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raw in I "2 VI u Em l UJ Kerala amp Telephone 8111 h PRICE riVE CENTS KLAMATH FALLS. OREGON, TUESrr? JUST 7, 1945 f iP In The By FRANK JENKINS T ONDON. The morning after Brrlvul hero, llilii wrllur over rent, mul upon urrlvlng ut tho grill found 11 cloned. A juct Ion lis In whero oik! inlulil obtain something to cut elicited thin simple und courteous answer; "Just ring (or It In your room, sir." So buck to the fancy buttons. nCNEATII tho blue ons In lJ resplendent flifui'0 In a long lulled cout, with n napkin over lb arm mid bcurlng a tin v. That auuucst loud, tho world over. So you press tho blue button. Again ' a key ruttlcs In the lock, and In n mutter of nu' mmiU tho spit und Imiigo of P, G. WodelimiHi' Jeeves stands before von. "Did you rlnil. slrf it asks. "Yen." thin writer re plies. "Whnl lire tlio prospects for somo breakfast? There are klppcrii, air,' Jeeves responds. Just that In a tone thut dashes any drcunis you inuy buve had of bucon and eggs, with golden-brown toust drenched in butter and posnlbly some hot cakes with inuplo syrup on the side. One knows, of course, thut In Eiiillnud bacon I eenrca and eggs In tho shell practically non existent, but distant pnslures are green and you can't help hoping that there mny o some? thing better on tho other sido of the hill. Besides, being told that there are kippers, in a tone of finality that shuts the door on the pos sibility of anything cl. la Just a nourishing in uie long run as listing ham and eggs and porterhouse stenk and buttered toast on a menu ana men scruicu ing them out with a pencil. wl ,,-nt',4 -thni - blnncm ar small smoked fish, fried and served hot. They are fur from bad. In fuel, with tho British talent for fish cookory, they are excellent. rvo you wish coffee, sir? Jeeves inoulrc. Upon being assured that cof fee i definitely wished, ho asks: "White or black, sir?" Coming only a few hours after your ar rival In tho British Isles. Hint Is prnctlcnlly tho snmo as a foreign language. So you beseech him to Koeclfy. In words of one vllnhln. It appenrs that "while" means served with hot milk and sugnr and "blnck" comes in llio natural nllhoiiuh unless you go to ox trcmc lengths you'ro pretty npt to get sugnr In it, anyway. Tea, on tho contrary, Is served with (Continued on Togo ivoj Bureau Begins Oregon Surveys BOISE, Aug. 7 ) The U. S. bureau of rcclumntion will stnrt surveys this week to determine the feasibility of constructing iiiistrcum storugo fncllltlcs for irrigation of hind in the Goose lake bnsin of south central Ore gon, Acting Reglonnl Director H J. Newell said today. Tho stale of Oregon nnd Lnke county will cooperate in tho survey under contracts already executed, Newell said. Ho added, "the investigation will be bnsln-wlde In scope, and will Include Investigations of po tnntlnl flam sites, the dlstrlbll- tlon system, productivity of the land to bo served und other fac tors. Dlnmond-drllllng of dnm sites also is scheduled," Tho survey will take about two years, ns work can bo car ried on only in tho summer and fall. Senate Probes Lumber Problems WASHINGTON, Aug. 7 (I) Tho soniilo wnr lnvestlgntliig (Mend) committee wants to know what can bo done to improve the labor situation in the lumber industry. That's why It's planning a pre. llmlnnry hairing tentnllvoly set for August 27 at Tficnmn, Wush., Sen. Mitchell (D-Wash.) said to day. The labor slluntlon Is "tough" both in the woods and In tho mills, Mitchell told n reporter. He said the committee fours a strike would seriously Interfere with tho war effort. Labor hns asked a wngo increase nnd Is taking a strike vote, he added. Tho committee, ho said, can vassed tho sltunllon todny with rcprcsentntlves of tho wnr pro duction bonrd, wnr mnnpowcr commission and the Wnr Lnbor board. It then decided to discuss the matter further with local representatives nf Iheso ngenclcs, nnd labor and industry spokes Day's lews LOGGERS IDLE F Bly Logging Out; Nightwatchman's Status Issue Both logging camps of the b!; Weyerhaeuser Timber company operations wero down today and loggers also failed to go to work ut the Bly logging camp nt Spruguo Hlver reportedly in sympiithy wllh the action of CIO union men at Weyerhaeuser. Refusal of ono man. a night watchman at Camp 4, to join Ilia union, was reportedly the Im mediate cause of the strike. A company official said the com pany und union had had cor respondence on this point, Ver non Chnse of the CIO Inter national Woodworkers of Amer ica said this was "part of the cause" of the work stoppage. About 400 men were idle 300 of them at Woi'orhaeuscr's Camps 4 and 0, west nnd east of here, respectively. Tho Bly Logging company camp at Spragtio River provides logs for Ewnuun Box company, another major Klamath mill. Letter Quoted A Weyerhaeuser company spokesman said a union group several days ago served notice that the night watchman at Camp 4 must Join up by August 7. A letter from tne company to the union was quoted as saying that "tho union maintenance provision, which is included In the contract, gives to ony cm- filoye tho right to remain outside he union, and requires all of your union members to continue working with such Individual or Individuals." Tho West Coast Lumber com mission at Portland was in formed of the stoppage here, and in turn reported to the federal conciliation service. At the Pino Industrial Relations com mittee office here It was report ed that the conciliation service representative, Louis Zlman, was on his way here from Eu gone, Mill Operating The difficulty this afternoon hud not affected any milling operations here, with tho big Weyerhaeuser mill operating as usual. CIO has a contract with the union which runs until April 1, 1945. Chnse, the CIO official, snld thut the contract runs until then or "until terminated." It was reported the union has proposed a new contract with a closed shon clause. Some time ago, a difficulty arose over four men who had refused to join tne union at ono of the camps, but tjicse men reportedly Joined Inter. Bomb Cited As Jap Face-Saver CHICAGO. Aug. 7 (IP) One atomic bomb dropped smack on Emperor lllrohito Tokyo palace would do more psycnologicauy, to end the war than anything else. Dr. Wnltcr Dill Scott, presi dent emeritus of Northwestern university, said today, "It would give the japs the fncc-savlng device they have been looking for so desperately," he said in an Interview. SLUGGIN' SLOGAN LOS ANGELES, Aug. 7 (VP) The Herald-Express today pub lished an open letter to Lit. Uen. James II, Doolittlc, conveying its telegraph editor's suggestion for a slogan for use in pep talks to Jnp-bomblng pilots: "Up and ntom.'' AT CAMPS 0 WEYERHAEUSER Tokyo Rose Wins Ciiation As Navy Morale-Builder WASHINGTON. Aug. 7 (PI Tokyo Rose, scductivc-volccd Japancso girl propngnndist, won a citation from the United States navy todny for "meritorious ser vico contributing greatly to the morale" of American troops in the Pacific. As a further' tribute to tho ability of Tokyo Roso to "bring laughter and entertainment to our men and women," the navy granted her permission to broad cast "soon" a description of Adm. William F. Halsey riding tho Japanese emperor's white horse inrougii tne streets of Tokyo, snict me citation: ". . . While the United States armed forces In the Pacific have been extremely busy capturing Atomic if v 6' 8 n. a ai-Ta. This is one of the production areas at the Hanford Engineer Works at Richland, Wash., where the newly announced atomic bomb was dereloped, a carefully guarded secret for two years until publicly disclosed by President Truman August 8. (AP wirephoto). I DAMAGED BY FI Fire late yesterday partially destroyed tho plant of the Lake County Examiner at Lakcvlew, Inflicting damage estimated at between SHUUU and SlU.uuu. The blaze started In the mid' die of the mechanical shop near a linotype machine. No one was in the plant at tne time, ano firemen fought the blaze from the roof. Drcventing it from spreading to adjoining buildings In the center of tne l,bkc county scat's business district. Glenn Charles, publisher, said that the press was undamaged and that the weekly paper would nrobably be-published thcro this week. The Herald and News offered assistance in lino type production. Charles said the entire paper stock, with exception of news print, was destroyed. He was out of town at the time of the blaze but returned last night. fievin Lists Food As Greatest Need LONDON, Aug. 7 (I') Ernest Bcvln, Britain's now foreign sec retary, told the opening session of the third international confer ence of the United Nntions relief and rehabilitation administration today thnt liberated Europe mast be succored during the next 12 months to prevent "dis ease, anarchy and bloodshed." Listing food as the major need In helping the liberated coun tries, Bevln asserted that there were members of UNRRA who were "in a position to make a much bigger contribution" to the work than they have in the past. Attlee Presides , At Cabinet Meet LONDON, Aug. ,7 (JP The first full-dress meeting of the new British cabinet was held to dny at No. 10 Downing street with Prime Minister Attlee pre siding. In the little house where Win ston Churchill worked through some of the darkest days of the British Empire, 19 labor min isters snt down with Attlee to chnrt tho course of Jho new ad ministration. - It was the first time since the new government was constituted late Inst month that the ministers were in London in full strength. STRONG JAP FIGHT CALCUTTA, Aug. 7 (A) Al lied troops battling in the Sit tnng river area of southeast Burma are meeting determined resistance from the Japanese, a southeast Asin command com munique sold today. enemy-held Islands, sinking Jap ships, and killing Japs and more Japs, Tokyo Roso, over solicitous of their morale, has persistently entertained them during those long nights in fox-holes and on board ship, by bringing them ex cellent statc-sldo music, laughter and news about homo. These broadcasts have rominded nil our men of tho things they nre fighting for, , which are tho things America hns given them. And they have Inspired them to n grcntcr determination than ever to get the wnr over quickly, which explains why they nre now driving onward lo Tokyo It self, so lhat soon they will be able to I hank Tokyo Rose in per son " Pv acrory On Wesr r4ftftf. inti'l' IV Famous Hanford Plant Now Listed As A "Ghost Town" RICHLAND, Wash., Aug. 7 (IP) Completion of the Hanford atomic bomb materials plant, 26 miles north of this headquar ters city, was achieved exactly on schedule on February 10 1943, army engineers revealed today. "That date marked the close of one of the greatest construe' tlon lobs of our time." Lt. Col Benjamin T. Rogers, 52, chief of construction, told a press confer ence, . ,i ... "On that day, only two years after turning the first spade, the boom town of Hanford became JET PHI BUST E BURBANK, Calif., Aug. 7 (VP) MaJ. Richard Ira Bong, the farm boy who became America's aer ial ace of aces by downing 40 Japanese planes while emerging unscathed from over 500 combat hours, today lay dead, the vic tim of a jet P-BO shooting star explosion - which occurred four minutes after a takeoff. The explosion, which scat tered parts of the plane over an acre, occurred yesterday after noon Just after the 24-year-old pilot left Lockheed air terminal on a test flight. Major Bong ap parently tried to jump clear of the 1 disintegrating ship, but flames caught him. Pilot Thrown His body was found 100 feet from the flaming jet turbine. His parachute had partly opened. Tho wiry, pug-nosed fighter pilot, who had been testing P-80s for tho army technical service command since July 9, knew he was in trouble as soon as the plane took off. He radioed the control tower.' Suddenly, a puff of black smoke belched from the world's fastest plane as Bong levelled off in flight. A Lockheed service mechanic, ,. Frank Bodenhamer, reported: "The right wing tipped, the pilot's escape hatch came off and the plane nosed over straight down. A column of smoke went into the air for about 400 feet." Other witnesses said the plane exploded with terrific roar, which shook the vicinitr. Most (Continued on Page 'ihrcc) "Captain Eddie" Sees Jap Defeat NEW YORK. Aug. 7 (VP) Capt. Edward V. Rickenbackcr expressed the opinion today that Japan can be defeated by air power alone. The World War I ace and East ern Airlines president said in a statement: "I believe that in a very short time the Japanese people and in dustry will be so demoralized and battered by the daily ration of atomic, demolition and incen diary bombs that they will cry quits. Strike Toll Hits , 64,000 Mark Now By The Associated Press The nation's strike total was around the 64,000 mark today, as mote than two dozen dlsnutes curtailed and halted production aiong mo in nor front. - With 23.000 die nt the Wr aht Aeronautical Corporation plant In Cincinnati, the metal work ing Industries was the hardest. hil. with 43,000 of tho total off their Jobs. . Auguit 7. 1945 Mix. (Aug. 8) 90 Mln 54 Precipitation Uit 24 houn Trace Stream yir to date 13.28 Normal ... 12.22 Last year 10.82 Forecast! Cltir Wednesday. Coast a ghost town. Where 51,000 peo ple lived a year ago, not a man is now to be seen." The town stilt Is there, how ever, awaiting salvage crews. Rogers said the boom town had 1500 residents in April, 1943. By December of that year it had grown to 31,673. At the peak, last summer, it housed 45,000 workers and 6000 service employes. RoRcrs said that Hanford, at one time the fourth largest city in the state, had a trailer camp with 12.000 residents Men's dormitories accommodated 19,- 536 whites and 3696 ' negroes. 1 Women'dormitovies held 4560 whites and 560 negroes. ; Another 17,600 men were housed in Pacific huts. Entertainment for the Han ford workers was provided by two theatres, a ball park seating 10,000 and an' auditorium seat ing 4000. "We built the auditorium in 12 days," Rogers said. "On the 12th night, one of the country's leading horn tootcrs brought, in his orchestra and we all danced." Rogers said that In the re cruiting of workers from all over the nation a total of 125, 000 persons were interviewed. "Of course the turnover was heavy, but not anywhere near what we expected," he said. "It was a task to arouse the enthusiasm of workers in a pro ject about which they knew nothing more than the details of their own jobs." He said not one per cent of the people employed here had any idea of what was going on. Rogers said the construction of the production buildings was so painstaking thnt even the bricks were vacuum-swept be fore going into place. "This brought us floods of complaints from critics among the workers who thought we - (Continued on Page Three) Post Office Bars fwo Jima Stamps WASHINGTON. Aug. 7 (P) The post office department today barred use of Iwo Jima stamps and other issues with patriotic themes on mail for prisoners of wnr held by the Japanese. ' Such mail will be returned to the sender, the department said, explaining that this move was designed to prevent possible con fiscation by Ihe Japanese. Woman Scientist Sets Bomb Plan STOCKHOLM, Aug. 7 (VP) Dr, Liso Meltner, 67-year-old Austrian whose mathematical calculations played an impor tant part in the development of the atom bomb, said today she had no knowledge of the atom bomb announcement as she had not listened to the radio or read a newspaper recently. She de clined to discuss her contribu tion to atom work. Dr. Meitner was once a direc tor of tho Kaiser Wilhelm insti tute. She fled Germany in 1938 al though Hitler overlooked his Nuernberg antl-semlstie laws in an effort to compel ner to stay, She escaped over the Dutch border and traveled to Sweden. Dr. Meltner always refers to herself as an "Austrian" and never a German and throughout her 32 years of work in Ger many never became a German citizen. "When I left Germany it was never to return, sne said. Hdr , f w Number 10588 ATOMIC BOMB BOARS LOUDER W W HITS Tokyo Admits Damage Done By 'New Type Bombs'- By The Associated Press Reverberations of a single terrifying bomb which possibly obliterated a Japanese military city yesterday drowned out the roar of high explosives rained by 125 Superforts today on Toy okawa naval arsenal 175 miles southwest of Tokyo. . London predicted the allies would hand Japan a new ulti matum packing the power of the atomic bomb that blasted Hiro shima. Emperor Hirohito's ad visers would have a choice be tween unconditional surrender within 48 hours or oblivion for their sacred islands. Washington mentioned Tokyo itself, or another key Nipponese city, as the next probable target of the terrible atomic bomb. Admits Damage - Tokyo, in the cautious words of an imperial communique, ad mitted "considerable damage" was caused to Hiroshima by the "new type bombs." Apparently destruction was so great the Nip ponese war lords couldn't be lieve it was a single bomb. Rail transportation to the city on the southern shores of Japan's main island was cut off. "Details are now under investigation," Nip pon's high command said. Some sources" in Washington suggested . the' "details";' would show the city of more than 300, 000 persons was just about wiped out by the single bomb. The bomb was dropped by parachute "and exploded in the air before reaching the ground," the government-controlled Jap anese Domei news agency re ported. It conceded that the bomb had "considerable de structive power." . . "As a result of this wanton attack," Domei said, "a consider able number of houses -in the city were demolished" and scat tered fires flared up. Pamphlets Dropped- Both sides exploited the propa ganda value of war's newest and most devastating weapon. ' Amer ican planes showered Japan with pamphlets on the destructive ness of the bomb. Tokyo -said U. S. "impatience at the slow progress of the projected in vasion of the Japanese mainland drove the enemy to resort to such inhuman tactics." While a strict military censor ship bottled up details of just what happened to Hiroshima, cryptic-official reports and re sults of experiments with the atomic bomb indicated it was something like this: Yanks Stalk Jap Leader's Hideout . MANILA, Aug. 7 (VP) Ameri can and Filipino troops are de veloping a two-way pinch on Japanese hideouts in northern Luzon in a relentless search for General Yamashita despite some rumors that the Japanese com mander of the Philippines was killed in an air raid. - An estimated 6000 Japanese have been pocketed in three areas in the towering mountains. The U. S. sixth infantry division reported these enemy remnants had been split Into small groups in the vicinity of Antipolo, May oyao and Hungduan. Jap People Warned Not To Expect US Compromise SAN FRANCISCO, Aug. 7 (IP) Kichlsaburo Nomura warned the Japanese people today not to expect compromise surrender terms although the Americans arc frankly anxious to end the war quickly. The former ambassador to Washington, who yesterday characterized the Potsdam; sur render ultimatum to Japan as the height of lmpertlnance, to day moved to further stiffen the national backbone in an inter view characterizing the Amer ican people as "hot-tempered." The former envoy did not mention in his anti-surrender dis cussion the awesome new atomic bomb which first was released against the Japanese yesterday with a power threatening ex termination of the empire. Artni rvnlnininir American '"hot tempereclness" and "nerv New Weapon To Be War-Ending, World -Shaping By JOHN M. HIGHTOWER i WASHINGTON, Aug. 7 IP) Tokyo or one of Japan's other great war Industry 'centers is believed here today to be next on the list for atomic bomb destruction. This is the view of officials trying to evaluate the possible effects of the terrifying new weapon both on bringing this war to an early end and on shaping the world of tomorrow. From what has been announced publicly by President Tru man and other American and British officials lt is clear that old ideas of national defense and security based even on weapons as modern as the rockets Hitler used against London are due to undergo radical changes. In its impact on peaceful pursuits, the newly harnessed energy still is some years from practical use, according to official re ports, but it may revolutionise industry and trade of the future. me DomD Durst witn a blind-? ing flash. Billowing clouds of smoke, debris and multi-colored gases blanketed the city. Some of the city simply vanished un der atomic disintegration, Japan trembled for miles around as though shaken by one, of the is land's familiar earthquakes. Packs A Wallop The bomb, which may be packed by the new B-32, was de scribed as 2000 times as destruc tive as any other bomb and car rying an explosive power equiv alent to 20,000 tons of TNT. A pea-sized amount of the atomic death can excavate a hole large enough to hold a house. Unveiling of the atomic bomb perhaps explains why some com manders in the Pacific have hinted that the war against Ja pan might be won from the air. The Nipponese have no defense against threatened atomic bomb attack, described by President Truman as "a rain of ruin from the air the like of which has never been seen.'V Typically, Mustang fighters guarding today's raiding B-29s found no enemy interceptors to fight. Superfort crews reported "excellent results" in tneir mid day attack on the Toyokawa na val arsenal, one of the ten larg est in Japan. - ! Only Loss Of 600 bombing and mine-laying B-29s over Japan yesterday, only one was shot down and its crew was rescued. Tokyo reported- 40 Mustangs from Iwo Jima, accompanied for the first time by "several British planes," raided the Tokyo-Yokohama area today. Nearly 100 Mustangs ripped up the same area" vesterdav.7 ' i. s - Evidently with this- in mind President Truman made clear m his announcement of the new bomb yesterday that the devel opment of atomic power in this country is to be kept under tight government control. Because of its enormous po tentialities for both war and peace, the use of atomic energy is a two-sided Droblem. Here are principal points of both sidesf as developed in omciai state ments and interpreted by those 'qualified to do so: i Effect on tne war wun japan: Dropping of. the first atomic bomb on the Japanese army base at Hiroshima Sunday night was mainly a warning; to the en emy. Pending full reconnais sance reports, it is believed here that the city, which had a pre war population of 318,000, was largely if not completely wiped out. . American propaganda broad casts are bombarding the Japan ese with reports of this mighty new weapon. Enemy warlords can determine for themselves what it did at Hiroshima with a destructive force comparable to 20,000 tons of TNT. The Japanese have no ade quate defense against this wea pon anymore than against regu lar aerial bombardment. They can only surrender or face de struction. The hour is the most critical in their national history. Few top officials here expect a surrender at once, and Mr. Truman himself said the United (Continued on Page Three) Navy Bomber Crash Lands A navy torpedo bomber made a crash landing on Antelope flat north of Clear lake Monday but there was little damage done and no one was injured. It was reported that the plane came down with the wheels up on the flats which are on the Oregon side of the lake. ousness" at length, Nomura cau tioned, "we should not take these weak points of the American people at their face value. Al though they are looking forward for a quick termination of the war, they are not the kind of people who will seek a com promise because of this." Nomura's comments were broadcast by Tokyo radio and recorded by the federal com munications commission, which likewise heard a heterogeneous group of Japanese broadcasts in dicating to some extent the cur tailment of activities which the war has caused in Japanese na tional life. In one report, the Bank of Japan announced that because of communications damage, and lack of lnbor, reports would be made but once a month and limited to scantiest details. SAILOR KILLED IN CRASH NEAR AIR STATION ' One sailor was killed and a second from the naval air sta tion critically injured Monday night when they were struck by a car driven by William James Yates, also of the naval air sta tion. J. B. Isbell of Hazel Green, Ala., died early this morning at the naval air station dispensary and J. W. Bolton was reported as having a good chance lor re covery tnis afternoon. - . The accident happened about 10 o'clock Monday night in front Of a nOUS( at VRFiti Altamnnf , ...., drive. According to state police re ports, : Yates was driving north on Altamont when he turned out to pass a parked car In front of the Altamont address. He ran into the two sailors who had stepped in front of the car and he stopped immediately. Kin Notilied State police said that there were two or three other sailors witrr the two who were injured, all of whom had been drinking at 2858 Altamont and were in an intoxicated condition, accord ing to witnesses. . . f State police were called to the scene of the accident and the two injured men were taken to the air station dispensary where Isbell died this morning. Next of kin of the dead man have been notified by the navy. Whisenants Sell Drug Store Here Everbody's Drug store, operat ed for 12 years by Charles and Rita Whisenant, has been sold to Peyton Hawes and W. B. Armitage of Portland, it was an nounced today. . , The' Whisenants expressed their appreciation to Klamath people for their patronage, and said their plans for the future are indefinite. Hawes and Armitage said they would enlarge the store for sev eral added departments. Each has several other drug stores in Oregon-southern Washington, dis tricts, and said they will have the advantage of large purchas ing power. .-: ' The store will be known as Everbody's Pay-Less Drug store. Loggers Battle 50 Forest Fires GRANTS PASS, Aug. 7 (VP) Several hundred loggers and sawmill workers are assisting state forest patrols battling the mnrp thnn Sn fnrpjt firps set hv lightning throughout Josephine county, Lloyd Morris, inspector for the state board of forestry,' said today. All crews from mills and logging camps outside of Grants Pass were sent out on the fires last night as were the men from Swede basin, the Fleishman Lumber company and Rogue Valley Lumber com pany in Grants Pass. The last of the Grants Pass mills were to close by noon today. EAST COAST ARRIVALS By The Associated Press William C. Mylis, PFC, 2026 Applegate, Klamath Falls. Arrived on Sea Pike, due in New York August 6. Harold D. Hayes, PFC, 1111 Alameda, Klamath Falls. Arrived on unidentified ship, due in New York on August 8. Stephen P. Green, Sat., 4410 Cottage. Klamath Falls. Arrives on SS Lincoln Stef fens, due at Charleston, S. C, on August 7. '. Winford D. Sevlts, Sgt 1742 Menlo way, Klamath Falls. Arrives on SS Lincoln Stcffens, due at Charleston, S. C, on August 7. . Donald W. Muttelman, PFC, 4011 Blsbcc. Klamath Falls. Arrives on SS Lincoln Steffcns, due at Charleston, S. C on August t. '4
