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BLOW DEALT
fJAPAN'SNAVY
(Continued from Pago OneK
from the ships of what once was
'the 'third mightiest fleet in the
world.
Weary Japanese anti-aircraft
gunners, who had opened up
wnon tne nrst planes heaved in
to view in the raids earlier in
the week, held their fire today
until the planes began whining
down on tne warships,
Despite the accuracy of the
liaK, tne anacKers pressed home
the .attack, bent on carrying out
Ha&ey's orders to erase the
enemy's fleet as a factor to be
counted upon when invasion
comes.
Waves of Planet
The Japanese said the planes
came over in waves ot from su
to 800, beginning at 5:40 a. m
Japanese time, and that the at
tacks still were in progress at
noon.
The enemy declared the raid
ers not only struck the Inland
sea and Kure, but fanned out
over the southern island of Ski
koHu. battering at air fields.
factories and shipping reports
trap the fleet said east-central
Honshu's air bases also were
unqer attack.
Supplementing these hammer
blows, the Japanese said 250
Mustangs from Iwo Jima blasted
air 'fields in the area of Tokyo
and, up to 30 Superforts laid
thejr mines along the inland sea
and off the west coast of the
main island of Honshu.
The fleet of the empire of Ja
pan, once the third most power
ful tin all the world, became a
fugitive naval force of small
warships, cargo ships, luggers
and sampans trying to escape
the' allied wrath.
livery one of the 10 battle
ships which Japan had at the
time she launched the war In
the' Pacific at Ptarl Harbor ei
ther had been sent to the bottom
or Jvas laid up for repairs tem
porarily after the havoc wrought
Dy (Admiral riaisey s third fleet,
J 238 Damaged
Ih attacks Tuesday and Wed
nesday,- Halsey's pilots sank or
darfjaged 238 Japanese ships or
smill-craft and destroyed or
damaged zau enemy planes, Nlm
itz' communique today reported.
Twenty - six warships were
among damaged vessels, includ
ing six aircratt carriers, three
battleships and four cruisers.
In the 19 consecutive days in
which Halsey's great fleet has
prowled .virtually unmolested
near Japan, shfps gunsj carrier
planes and naval land-based Bir
open 12:30 Cont, Sat.-cun.
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craft have sunk or damaged 706
enemy ships or small craft, de
stroyed or damaged mi planes.
The battleship Harunq, an Iso
class battleship and two car
riers only slightly damaged in
the previous blows were "due
for a new pasting today," re
ported O'Malley, as he watched
from a flagship the takeoff of
tne fleet's planes.
1 Flwn fhA .Tnnnnnsn rfldlo con
ceded that remaining units of
the imperial fleet were Help
less. In a broadcast pointing
out that the allied naval mom
stay now is air power, with
ouiintc aiiia ill nil mm.-.. -v
role, it added:
"Thus, without full conlrol
of the air, activities of wtocft
rnft llnvo hnvnw inlDOSSlble.
And Japan clearly did not
have even local control oi me
air. Onlv 13 Japanese planes
were shot down on Tuesday and
21 on Wednesday, while 258
were destroyed or damaged
while parked on me ground,
Nine of the enemy- planes
were shot down as they ap
Droached the allied fleet, but
Nimltz said "no uiiucks were
carried out against our shins."
Allied losses for the two davs
orinciDally the toll of heavv
antiaircraft fire totalled 42
American planes and 40 air
men, and 10 British planes and
12 airmen.
Revised reports of damaee in
flicted on Janan in the two
davs of vicious aerial assaults:
Warships: 26 ships totalling
more than 258.000 tons, dam-
aeed. Listed as "seriously dam-
aged" were one 15E class bat
tleslup, . the aircraft carrier
Amaei. another unidentified
carrier, the heavy cruiser Aoba,
tne ngnt cruisers Oyodo and
iuma, tne gunboat Settsu, and
two destroyers.
Merchant ships: 72 vessels
totalling more than 15,000 tons
sunk. Four small vessels prob-
aoiy sunk; and 136, totalling
more tnan eu.ouu tons, dam
aged. Ground installations:
"Punishing" damage inflicted
on wide land areas, principally
radio stations and buildings. In
cluded were 18 locomotives de
stroyed and five damaged: four
electric trains damaged; round-
nouses at Hamamatsu damaged:
four radio stations and 20 air
craft hangars hit; and the cop
per smelter at Saganoseki crip-
pied.
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in the election campaign, and
this passed unanimously.
Attlee addressed,, .the meeting,
which -was ;held;-lii-private.
The new government leaders
were sworn in after several
members of Winston Chur
chill's government saw the king
and relinquished their seals of
office.
Attlee's selection of the six
labor party stalwarts as the
nucleus of his cabinet was hailed
by the British labor press as con
stituting a "new deal" in Brit
ish government.
Chief among the new cabinet
members is blunt-talking Ernest
Bevin, 64. bespectacled, 250
pound trade union leader who
succeeds Anthony Eden, Bevin,
who said shortly before his ap
pointment that he thought
"blunt Lancashire" better than
"polished diplomatic phrases"
In present international rela
tions, will accompany Attlee to
Potsdam,
Attlee himself took the posts
of minister of defense and first
lord of the treasury, which were
also held by. Churchill,
Other cabinet selections were:
Hugh Dalton, chancellor of the
exchequer; Arthur Greenwood,
lord privy seal; Sir Stafford
uripps. president of the board of
trade; Sir William Allen Jowitt,
lord chancellor. 1
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ed at a desk only a few feet
from where the plane struck
and was blown seven s tories
down.
Dearlng, first Identified as a
reporter for the Buffalo Courier-Express,
was a publicity man
for the conference.
Eleven floors of the building
aoova and below the 86th floor
of the towering structure were
in flames and the spire of the
building soon was enveloped in
a vast smoky, foggy screen.
Flaming gasoline and fumes
poured into the building through
a huge scar on the Gerth street
side and a soldier wiio saw it
said "it looked like a flame
thrower In action."
Showers of broken glass, ma
sonry and other objects flew in
to the air from Fifth avenue as
far south as 29th street.
Another Building Afir
When the fog lifted briefly
about forty-five minutes after
the crash the bomber could be
seen still wedged amid the
flames.
A naval officer on the 80th
floor of the structure located at
34th street and Fifth avenue,
said he believed part of the
plane sheared off when it struck,
passing completely around the
tower and landing on the south
side, A building on 33rd street
was set afire and parts of the
plane were found there,
Fire Commissioner Patrick
Walsh said four tenants were
killed on the 79th floor and one
on the 78th floor. The commis
sioner said two elevators crash
ed from the 80th floor to the
basement at the time of the ac
cident. He added that from one
of them two persons were taken
out, a man and a woman. He
said he believed one person still
was trapped in the other lift.
There was no indication of the
number of Dersons in the bomb.
er, aitnougn an army pilot who
saw it said it was a B-25 "Billv
Mitchell," which ordinarily
would nave a crew of three.
Building Sways
The naval officer, who de.
clined tq give his name, said the
building "swayed as though it
was struck by a typhoon." A
man who was on the 70th floor.
describing the crash said:
lhe building moved about
two feet. Bits of it beean to fall.
Elevators were stopped. Crowds
oi tnose in tne offices were ush
ered to stairways and enmn Hnri i
to be assisted down the stairs."
Meantime, thousands of Der
sons gathered in Fifth avenue,
out ponce stopped traitic at 3tftn
street
The bomber oassed over I. a.
Guardia field shortly before the
crasn and tne mlot radioed a re
quest lor weather condlt ons.
stating he wanted to land at
Newark, N. J. The plane was
en route from Massachusetts, it
was reported at Lauuardia air
port. D. K. DeNeuf. nf Huntlnfftnn
N. Y., who saw the crash, said
me DomDer semeo to nave only
one engine in operation lust be
fore it hit.
Mayor LaGuardia arrived at
the building shortly after the
crash, shook his head and said:
"Low flying, low flying."
Like an Oven
Father Swanstrom. of the Na-
tlonal Catholic Welfare council,
said the Diane struck at the 70th
floor of the council's windows.
I saw four bodies burned to
a crisp," he said. "There were
20 persons in the office. Many
of them got out, I don't know
how many."
When Mayor LaGuardia came
down from the upper floors he
said:
"It was like an oven. I was
on the 77th, 78th and 79th
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floors, Thero was a hole in the
north wall of the 78th floor
There was u propeller blade 40
icut m tne yusii in the wan
There wore lour bodies thero.'
The mayor said that the
flumes which encircled the
crash were brought under con
trol within 40 minutes.
The control tower at LaGirnr
din field disclosed that the pilot
mid ueen warned, only u tew
minutes before the crush, that
the Empire Slnto tower could
not be seen and that ho should
fly according to regulations
over the city. The airways traf
fic control, a federal agency
which controls air traffic, said
that 1500 to 2000 feet was the
minimnum called for In thu reg
ulations. The bomber demolished the
78th floor, which whs vacant.
Bricks and glass were piled
about, walls were rlppca oiu una
u propeller blade was embedded
in one of the walls. Employes
of the 7'Jlh floor said that floor
also was wrecked.
On the first floor of the build
ing ot tho tier of elevators serv
ing the 66th and lOUnd floors
there was a twisted und smashed
elevator, apparently, one of the
two Fire Commissioner Walsh
said had fallen from the 80th
floor. ,
Bluing Initrno
Burning gasoline poured into
elevator smuts and elevator
service immediately was halted
above the bsnii floor.
The 7Uth floor, where most of
the fire apparently was centered,
was a blazing inferno. Metal
elevator doors were torn out of
place and parts of the plane.
which broke through elevator
doors, fell into the shafts of the
two groups of elevators. These
elevators were filled with gaso
line, flames, smoke and water,
Police said a number of offices
on the 79th floor were un
occupied, as many employes
there nad Saturdays olf. Hun
dreds of others, however, were
led down stairways to the 68th
street floor, to which point ele
vators were running,
The first two injuries report
ed were tnose of rwuy unver,
an elevator operator, and John
Mate. They were on the 79th
floor and were reported badly
burned.
Frank A. Sieverman, 3d, who
saw the accident from the win
dow of his office at 40 East
34th street, said smoke was com
ing from the plane just before
it struck the building,
"The plane crashed near the
top floors of the building with
a stunning roar and Immediately
exploded, Sieverman said.
"Parts of it fell burning on an
offset.
"The plane was obviously out
of control and flying extremely
low. As It neared the building,
the pilot seemed to try and veer
away, but it struck sauarelv. I
could not tell the type of plane
and did not see any of the oc
cupants." Down FUth Avtnu
Stan Lomax, sports announcer
Ior raal station wun, saw tno
crash when his automobile stop
ped for a traffic light at 37th
street and Fifth avenue.
He said the plane flew
straight Hnwn .Fifth nvpntip nnrf
I into the building, striking four
or five stories below the ob
servation tower.
"There was the damndest ball
of fire you ever saw," Lomax
said. . "It was a tremendous
burst of flame. A wing of the
plane shot off to the left toward
Madison avenue. The remainder
of the plane stuck right in the
DuildinK.
'Almost two floors of the en-
.tire width of the building burst
into flame. It was an inferno."
William Utley of Pleasant-
ville, N. Y., a vice president of
Carl Byoir and Associates, a
public relations firm at 10 East
40th street, gave this account
of the crash:
"The plane went past my win
dow at eye level, or just a little
abqve it. This office is on the
38th floor, The engine was ap
parently going and It looked
like the pilot was trying to gain
altitude.
A writer In the firm, Miss
Nanette Morrison, of 120 East
jHtn street, said:
'My windows face west and
H last NITE!
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louth and to tho south I have
a direct view of the Empire
State building, I heard tho Plana
heading south over FifUi avenue
and I could tell by tho uneven
sound of the engine and the tip
ping ot thu plane thut tho pilot
was In trouble. That was when
the pluno flew past my west-fue-lng
window.
"When I looked south toward
the Empire State building the
piano had climbed a little. The
pilot was trying to gain altitude
und was tipping as though try
ing to bunk.
"Thero was a terrific explo
sion when the plana hit. It look
ed as though the flash and
flames from tho explosion spread
over four floors."
(Continued From Page One)
Two men already have been
executed for his murder. Man
del had defied Marshal Petaln
and refused to a a roe to the
armistice with tho Germans.
Mandel had told his captors,
"I will show you a Frenchman
who knows how to die."
Accuses Marshal
Clemenccau directly accused
Petaln of handing over Mandel
and former Premier Paul Rey
naud to the Germans after long
confinement In which the two
were guarded by 80 Vichy gen
darmes. A juror rose in court
and asked Petaln why Mandel
was delivered to the nuzls.
"I have no intention of
answering a question I cannot
understand," tho 80-year-old
marshal declared.
Paul Monglbeaux, president
of the court, remarked that the
Juror's question was "not diffi
cult to understand." Petaln,
however, was not required to
answer.
Clemenccau said he had an
argument with Petaln in 1942,
in which he criticized Petaln
for having advocated an armis
tice with the Germans in 1940,
and for having refused to move
to North Africa. He said he told
Petain then that Gen. Maximo
Weygand had "recalled the last
two army corps from Africa,
not to fight in France, but to
enable you to say thore is noth
ing in Africa with which we
can continue the war."
Dtmands Justice
. Turning to face Petain In the
court, Clemenccau finished his
tostlmony with another refer
ence to Mandel and Iicymiud,
saying:
"France demands justice from
a marshal of France for the
mockery of justice shown these
two men."
Ceilings Lifted
On Fishing Gear
WASHINGTON, July 28 (PI
The OPA announced today that
all fishing tackle except rods,
reels and non-metallic lines and
nets will be removed from price
control, effective August 2.
Among items from which price
ceilings will be lifted are hooks,
stringers, scalers, floats, swivels
and sinkers. Sales of such arti
cles affect the cost of living only
slightly, OPA explained.
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TO BE FILM LOCALE
Southern Oregon locale will
bo used In tho filming of th
Ernest Hayeox nuvel, "Ciiiiymi
Passage," which appeared In tho
Saturday Evening Post, llaycox
Is a noted Oregon writer.
Henry Spitz and V. O, Callings
of Universal pictures wore In
Klamath Falls today In connec
tion with advance iiiTutiKumcnts
for tho filming of thu picture,
The novel tells n story of
early Oregon. The Universal
men said that the area. around
Diamond lake muy bo used ex
tensively. The featured mule stars of tha
picture will bo Dana Andrews
and Brian Donlevy, the female
star yet to be selected. Andy Do
vino and Nigel Ururo will ulsu
bo in tho cast. Walter Wanger
Is producer of the picture.
Spitz und Collliius were hero
to look for suitable locutions,
equipment, and local peoplu
who will work us ntmosphero In
the picture. They went to Klam
ath Agency to discuss tho possi
bility of using Klamath Indians
In the $2,000,000 film,
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Secretory fefces
Pays Back Taxes
CHICAGO, 111., July 88 fit
The Cook co'unly ti, "J
flco said today an ' J"'"!!!
old L. lckcs, , secretary of Ute
interior, yesterday rescued j h he
flve-stoi v downtown oifieo build
Inn from u tax foreclosure sale
l,v im.illng a cashier's check
for d.'lliHiiu-nl luxes.
I'hi. check, represent iig thu
dollmiueut balance of UI4.1 taxes
on thu slructuic, amounted to
S4274 The payment automati
cally halted a foreclosure si.le
mdeied by Stale's Attorney Wil
liam J, Touhy for Monday.
City Hall To Get
Annual Paint Jot
Plans are underway now for
(he routine annual painting anil
cleanup "f Hie council ehiimticrii
anil corridors at the city hall,
Judge Harold T, Fruney an
nounced. , , , , , ,,
Anvone Inlerosled In bidding
for tiie work muy contact the
Judge ut tho city hall,
Thu bid of C. A, Dunn has
been accepted for paving the
2301) block on Orchard way, und
work has begun. Paving on the
2100 and 2200 block on Or
clinrd wny Is being considered.
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IN AIRLINE FIGHT
Nam ire still ben form
luted at tho KlamuUi CnUnly
chamber of commerce to WUr,
aliilne service through Klimith
Fulls. Jack Mayne, manngor 0(
thn Lukevlow chamber of com.
mnrce, lius been conferring W(w
Charles Slink, local chamber
head, and Muyua Indicated that
Lukovlew In Inloreiiled 1 C(J.
operating with Klumulh FnlUj is
us to necuro the service.
Tim United, the Western, and
the Nevudu-Paclflc alrllni-n, (c.
cording to Stark, aie gulag 0
put up it fight for iieriiilMluii t0
run line through Kluiiiutli KullJ
nftcr the examiner of the civil
aeronautic" board mconinwndtd
that Ilia permission lie drilled,
The United and Western air
lines want trunk Hue snrvki
to Klamath Falls while the Nt-vadu-l'nclfla
wants permission to
run i linn from Klamulh Kalli
through AHunu, Simuuvllla and
Kcno, Another lino would con.
neet with I.nkevlow, Hums, On
tario, Caldwell, Nnmpa and
Dolse.
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