Herald and news., March 26, 1945, Image 2

TWO KTKALD AND KEWK
STEVENS TRIAL'
PENS TODAY,
JURY SELECTED
(Continued From Page One)
5urors Elsie Sweasy, Frank J.
Sullivan, A. M. Collier. Harry
Obenchain, Ervin w. Kramer,
M. D. Druliner. William Frohn-
meyer, E. M. Bubb, Ralph T.
Howard, nut us a. yumcn, r . x,
French and Henry Grimes.
District Attorney Clarence A.
Humble presented briefly the
state's case to the jury. He out
lined activities of the young ma
. rine the night in question, de
scribed finding Bold uncon
scious body near tne rear en
trance of Kern's Implement con
pany the morning of December
6, followed through with Ste
vens' alleged contacts of the next
14 hours, and the marine's ar
rest at the Barracks the evening
of December 6.
Describing circumstances of
the case as sordid, Defense Attor
ney O'Neill advised the jury he
"regretted" it was necessary to
Introduce such evidence. O'Neill
also traced activities of Stevens,
Bold, and a marine companion of
the defendant, Pvt. Gerard Bus-
sier of Lewiston, Maine, also sta
tioned at the Marine Barracks.
The marines met Bold at the
Buffalo lunch on S. 6th, O'Neill
said, and asked for a ride into
town.
AH three were drinking at the
time, O'Neill said. Bussler left
Stevens and Bold during the
evening, ana Bold tnen is said
to have driven his companion
"down a dark alley." There,
O'Neill stated. Bold made im
proper advances toward Stevens
and the marine struck Bold after
the farmer had stepped from the
car.
At this point, the defense eon
tended, Stevens took the car as
he did not know in what part
of the community he was, and
it was dark.
Stevens then drove around
town. O'Neill said, met some
friends, ate. and then returned
to the Marine Barracks. The
next morning, O'Neill told the
jury, Stevens talked the matter
over with friends and planned to
take the car back to town.
The marine had also told
friends that he had hit Bold, but
did not consider that Bold was
badly hurt. ,
Throughout his opening state
ment. Defense O'Neill asked
the jury to keep in mind "the
salient faet that the state
claimed Bold was assaulted
where he was found." O'Neill
advised the jury that "we do
not claim that, as Stevens did
not know where he was when
he struck Bold."
That the three, Stevens, Bras
sier and Bold, were drinking
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the night before Bold was
found unconscious, was freely
admitted by the defense. The
trio had been at various road
houses on S. flth and Pvt. Bus
sler loft the two to go to
Chick's cafe near Kern's. It was
at this point, the defense con
tends. Bold drove to a dark al
ley, parked, and made his ad
vances which the 21-year-old
marine resented.
As the defense completed Its
story, Circuit Judge Vanden
berg recessed until 2 p. m. to
day. COMERS FACING
HIGHER MEAT PRICE
WASHINGTON. March 26 (IP)
Hitrher meat prices for con
sumers were projected at a sen
ate food investigation oaay as
a means of breaking the black
market and providing better dis
tribution oi avauaDie supplies.
Wilbur LaRoe Jr., counsel for
the National Independent Meat
Packers association, told of losses
he said packers suffered for
months on their operations. Sen.
Ellender (D-La.) commented:
"The onlv solution as I under
stand your argument would be
to raise tne price to me consum
ing public.
"Bo. you can increase ne sub
sidy," interjected Senator Aiken
R"Is there any way to break the
black market except by getting
a fair price for producers, proces
sors and dealers?" asked Senator
Shipstead (R-Minn.)
"I don't know of any," La
Roe replied.
Packers Lose under ui
Senator Lucas (D-Ill.) pressed
for a suggestion as to what con
gress should do in ine present
meat situation after La Roe testi
fied that packers, under OPA
regulations,' have lost money for
two years on oeel operations.
have avoided bankruptcy only
by profits on hogs, and since
August have been losing on hogs.
He hoped. La Roe replied,
that OPA could be persuaded to
change its regulations. He sug
gested that the senate committee
call in Price Administrator
Chester Bowles and talk to him
about it
Meat Supply Questioned
Senators asked today why
Great Britain does not get more
meat from Canada and less from
the United States as they began
a broad investigation into the
nation's food situation.
Senator Wheeler (D Mont.)
told the agriculture committee
he understood the Canadians had
ample meat and recommended
an inquiry into why more of it
was not used for lend-lease.
Saxing he agreed that it was
a point that, should be investigat
ed:, Senator Shipstead (R-Minn.)
said his information was the but
ter was unrationed in Canada.
"Why can't they send it to
Great Britain?" asked Senator
Ellender (D-La.)
The British have to nav for
it if they get it from Canada."
Shipstead replied.
(tiovernment agencies an
nounced recently that lend-lease
meat shipments to Britain are
being drastically cut for this
quarter.)
As the committee began its
hearings, Chairman Thomas (D
Okla.) announced that one aim
will be to "uncover and de
stroy" black markets.
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HYDKYD ISLES
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naval and aerial bombardment
demonstrates the remarkable
staying power of Adm. Ray
mond A. Spruance's 5th fleet
and its fast carrier task force
commanded by Vice Adm.
Mare A. Mitscher. Only a week
ago they raided southwestern
Japan for two days.
Japanese ground troops in
central China advanced as
much as 25 miles along a 80
mile front while their comrades
in Burma and the Philippines
suffered further reverses. One
Japanese column seised Icheng,
145 miles northwest of Hankow
and only 95 miles from a U. S.
air base.
British Advance In Burma
British forces captured six
towns in central Burma and in
one 15-mile advance seized two
loaded military supply trains.
Six Japanese counterattacks
were repulsed by the U. S. 25th
and 32nd divisions on northern
Luzon island in the Philippines
while the first c&valry began a
drive toward the heretofore un
touched southern arm of
Luzon.
Cebu, in the central Philip
pines, was heavily bombed for
the sixth consecutive day, pos
sibly in preparation for another
invasion.
EDITORIALS ON
NEWS
. (Continued From Page One)
heavy enough (as yet) to turn the
roads to quagmires.
yHE Japs say this morning that.
we're "attempting" landings
on Okinawa, in the Ryukyus.
The landings, Tokyo radio as
serts, are covered by a fleet in
cluding 15 carriers. 11 battle
ships, 10 cruisers, 32 destroyers
and "innumerable" auxiliary
vessels. -"Ci.
It may be so. . The flyukyus,
of which Okinawa i, the: moat
important, screen , the- entrance
to the East China sea,-which is
Japan's gateway to China by
way of the valleys of the Yangtze
and the Yellow rivers and their
interconnecting canals and re
lated rail systems. :
If we are landing on Okinawa,
so soon after Iwo Jima and with
out the usual protracted bombing
and bombardment... it speaks
volumes for.-our confidence in
the power we have at hand and
ready for use.- ---,
QUR Philippine-based bombers
are reported to have smashed
a big- hydro-electric" "plant- on
Formosa which supplies power
to Jap war industries arid mil
itary activities on two-thirds of
the big island. These industries
include two plants that are be
lieved to supply some 15 per
cent of Japan's aluminum.
QKINAWA, in the center of the
v Ryukyus screen, is a fairly
big island, some 75 miles long
by three to 15 wide. Its popula
tion is around 400,000, and its
southern part is good land, high
ly cultivated.
It is reef-fringed, but once
ashore we would have several
miles of flat land, suitable for'
tanks and war of maneuver qn
a small scale. It would be
totally different from Iwo Jima
more like Levte.
TTHE Japs are still pushing
" ' uioqfufQrft in .ontral rhina
a fairly wide front. They do not
seem as yet to nave been ma
terially checked by the Chinese
or by anything our air forces
there have been able to do in the
way of support to the Chinese.
Harrison Named
Agency Director
WASHINGTON. March 28 PI
Wallace K. Harrison of Hunt
ington, N. Y., was named by
President Roosevelt Saturday as
director of inter-American af
fairs. Harrison has been acting-executive
officer of the agency
since Nelson A.' Rockefeller was
n a-m e d assistant secretary of
state. His new post pays ?10,
000 a year.
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The march on the Rhine became the inarch orer the Rhine es three
Allied armies hurled themselves across the water barrier. The Canadian
First, British 8eeond and U. 8. Ninth under Field Marshal Sir Bernard
L. Montgomery were on the east side o! the Rhine and enlarging brideje
heads near Wesel. The U. S. First and llth Armtrt widened their original
crossing In the vicinity of Rcmagen and the V. 8. Third Army drove a
new crossing near Mannheim while the U. S. Seventh farther south was
poised for a Jump-off.
Senate Opposes
Manpower BUI
WASHINGTON, March 26 (IP)
The compromise manpower bill
under which War Mobilizes
Byrnes could freeze workers to
essential jobs headed into fur
ther senate opposition today.
Senator O'Mahoncy ' (D-Wyo.)
declined as a senate conferee to
sign the measure agreed upon
by a senate and house group
arid -said he could not support
the compromise when it reaches
the senate floor. Little opposi
tion was expected in the house,
where it will come up tomor
row. "'C-
Major Denny Rees
Returns Home
(Continued' From Page One)
were allowed to do pretty much
as they wanted. They were also
under Jap regulations, but they
were not as strict.
The daily ration of food gen
erally consisted of 250 grams of
rice, which equals approximately
one-half pound, 10 grams of
fish, or about one tablespoonful,
and 100 grams of some vegeta
ble, usually potato tops, most
of the fresh vegetables going to
me Japanese, on some, weeks,
native cattle would be killed,
and Rees said the prisoners de
clared they were on the NRA
system (next to ribs). Again the
Japanese got the choice cuts of
meat.-. ,. :. ,
It took two years for any cor
respondence to reach Major
Rees. His first letter was dated
February, 1943, and was deliv
ered to him during the first of
the following year. The delay
was caused mostly in the rigid
censoring, being first read by
the Americans,, then the Red
Cross, then the Japs at Manila
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and finally the Japanese officer
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The first words Rees heard at
the time of his liberation were
"Hurry up and get out." Many
of the men were wounded or
without arms or legs, but aftor
traveling for two miles, carts
were provided that carried al
most two-thirds of the men.
It took the Rangers quite a
long time to convince the prison
ers that they were not some type
of guerrilla because the uniforms
had changed so much since their
internment, that they didn't rec
ognize the Ranger as an Ameri
can soldier. The Rangers were
wearing green fatigues, carrying
several guns, and were sporting
two-day beards.
After flying from Luzon to
Lcyte,. the liberated men were
transported home by ship. After
landing in San Francisco, Rees
reported to Letterman hospital
for a general checkup. At this
time, the records were also
straightened and their pay set
tled. -
"Klamath Falls looks Just
about the same to me," Rees
claimed. This is the first time
he has been here since July of
1941. However, he still finds it
strange to see women driving
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PORTLAND, March 28 T)
Oregon still wants its battleship
buck after the war.
Marshall N. Dana, chairman
of the Battleship Oregon com
mission, said today that If the
hull is still aflnnl when the war
ends, the commission wants It re
lumed to Portland harbor,
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of another two-way blow coor
dinated with the U. S. 12th air
force in Italy. Bombers from
Italy hammered communica
tions In Austria, the Gorman
radio reported.
The Gorman also Indicated
that Ruesian bombers attacked
Berlin.
The American bombers yea
lerday launched what may be
one of their toughest assign
ment -hunting nut and blast
ing German underground fac
tories and warehouses.
Mesqulto Attuk
Last night Mosquito at
tacked Berlin for the 34th con
secutive night and American
night-prowling planes Joined in
hammering German targets.
The night attacks followed yes
terday's pulverizing of German
strongpolnt and reinforce
ment centers In front of Field
Marshal Montgomery's drive in
to the Ruhr by thousands of al
lied planes.
, The kickeff of the campaign
against hidden underground ob
jective was made yesterday by
U force of 280 British-based
Liberators which attacked three
burled oil storage dump be
tween Hamburg and B r u n s-
ijviek.
; A large number of synthetic
oil refineries are locatud In this
region and their production was
believed to have gone Into re
serve depot for Field Marshal
Albert Kesaarling's armies.
. ItOO Sottl Flewn
- Altogether 0000 sorties were
flown yesterday, with the Lib
erators ' reporting good result
against the underground nil tar
gets at JEhmen, Buchen and Hit
lackesT and with 100 RAF
heavy ' planes smashing at
freight yards at Hannover, Os
nabruck and Muenslcr.
.'.Approximately 0000 German
vehicles of all types from tanks
to wagons wore destroyed by
the tactical air forces over
Rhine bridgeheads.
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NEW OFFENSIVE
IN SLOVAKIA
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vlitn gntewny Intn the German
inner llfdoulit where Hitler' HS
men nro reported cnehlng under
ground supplies for their ln.it
stand.
liunskn Bystrica was the scone
of a prematura Cierhoslovak up.
rising last autumn when I lie Rm.
sinus were first invading eastern
Slovakia,
The Germans announced they
had liquidated tint patriot force.
Berlin radio announcers said
nine Russian Infantry divisions
mid a lank corps plus other tnk
units were attacking on the Her
lin front west of Kunslrln Inward
Seelow, 2S mill's east of Berlin,
but Moscow had. no confirma
tion. Russian Break Into Dsnilg
Along tho Baltic the Ruuiaiu
hacf broken Inlo Dnnalg's north,
western suburbs, and the Grr
mnn said Gdynia hud been pene
trated as well.
Below the Danulio tlin Rn.
slitns' bypassed the forlresa nf
Koniarom and were fighting
west of tho stronghold.
Two Hu.i.ilnn annles nlrencly
had overrun four-fifths of Hun
gnry below the Danube and
the r .inearhend was wllliln nn
miles of tho Austrian tinnier niirl
77 miles southeast of Vienna.
Ileilin broadcast SBM a new
assault had been sprung north
of tho Danube In Slovakia,
while Marshal Ivan Konev's
first Ukrainian army group con
tinued In grind through th
Mnravlnn mountains north nf
Vienna.
Ntw Offensive Started
The newest attack, described
in Rerlin as an "ail-out offen
sive" was started on the lower
reaches of the Hron river In
Slovakia at 4 a. m, Saturday, a
German brnadrast snid, and a
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