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. ' '. ' I -,ll r u " u u ) n ku " l qu r r n itu i3 Lm um laj uiiBiyjiyjir) if llPt ssssmm I GOVERNMENT ' ' i , mmm m , . .. r-. -a m m w a ar & m , ar- t -k -m am-- i-facipnouon iui 4. noun UU I.,.. '' ' . -. . A -; . J Stream year, to date 13.04 f i w ..j . -w J Normal 11.10 Last yasr. ....... .8. 08 J , rm a ' " .... . f Forecasti Partly cloudy. ,. .... ' : . - y . ; ; Telephone 8111 .vvvvLiv' . PBICE riVB CCHTS , , :, KLAMATH FALLS,. CTEGONr FRIDAyTUME 1, 1945 . ,' .: .. .... ; Number 10480 r'. mxNK JENKINS LrnE 1) an.mtorcitlng and rFiVfi.irni. development In HUI w. , , - w today.. - ? - ji Truman iurii i- !pr .nd in a pcclol mcssago l'wi!"d.. and later t hi. I m,CB he- tells US '.".II.... iiml he hi e ..d la TU us Information ifM". ri--rW. reallsllcal dlhtelllgently. One hai (Mllnil Uial-ne row iwuiwi; He merely K ,V.nMlll to have. I..' ii.. nr with Japan, he P ''. i, . OVER fer il h "aomewhat moro" and a half million fm ."' Vu" n.nlflo. , f Our .tratcgy In Europe, ho Li. u wan to hnvo all tho ti u'i J!.,lnl thai eould be M?i"HnnToved on land. i tctlvcly Ployc", I, md ln t on land the air in order, to :,,ih the German military ma in, in the shorten powim. ble expci"""""" , ", , "t will do the tamo thing to . . . " ttNEBLLV speaking, - he imi on, our pouty wmi-uc pin Jop troops where they mt to lllry cmi uv uwivjuw iKtmeal. Wherever wp at irk we will use overwhelming fcwir, with massive concentre- kni ot snips, pmncs, huh ami i Wo will send no boys to . mill. When we hit, we will ft with SMASHING power. We Will apply rcunu aim IcreaslnK pressure, giving the km no lime io gci ineir.sccona Snd, . ... : upAIf is no bled-white weak- !in, he continues.- ; ' , Sht has' loiir minion men kin arms. . and several mil- Eni more of military ;ge not It called, we haven'1 yei come I ILL 1 111...... Irce. The Jap air force still hat lore than 3,000 combat planes,. isyi, and Jn spite of auacKi their air Industry our fonles have present iProdiic in nU'of from 1201 to 1300 mm. per month. ,w aro now waging a war of iiltion aaalnst ' the JaD air rce, tnd.a-w gel-norer-4o i entmy't homeland the den y of his air power Increases, ttullatlriR tough fighting, ul we had the same oxper ice In Germany, and we-dc-oyed the German 'air force.), I- TJRN1NG to the future, he nyt that if the Jana are Ibborn beyond the point of tson (as the nnzis were) Jnnnn 111 be DESTROYED as Ger- ijy was. . Her whole. Indus 'I plant, which she has sncnt. .century In building, will -.be wked nttcrlv. l iThe Jans are well enouah lre of alt this, he says.r but .' "ii nufi we win tire, the bttcr, bloody, kill-to-the- i-inan ivne nr. ww h.w mt nd will settle for some- vuiiunuea on rage -Two) Truman Says Big 3 Meet Close; Backs British In Levant WASHINGTON,' June 1 m The forthcoming "Blq Three" meeting, the Trench-Levant situation and administration appoint menta were top aubjecta at Prealdent Truman'a .weekly newa con-' ference today. 1 i ; On the international altuatlon,. Prealdent Truman told r porterai .k '"J"? "B1T Tn"'" conference . la getting cioaer and he thought he could say It would take place In the not far distant future. It will not be enlarged to include France or China. 2. He Is giving his full support to. the British in their Inter vention In the Levantine situation and is In constant communica tion with Prime Minister Churchill on the subject. He thought this government would be- interested in- a tripartite meeting to dlacuaa the altuatlon but there haa been no agreement for such a meeting. He hopes the San Francisco conference ' can be completed wunin ARGENTINIANS DEPRIVED DF RIGHTS REPOR I Marriage : ernes Issued K. at lhc counlyiclcrk" 1110 monin Of May, i yJ1 "nd My 2 were Mly davs In which nn II. P were appllea for. May of 1944, only: 22; 11. pea were i,nrt .hn..,i... jwe of 34 more licenses ls 1944 tea,p than ither' were Uur V'f hlonth ot May April of 1945 a total of 44 ELwcrc. ssucd-' indicating Imniifc . if l0T tne follow- kirn.1? 01 My-t,is ye"r-" InC.e.'.t0 8 considerable extent rT m?nln w"h 22 decrees 34 m 80 fiP'res '' revc1. In u "",.'i"e were mar jMay than' were divorced. I . ' NEW YORK",1 June i iPl The New York Times said today Jn a dispatch from its Buenos Aires correspondent, Arnaldo Cortesl that "the Argentine government had no sooner declared war-on Germany and Japan and signed the final acts of .the Mexico City Conference than it deprived tne Argentine people, of wnat small remains of freedom they stlU possessed. - fW-VMf '..;!' The delayed-dUpateh'. filed Wednesday from Buenos Aires. laid; that ''since experience hat snoyn..were 1a ruvaope-oi get ting ;th troth' -pasti the Argen tine cemors, thla dispatch is be ing sent oy cnanneis. otner man th normal tones.". ' .!, 1, Cortesl said the time had come to say that "things have -hap pened in Buenos Aires recently that exceed anything' that this correspondent can remember'ln his 17 years experience in tas cist.iuiv.': ... . . . .' "He (this correspondent) - has seen, whole sections of the city occupied-by. the army.. -in full war kit!' he has seen peaceful citizens searched for arms In the streets', he has seen police' men ' rilrectlne traffic with' re volvers in their hands," Cortesl wrote. ; . -. ' : ' ' (.. . : "He knows that'at least one Innocent man was machine-gun ned while entering a subway stat on. He knows, that repu table citizens .... have been ar rested . . . and others .' . -. have been spirited away; -that still others ... have had to choose between exile and imprisonment and that some - foreigners, have been' doDorted. - He' said the gravity of- the situation was "confirmed by the fact that all Jails In the country are. full to the overflowing." "It . Is -confirmed also by this correspondents admittedly in complete files, which show thajt during tne monin 01 May atone, eight newspapers were closed and seven editors and other out standing newspapermen '.arrest ed."- Cortesl wrote. t "It is hardly necessary to point out that the . above activities- of the Argentine govern ment and many others like them are. direct violations of the com mitments that. Argentina .assum ed i when she. signed the- final acts of MexicoCity." . w USO Center Contains Homelike Conveniences a r "ui"-' u s inn nnw L-uJJJ.n Klamath Falls. The " locaien inline rrcade GaraaR hnlMina n Snrf -7 . In.- "a'nm, was -organ-"1 answnp ,n i l?. &.by.loca tcrvlce men mn. ior a hnmn auihv S;; BV'11?" '-niii. Muiiit7 tn"' ' Dfu '?:.a.n In, t h,e-. -formal-, grand twi, -,,rs 01 t and 9 in L '"K- I-.;.' lormC?n,of tho bulldlni Itormeriy. ,ouscd; ,the In. 1. e.far too confined b thVr.".?1' equipped krii -yp? 01 service, so Is .uf nGenea by 10 many llCh i uubmuii, Willi Vi fhi 1 JLn?,1 wlt" attractive kof th"1.0' th0 waI1 nd and (u. 1 '"' "1,u at"thJ 1 re are Venetian lounge are several writing tables, floor and desk lamps, all types of comfortable furniture, and, or course, the Inevitable piano and radio. Behind the lounge is a sDaclous dance floor, with a spe cial platform' for the orchestras. In the event that a .party is lh the offing," the main lobby may be easily converted into addi tional space for the dancers, ': Modern Snack Bar The 12500 shack bar. foun tain and kitchen Include all of the most modern equipment, with-, all tvnes of-fountain serv ice available to the service' pier aonnel. The kitchen -itself is the dream of every .senior- hostess and volunteer worker, with thi-M- lane sinks, a vegetable sink, two electric stoves nd;'' movable 'utility taaie. . A. large cheek room and in formation 'desk are located Just off the lounge. Personal items may be obtained at the informa tion desk,' and : provisions art made; for postal and mailing fa cilities, money 'orders, Railway Express service and directions ohnut- the . cltvi Important no tices- are -relayed ifronrthis',cen- (Contlnued on fU Jtvo; 10 days, but anv delay in its conclusion would not af fect plans for the "Big Three" meeting. On the domestic - front, Mr. Truman, said that: 1. Claude Wickard's tenure as secretary of agriculture will ena uiine ,-u regaraiess 01 sen ate action on Wickard's nomin ation as rural electrification ad ministrator. . -. 2. . He could not be more em phatic than he was - last week when he said that he did not propose , any further-cabinet changes.. This was in answer to a question- apparently prompt ed by published speculation that Secretary of S t a t e . Stettinius might - be replaced by former War Mobilizer James FrBymes. ' 3. He has persuaded Judge Samuel . I.- Rosenman ' of New Yorkv to.: remain at the . White House another year -as- special counsel' to the president.- The White House: earlier had- made ijlHBosenman'sroffered 4,. Guv- M. Gillette s res ana- tipn as chairman pf- the surplus yivystiy : uoaru.- win- Dci-ome- ei feotlva not later than Jillv IS Mr.- Truman also read a. ior mal' statement expressing his "very deep sympathy" for-relatives' of American prisoners of war nem oy tne Japanese' and said he is' doing, everything nos 'sible- to "bring about their re lease as soon as.' possible." V SAN FRANCISCO.-June l fP) Prospcts for settlement of the Franco-Syria, dispute combined with reports of improved American-soviet- relations 'today to brighten delegates hopes for an early, -successful wlndup of the United Nations . conference. ' Forceful leadership' by the big sponsoring powers is regard ed among United States dele. gates as the means for shaking the conference -out of its , lag ging committee work and whip ping the charter for, a newt lea gue Into- final shape.' . , Many - delegates - are saying privately that the time for ac tion to that end; Is at hand and theDlace to begin is amone the '.big - five.-. The United States sought agreement' with British, Russian, -. Chinese and French spokesmen on half a dozen pend ing questions,, and ah early meet ing of Secretary Stettinius with -.(. : 1 .. 4. , ',;,....;-. -, . .- ,; :. WHIiarn Young Said Liberated In a letter- received from'thelr son, SSgt. William F.' Young of the United States army air Corps, Mr. .and Mrs.'. Tj'-P."';Young- of Rlvervlew-addltion 1 In Klamath Falls were Informed that he has been liberated from a German prisoner of war camp in Austria. The letter, , dated May 14, was written from somewhere : in France, -and 'Stated that he was "Just waiting for transportation home.?'' The; letter, as well as a telegram' from-the adjutant gen eral ,'were received yesterday, May 31. ,1 . - SgtYoung was reDortcd as missing in action-on-October 10, 1943. At the. time, -he was based near- L6ndon .-as. a waist-gunner on a B-17, and had completed several' missions pver Germany. He- was- Hsted- as a prisoner- of the .German government on No vember 20, 1943. Prior' to enlisting in- the air corps In June of 1942, Young was a student at' -Klamath Union hish school. He received training at fields' In Las Vegas, Nevada, Boise, Idaho; 1 Wendoyer, Utah and Kearney. Nebraska. He re ported for overseas duty in June He is ;the' holder- of the: Air Medal with- two Oak Leaf clus ters for "meritorious- achieve ment," and -the European, cam-paigntrlbbon.'.' 7 Million'To Figh B-29s Se Fires1 Army In Pacific To Grow WASHINGTON, June 1 (JP) The U. S. army in the Pacific, President Truman declared to day, ultimately will be twice its present size and "bigger than our j army was . In Europe at its height." 1 In a special message to con-: Kress, reviewing the' war and re iterating this country s determin ation to fight the Japanese con flict "to complete finish," .Mr. Truman called for workors in ship yards to meet the suicide attacks of the Japanese and ask ed civilians to - abstain from travel during . the mass move ment of troops to the Pacific. Naval War Mr. Truman said the Pacific war has developed all the ma jor elements of a naval war' and told congress all escort vessels not needed for training will be sent there. He praised the navy's aid in bringing about successful land Invasions all over the world, and said the Japanese surface navy "has now been reduced to a frac tion" of its full fighting strength. Fleet Cut The Japanese merchant mar ine, he added, "has now been re duced to a quarter of its pre- war.aie.----. v - " For this, we can thank our sub marines, air and sea bases and surxaee and sky fleets, he con "As we- approach the enemy homeland the density 'of his air power becomes greater," the president reminded. "This means tougn tignting in tne air.- "In the future we shall have (Continued oh Page Two) Malin Man Faces Meat Theft Charge .Two complaints were signed Thursday against Clarence M. Thompson of Malin by Anton Steyskel and. George E. Smith, bjth of Malin, charging Thomp son with stealing meat from the Malin Cheese factory. . Thompson is alleged to have taken one hog, dressed, weighing 150 pounds belonging to Stev- skel and two hind quarters, of baby beef weighing 140 pounds. The beef was the . property of G; E. Smith and Son of Malin. Thompson appeared in justice court yesterday before Justice J. A. Mahoney and bail was set at $2500 on each charge. Thompson took time to plead and was com mitted to the county jail in lieu of bail. '..; , .. . .. Blotting Out The Jap Flag Bnos Herkshan Hurt In Action ' Set; Enos I: Herkshan was ser iously wounded orl Nearos island on April. 25, according to word received from the War depart ment by his parents, Mr, and Mrs. Joe Herkshan of Chiloquin, Oregon. ' Sgt. Herkshan is a former em ploye of a-- Chiloquin lumber company,' and -is well known in that community. ft Symbolic of the mighty Seventh War Loan and the fighting weapons put into infantrymen s hands is this picture of seven flamethrowers blotting out the flag of Japan in a fiery holocaust. Scenes like this will be seen on Modoc field in the big infantry bond show the night of June 5. War bond purchases will provide admission to the ahow. Klamath Man To Appear In Tiis(ryoifrfnfoiitry'Siow :.' .: ?'.-.-:.: 5'.. !i Li ..... n t . -.;'' -. . J : . . . ...'.-. 1. : (-' ' Aniongithe infantrymen to be -here rwtrrer!,This--fs" Your; Infantry", show-June 5-will be Sgt'. Lester H... Albers of Klamath' Falls.' . .,' -- j :, ..f . v.... ; v Sgt. 'Albers' home-was listed as 2168 Arthur, street when he. entered the service, and he has a brother, Raymond Albers,' in this area. j - - - , . .1 In the fourth infantry, he was in Alaska 20 months, and. wears two Bronze Stars, -Good Conduct Medal; American Defense rib bon and Asiatic-Pacific theater ribbon. . .' ,. A large group of infantrymen will be here for the big show, which will be held on Modoc field and will give the Klamath crowd a first-hand picture of real-war conditions. .' . ': ' Admission to the infantry show is. a. $25. war bond for general admission, and $100 bond for reserved seat. Tickets may be picked up at bond headquarters by" showing the receipt for the bond. Payroll savirigs tickets may be obtained from Esther Law ler,, chamber of commerce. . ''..'.-.- .--' - On Monday and Tuesday, an exhibit of Infantry weapons will be held on Fourth between Main and Klamath. - . Woman's Home Devastated By Vandals; Warning Given Ever ' since school convened for summer vacation,: the Juve nile .office here has been swamped with calls and com plaints on vandalism committed by juveniles, according to Faye Lucas, deputy juvenile officer. " A warning was issued from the office today cautioning par ents to keep a better check on their children s whereabouts, a tynical case in which authorities were called occurred yesterday. A call was received from Mrs. Hollis Anderton,- 4813 Cottage, which Miss Lucas answered. Upon her arrival at Mrs. An derton's residence Miss Lucas found Mrs. Anderton consider ably agitated and " with just cause. Finds Home Ruined -'" ' Mrs. Anderton had gone -to town and upon her return found that her home and an adjacent workshop had been practically devastated by three young van dals aged 8, 10 and 11, respec tively. ! ' ; w . . . Bomb Kills Young Wife . L a. si V ! ' "- .Here are Rev. and Mra. Archie Mitchell, Bly, who dlacovered a Jap balloon and allocking tragady on a Sunday school outing with ilv youngatera. -Mra. Mitchell wtl killed, and her huaband was tba Ion aurvlyor of tha Uaatt ';, ..'; .v..-, They had broken a dozen rot ten eggs : in " the workshop, daubed, red -enamel, paint- over the walls and everything with in their reach, and emptied a gallon of linseed oil over-fixtures and equipment. . , : Ink Living Room ,, Not content with this,, they proceeded . to the house where' they emptied refuse on the, floor of the kitchen, broke a dozen fresh eggs and defrosted her re frigerator. They ransacked the drawers, leaving clothing strewn all over the house, threw a, bot tle of ink over the living room 1 1 o o r, rifled dresser drawers, closets .and several extra purses, (Continued on Page Two) : Okinawa Battle Near End By LEONARD MILLIMAN Associated Press War Editor New tires Kindled today in 600 plane raid on Osaka, indus trial metropolis of Japan, : added to the 86 square miles previous ly burned out of Nippon's war production centers as allied forces Dushed the- enemy back on all fronts and regrouped for greater assaults against tne is land empire. ' Smoke swirled five miles above Osaka after successive waves of more than 450 Super- forts, escorted by 150 Mustang tignters, loosed 3200 tons, of In cendiaries in a daylight strike. The raid .was in' the same strength as Tuesday's flaming blow against' Yokohama which, photographs - disclosed - today, swept over 6.9 square miles, vir tually destroying the principal portion of thS port city;' Okinawa End Near - -' This air-brought havoc' was matched by sensational ground gains on stormv Okinawa. 325 miles south of Japan,, and bitter ly won victories in scattered sec tions 01 umna. ' ,. ;' , -. : r ive American divisions .on Okinawa, killing Japanese at the rate of 4000 a day,, closed a double . Time '-around "Sfiuri. fall- woken defense 1 inei Spme of tile approximately ; iij.uuu Japanese surviving from-an original gar rison of around 85,000 were trapped; In. Shuri. town.- Others were so hard Dressed thev could not establish a new defense sys tem.; . '; Promises . Dm ' 7 . At Chungking, a C h i n e s e spokesman Dromised a . grand counter-offensive .-"earlier than originally planned as Japanese naited their extensive northward withdrawals on the continent at least temporarily.' South China columns expanded their breach in the enemy's Indo-Chiria corri dor to 145 miles and seized two' bitterly' defended cities. Small, vicious Nimjonese coun terattacks were routed in ' the Philippines and on New Guinea. Army r ormed , On . the tcmDorarilv- oulet Southeast Asia front, the allied (Continued-on rage Two) Halo Around Sun Explained A strange phenomena in the sky caused Klamathites to strain their necks and eyes: at noon today.. ' -. - - . . ' . A rainbow showing all the priimat ic colors completely circled the sun-on this: date,: According to the aerology de partment .of tho-.naval air sta tion, this is not an. unusual oc currence in this .country.' The rainpow, -or halo, as it -Is tek-med; may be . seen when cir ro stratus clouds form- at 2000 feet. The sun shining through these -clouds,.., which are com-, posed of ice crystals, causes the halo. Bly Scene Of Only Deaths In U. S. Caused By Enemy The: eastern Klamath county lumber and livestock communi ty of Bly received delayed prominence in the national news today as tho scene" of the only fatalities -on continental U. S. due to enemy action in this war. First shock of the Jap balloon explosion has passed in - the month since the incident oc curred. Despite censorship, Bly people, of course, have known from the beginning that it was an enemy bomb that brought tragedy to five families of the town. " , But it was not .:uniil Thurs day of this week that this news was spread over the nation,' and one of the biggest, domestic stories of the war suddenly cen tered, on Bly. National : news wires told the story, and pic tures of the victims of the trag cdys were spread 6ver. the coun try. ." ' . . - Descrlbat Blast Rev. Archie Mitchell, lone survivor of tho balloon incident, recounted the story yesterday with few changes from the or iginal accounts carried in-The Herald and News. The blast killed his wife and five members of ' the Sunday. scnooi ciass in ms cnurcn, tne new Christian Missionary Al liance church standing on the Main : street at Bly. They- had gone on an outing on the Dairy creek road just over the line -in Lake county. Rev. Mitchell was driving the car to Salt springs to park it for lunch. The others, walking, found the balloon, and not knowing of its danger, somehow manipulated it so that it exploded. Rev. Mitchell, hear ing their cans when they made the discovery, had just called a vain: warning when the detona tion occurred. v ' Recent Residents r The: 26-year-old minister and his wife had come to Bly only a short time ago from Ellens burg, ' Wash., where he was en gaged in church work. They graduated from Simpson, Bible school in Seattle two years ago. It was there they-met, and they were married at Port Angeles, the home of the bride.- 1 They had planned, after gain ing more experience, to travel to a foreign missionary field. They also attended Nyack Mis . (Continued on Page Two) REFUSES TO RETIRE ARMY U. S. Agrees To Sit With Powers As Mediator By The Associated Press . .' LONDON, June 1 (JP) Franc refused today to comply with Prime Minister Churchill's re quest that ' French troops ' in Syria retire to their barracks to ' avoid the possibility of clash with the British, but in a concil iatory move ordered her troops to "cease fire." - "French troops will remain in their positions,1' said a French communique issued in Paris after a cabinet meeting. By ordering French, troops to cease fire the French thus com- plied with half the request of Churchill, backed by President Truman, to take steps to end the bloodshed. U. S. to Mediate In further steps to resolve the dispute that threatened to plunge the Arab world into revolt, it was disclosed that the United' States had agreed to sit with other powers in the role of medi a tor. , ......... , The British foreign office an nounced that France , had been invited to. participate in a Lon don conference with Britain and the United- States to settle the issues involved in the Arab-sup-ported demands of Syria and Le i,?0?0? ful1 independence and allied insistence upon safeguards for their communications . lines to the Pacific war areas. - v "All Quiet" , Beyrouth dispatches - said .all was quiet in Syria and Lebanon after the French finally stopped their shelling and bombing of Damascus, Syrian "capital, and that small-arms fire had ceased. . (Continued on Page Two) WASHINGTON'. June 1 YPl- The OPA. cracked down -hard today . on- "chiseling of home canning , sugar for other purposes." Some chiselers are stnnninff to- falsify, their applications in an effort to get sugar .that they know "-.they -won't- use in can ning," p r 1 c e Administrator Chester Bowles said in a state ment announcing a "drastic pro gram to-put an end to this sugar racket." ; Bowles said the suear sunnlv is sufficient for home canning requirements,' "but-there . will not be enough if the chiselins continues;" Pledge to Sign' Under OPA's four-point pro gram, i everyone applying for home canning sugar must sign this pledge: . . l agree that I will- use the sugar, applied for for home can- rung purposes only. If,' for any reason. I should not use It for - canning, I will return the equiv alent in sugar stamps to my local ' war. price and rationing board. .1 further, agree . that I (Continued on Page. Two) i ' County Moves Up In 'Big 10' Tilt Klamath county Is aulcklt moving ud in the "Bie Ten" million dollar E bond contest, having already, reached fifth place. Ten Oregon counties: having quotas of one million dollars or over, in E bond sales are com peting, for first place. The coun ty to reach its quota first will have the privilege of launching a ship from Portland shipyards. Klamath county has sold to date 32.0 per cent of its quota. Rose Poole, chairman of the 7th War Loan drive for Klamath county Js confident that by the next report fourth place at the very,' least will be attained, this county having jumped from sev enth to its present position at fifth.. - ' - ' . ': . Clackamas county ranks first to date with Multnomah second, Washington third and Umatilla fourth. - ON Employe Hurt In Explosion Lawrence Gardner," 29, 16-U Summers lane, was admitted to Hillside hospital . Thursday suf. ferlng from a back injury and facial'- burns. , Gardner, an em ploye of the,. Great Northern railroad, 'was putting sand in the. sand box when he turned away to see if it was loading properly. As he turned the box exploded, blowing- hlm out of the cab onto the ground. ; .The accident occarrad at about 5 p. m. yesterday err" the Great Northern tracks, in . th yards. His condition is reported good today by hospital officials. 4
