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THE Aunlrulluna linvo pushed
Uv tmlnv Intn Ihn mitsklrtii nf
niillkpapun. Tho Jnpa have ael
flro to the oil town, unci It Ik
burnliiK fiercely. Anmnii the
toughest obstacles encountered
by the Invndcra woro rivers of
flaming oil cascading clown
rnvluca from oxplodccl tonka,
Tim Auatrnllun comnmnclor
miyn the InviiKlon In iilroncly
"strategic succcaa" meaning
that thu uron will bo token, but
much liurcl fighting lien ahead.
Jap roalalanco la stiffening, na
boa boon iinual In nil recent In
vnaloua. Thoy don't try to atop
u on the benches, preferring to
fight Inter from defensive prod
tlona woll buck. Their fnvorlto
defense lit Bnllkpuiion, ua o I no
where, aeoma to bo Interconnect
ing tunnels and cnvea. Tho
moutha of tho enves nro con
cenled bv coinuufliigp nnd nfter
our preliminary bombardment la
Over thev run their liuna out on
Mils and open up.
MacArthur Indicates- lodny
that the Australian aro two
milea Inland and have nprcud
out three mllea nlong tho ahore.
Two airfield hnve been tnken.
t ...
DUIt bombers knock out 28
more Jap ahlps trying to run
the blockade wo're beginning to
tluhten around the homo lalanda.
Tho blockude la evidently be
ginning to pinch, aa tho home
front Jupa ore told to get ready
la rnt fond made from mulberry
louvea and potato vinea, (Mul
berry leaves, on which llk
worms feed, are numeroua in
'jfltUlll.)
Jap aclcntlata arc studying the
problem or making aturcn irom
somo 10 different tilanta.
WITH our own high food
" atnndarda, we're Inclined to
bolleve optlmiatlcally that the
Japs can be atnrvcd quickly In
their rocky homeland where, In
an area roughly one and a half
time Oregon's some 70 million
people llvo.
Wo muatn't bo too aurc of that,
The Jap can live on unbeliev
ably little.
OUR roaming bomber are
concentrntlnif on Jap oil and
Jap ships, It la announced to
day that flu ner cent of For
mati'i alcohol production has
been dnatroved. Each (lav auea the
dcatruction of mora Jap oil rc-
... llncrloe. y..iv
IN Japan's principal induatrlnl
cltlta, wo have now burned
and bombed out 117 square
miles roughly HALF of It 'In
Tokyo aione.
Imagine an area ten miles Ion
bv mix mllea wide burned an
blown out of tho henrt of Sun
Francisco. But evon that doean't
tell the whole atory. San Fran
cisco Is a shipping, rather than
an Industrial city. Tokyo la
heavily Industrial, as well as
shipping.
If vou are fnmlllnr with Phila
delphia, which Is both shipping
and industrial, try to vlsunllzo
00 square miles laid wnste in the
heart of It. Thnt will give you
some Idea of what is happening
although you must still re
member that Japan is only
about ono nnd n half times the
land area of Oregon, with crowd
ed cities BUNCHED TO
GETHER. AND don't forgot thnt our earn-
pnlgn of dcatruction of the
Jap wnr Industry from the olr Is
Villi UUU.tllllliUi
.
TYTTH our American habit of
" Jumping to conclusions
(especially HOPEFUL ones)
we re apt to' think that It's all
over but the shouting already.
Thnt ISN'T true. Tho Jnps
are a persistent people. , They
aro tho world best burrowcrs,
They're gutting underground as
fast as they cnn. even with an
their cities smashed they will
be nblo to produco a lot of war
material.
But they haven't tho ghost of
a chnnco to win. All they nrc
doing Is Inviting national ex
tinction, .
PLANES from Okinawa nnd
tho PhlllpDlncs nro OVER
LAPPING at Shnnghnl.
Incidontnlly tho Jnps nro re-
Sorted toriny to linvo closed ALL
orman firms In Shanghai nnd
(Continued on Pago Three)
Attlee. Churchill Trade
I Blows In Vote Campaigns
By DONALD DOANE
' LONDON, July 3 (fl3) Prime
Minister Churchill and former
Deputy Prlmo Minister Clement
Attlee leaders' of Britain's
strongest political parlies
marshalled their followers to
day for H last-minute drive for
tho votos thnt will decide Thurs
day's national election. -
After crossing swords In a
sharp oxchango of letters,
Churchill, who hends the con
servative pnrty, s;nd Atjlee, who
leads tho laborltes, planned to
mount speaking rostrums to
keynote their parties' semi
final round of orntory,
Both parties concentrated
their closing fire on London,
where a fifth of Britain's esti
mated 20,000,000 votes nrc
bunched, with Churchill spenk
ing in mnssivo WalthnmstRjiv
Herald
PRICE FIVE CENTB
Fire Hits
Picture ahows fire deatroylng moat of the B ration packing plant on the Greenaprlnga high
way. Tha. private freeaer locker building, corner of which ahowa at right, waa apared fror the
flamea. Arrow polnta to the corner where the fire started. Ita origin waa undetermined.
By The Asaodated Press
The government moved today
toward scizuro of the Goodyear
Tiro and Rubber company, Ak
ron, O., where 16,700 CIO work
ers have been on strlko for 17
days.
The war lubor board referred
the strike to William U. Davis,
economic stabilizer, after ex
hausting every resource toward
ending tho dispute. Earlier Da
vis directed cancellation of oc
cupational deferments for strik
ers registered tor sciecuvo serv
ice. Leaders of the striking United
Rubber Workers at both Good
year and ' Firestone Tiro and
Rubber company, .where 17,000
others are out, asked for an im
mcdito senate committee Inves
tigation of tho Akron labor
situation. ,
"Not a single tire Is being
produced in Akron," the leaders
declared.
The lubor board had proceed
ed slowly toward seizure of the
Slants by the army or navy
oth of which are vitally inter
ested in tho airplane tires pro
duced by Goodyear and ex
hausted every resource before
relinquishing tho caso to Davis.
NO PAPER ON FOURTH
The Herald and News paper
supply will be conaorved and
the staff will enjoy a full
holiday on July 4, tomorrow.
No edition will be publlah
ed, but publication will re
aume at usual on July S,
Thursday. Remember no pa
per tomorrow, and the bull
nesa office will be cloaed.
Indian Soldier Hero First American To
Enter Russian-Held Center of Berlin
BERLIN, July 3 W) Tha veteran 2nd armored (Hell on Wheels) division of the
iv aepioy
deployed in the auburba
Berlin today.
A red-aktnned hero of tha U.
Joy at the alght of the American,
PFC Harvey Natcheea of the Ute Indian reservation, who wears a Silver Star, Bronze Star
and Purplo Heart with Oak Leaf cluster, waa the firat American soldier to enter the center of
the capital.
The main force of the division was deployed in suburban Zhlondorf to the south.
(Exchange Telegraph, In a dispatch to London, aald the British occupation force of about 15,-
stndlum and Attlee and other
labor pnrty leaders scheduling
a scries of speeches elsewhere
in tho city.
Churchill brought one cam
paign issue to an explosive
head last night with a letter
demanding that Attlee explain
to tho nation just what con
trols tho labor parly's .execu
tive committee might exercise
over tho government If tic
laborites won. Churchill point
ed out thnt the cxccutlvo com
mittee was not elected by the
voters.
Attlee replied that tho execu
tive committee had no control
over lnbor members of parlia
ment and added: "I am sorry
you aro so distressed, owing to
your laclc of acquaintance with
the ordinary procedure of demo
cratic parties In general and
tho lnbor pnrty in particular."
Packing Plant- But- Lockers F.-tP
Packing Plant
Destroyed By Fire; Meat
Burns, But Lockers Safe
Fire ' Tuesday, afternoon de
stroyed a part of the Brntton
packing plnnt on the Green
aprlnga highway and a large
quantity of precious meats.
Averting a still greater food
tragedy, flro-fightcrs stopped the
blaze short of tho private locker
f iliint where scores of customers
tud . private meat supplies in
freezer 'storage' and - this moat
was reported safe today. '
- Gcorgo Bratton,- head of the
firm, said today that total dam
age caused by the blaze will run
In the neighborhood of $100,000.
Tho loss, he said, Ik partially
covered by Insurance.
Cause Unknown
The fire started from an un
determined cause at the south
east comer of the building at
about 4 p. m. Tuesday. An em
ploye of the plant had been In a
Hopkins Retires
From Service
WASHINGTON, July 3 (P)
The Whito House today an
nounced tho retirement of Harry
Hopkins from government serv
ice. A letter of resignation from
tho ailing special assistant to
President Truman and advisor
to the late President Roosevelt
was ..made public by White
House Press Secretary Charles
G. Ross. .
Hopkins, long a figure on the
Whito House scene, told Presi
dent Truman he had to relin
quish his post because of ill
health, Tho resignation came as
Mr. Truman was preparing for
his first Big Three conference.
By DANIEL DE LUCE
and the firat American aoldier entered the Ruaaian-held center of
S. armv taenid down tint hn
uuu, was expected to arrive In
the main part of the city, to
night, while the main British
force would arrive tomorrow).
Woman Cop Salutes
After rounding a' shell-scarred
victory monument in the Tier
gnrtcn, taking a smart salute
from a red army woman traffic
cop, and start for the remnins
of the kaiser's palncc, a lot hap
pened to Natchccs in a few min
utes: A Berliner on a bicycle asked
the American from Utah to look
up his brother. Pvt. William
Schwellbcck, somewhere with
American forces in France.
Margaret Tltzc, who said she
was born in Sheepshead Bay,
N, Y., pleaded for a ride to
Potsdam.
Fur Coat
Mnrgarct was dressed in a
swanky black fur coat with a
hnndkcrchlcf-slze United States
flag tied to her sleeve, and when
sho spied the "U. S." badge on
Natchccs' jacket she hugged
(Continued on Page Three) ,
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Telephone 81? .y?
KLAMATH
-GON.
Partially
room at that corner about 15
minutes before the blaze was
discovered, and noticed nothing
unusual. When smoke was seen
seeping around the door, an in
vestigation disclosed the room
was full of fire.
A call was made to the - city
fire department, which relayed
the alarm to the county depart
mont. The "plant Is 'about idur
miles outside of the city. ,v
County Answers Call
County equipment and crews
and equipment from the Klam
ath Forest Protective association
responded. By that time it was
impossible to save the rear sec
tions of the plant, and the
slaughter house, sausage kit
chen, pork cellar, killing floor,
pump house, part of the corral,
and other departments went up
in flames.
A cylinder of ammonia be
came heated and exploded with
a loud detonation. Several small
continued on Page Three)
Lake County
Judge Assigned ,
Chief Justice Harry H. Belt of
the state supreme court Monday
assigned Circuit Court Judge
Charles H. Combs, Lake county,
to hear the four criminal cases
here in which Earl Houvcl, for
mer Klamath Falls police chief,
will be tried on morals charges.
Heuvcl was indicted on four
counts by the grand jury of
Klamath county.
Circuit Court Judge David R.
Vandcnberg disqualified himself
from hearing the . cases last
week.
T.lnrfon mnA u,nm.M .ti.
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Western Show Goes Into
Second Day At Fairgrounds
By JOY BIGGS I
A hot July sun beamed down
on the second day of Klamath
Buckaroo Days rodeo which
went smoothly, ' with events
dovetailing one another without
pause.
Emcee Lynn Roycroft's salty
comments received a good re
sponse from the cheering, yell
ing rodeo fans, the Lone Ranger
rode again on his great horse
Silver, followed by Tonto on
Scout, the G u s k y troupe of
trick riders entranced the crowd
with a skilled professional act
with their snaking lariats,
- Arena judges for the 1945
show are Marshall Flowers and
Bob Colohnn. Race judges July
2 were BUI Dalton, Jack Mc
Auliffo, H. D. Mortenson and
his guest, Duval Moore. Timers
are Tommy Hawkins and Fred
Pope ..
TUESDAY. JULY 3. 194S
Japs Build Up Defenses In China, Home
Islands; Plan Evacuation Of Civilians
SAN FRANCISCO, July 3 W) The feverish
Japanese military, trying to guess where allied
troops will land next, rushed Japanese prepara
tions today from mighty Singapore to the tow
ering cliffs of the home islands.
The enemy radio told of plans to evacuate
civilians from Singapore, the formation of vol
unteer corps at Canton and In Indo-China, and
determination of Nipponese at home to die de
fending Kyushu's soil.
Domei agency reported 10.000 Japanese resi
dents of Canton have formed special storming
parties of males between 14 and 60 years of
age. It is there that the enemy fears allied inva
sion of the China coast to gain the important
Canton-Hong Kong port facilities.
Radio Tokyo said 100 medium and small
sized planes raided air bases in southern Kyushu
SIX CHARTER
FLAWS LISTED
HT SENATOR
WASHINGTON, July 3 OP)
In one of the first open senate
breaks in the United Nations
charter, Senator Bushficld (R
S.D.) declared today the docu
ment contains at least six flaws.
These should be corrected, he
told his colleagues, before the
charter is ratified.
Although the first-term west
erner asserted some of the pro
visions must be changed "for
our national safety," he re
nounced he would support tne
treaty because he could not
face his soldier son "if 1 fail to
do what I can to stop the sense
less, maniacal slaughter and
planned murder of my-fellow
men." y . ;
. ... LUU Fault. - '
: t ri so onatA-uweeh-Bushf leld
liked these as "the jurisdic
tional faults in the new treaty.
1. "It delegates power which
we have no authority to dele
gate to the security council to
declare war. .
2. ' "It places our sovereignty
In the hands of foreigners be
cause we have only one vote of
a necessary total of seven. This
power must be referred to con
gress in each case as it arises.
Aska Limitations -2.
"It seeks by implication to
delegate power to the Ameri
can member of the security
council to vote us into war
without reference to congress.
This power must be strictly de
fined and limited by statute to
congressional approval in each
case as it arises.
4. "It grants to the security
council power to regulate the
size and kind of our armaments
for national defense. No power
on earth should dictate our de
fense, exceDt the congress.
5. "It destroys the, Monroe
Doctrine, which is the csly
(Continued on Page Three)
Klamath Nears
Goal In Drive
Klamath county is ncarihg the
top of its 7 th War Loan drive
quota, according to reports from
bond headquarters. Tuesday.
"The people from the area sur
rounding Klamath Falls have
met their share of the quota. If
the citizens of Klamath Falls
proper will increase their pur
chases of bonds before the head
quarters closes Thursday night,
the county will go over the top,"
stated Rose Poole, chairman of
the 7th War Loan.
Bond headquarters at 8th and
Main will ' remain open all day
Wednesday, July 4, and until
Thursday evening. Bonds pur
chased before that time will
count in the Klamath county
quota. .
The ride with the nation's
colors was an impressive part
of the grand entry ride, in which
the rodeo queen, Blanche Schon
chin. and her royal court of
five princesses took part, with
Buckaroo committeemen and
members of the Klamath Sher
iff's Posse.
Ross Dollarhide Jr., of Lake
view, rode and fell off the horse
Smoky, as called for in the
serltit of the .20th Century pic
ture by the same name. Dollar-
hide replaced yesterday's rider.
Art Russel, who was injured
after his filmed ride opening
day. Dollarhide, who is 23 years
old, has ridden aa nis lue ana
is emDloved oh the MC ranch,
one nf the lamest cattle spreads
in thq country. This is his first
. . .llonunuea. on rage rnreej .
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Weather Nei
Max. (July 2) 89 MIn. ........45
Precipitation last 24 hours .00
Stream year to data 13.25
Normal 11.90 Last year...., 9.89
Forecaeb Clear Wednesday.
Longest Parade In
History Of Klamath
Slated For Fourth
One thousand combat veterans in full combat dress and
equipment from the Marine Barracks will be a feature attrac
tion for the second year in the line of march of one of the big
gest Fourth of July parades in the history of Klamath Falls,
Wednesday morning.
Included in what is expected to be one of the longest parades
Klamathatea have aeen. will be eight Waves and many pieces of
combat equipment from the naval air station, a colorful parade
of horses and riders, and representatives of marching groups and
civic organizations. Boy Scouts. Camp Fire Girls. Girl Scouts,
and other groupa.
At the reviewing stand on the ateps of the Elks temple at
: 4th and Main will be Marshall
JACKSON FOR POST
WASHINGTON, July 3 ,(ff)
Actu -,Ghairman-' Rankin (D-
Aliss.) or , tne Mouse committee
on un-American activities indi
cated today he would oppose
selection of Rep. Henry Jackson
(D-Wash.) as committee chair
man. .:
In a statement commenting
on the vacancy created by the
resignation of Chairman Ed
ward. J. Hart (D-N.J.) and re
ports that the 33-year-old Jack
son would succeed Hart, Ran
kin said:
"No member should be se
lected for this post who opposed
the creation of this committee
or who is opposed to the pui
(Continued on Page Three)
Jerry Chocktoot la shown
thrown. He was taken to the
Drain concussion waa reported,
Ml n PCX II o v'iiRv I
" , , " .
July 3. 1S4S
Number 10507
today even as it was promising that crack new
fighter planes soon would go into action to
"bring down enemy B-29s before the very eyes
of the people."
Domei agency quoted the Tokyo newspaper
Yomiuri Hochi as declaring Japan's small un
derground aircraft plants were immune to air
attack and work on the hidden assembly lines
"must not be stopped for a moment."
The dispatch as directed to Japanese In the
Orient said the small plants were producing
"scores" of planes monthly and that production
could be boosted to the "hundreds."
As directed to America, the English language
version of the dispatch said the production "now
averages over several hundred, with the pro
duction curve showing an upward swing every
night."
Cornett, head of arrangements,
assisted by Les Finlay, Col.
George Van Orden and staff
from the Marine . Barracks, and
Comdr. Phil Haynes of the
naval air station. . '
In the marine units under
the direction of Col. William S.
Vasconcellos. will be the drum
and bugle corps, the band and
the drill team.
" Mounted entries', saddle clubs
and; arm teams ana nunareas
of individual riders are expect
(Continued on Page Three)
. EVENTS FOR JULY 4
10 a. m. ..Parade on Main
street. .
1.-30 p. m. Rodeo at fair
grounds, including: Grand en
try ride with royal court,
drill teams, saddle dubs. Sher
iff's Posses. Calf roping, bare
back bronco riding, bull dog
ging, steer-teant roping, trick
ridera. cowhorae race, five
eighths mils free-for-all. Brah
ma bull riding, musical chairs.
Evening: Carnival on S. 6th.
9 p.m. Wind-up ball, Slam-.
ath armory.
Ride 'Er, Jerry!
on that ornery aun-fiahln'. cay use
hospital by the Oregon Women's
icvergreen atuaio-
PLANES KNOCK
OUT
AUSSIES GAIL
Nip Scientists' Push
Experiments Ori
Food "
By LEONARD MILLIMAN
- Associated Press War Editor
JaDanese were - told today tn
tighten their belts and Drccarsl
to eat food made from mulbero
leaves and potato vines as alllec
bombers knocked out 28 more
ships trying to run tighteninf
ainea DiocKades. ...
Tokyo announced Jarjan'i al
ready meager basis food suddIm
would soon be cut ten per cent
until tne ran narvest. MiDDonese)
scientists were reported pushing
experiments to develop starchea
"to ease tne critical food situa
tion" from 19 different niants.
including the mulberry leaf on
which silk-worms fed -in prewaJ
oays.
Oil Supply Cut
Nippon's equally vital oil supl
piy, essential jooa lor mecnan
lzed armies and air forces., wa.
cut severely . by Australian
ground forces on Borneo and
B-29s making their third strikJ
in a weeic against homeland re
fineries this morning. -
Australian troops have driven.
into tne suoutds of. uaukpapan
Borneo's greatest oil center
Australian broadcasts reported
the SeDineeane and ManaoaJ
airfields have already been cap!
tured in the three-day-old inval
Biuu. xnis wouia give tne Aussia
seventh division control over
12-mile length of the Balikpaparl
area. Official announcement!
said they held a three by twq
miie area. ...
Already "Won" ,
"StrateeicaUv." sairi Lt. Cm
Sir Leslie J. Morshead, Austral
um corps commander, tne cam
paign was won in the first few
hours" when his - diggers seized
a ridge overlooking Balikpapj
aii a naming reunery; - t
Reinforced: tank-led Aussiei
Tokyo said there were 7000 men
asnore led by 5a tanks pushed
v continued on rage unreei;;
Good Weather i
For 4th Foreseen
The weather man. enterine
whole-heartedlv into the festive
spirit of the Fourth of July, has
oraerea weather .to please every
one for that ereat dav.. . ..-...
Forecasts for Wednesdav' JulJ
4, indicate clear skies and sunl
shine, but no scorching tempera
lures. .
Last year the mercurv orilv
reacnea ri on July 4, and with)
fogs predicted creeping up along
tne coast tomorrow, their cool
ine effect may be felt in the in
terior valleys, the weather mad
sain. -
V A
Headlight, just before he ?wasj
. Ambulance corps, and a slight