Herald and news., April 25, 1945, Image 2

TWO HERALD AND NEWS
Wednesday. April 25, 1945
GI'S MENACE
SOUTH FLANK
ON OKINAWA
Director
(Continued from Page One)
hnen wined out or badly dam'
aged by Superfort incendiaries
una exmosivea. ,
Win Vantage Point
Some 325 miles south of Japan
the U. S. 7th division captured
liioii nrnund near the Okinawa
village of Ishin. It was the first
noteworthy change in the tront
since last Thursday when the
nll.mil American offensive open'
a And it offered first hooeful
possibilities of a breach in the
Iaua line an uueiuiumui;
wnrir nf caves, blockhouses,
trendies and pillboxes. No other
change was reported.
Naval cuns intensified their
hnmhardment as adverse weath
er kent most planes on the
(irftimH.
Marine third amphibious
corps units seized Kaouri and
xteanza ibieia wjuiuui upwimuii,
but ran into some Japanese on
Yagachi, which lies opposite the
captured Unten submarine pens.
The islets are worthless except
as potential hiding places for es
caped Nipponese.
WASHINGTON. April 25 IIP)
President Truman today ordered
the navy to seize and operate
the plants of the United Engi
neering Company, Ltd., at San
Francisco where a jurisdictional
dispute has tied up work on sev
eral ships.
The order directed the secre
tary of the navy to take posses
sion of all, or such parts, as he
deems necessary, of the main of
fice and machine shops.
- He also was authorized to take
possession of such piers and
other property as may be leased
or otherwise contracted for in
connection with the operation of
the main office and machine
shops.
Officials said that this was the
first time that the government
has taken over a war plant as a
result of a labor jurisdictional
dispute.
Nisei Awarded Silver
Star After Name
Taken Off Honor Roll
PORTLAND, April 25 W) A
Japanese - American soldier
whose name figured in the con-
iraversy over removal of nisei
names from the Hood River
American Legion roll of honor
has been awarded the Silver
ttar medal posthumously for
gallantry.
Notice of the award to Frank
T. Hachiya, technician third
grade, came from headquarters,
seventh infantry division. The
citation, told of his gallantry on
Leyte, where he died on patrol
action,' still firing at the enemy
as he lay fatally wounded.
Hachiya was born in Hood
River. His name was used by
those who opposed the Legion's
erasure of Japanese-American
names, since returned to the
roll. It later developed that the
list included only men inducted
in Hood River and that he had
been inducted elsewhere.
German Legation In
Lisbon Burns
MADRID, April 25 (VP) The
German legation in Lisbon was
burned to the ground early today
by fire of -undetermined origin.
Dispatches from the Portu
guese capital said the blaze ap
parently started on the top
floor, where the official archives
were kept and spread rapidly
throughout the building.
Beverlv Richardson is tht di
rector of the USO travelers' aid
service that today opened of
fices in the Esquire theatre
building at 627 Pine.
I
The stranded, unmet family
with the ailing baby, the be
wildered young service wife, re-
pentent young runaways or any
persons away from home and in
difficulty may obtain assistance
from the USO travelers' aid
service "that opened offices in
the Esquire theatre building at
627 Fine Wednesday.
The Klamath Falls unit is on
duty 12 hours every day from
Q a m. la 9 rj. m but plans to
increase the hours of service as
the demand is indicated.
Accordin to . Beverly Rich
ardsnn. director, applicants for
volunteer work are being sought,
and persons available for either
afternoon or evening hours are
urged to call at the oitice ana
fill nut an aDuhcation form.
Further information may be ob
tained by calling 7063. Miss
Richardson pointed out that in
order to enjoy this type of service-giving,
volunteers should
have a liking for people, and
an interest in them and their
nroblems. A training course,
presenting the history and ptul
osonhy of travelers' aid work.
will be conducted for the group
of applicants before they take
charge at the desk.
The Klamath Falls USO trav
elers aid service is the second
travelers' aid office to be open
ed in the state of- Oregon, and
is one of approximately 127 of
such units located throughout
the country on the main lines
of wartime travel, in war indus
try areas, and in communities
near military installations. These
are " operated by the-1 -National
Travelers' Aid association as one
of its functions as a member
agency of USO.
Assisting Miss Richardson as
receptionist and secretary is
Mrs. Paul Whitlatch, who will
be remembered as the former
Betty Fairclo. A third member,
who will assume the position of
aide, will soon be added to- the
staff at the main office.
Travelers' aid service offers,
through trained personnel, as
sistance in solving the personal
difficulties of people coming in
to a strange community or in
transit from one locality to an
other, and will provide informa
tion on recreation, housing and
travel facilities.
FUNERAL
JAMES B. STEVEN SON
Funeral services for the lat Jam
R. Stevenson, who passed away In this
city Thursday, April 19, 1945, will be
held in the Ward's Klamath Funeral
home chaDCl Thuradav. Anril OK
at 2 p. m. with Rev, -Victor Phillips of
the First Methodist church officiating.
Commitment services and Interment will
uuuw ai nit vine cemetery.
OBITUARY
JAMES R. STEVENSON
James R. Stevenson, fnr th na.t -n
Tears resident of this city, pissed
away Thursday. April 18. 1545, at 4.30
a. m. He wra fiMrl 1R ... .1
i V? Pa."ln- The remains rest at
SSr -""h'atn runeral home. 925
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Unprecedented Meat Lack
In Area Blamed By Packers
On Governmental Policies
(Continued from Page One)
to the consumer to such a point
that the packer could tftlord to
pay the producer or feeder suf
ficient money to make it attrac
tive to mm to produce meat.
"An easy solution to the
whole set-up would be for the
OPA to remove ail price re
strictions and control the sup
Ely by the point system only,"
ratton concluded.
Wanti More Points
He explained this statement
by suggesting the present dis
tribution between the armed
forces and civilian population of
the 30 billion pounds ot meat
produced this year and the 40
billion pounds expected to be
produced next year, be con
trolled by issuing more points
to the civilians.
In the opinion of operators,
the slaughterer cannot buy cat
tle and hogs to kill in sufficient
Suantity from the feeder to fill
le allowable kill quota.
The consumer is interested in
knowing where the meat comes
from. Bratton is under what is
known as limited government
inspection and under tnis ar
rangement, the slaughterer sur
renders 60 per cent of all grade
B or better steers and heifers.
Meat to Germans
"We surrendered 30 head of
fme erade A steers to the gov
ernment this week." Bratton
said. Seventeen of these steers
are going to Camp White at
Medford which is at the present
time mainly a German prison
camp, and 13 steers went to the
Marine Barracks."
Outside of this meat, Bratton
had little or nothing to offer.
A check with Johnson Pack
ing company, operated by C. Ed
ward Johnson on Summers lane.
shows that plant in virtually
the same situation, especially
where reserve is concerned.
None on Feed
Johnson usually has cattle on
feed in lots, but at the present
time no cattle are on feed as his
auota has been cut by OPA to
such a point that it is impossible
to teed enougn Deet to mane it
worthwhile. Johnson was ad
vised today that as a non-federal
slaughterer his quota had been
cut again, effective April 29. As
a non-federal slaughterer, John
son operates under local inspec
tion.
Under this arrangement the
government does not get the us
ual 60 per cent of the kill.
notning on nana
Johnson said he "had nothing
on hand to kill" and "didn't
know where the next supply of
meat was coming from." Lamb,
which has not been restricted, is
now restricted under the non
federal ruling effective April 29.
Johnson found it impossible to
buy cattle in the south, as beet
is not available at going prices.
- Some of the grief is traceable
to the unprecedented slaughter
of calves last fall when no points
were needed for the purchase of
veal. This took a lot of prospec
tive beef off the market.
William Kunz, manager of
Swift and company, Klamath
branch house, said this morning
tnat his firm bought entirely
from H. K. Tavenner. one of the
three plant operators here, and
that ' Tavenner had returned
Tuesday night from Cottonwood
and Willows, Calif., where he
was unsuccessful in ; obtaining
oect tor tne local plant.
Tavenner reported there was
a lot of beef, grass cattle, but
it wasn't ready to be killed."
Cattle available, the operator
said, are at such prices that he
could not attord to buy the beef,
ship it to Klamath Falls, and
kill it.
Out of Meat
The Swift nlanf hpro arcnrrf.
ing to Kunz. is entirnlv nut. nf
beef, veal, lamb and pork, and
mere won t be any coming in for
weekend distribution. Only six
cases of ham came in this week
and will be issuer! to hiiri-hnrc
Thursday and Friday. Undoubt
edly this ham will be meted out
in not too-thick slices.
Kunz said the live price of
beef was encouraging to the
farmer but on tne other hand.
the government has not granted
sufficient increase in subsidies
to take care of the slaughterer
It goes round and round, but
it all winds up that you'll cat
tisn.
C OF C
Reservations for the chamber
of commerce silver anniversary
annual dinner, April 30, are
coming in by telephone, mail
and telccranh.
A wire was received today by
Charles R. Stark, manager of
the Klamath chamber of com
merce, informing him that Bob
Ferguson, president, and P. M,
Robinson, manager, of the Al
bany chamber, with three others
plan to attend.
Portland and Eugene cham
bers will also be represented at
the dinner, where Gov. t-arl
Sncll will be the main speaker.
Members may bring guests to
the dinner which promises to
be a pleasant social affair, be
sides an important celebration
of 25 years of service by the
Klamath chamber of commerce.
Reservations are necessarily
limited to 600.
Embezzlement Trial
Postponed On Faulty
Indictment Charge
PORTLAND. Anril 25 (VP) A
defense contention of faulty in
dictment today has postponed
federal court trial of uapt. to
ward Crabtree, former master
of the oil 1 tanker Mojavc,
charged with embezzlement of
$1650 in ship's funds.
Indefinite delay was ordered
by Judge Claude McColloch aft
er Crabtree's attorneys contend
ed the indictment did not specify
money missing after a ship fire
was government-owned. They
claimed also the indictment
failed to state the money was in
Crabtree's possession as an agent
of the United States.
Time to prepare a reply was
granted Deputy United States
Attorney Mason Dillard. Crab
tree was arrested January 4 in
Lomita, Calif., on a federal indictment.
New York, London
Papers Invade West
SAN FRANCISCO. April 25
(P) California's newspaper
field has been invaded during
world security conference ses
sions. Making journalistic history,
the New York Times, New York
Post and London Daily Mail are
distributing special editions at
the conference buildings.
The mail is reproduced from
microfilm at a San Francisco
lithograph plant: copy for the
Times is transmitted by Asso
ciated Press wirephoto, rephoto
graphed and then printed at
Richmond; the Post, serviced
largely by teletype, is put out
by a Berkeley commercial plant.
DeMolays Slate
Father-Son Dinner
DeMolays will entertain
their fathers or guests at the an
nual Father and Son banquet to
be held May 1 at 6:30 p. m. in
the Masonic temple.
Col. George Van Orden, com
manding officer of the Marine
Barracks, will be guest speaker
lor the evening.
The DeMolay Mothers' club
is putting on the dinner.
Reservations should be made
with Bob McLean by Monday
night.
EDITORIALS ON
NEWS
(Continued From Pus One)
gaden, his teeth are doubtless
chattering too violently even to
chew rugs. , , ,
TO the north of the Bcrchtes
X ,).,., ..mir h,.ii Pillion's 3rd
armv is onlv 82 miles away and
moving swiftly. Our 7th and the
French 1st armies are cumins,
down the Danube out of the
northwest, following Iho fool
r n, Alii-ini-aiinc. Inci
dentally the passion play village
of uucrammcrgau, pun ui ui
pie, kindly world that for tu
rope is now past.
THE Russians arc coming up
the Danube from Vienna, to
cut off from the nazis Alpine
fastness the great war Industries
of Bohemia and Moravia (now
Czechoslovakia!, w h I c h Ills
marck termed tho KEY TO
CONTROL OF EUROPE. Wo re
seeing to it that the holcdup
nazis DON'T HOLD THIS KE .
THERE'S an odd little side
light talo In the news. The
German legation building in
LISBON burns tho fire start
ing apparently in the upper
story, where the RECORDS
WERE KEPT. The nazis, all
hope gone, are destroying evi
dence of their guilt.
IN the Pacific, the battle of
Okinawa approaches its cli
max. Backed by navy guns, land
artillerv and bombing planes,
American doughboys, with their
rifles and grenades, are moving
in to do what the doughboy al
ways has to do after the shelling
and the bombing have done
what they can.
It will be no easy fight. What
is left of the Jap garrison of 60,
000 is dug in to die. Nlmltz, aft
er a personal Inspection, says:
"These defenses appear as
strong as. and perhaps stronger
than, any we nave lacKica so
far."
But we HAVE TO HAVE UKl-
nawa, as we had to have the
Mddanas and the Philippines!
and Iwo Jima. They are the
bomber bases from which wo
will destroy Japan.
A T San Francisco today, a
world conference is getting
under way to TALK ABOUT
ways to minimize and promote
peace. Talking is about all that
can be done in aan r rancisco.
But talking often HELPS. Put
line ideals INTO WORDS is the
usual first step toward crystal
lizing them into action, lacais
have to be nut into words be
fore they can become definite
enough to be ACTED upon.
Let us pray that at San r ran
cisco our ideals of democracy
and human freedom may be so
clearly expressed in words that
it will become possmie to taxo
practical, united action to RE
ALIZE them.
Merrill Youths Held
On Burglary Charge
Marvin Henry Adams and
Alvin Eugene Higby. 20-year-old
Merrill .youths held in the
Klamath county jail on charges
of burglary not in a dwelling,
waived preliminary hearing and
grand jury and asked today to
go before Circuit Judge David
R. Vandcnbcrg for sentence.
The two are charged with
burglarizing the Merrill Bil
liards on April 8. A felony
charge was placed against
Adams and Higby April 13 by
Chief of Police Ed Davis of
Merrill in the Merrill justice
court, Tulelake district. Later
they were brought to Klamath
Falls. A juvenile involved is
also being held and the case
against a fourth was dismissed.
TO HEAD C OF C
(Continued from Puso One)
eallv and economically l
brought U. Klan.ath rails or
milling should not ' .,v.' ",,-v
from com ng nere ". ", '
lines, and that the rail. hlM iwjj '
and water transportation fatui
ties serving litis community be
penniltod lull play I" supplying
raw nuilorlals for Industry.
Transportation facilities, rather
than distune or wave.i.y -cation
of the timber, should be
tho controlling faelor In deter
mining milling points.
2. That the chamber set up a
timber committco with puwer to
cmplov technical aslstancc,
3. That blocks of timber put
up for .sail? by public agencies
be large enough to warrant oper
ullon on a sound basis.
Favors PrlncloU
4. That the chamber favors
the principle of sustained yield,
but recommends that reduction
in cut after the war be gradual
enough to allow for development
of other manufacturing, re-man.
ufacturing, etc., lo provide em
ployment. The board adopted a report of
the land use committee reiterat
ing the chamber's previous stand
in favor of the principle (lint
water rights of Ihe lands of the
Klamath basin bo not limited bv
any arbitrary figures, but be al
located on n basis of beneficial
use. This mailer came up In
connection with Iho newly re
organized Shasta View Irrigation
district. The chamber hn long
supported the contention of
limners that they should lie en
titled lo all Ihe water they can
beneficially use on their land.
and they should not be forced lo
buy water above some arbi
trary maximum, such as Si acre
feet.
Friday 13th Proves
Unlucky For Burns
Friday the 1.1th was n un
lucky day for Frank Bums,
2520 S. 6th. Mr. and Mrs.
Burns were In Saerumrnlo on
that day. Burns was seriously
injured when struck by an auto
mobile and suffered two broken
legs and a broken arm.
He was taken to the Sacra
mento hospital where he re
mains. Mrs. Burns returned lo
Klamath Falls where they have
lived for the post three years.
Burns was employed as a ma
chinist by the Great Northern
railroad here. "
Naxis Bob Up From
Subways to Harass
Advancing Russians
(Continued from Pago One)
nnlly wore called Into action to
blast path for soviet Infantry,
who drove tne Hermans ihivk in.
to the subway nl bayonet point
and then followed llinm 111 Ihe
pitch dark tunnel lo set off
mines ami seal It up.
"Our artillery even managed
to pull In small guns and fire
along the lunnrls," the corrcs.
ponclenl said.
IWiorvM slushed On
fled air force pilots reported
roads leading Into Iho city from
the west crowded with truffle,
apparently reserves hurrying In
from previous positions before
the Americans along Iho Elbe,
This traffic, however, was
running a gauntlet of bursting
shells and bombing mid strafing
from Russian and British planes.
liv this mnmlnu. Russian fore-
nieadllv flnlitlng Ihelr way to
ward the center u( ueriin nelil
27 suburbs and Intermediate see
linns of the city and at least
debt railway and electric r
way stations, Including some oi
Urn lurue.it. Pilots said thry
could seo now law fires In Iho
city.
The Ivestlo correspondent In
nerlin described Ihe center of
the capital as an "Inferno."
While flags are npivarlng In
larger number In Ihe streets
down which the Russians urn
driving, these advices suld. Nail
officers were reported shooiine
down men in other places If
they tried to retreat or give tip.
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Payseur Named
Athletic Director
At Northwestern
EVANSTON. III., April 25 (IP)
Theodore B. (Ted) Paysour, who
became a freshman basketball
conch at Northwestern univer
sity 19 years ago, next Tuesday
becomes athletic director of tho
Wildcats, succeeding the man
who gave him his first Job here.
Payseur lost night was named
by the school's board of trustees
to replace Kenneth L. (Tug) Wil
son, who recently resigned to
become western conferenco ath
letic commissioner.
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