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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
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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
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