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Mm 15) lo) WW p In The Iflllt By FRANK JENKIN8 HEADING cast, vlu Ilia utioiim IIiiit City of Sim Francisco- which la u lucky break, nit It In nut only a comfortable train but cuts (iff n day, dropping you In Chicago Just about tlio tlmo you begin to ifot bored. AT the moment, tho stiea " liner In paiiKliiK at Ore renin- pausing at Green Hlvur. In Wyoming, with its odd- shaped signal rock Unit guided thu ox wagons In (or what muni havo been n plvimant break In their lonit Joiirniiy. Tho river Isn't green, but the grans wrowlnii beside It In, and firaen gran muni linvo been u i.'nvunly N I u It I to the weary pioneer after their long trek over the dry, hot IiIkI) country lying eimtward from hero. Uy thin time they muni have been wondering If they'd ever see green grant again. t A NAVY lieutenant (homo Ala bama) union long at these wide sago tints with their yel low rutin in tlio uai'Kgrotinti, men nk: "How lonu will It bo before thin country In nettled up?" If hlntory and geography nro dependiilile guides, It will Dc a long. LONG time however long forever may bo. In termn of Central Europe, these arc tho STKITKS, anil when Herodotus, the world tt firm traveling cor renpondent nnw and dencrlbed them nearly 23 centurion uko the steppe of Central Europe muni have looked much an this iiart of Wyoming look now. The ntcinw country of rantern Europe and wentern Asia has chutmcd little nliico Herodotus aw it, SteiiDD country, which Is urar lull country, chuniies 'in only minor ways as tho centuries pass. VOUR a vera no Kantcrner, crossing this wido grazing belt, Is puttied and vaguely troubled. It seems to him that hero In a country that Isn't FUL FILLING DESTINY for to his urbiin mind tho only worth-while destiny for a country Is to settle up tightly so that it may nourish industrial cities wltn smoking factories and rabbit warren homes. That, according to his notion, constitutes civilization and pro gross. WB of tho West, who know " better, are neither-puzzled nor troubled by these semi-arid n a m and plateaus, nicy com fort us, and give us a pleasant feeling of security for wo know that In this kind of country, where change Is Infinitely slow, tho spirit that built America will live on and on and on W7E of the grcnt open spacos " arc Inclined to bo puzzled and a little troubled as wo gazo upon the phenomenon of modern mas Industrial production, with Its monotonous routines that limit men's mental horizons and chanae their ways of thinking, In tho Industrial beginnings of America, a shoemaker mado (Continued on Pago Three) Indian Prohibition No More Sound Than White, Asserts Tribe Spokesman Repeal of the law prohibiting sale of liquor to Indians will put Indians on an even footing with' whito men and end a long-stand lug discrimination, members of tho Klamath tribe told tho Klnm nth Klwanls club nt luncheon Thursday. Boyd Jackson and Clnyton Kirk pointed out that slnco the Klumuth treaty with tho govern ment was signed over 80 yenrs ago, Indians have grndunlly adopted tho living practices and habits of whlto men, even to tno point of Joining witit tnem In fightini tho nation's wars, and thai they feel tho tlmo has como to put Indians on. nn even basis, as regards liquor restric tions. Bill Dropped Jackson said that at one tlmo former Congressman Walter M Plerco prepared a bill which would end Indian prohibition for tho Klamaths, but that it was dropped at that tlmo by con sent of the Indian leaders. The Into Senator McNnry before his death told Jackson ho would sponsor such legislation, Jackson stated that the tribe, In Its present effort to obtain repeal, had boon asked what tho white community In this arcn thinks about tho problem, For thai reason, ha said, thn Indians nro anxious lo present it to whlto groups for consideration. (Tho Klamath chamber of com merco is on record favoring re peal). ' Tragedies Result The Indian spokesman said that It Is folt Hint questions of tompernnco aro no bolter sot tied for Indians by prohibition than thoy woro for whlto people by tho 10th amendment, He said that a majority of tho Klam ath Indians do not drink, but that tcololiilors on tho reserva tion favor an end to the dis crimination, Ho mild that many tragedies have resulted from tho PRICE FIVE CENTS . io TwDftls irofa Ik u IS ?: :-V"tA5AhV'tHX ytW-rA '-? 5i : ; - i -J v ( . ! i ifv . , , s - - -i jot.'.l - . j.' -.ijli .jiti ji. 'eraMSl Here's activity, such as was viewed in the rodeo arena on Buckaroo Da?s. moved to a ranch setting in the Klemath range country where It is applied to the practical business of cattle raising. It's a branding scene photographed the other day by Gib Fleet on the ranch of Frank Obenchaln Sr., pionetr stockman, a few miles north of Bly. That's the Obenchain ranch In the background, and the stream is a tributary of the North Fork of the Sprague. For information about Klamath livestock Industry this year, see Page 8. Nipponese Journalist Continues Attack On Suzuki Cabinet For Lack Of Action CUE CANBERRA. Australia. July 12 Wi J. B. Chlflcy. treasurer and minister of post-war recon struction, todoy was elected prime minister of Australia, suc ceeding the into jonn uuriin. Chiflcy defeated Acting Pre mier. Francis M. Fordo by win ning leadership of the labor party, formerly held by Curtln. Selection as prime minister fol lowed automatically. A former locomotive engineer (Continued on Pago Two) conditions under which Indians obtain liquor illegally. Kirk described the "long march" that whites and Indians have taken together since the days of tho treaty-signing. Jcsso Leo Kirk, third mem bcr of tho trlbo present, ribbed nis colleagues for taking up all tho tlmo of tho program, "These men arc educated and learned arithmetic," he Jibed good-naturedly. "They are sup posed to know sorflcthlng about division. But they didn't divide tho time on this program and I am left without any." B. G. Courtright, agency su perintendent, was introduced by Fred Peterson, chairman of tho day. Hungry Japs Eat Goonies On Wake Island Garrison By AL DOPKING GUAM, July 10 (Delayed) (VP) Members of tho once-arrogant Japanese garrison on wako Is land woro apparently driven to outing goony birds. That was tho rennrt today from Comdr, Paul L, Dovos, commander of tho U. S. destroy er' Murray, which inspected tlio Japuncso hospital ship bringing Oft most of tlio starving garrison mat seized tho U. s, island pos session early in the war. Thousands of tho clumsy birds used to plague American uviators at Wnlte. But Devon, who is from Chovy Chase, Md., failed to spot a ono as Ills de stroyer moved Irl closo to tho lslnnd and intercepted tho ship, tho Takuxago Maru, Ship Stopped Tho shin was stopped July B, shortly after it shoved off from Wako with 1)74 sick and dying Japanese, soldiers, long cut off from Japan's source of supply. It then was allowed to proceed. Tho smell of death ivom the Tmt&p'me 8111 : && J? . . u Rodeo Glamour At Work r SAN FRANCISCO, July 12 (At As the constant blasting of allied bombs tore at Japan'! home soil today, a leading Nip poncsn journalist accused the Suzuki cabinet of doing noth ine "while the empire la coa fronted by its most serious crisis," radio Tokyo reported. Eighty two -year -old (Soho) Tokuloml, dean ot tnc Japanese press, cxhorfed the cabinet to do better than bold routine meetings In I'.ho premier's res! dencc, said the enemy broad cast heard by the federal com. municattons commission. Earlier Tokuloml severely criticized the government for not telling the people the truth about the seriousness or mili tary setbacks In the Pacific. Fears Evident Tokvo radio's broadcasts to day brimmed over with fear for the future. They Included: Worry that Adm. William F Halscy's'3rd fleet was still on tho prowl and soon would launch another huge cr.nicr piano attack. Disclosure thot Japanese civil Ian "deserters from the defense front" arc attempting to flee (Continued on Page Two) $250,000 Voted FEPCBy House WASHINGTON, July 12 W) The house voted $250,000 today for continued operation of the fair employment practico conv mlttcc. The house turned down, by a teller vote of 188 to 116, a southern-backed move to prevent the FEPC from using any of its new funds for normal operations ana then moved toward a final vote on a compromise designed to break a deadlock holding up funds for sixteen war agencies converted 9000-ton luxury liner camo across the waters while the destroyer still lay 1000 yards away. Lt. (jg) Robert O. Westlnkc, Oakland. Calif., . medical offi cer, said all tho mllitory pa tients woro suffering from mal nutrition diseases, pcllcgra, bcrl borl and scurvy, "Mild cases were able to move about," he said, "Their checks were hollow, their eyeballs sunken," ' Some Unconscious But tlio worst were comatose and those conscious appeared frightened when the Americans appeared, Tho Japanese plied the Ameri can boarding party with ques tions about America the Yan kees, was Babe Ruth still alive, and whatovcr bocamo ot Charlie Chaplin. Lt. (jg) William r. Duddlcson ot Los Angeles, Calif., who mado tlio Inspection said tho decks and compartments wcro clean (uoniinucu on rage Four) . ATH FALLS, OREGON. 7T 1 y i WASHINGTON, July 12 (P) Senator Taft (R-Ohlo) today de nounced as profligate lending the international bank proposed under the Brctton Woods agree ments and asked that senate con' sldcration of the measure be postponed. Majority Leader Barkley (Ky.) has insisted that the house-approved monetary- pact be taken up Monday and pushed through ahead of the United . Nations charter. Barkley said he thought me Brctton woods deDatc would require about three days and that the charter, still before the foreign relations committee,, should wait even if it is ready for senate discussion before then. . . In a speech prepared for floor delivery, Taft concentrated his tiro on the ' international bank half of the Bretton Woods pro posals. They coll for an $8,- 800,000,000 international fund to stabilize world currencies and the $9,100,000,000 bank to support loans for reconstruction and Industrial development. Taft, among the most vocal op ponents of the monetary plan, described the bank as a "device tor draining our savings out of the United States for the benefit ot the rest of the world. ' . Japs Dig In Along Sittang CALCUTTA. July 12 fP) De spite a heavy rain the Japanese arc digging in at several points in tho Sittang river bend area in Burma between Nyaung kashe, 25 miles northeast .of Pegu, and Yltkyo, terminus of the Pegu-Sittang canal, a south west Asia communique announc ed today. The Japanese have occupied Nyaungkashc, which was aban doned by the British two days ago. Enemy positions in the river bena area were oomoeci ana strafed yesterday by Spitfires, killing enemy troops and de stroying and damaging jungle nuts, the communique said. , Wac Director Resigns Post WASHINGTON, July 12 (P) Colonel Oveta Culp Hobby re signed today as director of the women s army corps (Wacs). The surprise announcement of Col. Hobby's resignation was made at a news conference by Undersecretary ot war Patter son. Col. Hobby is going on leave Immediately and will go on an inactive status Septem ber 3. ' Col. Wcstray Battle Boyco. 43. of Rocky Mount, N. C, succeeds Col. Hobby hi director THURSDAY, JULY 12. 1945 CI PLANES HIT By LEIF ERICKSON GUAM, July 12 P) Jap anese attempts to run two troop laden convoys of soldiers from Shanghai to bolster homeland defenses against an American invasion were apparently broken up by blockading U. S. naval aircraft, Read Adm. John Dale Price reported today. One of tho ships in the second convoy looked like the former Italian liner Contessa de Sa vaoia, 28,000-ton pre-war luxury ship. None Sunk - Price said none of the trans ports was sunk in the combined attack by fleet air wing one Mariners and Privateers and strafing Thunderbolt fighters, but none of the transports got across the Yellow sea "to Korea or through the Korean straits to the Sea of Jaaan- The convoys were presum ably driven into the former German port of Tsingtao, churn ing yellow mud in the shallow river. Bombing Prevented Heavy antiaircraft fire from the convoy prevented effective bombing ' attacks, but rockets from Thunderbolt fighters start ed tires 'lasting about 20 min utes on ' one' shiD. ' " The plain-spoken, Arkansas- born admiral is relinquishing command of fleet air wing one to become commander of the Okinawa operating base. In this assignment the 53-year-old Price will direct the development of Okinawa as an advance naval operating base. The best po tential harbor on Okinawa is Buckner bay, which the Jap anese used as a fleet anchorage when it was known as Naka gusuku Wan. v , . Price is being succeeded as fleet air wing one commander by Rear Adm. John Perry ot Greenville, S. C. . . . Scattered Fires In Timber Area Lightning flashed across the southeastern sky Wednesday afternoon starting a few scatter ed brush and forest tires', but none of them has proved ser ious. ' Klamath Forest Protective as sociation crews were kept the busiest with 16 fires reported started by the lightning Wednesday- and one reported so tar tor Thursday., Fires covered by these crews were in the Aspen Lake dis trict, the Kings Cabin area, Bear flat, and one this morning was started on Syqan Butte, west of Summer lake. All of these, small blazes have been put out or are under control. In the Modoc national forest area, only three fires were dis covered after Wednesday's storm,- but all were under con trol. On the Klamath Indian res ervation two small fires were sparked by lightning but were under control Wednesday. Forest rangers and tire crews are still on the alert, as weather reports have predicted new elec trical storms for Thursday after noon and evening. - Chinese Battle Toward Yungfu CHUNGKING. July 12 -() Chinese forces advancing north ward along tho Hunan-Kwangsl railway were reported today to bo battling their way toward Yungfu, 60 miles northeast of Lluchow and 32 miles south west of the former U. S. air base at Kwcllin. The Chinese high command said this column had recaptured Luchai, 28 miles northeast of Liuchow. and had driven on be yond. The exact extent of the advance was not disclosed, how ever. . Offsetting the Chinese gains In Kwangsi province, the high Command disclosed that the Japanese had captured Tlnpnk on the south Qhlna coast 107 miles 'southwest of Canton. Tin pak.fell to enemy troops which struck eastward along the high way from Muiluk in tho north cast corner of the Lulchow peninsula. Tifl CONVOY Max. (July 11) ; precipitation last Z4 hours Traca I Stream year to data 13.28 1 Normal 11.90 Last ytar 9.89 ; Forecast: Scattered thunder showers. President Closer Allied At Bi '9 By JOHN M. HIGHTOWER Asioclated Press Diplomatic Newt Editor WASHINGTON, July 12 (?) Pridnt Truman is expected to seek closer and more continuous diplomatic ties with Britain and Russia when he meets Prime Minister Churchill and Premier Stalin at Berlin. The objective Will be to assure day-to-day handling of current European political problems which grew out of the war and for which quick solutions are considered vital to a workable peace. At the heart of whatever proposal Mr. Truman makes along this line probably to create an international commission it the need to promote Big Three cooperation at c time when tome forcet are working to weaken it. In tome retpectt the ttretiet on thin conference will be greater than those under which the late President Roosevelt, Churchill and Stalin worked at Tehran and at Yalta. The biggest differ ence, of courne, it that the three allien no longer are bound by REDSGIf BERLIN AFTEAS TD TWO ALLIES BERLIN, July 12 (f) The inter-allied kommandatur of Berlin announced today that all ' existing soviet regulations and orders would be continued in force "until special notice." The announcement came a tew hours after red army au thorities formally relinquished control of 12 of Berlin's 20 boroughs to American and Brit ish officials. , There w a,s no. observable (Continued '6 Page Two)'- : Search Still On At Lake O' Woods The body of Richard "Bob" Hollingsworth, 25, who apparent ly drowned Tuesday night at Lake o' the Woods, was still un discovered this morning, accord ing to a report from bneriii Lloyd Low. -Three dragging outfits were sent to the lake yesterday from here. Low said, and the sheriff's office at Medford sent up a long drag to assist in the search. Three or four boats have gone out on the lake, including the large launch belonging to the Lake o' the Woods lodge, in an effort to find Hollingsworth. Low said the lake was about 35 feet deep where Hollings worth was last seen and that the lake had been dragged within a radius of 400' yards from, the spot where the accident ' oc curred. - The lake Is being dragged to day in a further effort to locate the body, low stated. Organizations Urge Quick Ratification Of Charter WASHINGTON, July 12 () Representatives of a score of organizations urged senate rati fication of the United Nations charter without change today as the foreign relations com mittee brought its hearing to ward a close. Dr. Helen Dwight Reid spoke for a dozen major groups in be half of the charter but she de clared that its usefulness "de pends on the quality of our participation." Dr. Reid was listed as spokes man for the American Associa tion of University Women, the Association for Childhood Edu cation, the General Federation of Women's clubs, the National Board of the YWCA. National Congress of Parents and Teach ers, and numerous other groups. Backs Ouick Okay Ulric Bell, of Washington, submitted for Americans United tor World Organization a state ment pleading for "quick ratifi cation," asserting t n a t "this country has been unable to escape Involvement In wars it should try involvement in peace." The National Education as sociation's views were presented by William G. Carr,- secretary, in a statement which noted that the group is "proud" of its en dorsement of the League of Na tions covenant in 1919 and ex tends the same support to the new treaty. i Qualified Support The committee tor world peace through a people's parlia ment contributed a qualified endorsement, Nora Stanton Barney, of Greenwich, Conn., urged the inclusion of reserva tions requiring popular election (July 12) ... 80 Min. 53 Number 10564 May Seek Ties Meet Three tne compelling teed to .defeat a common enemy. They are confronted with the necessity tor writing a common peace, but in this political and economic differences of approach pose problems which the purely military considerations of the past never brougnt up. This time too the real blue chips of international politics are bound to come into play more than ever before. Issues no longer can be resolved in broad statements of principle. They are concerned with specific questions of boundaries, politi cal alignments and territorial controls hot heretofore- tackled on a grand scale. . TRUMAN EN ROUTE ABOARD THE CRUISER AUGUSTA WITH - PRESI DENT TRUMAN. July 12 0P) President Truman, - prepared for . the possibility of a pro longed Big Thxee conference. I todays kept.. Iif , . Joouzfy touch,, , , wiia uuia iirei tuccesnet-rOls. : Japan. .,.;fS' ;,i--''ii- .vj-.: At this veteran warship edged closer to the British Islet and itx ultimate dettina tion in North Europe, it ran into low-hanging cloudt and scattered thowert for the first time since leaving Newport Newt Saturday morning. ' Remaining in the admiral's cabin, the pretident went over with . Secretary of State James F. Byrnes and Fleet Admiral William D. Leahy agenda covering a world-wide range tuggetted for discussion by the United Statet. Britain and Russia at the Potsdam meeting opening next Mon day or Tuesday. Generally, as diplomats here see it, the task of the Big Three at Potsdam' will parallel but does not tie in directly with the work of the San Francisco con ference. At San Francisco the United Nations were concerned with designing machinery to preserve peace. At Berlin the job will be mainly one of ar ranging the transitions from war to peace. . of the delegates to the security council and establishment of an international policing force'. She proposed that the strategic waterways such as the Dardan elles be "internationalized" to prevent friction between na tions. : The hearings opened with what .the corrjmittee expected to be the last opponent on the list, Thomas J. Reardon of Hart fard, Conn., asserting that the charter compels "a fundamental change in the constitution of the United States" and there tore is "improperly before this committee." Law Officers Cooperate To Break Up Petty Thefts Through the close cooperation ot the siieriff's office, city- po lice, state police, and juvenile officers, numerous cases of petty thefts from automobiles here were cracked yesterday. Clarence Rogers, 18, ono 17-year-old boy, and two 16-year-old boys arc held in the county jail and one 14-year-old girl and ono girl' ot 15 are held in cus tody ot juvenile authorities here. The girls were picked up for questioning by juvenile officers yesterday. They broke down and admitted knowledge of the thefts and later made a state ment implicating the four boys. Not Present The girls said they were not present, however, when the ar ticles were stolen, which Includ ed spotlights, tires, rear-view mirrors, gloves, gasoline, tools, etc. 3000 TONS HIT FOUR CITIES; OILJNTERS Long Range Raid Made By Over 500 -Superforts By AL DOPKING GUAM, Friday, July 13 (JF)-? An air fleet of from 500 to 650 Superfortresses poured more than 3000 tons of flaming and exr nlnstVf. hnmhs hnnr, riouin ini day on four Japanese cities and nil ,nntnn onAnl A O f 11-- of the home islands of Honshu and Shikoku. . "-' The giant air raiders struck' from Uwajima, on the west cen-' tral coast of Shikoku, to as far east as Utsunomiya, a city of 80,. 000 lying 60 miles north of" Tokyo on the Nor4h Tokyo plain. . -- Othert Hit Other cities hit along the way' were the munitions center of Ichinomiya, nine miles north west of Nfcgoya on a main double track rail line between Nagoya and Gifu, and Tsuruga, wnicn nes on ine west central part of the main home island of Honshu. - , . i They showered Incendiaries on the cities and demolition (Continued on Page Two) ' By The Associated Press Labor disputes affectins nuh lication and distribution of news papers in Birmingham, Ala., and New York City headlined the nation's strike news today. ' - ' Publication of three Birming- ham newspapers was suspended lnaeunueiy iouowmg a walK- out by union printers -as New York City publishers moved to have 14 major metropolitan pa- a' -' iuu.vmi. utby- . tar wu tinued strike 'by .1700- delivery men.-; - - '' " .' - ' : " Another newspaper stoppage, on the Fort Wayne, Ind., Jour-; nal Gazette and the News-Sen-. tinel, has prevented these papers from publishing since Saturday. Members of International Typo- ' graphical union No. 78 were off -the job in a month-old contract dispute. The union termed the closure a lockout. . Four of Detroit s seven. strikes ended during the last 24 hours, including the stoppage by 1000 dairy workers. But for , the fourth straight day some half -. million Detroit 'residents went without any milk. Deliveries. would be normal tomorrow, -dairy officials said. , Elsewhere along the nation's labor front, a dozen strikes cur- tailed or halted work in a varied line of industries. The country's labor disputes kept ap proximately 42,000 . men and women from their jobs.' Soviet Officers Nab Kaltenbach BERLIN, July 12 (P) Mrs. Frederick W. Kaltenbach said today her Iowa-born husband, ' indicted in Washington in 1943 on treason charges -which ac cused him of making broadcasts over the nazi radio, was arrest ed by soviet- officers June 14 and had nnt hepn heard from since. , ' Mrs. Kaltenbach's statement to Lt. Col. John J. Maginnis of Worcester, Mass., military gov ernment officer of the Shoene berg borough in Berlin, has been transmitted to American intelli gence officers for possible ac tion. Thi thin.' 45-vpnr-ntrt urnrnnn expressed the hope that Kalten bach would be able to prove he actively . befriended the anti nazi religious elements associ ated with the Rev. Martin Nie moeller if the Russians even tually turned him over to Amer ican authorities to stand trial. ,. An outboard motor valued at $400 was stolen from Ed Isen see at tho Lake o' the Woods and the boys admitted the theft. The motor ; was recovered by the sheriff's office and most of the other equipment was also found, ..- Cart Stripped . , At least eight or nine cars in Klamath Falls were stripped by the youthful gang. The boys placed some of the stolen articles on their own automobiles, ju venile officers said. The two girls further stated that they were present when; some of the loot was hidden and otherwise disposed of, although they did not participate in the actual thefts. Rogers is charged with petty larceny and statements were be ing taken from the Juveniles today.
