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H ..... . . . ' v . .''' I .1 in ti I ' fo)ui A i 0)0) X I Dasfas By FRANK JENXIN8 WE celebrated tlio rourth of July yesterday OVER JAPAN. Tito colebrotlon started with an attack bv 500 U-20 which dumped 3000 ton of Incendlurles 011 tour Jap cities. FJulitora from Iwo and Oklnuwa circled Tokyo airfield) for an hour, dar ing tlio Jap Interceptors by radio to enmo up ana num. NONE CAME UP. Our fighters tlion roamed southern Jupan at will, shooting up airfields, radio stations, freight con. control towori, am munition aheds, gas tanks and power plant. Roughly 000 plunca of all type took part In the day's work. SURPRISINGLY low Jap planes wore aeon, but that uocan't nvcuasurlly mean thut tlio little yollow mon have nono loft. They are probably siivlng them up for 1 tnu oiu oinurgancy ua 1110 uer ' muna did. The Jap air forco MIGHT get caught, an 1110 Herman uiu, an droned up but with no gas loft to go places. 'TOKYO radio boast today of " "amazing numbers 01 piunea being produced in bomb-proof underground factorloa so cloverly concealed that U. S. scouting plane can t find them. It could bo. Also It could be PROPA GANDA. THE Jap radio concedes today that 4,000,000 Japanese were killed and 1,138,000 homes de stroyed In the bombing of Tokyo, Osaka, Nagoya, Kobe and xoko lioniu. It admits also that Jap rail roads are being so badly shot up thtii tlio military nus naa to tane them over and run them. Germany taught us that de troylng transport Is fully as Im portant as destroying war fac tories. Military supplies are of little value unless they can be got from' whore they are made to where tney are nerara. TOKYO'S boat one for the day is advice to Jap householders that they can mako "wonderful food" out of dried fish heads and withered leaves. Food of (hat sort may and doubtless will sustain llfo and produce cer ' tain. amount of energy, but K's hard to believe that even Jap could think It wonticriui. -4 ,1 ; . VXAC ARTHUR'S hotadquarters AVi announces today that the Philippines have been won back In the "greatest disinter ever sus tained by Japanese arms." Tho announcement adds that 17 U. S. divisions whipped 23 Jap divisions (a U. S. division is roughly 15,000 men while a jap division Is roughly 20,000) In "ono of tho rare Instances when ground forco superior In num bers wos entirely destroyed by a numerically Inferior opponent (who had 10 gel nis roinioicc mrnla mid sunnlios from CLEAR ACROSS THE PACIFIC where as the. Jap could run nis aown over SHORT communication llni.il. The announcement concludes that the 113.800 square mues 01 tho Philippines (Oregon's area (Continued on rage xwo; KLAMATH CREEPS CLOSER TO GOAL In $70,000 of the 7th War Loan drive goal for E bond sales, ac cording to Mrs. Rose Poole. i. .. i .. " 1. 1 IhriM, amnll I'limi niwn. w... , counties have gone ovor the top Lin nono saics ana 11 jximiiwm . .. . .,.,. IKn nunta Im. mediately, It will bo tho first inrge county to in ui Deadline beforo which bond Jiurchases may be counted In his drivo has been moved to Friday nigm, uuiy o, at o o ciuc and It Is hoped that Klamath ..mIh.ii ..ilH'AnmM thrmitfli. , "Since wo are so near the goal, It would seem wun a lime special effort, wo con get over. t, , M ....... 1,1 K,,u csnnn r. It 11 III.-,, VTWW.W "J t . bonds wo would bo over the I top," stated Mrs. rooie. , -t Bonds may bo purchased from j bond headquarters at 8th and Main Or from any bank. British Voters To Decide Issue' By DON DOANE LONDON, July S (P) Brit ain is voting today to decide the bitterly debated Issuo ot free cntorpriso versus socialism In a goneral election watched by tho world for an Indication of ', Europe's postwar political trend loft or right. .,' . , , In tho country'a stormiest campaign In decades the conser vative party lod by Prime Min ister Churchill supported Its traditional policy of freedom of economic enterprise. The . labor party headed by Clement Attleo demanded the nationalization of four basic in dustries with tho announced 1 aim of eventually establishing V? "socialistic" commonwealth of preat Britain. . PRICE FIVE CENTS NAMED TO HEAD NEW Fi Tokyo Forecasts 1000 ; Plane Bombing Of ; Homeland . By LEONARD MILLIMAN Associated Press War Editor Creation of a new U. S. army air force In the Pacific under the command of Gen, carl A. Snaatx. who directed the sirs- teglc bombing of Germany, was announced today. In Washing ton, while Tokyo radio forecast the possibility of 1000-planc bombings of the Japanese home land. Undersecretary of War Rob ert P. Patterson said Soaalz would have 'as his principal arms tor nailing japan ino mil air force, veteran Eurooean out. fit under Lt. Gen. Doollttlo and the 20th AAF, which has been hitting Nippon undor MuJ. Gon. turns . lyemay. Tokyo Agrees In soeculatins on! the bomb. Ing of Japan by 1000 planes In single attack. Tokyo partially agreed with U. S. authorities who havo assured the Japanese that the heavy attacks ere com ln. . . Emperor Hlrohlto's military loaders also- reshuffled eight generals and 'Tokyo broadcasts reported 300 American raiders from . Okinawa and Iwo Jlma struck A Japan again today, con tinuing' yesterday's , powerflil blows which cut .deeper- Into 0 (Continued on Page .Two) ' ' ' : Bv JOY BIGGS : ' A capacity crowd packed tho Jrandstand and bleachers for the uly 4 Klamath Buckaroo Days roaeo, winaing up lour aays oi the loth annual wild west show sponsored by the American La- gion. The; colorful crowd was gener ously salted with white navy hats and sprinkled with uni forms ot all branches of United States military service. The largest entry list In tho history ot Klamath rodeos was included In the 1945 show, keep ing Emcee Lynn Roycroft on his toes trying to identify horses ana riders. Tne arena was mica during the grand entry rido with 916 mounted riders, parading and taking positions facing the grandstand without a hitch.. - - Final Honors Final honors for Individual arena performances were dom inated by Gene Rambo, ot Shandon, Calif., first in calf roping; and ' Jack Sherman of Bly, first in bronc riding. Rambo won the day money for bronc rldlnt on July 4, but ran second to the Bly cowboy In the finals. Rambo's timo in the calf-roping finals was 18 35 seconds, and he was in the money each day In this event. His bulldogglng time of 5 45 seconds on the second day set a new record for this event at Klamath rodeos. ' -. Joe and Pat McAullffe, re . (Continued on Page, Two) . Nation Reports Safer Holiday : By The Associated Press ; Most of the nation's millions celebrated a "safe and sane" Fourth of July yesterday, acci dental deaths across the coun try totaling 148, most of them on the; highway, or in (he water. While hundreds of persons suUered minor Injuries from fireworks, no deaths were re ported. Tho. fatalities compared to a total of 439 deaths report ed for the three-day Fourth of July holiday in 1844 and 208 for a similar, period in 1943. - Fifty-four ot the 138 deaths were caused from traffic acci dents, whereas the average num ber of motor deaths for a Wed nesday, in July is 80,. 'the na tional., safety council said. Drownings claimed 51 lives, and 43 persons died from mis cellaneous causes fires, elec trocutions, lightning, plane crashes, etc,-. -.- ' - ., Ohio ' reported 18 deaths, to lead ' the country in violent I death. Deaths bv states (traffic. drowning, miscellaneous) Included:- Oregon. 0-1-0: Washington 1-0-1. ..,'. - i PACIFIC SooSeiie A .O y 1 Upper picture Units from the Klamath Falls Marine Barracks marching . in the Fourth of July parade on Main street. Below, left Entries from ths Klamath naval air station Including bombs, a "weasel," training -turrets,' and Marching Marines, Roaring Planes Draw Parade Crowd A colorful parade with tho military thomo accentuated by marines marching In the street and navy pianos roaring over head d.row tnousanas oi people to the business section Wednes day morning, the Fourth of July. More than 1000 marines from the Klamath Marine Barracks. all In raider dress, marched In perfect order through Main street from Second to Spring, making it probably the largest single movement of foot troops in local History. Fifty-two navv Dtanes passed overhead in parade formation. The planes went up from the naval air station, held a rendezvous In the south olid of tho basin, roared over at 4000 fcot In formation, and came back In divisions over Main street at about 1000 feet. Torpedo bombers, divo bombers and Cor sairs flew over In that order, ; . Equipment Displayed ' V' Tho street parade featured a large number of horsemen, a number - of organization entries. and, along with' the marines, a weasel, turret trainers, and a bomb display on carriers, .Corps men fom the Marino Barracks medical department completed Tele J.-f Mil ' ,A "P .i FALLS, OREGON, oo Military Theme Prevails In Gigdntic Fourth Of July Parade .. r yn- the military, contribution to the long procession, -which swung rapidly past a reviewing stand at the Elks lodge and between rows . of celebrating Klamath people for the entire length of Main street In the business dis trict.' : The parade was the principal downtown feature of the day's festivities, which passed without serious incident to make it one of the "safest and sanest" Fourths on record here. In the afternoon, another huge crowd gathered at the fairgrounds for the : last day of the Buckaroo days rodeo. -' Marshall C o r n c 1 1, parade chairman, today voiced apprecia tion to all who participated and especially to . the military in stallations, . , . .- Awards ' ' , He announced the following parade awards: .' . .: Best equipped rider, men's class Jack Harrison, Bly, " - - Best' equipped rider, women's class Mrs. Ernest Paddock. Best civilian marching unit Girl Scouts. Beat mounted organization ' . (Continued on Page ' Two) v. - THURSDAY. JULY , 1945 . tv ' ' il'fli f SfS"- : .--v - wtr I SEIZED BY NAVY . , AKRON, O., July 5 m The navy seized the five strike-paralyzed plants of the Goodyear Tire and Rubber company at 11:15 a. m. today, under execu tive order by President Tru man, and ordered 16,700 CIO United Rubber Workers back to their Jobs tomorrow. ' , ' Capt. H. K. Clark, USNR, took command of the sprawling rubber plants, and moved swift ly to resume production of war vital airplane, truck and other tires which, had been halted completely during the shutdown which entered its 20th day to day. .1 - ' Capt, Clark, In a statement given newsmen and read ovor all Akron radio stations, ordered the strikers to resume work regular. Friday shifts or- "be cOme subject to all proper and legal sanctions and measures available." . Goodyear officials said the strike, caused by breakdown of negotiations between the firm and tho union on 32 wage, hour and working condition provl- : (Continued on Page Two) ' weainsr i&y Max. (July 4) Precipitation Stream year Normal Forecaat: t If - T. 1. . S: a mobile target. Below. light Mounted entries, as usual, made up colorful feature of the parade. Secretary Morgenthau, Justice Roberts Resign WASHINGTON, July 5 (iP) President Truman today accret ed the resignation of Secrctui-y of the Treasury Henry Morgen thau Jr., and also. that of Su preme Court Justice Owen H. Roberts. The president said he - would name Morgenthau's successor upon his return from the Big Tnree meeting near Berlin which' he said would take place in about three weeks. - - Names which have figured in speculation over a new treasury chief include Director of War Mobilization Fred Vinson, John W. Snyder,: the new federal loan administrator, Senator George (D-Ga.), veteran chair man of the senate finance com mittee and Walter J. Cummiivs of Chicago, board chairman of tho Continental-Illinois National Bank and Trust company.' tThe president told his news conference he has no successor in mind for Justice Roberts. ' Justice Roberts, who went on the supreme court i n 1930, reached the retirement age of 70 last month. ; He gave that as his ' reason for resigning in the letter he wrote Mr. Truman. Roberts conferred briefly with July S, 1945 84 Mia. , ..SB last 24 hours ... :.00 to date -.13.25 11.92 - Laat year 9.S9 Slightly warmer Friday. . Number 10S08 - 7 r Ml tho president earlier In the day but declined at that time to tell reporters the purpose of his Visit. :V:, The president made It clear to his weekly news conference (Continued on Page Two) ; : Casualty . Pvt. William R. Roberta , - n yl fa v; ' 250 DAYS OF; BATTLE ENDEDi Numerically Inferior Yanks Beat Nip Troops . By SPENCER DAVIS .' MANILA, July 5 OP) All the Philippine islands have been won back in "the greatest disas ter ever sustained by Japanese arms," Gen. Douglas MacArthur proudly- proclaimed today and their 115,600 square miles are being transformed into bases "comparable to' the British is lands" to spur the march on Tokyo. : In 250 days of campaigning, 17 American divisions whipped 23 Japanese divisions In "ope of the rare, instances when V , '. a ground force superior in num bers was entirely destroyed by 1 numerically inferior opponent. - 420,000 Japs Die Roughly 420,000 . Japanese; were slaughtered, ' including such hated outfits as the 16th im- . perial division which ' tortured American and Filipino prisoners in the "death march" after the 1942 fall of Bataan. A spokesman estimated that possibly 30,000 Japanese survive in all the archipelago, cut up in .to groups and driven into moun tains where they are reduced to guerrilla activity. : 11.921 Yanks American ground and air Deb sonnel casualties up , to Julyl were listed as 11,921 killed, 410 missing, and 42,569 Wounded i toiax ox o,otf i. . . Gen. MacArthur stressed as accomDlished" eoals of the re- invasion: , :l Acauisition of great land-sea- air bases "for future operations" comparable to the role played by. the British Isles agairwi Ger many. ; - ' - (Collapse or the "imperial con" cept of a greater East Asia co prosperity sphere and the reliK troducuon of democracy In trie Far East." ; . , ...v.. Crippling Blow Delivery of a "crippling blow" to Japan's army, navy and air fbrceft- ,---''..- ' 1 - 'r .Severance'' of the enemy's sprawling; stolen empire so the' north and south halves could "be enveloped, and attacked In turn," while a sea-air blockade prevented raw materials from reaching Japan or reinforce ments from reaching the East Indies. ' : . ' Liberation of "our eantuml'- officers and men and our Inter nees held in the Philippines." ... TAKEN BY DEATH By EDWASD WATERMAN 2T CANBERRA, AustraUa, July 5 W)- Prime Minister John Curtln. 60, died today after a long illness from a heart ail ment with- lung complications. His : successor will likely be chosen next Thursday by the parliamentary labor party from Deputy Prime Minister Francis. M. Forde;' Treasurer Joseph B Chlflcy, a former locomotive engineer; or Minister of Ex' ternal Affairs Herbert V. Evatt; Australia's recent delegate to the San Francisco security con ference. - , Fordo 'To Act ,. : r Pending the selection, Ford? will continue, as acting premier. He was appointed army minis ter, second in command of the government, when the Curtin government took office in 1941., Before crowded public galleries, the federal parliament mourned Curtin's death. Tributes poured in - shortly after the premier died of coronary thrombosis.' At the waVs outset, Premier Curtin said: "I turn to America without a pang." . MacArthur'a Friend The close friendship with General MacArthur made them known to each, other as "John" and "Doug." MacArthur has conveyed his deepest sympathy to the commonwealth. -; : - A. state service will be held tomorrow. i . j William Roberts Dies At Sea ; Another casualty f r o m the sinking of the prison ship in the China sea is Pvt. William K. Roberts, son of C. F. Roberts of Bonanza. Roberts was taken prisoner on Corregldor and was held in a Philippines p r 1 s op camp until October 24, 1944, when 1775 of them were put aboard a ship bound for Japan. A little more than 200 miles off the China coast . the ship was sunk by a torpedo and only five of . the prisoners escaped, . Before' entering the army in July, 1941, . Roberts was em ployed at a lumber camp. He ft survived by a sister, Mrs. Helen Lcbow, and -a brother,. Leon Roberts, both of Bonanza. - "S SLANGS
