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IIP SUDS D LI Ml PRICE riVE CENTS The War Today By DoWITT MacKENZlE Aiioclatod Press War Analyst ADM lit 1 1 red , DMIRAL TAKAHASHI, rc- Japanese niivul com' iiiiiiHlfi-hi-chtor. nays hlit coun try's lieu nml ulr forces will no into action soon unci that the "day of victory" In rnplclly tip iironchliiti. It iioihiins linn no special significance Mint til la survivor c o( lliu mikado's hara-kiri club doesn't miy whoso duy of victory in approaching wnctner u uo long to Nippon or lo tho allies hut h needn't Inbor thnt point We ulreudy know thul Jiipnn Is walking tho Hint mllo. Tlio oniy thing In doubt U when wo shall administer thu coup do grace. T1IK Japanese sea mid air flcols presumably will come " Into action, provided our nlr , boinburdnient doesn't compel ' surrender. But they will be ' fighting defensively to try lo delay our amphibious Invasion of thu homeland. As remarked In ii previous column, they arc lo owing tho Hltleriun strategy o( buttling (or lima In hope that lomn fluke will nave them Great things depend on what Slulin Is siivlnu to President Truman and Prima Minister Churchill In Potsdam right now. Observers on tho scene believe that both America and England mrr Dress nir (or tho quicken pos- slbla action to end the Japanese war. If that Is so It presumably means thnt they ore usinjl their best arguments to bring mlKhty llussla into tho conflict lor speedy clean-up THE Jap plon of defense, as seen bv manv military ex- perls is fourfold. First, of course, comes a Inst ditch stand Y against Invasion of tho mother i country. Their remaining sea fleet now reduced to a shadow of lis former self and their heavily dcnlelcd sky navy will figure In this, perhaps to the last ship and Inst plane. The Japancso coast undoubtedly is heavily mined and tho defenses are formidable. Then wo shall havo to fnco the army, and of this Veritas. British official mil llnry commentator says: "The Japanese homo army, some 2.000.000, bucked by the home Rtiiird, will flKht literally to the last mini unless (and it is a nossibllltv) huiiKcr and hum iliation of fnlluro cause their morale to become brittle.' Hut that's only part of the storv. for Jiman's eyes were big bit limn her stomach in the inntter on conquests. Sho banked on tho axis to smasli tno nines, nml so she overrun everything In sight. The result is Hint her forces mid resources nro hope lessly divided and must fight separate actions, It Is clear Hint the Jnp war lords hnvo written off Indonesia as lost, but have ordered their Harrisons in tho various theaters to fight sulcldo delaying nctions. This Involves French Indo-China, the Malny peninsula, Singapore, Sumatra, Java, and tho small linrl of Burma still In their hands. TTIIEY havo abandoned south- western China, and their strategy for tho rest of the con tlnent appears to bo this: They will hold strongly along the (Continued on Pago Four) Slide Traps Two 'in Mine Tunnel BELLINGHAM, July 21 (!) W. II. (Pope) Walsh, of Seattle, mi Inspector for tho federal bureau of mines, nud Albert Cooper, Bclllugliam coal miner, wcro caught in n slldo which blocked the entrance of the main tunnel of the West Const Coal mines, nine miles north east of here, at 1:05 a. m. to day. Fnto of tho two men will not bo known until hundreds of yards of enrth hnvo been re moved, but little hope was held by rescuers thnt they were ullvo. Bright Weather Forecast Here Bright weather Is forecast for this (iron over iho wcekoncl by tho wonthor mnn so picnickers can continue with plans for Sun day outings. Campers, however, nro warn ed to lako cspeclnl precautions against storting fires In tho woods area as conditions nro right for dangerous fires to exist. Only one smnll f Iro was re ported to tho Klnmnth Forest Protective nssocintlon Thursday and thnt covered about one and a halt acres In Iho Round lake area. Reward Offered For Poisoner Of Four City Dogs A $80 reward was offered today by Amos Fields, city poundmasler, for tho arrest or conviction of any person or persons guilty of tho heinous crime of poisoning dogs In the vicinity of Cali fornia and Conger avenues'. Four dogs, family pots havo been poisoned and ihreo havo died within the lust two days, W. C. Campbell, Klam ath county humane officer, said toclny, issuing n warning to dog owners. Tho poisoner Is subject to fine or Imprisonment or both, and will be prosecuted to tho full extent of the law when apprehended, Campbell warn ed, nsklng cooperation of resi dents in Identifying tho of fender, Apparently strychnine was used In each ease, veterinar ians Dr. II. A. Wheeler und Dr. J. C. Hunt diagnosed, AH three dogs receiving the poi son belong to families living on Conger avenue. Pats Dla The chow, "Cheno," family pet for ten years of tho How ard Barnhlscl household, 022 Conger, was tho first lo suc cumb. Mrs. Uarnhisel Imme diately warned her neighbors, but "Shasta," fox terrier be longing to Lt, and Mrs. Rob ert Glcnndcnlng was tho next victim. When the Fred Callugun's dog became 111, it was rushed lo tho veterinary, who saved Its life by Immediate treat ment. Tho Cullagan homo Is at S74 Conger. Early this year a dog be longing to Mr. and Mrs. E. W. Snyder, 870 Conger died of poison. It wns believed thnt the dog becamo poisoned af ter licking sprays from its paws, because of tho .delayed action of tho poison. 50,000 IDLE IN By Tha 'Associated Prass Strikes and walkouts, some new, others of long duration, kept the number of idle across the country around the 90,000 mark again today. In the past 24 hours two strikes ended and a truco was culled in the controversy which had tied up milk deliveries in Kansas City. But fresh disputes cropped up along the Inbor front, adding mora than 10,000 to the list of idle. In most of the continuing stop pnges, no changes were report ed. In tho Detroit nrca the idle numbered 24,600, approximate ly one-half of the country's to tal. They Include 14,000 em ployes at 200 closed lumber yards. Ohio Stoppage! Ohio was plagued by a series of stoppages ns a strlko at the Republic Steel plant In Cleve land ended, allowing 1300 CIO Unitcd steelworkcrs to go back to their vital war work after a one-day stoppage causing an es timated loss of 4300 tons of steel. But a walkout of 300 super visors at the Wright Acronautl cal corporation In Cincinnati spread to new departments and forced the comnanv to send 4000 employes home, The dispute at me plant, which produces B-29 (Continued on Pngo Four) New Spanish Cabinet Takes Oath For "Falangist Ideal" By CHARLES S. FOLTZ MADRID, July 21 P) Gen eral Franco administered the oath of offico to his new cabi net today and tho fnlnnglst newspaper Arriba declnred thnt tho new government would con tinue tho "fnlnnglst Ideal." Tho newspaper's editorial said tho long-expected cabinet shake up, which placed In offico flva men considered monarchist sym pathizers, was a "new stop" in iho life of Franco's party, tho only ono in Spain, One of tho displaced cabinet members, Foreign Minister Jose Felix Lctiuorlcn, mnv succeed Junn Frnnclsco Cardenas as am- bnssador to Washington, but thoro was no confirmation. Lcqucricn and Edunrdo Aunos, minister of justice, who also was rcplnccd, wore known to be on tcrmB with tho falnngc which at tho lenst wcro not friendly. Tho cabinet shake-tin. reveal ed Inst night, displaced fnlnngc Secretary-General Joso Luis Ar reso through tho elimination of his cabinet post, minister with out portfolio. Franco named Alberto Martin Artajo, Catholic law leader, minister of foreign affairs, mm 3Jtor Tetephonc 8111 KLAMATH FALLS. OREGON. Day - After - Day A i r Attacks Batter Jap Empire GUAM, July 21 VP) New multiple air attacks against the Japanese empire from Honshu to lndo-Chinu by hundreds of tactlcul planes were disclosed by American headquarters to day as the Tokyo radio com plained that the blows were be coming "complicated." Settling down to day-after-day nttacKs, bombers and fight ers concentrating on Islands of Honshu and Kyushu, gave For mosa Its daily pasting, and slam med tho vital Shanghai shipping and aviation center in East China for the second straight day. Two groups of P-Sl Mustangs hit the central industrial area of Honshu between Osaka and Nagoya yesterday. The first, based on lwo-Jlma, roared ill 1)0 strong, and the targets they left among tho smaller towns of this crowded industrial area wcro soon under the guns of 94 more Mustangs in a second wave that shot up boats, air fields and factories. These at tacks followed the record 600- Clus Supcrforts which hnd lasted the same general area before dawn yesterday. Five Japanese airfields around Shanghai were worked over on Wednesday by Far - East air forces , Liberator heavies.. Mit chell mediums and A-28 attack bombers escorted by fighters a total of more than 200. ;' No Opposition . They met no aerial opposi tion, and dropped bombs -which started two big fires along the important docks lining the Whangpoo river. Gen. Douglas MacArthur reported in a com munique from Manila. This was the second straight day the Shanghai area had come under the sights of seventh air force planes, and pilots began to refer to it as "the milk run from Okinawa." On Kyushu, the port of Ka goshima remained virtually cut off because of railway tunnels blocked the dny before. Fifth air force Mustangs bombed and (Continued on Page Four) 2 Injured When Auto Overturns An elderly couple from Los Altos, Calif., were involved in an automobile accident five miles south of Chemult on high way 97 about 9:30 o'clock this morning. Mr. and Mrs. I. E. Scgur were driving south when their car blew a tire. The car struck loose pumice, went completely out of control, and turned over. Scgur was said to bo injured but the extent of his injuries was not known. The Klamath merchants' polico ambulance left for tho scene of the acci dent and state police arc inves tigating. Mrs. scgur received super ficial bruises. Aunos was replaced by Ral mundo Fernandez Cucstn, even better known as a falanglst than Arrcse. Fernandez Cucsta is a falanglst of ancient vintage. Ho was a member of the old fal ango espanoln, tho original or ganization of the early days of tho republic, and represented tho right wing of the group. Ho is a former ambassador to Brazil and to fascist Italy and served as special ambassador to the Vatican at tho time of 'the Consecration of Pope Plus XII. Franco said in a speech Tues day that Spain was entering a preparatory period for tho ro turn ot a monarchy, Tho five men named aro considered to be monarchist sympathizers, al though nono has hnd tho sup port of exiled Prince Don Juan or any monarchist groups, A cabinet reorganization had been expected sinco tho timo of the United Nations San Fran cisco conference declaration thnt no government orgnnized with nxls help could become a member of any United Nntions group. Franco has asserted, however, that this declaration did not affect Spain. TUKYfl Ml Will W IWIIf.V rsr AS KWf, a JAPAN'S Ti ' -v.' arv mi v iaiK Halifax Rocked jr.- if trT Ona of the explosions which rocked the city of Halifax. Nova Scotia, and surrounding countryside as the big ammunition dump of Royal Canadian naval arsenal went up in flames. Dis aster started when fire spread from burning barge at arsenal pier. (NEA Telephoto). Permanent Plan For Post -Here Listed "Uncertain11 PORTLAND, July 21 Ml Whether the Klamntn rails Ma rine - Barracks will become a permanent establishment is un certain, fliaj. ocn. junan Smith, commander of the marine C1ESE BEAT JAPS E By SPENCER MOOSA CHUNGKING, July 21 P) Chinese forces closing in on Kweilin from three sides have beaten down Japanese counter attacks on tho outer perimeter of enemy defenses before the former U. S. 14th air force base city, the Chinese high command announced today. All the Japanese counter blows were "totally frustrated," the Chinese announcement said. Chinese columns in Kwangsi province continued to move in on Kweilin from the southwest, northwest and south. Kweilin is 90 miles northeast of recently recaptured Liuchow. Many Killed . Considerable casualties were inflicted on Japanese forces in Fukien province, six miles south of the South China coastal high way town of Yunsiao, 65 miles northeast of Swatow. Chinese troops attacked enemy groups which since Juno 13 have been trying to fight their way from Amoy to Swatow, 115 miles to tho southeast. The high command said that the Jnpancso, , counterattacks around Kweilin yesterday were mounted from points such as Paishou, 25 miles to the west, Ining, 11 miles to the northwest and Chlchsou, on the Hunan Kwangsl railroad 41 miles to tho northeast. Tho implied recapture of Chchsou by the Japanese indi cated that they had broken the (Continued on Page Four) Cows Wreck Bus; Passengers Safe Passengers of a Klnmnth Falls-Lakcvicw stage escaped in jury Thursday at - 10:45 a. m 29 miles east of Klamath Falls on the Klamnth-Lakcvicw high way when the bus smashed into a herd of cattle. Oho cow was Immediately killed by the Impact and three more had to bo shot. Robert W. Do Shnzcr of Lake view was driving the bus and had started over tho crest of a hill when ho saw the herd of cattle bunched on tho highway about 300 feet ahead. He was unable to avoid the herd' and smashed Into It. No flagman was posted to warn ap proaching cars, according to an accident report. After a brief halt the stage was able to continue. (Jul 21) Max. (July 20) ... 86 Mln 53 Precipitation lait 24 houri 00 Straam year to data 13.28 Normal 12.07 Lait yaar 10.42 Forecast) Claar Sunday. Bv Explosions CO- corps' department of the Pacific said today. "Your euess is as good as mine," he told an interested Ore gonian, "but we would like very much to keen it. The Klamath barracks is the only corps base in the state. Col. George O. Van Orden former commander of the south ern Oregon establishment, Capt. G. O. Smith, commanding the marine base band. Col. Glider Jackson, district marine officer, Governor Snell and Portland's Mayor Riley were among those accompanying the general on his tour of shipyards and other war plants. Tho ' Klamath Falls marine corps color guard, later review ed by the general, added to the color of Portland's welcoming parade. Following launching of the tanker Halls of Montezuma, Smith will go directly to Klam ath Falls. Three Seattle men, M. H. Wyman, L. McLcllan, and H. J. O'Donncll, all of Seattle, have leased the Kcsterson Box com pany factory, a part of what is generally known as the Kester- son plant on Klamath river near here. The Seattle men have filed with the county clerk the as sumed business name of Kester son Box compnny, which was formerly operated by Irving and Ivan Kestcrson. The Kcstersons will continue to operate the Kestcrson Lumber corporation mill, and the Seattle men will operate the box factory. Management of the box oper ations will continue tho same for the present, It is under fitnnd. Consideration in the deal was not disclosed. BASEBALL AMERICAN R. H. E. Chicago 3 7 1 New York 12 13 0 Caldwell, Johnson (6) and Tresh; Bonhom and Drcschcr. , R, H. E. St. Louis 4 7 1 Boston 1 6 ' 2 Potter and Mancuso; Wilson and Garbark. NATIONAL (First game) R. H. E. Boston 5 12 1 Pittsburgh 19 0 Lee and Masi; Gerheauscr, Rescigno (8), Cuccurullo (8) and Salkcld. R H E Philadelphia 3 8 1 Chicago 5 10 1 Mauncy and Scminick; Der ringer and Livingston, Numbar 10S72 HEADWAY TOLD AI CONFERENCE OF BlfiTHHEE "Serious Business" In Progress At Potsdam; Speed Sought By ERNEST B. VACCARO POTSDAM, July 21 P The Big Three held their fifth meet ing today, the American delega tion announced, and "much ser ious business has been done." "The work of the conference is going ahead," the delegation reported. "Since the first meet ing on Tuesday the Big Three have met every day, including today, and averaged almost three hours per meeting." Foreign secretaries of the United States, Soviet Russia and Britain have been meeting every day since Monday, putting in long hours, and numerous com mittees and subcommittees also have been busy drafting reports for action by the Big Three. I Both President Truman and Prime Minister Churchill were understood to be anxious to speed up deliberations. Confers With Land In the American compound, Truman conferred with Admiral Emory S. Land, chairman of the U. S. maritime commission here for discussions looking to the postwar utilization of America's merchant fleet. Lt. Gen. Lucius Clay, Gen. Eisenhower's deputy in Germany, had dinner with the president. Tomorrow Mr. Truman pre sumably w 111 attend church serviees-as usual. THe 'American delegation planned services- in its area. There was a possibility- the services would be con ducted by Col. L. Curtis Tier nan, chief of chaplains of U. S. forces in the European theater. An old friend with whom Mr. Truman served in the 129th field artillery in the last war. Col. Tiernan called on the presi dent last night and they talked for several hours. The president's party was en tertained again by Sgt. Eugene List, pianist, and Pvt. Stuart Canin, violinist, bqth of New York City. They had played the previous night for all the Big Three. E FOR LONG VACATION WASHINGTON, July 21 OP) With a lot of work behind it and some tough jobs ahead, the house cleared up legislative odds and ends today in a rush to start its longest vacation since 1938. At the end of today's session, house members the few still in Washington will begin an 11 wecks holiday that will last until October 8 unless an emergency arises to recall them sooner. They will leave Capitol Hill to the senators, who won't call it quits until sometime next month after ratification of the United Nations charter drafted at San Francisco. Then the sen ate, too, will fold up until Oc tober 8. Many Have Left Most house members left Washington last weekend, leav ing to a faithful handful tho job of completing legislative action on the Bretton Woods monetary (Continued on Page Four) Truman's Speech Arouses Demand For Continued Hold On Pacific Islands WASHINGTON, July 21 m President Truman's statement that the United States is not seeking "one piece of territory" prompted congressional de mands today that this country retain complete control of stra tegic Pacific islands. Senator George (D-Ga.), for eign relations committeeman, told a reporter ho thinks there arc areas taken from the Japa nese at a high cost in lives where United States control should not bo hampered even with tho tech nical restraints of a proposed international trusteeship system. -George's declaration was ech oed in part by some other sen ators. All expressed the opinion that Mr. Truman was not talk ing about the Pacific when he said at a' flag raising In Berlin: "There is not one piece of ter ritory or one thing of a mone tary nature that we want out of this war.". . Burned Area Now Totals 70 Square Miles PORTLAND, Ore., July 21 (P) A drliile of rain In northweat Oregon gave new hope today to the 2000 men fighting a losing battle against a 70-tquare-mile forest fire. In the timber town of Clenwood. partly evacuated Thursday night when fire licked 1000 feet away, rain was falling so heavily that smouldering embers were extinguished. Loggers and soldiers worked double time to trail the fire be fore a new hot spell comes. COVERS AREA Rain was drizzling over most of the burning area, which ex tendi from coastal mountains 20 miles from the Pacific to hills and lumber towns 50 miles northwest of here. But precipitation expected by the weather bureau to continue until Tuesday wai far too liqht to quench the blaze. On the eastern end of the fire, between the lumber towns of Glenwood and Timber, flames were advancing over Roundtop mountain. SCORCHES TRUCKS The blaze passed beyond the Wilson River highway so hot this week that fire-fighting trucks were scorched and the route was reopened to public traffic. Spot fires continued breaking out in the new sections, but ' were expected to be lessened by the rain. Fire fighters checked the blaze on one sector and started to mop their brows .only to find flaming embers blown in another' direction. The huge Wilson river blaze I scurried across 10,000 more acres in 48 hours to blacken more than 46,000 acres. To the north, the Salmonberry fire crackled in half a dozen new sections under a heavy layer of smoke. Near the Tillamook-Washington county line, spot fires from both blazes threatened to meet, and fire crews redoubled their efforts. Forestry officials shook their heads at a weather bureau forecast of light showers today and said the fire might be con trolled if it rained buckets. Workers at the lumber com munity of Gienwood, however, appeared a. little more hopeful, reporting spot fires extinguished promptly. A wind which changed its mind to one to two hour intervals kept soldier and civilian crews hard at work all day putting out blazes from falling embers, but the main wall of flame was temporarily checked about three miles from town. Few Remain Only a dozen families re mained in the hamlet and they were ready to pull out at a moment's notice. 'Refugees from the 'Glehwboa a're'a' were strung out all tne way to Forest Urove, living in cars, trailers, or tents set up in plowed fields. William Powell, medical tech nician for the National Hospi tal ' association, said casualties among firefighters were light considering the size of the blaze. Most of the weary men being' treated had burned or smoke-damaged eyes. Some had bal splinters from falls on logs hidden in the thick smoke. Meanwhile, what officials called the "biggest aerial attack ever made' on a single forest fire" was staged in eastern Ida ho, where a 100-acre lightning caused blaze burned steadily. The U. S. forest service and the army air force flew 92 missions to the Nez Perce national forest. Fifty-two army paratroopers from Pendleton, Ore., and 40 smoke jumpers from Missoula, Mont., were among fire fight ers. Soldiers Fight Five hundred soldiers from Fort Lewis, Wash., were rushed today to the 8000-acre forest fire in Oregon's Willamette val ley. The blaze, fought by about 500 loggers, was advancing about two miles from the city of Dallas' water intake; and for esters called in division leaders from Lakevicw to take charge of fire fighting. - Burning in both cutover land and green timber, the fire was reaching the head waters of Mill City creek and Rickreall creek. Two emrgency camps were being set up at Mill Creek and at Black Rock. With possible rain in forecast, foresters hoped they could com pletely circle the fire soon. Log gers from Spaulding Lumber company, Pope & Talbot Lum ber company, and Willamette Valley Lumber company have been on fire lines. Nobody argued with the pres ident's further contention that the United States is not fighting for conquest, although Senator Ellcndcr (D-La.) said he thought Mr. Truman was being "too lib eral." . ; "I think we must retain the islands we have conquered in the Pacific, as well as some bases we have built in other parts of the world," Ellonder said. "Moreover, I think that some of our allies should agree to make available to us some of the natural resources we have dissipated in the war, such as oil." . Senator Austin (R-Vt.) said he didn't think the president in tended to "cut across the bow" of army and navy policy which calls for retention of Pacific areas this country needs for fu ture defense purposes. Austin and George agreed U, S. SUBS SINK 11 JAP SHIPS; NAVY REVEALS WASHINGTON, July 21 m ', United States: submarines have sunk 11 more enemy vessels, in cluding four small combat ships,'. in f ar tastern waters, the navy announced today. The combatant shiDS Included two minesweepers and two pa-; trol escort vessels. Non-combatant craft claimed in the latest toll included a large cargo transport, a medium trans port, three small merchant ves sels, a small freighter, and a me dium freighter. . . The announcement raised to 1174 the total Japanese vessels of all types which have fallen! prey to United States , submar ines since the start of the war." The total included- 144 eombat-" ant ships sunk and 1030 non combatant vessels sunk. -. '. ' T Copies of the examiner's re port in the west coast airlines cases before the CAB were re-' ceived at the chamber of com merce today, and were studied in - connection with Klamath's plan to fight for through airline service. The examiner's recom-. mendations will be considered soon by CAB, along with excep tions ana protests. , In his report, the examiner turned down two through line , proposals for Klamath Falls;' These were the offers of West ern Airlines, which he recom mended be refused permission to establish a competing through . tine up tne coast. The other was United Airlines, which al- reaay nas a coast line out want ed to add Klamath Falls as an (Continued on Page Four) Lesh Arrested In Truck Wreck ; Oliver Lesh, driver of a truck belongng to the Klamath Heat ing company which ran wild Thursday morning causing con siderable damage, was arrested this morning on a warrant by . city police. Lesh was fined $5 for failure to have a chauffeur's license and $15 for operating a motor vehicle with inadequate brakes. He received some torn ligaments in his left foot when he leaped from the truck, leaving it to careen wildly down the street.. that some of the non-strateglo islands the Japanese held under mandate from the last war well may go under the trusteeship system proposed as a part of the United Nations peace-keeping organization. Under this system tho United States could specify In an agree ment with tho proposed trustee ship council the terms under which tho islands would be ad ministered, If it olcfctcd to put strategic areas under the trustee ship, it would agree with thf world security council on the terms. . But Senator Byrd (D-Va.) pointed out that American claims to such islands as Oki nawa first must be established at the peace conference ending the Pacific war. There tho vic tors will decide which of their number shall control individual areas. i
