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i Two Tragedies Mar Celebration In Ashland Neighborhood Weather FORECAST: Continued fair and warm toniht and Friday. Temp. Highest Yesterday 2 Lowest this Morning w M.8Q Fortieth Year Another X 'YirZ 'l"-?. - ... Mem Telepholo Her entire after deck a gaping ruin, the US3 Newcomb limps Into port after Jap suicide plane (truck off la . Shima, April 6, left her dead In the water. The heroic destroyer suffered 01 casualties. . (FOR RELEASE AT S P. M PWT, JULY 5TH) FIRE DESTROYS OF ILL Fire completely destroyed the repair shop of the Goetz Lumber company sawmill at Prospect Tuesday night, according to the state forest patrol. The blaze was believed to have started in the engine of the power plant and caused damage estimated at $8,000, the patrol office stated. Damage was mostly to equip ment, tools, supplies, etc. The conflagration was discov ered about 9:30 p.m. and raged uncontrolled until 12:30 .a.m. A night watchman was the only person about the mill when the fire started, according to the forest patrol. Crews from the mill, United States Forest Service and State Forest Patrol combattcd the blaze. Forest patrol headquar ters said it was not believed necessary to close the mill while repairs are made. Chamber Meeting At Holland Friday With complete redecoration of the Jackson county Chamber of Commerce reception room, meet ing room and offices underway, the semi-monthly meeting of the board of directors will be held at the Hotel Holland Friday noon. Routine business will be discussed Bnd committee reports will include a summary of min eral resources of this area by T. M. Gcrety, chairman of the chamber's mining committee. All members of the chamber are invited to attend regular open meetings of the board and reservations may be made by phoning either the chamber of fice or the Hotel Holland. The meeting will be held in the rear lounge of the hotel. Americans Better Than Any Others Washington, July 5 (U.R) America managed to keep its cit izens better fed, housed and clothed than any other nation last year despite the fact that it turned out nearly half the world's munitions. War Production Chairman J. A. Krug reported to President Truman today on what he term ed "a year of brilliant achieve ment on the production front." In 1944, he said, America's production machine made almost 45 per cent of the combined com bat munitions of both the United Nations and the axis. Total world arms output in 1944 was valued at $101,500, 000,000. Krug reported, with the U. S. share put at $43,500,000, 000. The United Nations, he added, outproduced the axis three to one. Overall U. S. production for 1944 reached $199,000,000,000. Total war production. Includ ing construction and oth'er items not directly ol a combat nature, United Press Victim of Jap Suicide i-ns : . , r O ft - Vets On Filthy Trains While lazis Ride Pullmans. Charge Camp Beale, Cal., July 5. (U.R) Eight hundred veterans of the European and North African campaigns today prepared for pre-Pacific furloughs after trips across the continent in two Toonervillc-type trains they said were filthy and infested with vermin. Meanwhile," "army- officials here and in Washington began an investigation of the trips and of reports that eastbound Ger man war prisoners had passed GOODYEAR TIRE PLANT SEIZURE Washington, July 5. U.R) President Truman today ordered the navy to seize the Goodyear Tire & Rubber plants at Akron; O., scene of a persistent, 19-day strike. ' Mr. Truman acted after the union, the United Rubber Work ers of America (CIO), refused to abide by repeated war labor board orders for the 16,700 strikers to return to work. Davis said the Goodyear production was "urgently needed by our military forces." The plants were producing heavy-duty tires, aircraft tires, refueling hose and other rubber products for war use. The president's seizure order authorized the navy to take any action necessary-i including use of armed forces to provide pro tection for the plants and all persons employed in them or seeking employment, and their families and homes. Fed and Housed During Past Year amounted to $61,300,000,000. Krug said that while far-reaching shifts in requirements, new manpower problems and "tre mendous production engineering problems." For one thing, he said, there was a smaller working force. In 1944, the armed services aver aged 11.380,000 persons or 2, 500,000 more than in 1943, while the civilian labor force dropped almost 1.000,000. "The important and astound ing fact," Krug said, "is that in 1944. the year in which the cres cendo of war was mounting to a thunderous climax, the Ameri can consumer and his family re mained by far the best-fed, best housed and best-clothed civil ians in the world. "While all battlefronls were ablaze . . , the 'American con sumer was furnished with more goods and services than in any year since 1841." The consumer spent more and got less for his money, however, Full Ltased Wirt MEDFORD, OREGON, THURSDAY, JULY Planes' r 7 one of the trains in Pullmans. Conditions on an eight-car commuter train which brought 500 soldiers here from Ft. Miles Standish, Mass., were described yesterday by Lt. Col. Peter DePaolo, former auto racing driver. A second train reached Camp Beale from Charleston, S. C. few hours later with 300 officers and men of the 15th air force aboard. DePaolo's description of the assertedly grimy, cootie-rld den trip "sounds exactly like our train," members of the 15th air force contingent declared. "Soot a half inch thick" cov ered the men after semi-sleepless nights in the overcrowded day coaches, Lt. Ray K. Dclahunt, a P-38 pilot from Los Angeles said. A war department spokesman in Washington announced that an investigation had been start ed and pointed out regulations forbade use of Pullmans for war prisoners who were not hospital cases. Objects dropped from two air planes in the Table Rock and Crater Lake districts yesterday were identified today by army authorities as 500-pound practice bombs containing sand, released from two B-29 army bombers which developed engine trouble and were forced to make land ings at the Medford airfield. First of the planes dropped Its load over Table Rock about noon and the second in the Crater Lake district about 9 p.m. Both planes were making rou tine training flights, and on de veloping engine trouble were forced to release the practice bombs to decrease weight before landing. No damage was caused in the remote area. TRUCK HIT BY TRAIN DELAYED AT R0SEBURG A Consolidated Frcightways truck loaded with bacon and stockings was delayed when struck by Southern Pacific pas senger train number 329 at Rose burg about 3 a.m. today, accord ing to a report from state police and Consolidated offices here. The train struck the trailer of the truck and did not injure Vic tor Wrigglesworth, Eugene, who was driving, according to the report. STRIKE HALTS TRAMS ' Toronto, July 5. (U.PJ A strike of electrical workers para lyzed street railway traffic here today. , DONATES DOLLAR Kansas City, Mo July 5 (U.R) Barber Frank Spina donated dollar to the treasury today indirectly. Spina says he'll never spend the crisp autographed one dollar bill. President Truman paid him for a haircut. Two Big Ab f leets In Pre-Invaoion Softening Up THIRTIETH DAY OF HEAVY RAIDS Strong Fighter Screen With Bombers; Main Japanese Home Cities Objectives. Guam, July 5 (U.R) The Jap anese radio said two powerful American air fleets totaling some 300 Superforts, Liberators and Fighters attacked the Tokyo area, the port of Nagasaki and other targets on Honshu and Kyushu today. The pre-invasion softening up of the Japanese homeland roared through its 30th straight day with morning and afternoon as saults paced by Superforts and Liberators with a strong Fighter screen, Tokyo broadcasts re ported.. , The raiding forces were re ported ranging widely over the main Japanese islands in what had become virtually a non-stop, offensive by daylight. Fleet Off Coast Meanwhile, Tokyo reported that an American battle fleet was menacing the northern coast of Japan after a surprise bom bardment Tuesday against Japanese-held Sakhalin island in the sea of Okhotsk, - The strike on Sakhalin car ried American naval power al most within sight of Russian Si beria for the fleet's deepest pen etration of Japanese waters since the war began. First word of the fleet attack on Sakhalin and the presence of American battle units o" north ern Japan came from tl Tokyo radio and there was no immedi ate confirmation from Admiral Chester W. Nimitz headquarters. Tokyo said American surface units had broken through the Kurile island barrier and steam ed more than 500 miles west ward across the sea of Okhotsk to attack Sakhalin Tuesday. Bombard Short Five warships of unidentified types steamed into Tarakal bay and opened a heavy bombard ment of shore installations at Shikuka. American submarines, which shelled and machine gunned Kaihyo Island south of the bay Monday, surfaced off Shikuka to join the attack, Tok yo said. Tokyo spokesmen added the usual claim that no damage re sulted, but their alarm over the United States spreading naval activity in their northern waters was evident. They said other American warships, in addition to the Shikuka attackers, were loose in the sea of Okhotsk north of Hokkaido, In the same area where a five-ship Japanese con voy was smashed on June 25. The northern half of 500-mllc long Sakhalin is owned by Rus sia. Shikuka lies 53 miles south of the Russo-Japanese boundary line, 700 miles northeast of Vladivostok, and 950 miles north of Tokyo. PROWLER TAKES MONEY FROM AL PICHE HOME Local police were called to the home of Al Plche, 47 North ! Peach street, at 12:35 last night to investigate a burglary. The prowler was believed to have entered the house through a win dow and a small amount of money was missing, police said. The Piche family were away at the time. DESTROYER HOME Los Angeles July 5 (U.R) The USS Fletcher, only destroy er credited with sinking a heavy Japanese cruiser unaided, was in Los Angeles harbor for routine repairs today after 200.000 miles of Pacific service In the last two and one-half years. ' KNIPS LEAVING Donald Knips, Si c, will leave Medford tomorrow to return to the naval base at San Diego where he will await transfer to Chicago for navy radar school. Kulps has been visiting for 'he past week. with his parents. Mr. and MrsE. F. White, 26 South Orange street. i 5, 194 O Jackson County in Bond Cellar Jackson county now holds the cellar position in the race of 10 Oregon counties in sales of "E" bonds for the Seventh War Loan drive, according to latest information released by bond headquarters. With a quota of $1,067,000, only 64.7 per cent or $689,828 has been sold through July 2. Washington county con tinues to lead the group with sales totaling $1,C41,177, 92.8 per cent of their $1,122,000 quota, and Multnomah county is second with $26,260,695, 85.7 per cent of a $30,660,000. FOES' STRONGHOLD FOR FINAL SPEECH London, July 5 U.R) An esti mated 27,000 voters went to the polls for Britain's first general election in 10 years today. Poli tical observers saw a possibility of a swing to the left that could unseat Prime Minister Churc hill's Conservative government. Churchill himself laid down a blunt ideological challenge to the opposition when he invaded the Laborilcs' southwest London strnncholds last night for his final sneeeh of the campaign. Ho declared that the course of all Europe hinges on the British election. "They are looking from the continent to see which way Brit ain is going to go," he said. "If there should be a landslide to the left, many countries on the continent would slide not into decent Socialism but Into the violence of Communism. If we go down, all the ninepins of Europe will fall." See Bar Majority Even the most optimistic Con servatives in their pre-election forecasts were expecting to win a bare majority of the 640 seats in commons. Other analysts saw the likeli hood that the Laborite, Liberal, Commonwealth and Communist candidates, plus a sprinkling of anti - Churchill independents, would come up with a majority in the house, making it very nearly impossible for the Churc hill government to continue. The ballots will be counted on July 26, and final results are ex pected to be known by 4 p. m. of that date. Atlantic Routes To Three Airlines Washington July 5 (U.R) The Civil Aeronautics' Board to day authorized Pan-American Airways. American Export Air ways, and Transcontinental St Western Air. to fly trans-Atlantic routes to Europe. The board also Issued a deci sion approving the acquisition of American Export Airlines by American Airlines. TYNWALD OPENED Douglas, Isle of Man, July S -4U.P) For the first time In 1100 years this island's open air Tynwald (Parliament) was open ed by s British king. King George and Queen Elizabeth sat on a throne or red velvet at the top of Tynwald Hill and formal ly opened the parliament. The king formally gave assent to new laws by signing documents with a quill. BASEBALL National Chicago 3 9 1 Boston 2 7 0 Wyse and Livingston; Tobin and Hoffcrth. St. Louis 7 10 0 New York .'. 5 12 2 Dockins, Creed, Brechccn and Odea: Brewer, Adams and Kluttz. Washington .. S 10 0 Chicago 2 9 2 Leonard and Ferrell; Lopat and Tresh. American Cincinnati 6 11 0 Brooklyn 4 9 0 Bowman and Riddle; Davis, Pfund (5), Rudolph (8), King (9) and Pautouio, Saudlock (6), Tribune United Press Full Pound Tokyo Area FARM INCREASE Preliminary Count Lists 2, 991 Compared with 2,702 In '40; 138 Acres Average The number of farms in Jack son county as shown by the pre liminary count of returns of the 1945 census of agriculture was 2,991, as compared with 2,702 in 1940, and 2,901 in 1935. This was announced today by Paul N. Plank, supervisor for the 1945 farm census in the second Ore gon census district with head quarters at Eugene, Ore. The total land in farms in Jackson county, according to the preliminary 1945 census count, was 412,166 acres, as compared with 316,394 acres' In 1940, and 303,493 acres In 1935. Average size of farms shown in the pre liminary 1945 census count for Jackson county was 138 acres, as compared with 117 acres in 1940 and 105 acres in 1935. May Be Changes In announcing the 1945 census totals of farms and land in farms in Jackson county, Supervisor Plank pointed out that the figures are preliminary and sub ject to correction. Final tabula tions of .Jackson county farm census returns will be made by the Bureau of the Census and announced from Washington when completed, Mr. Plank said - County legal and agricultural officers attributed the increase in the number of farms in Jack son county in the past five years to division of acreages and pur chase of land by newcomers in the valley for development as farms. Despite the fact that several farms were taken over by the government In the installation of Camp White, other land has been put into production as farm acre age, lt was pointed out. SPAATZ TO HEAD Washington, July 9 (U.R) Gen. Carl A. Spaatz, who com manded the U. S. air forces in the strategical warfare which de stroyed German resources from the air, will direct the strategic air attack on Japan, Undersecre tary of War Robert Patterson an nounced today. Spaatz will command the 20lh air force, whose B-29's have been battering Japan's resources for more than a year, and the Eighth air force, which is now being re deployed from Europe to the Pacific. MaJ. Gen. Curtis E. Lemay, who has commanded the 21st Bomber command, will become commander of the 20th air force under Spaatz' overall command. Lt. Gen. James Doolittle al ready has been designed to com mand the Eighth air force In the Pacific. Like Lemay, he will function under Spaatz' overall command. Third Grass Fire Started By Boys Firemen were called to a grass fire at the corner of Benson and Prune streets yesterday which, according to police, was started by two boys, aged 9 and 7. This was the third grass fire started by the boys, according to a po lice report. ICE STAR KILLED Harrisburg, Pa., July 5 (U.R) Marine Pvt Charles (Buddy) White, champion figure Ice skat er, was killed In action on Oki nawa June 28 his parents, Mr. and Mrs. Elmer White, revealed here today. BRADLEY TO KEEP RANK Washington. July 5. U.P.) President Truman today signed legislation providing that Gen. Omar Bradley will retain his military rank and pay when he takes over as administrator of veterans' attain. - - - j Ltaitd Wire NO. 88. Of Islands JUSTICE ROBERTS TO LEAVE OFFICE Truman Says Treasury Sec retary Will Stay Until After Meeting of Big Three Washington, July 5 (U.R) President Truman today an nounced the resignation of Sec retary of Treasury Henry Mor genthau, Jr., and the retirement of Associate Supreme Court Jus tice Owen J. Roberts. The president told a news con ference that Morgenthau will re main in the cabinet post until the chief executive returns from the Big Three meeting. He said the meeting will take place sometime within the next three weeks. Asked whether Morgenthau would be made the American di rector of the international finan cial set-up under the Bretton Woods agreement, the president said he could not answer that question now. An excellent source in the treasury had said earlier that such an assignment was in pros pect for Morgenthau. . . WARAGENCYB1LL WHITTLED THIN BY FEPC Washington, July 8 (U.R) The House today passed an en asculuted war agencies set up by presidential order and not au thorized by congress. Southern democrats refused to allow addition of funds for FEPC on that basis. FEPC sup porters raised the same obec tion to ten other agencies. The bill went to the senate with only $134,000,000 of its original funds. House action was taken as near-full gallery of FEPC lobby-' ists watched. Anticipating a crowd and fearing a possible demonstration, capltol police were stationed inside the cham ber at each gallery door. Submarine Trigger Missing With Crew Washington, July 5 (U.R) The navy today reported that the submarine U. S. S. Trigger Is overdue from patrol opera tions and must be presumed lost with all Its officers and crew. The loss brings to 45 the num ber of American submarines sunk or missing during the war. LOT SALES APPROVED AT COUNCIL MEETING Besides the postponement until July 17 of the vncation of the alley on Proback Reserve, the following sales of qlty lots were approved at the regular meeting of the city council Tuesday night: Lot 8, Sullivan Terrace to Marie M. Brown, $200; lot 16, block 8, Imperial addition, Frank Childcrs. $225; lots 4, 8 and 6, Tuttle Third addition, to L. D. Champion, $525. By The Side Of The Rogue By Dale Vincent This spring we hung two new bird houses on the alder limb that hangs over the river. A pair of tree swallows began inspecting both. First one, then the other. They Just couldn't make up their minds. They even started a nest In the blue house and then moved over and completed a nest in the red house, where they raised five strapping children. All the time they were doing this they still claimed the blue house, pouncing upon any other little bird who even so much as looked at it. "They're a bit selfish," we thought. "They can't use two houses." Now we see there was a plan all the time, whether conscious or instinctive. Those swallows were saving that house for a definite purpose. They have now moved from the red house which the first youngsters still seem to consider "home" and are completing the nest in the blue house, which is clean and new for a second family. Man could plan no belter than this even with bis rather complicated process of "reasoning." BOY DROWNS IN EMIGRANT LAKE; FALLKILLS GIRL Leo Walter Hoffman 9, and Patricia Maplesden, 19, Victims in Catastrophes, (By United Press) The nation's July Fourth death toll climbed to 101 at mid-day today. Ohio led all other states with a reported 18 holiday deaths, followed by Pennsylvania with a total of 10 deaths. Ashland, July 5 Two fatali ties marred the Fourth of July celebration here. Patricia Ma plesden, 19, died in Ashland Community hospital at 4:13 a. m. yesterday as result of a skull fracture suffered when 'she was thrown from a horse Tuesday afternoon near the underpass north of the city and Leo Walter Hoffman, 9, drowned when he slipped from a rock and fell into Emigrant Lake. Mrs. Maplesden, whose hus band, Sgt. Lewis Maplesden, is now in Belgium, was reported to be swinging onto her horse when the animal side-stepped, unseating the girl and throwing her to the pavement. Family In Talent Besides her husband, she is survived by her parents, Mr. and Mrs. M. P. Franklin, Talent; two sisters, Mrs. Hazel Callick, Vreka, and Mrs. Beverly Ma plesden, Dunsmuir, and a broth er, Duane, at home. The family came to Talent about three years ago from Siskiyou County, Calif., and the deceased gradu ated from Talent high school with the class of 1943. Funeral services will be held at 1 p. m. Saturday at Litwiller Funeral Home and interment will be in Hornbrook-Henley cemetery. - Deputy Coroner C. M. Litwil ler dragged Emigrant Lake for 40 minutes yesterday before re covering the body of the Hoff man boy who had fallen into the water at 1:30 p. m. Artifl.'al respiration was applied for an hour and 10 minutes before giv-. ing the child up for dead. The father, Fred Hoffman, was un able to swim and could not res cue his son, the report stated. On Holiday Visit The family had gone to Klam ath Junction, about six miles south of here, to visit a daugh ter who is employed there, ac cording to Litwiller. Not finding her home, they stopped at the lake where the tragedy occurred. They reside on route 2, Ashland. Besides his parents, he is sur vived by d brother, Pfc. Glynn, Mcnlo Park, Calif., and four sis ters, Jean, Lily, Marjorie and Erma, all at home. Funeral arrangements are In charge of Litwiller Funeral Home and will be announced later. STRAFED BY P-51'S Chungking, July 8 (U.R) Japanese troops withdrawing from Indo-China in junks and Sampans skirting the Asiatic coastline are under attack by a concentration of U. S. 14th air force planes, Lt. Gen. A. C. Wedcmcyer announced today. More than 200 enemy troops fleeing toward Hongkong through the Gulf of Tonkin and Hainan strait were attacked and strafed by P-51s, the communi que said. Fighter missions have been concentrated on the Japanese withdrawal through Hainan stnlt, Wcdemeycr declared. VETERANS HOME Boston. July 5. (U.R) The S3 William Travis docked here to day bearing 208 veterans of the 2207th and 2040th aviation quar termaster truck companies. Last night the SS Bienville arrived with 2,258 veterans of the Euro pean war, Including the 364th engineer general service regiment.
