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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
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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
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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
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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,
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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.
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