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arbitrarily u lo weignt. mv
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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
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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
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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
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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.
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Boston 7 12
Bcvcns, Turner (7), Holcumbe
(B) and Hooinson: wnson, v,
Johnson (4) and Holm, R. Gar-
bark (0).
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Chicago 2 ' 5 1
Cleveland .' 1 7
Lopat and Trosh; Gromek nnd
Hayes.
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Pittsburgh r 5
Chicago 0 4
Butcher and Salkeld: Pnssrnu,
Primo (0) and Gillespie, Wil
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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
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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-
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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
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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
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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
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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.,
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