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nji WAir M JVL ran I I 1 X. "V Herald PltlCE FIVE CENTS THE London Times (known A both tut thti Thunderer uixl as tho Englishman's Bible) remarks of British labors grcui victory Hint Ihnro'H no reason "why the world should look for uny rev olutionary change! In foreign or Indeed in domestic policy." Having lived In England niuny ycurs yotir columnist accents Hint on a fair appraisal. 'X lie tuntt of Codrlc the nuxoii aristocracy, mlddlc-eliiss and lnhor riirely ho leaped without lllklllg II UOOII iook. TJfOWEVER, wo shall muko a 1 1 mistake If wo don't rocognlzc t li 1 1 pullllcnl turn-over nil ephoi-ul, not only for Hritnln hut for the world. What might be regarded an u passing iitorin In iiiiii of the more inflnminablc countries of the continent, can not be dismissed lightly In stnid England. The voters of this traditionally conservative country have nlvcn n clear mandate to try the cx- ner inent of aoc a Islle national tuition. Of course we needn't worrv about this affecting John Hull's pledges regarding the war and global rehabllltntlon Ills word Is his bond. Still, this "swing to tho left" is likely to effort tho otilsltio world ootn politically and economically, . WE may expect, I believe, that " socialism's surge to power In Britain will afford strong en couragemont for similar move ments on tho fcuropean contin ent, which already Is seething with political leftist ferment. And probably this encourage' ment won't bo confined to the mere psychological effect, for iiovernments like Spanish Con' erallssmo Franco' dictatorship can hardly look for support from Britain's new labor regime. Also, British labor is dead ugalnst what It calls tory imperialism, and therefore them may bo some modification In London's attitude towards tho old zones of influ ence. The economic sldo strlkos me as being n potential block-buster unless handled with extreme care. Any sweeping experiment In slate ownership, and the con sequent displacement of privnto enterprise would be bound to produce a big change, and wheth er It would bo for tho better or for tho worse Is one of the Imponderable. Certainly It would affect not only England but foreign countries, Including (Continued on Page Three) Combs Grants Continuance In Heuvef Case Judgo Charles Combs, Lake county, today granted another contlnunnco In tho cases of the state of Oregon vs. Earl Hcuvcl upon a motion by Defense At torney Herbert Welch. Tho ar raignment was continued until Wednesday, August 1, at 2 p. m. Welch told the court that ho had been busy with another ciiko and was not prepared at tills time. In granting the continuance, Combs indicated that no further time would bo granted and plea would bo received on all four charges Wednesday. Welch also stilled that lie Would apply for a reduction of bull at tho time of tho arraign ment. Houvol Is hold In the county Jail on four morals charges In lieu of $21,000 cash bail. Mystery Man" Testifies At Petain Treason Trja PARIS, July 30 (!') Mystcrl nun MaJ, Jean Lostanau-Laciiu testified at tho treason trial of Marshal I'elnln today that "I Bin horrified to sec a man of nearly 100 years of ago blamed by others for their own errors." Tho "mystery man" of tho trial was hustled Into tho court room lit the rcciucst of tho pre siding Judgo only a short wliila after police had announced their search for him had been unsuc cessful. Ho followed to tho stand Edounrd Hcrrlot, three times premier between wars, who said that President Roosevelt "placed nt our disposal materiel which' wo needed" in tho days before! tho vollapso of Franco. When Hcrrlot concluded, the fllnto an nounced lt had finished lis' list of witnesses, Hcrrlot nccusod Pctaln ' of Ihwartlnff tho government's ef fort to escape to North Africa. Alice ' Mandcl, 19 year old THREE LEADERS E E Beginning Seen In Bombing And Blockade GUAM, July 30 (A') Three high American military leaders today promised Japiiu un unpre cedented dosage of destruction to be climaxed by Invasion In over whelming force. Hear Atlm. D. C. Ramsey, chief of tho U. S. fifth fleet, declared in a broadcast to the United Stutes that tho Invasion already hue! begun In effect, with the ever-tightening blockado and ever-increasing bombing and shelling of the enemy's home Islands. Lemey Broadcasts Mn). Gen Curtis E. Lemay, commander of tho 20th ulr force, said in another broadcast that his rcmnrkiiblo advance-notice pamphlets on Japanese cities marked for erasure by Super fortresses wero intended "so that all the Japanese people must realize' that further resistance is senseless and will only lead to the complete destruction of their industries and their urban' and industrial areas." Itamsey spoke on the Mutual network," Lemoy on American Broadcasting company facilities. Gen. Spantz, commander of the U. S. struloglc air forces, said In a press conference that fleets of more than 1000 B-29s soon would bo sent against tho enemy with twice tho tonnage the Amer ican strategic nlr. forces In Eur ope over dropped on tho Ger man! In one mission. Invasion Forces nainsey declared that "the most overwhelming forces ever concentrated in military history" would Invade Japan. Noting that the Jupanese had (Continued on Pago Three) I WITH U. S. 14TH ARMY CORPS, Northern Luzon, July 30 (I') A personal war between Jonancso Gen. Tomoyuki Yam- ashlta and American and rllipino forces, fought In an area so nigh that clouds often Interrupt conv bat. dominates tho final throe- nronacd campaign to eliminate 24,001) Japanese on L,uzon. A tola! of 12,223 counted enemy dead In the first 27 days of July tcstmcs to bitterness ot this conflict, it is characterized by the terrain, which Lt. Gen. Oscar W. Griswold, commander of the 14th corps, termed the most rugged he ever encount ered. Stubborn enemy resist ance is colored by the fact an unusually high total of 1543 in cluding 982 Japanese soldiers and 03 Japanese civilians, have surrendered this month. "It won't be over for us," Gris wold said, "until the Japanese surrender, arc killed, or arc forced so far into tho mils that they no longer aro a military factor." Conqueror Hunted Over the entire battlo looms tho one arrogant ' Yamnshita. The conqueror of Singapore and perhaps six of his general of ficers now are hunted liko com mon criminals In tho center of a (Continued on Pago Three) daughter of tho slain Georges Mandel, former French minister of interior and of colonics, was excused from testifying. She wrote a letter saying "I could only weep in tho prcsenco of the man who made my father suffer so much," Lostiinau-Lacau limped Into tho courtroom on a cane and at once protested against the "cal umnies" which ho said had been uttered against him at the trial. He had been mentioned as a leader of tho Cagoulards, a right wing group of. fascist ten dencies. Ho sworo ho was wounded In both wars, that ho won seven ci tations and ha was a member of the same military class as Gen. Do Gaulle. Ho testified he became a mem ber of Potaln's staff In 1034 but was dismissed soon, afterwards by Edouard Daladicr, "who needed a virllm," HI HON 0 Telephone itllt KLAMaYh FALL .r A. & .6 ns H J Ml f It;; " ! , r J Shrlners Walt Wiesendanger and M. C. Caisel are shown surveying a portion of the waste paper and tin that was brought in to the salvage depot during the drive Sunday sponsored by the Shrine club. (See story on page B). Mariners, Soldiers Wary As Aleutian Craier Erupts UMNAK, Alasko, July 23 (De layed) V) Old mother earth, ordinarily a docile ' old soul, grumbled way down deep. hoi volcanic nsii lumps oi 1000 degree centigrade tem perature shot a thousand or more feet into the air from the Huge eight mile crater which is called Tulik for want of an official name. Mariners at sea in nearby Chernofskl bay wero startled. Soldiers on land cast appre hensive glances at tho smoking crater near Tulik mountain. Everybody made ready to run for their lives. The army formed hasty plans to evacuate the soldiers. But no hot lova came Sky Smoky Here From Coast Fire Although heavy smoke hung over the Klamuth basin Sunday and Monday, there were no serious fires according to for esters and forest crews. It was believed that the smoke has drifted south from the Tilla mook fire or from Jackson county where there have been several blazes. A grass fire In the flat near the city dog pound was put out by county lire equipment Sun day after the blaze had covered about 23 or 30 acres. At 0:15 Saturday night the tlty firo department was called to the cast end of Main street at the city limits .to put out a small grass fire. A fire in a potato cellar at the H, M. Mallory ranch in north Poo , valley Saturday morning destroyed the cellar and several pieces of machinery were burned, according to the county shops who sent county fire equipment to tho blazo. EAST COAST ARRIVALS By The Associated Press Ralph E. Lund, PFC, 1310 Pleasant, Klamnth Falls, ar riving on S3 Marine Raven, due July 31 at Hampton Roods, Va, Donald E. Ydarra. Pvt., 2234 White, Klamath Falls, arriving on SS Marine Raven, duo July 31 at Hampton Rondi, Va, Glenn R. Adams, T5, 3840 BUIjee, Klamath Falls, arriv ing on Queen Mary, due Aug ust 2 at New York. MONDAY, JULY 30, 1945 Of Scrap To 'Lick The boiling down the mountainside, on this island in the Aleutians. Mindful' of the last bin erup tion in this area, when Katmai volcano on the Alaskan penin sula rumbled in 1912 and formed what is now known as the valley of ten thousand smokes, the army sent out a call for an ex pert to look over the crater. In . six days Dr. Howell Wil liams of the University of Cali fornia geology department showed up. He had been sur veying rambunctious Faricutin volcano in Mexico for two years. Dr. Williams made several trips to the area of activity, dar ing tho molten lava and the flashes of fire that illuminate the sky at night. Finally he pronounced the croter safe for the time being. He said 30 to 40 feet a minute of hot lava is flowing in the active cone but that it showed no evidence of overflowing the eignt mile crater dowi. "But," he added, "there is no possible way to determine the length of time tho present flow will continue, because there are no previous records upon which to base an estimate." So the army is taking no chances. An emergency evacua lion plan has been laid out to remove speedily the men sta' tloncd 16 miles from this, the so-called second largest crater in the world, if a violent erup tion should come. ott Roosevelt Asks Retirement WASHINGTON. July 30 UPV- Brlg. Gen. Elliott Roosevelt, whoso financial transactions as a civilian are under congression al scrutiny, has asked to be re tired from the army air forces. Tho 34-ycar-old son of the late President Roosevelt submitted his request for release from ac tive duty to Gen. H. H. Arnold. It has not yet been acted upon. French Discuss Possible Change PARIS, July 30 (P) Political observers speculated today whether Gen. Do Gaulle would resign as head of the French provisional government as the result of a sharp rebuff admin istered to him last night by the consultative assembly, which re jected overwhelmingly his plans for a constitutional referendum. ... . Jm ... , " . -.J (July 30) Max. (July 29) ... 83 Min Precipitation lait 24 houri Stream year to date Normal 12.15 Lait year Foracaiti Claar with gentle wlndi. Jap' HE- HE!!! STATE NEW YORK, July 30 W) The Empire State building re opened for business today, de spite the shattering impact of an eight-ton army bomber which struck it Saturday morning, killing 13 persons and smash ing an 18-foot wide gap in its north wall. Announcement of the re opening came from Lt. Gen. Hugh A. Drum, president of Empire State, Inc., who added that only the observation tower of the 1250-foot structure would remain closed. He said a thor ough inspection had found no structural damage. An army board of Inquiry checked the wreckage on the 79th floor of the building 913 (Continued on Pago Three) 4 f ; f W fir K a" " -itf imiMiiii r'rrr li in in rm mi t i " -- .....i-yirL Wreckage protrudes from hole in Empire State building. New York City, at 78th and 79th floor where an army bomber crashed into the structure in the fog. Fifteen persona were known dead. Photo by (I1) Staff Photographer John Lindsay, made from ledge on 81st floor looking down on 34th street. ((P) Wirephoto). Note! Another view on back page. Weather News .... 48 .... 00 13.28 10.59 Number 10S79 E Tokyo Radio Tells Rejection Of Pact SAN FRANCISCO, July 30 IP) Japan will ignore the allied surrender ultimatum and, even as the land of the midako rocked from the latest shower of shell and bombs, Premier Su zuki declared: "There is no change whatso ever in the fundamental policy of our government to continue the prosecution of the war." The 78-year-old premier thus put the rejection stamp of his government on the Potsdam proclamation in a statement aired to the United States by the Tokyo radio, recorded by the federal communications commis sion. He made the statement at a cabinet press conference yester day, Tokyo reported, and assert ed "so far as the imperial gov ernment is concerned, it will take no notice of the proclama tion." As for recent heavy allied sea and air attacks on Japan and de fensive measures contemplated, (Continued on Page Three) FIRE LINES HOLD PORTLANDr July 30 (If) Fire fighters slashed wide trails around danger spots of the blaz ing 100,000-acre Tillamook for est fire today and foresters re ported crews on the flaming southern front have held their lines. Logging operations in five northwest Oregon counties were ordered to shut down until fur ther notice, to help minimize danger of new fires. Assistant Forester Ted Rain water said patrols labored over the weekend under favorable weather conditions that quieted the scorching fire lines and that most of the lines lost on the east and west have been re trailed. Men on the center of the south front were holding a pocket five miles wide where flames a few days ago had ad vanced several miles on either side, he reported. State forestry headquarters reported the 11,000-acre Polk county fire completely under control and that a 40-acre slash fire in Lane county was not dangerous. Officials said trails lost on the southern front could be re built in several days if today's high humidity rate continued and winds remained compara tively calm. PREMIER WILL IGNOH ULTITul Bomber Crashes Into Empire State Building Allied Shells Blast Airstrips Over Weekend By MORRIE LANDSBERG GUAM, July 30 VP) Man-made destruction hit the heart of the Japanese Empire again today as the U. S. navy sent its bold third fleet in to shell one big industrial city and 1500 American I and British carrier planes ripped up 60 airfields and other military installations from Kyushu to Tokyo itself. American war power, parading from one momentous week into another, piled up triumph after triumph In a message of steel and fire that the allied surrender ultimatum meant what it said quit or be destroyed. With action continuing, events recorded wero: Staff officers wrote off the groggy Japanese navy as dead following the knockout punch at tho Kurc naval base Satur day. ..... - i Hit Rail City Task force 38 stood close in shore and poured 1000 tons of shells into the important indus trial city of Hamamatsu, 120 miles south of Tokyo and three miles inland, leaving targets "burning fiercely" after a one hour assault today. Carrier aircraft, loaded vv'ith rockets and heavy caliber ma chinegun shells, rampaged vir tually unmolested over . the home island of Honshu from Kobe north to Tokyo, hunting Japanese airplanes and air fields, railroad locomotives and anything else of military value. Tokyo Quiet One returning fighter group roamed at will over a "desert ed" Tokyo before hammering a huge war plant in the southeast section of the capital. It didn't draw a single round of anti aircraft fire. The mighty Superfortress command announced "excellent results" in the bombing yester day of six of the 11 forewarned Japanese industrial target towns, a mission accomplished without the loss of a single plane, and promised to continue its pre-announced campaign of devastation. V Japs Count - The Japanese Domei news ag ency estimated that 1250 planes attacked Japan from dawn to midaftemoon. The main weight of the assault was directed at industrial sections around Tok yo by the carrier planes, Domei said. First estimates said 700 planes were participating. The number was boosted to 1000, snri then to 1250;- . Quoting a communique issued jointly today by the Karito army ana jroKonama navai smuuu headquarters, the Domei ag ency said targets were "mainly airfields and other military in stallations and factories." Domei claimed Japanese "air units" went into action, "inter cepting" and "gaining war re sults" a claim unsubstantiated by American and British air men. ' Domei later reported that Iwo based Mustang P-51 fighter planes attacked the south-central Honshu area, bombing and strafing air bases, warships' and military establishments in the vicinity of Ise bay and Osaka. Admiral Nimitz' headquarters, (Continued on Page Three) Communist Party Elects New Head NEW YORK, July 30 (P) William Z. Foster today heads the reconstituted communist party, operating under a newly adopted constitution which has not yet Been maoe puouc. Announcement of Fosters election as chairman of the par ty's national committee and of adoption of the constitution was made after the close of the na tional convention of the com munist political association, for merly headed by Earl Browder. E TRUCK COLLIDE THREE INJURED A serious automobile accident occurred Sunday at 1:15 p. m, on S. 6th when the Klamath county fire truck driven by Marion Barnes, county fire mar shal, swerved in order to avoid hitting a young girl and smashed into a car driven by Elliott Trees, 47, of Klamath Falls. Barnes was headed for a grass fire on U. S. 97 just south of the city limits. . Trees was taKen to the Hill side hospital with a badly broken right leg, severe facial gashes, and several cut tendons in his left hand. His wife, a " passenger in the car, received a severely lacerated right eya and one of her legs was thought to be broken. Both were suffer ing from extreme shock. The Klamath merchants' police an? bulance and an ambulance front the naval air station were called to the scene. Hospital authorities stated, that their condition was good . today. , The accident happened when the child darted out onto the canal bridge hear Summers lane,: according to state police -reports. The two vehicles col lided just over the bridge on S. 6th and the dashboard of Trees' car was smashed down, breaking his leg. The seat had to be cut-away - with hack saws before Trees could be taken from the auto mobile, state police said. Trees told state police that Barnes could do nothing else and he was absolved from any blame. Barnes suffered super ficial cuts on his hands. Army Takes Over Strike-Bound Rubber Company DETROIT. July 30 (IP) A group of army officers headed by (Jol. Harvey Humlong, represent ing the war department, seized the strike-bound United States Rubber company plane here late this afternoon. The strike, due to a jurisdictional dispute, had halted the production of tires for. B-29 bombers. The strike which began two weeks aeo followed the dismissal of 12 workers at the request of local 101, United Rubber Work ers (CIO). The union accused them of anti-union activities. The rebel faction set up a picket line and for more than a week kept most of the 6000 workers from entering the plant. Subsequently about 50 per cent of the workers returned to their jobs and the remainder voted last t riaay to go DacK u wont today. . The picket line was active again today and a company spokesman reported that less than a half a normal day shift of 2800 workers had entered the plant. - ' : ; ' Winnie Declines Knighthood Offer LONDON, July 30 (IP) Win. ston Churchill has declined a knighthood of the Order of the Garter, one of Britain's highest honors, offered to him by King George VI, Buckingham palace announced tonight. The order was constituted by. King Edward III In 1348. It con sists of the sovorcign and lin eal descendants of King George I and knights admitted by spe cial statutes. Foresters Tell Control Of Fires MEDFORD, Ore.,' July 30 W) Control of four small forest fires, three of them started by lightning, was ' announced by state and federal foresters to day. " One blaze of undetermined origin covered about 100 acres . in the Foots Creek district north of here. State forest patrolmen checked it. Tho other three, In tho Union Creek district, were controlled by Rogue River na tional forest service crews. AH I
