Herald and news. (Klamath Falls, Or.) 1942-current, June 28, 1945, Image 1

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Newspaper Page Text1 mm vmssm mwwm 1. By FRANK JENKINS SJEW3 from tho Puclfla today rum strongly to ilntliitlcii, ladnoia and fierce prldo mlnglo n our emotions a wo rouci thu Igurcs. . i . t t lU tho North Luzon ond Okl I nuwu campaigns, carried on noro or lend simultaneously, .5,000 Americans (iiivo their Ives. In thejo campaign, near y 225, OUO J"P wnro killed. Thnt la a ratio of 14 to one. mnrti fnr the dead.' In Iho North Luzon and Dklimwo campiUni, s1'!,3 tHiitHltiniii wnrtt umiltirlml. WO Hive no record of tho number of Inn wounded, wo hick even ESTIMATES. v i ti... Tii,iri flitil nu. as In nil other fighting since tho world begun, Jap mum wounded in well an killed. It lust Isn't In tho curd for them .11 I., kn 1,111,1 ,Hrl nil Ihfi HOOt. Kxcept In occiislonul, olmost iwnivmiiAr. inninnffiM. there have boon few account In tho ilspotches of capture or jnp wounded, In hospital or else where. Wo do pick up a few on the battlefield (giving thorn Im mediately, o all civilized people do, tho nmo medical caro wo lllve to our own) but tho aggrc unto nf nich cane moittloned In the now hint been almost in ll..ll..HC,..,inu MinfilL 'rt.a N.irtl, l.nyntl im,l Okl nawa campaign occurred AFTER tho Japanese lout their hold on the wit and air lane. So VERY FEW wounded Jap could have boon evacuated, to the homeland. THIS question arle naturally In our mind: What happen to a Jnp when he I wounded too jevrrely to no on fighting? There I no clear and definite .-h K..I fftm Hprnm nf 111 formation pieced together from account or eyewitness corrcs- b u t significant communique from MacArthur' headquarter, we can doduco till solution of the mystery: ... The milclde-Indnctrlnnted Jap mud KILL, THEIR OWN so vorely wounded or the wounded mint kill themselves. TJOW. otherwise, con wo ex- plain Uie staggering total of .Tim' riend (which are boned largely upon our own count of enemy bodies) and the practi cally total lack of evidence a to any considerable number of Jap wounded? . , ; , , RECENT stntlHticn nro lacking hut the lntet figure avail' bin indicate that the live of moro than 00 per cent of our wounded aro ovcu. i ' THESE tolula of killed and wounded In tho North Luzon and Okinawa campaign are' henvllv wcluhted In our favor, but even o they don't tell tho whole story for they inciuao OUR NAVAL LOSSES. Tho Jnp who hnvo gono to the bottom of tho sen are uncounted and unguossed at. THE Jnponosc high command unAnn In l,ntii nnrrlnrl nn the Pacific wnr o fnr on tho cynical theory that there are plenty moro cannon-fodder Jnps where theso enme from. It might pny them to give jome consideration to tho fact (Continued on Pago Two) t Oregon Sells Third More Than Bond Goal PORTLAND, Juno 28 (IP) Oregon ha sold o third more than hor 5110,000,000 7th War Loan quota, with sales to dnto ol $143,250,721. E bond snles aro still more thtin $12,000,000 short of tho gonl. Tho E total is now $42, 8:10,388 against a $55,000,000 quota. ' Daring Maneuver Saves Aircraft Carrier -'"'"w.HPijii! i r ,n wtrt J t -VI I Smoke fill th kU a it rlis from the flight deck of the USS Bunker Hill another gallant hip that refused to dl. The carrier wa hit twice within 30 econd by two Jap suicide planes Just a the was ready to lend off flight of gaaoline-filled and bomb-loaded planes on a minion over Okinawa. Besulting catastrophe cost live of 373, with 264 wounded, Ship survlvtd to limp into a Pugot Sound rtpalr yard whir h is being refltttd for further duty. f W ' Normal: 11.80 Lt year 9.88 . -w..w , iwil III ; ' I Foracaiti Warmer Friday with clouds. mm PRICE FIVE CEiyS Tom Connally Open Campaign Approval Of Charter WASHINGTON, June 28 (IV) for war," Tom Connally told league our moral and material Thu the tall Texas democrat, cnairman oi we loreign rela tion committee and a delegate at the San Francisco conference, opened the campaign for pedy ratification of the United Nation charter by a highly receptive senate. "The world charter lor peace is icnocicing at in aoor oi in senate," he said, addlngi "We shall not turn it away." Admittedly worn by nearly nine weeks of day and night de liberation at the conOrjnce, the- broad-shouldered Texan strapped on his legislative spurs and called for a speedy, favor- uble decision in his committee B-28S UNLOAD F 4JAP CITIES GUAM. Friday, June 29 (IP) Between 450 and 500 American B-20 unloaded moro than 3000 ton of fire bomb on four Jap anese cities Sascbo, MoJI, No bcoka and Oknyama In a prp dawn raid against tho Nippon mainland today. Tho target of the multiple strike Included tho port cities of Saaobo, which previously had been hit, and Mojl and Nobcoka, struck for the first time, : Okayamn,. site of an .army training center .ajud Industrial cento of, Honshu, likewise was Hacked for tho first, time.' '. Tho ioth air force, announc ing the four-ply blow, said that further- details would be re leased when tho B-20 return to their bases in the Marianas. Sascbo, which has a popula tion of about 206,000. Is one of Japan's four principal naval bases, described a capable of servicing and repairing all types Of naval unit. Tho city has a harbor which can accommodate on cntlro fleet and It also has a naval arsenal, naval aircraft factory nnd a naval aircraft as sembly plant. Clark To Head Austrian Forces WASHINGTON. Juno 28 (IP) Gen, Mark W. Clark has been designated chief of United Stntcs occupation forces In Austria, un dersecretary of War Patterson announced today. Clark, who commanded the 15th army' group in tho Italian campaign, will be the supremo American authority on military government and political prob lems In tho United Stntcs occu pation zono in Austria, Patter son said. : . . - Will,' mm. lifl.lnllnn. T3l,n son added, Austria will bo oc cupied in tho same manner as uermany with four zones of oc cupation ono each for tho four major powers. Vienna, the capi tal, also will bo divided into four zones similar to tho pat tern on tho division of Berlin. a 'Wvfm iM - J - h HIS ON For Qui "We leagued our armed might the (enate today. "Now let u might for peace." and the senate itself. "Early ratification here will stimulate and encourage ratifi cation by other nation," he de clared. "Tho eye of the entire world aro centered on what we do here. ' Future Dependent "Foreign nations know that th c United Nutlons organiza tion for peace and security will face failure nnd futility unless tho United States ia a member. Tho fate of world pcaco may depend upon our decision," i Connully seemingly had no doubt what thnt decision would bo. Before ho spoke, he estimat ed to reporter that no more than 10 senators would oppose ratification. Bolstering hi pre diction was an Associated Press tabulation showing 54 members who plan to vote for the charter barring unforeseen develop ments, five more who say they probably will and none who would go on record in outright opposition, - "Monumental" Describing the charter as "a monumental performance," Con' nally told hi colleagues: ,- guagd and phrase cannot them selves prevent war and preserve pence. They must rest upon the win and tne purposes and ine desires of the peoples and na Hons of tho world." OF Mcrl M. Crawford, 31, Klanv ath Indian charged with raping Mrs. Elizabeth Petersen on the night of February 20 at hex homo at 2027 hiborlcin, was found guilty as charged Wcdncs' day altcrnoon by an all-male Jury. All 12 Jurors concurred on iho verdict. The Jury retired at 2:28 p. m. ana returned at 4:zz p. in The case was heard in tho clr cuit court of Klamath county before Judge David R. Vandcn- bcrg, who set baturday, June ju, at ion. m. ns time tor pass ing sentence, Tho crime of rape cnrrlcs a penalty ' of not less thnn three years and not more than 20 years imprisonment in the state penitentiary. Crawford showed no emotion when tho verdict was rond but lenned over to whisper to G. W. Kcllington, assistant defense counsel. After court convened at 2 p. m.. Judco Vandenbcrs in structed tho jury. Ho explained tuonunucd on fagc two) t- i M KI 5Q ALLS. OREBOH. THURSDAY, JUHC 21. lau nunwer 1U3U3 J A. V . . Resigned 7 sfA? riyZf -sn id -w , Th resignation of Edward R. Stettlniu. a aecretary of state wai accepted yesterday by Pres ident Truman, who is expected to n,m a ucceor to th post Monday. SHAKE-UP IN STATE Tl By JACK BELL WASHINGTON. June 28 (IP) If President Truman picks James i Fw, Byrnes as his new secretary (Qt slate --Uio - cabinet shut may be toiiowed oy a drastic departmental shakeup. " The president said in accept ing the resignation yesterday of Edward R. Stcttinius Jr., as sec retary that he expects to an nounce a successor Monday. Capitol Hill is convinced the choice will be Byrnes, former senator, supreme court justice and' war mobllizer who quit the lnttcr Job shortly before Presi dent Roosevelt died, , , , Head Delegate Stcttinius, Mr. Truman said, will head tho American delega tion to the proposed new United Nations organization and serve as this country's representative (Continued on Page Two) London Pole Named To Cabinet LONDON, June 28 (IP) The Warsaw radio said tonight that Premier Eduard Osubka-Moraw-ski had presented the slate of a reconstituted Polish government with Stanislaw Mlkolalczyk, (or mcrly head of the London exiled regime, as deputy premier and minister of agriculture.- Tho list was. presented to President Boleslaw Bierut. Osu bkamorawski retained the post oi premier. , Meanwhile, a strong possibil ity developed that Poland's for eign assets would be frozen tem porarily while Great Britain and the United States prepared to withdraw recognition from the London regime and transfer it to Warsaw. Bunker Hill After Japanese -J? 3 I With fire sweeping her flight dock and bomb fragments mak- Ing an inferno topside, the U, S. carrier Bunker Hill fight back. Smoke is shown billowing from h (tern of the ship . while craw members hustle to man their battle stations against further attack. (All photo by U. S. Navy) . Ryu ley u Nips 11 Thousand Missing. Dead In Campaign Bv ROBBIN COONS GUAM. June 28 UP) The Ryukyiu campaign, including capture of Okinawa island and several associated strikes by tne navy's fast carrier forces on the Japanese homeland, cost the United States 46,319 casualties, of whom 11,987 were killed or missing. Naval casualties of 4907 killed or missing .and 4824 wounded a total of 9731 for the period March 18 through June 20 were announced in Fleet Adm. Ches ter W. Nimitz' communique to day. Previously, he had report ed army and marine casualties oi tSHHu killed or missing and 29,598 wounded in Okinawa ground action. The navy's first venture into the Okhotsk sea, west of the Kuriles a penetration which destroyed or damaged a five- snip convoy also was an nounced in today's communique. A task force of cruisers and destroyers sank three cargo ships, probably sank a fourth and damaged the fifth in a day light action west of Harumukc tan island, 80 miles south of Par amushiro. Success of the daring thrust indicated almost daily air raids have pretty well neutral ized Japanese airfields in the Kuriles, only 600 miles ' -from the homeland. There was no hint; of any retaliatory . enemy air strike. ' This was, the first task force raid so far -wesin 'the North Pa cific, 'Light f6rces"nave , bom barded WHKv Faramosbiro and Matsuwa island of the Kuriles in hit-and-run night raids. The Okhotsk sea lies between. Rus sian-held Kamchatka peninsula and the Siberian mainland. E ISTANBUL, June 28 (IP) Re- 1 orts that Soviet Russia is seek i. E advantages in the Darda nelles, and may even ask return of the Kars and Ardahan dis tricts she ceded to Turkey in 1921, were brought into the open today by an editorial in the semi-official newspaper Aksham declaring Turkey would firmly refuse any such demands. It was the first published Turkish comment ' on the re ports, which have been causing a stir both here and in Ankara for several days. The Russians were said to have raised the is sues during discussions in Mos cow preliminary to negotiation of a new Turkish-Russian pact ot friendship and non-aggression. Aksham said reports that the Russians had brought up the question of the Dardanelles and the proprietorship of the Kars and Ardahan districts "may be considered correct." "The Turkish government, which naturally will refuse such terms, has not considered nee (Continued on Page, Two) r Losses Told; Close Factories JAP AIRCRAFT PLANTS BASHED BY SUPERFORTS GUAM, June 28 (IP) Four more Japanese aircraft plants and 3.45 more square miles of Nipponese cities have been hard hit by Superfortresses, the 21st bomber command announced to day, disclosing results of attacks June 18, 20 and 22. More than 115 square miles of factory and urban areas have been burned or bombed out. Maj. Gen. Curtis E. Lemay, com mander oi the 2 1st, said atter examining reconnaissance photo graphs of the sky fleet's handi work. Results showed: the Kawasaki aircraft works at Kagamigahara, near Nagoya, was 35 per cent destroyed or damaged; Kawani- shi aircraft plant at Himeu was almost completely destroyed; Mitsubishi aircraft works at Tamashima was 85 per cent de stroyed or damaged, and tne Kawasaki piani at Akasni, near Kobe, received 24 per cent new damage. These were the June 22 targets struck. Fire raids on three cities June 18 and 20 brought this havoc: Kagoshima on Kyushu island, 2.04 square miles, or 42 per cent of the. buiU up area; Fukuoka, on ; ujonunued on fage iwoj NUMBER OF IDLE IS. Br The Associated Press The semaphore along the na tions labor front flashed red, ereen and amber today as traf fic in many lanes of industry remained congested by strikes and work stoppages. The idle throughout the coun try numbered about 80,000, as against yesterday s 93,000. set tlement of a strike at the Hud son Motor Car company in De troit, involving 11,400 workers, brought the number of idle in the automobile city below SU, 000 for the first time this week A few small strikes ended. A new one was added to the list and fresh walkouts were threat ened. Otherwise, the picture on the troubled labor scene was un changed from earlier in the week. The number of strikes in June was not known but the bureau of labor statistics in Washing ton said there were 425 strikes and lockouts last month. In volved were 310,000 workers and loss of work amounted to 2.025.000 man-days. In Detroit some 10,000 Ford Motor company workers were absent in an AFL-CIO jurisdic tional battle that has made idle 7500 at Budd Wheel company and 22,000 at Packard Motor Car company. Planes Set Ship Afire Near Okinawa Island a ""nx a hp Neither flaming gasoline from the tank of the flight deck nor 'exploding rocket and bomb! " daunted the valiant crew member as they successfully . fought to bring near-disastrous fir under control. Thousands of gallons of gasolin and water were dumped overboard in d-.. ... porat attempt to save the ship. (See tory on pag 3). Japs Prepare Suicide War For Homeland SAN FRANCISCO. June 28 (IP) Japan announced today it was closing even "necessary" industries to step up war pro duction and boasted that the an ticipated American invasion of the homeland would be repulsed by an array of suicide weapons tnat would create "world-wide amazement." - Domei news agency dis- Datches. recorded bv ' the fed eral communications commission, said production priorities would oe allowed only lor aircraft and other armaments and explo sives." .. .- The dispatches, claimed the suicide weapons being prepared against invasion were "almost equal" to the total number of tanks and guns used in the Eu ropean war. An advisory board to the Jao- anese cabinet, to be appointed tomorrow from members of .the imperial diet (parliament), will start work Saturday to help en force the dictatorial "extraordi nary wartime measures law" re cently adopted. . . - ,-.'.! The Domei agency quoted one oi its correspondents on his re turn from "special attack" bases scattered through Japan. . The correspondent said 1 enormous numbers of youths were being trained to man the weapons. ... i even nooe lor an eariv landing of enemy forces on our mainland just to sense the thrill when we strike a deadly, blow to the enemy," the corrcsnon- dent . said. Another .' : Japanese-i Droadcast said that a . TTokyft defense army" command had been established. i It was the third command to be set up this month and makes a total of nine in the four main home islands. Tokyo formerly was in a defense district which also embraced adjacent areas. Points Boosted For Oleo; . OPA Says More Meal Soon WASHINGTON, June 28 (P) There'll be a little more meat on the nation's dinner tables in July, but not enough to cut ra tion values. The OPA announced today that the supply will be five per cent greater than this month, but at the same time handed out this gloomy news: From -next Sunday through July 28 margarine will cost 14 points a pound Instead of 12, while canned fish will require two to three more points a pound. Cheese Point Down On the brighter side, cheese point values will be reduced from two to four points a pound, depending on the kind. Current ration values on but ter and all canned fruits and vegetables will be maintained through the July period. While the average weekly supply of meat in July will be up slightly, present point values for nearly all cuts must be main tained to improve distribution to shortage areas, UFA said. s r, Jl, s. -f ;v' - . ..I M' Arthur Announces Victory At Cagayan By SPENCER DAVIS MANILA. June 28 (JPi American and Filipino force have won the campaign for mountainous North Luzon, "one of the most savaee and bitterlv fought in American history," to completely liberate this biggest island in the Philippines, Gen. Douglas MacArthur announced today. : nis triumphant commnnimia added conquest of the 200-mile, long Cagayan valley in 28 dav as the conclusive chapter of an operation which: Began In January . - Began January 9 at Lineavan gulf; swept down the 125 miles to Mamla in 28 days; freed that shell-shattered city only after . three weeks of battling; in its rubbled streets; reclaimed hallowed Bataan peninsula; and reopened Manila bay by para troop-amphibious invasion ol Corregidor. . . .. . . A juncture Tuesday in the Cagayan valley of the U. S. 37th Ohio infantry division, ivuiiunuea on rage iwo TO ' Earl " Heuvel, former polled, chief of Klamath Falls, was ex.' pected to arrive here this eve. ning in the custody, of Sheriff .. Lloyd Low and State Policeman -William. Colbert. Heuvel Is be. ing brought here from Port, land where he has been lodged -in the Multnomah county jail... Heuvel was arrested in Ken, a. sett. Ark:,' on a fugitive charge by federal officers, and was in." carcerateo in me jail at i,uu Rock, Ark., until his transfet to Portland on June 23. Heuvel faces four indictment ". returned by the Klamath county grand jury, including one of contributing to the delinquency (Continued on-Page -Two) ' The only meat value changei . are set for 7 fat pork cuts, whic) go up one or two points a pound) These include jowls, fatbacks plates, sides, and jowl and plau bacon. Regular bacon is not at fected. : Scarcity Acute . ..; OPA said that while the sea, r city of ration meats "is still acute," reports from its field ol . fices indicate that "meat - i reaching many retailers in great er quantities and with greatel . regularity than before." - . - Price Administrator Chestei Bowles has attributed this im . provement to OPA's new meal control program which is di -signed to move a greater suppll , across state lines to defici . areas.- The five per cent increase it total civilian supply for July . on the other hand, results prin ciplly from a reduction in thi army s requirements. OPA also credited its drivi against meat black market opei ators as another "factor in im . proving distribution." . Vp,e.