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Superfort Crew Reports Re
sults 'Good' Tokyo Sil
ent on Second Atom Bomb
Guam, Aug. 9 (U.R) Prelim
inary reports indicated that the
second atomic bomb to be drop
ped on Japan all but obliterated
Nagasaki, a major naval base
and Japan's 11th largest city,
during the noon rush hour to
day. Crew members of the Super
fortress which loosed the terrify
ing bomb on Nagasaki watched
the earth-shaking explosion and
jriashed back to Gen. Carl A
TJpaatz, commander of the stra
tegic air forces, that results were
"good.
Details Wait
, "No further details will be
available until the mission re
turns," Spaatz said in a brief
communique.
But to all hands that brief re
port "results good" indicated
that Nagasaki, a city of 252,630
persons, virtually had been
blown off the map of Japan by
in explosion equal to that which
levelled four and one-tenth
square miles of Hiroshima, tar
get of the first atomic bombing
raid last Monday.
Radio Tokyo was silent on the
results of the Nagasaki attack.
Only yesterday, however, it told
how searing flames and horrible
concussion blasted and burned to
death "every living thing" with
in range in the Hiroshima raid.
. Damage Heavy
Tokyo admitted that, even
four days after the mighty
atomic explosion in Hiroshima,
it was impossible to assess fully
the devastation wrought by the
bomb.
Nagasaki lies on the western
coast of Kyushu, soulhcrmost of
4he Japanese home islands.
In addition to its important
navy yard, Nagasaki is crowded
with shipyards, aircraft factories,
steel works, aircraft plants and
electric works of the octopus
like Mitsubishi industries.
T
Guam, Aug. 9 0J.R1 Adm.
William F. Halscy's third fleet
sailed into Japanese home wa
ters today, unleashing 1,200 car
rier planes against dwindling
centers of enemy resistance as
the Japanese reported a new
strike by 100 Supcrforts against
Tokyo.
Simultaneously Gen. Carl
Spaatz, commander of the U. S.
strategic air force announced
that the most complete devasta
tion ever brought to any Jap
anese city by high explosive
bombs was visited on Toyama on
northern Honshu a week ago.
Industry Hit
Tokyo said a fleet of B-29s late
his afternoon attacked industrial
largets around the metropolitan
)rea and that American warships
;arlier thrust within 10 to 20
niles of the Japanese coast to
ihell Kamaishi, steel center in
lortheast Honshu.
Tokyo identified the targets of
ho Supcrforts as Oji Sliima,
Dgikubo and Tamachi in the in
iustrial heart of Tokyo. Part of
he force attacked nearby Scnju.
Spaatz later said that recon
laisance photographs showed
9.5 per cent destruction of
royama, one of four cities and
in oil refinery hit by 800 Super
brts Aug. 2.
Pamphlets Dropped
Gen. Carl A. Spaatz, strategic
lir forces chief, disclosed that
i-arplancs are dropping more
nan 3,000.000 pamphlets every
lay on Japan, seeking to halt
he "futile war ambitions of Ja
ian' present leaders." The pro
wganda leaflets are directly lied
n with Russia's declaration of
ar.
Stung to desperation by Hal
ey' aggressive foray, the Japa
esc undertook a kamikazi sul-ide-planc
attack on Halrcy's
hips for the first time since the
lird fleet invaded homeland wa
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Russia To Seek Restoration
Of Territory Lost To Japan
By United Press
Russian territorial demands In
the Far East, it was believed to
day, will follow a pattern simi
lar to her demands in Europe.
The primary demands of the
soviet in a Far Eastern peace
settlement were expected to be
for restoration of the territories
and rights lost to Japan in the
war of 1904-05.
At that time Russia was forc
ed to cede to Japan her lease of
the Kwantung peninsula and
Port Arthur, and the southern
half of Sakhalin island.
Russia also recognized the
SENT PACTION
Chungking. Aug. 9 (U.R) Lt.
Gen. Albert C. Wcdcmeyer, com
manding general of U. S. army
forces in China, announced to
day American-trained Chinese
paratroops and commando bat
talions have gone into action in
China as part of a long-planned
military co-ordination with the
Soviet Red army.
Simultaneously a Chinese gov
ernment spokesman, welcoming
the U. S. S. R. into the war
against Japan called on the
Japanese people to comply with
the ioint demand of China.
United States. Great Britain and
the Soviet Union for uncondi
tional surrender.
Actions Linked
A'odemeycr revealed tha't
(he Russian drive into Manchur
ia had been closely co-ordinated ,
with Allied operations in the equipping planes for such use.
Pacific and in the China theater I Such a method, it is contended.
For the first lime he announc-l would be particularly effective
ed the U. S. army is training and I in extinguishing forest fires in
equipping 20 Chinese commandOj their early stages or in cornice
battalions, some of w h i c h : tion with the suppression of spot
already have engaged the Jup- fires which break away from a
anese in hand-to-hand combat, major fire such as that now rag-
Wedemeyer said the Russian ing in the Tillamook area,
declaration of war against Japan I The Oregon Forestry Depart
openrd up the possibility of : ment made very successful use
shuttle bombing between Okin lnf chemical-spraying airplanes
awa and Sibciia He believed it this summer in treating infested
wi, I shorten the conflict "an1 forested areas in Clatsop county,
awful lot.' r w , , ,llheovcrnora'd- Illi
Japanese sphere of influence In
Korea and northern Manchuria
and gave the Japanese special
fishing rights in far eastern wa
ters. After the world war Russia
was forced to make further con
cessions, eventually losing its
joint rights in the Chinese east
ern railroad.
It was believed that soviet in
terests in 'the Far East are one
of the subjects being discussed
in Moscow by Premier Josef Sta
lin and Premier T. V. Soong.
Russia is on record as stating
that she regards Port Arthur as
Russia and it was assumed that
in a Far Eastern settlement she
would desire the return of Port
Arthur and Kwantung peninsula
restoration of special privileges
on the north Manchurian rail
road, recognition of her special
interest in Manchuria, establish
ment of a "friendly, democratic,
ncighborly"-Korea, return of the
southern half of the Sakhalin
island and possibly the Kuriles
to which the Russians have a
claim based on early exploration.
CHEMICALSTYED
TO
Salem, Ore., August 9 (U.R)
Oregon is conducting i re
search into the feasibility of us
ing airplanes with chemicals as
a means of suppressing forest
fires. Governor Earl Sncll an
nounced today. The governor
said that some laboratory ex
perimentation and research is
now under way in the use of
chemicals and the Oregon For
estry Department ij making a
check as to methods of properly
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MEDFORD, OREGON, THURSDAY, AUGUST 9, 1945
1
ADDRESS C OF C
i. 24
Congressman Harris E 1 1 s-
worth has accepted an invitation
to address members of the Jack
son County Chamber of Com
merce here Friday, August 24,
according to an announcement
today by chamber officials. The
public will be Invited and the
meeting will be held in the blue
room of the Hotel Holland. Due
to restricted capacity of the
banquet room reservations
should be made in advance at
the office of the chamber of
commerce, telephone 2294. This
meeting will take the place of
the regularly scheduled session
August 17.
At the chamber meeting Ells
worth will discuss problems in
Washington with especial em
phasis upon effect of legislative
trends upon the future develop
ment of this area. Chamber of
ficials here are loud in their
praise of the cooperation extend
ed by the fourth district repre
sentative with their organization
in past months. Brief routine
chamber business will precede
his address.
Congressman Ellsworth will
arrive in Medford August 20
and will make his headquarters
at the Hotel Medford. Among
the local public appearances will
be an address Tuesday, August
21 at the meeting of the Med
ford Rotary club and Wednes
day, August 22 at the Medford
Kiwanis club.
Ellsworth has been vacation
ing in Oregon with his family
since early this month, and ex
pects to return to Washington
soon after his visit here.
TWO SUSPECTS JAILED
IN DRUG STORE THEFT
Approximately $10 was stolen
sometime Tuesday night from a
ash drawer in Hunter's drug
store, 134 East Main street, city
police were told yesterday, and
two suspects are in county jail
today.
Policc said several desk draw-
ers had been ransacked but '
nothing of particular value was 1
reported missing. It was not dls-
closed how entry to the building
was tuaUs v 1
2 T Mil I IHM TPHRPQ
PEAR PICKING TO
START IN VALLEY
EK
German Prisoners of War
And Mexicans to Aid In
Harvesting Large Crop.
Most packing plants of this
area will start next Wednesday
and Thursday, according to pres
ent plans. Picking will get un
derway Monday and Tuesday
Some test runs of machinery
have been made, in preparation
for opening of the Bartlett har
vest, estimated larger than last
year and of good quality.
County Agent Robert G. Fow
ler is now at Nyssa, observing
methods used in handling and
dispatching German prisoners
of war in the sugar beet fields of
that area. The German prison
ers will be used only in the
orchards, fruitmcn report. Mex
ican National workers have also
seen assigned for local work.
Five hundred German prisoners
of wai' have been promised for
this section. Three hundred and
twenty Mexicans will be shipped
in, in addition to the 180 already
here.
Pressure tests now underway
at the county agent's office in
dicate the fruit will be ready to
pick next week.
Assistant County Agent C. B.
Cordy has issued the following
statement to growers:
"It is imperative that growers
contact their packing houses
and start picking early enough i
to keep the plants operating at!
capacity from the start, inere
is a large crop of Bartlctts this
year and unless picking is start
ed as early as possible, some of
the fruit will be overripe befoe
it can be handled.
"If your Bartlctts do not seem
to be sizing very good, an early
picking will relieve the trees so
that the remainder of the crop
will size better. This early pick
ing would be Just like thinning
only the fruit thinned off would
be sold.
"In cases of doubt as to pro
per maturity, bring a sample of
pears in for a test. For this test,
select six or eight pears from
large spurs on the inside of the
tree. Select good pears as culls
do not give a reliable test."
YUGOSLAVIA PLANS TO
NATIONALIZE INDUSTRY
Belgrade, Aug. 9 (U.R) An
drew Hebrang, Yugoslav minis
ter of national economy, said
today that the state is planning
to take over Yugoslav heavy in
dustry and more lhan half of all
other industry.
Dropped Leaflets Urge Japs
To Revolt and Sue For Peace
Manila. Aua. 9 (U.R) Mil-, do everything possible for a no-
lions of leaflets calling upon the
Japanese people to revolt against , But the allies Russia now in
their leaders and sue for peace ! eluded will accept only Japan s
were dropped on Japan by Amer-1 unconditional surrender,
lean planes today. Liberators, Mitchells and In-
The leaflet barrage coincided ,
with Russia's entry into the Pa-
cific war and the dropping oi a
oviuiiu av,,.,
my homeland.
It supplemented around-the-clock
radio warnings from Amer
ican propaganda stations in the
! Pacific to Japan to surrender to
save herself from utter destruc
tion. Allied propagandists believed
JaPan m'K"1 oc r'rc ,ur '"
i render. Soviet Foreign Commis-
jMr v- M' Molotov revealed last
iniRht that peace was in her mind ;
w"1" "e M,u
asked Moscow to mediate with j
"1C western allies lor ner-
Emperor Hirohito even sent a
pcrtvual rcquctt to Moscow to !
Tribune
United Press Full
Honey Harvested
Underneath Porch
Richard G. Phair of Glen
Oak Court, tore down part of
the front porch of his house
last Sunday and harvested
about 150 pounds of honey,
stored there over three or four
years by bees who established
a hive underneath the porch.
The bees gained entrance
through a small hole in the
cement.
Phair smoked and gassed
the bees out of their home.
The bees resisted at first and
Phair was stung on the thumb.
The gas used is not injurious
to the honey but puts the bee
temporarily out of commission.
ONE LARGE FIRE
STILL BURNING
J
Only one large fire, covering
about 300 acres south oi Kogue
River, was reported burning un
der control today in Jackson
county, while headquarters
spokesmen of the Rogue River
National Forest Service and
State Forest patrol state that
logging crews have aided tills
week in extinguishing fires in
several forest areas. Men wcre
dispatched this morning by the
national forest service to two!
probable" fires, one in the Fort
Klamath area and one near
Union Creek.
State forest patrolmen are be
ing assisted at the first near
R"8ue View Inn by army ground
troops and loggers from the Art
Farra crew. Art Brown and El
mer Milton camps, Medford cor
poration, Southern Oregon Plan
ing Mill and Southern Oregon
Sugar Pine company, as well as
individual loggers and farmers
near the blaze.
M- L- Tcdrow, fire assistant at
the national forest service head
quarters, said that at least part
of the Everett Skcctcrs, Joe
Hearin and Medford corpora
tion forest logging crews in
Union Creek and Butte Falls dis
tricts have worked this week on
fire control, but were released
yesterday to return to logging
operations.
Radio Highlights
Washington, Aug. 9 (U.R)
President Truman reports to the
nation by radio tonight on the
big three conference at Potsdam.
He is scheduled to broadcast at
7 p. m PWT.
There was a possibility Mr.
Truman might also discuss some
of the questions raised by the
use of the atomic bomb on
Japan.
gotlated peace, Molotov said-
vauers irom me uninawa ou.v.u
Far Eastern air forces carried
the surrender leaflets to Japan
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suiiuuiiucu uy iiiik ui
the Japanese people must take
action to avoid the utter destruc
tion of their country, the leal
lets said. "Will you continue to
allow the militarists to drag you
and your ancestral country to
utter ruin?"
The leaflets, only slightly
larger than postcards, were
prjicd secretly by Gen. Douglas
MacArthur's psychological wur-
faic branch in anticipation of
Kussla s declaration of war.
The front of the leaflets shows
Kiunt American and Russian sol-
dlers clasping hands over tiic
Japanese liuiuc inland), . .
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NO. 118.
RATED SECOND TO
Congress Welcomes Aid But
Believes Scientific Wea
pon Will Hurry Peace
Washington, Aug. 9 (U.R)
Congress today welcomed Rus
sia's entrance into the Pacific
war but ranked it second to the
atomic bomb in hastening vic
tory over Japan.
The twin developments of the
week left no doubt in any minds
but that the end of the Japanese
war is approaching. All agreed
that the Russian entry can be of
benefit in speeding the day of
complete victory at a saving of
American lives.
There were expressions, how
ever, that the Russian action at
j this tjme shou,d not bj cQnM
ercd the decisive factor
Bomb Spurred Action
The most direct comment
along that line came from Sen-
' h , dcmandcd ... ' " , " h
, two weeks ago that Russia get
i Into the war against Jupaii.
I Wiley suggested that the first
atomic bomb hurled against
Japan last Sunday was a factor
in Russian decision,
It is obvious that Russia's
" "me will not have
uie accisive cucct it might have
had two weeks ago, before the
atomic bomb was introduced."
ne commented.
Blew Joe Off Fenc
"Apparently the atomic bomb
which hit Hiroshima also blew
Joe (Russian Premier Stalin) off
me tence
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AT
Redding, Cal., Aug. 9 (U.R)
inree army Daratrnnners In.
Jured when dropped into the
Trinity National Forest area to
day were taken aboard an aerial
troop carrier to the Chico army
air base.
The men were among approxi
mately ou paratroopers dropped
to help ground crews fight 175
fires In northern California
national forests. Their Identity
was withhold penning determin
ation of the seriousness of their
Injuries.
The California regional office
or the U. S. forest service said
all but II of the 102 fires started
by lightning in the staie forests
on August 5 and 6 were under
control today.
SEISMOGRAPH JIGGLED
Berkeley, Cal., Aug. 9 (U.R)
The University of California
seismograph was jiggled by a
"tiny something" at 10:10 today.
Prof. Perry Byerly reported, as
San Franciscans said they felt
"something like an earthquake."
BASEBALL
National
(First game;
Cincinnati 2 6 1
Brooklyn 9 10 3
lleusser. Riddle (4) and Lake
man; Herring and Peacock.
Chicago 3 6 2
Boston 7 14 0
Derringer, Vandenherg (5)
Chlpman (0) and Williams, Gil
lespie (4); Lee and Masi.
St. Louis 5 11 0
New York 3 7 2
ftrcechen and Rice; Fcldman.
M-iglic (41 Fischer (5) Adams
(8, and Kluttz.
American
New York 3 9 3
Cleveland 2 7 0
Ruffing and Robinson, Gar
hark (9); Ragby and Hayes.
Washington 7 14 1
Chicago 2 8 2
Haefner and Kerrill; Dietrich,!
Johnson (6; and Tresh. y
IIIIL.I.IUI1 I IIUUI u
OPEN OFFENSIVE .
ON WIDE FRONT
Bombers Roar Out Ahead of
Land Forces Japs Say
Pincer Move Planned
London, Aug. 9 U.R) A Red
army of 1,000.000 or more men
crashed into Manchuria from the
east and west at key points
along a 2,000-mile front today
and Tokyo said collided head
on in battle with Japan's crack
Kwantung army.
Allied sources in Chungking
said the Soviets already were
several miles inside Manchuria
at a number of points.
On 300-Mile Front
Radio Tokyo said that Russian
forces had crossed into Man
churia from the east along a
300-mile stretch of the Siberian
border from Hunchun, 80 miles
west of Vladivostok, to Hutou,
250 miles north of Vladivostok.
In the west, Tokyo said, -!h
Russians forced the border at
Manchouli, 50 miles cast of tha
outer Mongolian border.
"The garrison forces of Japan
and Manchukuo (Manchuria)
have engaged the invaders for
self-defense and fighting is in
progress," Japanese Imperial
headquarters reported in anothei
Tokyo broadcast.
Another enemy broadcast,
spoke of "sharp fighting" in all.
areas.
Bombers Pace Drive
Tokyo said Red Air Force
bombers, roaring out ahead of
the advancing ground forces,
bombed the communications ren
ters of Hailan, Harbin, Chia
mussu and Kirin in Manchuria
and Rashin and Genzan in
northern Korea.
Russia exploded her first tar
eastern offensive of World War
II only a few minutes after her
declaration of war against Japan
took effect at midnight. Tokyo
said the assault began at 12:10
a. m.
The Japanese version indicat
ed the offensive was taking the
shape of a giant pincers from
east and west aimed perhaps at
cutting Manchuria in two.
Rally Puppet Forces
Japan moved swiftly to rally
puppcl forces in Manchuria.
Radio Tokyo said the Manchu
kuoan puppet government at
4 a. m. proclaimed a defense de
cree for the entire nation against
"the Soviet army's unlawful In
vasion." In Tokyo itself, senior mem
bers of Dai Nippon, Japan's
powerful totalitarian political
party, held an emergency meet
ing to discuss counter-measures
"capable of meeting the sudden
development in the war situa
tion," Radio Tokyo said.
Another meeting was called
for 10 a. m. tomorrow to decide
the party's policy to be present
ed the government and to the
high cemmand, Tokyo said.
A communique from the
Kwantung army headquarters
In Manchuria indicated that the
main attack had been directej
against the eastern frontier from
the narrow sliver of Siberian
territory wedged in between
Mnnchurla and the sea and tip
ped by Vladivostok.
Japs Long Prepared
The Kwantung army, com
prising some 750,000 of Japan'!
toughest and best-trained troops,
presumably was waiting for the
Soviet attack in long-prepared
defenses inside the border.
Russia, for her part, had bol
stered her far eastern forces
with battle-toughened veterans
of the fight against Germany In
the west and also sent vast
quantities of tanks, planes Bnd
munitions to the far cast.
It was obvious that the Rus
siahs launched their offensive
nniv after long preparations
of the kind that enabled them to
advance 200 to 300 mlU'S across
Europe before pausing for rein
forcements and supplies.
Russian progress was likely
to be slower In the far east than
in Europe. The terrain along
tlv? Sibcrian-Manchurian border
is nigged and larks the many
roads that bisect the plains of
Europe.
Wilmington, Cal., Aug. 8 (U.R)
California Shipbuilding Corp. to
day launched the 10.500-ton Vic
tory ship Oshkosh Victory,
named for the city of Oshkosh,
Wis, ami Calship'i 408th ship-