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4 Surrender or Destruction Ultimatum
Given Japan By U.S. Britain, China
UNITED FORCES
POISED TO DEAL
FINAL KNOCKOUT
Proclamation Gives Nippon
Chance to End Conflict;
Must Eliminate War Lords
Potsdam, July 26 (U.R)
President Truman, Prime Minis
ter Churchill and Generalissimo
Chiang Kai Shck have signed an
ultimatum to Japan to surren
der or be destroyed, it was re
vealed tonight.
Mr. Truman and Churchill
signed the ultimatum while at
Potsdam for the conference with
Generalissimo Stalin, and
Chiang concurred by radio.
Chance to End War ,
The ultimatum formally was
called a proclamation by the
heads of the governments of
China, Britain and American, it
was announced. .
(Richard Dembley, British
broadcasting correspondent, said
that in the proclamation to the
Japanese people the American,
British and Chinese . leaders
agreed to give Japan a chance to
end the war.
(He said the three had confer
red and agreed on the proclama
tion, which said land, sea and
air forces ol America, Britain
and China were poised to strike
the final blows against Japan.
(" This military power is sus
tained and inspired by the deter
mination of all Allied Nations to
prosecute the war against Japan
until she ceases to resist," Dcm
bley said.)
Mutt Ouii Leaders -
(Dembly said the proclamation
called for the elimination for all
time from authority and influ
ence of those who have misled
the people of Japan into an at
tempt at world conquest. He
quoted it as saying that "the
new order of ppace, security and
justice will be impossible until
irresponsible militarism is driv
en from the world.")
The announcement was made
soon after Mr. Truman returned
to Potsdam for the resumption
of the Big Three conference af
ter spending the day with Gen.
Dwight D. Eisenhower and
American battle veterans at
Frankfurt.
There was no immediate word
when the Big Three conference
would reopen. It depended on
when the topflight British con
ferees returned from London,
where they went for the an
nouncement of the election re
turns. There are three industrial
plants in California which re
duce iodine from the waste wat
ers of deep oil-wells.
Japan Hints Surrender Move
If America Modifies Terms
Washington, July 26 (U.R)
Japan acknowledged her critical
military plight today with a
frank hint that she might sue for
peace if American demands for
unconditional surrender were
modified.
The bid for more lenient terms
was broadcast by the Tokyo ra
dio amid demands in this coun
try for an immediate Russian
declaration of war against the
Japanese And it coincided with
a report that Soviet Premier Jo
self Stalin had carried to the
Big Three conference Japan's
official formula for halting hos
tilities. The State Department offered
no comment on these develop
ments a tacit rc-aflirmation of
its policy that Japan can escape
destruction only through total
and unconditional surrender.
Japan's start lingly frank new
peace feeler was sent out by
Tokyo in "an English-language
broadcast beamed to the United
Sen. Morse Joins
Effort For Free
Maternity Care
Washington, July !6 (U.R)
A non-partisan group of 10 sen
ators including Wayne Morse
(R ) Oregon, today introduced a
bill to provide free medical serv
ice for the nation's mothers and
children.
The measure, authorizing the
appropriation of $100,000,000 for
the first year of operation,
would provide free maternity
care includms. prenatal and
postnatal service to "all mothers
who elect to participate" in the
program.
It Would provide free medical
care for children under 21 when
they are sick: preventive mater
nal and child health work; school
health services; free dental care
for .children; and for dependent,
neglected or delinquent chil
dren.
PETAIN DENIES
SENT TO HITLER
ParisJuly 26 (U.R) A denial
by Marshal Henri Philippe Pe
tain that he sent a message con
gratulating Adolf Hitler on the
repulse of the Dieppe commando
raid in 1942 was read at his trea
son trial today.
Petain's denial, made earlier
during his examination, was
read by High Court Justice
Pierre Mongibeaux at the open
ing of the fourth day of the trial.
The 89-year-old marshal said
at his preliminary hearings that
he never sent a telegram con
gratulating Hitler on the allied
defeat at Dieppe, and that to
have done so would have been
against the interest of France.
Petain's denial conflicted with
a report read into the record yes
terday that he did send such a
message, and that he offered to
send French troops to fight along
side the Germans. The dispatch
of such a message was announced
in Vichy at the time it purport
edly was sent.
NEW SENATOR
Washington, July 26 (U.R)
Former Governor E. P. Carville
of Nevada, democrat, was sworn
in as a U. S. senator today be
fore debate was resumed on the
United Nations charier. He suc
ceeded the late Sen. James G.
Scrugham, also a democrat.
BASEBALL
National
Cincinnati 18 0
Chicago 2 10 0
Heusser and Unser; Wyse and
Gillespie. Williams (9).
States and recorded by the Fed
eral Communications Commis
sion. It said:
"Should America show any
sincerity fit putting into prac
tice what she preaches, as for in
stance in the Atlantic charter,
excepting its punitive clause,
the Japanese nation, in fact the
Japanese mililary, would auto
matically, If not willingly, (sev
eral words missing) follow in the
stopping of the conflict and then,
and only then, will sabers cease
to rattle both in the east and in
the west "
Official quarters here have
warned repealedly that such
Japanese peace bids are attempts
to make the American people
waver in the demand for uncon
ditional surrender and to nego
tiate a peace without destroying
the roots of Jaoanese militarism.
The demand for Immediate
Russian entry into the Pacific
was made in the Senate by Sen.
Alexander Wiley, R-, Wu.
AT
PLYWOOD PLANT
Army Takes Control to Pro
vide Critically Needed War
Materials During Strike.
Springfield, Ore., July 26
(U.R) Production resumed at the
Springfield Plywood Corpora
tion today as the army took con
trol under President Truman's
order to provide critically need
ed war materials.
The 300 worker plant closed
last Thursday when AFL mem
bers walked out because the CIO
holds a contract with the com
pany. Six army officers seized
the plant last night. Both unions
announced cooperation in getting
their members back to work.
It was anticipated full produc
tion would be resumed today or
tomorrow. The plant turns out
five million feet of plywood per
month but is nine million feet
behind on war orders. .
Army seizure was recommend
ed by the West . Coast Lumber
Commission,' Economic Stabili
zation Director William H.
Davis and Acting Secretary of
War Robert P. Patterson. They
said the strike was "seriously in
terfering with the procurement
of plywood by the armed forces"
for use in crating materials for
shipment to the Pacific, as well
as construction of pre-fabricat-cd
houses and other buildings at
Pacific bases.
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State forest patrolmen report
ed today that the forest fire
which broke out Tuesday after
noon on Ficraet mountain, near
savage creek dam, has been
brought under control and about
30 state forest employees are do
ing mop-up work today. Two
crews of 50 men each from Camp
White aided in fighting the
blaze which started in Josephine
county and spread over about
300 acres of Jackson county
land. The soldiers have been
returned to camp.
Fire damage was mostly con
fined to an old burn, according
to the state forest headquarters.
Some scattered timber was lost
in the blaze which sent a pall of
smoke many miles up the river.
The fire crossed the Josephine
Jackson countv line just north
of Savage creek dam, about 25
miles from Medford, and burned
mostly In this county.
W. M. Curtis, assistant dis
trict warden for Jackson county,
was in charge of both state crews
and soldiers aiding In the fire
fighting. No cause for the blaze
was determined.
WALKOUT HALTS
IRK ON B-29 S
Chicago. July 26 (U.R) A
strike of 18.000 production work
ers at the Chrysler Corporation's
Dodge Chicago plant tied up pro
duction today on B-29 Superfort
ress engines being manufactured
for the army air forces.
A company official said the
sprawling plant one of the larg
est in the world, had been vir
tually closed by the strike which
began in force at 4 p. m. yester
day The strike is the 204th called
at the plant since It went Into
production in January, 1944. It
climaxed a loin series of bitter
disputes between the company 1 the 72-holo All-American worn
and Local 274. United Aulomo- en's golf tournament. She shot
bile Workers, CIO. 'an even-par 76.
SMALLER SHIPS
WITHJRE RAID
Three Japanese Home Island
Cities Bombed Carrier
.Planes Fight Off Enemy.
Guam, Friday, July 27 (U.R)-
More than 350 Superfortresses
unloaded 2,200 tons of incendi
aries on three Japanese home
island cities early today, as
Tokyo reported that an allied
fleet was waiting to resume a
48-hour attack that had wrecked
or damaged no fewer than 104
Japanese ships.
Japanese torpedo planes, swung
Into action by ceaseless assaults,
attempted to attack the allied
fleet Wednesday afternoon but
their thrust was broken up by
British and U. S. carrier pilots,
United Press War Correspondent
Earnest Hobcrecht reported.
After four of the planes were
shot down three by the Brit
ish, one by Americans the re
maining enemy aircraft turned
and fled,- dropping their torpe
does harmlessly into the ocean,
Strike In Mornino
Three task forces of the B-29s
roared In during the early morn
ing darkness, in the wake of
some 300 small land-based planes
wnich Tokyo said struck by day
light yesterday at the Kobe,
Osaka and Rokai areas.
Bringing to 49 the number of
Japanese cities scourged with
fire bombs, the silvery giants
hit Omuta, a city of 177,000 on
Kyushu; Matsuyama, with a
population of 120,000 on Shi-
koku, and Tokuyama, city of 40,-
Uuu on Honshu.
It was the second Superfort
attack on Omuta, slightly dam
aged June 18, but the first on
Matsuyama and Tokuyama. The
first two cities are important
ports and the latter a sizable
industrial center on western
Honshu.
Pearl Harbor. July 26 (U.R)
Japan's shattered coastal cities
braced themselves today amid
smoke and sweat waiting for an
other allied fleet strike, still
stunned after a 48-hour aerial
bombardment.
The Japanese radio claimed to
day that the raid caused Amer
ican casualties when a war
prisoners camp was bombed.
The broadcast stated briefly.
oome casualties were caused
among war prisoners, who were
mostly Americans.
Japanese radio reports also
declared that allied units were
fighting bitterly along the shore
line of "Puket Island" after a
surprise landing which put the
allies back on the Malay penin
sula for the first time since
Singapore's fall.
At least 20 Japanese warships,
last survivors of the great Im
perial fleet, were known to have
been damaged on Tuesday when
Admiral William F. Halsey's
Third fleet opened the attack on
Kure and adjacent waters.
An American naval spokes
man said it was Improbable that
any of Japanese men o'war
would ever put to sea again.
The Japanese have grimly
warned their people that not a
single city or town in the home
land could hope to be spared
from complete destruction.
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PlelSOn tires OO I
For Early Leadprlng
Chicago, July 26 (U.R) By
ron Nelson of Toledo, O., fired a
six-under-par 66 to grab an early
one-stroke lead at the end of 18
holes in the 72-hole All-Ameri-
can men's open golf tournament.
Dorothy Germain of Philadel
phia, two-time Women's Western
Amateur champion, took a strong
lead at the end of 18 holes in
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Prime Minister Churchill, President Truman and Premier 8talln demon
strate Allied unity by clasping hands In the universal gesture In front ol
Churchill's residence in the Berlin conference area Just before a dinner
party held there. Signal Corps photo by Radlo-telephoto.
New World Order .
Will be Policy Of
British Laborites
London,' July 26 (U.R)
Ma). Clement Attlce who will
succeed Winston Churchill as
Prime Minister of Britain -said
today that the Labor' Party's
foreign policy could be summar
ized as the need for a new
world order for the prevention
of war and a world economic
policy based on an endeavor to
raise standards of life."
He made his statement to cor
respondents after appearing be
fore a tumultuous victory cele
bration at Transport House, the
Labor Party and Trade Union
Headquarters."
Attlce, a retiring, almost do
mure man, seemed awed by the
magnitude of labor's -electoral
victory.
He told his followers that the
sweep had demonstrated that the
British public would "respond
to a clear and definite policy
based on principles and upon the
application of those principles to
the needs of the day."
BE HOI BY END
OF YE WES
Major Bill Bowerman, .head
coach of the Medford high
school has written City School
Superintendent E. H. Hcdrick.
he expects to be home by the
end of the year, with the possi
bility he may he released sooner
from the army.
Supt. Hcdrick has written Ma
jor Bowerman In reply, assuring
him his old position awaits him
If he desires it Hedrick said Al
Simpson, present coach, who led
Black Tornado squads to a state
football title, and district basket
ball honors, would be retained,
"as he fits Into the Medford
athletic scheme." Simpson, un
der a one year contract, has al
ready started work on this year's
football campaign.
Major Bowerman, who played
basketball and football, under
Coach Prink Calllson, and was a
University of Oregon grid star.
was granted a leave of absence
In 1941 to enter the army. He
has been with mountain troops
In lfnlv and wm awarded a mcd-
al lonmginecring inc siirrciniui
of a large body of Germans last
American Publishers
See Manila Officers
Manila, July 26 (U.R) A
group of American newspaper
publishers and executives toured
Manila today, talking with high
ranking army and navy chiefs,
and planned to leave tomorrow
for Okinawa.
The group included C. S. Jack
son, publisher of the Portland,
Ore., Journal.
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CHURCHILL UPSET
Washington, July 26 (U.R)
Official Washington was surpris
ed by the defeat of Winston
Churchill's government In the
British elections but was confi
dent it would not dilute Britain's
Pacific war effort or alter her
major foreign policy commit
ments. Most officials and congressmen
had expected Churchill's Conser
vative party to win by a small
margin and were therefore sur
prised by the Labor party land
slide. They had, however, re
cognized the possibility of a
Labor victory and could not be
said to be shocked by the actual
results.
Domestic Chang Seen
Although most observers, of
ficial and otherwise, believed
the new socialistic government-to-be
would abide religiously by
such committments as the
United Nations charter, Bretton
Woods and Polish policy, virtu
ally agreed that Britain's domes
tic policy would undergo a pro
found change.
Congressmen generally felt
that U. S.-British relations on
basic issues would not be af
fected by the elections. How
ever one legislator. Rep. John E.
Rankin, D., Miss., saw In Churc
hill's defeat "a communist trend
that should be a warning to the
American people."
"I am disappointed," Rankin
said. "I am afraid it will have
some adverse effect on recon
struction In the postwar period.
Typical comment among sena
tors included:
Sen. Wayne Morse, R., Ore.,
"It is perfectly obvious that the
world Is coming (nto the cro of
the common man."
BEEF, LAI, VEAL
Washington, July 28 (U.R)
Reductions of one to two red
points a pound for nearly all cuts
of beef, lamb and veal were an
nounced today by the Office of
Price Administration for the ra
tion period beginning Sunday.
The biggest cut will be on
boneless beef rump roasts, which
go down three points a pound.
Hamburger, nearly all iteaks,
lamb loin, and rib chops and veal
leg and shoulder roasts were re
duced two points for the August
period.
The present point values of all
cuts of pork, canned fish, fats
and oil and dairy products will
remain unchanged In August.
Creamery butler continued at 16
cents a pound.
London, July 26 (U.R) Prima Minister Winston Churchill
submitted his resignation to King George VI at 7 p. m. tonight.
A Whitehall source said Churchill almost certainly would
not return to Potsdam for the Big Three conference because of
his overwhelming defeat.' The informant said Foreign Secretary
Anthony Eden was not expected' to go back to Poidam either.
It was considered possible that Ma). Clement R. Attle
would appoint a foreign secretary, possibly former Labor Mint
ster Ernest Bevin, to lake with him to Potsdam.
London, July 26 (U.R) Prime Minister Winston Churchill and
his Conservative party went down to defeat today in the British
election and the Labor party was expected to form a new govern
ment. ...
Turning their backs on the man who led their nation through
the darkest perils of the war, British voters overwhelmingly re
pudiated his Conservative party and elected to the House of Com
mons a clear and absolute majority of Laior party members.
Under British custom, Churchill's resignation and the forma
tion of a new cabinet headed by Labor Pwty Leader Maj. Clement
Attlee was merely a formality.
OPPOSITION SCORES 331 TO 166 VICTORY
An official tabulation of votes at 3 p. m. (10 a. m. EWT) wrote
the end of Churchill's leadership of Britain.
It disclosed that opposition parties had elected 382 members
against 195 for government supporters. Of the opposition total
359 were Labor party members and it was plain that the Laborites
had elected more than the 321 members necessary to give them
an absolute majority in the 640-member House of Commons.
It was the first time the Labor party had ever won a clear
majority of the House of Commons although it formed a coalition
under Ramsay MacDonald In the '20s.
CHURCHILL HIMSELF RETURNED TO PARLIAMENT
The defeat of Churchill and the Conservatives was crushing.
Churchill himself was returned to parliament as was Foreign Sec
retary Anthony Eden. But they were almost the only holdovers
among the Conservatives who have held office through the 10
years since the last general election In 1935.
The mood, of the electorate was clearly shown when the un
known farmer, Alexander Hancock, who ran against Churchill in
a London suburban district managed to roll up a total of more
than 10,000 votes, only 17,000 fewer than were cast for Churchill.
Alone among the prominent Conservatives to come through
the election with his support little damaged was Eden who polled
60 per cent of his electorate.
Churchill's associates and colleagues topled around him like
tenpins while the Labor leaders rose through with impressive
majorities.
BRACKEN AMONG THOSE SWEPT OUT
Among those who went out of parliament in the sweep was
Brendan Bracken, Churchill's closest government associate, and
information minister until recent weeks when he became first lord
of the admiralty. . "
Others who fell were: M. H. MacMillari, secretary of state for
air; Brig. Gen. Sir Edward Spears, British minister in the Levant
States; Leslie Hore-Bcllsha, one-time war minister; Leopold Sam
Amery, secretary of state for India; Sir James Grigg, war minister;
Geoffrey Lloyd, minister of information; Maj. Randolph Churchill,
the prime minister's son; Duncan Sandys, reconstruction minister
and son-in-law of the prime minister; Richard K. Law, minister of
education; Sir William Beveridge, author of the famous Beverldge
plan; Ralph Assheton, chairman of the Conservative party; William
Astor, son of Lady Astor; Sir Richard Acland, leader of the Leftist
Commonwealth party, and Ernest Brown, Liberal National and
minister of aircraft production.
That the Churchill bid to stay at Britain's helm during the
critical days of the end of the Pacific war and the beginning ot
reconstruction was In danger had beer, foreshadowed before the
end of the brief election campaign. ,
LABOR PARTY SWEEP NOT EXPECTED
But that the Labor party would make a sweep had not even
been expected by the most optimistic Laborites.
All political observers had agreed that it was the most diffi
cult election to forecast in a generation since nearly a third of the
voters were going to the polls for the first time.
Army sentiment, it was known, had swung sharply to the left
and its extent had been revealed in Berlin where the troops
cheered Attlee rather than Churchill during an inspection of Field
Marshal Sir Bernard Montgomery's "Desert Rats."
As the electoral torrent poured In, sweeping his friends and
associates out of office, Churchill, grim and doughty as he ever
had been in the critical days of the b'itz remained closeted In 10
Downing Street.
Outside the dingy little house which is the office and resi
dence of British prime ministers a little crowd stood, huddling
close to the building to keep out of the drizzling London rain,
The defeat suffered by Churchill and his caretaker govern
ment was one of the worst in British political history. Eleven ot
the 15 member of the cabinet were voted out of office. In addi
tion to Churchill and Eden, Colonics Minister Oliver Stanley and
Production Minister Oliver Lyttclton survived.
WEARY FIGHTERS
Portland, Ore., July 26 (U.R)
Weary fire fighters in three Pa
cific northwest states today held
the upper hand against flames
which have roared through for
ests in three Pacific northwest
states more than two weeks.
Two thousand firemen, sol
diers and sailors were aided by
By The Side
By Dale Vincent
Coming Into Farewell Bend Forest Service park, we decided
lo camp for the night and catch two trout one for each of us.
But finding three campers ahead of us with tents all pitched,
knew there would bo no trout. Like the old saying, there was as
"fisherman behind every tree." They all told us that by walking
upstream five miles we could get the limit. Of course those fish
are safe, for most people want to fish nowadays by hanging their
pole out the car window.
Nevertheless, found that there were some good fishermen
around, and ended up with a panful of delicious trout after all.
A successful neighbor camper donated those out of the bigness ot
his heart, and we duly appreciated them.
There are many beautiful forest camps available along this
highway. These are furnished with picturesque stone stoves,
heavy tables, scats, etc.
We found many people taking advantage of these natural
parks for quiet, inexpensive but vastly satisfying vacation, j
light rains In holding the burned
area in western Oregon to 90,
000 acres. Dangerous spot fires
wcrp being attacked with bull
dozers but full control was not
expected until heavy rains had
soaked the dense underbrush.
At least 18 new outbreaks
were reported In northwestern
Idaho, eastern Washington and
western Montana.
Los Angeles, July 26 (U.R)
Shell Union Oil Corp. today an
nounced plans for construction
of a $20,000,000 Isoprcne plant
which will more than double the
government's synthetic rubber
program.
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