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Newspaper Page TextTruman Visits Portland Vel t ans Hospital; Hops For San Francisco Weather FORECAST: Partly cloudy wltb ihowrri tonight and Tuesday. Mild Umperaturei, Temp. Highest Vesterday 94 how Bit this Morning ............ 60 Fortieth Year France Injects Levant Dispute As Weary Conferees Prepare For Dramatic Climax San Francisco, June 25 (U.R) France injected the extraneous issue of Syria and Lebanon into the United Nations' conference today only a few hours before the arrival of President Truman for a dramatic climax of this nine-weeks-old meeting. Weary delegates of 50 nations and the city of San Francisco were prepared to give the presi dent a rousing welcome when he arrives here late today. He will address the closing meeting of the conference tomorrow night. New Flurry Stirred The conference meets in plen ary session at 9:31 o'clock to night to give formal approval to the new world charter. But meanwhile it experienced a new flurry of excitement as result of France's request that a three- man commission be set up here to investigate the dispute in the Levant Even the French admit ted however, that it might be outside the authority of this con ference. The request, made to Secre tary of State Edward R. Stettin- ius, Jr.. as one of the four presi dents of the conference, prob ably will be rejected. No one not even the t rench wouia ici St delay tomorrow's adjournment nlans. But It was potentially embarr- assine for the big four sponsor ing powers since it placed them in the light of rejecting at the birth cf the new organization a request for conciliation in a dis pute. Actually, this conference has no power to set up such a mmmission. especially one to deal with a bitterly-disputed po litical question. Work Ii Done The work of this conference is done. The charter is now in me hands of the- printer. Only the closing -ceremonies remain plenary session approval of the fhoftoi- tnniffht. the signing vi ' tha Wiimnt in a snecially-built, Hollywood-like, flag-draped set ting, and Mr. Truman's address tomorrow. ThD nr. iv world charter will h.nmo effective when it has been ratified by the governments of the Big Five and a majority of the 45 other nations. a ..mnrate aereemont will be aubmitted to the delegates for their signatures along with the charter tomorrow. It will set up "preparatory commission to it in London and act until the chartet has been ratified and the new world organization has met and elected a secretary-general. Each nation will be represented on the commission. The principal work will be done by a 14 mem ber executive committee. x Truman In Spotlight The president's arrival for the closing ceremonies overshadow ed for the moment the more than 1500 hours of work that has been done here. Mr. Truman is expected to use the occasion i to deliver his first exclusivclyfor eign policy address Although the spotlight will be on Mr. Truman, many of the tributes to be paid will be for the late Franklin D Roosevelt. What the conference Steering committee held its last session Saturday it rose for one minute of silence as triDuie u who shouldered much of the leadership which resulted in this gaMr.riRSosevelt had planned to come here for the opening ses sion on April 25. But his sudden death on April 12 Pented that Mr. Truman was unable to attend the opening because ol Two valuable saddle horses be longing to C. C. Hoover, Route 4, and his son, Claude Hoover, Sticky Lane, died Sunday after noon after eating poisoned grain, the elder Hoover reported today. The two animals were pastured in a field at the C. C. Hoover farm and broke into the yard during the afternoon, Hoover re ported. The horse belonging to C. C. Hoover was brought In from Al turas, Calif., by John McOrab and was a son of the well-known Red Cloud while the other ani mal was a buckskin purchased from the Sycamore stables in Whitticr, Calif. Both had been entered in the rodeo which the Jackson County Sheriff's Posse is holding this week-end, one in the relay race and the other in the calf roping contest, Hoover mated. MEDFORD United Presi pressing new duties, but he is coming here for the ending after a short vacation at Olympia, Wash. Program Completed During the next 24 hours there will be In progress an in visible race which seems likely to end in a photo-finish. The pro gram for the president has been completed and " will not be changed. Conference officials thus must arrange for all the First Draft of A X ' f ' I" -A . t X - Vf . . V h K , ' r .vtit t (Acm Telpphotoi Secretary of State Edward R. Stettlnius Jr. holds first draft of World Se curity Charter drafted at San Francisco before meeting of UNCIO steer . lng committee.. . . .. .-. 4 1 v (Acme Trhphoto) Herbert E. Evatt (right), Australia's Minister for External Affaire and leader of small nations' attack on Big Five veto formula, shakes handi with Sen. Tom Connally D Tex.), who led the big power fight foi adoption of the Yalta formula, after UNCIO adopted Yalta voting pro . cedure without a formal negative vote. I FAILS TO CHANGE Official canvas of the votes cast in Friday's special state elec tion, completed at the courthouse by noon today, resulted in little change from the unofficial count previously reported, with the state building fund tax passing by a large majority and the cigarette tax measure carrying by a small margin. A total of 2.615 votes were cast In the 68 Jackson precincts, thought to be one of the lightest votes ever cast in a state election. A total of 16,714 voters were reg istered and eligible to vote, ac cording to the office of the county clerk. The complete count shows that 2,028 persons voted yes for the stale building measure, and 576 voted no. On the cigarette tax the vote was 1,512 and 1.059 no, a majority of but 453 votes. Eleven precincts out the 68 voted against the cigarette tax, while one precinct, Mcdford west, voted tie, 25 to 25, on the. proposal. Full Leased Wire MEDFORD, OREGON, MONDAY, JUNE 25, final details of printing, signing, etc., to avoid a last minute hitch, The hopes today were that even the signing of the document could be completed before Mr. Truman delivers his address. But in any event the signatures will all be affixed within a few hours after the final curtain. The conference as well as 'the city was waiting for Mr. Tru man to arrive about 2:30 p. m., PWT. UNCIO Charter Rogue River Flier, Honored By Brazil, Spends Brief Leave Rogue River, June 25 Lt. J. D. Logan, USN, is makin ( a brief visit here with his parents, Mr. and Mrs. C. J. Logan, and will leave the middle of the week to report in Atlanta, Ga., and later to Oakland, Calif. Lt. Logan Just completed 14 months duty in Brazil and in appreciation of h work in operational training with members of the Brazilian airforce, was awarded an honor ary membership in the force and wears the Brazilian wings. Prior to his duty in Brazil Lt. Logan spent six montl.k In the Aleutian Islands. At Oakland he win report for duty with the naval air transport. Lt. Logan is a graduate of St Mary's Academy. Mcdfcrd, and later attended Portland univer sity and the University of San Francisco. Before coming north he visited his wife and child In Dallas, Tex. JOHNNIE J. KARRY WOUNDED IN PACIFIC Johnnie J. Karry, technician fourth grade in the army, has been wounded while serving in the Pacific war theater accord ing to the Office of War Infor mation. Karry'i wife, Mrs. Phyllis J. Karry, resides on Route 4 at box 80. JAPANESE GIVEN BY G ENJVilNAfVI Nation Now at Crossroads of Life and Death Says Com mentator Okinawa Loss Guam, June 25 (U.R) Japan admitted the loss of Oki nawa today and its people were warned that they now stand at the crossroads of life and death " While enemy casualties soared past the 110.000 mark On Oki nawa, the 65-mile long island was being converted into a new B-29 base from which Super fortresses, augmented by fleets of fighter planes, will hammer the Japanese homeland in a gi gantic pre-invasion aerial as sault. Admit Okinawa Lost The Japanese high command conceded the fall of -Okinawa and a Tokyo commentator frank ly acknowledged that the is land's defense was important only because "it gained for Jap an the precious time of three months" to prepare for defense of the homeland. Gen. Jiro Minaml, president of the Japan political association, warned that the Japanese race is at the crossroads of life and death," and exhorted the people to "seize the reverses on Okina wa as the turning point of vic tory." "In this struggle," said Min aml. ''there can be no easy, half way peace. The all-out solidarity of the 100,000,000 is indeed the key to ultimate victory, which even the material superiority of the enemy,-United States,-can never defeat." Pearl Harbor June 25 (U.R) At least six Allied air forces battered the Japanese today from their homelr.nd to the far corners of their stolen empire. In a week-end that saw some of the heaviest aerial blows of the Pacific war, upwards of 1000 tons of bombs were heaped on 16 targets across t 5000-mile front. Planes Range Far From the Kuriles to Borneo, every type of plane, from little fighter to giant Superfortresses, took part in the pre-invasion of fensive. The targets Included Formora, Canton, Hong Kong, Balikpapan. Kyushu, the Kurile Islands, Marcus Island, the Mar shall, the Sakishimas, Luzon and Mindanao. The Japanesp feared another invasion on Borneo, and they announced civilians had been moved inland trom Balikpapan, pounded by sea and air for two weeks. One Japanese broadcast claimed that landing attempts at Balikpapan, on Borneo's cast coast, had been checked. Paratroops In Luton In another preview of things to come, American troops made their first full-dress airborne landing in northern Luzon, where the battle for the island was drawing toward an end. For the firot time in the Pacific war, gliders, as well as parachute troops, were dropped in enemy territory. The airborne troops quickly gained ground after their land ing, linking with a force to the north at Aparri. and gaining two miles to the south. Farther down tne Cagayan valley, the 37th Division gained nine miles In a drive to relieve the guerilla troops holding Tu guegarao, capital of Cagayan province. They were within 10 miles of the guerillas, who fought off fierce enemy counter attackj. In southwest China, the Chin ese and Japanese battled hotly for the former American airbase of Liuchow. The fight for the city was in Its fourth day. Chungking reported another Chinese column was closing in from six miles northwest of Liu chow. SIDE GLANCES TRIBUNE REPORTERS Bob Ebcl misunderstanding a telephone caller and thinking he said "this is Harry Truman." Verne Brophy getting his syl lables mixed and referring to his flock of hens as Red Island Rollers. Flash Fidlcr scaring horses, timid ladles and children by ap pearing downtown in a four alarm cowboy ibjrt. 1945 Reds Change Mind About Conferring On German Trials London, June 25 (U.R) A British Foreign Office spokes man said today that Russia, re versing her previous stand, has decided to send two representa tives to London for a conference on the trial of major Nazi war criminals. The conference will open in London tomorrow with delegates from the United States, Britain and France in addition to Russia The four countries will discuss procedure and a date for trials of Reichsmarshal Hermann Goer- ing, former German Foreign Minister Joachim Von Ribben trop, former Deputy Fuehrer Ru dolf Hess and 100 or more other high Nazis. Russia at first had ignored invitations from the United States and Britain to send a dele gation to London. AS DRIVER DIES Ernest R. Jones, 69, 605 Da kota street, died as result of a hea.t attack while operating his automobile on Dakota street last night, according to city police, who were called to Investigate. Jones, who reportedly had been in poor health for some time, was driving east on Dakota street at the time he was stricken. His auto jumped the curb at 512 Dakota, crossed the lot and stopped against p garage at 718 Oakdale avenue. Deputy Coroner Carlos Morris pro nounced Jones dead when he ar rived at the scene. Jones came to Medford re cently from Portland and was making his home with a step-son, Wallace Ragsdale, who was at Crescent City at time of the death, The body is at Conger-Morris Funeral Home awaiting arrival of other relatives who are visit ing in northern California. Coos Bay. June 25 Damage estimated tentatively at $75,000 to $100,000 was caused to the Coos Bay city dock and ware house early Sunday by fire, ori gin of which was undetermined. Coos Bay and North Bend city fire apparatus was augmented by equipment from the naval air station and coast guard in extin guishing the flames. Sparks ignited the pioneer Roger building three blocks from (he dock section and this was destroyed also. Tied up alongside the dock was the old Steamship Bandon. rigging and hull of which were damaged. BILLION IN 'E' BONDS NEEDED TO MAKE GOAL Washington. June 25. (U.R) Individuals must buy over $1, 000,000,000 worth of E bonds this week If the $4,000,000,000 E bond goal of the seventh war loan is to be met. Weekend sales reports showed $2,285,000,000 in E bond purchases. Total Individual sales of all kinds of securities were $6,475. 000.000, and the $7,000,000,000 individual goal was believed to be assured. Flame-Throwing Bombs Ready For Fire Raids Detroit. June 25 (U.R) An incendiary bomb campaign against Japan that will scar a target with 28 000.000 fires in a single raid was revealed today as an amazing weapon In the growing American offensive. K. T Keller, president of Chrysler Corporation announced production had been ordered on the Incendiary bombs at the rate of 2,000 000 a month' enough to load 1.428 B-29's for sorties against Japan. The bombs will b produced at Chrysler's Evansville, Ind., plant, previously assigned to cartridge production. Keller candidily said "I don't understand why the Japanese can't see how terribly they're whipped" u he related tli iUg- Tribune United Pteu LABOR Dl LEAVE 135,000 IDLEINNATION Detroit Darkest Spot With 45,000 Out While CIO and AFL in Jurisdictional Row By United Press More than 135,000 workers were idle today as a wave of labor disputes disrupted war and civilian production in several main industrial areas. Darkest spot on the labor hori- zone was in Detroit, where some 45.000 workers were thrown into idleness in a series of walk outs. Paralysis of every plant in the Detroit area loomed as dele gates of the maintenance, con struction, and powerhouse work ers council (UAW-CIO) met to discuss their jurisdictional feud with the AFL. Strike Vote Ordered Members of at least five pow erful maintenance workers unions in Detroit had ordered their delegates to vote for an area-wide strike. Packard's 22,000 United Auto mobile Workers CIO had voted to go back to work. However, 1,000 maintenance men did not vote and if they did not go back to their jobs the plant could not be kept open. Other Detroit plants affected were Budd Wheel Co., Chrysler Corp. (five reconversion pro jects), Ford Motor Co. River Rouge plant, Spring and Upset building, Stinson Aircraft, Aero nautical Products, Hudson Motor Car Co., Federal Mogul Corp., and 12 lumber yards. Some 16,700 workers of the strikebound Goodyear Tire at Rubber Co. plant in Akron, O. were warned that the war labor board would probably ask the government to seize, the plant unless- they went back to work. " Pittsburgh Threat ' Maintenance production work ers of the Pennsylvania Electric Co. in Pittsburgh threatened to strike July 5 unless the WLB ap proved their wage demands. A walkout of the power workers would threaten war production in the Pittsburgh area. In Chicago a strike of truck drivers was becoming ineffective as 10,000 army drivers manned trucks today and were Joined by more than 5,000 civilian drivers of the AFL Brotherhood of Teamsters. BULK OF CUBA SUGAR TO BE SENT TO U. S. Washington, June 25 (U.R) Cuba has assured the United States that the bulk of its 1940 sugar production will bo avail able for this country, Rep. Clin ton P. Anderson, D., N.M., who becomes secretary of agriculture July 1, announced today. An agreement on the price has not yet been reached, however. Anderson said that the United States plans to send Cuba farm machinery and fertilized, al though "it will be impossible to meet the full requirements of any area." SCRUGHAM RITES SET San Diego, Cal June 25. (U.R) Funeral services for U. S. Senator James Grrvcs Scrug ham, who died here Saturday, will be held In Reno, Nov., on Friday, June 29. On Japanese gcring potential of the flame tossing bombs. A single fire bomb weighs 10 pounds, containing magnesium and petroleum to produce the flame Each bomb produces an averaqe of 40 separate flames globules of flaming oil projected by the explosion of the fuse. But 38 of these bombs are combircd In a 500-pound unit bomb, built to release the fire throwers within a few hundred feet of a target Each Superfort ress carries a load of 37 large unit-bombs, or 1.40d of the small bombs. This means 96,000 sep arate flame agents per bomber. On 'aids In which 500 Super fortresses are used this would overspread a given target as Tokyowith. 23,000,000 lurches, Full Leased Wit NO. 80. U. S. LEND LEASE PIN JAPS DOWN Administrator Crowley Re veals Reds in Siberia Still Getting American Supply. Washington, June 25 (U.R) The United States is supplying lend-lease aid to bolster Russian power in Siberia where the Red army, is pinning down strong Japanese forces across the Man- churian border, it was disclosed today. Shipments to European Russia have been halted. Foreign Economic Adminis trator Leo T. Crowley revealed new details about the shift in lend-lease emphasis for Russia in testimony made public today by the house appropriations commit tee. Estimates Cut The committee recommended deficiency and supplemental ap propriations totaling $3,133,550, 000 more than 99 per cent for war purposes for the 1944-45-46 fiscal years. The total represent ed a cut of $17,000,000 from bud get bureau estimates. Crowley also disclosed that: 1. No funds will be needed during the 1946 fiscal year for lend-lease aid to Latin America, North Africa and the nations of eastern Europe and the-Salkans. 2. Lend-lease aid to France, Belgium and the Netherlands in connection with redeployment will end by about next Dec, 31 and those countries will be asked to pay for subsequent assistance except that for prosecution of the Pacific war. 3. The administration wants the Export-Import bank-to sup ply credit for foreign rehabilita tion purposes because lend-lease funds will not be used. US. CITIZENSHIP London. June 25. (U.R) Wil liam "Lord Haw-Haw" Joyce pleaded innocent to charges of treason today, basing his plea on a contention he li an American citizen. Charles Head, defending Joyce, claimed at a preliminary hearing in Bow street police court that the man who broad cast Nazi propaganda to Britain was not, and never had been a British citizen. Head told the court that Joyce was born In Brooklyn, the son of an Irishman naturalized as an American. Head conceded Joyce had claimed British citizenship in applying for a passport to go to Germany, but pointed to his New York birth certificate as proof he was not British. Joyce was held over until Thursday, when he will be com mitted for trial at the July ses sion of the central criminal court at Old Bailey. Washington, June 25. (U.R) The senate Judiciary committee today approved a Joint resolu tion to designate one week out of each year as "employ physi cally handicapped persons week." MONTANAN 8WORN Washington, June 25. (U.Rl Wesley A. D'Ewart of Wlsall, Mont., was sworn in today as representative from Montana. WISHING WELL Ruiitfffd U, 4825834675848 Y Y A H N A O OAE E V U 5 3 4 6 8 2 7 4 5 8 3 8 4 W T R R W 8 L L 1 O R R I 8 4 5 i 4 8 8 3 4 7 5 4 8 RFLKEOIIWO LIE 2 6 i 4 8 5 f 4 8 5 8 T4 F F U L A H V L L E D E B 8 4 0 8 i 4 8 3 4 6 1 2 4" T E It S OH O'MA SER P 3 S 4 i 8 1 4 8 i 5 4 1 1 P P P C E M Y At Y A O 8 4 7 i S 4 3 6 4 S S 1 S 4 O V T OAH NI U HE8 N HERE Is a pleasant little game that will give you a message every day. It Is a numerical puttie designed to spell out your fortune. Count the letter! In your first name. If the number of letters If 6 or more, subtract 4. If the number li lea than 6. , add 3. The result is your key number. Start at the upper left-' hand corner of the rectangle and check every one of your key numbers, left to right Then read the message the letters undei the checked figures give you. fe-Z5 CLOSING PLENARY Welfare of Men In Veterans' Hospital to Be Watched is Promise by President. Portland, Ore., June 25 (U.R) President Truman took off from Portland army air base en route to Hamilton Field, Calif., . 1 1 .t, minwi . t i xi. ox u.in. rvvx; luuuy. nuin Hamilton Field, he will motor to nearby San Francisco, where ha will address the closing plenary session of the UNCIO confer- Portland, Ore., June 25. (U.R) Following is the text of Presi dent Truman's speech at the Veterans' hospital in Portland: It has been a privilege or me today to have had the opportuni ty to go through some of the wards in this institution. This strikes me as a real hospital one of the sort that we all hope will be the usual thing in the country. I am very much interested, of course, in the welfare of the men who are fighting to save the country and the men who have fought to save the country. Bradley Lauded We are trying now to reorgan ize, the veterans administration along modern lines, and it Is no reflection on the head of ths veterans bureau who is going out. But we want a man who fought in this war who is a front-line soldier, and who un derstands what the front-line soldiers think about. I think wa have that man in General Brad ley, one of the ablest comman ders that we have in this war. . I want to say to you that we are going to try to give the veter ans the treatment to which they are entitled, but I want also to bring it home to the veterans that they are citizeni of the United States just as I am. They are fighting for a principle. Now they want to come back here and put that principle into effect by being first-class citizens them- ogives, jusi s wo aiu aucr ine other war. Vets To Run U. 8. Y in tne next generation the vet erans of this war are going to run-this country. They fought to save It; now they want to fight to maintain it, and that is their duty . , BUS STRIKES COW Joplin, Mo.. June 25. (U.R) Twelve persons, 10 of them sol diers stationed at Camp Crow- der, Mo., were killed today and srvicemcn injured when the bus in which they were riding struck a cow and. careened, out of control, over an 18-foot em bankment. , The Injured were taken to hospitals at the camp and in Joplin. Driver of the bus. Charles E. White, 23, Joplin. was one of two civilians killed. White was discharged from the service three weeks ago, TIRED BUT HAPPY IKE CATCHES UP ON REST Washington, June 25. (U.R) Gen. Dwight D. Eisenhower, tired but happy, caught up little on his rest today. A week to the day after hi triumphant homecoming recep tion here last Monday, he re turned with Mrs. Eisenhower and their son, Lt. John Eisen hower, from Abilene, Kan.. where the general was feted by his hometown. At 5 p.m. he was scheduled to go to the home of Secretary of War Henry L. Stim son for tea, S, Pmenl Office.