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Newspaper Page Textim iru pi wul raw ,.-n nlce'rivE'cEFfii klamath tallb. ohegon. "ry&vg n TttO Bv FRANK JENKINS K Pacific count liniiii't been lono In It wet wciithcr this ill. From tho Ilocklc to the ntlc coni the country in a of green. Although It In near v mlil-Ju y. the vciiolu look 1 1 In- curly June. All llttlu ponds are full, and the k are running brown and if. no guewie Unit niliiy ipell been miming on envn er' heels. N the lillla around Cheyenne, If,-' iulilf.lt nftrmnllv urn Itpliln. uluu to burn a little by thin tlmn, 1 tht glims In lunh nnd lull. In tint (lniw the entile ntmiil In It tin to their knee, an In a blue grim puNlurv. They liro plump iuhI round, nnd more thnn one pimMi'iiKcr I heard to liny that enmo the shade of nlilht he think) hell drop off the rear end nnd knock one In the hend on lie-count of lie's ilowly wanting nwny lor a lcok. IT In not that anyone In likely to perish nf malnutrition on thin truln. It In Juitt (lint the night of iki much ment Horn to people t head, muking tnem Iliili. dizzv nnd irresponsible. From tho purely practical standpoint, leaving out tne erv Ico men, who are a competent looking lot. it U doubtful if any- one on thin train could iklrt to much ai a weaner calf, let alone a tcer. As for cutting It up I I I If you were to check all the civilian palms on board, you couldn I find a callous in a car load. e .- DY some miracle of manage u ment. this train, tho Cky of San Francisco, la an enchanted is and of p easant living in world that In many ways is be coming topy-turvy. its run man Dorters are the, old-fash ioned, befo the'wah kind. They manage to convey the Impression that thev llvo to serve you. and love II. Tho dining enr waiters nre of tho same strango, now somewhat antediluvian tribe. They seem to be actually in terested in what you want to eat and how you want it fixed. And the cook well, one might as well end this paean of somewhat lyric gastronomic praise by staling that they don't ndhere to me amp u in me pan nnd bum it miick school. It aetunllv tastes like food. The linen is snowy (with dlcscl engines, thero Is no soot to mnr it), tho silver sparkles, the ' china does whntcver the right kind of china Is supposed to do at mcaltlmo and tho steward wenrs nn exceedingly well-cut whllo inckct and an honcst-to-goodness smile. IT'S tlmo to draw tho curtain on this theme before the copy render decides thnt this stuff got In the wrong envelope and turns it over to the advertising deport- ment, but If In the brnve new world the rnllronris can tnkc the t:itv of Sim Franc sco ns n moaei and ndd a few presumably es sential plastic and electronic touches to it they won't hnvc to worry too much over losing post war business to the airplanes. -UT of Wyoming Into Nc- brnskn. Out) of tho grass country Into the western reaches of tho ngrlculturnl Mississippi valley. Out of tho cnttlo nnd sheep economy Into the edges nr iim enm-hni economy. This transition threw tho early explorers off In their calcula tions. They couldn't quite figure what this country Dcyona (Conunuca on i-ogo mi Pullman To S.F i Portland O.K. "Wo can get you out of hero but wo enn't get you bnek." snld Llovd S. Stltt of tho Southern Pacific rnllrond when question al -I, nut the effect on locnl Pullmnn travel by tho new ODT ruling banning civilian Pullmnn service on runs of 41)0 miles or less. ,, ,, , Tinrln- (III. HOW rilllllU it lS still posslblo to get reservations for Snn Francisco or roruann from Klamath Fnlls but these reservations havo to bo made within five days of departure, Tho RP nt nrescnt has two Pull mnn sections to San Francisco, although Stilt docs not know how long tneso win uo ii nolo. If they arc taken out there will bo no reservations made out of hero except on tho day of departure. Tho biggest problem Is the rolurn trip to Klnmnth Fnlls. Even though no Pullmnn cars hnvo bocn tnken off tho Oak-lnnd-Portland run, reservations fni- Klnmnth Falls cnilliot bo ac cepted becauso the dlstnnco is under 480 miles aim mo or can not soli short unless tho spneo Is not taken up on the day of departure. slews r if Early Jap Defeat Has High Priority A s Big By DANIEL DE LUCE and POTSDAM. July 17 (!) -The this afternoon with a minimum that President Trumun, Premier Stnlln and Prime Minister Churchill hnd the Pacific war high on the list of topics. (The Moscow rudlo snld Mr. Truman was to preside), The conference is expected to lay the framework of the Gcr mun pence treaty and to souk settlement of mnny worldwide questions that hold the answer to the future pence of Europe. Mr. Truman' first objective as he began conversations with the leaders of Great Britain and Russia was reported to bo the early defeat of Japan. Tight secrecy hid developments, oven an official announce- mcnt that the delayed meeting DUTCH OIL FIELDS MANILA, July 17 (II Strong combat patrols smashed scat tered Japuncse resistance today at tho Australian seventh divis ion slogged through constat suit marshes toward the Dutch Eust Borneo oil fields nt Sambodjo, ruined refineries of Ballkpappan. The military prize lay five miles ahead of the main Aussie force, Gen. Douglas MacArthur's communlquo said. Its output formerly moved through the marshland pipe line to Die now ruined refineries of Ballkappan. Other Dutch and Australian units, advancing northward out of Balikpapan, had gained more than six miles on tho road to a second rich oil field at Samar imin. - 38 miles beyond Sam- bodia, by ' more 'circuitous route. . . , ........ These :'. troops encountered heavy Japanese road blocks In the vicinity of Mount Bato champar, six miles north of Balikpapan. The mountain was taken yesterday after a heavy artillery barrage. Again today the artillery was called up to blast out the road blocks before the troops could continue their advance. Tre Burglary At Gas Station Jack Pyle, proprietor of the Shell Service station at Oregon and Donald, roportcd to city po lice Monday thnt two tires nan been stolen from the tire rack and the building had been for cibly entered. The entering was thought to have occurred some time Sunday nigm. As far as is known, nothing was taken from the Interior of the station. City police are in vestlgating the caso. Seven drunks, one drunk and disorderly case, and two vags nnnonrnd in nollce court till morning. Two additional drunks balled out. Spain Prepares For Monarchy MADRID. Julv 17 fP) Gen cral Franco proclaimed tonight that Spain was entering a pe riod of preparation for a mon archy in which "the essentials of our movement arc guaranteed. The falangc chieftain said in a broadcast address before the national council of the fnlangc that Spain wanted "her Inde- nendence coupled with dlgnl fled cooperation with other countries" in the postwar world. (Prince Juan, son of tho lnte King Alfonso, Is the heir to the now non-existent Spanish throne. He has been living in Switzer land for several years. (The exiled prince, In a state ment Issued at Lausanne last March, . declared Spain was in danger of another civil wnr and called upon Franco to resign in fnvor of a restoration of the monarchy). Japs Promise Blow When Time Is Ripe SAN FRANCISCO. July 17 (P) The Jnpancso Dome! news agency said in n radio broad cast todny thnt "our forces are waiting for tho decisive moment to smash tho onomy, beyond his ability to recover, with one deadly stroke." cuplcd Asia and monitored hero by tho federal communications commission, doclared: "Our crack army and navy force are not permitting these Telephone Blit Y S'Y 3 Confer ERNEST B. VACCARO Big Three conference opened of formulities and Indications was under way Premier Stalin earlier con ferred -villi President Truman at the little White House. The genera iisslmo, attired as a marshal of the soviet union, was accompanied by Foreign Commissar Vyachcslav Mololov. They were guests at luncheon of tho president nnd Secretary of Stnto James F. Byrnes. The party talked for an hour. Tho atmosphere of secrecy surrounding the delayed start of the conference with Prime Min ister Churchill was heightened during tho murky, cloudy morn ing by three mysterious explo sions in the Russian zone of Berlin. There Two Day The two soviet lcaaers. ar rived In Potsdam two days ago, it was disclosed. There was no explanation, however, why the opening oi me conicrencc naa been delayed yestcraay. The Russians appeared at Mr, Truman's residence at 11:50 a. m. with their official Inter- ureter. V. N. Pavlov, and were greeted by the president's mili tary and naval aides-nnd then bv Mr. Truman and ins ccrc! tary bf state in their offices on llie-Mtvonu uoor, Charles E.Uohlcn-of the stale department was the American Interpreter. Pavlov has accom panied Stalin to all tho previous Big Thrco meetings. The six were together for an- hour be fore going to lunch. Man In Brown Mr. Truman wore a brown business suit und sat at the head of the table. The generalissimo's uniform was fawn-colored with silved-edged stnrs on the cpaul- lets. He sat on the president's right. Pavlov and Molotov sat to Stalin's right in that order, while Byrnes, Bohlcn and Ad miral William D. Leahy. Mr. Truman's personal chief of staff, were at the president's left in thnt order. Mr. Truman hnd seen Prime Minister Churchill Informally yesterday ' when the British leader called to pay his respects. The luncheon was concluded at 2:45 p. m. The menu included creamed spinach, fried liver and bacon, smothered with onions, baked ham, Julienne potntocs, string beans, pumpernickel brend, jam, sliced fruit, cookies, mints, candles ana- cigars. It was the kind of easy-doing meeting without frills, which delights the democratic . Mis- sourlnn making his debut In the world's biggest political circle. For Stnlln whose pleasures also hnve been simple except when tho Russian tradition of gorgeous formalities requires (Continued on Page Three) New Marine CO. Here Wednesday Col. Merlin Schneider will ar rive by auto In Klamath Falls sometime Wednesday to assume his duties as commanding offl ccr at the Klamath Marino Bar racks. Col. Schneider will come from Camo Pendleton. Oceansldo, Calif., where he hns been spend ing n 30-dny rehabilitation leave with Lt. Col. W. J. .Wise. Schneider hns Just recently re turned from overseas duty. Col. George O. Van Ordon present commanding officer at the Barracks, win do officially dotnehed from here on July 23 for oversens duty. One Deadly enemy activities without a coun ter strategy. 'For that decisive moment of battle, it is vitally necessary that wo prescrvo our strength and strike with lightning effect. We must not move until the time Is ripe, We must not play Into the enemy's hands." Domct's broadcast was made just before the U. S. third fleet, for the third time in four days, stood off tho shores of Japan and shelled Industrial targets.' JULY 17, 194$ 7fl' m BLAZE Servicemen Battle Flames In Coast Forests PORTLAND. Ore.. July 17 W) Ni.nnv lauu men were called to iireltnes today to battle the third gigantic blaze to nil iniamuun county forests within tne last 12 yar:. '.. ........ wnue me nurwiwcsi vivnuu fire licked out over 27,000 acres. lire crews and bulldozers strug gled to keep the blaze lrom reaching green second-growth timber, at some points oniy a hull-mile away. Some 250 soldiers were to be flown from Geigcr field, Spo kane, to Join 900 servicemen and some 200 civilians already fight ing the the rugged Wilson River urea. . Wind Spreads mate Winds continued to whip burn ing embers across the canyon tho same land ravaged in 1033 and 1939 by devastating fires, rnrpit officials believed they could control the spot fires if the main fire line is haiiea ai trails bulldozod across the path yesterday. Tim fire started last Wednes day on a logging operation. Sev eral companies, which have been salvaging timber from mo iiua mook burn, arc wiped out. Terrible Devastation Governor Earl Sncll and State Forester N. S. Rogers, accom- K anicd by reporters, spent five nun taurlns fire areas yester day, nnd were amazed at the de struction -of -ill- vegetntibn, in cluding many millions oi nine trees. Soldiers and loggers had fire trails built around it twice, out fire-caused gales spread the fire ahead of them. The payoff came Sunday at 5 p. m.-when it spread north of the Wilson River high way Into mountains so rugged crews can't get into them. This new blaze burned the only bridge across the river into a network of logging roads north of the river. Volunteers Fighting the Wilson river blaze arc 410 sailors from As toria; 200 loggers, and 500 army combat engineers. The engi neers, whom forestry officials praised highly, have spent many months overseas, and now are awaiting discharges. They all volunteered for their fire-fighting Jobs. Smoke on sections of the Wilson River highway cut visi bility to 20 feet, and blotted out tho sun all day. Gales blow down the canyons because of drafts created by the fire. Ashes are falling as far away as Salem. Stumps, blazing like torches, and rocks are falling on the highway. The country looks like freshly plowed ground which has been scorched. Smoke pour, cd off the top of one mountain north of tho river, making it look like a volcano. Harold Derrah Reported Missing Mr. and Mrs. F. Derrah of 1343 Crescent, have received word from the war department that their son, Harold W. Der rah, Y 1c, USNR, is presumed missing with the reported loss of the submarine Kctc. Young Derrah has been on the tvete since last July 31 when it! was commission ed at Manlto- wac, Wis. It was the second sub marine that he hnd seen service with, tho first being tho USS Grayling which was announced lost when ho was home on a ft3u-nay leave. r3 Derrah w a s employed bv the Weyerhaeuser Timber company and the Kalplne Plywood com pany before , entering the navy Ir. November, 1941. He has two brothers also in the service, both serving in the army In Europe. Hotel Manager Pays Three Damage Suits PORTLAND, ' July 17 (P) Payment by Dean L. - Ireland, manager of the Multnomah hotel here, of $3656.33 In a treble damage claim for rent over charges was nnnouncod today by the district OPA. The hotel also refunded $114,50 directly to those ten ants who could be located, the OPA' said." I ATT LLAMQOK UNCONTROLLED r in. Max. (July IS) Precipitation last 24 hours Stream year to data Normal 12.03 Lait year 9.89 Forecast! Cloar Wednesday, little change. Truman Arrives T f! fo JYx r President Harry S. Truman walk down the gangplank of the USS Augusta, after it arrived at Antwerp, Belgium; followed by Secretary of State James F. Byrnes. Picture by Associated Press Photographer B. I. Sanders. ((P) wirephoto via radio from London). Riiqwayjpo f Damages tw A runaway car today careened wildly down the grade on 2nd, near Main, sending one man to the hospital with a broken leg and seriously damaging two oth er automobiles. F. E. Leaphart, 56, of Red ding, Calif., owner of the run away car, suffered : a badly broken left leg and was taken to the Klamath Valley hospital by the Klamath merchant po lice ambulance service. Leaphart was parked on the LESS STEAKS,SUGAR WASHINGTON, July 17 UP) Americans can expect food short ages for many months to come. So saying In a "frank report" last night. Secretary of Agricul ture Anderson added: "We are likely to dine on more simple fare, minus the choice roasts, the thick Juicy steaks, ond much of the sweeten ing of pre-war yeors." Anderson gave this picture in a radio talk in which he snid his first examination of the situa tion since entering the cabinet July 1 convinced him that little if any improvement could be ob tained before next year's pro duction season. He said the department will seek .supplementary production nnd supplies in other parts of the world, particularly South America. Meats, food fats and vegetable oils, sugar, -condensed and evap orated milk, and canned fruits and - vegetables .will continue short, he said. In addition, rice and dry bean supplies will gel shorter. Except for wheat, pota toes, and most fresh vegetables; tho 1945 crops will not be ade quate for all the demands. About tho only bright spot was said to bo the milk supply. (i. S. Hunts Hitler In Argentina WASHINGTON, July 17 W) A state department spokesman said today that the U. S. em bassy in Buenos Aires will In vestigate reports that Adolf Hitler nnd Eva Braun are in Argentina. In response to a question, the spokesman said that the embassy would look into the story, sent by a Chicago Times correspondent from Montevideo, thnt the pair had reached a solitary section of tho long Ar gentine const by submarine and nre living on a huge German owned estate in Patagonia, It was pointed out that Ar gentina has given assurances to the other allied governments that it would refuse to harbor any axis war criminals. "riilti!;::i!!!i 'Iiiiil, ews (July 17) . Vi Mill. 52 00 13.28 Number 105B8 At Antwerp G downgrade on 2nd street, with the front wheels cramped. He got out of the car to remove a rock from under the front wheel. The car got away, smash. ed into the door of a parked car owned Dy K. u. Masters of Port land and ran over Leaphart who apparently tried to stop it. . The runaway automobile then coasted down the grade in an arc and headed down the grade frontwards. It Jumped the bank and the front came down on the hood of a car owned by TV L. Goodwin of Medford, which was parked in the Shell Service sta tion at 2nd and Main. The Klamath merchant police ambulance service was called and rushed Leaphart . to the hos pital tor medical treatment Leaphart is employed by the California state highway depart ment and was an vine a station wagon belonging to the depart ment. Reward Paid In Heuvel Arrest A reward of S250 for informa tion leading to the arrest of Earl Heuvel, former Klamath Falls police chief, has been paid to the Aurora police pension fund, Aurora, 111., by Klamath county, Heuvel was wanted in Klamath county on four felony charges, Heuvel was arrested in Ken- sett, Ark., by federal authorities upon information of his where abouts furnished by the Aurora police department. He is now being held in the Klamath coun ty jail on morals charges in lieu of $21,000 cash bail. - ' ... : Luzon Natives Slaughtered By Japs In Fanatic Attack . By JAMES HUTCHESON INFANTA, Luzon, July 17 (P) Filipinos in this isolated east Luzon coastal town told today of a Japanese massacre of 2000 natives in wholesale slaughter and looting that rivaled their infamy in Manila. They raided scattered outlying districts, stabbing and slashing Filipinos in their beds, declared Lt. Col. Jaime Manzano. Most of those who sought desperately to escape were shot down as they fled. Bodies of men, women and children were strewn about huts and the streets of the settlements two months ago. Mayor Fausino P. Juntcreal told tho correspondent that the Japanese massacred the natives after finding American canned goods and learning of guerrillas in the villages. Juntcreal said the death toll might have been even higher thon the estimated 2000 but that was the best figure available. Infanta is 50 miles east of Yank Targets J 80 Miles From ' Nips' Capital By HAMILTON FARON 1 V ''i GUAM, July 17 (P) A daring American naval taik foi teamed to within 80 mile of Tokyo tonight (Japan time) anal bombarded industrial target around Hitachi on the heel oi an eight-hour raid by 1500 planes from American and BrltUb) carrier planet in the area of the Japanese capital. Adm. Chester W. Nlmltx announced the bombardment whll it wa still underway only a few hour after he reported carries plane had knocked out 374 Nipponese vessel and 129 locoma tive in their weekend iweep over northern Japan. Ji The new battlehip Iowa with her biasing 16-inch gun le4 the bombardment group in the cloest approach of any U. 8, CHINESE TAKE PUPPETS FALL High Command Tells Of Indo-China bcore By SPENCER MOOSA CHUNGKING, July 17 JP) Chinese forces have occupied iwoncay, in the northeastern most corner of French - Indo China, the Chinese high com mand announced today. Mohcay is on the Chinese-Indo-China border near the Gulf of Tonking coast, 135 miles northeast of Hanoi, capital of Indo-China, and 90 miles soutn west of Yunging (Manning) in China. The high command said that Chinese forces occupied the town after a mutiny of puppet troops directly across the border in the Kwangtung- province town of Tung Hing July 7. The puppet units surrendered to Chi nese national forces -. with all their arms, the announcement said. . The Japanese, at Tung Hing were forced to retreat across the border. Chinese forces pursued them into Indo-China and occu pied Moncay the same night, the high command said. Meanwhile, some 500 miles to the northeast, Chinese van guards have infiltrated into the outskirts of Kweilin, former American air base city 90 miles northeast of recently recaptured Liuchow, the Chinese an nounced. Other troops pushing up the Hunan-Kwangsi railroad from Liuchow have advanced to with in 404 miles of Kweilin, triple airfield base abandoned last Oi tober by th U. S. 14th air force. (Continued on Page Three) 17-DAY STRIKE By The Associated Press New York's 17-day long strike of 1700 newspaper dellverymen, involving 14 major dailies, end ed today. The newspaper strike was set tled, a union spokesman said, on the promise of the daily news paper commission of the war la bor board that an immediate hearing would be held to con sider the strike issues if the men returned to their jobs. The men voted to do so. The strike forced thousands of readers to lineup at newspaper offices to buy papers over the counter. The strike began when union and publisher representatives were unable to agree on a new contract to replace the one that expired June 30. Principal issue was a demand by the union that publishers establish a welfare fund for members of the union. Manila, across the Sierra Madre mountains, and is reachable only by plane or by water. The wrecked town's main street has been converted into a landing strip for cub planes. "About 300 Japs entered sur rounding communities at night and slipped into the houses," said the mayor. "I saw hundreds of bodies later and many houses were wantonly burned. "The worst was at Alitas com munity, of 500 persons, only a few managed to escape through the swamps." The Filipinos made Luzon's largest scale , evacuation by water to escape additional Jap anese vengeance. Colonel Man zano said 7000 civilians were re moved from the Infanta vicinity to the Pollllo Islands off the east coast.' Facilities were scant. Five launches furnished the motive power. For 16 nights they f lulled strings of native boats oaded with evacuees., INCAY WHEN naval tnik force to the Japaneia capital. Broadcasting from an Arner ican battleship only six miles off the east Honshu coast, Joa Halnline, NBC correspondent, said the warships were pouring shells ashore at the rate of 50,. 000 pounds a minute. "If the fires which can be seen on shore are any indication, the. Amer. ican third fleet is doing its Job well," said Hainline. He added "So far there has been no rb taliatory gesture from the ene. my." Iowa at Work ' A curtain of steel from tha Iowa and supporting cruisers, and destroyers hammered at Hi tachi's vital copper smelter and aircraft plants, previous target of Marianas-based Superforta which sent nearly 500 planes lashing at four other Nipponese cities today. It was the third naval bom bardment of Japan's vulnerable coastal industries within four days. The Iowa presumably led the bombardment ships in close to shore for the night attack against the industrial plants which lie about a mile off the coast. . v; In a week, Admiral William F. (Bull) Halsey's third fleet has ranged from Tokyo to the norths ern end of Japan . and. back again, smashing with bombs and shells vitally important steel, munitions, and oil plants, ship ping and rail transportation and airdromes. Japan has taken it all hcrp lessly without offering mora than token resistance. . f.. Combined Operation Today's unprecedented assault , on" the Tokyo area was' part oi a pre-invasion attack 'involving 2000 or more allied planes rang, ing from stubby little fighter to giant Superforts. It was the first combined American-British operation against the "Japanese homeland and the fourth carrier strike in eight days, including the Saturday-Sunday attack on northern Japan in coordination with na val bombardments which, crip pled the steel mill cities' of Muroran and Kamaishi. - The week-end air-sea bonv bardment was the most damage ing blow the fleet has dealt the Japanese homeland. . , ;. . Vice Adm. John S. McCain's carrier planes caught hundreds of ships and surface craft scu.pi rying out of harbors like ants, But 374 didn't get away. As a result reliable estimate placed Nippon's remaining usa ble shipping at less than 2,000,. 000 tons. The enemy's always inadequate rail transport was dealt an equally heavy blow. . . OF FOREST FIRES Although the Klamath area has been covered by a smoky haze for the past several days, no serious forest or brush fires have been reported in the basin area, according to ranger sta tions and forest offices. . u The smoke is believed to be drifting in from the mammoth Wilson river fire in the Tilla mook area. ; In the Klamath national fop est in California over 100 small fires during the recent lightning storms covered approximately 500 acres but all are under coil, trol and none ar.e reported ai serious. The small fire on the Klarm ath Indian reservation neat Beatty was out today, and Klurw ath Forest Protective assocj atlon reported no new 'blazes, j 1 i One Casualty In Kid 'Gang War' c; As the result of "gang wars'' among youngsters In Mills ad dition, Jerry Brandsncss, 4-year, old son of Mr. and Mrs. Harold Brandsncss, 928 Martin, tf ceived a painful gash behind hit ear early this alternoon. The youngster had Just stctf ped out of his house when I three-pound rock hurled by a 12. year-old girl hit him In the back of the head, according to a ptf lice report. The rock opened I three cornered gash dlrcctl) . behind his oar. The Klamath: merchant' policj ambulance wus called and rust ed the boy to the office of a lo cal physician for treatment. Thi condition of the boy was nnj thought to be serious, althougl the wound was painful.