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May It, 1945
Max. (May 15) 59 Min. 43
Precipitation lut 24 hours .49
Stream year to data 9,17
Normal 10.83 Lait yaar 7.53
' Forecast) Clearing Thursday.
I TIlO 1 . 1 Kill
Lviv-: ',';'!' ,1
8 f
... rnNK JENKINS
iff Inn Oil Okinawa mika
dpTlo counterattack last
m They hit uddcnly with
I" . 1 at.a hum fxnnt
farial cai nir iiihi
were driven back and our
..u.nn cooks, bakers,
Ll,,d to drop their skillets
mm ana hhid ih.-. ub
. .... titnii nl r ofiu uuHiicin,
uujl " . .-
vm and bayonets' wcre.usca
L.a.. Hew like snowball!.
(lie Utile yellow men wore
Ota. Bill OI1F UI VU.ll-
IS had only TWO men left
of 240 and anoincr naa oniy
it!"1-; ....
L Mindanao, In the Phlllp
Li ihA umfl: kind of
Idy, clone quarter fighting
1 one point nenr Dnvno our
nri tho Japs fight in gram
L.i hioh Thev uae bayonet!
lnlve.1 even mug enen uuiiir
I helmew ano una ana grap
llke wrestlers. One death-
j Ion clashes under a
Indcd American plane and
H hurts'" ana me pianc up,
I., mi-arlni Birdies of dvna
, teek to rush into our unca
human bomb of lliem-
(i, but the explosive is et
if our bullet! peiore incy gci
'; .
RE coming to think of theae
Lips a silly little aavagen
can mini .......... w
committing suicide ana get-
It over with.
I li dangerous delusion,
Spy are fanatical warriors
ID1NG THEIR LIVES FOR
fc time for hard-pressed
'M 10 meet our coming on-
ht. The Japi, wiw tneir
mashed and their air force
idling, arc In much the mihb
tion the Briiivh lounci mem
1 In ifter Dunkeraue. .,
... . 1
1 them, TJUlt l tne moat
nn thins on earth and their
iers In the outlying Islands
been ordered to buy it will)
lives. They arc obeying
brder.
the time being, we are com
idled by the circumstances
ly the Jap game, we have
ve bases, such as Okinawa,
filer to GET AT the- Jap In
way. We have to .clean up
Philippines,' in order to get
I Dig islands obck into aerv
ss OVER-ALL operating
L with nlentv of room. It
be taken for granted that
play .the game- the Jap
Bio longer than we hive to.
1TZ confirms today that
ir earner n anes did ram
up home Islands two days
tow, as Tokyo radio report
Vie bombed up 18 airfields
scsiroyca or damaged 337
b planes. We shot up Jap
blew ud Jno railroad sta-
ank boats, snarled thins
nerany tor the enemy all
ps 01 ten of our planes
l lur most Who wcrn lost.
r less costlv than the kind
iimng we re having to do
inawa and in the Fhlllp-
ls fighting the war OUR
KLAMATH FALLS. OREGONf WEDNESDAY, MAY 18, 1945
Numbtr 10497
DDENiTZ M
uropc, were comina to
f with the problems that
a uwnaoiy in the wake
s"inuca on page Two)
p Hayes
bfe To
ok Here
Ivorable tying condtons
k..i 7, "W. veteran
past rndlo newscaster, to
rcdnosday noon iuncncon
Fh ; ' a f "yesfrom
UP in Riia.n. U.....I
ffoceeded on to Medord
t to weather i tri. '
li. d nt reach Klam-
Denton .7. p..
'!'. Vc'eran of Bataan
watod prisoner of Ca
niLVA6 'Philippines,
spcaKcr s place
t, n excellent
"rcss. Ree.i di.
Psychology of the
NOT OITIGIAL
; -GOVERNMENT
Officers Used During
Disarmament
Only
By TOM OCHILTREE
Associated Prasa Stafl Writer
Supreme allied headquarters
announced today that the group
of German officers led by Grand
Admiral Karl Uocnltz is bring
used temporarily by tho allies
during the disarmament of tho
rclch but is not recognized as a
constitutional German govern
ment. The announcement said that
Dornllr and other selected Ger
man officers are being used
temporarily to carry out duties
In connection with the feeding,
disarmament and medical caro
of German forces. It 'specified
(hat these officers ; ''are .iully
controlled." i r
Not te Take Burden
Earlier, Prime Minister Chur
chill, appearing before the house
of commons against a back-
ground of questions concerning
'oenltz'. exact role, said that in
general it was the Intention of
the allies that "the Germans
should administer their country
In obedience to allied direc
tions," and the allies did not In
tend to assume the full burden
of administering Germany.
Supreme headquarters said
German participation in admin
istration ot the relch will be for
a long time on low levels, par
ticularly In thn rnrnt irni. Tl,
German high , command will bo
dissolved.
" Ksroalolc. Out --
Count 'Liidwlg Schwerln von
Kroslgk, so far as the allies arn
concerned, does not exist offi
cially as Doenltz'i foreign min
later, Robert Murphy, political
dvlaor to Gen. Elsenhower,
said.
Without making a direct men
tion of Doentlz, Churchill said:
I am .not sure whether mv
machinery of government,
wrteth.fr central or regional, can
be said to exist at present In Ger
many and In any case I should
prefer In roplylng to this ques
tion to sneak of ariminirailnn
rainer tnnn government.
Allied Buiun on
"In eeneral. it is nur aim iimt
the Germans ahoqtd, administer
innr coumry in obedience to al
lied directions. We have no In-
tion-mued on Page Two)
Tapped For The "85" Club
fp tSs j&gh' ZC.X
APPROVAL OF
DEFENSE
PLAN
ASSURED U
,S.
Pan-American System
Given Position In
Organization
Still diisy, wild-eyed and bewildered but wearing huge and apparently permanent grins, the
group of more than 100 enlisted men cheer as they prepare to leave Camp Beale,, Calif., . for
home under the new point release ayatem.
The price of seven "E" bonds
was plunked down on the coun
tcr of the 7th War Loan head
quarters this morning by Clem
mens W. Bprtls, 640 Roscway
drive, in the name bt his son,
SSgt, . Rodney Bortis, U. S
army airman who was liberal
. PORTLAND. May 16 (P)
The state highway: commission
ers today had the problem of
naming highway 99 or 97 the
main inter-regional route
plunked in their lap after two
opposing Oregon delegations ar
gued merits of routs passing
through thelr-dlitrietg;'7:.'K.'. :
J&SMmcri:vJotVJaclMon,Jb'
sepnin
KILLED
HT
NEWELL On workman
Killed and another injured at
the Tulelake WRA center Tun.
day afternoon when a section of
a Dutidlng collapsed.
Workmen were movins the
structure in sections in the
school area when It fell, fatally
crushing Dlasaburo Kawarvo, 60,
alien Japanese evacuee. Yukio
Nakamura, 24, American citizen,
was removed to the hospital for
probable back injuries, but his
condition was not regarded as
serious.
Kawano Is survived by his
Wife, Sode; two daughters, Nat
suko and Mary; three sons,
Thomas, James and Jack. PFC
Jack Kawano is in the army,
and at the latest report was serv
ing In Italy. The family has
notified the Red Cross of his
father's death and the soldier
will be Informed. A stepson,
Shlzuo Takaki, also survives.
The Kawano family formerly
lived in Loomis, Calif., near
Sacramento.
DOOLITTLE SAYS
, WASHINGTON, May 16
lD Here is a war bond
statement, from Lt. Gen.
Jamea H. DoollttU. now on
his way to a new aaaignment
after commanding the eighth
air force In Europe:
"Japan will feel the weight
of millions of purchases of
war bonds during the 7th
War Loan. There can be no
letup in either bombs or war
bonds until the Tokyo war
lorda surrender."
cd just this week from a Ger
man prison camp.
This purchase of $1500 upped
to $6000 sales up to 11 o'clock
this morning, ncaanuaners re'
ported. All were In "E" bonds
which whittled down the $1,-
338,000 quota set for - Klamath
county in this drive.
Monday's "E" bond purchases
totaled $20,000; Tuesday chalk
ed up a sale of $5000 In "E'
(Continued on Pago. Two)
Wife Believes
Himmler Killed
BOLZANO. Italy. May 16 (P)
Frau Margaret Bodcn Himmler
believes her husband, Gestapo
Chief Helnrich Himmler, "was
killed with tho other reiclr lead
ers such as Hitler in the fight
ing for Berlin."
Frau Himmler, her lo-year-
old daughter, Gudrun, and her
sister were found Sunday in
a well - appointed mountain
chalet about 15 miles north' of
Bolzano in the Italian Tyrol
by members of the U. S. BBth
division.
Pale and sickly looking, Frau
Himmler told Associated Press
yesterday her husband would
be "better, off dead they re all
better dead." She and her
daughter referred to Himmler
in the third person, as the
'reichsfuehrer, or simply as
Himmler."
the
tilpliK. il "H'Kinca tne
Jlle attack, while In
biw .."ever be a
ny witnessed in Ger-
Japanese Shopping Tours
Explained By WRA Official
pecs
M well accepted
several i. -.c"
ffni. li. """urea WHO
chen hf 'nt-ervlce
"Wed Lions, Rotarv.
ei W, was to cre-
.liutiat com
Frequent reports that Jap
anese alien men, women and
children, residents of the war
relocation authority center at
Newell, Calif., have been seen
in Klamath -Falls on "shopping
tours"- was explained today by
Allan Markley, head of liaison
section, reports division, WRA.
These Japanese, who have
been held at the WRA center,
Markley said, have been per
mitted to come to Klamath Falls
to shop, prior to their departure
for future homes at approved
and designated points in the
United States.
All irn nn the armv free list.
Markley explained, and as such
are riirrlh(rl as those whose
loyally to 'the United States has
been established. These people,
f permitted tq shop prior to their
caving lhe center in order to
obtain adequate clothing for
their residence outside the cent
er, are brought to Klamath Falls
under WRA escort, left to com
plete, their shopping, and are
then met at some designated
place for their return to Newell.
' Some antagonism was ex
pressed by clerks who waited on
the Japanese during . shopping
hours.
i WRA officials said that no
Japanese, other Athan those ap
proved by the department of
justice as loyal Japanese and
thereby named on the free list,
were permitted to leave the
center.
Highway Commissioners To
Handle Road-Naming Puzzle
phine and Douglas counties
argued the Medford - Ashland
road served twice 8s many peo
ple as a proposed routing over
highway 97 through. Klamath
Falls. Chamber of commerce of
ficers said agriculture and lum
bering . will expand after the
war.
Malcolm Epley, managing "ed
itor of the Klamath Falls Her
ald and News, told the commis
sion that highway" 97 was: the
shortest link between Puget
sound . and California. : He 'de
clared motorists - save two to
four hours driving the interior
road , because, mountain 'grades
are not as steep as on U.. S. 99.
William T. Niskanen, Bend
chamber.; of commerce : officer,
'SsWd,;jrjn;ijprefvlIoroent
in centrai.Oregon would fesUIt
in heavier traffic on highway
97. , . -
Paul . B. Rynhing, Medford,
secretary of the Oregon' Pacific
Coast Highway association, sug
gested both routes be developed,
but that , highway 99 be desig
nated the U. S.- inter-regional
road because of its access to the
coast and. its military value in
that rcspectr ' " ' " " " " ' ; .
Gigantic Moving Problem
Faces Army Leaving Europe
PARIS, May-16. (&) The gi
gantic task of preparing millions
ot tons of war material, tor quicK
shipment from Europe to-the Pa-,
cific theater fell today to the-U.
5. army.
Brig. Gen. Morris W. Gillandj
deputy chief of staff for supply
in the European theater, whose
organization must supervise the
job, said that V-E day found
the American armies with more
than 5,500,000 tons of supplies
on the continent. , t '
Packing Problem
It is a problem ot rehabilitat
ing, packing and shipping much
of this material, which includes
700,000 tons of . ammunition. and
more than a million separate
William DeCew
Liberated, Report
Another Klamath ' Falls air
man. rcDorted -missine since
March 2 of this year, has. been
liberated from a German prison
camp it was learned today when
Mrs. Thirza DeCew was advised
that her husband, SSgf. Wil
liam DeCew, was "back-with
the military control." , i
The message was received
this morning from the war', de
partment. ;
ogi. uei;ew was snot aown
while on a bombing mission
over Giesseni Germany. Nothing
had been heard as to his status
as 'a prisoner -of war,-since the
message that . he was missing
reached here in March.-Details
as to his liberation .were not
learned. Mrs. DeCew called his
parents, Mr. and Mrs. William
DeCew Sr., Great. Falls, Mont.,
and relayed the good news to
them. . . , : . -., .'
Conference Set
On War Crimes
LONDON." May. 16 UP) An
international conference on Ger
man war crimes will start-in
London May 31, it was .an
nounced today by the United
Nations war crimes commission;
The commission - also an
nounced It had arranged for
"certain European governments''.
to send Investigation officers
into Germany to' help military
authorities gather ;evldcnce of
war crimes" there. '" . 1
items ranging from loqomotives
to watch repair rtools.- . ..K .,
The troops going directly to
the Pacific will take all their
equipment with them.' Those go
ing to the- United States will
carry- only essential equipment,
leaving the rest behind to be
serviced and' sent directly to the
active war theater. - -
Direct Routing ,
i Gilland said' the. 'transfer of
all war material no longer need
ed .in Europe will be done as
quickly as - possible, with the
major, portion going ' by direct
-route. But these figures, dis
closed by. Gilland indicate the
immensity of the job:
. The quartermaster corps must
repair 94,000,000 pieces of cloth
ing, the ' ordnance department
must revamp 160,000 motor ve
hicles,' the signal corps must
work over 255,000- radios, the
engineer corps 21,000 pieces of
construction equipment,., the
chemical warfare division 2,
000,000 gas masks and the med
ical corps 23,000 pieces of electro-medical
equipment. -'
Gilland disclosed for the first
time that the American- armies
In Europe have roughly 3,000,
000 small arms, 11,000 medium
and light artillery pieces, 350,
000 automatic weapons and mor
tars, 62,000 combat vehicles, and
371,000 general' purpose and
special purpose vehicles among
their equipment.;' . ,v
Jap Troops Cut
OH In China
CHUNGKING, May 16 '(A")
A large force of. Japanese troops
cut off from their -main base at
Paoching after an ' unsuccessful
attempt to retake Rungkow, 55
miles to the west,- are attempt
ing to fight their way through
Chinese linos . in -Hunan , prov
ince, -headciuartcrs of the " Chi
nese combat .. command said , to
day. 4 V .-...I:'
The combat command,' under
Maj. Gen. Robert B. McClure,
said the Japanese pocket stretch
ed . roughly from an area . 22
miles ", northeast ' of Tungkow,
which is on the Paoching-Chih-kiang
highway, ,. to a: point 31
miles southeast. Most escape
routes to the east toward Paoch
ing. ma n' base of the abortive
Japanese .drive- ih'.Huna'ri, are
in Chinese hands.' v :
By JOHN M. HIGHTOWER .
Associated Press Diplomatic
. News Editor
SAN FRANCISCO, May 16
(P) A United 'States plan guar
antceing to any group of United
Nations the riaht to oreanize
ior collective defense goes be
fore ,the world security confer
ence today backed by enoueh
votes to assure its eventual ap
proval.-
The plan Is designed nrimari-
ly to give the. Pan-American de
fense system a strong and per
manent' position within the pro
posed world security organiza
tion. .
' Treaty Proposed
Secretary of State. Stettinius
announced, on authority of Pres
ident Truman, that the United
States would invite the other
American nations to negotiate a
long-term mutual" defense treaty
following the conference here.
Formulation of 'the American
plan,- with the approval of vir
tually all the Latin American
(Continued on . Page Two)
22nd Regiment
Regains Lost;
Ground On Isle
By JAMES LINDSLEY
GUAM, May IS W United States marines battled furioualr
on the edge of Nana, capital of Okinawa island, today after re
taking' ground lost in the bloodiest Japanese counterattack of
the offensive,
(A British broadcast of a Reuters dispatch heard by CBS in
New York said Naha had fallen to the Americans. There was ne
confirmation from U. S. headquarters).
' The Japanese launched their counterattack around midnight
Monday after a heavy artillery barrage, said Al Dopking, Associ
ated Press war correspondent. ' : - ' ,i
; At dawn one 22nd marine regiment officer said "We've been
fighting like maniacs since midnight." Dopking reported that be
fore the battle was over one American company had only two
men left out of 240. Another company had only eight survivors.
' : American headquarters said the marines not only beat back
the Japanese but also drove the enemv into the int.rior af T.W..
moioji town wnn neary losses. -
Simultaneously,: Fleet Adm.
Chester W. Nimitz announced
carrier plane raids destroyed or
aamagea soy enemy aircraft and
pounded 18 enemy airfields on
the Japanese home islands of
Honshu and Kyushu. Nimitz
listed 176 aircraft riestroved. 108
either destroyed or damaged
and 73 machinegunned without
oDserved results.
By LYNN HEINZERLINC
KLAGENFURT, Austria, May
16 (JP) Yugoslav demands in
the Austrian . province of Carin-
thia presented the allied powers
today with a confused and ex
tremely- delicate situation.
Two distinct military admin
istrations are functioning in this
provincial capital, with Yugo
slav military authorities operat
ing seemingly as. if. the. British
eighth army did not exist, al
though British military police
patrol' the streets and the mili
tary strength in the area is pre
dominantly British.'
The situation ' in Klagenfurt
has not reached the tenseness of
that ' in Trieste, but obviously
some .agreement must be
reached so the eighth army ei
ther will turn its job over to
Marshal' Tito's partisans or car
ry out the tasK it entered Aus-
. (Continued on Page Two).
Government
Demobilizes
Swiss Army
BERN, May 16 (Although
Swiss newspapers were com
menting extensively upon dang
ers in the Polish and - Trieste
questions, the government was
proceeding today with demobili
zation of the Swiss army.
; The newspaper Berner. Tag
wacht said in a front page edi
torial that the fear of a new
war had prompted the western
allies to arm Italy with equip
ment the British and American
armies left behind.
Tagwacht said Russia was
now establishing a cordon sani
taire on her western borders
even, as the western powers
after the last war erected buf
fer states against communism.
' NAGOY-A HIT
WASHINGTON. May 16 iP)
Another mighty force oi more
than 500 Superfortresses to
day cascaded fire bombs on
Nagoya,; still smouldering
from a giant attack last Sun
day. The raiders swept in on the
city, one of Japan's chief air
craft production centers,
shortly after midnight (May
17, Japanese - time) at . low
levels.
Japanese artillery shells
shrieked overhead as a prelude
to the enemy's desperate at
tempt to drive marines out of the
Nana sector, and a night and day
battle raged wildly. ' .
Shoved Back '
Marines of the -veteran 22nd
regiment were shoved back 200
yards across a valley to the left
of Naha before they rallied and
turned the assault. -
As the Japanese attack mount
ed in fury; marine cooks, bakers
and other -rear, echelon troops
were thrown into , the battle.
Hand grenades flew about . like
baseballs, and .the . dead were
strewn on both sides of the val
ley. . - i ' -i
: Hard-Won -Advances. ... 4.
It was 'perhaps the most de
termined enemy attack of the
Okinawa-campaign and the em
perors soldiers-for. a time rode
a. bloody crest.. Then the 22nd
veterans of .Eniwetok. and Orote
peninsula absorbed the shock
and literally made a step-by-step
advance. . At least 400 enemy
dead were counted by noon,
i Brig. Gen. William T. Clement
of Richmond, Va., assistant com
mander of the sixth marine divi
sion, of which the 22nd is a part,
said grimly:
Damned Bussards '
"We are well bled but we'll
crush those damned buzzards
before it's over." -
By afternoon following the
night assault the marines had re
gained lost ground, but fighting
still Was furious, around Sugar
Loaf hill, a' strategic mound
guarding approaches to Naha,
tne capital city. . . j
The counterattack -was a full
scale, attempt by the enemy to
turn the tide of the campaign, in
the-opinion of one officer.
"We:ve killed so damned
many of them we know they are
throwing a full scale blow at us,"
he said. .. -
TRAPPED JAPS
FIGHT SAVAGE
DAI BATTLE
By DEAN SCHEDLER .
MANILA, May 16 ' OP)
Trapped Japanese -troops fought -a
savage hand-to-hand battle to- .
day with Americans of the 24th
Infantry west of Davao city on
Mindanao. : -
Maj. Gen.' Roscoe B.- Wood
ruff's battle-seasoned veterans
attacked with knives, bavonet.1
and even flailing fists as the
struggle mounted in - savage
fury. The battle raced in 12-foot
cogon grass in foothills between
the Talomo and Davao rivers.-
, Pincer Garrison :
To the- northwest, the 31st
and 40th infantry divisions were
pincering a large enemy garri
son in Bukidnon .province.
(Continued on Page Twd)v-"
T
El
Max Schmeling i
In Prison Camp
PARIS; May 16 '(&) Max
Schmeling, former world heavy
weight boxing champion who
was reported ' several times to
have been . killed in the war,
sneered at the mention of Joe
Louis when he was seen in a
prison camp. , Stars and Stripes
reported today.
The army newspaper said
Maj. Clement" Wheeler. USAAF
officer, from San Antonio, Tex.,
talked with "der. Maxie" for
more - than two hpurs recently
when he visited a prison camp
behind American lines to which
Schmeling fled.
Pointers On Mowing Lawns
It's just a suggestion, but before you start mowing the
lawn you could run over it with a fine toothed comb and
remove all pebbles and dog bones. Or better still, borrow the
SVy;xmY;ss; state highway department's big mag
net, wmcn win probably be as big
as ' your, front yard anyway and
you'll just have to turn it around
and .the job's done, and get out all
the big nails and slugs of metal.
This warning, free and without ob
ligation t6 the customer accepting
same, is to aid in keeping the lawn
mower in a fair state of repair. As
you know, lawhmowers bit the . dust
along withreal rubber girdles and
automobiles. War casualties, all.
One repair house reported 42 lawn
mowers lined uo. natlentlv waiting
the gentle hand which would sharpen the blades, fix the
ratchets in the gears, and in general put them back on lawns
most of which resemble a good stand of alfalfa with this
week's soaking. , . .'
, . All-in-all, .this same repair house said some 300 lawn
mowers had. been in for an overhaul job since spring.'
If it takes too long to get your lawnmower fixed, you
might rent a horse, a band of sheep, or like our little feller
in the picture, sharpen a scythe.. : . . ;. : .
A 2.
i U
WASHINGTON. 'May 19 P
Maj. Gen, William. J. Donovan,
chief of the highly secret .office
of strategic services,! will -help
prosecute, turopes war. crim
inals. .. ' . ' : .
Supreme Court Justice - Rob
ert- H. ' Jackson, 'designated by
President : Truman as .this, coun
try's chief war crimes prosecu
tor, today announced . the selec '
tion of Donovan and two 'other
top assistants: ':
Sidney s. Alderman, general
solicitor for the' Southern rail
way, and ' Assistant "Attorney
General- Francis M... Shea; both
of Washington. ,.
Jackson's announcement. ' - is
sued by the war denartment.
referred to the three as ' "ex
perienced trial lawyers." -
Donovan,. a -.. Congressional
Medal o f Honor winner i n .
(Continued on Page Two) , t
Smoke Rationing
Set By Military
- WASHINGTON, May ,16 -OP)
The armed forces will start ra
tioning cigarettes, cigars - and
smoking tobacco at all military
and naval establishments and
prisoner of ' war camps in this
country June 3. : . :
Supplementing an earlier an-:
nouhcement by the war depart
ment, the navy, said ; identical
orders would be issued covering f
all .navy, marine and! coast
guard stations. I ..; ( . '.
As' announced by the war -de- .
partment, military personnel,
their dependents and authorized
civilian employes will be allow-.
ed six packages of cigarettes,
24 . cigars or four ounces of
smoking tobacco weekly. Ration
cards will be i s s u e d. to all
eligible persons. ; : ' .-
The..-, navy announced that
orders covering the navy, marine
corps and coast guard services
are now being prepared and
will be promulgated immediate
ly. . . - - ;
Reds Examine
Bodies Of Naiis
MOSCOW, May 16 (TO The
Russians continued today to ex
amine closely the bodies of
nazis found in the underground
city discovered in Berlin, but
there was no official announce
ment that the corpse of either.
Hitler or his Propaganda Minis
ter Paul Joseph Gocbbels had
been identified.
Of six bodies found- in ; the
reichschancellery, - four h a ve
been declared definitely as not
being the fuehrer. A meticulous
recheck is taking place on the
other two,
The Russians are leaning more
and more to the. idea that the
nazis .might have planned some
gigantic hoax in reporting the
death of Hitler m Berlin, and
all military men have been
asked to exercise the greatest
diligence in the -identification of
dead nazis.