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Ell BH r? UJ Room Only For Griping Telephone Mill PR; ? CERTS KLAMATH FALLS, OREGON, TUESDAY, JULY 10, 1945 m ., ; , " nEGQRD BLOW AGAINST JAPS MADEFROMAIR ) i a Typical of bay coach accommodations given returning troopi la thla view ol man trying to snatch eleep on crude bede mad by dropping seat beck. Theae troopi, at Camp Shanlca, N. Y., face 5-hour tram riae 10 rori mwu. dUIIeultlea don't add to the time. Transfer Of Marines From Convalescent Hospitals To Local Barracks Ordered Transfer of lama numbers of marine from naval convalea cent hospitals to the Klamath Falls 'Marino Barracks has been ordered through agreement be tween tho commandant of the marine corpa and the navy's bureau of medicine and surgery. ' Col. George O. Van Ordon, commanding officer of tho Bar racks, said today that the ma chinery to bring the convales cent marines 10 jvmmain mm has already been set In motion. Indicative of tho active move ment of marines lo Klamath ! Falls, word was received today that : 32S marine officers .may ha rxnactcd hero by August IS. Col. Van Orden said there BREAKING DF FEPC LOCKS J WASHINGTON', July 10 m Pnrnrt bv a virtual ultimatum from the senate, hejiao leaders sousht today to foreV a record vntn In ihnlr chamber In on at' tempt to break tho month-old FEPC deadlock. They persuaded the house ap propriations commlttco to sched ule an afternoon session at which they hoped to Jar loosa, nnn nnn war aunncles sunnlv bill being held up by a senate-voted fund of s-ou.uuu lor tno iair em' nlnvmmiL nrncttce committee. Chairman Cannon (D-Mo.) said ho was prepared to keep the committee In session as long as necessary to work out a com promise. His decision to call tho meeting followed unofficial but emphatic word from tho other side 01 tne copnoi mm uio unnnic would not reconsider Its FEPC aotion until the house at least wont on record ono way or the other. Parliamentary maneuvers by ' nnnnnmlft nf thft atfOllCV created to prevent employment discrimi nation Docouso 01 race, color or creed havo been able to block a roll call vote In tho house. , Heuvef Arraigned On Four Charges Former Polico Chief Earl Hcu vel of Klamath Falls was ar raigned on four morals Indict ment's and took time to Dlcad when he appeared beforo Circuit juago L-narics uomos 01 juaite view In court hero today. Heuvcl was represented in court by Herbert P. Welch of Lakeview. The ox-chief was allowed 10 days In which to plead and his time for pica was set for July 20 at 2 D. m. Attorney Welch told the court that no planned to sunpocna some members of tho grand Jury which Indicted IIouvol. He said he had Just started on tho case, and' needed a few days to work on It.: Ho said, however, ho was appearing only at tho arraign ment, and did not say whether ho would represent Hcuvel In case of trial. Hcuvel appeared In court, nattily dressed In a blue suit, blue tie and tan shoes, Tho one-time Klamath chief is held In the county Jail In ilou of $21,000 cash bond in the four WEATHER V (July 10) Max. (July),..... 01 Min.......61 Precipitation last 24 hours 00 Stream year to clntc 13.215 Normal ..: 1,06 Last Year 0,80 - Forecast: - Probable "thunder showers. . .. , . ') XZ3 nam., gTiiun uhhiwiuuvh are soveral thousand marines in navy convalescent hospitals eligible to come to Klamath Falls, and that tho Barracks program, which has been on ''slow bell" In recent weeks, will be stepped up to lull opcr atlon with tno Influx of person' nal. It Is expected the unique Installation on the "hill" will be filled to capacity. MaJ. R.-H. McConnlck. per sonnel omcor at tno Barracks, la being assigned to temporary duty at San Francisco in con nection with tho transfer of officers to Klamath Falls,, in order to facilitate the restore Hon of ' the training program to iuu iiaius.' , Training Revision , The marines coming . here from naval hospitals will not be "bed cases" but there aro plans for some rovlslon of the Marine Barracks training pro gram for the benefit of men who aro not able to participate In the rigorous athletic and training program sot up for ma rines with malaria and filarlasls under tho original , mission of the post. Tho educational services will be nxpanded to emphasize the cducotional part of tho pro gram, which will offer 10 voca tional courses, 16 academic courses - and 100 self-study courses lo these men. Today's disclosures appeared to have disposed of ni.y ques tion os (o the Immediate fiuurc of tho Marine Barracks as a marine Installation. C01 Van Ordon has been In frequent communication with marine corps headquarters In Washlng (Continucd on Page Three) German Prisoners Hanged is For Murdering Internee By ROBERT OTEY ( FT. LEAVENWORTH, Kas.j July 10 OK) Five German pris oners of war, sentenced to death for tho murder of a fellow pris oner, were banned carlv this morning at tho U. S. disciplinary barracks In a move unurcccdenU ed In tho annals of United StiiU military history. 1 Tho-prisoners, termed "Zona Ileal nazls"-by army authorities, wcro. convicted January 25, 1944, at' Camp Gruber, Okla., for the , murder ,' of , Johannes Kunzo at- tho Tonknwn, Okla., branch compound.. They were the' first, foroign war prisoners ever to be executed in tho Unit ed States. . j Tho ' executed Germans, all members of Rommel's Afrika Korns, . were: '- ; Walter Beyer, 32, whoso rank was equivalent to that of n first sergeant In the II. S. army; Ber thold 1 Scldcl, 30, a staff ' ser geant; Hans Demme, 23, ser geant; Hans Schomcr, 27, ser geant, and Willi Scholz, 22, cor poral. 1 All went to their deaths clad In their Gorman uniforms, their only request. Their last meal consisted only of tho regular Is sued rations, Beyer, tho rank ing member of, the group, was tho first to do to tho sallows. Eight guards marched tho Ger man, who wore Diue leggings and blue pants, a simtnn uniform coat and open-necked shirt, into a utility warehouse where army engineers had constructed a trap door sallows in nn elevator shaft. Col. William S. Eley, commandant of the disciplinary bnrraeks, read the execution order, relayed to tho prisoner tnrougn nn interpreter, askco if he had a last statement. Beyer replied: 1 " ! ' "I can't soo why this Is being done to -me." r , Kunze was killed on Novem Peace Feelers To Sfir U p WASHINGTON, July 10 OP) Acting Secretary of Stat Grew declared today that the Japanese art using "purported peaca ieelere" In an attempt to stir up dlaaanslon In the Unlttd States and among th allias. Their objactlva, ha said, is to obtain a peace short of unconditional surrender even though they know beyond question already that their dafaat la certain. Grew related savtral instances of what ha callad thtaa "allagad peace feelers" and than wound up a statement on the subject by declaring! . "The policy of this government has batn, is, and will continue to be, unconditional surrender- . . that Is the bast comment I can make upon peace leelars and rumors of paaee feelers of whattyar origin." NONE FROM GOVERNMENT The United States, the acting secretary emphatical ly assarted has "received no peace offer from the Japanese government, either through official or un official channels." v "Conversations relating to peaca," he continued, "have been reported to the department from various IE DEBATE OVER WASHINGTON. July 10 (Pi Senator Vandonberg (R-Mlch.) Kounced hotly today on the first inl of a move lo write troop use rcscrvatlona Into tho United Nations charter. v Vigorously, Vondonbcrg do plarnrl that consress should have. nothing to say about the employ--; mom or. troops orotrco 0 uiv security council. ; k Inquisitor The question was raised by Senator Mlllikln (R-Col.), . the most searching inquisitor thus far of tho foreign relations com mittee hearings which went in to their second day. Millikln asked repeatedly If it would violate the charter for the United States, say the presi dent or congress, to reserve Its Judgment In each instance rather than vote full permission for the security council to order troops Into action when on act of ag gression threatens tho peace. Violate Constitution "If we require the consent of congress for the use of troops, it Would violate not only tho spirit of tho charter but the constitu tion of tho United States," Van denberg asserted. "The president has the right to employ troops. It has boon used 72 times in 150 years. Wc arc merely writing into the char- (Contlnucd on Pago Three) ber 4, 1843, after another prison er had found a memorandum, allegedly written by the slain man, which 1 was considered "traitorous" by Beyer, a com pany leader among the prisoners in the compound,. Army authorities said Beyer suspected Kunro of being the author of the so-called traitorous nolo and ordered all prisoners of company four to meet in the moss hall. . There he denounced Kunze, who, army authorities sold, shouted his Innocence, but, they said, tho prisoners attacked him with their fists and in the ensu ing disorder struck the victim with a milk bottle and heavy clubs. Kunze managed to es cape through a side door but he was only able to stumble a short distance beforo falling dead.- NATE OPENS USEOFTROOPS New 3-Way Crackdowns Loom For Black Markets WASHINGTON, July 10 (P) New government crackdowns on food black marketeers Impended fronvhjee directions today. Clinton P. Anderson, new sec retary of agriculture,' let it be known that he is "joining farces with OPA" for that purpose., At the same time the house food in vestigating committee promised to "investigate and expose" il licit operations that menace the nation's diet. A ranking official In Ander son's department said the new cabinet officer already has had several . conferences wlth Price Administrator Chester Bowles and his OPA lieutenants. The objective, said the official Allied Powers Settle Puzzle Of Feeding Berlin Civilians BERLIN, July 10 (AP) The three allied powers hey amicably tolvad tho problem of feeding the nearly 3,000,000 German civilians in Berlin, it wot officially announced to night. '" .:...'.;. , . . ,-. ' ,1. : . An official statement said Soviet Marshal Gregory K. Zhukov, American Lt. Gen. Lucius D. Clay and British Lt. Gen. Sir Ronald Weeks had decided that Berlin's food would be supplied by "contributions from all the allied occupation sones in Germany." Clay and Weeks are deputies , of Gen. Eisenhower and- Field Marshal Montgomery on the interallied control commission . for . Germany. The return of Clay and Weeks from western' Germany indicated the importance at tached by the allies to . getting the Joint government in Berlin , functioning before, the ar rival of the Big Three in the German capital, probably before Saturday. ' 1 ,. ' ' , -. Clay, Weeks and Zhukov al- n ' 1 . nr jttitti I riiriT rn ' utbmitnui IU RUN FOR ASSEMBLY PARIS, July 10 (P) Two government officials, who claim to know Gen. Oe Gaulle's' Inten tions, said today that , he would not be a candidate for tho new national assembly which the French will select at a general election October 14 and ex pressed doubt whether he would alipn himself with any party. I Political circles considered, it likely, however, that tho new assembly would exercise Its power to "draft" De Gaulle, the president of the present provi sional government, for office. Tho fate of the bi-cameral system of government is expect ed to bo at stake in the general election, tho-flrst in France since before the war, when the voters, decide whether they wish to dis card the constitution of 1875, under which the third repuolic was established. Tho voters will name 800 rep resentatives who will comprise the new assembly. This body then will name a "president of government" who in turn will select his cabinet ministers. The president, need not come from the assembly itself since the sys tem provides for complete free dom of selection. Consequently De Gaulle might be chosen to head the next gov ernment even if he does not have an official position following the election., ( , t Woman Admits Taking Child MARION, O., July 10 () Missing six-day-old Jean Eileen Crevis'on was restored un harmed to her parents late to day after police said a 28-year-old married woman admitted taking the child from her hos pital crib. who asked that his name not be used, "is an attempt to plug up the holes and gaps that give rise to the black market." Anderson, he said, also is tak ing steps to equalize distribu tion of such scarce commodities as meat on the assumption that unequal supplies spurs' black market trado. As a result, he added, plans are being prepared to spread the poultry procure ment program now concentrated firlnclpally In Delaware, Mary and and Virginia. v Under this arrangement, the areas in which poultry is Jet aside for government (primarily army) uso would be exterded westward to ease the burden on eastern stales. " Used LEy Japanese Hied Dissensions parts of the world but, in no case, has an approach been made to this government, directly or indirectly, by a person who could establish his authority to speak for the Japanese government, and in no case has an offer of surrender been mad'i. "In no casa has this government been presented with a statement purporting to define the basis upon, which the Japanesa government would be prepared to conclude peace," ; SEEK TO FIND POLICY What the Japanese always seek with their peace feelers. Grew said, is to find out tho American position and to use the whole idea of an end to the war aa a meana of stirring up argument over peace terms in order to create dissension. . . . . Grew listed these specific incidents of what he termed peace feelers! 1. Persons identified aa "leading Japanesa In- dustrlallsta" were reported to the state department as dealring to know the best possible conditions the allies would advance for a compromise peace. 2. A neutral diplomat in Tokyo reported. Grew relate-:. "that1 he had been told by private Japanesa so . took steps to.. solve-Uic coal problem of the city along the same lines as mat 01 tne 100a firoblem. Together, these- prob ems had'-served as stumbling blocks to the sharlng of the city government by the Americans, British and Russians. - French To Participate The three- high officers also arranged for . a French . repre sentative to participate . tomor row in the first meeting of Ber lin's "Interallied ' kommanda- tura." - . Presumably American ; and British, transport systems will bring considerable- stocks of both food and fuel into the American and British sectors of Berlin from - the occupation zones in western. Germany. The British-American demand had been for all of Berlin to be supplied from - its soviet-held hinterland. There are 1,650,000 Germans in the American and British zones in Berlin. - , American military govern ment detachments, waiting 1 in six ' boroughs since July ; 5 for Russian commanders ' to leave, were expected to start exercis ing control- within 24 hours. British ., detachments were alerted to bp ready to go into their six' boroughs tomorrow. Chin Hop Buys Bonds For Fourth " Perhaps the best way to cele brate Independence Day was shown by Chin Hop, Chinese cook who has been at the H. D. Mortenson home in Pelican City for many years. His celebration consisted of buying $1000 worth of E bonds from his savings. Chin says that he wants to help the United States in every way and China, too. Besides, he thinks that it is a fine invest ment. - . 1 - Johnson Killed On Okinawa ' Word has been received by Mr. and Mrs. Clint . Johnson, 3320 Bristol, that their son, PFC --s vvw a Meryl G. . John- jtimfA v3 son, was killed in action on m,!n....n hit ' 5 vnumwa - nj 20. itf0. Born in North Dakota in 1826, Johnson attend ed s c h o o 1 in Prineville, Long Creek, and Tule lake. finishing at the Merrill high school. At the time of his induction on August 14, 1844 into the army he was employed at Big Lakes Lumber company. He was transferred from the air force to the. infantry and was sent ' overseas in January, 1845. tin is survived Dy a -wire, ins former Ileen Martin, and one child, two brothers, Harley and Jerold. and two sisters. Ruth and - Hazel. ' 'His mother, Nina Johnson, is employed : at ' the naval air station. k3 8 I- .. Individual that the Japanese could not accept uncon ditional surrender because it would mean loss of face.",.. ... ,. ::,y,'-: 3. A Japanese representative In a neutral country "intimated to an American citixen through a German newspaperman that real American interests in the Far East should lead the United States to abandon unconditional surrender and propose terms for a negotiated peace." .:. CONTACTS MISSION ; ' 4. A person whom Grew described as unidentified contacted an American diplomatic mission in a neu tral country and claimed "that he had been author ised (by whom was not indicated) to approach the government of the neutral country with view to persuading the allies to drop unconditional surrender and to propose terms." Grew described the peace feelers as ' "the usual moves in the conduct of psychological warfare by a defeated' enemy. .... . -'...''.''-, ' "No thinking American, .recalling Pearl Harbor, Wake, Manila and Japanese ruthless aggression else where, will give them credence." Afternoon lightning storms and light rains in some areas broke, for a time the heat -wave under which Klamath residents have been- sweltering in 'above 80 degree temperatures, for the past six ' days. Temperatures Monday failed to climb above the 81 degree mark registered at 2:30. Temperatures Tuesday were considerably lower with the naval' air station, reporting a high of 80 at 1:30. v Although slight relief from the heat' was felt., lightning storms provided new headaches for forest officials and lookouts. Fire Controlled The fire on Black mountain nine miles southwest of Tionesta In' the. Modoc national forest area was under-control Monday night after having burned over ouu acres 01 nrusn land. Very little timber was Involved in the blaze. Long-Bell - Lumber company crews and two bull dozers were used Monday to control the fire and two crews of soldiers and a bulldozer from (Continued off Page Three) PW-SlapplngGI Again Sentenced ;' FORT DEVENS, Mass., July 10 () Rvt. Joe McGee, 25, re leased once from an army sent ence for, slapping German pris oners of war, in a case that at tracted national attention, was sentenced -today b y - a court martial to serve six months at, hard labor for absence without leave, drunkenness in uniform and false swearing to an affi davit. . Three military police testified that they picked the Worcester, Mass.,' soldier up on the morn ing., of June 30 in . that , city. They said he was obviously drunk and that he resisted ar rest.' ."'.-. Slot Machines Confiscated State police confiscated eight slot machines early last night in raids on the' Buffalo lunch, 2441 S. 6th, Lucca cafe, 2314 S. 8th, and Tlk-Tok drive-in, 2220 S. 6th. . -'- !w Proprietors of the establishments were cited to appear in jus tice' court at 2 p. m. today charged with possession of games of chance. Those charged were Mary Wells, Lillle Pretari and Gino Carnini. . '. . -, , ' , Each took time to plead in justice court today and posted $100 ball. . ' -! . v '';-' ;-.;;.'. Carnini commented in court that there are , many slot ma chines operating here but that "three of us little fellows" were accused..-,;-': " As a possible aftermath of theN slot machine raids, Circuit Court Judge David R. Vandenberg indicated today that he would order the grand jury of Klamath county Into session to investi gate all crime within the boundaries of Klamath county. Judge Vandenberg said this morning that he would instruct the grand jury in regard to several different' types of law com monly and openly violated in this county. ; , New Director m y ,n r :" :::'!' - "v.'f-:'? 1 . r - -1 Oliver Franklin (above) today took - over duties aa the new head of ihe. USO hx luccifd-ing- Gregory Foley, who re signed the position , Monday night. , ' ;' ",:'-.! J 5 The Klamath Falls USO had a new director- today. V He is Oliver Franklin, who succeeds Gregory Foley. director of the USO : from its inception here last year. Foley announced to the operations committee last night that he had asked to be relieved of the duty here. Franklin, a resident of Salinas, Calif.,- was present ot the meet ing end took over his work as director. He comes here from the USO at Inyokern,-Calif., where there is a naval ordnance test station. Franklin got Into USO work as : a volunteer- In 1841, -when the work was first organized, and served at Salinas, King City, Marysvllle and Inyo kern as a USO paid worker. '.? Welfare Worker 1 Franklin - was a Salvation Army social welfore " worker from 1831 until he Joined. USO. Salvation Army is the sponsor ing organization of USO here. 1 Foley said briefly that he was i (Continued on Page Three) IV , Destruct i on, Fire . Rained On Nip , Cities By LEONARD M1LLIMAN -. Aasociated Praia War Editor Record waves of close to 2000 American planes swept , Japan with destruction and fire today in the Pacific war's heaviest blow which Tokyo radio de scribed as "the first step of ag gression." ' - : Tokyo commented the ab sence of invasion troops didn'i lessen the significance of the Si- CHALLENGE CONTINUES' GUAM. Wednesday, Julf 11 (IP) The "greatest mobile striking force" of history, car rying a 1000-plane carrier, force sting, roamed Japaneae? home waters for the second day today in a daring and dtM structure battle, challenge. ! The challenge was going un accepted, lateat repozta fremi the raiding U. 8. third fleet -indicated. " "'' , f most unopposed attack from can rier planes, Superforts and land based fighters and bombers. As the multiple air strike was getting under jvay the-world's most experienced amphibious officer declared U; S. assault waves could land on Japan any time they wanted. Tokyo Blasted . - The attack centered on Tokyo. More than 1000 aircraft from a powerful third fleet task force lying southeast of the capital bombed and strafed nearly Kg airdromes' around Tokyo In 1 day-long attack probably jusl the beginning of a two or three day assault. , Approximately 500 Superforts dumped 3500 tons of fire bombs and high explosives on at least five industrial cities.. Tokyo said tney-'hit.' seven wnne n ouier B-28s mbwd 'coastal waters. Oaaka Raided Japjmese- broadcasts, reported 100 Mustang fighters, from Iwo Jims raided Osaka ' arid Kobe while 130 bombers and fightera from Okinawa. raided Kyushu..' The coordinated attack stem ming from the most powerful carrier force ever to enter Japa nese waters, and from bases. in three island groups carved out of the ' Nipponese empire, con centrated on knocking out what's left of the Mikado's- air force and the airdrome: from which they could defend Tokyo. -Near Jap-Shore . - Vice Adm. John S. McCain's fast carrier task force moved in so close to the Japanese shore that its 1000 odd. planes could well have flown close to 2060 sorties during the' day. J" They combed a 40 by 60 mue area around Tokyo, pinpointing; air 'ports sand little- factories missed by-B-2Ss with their 50 pound bombs. , They followed up with rockets' and machinegan : bullets. : - .Reports for the. first half day of the attack, which opened at dawn, carried no word of inter ception or enemy counterattacks; bn the fleet. For the first time, Adm. Chester W. Nimitz named some 26 of the ships and ad mirals participating. It was the first" carrier raid on Tokyo in five months. .- .' ' The Tokyo-reported strikes at the " Nagoya-Osaka area and Kyushu were similar to Amc- (Continued on Page Three.. Franco-Churchill Meeting Rumored ST. JEAN DE LUZ.' France. July 10 iff) Prime Minister Churchill's vacation at nearby Hendaye took on a possible dip lomatic significance today as re ports circulated here that Gen eral Franco had crossed the frontier from Spain and - con ferred with British officials af Boardberry chateau. ; , ri (In London a No. 10 DowniriK street spokesman said "there is no truth whatsoever" to reports that Prime Minister -Churchill had held a conference or . was planning a ' conference- with Franco.) -- -.' Attaches of the British embas sy in Madrid were among those reported participating in the conferences.-. ' . i . r- . Klamath Bonds Now $7,577,523 I State bond headauarters 1m formed The -Herald and News to day that Klamath's E bond sales had reached $1,571,523, and that final returns are, not yet it. The county's quota of $1,030,000 was reached Saturday, but lt akes a few days for, all sales to r'car through the federal -reserve bid reach state; headquarters. "I Klamath' was fourth In th "Big Ten" shipMaunching con test among counties having more than $1,000,000 E bond quota:, Washington was first. .Multno- -mah second, Clackamas third and Klamath fourth, in reaching the quota.".-: '.;"v:;-:- '
