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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
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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.
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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
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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,
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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
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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.