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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
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(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.
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