TWO HERALD AND NEWS
ITALY FIRST
PROBLEM EYED
BY BIG FIVE
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to reconcile, various points of
view,
Urgent questions were before
Byrnes, Britain's Ernest Bevin,
France's Georges Bidault, the
soviet union's Vyachoslav M.
Molotov and China's Wang Shin
Chich. .
As the meeting opened, diplo
mats here expressed fear that
unrest in Greece might touch off
a general strike there and add to
the formidable list of knotty
questions facing the foreign min
isters. This situation was consid
ered especially serious since it
comes precisely at the time re-
f;cnt Archbishop Damaskinos is
n London intent upon placing
his country's views before the
foreign ministers. The Greek at
titude on the forthcoming Ital
ian peace treaty is important,
since the treaty Is the first sub
ject on the agenda of the
meeting.
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Henry Semon, chairman of
the Rotary 4-H committee, with
L. A. West, superintendent of
the junior livestock show, ana
Mrs. Beulah Holland, acting 4-H
club agent, spent Tuesday morn
ing at the fairgrounds.
They are putting the finishing
touches on the grounds In prep
aration for the junior livestock
show to be held Sunday ana
Monday. September lb-17
Everything will be in readiness
to receive the livestock Sunday
moraine.
Two truckloads of sawdust
have been furnished by the
Klamath Heating . company ,.for
covering the sales ring and al
leys in the livestock barns. Car
penter work is being done in the
Sales ring and livestock alleys,
and everything is shaping up
jell for the coming show,
r Four-H members planning to
enter exhibits with calves,
sheep, hogs and poultry, total,
100.
-Cascade
, Ml nd Mrs Rov Temnl will-
teaveC a s c a d.e - Summit this
week, having sold their place of
business here id Mr. and Mrs.
Elmer -Adkison of Oswego. Tem
ple bought the: business from
Lyle Tomlinson and built it into
a year-round business of repair
ing summer homes,, repairing
boats:and contracting; The Tem
ples will now move to McCredief
.springs. The Adkisons will be
assisted by Mrs. Adkison's son
Jack Meisner. 1-
Mr.Jand Mrs. R. L. Porter had
as their guests over the Labor
uay hplidays Mr. and Mrs. Ray-:
mond -A. Porter, Seattle, Wash.;:
Mr. arid Mrs. Glenn C. Bentley;
and daughter, Maxinei. and Shit-;
ley aueu also of Portland.
Mr. and Mrs." Guy. R. Hugunin
of Pendleton; "who spent then
summer vacation in their sum
mer home on Lake Odell, have
returned to Pendleton. Mr. Hu
gunin has retired from business.
Another summer home colon
ist who will soon spend the
greater part of the summer here
in the family summer home is
uscar Johnson, conductor for the
Southern Pacific railroad. He
will soon Tie retired. .
. Sgt. anU Mrs. Darwin Clark of
Portland' 'spent -Wednesday at
Cascade Summit at the A. C. Na
gle home. It is Sgt. Clark's first
furlough after spending two
years, with, the armed forces, in
Italy.'-The ship, on-which he re
turned was on its way to the ori
ent and was one' day's journey
away from the Panama Canal
when Japan: surrendered and it
turned and headed for New
York.. Sgt. r Clark Was formerly
with the forest service.
Mr. ahd; Mrs. -Mike Lee and
family are moving to Cascade
Summit ' where Lee will have
charge pf-removing rocks from
banks near .the Southern Pacific
tracks;"Leeis powder gang fore
man for .the; Southern Pacific
railroad. .
, Cascade Summit is having one
of the mildest 'and most beauti
ful falls ever remembered by old
timers. Although a little frost is
on tne ground, in the mornings,
it soon disappears when the sun
comes out in the forennnn.
i' Dprdihy Bahl, who was teleg
rapher here, :hasaccepted the
same position .with the Southern
Pacific company at Crescent
Lake; She replaces Mrs. Adelind
Armanini, who resigned and re
turned to her home in the bay
area where she will be joined by
ner nusuaiia; i;apt. ueorge Ar
manlni, who has been with the
medical corps in Italy.
Raymond Porter, son of R. L.
Porter,' has passed his maritime
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Helpfulness
To Eviry
Creed and Purse
Ward's Klamath
Funeral Home
Marguerite M. Ward ,
ond Sont
929 High Phone 3334
Tuesday, September 11, 1945
EDITORIALS ON
NEWS
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Paris it may and probably will
be salable for 1000 francs or
even more If the right kind of
sucker can be lound. .
There are trucks and ieens all
around. With a little original
capital and a truck or a jeep, a
guy could run up a nice profit
quickly. Could be that even an
authorized trip to the distillery
town mignt materialize.
COME nasty talcs are afloat in
" the ETO -such as-the heavy
brass who is alleged to have
flown a satchclful 'of . British
pounds to Paris, where he
bought unpegged francs with
them at a stiff profit which was
added to by further finngling
in exchange, with an ultimate
profit running well into six fig
ures (American) that was suc
cessfully converted into dollars
and transferred to a DanK oacK
home.
"If the brass docs it." the GI
naturally thinks when the rumor
comes to his ears, "why shouldn't
I?
A MERICAN soldiers have un-
doubtedly ddne some black
marketing. Some of it has been
on a fairly extensive scale. A
few of the more flagrant in-
'stances got into the papers back
home. You've probably read
them. You may have been
shocked. Again you must re
member that the American army
is a cross section of the Amer
ican public. If there are rack
eteers at home, there will be
racketeers in the army.
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THE point is that the American
soldier in continental Europe
where money is cheap and
commodities are priceless, where
nobody has any confidence in the
value of money and everybody
is trying to exchange - it for
things, where the economist's
term "flight from money" is a
stark and living reality is CON
STANTLY surrounded by temp
tation. Opportunities for black
market prom literally trip nun
up at every turn.
The amazing thing is that with
opportunities so numerous per
formance is so rare, .even me
feeling that he is being gypped
in the way he is paid aoesni
lead the normally honest Amer
ican soldier astray. It isn't how
much racketeering there may be
but how LITTLE there is that
is amazing.
Our armed, torces. here, taicen
as a whole, are fantastically
honest. -
(Note: Mri Jenkins' columns
have been written from England,
France and Germany, but ir
regularity of the mails has made
it impossible to use the columns
consecutively and thus follow
him on day-by-da'y journeys.
Some columns written m France
arrived at Klamath Falls before
others written ? previously, in
x.ngiana.j
i Poe Valley
: A home demonstration meet
ing was held at the Olene
grange hall with Mrs. W. K.
Gillen presiding.
Mr. and Mrs. Ken uoak were
callers here Friday from .their
home in Altamont.
Paul Breighthaupt is home
this week from a training camp.
Chet Barton is putting- up his
hay with a pickup rake which
picks up large shocks of hay
from the ground and loads them
on a wagon or truck.
The Benedict sisters, Mae Ef-
fie and Helen, were busy the
last several days picking
peaches for canning.
The Roberts boys are combin
ing grain this week.
Mr. and Mrs. Glen Kester
were shoppers in Klamath Falls
Thursday. Zolla High and her
nephew, Joe Sullivan, and Mr.
and Mrs. Joe Nork and John
were also visitors in Klamath
Falls.
Cpl. Delbert Pruitt was call
ing on old friends here this
week.
John Short of Henley was a
caller at the home of his broth
er and sister-in-law Friday.
wild plums are ripening in
the valley now.
Frost niDDed the do ta toes
here some, but not enough to
do severe damage.
ATOMIC STUDY
PORTLAND. Ore.. SeDt. 11
UP) Study of possible use of
atomic power to blast a wider
channel throught narrows in the
Inland sea passage to Alaska is
recommended by the Pacific
Northwest Trade association.
The group asked University of
Washington scientists to studv
atomic blasting of ripple rock
in Seymour narrows. .
TRAFFIC DEATHS
SALEM, Sept. 11 (P) Eight
persons were killed in Oregon
traffic accidents over the Labor
Day weekend, Secretary of State
Robert S. Farrell, Jr., said to
day. This compares with none
in 1944, 10 in 1043, one in 1942,
ana live in iui.
examinations for the position of
chief engineer.
Cleo Hebert Is staying at the
home of her brother-in-law and
sister, Mr. and Mrs. Ben Benson,
here and is assisting Mrs. Lowell
Hall at the lodge.
Salesman
Wanted
Temporary and steady
man needed. Clothing and
hoe experience necessary.
Since 1918.
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Flying Service with the service's two instructors, Ruth
Eikeldson and Al Reese. The service, headed by Hitchcock and
R. A. McNabb. now has between SO and 60 students. The planes
are based at the Worden airport.
Yank Doctors
Save Life Of
Nip Ex-Chief
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and a moment later a shot was
heard.
Servants and .Japanese police
gathered excitedly but the
American officers kicked down
a door, only to find another
locked door. It was also broken
open, and Tojo was found on
the floor.
A Japanese doctor, who was
called promptly, said that Tojo
was dying that nothing would
save his life.
Yank Doctors
Then two American doctors
were summoned, promptly gave
him a pint of American blood
plasma, and said he had a S0-S0
chance for life, which he mum
bled ne did not want.
The American doctor in
charge of the battle to save the
suicidal former premier was
Capt. James Johnson of New
ark, O.
Tojo shot himself through the
chest with a .32 caliber pistol
after identifying himself
through a window to the offi
cers and a group of correspond
ents who went to his home 20
miles iTfim downtown Tokyo,
Refuses Treatment r';:,-'.;
The Japanese doctor who was
summoned refused to treat Tojo,
saying he had no instruments
with him and asking why he
was called. Tojo, in a stupor.
also refused treatment from the
Japanese doctor.
Toio- has been portrayed as
the most hated man in Japan
since the loss of the war, al
though he once was immensely
popular.
The American doctor then-
was called in.
General MacArthur had is
sued a "pickup" order for Tojo,
wno merely was wanted at
headquarters for questioning.
rne order followed an Inter
view which Tojo gave only yes
terday to Associated Press Cor
respondents Russell Brines and
Murlin Spencer at his comfort
able farm some 20 miles outside
Tokyo. -
The correspondents had asked
Tojo who was responsible for
starting the war, and the Japa
nese repnea:
You are the victors and you
are able to name him now. But
historians 500 or 1000 years
from now may judge different
ly." The little Japanese he is
only 5 feet 4 inches, and weighs
about 120 pounds apparently
had heard that American offi
cers were about to take him in-,
to custody.
He had planned suicide in the
traditional hara kiri style, and
two ceremonial knives and two
MacArthur Aide
George Atcheion Jr., career
diplomat with 25 years' service
in the Orient, is named political
adviser to General MacArthur
in Japan, He leaves soon for
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Instructors
Control Oh Wood
Pulp To Be Cut
WASHINGTON, Sept. II (P)
Control over the delivery and
use of wood pulp will be re
moved September 30, the war
production board announced to
day. Estimates of wood pulp sup
plies and requirements for the
fourth quarter indicate that sup
ply can be expected to match
the needs, the agency said.
Revocation of the control order
ends three and one-half years of
wartime wood pulp allocation.
WPB said an early decision
may be exDected on the nuestinn
of continuing wood pulp subsi
dies after September 30.
The agency said the rutin nl.
location office will be discontin
ued -uciooer l, its remaining
functions beine taken nvir hv
the forest products bureau.
- Representative Leroy Smith,
representative of the wage and
hour board, will be at tho United
States employment office for in
terviews September 17. Anyone
wishing to contact him may
make appointments through the
office before that time.
automatic pistols were prepared.
Then American counter-intelligence
officers, headed by Maj.
Paul Kraus and a party of cor
respondents approached Tojo's
home.
Tojo twice opened one of the
large sliding windows of his
house. He smiled at the officers.
vith the gaze that once added to
his ill-boded nickname of "The
Razor Brain."
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ocean to he the first allied air
men to bomb tho Jupancso homo
land (in tho Kurlles) after Doo
little's Tokyo raid and con
tinued this to tho end of tho war
were the 404th heavy bom
bnrdmcnt squadron, tho 77th me
duim bombardment squadron
and naval bombers of fleet nir
wing four.
. All Kurilo missions were car
ried out without fighter support
and in the face of enemy attacks
and heavy and accurato anti
aircraft fire.
During the two years' opera
tions against the Kurlles, casualties-
due to enemy aircraft and
ground fire we,ro comparatively
low, principally bccau"0 many
crippled ships unable to return
the long distances to the Aleu
tians found havens in neutral
Russian Kamchatka. It Is only
a few miles across tho first
Kurlle strait from Shlmushu
island.
AT STATE SCHOOLS
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cry school teachers at the State
college. One of the three courses
in the field was transferred from
the school of home economics to
the school of education on tho
same campus.
Chairman Groesbeck ex
plained that training of public
school teachers for tho nursery
school and kindergarten is not a
problem yet in Oregon, as public
! school funds may not be used
in hiring such teachers.
Parker May Get '
World Court Job
WASHINGTON. Sept. 11 (IP)
John J. Parker of North Caro
lina, it was learned today, may
be appointed tho United States
member of - the international
court to try German war crim
inals. Parker, a republican and
judge on the fourth U. S. cir
cuit court of appeals, was on
President Truman's calling list
today. It was reported that Mr.
Truman planned to offer him the
place turned down by Owen J.
Roberts, retired supreme court
justice.
But it was learned elsewhere
that the supreme court place
was not likely to go to Parker.
Undersecretary of War Robert
Patterson, a republican and
former circuit court judge, has
been prominently mentioned for
that. post. .
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NURSE RELEASE
WASHINGTON, Sept. 11 .(JP)
The war department Is consider
ing lowering the discharge score
for army nurses from 65 to 35
points, it was learned today. It
is estimated that under this plan
about 25,000 will be released by
the end of this year. The corps
strength is now 55,000.
Former KF Man
Freed From Japs
John A. Sehlofersloln, brother
of Harold Schlefm'stoin of this
city, has been liberated from u
Japanese prison, camp according
to a wire received horo. Sehltif
crstoln was a barber in Klamath
Falls until about 11)81, when ho
moved to Grunts Pass with his
family,
According to tho telegram,
Schlefersteln, who was with a
construction crew on Wake is
land, is in fair statu of health.
After, being taken prisoner of
tho Japanese lie was in a prison
camp In Shanghai and recently
was transferred to a camp In
Japan.
His wire and flvo children live
in Grants Pass.
(Continued from Pago One)
'ing to supplement state funds
where states do not pay for as
much as 20 weeks.
As Kllgoro explained it to a
news conference, a state which
paid benefits for 14 weeks
would got federal money for 12
moro weeks.
Present rates would bo re
tained there would bo no as
suranco of a $25 maximum.
Demobilization
Gets Army Boost
WASHINGTON, Sept. 11 UP)
The senate military committee
overrode objections of Chair
man Thomas (D-Utuh) today to
demand an explanation from
Secretary of War Stlmson and
Gen. George C. Marshall of de
mobilization plans.
Even after they were told the
army plans to step up its re
lease of men from the present
rato of 11,000 to 22,000 a day,
members insisted upon public
hearings.
Thomas then announced they
will begin tomorrow and that
Stiinson, Marshall, Secretary of
Navy Forre.stal and Fleet Ad
miral Ernest J. King had been
invited to appear.
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The Kin ma th hiivul air sta
tion biiHuhull tKiniul, Southern
Oregon leuuuo champions, wore
(elect lust night at a Uannuot at
Snrl's re.ftuui'ant In Klamath
falls, sponsored by tho wolfuro
department of the Carrier Air
craft Servico unit, aboard tho
station.
Baseball Coach Chief Norm
Wurlhley, annhuncetl tho award
of navy baseball Jackets to each
member of tho winning team.
Lt. Cuidr. Luurl I'etlernon, di
rector ot athletics, praised tho
championship combine for Its
fine showing and sportsmanship
as a group that represented the
efforts of the U, S. navy, Chap
lain Herbert W. Stroiip Jr. and
Welfare Officer. Lt, (Jg) Glenn
White, wore guests of the toam.
Slaughter Order
Revoked By OP A
WASHINGTON, Sept. 11 (IP)
Tho OPA today rovoked an or
der limiting tho maximum per
centages of good and choice cat
tle a slaughterer-may kill in
any month.
The order is effective Wed
nesday, Tlu) icductlon of tho percent
ago of the two top grades of cat
tle had been In effect since Feb
ruary. Its purposo was to pro
vide better distribution of good
and choice cattlo among slaugh
terers and to assist slaughterers
in complying with tho maxi
mum permissible monthly drove
costs lor live cattle.
The OPA last Saturday re
moved all limits on the number
of cattlo any slaughterer might
kill.
SEARCH BEGUN
SEATTLE, Sept. 11 Ml
Search parties wore dispatched
from Sand Point and Palno Field
today after a Puino Field plane
crew sighted the wreckage of n
plane about 10 miles north of
Easton, Kittitas county. Forest
rangers wero to aid the ground
parties. Tho piano was not
identified.
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'Honorable' Splash
Is Jap's Greeting
TOKYO, Sept. 11 W) An
cffUMlvo Japanese civilian bowed
himself right oft a doek into the
water today, lis crowdn of Jap
anese turned out to greet tho
first American ship t tin up
at a Tokyo dock sluca before
tho war.
Tho crew of tho vosm'l,
small signal corps communica
tions craft tho PCE (Mil
fished tho dunked welcoincr
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ried presents for tho crew,
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