y FHANK JENKINS
r' ,.,lnu urn hnrnlnif
-inrnun tanks In the bin
junt south of Brunol boy
rlh Beriioo. If tlicy havo
"no so already, they w 11
mobly dynumlto tho wells.
wIiimi tlicy left (north
I) but the JP ot thcm
m.nratinn rather aulck-
!! muy bo tuken for grunted
w0 iiiivo oil experts and
in, equipment on rcaciy 10
L n, inh an noon an tho Japs
riven out of tho fluids.
. . .
I Invudlng Australians arc
Mjl ni'lKIIlK Kuwv VKivnn,
MlIlK 1 uu rujjui 10. iicj
clearing ' num
,i nninel buy. and are frog-
fiiK southward along the
of uto iniiu hiwmiu
ill fields by means of am-
Lx landings behind the
lines.
Ly arc still encountering
I rn.uinnce. but are op-
tllv under no duluslons as
nt lies iineim u uivm. uu
(Linmiinnit (Australian) says
(chocs a tedious and arduous
feign, ns nis iorccs mum cwi
fot only with Japs but with
Ips, jungles una irupiuui
b.
r . .
b Jnps more Know tncy to
of course, out u nicy iuii
to form they'll keep us
t tho Borneo oil as long as
tile.
urmn. Incidentally, we are
ti seeing something new in
Dnrlfle war Jans fighting
IT OUT and FIGHT AGAIN
Id of digging In and dying
Mr holes.
ih .Inns loft In Burma are
kg eastward toward rnai-
vnna mo uriusn. iikiuhik in
teaching monsoon rains, are
Eig to trap and exterminate
finish fight In Okinawa Is
hlnnriv nne.
ir indomitable marines and
fern nro scaling the cliff
to the Japs are making their
stand. They are proving
kolvcj to bo TOUUMt.lt tnun
tough Jnps, and at the same
kultv. They're running
E-throwlng tnnks up to the
tot tho cmr ana wnenme
k ntnll their ronEO is EX-
BED by hundreds ol feet or
i
ie crew scaled a strategic
i, carrying the nozzlo ol one
Bcso llomo-tnrowing noses.
cd tho point with name,
ne out tho defending Japs,
let down a rope mat was
led hand over hand by
comrades with machine
snd ammunition strapped to
backs.
this, romcmbcr. under
of Jap machine gun, rifle,
ir and grenade lire.
Jap radio is literally
ualllns about- converting
OF JAPAN Into anothor
kwa, that we'll havo to take
by hole and cave by cave
guesses that even the Jap
gandlsts know better.
v mav be m-omotlng this
f-evory-holc-ln-the-nomciana
klgn In the hope that when
MN'T tackle It that way
utrangoly sappy peoplo will
tncy navo us Diuuca ana
II steamed ud again with
and enthusiasm.
t never can tell what a Jap
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KLAMATH FALLS. OREGON. WEDNESDAY, JUNE 13. 1345
Number 10490
TOP JAPANESE
MAY RESIGN
OKINAWAFA
IF
LLS
Suzuki Grabs Record
Amount Of Power
In Nippon
By JAMES D. WHITE
WASHINGTON. June la lIA
Tokyo's Suzuki government has
grubbed more power than any
other cabinet In Japanese his
tory, but Washington observers
would not be surprised to see it
resign wncn uxinawa fnlls,
That is the Japanese pattern.
Tojo quit when Salpan fell, and
Koiso stepped down after the
loss of Iwo Jima.
But officials here charged
with watching Japanese devel
opments cautioned today that
rcgnrdlcss of whether the cab
inet of Premier Admiral Suzuki
resigns to satisfy Japanese cus
tom or not, it now has unpre
cedented power to rule by do
creo. Must T.ll Dl.l
This power has been voted by
the Japanese parliament, or diet,
and the only string attached is
(continued on Page Two)
t David Cox
lously Hurt
Nayoma Cox of Bonan-
eclved word from the war
fmcnt on Tuesday that her
sld. PFC DnvIH H. Cox of
Enltcd States army infan
'as seriously wounded on
wa on May 14, This was
pi major campaign over
Roving arrived in ireoru'
mis year.
wns inducted into the
forces in September of
nnd took his training at
Roberts In rnllfnrnln. He
led both grade and high
rin Bonanza, and prior
Induction, was employed
e Orogon-Nevada-Callfor-
pst f reight. His mother,
pladys Cox, resides at
parent in Klamath t ans.
liam Foss
?d In Action
Id Was Fflnnlunt In TMnm.
I lis that Capt. William C.
E .I,, united States army
Prtlllerv UIDi IrlllMl In nr.
P Okinawa about the first
l ie mp.qsniff umiq re.
inrougn a letter written
Mother, Frank Foss, who
111 thft DnnlfL IKnnlni.
tin . . n i-i. i. iiicniv,
Hh him.
's the husband of the
"""y. Calif. His two
uaugnteri, Irene and
"vo with their mother
southern city, Ho is the
in.",' mrl- uoidle K.es
of this city.
ir-! un UULV ill
" arDOr Onrl tk T3Ul11n
nd was with an advanced
"ie invasion of Oki-
WASHINGTON, June 13 ' OP)
President Truman today repeat
ed the hope that the house rules
committee will give the house a
chance to vote on legislation
making permanent a federal fair
employment practices commit
tee. Ho expressed the hope to a
news conference when asked to
comment on rules committee ac
tion of yesterday refusing by a
6-0 tie vote to give such legisla
tion a place on the house cal
endar. Mr. Truman last week wrote
Chairman-Sabath (D-Ill.) of tho
rules committee askinga vote
(Continued on Pago Two)
Harvey Baker
Dies On Okinawa
Word was received on Mon
day by Mrs. Ted Knopp, 1402
Dayton, that her son, PFC Har
vey E. Baker, 22, United States
army, was killed in action May
2 on Okinawa,
Baker enlisted in the army
in June, 1943, and received his
training at Camp Roberts, Cali
fornia. Reporting for overseas
duty in November of the same
year, he participated in several
major engagements in the Pa
cific theater of war, Including
Saipan. and Okinawa.
He attended both grade and
hlsh schools in Klamath Falls,
and prior to his enlistment was
employed at the Swan Island
shipyards In Portland. He is the
holder ot tne uomoai inuuiu-y
man's badge for action on Sai-i
pan.
Big 3 Meeting
Plans Slated,
Says Truman
WASHINGTON, Junt 13 (P) President Tiuman announced
today that a Big Three mooting has boon set. but he said he
could not announce the time or place until his arrival there,
.i. Th,re,ldent also told a newt conftrtnet that he txpecttd
tht meeting at Moscow this Friday to work out a unliitd Polish
government on a broad bast to product rttultt.
In oovioui good humor following an earlier conference
with Harry Hopkins and Joseph E. Davits, hit representatives
to Moscow and London, the president told the reporteri tht rt
sults thty had obtainad hava.batn completely satisfactory and
gratifying.
He said ho would take Secrotary of State Edward R. Stetlin
ius Jr., James F. Byrnes, former war mobilixer, Hopkins and
Davies to the Big Three meeting with him, the latter two if their
health permits.
The president said the all Important thing was that London,
Washington and Moscow continue the unity, confidence and re-
Tspect which brought results in
the military picture to make
BIG 5 VOTED
VETO GDNTRO
L
OVER LEAGUE
Br DOUGLAS B. CORNELL
SAN FRANCISCO, Junt 13
W) Tht longest and perhaps
bitterest battle of the United
Nations conference ended to
day In defeat for small powers
and the sealing of Big Five
vtto control over peace
enforcement mechanism of a
new world laagut.
Little countries, with Aus
tralia in the van, fought hard
to keep Britain. Russia, China,
France and the United States
from having a veto over peace
ful stttlement of disputes.
But they lost. Many conceded
in advance they would.
SAN FRANCISCO, June 13
(P) Defeat of an Australian
amendment cleared the way to
day for approval in a United
Nations conference committee
of the big-five demand for total
(Continued on Page Two)
WASHINGTON. June 13 ()
The American Federation of
Labor today advocated "a com
prehensive program ot improved
education and health service"
for the nation's youth as a sub
stitute for peacetime draft leg
islation. 1
The AFL views were present
ed to the house postwar mili
tary policy committee in a state
ment prepared by Lewis G.
Hines, national legislative rep
resentative. Hines recalled that
the federation's executive coun
cil last February adopted a res
olution opposing universal mili
tary training.
Noting that advocates of a
postwar draft have emphasized
the necessity for future pre
paredness, the AFL statement
asked:
"Preparedness for what? If
we are on the brink of another
(Continued on Page Two)
sure a lasting peace.
He, Marshal Stalin and Prime
Minister Churchill, he said,
must trust each other.
Discussing last night's an
nouncement regarding the forth
coming meeting of American,
Russian and British representa
tives with three groups of
Polish representatives, the pres
ident said he thought we are oh
the way to a settlement of that
issue.
He said that while no mem
bers of the present Polish gov
ernment in London were invit
ed to the meeting, the United
States still recognizes the London-Polish
government.
He expressed some concern
when reporters sought to pin
him down on detail as to the
position-of the--London -government.
The president reminded his
questioners that Russia had
done some very pleasant yield
ing on this and some other
questions and that all should
keep their heads.
. The. Russians, he said, are just
as anxious to get along with us
as we are with them.
He would not give reporters
any hint whatsoever on the lo
cale or time of the Big Three
meeting other than to say that
it will be within the 40-day lim
it he announced at a news con
ference last Thursday.
Asked what would happen to
the Polish exiled government
if a unified Polish government
is set up as a result of the Mos
cow conference, he said it would
go. out of existence since the
meeting is to set up a new gov
ernment in which all could participate.
Passes
t ' ,
7
n
Clarence S. Robertson. 65,
prominent Klamath Falls busi
nessman, died Tuesday evening
following a brief illness.
US.
TAKEN BY DEATH
Death took ,a prominent
Klamath Falls civic leader and
business man at 5:45 p. m. Tues
day at Hillside hospital with the
passing of Clarence Shields Rob
ertson, 65, president of the First
Federal Savings and Loan asso
ciation. Mr. Robertson suffered ; a
heart attack 10 days ago and
faileeVto reeoverv-He -had- been
in good health up until that
time. -
Born May 25, 1880, In
Brownstown, Indiana, Mr. Rob
ertson was the son of Mr. and
Mrs. J. D. Robertson, Indiana
pioneers. He attended school in
that town and at the age of 18
years, settled in Seattle, Wash.
Later he went to work for B.
F. Harrison, hardware merchant
at Bremerton, Wash., and with
in five years Mr. Robertson be
came manager of that firm. He
later entered the hardware busi
ness for himself. On October 21.
1905, Mr. Robertson and Inez
Victoria Lambert were married
in Bremerton which, was long
their home. During his 18 years
of residence in that city, Mr.
Robertson served as presit"'
of the Bremerton chamber of
commerce and also president of
the Olympic hospital.
In 1922, Mr. Robertson moved
his hardware business to Yak
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3604 Yank Soldiers Died
On Troopships During War
WASHINGTON, June 13 MP)
The army disclosed today that
3604 American soldiers died in
the sinking or damage of troop
ships in 41 months- of war
against Germany and Jtaly.
This was a loss of four men
for every 10,000 embarked,
which the army said was a
record nearly twice as good as
that for World War I when the
rate was 7.2. '
There were 4,453,061 troops
Spirit Of Nazism Lingers On In Berlin
As Germans Open Propaganda Campaigns
By EDDIE GILMORE
nF.RI.IN. June 9 (Delayed) (P)
The spirit of nazlsm still lives
In Berlin, virulent and brazen
0n,i u,ith trmerltv enough to
come out on the street and
sprend propaganda aimed at
playing one of the allies off
against another, ,
Houses havo been and are
.at oflrn hv Hitler youths
and at least two Russian officers
have been shot and killed by
snipers. . . .
Without question some fol
lowers of Hitler are performing
Just as the Russians predicted
they would carrying on oper
ations behind the backs of the
.uu. un,) .onirlns to sDread tne
seed of distrust and commit
sabotage wherever they can.
German Mathoa
r uiniklnff alone near
what Is now being used as the
town hall wnen a young ;.
man about 17 or 18 rodo up on
a Sn.y.cJ ho snld in pass
able English, "Are you British,
or American?"
"American,'' i toia n
mir ... olnrf tn see you. he
replied. "Do you know much
about the Russians?" I
I had just arrived ncm i"u i
Moscow, but he apparently
thought I had come from France
or direct from the United States,
so I did not enlighten him.
Same Old Line
He looked around him In a
guarded way and then said:
"We have Just finished a war
with the Russians and you will
have a war with them too."
He talked on and on. It was
the old nazi line the same as
they had used during the war.
A red army officer appeared
down the street. "So long,"
said the young German hopping
on his bicycle and peddling off.
"See you next war."
I have talked to about 50
Germans in Berlin and most of
them are quick to argue that
Germany was not to blame for
the war. While condemning Hit
ler publicly is very popular the
childishness of this tactic ; is
very apparent. The Germans
mechanically ,wait for yourj ap
plause for saying nasty things
about their late fuehrer.
In a bar on Kant street a
young Grman in civilian clothes
obviously fresh out ofj the
wehrmacht or the SS held a
lengthy discussion with mefafter
offering me a non alcChollc
cocktail. t
"Germany Misunderstood"
"Germany," he said, "has al
ways been misunderstood. Look
at all of this destruction. Why
do this to one of the great
centers of world culture? I
hope you will pardon me, but
your American aviators were
slightly barbarous. I cannot see
any other point in such wanton
destruction. How would you
like to look at your monuments
of beauty and culture all
ruined?"
Being in Berlin with all this
destruction around, one hardly
expects -the populace to throw
roses at anyone wearing an
American, British or Russian
uniform, but I was unprepared
for the way most of the Ber
liners have reacted to their de
feat. The Germans I talked to on
the street have heard very little
of German atrocities. Even
Burgomeister Arthur Werjier
expressed considerable surprise
when he was told of some of
the atrocities uncovered in nazi
prison camps.
From the way the Germans
seem to view the entire situa
tion, one gains the impression
that it will take a lot of edu
cation to stamp out the efforts
of nar.l tahin
embarked from the United
States, with 1094 lost on the
outbound trips. However, almost
every soldier made at least two
trips to sea due to inter-theater
and intra-theater moves.
Navies Commended .
Major General C. P. Gross,
chief of transportation, -attributed
the comparatively small loss
of life to the "superlative work
of the allied navies," the allied
air forces, the constant vigil
ance of convoy escorts and to
gun crews aboard transports.
, The greatest loss of American
army personnel occurred when
the British troopship Rohnawas
attacked by air on November
26, 1943, off Djidjelli, Algeria,
and went down within 30 min
utes. Bomb damage, heavy seas
and darkness hampered rescue
work and 1015 men, more than
half the 1981 Americans aboard
died.
The next greatest toll was in
the sinking of the British-controlled
Belgian troopship Leo
poldville torpedoed off Cher
bourg last December 24. Of
2237 American troops, 764 were
lost.
Liberty Ship Sunk
The biggest loss of life on
an American ship came on April
20, 1944, when the Liberty ship
Paul Hamilton was hit by an
aerial torpedo off Algiers, with
504 men and officers lost.
The war department an
nouncement showed that at least
three American ships went
down during the big nazi air
attack on shipping in the Italian
harbor of Barl on the evening
of December 2, 1943, . A total
of 25 Americans were killed in
the sinking of the three ships,
i All the Incidents did not in
volve enemy attack or mines.
In at least one case collision
.was the cause.
A total of 41 ships on which
American lives were lost is ac
counted for in the announce
ment. All did not sink, some
heina towed into nort.
Poles, Big Three
Agents to Discuss
New Government
By ALEX H. SINGLETON
LONDON. June 13 (P) Poles and Big Three, representatives
will discuss reorganization of the Polish provisional government
in Moscow Friday, it was announced today. . .
A British foreign office commentator said "a very serious
deadlock hat been broken," but cautioned that "it it contrary to
ell our txperience to say that it is going to be clear tailing from
now on."
A simultaneous announcement in London, Washington and
Moscow said reorganization of tht Warsaw regima on a broad
democratic basit at "providtd for in tht Crimea agreement on
Poland" would be discussed in the soviet capital by representa
tives of Britain, soviet Russia and the United States, spokesmen
for the provisional government in. 'Warsaw and Polish democratic
leaders.
: Members of the Polish government in exile in London, still
recognized by Britain and the United States, were conspicuously
absent
TRUMAN TERMS
PRICING PLAN
FARMS
WASHINGTON, June 13 (P)
The cost-plus system for farm
production written into pending
OPA extension legislation was
termed bad today by President
Truman.
The chief executive expressed
hope at a news conference that
the amendment, by Senator
Wherry (R-Neb.), will be thrown
out by the house.
Wherry declared he will "fight
to the last ditch"-for his amend
ment. .
Termed "Fraud"
lie challenged a farm official's
declaration that the amendment,
adopted Monday by the senate,
was "a legislative fraud." That
criticism was voiced before the
house banking committee yester
day by James G. Patton, presi
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First Flag On ,
Guam To Be Seen
At Exercises
The first American flag to
make the beach in the recapture
of Guam in early 1944 will be
on display at the Elks Flag Day
exercises to be held on Thurs
day evening.
The flag is the property of
Col. George Van Orden, of the
Marine Barracks, and was lent
to the Elks for this occasion.
It was carried ashore on
Guam on June 21, 1944, in a
tractor of Company A, 3rd am
phibian tractor battalion, third
marines.
Maj. Henry A p p 1 1 n g t o n,
USMC, Amherst, Mass., was in
command. He presented the
flag to Col. Van Orden, who
participated in -the Guam inva
sion. The Flag Day exercises will
start- at 7 p. m., with special
drills by the marine drum and
bugle corps and marine drill
team in front of the courthouse.
Congress Asks,
Query Into Debt
; WASHINGTON, June 13 W)
Demands were voiced in con
gress today for an investigation
ot the settlement of a 200,000
private loan to Brig. Gen. El
liott Roosevelt for $4000.
Caruthers Ewing, general
counsel for the Great Atlantic
& Pacific Tea company, said tn 5
loan was made in 1939 by John
llaitford, president of the A &
P, settled three years latr, and
written off as a bad debt in
Hartford's 1942 income tax re
port. While Rep. Knutson (R-Minn.)
told reporters he believed the in
ternal revenue bureau should in
vestigate, Senator Bridges (R
N.H.) declared in a senate speech
that congress itself should makej
till unjuu,
from the lilt of Poles
who will takt part in the dis
cussion. Responsible quarters here said
that Julian Zakowski, 48-year-old
architect and one of three
London Poles invited to the
conference, had decided, to turn
down the bid on the ground
that ' he has. never been con
nected with politics. ' Regarded
as a liberal socialist who has
no affiliation with the exiled
administration, he ' was under
stood to have been nominated
by the Warsaw provisional gov
ernment. . .
A dispatch from Moscow by
Associated Press Correspondent
Eddy Gilmore said a reliable
diplomatic authority stated the
conference was to be held on
the basis of reorganizing the
government with the soviet
sponsored provisional govern
ment as a nucleus. Gilmore said
diplomats in Moscow believed
there were several good reasons
to be -optimistic. ..i.iv-x.""r"
'. Big Three representatives to
the conference will be Russian
Foreign Commissar ' Vyacheslaw
Molotov, U. S. Ambassador W.
Averell Harriman and . British
Ambassador Sir John Archibald
Clark-Kerr.
Principal Polish leaders se
lected to attend were Boleslaw
Beirut, president of the Warsaw
provisional government; Win
centy' : Witos, former - premier
and leader of -the democratic,
group inside. Poland not affil
iated with the Warsaw govern
ment; and - Stanislaw Mikola
jczyk, peasant party leader who
resigned as premier and with
drew from the exiled govern
ment in London last year.. -
Sheriff Makes
Search For 'Japs'
Sheriff Lloyd ' Low made an
independent search yesterday of
the Swan lake area, Antelope
valley, and Applegate valley in
an effort to find traces of two
men, identified by a marine com
bat veteran as Japanese who,
were reported seen Sunday in
an area near the Marine Bar
racks. -. ;':
Low . spent the ' afternoon
searching for the fugitives but
was unsuccessful in locating the
men. He said today that farmers
and ranchers had been warned
to keep a check on foodstuffs
as sooner or later the men would
have to come out of hiding to
obtain food.
He also stated that he - had
contacted a foreman for Liskey
brothers ranch and that the
foreman had told him that a
cattle round-up would begin
soon in the Meadow lake and
Swan lake country and that a
sharp lookout would be kept for
the fugitives.
Several rumors . have been
forthcoming from various
sources, but so far all have
proved to be false. Low said.
. NIPPONESE
Yank' Ingenuity Aids
In Battle On
Island
By LEONARD MILLIMAN k
Associated Press War Editor
Japan's last defense line on
Okinawa began to crack today
under pressure of American
power applied in pre-dawn at
tacks on both flanks which took
the defenders by surprise. .
Simultaneously Japanese
adopted scorched earth tactics in
one of the finest oil fields on
newly-invaded Borneo. '
Nipponese set fire to tanks in
Borneo's Seria oil fields, capable
of producing 6000 barrels a year,
when invading Australian forces
were 80 miles away and cut off
by thick jungles.
Cut Into Hold
Ingenious American tankmen
packing 500 foot extension hoses
up sheer cliffs helped infantry
men cut deeply into the enemy's
narrowing hold on southern Oki
nawa. '
Japanese flamethrowing tanks
failed to halt U. S. 37th division
infantrymen pushing into Cagay
an valley of northern Luzon
island for the final battles of the
Philippines. Seven were knock
ed out.
Enemy forces did succeed m
temporarily halting Ausslcs
cleaning out Bougainville island
, (Continued on Page Two)
CALIFHi KILLS
' By AL DOPKING '
OKINAWA, June 12 (Delayed)
(JPh-PFC Clarence B. Craft,
Santa Ana, Calif., in a one-man
massacre, killed 30 Japanese and
drove a wedge' that, ...tug regi
mental' commander said. helDed
snap the Japanese Shuri defense
line. ' - , " ' -
Fellow doughboys, ' who had
a ringside seat to "a fighting,
performance we hardly could
believe," told today how Craft
almost single-handed wiped out
strong Japanese pocket in 1U
to 15 minutes. .- .'
Craft, married and the father
of a' 4-year-old son, made his
one-man assault on a 450-foot
hill May 31 when elements of the
96th infantry- division were pin
ned down by intense machine
gun fire. - - .1 -
rloidc up Battalions
For 10 days, Japanese from
this hill had held up two battalions.
Two flanks of two divisions
couldn't move until it was seized.
On May 31. a company and
two platoons assaulted the hill
again.
Then Craft went into action.
When he reached the hilltop, he
began tossing grenades into
trenches ana loxnoies as men
from his platoon passed them up
to him. He straddled a trench,
pouring fire from his Garand
'Continued on rage i wo; r
57 Per Cent Of
Quota Reached
Approximately 57 per cent
of the 7th War Loan quota was
reached here the war bond head
quarters announced today.
It was also stated that 1Z Hi
by 108-inch Pequot sheets have
arrived at bond headquarters,
and the first 12 people to buy a
$1000 bond will receive one of
these sheets free with their bond
purchase. ,
special prizes tor purcnasers
of "E" bonds are being offered
each day at headquarters at five
o'clock every evening, it was an-
nounced. Today's prize was a
pair of shoes, and other prizes
to be given will include ration
ed commodities such as sugar.
State Of Siege
Seen In Bogota
BOGOTA, June 13 . (P) A
government decree yesterday
declared a state of siege in Bo
gota, Colombian capital, be
cause the "public order has
been disturbed."
Other decrees banned meet
ings and demonstrations until
further orders, unless previous
ly authorized by the governor
of the department, and estab
lished censorship by .national
police. j
Where Aussies Invade Borneo
'? SAAWAKj BRUM! V'r ' "' m E
Arrows show locations of the Australian drivlt on Borneo,
where Japanese were today reported to bt burning oil litlds.
60 miitt away from Aussit lines. ' . .
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