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Newspaper Page Textlo) .CM A 7V.e War Today (July ! Max. (Jul i ,.:.... Mia, . ., Precipitation !! 24 hours . .,.,...... 83 Stream year to data ... ,JSJ Hormal 1I.SS Lut ;nr t ForcU Probsbla ihssd? howrt. By DWITT MloKEHZIE Atoelatd Pftit War Analyit Mfo) vOiM """f liiiniiPTniii niniAL . T' M II QNE of the mot interesting ' pcctaclcj ot the weekend ha been that of Japan's notorl- oui Admiral Klchiwiburo No mura doing a bit or viguroui finning In the peace pool. Nomura la by way of being an expert on peace that if, on lomo aupccti of it. He a the tel low who wf in Washington a the mikado's apeclat envoy, talking peace and expretnlng Nippon'f deep affection (or JENKINS TO ENQLAND Prank Jmiklim, Herald and New publUlier whole column appear regularly In this pure, left Saturday-night tor Washington, D. C, where lie will Join a group of American cditnra for a trip to the United Kingdom, lie will go firl to London by air from the taut const. From London, after an in terval of two or three week, he will go to the continent on an assignment from the Office of War Information. Column from iiii typewriter will ap pear a often a ho can get them back to Klamath while on the trip, Uncle Sam, when the Jap made their treacherous altucK at i'cari Harbor. Hi name la deeply en graved on American memory. The admiral canting a long line in the hope of hooking a bit of Information say that the alllca' policy of unconditional aurrender la only costing them higher caaualtiea. He admlta there' no ign that they are uf ferlng from war-wcarlneaa, but declared: "Aa long at the enemy ask for Japan unconditional ur render be wilt have to shed blood proportionate to the time ana tntuiwiiy ot eacn dbuio. . ' Nomura hai been about a bit and itn't (lily enough to think that any iucIi itatement would - affect the allied war program. Undoubtedly ha it (Tying to draw ' from the alllca j;me further, more concrale, deri jratlon a to . what "unconditional surrender icntaila. Why7. wen, Because japan Knows, wan siirv w pem and he ii looklnu alsout to aee what can bo talvaged from the wreckage, Thln muit Indeed look black to Tokyo. The homeland la : virtually isolated by allied naval and air blockade. Japan cannot feed hernelf, and already t taceo with a food crisis. Wo are Just hitting our trido In an aerial bombardmont which will bo more terrible than anything the world ha icon. THIS past weekend also has marked the eighth annivers ary of China' struggle against Japanese bnrbarism and it finds the Chinese at long last heading out of tile woods. Tokyo will have noted that this an niversary was the occasion of Prime Minister Churchill's re newal of the pledge that Britain will concentrate oil her efforts in cooperation with the allies to achlcvo final victory in tho Pa cific. France, too, promised her help. Meantime there is a wide spread impression among ob servers abroad that tho question of Russia's attitude towards com in'; Into the war against Japan will be discussed at the forth coming conference of the Big Throo In Berlin. No wonder, Tokyo is anxious about pence terms. Even If Russia remains neutral, Japan's goose Is cooked. If tho Muscovites come in, it will mean an even quicker de feat and quite likely much tough er terms. . So far as concerns the allied position on unconditional sur render, President Truman made that clear in his recent message (Continued on Page Four) War Correspondent Sold Executed In Prison Camp By LYNN HEINZERLINO LINZ, Austria, July 7 (De layed by Censorship) W) German officials now in custody say Joseph Morton, Associated Press war correspondent who was captured after he flew into Slovakia during a Czechoslo vakia uprising, was executed in the Mauthauccn concentration camp January 24 on orders from Hctnrich Himmlcr'i staff in Ber lin. Morton, 34, Bn imaginative and energetic correspondent who camo out of Romania with the first fntorvlcw of King Ml hal after Romania made pence last year, was captured near Plomkn in Slovakia tho day af ter last Christmas. , Ha was taken to Bratislava and arrived in Mauthausen, IS miles east of this city, early in January. ' . 13 Others Killed Nine other Americans and four Britons all members of a group which flew Into Slovakia in October to help bring out American fliers stranded there . worn shot to death with Mor ton and ihclr bodies were cre PRICE riVE CENTS Record Hea Accompanie By Nevv Fires A blistsrlng aftrnoon sua Sunday drova the marcury to U dagraas for th hottest day of the year, Bubqunt lightning norms in the lata afternoon and evening war responsible for numerous iorast and brush fires in this area but light rain did little to relieve the excessive heat. Sunday's high was th climax of five-day heat wave with iiinmniiiru mr th SO doe mark. Saturday's maximum was 3 deoraes. Th weatherman cooler weather with afternoon ' i SUBMARINES GLQSE IN QN JAP ISLANDS By LEONARD MILLIMAN Auaciatad Press War Editor A "considerable number" of American submarines have moved into water around Japan, Tokyo reported todoy, joining thousands of daily raiding planes In strangling Nippon and pre paring the way for invasion. Chinese claimed they captured the gateway to Indo-China, pos ing a simitar threat of strangu lation and conquest of 200,000 Nipponese ' ground force In southeast Asia, already cut off and threatened by British troop mopping up tn aoutnean Asia and Australians over-running Borneo oil fields. Block ad Attemot Submarine r attack, coupled with daily mine-laying sorties by B-28, wcro described as an attempt to blockade , the Japa ns .mainland. Tokyo claimed seven submarines have been sunk in water close to the homeland In the last five weeks. Extent of Nippon lr was indicated in the most di rect seml-eff ieial bid yet made for peace. .Xichisaburo No mura, ambassador to Wash ington at the time of Peart Harbor, made it saying th allied demand for uncondi tional aurrendw was costing .additional allied lives. 40 Shins Hit ' Weekend allied communiques announced 40 more Nipponese (Continued on fags rour? Princeton To Avenge Namesake PHILADELPHIA, July 9 UP) with her new skipper pledging her to the, task of avenging her namesake iost in the battle of Lcyto Gulf last October, the mighty aircraft carrier Prince ton slid down trio ways yester day into the Delaware river. Capt. John M. Hoskins of Brookeville. Md..- told a cheer- ins crowd estimated at 83.000 "I can and do promise you now that the captain, officers and men of this ship will do all in tlietr power to avenge that mar velous fighting ship of the same name. ..." "We are counting on this new Princeton to pay for us a very personal debt with Japan," said Capt. w. K. Baranfer of-wash tngton, ' commander of tho last Princeton. mated, according to these wit nesses. Mauthausen is rated fifth in tho list of major nazi extermin ation camps. Thousands of men and women were executed there, or allowed to starve to death. The commandant of the camp, Standartcnfuehrer Franz Zeir eiss, a sadistic, swaggering SS (elite guard officer who attend ed all the executions, was shot while trying to escape and later died. Tortured One of the Germans held, an interpreter who was present during the interrogation of the group in Mauthausen, said that soma were beaten and tortured In an effort to wring informa tion from them, but Morton "underwent the interrogation without difficulty or hardships," Some of the men were beaten with a stick held by one of the Interrogators, he said. The wrists of one man were tied be hind his back, and he was sus pended from the ceiling by a chain attached to his wrists. This treatment usually tears tho victim's shoulders, from, their sockets. -4 how has predated (tightly thunder storms Mof .iy and Tuas- day. A llgmnittf? If .e, siarieo oun- tav afternoo,i it Black moun tain in the If ippy Camp dis trict of the Mtdoc national for est, had covered 200 acre By Monday afternoon and was be ing fought by crew from the , SI DEGREES .Temperature reported from 'lb naval air station at 2;30 this af icraoea had reached 1 degrees. Canby ranger' station and from tha Hackamore camo aided by men from Long Beit Lumber company and San Quentin pri soners stationed ai me camp. The fire was expected to be brought under control Monday afternoon. At least six fires were re ported to have started by spot iiBhtnina in the Biy area and men from the Klamath Forest Protective association and Fre mont national forest were,-out Monday in an effort to get them out. All were ..reported linriftr eaniral Mondawnoon. 1- Fremont forest headquarter in Lakeview reported that tn addition to the Biy area fires, five were also started in the Paisley area but none were in tne eriour stage. j : In Klamath Failsfire were down to a, minimum over the weekend with only three grail fires reported on Saturday. All were out in snort time. - With, lightning forecast for today , and tomorrow ail forest crews, ranger stations and look out are on the alert for new fires. .- FREEDOM TO LEAVE OnZtlTIONMD WASHINGTON, July 8 !F Senator Vandcnberg (R-Mich.) declared today that the united States will be free to withdraw from the United Nations organ ization whenever' it chooses. , Vandenbcrg. delegate to. the San Francisco conference, made the statement at the opening of an afternoon session o the sen ate foreign relations committee which earlier had heard Edward R. Stettiniu declare that the United Nations charter offers "a truly effective instrument for lasting peace." Acting to clear up a contro versy which developed during testimony of Dr. Leo Pasvolskv. state department expert, over me cnarier s iacK ot a with drawal provision, Vandcnberg said there were three conditions affecting possible American ac tion to quit tnc league in the future. He listed these: The United States can with draw at its own unrestricted op tion, its oniy oufigatton Demg to state its reasons. "The only penalty is an ad verse public opinion- if our rea sons do not satisfy the con science of the world and the action of the San Francisco con ference simply suggests certain criteria upon wis score, "When we withdraw, wo are simply' in the same position as if we had never joined. We are subject to the organization's discipline If we threaten the peace and security of the world." Brazilian Ship , Lost In Blast RIO DE JANEIRO. July 8 P The 3150-ton Brazilian cruiser Bahta has been lost in a mid Atlantic explosion probably with heavy casualties among its com plement of 383 jnen, tho navy announced today, " ... United States units searched for survivors, A number of men., were- reported picked, up. The cause of the explosion wis not been determined. f , In Washinston a Brazilian errs. bassy spokesman said the Bahia , has Been . on patrol duty, since the day Brazil declared -wsr against the axis. Shocked at the loss, embassy officials received first word of the tragedy in As sociated Press dispatches from Rio De Janeiro. The Bahia was built in Eng land in 1SJ0, ,0 AMATH FALLS, OitEGOn, Jap A group of 33 Japanese diplomatic, military and naval Hmir, takes snto custody in Car many, wait at L HsTf, Frrsc, on July 3 for a ship to take them to the Usiicd States, Is th group are Hirotbi Oshima, Jsp ambassador to Grmasy; Lt. Gas. Mitibiira Ksmsttu. ranking mtii tary attach, and Rear Admiral Hidao Kojima, Jap naval delegation bead is ise rcicb. 0JP) wire photo from Signal Corps rsdiophoio irom Paris. DDWRE1I 111 BERLIN RULE By DANIEL DE LUCE BERLIN, July 9 The in- icr-aSHcd acamcek over tne gov ernment of Berlin continued un broken today ss high diplomats began arriving for the impend ing Big Three meeting, AvereU Harrimon, U. S. am bassador to Moscow, is to land at the Tempeibef airdrome this afternoon . arte, take . quarters near the -"tittle - White House" prepared for President Truman in the IreavUy -guaroetl Potsdam resVyi,-- A . . . ;V ' Begulai Trip - i - i- A procession of American lim ousines started ' regular service from the airdrome to Potsdam, carrying distinguished visitors. American army signal experts virtually completed stringing a thick network of cables and wires by which. Mr. Truman will be in touch with Washington while he confers with Generalis simo Stalin and Prime Minister CmircMH. Guards lncid Guards from elite red army regiments were increased tnrougnout tne fotsaam arts, a heavy sprinkling of American and British sentries were in the area. . ; , The Berlin governmental im passe over the issue of supplying food and fuel for the districts occupied by the Americans and British situ was unsettled and the possibility increased that the (Continued on Page Four) Truman On Way To Big 3 Meet WASHINGTON, July 8 PS President Truman .is en route today to Europe for the Big Three meeting with Prime Min ister Churchill and Premier Stalin. The president left Newport News by ship Saturday. Accom panying him was a staff of ad visers including Secretary of States Jsmes F. Byrnes. The Bi Three meeting wilt be held tn the Potsdam area near Berlin. No Honeymoon This Trip . r William (Rdi Hill it thews Mil Ulan.,, ftsnt in nlMttv, lubiKjutnt treitbie " with polic MONDAY, JULY t, 1H5 Diplomats Token in Germany Eight German PW's Kilted In Machinequn Shooting By 'Berserk' American Soldier FORT DOUGLAS, U tsfe, July (jP) An army officer id tsday that Prt, Ctarese . Brtucei, 23, of ' Sew Or ias, admitted plaaoisg th man kilUsg of Gnssaa pris oners ef war which fee caz zid out by spnyiag J0-cli-br - machine gua builsis ' through, theis ' tests idlliss r- Col. Arthur & Ericsson ef the Osdaa, Utah, prisoner of 'was command said that tb New Orlesnt soldier at a hear ing shortly af ter the kUtiag said he was not lorry about the act. . i Ericsson disclosed Bsrtuccl bad drunk sevcrsl $iass of beer t Siins about two hour before is shootisss. The beer was of 3,3 per cssi. Icobelic content and the offi cer said there was no evidenca that the oldlr - was asder the isiltsc of litnicr when be was takes into custody. SALINA, Utah, July 8 m Macmneeun bullets fired by an American soldier, killed eightj Germans and wounoea 20 otners asleep in a prisoner of war camp. Why the soldier, turned loose Marina Refused Medical Care WASHINGTON-, July 9 (m Reo. Gearhart (R-Calif.) said to day he had been informed that waiter iteea nospitai naa re fused emergency treatment July 4 to a shell-shocked marine vet eran. The reason that he was de nied treatment," Gearhart told the house, "is because Walter Reed is aa army hospital ana mis suuenns veteran ot uttsa- alcanal- was a marine. 1 i "I didn't realize that this could 'happen to an American who has siven his best in the service ot his country. , AThis cannot be jusiiied on legalistic grounds," ; poted fat the barrel Is which be , ipM hi i - uthoriti. (HE A - Ttltphsto), ! the barrage was a question still puoitcly unsnswered today. The shooting occurred early; yesterday, a naif hour efter Pvt. Clarence Bertueei of Hew- Or leans; La., bad gene on duty as! .c . guard at the camp bousing! prisoners .working, in central! Utah farm fields. . . Fires Suddenly CoU Arthur Ericsso.ir com-l siandei- oi. the'priiOBrcf--'waj ramp at Ogdett, of which the camp here is a branch, said Ber! tucci, 23, suddenly fired from his post in a guard tower into a tent area in which the pris oners were nausea. Three bursts of fire,' liselad-j lag ia all 258 shots and lastmg so more than 15 seconds, rip ped into the tents, ; His ammunition expended,! certuccE yeuea ior more, tries- son saw, but was placed, instead. asder-arrest on ordersof the branch camp commander, Lt. Ai bert, h Cornell. . - Soldir "Brk" ' In . New Orleans, Bertueci's widowed -mother said an array officer who -notified her of the Incident expressed Hie opinion tne soimer. bad gone "berseris. - "Something must have hap pened to him," said Mrs. Mary Bertucci, adding that she could not understand her son's action. A board of inquiry interview ed Bertuceij officers. and men! at the camp and the prisoners.! Bertueci's story, however, .was! nsi aisciosea. ana jrscsson sain it and other testimony would be. handed on to" the security and intelligence efilcer at ninth service command - headquarters! at f ort JJotigfas. Utah, Bertueei will be held in cus tody. Ericsson added, pending consideration of the inquiry boards report,- . No Threats Heard Ericsson said a spokesman for the Germans,- First Sgt. Hans Ferfigi "testified at the inquiry that be had never heard threats exchanged between guards and prisoners bat said that the pres ence of .machine suns on. the towers made prisoners fear just! such an incident as occurred, Cornell said he was at work! in his office near the guard tower when the first burst of macbinegus fire soasdedV He raced to a window, then out of doors as a second burst was fired. Just as he reached the! bass of the suard tower ss tmra burst of machinegua fins rang! out. . -. . - v- - - Record Trip Over Niagara May Bring Police Action NIAGARA FALLS, Ont, July $ m William "Red" Hill Jr., slight, 32-year-oid souvenir shop operator rode through the Nia gara rapids in a- barrel yester day to lulfili a pledge takes si his father's deathbed three years ago, and today faced the threat of police action-as a result of his exploit. . . tHiil, who foiled eSorts o the Niagara parks commission po nce to prevent the trip, con tented himself meanwhile with the knowledge that he had set a new record in making the ins. ' swirlini seven-mile ride in two hours. He nursed a bruised left arm his only injury and intinust- ea mat it was ms last ride in a barrel. Anyway, he said, the rcci-palrsted 750-pound steel bar Fofher, Daughter Die At Lake O' The" : Woods . '; ' Drowning claimed three lives! at nearby stoustain lakes Sun das', - Ai Lake o the Woods, Ches ter W. Thompses, 37, and his 9-year-old daugftter, 3 a an, of Klamath Fails, drowned aoout 30 feet from shore in an after noon tragedy. A." Diamond lake, Eart btewart . Jr, Van couver, Wash., sank while swim ming with other boys from the Union creek blister rust, control camp,- . ; - ' , Tnompson, . who was parts manager for the Saisiger Motor company, and his wife, Gladys, with Joan and another daugh ter, Carol, 13,. were out is a rowhoat on Lake o' the xds, Qeed Swiaarotr - The older girl , was a good swimmer and was swimming around, the boat.- The younger girl was hanging onto the side of the boat ana let go to paddie around with the aid ef water wines. . - - -" " Sns apparently became ex cited, according is sixne pem reaoris. and let so of the wings. Thompson saw her predicament and dove is after her. When he came to the surface he saw that the boat sad drifted away and usabieto sjake Ba snore, wuwws aia that this -elder rgirl ifesavrair SSSer but was unsaccessfuL She manages to swisi to .the shore, ' -' Mrs, Thompson remained m the drifting eoat as sae was unable to swim. - t n S4ia Calted i'- Cr, George Adler was called and. gave -a suiuuiam , CCentinaed osPage FourJ. t Six boys were injured, three seriously, as toe result vt an t.m,.i an-iftent early Sunday the Ivory ise road about one-naif 'mile from, tise ivory Pine mai.- ine. oojrain m ih accident were Don Smith, 16, employe of the Vera Crisier ranch near Blyj WutSs Brown, l?,-Biy;; inomas iajiust, 18, Milwaukee; Curtis Baibert, 18, Forfiand; Bill Freeman, IS, Portland and Claire Brodkorb, 16, Portland. -' 1 - -Brown suffered a crushes chest and punctured lung, Smith a head injury, .and Halbert had a back injury and a compound fracture of his right leg.- The nShw three- sustained euis and bruises, All- are is Kiaaiath! Valley hospital, but two .witt probably be released this after noon, accoutjg - 1 port. . .. - - " Smith had taken a jeep.Tse longing to the Crisier ranch where he worked. Sheriff Lloyd Low said this morning that Smith had sermission to use the truck around the ranch, but sot to take it-any SHSser, - - He drove to Biy and picked up the other boys and they went to a dance at tne ivory i-sne mat. On the return trio Brown was at the wheel and lost control of the car is. loose gravel and it .turned over.- - - The Klamath merchants pa trol ambulance was called and rushed the boys to the hospital. rel,' which had been built for Hill, Sr., was - ruined fey fre- ouent collisions wstn roess, "sorung beyond repair. Mrs, William Hitt Sr who had watched her hushana ride through the same rapids in a barrel in 1SM3, 1838 and 1331, collapsed after her son returned. At one Doint the barrel was seen throws by the feirhulent currents to what appeared to be about 40 feet is the air-. At an other point it was caught In a whirlpool and spun around for 23 minutes. Hill's two brothers, watching from shore, pat out is a boat and putted the barrel out of the whirlpool. They towed it to shore and removed about five inches ef water which h leaked is. Hill got outf stretched his legs, then resumed tne journey to tjueecstown. SIXiKlBffl LeMays Forces Bash Honshu Island Towns WASHINGTON, July S m in a five-way strike, a very large task force of Superior resses rained incendiaries on in dustrial targets at five japanes cities oh Honshu island ioday. A ZOili asr force headQuarter; 'announcement said Gifu. Sakai, waxayama, beneat and xsx kakhi were hit in a sight in- !"esdiary demolitien raid today yuly in Japanese tissej. ine Superfortresses were from Ma. Gen. Curtis E. Lemay's force based in the Marianas, Tne "ansoimcemest said de tails of the raid will be released after the bombers base re turned. - . r- MashiisarT Plant : GlSs," a transportation cenSe? located 18 miles northwest of Hagoys, has a considerable num ber oi machinery and metai working plants and a large number et testiie mills. It population-of 172,860 Includes most of. the labor force of the Kawasaki and Mitsubishi air craft plants located at Ksgami gabara about live miles to tha east. , - - . 1 . Saksl is an Industrial suourb of Osaka and the site oi ord nance and marine engine plants, machinery and machine too! factories and chemical and ex plosive works. At least three of the city's large - textile mills have been reported! converted ' Continued ca Page Four) -: ' "' QVIQ MARTI " . tooottti Pn Futa rii- - - WASH1SGTOS July t Empty meat counters are caus ing masy Americans to turn their eyes toward Canada and Argentina and to wonder why the government doesn't import supplies from those meat-producing countries.. . - Suggestions of this' nature pour is. ss? Americas food offi cials. i --- - . :- The latter reply that it is im possible to obtain meats irons ei ihzr court trv under the allied program for coordinating purr chases ot toe ssgfSifsg parens. Canada's exportable surplus i Hpm tiimpd rsvrr to the Unit ed Kingdom and to liberated. areas is turope. issoiar as van ada is able to heis supply tha British and .continental Europe, demands of these, groups upon Hiss coustrys .sppy w ..'5'-'.'" -'.(.-- ,, -f.. ... likewise is earmarked' largely Shangri-La Army Survivors Return '-HAMILTON FBSLB, Calif.; iS5) A pert little Wae corporal aHj-two young army men the survivors of a plane crash in? a Sew - GuiBea--,Shangrt-iB,,r arrived-today by plane'fross the South Paeitic en route to then homes for ieave. -. ' - - i It was originally Intended that the three should go togeiner ta. Washington. This pian was changed .to enaoie asem so go to army process center nearest htoeir hames, - ; Twenty of their companions died in the plane crash is a hid den valley last May 13. - Sun Blotted Out la Total Eclipse . By The Associated Vttn J The sun was clotted out brief ly today is-certain seetsons of the United States is a toial eclipse today for the first time since 1933 and geseraliy throughout the country a par tial eclipse was observed, . A total shadow started at sun rise 4;5S a. re, PWT is Idaho and moved along a 25-mile path through Montana, Saskatch ewan, Manitoba, Hudson -Say, Greenland, Horwsy, Sweden, Russia and Siberia, . . Baby Girl Oiesr' Medicine Blamed : ' Little Mary Jane Piper, two year-old daughter of Mr,- and Mrs. Luther Piper of this city, died Saturday afternoon appar ently as a result of medicine she had aeeidestly swallowed. : According to Br. George Ad ler, county coroner, it bow ap pears that the child had taken some tablets previously pre. scribed, for her mother, labora tory analyses are to be made to find if ibis is the cause ef her death. -. . -