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in fo) fpfo) In Um) M fo) . 1 lerattaiiIi Telephone Rill g - PRICE riVE CENTS KLAMATH FALLS, OBEOOM, FF n The. By FRANK JENKINS THE iion-friitcrnlr-otlon ordor In Germany win a flop from the- sturt. Everyone know It, but before anything wos donu uboiil it (iiiiio a sum in lines was pom unci H consldenibUj iiiiHiunt of Kiiurdliouse time wim put In. Then It wan modified. Under tint modification, fioternUiillon "In nubile nlncea" win ucrmltlud Tho definition of u "iiubllc" ploco him been more or less loft up to mo Mi'i. ii ih preuy gen erally understood thut n German homo liin't a public plnco. There nro vorylng opinions an to whether or not that In a good thing. . ' IN every German city, you nee strolling couples a GI nntl n Germnn girl. But NOWHERE NEAll iin ninny as In England and Franco. Aliio In tho porks you sea little groups miitio up or liis, uermon . girl and the PAHKNTO of the Germnn girls, Often these parties tnke the form of picnics, . will) (iucii scanty lood nn lit avail, able hero, flavored with a few bottled of wine. Admittedly, twosomes arc more numerous than mich groups. . Out fraternization Ii by no mean universal. There ore di.i tlnctly two schools of thouitlit on the subject. Other Gin wntch tho strollers with hnrd eyes, You get often the statement, "Thcjio krauts killed my buddy. In plenty of rases they fought nn dirty as tho Tn. Tn l. nil ...III, m " THE Germnn girls are like all trlrlit finni a nro hnmnlv some mediocre nnd somo ex tromely pretty slim nnd smart. Their clothing is of belter mini lly than the French, but not .-' worn with the snmo dash and chic. ' One notes constantly thut the shoes worn by the Germans are of Infinitely bolter quality than those soon in f ranco or even England. Leather has obviously been plentiful hero. It still Is, Leather articles nro among the few thing you enn buy. r In Purls, you nro conscious of an all-pervading sound that at first you don't define. You discover thut It Is tho topping of wooden hcelo nnd wooden soles on tho pavement. It Is like the clatter of typewriters In a big office You don't henr It In Germany, where soles are made of good leather confis cated and brought hero, It is said, from all over Europe, "LOTHES In Germany nro gen orally shabby In appearance as indeed they are all . over Europo. Tho shnbblncss of Europe is one of tho things you notice first when you arrive from the States. English clothes nro much notched and generally "mndo to do," but nrc better kept up which Is significant as reflecting British self-respect nnd con fidence In the future, Self-respect nnd confidence, as shown In tho bearing of tho poo pie, begin to fndo when you cross the Channel which, you fcol In your bones, holds a nortcnt of no good for tho future, At this moment. Europe is sick so sick you keep wondering If It can po.isioiy recover. AN American with n slstor In Paris brings his French niece to the mess for a meal. She Is wearing new shoes of a kind that would bo regnrded at. shoddy In tho slates, Thoy cost 1000 francs ($20 nt tho cur rently pegged rnte), Bho says. Asked what their cost would have boon before the war, she answers: "about 100 frnncs" ($2). Just before dessert, tho Amor Icon host calls for more brond and nods to each of us to take (Continued on Pogo Two) Sears Store To Get Renovations Soors, Roebuck nnd company hnvo completed plans and re ceived clcarnnco from tho WPB for extensive remodeling and en largement of tho Klamath retail store, it wus nnnnuncod today by John Hawkins, Klamath man ager. , t Tho 1 receiving1 denortmont. service department and marking room will bo moved bnck Into the space occupied by tho Soar Farm Moro before It was moved across tho street. Tho spneo va , catod will bo tnkon up for retail soiling space for "hard linos," Hawkins snld. Tho Klnmnth avonuo sldo of tho store and 8th street front, tip to tho second floor, will bo tllo surfaced and tho main floor will receive complete now fixtures In addition, Hawkins said. ; Howard Porrln of Klnmnth Fnlls is architect for tho job. Work Is expected to got under way soon. POLITICS HIT neon IN FULL FORCE President's Message Places Him With Liberals By MAX HALL WASHINGTON, Sept. 7 (PI Congress got hotter today. Pol itics rushed back. Predictions of tax cuts buzzed around. There was even n shot of energy from tho utomlo bomb. President Truman's message cuused a lot of the heat. So did the coming Investiga tion of Pearl Harbor. ' That Investigation now Is cer tain to bo held. Tho president swung behind it yesterday and the senate unanimously voted for It. Tho house will vote for It, too, but house republicans today wcro demanding equal membership with democrats on the Investigating committee. Charges Made Charges of "playing polities' shot buck and forth over that question At the sumo time, somo re- mini leans wcro siiyln" Mr. Tru man' big message looked like a campaign document for noxt year's elections. They called It "tho same old new deal," liut many democrats rejoiced over what they saw as the no- erallsm of tho president's peace- tlmo program. ' With Liberals Most congressmen, whether they liked it or not. felt that Mr, Truman had Identified himself with the so-collod liberal wing on"ncu cra TOl tho 'democratic party instead of mo conservatives. Congress was not mcotlnif to day, and wouldn't bo until Mon day. But that didn't mean con gressmen wcro doing and saying nothing, Tax talk received a shot In the arm from tho president's sug gestion for "limited" reductions ir. 1040. Incidentally, the unemploy ment measure in Its present form seemed very near death today. Thcro wos not only tho opposi tion of Important congressmen. Thcro was also tho fact that too many states were Interpreting their laws ns being In conflict with the proposal, Tho bill Is ono of President T.'umun's "must" proposnls for (Continued on Pago Two) 4 Carriers Used In Sneak Attack YOKOHAMA, Sept.. 7 (VP) Jnpnn used four aircraft carriers In her attack on Pearl Harbor, ono of her defeated admirals, Rcor Adm. Toshltano Takata, sold at a press conference to night. Takata also disclosed, that the battle of the Bismarck sea, March 2-6. 1043, was the great est shock of the war to tho Jap cneso navy and that the Okina wa campaign spelled the cer tainly of Nlpponcso loss of tho war. Air power was tho single ma jor element bringing about de feat of Japan, Takata said emphatically. Fanatic Japs Murdered Nip General To Keep War Going TOKYO. Sent. 7 (VP) Well-in formed Japanese sources said to day that fanatical young Jnpa- neso officers on August 14 killed mo commanding general of Env pcror Hirohlto's personal guards division and by forging his name sent troops to surround tho pal aco in n vain effort to prevent inc imperial surrender -an nounccmcnt from reaching tho people. Tho Killing climaxed a fan tastic attempt to keep Japan f cared to war, thoso sources ro uted. Tho finala to the battle over surrender, between tho em peror and certain militarist ele ments, involved a not chaso after tho vital radio recording containing tno emperors nistor ic capitulation rescript, they said. Jap Suicides Numerous kamikazo (suicide) pilots dived to dcatn In Tokyo bay as tho result of tho surren der and some threatened to kill Japan's aurrendor envoys to Manila but there wcro no fur ther major disorders. Tokyo tensely had anticipated Cosslble army rovolts and lnsu ordination, Tho sources which gavo this Information said that the first Casualty R m , . y- hi u 'l: s-rd fk .UjfflUir.M u. , 'Ira. F r m m v. & M W t ... i. B VI r ' ' 4 1 An unidentified passenger Is carried from the wreckage of the Santa Fe's California Limited after his right leg was amputated by an army surgeon shortly after the train was derailed near Arcadia. Calif. The man's leg was crushed when he was pinned in the wreckage. (AP wirephoto). FIVE BILLION TAX WASHINGTON, Sept. 7 M) A $5,000,000,000 cut in federal taxes effective next January 1 wos forecast today by Chairman ucorge tu-ua.) ot mo sonoie u - Tho reductions would Include corporations, $2,000,000,000; In dlvlduals, $2,500,000,000 to $3,' 000.000,000. Elimination of one or two ex clso taxes, such as the automo bile use tax, for an unspecified saving to taxpayers. Geome. otter studying Prosl dent Truman's recommendation to conurcss yesterday for "limit cd" tax cuts in 1946, predicted that "a quick tax reduction bill" would be passed ociore unnsi mas. He told reporters ho hoped to ; (continued on rage iwo; Committee Will Probe Jap Attack WASHINGTON. Sept. 7 (VP)- The Pearl Harbor Investigation became a certainty when the senate unanimously passed a res olution yesterday calling for an inquiry by a 10-man committee of five senators and five repre sentatives thrco democrats and two . republicans from each branch, ' Republicans and democrats alike sot behind the resolution In tho house, where it will come up Monday. The republicans, however, are Insisting on equal representation on the committeo. The party's 16-mcmber house steering committee endorsed the resolution with nn amendment to Increase the membership of the Investigatory - body to 12 threo democrats and three re publicans from each , branch. They will offer tho amendment Monday, but indications aro it will be voted down. surrender discussions among tho militarists began In February lit tho time of tho great Ameri can carrier raids on Tokyo and that tho emperor began In March a fruitless effort to ob tain advice on capitulation,' Before tho surrender actually came, Japan hod hinted official ly to Russia that she was willing to yield Manchuria and North China in return for- continued soviet neutrality, theso sources added, but this failed. Surrender Rescript ' Tho emperor's historic re script of surrender was finally recorded on August 14 at tho Im perial palace in strictest secrecy and was scheduled to be broad cast to tho people tho next day. The group of fanatical young army officers learned of it and a lieutenant colonel nnd a major hatched a hurried plot to try to prevent its reaching the Tokyo radio. Ono of them was sold, without confirmation, to have been a son-in-law of former War Premier Tojo. The story continues that thoy approached Lieutenant General Mori, commandant of tho im-, penal guards division tno em peror's troops at tho barracks (Continued on Pago Two) - , TEMBEH 7, 1945 A From California it Elks Lodge Pledges $2500 To KUHS For Band Uniforms The Klamath Falls Elks lodge last night voted up to $2500 to the Klamath Union high school student body for the purchase of new uniforms for ; the high school band. , , , , ; School., officials: .declared to day that ttjis is the biggest sin file outside contribiion to-hili 20 PERSONS KILLED I FLORENCE, S. C, Sept. 7 (VP) A big Eastern Airlines transport plunged into a swamp near here early today killing all its occu pants, 20 or more persons. The passengers and members of the crew of the Miami to New York air liner were burned al most beyond recognition. Ac counts varied as to the number of persons on the plane, but Eastern Air Lines offices in New York gave the number as 22. EAL said the list included ten civilians, nine soldiers and three crewmen. Most of the bodies were piled up in' a heap beside the wreckage and a few were scattered nearby, -' . The plane tore a 50-foot wide, 200-ft. long path through the swamp- before- coming .to a stop and burning. Heard Explosion " Mrs. W. L. Rankin, who lives on a plantation about two miles from the scene of the crash, said she was awakened about 2 a. m. by a thunderous explosion, then heard several other loud blasts. Her daughter commented that "It sounded just like thunder." Twolve hours after tho crash the bodies had not been re moved. It was planned to bring them here. The first person to arrive at the wreckage was a young boy, a grandson of Mrs. Rankin, David Harwell. He said planes wcro flying around looking for tho wreckage and he walked through the swamp and found it. Rescuers had to cut a rood through the almost impenetra ble swamo to reach the wreck age. Previously other searchers waded up to their knees in water and mud trying to get there. A navy blimp which located tho wreck hovered over it and led authorities to tho scene. Royalty Sweeps German Streets , AROLSEN, Germany, Sept. 7 (VP) Two princesses held sweep the streets here. They are Alexandra and Mar- guorlta, daughters of Prince Joseph von Waldeck, an SS gen eral who Is wotting trial on a chargo of murdering 10 Poles, Tho street sweeping, detail is part of the education devised by the military government for the 137 women of this town who are wives nnd relatives-of SS men, "We are teaching these people the first principles of democracy by showing no favoritism,'! said Capt, Winficld S. Chadwlck of San Juan, Puerto Rico. Tho girls were ardent nazls and served In tho SS auxiliary. They still live In, ..the family castle with their , 80-year-old grandfather,. Prince. Frederick. i ' Sept. 7, 1945 Max. (Sept. 6) 76 Min 47 Precipitation last 24 houri .00 8tream year to date -13.30 Normal 12.53 Last year 10.62 Forecaiti Clear and warmer. ' Train Wreck school activities in the history of the school. The unanimous action - was taken by the lodge after a- re port by the ways and means committee, headed by Past Ex alted Ruler E. B. Hall.- The lodKC for a number of years has l-bif.: making outstanding contri butions to public and communi ty activities, including the pur chase of an ambulance for the Oregon Women's Ambulance corps,, the establishment of an Officers' club immediately after military installations were set up here, and an active program for enlisted men. Exalted Ruler R. H. Ruger, who strongly favored the band contribution after it was first suggested late last spring, will appoint a committee of the Elks lodge to. help select the band uniforms-. The band this-year will have in the neighborhood of. 100 members, and is one of the outstanding high school musical organizations in the state. . The money provided by ' the Elks will be supplemented by the high school student body in the purchase of uniforms. ' Nip Commander Predicts Return To Singapore JOHORE. SemV 7 (VP) The sultan of Johore told corres pondents today that the Japanese commander of SincaDore. Lt. Gen. Seishiro Itagakt. declared to him a few days ago that he expected to return to the Brit ish naval base about 20 years nencc. i "We hope the peace will last for 20 years and then we will be back here again," the sultan quoted Gen. Itagaki as saying, Jonore lies across a narrow strait from Singaoore. The sultan said former Pre mier Tojo of Japan visited Sing apore two years ago and assert ed that Winston Churchill, then Britain's prime minister, "would have to come to him on bended knees. BASEBALL AMERICAN LEAGUE R. H. E. Cleveland 0 3 0 Boston 17 0 Harder and Hayes: Ryba and Holm. Detroit 5 11 0 New York' 0 ' 4 2 Ncwhouscr and Richards; Bcvens and -Drescher. First game: R. H. E. Chicago 3 8 2 Philadelphia 4 10' 0 Lopat and Tresh; Bowles, Connelly (3) and Rosar. NATIONAL LEAGUE 1 . R. H. E. New York '.. 2 6 0 Chicago 0 6 2 " Moglle and Lombard!; Wyse and Livingston. ' First game: R. H, E. Philadelphia 2 7 , 4 Cincinnati 8 10 2 Sproull, Mulcahy (6) Chap man (8) and Mancusoi Bowman, Modok (9) and Lukcman. Number 10612 PUBLIC WAITS U. S. Agents Silent On Strike; AFL May Go To Work Buttonipped officials of the U. S. conciliation service gave out nothing today that would in crease the hope of a strike weary Klamath public for prog ress toward strike settlement in a series of conferences. ' There was a report, however, that a plan might be worked out that would permit the AFL machinists union to return to work without opposition to the Weyerhaeuser Timber company plant. This would not mean operation of the plant, as the machinists are maintenance and not production men. The pro duction employes, represented by the CIO, are on strike in four major Klamath mills. Two U. S. conciliators were in town, they met with both the CIO-IWA and the AFL machin ists, and also conferred with management officials at the Weyerhaeuser office. They persisted in the silence which they said was the nation al policy of the conciliation serv ice. - ........... Nobody would flatly say so, but it was . understood that eventually, an effort would be made to get ' together the two unions and company officials. Although CIO and AFL officials agreed they! would hold such a meeting, . when talking at .the Weyerhaeuser picket line Wed nesday morning, no such confer ence nas been neid and tnere was some disposition to look with discouragement upon the prospect. , t The joint meeting might be held : tomorrow. No one could give any assurance to that ef fect. ' The recent developments arose when the AFL machinists decid ed to go back to work and blast (Continued on Page Two) T TULELAKE, Sept. 7 A group of army officers from Camp White was here today looking for location of another prisoner of war camp to provide harvest labor, in this busy agricultural area. ' - Chester Main, head of the Tulelake Growers, said the army men indicated 400 men would be brought to the camp as soon as it is set up, and the, number will be increased to 1000 by September 25. There are 75 prisoners at camp No. 1, the old Tulelake CCC camp, at present. . Main said the migrant work ers, camp at Tulelake is now filled, with about 400 people on hand including children. He said there had been numerous complaints about migrant white labor this year from growers. : A camp of 400 Mexican na tionals will be set' up adjoining the migrant labor camp at Tule. DEVELOPMENTS FROM CONFABS Wainwright Has "Plenty To Say" About Jap Treatment HONOLULU, Sept. 7 (IP) Whatever General Wainwright has to say about his physical beatings by the Japanese will have to-be said officially to the war department and the people back home, the hero of Corregi dor said here. Wearing the four stars of his new full generalcy on a new shirt whose collar was far too big for his thin neck, haggard and his face deeply lined, he said gently that Maj. Gen. Al bert N. Jones "shouldn't have talked about that." In the next breath, he said: Official Information "I'll have plenty to say on that subject when I get to Washington officially, I mean." Wainwright is scheduled to lead a parade in Son Francisco Sunday and to arrive in Wash ington Monday. rom the outset, he made it plain he was 'not going to t.ilk too much" until instructed by Marshall and the war depart ment. His short, cropped hair, bare ly concealing scabs which might have been caused by anything from malnutrition to brutal M'Arthur Leads 3-Mile Parade! Info Jap City YOKOHAMA, Sept. 7 (AP) General, MacArthur will lead a three-mile parade of American military might into the heart of Tokyo Saturday (Friday, U. S. time) ond within three days all the capital will be occupied, it was announced today. Meanwhile these other developments were disclosed: The 1 1th oirborne division, first to set foot on enemy soil, now has its entire strength in Japan and troops of the 27th division hove begun arriving. Atrocity Officer Formal investigation of wan crimes against prisoners of war was launched with the appointment of an "atrocity of ficer" and enlisted specialists to visit each camp. An additional 1100 prisoners have been liberated, bring- jug nm iumi io approximately ouuu, nan oi wnom nave been evacuated. MacArthur's press headquar ters . said Brig. Gen. Elliott Thorpe would head allied counter-intelligence and would be gin censorship of the Japanese Dome! agency simultaneously with the arrival of American troops in Tokyo tomorrow. The first cavalry division, which will enter Tokyo first, took over the Japanese army school of Hara-Machido, 30 miles northwest of Yokohama. The parade marking the tri umphal entry of MacArthur in to Tokyo will begin within sight of Emperor Hirohito's palace. The battle - equipped seventh and eighth regiments of the first cavalry division will march through the bomb-shattered cap ital city of surrendered Japan the first such march of a con queror there in Japan's long history. . . . Honor Guard An honor guard from the sev enth regiment the regiment which fought under Custer on the Little Bighorn will escort MacArthur from the Tokyo rail road station in the Marunouchi business quarter, east of the palace grounds, to the American embassy. The embassy is ap proximately three miles south west of the Marunouchi district. The white-legginged first cav alry band will blare martial music as the supreme commander- of the allied powers mo tors past downtown buildings to the embassy, there to raise the same American flag which flew .over the-s WhiteHouseiqlWash ington, D. C. December 7,. 1941, the day that "will live in infamy."- . - . .. MacArthur's Plans (Whether MacArthur will pro ceed by train or car to Marun ouchi was not disclosed al though car is more probable. A four-lane . highway leads from his Dresent headquarters, at Yokohama to Marunouchi, the geographical center of : Tokyo and logical starting point for any parade). - The seventh and eighth regi ments will be fully armed, dressed in combat khakis and will wear steel helmets and field boots. They are from the second brigade, commanded by Brig. Gen. Hugh Hoffman, San Antonio and El Paso, Tex. With occupation . forces al (Continued on Page Two) August Marriage Licenses Are 42 A total of 42 marriage licenses were granted in the county clerk's office for the month of August. i Sailors of Uncle. Sam's navy led the parade down the aisle with 18 bluejackets receiving marriage licenses. The marines ran them a close second with 14 leathernecks taking nuptial vows. Civilians numbering six said "I do" during the month and four soldiers surrendered to fem inine pulchritude. Only two divorces were grant ed .during the month as there was no' circuit court, term in August. treatment, seemed to bristle whenever the subject of Japa nese handling of prisoners was brought up. Last Days He talked about the last days on Bataan and Corregldor. He talked about 120 women nurses and 1000 wounded whose pres ence finally swayed him to sur render several hours before he might have otherwise. But,' he added, he Is glad that he did. Otherwise, conditions would have been worse . and they were bad enough, He said the Japanese threat ened to kill him because all troops under his command had not surrendered at the designat ed time. . . "That didn't make any differ ence to me not a bit of differ ence," he said after recounting that they had been living on "blankety blank tough horse meat," pack mules and the like. Bitterly, the general said that In his prison the first news of tho war's end came in a Japa nese announcement that "by or der of the emperor, the war has been brought to an amicable conclusion." FIRST FREED YANKSLfiND M U. S. SOIL OAKLAND, Calif., Sept. 7 (JP) Two transport planes load ed with 45 thin and weary, but happy . sailors and marines,' the first prisoners of war from' Japan to be flown, directly back to the "United States by the navy air transport service, landed at Oakland airport . early today. Two other NATS transports; carrying still ' more , liberated prisoners of war, are scheduled to land later today. i Tho Hi f'-Kd Ironennrla hart picked the former prisoners up) -at Guam and brought them di rect to the United States via Honolulu, after other . NATS planes had carried them from Kisaru on the - east shores of Tokyo bay to the Marianas. . - Waiting anxiously as the planes completed the .8000 miles over water flights were rela uvea ana irienas oi me reiurn-i ing men, with whom they held happy and tearful reunions. Among the repatriates was Clayton. O. Decker of Taonie, Col., - motor machinists's mate second class.:. one of the nine survivors of the submarine Tang sunk by one of it's own tor pedoes between Formosa and China October 25 1944. ' j Decker told a harrowing tale of cruel treatment at the hands of 'the Japanese, and also dis closed that he was stationed for a time at the same camp with Major Gregory (Pappy) Boying ton, 26-plane. marine aerial ace who is due to arrive here some time Saturday.. ' ; - - ' "Pappy and I made but pretty; well." he said.! "We both were assigned to the job of cutting wood for the galleys and we were pretty good lood stealers.". , He , was trapped ; in the for ward room of the Tang when onff of its own tornedoes Droved -de? fective and circled around, hit ting the stern of the craft? Cmdr. Richard H; O'Kane o Durham, N. - C, skipper of the, sub, was unable to prevent the freak accident through evasive action; - O'Kane, who also es caped from the striken ship, will return home within the next few days. . . Task Force 33 Commander Dies SAN DIEGO, Calif., Sept.: 7 (jP) The- stout fighting heart which carried slender, greying) John Sidney McCain- through the- navy's strenuous flying course, at 52 years of age and to smashing victories over the Japanese, gave out last night of sheer, exhaustion from -com-( hot Hlllv. 11 :' The 61-year-old vice admiral, commander of the. famed, far ranging fast carrier task force, 38, had been directing almost, constant raids, mostly against tho Japanese homeland, for the past three months. EAST COAST ARRIVALS By The Associated Press Lylo V. Baker, SSgt., 928 Douglas, Klamath Falls. Ar rives on Queen Mary due at, New York September 8. ' Evan B, Petty, Cpl 1346 Lakeview, Klamath Falls. Ar rives on Queen Mary due at New York September 8. Henry M, Langley, SBgt 4504 Winter, Klamath Falls. Arrives on Queen Mary due at New York September 8. ' Clarence W. Sheehy, Sat.. 1777 Gary, Klamath Falls. Arrives on Queen Mary due at New York September 8. Melvin W. Hunter, Cpl., 4763 Climax, Klamath Falls. Arrives on LaCrosse Victory, due at Newport . News, Va., on September 11. Clair M. Martin, T4, 2200 Wantland, Klamath Falls. Ar rives on LaCrosse Victory due at Newport News, ' Va., on September 11. , Floyd Li Thomas, Cpl., Box 30, Midland. Arrived on Gen eral Brooks due at Now York Soptember 8,
