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Newspaper Page TextVJ PRICE FIVE CENTS Jap Sinking Blame Rests . With WASHINGTON, July 14 VP) American of flclula fervently hopa toduy Unit Jiipnn will per mil additional relief shipments to ullled prisoners now tint t this country lins accepted full re sponsibility (or sinking u Jayuti tse relief ship, Tim slnto department acknow ledged lust nlKlit that an Aincrl ciin submarine hud sunk the shin, the Awn Muru. nbout mid night April 1 off Furinu.Hu. Thu MORE BUTTER, LESS SUGAR WASHINGTON, July 14 (!) An cliiht-nolnt cut In butter rn lion viilues mid sharp reduction In civilian sugar supplies our- Iiik the lust three months of tho yenr nppuurcd to be possibilities today. Tho chief of OPA's dulry product brunch, Eugene Brock rnbrough, disclosed lunt nluht Unit b trndo- proposal to Mower bullcr nitlon values to 10 point pound is being given -very circuit consideration. The butter committee of the New York Mercantile Exchange recommended tho eight-point re duction to prevent spoilage dur- init p o o k butter, production months. OPA previously has nid n "slight" cut In butter ro tion values will be made July 20. Meiinwhlle, iigrlcultiiro de luirtment officials reported Unit tlio civilian supply of sugar dur lug the filial quarter of the yenr may bo pared 25 per cent under the July-September qunrtcr al lotment. The civilian supply for the year h estimated at 5,100,000 tons about 3,000,000 tons abort of potential demand. Approxi mately 2,800,000 tons wcro pur chased In tho first six months (Continued on Pago Two)' Two Injured In Train Accident ' Coleman Joyce. 37. employ ed at Lnkevlcw, and Lorger T. Dakkc, 50, of Klamath Falls wcro seriously Injured last night about 12:45 o'clock when they wcro struck by n south bound freight train on the Southern Pacific right-of-way near Fremont street. Both suffered severe head lacerations and arc in a semi conscious condition today a t Klamath Valley hospital. The two men were evidently walking along.ildo tho tracks when struck by the train, They were found by an SP brakeman lying next to tho tracks and ho notified police. Tho Klamath merchants' police ambulance service was called and rushed the Injured men to the hospital. DPA REVEALS Second Group Of German PW Killers Hung At Camp By ROBERT OTEY FT. LEAVENWORTH, Kns., July 14 (!') Two moro German prisoners of war, tho second group to bo hanged at the U. S. disciplinary barracks In less than n week, went to their deaths shortly after midnight for tho miirdev of a fellow pi'isonor nl Aldon, S. C. 'Near collapse and showing signs of nervousness, tho two Germans Rudolph Slrnub and Erich Gauss wcro hanged for the murder April 8, 11)44, of Tiorst Gucnlher In a work camp under the Jurisdiction of Camp Gordon, Ga in tho fourth serv ice command, The nrmy account of tho slay ing said Gucnther was charged by his follow prisoners with bo Jug a Vtraitor to his oath, flag nnd fnthcrlnnd." A kitchen or derly, ho also was accused of dividing milk unfairly between German prisoners nnd Ameri cans, with having reported other prisoners lo American officers U.S. Sub ship wus with loss torpedoed In u fog of muro tlum 1000 lives. "Tho United Stales govern ment In accenting the responsl bllllv lor tho sinking of Hie Awn Muru hopes that the Japanese government will bo willing lo ucccnt further shipments of re- lief supplies for distribution to allied nationals detained by the Jupunese," tho state department sun I. The Awn Muru was sent to the bottom on a return trip to Japan after delivering a cargo of food, medicine and other sup plies at Hongkong, Singapore and other ports for use of allied war prisoners and civilians. The United States hud de posited tho supplies at NaktiO' dka. Itussla, under an arrange ment for u Japanese ahlp to de liver them from there with an American guarantee of safe con duet, or pledge against attnek. Although the ship had Japanese passengers and another cargo returning the sufo conduct still implied. Tho stato department action, bringing the United States gov eminent cloao to an apology to the Japanese government, was disclosed with release of an ex change of notes between Tokyo and Washington handled thru the Swiss government Ono admitting responsibility for the sinking was In response to a Japanese demand of May 18 ..Jor n , formal apology, The American itoto said tho United Stales Imd Already officially ox pressed "Its deep regret" but officials conceded that they were making every reasonable effort lo make amends for the mishap. ABOARD CRUISER AUG USTA WITH PRESIDENT TRU MAN, July 14 ll'i Seven Brit isli men of war loomed up out of tho mist-shrouded English channel today to escort Presi dent Truman's cruiser-borne pnrty to Antwerp. From thore Iho president will fly to Pots dam for his first "Big Three" meeting with Prime Minister Churchill and .Marshal Stalin. Mr. Truman was on the Augitsta s bridge when the rendezvous was joined with the British cruiser Birmingham and six of his majesty's destroy ers, Upon' arrival nt Antwerp, President Truman will motor to Brussels and there take off In his big C-64 plane for Pots dam and his first meeting with Primo Minister Churchill nnd Generalissimo Stalin Monday or Tuesday. Tho president completed to day tho examination of the pro posals ho will present to Stalin and Churchill and of the data these two have submitted as subjects for discussion. Mr. Truman Is firmly opposed to any secret agreements, his associates say, and will report to congress immediately upon (Continued on Page Two) for Inking too much food and for revealing a threatened strike. Piilo and shaken Straub, who wore (an pants stuffed Into com bat boots, nn olive drab uni form coat nnd shirt nnd n gar rison enp placed at n jaunty angle, fell through the trap nt 12:07 a, m, Asked for a Inst statement, ho said In German: "I stand hero not guilty. I did IKas n German soldier or dered lo do It, If I had not do so I would have been punished when I returned to Germany," Straub, 3D, a native of Muonchlngcn, Stullgart, Ger many, socmen to grope for words ncioro laming, uanturea til Sicily In July, 1043, by the British eighth army, he wns a pnttcrrr cutter before entering tho Gorman nrmy. Gauss. 32. when asked for n statement before he wns hanged nt 12:40 n. m. replied: , i can sny no moro man that great inluslco Is being done. I committed no murder. I have nothing moro lo say," Telephone Sill KLAMATH FALLS. OREGON, f " o 5 , "I Thai, four genorali comprlia Barlln'l "Kommandantur," taking over the government of tha bomb-ihatterad capital of Cormany. Left to right: Maj. Geo. Floyd L. Parks of tha United States; Col. Gin, Alaxandar V. Gorbatov of Ruisla; Maj. Gen. L, O. Lyna of Great Britain; Maj. Gen. Geoffrey de Beaucheine of France. The four will rotate as head of the group, serving fifteen-day terms. Picture by Henry L. Griffin, Associated Press Staff Photographer. (AP Wirephoto via Radio from Parii). ' FROM AIM POST By CLYDE A. FARNSWORTH KUNMING, China, July 14 ()) Maj. Gen. Claire L. Chen nault is leaving China and re tiring from the U. S. army. Ho made this announcement today, two days after the appointment of Lt. Gen. George E. Strntc meyer as commander of all U. S. -air forces in China. Chcnnuult, who is 55, has been commander of the U. S, 14th air force and before that directed China's "Flying Tigers;1, mm I nut tin .Ti.i-viimcr ' . T.M; - Cehi Albert- "tt" Wcd meyer, commander of all U. S. forces in tho Chinese theater, announced acceptance of Chen nault's resignation. Chepnault called In cor-rcs- fiondents to disclose his dccls on. He said he would not con tinue as commander of the 14th air force although Wedcmcyer, in announcing Stratemcycr's ap pointment Thursday, haa saia that Chcnnault would retain his command. Chcnnuult once before retired from the U. S. army, in 1936, because of disability. He came Jo China In 1037 and started working for the Chiang Kai- shek government. Ho was re called to actlvo U. S. duty in 1042. . . 1 BILLION SLUED WASHINGTON. July 14 (IT) One billion dollars of the ad ministration's renucsted expan sion In the export-Import bank's lending power was reported to day to bo already ear-marked for Russia. A senator, asking not to be auotcd by name, said he had received this information di rectly from one of tho highest administration figures. Ho added that the Russians were reported seeking a total of i nnn mi nnn I., n-nriae Legislation lor xpnnsiun ui the ban K B loan powers irom $700,000,000 to $3,500,OOQ,000 sailed through the house yester day by a 102 to 6 vote. Senate tenners nnvo pin u down as "must legislation" to follow action on the Bretton Woods agreements and the United Nations charter. Tho house-passed bill esiatj llshcd the bank ns nn independ- o n t, permanent government agency. It was created in 1DJ4 (Continued on rago iwu; Chemical Trust Supported Nazis HOESCHT, Germany, July 14 (pj The mm wnr machine would have collapsed without I. G. Furbcnlndustrlo. the 1 great German chemicnl trust, In tho opinion of Col, Edwin Pillsbury, who directed military seizure of 24 Farbcn plants In the U, S. zone of occupation. Pillsbury said Investigation has disclosed that the combine controlled virtually nil Gerninn chemicnl production, supplied the nnzls with needed foreign exchange, engaged in Industrial sabotage, checked on chemical production In every country and hampered production outside Germany. . i Department of ' justice and U. S. group control experts are delving into seven tons of rec ords In an attempt to trace the trusls machinations and stock holdings, . - BKTt ff-tf ,ULY 14, 1945 To Rule & intur" 4000 Acres Blaze While West Winds Sweep Forests PORTLAND, Ore., July 14 (P) A strong west wind swept llamcs on 4000 acres of north west Oregon out of control again toduy, and 02 small lightning fires broke out over the state. Six 'miles of the Wilson River highway between Tunnel Point and McNamars' camp was closed to traffic today, as the fire sent falling snags and rocks over the route. Cars were being rerouted at Glcnwood over the Wolf Creek highway. Highway and forestry officials said the McNamars' bridge earlier . reported Jburned - was, still nsssuble-for fire crews. State ::" Fp"reslei N.rs.",",Rogers' said me west wind usually brings rain or fog, expected to aid lire lighters. Kogers said all Oregon fires are expected to be brought under control today. Nearly 1200 loggers, soldiers, By SPENCER MOOSA Chungking, July 14 iyP) Chinese forces inliictcd more than 3000 casualties on Jap anese troops in a flank attack six miles irom Yunsiao, a Fu kicn province coastal highway town 55 miles southwest of Amoy, the Chinese high com mand said today. The enemy troops were part of a force which landed south west of Amoy Juno 30 in what possibly may be a prelude to total evacuation of the depict (Continued on Pago Two) Continuance In Case Granted . Entry of plea in the cases of the State of Oregon vs. EaVl Heu vel. former Klamath Falls police chief held in the county jail on morals charges, was continued today from July 20 until Friday, July 30, at 2 p. m. - The eontinuaiice was granted by Judge Charles Combs, Lake county, in order to give Al Brandt, circuit court reporter here, time to get out pending transcripts and to find the in structions given to the grand lury of Klamath county which ndlcted Heuvcl. Herbert P. Welch of Lake- view, defenso attorney, ' and Clarence A. Humble, district at torney here, agreed to the con tinuance. A formal motion was to be presented to tho court to day at Lakevlew. No Fans? Buy Eloctrlc funs, for so long a boon In hot weather, have dis- i appeared from store shelves and are destined to remain in ( hiding until after the war. People will have to turn to other j means for keeping their temperature down as the mercury-! mounts, As someone suggested, the old hand fans appear to j have served the Egyptians satisfactorily in 1700 B. C. when j they were used to keep flies off sacred images and potentates. ; For move personal. use there were horsehair fly swatters and fans which looked much like our modern feather dusters. i Lntor, as this cooling devico became more popular, fans ! becsuric semicircular or heart-shaped. Some took on -the simple 1 palm lent shape much liko fans of a few years ago. Used In ; tho later centuries for enhancing demure maidens, fans were ; attached to the wrist or glrdlo by a slender chain or ribbon. - As fans became n badgo of rank, a system of sign language ; wns developed by tho young miss so she was able to signal i gentlemen across the-room without, falling under tho dis- approving eye of "Mamma." - . . . , During tho reign of Queen Elizabeth fans were master- ! pieces- of workmanship, The ribs were often made from preci our metal, jnrio or ivory; the tops of finest lace, velum, or beaten gold. Mndnmc de Pompadour of France possessed a fan which took nine years to complete at ,a cost of $30,000. Of course If you don't havo the tlmo or money for a fan such as that, a folded newspaper, while not as picturesque, at least serves mo purpose. - (July 14) Max. (July 13) .......90 Mln 58 Precipitation last 24 hourf 00 Straam yaar to data 13.28 Normal 12,00 Lait yaar 8.89 Foracait: Probabla thundar storms. Berli conscientious objectors, and for est workers were battling blazes which have blackened some 5500 acres of Oregon and Washington land. Crews were rushed out today to the two northwest Oregon fires on the Salmonberry and the Wilson rivers to determine the extent of the wind-spread blaze. , With all logging camps in the Tillamook burn closed, loggers were hurried in to fight the Wil son river blaze. Highway crews were working to keep the Wil son Biver highway cleared of i-ockaTplling- loyn ,- rw - wu uie jHJuifiem uickuii cuu&i. 200 men fought to check a blaze wnicn ate tnrougn iuuo acres oi slash land, destroying nearly 3 200,000 board feet of logged timc-er. The U. S. forest service report ed all fires on national forests under control. A blaze which roared through 500 acres of the Wenatchce National forest west of Leavenworth was checked during the night. Small lightning fires which blazed up in a dozen different lorests were quickly halted. MITSCHER TO BE WASHINGTON. July 14 (P) Secretary Forrestal announced today assignment or vice Admir al Marc Mitschcr, famed Pacific carrier task force commander, as chief of naval operation for air. He succeeds Vice Adm.- Au brey W. Fitch, who wilt become superintendent of .the naval academy at Annapolis. At ihe same time t orrestat an nounced assignment of Vice Ad miral John H. Towers, now dep uty commander in-chief of the Pacific fleet, as commander of the second carrier task force; of the Pacific third fleet, relieving Vice Admiral John S. McCain. Rear Admiral Frederick C. Sherman, now commander of a carrier division in the Pacific was named to succeed Vice Ad miral Mitscher. as commander of the first carrier task force. These chances led a list oi shifts of duty involving 29 flag officers, which Secretary Forres tal told a news conierence was not a "shakeup." He explained that such changes occur from time to time and by coincidence these occur red togctlier, out tney naa noi other significance. A Newspaper! Numbar 10566 SENATE TEST 23-Member Commit tee Sends Document For Approval WASHINGTON, July 14 (P) Approved by a thumping 20 to 0 vote of the foreign relations committee, the United Nations charter took its place on the sen ate calendar today for its most critical world test. Without a move to dot an "I" the 23-member committee in dorsed the 50-nation peace-keeping agreement and handed it over to the senate. There debate will begin on the document July 23 amid signs pointing to its overwhelming approval. If this approval is given with out reservations or amendments, as leaders confidently expect. supporters feel other nations which have been waiting for this country to act will hurry to attach their official ratifications. That will bring into being a new league capable of using force to prevent aggression, if it becomes necessary. The committee's endorsement came at the end of a half-hour closed session yesterday which wound up- five days of public hearings.. Three. members who were absnt'JwilHhave' Bn"tpporSj tunity to set their names on the rous later. STILL STYMIED By Tha Associated Press The nation's labor dispute' situation was virtually un changed today, despite the re turn to work of nearly 1000 idle workers, while several New York stoppages were reported. Idle workers numbered ap proximately 50,000 in some 27 cities from Minnesota to the Atlantic coast and south into Florida and Alabama. . Miners Strike Of the approximately 50,000 men and women away from their jobs over labor contro versies, more than 9000 were coal miners in Illinois, Penn sylvania, Ohio and Kentucky. The latest walkout of coal miners was by 2700 employes of four mines of the Consolidated Coal company in Jenkins, Ky. President Sam Caddy of district 30, United Mine Workers of America, said the walkout fol lowed "some trouble between a foreman and his crew." Newspapers Hit The newspaper - industry also was hit by the disputes, strikes and walkout halting publication of seven papers in four cities and stopping delivery , of 14 major New York City papers. Papers suspending publication because of labor disputes in cluded three in Birmingham, Ala.;- two in Fort Wayne, Ind., and one eacn in Jersey taiy and Bayonne, N. J. . In New York, Mayor F. H. La Guardia described the two weeks old strike of the news paper and mailer deliveries un ion a "stubborn, silly, idiotic defiance of the government." La Guardia and the war labor board rejected the independent union s proposal that its dispute with the Publishers Association of New York City be . placed before an impartial arbitrator. In Washington, Chairman George W. Taylor of the WLB reiterated, the 1700 strikers must return to work before the board would , consider their case. , . . WLB Hears Wage Arguments A hearing Involving wage ad justments in connection with Klamath Falls Automobile Deal ers association is being held In Portland today before the 12th regional war labor board. . Most garages ' in Klamath Falls filed applications with the WLB- to have their wage rates approved. The applications were partially dented by the wage stabilization department and the denial was nppcalcd to me run regional board. : GHARTER BEGINS T Ships, tO inn vasr v I IB i&jL By LEIF ERICKSON GUAM, July 14 (AP) The U. S. 3rd fleet, bombarding Japan for the first time, set great fires raging through a iteel city on northern Honshu today as 1000 of its carrier planet blasted nearby targets of the northern home islands in co ordinated blows. The guns of the newest battleships, cruisers and destroyer wiped out the Imperial Iron and Steel Works rolling mid af VAMM:,l.i 97C :l. Li- .1 -r! i x: - J through adjacent coke ovens. Adm. Chester W. Nimitz, announcing in a special com munique that the bombardment thundered on for two hours, reported that the entire area was covered by dense smoke clouds that rose thousands of feet qbove the city. The 3rd fleet poured a hurricane of 5 to 16-inch shells into the city before retiring. The bombardment force, commanded by ftear Adm. J. F. Shafroth of Denver, apparently did not meet-any Japanese opposition. ' James Lindsley, Associated Press correspondent witness ing the bombardment from the deck of the battleship South Dakota, reported Japanese opposition was "meager and ap parently timid." He said there was no report of damage to American vessels. The American squadron steamed within rifle shot of Hon shu to deliver its lethal load, Lindsley added, and "the Japan ese chose to do very little about it."' In his report to Adm. Nimitz Shafroth did not mention opposition by shore .batteries or planes. His announcement that the shelling continued for two hours 'indicates, also, that the results were closely observed by slow flying observation planes from cruisers and battleships. . ' '. Close observation would navc been reauired for the admiral tn wnnrt without Qualification. that the ImDerial Iron and Steel Works rolling mill was "de molished." - Fire on. Kamaishl The fact that the powerful American force fired upon Ka maishi for two hours suggests - u;n.. .,-i.rn ahlp in Close within the 10-mile range pi ti.viiieh nspn . fee, screening nftKSora and? In secondary bat destroyers tleship and cruiser batteries. 5 The latest communique was the fourth issued by Adm. Nim itz today, a record number. The Imperial Iron and Steel Works mill was supplied with coal from the neighboring island of Hokkaido, which was attack ed by the carrier planes. .. ' Ferries Hammered The coal is transported across Tsugaru strait in ships and rail ferries which were hammered throughout' the day by the Avengers, Helldivers, Corsairs and Hellcats. Halsey's attacks by gun and by plane seemed designed to put northern Honshu's most im portant steel works out of busi ness at both the blast furnaces and coal mines. "' The Japanese in the war fac tories were subjected to the same, sort of merciless pound ing which their soldiers had to undergo when they stood in' the path of -the conquering 'Ameri can march across the Pacific. - Even as the guns roared, swarms of carrier planes that only five days before had raked Tokyo's airfields, were raining bombs, bullets and rockets on northern Honshu and the north ernmost island of Hokkaido the latter never before touched by American air power., t B-29s Take Part (The Japanese Domei agency reported that some Superfort resses , participated in the air raids, ' which had' lasted for seven hours.' and added that "at present" there was no indica tion "pointing to enemy plans to undertake landing operations in this part of the Japanese mainland." The broadcast was (Continued on Page Two) Fleet Bombards 1 UAkiruitoi a s. . Jt ---."...v.. oi .pyvo-p KOREA ? riAi-V. KjnkoVf Sea .f S t I I ; GVn',S': J" JAPANpJ v ST ,. '): .- v honshu -''. china ' 'y&jk' . ' v1' :v 4 JVSHIKOKU ; 401 ktUSHuf4 . . .lAtOMMAM.., SHANGHAI ' , . . V -f "'"' : - -' ' fl AKU'"6 ' '.MllllKO - AMJmi oh( 01011, Jw.ntho ; ' wtm OKINAWA) . , t'. mho " , - . HYUKW IS. - ., fij "jMISMIMA 'us Third fleet units lobbed shells on the coait of Japan's Honshu bland In tha firit actual bombardment of the enemy's homeland. Close range shelling proved effective in wiping out iron end itaal works located on tne coast. Gumis tnlielk V Hi 111 I Ai fin rsivfiani iiUii ill - p - SHAEF DISSOLVES-, USFET TAKES OVER By JAMES M. LONG PARIS, July 14 (IP) The greatest unified .military com-- judiiu ui an iiiiiw supreme nuuu quarters of th Allied Expedi-. tionary Force was dissolved at 12:01 a. m. today. Gqn. Dwight D. Eisenhower, the supreme commander, said it was his "hope and prayer" that the "unparalleled unity which has been achieved" would "point the way to a permanent and last ing peace." Ending 17 months and one day after it was launched to bring Germany to her knees in defeat, SHAEF was bisbanded virtually on 'the eve of the "Big Three" Potsdam conference for inter-allied agreement on the first steps of rehabilitation under the peace. Fay Tribute. British newspapers paid tri bute to the supreme command find Eisenhower's leadership a id the army newspaper Stars ana' Stripes hailed it as a "concilia ive demonstration of the etc, fectiveness of international co operation." . p As SHAEF was dissolved the (Continued on Page Two) : 1 Weatherman Klamath Falls residents can safely go ahead and plan that picnic or trip to the lake for the weekend, according to the weatherman. Although thunder storms are forecast in the afternoons for mountain areas, forecasts are xur uiaerwiae cicur weatlier- . a ... v. - , . ture. . :. - .V. . if With a let-up in the Intensity, of the electrical . storms in this area, no fires were reported by the Klamath Forest Protective association Saturday. Home Island trr HOKKAIDO . tOHIH uwnn 1 IS. HAHA . VOLCANO ' ' 15.