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PACE TEN HERALD AND NEWS KLAMATH FALLS, OREGON Aire raft Production Fdcused on Japan; Worker Shift Eyed - Ttv STERLING F. GREEN WASHINGTON, Aug. 11 (P) The government focused air craft production on Japan .in stead of Germany today, in a major shift which will release an estimated 120,000 aircraft workers by the end of this venr. Downward trends over the riext 12 months were set for Liberator bombers, C-46 trans ports and Thunderbolt fighters, coinciding with growing em phasis on the new aerial sourges 01 japan uie oig oucms n-ta which slammed again yesterday coins E SOUGHT FOR RECONVERSION WASHINGTON, Aug. 11 (JP) Proponents of the Murray-K.il-gore reconversion bill disclosed today they were considering lowering proposed , maximum postwar unemployment pay ments from $35 to $2S a week in an effort to overcome. republican-souther i democratic opposi tion in the senate. A spokesman lor the group. who asked that his name not be used, said the concession might be made in "an honest effort to meet criticism" and that it. would be followed by an appeal to Pres ident Roosevelt for support of the measure. Senator Overton (D-La.) mean while appealed on the floor for a compromise, asserting the rival "states' rights" demobiliza tion bill by Senator George (D Ga.) was .insufficient" in bene fits while the organized labor supported Murray-Kilgore meas ure" carried payments that are ''too high." ' . . . v . Under the considered Murray Kilgore changes, a worker would be paid .7.5 per cent of his base weekly pay for the war period if he is unable to find a job but in' no case could he draw more than- ?15 -if single,-$20 if mar ried and $25 if he has more than one dependent. ' - . The bill now carries payments of $20 for a single man, $25 for ' a worker with one dependent, $30 if he has two and $35 if he has three or more. . . .... White House endorsement of the Murray-Kilgore bill was re portedly being sought by its backers while , its opponents among republicans and . Dixie democrats pressed insistently for a speedy senate vote, seemingly confident they can pass ' the "states' rights" demobilization plan of Senator George (D-Ga.). y ... .7 , . Oregon State Grid Star Killed In War .CORVALLIS, Aug.: 11 () Capt. Thomas Swanson, who-attained all-coast fame as . right half on the Oregon State foot ball team of 1934-36. was killed on the Normandy front three days after he landed in France July 8, his wife here has learned irom the war department. - He leaves a son John, 2. After graduating in 1937 he coached one year at Milwaukie and three at Albany. He entered the army in 1942 as an infantry lieutenant. Laporte Undergoes River Tests - PORTLAND, Aug. 11 (IP) Only 89 days after the keel was laid, the U.S.S, Laporte, . the first AP-5 transport built at Oregon Shipbuilding yards here, was undergoing river tests yes terday. - . -i : The vessel may have the dis tinction of being the first of its type to be delivered, upholding the Portland yard's record of delivering the first Liberty and Victory ships. Sentry Duty Doesn't .'. Hurt Disposition '- .- LA GRANDE, Aug. 11 (P) Fifteen months as an army sen try ' didn't hurt ' the disposition of her pet airdale, says Mrs. Percy Lowell of Eugene. "I can't see any change in Mike's disposition at all," she said. "He is just as friendly as ever.", She said he ; was 'so ex cited when he - arrived that' he almost broke out of his shipping box. . i . -...' at the Japanese, and its new sister, the Consolidated B-32 Twenty thousand persons will be released in the next 30 days, the war department estimated in ordering the cutback yester day, and 34,000 aircraft jobs are waiting to absorb them. Successes of the European in vasion set the aircraft shift in motion, it was learned. The action was planned last May, but was held up until the ad vance into fortress Europe and the impotance of the luttwaffe demonstrated that the aircraft industry could safely be aimed at the Japanese empire. Only one major casualty oc curred among the aircraft makers,- Higgins Aircraft, Inc., of New Orleans, was stopped short in its contract for 50 "Com mando" cargo planes monthly before any were delivered. The first C-46 was expected this month. Some 6000 workers are af fected in New Orleans by the Commando cutback, but it was indicated about half might be retained to work on wing panels and other parts. In. three Uurtiss-wngni plants producing the Commando trans port St. Louis, Buffalo and Louisville production will rise for the rest of the year, with 1945 schedules tapering off. 'The B-24 is being replaced in considerable part by the much heavier B-29 and B-32," said the cutback announcement, released by the office of war information. The San Diego plant will turn to the B-32, a super-bomber whose character istics still are secret but which was designed, as a running mate to the B-29s which already have successful raids o n Japanese targets to their credit. "The airplane . cutback, ex tending as it does over a period of a year, will not meet the existing acute demand for work ers in other vital programs," said Arthur H. Bunker, director of the WPB's production execu tive committee staff, through whom all cutbacks are cleared in advance. It has been estimated that 200,000 workers will be needed in urgent war jobs by this fall. Women's Bonds B uy Fighter Plane This picture shows a P-51 Mustang fighter, dubbed Klamath Falls In honor of Klamath women's clubs who iold enough bonds to buy the plane for the fight against the. Germans and Japs. G. F.W.C.. Uttered on the plant, li for "Ganeral Federation o! Women's Clubs." . . . ... ........ HEAV ES H I AT AIRFIELDS ADDS TO Ef FIGIEWCY J 'r-r-. ' Bv Iltl'liinC? a cncnial nnm. pound of syntnetic rubber, U. S. navai lorces nave acquired an added .mardin. nf fiahiina tei ciency. Naval authorities al lowed it to be - revealed today mat special coverings of the syn-thetirv-c n m n n n n H ora . Knin placed around the propeller drive shafts of cruisers, battle ships, destroyers and escort ves- acia ui au lunas. . The important new applica tions for tne test tube rubber is made possible through the dis covery of a method by U. S. Rub ber company scientists of a way to successfully cure and bond the synthetic rubber solidly ,to the metal shafts. The use of this new protec tive process prevents the pitting Of thf ririVP Shafts thrm.nl. j . -uvugu elec trolysis, a condition which oc curs wnen metal is immersed in salt water. Deterioration was so raniri llnrfor thie nnr1itinn t l vviiuiMUll LllttL in many cases the shaft would ueuume useless in a months. The fighting efficiency of the ship was thus, impaired and the danger of breakage at sea or in battle, necessitated the vessel being placed in drydock period ically. By eliminating the need for rpnair nr tho ronToiama., s the shaft, cruising time and range ' is increased materially. Other advantages of the new de- o --v smaller repair costs. NEAR S By AUSTIN BEALMEAR LONDON, Aug. 11 (IP) American heavy - bombers smashed in . force today at oil dumps and airfields near Paris and at rail yards in the Ger man border city of Saarbrucken and the Alsace-Lorraine ' cities of Strausbourg, Mulhouse and Belfort. All the rail yards were .bot tlenecks for German troops which invasion headquarters re ported earlier today were mov ing "westward" toward the French front. Railway facilities through Strausbourg, Antwerp, Brussels, Metz, Lille and Sedan were bombed during the night. Before dawn, up to 1000 heavy British bombers attacked oil . supplies for submarines, trains and other targets while Mosquitos gave Berlin residents another restless night by plung ing two-ton blockbusters into the- German capital. Up to 1000 U. S. planes, half Flying Fortresses and Libera tors, bombed and strafed these objectives: Fuel dumps at St. Florentin and Pacy on the Armancon river 75 miles southeast of Paris. Airfields at Villacoublay on the outskirts of Paris, Toussus-le-Noble southwest of the capi tal, and Coulommiers, 30 miles east. Rail yards at Mulhouse and Belfort in Alsace-Lorraine near the Rhine. The latest attacks apparently were part of a rapidly shaping campaign to isolate Paris. The weather was clear and "good results" were reported. The Berlin radio reported daylight fighter bomber forma tions over southwestern Ger many. Mediterranean air force bombers, making their second straight night foray into Yugo slavia, attacked rail yards at Kraljevo. Oregon Again Tops In E Bond Sales PORTLAND. Aug. 11 (IP) Oregon topped all other states for the second consecutive time with her per capita E bond sales of $33.37 during the Fifth War Loan drive, E. C. Sam mons, .' state chairman of ; the war finance committee, said. Oregon also held first place on the Pacific coast in per cent of sales above quota, total sales to individuals in all series, and sales of E bonds above quota Oregon reached ,117.4 per cent of E bond quota. Classified Ads Bring Results. 7.15 p.m. LOWELL THOMAS NEWS TIME DON LEE-MUTUAL StaifoOfCaKfsrnia Acetylene Welding and Cutting -Apparatus Supplies Sura W Hby. Itf Everything for Welding . and . Cutting! "REGO" torches and cutting : .'. ,, . equipment. ma d e; by ! N.a :' tional Cylinder Co.. . . : , Acetylene generators and- - AC. electric yeldersi r " ' Oxygen and acetylene , -Delivery Service Right Now! SESSLER BROS. 534 Market PHfme 4862 Sailor Who Spent 31 Montis On Guam Doesn't Look for Quick Completion of War PORTLAND. Aug. 11 (iP) Chief Radioman Ueoige Ray Tweed, who foiled Japanese at tempts at capture on Guam for 31 months until rescued- last July 10, doscn't look for a quick end to the war, he said here last night. Ike's recuperating and visiting relatives. . "The Japanese don't believe in surrender,'' he said, "and they are scattered all over islands of the Pacific. I know we will beat them, but I think it means actual invasion of an awful lot of is lands." ' " Of his almost unbelievable life on the conquered island from December 10, 1941 until he was rescued, he would say absolutely nothing. He carried written navy- orders forbidding him to make any comment on that period. Releases from navy headquart ers in Pearl Harbor previously indicated that when the whole story is told it will be one of the most thrilling of the war. He was born in Portland and went to school here, serving on the USS Saratoga and USS Mil waukee before the war, and on the USS Colorado immediately before being assigned to Guam. His wife Mary, and two chil dren live in San Diego, and his mother, Mrs. Roscoe Bennett, lives at Beaverton, near Post land. When Tweed was located by reporters he was visiting rela tives and planning on a few more days of celebration before con tinuing to Washington, D. C, the point mentioned in his navy or ders. He said he plans to retire from the navy after the war, but that his plans past that time are in definite, "because that's a long way off yet." He drew a $6027 back pay check after his rescue, he said. U. S. PACIFIC FLEET HEAD QUARTERS, Pearl Harbor, Aug. 11 (JP) Fortune's wheel came full circle today for Chief Radio man George Ray Tweed, graying, 42-year-old Oregonian who out lasted Japanese squads remorse lessly hunting him for 31 night mare months on now-liberated Guam. . ..-. ...... He escaped 10 days before the Americans invaded Guam July 20. His story and that of Guam s reconquest were- announced al most simultaneously by the navy yesterday. From the day December 10, 1941 the Japanese over whelmed a handful of Americans on the island, Tweed lived in precarious flight on the 250 square mile island far out in the Pacific. The persistent Nip ponese hunted him like an an imal; finally detailing a 50-man patrol. Capture, often, near, would have meant death. Behind him were burning memories of navy and marine friends who died, without re treat, in the stubborn but hope less first defense of the island. He was sustained by the constant hope of rescue by advancing American forces. The story he told after his res cue July 10, was released to the United States almost coincident ally with announcement that re capture of Guam had been com pleted Tweed had seen proud, cruel, vindictive Japanese forces . roll ing to victory .past his buddies' bodies. The conquerors' final remnants were ragged and emaciated; fleeing instead . of fighting back. , Reinstated in the U. S. navy and promoted from radioman first class aboard the rescue ship, Tweed was returned to the Unit ed States. He was reunited in San Diego, Calif., with his wife, Mary Francis Tweed, 27, and their sons. Ronald, 9, and Robert, 3. They . had not seen him since October, 1941, when they left Guam. "It was a glorious reunion," said Mrs. Tweed, adding she never doubted that her husband would return,' Although ativr two years' searching the Jnp anesc had listed him officially as dead. During his ordeal the Port land, Ore,, navy man's hnlr sil vered and ho lost 30 pounds. Ho gained back 10 of those In the (Irst flvo days after his rescue, by a combatant ship off Guam, 10 days before the American landings. An American pilot previously had spotted him stand ing near the remote cave where he spent the Inlter part of his hermitage. He lived on rain water and food obtained in night forays. Truck Tire Quota Given Boost PORTLAND, Aug. 1 f) A 50 per cent Increase In Ore gons August quota of heavy truck tires from 1318 to 1974 was announced today by Mc Dnnncll Brown, office of price administration (OPA) district head. He said the new total still considerably below tho 4000-odd tires allotcd during each of the past four months was granted as part of a nation-wide supple mental allotment. Revenue passenger-miles of U. S. alrwoys increased 287 per cent in the period 1936-1941, from 321,000,000 In the fiscal year ended June 30, 1936, to 1.178.000 in 1941. TRULOVE'S - Chicken Center For Your Phone 4282 919 E. Main TT ', COLORED HENS . . lb. 33c PORK STEAK or ROAST lb. 32c RABBITS ... . . lb. 49c POT ROAST . . . . lb. 25c THE OLD JUDGE SAYS... "Good morning, DOCTOur gooa we tins mi you're working night ano day now that m manyof the younger doctorsarein thearmy." ' '"That's right, Judge, antf I'm glad I'm still sble to do it. Had a long letter from Harry . i , that bright young fellow I was breakin' in td v take over my practice. He taid the boys in ., . : the service are getting the:bcst medical care of any . armed force in our history. They reaHy should with all those brilliant doctori ' ,. and plenty of supplies to work with." ' - ''Speaking of supplies,; Doc, not 'many people realize that a large part of the alcohol ' required to make the medical supplies that are being used right this minute to alleviate pain, combat infection and save human ' lives, is produced by the beverage distillinj industry. For nearly two years this entire industry has been working night and da . producing nothing but alcohol for the government's program." : . ."Nobody knows better than I, Judge. ' .what an important contribution to our wat " .effort that has been." . . ; ' TMi cdmllumnt turnout y Cmftma ef MaMIBmtati JniutHtu, lm, REPAIR BEGINS ON CYCLONE STRUCK AREA KAMSACK, Stisk., Aug. It (Cunadlun Press) Carpenters, linemen and . repair supplies were en-route tu this cyrlune flattunod farming community to day as official estimates placed ul mora than $2,000,00(1 the dam age wrought by Wednesday night's storm, Tho r.itlmutfl was m n d o hy Town Clerk W. G. Hlowkolt, who said liii had accompanied Mayor Adolph Kendall to Verl gln, Sask., earlier In tho day to communicate with Premier Douglas. , Flying timbers and shuttered glass caused Injury to 37 persons ut only four were hospitalized, two reported In serious condi tion, Tho storm, one of several which struck Manitoba and Sas katchewan Wednesday night and early Thursday, leveled some 400 buildings In a mutter of min utes, disrupted water unci power services nnd broke off commun ication lines. Many small houses were lift ed from their foundations some curried for more than a block before they crashed to tho street. Crop damage was estimated at AO to 100 per cent In the Quill Lake. Sask.. area whore hail swept path three miles wide and 18 miles long. While wo can talk today In terms of formidable bud lurk, thero Is absolutely no necosslty to prophesy a continuation along the same lines provided that uerman leadership capitalizes on its experience unci does not re neat its previous mistakes. Lt.- Gen. Kurt Dtttmnr, nazl radio rommentator. Apple Prate...! Prospect, mp Uf Act.. Commercial aim0AuHi prospects Improved .ft8? cent i Hi-1, i..;ia bout i reported" the basis of C. nous. . -r- i tcJ Prospeels aro 41 - l urcutcr Hum iiio J crop ot M.MOi000 , . A connri.,on of ""HI l-()(UCn" producing Males. BUY TIRES ON TIME Yes, wet have 1. F. Oooetrkh Sllvertowni in hr(Mogt tli.s. tT trUfel lwM waaM (W til. k. n bay, T M ...! Mnriowa. Id Ik T tfre bj 3 yi' wrtra tr- tk.li. .Mp.rle .... mmd mu tO.000.00O.miU red Wall Da'l U .borMv. ml radr Mali P T Tmj moll mount rWw. ... (Mt n w.klr lo.latta.Bt.. Offclef Tin InptHr Dick B. Miller Co. T . t. 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