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Fortieth Year
4 Tin Cans' Smash Tokyo Bay and
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B A TTLE
Nips Say Main Allied Task
Force Biding Time For
New and Heavier Blows.
Pearl Harbor, July 23 (U.R)
Allied destroyers of Admiral
William F. Halsey's combined
fleet rapped the Japanese main
land with a strike into Tokyo
bay and another at the Bonin
islands today while the main bat
tle force still remained until a
security blackout.
Guns of the fighting "Tin
Cans" wrecked a four-ship Japa
nese cfonvoy in a 20-minute run
ning battle off Tokyo bay while,
almost simultaneously, another
destroyer flotilla ranged off Chi
chi island in the Bonins, 725
miles to the south, and shelled
Omura.
Nips Fearful
Alarmed Japanese spokesmen
still insisted that the main allied
task force was biding its time
for new and perhaps neavier
blows. .
One enemy report said Ameri
can patrol planes had been sight
ed over the Tsushima straits, the
120-mile passage between west
ern Japan and Korea where a
Czarist Russian fleet was way
laid and destroyed in the Russo
Japanese war.
A fleet of 75 to 100 B-29's
dropped almost 500 tons of fire
bombs on the huge Ube syn
thetic oil plant in southwest
Honshu late last night. There
was no aerial opposition and
only weak anti-aircraft fire. It
was the super-plane's 96th major
blow at Japan and their 11th
against the enemy's shrinking oil
supply.
Lt. Gen. James H. Doolittle as
sumed command of a new U. S.
eighth airforce on Okinawa,
equipped with Superfortresses
and supporting fighters for a
share in the softening-up bomb
ing of Japan.
Paramushiro Hit
Tokyo reported an American
surface force shelled Paramush
iro island, site of an important
Japanese base in the northern
Kuriles.
Two hundred army Mustang
fighters from I wo Jima rocketed
and machine-gunned a 90-mile
stretch of southern Honshu from
Osaka west to Okayama.
The Japanese said another 100
U. S. planes pounded Shanghai
airfields for 90 minutes. Other
allied fliers sunk or damaged 18
more Japanese ships in patrol
sweeps along the Asiatic coast
and the Netherlands Indies.
They also hit targets in the Pes
cadores, and in Indo-China.
A Japanese admiral reported
Kyushu's defenses ready for in
vasion. Tokyo also said all rail
ways and private vehicles were
being brought under government
control in preparation for the
battle of the homeland.
riect Admiral Chester W.
Nimitz revealed that Halsey's
forces in their 10-day foray up
and down the Honshu and Hok
kaido coasts carried out four sur
vace bombardments with carrier
planes flying some 7,000 sorties
without air opposition.
American and British airmen
destroyed 208 Japanese planes
and damaged 348. They sunk
160 ships and smaller craft and
damaged another 256.
Scramble For Seats
In Olympia Cafes
Olympia, Wash., July 2.1
ll HI There was a mad scramble
for seals today at three Olympia
restaurants after other eating
rlaces closed their doors, await
ing ftirlher allocation of red
points by the Office of Price Ad
ministration. James Ramey, spokesman for
restaurant owners who closed
their establishments at midnight
Saturday, said that "no reopen
ing is contemplated until the
OPA comes through with more
red points. It was a question of
patronizing the black market or
closing, so w closed."
M
United Pre
4 ? 4 hr "i ft J ,V 4 V- v
f Acme Hadio-Tetephotot
Taking the presidential salute as National Anthem is played during ceremony In which Stars and Stripes are
raised over Berlin are (left to right): General Dwlght D. Elsenhower, General George S. Patton Jr, Presl
j dent Harry S. Truman, Secreted of War Henry L. SUmson and General Omar Bradley.
Petain Declares He Signed Armistice
"To Save France, Help Allied Victory"
Paris, July 23 (U.R) Marshal
Henri Philippe Petain told the
French high court of justice try
ing him for treason today that
he signed the 1940 armistice
with Germany "in order to save
France and help the allied vic
tory." Petain, hero of Verdun In the
first world war and chief of the
Vichy regime in the second,
made a plea in his own defense
after the opening preliminaries
of his trial for his life in the
jam-packed, heavily guarded
palace of justice courtroom.
, Court Room Cleared
Demonstrations against Petain
broke out and the red-robed jus
tice, Pierre Montgibeaux ordered
the courtroom cleared and a lit
tle later suspended the hearing.
Proceedings were resumed at
3:20 p. m. He rose to speak, al
though the judge gave the 89-year-old
marshal permission to
JAP BATTLESHIP
Aboard Admiral McCain's
Flagship Off Tokyo, July 18
(Delayed) (U.R) Two hundred
dive bombers from task force 38
today battered the 34.000-ton
Janancsc battleship Nagato with
1,000-pound bombs as one ot tne
last Nipponese capital ships lay
helplessly tied up to a pier at
the Yokosuka naval base in
Tokyo harbor. .
Screaming down from 15,000
feet to release their bombs 1.500 j
feet above the Nagato, the bomb
ers damaged two turrets and the
ship's hull on the port side, re
turning pilots reported. It was
believed possible the Nagato had
been sunk.
Navy airmen taking part In
the surprise attack said they be
lieved the Nagato, thought to be
one of Japan's last two battle
ships, either sank or was heavily
damaged.
Children 'Phone
False Fire Calls
City Fire Chief Roy Elliott to.
day warned parents who have
been allowing small children to
phnne in false fire alarms that
unless children are kept away
from the telephone or the phone
is put out of their reach, it will
be necessary to trace all such
calls and inflict a $50 fine on
those responsible.
Chief Elliott said several such
false alarms had been made re
cently and that steps will be
taken at once to put a stop to
them.
EDFORD
Full Leased Wire
MEDFORD, OREGON, MONDAY, JULY 23,
Salute to Old Glory in Berlin
sit. His voice rang clear and
firm.
'I will not answer any ques
tions," he began. "I did the nec
essary act in order to save
France and to help the allied vic
tory by proclaiming the armis
tice. '
"What would the allies have
done if De Gaulle and the allies
had landed in France and found
nothing but ruin and cemeteries?
I used the powers given me like
a shield to safeguard the inter
ests of France.
"I did go so far as to sacrifice
my reputation, although I had
knives at my throat disputing
every step with the enemy. His
tory will judge how much I did
to save France by thus fighting
with the enemy."
' No Mercy Asked
Warming to his description of
himself as a man serving France
and the allies while heading the
Vichy regime dominated by the
nazis, Petain cried:
"If you condemn me, let this
condemnation be the last one.
You will be condemning an inno
cent man.
"I will not ask for the mercy
of the court, because a marshal
of France does not ask for pity.
I throw myself back on the
French people for their Judg
ment." He said he had served France
all his life and "I serve it still in
the present. I have given France
the gift of myself, and will con
tinue to serve by telling the
irum in mis court,
"A great part of the world will
back me." Petain said, "because
I represented the great christian
tradition in fighting against ex-
'' "
the family and the principle of
work along the lines of social
reform.
"Anything that may be done!
by the present government can
only be done along the same
lines as those I already had laid
down."
Accusation Read
Prosecutor General Andre
Mornet read the 15-page accusa
tion aginst Petain. It charged
that he "firstly committed the
crime of an attempt against the
internal security of the state and
secondly, maintained (nielli
genre with the enemy with the
object of favoring the enemy's
enterprises In relation with his
own."
The document recounted the
events of June, 1940, when
France was being overrun. It
noted that "under the joint
pressure of General Wcygand
(Generalissimo Maxime Wcy
gand) and Marshal Petain" a
dominating section of the cab
inet decided that it was useless
for France to continue the war
and resigned. Petain was called
'to power and
w.thout further
delay the marshal entered Into
negotiations with a view to con
cluding an armistice."
Petain, the charge- said, un
doubtedly had hostile feelings
toward the republic and felt it
necessary to install an authori
tarian regime.
Petain was accused of having
close relations with Collabora
tionist Fernand De Brinon and
Otto Abetz, nazi ambassador to
France. He also was accused of
being close to leading members
of the Cagoulards, "whose ob
ject was to overthrow the repub
lic and replace it with a dictator
ship like those of Rome and Ber
lin, for which purpose large
stores of arms had been import
ed from Italy and Germany."
Deer Spotlighter
Assessed $25 Fine
Clarence Allison Morton, of
Rogue River, was fined $25 and
given a 90-day jail sentence in
Justice court Saturday after be
ing found guilty of the charge of
hunting during prohibited hours.
Morton was arrested by state
police Friday night when found
spotlighting deer near Rogue
River.
The 90-day jail sentence was
later suspended.
Disorderly Couple
Put on Probation
Ona F r I c k and William
Graves, both of Mcdford, charg
ed with disorderly conduct, were
found guilty Friday following
appearance in Justice court and
were sentenced to 30 days in
Jackson county jail and assessed
court costs.
The sentence was suspended
for one year with the provision
that the defendants create no
further disturbances.
Father Persuades Little Daughter
To Jump From Golden Gate Bridge
San Francisco, July 23 (U.R)
A San Francisco elevalor repair
man persuaded his five-year-old
daughter to plunge to her dcalh
from (he Golden Gale bridge to
day and (hen followed her in a
22n fonl suicide leap, (wo wi(
nesses reported.
The 37 - year - old mechanic,
idenlided as A. C. Demon(, drove
on(o (he bridge spanning the
Golden Gate and stopped about
150 feet from its south tower, ac-
cording to two painters who wit -
nessed the suicides.
The child climbed from the,
auto and ran across to the rail -
Ing. She paused briefly and
then jumped Into the water.
.The father walked about 30
t cct farther along, poised binv
1945.
Charter Ratification
By End of Week Seen
As Senate Opens Debate
WashingtonJuly 23 (U.R)
The senate today opened debate
on the United Nations charter
With leaders confidently expect
ing overwhelming ratification by
the end of the week.
Chairman Tom Connally. D.,
Tex., of the senate foreign rela
tions committee, a delegate to
the recent San Francisco meet
ing of 50 United Nations which
drafted the charter, opened the
debate.
He offered the charter as "a
new step and advance in interna
tional relations in getting gov
ernments together."
Full Attendance
Under the charter, the United
States will join with other peace
loving nations in an international
organization seeking to prevent
future aggression and preserve
the peace, with force if neces
sary. The opening of debate drew a
full senate audience. There was
standing room only in the public
galleries.
Edward R. Stettinius, Jr., who
served as secretary of state
through much of the negotiations
leading to drafting of the
charter, sat attentively In the
president's row of gallery.
Connally preladed his senate
speech with a press conference
at which he estimated the treaty
should be ratified by the end of
ims week.
No Opposition
There was no sign of organized
opposition or reservations.
Leaders anticipated that most
C0LH.R. ANDERSON
Mrs. H. R. Anderson of Tulare,
Calif., has received word from
the War department that her
husband, Col. H. R. Anderson, a
Japanese prisoner of war since
April of 1942, lost his life when
a ship on which he was being
transferred from one camp to
another was torpedoed Dec. 31,
1944.
Colonel Anderson was attach
ed to the Fourth regiment of
Marines under the command of
General Wainwright, and was
captured by the Japs on Cor
regldor. From April of 1942 un
til last December he was held in
Camp Cabanatuan No. I.
Surviving Colonel Anderson
are Mis wife, the former Natalie
Hamilton of Medford, and their
son, Robert, who make their
Hume wnn Mrs. Hamilton s par
ents, me Kev. and Mrs. Wllllnm
a. Hamilton. Rev . Hamilton
was formerly rector of St
Mark's Episcopal church here.
WEATHER
Northern California Clear
today tonight and Tuesday but
fog on coast south of Cape Men
docino not much change In tem
perature. Fresh northwest wind
off coast.
self on the railing and made a
perfect dive Into (he ga(e walcrs.
(he workmen, Jack Rickeds and
Al Maloux, (old highway patrol
men.
On (he seat nf dm 1042 Ply
mouth sedan was a note signed
by Demnnl saying: "I and my
daughter have committed sui
cide."
At her home, Mrs. Demont
told police her husband had been
injured on his Job several weeks
, ago and had taken their five
year-old daughter Marilyn with
him when he went to a doctors
! office this morning
She said he had been nervous
since his accident but apparently
never considered committing iui-
ide.
Tribune
United Press Full
Bonins
of the time would be devoted to
a series of speeches endorsing
the objectives of the proposed
United Nations organization.
Connally avoided controversial
questions in his opening le
marks. He chose, instead, to let
them arise as they may through
questioning later.
Anticipating questions about
the legality of placing U. S.
troops at the disposal of the
United Nations council for
prompt action in the event of
threatened aggression, Connally
said:
"Anyone who Is looking for a
peace organization that doesn't
cost anything; that doesn't In
volve sending troops when neces
sary; that doesn't involve obliga
tions a sort of self-operating
eight-day clock won't find it.
There just isn't any such or
ganization." RAILROAD TANGLE
Washington, July 23 (U.R)
ODT Director J. Monroe John-
son told Senate War Investiga
tors toaay the Army is responsi
ble for its own railroad jams.
He added that "just a week
ago" the armv landed 60,000
men in three days but gave him
no notice that they were coming
and would need transportation.
The ODT chief said he still
isn't being told what he should
know. Despite the fact that for
mer War Mobolization Director
Fred M. Vinson wrote to Secre
tary of War Henry L. Stimsnn on
July 18 telling him to give John
son the Information he needs.
Committee Chairman James
M. Mead. D.. N. Y read the let
ter, written at committee insti
gation, and asked:
"Since then have you received
any further detailed informa
tion?" "I have not," Johnson shouted.
Meanwhile, an ODT official
said the present restriction on
use of Pullman cars may be ex
tended to railroad schedules up
to 750 miles if the present 450
mile ban proves inadequate to
meet army requirements.
Brooklyn Woman
Called 'Dago' By
Solon, is Charge
Washington, July 23 (U.R)
Rep. Vito Marcantonio, Amerl
can Labor Party, N. Y., today
called on Sen. Theodore G. Bil
bo, D., Miss., to apologize to a
Brooklyn woman for reportedly
addressing her as "Dago.
Marcantonio said in a letter to
Bilbo:
"I have befpre me a letter
which you sent to Josephine Pic
colo, 93 Garfield Place, Brook
lyn, N. Y., addressing her 'My
Dear Daaggo.'
"It may be of interest to you
to know that this lady had three
brothers In the armed forces of
the United States, and that one
of them lies buried in Germany.
'If you have any shred of de
cency left In you, you would
apologize."
DIVORCE-A-DAY FILED
SO FAR DURING JULY
Divorce suils have been filed
so far (his month wilh the coun
ty clerk at (he rale of one a day.
The tnlal is now 23 for July. Six
actions were filed last Saturday.
The liligan(s are both civilian
and soldier couples In equal
numbers. During June, 29 di
vorce cases were filed.
CLOTHES FOR CHINA
Chungking, July 23 (U.R)
The first consignment of 900
tons of old clothing donated by
UNRRA for China has arrived In
Calcutta and will be shipped to
China at the rata of 100 tons
monthly.
Leased Wlr
NO. 103.
L
OF MID-WEEK END
Big Three Driving Ahead
Slate Cleared of Prelimi
nary Details Is Belief.
Potsdam, July 23 (U.R) An
American spokesman said the
Big Three were "driving ahead
at a meeting rounding out the
first week of the conference to
day, and President Truman was
reported hoping to wind up the
meeting by mid-week.
Prime Minister Churchill was
reported giving a state dinner
tonight for Mr. Truman and
Generalissimo Stalin. The Soviet
premier was host at a state din
ner last night and the president
was last week.
Preliminaries Over
The conference slate was be
lieved to have been swept clean
of all preliminary details, pav
ing the way for the three state
heads to act on the major eco
nomic and military issues at
stake.
Early decisions were expected
on an overall economic policy
for post-war Europe and details
of the occupation of Germany,
and it was considered likely that
Mr. Truman would place the
most vital military question
the defeat of Japan before Pre
mier Stalin and Prime Minister
Churchill in the next few days.
The news blackout on the in
ner workings of the conference
continued and there was no of-
nciai word on when the meet
ing was likely to be concluded.
But it was known that the
president, in his capacity as
chairman of the Big Three meet
ing, was driving at top speed in
the hope of returning to Wash
ington this week to lay his re
port before the senate before lt
adjourns.
Three Navy Fliers
Survive Crash In
Jungles of Borneo
Manila, July 23 (U.R)
Three navy airmen, who for six
months dodged Japanese and
fought off starvation and di
sease in the mountains and Jun
gles of Borneo, have been res
cued. They are Lt. (jg) Robert J.
Graham of Rosemont, Pa., Amm.
Reuben L. Robbins of Omak,
Wash., and Amm. 2c James R.
Shepherd of San Diego.
Their Liberator was attacked
by four Japanese fighters last
January over Brunei Bay and
they were forced to crash land in
a paddy field.
One crew member was killed
in the air fight. Nine survivors
began the 179 day trek back
with only four making the grade.
Seaman 1c Alvln M. Harms
of Holly, Colo., made his way
out separately.
VETS GETS JOBS -
Washington, July 23 (U.R)
More than 374,000 veterans have
been placed in Federal Jobs in
the last 2V years, the Civil
Service commission said today.
CONTROLS OFF
Washington, July 23 (U.R)
Price controls were suspended
today on fresh cucumbers, sweet
peppers and egg plant. The OPA
said the suspension will remain
in effect during the months
when production of these vege
tables keeps prices below retail
ceiling levels.
By The Side Of The Rogue
Br Dele Vincent
While fishing for Irout in the Rogue today a man In a small
boat got "dunked." This foolish fisherman maneuvered his little
craft to the Inside curve between a high bank and swift water, at
(he fool of rapids. By hanging on to a rnrk nut-cropping with a
gaff hook in his left hand, he was able to hold the boat and fili
Willi his right, while he whistled a tune.
In this manner he had taken a few (rnnt, when suddenly (In
swift current look hold of the boa( wilh bolh hands and pulled it
under. When the ruckus died down, the man bobbed up. The
hook still had a solid hold on the rock; the man had a solid hold
on the hook; the anchor rope was tangled around one leg; and the
anchor rope was fastened to the boat. One oar floated away down
river. In this stretched-out fashion the current swung them Into
a sleep bank. The man managed to get one foot-onto a submerged
rock, untangled the rope, bailed out the water-logged boat, got in,
shoved off and paddled away down stream with one oar, still
whistling.
Whoever finds that other oar can bava it. I'va purchased another,
TILLAMOOK BLAZE
LEAPS 4 MILES TO
140-Square Miles Now in
Burning Zone; Week-End
Showers Temporary Aid.
Portland, Ore., July 23 U.R)
Forest fires in western Oregon
today spread over a 140-square
mile-area comprising 9 0,000
acres, with new wind-borne spot
fires breaking out in some of the
most inaccessible country of the
northwest.
The Tillamook fire jumped an
other four miles to the west to
reach the Salmonberry-Nchalem
river fork an area where there
are no roads and fighters can get
in only after a half day on the
pack trail.
Showers Slow Fires
Week-end showers slowed the
advance of the fires temporarily
but more than 2,000 firefighters,
including sailors and soldiers,
were struggling to hold fire
lines and check the greatest Ore
gon fire since the Tillamook
burn of 1933.
The fire advanced on the east
side of the Washington Tilla
mook county line toward the
railroad between Cochran and
Timber. Walter McCulloch of the
Oregon State College Forestry
school staff, said rains had help
ed in this area and he believed
the line could be held at the rail
road grade.
McCulloch said the Standard
Logging company operations
south of Cochran had been burn
ed out completely. The fire was
held at this point for several
days at the edge of green timber
separating the 1933 Tillamook
and Salmonberry fires.
Desperate Race
Logging operations in new
fire territory included McKin
ney, Mencfol and Erlckson. Log
gers fought a new outbreak in
Waterhouse & Gray (Seaside)
logging holdings north of the
Nehalem across that river from
the hatchery site.
McCulloch, Owl fire camp
dispatcher, declared that "from
here on in it would be a desper
ate race to extend fire lines be
fore the weather could take the
play away from firefighters."
He said he didn't want the
public to think that the fire was
all over just because it was
damp for a few hours over the
week-end.
Weather Bureau forecasts of
increasing northwest winds also
caused state forestry officials to
predict that unless the blaze is
brought under reasonable con
trol now, it may spread in new
and more devastating directions.
Burn All Summer
State Forester Nels S. Rogers,
reiterated that the fire probably
would burn all summer in the
heavy growth, and that each
inch of it would have to be
brought under control in hand-to-flame
fight.
An extremely heavy down
pour in Polk County, near
Wheeler Saturday gave 500 sol
diers and 400 civilians combat
ting that blaze, their first chance
to check it, the forestry office
reported. The Polk county fire
covers some 8000 acres.
Housing Needed
By New-Arriving
Naval Officers
Furnished rooms, apart
ments and houses are urgently
needed for nHval officers sta
tioned at the Camp White hos
pital and their families, it was
staled today by Mrs. I. E.
Schuler at the Outpost where
the officers have sought help
in finding accommodations.
Most of the officers arc vet
erans of 18 months to three
years duty overseas, and wish
to have their wives Bnd fam
ilies near them in Mcdford.
Local residents who can list
availible housing arc asked to
contact Mrs. Schuler,