iniMc? ixnnnMfo)
ilMfiJiwp
ixn
la
Wslei 416
L PBANJC JENKINS
fen tlio rich diet on which
Ll.nnncr roudors nnd radio
C, wcro fod In the weeks
Hutciy irnicvu i. ...
r . -...rmnnv. the war news
I prCHCm lliuiiiuiiv nuviun
if we ore to understand
must remember thut we
i. in a new period 01
Li Inn. somewhat similar
II In which wo wcto unth'
land training our forces In
td for wo una oinunii m-many.
r - . ,
arc now ongagca in me
L of putting In plcklo for
inch 08 never ha been
iifforo. There will be
nf shooting news from
keltic sooner or inter.
m the weekend, our B-20i
ncked lour smniior Jan
-Hnmnmatsu nnd Yokknl-
ihn Ninioyn oxen of Hon-
os n ma nnci umuia
under 200,000
Tn
four contain mau nut
knnt war factories ana
IJSANDS of little backyard
of uic iyn; oi.i.... .
h heavily for war produc-
'Sulcldo pianos, ir uxuui'
whlrh nro lust about any-
i iimt will fly are made
Mirniv In these lime shops.
fa type of rnklliiK. Gcnnrnl
U told us the other dnv.
lo on until Japanese ahll-
produce iut wui is uu-
Id. : .
Lrlhcrn Luzon, tho Japs
U icn driven out of the
Iri mountains Into tho wide
fcompariitlvely open caga
Snllcy. They aren't doing
ill under these conditions.
WRECKINli TH1S1H
ISPOHT from tho air. The
floor is so id to be strewn
hundreds of their burned-
!jcks nnd tanks,
wis LACK OP TRANS
, rnthcr than lack of men
atcrinls, that rendered the
in army helpless in the
jjays beforo Berlin. The
Must couldn't get the stuff
swhero it wus to where it
ietded.
Japs appear to bo setting
lot of store by Manchurlu.
lurlu is- relatively open.
Is hupponing to their aeel-
forces in tlio Ctigayan
can happen on a bigger
to their better forces in
(urla's opener country.
. . .
roops in the Cagayen val-
are accomDonled by a
lo of camp followers.
wcro 3900 Jodoiicso busl-
pen in ore-Invasion Man-
these wirt tolncd bv
tTLESS carpetbaggers, and
hole kit and boodle of
pre retiring northward be-
fur avenging divisions.
una it impossible to be
ry for these hangers-on as
prouubiy are lor tnem-
BE aro two interesting
jews in the Pacific news
today.
Ihe PhillDDincs during the
eek, 1037 Japs have SUR
ERED. That is a new rcc
r Jap captives.
Guam there is an even
ilgniflcant development. A
dicer and 33 of his men
wd hid out in tho jungles
onths coma In and give
lives up. It wasn't hunger
orccd them In, for they
(lump and well nourished,
leem to have come to the
sion that dying in a lost
ps just plain foolish.
way, after considerable
pting, thev camo in and
to n dcrcd unconditionally,
idmiltcd that Japan can't
ic war, asked first of all
icnance to learn English,
fid they ere looking for-
o a japan in which Busnt-
pe suicide code) doesn't
swallow doesn't make
pimcr, and surrender of a
ps cioesn t mean that the
Jap suicide code is
ng in the face of failure.
Is a CHINK In thn armor.
pitinucd on Page Four)
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Telephone 81 Ml
iiMiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiniffiiiiiiiii inn i mi
June IB. 1945
Max. (June 17) ...87 Min. ..........50
Precipitation last 24 hours 00
Stream year to data '. 13.0S
Normal .......11.53 Last year 9.19
Forecast! Little chang in tamparatura.
KLAMATH FALLS, OREGON, MONDAY, JUNE 19, 1945
Number 10494
Back To Pacific
', '
Ti 4, ,
r f
Poles Confess
To Red Charges
Of Conspiracy
By EDDY GILMORE
MOSCOW, June 13 ) The secretary of tha military col
legium of the supreme court told the Judges today that Maj. Gen.
Bronlslaw Okulicki and others of the 16 Polish leaders had con
fessed to a long list of charges Including killing 594 Russian
officers, anti-soviet espionage, and conferring with the Germans.
(London Poles said their information was that 15 had confessed
to charges).
The graying Okulicki, who headed the Polish home army of
the London Polish government after the surrender of Gen.
Tadeuss (Bor) Komorowski, and his fellow defendants heard the
charges without emotion. One of the 16 accused Poles was ill
and did not attond.
Tha trials were held in the same blue-walled hall of tha
Labor building where the Trostkyist purge trials were held in
1937. The same judge. Vasilv V. Ulrlch, presided.
I Okulicki was accused of possessing at the time of his arrest
by the red army a document in which he declared that in the
event of a soviet victory over Germany, England would have to
form a western. European dioc
to combat the Russians. The
Col. George Van Orden of the
Marine Barracks will be here
for another month and then will
return to the Pacific combat
area.
COL. VI ORDEN
Col. George O. Van Orden,
commanding officer at the Ma
rine Barrncks since last Novem
ber, will be detnehed July 20
to return to tho Pacific combat
theater. His successor will be
Col. Merlin F. Snyder, who has
arrived In the United States
from Okinawa.
Col.1 Van Orden has partici
pated actively In community as
well as military affairs in Klam
ath Falls and the surrounding
area, and ' has become widely
known )n Oregon in his tour as
Mnrinc Barracks head.
"It has been a pleasure being
a citizen of Klamath Falls," he
said today, commenting on his
prospective move.
Youthful Colonel
Tho youngest line colonel in
the marine corps, Col. Van Or
den was born at tho Marine
Barracks, Pensucoln, Fin., 38
years ago. His fnther is Col, G.
Van Orden, USMC retired, and
his mother died of malaria in
Haiti in 1022.
Long in the marine corps, Col.
Von Orden saw service in Haiti,
(Continued on Page Three)
School District
Elections Today
This is election day in the
city elementary school dis
trict at the Klamath county
school district.
Polls at Fremont school
will be open until 7 p. m, for
city school voters. Two school
board vacancies are to be
filled, a vote taken on a $26,
000 item to extend Fremont
school building, and a vote
taken on exceeding the 6 per
cent budgetary limitation.
E. S. Robinson and Jack
Schulse are unopposed for
the board vacancies.
County district elections
are being held today in all
elementary school buildings.
Voters will fill one board
vacancy and decide whether
the budget may exceed the
6 ner cent limitation. Louis
Botens, incumbent, is unop
posed on the ballot for the
board post.
MOVE
N
DEBATE ISSUE
By DOUGLAS B. CORNELL
SAN FRANCISCO, June 18
(IP) Australia made a new
proposition today for settling
the single issue now blocking a
successful windup of the United
Nations' conference. But appar
ently It failed to satisfy Rus
sian demands.
ABnin it was up to Moscow
to. make a declslori(-as it-has
been so frequently on Key con
ference Droblems.
Involved was the question of
how broad an authority to ae-
bate international questions
should be given a world assenv
hlv nn which every country
from the largest to the smallest,
would have a voice.
The Australian plan was of
fnrrvl bv Foreign Minister Her
bert V. Evatt in the nature of
a comDromise. It would let the
assembly "discuss any matters
covered by the purposes ana
principles of the (world) charter
(Continued on rage mree
10 DEATH IN FIRE
After , six attempts to locate
him hnri nroven futile. 21-year-
old Jerry Craddock was burned
to death wnen i're aesuuyeu
the homo of his parents, Mr.
and Mrs. Merle Craddock of
Dorris, early Sunday morning.
When fire broke out at 12:15
a. m., the four Craddock chil
dren and a neighbor's child were
alone in the house. Three of the
children managed to get out and
were outside crying when Mr.
and Mrs. Harlan Collins, Dorris,
discovered the fire.
Collins rescued the one-year-old
baby but Shirley Craddock
kept crying "Jerry." Collins
made six trips into the flaming
house but was unable to find
Jerry, who had fallen behind
the bed.
Tho fire department was not
called until the fire was well
underway, according to re
ports. The house was burned
to the ground, but it was covered
by insurance.
Cause of the fire is not known.
b Field Officer, 33 Followers Give
Up After 10 Months of Hiding on Guam
RICHARD O'MALLEY
M, June 18 (P) A Japa
eld officer who held rem-
f?i nis command together
"lunuis until ne nad De-
symbol of reslstonce to
Ns surrendered with 33 of
si.
Officer made a formal sur
(On a ereen hillslrin . of
pnd as elements of a ma-
uanon watched, slack-
lys between tho officer
inne col. Howard N.
Warner Springs, Calif.,
Id the surrender, which
urted today as a fine ex-
i nmcrican psychological
against holdout Japa
Date of the surrender
given, but it nresumablv
WO tlmn thl month.
kas "secured" August S,
Ptarines on Guard
inpanose officer attended
leys in nn nncn area
Ns surrounded carefully
brought down his own well-fed
appearing troops with him. As
ho talked, a subaltern wiped
perspiration from his face and
another fanned off the flics.
Tho Japanese said they had
had plenty of food and water.
They appeared fit despite their
months in the Jungle.
Tho first concern of the sur
rendering officer was his voiced
qU"What is. the future of Japan
after victory?"
"That will depend a whole lot
on the type of leadership that
men of your intelligence give
it," replied Stent.
' Stolen Clothes
Clad in makeshift American
service uniforms, including dun
garees and jackets on which
were stenciled the names of ma
rlnes from whom they had been
stolen, the surrendering troops
counted off briskly. Then their
commander, who was described
by American officers as alert
and Intelligent, said: ,
"I am turning you over to
Col. Stent. You will be treated
well, You are now prisoners of
war. It Is not a disgraceful
state and you are not to regard
it as such.
First reports of the officer-led
Japanese group were heard last
September. Numerous efforts
had been made to reach him
through a truck-mounted loud
speaker system and leaflets
dropped from an airplane.
One day a prisoner reported
he had sought the Japanese of
ficer's permission to surrender
and had been told:
"I am thinking of doing the
same thing myself."
"Sit Out War"
Stent followed up a hunch
and rigged up a sound truck in
the area. Just as the Japanese
were believed about to give up,
a young medium-sized man,
looking a bit heavy for his
height and blinking in the
bright sun, came from the
jungle.
In the ensuing talk, the Japa
(Continued on ,PR3e Three)
document was said to assert
that Germany and. Poland
should be in the bloc.
Indications were that the red
army prosecutor would ask the
death penalty at least in some
cases.
The secretary of the court
said Okulicki had confessed to
sending the message about the
European bloc over one of the
many radio stations which the
red army took from the 16 Pol i
on trial. He quoted the message
as saying:
"In case of victory of the
USSR over Germany, not only
England's interests but all of
Europe's will be threatened."
Witnesses Requested
The court took under advise
ment a request from the gen-
(Continued on Page Three) .
El P
A movement is on foot to
abolish liquor prohibition as it
is now applied to Klamath In
dians. Enactment of such a measure
in congress was approved . last
weekend by the general coun
cil of the Klamath reservation
meeting at the agency. The
matter has been placed before
the Klamath chamber of com
merce, and the Indian affairs
committee will report to cham
ber directors on it Wednesday.
Prnnnnents of abolishing In
dian prohibition claim that it
does not prohibit, but rather
leads to racketeering by rene
gade whites. They assert that
rohlbition is racial discrimina
tion, and that prohibition has
not solved the Indian - liquor
problem.
At last week's general coun
cil meeting. Mrs. June W. Pol-
tras was reelected a member of
the loan board,
The group elected Dibbon
Cook, Wade Crawford and
James Johnson as new members
of the enrollment committee,
succeeding Boyd- Jackson, Jesse
Lee Kirk and Tom Lang, who
recalled on recommendation of
the business committee. The
council voted in opposition of
the proposed "emancipation bill"
which would permit Indians to
withdraw from the tribe, and
favored the welfare bill, which
provides $1000 to each tribe
member out of tribal funds. .
Wesley Kangas
Reported Dead
1A. Wesley E. Kangas, 23-year-old
fighter plane pilot of the
fourth airborne division was
killed In action in northern Italy
April 22, according to word re
ceived here Monday. He had
previously been reported missing
in action.
Lt. Kangas' wife and daughter,
Sandra, reside at 318 North
Central, Medford. -. His parents,
Mr. and Mrs. E. A. kangas,
Zlnia, Calif., formerly lived' in
Klamath Falls. His grandmother,
Mrs. Nora Long, lives at 5460
Independence, Klamath Falls.
Lt. Kangas lived in Klamath
Falls many years. He attended
school at Altamont, and gradu
ated from Keno high school in
1B38. At the -time of his en
listment, he was working at the
Boeing aircraft plant at Seattle.
He has two brothers in the
navy.. His twin brother, Syd,
is serving in the South Pacific,
and Bob is ' going to ' aviation
machinists' school In Alameda,
Calif.
RECORD TEMPERATURE
Hottest day of the year was
reported today when the mercury
rose to BU.o in rviamam jeans.
Temperature for the second
time this year rose to 87 de
grees Sunday, equalling a May
2 record.
Genera Eisenhower Returns From Wars
To Receive Welcome From Grateful U. S.
WASHINGTON, June 18 (IP)
General Dwight D. Eisenhower,
returning triumphantly to his
homeland from victory in Eu
rope, declared today his soldiers
"passionately" believed "the
problems of peace can and must
be met."
. Climaxing a spectacular home
coming that saw him ride over
the capital's historic . triumphal
parade route Pennsylvania
avenue past wildly cheering
men and women, General Eisen
hower told a Joint session of
congress and the supreme court:
"The . genius and Dower of
America have, with her allies,
eliminated one menace to. our
country's freedom even her
very existence. Still another re
mains to be crushed in the Pa
cific before peace will be re
stored." Saying he spoke for the
American men and women he
commanded, the allied supreme
commander declared: .
. "Though we dream of return
to our loved ones, we- are ready,
as we always -have been, to do
our duty , to our . country, no
matter what It may- be."
Earlier in his prepared speech,
the general asserted the "prob
lems of peace can be no more
difficult than the one you had
to solve more than three years
ago , . , With the same deter
mination, the - same optimistic
resolution and the same mutual
consideration among allies, ...
the problems of peace can . and
must be met.". . .
Hundreds of .' thousands of
wildly shouting men,, women
and children, veterans of this
war and the last, wounded, vet
erans, the old and the young,
raised their voices in a mighty
tumult as the general of the
army rode through their midst.
It was- - one of the greatest
ovations the nation's capital
ever rendered.
. It started when the: European
commander left his giant plane
at the national airport and con
tinued through lines often 10
deep to the Pentagon building,
into the city past the Lincoln
memorial, down broad Consti
tution avenue to historic Penn
sylvania and thence to the seat
of -the lawmakers on' Capitol
hill. .
: Referring to the Pacific war,
General Eisenhower said:
; "Speaking for the American
men and women I have been
so honored to command ... In
pur minds and hearts there is
ho slightest , doubt that our peo
ple's spirit of determination,
which has buoyed us up and
driven ' us forward in Europe,
will continue to fire this nation
through, the. ordeals of battle
yet to come. Though we dream
of return to our loved ones, we
are ready, as- we have always
been, to do our duty to our
country, no matter what it may
be." -'.- . -:. . .
By SPENCER MOOSA
CHUNGKING, June 19 (Tues
day) (JFh-The Chinese high
command announced that Chi
nese forces recaptured Wen-
chow, Chekiang province sea
port, 220 miles south of Shang
hai, at 6 a. m. Monday.
Wenchow is the second im
portant Chinese coastal city re
taken by the Chinese in less
than a month. Foochow. 159
miles south, was recaptured on
May in. -
Wenchow; some- 450; miles
west of- Oklnawa-on which
American forces are now fight
ing,- and Foochow are possible
landing points in case American
forces should be sent asnore in
China. .
The high command said the
Japanese at Wenchow fled from
the southern : bank of the Wu
river on which Wenchow stands
to the northern bank "with .our
troops in hot pursuit." .
Other Chinese successes were
announced, meantime, in the
south. -.' (:;: .. .
Polls To Open
At 8 Friday
Polls will open for the special
city and state election at 8 a. m.
jfiidav. June 22, and will close
at 8 p. m., according to word re
ceived from the county clerk's
office.
Three city measures! will be
up for vote and two state mea
sures will be voted upon Friday.
The three city measures are: (1)
A proposed 11 mill levy for three
years to raise, $36,000 for. the
city-county jail. (2) A-charter
amendment to make possible ap
pointments to fill vacancies in
elective offices, until the next
city election. - (3) A proposed
one-mill levy for two years to
raise $19,000 for city sewer
purposes.
The two state measures to be
voted upon would enact a cigar
ette tax to raise $z,uuu,uuu a
year for schools, and levy a five
mill, two-year property tax to
raise $6,000,000 for new state
institution buildings and $4,000
000 for higher education build
ings. The property tax, . how
ever, would not ' be assessed,
since it would be cancelled by
surplus income tax revenues.
Electors of Klamath Falls will
vote on the three city and two
state measures and county resi
dents will vote on the two state
measures at the special election.
Voting places have been set up
as usual in the 76 county pre
cincts, including 32 in Klamath
Falls, according to Charles F.
DeLap, county clerk. List of
polls is given on p'age four.
Casualty
Lt, Wesley Kangas
Deportation Order
inst Bridges
eciarea mva
Aga
lid
WASHINGTON, June 18 (JP) The supreme court today ruled
invalid a deportation order against Harry Bridges, west coast
CIO leader. ' .
Justice Douglas delivered '. the court's ' 5-3 opinion. Justice
Jackson took no part in the case. .Chief Justice Stpne wrote a
dissent in which Justice Frankfurter and Roberts concurred.
The court's decision -climaxed a seven-year fight over govern
ment efforts to send the .alien Bridges back to Australia whence
he came a quarterentury ago. . - ' '
Attorney General Biddle ordered Bridges deported- on: the
ground mat 'the-tongshoremen's union executive had been a mem
ber of the communist party. Biddle. at that time said the party
advocated violent overthrow of the United States government,
v. Denied Affiliation
-Bridges contended Biddle'a order violated rights guaranteed
to an alien by the constitution. He denied that he ever had been
a member' of the communist party or. was 'affiliated with -it.
.- The justice department replied that the federal government
had sovereign power through its legislative and executive arms
"to rid itself of those deemed inimical to -the national welfare."
Biddle said his. order was based on an act of congress which
stipulated that the attorney general's findings in such cases are
final.- : ;'. , ...... ..
- The first attempt to oust Bridges was begun by the govern
ment in 1938, but it failed when the supreme, court ruled that
past membership in the communist party was not a ground for
deporting an-alien. .
. Then congress, amended the law to make past membership in
organizations advocating violent overthrow of the government
a cause for deportation.
Lower Courts Concur
Biddle began, the present proceedings in May, 1942, after
adoption, of the amendment. Bridges attacked the deportation
order in habeas corpus proceedings, but Biddle was upheld by
the lower federal courts. - . 1 . - --
Justice Douglas said for the majority that Bridges had been
ordered deported "on a misconstruction of the term 'affiliation'
as used in the statute and by reason of an unfair hearing on the
question of his-membership in the communist party, his detention
under the warrant is -unlawful." . '
"Accordingly," Douglas said,' "it is necessary for us to con
sider the larger constitutional questions which have been ad
vanced in- the challenge to the legality of petitioner's (Bridges')
detention under the deportation order." . j
- Douglas- said . the. legislative history of the deportation statute
throws little light on the meaning of "affiliation." . .o -
(This reference ws to Bridges.' alleged "affiliation" with the
communist party). ' - ' : ; - .
Queen Contestants Try Out
For Bucfcaroo Days Crown
By JOY BIGGS - '
: The preview of the July 1 to 4
Klamath Buckaroo Days rodeo,
held at the fairgrounds Sunday
was a lively sample, of the big
four-day celebration. - ...
Buckaroos hung : on corral
fences, contestants waved their
hats "' toward crowded grand
stands, horses tossed then
manes and pranced on exhibi
tion. .
The show featured the tryout
ride for candidate to tire
queen's crown. ' .
Arrangements for the day
were handled .... by William
Hooper and E. P. Ivory. ,
Mrs. Claire Smith, 1941 Man
zanita, introduced the queen
candidates, and each spoke a
few words of greeting to the
spectators, inviting them to at
tend the July 1 to 4 events. Can
didates are Lora Cross, Dorris,
Calif.; Beverly Wampler, Rocky
Point; Gloria Jean Saunders,
Klamath Falls; Jeanette Prots-.
man, Bly; Ginger A. . Thomas,
Fort Klamath; Blanche. Schon-
chin,' Sprague River. ; l '
Judge Contest '.
The tryout ride showed each
girl a skilled horsewoman, mak
ing the choice for queen just a
little harder. Judging the con
test were Lt. Col. Hansen,- Capt.
B. Koster, and Wave Elinor Fltz
Simmons of the naval air base
station. They, will announce
their decision at the queen's ball
to be held Saturday night, June
23, at the Klamath armory.
Three and five gaited horses
were exhibited, with 11 riders
entering this event, of which
Louis Serruvs on Maior won
first place. Another of Serruys
horses, ridden by Sheriff Lloyd
Low won second place. Third
place was taken by Carmen
Jones riding E. P, Ivory's Magic
Wand. -v
Gale Wins -4
Dr. Wheeler's stock was used
in the calf roping contest which
was won by Pete Gale with time
24, seconds. Second place went
to Basil Brown; and third to
Stanley Johnson. - ,
Twelve palominos, five from
(Continued on Page Three)
RECORD
HAULS
DFPR SONERS
IDEflSLES
10,000 Held In Trap
By Americans On
Okinawa
By LEONARD MILLIMAN
Associated Press Wu Editor
; The surrender of amazingly -large
numbers of Japanse fight
ing men on Okinawa island and '
in the northeast Philinnine
highlighted developments m
western Pacific battle area to
day. But while hundreds of Nip
ponese lost the will to fight and
quit cold, some 10,000 others
were fiehtine to the death in a
hopeless trap on southern Okinawa.
. The surrenders in the Cagay-:
an valley of the Philippines
were termed by one American
commander "the greatest haul",
taken in the entire southwest
Pacific. The prisoners there in
cluded many Formosan soldiers,
impressed by the Japanese early
in the war.
. . Four Cities Hit
On the Japanese home front
four of Nippon's secondary in
dustrial cities smouldered under
the impact of an estimated 3000
tons of fire bombs spilled by
about 450 night flying Super-,
fortresses. One B-29 was lost in
the four-way blow against vital
war industries.
The Japanese on Okinawa and
in the Philippines began to quit
in droves as the total of Nippon
dead in the two sectors mount
ed to close to 3000 a day. On
southern Okinawa where
doughboys and marines have
split Japanese remnants into two
segments with their backs to
the sea, the Nipponese have
been" dying at a rate of 1600
daily, . - '
Ignore Jap Talk - "
Allied commands ignored Ja
panese reports of a pre-invasion
naval bombardment of the
Balikpapan. oil - refinery - area ot
Borneo... ' " - .,i
Substantial gains were report
ed on northwest Borneo and
southeast China, parallelling a
rapid advance of U. S. 37th di
vision infantryment on the Cag
ayan valley plains ot the north
ern Philippines..
Whitlock Takes ,
Over Grants Pass
C Of C Duties
Big, good-natured Warren
Whitlock of Klamath Falls took
over the job of manager of the
Grants Pass and Josephine coun
ty chamber of commerce this
morning.
Whitlock had been contem
plating this move for some time.
He took an active part in the
Klamath county junior chamber
of commerce and served as a
director of the organization dur
ing the past year. -
Standing six feet, one inch
and weighing an admitted 200
pounds, "Tiny" Whitlock said
today that the Grants Pass cham
ber of commerce chose him be
cause he is "almost two men
for the price of one." '
Whitlock became known in
Grants Pass through his work
as state vice president of the
junior chamber of commerce
and was a member of the Klam.
ath Falls delegation when the
Grants Pass chapter was inaugu.
rated in September, 1944.
He attended the New Mcico
Military institute and the San
Diego Army and Navy academy,
For the past several years ha
has been associated with his
father, Earl Whitlock, in tha
Whitlock Funeral home here.
Mrs. Whitlock and their three,
year-old daughter, Joyce Lee,
will join him in Grants Pass to
make their home as soon as liv
ing accommodation can - be
found, Whitlock said.
Enter Queen Contest
(a te?
(p o II 1
Ginger A. Thomas
Gloria Jean Blunder
"fine guard but no
' 1.-::: :.--v;