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fo) V PRICE FIVE CENTS M'Arthur Lands On 'Sacred Isles' By Th Associated Praia AT8UGI AIRFIELD, Naar Tokyo, Aug. 30 Genaral Mac Arthur arrived In Japan and iat up headquarter! In Yokohama ai Nippon'i military ruler today amidst the lint alien armed forces aver to occupy the sacred Islands. HAND-PICKED TROOPS Paratroopers and seaborne marines and sailors, hand-picked to remind Nippon of the invasion o( the Philippines, swarmed out ol the skies and in from the sea in an unbroken stream. They took over Atiugl airfield, 18 miles from Tokyoi ran up the Amorlcan flag over Yokosuka naval base, Japan's second Urgesti rode by Japanese truck Into Yokohama, port of Tokyo where the occupation force will establish general headquarters! and begun evacuating prisoners ' In -------i .. By FRANK JENKINS PAI1IS: As thcso words uro written, news that tho Japs are suing for pence has lust been received' In Paris. You d expect that this city, jammed witn American GIs cither headed for tho Puelflc and waiting hero for transport or merely norc on leave and expecting to get or ders for the Pacific (with a brief pause at homo for training, etc.) would up going wuci. 11 ISN'TI ' TN Perls tho Bed Cross Rolfr bow Corner, halfway along tho Boulevard des Capticlni's from tho Church of the Made leine to the Place do i'Opcra, Is tho stamping ground of the Ul There he gathers In thousands to take advuntage of tho facilities that aro offered in tho way of recreation eating doughnuts, drinking cokes, listening to the orchestru. getting Information about where he can go and. what Jie can sco while on leave or Just sitting In tho sidewalk cafe, tinntcring witn nis icnows ana watching the crowds go by. " You'd think Rnlnhow Corner would bo pandemonium at this moment, and the fact that it l.in t Is puzzling beyond measure ,-5 Occasionally' there will bo a little cell of celebration. Maybe a couple of dozen GIs will start whooping and dancing and par ading down the streets. There was a momentary outburst of Ioy. tils went up to Mrs and ;lsscd them on the cheek, ex plaining that in this great mo ment they had only love In their hearts even for MPs. Some of them took pawing advantngc of tho occasion ond kissed officers who usually got red In the face, but took It pretty well on the wholo. Kissing of nurses and Red Cross girls went on for a little while on a fairly extensive scale, (Continued on Pugo Two) Elie To Build' Auto Business Another automobile business building Is to rise Immediately in Klamath, The owner Is Jack Kile, who announced today he will con struct n building nt 000 South 6lh, where he now operates a used car business. In tho new structure, SO x 100 feet, will be located tho Ella Nash com pany, agency for Nnsh cars. Kile said the biulding will be Oi tile construction, with facili ties for service, snlca ond parts. ' This Is the third motor busi ness building to be announced hero within a few days. , .1 i Japs Blasted Kelly's Ship, Surviving Crewmen Report " By ELGAR BROWN ; Ropresonling the Combined Amorlcan Press VABOARD MERCY SHIP REEVES OFF OMOH1 PRISON CAMP, TOKYO BAY, Aug. 30 jl') How Ctipt, Colin Kelly ac tually died in battle was rem led for tho first tlmo today by tho fliirvlvlng crowmon of his war plane, Their lips had been sealed for nearly four years by confinement in a Japanese prisoner-of-war camp. America's famod aco, ono of tho war's first martyrs, didn't sink tho Japanese battleship llnruna by piling his bomber against Its stack but ho died a great hero just tho same, . Captain Idolised At tho mention of his name, (oars welled Into tho eyes of PFC Robert' Allman, 20, of Sanford, Fla., Just evacuated from the vilo Omorl camp In tho subur ban Tokyo area, The crow, ho explained, idolized tholr captain, : ''Captain Kelly made a run over the battleship, expecting to sco a carrier nearby. Finding nnnn was visible, ho returned to attack tho baltlcwagon, later I of war from "u block noil nolo wnt'r "e"ll bcalliiKs were common. M'Arthur Pleased The occupation Ls "going splundldly," MucArthur mild. Yanks were moving In an order ly fashion "without bloodshed" and he suld the Jopunoso ap peared to lc acting in good faith. Thq occuputlon by troops In full buttle dress and. ready for any contingency, was eight hour old when MncArthur step ped onto AUugl airdrome from his shining silver C-54 transport, "Uoloun," at 2 p.- m. (1 a. m. Eastern war time). Cheering Units The supremo allied command er landed amidst cheering para troopers of the lHh airborne di vision who began pouring from an unending stream of trans ports at 6 a. m. (6 p. m, Wednes day, eastern war time) simultan eous with landings at Yokosuka, led by the fourth marine regi ment, The fourth marines, rushed to (ho Philippines from China, were ono of tho heroic outfits In the fight for Manlln bay and stood to the last on Corrcgldor. Today's landing was mndo by a reactivated regiment. .Tho 11th airborno division helped MncArthur clear 800,000 Japanese- put .of the Philippines ana were victors at nicnois ncia where Japan struck its f I r.s t blow at the isiunds. Use Jap Trucks ; Pnratrooo units drove in Jap anese trucks, duly saluted by enemy officers, to occupy Yoko hama, five miles closor to Tokyo than Yokosuka. This was the first step toward a juncture be tween the sea and airborne forc es whose original landings were made IB miles apart on cither sldo of Mlura peninsula. Guns Ready ' Both air and sea lorccs were covered In typical btfttlo fashion (Continued on Pago Two) Lightning Sets Fires In County I Lightning storms Wednesday afternoon and evening started a number of small brush and for est fit os in the county, but none of them have become serious. Three spot fires were started Wednesday afternoon in the Klamath marsh on the Indian reservation but all were under control. Klamath Agency men reported that they wcro on the lookout for other blazes which might have started by lightning strikes. . Three fires were started in the Fort Klamath district, according to John Sorainson of the forest service. Two aro out and the other Is under control. Klamath Forest Protcctlvo as sociation reported one small blnze In tho Kings Cabin district which is under control. A small fire, also believed set by lightning, started on Stukcl mountain Wednesday evening, but was soon extinguished. Identified as the Harunn, We dropped our thrco bombB in a train, scoring ono direct and two indirect hits on tho Harunn. Tho second bomb struck on tho ves sel's bridge." Tho first was a near miss oft, and tho third a near miss for ward, ho continued, Both caused damage, Magnificent Skill "Tho captain's skill was mag nificent, to maneuver into posi tion or to attack. Our navigator, Lt, Joseph Bean, observed a black wako and tho vessel was burning from the brldgo all tho way back as wo hit for our base at 20,000 feet altitude." wncn the plane was five kilo motors from Clark field, Altman related, Kelly dropped to 10,000 foot. Then two Japanese fighter Clones attacked and set the omber afire Immediately, .. . "Our plane blow tip in less thnn ono minute," Altman said. "Of our cinht-man crow. Contain Kolly never cleared tho ship and Staff Sat. Dolchantv. riuht side gunnor, also was killed. I balled out with' five others and reached baso unhurt," . Telephone Mil KLAMATH FALLB. OREGON, THURSDAY, AUGUST 30, 194S SPREADS TO 3D Waters ' Plant Down Because Of AFL Demand Work stoppage In locnl plumb ing shops extended this morning to the Waters Plumbing" and Heating compuny when three more Journeymen plumbers struck in accordance with a de mand by the Plumbers and Stcumflttors local, AFL, for a 15 per cent Increase in wages. This brings tho total of jour neyman plumbers out on strike to six and tho thrco shops which aro now down arc the Davis Plumbing company, G. C. Mot ley Plumbing company and the Waters company. Owners Meet Grover Motley, Scth Waters and Dean Davis, owners of the thrco shops affected, met yester day and were advised by the war labor board of Portland that under a war labor directive no one Is permitted to raise or low cr wages without first securing the approval of the WLB to do so, and that persons making any cnangc whatsoever in the prcs' cnt wage structure arc subject to heovy penalty under law, ac cording to a prepared release given The Herald and News this morning. A conciliator from the WLB (Continued on Page Two) MLB: WASHINGTON, Aug. 30 P) President Truman declared to day he thought the whole coun try, as much as any individual, was responsible for the Pearl Harbor disaster. Mr. Truman told a news con ference he had no objection to e court martial but didn't intend to order one. In addition, he said he always had favored a unity of command for the army and navy, but didn't want to amplify his views on that now. Answering a Darragc of ques tions based on the release yes terday of official reports by boards of inquiry which investi gated the events leading up to Pearl Harbor, tho chief execu tive said he had read the docu ments carefully. Conclusion And, he said, he had come to tho conclusion the whole thing was a result of the policy of the country itself. It wasn't ready for preparedness, ho asserted. Preparedness moves by the late President Roosevelt were stifled, Mr, Truman said, ond KF Sets Perfect Traffic Record CHICAGO, Aug. 30 (P) Alter the slight casing of gaso line restrictions last Juno 22 the nation's July traffic death toll rose 15 per cent over the same month in Jim, the Nation ol Safety council reported. July traffic deaths were 2030. making a total of 13,190 for the tirst seven months of Jins." De- spite the Increase of deaths throughout the country, 232 cities reported perfect records for July. Kaunas of cities in the 10.000- 25,000 population class, based on deaths per 10,000 registered venicics, included Klamath Foils, Ore., Independence, Mo.,- and Chllllcotho, O., oil 0.0. Pelicans To Get Grid Uniforms At Modoc Field Grid uniforms will be is sued to Klamath Union high school fobtball aspirants to morrow afternoon beginning at 1 o'clock. A physical ex amination will also be given. Coach Paul Angstead said to day. , Angstead expects approxi mately 50 boys to turn out for the opening practice session of the season Saturday morn ing in preparation tor the first game with Grant of Port land on September 21a IRK STOPPAG IB SHOP Supplies Parachuted To Prisoners f7 k.W$8 ... , fV M i H,p Parachutes with specially prepared oil drums containing food stuff and bundles of clothing are dropped by the 73rd bombard ment wing at the prisoner of war camp near Weihstan, Shantung province, China. At bottom.' POWe run out of house to receive the supplies, (AP wirepboto from 20th air force radioed from Guam). Fire Ravages Historic . TOId Crystdl School House i Another historic landmark vanished yesterday, when fire gutted the old Crystal school house, at the head of Crystal creek, completely destroying it. Farmers and mill workers pitched in to fight the fire; and Mexican laborers rushed from the Scott creek forestry camp to help. The fire ' started about 11:30 a. m, and was suppressed by the crew of volunteer fire fighters bv about 4:30 p. m. Two small spot fires were started from flying coals, and only quick action of the volunteers prevent ed the fire from spreading to nearby forests, John Sarginson, district ranger stated. The schbol wos occupied by employes of Demick Lumber company, who lost an tneir household goods in the fire, in cluding guns, billfolds, phono graph, beds and mattresses. The school, on the west sue 42 Billion Lend'Lease To Be Stricken From Books WASHINGTON. Aug. 30 UP) President Truman notified con gress today that the more than S42.000.00U.0UU this country spent oh lend-lcose aid to its allies should, In the main, be written off tho books. The reason made clear- in a lengthy report Mr. Truman sent to Copltol Hill is thot the ad ministration believes the United States received three things more important thon a dollar basis settlement, They are: 1. Victory over Germany and Japan. 2. More thon $5,600,000,000 through last Mnrch in reverse lend-lease. 3. A commitment from all nations receiving lend-lease -to Join in organizing postwar in ternational trade on the basis of lowering barriers. Truman Letter In a letter occomponylng the report, Mr. Truman told the lawmakers: "With the defeat of the axis powers, whoso ruthless plan for world conquest ond enslave ment came so close to succeed ing, the United States has real ized the mojor objective for which lend-lease oid hos been extended. The president has ordered lend-lease operations halted,' ef fective V-J Day, and already hos cut off requisitions for sup plies which formerly would hove been ordered under the mutual aid program. Peacetime Plans Meanwhile, arrangements arc being worked out with lend lease countries to switch their commerce over to o peacetime basis. American officials, will begin conversations with a Brit ish delegation next week for somo sort of credit substitute, Summing up the gigantic pro L 1 August 30, 1945 Max. (Aug. 29) 80 Mln. .. 44 Precipitation last 24 houn .....00 , Stream year to data 13.28 Normal 12.40 Lait year 10.62 I , Forecast! Claar Friday. of Klamath lake, at the head of Crystal creek, was bunt in load by D. U. Brown and Ben i'eter' man. Material was hauled by scows equipped with sails up Crystal . creek, from the old water-wheel Ruf us Moore mill. in Klamath Falls. The building was put together with square nans, . wnicn came irom aan Francisco in the fall of 1892, by railroad cars to Ager, and freighted from there by team to the building site. - ' School was held in the old building from 1893 up until 1941, when attendance dwindled from 48 to 5, and the school was closed. Three generations of the D. G. Brown family learned their three K s In the old school which had grades from one to eight and one, year of high school. Exact cause of the fire which destroyed the building, is unde termined, i , gram, Mr. Truman said: "Each of our principal fighting part ners has contributed to the pool of armed might in accordance with its full abilities ond ca pacities." Now, he added, the lend-lease Arrangements are being wound up in on "expeditious ond order ly manner, subject to military needs for the movement of troops or for occupation pur poses." "The overwhelming portion of lend-lease aid which now totals over $42,000,000,000," it seid, "has been directly con sumed by our allies in the war." Beckham Freed From Jap Prison Word hos been received here of one of the first Klamath Falls boys to be liberated from a Jop onese prisoner of wor camp. Mrs. Frank Pryor, 2028 Siski you, learned Wednesday that her son, Cpl. Gall Beckham, hos been freed ond is "all right." Bcckhem entered the army from Klamath Falls before the beginning of the war and was token prisoner at Corregidor, The last word thot Mrs, Pryor hod received from her son was in 1943 when he was interned in a prisoner of wor camp at Muk den, Manchoukuo, HONG KONG ENTERED SYDNEY, Australia, Aug. 30 (P) A strong British naval force commanded bv Rear Adm. C. H. J. Harcourt entered the port of Mong Kong today to reoccupy the crown colony, British Pacif ic fleet headquarters announced hero tonight. Number 10606 SOT. DIETER'S DEATH Q N DAY OF RAID TOLD Tulelake Member Of Doolittle Party , Lost In Action A long-held secret of the war was divulged today when it was announced that Staff Sergeant William Dieter, son of Mr. and Mrs. Jesse Dieter of Tulelake, was killed in action on the day the Doolittle fliers raided Japan April 18, 1942. The word came in a telegram from the war department to Mr. and Mrs. Dieter, and was the first definite report they had re ceived since the raid on which Sgt. Dieter was a bombardier. Until now, Sgt. Dieter has been listed as "missing in action" and there was some basis for belief he was a jirisoner in Japan. Crash at Sea It is presumed the definite in. formation as to his fate came inrougn ui. unase Nielsen. Hv- rum, Utah, who with three others nas just been freed from the Japanese. Lt. Nielsen was navi gator on the plane on which Sgt. Dieter was bombardier. It crash-landed at sea after drop ping bombs on Japan. The telegram to the elder Diet ers expressed regret at the long delay in getting definite informa tion, and said that a letter with further details is on its way. Mrs. Dieter has asked the mother of Lt. Nielsen at Hyrum, Utah, to telephone her when Lt. Nielsen arrives there, so ahe can get further first-hand - informa tion regarding the circumstances ox ogt.. iJieter s death. Varied Reports . The Dieters recalled that some time " ago a newspaperwoman, who said she had been in China, wrote them she had heard, through. Chinese grapevine, that Sgt. Dieter had been drowned. The elder Dieters thought the letter might be the work of a (Continued on Page. Two) AFL Raps Strike Vote Handling SEATTLE. Aug. 30 (P) A statement criticizing handling of a strike vote being taken among Lumber and Sawmill Workers Union (AFL) members in Wash ington, Oregon, northern Cali fornia, Montana and Idaho was issued last night by John Chris tenson, president of the union's northwest council. The union's 65,000 members in the region, he said, would walk off their jobs unless a de mand for 20 cents per hour raise in wages was met. Ballots are to be counted September 4 and the union's policy committee will meet at Portland after an nouncement of the results to de cide upon action. Christenson sold the union had found "much iri the way of errors, slipups, delayed mailing and lack of cooperation on the port of some employers" in handling of moiled ballots. Car Runs Wild; Halted By Tree A car 'belonging to A. H. Bussman, 2039 Del Moro, ca reened drlverless down the hill above Pacific Terrace Wednes day evening and came to a stop after crashing into a tree. The automobile ron from the Bussmon driveway, down the hill across the front yard of the Bob Ellingson home into an alley and then into the tree. A front and back fender of the car were smashed ond one axle bent. According to Buss mon, the emergency brake ls be lieved to have failed as the car was parked In the driveway next to his house. EAST COAST ARRIVALS By The Associated Press Soren H. Have, TS, 2703 Homedale, Klamath Falls. Ar rives on Queen Elizabeth due at New York August 31. Roy R, Miller, PFC, 1675 Portland, Klamath Falls. Ar rives on Queen Elizabeth due at New York August 31. Robert S. Hall,. SSgl., Chlloquin. Arrives on SS Monterey due at Newport August 30. Thomas E, Glover, T4, McCloud, Calif. Arrives on SS Monterey due at Newport News August 30. , Ships Damaged In Portia nd's Costliest Fire PORTLAND, Aug. 30 (AP) Hundreds of tinhotters ' leaped and swam to safety today as the most costly fire In Portland's history roared through the outfitting basin of Kaiser s Shipbuilding corporation. . The blaze destroyed the outfitting dock and adjoining buildings, and seriously damaged several of the seven com pleted ships valued at $25,000,000 lying in the basin. The vessels, some still smoking, were being towed to safety in the Willamette river. " , ' Workers Leap From Building Workers leaping from burning ships reported one cabin painter drowned, and an asbestos worker missing. Police said, however, that the men might be safe but unaccounted for. While firemen bottled to keep the still uncontrolled blaze Lost iBItt Sgt. William .Dieter of Tule lake, one of the Doolittle bomb ing crew, whose death in action on April : 18. 1342, was an nounced today, mqie-than three years later.--- c.-js'.ir' .: ' Five juvenile boys, ranging in age from-9 to 14, have been ap prehended by city police and ju venile officers and charged with illegal entry ' into eight private homes here and the Klamath Variety .store, ( ,.; ',--. .- , : A 12-year-old boy was - the ring-leader - of-the' gang, . which stole watches, beer, cigarettes, guns, butcher kriive3 and money from the places entered.. . All five youths admitted im plication in the thefts which have been going on- for over ; a month in Klamath Falls. - I They gained entry to the homes in various ways, includ ing removal of screen from win dows and by the simple method of unlocking doors. Some of the stolen property has been recovered, but o few stolen articles were thrown into the main canal, juvenile authori ties said today. -. The youths were bicked by ef ficient law enforcement action upon a tip that two boys were peddling ring-toss game sets to people residing on Pacific Ter race. The boys were selling these games, which were valued at $1.19 apiece, for whatever price they could get. They also shoot o mean game of craps, ac cording to an eyewitness, who watched the boys roll the bones. All five are awaiting action from juvenile authorities. Japs Hit Them Sticks, Yank SHANGHAI, Aug. 30 (IP) Stories of brutal Japanese cop tors who beat them with bam boo sticks and metal rods until they were black and blue from knee to hip and could hardly walk, were related here by eight American fliers. . One airman said he had his wrists tied behind him ond hod been hung by his thumbs in ef forts by the Japanese to force him to reveal American plans to invade Nippon. . In Good Condition All ore in good condition, and their wounds ore healing. They still are held by the Japanese who threatened correspondents with bayonets when they 1 first tried to Interview them In the YMCA here. Entrance was gain ed after a 15 minutes delay. The city of Shanghai still awaits its official release , , Hit With Quirts ' Six released American prison ers of war, survivors of Wake is land, likewise told of, Japanese brutalities. - ' K The Japanese hit them with quirts "quite a lot," they said. Marine Lt. Col. J. P. S. Dev crcux and about 1100 Wake sur vivors were transferred to Japan "from reaching the nearby ship- waj, one ui ine JO-ion wnirloy cranes collapsed. Edgar J. Kaiser, general man ager, said it was impossible to tell how much damage was done to the ships. AH were insured, $3,000,000 Damaaa Later, however, a yard offi- , cial , boarded the towed-a way ; ships, and reported only two se riously damaged; one partly burned, -and the rest in good condition. He said all could probably be put in condition for delivery. Another source unof ficially estimated damage at around $3,000,000. About four and a half hours after the blaze broke out, fire officials said they believed it was under control. Firemen and coastguardsmen, 1 battling with power, acetylene and water lines out, continued patrolling the area. ...-j ; Fire officials were unable to determine at once whether the k blaze broke out on the Bexar ' Victory or on the outfitting dock. Workmen in the area re ported a sudden explosion, fol lowed by immediate fire spreading- over the Bexar, the dock, md the troopship USS Glynn.. Sparks Ignite The fire,' which centered around the outfitting dock and basin; was believed caused by ' welding sparks falling on oil being piped into the generator r of the Bexar .Victory, i Six or seven ships were lying In the basin. Albert Bauer, man ager of the . yard, feared they ; would be destroyed, with, a loss, of ?25,000,000 Paint Feeds Fire Nearly 3000 workers were on the job when the blaze broke ' out during the morning shift. The flames, fed by fresh paint, drove firemen from the outfit ting dock. ' Firemen were battling to keep the blaze. from still untouched shipways. A pall of black smoke covered the north Portland dis trict, and lights and telephone communication at the yard went out. . ' " ' . ' "- ' ; It was the first serious fire In any yard in this area, though Oregon Shipbuilding lost its ad ministration building by fire (Continued on Page Two) , , . , 77 th Division Enters Yokohama : : " YOKOHAMA, Aug. 30 (JP) While Japanese troops guarded the highway a battalion of 750 men of the 11th airborne divi sion moved into and occupied this sixth city of Japan , this afternoon. . The move' was ' accomplished so unspectacularly thdt even tho . Nipponese citizens exhibited lit tle interest as the convoy of 40 trucks rumbled the 15 miles from the Atsugi airstrip to their posts along ine seaside roaa, iu kohama's main drive which borders the big port serving Tokyo. ; There they found the white stone American consulate build ing undamaged by air raids. It was in charge of the Swiss care taker, Jacob Kern, and his wife Annie. With Bamboo Fliers Report last year, the six told corrcspon- , dents here. i Principal Freed Among American prisoners ol war freed here was Dr. Charles Boynton, Yale graduate and principal of the American school of Shanghai. Second Lt. Harold H,' Elfler, Chicago, pilot of an ormy B-24 bomlber, and his bomber crow ... were shot down May 17. Tho-.. novy men ' were on a plane which crashed June 26, follow-... ing an attack on a Japanese con voy of three destroyer escorts, a' picket boat, three cargo trans-,,', ports and two troop transports north of Shanghai, j Pollack said anW-alrcraf t knocked the bomber out of the; sky and It crashed near tho con voy. " -''-' ., , -: Slugged By Japs When Japanese rescuers pick ed them up, Pollack saw about 1200 ; men swimming around, : from'a troop transport that had been sunk by the bombers. "As the Jnps picked up the.,, swimmers each greeted us by slugging us," Pollock related "We were locked in vegetable bins and beaten every couple ol. hours.
