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Ml Ml j IMl U Ml J Weather FORECAST: Fair tontcht fttid Friday with little chance In temperature. Temp. Highest Yesterday 9Z Lowest this Morning ........ M Fortieth Year LAVAL PROMISES PETAIS TRIAL French Judge Overrules Both Sides to Summon Arch Collaborator to Testify. Paris, Aug. 2 (U.R) Pierre Laval will testify tomorrow in the treason trial of Marshal Henri Philippe Petain, the judge of the French high court an nounced today. Justice Pierre Mongibeaux an nounced the decision to summon Laval as a witness for what may prove to be one of the most dra matic events of the war criminal trials. Both Fear Testimony Neither the prosecution or the defense was anxious to hear Laval, the Vichy chief of gov ernment. They feared his testi mony might tear the trial of Petain wide open. Petain and Laval will confront each other in the tiny courtroom of the Palace of Justice about 1:30 p. m. tomorrow. It will be the 11th day of Petain's trial, which today wound through the testimony of a series of second ary witnesses. The swarthy Laval, regarded as France's No. 1 war criminal and arch-collaborator with the nazis, will be brought from his cell in Fresnes prison, where he was lodged yesterday on his re turn to France after expulsion from a haven in Spain.. X Light Needed ' "We decided that light must be thrown on a number of things," Mongibeaux announced after a wrangle with defense and prosecution counsel. "We there fore decided to hear Pierre Laval." Laval, a bedraggled figure on the first day after his return as a prisoner to Paris, was escorted from his cell of solitary confine ment in Fresnes for the begin ning of his preliminary investi gation. He wept when he appeared for the iormal sealing of the baggage he brought with him from Spain. Naval Officers To Attend C-C Commander Lewis Gunther. Capt. T. B. LaFavre and Ensign Forbes H. Smith, naval officers from the Camp White Station j Hospital, will attend the lunch eon meeting tomorrow of the Chamber of Commerce directors, at the chamber offices on W. Main street. Capt. LaFavre recently ar rived in the valley to assume command of the navy hospital at Camp White. MARCIAL STANSBURY TO HEAD ASHLAND CHAMBER Ashland, Aug 2 Mrs. Mar cial Stansbury has been selected as secretary of the Ashland Chamber of Commerce, chamber officials stated today. Mrs. Stansbury replaces Alice Patter son who recently resigned. The new secretary has had considerable experience in cham ber of commerce work and direc tors expressed gratitude in se curing her for the position. TO CUT WINE CEILING Washington, Aug. 2 (U.R) The Office of Price Administra te tion announced today that retail ceiliniis on American grape wine will he cut 15 to 25 cents per fifth next April 1. Ceiling prices for processors were reduced on an average of about 25 per cent, .tffective Dec. 31. By The Side Of The Rogue By Dale Vincent Had just finished a good meal of fried potatoes, baked beans and camp fire smoke, and leaned bark against a tree to enjoy my coffee with ashes, when I noticed coming toward mc in a big hurry was one soared chipmunk. He was traveling so fast that his feet rmoked as he went by and after he'd gone, a little path of dust hung over his trail. Maybe he overstayed his lime at a chipmunk poker party and was trying to beat his wife home. Anyway this has been an enjoyable trip, and as we pull camp and head for home, we say adins to the park bears, the Clark's nutcrackers (camp robbers) that arc so eternally hungry, and the friendly little chipmunks, that without much coaxing will move into your camp like n bunch of poor relations. The animal and bird life of any park always ranks high as entertainment in addition to the main attraction, which in this rase was the beautiful and ever-intercsting the one and only Crater Lake, MEDFORD United Press Y WILL KEEP SEVEN MILLION L Stimson Replies to Critics Point Score Revisions Not Due Until Next Year. Washington, Aug. 2 (U.PJ The army today stuck to its de termination despite congres sional criticism of its manpower policy to maintain its strength at nearly 7,000,000 men and women for the Japanese war Secretary of War Henry L Stimson said at a news confer ence that the critical score and individual computations under the point discharge system would be revised somewhat, primarily to make more Pacific war vet erans eligible for release. To Safeguard All But he replied to critics of the War department with the de claration that "We shall not let any man go whose going jeopar dizes the life of the men who re main to fight." The point score revisions fore cast by Stimson will not take place until early next year. They will not affect the final size of the army nor the overall number of men and women to be discharged within 12 months after V-E day. Meanwhile, Stimson revealed, Undersecretary of War Robert P. Patterson is studying with War Mobilization Director John W. Snyder the feasibility of re leasing coal miners from the army to boost production of cri tically needed fuel. Many Out By June Under the present point sys tem, and under the proposed re vision, a total of 1,500,000 men and women will have been dis charged by next June 1, Stimson said. An additional 500,000 will have been released for illness and other reasons not connected with the point plan, making the total 2,000,000. 2,806 IN WEEK Washington, Aug. 2 CUP.) U. S. Combat Casualties stood at 1.061.648 today, including 249 367 dead. The total was an increase of 2.806 over a week ago. The rise was largely accounted for by an increase of 2.109 in navy, coast guard and marine corps losses for the week.. The week's in crease in army casualties was 6B7. Overall casualties included 920.917 reported by the army and 140.731 by the navy and its branches. Secretary of War Henry L. Stimson reported that U. S. sol diers mopping up in the Phili ppines during the past week had slain an additional 4.477 Japan ese and captured 587. FEW MORE OPENINGS AT PACKING SCHOOL Fruitmcn report that the pear packing school which started last Monday with a registration of close to 250. can handle a few more applicants. They should ap ply at Pinaclc plant No. 2. The school is operated on t three-shifts-a-day basis, under direction of six experienced forewomen. Full Leased Wire MEDFORD, OREG Truman Sails After Visit With King Communique on Conference Coming IS FEATURED BY President Hurrying Home to Report to Nation No Reference to Pacific War. Plymouth, Eng., Aug. 2 U.R) President Truman sailed for home aboard the cruiser Augusta today after a brief state visit with King George VI aboard the British battle cruiser Renown. Mr. Truman was hurrying home to report to the nation on the Big Three conference con cluded early today at Potsdam. Potsdam, Aug. 2 (U.R) British spokesman said the Big Three agreed on the machin ery for the control of occupied Germany at the Potsdam con ference which ended early to day. William Ridsdale, head of the British foreign office press section, said the Polish and Balkan questions were dis cussed fully at the meeting of the American, British and Rusiian leaders. A communique on the confer ence, understood to be 6.000 words long, will be issued to night simultaneously in Wash ington, London, Moscow, and Berlin, a British spokesman re ported. Fly To England The president and his ranking advisors flew from Berlin for the historic meeting with King George. The king received Mr. Truman for luncheon aboard the Renown and traveled later to the Augusta, where he spent half an hour. They were together two and a half hours. The Augusta started pulling out of Plymouth at 3:55 p. m. (10:55 a. m. EWT). When the king came onto the Augusta the president said. "I am pleased to see you again." George had welcomed the presi dent aboard the Renown with "Welcome to my country, Mr President." The Big Three wound up the Potsdam conference at 12;30 a. m. in an exchange of compli ments and an atmosphere of good fellowship. Truman Pleated President Truman was under stood to be happy over the re sults of the conference, at which he served as chairman. Two sessions were held yes terday, with the communique the final order of business. A witness of the evening meeting said it was devoted to "pretty intensive business." "They were hammering hard to got it over with," he said. After disposal of the main items of the agenda, Mr. Tru man asked if there were further business. None developed and he adjourned the conference. Attlce made a short speech thanking Stalin for completing preliminary physical arrange ments for the conference and complimenting Mr. Truman on his conduct as chairman. Praise From Stalin Both Mr. Truman and Stalin acknowledged the tributes brief ly. Stalin praised the foreign secretaries and other members of the three delegations for their work. He also mentioned former Prime Minister Winston Church ill and former Foreign Secretary Anthony Eden. Mr. Truman enlarged on Sta lin's compliments for the lc.isc. members of the delegations the eyewitness said, and a warm ex change of handshakes followed. "Everybody was running around shaking hands all over the place," the witness said. Los Angeles, Aug. 2 (UP.) When the new cars appear, they will cost about 25 per cent more than prewar automobiles, C. K. Whitaker, president of Stude bakcr Taciiic Corp., said today. (.WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 1945. Yank Attacks Sweep Southeast 4-k-WiV v -r sJ: -V ? -.v,t Vv " " , , . . . (Arm 1 tlrnhntn) Sweeping attack of Jnponese home Islands engulfs southeast Hokkaido. Honshu, leaving military Installa tions and other targets smoking ruins after bombing ana strafing attack of Admiral Hnlsev's Third Fleet carrier-based planes. Bridge (lower left) received direct hit midstream from 1000-pound bomb as photo Is shot. U. 8. Navy Photo. Free Press Gets Bad Beating At Historic Potsdam Powwow By Charles Arnot United Press Correspondent Berlin, Aug. 2 (U.R) Ad journment of the Big Three con ference closed one of the stran gest sideshows in journalistic his tory. It was a sorry affair for the more than 100 correspondents who attempted futilely to "cov er" the historic session. One vet eran foreign correspond ent summed it up: "The world press took one helluva beating at Potsdam!" Press coverage or lack of it of the Big Three meeting prob ably was without parallel in the peacetime reporting of world events. Correspondents' won dered whether it foreshadowed a future policy of cloaking all high-level international deliver ations in secrecy with rifles and bayonets to enforce it. There was nothing at the con ference remotely resembling freedom of the press. The com plete hush-hush policy ruled out even the wartime practice of permitting correspondents to contact informed and reliable news sources. For the past two and a half weeks, correspondents have been fed relatively unimportant, sometimes even inaccurate, mor sels of news. Most of them were even laughable in the light of the seriousness of the discussion taking place. Correspondents found it hard to discover what military secur SENATE TO TAKE Washington, Aug. 2 (UR) The longest congressional recess in the nearly six years of World War II began today with a warn ing that pressing problems of peace remain to be solved when work is resumed next fall. The recess became official Inst night when the senate wound up a nine hour session marked by repeated reminders that a sud den end to the Pacific war might find this nation unprepared to go full speed ahead on a peace time economy. Sen. James M. Mead, D., N.Y., chairman of the senate's power ful special war investigating committee, hazarded a guess that a victory over Japan might force congress back into session ahead of the scheduled Oct. 8 meeting. ity was Involved in such censor ship didoes as prohibiting Prime Minister Winston Churchill to be quoted directly in stories of his tour of the Reich chancellery, or in preventing any hint of Gener alissimo Stalin's slight indispo sition early this week. Stalin's illness was finally rec ognized, but only after corre spondents had misinformed their readers on the basis of incor rect assumptions by an army spokesman that the Big Three had continued its meetings last Monday. Two Graves Beside Remote Forest Trail Last Resting Place of Air Crash Victims Two mounds of stones beside a trail in a remote area of the Rogue River National Forest to day mark the last resting places of four persons who lost tlu'ir lives Saturday In the crash of a Stinsnn cabin plane. Simple bur ial ! vices were read yesterday evening by the Rev. Harry W. Hansen, pastor of the First Pres byterian church of Medford. over the forest graves of Sylvan L. Gosliner, president of the In dustrial Equipment company of Portland, his wife, and her sis ter. Mrs. Mma Finley Pratt of Portland, all committed to a single grave, and Robert L. Arm strung of Lindsay, Calif., pilot and ov. ner of the plane. Leaving Medford about noon yesterday, a burial party travel cd to the scene of the wreck, about 40 miles from Medford on Butte Fork. Just south of the Oregon-California boundary. The trip was made by automobile, horse and foot, as only a park trail over rought country is open the last eight miles of the trip. Included in the party were ' Herbert E. Walters of San r ran cisco. William liicbcr and Gnvlc j Wlgglry, Portland, friends and business associates of Mr. Gos i liti'T. Rev. Hansen, three repre i sentiitives of the Civil Aeroivjii j lies Administration and the Civil Aeronautics district board, and i two forest service employees, led : by Lee Port from the Star Ran ger station in Applegate district. Fire Delays Rites On reaching the scene, a for est fire was discovered a few miles further up the canyon, and the forest service men were forc ed to leave the party for three hours to control the blaze, which covered about an acre. Equip mcnt for digging the graves bud TRIBUNE United Pren Full Hokkaido RECORDJN JULY The largest number of build ing permits to be issued from the office of the city superintend ent since September, 1943, were obtained last month when 54 permits, amounting to $,'18,400 were granted, it was reported by the office today. Of the total value of the per mits, $14,500 was for new resi dences; $1,100 for new garages; $18,345 for remodeling and rc shingling. General repair and removing of building made up the remainder, according to the report. been carried to the wreck by pack horse, and more fire fight ing tools were dropped in the area by a forest service plane dispatched when the fire was reported. Left at the scene of the wreck at 5 p. m. with only one shovel and the task of burying four per sons, Rev. Hansen, Hieber, Wlg gU'y. and Wallers dug the two graves beside the forest trail, about 300 yards from the plane wreckage. Mr. and Mrs. Goslin er and Mrs. Pratt were placed together on one side of the trail, and the pilot was buried separ ately on the other side of the path. Telephoned word from his wife yesterday morning had giv en instructions to bury him at I the site of the wreck, but it was thought that other members of I his family mlgl.l request later ' that his body he removed and I shinned to California. Services for the three Portland ' victims will also be held In Port j land, friends here state. Rela ! tives there are planning the rites for. Friday or Saturday. Remains IdentifieJ The badly mangled bodies were identified with the aid of var ious pieces of Jewelry. Removed from the plane Tuesday night, they were undisturbed by ani- ' mals. but had deteriorated con I siderably since the accident Sat i urday. I Boughs lined the graves of the four victims, and stones were piled over the top as markers. Simple rites were read by Rev. Hansen as the bodies wcro com mitted. Completing their mission about 11 p. m. last night, the burial parly made their way from the iccnc by flashlight, and i 4i 1 Leased Wlr NO. 111 j George; Tonight BASEBALL American Chicago 7 15 1 Cleveland 13 17 0 Humphries, Ross (3) Johnson (4) and Tresh; Reynolds, Salve son (2), Klieman (5) and Hayes, Desaultcls (8). National Pittsburgh 0 3 0 Chicago 18 2 Roe. Gerheauser (8) and Sal keld; Derringer and Williams. SPAIN BARRED BY BIG THREE FROM UNITED NATIONS Washington, Aug. 2 (U.R) The United States, Britain and Russia dealt a diplomatic blow at the Spanish government of Generalissimo Francisco Franco today by barring it from mem bership in the United Nations. The Potsdam communique said that the three governments could support the membership applications of Italy. Bulgaria Finland, Hungary and Romania when their status had been de termined in the peace treaties and democratic gover n m e n t s recognized. Then the communi que said: "The three governments feel bound, however, to make it clear that they for their part would not favor any application for membership put forward by the present Spanish government, which, having been founded with the support of the axis powers, does not, In view of its origin, its nature, its record and Its close association with 'the aggressor states, possess the qualifications necessary to justify such mem bership." Do not burn brush or slash during fire season without a per mit from the fire warden or ranker: make sur vnti rinn't cause fire by carelessness. Keep urcgon ureen. arrived back In Medford about 3:30 a. m. today. Gosliner's friends plan to leave this after noon for their homes. Death Instantaneous Evidence at the scene of the wreck Indicated that all four died instantly, the motor of the plane being driven back into the front compartment by the force of the Impact. The plane appar ently traveled nearly straight down toward the ground, as no trees in the heavily wooded area were hit and the propeller was burled three to four feet in the ground. One wing rested nearly against a tree. Arrangements for the trip yes terday were made by Mr. and Mrs. Lee Port, who secured horses, and Mrs. Porl was in telephone contact with the parly at several points en route. R. F. Hollistcr, Portland at torney and close friend of the Goslincrs who narrowly escaped death with the party when he declined an invitation to return north from San Francisco with them, remained In Medford yes terday to attend a coroner's In quest held by a Yreka, Calif, coroner. The victims were buried In California, and the ease comes under that state's Jurisdiction Two adopted children of the Goslincrs survive, a five-year- old boy and a girl three years of age, both In Portland. Friends report that when the boy was informed a few weeks ago that his father was going on trip south, he replied, "Good, daddy needs long rest." Armstrong is survived by wife and two children In Llnd say, Calif., where h owned an olive grove. STRATEGIC ISLES SEEN fIRST GOAL Increasing U.S. Air Strength On Okinawa Believed Tip Off on Coming Strategy. Snn TYnncism Aiirf 9 ftl.P). Tokyo speculated today that ciany aerial atiacKs against uoio and Saishu Islands between Kyushu and Korea may be a pre lude to secondary offshore inva sions preceding the main allied landing on Japan itscll- A .Tnnnnese hrnndenst hparrl hv United Press in San Francisco, declaring rapidly increasing American air strength on Okin awa "must be regarded as pre paration for a landing on Japan proper, said that invasions of the China coast and strategic small islands off Japan may be expected first- Planes Come Daily Tokvo said some 50 PLinnwn based Dlanes are BDnearine dailv over Goto Rhetto, 20 miles off Kyushu, and Saishu, 40 miles south of Korea and 120 miles northwest of Goto. LandinP nnprnlinne aooinet the islands, which dominate the straits between Korea and the Japanese home islands and sea lanes petween China and Japan, are "very rjrobable." Tokvn Hk. clared. OccuDatlon bv allied fnr. would completely deny the Japa nese use of the Korean and Tsushima straits lending fmm the East China sea to the Sea of Japan. The broadcast said 1,500 American nlanes hnv hMn massed at Okinawa, operating from 13 air fields with 30 run ways. Guam, Aug. 2 (U.R) Two ar madas ef American fighter bombers raked central Japan at mid-day today in a follow-up to the greatest air attack in history a 6,632-ton pre-dawn raid by 820 Superfortresses. Radio Tokyo reported the new attacks while four Japanese war production cities and an oil center still blazed furiously from the early morning B-29 as sault. Kobe Area Strafed Tokyo said 60 American Mus tangs, presumably from Iwo. bombed and strafed the sprawl, ing Osaka-Knhn lnri,,cir;ni heart of the Japanese war effort. i noun, A second armada also totaling 60 Mustangs, raided fac tories and transportation facili tics in another shu for two hours beginning at . in., iuKyo said. A few other planes attacked targets In the home islands this afternoon, Tokyo added- OF Three hundred German pris oners of war and 320 Mexican Nationals will be assigned Jack son county for harvest work in field and orchard. County Agent Robert G. Fowler reports. Offic ial confirmation of the assign, ment Is expected shortly. There is a shortage of Mexican Nationals, for farm work this year, the county agent states. The original request for this county was cut to 500 and then the 180 men. now here, were deducted making a total of 320. The prisoners of war will prob ably include many now held at Camp White. The total number of harvest workers sent here will be ap proximately the same as last year, when no German prisoners were engaged. The county agent and federal authorities have been conferring on the allocations for some time. STATE POLICE OFFICER IS TRANSFERRED HERE Sgt. J. A. Moulding has been transferred to Medford head quarters of the slate police to re place Willard Ruch, who recent ly resigned, it was announced today. Maulding. who has been ser geant In charge at the Grants Pass station for the past two years, has been replaced by Sgt. C. R. (Nails) Borgman. Borgman has been associated with the state police at Grants Pass for the past three years. There are 16,000 miles of nav lguble streams iu Jjiaul.
