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
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-JUSILTONi : 7 1ANDAKAM
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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.
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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
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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,
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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-
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Oil Riches
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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."
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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.