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By FRANK JENKINS
IN London, In these days of ro
deployment, the American Gl
lit ever present. In Miiylulr, the
borough In which thu Amcrlcnn
embassy unci heiidquarlcrs of the
Untied Kingdom 0. S. base lire
located, he In present in shoals.
An yon walk down the streets
In thin area, 11 almost seems Hint
every other building Is n billet,
n club or n moss, The number
of them; places seems to be
leu I on, but there ure none too
muny to uecommodiitu the troops
on leave here, or passing through
hero on redeployment, or Hta
Honed here In connection with
the basu. At almost any time on
Park Luno, which borders Hyde
Park, or around the Murble
Arch, ul the fool of Oxford
street, thero will be a many
Americans us English.
You huvo no feojlnil (hut you
are in n (orelKn city unci u
forelitn luiul. For one thlnK, the
English really aren't much dif
ferent from Americans. The
hinguago difference Is merely a
mutter of accent and of different
words for the tuima thlnK and
even In these Instances the vari
ance Is no greater tlmn you will
find, say, between New England
and the Deep South. They ore
nrobnbly not as Brent,
If you keep your eyes down
(hero ure NO lilk'h buildings here
you won't realize that you
aren't In San Frunclsco, with its
present throng of men In uni
form. There ore more different
KINDS of uniforms here, for
there are troops from nil over the
world, but that Is about the only
difference In the crowds.
THERE is an American theory,
widely held, that the British
are reserved and cold and dis
tant almost to the point of
clamminess. Tluit Isn't true.
After a few weeks hero, tills
writer has come to the conclusion
that what tbey..uro Is SHY.
' They practically never speak
to an Amorlcan FIRST. But
when the American gpci ahead
in his natural, normal manner
and starts asking questions, or
coinmcntliiK about the weather,
or doing whatever we do to
break the initial ice and (let a
conversation started In our own
country assuming always that
(Continued on Pago Two)
Tice To Plead
Self-Defense
In Murder Case
Ralph Tice, 34, Klnmuth In
dian churned with murdering
Eugene Mecumc, 40, Coos Buy
Indian, with a shot fired from a
rifle on August 13 in West Chllo
ciuln will enter u plea of solf
defenso, J. C. O'Neill, attorney
for the defendant, said today.
Tice is being held in the Klam
ath county jail without ball as
none may be. set on a murder
charge. .
Mccunv allegedly approached
Tlco wjlhroalening words and
gestures and when Tlco told him
to stop and he lulled to do so,
Tice snot Mccumo Just below tho
heart, Mccumo died whllo cn
route to tho hospital.
Ralph Tlco is the brother of
Elvn Tice, over whom William
Thompson shot and killed Vcloy
"Buck" Pearson 17 years ago on
the main street of Chilnquln.
Elvn was 16 years old at the
lime of this act and Thompson
shot Pearson after ho had failed
to heed the cattleman's warning
to "leave Elvn nlone."
Thompson gave himself up
and was later acquitted by a
Jury. Horace Manning was
chief defense counsel for Thompson.
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Chiang Lists Major Aims
For Chinese Stabilization
CHUNGKING, Aug. 28 (!')
ucncrniissimo uninng Kai-Shek
snid today that Outer Mongolia
should bo granted independence;
that Tibet should be made auto
nomous, and that the status of
Hong Kong as a British crown
colony would not bo changed
without negotiations.
Major Alms
China's mnjor aims arc the
rcestnbllshmcnt of tho nntlnn's
territorial nnd administrative
Integrity In Manchurin, recovery
of Formosa nnd tho Pescadores
and restoration of Korea's Inde
pendonco. Chiang snid in a state
ment which may have boon do
signed, In part to propnro tho
pcoplo for the new Chlncso-Rus-slan
treaty.
No Disclosure
(Terms of tho. treaty have not
been disclosed officially. The
Bern radio said Inst night In a
Iftondcnst recorded by tho FCC
that tho treaty provided for Rus
sian recognition of "Chinese
sovereignty In Manchuria," nnd
that tile "price Tor Moscow's
RED FORGES
PUSH DOWN
KOREAN
COAST
Soviet Units Move
Into Isolated
Corners
MOSCOW, Aug. 25 (I') Rus
sian nuval and marine units
ptiHhcd down thu eastern const
of Korea today while airborne
units mudu further landings In
the Interior In a quick enmpuign
to complete the occupation of
this once Japanese-held country.
In Muuchurin, soviet troops
moved Into Ixolated corners of
the southern area to cover the
few remaining highways and
railroads still in Japanese hands.
Occupation Told
The occuputlon of southern
Sakhalin was reported to bo vir
tually complete.
Tho first dispatches from Muk
den lodny gave no further Infor
million on allied prisoners of
war liberated there than did Inst
night's communique which men
tioned 28 generals and 1070 sol
diers. The newspaper Red Star said
editorially that the red army's
"powerful blows against tho
Manchurlun base of Japanese Im
perialism hastened the uncondi
tional surrender of Japan. The
Manchurlun campaign will go
down in history equally with the
most outstanding military oper
ations In recent years."
, Troops Welcomed
Dispatches from Korea report
ed that the pcoplo were giving
soviet troops a rousing welcome.
(Continued on Page Two) ,
DEBATE"
END OF LEND-LEASE
LONDON, Aug. 25 iff) The
end of lend lease stirred sharp
debate throughout Britain - to
day. The government stifled official
comment that might complicate
negotiations with the United
States for credits to replace tho
wartime aid, but there was no
such prohibition upon the press
and public.
Papers Comment
Nearly every newspaper print
ed long editorials. The question
was taken up In the pubs, in the
clubs and on street corners.
Tho conservative Daily Ex-
gress commented that the United
tales did only what "it was en
titled to do, and this was
echoed by mnny individuals who
said they realized "it had to end
some time.
The Financial News, however,
protested editorially thnt Britain
lias hutt a pretty rnw deal.
Cooperation Urged
The authoritative Times com
mcntcd thnt "lend lease was
purely a wartime arrangement
and it had been known thnt these
facilities would quickly end
after the defeat of Jupnn."
rno rimes urged above all It
is Important thnt there should be
no further controversy or re
crimination."
Opinion was unanimous thnl
tho abrupt termination of lend
lease shipments left an already
slim-ratloncd Britain in hard
straits, and thnt a substitute plan
for obtaining necessities on
credit must be worked out
quickly.
accommodating attitude is snid
to be establishment of Joint Russian-Chinese
nnvnl bases at Port
Arthur.")
Hong Kong Status
Regnrding Hong Kong, Chiang
said:
"I now declare to the nation
and tho world at lnrgo thnt the
strtus of Hong Kong, which Is
bnscd on trcntlcs, will not be
chnnged without going into
negotiations with Britain. China
also will resort to diplomatic
rrenns to restore concessions nnd
lensotl territories, including Kow
loon, from other powers."
Chiang snid Chinese troops
would not be sent to Hong Kong
to rcccivo the Japnncsc sur
render thero becnusc tho step
might cause a misunderstanding
among the allies.
Original Plana
The original Chinese sur
render plans as announced earl
ier this week listed Hong Kong
ns among the mens where tho
Chinese would' accept Japanese
capitulation.
Telephone Mil
KLAMATH FALLS, OREGON. SATURDAY, AUGUST 25, 1945
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Hore are four Klamath youngsters whs will heed the advice
of the chamber of commerce back-to-school movement, returning
to clanot from downtown jobs this fall. The chamber hopes
many others will follow the same course. At upper left is Mar
garet Gray who has been working in the office of her father,
E. Gray. Working at the J. J. Newberry store during the summer
is Rosie Oss, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. J. Oss. Rosie will be a
Dooifte Survivors Welcome Yank Food
Afier 3 Harrowing Years In Jap Prisons
CHUNGKING, Aug. 25 AJ)
Three haggard American air
men, interned since the raid on
Japan led by Lt. Gen. James H.
Doollttlo April 18, 1042, arrived
from Pciping by plane today.
Almost their first words were
snid in thanksgiving for .Ameri
can food.
Fliers Listed
Tho filers were Lt. Chnse J.
Nielsen' of Hyrum, Utah; Lt,
Robert L. Hile of Earth, Tex.,
and Sgt. Jacob D. DeShazer, for
merly of Mndros, Ore.
"It's good to got some GI food
Into your belly again, after thnt
Fire Department
Warns About Use
Of Firecrackers
Exploding firecrackers which
set fires In tho Stewnrt-Lennox
area Frldny prompted warning
from tho county fire depnrtment
and KFPA to residents of thnt
district to wntch for fires stnrt
cd by the noiscmnkers,
A merchant on the west side
of town recently decided to sell
an old stock pi firecrackers nnd
many children In tho western
part obtained them. Since then
they hnvo been shooting them
off nnd parents are asked to
wntch their children since sev
eral houses wero almost burned
Friday. Threo calls wero re
ceived by tho county fire depnrt
ment and KFPA.
At tho beginning of tho war a
proclamation was issued which
makes it nccessnry to hnve a per
mit to handle the explosives.
Books To Replace Jobs
hollow feeling," said Sgt. De
Shazer. Lt. Nielsen snid: "I feel I am
a real American again."
The three were brought to
Chungking by way of Sian, in
Shensi province, after a para
chuted rescue team discovered
them in Japanese hands.
Fourth Flier Left
A fourth flier found with
them was left behind with the
rescue team, He is Lt. George
Barr, formerly of Queens, N.
Dieter Mystery
Mystery (till surrounds the
fate of Sgt. Bill Dieter, son of
Mr. and Mrs, Jess Dieter of
Tulelake, who it (till consid
ered as missing in action by
the war department after hav
ing been in a plane which
crash-landed at sea following
the first Tokyo raid in April,
1942.
The Dieters have received
no word from the war depart
ment a to what might have
happened to their son, but he
is still on the army payroll
and. has never been declared
dead;
Sgt. ..Dieter was a bombar
dier on the same plane on
which Lt. Chase J. Nielsen of
Hyrum, Utah, was navigator,
Nielsen is one of the four
fliers recently rescued by
American paratroopers and
now In Chungking. Their
f ilane raided Tokyo and when
t crash-landed, Nielsen swam
for four hours to reach land.
Another of the men rescued
by the Americans was .Sgt.
Jacob DeShaier of Madras who
has visited in Klamath Falls
with his sister, Mrs. J. C.
Griffith, formerly of this city. '
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; : Weather News I
August 25. 1945
Mix. (Aug. 24) 71 Min. 45
Precipitation last 24 hour .00
Stream year to data 13.28
Normal 12.36 Last yaar 10.62
Forecast! Clouds with probable showers.
When School Bells Ring
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senior at KUHS. In the lower left-hand corner is Andrew Bergloff
who has been employed in the photography department of The
Herald and News. Andy is the son of Mr. and Mrs. A. E. Bergloff
of 2758 Wiard. Fixing a tire at Balsiger Motor company, where
he has had a summer job, it Dick Foust, son of Mrs. L. B. Fouit
of 2344 Oregon avenue.
Y., who was reported suffering
from beriberi, a result of star
vation, and not in a condition to
be moved on.
For the three who stepped
from the C-47 transport "Lady
Jean" onto the runway at the
Seven Dragons airdrome outside
Chungking, it was the happiest
day in more than three years.
Hite and DeShazer had. at
tacked Nagoya. Nielsen, naviga
tor in another plane, had at
tacked Tokyo. Nielsen's plane
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Commission Buys
4000 Acres For
Bird Preserve
ALTURAS. Calif. The Cali
fornia state fish and game com
mission has purchased 4000 acres
of land about 50 miles south of
Alturas in the Madeline plains
area, which together with the
Tule reservoir, has a capacity of
30,000 acre feet of water. It is
expected that this will be in
creased to 40,000 acre feet of
water by postwar labor.
Being ' approximately 50.00
feet above sea level, this sector
will make an excellent duck and
goose nesting place as well as a
fine feeding place for migratory
waterfowl. A system of dikes
with a carefully laid out system
of ditches will be used for con
troling the water.
W. B. Williams of Alturas,
member of the .commission,
stated that "it Is hoped that this
will have other values in water
fowl management, principally
attracting the birds away from
farm crops."
Number 10602
' WASHINGTON, Aug. 25 (P)
One of the issues of the 1944
election campaign the soldier
vote bobbed up again today on
capitol hill.
Chairman Sabath (D-Ill.) of
the house rules committee
voiced a plea for speedy action
to insure all service personnel
a vote in iao.
. This could be achieved, he
told a reporter, by unqualified
use ot a ballot sent out and ad
ministered by the federal gov
ornment. ' . ;
Sabath declared the 1944 ab
scntce voter law "failed to
work" because it specified that
federal ballots could be used
(Continued on Page Two)
Japs Commit Hara-Kiri
Before Imperial Palace
NEW YORK, Aug. 25 (ff)
The Tokyo radio said today that
Japanese people were commit
ting hara-kiri "in , large num
bers" before the imperial palace.
The broadcast, beamed in Japa
nese to North America, was re
corded by the FCC.
"Everything is dark and
gloomy" In Japan today, the
broadcast related, although Jap
anese authorities are "hoping
that allied occupation forces will
bo welcomed peacefully."
, Steeped in Sorrow
The people, "in deep sorrow
and gloominess, cannot realize
they've been beaten," a Tokyo
commentator, Isamu Inouye, as
sorted. "Tho people are hypersensi
Landings Set
In Spite Of
Nip Typhoon
Associated Press War Editor
An advance allied airborne occupation party will land' '
near Tokyo Sunday (Japan time), to spearhead the main land- '
ings on Japan scheduled for Tuesday, General MacArthur
announced today.
Despite the typhoon which raged around Tokyo Wednes
day, destroying property and turning airfields into mud flats, V
MacArthur will' lead his big airborne force to Japan Tuesday, .
a headquarters spokesman said.
Moscow Report'
Japanese imperial headquarters complained to General "
MacArthur today against reported Russian . plans to land
soviet airborne troops on Hokkaido, northernmost Nipponese ,
island. .
The Japanese said the report came from Moscow and. .
added that if it were true the
landing would be greatly
re
gretted by the Nipponese offi
cials who were trying to "ful
fill your (MacArthur's) require
ments by placing army and navy
forces and civilians under strict
control."
The message expressed ear
nest hope that allied armed
forces would enter Japan ac
cording to MacArthur's Drevi-
ously announced plan.
Communications Hit
Rains sweDt in bv a tvuhoon
disrupted communications and
transportation in the Tokyo area,
and left the Atsugi airfields sod
den with mud, Tokyo said. Only
medium transports can land on
the runways of the airdromes
the enemy command warned
MacArthur. who has 350 heavy
transports lined up for the job.
A flood of messages to Mac
continued on Page Two)
'S
OSLO. AiiK. 25 UP) Mai
Fridtjof Hammersen testified to
day that Vidkun Quisling had
requested ' German- occupation
authorities to remove Norwegi-.
an military of f ic era to nazi
prison camps. , .v,- -
Hammersen, " aide , to Geni
Nikolaus von, Falkenhorst, .-nazi
commander , in Norway,., sauj.
Quisling wahted the 1 Norwegian
officers out of tho way "because
they were impossible to work
with and -might , make serious
difficulties." - -
Forced Labor Law
. Quisling also demanded a
forced labor .service . law - for
Norway, Hammersen declared.
Twenty witnesses, most of
them for the defense, remained
to be heard as the first week of
his trial, for high treason drew
to a close. ' ' , '
The proceedings yesterday
were highlighted by the 'testi
mony of Georg Wilhelm Muel
ler, described by the prosecution
as the No. 2 nazi ia occupied
Norway, who said Quisling's
main objectives as premier were
to mobilize a Norwegian army
to fight on the side of the Ger
mans and to conclude a formal
peace with Germany.
Audience Reaction
The testimony drew murmurs
of indigation from an audience
which often has displayed vis
ible hatred for the defendant.
KF Motorists Go Traffic
Happy With Gas Ban Lift
By. PAUL HAINES
Automotive traffic has in
creased 25 times since "fill 'er
up, boy!" became the- national
byword, with the lifting of the
gasoline ration on passenger
cars. .
This starting figure is based
on a traffic check held by state
police recently at the Fort Klam
ath junction on highway 97
which revealed an enormous in
crease In traffic, Sgt. E. W. Tich
enor of the state police said to
day. Accident hazards are attend
ant with the great gain in auto
mobile travel with the gravest
danger lying in old and faulty
tires, Tichenor declared.
The wartime speed limit of 35
miles an hour has also been lift
ed and Tichenor explained that
some postwar jalopies are actu
ally a menace on the road at a
tive. Previously several hun
dred Grummans came over drop
ping bombs. Now they come
over without dropping anything.
"Groups are committing hara
kiri before the imperial palace
in large numbers. This feeling
isn't understood by the allies or
the western nations. This spirit
is deeper than they can fathom,
The government is seeking to
pacify the country.
"Transportation is in a con
fused state. Homes are leaking
with rain. Everything is in dire
straits. The Japanese have no
baths. Livelihood is very sad.
The typhoon has devastated our
gardens. Health conditions are
bad. , . The Japanese are tasting
defeat." , :.
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32 FIGHTERS
BATTLE NEW
PORTLAND, Ore., Aug. 25 Iff)
Thirty-two fire-fighters, para
OREGON BLAZE
chuted into tne wauowa nation
al forest today to battle the new-
est of Oregon's extensive forest',
fires.
The men, 14 of them con-',
scientious objectors, began, bat
tling a 400-acre lightning fire
which broke out in inaccessible ,
terrain 17 miles from, the nearest
road. ' Additional smoke-chasers
were trudging toward the north
eastern Oregon blaze. The- fire ;
.is in scrub timber. ; -
" Other fires which have raced
over 180,000 acres of Oregon
land were burning more slowly;
today, partially checked by cool-,
er temperatures and rising hu-j
midity. , ; : . .
The Mount Jefferson blaze, I '
which crackled through 6000 ;
acres of fir. and pine in the cen-,
tral Cascades in two davs. made ,
little gain during the night, the
U. S. forest service said. ,
' : Five . hundred:1 smoke-chasers, '
including 50 marines, were bull-"
dozing . throush . roueh - moun..
Mains, .attempting ' to trp'1 he
blaze before it hits heavy pine
stands in the famous Metoliu?-''
resort country. . .. . . ; ;
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1000 Acres Burn .
In Modoc Forest ,; ,
Forest crews from Tulelake "
were called Saturday morning,
to assist Modoc forest men fight',
a blaze which had covered about
1000 acres seven miles southeast"
of Canby. .
One company, about 60 men,;
was sent at 2:30 a. m. Saturday.;
More were getting ready to go;
this afternoon. - - . : i ;
Two small fires were reported-' '
by KFPA Friday afternoon, both,"
in the Kings-Cabin -area.. -'-The
blazes wore started by lightning .
and neither was serious. i
A fire which covered about
one acre of timber land near the
town of Sprague River was put
under control Friday by crews
from the Indian reservation.
higher rate of speed. Faulty
steering - mechanism forms, a se
rious problem and should be
checked often, especially in old-'
er cars, he declared.
Klamath Falls motorists felt a
natural desire to hit the roads
when the motor fuel ban was
rescinded and county roads and
highways are swarming with
pleasure seekers bound for re
sorts, lakes, and just a plain old
sightseeing drive.
Roads to Crater lake and Lake
o' the Woods were congested
with cars from decrepit Model ,
A's to sleek 1942 models as lit
erally thousands of Klamath
county residents gave vent to a
long suppressed desire to see the
country. , ;
Police sympathize with motor
ists long thwarted by the OPA
but point out that a reasonable
rate of speed should be observed
for tho safety of all.
Traffic on S. 6th has been par
ticularly heavy, possibly due to
the fact that part of the residen
tial section lies there, and aho
because it is a main highway
artery to Lakevicw, Alturas,
Tulelake and Ashland.
Two main thoroughfares, high
ways 97 and 99, have been
jammed with Portland and San
Francisco traffic to where the
two main stems meet'at Weed.
So go ahead and take that trip
you've planned for so long, but
do exerciso discretion and com
mon sense. You'll get there just
as fast. .-,
EAST COAST
ARRIVALS
By The Associated Presi '
Lloyd E. Wanaus, TS,
Dunsmuir, Calif. Arrived on '
SS Fayettcville Victory duo ,
at Now York August 24.