Yanks 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.