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V m WEATHER NEWS (November 20) Max. (Nov.mb.r 19) 37 Min. 22 Precipitation last 24 hours . 00 Stream year to data ........ 3.28 Normal 2.10 Last year .2.95 Wednesday Shooting Hours Klamath-Tulalak Open 6:50 a. m. Cloa 4:34 p. m. Telephone Hill PRICE FIVE CENTS KLAMATH FALLS, OREGON 194S Number 10874 Mill & NOVEMBER 20. In. Hi ft By FRANK JENKINS COUR battalions of Iranian 1 troops, headed for the pi Inco of Azarbuljun to quell tho "revolt" mentioned yesterday are hulled by tho Russians and ordered to return to Teh run All thla huppuncd In IRANIAN territory, it wukh as u ittiii- Kin ha i doslgn on Iran or ut least i part of It. WHAT should WE do about It? " Well. Iran adlolni Ruaaia, It might bo Just woll for ui to remember that when we wore having spats with Mexico Rus- ain atayid strictly out of It. "Sphere of luflucnco" If wicked term Unite duya, but the cold fact la that under the Mon roo Doctrine ws regard the Western Hemisphere as OUR SPHERE OF INFLUENCE. So far Russia hasn't butted In rAILY we acan the sklci for aomo HOPEFUL sign aa to Russia, Admittedly such slgna aro few and fur between these days, . but General Eisenhower (temporarily In this country) mentions one today. Ho announces that ho has com' pleted an agreement with Gen oral Zhukov for exchange press lour In tho German military zones occupied by the Russians and the Americana, That is to say, we will permit tho Rus sians to send reporters into OUR zone and the Russiuna will per mit us to send roportcrs (proper, ly chaperoned, presumably) in' to THEIR zone. It isn't much, but ANY such concession on tho part of tho Russians is at least faintly hope- ful because It Indicates, even if it la in a small way, SOME breaking down of their very obvious suspicion or us. 'A 3KED If ha expecti any " TROUBLE with Russia, Els enhower replies: "No, OF COURSE t don't ex. nect any trouble with Russia, If I did. I'd want every soldier I could KeoD there." That comes from Elsenhower, who la in contact with the Rus sians every day. . Vj7E still eem headed for " showdown In China. Chungking and communist troops are reported today to be staging a RACE for Changchun. capital of Manchuria, which the Russians (who took it from the Japs) appear to bo slowly evacu ating. Unofficial reports In Chung king say tho Russians havo laid down 20 conditions (unnamed) that Chungking troops must meet before being allowed to FLY troops in American planes) into 1110 city, f ailing to iiy their troops in, tho Chungking Chlncso must move them in OVERLAND which they seem to bo starting to do. They are reported to have boomed in 23 miles from tho border, TVHAT we'ro curious about Is " whether tho Russians are going to BACK tho Chinese com munists against Chungking. That is why we aro watching all theso reported developments thai filter through tho screens of censorship and jiropagi undo. rpHE tone of tho Chlncso conv munlsts toward US Is in' crcaslngly bitter. They say to day wo'ro "converting China In to on American colony, similar to British Imperialism in India, French, imperialism in Indo- Chlna and Dutch imperialism in tho Dutch East Indies." Reading between tho lines, one guesses tlint their bitterness might bo due to a conviction that they ore LOSING OUT. WHAT wo want to know, above " all elso, Is whether Russia will como to their aid If they Artis losing out. ii that nil im portnnt point wcro not ALWAYS present In tho situation, we'd figure that tho solution is to let Chungking and tho northern communists fight It out to a con' elusion, ("NE can't holp feeling (wo are ,w told nothing) that a dan gerous game is being niayed over there, If It should wind up with us backing Chungking and the (Continued on Tuga S, Column I) . Arriving in United States By The Associated Press Dorait Clfford, Cpl Klnm ath Falls, arrived on SS Is land Mall due in San Fran cisco November 17. Virgil Lady, Cpl., BOO Oak Kinmntn Faun, nowltinH am USS Jnmos O'Hiiro duo in n. uiwvui, ui. Snn Francisco November 17. Richard H. Gallagher, 1st Li., Rt. 2, Klamath Falls, ar rived on Goncrnl Pope duo in San Francisco November IB. Case Against Nazis Jap Baron Commits 20 Germans Face Trial for Crimes Followers Of Hitler Hear Reading Of Indictment' By DANIEL d. LUCE NUERNBERG, Nov. 20 VP) A strangely assorted score of gloomy tuizla sat dejectedly to day ocrorc an international mill' tnry tribunul and heard them' selves formally accused of nazi war crimes, tho murder or luv 000,000 Europeans, plunder, nor ror and torturo. , -1 nroughout the opening ses sion of the historic trial for their lives, Hltlcrian followers such aa corpulent Hermann Gocring, vague Rudolf Hesa and defiant Field Marshal Wllhelm Keitcl listened through ear phones while spokesmen of the nations which crushed their hclrarchy recited crimes the world had never before wit nessed. Charges Raid By turns, prosecutors of the United States, Great Britain. France and Russia droned through tho four counts of the 24,00(J-word--Jndlctment accusing the last' of tho leading nazii of conspiracy to commit crimes against the peace, actual com mission of crimes against the peace, war crimes and crimes against humanity. Even the appendices contain mg individual charges against tne zu defendants were read, meaning that the men who ter rorized fcurope only a year ago (Continued on rato 1, Climi 1) Expert Doubt; Crater Action PORTLAND, Nov. 20 VP) One of America's outstanding volcanologists looked doubtfully today at the possibility that Cra ter lake has begun to act like a volcano again. Dr. Howel Williams, Univer sity of California geological head who wrote an expert treatise on the Crater lako re gion, commented on tho tremen dous smoke clouds observed over the lake. Volcano gas, If forced from the lako floor with sufficient pres sure to forjn smoke, would prob ably cause waves in the luke, he said, Such waves havo not been observed. If the gas wcro being released slowly enough to prevent waves from forming, he added, tho gas would havo been absorbed by tho deep water not released above tho surface, Ho advanced a tentative the ory that submarine volcanic ac tivity Might be forming currents and sending warm water to tho lake's surface. But that explana tion, too, has a drawback: It would have killed the fish and destroyed tho lake's famous blucncss, he said, Yamashita Pleas Denied; Ordered To -I MANILA. Nov. 20 P Lt. Gon, Tomoyuki Yamashita, de feated in his latest attempt to oscapo death as a war criminal, must begin his defenso tomor row. Yamashita anocored com posed and onco smiled broadly today although his pleas for a no: aunty" verdict and for a de lay In presontotion of his de fenso both wcro denied bv tho U, S. military commission trying him. Ma, Gon. Russell B. Reynolds. president of the military commis sion, reminded Col. Harry Clarke, chief defenso counsel, mat several times he had re quested both defenso and prose cution to expedite tho three-wock-old proceedings. Tho defenso obtained nnrmls- slon to show a picture, "Combat minetin 44." show na the batt 0 for Manila and taken from offi cial signal corps film. In pleading for dismissal of lh charges against Yamashita i ' ' J : !.;- J MM 7' - " f- . "swaalaBoiw m Pantnger and freight cara lia Ind., altar th New York-bound train. . Housewives Cry In Aprons Over Sharp ' Rise In Price Of Thanksgiving -Dinner Bv LOIS STEWART Housewives went about their Thanksgiving dinner - shopping today, muttering to themselves, They didn't have to haul out their pocket calculators to find out that this year's Thanksgiving dinner was going to cost a whale of a lot more than It ustal In fact, according to our fig ures, the 11)45 Thanksgiving spread win cost in tne neigh' Dornood ol $ iu.su, as compared to a $0.12 outlay 10 years ago. Looking back through The Herald and News of November, 1U3B, a traditional noiiany ain ncr including turkey and tho trimmings, set the budget back $6.12. That same dinner, with but few changes to take care of what isn't on the shelf now, costs 72 per cent morel Russians Halt Iranian Troops TEHRAN, Nov.- 20 (P) Iran ian troops dispatched to Azarbai- Jnn province to quell separatist disturbances there were halted at Kazvln today by Russian au thorities and ordered to return to Tehran, tho Iranian govern' mcnt said. Four battalions of troops and kendarmes had been moving slowly northward from Tehran, apparently with tho tacit con sent of the Russian army com mander, to quell the outbreak in which seven already have been reported killed. Kazvin Is about 100 miles northeast of Tehran and ap proximately one-third of the dis tance between tne Iranian cnpl (Conllnued on Poio 9, Column S Begin Defense who is accused of permitting countless atrocities by troops of his Philippines common d Clarke argued that only two wit nesses, both accused as collabor ationists, even remotely linked Yamashita with the horrors de scribed dally by other witnesses. Ono of these, Joaquin Galnng, Clarko said, was actually plead ing for easy treatment at his own trial by giving folso testimony. The other, Narciso Lupas, on cross examination contradicted his own direct testimony, tho at torney asserted. v Prosecutor Maj. Robert M. Kerr countered "Yamashita him self ordered tho killing of prison ers of war without trial and tho cold (blooded) killing of civil ians." Ho said horrible scars on some witnesses wore nmplo evi dence of thq general's guilt, Sev eral women called by the prose cution exhibited bayonet and other scars which they said wore Inflicted by brutal, rapacious Japanese troops. ' 1 opened By Military Tribunal Hara-Kiri To Escape Arrest Wreckage Of Chicago-New York Train acrota lha tracka of th Naw York Central railroad near Lydick. Advance Commodora Vandarbllt aidaswipad a westbound freight (AP Wirephoto). First, here's the; 1985' menu and the cost per dish: turkey a 10-poundcr ana probably a nen with stuffing, $3.85; shrimp cocktail, 39 cents; celery and olives, 30 cents; potatoes, 25 cents; cranberry Ice, 22 cents; hot rolls and butter, 35 cents; apple and carrot salad, 25 cents; pumpkin pie, 26 cents; cheese and coffee, 25 cents. (This was for a family of six which is pretty small punkins when it comes to sitting down to. Thanksgiving dinner.) Turkeys have jumped In price, just to start in with, and the 1945 bird and dressing will cost around $5.50 or an increase of 43 per cent over 10 years ago. Shrimp there aren t . any so we took a fresh oyster cocktail and the going opinion that such a cocktail would cost for six, in the neighborhood of $1.30 or $1.50. Celery and olives aren't obtainable for a mere 30 cents these days with celery 15 to 16 cents a pound and a three-pound head the averaee purchase. This makes those little items, figur ing olives at 27 cents for a 41 ounce bottle, add up to 72 cents. Hold onto your hats -we're just getting started. Potatoes seemed just about the same and you should get enough on the table for two-bits. But cranberry Ice, figured at 22 cents 10 years ago, Isn't available either. But the homemade vari ety should be on hand to serve as a compliment to the gorgeous bird and the makings will set Lane Official Target Of Suit SALEM, Nov. 20 (ff) Suit questioning the right of State Rep. Earl H. Hill, Cushman, Lono county, to serve on the state fish commission was filed in Marion county circuit court today by Sheldon F. Sackctt, Coos Bay publisher. Tho suit is similar to that filed 10 days ago by Sackctt against Stato Sen. Merlo Chessman, As toria, who also is a member of the stato highway commission. Both suits are based on a con stitutional provision that no per son may hold positions in any two branches of tho state gov ernment. Bulletin WASHINGTON, Nov. 20 W) Th government today orderad all airllnta operating aaatbound flighta from the weat coaat to al lot 70 par cant of their apace, to army and navy personnel return ing from ins Pacific. The order la effective December 3. WASHINGTON, tor. 20 (IP) Admiral J. O. Rlchardaon today told congressional inveatlgatora that In October, 1940, a atata department adviaer "waa axer claing qreater influence over the disposition of lha (Pacific) Heat ihan I waa." you bacS around 85 cents. The average housewife figures on a generous pound of butter, for a Thanksgiving meal what with seasoning and vegetables, put ting a hunk in the dressing, and slipping some in between the hot rolls.- Butter is 55 cents a pound and the rolls will run around 20 cents per dozen. Add six-bits to the list. Apple and carrot salad was given in the 1945 menu and al though we don't like it we'll have to serve it on this menu. It cost 25 cents back in 1935, but this year will cost you 35 cents, that is if you can find any may onnaise. The pumpkin pie that once cost 26 cents will cost at least 40 cents now, with eggs hit ting around seven cents apiece. Cheese and coffee is another 40 Contlnacd on Poro t, Column S) Pickets Close Grocery Stores SAN FRANCISCO, Nov. 20 (IP) The 82 Safeway grocery stores in San Francisco were closed today - as AFL bakery wagon drivers picketed , the stores and clerks refused to pass ine picKet lines. It was the first move In that direction to come from the 11- day-old tieup of major baking plants here. Milton Maxwell, head of the AFL Butchers union, said mem bers of that union would not cross the picket lines but that they would remove perishable meats to storage if asked to do so. Last night a general walkout In grocery stores here was avert ed as employers approved a pay agreement granting clerks $43 for a 40-hour week. They had been getting $40 for a 48-hour week. The bakery drivers are de manding $70 a week. Employ ers have insisted they would not modify their $80 offer. , The drivers now get $54.30. WV Operators Offer Wage Hike PORTLAND. Ore., Nov. 20 (P) The Willamette Valley Operators' association reinstated an earlier offer of a 121 cent wage boost for striking AFL lumber workers today. A similar offer was rejected several weeks ago by the AFL strike policy committee. George Metzger, Willamette group secretary-monager, said the-operators 'were again mak ing the offer because workers in the area had previously agreed on the amount, but had rejected tho bid because of dif ferences over rates for fellers and buckers. Honjo Led Nips Into Manchuria Officer Found Lying in Pool Of Blood In Office By RUSSELL BRINES TOKYO, Nov. 20 (P) Baron Gen. Shigeru Honjo, accused war criminal and reputed ring leader In the conquest of Man churia, committed hara-kiri to day less than 24 hours after he was ordered arrested. The baron was lying on his right side in a pool of blood in his office at the former Japanese war college when allied report ers and photographers arrived. Blood still oozed from the body and the hilt of his ceremon ial sword was thrust up from the sheet which partly covered the body. The old-line officer performed the Japanese hara-kiri ritual by slashing his stomach cross wise, then cutting his throat. But instead of the ritualistic kimono, Honjo wore his army uniform. His upthrust boots were highly polished. ; War Leader ' Honjo, one of 11 war leaders ui- uie pasi imperialistic decade ordered imprisoned yesterday, died shortlv after his secretary found his slashed body on his of fice floor. "I cannot endure as a soldier of our country to appear before a court of allied powers," Honjo said in a letter written shortly before he killed himself. This is the only way of apolo gizing to his majesty and bring ing my nation to such a miser able state of affairs. "It grieves my heart when 1 think of the surviving families of our men who died on battle fields. - "I therefore have decided to seek death." Honjo'a Desire The letter, addressed to his 'secretary. Kawamura, said it was Honjo's desire that his eld est son, Kazou, not succeed to his title of baron. The retired general, who was serving as president of the or ganization for relief of demobil ized soldiers, had gone to his of fice early this morning as usual although the organization had been ordered abolished by Mac Arthur. The 69-year-old Honjo's eldest son told Kyodo news agency that his father learned of the arrest order only when he read a morn ing newspaper and feared he would be tried as a war crim inal. Holiday Weather Forecast Clear Prospects for a clear, brisk Thanksgiving loomed for the Klamath area as the weather man forecast frost at night and early mornings, but clear skies for Thursday. A number of football fans planned to eat their turkey in the Rogue river valley after tak ing in the Medford-Grant high school football tilt. British Thunderbolts Bomb Indonesian-Held Roadways BATAVIA. Java. Nov. 20 UP) Indonesian-held roadways into Semarang were bombed by six RAF Thunderbolts today and fighting between native and al lied forces broke out in several sections of Batavia. The official Netherlands news agency Ancta reported authori ties expressed belief that a con siderable number of young In donesians belonging to tne Per muda, an organization armed by the Japanese during the occupa tion, were pouring Into the capi tal by train. Allied authorities had lost con trol of the railway stations. The action about Semarang was the first aerial offensive against the city in the current fighting. The Indonesians had barricad ed themselves across three roads which formed the only contact between two Indian forces wiucn FDR Loath To Add Strength To U. S. Fleet By JACK BELL WASHINGTON, Nov. 20 (AP) The late Navy Secre tary Frank Knox predicted on Jan. 24, 1941 that If war with Japan occurred, hostilities might begin with a surprise attack upon the Pacific fleet or the naval base at Pearl Harbor. . His prediction was made in a letter to Henry L. Stimson, then secretary of war, and was disclosed in an exchange of correspondence made public today by the congressional Pearl Harbor investigating committee. Introduction of the Knox letter was one of several d velopments at the day's sessions. Others included: 1 , Admiral J. O. Richardson, commander of the Pacific , fleet until 1 0 months prior to the Japanese attack at Pearl Harbor, testified the late President Roosevelt was "rather loath" to increase the manpower of.the fleet in the mid-summer of 1940. 2. Committee aides said that Admiral William D. Leahy, Mr. Kooseveivs cniel 01- staff during the war, would be called to testify during the day, Admiral ' Richardson also told the committee that after July, 1940, series of conferences with President Roosevelt, Secretary Hull and others, he left Wash ington "with the distinct im pression that there was an opin ion in Washington that Japan could be bluffed." This came up when commit tee Counsel William D. Mitchell asked Richardson what Hull told him, with reference - to Richardson's insistence that the fleet should not be massed at Pearl Harbor. "Mr. Hull very completely and comprehensively presen'ed his views on the relat'ons be tween the United States and Jaoan," Richardson said. "He felt that we should take a very strong position, and that reten tion of the fleet in Hawaii was a reflection of that strong at titude." Then the admiral add ed his remark about the bluff ing opinion. ' Air Patrol Under questioning by Sena tor Lucas (D-Ill.) Admiral Rich ardson said that on April 10, 1940, he started an air patrol from Hawaii which continued until Dec. 30, when he was noti fied he was being relieved of command. At .first the patrol planes (Continued on Par t. Column 1) Fire Damages Local Laundry Fire partially destroyed the cleaning plant of the Superior Troy laundry at 4th and Klam ath late Monday night. Damage to the corner building, equip ment and contents was estimated at between $15,000 and $20,000. Origin of the flames, which swept through the plant at about 11:48 p. m., was not defi nitely placed. It was thought to have been caused by a smoul dering cigarette left in the mark ing room. No one was on duty in the plant at the time. The establishment is owned by Estin Kiger, Marion Grant and Bert Farris. Owner of the building is Ivan Farris. Building Damage Damage to the building was thought to be in the neighbor hood of $5000, the balance dam age to racks of cleaning and bun- (Continued on r-nao 2, Column 4) Snow Falls On Willamette Pass Three inches of new snow fell on the Willamette pass Monday night bringing the total to 63 inches on the mountain route from the Klamath area to Eu gene. Plows have kept the road in good winter driving condi tion. The weather was reported clear in the valley and Thanks giving travelers were urged to drive with caution as the fall ing temperatures resulted in slick roadbeds. Roads were normal to Med- ford, where many Klamath folks plan to spend Thanksgiving and see the Medford-Grant game next Thursday. There was no new snow and the highways were clear but slushy In spots. were attempting to link-up against stiff resistance. After an overnight staff con ference, the British dropped 10, 000 leaflets on the town, warn ing the people to leave before the RAF struck. They were given 90 minutes notice. The British officially ex pressed anxiety over the situa tion in Semarang. A crowd which threatened British head quarters sustained 50 casualties when it was dispersed by mortar fire yesterday, and total Indo nesian casualties in the district were put at 50 killed, 50 wound ed and 150 captured. In embattled Soerabaja, the Indonesians have stepped up their shelling of British Indian Sosittons, and in Bandoeng, ava's summer capital, the situa tion was reported more tense. Japanese still are being used In Bandoeng for police purposes. - 5 - Changchun Entered By Red Troops By SPENCER MOOSA CHUNGKING, Nov. 20 (P) Chinese communist troops wer reported invading Manchuria's) ' capital in force today in a raca with rival nationalist soldiers, already 35 miles inside the vital industrial territory after a breakthrough in the south. ; The China Times declared that 4000 communist troops had entered the capital of Chang chun, but failed to say whether Russian occupation forces still were in the city. The Times also asserted with out confirmation elsewhere that new conferences between China and Russia on the tense Man churian situation would begin soon,- either in Moscow or Chungking. , f Conditions . Unofficial reports In Chung king said the Russians had laid down 20 conditions which tha , nationalists must meet before being allowed, to fly troops into ; Manchuria, making an overland drive necessary. Chungking newspapers as serted this drive already was well under way, with nationalist troops racing 23 miles almost unopposed beyond positions a dozen miles Inside Manchuria to within 190 miles of the great industrial city of Mukden. With these well-equipped, American-trained troops appar ently on the loose after having broken through the Chinese communist line along the Great Wall, the communist press lev eled new charges at the United States. U. S. Scored The United States is convert ing China into "an American colony," the communist Daily News charged. The activities of the Amer ican forces have enraged all pa triotic Chinese, the newspaper asserted. It compared it wita " the "imperialism" of the British, in India, French and Indo-China and the Dutch in The Nether lands East Indies. Noticeably, the criticism was issued swiftly after the other Chungking papers had reported the overnight nationalist ad vance along the Tientsin-Mukden railroad. - The nationalists occupied the railroad town of Suichung, 33 miles northeast of Shanhaikwan, Gen. Eisenhower May Head Army WASHINGTON, Nov. 20 UP) President Truman announced today the Immediate retirement of Gen. George C. Marshall and the nomination of Gen. Dwieht D. Eisenhower to succeed him as chief of staff. The president also announced to a news conference that hat had selected Fleet Admiral Chester W. Nimitz to succeed Fleet Admiral Ernest J. King as chief of naval operations. This change will be made effective shortly after Christnas at a date to be agreed upon by Nim itz and King. The president said General -Joseph T. McNarncv. one-time deputy chief of staff, will suc ceed Eisenhower immediately e.i commander of United States' forces in Europe, and as Amer ican representative of the allied control commission in rjurope. New Language? MANILA, Nov. 20 VP) Out of all the languages and dia lects at least 10 used at Lt. Gen. Tomoyuki Yamashlta's war crimes trial, the general's ear caught one word which persistently puzzled him. Today he asked surprised defense counsel, "Who's this fellow 'Jackson'?" . Momentarily stumped them selves, defense attorneys fig ured out that Yamashita had misunderstood their oft shouted "objection," .
