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i mm mm WIN , i Coso Government Resigns In Midst Of Grave Military Crisis PBICE riVE CENTS Suzuki To Form GV!Iew Nip Cabinet LONDON, April 5 W) The Japanese government of General Xunlskl Kolso iell today In the mldit ol the empire's artve mill. Uty crltli and Emperor Hlrohlto called upon Admiral Baron Ksnlsro Suiukl, 77-year-old president ol the privy council, to form new cabinet, Tokyo broadcatti announced. Kolio and all hU ministers stepped down, a communique aald, "becauie ol the gravity ol the altuetlon." a relerence to the mounting series ol disasters during their eight months In oillce which have reached a climax in the American invasion ol Okina wa, on the doorstop ol the homeland. The communique, broadcast by uomel agency, said a iar more powerlul administration will be lormed" and the choice (II on the aced Susukl alter the emperor had consulted the elder ittttimsn ol the empire. Suiukl had been In semi-retirement lor eight years prior to his ppolnlment as president ol the privy council last August 10. The By FRANK JENKINS DIG news from the I'nclfic ex " plodca all over the. place to- Russia denounces her neutral ity treaty with Japan. The Japanese cabinet RK SIONS IN A BODY Kolso ap. purently collecting the ruslKnu lloni In ndvnnce and presenting Ihem to tho oinncror all at once. THIS q li e l 1 6 n "immediately srlscs: Old the Jnn cabinet crisis comn bout as a result of our recent stunning military vlrlorleir, or was It PRECIPITATED by tlio Russian treaty denouncement?- whom phrasing Indicated that Ruulo Is going lo. get Into tlio wsr against Japnn (sooner or liter). , QN the teletype this morning. ,v the nnnouncement of the Jop cabinet crisis came first, but there are Indications that wo and the British knew tho Russian action was coming before It was formally made public by Mol etov's handing of the papers to me jap ambassador In Moscow. If the news leaked out to us, It could have leaked out to Kolio. Tlie chances nro It DID. AS a matter of fact, there Is reason to believe Hint Kolso has hnd a pretty good inkling for some time of what was com mit. A wpek or so ago tho dls- patches carried n report to the effect that 300.000 Jap troops had suddenly been rushed up to we mnncminan border. We didn't pay much attention to the story at tho time, regard ing It as probably Just another rumor, hut It now becomes "limicant, N tho announcement of Kolso's resignation, thoro's a lot of eyewash nhntlt fnrmlnif n now and Iminhcr .Inn if nirnr.imnnl Hint ...11, . . . . 'H cnase these brash Americans obck across tho Pacific pronto, but what he says In hl swan wns bolls down to about this: The Inl, n,r,nrl H AA m.,M1. (or mo, boss; you'd better start 'WRing lor somebody that con handle II," That is to any, Kolso may have Kurod tht by ondess sulcldo stands hn iMii,i uni.i ... nnj it... British up so long thnt In time oa got war-weary and offer Mm an easy peace but with the nusslans comlna In ho knows Inc Jig Is up. THAT raises this other Interest- tntf nilnflllnH 1111, l It.. J0B AHEAD for Japan?" . JN in effort lo find on answer, .j j 8,1 doWn ,or moment ng do n nttio pure guessing. oevonty-scvcn-yenr-old Suzuki, wn. piwrns this morning to bo ywuiiiuiuca on t'ogo Two) . Wounded Marines Arrive at Adair SMan"nIr?y ffi Ri nded on iwo Jlmn, arrived Adair enBi:l liospltnl at Camp ModaryndSy " WM hr;.."' ln men suffered CK I"1""". nd will bo lh.S"f lzed for some time. When Ihcv T,; a tor "omo """ When nave partially recovored, "tnls ni, E. """'orred to hos Th ar thoir r.omes. H h.Tn "re the first received In Day's Sews 1MMrWyAaaWia "ok li since tic navy H over from tho army. . " KLAMATH FALLS. OREGON, THURSDAY, APRIL WHO pre-war years Admiral Suzuki was considered one ol Japan's moderate statesmen and an opponent of the extreme army cliques aggressive ad ventures. Ho was seriously wounded in the Tokyo army revolt of Feb. 26, 1038, when be held the post of lord cham berlain. (The young officors who led liiui revolt held buzukl was counselling moderation on the ompuror. Several Invaded his home and he received several sword cuts, so severe that for a time his life was dlspalrcd of. May Offar Psaca (Many closo students of Jap nnesQ affairs predicted thai the next change In the Jnpunese govoriinent would- call into power some "moderate" who might offer peace gestures to tho United States and the allies.) Tho text of the Tokyo com munique: . "In view of the gravity. of the Situation tho cabinet has decid ed to resign en bloc in order to open the way for a far more powerful administration. "Premier Kolso accordingly tendered the collective resigna tion of his cabinet to the throne today." Bulletin Given The. communique was preced ed by a Domcl news agency bul letin announcing the fall of the government. The Gorman news agency DNB broke a routine transmis sion to flash news of the Jnp ancso cabinet's resignation. In dicating its importance within Germany. "Tho Koiso cabinet resigned this morning," the Domcl news agency said. "The resignation en bloc of tho cabinet was decided upon after an extraordinary meeting of the whole cabinet which met at U;80 this morning (Tokyo time). "At tho end of the meeting Kolso proceeded to tho Imperial palace at 10:30 a. m. and tend ered tho collective resignation of tho Japanese cabinet to the emperor." i Formed in '44 ' ' The Kolso cabinet was formed on July 22, 1044. Popularly known In Japan as "tho Tiger," Kolso succeeded Gen. Illdekl Tojo as premier. Warren Welch Dies on Iwo Jima PFC Warren W, husband of Mrs, Welch, 26, Kathleens Wolclt of Lakevlew and son of George Welch of Alturas, was killed in action March 9, on Iwo Jlma while serving with tho third division of the marine corps. Word was received by his family on March 28 In a mes sage from General A, A. Van dcrgrift, commanding officer of the United States marine corps. Warren wbs born September 9, 1918, in New Pine Creek and spent his childhood at rwia Prank. Calif. He was a graduate of Modoc Union high school ana on auren i was married to Knthlcono Anklin of Davis Creek. a daughter, Dlxlo Kay, was born April 10, . 1041. Welch enlisted in Marcn, 1043. and loft the United States In December of 1943 en route to the South PHclflc. He was wounded during tha battle of Guam and hospitalized In New Caledonia wnere ne receiycu tho Purple Heart. In addition to his wife and daughter, War ren leaves his father and two sisters. Edith Partridge oi Alturns, and Tholma Gooch ol Lakcview. fit Tfcfl ShaUa-Caacadc Wonderland 52', .rr r S&.kvtI i W mM4 l--- "v - 1- r t, 1 VLrv f .1 , f ss) ,- a-1 1 flr- -tJ- -, - J"$f amt -' 1 - - ,mn'CL,'i'i 'w-OTf'flM'M JKDBval - fr W ' -' """""-"tflH! nrtmiiti'), ' , -. , i Lt. Ralph Taylor of Klamath Falls Is shown with soma of tha souvenirs ha brought home from Eurooaan battlefields. Ralph' is showing a-German- Schmaiser. machine pistol,, otherwise known as a "burp gun." Other nets, cartridge, boxes, a uermsn cantoen, two nasi neimets, a ueiman oearsicin pacx, ana a uer man olllcer's dispatch 'ease.' ThtwhitTreTnTet."t left, is a German medic's headgea:. LC Taylor was wounded tour times. (Bee Gen. Eisenhower Holds Nail Surrender Improbable', Sees Guerrilla Warfare WASHINGTON, April . 5 (P) Gqn. Dwlght D. Elsenhower has Informed President Roosevelt that "a clean cut military sur render" of the nazis is Improb able. In a -letter to the chief ex ecutive, released by the White House today, the supreme allied commander In Europe foresaw extensive guerrilla warfare. . Prevent Guerrilla Control Ho said he was hopeful of launching . operations at the proper time that "should par tially .prevent a guerrilla con trol of any large area, such as tho southern mountain bastion." Third Army Now 732 Miles From Berlin; By WILLIAM L. RYAN Associated Press War Editor: ' TT : thliH n r m v tnnki: plunged to within 132 miles of Berlin today in tho Schlotheim area and British and Americans battling shoulder to shoulder in tho north closed up along the Wcsor river on a wide front 23 ntllne fmn. Hnnnnvni no flip Germans were reported - in headlong Illgni lowara me raue, which flows within 50 miles of the rclch capital. U. S. first and ninth army . nnnnwl nnw ' Jlttlirks ,i WJ.- v. " - against Germans, estimated at un to 130.000. bottled up in the Ruhr.' - Cross Danube taA ni-mv frnnns nnured IUn nannhn frnm thn nrnn of captured Bratislava to join tne assault on Vienna, uuvuiatr. Only Volunteers To Fight Japs Prime Minister W. L. Mac Konrie King, whose govern ment was nearly overthrown lust November when it adopted partial conscription for the war against Germany, embarked to day on a campaign for reelec tion with ' announcement that Canada would send only volun teers to fight in the war against Japan. Canada s fighting forces in the Pacific war will be numer ically "very much less" than those employed in Europe, King told parliament late yesterday. He said the dominion's efforts after the defeat of Germany would "to a considerable ex tent" be (turned to producing foodstuffs and war materials and to work of reconstruction, relief and rehabilitation. 5. 194S Souvenir Collector Comes Home articles on tha table include a German -flara pistol, several bayo story on page Z). On-the basis' of past perform ances' by German armed forces, Eisenhower said it is likely that "a V-E day will come' about only by a proclamation on our part rather than by any-definite and decisive' collapse or surrender- of Gprmah resistance." Such, a proclamation, if it docs come, the White House said, probably would be issued- by Eisenhower himself. Fragmentary Battles -, "The further . this campaign progresses," . Eisenhower said, "the- more probable it appears that there will never by a clean cut -military -surrender of the Germans Flee ment of the city seemed immi nent as soviet forces jockeyed for an attack from the north east, west and southwest. Red troops captured a suburb 1 4 miles from the city limits after crumbling what Moscow called the strongest anti-tank line be fore Vienna, and the fall . of Bratislava after a 24-hour siege intensified the assault. In the. north German assault American troops were 23 miles from Hannover, a great commu nications center. ; Near Plauen Lt.- Gen. George S. Patlon's U. S. third army, fanning out on the open Thuringian plain on a 100-mile front, was SS miles from the. great rail center of Plauen, 1 capture of which would split Germany in two. - Patton's tanks sheared toward Erfurt, which is 11 miles be yond captured Gotha and 130 miles from Berlin. Leipzig was 70 miles away. Ahead of them U. S. planes roared over cen tral Germany, striking at strate gic targets. Behind . them in (Continued on Page Two) Investigation of Nazi Deaths Set PARIS, April S (P) General Dwight D. Eisenhower has order ed an Immediate investigation into the death of an undisclosed number of German prisoners of war during their movement by rail in the American zone of operations, March 15 and 16. An official SHAEF statement today disclosed the deaths, which occurred during move ment from the forward area - to prisoner of wi.r -camps in the rear, and said Eisenhower had informed the German high com mand of the incident and of steps taken to insure a proper investigation. Number 10432 at forces' on' the western front. Our experience to date is that even when ' formations as small as . a division., are disrupted, their fragments continue, to fight un ;til surrounded." : The general' visualized a con dition which would, mean that eventually all areas in .which fragments of. the German army, particularly paratrooper, panzer and SS elements may be located, will have to be taken "by the application of or the threat of lorce. . This, he said, would lead to a fonn of guerrilla warfare which -would require a large number of troops to suppress. WASHINGTON,,' April; 5 , 0P) Solid Fuels Administrator Ickes said today he 'hoped to receive an order for; government seiz ure of soft coal, mines today. Terming the coal situation "worse than unfortunate," Ickes said at his news conference that 13. blast furnaces of the United States Steel, corporation - have shut down and that 20 more will be down by tomorrow noon, v v. . Serious Break Seen "We are headed toward a se rious interruption in the- pro duction of steel," he said. . He added that "I don't think . (Continued on Page Two) Army Halts Meat Supplies to Freed Civilians WASHINGTON. April 5 (A-i The army quit supplying meat to civilians of "-liberated coun tries .three months ago, senate food investigators were told to day, because of the shortage in this country. Maj. Gen. Carl A. Hardlgg, di rector of subsistence for the quartermaster corps, told the agriculture committee that cer eals, beans, dried eggs and sugar are the principal foods dis tributed by the army as relief. Hardigg agreed, in response to a question from Senator Wheeler (D-MonU, that black market operations made it more difficult for the army to get the meat It desires. Wheeler said he had been in formed that red ration points are being sold freely in New York City tor $6 a thousand.- Tokyo Off Assisting Nazis Dim War LONDON, April 5 (AP) Soviet Russia today denounced ill neutrality pact with Japan, accusing Tokyo of helping Germany to war against Russia. The Moscow radio announced that Foreign Commissar Vyachetlav Molotov had in formed the Japanese ambassador that continuance of the compact was impossible -since Japan was fighting against Russia's allies, the United States and Great Britain. "In such a situation the pact on neutrality between Japan and the USSR has lost its meaning," Molotoy said. , The note was handed the Japanese ambassador at 3 p. m., today In tha midst of a new Japanese cabinet crisis. The pact was signed in April, 1941, and whether Russia would renounce it before the opening of the world security conference at San Francisco April 25 had been a subject of ' speculation. The soviet note emphasized at the outset that "the poet of neutrality between the soviet union and Japan was concluded on April 13,. 1941 that is before the attack by Germany on the USSR, and before the outbreak of war between Japan on the one hand and Great Britain and the United States on the other. "Since that time the situation has radically changed," ' the note said. "Germany at tacked the USSR and Jopan Germany's ally helps the latter in her war against tha USSR." The treaty ordinarily would have run until April, 1946. The denouncement becomes effective Aoril 13. lust 12 T MANILA. April 5 (JP) Mas bate, sugar-rich little central Philippine island, was overrun Tuesday by elements of Mai, Gen. Rapp Brush's 40th division and- its capital quickly liber ated while Philippine-based bombers ravaged Japanese-occu pied . Hong . Kong across the China Sea. ' '. Both actions-were announced today by Gen. Douglas MacAr- thur, who declared Japan's life line to the East Indies was com pletely severed by a chain of American air bases- stretching more than 1000 miles from Lu zon in the north to recently-in vaded Tawitawi at the southern tip of the Sulu archipelago only 30 miles from Borneo. After seizing Masbate ' City, doughboys with the help of guer rilla forces moved rapidly .to se cure the entire Island, the com. munique said. They met negli gible opposition. Hong Kong Raided " Heavy bombers escorted, by fighters spanned the China sea to smash at the great shipping base at Hong Kong. Primary targets were identified as the Kowloon and Taikoo docks, where 126 tons of bombs left innumerable fires and large ex plosions. Fighter planes shot down three and probably two more Nip interceptors the communi que said. Not an American plane was lost. Okinawa Gains GUAM, April 5 (P) United States army units driving to ward the Okinawa Island capi tal of Naha have been slowed by stiffening Japanese resistance while marines on the north side of the American wedge worked (Continued on Page Two) Winter Again Hits Midwest By The Associated Press Winter swung a wallop at the nation's breakbasket today in the form of whistling winds, rain, snow, flood, and heavy frosts that nipped budding fruit trees and gardens and the forecast was for more of the same at least until Friday. The Chicago weather bureau officially reported a narrow belt of snow fringing the upper Mississippi-valley, and Great Lakes region in depths - ranging be tween 4 and 12 inches. Unoffi cial reports said a 6 to 17-inch blanket blockaded .most of southern Minnesota. MB HONG KDNG HIT Weeks Leave Month in Daze If you feel like eating honey for breakfast, being kind to animals, or taking care of the health of your feet, you may do so in April and feel virtuous about it. . There is a week set aside in April to observe each of the above, . In fact April is a busy ..month, with each week designated for the observance of something. There are not enough weeks in April to observe all the things allocated to this popular month so some of them have to double up and share observance with something else. March 31 to April 7 national baseball week; April 1 to 7, conservation week, sponsored by National Life Conservation society, and honey for breakfast week; 1 to 8, negro health week. April 8 to 14, want ad week; 15 to 21, be kind to animals week; 17 to 20, packaging; 21 to May 5, baby week; 22 to 28, better homes week; 23 to 28, foot health week. April 28 to May 5, fisherman's week and boys and girls week; April 28 to May 8, noise Accused days before the opening of .the The Moscow announcement ' said Japan's Ambassador Naotake Sato had "promised to bring the declaration of tha soviet government to the attention of the Japanese govern ment." - - There was no indication in the Moscow announcement of Russia's intentions in future relations with Japan. However, Premier Marshal Stalin has publicly described Japan as "an aggressor nation." WANT HAND IN PACIFIC , . Many have expected Russia all along to denounce tha treaty if for no other reason than to gain a free hand in the San Francisco conference discussions of any problems concerning the Pacific war. Up until the Crimea conference, however. Premier Stalin maintained extreme caution in making any move that would tend to antagonize the Japanese. , " In the previous meeting of the Big Three at Tehran, Japa nese phases were excluded. Prime Minister -Churchill and President Roosevelt held a prior, meeting with Generalissimo Chiang Kai-Shek in Cairo. . At Yalta, however, Stalin agreed to sit with the. Chinese delegates at the forthcoming Golden Gate meeting some thing he had sidestepped in all previous conferences when the Paeifie'war was up for discussion. PREVIOUSLY INFORMED There were indications that both the United States and Britain had peen previously informed of the soviet action announced tonight. - This -was signified ?his week when Secretary of State Stettinius met with the. Russian, British and Chinese ambassa dors in Washington the first time that the soviet and Chinese envoys had openly conferred. " The - pact' with Japan was the second neutrality treaty that the soviet has repudiated in recent days. In previously terminating the pact with Turkey, however, .Russia indicated ' willingness to negotiate a new:-relationship.- The note to Tokyo made it clear Stalin has ne such inten tion toward the Japanese. The neutrality pact was signed at the Kremlin four days ago by Molotov and Yosuka Matsuoka, then Japanese foreign minister. Marine Held on Charge of Rape A charge of statutory rape was filed in justice court this morning against Pvt. Odis Car roll, Marine Barracks. . , Carroll. 25-year-old native of Kentucky, is the third, service man to face this charge in which two 15-year-old girls are involved. (Jarrou is in custody of the military but a request was made today . to have the marine turned over to civil au thorities. Justice of the Peace J. A. Mahoney said Carroll's bond would be set at $zouu, same amount set for S 1c LeRoy Junior Milliken and S 2c Rich ard Burdette Graham, both in the county jail in lieu of bail. Both Milliken and Graham waived preliminary hearing in justice court this weeK. me girls remain in juvenile custody. WEATHER (April 5) Max. (Aoril 41....54 Mln. ......25 Precipitation last 24 hours..... 00 Stream year to date 7.91 Normal... 9.38 Last year.... 6.03 Forecast: Increasing cloudi ness. Probably light showers. abatement week. San Francisco conference. Federal Court Opens, Recesses Judge James Alger Fee, Port land, this morning opened the first federal court held in Klam ath county but recessed immedi ately to return to Medford. Court will reconvene in circuit court rooms here, Monday, April . V- ':"- :- This is a special term of the United States district court and not a statutory term as is held each year in Medford, Judge Fee stated. Purpose of holding federal court in Klamath county con cerns condemnation of property situated in this area, the proper ty to be viewed by the jury in each case. For this reason, it was found to be convenient to hold the first federal court here. It ws also noted in the order that the expense of trials would be lessened by meeting in Klam. ath county.. This special term does not affect the regular terms held in Portland and Medford. ' Judge Fee, left at noon for Medford to hear a case which originated in. Grants Pass. He was accompanied to Klamath, Falls by his secretary, Esther Davis; Cloyd Rauch, court re porter; Ross DeMott, deputy clerk, and Al Price and William Rickard, marshals. Members of the federal court jury, which includes a number of Klamath county residents, will report at 10 a. m. next Mon day. - . DNB Reports 5th Army Attacks By The Associated Press The German DNB agency re ported that the United States 5th army had launched an at tack along the Llgurian coastin Italy early today, , - The dispatch, reported by the federal communications commis sion, said that, American artil lery had laid- down a heavy barrage for several hours be fore ground forces began their operation. : r
