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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
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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)
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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
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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
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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.
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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
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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.