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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
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Secretary of State Edward R. Stettlnius Jr. holds first draft of World Se
curity Charter drafted at San Francisco before meeting of UNCIO steer
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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.
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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.
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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.