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roiMife 0) (nl rPiu r ay's Jews ........ a ksWW""' ' B- FRANK JENKINB fc Ausiruiiimo ..... F, Borneo seems to bo going " ........ nfn iiulinrit fill Tncy ....... ... a nniiu'l Buy. n lumo ill- I i Ilnrlcoil. Ht'Ctiro fleet foriiKo only "00 miles from E bit oilflcldn. ono wllh n lit production of six million r" . nlmi nr n mil. MIL' Herald aml, burroii I1-...-..I 11IIU resell ' i ..I., .in m HI flIUIIV. ?'" nil I. rnnurtnri lo C, -....It Ull IITHV illllt lb t;mi Erectly from tho wells Into ships ni why opposition no fur Is re Lortod surprisingly "scanty. K,f. watching tho pro f"1". '.1 .nl I. un,l In tlC l)Oinl Hint.-,,., " '.Ulcted that NOT A MAN j h lost In getting ashore f ntd out thnl two men wore but fr'n nn accidental fire Ma landing emu. jnc ..,II..I...I iiltt. cncmyiiuiivii-ti ........... . ,u,,imH sustained by nn rallmi nftcr nn ndvnnco of fcilcs irom inu uratn. I., .irr.iiL'lli In thu Immedlntc W . ! ....Il.nnlnrl 111 ft... rlill. Aarca is ciin" - Iim lo bo In tho "low huiu it smnrl. bnltle-wlse aus- rral nns (liin i neca to oo iuiu lOOK OUTI Wo got nshorc ly on Oklnnwn. Plenty of inK can uc viui.-ii.-u uvuhi: bin Borneo oil fields nrc H- ... teem to have tho bulk of the remaining Okinawa Jnps Irrcd on a plateau nt tho id's southern end. Wo of H them a surrender uiu tm the first In tho Pacific but it wns Ignored nnd going In to iinisn incm le struggle is ncrco nnn By OS nlwoys In theso fln unts Willi inc jups. IE gathers from tho dls- hatches that tho nlntcnu it the Jnps nro making their rtind Is similar to our boutli trn Oregon "faults," ending steep ciiii, imagine mo h rim pocketed with caves by fully nrmca jnps anu fancy yourself climbing It lj thorn out. Xhnt will givo Itn lrtea of what our men being. " ... -j.. f C southern Chinese, who ve been doing well lately, suffered a setback. The nro fighting stubbornly to tho Indo-Chlnn corridor i as the Germans fought so In similar circumstances, 're sallying out from Can- Indicating that they have tvy garrison there. p sustained air offensive Igolnst the Jnp mninlnnd Is imo its sixui straight any. gunning for tho Jap air and nt tho samo time nrc 8 mines in tho southern Jnp ways. (Three-fourths of lis traffic is watcrbornc.) SERAL LEMAY announces paay that so far we have lated 102 squaro miles of rea oi six oi Japan s largest naif of tho damage is in , where 56 squaro miles been laid waste. IANGE talcs persist of reluctance" of tho Jnp kmcnt to hnnd over Its M to Suzuki. It Is snid to wrung from him n con' m requiring tho cabinet to it a special parliamentary blttoc beforo issuing nny tncmber that these tnlcs irom tho ENEMY'S prop i radio broadcasts, which pmc reason seem to bo try ununuoa on Pago Five) pmpson Given e-Year Terms konco M. Thompson, 35, of was sentenced to two 01 five venrs. hnlh son. f lp run concurrently, by t Judge Dnvld R. Vandon "ils morning, mpson had pleaded guilty ' uiai'iics oi larceny from renOUSC In mnnnnllnn tirlllt f eft of some ment from the v-iieese factory, m revealed that ho had lous criminal record, sorv ime for assault and rope Moult and robbery. . PRICE FIVE CENTS Telephone mil Jun 12, 1945 Max. (Juna 11) 70 Min 49 Precipitation last 24 hours 00 Stream year to date 13.08 Normal 11.37 Last year 8.80 Forecast: Warmer Wednesday. KLAMATH FALLS. OREGON, TUESDAY. JUNE 12, 1945 Number 10489 The Line Forms To The Right One of the local department stores was the scene of a mad rush In the morning hours today. The reason? rayon stockingil Extending the full length of the block, eager individuals waited tnelr turn to buy what has now become a wartime "unobtainable." One of the women pictured above was heard to state that she didn't even know what she was waiting for, but she had never been able to resist a line-up of people. FOUR U. S. SHIPS LOST OFF WASHINGTON, Juno 12 P) The loss of two destroyers, an auxiliary transport and a land' ing ship off Okinawa cost the nuvy 4BD men killed, missing or wounaca. Announcing the losses 1 a night, tho navy listed tho ves sels as: Tho destroyers Longshaw, witn 1711 casualties, and Urex lor, wllh 201) casualties. Tho auxiliary high speed transport uates wllh uo casual' ties. The LSM-135, a medium land ing ship, with Zl casualties. Lt. Comdr. Clarence William Beckor,1 t he " LoiigsliaWs com mander, whose w l f o lives at biiicm, Mass., was reported missing, Comdr. Ronald Lcc Wilson, commander of tho Drcxlcr, was listed as wound ed, A native of Marlon, 111., ho lives at Los Angeles. Lt. comdr. Henry A. wu- (Continucd on Page Throo) Gilbert Hatfield Declared Dead Word was received here or Monday that MSut. Gilbert W Hatfield of the United States nrmv nir corns has been offi' clally declared dead after the oxnlratlon of 12 months. Hat field was reported as missing in action on May 12. Jim alter a B-24 Liberator bomber, on which he served as a crew member, was seen to crash into the sea near tho coast of Italy. Tho 28-year-old crewman was based in Italy and was .on a bombardment mission to jporio Son Stefuno In northern Italy. .inst niter the tarect was reach ed off nf the western coast of Italy near tho island of Gian- niiiii. tne Diane susiuinuu uam nun from enemy anuaircruit lire, went into a steep dive and fen into me sea. In a letter written oy eng. Gen. Hooeri H. iJuniop to Jnai lield's wile, Mrs. Elsie M. Hat field of Tucson, Ariz., he said her husband had been awarded thn Air Medal with one silver and one .Bronze Oak Leaf Clus ter, representing six additional awaras oi me &uinu gctuiau. Veteran oi 4o missions over enemy occupied territory, nat- tielQ is survived oy ms who, nls mother, Mrs. Grace Wolfora nf nnklnnd. Cnlit.. two sisters, Mrs, Clnrenco Wise of Wapato, Wash., and Mrs. Letna banders of Bucna, Wash., and two broth ers, SSgt. Thomas Hatfield, United Svutes army air corps, stntloncd in England, and Alfred Hulfield ot uuitiana. Hntflcld is a former resident of Klamath Falls, and altcnoea Klnmnth Union nign scnooi whllo here. King's Government Returns To Office; Majority Cut BONOMI QUITS PLANS iDE TO OINH Umberto To Consult Political Heads On Government By HARRY T. MONTGOMERY Prime Minister W. L. MacKen King's government was back in to office today for another term late returns from yesterday's general election giving it a slim majority in tho new house of commons with the aid of 45 straight liberals and eight sup porting independent - liberals from tho French-speaking prov ince of Quebec. The results were based entire ly on civilian votes and may be aucctcd oy the ballots of ser vice men and women at home and abroad which are not to bo counted for another ten days, mere are approximately 700 000 eligible in the armed ser vice, of whom . about , 500,000 were expected to vote Majority Slashed King and his party, who have governed uanaoa continuously since 1935' and for 18 of the years since 1021, won easily over their nearest rivals, the progressive conservatives, but had their previous overwhelm' inK majority cut sharply. The liberals won 118 of the new parliament's 245 seats and were leading in two others. With eiEht Quebec independent-liber als elected, this gave tho govern ment a majority of at least 1ZB seats. Tho progressive conserva' lives won 62 seats and were leading in three. Strenalh Increased The socialistic CCF (coopera- Five Killed In Sinking of LCS WASHINGTON. June 12 OP) Five crew members were killed and 33 others injured when a landing boat craft was sunk by Japanese suicide plane about 60 miles off Okinawa, the navy re ported today. The 158 -foot support craft, des enated tne LCS (D (31-33 shot down three suicide attack ers before tho fourth got through her anti-aircraft fire to score a hit. Fire from the plane s gasoline immediately enveloped most of iho ship, and she listed aoout au degrees. Fire fighting equipment on board was damaged beyond use so that within five minutes her skipper, Lt. Carroll J, Boone, San Bernardino, Calif., had to order abandon ship. pw-Away Rides To France 'n Glider; Joins Husband bitA.. ItlJUIM. .Tonn in im mi. - "'.hid in a oackina case E owed to France aboard ''dor to be with her usband, an American nir f was told today in n..,bbe.y Pol' court. Chrnn""l.CPPe' Pded Eiiiri !...ii Lyfe1 .a'hor!ty ad liSbBnH..uuUuor?.note lie) miuu was not E ra,!is C. Covenoy EtYard gave tho court Bfifi?-d the yun8 officer H'lCUltini! iji i . KJf!- Then a wVk "SuSl r"'ny. lie Was ordered I to France and she persuaded him to tako her along. They spent the lust day of their honey moon building a special packing case four feet by two feet and Yvonne hid inside. The case was put on the glider along with the rest of tho husbands lug- 8Bl'felt the machine take off, and was very ill on the jour ney," Yvonne told tho magis trate. She pleaded that she was not looking for a thrill in mak ing the trFp, but simply wished to be with her husband. Yvonne's Illegal entry into France was discovered snortiy .ho lnnrlnri there May 18. She wns turned over to the Brit ish consul in Paris and returned to Ensland. Flag Day Plans Made By Elks Public flag doy exercises, with tho Marine Barracks fig uring prominently, will be conducted by tho Klamath Falls Klks lodge on the street In front of the Elks temple Thursday evenng, starting at 7 o'clock, Klamath people wore urged to be on hand promptly at that time to view the drill presentations by the Marine Barracks drum and bugle corps and the drill team. These boys will arrive home from Portland's big bond pro gram Thursday evening just in time to make their Klam ath appearance. "Wo hope there will be a big turnout of Klamath folks to see the marines in action," said Ray Rugcr, exalted ruler of the Elks. At 7:30 p. m. the tradition al Elks flag day ceremony will take place on the steps of the temple. This includes a pageant with members, of the Oregon Women's Ambu lance corps participating. Col. George O. Van Orden, Marine Barracks commanding officer, will make a short ad dress. The Elks officers head ed by Rugcr will present the impressive flag day ritual. T tive commonwealth federation) elected 26 members, the third largest group in the new parlia ment, increasing its strength as expected from the west but electing only one candidate irom tne east. In the last Darliament solved at the end of its five-year tnpm tv. A ..: ,1 1,1 . ...,11 in fiijm, me iiDerais naa 160 seats the conservatives 40 and the CCF 10. Minor parties and independents made up the ICUIUIIIUUI . Close races in many constitu encies may be affected by the service vote, with Prime Min- lonunued on Page Three) WASHINGTON, June 12 fP) Edward A. O'Neal, president of the American Farm Bureau fed eration,, today assailed a price control amendment designed to assure farmers a cost-plus price for their produce as unsound and unworkable. "It would be lmnossihle to administer such a provision ap plying to more man s.uuu.ooo farms, no two of which are exactly alike," O'Neal declared in a statement. Administration leaders confi dently predicted that the amend ment will be knocked out of price control extension legisla tion by the house. - Wagner Confident "The house will take care of that," said Senator Wagner (D NY), who handled the bill for the administration in the senate. Expressing similar confi dence, Senator Majority Leader Barkley (Ky) called the amend ment, sponsored by Senator Wherry (R-Nebr), "silly." Basis of Confusion "It would cause all kinds of confusion by substituting a new formula for the parity price sys- (Continued on Page Three) $662,484 In Bonds To Be Sold A total of $662,484 worth of bonds must be sold in the next 18 days, bond headquarters re ported today, if Klamath county is to reach its quota in the 7th War Loan drive. Sales reported up to June 11 totalled $895,516. Seven wo men's organizations have reach ed or exceeded their individual quotas, including the Catholic Daughters, Daughters of the British Empire, Daughters of the Nile, U and AU chapters of PEO, the VFW auxiliary and Reames auxiliary. ROME, June 12 (P) Premier Ivanhoe Bonomi resigned today. Bonomi had promised a new Italian government as soon as Italy was fully freed. He became premier last June, succeeding Marshal Pietro Ba doglio. The Bonomi govern ment was reorganized last De cember, with a communist and Christian democrat becoming vice-premiers. . Crown Prince Umberto, lieu tenant general of the realm, re served decision on the resigna tion, a communique said, and will begin consultations with Italian political leaders tomor row on the formation of a new government. The Bonomi cabinet, mean while, will remain in office for "ordinary administration," it was announced. TOP L0I.DDN AWARD By W. W. MERCHER - LONDON. June 12 P) Gen Eisenhower received London's Mgnest-honor--'----the -honorary freedom of tne city today and heard Prime Minister Churchill call him a great - commander with the capacity, to direct armies and "stir men s hearts. Later King George VI invest ed Eisenhower with the Order of Merit, at Buckingham palace. The - allied commander is the first U. S. soldier to receive this honor. The king presented the insignia with its crossed swords and blue and crimson rmoon to Eisenhower informally at a tea. Pays Homage With all the pomp and cir cumstance of empire, London paid homage to the American who led the allied armies to vlc- torv in the west. Speaking from a balcony draped in red and decorated with banners and laurel wreaths, Eisenhower told the throne: - - "You-have done something in cementing the bonds that must always remain . between your country . and mine and into which scope must be brought Russia, France, China and all the other great ' countries that (Continued on rage xnree; Marine Patrols Continue Search Marine patrols continued their activity today in tne area near the Marine Barracks where two men, identified by a Pacific combat veteran as Japanese, were seen on Sunday. Sheriff Lloyd Low spent sev eral hours with marine officers yesterday checking clues and was understood to be working on the case again today. State police and the sheriff's office nave cooperated wini iui, George Van Orden, Marine Bar racks commanding officer, in in vestigation of .the odd incident. It was reported that several children. Dlaving Sunday in tho vicinity of Shady Pine, saw two men on a rocky point in the same 'general area in which Ma rine PFC Wavne Curtis saw two men who fled wnen ne cnai- lenged them. Curtis said they were Japanese. Released Prisoner Denies Being Freed For Treatment William Hunter, 19, who was released from the county jail for alleged medical reasons after he had served only one day of 30-doy sentence, denied wis morning in circuit court upon questioning of Judge David R. Vandenberg that he had ever been in the army and that he had received treatment from Doctor Peter H. Rozendal, coun ty health officer, after his release. Hunter was committed to the county jail by Justice J. A. Ma honey, who said this morning that Hunter's mother told him that Hunter had served in the army and had been discharged for medical reasons. Upon questioning by Judge Vandenberg as to why he was released from jail, Hunter said that he didn't know, whereupon the judge said, "I doubt if any one knows and that includes the justice of the peace." . Continued Criticism Judge Vandenberg's com ments today continue a series of incidents which began last week when he was understood to have critcized the county jail. This was later interpreted as criticism of justice court. Vandenberg continued his questioning of Hunter by re viewing his record. Hunter had been in trouble in Oklahoma when he was 17 years old. He was paroled and returned here (Continued on Page Five) Mission Given Task To Organize Poles By The Associated Press LONDON, June 12 VP) A Moscow dispatch said today that mission assigned the task of reorganizing the Polish provisional government would meet soon in Moscow with representatives of the Warsaw government and Poles from outside the country. Foreign missions in Moscow indicated the Big Three, had achieved a basis of understanding on the Polish problem and that the situation generally was improved, while in London a mem ber of the Polish moderate group said he believed Stanislaw hMikolajczyk, former premier of the Polish government in exile. would be invited to discuss the reorganization. The atmosphere appeared to be clearing. A well-informed source in Moscow said the United States and Britain had swung around to Premier Stalin's point of view forcefully expressed several weeks ago that the soviet-sponsored provisional govern- 'ment should be the nucleus of any reorganized Polish administration. Besides - Mikolajczyk. ot h er Poles were expected to be in vited to participate in the re organization, tne Moscow dis patch said. A British foreign office com mentator, however, character ized the Moscow dispatch as somewhat "overly optimistic" and "a bit inaccurate in certain details." He said the foreign of fice planned to issue a state ment soon, nerhaos todav. on the Polish situation, but did not disclose its contents. Peasant-born Mikolajczyk,' who resigned as premier of the exiled government last November in disappointment over its refusal to agree on his plans for an ac cord with the Moscow-recognized group, is known to favor conciliation with Russia. The general atmosphere of op timism over the Polish question was not shared by members of the Polish government in exile here, however.- They were be lieved clinging to the conviction ,that..raost of them would be frozen out of any soviet-accepted plan for-a new and broader- Dased government. ,-i-ra'Jfuh mm SLATED FOR VOTESDOM By JOHN M. HIGHTOWER Associated Press Diplomatic News Editor SAN FRANCISCO, June 12 (JP) Both sides In the United Nations debate . over the big- power veto decided today that the time had . arrived to stop talking and start voting. On this point Foreign Min ister Herbert V. Evatt of Aus tralia and Senator Tom ' Con nally of the United States, op posing leaders, agreed. : It ap peared tnat the veto voting formula would be approved, but witn several countries, wmcn oo not like it, not balloting. , . The formula requires that the United States, Russia, Britain, China and France, as members of the proposed world security council, would have to concur before the council could take any step toward settling an inter national dispute except that any nation party to a dispute would refrain from voting on peaceful settlement measures. The main issue before the United Nations conference com mittee which has the formula in hand is an amendment by Evatt. It would eliminate the concur rence .requirement, and there fore, the veto, from peaceful settlements. ' It does not, how ever, challenge the concurrence requirement on use of force by tne council. MPS SET UP DECREE RULE. CIVILIAN Ml All-Out Okinawa Push 'Nears Completion Of Battle By LEONARD MILLIMAN Associated Press War Editor Japan's reluctant narlfnmant has authorized rule by imperial decree and formation of a spear wielding civilian army in an swer to the American "all-out offensive" to end the Okinawa campaign on Nhmon's ilnnnim and almost unopposed Austral-' fan advances in Borneo. ,. Chinese dispatches claimed the capture of the little manful city of Pinevantr but KnnriH a series of unexpected reverses on three southern sectors. More Air Raids Tokyo renortftri tho nnhi.n' American air attack on the- home islands .was carried into the sixth consecutive day with; 70 Superforts layine mines. I.1K. erators making their debut over the "sacred land," and 40 fight ers sweeping southern air fields. Only a few days' more fight ing against organized resistance remain on Okinawa, said Lt. Gen. Simon Bolivar nm-Vn Jr., as three divisions nf hl 10th army seized strategic heights rjenninff in the lrMt force of 15,000 surviving Nip ponese. His confident statement was made in an airborne offer " to the Japanese general to ne gotiate surrender. The offer was ignored. "All-Out" Drive Tokyo described the infantry and- marine attack as "an all-out offensive," and said it was accompanied by a "sur prise landing -on tne southern beaches of the island: 32A mile south of Japan. This report was uiicuniirmeo. sucn a landing: would, completely encircle Japa nese cornered on a three-mile-long' plateau.. . . In -sharp contrast with the vicious fighting on Okinawa. (Continued on Page' Three) " Investigation Of Reports Of Violence To Veterans In Hospitals Scheduled WASHINGTON. June 12 (JP) The house veterans ; committee today decided to investigate cnarges of . sickening . t . physi cal violence" inflicted ; on pa tients at the neuro-psychiatric hospital for veterans at North- port, in. Y. The charges were made by tne veterans of Foreign- Wars. although two other veterans or ganizations reported finding New Sea Scout Ship "Elk' iceaH eMaeK . Pictured is the new Sea Scout thin "Elk" on its first run after it was christened at Upper Klamath lake on Saturday. The ship was presented to the troop by the navy. This branch of the Sea Scouts is sponsored by the Elks, and shown are nay Ruger, exalted ruler, and "Whitey" Goodwin, a member, the only "civil ians" pictured. conditions' in the average veter ans hospitals generally' good. ' Chairman Rankin (D-Miss.) subpoenaed the officer in charge at Northport, Col. Louis Verdel, to appear before the committee Thursday. . Negoes Convicted The action followed testimony before the committee recently that 13 enlisted negro soldiers had been convicted of mistreat ing patients at the Northport hospital and . that . similar charges had been: brought against seven white civilian at tendants. Rep. Kearney (R-N. Y.) read to the committee today a tele- gram which he said had- been sent to Brig. Gen. Frank Hines, veterans administrator, asking immediate suspension of Col. Verdel. . "It certainly has been rtm. onstrated; the- telegram read, s , uut a pruper indi vidual to be in charee of that. institution.. These cases ... re volt not only the veteran of America but the entire Ameri can public. inhumane Plane" "Incompetency and inpffirlen. cy in the facility . . certainly demonstrates inability to con duct it on a humane plane in treatment of our veterans." The committee subnopnanrl Maj. William J. Turner, a doc tor at Northport,. to testify on conditions there. At the same meeting, com mittee members will investigate conditions at the Dayton, OI, veterans hospital and question its manager, John H. Ale. ' Rep. Ramey (R-Ohio) told the committee he has had reports from veterans of this war that they have been "used like dogs" at. the Dayton hospital.: v . . inspection Hesults ' The VFW placed the results of a hospital-by-hospital inspec tion before the committee. It said 47 per cent of all vet- erans hospitals provide inade quate hospitalization, it criti cized VA management here and in the hospitals and reported a shortage nf trnlnpH rinptnra.' nf beds and facilities. .. - Separate Reports Simultaneously, two other ex- service organizations iiled sepa rate reports with the commit tee. " . . . ;i The American Lesion said that "on the average" condi tions in veterans hospitals were found to compare favorably with civilian institutions and in some instances were better. The Disabled American Vet erans reiterated t-hat there should be more hospital con struction but that "in genera), conditions at veterans hospitals (Continued on rage live) ... i
