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MEDFORD, OREGON, TUESDAY. JULY 24, 1945,
Fortieth Year
Winnie Leaving Wednesday
Verdun Hero Faces Treason Charges
to Learn Election Outcome
Eden May Be Conferee.
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Marshal Henri Philippe Petaln, marshal of France and accused traitor,
sits glumly in high court of justice, Paris, on trial for his life. The 89-year-old
hero of Verdun told packed courtroom he surrendered France in 1940
to save her, reminded his accusers he led France to victory In "1918. via
radio-tclephoto.
Petain In League With Nazis
Since 1934, Asserts Reynaud
Paris, July 24 (U.P.) Former
Premier Paul Reynaud accused
Marshal Henri Philippe Petain
today of being in league with the
nazis as long ago as 1934, soon
after Adolf Hitler rose to power.
Paris, July 24 (U.R) Form
er French Premier Edouard
Daladier testified today that
Marshal Henri Phllippi Petain
wanted to ask the Germans for
an armistice as early as May
27, 1940, before Dunkerque
and the surrender of the Bel
gian army.
Reynaud, testifying for the
second day as the state's first
witness in the treason trial,
launched a bitter personal attack
on Petain. The aged and nervous
chief of state in the Vichy re
gime eyed his accuser closely
and winced occasionally.
Dipping deep into the history
of Petain, the 'hero of Verdun"
in the first World War, Reynaud
thundered dramatically:
"The myth of the victor of
Verdun is sheer piffle."
He recalled that Marshal Fer
dinand Joffre had accused Pe
tain of having no confidence in
the defense of Verdun, and said
.Petain was preparing to "with
draw his right flank but was pre
vented by orders from his su
periors. The dapper Reynaud, employ
ing all his famous oratorical
skiil, wound up his testimony at
4 p. m. He was on the stand
JAPS OPEN DRIVE
IN MSI AREA
Chungking., July 24 CUP
Japanese forces have taken the
offensive in Kiangsi province In
an apparent effort to relieve
pressure on embattled Kweilin,
260 miles to the southwest. A
Chinese communique announced
today enemy troops have swept
toMhc Kan river.
The communique said Japa
nese troops have captured Waan,
IS miles east of Suichwan (33
miles southwest of Nanchang)
and were driving on Taiho, 25
miles north of Waan, when they
were intercepted by hard-fighting
Chinese troops.
Japanese troops in this slash
ing drive may have hoped to
force the Chinese High Com
mand to withdraw some of its
troops from those assaulting
Kwcilin's perimeter.
PORTLAND GIRL LEADS
IN QUALIFYING PLAY
Chlcaso. July 24 U.R) Carol
"Babe" Freese, 19-year-old Port
land, Ore., Miss, shot a three-under-par
73 today to take a
strong early lead in qualifying
play for the all-American wom
an's open golf tournament at the
Tarn O Shantcr Country club.
three and one-half hours.
He accused Petin of heading a
."plot" to get France's separate
armistice with Germany signed
in 1940. Even before the armis
tice, he said Petain had schemed
under an aura of false prestige
to seize power for himself.
Had Accomplices
"I do not believe France could
live if led by a man inspired by
a spirit like that of Petain and
his accomplices," said Reynaud,
the premier in the dark days of
France's collapse.
He charged that both Petain
and Weygand conspired to pre
vent the French army from go
ing to North Africa to carry on
the war after the fall of France.
He recounted the strife with
in the government at Bordeaux,
to which the government had
fled from Paris. That led to
Reynaud's resignation and Pe
tain's opening of negotiations
with the Germans for an armis
tice. WATER WASTERS
TO BE FINED IS
CITY'S WARNING
In an attempt to eliminate ex
cessive waste of water currently
reported in the city, a patrolman
will start today checking ureeago
it was stated this morning by
Robert Duff, water superintend
ent. Habitual wasters will be
fined, he warned, as the Med
ford supply is being drawn upon
excessively by persons who al
low water to run into streets and
in other ways waste water.
So far this year, no hourly re
strictions have been placed on
use of city water in various sec
tions of the city, Duff said, as
the supply has been adequate.
Several cilies in Oregon have
been torced to adopt schedules
allowing irrigation only during
certain hours, to maintain ade
quate supplies and pressure.
To Check Residence!
The patrolman will check
residential districts for viola
tions of rules forbidding open
hose irrigation end lawn sprink
ling during fire alarms. Persons
on flat rate water meters often
have a tendency to waste water,
Duff said.
Peak day of water useage in
the city was on July 12 when
consumption totaled 10.600,000
gallons including 700.000 gal
lons drawn by Camp White. The
peak hourly rale was 14.300,000.
used between 7 and 8 o'clock the
evening of July 12, Duff reports.
On a few days excessive use of
water has so reduced pressure
in the system that two and three
story Business buildings down
town have been unable to get
water on the higher floors.
IN KURE BASE HIT
BY CARRIER FORCE
Homeland Rocked by Unpre
cedented Aerial Blows
Superforts Range at Will.
Guam, July 24 (U.R) More
than 'l,000 American planes
pounced on a concentration of
Japanese warships at the Kure
naval base today and left it a
holocaust of burning wreckage.
Japanese ground gunners and
fighter planes fought back des
perately. The invasion-marked Japanese
homeland rocked under unpre
cedented aerial blows from some
2,000 American warplanes. They
included a record armada of
more than 600 Superfortresses,
which loosed a torrent of bombs
on Nagoya, Osaka and five Jap
anese war plants. '
B-29i Swarm Over Iilei .
Fleet dispatches revealed that
the carrier planes swarming all
day over Kure scored direct hits
with heavy bombs on two Japa
nese warships and set fire to a
number of others.
Early reports indicated that
task force 38 of Adm. William
F. Halsey's third fleet finally
had found a big part of the sur
viving Japanese fleet perhaps
the major part and was pound
ing it to pieces.
The air force hoarded by the
Japanese for the showdown bat
tle of the homeland was stung to
action in the defense of Kure and
its warships.
Airmen returning to their Car
rie: bases reported numerous
dog-fights swirling through the
smoke-clogged skies over Kure.
They said the anti-aircraft fire
was the most intense they ever
saw. But the helldivcrs pressed
home their attacks.
Japs Try Fight
One veteran squadron alone
tangled with 12 speedy Japa
nese fighters trying to intercept
them as they came out of their
dives over the Kure anchorage.
One enemy plane was downed
and one U. S. plane was lost.
Ensign Glenn M. Even of San
Diego said he hit a warship with
a 1,000-pound bomb on his sec
ond run over Kure.
All day long the carrier force
smashed at "military targets" at
Kure. A fleet dispatch said it
was common knowledge that the
base was among Japan's greatest
naval centers, and might shelter
"much of" the enemy fleet.
"Many" Japanese warships
were caughf riding at anchor in
Kure harbor on the inland sea,
United Press War Correspondent
Richard W. Johnston reported
from the attacking fleet.
The Japanese sh'pl and their
shore batteries threw up a terri
fic hall of flak and swarms of
enemy fighters rose to battle the
raiders, but Johnston said the
American Helldivcrs pressed
their attack home with "excel
lent" results.
Tokyo admitted "slight" dam
age to warships at Kure, but
claimed that 30 American planes
were snot down or damaged.
Morgenthau Given
Gate Before Ready
New York, July 24 (U.R)
Henry Morgenthau, Jr., said to
day that his separation from the
Office of Secretary of Treasurer
"was not of my choosing I
would have preferred to stay
along until V-J day."
Morgenthau told a luncheon
meeting attended by membprs
of the New York State War Fin
ance committee that he did not
want the impression to spread
that he voluntarily quit his post
while the war still wai going on.
Yank Planes Hammer Jap Shipping in
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Jap shipping In harbor of Hachlnohe, North Honshu, undergoes attack by carrier-baaed planes of Adm. Hal
sey's Third Fleet, July 15. One ship Is sinking from direct hit, another Heft) survives near miss during early
stages of attack. U. 8. Navy photo via radioohoto from Guam.
ARMY TO SEIZE
PLYWOOD PLANT
AT
Portland, Ore., July 24 (U.R)
Military seizure of the Sorine-
I field Plywood Corporation plant
appeared certain today after
AFL spokesmen said they were
unable to get striking workers
back on the job.
Chairman John Galcy of the
West Coast Lumber commission,
following a show cause hearing,
said: "If they won't go back,
the government must step in."
The plant is handling war or
ders. Galcy said officials in Wash
ington, D. C, will be advised
immediately that there is no
prospect of settling the jurisdic
tional strike.
At the plant in Springfield,
Ore., 109 CIO workers appeared
today, five more than yesterday,
but it requires 120 men to oper
ate a shift so the plant remained
idle. It closed last Thursday.
The AFL workers are refusing
to work In the ClO-affiliated
plant.
The commission called the
hearing today to require the
AFL to show cause why the
strike had not been terminated
and war production resumed.
Doyle F. Pearson, AFC spokes
man, said the strikers will not
return and the union is power
less to get them back. He said
union procedure rules prevented
him from going into the merits
of the matter before the com
mission, but he held that any at
tempt to compare this case with
any other yet to be heard by the
board was impossible on the ba
sis this case was without paral
lel. Pearson added that his mem
bers would do anything rather
than work under CIO jurisdic
tion. He denied the strikers
were violating any law.
FEDERAL C0URT6PENS,
ADJOURNS TO AUGUST 2
In the absence of Judge James
A. Fee and In compliance with
his order from Portland. U. S.
Marshal Paul Hanlln officially
opened the federal district court
In-Medford at 10 a. m. today,
and immediately adjourned It
untU Aug. 2, 1815.
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Last Ditch Defense Prepared
Against Forest Fire Advance
By United Press .
A climatic battle between man
and the elements for control of
raging forest fires enveloping
nearly 150,000 acres of timber
land in three northwest states
neared a critical stage today.
Forestry officials reported that
thousands of soldiers, sailors
and civilian fire fighters had
been told to prtpare "last-ditch"
firelines in the lace of the steadi
ly advancing red tide.
Wei end rains temporarily
halted the main blaze, the Tilla
mook fire in western Oregon, but
rising winds carried burning em
bers to set additional spot fires
in rugged country near the Junc
tion of the Salmonberry and Na
halem rivers, extending the west
ern firelinc four miles nearer the
Oregon coast.
Nearly 90.000 acres have been
burned in the Tillamook blaze,
raging between Portland and the
Oregon coast. The fire, blanket
ing 240,000 acres burned in 1933,
has covered 140 square miles in
almost two weeks, destroying
numerous logging company op
erations in its path.
Men were being rushed to the
new fire front on the Salmon
berry and Nehalcm rivers as
State Forestry Headquarters re
ported conditions In the other
Oregon fire areas were much
Improved. Lower prevailing tem
peratures helped the fighters,
but it was added, "the weather
is touch and go with a definite
Junior Hostesses Claim Italians
Favored Over G.I.'s At Camp Ball
Hollywood, July 24 (U.R)
Two USO junior hostesses
charged today they were in
structed to dance with Italian
prisoners of war while American
soldiers, refused admission, stood
outside the dance hall looking In.
Maiiiie Palmer, 19, and Palsy
Reno, 18, of Santa Monica, Calif.,
said the incident occurred on a
trip of a mobile USO unit to
Camp Roberts, near San Luis
Obispo, Calif.
Miss Palmer said an order to
"treat Italian soldiers like any
of the other soldiers" was read
to the hostesses. There were 25
iio 30 Italian priioucn among1
Honshu Harbor
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possibility that it will turn very
warm again."
Fires in western Washington
covered more than 7,600 acres
but rising humidity was an aid to
firemen. The biggest Washing
ton state blaze was in the North
river area.
HEAT WAVE KILLS
. By United Press
The midwest sweltered under
temperatures of more than 100
degrees In some communities to
day as the weatherman termed
the current hot spell a "decided
heat wave."
Two heat deaths were report
ed In Minneapolis yesterday as
the mercury soared to 96, hot
test day of the season.
Temperatures will range be
tween the mid OO's and 100 de
grees for the rest of the week,
U. S. weather bureau forecasters
reported.
Occasional thunderstorms In
the northwestern portion of the
midwest will afford only slight
relief to hard lilt city dwellers,
Hottest spot In the midwest
was Springfield, Minn., where
the mercury registered 103 de
grees.
the 230 soldiers at the dance
she said.
"The girls In my bus thought
it was terrible," Miss Reno said.
"We didn't see why 30 Italian
prisoners should have passes
when American boys were stand
ing outside looking In."
Ruth Cowan, regional director
of the USO service, said the hos
tesses were told before they left
home that Italian service troops
might attend the dances and,
were asked only to "be graci-
ous" to them.
TKe girls were not required to
attend the dances or to dance
witU Italian prisouerj, lUe ttki.
RELUCTANT VOTE
FOR CHARTER IS
WHEELER'S PLAN
Montana Isolationist Will
Make Fight Later Against
Delegating War Powers.
Washington, July T24 (U.R)
Sen. Burton K. Wheeler, D
Mont., announced today he will
vote 'reluctantly" for ratification
of the United Nations charter.
He served notice, however.
that he will make a fight later
against delegating to any source
other than Congress the power
to send American troops abroad
as contemplated in the new plan
for a world security organization.
Real Fight Later
He announced his opposition
In a senate speech in which he
severely criticized many aspects
of the charter. The "real fight,"
he warned will come on subse
quent legislation implementing
the charter and putting this coun
try actively into it.
Wheeler, long an outstanding
isolationist, had been counted as
possibly one of the few oppos
ing votes in the senate. He re
vealed his position during the
second day of senate delibera
tion on the historic treaty.
Sen. Albcn W. Berkley, D.,
Ky., senate democratic leader,
opened the debate with a plea
that the centuries-old world ef
fort to achieve orpanized peace
"is worth renewing." Sen. Lis
ter Hill, D., Ala., democratic
whip in the senate, advocated its
ratification to join with other na
tions to do what we cannot do
alone.
Efforts Reviewed
Barklcy, the day's first speak
er, reviewed the history of or
ganized peace efforts from 543
B. C, to the League of Nations
proposal after the last war.
"The longing for peace among
the peoples of the earth is not
new sensation," ho said.
"From 545 B. C. to 1919 A D.
the desire for peace among the
peoples of the earth was never
absent."
He refused to assess the blame
for failure of these efforts to
prevent World War II. But, he
argued, we can profit by the mis
takes which led to it only if we
seek to avoid them now,
"The effort Is worth renew
ing," he Insisted.
Administration leaders earlier
had Instituted a search for ora
tors to put some pep Into the de
bate. BASEBALL
American
st,
Louis 0
4 1
Boston 6 8 0
Jakulckl, West (1) Zoldak (5)
and Mancuso; O'Neill and Holm.
National
Philadelphia 3 8 1
Chicago 8 7 0
Barrett, Sproul (7), Chapman
(8) and Spindle; Chlpman and
Gillespie.
By The Side Of The Rogue
By Dale Vincent
Ph. lit w. k..n normnnentlv attached to the lid of our grub-
box is being checked over thoroughly, for tomorrow we leave for
a few days stay at Crater Lake.
Two extra sets of wool blankets are added to our camp bed,
nights are quite cold when you sleep well over a mile high.
Spring comes late to the high areas. We know there will be
snow banked deep In the drifts along the rim. But with the
thermometer in the valley at 90, or thereabout, It Is hard to imagine
we could ever be cold. Right now our minds are geared to sun-
suits and bare limbs. But past experience has taught ug tnat up
where the air is thin a warm sweater and woolens will feel mighty
good.
- As four years have gone by since our last visit, we wonder if
the black bear, the &mp robbers,
'itUi greet ua lor auy ittay bandguli they may beg or "uitciV,
Potsdam, July 24 U.R The
Big Three conference will recess
tomorrow to learn the outcome
of Britain's elections, to be an
nounced Thursday, but President
Truman and Premier Stalin will
continue their talks next week
regardless of who wins the Brit
ish race, it was learned authori
tatively today.
The British announced offici
ally today that Churchill was go
ing to London for the Thursday
election results, but added the
"Berlin conference" would not
end.
Bare Statement
The only official information
on the conference today was a
bare statement that the Big
Threet met.
Churchill plans to leave Wed
nesday for London and if he
wins the election he is expected
to return by Friday when the
Big Three will resume its meet
ings. British Foreign Secretary An
thony Eden and Labor Leader
Clement Attlee will return with
Churchill.
There was a wide belief In
British circles that if Churchill
Is licked Eden will return to
Potsdam as foreign secretary,
but Attlee will remain in Lon
don dealing with his new duties
as prime minister.
Report Denied
Official sources in Potsdam
declared there was no founda
tion for the recently circulated
report that part of the American
delegation has already left Ber
lin and that another section was
leaving soon for a new and "sur
prising" destination.
These sources said that there
had been a number of "low-level
departures and arrivals" but
none of importance.
While all indications pointed
toward the conference continu
ing into next week, it was con
ceivable that a Churchill defeat
would cause a drastic shortening
of the meetings.
T
ON LAKE ROUTE
Two Klamath Falls men, em
ployees of the California Oregon
Power company, are In Sacred
Heart hospital today with head
injuries sustained when their
car went out of control on the
Diamond Lake road Sunday eve
ning, and hit a tree, knocking
both men unconscious. The pair
remained at the accident site un
til discovered the following
morning by a fishermen en route
to the lake.
The men, E. F. Snyder and
Frank Nunnally, apparently lost
control of the car in the soft
pumice road, and plunged into
the tree.
The attending physician said
today that Nunnally suffered a
fractured skull and will be con
fined to bed for six weeks. Sny
der was less seriously injured
and is expected to return to his
home in Klamath Falls next
week. Condition of the men was
described as satisfactory.
Here Over Weekend
They had been in Medford
over the weekend, and were re
turning to the Copco engineering
construction camp beyond Dia
mond lake with supplies early
Sunday evening when the acci
dent occurred.
The victims were removed to
the hospital by the Conger-Moris
ambulance.
INVENTOR DIES
Glendale, Calif., July 24 U.R)
William Henry Rowe, 61, inven
tor of the cigarette vending ma
chine, who died Sunday, will ba
buried Thursday at Forest Lawn.
and tne incnoiy cnipmunKs wm