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Newspaper Page Textr r- cM r-V r.A rvN1-. ,JW mmmm lion 0 era Telephone Btil (May 29) Max. (May as) ...60 Min. 45 Precipitation last 24 houri .15 Stream yaar to data 11.81 Normal 11.01 Lait yaar 7.70 Forecasts Scattered Showeri. KicEIFIVB CENTS KLAMATH FALLS, OREGON. TUESDAY, MAY 29, 1945 Number 10478 Bond tow Slated Memorial 3) ay Ploy lam Following Is the program for tho Memorial Dav services on Wednesday, May 30: 9:15 A. M. Marching units assemble at Conger avenue. Karaae marsnai, Major R. P. Felkcr of the Marine Barracks. ' 9:45 A. M. Naval ceremony at the Link river bridge. vonaucrea Dy inapiain -. W. Mroup Jr.. of Klamath navol air station. Morching units parade to courthouse. p0;00 A. M. Memorial service at memorial shaft. massing or colors oy veterans groups. National Anthem by marine band. Invocation by Chaplain Edward J. Murphy of the Morine Barracks. Placing of wreaths by commanders of American Legion and Veterans of Foreign Wars at the memorial shaft and tomb of the unknown soldier. Placing of flowers by organizations and Individuals. Selection by marine band. Benediction by the Rev. Victor Phillips. Firing squad at the tomb of the unknown soldier. - Tops. . ' - 0:35 A. M. Morching units parade to the cemetery. 1:00 A. M. Services at cemetery by Veterans of Foreign Wors. Assisted by Chaplain Edward J. Murphy of the Marine Barracks: ritish Casualty List Now Oyer Million Mark For War LONDON. May 29 W) Prime tplster Churchill announced lay- tha' the British empire med force had suffered i.izb t casualties during the war. lludlnc 307.201 killed.' No. 10 Downing street said figures Included casualties b nil wnr fronts, Including rar East. fhe reported death toll for os months of the war was v a little more than a third iJarao as that of the British fcire In tho 52 months of the world war. Clrllian Casualties . . . roDortinif to' commons. frchlli . said that additional fci were inflicted upon the Hian population of Britain. by RETURN TO JOBS Py The Associated Press parly 18,000 worker In De I, Buffalo and Berwick. Pa. fned lo their Jobs today but Joxlmatcly. 8000 others In nauon wore Idle and fur- wow stoppages " appeared nent. pikes continued In Jersey scranton, Fa., and PH -while a new one. in- fng 3400 workers, broke out feme, N. Y. fro was a possibility of f in AKron, O., Newark, onu new xorK. Return To Jobs Detroit, snmn 4snn m, Of General Molnr.' Hl. i"Kine division, on strike "y i, went back to ptlon a srlcvanci ovnr lef blind employe. 120-day wnllrnnt In ! INf Trailer company in pi ended whnn 9nnn .itn-u. E!"d t0 their Jobs. 1000 employes of the n"m Company of Amer- r? '"voivea in a sympathy "oppago with 90 furnace Won of a worker. , Py Boost ically all of th aann i of the Berwick plant American Car nnH Wnnn. lompony went back to f"" being idle since last y. They seek War Labor wrovai of a pay boost. nOITlC Wnrlr' nnnM l- r"u--a on fagc Two) enemy bombardment. He said civilian casualties totalled 60, 883 killed.' 86.175 seriously -In j u red arid upwards of 150,000 sngntiy injurea. . . British military casualties in the first world war were listed by Churchill as 3;288,000,, In cluding uc,Z30 dead. . "Goodbye"? cnurcmus report came as one of the first orders of bust ness as Britain returned to party frailties and trie prime minister ed his new "caretaker" govern ment into commons for the first time. Conscrvatives.chcercd and waved. Labor members quip ped: "Are you waving him good bye?" ' ' . Churchill faced on the oppo sition bench some labor min isters of the coalition cabinet which was dissolved last week. The house was tense, awaiting the first clash between leaders of two major parties which for five years formed a united front to fight the war against Germany. Lora Cross First To Enter Contest The first candidate entered for queen of the Buckaroo Days rodeo- celebration, July 1, 2, 3 and 4, Is Lora Cross, 18, of Dor ris, Calif. Miss Cross, a skilled horse woman and a 1945 high school graduate, is being sponsored by the community of Dorris. She has her own horse and equip ment. Other communities are urged by the Buckaroo Days commit tee to enter their candidates for the queen's contest Immediately. The first; tryout will be held June 24. . FEW TICKETS LEFT FDR ALL STAR PROGRAM Record Day Reported At War Loan Offices .Fewer than 275 tickets wore available at 2 o clock this after noon for tho all-star marine war bond shuw at the Pelican thca. Ire tomorrow night. Wednesday It looked like a bang-up per formance and a full house as hundreds- of "E" bond buyers held pasteboards to the show wnicn win include a wen rouna- cd variety of entertainment. Loses Sold Out All ' loges had been sold by Saturday nlgnt, bond Headquart ers reported,, and yesterday the tickets were going fast. It was also a record day at headquart ers, as far as the sale of h bonds went. When- the smoke had cleared away, adding ma' chines tabulated a total of $26,' 103.75. in bonds sold. Bond buyers who do not yet have tickets to the show tomor row night, may buy their bonds at- 8th arid Main headquarters up until 2 o clock Wednesday afternoon.' -i- -.'. va ' ., .Ticket vwere aluo.- going. -for the "This is Your infantry (Continued on Page Two)' Marines Shoot Down Nip Planes OKINAWA. Ryukyu Islands, MBy 28 (Delayed) (IP) Second marine air wing- pilots shot down 10 Japanese planes Sun day in the furious Nipponese aerial assault that sank one U. S.- ship and damaged 12 at a cost of at least 77 enemy air craft. Some Japanese airmen elud ed marine interceptors and bombed the American held Kadcna' area of Okinawa, kill ing one man and injuring three. Walter Thomas Gets Discharge TS Walter Thomas. 30. has returned to his home here on route 3, after four and one-half years' service in the United States army. Thomas has now been discharged under the point system. Thomas enlisted with the first group of volunteers in Novem ber, 1940. He trained at Fort Ord, Calif., and served for four years in tnc ordnance depart mcnt of. the. army in botn Alaska and the Aleutians. He has been home once in that period of time. Greeting Thomas were his wife and 8-month-old son, James Paul, wnom he lias not seen. Thomas Is a former employe of. Klamath Falls creamery, and the son of G. A. Thomas of Merrill. Prospective Food Boss To Make More Meat Available fles Thomas On Okinawa Charles R. Thomas, son J. H an rii PI in anflnn rtlr I ........ F to a messnOB frnm tho Pnrtment.. , f Thomas, serving with "icaicai detachment, ,M and thigh wounds J?i ,3 in casualties from lMa. . He Is hosnllal- UklnRWftv. Thnmni hoe WASHINGTON, May 29 (0) The man who will become the nation's food boss plans to make more meat available to average Americans through increased production and better distribution. Under the present distribution system a civilian must eat In restaurants Dart of the time "if he expects to get his share," Ren. Anderson (D-N.M.) said last night In a blue network in terview. "Rich Man's War" This, he said, "tends to make It a rich man's war, which many of us do not like." Anderson, who will become secretary of agriculture and war food ad ministrator July 1, said he plan ned to change this by: "Abundant production, which Is the greatest weapon In the war against black market oper ations; secondly,- a better chan neling of what meat we have so that more of It goes to the groo ery store where you -and . I can buy it." , " - not onon oi mwai P the Guam, and Leyte Asserting "we aren't short of IIS, " . I .. .... .tlnn " Anderson said food production this year will be almost on tne same level as that of 1944 when it was 35 per cent above prewar years. He added that beef production is at record heights and pork, off a little from 1944, is far above prewar output. , He attributed bare meat coun ters to a combination of higher civilian demand, requirements of the armed forces and foreign commitments. Not Enough Points Estimating the civilian de mand at 170 pounds a year against a supply of 115 pounds, Anderson said only about 60 of the 115 pounds can come from red ration points. "The rest you are supposed to make up in restaurants," he said. Asked if there is "a specific way we can get better channel ing to the grocery store," An derson replied: "OPA thinks so and I think so. . I believe its recent program for allotments to sections of the country where meat has not been plentiful will belp the situation- greatly.'V Solutions To Syria, Lebanon Crises Sought By TOM OCHILTREE Associated Press Staff Writer British Foreign Secretary Anthony Eden declared today that it would be inexcusable if developments in Syria or Lebanon interf erred with the prosecution of the war against Japan and broadly hinted that Franca should withdraw reinforcements sent to those two countries. Discussing the explosive situation with its threat of repercus sions throughout the Arab world in commons, Eden called on all parties involved to "behave with caution and prudence." He said the United States was "closely, concerned" about the situation. - . - France apparently faced the unhappy choice today of stand ing firm In Syria and Lebanon even if it meant the use of force or of withdrawing from those levant states and accepting a loss of prestige as an imperial power. ' Both in London and Washington diplomats were seeking an amicable solution and striving to minimize violence which might further disturb the delicate bal- I ance in the Middle East, IR T CUT TO FREE 1 1 By KARL R. BAUMAN WASHINGTON. May 29 VFl Manpower requirements for war and war production will drop by 4,800,000 in the next six months, Chairman J. A. Krug of the war production board predicted to day. . . Reconversion . unemployment wilt reach Its peatc during tne next tnreo months, lie forecast. manpower Picture. Krug drew this picture of the manpower situation: War production will require 2,900,000 fewer workers during June, July and August. Some 1,100,000 of these persons will not find employment, increasing the nation's Jobless total to around 1,900,000 persons. Of the remaining 1.800.000 workers; about 700,000 will con tinue working in tne same plants where they now work or will find employment in other plants shifting to civilian goods produc tion, ine others will be absorbed In other, civilian manufacturing. construction trades and services and other civilian occupations. Although the number of per sons no longer needed by the armed services and for war pro duction will increase to 4.800.000 by the end of November, unem ployment will decrease. . bix months from now. Krug continued in his monthly report on munitions production, "the picture will have changed more sharply. The number of persons no longer required for war ac tivities win have increased to 4 800,000. This will include 1, 000,000 dismissed from - the armed forces. The persons ab- tontinued on fage Two) Mustangs Strafe 100 Nip Planes IWO JIMA. Volcano Islands. May 29 Seventh fighter com mand Mustangs caught approxi mately 100 - Japanese fighter planes parked on the ground in a 1589-mile round trip fighter sweep yesterday against three airfields northeast of Tokyo. xne fields, on which 42 planes were destroyed or dam aged, were the Kasumiguara naval air station, imba field and Yachimata air field. , , Flowers Placed On Memorial Clusters of flowers were placed at the base of the mem orial shaft on the courthouse lawn today. placed there bv friends and relatives of the men whose names appear on the obelisk. Rains of the past three weeks have prevented the committee responsible for the shaft from dressing up the base as well as the shaft itself, but this will be done as soon as good weather permits. A number of names placed on the shaft within the past week were partially ob literated by the rain and the ink ran on others. This will be rectified,, relatives are assured. No Paper Wednesday The Herald ond Newt will not publish on edition on Wednesday, Memorial Day. Backed by the Arab league. Syria and Lebanon appeared to be forcing a showdown. The two countries want complete in dependence and no closer ties with France, which has held mandate powers there, then they are wining to maKe voluntarily with other nations. The French, on the other hand, desire to retain a para mount position in the levant such as that enjoyed by Britain in Egypt, Iraq and Palestine. The French foreign office wants to safeguard special interests de riving trom long established fi nancial and cultural connec tions. . . 200 Casualties Fighting already has broken out in Soria at Horns and Hama between, French forces and na tives protesting their presence, and, Syria's acting Premier Ja mil Mardam Beyjias expressed fears that' 'a '""general" clash" might be near. It was estimated that more than 200 casualties had occurred at Hama. British second army officers announced the capture by al lied troops of William. Joyce, the Briton whose broadcasts over the German radio won him the nickname of "Lord Haw Haw." - Joyce's wife was cap tured with him. Joyce was shot in the thigh and critically wounded. Reported Death ' " Joyce had been broadcasting Gman propaganda over the (Continued on Page Two) RUSS YOUTHS GALLED FOR Ship rV m e ilkjFe9 ged ARMY PROGRAM 8th, 9th Graders To Begin Training J une 1 MOSCOW, May 29 M3) All soviet youths of the eighth and ninth grades between 15 and 16 years old have been called for army training scheduled to begin June 1, it was announced today. , In announcing . the call up. which he said would be 100 per cent, ui. uen. i. in. ronin, cniei of administration of general training of the peoples' commis sariat for defense, declared "the general military training in the present period would be con ducted on an even higher level than in the days of war.". Record Program The new program is the larg est training schedule ever or dered for peacetime in Russia. Ben. Pronin said there should not be a single youth to miss these musters. The 15 and 16-year-olds will receive military training in the field from the best veterans of the Second World war. This training of the two class es follows upon the graduation of the seventh class or 17-year-olds who will undergo examina tions for officer specialists June 1. "Defense" Problems "The peaceful p e r io d Into which, our country has entered." Gen. Pronin. said, "should not lessen our .attention to the prob lems of defense," He called on all members, or the young communist league to aid in the muster and training program. .. , T T MERRILL Inluries received in u premature dynamite explo sion while well drilling Monday afternoon at the Bernace Wil son place, 3 J miles northeast of Merrui, resulted in the death of Robert Aron Wilson. 28. at Hill- side hospital in Klamath Falls. wuson expired at 4 a. m. Tues day. Neither of the Wilsons is re lated, nor is the third man in volved, Jack C. Wilson, formerly of Merrill and now of Klamath Falls. Bernace and Jack Wil son suffered cuts about the face and hands. Amputated Legs Young Wilson was working with a wire at the time of the blast. The dynamite had been hooked up and was about to be lowered into the 60-foot, shaft. The explosion blew off both of the man s legs below the Knees. Dr. F. M. Trotman of Merrill was summoned to the Wilson ranch, the Klamath Ambulance (Continued on Page. two) By Sterling F. Green WASHINGTON, May 29 W) The reconversion, pattern emerged in full . today as the construction industry won its first release from wartime con straints and thereby caught up with , the manufacturing seg ment. - k Holding to its pledge to re lax, controls as rapidly as re sources are freed from war use, the war production board last night, gave the builders of homes, plants and business places a modest start toward peacetime building activity. Ceiling Lifted WPB's ceiling on . building projects which forbade spending more than $200 on homes or $5000 on a civilian goods fac tory in any year were increased five-fold to $1000 and $25,000 respectively. ' The action meant that long delayed remodeling and expan sion jobs could be undertaken on dwellings, and that factories could undergo enlargement or alterations for post war use, without the special WPB per mission which formerly was quired. ' Shortages of lumber, labor and building materials prevent a broader relaxation at present, WPB said, and no government 1 (Continued on Page Two) American Sunk By 12 Da m a By LEONARD MILLIMAN Associated Press War Editor Approximately S00 fighter-escorted Superforts scorched Yokohema today with 3200 tons of fire bombs In their greatest daylight raid, made 24 hours after Japanese suicide planes wound up their most damaging attacking on U. S. shipping around vKinaw uiana. two b-Z9s were lost in the raid. One light American ship was sunk and 12 other fleet unit! were damaged in the night-long Nipponese attack, ending' Mon day morning. At least 77 Jaoanese nlanai wars hn J, The enemy air strike didn't stop American divisions from making sweeping advances on both flanks of the sodden Okinawa front, giving them control of two thirds of Naha and half encircling Shuri, keystone fortress. Unconfirmed reports emanating from Chungking said Jap anese appeared to be pulling out of Liuchow, former U. S'. air base in South China. North China which may include evacuation of rubber and oil rANK FOREIGN PQLIGYSWINGS TO RED ISSUES By JOHN M. HIGHTOWER Associated Press Diplomatic News Editor SAN FRANCISCO. Mav 29 VP) A frank bid by Secretary of State Stettinius for closer re lations with Russia focused American foreign policy on sov iet issues today and swung the United States toward the role of mediator among the great powers. . - Events abroad and blunt words here made even more clear that the success of United Nations efforts to preserve world peace will depend largely on the ability of the big pow ers to work together. This would have to be under self-imposed re straints, since the organization being drafted by the United Na tions conference imposes few re straints upon the top powers.: Stettinius summed this up in a defense of the veto votine for mula by which each- of -the Big- rive nations couta - prevent a world security council from using force against an aggressor. The question has been raised, he said, as to what happens if one of the Big Five Russia, the United States, China, Britain or France "embarks upon a course of aggression- and refuses to recognize the machinery, of the world organization?" - : "In such an event," stettinius continued, "the answer is sim ple. Another world war has come, vote or no vote; and the world organization has failed." But he added that is a kind of "iffy" question. and "the five great, nations have come here with the other United Nations to form an organization for peace not to conspire for war. He predicted success .: in this en deavor. Knudsen Leaves Government Work WASHINGTON, May 29 IP) Lt. Gen. William S. Knudsen, 66, is leaving governmental, ser vice on Friday after-five years devoted to spurring the nation's war production, the war-department announced today. Gen. Knudsen made no imme diate announcement on his fu ture plans. The war department said simply that it was expected he woul.l go to Detroit for a few weeks' rest. Knudsen's resignation as war department , director of produc tion becomes effective June 1, five years to the day after he left the presidency of General Motors corporation at. the re quest of President Roosevelt to take on the job of converting peacetime industry to. war needs and the building of hundreds of new plants. producing islands in the Dutch Indies; A Chinese spokesman said recent Japanese reverses in West Central China have. "laid a. solid foundation for launch ing a general counter-offensive," to be spearheaded by General issimo Chiang Kai-Shek's American-trained sixth army. Beats Schedule - Development of Okinawa, 329 miles south of Japan, as a base for assaulting Japan is progress ing . ahead of schedule, . said Commodore A. G. Bissett, who described it as "the, biggest con struction Job-ever attempted in the war, including Europe and the Pacific." ; . Today's hour and a half B-29 raid On Yokohama ura, tha firef Superfort strike against that shipping and industrial center. virtually me entire city, with it million inhabitants and maze (Continued on Page Two) E FIRE , ' TULELAKE Suffocation ap parently caused the death of Ray mohd Klepper. 36. whose body was found earl v Mondav. mnrn- Ug in a buhkhouse on the Ray mond Baker ranch, three miles south of Tulelake on the Alturas highway. -.- ; . . , : ;. A fire is believed to have been started from a cigarette ' which Klepper was smokinz when: he retired, some time between mid- winLt " 1 l.4fl , 1 nis-ooay, rouna oy caKer at 7 I n t nn rna . t nnp - hartvesn thia bedroom and the kitchen. Inves tigators believed that he died of suffocation, because his - body was noi severely ournea. ine interior of the bunkhouse ' was destroyed, but the outside of the building was hot damaged by the blaze. ' jonn u. anaro. coroner ana sheriff of Modoc county at Altur as, uaui:., and U. u. JJugan, dep uty sheriff of Modoc county, ar rived ait Tulelake for a complete investigation of the accident. ' Klepper, whose home is. . at Medford, - lived in Tulelake for two years, where, he was em ployed at the Baker ranch. He is the son of Mr. and Mrs. Miller Klepper of Medford, and his 16-year-old son makes his home with. his grandparents there. The body has been shipped to Alturas to be forwarded to Medford for burial, oabier submits j Low Bid On Road Babler Brothers. Portland con-; tractors, today submitted a low Lake-Fort Klamath' timber ac cess road., Purpose of the road is to pro-- vide access to a considerable, body of merchantable pine tim ber in the: Rogue River national ' t A M ,u l.nn. dary of Crater Lake national ; park. Bids were opened by the state highway ' commission in- Portland. :.:'.-.-. Filariasis Written Off As Major Medical Puzzle In Marine Corps As Barracks Observe 1st Birthday By MALCOLM EPLEY" On this May 29. first anniver sary of the arrival of marines there, Klamath Falls Marine Barracks authorities were able to disclose that filariasis has been written off as a major medical problem in thestipsw marine corps. Thais a no table .achieve ment .for the Klamath instal lation, set up Just a year ago for marines with malaria and fil ariasis. And its a s i g n 1 f i cant come-doWn for filariasis, a dis ease that only a year ago n a a spread tear oi life -long afflic tion and even Coooeshall physical deformity anions thou sands of men. v Malaria likewise has lost pres- I t el tige as a serious marine disease through the effective program at the Barracks and successful new preventive measures, such as the miraculous DDT, in the infection areas in the Pacific. Reveal Victory ' The striking story of the de flation of the filariasis- bugaboo was revealed today by . Col. George O. Van Orden, Barracks Commanding officer, and Capt. Lowell T. Coggeshall, USNR, ranking medical officer. The American public knew little about filariasis when it was disclosed, in 1943, that several thousand marines, Sesbees and medical corpsmen had contract ed the disease in the Pacific, principally in the Samoan area. The men themselves likewise knew little about it, but they had seen natives afflicted with it and its terrible sequel, . ele phantiasis, a tremendous swell ing of the glands. There devel bped a widespread fear among marines that mumu," the native name for the disease, meant a man was "washed up" for life. Mission Widened Then the Marine Barracks was set up at Klamath Falls for ma laria and filariasis cases. - The marines from the Pacific area were sent, here directly, and more than 4700 have come here with malaria and filariasis. To date, 2942 men have been trans ferred out to full duty, and 708 are ready to go. With the num ber of these cases diminishing, it was found advisable to widen the mission of the Klamath post to make a reconditioning center for men who are run down-for any reason,- including these tropical diseases and other causes. Marines who came here with a fear of the mysterious filariasis have discovered that it does not constitute a life tragedy for them." ; The- Barracks ; 'trAining program, designed to build them, up physically while training them for war and post-war pur suits, has. worked And -it -has been discovered , that the very nature of the disease makes it; far less serious to a Klamath ma rine than had been believed. Nematode Worm ' The filarial organism is a nematode worm a tiny thread, worm which is transmitted to man. by an In-wmmjQ' in fected mosquito, j Tne mosquuo injects sexually j immature mi crofilaria Into' the -blood stream, and these . develop into mature or-; ganisms in the lymph .' glands.: After fertillza-! tion occurs, the female expels micro f 11 a r i a Van Orden back . into the blood stream, and they are thus available for the bite of a susceptible -mosquito. ' But. such microfilaria will i : .(Continued , on Page Two).-. ..