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By FRANK JENKINS
PARIS: Ono of your slip r pent
Joltii upon urrlvul in 1'arls
will bo your stark, sudden rcnll-
znllon Hint tlio French people
Sl'KAK HU'.NCM. Almost unnn
Imously. Nut only Unit but the
French they speak attain to you
to bp utterly unreliitect to the
HOOK French you vo been reuu
Inn friiiilleiilly for u day or so In
nu effort to reeiipturo something
yo i itiuy hiivo known In n viikuu
nnd frngmontnry wuy a lung tlmo
HgO,
They're so offhand nnd cure
lesn about II. They spew It out
llko bullets from it machine gun.
You think prayerfully that If
they'd only put on the brakes
ami dole it out n word nt a time
you mlitht bo nolo to get out
of the fo Hint surrounds you
nnd get somewhere.
But the don't. They mem
congcnllnlly unnbla to tnlk nt n
speed of less man juu mpn.
A DAY or so Inter this writer
nppronches tlio Informa
(Inn desk nt a building occupied
by one of the American services.
The French iflrl who presides
thereut every possible effort Is
nmde to recruit nil civilian em
ployees from amonit the French
doesn't qulto net the first ques
tion nnd nnswers, speaking very
slowly herself: "If you will say
It attain, monsieur, nnd suy It
slowly. 1 think I will be able to
follow you." You enn't Imnitlno
bow consoling it was. The
knowledge that It works both
wny somehow helps to bnnlsh
the Inferiority complex that be
gin to creep up on you after re
peated failures to mako yourself
understood.;
WHEN you como In nt the army
airport, which is staffed by
American and English-speaking
French; tt'r duck soup. - -Incidentally,
you have no
troulilo Willi customs. They
don't even look at your baggage
or bother to ask if you're bring
ing In any gifts to anyone or In
quire as to whether the cigarettes
you have are too numerous for
your reasonable personal con
sumption. with the shortage of goods
what It is nt the moment in
Pnrls, they Just go on the as
sumption that anybody who
brings nny In from somewhere
else is friend rnthcr than an
enemy of the stale.
.
A BUS delivers you from the
airport to your destlnatlon---whlch
in theso days of practically
100 per cont official or semi
official travel In Europe will be
tho plnco whero you're to find
out where you're to be billeted
nnd messed. In this writer'
enso, it turns out to be a back
ittrcct building whoso elevator is
In a state of temporary comn
and with no English-speaking
French on the ground floor. So
the battle begins.
A crowd gathers, with no lin
guists Included. At such mo
ments book French is about as
much use to you as a refrlgcrntor
(Continued on Pago Two)
I
Marine Ace Alive After
20-Month Jap Blackout
ABOARD USS ANCON,
TOKYO BAY, Aug. 20 ()
Mill, uregory uuyington, 32
year-old Irrepressible marine aco
of the South Pacific who wns
convinced no Japanese nlrman
could kill him, was reported
nlivo today nearly 20 months
nftcr ho vanished in a cloud
(luring an nirbnttlc over still uiv
conquered linbnul. i ,
The report wns tenuous. It
was flashed to this communica
tions ship from tho American
cruiser San Juan.
Details were lacking. Tho re
f o it was believed to have como
rom nlrmon on Atsugl nlrdromo
nenr Tokyo.
Air Exploits
Buvlnutnn won tho Conores.
slonal Medal of Honor for his air
exploits which begnn with tho
Flying Tigers In Chlnn and, so
far as official records of this war
go, over tho enemy's mighty bns
Hon on New Britain island. '
Typical of Boylngton's con.
fidenco In his nullity to come
through was ms promise to mem
bers of his "Blnck Sheen"
squadron in tho South Pnclflo
that ho would see. thorn In n San
Diego bar aftor tho war was
over.
Officially credited with send
ing 20 enemy planes to their
destruction in Pacific actions,
Boylngton nevertheless is be
lieved by his Blnck Sheep scnincl
rnn of Corsair pilots to novo
shot down nt least 40.
Ho wns Jnst seen ilnnunry 3,
1044, tnlling n Jnpnnoso plane
into'B cloud nenr Hnbnu),
Former Champ
Tlio formor University of
Washington wrestling cham
pion, fondly nicknamed "Pappy,"
KLAMATH POST
TO BE CENTER
El
Barracks To Function
For Northwest, Nor
thern California
Tlio Klamath Marine Barracks
I to function as the marine
corps separation center for the
northwest nnd northern Cali
fornia, Col. Charles Brooks, the
commanding officer, disclosed
today.
Marines living in tho north
west or northern California, who
are going out on the point sys
tem or because they are over 38
years of age, will come here for
separation procedure. It is un
derstood this will not nffect the
other mission of the Klnmath
DOst.
Col. Brooks said there will be
about five separation centers for
the corps in the u. s and mat
tho two on the Pacific coast will
be Cunin Pendleton, nenr San
Diego, and tho Klainnth Fulls
Marine Bnrrncks.
He said that the whole nro
gram has not yet been worked
out nnd he cannot estimate how
Ion it will take marines com
Ing here to complete separation
procedure. Much will depend
upon the number (hat will be
orocesaed.
The colonel added that thero
will probably be considerable
transient personnel at the bnr
rncks during the separation pro
gram. 1008QYS BREAK
ELDORA, la., Aug. 20 (VP)
One hundred boys escaped to
day from the Eldora stato train
ing school for boys after a riot
in tho dining room of the main
building at noon. The highway
patrol nnd all law enforcement
officers of surrounding counties
were notified, but none of the
escapees wns apprehended Im
mediately. O. S. Von Krog, superintend
dent of the Institution, could not
bo reached for a statement on
what prompted the riot, but
Darren t. Drown, asslstunt su
perintendent, said "I cannot give
any specific reasons but there
has been a spirit cf general un
rest apparent for some time."
r. t. Hopkins and uavid K.
McCrccry, members of the state
board of control, which has jur
isdiction over tho institution,
visited tho school this morning
and were conducting an investi
gation of the disturbance.
The latest tabulation showed
there wcro 538 bovs In the in
stitution Inst month.
by his friends, first got his ace's
rating in downing fivo Zeros in
a single engagement over Bnllalo
nlrdromo in tlio Solomons on
September 18, 1942. Ho de
stroyed four more over Rnbaul
December 23, 1843 and tied the
record of 28 cstnbllshcd by Ma
rino Mnl. Joe Foss and Army
Cnpt. Eddie JRIckonbncker.
, His comrades remembering
his promise to "stny alive" if
ever downed and captured, had
never relinquished hope ho
(Continued on Pago Two)
INS
PARAT ON
Japs Were Licked Before
Atom Bomb, Byrnes Says
WASHINGTON, Aug. 20 (P)
Sccrotary of Stale Byrnes today
challenged Japan's argument
that tho atomic bomb knocked
her out of tho war.
Ho cited what ho colled Rus
sian proof that the Japoncse
knew they wcro beaten before
tho firat A-bomb was rirnnneri
on Hiroshima.
Hutilan Proof
Foreign Commi mtnv ' Mnlnlnv
Informed tho Americans and
British nt tho Potsdnm Big Throe
meeting. Byrnes mild, tlinl the
Jnpnnoso hnd naked to send a
delegation to Moscow to seek
Russlnn mediation for the end
of tho wnr nn act which Byrnes
interpreted as proof of enemy
recognition of defent. ,
raoler Rejected
ThO Secretary rilnelnsnrl Hint
Generalissimo Stalin himself had
rejected this Japancso effort to
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Telephone Mil
KLAMATH FALLS, OREu
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Sailors manning raar gun on tha transport Braxton watch planes from General Mac
Arthur's command wing their way toward Japan oyer ships of the third fleet at anchor at
Sagaml bay. (AP wlrephoto from navy radioed from th USS Iowa in Sagami bay).
Japs Quit As
They Attacked
ABOARD USS SOUTH DA-
KOTA, Tokyo Bay, Aug. ZD (ft-)
Admiral Nlmitz declared today
that . the ' Japanese surrender
enme earlier than exoected and
CdUiTui' the"; allies- - before" they.
were iuii? prcparea.
' The surrender tnus had some
thing of. tho same unexpected
clement as the Pearl Harbor at
tack, correspondents noted as
they talked to the bronzed, white-
haired licet admiral in tnc Dig
cabin of his flagship.
Credits Sea Power
.Klmllr who had rnme aboard
shortly after arriving from his
r.iinm hndnimrtern credited sea
power with paving the way for i work of the highest order" be
Vti .. -..,t.,.. jnAPinn tn ,it 1 twpon all iho Kprvicra and hp
One thing, ne saia, tnai
Plumbing Shops
Remain Closed
Work stonoagc continued to-
A .. I- a...- L. ;nU Polio nlitml,
in? shopV 8 tho ri of a do-
mand by -tho Plumbers and
Stcamflttcrs union, AFL, for a 15
per cent Increase in pay for
juuiuiviiw l
Tnc uavis JMumoing company
and the G. C. Motley Plumbing j "u'c,,an" w e,h
onmnnnv urn the two shons thatr?cmber 31, next, as the
urn Hnwn with three nlumbers
idle because of tho union de
mand. . .
Negotiations are being tem
porarily held up, according to
H. W. Waits, representative of
tlio Plumbers and Stcamflttcrs
local, pending the return of Seth
Waters, owner of tho Waters
Plumbing company.
Owlnff to the fact that Waters '
Is away, tho two hold-out shops '
arc awaiting his return to dis-
cuss tho pay increase from $13
a day to $10 per day, waits de
clared.
Four plumbing concerns in
this area which have agreed to
tho wage raise arc the Starr
Plumbing company, Llbb Plumb
ing company, and Patton Plumb'
ing company, and the Means
Plumbing company In Tulclokc.
No meetings are Dlanncd until
tho return of Waters, which is
expected today or tomorrow,
Walts stated.
ncgotlntc a peace by declaring
that it was too gcnoral fob him
to act upon. Then aboul',,the
time of tlio Potsdam confo- Vce
tho Japanese proposcdfMht
Prince Konoyo head a id lega
tion to sock Russia's me, Jiltion,
but tlio Potsdam dcclarain for
unconditional surrender, ut an
end to that enemy movl
, Byrnes said that he'youldn't
say what motivated the (Japanese
surrender but that history would
record tho Information imparted
by tho Russians to Potsdam, Ho
made It clear he believed that
tho men who hnd fought tho wnr
up to that point In the Pnclfic
and Asia deserved full credit for
victory.
Bomb Saved Lives
Byrnes expressed his views nt
a news conference mention of
the atomic bomb. To the extent
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PNEBDAV, AUGUST, 29, 1945
Mac Arthur's Planes Fly Into
Suddenly As
Pearl Harbor
should impress every thinking
person is that an island empire
with an army intact a well
equipped army with a very
hire, air forco but m-acticallv
ho navy'wnd"broughl "to"a-"
render before any land assaults
nad taken place.
"That was brought about by
sea power sea power spear
headed by our carrier-borne air
craft, aided bv the very excel
lent and efficient work of our
submarine force, the first United
States force to be in these waters
in " earlv Prt ' the war.
Nimitz said what, was accom
pushed was the result of "team.
uum wui 10 utun uuui me
uinur orHncnes.
Use of the atomic bomb, he
added, would not have been pos
sible If amphibious forces had
not seized bases from which to
spring such a weapon
Asked if atomic bombs would
i? ? 1". ",e J,Viu"
"V-lCl Ul llttll, iinill
''was top early to teU One
type of vessel such missiles can
not reach, he added, is the sub
marine.
Nimitz disclosed that two
'vears auo he nrpnarod n wnr
-.-",.--- r ---r r "
down De-
date for
Japan s defeat.
ClO-lWA Chiefs
Visit Klamath
Claude Ballard, president of
the IWA-CIO union from Port-
land, and Virgil Burtz. vice
president of tho union and also
from Portland, met today with
local union officials to discuss
the present strike situation here.
Tho mnjor part of tho lumber
Industry in this . area has been
halted by the work stoppage in
which 2250 men are now idle.
The strike is aimed mainly at a
union shop and the union again
indicated today that workers
would remain out until the de
mand Is granted.
Circuit Court
To Convene Here
Circuit court of Klamath
county will conveno Tuesday,
September 4, at 10 a. m. with
Judge David R. Vandcnberg pre
siding. Docket call will be held and
dates will be set for trials and
for hearing motions. All attor
neys with pending cases are ex
pected to bo present.
No regular court term was
held In August as Judge Van
donberg was on vacation.
EAST COAST
ARRIVALS
By Tha Associated Press
Stanford Revenue, Cpl.,
Klamath Falls. Arrives on
SS John Dickinson duo In
New York August 20.
John,, J. O'Connell, TS,
Tulelake. Arrives on Cody
Victory due at. Newport News
August 31,
ll'inmi'l'lWJIilllWIIH'lll'!!!
August 29. 1945
Max. (Aug. 28) 84 Mln 58
Precipitation lait 24 hour ,00
Stream yaar to data 13.28
Normal , 12.39 Last year 10.82
Forecast: Partly cloudy.
Japan
JOBLESS PAY BILL
WASHINGTON, Aug. 29 m
Senator Kilgore (D-W.Va.) urged
the ienati finance 'committee to
day to cushion the transition to
peace by liberalizing the unem
ployment compensation system.
Declaring the "general safety
and stability of the nation might
be endangered if business
should fall to 1939 levels, Kil
gore asked the committee to ap
prove the bill, under which the
federal government would de
fray the expense of raising the
present widely varying jobless
payments made by the 48 states
to a maximum of $25 a week for
26 weeks and would extend un
employment protection to fed
eral employees, maritime work-
- (Continued on Page Two)
Attlee Urges
European Ideals
LONDON, Aug. 29 (JP)
Prime Minister Attlee said to
day that "while the nightmare
of totalitarianism" had been lift
ed from Europe, unless some
thing was put In its place "we
may get seven other devils
worse than the one before." -
Speaking at a luncheon of
the Anglo-American society,
Attlee said:
"In my view; political and so.
cial freedom for which Britain
and Denmark stand are ideals
we must set before the people
of Europe."
Woinwright Safe
: It :j m
pi
f;;! r h
Lt. Gen. Jonathan M. Walnwrlqht (center) and Brig.' Gen.
Lewis C, Beebe (extreme left)
Chungking after their liberation
They were captured in the fall
Lt. Gen, Albert C. Wedemeyer,
(AP wlrephoto from signal corps
III
Number 10805
COURT MIL
Gen. Marshall Seen As
Partly To Blame
For Blow
WASHINGTON, Aug. 29 VP)
High officials in Washington
were criticized along with the
Pearl Harbor commanders in re
ports made public by President
Truman today of army and navy
investigations of the disaster
that plunged the United States
Into World War II.
The president reserved deci
sion on whether court martials
will be asked. He said in releas
ing the reports that if the con-
WASH1NGTON, Aug. 29
(P) A "war warning mes
sage" went out from Washing
ton to Pearl Harbor on No
vember 27, 1941, it was dis
closed today, but it specified
western Pacific . areas as Ja
pan's probable opening tar
gets. The warning that Japan was
about to strike and plunge the
United States into World War
II was quoted in hitherto ".top
secret" reports on the army
and nary investigations of the
Pearl Harbor disaster, released
today by President Truman.
vening of courts martial Is In
dicated, prompt and lair trials
will be held.
Military Report
But the army and navy re
ports, clearly- indicated that the
service investigators do not feel
that any court, martial proceed
ings are warranted.
Secretary of War Stimson re
affirmed a statement made last
year that the evidence "does not
warrant the institution of any
(Continued on Page Two)
Yrekan Leases
Dorris Paper
Robert Gross of Yreka, Calif.,
has taken a one-year lease, effec
tive September 1, on the Butte
Valley Star, weekly newspaper
located at Dorris, Calif. Gross
leased the paper from James
Morrison, who has Deen puousn
ing the paper since December 5,
1941.
Gross was head of the print-
ine department of the Siskiyou
Publishing company at Yreka
during the past four months and
was in the printing business at
Pittsburgh, Calif., prior to his
moving to Yreka. He has been
engaged in newspaper work for
the past ZD years.
His wife and 15-year-old son
will reside with him at Dorris
and will arrive this weekend.
Morrison will loin the adver
tising staff of The Herald and
News on October 1. He was lor-
merly night editor of the Klam
ath News.
In Chungking
are pictured on their arrival In
from Japanese prison camps.
of Corregidor. On the right is
U. S. army commander in China,
via OW1 radio).
TRUMAN
HOLDS
JUDGMENT ON
18,1 5 0 Troops :
To Alove In On
Nip Homeland
OKINAWA, Aug. 29 VP)' Fleet Admiral Nlmiti reached
Tokyo bay by seaplane this afternoon as General MacArthur
waited at Okinawa for Thursday's mass occupation of vanquished)
Japan-by 18,150 allied troops from air and sea.
Naval officials already have inspected the Yokosuka naval
base at close range and Tokyo radio said the Yokohama Marin
Transport Board building has been chosen as general head
quarters for the occupation forces.
SAN DIEGO FIRST
First American ship to dock at Yokosuka, Task Force Com
mander Rear Adm. Oscar C. Badger said, will be the cruise
San Diego. He gave this tentative schedule of events:
British troops (250 royal marines, 200 royal navy person'
net) go ashore on two Tokyo bay islands guarding Yokosuka at
6:15 a. m. Jaoan time (2:15 n. m. - ' 1
Wednesday, PWT) and Ameri
cans occupy a third islet.
Americans (9000 marines and
1200 sailors) land at and near
IN THE AIH ABOVE AT
SUGI. JAPAN, Thursday,
Aug. 30 (B -The first troops
of the-11th airborne division
began landing at Atsugi air
field at about 6 a. m., today
(2 p. m Wednesday, PWT).
Yokosuka naval base about 10
a. m. Japan time (6 p. m. Wed
nesday, PWT.)
Airborne Troops '
General MacArthur. and his
7500 airborne troops are expect
ed at Atsugi airfield 20 miles
southwest of Tokyo almost si
multaneously. . .
American marine or bluejack
et units may also board the
wrecked Japanese battleship Na
gato, at Yokosuka, Admiral Bad
ger said to make sure her guns
won't fire. - -
Weather permitting, the
cruiser San Diego will dock "at
Yokosuka about -10:30 a. m.
(6:30 p. m. Wednesday, PWT).
Rear-Adm. Robert B. Carney.
Admiral Halsey's chief of staff.
will accent occupation papers at
Yokosuka on behalf of his com
mander; and Admiral Badger
will supervise administration of
the new American base.
To Chang Ship
Admiral Nimitz will shift his
five-starred flag from the bat
tleship South Dakota to the new
USS Missouri early Sunday
morning. Allied dignitaries will
witness Japan s formal surren
der there later Sunday. -
Admiral ; Halsey,' Whose 16
inch battleship gurw will--cover.
ine simultaneous seaDome . land
ing ' at ' Yokosuka naval base,
steamed into Tokyo bay aboard
the proud battleship Missouri on
which the surrender will be
signed Sunday ' with ' Lt." Gen.
Jonathan M. Wainwright, hero
of Corregidor, among the. wit
nesses. The Missouri was followed by
a line of other warships IncludV
(Continued on Page Two),.
Merrill Spud
Festival Set
For Oct 12-13
MERRILL " The Klamath
basin's ninth annual potato fes
tival will be held here October.
12 and 13. and all the trimmings
except the parade will be in
cluded. Meeting last night, the Merrill
Service club, which . for eight
years prior to 1942 sponsored
the festival, and members of the
fire department, made plans for
election - of a queen, three
dances, potato exhibits, banquet
and barbecue.
Carnival attractions and con
cessions are also on the pro
gram, and one or two football
games will De iinea up. joe
Bally is general chairman.
Chairmen of the various com
mittees will be appointed . next
Tuesday night.
Part of the proceeds, 11 any.
will be used by the fire depart
ment for a swimming pool, a
community betterment- project
that has been under considera
tion since before the war.
Wainwright Receives DSC; ;
Will Attend
CHUNGKING, Aug. 29 (IP)
Lt. Gen. Jonathan M. Wain
wright, who will leave timing
king for Manila tomorrow on
the way to witness Japan's for
mal surrender, was awarded tha
Distinguished Service Cross to
day lor extraordinary neroism
in action in the rnuippines in
1942.
3 Years and 3 Months
Wainwright. who led the
American and Filipino stand on
Corregidor, arrived here yester
day from Manchuria where he
had been released irom a Japa
nese prisoner of war camp after
three year and three months In
ternment. Lt. Gen. Albert C. Wede-
mever. U. S. commander In the
China theater, pinned the medal
on Wainwright. The citation
said that Wainwright, by "dis
playing outstanding courage
and Indifference to danger" and
by his soldierly bearing during
severe enemy attacks, "stimulat
ed and inspired the troops of
this command."
Chiang Entertained
Generalissimo. Chiang Kai-
shek entertained Wainwright at
a banquet tonight. . He said that
the general' name would shine
ALLIES LIST
z4 GERMANS AS
I
Ull
LONDON. Aug. 29 W") Tho
four major western allies today.
named 24 nazi leaders and Prusi
sian military chiefs among
them Hermann Goering, Rudolf
Hess. Wilhelm Keitel and Karl
Doenltz as defendants in the
first mass trial of Germany's
-arch criminals early in October.
rne 11st lurnisnea the first
evidence that Hess, deputy
fuehrer for all nazl party affair
until 1941, when he made his
sensational flight to England,
was considered mentally able
to stand trial with his -one-time
associates. Hess once was sue-"
cessor-designate to Hitler.
The list also included the name.
of Martin Bormann, Hitler's sect
retary. There had been no
evidence previously " of Bor
mann's whereabouts despite un
confirmed reports that he and
Hitler had perished together.
Bormann was Hess' successor a
deputy party leader.
The list also Includes:
Hermann. Wilhelm Goering,
, (Continued on Page Two) 1'
Evacuation Of
PWs From Jap
Camps Begun
KANDY, Ceylon, Aug. 29 (P
The evacuation of 300 prisoners
of war from Japanese war camps
in Thailand, some of them sur
vivors of the U. S. cruiser Hous
ton, began today by plane from
Bangkok.
The cruiser Houston had not
been heard from since the battle
of the Java sea in 1942 until the)
prisoners were found in Thail
and. . -i. . -,.
The first group was composed
of approximately 122 former
prisoners.
starting tomorrow, men , re
leased from Petburi camp near
Bangkok will be flown out. - -
The released prisoners were
described as "generally In pret
ty good condition."
Evacuation planes will fly the
men to Calcutta.
Treasury Must ;
Withhold Report
WASHINGTON. Aug. 29 VP)
The house ways and means com
mittee informed Brig; Gen.' El
liott Roosevelt today it is pro
hibited at this time by law front
making public the treasury
study of his financial affairs. .
The committee said it will de
cide when the record is complete
whether to publish the whole
record in a formal report to the
house.
Jap Surrender
upon the pages of Chinese as
well as American history.
. Gen, Wainwright, In excellent
spirits after- his plane trip here
from Manchuria, looked forward
eagerly to seeing the final Japa
nese surrender ceremonies in
Tokyo and especially the enemy
commanders who accepted with,
pompous arrogance the capitula
tion of the heroic Americans at
Corregidor.
In particular he hoped to sea
at the scene of Japan's complete
humiliation the one-time com-,
mander-in - chief of Japanese
forces in the Philippines Gen.
Masaharu Homma. Homma wai
a ruthless victor and an arrogant
one.
"Gen. . Wainwright told m
that he hoped that Japanesi
Gen. Homma, to whom he sur
rendered at Corregidor, I pres
ent when the Japanese sign tin
surrender," said Col. James H
S. Hasmussen of Phoebus, Va,
pilot of the plane which brought
Wainwright to Chungking from
Mukden. i :
Will Oo to Tokyo
(Tho 62-year-old hero of thl
American stand on Batann ant
Corregidor has accepted Gen
(Continued on Page Seven) .