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Inns nttnclc ono of our posl-
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fon 0f u banzai cluirgc
i in usuauy mu iu mu.- ui
(ulcldo resistance.
n,inA hv 00 minutoii of
Lr, machine gun and rlflo
ln I seems to bo to charge In-
ur INH'S minu u -o w"
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any raic, uiuy mmim-n
goiil. They were all shot
tERE l a grisly sidelight on
the kind or enemy were
KliiK In the Pnclflc. At ono
t S xt 1 marines iuor u in
..m l,o .tun. lind killed
tat llirlr own wounded.
fcerc hiive oeen numerous nc
Its of retiring Japs killing
I woumlca wno couian i oo
fed, Inking with them only
Whoso- injuries wcro u
in mnlrn It nnHllhln tn
Ihem back Into the fighting
Idy. That may help to bc
t for the largo numbers of
Head counted.
KVO radio practically rubs
Iklnnwa off the slnto, an
icing that tho bottle there
ntcrcd the last stage of hand
,nd fighting.
izukl, quoted rather extcn
y, In the broadcast, doesn't
ir the Idea promulgated by
lop radio a whilo back that
wa Is a "decisive battle
will determlno tho outcome
e war" (that was when they
whipping up the Jap gar
there to stave us off at any
zukl ollows today that "all
n Is girding for Invasion of
lomelnnd and tho Jap army
minting on overwhelming
rlorlty of numbers to stop H
it beaches."
ounds a little screwy. We're
likely to storm Japan as we
ncd Okinawa. At least not
sway. That would be fight
he war the JAP WAY. There
bo a lot of bombing and
ring out first.
.
ERE is an estimate' in the
ilipatche today -that some-
between.. .780,000 and
1,000 Japs were KILLED ln
Supcrfort raids on Tokyo
Yokohama ALONE.
......
KYO radio springs a really
ood one. It boasts that Gen
Simon Bolivar Buckncr,
gave tho surrounded Okl
i Jnps a chanco to surrender
ithcr day, Is the "first Amcr
gcncrol to SUFFER THE
ARRASSMENT of a formal
Hon of a surrender, de
1." icse Japsl
Australians have taken
o of the tHrce Important
kids In north Borneo a
footer on Labuan island and
(0-footcr at Brunei and are
after the third and only
lining one, located on La-
isinnrt about live miles
the first one taken.
Icy arc beginning to run
mc heavier fighting tncy
expected. Some of it is
fibed as not on the big scale
fe Philippines but Just as
f explanation of the ease of
sir first landings seems to
fi the Japs expected tnc
on attempt at Jcsselton, 60
northwest of Brunei, and
the bulk of their forces con-
fated there, leaving Brunei
fveiy undefended,
o of the war's prime tricks
nu mo enemy wncre ne
It BDoears to have
icd this time,
i
pdition to oil, there are big
boor plantations all around
pi bay. Wo could use
p's rubber as well as her
( a mixture of natural rub-
Pelps synthetic Ereatlv In
resent state of our technical
less.
t
DRCHILL, disclosing to the
puso of commons today that
tm Atlee, leader of the
pnriy, will accompany him
meet nir nf thn ma Three.
f tcs that the session is likely
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PRICE FIVE CENTS
KLAMATH FALLS. OREGON, THURSDAY. JUNE 14. 1945
Number 10491
Trials For 16
Polish Leade
Set By Soviet
LONDON, June 14 (!) The Moscow radio said today that
the 19 Polish political leaders accused of "terroristic acts" be
hind red army lines would be tried "within the next few days."
The broadcast named Gen. Bronislaw Okullckl as ring leader
of the Polish group which It said would be charged specifically
with "organising terroristic acts and maintaining illegal wireless
transmitters in the rear of soviet troops in Poland."
Earlier, Moscow had announced the arrival of Warsaw 'dele
gates to the Big Three conference over the future of Poland. The
Polish government in London expressed Indignation over the
meeting, which aims to form a
polish government of national
POISON DARTS
USED AGAINST
Killed
Roy V. Bitfer
NIPS ON ISLE
Br JAMES HUTCHESON
BRUNEI BAY, Borneo, June
14 tin Primitive Dyoks of Bor
neo have attacked the Japanese
with poison-dart blowers ln in
dependent support of the Aus
tralian invasion to liberate their
home island.
Natives outside of Brunei
town told today how the fierce
Dyak aborigines donned battle
regalia and killed 14 Japanese
In the last two days.
Thev said the Dvaks ambush-
Ml thm Jananese and killed them
with blow darts, swords and
spears. They even have crude
bayonets mounted on the ends of
tnetr mow guns. "
. Gain Inland
..KOV.vlvancci of the Ausslcs
toward Brunei town, wnose cap
ture is Imminent Increased to
IS miles the push inland since
the June 10 landing. ,
' Small amphibious landings up
tho Brunei river were coordi
nated with the overland advance
along roads.
Tank-led Australian ninth m-
..lolnn trnnn arn battling JaP'l-
ncse through swamp and lunf lc
for the only remaining airfJeld
In this invaded north Br.rneo
area after overrunning the other
tWO Without a IlglH, n.'Buquui-I..-
MnnHitH tnHnv.
Tho jsnn-foot Labum island
airfield, occupied a few hours
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GOP Moves To
Cut Extension
WASHINGTON, June 14 JP)
A sharp fight shaped up in the
i Ui nn a republican
move to hold OPA's new lease
on life to six months. The ad
w.ir,i,imtinn ' Is asking for ai
at least a year's extension. :
u.... Dnmihtimn Leader Mar
tin, of Massachusetts, called in
his steering committee, and after
the meeting broke up he told
ThXTe'belleve OPA must
be continued, it snoura oe lim
ited to six months, so at the
end of that time we can take
another look at it and take ad
vantage of any changes needed
for adjustment to war and re
conversion aenwpi""'-
PFC Roy Basler
Dies On Okinawa
In a telegram from the war
department on June 5, Mrs.
Gladys L. Basler was . to'0"0
that her husband, PFC Roy v.
Basler, United States army was
killed in action on "-"-.-:
Anrll 27. He was serving with
the 27th division ln the Pacific.
thBt?er waTlnducted 14 months
ago? and prior to that time was
employed by the Klamath Ma
chine and Locomotive company
and the Pacific Fruit and Pro
duce company. After receiving
training at Camp Croft, S. .
he reported for overseos duty
eight months ago.
Yhe 31-year-old soldier is a
7,'. vn.n:. coming to
tear-old son, Larry Gail, who
out Altamont drive
in Klamath Falls. Basler Is sur
vlved by his W'JS
Mrs. A. M. Basler of Erie,
Kansas, five Jfnor.
uha Neva and Roberta oi
Kansas, and Beulah of Missouri,
and five brothers, George of
Mcdford, t,eon au v....
Bartlesvllle. Oklahoma, Loren of
hn Un ted States navy, mm
Dennis of Kansas.
His brother John received a
medical discharge in Januwy of
1945 after b e 1 n g seriously
wounded in the North African
served for five years with the
unity,
The Moscow broadcast about
the impending trial said:
"Investigation by the chief
of the military office has now
been completed. In this case a
total of 16 persons will be tried.
The case has been put before
the military collegium of the
supreme court of the USSR for
investigation. Hearing of the
case will take place in the next
few days."
Hope For Failure
The London Poles apparently
were clinging to the hope that
the Moscow conference, open
ing Friday, would bog down
over the difficult problems
which lie ahead of the dele
gates. Among these problems
Is the matter of the Polish
army, many of those leaders
profess loyalty to the exiled
government. The conference
must consider also the disposi
tion of Polish assets and Polish
debts at present on the , books
of the London group.
An emergency cabinet session
ot the London Polish govern
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CHURCHILL REPORTS
RELATIONS IMPROVE
By
IV JAMES F. KING
LONDON, June 14 (P)
Prime Minister Churchill told
commons today that relations
among Great Britain, the United
States and Russia had improved
and that there was no "real
basis" . for misunderstanding
with France over Syria.
British-Russian relations par
ticularly have "underaone a
marked improvement in the last
week or so" with the breaking
of the deadlock over Poland,
Churchill said.
He said Gen. De Gaulle was
sending Former Premier Ed
ouard Herriot to London to ad
judicate differences between the
countries, declaring:
"We have no idea of trying
(Continued on Page Two)
Chinese Reach
Liuchow Suburbs
. CHUNGKING, June 14 (JP)
The Chinese high command an
nounced today that Chinese
forces had reached the suburbs
of Liuchow, former U. S. air
base site in Kwangsi province,
and wero engaged In. fierce fight
ing with . Japanese troops.
The announcement also said
heavy fighting was continuing
in the suburbs of Ishan, railway
town 43 miles west of Liuchow,
which the Chinese evacuated
Monday under heavy Japanese
pressure after holding it for a
single day.
It's A Great Flag W ith A Thrilling History
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OFJAPANESE
36-Hour Grenade Duel
Won On Okinawa
By U. S.
SAN FRANCISCO, June 14
(P) Japanese Premier Kantaro
Suzuki declared today, after
virtually acknowledging the im
pending fall' of Okinawa, that
preparations were "complete and
perfect" for the defense of the
Nipponese homeland against in
vasion. Japan's press and radio dis
patches; recorded by the federal
communications c o m m i s sion,
gave much prominence to Su
zuki's statements, in which he
also admitted the military had
taken over the rule of the coun
try; '
' Won't Resign
He declared the fall of Ok
inawa to the American troops
would not lead to his resigna
tion as premier.
, Suzuki, expressing himself at
a - press conference, remarked
upon the fall of Germany and
commented:
"There is a whole world's dif
ference between these German
soldiers and the Japanese army
and people, who are willing to
die in' action for the lause in
which they believe.
Inferior Materially
"We may be far inferior to
the enemv materially but it is
on the battlefield in the coming
battle of decision that we Jap
anese will prove our mettle as
true warriors far superior to
the enemy."
The Japanese people mean
while were instructed to make
of the home islands "a fortress
(Continued on Page Two)
Nips Hold Up
Yank Advances
' MANILA, June 14 (P) Des
perate Japanese forces, compos
ed largely of beached naval per
sonnel, are fighting tenaciously
and fanatically to prevent a
Yank advance along the east
and west banks of the Davao
river on southeastern Mindanao.
- For a week these Japanese
have held up a large-scale Amer
ican advance.
4 Klamath pays special honors to Old Glory In public Flag Day
exercises to be held this evening in iront oi tne tilts temple. De
ginning at 7 o'clock. Marin groups will drill, and the Elka
ritualistic ceremony will feature the history of the flag, and
talk by Col. George Van Orden of the Marine Barracks.
Flags to be used in the flag history - pageant are pictured
above, held by Waves from. the Klamath naval air station. Left to
right:.
S 1c Blanche McCreery, holding the red cross of England,
the flag of Henry the Seventh, planted on North American soil
by John Cabot.
SKO 2 c Naomi Haase holding the British "union of the
king's colors" which flew over the colonies, from the landing of
the Mayflower until 1775.
SK 3c Patricia Campbell holds the British flag-as it appeared
after a change in 1607 from blue to crimson, with two crosses on
a blue field in the upper-corner, i-i.v.v. J !
SK 37c Lee Paddock holds the- pine' tree flag, which was
adopted by Colonial vessels in 1775 and, was carried by Ameri
cans in the battle of Bunker hill. .
Y 3c Hazel Foss holds the snake flag of th southern colonies
frnm I77B n 1777. i, . .- . - ,-
Y 3c Sybil Scroggi holds the flag' adopted," by continental-
congress in 1775 as the single Mag lor all the colonies.
- Y 3c Florence Sweet holds the original United States-flag
with 13 stripes and 13 stars, adopted , June 14, 1777.
S 1c Lillian Hagen holds the flag of IS stars and 15 stripes,
which was adopted after two mora states wore admitted to the
Union. It was this flag that inspired Francis -Scott Key- to writ
"The Star Spangled Banner." v -.
SKD 2c Peggy Wilson holds the. present day flag 13 stripes
and 48 stars. '
War At Sea Costs America
1554 Merchant Ships Lost
WASHINGTON, June 14 (iP)
The war at sea cost this country
1554 merchant ships up to V-E
dav and 6579 crewmen dead or
missing. The army lost 3804
soldiers drowned in troop move
ments against Italy and Germany.
Aaalnst these sobering fig
ures, however, Americans were
told today that their shipbuild
ers sent more than seven tons
of cargo shipping down the
ways for every ton lost to the
axis.
And the army's safety record
for its men was described of
ficially as nearly twice as good
as that of the first World war.
Th maritime commission said
the 1554 vessels lost flying the
United States flag aggregated
6,277,077 deadweight tons. They
fell prey to submarines, enemy
mines or planes and wartime
navigation hazards from Sept.
1, 1838, to iasi may o.
. - Losses Outweighed
i fir nntweiahins this were de
liveries of 5,016 ships totaling
48,674,000 deadweight tons, built
in the three years, 1942-43-44. .
Commission Chairman Emory
s. Land did not minimize the
I severity -of the axis, toll, how-
ever, saying the sinkings were
accompanied by "heavy loss of
life," he added that the casualty
toll was raised to 6066 on May
1 by 487 seamen and officers
listed as prisoners of war.
4770 Lost
, ; Simultaneously last night the
navy and the British admiralty
released figures showing that a
total of 470 allied and neutral
merchant ships were lost by
direct enemy action. Their
weight, expressed in gross ton
nage figures that are less im
pressive than the deadweight
basis used by the maritime com
mission, was placed at 21,140,
000 tons. .
Nearly half of the army's
troop losses, also announced last
night, resulted from the sink
ing of two British - operated
ships, said Maj. Gen. C. P.
Gross, chief of army transpor
tation. Estimating that the 4,458,061
troops embarked from this coun
try made an additional trip at
sea between theaters, Gross said
the loss amounted to only four
out of every 10,000 as against
7.2 soldiers of every 10,000 in
the first World war. In that
conflict, 2,008,931 troops were
moved to France.
Small Nations Ask Right
To Withdraw From League
By JOHN M. HIGHTOWER
Associated Press Diplomatic.
News Editor
SAN FRANCISCO, June 14
(P) The struggle of small na
tions to ' protect themselves
against the big power control
of a world league finally boiled
down today to one -demand
Stolen Car Used
By Vacationers
Most of the property stolen
early in June from three cot
tages at Crescent lake belonging
to Edgar Osborne, Ray Aiken,
and Art Macken, all of Tulelake,
was recovered June 7 by Port
land police through a peculiar
set of circumstances, state, po
lice reported today.
State police checked at
Spraguo river Wednesday and
found that the car used by the
thieves belonged to the Ameri
can Box corporation in Sprague
River. On June 2, Peter M.
Cowbraugh, supervisor of the
corporation, was in Portland and'
stored his automobile at the
Imperial garage.
Sometime after 4:30 p. m. on.
June 2 the car was stolen from
the garage, Cowbraugh told state
police. On June 7 the car was
recovered in Portland by Port
land police at 3rd and Couch
and the majority of the proper
ty stolen from the Crescent lake
cabins was found in it. The prop
erty will be restored to the
rightful owners as soon as pos
sible, state police said today.
Officers said that the thieves
evidently stole the car, drove to
Crescent lake and broke into the
cabins where they lived for four
days and ransacked the cabins,
and then returned to Portland.
A portable phonograph and an
album of records which were
left at the cabins are the prop
erty of Cowbraugh. state police
said. -
State police and the sheriff's
office are still investigating the
theft. .- -
Rebel Yell?
CHEYENNE, Wyo.. June 14
(P) A southern soldier at
Fort Francis E. Warren was
assigned the role of -a "Jap"
for maneuvers and told to
make a nip -type suicidal
charge with all the sound
effects.
He charged yelling "Banzai,
you all."
the right to withdraw from the
organization: whenever -t hey
wish. -
- Indications are that this de
mand will be granted, although
with some strines attached. The
big powers, -having triumphed
on the veto issue, are agreeame
provided ' they now - get two
other things they want:
Want Restriction -
1. A restriction that the char
ter being drawn up at the United
Nations conference , cannot be
amended except on ' complete
agreement of the. United States,
Britain, Russia, France and
China.- . .- - . :
- 2. A punishment clause under
which nations, judged guilty of
grave- violations of the charter
would be expelled from, the or
ganization. Main Problems . .
These are the main, . closely
related, problems for the closing
days of the conference, prolong
ed discussion of them appears to
be one of the chief reasons why
the conference leadership has
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L
lU BY BRITONS
LONDON. June 14 W) the
British government, in a sweep
ing "new aeai zor inaia, pro
nosed today, a new executive
council -which would be-almost
entirely Indian and, in the words
ot - viceroy i,ora wayeu, rep
resent a definite advance on -the
l : ... ,i . v- r-i-
roao- .TO- seu-goverrancHt. - 1. . -At
the same time-that the jec
retarv of state -ior. India; L'S.
Amery,- unfolded' the statement
oi puiury.-'iu .poiiitiiiiesii,.; xjuiu
Wavell announced in . a ' radio
broadcast from New Delhi that
orders had -been- given for the
release of members of tne worK-
ine committee of the Indian all-
congress party; still in detention1
Gandhi Freed v' j,
Mohandas K.- Gandhi,- spirit
ual leader, of the party, was re
leased:. May, 5, 1844, - after nx
months detention. -. - i '
The British government's
white; paper emphasized that - its
main position remained as it was
-tnat tne - worKing out.or In
dia s constitutional system , is a
task which can only be carried
..(Continued on ?age Two)
Showdown
On War
Looms, Belief
WASHINGTON, June 14 (P)
Chairman Cannon (D-Mo.) of the
house appropriations committee
told the house today:
"It is the opinion of military
authorities either that Japan
will, surrender within the next
90 days or; the war will settle
down to be of long duration.
In the latter event, he said,
the United, States, is prepared to
use air- power and pin-point
bombing in a war of attrition
against the Japanese'. He stated
in this, connection: :
"We'd rather, fight a little
longer that way and starve them
out, and thus save our men."
Cannon's remarks occurred
during a discussion, of proposed
appropriation; cutbacks for sr
nous war Hgeiiciea. .-
By ROBBIN COONS
GUAM. June 14 (tP) Marines
shattered one major pocket of
Japanese on Okinawa yester
day, and Yank- infantrymen
drove two 400-yard wedges into
the remaining 13 square mile
area still held by the Mikado's
men, after wiping out a banzai
attack and winning a 36-hour
grenade duel. -
Tokyo . broadcasts conceded
the plight of 10,000 survivors,
including every man and wom
an over 15 who was physically
able to fight, was "truly des
perate." And Premier Adm.
Kantaro Suzuki conceded loss of
the. island, 325 miles from
Japan, by .saying neither the
fate of the homeland nor his
own as premier hung on the
outcome ot tne Okinawa battle.
Buckner Embarrassed"
Radio Tokvo boasted that Lt.
Gen. Simon Bolivar Buckner
Jr., U. S. tenth army command
er,, was' tne first American gen
eral to suffer the "embarrass
ment of a formal, rejection" of
a surrender demand. Dispatches
from the front said Buckner's
offer was ignored but the tricky
Japanese took advantage of a
temporary suspension of artil
lery fire during preparations for
possible -peace to fortify a hill
on the western flank treachery
which cost the lives of Ameri
can marines. .
une oanzai cnarge, xne ex
pected forerunner of other sui
cide attacks, was made by 300
screaming Nipponese against the
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9th Army To Return: 3rd,
7th, 15th To Occupy Reich
SUPREME HEADQUARTERS
ALLIED EXPEDITIONARY
FORCE, June 14 P) Authori
tative quarters -said today that
Lt. Gen. William H. Simpson's
U. S. 9th army' was scheduled
to return to the United States
in July or shortly thereafter.
It was learned authoritatively
that the U. S. 15th army would
remain in Germany, in an oc
cupation role with the third and
seventh armies, at least until
December.
If by. December,. the situation
is such that the 15th army no
longer is -needed on the conti
nent,' it will become surplus,
said a highly placed informant
who. may not be. Identified by
name., That means the 15th
army -would then return to the
United States for, transfer .to
the Pacific, if it. is needed there.
Details Unknown
. How -many ninth army divi
sions will be started home July
1 and how many of those reach
ing the United States will con
tinue to the Pacific could: not
be learned. : - - j
-However, It is logical to as
sume that the ninth army head
quarters-will follow the first
army to the Pacific', regardless
of what divisions it has under
its command.
The retention- of three Ameri
can armies instead of two in
occupation roles represents
change in plans. The necessity
of using three armies in the
American zone of occupation
for at least eight months after
tne German surrender was not
explained. ' ' -'V' .
3rd, 7th Remain
The third and seventh armies
which will remain as; long as
ine American, zone is occupied
will include' the 400,000 men
originally earmaritea for occu
pation duties.
The U. S. 97th infantry dlvi-
sion is the second complete divi
sion to. leave tne European tne
ater and is now boarding ship
at Le . Havre. The 86th division
is the other. Both possibly are
slated tor tne pacific..'
' .They, will be followed short
ly' bv "the second, fifth. 54th,
87th, 95th and 104th infantry
divisions and the 13th armored
division, all of which are to be
sent to the Pacific by way of
the United States, communica
tions zone - headquarters . an
nounced.
A strongly-worded appeal for
the, state building fund meas
ure at the special election June
22. was voiced Thursday by Rob
ert L. Farrell,, Oregon secretary
of state, in a talk to the Ki
wanis club. It was also bond sale
day at the service club luncheon,
and $3000 in newly-purchased
bonds were, credited to the meeting.-.
.'.' - : '
- Jjarreu said mat Because oi
the ' nrave need for additional
building at state institutions, the
building fund item is one of the
most important ever to come be
fore the people of the state.
He explained that the $10,
000,000 proposed building fund
will not be an additional tax.
It will, come out of income tax
surpluses already on hand. Peo
ple, of tne -state, Dy voting a
property tax levy which- can be
eliminated by the income tax
surplus, will be merely releasing
the use of the income tax money
for the vitally-needed state
buildings.
Farrell mentioned the situa
tion at the state training school
at.Woodbum as an example of
the space shortage in state in
stitutions. The institution is now
accommodating 45 more boys
than it was built for, and it has
reached the place where new ar
rivals are held up until some
one- can be sent put to , make
room.-. .'.'..- i
Part of the money will be
spent on a building program for
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Forts, Liberators
Reach Manila
SAN FRANCISCO, June 14
(IP) The Japanese deciarea to
day that scores of Flying Fort
resses and Liberators had reach
ed Manila from the European ,
theater where they helped bomb
Germany into defeat.
A Domel news agency ais
nntrh rprarded bv the federal
communications commission
characterized the reported mi
gration as part of a consolida
tion of U. S. air forces south of
the Japanese homeland.
: There was no official con
firmation of the report, although
the American air forces have .
told the Japanese these veterans
of the European fighting were
coming after them next.
Klamath In 3rd
Place In Drive
Klamath county is now tied
for third place among the "big
ten" counties of Oregon in E ,
bond sales. " ' . .
Washington and ciacKamas
county are first and second, ,
respectively. Klamath is tied .
with Multnomah.. .
Klamath's total was $894,428
when the check-up was made.
The "big ten" are the counties ,
with a quota' of more .than $1
million In E bonds to make.
The county which is first to
make its quota will have a ship
named for it at the Kaiser yards
In Portland
army Infantry.
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