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Newspaper Page Textlo) 0) LAST i 7 Weather FORECAST: Continued clear nd warm tonight and Thurs day. Temp. Highest Yesterday ......90 Lowest this Morning Fortieth Year fRain Gives Firefighters New Hope MILLS SHUT DOWN KAISER 1 TO HELP BATTLE 1 TILLAMOOK BLAZE Scout Planes Fly Over Area To Gather Data; Smoke Handicaps Lookouts. Portland, Or e, July 25 (U.R) Light rain today 'heartened fighters pitted against the 90,-000-acre forest fire in western Oregon, which State Forester Nels S Rogers called "a powder keg of catastrophic dimensions" and which he said could be checked only by heavy rain. The drizzle came after the fire, on the Wilson river, jumped fire trails Tuesday night six miles south of Glenwood and swept down the Scoggins valley north of Stimson's logging camp in western Washington county. With the aid of the light rain, crews established a new trail around the fringe of the advance. Planes Survey Area Scout planes were flying over the fire area lo gather data for use in attacking new fires sweep ing through rugged mountain terrain But dense smoke clouds had all but obliterated the fire from view of mountain lookouts or scouting aviators. Forestry officials said they were expecting a northwest wind which would drive numer ous spot fires on the west side of the Tillamook fire area Dae into the main conflagration, giv ing fire patrols natural aid in controlling the blaze. Showers were forecast for later this week. MilU Cloie Lumber mills In the vicinity were reported shutting down and. sending their crews to as sist begrimed volunteer civilian and servicemen who had been battling the fire for the past two Forest Rangers said the 'fire was the greatest since the 250, 000 acre Tillamook county out break of 1933. More than 2000 firemen, soldiers and sailors us ing tank trucks, bulldozers and mobile equipment, and pack horses have been fighting the blaze in some of the northwest's most inacessible mountain coun try. A crew of 170 men held aarc awarded solely on the basis Wan. in the Whitman forest at Big Canyon in eastern Oregon to about VOl) acres in rum vuum.j, Ore , a fire now covering 12, 000 acres was reported to be get ting out of hand. blazTbattled One hundred men, including 50 soldiers from Camp White and 50 regular state forest patrol crewmen are today fighting a forest fire Just north of the Sav age creek dam, about 25 miles from Medford. The blaze start ed from unknown causes about 3 p. m. yesterday, and the men fought it throughout the night. Another group of 50 soldiers was dispatched to the blaze this morning to relieve the first men. . Some timber is burning in the fire, but most of the flames arc confined to an old bumed-off area, according to the forest pa trol headquarters. Starting in Josephine county, the fire spread across the Jack son county line, and is now burn ing just across the river from the mouth of Savage creek on Fielder mountain. Slate forest patrolmen were al so riisnalchrd yesterday after noon to a small grass fire near Gold Hill. STRANGE CATdH Gloucester, Mass.. July 25 (U.R) The fishing vessel Angie and Florence arrived in port to day with its usual load of fish and two deer which were pick ed up while swimming in the occau about live miles oil shore. '3 MEDFORD United Pris .Full Liaied Wirt TO BIG, CHEAP AUTO IFIC COAST Ship Building King and Gra ham-Paige Auto Co. Form Corporation For Venture San Francisco, July 25 (U.R) The Henry J. Kaiser Co. and the Giaham-Paige Motors Corp. today announced formation of a new .corporation to manufacture a large, light-weight, low-priced automobile on the Pacific coast. At a press conference Kaiser officials announced that pres ent plans call for manufacture and delivery of the automobile to the public early next year. The new corporation will be owned jointly by Kaiser and Graham-Paige. Its capitalization will be five million shares at a par value of one dollar a share, Howard Lindbergh, assistant to Kaiber, said surveys are now under way to determine the lo cation of the plant. He said con sideration has been given to con struction of a plant convenient to shipping. Also under consideration is the use of shipyard facilities and airplane plants for construction of parts. OLOERNAVY MEN TO BE RELEASED Washington, July 25 (U.R) Some 30,000 older navy and coast guard reserve officers and men were assured today of dis charge by December under the navy's new point discharge plan. The plan was formally put in to effect. last night. It is design ed to return to civilian life "old er officers and men who have contributed their full share of wartime service." Here's how it works: A total of 63 to 57 points Is needed for discharge, depending on the arm of service. Joints of age and length of service. One point is allowed for each year of age to the nearest birth day, and one point for each four months of active duty complet ed since Sept. 1, 1939. The navy estimated that 30,- 600 reservists 11,600 officers and 19,000 enlisted men would be eligible for release under the svstem of December. However, since the plan is continuous, dis charges will go on after that as men accumulate necessary points. Discharges will begin imme diately but there may be delays of up to six montljs to prevent impairment of efficiency. A similar system is reportedly under consideration by the ma rines. Reserve officers of the med ical, dental and chaplain corps are excluded until personnel shortages are overcome. ' BOY CYCLIST INJURED IN TANGLE WITH CAR Robert Shultz, son of Mr. and Mrs. Burton Shultz, 1715 Spring street, is recovering in Commun ity hospital from ' Injuries suf fered yesterday afternoon when his bicycle collided on Almond street with a car driven by Mrs. Richard B. Smith. 214 Vancouv er street. The boy's injuries are described as not serious. CENTRAL POINT MAN ASSAULTED, ROBBED' Dave Hickcn, Route 1, Central Point, reported to state police at 3:30 this morning that he had been robbed of $400 by a man whu hit him over the head with a, bottle while in a local tavein, state police reported today. The attack reportedly. occurred about a.m. MEDFORD, OREGON, WEDNESDAY, JULY Fanatic Kamikaze Blasts U. S. KC&M S 'K- :smkr, liMn iyfi'iW K; :j ;' v ar:";' -v.: ,;-,' :v . y SK S.';:f.s:;v-i!' '?:is.?i fi';;''..:'f. t'A'i'.t.'...:,- ... .. . .v; : : .-, , paglyjjftfeEt.ft'ii j-i iv .li i nil m i nun Hi i hmm ' ehiwiiil Y - ... f , ; ,.. ;,f ...;..,.. ,J J:-r?:'!? - .V- ' .' ' " ' T?" . ' " V" K ' -: . .' " i-: :. . -;.;.:" ft V -" ':.; ,'. ''. !!;-'&'. : -I ri ' : : ? ; l,!-v . . . . . ;: :. Dramatic sequence of action as fanatic Jap Kamikaze pilot suicide dives Into deck of D. 8. S. Suwanee, escort r.rrlir. off Lvte. Oct. 26. 1944. U. S. fiKhter Diane (photo No. 1) approaches Suwanee for landing as Jap sul- -clde plane streaks but of clouds in n .-. M . - .1-1.1 B. plane ipnoiono. 4t spuu) auitiuci av uitiai. iiciiiu, ncio uu m, i hun..vb - . Gasoline flames engulf deck of carrier (photo No. 3) as Kamikaze makes direct hit, Yank plane clears eicplo Ion. Columns of smoke rise from Suwanee (No. 4) following suicide strike. The vessel, recovered from near mortal blow. Is now back In service. Harassed Petain Refuses To Answer Queries About Message Sent Nazis After Dieppe Raid Paris, July 25 (U.R) Haggard and harrassed, Marshal Henri Philippe Petain today defied a French high court trying him for treason, refusing to answer ques tions about a message he sent to the nazis after the Dieppe raid in 1942. Through his counsel Petain stubbornly refused to comply with an order by Judge Pierre Mongibeaux that he answer questions about his reaction to the Dieppe commando assault. Marshal Weakening The old marshal showed clear signs of weakening under the three days of testimony denoun cing him as a traitor to France. He fingered his gloves nervously during the wrangle with the judge, and was heard to com plain querlously to bystanders: "I don't know what is going DEATH SUMMONS Washington, July 25 (U.R) Gen. Malin Craig, former army chief of staff, died today at Wal ter Reed hospital Craig, who would have been 70 years old Aug. 5, had been ill for more than a year. . He served as army chief of staff from Oct. 3, 1935 to Aug. 1. 1939. . . Announcement of Craig s death was made by Acting Sec retary of War Robert P. Patter son. Funeral services and burial will be private. Interment will be at Arlington National ceme tery. Date of the burial will be announced later. Willys Will Build Buzz Bomb Flood Toledo, O., July 25 (U.R). The Willys -Overland Motors. Inc., here has been awarded a new prime contract calling for a "tremendous increase in the production of buzz bombs," the Toledo Joint Program Informa tion bureau announced today. Work on the JB-2 bomb is scheduled to begin in August and continue through August, 1946. Approximately 650 work ers have been added to Willis aircraft department. 80 - degree dive, Yank pilot unaware of - . v.anM, nf 4at a K Paris, July 25 (U.R) Al bert Lebrun, last president of France's third republic, sobbed today as he said that Marshal Henri Philippe Petain de manded his resignation, in sisted on an armistice, and fought a move to continue re sistance from North Africa. on. I am very hard of hearing The dispute over the Dieppe telegram broke out after Edouard Daladier, the third for mer French premier to accuse Petain in the three days of the trial, completed his formal testi mony. Daladier ripped into Petain with an oratorical vigor that worked up to a frenzy of shout ing, his face flushed crimson and streaked with tears, his voice choking with emotion Resuming his testimony where he left off at the adjournment of court last night, Daladier charg ed that Petain and the Vichy re gime of which he was chief of state was bent solely on the "de struction of the French republic and of democracy." Beyond Mandate Accusing Petain of going be yond the mandate given him by tne national assembly mcctine at Vichy "under the pressure of Uerman bayonets," Daladier cried: "We saw the birth of a regime which, under the name of the French state, was to replace the republic, supported by a band of adventurers and traitors, "We, however, refused to be lieve in France's irremediable defeat, and left on June 20, 1940, on the steamer Mausilia. While on the high soas we learned of the armistice conditions, and de cided to organize in North Afri ca a resistance movement among French patriots." But Daladier was brought back to France to become a prisoner and to face a nazi-dom-inated French court in the In completed riom'trials. Daladier then told of his hope inai i-ciain wouia raise the flag I oi resistance at the time of the allied invasion of north Africa. "At thot time of the American landings in north Africa," he said, "I expected great things from Vichy, but was terribly dis appointed when I saw that noth ing happened. No Hearing Given lie Uicn dlkcusjcd. hit own in- 25, 1945; S. Suwanee (Acme Tflephotot enemy's presence. Approaching O, IW.nU B llf l-fl IfCm f t. flrt InrrftMIIM. prisonment at Bourrasol, charg ing that Petain took judicial powers upon himself and in Oc tober, 1941, "I was condemned without even having been heard." While in prison, he said, he re ceived a message from officers of Pctain's personal army say ing that they were ready with supplies and arms to join in a resistance movement. But noth ing came of it. Dr. Philips Remains Ori Examining Board Dr. S. E. Philips, Medford veter inarian, has been reappointed to the state veterinary medical ex amining board by Governor Earl Snell, according to a United Press dispatch today. Dr. Philips has served on the board for one year, completing an unexpired appointment of Dr. Emmctt Kan trall, former Grants Pass veteri narian. The present appointment is for a four-year term, Dr. Philips states, and his duties will include assisting in administering exam inations for the state board which controls licensing of prac ticing veterinarians. "Brass" Playboys In Paris Caught In Roundup of Jeeps Paris, July 25 (U.R) Paris' Joy-riding Jeep round-up con tinued on an intensified scale to day with military police halting hundreds of army vehicles along the Champs Elysccs and and the Place De La Concorde. Last night large crowds of G. I.'s, surrounded by slightly bewildered civilians, gathered at the MP's favorite "Jeep traps" and alternately cheered or whis tled as car after car was waved to the curb. Military policemen have nnbhed 321 vehicle in two Huvi of track ns downs nillilnrv transport being used for such non-military purposes as carry ing about beautiful blondes. The highpoint last night came with the halting of a brigadier general's staff car. The general was accompanied by a titian lialred French' girl. After much heated discussion lie stalked oil iu ouc direction 1 RIBUNE United Prees Full Leased WirA TO FRANKFURT TO SEE EISENHOWER Foreign Secretaries to Con tinue Conference While Churchill Goes Home. Potsdam, July 25 (U.R) Pres ident Truman will fly to Frank furt tomorrow to confer with Gen. Dwight D. Eisenhower and review American troops during the brief recess in the Big Three conference, it was announced to day. It was also learned that during Churchill's absence the three nations' foreign secretaries will continue to confer with Sir Alex ander Cadogan, permanent un der secretary of foreign affairs, sitting in for Anthony Eden. -Delegations Intact Aside from the British delega tion members departing for Lon don it was understood that both the American and Soviet delega tions would remain intact until the conference ends sometime next week. Conference business will con tinue at all levels except at the top. No Americans of any Import ance have left the Potsdam meet ing, nor do any plan to leave it. On this ninth day of the meet ing the strictest secrecy still cov ered all details of Big Three dis cussions and most secret of all was the question of the continued presence of the three nations' military and naval chiefs. E EOR VOTE NEWS London, July 25 (U.R) Prime Minister Churchill ar rived by plane from Potsdam this afternoon to await an nouncement tomorrow of the re sults of Britain's election. Churchill arrived in London shortly after 3:20 p. m., and left by automobile for 10 Downing Street Immediately, Tonight he will be received in audience by King George VI. He arrived to find British po litical forecasters predicting that his Conservative party probably would not poll more than 40 per cent of the popular vote but it was generally expected he would retain a plurality if not a majority in the House of Com mons. Surplus Warplanes Sought For Airlines Washington, July 25 (U.R) The army was urged today to rush 1,000 passenger type planes back from Europe to help relieve the nation's transportation jam. The proposal came from Chair man James M. Mead, D., N. Y., of the Senate War Investigating committee with a promise that he would seek quick action by the air forces. while the girl left In the other, calling, "I'll sec you later, daddy." The provost marshal's office explained that the Impounded cars could only be released by the "next highest authority." This means if a major lost a car, his colonel would have to get it back. Twice within 41 minutes two colonels, accompanied by come ly civilians, were halted and es corted to the marshal's office. Sgt. Guy Richard of Thibo daux, La., said, "one of those colonels was madder than hell." The provost marshal's office said the hunt was prompted by a letter to the army daily, Stars and Stripes, in which the writer said he had counted 104 army vehicles occupied by "officers and mademoiselles." The writer asked, "Don't they need any gasoline in" the I'dcif-icj." NO. 105. CHARTER PLEDGES WHEELER IS TOLD Illinois Senator Lucas Warns Isolationist Against At tempts to Limit Delegate. Washington, July 25 (U.R) Sen. Scott W. Lucas, D., 111., told the senate today that ratification of the United Nations charter would automatically pledge this country to furnish troops to maintain future peace. Lucas spoke in reply to Sen. Burton K. Wheeler, D., Mont., who announced yesterday that he will vote for charter ratifica tion. But Wheeler, a long-time isolationist leader, coupled that statement with a warning that he plans to lead a fight later against placing American forces at the automatic disposal of the World Security Council to be established under the charter. Obligation Taken "When we pass this charter we obligate ourselves to the other signatory nations to supply mili tary forces to engage in interna tional police work in order to avoid war," Lucas said. "When we ratify this charter we must realize that we are creating a system of interna tional collective security such as never before existed in the his tory of the world, and that in going into such a system we are assuming obligations such as this country has never before as sumed." Warning against attempts to limit the power of the American delegation to the Security Coun cil, Lucas also contended that ratification carries with it the obligation that "our delegate must be free at all times to vote In accordance with the purposes and principles which are set forth In the charter." TIN COLLECTION FRIDAY MORNING BY SHRINE CLUB Collection of tin for the cur rent waste paper and tin can drive being carried out by the local Shrine club will be made Friday in the city. Residents are asked to place flattened tin cans on the curbs in front of their homes by 9 a. m. so that trucks and men can pick them up. Cans can be placed in containers, and the cans will be taken. Paper collections to date have been successful, the committee in charge reports, one 50 ton car being loaded and shipped Mon day. It is hoped that another car will be filled this week, and any one who failed to get waste pa per in the first shipment is asked to deliver it at the front entrance of the Medford armory on Bart lelt street, the main collection depot. Will Call For Paper Persons who have more paper than they can handle may tele phone the committee chairman, John Rolston, number 3365, to arrange for transportation. Speaking for the committee, Rolston today thanked the pub lic for their response to the drive. Collections, he said, not only aid in the national war effort, but proceeds of the drive will go to the Shrincrs' hospital for crip pled children. By The Side Of The Rogue By Dal Vincent On the wings of a warm wind we drifted out of the valley and up the highway which follows the Rogue toward Crater Lake. Arriving at Mill Creek Falls we hesitated long enough In enjoy this beautiful picture, and couldn't help noticing how much ' cooler the air was. The Mammoth Sugar Pine Is worth a five minutes stop. Ton ' feet at Its base, you get a crick in your neck trying to figure out how far is "up." It's only a mile off the main highway to the Natural Bridge, and that also is worth turning out to sec. The "bridge" that fun- . nels the headwaters of the Rogue river into a subterranean chan- ; nel for a considerable distance is unique and exemplifies tho tor- t tunus manner in which most of our Oregon streams have their beginning. Often a large size stream will spring from (be earth ' iu sudden bUtti, nigtlicrcd by the volcanic cavcrus far uudersruuud. DDrpiQinw DAine; .11 iiLuiuiuii imiuo AIMED AT THREE Carrier Planes Swarm Back" To Finish Off Crippled Remnants of Jap Fleet. Guam, Thursday, July 26 U.R) American Superfortresses; blasted three more of Japan's vi tal oil refineries early today while more than 1,200 U. S. and British carrier planes blew the Japanese air force from the skies over western Honshu as they swarmed back into the burning" Kure naval base to finish off the crippled remnants of Japan's Im perial fleet. Between 75 and 100 B-29's struck in a precision demolition raid near Tokyo shortly before midnight as the U. S. Third fleet maneuvered offshore after its devastating two-day strike at Japan's great inland sea anchor age which blasted at least seven enemy warships. Twelfth Strike Bombing at medium altitude in theii 12th strike at Japanese oil refineries and installations. the Superforts smashed at the Mitsubishi Oil Refinery, the en- emy's largest producer of avia tion gasoline; the Hayama Pe troleum Refinery and the Asalshl Oil Co., adjoining each other in the Kawasaki area on Tokyo bay. The raid followed by less than 36 hours a record strike by 625 Superforts on seven industrial targets in the Osaka and Nagoya areas. Thundering back for their second straight blow at the great Inland sea anchorage of Kure yesterday the carrier pilots shot their way through a blazing screen of flak and enemy fight ers to get at the seven or mora major Japanese warships they had riddled with bombs and rockets. The Japanese countered first with a. terrific anti-aircraft bar rage that turned the sky into a . rainbow-colored hell. They sent their hoarded fighter planes aloft in a last desperate bid to save the fleet. United Press War Correspond ent Ernest Hoberecht reported from one of the attacking car riers that the enemy aerial op position appeared to have been smothered after a furious bat tle. By late afternoon, American Corsair fighters had won mas tery of the skies, clearing the way for the knockout by the fleet s Hclldlvers and torpedo bombers, and were strafing the enemy airfields almost at will. Pearl Harbor, July 25 (U.R) Preliminary results of yester day's carrier strike raised Hal scy's fleet total, since the foray began on July 10, to 620 planes destroyed or damaged and over 430 ships sunk or knocked out. Chinese troops, pressing hard upon the heels of retreating Jap anese units withdrawing from northeast Kwangst province, have entered Yangso, 55 miles south of Kwcilln, amid heavy street fighting. The communist controlled Yonan radio declared that Chi any Kai-Shek's troops command ed by Gen. Hu Tsungnan, had "suddenly attacked" a Chinese communist garrison at Ycstai shan, 65 miles north of Sain. In southeastern Borneo Aus tralian troops and planes ham. mered Japanese defenses on the road north of Balikpapan follow ing a successful RAF Spitfire at tack In which 18 enemy-laden trucks were destroyed. On Sunday 350 far eastern air force fighters and bombers at tacked Shanghai airfields and shipping in the war's largest raid against the greatest Japanese-held city on the China main land. Hollywood, July 25 (U.R) Ruby Koeler, former tap-dancing star and ex-wife of Al Jolson, now married to Navy Lt. John Lowe, expects a baby next Feb ruary, her mother, Mrs. Ralph Kceler, revealed today.