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Weather FORECAST: Fair ana warmar tonljht and Frldijr. Hlrheit Yesttrdiy . Loweit tbil Morning . Fortieth Year OF T High Government Officials Used Military Security as Cloak, Is Declaration. Washington, June 14 (U.R) Republican members demanded today that the senate investigate reports 0 "graft and corruption" by high officials of the govern ment carried on "under the Cloak of military security." They mentioned reports of fantastic waste and graft in connection with such projects as construction of the Alcan and Latin-American ' highways and charges of "corruption" in the V. S. Maritime commission. Sen. Edward V. Robertson, R., Wyo., started in with a speech demanding that the senate in vestigate the two highway pro jects. He cited reports by Radio Commentator Fuiton Lewis, Jr., which he said indicated "fan tastic waste and graft", in their construction. Biddle Blamed Sen. Homer Ferguson, R., Mich., interrupted to express the hope that the Senate War Investigating committee, of which he is a member, could begin hearings on this subject shortly. He went on to say, however. that the justice department had not looked into some of the things charged "because they happened in Latin-America." Then he declared that retiring Attorney-General Francis Biddle had "failed" In his duty. Sen. George Aiken, R., Vt aid that "within the next few days," he Intends to present to the senate facts on the "corrup tion which exists in the United States Maritime commission." Aiken charged that five re ports on misuse of funds in the commission sent to congress by Complroller-General Lindsay C. Warren had been ignored. Aiken cited five ships, origin ally valued at $358,000, which he said were sold by the Mart; time commission before the war tor approximately $200,000 and then re-purchased after the A'ar began for more than $3, 000,000. Robertson told of D-8 Caterpil lar tractors valued at $8,000 each when new rented at $775 month apiece "throughout the life of the contract, whether the tractors are working or not." The price of a new tractor "is paid for every 11 months," Rob ertson said. "However," he added, "If the tractor la actually working and put! In more than 240 hours for the month, It draws overtime In addition. "If it doesn't even have an en gine in it, it still draws $775 a month." He added that "a five-ton truck valued at $3,500, with a monthly rent of $500 a month, pays for Itself every seven months. Ferguson said the War Investi gation committee had looked in to a similar case early In its his tory "and now find that the same thing is going on and nothing has been done." Brewster said President Tru man, then head of the committee, had commented that "the only action of the military services leemed to be promotion of the men Involved. "I am curious to see if under a Hew commander-in-chief the lame policies will prevail," he laid. Since the great days of ancient Greece, 400-500 B. C, the coun try has been subject to the Ro man Empire, the Byzantine Em pire, and the Turkish Empire. WISHING WELL Rf giilerrd U. S. 4752743688743 ASY TTS BNSOOTI 2 4 3 8 5 5 ? 4 8 3 7 2 6" HRO EUU POR NQE P 4 1 8 8 3" ? 2 8 4 if S 5 4" N R A REO YWG U-RI E 8 i 4 3 7 6 5 4 8 2 7 5 3 EARWNH FLS RDO L ? 8 5 7 8 4 4 7 3 6 S 4 f OO R LEE VEO UOE S 5 i 7 5 4 5 8 2 fl 5 1 8 7 CS 3 ITVHARVWAO 5 3 4 5 8 7 6 R 5 7 i 8" EE I FNRSNGEKEE 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 6, add 3. The result is your key number. Start at the upper lefu 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. fc.l4- CtrfM 194. r William i. Militr. PKtributMl br Klnc Failure, In Medford United Pratt Pellet-Picker jar v J ( Acne Telephotot Three months with an AWOL sol die- In wilds of Washington stat were enough for Mary Jane young 19, who surrendered to Kent police on burglary charges. One deputy sheriff almost got them, and hit shotgun blast caught Mary Jane. Her soldier Mend dug the pellets out 01 ner legs witn a hunting tcniie he said, but some still remain In ner back SEEK REELECT! Both Otto Frohnmayer and John Moffat, directors of the Medford school district, have signified their intention of run ning for re-election, at the school election set for June 18 accord ing to E. H. Hedrick, school superintendent. Frohnmayer was appointed to serve until election upon the resignation of Marc Jarmin, Sr.. who recently left Medford to reside elsewhere, and is now up for election for the remainder of Jarmin's term, which is one year. Moffat is completing a regular five-year term. Other members of the board are Dr, R. E. Green, Eugene Thorndike and N. H. Franklin. Voting is to be at the senior high school between 2 and 7 p.m. June 18. The law states that directors in a first-class school district shall be elected for five- year terms with one elected each year, the superintendent states. Volunteers Needed By Ration Office Volunteer workers are needed at the local office of the war price and ration board according to L. Li. Ternahan, executive secretary, to help with seasonal work. Ternahan said that the is suance of new "T" gasoline ra tion coupons and fuel oil coupons for next fall has placed a burden on the few volunteers who help out regularly. It is necessary to issue the fuel oil now in order that residents may avail them selves of the summer fill-up pro gram, he said. The secretary stated that vol unteers should call the OPA of fice, 7128. Klamath Mistakes Indians For Japs San Francisco, June 14. (U.R) A report that seven Japanese had escaped from the Tule lake relocation center was denied to day by the war relocation au thority, which said no internees were missing from the center. A WRA official said he had in vestigated a Klamath Falls re port that several internees had been seen outside the camp He said apparently some Klamath Indians had been mistaken for Japanese. Putfnt Office. iff 1 Full Leased Wire 10 END STRIFE FREESJND1ANS Congress Party Leaders Re leased From Internment; Cripps Offers Renewed. London, June 14. (U.R) Bri tain, in a sweeping bid to end political strife in India, announc ed today that congress party leaders were being released from internment and proposed to turn over the viceroy's executive council to the Indians except for a single post. The conciliatory British moves were disclosed by introduction in commons of a white paper on the Indian situation. Leopold S. Amery, secretary of state for India, submitted the paper to the parliament about to be dissolved preliminary to a general elec tion. Meets Indian Hope Observers viewed the propo sals as Britain's nearest ap proach to Indian aspirations and demands for a national govern ment since Sir Stafford Cripps failed in his mission to India three years ago. Amery told the house that Field Marshal Lord Wavell, viceroy of India, on a nine-week visit to London recently received the government's authority to try to effect a complete Indianiz- ation of his executive council The only exception to Indian membership of th ecouncil. ac cording to the proposal, would be retention of the war minis ter's portfolio by Gen. Sir Claude Auchinleck. Experts studying the white paper said the essence of the proposals reperesented a renew al of the Cripps offers to India. The paper made it plain that mose offers still stand. T SELLS PROPERTY Sale nf th npnnortv nn 4Un corner of Riverside avenue and Fifth streets, on which the American Automobile associa tion tourist informal! was located, to H. C. Witham was announced today by E. H. Hedrick for the Medford school district. Plirrhn en nrtnA time $13,500, the superintendent said. ine irregularly shaped lot has 140 feet of frontage on Riverside avenue and 178 feet on Fifth street. This tract is the balance of the old Junior high school site, Hedrick states, part of the land having previously been sold to the Safcwav StnrM fnr a building erected two years ago. Mrs. Witham stated this morn ing that whenever conditions permitted, her husband nl nnnpH to erect a large building on the site but that no definite plans woum be made until later. Witham operates the Withnm Magneto and Parts company, 215 tasi Jiignth street. Father Whips Baby With Heavy Wire Reno, Nev.. June 14 (U.R) Charles Payton was sentenced to 90 days in the county jail yes- teraay oy judge Harry Dunseath of the Justice court for allegedly wriipping nis two-year-old daugh ter with a heavy wire. Payton was said to have visit ed his family while his wife, from whom he is divorced, was at work. LIQUOR PRODUCTION MAY START JULY 1 Washington, June 14 (U.R) Americans were offered the prospect today of uninterrupted liquor production beginning July 1. Up to now distillers have been required to use their entire fa cilities to make industrial alco hol, needed in munitions and synthetic rubber manufacture. DEANNA WEDS Hollywood. June 14 (U.R) Dcanna Durbin and her pro ducer, Felix Jackson, started on 10-day honeymoon today dur ing which thoy planned to mix romance with the business of discussing the bride's next pic ture. C. P. NATIVE NOMINATED Grants Pass, June 14. John '. Denise, Jr., Northern Pacific locomotive engineer of Auburn. Wash., has been nominated by President Truman as U. S. mar shal for the western Washing ton district. Denise was born here 53 years ago. MEDFORD, OREGON, "Little 45" Gird For Final Fight Aga As Conf ei San Francisco, Jun U.R) The United Natioi rity conference pushed to arly adjournment today as u8 ittle 45" nations prepared a final battle against the -big five's pro posed power tq veto amendments to the contemplated world char ter. Commission 1 One of the four major commissions into which the conference is divided met in open session to receive a report from its committee on the proposed preamble 'of the charter and its first two chap ters, covering the purposes and principles of the world security organization. One Of Series The meeting was one of a series being held this week and 3,604 SOLOIERS LOST EN ROUTE T( By Joseph L. Myler United Press Correspondent Washington June 14. (U.R). Of 4,453,061 U. S. soldiers em barked by ship to fight the axis In Europe and Africa, only 3,604 were lost at sea.. This was a better record, pro portionately, than world war I's despite the greater deadllness In this war of U-boats, bombing planes, and mines. But It was only part of the grim accounting of World War II. New data on the war at sea disclosed today that: Figures Given 1. This country lost 1,554 merchant ships of 6,277,07.7 tons, to enemy action or as a result of causes due to war conditions, from Sept. 1, 1939, to May 8, 1945. The total includes a large number of small ships. i. U. S3, merchant seamen have suffered 6,066 casualties, including 5,579 dead and miss ing and 487 prisoners of war. 3. A total of 4,770 merchant ships, allied and neutral, have been lost to the enemy action. 4. The U. S. navy lost 99 shins of all kinds sunk in Atlantic or adjacent waters. Its loss in dead and mssing in these waters was 9,023 navy personnel, 508 coast guardsmen, and 35 marines. Overall navy ship losses in all theaters total 314. Army Sea Louts The army personnel losses at sea were caused by the sinking or damaging of 41 ships, rang ing from small auxiliary craft to large transports, during the 41 months from Dec. 8, 1941, to May 9, 1945. In this gigantic movement of soldiers, losses were 0.94 per cent four men lost at sea for every 10.000 embarked as com pared with losses of 0.072 in the last war. In that conflict, 1,463 of the 2,008,931 soldiers sent to France were lost on the way. 3 CHINESE OFFICIALS EXECUTED FOR GRAFT Kunming, China, June 14. (U.R) Three high Chinese offi cials have been executed for theft and extortion in the hand ling of military supplies for use In the continental counter-offensive against Japan, it was an nounced today. Genera lisslmo Chiang-shck personally ordered death sen tences for Liang Lin, former mayor of Changsha, one of China's major cities now held fcy the Japanese; Maj. Gen. Huang Yao; and Col. Pao Yun Fcl. Liang was accused of "stealing military materials and of squeeze and extortion." BASEBALL National Chicago 2 8 0 Pittsburgh 5 4 1 Chipman, Prim and Gillespie; Butcher and Lopez. New York 4 11 1 Brooklyn 5 10 0 Volsclle and E. Lombardl: Davis, King and Dantanio. Amtrlcan Cleveland 3 10 2 Chicago .. 4 8 2 Bagby and Hayes; Grove and Tresh. St. Louis 3 5 0 Detroit 2 9 0 JHkuckl and Mancuso; Troul ' and Swift. . . J THURSDAY, JUNE 14, 1945 Big Five Veto :e Nears Windup next In which various sections of the charter are being considered and approved one by one. Final approval by a plenary session of the full conference is expected to be sheer formality. The preamble recommended by the committee sets forth that "we the peoples of the .United Nations" are "determined to save succeeding gener a t i o n s from the scourge of war, which twice in our lifetime has brought untold sorrows to mankind." It then lists other determinations including "faith in fundamental human rights", respect for inter national treaties and obligations and promotion of "social pro gress and better standards of life in larger freedom." To accomplish these objectives the preamble proposes that mem ber nations will practice toler ance "and live together in peace with one another as good neigh bors"; "unite our strength to maintain international peace and security"; not use armed forces except in the common interest, and use "international machin ery for the promotion of eco nomlc and social advancement of all peoples." Purpose Cited Chapter 1 presented the pur poses of the organization as maintaining international peace and security, developing friendly relations among nations, and achieving international coopera tion in the solution of interna tional problems. Chapter II sets forth a slate of principles, such as sovereign equality of members and pledges to fulfill obligations under the charter. Close Votes Farid Zeineddine. Syrian dele gation adviser, reported to the commission meeting on behalf of the committee. Ha recounted at some length the numerous disputes in which the committee had become involved before It finally agreed on language of me inree sections, and pointed out that there had been close votes on several issues. On the Yalta voting formula, the little nations conceded they naa lost their fight to soften the basic formula but were prepared to stage a showdown fleht against the big five veto over amendments to the world char ter. Thinning of Pears Started in Valley Thinning of pears is now underway in the orchards of the valley. Assistant County Agent i a. uoroy states the "drop" was extensive among D'Arijous, with other varieties having a normal drop. There will be a good crop of Bartletts, first of me pears to be harvested. It will be three weeks or a month before local cherries are on the market, except for a few of the earlier varieties.- There Is a light crop according to Cordy. Local strawberries and local grown early vegetables are now reaching the market. Sgt, Humphries iven Discharge Sgt. Joseph S. Humphries, son of Mr. and Mrs. S. B. Humphries, 322 East Twelfth street, has re ceived an honorable discharge from the army on the point sys tem after three years and six months in the service. Hum phries spent 32 months overseas with the Fifteenth air force in England, North Africa and Italy. He wears the European. North African and Middle-East cam paign ribbons with three battle stars, the good conduct medal, and a unit citation received by his group for outstanding service. MRS. IDA BLIT0N DIES WHILE ON YREKA VISIT Mrs. Ida Bliton passed away In Yreka, Calif., this morning at the home of her daughter, Mrs. Mildred Dodge, where she went several days ago for a visit. The body Is being shipped to the Conger-Morris Funeral parlors here and funeral arrangements will be announced later. Mrs. Bliton, widow of the late A. S. Bliton who at one time published the Medford Mail Tri bune and was later an employe of the California Oregon Power company, had been making her home here with another daugh ter. Mrs. E. H. Thomas, 708 West Tenth street. Seventh War Loan. Oriv "E" Sales to Date .... $440,851 Quota $1,087 000 iRIBUNE United Pits T OLD HOI TOWN AFTERTRIP WEST President Plans Attendance At Independence Home coming Late This Month. Washington, June 14. (U.R) The White House today announc ed plans of President Truman to attend homecoming celebrations at Independence, Mo., and Kan sas City later this month. The president will be in Inde pendence,, his home . town, on June 27 and in Kansas City on June 28. . White House Press Secretary Charles G. Ross said it was pos sible that the president's home coming trip might become a part of his Journey to the United Nations conference at San Fran cisco and a visit to Olympia, Wash. - West Next Week The date for the San Francisco trip depended on when the con ference ends. The west coast trip now seems probable for some time next week. The president planned to fly to Kansas and Missouri. His trip to the west coast also will be by plane. With the announcement of the trip to Independence and Kansas City, the president had before him a busy travel schedule for the next 60 days, First will be the flight to the west coast, then the trip to his home at Jackson county. Mo. Almost immediately after the Missouri trip an appearance Is scheduled at the governors' con ference at Mackinac Island, Mich., July 3 and 4, if no press ing business In Washington de velops. Then comes the big three meeting scheduled for overseas sometime in mid-July. , ' Battle-Weary Jeep . Falters In Middle of War Bond Parade Portland, Ore., June 14. (U.R) A battle-weary jeep gummed up the war bond parade in honor of two Iwo Jima flag-raising heroes appearing in Portland. Crowds cheered Pfc. Rene A. Gagnon as he passed along at the head of the parade in his Jeep. Then the "old reliable" stalled and no amount of tinker ing would start it. The paraders shuffled uneasily and onlookers chuckled but not too audibly for the perspiring soldier me chanics to hear. Finally another Jeep swung In behind and pushed the Gagnon vehicle along the remainder of the route. THIEVES TAKE CAMERA AND F IDING EQUIPMENT Two thefts were reported to police yesterday. George W. Nichols reported that a building used to store furniture and rid ing equipment and located on Sunrise avenue, was broken into sometime between 9 p. m. Tues day and Wednesday noon, ac cording to state police. Saddles, laricts, and other riding equip ment are reportedly missing. City police reported that a German-made camera and leath er case were stolen Tuesday night from a car belonging to Floyd A, Kazmire, of Los An geles, who is visiting at the home of Mrs. Raymond Fish, 825 West Eleventh street. Tho auto was parked In front of the Fish residence, police said. Czech Revolt Against Nazis One Of Bloodiest War Phases Prague, June 14 U.R) On the morning of May 5, 194.1, the outside world heard a Czech voice break into a program of German martial music on radio Prague, shouting: "Send help. We have risen against the Nazis." Then for five days there wa.. silence, while the bloodlst up rising of World War II boiled through the streets of the en slaved Czechoslovak capital. First Complett Story This is (he first complete story obtained from eyewit nesses of the revolution In which the men, women and children of Prague fouRht behind barrica I -a. and in their homes against the 200, Q0O Germans garrisoning their city. Fanatical Nazi Elite guards who formed the core of the Prague garrison quartered Czech Full Leased Wilt i.im..,.!,.,,..,,..,,,,,.,,.,,,, ,. a' 3 M Robert S. Farrell Oregon's secretary of state. Robert S. Farrell, who arrived in Medford this morning for a series of three talks in southern Oregon, will speak Friday noon at a luncheon meeting of the Jackson county Chamber of Commerce. This will be the regular board meeting but in order that other members of the chamber and valley business men mav hear the state official the meeting will be in the Hol land hotel Blue Room. Reser vations are to be made with either the hotel or the Chamber of Commerce office. Farrell want on to Klamath Falls for a noon meeting there and is returning tonight to speak at the Medford Elks' club in ob servance of Flag day. Timely state problems and the proposed post-war building pro gram of the state will be dis cussed by Farrell at the Cham ber of Commerce meeting. "SUFFERS INJURY Michael Beck, owner of Beck's Bakery, is a patient In Sacred Heart hospital here recovering from injuries suffered yesterday when his head became entangled In the machinery of a bakery oven. His attending physician reported that Beck had his left car badly torn, severe Injuries to the left side of his neck and head and had also suffered burns. He was reported resting today. The accident occurred when Beck and two employees were endeavoring to repair the oven, which had broken down. In some manner one of the three switches which operate the oven was con nected and tho machinery began to move, catching Beck's head. Only the fact that the switch was shut off at once saved the bak ery owner from more serious Injury, employees stated today. WICKARD ATTACKED BY , FORMER CHIEF OF REA Washington, June 14 4U.R) Claude R. Wlckard is "a Joke" as an administrator and should not be confirmed as head of the rural electrification admin istration, former REA Administrator Har ry Slattcry said today. Slattery, who resigned from REA last November because of differences with Wickard, told the agriculture committee that Wickard as secretary of agricul ture created "a hopeless political muddle" in REA. boys In the city streets. Wit nesses said they crucified cap- 'ured patriots, ran their tanks over helpless women and chil dren and used hostages as a human screen for their own armor. ' Nails Burned Alive And some of the Nazi faontics themselves, who defied thdr own high command's uncondi tional rurrendcr order, were burned alive by the enraged Cznclyl! ,An unofficial estimate made by some of tho Czech partisan leaders today said 2.000 Czechs were killed in thj fighting and another 2,000 died later of wounds. Tho Germans, fighting with trained troops against a mob armed mostly with clubs and captured weapons, lost, but 530 dead. Oil The MaU Tribune Want Ad Way Quick Ruulti At Small Cost NO. 71. LAST JAPANESE ARE HEADED INTO OKINAWAPOCKET Allies Push Into Borneo Cap ital; Radio Tokyo Warns Nips New Offensive Near. Pearl Harbor. June 14 (U.R) Allied forces broke most of the last Japanese defense line on Okinawa and pushed into Brunei City on Borneo today. Radio Tokyo warned the Jap anese people that American forces in the Pacific appeared to be preparing for a new offensive, but confessed it did not know whether they would strike at Japan or at occupied China. Continue Air Attacks The American air offensive against the enemy homeland went into its ninth straight day. Tokyo said American B-24 Lib erators appeared over the Tokyo Yokohama area today for tha first time, harbingers of heavier air blows yet to come. On Okinawa, American 10th army forces herded the last 10,-000-odd Japanese survivors into a 13-square-mile pocket atop bitterly-defended Yacju-Dake es carpment. One American col umn was within three miles of the southern tip of the island. The American doughboys and marines captured the northeast ern, southeastern and western edges of the plateau and poured shells and bombs into the enemy forces trapped against the sea. The Japanese, though steadily giving ground, fought back so savagely that supplies had to be brought up to American van guards on tanks or dropped by parachute. Smash Other Pocket The only other enemy pocket on the island, on the south shore of Naha harbor, finally was smashed yesterday after a nine day battle in which 3,500 Japa nese were slain. ..' ., Japanese dead on Okinawa rose to 71,203 for the 74-day campaign, an average of nearly 1,000 slain dally. American dead, wounded and missing wore be lieved to total more than 40,000. Radio Tokyo said the Ameri cans already had in use or un der construction 10 airfields on Okinawa and adjacent Ie. Tak ing off from the fields, more than 50 Corsairs dropped 12 torn of bombs and rockets on Japa nese suicide-plane bases on Kyu shu Tuesday, Two Liberators, teammates of the Flying Fortresses in the aerial destruction of Germany, appeared over the Tokyo-Yokohama area at 11:30 a. m., today, Tokyo said. Planes Reach Islands Another Tokyo broadcast heard in London said the first flights of Flying Fortresses and Liberators from Europe had reached the Philippines. Australian troops of the famed "Fighting Ninth" division drove Into the outskirts of Brunei, cap ital of the Borneo sultanate of the same name, after an amphi bious landing on the shores of Brunei river east of the city. Another Australian column captured Brunei airstrip and rolled on unopposed within two miles north of Brunei In an eight-mile advance along the urookcton-BrunoI road. Field reports said the Japa nese already had abandoned Brunei. The city probably will fall within the next 24 hours. SEATTLE, BREMERTON FACE MEAT FAMINE Seattle, June 14 (U.R) Strike threats by Seattle and Bremer ton Independent retail meat deal ers brought both cities to the verge of complete meat famine today, with 90 Bremerton inde pendents prepared to walk out within two weeks unless meat supplies are increased. The strike threat was issued by B. T. Renard, president of the Bremcrton-Kitsap Meat Deal ers Association, at Bremerton. "We are ready to cut off the Bremerton meat supply and not an ounce will get through until we get some relief," Renard said. 50,000 POUNDS BEEF DESTROYED BY BLAZE Red Bluff, Cal June 14 U.R) Fire yesterday destroyed the packing plant of the Minch Wholesale Meat company and with it 50,000 pounds of beet just slaughtered. Firemen believed the blaze was started by an overheated motor. The total loss was esti mated - at $100,000, Including $10,000 worth of hides as well as the beef.
