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Ik rn J - " " V Day'sta By FRANK JENKINS USTRALIANS sweep aahorc at Bullkpnpnn yestorduy nornliiK, encountering llttlo re Jstunco on tha bunches. Tlmy ciilo sorloa of ridge, finally opplng out on the liiet ono over ooklng tha burning oil town, ADVANCE preparation had boon clnborato. Within tho space of a month, mr bombers dropped 3500 torn in the defending Jnpif. Every 'our days our surface nhlpii teamed In mid udded tholr ihollinii to tha piano1 bombing. I'ho weight of our metal directed it Ilullkpupnn la sulci in tha eil 311 (chc j to have exceeded the L'OMHINKO weight III ALL our landings on Leyto and Luzon Isliinda. Our mlncswcopers hnd iinont two wceKs Clearing ana innrKing I chnnnel clear up to the hencheie. American SWIMMERS had worked for alx duys clearing out .mderwatcr obataclci plumed by tho Jupa. As n reault, our landing crnft were able to run clcur up on the inula. Only two mon wore loat In the actum landing operation. THIS motlculoua advance work aeeirm to havo paid off, oa Auatrallan loaaea not only In netting oahoro but In fighting their way to the rhino overlook I nil tho town aro deacrlbed aa light. Leyto, Luzon and Okinawa however, have tauuht 118 caution, We'll wait and ace what kind of reaiatanco la encountered later. nORNKO U tho world'! third largest Island, Grconlund and New Guinea beliiu Noa. 1 and 2 (Australia is continent). Biillk- pupil n Is mo most iinporium on center In tho Dutch East Indlca. Tha Auatralluna now havo a three-cornered (trip on it at Ballkpapan on tho eaat coast, at Tarakan at tho northern tip, and t Brunol bay on Uio west coast. MacArthur aays we now havo domination of all of Borneo, which gives us tactical control nf tho entire aouthwest Pacific. Our ships can now sail under tho protection of land-bosed planes to ANY POINT in Uio southwest racinc, , THERE Is ono Interesting; point in tho nowa. ."Tlm.Jnpa had deaertcd - their syatom or con nected tunnels and pillboxes In tho rinses back ot tno duiik pnpan beaches. That is usually whero they stick to tha last. XX AC ARTHUR went ashore a AV1 few hours after tho first wave. A Jap sniper fired a tun clip at him and an aido aa they wcro studying a map, but mlaacd, MacArthur end his aido went on studying the map, THE Ballkpapan landing was made in the Strait of Macassar, whero In January of 1042, only a month of tor Pearl Harbor, four antiquated U. S. destroyers made a heroic but outweighed and unsuccessful at tempt to stop tho huiio Jap con voy heading for tho conquest ot Java, Wo thrilled with prldo then, and still do, at tho grim courage of our men who threw them selves at the hopelessly superior Jap naval forco, selling their lives for time. BUT that terrible first year after Pearl Harbor taught us a lesson which, please God. wo jrhall NEVER forget. NEVER AGAIN must we be so weak as to have to sell American lives for time, JAP cities oro hit In our 33rd fire-bomb; a s s a u 1 1 by 600 B-20s this tlmo (590 had been tho lnrgcst previous attack). Four thousand tons wcro dropped on ' four towns. . Rosults appear to havo boon good. Jnp opposition was not too strong. . fVH smaller planes rango up and down tho China coast, tholr ' weokond bag including seven Jap ships sunk and 19 damaged and a blown-up oil re finery on Formosa, Tho Japs, cut off from their conquests in tho south, aro now operating on STORED oil. Every refinery, every storngo depot, Dinstca oy us leaves them just thut much Jess. THERE'S a point to keep In mind: Tho typhoon season Is Just beginning in tno western Pacific, and will Inst for three months. Springing a big opera (Continued on Pago Three) Hart Resigns As Committee Head WASHINGTON, July 2 VP) Ren. Hart (U-N.J.) resigned to. day as chairman of tho house committee Investigating un- American activities, saying he did so on recommendation of his physician. As Hart stepped aside, Rep. Rankin (D-Miss.) . became the senior democrat on tho commit tee, which ordinarily would menn the chairmanship. Word got- around that Ray burn had offered tho chairman ship to Rep. Jackson (D-Wash.). Jackson had no comment. Pending a permanent appoint ment, Rankin will servo as act ing chairman. PRICE riVE CENTS Fires Rage Through Four Japanese Cities After Record Blow By LEIF ERICKBON GUAM, July 2 (IP) Flerc fires raged through four Japan cities today, touched off by a record 4000 tons of Incendiary bombs ralnad down by nearly S00 Superfortress. It ws th gratst fir atrlk rr mad. Bombr crws re turning from th early morning raid said aom fira Wr vitlbl 120 mlla away. Formations hitting thr industrial citita on southern Honshu, main island of Japan, would a th glow from flaming cltlai raided by other flight. (Two B-2BsVrr lost in th raid but 20 crew mmbrs of th plants wjlscud, 20th air fore hadquartrs rportd In Washington. T h e Superior!- OFmNTRllI IJATIflN fHdally result, were "good "" iMii OF By Th Associated Press PARIS, July 2 (TP) Plans looking toward the complete de centralization of Germany were mapped by the U. S. group of tho allied control council today as American occupation troops ireKKca toward ucrnii prelim inary to the big three meeting mere later mis montn. Dispatches from Frankfurt said members of tho U. S. con trol group wore moving to Ber lin with the American troops and within 10 days would bo In a position to place their pro posals before representatives of Kussia, Britain and France. Break-up Looms The American program for do centralization of Germany both Dollltcallv and economical ly calls for breaking Germany Into a number of "lander," or military Impotent districts. Work olrandv has beuun on breaking up, Uio Unltod Stales western rclen dlstrlct-iono of two military areas over whicli the American army will have control Into three "lander," American regional commanders will assume control over all German governmental agencies wiinin tncir own region. Similar Policy Advices from Frankfurt said a similar policy was expected to bo carried out throughout uermany as soon as the pro gram can be adopted by Uio quadripartite control council in Berlin, ... . "We are certain that Russia Britain and France feel a great acai 01 sympathy for the policy of decentralization," ono mem ber of the U. S. group of Uie IVontinuea on Page Three) Heuvef Counsel Not Yet Chosen Earl Hcuvcl, former Klamath Falls police chief, who Is held in tho county jail on four Indict ments for. morals charges,- said this morning that he had not de cided as vet uuon defense coun. scl for tho pending trials. Upon lmcrrosatlon. . HenvM said, "I havo definitely nbt made up my mind concerning coun sel." When asked if ho would ask for a change of venue, Hcuvcl replied, "that will be up to my attorney.1' Hcuvcl is awaiting arra an- monta on indictments charging him with contributing to tho de linquency of a minor, two charges of sodomy, and nnn charge of rape. Ho will bo ar raigned when tho chief justice of tho supreme court of tho state of Oregon assigns a judge to the coses. Circuit Court Judge Da vid R. Vandcnbcrg disqualified himself from further action in tho cases last week. Senaiors Confirm Byrnes As Secretary Of State WASHINGTON, July 2 (IP) James F. Byrnes was confirmed unanimously by the senate to day as secretary of state, suc ceeding Edward R. Stcttinlus Jr. Action was taken in a matter of minutes after tho nomination was received from tho White House. Tho senate, suspended Its rules which require hearings on cabi net nominations and a day lay over before a vote can bo taken on such an appointment. This was done as a tribute by both democrats and republicans to tho man who served with them for years, later was an associate justice of the supreme court and more recently director of war mobilization. Plan TIscoped The senate even telescoued Its original plan to wait until after President Truman present ed the United Nations charter Teleph jo excellent. Jubilant airmen B-29s RETURN WASHINGTON, July 2 (IP) Suprfortrsss rturnd to Japan today, lets than 24 hour after striking th heav iest atrial blow of lht war against th tmplr la fir raids on four important in dustrial ctnttrs. Th ntw raid, carritd out by a madlum fore of about SO B-2Sa was dlrctd against Industrial plants at Shimotsu, south of Osaka, on th main Japan horn island of Hon shu. described the raid on Kure na val base as "wonderful." Wind Fans Fir Veteran raiders said "the best fire concentration" they've ever seen lighted Ube, Japan's great est magnesium producing cen ter. The entire waterfront was allame, with a strong wind fan ning tho fire. Brig. Gen. John Davles of the , (Continued on Page Three) PILOT KILLED IN Klamath naval air station public relations office today an nounced that a Saturday after noon airplane trash at the field cost the life of Lt. Leonard Swcnson. USNR, 25. Returning from a practice mis sion, Lt. Swcnson's plane over shot the runway and crashed. He was instantly killed. Lt. Swcnson has been living here with his wife, Jeanne, at tho Cascade apartments. His home is in Austin, Tex. He en tered the navy in September, 1941. Memorial services for the flier were held at KNAS Monday afternoon. Navy sources said the accident was witnessed by Mrs. Swenson, who was at the station at the time. Mechanical difficulties were blamed for the mishap. Reconversion Program Put In High Gear By Nation By STERLING F. GREEN WASHINGTON, July 2 ) The government slipped its re conversion program into high gear today. Consumers, how ever, must wait months at least before most long-missing household appliances return in qunntity to stores. The war production board re leased a "free" supply of metal for civilian goods, the amount depending on what is loft over from war demands. It also be gan a gradual scrapping, over tho next half-year, of its priority system for all but munitions items. Yet electric and gas rcfrigcr- before acting on the nomina tion. Confirmation placed Byrnes next in line for the presidency, under present statutes, should Mr. Truman not complete his torm. , Majority Leader Barkley moved to suspend tho rules al most as soon as the nomination was received Xrom the White House, Whit Concur Minority Leader White ot Maine concurred, asserting that "we all know Mr. Byrnes per sonally" and . adding that his length of service in high gov ernment "leaves no doubt in anyone's mind as to his qualifi cations." - By voice voto the senate then approved the appointment. The confirmation gave Presi dent Truman his fifth 'cabinet member of his own choice. ' -iP LLS. OREGON . V ' .. Commander W Col. Martin Schneider will succeed Col. George Van Orden as commanding officer of th Marin Barracks. Col. Schnei der is expectod to assume com mand July 18. (USMC photo), COL SCHIIDFJ TO BE E Col. Merlin F. Schneider, who will succeed Col. George Van Orden as commanding officer of the Marine Barracks, comes to Klamath Falls July 18 with an excellent fighting record as lead cr of an infantry regiment in tho Pacific. :r U .rO CohrtAlftn-.-Jranri ' hla iOOnt marines took part in the recent Okinawa campaign, fougm at Guam last summer and in the Marshalls early in 1944. On Okinawa, his regiment captured Sugar Loaf hill from the Japs after the hill changed hands 11 times, and later spearheaded the drive into Naha. Invasion Record ' During the Marshall Islands Invasion Ins men set a speed rec ord for a major Pacific cam paign, taking Engcbi island in six hours and five minutes. The 44-year-old officer is a graduate of the naval academy at Annapolis and was commis sioned a marine second lieuten ant in 1023. Since that time he has seen service in Haiti, Shang hai and Pckin, China; aboard tho USS New Mexico and at nu merous stateside posts. Commanded 22nd He joined the 22nd marines when that outfit was organized in 1942 and trained the unit's third battalion on Wallis island (Continued on Page Three) ators, for instance, will not reach stores until September or October, and then probably as "demonstrator" models. Customer Must Walt Tn other words, housewives will be able to see. tho new ma chines and enroll their names on dealers' lists of buyers. In most cases, however, the customer will be far down the list many purchasers already have order ed sight unseen. This is the conclusion from an informal survey of government and trade sources. Moreover, these officials be lieve it will bo tho middle of 1946 before refrigerators are freely available for "walk-in" buyers, and perhaps five to six years before the refrigerator makers have to start pushing sales instead of merely accept ing orders. Guldeposls Compiled Similar guldeposts for a dozen other scarce, or unobtainable consumer items were compiled, taking into account the continu ing scarcity of some materials and parts, the volume of war work remaining in many plants, and tho heavy pent-up consumer demand, Thcso showed: Reach stores good supply Washing machines, late Au gust. End of 1940. Vacuum cleaners, a few now. October, 1946. Sewing machines, November December, Fall, 1946. Electric Irons, some now. Mid 1946. Alarm clocks, some now. End of 1945. Galvanized ware, now, November-December, 1645. Scissors and shears, now. November-December, 1945. Plated silverware, now, No-vcmbcr-Dcccmbcr, 1843. . ,, UB V ' MONDAY. JULY 2, 1945 President Presents Charter; Pleads For Prompt Ratification By TOM REEDY WASHINGTON, July 2 (AP) President Truman formally presented to a grave, attentive United States senate today the United Nations charter of San Francisco and pleaded for prompt ratification. The president arrived in the senate at 1:03 p. m. (EWT), delivered the charter and in a brief, pointed speech reminded the lawmakers that the whole world is watching for "our action." The president was accompanied on the short drive from the White House to the capitol by his secretaries, War Mobilization Director Fred M. Vinson and other government of ficials. Also with him was Stephen Early who served as a presidential secretary throughout the Roosevelt administrations. Upon hit arrival at the capitol Mr. Truman went directly to the president' room to the tide of the senate chamber to await hit formal presentation to the senate.- He carried the United Nations charter with him. In gray suit and blue bow tie, the smiling president then wot escorted into the packed chamber of both major parties in the senate, plus the two senators who worked diligently at San Francisco for enactment Texas and Vandenberg of Michi gan. The escort was symbolic of the nonpartisan approach the president asked for the postwar peace-keeping machinery. Chamber Crowded The compact chamber was jammed to all doors, as were the galleries, to see the bistory making presentation. Looking directly down on the president from, the diplomatic gallery was Lord Halifax, British ambassa dor to the U. S. Behind the rows of senators' desks were 100 temporary chairs filled with members of the house. Informal Talk The president spoke easily and Informally. As he addressed Senator McKellar (D-Tenn.), president pro tempore of the scnato,i: he,. smiled .and. said yvist fully: .: v'-- ; ' -;- "Mr. ? President it has been a long time since I said that in Ihifl chamber." Then, a moment later, he in terpolated in his speech: "You remember I was tied down the last three months I was here (as vice oresiaeni). Two or three times I was ruled (Continued on Page Tnreej E Mmv Klamath Falls retail business concerns will close the Fourth of July in ODservance oi the national holiday. Barber shops will be closed until July 5 ana will noi De open iouojt m tomorrow. . ... The state liquor store win close July 4 along with most groceries. Groceries will remain open until the Fourth, however. Most restaurants will remain open for business over the holi day, but the great majority of business - concerns and lumber mills will close. The i-nurthoiise and Dost office will be closed but the lobby of the post office will remain open for the convenience of those having lock boxes. Bnth the citv and the county library will be closed over the Fourth along with all banks. The OPA office here will re main open until noon. Nip Losses Rise In Philippines MANILA, July 2 W) With scattered Japanese units crack ing before the steady advance of Americans and Filipino guerril las, enemy losses in the Philip nines have risen to 419.035. Gen. Douglas MacArthur's headquar ters said today. The total includes 8774 pris oners, some of whom are pre dicting an early peace. The enemy retained several strongholds on Luzon in the mountains northeast of the sum mer capital, Baguio, including Bontoc, Mankayan and Kiangan. Resistance at Kiangan was re ported weakening, however. - 49,300 Idle On Labor Front By Th Associated Press Although close to 38,000 per sons returned to work today, 49,300 others . were idle in strikes . The government toon over operation of a Texas company refinery where 250 employes were out. The number of idle in the Akron Rubber dispute mounted to 33,000, but the end of the long and widespread glass strike saw nearly all the thou sands who had been out return ing to production, earner I July 2, 1945 Max. (July 1) 86 Mln. 50 Precipitation last 24 hours 00 Stream year to data ii.25 Normal 11.89 List yar 9.89 Forecasts Cooler Tuoaday. tans jam yranasxanas I o See Btfcfcaroo Days Rodeo Off To Flying Start Here Br JOY ALBERTA BIGGS Hundreds of rodeo fans Jam med the grandstand and bleach ers Sunday at the fairgrounds, as the 10th annual Klamath Buckaroo Days got underway for the four-day celebration. In spite of the usual delays and hitches of an opening per formance, the show sponsored by the American Legion under the direction of the. Buckaroo committee, held the spectators spellbound throughout,' with EXTENSION BILL WASHINGTON, July 2 (IP) President Truman's signature to a bill dramatically flown to him in Kansas City brought OPA safely through a fiscal year-end crisis, - The measure extending price and stabilization controls one year was signed into law short ly before their Saturday mid night expiration. And Mr. Truman in a state ment issued after his return to Washington by plane yesterday reiterated that such controls will be needed during reconver sion to continue the fight against inflation. Sped to final house passage Saturday afternoon, the legisla tion was liown to Mr. Truman to eliminate any possible cloud over OPA's price and rationing powers. White House Press Sec retary Charles G. Ross said the signing took place shortly be fore the midnight deadline. While granting Clinton P. An derson, new secretary of agricul ture, veto authority over food pricing orders, the measure was trimmed down by a joint senate house conference committee to delete sections that would have made Anderson a virtual food czar. Bond Purchases Stiff Lagging It was announced today by Lloyd Lamb, manager of Klamath Theatre. Inc., that th two bond shows at the Pelican theatre on May 30 and June 28 netted $383,000 worth of E bond sale toward the 7th War Loan drive. War bond purchases are still lagging, with more than $100, 000 worth of bonds needed to meet the 7th War Loan drive quota, officials said today. This total has allowed for all pay roll deductions for this week. So that bond buyers may make purchases to bring Klam ath county over the top on this war loan drive, bond headquar ters at 8th and Main will remain open until Thursday night, July 3. Headquarters will also be open all day Wednesday, July 4. Another Klamath Booster Klamath Falls had a young visitor last week who appar ently liked the town a lot. A freckle-faced 5-year-old boy got on a northbound train somewhere between Berkeley, Calif., and Richmond. As the youngster was of a somewhat tender age to be traveling across country alone, he was noticed by the conductor and taken off the train here. ....... , .. He told Southern Pacific officials that he had run away from home and what's more he had no desire to go backl ' After a police check it was disclosed that the boy's grand mother had reDorted him missing at San Pablo. Calif., so he was returned to his home, albeit atn f ans nas anotner booster. ill' 1 LIHLIvlI s3filrtn Number 1050S thrills and spills. In brone rid ing, bull-dogging, and Brahma bull riding. The marine corps band fur- nistiea music for the show and the marine mounted patrol rode with the Sheriffs Posse and Medford Saddle club, executing precision - mounting and dis mounting led by Capt. H. C. Mahan and PI. Sgt. Herman Mills. . . i Fred Barry, Kneeland, Calif., cowboy, was taken to Hillside hospital by ambtflance, escort ed Dy police.. Me Received a fractured: right "collaibone dur ing the bull-dogging event.: Art; look of Long Beach was treat ed for lacerations above the right eye. when he was cut bv the -horn of a Brahma bull. Art Ausseii ci Dorris suffered aJ sprainea snouiaer irom a laxi oft a bronc. Gene Rambo. Shandon. Calif.. was in the money in every event completed yesterday, and tied his calf in 15 23 seconds. Jack Sherman of Beatty, won the bucking event easily, and Basil Brown with Carroll Brunton, Klamath Falls, took top honors in team-steer tying. : j Bronc Riders Final tallies showed the fol lowing bronc riding: Jack Sherman, 1st; Frank E. Scheid- er, isabelle. -Calif.. 2nd: Jean Rambo, 3rd; Earl Inks, Angels Lamp, itn. Calf roping: Gene Rambo, 1st; F. A. Harris, Aden, 2nd; Frank Enz, Sonoma, Calif., 3rd; Dick Castro, Richmond, Calif., 4th. Team-steer tying: Basil Brown and Carroll Brunton, Klamath Falls, 1st; John. McFarlance, Anaheim, and Gene Rambo, 2nd; Vic Castro and Gene Rambo, 3rd; Frank Ferriera, Fresno, Joe McAuliffe, Klamath FaUs, 4th. Cowhors Races Quarter-mile cowhorse races: John O'Neill, Merrill, . 1st; John Rhodes, Santa Rosa, 2nd; George Anderson, Beatty, 3rd; Fried man Kirk, Chiloquin, 4th. Relay race: L. C. Carney, 1st; James Couthit, Klamath Falls, 2nd; Ora Stoehsler, Dairy, 3rd. Five-eighths mile free-for-all: time, one minute 6 23 seconds, L. E. Morris, Ashland, 1st; Pat Hogue, Klamath Falls, 2nd; W. F. Arant, Dairy, 3rd. Finals in bareback riding, bull-dogging, and Brahma bull riding will be run off today, The best-reined cowhorse con test is a four-day event, In which the winners will be announced after the show. 1 $3359 Theft Investigated, At WRA Camp Cooperative1 A mysterious theft . or burg lary of $3359 at the Tulelake Cooperative Enterprises business office in the Tulelake WRA col ony was under investigation to day. The money disappeared from a safe, but the safe, was not "cracked" or otherwise violent- unwillingly. Evidently Klam- f. IB BIBB Bflll B"BBBBBB BB Hi;. I. Hill 1 I " - - FIRES 8 SHOTS AT Jap Resistance Grows As Troops Storm ' Inland - r By SPENCER DAVIS ' MAhlT.A .lulu O inn - Douglas MacArthur braved death unruffled as Australian troops under his command stormed ashore at the great oil port of Balikpapan, Borneo, Sun day. ... .... ' - : The veteran Australian 7fh smashed ashore after the most intensive pre-invasion bombard-. ment yet unleashed in the South west pacific. Japanese resistance wax aav gressive to light. It increased as the diggers thrust inland steadily. ; .' stafi Ducks A Japanese snloer fired laht shots as General MacArthur. and a brigadier general coolly con. tinued to study a map of the large-scale invasion operation Others of the general staff ducked automatically. waaio xoKyo asserted that ! lied troops effected a landing 3i miles northeast of Balikpapan Sunday at 1:30 p. m., while put ting ashore "their main force at three places at Ballkrjanan it. self." ... - (The unconfirmed hrnarfi-a said the landing had been madai at Kulla Samboja. . .. (An earner broadcast said that the orieinal landing: nartv mn. sisting of 5000 troops beacheel in 250 landing barges, was being reinforced. . .- . . The broadcast was recorded by the- federal communication commission.) . r Win Last Ridge By the middle of the after noon they had won the last ridge looking down on the ruins of th town and refinery and its still, blazing oil storage tanks. They nad laxen an elaborate series of tunnels and pillboxes which the) Japanese-had deserted in th race oi xne lunous naval and air onslaught. ; ,. :.;, L' ' . Toughest opposition wa oit thisrlast rirtet which AmvtwlatA Press . .Correspondent James Hutcbeson said was littered with; : dead Japanese, many of whom obviously had been killed by bombs and artillery fire, al. though others were phnnnl . down by Australian machine gunners and tanks. Although commanders had n ticipated strong defense of this strongly -.. gunned enemy base, : first losses were -declared, offi dally, to have been light. w ' WASHINGTON. Julv 2 UPi-Z The house rules committeeT- fused today to permit the house . to send to conference legislation granting $250,000 to the fair em. ployment practice committee. - ine sum was a compromise to permit continued orjeration ol FEPC,'. whose- operation funds and authorization expired yesten day. The request for approval ol procedure which -would .hav allowed the. measure to go to senate- house .conference was made by Chairman . Sabatb (D-Ill.) in executive session. It was defeated by a vote reported as five to five. . , . , .- , i Tabled One The committee's action left the bill on the speaker's table , and Speaker Rayburn immedi ately referred it back to the ap proprlations committee for recommendation. , : - ' ' : i; The committee acted after delegation of approximately . 2( negroes from New York sought a hearing in support of th. FEPC, created by the late Presi dent Roosevelt to prevent em) (continued on Fage Three) , 1 M ARTHUR FEPC CONFERENCE i HEARING DENIED ly handled. Acting Project Dl rector Harry Black said tha money did not belong to thai cooperative Itself, but all of fi was money kept in that special safe as a convenience to indl viduals and various Organize, tlons. - : - r The 'loss was discovered om day -last week when -the saft was opened by cooperative ot ficlals. They Immediately not! , lied the Internal security police" and Modoc county authoritlej were also notified. Black aait -that when guilt in the theft ot burglary has been indicated, the case will be handed over to ths state authorities for prosecution The Cooperative .Enterprise) Is a merchandising enterprise with 7000 members, and its oj fice is inside the colony area a , the camp. . f No new clues have been r ported in the investigation. - X ' )