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Weather Vi The Mill Tribune Want Ad Way Quick Results At Small Cost Tribune EDFORD FORECAST: Clear tonJfht and Temprratura Illtheit YeitertUy... Lowest this Morning United Pimi Full Lasd ' United Preu Full Leased Wlr Fortieth Year MEDFORD, OREGON, THURSDAY, AUGUST 23, 1945 NO. 130. M lMMffnM A" SAFT TERMINATION OF IE Favors Congress To Probe "Inflated Ideas of Mili tary" On Army's Size. Topeka, Kan., Aug. 23 (U.R) v Alf M. Landon today urged Pres- ' ident Truman to declare the war I emergency ended, terminate his wartime powers and suspend the draft immediately. "It is absurd to believe that we need an army of up to 500.- V000 men to occupy Germany " further, Landon said. He contended that congress should investigate "inflated Ideas of the military" regarding the size of the army. Landon said it would require some time to decide on the size r Via nrmnvinff armv in JaDan but added that investigation of ' the need there should be deter mined as soon as the situation settled down. Butte, Mont., Aug. 23 (U.R) Sen. Burton K. Wheeler, D., J Mont., was scheduled to arrive today from Helena where he I urged immediate termination of t the draft last night charging the firmed forces had "all the men ; they can use." j "They are letting out men every day," Montana's senior i senator said. "There is no use ( a. of drafting more." 7 Wheeler also said he was op i posed to compulsory peacetime military training and asserted the senate, after it reconvenes Sept. 5, would defeat President Truman's proposal for such a program. He added last night that con tinued . drafting of men . 18 through 26 for deployment to the Pacific was unnecessary be cause 'They have got enough in the Orient." ' He was confident that the ! armed forces could get all the men they needed for occupation al purposes through voluntary ; enlistments. ! Employment of the "best ! scientists available" and estab i nient of a government labora ' tory for them to develop new i defensive measures for the coun try was urged instead of peace time training. Wheeler emphasized the , jTnited States should control auomic energy and was opposed to an international organization to govern use of the new power. ;' FEATHWOF 68 TO CLOTHE PAIR New York, Aug. 23 (U.R) The feathers of 68 chickens broiler size will clothe a man and his mate when today's ex periment with a new synthetic woll moves out of the labora tory to the tailor shop. Textile experts of the U. S Rubber company have made hens and turkeys rivals of the sheep. They have developed a i nov fabric that "looks like wool1 and is warmer, softer and lighter! than wool." but which is spun' mostly from poultry feathers. ! Dr. W. A. Gibbons, research' director of the company. said : the feather fabric "can bo dyed any color and possesses a bril liant lustre. It is odorless and! can be laundered In soap and wa- ter wilh no more shrinking than j cotton" The feather content of the .-cw cloth is from 60 to 70 per cent.! .; he said. The rest of the fabric1 can be rayon, cotton, wool or' nylon. Gibbons said the fabric won t be marketed until he is satisfied with results of labors-i tory n-.-cariii. ! j U. S. Rubber's textile sect.on j manager B. H. Foster, conceivj ed the idea of cloth from frith-j , ers when he learned that the V nation wastes some 100.000 000 pounds of chicken feathers a.id about 30 000 000 pounds jt tur-j key feathers annually. 1 They Figure in Alleged 'Murder Mart' : At Seattle, Wash:, Mrs. Gladys Bailey, 39, said she lived in "utter hell" f after she learned her sweetheart, a night club operator, allegedly paid (500 to have her killed. Her charges placed William Cooper, 47, above, in ! jail under S25.000 bail. LAST BOND DRIVE WILL 11 DEC. 8 Sec'y Vinson Announces 1 1 Billion Goal Plan F.D.R. Memorial "E" Bond. Washington, Aug. 23 U.R) The victory loan, last organized bond' drive of its kind planned by the government, will be held from Oct. 29 to Dec. 8 with a goal of $11,000,000,000, the treasury announced today. Secretary of the Treasury Fred M. Vinson explained that despite the end of the war the government still needed huge amounts of money to meet costs of mustering out pay, redeploy ment of soldiers, hospitalization and other expenses incident to the war. A $200 bond, known as the Franklin Roosevelt Memorial Bond, will make its first appear ance when the drive starts. It will sell for $150 and will be part of the E group. To meet the $11,000,000,000 goal, individuals will be asked to purchase $4,000,000,000 of the bonds and other non-bank in vestors $7,000,000,000. The E bond quota will be $2,000,000, 000, half that in the final war loan goal. The overall goal is $3,000,000, 000 below that of the 7th war loan, but it was pointed out that with war contracts being can celled at a rapid rate, many for mer buyers will not be on the victory bond roll. In the last drive a total of $1,300,000,000 in subscriptions came from war plants alone. ' Major emphasis will again be on sales to individuals, Vinson said. He stressed the import ance of savings by individuals and said that payroll savings sales through the entire month of December will be credited to the respective goals. Washington. Aug. 23 'U.R) Radio "hams" amateur broad casters whose hobby is cruising the air waves are now emerg ing from the silence that was Imposed on them after Pearl Harbor. The Federal Communications commission has authorized all those in good standing at that time to resume operation. Be fore the war a would-be ama teur broadcaster took an FCC examination and. if he passed It. received free a three-year licen .c to operate. When war broke out the FCC suspended all ama teur licenses. This suspension has now been lifted. A man whose license had a year to run at the time of Pearl Harbor ran now operate a year before apply ing to the FCC for a renewal. At present "hams" may broad cast on the 112 to 115 5 meca eye'e band only. Later, the com mission may consider author, z-j ins. transmission on the 144 to 118 megacycle band. 1 (Acme Telephotot SEATTLE MURDER MARKET MYSTERY Rum Agent Stabbed, Burned ''Killer" Balks at ''Rub bing Out" Mother-in-Law Seattle. Aug. 23 (U.R) The plot of Seattle's alleged "murder-mart" mystery thickened to day as police disclosed an un dercover agent for the Washing ton state liquor control board was found late yesterday in ser ious condition from stab wounds and cigarette burns. The agent, Forrest Ford. 28, was the second liquor board in vestigator in a fortnight to ap parently fall victim to the boot leg underworld. The new tvist came as police uncovered shocking details of the "paid-for" slaying of anoth er undercover agent, Walter Foley. Jr., 22, and the attempted "for-hirc" murder of an attrac tive 39-year-old restaurant cash ier. Mrs. Gladys Bailey. Walter Cooper, night club op erator, described by police as "a self-styled Al Capone." has been charged with paying for both crimes. Mrs. Bailey said she lived In "mortal terror" after she found out Cooper wanted her slain. The accomplices in the attempt ed "for-hlre" murder, Farmer Thomas, bouncer at Cooper's nightclub, and Robert Timme, a carpenter, said Cooper hired them. to kill Mrs. Bailey, not knowing that Thomas was en gaged to the intended victim's daughter. He made a down pay ment of $100, Thomas said. The men said they conspired to save the cashier because "it would be a dirty trick to rub out your future mother-in-law." PORTUilAST KILLS ONE, MORE Portland. Ore., Aug. 23 (U.R) One workman was killed an other Is near death. 19 were hos pitalized and a score of others were injured less seriously when a gas furnace exploded today at the Portland eastside plant of the Iron Fireman Manufacturing company. Firemen brought a two-hour oil fire under control after the I blast ripped through the large j factory in which 300 persons were working. It was feared fori a time that other workmen might be buried in the wreck-1 age but company officials be j licved they had accounted for everyone. Michael J. Keck. 51-year-old Inspector, was killed. June Klagas, 27, was still un conscious -four hours after the blast. HiHywod Aug. 23 'U.Rj Alan Ladd handsome totuih guy of the screen, has been susjcnd ed. Paramount studios announc ed today. OF 28 AT m HOUSE President Confers High Honor At Simple Cere mony; Many Wounded. Washington, Aug. 23 (U.R) The president personally wel comed 28 American fighting men into the nation's hall of heroes today. In the crowded east room of the White House, the chief exe cutive solemnly fastened the medal of honon, the nation's supreme award for valor, about the necks of 24 heroes from the war in Europe and four from the Pacific battle fronts. More than 300 mothers, fath ers, brothers, sisters and sweet hearts many of them awed and noticeably nervous sat quietly in the chandeliered east room of the executive mansion as the World War II heroes stepped up to the president one by one, saluted and stood stiffly at at tention. Maj. Gen. Edward F. Wilsell. acting adjutant general of the U. S. army, slowly read the cita tions relating the heroic battle episodes for which each won the coveted award. Two of the award winners did not stand with the others they could not walk and were in wheelchairs. Most of the rest had to wait until today for the most memorable- day- W "Sieir lives because of wounds suffered In battle. Many are crippled for life. All of today's heroes were members of the army. Their 28 awards bring to 196 the number of medals of honor awarded lo army personnel since World War II began. A part of the U. S. army band played softly In the White House lobby as the heroes and their families were ushered into tec ! east room. Mrs. Truman grect ! ed many of them personally as , tney entered, i ne son strains ' of "Hail to the Chief" heralded j the entrance of the president and j the simple ceremony began I i Mr. Truman smiled at the! crowd, then looked respectfully j at the 28 khaki clad men to whom he was to award the! medal which he, himself, had! said would be a better posses sion than the presidency of the United States. FIRE ON WILSON ,AS Portland. Ore.. Aug. 23 UR) Flames continued lo take their toll of Pacific northwest timber resources today, although crews were making some progress in scattered areas. In the Wilson river sector of western Oregon, the blaze has swept south and west, crossing Clear creek and the north fork of the Trask river, near their Junction, scouts reported. The latest outbreak between Nehalcm and Tillamook seared green "fog belt" timber as the blaze moved relentlessly on to the sea, threatening the com munities of Mohler and Nehalcm. All available equipment and hundreds of soldiers and loggers were thrown into the fight in an effort to stem the blaze. Frank Hamilton of Forest Grove head quarters said an expected drizzle today would give fighters a good start towards gaining the upper hand. Washington, Aug. 23 'U.R) ; Loadings of revenue freight in j the United States dropped 217, 175 cars in the week ended Aug. ' 18. j DELAY JURY SERVICE Federal Jurors who have been asked to report at Klamath Falls tomorrow will not be required to do so, Paul Hanlin. deputy United States marshal, an nounced today. Haniin said the Jurors will be called at later I date. , GOOD NEWS, LADIES Wilmington, Del., Aug. 23 (U.R) Two nylon producing plants with a capacity to turn out enough nylon for 360,000, 000 pairs of ladies' hosiery a year eleven pairs a year for each woman in America are operating round the clock, the E. I. Dupont De Nemours Co. announced today. The company said it had re sumed the manufacture of ny lon yarn for ladies' hosiery and" other textiles at its Sca ford, Del., and Martinsville, Va., plants. Nylon yarns will be avail able for manufacturers of la dies' hosiery about Sept. 1, and other branches of the tex tile industry a short while later. Dupont said the amount of yarn for hosiery will be much greater than before the war and prices much lower. FIFTH OF JAPAN BY ALLIED RAIDS 10 Million Dead, 412,000 Wounded, Incomplete Re ports Indicate. San Francisco, Aug. 23 (U.R) One fifth of Japan's more than 200 cities were "almost com pletely wiped out" in allied air raids with a death toll of 260.- 000,. radio Tokyo said today. "Nearly 10,000,000 people one- sixth of the population of the Japanese homeland were killed, wounded or rendered homeless during the course of the war of Greater East Asia," an official Domei news agency dispatch said. Japanese air defense general headquarters for the first time disclosed total raid casualty fig ures some 24 hours after an nouncements that 480.000 per sons were killed, wounded or left homeless by two American atomic bombs. As recorded by United Press Tokyo gave the following cumu lative totals of raid casualties "according to figures so far available": Killed 200.000. of whom 80, 000 died from effects of the atomic bombs dropped on Hiro shima and Nagasaki Aug. 6 and 9. Wounded 412,000, including 180,000 atomic victims. Homeless 9,200,000. A total of 2,210.000 houses "completely demolished or burnt down" and 90,000 partly dam aged. "These figures were still In complete," Domcl said, "and are likely to mount higher upon in vestigation." "Out of 206 cities of Japan proper 44 have been almost com pletely wiped out, while 37 oth ers Including Tokyo lost over 30 per cent of their built up area. "Almost the entire Japanese mainland received heavy dam age as a result of the enemy air raids, except Akita. Yamagati, Shikawa, Narano, Shiga, Kyoto, Nara. Shlmanc and Tottori pre fectures, where damage was comparatively small." U. S. MTliES PUT AT 1,070,819 Washington, Aug. 23 (U.R) V. S. combat casualties of World War II reached 1 070,819 toduy. This was an Increase of only 681 over totals announced last Friday. The 1,070.81!) figure Included 25:1.885 dead. Of these. lf'9 65fl were reported by the army arid 53,229 by the navy, marines and coast guard. Army losses thus far compiled total 923.481 compared with 147.338 for the navy, marines and coast guard. BASEBALL AMERICAN Philadelphia 3 8 1 Detroit 4 10 2 BlaaV and George; Tobin and Swill OF 32,000 IN JAP Contact Made With Lt. Gen. Wainwright American List Public Soon. Manila, Aug. 23 (U.R) The allies announced plans tod:iy for the speedy evacuation of Il'J.OOO prisoners and internees from Ja pan to the Philippines and con firmed that contact had been established, presumably in Man churia, with Lt. Gen. Jonathan M. Wainwright. Allied Nationals, including 7. 000 Americans and 14.000 Brit ish, will be repatriated from Ja pan by air and sea as rapidly as their health permits. Gen Douglas MacArthur's headquar ters announced. An international Red Cross delegation radioed Mac Arthur from Tokyo that its representa tives and delegates from the Swiss and Swedish legations will proceed tomorrow to the seven main war prisoner camps in Ja pan to assist in the evacuation of Inmates to embarkation points. In Chungking, Lt. Gen. Albert C. Wcdemeyer, commander of American forces in China, an nounced without elaboration that "contact has been established" with Wainwright, hero comman der of Bataan and Corregidor. A rescue team of American parachutists reported last week end that it had liberated Wain. Wright from a prison camp at Sian, 100 miles north of Muk den. A plane look off from soviet-held Mukden Tuesday lo bring out the general. Wcdemeyer did not mention Wainwright's present where abouts, but it was possible that he either had or was about to fly out of Manchuria. He will be 62 years old tomorrow. MacArthur's headquarters said the recovered personnel division of the American Red Cross would cooperate wilh occupation troops in speeding the evacua tion of all allied war prisoners and civilian internees from Ja pan. The names of those liberated and evacuated will be transmit ted Immediately to the war de partment in Washington. Units also will accept and transmit messages to next of kin through the war department. WAR BULLETINS - San Francisco, Aug, 23 (U.R) Th Ynan radio said to day tha Chinas communist fourth army was making forced march to Shanghai to assist a Chinas insurrection against looting Japan! troops, San Francisco, Aug, 23 Radio Tokyo said today that Subhaa Chandra Bos. Indian rebel leader, died in a Japa nese hospital Aug, 19 from wounds sustained in an air plan accident. Bos, known as the "Indian Quisling." who fled India for Japan to form a puppet party In connection with Japan's greater East Asia co-prosperity sphere, was seriously Injured when his plane crashed near Taihoku airfield, Tokyo radio said. Chungking, Aug. 23 (UR Lt. Gen. Albert C. Widemey r, American commander in China, today ordered Ameri can forces not to fraternise with the "enemy." London, Aug. 23 'U.RI The presidium of the supreme Sorlot of th Ukraine Soviet republic today "tilled th United Nations charter, ex change telegraph reported from Moscow. San Francisco, Aug. 23 (U.R) T h Jepaneie Domei news aqency reported today that an extraordinary session of th Japsnes Diet will con vent Sept. 2 and 3- San Francisco, Aug. 23 (UP) Winds of gale velocity, described by radio Tokyo as a "small typhoon," hit th Jap anas capital last night, th Japsntit tipoittd today. Official Stuff I . . J -I ' HA I , ill ffl I 4 J I "ft") I : Tj I 1 ' (Aetna Telepholol Here's the official seal of Japan m.d personal signature of Emperor Hiro hlto larrowi on credentials present ed to Lt. Gen. Sutherland In Mnnlls by the Japanese surrender delega tion. TOKYO REQUESTS F Yank Forces To Control All Strategic C e n t e r s Jap Radio Reports. Manila, Aug. 23 (U.R) Tokyo asked for Jive revisions In Gen. Douglas MacArthur's surrender orderi today and told the Jap anese people that 50,000 to 60, 000 Allied occupation troops land In the capital area next week nhinc. MaeAithur's forces ultimately will seize control of all Japan's strategic centers "with decisive armed strength," Radio Tokyo said. Japanese Imperial headquar ters broadcast in rapid succes sion five requests to MacArthur for changes in the surrender or ders effective tomorrow immo bilizing ships In Japanese home water and requiring those at sea to head for Allied ports. The five requests were for permission to: 1. Continue railway ferry servic s with unarmed, especial-ly-marked vessels between Ao mori and Hakodate Uno and Ta kamatsu. and Odonarl and Wa kanl for communications and transportation to carry out the surrender terms. 2. Leave In operation within Japanese waters some motor sallini; vessels of more than 100 Ions which, without radio equip ment, may not receive the lm mobil.7ation order. 3. Send a transport to Mina miton island with fond supplies, since current supplies will be "completely exhausted" by Sun day The transport would Bring back sick and wounded. 4 Send two hospital ships with food and medical supplies to iso'iitcrt garrisons on various south Pacific Islands. 5. Allow Japanese ships at sea to communicate with the Allies on frequencies other than those nrescribed by MacArthur since Japanese ships "unfortu nately' have no transmitters for the latter. ALIEN LABOR TO Washington, Aug. 23 (U.R) The War Manpower commission was speeding arrangements to day for repatriation of foreign workers brought hero to relieve the wartime labor shortage. Some 83.000 foreigners ere recruited for wartime Jobs In this country. About 18.000 were from Barbados, Jamaica and British ihinduros and some 67. 000 from Mexico. Most of the Mexicans are em ployed by railroads and in view of the acute railroad labor short age, their release will be gradual. The others will be sent to Camp Murphy. Fla . the princi pal WMC repatriation center. They will be sent homo as fast i shipping i availiibU. E Ready To Enter Nanking, Hong Kong Attlee Tells British Policy. Chungking, Aug. 23 U.R) . Chinese parachutists and ain. borne combat teams were pois ed today for occupation of Nan king, Shanghai. Hnncknns anrf other important areas prior to me lormai Japanese surrender of more than l.ooo nnn trnrna and ht'ge amounts of equipment m nina. Japinese military chiefs in formed Chinese offieiala it ii'Q now safe for them to enter Nan- King. Chinese paratroops were) reported waiting at Chihkiang for the ffo-aheaH -Itrnni Chinese officers who accompan ied Japanese surrender delcc gates to Nanking. Gen. Yasuja Okamura, su preme commander of Japanese) forces in China, assured the Chungking government ha would recognize only an author ized lenresentativA rcAn-,mlia simo Chlantf Kai.Khob anrf re quested further surrender in structions. London, Aug. 23 (U.R) Gen. , Josef Stalin tonight announced ' in an order of the day that Ja pan's Kwantung army has sur rendered. Sta'.in's order honored the far eastern forces of the Soviet which brought about the capit ulation of the Kwantung army in a 15-day campaign. Ha revealed that troops of the Mongolian people's republic co operated with the Red army In the attack on the Japanese. Stalin disclosed that the Rus sians have occupied Paramu r.hira and Usyuryu Islands in tha Kurllcs. London, Aug. 23 (U.R) Prima Minister Attlee told the House of Commons today that British commander will accept the sur render of the Japanese at Hong kong. Attlee made his statement in reply to an inquiry by opposi tion leader Winston Churchill. The question arose as a result of Indications that a race was In progress between the British and the Chinese tp take over tha British crown colony. Churchill wanted to know whether the government had plans under way to restore tha British administration In Hong kong once the Japanese surrend er had been accepted. "Yes." Attlee said, "As stated, by the foreign secretary on Mon day arrangements are being made for the Japanese surrender to be accepted by the British force commander. Plans for re establishing the British admin istration In the colony are fully prepared." The house cheered Attlec'i announcement and Churchill ex pressed gratification. Churchill asked Attlee If ha recalled that "On numerous oc casions and particularly at the Cairo conference in 1943 the gov ernment made it plain that wa did not contemplate any modifi cation In the sovereignty of His Majesty's territories in the Far East." SUGAR STAMP 38 VALIDJISEPT.l Washington. Aug. 23 U.R) Sugar stamp 38 in ration book four will become valid Sept. 1, office of price administration an nounced today It will be good for five pounds of sug.ir until Dec. 31, 1945. The current sugar stamp, No. 36, beromes invalid Aug 31. OP A Is continuing the current tatlnn rate of five pounds of sugai every four months because of th" shortage of supplies. No Improvement fur civilians is ex pected this year. Stocks are lower now than they have been for ten years. Calt iitta" Aug 23 (U.R) Tha Rurm.i campaign cost the Japan ese I2B000 killed the southeast Asia command announced yes-teriUjp. 5
