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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.
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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,"
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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,"
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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
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The Emperor Says
?? TWj:"di
a huge streamer to be flown
miles away. Translated, tho
Has Declared Peace) Report to
.
24. 1945
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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.