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Ml mm wm m ! The War Today, By DowTtT MaoKENZIE ! Associated Pren War Analyst THAT wuh a blunt but logl cully phraxod warning Wusli In u tm i gavo Tokyo ut tlio week cnul through thu medium of Jiipiineiio-Hpeiiklng Captain IS. C. Ziicharliw, USN to surrender unconditionally or tnko the con aequencos and It should clear the atmosphere of nny idea that thu ul lit-K might weaken in their peace terms, AS u matter of fuet, this broadcast was In effect an ultimatum. It acquires spcciul force from the fact Unit tlio Bill Three are meeting in Potsdam, and that In all probability the iiuestlon of whether Russia will come Into the war against Japan Is being discussed possibly even has been settled. Apropos of this thought, one of the most strlkhiK passages in Captain Ziicharlu' broadcast was: "If Japan should Initiate the cessation of hostilities without further delay, it may bo as sumed that it will bo the United States which will enforce the formula and ensuro peace. Are the leaders of Japan really so sliort-slithted that they cannot nee the possible complications which they may havo to face If they fall to act, unci act prompt ly?'' V171IAT "possible compllcii w lions"? Well, there are quite a number but I dare say tlio first think that comes to most minds Is the contingency of Russia cntcrlnK the conflict. We needn't labor the point of what that might mean, Japan knows full well, and long has ihown sinus of anxiety about the disposition of her powerful neighbor. Thus far Tokyo hasn't made ttny direct answer to Captain Zuchurias, though an official pokeiman would seem to have had It in mind when he said in radio talk: "Tho Japuncse are reasonable peoplo who are amenable to fair ricumenl, but they also arc firm people who cannot bo In timidated." It that is an answer, it's aft one which Is calculated to turn away wrath. It clearly means that Nippon would like to discuss pcaco terms If shu got the chance. However, tho ver dict Is that she won't be per mitted any argument, It's un conditional surrender or a knockout by force, "THIS doosn't necessarily mean that tho allies won't give tome brooder statement of their Intentions towards the Japanese nation. Indeed, observers havo been watching the Dig Three conference closely for a possible pronouncement from at least President Truman and Prime Minister Churchill. One would rather expect that they might lake advantage of this favor ihlo moment with Gcnoralls ilmo Stalin on the ground to jive Tokyo tho final word. Kvcn if Stalin remained silent, his presence at Potsdam would tend tho declaration vast weight. Weyerhaeuser Workers Vote Weyerhaeuser Timber com pany plant employes will vote Tuesday on bargaining agent at I NLRB election. Tho election was petitioned tor by the AFL, challenging the -IO-IWA which had tho bargain ing agency up to this time. Polling will be from 11 a. m. to 1 p. m. and from 3:30 to 7:30 J. m. On Ihe ballot will be the (WA, AFL and "no union." Claude Calkins, NLHB field ox imlner, Is hero to conduct the lection. BASEBALL AMERICAN LEAGUE H. H. E. Chicago 17 0 Now York 0 7 1 Dietrich and Trosh; and Drcschcr. Zuber NATIONAL LEAGUE R. H. K. Boston 5 10 3 Pittsburgh fl 17 4 Hutching, Hondrlckson (6), Logan (0), find Masl; Sowoll, Beck (5), Strincevich (0). and 'Balkold. Shrine-Sponsored Salvage Drive Slated For Sunday, July 29; State-Wide Call Klamath Falls citizens arc irgcd to gather up old news apers, magazines, wasto paper ind tin cans for tho salvage Irlvo sponsored by tho Klamath 'nils Shrlno club which will take ilnco this coming Sunday, July 10. Tho drive is part of -a state irldo appeal for wnslo paper and In cans with all proceeds to go o the Shrlno Crippled children's lospltol In Portland. Tho Mys Ic ordor of tho Shrlno Is ban ning tho drive. Mayor Ed Oslondorf has is tied a proclamation urgently PRICE FIVE CENTS Oregon F BUTTLES BLAZE Rain Clears Smoke In Burned Area; Val ley Has Blaze PORTLAND, Ore., July 23 7P Desplto rains and rising humid ity, Oregon's forest fires gained against armies of fighters dur ing the night. Tho huga Tillamook blazo In northwestern Oregon roared through soaking rains to cover four more miles with spot fires thut threatened to consolidate into the main conflagration. The burned area now covers approxi mately 140 square miles neurly 110,000 acres. More than 2000 fighters, Including soldiers, sail ors and civilians, were fighting it. Meanwhile, In eastern Ore gon, tho 300-acro Little Mlnam river flro defied the efforts of 150 fighters to check it. New Outbreak A new outbreak wos reported in the vicinity of tho Tillamook blaze. It was burning north of the Nehalcm river, but early re ports failed to indicate its size. Rain Saturday ond yesterday slowed progress of tho fire, and permitted fighters to start tlieir first ma lor offensive. Tho broak- through camo In an Inaccessible area, roadless and mountainous. Fighters must hike half a day over pack trails. "Tough as Ever" Smoke has cleared and scouts last night cruised tho area for the first close inspection of mony areas on tho blazing perimeter where moro than 1500 soldiers and sailors worked with 500 log gers. "This fire lj as tough as ever, (Continued on Page Three) Vinson Takes Oath As Treasury Head WASHINGTON, July 23 (') Fred M, Vinson, 55-year-old Kcntuckiun, becumo secretary of the treasury today, taking tho oath of office with , tho best wishes of his predecessor, Henry Morgcnthau Jr. Vinson was given the oath by Chief Justice Lawrence Groner of the District of Columbia court of appeals, in tho house ways and means committee room where ho once helped shape tax policies. 1 Rent Violations Net $195 In Area Rent control compllanco ac tions against landlords in this area for the period ending Juno 30, amounted to $105, according to Marvin D. Hlxon, area rent representative; for lho Klamath Falls defense-rental area. Land lords are romlndod that rents cannot bo Increased without first applying for and being granted a rent increase by tho rent direc tor. It is a violation for n tenant to pay and for a landlord to de mand or recelvo moro than tho legal maximum rent for a dwell ing, and to do so subjects the landlord to treble damage ac tion and penalties of rent regula tions, Hixon pointed out, Any questions pertaining to maximum rents, evictions, and rent control should bo referred to tho area rent office, 430 Main, phono 0B17, asking that all Klamath Falls pooplo cooperate with tho local committee, headed by ' Walt Wlcscndanger, and help make this a successful campaign, Money from tho. project will help to furnish further free medical ond surgical service to crippled children, many from Klamath county having been able to tako advantago of this treatment. Moro details about tho drive Sunday will bo announced this week, . It will be two years .before sufficient tin will be available oct no AT TILLAIOK .V fires Roar On Many Small Fires Keep Crews Busy Several small forest and brush fires .kept flro crews in the southern Oregon area busy over tlio weekend, according to re ports from national forest of fices and rangers. Conditions in the woods areas arc still danger ous after thu recent spell of warm, dry weather with little or no moisture. Yocum Fire On Saturday afternoon, a dan gerous fire in Yocum valley country near the Oregon-California stato lino was quickly squelched by a fast-working crew of 80 men, This fire, starting from a smouldering lightning blaze, spread over 00 acres in the Mo doc nationul forest south of the line, and a spot fire started on the Fremont forest In Oregon. A Modoc crew was mopping it up today. On Sunday, a flro of undeter mined origin broko out in the Crooked creek area about 15 miles north of Lakoview. For est crews and ranchers bore down on It immediately and con fined it to three acres. Cause of this fire is under investiga tion. Fire, Controlled A small fire north of Dairy, believed to have been started by cureless campers was put under control over the weekend. In other areas In the county, however, conditions were good with no fires being reported to the tuamatn f orest Protective association or in the Modoc Lava Beds country. AFL TO END STRIKE PORTLAND, July 23 (P) The west coast lumber commission ordered AFL union leaders today to enci inc striKe al the spring, field Plywood plant and to re. sumo production immediately, or to show cause why at a hearing ncre tomorrow morning. The order, contained in a tele. gram signed by John D. Galoy, cnairman, follows: "Tho west coast lumber com. mission of the national war labor board Is informed that members of local 2787. Lumber & Saw. mill Workers, AFL, arc on strike at tne plant of Springfield Ply. wood corporation, Springfield, Oregon, despite the commission's telegram of July 19 directing the continuance of production of plywood which is a vitally need ed war material. Therefore, pursuant to the powers vested in It the commission directs that this strike be terminated and pro- auction resumed. unless tho comm ss on is In formed before 9 o clock a. m., (Continued on Page Three) Moscow Knocks Naii Treatment LONDON, July 23 (VP) Tho Moscow radio said today that Reichsmarshal Hermann Goer ing, Grand Admiral Karl Doen itz and; Foroion Minister Joachim vSn Ribbcnlrop wore "resting In luxury in a Luxem bourg palace," where they were "growing even fatter and more insolent.' Tho broodcast referred to tho hotel at Mondorf, Luxembourg, where 52 leading nazls are held by tlio U, S. army. "This animal preserve for Hitler's breed," said the com mentator, "is situated in pic turcsauo environs far 'from In quisitive eyes." for tho use of the army or navy and the United States is now fighting to obtain the sources from which to mine tho mate rial. At present all sources of tin, excepting a small amount In South America, are in tho hands of tho Japanese and huge quan tities are needed for the manu facture of war materials. Paper Is also becoming more and more scarce and all citizens are reminded by tho salvage committee to save all this mate rial not only during July, but until sufficient supplies are ob tamable or the sources aro rc established, Telephone Mil KLAMATH FALLS, OREGON, its. S AT BIG 3 MEET By ERNEST B. VACCARO POTSDAM, July 23 (I') Sources close to president Tru man said tonight he and Premier Stalin had established a most cordial relationship productive to unexpected Russian conces sions. Mr, Truman was said to have won important United States aims at the Big Three confer ence, which held its seventh ses sion today. The president was described as in a happy frame of mind over concessions won to dale, all of which he wants to disclose to congress as soon as he returns to the United States. Men close to the president said he ond Stalin had become close ly attached to each other and had reached a stage of under standing considered impossible before the meetings opened last Tuesday. Driving Ahead A spokesman for the Ameri can delegation said the Big Three were "driving ahead" in their secret deliberations. Many competent observers ex pressed conviction that a broad cast U, S. surrender ultimatum to Japan held a thinly veiled warning that soviet participa tion in the Pacific war, at least to some extent, was imminent. It was known here that the Saturday night short-wavo broadcast from Washington was authorized by President Truman ond was cleared in Potsdam at the little White House. Signifi cance was ollached to the warn ing to Japanese, leaders that they would not be able to- dealJ wim tne unnca sunos alone un less they surrendered promptly. Position Clear ".r President Truman's position now wos squarely before tho Pa- cmc enemy as tne JJig Three conference entered its second week.. Victory over Japan is the presidents prime objective in this conference. Japan has been told that she must suffer the re sponsibility for any further hos tilities when the time comes for postwar settlements. Meanwhile, as the president met daily with Prime Minister Churchill and Premier Stalin, unofficial reports emanating from the conference area indi cated that satisfactory progress was being made toward settle ment of many issues such as the feeding of Germany, reparations, boundaries and other problems. The Big Three held a Sunday session yesterday, their sixth meeting since the opening of the conference, and it was devoted to work on problems of peace, the American delegation an nounced. OP A To Cut Points for August Meats WASHINGTON, July 23, (!) A slight but "fairly general" reduction In ration point values for beef, lamb and mutton will bo ordered this week for the August ration period starting July 29. This was learned today, al though OPA withheld any of ficial announcement beyond acknowledging that "point re duction would appear logical" if meat supplies are showing im provement. Pork points will not be re duced, because hog marketing has been slow. The reductions will amount to only one or two points a pound on beef, it was learned, end will cover steaks, ronsts and other fircforrcd cuts as well as the ess popular ones. For lamb and mutton the lowering of point values will be about the same, perhaps a truio greater. Adams Sentenced To Three Years Marvin Henry Adams, 17, was sentenced to three years in the Oregon state penitentiary this morning by Circuit Court Judge David R. Vandcnberg for bur glary not In a dwelling. Adams pleaded guilty to the charge in connection with a theft at tho Klamath county agricul tural experiment station on May 25, A microscope valued at $150 and a full chemistry set wore stolen among other things and were burned at tho city dump, Adams was on three-year pro bation for a burglary of the Mer rill Billiards at tho time of his arrest for tho moro recent crime. He also served 19 months In an Idaho reformatory for at tempted murder. MONDAY, JULY 23, 1945 Attend W'-r H t-JLl r mm. i S"J. -r mkhra,. ',, . ,. i .1 . t I . i i rMit I In iiii III Iiiii i i II i iiiii i liii iiJI 4tuax.' tj-ift. MJ,-M,i:iaif-mim, iii-m Shown above are three marine corps dignitaries who appeared at the launching of the SS Malls of Montezuma at Kaiser's Swan Island shipyards in Portland Saturday. A group of men from the Klamath Falls Marine Barracks, including the band, went north for the launching. Above are Col. George O. Van Orden, ex-commanding officer of the Klamath Falls Marine Barracks; Maj. Gen. Julian C. Smith, commanding general of the department of the Pacific and Gen. A. A. Vandergrift'i personal representative; Col. Gilder D. Jackson Jr., commanding officer of the Marine Barracks at Bremerton, Wash. General Smith was in Klamath Falls Sunday night and Monday morning on his way to San Francisco from Portland. (Official Marine Corps Photo). Catcalls Fill French Court As Petain Pleads He Collaborated With Germany To "Prepare The Road To Liberation" By LOUIS NEVIN PARIS, July 23 (P -Disorder broke out today in a courtroom where Marshal Petain was mak ing a pica before a special court trying him for his life. French police cleared the court and made arrests among the specta tors. The old marshal, proudly wearing the medals France had given him, made what he said would be his lone statement of defense to capital charges of in telligence with the enemy and plotting against the security of France, both before and after he became chief of state of the Vichy regime. "While Gen. De Gaulle con tinued the struggle abroad, I prepared the road to liberation," he argued. The courtroom disturbance resulted' from an altercation be tween Prosecutor Andre Mornet and defense attorneys.. "There are too many Ger mans in this room," Mornet shouted. Catcalls, protests and cries of "justice" rang from all sides of the crowded room especially from the benches where lawyers were seated. Jacques Isorny, defense coun sel, demanded a formal apology and Mornet retorted: . "I said there are too many people here serving the German cause. I didn't say they were Germans, but I consider them as the same thing." Nip Losses Grow As Aussies Plunge MANILA, Sunday, July 22 (P) Enemy dead counted in all Borneo operations now total 4306, with 441 captured, Gen. Douglas MacArthur announced today as Australian troops con tinued mopping-up operations in recently - captured territory around the Sambodja oil fields. Allied casualties principally Australian for the Borneo op erations which include Tarakan and tho Brunct Bay sector as well as the southeast Borneo area of Balikpapan, now total 386 killed, 12 missing and 1351 wounded, MacArthur's com munique said. The ratio of Jap anese dead to allied dead thus was moro than 11 to 1. Poisoned Liquor Kills 18B Yanks PARIS, July 23 (ff) Methyl alcohol poisoning in bootleg liquor killed 188 American sold iers in France and Germany from Feb. 1 to July 10, the army chief surgeon's office said today. Troops were warned to be careful of their liquor sources Tho number of deaths, the statement said, was higher for that period than the number of deaths from communicable dis eases for all American troops on the continent. l!ll!!lll'!l!ll!ll!!lllll!!ll!l!l!ll!l!l!l!ll!!l!!!!l!l'llll!mi (July 23) Max. (July 22) ...81 Min 52 Precipitation last 24 hours 00 Stream year to data 13.28 Normal 12.09 Last year 10.42 Foracasti Clear Tuesday. Halls of Montezuma Launching Again the courtroom erupted with shouts and spectators rose. The court then ordered the hearing suspended and police started making arrests. The public which had attend ed the opening of the trial on invitations of the ministry of justice was ordered to clear the gallery. The spectators protest ed furiously, waving invitation cards under noses of the gen darmes while newspapermen, witnesses and court attendants climbed on chairs and tables to watch the scuffling. Lawyers ordered ejected bat tled with police to re-enter the courtroom, contending .they were immune to arrest under French law. When. the. disturbances start- WASHINGTON, July 23 (JP) Senator Connally (D-Tex.) called on the senate today to ratify the United Nations charter "by a vote that will be heard around the world." Opening debate on the 50 nations agreement signed June 26 at San Francisco, the chair man of the foreign relations committee won applause from spectators banked in the gal leries when he urged the senate to show "the same courage to ward the obligations of peace as we have in war." Despite what he termed ample evidence that the senate will ratify the charter overwhelm ingly, Connally said many rep resentatives of other nations still are doubtful of the out come. "They know that tho League of Nations was slaughtered here in this chamber," he shouted, pulling off his glasses and wav ing them in the air. ' "Can't you see the blood there it is on the wall," Con nally continued, pointing at the rear wall of the chamber. Declaring that senate ratifi cation would give other nations a "tremendous impulse," Con nally said the senate also ought to have tho courage to offer its full cooperation in the proposed new league. "There are some who say we can't send soldiers to back up, the peace that we mustn't have a vote on anything until it is checked back to congress," he declared,- "Can't we show tho same sort of courage toward the obliga tions of peace as we have those of war?" Senator Vandenberg (R-Mlch.) who served with Connally as a delegate in the drafting of the charter, told the senate "This is man's best hope for a safer and happier world." "It, is my profound belief," Vandcnberg said, "that hero is an adventure that can servo the hoarts and hopes of mankind," Number 10573 ed, Pelain himself was hustled from the, courtroom by guards. His chair and table were over turned. Just before the incident start ed, he had called upon those condemning him to ask them selves whether "they did as much" for France, "In the most tragic days of the history of France, she called on me," the marshal said,. "I was heir to an unprecedented catastrophe." He contended he had only carried out the advice of his military leaders when he asked Germany for an armistice. He said that after he became chief of state he used his pow ers "which were recognized throughout the world, from the Holy sea to Russia, as a shield and buckler t o protect the French people." "I have sacrificed my pres tige for them," he pleaded. "If I have treated with the enemy, it was to spare you. Faced with the enemy's demands, I sur rendered nothing essential al though we had daggers at our throats. I assumed our prisoners of war of aid." , i The three judges clad in ermine robes waited in their chambers for exactly 25 min utes before the courtroom tur moil was brought under control. When they filed back to the bench, most of the lawyers who attended the trial as spectators (Continued on Page Three) Yanks Nab 80,000 Nazis In Week-End Raid On Germany By JAMES F. KING - FRANKFORT ON THE MAIN, July 23 () Half a million American troops arrested up wards of 80,000 persons and searched every single house in the American occupation zone of Germany over the weekend, it was disclosed today. It was perhaps the greatest mass raid in history. The Americans were seeking weapons, ammunition and loot. Many of those taken into cus tody were members of the S. S., hunted as war criminals. The 16,000,000 Germans in the American zone were caught by surprise and were bewil dered and scared, but offered not the slightest opposition. Brig. Gen. Edwin L. Slbert of Vineyard Haven, Mass., head of the. G-2 division of U. S. forces in the European theater, lifted censorship on the raid to day. He said that although orders for the raid were issued three weeks ago, perfect secur ity was maintained and not a word leaked out. Only two Germans tried to escape the search, he said, and at least one was shot to death. Slbert said a , considerable number of guns, ammunition and loot such as American uni forms, K -rations, gasoline and U.S. WARSHIPS Halsey Smacks Bonin Island Port In : -: "., Daylight Blow By LEONARD MILLIMAN ' Associated Press War Editor A fast force of U. S. destroy ers knifed into Tokyo bay to- .day, knocking off a four-ship convoy to top on a six-oay score of 118 Japanese vessels and 112 planes reported destroyed. Another destroyer force o Adm. William F. Halsey's third fleet this morning bombarded Chichi Jima in the Bonin islands, 550 miles south of Tokyo, and Japanese broadcasts reported ,a third American naval force shelled Paramushiro on the northern road to Japan yester day. The bombardments marked the return to action of the third fleet which has highlighted 14 terrifying days for Japan. Dur ing this two-week period 791 surface craft and 596 planes in the mikado's sea and air forces were destroyed or damaged. Superforts Pound Much cf the total was ac counted for by air forces which today sent nearly 100 Super forts pounding at one of the few remaining synthetic oil refiner ies and more than 100 Mustang fighters from Iwo Jima pouring rockets, bombs and machinegun bullets into Osaka air fields, The toll ranged from the 32,720-ton battleship Nagato to junks and PT boats. The super structure was knocked off the Nagato,- one of the emperor's two remaining battleships, last Wednesday when 500 carrier planes nosed down on Yokosuka naval base and camouflaged warships lying offshore in Tok yo bay. " ' Allied Attack This was part of a combined 1500 plane American and Brit ish carrier attack. The allies swept over 90 miles of tho Tokyo area, destroying or dam agifig" ""suWiJoc- craft, Ttt9 planes, six locomotives and all types of ground installations. Twenty-two American : airmen, 12 U. S. and two British planes were lost. The balance of the six-day toll was taken from Tokyo bay, down the China coast to Borneo. -Closest Approach Japanese broadcasts said eight destroyers comprised the naval force which slipped into the en trance of Tokyo bay today. Thejr conceded that one transport was damaged in the convoy. This was the closest American naval approach to the enemy capitaljii carrying the destroyers perhajJS five miles beyond the naval, (Continued on Page Three) Juveniles Held In Check Forgery . Two juvenile girls, one 12 years old and the other 13, were picked up early Saturday eve ning by juvenile officers for"' forging a 10 check on Lloyd.,, Lamb, Klamath alls theatre manager. Both girls are from - Klamath Falls. Upon questioning by juvenile, authorities, the girls admitted, the forgery and are being held in juvenile custody. They said ; that they spent the money for tickets to the wrestling matches and theatre tickets. The check i was cashed at the Lincoln Street grocery. . ; ' The younger girl has a previ ous record here. . , vehicles were uncovered, but that there was no sign of an organized German underground. A lot of S. S. men many posing as discharged Wehrmacht prisoners of war were rounded up, he said. Details as to the , exact number and identification, of any leaders among them were not immediately revealed, . The general said somo of the persons arrested were in Ameri can uniforms. These declared that they had no other clothing, Most of those taken Into cus tody, however, were booked foif irregularities in identification, papers, he said. ; With "tallyho" as a cods, word, the American soldier struck at daylight Saturday. They stopped every vehicle, iw eluding U. S. army Jeeps, check ed the papers of civilians and soldiers and swept through every German house from cel lar to nttlc. . ' "It upset the civilian popula tion quite a bit, which is good," Sibert said, explaining thut tha Germans had been given a week: of grace ending July 20 in which to turn over all weapon, ammunition, radio transmitter and- other forbidden article without fear of punishment. Those caught with forbidden articles face trials in which th death sentence can be applied,.
