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Newspaper Page TextMP A nTTr,lUl fin rm M la i Mir jb m V m m mm m A TrTi A f I ! I f I f 1 PRICE FIVE CENTS In Tire By FRANK JENKINS VOU won't bo In agricultural 1 England long before you will hear lliu turm "lied cot tage." It means TIED to the laud of which It In n mrt. Thut In to wiy, l( Us occLipunt qtilta li Ik Jul) mid goes 1 work for somebody clue he cmi be (mid probably In) evicted. (NOT now. An one of the wur lubor nnd housing measures, thin hind lord's right of eviction wan suspended for the duration.) In principle, the "lied cottage" Isn't new to uh. We've known It In the form of "company" towns. Resentment against the system, however, seem to be deeper rooted here, for which there nre probably two reasons. Working c I a a a housing, one si-uses, has ulwaya been limited In Kngliind, with supply never any more than balancing de mand. Eviction, therefore, prac tically nieann homclcnxncKii. You can seo what a weapon Hint has given the employer. There la abio the tradition of feudalism. We muni remember that here on Ibis very noil, In feudal times, the worker wan n serf, TIED to the land ho tilled, wholly at hl muster's mercy. So, you cun nee, bitter memorle chiKlrr around lhl term "TIED collage." It In iicnerally expected that the new labor Koverumcnt will do away with the aystem. Em ployer! wonder how, without It. ihrv will he ablo and "handle' their labor. Thla wrller'i guess ' that It will GO and go quicKiy, another relic of the pant over whelmed by the swelling tide of new thinking thut it sweeping this Island. THIS Evesham area Is regard ed a.i distinctly "advanced." For example, If a smull holder wants to clear out, bo can sell his leaso and his property, such as Browing crops, to a neighbor and move on wimoui saying oy vour leave" to his landlord. Tlrtit Isn't the general rule, this writer is told (with England's feudal tradition, landlordism is an Institution here thut we Amer icans find It hard to understand.) Also, If a tenant has fruit trees or aspurugus, or some similar long-term crop, the trees and the roots arc HIS PROPERTY, and if he sells his leaso nnd moves, or is dispossessed, he has to be recompensed for them. That al so Isn't the general rule else where, If the tenant moves after putting out an orchard or an asparagus patch It Is Just too bnd, and ho loses them. This Evesham right of the tennnt In such matters has been upheld by the courts recently. (More evidence of the spread of new ideas.) EVEN among these smull hold ers, with their tiny nrens, MECHANIZATION Is taking hold. Mr. Hall has n garden tractor (one of these little affairs working from a traction wheel in front and guided by handles like n plow). It is made by a well-known American mnmi' facturcr, and its owner thinks verv hliihlv of It Indeed ns a sturdy, dependable tool. "I've 'ad It for 'Itc yenrs." he says, "and In all that time It's pever ad so much as u new bolt or a new nut. It stands up nnd tykes It yenr artier year." "THE town of Evesham (It Is a A place of 00,000, but hero In n nest of huge cities that Is A mero village) is neat nnd nltrnc. tlvc, with that distinct and un mistakable air of comfort, .well- being nnd ronsonablo prosperity that you feel In the nlr. lis shons are well slocked with good merchandise, In strong contrast to London whoso slocks bnvc been practically cleaned out of everymmg oy giu-nungry YiinKs Evcshnm hns no dnlly news paper only n weekly. There (Continued on Pago Six) Former KF Marine Killed In Action PFC George W. Garten, USMC, was killed in action on Okinawa on. May I, according to word received by friends hero, PFC Garten, 1(1, had been In the service for threo yenrs nnd during that time snw ac tion on Guadalcanal, Pel lieu, Iwo .11 in n nnd finally Okinawa, He nlso participated in other marine corps landings. Garlcn, son of Mr, and Mrs. Red Garlen, formerly of Klnm rtlh Falls and now of Portland, enlisted in (he mnrlno corps when ho wns only IS but was sent home for four months in the summer of 1043 on -."underage" lenve. Ho wns recalled for nctlve service with tho mnrlncs when he beenmo 17, Ho wns 'born In KniiRn.i but nllendecl schools In Tulclnkc nnd Klamath Falls beforo enter ing the service, nVVAVaiAa PLUNGE 01 BRIDGE RAIL NAS Man Drowns As Result Of Prank On 1 1th Street An Innocent prank proved fatal last night at 11 o'clock to AMM 3c Andrew Ycsko, 22, sulloY stationed ut the air sta tion here, when he toppled from the railing of the 11th street canal bridge Into the water and drowned. His body wns recov ered shortly after noon toduy, Yesko wns In the company of AMM 3c It. W. Lynn, AMM 2c J. 11. Jenkins, AMM 2c It. U Lunke, AMM 2c H. M. Duller, AMM 3c J. M. Broclu, and four girls: Shirley, Virginia, Jeanettc nnd Ginger, whoso last names were not known, when he fell from the top of the ml I Into the main canal on the upstream side, navy authorities said. As he started to fall, Brocla grubbed him by the legs but wns unable lo retain bis grip and Yrsko plunged headlong into the water. Jenkins Immediately dived in after him from the bank and reached him, but lost his hold when Ycsko started to struggle. Ho then disappeared bencntb the surface nnd efforts to locate the body Inst night were futile. Brocia and Butler leaped Into the canal and dived repeatedly for Yesko whllo the other men conducted a search farther down tho cannl bank. A city police car arrived on the scene nnd the shore pnlrol wa notified. ..Tho city flro de partment was also called, but did not bring a pulmotor to the scene as a drowning was not stipulated by the Informant. Ycsko was born October 18, (Continued on Page Six) Gus Mclhusc, 82, who was re ported missing from his fishing enmp at Odell lake since Tues day, August 14, was found Sat urday night by tho Little Des chutes river by Louie Moore and Dave Moore, who have a pumice project there. The men took Mclasc to their enmp nnd Sunday morning es corted him Jio Chcmult, which is nbout seven miles from their camp. , Mclhaso was suffering from a sun stroke nnd lind apparently become lost. He had not eaten for four days but his condition was snld to be fnlr by the sher iff's office. Ho wns placed In a hotel room nt Chcmult where he received treatment, Everett Llnvillc, truck driver for Klnmnth county, reported Into Saturday to the sheriff's (Continued on Page Six) KILLS SAILOR Lumber Industry Provides Labor Relations Program WASHINGTON, Aug. 20 OP) Chairman George W. Taylor of the war labor board told the west coast lumber Industry to day Its long dispute over wages for 130,000 workers would pro. vide tho first test of peace-time innnr-innnngemcnl bargaining, Taylor indicated the board would step out of the picture and let the unions and compan ies work out their own solution. New Policy This wns in Mine with the board s new policy to take gov ernment out of labor relations, lie said at tnc opening of a bear ing in the dispute, somo phases oi wnicn nine oacK ih months. Claude Bnllnrd, International president of tho CIO Woodwork crs Union, nnd Jerry Simpson, representative of tno national ih- bor bureau, urged tho bonrd to Issue an order,- They Insisted Hint further delay by negotiation would hamper production, sore ly needed for reconversion to peacetime economy, Doubts Revealed Ballard said tension hns been built up over tho past few years because of accumulating wngo demands. Ho expressed doubts that "tho lenders of organized lnbor in tho lumber industry can bo held responsible for contin ued production in view of these tensions." He added that the workers had walled "a long time for a de Telephone All J KLAMATH FALLS, OREGON, MONDAY, AV Where Naval Group Wc 0 7 MANCHUIIA ,M CHINA 0htmqlinf) list. f fit' - "V-J t. f!l US, 1DS wliifS D r TV AUSTRAUA Map locates sites for naval bases in the Pacific which would be retained by the U. S. under recommendations of the house naval subcommittee report which asserted the U. S. should retain outright some Islands taken from the Japanese, and that other bases should be maintained in the Pacific. The report urged that full title be obtained for those bases in islands mandated to other nations which cannot defend them. Shaded area traces sone suggested as main line of strat egy for defense In the Pacific. (AP wlrephoto map). NAZIS TESTIFY UT II L By NED NORDNESS OSLO, Aug. 20 OP) Testi mony of Hermnnn G o e r I n g. Joachim von Ribbcntrop and other high-ranking nazis will be introduced against Vidkun Quis ling, the prosecution disclosed today ns the former puppet pre mier of Norway went to trial on charges of treason. State Prosecutor Annacnus Schodjt announced that allied nnd Norwegian officials now arc taking the testimony of the nazi witnesses In Germnny, where the nnzi leaders themselves soon arc to be tried ns war criminals. He said Hint those whose tos tlmony wns being taken includ ed Alfred Rosenberg, former (Continued on Pago Six) Hail Storm Hits Local Community MERRILL. Aug; 20 A lash ing hail storm centered on this community bunnay at 1 p. m Vegetable and flower gnrdens in town were hard hit, but there was only minor damage to near by potato fields. The hail came out of a black cloud, nnd the storm was of short duration. cision and the position of union leaders gets worse as time con. tinucs to roll by." Stabilisation Asked Simpson snld it wns of the ut most importance to stabilize the industry now and not two months from now. He stated that wood cutting wns proceeding at this time to build up winter and spring supplies from which hous ing nnd other construction pro jects will drnw to provide jobs for an cstimntcd 6,000,000 per sons. The AFL Cnrpentcrs Union took n different position thnn that of the CIO, recommending mat tlie ense be returned to the parties for negotiation, Kenneth Davis, executive secretary of the Northwest Council of tho Cnr pentcrs Union, said tho ultlmnto settlement would depend on ability of the parties "to see Into tno luuiro." States Involved Tho lumber and timber pro dnela InHiidtt-v nf Pullffii-nln Oregon, Washington, Idaho nnd Montana arc involved In the case, which has been pending since Before tlie west coast lum ber commission was established in September, 1042. Tho Indus tries include, logging enmps, snwmllls, tie mills, poles nnd pil ing, plywood fnctories, box fac tories, shingle mills, cooperate stock plants, pinning mills and prcfabrlcnlion plants, QUISLING fflNTI 1945 S. To Keep Bases In Pacific r ? if J' V japan Pacific 0'on jT.,. - T- 'lllll i - , ... annul hibhidh , r U immnn1, ';) SIMM'S. HAWAIIAN fimiiM' irr wit . ic max. Q 4((lOWM Navy And Marine Draft Calls Lowered As Plan For Discharge Revealed WASHINGTON, Aug. 20 OP) t Navy nnd marine draft callsforf September have been reduced from zz.ooo to 13.UUU, vice Ad miral Randall Jacobs said today. The chief of the navy bureau of personnel reported that the navy call wns lowered from 17, 000 to 10.000 nnd the marine call from 5000 to 3000. The coast guard did not originally ask for any inductions for September. The army previously had cut its draft call from 80,000 to 50,- 000 Admiral Jacobs disclosed the reductions at a news conference at which he discussed the navy's new discharge plan He said that credit for combat nnd overseas service had been omitted from the point discharge system because the navy lacKea orooer records on such factors. Ho explained that this lack arose from the nature of naval war fare, in which personnel may be shifted from one ship to another and because security prevented Identification of ships participat ing in some engagements. He snld that individual records on combat and overseas service eventually would be available but that the development of the point discharge would have been delayed 60 to 90 days if the navy Modoc Forest Fire Controlled1 The fire In the Modoc Nation al forest near the Happy Camp lookout which last weekend burned 3600 acres of brush and timber land was brought under control Saturday afternoon and mopping operations are continu ing today. The fire is expected to be completely out soon, ac cording to Modoc forest men. The blaze consumed 800 acres of mature timber near tlie Long Bell Lumber company logging operations. Dozens of other small spot fires caused by Sunday's light ning storms, were keeping for est fire crews busy Sunday night and Monday. Klamath Forest Protective as sociation reported at least eight small fires started Sunday, none of them serious. One fire was started west of the highway near Kcno In timber land and others were reported cast of Bonanza, one north of Hildcbrand, three in the Sycnn Butte country and one in the King's Cabin country. Three fires were started on the Klamath Indian reservation by the lightning nnd others arc expected to show up today or tomorrow, becnuso rain m s y hnvo smothered the blazes tem porarily. In the Modoc National forest five spot fires wore started by Sundny's slorm. none of them serious. Bulletin LONDON, Aug. 20 OP) Russian troops have occupied Hsinking, capital of the pup pet govornmeni In Manchuria, as well as the cities of Har bin and Mukden, Moscow said' tonight. Auquit 20, 1945 Mtx. (August 19) 87 Mln 51 Precipitation lait 24 houri Tract Straam yaar to data 13.28 Normal 12.32 Lait yaar 10.B2 Forecasti Claar Tuesday. 1000 'jiAiuti Mia; 4f (OJMfOB 0Qf-iuHlCiltlol Ifjjj full Till ll Bay , Mwn iaal Ait Huu Q Mo..',rtfloi. ' Sttwlur fltt Baif Anthoiao unio w nil a o had wailed to record. - ' - assemble such Point Credits The navy discharge plan gives one half point credit for each year Of age, one-half point for each month of service since Sep tember 1839 and 10 points for dependencies. Scores are 44 for enlisted navy personnel, 29 for enlisted Waves, 49 for navy of ficers and 35 for Wave officers. Men who have earned medals (Continued on Page Six) COMMISSION CUTS WASHINGTON, Aug. 20 OP) The maritime commission an nounced today cancellation of $425,000,000 in contracts cover ing the construction of 135 ships and three contracts for special military equipment. The cancelled contracts cover ed 35 coastal cargo ships, 42 Vic tory cargo ships, 24 small tank ers for lend-lease to Great Brit ain, four Liberty ships being converted to aircraft repair ships, eight military type Victor ies, eight tankers, five large mil itary transports of the C-4 type, six refrigerator ships, and three large passenger ships of the P-l type. The commission said three contracts covering special mili tary equipment for the navy ac counted for $70,000,000 of the $425,000,000 in cancellations. A list of the yards and vessels involved included: Military Victory type Ore gon Shipbuilding corporation, Portland, Ore., eight. Victory cargo ships, Oregon Shipbuilding corporation, Port land, Ore., nine. Large tankers (Kaiser (Swan Island), Oregon, five. C-4 military transports Kai ser, Vancouver, Wash., five. EAST COAST ARRIVALS By The Associated Press Francis W. Russ, PFC, 2951 Hope, Klnmnth Fnlls. Av.vived on General Black, due at Bos ton on August 19. Benjamin H. Derby Jr., Sg Route 1, Klamath Falls. Arrived on General Black, due at Boston August 19. Donald K. Phelps, Cpl 1957 Auburn, Klamath Falls. Arrives on SS Thomas Bnrry, duo at New York on August 20. ' Edward G. Anderson, Pvt., 4820 Shasta way, Klamath Fnlls. Arrives on SS Thomas Barry, duo in New York August 20. John S. Leppert, PFC, 1732 Gary, Klamath Falls. Arrives on Queen Mary, due in New York August 22, Jamet Delyea, Sgi 1801 Oregon, Klamath Falls. Ar .rlves on Queen Mary, due at New York August 22. Number 10597 T 5 INSIDE T Newspapers Appeal For 'Peace Arid Order' By The Associated Press Japan beaten on the battle field, financially and economical ly crippled and lacking even suf ficient food for its people, is on the very verge of complete in ternal upheaval broadcasts from that island empire indicat ed plainly today. The apparent fear of a public outburst was voiced continually in broadcasts recorded by the FCC, both from the Japanese Domci news agency and the Tokyo radio, as officials and newspapers alike appealed to the people for maintenance of "peace and order." Iwata'i Views Dr. Chuzo Iwata, justice min ister in the new Japanese cab inet, and as such the highest police official in Japan, pointed out in a press conference that the allied conquerors might take a hand - should local authority fail. He warned that the Japan "of the future will have to face a considerably different situa tion than she did while she was still powerful, militarily and financially, because she is now a defeated nation." Iwata's views were echoed by Sinya Saka, new chief of the Tokyo , metropolitan police, in his first address to the Tokyo force. !The postwar mainten ance of peace ana order win oe drastically different from war time, Saka cautioned. Premier Prince Naruhiko Higashi-Kuni added his voice to the list with the appeal to the people to "maintain strict dis cipline and equanamity in the face of the current situation." People Calmed The Tokyo newspapers took time from their campaign to calm the despairing people, to tell leaders who had plunged the nation into the disastrous war they were henceforth use less, and to indicate the govern ment was experiencing difficul ty in handling elements of the military clique. The Nippon Times considered gravely the difficulties confront ing the cabinet in the mainte nance of general peace and or der and then observed that "con trol of the military'' presented to Higashi-Kuni an even greater problem. Throughout the editorial ran an appeal to the people to re main calm and to carry out the terms for peace laid down by the allies. The Tokyo newspaper Asahi urged the people to "reflect se tiously on the grave mistake made in the past of following government blindly" and urged all to carticipate in the govern ment henceforth. "Only in this way," Asahi added, 'can a change in nation al thought be effected and the Japanese nation get out of the present darkness and despair in to a world of hope and construction." BROADCAS IN ROUBLE SEEN Wainw right May Witness Formal Surrender Of Japs By SPENCER MOOSA CHUNGKING, Aug. 20 (P) Lt. .Gen. Jonathan M. Wain wright, the tall hero of Corregi dor who was rccucd from a Jap anese prison camp by a humani tarian team of American para chutists, is due in Chungking shortly and may witness the for mal surrender of the forces which held him more than three years. Among the hundreds of allied prisoners released by the sudden arrival of the airborne teams carrying relief supplies were Maj. Gen. George M. Parker Jr., of Portland, Ore., who served under Walnwright In the final days of tho battle of the Philippines, and A. W. L. Tjarda Van Starkenborgh Slachouwer, governor-general of the Nether lands East Indies. Also with Walnwright in Man churia, it was learned on high authority, were Lt. Gen. Arthur Percival, British commander at Singapore when that stronghold was captured by the Japanese in 1042, and Sir Shenton Thomas, governor of Singapore. Japs Protest Tho dropping of the humani tarian teams brought a protest from the Japanese general staff. Peace Terms To Be Signed Near Tolxvo M By RUSSELL BRINES MANILA, Aug. 20 (AP) General MacArthur announced today he would leave "soon" with powerful forces of occupa tion troops, warplanes and ships for Japan where "the Instru ment of surrender will be signed within 10 days." Only adverse weather can delay the formal end of tht war, the supreme allied commander said, as he sent Emperor Hirohifo's delegates flying home with detailed instructions on the allied occupation. Entry Into Japan Within 24 hours after their arrival in Manila, the mikado'j emissaries left Nichols field at 1:03 p. m. today. They left ' behind full details needed by MacArthur for imminent vic torious entry into Japan at the head of ground, air and naval occupation forces. They will be prepared, said a headquarters Manager Visits Virgil Hays, veteran of World War II, who has been appoint ed manager of the Klamath Po tato Growers association. BY POTftTO GROWERS Virgil Hays, recently appoint ed manager of the Klamath Pota to Growers association by the executive committee, was in Klamath Falls and Merrill Fri day. Hays will be in charge of Mexican labor for the associa tion. He plans to establish an office in Merrill. Hays learned Spanish when he served in the immigration serv ice border patrol along the Mex ican border, and wnen ne was in the marine corps, participat ing in the second Nicaraguan campaign. He is a veteran of World War II in the army in fantry. Hays has moved his wife and four-year-old son , to Klamath Falls from Portland, where he was occupied in personnel work with the Inter-state training service program after his release from the army. Motorists Enjoy Gas Ration End Sunday drivers took advan tage of the end of gasoline ra tioning apparently with city and state police reporting crowds of automobiles on highways over the weekend. . Although traffic was particu larly heavy, there were compar atively few violations and only a very few minor accidents re ported to state ana cuy lawmen. Drivers for the most part seemed to be enjoying the scen ery or on their way to lakes or mountain resorts to celebrate the first peactime Sunday in over three and a half years. The Japanese informed General MacArthur that the action en dangered the smooth cessation of hostilities and asked him to see that no more such "incidents" occurred. Wainwright, 61-year,old lead er of the heroic American and Philippine forces at Corregidor, was a captive of the Japanese for three years and three months. The American general was found at a prisoner of war camp at Hsian, 100 miles north of Mukden, by members of one of the six-man teams parachuted into the Japanese-held territory last Thursday. Lt. Gen. Albert C. Wedo meycr, U. S. commander in China said Wainwright was well and that ho was being brought to Chungking. Occupy Camp U, S. headquarters in China announced that allied air and sea forces would aid in occupying the prisoner of war camps and the job of evacuating the inter nees. The announcement said largo-numbers could be released only after allied forces had oc cupied the camps. Wedemeycr said there would be no discrimination in succor (Continued on Pago Six) ' V ' spokesman, "tor any contingen cy.' The envoys were told the date MacArthur and his accompany ing forces intend to arrive in Japan and instructed to prepare the necessary airfields, harbors, and other facilities for their ar rival. It was expected that Lt. Gen.. Takashiro Kawabe and the oth er emissaries would report im mediately to high government and military officials and per haps to the emperor himself. we win do the best possible to make sure that all arrange ments are completed on time," the emissaries said before leav ing Manila. It was understood that the for mal surrender will be signed by General MacArthur in or near Tokyo. To Direct Nips Thereafter, a statement Issued- by the supreme commander said, ne win direct the Nipponese im perial headquarters to issue In structions for the unconditional surrender of all Japanese com manders abroad to surrender their forces to the appropriate theater commanders. It was understood t h a t all plans were definitely made dur ing whirlwind conferences here last night and this morning and that no further exchange, of radio instructions would be nec essary. . Manila sessions definitely cleared the air, MacArthur aides said, and made a successful oc cupation of Japan more promis ing. None can say, hdwever, whether "disorders" reported to- uay oy lOKyo raaio wiu ena before allied forces arrive. The land, sea and air occupa (Continued on Page Six) MEETING FAILS TO A meeting of local representa tives of the 1WA-C1U was held Sunday and the men unanimous ly reiterated their solid and united stand upon the demands that have Daralvzed a Dart of the local lumber industry, according to a union press release. Vernon Chase, president of the Klamath basin district council, IWACIO, reported on a meeting he attended in Portland of the International union and said that he had received assurance of both moral and financial support. me delay by the operators in making negotiations is only serving to weld the membership of the local union together more solidly, union men stated. Union men also said that they believed that ex-servicemen have no grudge against organized labor because "they have . been working under extremely un savory conditions during the course of the war and naturally want the best conditions possible in whatever industry they go in. to and this, they know, comes through the eltorts of organized labor.7' ml 1 1 l J? 11 A If J not think the ex-serviceman ,ls expecting or wants any special privileges, but wants only to get back to a normal citizen's life, to be able to earn a decent living as a normal citizen under decent working conditions. That he does not want to be set apart (Continued on Page Six) Farm Implement Tires Off Ration WASHINGTON, Aug. 20 (P) All farm implement and in dustrial type tires will be ration free after midnight tonight, the office of price administration announced today. Truck tires and passenger tires remain on the ration list. In removing farm implement and Industrial tires from ration-: ing Price Administrator Chester Bowles said tho WPB had ad vised him there are ample sup plies of all sizes and types, In cluding tractor tires. He added, however that the shortage of both passenger and truck tires is still so acute they must continue to be rationed. BASEBALL American League First game: R. IT. E. Philadelphia 0 7 1 Detroit 4- 5 0 Bowles and Rosar; Newhouser and Richards.