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Newspaper Page Text- ; wo) Afi nvnn n rrfn fnlN nn R ' . - . . . . .. - - - - --iirirnnn.rjir jtju mm ; r imsfHasffaaii I ,? GEN. FASLEY ' 1 w 'i it -t" nh'flTT:: irT-i, n;ini, mil - H, FRANK JENKINS L,.vn radio is muttering to. v . .. I.,,.,.,!.,,, i,li,i ffiuii IhIiiiuI In tho Baku- (l,a group ' , "yukui IJd'huUwiiy 'rom Okmuwu to L.rmoja. " """" """' In inun fitfriitlrl ". it airfield possibilities, Tho Tokyo broadcast suys wc 1 iwiiiinnrli fn!irilitrtitttrl j that two U. S. tusk forces, F.,.i..i,hn. iiro prowling in the lORMOSA, guarding tho China roast. IS pom " K'umi hi- it tu us. miyiiKo is wiinin rc". .... II. I........ f II u riin't know tho state of pjU.uv. p defense "-;. "'V '""i; ,,Hl strongly thnt wo II need Formosa out of commis- Ln before iitteinpting a landing U16 UlllHH tUUO iuE dlsiiiitches today tell again of Japs SURRENDERING rlther COnsiuuruiiiu iiumuuia it Japs. ha i ho 7lli division area on 210 onemy soldiers and L) Oklriowu clvilliins came In lOUr WICS III ll.-n(juiinu iu u- ill from loud speakers. In L f.iimn fluhtlng in the pant Lit 1 1100 Jans hnvo been killed r' . ' i i Id SOU nnve surreimercu. lTh British also mention llhlly rising rate of Jap sur ander in uurui" E shouldn't mislead ourselves with rosy hones ubout tho rwnder business. But there L hints In tho news of faint Jitks appearing in tho hitherto flOOUl U'lU puwailtu buiiuvw ui VHM- ... . . . .. . There can DO llltio aouui inai L ld-bloodcd Jan leadership BPES wo will become nauso Ed with Jap-kllling and lose our trve el mo prospect oi naving kill mem nil. We can't he Id honing a little lit the cannon-fodder type oi d rniiiht become nauseated by It bleak prospect of dying use- bil)'. . BOUT all tho surrendering 1 reported so far (which Is on n uoicoD o scale in comnap Ion with tho huge numbers ln lived) Indicates at best Is thnt fcME JAl'S are getting SOME ENSE. ir the Jap leaders nnve t'Y SENSE AT ALL they will rrenrtcr beforo their country utterly and hopelessly l.uhcd. They can't shrug off pit happened to nnrl ocrinany, r ... fODAY'S Okinawa dispatches tell of Japs throwing them. lives from cliffs Into the sea, they did on Sainan and else rtre. In an elaborate dugout ft had been defended by naval cei wc find tho bodies ' of mlrnl Minura Ota and his five P aides all with their throats it. L'R B-20s continue their fire bombing of Jnnnn's smaller aimrini cities. Three of mem attacked today Shizuoka Id Toyolinshl on Honshu and Ikuoaka on Kyushu. All are out the size of Sacramento. One of our returning Dilots psne noesn t think we il "nave m back In Shlzunka." An per reports thnt he saw fond muss of fire roll over yohnshl." Others mention lent air turbulence from mini updrafts (meaning up hing hot air from the burning tt). Ono snvs thnt an intense Is! of rising hot air "blow us icct iikc a lent. 'HERE will bo a lot of that kind of stuff In the coming tnths. The Jops are undoubt y getting their war industries r ground as fast as they can, I we aren't going to give them ie to do a really good Job of r'uwnig unaer. ... p broadcasts say today that fur (iiiilcd) naval forces are weeping iho mines from "kpnpnn harbor (which. If t. menus that we re getting W In Iniitll PjcArthurV dally communl- r 's sun siioni as to any aiuca m nnvai activity at Home ttn, but snva wo rtrnnrwd Fe Australians are mnrmlng continued on Page Two) ome Town To ecome 'Ike1 rBILENE, Kas Juno 20 (P) M homo town on tho broad l"SBS Whnnllnnlci hna MMnarerl releomo for tho general that i" upproacn in magnitude r? awarded him In world l"aiS Dill II u,l11 h mnro than the acclaim of "'"iions, for it will be from Plight D." FInAnhnwip re. fs o his own people Frldny -"naas wm nonor in its Wnv In 1.. .t..!1tnn "Pfdnl train will take Gen- P' Party to Abilene Thurs Wen ng from Kansas City ' lour-hour tjroBrnm and ,'urncie is scheduled lor ""crnoon. Relatives of the rl Will fnma frnn oil nafla country for tho occasion, t , . -t will uc iiio mother, Mrs. Ida Elscn-j PBICE riVE CENTS Telephone 8111 June 20, 1945 Max. (June 19) 92 . Min. ........... 51 Precipitation ' last 24 hours 00 Stream year to date 13.06 Normal ;...11.S9 Last year 9.2S Forecast: Cloudy and cooler. KLAMATH FALLS, OREGON. WEDNESDAY. JUNE 20, 1S4S Garbage Truck Tumbles Down Embankment !-'. . ,.';:;::?:,: : -: . . , : ' ' ' ' i JL """"N ' " A 4 fj r j This garbagt truck, starting by lti.lf while the drirer was buiy elsewhere, rolled down a steep grade and over an embankment at the rear of the Robert A. Thompson residence, S31 Pa cific Terrace. Garbage was scattered over the back yard. The truck struck the chimney oi an outdoor fireplace, preventing It from plunking into a yard where several children were playing. The truck had been left in gear, but it broke away and rolled about 25 yards before going over the wall. Klamath Now Half Million Short Of Reaching Gtuoia Klamath county Is nearly half ' million dollars behind ' Its quota In the 7th War Loan drive. tt was announced today. In a bulletin reporting the amount of "E" bond sales up to and Includ. ing June 18, Klamath county had purchased a total of $1,000,. 995 as against a quota of $1,-538,000., The biggest bond drive of all, as far -as Individual' Americans are concerned, officially ends June 30, a week from this Satur- In a move to make more slab- wood available in the fuel starved Klamath market, Klam ath Falls fuel dealers are today operating under a new slabwood price schedule arranged by the OPA, i . In cxDlainne their efforts. fuel dealers said that under tho new schedule it would bo pos sible to snlvncc a higher per centage of the dwindling Klam ath supply of slab waste for tuei and to bring in slabs from other communities. Up 20 Per Cent Tho added cost of this pro gram will be born jointly by users and the government. Add ed cost of salvage will come from an .avorage increase of 20 per cent in retail prices, ar ranged by the OPA rationing and price divisions, and cost of freighting' slnbs from Eugene and Orcenvlllc. Calif., will be absorbed largely by the defense supply corporation. rne price oi green siuus 1.1 uh ix r xi.nl hut average of all prices will be about 20 per cent up, dealers sain. Tt l hnwd that this program will supply most of the shortage In the community, If consumers convert heavily to coal ana prcs-to-logs and store these fuels now. r Orders bagging TVnlni'9 1 nnlnt Ollt. hOWCVCr, fhat nrrlnrx for these two fuels aro lagging and tnnt unless coii sumers stock up in July and August It will be too late. Fuel dealers storage chphkhj' for coal is only about iu per mrtt nf hi annual need, and the same is true of pres-to-logs.. - Supply snrinxi pv.. vinttinih fuel shortage has been brought on Increasing ly in miwni vpnrs through the shrinkage of the slab and block wood supply from the mills, the removal of small Independent derations which formerly sup plied bodywood and limbs from the woods,, and , through In creased demand. "We reallee that this new pro gram will do no more than help a bad situation, that we still arc unable to give the service we would like. I. ... but we Know that the add tlonai iuci wu hW dealers ' day, and the entire nation Is behind- . schedule. The national quota is four billion dollars in "E" bonds, and although the treasury expressed satisfaction with total sales to individuals. It was stated that with less than two weeks remaining,, several millions of Americans who have not purchased their war bonds in this drive will need to do so. : Locally, a great deal of con cern has been aroused as to the seeming lack of any evident en thusiasm. Klamath county, which is one of 10 in the state with the highest quota in this drive, is in the "big ten" ship launching contest. The first of these counties to go over the top will be privileged to launch a new ship in its name. Klamath stands fourth on the list, with 35 per cent of the quota to be completed. There seems to be a great lull in the competitive moves of the counties to date, Klamath coun ty has exceeded its quota in the six previous drives, and with more than a lot of cooperation from bond purchasers, they can do it again, officials said. Manufacturers Of Springs Face Antitrust Charge WASHINGTON, June 20 (Pi- Ten of the nation's principal manufacturers of railway springs and spring plates wero cnargea in a federal antitrust suit today with conspiring to suppress com petition and to fix prices. A iustice department an nouncement here said the civil action was filed in Hammon, Ind. . . ' Named as defendants were manufacturing companies in New York, Pennsylvania and Indiana, as well as the Universial Rail way Devices company of Chi cago, described as a patent-holding company, and the Railway & Industrial Spring association of Pittsburgh, a trade association. Truman Awards Medal Of Honor OLYMPIA, June 20 (P) President Truman conferred the Congressional Medal of Honor unon Sgt. John Druse Hawk. 21, of Bremerton on the steps of the state capltol at 11 o'clock today. A s n f r l sieevea,. sunoameu throng, estimated at 10.000 by State Patrol Chief Herbet Algeo, lammed the area between the Legislative building and the Temple of Justice . to witness the ceremony. After reading the citation of Hawk's bravery in action against the Germans, the president step nod behind the slim young sol dier and pinned around his neck the pale blue riuoon irom wmcn hiinf th mHl OFF JS TARGET By ROBBIN COONS GUAM; June 20 (P) Super fortresses dumped 3000 tons of fire bombs on three Japanese in dustrial cities : today, setting wind-fanned blazes, which pi lots said were visible. 75 miles away and wiped from the map as a war target the munitions center of. Shizuoka, 85 miles southwest of Tokyo. . ' The 450 Superfortresses, car rying out their 25th big incen diary strike, treated these sec ondary industrial cities to the same ordeal by fire that has erased most of the factories in Japan's greater cities. Five-Hour Fires The Tokyo radio admitted fires raged out of control for five hours in Toyahashi, also on the main island of Honshu. Fukuoaka, on the southern most island, Kyushu, and third target of the day, was turned into a pre-dawn bonfire, pilots reported. The largest of the three cities, Fukuoaka has a population of 323,000, Toyo hashi 242,000 and Shizuoka 212,000. '. All three were raided before, but today's strike . w a s their (Continued on Page Two) REDS ACCEPT COMPROMISE ON DEBATEOWER Way Cleared For End Of Conference As ! Planned By DOUGLAS B. CORNELL SAN FRANCISCO, June 20 (P) Russia accepted today an Australian compromise on de bating powers of a 50-nation world assembly, . thereby clear ing the way to an early and suc cessful windup of the United Nations conference. Russia's action was an nounced ' by Secretary of State Stettinius at the end of a Big Five meeting. Stettinius said that big powers and Australia "have reached full and satisfac tory agreement" on the question of how broad a' debating field should be permitted a world as sembly in which ever United Na tions would have a choice. He said the agreement would go be fore a conference committee for disposition today. Too Early" Asked' what effect that would have on the conference - time table calling for President Tru man to address a final session Saturday,. Stettinius replied it was too early to tell. But the state secretary sDecifi. cally declined to discard the Sat urday adjournment schedule prior to a meeting with the. con ference secretariat and the co- qrainaiton commuieet .... v The Australian comnromise accepted .by .Soviet Ambassador Andrei uromyko .provides; that the - assembly may . discuss, any matter within the scope of the charter of the . world, .organiza tion, or the powers or functions of its organs (assembly, council, etc.) .., Minor Difference-; The difference between Rus-. sla and Herbert V. Evatt, Aus tralia's foreign minister,' had been relatively minor exceDt as it bore on arrangements for end ing tne conference on schedule, Stettinius was so Dleased with the results of his efforts to clear. up the disagreement that he came from his penthouse quar ters to the American delegation press room in the hotel to an nounce, it personally. . The compromise was reported to permit the general assembly to discuss anything "within the scope or sphere of the security charter." VISIT SUSPENDED PARIS, June 20 (P) An offi cial close to Gen. De Gaulle said today the French leader's plan to visit the United States had been suspended because of the possibility that President Truman might see him here be fore or after the Big Three, con versations in Berlin, German Policeman Reports Seeing Hitler, Braun Bodies By DANIEL DE LUCE MONTGOMERY'S HEAD QUARTERS. June 20 (P) A German policeman from Berlin said today he saw the bodies of Adolf Hitler and Eva Braun burning at the exit to the rcichs chancellery shelter on May 1. (This is another of a series of reports and rumors concern ing the fate of Hitler which started before the fall of Ber lin. Marshal Zhukov told allied correspondents in the German capital June 9 that "we have found no corpse that could be Hitler's" and suggested the fuehrer had had a good oppor tunity to escape by air with Eva Braun, his companion in the siege). Hermann Karnau, 32, the po liceman, told allied, correspon dents: "I saw Hitler' lying on the ground about two meters from the' exit, in open air.- Bodies Burning : "Hitler was on his back with his knees slightly drawn up. Eva Braun was beside him with her face down. Both bodies were on fire and beside them were four empty gasoline cans. There was an incredible odor. "I turned about and encoun tered Prof. Stumpfecker, chief medical officer of the chancel lery, at the main entrance to the bunker. I believe he poi soned the fuehrer and Fraulein Braun,. for four nights earlier he had nolsoned the fuehrer's favorite Alsatian dog, Blondie. 'I entered the bunker, whicn was 20 meters deep under ground, and met Hitler's valet, Linge." ' Enemy Near . Karnau declared: "We had heard that L 1 n g e had orders that the fuehrer's body should never fall into the hands of the enemy, who were then about two kilometers away at the Hollisches Tor, and shelling us heavily. "In the bunker I met Sturm bahnf euhrer Schedule, of the fuehrer's personal staff, coming down the emergency exit. He was calling out: 'The fuehrer is dead and burning.' "With another policeman I re turned to the spot where the bodies lay. The lower parts of both were burned away, but I recognized Braun by the black suede shoes with high cork soles, which had not yet caught fire." TRAVEMUENDE, Germany, June 16 (Delayed) (P)A huge four-engined plane which car ried 30,000 gallons of gasoline has-been found near Trave muende and German ground crews said they were ordered in the last weeks of the war to keep it ready to carry Hitler non-stop to Japan: ' Three self - sealing gasoline tanks, each of 4000 gallons ca pacity, were in the cabin, leav ing enough room for only three passengers. The wings were built to hold 18,000 gallons. Imprisonment Asked For Pole Leaders By Red Prosecutor ' By EDDIE GILMORE ... . MOSCOW, June 20 IP) Maj. Gen. Nikolai Afanaiiev. chief prosecutor of the 16 Poles on trial 'for-subversive activities Be hind Russian lines, asked the court today for no death sentences but only imprisonment. He told the-military collegium of the soviet supreme court in his summation that death was not needed "because, we are now living through days of joyous victory, and the soviet, union is mightier than it ever was." : . : Flnah evidence indicated that Stanislaw Mikolajciyk, who resigned as head of the Polish exiled aovernment in London when it failed to accept. his recommendations for accord with me Lumin-warsaw regime, had been kept in the dark concerning alleged anti-Russia activities of the Polish underground army. The commander of that group. Maj. Gen. L. Bronislaw Okulicki, . , . " ' is the chief defendant. NEW ITALIAN GOVERNMEN I SET flr PARR ROME, June 20 (P) The white-haired actionist .party leader, Ferruccio Parri. assumed control, of the new Italian gov ernment today as premier with the assertion that "I am lust an ordinary man, not a politician." . He announced his slat e'of ministers .last night. The social ists, allotted three posts as were the communists, liberals and labor-democrats, expressed dis content' because 'the. actionists an B,-t.junris(iian-aemocraw re. ceiveo iour posraieacn., - -"I , accepted, the. premiership uecause -4 .was. cauea io itome by the committee of national liberation and I believe it is my patriotic duty to accept," the new premier said. "It will be an interesting adventure." He succeeded Ivanoe Bonomi. When ' addressed for the first time last night as "Your Excel lency," Pat-rl. frowned and said i don't like that." .. Three important posts vice premier and the ministeries of labor and public works went to socialists; but Sandro Pertini, party secretary for northern Italy, declared that- "the solu tion of the crisis cannot satisfy us socialists." We accept it only out of love for harmony and so that the Italian people may fi nally have a government." . vice Premier Named New Premier Parri, 55-year- old patriot leader who was rela tively unknown' until ; designat ed by Crown Prince Umberto Sunday to form a new govern ment,, named Pietro Nenni, sec retary of the socialist party, as one of two vice premiers. ' The other vice .premiership was, re tained by Manlio Brpsio of the liberal (conservative) party. who occupied the . post in Premier Ivanoe Bonomi's cabinet which resigned June 12. Alcide de. Gasperi also was retained as foreign minister.' Parri. : took lor himself tne important post - of . minister of the interior, which controls po lice" and elections. ' The nosts of minister of war and navy are yet to be filled. Eisenhower Reviews Cadets WEST POINT. N. Y.. June 20 (P) Wave after wave of steel helmeted khaki-clad cadets-passed smartly in review today for General of the Army Dwight D. Eisenhower on the sun-drenched garade ground of the United tates military academy. . The review was a high point of the supreme allied command er's visit here and he watched with the same broad smile with which he acknowledged yester day's frenzied - greeting by 4, 000,000 persons in . New York City. Some 700 cadets, members of the academy's third class, took part m tne review. . .. : Names Of Crash Victims Released Kama nt iho IftotltYiQ nt Tiias. Say's plane crash on Goose lake were released today by the Klamath naval air station, . The dead: : v Ensign. Robert A. Kern. Chi cago, 111,, pilot. ... t ARM 3c Lawrence E. Kahnke, Janesvllle, Minn., radio man. The dive bomber on a practice flight' crashed into Goose lake near willow rancn, near tne Lake-Modoc county line south of Lakeview, , The courtroom was packed with red army officers and rep resentatives of nearly every phase of soviet life.- Among the spectators were Mrs. . Edwin Pauley; wife of the chief of the American representatives to the reparations - mission. Francis Stevens, second secretary of the u. a. emDassy, also attended, - Charnowski Testifies . The . testimony from - Miko lajczyk came from Yevgeny L.narnowsKi. cnairman of Polish union .of democrats, as Polish groups sought an accord here in meetings with representa tives of Russia, the United States and Great 'Britain. Mikolajczyk is now in Mos cow taking part in discussions looking toward the reorganiza tion of the present provisional government in Warsaw. '--'. Mikolajciyk Uninformed ' Charnowski said that when Mikolaiczvk - came to Moscow last-year for fruitless conversa tions on the formation, of a pro visional ' government, - under ground leaders asreed that he should not be informed ,0f-4h6ir plan of action. ' -'?.' r - !-vu (This testimony apparently ab solved Mikolajczyk of any- con nection ' with- the alleged - sub versive operations of the Pol. ish underground and gave , him a clean bill of health whioh would , permit his inclusion in a new provisional government), WOMAN FATALLY MERRILL, June 20-r-Fire, be lieved to have started from -an upset kerosene lamp, early today caused the death 'of Martha Leonard, 35, in a cabin here.. ine woman, a transient, who came to Merrill a few months ago and whose name was known to few of the townspeople, burned to death in a corner of the cabin, with a ; blanket wrapped around her. -. Investigators said it appeared the inside of the cabin had been sprayed with kerosene, possibly from an explosion of the lamp. . - aave wasin -, ' The alarm was turned in at 1:05 a. m. bv Marshal Ed Davis of Merrill. The Merrill fire de partment responded and. ex tinguished the blaze before it had burned down the cabin, which is located at. the rear of the Lost River hotel. - Going inside, the firemen found the body of the woman,, Daoiy Durneo. ane was clothed, but it . was' believed she had lighted the lamp to prepare for bed when the fire broke out. Deputy Sheriff Dale Mattoon said today- that Mrs. Leonard's husband is Lloyd Leonard, Yak ima, Wash, Little was known of the wom . (Continued on Page Two) . j4fiied-Yugoslav Agreement Ready ROME, June 20 () Allied headquarters announced today mat a program of implement ing tne auied-Yugoslav agree ment on tne occupation of Vene zia Giulia had been signed, The official announcement said: "The discussion covered de tailed delineation of the bnun. dary agreed upon at Belgrade, arrangements lor placing cer tain Yugoslav troorjs under com mand of the supreme allied com mander in. tne . Mediterranean theater, the use of ports ' of inesie ana t-oia ana otner ad ministrative matters of mutual interest to the allied and "Yugo slav military authorities, r "As provided in the, Belgrade agreement, the western area will be occupied bv Analo-American troops and the eastern' area by Yugoslav troops. - The whole area of Venezia. Giulia will be held in trust by the respective countries pending , final settlement-at -the peace conference." T ADMIRAL DIES Radio '.Tokyo Report r" New Invasion X Threats ; By LEONARD MILLIMAN Associated Press - War Editor I i. The killing in action, of - am other American general on Oki nawa island the second in two days was reported by the war department today.- . : - Almost simultaneously ; the navy disclosed the death of a Pacific fleet admiral of natural causes. Brig. Gen. Claudius M. Eas ley, 53-year-old assistant com mander of the 86th infantry di vision and veteran of World War -1, met death Tuesday on Okinawa, the war department advised his : wife. No details were given. The, general's-division has been on the southern Okinawa battle line. , Buckner First .T;. Lt. Gen. Simon Bolivar Buck ner Jr., commander of the 10th army, was killed on Okinawa Monday by .a ' Japanese shell burst. . - ; . . : '..-Rear Adm. Forrest B. Royal; 52, commander of a Pacific amphibious-force, died Monday of natural causes. -He was one of the top ranking naval officers in the recent allied Invasion of Borneo. . ' ; - Meanwhile, : as radio Tokyo' told of four widely separated naval actions involving two posJ sible invasion threats, the de- fpatpH .Tannnan, nn --llrlnn.., were being liquidated by Amer ican lorces, surrendering oc making suicide jumps from the island's southern cliffs. Hint at Invasion Coincident with the - virtuat complete 'conquest of Okinawa, except , -ior interminable mop ping up operations, Tokyo broadcasts hinted at a possible allied invasion of another Ryu (Continued on Page Two) MI SEEKS TO: El ' By ERNEST B. VACCARO " OLYMPIA. -June 20 UP President Truman sought today to i speed up the conclusion of the. San Francisco securltv con ference as prospects for a wind lip this ; week . steadily dimln- isnea. . . . .. : . f The president, restme here at the executive mansion as a guest of Governor. Mon C. Wall gren, was known to have ex . pressed 'his disappointment to United States delegates over reports the conference will ex tend over into next week. . f - The. president was represent ed as still hopeful the interna tional p e a c e - charter can be worked out by: the end of the week, although he was said to have conceded to intimates that there are strong indications this ' cannot be done.-.-: In that event, the resident will remain over here until the) early part of next week, and flv into San Francisco for the ad dress', still tentatively, scheduled for Saturday afternoon. . - .. New Ground -j Gains Made . Oh Borneo MANILA. June '20 Ml New ground gains, putting Australian forces about 20 miles from the Sena oil fields of northwest Borneo, were reported officially today aS the. enemy radio said allied ships were sweeping the harbor free of mines before bom- barding Balikpapan. Gen: Douglas MacArthur ignored enemy accounts that a fair sized aiaed fleet . was in action off Balikpapan, big oil refinery center on the east central coast. His communique today-limited reports on Balik papan to a 200-ton bombing by Liberators. : Survivors Near End Of Journey : ' HOLLANDIA; New Guinea, ,June 18MDelayedP) Threi. survivors of an army plane crast in the wilds of New Guinea ar rived today with their rescuen on the floor of the valley oi "Shangri-la." - , , For three days ; they hacked their way through the jungli and Clambered down the gorgi from halfway up the mountain side where, their plane struck and burst into flames last montt at a cost of 20 lives. , A dress rehearsal of the glide rescue by which tho army hopei to bring them from the moun . tain-girt valley was held at Bial under the eye of Col. Ray T Elsmore, Menlo Park, Calif. -.. Ki " voiiene