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Yankees Scale Ropes To M op Up Okinawa Die-Hards Weather FORECAST: Continued fair and warmer tonight and Wednei day. Temp. Rlfhest Yesterday - 7 Lowest thii Morning HHMmw.4t Fortieth Year INJMOF ILL Legion and VFW Say Vet Hospitals Operating Un der Increasing Handicaps Washington, June 12 (U.R) The American Legion and the Veterans of Foreign Wars to. day demanded immediate and drastic reforms in the Veterans administration to avert an im minent breakdown of veterans' hospitalization. , In separate reports to the House Veterans Affairs commit tee, the two major veterans or ganizations presented exhaustive i documentary evidence of the steadily increasing handicaps under which veterans hospitals have been operating. Now Inadequate "Hospital treatment and care should be at the same high level as that in the famous Mayo clinic and Johns Hopkins hos pital," the Legion said. The VFW agreed and said 47 per cent of the veterans' hospitals now give Inadequate treatment. Actually, the reports of both groups revealed, standards in veterans hospitals can be com pared favorably only with those in state, county and municipal institutions in the same areas. An VFW investigator in Mon tana observed "That's nothing to brag about." In individual reports on vet erans hospitals from coast to coast, the Legion and VFW found service being impaired almost universally by over- .. crowding,, staff shortages,' low salaries and red tape. These conditions were hindering claims and legal services as well as medical care. Many Complaints rney found. In addition, a wide range of complaints from the type of pajamas issued to patients to building . sanitation. "Disgraceful," "terrible," "de plorable" were frequent adjec tives. The Legion, on the basis of Its investigation of 80 of the 97 veterans hospitals, proposed a 10 point reorganization plan which would establish a new post of deputy administrator. Also proposed was a realign ment of authority under six as sistant administrators instead of the three now functioning. The Legion called for a com plete overhauling of the medical division under an outstanding medical man with the title of, or status equal to, assistant admin istrator. The other adminis trators would handle insurance; finance, loan guaranties, read justment, allowances; vocational training, rehabilitation and edu cation; adjudication of compen sation, pension and retirement claims; construction, supplies and contracts. "Our first recommendation," the report said, ". , . is for this (house) committee to set in mo tion an undercover probe" into allegations of maltreatment and neglect in several facilities. Par ticular mention was made of the Northport, Long Island, N. Y neuropsychiatry hospital, where complaints have been "numer ous." The VFW put Northport high est on its blacklist. SHERIFF'S CONDITION REPORTED UNCHANGED Condition of Sheriff Syd I. Brown, who has been under the care of a physician for the past several months, was reported to day to be unchanged. The sher iff was a patient in Medford and Portland hospitals at various times and is now at the family home, 504 South Holly street. SIDE GLANCES Br TRIBUNE REPORTERS Fireman Earl Harrison whis tling merrily as the time for hit vacation approaches. Gene Thorndike arranging golfing date and leaving instruc tions for his partner not to for get his pocketbook. Horace Bromley tripping down Sixth with a load of freshly cleaned wearables. Thelma Wood flaunting very Mrhing veil on downtown aharmpj 4 Medford United Press mi,. (Acme Telcphoto) mteen persons were Injured, two seriously, In this wreck of a Portland-Astoria passengc train and a Seattle freight train when they collided on outskirts of Portland, Ore. The trains crashed when they met at an interlock-no switch- Little Nation Opposition To Veto Power Dwindles As Big Five Seek Early Ballot San Francisco, June 12 Little I nation opposition to big power veto rights in the World Security Council dwindled today as the Big Five confidently sought an early vote on this last major is sue at the United Nations confer ence. The committee on the Yalta voting formula scheduled two meetings today in an effort to compete debate and begin voting on amendments. --- Only six little nations have spoken against the voting formu la during two days of debate. Others will speak today. But the big powers are confident of mus tering the necessary two-thirds majority for writing the formula into the charter. Adjournment Goal The conference itself, mean while, virtually leaped toward adjournment. Another commis sion will hold a public meeting today to approve the sectioon of the charter which will provide the new league's "teeth" the chapter on enforcement arrange ments and military agreements for providing the Security Coun cil with armed forces when need ed. That charter is designed to prepare the organization for armed intervention to keep the MI-POLL TAX BILL APPROVED Washington, June 12 U.R) Republicans and northern Demo crats overrode southern opposi tion again today and approved legislation to outlaw the poll tax as a voting requirement in fed eral elections. The bill was passed by a roll call vote of 251 to 104 and sent to the senate, where two earlier house-approved anti-poll tax bills have died. The house action came short ly after the southerners had scored a major victory in pre venting rules committee ap proval of a bill to create a per manent fair employment prac tices commission. The south erners had opposed both meas ures, but had conceded house passage of the poll tax bill. They believed, however, that the bill will be talked to death in the senate as were its predecessors. SERIA AGAIN SCENE OF BRIEF FIGHTING Beyrouth, June 12 (U.R) Fighting again broke out In Svria yesterday when 30 were wounded in a clash between Syrians and native troops under the French, dispatches from Da mascus said today. The brief battle occurred at Jisr Elchagour. halfway between L'Attaqule and Aleppo. Two British tanks intervened and re stored order, the dispatches said. Seventh War Loan Drive "E" Salts to Date $422,231 Quota $1,067,000 Full Leased Wire MEDFORD, OREGON, TUESDAY, JUNE Trains Collide Near Portland; peace. Another chapter de- signed to eradicate some of the economic and social causes of war was tentatively approved by a commission yesterday. It would create an international council to promote solution of economic and social problems. Several other committees are ready to report to their parent commissions, the one on regional arrangements having approved its report late yesterday. Con ference officials are leaving no stone unturned in their effort to complete the work by June 20. Big Five Meet The Big Five met late yester day for one of their last meetings in the Nob Hill apartment of Secretary of State Edward R. Stettinius, Jr. They agreed to oppose mention in the charter of the right of withdrawal of a member from the organization. They contend the right is im plicit and that introduction of it at this late date would have a bad psychological effect on world opinion. The Big Five also stepped in formally into the job of speeding conference work. They created a subcommittee of five technical experts to try to expedite re maining committee work. The official conference com munique on the last three hours of debate on the voting issue set the tone for the vote which may come tonight on the voting for mula. It said: "The note which became stronger as discussion progressed through the three-hour long de bate was the insistence that, al though the Yalta formula had many imperfections and might even be regarded as harmful, it was politically and morally necessary to adopt it. Must Trust Big Powers 'Over and over it was pointed out by delegates representing Latin America, Western Europe, and the British Commonwealth that it had taken the four spon soring powers and France 10 days to agree upon their inter pretation of the voting proce dure, that this effort undoubted ly resulted in the best possible formula now obtainable; and that, under these circumstances, OPEN TO TRAVEL Stale Highway No. 62, cros sing Crater Lake National Park between Union Creek and Fort Klamath is open for public travel today, Park Superintendent E. P. Lcavitt announced here. The Na tional Park Service snow crews broke through the snow drifts on the road with a one-way road on June 10. The snow crews start snow re moval on the road from Annie Spring toward park headquar ters today, Leavitt said, but the snow drifts on this road are known to be very heavy, and no statement can be made as to when the road to the rim of Crater Lake will be open. The superintendent estimates that this may not be lor about two week, 15 Hurt the smaller powers must trust in the good faith and good inten tions of the great powers." Czechoslo vakia, Norway, France, Peru, Canada and China spoke in favor of the veto, while Belgium, the Netherlands and Cuba opposed it at last night's sessidu. Canadian Delegate L. B. Pear son expressed the sentiments of many of the little nations who dislike the veto buwill voto for it. The conference, he said, was at a point where it must make a group decision and forego the right to make a gallup poll de cision in order to' make a politi cal decision. . Canada Comforted Canada is not happy about having to accept the veto prin ciple, Pearson said, but finds comfort in these facts: 1. If the veto is expressed in the Security Council, the vetoed issue is then thrown into the as sembly which will be free to dis cuss it publicly and to make rec ommendations on it. 2. Faith that the good judg ment of the big powers will gov ern use of the veto. 3. Anticipation that the Se curity Council can build a sort of code of international "common law" to govern the relations of nations. FOOR SHIPS LOST E Washington, June 12 Two de stroyers, an auxiliary transport and a landing ship were lost off Okinawa with a total of 469 killed, missing or wounded, the navy announced Monday night. The destroyers were the Long shaw with 179 casualties, and the Drcxler with 209. The trans port Bates suffered 60 sacualtics, and the LSM-135 suffered 21. C. W. CRARY NAMED TO APPRENTICESHIP BOARD C. W. Crary of Medford was named by Gov. Earl Smith to day to serve a three-year term on the new state apprenticeship i council, which was authorized j by the recent session of the ! state legislature. ' Others named to serve on the council are H. R. Kreitzcr and j C. E. Holzer, Portland, one year terms; William Krucger, Oregon City, and Ralph Waggoner, Klamath Falls, two year terms and Fred C. King, Portland, three years. BASEBALL AMERICAN Washington 5 New York 3 12 10 3 , Leonard. Wolff and Ferreli; Dubiel. Turner and Cromplon. ' NATIONAL New York 4 7 2 Brooklyn 7 9 4 Mungo. Emmerich. Adams and Lombard!; Loinbardi and Dan tnnio. Philadelphia 0 4 1 Bovton 10 12 0 Wyatt and Manrusco, Scmill iUt, iluttkw and Uuu SSjttSjg' NVL' 1 ' , United Press Full Leased Wire 12, 1945 IN REQUEST FOR House Rules Committee Re jects Plea For Considera tion of Bill In 6 to 6 Vote. Washington, June 1 2 (U.R) The House Rules committee, re jecting a plea by President Tru-1 man, refused today to permit the House consider a bill for estate lishing a permanent fair employ ment practice commission. Committee Chairman Adolph J. Sabath, D., 111., said the vote was six to six. He would not say how the votes were divided among the eight democrats and four republicans on the commit tee. Sabath said the committee's action would not "foreclose" any future action on the bill. But, he added, "nothing will be done about it for some time." Hard to Dig Out It would be possible for pro ponents of the permanent FEPC bill to try to bring it before the House through a petition dis charging the rules committee from further consideration of it. This is a long procedure, requir ing 218 signatures to the peti tion, but it was effective in the case of the anti-poll tax bill on which the House will vote today. The FEPC bill has been bot tled up in the rules committee since March. Last week Presi dent Truman in a letter to Sa bath urged that the House be given a chance to vote on it. TO T Washington, June 12 U.R Harry L. Hopkins returned today from a special mission to Mos cow for President Truman. He went immediately to the White House to give the chief executive a firsthand report on his confer ences with Marshal Josef Stalin. Hupkins looked very tired as he stepped off the air transport command plane that brought him from Europe. He said he felt "all right" after his long aerial journey back to this country. Hopkins' wife went to Russia with him but did not return. He explained that "the army has her visiting hospitals in Europe." Hopkins would not comment on his mission to the Soviet capi tal or his conferences with Sta lin. After he receives Hopkins' re port this afternoon, Mr. Truman is expected to discuss several international situations at his press conference tomorrow, prob ably including Russian relations in general as well as the specific Polish issue. With Hopkins was Charles E. Bohten, state department Rus sian expert and political adviser who was In Moscow with him. Bosc Pear Growers In Favor Of Strong Promotion Effort A large majority of orchardists in this district growing Bosc pears have signed an agreement designed to put marketing of this variety on a sound basis, it was announced today through Shelby M. Tuttle, member of the Bosc Promotion committee. "Rogue River Valley Bosc pear growers are not going to sit idly and wait for the post-war pear depression to bring them the not yet forgotten red ink days again," the pear committee statement declares. "A large ma jority of orchardists that grow this variety have signed up for the plan that will put marketing of Bosc pears on a sound basis that should insure the popularity of these pears In the years ahead and insure themselves a fair profit for their work. Program Planned The plan provides that each grower, besides contributing five cents a box for advertising and promotion, shall agree to the marketing of his Bosc pears dur Nig the period Hint tlipy eve in Ifiuut WUiUUoq, Ul cuuwjUUt ection Medford residents may still cast a vote in the special bond election being held today, since polls will be open until 8 p, m. First ward residents vote at the Roosevelt school, second ward, courthouse; third ward, Fichiner's garage; fourth ward, city hall. Any regis tered voter living within the city limits is eligible to vote. Results of the balloting will be tabulated by the boards im mediately after the polls close and the office of the city re corder will have full results tomorrow morning. Informa tion will be available at the Mail Tribune by 8 a. m., Wed nesday F SOLON PAY HIKE Washington, June 12 -(U.R) President Truman today advocat ed an immediate salary raise for members of congress consistent with the Little Steel formula of wage stabilization, which would limit the increase to $1,500 an nually. In a letter to House Speaker Sam Rayburn, D., Tex., and Sen ate President Kenneth D. Mc Kellar, D., Tenn., the President said that once government salary controls are lifted, congressional salaries should be increased to at least $15,000. The House already has voted itself an annual "expense ac count" of $2,500. Mr. Truman said last week that while he thought congress should take a more direct approach than, this to increase its Income, he would not disapprove such a measure. 150 SUPERFORTS Guam, June 12 (U.R) One hundred fifty Supcrforts making up the entire 58th bombardment wing of the 20th army air force has joined Marianas-based B-29s after an historic 3,600 mile mass flight from India to Tinian with out the loss of a single plane, It was officially announced to day. , ' The 58th, oldest of all the B-29 organizations, joined Maj. Gen. Curtis Le May's "Japan Ex press" forces in the Mariana:) and has been taken into the 21st bomber command, it was reveal ed on the first anniversary of the inauguration of B-29 combat against Japan. Simultaneously, It was an nounced that the Marianas-based sky giants are now divided into four bombardment wings. New York, June 12 (U.R) Five women postoffice employes wire held in bail of $250 each today on charges of rifling pack ages returned from overseas be cause the servicemen they were addressed to were either dead or missing in action, . states. Committee members point out that getting the pears to the consumer in such condi tion that he will enjoy eating them and want more is the most important part of the program. For that reason they are anxious to get 100 per cent approval from the Bosc growers and strongly urge the few growers not yet signed up to take this action so work can be started at once on this project. Bosc Finest The Bosc pear plan will have the cooperation of the Winter Pear committee that promotes all fall and winter pears, it is stated. A member of the local committee further states that the Hood River growers are plan ning an active campaign to fully publicize Bosc pears marketed frm that district. "It has long been an accepted fact that Southern Oregon Bosc pears arc the finest grown," the statement concludes." For that reason it is important to keep theae f'ic fruits and the story behind them ill Uie best wurlil piarketa." NO. 69. CAFES, BAKERIES MAY BE CLOSED BY LACK! OF FAT Medford Establishments Are Facing Emergency C. of C. Wires Ellsworth. Medford restaurants and bak eries face the necessity of clos ing unless additional shortening supplies can be obtained in the near future. Chamber of Com merce officials and restaurant operators stated today. A poll of these establishments made yes terday by the Jackson County Chamber of Commerce showed that one bakery has already been forced to close, others have ceased making pies and cakes and are conserving fat supplies for bread and rolls and most res taurants reported shortening sup plies very low Chamber officials have confer red with Congressman Harris Ellsworth on the emergency and it was reported that an effort would be made to have addition al supplies released. The short age is not due to points, but to a lack of supplies at the wholesale level, it was said. Calls to whole sale and retail establishments yesterday found but about 500 pounds of shortening on hand in the city. Pork Lack Blamed While the shortage of fat is a problem in all sections of the country, locally it is thought the present emergency has been brought on by low pork produc tion. Jack Burris, restaurant owner working with the Cham ber of Commerce gathering facts for OPA and Chamber of Com merce officials, stated that many restaurant and bakery owners here had formerly purchased large quantities of lard from valley producers and that this supply has dwindled In recent months. This leaves the Medford operators without outside con tacts from which fat supplies may be purchased, he said. Burris and others are of the opinions that recent steps taken by the government to Increase pork production will eventually solve the problem, but in the meantime hope that by some means a carload or so of shorten ing can be released from army or other supplies for local sale. The bakery and restaurant business is closely allied, Burris pointed out, since the restaurants and cefes for the most part de pend upon the bake shops for their bread, pastry and cake sup plies. Closure of any one estab lishment throws upon the ones remaining open, and any estab lishment forced to close for any considerable ' length of time might not be able to re-open, he said, FEW MEXICAN LABORERS ARRIVE FOR FARM WORK Mexican farm workers are ar riving here in small numbers for orchard work, County Agent Robert G. Fowler reports. They will not be here In full force un til just before the pear harvest season, it is assumed. They are now being employed in the pea and sugar beet fields of eastern Oregon and Idaho, and are ex pected to be assigned to this val ley with others when jobs there are completed. The county agent also stated application had been made for German prisoners of war for farm work. The sugar beet fields have the first priority for farm labor. WISHING WELL Rrgl.li-rrd U. 7 4 8 28B378J64B Y A A N H B A. O E K W M U 2 1 88 3 1 4 5 7 8 S 8 i W U 8 I 8 R B B F A I 8 I 8 i 3 7 B i i i i 1 S 5 I V T W U NHUEI TEB1 S i 4 i J 1 31 T 8 n 1 f 8 8 O N8U ER8 NLE T i J 5 5 1 4 i 1 7 1 i 3 5" p I N BI U YW8 NRB Y i i S 1 31 S 7 J 4 5 I i 4 O T M 8 WA A E H At J B 4 5 i i 7 4 8 5 8 4 1 7 R I O 8 PENLYDP8E HERE is a pleasant little game that will give you message every day. It Is a numerical puizl 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 la less than 6. add 3. The result Is your key number. Start at the upper left. . hand comer 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-Z FIGHT TO DEATH FINAL CHOICE OF 10,000JAPANESE Surrender Ultimatum of Lt. Gen. Buckner Rejected by Foe; 96th Division Active, Guam, June 12 U.R) Amer ican troops, scaling the Yaeju Dake escarpment on rope lad ders, opened a general assault to day against the Japanese sur vivors on Okinawa who rejected a surrender ultimatum and chose to fight to the death. Massed artillery blasted a path for Marines and Doughboys as they swarmed up cliffs and at tacked with flame-throwers, bay onets and grenades. The Japanese radio said that the Americans landed reinforce ments at Minatoga, a small port on the southeastern shore of Oki nawa. "The Americans have opened a general assault against our po sitions," Tokyo said. Only six weary, bleary-eyed Japanese accepted Lt. Gen. Si mon Boliver Buckner's offer of surrender. The remaining garri son of approximately 10,000 men elected to die in a hopeless cause. When Buckner's offer expired at 6:30 p. m., Tuesday (Okinawa time), orders were flashed to all U. S. artillery and warships to resume fire. They blasted inter lacing Japanese fortifications and caves atop the plateau in the kick-off for the final, all-out ground offensive. Mai. Gen. Pedro DelValle's 1st Marine Division advanced across rice paddies and fought upward along Kunishi Ridge, western arm of Yaeju-Dake pla teau. The Leathernecks battled to close the enemy's southern es cape route and trap thousands of Japanese In their "lost world" stronghold. Maj. Gen. James L, Bradley' 96th Division attacked the es carpment frontally from the north. The 96th systematically sealed caves with special flame throwers, fed through long noz zles from tanks below the es carpment. The first battalion closed ap proximately 50 cayes. It halted, a force of Japanese streaming from a cave, chased them back; inside, then sealed them in es carpment cliffs with explosives. JAPS RECAPTURE T Chungking, June 12 (U.R) Counter attacking Japanese troops recaptured Ishan yester day in a rear guard battle de signed to protect major with drawals of enemy "forces from Liuchow and Kweilin, air bass cities in Kwangsi province, the China Combat Command an nounced today. Under heavy ground assault, Chinese troops withdrew to the western outskirts of Ishan. But other Chinese forces by-passed Ishan and reached the environs of Liuchow. 43 miles eastward, and threatened to envelope the city. Ishan, situated on the Kwel-chow-Kwangsl railroad, was the farthest point of Japanese with drawal from the Hochlh salient, which once posed a threat to the American air base at Kweiyang. Elliott Roosevelt Loan Charged Off Danville, 111.. June 12 (U.R) Caruthcrs C. Ewing, New York attorney said today that Elliott Roosevelt, son of the late president, settled a $200,000 loan with John Hartford president of the Atlantic and Pacific Tea Co.. for $4,000 in 1942. "The loan was written off by Mr. Hertford in his 1942 Income tax report as a bad debt," Ewing, attorney for the A, & P. Co., said. S, Pltn Office.
