J i
"iL Weather
Use The
Mail Tribune
Want Ad Way
Quick Reiulti
At Small Coit
TRIBUNE
EDFORD
FORECAST: Sunday, Clr wtth
riling temperature, scattered
cloud I,
Temp.
Highest yesterday fi
Lowest this morning 57
United Press Full Leased Wlr
United Press Full Leased Wirt
MEDFORD, OREGON, SUNDAY, AUGUST 26, 1945.
NO. 132.
Mm
M
OTwTflS 0r eeae'
L- 1
I Fortieth Year
RET EffiFJ IA
GREATEST ARRAY
! nr iiiinniunn m
f U WAKon ro N
HISTORY TO ACT
Aclm. Halsey In Command of
Fleet To Cover Air and
Sea Landings
MANILA, SUNDAY. AUG.
26 (U.R) UNITED STATES
WARSHIPS ENTERED SA
GAMI BAY TODAY (SUN
DAY). GEN. DOUGLAS
M'ABTHUR NOTIFIED THE
JAPANESE GOVERNMENT.
VGuam, Sunday, Aug. zt w.rj
A mighty fleet of 383 Ameri
can ships, including 188 combat
vessels, stood ready rooay 10 dc
gin its triumphal entry into
Tokyo bay in the first stages
of the occupation of Japan and
the empire's home waters.
The greatest array of warships
any landlubber either friend or
enemy has ever seen from
shore has been assembling off
the coast of Japan to lead allied
sea-borne occupation forces into
the home islands.
Fourteen battleships 12 of
the U. S. Pacific fleet and two
British vessels formed the
backbone of the powerful third
fleet commanded by Adm. Wil
liam F. Halsey.
San Francisco, Aug. 25
(U.P.) The flag which flew
from Commodore Perry's mast
when he opened up Japan in
1853 is being flown to Tokyo
1 . Day, where it will figure in
i uc surrenuui- cut eiiiuim.-&, mv
navy announced tonight.
Adm. William F. Halsey
asked that the historic flag be
brought from Annapolis to the
battleship Missouri. Lt. John
A. Bremycr, Washington, D.
C, brought the flag across
country and left for Guam
aboard a naval transport plane
today.
Led by Halsey's sleek flag
ship, the USS Missouri, units of
the fleet will steam by O Shima
into Fagami bay, gateway to
Tokyo bay, to give naval sup
port for the preliminary air and
seaborne landings.
A force of 17 large aircraft
carriers, six escort carriers. 20
cruisers, 91 destroyers and 24
destroyer escorts composed the
American combat group. Behind
them came an array of trans
ports and infantry landing craft.
i"pital ships, minesweepers, re
pair ships, and other craft.
Fleet Adm. Chester W. Nimitz
today identified for the first time
the additional combat and non
combatant ships making up the
famous third fleet.
The battleships Idaho, Missis
sippi, New Mexico, West Vir
ginia and Colorado were identi
fied as part of the third fleet
for the first time. They are in
Halsey's force in addition to the
Missouri, Iowa, South Dakota.
Wisconsin, Alabama, Indiana and
North Carolina and the British
battleships Duke of York and
King George V.
A total of 18 British ships, in
eluding the carrier Indefatigable,
the cruisers Newfoundland and
Gambia, 12 destroyers and one
hospital ship, are with the third
fleet. Nimitz' press release said.
Nimitz revealed that the In
trepid, Antictam and Cabot arc
among the American aircraft
carriers. Others previously iden
lified as being in Halsey's force
Vare the Bennington, Ticonderoga,
' Yorktown, Shangri La, Bon
Homme Richard, Lexington,
Hancock, Randolph',. Wasp. Cow
pens, Independent. 6 i 1 1 c a u
Wood. Monterey and Isfiaan.
With Halsey's flag flying from
the 45, 000-ton Missouri where
the surrender will be signed, the
fleet apparently hat been di
vided into several groups.
BUY FIRST PLANE
New York. Aug. 25 iUR
The first Piper Cub airplane
produced for civilian use under
the company's (conversion pro
gram was purchased today by a
group of Indians from the Kiam
(Ore-; rcservsuoo.
Hopes to Improve
r-'r ,rf :
(Acm Tclcphoto)
Gcnt-rnl Charles De Gaulle. presMont of the French Provisional Govern
mrnt. hold press conference in Wnsmnpton, D. C. wnere ne acmes any
desire for nnnexfti ion of German territory but calls for international con
trol of Ruhr Valley and French control of western bank of the Rhine.
Washington, Aug. 25 (U.R)
President Truman and Gen.
Charles De Gaulle announced to
day that they had reached fun
damental agreement in matters
affecting "construction of the
postwar world." .
Their announcement came as
the president of the French pro
visional government prepared to
ALL HE 010 WAS
Oslo, Aug. 25 (U.P.) Vidkun
Quisling presented his defense
against charges of treason today
a simple statement that every-
thing he did was done in a de-
sire to save Norway. The Nazi i 700,000-squa re-mile area from
puppet premier of Norway of-( China's political map was re
fercd five defense witnesses who garded today as a "heroic decl
tcstificd that his character as sion of great statesmanship
good as man and boy. j which may settle the Communist
Quisling, who revealed today j problem and avert a threatened
iViat h hurt nnre hppn nrenaril.c ; civil war.
to enter the ministry, spoke for
15 minutes. He said that Reichs
commissioner of Norway Josef
Terboven offered him a chance
to flee Norway on May 5 three
days before the German surrend
er but that he refused because
he was duty bound to remain.
Quisling said he had protcsttd
sharply against German plans to !
fight to the end in Norway.
Quisling's first defense wit
ness was a little, pale, dark
haired woman, Haldis Neegaard
Oestbyc, who now is being held
in a concentration camp.. She
said she was sure that Qui.-ling
did not know in advance of the
German occupation and that the!' s'R"pd, by Ucneraliadmos
leaftlets announcing Quisling
would take over the government
were written the day of the land
ings. Quisling's schoolmate and
most intimate friend for more
than 30 years, William Ullman.
described Quisling as "a genius."
L BUS RULE
REVOKED BY ODT
Washington. Aug. 25 (U.R)
The Office of Defense Transpor
tation today cancelled its renucst
for observance of voluntary con
servation regulations in the oper
ation of school buses and trol
leys. It also revoked regulations for
bidding use nf chartered ruses
for transportation to athletic
events.
The regulations provided a
system of staggered working
hours, fewer stops, and elimina
tion of duplicating bus lines.
The revocation becomes effect
ive Aug. 31
French Relations
wind up his three-day visit here
and leave by air at 9 a. m. to
morrow for the Hyde Park, N.
Y., home of the lale President
Roosevelt.
De Gaulle was given an en
thusiastic reception at the U. S
Naval Academy in Annapolis
Md., today and this afternoon
presided at a reception at the
French embassy.
CHIANG ACTS TO
E
Chungking, Aug. 25 (U.R)
Generalissimo Chiang Kai-Shek's
decision to recognize the inde-
pendence of Russia dominated j
outer Mongolia thus slicing a
compeipiit poiillCHl ODH'rvera
said that Chiang's ultra-realistic
action, by which he became the
first leader of the Chinese re
public to give up Chinese terri
tory, was a distinct shock at first.
Later, however, there was a fcel
intf nf relief Ihnt this miiht
cnlun Ihn Pnmmunict nrnhlpm '
nl. cement relations with the
Soviet Union.
lt was understood that the new
Chinese -Russian treaty ratified
yesterday provided for the inde
pendence of outer Mongolia and
the territorial integrity of Man
churia. The treaty is expected
to be made public when it is
Chiang and Josef Stalin.
POLICY TO HOLD
Washington, Aug. 25 (U.R)
The government adopted a gen
eral reconversion price policy
today to hold prices of long
scarce civilian goods as close as
possible to prewar levels.
The policy was based on the
price program announced by the
office of price administration
two days ago for most consumer
durable goods. The office of eco
nomic stabilization approved ex
tension of the program "to the
entire reconversion field."
TALBERT IN FINALS
Southampton. N. Y., Aug 25
UR William Talbert. the na
tion's second ranking player,
and Alejo Russell of Buenos
Aires, a new foreign threat of
U S. tennis dominance, won
their way into the final round of
he Meadow club tennis tourna
ment today-
OP
Truman Again Overhauls
State Department Latin J
Honeymoon Over
Washington, Aug. 25 (U.R)
The Argentine government's un
easy honeymoon with the United
States has just about ended to-1
day as President Truman sup-1
planted Assistant Secretary of
State Nelson A. Rockefeller with
Spruille Braden, an outspoken
critic of the Argentine dictator-:
ship. i
In the fourth phase of their (
sweeping overhaul of the state ,
department high command Mr. j
Truman and Secretary of State
James F. Byrnes installed Brad
en, U. S. ambassador to Argen
tina, as the new chief of U. S.
Latin-American relations.
At the same time. Byrnes gave
emphatic approval to Bradcn's
frequently expressed distaste
for the Argentine government j
of President Edelmiro Farrell
and Vice President Juan D.
Pcron.
Only two of the six assistant
secretaries placed in the slate j
department by the late Presi-
dent P.oosevelt now remain in
office. ,
Shoitly after the president's
appointment of Braden, Bvrncs
disclosed that the new assistant
secretary was expected to con
tinue "with unremitting vigor"
the policies which he has follow
ed in dealing with Argentina
since arriving there as American
ambassador last April 19.
Byrnes hinted that the United
States may refrain from sending
a new ambassador to Buenos
Aires for some time. He said
that until a new envoy is ap
pointed, the American Charge
d' Af.'iirs in the Argentine cap
ital. John Cabot, will work
"under the guidance and in
instmctions" of F.raden.
For nearly a year the United
State maintained no ambassa
dor in Argentina as an expres
sion ol displeasure with the Far-rell-Peron
policies.
RoekefellT who led the move
to heir Argentina into the Unit
ed Nhlions at tne San Francisco
security conference, bowed out
of office with the confession that
the state department's attempt
to get along with the Farrell re
gime had failed.
In it speech at Boston last
night, he bluntly accused Argen
tina of failing to keep its com
mittments to eliminate Axis
remnants and generally mend
its w:.ys. He proposed, in ef
fect, that the Argentine people
overthrow the present regime.
SHOWERS SQUELCH:
TILLAMOOK. FIRE
Portland, Ore.. Aug. 25 (UP.)
Nature pitched into the Ore
gon forest fire situation tonight,
bringing showers throughout
the state to wet down fires in
the Deschutes National forest
and the Tillamook burn.
The Deschutes National forest
fire, south of Mount Jefferson,
was being trailed rapidly and
700 fighters were hitting wind
borne spot blazes as quickly as
thev .ippeared.
On the coast between Ncha
lem nnd Tillamook Bays, the
Tillamook burn was smoking
considerably but flames were
not advancing to any extent.
Jap Hired Instead
Of Vet Irks Union
San Francisco, Aug. 25 (U.R)
A relocated Japanese-American
who union members charge
was lured in preference to a dis
charged Searee is the center of
a proposed strike next Monday
by 100 employees at the San
Francisco municipal railway bus
tnp
The workers members of the
machinists union (AFL). an
nounced toddy that if the city
continjes to employ Taken Ml
varna they will walk off the job
Monddjr. An announcement by
Mayor Roger D. I-apham. in
rtruc'.ing Miyama to re'.urn to
ork Monday precipitated the
' union statement.
IN EFFECT S
Transport Planes To Aid
Demobilization Three
Bases Named
Washington. Aug. 25 (U.R)
The army disclosed tonight that
the new critical score for dis
charge will be put into effect
just as soon as it is determined
that Japan will abide by sur
render terms.
The army has not made the
new score puonc. uui me n0unced that the entire occupa
screening of 75-point men from'tjon schedule for Honshu and
shipments to the Pacific has
clearly pointed to 75 as the next
critical figure. The score is
now 85.
Meanwhile, the War depart
ment announced that, starting
Monday, transport planes will
be used between the two coasts
to facilitate army demobilization.
About 12.500 troops arc ex
pected to be transported by the
new service during the next
month. The ultimate goal is
25.000 a month.
There will be three bases on I
the west coast MeClcllan field I
in Sacramento. Calif., Mines
field at Los Angeles, and Paine
field, Seattle. The Newark. N.
J., army air base will be the sole
eastern terminal.
The army plHncs twin-engined
C-47's of the army trans
port command will be operat
ed under contract by American
Airlines, United Airlines, Noith
wesrt. Auiines. Transcontineiitiil
and Western Air, and Pan Amer
ican Airways. In addition, the
air transport command will fly
some of the troops.
MYSTERY DATA IN
BOYS POSSESSION
DUMBFOUNDS FBI
St. Paul. Minn , Aug. 25
(U.R)
FBI agents and St. Paul police
tonight investigated contents of
a mysterious brief-case, found
In the possession of two Aber
deen, S. D., youths, which con
tained sabotage information and
German-American Bund data.
The youths, Edward Rochrick
and Donald Zcrr, both 15, were
picked up when found riding in
a stolen car.
Agents were puzzled by the
name D. A. Duquesnc inscrib
ed on the case. They were at
tempting to determine a possible
connection between the name
and that of Frederick J. (Fritz)
Duquesnc. who was arrested In
the spy round In 1941.
Duquesnc was subsequently
sentenced to 20 years In federal
prison in 1942, ending a 40-year
spying career.
Police said the youths refused
to state where they obtained the
portfolio, which contained infor
mation on lend-lease shipments,
ship railings, German-American
Bund literature and membership i mari general that war rorrcs
application forms, a book of n,,,,,!,,,,!., or anvonc else who ar-
sabotage instructions and data
for obtaining forged passports.
NOT TlMETO TELL
'ATGMICSECRET
Washington. Aug. 2.1 (U.R)
Sen. Arthur H. Viindenherg R..
Mich., suggesting that President
Roosevelt realized the awesome
Implications nf the atomic bomb,
said tonight Its secret could not
be shared with the world until
there is an "absolutely free and
untrammeled right of Intimate
inspection u'A around this globe."
Vandcnbcrg, a delegate to the
San Francisco conference which
drafted the United Nations char
ter, told reporters development
of the bomb "makes it evpn n.o'e
essential that we should succeed
in the pursuit of collective se
em ity through the United Na
tions organization." He said the
bomb "multiplies every reason
any of us ever gave for embrac
ing the collective security idea."
JAP OCCUPATION
Carrier Planes Drop Food
And Drugs For American
Prisoners
Manila, Sunday, Aug. 26 U.R)
A mercy armada of carrier
planes parachuted food and med
ical supplies to American pris-i
oners in the Tokyo area yestcr
dav. Gen. Douglas MacArthur an-
Kyushu islands has been set back
two days by a series of typhoons
racing across the islands, and
Tokyo reports indicated that new
winds and rains might cause fur
ther delays.
The typhoons delayed rescue
of the American prisoners by at
least 48 hours, but the para
chute drops of supplies Indicated
that American commanders are
determined to take all help pos
sible to the captured fighting
men who have waited more than
three years for relief.
Nimitz lifted a security cur
tain to list not only the major
ships cruising off Tokyo bay,
but all of them down to the
smallest auxiliary which will
spearhead the occupational laud
ing. Jans Get Broak
Manila, Aug. 25 (U.R) Gen.
Douglas MacArthur informed the
Japanese today that tney may
send reporters, photographers
and newsreel men to cover inc
allied landings and the surrender
ceremonies, but inferentiaiiy
warned them not to scoop Ameri
can correspondents by broadcast
ing news dispatches in any lan
guage. It was believed that two things
influenced MacArthur's decision
to grant Japanese correspond
ents the privilege of covering
the American landings and the
surrender signing.
First, the Jupancsc newspapers
are the best means of acquaint
ing their public with the facts
! of occupation and thereby dis
pelling rumors and restoring tne
normal tenor ol inc.
Second, freedom of the press
is one of the democratic corner
stones which the allies do not
want to restrict except on the
grounds of military security or
inflammatory misuse of the pub
lication privilege.
T TO ATTEMPT
TO REACH JAPAN
New York. Aug. 2B 'U.R)
Bill Downs. Columbia Broadcast
ing System reporter on Okinawa
reported tonight a warning from
nn Amerirnn nir transnort Colli-
rived with the airborne occupa
tion forces in Japan without of
ficial ordnrs would be turned
over to Japanese pnlicc at the air
field.
Downs said the general made
the statement while addressing
200 men of his command a an
Okinawa airstrip. Several war
reporters were In the group.
"You will take no war corres
pondents with you," the general
told the crews. "Those am or
ders from general headquarters "
Then, Downs reported, "the
general made a peculiar state
ment for an American about to
occupy Japan. He said, 'any man
found on their airfield without
official orders to be there will
be turned over to the Japanese
police for safekeeping until the
main body of our troops arrive,."
DUTCH AFTER LUMBER
Pni'lancl. Ore., Aug. 23 U R)
The S S Tjlbsar, reputedly
the 'argest merchant vessel
afloat, will arrive here Thurs
day or Friday to load cargo for
rebui'ding the Netherlands, it
was disclosed today.
Bulletin
The Navy defeated Marines 11
to 1 in a game last night at the
fairgrounds before a large
crowd, for the Southern Oregon
league title.
The score:
Navy 11 9 2
Marines 12 4
Patterson and Reitenour;
Chapin, Ruggiero and Bogarski,
Pitts.
American
Night games.
Chicago 2
St. Louis 6
Grove and Tresh,
8 3
10 1
Castino;
Jukucki and Mnncuso.
Philadelphia-Boston postponed
rain.
Coast
R. H. E.i
Oakland 4 9 1
Seattle 1 5 5
Mann. Neimillor and Kearse,
Carpenter; Elliott and Sueme.
San Diego 6 12 3
llollvwood 4 12 4
Martin, Trahd (6) Eaves (8)
and Grigg; Fausett and Schim
ling. E
TRAP JAP HORDE
London. Aug. 25 flJ.R) So
viet troops landed on Korea's
cast coast today In an attempt to
cut off the main body or Japan s
1 000,000-man Kwantung army
fleeing down the Korean penin
sula behind suicide rearguards.
The Soviet communique,
broadcast by Moscow radio, said
Marshal Kiril A. Mcretskov's
first far eastern army, driving
down the east coast of Korea, en
tered the port of Gensan, 100
miles north of Keijo. Gensan
previously had been taken by
..inrin-. IntiHmff units from Ad
miral Ivan Yumashcv's Pacific
fleet.
Khabarovsk radio said Soviet
troops still were encountering
resistance despite the official
surrender of the Kwantung
armv, as the Japanese withdrew
in.i.n Knri.ii inward the narrow
Tsush'ma Straits leading to the
home Islands.
"Those suicide units are fight
ing with unparalleled fanatl
.lev. " Klinhnrnvsk said, "and
each' of the members must be
eliminated before our iroops
can push on and our troops arc
doing it with pleasure."
Khabarovsk did not reveal the
number of Japanese troops flee
ing through Korea but Soviet
communiques have reported the
surrender of only 373.000 offic
ers ai:d men of the Kwantung
SOLDIER KILLED
AT
McMinnvllle, Ore., Aug. 25
(U.R) George R. Yasic, 30-ycar-old
soldier from Chicago, was
shot to death hero tonight on a
downtown street corner by City
Police Officer George Eggcrt.
Police officials said Yasic and
his companion were cautioned
several times by the officer
against molesting passersbv on
the street, especially women.
Both men were extremely In
toxicated, officers reported.
When Eggcrt attempted to quiet
them, the two set on him and
beat the officer about the head
and shoulders.
Eggcrt left to call the police
station for help and returned
before reinforcements arrived.
The soldiers, both considerably
larger than Eggcrt, Jumped him
again. This time ho pulled his
gun and shot Yasic.
Ills companion, who has not
been identified, Is being held by
authorities. The soldier said
Yasic had a sister living in Chi
cago and a brother serving
the South Pacific.
PHILS GET COASTER
Philadelphia. Aug 25 U.R
The Philadelphia Phillies an
nounced today the acquisition of
Second Baseman Kenneth Rich
ardson from the Hollywood club
o? the Pacific Coast league The
Phils will turn over three play
ers for the 30-year-old Infleldcr.
No cash it involved.
,F
L
Ran Turkey Ranch In Valley
Hirohito Com muted
Death Sentence
Salem, Ore., Aug. 25. (U.R)-
An Oregon mother, overjoyed
that her son was among the res
cued Doolittle fliers, today sym
pathized with "the other mothers
whose sons weren's in the group
rescued."
Mrs. Hulda Andrus and her
family first learned last Wed
nesday that her son, Sgt. Jacob
DeShazer, a former turkey ranch
operator near Medford, had been
liberated with other fliers on the)
1942 Doolittle raid over Tokyo,
The family formerly lived lr
Madras, where the rescued air
man, a bombardier, attended
high school.
DeShazer enlisted In the army
In 1939 and was included in the
first three men to be taken back
to Chungking. He and the others
will be flown to the United
Slates tomorrow. It was long
feared that he had been exe
cutcd.
Chungking, Aug. 25 U.R)
Weak and haggard, three Ameri
can fliers who participated ir
Lt. Gen. James Dooliltlc's his
torlc raid on Tokyo April 18,
1942, arrived today from Pciping
where they were liberated from,
a Japanese prison camp by a
team of American paratroopers.
They are Lt. Robert L. Hite,
25, Earth, Texas, co-pllot; Lt.
Chase J. Niclson, Hyrum, Utah,
navigator, and Sgt. Jacob D. De
Shazer, 32, Madras, Ore., bom
bardicr. Five others are known to hava
fallen into Japanese hands, while
an unknown number were re
ported by Tokyo radio to have
hppn evpputpd for "murder." The
executions have not been con
firmed.
The three men were so weal
from continued malnutrition that
they staggered when they walk
ed down the gangplank of the
C-47 transport that flew them
here from Peiplng. They wera
assisted to the ground.
They revealed that many ol
the Doolittle airmen were cap-tured-on
the China coast by Jap
anese disguised as Chinese. Hlte
and DeShazer were members of
the crew of a Billy Mitchell
bomber which bombed and
strafed Nagoya. Ncilson's plane
attacked Tokyo.
DeShazer said ho parachuted
on a Chinese grave in a swamp
and walked until daylight. Jap
anese disguised as Chinese gain
ed his confidence by giving him
biscuits and medicine, then took
him and other members of tho
crew into custody.
Washington. Aug. 25 (U.R)
Agriculture department officials
reported tonight that newly pen.
ny-consclous housewives already
arc cutting down on the fam
ily's grocery bill.
'This, they suggested should
help to case food shortages, dam
age the black market, and de
flate prices. '
For the first time since war
time salaries Inflated the na
etbook. housewives
I are stopping to think twice be
i fore they order quality meats
and expensive food delicacies.
I This tendency along with
other favorable development
disclosed today will put an end
to certain food shortages sooner
than expected, officials believed
MAIL FOR PRISONERS
San Francisco, Aug. 21 U.R)
Letters and messages, totaling
30.000 In all, were stacked In
Red Cross headquarters here to
night awaiting air shipment to
forwaid areas In the Pacific for
delivery to liberated American
prisoners of war and civilian In
ternets recently released Irom
Japanese camps.