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Newspaper Page Text$ 'If mm Mfo) U LTU LTU IN (ft i .uir irNKINS Okinawa, we Inch steam y r. "j hioodlly no l"u I. .lnwlv , herd " The , E, liken when the allied. In dying. Island i lait Jap lirfleld n one for hill nnd that 1E lake Iho Yonnbura a Lai 2400-yard gain at Inch heavy coiibu -'"" K one of our battleships f, no on It morlno observer (..,. "The hits seemco fTcc off like "'hb"- tl .nrt a river to croas. before can let Int" ' r,l,mc9 liw"' i town In Itself Is valuclcaa, ,1 we really havo to do la to Jl' , , . mflAiL' ihrlr air at- fb." . .H 'helm. IruVb; bad we'athcr. an3 a8r a mnjor hlp nd two I Ships at a cost of 48 planes. , major ship damaged was r" of one of our fast carrier . of rinva that E lla lor n .i."v - - . , numbers of our carrier ,fi have been aimcniiia in hern port of the Jap home Inl'shment to our nnvy, both asualtlcs and In damage to . It uliarolv up as a result it Okinawa campaign, t- i. knniv what Okinawa Jiicaiu as well as we do, and fouttlng cvcryining mcy rave it. defense. Tha defense be costing them more man niinrA a al fiuadol. il. Levle. and so many other At least wo nopo io ERE are growing indications fat we are planning an lm-fc-lv teDDed-iiD air war tist japan as soon ns wr can I air power from Europe a fcaljn probably patterned r wnai we uin io vjcrmiuiy. msT uifl havit to have bases. ..- - - ...'I pim ale uroi nn niff , n.lthnnl Ihum Ri,mimhpr n.M.vu ......... . ' long period we .spent GET c KCAUT in MUlimi, 'RE alnwlv cleaning the B,A Aitl n nnrtliAm.l.ilfnn If Just taken tho ' BaMo (leading (town inxo me trn valley. We've counted aA .Tnn in th nH alrartv. Expect that number to rise- kuuu wncn an ine ooaics in lie caves ana noies are led. - Australians are slowly ng up the oil . Island, of an, off the Borneo coast, i BRCHILL, addressing' the louse of commons,' Is asked li! to meet soon with Staltn fTnimnn. He answers: "I lllv hope so. It would be odd If such a long, fierce rnded without any settle- oven among the victors." man, at his preiwt confor n Washington, sayj ho too tor a meeting but rioesn t It will be held Immediate- IRCHILL, incidentally, la M about Hitler's death fiswcrs: "I know no more any other member who me newspapers. Some ne almost believes him. riember of the commons hUrChill If Hlllnr I. Knlno DEN BY nn vat.f.ra liill answers that he'll Inquiries made on that" ' laugh that breaks th tvelops that Premier De ira of P i r .Vn.Mj r-rxT IVCF.S In (I.. I-!. l Hitler's reported death, i '""g up a nornofs nost Dublin niMHna.. ti.u ...... ,,, iyniui ftllOll Hirst noiriHntf ah tkni K Fmy has worked In fairly on fngo xnree) Jjer aid aw ltUr$ fn The Shaila Cascade Wonderland WcC.hsr :. '. May 15. 1945 Max. (M.ay 14) 55 Min. ....A3 Precipitation last 24 hours . 38 Stream year to data 9.09 Normal .10.80 Last year 7.48 Forecast: Clearing Wednesday. price rive CENTS KLAMATH FALLS. OREGON. TUESDAY, MAY, 15, 1945 Number .10466 Leaders Hope For Big Three Meeting Soon By TOM OCHILTREE Associated Press Staff Wrltar - Prim Minister Churchill and President Truman said today that they hoped soon to meet each other and Premier Stalin around a conference table. In hla statement to reporters In Washington President Tru man said he did not believe such a meeting of the Big Three would be held immediately. Churchill expressed In the house of commons his desire for conference, and added that "It would be very odd if such long, fitrce war ended without any settlement even among the Tictors," . Churchill refused to commit himself on the question of whether Adolf Hitler is dead, declaring that he kn.V no more "than any other member who . r reacts ttie newspapers He disclosed that durlnii the early part of the war King George VI had practiced daily with a rifle and tommygun and would have Joined the men 011 the firing line If the conflict over had brought a last-ditch stand in London. Nasis Controlled A dispatch from Bolzano, Italy, said that the nnzls there, after swaggering around for 10 days doing about as they pleased, had been bluntly In formed that from now on they would be treated as a defeated army. ; For 10 days, after the German surrender In Italy on May 2, the nazls in Bolzano fraternized with civilians, dined in restau rants catering almost exclusive ly to German soldiers and drove powerful cars through the streets. Groups of local youths even goosestepped through the streets for three nights singing nazl songs. - No Explanation The situation ended when Col. W. C. Fry of Washington, D. C; assistant-commander - of the 88th. Infantry. division, took o v e r at commandant of the town yesterday. There has been no official explanation as to why the Germans were granted so much liberty during the 10-day period. : : In London the United Nations war ; crimes commission an nounced that Rcichsmarshal Hermann Goerlng's nome waB placed' on the first list of war criminals In November, 1844. Goerlng recently surrendered to U. S.-seventh army troops; In Austria. BR TONS y CRISIS ABOUTTR ESTE WASHINGTON, May 15 (P) WPB- Chairman J. A. Krug re ported today that munitions cut backs "slightly lower than ex. rxctod" would prevent any mass production of heavy con sumer goocls until alter acpicm- bcr. This applies to automobiles and refrigerators, he Indicated, but substantial manufacture of smaller appliances, like electric toasters and vacuum cleaners, may be expected starling In July. Emphasizing that the war pro duction, board would continue every industrial control neeaoa to safeguard production for the war aeainst Jaonn. Krug told a newt conference that the ma chinery for allocating metals . (Continued on Page xnrce) N C a r t e s, Monopolies ord Health Work, Charge llINGTON, May 18 P) t Attorney General Wen- ,. v. ""'"one mono K. seriously retarded "notion of betler health5! ar -. , I the Justlco de- nuofc uiviaion ac1 SlrlAii. & ... ' mow . . . rciinn . ' naus Blip nnn PHySICal WOl- lim,.P',le.18 0110 'Of -the J",'.'nomy.l' fcdic-ln. ,opo,y Pmctlces Id lcrf" """ hmaceu- (Iain "oppression, ot h ofVpcntl the In- ucl j ,vea. Processes Thnlt?.l?,P6pUl. hi A"r.oltant prico -""unuen,: (n low-inconio groups In particular have been unable to obtain the benefits of advances In science or better physical aids. "Monopoly groups have In sov eral instances contemplated the adulteration of products In order to perpetuate their privileged position or to impose their mono poly restrictions upon consum ers, . , Evil Effects "It Is time for congress to con sider the cartel problem in all It aspects. The evil effects of cartels exist when they are not dominated by Germany as. well as when they are." He said quinine had boon con trolled bv a Dutch cartel and when our supplies were cut off by Japanese invasion of Java the government learned that ata brine, a auinine substitute, was controlled by a German cartel. .' "it required strenuous eiiori i"td Inaugurate large-scale pro duction of this vital drug," Berge asserted. In the domestic . field, Berge said vitamin D, insulin, eye glasses, a plastic used In dental plates, and other drugs had. been Involved 'in monopoly restric tions. LONDON, Moy 15 (A) A British spokesman today labelled as "exaggerated" reports pub lished in London that Marshal Tito of Yugoslavia had been ordered peremptorily to with draw his troops from Istria and ine Adriatic port of Trieste. Britain and the United States hold that Trieste would remain under allied control until the peace conference settled its status. The spokesman said this policy bad been communicated to the ' Yugoslav government inrougn envoys at Belgrade in an atmosphere of frankness and friendship. He " declared there was no'questlon'bf a crisis or of an ultimatum. : Under 'Control ' His statement was similar (0 one issued Saturday in Washing ton by Acting Secretary of State. Joseph Grew, who said the Yugo slav government had been In formed that Trieste would be controlled by the allied military government until Its status was settled In the orderly manner pledged by the United Nations lor mc solution of such problems.- i In . Belgrade,- Edvard Kardel, second vice president of the Yugoslav government, said "cer tain foreigners are repeating a slander to the. effect that Yugo slavia in occupying this territory wishes to place before the world a fait accompli." . "No Foundations" "These allegations, have no foundations whatsover," Kardelj said. "These calumnies are in spired by the same imagination which In the past accused the (Continued on Page iThrec) Sam Hayes To Talk On Living War Memorials Sam Hayes, veteran west coast radio newscaster, will be in Klamath Falls Wednesday May 16, to discuss living war memorials for Pacific coast com munities. Klamath service clubs and the chamber of commerce av 5 spon soring a luncheon for 225 per sons to be given at noon Wed nesday in the Willard hotel hon oring the former Richfield re porter. Members of the city planning commission and the park board are urged to be present to hoar Hayes suggestions tor a living memorial for heroes of Klamath, Malin chamber, of commerce has been invited to brihg their park model of a suggested me morial to the meeting. There are .135 names on the memorial shaft on the court house lawn now, of local boys who have given their lives In the struggle toward victory. A living memorial for these heroes of World War I has been sug gested, and Hayes will outline plans for such a memorial lunch eon meeting. Those desiring to attend are asked to make reservations as soon as possible with the cham ber of commerce. Three German Subs Surrender PORTSMOUTH, N. H May 15 W) The surrender of three Ger man submarines has been accept ed by American naval forces operating out of New England, an eastern sea frontier an nouncement disclosed today, TJhe surrenders bring to four the number of German undersea craft turned over to the : United States, by their crews since the German collapse in Europe. - Here's A Lady General! Hisa 1311 Rachel Johnson. Safeway employ, told $7000 In E bonds in on and one-half hours Monday, "B" Day. advancing her rank in 90 minutes from a buck private to a general in the 3rd army. Mrs. Johnson is th mother of two sons, Eric and Gunnar, tha former serving in tha European theater, tha other in Germany. This la old business to Mrs. Johnson. She was also a top-notch salesman in tha 6th War Loan. $20fi00 Sold On First Day Of 7th War Loan Campaign -' Bond headquarters, 739 Main, sold $20,000 worth of war bonds Monday, May 14, the first day of thp 7th War Loan drive. ' The bond program started with the kick-off breakfast at 7:30; followed by a meeting at the Pelican theatre at 9 o'clock. Headquarters office- opened at CONGRESSMEN SEE E WASHINGTON, May 15'(P) A congressional mission reported today its inspection of German concentration .camps . forced the conclusion tho nnzis carried out a "calculated and diabolical pro gram 'of planned torture and ex termination." ' ' The mission, composed of six senators and six members of the house of representatives, flew to Europe April 22 and spent most of a fortnight looking over the notorious . camps at Dachau. Buchcnwald and Nordhausen, Germany. Rep.' Mott (K-Ure.) was a member of the mission. "Organised Crime" In their report,, the group termed the nazl program of star vation, torture and unhonored death. for slave laborers and po litical prisoners "no less than organized crime against civiliza tion and humanity.". ' "Those who , were responsible should have meted out to them swift, certain and adequate pun ishment," the r6port advocated. . no Addition In view, however, of the exist ence of. the allied war crimes commission, the committee said It did. not believe any additional agency need be created. "The agencies now dealing with the. problem are responsible and- competent and will ap proach" the subject from the standpoint of practical justice in every area and- in all categories of crimes that may be involved," the.report said. - '. In general, it recounted the san-" shbekine storv of calculat ed misery and degradation made familiar by scores of articles from the scene. 10 a.-m.-ready to take care of all bond . purchases. . . ... The. public address system was operated all Monday from 9 a. m. to 6 p. m. with Myrle Adams, Roy Premo, Paul Lee, Bob Chilcote, John Sandmeyer, Martin Brauner, Keith Moon and Lynn Roycroft taking charge in turn. Doris Phillips, Esther Shep herd and Veneta Hunter assist ed with the victrola for . the sound machine. Marines Aid Fifteen marines volunteered their services to aid the bond drive on its opening day, and sold bonds in various retail stores throughout the city.. Five marines will be posted in J. C. Penney company, Montgomery Ward, Scars and. Roebuck, Woolworth and Newberry, stores for tho duration of the drive. . Marines helping out at bond headquarters are SSgt. Darrel C. King, Sgt. George Herbert, Sgt. Warren Schluchter and PFC Jack Harrison. ': Volunteers Work , Mrs. W. E. Lamm, Mrs. Rob ert O.. Odell, Mrs. Calvin Poy tonv Mrs. Paul Ferrens and Mrsv Martha McCollum have volun teered their- services at bond headquarters, and other women offer several hours of service each day in the office, under direction of Rose Poole, chair man o the drive for Klamath county. ' . Purchasers of bonds between now and May 30 will be, ad - (Continued on Page Three) Klamath Student ; Wins Contest First place in the 25th an nual C. C. Bcckman contest went to Stephen L. Stono, son of Mr. and Mrs. Lewis Hubbard Stono ' of . 1503 Canby, it was. announced today by the Oregon Historical society. ' Stone was the winner of a $60 prize for his essay. The topic for this, year's con tost, which . is open to school students between the . ages -of 15 and 18, was "The Constitu tional Convention of 1857." Stone is a student at Klamath Union high school. Agricultural Division Bond Workers To Raise $445,750 Organization ' of committees for the agricultural division of Klamath county's '7th War Loan has been completed under the general direction .of Winnifred K. Gilleri,: chairman of the di vision. Assigned quotas 'of the division total $445,750. School quotas in the various areas arc not included in this total. 'This is the busiest season of the year in the farming districts of the Klamath basin, and in addition it is the season of larg est outlay of funds, , but Mrs. Gillcn reports that her.commit teewomen are full of enthusiasm and are determined to complete the-quotas of their districts at the earliest possible ' moment, Several meetings have already been held at which plans have been gone over. Active sale of bonds is already under way..... ' Following are the quotas and (Continued on Page Four) v nt e rn a tio n a Bil I ights Proposed OFR As Nations' Task By DOUGLAS B. CORNELL SAN FRANCISCO, May IS (Pj Secretary of State Stettinius proposed today that drafting' of an international bill of rights based on the four freedoms become the first task of a new world organization of United Nations. At a news conference, the leader of. the. American delegation declared that the issue of human rights may well be tha . most important raised in tha San FraneUco conference. It was the first pronouncement since Soviet Foreign Commis sar Molotov spoke of this question more than a week ago. Stet tinius voiced the opinion that the economic and social council of the new league should act to establish standards for freedom of speech, freedom of religion, ENGEL SEEKS DISCHARGE OF FATHERS OF 4 By WILLIAM F. ARBOGAST -WASHINGTON, May 15 VP) A move to force the army to dis charge all men with more than three children began on Capitol hill today. It is under the leadership of Representative Engel (R-Mich., who said he will seek a house vote on the proposition when the annual war -department ap propriation bill reaches the floor within several weeks. Force Discharge As a member of the appropri ations sub-committee handling army funds; Engel will ask the committee to write into the bill a ban against payment of funds tor any - 'service-manf "who- has more than three children. Its ac ceptance, he said in an inter view, would force the army to discharge such men, since no one can be compelled to serve without compensation. ' Should the - committee turn him down, Engel added, he will submit . the amendment to the house itself. . ; . . Opposes Plan ... . Chairman May (D-Ky.) of the military committee '. said he would resist any such move be cause "we must have confidence in the judgment of the, armys leaders;" Engel,. asserting he expects enough support to have his plan adopted, added: "Not only from the viewpoint of humaness but as an economic proposition it is unsound to keep such men. . It costs the govern ment lar;e sums for allotment and allowance payments and, if the man is killed, there is con tinuing liability to the depen dents. "And,' with worry over the welfare of their families, they normally do not make the best soldiers." , ' Nine Jap Ships Sunk By Subs Washington"; May' i6 m Nine more enemy ships,-including five combatant vessels, have been, sunk-by-'U. S. submarines in far eastern waters, the navy announced today, ' Combatant craft claimed- in the latest toll included a de stroyer, two small escort ves sels, and two patrol vessels. ; Non-combatant vessels includ ed a large tanker, a medium cargo . vessel .and two small cargo vessels. The announcement raised - to 1128 -the total Japanese vessels of all types sunk. ' by United States submarines since the start of the war, Including 131 combatant ships ana 997 non combatants, ' i Spokesmen Ask Road Designation PORTLAND, Ore., Mav 15 (P) Spokesmen from Roseburg, Grants Pass, Cottage Grove and Medford appeared before the state highway commission to day' to urge that their, highway 99 be designated the official interregional route, i Protesting Commissioner Ar thur Schaupp's proposal that Willamette highway and No. 97 be selected, Medford's Mayor C. A. Meeker declared that route serves only 40.000 people com pared to 100,000 -on highway 99. - ' ' Paul B.' Rynning, Medford, secretary of the Oregon Pacific Coast Highway association, urged that both, the Klamath and western routes be develop ed; but that ' highway 99 ; be given' .preference. . . . A Klamath , Falls delegation was to- appear later today- to back up Schaupp's plan. freedom from want and freedom from fear. Explaining that the Big Four had agreed that the enumera tion of individual and collective human rights could not be at tempted at this conference, Stet tinius said a "commission on human rights' under a social and economic council should draft a. code which. could be ac cepted by member, nations and made "an integral part of their own systems of law." . Backs Self -Government Stettinius simultaneously re affirmed the American position in favor of. giving dependent peoples self-government when they are ready for it. , ' -The secretary, of state met the press as the Big Five powers- Russia, Britain, China, France and the. .United States tried offstage for agreements , that would cross .the trusteeship and regional security issues off the list of conference problems. But they had to wait for guidance from London and Moscow for the British and soviet delega tions, . .. Consults With Ministers . Stettinius used the interval for another consultation with Latin American . foreign,'. minis.-, o we quesuon. or oienamg a Pan-American security plan into a world peace-keeping or ganization: "Confe re n'c e committees, Clogged with scores of proposed amendments to a. world charter for peace, continued a fast pace of day and night sessions. Some were, debating issues : on which they had argued for days. Some were near votes on -important segments of a charter.-"..-..,.': T DIES SALT LAKE CITY, May 15 (&) Heber J. Grant often said "work never killed anyone." . The colorful, white-bearded president of the , Latter-Day Saints (Mormon) church died last night after 62 years of church service. He was 88. Opposed Retirement - Outspokenly opposed to re tirement of men at the ages of 60 or 65, he himself , worked-long hours daily after he passed 80. Illness during the past five years forced him -to slow down. Death was attributed -to causes incident to age. His fam ily and, church authorities were at his bedside in the hillside home which overlooked the Utah capital city in which he was born. . His father was Salt Lake City's first mayor. On Council at 25 v . Grant was appointed to the church's council of 12 apostles its. governing- body at the age of 25. He became council presi dent in 1916 and church presi dent two years later. He served as president and organizer of the church's Japa nese mission and as presi dent of the European mission. In 1936 he- authorized organi zation by the church of a wel fare program designed to re move Mormons from public re lief rolls. It still is in effect, operating farms, factories and warehouses in- several western states.. .. . . Grant was active in business (Continued on Page Three) .- LOSSES HIGH; MARINES TAKE OKINAWA FIELD New Drive Looms On Island; Air War Takes Lull By LEONARD MILLIMAN Associated Press War Editor American ground forces broke through Balcte pass, most stub bornly defended Japanese front in the PhiliDDines. at the npiro of sobering losses and prepared today for crucial drives on Okinawa island knowing "the cost may be high." The air war against the mi kado's home islands appeared to take a momentary lull after yesterday's successful 500-plane Superfortress raid on industrial Nagoya and a two-dav carrier attack on southern airfields in volving 1500 sorties, but move ments of air force generals clearly indicated greater .aerial assaults were in the making. Seise Drome Contrasting with slight local gains reported. on every other battlefront, the U. S.. 96th divi sion rolled back the . Japanese eastern flank on Okinawa -for 2400 yards to seize Yonabaru air field, and the 25th and 37th divisions captured treacherous Balete. pass in the northern, Philippines to climax a months long battle. The- pass, a 75-foot defile (Continued on. Page Three) . TRUWIAR ASKS FREE WASHINGTON, May 15 F) President Truman said today that he and Gen. Dwight Eisenhower-are in-agreement that a free press should prevail in Ger many "in a manner, consistent . with "military- security.""' ' ' : This is. a ' reversal; the -chief executive told his news confer ence, of the position taken last week by Elmer' Davis, chief of ths office of war information, who c ohtende d information .reaching the Germans should be strictly controlled. - At his news conference, Presk dent Truman also: ; 1. Declared that "absolute in surance against German or Jap anese rearmament ever ,' again -comes first with us" in work ing out a settlement of repara tions, , . - - . -v, ' : No Reduction- " 2. Declared himself opposed to any reduction in' taxes until after Japan haa been defeated. ' 3.- lialled for repeal of the Johnson act,1 which places re strictions on private loans to countries in default on .World War I obligations. 4. Disclaimed .any plans- for an immediate shakeup in the (Continued on Page Three) Precaution Taken Against Dike ; Break In South Precaution! was taken today against a possible break in the dike protecting 6000 acres of lease land south of Tulelake. Baled hay, rock , and earth were used to strengthen a half dozen points along the dike, according to E. Laton Stephens, superin tendent of the Klamath reclama tion service.- , A . high, wind, hitting the dike for a stretch of about one and one-half miles, caused consider able damage this weekend Stephens said. The section is fa miliarly known as the "frog pond," south of the League of Nations tract and five miles south of Tulelake. A couple of loaders were borrowed from the WRA project at Newell and some German prisoners of war, as well as some Japanese, were working on the dike. Lessees include Floyd Boyd, Ivan Rose, Art Mackcn, M. L. Sutton, " F.. ,E. Moscbar, Haskins brothers and William Hag'el- , stein. . . , i Crime Does Not Pay Again As in all the good "who-dun-it", stories, the carwas a long black sedan. -- . , It pulled up to the curb on Crescent, just as dusk was fall ing Sunday night. A swift figure jumped from the car, grabbed a chicken, jumped into the back seat, and the vehicle quickly vanished into the distance, . ... , As usual in this. type, of popular literature, an innocent by stander who was conveniently watchful, supplied a clue with the license number. ;.. The police station received the call and assigned a squad car to follow the black sedan. : '. ' ) - . , ' - . - The plot thickened' when J. H. Youngblood, 1631 Johnson, reported a dog had raided his chicken coop, killed one chicken and turned the others loose. All were recaptured but one way ward hen..... ,: ' - ----- ' The squad car' overtook the black sedan and 'found . the chicken in possession of some juveniles who had planned on chicken and dumplings for supper. The boys -repented the; chicken-napping and paid Young blood for the fowl.