r
ttb- fste ' u x ' k r"::r:z:::'""'.:. j I
. rnNK JENKINS
the "'V'V. f iho perform-
lh,1 ,H,iU-licJ lH ' 1
k '? d'f'?.X outburst of
rlniLUroc"WliK of end-
55 of German prison-
; .
Lnes the wor i, on mwu.
r0SS L1? . n-iiilii III rising
t'uST ACT of tfnothcr
rSSitaiHr thi. comma
,V, to II. I". w cn"
Of lhl "lucn we
cnrtnln: When
No man
"'", Li-INISI ED, asnazl
t .1,-11 then (nee, along with
P 10" 1 ' ii,. Illlmltnb v
I?" Ek'nf building a
enaiu ..,, of lll0
f Twrint.;iii.H.lly nncl
kin't try " ""
-ii
ilv time
ia the nroitrnm of this last
U there ore slruws In tlio
wind.. Watching thorn,
T -,.luinn(i.
into on" km""' " ,
In so to work on Jai oil
fc-d fac.UI -
IT V"' T '.Til .i
jetting HH "uw lu w
nt home.
ikSSr BY EXPKUIENCE
dMtroylng her oil did to
kwy.
iiKirnlinni have takon
lit of Trknn isuinn s ui
i.lU mid nro nrnriiiK -
. Th. British hnve already
Lbsck Burma's oil. Our
- I. I TAKE AND USE
hutch East Indie oil. The
irelreniy cm on irum n.
klr only remaining Job
ll to die in every noic mm
rave In n suicide effort to
fr US FROM IT as long n
bit.
liERALi CHENNAULT says
fcdny: "WELL. SUPPLIED
tre' trooos can handle ' the
Iquelt of tlto INTERIOR of
i." '(Between tnc lines, nc
int: "We mimt lnncl on the
l cort' In order to supply
irral Somervell, chief of
rmvsuonlv service, adds:
clt'iB in ninDlicx (to the
) ionic help can oo ex
Id along the China const,",
kit II menna: , : Expect '
lie in China,
ERAL ARNOLD (U. S. nlr-
Irce chief) fny: "The ahlft-
I nlr power from Europe
Be so GnEAT tliat we no
pect the JmiA to bo able
nd tip under the wolithl of
lomb.i a well aa the, Ccr-
dld.". . .
I KciaclrinR, captured and
says today: "Mnntnom-
pra that whoever rind tne
for air force would win the
i an old Luftwnffe noldicr,
I deny the truth of those
Ulvc bomb ne.i. terror
i' on clvlliana and heavy
nj were our undoing.
picnsc note.
bo confused mem that Is
fpc at the end of the
bloodiest war thorn nre
nu loaay.
nujsians, aenrching for a
la the Scorrhnrf flnml
incd ruins of the undcr-
4 nazl fortrpua In Ihn hntnl
i"n iiaiccn finally by red
uuwors auvancing. yarct
In the subterranean
i na tour charred bodies
Nf which MIGHT bo Hit-
' icy find tho bodies of
iiuca on Page Two)
pWJIO EXHIBITION
f .Mupnc was Invited to-
r ona a bowling cx
Pn tonic it At ih m.i
,l .bowlln8 "ey. ad
to tho gymnasium, by
L b0CW ov ' nationally
fcnei Gcoige Van Orden
... progriim will start
; m, Thero will bo no
; Klamath citizens
'8 '0 see Bonkniio n
The Shaata - Caneade Wonderland
Weather News
: May 10, 1845
Max. (May 9) 66 Min ..... 48
Pndpitation. last 24 hours ;..,22
Straam yaar to data ...8.29
Normal 10.45 : Last yaar ... 7.31
. Foracait: Clear and warmer.
PRICE FIVE CENTS
KLAMATH FALLS. OREGON, THURSDAY, MAY 10, 1945
Number 10462
Army Sets Up Point
System; 85 Minimum
Score For Release
WASHINGTON. May 10 III') Tha army today set up Its point
ystom for release of enllttod personnel In the wake of victory
In Europe, temporarily fixing a minimum scoro of 85 points as a
requisite for such discharges.
The points are to be figured on the basis of service credit,
overseas duty, partlclpatln In combat, and parenthood. The 85
minimum points will be required for the discharge of ground, air,
and sorvice force enlisted personnol.
Men with this total will be considered eligible for reloase and
will start moving next week for separation centers.
Separate critical scores for each of the services will be estab
lished in about six weeks.
About 1,300,000 men arc to
THREE METALS
SCHEDULED
JUL! RELEASE
WASHINGTON, May 10 ')
War Production Board Chair
man J. A. KruK. unveiling a pat
tern fnr reconversion, announc
ed, today that three essentlul
mi'tula will be released for con
sumer goods July 1.
Manufacturers of civilian pro
ducts will bo able to obtain
steel, copper and aluminum af
ter that date without allotment
orders, whore delivery does not
Interfere with ' war production
or priority consumer require
ments. Special Provisions
Krug also announced special
provisions to aid small manu
facturer In acquiring supplies
of three metals. Applicable to
those who produce less thun
SDU.OUU 111 any quarter oi tno
year,- they also cover the needs
of veterans and new enterprises
In that category.
Limitations on the production
of a small number of "hard
(Continued on Page Two)
BRLTJUK SETTLES
By EDWARD J. DENNEHY
LONDON, May 10 IA') Prose
cution of tho war against Japan
lopped the tasks facing Britain
as this nation settled down to
day after a Joyous celebration
of V-E Day and shouldered its
share of the tromendous prob
lems connected with the care
and rehabilitation of liberated
continental countries and the oc
cupation of vanquished Gcr
mnny. With the war In Europe fin
ished, it Is expected that British
fighting men und equipment will
be transferred as rapidly as pos
sible to the Far East, where oilier
British land, sea and air forces
already are in oction.
Meanwhile tho government Is
rushing to completion plans for
simnort of umkka worn in
focdlna and sheltering the Euro.
pcan continent's war-stricken
millions. Organization of the
commission which will control
tho British-occupied portion of
Germany Is already nearly com
plete, with many of tho staff
trained nno reaay ior aupm iuiu.
It has been speculated in Lon
rtnn that either Field Marshal
Sir Hnrold Alexander or Field
Marshal Bernard L. Montgom
ery may head tho Hrmsn commission.
Britain also Is prepared to
start a post-war program at homo
to aid thousands of- bombed-out
Xumllics. Approximately 80,000
American-made prc-tuuricoica
houses arc among tnose that will
bo erected lor civilian war vic
tims. : '
pis Find Four Bodies;
ne May Be Adolf Hitler's
P8EPH W. QRIOfl JB
Wing the Combined
( ICR n d-.
W - ,WBB
. Mnu in ,,.
Hln. ..J " url At least
Adolf itf, one 01 whlch
Hhl iIltlor . have been
rffiLRli!? " hi Berlin.
beln. j'lf ,Dcon Identi-
btllcs of p.,'J,
(ami lv.J"f P.1' .9.cbbels
taeev. V '"arn nor-
"fnttrnber
InH - "" ui ine
,nl lorlress whore Hit-
lor and his gang of last ditch
nazl fanatics held out until the
destruction of Berlin was com
plete. Four bodies, blackened
and charred, that seem to answer
to Hitler's general appearance
have been dragged out of the
ruins. They have been measured
and photographed for examina
tion by experts. But tho Rus
sians are beginning to bollcvo
that no body that can bo identi
fied without any shadow of
doubt na thnt of Adolf Hitler
ever will be found now.
The underground fortress
which Hitler made his hcadquar.
ters In the final mighty battle
of Berlin was the huge, suppos
edly bomb-proof air-raid shelter
underneath the new rolehschan-collcryi
be released In tho next 12
months under the point system.
Points 8yitem
The points for each of four
factors for discharge arc as fol
lows: Service credit one point for
each month of army service
since September 16, 1040. This
is the same as 12 points per
year. (More than 15 days will
bo counted as a full month.)
Ovcrscns credit 1 point for
each month served overseas
since September 18, 1040.
Combat crcdlt 5 points for
each award of combat decora
tions since September 16, 1040.
Parenthood credit 12 points
for each child under 18 years
up to a limit of three children.
Retention Possible
Those who attain tho required
score will be released unless
military necessity dictates their
retention until replacements can
be obtained.
' A temporary scoro of 44
points has been set for members
of the women's army corps.
The combat credits arc based
on awards of the Distinguished
Service Cross, Legion of Merit,
Silver Star, Distinguished Fly
ing Cross, Soldiers' ; Medal;
Bronze Star Medal, Air Medal,
Purple-Heart' and-Bronwr Scnr
ice Stars ' (battle participation
stars). '
Also Credited
Credit also will be given for
the following noval decorations
to army personnel: Navy Cross,
Legion of Merit, Silver Star
jIcdal, Distinguished Flying
Cross, Navy and Marine Medal,
Distinguished Service Medal,
Bronzo Star Medal, Air Medal
and Purnlc Heart Medal.
In addition credit will be
given for awards and decora
tions of a foreign country -which
may be accepted and worn un
der war department regulations
in effect when this program
went into operation.
The department ' said the
method for releasing officers
will be ."tougher than the plan
for enlisted personnel primarily
because officers have received
additional training, have heavier
responsibilities and have de
veloped specialized skills, and
leadership capacity." ' ,
Wesley Kangas
Reported Missing
Lt. Wesley E. Kangas has
been reported as missing In ac
tion since April 28, according to
word received from tho war .de
partment by his wife, the former
Anna Fine. Ho was piloting a
night fighter plane, and was sta
tioned in Italy with the .15th air
force.
His wife and young daugh
ter Sandra, arc with her parents
at Tonnant, Calif. Kangas' grand
mother, Mrs. Norn Long, resides
at 5460 Independence In Klam
ath Fnlls, and his parents, Mr.
and Mrs. E. A. Kangas live at
Zenia, Calif.
- Kangas has a twin brother,
Sidney, who Is In the navy in
the South Pacific, and another
brother, Robert, also in the navy,
stationed at Alameda, Calif. Lt.
Kangas attended Kcno high
school. '
Unconditional Surrender Signed
"ty-eg'' i ii ii
, At SHAEF headquarters 'In Reimi, Col. Gen. Guitar Jodl, Girmen chief of staff under Doeniti, i shown signing ..the. docu
ment under which the remaining forces of the German army are forced' to lay down arms in unconditional surrender. V
. - .,. '. . i. .. " "f.Sv., ;,!'" , NEA telepboto.
Series Of Outburstsr Processing Of Germd
Prisoners Sole Reindf ndersfO
21
KILLED IK BLAST
Missing
s iw t m$
Lt,' Wesley Kangas
SUNNYSIDE, Utah, May 10
(II') Twenty-one miners were
killed when a roaring explosion
sprayed llamcs and gas tmougli
the Utah Fuel company's No. 1
mine in this central Utah coal
digging center.
Two others were missing and
believed dcad.v Seven injured
were taken to hospitals. Three
escaped Injury.
. Search for Bodies
The blast let go yesterday at
3:15 p. in., and throughout last
night and early today rescue
workers wearing gas masks
combed the workings three
miles underground in search of
bodies.
The blast sent shafts of flame
down the tunnels, burning the
(Continued on Page Two)
Esther Sevcik
Arrives In U. S.
Mrs. Esther Bellnnt Sevcik,
who- has been held a prisoner
of the Japanese at Santo Tom as
prison at Manila since early in
1942, reached San Francisco
Tuesday morning and advised
her parents, Mr, and Mrs. Guy
Bellant, 4510 Peck, of her safe
arrival.
Mrs. Sevclk's sister, Beatrice
Bellant, left 1 Tuesday night to
meet her and they are expect
ed to return here Sunday, Mrs.
Sevcik. returned to the States
with a 'little girl whom she had
cared for in the prison since the
death of the child's parents at
the hands of the Japanese, An
aunt of the child met the two
at Oakland. Mrs. Sevclk's hus
band and son also died in the
Philippines. .
By The Associated Press ' ;,:.'c- ;
LONDON, May 10 IIP) The scourging conflict, still was miss-
European war most devastating
in all history bowed -out last
night to the, deafening roar of
30 volleys from 1000 Moscow
guns,' and all that was'left of it
today was a series of .sporadic
outbursts of fighting and the
monotonous processing- of - end
less streams of German . prison
ers. .. ...
Nazi humiliation was - com
plete. Fuehrer Adolf Hitler,
who bullied Europe into the
STAND QM RELEASE
PARIS, May 10 (IP) Associ
ated Press Correspondent Ed
ward Kennedy maintained today
that official attempts to - hold
up release of the Reims sur
render story , last Monday repre-
REGRETS
PHILADELPHIA. May 10 (P)
Robert McLean, president of
the Associated Press, Issued '
the following statement todays
Tha Associated Press pro
foundly regrets the distribu
tion on Monday of the re
port of the total surrender in
Europe which investigation
now clearly discloses was dis
tributed In advance of author
isation by supreme allied
headquarters. .
sented "purely political censor
ship" and that no Question of
military security was involved.
Kennedy emphasized that he
had transmitted his story , of the
surrender which! preceded the
official allied announcement by
a day only after the -facts had
been disclosed by the German
government.
He explained his stand in a
(Continued on Page Two)
Kesselring 'Surprised' At
Hitler's Staying In Berlin
By HOWARD COWAN
SAALFELDEN, Austria, May
10 IIP) Field Marshal Albert
Kesselring, the last commander
of the German armies in the
west, is "most surprised" that
Hitler did not lead his nazis
Into a planned hold-out in tho
fortified . underground tunnels
of the. Salzburg -Bcrchtesgaden
area. ...
Kesselring, found - by U. S.
troops aboard his special train
in the Tyrolean AIds and await
ing completion of arrangements
for his formal surrender, said
he Is "absolutely certain" Hitler
is dead. ;
"1 was most surprised," he
told.. American war correspond
ents' last night "at the decision
of dor fuehrer at the last mo
ment to fight with his soldiers
in Berlin."
It had been known Kesselring
was in this area where his pre
decessor, Field Marshal Karl
Rudolf Gcrd von Rundstedt, and
Reichsmarshal G o e r i n g and
other prominent Germans wore
taken prisoner. He was at ease
during the press conference, in
contrast to the taut, severe man
ner of Von Rundstedt, who
faced newsmen a week ago.
Kesselring said he last saw
Hitler about the middle of April
in Berlin. ,
- "He appeared in excellent
health," the field marshal add
ed. "It was two or three days
before the Russian attack."
liriH-derdaps- dead. "Titer No.- 2
nazi, : Keicnsmarsnal heimantv
Goerlng, .was air American cap
tive, xhe supreme German
commander . in the west, . Field
Marsnal Albert Kesselring,.. was
in American hands. ; The Luxem
bourg radio' said Duhkerquc, last
nazi pocket in France, had sur
rendered. .Streams of, dejected
German soldiers trudged docile
ly from by-passe pockets in the
reich.
In a blunt, six-minute victory
broadcast from his study in. the
Kremlin, Marshal Stalin said the
soviet union would not "destroy
Germany or its people."
As. a million happy Russians
jammed the area around the
Kremlin in, a' noisy holiday
mood, their leader asserted: ..J
"Hitler declared three years
ago, 'We shall destroy Russia.'
But Hitler's insane iaeas were
not destined to come true. . The
soviet union, is rejoicing in vic
tories, although it does not in
tend to destroy Germany.!'
Group Resists
. Earlier the -soviet premier is
sued his 368th and probably
his last order of the day on the
European war. It announced the
liberation of ' Prague, occupied
by fie nazis since March .14,
1939. The liberation came
lour hours after the deadline for
cessation of hostilities. . Of the
group of Germans still resisting
in Czechoslovakia, Stalin said
the red army would "succeed in
bringing it to its senses." .
.Stalin said the Prague' nazis
had retreated west and south
west to avoid ..capture by the
Russians, and r the Czech radio'
saicl bands of Germans were
ravaging the countryside. 7
Remnants of the German 16th
and 18th armies, sealed off in the
Latvian . courtland peninsula
since last October, were being
corralled by the. Leningrad com
mand,' which had processed 45,
000 by . nightfall Wednesday.
Some 21,000 from the Vistula es
tuary area near Danzig ' were
processed by White Russian
armies by late Wednesday.
Maxme Weygand
Held By Police
' PARIS, May 10 0P)-Gen. Max
ime Weygand, last; commander-in-chief
of France's army be
fore the fall of the republic in
1940, was arrested in the night,
police disclosed today. The
charges still are unspecified.
- Jean Borotra, one-time tennis
champion, also was taken into
custody.- ' -.
Both recently - Were rescued
from German-, prison camps in
the Alps.
Gen. Weygand succeeded Gen.
Maurice Gamelin in 1940 after
the German breakthrough and
was French commander at the
time of surrender, Previously
and afterward he commanded
the French army in North Af
rica. .. :'. ' f - ' - '.;
SILL WIS BID
FOR MORt POWERS
; By , JOHN, M. HIGHTOWER
, Associated Press Diplomatic
News. Editor. ' v .- . .
. SAN FRANCisCOi". May y 10
(P) The United Nation's confer
ence faced its first' 'big' test
today on a small nation bid for
greater voice in the proposed
peace-enforcing security coun
cil. - - . .'.- '. .
"A Cuban proposal to enlarge
the council from 11 to 14 or 15
nations was put forward in the
conference' committee charged
with working out council mem
bership and. some who ' attended
last night's session said a vote
probably would be taken today.
. Discuss Plan :' , :
' The committee SDent most of
its three-hour night .session.; dis
cussing the proposition: - As the
council plan ri o w stands,- it
would include, '.the '.' Big .. 5 pow
ers, plus. six, smaller ones, :
. ' American delegates -'sought
meanwhile for a- formula for
fitting a Pah-American security
system into a world organization
without splitting this ' organiza
tion into regional' blocs.
' , Critical Issue
They recognized- this problem
of regional versus world secur
ity control as one of the most
critical facing the conference,
i It is. esoecially acute for the
United States delegation: : Its
members are divided on the
issue; which is: Shall the: Amer
ican republics be on their own,
or shall they.be under, control
of the world organization, when
they feel they must use force to
suppress aggression in the west
ern hemisphere? ...
: Latin Americans want the au
thority to ac in i. the 'western
hemisphere without waiting for
world 'organization orders. To
counter this,- it appeared likely
that advocates of regionalism in
other areas would call for simi-
FLIGHT ALSO
AIDS ATTACK
ON OKINAWA
Ground Forces Fight
Slowly South
On
isle
By LEONARD MILLIMAN
; Associated Press War Editor
Superforts opened new leaks
in Japan's disintegrating oil
pipeline today. Waves- from a
record striking force of more
than 400 B-29s bombed major
aviation fuel manufacturing and
storage centers. .
:' The rest of the great flight
of Superforts continued neutral
izing raids on southern Japanese
airdromes in support of the Oki
nawa invasion where Yanks
have suffered 16,425 casualties.
' Battle Southward
- Four divisions of marines and
infantrymen fought slowly
southward on Okinawa over
mud, pinnacled ridges and Nip
ponese pillboxes.
. Far to the south in the south
ern Philippines, the 24th divi
sion invaded Samal island with
out . opposition. Samal lies in
Davao gulf of Mindanao . island
where other 24th units, launched
an offensive to wipe out Japa
nese trapped in a triangular
area and relieve a battalion of
Yanks cut off by an enemy
counteroffensive.
Capture Api
' Australians captured strategic
;Api hill in their drive toward
Tarakan's second. ; largest oU
field off the Borneo coast: This
is the initial campaign to re
claim oil-rich Pacific . islands,
major goal in Japan's 1942 con
quests.. Air and sea blockades
have already made them as use
less to Nippon as the Burma oil
fields, recently retaken by the
British. . - .
Development of Dutch Indies
and Burma oil wells and refin
eries becomes increasingly ' im
portant for the allies with.' air
and : technical, forces ' already
moving from Europe's Mediter
ranean theater" to the Pacific.
Need- 'Stressed
" Need for,' them . was empha
sized; by Maj. Gen. ' Claire Chen
nault, commander of . the U. S.
14th air force in China, who in
dicated the combined, efforts of
the newly opened. Burma-China
oil pipe line, the Burma road
and ' cargo '. plane flights over
the , flump area t. . delivering
enough to Chica. : V - ;.
The ..entirei.Japanese line
threatening the, 14th. air force's
Chihkiang base in western China
crumbled yesterday . before - a
powerful Chinese counteroffen
sive, Chungking announced. -.
' - Probabilities of an . American
landing on the China coast, orig
inally named as an objective by
Adm.. Chester W. Nimitz who
has shifted his goal to Japan
itself, were- revived by both
Chennault and Gen. Brehon
Somervell. Chennault said well
supplied 'Chinese troops Could
successfully handle the recon
quest of the interior of China,
implying - that American help
would be needed on the Coast.
Discussing the unloading of sup
plies Somervell said some help
"can be expected . along the
China coast." . '. :-. r
the
the
V-E Dance Set
At Barracks ;
The. post gymnasium at
Marine Barracks will . be
scene of a V-E dance ori Friday,
May ' 11,- from 8 o'clock until,
midnight.. Music will be fur
nished by the post orchestra, and
a special prize of . a war bond
will be awarded during the eve
ning. USO Junior Hostesses
will be on hand for the dance,
and men may invite their own
guests if invitations are obtained
from their first sergeants. Re
freshments will be served.
In the future, two special bus
runs will be made, on dance
nights for the '.convenience of
married and single men who
are escorting ladies. Buses leave
4th and Main 15 minutes after
the' hour, and two buses, will
leave the USO at 7:45 and 8
o'clock.
The special buses will leave
from the armory at 7:45 and
8:45; from the northeast corner
of 5th and Klamath at 8 o'clock
and 9 o'clock; from Mills school
on East Main at 8:15 and 9:15:
from the bridge over the canal
at the junction of Main and the
Old Fort road at 8:30 and 9:30.
lar authority for other zones,
no KemarKS ADOui juwnera
. This' is no fish story.' Nevertheless, county clerk'9 records
show a marriage" license issued to M1". Herring who took unto
himself a Miss Bass for his little brideyl
: SSgt.. .George Henry Herring, 25, member, of the United
States marine corps and Veteran of three years' overseas duty
with a defense battalion in the South Pacific, and Edna May
Bass, 19, exchanged vows at the Methodist parsonage Tuesday
afternoon. t . . . ,... , '
The bride gave her occupation as a riveter in a Los Angeles
defense Dlant. Miss Bass is a native of Texas. Mr. Herring of
lyi'ssourl. f.e Is on duty at the mess hall,-Marine Barracks, '
where he has been stationed since his return to the States in j
September,-1944. . .s .: ,
Nope, the ceremony was not performed by the Rev. Mr. j
Trout. Mr. Herring and Miss Bass., were married- by Rev. I
Victor Phillips. i .
V