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41st Day of Aerial Raiding Follows Naval Bombardment 1 Weather FORECAST: Fair tonliht and Tuesday. Little change in temperature. Temp. Highest Veiterday - Loweit thli Morning .Mw...53 Fortieth Year Big Three Conference Postponed Day Account Delay in Arrival of Stalin TRUMAN TOURS WHILEWAITING Red Generalissimo's Where abouts Not Revealed; Ex pected to Arrive Today. Potsdam, July 16 (U.R) President Truman toured the war-ravaged heart of Berlin to day while awaiting the opening of the Big Three conference which was postponed until to morrow by a delay in the arrival of Premier Stalin. Mr. Truman left Potsdam with an armored escort and for two hours traveled through the streets of central Berlin, critical ly viewing the destruction wrought by the Allied armies and airforces. No Victory Parade It wasn't a victory tour with flashy ceremonials, but a serious study of destruction which Mr. Truman said was due to a man "who overreached himself." . Mr. Truman, Prime Minister Churchill and Stalin had been expected to open the Potsdam conference of the Big Three this morning. But a day's delay was caused by the absence of the Russian generalissimo. His ex act whereabouts were not re . vealed but he was expected ,to arrive late today. . Prime Minister Churchill called on President Truman in his residential villa in the park like Potsdam suburbs today. Un derstood to have been an infor mal call to pay respect!!. This was the first time Churchill had met Mr. Truman since he as sumed the presidency. Truman Up Early Mr. Truman rose early after retiring at 10 p. m., last night. He conferred immediately with Secretary of State James F. Byrnes, Admiral William Leahy and his staff. With his typical energy and "brass tacks" attitude, the president wanted to take up at once the lengthy agenda pre pared by each of the participat ing nations. His two main objectives frank ly were a speedy end to the Pa cific war and an agreement on the future world peace which would be at least the forerunner to a full-dress peace conference sometime after Japan's complete surrender. The Big Three discussions were cloaked by a strictly-enforced censorship that even ban ned reporters from the immedi ate conference scene and the only current news while they last perhaps throe weeks or more was expected to come from periodic official communi ques. Agenda Visualised But informed observers be lieved the agenda would cover at least these major topics: 1. Russian's plans in the Pa cific and the results of her in tcrruped discussions with China. 2. The joint administration of Germany. 3. The reparations to be exact ed from beaten Germany: wheth er In money, goods or manpower or all three. Russia reportedly is asking for 4.000.000 German men to rebuild her ruined cities. 4. Settlement of the various territorial claims now being ad vanced by France. Yugoslavia. Poland. Bulgaria, etc. 8. The Anglo-Russian conflict over middle eastern oil resources, including the tied-in problem of the Arab-Jewish Impasse in Pal estine. 6. Russian territorial demands on Turkey and the Soviet re quest for revision of the Mon treux agreement of 1936, under which the Turks were permitted to fortify the Dardcnelles. 7. Reorganization of the Soviet-sponsored Austrian govern ment which Britain and the Uni ted States have refused to recog nize. i 8. The still-unsolved Question of the hundreds of thousanus of Polish troops who have reiter ated their loyalty to the defunct exile government in London and have refused tn return to Poland. Canals Control Eyed More remote is the possible discussion of a Russian scat on Unlt.d Press Mrs. Vivian Freeman Home Canning Authority CANNING H I NTS AT 3 One meeting in Ashland and two in Medford have been sched uled by the Oregon State Exten sion service, to assist local house wives in war-time home canning problems, it was announced to day by Marian Farrell,. county home demonstration agent,, and Mrs. Vivian Freeman, home can ning authority of the northwest, who will conduct the meetings. The Ashland meeting will be at the Women's Civic club house in Lithia Park Tuesday, July 17. The meetings in Medford will be held Thursday and Friday, July 19 and 20, at the USO auditor ium, Sixth street and Riverside avenue, at 1:30 a. m. Heatings Are Free Miss Farrell said today, "We know housewives realize the vi tal need for home food preserva tion this year, and that they will be canning, no matter what ma terials are restricted, so we have planned these free public meet ings on canning and freezing fruits, vegetables, meats and fish." The meeting Thursday is planned to emphasize war meth ods for canning fruits without sugar, with less sugar, and with sweetening substitutes. Miss Far rell and Miss Freeman report Thoe attending will be urged to present individual problems. Quick freezing methods for fruits will also be discussed. Freezing Aids Also On Friday, Mrs. Freeman Will demonstrate the canning of veg etables and two methods for can ning tomatoes. Miss Farrell will give instruction on quick freez ing of meats and fish. "To prevent canning failures in this year of vital need for home food preservation, all homemakcrs who have experi enced any difficulties or are in terested in trying new methods of preservation, are urged to at tend these meetings," the two leaders state. Radio Highlights Palo Alto, Cal., July 16 (U.R) Former President Herbert Hoov er wil make known his views on the United Nations charter in a broadcast from San Francis co Wednesday, it was announced today. He will make his talk over the Columbia network at 4 p. m. PWT. the control board of the Suez Canal and future joint control of the Panama Canal, which neither Britain nor the United States is likely to concede. The Levant slates' demand for complete independence from France also may come before the Big Three. (Unconfirmed press reports reaching London said De Gaulle might be invited to join the con ference later.) The president stepped down the gangway of the U. S. Cruiser Augusta at Antwerp at 11:10 a. m., Sunday, to become the first Chief Executive to set foot on western .Euiopoan soil since Woodrow Wilson went to Paris 26 years ago for the peace that tauca. v x 4 Hi f $ Full Leased Wire MEDFORD, OREGON, MONDAY, JULY 16, HUGE FIRE ROLLS OUT OF CONTROL Winds Send Flames Toward Crest of Coast Range . Salmonberry Fire Held. Portland, Ore.. July 16 (U.R) A raging and fast moving 7,000 acre forest fire along the Wilson river was roaring further out of control today, despite the des perate efforts of 500 fire fight ers, including 20 truckloads of soldiers from the Vancouver bar racks, to check the blaze. Northwest and westerly winds were driving the rampaging fire eastward toward the crest of the coast range of mountains in Til lamook county, giving Oregon another great forest fire crisis reminiscent of the Tillamook burn of 1935. Weather conditions were .deemed favorable to combat forest fores with some clouds and moderate relative humidity percentage, but forestry officials said the weather seemed to be having little or no effect on the Wilson river flames. No Green Timber Lost So far, little or no green tim ber has been burned, Billowing smoke poured over the Willamette valley all day Sunday;-almost--Tbscurlng ' the' sun in places. The brownish red pall was over Portland, and the smoke plume was reported making work difficult for fire lookouts over the Cascade moun tain forests, almost a hundred miles east. A logging operation in the Wilson river region was believed to be the origin of the fire. Northwest Oregon's other for est fire along the Salmonberry river was reported under control with no spreading for the last three days. Frauleins Happy With Lifting Of Friendship Ban With American Troops in Ger many, July 16 (U.R) Dough boys were still walking around today with dazed looks on their faces. Boyl What they don't know to day about German girls. The frauleins all flocked down to the Rhine beaches yesterday to show off their charms because Gen. Dwight D Eisenhower had lifted the non-fraternization ban and Pfc. John Doe could say "Hijah" without facing sa eral weeks in the cooler. Most Amer icans were plenty happy about it. So were the girls. One, named Hilda, beamed at her new boy friend. TSgt. George Hahn, of Philadelphia, and said, "Das gud fraternizations I like Just like Americanlsh soldiers like." Panama City, Fla., July 16 (U.R) Tyndall Field, Fla., offi cials announced today that 13 men were killed when a four motored bomber crashed near here Friday. One flyer parachut ed to safety. Broken, Spiritless Germans Little Interested in Meet By Jack Fleischer (UP Staff Correspondent) Potsdam, July 18(U.R) The thousands of broken and spirit less German citizens living today In the immediate vicinity of the big three conference had only the vaguest ideas about the meet ing and hardly any interest in it. WhBt they were interested in was getting -enough io eat and a roof over their heads. Talking to a number of Pots dam residents I found that all of them had heard that the big three meeting would be held in this vicinity, but none of them was certain just where or when it would convene. George Otto. 66. slightly deaf, who managed the Potdamer Zei- lung branch lubiciiption ad ad T0PAY-S75WEEK FOR CARE Must "Continue Payments : Until Court Rules on Ap peal in Paternity Wrangle. Hollywood, July 16 (U.R) Comedian Charlie Chaplin, whose attorney said he has a $3, 000,000 fortune, was ordered to day to pay $75 weekly for care of 21-month-old Carol Ann Barry until the courts rule on his ap peal that he is not the baby's daddy. Sporting an authentic mus tache instead of the stuck-on film version, Chaplin was haled before Superior Judge Clarence L. Kincaid by the baby's attor neys, who claimed he failed to continue paying last April, after a jury decided he was the father of red-haired Joan Barry's child. Worth S3 Million The funny-man's attorney, Charles Milliken, stipulated that Chaplin was worth $3,000,000. Judge Kincaid then ordered con tinuation of the $75 weekly pay ments, retroactive to April 18. - Milliken had objected to the court order, claiming he volun tarily telephoned the baby's at torney, Joseph Scott, a few days ago offering to-pay - attorney's fees; medical -expense, . court costs and the child's support, but Scott rejected the offer. "I declined Attorney Milll kan's offer on Chaplin's behalf because I couldn't trust any agreement by a man as unscru pulous as Chaplin," Scott ex plained to the court. There was no guarantee that Millikan would remain in the picture. GHOST PLANE LIT IN ISOLATED SPOT Grand Rapids, Minn., July 16 (U.R) A B-29 airplane from which 11 crew members para chuted to safety to escape gas fumes probably crashed many miles west of here at some un inhabited spot, one of the offi cers said today. Second Lt. W. C. Memke, Ot tumwa, la., said he believed the plane must have come down a few hours after the crew leaped to safety after throwing an uir conscious airman overboard. The unconscious man was 2nd Lt. K. C. Hudson, Thomasville, N. C, engineer. He recovered while in the air and landed with out injury. Memke said the plane was headed about three degrees north of west when the crew jumped and was traveling at 9,000 feet. "It didn't have enough altitude to clear the mountains," Memke sai t "but it should have remain ed in the air for a few hours, de pending upon the weather it en countered. If it had landed in a populated area, we'd have heard of it by now." vertising office for 35 years said: "We don't have any news papers here now and after the Russians confiscated most of the radios not many people even hear broadcasts. So all we have Is rumors." While we talked a dozen Ger mans inquired whether he had any Berlin papers and whether any were arriving today. They shuffled off when Otto said he couldn't promise anything. "The people don't talk much about the conference," Otto said. "Their main Interest is whether the Americans and English will remain in Potsdam or leave only the Russians here after the meet ing Is over. The people hope the conference may Improve the food situation. We don't get any meat or fat now." 1945 Deck of Carrier Bennington Wilts in Typhoon V. 8. 8. Bennington, carrier, after weathering typhoon June 5. Photo shows her forward deck smashed by crushing waves which caused grievous damage to numerous other fleet vessels. Deck of Bennington was re paired at sea. BODY - OF WOLFE E E Funeral services for John Sherman Wolfe, 51, will be held at Conger-Morris Funeral home Wednesday at '2:30 p. m. with interment in Odd Fellows'.ceme tery. Wolfe," who had previously been reported missing, was found in a mine tunnel on Kancs Creek Saturday evening, a vic tim of suicide. Wolfe left his home at 322 Benson street about 10, a. m. Friday, telling his wife, Hazel, that he was going to buy cigar ettes. When he failed to return she notified the police. Not In Car Investigation by police offi cers and Deputy Coroner Carlos Morris showed that he drove out the Old Stage Road and about three miles west of Gold Hill he turned up Kancs Creek, arriving there shortly afternoon. . He parked his car there, turned on parking lights and blocked the wheels with boulders. A note was found on the instrument panel of the car, saying the ma chine belonged to his nephew, Rudolph Bills, 122 North Ivy street, and left instructions to fill the radiator since it had a leak. Thursday Wolfe had written a letter to his brother, Karl, at Monette, Ark., saying he would like to see him after not having a visit for 33 years. The letter stated his body would be found in a mine on Kanes Creek. The letter was left In a mail box at Kancs Creek belonging to Ben G ovc, route 1, Central Point, a friend of Wolfe. - Auto Noticed Friday evening, at about 5:30, A. J. Heckler, living at the head of Kanes Creek, saw Wolfe's car parked on the roadside and no ticed It again Saturday morning., still in the same place. Saturday evening Heckler picked up Grove and the two men went to Investigate the cor. Grove found the suicide note on the instru ment panel of the auto and noti fied state police, who In turn called Deputy Coroner Morris. Morris and state police went to the Waiters Mine tunnel and, Just inside the entrance, found Wolfe's brown hat, weighted down by a rock. One hundred feet inside the mnin tunnel they turned into a side tunnel where they found Wolfe's body lying on a bed of canvas. Police and Morris removed the body from the mine tunnel and brought it to Medford. Considerable work was en countered to gain access to the tunnels because of cave-ins, Mor ris said. Rat Polion Cause An autopsy showed death had been mused by taking rat poison after drinking a couple of bot tles of beer. Morris said no In quest would be held although the stomach would be sent to Dr. Joseph Beeman, state pathol ogist, University of Oregon med ical school at Portland. Wolfe, who had lived In Med ford 35 years and was a World War I veteran, had not been 111 although he had believed bit Tribune Onlttd Press Full First 1945 Model To Eight Essential Washington, July 16 (U.R) Eight groups of essential drivers who have been eligible to buy 1942 cars will be the only per sons Immediately eligible for the 1945 models soon to be pro duced. Washington. July IB 'U.P.) Motorists who us their lutoi for a bona fide change of residence,- for which they are Is sued -special gas raliom,' re now eligible to buy grade 1 passenger car tires, the OPA announced today. ' ' OPA said the extension oi eligibility was "particularly needed now that increasing numbers of persons are mov ing from one city to another.". This was announced today by OPA Rationing Chief Max Me- Cullough. He emphasized this is only "i temporary arrangement pending E GOES TO SENATE Washington, July IS (U.R) President Truman today nominated John W. Snyder, SI. Louis banker, to be Direc tor of War Mobilisation and Reconversion. Washington, July 16 (U.R) President Truman formally nom inated Fred M. Vinson today to be secretary of treasury. No suc cessor to Vinson as war mobili zation and reconversion chief was named immediately. Federal Loan Administrator John W. Snyder was most prom inently mentioned to succeed Vinson as home front czar. Sny der, a close personal friend of Mr. Truman for 25 years, was ap pointed to the loan post when Vinson succeeded James F. Byrnes as war moblllzcr. He for merly was vice president of the First National Bank of St. Louis. Morgenthau,' who originally agreed to stay on until the Pres ident returns from Europe, will step out as soon as Vinson Is confirmed, ending a tenure of more than 11 years as secretary of treasury. EATING BLACKOUT IS FEAR IN WATS0NVILLE Watsonvllle Calif., July 16 (U.R) Watson ville today faced potential eating "blackout" with three restaurants closed, ten more threatening to close and others limited hours of service due to OPA meat and fat allot merit cuts affecting all cafes. - health to be falling for some time. lie had talked of suicide and had attempted to take his own life on at least one previous occasion, police said. He is survived by his wife and five children, Irene, Johnnie, Jr., Helen, Donald and Arnold. Also surviving are two sisters, Mrs. R. J. Hills, Medford, and Mrs. F. E. Wilborn, Alameda, Calif., and three brothers, Robert B., Medford. Roy, H., Grants Tass, end Karl M., Monette, Ark, C Leased Wlr NO. 97. (Acm Telephotot Autos Will Go Driver Groups completion of a new eligibility list for new cai production." OPA also removed all ration ing restrictions from the remain ing small supply of new 1942 cars, effective Wednesday. Deal ers still have only about 6000 of these cars. McCullough said lt was no longer necessary to ration the remaining new 1942 models be cause new production will bo available, soon-for the most es sential drivers. . OPA said announcement will be made later as to when eligi ble applicants may apply for purchase certificates for 1945 production. . ' The groups which will be tem porarily eligible for 1945 cars include fire-fighttng officials, law enforcement and public health authorities. Mailmen, phy sicians, surgeons, licensed vet erinarians, ministers, members of the armed forces or state mili tary officials "for official busi ness only." Taxieab owners for replacements with Office of De fense Transportation permission, and owners of car-rental busi nesses. Beginning Wednesday, certifi cates issued for new 1942 cars will not be needed and buyers can get them certificate-free un til the supply Is exhausted. Bank Doubter's Four-Hour Nap Costs $11,577 Los Angeles, July 16 flJ.P) A four-hour nap today cost Mrs. Edna Stephens $11,577, her savings of 25 years. The gray-haired apartment "house manager reported to police that while she was sleeping In her apartment yes terday afternoon, someone took the money from her purse. Mrs. Stephens said she lost "faith" in banks 25 years ago, and kept her savings in her purse. Earlier In the afternoon she had toured several cafes with two friends. TRUMAN URGES MEN TO HELP RAILROADS Washington, July 16 (U.R) President Truman, in a special statement sent from the Big Three meeting site, today urged Americans to take Jobs on west ern railroads to help avert a ser ious transportation shortage. By The Side Of The Rogue By Dale Vincent" Afler tying our customary slice of bread on the low-hanglnff branch by our breakfast window, we stepped back Inside to our toast and coffee, knowing that many unseen eyes were watching and waiting for that every morning ritual. We were no more than seated when our first customer flut tered up, a song sparrow dressed In a plain brown business suit with his hair smartly combed, and full of business. After the songster, came the now comparatively rare Oregon Towhce. For a moment he sat quietly in his gray coat and black hood. Then he turned, his white shirt front and red vest making a rare picture In tho morning sun. After complete examination of the situation, he pounced upon the slice of bread, digging his small claws deep, and tried to fly away with it. But the bread would not come loose. He sat there pondering. Once more ho tried with the same result. Only after repeated trials to take the bread with him, did he decide to eat what he could end leave th rest. TEN JAP CENTERS RIPPED BY SHELLS FROM 3RD FLEET Hokkaido Virtually Cut Off From Main Island of Hon shu; Nips Fear Return. ; Guam, Tuesday, July 17 (U.R) Four Task Forces of 450 to 500 Superfortresses, carry ing the pre-lnvation attack on Japan into its 42nd day, hurled more than 2.500 tons of fire bombs into four cities across a 475-mile stretch of Kyushu and Honshu early today on the heels of a shattering air and sea bombardment by the U. S. Third fleet. Guam, July 18. (U.R) Amert. can army planes carried the pre invasion attack on Japan into its) 41st day today on the heels ot a shattering air and sea bombard ment by the U. S. third fleet that wrecked 10 northern Jap. anese cities and virtually cut Hokkaido off from the main island of Honshu. Tokyo reported without con firmation that Admiral William F. Halsey's third fleet broke off the assault on northern Honshu and Hokkaido last night, "pre. sumably due to bad weather." Fear Fleet Return But the Japanese alerted their? defenses up and down the smok ing coast and warned that Hal. sey's mighty battlewagons, cruis. ers and carriers would be back to repeat the destructive week, end strike. At the same time, they said a force of 100 Mustang fighters from Iwo Jima pickfcd up the at. tack today with a low-level straf. ing raid on the Nagoya area of southern Honshu. There was no official word on either Japanese report. Halsey blacked out his fleet yesterday after ripping up 10 enemy cities over the weekend, two of them torn apart by 1,000-ton surface) bombardments. 128 Ships Hit A communique from Fleet Ad mlral Chester W. flimitz's head quarters revealed .that the ram. paging American warships and carrier planes destroyed or dam aged 128 Japanese ships, most of them in the watery trap between Honshu and Hokkaido, and wrecked 92 enemy planes Satur day and Sunday. Every type of warship In the) vast American arsenal was in action in an all-out campaign to bring the enemy to battle and either bring Japan to its knees with bombs and shellfire or soft en it up for invasion. Simultaneously, a powerful surface flotilla led by the 45,. 000-ton supcr-dreadnaughts Mis. souri, Iowa and Wisconsin, steamed boldly Into the land locked port of Muroran on south ern Hokkaido and battered tha city at point-blank range for 62 minutes. No Opposition m Moving within 1.000 yards of the port, the warships hurled more than 1,000 tons of shells into the city. They ripped apart the great Wanishl iron works and the Nison steel works and touched off leaping fires in the sprawling docks and factories along the waterfront, then steam ed away without opposition. "There was land to port, land dead ahead and to starboard, but still the Japanese didn't attack not even a pistol shot was fired," reported United Press war correspondent Ernest Hobcrecht from the bridge of the Iowa. The shelling duplicated a bombardment carried out by an other task force less than 24 hours earlier against the Honshu port of Kamaishi, also an im portant steel center. The Ameri can gunners there pumped In 1,000 tons or more of shellfire and wrecked another big Japan ese steel plant, along with a large area of tho city. BASEBALL1 National League New York 3 12 1 Chicago 4 8 1 Mur.go, Roser (9) and Lombar. dl; Passeau. Starr (9) and Liv ingston, Gillespie (8). ft
