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Fortieth Year
Truman
Announcement of Russian's
Visit Is First Disclosure of
Arrival in Potsdam.
Potidam. July 17 (U.R)
President Truman. Premier
Stalin and Prime Minister
Churchill met this afternoon in
the opening session oi the big
three conference at Potsdam.
Potsdam, July 17 (U.R)
President Truman, Premier Sta
lin and their foreign ministers
conferred for an hour today at
the temporary White House pre
liminary to the formal opening
of the Big Three conference im
mediately after lunch.
Generalissimo Stalin was Mr.
Truman's luncheon guest after
the introductory conference in
the president's office on the sec
ond floor of his Potsdam villa.
Berlin, July 17 (U.R)
Lieut. Col. John Redding.
U. S. army public relations of
ficer, announced today that the
big three had decided "lo ad
here to their original decision
that there be no coverage of
the conference" by corres
pondents. Stalin and Foreign Commissar
V. M. Molotov accompanied the
aides to the office where Mr.
Truman and Secretary of State
.linux P. Bvrnes were waning
The initial talk of the American
and Russian leaders was conaucv
ed through official interpreters.
Talk Clears Way
The meeting of Mr. Truman
and Stalin cleared the way for
the Big Three to get down to
business. Prime Minister
Churchill had called on the
..Mt for an informal talk
yesterday while they were await
i tko riolnved arrival of Stalin.
The announcement of Stalin's
visit with Mr. Truman was the
first official disclosure that the
generalissimo had arrived ...
Potsdam Unofficial sources had
reported his arrival yesterday
afternoon.
Information from the tightly
sequestered conference area still
was skimpy. It was impossible to
sav at once whether the Truman
Stalin meeting was a get
acquainted chat or dealt in busi
ness. Some quarters regarded It
as highlv probnble that Mr. Tru
man sought to get down to busi
ness without delay.
Land Summoned
Indications Increased that
world shipping and the problem
of feeding the hungry millions of
manv nations would get top pr -ority
n the discussions as Presi
dent Truman sent a hurry-up
call for Admiral Emory S. Land,
head of the United States war
shipping administration.
Late yesterday Mr. Truman
ordered Admiral Land to pro
ceed to Potsdam as soon as pos
sible, accompanied by an appro
priate staff. . .
This obviously pointed to im
oortant discussions of world,
shipping and food administration
tZJund Is the kingbee of
the United Stales shipping situa
tion and has been a partic pant
in many other international dis
cussions on the same level In
cluding both QtbaTreon?cr
and all of the Churchill confer
ences in Washington.
$94,927 BOND TOTAL
PURCHASED AT CAMP
Camp White, July 17 War
kh nnrrhases of military and
civilian personnct at Camp
White during the recent th War
Loan drive totaled $94,927. ac
cording to figures by Lt. William
R. Barrett, war bond officer.
Civilian sales totaling $51,260
were 118.3 per cent of the quota
let by the Ninth Service Com
mand. The quota of $15,000 for
enlisted personnel was surpassed
by sales of $23,228.25 in war
certificates, and officers on the
post went 83 per cent over their
$10,000 goal with purchases
Binouutiug to 18,303.73,
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Gen. Dwlght D. Etsenhower chats wfth President Harry 8. Truman and Secretary of State James p. Byrnes at
an airfield In Brussels, where they paused en route to Potsdam, for the Big Three conference, where Issues re
garding SDeedy end of Pacific war and oollcy oj world Deaca will ba tackled.
Press Given First Embarkation Glimpse
As Thousands Sail For Jap War Theater
(The following story Is the
first authorised by the War
department on the embarka
tion of American troops to a
theatre of war since Dec. 7.
1941. For security reasons,
the material could not be re
leased until the transport
reached Its destination).
By Jean Kapel
(United Press Correspondent)
San Francisco, June 5 (De
layed) (U.R) Thousands of
American GI's shouldered their
way to the railing of an army
transport today to get a last
glimpse of the country they were
leaving to fight for.
They jammed every available
inch of deck space as the grey
PAPER DELIVERY
STRIKE SETTLED
New York, July 17 U.R)
The 17-day strike of delivery-
men of 14 daily newspapers
enaea today.
Louis Waldman. attorney for
tne independent Newspaper and
Mail Deliverers Union, said at
10:15 a. m. that delivery trucks
should be rolling" throughout
tne city within an hour.
Waldman issued a statement
from his office announcing that
the strike had been settled.
Waldman announced that
satisfactory solution" for set
tling the strike was reached on
the basis of an exchange of tele
grams between union officials
and the Daily Newspaper Com
mission panel of the National
War Labor Board.
HOUSE REPAIR RULE ON
LUMBER LIFTED BY FHA
Washington, July 17 (U.R)
The government said today that
home owners no longer need to
apply to the Federal Housing Ad
ministration for authorization to
buy lumber or emergency repair
The War Production Board
and National Housing Agency an
nounced Jointly that the home
owner now may certify his own
purchase order and buy the lum
ber directly from a distributor.
BASEBALL
American
Cleveland 8 8 0
Boston 19 1
Gromek and Hayes; Wilson,
Barrett (5), Johnson (8) and Car
bark. National
New York 2 5 1
Chicago 15 0
Voiselle and Lombardi, Erick
lon nd Gillespie.
EDFORD
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MEDFORD, OREGON, TUESDAY, JULY 17,
Have Pre-Conference Talk
Pauses En Route to
ship moved slowly through the
San Francisco bay, under the
Golden Gate bridge and out into
the Pacific from San Francisco,
port of embarkation.
Paratroops Confident
There were highly - trained
paratroopers '(who announced
confidently that the marines
could come home now), combat
engineers with overseas experi
ence in the Caribbean, medical
corpsmen who commuted across
the Pacific on hospital ships and
transports, Red ' Cross workers,
air corps ground crews and In
fantry replacements, who looked
barely high school age.
For the first time since the
war began, others besides Red
Cross workers, stevedores and
port officials were on hand to
wave goodby. Reporters and
photographers, who had spent
two days with the troops, stood
on the dock as the ship pulled
out.
It was the first time the War
department had permitted the
press to cover an embarkation.
Representatives of newsrccls,
national magazines, radio, press
associations, and local news
papers were taken to Camp
Slonoman, near Pittsburg, Calif.,
to see first-hand how the army
processes thousands of men for
overseas service within a few
days time.
3.000 Whistle
For Lois Thomas, San Fran
cisco news reporter, and me. the
only women in the group, it was
lar from a routine assignment.
Being whistled at by 3,000
men at once, we found, is dis
concerting but mighty good for
the morale.
Everytime we met a new unit
and we met a new unit about
every half hour we were greet
ed with a scries of long-drawn-out
whistles and wolf calls. At
first we were self-conscious but
we soon got used to It.
Today, the day of departure,
we accompanied the men down
the San Joaquin river on tne
harbor boat that took them to
the transport.
They marched onto the boot
through tile gate at the Pittsburg
dock, under the sign that reads
Through these portals pass the
best damn soldiers In the world."
Their reaction was the inevit
able: "Is this trip really neces
sary?" Stare at Water
Once on board the harbor
boat, some of the men went off
by themselves to the rail and
stood staring down at the water
they would be seeing for so
many days. Some reread letters
from home.
And, although it wasn't neces
sary, most of them staved in the
same spot during the three and
a half hour trip from Pittsburg
to San Francixo, except when,
Potsdam
they collected their box lunches
and a cup of coffee at noon,
Transferring so many men
from the harbor boat to the
transport was accomplished in
amazingly short order. And as
they boarded the transport and
were confined to their bunks un
til the ship was loaded, they
lounged about silently. They
looked serious for the first time
BELIEVED THAT OF
LAKE CARETAKER
A body removed from Lake
O' Woods Sunday has been ten
tatively Identified as Roy Tay
lor, one of two men who disap
peared at the lake Oct. 13, 1942.
The body was taken from 30
feet of water near the west shore
by a crew dragging the lake for
the body of Richard Hollings
worth of Klamath Falls, missing
after a boating mishap last Tues
day night.
Identification was made diffi
cult, according to reports re
ceived at the local forest service
headquarters, by the decom
posed state of the remains. The
two Taylor brothers arc the only
persons known to be lost at the
lake in recent years, and the size
of the body compares more ac
curately with the stature of Roy
Taylor, smaller of the two, offi
cials state.
More positive identification
may be possible through dental
work, it was thought, or by a
leather coat and dark oxford
shoes found with the body which
was removed to Klamath Falls
Were Caretakers
Records on the Taylors' disap
pearance show that the two men,
with Roy's wife, who now lives
In Berkeley, Calif., were em
ployed as caretakers at the re
sort. Planning to remain there
during the winter months, the
men had been in Ashland on
Oct. 13, '42. to get food supplies,
and on returning lo the lake
they unloaded the car and went
out on the water in a boat about
7 p. rn.
Mrs. Taylor became alarmed
at their absence late that night,
and telephoned the forest serv
ice. Later oars, a hat and floor
boards from the boat were found
on the lake, but no proof that
the men had drowned was ever
established, and their disappear
ance has remained unsolved.
One of the men had insurance,
but the company has withheld
payment, pending establishment
of proof oi drowning.
1945.
FDES ASK FACTS
ON LOAN PLANS
Most of Proposed Increase in
Lending Power Already
Earmarked Is Contention.
Washington, July 17 (U.R)
Senators opposing American par
ticipation in the Bretton Woods
monetary institutions demanded
today to be told what else the
United States contemplates 'n
the way of "international lend
ing." Assertions were made that
nearly all of the proposed $3,
500,000,000 increase in the Export-Import
bank's lending pow
er already has been earmarked
for Russia and France,
Senate Given Plans
Banking Committee Chairman
Robert F. Wagner, D., N. Y.,
formally placed the Bretton
Woods proposals before the sen
ate. They provide for U. S. parti
cipation in a $9,100,000,000
world bank and an $8,800,000,
000 international monetary fund.
This country's share in both
would come to nearly $6,000,
000,000. Sen. . Robert A. Taft, R., O.,
who led off the attack, was Join
ed by Sens. Owen Brewster, R
Me., and Burton K. Wheeler, D.,
Mont.
Taft asked Wagner If the ad
ministration .were "thinking (n
terms" of giving or lending
Great Britain $3,000,000,000
"after we get through handing
out this $6,000,000,000?"
"I don't know," Wagner re
plied. "We don't know whether
England is going to ask for a
loan. I am not sure it is needed "
How About Russia
"What about the Export-Import
bank?" Taft asked. "Is It
true that $1,000,000,000 of the
increased-lending power is al
ready set down for Russia?"
"I have asked about that,"
Wagner answered, "and it is not
true."
Taft asserted in addition that
Britain is "insisting" that the
United Stales make good on a
pledge reportedly made at Que
bec by the late President Roose
velt that England would get
$3,000,000,000 worth of "recon
struction goods, if you please"
under lend-lease.
CAMP WHITE OFFICERS
RECEIVE PROMOTIONS
Camp White, July 17 Six
Camp White officers were ad
vanced in rank yesterday by war
department orders which pro
moted three from second to first
lieutenants and three others from
first lieutenants to captaincies.
Now ranked as captains arc
Harold E. Blomquist, post sales
officer. Homer C. Wood, labor
coordinator officer, and John R.
Klett, an MP battalion officer.
Promoted to first lieutenant
were George W. Boycr, Frank
R. Prince and William S. Hob
son, all attached to the MP battalion.
U.S. Commies To Give Browder Boot
In Maneuver Toward New Class War
Washington July 17 (U.R)
American Communists are about
to boot Earl Browder out of the
party command In a maneuver
toward resuming the class war
they abandoned nearly two years
ago under his leadership.
Browder persuaded the party
to give up Its active political sta
tus and to become the Commun
ist Political Association. It was
his theory that all elements of
the population of the United
States could live, work and pros
per together. Other Communists
challenged Browder.
Now after more than a month
of public discussion in the Com
munist press, these developments
appear to be likely:
I. Removal of Browder ana
selection of an advocate of the
tint tUuEKlt U American Coul
Tribune
United Press Full
Baptism Before Invasion
(Acmt Ttlepholo)
Within striking distance of Japan, prior to Iheya Jlma invasion, a Coasl
Guard-manned LST drops her ramp In East China Sea waters for bap
tismal service for Coast Guardsman Semon BengUan of Philadelphia, Pa
Officiating Is Marine Cpl. Robert L. Swafford, Nashville, Tenn ordained
minister of Church of Christ. Life-line may be seen tied to Bengllan'i
waist.
Unmarried Mother
Stuffs Baby Girl
Into Home Furnace
Cleveland, July 17 (U.R) A
21-year-old unwed mother today
told police how she fatally burn
ed her newborn baby girl In the
furnace of her home shortly after
its unattended birth.
Miss Marh Grasst, being held
In the prison ward of city hos
pital, said the baby's father is
overseas. However, she refused
to name him.
Miss Grass! told detectives she
gave birth to the baby last night
in the bathroom of her home,
wrapped lt in a towel, carried it
to the basement and stuffed It in
the furnace. She said the baby
cried as she set fire to papers
and closed the furnace door.
E
TO
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New York, July 17 (U.R)
The S. S. Daniel Lownsdale Is
scheduled to dock today carry
ing 360 troops from the Euro
pean theater.
The troops are members of
the 970lh Air Engineer squad
ron, the 84th Bombardment
squadron and a rotational group.
Two transports, the Torrens
and the Traddcus Koscluszko, ar
rived yesterday bringing 2,375
troops. They were members of
the 214th Field Artillery group,
the 209th Field Artillery, the
425th Field Artillery, the Ninth
Air force, the First Tactical Air
force, the 4.288th Railhead com
pany, the 474th Ordnance Evac
uation company, the Eighth In
fantry division, the 5.052nd
Quartermaster Salvage Collect
ing company, and the 6,837th
through Ihe 6.843rd Quarter
master detachments.
munlst loader. William Z. Fos-
ter, a veteran of tho movement,
seems to be a likely successor.
2. Abandonment of the "Po
litical Association" type of or
ganization In favor of a regular
ly organized political parly.
3. An aggressive Communist
boring into all mass organiza
tions notable labor unions.
All the foregoing is In the dis
cussion stage and awaits final
decision by a Communist con
vention. But the trend of Com
munist sympathy is clearly evi
dent in the organization's daily
and weekly press. Columns of
discussion have been printed
with little if any disagreement
with the argument that Com
munists had belter get back Into
the class struggle busiucis and
do it quivkly,
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NO. 98.
20,000 ACRES IN
OREGON FORESTS
Salem, Ore., July 17. U.R).
More than 20,000 acres of Ore
gon forest land was charred and
smoke blackened today from
early-season fires, as the largest
blaze on the Wilson river, about
25 miles west of Forest Grove,
raged out of control on the north
after Jumping the river highway
late Sunday.
The smaller Salmonberry
blaze, to the north, was under
control and being mopped up,
while a new fire in western Polk
county was reporfed late Mon
day. It included about 40 acres.
Service Men Aid
On the Wilson liver blaze,
more than 1000 men, including
410 sailors from Tongue Point
naval base at Astoria, 300 vet
eran combat engineers from Ft.
Lewis and more than 200 loggers
were holding the spreading
flames in spots arid trying to cir
cle it to tho north. More sol
diers and sailors were en route.
A contingent of more than 150
Negro troops from Vancouver
barracks were returned late yes
terday after they proved inef
ficient, due to inexperience.
They were mostly limited ser
vice troops.
Gov. Earl Snell and Slate For
ester Ncls S. Rogers made a tour
of Inspection in the fire areas
yesterday, completing fighting
arrangements.
Nearly a dozen logging com
panies sustained Ion due '.o the
fire. The Consolidated Logging
company, which was engaged in
salvage operations on Ihe burned
over land, lost heavily, while
9.000.000 board feet of bucked
timber was lost by the A. F.
Coats Lumber Co., a loss of more
than $90,000.
In the north where the blaze
is spreading unchecked because
of the difficulty of reaching It,
the fighters were moving into po
sition slowly, tho forest officials
hope that the moving flames can
be encircled today.
The entire fire area has been
circled two different times, and
each time the fire has "spotted"
and moved on.
By The Side Of The Rogue
' Br Dale Vincent
Our grocery man likes to hunt and fish, and for years has
dreamed about how he would like to live In a country where he
could have these sports. Ho moved his home and business two
thousand miles across country to the Rogue River Valley where
he could enjoy the out-of-doors. That was five years ago. He
hasn't gone fishing or hunting once. He keeps thinking he will,
but he hasn't thd time.
Another business man, a tire dealer, the one that patches up
our old groaning retreads, also has quite a business and he also
likes to hunt and fish. And when the urge to play hooky la upon
him, he does not hesitate. Hanging a sign In the window he locks
the door. We have seen that sign hanging there many linies. It
reads; "I've goue lisbinjf, why duu't you?"
CITY OF HITACHI,
IS MAINJARGET
Mighty Dreadnaughts Steam
Close to Jap Capital to
Deal Thunderous Blows.
Guam, Wednesday. July 18
(U.R) United States Pacific fleet
warships late last night opened
a thunderous bombardment of
the factory city of Hitachi and
its industrial suburbs only 75
miles north of Tokyo.
The battleship Iowa and other
powerful dreadnaughts and war
craft of Admiral William F.
(Bull) Halsey's rampaging third
fleet stood offshore almost
within sight of Tokyo's environs
and hurled tons of red hot ex
plosives into a group of import
ant Japanese war-making plants.
Shelling Continues
The bombardment was con
tinuing early today, Nimitz an
nounced In a special war-bulletin.
This new shelling of Japanese;
shoreline installations was the)
third such daring foray against
the enemy's homeland within
four days.
Assessment of last weekend's
spectacular carrier assaults
against Honshu and Hokkaido
showed that 140 Japanese ships
and small craft were sent to tho
bottom and 234 were damaged
a total of 374 blasted.
Air Strike First
The bombardment was pro
ceded by a savage and apparent
ly continuing air strike against
the Tokyo area by a fast fleet of
more than 1,500 carrier planes
from a combined British and
American armada.
Swarms of Royal Navy and
U. S. flattop planes smashed at
a diminishing number of targets
in the Tokyo district. They were
launched from a fleet of perhaps
150 men o' war.
Bombardment of Hitachi open
ed at 11 p. m. (Japan time.) Mov
ing at high speed, the surface)
naval force moved almost to the
gates of the Japanese capital be
fore lt leveled the big guns of
its battleships, cruisers and de
stroyers against the selected tar.
gets.
Hitachi and adjoining Suke
gawa are the center of the
largest and most Important com
plex of industrial targets north
of Tokyo.
Industry Jams Area
Industries there are jammed
into a compact coastal area along;
the Fukushima-Mito highway in
Tochlgl prefecture. The cities
face on the Sea of Kashima Nada,
along a slightly curved coastline.
At that point Halsey's battleships
were scarcely 30 or 40 miles
from Tokyo bay, separated only
by the Boso peninsula.
This was the first night sea
bombardment of Japanese home
land targets.
Factories in the Hllacht area
manufacture aircraft parts, elec
trical equipment, precision in
struments, wire, cable, diescl en
gines, radios and gears.
Washington, July 17 (U.R)
The Office of Defense Transpor
tation today took control of the
assignment of all railway passen
ger coaches.
This does not mean that all
coaches are withdrawn from ci
vilian use, but ODT said It will
reduce the number assigned for
civilian travel.
The ODT will allocate to mil
itary use as many coaches as It
finds to be necessary to expedite
redevelopment.
MEDICAL OFFICERS GET
DISCHARGE FROM ARMY
Washington, July 17 (U.R)
The army has released 900 medi
cal officers since Jan. 1 and plans
to discharge 7,000 more In the
next nine months, the war de
partment said toda
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