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About Herald and news. (Klamath Falls, Or.) 1942-current | View Entire Issue (June 25, 1945)
an D mi la Tire Day's jews ; By FRANK JENKINS . ,( AST week win a gloomy ono u for Jupim. i uiiiciui loxyo tvia rauioi gave If wntiinnii tvim hiiu uvtu uiicru I services for tho com iiiiiullnil iiunrrnl mid tho com manding admiral who stayed mi-re to tllo. Typically cnoiiKM, nothing li mild about tho 100,' 0011 LITTLE Jiidi who perished. me '.limrv niiiwar ti lin unit Ihey wrru cniinon foddor, with plenty moro whero they cumo irum, . I . . I I I v - inn unnv ill n i I .inni wcro killed wild counted on Oklnnwn and In the Philippines. Another 7705 SURRENDERED . - - - - , -1 r-- an oll-llmo record lit tho Pacific wr, Everything con- yidered, that cornea close to bo lug iilzcuble crack In Buahldo. It lead iia to hope (faintly) that In time INCREASING numbers of cannon-fodder Jap might bo gin to suspect that they ure be ing used as tho fall guys. nUT. oven If we permit our " avlves to entertain hope that eventuully Buahldo might crack under the iitrnln, wo muatn't let m .In.lllthi Tluil unlllrl wmiH nvvi 3 ilium. fH Luton, we land paratroops ,vy at Aparrl, along with gilder borno supplies and heavy weapons, thus closing the trap on the 20,000 to 30,000 Jnps being hated northward down the Ca gayan valley, Thoae lett alive are expected to break up Into (Unorganized amall band that will filter buck Into the nioun tu Ina to be hunted down a few at a time by the Filipino guer rillas THE Auitrallam toko the big Serla oil field on Borneo and drive on toward tho amuller Mlrl field. After doing all the damago they could, tho Jap accui IU uv iii.-uiii( VI WW wella. 21 are still burning. Get ting the field back Into produc tion will be a job, but well man ago It. MORE THAN 150 U. S. and Australian bombers continue their pounding of Ballkpapan. Bombing on that scale usually means an Impending landing. STllE Chinese claim today to be 1 only 175 miles south of ' Shanghai, after cleantt'thc China coast behind them. TN Tokyo. Hlrohlto Issues t "directive" Instructing the "dlreeltve" members of tho people's volun teer corps (homo guards) that they must neither surrender nor permit tnemseives to do uiKcn alive in the event of an allied Invasion of the homeland. That Is to any, ha tells them to win, got themselves killed or commit suicide. . rpllAT might bo sound enough Jap strategy If we were so foolish as to fight the war from Micro on out tho JAP WAY. , Gonernl Arnold (U. S, army air corps commander) Intimates ' In Honolulu today that we don't 'Intend to do it that way. He rsays: "Okinawa will be one of our most Important bases against ! Japan In tho coming air of 'fensive, which will roach Us peak nome timo this fall "when every piano we can get our hands on will bo sent to ELIMINATE . Industrial Japan once and for "all." FURTHER bad news for tho Japs comes from Washington, whero Lond-Leosor Crowley tells ' tho house appropriations commit- tee that lend-lease supplies cut off to WESTERN Russia when Germany surrendered are now .'. being shipped Into RUSSIAN .SIBERIA. Ho adds that tho Siberian shipments (including , "all the Items that our military i, men feel aro necessary") arc be . ' lug made AT THE REQUEST of , U. S. military leaders, Ho explains: "Tho possibility - of Russia's entry Into tho war ; against Japan acts to pin down ' In northern Manchuria large numbers of Japanese troops which might otherwise bo dl ! verted against allied forces In - the Asiatic theater." r ' AT Honolulu, General Arnold , gives us hero on the home front a revealing glimpse of a question tlint must bo sottlcd and (Continued on Pago Two) Spanish Entrance Into War Discussed, Report Reveals By HOWARD COWAN ! BERCHTESGADEN, Ger many, Juno. 25 (I') A German diplomatic report which has boon found by tho allies indi cates that General Franco of Spain and Benito Mussolini dls- , cussed the question of Spain's entry into tho war on tho axis aide in 1941 but-tho Spanish leader insisted his country was too near starvation and mili tarily unprepared. , Tho document also Indicated, however, that tho possibility! of Spain's getting Gibraltar and French Morocco also was dis cussed. The Information contained in ' tho report has been turned over to the highest authorities..! ' liuvo scon tho text. ' Dated 1941 ' ; Tho report, dated February 12, 1041, bore tho signature of Teleph - ' PRICE FIVE CENTS KI ,J? XLS, OREGON, MONDAY, JUNE 25, IMS : : : i r . Rules Rodeo IL' Blanche Schonchln of Spragua Rlvar was ehosan quaan of the 1945 Buckaroo Days calabratlon here Saturday nlgbt. F ; Blanche Schonchln, only two generations descended from an Indian chief, was named queen of the Klamuth Buckaroo Days rodeo, at the queen s ball batur day night. Daughter of Mr, and Mrs. Rlggs Schonchln of Spraguo Rlvor, Blanche Is a Parks col lege student. "Schonchln" means chief in the Modoc Indian language, and Blanche's great grandfather who first took the name, was -promiuont in struggles txrtweon Uie whites and redskins in tho early days of tho west. Peter, his son, fought in one of tho bloodiest battle, the Modoc war. Rlggs, son of Peter, and : (Continued on Pago Two) Vandenberg To Aid Ratification SAN ' FRANCISCO. Juna 25 (JP) . Senator Vandenberg (R Mlch.) said today that he would sign the United Nations charter and would ' make every effort to secure us rnuiicauon with rcn sonnblo speed," Vandenberg Is a member of the American delegation and chairman of the senate repub lican conference Whilo It had been expected that ho would subscribe to tho charter for a world organization which is to receive final conference approval here tonight he had not previ ously declared his position. Ho described the charter as having "Infirmities," but - said tlint it Is a "sound basis for seek ing organized pence." Lend-lease Supplies Now Being Shipped To Siberia WASHINGTON, Juno 25 (P) Lend-lease supplies cut off to western Kusslu when Germany surrendered arc being shipped into Russian Siberia on tho threshold of tho Japanese war. Leo T. Crowley, lend-lease administrator, told tho house appropriations commlttco the Siberian shipments are being made at tho request of U. S. military leaders. The fact be came public today when the committee released tho text of his testimony made earlier in the month. A Crowloy disclosed that the previously announced "review" Baron Ernst von Welszacckcr, then state secretary in the Ger man foreign ministry and later German minister to the Vatican, and was addressed to . Foreign Minister Joachim von Rlbben trop. It relayed a report from an Italian , representation named Cosmollt (apparently Giuseppe Cosmclli, counselor of the Ital ian embassy In Berlin) who had just attended a meeting between Mussolini and Franco. . Wels zacckcr was forwarding infor mation for tho use of Rlbben trop and Hitler who apparently had scheduled a meeting with Franco at Bordlghcra. ' " The text of the report said: Future Planned - "Tho Italian minister (Cos mclli) visited mo today in order to-give the following Informa (ConUnucd on Page Two) JAPSTOLD TO 'WIN OR Dr Report Admits Loss Of Okinawa By Nips SAN FRANCISCO, June 25 ()') The Jupaneso people wcro given a "win or die" ultimatum today in a directive stemming from Emperor Hlrohlto. Members of the People's Vol unteer corps were told not to be takon alive or surrender In the event of an allied invasion of the homeland- In other words, win, get killed or commit suicide. Tho order was contained in a new manual for the homvtronl forces. Admit Defeat , As Japanese Homo Minister Cenkl Abo made a detailed re port to Hlrohlto on uir raid dam. age in Tokyo, Imperial head' quarters belatedly admitted the loss of Okinawa ond the Nippon radio claimed allied forces had attempted a landing at Ballk papan in southeast Borneo which had been "completely checked." Tho allied high command did not confirm tho report a landing had been attempted, nor refer to roitcrnted Japanese reports that allied warships were lying off Ballkpapan. IdontlilM Ganaral The formal communique by Imperial headquarters, inter cepted in San tranclsco by the federal communications com mission, Identified for tho first lunaj-Uicr commanding general ol Nippon's Okinawa forces LL Gen. Mltsuru Ushiilma. Tho Japanese high command has given UshiJImn up for dead, apparently., as tribute was paid him in obituary terms today by radio Tokyo, Similar tribute was paid the naval commanding officer. Rear Adm. Minoru Ota, who was found with his aides, inroau cut, in a cave on uki nnwa. : Search for Head American troops arc still searching for Ushijima, dead or alive. The Japanese propaganda made fantastic claims of Ameri can casualties on Okinawa 80, 800 ground troops, and 600 war craft and transports. On the homcfront, Tokyo quoiea me in ippon Times as say. Ing that while the new war mca sures decree lave Premier Su. zuki'a government "all necessary powers without stint or hesita tion," it docs not permit the gov ernment to "run rampant with out restrictions." Even In an emergency, "the government scrupulously avoids becoming a dictatorship," tho paper said. of Russian lend-lease actually stopped all commitments which were not then en route to Russia or being loaded on ships. The Russians were given tho choice of paying cash if they want previously-promised lend lease supplies to finish uncom pleted plants and the like. "There is, however, a pro gram that is sponsored by our military under which we arc supplying aid to Russia that is going to Siberia," Crowley test ified. "My understanding with the chief of staff is that this aid will bo continued until such time as the president and his highest military advisers advise us that Ihcy think It should be discon tinued. "All of tho things that arc being Included in this are items that our military feel aro neces sary." To U. S. Advantage Crowley testified that highest military strategists regard the Siberian lend-lease "of military advantage to the United States," and explained: "Tho possibility of Russia's entry Into the war against Japan acts to pin down In northern Manchuria largo numbers of Japanese troops which might otherwise bo diverted against allied forces in tho Asiatic the ater." Crowley told tho committee European lend-lease was cut back drastically with Germany's defeat and said It may end com pletely for such countries as Belgium, Holland and France by the ond of tho year, He ex pects loans from the cxport-lm port bank to tnko up where lend-lease ends. I N A 9 W Bridges rues S- ' SM sOTOsf mm if. 'f ! . l.&ZJi) 'I Harry Bridges, wast coast CIO leader (right), files an appli cation at the department of naturalisation in San Francisco. Juna 23. lor his final citisanshlp papers. At left Is L. H. .Garner of the immigration dopartmont. (aP Wirephoto). Truman To Wind Up Confab, Possibly Sieitinius Future By JOHN M. HIGHTOWER Associated Press Diplomatic News Editor SAN FRANCISCO, June 25 (IP) President Truman's arrival today to help wind up the United Nation's conferenco in a bril liant round of ceremonies and speechmaking may also lead to tho speedy windup of another situation the future of Edward R. Stetllnius Jr., as secretary of state. In the American delegation and other .diplomatic groups here there Is considerable specu Uttqn that the president may In- TROPICAL STDflM CHARLESTON. S. C. June 25 (JP) The center of the tropical hurricane sweeping up the At lantic seaboard from the Carib bean passed 40 miles east of here early today and swung northeastward parallel to Caro lina s beach resort area. The weather bureau said the core of the storm would pass over or slightly cast of the Caro lina capes this afternoon and that strong winds from gale to full hurricane force would be felt from north of here to Hat- tcras. Precautions Taken Precautions were adviscu along the beach resort area, now In the height of its summer sea' son. and areas northward to Nor folk were urged by the weather bureau to stand by for- frequent advisories. . . A telephone message from Georgetown. S. C. said a heavy rainfall was the only result of tne Hurricane felt mere, 69 MPH Wind No Important damage was re ported in the Charleston vicinity although the wind reached as nigh as bo miles an hour in gusts. Rainfall during the night totaled 5.58 inches. Residents of tho nearby Folly . beach resort were evacuated to the city. Persons on the low exposed beaches from Georgetown, to Cape Hatteros, N. C, where the coastllno swings farthest east ward, were warned to be ready to move-to- higher terrain for safety. Moving at about 20 miles an hour, the storm lashed across Florida early yesterday without causing any great damage and swung northeastward. It passed along the Georgia coast without incident, out coastline cities and towns reported high winds and heavy rains. Japs Abandon Borneo Fields MANILA. June 25 (JP) After doing their best to sabotage all on wells, Japanese evidently are abandoning some - of Bor neo's richest petroleum areas to the invading Australians. Australia s ninth division drove down the Borneo north coast toward the Mirl fields against slight opposition yester day and already had taken Bona, potentially richest oil area in tho British Empire. At least 21 of Scria's 50 wells still were flaming - from Japanese torches, however. v More than 150 American and Australian - bombers continued the aerial blasting of the south eastern Dutch Borneo port of Ballkpapan, but there was no confirmation of Tokyo radio reports that the allies had at- tempted landings there which had been "completely checked." ror citizenship m - m si dicate cither publicly or pri vately his future plans for Stet tinius before he leaves here to morrow night. There are two main reasons cited for this view 1. The prolonged speculation that Mr. Truman may intend to replace Stettinius in the secre taryship with James r. Byrnes, former director ot war mobil ization, is weakening Stettinius' official position in addition to being personally embarrassing to him. , 2. Now that the conference has come up to. a successful coucbisionJ, w,Ith. Jhe charter, of a new worm peace organization ready for iinai, formal approval and signing, Stettinius' . imme diate task is done, and a break ing point has been reached. President Truman and Stet tinius have not met since late May, when the secretary paid a flying visit to the White House. Prior to that they had been as sociated for a few days imme diately after the death of Frank lin D. Roosevelt in April, but in the hectic events of those days no thought was given to change. Two months to the day after the conference opened on April 25, Mr. Truman arrived about 2:30 p. m. (PWT) today at Ham ilton field from the Pacific northwest, .where he has been ' (Continued on Page Two) Final Returns Made In Election Shevlin and Odell precinct re turns in the special election ar rived at the county clerk's office Monday, and final tabulation was made on Klamath's vote on the two state measures. Here is the way this county went: Building fund: Yes 1314, No 822 Cigarette tax: Yes 1013: No 1150. Shevlin voted as follows:. " Building fund: Yes 24, No 11. Cigarette tax: Yes 10, No 28. Odell voted in this way: . Building fund: Yes 17, No 2. - Cigarette tax: Yes 13, No 7. Fund To Wind Up FEPC Approved WASHINGTON. June 25 (IP) The house appropriations com mittee today approved a $125, 000 fund for liquidation of the fair employment practices com mittee. ' The committee's surprise ac tion if approved by congress. would mean that operations of the FEPC, long the center of a congressional controversy, would be limited to liquidation after July 1. Anderson Predicts More Meat For Nation's Tables By FRANCIS M. LE MAY WASHINGTON. June 25 (JP) Clinton P. Anderson today fore cast more meat for the nation's dinner table if tho senate goes along with new slaughtering rules written by the house into legislation extending price con trols. The New Mexico democrat who moves next Monday from his . house seat into sweeping control over food as secretary of agriculture said the change "hands me a weannn to deal with the black market in meat and to channel more meat to the dinner table." Anderson, however, declined to discuss in the same Interview i'iii Max. (Juna 24) .i3 Mln. ..,.5I PracipitatioD last 24 hours .01 Straam year to data 13.01 Normal ).. 11.72 Last year 8.(9 Forecast: Slight change in temperature. Argentina Fails to Eliminate German Econ omic Influence WASHINGTON. June 25 IIP) A senaU committee receded state department evidence today that Argentina has failed to eliminate a single case- of suspected German economic penetra tion. Appearing before a military subcommittee studying nasi plans for a third World war. Assistant Secretary of State William L. Clayton submitted documents summarising results of a de partment campaign to stamp out axis spearheads in Latin America by supplanting enemy control of Tarious business enterprises with friendly ownership. Clayton said that In the case of Argentina moat recant weatern nemiaphere member of the United Nations there are 104 such spearheads "in which no action or non-elimination action has been taken to date." Four others are in the process of elimination, be aaid, but none has been eliminated completely. Brasil, on the other hand, ha eliminated 48 Hated spear heada, has 70 others in the proceas of elimination and has none L I Two young . boys. Franklin Sames, 9, and Richard Sames, 7, sons of Mr. and Mrs. Frank lin Bradford Sames of Keno, are in Hillside hospital today in a critical condition as the result of an explosion this morning. According to hospital reports, the two boys placed a lighted match under a dynamite cap and the cap exploded, in luring them both critically. : The older boy will lose at least three! fingers of jpne hand and the younger , lad suffered severe injuries to his eyes and face. Metal also lodged in his chest, according to Dr. George Adler, attending physician. . The -father of the two boys is an employe of the Associated Box and Lumber company of Dorr is, Calif. The parents were notified and arrived at the hos pital about 1 p. m. .' The sheriffs office here Is investigating the. case further. PLEADS INNOCENT By W. W. HERCHER LONDON. June 25 fP Wil liam Joyce's defense attorney en tered a plea of innocent to day to British charges of high treason, and indicated that the man who made war propaganda broadcasts for the Germans un der the name of "Lord Haw Haw" would base his defense on a claim of American birth. A preliminary hearing on the charges was adjourned until Thursday, -when, the court an nounced, Joyce will be - com mitted formally for trial in OIK Bailey during the July session. Declared Subject The prosecution . contended Joyce had declared himself a British subject by birth when he applied for a passport in 1933, and on two other occa sions when seeking passport re newals the last time only. 10 days before the outbreak of war, when he went to Germany. After his capture by allied authorities following Germany's surrender, Joyce said he was born at 1877 Herkimer street, Brooklyn. N. Y. Joyce declared in a statement offered in evidence as an ex hibit, that his father, who he said was a naturalized Amer ican citizen, lost his citizenship when he left America in 1909, "When I was three years old." Joyce now is 39. , The prosecution ' contended that Joyce admitted that upon (Continued on Page Two) another house amendment de signed to give him even greater authority in his new post, in cluding cto power over OPA price and rationing orders. . Both were adopted during day-long debate Saturday before the house ' finally . approved a one-year extension of price and stabilization controls, although in widely different form than the senate's extension bill. The two measures are head ed for a joint senate-house con ference committer, where ' ad ministration leaders, with some republican backing, will seek to strike still another house amend ment and one added by the sen- TWO Of SEVERELYHUR EXPLOSION IJuni 1X1 Nnrnbax 10500 in which no action ha been taken. The spearheads. Clayton said. are "companies which are known centers .of espionage or other aggressive activity. Elim ination means that 'the com pany has cither been liauidated. seized and operated .by the local South American government in question, or sold to non-nazi in terests." "Encouraging" Haiti showed 25 eliminations. Chile 22 and Ecuador 19. - .- Clayton said results have been "encouraging," adding: 'it seems a safe prediction . to say that Germany econ omic and political penetration in tnis hemisphere has, for the most part, been dealt a blo-v from which it will probably not recover; ana that the prospects are reasonably bright for the substantial - elimination of axis spearhead firms even in the areas where they still survive." . SttU Worries , .Noting i that .Victory in.: iu rope has brought an end to such former problems as blockade. shipments of supplies from Ger many to dangerous firm in this hemisphere - and reestablished trade-.-relationships, . Clayton added: . . .- "What we do have- to worry about are those persons who may be hiding naii loot or flight capita, and about the control of German' investments in ail of the republics." , , '- - The subcommittee, headed by Chairman Kllgore (D-W. Va.) ordered its hearings on the basis of secret German documents showing how th nazis hoped to nide behind a iront of postwar industrial progress while man euvering toward a new attempt at world domination, . Polls Open For School Election Polls will be open from 2 until 7 p. m. tonight (Monday) for the annual high school elec tion at Klamath Union high school. . - Two measures of Importance are aDDearine on the ballot. One measure concerns the elec tion of a director, and the other is the voting on permission to exceed the six per cent, limita tion on the high school budget. Voting on the budget is held each year, as it requires a spe cial election to exceed the lim itation. 12 Killed, 25 Hurt In Crash JOPLIN. Mo.. June 25 (JP) Twelve persons were killed and 28 injured today when a bus, loaded with soldiers, struck a cow on highway 71 four miles south, swerved from the high way, plunged down a 10-foot em bankment and overturned. - Ten of the killed and all of the injured were soldiers who were returning to Camp Brow der, 25 miles south, where they were stationed after a weekend in Joplin. There were 41 pas sengers aboard. The top of the bus collapsed as it overturned, pinning the passengers inside. Rescuers worked two hours removing tho dead and injured. . Coos Bay Fire Destroys Dock COOS BAY, June 25 (JP)' Fire damage of $75,000 was es timated today by owners of six business firms and port author ities after flames leveled two blocks of the water front ware house area and destroyed the city-owned dock, . Fire Chief Uno Rlchter said he was interested In reopening investigation of a small : fire which a week ago caused slight damage in the same warehouse where yesterday' fire origin ated.. ' ,: :.' ' -!.., 20 THOUSAND JAPS TRAPPED 413,084 Nips Killed,' Captured In . Campaign ! By SPENCEH DAVIS MANILA. June 25 (JP) Eleventh airborne division para chutists hastened the Luzon cleanup campaign toward a cli max today, putting the squeeze on an estimated 20,000 Japanese now sealed off from their last major escape port, Aparri. it was at Aparrl, on the north, coast, that the enemy invaded the Philippines, December 10, Americans ana fnuiODine guerrillas already have killed or captured 413,084 Japanese m the campaign to liberate the Islands, Gen. Douglas MacArthur an nounced. ' He listed Japanese' casualties during the past week at 9238 killed and 1483 cap tured, compared with American losses of 223 dead and .589 wounded. Japs Trapped The Japanese in the Caravan valley below Aparri found them selves compressed into a 80-mile corridor and caught" beireen hammer and anvil. .-.:;--, To their north were, the air borne veterans commanded by Maj. Gen. Joseph M. Swing, who landed Saturday on Camalaniu gan airfield, four miles south of Aparri, without opposition. Join- ' ing guerrillas who already had taken Aparri, they captured Lal-Lo town, 11 miles south, and were - pushing toward Tugue garao, Cagayan province capital still held by Filipinos despite -three days of fierce ; Japanese counterattacks.' ..South of Nips . . . To the south of the nnelcptmt Japanese were spearheads of the 37th division under Maj. Gen.1 Robert E. Beightler, hammering uicu- way nonnwara 10 relieve Col. Russell W. Volckmann's Tugeugarao defenders. The 37th was within eight miles of the Japanese In the Cagayan valley would break into small groups and seek refuge in the rugged Cordillera country to the west or in the unexplored Sierra Madre range to the east there to face slow extermination. ARNOLD ADVOCATES RETENTION OF ISLES By MURLIN SPENCER , . HONOLULU. June 25 IIP) Retention of an extensive string of Pacific island bases in the in terest of America's future secur ity was advocated by Gen. li. H. Arnold, head of the army air forces, in a press conference htre Sunday. . uur air power must be in a position to carry our attacks home to the heart of any aggres sor who may threaten us," Gen. Arnold emphasized. "Our own B-29s already can - strike any- ".B u .in- wuiiu u we Keep the use of certain gtrategio Dases. r -. - , . He cited as "essential for our future security" the bloodily won islands of the Marshalls, Palaus, Volcanoes, Bonins, and Ryukyus, as well as unrestricted use of Wake, Marcus, Canton, Palmyra and Christmas islands and Amer ican Samoa. -. Returning from a tour of Pa cific bases, "I have come back convinced we must have a bridge across the Pacific," he said. "The future peace of the world depends on our doing this. Indeed, the fate of mankind may depend upon it." . . . j I wo Jima already has saved 1100 Superfortresses which have made emergency landing) there, he said, and has demon strated the importance of Ameri can possession of such bases. Factory Tie-Up Looms In Detroit By The Aaaociated Press ' Labor troubles which . havi Idled some 71,000 persons ovei the nation threatened a tie-ui of 300 Detroit factories today. . Representatives of 38,000 CIO maintenance workers in Detroit planned to meet tonight to dis cuss their jurisdiction dispuU with the AFL over which on ganization's skilled worken should be used in reconversioi work at automotive plants. While a strike of the main tenance personnel would not af feet production workers immed lately, lack of repairs to ma chinery would force closing ol plants, probably within a few days,;... T. ; ' DUTCH TO CELEBRATE AMSTERDAM, June 23 (JP) The Dutch capital is getting int fancy dress today for the officia three-day liberation celebratioi which opens tomorrow, - Only a few Americans an here for the festivities. NEAR AP
