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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
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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
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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."