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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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