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M Nil? o) 0 W U here , out, the Pacific Pm uko the ccnlcr of the 1 ft" hooting war news. W.. V. many In Mut. SI"' . . L.wrcs ,n beginning to Knl i MacArlhiir ' u ' fr'"e?'.ririi and other ! PlnV".: yln the tllltit rk,dik or KorlouMly damaged iM Wi if JAP SHIP' fcr. He ll(l' ll,llt h "- -illh ,1,clr lf . .. .un'ui! nractlcal- Pl' .S .7,an what the Cor- ?ra DO to England. ItS ll""" -- - . unMC witters, our LI'llnS B-20 (tholr number &,ihs wi"iy ;sp"w Hind that explode when fc COMES NEAR them). Mines Lioppcdln ALL moor nuui . . IrVENTY-FIVE por cent of IEVtir' ... , WATER. L.,.'?raSr. : , 7 It 1. men d by these mlnci thnl tiro bo droppeo in ninii tt-.w... ' u ...i.ni U hnnnenlns how. wnat is w"" ! ji even more uircmciim. ... rt.AllttlA pnmmand ' n.i. .i. rn.nn In Rnulnnri. lour oi" " ." r iii I .... anrtn.DI.ANR rnirlw will Ldeon Jnpun. He Jidda that 8th now nan more mimh ... r.l Pnrlrf(ilil on r.i.i. ii.M. ihni u.lll hi Iran inn in'" ' I, j . tUaa DfifMfil' HA XDDtl HB L anH communication to Ittaln them enn do caiu- lor tvery bomber, he aoys, wo e it least i w w iuu iiswi. ...lni II IN V I AN I Dili IIISUI IH xw. - -r ion. Bomoing ine urrmwua c. i. .wl uio'va nl rnnrlv n cniiii " v -.- - iDurn kntir tn rittmntrh UR vis 2000 planet in n fiiuglo irk wn cn mrnns uini ww Ft have to WAIT TO LEARN br ...U ... Mil li Hi PnHrlc Can start saturation bombing email. .Japan bwii q here.... . ..,'.', ' ' lE'deliywllI como In 'Ret urn burs ready, our aerv- lorceiwlll move nusi irom Lin 0M this Inh out of Ihe incy loo nave icarncti to work fat. We'll be .an ind rcdy In' the Pacific. -in leu time than it iook uj in Ipe,. INAWA will ,be our Eng md of the Pacific. ' It will fcricllcally COVERED with per bases, nit Englnnd waa, (hese (and other) bono we pour death and destruction apan's cities and transport ucs, as we am on ucr rrraan submarines, said to per from 200 to 300, are al- rcporung in to uriusn to SURRENDER. it is beed that wo will man to work nsnlnat Jaoan as iy as possible.) PN0 this prosncct. five raer premiers and cider mm meet with Sur.ukl this to mull over what to do. safe guess that the session i light-hearted affair. kope, the only flehllnc re tted Is In Czechoslovakia'. diehard nnr.l fnnnHni hnvn fed under command of Marshal Schnnrnrr .who led as a war criminal and en figures ho might . as !e fighting as to die before Iisquaa. ' lasl-slandcra appear to n licked decisively, and flight FROM the Russians WARD American lines.. PADHENL j-iff, the lecnoslovaklBn lnrrmthnff. f M captured by us (Amer- iira committed suicide by Pi : his wrists with a razor 'nsi nad been concealed gt'nutd on Page Two) Herald In The ShtiBla-tUiHcatlu Wonderland erne May II, 194S Max. (Mar 10) 62 Min. ......35 Praclpitation last 24 hours .00 Stream yaar to data 8.43 Normal ...10.48 Last yaar ...... .7.31 forecast: Warmer, Increasing cloudintn. PRICE riVE CENTS KLAMATH FALLS, OREGON, FRIDAY, MAY 11, 1845 Number 10463 German Die-Hards In Flight Toward Yanks By The Associated Press L0 NDON, May 11 (AP) Dle-hord nasi fanatics who fought on in Czechoslovakia in defiance of German unconditional surrondor wore reported in headlong flight toward Amer ican linos today ai a vast pincers by throe joviot armies threatened momentarily to en volop thorn. Tho first, focond and fourth Ukroinian armios opened tho assault on broad fronts from the northwoit, east and southwost when forcas undor Field Marshal Ferdinand Schocrner, himself wanted as a war criminal, and Col. Gen. Woohler, ignored the surrender. It wot the only reported fighting by Gorman troops in all Europe. Elsewhere the Ger mant were giving up docilely. The soviet high command announced capture of 209,060 German officers and men in preliminary chockups olong the front. There were 26 noxi gen erals In the bag. Remnants of the beaten German surface and underwater fleet were in allied hands, in cluding the cruisers Prinx Eugen and Nucrnbarg, which had shelled Copenhagen over the weekend. These were under the sentinel guns of the royal navy in Copenhagen harbor. hiuhk wun uircc ncMroycrs, iwo' lorpeao uoais, iu minesweepers, 13 flak ships, ID armed trawl ers and two armed merchant men, A report from the French press agency said French sail ors In Lu Tlorhclla, Atlantic port which had surrendered Wednesday, officially had taken over tho German Atlantic fleet units anchored there, Tho num ber of v e a s e 1 s was not an nounced. FUet Gives Up Grand Adm. Karl Docnltz' submarine fleet the wolf packs which for so long had preyed 911 allied shipping was surren dering ad putting .in to British porta. Duukcrquc, scene of the Brit ish defeat in 1040, hod surren dered, Tho channel islands: of Sork, Jersey' and Guernsey, which' had been taken by the nazls shortly after the full ol France, capitulated to a British task force. They were the only part of the United Kingdom to have been occupied by ine bcr mans. Disarming Underway ( '.The disarming of some 120,' 000 .Germans - In - Holland- was underlay. .' Premier Marshal Stalin, In messages to President Truman and Prime Minister Churchill, congratulated them on the un conditional surrender of nazl Germany, declaring that "the Joint struggle of soviet, Ameri can and' British armies against the German invader . , . will go down In history as an ex amplo of fighting collaboration of our peoples.".' ' Goering An Allied Prisoner A. V f LIST ' By PRESTON GROVER CALCUTTA, May 11 P) With Rangoon captured and the campaign In Burma virtually ended, troops of Admiral Lord Louis Mountbalten's southeast Asia command turned their, eyes toward Singapore today as their next likely objective. While some- of Mountbalten's men have been In trre Jungles for a year or more and are bad ly in need of rest, others arc comparatively fresh and could be quickly mode ready for a now campaign. New Forces ; - The latter include the forces which' took Rangoon In a com bined sea and air operation Just such troops as would be needed for a landing on the Malay peninsula north of Singa pore or on ine isianu ui aumoi ra, across Malacca strait from Malaya. ' This special group of para troopers and amphibious troops Is backed by a fleet growing n size week by week and likely .(Continued on rage 4fV J-:i -x ft "l.,7 1 4 t 1 ' v '. I. I I ' .1! .J " v .i Herman Goering. reich uir mil thai and former ' No. 2 nail, itanda before a 38th division flag: in a castle near Kitibuhal, Austria, after being captured by the U.'. S.. 7th army. Goering in sisted upon a 'bath and a fresh uniform before permitting a pic ture. (AP wiraphoto via ,7th army, field radio transmitter).. .. Doeniti May Go On Trial ; With Other Nazi Leaders LONDON, May 11 (fl1) Rudolf Hess, Heinrich Himmler and Hermann Goering all have been listed by the. United Nations as war criminals and there is strong possibility that Grand Adm. Karl Donnltz will also have to face trial for his life. . The Information about the ranking luminaries of the fallen nozi hierarchy and Hitler's successor In the surrendered reich came today from a highly reliable source. This informant estimated that between 4,000,000 and 6,000, 000 Germans might be forced to atone for-their nation's atrocities If. tho proposed plan of pool punishment is adopted by the vic torious powers. . ' ,.; Hess and Goering both are prisoners, and both were Hitler deputies, Himmler, the hangman head of the gestnpo, is a fugi tive. . ''"..',...: ' "' Growers Build 100-Tent Camp For Farm Workers '. TULELAKE - Members . of tho Tulclake Growers associa tion, forced by necessity to take over construction ana mtumise ment of .migratory workers camp this season, were rushing a 100-tent camp, to completion diligence Section To Suppress Nazi Underground Slated In Occupation Zone ?JiH0NC-FAY ri?i"?f:T,9N' M"y m- j "'"-"'Ronco section to a"d "ruthlessly" suppress : "" uronna activities k 01 tho United States gOVcrnmf.nl In tho OCCUnatlnn nna . . " . , .V.I. V . Was dlselnanH'InMo.. I. PPartmeni nm '' . f or the. United States lied 1 111 ,form part of iuurnournr 1 nniti n 'OF rincmnnti . nnu fmn.V.n'tw,'H bo divided In- 1 fffin a'v'sions, corrcs I gcneraHy to the min- the r.n... - .--1 Jlent.', .".".! ,ve".'.,B; h?ft. Elsenhower Pthi hevc"nc" agreed - -o. Dig rnree I, Lllr.ln... 11 ' ... .SioIer "flepuly mill- tary governor for Germany, the department sold, without amplifying this latter reference. Clay, a West Pointer, was attach cd to tho office of war mobiliza tion and reconversion until last month, when ho was transferred to supremo allied headquarters. The announcement said that United States army, navy and air forces had perfected over a period of many months and In coordination with the British, Kusslans, and French a ' coordi nated program to impose a stern military government over all of Germany and to carry out the policies ogreed upon at Yalta, ft did not, however, officially do fine the area of American occu pation. , '"...,; The creation of the Intelli gence section was a sample 01 this decision for stern control.1 Nails to be oustea Wonh nl the 12 divisions will share responsibility in purging all public agencies and indus tries of nazls,, but the overall In telligence section, "answerable directly to' General- Clay, will maintain general supervision over the entire denazification program," the department said. Then It added: - "This Intelligence section will also 'maintain surveillance over all German agencies and provide' assurance that activities by nazi underground, 'werewolves' and the like will be ruthlessly sup pressed." '.", Control Publications i Also, directly under Clay will be two other sections, public in formation and public relations. The former section, said the de partment, "will control all forms of public expression in Germany,. Including newspapers, radio, magazines and other publications and- otlon pictures." ' It likewise "will deal with the dissolution of the propaganda, ministry of the notorious Goeb bels and the establishment of an unbiased and truthful press arid radio system," this week. The camp is located across the highway from town and -north of Boyd's buildings. Chester Main, president of the association, called a meet ing of growers this .week and reported on a recent session in Berkeley; Calif.; at which time Warren Schoonbver, in charge of the extension service, office of labor, advised that the war food administration would not handle -the migratory c a m p s 'ifrom now on," and that the extension service in California so far has refused to take the responsibility. , Up To Growers , . . This left the matter up to the growers, Main - explained, and if migratory labor was to be used, growers would have to build and operate the -camps themselves this season. The growers were also' in formed by Schoonover that If they . .did not; take - care of tho migratory workers, the . exten sion -service ' would not certify to. the -need of contract labor; Assessment Sat It was the decision of growers that an assessment of $1 por. acre would be levied against the potato and onion acreage, against all members of the as sociation who will: use migra tory labor. Growers, not mem bers of the association are ex pected to make the same , con tribution. Main said. - . The matter ' of assessment, (Continued Ion Page Two), SMALL NATION BLOC FORMED AT CONFERENCE Countries Want More Voice In Use Of ' Force By JOHN M. HIGHTOWER Associated Prats Diplomatic News Editor SAN FRANCISCO, May 11 (P) The United Nations confer ence appeared today to be devel oping a strong bloc of small na tions determined to. win them selves greater authority over the proposed use of force to prevent future varp. The issue is coming sharply to the fore in conference com mittees considering amendments to the Dumbarton Oaks plan for world peace organization as it was drawn up by Britain, China, Russia and the United States in Washington last fall.- Here are current top developments: Should Have Voice 1. Prime Minister. MacKenzie King of Canada told a committee on functions of the security council, . which is: the exclusive, powerful core of the proposed organization, that any nation whose troops were to be used (Continued on Page Two) By HOWARD COWAN AUGSBURG. Germanyy May 11. (P) P.erspirlng add' uneasy, Hermann Goering, spoke bitter ly of Hitler- today and" asserted that - he "had advised .his -leader -against, attacking Russia,. . .He told a war correspondent during an hour-long-Interview: "When Hitler decided to -attack Russia, -1 - myself referred: him to his Mein Kampf, where he said that to fight-a-war ;on two fronts was dangerous, I was convinced - that Russia was not going to attack maybe Finland but not Germany." Voice Raised The shifty-eyed, reichmarshjal raised his voice as. he spoke." When he was .captured, he said, Hitler' sentenced-, him- to death for Goering's suggestion that he take over as fuehrer. Today he asserted, that he. was doomed because he wanted to go into consultation with enemy powers." . . The conferences took place in the ' backyard of a two-story house where he was quartered. Makes Statement " . Asked if he had anything to say,-other than In reply to ques tions; Goering. asserted:. .'. ".Only this please, remember that Germany can- be helped. -1 am very thankful to- the -German people who have stood by their guns." His . voiced lower ed and his eyes searched, the ground as he added "even though it appears now that we've let them down." Hess-Flight Surprise " Goering said the flight of Ru dolf Hess to England was a com plete surprise in nazi circles: "Only three people know why he did it. They are close mem bers of his family and I cannot name them." . ' Breofcfasf Set To Open Drive : The kick-off breakfast for the 7th War Loan urfve in Klamath Falls is set for Monday morning, 7:30,, at. the Wlllard. hotel. . . Everyone is Welcome to at tend but reservations must . be made in advance through the chamber of commerce. Heads of committees and mem bers of the chamber , of com merce are urged to be present. The breakfast program will be broadcast over KFJI. ,: Yanks Rush A Japanese Marine is Iral ' Whan this Japanese marine (center) was alow in stripping down whan ordered to do ao by American soldiers in the Philip pines to make aure he didn't have .any- grenadaa or other hidden weapons on his parson. the; soldiers- rushad -him. They found it wasn't necessary, that-' the ; Nipponr--wa trying to ' undo . a knotted ahoelace. (AP wire photo from U, S. army signal corps). DoofiWe iQi J X Plain Raids Over Japan V By; HENRY B.; JAMESON , - :LPNDON, . May ;'ll (P) Lt. Gen.' James H. Doolittle. .'com mander of the'-U'.'S. eighth air lurce, wiio.ieu ine nib uir laiu on Tokyo predicted today that 2000-plane raids would' be made upon Japan. - : ' : ' ' " . "The size of--.the'- American air force operating against Japan will continue to- be increased as airfields become available and supply routes;' and : communica tions bases are established,'.' Doolittle said at-'a press con ference.. - - .-.-.'. . ''--. '200.000 in Force ,' He disclosed- that.-the' person nel ot 'the eigntn. air force- in England how numbered ap proximately 200,000 men - and women, and that another 100, 000 had served' on a rotating basis. . " ' ' ; .,' - Doolittle . said .part, of thej HOUSE VOTES PAY . -- By HOWARD. FLIEGER WASHINGTON,' May 11 W) Some members said it . seemed, like a sneaky-way: to get a raise. Others argued the public has no.idea what an expensive thing it, is to. be a congressman.: . -'..' '. $2500 "Expense" The upshot a shotiting house majority . voted' : yesterday to give each member $2500 a year, tax free,' as expense money to top - off his $10,000 salary. ' The house wrote the expense allowance and some employe pay increases into a $50,000,000 appropriation to pay the costs of., congress. The, bill goes to the senate where members can knock out the house increases or vote themselves some expense money, whichever . seems . the best idea to them.- v - j Howled Down ' Some of the more indignant house members , a howled down minority declared they wouldn't touch a dime of the expense cash. They said it was a subterfuge. They called it in flationary. They asked how-congress -could expect the- public's confidence with such goings-on. But their opponents said it was high time congress gave it self, a break in: the pocketbook. They mentioned such expenses 4s entertaining - constituents. They made the $10,000 salary sdUnd like peanuts. , Living In Glass Houses? ; The English have long been ridiculed' for their custom' of indulging in afternoon tea. To many Americans this represents tne essence ol asininity and many .a Yank has shaken his head, in wonder at this age-ijld custom. , : , In our daily rounds, however, ,we have .noticed that Ameri cans, too, are not very far off base, when lt comes to observing a certain hour of the day for a moment or two. of -relaxation. .. This time-out period usually occurs about-10 o'clock-in the morning and is generally known as "coffee time."-Practically every -business firm 'in Klamath Falls that is not pressed with too critical a problem or too. urgent a Job takes a minute or so off , at this time for a cup of coffee and a cigarette. . So maybe we shouldn't, be too hard on the Limeys. After allj-we do it, too.. - -:--.', . i-: -.. eighty . air force's -' manpower and equipment woula. be moved direct' -to: the- Pacific and. -jthe rest would te sent back :to the "United States or - would be kept here indefinitely as part of the allied occupation air- force, - - He-indicated that large. num bers of Flying . Fortresses and Liberators .; used Jn battering Germany would, be . shifted to the Pacific,, where they would be. used in the. role of "medium bomljers,'" ' augmentirig' .oper ations of - the ,- ever-increasing fleet of Superfortresses. - ". Doolittle1 disclosed that . the present bomber strength' of the eighth .air -force exceeded; 24,00 Liberators , and Fortresses.-; j ;. "That number of operational planes on airfields - today - does not include a large number of others in repair depots,- and new planes in -reserve . pools,": -he said.-- :. ', "The largest number of heavies Doolittle ever dispatched :ih one attack was approximately 2000 last Christmas" eve. 1 ; ; KUHS Cindermen Major Threat In Staie Meet 'Coaches Paul .Deller and Marble Cook and 10 members of the KUHS track team left Thurs day morning to carry . the Red-and-White colors of Klamath Un ion high school to the- state track meet at Corvallis. i. ; ;? Slashing spikes ''will' bite the cinderpath today and tomorrow as entries from throughout .the entire state vie. for top-honors in the big meet of the year. . . With Grant of Portland in stalled as the 'leading favorite, the Pelicans-still have an excel lent chance to upset - the dope bucket and carry off the blue ribbon.. Paced by Dave -Hen-thorne, the KUHS cindermen have chalked up an enviable rec ord this year, winning the south ern Oregon-northern California meet at Modoc field and annex ing top honors, in the district qualifying meet at Medford. .- Members of the KUHS squad who. qualified for the state tniet and who' made the trip to Cor vallis include Dave Henthorrie, Jim . Pope; Chuck N Thurman, Johnny Foster, Jim Palmer, Gyle Molgaard, Herbert Barker, Tom my Edwards, Bob Dodson and Bud Biehn.- (For additional-details see sports- page.) 5 War Office Says . Plot Story False LONDON, - May 1 1 ' (fF) -1 The British war office stated today there was no truth in a United Press story of an alleged plot by Gorman , prisoners of . war to stage a mass break and seize con trol of London last Christmas OVfc. - - 'The story, which-had. ;beeh held for some time, was finally passed by 1 censorship because ther-j no longer was any secur ity involved, but a note was at tached in censorship, advising the editor there was no truth in it," a war office spokesman saidi NEW HAZARDS MENACE NAV y, MERCHANTMEN Chinese Counterblow Traps Thousands Of Nips By LEONARD MILLIMAN Associated Press War Editor Mines strewn by Superfort resses in evcrv ma lor nnrt nf Japan furnished new hazards to-' day tor the imperial navy and merchant marine, both already pared to a fraction of - pre-war. " strength by U. S. Dlanes. war. ships and submarines. - - ' ine .twentieth bomber com mand disclosed that B-29s, in his tory's greatest aerial mine-laying operations,-have planted floating explosives in Tokvo bav. tho In.. land. sea', Singapore harbor and, other former havens of Japanese shipping. The most frequently used waterways were described as -' polluted" by American-laid mines. 1. - 200-Plane Raid '." Japan tried to strenothen -It political position : in-threatened corners of its crumbling empire many as - some xuu superforts thundered over six targets on the home islands in a dailv nrevinur of predicted 2000 plane raids against Nippon. : All Tokyo spokesmen ap peared to agree there was- "ho alternative"- for the mikado's war lords but. to continue fight mg despite-slow destruction of Y their armed forces on every is J land '. front and- a threatened . . debacle in China. -':-,- :: . : .: Japs -Trapped ArChinese armv snrikesman reported that a sweeping Chinese vuujiteruixcnsive nas trapped thousands of Japanese and killed off at least a third of the 80,000 invaders who began driving to ward the"U.' S. Chihkiana air base in western China a month v ago. ; He said Nipponese reservet vere thrown into the lines as ' Chinese columns closed a nin. cers '40 ' rBiles fro m Paoching, main, springboard of the abortive Jupane.se offensive. t . , , .vapaiis uyeidii. pusiuon. - wa considered 'in a significant meet-ing- oi five former-premiers and other elder statesmen With Pre mier, Kantaro Suzuki. The. ses sion had. scareelv .-hrnlrprt im when . Japanese broadcasts. let ported political prisoners would, be released in Thailand, civilian support , was asked in- Sumatra to - "consolidate the wartime structure" and the mikado's am-, bassador to Indo-China had been called home hurriedly for con ferences..-; :: -' -.; , LONDON,' May 11 (IP) A spokesman at; 'No.: 10 Downing street dismissed today as "rumors-and speculation" reports that a meeting of President Tru man. Prime : Minister Churchill and Premier Marshal Stalin was impending. :. : ;.. .,;::.; t Trie spoKesman at the prime, minister's residence said Church ill would remain in London at least over the weekend to de liver a radio address Sunday night. A foreign office spokes man said he had no knowledge of ;any-preparations for a meet-" ing. :;.; i . -.'-'' ' iuonaon newspapers naa spec ulated that the Big Three would discuss European problems. The .avening News diplomat ic correspondent asserted that Churchill "believes that an early meeting , of the Big Three is'Urgently required to deal with (1) final plans for the allied oc cupation and government of Germany and (2) to settle many differences about European problems which, it must be frankly, admitted, have come about, between tne western al lies and soviet Russia since Yalta." (In-Washington White House aides said they had no informa tion today on any plans for a (Continued on Page Two) Huge Fire Razes Seattle Building ' SEATTLE, May 11 '(P) A K. spectacular -three-alarm firej. which completely destroyed the -four-story Goodwill Industries store and warehouse building, enveloped three nearby houses : in flames and burned -. into the Arrow Iron Works, caused an estimated-$ll5,000 damage in Seattle's southside industrial ' section last night. . At '4 a. m. today police ar rested a suspected arsonist hid ing in a woodshed nearby and held him for questioning. He is a 41-year-bld fisherman.' Gordon Scott, Goodwill Indus- " tries president, said the loss was approximately $100,000, all of which was insured. Fire Chief : William Fitegerald said the three house's" were valued at "un der $10,000' - while damage to the iron work, was given at $4500.-. :;.-;;.:;; 'v -'..: t'-iy. ;i'VtV.''V'' "it
