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50 uvu nun u uu PRICE FIVE CENTS Russians Set Jap Deadline . LONDON, Auk. 17 VP) Tho Russians, charging that the Japanese hiul launched a widespread coiiiitcroffeimlve In Man cliurlu ut llm sumo lliuu Itii headquarters united soviet troops to cease hostilities, toduy gave tliu Japanese until noon Monduy to disarm und surrender. (Tlio Japanese government, In n broadcast recorded in tho United States by FCC, "urgently requested" General MncArlhur today to "tuko proper steps to brhiu about Immediate cessation ot tliu soviet offensive." (Tlio broadcast said Japanese troops were unublo to cease iKistllltics because Russian troops "are still positively carrying on llio offensive." The message did n.Jttf. By FRANK JENKINS WORCESTER. Lower Wick form, described in a pre vious column, Is on exclusive dairy operation, with n little fruit or land best suited to It. The two rented farms run In con nection with It absorb tho "must" crops (chiefly grain) prescribed by the British war lood program. In tlio main, theso regulations arc designed to bring. about pro duction In Britain of na much ns possible of tho foods and feeds previously Imported, thus saving shipping space. The net, broad result of these regulations, which have plenty of teeth, has been the plowing up of grass land to be put Into tlio required crops. In tho hard years following the Inst war British farmers learned that their best bet Is running livestock on English grass, and It is probable that as soon as the war emergency Is past they will seed their land, buck to .grass, and resume tnvir jormer prac tices. Tho great success of Die war nod program is Indicated by the fuel that before tho war Britain fed herself one and three quart er! days out of tho week but now feeds herself FIVE days. That (Continued on Pago Two) Jap Balloon A Japanese balloon spotted over Klamath Falls on tho after noon of lust January 10 gave this nation lis first complete pic ture of the enemy's wind-wafted weapon. That was big news in January Hint could not bo told then, but with the war over, censorship has been lifted on the whole story of the balloons, of which moro than a dozen landed or were sighted in Klamath county. Although no more balloons are expected to float In here, lo cal forestry officials emphasized today that Jap balloon bombs are unquestionably lying around in the Klamath country right now and will bo a mcniico for ; This shows the January 10 balloon floating down ward near Adin, Calif., aouth of here, after a Klamath navy piano had rant tho bag in the plane'! illpitroam, Wind billowed the torn bag and let the mechanism , down, parachute fashion. The picture was taken from a piano. Ground crewi did not lind the balloon until throe days later, bringing it to the station here. not mention the soviet charge Hint tliu Japanese, were continu ing to fight). Russian Order Marshal Alexander M. Vus silevsky said In a broadcast or der "as soon as the Japanese Iroops begin nurrcndcrlng their arms, soviet Iroops will discon tinue war operations." The soviet marshal, the Mos cow radio reported, said also that the Japanese did not "men tion a word about capitulation" in their request that tho Rus sians halt fighting. More Time The Jupnnese commander was given tliu added lime so that ho could communicate with all of his troops. (Three hours after Vassllcv sky's message was radioed to the Japanese, the Japanese Oomcl agency in a dispatch re corded in America by the KCC, said tho Kwangtung commander would send "small-typo aircruft over the Manchurlan front be (Continued on Pago Two) Acheson Named To Cabinet Post WASHINGTON. Aug. 17 UT) Further changes In the top con trol of this country's foreign policy appear in the offing to day, following Dean Aehc.ion's elevation to succeed Undersecre tary of State Joseph C. Grew. It is possible, however, that Secretary of State Byrnes may delay a final decision until he returns next month from the council of foreign ministers meeting In London. Sighted Here In January Gave U. years to come. One such bomb blotted out six lives of Klamath county people when It exploded near Bly last spring, causing the only civilian casualties from en emy action in all continental United Stales. The significance of the Janu ary 10 balloon was suspected by few people here. Wcs Guderian, Herald and News representative, viewed the balloon after it was recovered and brought .to the Klumath naval nlr station, but the Herald and News kept strict silence in compliance with cen sorship rulings. This balloon was sighted on the afternoon of January 10, over Klamath Falls. Many local people saw It. 1 1 if is --y V ' " Telephone Hill KLAMATH FALLS, OREGON, TI LOSE LIS YESTERDAY IN 7i COUNTY WATER U Sailor Dies In Geary Canal; Sprague Boy Lost Two drownings occurred In Kliunath county yesterday after noon when S 1c Robert Hill, sailor stationed at the Klninalh naval air station, died at mid-afternoon in the ciinai on the Geary ranch eight miles north of Kliun ath Falls, and the body of Ossic McNiilr. 10, son of Mr. and Mrs. Albert McNair, was found in Sprague river, two miles north of the town of Sprague river. The body of Mill was recov ered at 1 1 a. m. today.' On Bicycle Trip Hill, In the company of two other sailors from the air sta tion, started out on a bicycle trip Thursday morning. When they reached the Geary bridge slough, they decided to leave their bicycles and explore the surrounding country, according (Continued on Page Two) Sub Surrenders To Argentines MAR DEL PLATA, Argen tine, Aug. 17 OVlA German sub marine surrendered hero today to Argentine naval authorities. Tho (100-ton craft carried the number U-977 and o complement of 32, Including four officers one of whom was Commander Heinz Schiisscr. The- ornft was simflnr to the U-530 which surrendered to Argentine authorities July 10. The navy ministry said the aubmorlne was sighted by patrol boats off this Argentine submar ine base at 9:20 a. m., this morn ing 102 days after Germany signed the unconditional sur render. Calls were mode to the Klanv nth naval air station, Only one Hellcat fighter plane was avail able at tlio station, and this plane and a station plane went up to attempt to ground the balloon. It had moved In a southeaster ly direction by tins time, and had been sighted by Lukcvicw's na val a Lr facility as well as Camp Tuiclakc. It was up about 12,000 feet. Tho pilot of the Hellcat tried lo shoot the balloon, but the guns froze in the extreme cold. The plane moved the balloon nlong in the slipstream, and a rent occurred in the paper bag. It then began to descend, with the air billowing into the bag to Thli picture, takon in the parachute loft of tho air itation, shows the mechanism complete, just aa It hung from the balloon. It include! on top a wet battery, and a two-pound TNT charge. Under that are three barometer! which, when the balloon dropped to certain altitudes, would release weights carried by the circular mechanism on the bottom. Army intelligence men laid today that this li the first mechanism found intact, and proved most helpful in early study of the fantaitlo weapons which Japan tried to lend by the hundred! over the U. S. - FRIDAY, A!' '.7, 1945 Ner 0p Premier Orders y To Lay s Postwar FRANCISCO. Auk. 17 itt 1 r'.nn Prinr.n NI:,i-i, I, M Un ft .-Vslil-Kuni was sworn in as 4..fcm' new picmicr today and in his first official act as premier-war minister ordered the army to "strictly observe" an imperial rescript to lay down their arms. "The decision has been taken to cease fire- and return . to peace,", he declared. The new postwar cabinet, in which the royal premier who may himself be tried as a war criminal retained the war port folio, went into session immedi ately after it was sworn in. The Japanese Domci agency quickly went on the air with OKINAWA, Aug. 17 VP) Four American B-32 bombers, flying a purely photographic mission over the Tokyo bay area today were attaoked by 10 Jap anese fighters and moderate to intense anti-aircraft fire. One of the big four-cngined bombers was badly shot up around the wings, flaps and cowling, but none of the crew was hurt. Two Japs Hit Two Nipponese fighters were sent down in smoke and listed as probably destroyed. The engagement occurred around 20,000 feet at about mid day. The attack followed by two days .General .Mac-Arthur's com munique announcing that offen sive action in all sectors had been halted except for purposes of observation, whlc',; "will be necessarily continued," and af ter two Japanese Kamikaze planes crashed into Ihcya island 30 miles north of Okinawa, in juring two garrison troops, one fatally. form a parachute for tho mccha nism, which came down intact in the vicinity of Adin, Calif., 80 miles south of here. Finding the balloon in the rough Adin country proved quite a problem. Planes from the air station here sighted it in a deflated condition on the ground, but could not make ra dio contact to help the ground searching parties. The hunt was unsuccessful until January 13, when a civilian plane from Al turas, using radio facilities pro vided by the Modoc forest ser vice, directed the ground crew to the balloon. The bomb-laden undercarriage was still intact. The balloon was picked up carefully, and was August 17, 194S Max. (Aug. IB) 86 Min SI Precipitation last 24 hours .... .00 Strtam year to data 13.28 Normal 12.29 Last year 10.62 Forecast: Claar Saturday. Down Arms Cabinet Meets the announcement that the first duties of the new cabinet would be the signing of the surren der, or "the peace terms," and "fulfillment of -the Potsdam dec laration to be enforced." The first meeting of the cabi net lasted an hour and a half, Domei reported, and was taken up principally with the pre mier's pica for full cooperation from his ministers. "Once we have laid down our arms," said the broadcast re corded by FCC, "we must take up matters with absolute calm ness. If there should be any in cident in violation of his majes ty's command, we will lose the confidence ot the world. The new cabinet must see that the work is carried out with great care. "The second thing which we must bear in mind is that we must recover ourselves from the ravages ff war and plunge into the work of reconstruction at the earliest possible moment." 3-Point Policy Higashi-Kuni "announced to his cabinet a three-point basic policy respect of the constitu tion, control of the military and maintenance of order." The policy, Domei quoted the prince as saying, was "personal ly given by his majesty," the emperor, .when the imperial command was given to form a new cabinet." After the cabinet meeting, the premier broadcast to the Japanese people a warning "to guard against emotional out bursts and live up to the letter and spirit of the imperial re script." The purported broadcast by Higashi-Kuni was not heard by the FCC, which recorded Do mel's paraphrase promising that "free speech 'and fair- public opinion will be encouraged and the liberty of sound association will be endorsed. Prince Quoted "Efforts will be made," the prince was quoted as saying, "to carry into practice the imperial order in maintain fripndlv rela- i (Continued on Page Two) S. First Complete Story Of Wafted Weapon brought to the Klamath naval air station. Col. G. F. Visenius, of army intelligence, arrived here, and a careful examination was made of the balloon. It was re-inflated, and photographed from many angles. It also had been photo graphed while in the air. It was the first Jap balloon found intact, and the army offi cials were extremely interested in it, They removed it and used it as a model in the study of the mechanism. Since then, several other balloons were recovered intact. Even more sensational was a subsequent balloon incident in this area which cost the lives of five children and an adult wom Number 10S9S 3000 FLOS LOST III B-2 9 Aircraft Destroyed 59 Japanese Cities GUAM, Aug. 17 (P) General Spaatz disclosed today that the year long operations of B-299 against Japan cost the lives of over 3000 American fliers, while more than 600 others were res cued by naval operations. Combat operations resulted in the loss of 437 of the Super fortresses. Noncombat losses were not announced, but they are known to be considerable, particularly in the early months of the campaign when the crews were learning the capabilities of their planes. . Crews lost, averaging 11 men each, numbered 297. In addition, 106 Iwo-bascd long range fighters were lost. Toll Taken On the other side of the ledger, the commander of the U. S. army strategic air forces said, - the giant aircraft destroyed the major industrial productive ca pacity of 59 Japanese cities and partially destroyed six others. Six cities more than 75 per cent destroyed were Numazu, (Continued on Page Two) Russia-Poland Treaty Signed LONDON, Aug.-17 VP) Rus sian and Poland-have signed a treaty, the Moscow radio said today, establishing the Curzon line as the Polish-Soviet bound ary except for a few deviations "in Poland's favor." i The treaty also included an agreement on compensation for damages caused by German oc cupation, the broadcast said. an on a creek just over the Lake county line near Bly. This tragedy occurred on May 1. The Rev. and Mrs. Archie Mitchell of Bly on that day took five children with them on an outing. While the Rev. Mr. Mitchell was moving the car, Mrs. Mitchell and the children found a strange object lying in the woods. They called to the Rev. Mr. Mitchell, who had heard rumors of Jap balloons. He shouted a warning, almost simultaneously with a loud de tonation. Mrs. Mitchell and the children lay mutilated and dead on the ground. The children lost in this incident were Jay Gifford. Eddie Engcn. Joan Pat zke, Dick Patzke and Sherman raids nrj JAPAN A view of the bottom of the weight-dropping mechanism. Weight! were attached to the outside of the wheel at the end of each of the cablei. Sparks carried by then wirei fired a shell, dropping an S hook on which was attached the weight. Relieved of the weight, the balloon would ihoot back up. After all wtlghu were lost, the balloon wai luppoied to deicend and drop demolition or incendiary bombs. After all bombi were dropped, the lait charge wai luppoied to fire a fuie detonating the TNT charge next to the battery, destroying the meet ' aniim and lighting a fuse to burn tne paper bag. X General Sends Stern Message LONDON, Aug. 17 (P) Japanese troops on some sectoriof the Manchurian front began surrendering today and the rod army took 20.000 prisoners, the soviet communique announced. - By RUSSELL BRINES MANILA, Aug. 17 (P) General MacArthur today curtly ordered the Japanese to comply without further delay with his directive to send emissaries to Manila. Tokyo, meanwhile, carried the quibbling over the prelim inary peace conference into the second day. The allied supremo commander did not set a deadline for the departure of the Japanese envoys but indicated definitely he would tolerate no extended delay without good reason, ' "The directive from this headquarters is clear and explicit and is to be complied with without further delay," the stern message said. The Japanese wanted to know if the emissary would bo required to sign surrender papers and MacArthur replied no. The latest development in the tangled long-distance wireless r nn ... ,,-. negotiations occurred after Em peror Hirohito had strengthened his "cease fire" order with an imperial rescript to the armed forces to lay down their arms and had sent urgent messages on a number of points. The Japanese emperor asked: (1) that the Russians halt their Manchuria offensive, (2) allied forces "refrain from approaching Japan proper temporarily and (3) the additional instructions regarding the preliminary con ference. Another Message Another message to the allied commander advised that im perial parties carrying the cease fire rescript to armed forces in China, Manchuria and "the south" had left Tokyo. The southern party left a day early to avoid possible delay by weather. Japan said her planes inflict ed some damage in attacks on a dozen allied transports yester day because they "approached (Continued on Page Two) Vice Hearing Set AugustH Ralph Tice, 34, Klamath In dian held on a charge of murdev in connection with the fatal shootine of Eugene Mecumc. -40. Coos Bay Indian, at West Chilo quin Monday, will appear be fore U. S.. Commissioner Bert C. Thomas on August 21 for a hear inz. ' Tice is now . Indeed in . the "Klamath county jafl.' The cTiarge or murder is not subject to bail, according to J. C. O'Neill, prom inent local attorney who will represent Tice at the hearing. Tice allegedly fired a shot .from a 30-40 Craig rifle into Mecume's body just below the heart and Mecume died en route to the hospital. Shoemaker. It is believed none of them knew about the balloon menace. . . . This wac tho nnlv hnllnnn lhat landed in uregon wnicn caused any damage, but balloons were recovered in more than a dozen counties. It was only by good luck that other tragedies were averted. There was the time, only this spring, for instance, when one of Ranger John Sarginson's Rogue river forest crews and a county road crew operating a snow plow on the Lake o' the Woods road plowed into a bal loon lying in the snow. The men picked it up, put it on a pickup truck, and brought it into Klamath Falls. Nothing UU llHHo Ahnlvt AT LOCI BARRACKS The first group of marines to be transferred from naval con valescent hospitals to the Marine Barracks installation here ar rived Thursday, according to word from the Barracks today. Eighty men comprised the first large group to come here under the new movement, al though there have been individ ual cases coming here for the last several weeks. Over 300 more are expected Saturday morning and large groups are to be sent for some time to come. Men now arriv ing are all veterans of the Iwo Jima and Okinawa campaigns. The original purpose of the Barracks installation, whichwas to take care of men with malaria and filariasis, has been altered and the new group is composed of men who have been wounded. Victims of malaria and filariasis are still being brought to this base however. j The Barracks has been mark ing time for the last few weeks with key men being kept here to keep the installation going. It is thought that the new pro gram which will bring several thousand marines in this area will fill the Barracks to capacity. Commanding officer at the Marine Barracks is Col. Charles Brooks and senior dental officer is Captain Lowell T. Coggeshall, :" REPRESENTED. " SALEM, Aug.- 17 P) Gov ernor Earl Snell said today he would not attend the hearings of the senate finance committee on' broadening the unemploy ment compensation law, because a committee- aDDointcrt Wv- the national' governors' conference will represent all governors.. I happened, although bombs were set to go off at any minute.. The I army iouk u over, ' Many false alarms were heard in this area as elsewhere. Peo ple saw the planet Venus and other objects in the air, think ing they might be balloons. Weather balloons started a lot of searches. About three weeks ago look outs at Shake butte saw a bal loon come down in their area but it has never been found. Two days later, a lookout reported seing one near Olene. And so ends a sensational ' chapter of the war. But Klam athites were : reminded that it still can have a tragic sequel.
