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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
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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
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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
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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
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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,"
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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
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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
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Number 10S79
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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,
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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,
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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.
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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.
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