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About Herald and news. (Klamath Falls, Or.) 1942-current | View Entire Issue (Aug. 23, 1945)
in M I j ill o) A Herald PRICE FIVE CENTS Bn Tire Day's km . By FRANK JENKINS CAMUIUDGE. Following the Utli Air Force ceremony ut t'hu CiulUlhull, there in n BrU-Ixh-Amerlcun luncliuuii lit one o( thu recrvutlon centers, You know u half-block iiwiiy thut American mo In on It. for thero In u IiIkIi, cheerful rattlu of Con versation. 1 Thu Urltlsh arc (food enough talkers, but they tend to be qiilulur. Nothing In noisier, in itH way, tli ii ri u eoektoll bur at a fiilr-slzed American hotel. At thu British equivalent of such a plueo, you speak In un under tone, knowing Unit If you mined your vdlco even to norimil spouk lux volume you'd bo hoard cloor uurom tho room. , Tho townspeople present teem to bo lioldiiiK up their ontl, mid it flushes across your mind thut they've been living for three years with young American! and nro learning our ways In- steiid of teaching us theirs. You wonder whuther it's nil to the good. Wo huve much to Icnrn from tho British. ' THERE Is a baseball iiumc, and then a reception and tea at Prmuroko colic up, lounacu in 11)47 one ot the group of 20 colleges composing Cambridge University. The Americans, awed a trifle by their surround ings, are somewhat less noisy, Thin writer meets an Amer ican general who as a captain shortly after tho last war started th, Oregon forest fire patrol with army planes. The patrol waB based at Eugene, and they flew De llnvlliinds. known as "flying coffins." They lived up to their reputation by crashing rather frequently. Ho didn't know then that two and a half decades later he'd be fighting Germans again this time as a part of an air forco running unbelievably far up In- to the thousands, with plane that make those old ve iiavi lands look like pony carts along' aide a streamliner. Perhaps it's Just as well he didn't know. Not knowing NOW, wo have HOPE for tho future. , nVENING arrives, and the prc- gram shuts to parxer nccc, a park the like of which is not to bo found in America per haps becaiiHO ll resembles so closely London's Hyde Park. which In all Its aspects doesn't seem to no qui to like anything else anywhere. There Is dancing on tho green by a crowd that must approach 100.000. Dancing on the green is something that we Americans Know about only by reading. It is made EASILY possible, even pleasant In its way, by this amazing, smooth turf. ; A good 00 per cent of the dancing would have caused the England of tho day when Cam bridge was growing up around Tinker's Pleco to rub Its eyes to '., (Continued on Pago Two) Jap Kamikaze 388 Casualties Inflicted BREMERTON, Aug. 23 (IP) Thu mrcriiii currier wasp sut iercd 3U8 casualties Match It) wuen a Japanese bomb crushed lirougn her flight deck, but alio steamed defiantly on, her guns spitting dontn at Knmikuzo pilots eager to polish her off and her own planes taking tho air on schedule - : Ono hundred and three mon were killed and 283 injured. Not only did the Vvasp live and beat down tho inferno set raging buiow decks by the bomb sho did not falter in her position with tho fast and hard billing tusk forco 511, operating Just U3 miles from Japan. Tho navy, In releasing the story yesterday,, sulci tho Wasp whs hit Just two minutes after her sister cnrrlor, tho Franklin. Hufforcd tho bomb blow that cost her 032 killed or missing and 270 .wounded. Tho Wasp came to tho Puget Sound navy yard for repairs and long ago re turned to tho fleet, . Flight Deck Hit Officers of the Wasp, which was cnptiilnod during the ordeal by Cnpt, O, A. Wollers, said two enemy plnncs dodged out of an overcast sky and ono dropped a noo-puund bomb which pono tnitcd tho flight deck and flood ed tho area bolow with flamo and suioko and llvo steam from ruptured pipes, Automatic, sprinkler systems went into action at onco and within an hour the firo was out, A plato was placed over the gash In the flight deck and tho Wasp's pianos never missed a mission, Tho enrrior Inst about 10, however melted to small blobs by tho Intense hoot. Crewmen snld suicide planes dived nn tho ship repeatedly, but "our guns got 'cm." Up to tho time sho returned OCCUPATION OF HONG KONG France Will Snatch Liberated French Indo-China LONDON, Aug. 23 (! Prlmo Minister Attlcc, under tho prompting of Winston Churchill, ' told commons today that plans for reestablishing British administration In the crown ' colony of Hong Kong "arc fully prepared. "As stated by the foreign sec retary on Monday, said Alllrc, "arrangements are being made for the Japancso surrender in Hong Kong to bo accepted by a British force commander, Tho houso cheered, , Surrender Plans Chinese Instructions to Jana ucse surrender envoys In China Tuesday stipulated thut the sur render at liong Kong would be to a Chinese commander. " Earlier, a foreign office conv mcntatnr declared occupation of Hong Kong "will be our respon. nihility in that it Is British tcr rltory." Ho told .a press conference that the British government prior to the announcement of Secretary of State James F, Bvrnos had no previous know ledge. ,thut the futuro status of Hong King would be ono of tho subjects coming up at tho five power council .of foreign ' (CJontlnued on Pago Two) i, Burness Motors f: Erects Building Burness Motors Is construct ing a concrete and tile building on property at 8th and Walnut which is being developed into a comprehensive automobile sales and scrvlco sot-up. Tho firm has ISO feel on Wal nut street and 100 feet on 6th. The new building stands back on Walnut. It will have salesroom In front, purts and offices Just back of this room, and shop In the rear, Flanking this structure is, another building, already con structed, which will houso the B. F. Goodrich tiro shop , and homo appliances, with a body shop at tho rear of this building. Burness Motors Is the DcSoto and Plymouth dealer here and handles well known lines of auto accessories. In addition to Goodrich, it is tho Flsk tire agent here. Schortgcn and Burkhart are contractors and Sheldon Brum baugh designed tho building. Blasts Wasp; for repairs the Wasp's guns had knocked down 15 enemy plnncs and her own aircraft had shot 207 out of the air and wrecked another 301 on the ground, not counting tho probables. They had sunk 114 enemy ships and damaged 285, Jap Directs U. Japanese Lieutenant Mlnoru Mindanao, picks out landmarks seeking targets, Wada led the the lUUth Japanese army division operating on Mindanao, on Auguit 10, 1945. (AP wirephoto Telephone ttltM KLAMATH FALLS, OREGON, THURBD 1 E l" Firefighters aboard the USS Hancock, aircraft carrier damaged during the invasion of Okina wa, pour streams of water through the hole ripped in the flight deck by a bomb dropped by Japanese plane, setting fires below. A wrecked and burned plane lies on the deck. (AP wirephoto from U. B. navy). - . . , , Plans for a survey to deter mine the advisability of estab lishing a YMCA in Klamath Falls wcro outlined last night,, at a meeting called by Glenn Kent, president of the Klamath' county YMCA.' ,Vt- "WJ James Majtwcll area executive of the national YMCA was in vited to advise plans for future activity, and presented a plan for organizing committees to canvas tho area to ascertain the feasibility of establishing a YMCA in Klamath Falls. He suggested hiring a competent mon to make a survey of Klam ath county and advise the local board what requirements would bo necessary. Tho directors requested Max well to name a man with the national organization to do this work, In order to avoid blunders. Building Topic The survey will bo conducted within tho next week or ten days and a report will, be pre sented to the board. Further plans of the corporation will de pend entirely upon the report. Maxwell also suggested plans to interest Klamath youth in a YMCA center should one be (Continued on Pago Two) First Carload Ot Potatoes Moves Klamath's first carload of po tatoes from the 1945 crop was shipped yesterday from Strong hold. - This carload of Bliss Triumphs camo from Shuck brothers Pe ninsula holdings. The potatoes were planted early, and when shipped were of excellent qual ity and extra well matured, ac cording to Tom Thorn, buyer, who handled tho car. a Tho Shucks have 500 acres of potatoes and have about 20 cars of enrly stuff rendy to go now. S. Air Raid, Wada. captured on the Island of and directs Liberator bombers bombers to the headquarters of from marine corps),. - ....- 1945 s .rv ia." ' '.IOT 11 Carrier Han' . t;.asted In Okinawa Invasion A. ' Cigarette Situation Eases; Bobby Pins Return To Dime Stores; Telephones Scarce Since the Japanese announced that they would surrender more than a week ago, many indus tries have already rqoved toward their former prewar basis and some 1omtTioaitle-iaro-'alrcadyi easier for the average dtlzcfi to' ODtain. . .... . ; Other items, howeverj are still on a postwartime list of short ages. Telephones, for example, are as difficult to obtain as they have been for the past several years. There has been no re vision as yet as to the number which may be installed but tele phone company officials say that they are hoping for relief soon. With cigarettes it's a differ ent story. - A local tobacco firm has said that the cigarette situa tion has cased up almost 20 per cent in the last week. Ration ing of the smokes has been cither eased or discontinued at the military bases in this area. . And more good news is forth coming for local camera en thusiasts. According . to drug stores here, Eastman Kodak com pany has sont word that it expects to be able to furnish pre war quotas of film by November. Drug stores have reported an casing of ' the razor and razor blade items. - - . . ; Bobby pins and hair pins, are bi:ck on dime store counters again good hews for the woman who has tried to get along lor a long time with clips and ribbons.' News is not so bright on the Kleenex: situation as yet with 80 Milion Top For Oregon Quota In 8th War Loan PORTLAND, Aug! 23 (VP) Oregbn's 8th War Loan quota probably will not exceed $80 million, Chairman E. C. Sum mons of the state war finance committee, announced today up on his return from Washington. The nation s quota - has been Cut from $14 billion asked in tho 7th War Loan, to $11 billion, ho . said. Oregon's cut is $30 million. Dates for the last loan drive will be October 29-Decembcr 1, CnrDorntlon sales will continue through December 8, and payroll deductions for- November and December will be counted in fund totals. . EAST COAST ARRIVALS By The Associated Press Douglas G. Helken, PFC, 204 N. 3rd, Klamath Falls, Arrived on SS Madawska Victory duo at New York August 20. ' Thomas W. Phlpps, Cpl. Box 39, Midland. Arrived on James Hobnn due at New York August 21. Leslie B. Avrit, 1st Lt. 1410 Pacific . Terrace, . Klamath Falls.' ' Arrived , on Oneida Victory . due at .New .York August 21, " ' ' ; Denny E. Kelly, PFC: Duns mulr. Arrived on John Sulli van due at New York August 21. I'llWillilllllllip Auguit 23, 1945 Max. (Aug, 22) 88 Mln. 49 Precipitation lift 24 houri .00 Stream year to data ..13.28 Normal 12.34 Lait year 10.62 Forecast! Cooler Friday. V ' '' local stores reporting that only the usual quota was sent this month. Candy is even harder to get with a tightening of the quota ot sugar to industrial users. Even this. .. thbuuh. 'orbmises to look better ds soon asthe sugar crops come in. Of - primary;4 interest to most women is the good news that nylon stockings are expected, in tne stores Dy late iNovemDer. E By The Associated Press Japan prepared for allied oc cupation today by naming an undefeated war-lord as war min ister, calling an extraordinary session of parliament to meet two days after formal surrender, and displaying a sudden out Dourine of mercy. : The diet was called, into emergency two-day session Sep tember 2 to drive "home to the nation the stark, reality that Japan has been completely de feated" and begin "the hercule an task of rebuilding Japan. Council Enlarged i Tokyo's supreme war council was enlarged and reconstituted as a "conference on termination of the war." , Prince Marukiko Higashi-Kuni gave up the war portfolio to Gen. Sadamu Shimomura, Nip ponese supreme commander In north China, currently the most troubled spot in the Pacific. Shimomura's forces presumably (Continued on Page Two) Truman Demands Square Deal From French Press WASHINGTON, Aug. 23 OP) President Truman, declared to day tho United States has not received a square deal in the French press. He made this assertion to 12 French journalists and photog raphers who were presented to him after his weekly news con ference. The Frenchmen came hero to cover the visit of Gen. Charles de Gaulle, head of the provisional French government. When they were presented to ihe American chief executive, the White House press secre tary's office said, Mr. Truman told them ho had only one thing to say. That was ho hoped they would begin to give America a square deal in the French press which, he added, this nation has not received up to date, BASEBALL AMERICAN LEAGUE 'l RUE Philadelphia 3' 8 i Detroit 4 10 2 Black and George: Tobin and Swift. i ' , utTTnnli: T.pafltTP P' V R. - H. E. Cincinnati:,-; 2 9 1 Pittsburgh 8 10 1 ' Harris, Fox (5) Modnk (7) and Lakeman; Beck and Salkcld. !!!' ' !: !! f t BL '""ti'it MMi Number 10600 BE SIGNED ON u. S. Battleship Tokyo Bay To Be Used MANILA. Aug. 23 (Fi Con quered Japan -and the conquer ing allies will formally ena the war August Jl by signing the surrender document on Tokyo bay aboard the superbattleship Missouri, which only a month ago was hurling 16-inch shells into the Japanese mainland. . Gen. , MacArthur announced these final details today, while his headquarters disclosed actual capitulation in the field is pro ceeding in advance of the offi cial ceremony. Japs Surrender Surrender of several thousand Japanese in northern Luzon was arranged yesterday despite "ada mant" opposition of their com mander, - and similar negotia tions were . moving ahead on Mindanao and Cebu. Japan meanwhile appealed for permission to send ships to in ana starving garrisons on Marcus island and "various iso lated islands in the south," add ing that food on Marcus, 1200 miles southeast of Tokyo,-would be exhausted in two more days. Red Cross Workers Tokyo also messaged MacAr thur's headquarters that Japa nese Red Cross workers aided by Swiss, and Swedish legations are preparing to visit Japan's seven roalor nrisoner-of-war camoi Fri day 'to assist in evacuating prls-- oners ana civil internees to em barkation points. Whether the missions actually will transport prisoners to the ports or merely plan their later transportation was not .clear. MacArthur himself will land at Tokyo's Atsugi airport Tues day, weather permitting, along with- thousands of airborne occu pation troops. On the same day, marines and sailors will occupy the great Yokosuka naval base in Tokyo bay. ' Later the date was not designated thousands of troops will land in the Sagami bay occupation zone. -- Evacuation Ordered The Japanese have been or dered, meantime, to evacuate all key occupation areas, to disarm their ships, all coastal guns and other defenses in the initial oc (Continued on Page Two) Gene Shields, Ex-Grd Star, Killed By Log FOREST GROVE, Ore., Aug. 23 (P) Gene Shields, 45, Uni versity of Oregon line coach for nine years, was killed 20 miles northwest of here yesterday by a log crashing on him. The log fell from a truck in the logging operations which he and a brother, Marshall, had been conducting here. Shields, one of the four broth ers who kept their najrie contin uously in Webfoot grid lineups from 1920 to 1929, graduated from the university in 1926. He coached at the university until 1939, then went to Washington high of Portland for a year, and later the George Washington university, Washington, D. C. Survivors include the widow and two daughters; his mother, Mrs, Nora Shields, Camas, and a sister,. Mrs. E, M. Huckins Camas. Quisling In The URRENOER to MISSOURI Vidkun Quisling (left) sits in the prisoner's dock in the Oslo, Norway,' courtroom where he is on trial charged with military and civil treason, 16 specific murders and various other crimes. At right, sits his defense attorney, Henrik Bergh, Photo by AP Photographer Robert Clover. (AP wirephoto via radio from Stock holm). . Gas Explosion , Wrecks Iron Fireman Plant PORTLAND, Aug. 23 (AP) A blast that shook furnituro for several miles around killed an inspector, critically injure a woman metal worker, and injured 40 others at Iron Flremq'n manufacturing plant today. r ;.,! The explosion, so severe that housewives 50 blocks awdy' reported they were knocked from their chairs, killed Michael' Keck, 51, an .inspector. V u, June Klages, 27, was reported in a .critical conditions Seventeen other persons, three of them women, were takert' to hospitals, and 24 more were given first aid on the scene. . The blast caused by a gas furnace, sprung door frames ana Knocked household utensils" to the floor in neighboring nomes. Police and newspaper of fices were flooded with calls asking "Has there been an earth quake?" Harry Banfield, president of Iron Fireman, said he could not estimate damage yet, but that furnaces and instruments, alone in the heat treating room where the explosion occurred were worth 580,000. The plant, valued at $1,000, 000, is completely insured. The explosion, which ; shat tered windows a block away and sent a ball of flame through the top of a car parked nearby, occurred while 300 workers were on duty. Huge clouds of black smoke poured from burn ing oil, but fire officials said the blaze was being controlled. Firemen were battling a fire started by the explosion. The plant was not actually in flames, but fire officials said oil stores in the basement were burning. Clocks Start The tremendous blast, which set off alarm clocks in distant sections of the city, lifted a 100 foot squai-e section of corregat cd metal roof into the . air. It fell back again, exactly in place. The blast, caused by an ex ploding furnace, occurred in the heat treating room, where a full shift of men was at work. The main section of the plant was not destroyed, but the com pany said operations would be halted today. Earlier, workers had been told to come to work as usual.. . Iron . Fireman, a long-estab lished Portland firm if lost its , west side plant a little .over.- a year ago in the most destructive lire this city ever witnessed. The list of persons (all Port land or suburbs) admitted to hospitals from the Iron Fireman explosion today: Madge Smith. 42. Margaret Cowing, 34. John H- Davis. 65. John H. Jones. 42. Wllham Yeamans. 28, June Klagei. 27. John Hopkins. 33. Willi! Miller. Glen CushlnK. E. Schwab, Miss A. Hoyt, Hay Baumchen, C. Freeman. Herbert Boss, Harry Strahorn. H. Jackson, Kellla Rob inson, Dan Anderson. . t . f ekes To Hold Cabinet Job WASHINGTON, Aug. 23 (P) President Truman said today that Harold L. Ickes, secretary of the interior, will continue in his cabinet. ' The president told a news con ference he had discussed with Ickes, sole remaining member of the original Roosevelt cabi net still on the Job, that Ickes will serve in the official family as long as he wants to stay. They discussed Ickes' future yesterday, the president said. The president added he be lieved Ickes is satisfied to re main. He said the secretary will go to London soon to renegotiate the Anglo-American oil treaty. 28 Army Heroes Slated To : Get Congressional Medal WASHINGTON, Aug. 23 (IP) President Truman bestowed the Congressional Medal of Honor on 28 army heroes today in the largest mass ceremony of its kind. Pvt. Lloyd G. McCarter, Tacoma, was among them. Before a large audience of high ranking military and ci vilians and members of the fam ilies of those honored, the presi dent tied the highest award of Prisoner's Dock QUISLING HELD i FDR MURDER OF NORWAY JEWS OSLO. Norway. Aug. 23 IP) A pale Jewish doctor still bear ing the marks of a German con-, centration camo told the coiit at Vidkun Quisling's trial today: that' nf nearlv 1000 Norwegian' Jews sent to Poland, only 12" were Known to nave survived.;. Quisling. Germany's DUDDct accused of treason, is charged with the murder of the nearly ' 1000 Jews on the grounds of rer sponsibility for the deportation;.. Doctor unargei Dr. George Eichinger. a Ger man-born Jew sent to a German concentration camp, said only; 600 of Norway's 1600 Jews -escaped the German dragnet and; the average durability of : mon sent to the Auschwitz camp An' Poland was only one month. Out of 267 in the group in which he was deported, 140 were sent to gas chambers immediately and killed, he declared. , - , Another' state's witness today said Quisling in 1925, when he was a captain in the Norwegian ; army, offered to spy on the Notr (Continued on Page Two) SETTLED' BY FEDERAL COURT A land condemnation case in- - volving the U. S. vs. School Dis trict No. 1 of Klamath county. et al, was settled here in fed eral court this morning by Fed eral Judge James Alger Fee. A jury was not called on the case. The court heard testimony and set the valuation of the land a $8700. The land in Question "t located in the Washburn way dis trict and a federal housing pro ject has been constructed there. The sum of $8250 was offered by tne government lor the desired property, but the school district involved set the price at $15,000. The purpose of the court was to determine the true valuation of the land. , ' -i- Wilson S. Wilev acted for the school district and Bert C. Boy. Ian represented the government. Ail jurors have been excused until further notice, even if not contacted personally and notified of this fact by Deputy Marshal Walter Hadlock. Jurors will be told when they are needed and when they must rcDort. either at Klamath Falls or Medford. . the nation on each of the officers and men after citations for the individual deeds of heroism were read by Maj. Gen. Edward F. Witsell, acting adjutant general. An orchestra from the army band played before the cere mony in a lobby outsldo the his-, toric east room, which is re served for memorable occasions. . Two of the heroes were in wheel chairs. Another was totally blind. Applause fol lowed each medal bestowed. J The awards brought to 106 the number of Medals of Honor given to army personnel fin ; World War II. The heroes carpe from 19 states, with one from Canada. In the group were dn lieutenant colonel, three cap tains, four lieutenants, 16 ser geants, and four privates. , ' Red Air-Borne " Units Fight On , MOSCOW, Aug. 23 (IP) Red army air-borne units whjch seized Shurnusbu, northernmost of tho Kurlle chain continued operations southward today 'to ward Hokkaido, ono of Japan') four main homeland islands, without meeting opposition, soviet dispatches said. i At Port' Arthur and Dalren, the naval base and port on Llao tung peninsula in Manchuria Japanese garrisons were dis armed following other alr-borni landings yesterday. Here, too, n resistance was reported from thi capitulating Japanese. Y
