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. 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
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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
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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
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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
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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),. - ....-
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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.
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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.
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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
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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,
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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
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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
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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.
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