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American and British Forces Take Up Berlin Positions Weather FORECAST: Fair and llttU change In temperature tonight and Wednesday. Temp. Hlrheit Yesterday . 84 Lowest this Morning ........52 Fortieth Year Vital Thrust KUDATJ -JUSILTONi : 7 1ANDAKAM ( j4coi Telephoto) Invasion of Ballkpapan on Dutcl Borneo not only leads to rich oil fields, but also assures complete control of Macassar Straits. Earlier Invasions have won Tarakan Island and large oil area near Brunei Bay. ONLY NEW IDEA IN JAP EFFORTS By Louis F. Keemle (United Press War Analyst) The Japanese although they have less ingenuity than the Germans, have come up so far with one troublesome "new weapon" in their efforts to stave off defeat. It is the suicide airplane at tack,' which, is- ,moro- a, new. method . than a new weapon. The method is a mental quirk peculiar to the Japanese. Car ried to its logical conclusion against superior power, it spells defeat through national suicide. Probably there aren't enough Japanese crazy enough to see it that far. The weapon is partly an adap tion of the German jet-propelled and rocket bombs used in the last stages of the European war. The chief difference is that some of the Japanese suicide planes are manned, offering a much better chance of hitting a precise target such as a warship. The suicide plane is only one branch of the system which the Japanese call Kamikaze, but the .most effective. The Japanese have promised to extend it to their entire navy, to army units and even the civilian population. No Great Worry The threat does not worry American military officials much, especially as regards land forces, since the Japanese have practiced it on a varying scale all during the war. The rem nants of their fleet may, of course, cause considerable dam age by suicide action in home waters towards the end, but not enough to change the course of events. Aerial kamikaze, on the other hand, has slowed American operations and resulted in the loss or damaging of many ships. It presents a problem which is being met but has not yet been solved. E E Canning sugar quotas at Hie local ration board have been ex hausted and no more sugiir will be issude it was announced to day by L. L. Ternahan, execu tive secretary. No word has been received as to the possibil ity of obtaining an additional quota. Lost, stolen or destroyed sugar coupons cannot be replaced, Ter nahan added. On the technical advice of canncrs, the Office of Price Ad ministration is advising house wives that sugar is not necessary for successful canning, and no fruit -or vegetables should be wasted. For information on can ning, housewives are urged to consult the Ideal home demon stration agent at the courthouse. In the 1935 Arlington Futur ity, Grand Slam, with Bryson up, was left at the post on a muddy track, yet caught the entire field : tod won by two IcdjUu. . 1 J I m i USUANtfC MAXINAU : F . .,. v Otaaakan ' 'tOWNAWAtI L 50RNEO -O ys ONTANGeT 4, J kavpanqah f I n r- "J MACASSAR A ( a. too 200 MEDFORD United Pres Australians in Fast On Japs' Borneo IN EASTHONSHU American Planes Sink Or Damage 32 More Enemy Ships; Blockade Tighter. Pearl Harbor, July 3 (U.R) Australian troops advanced swiftly in the battle for Borneo's oil riches today as American Superfortresses continued their campaign against Japanese oil resources in the homeland. The Melbourne radio reported the Australian Seventh division had driven northeast 10 miles from its Balikpapan beachhead to capture-the Sepinggang and Manggar airdromes. At Balikpapan Door Japanese resistance was stif fening, but patrols reached with in a mile of Balikpapan city be fore they were stopped by a burning storage tank, which gushed flaming oil in their path. For the third time in a week, the Superfortresses blasted a Japanese oil center, this, time the Maruzen refinery in eastern Honshu. The refinery was bat tered by 50 of the huge bomb ers Just before midnight, and re- turning crewmen said black oil smoke spiralled 10,000 feet be fore the last plane left the tar get. It was believed the plant might be completely gutted. In the past week the B-29's also have burned out the Utsube river .and Nippon oil plants. A Tokyo broadcast said that "many" more Superforts today laid mines in Toyama bay and along the Sea of Japan just west of the home island of Honshu. 32 Ships Sunk American warplanes from several air forces teaming In the great blockade of Japan sank or damaged 32 more enemy ves sels. That made 211 Japanese ships sunk or damaged in nine days. To attest to the effectiveness of that blockade, the Japanese government today announced a 10 per cent, cut in staple food rations for all Japan's major cities. A Domei dispatch said the tighter rations would be in effect until the October harvest. Chinese troops, driving ahead In central Kwangsi province, stormed into the city of Liching, 15 miles north of Liuchow, which they recaptured last week. Street fighting was underway in the city. Fahslen Falls The Japanese, however, had not stopped their offensive northward from the Liuchow peninsula, and Chungking today reported the fall of Fahsien, a road junction at the top of the neck of land jutting into the South China sea. Japanese planes, except for a few of the suicide variety, still were conspicuously absent from the battle-fronts and from the skies over Japan, and Tokyo to day explained the airforce was being saved for the big Invasion. The Tokyo radio said the whole' airforce would appear In "one stroke" for what it called "this last battle." Japanese troops In northern Luzon in the Philippines were fleeing into mountain hideouts, pursued by American and Fili pino troops. Two Missing Pilots Found in China Sea Okinawa, July 3 (UP.) Two marine pilots, missing since Sun day when they were forced to parachute into the China Sea, were rescued today by pickup planes after being spotted by navy Catalinas. They are Lt. Howard F. Hey linger, Concord, Mass., and Lt. John B. Flynn, Gregory, S. D. NO PAPER JULY 4TH In order to permit em ployes of the Mail Tribune to enjoy the holiday, and in ac cordance with long custom, the newspaper will not be published Wednesday. July 4. Full Leased Wire MEDFORD, OREGON, TUESDAY, JULY 3, T 0. S. DELEGATION'S L Senator Says Charter Would Delegate Authority Which Congress Cannot Give. Washington, July 3 (U.R) Sen Harlan J. Bushfield, R. S. D., said today he would fight to require the U. S. delegate to the United Nations Security Council "to act only after Con gress has directed him to act in each case as it arises.". Bushfield told the Senate that the charter as it stands would delegate "power which we have no authority to delegate to the Security Council to declare war." Other Faults Listed He said he would support the charter but added that the Sen ate should correct this and five other specific faults he said it contained. Bushfield said he would make his fight to limit the U. S. dele gate s war-making power" when legislation is brought up to establish the delegate's authority and duties. President Truman has nomin ated former Secretary of State Edward R. Stettinius, Jr to be the chief U. S. representative in the peace organization. The Foreign Relations Com mittee made arrangements, meanwhile, to speed up public hearings on the charter, and ad ministration leaders hoped for ratification by an overwhelming Senate vote by Aug. 15. Bushfield, whose support for the charter had been in doubt, listed these five other faults in the document: "1. It places our sovereignty In the hands of foreigners be cause we have only one vote out of a necessary total of seven. This power must be referred to Congress in each case as it arises. "2. It seeks by implication to delegate power to the American member of the Security Council to vote us into war without re ference to Congress. This power must be strictly defined and lim ited by statute to congressional approval in each case as it arises. "3, It grants to the Security Council power to regulate the size and kind of our armaments for national defense. No power on earth should dictate our de fense, except the Congress. "4. It destroys the Monroe Doctrine, which is the only fixed foreign policy America has ever had and leaves that foreign pol icy to a council pf foreign na tions. "5. It scuttles the pan-American union which we have spent 50 years in building among our American 'neighbors and makes it subject to the approval of Eu ropean and Asiatic nations." Bushfield said that despite Shangri-La Rescue Party Snatched From Valley Without Casualty Hollandia, Dutch New Guinea, July 1 (Delayed) The seven week expedition to rescue, three Americans from a mile-high lost valley in the Interior of New Guinea ended without a casually today when the rescue party leader and three paratroopers were snatched from "Shangri-la" aboard a glider. Lanky, grinning Capt. Cecil E. Walters, Portland, Ore., landed his glider safely on the Santani air strip here and was greeted by two of the trio whose rescue he directed Wac Cpl. Margaret Hastings, Owego. N. Y., and Lt. John B. McCollomb, Trenton, Mo. ' The third and last survivor, Sgt. Kenneth W. Decker, Kelso, Wash., was recovering in a hos pital from head Injuries and burns suffered on May 13 when an army transport with 24 per sons aboard crashed in the tow ering Oranje mountains 130 miles couth of Hollandia. The wrecked transport took off from Hollandia last May 13 with 24 officers and enlisted Wac aboard ou routine oricn- ST WAIT gCS f I i-lT Advance Oil Riches TPOST TO I President Accepts Resigna nation, Praises 12-Year Service to Administration Washington, July 3 (U.R) Harry L. Hopkins, a power In the New Deal for more than a decade, resigned from govern ment service today to take a rest " The ailing Hopkins in submit ting his resignation to President Truman, said he had "reached the decision that I should retire from the government service. The president accepted Hop kins resignation as a ?lS,uuu-a-year special assistant in a letter expressing regret at his depar ture and praising his long serv ice to the administration. Time to Rest Hopkins, whose letter to the president was written only yes terday, told Mr. Truman that "the time has come when I must take a rest." "I shall not be able," he said, "to accompany you to the Ber lin area for your impending con ference with Prime Minister Churchill and Premier Stalin," Hopkins' resignation ended 12 vears of service during which he held such posts as National Re lief Administrator, Secretary 01 Commerce, and Lend-Lease Re lief Administrator under the late President Roosevelt. During the war years, Hop kins spent most of his time at Mr. Roosevelt's right hand as a special assistant. Part of that time he lived in the White House. Mexican Workers Flocking to U. 5. Mexico City. July 3 (U.R) Factories in Mexico City have only two-thirds the number of skilled workers they need be cause of the great exodus of workers to the United States, the Labor Ministry announced today. Skilled Mexican workers leave their jobs here to work for higher wages in the United States as common laborers. those objections, "which can be corrected easily by the Senate," he believed the Senate should accept the treaty for lack of any other course to pursue in order to outlaw war. "Therefore, 1 shall support It," he said, "because I dare not face my soldier son nor all the mil lions of soldier sons throughout the world, if I fail to do what I can to stop the senseless, mania cal slaughter and planned mur der of my fcllowmcn." tation flight to acquaint them all members of the Far East service command with the ter ritory they were to have worked In. Entering the hidden valley, the plane ducked suddenly into a 6,000-foot mountain peak, kill 18 men and women Instantly. Three others died within 24 hours and only three survived. The plane was located on May 15, and two Filipino medical corps men parachuted Into the valley on the 18th. They set up a base camp and hiked up Into the mountains, reaching the wreck on May 25. On June 18, the survivors were brought back to the camp on the valley floor. Walters told the United Press he was convinced no other white man had ever been in the valley. 'There Is nothing to indicate they ever saw a white man. "It's not exactly Shangri-la," he added, "the natives seem very happy, laugh lot of the time, and live comfortably but primi tively in absolute filth. They never wash themselves and nev- r iwim." 1945 5KI ' i o e t S i o ft A '4.' WW trt, No this is not Jap version of a r if t eama on Okinawa ilriooed of their clotblnr to detect hidden CITY RESIDENTS TO SEEK COOLER SPOTS ON FOURTH An exodus of Medford citizens Is expected to take place tomor row for observance of the Fourth of July holiday. Those with sufficient gasoline are ex pected to "take to the hills" or to travel to various parts of Southern " Oregon' where cele brations will be held. Diamond Lake, Lake O' Woods and other lakes and streams of the county are expected to be crowded with people seeking relief from val ley heat. A traditional celebration will be held in Ashland, starting with a mammoth parade at 10 a. m. and concluding with a dance at Ashland armory, starting at 10 p. m. Ashland Riding associa tion will present its second an nual rodeo at Walter Phillips Field, Ashland, at 2 o'clock with a bond auction, kiddles games and a band concert also sched uled. Lithia Park is expected to be crowded with picnickers while swimming pools of the valley expect a capacity busi ness. Rodeo at Klamath Klamath Falls will be the scene of the last day of Klamath Buckcroo Days, an annual rodeo event. The affair started July 1 and has been playing to capa city crovds. according to re ports. A rodeo also is being held at Beatty, in Klamath county. Many Klamath restaurants will be closed July 4, according to word received here. Jackson County Chamber of Commerce said today virtually all business establishments of the city will be closed for the holi day. Some restaurants are ex pected to remain open. Postmaster Frank DcSouza said the postofficc will be closed all day and no mail deliveries will be made. All county of fices will be closed. The city superintendent's office said all city offices will be closed Wed nesday. The First National bank of Portland and the United States National bank also will remain closed. In order to allow their em ployes to observe a full holiday the Medford Mail Tribune will not publish Wednesday. FIRE MATERIAL NOT TO BE THROWN FROM CARS Captain Paul Parson of the state police said today all offi cers under his Jurisdiction had been notified to arrest anyone seen throwing burning material from an automobile upon a high way or roadway. Such an act is In violation of state laws and anyono found throwing lighted matter from an auto will be pro secuted, Parson said. BASEBALL National Chicago 24 28 1 Boston ... 2 10 2 Passeau and Livingston; And ress, Hutchinson (4), Javery (6); Heving (7), Wcitolman (0) and Tribune United Press Could Be Nip Strip Tease? strip tease. These are Jap prison era of Byrnes Sworn As Stat e Secretary In Crowded House Washington, July 3 (U.R) James F. Byrnes took the oath as Secretary of State today and promised to uphold "the basic principles of our foreign policy." Byrnes took the oath at an unusually crowded White House ceremony. Practically the entire Senate, the Cabinet, many members of the House, the State Department staff and the White House staff packed President Truman's of fice to such an extent that it was necessary to move the ceremony outside to the rose garden. Byrnes, who leaves with Presi dent Truman soon for the Big Three meeting said he wanted all those In the department at home or abroad to remain at their posts. . Twelve Jackson county men were inducted Into the army at Ft. Lewis, Wash., during the last two weeks of June, county draft boards reported today. The following men were In ducted through draft board No. 1: Ronald Fred Weathcrford, James Donald Parton, Wilburn Hugh Ward, John Clarcnco An derson, Jr., and Leonard Ray Janes. Those inducted June 22 through board No. 2 were Don ald Benjamin Dimick, Kenneth Raymond Palen, Stanley Os borne Forbes, Claude Clare Tur ner, HI, Donald Mark Colbough, Darrcll Clco Coleman and Ar thur Bcrtrum Polk, Pete Wilson MacNab was approved for lim ited military service June 28 at Portland following a pre-induc-tion physical, according to board No. 1. New registrants for June were announced by board No. 1. They are Samuel Perry Hamilton, Or val J, Dawson, Warren Edward Fichtncr, Joseph Sherrod Hum phries, Charles Wesley Martin, Colin James Gould, Howard Eugene Van Buren, Gervasc George Sticfvatcr, David Dever Idge Allen, Herbert John Not ed, Morris Vincent Corby, Philip John Eldridgc and Clif ford Burton Daily, RUBBERWHUB OF STRJKE RASH By United Press Akron, O., headquarters of the nation's rubber industry, was the core of strike trouble today. There more than half the coun try's 50,000 idle workers were away from their Jobs at the Flic stone and Goodyear tire and rubber companies. Despite threats of loss of drdft deferments and cherished union contract provisions, approximate ly 33,000 CIO United Rubber Workers remained on' strike. With two major companies strike-bound and two others Goodrich and General Tire and Rubber closed for repairs Akron's rubber production was at a virtual standstill for the first Umo in 73 ycart. Full Leased Wire NO. 87. (Acmtt Te.lpnhntnl war entering a prisoner of war or conceited SHRINERS SELECT COMMITTEES FOR SALVAGE EFFORT Committees for the waste pa per and tin can salvage drive to be carried on in Jackson county July 21 to 29 by the local Shrine club were appointed at a meet ing held last night at the home of Col. O. L. Overmyer. - i Chairman Jack Rolston, assist ed by members of the working committee, named the following groups to handle the drive: Publicity Col. O. L. Overmy er, Herb Grey, William Gates, Walter Leverctte, Elbert Lenox, and Jerry Jerome, Work committees Carl Tcng wald, Fred Purdln, and the Ore gon State Guard. Transpor tation Archie Pierce, George Hile, Roy Elliott, Glenn Fabrick, Paul Rynning and Tony Boitano. Handling the drive in areas surrounding Medford will be: Jacksonville, Wes Hartman and Nate Smith; Gold Hill and Rogue River, Hopkins Real Estate; Cen tral point, Lloyd Rupp, Elmer Kyle and J, R. Krupp; Phoenix, Andy Hcrr and E. A. Parker; Eagle Point, Roy Ashpole and Mrs. Will Brown; Prospect, Lubo Grieves; Butte Falls, Everett Fa brick; and Ashland, Sam Jordan. Information headquarters for the drive will be located in the Jackson County Chamber of Commerce. In urging county residents to cooperate in the state-wide drive, Col. Overmyer today is sued the following statement: "Enlist today, help beat the Jap. Paper is needed by our government today as never be fore. For shipment of supplies and food to our fighting men in the orient. There will be a col lection of waste paper and tin cans throughout Jackson Coun ty from July 21 to July 29. You arc urgently requested to save and get ready for shipment all k.'nds of waste paper, such as old books, with covers removed old newspapers and magazines In fact any kind of paper that cun be bundled for shipment. In structions will be Issued later as to method of getting cans and paper ready for shipment. Time and date of collection will be announced later. Let's all give a helping hand and give the gov ernment the paper and tin so badly needed at this time." By The Side Of The Rogue Br Dale Vincent My old grandad, a western pioneer, said that a man intending to settle down and be self-supporting Just had to find a spot with a combination of three things: "Water, wood and grass." Wherever in the west a man could find these three together, he could be comfortable and make a living. Yesterday our private water system, a man-made invention, broke down, and we were two days without water where we needed it most. Man takes very lightly the favors of modern (dencc, and thinks nothing of it when all he has to do is reach out his hand and press a button or turn a faucet. But Just let some convenience, like our water system, break down, and we are promptly thrown back against the fcame stark realities our fore fathers faced. The pioneers were conscious of fundamental necessities throughout their lives. We only feci it when something goes wrong. Only then do we realize that behind the thin veil of In ventive genius still lies the grim reality of how greatly w itlll de pend upon "WATER, WOOD and GRASS." SOME HITCHES IN One Group Held Up Seven Hours; Few German Civil ians Seen in Nearby Towns Berlin, July 3 (U.R) A rain drenched spearhead of the Unit ed States army's second armored division rolled into Berlin today and began taking over its assign ed occupation zone in the south western part of the city. British occupation forces were moving in on the northwestern part of Berlin at the same time the American convoy came in on the broad Autobahn from the staging center of Halle. The French also will occupy a zone of Berlin, but the exact area has not been disclosed. Little Fraternization The American zone of occupa tion will be administered under the headquarters of the first air borne army, commanded by MaJ. Gen. Floyd Parks. The second armored division, commanded by Brig. Gen. John H. Collier of Dallas, Tex., comprises the main body of the occupation force. The barrier of language held down to a minimum the frater nization between the Americans and Russians in the initial phase of the occupation. The Russians seemed keenly curious, staring intently at the U. S. army ve hicles. Some smiled, others only stared. The press camp in the Ameri can zone was established in the relatively lightly damaged villas and small hotels of the Zhelen dorf area. Correspondents again' found themselves bedding down on the floor In sleeping bags and bedrolls. Some buildings had electricity, but there was no gas and the water supply was fitful. Bads Hold Up Entry Some hjtches had turned up In the arrangements with the Rus sians for American parties to en ter. One group was held up sev en hours yesterday before its trouble was straightened out. To day a section of the convoy was held up an hour and a half at ths Dcssaq bridge over the Elbe. Russian convoys were moving in the opposite direction over tha single-track wooden military bridge. Compared with the American trappings, the Russian uniforms we saw looked run down. But some officers and men obviously had spruced up for the occasion, and many wore rows of medals on their tunics. Strikingly few German civil ians were to be seen in tha towns and villages through, which the American convoy passed on the way to Berlin. Those who were in sight watched, the Americans intently. Chil dren among them often waved. Few Young People Hardly any you..i or middle aged German men were visible. Wherever there were civilians, women, children and old people predominated. It appeared that a high per centage of the population in this area had fled west to the Ameri can and British zones of occupa tion before the Red army moved in. Since lt was raining, there was no accurate guage as to whether many German farmers still were around their places. Few were seen, but the crops in the fields looked excellent. PERSONAL TAX PAYERS SERVED WITH WARRANTS Distraint warrants have been Issued by the sheriff's office to approximately 400 delinquent personal tax payers of the coun ty, under a 1943 Oregon law, used for the first time this year by the counties, for the 1945 tax. Under the law the delinquent personal tax list is published, and all non-payments are filed as judgment lien with the county clerk and collected the same as a judgment. Under ho law ser vice of the distraint warrants is mandatory. Sheriff Howard Gault reported publication of the list would be made in short time.
