Herald and news., June 21, 1945, Image 1

Srilvell To
, . Stream year to data 13.06 '
Normal 11.81 Last year ..........9.30
, . ; Telephone 81il i Forecast: Cooler Friday.
IKI ; ; ILAMATH FALLU. OHECOI,, THPHUDtY, JUHE ... IMS .
, Ms Kern
THANK JENKINS
KlNAWA ends as u buttle Bui
r .it ii.ro mi In our hcnrli.
Ihousuii'l Amcrlcuns have
!l nn lis sun M,,u Ml ll" 1,1,1
& waters, mid 25 000
i had to 1,0 tlono "10 J"l'
to net n place to 0,1 t
I our way. . ,
fcNERAI. DOOLITTLE, Who
Hint when boned In
L;wd did so much to smash
f .. i.tllu nu tnrlnu Ihtil
..iiLr... .Iiiiiiui will bo cosier
Ljiroy Industrially thon Gt-r.
L tun.
jpanCtlC immune, nu euo. in
. fnnccillliiteu .nun wi-
U'i Jim tiirucls ro more In.
. r ...' IJ...I. .!
Konomy lock hc rocupero
nower Unit Germany hod
i,M have been unablo to Kc
. inHintlries under H round in
r ! the uormunH uiu.
'
rfORDING lo the best tie
counts obtainable (wmcn ore
n none too rename) wc tin
. have cleared thR China
!o( Jniw from Foochow, Just
it of Formosa, to Wenchow
bunco o( nearly ISO miles
-nil Is reasonably flat and
k Muntrv. where olr bases
thine established. All o( our
launders stress the Import
o! getting HUUM to operate
vail number of nloncs.
filch this strip of China coast.
(thing nngnt noppen mere,
the first tlirco days of this
ttk, 88S Japs surrendered on
!w, That i o record nunv
(or thnt space of time.
m't lumn to any wrong con
Lis. Hushldo Isn't breaking
But were making minor
iti In Its surface
ere dropping millions' 1 of
lugandn leaflets on the little
Ijw men. Our Inclination Is
distrust tills psychological
Hire, but evidence l.i accunui
li loot It HELPED to crack
hcfanntlcnl-mindcd nazls.
is at least worth trying on
Jinj. In the daily mutter
of the enemy radio there
Wins of FEAR OF IT. Run
tie mill Japs aro warned on
oi cicnui io stay away irom
limit.
BS writer doesn't know how
Jap's mind works, but his
rs must know. If they
itn him with death lor read.
our propaganda, they must
it migiit set onto the cold
ltd you-on-tho-bottom-dlo
Iwm-thc-lop nature of this
mo business.
Luzon 30.000 or so JaDs arc
Mine herded northward ud
figayan valley. They have
pre lo go, and aro merely
Ft off the death that is their
macr the Bushido code.
Pino guerrillas, including
hunting Igorots, swarm on
nanus, intent on Keeping
IN the wldo vnllnv nnd
VI FROM tho rugged moun-
mcyrc so good at holing
fXlCAN filers are helping
I"! hnrrv thoin I.nznn Jans.
little odd to get help of
sort from tho countries to
louth of us. MovIm there Is
lining to this new spirit of
were solidarity.
DENTALLY, there are two
pockets or suicide Japs
Unine nn nitlnnun. The
GENERAL Is holed up In
wunuca on Pago Two)
Delegates End
Work on World
Peace Charter
By JOHN M. HIGHTOWER
o . "oeltt P Diplomatic N.w. Editor
vi.waSO UC.iS 'Un " (,''-A Ch"1" h.
I;'"'0', U. Nation, wa. wrapp.d up today Into a world
document dailgntd to maintain pcac.
.1,!'1U,!, 'i"rVm,n' now Uklng a brl.f holiday In Washing,
ton .tat., will brln th Unlt.d Nation, conf.r.nci to a formal
clo.. . with a tp..ch on lnt.rnational affair. Tue.d.y aftarnoon.
Until that tlm. th. d.lMat. of th. 50 nation, rapr.s.nt.d
har will b. bu.y with a r.rl.ty of tachnlcal problam. and pe.ch
making s.i.lons. But tha r.al work of th conf.ranca, which
mtt April 25. U accompll.had.
It r.ach.d that atao. last night. A commltt.a approved an
Au.trallan-Ru.aian comproml.. ampowaring tha proposad genaral
asa.mbly of natlona to di.cua. and maka racommandations on
any qua.tion "within tha icop.
of tha chartar" writtan hara.
12 CONVICTED
III TRIALS OF
POLE LEADERS
By EDDY GILMORE
MOSCOW, June 21 P)
Twelve of ID Poles accused of
subversive activities behind red
army lines were convicted by a
soviet court early today and
given sentences of from four
months to 10 years in prison.
Three were acquitted and me
trial or anotner was postponed.
Tho heaviest sentence '10
ycors was imposed upon MaJ.
Gen. L. Bronlslaw Okulickl,
commander or the underground
homo army after the ill-fated
Warsaw uprising, .
' 8-Y.ar Santanca .
Jan Jnnkowskl. deputy crime
minister of the London Polish
governmcnt-ln-cxlle and leader
of the v Polish underground
movement, was sentenced to
eight yoBrs imprisonment.
The sentences will date from
the day of arrest, March Z7.
(The Moscow, radio, heard In
London, said no appeal from
the sentences would oe per
mitted).
Gen, Okulickl received his
sentence stoically. His only
show of emotion was a tighten
ing of the lips.
Flood liahts beat down upon
the defendants standing In .the
(Continued on Page 't wqj
Strike Threat
Menaces Lumber
PORTLAND. Ore.. June 21
fP)A strike .throat hung over
the normwes,i lumoer rauuauj
today. . : ', . ''
The executive committee of
tho AFL northwestern council
of lumber and sawmill workers
wont into closed session this
morning to discuss calling a gen
crol strike vote In support of
tholr demands for a flat 20-
cont-an-hour wage Increase.
AFL officials said the strike,
If called, would Involve some
nn nnn Inucnrs and sawmill
workers In Washington Oregon
nniifMt,in Trinhn And Montana
An AFL spokesman estimated
tho conference, would last at
least mrougii w.ii, w
cllned to say how soon a deci
sion might be reached.
Thus ended a long struggle
by small nations to make the
assembly a "town meeting of
the world" potentially capable
of exerting the pressure of pub
lic opinion on tho big-power-con-trolled
security council, even
though it could exercise no con
trol over the council directly.
Acclaimed Leader
Victor Andrade of Bolivia,
chairman of the committee on
assembly powers, attributed
leadership in this struggle to
Foreign Minister Herbert V.
Evatt of Australia.
The last commission session
to go over a chapter of the
charter was called today to re
ceive the report of Andrade's
committee. From the stage of
commission action the confer
ence will move through plenary
(Continues on Page Two)
Here's Only Picture Of Jap Balloon In Air In North America
mber Company Officials
ice Charge Of Conspiracy
MTLE, June 21 (IP) Ar-
Mt Belllngham . by the
ft States marshal's office,
i Olson, president, nnd
Main, soerefnrv -n the
western Lumber and
1G Comnnnv nt nnlllncr.
Posted 7nnn hull in ri.
" iasi evening on San An
lex., federal urand jury
nations charging con
to violate tho emergency
control act. They agreed
nj trial In San Antonio,
Frnii u-u oi price wu
foiion hero announced to-
! u. Hcser, a third de-
Is out on ball at San
Belllngham men wcro ar-
n fUtlltlvn Wnxranla Thn
hnouncomcnt said their
blnrlr m r. . I, n t Ir,
s originating In Wash-
u oruisli Columbia,
HI IVinvn i r , , ..
81e suppliers were ex
st rcnnrl. wnnnuA ' rnA
pmber yards in Texas that
Kymwd to pay side-
- Aicscr tf tncy wanted
to obtain critically needed
Shingles irom uiu ii..".
Lumber and Shingle company
it added. "OPA found that he
was splitting these Illegal and
excessive side payments with
Olson and Main. The money
was forwarded to them in the
form of checks, American Ex
press orders and in bundles of
i
""tIiiToPA statement quoted J.
Charles Dennis, U. S. district-attorney
here, and Jfirme.s,r5,li
choff, regional chief of OPA
lumber enforcement and H.
MltcnCOCK, Jrri ... ."---
enforcement attorney -thejat-
tor to tne eueci mm u.c
ants not only received side i mon
eys on their sales but paid s de
J n.i n .imhpr mills
moneys m "jr.;
and dealers in this area and Can
ada when they needed more
shingles to 111 orders
T no siaicmciii. wuuc"
. minrl ifl hflVfi
names oi
collected Illegal overcharges In
the form oi K"',V'TJ"'' "
who have concealed their over
charges by fraudulent invoices
or records, arebelng reported to
tho U. a. treasury ui
Investigation-on Income tax.
CAPACITY EYED
Added channel capacity in
Poo and Longell valleys and in
the Lost river diversion canal
will be considered in an imme
diate investigation -by the recla
nv.tl.n service, it was disclosed
today by Acting Kegionai uirec
tor u. J. Gendron.
In a letter to the chamber of
commerce, Gendron said that
the-survey had been asked by
Superintendent Laton Stephens
oi tne ruamatn reclamation Bu
reau.
Reduction Planned
Purpose of the proposed
changes would reduce the flood
waters which now spill into
lower Lost river and on into the
Tulc lake sump.
"Such an arrangement," said
Gendron, "if found feasible,
would permit further reduction
of the flooded area of Tulc lake,
tonnnuea on rage xwoj .
School Election
Set For Monday
The annual high school elec
tion will take place Monday,
June 25, at Klamath Union high
school when polls will be open
from z until 7 p. m.
There are two measures of
importance appearing on the
bnllot. One measure concerns
the election of a director and
the other is the voting of per
mission to exceed the 6 per cent
limitation on tne nign scnooi
budget. The voting on the bud
get is done eacn year as it re
quires a special election to ex
ceed the limitation.
So far the only name to ap
pear on the ballot for the di
rectorship is A. R. Dickson.
Queen Candidate
Blanche Schonchin, daughter
of Mr. and Mrs. Calvin Barney,
Spragua River, Is another can
didate for tha rodao quean's
crown. ' . "i ' '
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Through special "arrangements,. Tha Herald, and News today, is able to present what is baliaved.
to be tha only picture that ha. been taken of a Japanese balloon over North America. Other pic
tures have ahown balloons after they have dropped to the. ground. Tha balloon shown hare above
a western uanaaa nmsiae contains more .man- i.uuu cuoic zeet ot nyarogen. in. aetonator cnarge,
which is tuppoied to destroy the big bag when it drops, failed io operate in . this case. .Tha Herald
and. New. acknowledge.' the courtesy of Mr.'. Walter J. Cox. Merrill, and her father, H. N. White.
Vancouver, B. C.', and the Vancouver Province, for the use of theie picture., Cloi.-ups.of the. bal
loon ana it. mecnamam win ee rouna on page a. , - -
Truman Lauds Peace Conference Work;
Promises Bettering Of Meat Situation
By ERNEST B. VACCARO
OLYMPIA. June 21 (P)
President Truman today praised
the work of the San Francisco
conference, promised the meat
situation would be straightened
out and denied reports ot con
templated removing Interior
Secretary Harold L. Ickes. --
In his first ' nress conference
since leaving the White House,
the president- also expressed
gratification over the senate's
approval of legislation extend
ing the reciprocal trade agree
ment program with further tar
iff lowering authority.
He announced that he would
stop over in Portland, Ore., at
11 a. m. (Pacific war time) Mon
day en route to San Francisco
Transfer Of OPA
Powers Proposed
WASHINGTON. June 21 (P)
Broadening a recommendation
from Herbert Hoover, Represen
tative Jenkins (R-Ohio) today
proposed a price control amend
ment transferring all OPA
powers over food to the agricul
ture department.
Jenkins read to the house yes
terday a letter from Hoover in
which the former president and
World War I food administrator
called for "an administrative
revolution" to combat meat and
fats shortages.
Referring to scarcities in
cities. Hoover criticized condi
tions he said produced black
markets and set forth a 12
point program designed to meet
the problem. He suggested con
centrating authority under a
system where no government
subsidies would be required.
where he expects to arrive at 4
p. m.
The president expressed con
fidence the senate will take fa
vorable action on the ' Bretton
Woods agreements as well as the
reciprocal trade legislation. The
L.tter, he said, permitting direct
quotation, "places the United
states square behind tne prin-
40,000 STRIKE I
By The Associated Pres.
Labor disputes kept some
40,000 employes on the side
lines along tne nation's labor
front today.
' The strikes and work stop
pages curtailed production in
war plants; hampered transpor
tation of some 60,000 passeng
ers in a nine-state area- and
slowed truck movement of foods
and war materials in parts of
the midwest.
The war labor board stepped
into the biggest single strike
and ordered 16,700 CIO United
Rubber Workers to end their
work stoppage immediately at
the Goodyear Tire . & . Rubber
company, Akron, O, ,
Vote Defiance
Union members voted yester
day to defy a WLB back-to-work
order. Today Chairman George
E. Taylor of the WLB tele-
eranhed union officials "con
tinuation of this strike is in
flaerant disregard of orderly
procedures established by law
(Continued on Jfage jlwoj
, ' The Herald and News will offer special service lo the
public on Friday night in connection With the state and
city elections. . ' . .
Cooperating with the county clerk's office, the newt
paper will collect and compile election returns at rapidly
at the ballot! are counted, beginning at 8 p. m.
- Telephone inquiriet will be gladly answered. The num
ber it 8111.
The office will remain open during the evening and
return! will be potted on a blackboard. You are welcome
to .visit the newspaper office or telephone your inquiriet.
ciples of international: trade co
operation." : - - '
He came out flatly in favor of
tne postwar completion- of : the
Alaskan highway in cooperation
with British Columbia and Can
ada. - He said there is about 600
miles of road up the. trench to
complete. - : -
Denies Rumor. .
"Stories h a v e appeared in
eastern papers that you are aet-
ting rid of Mr. Ickes and re
placing him with' " Cap Krug
(J. A. Krug, chairman of the
war production board)." : a re
porter said. He asked the presi
dent if he planned such action.
No, the president replied, he
didn't, it was the. first he .had
heard of it, he added, and it was
news to him.
The president added that he
had no cabinet changes immedi
ately in mind, and that .he
would let the reporters know
wnen ne did.
Still Nothing ' - V '
"You suggested, we keep on
asking you if you contemplated
a change in the state department
(resided over bv Secretary
Steltinius) and we are wonder
ing if you have anything on
that?" a reporter asked. The
S resident said he still. had noth
ig on that. - : '
Told of former President Her
bert Hoover's assertion that food
controls over meat distribution
had broken down, the president
said he had not seen the state
ment, but added that the' meat
situation would be straightened
out as soon as Representative
Clinton P. Anderson, his new
agriculture secretary and . war
food administrator, takes . over.
WF A Cancels
Meat Shipments
'SEATTLE, June- 21 .(ff) -The
war food administration has can
celled lend-lease shipments of
33a,uuu,uuu pounds of meat, in
cluding 300,000,000 pounds to
Russia and the rest to Great
Britain, for, July, August and
September, packing sources said
today,-. '
It was agreed American civil
ian buyers would benefit. A
large amount of a canned meat
product known in Russia as
Hushonka' and shipped there has
been made by a .Tacoma plant,
they said.
' r-
Commticpncll
lOtfh Army
By LEONARD MILLIMAN
Associated Press War Editor
Conqu.it of Okinawa ialand -officially ended today while
flame-throwing tank.-were .till burning Japane.e out of suicide
pockets. . ' '
The 82-day campaign was the co.tlie.t of the Central and
Western Pacific. More than 90.000 Japanese were killed or cap
tured. ! ....
". American killed .ince U. S. total caaualtie. of 35,116 were
lait announced a month ago included two generals Lt. Gen,
Simon Bolivar Buckner Jr.. 10th army commander, and Brig.
Gen. Claudius M. Easley of the 96th divi.ion.
Gen. Joseph W. Stilwell. veteran of China and Burma, will
take over command of the 10th army. , i ,
Transfer of "Vinegar Joe" Stilwell from command of U. S.
army ground force, to the Pacific wa. announced today by Gen..
uougias MacArthur shortly be
fore Adm. Chester W. Nimitz
15-YEAR-OLD
BOY
S
Ifl MAIN GANA
L
Harold Mogan. 15. son of Mr
and Mrs. Albert Peterson, 1406
Etna, drowned about 3:30 p.
m., Wednesday, in .the main
canal at the Oregon-California-Eastern
railroad bridge just off
aummers lane;
. Mogan was in swimming with
seven companions who reported
that he had been playing with
his . dog. He was duckine the
dog when both pf-them sudden
ly went under. The animal
came up immediately but the
ooy ianea to appear.
Sbme of the boys ran to the
Altamont camp - ground and
gave the alarm. State police
and the sheriff's office were no
tified and rushed to the scene
with dragging equipment and
two boats. Mogan's body was
brought to the surface at 9:12
p. .m.i about- 75. yards from
where ' he ' disappeared; accord
ing .to reports from- the" sheriffs
umce . nere. . xne canal: - IS De-tween-;10--ah(l
12 feet deep at
me-Doini wnere tne Doav was
found. Sheriff Lloyd Low' said
mis morning. -.'.
Low said that two good swim
mers among the bovs dived for
mogan. in an effort to assist
him, but that their efforts were
ot no avail. '
Mercury Hits 94.
For Year's High
Wednesday the mercury' soar
ed to 04 degrees, the highest
recorded temperature this year,
for Klamath Falls. That is two
degrees higher . than the two
previous days when 92 degrees
was recorded.
The sun rose at 3:25 a. m.
Thursday, June 21, midsummer
day, ana will set at o:ss p.. m
From now on the days will com
mence getting shorter, although
it will not be noticeable for sev
eral weeks. .
Temperature recorded at
12:45 for mdisummer day was
81. ' Cooler temperatures are
predicted for tonight and Fri
day, v. :
Precipitation for June. 1945.
to date is .02; .80 was recorded
for the entire month of 'June,
1944. '
Senate Approves
Trade Measure
WASHINGTON;- June '-21' iP)
The broadened, extended recip
rocal trade legislation which
President Truman called of
the first - order of imoortance
for the success of my adminis
tration" was his for. the signing
today. . . , , ; . ,
The senate passed it late yes
terday by a -vote of 54 to 21.
First it restored a house-approved
provision permitting Mr.
Truman to reduce selected- tar
iff rates another 50 per . cent.
Then it slapped down a' series
of proposed restrictive amend
ments. ' r -.
announced the end of the Oki
nawa campaign. . i ;. ',
Increasing intensity of. the
air warfare against Japan was
assured in the disclosure in
Washington by Lt. Gen. James
H. Doolittle that his 8th air
force would join the -20th in
heavy bombardment of Nippon's
home islands. The 8th now is
being deployed from Europe to
the Pacific area. .
Doolittle told a news confer
ence that operations of his force
would parallel those of the 20th
air force, with directives com
ing from the joint chiefs of
staff. He was unable to say
whether his force, which will
headquarter at Colorado Springs
while retraining, would include
other bombers than the B-29s.
He said he hoped to have long,
range fighters, however.
Good Progress '
Satisfactory progress was re
ported on all Pacific fronts
though none of them matched
this week's Nipponese death
rate on Okinawa 3300 a day. .
American troops, supported
by Mexican fighter planes in
their drive toward the end -of
the Philippines campaign, swept
30,000 Nipponese troops, toward
the northern, tip of Luzon is
land and traps set by Filipino
(ContinHe.don?age Two)
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TWO TRUE BILLS'
RETUIEDBY JURY
The 'Klamath -mnnfv natA
juryfor the June term of cir
cuit court reported to Circuit
Court Judge David .B. Vanden
berg this afternoon after ap
proximately 10 hours deliberation.
;TW0 true bills wprp returns
by the erand 1urv. Thps in.
eluded -true bills against Dennis
Samuel Gathwright and John
Doe for possession of stolen pro.
perty and Arthur Corden Rob
son, for grand larceny. Not true
bills were returned aeainst ttnv
John Laird, Edward F. Conley.
and Dennis W. Lilly.
jury invesugate.
In its report the Erand tnrv
stated that it had investigated
the various public institutions of
Klamath county and the various
departments of the county government.
It was the opinion of the ffranri"
jury that the city jail is wholly
inadequate to serve the purpose
for which it is intended, and
incapable of being made into a
suitable jail for the city of Klam
ath Falls. -
Officials Commanded
The grand jury received
through District Attorney Clar
ence A. IHumble a full report ol
the activities of the juvenile de
partment and felt that conditions'
in respect, to juvenile delinauen-
cy had improved. The grand jury
auHiuQuea on rage iwoj.
Jap Equipment
To Be Shown
Japanese heavy field, eaulrv
ment from theaters of war and
an exact replica of a nazi V-l
rooot oomD, will be . exhibited
at 8th -and Main in Klamath
Falls, starting Friday, sponsor
ed by the Naval' Aid auxiliary.
The enemy war prizes will be
on display from 10 a. m. to 10
p. m. every day until and hv'
eluding Sunday. ,
Voters To Trek To Polls
Friday For Special Ballot
Voters of Klamath Falls and
Klamath county will go to the
polls Friday, June 22, from 8
a. m. to. 8 p. m. to cast their
ballots in the special election.
Three city measures and two
state measures are up for vote.
- Electors of Klamath Falls will
vote on all five measures and
county residents will vote only
on the two state measures.
The three city measures are:
(1) A proposed li mill levy for
three years to raise $36,000 for
the city-county jail. (2) A char
ter amendment to make possible
appointments 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 pur
poses i
The two. state measures to be
voted upon would enact a cig
arette tax to raise $2,000,000 a
year for schools, and levy a five
mill, two-year, . property tax to
raise $6,000,000 for new state in
stitution 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.
Charles T. DeLap, county
clerk,- said this morning thai
voting places have been set up
as usual in -the 76 county pre
cincts, including 32 in Klamath
Falls. . Counting of ballots will
begin at 8 p. m., he stated. (Foi
additional information see edi
torial page.'