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(pn ffn fo) w PRICE FIVE CENTS 1 Bay s Mews By FRANK JENKINS CI'EAKING ol fraternization, t hp ItiircMlui'iK never banned it In Gcrmuny. Their soldiers cun mix with the Germans nil thoy want to IF they wunt to, and IF they can Unci a German will lug to frnlornlze. Gorman terror of thn Russians Isn't faked. It Ik GENUINE. Whether It Iiiik it roots In the , propiiKiinclii thnt wan sprcud by the niiil loaders to scuro the German people Into fighting to the taut man In the lust ditch or Is Instinctive realization of how the Kimiilniiii feel utter whnt Germans did to Huwilu Isn't wholly clear. Hut there isn't any doubt about the fenr, Nor Is there any doubt that nothing would please the Ger mans so much an to nee un and the British full out with the Itutuliins and Ktart fighting them. No Gorman ever misses an op portunity to net in a dig at the Russians. Often they auk: "When will you people ko to war with these barbarians?" I ET'S be realistic about this " business of Gcrmun-Itusslan fraternization. It probably bus two aides to It. Russian officers arc diii art and striking In appear ancc, but tho Russian private soldier Is a ragamuffin If ever one lived. Ills clothing you could hard y call It a uniform seems wrapped around him, like a blanket, and he bulges every whore ho shouldn't, lie bus proved that ha Is a grand fighter, but bis general got-uu isn't cal culated to sweep tho ludles off tneir icet. You can hardly blame a Gcr- ; man girl if she passes up a Rus sian private to hold hands with our bundsomo, alive, cocky, smartly-kcptGls. . fcROM all one 'can "near," the Russians haven't done much to promote hand-holding and i such. One of their favorite games In tho early days of Ger man occupation. It Is said, was for three Russian soldiers to catch a German woman and while two of them held her tho third would spank her heartily on her bare bottom. They would then turn her loose and laugh uproariously, Their officers seem to have Interfered little if at all with this sport. But In Berlin a Russian pri vate stopped a German girl and took from her a cake of soap that had boon given to her by a GI. Ho wan Immediately ar rested by a Russian officer who mnclo him give buck the soap and then sent him off to what ever the Russians call the jug. Tho officer remarked cisually to an American signal corps lieutenant who had seen the in cident: "He'll bo shot In the morning for looting." Tho signal corps lieutenant, telling the story, added: "And he wasn't kidding or putting on a show, cither." nrHE Russians arc as much R mystery to our men In Ger many, who are seeing them In the flesh, as they are to us In the United States, who only read .about them. The general concensus is that they are wild men when they ore drunk, They are looting Ger many In tho mass, pulling loose everything (especially machin ery) nnd shipping It back home (Continued on Pago Two) Surrender Signers Listed By Japs As War Criminals By RUSSELL BRINES TOKYO, Sept, 7 (Delayed) (P) Antl-mllltarlst Japanese Intel lectuals are drafting their own list of war criminals and some bollova It should Include fanner Premier Hldekl Too, two mum tor of tho picscnt cibinet nnd both of tho emperor's signers of tho surrender document Two closo supporters of Pre mier Hignshl-Kuni told mo that Princo Fuminaro Konoyo, vlco premier In tho present govern ment, and Foreign Minister Ma moru ShigemllHii, who signed tho articles of surrender in Tokyo bay, should bo Included, Civilian! On List They also listed other high ranking civilian and military men thoy considered war crim inals. Thoy declared that Konoyo, as premier, permitted tha ac celeration of an imperialistic war by condoning tho outbreak of tho Chinese conflict In 1037 and subsequently served as pre , mlor during ' drastic domestic regimentation which prepared the people for tho Pacific war. Thoso sources assorted Shi Romlt.su worked behind tho scones, was instrumental in pro venting the poaceful solution of y .S. Postwar Lend - Lease Arrangement Seen WASHINGTON, Sept, 8 (!) BrIUiln Is expected to try next week to obtain the United Suites help for her reconversion to peace virtually free of cost. The British argument will be based on tho contention that a kind of postwar lend-lease or runKcment would bo fully justi fied by tho sacrifices which the British made in the war. 'Anglo American economic talks will open Monday. Lord Keynes, noted economist and an advisor to tho British trcusury, arrived yesterduy to take part in the conference. The British ambassador to the United States, Lord Halifax Is due Sunday, He will bo tho other principal Brit ish representative on the eco nomic mission, . Advance indications are that (Continued on Page Two) WASHINGTON, Sept. 6 M" Chairman Walsh (D-Moss.) of the senate naval affairs committee urged the navy today to liberal ize. Its . demobilization... amjL.dl' charge- syeUun. He suggested ' three-point program to Secretory Forrcstul in a letter recounting complaints received by his committee. Walsh's program: 1. A formula granting 5 points for each dependent up to three, 2 for each medal or decor ation, 1 for each battle star, ) for each year of age, t for each month of active service and i for each month of sea duty, leav ing the critical score to tho de partment. 2. A moro liberal policy on "special order" discharges, mak ing things easier for the hard ship cases, for those who want to conlinuo medical and scienti fic studies and for older men who wish to re-enter civilian life. 3. Accelerated demobilization of persons enrolled for specific types of duty such as Intelli gence, Seabec work, public rela tions and photography. Leaders Promise Clock Set-Back WASHINGTON. ScDt. 8 (VP) Congressional leaders promised today to set tho nation s clocks back an hour by- September 30. They will do this by having congress abolish what is known as daylight saving or war time, under which the clocks were moved ahead an hour In 1042. Tho Idea then was to provide moro doy tlmo for war work, the war In China, which they declared was a direct contribu tion to tho conflict with tho United States and Britain. They labeled Shigcmltsu as a "suave but puppiot mouthpiece" for the militarists who wielded considerable Influence In pre venting diplomatic settlements. BRITAIN ASK U ill RECONVERSION Japs Urged To Keep Clean For Favorable Impression SAN FRANCISCO, Sept, 8 (P) Because "the Americans hate dirty people," thd Osaka radio today urged Japanese to "keep tho streets and homes clean, wear clean clothes, and shave their untidy beards," Americans scorned Japancsa living in America In tho past, tho broadcast explained, princi pally because "tho Japanese pcoplo wore dirty ... if once the American neonlo mark a roco as Inferior, they will scorn this race to tho last and It is very difficult to have them chango this opinion , , . there fore, wo must do everything to glvo them a good Impression of us," Telephone Mil . ! KLAMATH FALLS, OREGON. SATURDAY. SEPTEMF Here's Common Sight On 'V V ' ' ' '' k ' " " - "v , .. 1 - v ' Helldlveri. or SB2Cs, are shown parked along the large concrete apron at the Klamath naval air station. Representatives of the press were allowed to look over the station last week which was the 32nd anniversary ot naval aviation. For other air station pictures, see page 3. - as1 ' . -. . Official U. S. navy photo. Air Station Contribution To Victory . Revealed On Navy Aviation Anniversary By NADINE PALMERTOW The veil of military secrecy was lifted last week on the 32nd anniversary of naval aviation to allow representatives of The Herald and News to tour the Klamath naval air station and view some of the modern won- ders which went -toward making ins iiiDttiiuiuun . vital pari in the huge-; American war. 'ma chine. ' "'' ' .. T For months Klamathltcs hnve craned their necks at the planes flying over town at all hours of KF. STRIKE TOPIC T George Brewer and D. G. God man, officials for the U. S. con ciliation service who were here in an effort to effect an agree ment in Klamath s lumber strike, were called to Portland last night by E. P. Marsh, concilia tion chief from San Francisco, with the situation still .at a stale mate. The conciliation service Is in session In Portland and the work stoppage In four major basin mills will be discussed. , A. F. Hartung, CIO regional director for the state of Oregon, si.ld this morning that the 1WA CIO stood ready at any time to meet with Weyerhaeuser of ficials here, but that company heads hod not cooperated with (Continued on Pago Two) Astoria Man Is State Commander PORTLAND, Ore,, Sept, 8 () Neil Morfltt, Astoria, was unanil mously elected state commander of the American Legion today. Morfltt, who runs an automo tive business In Astoria, has been vice-commander. He served as army olr corps pilot from 1017 to 1919. Fred Lothron. Portland, do- featcd Percy Barbur, Nowberg, n.wl mil rLi. xrM i .i. ri H11 4JIII 1Z.IY, VUll, 1U1 II1U pU3k of vice-commander. Medford was selected as 9ite for the next convention, with Grants Pass, Ashland, and Cave Junction to act as co-hosts. Awards were given to posts at Portland, Eugene, Bonneville and Sllvorton for work during the past year. Tho broadcast, recorded by tho FCC also offered these tips on what sort of pcoplo Ameri cans arc: "They are very frank and are apt to Joke frequently, oven In their daily conversation. They value greatly .their own Ideas and -whatever they consider as right. "If some Japanese aro mod est and do not express their opinions, tho Americans will scorn them as men without Ideas of their own . . . there fore, thoso pcoplo who aro able to say without hesitation what they consider1 right will bring good results," ' 3 Air the day or night and have gotten as near to the field itself as the fence, but until now operations at the station haverremained a mystery to tho general public. The base, which was commis sioned on February 12, 1944, is an advanced operational train ing base' Med to give pilots and nlr crewmen so(me,;. of .their-, lost training before being sent over seas. Advanced gunnery in struction is a major part of the training received by the aircrew men and pilots. , The ground training unit, or "House of Magic" as it is called by personnel using the building, utilizes the most advanced of the training facilities used to save man hours in the air and at the same time save lives by cutting down hours in the air. The Link trainers, which con tain the most important instru ments found in the planes them selves are used to show fighters direction and methods using radar for interception of enemy planes. Synthetic Gunnery The Gunairstructors, which teach gunnery in synthetic form, closely duplicate actual- flying. A - motion- -picture projector flashes views on the screen of enemy aircraft, and to give the pilot a feeling of actually being in a plane high above the earth, the horizon on the screen is con stantly moving and turning. ; In other rooms of the large training unit real turret guns are mounted and in these room's, too, movie projectors reproduce flying conditions. A complete library of films used in the pro jectors is on hand to duplicate every Imaginable type of enemy action and flight. v Men are taught here to take apart and put together again the machine guns in what is known os the "stripping room," In short, every type of gun nery is thoroughly explained to men passing through here before going overseas. Pilots fly half of the time and spend the other half training in the "House of Magic." Charts Also in this building large charts, which show every step in the progress of the pilot from the time his training is started, are kept. This chart, standard at all stations, goes with the man as he transfers from one base to the next. Air groups are normally sta tioned here auout uu flays and about 650 fleet men, including alrcrewmen and pilots, have gone through since tho first of February, From the nerve center of the field, the control tower, actual flying operations are supervised. Five long flights of stairs bring the observer to tho top of the glasscd-ln tower where a view of tho complete station may be seen. Here navy personnel bring the planes in to tho field by radio. A special recording machine on the ground floor of this EAST COAST ARRIVALS By The Associated Press Byron A. Smead, Pvt., Lakevlcw. Arrived on La Grande Victory due at Now York September 5. Garlin Patterson, SSgt., Tulolake, Arrived on La Grande Victory duo at Now York September 5, x i September 8 1945 ' Max. (Sept. 7) . 83 Min 43 Precipitation lat 24 houri 00 Stream year to date 13.30 Normal ...12.55 Last year ..........10.82 Forecaitt Clear Sunday. Station Apron tower makes a transcription of every message sent or received by the tower or the planes, and these recordings are put into use when investigation of plane crashes is necessary. The ma chine automatically turns on when a conversation goes out or comes in to the tower and shuts o,when , the, conversation - is "- ' .' Weather Check Also in - the communications building that houses the control tower is the aerology depart ment which keeps track of weather conditions up and down the coast and also sends up bal (Continued on Page Three) KF'S FIRST WAR Klamath's first war prisoner, Ernest T. Larson, Jr., USMC, has been liberated from a Japanese prison camp at Osaka, Japan, and is now on his way home. The news was received by his parents. Mr. and Mrs. Ernest T. Larson Sr., 3941 Mack, in a tele gram Saturday morning Irom Gen. A. A. Vandergrift, com mandant of the marine corps. Larson, 24, was" a field mu sician first class stationed with a crouD of 250 picked marines thrown around the American le gation at Tientsin, China, at the time of the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor. The men were immediately taken as prisoners and transferred to Shanghai. For a time he worked in a sheet metal factory under Japanese (Continued on Page Two) : - Gate-Crashing Racket Hits KF A variation of the old gate crashing racket has hit Klamath Falls theatres and it has worked well to date. However, Lloyd Lamb, theatre manager here. said this morning that the prac tice would be stopped and any persons apprehended would be prosecuted. Here's the way it works. . A group of youngsters ranging in age irom 8 to 15 approaches the theatre and one youth purchases a ticket. He or she goes inside and upon some pretext opens the exit doors from tne inside. The rest of the gang then slips inside tho building and walks into the theatre one at a time. Lamb stated that this mass gate-crashing would not be tol erated and added that in view of the fact that there is a feder al tax on admission tickets, this may constitute a federal offense. BASEBALL ' , American League .; R. H. E. Cleveland .....4 12 0 Boston, .i 9 18 0 Bagby, Salveson (8) and Hayes, Desautels (8); V, Johnson and Holm, . .'' I National League I ' R. H. E. New York 3 7-2 Chicago .: 0 8 0 Harry Feldman and Ernie Lombardl, Clyde Kluttz (8) Paul Derringer , and Leonard Rice. Number 10613 C0KII1 HERO ARRIVED IN U. S. TODAY Thunderous Welcome Given Wc-inwright By Crowd HAMILTON FIELD, Calif., Sept. p (P) General Jonathan Wainwright, the hero of Corre gidor, came home today to the United 'States. The big plane that bore him from Honolulu ar rived at 11:10 a. m. ."This is awfully good," the general said in a choked voice as he warmly embraced his sis ter, Mrs. Frederick Mears, while the crowd of military personnel and civilians gave, him a thun derous ovation. The general, plainly showing the effects of his brutal treat ment in Japanese prison camps, was so overcome that he placed a handkerchief to his face. As the huge plane taxied ud to the hangar, the western de fense command band, struck up "The General's March," the gen eral appeared at the door of the plane and stood - at attention. Military personnel snapped to rigid attention and civilians un covered their heads in honor of one of America's greatest war heroes. As the last strains of the march faded, the general, carry ing a yellow cane in his right hand, walked stiffly down the transport steps as the crowd broke into (. tremendous cheer. . - After" he greeted his sister,-the general was quickly surrounded by high ranking army personnel gathered to greet him. He warm ly shook hands with several of 27 Filipino army officers, headed by Col. Marcario Peralta, who had served under him on Bataan. Something New On Rltlna on the Klamath skyline Is the radio tower ot station KFLW, The Herald and News radio station. The tower is located on the Balsiger Motor company building, and will stand 150 feet above the building when completed. The man in tho picture is handling the upper end of the construction lob. The studio will be located In The Herald and It will be several months before Fully Armed Allied Troops Enter Jap City By The Associated Press TOKYO, Sept. 8 (AP) General MacArthur, shunning all fanfare as a conqueror, entered Tokyo today with fully armed troops of the first cavalry division and officially signalized the occupation of this war-wrecked city with a 10-minut flag-raising ceremony. The supreme commander of the allied powers was stem of visage and firm of voice at the U, S. embassy grounds within five minutes' drive of Emperor Hirohito's palace as he ordered: "Have our country's flag unfurled and In Tokyo's sun let it wave in its full glory as a symbol of hope for oppressed and os a harbinger of victory for the right." ! The general and his men, covering the last mile of the long hard road from Australia, came as the first foreign victors ever to enter this heart of surrendered Japan. In their hour of triumph, they were all business. There was no parade of pomp. The word had been out that the men would march from the diet building to the embassy. Instead, they moved in so un ostentatiously with their trucks. jeeps and weapon-carriers that the sight of the flag the one which flew over the capitol in Washington December 7, 1941, then in triumph over Rome and Berlin was the first notice to many Tokyo, residents that the Americans had come. Maj. Gen. William C. Chase's proud first cavalry division had a huge sign ready, lettered "First Cavalry Division First In Tokyo." as thev waited at Chofu, on the southwest out skirts. ' But they had to leave it hang ing on a tree at the roadside. No Flags Even guidons were removed from the armored vehicles in compliance with MacArthur's direction for a simple entrance. An attempt of a group of Tex ans to fly the Lone Star state flag brought a sharp, reprimand from General Chase. "Get that down no flags." he said. Tanks had rolled up to the outskirts. They halted there. MacArthur chose not to bring them in unless needed, to avoid further damaging Tokyo's rtreets. - -.; - Flag-Raising .' The -raising -otitic- ilag Over the embassy grounds rather than over a. Japanese building such as the diet, in the gesture of an arrogant conqueror was impressive in its simplicity. MacArthur's face, behind (Continued on Page Two) Klamath Skyline News building, across Esplanade. the station will be in operation. YANKS BEGIN DCC AT KOREAN PORT By RICHARD K. O'MALLEY JINSEN. Korea, Sept. 8 (P) Elements of Lt. Gen. Hodge's 24 th army corps pushed ashore on this Korean Yellow sea port at 3 p. m. today (2 a. m.; Eastern War Time) in the first step in occupation of Japan's vassal country. Seventh amphibious group landing craft put the spearhead forces ashore. The big convoy steamed through the Yellow sea from the blasted port of Nana, Okinawa. An escort carrier pro vided precautionary air cover for the transports, destroyer escorts and cruisers. As landing craft circled and headed for the beach, the ships stood offshore from Jinsen, where tide flats, narrow chan nels, and presently high tides made navigation difficult. - Japanese had been evacuated 12 miles inland, although local; (Continued on Page Two) - 125,000 IE IU By The Associated Press Unrest along the country'a labor front became more pro nounced today as new disputes were added to an already long list - snd the number of idle climbed to around the 125,000 mark the '- highest in many . months. The sharp rise in the number of workers off their jobs bee cause of labor controversies had occurred in less than three weeks since' Japan's stirrendef offer was made and after the ending of the no-strike . pledge following formal surrender a week ago. In war time the' strike total was below the 100,--000 mark most of the time. As the strike - trend headed upward, it was recalled some union officials in midsummer predicted that a wave of work stoppages would follow ; soon after the end of the war. An Associated Press survey disclosed approximately 40 sep arate work stoppages across the country, affecting a variety of industries and businesses. 'The number of idle in the struck plants ranged from 25 employes o the Central Kentucky Nation al Gas company in Lexington, Ky., to 30,800 workers at the Ford Motor companv plants in Detroit and other cities. - -i Two Killed In Colusa Car Crash Two lives were taken Thurs day night in' an automobile ac cident near Colusa, Calif., ap proximately 225 miles south of Klamath Falls,1 when Harold Willis, 30, brother of Joe Willis of this city, and his wife, Georgia Willis, 38, were mortal- , ly injured. They both resided at Colusa.- i The tragedy occurred when Willis lost control of the car ho was driving after hitting an ele vation in the highway, accord ing to information received here. Mrs. Willis was killed In stantly and her husband lived only four hours after the acci dent happened. It was believed here that they were en route to Oakland at the time of tho mis hap. Two young girls, daughters ot Mrs. WIHIs by a previous mar riage, were injured in the wreck tut will pull through. f One is 4 years old and tha other 12. ' Joe Willis has loft for Colusa to assist In making funeral ar tangements. He Is an official ot the local carpenters' union, AFL, -v.-.- 'i- p Harold Willis Is survived by his mothor, Mrs. Cleo B. Love, of Oakland; his brother, Jo Willis, and a sister, Jean Willi, both of Klamath Falls, and sev. etal other brother and sisters.
