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I lis 9K May 31, 1945 Max. (May 38) St MIn, 38 By FRANK JENKINS IILE we ro fighting Jnp suicide tactics In tho Ryu , iircnl events Bppear to be in? up In Chlnn. ing rcsigna a. PREMIER he ClitinKkina Chlncso gov wit In order, presumably, Jvolc 1.1 fi" I'""" to MILL iY sHnlrs. There hvo been . -i inin of ii possibly re lent mllltnry Chlnn.. Apparf t, hur armed, better fed Chinese troops have been Leo and through continuing i of censorship and propn Ha like MAYBE real trouble ElieJap". ... vu ntincnr 10 uv umbuluii Hie "P ibiiw uumuwi huh through ftouth Chlnu into 1)Ch Incto-Chlnn, Thailand, a Mnliiva and so on Into IDu'tch Enul Indies. If thene His grow y- HT be CHl oil irom uu ni lun.i Ana. cuvinff mere havn OIL in 1110 I'lllIinnilllTS Thcv MIGHT be ltd to ptlll meir muni miiu pg normwara imu mniicum i Korea as incy wrc ruiiiun-u raoinK. .... ini of mnortnnt thing It hunncn if tho Chungking lew armies continue to be hiich DOlicr a nicy nave Scly secnira in receni ween ftANG in succeeded as pro Srilcr by his brother-in-law Kir who Is now acting pre- r1 . i t . ana as sucn nvs un.-n ma ting Chungking . China at Francisco whero he has tnanded considerable respect tig those who have seen mm fctlon. Ii elevation to mo premier, mav be aulta significant, be seems to get along fairly fwlth the CHINESE COM- N1STS and thcreforo gets b with sis n natter man W ... -..., f cnungKinj v-ninesc. bust be borne In mind al tays that thero are TWO las communist tnina in forth and Chungking China fee south. So far both have antl-Jnp but havo oyed each liko a couplo of suspicious There are vague ninia 10' hat they MIGHT get togettv fight the Jnp. soong s oie in io tho premiership proh represents an otiori to Ihol kniif " ' "'ir-M. ' S writer's advice is to keep our fingers strictly crossed EiLjb news emanating from AS YET. Tho real sltim Ihcrc is still obscured by a lie censorship China's and i u e c c n i aovciopmcma K hopeful, but this Inslg- nt writer has a notion that Still arcn t being told the le story. It's wail and HOPE. '' ftvhnt seems to be happening i turns out to- be true It It be good news for. Japan, ' an, our FIRST Job is to !he Jap. The REMAKING of will come later. kre will be plenty of time prry bdoui ii men r - t battle of the Ryukyus, of which Okinawa is the flam enter, Is still in tho Jap sul- JMIHSC. tTokyo radio commentator, lis referred to In the dis ks as "authoritative," says I thai since suicide attacks Bio best weapon remaining pan they will bo extended i Brandies of the navy (air, Ec, sunmanne, etc.). sc suicide attacks arc ad' Idly causing us considerable losses. In less than a week, s dispatches reveal, they damaged 26 of our shins L.. . . . puiiK one. . Secretary For cans for 20.000 more rs In Pacific coast ship to renair the riamnirn that raui ED as the e n e m .V Un 1PM an filriA Attanlrm British admiral in the Ryu. cpnimcnts todny that tho llicidc nlanpR "tnkn miirh ltting'rthan dive bombers. I f-L just have to wait to see phat the Japs are able to "Hsu witn their suiciae fe. Common sense tells us I is a defense measure born inunued on Pago Pour) PRICE FIVE CENTS Telephone Sill pracipitaoon last 2i hours : , Stream year to date Normal 11.07 Last yaar ... Foracaat: Warmer with clouds. .......32 .13.04 ....7.88 KLAMATH FALLS, OREGON.. THURSDAY, MAY. 31, 1S4S Number 10478 FRENCH ASKED TO WITHDRAW ARMY IN SYRIA p Center Set Ppen Friday Plan and military person ii oe given an opportune piew facilities at the new S-'uo on Friday evnnlnir. . between tho hours of 7 P clock. This center Is lo rn the old Arcade Harass 8 on nth and Walnut, undergone a complete remodeling since the lat- t Of Mnfr-U bcrs of the USO nnnrati pmlttco will act as of f 1- PIS at thf. nlulllnr, In.n. Jet miutary opening, and ii w,u bo shown he various rooms that Iten , ii t k - iui rucreHiioiiiu A IR.mlliuIn rarlln f will be presented at rv "wnun time the will be turned over cuinmanaers. At "will be . a formal V ol which will be y a grand march, 'pxtrot, rhumba British Troops Given Order To Prevent Bloodshed By ALEX H. SINGLETON LONDON, May 31 VP) Prime Minister Churchill called upon Gen. Do Gaulle today to with' druw French loops in Syria to their burriicks. Britain has In structed her armed forces in the Middle East to intervene In the fighting between French and Syrian forces to prevent further bloodshed, Churchill sulci. Uc Gaulle called key minis ters Into session In Paris Im mediately after ho received Churchill's demand. Paris dis- patches said the French gov ernment was surprised al the L.ouaon announcement. Urgfi RavUw In Washington, the state de. partment disclosed the United States last Monday had urged rrance io review her policy to. ward Syria and neighboring ucoanon. Fighting which has taken at least 300 lives continued In Damascus, and two hugo fires swept sections of tho city. Britain!' with France, prom ised tho Levant states their in dependence after British and (Continued on Page Two) DIES IN TACQMA Sister Mary Paschalls, 53, be loved music and art Instructor at Sacred Heart academy since 1024, died Thursday morning at St. Ann's home In Tacoma, Wash: Sister Paschalls had been 111 for sevcrul years but contin ued as head of the music and art department of tho school un til last October when she sought medlcar care in San Francisco. In February she went to St. Ann's whero she joined an old friend, Sister Mary Philomena, former superior at tho academy here. Sister Mary Clarita, pre sent superior of Sacred Heart, was with Sister Paschalls when she died. Born April 28, 1802 In Pendle ton. Ore.. Sister Paschalls (Ruth Jackson), was the only child of Columbus and Cora Jackson. Her father was a nromincnt sheep man In Umatilla county. The sister first attended school at St. Francis academy in Baker and later at St. Joseph's, Pendleton. She attended summer terms at the University of Oregon and at Gonzaga university, Spokane, and there developed her talent. (Continued on t'ago Four) Knee High To A Tall Indian! it This Is watar in tha Main straat underpass, accumulated during Tuesday afternoon's storm which swept tha Klamath basin for more than one hour.- The logging truck pictured wasn't the only machine, stalled in the underpass. Two busses and several cars failed to negotiate the dip due to high water. PORTLAND, May 31 (IP) Pacific highway 09, passing through .Roscburg, Grants Pass and Medford, is recommended by the Oregon state highway commission as the main inter regional' route to California. t The commission's recommen dation ended a long controversy between' cities on two, possible routes through southern Oregon. --. Favored Her'-"' . The alternate route, particu larly urged by . Klamath - Falls residents, would have left high way 00 near Eugene, cutting southward through the Cascades, ano going down highway 87 through Klamath Falls to. Weed. Calif. - . The commission s . decision, made late Tuesday, agreed with the choice of the California high way commission and the federal government's committee for re gional highways. " - - . talking stage The commission said the Inter- regional highway "Is merely in me taiKing siago, witn no ieo (Continued on Page Two). Late Showers Bring Record Rainfall In Klamath Area ' After splashing the Klamath area with a series of final down. pours, the ' weather cleared Thursday morning and . there was hope for an end of the protracted rainy spell that caused some crop damage and delayed farming - operations in. tnis area in May. ' When the last drop had fallen Wednesday evening, the May Drecirjitation total had hit 4.75 inchpsat.. Klamath, Falls.a.jaew. recbroV The' previous ' high was 2.47 inches In May, 1932. and the May ; average here;, is only; .sii'.or an men.. : , '.- ' ' ' Floods Underpass ' 'Approximately' an inch of rain fell , here Wednesday , when there' was ' a torrential downpour that filled streets to the curb-tops and flooded the Main street . underpass . where numerous venicles were tempor. arily stalled. At the same time, near-cloud bursts accurred in surrounding areas, and it was necessary . to open the flood-gates at Malone dam, in upper Langell valley, where high water inundated Klamath Woman Presented Ribbon In Climax Of Show Climaxing thei All-Star Ma. rlno .bond show performance Wednesday night was' the pres. entatiori of the Asiatic-Pacific campaign ribbon to Mrs. Esther Bctiant sovciK -Dy col. ueorge Van Ordcn, Marine - Barracks commanding otficer. , Mrs. Scvcik, Klamath Falls woman who had been :interned in the Philippines by .the Japa. nesc, was one of 150 civilians Presents Campaign Ribbon V: i V Mn Ehr Savelk is presented' with the Asiatic-Pacific earn- paign ribbon by Col. George Van .Orden in a ceremony at the Ail-Star Marine bond show. (U8MC photo). authorized to wear the ribbon by the war department. Col. Van- Ordcn,: 'in making the award, on behalf of the men at the Barracks, said that- Mrs. Sevcik' was -"far more entitled to this than any of us." .: . . Appealing for more war bond purchases, the former internee spoKe of trie cruelties inflicted on prisoners of the Japanese. " "Bring Thtm Back" " "You can't do anything- now for the dead," she said. "That's all' over. But your bond pur chases can speed the return of the living. Let's get them back." i Other appeals for bond pur chases were made by Lt. Ott Schulte, Navy Cross winner, and Sgt.-Bill Fields,. holder of the Silver Star. Dramatic intro ductions narrated off-stage by Producer . Richard E. Na'son while stage lights were dimmed, preceded their appearance, and that of Col. Van Orden, himself winner of the Navy Cross. Music, Laughs - . Building ud to the dramatic side of the show was an entertainment-packed program given by marine personnel. Sgt. P. G. Smith, .- master of ceremonies, had a sometimes worried audi ence laughing between numbers by the 16-plece band under the direction of TV Sgt.' Jack Zam-zow. PFC Carl Haiti drew an. plause from the near-capacity audience at the Pelican theatre with his semi-classical songs. and Scats Singer Cookie Blanch- ara provided enjoyment for swing fans. Newcomer Bill S c h 1 e n k e r, swoon crooner, proved, his ability on popular numbers.' ' Colin Romoff, band pianist. amused the audience with his rendition of "It's All Or Noth ing At All," and Bob Miller, former Boris Minivich harmoni ca: rascal player, rounded out the musical variety numbers for an appreciative. crowd.' Members - of the bond-selling marjne troupe will journey to Chiloquln . Saturday night .for a show, and Yreka, Calif., has scheduled the marines for June large areas of pasture land and flooded out. a relatively small acreage of crops. . Survey Damage E. L. Stevens, reclamation superintendent., and County Agent C. A. Henderson made a survey of the situation through out the sodden basin yesterday. They viewed water standing on' many planted potato fields and grain fields and said it might BU5&Gunsjaexatue-aamage; The benefits bestowed by the . (Continued on Page Two TESTS PEACE PLAN By JOHN M. HIGHTOWER , .Associated Press Diplomatic '. News Editor SAN FRANCISCO, May 31 (P) Bloody fighting in Syria put to its severest test today the good neighbor policy on which the United Nations are seeking to erect a new world league to keep peace. Topping off Iran's demand for withdrawal of allied trooas and the prolonged Big-Three dispute over Poland, the outbreak in the levant aroused new apprehen sions of many delegations here over the ability of the big pow ers to work out their world in terests in a friendly and unsel fish manner. Easier to SoIt American officials, however, are telling these small nation representatives that had-the urn. jected world organization al ready been in existence problems such as the levant crisis, especi ally, probably, would have been tjiore easily and speedily solved.. Secretary of State Stpllinlnc threw his influence against let ting any current issues interfere with the work of the conference. Officials appeared confident that he would succeed and the league charter would be produced early in June. Arabs Protest Stettinius was drawn directlv into the levant situation when a group of Arab delegates protest ed to him against French policy in Syria and Lebanon. The shooting started, after Senega- Ai.uiiiiiiuea on .rage iwo).- John W. Bow en Freed From Camp ? In a telegram received May 20. the war department arivlspH Mrs. Clara Bowen of 2141 S.: 8th, that her son, TSgt. John W. Bowen, United States army, was returned to miiltary control on May 10, after having been re ported as missing 'in action in Germany since March 27. The telegram went on to state that he is hospitalized somewhere in me curopean ineaier. Holder of the Silver Star;, the Combat Infantryman's Badge and the Purple Heart for wounds received in France, Bowen at tended Mills arade school in Klamath Falls, and was . em ployed by the Weyerhaeuser Timber company and the . OK Tire and Battery company be fore entering the armed forces in 1043. : , . After several months of train ing in this country, Bowen was sent overseas in June of 1944, and was reported' in France on the following month. He partici pated in the campaign of Cher bourg. , . Bly Balloon Bomb Caused Death Of 6 Near Government censorship was lifted. today to disclose what was already widely known here that the blast which killed six Bly people May 5 was caused by a Japanese balloon-carried bomb, - Thus it was officially revealed that the Klamath county wom an and five children who perished on that day were, the first recorded deaths of World War II In continental United States caused by enemy action. It Was a Chance discovery on a fishincr Irtn'lntn 4hs a, nnaw Bly-on the Bly-Dairy Creek road that led to the tragedy; which Muw iwunj uwu uiiiciauy tinnouncca as me result oi a blast of "unannounced cause." .'. In the party were Rev. and Mrs. Archie Mitchell; Jay Glf tord, 12; Eddie Engen, 13; Joan Patzke, 13; Dick-Patzke, 14, and Sherman Shoemaker, 11. : . . ''. ' , - They had driven , in the Mitchell: car1 to Salt sprlngs,r about a mile inside Lake county on the forest road. Mrs. Mitchell and the five children walked for some distance in the-woods, while Rev. Mitchell, moved the car to a spot where they planned to eat picnic lunch. , . - . - . , . , - , . Find Object V':' ' . ' He had just parked the car when he heard one of the party call something to this effect: "Look what we have found." Bev. Mitchell had heard of the balloons, ;and left his car, calling to the party to move back. . ' . ... , But all had gathered around within a radius of 10 feet and the bomb exploded. Hev. Mitchell raced on in, and found a piece of material burning on Mrs. Mitchell's body. . . - " Two forest service men,, -who. were working nearby on a grader, went to the place, and soon as it was found all. the. victims had died,. they pent out word." : ; . Pastor tlniniurafl' .-'':,.:-'-':.';. The bodies of Mrs. Mitchell and four of the children : were uauiy ziiuuieu wum' uie nips. aown. uae oi ine.Dpys nad taken the force of the explosion in- the 4iead, indicating lie may have been leaning over the object when it exploded. Army intelligence officers were informed after Sheriff Henry Cassidy of. Lake county was called-in. The intelligence-officers cautioned all persons against relating the cause of the blast,' in accordance with censorship then In effect. ' : 1 , The. Herald and News,-informed -of the cause,, at that time urgently , asked that, release be given to information that should warn the general public of the balloon danger. Similar requests were made from elsewhere, and by steps,-, the censorship, bah has been lifted.-- ', . .: -. - ; - . , : Undersecretary of War Patterson disclosed today that six persons had been killed, and censorship then permitted, use of the detailed story. a-vW'iiii-.:. 'b-i.i.-.-w.-'i. , -Investigators, at 'the! scene of the. blast' "found the inmiirMI. plowed up , but there , was nowtteii-sviwSrjS"; Bodies were removed to Lakeview. and 'later four of the children-were givfen a mass funeral, at the Klamath- tempi here. Crawford Safed For Trial Soon Mer'l M.- Crawford; Klamath Indian held in lieu of bail in the Klamath county jaili-wilt go to trial in circuit, court before. Cir cuit Judge David R. Vandenberg at 10 a. m. Monday.-" ' , . The. case, State of Oregon vs. Crawford, is the first of two slated against the man. Mon day's trial-will open the case in which Crawford is charged with; sodomy against a Mills addition white woman. - The second, in which Crawford ' will face a charge of rape against the same woman,, is slated Monday,. June 18. . - District ' Attorney Clarence A. Humble said today' that his of fice was ready to try the case. George. Roberts of- Medford, prominent valley attorney, will defend Crawford. . Tank Casualties Million Mark Top WASHINGTON. May 31 (JP) American combat casualties in World War 2 pBssed the million mark today.: The army has lost 800,010 men and the navy 112,868, a total of 1,002,887. .. These casualties, suffered in three years and five months of fighting, represent an increase of 6708 over, last week's report. . The. breakdown-on army cas-' ualties as reported today by Un dersecretary of War Patterson,.: and corresponding figures for the preceding week: ; Killed,. 183,503 and-I8i,7aa;: wounded, 533,088 and 550,506; missing, 52,746 -and 57,802; prisoners 100,622 and 96,478. Of- the wounded, . 309,646 have; returned-to duty. Similar figures for the navy: Killed, 43,534 and 42,807; wounded, ' 54,380 and 52,005; missing, 10,709 and 10,505; prisoners,-424S and izn. Paint Value Changes Made WASHINGTON, May 34 (P) Point values on canned tomatoes and spinach will be higher be ginning sunaay. However, xne ration cost of tomato juice and vegetable juice combinations will be trimmed. The OPA announced this to day along with only minor changes in meat and other red point food values f of the ' new ration period,' which, runs from Sunday through June 30. xne blue point revisions boost the value on; No. 2 cans of to-; matpes to 40 points, .up 10.: while a can of spinach of the same size will .'require 20 in stead of lu points, spinacn in, no. iJ"9 cans also, will Be up jtu points- to & INJURED IN FULL Severe ' injuries, to the . back and leg were suffered' .late Tues; day. afternoon by William Mc Colium, 36, Tulelake, when He fell from a tractor he was oper ating, on the Henzel- place.. ; McCollum was- working with the cat in a rain, storm and he stepped from the. machine, slip ped from the iron step and fell, striking his back on a board. Dr. F. M. Trdtman, Merrill, was called and tne man was moved to Hillside hospital . for treat-: ment,. . t . , . '..' , .. .. A second industrial - accident was reported, over the holiday. Ray Rasmussen, 34,: employed by Heriza and Drew Logging company at- Fort Klamath, suf fered injuries when a log rolled on his ' body late Tuesday after noon. He was brought to Hill side by the Klamath Ambulance Service. His condition was re (Continued on Page Two). ' . Gillette, Hands,; In Resignation : " WASHINGTON, May 31 ' (IP) Guy M. , Gillette, former Iowa senator, tendered his resignation as chairman of the surplus prop erty board during a call on Pres-. ident Truman today1. , ' ' He said the president did not act on it immediately. - Gillette told reporters he took the job' several months ago as the first board chairman against his will and with the understand ing the assignment would . be only temporary. Chiang . Relinquishes Premiership For Army Duties By LEONARD MILLIMAN Associated Press War Editor ' -Japan threatened today to ex tend kamikaze-suiclde tactics to' all branches of the imperial navy in an effort to halt the al-. lied advance on Nippon as the American flag flew over the shattered remnants of Shiiri Castle, four centuries symbol of rule on Okinawa island. In - China, where. Japanese armies have been reported with drawing to meet a promised full-scale Chinese counteroffer,. sive. Generalissimo Chieng Kai-. Shek relinquished the premier- iup in aevoie nis -tun, energtei to military -'affairs. Two of Chiang's southern columns tightened a squeeze on. blazing Liuchow. ' remaining enirmv stronghold on the. broken Indo China corridor. Allied soldiers were reported tightening pockets on . isolated . groups tif Japanese in jungle grown hills of the Philippines, New Guinea, and Burma. : : .. Struggling throueh rain anH deepening m u d on Okinawa, -stepping-stone to Japan on the China coast, U. S. ground forces cleaned . out Shuri Castle and closed in from either coast to'" cut off. the retreat of suicide' forces -still putting up. a stub born .-. battle at nearby Shuri town.' . '...''-'-- - - : Yank: Flag Flies - The American flag went im. over the rubble-filled castle yes terday afternoon, a day after one company of the first marine division had broken into the vir tually abandoned fortress at the end .. of "'. three-hour push through a mile- of knee-deen. mud. Those marines of company A, fifth regiment, killed off 50 Japanese .and. ran up the con-, federate flag. -, - : .iiTpday. marines- pushed north- , ward to strike at the rear of tank-suooorted Nipoonesfi ';hnlrk ing off elements of three U.S divisions around . Shun : town- The. seventh . army -division pushed in from the east and sent- patrols - within a mile of the 's o u t h coast of Okinawa while .the. sixth marines cut In from, Naha, capital on the west coast. .'Despite, the rains Japanese suicide - pilots got through American defenses to damage two more light units of the U. S.' fleet- Tuesday. In less than a week' these kamikaze attacks have sunk one American ship and damaged' 26 others. 74 Violent Deaths Reported ' By The Associated Proti The nation celebrated Memor ial Day yesterday (Wednesday) in comparative safety,- only 74 persons meeting accidental death over , the mid-week holiday. me aeatn. toll- , amounted to 327 last year when the observ ance was spread over four days;, Before the war, average loss of lite for May 30 was 400 and average deaths for a Wednesday in May through traffic accidents alone were 50. - Traffic fatalities yesterday to taled 28 while trains caused five deaths, .20 persons drowned, and 21 lives were last through mis cellaneous causes. :; -, . ; -. i Beet, Pork Taken From Lockers A lot of red points went bv uie board either Tuesday night or Wednesday morning at Maun when creamery lockers there were robbed of 100 pounds of beef and 150 pounds of pork; Clarence Humble, district attorney,- said today that no com plaint had been issued as yet. State police and the sheriff's of fice are investigating the case; Jap Bomb Victims .tf T-Knnell-Ellui Two oi the tlx victims of a Jap bomb which exploded :May 1 near Bly, are Edward M. Engen,. 13, (Uft), son of Mr. and Mrs Elnar Engan, and Sherman M. ShearhakerS 1 1-yaar-old ton of Mr and Mrs. J. L, Bhoemaktr. All ar Bly mldents. '(
