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Newspaper Page TextV, m DA ism Weather FORECAST: Clf&r mnd warmer tonight mnd Wednesday. Temp. HlKhest Yesterday 89 Lowest this Morning Fortieth Year Wrecked Plane FORESTRY PILOT SEES NO SIGN OF PASSENGER TRIO Plane Standing on Nose on Butte Fork, Northern Cal ifornia Is Word of Finder, Wreckage of a plane, believed to be the one carrying three Portland persons and reported missing between Red Bluff Cam., and hugene, Ore., since Saturday afternoon, was located about 11 a. m. today within the Rogue River National forest, ac cording to a report at the forest headquarters here. Viewed from the air by Forest Service Pilot Fezler from the Redwood ranger station in Sisk 1 you National forest, the plane was standing on its nose an"1 no signs of life were visible around the wreckage. No smoke or evi dence of fire following the crash was seen. About 40 Miles Out The wreckage is located on Butte Fork in northern Cali fornia, about 40 miles from Med ford. Man Goes to Scene Nearest Forest Service em ployee to the wreck, stationed at Sturgis guard station, was di" Datched to the scene by foot when the first report was receiv ed today. Forest Service hcad quarterst state that cars can travel to about eight miles from the wreckage, and from there the man must hike over a trail in rather rough country. Another man with a horse left the Applegate district at the same time. The Sturgis guard will remain with the wreckage and the second man will return to Medford with a report this evening, it was expected. A third rescue party left Med ford shortly after noon, with M. L. Tedrow in charge. Army and forest service planes have been searching in this area since Saturday when the plane was reported missing. Two forest lookouts in the Ap plegate district reported Satur day that they had heard sounds of an airplane motor flying low in the canyon, but the sound did not indicate motor trouble. Fates of Sylvan L. Gosliner and his wife. Ruby, and her sis ter. Mrs. Alma V. Pratt, all of Portland, remained unknown pending return of the searching party. INEDIBLE BUTTER Washington, July 31 (U.R) An OPA official today acknowl edged that thousands of pounds of inedible butter may have been sold to soap factories in the past few days. But he said it would not have gone to civilians, anyway as it apparently was inedible leavings from manufacture of any army cream spread. Sen. Kenneth S. Wherry, R., Neb., said at a senate food hear . Ing that he had been "reliably informed'' that two sales amount ing to 170.000 pounds of rancid butter had been made in Indian apolis "within the last days." few I Sen. Morse Leaves For Home After Parting Shot In Lamb Point Drive Washington. July 31 (U R) i losses to Oregon lamb producers Pen. Wayne Morse. R . Ore . left ; and for wastage of lamb meat the capital for his home state to- day after aiming a parting shot! in his campaign to lift the ration points on Oiegon lamb. j The senator, who has made! daily appeals from the senate, floor, asked Secretary of" Agri culture Clinton Anderson to use his "good offices" to "prevent ; further wastage of lamb meat." "I feel that the responsibility now rests with you and the OPA for any cuntinuatiou of further Med United Presi Vjr iiiiemfrMitiillfrir- T- "f iii " MeMMWBA ,. .j.t..-,- .... A-r) V .fere h a' " m':'iL4 ' (Acme lelrphnto) Spectacular newsreel recording of Jap death by flame thrower fire as veteran 7th Australian Division ad vanced on Jnp-held Burneu. Tfuppca in nis lair, Jap faces sure acam as Aussie liameinrowcr urea ac niae out (No. 1). Moment later, Jap, ablaze from head to foot (No. 2), runs through underbrash, a human pyre. Flames engulf his entire body (No. 31 and he drops to knees (No. 4i. Agonized, he rolls (No, Si on ground, ' finally flopping on his face (No. 61. COAL SHORTAGE Washington, July 31 (U.R) C- J. Potter, deputy solid fuels administrator, predicted today that if present coal shortages continue much American indus try would be forced on a four day week next winter. He said the industries likely to be affected include steel mills. Administrator Harold L. Ickes. testifying with Potter, told the Senate War Investigating com mittee that next winter would be "The coldest of the war" unless sufficient miners were released quickly from military service to increase ennl production. Miners Needed Ickes and Potter agreed that release of 30.000 miners from the armed services by Oct. 1, and release of additional men from the railroads would go far1 to prevent the coal shortages and resultant industrial shutdowns.; The army so far has declined to i fake special miners. action to release growing out of a failure . . to: put our recommendations into full force and effect," Morse, wrote Anderson. Shortly after the Oregon sena-1 tor began his dailv speeches In! the senate, the OPA did lift ration points on cull, utility and commercial grades of lamb. Morse protested, however, that producers of choice and other . grades of lamb still were suffer- ing because of rationing- FORD Full Leased Wire MEDFORD, OREGON, TUESDAY, JULY 31, Found Burning Jap a Human Nip Newspapers Wail About Hardships of War at Home San Francisco, July 31 fU.R) Tokyo newspapers complained bitterly today about the hard ships of war at home and ex horted the government and peo ple to redouble their efforts de spite "incessant bombardment and carrier plane bombings." Tokyo radio recorded by United Press, San Francisco, said Japan's leading newspapers had "reacted very strongly" to the Third fleet attacks. People Unprepared Malnirhi admitted editorially that the Japanese people had not been prepared psychologically for battles in their own front yard. "The Initial victories more or Ipso riimmrH (Ik. eno r,f irh.i. which began with the beginning j oi the racific war Tour years j ago- Frankly, the Japanese peo pie have never conceived the war as . anything but battles i abroad. j "The Chinese -Japanese and the Russo-Japanese wars, the Manchurian and China incidents and even the first half of the Pacific war all had their theaters CelebratiorLHails Eddie Richenbacker Columbus. O. July 31 U.R) Capt. Edward Rickenbacker still "good old Eddie" to his cheering townspeople - came home today to help them cole- brate the world premier of "Cap-1 , .V'.. ... ... tain Eddie." the motion picture' "f" Fa,d l,'nt the plnt is not that portravs h.s life. . Pt Pro,ll,ct,n"- "p "plained The forrner combat flier, now ,'",t.,. frv"l, hcT plants In head of Eastern Airlines, arrived Slmllar category were being sur; at Port Columbus this morning i veycd lo determine whether they and immediately was plunged are now necessary for "war pro into a two-lav celebration that 'll"'""n " 'his war." will be climaxed tomorrow night ! denied a published report by the first public showing of qu"tmg him as reporting thet he "Captiin Eddie " had recommended that the Salem plant be dropped. Roijer Bacon. English friar. philosopher and scientist in the 13th century predicted that manj would design a flying machine., jr A T in Rogue Forest Torch' of fighting outside our sacred homeland." The newspaper pointed out that the Japanese fighting scrv-. ices heretofore had "made it pos sible to win the victors' laurels without bringing the war and devastation to our mainland-" War Coming Home "But this foolish notion that ' war is physically remote and j foreign was utterly destroyed by I the most unfortunate military I circumstances of today. I "The war's decision must be i fought right here on Ihc Japa nese soil and in the Japanese home waters. Our navy tried so j hard to keep the enemy from I within range of our shores, hut 'tie enemy is right here, knock- in?,J?ard and cvcr mor" harder. uv- wHi iu crusn ine enemy has just begun and it is for us now to do or die as a nation." PLANT PONDERED Washington. July 31 UP Nigel Bell, director of WPB's aluminum and magnesium divi sion, said today he was consid ering whether there was need V , , ." l"m plant at "Before I make any decision." he said, "I most certainly will consult with the senators from Oregon." 1945. GEN. WEYGAND IS FOR HE1PETAIN Ex-Generalissimo Says Re sistance to American In vasion Ordered by Laval. Paris, July 31 (U.R) Gen. Maxine Weygand defended Mar shal Henri PhMIippe Petain to day as a faithful guardian of France's interests and negotiator of an inevitable armistice which made possible the relatively bloodless American invasion of North Africa. Weygand, Generalissirho of French forces in the debacle of 1940 told a tense and eager high court jury that Petain in Novem ber, 1942, sent repeated mes sages to Admiral Jean Darlan ordering the cessation of French hostilities against the Americans. Laval Blamed The old and ailing general, fresh from long Imprisonment in Germany, testified at Petain's treason trial that Pierre Laval ordered the French to resist the American invasion without the knowledge of the old marshal. ' The defense fired its heavy ar tillery In calling. Weygand for an Impassioned appeal on behalf of Petain, for whom he said he had only "veneration and ad miration." For hours Weygand declaimed the cause of France, as if the nation itself were on trial amidst aliens. He unwound helplessness against the onrushing tide of Nazism, and the armistice which he said was dictated by dire mili tary necessity. Wcvgand. leaning heavily on his cane and brusquely refusing permission to testify from a chair told a story of France's downfall thaf was studded with these highlights: 1. The Americans would have "paid dearly" for the invasion of North Africa without the French cooperation for which the armis tice opened the way. 2. Petain, using the armistice terms as an argument, refused a Nazi ultimatum on June 16, 1940 demanding that France hand over certain bases. 3. Weygand himself was sole ly responsible for declaring Paris an open city. 4. Petain's first step In connec tion with the armistice was to say that France never would sur render her flc-t. 5. The French fought bravely and to the limit of human en durance against Insurmountable odds in their last big battle the "calvary leading to the crucifix which was the armistice. Every one was at his post." 6. By June 12. 1940, when the French no longer were able to coordinate their movements. Weygand decided they must ask for an armistice, and told the government so. Weygand, brought In from the Paris hospital where he is under technical arrest pending his own accounting for his role in 1940, charged the armistice Premier, Paul Reynaud. with responsibil ity for the decision to ask for an armistirc, noting that military power is subordinate to govern ment power. HIGH SCHOOL OPENING ON OCT. 1 IS PROSPECT Grade schools of the city will start Monday, September 17, but the senior high school opening will probably be delayed until about October 1, due to the pear harvest labor situation, Sucprln tendent E. H. Hedrlck reports. Many of the older students work In orchards and packing plants at the height of the season. BASEBALL National Boston 3 10 2 New York 4 7 1 Javery, Cooper (8) Masl; Feld man and Lombard!. American New York 4 10 0 Boston 2 8 1 uurjiri enu noouisuu. xerii TRIBUNE United Preii Full LAVAL LANDS IN AUSTRIA Paris, July 31 (U.R) Pierre Laval landed from Spain today at the Hersching airport near Linz, Austria, and was taken into protective custody by the United States army, it was announced officially. Laval was accompanied by his wife and flown by two German aviators. Earlier today the plane left Barcelona, with Laval protest ing against expulsion from the Spanish refuge to which he fled in the closing days of the Euro BOY FINDS BANDITS' LOOT Burbank, Cal., July 31 (U.R) A 7-year-old boy who went into a garage to recover a base ball, found $2,294 of the Slll. 300 loot taken yesterday by two bandits from two Hollywood State bank messengers, police re vealed today. Gilbert Abelar located the money in a west Los Angeles garage his mother, Mrs. Esther Abelar, rented to a soldier three months ago. Although Mrs. Abelar did not know the name of the soldier, her description of him tallied with that of one of the bandits who was dressed in the uniform of a military policeman, officers said. ALCATRAZ ESCAPE FAILS San Francisco, July 31 (U.R) A Salt Lake City mail robber, John K. Giles, who attempted to escape from the federal pri son on Rocky Alcatraz Island In San Francisco bay today, was recaptured aboard a boat about to leave for the mainland, police reported today. The recapture of the 50-ycar-old convict was announced a few minutes after prison officials had sought the aid of police in a man hunt for one of the few men to attempt escape from "The Rock." Giles was aboard a boat head AID CONTROL OF TILLAMOOK FIRE Portland, Ore., July 31 (U.R) Cool and overcast sklc's helped western Oregon firefighters keep the Tillamook burn under con trol today- The three-county fire will have been burning three weeks tomorrow, but state forestry of ficials were hopeful the weather would hold long enough to fin ish strengthening of bulldozer fire lines and bottle up the" fire in its present 200.000 acre area. There arc green "islands" with in the area which weary crews hope to save. The watersheds of Forest Grove and Hillsboro, largest cities In Washington county, ap peared safe after being threat ened over the week-end. Light rains and reduced wind stopped the fires long enough to rush protective trails in front of the llames. Camps Saved With luck, crews hoped by to night to finish the remaining! four miles of a 12-mllc fire trail , on the east side of the fire, and three remaining miles on a 10 mile break on the south. The area to the north from Round Top to Cedar Creek was under control. The Consolidated Timber com pany camp at Glcnwood and the Stimson Lumber company camp were saved after virtually being surrounded by flames. Fort Lewis continued to send replacement troops to the lire lines to relieve worn out men who had been on the fire lines steadily fur more thun a week.; Two negro soldiers in one con- j voy were killed when a truck; overturned-last week, and one! civilian fire fighter has beeni killed- I Banning of logging operations. in the burned area reduced I danger cl further titei, . I Leased Wiri NO. 110. pean war. The Americans notified French army headquarters of the arriv al of Laval. At 3:30 p. m. the former Vichy chief of govern ment and his party, in custody of Brig. Gen. John E. Copeland of the 7.S. 65th divison, depart ed from Linz for French zone headquarters, where Laval was being turned over to the French. ' The Laval party arrived at the Linz airport in a Junkers 88, apparently the same one in which they flew to Barcelona. Gilbert and his brother, Rich ard, 14, were playing In front of their home last night. Their ball rolled into the garage. Entering the garage to recover the ball, Gilbert discovered six bank bags containing silver and pennies. Also dumped in the garage were a soldier's blouse, an MD arm band, and a brown sports coat with a Lockheed aircraft badge. The clothes were Identi fied as those worn by one of the bandits. The bank messengers, Thurston M. Paterson and Vic tor H. Lolin, were held up as they were en route to deliver the funds to a currency exchange near the Lockheed plant. ed for Fort McDowell when he was apprehended, police report ed. Several of the long term con victs on Alcatraz have attempted to reach shore, a mile and a quarter across swiftly flowing tides at the closest point, but prison officials have failed to re capture onlyv two. They were Ralph Roe and Theodore Coe, Oklahoma bad men who attempted to swim the current Dec. 16, 1927. Officials are certain they drowned, but various rumors have persisted that they succeeded in fleeing the "escape proof" prison alive. BIG THREE HOLD EE-f Potsdam, July 31 (U.R) Pres ident Truman, Prime Minister Altlee and Premier Stalin met for three and a half hours today after a two day delay by the slight illness of the Soviet gen eralissimo. The Potsdam conference was believed to be drawing to a close, but a spokesman said the Big Three plenary consultation was not yet finished. London, July 31 (U.R) Well Informed Whitehall sources said today that President Truman will land on British soil late this week and be greeted by King George. Informants reported that the King will go to some British port, probably Plymouth, to wel come Mr. Truman to Britain in a meeting unprecedented in Roy al history. Indications were that the meeting would occur Thursday or Friday. Omaha, Neb., July 31 JU.R1 Paul Rigdon, vice president in charge of operations of the Union Pacific Railroad, has resigned, according to a brief announce ment issued today at the rail road's headquarters. No reason for the resignation was given In the 33-word announcement. By The Side Of The Rogue By Dale Vincent After Ihe black bear had eaten his pilfered lunch, he lay down for a nap where he could keep a watchful eye on the camp. This bear has the entire set up figured out to a fine point. He is .smart business man and plays his racket for all It is worth. There is another bear. A mother with a Teddy-bear cub. Mama is a practical-minded bandit- She frequents the highway between Annie Springs and the rim. and holds up any car that happens to notice the cute antics of her darling offspring. While the cub goes through his tricks, mother mounts your running board and demands food. It's a bad Idea to feed any bear who Is starting up this sort of racket, for they frequently get f little rough about the business, and a bear really packs a wallop In those soft padding feet. If food is not forthcoming, they sometimes decide to give your car a thorough going over- The owner then flees out one side of the car and lakes for the great open spaces while bruin "break up the Joint." Wot rtl; Duii t icca lc bear. B-29 LEAFLETS NOTIFY TWELVE ON DEATH LIST Bold Pre - Raid Announce ment Follows Surface Bombardment of Shimitzu Guam, Wednesday, August 1 (U.R) American Superfortress es warned 12 Japanese industrial cities by leaflet today that they are noxt on the B-29 fire bomb ing list, as the rampaging Third fleet was revealed to have de stroyed or damaged at least 1, 023 enemy ships and 1.247 planes in 21 days of unparalleled pre invasion raids. A fleet of Superforts. dropping 720,000 "death list" leaflets on the 12 cities with a combined population of 1 300.000, repeated during the night the first bold pre-raid announcement made to the Japanese by the 20th Air Force four days ago. Warned to Flee Citizens of 11 middle-sized war centers were warned then to flee for their lives, and six of the cities were promptly bombed. Four of the cities were re-visited with leaflets today. The grim message from MaJ. Gen. Curtis E. Lemay followed a daring predawn surface bom bardment of Shimitzu, 100 miles southwest of Tokyo by destroy ers of the Third fleet, carrying the sea-air offensive into its 22nd day. Warned to evacuate in the face of the dreaded fire bombs were the citizens of Hakodate, on Hokkaido: Kurume, on Kyu shu: and Mito, Hachioji, Mae bashl, Toyama, Nagaoka, Nlshin-omlya-Mikage, Maizuru, Otsu, Fukuyjma, and Nagano, on the main island of Honshu. Of these, Hakodate, Kurume, Nagaoka and Nishinomiya-Mi-kage were warned for the second time. Six Devastated The Honshu cities of Tsu, Ao morl, Ichinomiya. Ogaki and Ujlyamada and Uwljima on Shi koku were devastated Saturday, 24 hours after the orignal leaflet nnnnnnppment Korivama. on Honshu, was the 11th city first named. Destruction by fire of the 12 doomed cities would cost Japan another BrouD of her important middle-sized rail centers, ports and manufacturing cities, filled with airplane, steel, aluminum, precision Instruments, chemical, and naval ordnance works. Already 53 home island cities have been fired and largely de stroyed by the rampaging B-29's. Announcement today that Mat suyama, a city of 120.000 on Shikiku, was 73 per cent de stroyed by a Superfort strike last week brought to 23 the number of Jannnr.se cities more than half dcvasiated in fire bomb raids and the total area hit to 151.22 square miles. The Nakajima Air craft plant near Nagoya sus tained 45 per cent damage In another raid. "Cuss" Words May Postpone Showing Of Invasion Film Paris. July 31 U R) Hays' office objections to a few "Hells" nr 'Hnitint" lllV nostlione illdcfl- nilely any showing of the Anglo American invasion film. "The True Glory." in the United States a film expert said today. The picture, a d.ncumentary hlstorv of the opening of the second front, will be shown in two London theatres August 2. British censors balked at the use of "bloody" but the film produc tion committee finally won their consent. However, the Hays' Office still won't back dwn, it was re ported. A member of the Production Committee said with sigh: "You can imagine soldiers in foxholes saying in the film that there was a 'darn' lot of shells overhead."