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Precipitation Iaat 24 hourt .00
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Forecast) Partly cloudy Sunday.
KLAMATH FALLS. OREGON. SATURDAY. MAY S, l45
Number 10451
mJ rmNK JENKINS
WILD buttle on Okinawa, In
.hlch the JP "rowr very
At the kitchen sink at us,
iHv thnt regardless
Sis happing In Europe
-Ml hive war on our """"
.. .
Ur penned-up i r i lib n
,0',.,.i.lt. Amphlbloua
L, (rather amnll. as audi
K! i Vin.r In from tho ea
PI" r. h.hlnrf nnr
. to alter our blockading
forces, lnklng ve light
i nd damaging olhora.
it mi I co-ordinated atttick by
Hi darkness. Wo seem to
bitoppcdlt everywhere. Our
L.iiIm are described as "not
he attack (such affairs often
ilinll me neginning oi inc
i in Jin warfare) la referred
fin tho dispatches as "tho bout
L of Jap-kllllng we've had
It the campaign began."
Blunl-fpoken General Hodge
lm enemv lost tvuv mum
rfrlr "We hone they con-
L to come out of their holes.
Hi a hell or a ioi easier 10
them that way man to rooi
m out." r
JRR0WINO Japs and murdor-
oui srt llery and mortar fire
Itt the Australians battling
the- Borneo oil Island of
ikm these being Jap sped.
In. Nevertheless good pro-
a it reported by the attack-
who say mat mey nave so
ibout 25 per cent of the oil
III in the vicinity of Tarakan
ill laps are reported In flight
most of Burma. On Ml.i-
to. they have given' up Davao
with relatively little rigltt-
ind are retiring to the hills
caves In the Island s Interior
mother Jap specialty. .
Europe, the bulk of organized
ftrmin resistance to Elton
tr'i armies ends today.
Wring surrenders three
lin In Germany, Czecho
hkla and Austria. (Docnitz
hndered the remaining arm-
in northwest Germany, Hol-
ind Denmark yesterday.)
It eitlmatcd this morning
of Germany's oeak of
10,000 men about a half mil-
lull remain under arma
ps.JOO.OOO of thorn In Nor-
kedlih reports hint strongly
I dicker In on In mirrcnrli-r
f orway forces..
I ' ' '
PAY'S scare Is that what re
nins of the finrman flout.
tint submarines, may retire
f fjords of Norway -for a
flcil last stand. Better keep
nniers crossed. It Isn't
p that German sailors have
more stomach for further
thin German nlHI,.r
ire Cnmlntr In Ia .iir-AnJ.,
warming on a limb.
L ' '
Mme seems to. bo to sur
Pfer to us and the British
pdoithe Russians.
"Mint appear to be work
iThree r.irm. .-i.
reds try to surrender to
t"u.i Montgomery tells
it there ia to bo any sur
E'!l. DO IT TO THE RUS-
Mr ago we could hardly
P'.Wed be telllntf thn nn?l
Mm
tinawa
PJARK is hnstenlng to form
nZ flovor"mcnt under
urlttlanwho stayed at
and tonic nnt..nM j.,.,,w.
ri the rinnedn
rt'njtend of fleeing to
ki.nj 8 ln compara-
tiZv, ..n'sly in" govern
"He." So he appears to
"II' no trnnkl. ...ill. i.i.
IiS Jj hom he SHARED
'of German occupation.
..ST See diplomatic staff,
on Pago fen)
Troops Launch Air
Sea, Land Blows; 5
Yank Ships Downed
By LEONARD MILLIMAN
Associated Preaa War Editor
Japanese earn out of their cares and suicide baaea to launch
a weird but coordinated land. aea. air attack an American
In and around Okinawa Island yasterday. It waa a nightmare for
the Yanks, suicide for the Japanese.
Five light U. 8. nayal units were aunk, others damaged. A
lank-led Japanese counterassault and four amphibious operations
Amincin lines were routed wltn tna killing oi many of
the 4000 attackers, IS Nipponese suicide boats were exploded,
U4 planes and a piloted flying bomb shot down.
It waa the llrat major counteraction of the Oklpawan cam-
Ealgn Involrlng ground forces, a aign the Japanese command
nowa the campaign la lost, as they hare lost the Philippines
and Burma.
Indian troops mopped up In Rangoon and Yanka cleaned up
Darao. major Japanese pre-war colony in the Philippines, as in
cipient campaigns ln China and
POLE LEADERS
HELD BY REDS;
REASON ASKED
SAN FRANCISCO, May 5 (P)
Secretary of Stale Stcttiniua an
nounced today that he has asked
Russia for a "full explanation"
of the arrest of democratic Polish
leaders and said further discus
sion of the critical Polish issue
"must await a rcDlv.
Stettlnlus said that Soviet
Foreign Commissar V. M. Molo-
tov had officially Informed Brit
aln's Anthony Eden and himself
that Polish "democratic leaders"
who disappeared over a month
ago "were arrested on the charge
of dlvcrsionl.it activities against
the red army."
- "Moat Serious" -
A British statement termed
the Russian action "most se-
rlnlin."
Presumably Stettlnlus meant
that further negotiations on iui
filling the Crimea agreement to
broaden.; tho soviet-sponsoreo
Warsaw government have been
stalled until the Russians cx
nlnln thi arrest.
Stettlnlus said he and Eden
told Molotov of their "great con
rirn on learning: after such a
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OF
WASHINGTON, . May S Pi
President Sergio usmena a sec
retary said today the Philippine
president had ordered the arrest
of two of his own sons on
rharuns of collaborating with
the Japanese.
The secretary. Scrapio Ctn
ceran. said the two Osmena
sons, Nlcasio' and Sergio Jr.,
..,.... . ; htno held at Blllbld
prison In Manila for trial with
other Filipinos similarly ac-
P, C. Morantte, Filipino P"P-
Ilc relations omciai, mu
flaoln hart hiwn SUSDCCtcd be
ll Wore tho recapture of Manila of
r in I- tn ih Jananese
.nH otherwise dealing with the
enemy. Sergio, Jr., he 8ajd..was
suspected or nmuar ;wyii".
was In a hospital here today for
a routine exammnuun. .
Two or his omer sons, ui.
Emello Osmena and Jose Os
hav hnen shot by the
,,,v.,o, " . Ml- tl..U,
Japanese tor guerrum m;.w.
His remaining sons. Ramon and
Victor, are In school - in this
country. ' , ,
uu-Li i.nn.nrn . ,- -r - - 1
ews Stand Deals In Data
Mmatlon Is dispensed almost equally with magazines at
Si.01 ? new tand. '
Si sloP at 'he stand to Inquire directions, road Informa
"oresscs of dcodIo. bulldincs and offices, Mrs. M. O.
TOWK: - . n,.n thnlr
J' ""d whero thoy can. get clgarets. . ,
ZZ " dca'.ing In free Information,. 20,996. magazines ire
looiJ mmn Bt the stand. Over 600 various puoiicauono
lx,Xed- as well aa newsoanera of Oregon, San Francisco,
,,K Jrk and one Chicago. . , ,
wrs Dge8t tops the monthly magazlneg ln,poputarity,
'5 the -weekllfi : . ' . . ' .
VSJSSk '" as a class. ' -' ' ' ' " . .
l,V,fJl'n most frequently asked. by patrons of; the. news.
1 what Wn . .
Borneo developed slowly but
encouragingly.
Marianas - based Superforts
raided Japan three times today,
striking for tho first timo at the
Hlio naval aircraft plant at
Kurc and for the tenth time in
12 days at Kyushu Island air
bases which have been sending
suicide planes over Okinawa,
32S miles to the south. Even as
B-2Ds twice-raided Kyushu fields
Japanese aircraft were back
over Okinawa today but there
was no indication It would du
plicate yesterday's wild melee.
Plane. Boats Attack
In that attack suicide- ramming
boats, with their noses loaded
with explosives, " zig-zagged
through the U. S. fleet before
dawn,, while four amphibious
units tried to slip ashore and
attack the American rear. At
dawn, suicide planes, piloted
flying ' bombs and bombers at
tacked shipping while 3000
tank-led Japanese Infantrymen
attacked U. S. lines behind a
roaring artillery barrage.
Three Japanese amphibious
units reached shore on the west
coast' in back of the U. S. 77th
division lines, creating consid
erable confusion before they
were located, . trapped and annihilated,-
Another sea-borne
company got stuck on a reef
off the cast coast. They were
wiped out. by Yanks firing from
amtracks.
Halt Attack
U. S. 7th division Infantry
men halted the frontal attack
In fierce hand to hand combat
after supporting artillery blast
ed 20 tanks leading the assault.
It was the first Japanese offen
sive use of tanks on Okinawa.
Maj. Gen. John R. Hodge,
commander of the 24th corps,
called it Okinawa's "best day
of Jap killing."
. Lt. Gen. Albert C. Wcdemcy
er commented Japan's conquests
In China "have become a series
of isolated death traps."
Wage Demand
Hearings Set
Chot Irving, secretary-mana-
?or of tho Pine Industrial. Rela
lons committee here, and R. B.
Maxwell, Klamath- Falls attor
ney, will leave Sunday night for
Portland to represent approxi
mately 30 lumber industry em
ployers In eastern, central and
southern Oregon and northern
California In hearings before the
West Coast Lumber commission
on May 8-9,
The hearings Involve the 1944
S-point demand of the American
Federation of Labor for wage In
creases ln the form of elimina
tion of area differentials and re
manufacturing plant differen
tials, as well as Increases in night
shift differentials, two weeks va
cation with pay, and standardiza
tion of wages.
The union originally demand
ed' sick leave with, pay, but
dropped the demand during ne
gotiations, Irving said.
Hugh Haddock will represent
the Klamath Basin district coun
cil. AFL-LSW. and the union
will also be represented by the
northwestern council. ...
Britons Engaged
In Skirmishes
COPENHAGEN May 8 (IP)
The first British troops arriving
in Copenhagen were engaged Dy
the Germans In a short skirmish'
on the City Hall square today.
Advices from various parts of
Denmark described disturbances
and gunfire exchanges
- The Incident In' Copenhagen
marred an ithcrwlse uproarious
welcome f6r the British troops
who began liiovlng into the city
during the afternoon, .
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Red Flag Flies Over Reichstag
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Symbol of final victory, the 'red flag of the USSR flies over the xeichstag- in conquered Berlin
as Russian tanks roll along the street below. (Radio Moscow to New York; NEA telephoto). '
Nazi Warships Open Fire
On Danes In Copenhagen
COPENHAGEN, May 5 (P)
German warships . in Copen
hagen's harbor opened fire with
machineguns, anti-aircraft guns
and cannon pn several sectors of
the city today and sporadic clashj,
ea broke out when Danish patri
ots sought to disarm the nazis.
The German cruisers Prinz Eu-
gen and Nuernberg resisted the
patriot s ciioris to disarm sail
ors aboard the ships, and many
persons were killed or wounded.
i 20 Killed
At least 20 more persons were
killed in tho night throughout
the city when the patriots en-
CZECHS APPEAL
FOR BUTTLE 1
LONDON. May 5 VP) A
Czech patriot radio broadcast
heard in London tonight ap
pealed urgently to the Russians,
and western allies to send air
borne troops to aid Czechoslo
vak forces fighting the Germans
inside Prague.' ' ,
The ' broadcast, recorded by
offices of the exiled Czechoslo
vak government in London, said
German tank's were moving up
in an attempt to crush the' re
volt inside the capital.
Uprising Reported
Earlier a Czechoslovak broad
cast from London had reported
patriot uprising ln Prague.
Simultaneously the Paris
radio broadcast' quotations from
purported reports from Czecho
slovakia:. "Great con fu s i o n
reigns ln Prague and riots are
tlu-catencd. The Gauleiter of
Bohemia has been captured" by
American troops."
Grand Admiral Karl Doemtz
(Continued on Page Ten)
tcred German barracks to disarm
the Germans, and in clashes with
Danish nazis in the streets.
German' officials in the tele
phone" and "telegraphs offices
threatened to blow ud the build
ing this' morning, but the idea
was aDanaonea w n e n uanisn
personnel walked out,-disrupting
service for a few hours.
Await Allies
. - On -the whole .the G e r m a n
troops appeared to have with
drawn to their barracks in ac
cordance with the terms of capi
tulation yesterday to Marshal
Montgomery,, but the arrival of
allied troops was eagerly waited
as a quieting factor.
Werner Best, German minister
in Denmark, placed himself in
the custody of the Danish free
dom council.
Members of the Japanese dip
lomatic staff from Berlin, who
reached Copenhagen s e v 0 r a 1
days ago, were arrested by the
patriots and interned.
The notorious Dagmarhus on
Raadhuspladsen, German head
quarters, was surrounded by
armed Danish freedom fighters.
Six thousand members of .the
Danish police brigade, trained
beforehand for the day of liber
ation in Sweden, arrived from
Malmo, Swedish port, early this
morning.
Russians Take
Nazi Nova Port
LONDON, May S (P) Marshal
Stalin announced tonight that
Russian troops had captured
Swinemuende, German Baltic
port and naval base, near tet
An order, of. the' day said
Swinemuende situated o n
Pomeranian bay above Stettin
lagoon fell to Russian, troops
pressing the imai mop-up oi Bal
tic shores. .'
German Collapse To Free
Two Million For Discharge
By WILLIAM F. ARBOGAST
WASHINGTON. May 5. d'
Tho army plans to discharge 2,-
uuu.uuu men beginning wnn me
fall of Germany and to send 6,
000,000 picked troops against
Japan. , .
THIS was disclosed today Dy
house military committee mem
bers after a closed-door session
with high army officials.
- Point System Used
?' The men to be discharged,
thev said, will be those with the
most dependents and the longest
and most active service records.
The army's point system, they
reported, gives top weighting to
i dency, followed Dy actual
combat service,- overseas duty,
and overall length of service.
Heretofore the weight to be
given each of the factors in de
termining priority for discharges
has been a cioseiy-guardea
secret.
Occupy Germany
Of the approximately 8,300,
000 men now In the army, from
300,000 to 400,000 comprising
the recently-created 15th army
will" be left abroad to occupy
Germany. Some, 2, 000, 000 others.
will be discharged within a year
after V-E day, the speed of mus
tering out . to depend largely on
avanaoic snipping. ,
The actual reduction ln the
army's total strength,- the com
mitter was told, will be about
1,400.000 men, due to an esti
mated 600,000 in new deduc
tions.' . : .
. .In Pacific
Many of those , to be dis
charged now are on duty In the
racitic.
The army's air transport com
mand told the committee it ex
pected to be ready to move 50,
000 men monthly within two
months after Germany surren
ders. This will Include men be-
ing brought to this country from
Europe and the Pacific and
those being sent : from here
against Japan. Converted freight
ers win be used to augment the
trmy's transport ships to bring
back the others.
Army officials emp h a s I z e d
that the plans are tentative but
are Dased . on tneir nest Know,
ledge of Japan's available fight
Ine mannower. ,
Disclosures' to the committee
leaked out despite extreme pre
cautions taken by Chairman
May (D-Ky.) to keep' the meet-
in? with prmy leaders a secret,
NEW GOVERNMENT
. STOCKHOLM, May 5 (
Jubilant Denmark, free .of ; the
nazl yoke worn for live, years,
was reported ' already forming
a new government today with a
view ot taking a place among
the United Nations. . .. .
" Moving swiftly after" the un
conditional surrender - o Ger
man troops in the little, king
dom, 74-year-old King Christian
X was said by the Danish radio,
to have designated former- Pre-,
mier Orla Buhl to organize a
new government. - .- '
. Predicts Welcome
The newsoaDer' Daefcns Ny-
heter quoted responsible Danes
in ' Sweden as predicting that
Denmark would be acknowledg
ed a member of the United Na
tions as soon as the new gov
ernment starts to function.
The story quoted - the Danes
as saying that British Deputy
Prime Minister Clement Richard
Atlee had promised . Denmark
the status of a .United Nation
(Continued on. Page Ten)
D-Day Prisoner
On Way Home
Cpl. Dan R. Ellis, 21-year-old-medical
aid paratrooper cap
tured on the Normandy beach
head June 6, D-Day, has arrived
in the United States, and is. ex
pected home soon, according to
word received Friday by his
parents, Mr. and Mrs. . C. C.
Ellis, 5608 Shasta way. . ' .
Young Ellis, who has been a
prisoner of war since, his cap
ture, was released with other
Americans from Stalag 12-A, on
March; 27. His parents did not
learn of his release for some
time after that date. Ellis reach
ed New York Friday, and im
mediately called his family.
Former KUHS student,. Ellis
was graduated from Marshfield
high school and enlisted in
1942, immediately following
graduation. ' -
In addition to Dan, Mr. and
Mrs. Ellis have two other sons
in the service, Lt. .James C.
Ellis,. 27, now In a rest camp
in . Germany following injuries
while serving ' with the 78th
signal corps, 1st army, and May
nard C. Ellis, 29, navy engineer
serving in the Philippines. A
fourth son, Clark, 31, was re
cently given a medical discharge
following service with the Sea
bees... t , , . , ,
Market Reflects
V-E Optimism
NEW YORK. May 5 (P) Op
timism over the approach of all
out victory in Europe was re
flected in today's stock market
by .further investment purchas
ing of many Issues that stand to
bene "It by peace. - .
While profit cashing on the
lengthy 'advance stalled a num
ber of leaders, gains of a few
cents to more than $1 a share
were widely distributed at the
close with the. Associated Press
60-stock average up 10 cents at
$65.30, a new high since August
31v 1937.- Bonds improved selec
tively, y;
CCesselring
Surrenders
To 6th Army
By TOM OCHILTREE
Associated Press War Editor
Organized resistance to the allied forces on the European
mainland commanded by Gen. Eisenhower ceased today except
for a single German army, the seventh. .
Two armies of Field Marshal Albert Kesselrlng's command,
the German 1st and 19th, surrendered unconditionally on the
battlefield to Gen. Jacob L. Devers, commander of the 6th army
group.
In the south General Patton's 3rd army struck out and cap
tured Linz, Austria, - and smashed into Czechoslovakia in a
knockout offensive against the last German troops still fighting
in that area.
The German 7th army held general positions facing the U. S.
3rd and part of the U. S. 1st armies on a line running roughly
from Chemnitz, Germany, to Llnz, Austria.
Surrender
The German 1st was opposite, the U. S. 3rd and U. S. 7th
armies from the Linz area to Innsbruck and the German 19th
was deployed on the remainder of the U. S. 7th army's front
from Innsbruck to the Swiss border.
While the enemy high command broadcast that "the war
against the western powers had become senseless,"- Admiral
Doenitz, the new German fuehrer, called upon the Germans to
continue resistance-against the Russians.
, The capitulation of the 1st and 19th enemy armies takes effect
officially tomorrow at noon, but on both, sides-radio broadcasts
now are announcing the end of hostilities on their front so that
there may be no further loss of life.
Follows Other Surrenders
The surrender-in Austria came a few hours after the last half
of 1,000,000 enemy troops in, northwestern Germany, Denmark
and The Netherlands gave up to the British and Canadians and
cease-firing orders silenced those battlefields.
German troops still were holed up In Yugoslavia, some French
ports, the channel islands and in remote -Norway as well as- in a
segment of Germany and Czechoslovakia. Supreme allied head
quarters apparently did not consider the pockets in. France and
the channel islands as constituting organized resistance.
The most formidable enemy pocket was iri' Siwrway, and to
night the Swedish foreign office, said it regarded as premature
all reports' of German capitulation, in that neighboring Scandi
navian country.. -.-.t . .:. .
-""7 ' Effective Tonight -
. The battlefield surrender of all German forces in The Nether
lands, northwestern Germany and Denmark to Field Marshal Sir
Bernard L. Montgomery's 21st army group became . effective at
B a. m. (11 p. m. Friday, Pacific war time).
The fold-up of these forces in the north left the German army
with roughly 500,000 men, or only 6 per cent of its top strength.
Germany itself, her cities in ruins and manpower reduced by
yeara of fighting, was one of . the most completely shattered
powers which ever lost a war.
The German-controlled Scandinavian telegraph bureau re
ported from Oslo that the capitulation' of German troops in "Nor
way would be announced today. The dispatch, which presumably
passed through German censorship, said Josef Terboven, German
commissioner in Norway, would resign.
What was left of the German1 army was showing a preference
for .surrendering to- the :British--ami'. Americans rather "ffian to"
the Russians. -.''.; .--'.!' ." '''.
r '. . Rejects Capitulation Offer
v As negotiations for the capitulation .of the enemy forces in
northwestern Germany, The Netherlands and Denmark were com
pleted yesterday, Montgomery said that he had flatly rejected a
nazir offer- to -surrender to the allies three German armies facing
the Russians. .-
"Those armies are fiehtine the Russians." he. said. "If ther
is any surrendering to-be done it should be to the Russians."
' After the Germans had signed the surrender order in-a tent
on a heath-south of Hamburg, Montgomery winked at a group of
uurresponuems ana muuerea: mis is me moment." lt was the
moment which climaxed the Briton's spectacular pursuit of the
nazig: across Africa and France and finally into the heart of the
burning reich-itself. ' '::"'.' - .- ,.-
Molotov Delays Answer On
Key Changes To Oaks Plan
By JOHN M. HIGHTOWER
Associated Press Diplomatic
News Editor
SAN. FRANCISCO.. Mav 5
(P) -Foreign Commissar Molo
tov was believed seeking in
structions from Premier Stalin
today on two key changes in
the Dumbarton Oaks world se
curity plan. '
With these two exceDtions
on provisions for reviewing in
ternational relations and fitting
regional defense arrangements
into the proposed world securi
ty council the United States,
Russia, ' China and Britain were
reported in full accord on 15
or 20 amendments to the Dum
barton plan.
Basis For League
' This plan was worked out in
Big Four meetings at Washing
ton last year as the basis for a
world peace-keeping organiza
tion. -
Molotov was reported, to have
agreed in principle to the re
view and regional security pro
posals, but asked 24 hours. from
last night to reach a final- deci
sion. American officials, elated
over this degree of Big Four
unity, hoped that full Kussian
concurrence would be forthcom
ing before midnight.
Alternatives Possible
If it is not, Russia may have
alternative proposals on these
Construction Of
Elevator Delayed
Construction of the Tulana
Farms grain elevator at. Worden
will be postponed until - next
year, it was indicated today aft-
er all original bids on the huge
structure were rejected.
The bids were opened yester
day, and the lowest was offered
by a Los Angeles contractor at
$357,000. This was considerably
higher than Tulana Farms esti
mates, and all bids were turned
down. . ,
Ben Henzel. one of the own
ers of Tulana Farms,' said today
that it is . proposed to - ask for
other: bids after January 1,
1946.
Tulana Farms is operated by
Dick, and Ben Henzel and Dan
and Dave Liskcy .
points to submit to the United
Nations' conference.
The Big Four agreement on
many points appeared to elim
inate many sources of possible .
controversy from the remaining
weeks of the United Nations'
conference. However, it remains
to be seen how aggressively
small nations will, push amend
ments on which- the Big Four -
nave not taken a position.
Gunman Charged
With Murder
Kenneth Bailey. 26-year-old
gunman who told Klamath au
thorities he "would swap lead
with a cop : anytime, was
charged by a Malheur county
grand Jury, last night with first
degree murder in connection
with the fatal shooting of Set.
Ted Chambers of Ontario, Ore
gon state police officer last Sunday.
Baileys companion, a-year-
old William Ronald Duffy, was
killed in the gun battle. Both
Bailey and Duffy are said to
have started their criminal ca
re e r s in Klamath county as
Juveniles.
A second count by the grand
Jury charged Bailey with as
sault with intent to kill. This
count was in connection with
the wounding of Police Chief
Clarence Saunders of Weiser,
Ida., and Ted O'Brien of On
tario, Ore., a second state po
liceman. '
Circuit Judge M. A. Biggs
said he would delay setting a
date for trial until Baney nas
recovered from wounds which
he received In the shooting fray
which occurred when officers
trailed him and a companion to
the basement of a schoolhouse .
near Weiser. ..
BURIAL SLATED
PORTLAND, May . 5 (P)--Bur.
lal rites will be held Monday for
Max Baer, 83, clothing store pro
prietor in Pendleton for 50 years;
who died at his hotel here yes
terday. - -'r v '.-.
The pioneer merchant moved
here after his retirement three
years ago. A native of Germany,
he came to this country at tht
g of 17,-' .