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Newspaper Page TextIE Ul iw n Ul wo fcifiggnve cents 0 T tt ft Bv FRANK JENKINS TODAY'S big news Is Hint the 1 Jup fleet tried again and '"The bottle opened yesterday (Jup time) with a heavy alt- at tuck on our warships and shore inflation. In the vWnlly of Okinawa. It wi MODERATELY aucceiwful. The Utile yollow men unk three oi our rnu ujrui ami damaged several olhora. along fwlth Kimo m a 1 1 e r wnrcrou. Hill WO . plinen which appnrently upset the JP applecart. "EARLY today a Jii nunrnvr. iC force wt lighted some 50 miles south of the Japanese m.i,ti.nH irnd UK toward OKI nawa. Mltucher'a . fnt currier (orce unllea in inimcuiai.iy m-Mlnn little air realatanre (la dlcntlim that the bulk of the Jup plnnc.i had been anoi down me day before) nut encountering hcavv antiaircraft fire. When the smoke of huttle cleared nwny. we had aunk the i,.iilrliln Ytimnto (lamest re nialnlim Jap batllcwauon. 43.000 tons, one of the moat powerful K.iiir.hliu In the w o r 1 d. the equal of our new Iowa), two light rru sera aim inrco grnroj cn. W led three morn Jap dealroy en burning and three others es- CA spokesman In Washington estimates this morning that In the battle the Japa loat anoul 2a Dr cent or Iheir remaining com hat navv. What is left, ho aaya, could be handled by only ONE of our many tank forces. AT the same time yesterday, ' the Jans ntinchcd an air at tack on the co-operating British fleet, In the southern HyuKyua, apparently damaging the uauic snip King oporgo v. OUR naval s authorities guess today that the Japs might have been trying a double play whose chief purpose may have been getting their shrinking fleet out of the dangerous Inland sea, with the secondary purpose of taking a hit-and-run swipe at our navni forces around uki nawa. All the enemy vessels-cn gaged were FAST, so they could run sway speedily after hilling THERE Is an Interesting -little x myjiery In the Pacific news toaay. inc .in nil flew anoul 2U big, slow, OI3SOLF.TE bombers into the fitmt ve.ilerdnv slim fish "Marys." not aeon since the karly days of the war arousing the suspicion on our Dart that rhey may be getting dangerous ly short of planes. Wo shot down 12 of the 20 in no time flat. V"N Okinawa, heavier resist' ear Nairn. We're still f nd nil a ..".V 10 VM,,,IK Ifl WW P'-ry few Japs In our push north fvard from tho Island s center. K pulled a freak assault yes- terriftv. tnklnir Lneenn. 'In Wllthern Llllnn. ullh PttnriT.K. fUMPEn observation planes P'nlch wc flew Into Lticcna's two Irfielcll. Our men nlleri nut nf il. : . . .' BMP imio grnssnoppcrs ana toon iic mwn. 1WE bombed the Hong' Kong l. re yesterday for the third trslght day. drnnnins 1A4 tons t-npt much In Europe, but a fair Haw L- li . ,.. . . r .... r uuinoinn in me racmc. inrce Hundred of our Super. oris. KSrnPTirn nv nriMT. fRS FROM IWO, hit Tefkyo RUZUKI seems to have cobbled i n new uap caoinci. R annninti.rl hlmtr fnrflffn continued on Pago Two) . ...".ww.. w... hospital Closes fop Labor Lack For thn (Ir.l ll. .! II ..... JsUbllslicd here, tho Klamath f?unty Isolation hospital has had ccaso operation for lack of tih. ' 'l,,1,1,10 resignation of Mrs. r miimra, registered nurse, Gi Ji" l0IW n tor California, the PlBtlOll tnunllnl l I 1 II., Pr-, Kridny April 6. kfnr ,i rFl1 "HMO. is needed bsn?rf hosl'ltnl e be re- PtnCd, Dl'. Dnl nti' I3 I ..I tiak im .i bikiuu. n I il .7. ",nu nonnoa, At the Sift no-- ,;--"-"ii. nuiu, niuro is 10 ensn of mumps being cared oSh0'."1?"? cs- lh0 doctor dls- nrnmnl ll.. II - 1 ct -i J?ulaon cannot be com- hd m home' 1,8 Pointed out, " ono reason mniinu- k.. rJ? 'a.clllty- Recently five con. --us cnsi' -i.j r j. Ao?2?W 'wnd. the "inCfl, Bull-nna Minn h. 11. v Jobj. " " " " In The Tokyo Hit By B-29s, Iwo-Based Fighters By LEIF ERICKBON GUAM, Anr 1 7 Ul'i-Mn thuu 300 fighter-escorted Super forts ruided Tokyo today In the greatest 'lund-bascd raid ever inodu on Japan and the first Involving land baaed fighter pliinea. Mustangs from recently cap tured Iwu Jlma iniido up the fighter contlniii-nt of tho "very luruo task force" which also raided Nugoyu shortly before noon toduy. Tho first flKhtcr mission over Tokyo presoges future steady emiiloyment of Mustangs as tiupordirt escorts. Tho P-Sls flew more than 1300 miles on tho round trip from Iwo to Tokyo. They wore units of tho soventh flghlcr Reds Begin Driving Nazis From Vienna; Encirclement Faces Remaining Germans LONDON, April 7 (A?) Russian troops have capturad Moslding. southtrn suburb of Vlanna, altar bloody house to house fighting: and tha fitrcast combat lnslda tha Austrian capital is raging In tha aast rn quarter whara most of tho city's utility plants ara located, a German broadcast said tonight. Tha Carmans also declared the Russians had apaarad 30 mllas wast of Vienna and reached 8. Poelten on the road to Llns. The penetrating spearheads were wiped out, DNB added. By EDDY OILMORE ' ' MOSCOW, April 7 W'i The red army today commenced driving- - the - Germans from Vienna.' and there were good Indications that the nails face tho possibility of an early en clrclemcnt if thoy do not make a withdrawal. . Soviet storm columns to the south and. southeast pushed 5TH AMf SEIZES ROME, April 7 OP) American fifth army troops, continuing their attack near the Llgurlan coast in western Italy, have cap tured thn dominating 3000 foot Monte Folsorito. and are driv ing forward against scattered re sistance, allied headquarters an nounced lonny. Monte Foluorlto is four and half miles from the sea coast and lOi miles southeast of La Spczia ' ' ' Yanks Withdraw North of Strcttola, half way between Monto Folgorlto and the sea. the Americans were compelled to withdraw slightly from newly-won positions. The enemy put up a heavy fire in that sector. A small German counterattack northwest of the town was rcmilsod. Two British destroyers, the Marno and Lookout, and swarms of American flahtorbomBers ef fectively supported tho fifth army operations in the Monte Folgorilo area, -no acsiroyers, lying offshore, pumped shells In to the German artillery posl tions. Tho allied communique reported that some enemy guns were silenced and others were compelled to move. sritisn AtiacK On the eastern coastal sector Rrlt sh e ahth nrrny troops, in what was described officially as a "local Btlack," drovo across thp Reno river northwest of San Alberto and near the southwest corner of Lake Comacenio. incy took 60 prisoners. Rlnhth armv headquarters dls- pinned that the recent successful clearing, of tho enemy from the spit of lana scpnrtuuiB -. v.u macchlo from the Adriatic was carried out by the British sec ond commando brigade, which captured nearly 1000 prisoners. 6 Million Feet of Timber Purchased T.Av-ir.vtEW The Fremont farmi ttorvlee revealed the sale of 6,000,000 board feet of tim ber, mostly ponderosa pine, to Anderson Brothers Lumber com pany. This timDcr is suuaica m the Holphensteln creek area near Cottonwood reservoir. As soon as weather conditions permit, logging will continue, rwHMlnna nf- tho sale were $7.25, plus a 37-ccnt deposit for slash disposal, making a total of $7.62 per tnousana icei ior me nlni.. and a $1.30 tier thousand feet for the white fir on the prop erly... i Shaata-Cancade Wonderland KLAMATH FALLS, OREGON, SATURDAY, APRIL 7. 1945 command, headed by Brig. Gen. Emvst M. Moore, who recently established hcud(iiartcrs on the volcanic Inland 730 miles soutli of Tokyo. Mustangs definitely shot down 21 enemy (loiters and six prob ables. Ten more damaged. Two P-Sls were lost. Hit Plana Plant Musluims flew with the Sup erfurts slrlkliiK the NakaJIma Musashlno aircraft cnijinc plant in western Tokyo. Tho second group in the "very large task force" of Supcrforts hit the Mitsubishi aircraft plant at Na goya. Both attacks were demolition raids at medium altitude. First reports Indicated clear weather and targets bombed visually. norinwarus yesterday some advance scouting groups pre- sumaniy wresting positions m sido the Austrian capital. Mortar, machincgun and snip Ing fire which the Germans have been laying down was as neavy as ever but soviet pres sure appeared to bo too much lor the defenders. Sever Highway Russian troops which severed the Vlcnna-Linz highway earlier in the fighting fought their way eastward toduy toward the capi tal. Apparently this Russian wing captured places north of the Deer park and was threat ening Mo cut off mm artillery in ine Vienna woods, Heavy battles were In pro' grcss for the western suburbs of Wadlingnau and Marlnbrunn, an importunt Junction for rail way and highway traffic. Tanks and motorized infantry of this same soviet wing appeared to be pushing into Hadcrsdorf, a northwestern suburb leading to heights overlooking Vienna. The bulk of the German artillery was located on these heights. Near Heart oi City Russian Infantry In largo numbers was being moved up to the outer suburbs to back up the soviet storm units which first battered into the city's defenses, who were reported within four miles of St. Stcph an's church, in the middle of the city. The nazl-controlled Vienna radio transmitter was less than a mile ahead of the Russians. Tills radio station reported Just before midnight last night that violent street fighting had broken out In tho city proper. The roar of artillery was heard in tho background of the broad cast. Troops Aid in Flotd Battle NEW ORLEANS, April 7 Troops were thrown today into tho flood battlo In Louisiana where a' half million acres have been inundated and more than 3000 families driven from their homes. Camp Livingston troops were sort to help hold the Cane river levee, where engineers said a critical situation existed. A thousand German prisoners of war arc being used to sand bag Red river levees. In many places the entire populations of towns pitched in with shovels and sacks. Army field kitchens and tented refugee colonics dotted tho dry areas. Nazi Leaders Told (o Give Up Local Governing Posts LONDON. April 7 (iT) The German radio announced today Hitler decree- ordering nazi party district leaders to give up their jobs in local governments. All personal union Deiweon the offices of the stntc and the nazi party . hns to be split up," tho tlccrco sold. 'Tho reason for the decree is that the tasks of the party are mainly to care for tho popula tion and In these difficult times, when quick decisions and some times moves nave to oe carried out at a moment's notice, it is not thought suitable that a party official should be burdened with the tasks of local administration, and vice versa." .. "It will nrc longer bo Dossible to combine the office of kreis lclter, (district or county leader) and county councillor or lord mayor, and no district leader can An Imperial Japanese com munlque said 270 planes were in the raiding force,-120 over Tokyo and 130 at Nagoya. No claim was made by the Jap anese of any U. S. planes being downed but a Dome! agency dispatch said four or five "enemy" planes were downed over Tokvo. Tho Mustanas were units of the seventh fighter command, headed by Brig. Gen. - Ernest M. Moore, who recently estab lished headquarters on the Islands 730 miles south of Tokyo. "ThlB is the first time army nlr force fighters ever have been over Japan, and we had to go a long way to do It," Gen eral Moore said. JAP POSITIONS IN PACIFIC HIT By RICHARD BERGHOLZ MANILA, April 7 OP) Air operations are stealing the show in the Philippines theater. This latest one-day record for S lanes was reported in Gen. ouglas MacArthur's communi que today: Heavily attacked Hong Kong a third consecutive day, wreck ing three merchant ships with direct hits and starting tremen dous fires along the waterfront. Hit Formosa Loosed 72 tons of fragmenta tion bombs on Toyohara air drome, Formosa, iiring many parked planes. Sank or damaged, three size able tankers ond two small freighters in the Pescadores is lands, west of. Formosa. . . Sank 17 small Japanese car go ships south of Hong Kong. Strike Borneo Started large fires in Tarakan oil storage area of northern Borneo. - . And, most sensational be cause of its very daring, troops of the 11th airborne division were ferried 20 miles In tiny, one-passenger Cub planes to capture Luccna, capital of Ta bayas province on southern Lu zon, and Luccna's two airfields. The Lucena attack was the strangest yet in the Southwest (Continued on Page Two) Man, Eleven Women to Hear Chaplin Case LOS ANGELES, April 7 (P) A lone man will sit in the Jury box with 11 women to hear the retrial of Joan Berry's paternity suit against Charlie Chaplin. The man, Cecil A. Croxen, for merly of Oshkosh, Wis., and the women have been sworn in and will begin hearing testimony Monday in the new trial of the case which ended in a jury dis agreement last January. PFC Earl Hitson Wounded on Iwo PFC . Earl J. Hitson, , U. S. marine corps, suffered wounds while in combat on Iwo Jima, according to word received from Washington, D. C, by the youth's parents, Mr. and Mrs. H. E. Hitson of Bonanza. Hitson was wounded Febru ary 23 when he received shrap nel in the chest. He was in action with the marines on 13 day and served 12 days In com bat before going back in re serve when he was evacuated. hold the same office in two or more districts at the same time. "In the future, no village or town party leader can combine this office with that of mayor." "Cooperation" Safeguarded The order added that "close cooperation between the party and state will, however, still be safeguarded." The decree was Interpreted here as a means of enabling nazi party leaders, in the provinces and towns to escape capture, leaving non-party members be hind as stooges to deal with the allied conquerors. At the same time, the nazls, who have announced the inten tion of fighting last-ditch guer rilla warfare, would be able to perpetuate the propaganda that German civilians surrendered while the nazls continued to re sist, i i April 7. 1945 Mx. (April 6) 52 Mln. 30 Precipitation last 24 hours Trace Stream yr to data 7.91 Normal 9.44 Last yar 6.08 Forecesti Partly cloudy) light ihowari. Top Nip Premier A d m. Baron Kan taro Suiuki appointed himself to two of tha moat Important Japanese cabinet posts in form ing a new administration after the resignation of the Koiao group, Jap news agencies re ported. T SAN FRANCISCO, April 9 (pj Japan's third war cabinet was formed today amid the roar of demolition bombs burst ing in Tokyo from the greatest land-based air raid ever mount ed against Japan. The Japanese Dome! news agency announced that Premier Adm. BaronKantaro auzum ap- COMMAND SHAKE-UP BAH TRANCISCro, April 7 (P)The Tokyo radio today reported a ' snake-up In . the Japanese army high command with the establishment of new OTerall army and air. force commands. While Premier Baron Kan taro Suiuki's new cabinet was at the Imperial palace for In stallation ceremonies, the war department, headed by Min ister Gen. Korechika Anami announced the reorganisation, said the broadcast heard by FCC. pointed himself foreign minister and Greater East Asia minis ter, two of the most important posts in the cabinet. Minister Retained Adm. Mitsumasa Yonai was retained as navv minister al though under his administration the imperial navy suffered two disastrous defeats in Philippine waters and lost more than 100 admirals. Gen. Korechika Anami, re cently appointed director gen eral of army aviation neaa- quarters, was appointed war minister. Both Nonai and Anami had the blessing of the control- (Continued on fage two; Mine Negotiations Revived; Contract May WASHINGTON. April 7 (IP) Bituminous operators and John L. Lewis expressed optimism to day, in a sudden revival of ne gotiations, that a wage contract could be concluded on Monday. Lewis issued a statement, as did Conference Chairman Ezra Van Horn, asserting that a con tract is more than oossiblc. de spite the gloomy predictions of a few nours earner. K. C. Adams, editor of the Mine Journal, issued this state ment in behalf of the miners president: Both Optimistic '"Mr. Lewis shares in common with Mr. Van Horn, chairman of the conference, the optimistic prophecies given the press at the conclusion of the joint session this afternoon. "Ho feels, like Mr. Van Horn, that the industry should of its Record Crowd At Ball Foreseen One of the biggest dance crowds in many years here is expected at the armory' tonight for the benefit ball for the Port land Shrine Hospital for Crip pled Children. Baldy Evans' orchestra will play for the event. Hundreds of tickets have been sold, and others will be available at the door. All proceeds will go to the support of the Portland hospital. The Klamath Shrine club is in charge. Hiimbn 10434 II. 5. T T 9th Army Lashes Out From Pied Piper Village By JAMES M. LONG PARiS, April 7 (IP) American tanks struck to witnin 10 miles of Hannover today in a breakout from their Weser bridgehead, and British armor fougnt less than 12 miles from the great port ol Bremen. Both allied advances bearing down on the great northern Ger man cities stiu were going strong this afternoon. The U. S. ninth army lashed out from Hamelin on the Weser river and careened eight miles toward Hannover (472,500). The British plunge carried 35 miles, flanking Bremen (342,000) and hitting to within 60 miles of Hamburg, Germany's third city. ttl Reported The German high - command declared a fierce battle was rag ing in the U. S. third army ter ritory east of Muehlhausen and within 130 miles or less of Ber lin. American reports said a German counterattack had been repulsed, and 40 nazi tanks knocked out. The German-reported battle Is near the Eisleben area, where enemy broadcasts yesterday an nounced airborne ' operations within 90 miles of the reicb capi tal. Third army correspondents said they were unable to confirm or deny the Eisleben . sector operations. Canadian armored columns were luns ing through Holland and already were-1 11-miles from the Zuider Zee and within nine miles of snipping the last Ger man rail escape from' the big western Holland cities. Timelag Seen Even as news of the latest swift advances by U. S. and Brit ish armor was received, supreme headquarters advised correspon dents that the pace so, stretched communications and kept opera tional headquarters , moving so much that a considerable time lag had developed between re ported positions and actual ad vance points. ' Allied forces bagged at least 40,094 prisoners Friday. Reports were not yet in from three of the nine armies in the west. Treble Damages Paid By Pelican Bay PORTLAND, April 1 (IP) A treble damage' settlement of $4765.16 has been paid by the Pelican Bay Lumber company, Klamath Falls, for overcharges on 1944 sales of ponderosa pine lumber, tne ufA announced to day. Box factories, other industrial plants, and wholesalers bought most of tne lumper, omciais saia. Be Concluded own accord adjudicate its contro versies, and he has joined whole heartedly in extending the nego tiations that will promote peace and progress in the coal indus try." Cancel Visit The operators called off a scheduled visit to the war labor board today and expressed belief a contract could be drawn Mon day. In lieu of a personal report on the status of negotiations with the United Mine Workers, the operators said they were sending a letter to the WLB, details of which were not disclosed. IN 1 OVID CITIES Born 30 Years Too Late? The paper shortage, the present unpleasantness existing in this newspaper field, would not have been such a pain in the neck back in 1911. That year, on January 17, to be exact, W. O. Smith, editor and publisher of the Klamath Falls Herald, filed an affidavit showing his subscription list which added up to the staggering total of 533 subscribers. One of County Clerk Charles DeLap's deputies ran across the paper the other day while clearing out a vault. First few names appearing on the No. 1 galley sheet were V. E. Arant, Fred L. Applegate, E. I. Applegate, A. D. Addison, Carl Adams, and George Ager. ' Today The Herald and News, which combines the original Klamath Falls Herald and The Klamath News, has a circula tion of about 12,500. Roughly, this is an annual average in crease of 322 subscribers since 1911. Newsprint quotas are based on use of paper in 1941, year before the war. Just about that time interest in local and world news perked up and the annual subscriber increase in 1942, 1943 and 1944 averaged 1333 per year. The Herald and News boasts one of the highest per capita subscription ratios In the state of Oregon. In fact, your paper places fourtn, led only by the published in Portland, and the Yanks Destroy Yamato, 391 Enemy Planes By LEIF ERICKSON GUAM,. April 7 " Six Japanese warships, Including their largest remaining battleship the 45,000-ton Yamato, and 391 enemy planes were destroyed in two-day battle between planes and surface units of the two fleets yesterday and today, only 50 miles from Japan. Adm, Chester W. Nimiti announced. Three United States destroyers were sunk, several other and some smaller craft damaged. Seven of our planes were lost. Japanese fleet losaes in addition to the battleship were an Agano-claas light cruiser, on other lighter cruiser, and thre de stroyers. Th battle opened Friday afternoon when heary forces of Japanese planes attacked United States ships and shore Install, tions in the vicinity of Okinawa. Three of our destroyers were sunk and several damaged. One hundred and sixteen of th at tacking planes were shot down. no larger fleet units werel hit. Early today navy search air craft sighted an enemy surface force at a point about 50 miles southwest of Kyushu, southern- 25 PER CENT LOST WASHINGTON, April 7 (IP) A "good 25 par cant of th remaining Japan ma jor combat fore" was loat or put out of action in th naval air nggmnt announced by Fleet Admiral Nimitz, an of ficial naval spokesman said today. . Th n w losses, he said, leaves th Japanese with "a task fore that can be han dled vary easily by. any of our major task forces." most Japanese island. Vice Adm. Marc A. Mitscher's fast carrier force steamed toward the enem f and during the mid dle of the day brought the ene my under aerial attack. ... No Air Battlo...-. No air opposition was met but heavy antiaircraft fire greeted Mitscher's airmen as they bored in to the attack. The Yamato reported dam aged last month in a carrier raid on Japan's Inland sea and last October in the battle of Leyte gulf when her sister ship, the Musashi was sunk went down after being hit by eight torpedoes and eight bombs. -Ships- Strafed The continuing attack finished off the light Agano-class cruiser, the small cruiser and three de stroyers. Three destroyers were left burning and about three others escaped- the attack.. All of the ships, were strafed heavi ly with rocketa and. roachine euns. . ' . Seven- carrier aircraft were lost in this action. The carrier aircraft had de stroyed 245 other enemy air craft in separate actions rnoay and added 30 more in minor contacts .today. . IMMEDIATE .Ml ERECTION EYED Th five-man city-county Jail commission, in its first regular meeting since official appoint ment by the county court, made plans for immediate construction of the jail instead of holding the project for post-war .develop ment. The group met In the county court rooms ITiaay aiieinuvii with members of the court sit ting in. Although no definite ac tion was taken, it was decided to ask for preliminary sketches of a building from Sheldon Brumbaugh, Klamath Falls ar chitect. Llovd L. Low was named nhairmm nf the commission Other members are Acting Chief of Police Orvllte Hamilton, ver non Moore, Dick Henzel and Nel son Reed. ' Plans and possible -locations were discussed by the commis sion. Two locations under con sideration, both facing Klamath avenue, are at the dead end of Klamath at 3rd, and adjoining property recently purchased by the county court from Clara L. Moore. The commission plans to in spect new jails along the coast before settling on any specific plan for the local structure. It is hoped to have construction underway by late summer. Coral Sabo, county land sales agent, was named secretary pro-tern. Next meeting is slated for Fri day, April 13, at 2 p. m. Oregonian, the Journal, com Register-Guard at gugene. YANKS SEIZE $100 MILLION E By EDWARD D. BALL ' WITH. THE U. S. THIRD ARMY, April T (IP) Lt. Gen. George S. Patton's forces today captured German gold reserves estimated to a total 100 tons of bullion, worth roughly $100,. 000,000, placed' in a salt mine near Gotha along with currency of the United States and other countries, and priceless art treasures. Dr. Fritz Vieck, ' reichbank representative at the denosit. told officers the bullion repre sented "an tne gold in. Ger many. He said it had been re moved from Berlin over a period of five weeks beginning February 11. Near Gotha . , ' The mine' is' near Moeckers. 25 miles southwest of Gotha. - Besides the cold the bootv included three billion marks in currency, $2,000,000 in Ameri can .currency, 100,000,000 French francs, 100,000 British pounds, i 4,000,000 Norwegian crowns and lesser amounts lr) Turkish,,". Spanish,- and .Portav guese currency. ; i. . Capture Officials " Nineteenth Infantry ' division troops who made the seizure captured three reichbank offic ials' including a Dr. Vieck, on of the bank's advisers, and Dr. P. O. Rabe, curator of the Ger man state museum and assistant director , of the National Art Galleries in Berlin. The bank official said tha Germans started to move thai treasure from the 2100-foot deep salt mine, a .few days, ago, but were thwarted by blown bridges., ' -.' -.' Japs in Burma Said Defeated CALCUTTA, April 7 (7P)-r Th southeast Asia command - an nounced today that in the battlo for central Burma and Manda lay "the Japanese 15th army has been decisively defeated and no longer exists as an effective" fighting force." The' announcement said tha fighting inside the Mandalay Meiktila pocket In central Burma led to one of the "greatest victor ies" in Admiral Lord Louis Mountbatten's command. The communique, issued at Lt. Gen. Sir Oliver Leese's head quarters, said that in an "inten sive killing match" with the Jap anese in the past few weeks tha 14th army had gained completa mastery of the battlefield. Yanks Capture Okinawa Posts WITH THE U. S. 24TH ARMY CORPS, Okinawa, April 8 (IP) (Sunday) Infantrymen support ed by tanks and artillery and naval gunfire conquered strong Japanese hill positions today in their advance on southern Okin awa toward Naha city and its air fields. , The Yanks' advance against artillery, mortar and machine gun positions, some of them in natural caves on ridge tops, was slow and the veterans of other Pacific battlefronts were learn ing that the Japanese had soma new tricks. , Proposals for Meat Supply Eyed WASHINGTON, April 7 (IP) Convinced by investigation that there may be no meat for ex port including lend-lease after July, a special house food committee today proposed: , 1. The army take over closed packing plants and turn out its own beef to break the general supply shortage 's. A cut in the meat quota al lowed hotels and restaurants. . 3. The army lower its stand ards so that it can use some of tha lower grades of beef, increas ing the prime supply generally. GOLD RESERV I.