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Newspaper Page Textran lt I PRICE FIVE CENTS ber In The By FRANK JENKINS LONDON. If anyono doubts Hint new Ideas tire loose tn Kngland, ho should puy visit to Coventry, the city Hint wo destroyed by tho Gormunc an a dcllbrrato act of terrorism, de signed to frighten tho British neonle Inlo surrender. Coventry wn smashed In two nlKht attacks, each lusting about 11 hour, uoin times mo ouniu. em came over In wovo aflor wiivo for liour after hour, rain Iiik down their bombs. Coventry 1.1 ono of England's old walled IV.TII.-. . , lay It I2lh century cathedra and tho wholo of Its commercial towns, wnnin us nnciem wn center. It was flown one oi narrow, winding streets that T mAi, nniflvi rnrtn hpr white horse, attired only in nor now- lug hair. It has had It own charter for more than 600 years, v. I. 1 1 1 - - M rl In Iraft tloil. !.. alllrpri nn V In her tlOW-1 11 Is literally steeped In tradition -UTSIDE this old walled city J HMlrnll. plrpllntf It. a mod ern Industrial city has grown up. There are moir pm rnmnlnta automobiles mA i, i, til run nf accessory plants, making parts, that cluster around automobllo factories. There are textile plants. There are plants of.all kinds. It I said that Coventry's factories make 1001 tnings. nccnuro ""' a. ,. ! n wlHnlv divers fled It has been peculiarly free from Nninrullv th var ed aillllifni ........ .- , - Industry was turned more or loss completely to war worn. The destructlon-ralnlng- hazl itAiiittnrtt aa nraptlcAllv no dam age at all to the busy factories on Coventry's ran, uui uiejr wrecked the city Insldo so com Eletcly that It must now be re ullt almost from the ground up IT Is the plans for Its rebuilding ll.l .limit nlnilit nf this new spirit that Is abroad In these islands. I no pmns nro u ini along that a complete scale mnriivl linn hpen enmnletcd. You inni ni it mul mh vour eves telling yourself that It can't be true, mat you musi uo kih things. Tho new city Is to be com nletelv zoned, with a retail area a governmental building area and a recreational and cultural ........ Tl,n nlnm I llf It (H f. fl Ilinl I. with the city buildings at one end and me spire oi mo w thcdral (which Is about all that ...milnoH nf It when the bombers left) at the other. But It Is the buildings themselves that leave vou dizzy. They are pure y functional, which means that In appenranrc they are to be strict ly MODERNISTIC. Tho scalo models of them look like these "innkinir nasi tomorrow ans one sees In the slick paper mag azines. tttt Hint's onlv tho half of It " The retail area la to be built on the .Wllshlro Boiilcvarn plan, with the buildings BACKING on tr.l streets and ironung on innu .nnnnri nnrlclntf areas. Immcdf atoly adjacent Is an IMMENSE parking area for automobiles. The whole plan Is designed to make It possible to do your shop, ping, pay your taxes, your phone bill, your heat, light ani' water bills, get your lunch, go to the library and mnybo take a swim In the munlclpnl pool before tea ' villi a MINIMUM number of steps. Tho old, narrow, winding mtwnntm urn tn hn no more nnd tholr plnco Is to bo taken by wide (tjoniinucn on riinu untu; Oregon's Fires Now Controlled PORTLAND, Ore., Aug. 10 (P) For thn rir.il time in a moiun Oregon forest fires iillhoiiKli still Uimniiirf nrpi'n Tnlrlv vunll In hnnrl. Crows fighting Iho 4000-ncro Old Mill flro insitio tno warm Springs Indian reservation wero transferred to the nearby 400- aero uenar mum oni.u in wp shed pine and flro stands. They fire was inside, trans nut sun burning furiously in somo sec Higher humldllv nnd lower ing wlndo aided fighters on nil fnnnl. Crew chiefs said that fnnnw, crew cninis sain inni comnlote control can bo achieved . .. i ia it ii.. . I in all sectors If the wcalhor rc mains favorable, In' W- imtt aim DiMtt KLAMATH 33 MEET DEATH IN N. DAKOTA TRAIJURASH Engine Plows' Into Rear Of Empire Builder MICHIGAN, N. D Aug. 10 (IP) weilljrPVVVIl .. . - - - crcd tHuy (rom the tangled steel wrcc)(MlI0 ( Bn observation car Twenty-seven poaics were rutuv lllo vvliicli a locomotive piowca .. two ,ccu0ns 0f the Em- n..ti.i- r;tit Nnrthprn r H.....I.I Irnln pn I rlpd jrB,.coniincntal train, comacci llcro iiiur,day night, killing an estimated 33 and injuring SO . . . i. ....... 1 . r UUI? VMIIUVI, ..fc..- - -- , . illmated 33 and injuring In -1 tUtkm nrlnilulv. mute, iv u . Railroad officials said the bod ies of six women, ten members el the armod forces and a negro the women was identified as Mrs. L. H. Lolthus, wuc oi tiwiKn ju. H. Lolthua, 27, o (box 281), i .....ll Uti.U Thn nnrl(r WHS uuwuu, - J. Pearson of Chicago, who was on duty on tho coniuinauon oo-scrvatlon-slceper. ., , .v John Cameron; Dakota, dlvi- ,.nvlilAnrlnilt anlH he had seen the bodies of five other niiuenffcrs In tho wreckage, no said they were tlioso of tlirce women, four men and a child. This would cslabllr.!! the dead at 33. A lli-r..1 nnlfniman inlfl the collision occurred on a curve a short distance west or tnc micni gnn station shortly before 7 p. m. inuTi nlim. tlm flral upntlnn had stopped to cool a hotbox. on the locomotives nici taiiK. wun h crash which shook every house In this community of less than nnn nAnulnllnn .iinfirllnlf ape. UVU fiw.ll IHI.u.., ... ..'. ond section plowed Into the rear end of tho train. The first section, which nor mally precedes the second by 25 (Continued on Pago Two) Tacoma Drowning Baffles Police TArriMA Ann in tIPt Mva. tcry shrouded today tho deaths by drowning of C. J. Kcrnwcln, prominent Tacoma businessman, and nis zz-ycar-oia sieiununmi.T, Mary Kcrnwcln, whoso bodies were found floating in tho Ta coma narrows yesterday by a fisherman. Kcrnwcln was owner of tho Tacoma Truck Sales company and of the Marino Highway Bus company. Ho and his stepdaugh ter last were seen leaving the sales company's offices, where Mary was a member of tho of fice staff, In a truck Wednesday noon. Sheriff's officers searched for the truck today In an effort to find a clue to the drownings. Nagasaki Atomic Bombing Described As "Tremendous" GUAM, Aug. 10 UP) Airmen 70 to 250 miles away witnessed the atomic bombing of Nagas aki and described it as "too tremendous to believe." Associated Press War Corres pondent Richard dishing re ported that Okinawa based filers, attacking other targets on tho southern Japanese Island of Kyushu, saw flames and ex plosions as tho most destructive weapon of tho war found us marR, Smoke Column Filers In tho nearest plnno re ported a smoko column whirled 20,000 foot Into tho air. A crow member of a plane 250 miles Bway said ho saw a fiery yellow orango ball shot Inlo tho sky rni nnnn fori fnllnwpd hv n col umn of smoke which rose to at : , ' olllvatm,(lnlnH " ;""-"""-:, ,,, Viram aknd bv hoecond n omic wreaked by tho second atomic bomb dropped on tno Nipponese, Results "Good" The results of tlio ' atomic , , r. j. bombing of Nagasaki wore de Hnnlliiirl km "llfinfl" lf flpnpra a..rlhnrl aa "onnrl" Iw Hpneral Spaatz, chief of the U. S. army Telephone Bill FALLS. OREGON. FRIDAY. Kesberson, Ewauna CIO Workers Stop; 1787 Men Now Idle Work stoppage In this area spread today when the Kesterson Lumber corporation, the Kesterson box factory, and the Ewauna n.. r- urnrn tftrnr-ir hv Pin unionists, hoostinff the total num ber of strikers to 1787 In Klamath . . . . nnH . A loilil OX iti men arc oui m a uu Ewauna. The strike figure zoomed to 1787 today after 1100 men had been reported out yesterday at Weyerhaeuser, Chiloquin Lumber company and Bly Logging company logging camps. Kestarson Picketed ' The Kesterson plant was picketed early this morning, Joining the present strike at the huge Weyerhaeuser Timber company here, which is aimed at a 27 Vt cents an hour wage increase and a union shop. n inc uiiiuii luiiiiiiiuit.- iiuuntu a. m. that the workerswould go were taKcn at doiii rwesxerson ana cwbuhb mil". Watchman Immadiat Causa . Refusal of ono man, a night watchman at Weyerhaeuser camp 4, to join the union, was reported as the immediate cause of the spreading strikes. No violence was reported with the spreading of strike opera tions and further work stoppage. 100,000 Feet Cut Dally A Kesterson plant official said this morning that the lumber corporation had been cutting about 100,000 feet of lumber daily while the box factory cut approximately 80,000 feet per day. Ewauna was said to cut 225,000 feet daily and was the most recent company to go out. No Agreement Reached Vernon Chase, president of the Klamath basin district council, IWA-CIO, said this afternoon that a meeting between union offi- : ... v.. I)..- ... .. mi. lniM lliln mnrnlnff una ciais ana me &w.uuh uua iuuif"" v... r that the strike was called because no satisfactory agreement was reached;' "- ' i" '. '' ; ".''T'r." - "?7,"-' Chase said that VThls Is not necessarily a sympathy strike, but Is an outright, demand by the employes for a union shop and for action on a demand for wage increases which was placed a year ago. The strikes are duo to a great many difficulties on ftunion maintenance, safety condi G OF C V-J IE The Retail Trado committee of the Klamath county chamber of commerce met this morning to draw up Its recommendations for local obscrvanco of V-J Day. The following schedule was adopted without a dissenting vote: (1) If the event occurs on a business day before 12:00 noon, stores will close immediately for the remainder of tho day and will be opened for business the following day; (2) If the event occurs on a business day alter iz:uu noon stores will close immediately for the remainder of the day and will also be closed the following dB(3) If the news Is officially announced on Saturday, stores will close immediately and will open Monday as usual; (4) If the news is officially announced any time after mid night on Saturday, Sunday, or on a legal holiday, stores will remain closed the following day. Food stores will observe the following schedule; (1) Stores will close at 3:00 (Continued on Page Two) strategic air forces, but lie said that three and a half hours after tho devastating weapon was dropped at noon yesterday, smoko still obscured the damage from a photo reconnaissance plane. The new reports on the Naga saki assault camo as two flights of B-2f)s hit the Tokyo arsenal and Amagnsakh important oil refinery adjoining Osaka on Honshu, Tokyo Silent With radio Tokyo totally sil ent on tho atomizing of Nagas aki, there was no other Infor iiititiiiii uii mu uwiiii iiuu ui niv western Kyushu seaport of 253,- nnn tll.. ' mation on tho awful fato of tno 000 population. First reports from Hiroshima, which later was shown to bo 00 (Continued on lJngo Three) EAST COAST ARRIVALS By The Associated Press Jack Samson, 1st. Lt., 148 E. Main, Klamath Falls. Ar rives on Marine Fox, due In New York August 10. DAY OBSHC ? V T L 1 AUGU8T 10, IW 0 county. . ir.. .... -i Ann 1.11a ot l i"""- v., ----- on strike at noon. Strike votes tions, ana numerous minor grievances," he stated. More Meets Set fhacA rinnlnrnrl that mnl-A miwtinit. drn sphAHitlnrt tn thp next two or three days with other companies, including rencan Bay Lumber company, Big Lanes Box company, and the Chiloquin Lumber company. A, rtfrinln) nl Dm r'hilnnilin Lumber company declared this noon that a union meeting was held there last night but that no Hppiainn urn a rpnphpH nnH nn strike vote was taken. The com pany is still in operation, lie said. Statement Refused Louis Zeman, commissioner of conciliation for the U. S. depart ment of labor, again refused to mnkn o slalnmnnt fn thp nrpRS. but indicated that an announce ment will be forthcoming soon. The question of prompt gov (Continucd on Page Two) Truman Warns Japs To Flee Cities In Pre-Surrender Report To Nation Speech , By JOHN M. HIGHTOWER WASHINGTON, Aug. 10 (!) Word from Tokyo today that the Japanese want to surrender pro vlcied they can save their em peror follows fast on a warning by President Truman to Nip pon's people to quit their doom ed cities and floe for their lives. The president promised an atui ic bomb campaign to wipe out Japanese war industry, city by city. Barring surrender, Japanese Industries are to be destroyed "to shorten the agony of war" and to save untold American lives, Mr. Truman said. That is the determined policy of this government, he declared, even though thousands of enemy civil ians who fail to heed the warn ing will bo killed. Safoguard People With this, Mr. Truman cou pled assurances to tho American people that ho realizes fully tho terrible dangers tho atomic wea pon holds for tho wplid future, ilmt lin la tal-lnir alnns tn snip. gunrd Its use, and that the groat t"u" ""-i "'- . objective of his administration I. Il.nl illPIn ahull VlP nn llPVt. war.' n 'It Ic nn nwfiit rrsnnnslbllitv which has come to us," he said. Tho president s warning to tne Japancso people was made last night in a 30-mlnuto radio re. port on tho accomplishments of the Berlin Big Three meeting and on the progress of efforts to force Japanese surrender. No Hint Mr. Truman gave no hint of any Tokyo peaco moves. On the contrary ho stressed that pre vious warnings, notably the ul Number 10589 Bone Of Contention Emperor Hirohito, above, may be the stumbling block to allied acceptance of today's Japanese offer to surrender in accordance with the Potsdam- ultimatum. The Japs ask that Hirohito be al lowed to remain as the head of the empire. Fighting is con tinuing as the allies consider the offer. El By MUHLIN SPENCER . GUAM, Aug. 10 yP) Amer ican and British carrier pilots rnrvniint .lunfld'c 0101 1 n Heft &.ir force from its camouflaged hide outs desiroyca or aamageu -'J" Nipponese aircraft and gliders on northern Honshu island yes terday, a preliminary report from Admiral Halscy's third fleet disclosed today. The bag, scored both .on grounded craft and in the air, was the greatest yet reported for initial waves ' of a carrier strike by Halsey, greater even than the damage reported for the same period of the destruc tive attacks of July 10 and 28. Kamikaie Scores Eleven enemy aircraft of a small coordinated kamikaze at tack on theileet were shot down. (Continued on Page Two) timatum issued at Berlin, have been scorned. The chief cxedutive described the Berlin political decisions he reached with Prime Minister Attlee and Generalissimo Stalin as measures to build a secure foundation for peace in Europe and me wonu. nt inwu-j iiu ui rect references to future organ ization of peace in the Pacific and Asia, but he did make clear that this country intends to build up United States bases on captured Pacific islands. Must Bo Spared The United States, he said, must be spared the ravages of future wars and though It wants (Continued on Pago Two) Jap Surrender Will End Draft WASHINGTON, Aug. 10 (IP) A Japancso surrender will find congress ready to put an im mediate end to the draft. Congressional leaders dealing with military policy, have dis closed that as soon as the current recess ends they will begin a drive to halt selective service Inductions. Barring an earlier call, tho lawmakers are due to return to Capitol Hill October 8. Meanwhile, Secretary of War Stimson reported that the war department will re-survey its manpower needs In the light of the new developments in the Pa ciflo war. ' Present plans call for an army of about 7,000000 men ncxi Juno 30. Fighting Corrfi nu es As Allies Consider Offer ff Surrender WASHINGTON, Aug. 10 (AP) The White House disclosed to day that the United States is in communication with its allies on the broadcast Japanese surrender offer. This statement was made by Press Secretary Charles ,G. Ross at 12:28 p. m. (PWT) shortly after President ' Truman had conferred with his cabinet for an The statement issued by Ross said: "Our government through the regular diplomatic channels is in communication with ing the Japanese surrender offer. "That is all that can be said at this time." Ross called newsmen into his office after the cabinet had depart ed. -The cabinet session was held in the wake of Japan's offer to quit the war on condition that Emperor Hirohito continue his sovereignty.; Ross later said there would be no further statements today. When asked whether that included tonight, he said it did. His use of the expression "surrender offer" gave the impression that a formal proposal from the Japanese now had been received of ficially. Asked whether he still stood by the earlier announcement that no official word had come to this government, Ross said he had "no comment." However long it might take the machinery of the allied nations to function on the peace offer, it was apparent from Ross' statement the consummation of an agreement to end hostilities could not be ex- pected to be a speedy By The Associated Press Japan announced today she is ready to surrender under the Potsdam declaration if Emperor Hirohito can retain his power, but the White House made it clear that the offer bad not been received officially and that the war was going on. The offer was transmitted by the official Domei agency at 4:30 a. m., Pacific war time, and picked up in the United States by the Associated Press and government .monitors. But it had not " come -through" official 'Hlplomatic ' channels' and1 th'tr White House said at 10:40 a. m. that the United States was continuing to fight. Wild Celebrations Set Off Despite this, wild celebrations had been set off on Okinawa and at other points throughout the allied world. No. 10 Downing street said Britain was consulting with the United States, Russia and China about the broadcast. The Stockholm radio said the Swedish minister of foreign affairs had been handed a Japanese note to the British, American and Russian governments offering to surrender. Offer Sent Through Sweden, Switzerland Japan, through her official news agency, said the offer was being transmitted via Sweden and Switzerland, and the Moscow radio said Russia's ambassador in Tokyo had been officially in formed by Japan's foreign minister, Shigenori Togo. Once the offer is transmitted through official channels, the condition imposed by Japan that Hirohito remain in power may prove a stumbling block to immediate acceptance by all the Potsdam signatories the United States, Britain, Russia and China. The Potsdam declaration itself did not mention the em peror's status, but broadcasts of the U. S. office of war informa tion have refrained from attacking Hirohito. Capt. E. M. Zach arias, in an official U. S. broadcast last month, told the Japanese they would be able to form their own government under the Atlantic charter, once the allies' terms of unconditional surren der were met. Speedy Answer Hoped For The Domei agency broadcast that this offer had been com municated to the allies through neutral intermediaries and ex pressed hope that an answer will be "speedily forthcoming," thus ending the allied wrath which has unloosed upon Japan the atomic bomb and the combined forces of the United States, Britain, China and Russia. President Truman conferred hurriedly with part of his cabinet less than two hours after the original Domei broadcast at ; 7:30 a. m. (eastern war time). Secretary Byrnes said nothing official had been received from Japan. Secretary Forrestal expressed hope that the offer was genuine and said he expected a development soon. Britain Gets Ready To Celebrate Britain got ready to celebrate. Prime Minister Attlee's office said he had received unofficial word of the offer, but had no fur ther comment. Moscow broadcast the Tokyo offer on an un authorltatively learned" basis. - - - ' Japanese acceptance of the Potsdam ultimatum would mean that the nation would surrender unconditionally, disarm and give ., w .nnnuoctc roturninc Manchuria and Formosa to China and paving the way to an. independent Korea. She would with draw from Malaya, The Netherlands East Indies and China. Broadcast Interrupted The Domei statement first was heard in the United States by the Associated Press and government monitors. The last sentence was interrupted in this 7:30 transmission, but the full statement was given by Domei at 9:30 a. m. The gist of the statement was given also at 7:51 a. m. . -r. ....rt i dnnH that thn emDeror should stay. Dome! pHrf a tinitpri states broadcast ing the Japanese would be free to determine their own govern ment under the Atlantic charter once allied peace terms were accepted. Japs Originally Reject Offer t v.nA vninntnA tho PnteHnm declaration July 27. the day after it was issued. Use of the soviet Russia into the war came after mat. Authoritative quarters In London said the petition looks like the end of the war" and a British foreign office commentator said "It sounds authentic." . Ulvphttn Na Ba Ta Paac -rM,,. ..,o. nnnnrni hnlipf nmnnff London diDlomats that the stipulation to retain the emperor would not prevent the British government from accepting, but some quarters suggested Russia might balk on this score. ' , Presumably a consultation of the United Stales, Britain, China and Russia would be necessary, London observers said. These na tions are tho signatories of the Potsdam declaration. Such a con sultation would take somo time. , ' Domei said the Japanese government acted in obedience to Hirohito, who, it said, "desires earnestly to bring about an early termination of hostilities." ' ' " The Japanese wireless transmitter went off the air in the middle of a sentence after transmitting 200 words of the an nounccment of the "desire" to bring about an end to hostilities. FCC monitors said the transmission ended: "The Japanese government hopes sincerely that this . . . Domei waited a moment, FCC monitors said, and then said "Stand by." In London the British foreign office said lt had no knowledge of the report. hour. Great Britain, soviet Russia and China regard affair. by Capt. E. M. Zacharias as say atomic bomb and the entry of SOVIET SMASH MO MILES iiilii By The Associated Press The red army has smashed more than 100 miles into Man churia from the northwest, the soviet communique disclosed to day. New holes were smashed into long-prepared Japanese border defenses on the north and east in an. offensive that recalled the, greatest drives of Marshal Zhu- kov through the Germans inr Poland. Down Rail Line The greatest gain was down the Chinese eastern railway from Lupin (Manchouli) where the Japanese base and railway station of Hulin (Hailar) was captured, the Russian infantry and cavalry paced by heavy' Stalin tanks moved 18 miles be yond. South of Hailar the Russians drove in to the foothills of the great Khingan range from the area of Lake Bor, where they were reaching the chief natural defenses of the Manchurian plains on the west. Here the Russians were slight ly over 100 miles into Man churia. " Two Crossings The border was crossed at the two new points of Blagoves chenskaya, on the northern fron tier, 375 miles west of Khaba (Continued on Page Two) BASEBALL NATIONAL LEAGUE R. H. E. Chicago 1 3 0 Boston 2 11 l Borowy and Livingston; Jav cry and Masi, Williams (7). R. H. E. Cincinnati 4 ' 11 .2 Brooklyn 9 10 1 Bowman, - Llscnbee (4), and Unser;. Davis and Peacock. R. H. E. St. Louis 5 6.0" New York 2 10 2 Barrett and O'Dea; Voiselle, Maglie (3), Adams (8), and Lom bard!. AMERICAN LEAGUE . R. H. E. Washington ......'. 3 6 0 Chicago 6 , 10 ' 1 Wolff, Ullrich (5), and Evans; Lee and Tresli. R. IT, E. Boston 9 12 I Detroit 0 4 i k. n. &. Hcfiln and Holm; Benton, Eat on (6), Houttcman (8), and Swift. New York ,....i.....10 13 1 Cleveland 4 10 1 Gettel and Robinson; Rey nolds, Salveson (4), Klicman (8), Center (8), and Hayes. WEATHER . (Augusi 10) . Max. (Aug. 9) .... 80 Mln S Precipitation last 24 hours 00 Stream year to date I?'? Normal 12.24 Last year 10.02 Forecast: Cooler buturday.