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Newspaper Page Text1 TOE DMA EM , ; T : ; : : : ' " """i - r f aW , ft. f"T ' i B-29S STAHT By FRANK JENKINS THE tup of ilia shooting newi is provided today by 600 nlaht-r ding B-2fla that add ma' Jor aluminum plants end more oil rollnerioa to the ro oi in dustrial Japan already knocked out. It wo tlie Suporforls' fourth mission In six days, during which they dumped total of 11,000 tons on tho enemy a war plants, www . TTIIE f 1 r e a act at Shlmuiu A where approximately half of Jupim a aluminum nan Doen pro ducud, wore so hot that tho re sulting thermal updrafts DI3 SOLVED THIS CLOUDS and provided good visibility for the bombers. (Wurm nlr holda more mol luro than cold air. Hence the dlsiitmcarunca of tho clouds over burning Shlmuzu. The British lined tho nmo principle, pro tliictng heat by gas flamo from piped Installations, to provido fug-frca airfields In England). TV11ILE our nlnlit roaming " B-2Ds wont after Jap Indui trial plitntK, our smaller planes from two ana uitinawa picxca on Jim airfields. Iwo-baurd fighters prowled over Tokyo, durlnil the. Jap fliihlrrs to como tin. None came, In the course of their foray, the lwo pilots destroyed eight ene my planes and damaged 25 at three fields but of tills total only one of those, destroyed and six o( inoso damaged were air borne. The rot wcro parked, . THE Japs are obviously saving up their fighters for the big emergency. Tho Germans tried that and wound up with a good reserve or planes out not enougn gas to fly thorn. fN Borneo, the Australians v have been killing Japs at tho rate of 13 to ono (13 dead Jans to each Australian Killed). Wo've been achieving about Uie , same ratio. ' The lime may arrive when there won't be plenty more Japs whore tho dead ones came irwn THE little ' yellow men have been chased out of Ball tiaDan and are retiring through the adjacent oil fields (burning j and blowing up as they go) to- ' ward tna jungio in uu cnc' irmlind . -,'- :-." ' Tho Borneo Jungles, Inhabited by poisonous snakes and head hunting Dyaks, won't be a par ticularly happy home for them. The Dyaks, like tho Moros and tho Igor on, don l nice japs. THESE developments,-' culled from the day's dispatches, produce Inovltably in our minds tho impression that we've got the Jap on tho run and it won't bo long 'now, NOTHING could be more mU- le&rllnff. All over southeast Asia, all over the Islands of tho Pacific, tlicro are garrisons of doomed t . .. ...111. I..n. 4nrii Mm. fnpo. mill munition dumps, condemned by thn codo of Bushldo to die whore they are. So far as their families are concerned, they are dead already. What amount ed to funeral ceremonies were held for them when they de parted from the homeland. If ono of them lost his nerve and somehow sneaked back he would bo treated as If ha wore dead thouuh still walking. Tho cold-blooded Jap 'nigh command relics on this altua tlon to wear us out and tire us of the killing. THE Jap can't win, But noth ing In tho record so ; far justified tho prediction that he will have senso enough to quit soon. ' fN tho European side, whero " tho shooting has ended bpt the nervousness hasn t, Amen- can and British, troops oro moving In to occupy their ngrced-on zones in Berlin. Thoro s a muddlo with the Rus sians. The muddlo seems to be on tho higher levels, as all mili tary Americans report that their personal relations with tho Rus sians on tho job oro cordlul and friendly. This same report comes from the secretary of tho American chamber of cry merco In Germany, who stuck out the war there, and tolls to day of difficulties with Moscow over American-owned plants in Germany but adds that his treatment by all local Russians is respectful and friendly. They (Continued on Page Five) . Vinson Leaves Position Open WASHINGTON, July 7 (IP) Judge Fred M. Vinson will suc ceed Henry Morgonthau Jr., as secretary of the treasury, and with that Question settled, a now ono aroso today: . 1 Who will succeed Vinson as director of war mobilization and reconversion? 1 That ono caught official Washington flnt-footcd, Presi dent Trtimnn's decision to ap point tho BB-yenr-old Kcntuck inn ' to tho cabinet, announced by a White House aide yester day, leaves wido open a job that Is so important lis holder has boon called, "assistant presi PRICE riVE CENTS 'Hats Off I v.w.. r r in'' ' if iiiil'Tim J ' 1 The Jubilant smiles of War Finance Chairman Andrew Collier and Drive Chairman Rose Poole tell the story even better than the printed figures In this picture depicting the triumphant finish of the Klamath county 7th War Lean drive. The campaign, led by the Business and Pro fessional Women and Soropttmlst clubs, went over In every department including the 91,531, 000 E bond test. ERICAN Fl it By LOUIS P. LOCHNER BERLIN, July 7 OP) Arthur E. Dunning of Bath. Me., sec retary of tho American cham ber of commerca In Germany, said today that great concerns owned toy American Interests had been stripped of their- ma chinery during the Russian oc cupation of the German areas in. woicn tne pianis were sit uated,' ' 'i ' t ' : "National Cash Register, Frig- Idalre, Ford, Opel (owned by General Motors). Hollerith (own ed by International Business Machines), Singer, ' Mix and Gene,t, and Woolworth all have been raided," Dunn declared In an ' Interview. "In many cases, delicate pre cision instruments were Involv ed which are now lying around In Berlin railway stations awaiting shipment. Some of these needed to be kept on a certain even temDorature which. of course, was Impossible if they lie oxposed outdoors... Much of tills macninery, in my opinion, Is now lunk." Dunning estimated the value of American holding tnrougnout Germany at ,$200,000,000.. He nld virtually all of the- plants were 'compelled' to-work -for Adolf H)tlcr's war machine, once war with the United States started. Dunning further asserted that (Continued on Page Five) - , ' . :1' ' Argentinians To Elect Off icers BUENOS AIRES. July 7 (IP) Tho pcoplo of Argentina will be called upon to elect their representatives.' "before tho end of the year,!' Prosldent Edelmlro Farrell declared In a speech at tho annual army and navy din ner last night. "We arc approaching the com pletion of another stage In the revolution to seo to It that the people become real electors by their representatives," - he said. . "We will complete it In accordance with our pledged word, unhurriedly and unyield ing to pressure from impatient persons," ' Farrell asserted Argentina had an aspect of general un rest created by elements which he said did not always have the good of the country at heart. He referred to the recent stu dent strikes, conflict between capital and labor and "damag ing rumors" by the press;. Papers Scattered In City s Kids' who dig into trash boxes are responsible for a lot of tho. paper that flies through alleys in Klamath Falls, A.-W. Downs, city sanitary Inspector, declared today. : He said that In some cases, youngsters have been observed getting pasteboard cartons out of metal trash boxes behind business houses, In doing so, they spill paper and other trash into the alley, and the wind does the job of scattering It. - . Downs said that evidently tho youngsters have found a market for tho pasteboard cartons at bakeries and elsewhere. Often, ho warned, the boxes have' contained Insanitary ' mate rials, and should not be used for any purpose after being dumped In the trash containers behind the stores. ' ' "It's the duty of parents of this city to see to it that their children stay out of trash boxes,"' said Downs. "Wo need moro civic pride, and It should" start with the parents. We're trying iu uicuu up tins ciiy, ana wo nre ' i To The Ladies," Shouts Andy , twMstam - f S2-947.00Q QUOTH S4.660.892 SOLO i Farm Acreage Boosted 79.5 Per Cent In Last 5 Years Klamath county's' farm acre age jumped 79.9 per cent be tween 1040 and 1045. That startling figure Is shown In today's announcement of the government's 1045 census of ag riculture for this county, through tne on ice or n. u. Acicerman, supervisor of the farm census COL SCHNEIDER Col. Merlin' F. Schneider, who will - become commanding of ficer of the Klamath Marine Barracks July 20, has been given what is believed to be the first decoration awarded In the Okinawa campaign a Bronze Star medal, the marine corps announced today. In the citation accompanying the medal Schneider was prais ed for "exceptional tactical Judgement, continual demon stration, of perseverance, per sonal courage and devotion to duty," in leading the 22nd reg iment, sixth' marine division. His outfit was Instrumental in shattering Japanese defenses be fore Naha and is credited with killing more than 3000 troops in a ' single week. Col,- Schneider's home ' ad dress la Clatskanie, Ore., his native town. He holds' tlic Navy Cross as well as the Bronze Star. When ho comes here, he will succeed ', Col. George Van Orden, nlso a Pa-; clfic . veteran and also winner of tho Bronze Star ' and Navy Cross. Col'. Van Orden will re turn to the combat zone late in the summer. Spies Sent To Find M' Arthur MANILA, July. 7 (IP) The Japanese sent spies into Manila after the caDital's . liberation with instructions to determine tho location of Gen. Douglas MacArthur's' headquarters, and a do'zea of them were caught and hanged in June.- military autnorities disclosed today. One officer said tho spies in sisted they 'were given no In structions for any action against the American commander but only to find where, he was liv ing. neea tne cooperation of every- . telephone SUM KLAMATH FALLS, OREGON, ''''' - ' - ' i f In tho third Oregon district with headquarters at Klamath Falls. In 1040, the government cen sus showed an acreage of 773, 522 In Klamath farmsToday's figure is 1,388,330.' ' ' - Even moro lmDresslvo is the Increase In farm-land- in-the-de' codo just ended. The 1833 fig ure was 036,000 acres, and the ten-year increase was. 118.3 per cent. These substantial increases In farm acreages were regarded here as especially significant in view of tne expectation that land use will be further extend ed in this area in the next few years. The figures quoted are for Klamath county, only, and do not Include the Tulelake and Butte valley areas which are a part of the basin economic and agricultural unit. Ackcrman's figures, which are preliminary and open to pos sible revision later, show that farms have increased in size but decreased in number' in this county. - The average farm is now 970 acres, as compared with- .498 acres In 1940 and 434 acres In 1935.. Farm size went up 94.0 per cent in the 5-year period. ' The number of ' farms, as shown by the preliminary count of returns," is now 1431, com-, pared with 1552 in . 1940 and 1406 in 1935. Jerry Chocktoot Dies After Fall Jerry Chocktoot, rodeo rider and a direct descendant of Chief Chocktoot of the - Klamath In dians, rode his last bronc at the Klamath Buckaroo Days cele bration last Monday. Chocktoot died Friday afternoon at Klam ath Valley hospital of injuries received when he was thrown from a bucking bronco Monday at tho rodeo grounds. - Chocktoot has lived all his life on the Klamath Indian res ervation at Beatty and has been a performer at rodeos an over the state. He was 40 years old at the tlmo of his death. Funeral services will be. held at Beatty on Tuesday and he will be interred at the Piute ceme tery in Beatty. Ho is survived by his wife, Alice, of, Beatty; lour daughters, Vernlco of Portland, and Har riet, Geraldlne and Valetta, all or jseuuy, t ana niuuier, ueua buss, also oi neatly. ; Capital Quiet On De Gaulle Visit WASHINGTON, July 7 (IP) A. trench announcement that General ' Charles de Gaulle lias accepted tin invitation to visit President Truman here was met with silence in official Wash ington today. " Neither tho White Houso nor tho state department wduld com ment on' tho announcement that came out of France yesterday an unusual reception to an ex change of greetings between two government heads, ' The French, through an- offi cial announcement, said the gen eral has received an invitation to visit President Truman In August, and has accepted - SATURDAY. JULY 7, IMS War Loan Drive Roars Finish Line; All Klamath county's 7th War Loan campaign roared over the finish line in every department today. Drive Chairman Rose M. Poole announced Jubilantly that even the tough E bond quota had been surpassed in the longest and most dif ficult of all war bond testa in Oregon, The E bond quota of 91,539.000 was reached and pasted Saturday morning. The margin today was 14000 over quota, but all returns were not in yet from the federal reserve and it wot cer tain the figure will be still larger when- last reports are completed. - BIGGEST QUOTA This was by far the biggest E bond quota ever assigned to this county, and War Finance Chairman Andrew Collier gave unstinted praise to Mrs. Poole and her co-workers in the Busi ness and Professional Women's club and the Soroptimist club, who took responsibility for. the 7th War Loan here. "My hat is off to the women," said Collier, announcing that local figures show an overall sale of 94.950.992 in the 7th War Loan, against an overall quota of 92,947.000. He said the totals are unofficial. and may be By DANIEL DE LUCE . . BERLIN,- July 7 VP) Sovi;t authorities maintained r a tight grip on the entire military gov ernment of Berlin today while high officials of three powers tried to solve two complicated problems food and boundaries. . No district yet had been taken over- from the Russians by cither American or British mili tary government detachments, although United States military forces supposedly formally oc cupied their Berlin zone, on July 4. and the .British held a flag-raising ; ceremony . ; yester- '-.-.' SovUle On Job - Soviet- commanders- in all the Berlin boroughs obeyed soviet instructions' to stay on the1 job and supervise the German city administration.' ' - The United States' plan-, was to take- governmental control of its zone at midnight Wednes day. The British-had hoped,, to get their Berlin government, op erating by- tomorrow,- but -this appeared- indefinitely, delayed. The soviet representatives, it was learned, had- declined to make food reserves in the soviet zone available to any - district controlled, by the other allies pending conclusion: of a barter deal on the highest levels' under which the Russians would be paid in kind for food. Although this was the third day. of the government muddle as far as the Americans were concerned, their direct relations with Russian officers in the various boroughs continued to be marked by warm cordiality. But the Americans were vis ibly puzzled, if not chagrined, that, the Anglo-American shar ing of : Berlin with the Soviet Union should have been so hap- nazaraiy arranged in advance. The common Question among American ' military government officers today was why they came to Benin. . Japan Open For InvasionOeiger HONOLULU. July 7 '. P)- The Japanese home islands ,are wide open for invasion and the United States can move in any lima "uritH tf-ntthlA nt'-all" in the opinion of the new com manding general of marines in me pacific. ; - Lt. Gen. Rov S. Geiier. 'beck from the Okinawa wars where he - led the third amphibious corps, asserted mat victory could be won only by the in vasion, that the Americans would be met- by men and women civilian fighters, but all that "won't be any worry to us." "It's only a question now of wading in and finishing this war," he told a press confer ence here yesterday upon his arrival to take over as marine commander from Lt. Gen, Hol land M. Smith, , More Butter At Lower Points Set WASHINGTON, July 7 (IP) The government will make about 12 per cent more butter available for civilians in Aug ust which will permit a slight reduction in the ration point .value, effective July 29r This was announced today .by Secretary of Agriculture Ander son and price - Administrator Bowles. , t . The new point value, to be announced later, is expected to be 20 points a pound compared with 24 at present.-: Max. (July Precipitation Stream year Normal Forecasti New Highs In Temperature Forecast With most of Oregon swelter ing under a mid-summer heat wave, new highs for the season In temperature have been pre dicted for Klamath Falls over the weekend. On Friday the 89 DEGREES " Mercury reading at the naval-air station-had reached a high of 88 degrees at 2:15 Saturday afternoon with the maximum temperait expect ed about-4 o'clock. - mercury hit' 92 degrees and still hlgheY" temperatures-are ifi store for Saturday - and Sunday, - ac cording to the weather man. High heat records were set in Portland Friday when the' ther mometers there registered 92 . (Continued on Page Five) , 1EF TO DISSOLVE PARIS, July 7 (IP) Supreme headquarters, allied expedition ary force will be dissolved and the combined command of the allied expeditionary forces will end on or about July-13, SHAEF announced today. Gen. Eisenhower will have re turned from the United States by. that time, and the delay will, give him a chance to say fare well to his-Comrades and staff, it was explained. . "Termination of the combined command of allied expedition ary forces and dissolution of su preme headquarters will be come effective on or about July 13, 1945, the exact date to be set later.' It was explained that the' action in this respect was being delayed-to permit read justment of certain troops, and until the return, of General of the Army Dwight.D. Eisen hower who deserves the oppor tunity of saying farewell to his Srincipal commanders and mem ers of his staff. "At the time of termination, General of the Army Eisenhow er will: relinquish command of all elements of the allied expe ditionary force, including su preme headquarters, and its at tached or assigned units. - War Department Accused Of Unnecessary Spending WASHINGTON, July 7 (IP) Representative Engle (R-Mich.), unofficial appropriations com mittee "watch-dog" of army spending,- asserted today the war department was "throwing hard-earned tax dollars down a rat hole." Engel, a member of the ap propriations sub-committee han dling war funds, in a statement in the Congressional Record said that billions of dollars have been spent on projects which the war detwrtment has not justified before any congres sional committee. Aimed At Swivel Chairs . He cmDhasized that his crit icism of army spending was not directed at "anyone in the the aters, of operations" but was aimed at "some of these swivel chair gentlemen who get on a plane and in a few weeks come back with more ribbons on their chests than Eisenhower, Brad ley, Clark or MacArthur ever received." , ' Since 1941,: he said, congress July 7. 1145 92 Min. last 24 hours to date 11.94 - Last vaar .... 52 ... .00 13.25 9.19 Clear, slightly warmer. Number 105S0 Over Goals Met revised, but are conservative indications of what was accomplished here in the drive. He listed the sales in various departments as fol lows! E bonds 11,542.000. F bonds 9129.897. G bonds 9328.800. C bonds 91.398,075. ? certificates 9785.850. 1H per cent certificates 18000. . 2)4 percent 9288.500.- 2M percent 9222,000. The long grind came in the E bond cam- fiaign. which was sure of success only on the est day. NOW AT THIRD PLACE ' Klamath steadily held fourth place among the state's big ten counties with more than 91.000.000 quotas but the last report showed it had jumped ahead of Multnomah and occupied third place. It was behind only Washington and Clackamas when this reoort was made. Mrs. Poole said that Dick B. Miller of Klam ath Falls-was especially helpful at the finish of the E bond drive, making substantial purchases which assisted in bringing in others. - JOBS AFTER STRIKE By The Associated Press .There was red in the skies over the world's second largest steel mill again today, a reflec tion of a brighter picture on' the nation's troubled labor scene'. A 24-hour work stoppage at the huge South Chicago works of the Carnegie-Illinois. Steel corporation ended late-last night, paving the way for 13,000 steel- workers to go back to their war jobs. ' Furnaces were relighted as production of steel for the war was resumed. aHere weYe other Dright spots in the labor picture. Also-affect ing the war-important . steel in dustry, was the ending of a five- day stoppage Dy 1UU UIU-United Steel workers which' had closed Republic Steel corporation's con tinuous strip mill in Cleveland and threatened to halt finishing units for lack of materials. They voted to return to work Monday. Also on the credit side' was the indefinite postponement of a strike of about 30,000 em ployes of the Western Electric company s 13 New Jersey , and three New York plants: ' The workers, producing vital war materials, had voted on June 28 to strike, over demands for wage increases, for .4000 em ployes. , - 40.000 Idle The return of the 13,000 steel- workers to the I Carnegie-Illinois . (Continued on" Page Five), . Fifth Army To Be Broken Up; Divisions To Return By SID FEDER CASERTA, Italy, July 7 VP) The veteran fifth army which battled-up the Italian boot from the Salerno shinbone to the Ty rolean kneecap is about to be broken up.- i' By next February five of its seven divisions and both its reg imental combat teams will have been sent back to America. The 85th (Custer) division will lead the movement back home starting in August. This division, which underwent -14 months of combat duty in Italy, will be the first all-selective, service divi sion in- the U. S. army to be de activated, fifth army headquar ters announced. Headquarters- gave this line-. has given the army more than $192,000,000,000 and it has spent more than 9150,000,000, 000, exclusive of $21,000,000, 000 recently voted for the. cur rent fiscal year. Exceed Valuation ' By the middle of 1946, Engle estimated, total army appropri ations since 1941 will exceed by 964,000,000,000 the assessed valuation of "every piece of property, real- and -personal, in the 48 states as. it was assessed in 1941." . .. As a result of many first-hand investigations, Engel said, he had complained often of "the outrageous waste of the tax payers' money" on various army projects. He added "the war de partment was apparently oblivi ous and kept on wasting money." "I wonder what would hap pen if the public got a complete resume of the dollars wasted by this and other departments of government, as I hope it will some day," he said. FIRES IN 5 JflPCITIES British S w e e p Out , ' - Mines On Way To Mainland ; ' By LEONARD MILLIMAH C Associated Press War Editor'," A.British task force is sweep . - ing mines out or. tne invasion, seaway leading to the Malax ' peninsula and Singapore, Tokyo, radio reported today as five Japanese cities blazed, from a 600-plane Superfortress strike.' At least 126 square miles Of -Industrial Japan were previous- ' ly wrecked. B-29 headquarter' announced in a report telling of five square miles burned out In recent strikes at five other ene my cities. Tokyo said a task force of 18 -warships, including twoaircraft carriers, yesterday began clear ing mines out of waters south' east of Car Nicobar island 300- miles north of Sumatra. This" Is on the invasion route to. tmv Malay peninsula. . Japanese or already evacuating non-essential -civilians from the Singapore no. val base, at-the tip of the penin? . . sula, in anticipation of. an inva sion. . - -. ' B-29S Pack Punch- . ' The big punch of the war was -packed by Superforts carryinc 4000 tons of fire bombs and ex : plosives in their five-day strike. It overshadowed all ground lo tions, including a deeper pene tration of Indo-China as Chin I" began her ninth year of watt and an. Australian amphibious:, operation which gained full con . trol of Balikpapan's- important oil harbor on southeast Borneo. it was perhaps the heaviest blow In the month-Ions daihr air raids on Japin in preparation; for an invasion. J Nippon. Tokyo. said raids on tne five cities, in cluding Nippon's greatest alumV num producing city,- began. shortly before midnight and con tinued until 3:30 a. m. Fires still blazed after- dawri. ' r s m . ;i - v V Clear Clouds Vi; ... Fires were-so hot i Shimizu-1 wnuse. jauiuris uuaer Ulc Bliao ows of sacred Fujiyama produce ' half of Nippon's aluminum, that : they parted the clouds and il-, luminated the inside of raiding -Superforts. ? ; I t, The big Maruzen oil refinery ' at Shimotsu, 35 miles southeast of Osaka, was hit for the second time within a week and blazed .. so brightly B-29 crews said the clouds resembled "a solid sheet of flame." . . . --.--.-'; ' Smoke ' columns rose " four miles above Kofu, rail and mili tary, city 70miles west of Tok yo. Large fires blazed in Chib railway junction and- military, depot center on Tokyo- bay - 2ft miles southeast of the. capitag Clouds prevented observation Ofi results of the attack on Akashag: ' the fifth city hit. It is an aisac craft producer, already 71 peg cent "destroyed in four previous raids. - at up of the disposition of the fiftbii 34th division, with more com' bat time against the enemy than, 1 any other outfit, to be rede- -ployed to the United States and ." placed in tactical reserve for pot sible Pacific service. ,..:,". :-'" 8th division, . how guarding 300,000 German prisoners - ipf -Italy, to be deactivated after re turn home.' . w t To Pacific ' 91st division, which- entered combat here last July, to be re deployed. to the Pacific by way of the United States. 92nd division to be- returned" to U. S.'- ' , . ' - First armored division, veter- ' ans of African and Italian cam-' paigns, already moved to Ger many as part of the occupation' -force. : j, r " Tenth mountain division, sen ing as occupation force, ia? Trieste area for time being. r 442nd regiment of Japanese "' Americans to be returned homf and placed in tactical reserve. In Reserve -if 473rd regiment to be returnee,-, home and placed in tactical re - serve. , . r The 88th and 91st division and the- 473rd regiment an -scheduled to leave for the U. S. in September. The 92nd division w;u leave in uciODer, ine aein in iscember and the 442nd regU men;- in February. . Officers said- while the dlvt slons being redployed will- re tain their identification the troops .comprising them will b radically changed in some . in stances. ' : nl . . , ., Troops Exchanged . v ; The 34th already has dl patched most of its men with at least 85 service points to- the . 85th or 88th divisions. In ex change the 31th now has re ceived thousands of men . with less than 85 points from those)... two divisions. ... When the trip home starts that 34th probably will be made up entirely of troops who have legs than 89 points or are classified as essential. i.