Herald and news. (Klamath Falls, Or.) 1942-current, May 24, 1945, Image 1

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Newspaper Page Textui r r p n (p in fin n m m n lei fwnn n ren re nj a U In un U lb in LnJ U H N 1L fa mil Ik 1L EIL If Herald ai,$tor$ In Tfcc ShuHta-CuHcade Wonderland 3jg!j My 24, 1845 Mix. (My 23) 62 Min. 40 Precipitation last 24 hours 12 Stream year to data M1.06 Normal 10.86 Last yaar 7.70 Forecast: Showari. ti5TSvEClENT8 KLAMATH FALLS, OREGON, THURSDAY, MAY 24. 1845 Numbar 10474 By FBANK JENKINS ORE thun oou b-zus nil TMcvn with NINE MIL- m POUNDS (4500 tons) of hnmln. Tho Jups odmlt tlio iicj raged hours. nc returning pilot, rcporung i Mi on yards handling " 'iol Japan's rail traffic, says: . . int nf wn king, (lie tuld fhcll of a lot of wulklng" in EVOU pri'lfl Miv VIIH umi hi; rh of men who fight.) flic raid caught Tokyo with It, wliien is unusuui. HE 4500 tons dropped by tho superior! caJUAL, tlio toiv . nf 20U0 Fortresses or Lib' urs bombing Berlin from llih bases. Raids on Japan, a r dl1 i h V 1.. tl... arc nuiiunv i in iiiu lopcan class, and the Japs icn't seen anything yet. hornl Lcniay Is reported i dispntcticH today as thinking sir power nionc can cicsuoy industries. ms opinion u Lmhlcdly based on wlint ac lly happened in Germany. Okinawa, wo'rc getting Jnp SUPPLY LINES under ou emolaccd on recently enp- fcl huh ground, we re uuu s Into Nana wncre wc arc untcrlng fierce house-to lc flBhtlng. Tho J nps arc larattncklng frequently ona Icrsteiy. the Philippines, were hlnit up yard by yard on n liglillns fronts. In so mo of trldge fighting around Manila le using Air.uir.VAij LAift as to heave cans ana bar of lc led gasol no into Ja louts.' (Every weapon from iiacsi to tne newest.) E Australians are reported (hunting down" Japs oh ikan. New from Tarakan pcen kept tindor wraps for reason (maybe low US cor Indents there) but hunting Japs Is usually the Jatt hlna, our 14th airforce is Itroylng railroad bridges mooting ud locomotives. kins out 24 of them In one gjormany taught us what dc- ng transportation can do, rYO radio says "the ml pdo's government Is nre k Nippon to withstand the f war for the next 20 to 30 . u. Gen Rcickichl Tada Inconlv wav the Americans be hailed is with "kami- (tulcldc) Diancs and other e attacks. pat has to go on for 20 to aars, 1 to In the flnwerv lorn will get rnthcr rugged.) big news from Eurone Is miicner Himmler I; When canllirnr! faftni hnu Miilsod himself by shaving luamcne, piitting a Black over his eye, etc.) he bit of poison he had carried mouth for three days and l UMI. ImtCht hn a annA tAn In Iheso vials Around among in-'i-up uerman war crlm r. rarrauea.) "t accounts. Rlhhnntrnn .tin .. . r r --'mi on me loose. "i a dozen to in nf thn n submarines nri nmniinl. and there nre scary vis thcs9 outlaws roaming s as pirates. Producers of S for din i.t tin k ill K " iiiKtLim; Er J We're still wor. roiRh that we're convov. merchant ships In the Tokyo Left In Flames By Superforts JAPS PR EPARE How Wet Weather Has Created Excess Water Problem FOR LONGWAR I ES m' to have around 250 ijcrman U.bnnU In nur possession And aro said to mem tor uso against pes Gnllnniinn n,, i.j... Ilat "Germany has ceased " nation ... has no except as defined b; ' IS not unltnrl. tti n CUllilU. I- v, ,1 tuiiua cut . . . Han nn nnl I pii economln urA , .tu un rasn iwn i-Y brand from Camp I" American soldier was "wuraica irom a Ger. pson pan.H ...I , l,, . wneii wora ' ihnt PFC John W. Of Blv. VLtam hospitalized in Eng. lLli.Was wounded short- an, ' 'jwiuea nis in ft and was then taken L"ls wife, Barbara, re fi'y; In n loiter received ilbiand said he honed 10 "l home soon. Carrier Planes Renew Attacks On Suicide Plane Bases By LEONARD MILLIMAN Ai.ocuttd Prtss War Editor Fires lighted by the greatest uir raid ul tne i'nvlllc war and liiiincd by strung winds, flumed through Tokyo today as Ameri can carrier planes were reported rcncwiiiK uieir attacks on aul cidc uir buses of southern Juiinn Tokyo radio snld 180 carrier aircraft awurmcd over oft- bombed Kyushu island air. dromes 12 hours aflcr more thun 850 Superfortresses, silhouetted lit the bright moonlight of early morning, poured 45U0 tons of fire bombs on the Japanese caul tnl. The tonnage was equivalent 10 inc explosive load of Z0O0 flying rortrcsscs and Libera, tors. 20-30 Yaar War The mikado's government is preparing Nippon to "withstand the test of war for the coming 20 to 30 years," radio Tokyo said In reporting contemplated plans for self-sufficient food produc tion and placing war workers on a nunsi-iniiuary oasis. -In the battle of Okinawa on Jopuns southern doorstep, U; S. marines and infantrymen strug gling through knee deep mud. bent back both flanks of tho en emy defense line and fought off piercing counterattacks in the comer. Gain on Ground Strong air support in other incatcrs ncipco infantrymen drive forward 10 miles in the -outhern Philippines, Inch ahead (Continued on Pago Two) SAND SLIDE BURIAL Quick work on tho part of his two fellow workmen saved the life of Marion Karnes, 30, 604 Ouge road, who was burled by a sund slide while working at the Williamson River sand pit 27 miles north of Klamath Falls late Wednesday afternoon. According to O. D. Ralph, fore man for W. D. Miller company, tho men wcro loading a truck preparing to move the sand to the Miller plant in Klamath Falls. Karnes, truck driver, was working at the base of the pit when a slide completely covered his body, Vernon Karnes, brother, and Riley Shook, brother-in-law, ran to the point where they had last seen Karnes and with their hands scraucM frantically at the sliding sand. They ran into luck when they found Karnes' head only a few moments after he was covered and were able to keep (Continued on Page Two) LlAtHO . -v ' ntMAl TVit IIM Af f , K AJ . i. ill a 4 mt nepto . '. .; , ' . .v"'--f'"V--'l- l;;-:-r 7-. ' t , 4 X , t , , i 4 i, . , " t " 1 , , , C-iLr,, )L.,. , , This map of tha Tula lake and Lower Klamath lake areas illustrates the excess water problem created by this year's wet weather, and shows tha location of installations that will alleviate that problem in tha. future. Water. is collected in the Tula lake basin through tha Lost rivar channel, pouring into tha evaporation sump shown in tha shaded area. The Tulana farms loate, just east of tha sump, identified by No. 1. will ba flooded to raliava the pressure on tha dikes around tha lump. No. 2 shows the location of tha tunnel and pumps which have been operating to full capacity, removing water from Tula to Lower' Klamath lake. On Lower Klamath, the Klamath straits drain is under construction, and will carry water to the Ady pumps (No. 3) where it will be pumped into Klamath river. By D. HAHOLD OLIVER WASHINGTON, May 24 (P) President Truman stood pat to. day on a four-way cabinet re. shuffle that gave the west add ed prestige and subtracted age, Mr. Truman named now sec retaries of agriculture and labor and a new attorney general late yesterday as a followup to his earlier designation of Robert E. rianncgnn, 41, to replace an year - old Postmaster General Frank C. Walker.. No Mora Changes There were indications that no further shifts in the 10-meni bcr presidential family are imminent. Political observers viewed the (Continued on Page Two) Truman To Fly To Conference WASHINGTON, May 24 (ft) President Truman will' fly to. San Francisco to address the con eluding session of the United Na tions conference. The While House said today the chief executive also had un der consideration a side trip to tne fboiiic nortnwest lor a lew days of rest and recreation after the conference engagement and would also return to the White House by plane. His absence from Washington, however, probably will be for less than a week. Rain Results lii ;5tfc:rif ice v FloodingOf3406A Of Grain Land In Basin Area Broader Concept Of Social Security Reaches Congress By TOM REEDY WASHINGTON. May 24 (?) A new, broad concept of social security. Including health Insur ance, was Introduced in congress today with a plea tnat tne na tion needs It as a post-war bul wark. The far-reaching measure, In creasing costs to both employes and employers, was proposed by Senator Wagner (D-N.Y.) and Rep Dlngell (D-Mlch.). Main points Wanner, explaining the legis lation In detail in a speech pre pared for the senate, listed these principal proposals: l. (inntrlhutlons of employers and employes aro to be increased from one to four per cent each. 2. Every citizen would oe elig ible to health Insurance similar tn tlm nresent voluntary hospital Inenranm nlnns now In effect. None of the current plans would be affected, they could continue in business. . Hospital Aid a. The irnvernment would em- hark nn a 10-vear dan, with an appropriation of $050,000,000, to help states duuo ano . iraprun hospitals and health centers, es pecially in rural areas. An addi tional $5,000,000 would be pro vided to help the states make the necessary surveys. 4. The U. S. employment ser vice would be established per manently. After the war It would take over the war man- fiower commission and other re nted services within the social security board set-up. Extend Security 5. Social security coverage would be extended to an addi tional 15,000,000 persons, in cluding farm workers, domes tics, those in non-profit institu tions and tho independent farm businessman. . 6. Increases are provided for unemployment compen s a 1 1 o n and old age benefits; the Jobless insurance would be nationalized, rather than operate on a state by state basis. Wagner said labor organiza tions endorsed the bill, He emphasized that tne health insurance Dion would allow the individual to choose his own physician and hospital; would permit the physician and hospi tal to pick their own patients, too; v'-' '"' " Wet spring weather today cost the Klamath basin 3400 acres of 1945 grain production. . E. L, Stephens, superintendent of the reclamation bureau, an nounced the bureau' has-found it necessary to flood, the Tulana farm lease adjoining the main stynp on Tulelake, in order to By MARVIN L. ARROWSMITH WASHINGTON, May 24 VP) Uncle Sam gave the signal to day for more gasoline for the nation's motorists. Relieved of the task of pour ing thousands of barrels daily to European battlefrons, the government announced a 50 per cent increase in basic "A" ra tions, effective June 22, and a substantial boost for many "B" drivers beginning Juno 11. 3 Per Week . This means that the new A-16 coupons will be good for six gallons each instead of four. Motorists thus will be able to obtain an average of three gal lons a week rather than two. . The change , in the "B" ration increases the ceiling for supple mentary gasoline to 650 miles a month throughout the coun try. Currently the top allowance is 325 miles in. the east, 475 in the midwest and 400 in the far west. ; Not All Eligible In announcing these ration hikes last night, the OPA and (Continued on Page Two) Church Begins Choosing Cabinet LONDON. May 24 UP) Prime Minister Churchill began today the task of choosing the mem bers of his new "caretaker gov ernment," as sections of the Lon don press saluted the now dis solved coalition which under his leadership piloted Britain through five perilous years. Political correspondents of London newspapers agreed gen erally that the prime minister would have most of the cabinet offices filled by the weekend, pnd that the new Interim govern ment would be ready to meet when commons sits again next Tuesday. With labor and liberal minis ters leaving the cabinet, the In dependent Daily Mail predicted that "several junior ministers who have done good work dur ing the war will be promoted to cabinet rank and posts will be found for those on war Service." relieve pressure on the mai.i sump dikes. . r Loss Involved . Some 700 acres of this- 3400 aore .tract .6f government-owned leased land had been- plowed, but noiic of the land seeded. The "sacrifice flooding" will WETTEST ON RECORD You may have guessed it this is the wettest. May on. rec ord hare. Precipitation to 5 p. m. Wed nesday totaled 2.77 inches. That it welt over tha previous high for tha whole month of May Tha wettest May on record, prior to this year, was in 1932. That May, precipitation, to taled 2.47 inches' for tha entire' month. . - - mean a considerable loss to' Tu lana farms, inasmuch' as the firm had built protective dikes, pumped all water off the land, and prepared for seeding a big grain crop on this land - this year, Tulana farms owners are Henzcl Brothers and Llskey. Brothers. ; Stephens said, that originally some 6000 acres' of leased land in the southwest corner of the Tulelake basin had been sched uled , for sacrifice floodins if necessary. This land, however, is now seeded and the grain is up. Because the Tulana land (Continued on Page Two) Francis Brown Hurt On Okinawa Word has been received that Pvt. Francis E. (Bill) Brown, United States army, was hurt on Okinawa on April 30. A let ter from the young soldier was received by his wife, Lewanna, and parents, Mr. and Mrs. Theo dore Brown of 2323 White in Klamath Falls. Brown reported that his back had been Injured but it is not known how severely he was wounded. He wrote that he had been hit by a fragment of a mortar shell, but not seriously enough to impair his ability to write. His first letters were written from a navy hosDltal ship, but he is now in a base hospital in the South Pacific. A member of the 32nd In fantry division, Brown was for merly employed by the Big Lakes Box company before en listing jn the service on August 10,. 1944. He reported for over seas duty in February of this year. .-..! . This Is the Brown's second son to be wounded in action,. The first, Sgt. Harold Eugene Brown, was reported hurt on Luzon on January 16, He has now reported back to his unit, and is believed to be in combat on Luzon. SIGNIFICANCE OF' By JOHN M. HIGHTOWER Associated Press Diplomatic News Editor SAN FRANCISCO, May 24 (P) The United States sought by firm and friendly negotiation today to prove that a foundation exists in the ruins of postwar Europe for an effective United Nations or ganization around the world. That is the real ' significance seen by delegates at the United Nations conference in President Truman's dispatch of Harry Hop kins to Premier Stalin's Krem lin office. . These international experts from every quarter of the globe are emphasizing anew that if the great victorious nations of the war against Germany move hesi tantly now to settle the first is sues of peace, the world charter - (Continued on Page. Two) Investigation Of Tax Evasion Set . WASHINGTON, May 24 UP) Secretary Morgcnthau is asking the budget bureau and congress for funds to recruit an addition al 5000 treasury field agents "at once" in a fast-mounting investi gation of tax evasion, ; There now are 1500 agents at work. ' ; Morgenthau said "we are run ning : into so many shocking cases. It is shocking, revolting and disgusting that anybody who has got a fine business in wartime should try to make these illegal profits by evading their taxes." Gestapo Chief Takes Poison After Capture LONDON. May 24 UP) Heinrich Himmler bit into vial of poison and killed himself last night three days after his capture by the British second army. , Tha 44-year-old chief of tha aastana and f,,hrr n aa had succeeded in hiding a container of potassium cyanide in hia mouth. Ha took tha potion in tha parlor of tha Luanaberg house where ha was held, and died last night at 11:04. , Himmler had bean picked up by British Tommies in a routine check of pedestrians crossing a bridge at Bremervoerde, 35 miles west of Hamburg. His mustache was shaved off. A black patch, hid one aye. - Ha remained unrecognised until he dramatically removed the aye. patch in an interview ha had retruested with a British camp commandant. Thus Himmler, who vied with Hitler in blackening tha pages of German history, robbed the allies of their No. 1 war criminal. Hermann Goenng is a captive.. REICH ENTERS NATIONAL ERA OFATNEIT By WEB GALLAGHER PARIS, May 24 UP) Germany entered an era of atonement to day as the dissolution of the last vestiges of her government marked the end of the phase of disarmament through which she has been passing.. Germany has ceased to exist as a nation. She has no boun daries except as defined by the allies.- She is not. united, be cause of .the zones cut through the heart of the reich marking off the various occupying arm ies. She has no political life, no economic life except as -dictated by the allies, and no social life. Fears Fade " ' Expressed fears that' the al lies might install a puppet, gov ernment from the remnants of Admiral Karl Boenitz' ' regime faded as the entire government and high command headed for prison camps'. American and British- military authorities had used- the German hleh command to accomplish the allied end of disarming the GermaB-Tarmy and then wiped out tnat tug" command with a single stroke. ' Almost simultaneously came Gem. Eisenhower's order that German prisoners be screened and those over age and not-war criminals be returned to tier many to work farms and per form other duties necessary un der the allied occupation: Sift Out Criminals -This - screening will sift put the war criminals, and those nazis who' will be headed for labor in . war-ravaged countries reparations in thd form of work. The only Germans left in any authority in the reich were those municipal officials appointed by the allies, and a few underlings of the Flensburg government, kept on the job under allied su pervision to straighten out and turn over essential, records. Seven-Man Jury To Try Quisling SAN FRANCISCO, May 24 UP) Norwegian officials disclosed today that a seven-man jury will try Major Vidkin Quisling when he goes on - trial soon in Oslo for treason. The jury will be. composed of three professional judges and four laymen. , ' Paal Berg, former chief of the Norwegian supreme court, is ex pected to preside at tne trial oi Quisling and thousands of other collaborators. . ,. Berg resigned as supreme court justice in December, 1940, when he could no longer1 carry on normal jurisdicial proceed ings under the Germans.. He joined the ' Norwegian under ground forces and became one of the leading resistance lead Truman Asks For Permanent Reorganizational Powers , WASHINGTON, May 24 P) President Truman asked con gress today ' for permanent au thority to reorganize the ex ecutive -branch ; of the govern ment in order to make it "more business-like and efficient." ' The president declared that the first war powers act of 1941, which empowered the president to make adjustments to meet the needs of the con flict, should be replaced by peacetime legislation of equal scope. Automatic Abolition He said many agencies set up under the war powers act. which expires six months after tne war, would be automatical ly abolished with its expiration, while other, agencies would re vert to an unsatisfactory pre war status. He pointed out that perman ent adjustments need to be made and cited a current pro posal ' befon crt"":s . fll-..-. with reconstruction finance cor poration subsidiaries. He added it is imperative that the president have author ity to make adjustments con tinuously "if the government structure is to be reasonably wieldy and manageable." , Reshaping Necessary "Suitable reshaping of those parts of the executive branch of the government which re quire it from time to time is necessary - and desirable from every point of view," the presi dent said. He pointed out that the legis lation - would give congress necessary control over his ac tions since it could nullify by a majority vote of the two houses any action which did not meet tts approval. . -Mr. Truman said that con gress "cannot consistently" criti cize deficiencies in the adminis tration if it denied the president "the means of removing the causes at the root - of such Joachim von Ribbcntrop still is unaccounted for. Himmler died 25 minutes after 'Swallowing the contents of the blue vial. General Admiral George von Friedeberg, commander in chief of the German navy,-killed him self a few hours previously at Flensburg. Von Friedeberg had signed the German surrender pacts. '. . Top Terrorist ' For years Himmler ruled the reich as Hitler's rifiht-hand ter rorist. He kept millions of Ger mans and the residents of oc cupied countries under the thumb of nazism. It was Himm ler who ordered the Lidice mas sacre in Czechoslovakia. , Wholly . without compassion. he could order the slauehter of an entire group of citizens for the killing of one of his gestapo agents. In 1944. after the Dlot on Hit ler's life had failed the fuehrer ordered Himmler to stamp out every, trace of revolt. It was a task Himmler could perform with no compunction. . Yet -outwardly he had the ap pearance of a provincial school master. His wife, captured re cently by American troops, said he was known at home as Bube.". They had a . daughter.' ; Takes Life The senior intelligence ' offi cer of Gen. Sir. Miles C. Demp- sey s siaw tola a dramatic story of Himmler's arrest, , along with two thuglike SS (elite guard) bodyguards, and of the final act in which he committed suicide while undergoing a medical ex- amination. .... : . Two British soldiers iuardine a bridge at Bremervorde stopped three men Mondav in a routine check of passing civilians.! , une man had a black patch over his right eve and was clean shaven. He . gave the name of I-izinger. . Papers he produced aroused the suspicion of the guards. Hizinger" and his two com (Contimied on Page.Two) ; . .. . Klamath Inches Toward Bond 1 : Goal ' ' Klamath folks bought $6262.50 worth of "E" bonds Wednesday at bond headquarters and inched forward toward the total of $1,538,000 in the 7th War Loan. Payday, just around the cor ner, promised to up the figure considerably and basin, residents were urged to buy "that extra bond" with the nexf pay check. ' "The Chicagoans," from the Marine . Barracks, former resi dents) of Chicago who. have or ganized a band, played through out Wednesday and attracted much favorable comment along Main street. Members include Cpl. George M. Dunn Jr., accor dion; Sgt. Max O. Shockoncy,' tenor saxaphone; Cpl. Harry D. Kraus, piano; Cpl. Herman A. Lipps, violin; Sgt. R. G. Pom renke, bass; Cpl. Spider Weil, drums, and Cpl. George E. Wil lis, vocalist. The men are do nating their time and will play frequently, during, the drive. Several Injured In Car Accident Several persons were inlured. none seriously, in a car-station wagon collision- on a hairpin turn three miles west of F.llinv. son's mill on the Ashland high way at o p. m. Wednesday, state police investigated and said the two machines met head-on in the midst of a hail storm. The station wagon, driven by Mrs. Thelma Sever, 3908 Gabi ota. Long Beach, Calif., and a Chevrolet coach,' occupied by Mr. and Mrs. Jack Bortoli, route: 3 box 44A, San Jose, Calif., and their 6-month-old child, were in volved. Mrs. Sever's passengers included Mrs. William McCand liss, Mrs. Clara Foster, Mrs, A. C Morrow, Mrs. May Flaherty and Mrs. Phyllis Felts, all of the Los Angeles area. Private cars took the Injured to Ashland before police ar rived and the extent of injuries was not learned. Mrs. McCand less, it is understood, returned to Klamath Falls and proceeded on her journey. Mrs.-Felts and Mrs: Flaherty were treated in Ashland. The women said Mrs. Morrow accepted a ride to Ash land and they had not heard from her since. It Is presumed by her companions that she con tinued on her trip by bus, . State police said the women were on route from. Los Angeles tn snttle. : "