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Newspaper Page TextYanks Storm Ahead to! ivenge Death of Gen. Buckner Weathei FORECAST; Continued fair and warm tonight and Wednesday. Temp. Highest Yesterday .... -.1 00 Loweit thii Morning WMHHH M Fortieth Year ALL TO SUPPORT T S.A.R. Proposal Would Hon or Pioneers and Attract Visitors, Snell Emphasizes AH Jackson county and all southern Oregon should back the Rogue River chapter Sons of the American Revolution the campaign to have the old courthouse building in Jackson ville turned into a museum de clared Gov. Earl Snell in a talk Monday night from the steps of the historic structure. Not only would such a museum honor the pioneers who settled this district, but it would add to the already great historic interest in the town of Jacksonville and would attract tourists and visitors to the county, the governor said. The governor's talk followed a dinner in the courthouse for members of the S.A.R., D.A.R pioneers and other honored guests. Governor Snell declared that Jacksonville was a most ap propriate site for such a museum, since many other historic build ings, including the Bruner build ing, the old U. S. Hotel, the I. O.O.F. hall and the old prot ectant church, are still standing Virtually unchanged. County Has Lure Jackson county has contrib uted great deeds and great peo pie to Oregon history, the gov ernor said and added "the scenic grandeur of this county makes it stand out as an alluring para dise of forests, lakes and rivers, this attracted the ear'.v pioneers . and is still luring settlers to the district." The speaker declared that following the war the tour ist industry might well become the main industry of the state and that the county should plan for thousand of visitors. "Let us share the charm, beauty, romance and adventure of this district," the speaker aid, and added that the sharing would be profitable to both the visitors and the county. Gov. Snell' prefaced his- talk by paying tribute to Oregon aervicemen in the present war and said their deeds equalled those of the heroes of Bunker Hill. In closing he urged his lis teners to create higher ideals of citizenship and "hold aloft the light of truth to a darkened world and bend every effort to- . wards hastening lasting peace for the entire world. Voorhies Presides Dr. I. E. Vining of Ashland introduced the governor and re called early days of Jacksonville where he resided as a youth. At the dinner Amos E. Voorhies, Grants Pass, president of the S.A.R., acted as toastmaster. He reviewed events of the Battle of Bunker Hill and told how the (mail group of determined farm er-! and artisans, poorly armed rcpu.'scd the British until am Triunition was exhausted. "The British won the battle of Bunker Hill, but the Americans won a new confidence and the ever- lafting respect and revennce of generations to follow, he said. Gjv. Snell was introduced ut the dinner by Herb Grey, out reserved hi3 main address for the later appearance. Mis. Hat tie White, whose father, Thomas G. Retmcs, laid the cornerstone of ihe old courthouse n j884 end who attended the ceremony. w;.g introduced and spoke brief ly of the importance of the mu seum project. She is president ol the Sons and Daughters of Jackson County Pioneers. Also introduced were Emil and Molly Britt, whose family settled in Jacksonville In the very early days, and a number of other rep rcsentatives of early county fam ilies. Judge J. B. Coleman and Commissioners Powell and Per ry were also Introduced. In a brief talk Mayor Clarence A Meeker explained the chap ter's plans for converting the courthouse into a permanent museum where objects of his torical interest could be pre served and displayed. FUj Presented During the dinner Mr. Voor hies presented a large An-f'rican r.DR to the S.A.R. chapter in hon or of his Revolutionary War an cestors. ' Walter Jones, Mr. Voorhies nd Mayor Clarence A. Meeker made up the committee in charge of arrangements, Mr. Jones having taken oer ar AtgeioeeU lot the Uuvie., Kfj. M Unft.d Pra Poles Prepared To Fight Russia Says Terrorist London, June 19 U.R) Radio Moscow said a member of the Polish underground testified at the terrorist trial today that the main task of the organiza tion was to prepare to fight Rus sia. The witness, Identified only as Zelinski, former underground commandant in the Wilno area, was called to the stand as the trial of 16 Polish leaders on charges of terrorist attacks on the Red army entered its second day in Moscow. Fifteen of the 16 defendants already have pleaded guilty to some or all of the charges. SPEAKER IN LINE HIGH OFFICE Washington, June 19 (U.R) President Truman today asked congress to pass legislation mak ing the speaker of the house first in line for the presidency in case of death or disqualification of the president and vice president. The recommendation, made in a message to congress, would change the 69-year-old law un der which Secretary of State Edward R. Stettinius, Jr., would advance to the presidency if President Truman were to die or leave office for some other reason. The present statute, Mr. Tru man told congress, gives him power "to nominate the person who would be my immediate successor in the event of my own death or inability to act. "I do not believe that iri" i democracy this power should rest with the chief executive," he said. The change suggested by Mr, Truman would put Speaker Sam Rayburn, D Tex., first in line for the presidency with Sen Kenneth McKellar, D., Tenn. president pro tempore of the senate, second in line. The order of succession after that "might pass to the members of the cabinet as now provided. The same would apply if there were neither a speaker or sen ate president qualified to suc ceed." Mr. Truman said that "Insofar as possible, the office of the president should be filled by an elective officer." "There is no officer in our sys tem of government, besides the president and vice president, he added, "who has been elected by all the voters of the country.1 JAP HMDS HIT BY B-29'S Guam, Wednesday. June 20 (U.R) Three task forces of more than 450 giant Superfortresses rained 3,000 tons of fire bombs on three new target cities on the Japanese homeland islands of Honshu and Kyushu today. ine fleets struck simultane ously at 4 a. m. against the Hon shu industrial centers of Toyo- nasm and Shizuoka, southwest of Tokyo, and Fukuoka on the northwest coast of Kyushu. Mac Hoke, Pendleton Sheep King Passes Portland. Ore.. June IB (U P) Mac Hoke, of Pendleton, na- ionally known sheepman and member of the Oregon Board of Higher Education, died todav in Portland. Hoke 54, was president of Cunningham Sheep Company of rcnnieton, Mud Springs ranches. Northwest Livestock Production Credit Association, and Oregon Farm Bureau. THREE DIE IN CRASH Milford, Utah, June 19 (U.R) Stanley Vernon pilot. Jack Ncclcy, and Nrcleys nine-year- old daughter. Mary Lou Neclry. were killed Instantly last night when the Cub Trainer plane they were flying in crashed two miles west of here near the local air port. ed by members of the Jackson ville Grange The governor's address was mplified through facilities set p by Charles Oylc of the Radio EDFORD Full Lasd Wilt MEDFORD, OREGON, TUESDAY, JUNE SENATE POWERS TRUMAN TO CUT TARIFRHARGES Major Foreign Policy Victory Won By President 47 to 33 Vote Crucial Test. Washington, June 19 (U.R)- The senate gave President Tru man a major foreign policy vic tory today by voting him au thority to cut tariff rates 50 per cent below January 1 levies. The vote was 47 to 33. The vote came on a senate fi nance committee amendment to the bill to extend the reciprocal trade agreement authority for three years. The finance committee knock ed out the house-approved tariff- cutting authority. The senate vote today overrode that deci sion. With the tariff-cutting author ity restored, administration leaders in the senate expected an easier time defeating other pro posed amendments. They ex pected to pass the bill tomorrow virtually unchanged from the house-approved version. The vote on the tariff-cutting authority was considered the crucial test on the bill which would extend for three years from June 12 the state depart ment's authority to negotiate re ciprocal trade agreements. TO At the election for members of the board of directors of city schools held yesterday at the high school, John Moffat was re elected for a regular five year term and Otto Frohnmayer was elected to complete the unex pired term of Marc Jarmln, ac cording to an announcement from the office of the school iuoerintendent today. Candidates were unopposed and only forty people voted. Besides the two memDers elected yesterday, other board directors are Dr. "R. E. Green, N. H. Franklin, and Eugene Thorn dike. Leopold Refuses Abdication Plea Salzburg. Austria, June 19 (U.R) King Leopold of the uei gians today rejected clamorous demands that he abdicate ana announced that he was reasum Ing his full constitutional pre- rogitives. There is no question or nis majesty abdicating,", said a statement authorized by Leo pold and Issued to the allied press by one of his aides, Capt. Gatien Viscount Du Pare. TRUCK DRIVER HAZY AS TO HOW HE GOT IT Bernard L. Fender, 29. was turned over to California high wr.y patrolmen this morning Dy city police. Fender was being held here for investigation con cerning his possession of a 1941 flatrack crack which was stolen last night from F. W. Peters, 74U French street, Yreka, Calif. According to local po. Fender said he had been drunk at the time and could not re member how he got the truck or why he was in Mcdford. He Iso said he has a police record In Oregon for passing bad checks, according to Ihe report. WASHING MACHINES ARE PLANNED IN SEPTEMBER Washington. June 19 (U.R) Consumers will have a chance to buy washing machines In Sep tember at prices equal to or lower than they paid before the war, Stanley B. Adams, director of War Production board's con sumer durable goods division, predicted yesterday. FRISCO COOLER San Francisco, June 19 (U.R) Welcome sea breezes appealed today to have broken the eight ay heat wave which establihcd 1-time records throughout the San Francisco bay area. Al though skies were clear, tem peratures were six to seven de grees under Sunday and yes terday. At 9:45 a. m., the mer- CWr etood. it 6Q det sj E BYNEWYORKERS Four Million Line Streets to Welcome Conquering Hero; Paper Snow Falls. New York, June 19 (U.R) New York gave Gen. Dwight D Eisenhower the welcome of a conquering hero today. It was the greatest welcome the city ever had staged. Four million persons lined the streets from La Guardia airport to the Battery, exploding with cheers' of Hooray for Ike as the gen eral's cavalcade made it way along express highways and through skyscraper canyons. The skies were gray ind for bidding but the rain held off and Eisenhower exclaimed with a grin that "we beat the weather." A snow storm of ticker tepe and torn newspapers gave lower Broadway a paper blizznrd through which Eisenhower rode with a smile. The pleas of officials and warnings to save the paper for the war effort went by the board when the nation s hero appear ed. From the moment his plane touched down from Washington at 10:10 a. m. the cheers of grateful citizens rang in Eisen hower's ears. Square Jammed A few moments later there was another paper shower when Eisenhower, accompanied by Mavor Fiorello LaGuardia reached City Hall Square. The sauare was Jammed with ,an estimated 250,000 pWsoniC As the cavalcade arrived me wnoii: crnwd was singing "God Bless America." As the last strain of the song died away, Eisenhower nnneared and the crowd let loose a cheer that seemed loud ennnsh to b heard all over Lower Manhattan. It was Eisenhower Day In New York and, except for war plants, business stopped. CLOSE WEDNESDAY In respect to the memory of Sheriff Syd I. Brown, who passed away at his home here Sunday evening, the courthouse will be closed Wednesday dur ing the funeral hour, between 9 and 10:30 a. m. Services will be held at 9:30 o'clock at the Sacred Heart Catholic church, with graveside services at Siskiyou Memorial park In charge of the Elks lodge of Medford of which Sheriff Brown was a charter member. Recitation of the Rosary will be held this evening at the Perl Funeral Home at 8 o'clock. Japanese Abandon Island of Hainan Manning, South China, June 19 (U.R) Japanese troops have begun to evacuate the strategic island of Hainan off the coast of Indo-Chlna in what may become a general withdrawal, reliable sources said today. Enemy troop movements last week indicated that garrison forces from Hainan have been shifted to Kwangchowan, former French leased territory on the Liuchow peninsula, directly north of Hainan. MONDAY'S 100 DEGREES IS HOTTEST ON RECORD Yesterday's temperature of 100 degrees was the hottest ever recorded for any June 18, ac cording to statistics from the Medfoid weather bureau. Next highest on record was 95 de grees which occurred in 1925 and the hottest ever recorded for any day In June was 109 degrees on the sixth, 1926. THREE MEN ARE FINED FOR DUMPING GARBAGE Three Medford men were fined today in Justice court fol lowing charges of dumping gar bage in the Fern Valley, Jack sonville and Roxy Anne dis tricts. Valmire Matcrnus Al bert was fined $ 1 0 and costs and Ross Riggt and Rex Gobi were Lued f 3 and. (ut uUi, i 19, 1945 Combat With a huge banner overhead jam decks of this huge transport as it entered New York port of embarkation. Within a matter of weeks, the bulk of these European combat-wiie troops will be on their way to the Pacific. Development of Self Government for San Francisco, June 19 (U.R) The Big Five agreed today to support a proposal designed to bar the enemy nations in this war from membeiship in the new world organization for many years. San Francisco, June 19 (U.R) The United Nations wrote into their proposed world charter to day. aDledB&..to. develppe self government and free political institutions" for all dependent peoples able to assume those re sponsibilities. The declaration a sort of pre amble to the chapter on trustee ships and dependent territories was approved last mianigm when a technical committee com pleted work on the important trusteeship section. The commit tee action, made possible by a final okay from Moscow on cer tain language changes, eliminat ed another major obstacle in the way of adjournment of the Uni ted Nations conference. Look to Moscow With the trusteeship Issue set tled, delegates looked toward Moscow for word that would eliminate the last adjournment harrier the dispute over tne power of the assembly to discuss international promems. Secretary oi oian- cuwoi.i ... Stettinius, Jr., Is still hoping tnai Joseph S. O'Brien, 81, passed awav In a local nospimi mun- riov evpnins. He had been a barber in Medford for the past as vears. retiring about two years ago because of ill health He was born In Collin county t.... Ana. 27. 1863. When a verv vnune man he left his fath er farm to open barber shop tn followed this trade tnrougn out his life. . Hn linve five children: Mrs Nola Hankins and Mrs. Clara Mnv MrGee. Texas: John E. O'Brien. Medford; Franklin B and Orval O'Brien, California. Services will be held In the Conger-Morris Chapel at 3 p m.. Wednesday with the Rev. D E. Millard officiating. Interment will be In Mt. View cemetery. Ashland. THREE COUNTY MEN ARRIVE FROM EUROPE Three Jackson county men were among 94 Oregon soldiers who arrived in New York Mon day with the 86th division after service in Europe, a dispatch from New York states. The local men arc Capt. Robert W. Shnlcy. Medford: Pvt. Claire L. Good, Ashland, and Pfc. Edward W. White, Ashland. The dispatch stated that the men were being processed for speedy shipment to Ft. Lewis and leaves at home. The trans- ports James Parker. General ' Brook, General Blins and Marine; Fox were used in the matt rc- Tribune United Press Troops Head For Pacific V T w" . A l.. h t aW .M rTh . efr 1 I T w'i i -,r. reading, "From ETO to Tokio," Independent Peoples a miracle will make it possible to complete the charter by Satur day so that President Truman can address the closing session then. ' But most delegates have vir tually abandoned such hope and are counting on being here early next week. Committee approval of the trusteeship charter arid committee--adoption of the chapter, on transitional arrangements for keeping the peace until the new organization is equipped with force, wiped clean the slate of eight outstanding Issues that were before the conference last Saturday. Russia added another one Sunday by formally reopen ing the question of assembly powers, contending it had been voted too broad powers. Fine-Point Pledge The chapter on trusteeships pledges United Nations which administer such territories to: 1. Insure political, economic, social and educational advance ment of the peoples concerned, "their Just treatment and their protection against abuse." 2 Develop self government, "to lake due account of the po litical aspirations uf the peoples. and to assist them In the prog ressive development of their tree political Institutions, according tn the narticular circumstances of each territory and its peoples, and their varying stages of ad vancement. 3 Further International peace and security. 4. Promote such measures oi development as their cultural Institutions, encourage research and cooperate with one another 63 ENROLLED IN Sixty-three students enrolled yesterday for the summer school which is being held at the Junior high school from 8:50 to 12 p. m. week days, E. H. Hcdrlck, city school superlnte ndent, an nounced today. The students rep resented all grades from the sec ond to the twelfth. School will continue for five weeks and is mainly for students who are weak in school work, those who have failed, or stu dents of the eighth and ninth grades who are changing from mid-year to the regular school year. Teachers for the five-week term are Miss Laura Phillips, Mrs. Johnnie F. Smith, and Mrs. Agnes Beaver, for Junior high and high school; Mrs. Bcrnicc Kunzman, fourth, fifth and sixth grades, and Mrs. Ivah Murray, who will teach the second and third grade students. FEDERAL COURT TO RECONVENE JULY 24 Federal court was formally opened here this morning by Paul Hanlin. United States dep- uty marshal, and then Immedl- atcty adjourned until July 24. Ilanlin stated that it was not known at this time whether any Full Leased Wire NO. 75. ,1 - T 'm.IaT' : .-.-. - rst-r .i , ..-. i thousands of 86th Division trooos Is Security Aim "with a view to the practical achievement of the social, eco nomic and scientific purposes set forth in this paragraph." 5. Transmit regularly to the world organization "subject to such limitation as security and constitutional considerations may require" statistical and other Information of a technical na ture relating to economic, social and educational conditions" - in territories other than trustee ships. The latter are provided for in a special section. T T Washington, June 19 (U.R) President Truman left today on a non-stop flight to the Pacific coast the first time a President ever has made an airplane trip in this country, Mr. Truman's first destination was Olympia, Wash., some 2.450 miles away. There he will be the guest of Gov. Mon Wallgren, an old friend of senate days. After a few days' relaxation there, the President will go to San Francisco to address the closing session of the United Na tions conference. Shortly after that he plans to visit his home town of Independence, Mo., and Kansas City. The Presidential plane, a lux urious, especially-equipped C-54 of the Army Transport Com mand, took off at 8:21 a. m.J EWT. In exactly a mlnuto It was out of sight in the overcast sky. This Is the four-cpgined plane that brought Gen Dwight D. Eisenhower home from Europe yesterday. Mr. Truman was scheduled to land about 4 p. m. PWT at Mc Chord field, an army air instal lation about 22 miles from Olympia, and drive immediately to the executive mansion in Olympia. WISHING WELL R-nm-r-d U S. 5eS75267J8S T A 8 M B O B N A U O U O 6 S i S 4 0 7 S i i i 5 E N I W NLD I EEDB L s 8 T 6 3 7 ft 8 4 i o S LLWKTOMOPO A I V S J 6 ft 8 4 1 3 S 4 8 5" S H E K L R E l K Y O O T ft 3 8 8 4 r3 8 T K R E V O A I O T r R P C II X 2 t 4 1 i 3 S t i t ft n T N N R H E T A.I O A Q 1 1 g 7 3 1 5 7 5 8 ' 8 N A A OON RI B UNM O HERE I a pleasant little game that will give you a menage every day. It Is a numerical puxzle designed to spell out your fortune. Count the letters In your first name. If the number of lettere la A or more, subtract 4. If the number Is leu than 8.1 add 3. The result Is your key number 8tart at the upper left hand comer of the rectangle and check every one of your key numbers, left to right Then reed the message the letters unoef the checked figures give you. fc.i? LAST FLEE PANIC CLIFFS Leader Killed by Fragment of Shell Is Buried With, Full Military Honors. Guam, June 19 (U.R) Tenth army troops, avenging the death of their commander Lt. Gen. Simon Bolivar Buckner, Jr., stormed to within less than mile of the southern tip of Okin awa today, as Adm, Chester W. Nimitz announced complete con. quest of the island was "lm minent." As the last 2,000 to 3,000 sur vivors of the original Japanese garrison abandoned their de fenses and fled in panic toward the southern cliffs, marines reached the Nagusuku-Makabe highway at a point little mors than 3,000 yards from the southern tip of the island. AU semblance of an enemy line had vanished. 96th Advances Meanwhile the 381st regiment of the 96th division crossed the Yaeju "Lost World" plateu and reached high ground overlooking Madera village, 3,000 yards from the island's southern coast. On the eastern end of the line the 7th division advanced 300 to 700 yards in various sectors. Radio Tokyo conceded that' the Americans were pushing across the last heights on Okin. awa. It predicted that invasion forces next would land on the Japanese home islands ."within a few months." ' The big guns of American warships offshore, massed land artillery and swarms of planes churned, the shrinking Japanese pocket on southern Okinawa in to a flaming hell on earth. Enemy troops were dying by the hundreds. Mass Suicide Prospect Mass Japanese suicide leaps Into the sea similar to those marking the end of the Saipan battle appeared in prospect as the bloodiest campaign of the Pacific war entered its 80th day. ; Nlmlti proclaimed his belief that final victory was at hand in a message to Gen. George C. marsnan, u. S. army chief of staff, ' eulogizing Buckner who was killed yesterday as he watched a combat team attack. Nimitz said Buckner died from enemy shellfire "At a time when the fall of Okinawa is Im minent." "General Buckner's skillful conduct of the crucial campaign on Okinawa will have great in fluence in further operations against the Japanese," Nimitz said. "Please convey my deepest sympathy to Mrs. Buckner." Maj. Gen. Roy S. Gciger, com mender of the marines on Okin awa, took over tactical command of all forces in the Ryukyus for the final round on Okinawa. The field command of the 10th army, an army Job, was not filled Immediately. Jap Line Collapses Marines and Doughboys fin ally collapsed the enemy line yesterday with a series of ad vances ranging up to 1,000 yards. A regiment of the Second Ma rine division Joined the First and Sixth Marine division on the western sector for the final cleanup. Men of the Second fought through Guadalcanal, Tarawa and the Solomons. Attacking with flame throw ers and tanks, Ihe Eighth regi ment of the Second division and the 22nd regiment of the Sixth division drove 800 yards to the approaches to the highway run ning from the coastal town of Nagusuku to Makabe, a mile and a half Inland. It was while watchins that advance that Buckner was killed. The Panama canal was termed the "biggest electrical installa tion in the world" when it was opened In 1914. Putent Office.