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1 .l.nT.-... I., .inmnffnri. Whnn
Mi nciivn :? V, ,
j,p radio goes off tho deep
did tt lot ot damage without
serious low to ourselves.
hero mum "
losses. War is inni vtujr.i
Miiimurn. wo make I
V in (lirnn milou .
Liini weakening of tho Japs
Sdeath Hi"" "' ,.Y
jwhecl. but wo parachute sup-
j down '""i"
fflm'llz. In congratulatory
C to tho hard-flghtlng
" 5 niva- "Tlin hut-
tof Okinawa will end In the
.. r..tit Hiivm If up can
Jntnln our present high speed
l,.nnAr MITSHHER. back
' t ,
(fin Washington, says today
I Jap suicide piano iiienutu
as bad ns It sounds.
- .n tt.n limn I'vn been
i Pacific." ho adds, "only 10
'Uhcm get through our
i down. Only one per cent
In for the kill and even
lean be practically eliminated
i redesigning of equipment
kri our ships.
c says It Is actually just dive
blng except inni nicy tu
a man with cacn pianc.
:edcs, nowever, u,
jj. ti.hnlNim I mnrn
1UU n;ntinM. . --
il than ordinary dlvo bomb-
in
dc
are
IE Chinese say today (per
laps slRiimcanuy) inni uic
i have been falling back on
ftnn for several weeks. Yos-
iv's reoorts asserted tnai
arc tearing up mcir i,
mnlrntloni north of Canton.
umnblv they plan a typlcnl
no nana mere.
London today Churchill,
itlv contradicting De Gaullo,
the British DIDN'T stir up
le In Syria.
i asserts: "Wo have ab-
itcly NO ambitions of ANY
I In the Levant states. We
(ready to withdraw ALL our
K)s more mo moment a iremy
Sleeted between the French
I the Levant countries
nbon and Syria.) '
Ihen Churchill speaks square-
id without any quaimcauon
swords, we have the feeling
wo can believe him.
'M the meeting of the allied
Hilary commanders (Kus
British, U. S. and French)
rlln. we net some carefully
rd hints today as to what
hnnncii to Germany.
icrc will be four occunation
f an "eastern" held by the
rltlsh. a "southwestern" by
ontinucd on Page Two)
hell Promises
e Elect ions
PNOS AIRES, June 8 ffl
toeimtro Farrell declared
nation-wlrin rnrlln nHdress
night that the Arsentine
iwnenis International com'
lents "will hn fnlflllxH In v.
(since this is the desire of
ropic."
kins thn
S01 tho revolution, Farrell
90 WQR rtnlnrmlnj, in DDrrv
fro military government's
resioro constitutional
PJiont through free olec-
am not say. however,
tie WOlllrl cton nut
P a report from Buenos
in saying the government
foscd tho pro-nlllod Junta
1;ioria which has been
ing money, clothing and
aid wnp.ii.inna
1 'he United Nations).
Louis Poofe
From Camp
Louis Poolo, 20,
,;"" vnuoquin, was
a Herman prison
l2i8!""! tot
va ' " parents
f war department;
I ibI!" '"ken prisoner in
L, when a B-17 in
Pe waa radioman was shot
. V1' lerrltory. He
hUPSod two missions
vane was brought
K wrps in February of
jf 19448 nt ovorseas ln
PRICE riVE CENTS
Telephone 8111
Jun 5, 1945
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Number 10483
Reich Cut To Pre-War Size
ZQNESMARKED
OFF FDR FOUR
POWER RULING
Greater Berlin Area
To Be Governed
Jointly
WASHINGTON, Juno 5 W)
Germany was stripped down to
prc-anschluas size today for the
purposes of on indefinite allied
occupation.
Zones of supreme authority
were allotted to Russia, Great
Britain, France and the United
States, and a "greater Berlin"
area was set asldo for occupa
tion by forces of each of the
lour powers.
Gen. Dwlght D. Elsenhower,
U. S. representative on the al
lied control commission, flew to
the bomb-shnttcrcd rclch capital
to sign tho Joint declaration.
Great Britain was represented
by Field Marshal Sir Bernard
Lm. Montgomery, Russia by Mar
shal Gregory Zhukov, and
Franco by Gen. Jean de Lattrc
do iasslgny.
Duration Specified
Duration of tho occupation ar
rangements was specified in a
Joint allied statement as being
for "the period which Germany
is carrying out tne basic re
quirements, of unconditional surrender."
"Arrangements for the subse
quent period will be tho sub
ject of a separate agreement,"
the statement said without fur
ther elaboration,
The statement, setting up oc
cupation zones for the United
'Continued on Pago Two)
Questioned In Baby's Death
tzk fr.v.'cd
WASHINGTON, June 5 P)
President Truman called today
for enactment of the Bretton
Woods monetary agreements as
a paramount item "In establish
ment of a sound economic foun
dation for lasting peace."
Chairman Spcnce (D-Ky.) of
the house banking committee
read a letter from the president
to tho house after Rep. Wol
cott (R-Mlch.), senior republi
can on the banking committee,
Joined him In pressing for rati
fication of the agreements.
Opinions Vary
As tho house debate opened,
tho ogroements were described
alternately as a plan to secure
peace and as "an international
swindle."
Rep. Sumner (R), blond con
gresswoman from Illinois,
shouted to the house that "It's
the worst swindle in American
history" and "Iit's war-breeding
legislation."
She said: "It's a scheme to
eot American money under
false pretenses to exchange
American dollars for depreciat
ed currencies."
Bon. Pnlmnn (D-Tcx.) told the
house the proposed legislation
(Continued on rageiww
Irene Jones (left), 15, and her sister, Janet, 11, surrendered
to Philadelphia police and admitted they took 3-month-old
Thomas V. Ripley Jr., whose body was found partially hidden
in bushes on a vacant lot six blocks from his home. Detective
Lt. Erwin Mock said (AP wirephoto).
Churchill Disputes Charge
Of Interference In Syria
LONDON, June 5 (P) Prime
Minister Churchill today disput
. nnn Tn nnnlln'e phnrffn th&t
the British had stirred up trouble
in Syria and dcciarea mai Brit
ain was ready to withdraw all
her troops the moment a treaty
was effected between France
and the levant states... .. ...
Churchill declared Britain hod
"absolutely no ambitions of any
kind in the levant states."
Camp Adair Set
As Replacement
Depot For 4rmy
WASHINGTON, June 5 ()
Dnnni. ihnf r.nmn Adair. Ore-
...- f
eon, will become an army re
placement depot were connrm
cd today by the war department.
Rep. James W. Mott (R-Ore.)
said the war aepartment Humm
ed him that the former train-
iirlll rnrplvfi from 12.-
000 to 16,000, men for ovcrseos
training, rne soiaiers wm u
sent as individual replacements,
not as a unit.
The camp will be reactivated
as soon as repair work now
underway is completed.
Confab Called
By President
w A CHINrvrflN June 5 (IP)
TTnlnfcnnrMnrV nf Stata GreW
and Admiral William D. Leahy,
the president's chief of staff, to
Antt iAr onllnH into conference
with President Truman and Jo
seph E. Davies, who returned re
cently from a special mission to
London,
White House Press Secretary
Charles G. Ross said Davies
talked for an hour with the presi
dent last night as the chief execu
tive's dinner guest.
There will be no report on
thnl prnivorcntinns. Ross said.
at least until after the return
of Harry Hopkins, who is in
Moscow on another presidential
mission.
"We sought no territory there
and no kind of advantage that
was not given to any of the other
nations of the world." he said.
Tri-power Plan
Thf nrimA mtnl.tAH J l j
be favored only Britain, the
uiuicu ouues ano 1 ranee nego
tiating the French-levant dispute.
...... aU
"ve-power parley with Russia
niim anting in, dui unurch
ill declared "this would certain
ly cause a great deal of delay
and would require very careful
consideration on many grounds."
Churchill made his statement
to commons after explaining
tnnr "enmn harm" u j
.- - "' nwiu uc uuue
by leaving unanswered some- of
DimeiueuLs maae Dy ue
Gaulle in a Paris press confer
ence Saturday.
Calming Attempts
"Far from stirring up agita
tion in the levant states, our
whole influence has been used
in precisely the other direction,"
he declared. "The most strenu
ous and successful efforts had
been made by the British minis
ter at Beyrouth to produc ea
calmer atmosphere in which ne
gotiations could be conducted for
questions betwen France and the
The prime minister said that
Whllf. Rrllnln l.l.r.1...
" - -r - - ...... .bkvgiiiiAu
France's "special position" in
Ihnca . cfofn. 41.nt .4. J .
"we have undertaken to enforce
that special position."
"We shall put no obstacle to
it, either at the council table or
in any other way, but our com
mitments and duties also extend
throughout the miHHlp pact " ha
said. . . .
County Passes
Halfway Mark
Klamath county has passed the
50 per cent mark in the 7th War
Loan sale of E bonds.
Bond headquarters today re
ported E bond sales totalling
$774,921.75. The quota is $1,-538,000.
Children Played With Balloon-Dropped
Bomb, Escape Death; Incidents Related
C. .AMIR -Tuno K tPl TWO
J ' v- '.-
t I J.nnnal tfnm ftnn nf t nf
Japanese balloons which have
made weira auncKs -"
ern United States were play
tUl.fl f nlWIrlrnn tnP SPVfirfll
AaifB a fnur months a CO. the
Chronicle said today.
Recounting a senra ui "in
dents dealing with the balloons,
u no ift thn hnmlis were
found in a timbered area by
woodsmen, one was an uiueu
Hinrv. Thn other a small frag
mentation bomb. ...
The find was not reported to
authorities for 10 days, the ac
count said. Meanwhile the
woodsmen "fooled" with the
bombs and later, officials report
ed, children even removed the
arming ucvito " i n
from the fragmentation missile.
.icap wwmi
Luckily, neither bomb explod
ed and the children escaped ine
flViiMran nnrl n wn-
man who were killed near Lake
view, Ore., May 8 when they
found one of the balloons and
accidentally detonated an explo
sive. . The article said airplane in
terception was used in some in
stances and some of the balloons
were shot down. One one oc
casion a plane was on "standby"
when a balloon was spotted, but
the big bag was up too high
40,000 feet and the plane
wasn't sent up.
The Chronicle's account of bal
loon activity was reviewed by
tho office of censorship which
"raised no objection to its pub
lication." Other Incidents
The newspaper listed these
other ' Incidents in western
United States in connection with
the balloons.
A sheriff disposed of one with
a tracer bullet from a rifle but
it was a "hair-raising experi
ence." When the tracer hit, the
hydrogen-filled bag exploded,
sending a flame high into the
air.
An alert farmer 'captured'
one of the balloons for examina
tion by FBI and military author
ities. The farmer spotted it float
ing over his property. When it
lodged against a barbed wire
fence, partially puncturing it,
he ran to the spot and tied it
securely to tho fence.
Falls on Lin
One balloon fell on a power
line, temporarily disrupting pow
er service.
Watchers saw a balloon de
scend into a river but it sank
before they could reach it.
Officials told of one humorous
Incident. A farmer, anxious to
begin his spring plowing, was
cursing the snow which refused
to melt in one field. Finally he
made a close Inspection. The
"snow" was one of the balloons.
The newspaper account said
some of the bombs were found
near populated areas. Two
bombs were reported to have ex
ploded near one city, but officials
never could find a trace of bomb
fragments or of a balloon from
which they were reported to
have dropped
WAR SLATED
TO COWIETO
MODOC HELD
Infantry Troupe Sets
Exhibit Of Combat
Conditions
War comes to Modoc field at
8:45 o'clock tonight.
That's when the army infan
try starts its Here s Your In
fantry" show which brings ac
tual combat conditions to Amer
ican audiences.
Tonight's show will feature a
group which has played before
big crowds up and down the
COME EARLY
General admission ticket
holders for tonight's "Here's
Your Infantry" show were
warned today to ba at Modoc
field early tonight to be sura
of good seats. Reserved seats
only will be held until tha
show starts at 8:45 p. m.
A band concert will start
at 8:15 p. m.
coast, the largest being 12,000
people who bought $800,000 in
bonds . at the show in Fresno,
Calif.
From Georgia .
These infantrymen came out
from Fort Bennlne. -Ga. -They
started their tour at Alameda,
and have shown at Alameda,
Vallejo, San Jose, Fresno, Reno,
Marysville, Lodi, Chico and Red
ding. Another big showing was at
(Continued on Page Two)
GIVEN TO SOVIET
LONDON, June 5 UP) Prime
Minister Churchill disclosed to
day that Britain met Russian
demands for part of the Italian
fleet by turning over eight
former American destroyers
among other ships.
The United States also turned
over some shios. - mostly merch
antmen, but also including the
U. ' s. cruiser Milwaukee,
Churchill told commons.
The Russians, he said, raised
the Question of the disposition
of the Italian navy immediately
after Italy's surrender. They
asked for one battleship, one
cruiser, eight destroyers, four
submarines, and 40,000 tons of
merchant shipping.
Tehran Plan
The agreement to turn ships
over to Russia was reached at
Tehran, he said.
Since Italian ships were built
mostly for temperate waters of
the Mediterranean, Churchill
continued, it was decided that
they would continue in service
in the allied cause, and an
equivalent number of' British
warships and merchantman
would be delivered to the red
navy on temporary loan. Chur
chill said this was the action
taken:
'Half of the merchant ships
and all the warships with the
exception of the United States
Cruiser Milwaukee were pro
vided by the British government.
- Eight Yank Ships
The British warshiDS handed
over were the Battleship Royal
Sovereign, eight former Amer
ican destroyers, and four modern
submarines.
"Further, a destroyer was
made available to provide spare
parts."
Veterans Arrive
From Pacific
SAN FRANCISCO, June 5 (F)
More than a thousand bronzed
soldiers, the first veterans of
the Pacific theater to arrive in
the United States for discharge
under the point system, sailed
cheering through Golden Gate
today.
Tooting harbor whistles greet
ed the men as they crowded to
the railings of the USS Bergen,
their homebound navy transport.
Bands played, Red Cross can
teen workers passed out the
milk and doughnuts, and a Wac
detachment distributed tele
graph forms for the men to ad
vise their families that they
were back In the U. S. A.
France Pledges Aid to
U.S.IfSh owdown
Looms on Veto Plan
SAN FRANCISCO, June 5 (IP) Franca would go along with
the United States in event of a .showdown between this country
and Russia on tha veto issue at th United Nations conference.
Chairman Joseph Paul-Boncour of tha French delegation said
today.
Any break between the United States and Russia would be
agonizing to the French delegations, Paul-Boncour said in an
interview, but-Franca would vote with America, however re
luctantly. Another French delegate, commenting on this possibility,
said "It would be very annoying but we would support the
Americans . . . We have been with the Americans all along on
this point." France and Russia have a 20-year alliance.
Paul-Boncour declared that should the soviet and the United
Spates run counter in tha veto question voting, the American
position would be upheld 45 to 5, with Russia, the Ukraine, White
Russia, Yugoslavia and Ciecho-
slavakia in tha minority.
I HALF OF NAHA
imnn n liinm
nillllLLU IIUII
nil nriii,
ill UtUbu-
I
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MILITARY
PLAFJ
BACKED BY VFW
By WILLIAM F. ARBOGAST
WASHINGTON, June 5 iff)
A peacetime draft plan which
would provide military training
without requiring youths to
leave home environment for long
periods was proposed to congress
today by the Veterans of For
eign Wars.
A substitute for the American
Legion-backed proposal for one
year ot continuous training at
the age of 18, the VFW program
calls for training in the national
guard or naval and. marine , re
serve units for a three-year per
iod, No "Disturbance"
Under the VFW proposal, as
explained to the house postwar
military policy committee of
umar k. Ketcnum, national
legislative representative, com
pulsory military training would
be given in a boy's own commun
ity without disturbing bis home
me or his education.
The trainee automatically
would become a member of the
national guard or a naval or mar
ine reserve unit at a predeter
mined age, would participate in
weekly drills and training per
iods at his local armory, and
take two weeks of training every
summer at a reserve camp.
Ban Proposed
Ketchumh said the VFW
would insist on a specific ban
against the use of trainees in
civil emergencies, such as
strikes.
He made it plain, too. that his
organization would not oppose a
straightaway one-year training
program lt the vi w plan is not
accepted, adding that the alter
nate proposal was advanced to
"quiet the fears of those oppon
ents of any type of compulsory
military training" by minimizing
the dislocation of a youth s home
life. -
Ketchum testified after John
Thomas . Taylor, head of the
American Legion legislative com
mittee, had endorsed a full year
of continuous training.
Truman Flays
Fcjid Deletion
WASHINGTON. June 5 UP)
In a vigorous letter to congress,
President Truman today termed
"unthinkable" the action of the
house appropriations committee
in deleting funds for the fair
employment practice committee
from the war agencies bill.
The Dresident wrote Chairman
Sabath (D-Ill.) urging the house
rules committee to permit leg
islation setting up a permanent
FEPC "to be voted upon by the
members of the house as quickly
as possible."
Mr. Truman said tne ap
propriations committee action in
denying the FEPC funds for the
fiscal year beginning July 1
will have the effect of abolish
ing the committee and terminat
ing its work without giving the
members of the house of repre
sentatives an oportunity to vote
on the question."
Mitscher Says
Menace Reduced
WASHINGTON, June 5
vice Admiral Marc A. Mitscner,
commander of the fast carrier
task force in the Okinawa oper
ations, said today the Japanese
suicide plane menace was "dally
being reduced.
And. he told a news confer
ence "the Indications are it will
be further reduced."
U. S. Secretary of State Stjt-
tinius was looking today to the
White House for a decision on
whether a showdown with Rus
sia should be forced on the right
of free discussion in a world se
curity council.
Stettinius is caught in a sharp
difference of American opinion
here. .
The outcome depends on what
happens overnight in Moscow.
Premier Stalin has been asked
to reconsider his government's
recent statement to the Big Five
at the United Nations confer
ence that any big power in the
council should be able to veto
discussion of any problem. -Deadlock
Issue
It is the conflict between
this, and an - American-sponsored
statement accepted by
Britain, France, and China,
which has deadlocked the con
ference on the whole -veto is
sue, despite raDid croeress on
other questions ihcluding.. ajJ
ment machinery.
American officials hope that
a Moscow decision will be forth
coming promptly. It could
speed the work of the conf er
(Continued on Page Two)
A directed verdict , of acquit
tal today ended the trial of
Merl M. Crawford, Klamath In
dian, charged with sodomy.
Circuit Judge David R. Van
denberg granted a. defense mo
tion for the verdict on the
grounds that evidence submit
ted by the state did not show
fulfillment of the act with
which Crawford was charged.
The judge said that the state
case had proved assault but
failed to produce evidence to
support the full charge. Defense
Attorney George Roberts of
Medford had asked for the ver
dict on that ground. District
Attorney Clarence Humble
argued that circumstantial evi
dence presented by the state
justified holding the case for
jury decision.
Faces Rasa Charge
Crawford still faces a charge
of rape in connection with the
circumstances that led to his In
dictment on sodomy charges.
He was arrested at a Mills ad
dition house February 20 after
an alleged attack on a 60-year-
oid woman. The raDe trial is
slated June 18.
The sodomy case went to trial
yesterday morning.
; f irst witness for tne state yes
terday afternoon was Louis B.
Reed, 20281 Wantland, whose
back yard abuts that of the com
plaining witness, Mrs. Elizabeth
Petersen.
Reed testified that Crawford
came to his house about 5 p. m.
on February 20, stating his wife
was in the hospital and he want
ed company. He had a bottle
with him and they had a couple
of drinks. Reed said. At 6:55 p.
m., he testified, Mrs. Petersen
(Continued on Page Two)
Superforts PouP 3000
Tons Of Fire Bombs
On Jap City
By LEONARD MILLIMAN
Associated Press War Editor
Great fires set by Superforts,
which Tokyo admitted have
sharply cut japan's war produc
tion, raged through Kobe today,
while sweeping American ad
vances on Okinawa and gains
on three China fronts led Jap
anese to see "unmistakable
signs" that allies plan "to invade
the Japanese mainland."
About 450 unescorted B-29s
flying through some of the worst
weather they have ever encoun
tered, including snow and thun
derheads, rained 3000 tons of fire
bombs on Kobe in an hour-long
daylight raid. The successful at
tack on Japan's greatest port
celebrated the beginning of a
second year of Superfort raids.
Marines Land
An amphibious landing by
sixth division marines "at the
end of the rainbow" on Okinawa
island's Oroku peninsula carried
them halfway acros Naha air
field. The operation topped .all
fighting on this potential inva
sion island, which included ex
tensive gains by thre other divi
sions. -
A hitherto unreported Chinese
offensive has enveloped four
towns on the south China coast,
Chungking announced. Press dis
patches told of gains in the Foo
chow area of the east China
coast, and American observers
reported allied forces were with
in 21 miles of Liuchow on the
south China front.
Trap Troops
Swiftly converging 24th and
31st division columns - in . the
southern Philippines trapped a
substantial number of Japanese
on Mindanao island. Tanks led
British through minefields in the
Burma - cleanup.
American marines were -surprised
at the , ease with- which
they seized a 1200 yard beach
head south of Naha in a surprise
lanauig on western UKinawa yes
terday morning. During the day
they captured an island in Naha
harbor, built bridges to the cap
tured capital city, and drove
southward over the best airfield
the enemy had built on the is
land. They were slowed only bv
minefields and mortar and ma-
chinegun fire on the left flank.
Push Near Coast
In the island's center, the first
division marines and 96th army
division pushed 400 to 1200
yards down muddy roads and
over hills as they reached to
ward the southern coast and a
junction with the seventh in
fantry division.
The seventh hit the southeast
coast for a second time in a 5000
yard advance which trapped en
emy elements. Utner forces ot
the seventh established virtual
ly complete control over Chinen
peninsula, southern arm of the
island's extensive naval anchor
age. Six thousand civilians were
rounded up on the peninsula.
Bradley Asks
'Citizen' Army
WEST POINT, Ni Y., June 5
(JP) - Gen. Omar N. Bradley
urged today that the United
States retain a core of profes
sional soldiers "about which we
can mobilize a great citizen
army" as a contribution toward
enforcing world peace.
Addressing 853 graduates of
the- United States military
academy the largest class of
any at West. Point's 146 com
mencements Bradley said a
reserve force perhaps could be
trained "through some form of
military service."
Morrison, Luce
Lost Off Isle
WASHINGTON, June 5 (IP).
Loss of the destroyers Morrison
and Luce off Okinawa with
heavy casualties has raised the
toll of American naval vessels
lost during the war to 313.
The navy announcing the
sinking of the two craft yester
day, said each carried a crew of
more than zuu.
City Given Boost In South
J. J. Steiger, spending two winters in Los Angeles, appar
ently didn't give the chamber of commerce of the southern
city much time for bragging, with his one-man advertising
campaign for Klamath Falls. - -
A letter was received from Carl Machold, Los Angeles,
requesting the Klamath chamber to send literature on Klam
ath, Crater lake and the Marine Barracks to himself and . two
other friends, one of whom is on the composing staff of the
Fresno Bee. , ,, . ... .
"The many stories of success of your city and Its beautiful
surroundings, have endeared one of your esteemed and most
successful citizens (J. J. Steiger) to his friends here," Machold
wrote. "You certainly must have many places of interest in
Klamath Falls, to have such a conservative citizen shout to
the world what a wonderful section of the country you have.
. "We had the pleasure of hearing a radio talk about Klam
ath Falls recently. The speaker was most en thusiastio about;
your city, .: .. . , ,
"Steiger's many friends never knew what a wonderful
country you are in until he advertised It. here. Many persons
are interested." '
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