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Newspaper Page TextW A N w(v Mtmwlc TOWfflP frarF AS General MacArthur says, : : ZZLSZZIL wwwiniuia I has been u long, hurd road but tills looks Ilka the pay-off," Thnt Is, it's Urn mllitury puy off, marking allied victory at arms in tho closing phaso of the World war, 'J'ho supremo com mander didn't say tills Is the end of tho road, "The Japs," MiicArthur slates, "seem to be offcrlnK us complete flood faith ami there Is every lope for success In tho capitula tion and that It will continue without friction and without un necessary bloodshed," - AND Admiral Nlmltz, also ob serving tho peacufulness of the landings In Tokyo bay, io- niarks: "I think it wo because of tho emperor," Tho emperor of course acts on the odvlco of his uovernment. Why uro ho and his ministers "offering us complete Kood faith?" without meaning to bo cynical or uncharitable, I think it's because. Japan has been beat ei. to n pulp, 1 don't believe you can change tho mental outlook of o nation overnight, and for that reason tho war-minded Japs aren't being ifood because they want to be good but because, as the Englishman says, they Jolly well havo to. . . rpHE Japanese romnin tho same primitive people who believe that mlitht Is right, and on that basis admit that the allies arc right. When you read the stories of brutality and torture coining out of the prison camps where our men havo been held, you rcallzo that tho leopard hasn't changed hi spots. Tho Jap Is still tho creulure who Is cquully ready to string his prisoners up by the neck and then beat them, or to stick a knife Into his own bowels and commit hara-kiri. However, that's the dark sldo of tho picture, for whilo the Jup hasn't yet changed his nature, wo know that human nature Is susceptible to change. Hitler demonstrated thnt by turning a considerable portion of tho Ger man population Into gangsters in few years of Intensive propa .and. ... CO the nature of the Japanese can bo changed, but the task. win be tremendous because of the very fact that they are a primitive folk. If It could be dona by force, It would bo easy. But use of tho big stick wouldn't turn the trick, for tho effect would remain only so long as they still smarted from the hid ing. , Tho chango must be achieved by education. We havo a favorable start. The Jupancso respect tho allies becauso the nation for the first time realizes our military superiority. What we havo to do now is glvo thorn an exempli ficntlnn of western civilization and democracy that will, make them wont to copy us. ""THIS doesn't preclude punlsh- mcnt and housccleanlng, but It docs call for an nttltudo which was so well shown yesterday when the fourth U. S. marine regiment raised the flag over the Yokosuka base on Tokyo bay. As tho Stars and Stripes went up, Brig. Gen. William T. Clem ent said: "May tho rising of this flag over Japan point the way to a lust and everlasting peace." Tho Tokyo government plans to reopen all schools and col (Contlnucd on Pago Two) Coal and Sugar Scarcity Shadows Peacetime Picture WASHINGTON. Aug. 31 UP). A nation plunging Into its peace- iimo juiuro passed tnesc sign' posts today. Tho coal and sugar outlook was dnrk. There was brighter news on meat and gasoline. Housewives will help tho OPA ugiu nign prices. The WPB issued a cheerful report on reconversion of Indus try. It looked bod for the unem ployment compensation bill a proposal to hand out more money to jobless people Tho federal budget was Slashed by l billion dollars. To bo specific: Coal Secretary of tho Inter. lor Ickcs said Japan's surrender lias cut industry's needs very lit tic. Ho said It will be hard, "it not Impossible," for the mines to produce enough soft coal to sat isfy tno country'! requirements this winter, Ho nddod that ho wants to free consumers of "falso optimism" caused by nrmy statements about conl. Sugar Agriculturo Secrotory Anderson, vacationing in New Mexico, predicted sugar will bo rationed throughout 1046. Moat Tho labor department said meat counters In B0 big cities nro better stocked than any time since March. Also, tho pork .situation will bo helped Monday when tho military no longer will get automatically a certain percentiigo of pork loins and shoulders. It will havo to buy in competition' with civil ians. Gasoline Tho OPA said coll ing prices won't change when tho better-quality fuel comes In. WtW Bpstgsg CONTROL HR at!!:fj- i , I cmiTUrflM IDC) PRICE FIVE CENTS KLAMATH rAU OREGON. FRIDAY. AUGUST 31, 1945 . Numb. lonn7 1 1 II 1 1 I ll T M 111 HNrH I All ai . ' ft 1 M I I M M UK. M . I I ' " ii i i H PWS RELEASED f$ IS f& H HIDING SOLD ! Rescued Men Suffer From Malnutrition, Stassen Says AIIOARD USS ANCON, OFF YOKOSUKA, Aug. 31 W) Emaciated and starving, 1 100 more allied prisoners of war reached this rescue ship today. Some said they had spent months in solitary confinement under constant threat of death. Thus far, 1404 prisoners have been ireca from seven camps, Many of tho gallant survivors of Wake and 13 a t a a n were among them. , Everyono rescued was suffer Ing from malnutrition, Navy LOmnuinrter Harold buisscn, tor mcr Minnesota governor, report ed, and hu per cent of them showed serious deficiencies." Hellhole Hospital The worst cases were at Shi' nigowa hospital "no, don't call It a hospital, call It a hellhole, Tho filth was Indescribable." A Dr. Gotlfrlcd who had been a navy doctor at Guam had been put to work there with pick and shovel and not al lowed to glvo any professional old to fellow prisoners, Stasscn rciatea. A few of the prisoners had (Continued on Pago Two) WED BfME PORTLAND. Aug. 31 W) Raked by this city's costliest fire, the war-torn Kaiser yard wmcn . DroKo world production records nonrcd the end of Its career today In a mass of charred buildings and crumpled whlrloy cranes. The blozo which swept Ore gon Shipbuilding corporation's outlining basin yesterday, de stroying the dock and adjacent buildings, and damaging several completed ships, was unofficial ly estimated pending a survey at $3,000,000. The flames were halted just short of the ship- ways, where thrco vessels re mained to be launched. The 15,000 employes of the al most legendary shipyard were told not to report today, and of- iicinis said outlining of the dam aged ships would be completed In other Portland vards. Origin Of blast Fire investigators reported the blaze was caused by sparks from a welding torch hitting oil- (Continued on Page Two) You'll pay tho same for higher octane gasoline that you pay now for lower-quality. And it won't bo long beforo the chango occurs, Tho OPA, In Its bottlo ngalnst inflation, soon will equip thou sands of housewives with "antl inflation shopping lists." They'll kocp a record of the food they buy, and how much they pay. Tho OPA Intends to prosecute stores that sell above celling prices, but it needs facts (Continued on Pago Two) Tokyo Bay Loses Japanese Ideniiiy As Yanks Arrive By BONNIE WILEY TOKYO BAY, Aug. 31 (TP) Tokyo bay, seeing its greatest navai nispiay in history, today looks llko regatta day on some united States lake. Woundad Movad Small craft of all descriptions churn white foam, rushing from ship to shore, landing more oc cupation troops, and returning with liberated prisoners of war to hospital ships and other ves sels which will tako them to tho stales. Flags flutter from battleships. Tiny craft como alongside for drop messages which they flash around tho bay from ship- to ship, Tho ships' signal lights ore flashing all tho time, ' On shore last night, lights along the coast and in bombed Yokohama blinked feebly. Yoko hama's industrial section is in y ! j r r; 1 1 to mm 6Q?y 1 t) " r-i ZFJn Finney Gets Timber; f .'. IXjZ ' . J : 'rV" V t? .. Si Shaw Lumber company, own- ''lm- -4 i i V L LJ mJrt-0' cd by J. R. Shaw of this city, has lTTE9 2 Jl'AW fj I ' iT-V"' -""Id s remaining property in T A' i jV l?y ..- '..1 .-."TVy. XfJi Modoc county, California, to the IVO .1 '' ' j 1 r-2--Zr - " '- r4f!!2 fZL I concern, it was dis- I OA v RSI YMCA priiontrs' aid, which released this photo, describes it as showing prisoners of war of Japan in a library In a Shanghai camp. Officials said they had no means of determining if condi tions at other camps in China compared with this. (AP wirephoto). DESTROYED BY FIRE ' Fire destroyed four garages, two woodsheds, two chicken coops and several rabbit hutches in a blaze in Stewart-Lenox ad dition Thursday afternoon. No one was seriously injured fight ing ' the fire, although a few minor burns were suffered. The fire was presumably start ed by a firecracker thrown in the tall grass back of tho C. J. Cunningham property, Ht. 3, Box 451. n Stewart's addition npoui t. m. inursaay, ncign bors assumed.- ' . Quick action of neighbors in wotting down the uunnlngnam house, only a few feet from the burning buildings, prevented further destruction. Furniture and household goods, including the stove, were hauled from the houso and piled along tho road Thrco loads of wood, the Cun ningham's winter supply, went up in names wun me wood sheds. I Day Brockcrman, neighbor on tne rigm, discovered the lire. Mrs. Forest Alfred was in her house next door asleep with her baby, when her garage caught fire. Someone pushed the car out, but the windshield was al ready shattered by the heat. Dorothy Davidson of the Ore- (CoMlnued on Pago Two) Machinists Will Gather Tonight, Discuss Strike A meeting of all machinists employed at the sprawling Wey erhaeuser Timber company here will bo held tonight at the Labor Temple' to consider the present strike situation, according to M. A. Lovay, International repre sentative of the International Association of Machinists an af filiate of the AFL. from Port land. Work stoppage In a moior cart of the lumber industry remained at a stalemate today with' I W A CIO union officials flatly declin ing to make any comment to the firess upon the present situation n which 2250 men are idle. - Company authorities were al- reticent about making any statements. The companies in volved In the strike have refused to grant a union shop clause in their contracts with CIO union ists and havo stood pat on the union maintenance clause now in tho contracts. ruins from B-29 Incendiary bombings, which com p 1 c t e 1 y burned, out . buildings, leaving nothing but charred walls, with an occasional smoko stack pro jecting ghost-llko Into the sky. Summer Raaort Tokyo bay contrasts with Sa gaml bay, where tho fleet an chored en route here. Sngnml is a picturesque summer resort country for wealthy Japanese, I could sec some wading in the surf and playing on tho beach. Towns around the bay appeared unharmed, in contrast to a fac tory a few miles down the coast which was a complete shambles. 1 saw only one vehicle, a small truck. 1 Tho navy ships In tho bay and terraced . cliffs with oriental style houses in the shadow of Mount Fuji, gavo Sagami a tra vel folder appearance. Klamath county's present population is 44,001. That's the estimate based on Issuance of OPA's ration book No. 4. That many books are out, the war price and ration board announced here today. Klamath county's census population, 1940, was 40,497. Ration books are issued to members of the armed forces on duty here only if they live in town. Those residing on tho posts are therefor not included in the overall figure, OPA officials pointed, out. '..,.'., The OPA records show in November, 1943, ration books issued totaled 37,935,' indicating a decrease in- population under the 1940 census. ' A steady rise has occurred, since then. In June, 1944, the total was 39,025. By December, 1944, it had risen U 41,008." A sharp increase has occurred in the last six months to the present 44,001. v . ..- Klamathites Promised Ideal Weekend Weather The weatherman has promised Labor Day weekend weather which will be just about all that the most enthusiastic picnicker could ask for, with forecasts of hot and sunny weather predicted for most of the country It is expected that many HOUSE HEARS DRAFT WASHINGTON, Aug. 31 OP) Continuance of selective service was urged before the house mil itary committee today by two navy oificers. Joining with the army and President Truman as draft advo cates, Capt. H, G. Hopwood, per sonnel officer, said: "We must have the draft as an anchor to the windward." He said that In- its program to reduce its strength from -3,-600,417 now to 500,000 within a year, the navy requires 21,000 additions monthly. Volunteers numbered approximately 16,000 in August; he- said, but would drop if the draft were aban doned. ...... . , 'There's no question but that continuance of the draft stimu lates enlistments," Capt. Dudley White, recruiting chief, com mcnted. Committee ' members consid (Continued on Page Two) . Police Nab' Car Thief In Nevada A man that allegedly stole a car belonging to Jimmy Hall, Wlllard hotel, from the Elks club parking lot Wednesday was arrested last night in Lovelock, Ncv., by Sheriff W. C. Van Reed. Hall has been notified that his car has teen recovered and the thief is being held in custody at Lovolock, The namo of the man was not known, District Attorney Clarence Humblo stated today that the case had been turned over to the federal bureau of investiga tion for prosecution for viola tion of the Dyer act. This is a federal law concern nlng the transporting of stolen property over a state lines. EAST COAST ARRIVALS By Tha Assoclatad Press Randolph A. Grain, Pvt.i Chiloquin. Arrived on Clay mont Victory duo at Boston August 28. THAT'S COUNTY POPULA TION BASED ON RATION BOOKS . Klamathites will take full ad vantage of the first three-day holiday since the end of the war with a rodeo being offered in Klamath Falls, a roundup to be held in Lakeview, and resorts in this area ready to do a land of fice business. Rodeo Planned The two-day rodeo to be held In Klamath Falls will take place on Sunday and Monday and $1600 in purses will be offered, according to Mack Barbour, sponsor of the show. Barbour will also feature somo of his famed rodeo stock, including Brahma bulls from Mexico. The rodeo will start promptly at 2 o'clock each day at the fair grounds. A number of Klamath people are expected to attend the 26th (Continued on Page Two) Wain wright Gets Hero Treatment MANILA, Aug. 31 WP) Lt. Gen. Jonathan Wainwright and a. group, of fellow officers, who flew here from Chungking after their reccnt release from a prison in Manchuria, have had in -Manila a sample of what is in store for them in the future. With complete modesty, they still are unable to realize they are re garded as heroes. , Their rooms hero have been swarining with people into the early hours of morning. Supply officers have brought them new uniforms, shirts and jackets. They have been given equipment comoletely new to them. It awes them. Pearl Harbor Heads Lt. Gen. Short, left, and Rear in command at Pearl Harbor figures in military investigation. Shaw Lumber company, own ed by J, R. Shaw of this city, has sold its remaining property in Modoc county, California, to the Finney Logging company, new Klamath concern, it was dis closed today. J. R. Shaw said that the sale consisted of standing timber, machinery and equipment. The deal represents about a quarter of a million dollars for machin ery and equipment, but the ex act amount of timber involved was not suited. Shaw said that after 25 years, of lumbering in Klamath county, he is retiring from the business and his two sons, L. L. Shaw and J. A. Shaw, are developing an operation in Klamath Falls, hav ing recently acquired the plant formerly owned by A c k 1 e y brothers on Ewauna lake. New Firm The Finney Logging company Is a co-partnership entering the lumber business in this commun ity. Members are H. J. O'Don nell, L. L. McLellan, Ted Fin ney and M. A. Wyman. O'Donnell, McLellan and Wy man with two other parties re cently took over the box factory operation of the Kesterson Lum ber corporation. Finney, who runs the logging operation for the group, is expected to log for est service timber on the west side of Upper Klamath lake, as well as in the former Shaw hold ings. Shaw company recently made a sale of other timber that he owned in Modoc county, consist ing of about 100 million feet, to the Goose Lake Box company, for the new mill at Alturas. Came In 1920 Shaw came to Klamath coun ty in 1920 from the Willamette valley where he had a number (Continued on Page Two) Walker Will Set Heuvel Trial Date An exact trial date for the cases of the State of Oregon vs. Earl Heuvel, former Klamath Falls police chief free on $21,000 bail on four morals charges, will be set September 15 in circuit court here by Judge Arlie G. Walker, Yamhill county, who was appointed' to hear the cases by the chief justice of the state supreme court. It was also stipulated that District Attorney Clarence Humble would then notify De fense Attorney Herbert Welch and the defendant of the order in which the cases would be tried. Four stipulations were filed by Humble in circuit court yes terday for the purpose of setting an exact trial date. October was specified in the stipulation as the month in which the trials would take place. The stipulations were signed by Welch and Humble. BASEBALL R. H. E. Philadelphia 6 10 2 Boston 5 10 3 Sproull, Karl (6) Manney (8) and Seminick. Mancuso (8); Lee, Hutchings (8) Hendrickson (9) and Masi. Adm. Klmmel, right, who were on December 7. 1941. are chief Can mtm J- ' I CP jl ' 'V 'V Major Gregory Boyington (above), marine flying ace miss ing since January 3. 1944, was reported alive in a message from the American cruiser San Juan to third fleet units in Tokyo bay. Boyington is credited offi cially with downing 26 enemy planes and is holder of the Con gressional Medal of Honor and the Navy Cross. (AP wirephoto). MARINE ACE TELLS JAP MISTREATMENT ABOARD USS ANCON, Off Yokosuka, Aug. 31 (") Maj. Gregory Boyington,. 26-plane marine ace missing since Jan uary 3, 1944, and unheard from until Americans occupied Japan, said today his captors ignored the fractured ankle he suffered in the crash that led to- cantnre. ' .'.'They made me walk ; on the thing, blindfolded and hand cuffed, and they prodded me along with the butt of a bay onet" - No Jap Report He said the Japanese never an nounced his capture and that fellow prisoners reported his safely 14 days after Japan sur rendered by placing pieces of wood in the prison yard so that they spelled out:- ; - "Pappy Boyington here;" - ' A naval plane photographed the sign. ' V ' " , He was beaten repeatedly with a baseball bat, he related; and each morning the prisoners were lined up and forced to bow toward the emperor although "each of us probably was mut tering something that wasn't respectful." Sent Message Home To his home town of Oka nogan, Wash., Boyington asked (Continued on Page Two) Runaways Sleep In KF Graveyard Two intrepid 13 - year - old Klamath Falls boys, who slept in a graveyard here after run ning away from home Saturday, are being held in Eugene await ing return here by juvenile of ficers. The two youngsters told Lane county authorities that they de cided to run away Saturday night after attending a melo drama at a local theatre. ' They left the movie and robbed a gas station of five rolls, of pennies totaling $2.50 and then lifted some clothes from cars parked on Oregon avenue. They spent the night slumber ing in the graveyard here with a complete disregard for ghosts. The next day they hitch-hiked to Bend and from there caught a ing the transporting of stolen property over a state line. Party Leaders Pearl Harbor WASHINGTON, Aug. 31 () Capitol Hill resounded today with clamor for further official investigation of Pearl Harbor. Legislative leaders of both party faiths declared flatly that if courts martial are not ordered for those censured in army-navy findings congress will conduct its own hearings. Meanwhile, the state depart ment released a letter written by former Secretary of State Hull, September 28, 1944, in which Hull staunchly denied that his pre-war counter propos als to Japan constituted an ulti matum that provoked the Japa nese sneak attack on Pearl Har bor. The army board's report on the disaster had said Hull "touched the button" that start ed the war. Typical of today's congres sional assertions was this com ment to a reporter by House Re publican Whip Arends (111.): YOKOHAMA, Aug. 31 VP) American troops moved up to the southern edge of Tokyo to? day in their second day of a bloodless occupation in which they were extending their con trol swiftly across tno bay area. Parachute trooDers. snooting a Japanese in the arm when he failed to halt in a restricted area, completed the occupation of this sixth greatest city of Ja pan, where General MacArthur nas set up headquarters. Move North They then sifted on north through the Kawasaki area look ing tor more prisoner of war camps and moved up to posi tions on the south bank of the Tama river, which wind nlnntf Tokyu's southern outskirts. i n e Japanese government asked Lt. Gen. Robert L. Eichel berger to make Tokyo out of Dounas lor nis u. s. eighth army troops pending demobilization to avoid possible friction.. Hourly Increase More troops were pouring in hourly by air to swell the initial landings of more than Bonn mpn and officers. Marines took over the Tateya mahojo naval base and air sta tion guarding the approaches of Tokyo bay. Eichelberger's veterans of the Philippines campaign will oc cupy this point and the Tokyo, lllain after the historic signing of the surrender Sunday aboard the battleship Missouri in the bay. : Peaceful Japs , Airborne trooos were due to day to move across to the east snore of Tokyo bay for the first time and occupy the naval an chorage of Kisarazu, north of where the marines now are opery ating. "I hayen'ti seen so many peace . (Continu&l on Page Two) - EXECUTIVE ORDER WASHINGTON. Aug. 31 (Pi President Truman today ordered the office of war information to go out of business by September 15 and transferred the foreign information functions of OW1 and the office of inter-American affairs to the state departments ay executive order, Mr. Truv man: 1. Created an interim inter national information service in the state department to take over foreign activities of OWI and the inter-American office between now and the end of the year. . 2. Gave OWI's duties of r'ef view of federal publications to the bureau of the budget, as of today. 3. Directed abolition of Owl's remaining functions on Septem- continued on .rage xwoj : James Orth Alive In Jap Prison r FORT KLAMATH News that their son, Private James H. OrtH, is alive was received here this week by Mr. and Mrs. Henry Orth. ' Pvt. Orth has been a prisoner of the Japanese for three years, having been taken prisoner Jat the fall of Corregldor, where' he was stationed with a coast artillery unit of the U. S. army. During this period, two post cards were the only direct com munication received from their son by Mr. and Mrs. Orth, and word that he is alive was a great relief to them. He has been at Camp Hoten, Mukden, Man churia. Clamor For Investigation "The people are entitled to the full story. If they don't get it from the armed forces they'll ask us to dig it out. Naturally, wo do what the public wants. ' . At Detroit Senator Ferguson (R-Mich.) said a resolution call ing for a full senate investiga tion of the attack is on his desk in Washington and will be pre sented to the chamber as soon as it reconvenes next week. -? Hull's letter, addressed to Sec retary of War Stimson, said the counter-proposals he handed the Japanese November 28, 1941, of fered them "substantially the economic and other advantages they sought in Asia, provided they would give up their aggres sive policies." Declaring tha plan "did no) constitute In any sense an ultt motum," Hull added thot it pro posed rather "a broad but simplt settlement covering the entlri Pacific area." , ,.