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whom we have "
Lilnni he nnnoiintwu "
f mn'' ' r...i....l flnnncul ttmt
thill carry on the war to
end. wo hive -w'1h
.."....minimi uirrenrier of
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, the likelihood of war.
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mier. quoted by tho Jnpii-
ncwi grncy
morning: "1 d? l eec
..I..', war Plioris HHliiliw
Ln to clmnse because of Mr.
bievcll's death."
E ire naturally curlou as
in ilila man Truman, who
low our leader. Wo feel Hint
fcet wc do not know him. Wc
It 10 KIIOW mm.
rh hl every word for a hint
to what he may bo.
In his word, ipoxcn in wumi
Kon thii morning. In hi first
tag to tho congress and to
world, there la mucn io rc
rc ui and nothing to upset
Europe, the snnds arc run-
ling low In tho nal hour-
is.
lie Germain announce thai
Ruinn have started mcir
1 .awailnl nil out a 5 a II I I
in the Oder, along ' 100-
front, caul ol ucrun. u
tan to be expected thnt the
rmy will ouilionK mo city
to the norm ana io mo
cffccllim junction with
nil the British on both aides
so isolating tho Gorman
Ul,
hat news wo hnve from the
r comes entirely from the
my. Moscow has nothing to
Tim breaks hit long si
lence to issuo an order of
day to his armies on the
cm front,
its mays unon Gorman fears
ku.ula. He says tho "Jewish
Picvlsl arch enemy luis
fched his mussed nttiick and
rylng to destroy Germany
wipe out our neoD o." Ho
pms Incoherently of Gor-
women and girl who arc
be reduced to tho status of
Itltulcs, of children who arc
c murdered and of tho re-
pacr of tho German pooplo
": iu oo icci away io si-
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(April 16)
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Number 10441
Traman Jlste'UnHsf For"
400 B-29's Hit
Tokyo; 4 More
Islands Taken
By LEONARD MILLIMAN
Associated Press War Editor
Four hundred Superfortresses put the torch to Tokyo again
today before it had a chance to cool off from last Saturday'
holocaust while, the Japanese said, carrier and land-based Ameri
can aircraft made their second successive Joint raid on Japan.
Yank amphibious troops scooped up four more small islands
one near Okinawa, 325 miles from Japan, and three in the
Philippines. Ground forces broke up repeated Nipponese counter
attacks on Okinawa and closed in from three directions on
Bagulo, Nipponese military headquarters in the Philippines.
The Japanese death toll for the
Philippines campaign was raised
HITLER CALLS ON
PEOPLE TO BATTLE
LONDON. April 16 P) Adolf
Hitler in an ordor of the day to
German soldier on the eastern
frnnt rlrrlnred inniuht:
'For tho Inst time the Jewish
bolshovlst arch enemy has
launched hi massed attack. He
Is trying to destroy Germany and
to wipe out our people."
"Soldier In the east, you
Yourselves know what fate
threutens, particularly the Gcr
mnn ummmv tflrln and children."
Hitler asserted. "While old
men and children are being mur
dered, women and gins ore oein
rnrlnrerl to the StlltUS nf prost!
lute. Tho remainder led away
to Fibcrin. 1
Expected Offense
. "We linvn rxiipcted this often
lvo and since Jnnuary of this
yonr everything has been eionc
in ordor to build up a strong
front. A tremendous artillery
concentration is meeting tho civ
" Hltlitr continued.
"Thl time tho bolshevik will
iiffar ihn old into of Asia they
must and will perish In front of
the German copiioi.
"Whoever at this moment does
not fulfill his duly Is a trullor
to our nation."
Hitler's order asserted any
(Continued on Pago iwoj
Roosevelt's Will
Filed in Court
Ntw V(1BK. Anrll 18 UP)-
President Franklin D. Roosevelt
provided In hi will today that
his widow hould hnvo the right
to select any and all personal
property which sho desires ond
to utilize It during her lifetime.
The will, filed today with the
clerk of the urrognte s court of
n.iiKhixn rountv. Poimhkccpslc
N, Y., and mado public hero by
John C, Forbcr of the low firm
of O'Connor and Forbor, 120
Broadway, also makes specific
bcaucst to St. James church,
Hydo Park, N. Y Georgia Warm
Snrlims Foundation and to per
sonal employes and servants.
Violinist" Wins Award
WBiL ? ymf"," ""m 'i!
"una L
fcop." "P'OPU'O'. U, daughter , of Mr. and Mr. Quit
'of lil2?7 E- Main, walked ofl with honor, and $100 a
chooi, ""'9 H. Adler music award. Finalist irom in
ha, .. W,;r,a t the Fremont program t rioay nigm.
I orcV....ud,,d vl0n for five year and play. In the . Mill.
to 323.0U0, or approximately 10
times the announced U. S. casu
alties, when 8158 more bodies
were counted last week.
Still blazing fires guided B-20
pilots to Tokyo on their latest
allaek which began before mid
night and continued into the
corly morning hours. Kawa
saki, Industrial suburb and
ninth largest city of Japan, was
also hit ond left burning "like all
get out."
"Don't Return i
Tho 21st bomber command
headquarter on Guam 'an
nounced that ten and three quar
ter square mile of Tokyo's ar
senal urea wcro burned out by
Saturday's strike, from which
six of tho 400 Superforts failed
to return. Eleven failed to re
turn from today' raid.-
In two day Gen. Douglos Mae
Arthur reported his bomber de
stroyed or damaged 50 Japanese
ships and schooners, including a
(Continuod oa Pogo Two)
ER
PORTLAND, Ore.. April 16
(JP) Tho west coast lumber
commission refused today , to
grunt general wage increases to
northwest logging and plywood
workers, but approved union de
mands for the check-off and two
weeks' vacation.
The rulings effect worker of
iniriy-nve logging firms and
fifteen plywood manufacturer
and aro the first of four de
cisions brought before the war
labor board by the CIO Wood
workers union.
Demands Granted '
Other union demands granted
include:
A contract clause requiring
contractors and sub-contractors
to comply with tho principal em
ployer's collective bargaining
contract;
A work week of five 8-hour
days except for watchmen and
powerhouse workers;
A wago ralo for powcrsaw
fallcrs and backers of $1,75 per
hour In the Klamath Falls
region and $1,675 per hour in
the Inland Empire region of
Eastern Washington, Idaho and
Western Montana.
Deny Request
In addition to denying the
wage increase demands, the
NWLB denied union hiring, a
(Continued on Page Two)
Russians Desire
To Aid in Peace
MOSCOW, April 16 (P) The
decision of Foreign Commissar
Vyacheslav Molotov to attend
the San Francisco conference
was said on good authority today
to reflect the soviet union's sin
cere doslro for earnest coopera
tion with her allies ln building a
sound and workablo peace.
Tins is a tasK generally re
garded hero as rendered more
difficult by the death of Presi
dent Roosevelt, which the Rus
sians have taken very hard.
The wliolo nation is ln official
mourning for the late president,
who has been paid high com
pliments by Russian press and
officials as one of the main ar
chitects of tho future peace.
Casket- In White House
, - i - em mini wm ---w f
lima
U. S. PLEDGED
TO CONTINUE
T
FREEDOM
:r Attended by a Guard of Honor, the casket of President BooeTU lay la the East Room of
the White Houie prior to simple funeral service. (NEA Telephoto) . . , .
Franklin Delano Roosevelt LSW to Rest
As Neighbors Join Officials in Tribute
By HOWARD FLIEGER
ROOSEVELT ESTATE, Hyde
Parkv-N. Y., April 18
Franklin Delano Roosqvclt,
world traveler in search of last
ing peace, alept today in the
spot on earth .ha . loved above
ail others the garden of his
family home in the peaceful
Hudson valley., . , -
The four-term . chief execu
tive was laid to rest ' Sunday
behind- tho hemlock .. hedge
which border the century old
garden; a . cherished pride .of
the Roosevelt family.:
: ' His modest-mannered .succcs-
The bodv of Harold Manning.
35-year-old ' trapper, was found
early Monday - morning near
Hanson's' landing on "Agency
lake, Sheriff Lloyd L. Low was'
advised by the missing man's
brother, Elmer Manning.
Manning was reported- -mlsS'
ing March 16 when he failed to
return from running, is trap
lines. He had left home March
13. at 2 p. m but his brother
did not become alarmed for sev
eral davs as it was not unusual
for the men to stay out for that
length of time. "
The Manning brothers' cabin
Is some quarter of a mile from
Hansen's landing -where the
body drifted ashore probably
sometime Sunday night. . The
week that Manning disappeared
was stormy and fellow trappers
felt sure he was lost when his
boat capsized in the high wind
as he was headed toward home.
Deputy Sheriff Dale Mattoon
and Deputy Coroner Marvin Al
bee, left shortly after noon to
day for Agency lake.
Attempt to Free
Leopold Fails
BRUSSELS, April 16 )
The Brussels newspaper Laatste
Nieuws said today that negoti
ations had fallen through to free
the interned Belgian King Leo
pold and some French political
leaders in exchange for nazi
chiefs who sought refuge in
Swiss territory. . ;
Tim nntuonannrv finiH thn nn.
gotiatlons were undertaken by
tno Swiss goverunieiiv.
sor. President ' Truman, ; Joined
other . high government digni
taries in the ceremonythen
sped, -back -to-. Washington, -to
shoulder in earnest tho crush
ing ask w h i c h . fell - hi . lot
Thursday . when a cerebral hem
orrhage killed .President Roose
velt. : ' - . I-1-' f...:
Back -'to' White House
With President Truman .went
Mrs. Roosevelt,: b a'c k , to the
White. House to terminate the
first-family' 'housekeeping she
began March .4,- 1933., . - -:
Simple neighbors; bf'-Hy'de
Park mingled with cabinet offi
cers, supreme' court -justices,
congressional and military lead
ers and foreign - executives to
pay final homage to the man
who gave up the country squire
life he wanted to lead an em
battled nation through its-t eat-;
est conflict. - ... ;
1 Farmer! Son
' Among the funeral guest
were Prime: Minister MacKen
zie King,; of - Canada -who
placed, 'his .own floral offering
at the' green-carpeted graveside
r-arid" Alfred Clay, son of a
farmer' on the Roosevelt estate
and boyhood playmate - of the
late president. .' ..- J
! The presidential ' train in a
funeral role for the first time
since the death .'of Warren G.
ifvelt estate for, the . last time at
:iu a. m. sunaay-morning, it
was a beautiful day. A warm
spring sun reflected off ," the
waters of the' placid' Hudson
river.
Presidential Salute .
' The booming thunder of a 21
gun presidential salute started
the burial services a few min
utes before 10 a. m. The guns
were fired at 15-second inter
vals. Between the report only
the startled chirping of birds in
Uplifting Book Is Downfall
Apparently some patrons of Spencer's lbndlng library
here aro Inclined to run a bit off the straight and narrow.
The recent best-seller, "The Kobe," by a. J. uronin, wnicn
iU with tho snlritual effect that the possession of the robe
worn by Jesus Christ when He was crucified had upon one
deals with the spiritual effect that the possession of the robe
Roman soldier Is a difficult book for the library to keep on
Its shelves. '- v
The library has had four copies of this book and in each
case patrons checking the book out have failed to return their
copies. As the entire theme of the story is one of spiritual up
lifting and deals with, the life of Christ, , it would seem that
some readers, have missed tho-points What price glory?
the trees and hedge disturbed.
the quiet of Krum Elbow's 1100
acres. -..-'- ' : . " -.-
L -At 10:02 a. m. a marine' cap
tain snapped "present, arms . to
the military euard of honor.
Then came the muffled roll of
drums. The body, of President
Roosevelt began-the short, slow
journey to the final resting
place. he chose..
. "Hail to the. Chief" .'
'. A military band broke ' Into
the brisk strains of "Hail to the
Chief," then turned' to the som
ber, mournful chorus of a Cho-.
pin. funeral , dirge. Cadets from
West Point, . 35 -miles away,
marched . Into the - garden and
stood ,at attention before the
grave banked' by "floral con
dolences .. from .. all - oyer .- the
world. - - - -
- At 10:36 a. m. tenbody bear
ers from the armed forces lift
I ..(Continued on Page-Two) -
20 Die in Crash
Of Air Transport
: MORGANTOWNi W. Va
April 16 m Pointing sky
ward, there remained today
only a battered tailpiece and
some scattered fragments of a
storm-beset Pennsylvania Cen
tral Airline transport which
crashed into a nearby moun
tain, carrying to an explosive
death its 20 occupants.
On a 2200-foot ridge in Coop
er's Rock state park, about 10
miles east of here, searchers
found the bodies, most of them
charred and mangled almost
beyond recognition, strewn
over 1000 yards of thick under
brush. - Spotted first by planes, the
scene of the tragedy was reach
id by rescuers on foot yester
day afternoon, almost a full
day after the big silver plane
left Pittsburgh and - plunged
earthward about a half hour's
flying time later en route to
Birmingham, Ala,
LEADING STOCKS UP.
NEW YORK, Aprib U- (VP)
Leading stocks bounded iorward
fractions to more, than 3. points
today in one of the -most-active
markets of the past year or so.
E
; Accidental discharge of a .22
calibre, rifle in the, hands of a
youthful . companion, critically
wounded Rev. James Gellar, 51,
pastor of the Church of the Naz
arene, Dorris.
Rev. Gellar and a group of
boys were preparing to leave on
an-outing shortly after 1 p. m.
Saturday at Dorris. Rev. Gellar
was at the wheel of the car and
it is understood that one of the
boys in the back seat acciden
tally discharged the rifle which
he was loading. The bullet pene
trated the right side of the back
through the lower ribs and
lodged in the lower chest after
puncturing a lung. Dr. Gellar
submitted to surgery shortly
after being admitted to Hillside
hospital at 3 o'clock Saturday.
: Attending physicians described
the pastor s condition as fair.
Flag to Remain
At Half Mast
Flags should remain at half
mast for a period of 30 days.
So says Fritz Nissen, state
adjutant for the American
Legion, in response to an in
quiry by The Herald . and
News today. The question of
proper display . of the flag
during this period of national
mourning arose after the flag
on the courthouse lawn was
raised to full mast today by
W. Fred Gray, Janitor.
It was then that Gray- re
ceived a number of telephone
calls, and to settle the argu
ment, Gray, wired The Ore
Ronian office in Portland and
that paper advised raising the
flag to full mast.
The. Herald and News also
received a number of inquir
ies, and questioned Fritz Nis
sen, who promptly replied
that the flag should be kept
at half mast for 30 days. '
No Change Made
In Grand Strategy,
Says President
By JACK BELL
WASHINGTON. Aoril 16 IIP
President Truman called UDon
the nation for compleje unity to
day in whipping the axis into
unconditional surrender and in
building a strone United Na
tions organization for peace.
in nis first address to a joint
session - of congress and- to
America and the world of radio
the new president:
1. Pledged the United States
to continue the "fight for free
dom" until the -unconditional
surrender of Germany and Ja
pan, i ..
' ' no vnange
2. Declared the srand strateev
of .the war must continue "un
changed and unhampered" un
der the military -commanders
now in charge. .
3. Promised punishment for
war criminals "even though we
must pursue them to the ends of
me eartn." t . - . r
4. Pledged his nersonal sun-
port to the ideals of .peace and
ivonunuea f rom page one)
SPRING OFFENSE
By LYNN HEINZERUNG "
ROME. April 18 UP) Gen.
Mark ..W. . Clark announced -to
day , that the "spring offensive
in the Mediterranean theater
has begun," with the U. S. fifth
and the British eighth armies
engaged in operations along the
entire Italian battlefront..
The. British- eiehth armv
struck on the eastern end of the
front a week ago and the U; S.
fifth jumped into the fight today
aiong me central ana western
sectors. :
Air Attack
ine fifths attack was. Dre-
ceaea yesieraay.by 1233 heavy
bombers of the U. S. 15th air
force which blasted German
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Byrnes Not To
Return to Job
WASHINGTON. Aoril 16 UP)
James F. Byrnes told reporters
i.nave no plans to come back
into government service" as he
left a conference today -with
President Truman.
He said he had discussed with
the new president "mobilization
and unfinished business Presi
dent Roosevelt and I discussed.
Byrnes - told - reporters he
ilanned to return to Spartan-
iurg Tuesday night or Wednes
day morning. . .
FORCES DPEN
BE
01
E
German; Air Force Out
If.; Of .War, Says;
' - London .
By ALTON L. BLAKESLEE
Aiiocteted Press War Editor
American troone all hui mill
Germany, asunder with a push '
to within seven miles of Czecho
slovakia today, and - the . Ger
mans announced mammoth Rus
sian force had surged into at
tack toward Berlin from th
Oder on a front of more than
ivu mues.
Fleets of 3500 allied war
planes hammered German tar
gets from Berlin to. Regensburg,
and a London report said the
German air force for all prac
tical purposes was knocked Out
of the war when American
fighter pilots destroyed at least
463 enemy planes, catching 448
of them on the ground immobil- '
lzed by lack of fuel.
75-Mile Gap
Russian and - American forr
were but 75 miles from a junc
tion. The nazi divided the reich
into two commands, barely
ahead of the actual partition of
uermany Dy force of arms.
Third army infantry tnnnln
Hof (43,000),. eight miles from
me izecnosiovak border at Ger
many's . waist. Southward. 7th
army tanks entered Nuernberg,
nasi enrine ciiy.
Near Hamburg ': '
Ninth army American shoved .
five miles beyond the- Elbe -river
and to within 52 mile of :
Berlin, but a savage German
charge had thrown back another
ninth army armored - crossing
farther north, near Magdeburg. .
Canadian -arnry units closed on -Emden,
and fanned along the ;
northern; Dutch coast between ;
the Zuider Zee and the German :
frontier. - The- British - second
army spurted " to ..within- 42
miles of Hamburg. ..
' German broadcasts Mid Rus
sian armies , -had -burst from
their Oder river-line 35 mile .
east -of .Berlin-behind- an artil- -lery
barrage, and had scored :
one -'"local breach." Moscow
gave no '. information, but th '
zero- hour,' fori the final 'great "
drive ' on the German capital
was: close; . if -it had not 'already :
struck. -. ;.j . . ,
Spain Eliminates
News Censorship
' MADRID,' April 1 8 ' (fl)For.
eign Minister Jose Felix Lequer
ica announced : today that - all
censorship of foreign corre.
pondents in Spain- had been
eliminated and that news might
now -be sent freely from the
country to the outside world.
. Censorship of the Spanish
press,- he said, will continue tin
der : control v of the falange,
Spain's only legal political party,
Truman Slates
Radio Speech : .
WASHINGTON, ; April : 18 UP)
President Truman will broadcast
to the armed forces and the
public at 7 p. m. (PWT) tomor
row night.- . ' i -:
Col. Harry Vaughan, the
president's military aide, " said
the speech would be "short and
snappy," probably lasting five
or six- minutes. He added that
the president would speak to the -troops
on every front. The
speech will be broadcast, he said,
by all the major networks -and
will be recorded for later re
broadcast at appropriate hours
to reach troops at points "where
the '7 p. m. time might be in
convenient for listening. .
Germans Removed to USSR
To Aid in Reconstruction
By JOHN HIGHTOWER
Associated Press Diplomatic
New Editor -
WASHINGTON.-; April 16 UP)
Soviet policy declarations calling '
tor transportation oi Germans
into Russia to help clean up and
rebuild war-wrecked cities al
ready have been put into effect
In the Balkans.
This became evident today
from diplomatic . information
reaching Washington disclosing
that:
1. About 70,000 men and
women out of the half-million
Germans in Romania where
they fought with and supported
the nazi armies have been re
moved to the soviet union.
Originally Moscow wanted to
take virtually the entire half
million but American and allied
intervention against such a
wholesale transfer caused Russia
to reconsider. ;
100,000 Nails Removed
2. An estimated 100,000 Ger
mans have been removed from
Yugoslavia. Presumably they
also were sent into Russia, but
Marshal Tito handled the opera
tion himself-and refrained from
reporting on it to his western al
lies.: All that seems reasonably
well established is. that -they have
gone from '.Yugoslavia. -r '
3. In addition, -still another
40,000 persons, who originally
lived in Bessarabia, now Russia,
have been sent back to that former-Romanian
province- from
Romania, They-fled from Bes
sarabia before the red army, and
the Russian explanation for re
turning them is that they are dis
placed peoples being put back
into tneir nomes. Tnis explana
tion has been accepted here. .
- Sign of Moving
: There have been some signs
that able-bodied Germans were
being moved out of Hungary, but
little information has come
through on that. Bulgaria had
little -German population' to, be
gin With, and the Russians ran
into no problem there in that re
gard.' ' - .-.
This problem of moving por
tions of enemy, manpower into
Russia is likely to be among the
first diplomatic headache beset
ting President Truman. It may
be high on the. agenda of any
talks Mr. Truman have with
Russian . Foreign. ... Commissar
Molotov. - - : -