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About Herald and news. (Klamath Falls, Or.) 1942-current | View Entire Issue (Aug. 13, 1945)
in M SHE if I" frn PRICE riVE CENTS Id. The By FRANK JENKINS TT In generally agreed that tlio homing ncnrclty hnd a 'large place nmunK lh Irritant rc sponsible for tho upheaval In the Hrltliili election, To under- atand 1 1 1 ci housing nhortniia In X London, you simply havo to see the situation In net on. No mere word put on puper can picture ii lor yon. TN tho background there In ill A ways the million homes de frayed by tho nearly five year of bomblini blllt, fly-bomb nnd rocket of which not more than a fourth have beon repaired and made habitable, Even In thin lireatriit city In the world you can I Jut wash out tlireo-qunri. era of a million houav and for get about them. Then there nro tho troop quartered hero lor vurlou nun poses American In hoal and Canadian. AuHtrallnni, New Zcalnndrr and South African In lower number, with a con siderable fringe of Norwegian, Pole. Dutch, Czechnlovaklan, Tree French, etc. You can nee almost every kind of uniform on rnrth here except, of course, German and Jap. Trying to Identify uniform I in ltelf a fascinating pastime. To the foreign troop you mul natural ly add the British ervlce. which are legion. A to the American, Brltih and Empire troop, leave and re deployment account for the moM of them. The mixed fringe I largely tuck here for one reaon or another. There are hundred of thousand of Poles (nobody seem to know the exact num ber) and what to do with them 1 a Hritlh' problem. They and tin Czech, the French, the Nor wegians, the Dutch, etc., were i WELCOMED In the dav when inybody who could pull trig rger wu an iet If the German should decide to Invade, but they tako up housing space and eat food. All but the Poles have a place of some sort to go back to, and are being repatriated slow ly. At the moment, the Poles look like men without a country and are lit tho way of being a British headache, for If they arc absorbed they will come, after the war, Into competition with British labor which Isn't going to be liked. Yet, headache or no headache, the Poles are treated with the utmost courtesy and considera tion, and a long as they ure In uniform are paid out of the Brit ish treasury paid, housed and fed. Nobody has yet caught the British welshing on an obliga tion. npO these thousand upon thou sands upon thousands of troops In uniform you must add the civilian employes of the various govern ments having large war estab lishments here quite a total In iUelf. Tho troops, and to some ex tent tho war-service civilians, are housed chiefly in billets and fed In messes. Tho number of these establishments is literally LEGION. Walking through the streets of London, or riding in cabs or busses, you seem to see one in every block and MANY In some blocks. To get even a glim i '. mcrlng of the housing situation, you must remember that all of theso billets and messes occupy k and consume food that Lon- T doners would otherwise get, VET, amazingly, In tho face of this staggering foreign In vasion, Londoners are uniformly courteous, and when you break through the outer shell that Is their peculiarly British armor they are uniformly friendly and helpful. One can't help wonder ing, for example, If our own San Francisco, now the No. 1 U. S. port of embarkation, could take on a foreign invasion such as London's and stand up under the (Continued on Page Throe) KF Has Jitters Waiting For News Of Jap Surrender An air of tense expectancy has pervaded Klamath Falls along with the rest of tho nation as news of the Japaneso surrender was expected at any timo during tho weekend. Only a few minor prematura i celebrations were sot off here ! Sunday afternoon ns a result of ' tho United Press flash which " wns broadcast over tho radios. In downtown slrooto several cars started honking as news was flashed over car radios but tho noise stopped as soon as the cor- r c c 1 1 o n caino through loud speakers. City police reported no dls v turbanco, but a largo number of drunks made their appear i anccs in police court Monday morning. Otherwise there was -tho Indication of-early-- celebrations. KLAMATH BULL HALSEY Third Fleet , Alerted For Predicted Jap Attack GUAM, Aug. 13 !) Admlrul llluxry tlliiu llcul ullmtvu lnu lOKouuma clucks and suoniurinu pens In a resumption of thu tin miult on Jnpuu today and stood aiuri tor one nisi, despi'iulo aer ial bunzul chardti w u i c h lnu iokyo radio implied already had begun, Lloinel ugency declared Japa nese plane hud launched an at tack on tho great nuvul torcc, wulch had planned to hurl lis air power at 'lokyo targets but was balked by heavy weuther. There was no confirmation of this report, but Associated Press Correspondent It I c h a r d K. O'Mallcy with the fleet said such a blow was expected and that six enemy planes attempting sneak attacks already hud been shot down. Admit Damage A Tokyo broadcast, recorded by the FCC, admitted "some damage" was caused by 800 carrier-based planes attacking the Kanto district of East Central Honshu. The attack, tho Japa nese suld, lasted 12 hours and 17 planes were shot down and 23 damaged. Possibility of a Japanese aer ial banzai assault against the fleet was voiced by some of ficers, O'Malley said, because of persistent , attempts by recon naissance plane to locate the American force. i Turned back by heavy weath er at Tokyo tne carrier planes picked targets of opportunity. The Yokohama docks and sub marines in pens at Shlmoda to the south along Sagami bay were hit hard. Airfields Hit Numerous merchant vessels and luggers were attacked, Re turning fliers sold the only two airfields Inland on Honshu not shrouded by fog were Klryu and (Continued on Page Three) War Bulletin JAPS GET REPLY . Br The Associated Pre The Tokyo radio broadcait a Domol dlipatch today laying that the official text of the allied reply to the Jaoane govern ment meuage olforlna surren- dtr wu received today In Tokyo tnrougn the &wm legation. MIANTUHO TAKEN LONDON, Aug. 13 (P) Mar shal Rodlon MaUnovky's tranc Baikal army driving through th great Khingan range Into Manchuria from th northwest ha captured Miantuho, on the Chin tastern railway 350 milt from Harbin In another strong advance, the soviet com munlqu announced tonight. ' ISLANDS BLASTED MANILA, Tuesday. Aug. 14 (IP) Fighters and bombers of the Far Eaat air force unloaded hundreds of ton of high x ploitvo and Incendlarla Sun dav on Kvuihu and Shlkokl 1' land In the non-ttop aerial of fensive against Japan, General MacArthur a communique re ported today. LASKI'S VIEWS LONDON, Aug. 13 (P) A foreign office commentator said today Prof. Harold Laskl repre sented only limself when ho said that a socialist electoral victory was needed In France to bind Britain and Franca moro closely together. Reports from the Oregon stale liquor stored showed that tho local store has been crowded to capacity slnco first reports of tho approaching Japaneso surrender began coming over news wires Friday. All burs and establish, ments soiling liquor will bo closed on V-J Day. Tho local radio station wns bombarded Sunday with cnlls from people wanting to know Intcst news reports. In Dorrls. cars started form ing a parade down tho main street when tho false surrender notice como, but excitement quickly died down when tho cor rection was made. Meanwhile, Klamathltos re mained glued to radios for thn latest reports .that aro expected at any time. BLASTS DOCKS AT YOKOHJUM Telephone 8111 FALLS, OREGON, MONDAY, Awaiting Anno' s tn mi . wins f'wrg'irv" rtmvy yMiiw W ,Y p snxn-iw v sr. . m-m- ? i . f li'i l Ii'- VI s i Y'?A- rjj W P M Crowds gathered early today awaiting announcements that the 4-CAR SMASH PUTS Four cars were Involved In a traffic smash-up near Henley last night about 0:30 o'clock and three people are In Hillside hos pital today as the result of the accident. Mrs. Roy L a P r a r 1 e was thought to have a broken pelvis bone and Mrs. Lawrence Birk suffered back Injuries and se verely uiccratod legs, uotli live on the Merrill road. Another woman Is also In the hospital as a result of the accident, but her name was withheld by hospital officials. Lawrence Blrk. driver of one car, Roy LoPrarie and Mr. and Mrs. wuuam stone, passengers in the car. were also rushed to the hospital by tho Klamath merchants' police ambulance, but were released after treat ment. The automobile driven by Blrk was turning left Into the LaPrarie drlvcwoy when the collision occurred. Kenneth Snarr, operator of a (Continued on Pogc Three) Federal Court Jurors Due Here Trial Jurors are to report here from Jackson, Josephine and Klamath counties on Tuesday, August 21, at 10 a. m. for a fed eral district court term, accord ing to word received from the district attorney's office this morning. It is not yet known which judge will preside or what cases will be tried at that time. Police Hold Man On Rape Charge , Lavcrne James Brown is being held in the Klamath county jail in lieu of $2000 bail charged with rape. The complaint was is sued by T. W. Chotbum, Justice of tho pcao at Merrill. Brown was arrested at Al turas, Calif., after a complaint had been signed by Marvel Brown, of Merrill, charging that Brown raped her 15-year-old sis ter on August 4. It was alleged that Brown raped the girl while she was at homo taking care of her sister's baby. When her two sister's ar rived' home they found the girl crying and upon questioning she slated sho had boon raped. Marvel Brown is tho husband of tho defendant. EAST COAST ARRIVALS By The Associated Pre Walter E. Drlicoll, SSgt., Bonanza. Arrived on Mont clalr Victory due in Boston August 0. Blaine A. Brattaln, T4, Fort Klamath, Arrived on Marine Fox, due In New York August 10. Ruiaell Whltehoue, PFC, Yrckn. Arrived on Mt. Ver non, duo in Hampton Roads, Va August 11. Phillip Q. Maupin. TS. Merrill, Arrived on Mt. Ver non, duo in Hampton Roads, Va., August 11. William E. Sweat, Lt 1340 Wilford, Klamath Falls. Ar rives on Marcchnl Joffrc, duo at -New - York, -August-13. $ AUGUST 13, 194S in front of .the Whit Hou in Wahlngton, Pacific war was over. (NEA telephoto). False Flash Sweeps Nation Into Premature Celebrations NEW YORK, Aug: 13 fP) Premature victory celebrations, springins from radio broadcast of an erroneous United Press news flash that Japan had ac cepted allied surrender terms, swept across the United' States and Canada - last night- and awoke briefly Jubilant echoes in central America and ' faraway Surlno'v Australia . The Canadian cilc'b'ra'tlon' was Intensified by premature re lease, of .a recorded, "victory broadcast by Prime Minister MacKenzie King from Ottawa. The United Press association (United Press) said the . flash moved over one of its wires at 9:34 P. M. (EWT). The flash was ordered .withheld from publica tion -at 9:36 p. m. and was "killed" at 9:40 p. m. The UP described the flash as "of mysterious origin" and said that while it moved under a Washington dateline, it "was not transmitted by the Wash ington bureau of the United Press." ' ... , Hugh ' Baillie, United : Press president, offered $5000 reward tor information leading to the identification and conviction of the person who transmitted the false flash. The UP told its subscribers that . the federal bureau of in- Portland Woman Held In Shooting I PORTLAND,' Ore., Aug. 13 (P) The mother of two girls was charged -with second-degree murder today, accused of fatally shooting her ex-husband in a quarrel last night in her apart ment. The woman, Mrs.' Louise Flournoy, 41, was released on $5000 ball. Detectives, who found her in a dazed condition her face bruised and patches of hair missing, said she told them Robert W. Flournoy, 44, had beaten her. ' City Building Admits Ball was raised this' morning by Justice J. A. Mahoney from $2500 to $5000 cash ball on A. W. Downs, city building in spector, held In the county Jail on a charge of arson. The ball wns raised upon a motion irom the district attorney's office. Downs is charged with setting fire to a dwelling owned by D. L. Mosler, 324 Old Fort road, on July 18. District Attorney Clarence Humble said Downs signed a statement allegedly ad mitting entering the Mosicr house sometime before - the fire was set and taking a three or four-burner oil stove. Ho admitted forcing open 'the side door of the house by using a smnll pinch bar and taking the stove on tho back of , his truck to the South 6th street ex change where he sold It for $8, according to the quoted state ment. On July 18," said' the re ported statement, he again en tered the house and took two rolls of linoleum and a can from the premises and then set fire to tho house by striking a match and setting some straw on fire that was on .the floor -in one .room, " ' . He sold-the linoleum' for -$5 4? - Number. 10591 D. C, anxiously vestigation and the federal com munications commission had been asked to ascertain who had "cut in on the UP's wire to dis seminate false. Information." Although the long-awaited re port of the war's end Was killed quickly by UP and the major radio, networks -which had cut into their .regular programs to carry It, tne message: nasn--Washfngton-J'apari accepts sur render terms of allies" -inaugu rated hilarious celebrations that lasted for an -hour or-more in some cities. ' ' -. A White House denial that a Japanese surrender had been received, following the UP's kill by about an hour, finally dim med the enthusiasm of victory greeters. In the short Interval between the false flash and its final de nial, bedlam ' had its hey-day. The hfgh 'squeak and baritone roar of ship whistles, and horns sent up thunderous fanfares at New York City's East River, and in the harbors of Los Angeles,- San . Francisco, Portland, Me., Honolulu and. San Diego. Big,' good-humored . crowds gathered in the city hall court yard at Philadelphia, at Port land, Ore., Baltimore,- Boston and other cities. In Washington, D. C. a cheering throng surged around the White House, - but dispersed quietly upon denial of the surrender report. A philanthropic bar-kecper in Battle Creek, Mich, had poured out $32 worth of drinks "on the house". before he learned there was no occasion for it. " ' Searchlights flashed ' across the skies at Miami and Charles ton, S. C. The Waterbury, Conn. "Democrat" and the Vancouver, B. C. "Sun" issued extras. Revel ers snake-danced, exploded fire works and built bonfires in the streets of several American cities. There were short, excited demonstrations in Havana, Cuba, and Caracas, Venezuela. Thea tres emptied in Ft. Worth, Texas, and Portland, Ore. Inspector 4 Fire Settings and, also sold a pair of rubbers and a pair of overshoes for $2.50, he said in a statement to Keith Ambrose, Klamath Falls fire chief. . - . The district attorney assert ed Downs admitted setting fire on June 11 to a dwelling at 922 Fulton owned- by Justin H. Lageson by putting a lighted match to some ticking in the attic. The statement was quoted to the effect that he set a fire to a garage at 1327 Oregon, owned by Gordon H. Smith on June 20. He also, took a large tank from the garage and traded it to Shorty's Welding shop for a 179 gallon oil storage tank, accord ing to Humble. On the same date, June 20, he set firp to an' old, dwelling at 511 Roosevelt , and then went back and assisted city police to direct traffic at the scene of the garage fire, Humble said, He added that Downs took a toilet bowl from 511 Roosevelt the day before he set the house afire and sold it to the Wonder Second Hand store for $4.50. Downs 'is being represented by U. S. Balentlne and waived preliminary hearing 'in justice court-Saturday. - B-29s Hit Tokvo Nips Ponder Terms By JOHN M. H IGHTOWER WASHINGTON, Aug. 13 (AP) Americon bombers hammered at Tokyo's front door to day while the Japanese dallied over a decision whether to surrender now on allied terms or continue a suicidal war. The White House announced that no reply had been received at 10:45 a. m., today to Saturday's four-power dictate that Japan could keep an emperor who would take his orders' from the victors' supreme commander. Presidential Secretary Charles C. Ross told a news conference "It is safe to say the war is going on" while negotiations continue. More than four hours later there had been no further word from the White House on the subject. No time limit was set by the allies for a Japanese response, Ross said. Nor did he know, he asserted, whether there might be another ultimatum. A Tokyo broodcast said that the formal reply to Japan's conditional surrender offer of SOVIET THRUST SPLITS FORCES By The Auoclated Pre LONDON, Aug. 13 Tokyo reported today a vast new soviet offensive in Manchuria which threatened to cut off possibly a half million Japanese troops in China and split an estimated 1,300,000 enemy forces on the Asiatic mainland into two mas sive pockets. . ' There was no immediate soviet confirmation of the Tokyo re port, which originated at com mand headquarters of the Jap anese Kwantung army in Man churia. A Moscow communique, fourth- of the soviet-Japanese war, told of soviet gains of nine to 22 miles toward the central Manchurian arsenal city of Harbin. The soviet bulletin also an nounced that Russian marines bombarded bases and red army planes cascaded tons of explos ives on wharves and harbors in a three-day aerial pounding. Sea-Born Troops - (The Tokyo radio, heard by the FCC, reported sea-borne soviet troops had begun 'Th ings on the southern part: of disputed Sakhalin island. 'i'oko previously has reported an in vasion of the territory, known 1o-the;Japanose--Kftrro?-"- une uomet dispatcn saia tne landings were under way at Anbetsu and Esutoru, the latter about 60 miles south of the border on the west coast. An betsu is just across the soviet Japanese border. (A Domei dispatch recorded by the FCC, said the Russians also had penetrated 20 miles in to the Japanese half of the island in their land invasion from the border and had reached the vil lage of Keton.) Rashin, a great Japanese naval base, just 35 miles from the Russian naval anchorage of Poset, south of Vladivostok, was the best enemy port in Korea. From Rashin and Yuki, 10 miles farther northeast, the Japanese had shipped the vast war pro duction of " Manchuria's . indus tries to the homeland.. The Russians, who had (Continued on Page Three) Boze Destroys Local Wood Yard Heilbronner's wood yard on the Kesterson mill road was al most completely destroyed by fire Sunday evening and more than 100 cords of wood were burned by the blaze. It is not known how the fire . I l. . . . 1 v : -; - the first to notice the fire and start combatting it. Equipment from KFPA, the county shops, and Southern Pacific was brought to the scene, but the blaze had gained too much head- way. Bulletin FATAL CRASH Official from Klamath naval nir station reported in crash of a plane Monday morning into Goot lake near Lakeview. The pilot was killed. Crews irom the air itation went to the cent of the crash thi morning but had not returned by mid-afternoon. INDIAN KILLED Eugene Mecume, Coos Bay In dian who ha lived teveral years on the Klamath recrvation, wa fatally wounded by a gunhot at 1 p. m. today at Chiloquin. - Police Chief Henry Johnion, of Chiloquin, arrested Ralph Tice, well-known Klamath In dian and veteran of thi war. a Mecume' aoailant. Officer aid the two drove into Weit Chilo quin, got out, and Tic then shot Mecume with a rifle. Mecume died en routs io a hoipltal. Ties wa placed in the Jail at Chiloquin. Indian Officer John Arkell laid Tlce was drunk, and "passed out" In the jail to he could not answer question. WEATHER Augutt 13 Max. (Auguit 12) B Min 48 Precipitation lat 24 hour . 00 Stream year to date 13.28 normal.... 12.2B Last yar....iu.6g Forecasti Clear Tutiday. P "rridoy was not received until nirohito Sees Togo . Emperor Hirohito received Japanese Foreign Minister Togo at the imperial palace, another enemy broadcast said, but no details as to its purpose were given. Still another broadcast indicated the Japanese were suffer ing invasion jitters.- Domei, Japanese news agency, quoted "military observers" os viewing renewed American carrier plane attacks and fleet operations off the coast as presaging a possible enemy landing. Ross told his news conference at the White House: "I'm sorry. I have only the negative report to make that no word hds been received from Japan. It was carried by the Tokyo radio that. the allied reply hod only been delivered to day, Monday. If that is true, Japan has had our terms only a little over, 1 2 hours. Perhaps that accounts for the delay." "Might there be another atomic bomb?" he was asked. "I do not know," Ross replied. "If I did I wouldn'.t say." .' His remark on continuation of the war was in reply, to an inquiry whether it wos safe to assume "there had been no in terruption or letup in the war during the negotiations." .Carrier planes, of task force 33 hammered today at Japa nese ' coastal targets, including the docks of Yokohama, Tokyo's chief port. Prolonged delay on the part of. Tokyo appears certain to bring a resumption of American atomic bomb attacks. VYei" Or "No" Answer Wonted . There seems' to be no disposition among officials here to Aengaee in further exchanges re BIG LAKES WOODS . Big Lakes .Box company's woods operations were halted today by the CIO strike, bring ing to approximately 1900 the number of men and women out on strike in the lumber industry here... -' ,-i-The- Big -Lakes-.mill,: an AFL operation, was running as usual today, sawing logs already In the pond. Chiloquin Lumber company's mill was down today, due to a log shortage,., but other depart ments of the Chiloquin plant were running. The log shortage resulted from the strike of CIO unionists in the company's log ging operations, down since early last week. . Those were the main develop ments in the work stoppage, and virtually no results were ap parent in attempts to settle the strike, which began in the Wey erhaeuser operations, and has shut down three major Klamath mills. . Legality Discussed Two army officers who were here Saturday to investigate the stoppage of production of war- critical lumber, left Sunday with out making any statement. They conferred while here with both management and labor officials. Attention centered today on questions as to whether the CIO strike here is illegal under the war labor disputes act, and whether it is in violation of (Continued on Page Three) Detroit Blast, Fire Kill 74 V Detroit, Aug. 13 m -At least 14 persons were killed, a score or more others were in jured and an undetermined num ber were trapped in a two-story building occupied by the Export Box & Sealer company follow ing an explosion and fire this afternoon. The bodies of six victims were found' on the sidewalk outside the building, blown there by the explosion. A seventh was seen hanging on a second story win dow sill. Nineteen women and five men were taken to receiving hospital where emergency wards were set up. :. Plant officials said 180 per sons were employed in the build ing at the time of the explosion. V-J To Give Green Light To Reconversion Plans WASHINGTON, Aug. 13 (IF) With the end of the war in sight, President Truman canvassed postwar labor and wage stabil ization problems today with six top advisors. Meeting with Mr. Truman were Secretary of Labor Schwellenbach, War Mobilizer John W. Snyder, Economic Sta bilizer William H. Davis, Price Administrator Chester Bowles, war labor board Chairman George W. Taylor and John R, Steelman, former director of the TJ. S. conciliation service and now an advisor to Schwcllen-. bach. Their emergency plans ready, government agencies awaited the White House signal to start the American economy toward a As todoy. garding the meaning of uncondi- tinnal .viirranripr What in want ed now is a "yes" or "no" reply. President Truman and Secre tary of State Byrnes were on the job early and late, and an air of tense expectancy was re flected by their associates. The White House perfected plans for the actual signing of surrender terms. Ross . said the arrangements might take two or three days after the enerpy accepts. But If a Japanese agreement to surren der is forthcoming promptly, V-J Day still rmgljt be proclaimed in, mid-week. . '. , . , . ..' -'- Presumably the fate of the mikado continues to be the cen tral point of a- situation which fcogan developing Friday morn ing. Then the Japanese govern ment sent word that it would like to surrender on the basis of the Potsdam ultimatum but with the understanding that the emperor would retain his pre rogatives as a sovereign ruler. Truman's Reply Mr. Truman, acting on behalf of the United States, Russia, China and Britain, replied in a note given to the Swiss legation for transmission to Tokyo at 10:30 a. m. Saturday. It said: 1. That after surrender the authority of the emperor is to be subject to the supreme com mander of the allied powers who will tell the emperor what to .do. (The white House said later this commander will be an American, and speculation is that it will be Gen. Douglas MacArthur). 2. That the emperor must in sure Japan's signing of the sur render terms' and the actual sur render of all Japanese land,, sea and air forces, now scattered from Manchuria to the Dutch East Indies. 3. That the ultimate form of the Japanese government will be determined by the people themselves at some future time. Although neither Mr. Truman nor Secretary Byrnes interpret ed this reply, some of those close to the president construed it as acknowledging indirectly Japan's acceptance of the Pots dam terms but' refusing the con dition about the emperor re maining as sovereign ruler. The Potsdam ultimatum pro vides for disarmament of Japan, breaking up of its empire, oc cupation of the country and the liberation of its people from warlord control. The terms did not mention the emperor, and it was considered logical that the Japanese government should try to make a deal for him if it could. goal of unprecedented civilian production. The signal, due when Japan quits,- also will serve to unveil programs lor pulling mimuns ui released war workers in peace time jobs as rapldlv as possible and for gradual lifting of ration ing and other wartime restric tions. Hornet ront View In the meantime, this Is th homefront outlook as tho wai appears to be nearing the end: Rationing-elimination of gasc line, fuel oil and tire programl within a few days to six week) after V-J Day; gasoline may bl released withm a week. Shoe ra tioning is due to go in two oi three months. Food, csneclallj -(Continued on Page Three) 'v:";V-y;; 'i-',,;'-; ' ,;y - 1
