VJ
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,
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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
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Ships,
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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
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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
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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.
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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
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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.
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