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About Herald and news. (Klamath Falls, Or.) 1942-current | View Entire Issue (Aug. 24, 1945)
MM II n liv Herald mfa X&ra PRICE FIVE CENTS In Thr By FRANK JENKINS T ON DON snapshots: American " MI'm hero In London arc bountiful to look upon. They wear white helmets, whlto Sum Browna bulla und whitu gutters. They uro known among thulr fellows (out of earshot, of course) ii h "snowdrops." TTIIE rear echelons, wIioko mini- bcr In London appears to the casual oyo us tho siiiuls of the en, Imvo hud dirt done to them by the award of a uracil shoulder tripe to officer comminuting combnt troop. ' YOU net your shoes shlned In -1 various ways here. If you sleep lit a billet, you put thorn outsldo your door at night, be Inu careful to leave n thruppence (roughly n nickel) In one of them. Tho hull porter come olong In the wee xmnll hours, pick them Up anil shines them anil ruturnii them to your door. ' If you live at a hotel you leave them outiddo your door and un til you become imddcr and wiser you slip the hull porter a tip when you happen to ace him which won't be often, na ho I an Inconspicuous Individual. You are saddened and wlsvncd when you net your first bill, for it will be pretty certain to Include un Item of 10 per cent for "gratul Ilea." At either a hotel or a billet, It will take you (ulto a while to Bet over wondering uneasily what will bo your status (having only one pair of shoes and no moro obtainable unless you have British point) if ho should full to bring them back. If, hurrying up the street, you look down and notice that your shoes are a sight you'll be In a bad way, for the fundamental American institution of shine Hinds jul "ain't.'1 EXCEPT, of Inte, in places where GIs con gregate In large numbers. Here a few British enterprisers arc setting up shlno stands and reap ing a harvest. JJAIRCUTS, like shines, are among the few bargains in These days of postwar scarcities. They cost one and sixpence (about 30c). even at tho swank places in the big hotels. You get n haircut at a gentle men's halrdrossing salon. Once In a long walk you will sec a plain barber shop, labeled ns Mich, striped polo and every thing. But they aro very rare like Scotch whisky. yllE barbers like American customers, who are so floored by the prlco that they come through with a tip approximating the cost of the haircut. Generally speaking, tho price (Continued on Pago Throo) Hiroshima Counts Its Dead ; Weeks After Atomic Raid By The Associated Press , The Tokyo radio said today that radio activity In Hiroshima, blasted by an atomic bomb, was taking a mounting death toll weeks after the day of the at tack, and that in tho 14 days following the raid the death toll had mounted from 30,000 to 00, 000. The broadcast, recorded by tho Associated Press, said: . "Although the war has ended the spectre of death hangs over the remaining citizens of Hlro Shlmu. In an Investigation made thrco days after tho atomic bomb hit Hiroshima It was re ported there were 30,000 dead and 160,000 Injured out of a to tal population of 280,000, Two weeks afterward the death toll had mounted to 00,000 and is continuing to rlso. Long-Range Effect "Those persons within throo to four kilometers (about two miles) radius of tho bomb re ceived burns to the extent that their skin turned bright rod, but ns these burns were caused by Ultra-violet rays they hardly fet tho heat at that time. Two hours Juter, howovei, blisters formed, resulting In dropsy. I "Although abundant medical supplies were rushed to the scene of tho disaster and treat ment was unsparingly given tho victims, the death list continued to grow dairy, It is recalled fol lowing the atomic bomb raid on Hiroshima an American radio broadcast said Hiroshima had been turned into a placo where all living creatures cannot exist for 78 years, It added that to send scientists to Investigate tho damngo caused by tho atomic bomb would be suicidal, ' Corpuscle Shortage "Examination of 33 service men, of whom 10 had received burns while engaged In recoil i ruction nrolocls one week after tho bombing took ulucol Lend-Lease End Brings Protest From British LONDON, Aug,. 24 (AP) commons today tho sudden end o vory serious financial position," and former Prime Minister Churchill said he could not word of the United States. Attloo soid tho British government hod hoped that lend leaso would not havo ended without prior consultation. Churchill Protoits In rosponse, Churchill, now leader of the opposition, de clared ho could not believe the United States "would proceed in such a rough and harsh manner as to hamper a faithful ally who held the fort while their own American armaments wore prepared." Attlee cautioned members of the house to exercise "ut most restraint" within and without the chamber in comment ing on tho situation, and Churchill agreed that a debate now 1 PRICES TO 1942 LEE WASHINGTON, Aug. 24 (!) OPA says its price policy for new peacetime goods Is keyed to give small business a running start. Tho policy Is this: In general, hold prices to 1042 levels, but give the little fellow all the "breaks" possible even If It means slightly higher price. Tho policy is tliis too: Where manufacturers' costs have In creased significantly,, glva them some increase, but rcquiro deal ers to absorb tho boost so the (Continued on Pago Two) Rotarians Hold Make-Up Contest Five Rolnrlnn daughters dressed their dads up with gen erous supplies of cosmetics In a feature make-up contest at Fri day's Rotary club meeting. Nancy Bcnnct, who decorated Warren Bcnnct with sideburns and old-fashioned chin-ohoppcrs, won first prize In tho contest ar ranged by Leo Hendricks. Joan Campbell gave Hugh Campbell a healthy outdoor tan, June Han ger fixed up Herb Hanger with goatee and mustache; Joy Kent gave Glenn Kent a handsome forehead curl, and Barbara Beane did a straight boautifica tlon job on Wait Beano. showed those with burns had 3150 white corpuscles and the others who were apparently healthy, had 3800. Compared with ordinary healthy persons who have 7000 to 8000 whlto corpuscles, this is a drastic de crease. "On tho other hand the serv icemen with burns had only 3,005,000 red corpuscles and the others, apparently healthy, 3, 004,000, which when compared to the four and a half million red corpuscles of an ordinary healthy person is again an ex treme shortage." U. S. Fund Cancelled, Work Stops On Local Sewer Job Mayor Ostendorf ordered work stopped today on connec tion of the new military housing project on Washburn way with tho city sewage system. This left the project, which has not been occupied but Is about ready, without sewage facilities, Tho mayor's action followed receipt of a letter telling him that Lanhnm act government funds aro no longer available for tho sewage project, In view of the fact they wcro set up for war purposes and tho war is over. The city has been working on a cooperative program with the government on this project, but city officials said today that the whole thing has been a "long headache," At tho last election, city voters authorized expenditure of $10, 000 city funds to help finance tho projoct, with tho understand hij the government would spend a considerably larger sum In putting In d sewer lino in that area which could bo used for both city and, military housing nnrnniaa Telephone Mil KLAMATH FALLS. OREGON, Prime Minister Attlee told of Icnd-lcoso put Britain "in believe that this was the lost might be detrimental to notional interest. Churchill called Alt' lee's statement "very grave and disquieting." Another Plan The prime minister disclosed that Lord Halifax, British nm baxsudor to the United States during the wartime coalition government, had been invited to return to Washington to negou ate the financial arrangement which will succeed lend-lease, Attlee said President Tru. man's directive cancelled all out standing lend-lease contracts and provided that stocks and dellv erics procured under it must now be paid cither in cash or ne gotiated credit arrangements. "We hud not anticipated that operations under the lend-lease act would continue for any length of time after the defeat of Japan, he said, but we hod (Continued on Pago Two) Marines Name Camp 'Govo' For Van Orden Camp Govo. That's the name of the Cres cent lake side-camp of the Klam ath Falls Marine Barracks, and It honors Col. George O. Van Orden through use of a combina tlon of his Initials. Col. Van Orden was com manding officer of the barracks when the camo was established and he and Mrs. Van Orden took a great personal Interest in its development. Col. Van Orden left San Fran Cisco this week for his second tour of overseas duty. Truman Promises Vets Former Jobs WASHINGTON, Aug. 24 (P) Veterans needn't worry , that a technicality moy leave them without any legal right to their former lobs. That's a promise, and It comes from president Truman. The chief executive told a news conference yesterday that he intends to sec that veterans who want and aro entitled to their old Jobs get them back. If additional legislation is needed Mr. Truman said, he will rccow mend specific changes .to con gress. i MaJ. Gen. Lewis B. Hcrshcy, director of selective service, said In Boston Wednesday night that due to an omission veterans will not be legally entitled to their old Jobs when congress or tne president declares that hostili ties are ended. Since then, the city has been trying to work out the plan. Work was started recently to connect with city sewers, but when the mayor learned the government fupds were can celled, he halted tho work. Meanwhile, tho Marino Bar racks administration was at Tempting to contact tho federal works agency In Seattle to got an assurance of funds from that source that would Justify re sumption of the sewage connec tion work, There are 155 units In tho new housing project. EAST COAST ARRIVALS By The Associated Press James M. Barnes, Cpl.i 111 Sheldon, Klamnth Falls, Ar rived on Petor Minuet due In New York on August 23. David B. Qlbeson, Sgt Yrcka, Calif, Arrived on Walter Forward duo in Now York August 22. FRIDAY. A A, Ai4, 1845 Vs Suburban This map shows the new set suburbs.. for school, purposes the today by the county school superintendents Ottice, directing sru dents to Altamont, Shasta and grades 1 to 6, south of Bristol Shasta Grades 1 to 6. east of Wiard north to Climax avenue, and north of Climax from Wiard to Hope. Altamont Grades 1 to 6, west of Shasta and north of Summers boundaries given above. Grades 1 to 4 will attend Altamont elementary school and grades 5 to 8 will attend the junior high. Grades 7 and 8 of Shasta and Summers areas will attend Altamont. School Bells Will Ring For City, County Pupils On Tuesday, September 4 The big day for Klamath school children will be Septem ber 4 when schools throughout the city and county open their doors to returning youngsters. The 1945-46 school year will be gin officially at 0 a. m. Tuesday, September 4, when children will be registered at the vorious schools in both city and county. Meetings for city principals and teachers are scheduled for Labor Day, September 3 when all principals and teachers of the citv schools will meet in the auditorium of KUHS at 9:30 a. m. Staff meetings will be held at each school in the after noon. All county school district teachers will meet at the Alta mont Junior high school, Sep tember 3, at 9:30. The county elementary schools are well sup plied with teachers but accord ing to the county school office 'Surrender, Boys," "" . t W8 ' r . i c V LT 4rV- TSi m&mmm In northern Luion Lt. Yoihiksiu Hiasihl, Monterey, Calif., and T3 Ichiro Obikana, prepare over Jap - troops lighting a lew streamer reads, "The Emperor American Troops," i:iiiii!'im)!tTiitii;ii!ii!))ifiiimi'(ji Wealhe Auaust Max. (Aua. 23) Precipitation lait Stream year to date Normal 12.35 Forecaiti School Divisions - up for division of the southeast coming year. It was prepared Summers schools. Summers- avenue, and west of Wiard street there are three or four vacancies in the high school department Principals for city schools will be Joel LaClair at Pelican, Augusta Parker at Conger, Verne Speirs at Mills, G. E. Robertson at Roosevelt. Darrell Potter at Riverside, and Mrs. Florence Oilman at Fairview. Principal of the high school for the com ing year will be Stanley Wood ruff, who will be assisted by Paul Angstead. Lowell Kaup will bo head of the Fremont Jun ior high ond elementary schools. Principals will be in their office beginning August 28.' . Bus schedules will be an nounced in detail before the opening of school. The list of teachers and prin cipals for the Klamath county school district lias been com pleted and unless there are some last minute changes the various (Continued on Page Two) The Emperor Says ?? TWj:"di a huge streamer to be flown miles away. Translated, tho Has Declared Peace) Report to . 24. 1945 88 Mln 45 24 houri , 00 : 13.28 Latt year 10.82 Clear Saturday. Number 10601 Autos To Be Equipped With Only Four Tires WASHINGTON, Aug. 24 (JP) The war production board today removed all quotas on the pro duction of passenger cars, leav ing the industry free to make as many as capacity permits. The new cars now beginning to come off assembly lines can not be equipped with a spare tire, WPB ruled. Previously, an order prohibit ed the production of passenger cars except as authorized under a quota system. "Spare" Control Control of the fifth, "spare" tire, will be handled by the of fice of price administration. An early decision by that agency is forecast. In the meantime, WPB has continued in effect an order prohibiting the fifth tire and this will remain in effect until OPA acts. WPB emphasized that the availability of passenger cars for civilian use now depends entire ly upon the capacity of the in dustry to make them. Certain materials, especially tin, will continue to be scarce, but the in continued on Page Three) 1 SPEECH HAUNTS QUISLING UT Til OSLO, Aug. 24 (Ph-Vidkun Quisling's own words came back from wax today to haunt him at his trial for high treason. The prosecution produced and played a recording of Quisling's speech of April 9. 1940, calling on Norwegians on the day the Germans invaded to put aside their arms. Quisling impatiently conceded that the speech was his own. State prosecutors indicated they hoped to complete today the testimony of approximately 40 witnesses summoned to give evidence against Vidkun Quis ling, former puppet premier of Norway now on trial on charges of high treason. Seventeen Testify Seventeen were called to the stand yesterday, the fourth day of the trial. Prosecutor Annaeus Schjoedt (Continued on Page Three) Portland Blast Hospitalizes 12 PORTLAND, Aug. 24 W Twelve persons injured in the Iron Fireman Manufacturing company explosion yesterday re mainert in Hospitals today, two ot them in serious condition. Hospital attendants said Mrs. June D. Klagcs, 27, was still in critical shape. Kellis Robinson, 29, was reported in "fair" con dition. The 10 others were all recov ering. Five more workers taken to hospitals yesterday were al lowed to return home. T. H. Banfield. Iron Fireman president, said the blast, which killed one workman, was caused by a short circuit. BASEBALL National R H E St. Louis , 1 3 0 Chicago U 4 i Brecheen and Odea; Borowy and Livingston. Truman Seizes QUOTAS LIFTED PASSENGER MAKING As Reconversion Continues WASHINGTON, Aug. 24 (Pi- President Truman called in gov ernment, business and labor rep resentatives today, to discuss a ton problem of the reconversion from war to peace industrial- labor relations. Americans sighted more but ter, cheese and canned milk to day but they were jolted by strong action on the labor front. The government seized a rail road Just as In wartime. President Truman ordered government operation of the Il linois Central. Strangely, the sudden action came at a moment when the president reportedly was prepar ing to issue an order paving the M'Arthur Will : Land Tuesday MANILA, Aug. 24 (AP) General MacArthur onnounced todoy that an advanced occupation party would land In Japan Sunday to prepare the way for the main forces which will orrive two days later. , - A headquarters spokesman declared that MacArthur, de spite the typhoon which disrupted communications around Tokyo Wednesday, would land on schedule next Tuesday. The fact that the first forces would reach Japan Sunday had been trumpeted by the Tokyo radio for days, but this was the first official confirmation. Japs Complain v J:; It came at a time when Japan was complaining to Mac Arthur that Russia intended to land airborne occupation -wjmui me nui tiierwnust nome island ol Hokkaido independent ui me supreme commander s own plan. , MacArthur's confirmation was in the form of a request that communication facilities be made available Sunday for an advance airborne group charged with preparing the Atsugi air field where MacArthur will land. Logical Request MacArthur's request for com munications was logical, since the airfield itself is roughly 18 miles from the imperial palace and the same distance from im perial headquarters. Instructions for a relatively complex communications setup apparently indicated that Mac Arthur does not expect to close that 18-mile gap immediately. The advance- party will be composed of highly trained ex perts whose job will be to pave the way for the landings. Cramped Airfield Atsugi air field is known to be extremely cramped for Amer ican planes and now the Japa nese report it has been muddied by the typhoon. With the assistance of the Japanese, they are expected to get the field ready to accommo date the hundreds of planes which will be landing two days later. Details of the advance opera tion was known for several days here. Among correspondents it was supposed to be secret and mention was prevented until midnight despite Tokyo's broad casts. . These developments came as units of Japan's powerful home army began disarming under the emperor's command to cease hostilities at once without wait ing for-the articles-of surrender which will be signed aDoara me battleship Missouri in Tokyo bay August 31. ' Tokyo radio also announced without confirmation here that the southern home island of (Continued on Page Two) 50 Marines Fight New Forest Fire Fifty marines from Camp Govo, marine summer camp at Cres cent lake, were sent to iight a raging fire today in the mid-state Cascades between Mt. Jefferson and Three Fingered Jack.. Central Oregon's worst blaze of the season, situated near Bend, has blackened more than 5000 acres and flames were racr ing toward the old' Wasco lake burn. A stiff southwest wind sent the blaze roarng out of con trol. The fire was eating into heavy fir and hemlock. Every effort was being made to check the fire before it spread into the nearly inaccessible area south of Mt. Jefferson. About 300 men already struggled to maintain fire lines. Crews from the Deschutes, Ochoco and Fre mont nati onal forests were helping. Jap Sneak Attack Blasts Famous USS Pennsylvania As Peace Terms Planned GUAM. Aug. 24 (IP) The luck of the USS Pennsylvania, which carried through a 20-year career encompassing two world wars, ran out in the final hours of the present conflict as a Japanese torpedo bomber pressed home a sneak attack, blasting a gaping hole in the ship's side and leav ing 20 men killed or missing. The Japanese plane swept in low, catching the 33,100-ton ves sel, "luckiest battle wagon of the fleet," unawares on the night of August 12, while surrender ne- Railroad way for return of other proper tics seized during the war. Thus the tides of reconversion rolled in both directions at the some time. But normal living rolled closer in several ways. It ap peared as though the average American soon would: 1. Get evaporated milk with out ration points. 2. Get more butter and cheese. 3. Get a seat on a plane with out a priority. 4. Turn his clock back one hour to standard time. Secretary of Agriculture An derson said in a radio address last night it should be possible (Continued on Page Three) SYDNEY, Aug. 24 (P) Brit ain is denying Australia "a foot ing of equality" in peace nego tiations, Herbert V. Evatt, min ister of external affairs, charged in a prepared statement today, "This will have to be arrested not only in the interests of Aus tralia but of the British com monwealth as a whole," he de? clared. ,.i , Status Drops. ":' 'Ij,'.., "Thee still is a deplorable tendency now that the fighting : is over to relegate Australia to a subordinate status and either, not consult it at all or to con sult it in a perfunctory way and not on a. footing of equality," he said. .' Observers here regarded his statement as one of the most im portant ever issued in British commonwealth relations. Describing behind- the-scencj moves for greater recognition for Australia, Evatt in his state-! ment said the United Kingdom and Australia had differed over whether Australian General Sir (Continued on Page Two) cms CIRICT CHUNGKING, Aug: 24 CP) Conflicting - claims to the cap ture of Kweisui, capital of the inner Mongolian province of Suiyuan, were made by the Chi nese high command and Chinese communists today. Official communist sources said Mao Tse-Tung, communist leader, had accepted Generalis simo Chiang Kai-Shek's invita-1 tion to send a representative to Chungking to seek a peaceful settlement of China's internal' political situation. ; ..- . rorce surrenders - Communist headquarters at Yenan in Ehensi province, said communist forces entered Kwei sui, 260 miles west of Peiping, on August 18 and were forcing puppet Mongolian troops, nom inally under Japanese command," to surrender. The communique was dated yesterday. The Chinese nign commana today said Gen. Fu Tso-Yl, Chungking-appdinted comman der in Suiyuan, took Kweisui August 20. The communique did not sav whether the town was captured from the Japanese or from the communists. i Clashes Reported Reliable reports a few dayi (Continued on Page Three) gotiations already were under way, the navy permitted to be disclosed today. Starboard Side Hit The torpedo struck low on the. starboard side of the "Big P," damaging the mazaines but not exploding them. Most of the cas ualties occurred below. In the navigation department. The ship was blacked out at tho time ot the attack and no time for an alarm was given. The attacking plane escaped. ' t Saved by Workshlps Fleet worksnlps, which pulled alongside within 30 minutes after the attack, worked so des perately and so successfully to save the ship that it will sail again with the fleet. A picture released by the: navy department showed i tho vessel nlmost down to the gun wales in water, with tho deck: but two or three feet from being awash as workships clustered around and scores of sailors manned the pump hoses pouring , water from the holds. Apparent ly the great ship was saved by the narrowest of margins, Historic Ship The Pennsylvania is credited with having fired moro tons of ammunition than any other shin in naval history, It fought off scores of suicide attacks without damage during its ncurly four years of Pacific war. The ship was launched March 18, 1915, at Newport News, Va., and for years was the tradition al flagship of the Pacific fleet.
