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IN HITLERLAND
Could be-Better Prepared in
5 Years Than They Were
in 1939 Says Crowley.
Washington, June 26. U.R
Foreign Economic Administrator
Leo T. Crowley reported today
that Germany's war-making po
tential is tremendous despite
years of allied bombing.
W.. said if the Germans had
held out six months longer they
might have been able to hit New
Vnrlr CAtv with V-bombs. a little
afterwards they could have sent
jet-propelled planes against
Washington and if left alone
now they could be better pre
pared for war within five years
than they were in 1939 when
Hitler launched his blitz against
Poland.
Surveyi Told
frnwlov crave a senate mili
tary affairs subcommittee inves
tigating Germany's war-maKing
capacities a summary of what
his agency has been able to learn
on the subject through 29 sur:
veys covering virtually every
phase of German industrial econ
omy. He said the allied powers must
be prepared for a long-term oc
cupation of Germany and rigid
industrial control if the German
war machine is not again, to
threaten the peace of the world.
"If we were to leave Germany
to its own devices and npt to
institute a program of economic
and industrial disarmament,
Germany could be far better
prepared for war within five
years than she was in 1939,'
Crowley said.
He conceded that allied bomb
ing was a major factor In the
defeat of Germany.
Failure Cited
Asserting that the peace terms
Imposed upon Germany after
the last war failed utterly in ade
quate control of German indus
trial economy, Crowly asserted
that the allied program for
"economic security against fu
ture German aggression" this
time should:
1. Take precedence over nil
other allied policies for the
treatment of Germany.
2. Be thorough, covering not
only implements of war but the
entire general economic base for
war.
3. Be addressed to the over
whelming Gorman economic
domination of Europe.
4. Be lasting in concept and
charter.
FARLEY WILL VISIT
PORTLAND TOMORROW
Portland, Ore., June 26 (U.R)
James A. Farley, once chair
man of the Democratic national
committee which put Franklin
D. Roosevelt into the White
House in 1932. will be a Port
land visitor Wednesday, it was
disclosed today.
Postmaster Elof Hcdlund re
ceived a personal wire from the
former postmaster general, who
now is in Salt Lake City saying
he would arrive here for a few
days visit.
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$38,500,285,951
TO BATTLE JAPS
Last Gigantic Supply Meas
ure of War if End Comes
Before June 30 Next Year.
Washington, June 26 U.R
The House today passed and sent
to the Senate legislation to give
the army $38 500,285,951 with
which to fight the Japanese in
the year starting July 1.
. The bill, passed by voice vote,
will bring to about $410,000,000,-
000 the total made available by
Congress for war purposes.
The House Appropriations
committee said that if the Jap
anese are defeated before June
30, 1946, this will be the last
gigantic supply measure of the
war.
Kill Amendments
Before passing the bill, the
House killed an amendment by
Rep. Albert J. Engel, R., Mich.,
to force the army to discharge all
fathers of four or more children
who ask release. The vote was
115 to 89.
By a standing vote of 80 to 4,
the House rej'cted an amend
ment by Rep. W. R. Poage, D.,
Tex., to permit the army to buy
oleomargarine. Poage told the
House that the prohibition pre
vented scientific development of
more nutritious foodstuffs. The
fight against the proposal was
led by three Wisconsin Con
gressmenReps.: Frank Kecfe.
R.. Reid F. Murray. R., and Mer
linHull,' Pg. They told the
House that the prohibition was
necessary to protect the interests
of more than a million dairy
farmers who depend upon butter
sales for their livelihood.
WHEELER AGAINST
FIGHT ONCHARTER
w..himtnn. June 26. (U.R)
Sen. Burton K. Wheeler, D.,
Mont., today said that "so far as
I am concerned," there will be
no organized fight in tne senaie
neainst ratification of the San
Francisco charter.
Wheeler was widely regarded
as the senate's staunchest "isola
tinnfot" hpfore the war and his
attitude toward the charter had
been awaited with interest.
"I have not made up my mind
yet as to what I am going to do
or how I am going to vote," he
told reporters. "I haven't read
it, and I am not going to make
up my mind until I have had a
chance to read and study it.
"But as far as I am concerned,
there is going to be 'no organized
fight against the treaty."
Ceiling On Apples
Is Lowered By OP A
Washington, June 26 (U.R)
The Office of Price Administra
tion has lowered shipping point
ceiling prices for the 1945 apple
crop by eight cents to $3.45 a
standard bushel for the period
lasting from now until July 20.
This will mean a new retail
ceiling price about two-tenths of
a cent lower than the ceiling for
the previous period from May 29
to June 25, OPA said.
Pfnt Office.
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MEDFORD, OREGON, TUESDAY, JUNE
China First To Sign World Charter
Planned To Ensure Enduring Peace
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All-Day Signing Ceremony to
Be Followed by Address
Tonight by Pres. Truman
San Francisco, June 26 (U.R)
China, the first of the United
Nations to suffer from Fascist
aggression, today was the first to
sign the new world charter de
signed to maintain an enduring
peace and prevent any future
aggression.
Wellington Koo,- chairman of
the Chinese delegation at the
United N a 1 1 o n s' conference,
started what was expected to be
an eight hour signing ceremony
by affixing his signature to the
10,000-word document which
holds the hopes of the world that
another World War can be avoid
ed.
Truman Tonight
The delegates of 50 nations ap
proved the chafer at an historic
public meeting lust night at
10:50 p. m., tonight they will lis
ten to President Truman give it
his blessing and promise to seek
immediate ratification by the
United States.
The presidential address clos
ing the conference will be made
in the ornate Opera House. The
signing ceremony took place in
a specially-built. Hollywood-like,
flag-draped setting in the adja
cent veterans buildmg.
Koo admitted that he was hon
ored and "filled with emotion
on "this great day"
"I confidently hope and Be
lieve." he said, "that built on
the foundation of victory in Eu
rope and the early and final tri
umph over Japan, the new se
curity organization . . . will be
able to spare the future genera
tions the horrors of recurrent
war and to ensure to them the
blessings of peace and prosper
ity." Pledqe to Peace
The signatures of the great
powers as well as those of the
tiniest nations will represent
their pledge to work together in
peace to save future generations
from the scourge of war and to
try to raise the living standards
of men everywhere
Twenty-six year' ago next
Thursday the Treaty of Ver
sailles was signed ending World
War I That treaty incorporated
the covenant of the League of
Nat'on's man's first but futile
attempt In this generation to cre
ate international cooperation and
prevent future wars.
The delegations which helped
to produce the present document
are aware ot ail the piiiaus
ahead of them. Some of the dele
gates the venerable Field Mar
shal Jan C. Smuts of South Afri
ca, the tall, very-correct Earl of
Halifax of Britain, the white,
bushy-haired Joseph Paul-Bon-cour
of France, and diminutive
Wellington Koo of China suf
fered through the League's fail
ures, at Geneva They have re
peatedly warned the world
against expecting a miracle this
time and have urged that the
charter and the new organization
be considered only the beginning
of a long-hard road toward peace.
Many io Speak
The nine-weeks-old United
Nations' conference is expected
to end on that note tonight. Pre
ceding President Truman will be
speakers from nine other coun
tries. The keynote of their re
mark to be delivered in eight
languages will be that the suc
cess of the present organization
depends upon the will of the peo
ple to make it succeed.
Tonight's scs.iion will bring to
a dramatic and colorful close a
conference thai has been marked
for weeks by dull, hard work in
the rooms of committees. Presi
dent Truman took it out of that
state as soon as he arrived here
late yesterday by airplane.
Riding through the streets of
Saa Fiajiciico, the Dew president ,
Germans
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Den Linden in Berlin, damaged by repeated aerial bom blng and shelling.
been resumed as debris was cle ared awav. Signal
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SAN FRAN VISIT
San Francisco. June 26 (U.R)
President Truman today con
ferred with Fleet Admiral Ches
ter W Nimitz and congratulated
him on his long series of naval
victories over Japanese forces
in the Pacific.
The president, who addresses
the closing session cf the United
Nations' conference late today,
heard that Nir.iitz was in the
city and called himjw his Fair
mont Hotel suite to congratulate
him on his Pacific operations.
Alio Sees Smuts
The president also conferred
with Field Marsha) Jan Chris
tian Smuts, South African prime
minister. . . .
During the morning the presi
dent met with two unscheduled
visitors Sen. Tom Connally, D.,
Tex., a member of the United
States delegation to the confer
ence and Karl Webber, San
Francisco hotclman. Webber,
formerly of St. Louis, is an old
friend of Mr. Truman's ,in the
Masonic order in Missouri.
Mr. Truman In his visit here
to officially close the United Na
tions', conference, was moving
into the really top flight of the
international big time where
wars arc made and the peace is
kept
Minesweeper Lost
To Enemy Action
Washington, June 26 (U.R)
The Navy today announced the
loss of the Minesweeper Salute
as a result of enemy action in the
Borneo area.
The 945-ton vessel which car
ried a wartime crew of about
100. lost nine members six
killed and three musing.
Loss of this small craft
brought to 319 the number of
American nava' vessels lost from
all causes in this war.
San . Francisco's State build
ing, erected In 1926. is of granite
in, Italian Renaissance style.
of the United Stales was given
a tumultous reception by San
Franciscans and the delegates of
the JO United Nations.
Halifax Pretidee
It was Halifax' turn to preside
and he called the meeting to or
der on the dot at 9:30 p. m.
and started through the agenda.
A routine report on release of
restricted documents was ap
proved and the meeting began
consideration of the reports by
Uic luiu cuoiucucc couwuitiuu.
26, 1945
Help Clear Up Berlin
Germans Flee Coop
At Stockton Camp:
Captured By F.B.I.
San .Francisco, June 26
(U.R) Two German prisoners of
war, including s former member
of the Hitler Stormlroops, have
escaped from the Vcrnalis sub
station of the Stockton prisoner
of war camp, Nat J. L. Picper,
special agent in charge of the
local office of the FBI, announc
ed today.
San Francisco, June 28
(U.R) Ernst Maier and Rolf Gant
ert, who escaped from a German
prisoner of war work detail near
Covina, Calif.. June 21, were
captured yesterday by the sher
iff's office at Santa Ana, Calif
Nat J. L. Piepcr, special agent
in charge of the Federal Bureau
of Investigation, announced.
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Simla, India, June 26 (U.R)
The first hurdle toward Indian
acceptance of the British plan for
greater Indian self-government
was c!.ared today when leaders
at the conference here accepted
tentatively several broad prin
ciples of the British program.
The conferees, It was learned,
are about ready to tackle the
controversial question of the
composition of the executive
council which would rule India
with the viceroy and British commander-in-chief.
As a working basis, It was un
derstood, Indian leaders have
agreed to accept parity on the
council between Hindus and
Moslems.
Members of the all India con
gress were conferring closely
with their leader, Mohandas K.
Gandhi.
DISCHARGEES ARRIVE
ON NAVY TRANSPORT
San Francisco, June 26 (U.R)
Nearly 500 discharged service
men and repatriated civilians
from the Philippines arrived
here aboard a navy transport
today.
The navy transport also
brought back 148 army men on
furlough and temporary duty
391 patients and 298 navy
casuals.
An army band welcomed the
veterans from Gen. Douglas
MacArthur'i theater of war at
the arrival pier.
Tomorrow the Veterans will!
depart by train for reception! Alfred Jodl, and a group of aides
and separation centers nearest and the record bristled with Hit
their bgrncs, ) lciiaa indignation.
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Detroit, June 26 (U.R) Strike
action by CIO automobile work
ers today shut down B-29 bomb
er production at Hudson Motor
company, crippled war output
at the huge Ford Rouge plant
and idled more than 50.000
workers in the Detroit area.
Five thousand UAW CIO
members struck at the River
Rouge plant, forcing another
3,000 into idleness. Hudson's
plant was closed when 3,800 CIO
members joined picket lines in
sympathy with 600 co-workers
who had rebelled against re
assignments. Meantime, an unauthorized
walkout of CIO maintenance
workers hit two additional Ford,
plants in a spread of the CIO's
jurisdictional battle with AFL
skilled trade workers. Five hun
dred CIO crewmen went out at
the Ford Highland Park plant
when AFL construction workers
appeared for a special project.
Three hundred others were out
In three departments of the Ford
Willow Run bomber plant.
ER NO H A PEE DIES
New York, Juno 20 (U.R)
Erno Rapcc, 55, musical director
at Radio City music hall since
1932, died unexpectedly today at
his apartment. Death was attri
buted to a heart attack.
Hitler Unaware Of Attack On
Pearl Harbor; Distrust Told
By Jack Fleischer
United Press Correspondent
Bcrchtcsgadcn, June 26. (U.R)
The Nazis and the Japanese
distrusted each other so much
that even Adolf Hitler confessed
he had no advance information
on the exact D-Day and H-Hour
of the Pearl Harbor attack.
The Japanese attack on the
United States obviously was the
basis for the Berlin-Tokyo mili
tary pact, but It is typical of the
Japanese that they didn't trust
their own allies enough to tip
them off on Just when Pearl
Harbor was to be bombed.
This was revealed today by
captured German stenographers
who made a shorthand record of
a conference held in Hitler's
headquarters In the Ukraine on
March 5, 1943,
. The fuehrer had been discuss
ing Japanese sccretiveness with
his
chief of staff. Col. Gen.
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Is Platform For
British Candidate
Woodford, Essex. June 26
.U.R) Alexander Hxncock was
..out today to defeat Prime' Min
ister Churchill for Parliament
on a platform of only one
hour's work a day for every
body. "We shall have 23 hours of
the day to ourselves and
roughly six days a week free,"
was the promise of Hancock,
a forthright farmer.
He described foreign affairs
as "all bunk," and said he
knew nothing of politics.
Asked what he had against
Churchill, he replied "I am
not Interested in Mr. Church
ill." Washington, June 26 U.R)
The War Department today list
ed the training camps in this
country at which 10 Divisions
destined for re-deployment to
the Pacific will regroup and re
train. The 95th Division now on the
high seas, will train at Camp
Shelby, Miss. The 97th Infantry
Division, also en route to this
country, will go to Fort Bragg,
N. C.
The 86th Infantry (Black
Hawk) Division, which has al
ready returned to this country,
will reform and train at Camp
Gruber, Okla.
Other training camps are:
104th Infantry Division, San
Luis Obispo, Calif.
87th Infantry Division, Fort
Bcnning. Ga.
Fourth Infantry Division,
Camp Butner, N. C. .
Eighth Infantry Division, Fort
Lennatd Wood. Mo
Second Infantry Division,
Camp Swift. Tex.
Fifth Infantry Division, Camp
Campbell, Ky. ' , ' ,
13th Armored Division, Camp
Cook, Calif.
OREGON BISHOP VOTED
PENNSYLVANIA OFFICE
Philadelphia, June 28 (U.R)
The Rt. Rev. William P. Reming
ton, Pendleton, Ore., missionary
bishop of eastern Oregon, today
was elected suffragan bishop of
the Episcopal diocese of Penn
sylvania to assist Bishop Oliver
J. Hart in administrative duties.
The new suffragan bishop was
born in Philadelphia. He served
as rector of churches in Phila
delphia and St. Paul, Minn.,
until the first world war.
During the war he was chap
lain of the army base hospital
at Minneapolis.
The record made It clear that
the German leaders themselves
believed even the Japanese en
voys in Washington Saburo
Kurusu and Adm. Klchisaburo
Nomura were unaware of the
attack planned for Dec. 7, 1941.
'These people," Hitler snorted
In digust, "send one ambassador
and then a second to Washington
to wall around there, and they
themselves (the envoys) haven't
an inkling about Pearl Harbor.
"I can still picture the good
Kurusu waddling there," the
fuehrer went on, "Ho doesn't
have an inkling and when he
enters the White House Hull
(former U. S. secretary of state
Qordell Hull) roars at him: 'You
certainly are doing a dirty busi
ness.' "The little Japanese Is com
pletely flabbergasted that they
have attacked Pearl Harbor.
Tokyo doesn't say a word to
him."
"I also don't say a word,"
Hitler added ruefully.
KinNFIFFT .
OFF OKINAWA IS
Premier K. Suzuki Says
Present Crisis Greatest
Since Mongolian Invasion.
Guam, June 26. (U.R) Tokyo
reported a 200-ship American
invasion fleet off Okinawa today
and Premier Kantaro Suzuki
warned the Japanese people that
their decisive hour was at hand.
One enemy broadcast specu
lated that American invasion
forces may land on Amaml and
Kikai islands, 110 miles north
east of Okinawa, to gain further
bases before striking at Japan
itself.
Bombers Busy
The American . pre-inyasion,
bombardment of Japan mean
time rose to a new high pitch
with nearly 500 Superfortresses
blasting buildings at 10 Japanese)
arms and aircraft works Into
smoking rubble In a daylight
raid.
It was the heaviest precision
demolition and greatest multiple '
air assault yet made on Japan, ,
Radio Tokyo said the 200-shlp
Invasion fleet was in the American-held
Kerama Islands just
southwest of Okinawa. It was
said to Include three battleships,
three cruisers and a number ot
large, medium and small trans
ports. . ' -
Tokyo said Suzuki bluntly
called the present crisis "tha
greatest one since the Mongolian
invasion" in a message to the
Japanese people following a
cabinet meeting. He pledged his
government's "grim determina
tion" to resist invasion.
Raids To Grow
The prolonged defense of Oki
nawa enabled Japan to improve"
her strategic position, he said,
but added: -
"Enemy air raids over Japan
are likely to grow both in intens
ity and frequency, while new
enemy invasion operations must
also be expected.
"Now is the time to decide tha
destiny of the Japanese empire."
Suzuki said Japan's .strategy,
of defense already had been
fixed and would be implemented
"with speed and resolution."
Japanese planes continued
their "furious attacks" against
allied vessels around Okinawa
last night and early today, radio
Tokyo said. It made no claim,
that any vessels had been sunk
or damaged, however.
Pearl Harbor, June 26. (U.R)
Tokyo reported today that
allied troops had landed on tha '
little Island of Ternate, off the
west coast of Halmahera, in the
East Indies group of Molucca
Islands. The Island, 25 miles
square, guards the entrance to
the fine port of Ternate on
Halmahera itself.
Another Japanese broadcast
reported that an allied fleet of
30 ships had resumed bombard
ing Balikpapan, rich oil center
on Borneo's east coast, and that
minesweepers : again were at
work there. So far there were no
landing signs, Tokyo said.
In the Philippines, the 37th
division and American airborne
troops were 50 miles apart in
northern Luzon and between
them, a Manila communique said
the Japanese were "thoroughly
trapped." The 37th was within
four miles of relieving guerilla
forces holding on to the Cagayan
provincial capital of Tugucgarao
against constant counter-attacks.
Siege In China
Another bitter siege, with tho'
situations reversed, continued in
China, where the Japanese hung
gVimly to the former American
air base of Lichow. Chungking
reported Chinese troops had
opened another attack on the air
field south ot the city. Other
Chinese columns closed In from
the northwest and north.
SIDE GLANCES
TRIBUNE REPORTERS
Larry Nygaard displaying
picture full of fish and regret
fully adding that it was the com
bined efforts of five anglers.
Les Tcrnahan refusing to apol
ogize for his efforts at the piano.
Writer Ernest Haycox won
dering whom he could arrest .
with his shiny new deputy sher
iff's badge.
Noreen Kelly admitting that
Mama Mary was a bit provoked
when daughter lost a $5 bill en
route to take tier swimming lesion
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