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Day'rfews
By FRANK JENKINS
LONDON. Upon arriving In a
foreign country, money Is the
flint proulum lliut stiirus you Ij
tho fuce. Right NOW not next
week, oflcr you'vu got your foot
on the ground you hnvo to
limrn how to puy your bill.
Otherwise your troubles will bu
im numerous us tho sands uf the
sea.
Hot off th but, you must lolirn
tliu bills unci tho coins unci their
viiluo, and how to mnko chungo.
You'll bo tempted, of course,
just to hold out u hundful and
loll the seller to take what Is
coming to hint, but If you per
sist In that trustful habit you'll
come out uf tho small end of the
hni'M. Minium nature In human
naluro the world over, and it
Just Isn't in human nature to
lake from a greenhorn any LESS
Hum Is coining to you.
AFTER you've got so you can
offer bill or a coin large
enough to cover your purchase
ond count your change with
some degreo of confidence, you
fnee another problem which Is
Acquiring a sense of value. All
prices, naturally, are, named in
the money of llio country, In
your earlier days, that will
mean no more to you than an
Inscription in Arabic carved on
wnll. Before it means any
thing, you have to reduce It in
your mind to ooiiars ana ram.
In England, the shilling Is the
basic unit of value, and at pres
ent a shilling is worth roughly
20 cents, So you spend a largo
part of your time multiplying
shilling prices by 20 cents. You
keep thin up until you find that
a price named In shillings gives
you some understanding of value.
After that, you have time left
to look around ond see what's
going on, t t t
IT'S like a forolgn language.
You may be able to read It.
You may be able to understand
at least a part of what Is being
said to you and you may even
be nblo to make others under
stand you occasionally. But
until you can quit translating
everything that is said to you
Into English beforo lis meaning
can penetrate your mind you'll
be practically helpless.
You huvc to bo able to THINK
In a foreign language before It
does you much good. Similarly,
you have to bo able to think in
terms of foreign money before
you can get over the uneasy
feeling that you're losing your
shirt In every transaction. '
BRITISH money Isn't necessar
ily any simpler than other
' foreign money, but It Is easier
for an American to master do
causo British money and tho
English language normally go
hand In hand. If you get stuck,
you can ask questions and have
some confidence In the answers.
Asking questions about strange
money In a stkanub ain
GUAGE Is enough to drive any
body nuts.
'
BRITISH bills in common usage
are the pound and a half
nound notes, Tlicro aro 20
shillings to a pound, and a half
pound nolo is labelled 1U ami
lings.
As a general average, you buy
a pound for about $4. You soon
learn to buy pounds at a bank
and nay your bills with them, in
stead of just passing your
traveler s checks tor in casual
transactions here and there you
can never be sure Just what the
rato of exchange will be.
rrllK coins In everyday use,
starting from the bottom up,
aro tho half penny (ha'penny),
tho penny, about the size of a
stovo lid, tho three-penny plcco
(thruppence), tho shilling, the
two shilling piece and tho half
crown, worth 21 shillings. For
somo reason too obscure for on
American to fathom, they com
plicate this set-up with n florin,
also worth two shillings, but
since the florin is the snmo size
as a two-shilling plcco it doesn't
bother you,
A shilling looks like a quarter
ond is now worth about 20 cents
and a two-shilling plcco Is an
undersized luilf dollar worth
about 40 cents. A half crown Is
an actual half dollar at existing
exchange, and you lovo 'em be
cause they mean somothing to
' you. Those similarities soon
help to glvo you n sense of
values. '
A penny Is a little shy of two
cents In existing value, so that
a thruppence Is tho rough
equivalent of o nickel, Then
there Is the sixpence,' looking
like a dime and worth about
that. .
From tlmo to tlmo throughout
the day you get thrown with a
bump by having prices quoted
to you In "guineas," A guinea
Is a pound and a shilling. There
Is no guinea coin or bill, It's
just a theoretical unit. Why
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Japs Reveal
Bomb Damage
To Hiroshima
GUAM, Aug. 8 (!') The obliterating blast of a single atomic
bomb dropped by a lone Suporlort destroyed 60 per cent o( the
Important Japanese city of Hiroshima and today Tokyo admitted
that practically nothing escaped death In its scorching path.
"Those outdoors burned to death, while those indoors were
killed by Indescribable pressure and heat," reported Tokyo. It
said the city was In "disastrous ruin" and that houses and build
ings were "crushed."
The newspaper Asahl Bhlmbun appealed to the people to re
main calm under the "inhuman" bombing and "pledge to fight
through until the last." The editorial declared the Japanese mind
had been "trained for Juit such an occasion as this."
General Spaata warned the enemy that more B-29s are ready
to drop more of the world's most destructive explosives on the
Island cities if resistance continues.
MILITARY TARGETS HIT
The strategic air forces commander said that 4.1 square
miles ol Hiroshima'! built-up area of 6.9 square miles were wiped
out. Five military targets wore destroyed by the one bomb. The
communication did not Identify them.
Grim details ot what happened on the ground came only from
Tokyo. The enemy broadcast revealed that the blast was so ter
rible that the dead could not be distinguished from the Injured.
Neither could be identllled. Destruction was so great, and need
for relief so urgent, that authorities had been unable to establish
th extent of civilian casualties.
Spaata based his communique on photographs from the sky.
They showed the heart of the city devastated with awful thor
oughness as if a giant bulldoser had swept up buildings and
nouses ana aumpea tnem into a
Reconnaissance disclosed that
tho harbor area of Hiroshima
population of about 343,000
was barely touched by tho tre
mendous blast. But the concus
sion, or fire effect was so over
powering elsewhere that several
firebreaks and seven streams
one stream was about three city
blocks wide failed to stop the
fiamcs.
Tho high-flying camera planes
circled Hiroshima a few hours
after Monday's attack and found
only two small fires still burn
ing. The remainder of tho city
appeared turned to ashes. Tho
lens caught photographic proof
Hint one bomb, sniull onough to
bo carried by " any American
bomber or fighter plane packs
more death and destruction than
thousands of tons of ordinary
fire and demolition bombs.
American officers who studied
the pictures said the destruction
was about the same as they
would expect from a forco of
about 150 Supcrforts, each car
rying seven tons of Incendiary
and demolition bombs.
City Unprepared
The city, which will go down
in history as the testing ground
for man's most awful weapon,
was unprepared for such a swift,
crushing blow. Tho Japanese
had prepared their defense well
against Supcrforts and fire
bombs, but they were as noth
ing against tho atom.
Tightly congested Hiroshima
had a population roughly mid
way between that oS Denver
and Seattle, respectively 322,
412 and 368,302 In 1040. But
Denver covers 58.7 square miles
and Seattle 80.7 square miles.
Physically the destroyed area
approximated Hint of Bayoncc,
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Lehman Advises
New UNRRA Levy
LONDON, Aug. 8 (!) A new
UNRRA levy of $1,516,906,150
upon participating nations' was
recommended today by Herbert
H. Lehman, director-general of
tho relief organization, with the
warning that the winter ahead
may bo "ono of tho grimmest in
history."
Tho recommended levy is ex
clusive of a Russian request for
$700,000,000.
War Department Denies
Bomb's Lasting Power
WASHINGTON, Aug. 8 (IP)
Tho war department today de
nied published reports that areas
devastated by tho atomic bomb
continue for years to react with
death-dealing radioactivity.
In a statement, tho depart
mont quoted Dr. J. R. Oppen
hoimcr, head of this phase of tho
atomic research, as saying "there
Is every reason to believe that
tlicro was no appreciable radio
activity on tho ground at Hiro
shima and what little tlicro was
decayed very rapidly,"
Published reports had quoted
Dr, Harold Jacobson of Colum
bia university, ono of thoso who
participated in tho atomic re
search work, as saying tho
bombed area in Japan might
causo death for persons entering
tho area for a period of 70 years.
Ono of tho Initial war depart
ment announcements on the
bomb's discovery, however, de
scribing an oxDerlment with the
bomb In July In Now Mexico,
said "to examine tho nature of
tho crater" causer! bv llio exnliv
slon "specially equipped tanks
were wheeled Into t in area" so
scientists could sco what had
happened.
Telephone Mil
KLAMATH FALLS, OHEGON, WEDNEBDA'
river.
y
The body of Robert Barney
Holllngswortli, 20, was recov
ered Tuesday evening from the
waters of Lake o' the Woods
where he had been missing since
July lu.
Holllngsworth was found by
Col. Larry Allbritton.' of the
.Murine Barracks, who Is th.c
Camp Fire girls camp at the
lake, Ho was on water sklis
when ho first sighted the body
and ho immediately went to
shore and took a boat to the
place where the body had come
up.
Holllngsworth was drowned
on July 10 during a storm on
tho lake when the boat in which
ho was riding turned over. Drag
ging operations were carried on
for some time but were finally
abandoned.
Ho is survived by a sister,
Mrs. E, H. Koschnick, and his
mother, Mrs. Louis Mundros,
both of Klamath Falls, Services
will bo held at St. Paul's Episco
pal church at 10 a. m. Saturday.
Wards Funeral home has charge
of arrangements,
Death Toll Now 5
In Oregon Fires
PORTLAND, Ore., Aug. 8 (P)
Tho death toll In Oregon forest
fires was five today as armies
of fighters reported control of
most recent lightning-set blazes
in scattered sections of the state.
Tho latest casualty was Sgt.
Joseph W. Short, 26, a Pacific
veteran from Evansvlllo, Ind.,
crushed under a bulldozer on the
huge Tillamook fire last night.
Tho bulldozer went over a cliff.
A few hours previously an un
identified negro paratrooper
flown into tho Umnqua forest In
Southern Oregon from Pendleton
alrbasc was killed. He was not
identified pending notification
of next of kin. Army sources
said he was ono of 10 dropped
on the fire. Another was in
jured. The war department 1 made
this statement on the published
story;
"In response to inquiries from
tho press regarding news stories
appearing In this morning's
newspapers based on an inter
view with Dr. Harold Jacobson,
tho war department today issued
this statement:
"In the opinion of the most
competent experts who have
been studying all phases of the
effects of tho llomb for a number
ot years there Is no basis for Dr.
Jacobson's speculation with re
spect to radioactivity. Thore has
boon no expectation by thoso
same experts of any such radio-
Lpctlvo phenomena as ho de
scribes.
"Dr. J, R. Oppcnholmer, the
head ' of this phase of work,
when asked for his views said:
'Based on oil of our experiment-1
al work ond study, ond on the
results of tho tests in New Mex
ico, thero Is every reason to be
lieve that there was no apprecia
ble radioactivity on the ground
at Hiroshima and what little
there was decayed very rap
Idly.' "
8. 1945
.A
Atomic Bomb
92 ileclrom
( Negative)
' Confer 01 Atom
It PoiHive Charge
Called Piolons
.O IUM
V ,v"v,
stim.itod Area of Totdi Annihilation. -200
Y,irds in Dirt m I or. From 11 Ton Bomb
T
Ciound
. '1
Ground
Ewtmatod Total Annihilation Aiea
Of This Atomic Bomb- -At least Ton
Times As Great AsFrom 11-Ton Bomb
The top drawing shows in its most rudimentary form the
uranium atom, used in the new atomic bomb. The 92 electrons
are held In their orbit by the attraction of the positive electrical
force In the center, called protons. When this atom explodes (top
right) it divides into two complete atoms of different chemical
element. Lower drawing shows a rough estimated comparison
between the complete demolition area of an 11-ton British "earth
quake" bomb and the new atomic bomb. (AP wirephoto sketch).
NAS Plane Rushes Serum To
Segregee Baby At Tulelake
A plane from the Klamath
naval air , station yesterday
rushed serum from San Fran
cisco to Klamath. Fplls , in, an at
tempt to save the life of Rloko
Ogawa, 15-month-old native of
the Tuloloke segregee center.
The little girl, of Japanese de
scent, daughter of Mr .and Mrs.
Hatsugl Ogawa,; developed men
ingitis caused by influenza virus.
Dr. Jack Sleatb, chief medical
officer at the Tule base hospi
tal, said that cases of this kind
are fatal without use of a spe
cial, recently-developed serum.
Ho learned that .such .scrum
was available at a San Fran
cisco children's hospital, which
offered to divide its supply if
the scrum could be brought to
Tulelake in time. Commander
D. Paye, senior medical officer
at the Klamath naval air station,
was contacted, and arranged an
emergency flight by navy plane
to Alameda.
Lt. D. M. Rachio flew the
plane yesterday to Alameda and
Murdered Student
Found At Seattle
SEATTLE, Aug. 8 (P) Rid
dled with bullets, the body of
Walter Bernard Foley, 22, Uni
versity of Washington student
and discharged serviceman, was
found this morning crumpled be
side the Juanita-Kenmoro cutoff
highway north of here, sheriff's
officers reported.
Authorities said he apparent
ly had been slain elsewhere and
his body dumped from ao auto
mobile near the Inglcwood golf
course.
King Peter Downs
Tito Government
LONDON, Aug. 6 (P) Youth
ful King Peter of Yugoslavia re
pudiated the government of
Premier Marshal .Tito tonight
and accused him of dictating to
the people of Yugoslavia the
way they should vote In an elec
tion to- determine the future
constitution of the country.
He Issued a proclamation
from his official residence pro
claiming that the regents ap
pointed . to represent him had
failed to fulfill their oaths and
obligations, The proclamation
withdrew authority he invested
in the regents,
74 Killed In
Elevator Blast
PORT ARTHUR, Ont Aug, 8
(P) Fourteen persons were list
ed as dead and nine wcro re
ported missing today as the re
sult of an explosion which
wrecked a grain storage eleva
tor here yesterday.
The blast rocked Port Arthur
and neighboring Fort William,
blew out all four walls of the
elevator and hurled bodies as
far us 200 feet from tho scene,
Witnesses said It let loose "a
sheet of flame 200 to 300 feet
long,"
August 8. 1945
Max. (Aug. 7) 89 Mln 52
Precipitation last 24 hours 00
Stream year to date 13.28
Normal 12.22 Last yaar ...10.62
forecast! Clear and warmer.
Diagramed
a.
0 m
EXPLOSION OF URANIUM ATOM
FORMS TWO NEW ATOMS .
back, through bad weather. He
delivered the serum to Dr,
Sleath at the. air station here,
, aryl. htttpcdtp, Tulelakeii An in
jection was given at 9 p. m
The baby was still alive today,
but it will be another day or
two before the outcome is cer
tain. 4 Powers Split
Austria-Germany
WASHINGTON, Aug. 8 UP)'!
The Big Three and France today
proclaimed their determination
to separate Austria completely
from Germany. Simultaneously,
the four powers announced ma
chinery to accomplish this pur
pose. Pending ultimate independence
under a "freely .elected" govern
ment, a joint statement said,
Austria and its capital city,
Vienna, are to be split into four
zones of military occupation.
Each zone will have a military
commissioner exercising supreme
authority. For the country as a
whole, the four will constitute
an allied council. ,
Four Countries
Sign Trial Plan
LONDON, Aug. 8 (JP) The
key plan for the trials of Ger
many's major war criminals
was signed today by the repre
sentatives of the United States,
Britain, Russia and France.
The document was signed as
it was disclosed that top-ranking
nazis, held as prisoners of
war at Mondorf, Luxembourg,
and elsewhere, would be moved
soon to the Nuernberg Jail,
where they will lose their status
as prisoners of war and be held
as civil criminals.
Chinese Troops
Reoccupy Island
CHUNGKING, Aug. 8 (IP)
The Chinese high command an
nounced today that Chinese
troops had reoccupied Kukiang
island at the mouth of the Min
river northeast of Foochow,
thus driving the Japanese from
their last coastal foothold in the
vicinity of that Fuklcn province
port.
The announcement said the
island was held by only a small
number ot Japanese and the op
eration apparently was carried
out with only slight opposition.
BASEBALL
NATIONAL
R. H. E.
Chicago 5 18 1
Bolton 2 5 1
Prim and Gillespie; Andrews,
Hutchings (8) and Hofforth.
AMERICAN
R. H. E.
Boston 2 7 3
Detroit 5 11 0
Ferris and Garbark; Ovcrmlre,
Benton (8) and Swift.
Number 10587
ESS
NCR EASE IN
WOODS CAMPS
Strike Stops Produc
tion Of Logs In
Five Operations
Idleness spread in logging
camps of this area today as the
aftermath of -a strike started
among CIO unionists at the Wey
erhaeuser Timber company's
two woods operations yesterday,
in an apparent attempt to get a
union shop agreement with that
company.
Weyerhaeuser's woods crews
were still out, no work was done
today at the Bly Logging com
pany's Sprague River camp, and
the logging camn of the Chilo-
quin Lumber company in north
ern ruamatn county was report
ed shut down in a sympathy ges
ture. Pelican Bay Lumber company
was not getting logs today from
its Indian reservation camp, due
to shutdown of operations of
Weyerhaeuser's eastern Klamath
railroad, over which Pelican Bay
logs are hauled. Pelican Bay
made immediate arrangements
to shift its logging and truckine
operations to Beatty, on the O.
os t. railroad.
Some Report
Some men reDortert tn wnrk
today at the Bly Logging camp,!
which supplies logs tor the
Ewauna Box company, but there
were not enough on hand to get
log production going. Union of
ficials indicated that the strike
which developed there yesterdav
in sympathy with, the Wsyer-.
uncuser Hiiuauon was Clue to a
misunderstanding," but the Bly
Logging employes were scat
tered and only a part of them
were available for work today.
While the Weyerhaeuser diffi
culty was reported as immedi
ately due to the refusal of a
nightwatchman to join the CIO
union, it was indicated that the
bigger issue is a union shop at
tempt on the part of the union.
The union has a contract with
Weyerhaeuser which calls for
"maintenance of union" but not
for union shop. There was some
talk that the CIO unionists might
spread the strike in an effort to
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Trial Reveals
Allied Advice
PARIS,- Aug. 8 (P)A defense
witness for Marshal Petain testi
fied today that both the United
States and Great Britain in
formed France they would be
unable to send her aid in the
Orient and suggested that the
Vichy regime accept Japanese
demands on French Indo-China.
Gen. Maurice Martin was the
witness. He testified that the
French command in Indo-China
had been determined to fight on
in 1940, when the Japanese de
manded closing of the supply
route to China.
TRUMAN SIGNS
WASHINGTON, 'Aug. 8 ()
tiatiucauon of tne united Na
tions charter by this country
was formally completed today
with President Truman s signa
ture on the senate's instrument
of approval.
Boom In Sports Predicted
By Jesse Owens After War
By PAUL HAINES
Grinning, affable Jesse Owens,
greatest track star of all time,
predicts a boom for sports after
the war, particularly in track.
Owens is in town today In con
junction with the gala "sports
jamboree" being held at Recrea
tion park in which he will run
in special events and also against
a race horse belonging to Pat
Hogue.
Owens, sitting across the desk
from us, says that new coach
ing methods and improved
technique will make the time
9.3 possible in the 100-yard dash
in the far future.
Jesse's own record for the
route is 9.4, which is approxi
mately 30 miles an hour. "As
little as you might think," Jesse
said, "the track suit, itself, is an
important item. The cut of the
suit and its weight makes a
world of , difference," Jesse de
clared. "Placement of spikes in track
shoes may also change the pic
ture," he stated.
Starting is probably the most
Important Item in the 100-yard
dash, he said. Jesse uses the
"balance" start and drives off
Truman Tells
Soviet Entry
Into Conflict
WASHINGTON. Aug. 8 VP) Russia has declared war upon
Japan. ' .
The declaration, announced to the United States first by Presi
dent Truman, and followed by a report on the Moscow radio, is
effective at 2 p. m.. Pacific war time.
The first reaction in Washington, unanimous and unequivocal,
was that Russia's entry, coupled with the atomic bomb means an
early end of the Japanese war.
The president announced the soviet action at a hurriedly sum- :
moned White House news conference.
The president used these words, on which he authorised direct
quotation:
"1 have only a simple announcement to make. I can't hold a
cegular priiis conference today but this announcement Is so im
portant I thought I would call you in. Russia has declared war
on Japan. That is all."
A government official in a position to know told newsmen
that agreement for Russia's entry in the Japanese war was con
cluded at the Big Three meeting at Potsdam.
SURPRISE -
This official, who declined use of his name, recalled that the
Russians were said authoritatively to have agreed at the Yalta
conference that they would enter the war in due course. ,
There was no decision at Yalta, however, lt was said, on the
timing. ,
Some surprise was expressed that the Russians had decided
to fight the Japanese at such an early date. But there have been
persistent reports, lacking official confirmation, that Russia would
enter the Japanese war 90 days after the collapse of Germany.
The Germans surrendered May 8.
Belief that Russia's war declaration could force an uncondi
tional Japanese surrender in a few days, was expressed by some
ranking military and naval authorities.
Piling one sensational development on another, these officials
consider the soviet action coming after the atomic, bomb attack
has supplied the enemy warlords with every excuse they need to
quit and save face with the explanation that further fighting it
useless because the entire world it against them.
Should the warlords determlna
Seventy marines from the
Klamath Marine Barracks were
sent out today to fight a fire at
Grass Lake about 50 miles south
of Klamath Falls, which by
Wednesday afternoon had cov
ered about 1200 acres of brush
land. Forest officials in Mt.
Shasta said that the blaze was
under control this afternoon.
This, fire was one of 60 fires
started in the Shasta national
forest . area by the lightning
storms the first Dart of this
week. From the Klamathforest
area a little -further . west there
were 88 fires reported. Nine or
ten blazes were started in tne
Lassen district. 14 in Trinity,
and eight in the Modoc forest
area. .
Four of the blazes in the coast
area were reported out of con
trol. Several of the fires were in
the Sacramento canyon south of
Dunsmuir.
Paratroopers were being used
in the Diamond lake area this
afternoon to stop fires there.
From Modoe National forest
came reports of a blaze in the
Happy Camp mountain district
which was under control Tues
day night after eating into 120
acres of mature timber land.
Crews from Long Bell lumber
camps and Shaw camp fought the
fire, cause of which is not
known.
The fire in the Aspen moun
tain country Tuesday afternoon
was under control after burning
a small area of brush land.
Crews from Klamath Forest Pro
tective association were sent out
on the blaze.
Klamath Indian reservation
officials were appr ehensive
about forecast lightning storms
Wednesday afternoon but no
fires have been reported so far,
Soviet Confers
With Chinese
MOSCOW, Aug. 8 A high
ranking Chinese military man.
Gen. Hstune Shih-Hui, today en
tered into discussions at the
Chinese embassy with the dele
gation of Premier T. V. Soong,
who is here for talks with Gen
eralissimo Stalin and other sov
iet officials.
with his left foot. As you come
out of the crouch, vou dig for the
first.ten yards, and then lengthen
into vour striae, ne staiea.
There are three different
styles or- types of start, Jesse
said, but he prefers the balance
start because it gives the runner
a chance to set himself without
too much strain and the runner
is more relaxed in this start than
any other.
In racing against a horse,
Jesse depends upon the start to
carry him over tho finish line
first. Ho figures on about a
30-yard jump on the horse from
the start with tne norse gaining
rapidly and the two fighting it
out on even terms over the final
10 yards.
Jesse's mark for the 220 is
20.3 seconds and the record still
stands alone today. His record
for the running broad jump of
26 feet 8 J inches also is unsur
passed. Jesse smashed all known world
and collegiate records while at
tending Ohio State. He will be
32 years old next month and says
with a grin that, "I can still run
the hundred In 9.8." And, folks,
that ain't so bad!
to hold out, then the combination
of pressures may be enough to
break the will of the Japanese
people and pitch the country in-
10 panic and revolution which
would end the present militarist
leadership and produce capitula
tion. Beyond these two Dossibilities.
persons familiar with Japan say
that if the Japanese do not give
up now, they must be expected
to continue until their country
is destroyed by atomic bombs .
and their islands are invaded
and conquered something
which would take months to ac-'
complish. ,
Strategically Russia's drclara.
tion slams the last open door ;
between Japan and the outer '
world. It puts under threat of i
attack all 'those vast areas ot
Manchuria ' in which Japan '
might have hoped to continue
the -war against the allies pro
vided the soviet union remained
neutral.
There is no evidence that Rus.
sia will contribute materially to
the invasion of Japan. If that
has to be carried out, it may be
expected to go off on schedule,
months in future, pretty much
regardless of Russia's move.
The two big military results are
these: - - ;
1. Siberian-air bases In the
vicinity of Vladivostok Dresum-
ably are being made promptly
available to the United States
army air forces to complete th
DiocKaae ot tne Japanese home---land
islands, to intensify the
bombardment of the home is
lands and to seal off the split
of the great Japanese armies at
home from those in Manchuria.
2. During the early years of
the Pacific war, Russia and
Japan maintained approximately
equal forces in Siberia and
, (Continued on Page Three) r
Truman To Report
On Potsdam Meet
WASHINGTON, Aug. 8 (P)
President Truman will report to
the nation on the Potsdam con
ference over all radio networks
at 7 p. m. Pacific wartime Thurs
day in a 30 minute speech.
Presidential Secretary Crjarles
G. Ross said today the speech,
which probably also will be
shortwaved abroad, will go into
greater detail than the commun
ique issued by the Big Three at
the close of the meeting July 26.
Logging Company
Sues For Losses
COOOS BAY, Aug. 8 (II
Lyons and Irwin Logging com
pany today filed suit against
Coos Bay Logging company ask
ing $256,400 for losses sustained
from a forest fire in South Coos
River canyon July 12 and 15.
In a complaint in circuit
court, Coquille, the plaintiff as
serted the defendants were op
erating donkey engines in their
own operations the day the firo
started and had not taken nec
essary precautions to prevent or
combat fire.
The suit is one of the few
ever filed in the state holding
logging operators responsible for
forest firo losses '
EAST COAST
ARRIVALS
By' The Associated Pres
William C. Myers, PFC,
2026 Applcgatc, Klamath
Falls.' Arrived on Sea Pike,
due in New York August 6.
John H. Lott Jr T5, Box
10, Chiloquin. Arrived on
John Erickson, due in Now
York August 6.
Frederick S. Eyerly, 1st
Lt., 1968 Earlc, Klamath Falls.
Arrived on SS West Brooke
Victory, duo In Hampton
Roads, Va., August 7. .