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M1 Ul 0 0 Ul PRICE FIVE CENTS Bv FRANK JENKINS nOOI.E. EiiKliuul. There 1 till r lo be mild for nlr truvol 11 a casual Your biiggiijio i "mura arbitrarily u lo weignt. mv .... rr.. 1 1 1 ...I (ollll H llbllllt Wllllt you can curry without too much effort. Thorn In none of the mens of ombiirknlloii by amp. you more or Ion Ktrnll on and you nirira nl If.Htl Mtrnll off. So, dropping clown Into Poole, iiw.m i nnna of the worried currying lifter ItigKiigo lht I" the Inevlliible accompaniment of nrrlvul by ithlp. insteiin, m tnu lust few minutes, the snort .iwirli.r hill, eninii out. -Every. Imriv Is uettlnii ovoryhody else to sign. Some Inivo piwled-togelher blllii n yiird Inng. Others of us urn Unit Helling II Start. Some one has ii story about on Amer- Iriin ATC cnpliiln with n string nf bills ten feet limit, with a SI 00 bill reserved for the signatures nl rniiimiiiidlnit ucnoruls, niw lirlilnh citizen minis It up: "Silly business, Isn't It? The only person who itcts anything out of II l the United Slates treasury." A SHOHE. you start through thu by now reasonably fiiiiilllur mill. Your passport Is given up auuln, to bo checked again against the lists mado out on I hi. nllicr aide. You pass the port medical officer, and in the process you fill out and sign a blank (under oath and under penalty for misstatement) telling where you'vo been every nliiht nr 14 niuhts. The reason: In two weeks you could have come by air from the farthest pest corners of the earth nnd Incubat ing in your blood stream might be the germs of any conceivable contagious disease. You go through the customs a perfunctory procedure, carried out with thu - most engaging courtesy.-. No bags arc opened, They are extremely liberal about the cigarettes you may be bringing In for personal con sumption. Merchandise is so scarca In England that bis majesty's government Isn't wor ried overly by the prospect that you might be sneaking In a shirt to be sold on the black market. You finally get your passport back, arc KED AGAIN, arc Is sued a rnll ticket to London, and at a special exchange window you swap any loose dollars you may have left for British money which means that you're finally on your own. Commer cially, that Is; you still have a lot of official red tape left lo un wind. . THE special Airways train up lo London is unbelievably small, according to American railroading standards, unbclicv ably clean and neat and amazing ly comfortable. The standard British Pullman restaurant cars of which it is (Continued on Page Three) Civilian Butter Supply Increases WASHINGTON, Aug. 1 (!) Moro butter than ordinarily aiv ticlpated will be avnllable for civilians during August, Secre tary of Agriculture Anderson announced today. At tho snmo time, OPA Ad. mlnlslrator Chester Bowles on nnunccd that no further, reduc. lion In the point value of butler Is anticipated. Recently this was cut from 24 to 10 points a pound Jap Regimental Flag Held In Salem 'For Safekeeping' SALEM, Aug. 1 (VP) Scorch ed remnants of tho Japanese 22nd Infantry regimental flag delivered lo the 102nd infantry (Oregon) 41sl division by a sur rendering Jiipaneso sergeant "for safekeeping," ore In tho of fice of the Oregon adjutant gen eral today. The stuff and colors were sent to Brig. Gen. Raymond F. Ol son, acting adjutant general, by Maj, Gen. Jens A. Doe, com manding general of the 41st di vision, who explained that "regi mental colors aro not Just a sym bol to tho Jnnnncso, but aro o sacred possession, loss of which Is as great n disgrace as there Is In their, military tradition." Part of tho 30th division, which first appeared in China In 1037, participating In operations along the Pelplng-Hankow rail way In Shansl and Honel prov inces and moving into tho south west Pacific area late in 1043, tho 22nd infantry was composed of unusually large men, Gen eral Doo wroto Olson. When the regiment was de feated on Blalc Island In May, 1044, the regimental comman der, Col. Kuzume Naoyuki, IUlinnitf.ft TONIGHT ENDS BIG 3 PARLEY AT Joint Communique To Reveal Results By DANIEL DE LUCE POiduAM, Aug. 1 W) The iiiu 'I'liren cume to llie end cuny tonight of their historic sessions upon which tho future peace of Uie world may possibly lunge. PiPNlilcnt 'i rumaii Is due to fly lo England tomorrow to meet King ocorgo VI after his last nwciiiiii witn Prime Minister At- tleo and Premier Slalln. Ho will sail from Plymouth to the unit od Stales. Tin! nresldent HDiiarcnlly ox- nectcd his last meeting with I'rlmn Minister Allleu and Pre. mler Slalln on German soil to tiiko nlaec lale today, but there was yet a possibility that the conference miglil DC prolonged until tomorrow for technical reasons. white House correspondents who accompanied Mr. Truman to Europe were packed and ready to leave at a moment's no tice Willi uie presidential puiv Conin ullon of llio uraiung I fluid phraseology of tho Involved Big ; Three agreements in two lanmiiiuos. English una Russian was believed to be the main task remaining. Principles of these agreements already have been decided. Truman's Plans President Truman will fly to England tomorrow to meet with tho king, an official uruisn aiv nounccmcnt In L o n d o n (lis closed. The president and the king will meet aboard HMS Re nown, and have lunch together. While the announcement con cerning Truman's plans did .not Indicate the expected time of his departure, an official spokesman confirmed that the parley was ncaring an end. He disclosed, that the president, Premier Sla lln and Prime Minister Attlce (Continued on Pbrc Three) 9 Divorce Decrees Granted By Court Nine divorce decrees were granted yesterday in circuit court by Judge David It. Van denberg. Judge Vandcnberg will not be on tho bench during the month of August. Divorces granted yesterday Included Ethel P. Looney from Ora W. Looney, Shirley Mac Randcl from Forrest L. Randcl, Antonio (Tony) Orlls from Anno Ortls, Mildred Mae Applebec from William W. Applcbee, May Josephine Reeves from John Francis Reeves, William Henry Sechlcr from Blanche Lottie Scchler. Bertha Green from Fred W. Green, Sybil Ardeth Hyde from Frank Morris Hyde, and Elizabeth C. Grubb from Thomas A. Grubb. burned tho center of the regi mental colors In traditional cere mony, and committed hara-kiri beforo his men. The borders of the flag and Its staff went with the color-bearer lieutenant as tho Japanese fled into the jun gle. Doe credits the 162nd, to which the Jan sergeant carried tho tattered banner, with hav ing forced and overrun tho main minmv nnslllnn. "which led." ho declares, "to tho burning of the colors and tho suicide" of tho commanding officer. Included In tho captive scr. ffonnt's statement wero refer' enecs to graves of Japanese soldiers opened by night so that tho bodies could be removed, salted and carried ns rations. . "Tho strong." die wroto. "arc those who kill men and eat their flesh. Even a lowly private if he is strong, never heeds his NCO's or officers." Climax to tho degradation to which his regiment had sunk, the JaDimcsc sergeant indicated was the fact that "Even CO Sudo, himself, had lo dig pota. toes in tho garden, gather kind ling wood and fetch water." POTSDAM Telephone 8111 KLAMATH FALLS, OREGON. WEDF Minimis Under Mratit a , Where Japs' This Is Kure naval base, home port for the remains of Japan's battered high seas fleet. Picture above was made during B-29 attack last March. Latest attacks by carrier plues of the U. S. third fleet apparently delivered the death blow to enemy warships trapped in the harbor. TO CRASH FOR SERIES MEDFORD, Ore., Aug. 1 MO A party of relatives and frjends of three Portland air travelers killed in a crash in desolate country 40 miles south of here will hike in today to hold burial services. Soldiers from Camp White and foresters who arrived here this morning after an aii-nigiu trip lo the scene said it was de cided not to bring the bodies out. They could not be Identified. The dead, found with the wreckage on Butte Fork, nearly four miles south of the California-Oregon border, were: Sylvan L. Goslincr, his wlfo Ruby, and her sister, Mrs. Alma V. Pratt, all Portland; the pilot, identi fied only as "Mr. Armstrong." Searching Party ' Word of the tragedy was sent to a forest service stotion in Applcgatc valley last niglit by wa klo-talkic radio. The 25-man searching party of Camp While soldiers and forest service men, started back for Medford last niolit nflor finding the bodies. The crew had driven 30 miles from Medford, then trudged eight miles through some of the wildest terrain in the west, hnniwcnmbed with canyons creeks, and timber. Communica tion difficulties kept them from disclosing further details of the crash scene last nigni. Led by M. L. Tedrow, assist (Continued on Pago Three) Skyscraper Crash Death Toll Rises NEW YORK. Aug. 1 (!') The loll in Ihc crash of a B-25 bomber into the Empire State buildinir Saturday rose to 14 to day willi the death of Joseph C. roumnin, k, a nmiuimi Catholic Welfare Council em. nlnvo who received third de- greo burns trying to aid other workers in tho office to safety. Fountain survived 0(1 hours, durina which ho received 25 blood plasma Injections. More than 500 persons responded to a plea for donations for him. Fountain's wife, Mary, who hod kept a three-day vigil at his bedside, collapsed last night and was admitted to me nospi tal as a patient. BASEBALL n it New York 5 4 Boston 7 12 Bcvcns, Turner (7), Holcumbe (B) and Hooinson: wnson, v, Johnson (4) and Holm, R. Gar- bark (0). R H Chicago 2 ' 5 1 Cleveland .' 1 7 Lopat and Trosh; Gromek nnd Hayes. H Pittsburgh r 5 Chicago 0 4 Butcher and Salkeld: Pnssrnu, Primo (0) and Gillespie, Wil llama (9). fj ' J ' nnnnnnnr.nnnr.nn tuL riJirij-Ln.rWJJjmW- 4$y . . & ' ' .UGUST I. 1945 Number 10581 o . Criooled Fleet Got Death Blow L 1 1 v' - fc .-gjJ Stolen Money For Boys To Capture 'Spies' A fantastic story of espionage agents and black market oper ators working from a base on nearby . Stukcl mountain was told to juvenile authorities by two local boys in explaining their purchase of five hunting knives with stolen money. The bovs. 14 and 16. told the officers they wanted the thrill of capturing the "agents" and were on their trail when they were Cicked up Tuesday. The older oy, authorities said, reportedly took home an unlabeled quart of whiskey Sunday night which GET LAVAL CUSTODY INNSBRUCK, Austria. Aug. 1 tai Pierre Laval and his wife were flown from the Inns bruck airport today by an air crew which expected lo land at the Le Bourget airfield in Paris at about dusk after a rciuciing Htnn nt Friedrichshafcu. The former chief of the Vichy government, who surrendered to American authorities in Aus tria after he was ousted from refuge in Spain yesterday, was accompanied by his wife. Secrecy had been maintained as to Laval's movement to France because of fears that Frenchmen liberated from nazi horror camps might seek to at tack him, a French spoKesman said. Airfields Guarded Mobile guards surrounded four airfields and Fresnes prison here, awaiting tho Vichy chief of government. Laval was handed over to French officers last night by Americans of the 05th division. Lnndinc veslerdav in Austria in the same German plane and with the .same German crew that flew him to Barcelona on May 2 to seek refuge, Laval said he had left Spain ot the (Continued on Page Three) Brooklyn Gunner Fights For Life Of Wounded Pilot OKINAWA, July 28 (Delayed) (A') A ball turret gunner from Brooklyn stood over a wounded Liberator pilot for three hours today on the sky road from Japan, easing his pain and try ing to keeD him alive, but he lost the fight. Other crewmen told of the quiet devotion of the gunner, Woodrow Pagan, after tho pilot was fatally wounded over Kure during the bombing of the Bat tleship Haruna. A flak burst near the plone's nose sent a fragment through tho windshield, knocking aside the helmet of tho pilot, whose nt.me has been withheld pend ing notification of kin. The flak pierced his cheek, emerging be low the car. Weather News ; Augutt 1, 1945 Max. (July 31) 88 Min 53 Precipitation last 24 houri 00 Stream year to data 13.28 Normal 12.17 Last yaar 10.59 Forecatti Claai Thursday. Buys Weapons he said came from the outlaws who had headquarters on Stu- kel s summit. His possession of the whiskey was unexplained, but juvenile authorities regarded the yarn about the mountain agents as 'strictly imaginary." They said, however, that the boys had been engaged in questionable activ ities and may De invoivea in thefts as an attempt to damage the railroad here. The youngsters were picked ud bv Dolice after it was report ed they were seen with the hunt ing knives, two cantaloupes, one cream pie, and. a quart bottle of root beer. The county juvenile authori ties questioned them, and dis covered that the younger boy had secreted one paper dollar and one silver dollar in his shoe and the other had cached a $20 bill and four SI bills in the police paddy wagon while en route to the station. Officers said the older boy ad mitted putting an explosive, which he described as a torpedo, on the Southern Pacific railroad track near the fire station. The resulting explosion hurled a six inch bojt through the hood of an autoriiobile belonging to E. E. Hambrick, city recreation of ficer, which was parked in the Black and White service station on Spring street. Southern Pacific officials to day were reported investigating any possible track damage from this incident. . ; Upon questioning by juvenile officers and city police the boys said they had bought the knives which proved to be true. They told conflicting stories as to how they obtained the money, but the parents of the boys told au thorities that the youngsters had very little ready cash. The older lad finally stated that he had robbed the Teen-Age club in the armory Sunday night and stolen S60. This theft is being investigated. The older boy has a previous record here and both are being held in the juvenile detention home. "While the Jbds were still pumping flak at the ship, Pagan lifted the bleeding . pilot from the cockpit," said Lt. Lcroy Baker of Providence, R. I., the co-pilot. "Ho carried him along tho narrow bomb bay walk, Lt. Jerry Blalor (of Beverly Hills, Calif.,) gave first aid while Pagan wired the artery in the pilot's cut cheeks. Then for three hours Pagan stood with swontv. strained face, never even budging to light a cigarette, just easing the pain. We wanted to bring the pilot in alive, but he dloH 30 minutes before we T4nUir. with the holo of the engineer, SSgt. Maurice Parker of Michigan City, Ind., brought the piano in. QUASH III ARGUED TODAY S Question Of Names On Documents At Issue In Case Indictments against former Police Chief Earl Heuvel were under attack this afternoon in circuit court before Judge Charles Combs of Lakevicw. ' Herbert Welch, attorney for Heuvel, filed motions to set aside the four morals indict ments, and contended in court that they were invalid because of failure to endorse the names of all grand jury witnesses on the indictments. He specifically alleged that the name of Dr. Peter Rozendal, county health officer, had been left off the indictment, whereas, he said, Rozendal was a witness. Rozendal was called to the stand. An argument developed as to whether Rozendal had appeared in the specific cases at hand, and this was still going on at mid- afternoon. Meanwhile, Judge Combs had denied a defense re quest to reduce Heuvel's bail from $21,000 to fsouu. District Attorney . Clarence Humble inferred by questions that Rozendal had been called before the grand jury to testify regarding sales of drugs in Klamath Falls, rather than in the specific morals charges against Heuvel. Refutes Proof Offer Judge Combs ruled out a num ber of other contentions of the defense attorney based on charges that not all jurors pos sessed all their natural facul ties, that Circuit Judge Vanden berg had urged return of the in dictments, and that State Police Sergeant Earl Tichenor had at tempted to create public senti ment against Heuvel. Judge Combs refused Welch permission to offer proof of this part of his motion, weicn s al legations were contained in a lengthy motion filed in the sen sational case yesterday. The motions assailed one charge of contributing to the delinquency of a minor, two charges ot sodomy, ana one charge of rape which were re turned against Heuvel in in- (Continucd on Page Three) Chinese Fight In Three Provinces CHUNGKING, Aug. 1 WO Chinese forces fought across three provinces today, trying to chop off and destroy parts of the retreating Japanese army. In Kwangsi province the Jap anese withdrawal from Kwcilin, once tho largest American air base in south central China, ap peared to have slowed down. Chinese troops pushing eastward from Liuchow were reported, however, to have occupied an important highway junction at Pinglo, 55 miles southeast of Kwcilin. British Parliament Cheers Churchill LONDON. Aug. 1 (0 A new British parliament, dominated for the first time in its long his tory by a labor majority, assem bled in Westminster today for routine organization and cheer cd Winston Churchill who has stepped from the role of prime minister to leader of the oppo sition. The ' business of lawmaking Will not begin until after King George VI formally opens par liament August 15 with his speech enunciating the labor government's program. EAST COAST ARRIVALS By The Attociated Preii Leonard J. Michelton, Pvt., Bly, arriving on Queen Mary due August 2 at New York. Woodrow W. Edgar. SSgt., box 60, Gilchrist, arriving on Queen Mary due August 2 at Now York. BEFORE COMB 6000 Tons Of Incendiaries, Bombs Drop By LEONARD MILLIMAN Associated Press War Editor The heaviest Superfortress blow of the war fell on Japan early Thursday (about noon Wednesday, U. S. eastern war time) delivered by 800 planet, which bathed five cities with 6000 tons of incendiary and demolition bombs. The attack, opening a new month of dettructlon in fulfillment of the allied warning to Japan to quit fighting or tuffer ruin, wai directed at the citiet of Hachioji, Toyama, Nagaoka, Mito and the oil center of Kawatakl on Tokyo bay. All are on Honshu, main Japanese home itland. Hachioji, Toyama, Nagaoka and Mito prevloutly had been warned by the 20th air force of coming attacks. Mito, on the coatt northeatt of Tokyo, hat been thlled by the U. S. third fleet and hit before by B-29t. Today't raid on Kawatakl wat the tourtn aerlel tmatn at tne retlnery UnDrecedcnted American sea and air power knocked out l34o Japanese vessels and more tnan 1330 planes in the mikado's front yard during July and prom ised to reach new heights this month with flights of 1200 Super. forts packing 0000 ton Domo loads. Even the enemy's imperial headquarters admitted "damages to cities, factories and shipping were considerable." A Tokyo communique countered with a claim that luzi anted planes ana 25 ships were destroyed or dam aged during July giving some encouragement to Premier Kan taro Suzuki as he reported to day to Emperor Hirohito on "af fairs of state." Sitdown War The imperial communique promised that preparations were being made to meet an invasion. But there was so little sign of fight that Associated Press War CorresDondent Richard K. CMal- ley, riding witn me aiuea neei that has been cruising Japanese waters for more than three weeks, commented: ; "Japan seems almost to be waging a sitdown war." "... Carrier planes from Admiral Halsev's fleet. aDDarentiy still in Japanese waters ready to strike again, contributed most of July's (Continued on'r-age inree; LETTERS EXPRESS ...BELIEF PARIS, Aug. 1 m Adm. William D'. Leahy, chief of staff to President Truman, expressed the helief that Marshal Petain always acted in the best interests of France in a letter read today at the treason trial of the old soldier. A read in court the letter of Leahy, who is attending the Big Three conference at Potsdam, expressed "high regard" for Pe tain and saia ne was unaDie iu appear as a witness because of his position. He. had been U. S. ambassador to the Vichy regime of Marshal Petain until the Ger mans took over the unoccupied portions of France in November, 1942, when North Africa was in vaded. Leahy's Letter Leahy's letter, dated July 22, was in reply to Petain's request that he return to France as a witness. The admiral stated that he re called that on many occasions he (Continued on f age Three) Lenz Man Injured In 25-Foot Plunge A 57-year-old man hurtled 25 feet from a standpipe onto a railrnaH track vesterdav after noon and was taken to the Hill side hospital by tne rviamain merchants' police amDuiance suffering from a badly lacerated head and two snaiierea Knee caps. . George uimora jenKins vi Lenz, Ore., was the victim of the accident which occurred near Chiloquin where he was em ployed as a water service fore man by the Southern Pacific railroad. He was repairing the standpipe when it gave way. Jenkins will be picked up at 7 o'clock tonight by the ambu lance and put on the train bound for San Francisco where he will receive further medical treat ment for his two shattered knees, according to amhuiance officials. New York Discloses 'Secret Pier' As Last Ship Leaves NEW YORK. Aug. 1 (P) As the last ammunition ship to leave New York steamed out of the harbor, the New York port of embarkation disclosed today that a "secret pier" in Jersey City, N J., was "tho major munitions shipping point for World War The pier, "largest Installation of its kind in the world," was the loading site of 2,696,811 measurement tons of bombs and immnnillnn ranging from six- ton blockbusters to small arms and loose powder. The ports announcement declared. Tho nvnlnilvp.i were loaded from 54,000 freight cars into 1800 ammunition ships during the past three years. From now on, bomb and ammunition load ing will be done at other points center. 1 0 ACHES BLAZE AS WIND PORTLAND, Ore., Aug. 1 (P) Reports of fighters fleeing ram paging flames and of lost equip ment and hard-won trails came back from the Tillamook forest fire front today. ' The 200,000 - plus acre burn area was roaring into new life as winds blew and humidity dropped. In several sectors con flagrations roared into new tim ber with such rapidity that fight ing ccws were helpness. . Nearly Trapped One patrol trailing the Jordan river country fire, which had been under a semblance of con trol for several days, was nearly trapped during early evening yesterday. It escaped without casualties, but equipment and tools were left behind. The fire spread beyond trails into green trees. -- . ' Another line was lost in sec tion 35, western Washington county, in the Scroggins creek sector. Another finger was de fying control as it pushed along mountains between the Trask and -Tualatin watershed. ; - -' ":" - : Tire Join Although smoke blankets the area1 preventing reconnaisance, the picture is this: The main Wil son river and Salmonberry fires, weeks old, have consolidated. Normal winds and tremendous drafts created by the fires send fingers of flame - hop-skipping. Fires are set sometimes several miles away. These spot fires ex pand into- major blazes. Shifting wind pushed them out in all di rections. - The perimeter of the fire area today enclosed around 220,000 acres. Because effective fighting' among the fires inside the peri meter is impossible, the blazes likely will burn until all timber inside the circle is consumed. More than 3000 men, includ ing civilians, soldiers and sailors are fighting the fire. Germans To Hang For Tank Deaths DARMSTADT, Germany, Aug. 1, (P) Seven Germans, two of them women, will be hanged and three others face long prison terms for the killing of six cap tured American airmea last August. ' The verdicts were returned late last night after a six-day trial which military court at taches said would serve as a model of procedure against hun dreds of other nazis charged with similar crimes. , Elliott Won't Be Arm Chair Leader WASHINGTON, Aug. 1 (Pi Brig. Gen. Elliott Roosevelt says anyone who claims the late presi dent "promoted or assisted" his son's business affairs is lying. And, young Roosevelt said In a sharply-worded statement last night, he is leaving the air force simply because he does not wish to be ail arm-chair general. on the Atlantic seaboard, re moved from populated areas. The 1800 foot pier, at Cavcn Point terminal, reaches into Now York harbor from the end of a 2200 foot causeway. It is half a mile south of the Statue oi iu erty and less than three miles from New York's skyscrapers. "The operation, one of America's best-kept secrets of the war, was carried out witn such devotion to safety pre. cautions that there was only one serious fire," the statement said. That fire occurred aboard tin 'E' Estero which burst into f laml Ap'ril 24, 1843, with 1400 torn of explosives aboard, but wai towed from her berth and sunk in deep water before any dam age could be done except to thi ship itself," Hie port declared., FANSCOASTFIRE ft
