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am hi b a oW X- M JiJUWZAUJ - i - - - - - - - - ivjv.jliui.vil m JV.. JVJV w .a Tluu.w..il'ftr'Vf"'1 L f HANK Jtn"" -Ltllo of Okinawa la won, ISN'T uvn. unnu to 20.000 Jnps, flo two scpnrnte pockets, 7 ,n killed. Orormdo 1 ,kui.'M urn f if htililf . . ...ill. mnn fought nulvoly of ww ai L!t ,.,n.ilrl have shocked SMC then " ? WIUCV ved under tho bridge, und mi novo a mutn viviiiu mii Idlntf of wnr ns It Is. E0 enters tne picture Ling Liberators hit Ln- land in uruim j. tt gldo of the fnr north- ker oil field there Chinese nre fighting In L.uirlrt at Liuchow. nnd Confident Unit they will One ol our oik inriicias, iwiiy from u by tho Jnp it yeor, is located more, hlnnc ro gunning for Of these lormer mrui-ms, Uilln. nbout 100 ml let Et of Liuchow nnd think Jhsnces of taking It arc llSE of recent activities In lh C i nn. tho unincso nign fid estimates today that J 00,000 Jnps nrc now iso om the Jnp homclnnd) In Thalinnn, iwiiuiya win In"' ... m lundor.ttnna tnis worn ten." Those 200.000 Sit) Jnps arc cut orr from e Islands and Manchuria ercn. out tney nre wen G with food and nmmunl- mill die to the Inst man. the other Isolntcd Jnps Ir will. ... HTURY and a third ngo, nleon commented cynl It the Austrian he was lihtlna were so well In the theory or war or kr thnt when they were lANEUVERED they y conceded that accord ihe rules the jig was up tendered. didn't go for the nazls, 1't go for the Jnps. tt is lor. Keeps.. - - . . world political front, Is biff news today. CONCEDES THE km voto of discussion, and ALONG with us and llsh and the French and nec In permitting dls of Impending trouble tne council or the peace iiion inn i is Doing car- l at son Francisco, . . k lolnl ltlf may or may Important. It takes pan discussion to sto; at are coming to a boll wnrs shaping up in and Jnnnn. and there Hot of discussion. But HON. It takes action ( psychological moment (adequate force, to stop lg thing is thnt Stnlln UE8 the no nt. Thnt Mo hoDC that Russia has Eking toucher than she Ito ACT In this ticklish of getting along with I the British and the nd the Chinese. ognln our hopes of B wlsn Innrfar nnri nt lions as a people newly gi ooncinge ana or wnom ngs mny pcrhnps be ex. Jthat WE STOOD PAT, announced thnt wa hnd I far as we could In the loncessions and wptr cn- lugh with our demands f gnt or discussion. There. aim backed down. He jinvo done It ' rnther r. Confirms the impression C"iueq on rage aw Telephone 8111 mwimmmmwmwmmmmi June 8, 1945 Max. (June 7) 69 Mln ..40 Precipitation last 24 hours 00 Stream year to date 13. OS Normal 11.27 Last year 6.61 Forecast! Light rains Saturday. P PRICE FIVE CENT8 KLAMATH FALLS. OREGON, FRIDAY. JUNE , 194S Number 10496 VsioiCi Flames bass Japanese Transferred IT" J I i urn ifikasiyanr.i DEMANDS FOR OF HI aY'Witfrtt"mi Mai. Robert P. Felker, post operations and training officer at tho Marine Barracks, will leave Saturday. He has been as signed as an instructor at tne marine corps school at Quan tico. Va. Soe story on page 4. (U8MC photo). FRENCH Arab League Supports Action Of Syria, Lebanon WASHINGTON,' June 8 UP) Tho house voted tentatively to day to cut off oil funds from tho oiticc or economic siauuiiu-tlon. It ndonted 87 to 89 a motion by Rep. Wigglesworth (R-Mass.) to take that war agency out of a pending appropriation bill. Tho amendment Is subject to reconsideration before the bill In flnnllv nnsscd. WiBDlcsworth told the house the OES has become useless be cause Its functions have moved up to tho office of war moblll zotlon and reconversion. When Judge Vinson moved from OES to become war mo blllzcr he took all the business with him," put In Rep. Tabcr (R-N.Y.), ranking minority mem ber of tho appropriations com mittee. , , , 'That statement Is completely without foundation," countered Rep. Cannon (D-Mo.), the appro priations chairman who argued to retain the emergency agency. Seek Abolition . Hmiu republicans in a sur prise move sought abolition of four federal wartime ngenclcs. Pnrty lenders disclosed that (Continued on rage am New Low In Bond Sales Reported Ycsterdny, Thursdny, was the lowest day on record for bond .oiu in hn 7th war bond drive here with only $412.50 worth of bonds being sold, according iu nfftntnl rnnnrts. Klamath county Is still almost 50 per cent shy of its quota with only 22 days remaining In the campaign. It was pointed out by officials that the average sum taken in per day varies between $8000 and $12,000 and that if there is not a considerable in crease In purchases, the quota will not be reached. By TOM OCHILTREE Associated Press Staff Writer Tho demand of Syria and Lebanon for the immediate evacuation of French troops from their territory was back ed today by the council of the Arab league, which informed France that tho Arab states would mqct with force. , In a communique Issued in Cairo last nisht the council said that measures were being put into effect "to resist rrencn ag uresslon." The council, com. posed of representatives from tne various middle east Arao na tions, chareed that French troops attacked Syria and said that France was to blame for the "assassination, destruction and other losses which occurred" in the levantine countries. To Cut Relations . Syrian government officials were movlnff raoidiy to liouldate all the country's relations with; France.. - -".'""fT . Kxcent for satisfying France the problem of establishing al lied occupation areas in uer manv virtually has been settled Britain and the United States were reDorted to be nttcmpting to carve out a French zone of 'Continued on Foge Two Tighter Rule On Homefrpnt Asked By Nips By LEONARD MILLIMAN Associated Press War Editor Invuion-friahtened Jaoan was harried today by U. S. carrier planes, mine-laying Superforts and tightening government con trols to be carried out "by force if necessary." All this was reported by Tokyo radio which warned Ameri can air raids on the "sacred isles" would reach a new peak with the imminent fall of Okinawa, 325 miles to the south. Grenade-carrying women were reported iignung alongside cornered Japanese on Okinawa, already the burial ground for 66,324 Nipponese troops. Drastic new government regulations, which semi-official sources indicated may lead to rule of Japan by imperial decree. empowered authorities to seise all excess proms ana eiiaD.in.u ugnier csntroi over war muua- try, workers and materials . to FOR HEY PUN By TOM REEDY WASHINGTON, June 8 UP) Senators seemed in agreement to. rinv that the Bretton Woods fi nancial plan will be approved speedily despite scattered cnu-cism. Senator Carmer (R-Kan.) went so far as to predict the senate would pass the multi-billion dol lar world banking and currency stabilization measure by the same ratio as the house which approved it yesterday, 340 to i, President Truman told his news conference he was im pressed not only the size of the majority, but by its non-partisan character, adding that congress had demonstrated mat it is reai lv for n npnee treaty. Tho annate banking commmit- tee will start hearings on the monetary legislation next weeit, Chairman Wagner lu-n.x.j cair ed the house action "a marve lous vote for a marvelous cause and added that he does not an ticipate "any trouble" either in his committee or on the senate floor. Traqedv Unlocks Hidden Valley Of I. f m m.m ': I I pnangri-la Deep in New guinea jungie RALPH MnnTAH NNDIA, DUTCH NEW I J"no 5 (Delayed) (P) pe air tragedy has un- urHmniic fashion the ,, Hidden, Valley of (opera tho first men E,j ? world to invade old ng tribesmen are f (ier Held In the val "ilea southwest of Hoi- II,. uv-jcai-viw army airmen. tch today June 8, by Associated Press euviii uean Schedler. Fscw i still had not been "'.tho survivors were l ..ving comfortably." found V.li r,T- Elsmore, former- lake City, enmmnnrtar Ffl. 'rp carrier wing. fern h va"ey antJ W Streetor of The As- said m San Fran- . who as n nnrmannrw WaP1)' ""Id he was r-xcncc two wuBka mm of the airplane crash by the colonel's wife.) The trio are the only survivors among 24 army personnel In a transport plane which crashed into tho four-by-25-mile jungle surounded valley's Oranjo moun tain wall 24 days ago during a sightseeing trip. ' Parachute Rescue Eight Filipino paratroopers and a medical assistant have been parachuted to effect the rescue. The plan Is to build the landing site, send in the glider, then jerk it into the air with a low-flying C-47 by means of a grab-line. . . . The trio are in constant con tact with circling planes, using a parachuted walkie-talkie. They are in good spirits and ask about Wood"ond'medlcal supplies are dropped to them. The na"ves, while slow to make friends, have not been hostile.-After .arachuted salt PteM! tribesmen, they even brought the survivors a pig to roost. Airborne Funeral An odd funeral service, with Catholic nnd protestant rites ob served 11,000 feet above the PAY INCREASE BILL PREPARED B! SENATORS wreckage in a circling aircraft, has been held tor tne uenu. Twenty crosses and a Star of David for a Jewish victim were r??io surviving trio: - Wac Cpl. Margaret Hastings, Oswego, N. Y attached to the Far Eastern airforce service command headquarters. Lt. John B. McCollum, Tren ton, Mo., an air corps officer attached to FEASC. Sgt. Kenneth W. Decker, Kel so, Wash., attached to the main tenance division of FEASC. Worst Injuries Decker was the most seriously injured. His deep back wounds were treated with boracic acid dropped from a plane. McCol lum suffered only a bruised head. . , . .' . The Filipinos who parachuted to the rescue were veterans of Bataan. They carried flash lights and Jewelry as gifts to ob tain aid from the natives. One village is close to the wreck and visiting tribesmen have cooked sweet potatoes for the survivors. (A Far East air forces an nouncement issued in Manila (Continued on Page Six) WASHINGTON. June 8 (JP) Responding immediately to Pres ident Truman's suggestion tnai congress is underpaid, two sena tors hastened today to introduce legislation hlkirie the lawmak- riC,r"r"P""""n'frnm SI 0.000.1 to $20,000 a year. - The bill sponsored Dy (sena tors Overman (D-La.) and Bridges (R-N.H.) also- would boost tne vice president irora $15,000 to $25,000, and cabinet officers from $15,000 to $20, 000. The speaker of the house and- the president pro tempore of the senate, now drawing $15, 000, would make $25,000 if the bill became a law. i The legislators have a verDai ffnnrnntee from Mr.. Truman, too, that he would sign such a bill. He told his news confer ence ' yesterday that he knew from his 10 years experience as a senator that it was hard to try to get along on $10,000 in Washington. ' The salaries of members of congress stood at $3000 a year until 1907, when they were boosted to $7500. The Increase from $7500 to $10,uuu came in 1825. ' Cool Comment Members of congress met rlth cool comment and calcu- lating glances today President Trumnn's virtual invitation to hike their salaries as much as $15,000 a year. '; ' , , . Mr. Truman, ' however, held out no immediate prospect of wage boosts tor otner Ameri cans. But he said a study will Vw made. : . . As for more congressional pay, typical reaction included thn comment of Senate Presi dent McKellar (D-Tenn.) that "I'll have to think It oyer; you know I've always been against raising our own salaries." And that of Chairman Cannon (D Mo.) of the house appropriations committee, who said he viewed the idea as inadvisapie -now. Sgt. Glenn Chase Freed From Camp MERRILL TSgt. Glenn Chase, 38, resident, of Merrill for la vears before entering the service, has been released from a German prison camp, accora. ino to word received here. i Sgt. Chase is on his way to visit his parents, who live in Grants Pass. While here, he was employed by W. and v. M. Hammond. An aerial en. elneer. he was shot down in the European tneater in oeptemoer, 1843. Jaycees Slate Paper Pick-Up The Klamath county junior chamber of commerce will be gin its pick-up of waste paper early Sunday morning. Klam ath Falls and outlying su burbs will be thoroughly can vassed in an all-out effort to collect urgently needed paper. All residents of Klamath Falls and vicinity are request ed to tie the bundles securely and place them on the curb in front -of their homes on Saturday night. REDS REVERS E POSITION ON VOTING ISSUE Small Nation Backing Of Formula Seems Certain Jailed if Earl Heuvel, former police chief here, is being held in a Little Rock jail, after being arrested late yesterday by the FBI on a warrant charging un lawful flight from justice. Bl ARRESTS EX-CHIEF ON L T ROM cone with the new situation.' ADDroximately. 200 carrier planes strafed and bombed sui cide air bases on 'southern Japan, Tokyo reported, in "quick fnllowun of raids from Okina wa Wednesday and Thursday. ' Nip Ships Sank Smoke billowed five - miles above Superfort-blasted Kobe-as U. S. communiques announced air strikes sank 15 more Nip ponese ships from Japan to Bor neo. Survlvine Japanese on Okina wa were split into two discon nected but strongly entrencneo units- bv a swift half-mile drive to-the west coast Dy me iirst marine division. Even Tokyo admitted the battle was hopeless an&ibj-ot'kinawa "will have a great effec"on the en tire;war." '. ' - , . A '. Chinese Gain ' Eoualiv important insofar .as the battle of Asia is concerned, Chinese extended their . grasp on south China's Indo-China corridor which: a Chungking army spokesman said had iso lated about 200,000 Japanese in Burma. Thailand, Indo-China and Mayala.. A sudden seven-mue lunge northward in the Philippines carried the U. S. 37th division into Bayombong, Japnnese sup ply bese in Luzon island s ier tile Cagayan valley. The first Nipponese flame-throwing tanks encountered in the Southwest Pacific were knocked out on the way. Homeiront eatue - Mntchine action on the fight ing fronts were political devel opments in Tokyo. The govern meht controlled Domei news agency reported a. growing de mand that the parliament be (Continued on Page oix) . Nazis Outsmarted Asserts Bradley WASHINGTON. June 8 UP) General Omar Bradley declared today American tacticians out smarted the Germans across France and into Germany Dut he didn't know whether the Prussian general staff ever would admit it. The 12th army group com mander, newly appointed veter ans administrator, joined Sec retary of War Stimson at a news conference and told reporters that the quality and flexibility of American troops were the prime factors in the European triumph. ' - "The German never did figure out how we could manage direc tion nf attack so auicklv and he never did allow for it," Bradley asserted. By JOHN M. HIGHTOWER Associated Press Diplomatic News Editor SAN FRANCISCO, June 8 UP) Small nation acceptance of a Bie Five veto voting formula for a world security council to day appeared certain. A suc cessful end of the United Na tions conference is in sight. - Russia's dramatic acceptance of a statement that the big power veto could not be used to block discussion of any case presented to the council broke a week-end deadlock late yes terday and put the conference over the hill. No Major Issues Ten days to two weeks more of committee work and speech making remain to get the Unit ed Nations charter in final shape for signing, but no more major dssues are on ' the hori zon.' : ' . V. it lOOK tne cumumea. cuui" of -Premier- Stalin... Hary ..Hop kins, who 'was then in Moscow, (Continued on .page tix OF Writer Warned By Argentinian NEW YORK, June 8 (ff) The New York Times published to day a dispatch from its Buenos Aires correspondent Arnoldo Cor tesl, saying he was warned late Tuesday night by the Argentine minister of the interior, Admiral Alberto Teisaire, "not to be sur prised at anything that may hap pen to you.'' The Argentine official was re ported incensed by Cortesi's dis- Satch of a week ago in which le correspondent said the Far-rell-Perone government had "de prived the Argentine people of! what small remains of freedom they still possessed." Cortesi's delayed dispatch, filed Wednesday, said Teisaire charged him with "malicious ef forts to create a difficult situ ation" for Argentina, and re counted: "The government, he said, will not allow newspaper men to embarass Argentina's foreign policy." WASHINGTON. June 8 UP) Testimony that several soldiers have been courtmartialed for fihiisine natients in a - veterans hospital at Northport; N. Y de veloped today during a house committee investigation of the veterans administration. In addition, seven civuian em ployes have been fired or quit their -jobs because of the invest! cation. Their cases have been placed with the United States attorney a urooKiyn. Present Testimony The testimony was presented by Col. John H. Baird, assistant medical supervisor of the veter ans administration, and tne agen cy's solicitor, Edward Odom. It was developed through question ing bv Ren. Kearney (R-N. Y.), a member of the house commit tee. - Odom told the committee he believed 15 soldiers had . been courtmartialed and 13 of them convicted for abusing patients. In his letter to the Brooklyn dis trict attorney he said there was evidence of "rather severe abuse nf natients bv soldiers." Kearney had asked Baird if he knew whether "five civilian emnloves are facing criminal as. sault charges" as a result of their treatment of patients in the Northport mental hospital. EmDloves Listed Baird then read Odom's let ter to the Brooklyn prosecutor, listing the names of seven em. ployes involved in a brutality in vestigation. The letter was rlntpri Mav 31. The VA official said he did not know what criminal action has been taken. "Is it the intention of the vet erans administration to follow up and see if action is taitenr Kearney asKea. "YesJ indeed," Baird replied. TO HANDLE POST By D. HAROLD OLIVER WASHINGTON. June 8 UP) President Truman called today on a four-star general of World War II Omar N. Bradley to look after the affairs of veter ans of all wars. And by so doing, h& accented once more : ms inclination to pick westerners for key jobs in his administration, uentui Bradley, 52-year-old command er ot tne mammotn lain army group in Europe, is irom mo- berly, Mo. ; . Undisclosed Post He will succeed Brig. Gen. Frank T. Hines, retired, who Is resigning to take another dui undisclosed post offered him by tho Viresident. Hines has been head of the veterans administra tion since 1923;; and Mr. Tru man said he believed it- was time the veterans had someone who served in the current war running their affairs. - . i : i - Tne west ana imuweav At tained their share of other presi dential appointments made pub lic, yesterday at another of the copy"' news conferences. They included: . ' Property Board .Tnhn B: Hutson. of Kentucky; to be undersecretary of agri culture, and W. Stuart' Syming ton, of St. Louis, to be chair man of the surplus property board. ' . Hutson, now an assistant to War Mobilizer Fred M. Vinson, was named to 'succeed Grover B. Hill, of Texas, who resigned. Symington, president of the Emerson Electric company, will succeed former Senator uuy m. Gillette of Iowa, who asked to step out July 15. r ouows return Thpir selection thus follows the Pattern Mr. Truman set in four cabinet designations. Another appointment an nounced yesterday was that of an easterner, raui m. nerzog, (Continued on .rage oixj Accord Reached On Trieste TONDON. June 8 (P) Diplo matic: sources close to .the Brit ish foreign office said tonight that an agreement would be aiffnert with Marshal Tito tomor row bringing Trieste . and all communications between Trieste and Austria "definitely under an Ang'o-American military gov- Arnmfmt " ; This Belgrade aereement. the source said, is expected to "ter minate in a very 'sausiutiiuj manner a Hisnute which at one time was very threatening and critical." It was indicated the accord would result in Yugoslav troops leavine the Adriatic port, which has been in contention since Ger many's capitulation. Former Law Officer May Be Returned To Klamath Ex-Police Chief Earl Heuvel of Klamath Falls is in jail at -Little Rock, Ark. J Sheriff Lloyd L. Low dis closed today that Heuvel was arrested in the little Arkansas town of Kensett after a tip from ' the sheriff's office here put FBI agents on the ex-chief's trail. He was arrested on a fugitive warrant charging unlawful flight to avoid prosecution. He. fled Klamath Falls late in Janu ary, and is under indictment by the Klamath county grand jury on four morals charges, with total bond of $21,000. The sheriff said that steps to bring Heuvel here to face prose cution will be taken immed iately, and that it is probable he will be returned to this state by the FBI. . Worked In Kensett . Information received here is that Heuvel has been working in a repair shop at Kensett, a town of 850 population, under the name of Henry Knapp, for a man named Demar Palmer. Heuvel's trail became warm only a few days ago, when, it was learned that a check signed by him was cashed at a bank in Aurora, 111. Sheriff Low wrote immediately . to Police Chief Fred Hess of Aurora, who supplied - the Klamath sheriff with . the information that Heuvel was at Kensett, Ark. Sheriff Low conferred with the FBI, and Heuvel was arrested , at Kensett yesterday afternoon. . It was the understanding here that a check from Heuvel in the amount of $1400 was presented -for cashing at Aurora. It was i written in favor of a man named Sam Marks, and endorsed by. . Walter Bolz and' Fred. Hambly. Sheriff-Low said he understood Palmer is supposed to have. taKen "the" c h e c"k""to" Aurora, which is several hundred milts away and across two state lines from Kensett, Ark. i rieuvei Traced After the check was cashed. the incident came to the atten tion of authorities and Heuvel was traced through the endors ers at Aurora,' who apparently , knew that Heuvel was at Ken--, sett. ' Sheriff Low said that other- . wise the check-cashing at Auro-. ra might have thrown , the au thorities on tne trail. Heuvel's arrest follows more than four months of country- . wide search for him, which, be gan when he forfeited ball after his indictment on, a charge of contributing to the delinquency of a minor girl. ' r ugitiva t-narge This indictment was returned on the evening of January 26. When officers went to serve the warrant the next morning, Heu- -vel had left. Search was imme- (Continued on Page ssix; Amendment Cut From Trade Bill WASHINGTON. June' 8 UP The senate finance ' committee struck from the reciprocal trade agreement extension bill today authority to cut tariff rates on: additional 50 per cent, then re ported the dui lavoramy. xne.vote on tne viwi uiueiiu .nent was 10 to 9. with seven re publican and three democratic members ot tne committee iinea up for it. Eight democrats and Senator LaFollette . (Prog.-Wis.), voted against it. Despite tne committee s ac tion, Chairman George (D-Ga.l expressed determination to try to write the additional rate cut ting authority back into the mea sure when it is called uo in the senate, probably next Tuesday. - Six-Alarm Army Warehouse Fire Burns Food Supplies OAKLAND, Calif., June 8 (VP) A six-alarm fire in an army warehouse sent smoke tower ing hundreds of feet into the air today and destroyed con siderable military food sup plies, army officers said, before it was extinguished. Three or - four men were re ported injured slightly as 15 pieces of equipment from the Oakland fire department fought the spectacular blaze. Report Denied First reports said the fire was adjacent to munitions sup plies but army public relations officers denied this. The fire, of undetermined origin, began In he center sec tion of a building 1320 feet This' section was destroyed but firewalls prevented the flames from spreading. Remove supplies At the height of . the fire negro stevedores, formed a shut tle line and carried out sup plies by means of motor lifts. Army authorities credited them with saving thousands of dollars worth of food supplies destined for fighting forces in the Pacific area. As the flames were brought under control, soldiers backed in trucks and pulled, down the walls of the burning section to halt spread of the fire. Troops Return From Italy, ETO NEW YORK, June 8 UP) Four troopships carrying 4417 American fighting men from the European theater and the Liber ty ship Thomas W. Hyde, bring ing 379 fifth army troops from Italy, docked today in New York The 21-day trip of the 10,000 ton Hyde from Naples wa? high lighted by an emergency appen dectomy In mid-ocean. . The hilarity and joyousness which usually marks veterans' homecoming was aDsent. . aim men. many 8th air force veterans awaiting reassignment, cuiisiuei ed their arrival just another step In the cycle of war, , Bulletin CHICAGO. June 8 VP) The U. S. circuit court of appeals today uoheld the government ; in. its leisure December 28 of facilities of Montgomery Ward and company in Chicago and ix other cities, reversing a January 17 federal district court rulin - L
