces rushed forward,
Bradley said:
"Doughboys don't like to walk.
They ride anything, gun car
riages and tanks. As a result the
Infantry could make 30 miles a
day and clean up pockets on the
way."
ROOSEVELTS EXPECT
Beverly Hills, Cal , June 8
(U.R) Mrs. James Roosevelt to
day confirmed reports she and
her husband, eldest son of the
late president, expect their first
child In November. Col. Roose
velt, 37, and the former Romcllc
Schneider, 29, who nursed him
when he underwent an operation
In 1939 at the Mayo brothers
hospital, Rochester, Minn., were
married bert in April, 1811.
Judy Garland Gets
Final Decree From
Orchestra Director
' Hollywood, June 8 '(U.R)
Songstress Judy Garland was
free to marry her film director,
Vincente Minnelli, after obtain
ing her final divorce decree to
day from Sgt. David Rose, or
chestra director and composer.
In winning her interlocutory
decree a year ago, Miss Garland
charged that Rose objected to
her friends, stayed away from
home and failed to telephone
her when he was nbsent.
They were married In Las
Vegas, Ney., July 28, 1941, and
separated Feb. 24, 1943. Rose
is to receive a medical discharge
from the army and plans to re
turn to film work.
SENATE FINANCE
CUTTING TARIFF
Washington, June 8. (U.R)
The senate finance committee to
day voted 10 to 9 against the
administration's request for au
thority to cut tariff rates 50 per
cent below present levels.
The committee struck the tar
iff cutting authority out of a
bill to extend the reciprocal
trade agreements program for
three years.
Committee Chairman Walter
F. George, D Ga said he would
fight to restore the provision to
the bill when it comes up for
debate in the senate next week.
Senate Majority Leader Alben
W. Barkley of Kentucky said he
hoped to start senate debate on
the bill next Tuesday.
The motion to strike out the
tariff . reduction feature; which
President Truman has declared
Is of primary Importance to suc
cess of his administration, was
made by Sen; Robert A.. Taft,
R., O.
.Three Democrats voted with
seven Republicans ' in striking
out the section. Sen. Robert M.
LaFollette of Wisconsin, the sen
ate's lone progressive, - voted
with . eight Democrats against
the delegation.
The committee action had
been expected.' The administra
tion's world money policy was
finding smooth sailing In con
gress, but its foreign trade pro
gram was getting rougher treat
ment. The overwhelming bi-partisan
house vote for the Bretton
Woods monetary agreement en
couraged administration leaders
to hope for easy passage In the
senate, too..
French Airplane
Waits For Laval
Paris, June 8 U.R) The gov
ernment announced today that
a French plane now l at Barce
lona to return Pierre Laval to
France to face charges as a
traitor In his collaboration with
the nazis.
Laval, chief of government In
the Vichy regime during the Ger
man occupation of France, Is ex
pected to be flown back to his
homeland at .any time, an of
ficial, announcement said.
WINNINGS WHITTLED
Washington, June 8. (U.R) A
negro corporal's skill with the
dice was attested to by the treas
ury today when lt announced
that the winnings, originally
$38,000, had been whittled down
to $20,000 after taxes. The
unnamed soldier, stationed in
Australia, sent the winnings to
a Harlem bank In New York.
WISHING WELL
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Guam, Saturday, June 9. (U.R)
American troops, closing in
for the final kill on southern
Okinawa, captured the town of
Gushican in a swift drive down
the east coast that outflanked
the Japanese garrison's moun- .
tain death-trap, front dispatches
reported today.
Maj. Gen. Archibald V. Am
old's seventh division - seized
Gushican, one of the four anch
ors of the Yaeju-Dake escarp,
mcnt where an estimated 10,000
to 15,000 doomed Japanese were
dug in for a final battle of anni
hilation. Herded Toward Sa
Gushican may prove to be a
valuable "back door" to the
plateau fortress, which now was
besieged by four American divi
sions. Marines and doughboys
moved relentlessly forward,
herding the enemy slowly
toward the sea under a furious
assault with tanks, flame-throw-ers,
rockets and artillery.
The Okinawa campaign was
nearing its end, but American
commanders ackn o w 1 e d g e d
there would be tough fighting
ahead before the island can bs
called secure,
Japanese, falling back slowly
In two shrinking pockets, con
verted everv hillock and ram n
the plateau into a defense posi
tion.
Yanks advancing uphill were
SWent bv enemv TnnphlnA mm
fire from hill-top emplacements.
86th Hill Tomul
U. S. patrols probed last-ditch
enemy defenses. Advance unit.
of Maj. Gen. James L. Bradley'i
soin a i vision slashed into the
outskirts of Tomul.
anchor town at the base of the
plateau. Tomul U 2 nnn v.rH.
slightly more than a mile
northwest of Gushican. ,
Marines and soldiers already
had slain- 66,234 of the original
Japanese garrison of perhaps
80,000 men. .
CARRIER PLANES
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rier planes raided Kanoya and
other suicide-plane bases on Ky-
ushu In southern Japan shortly
after noon today, radio Tokyo
reported.
TokvO ttiri Iho nl.r,.. ,!.,!.. J
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in waves of 30 to 40. They pre-
lumaDiy came rrom fast carrier
task force: stUiched to Admiral
William F. Halsey's famed third
fleet, but there was no immedi
ate confirmntinn
fleet headquarters.
"The enemy apparently In.
tended to forestall the activities
of the special attack (suicide)
corps based on these airfields,"
Tokyo said. "However, almost
no damage was sustained by our
ground Installations."
Kanoya lies on the eastern
shore of Kagoshima bay on
southern Kyushu.
Radio Tokyo also said Ameri
can Superfortresses were "min
utely reconnoitering" even me
dium and small cities in Japan
preparatory to stepping up their
aerial bombardment of the horn
islands.
NAVY RELEASES CANDY
BARS FOR CIVILIANS
Washington, June 8. (U.R)
For your information:
The navy is turning over for
civilian consumption 11,250,000
surplus candy bars.
Pitmt Officf.