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n fi) Uvll at mm 0 PRICE riVE CENTS Pearl Unforeseen As Jap First Target, Says Hull Inlfee By FRANK JENKINS 5RB world trouble this time disorder In India. In- M' eluding striken, riot nnd consld erable shooting. There Imvo been 15 death nil thin Is written, Including posnlbly ona Amcrlcun soldier. At leusl 100 person Imvo been Injured, some 13 of thorn Amer icans. The- city of Calcutta, where the trouble content, ha beon put out of bound tor an but essential American troops, THE ruckua In India seem to hnva been touched off by the trial for treuiion of officers of the Indian national nrmy, which was organized by Jap Puppet Kuhhns Clnindrn Bose to HELP THE JAPS take India away from the British. .... Tlin nroblem of what to no with India, you see, is still far from settled. THIS Is the British storj" "We'll turn India lo e s soon as the people of InAtt have been BROUGHT UP to the point whero they can toke care ox incmieivcB u mwvtii world." All Rrltlsh.hatcr. of couric. will scoff and Insist that this Is lust a stall. Many oi tnem, human nature being what it is, try to settle their OWN prob lems by tolling their children In the difficult tcen-ago year that "Papa and Muma know best what Is good for you; Just watt until you grow up and you 11 thank us for bringing you up right," -HILDREN, when given ' this nnrfrrtlv sound and time' proven advice, SELDOM receive It gratefully, or even submissive ly. They are apt to mutter re- bclllously to tncir iccnuKc intimates that "Papa and Mama are old foglo who don i unur.iv stand thin Generation." Oddly enough, the children mhniii mi nil nnd mamas stand pat and ''bring them up right' seem to turn out better in the long run than thoso that aro turned looso on the streets to llvo their own lives in their own woy. That, boiled down to e. cntlul, Is the British contention as to India -ET1 J 1st 'ETTING nearer home, thero i a "rciiin of terror In New York, where 00 violent deaths have occurred in ifl aoys. ine largest mobile police force In tho city's history, hung with guns like a division of shock troops, is patrolling tho city's streets in automobiles trying to discourage Indlscrlmlnato mur An example of what Is going on is nrovlacd by tho case of n 10-yeor-old girl who was shot in tno Knco wniio crossing a princlpnl downtown street. She says sho was just going about her business and heard a shot nnd felt a atlnB In her leg and there she was with a knee out of camm ss on. Even staid old Portland Is having tavern shootings and police killings every few days. THERE Isn't any very accurate datn on the subject, but great wars seem to bo followed oy periods of LOOSE morals on tho part or consmuniuio numucu of people. Wo'vo gone so far as to try to explain this phe nomenon with big words call ing it a "war psychosis." YOU will note that Instead of TURNING THE CITY OVER to theso victims of tho war psychosis, Now York Is hiring policemen with guns. History tells its that is about the only way to handle such situations. It is just posslblo that In India nnd the Dutch East Indies and China and elsewhere this samo "war psychosis" is responsible for a lot of tho troublo that is filling the front pages and clog ging tho nlr waves. Wo aro basically suspicious of everybody who Is trying to sit on tho lid In theso places and appear to have a hazy notion that all revolutionists should be given a free roln, But here at homo wo HIRE MORDi.POLICE MEN. Human beings, as has often been remarked, arc funny. TE GAULLE, who has so far - Bticceeded In keeping his scat on tho bucking broncho that Is present-day France, presents to tho new French constituent as sembly a program calling for n'iinuw ii"Hniiii ..in. iiih iui QUICK NATIONALIZATION of Untlnud on !( I, Column 1) i WASHINGTON, Nov. 23 (IP) Former Secretary of State Hull said toduy that the possibility the Japanese would attack Pearl Hurbor hud not occurred to him In tho critical last days of diplo matic negotiations in 11)41. With a black top coat thrown round his shoulders, Hull sat before a senate-house committee Investigating the naval disaster and told members that never once during the final months of negotiations had ho received any hint that Pearl Hurbor would bo assaulted, Hull wild that although he had warned tho late President Roosevelt and others that the Japanese might strike anytime, any plucc, American military attention primarily was directed toward tho southwest Pacific. Tho committee earlier In the day received copies of a Nov. 27, 1041 memorandum In which Gen. Gootgo C. Marshall, army chief of stuff, nnd Admiral Harold R. Stark, chief of naval opera tions, hud suggested to Mr. Roosevelt six possible points of Jap anese attack without mentioning Hawaii. Slnvine Victim ' " Th c4y. of Mrs. Elolia Can ning Kennedy '(above), 24, was found in the bath Of bar; Santa Fa., N. M.. apartment. Sba had been .stabbed and slashed. Ho, death.' Htr month-old. baby daughter lay unharmed in I a crib nearby. (AP Wiiaphoto). Snow Covers Much Of U. S. By The Associated Press An lntone -storm which has controlled the weather over the eastern half of the country for three days remained centered in the Upper Lakes region today but was weakening and gradual ly retreating northwestward. Tho storm brought a solid cover of snow ranging from ono to three inches or more to the cntlro urea embracing northern Missouri, eastern Iowa, Minne sota, Wisconsin, upper Michigan and tho western portion of lower Michigan, tho Chicago weather bureau suld. Tho heaviest officially report ed snowfall was at Land o' Lakes, Wis., which had 15 Inches. Marquctto and Grand Rapids, Mich,, each reported eight Inches and Houghton, Mich., seven. Lighter snow, ranging up to ono inch, fell in northern Illi nois and Indiana, enstern Ken tucky, Ohio, West Virginia and Pennsylvania, with a heavier layer, ranging from two to 11 Inches, covering New England. Buffalo, N. Y,, reported more than five Inches. Tho Chicago weather bureau said a cold wave now gripping tho entire central and eastern Cordons of tho country would cgln to moderate tomorrow and temperatures would continue to rise over tho weekend. MW" Off' ' " a- v A Savage Threats By Hitler Told At War Crimes Trial By DANIEL DE LUCE NUERNBERG, Nov. 23 (P) Ten days before tho Germans at tacked Poland In 1030 Hitler told his generals ho had given ordors "to kill without mercy all men, women and children of tho Polish race or language" and that German troops wearing Polish uniforms would bo used in an attcmnt to conceal tho nazl aggression, tho American prosecution charged at tho war crimes trial today. The prosecution, outlining Its major case that Hitler and his chief 20 aides on trial at Nuern berg plotted aggrcssivo warfare thai cost the lives of millions, began the introduction of "10 documents never beforo re vealed." Among them was tho speech, a copy of which was captured from tho Germans, which Hitler uwiii tiiu uuiiiiuiid, wiiiui fllllUt made to his generals at Obcrsalz- berg Oil August ii. Telephone Bill KLAMATH FALLS. OREGON, Under questioning or commit tee counsel, Hull suld that late In 1041 American officials were receiving almost constant mos iages that the Japanese were moving men and ships to the lower end of Indo-Chlna. "We knew that was the jump ing off plucc for an attack," Hull said. Ho added that the attack from there might have been directed ugalnst the Dutch East Indies, the Philippines, Singapore and other areas. No Hint "We were watching that very closely as the days passed by," he said. "I didn't think any thing either way about other places in the Pacific that might be attacked, including Pearl Harbor." Asked whether he had re ports, rumors, intimations or hints that Pearl Harbor might be hit, the former secretary re plied ho had not. Hull said that "Japan's peace ambassador" Durum told him curly in their diplomatic con versations during November, 1041, that the Pacific was "a powder keg" and that Japan was at "on explosive state." The former secretary asserted mat rturusu was "simply plead ing that we must ocrce on the diplomatic side, or something awiui would nnppen." Hull testified orally before me committee urter submitting a lengthy prepared statement in which ho detailed the diplo matic DHCKground of the lost few weeks before hostilities, be gan. In this, he said that he hud warned the cabinet a month before Pearl Harbor that Japan might strike at any time and that he and President Roosevelt sought frantically to avoid a showdown. Tho former secretary, who Is 74 and ailing, talked slowly, In spaced phrases. He had an overcoat draped over his should crs to protect him from drafts in the hearing room. Hull said that he had expect ed war with Japan prior to the Pearl Harbor attack and that he and President Roosevelt hod maneuvered desperately to gain time. Bob Perkins Hurt In Tire Blow-Up Bob Perkins, 10, former KUHS athlete, suffered serious Injury to his eyes Tuesday in a freak accident which occurred as ho Inspected a truck tire. Perkins was making a riellv cry for tho Stevo Walker Stove OH company when he heard a leak in the left rear tire on the truck. Ho started to Investigate and just as ho knelt by the tire the casing blew up blinding Perkins in both eyes. He was moved to Klamath Medical clin ic where an operation was per formed to remove particles of dirt, rubber and sand and at noon today was dismissed irom Hillside hospital to return to his homo, mo. Main, rne bandngo from ono cyo had boon removed and It is thought that he will re gain his full vision. "The invasion and extermina tion of Poland begins Saturday morning," the fuehrer was quoted, "I will hove a few com panies In Polish uniform attack in upper Silesia or in the pro tectorate. Whether tho world believes it or not does not mean a damn to me, Tho world be lieves only in success." In tho courso of this speech, at conclusion of which tho Ger man stenographic record showed Hermann Gocrlng jumped on a tablo and "danced like a savage," Hitler also declared: "Tho occasion is favorable now as it never has been. I have only ono fear and that Is that Chamberlain (prime minister of England) or such another dirty swlno comes to mo with proposi tions to change my mind. He will bo thrown downstairs even If I must personally kick him in tho belly before tho eyes of all the photographers." (See Also Page 13) ,"1 W V V FRIDAY, NOVEMF ' .V .O A' jl Employes of the General Motors assembly plant at South Gate, Calif., leara tha building to form a picket line and join other workers in a nation-wide strike against the corporation for a 30 par cent wage increase. ' (AP Wirephoto). Americans Casualties As Anti-British Riois Spread Turmoil Over Calcutta CALCUTTA, Nov. 23 (P) Ono American soldier was miss ing and more than 30 hud been injured today as Indian anti British rioting raged for the third day in Calcutta and spread to Bombay and Delhi. , The demonstrations, touched off by the trial of Indian offic ers who sided with the Japanese in tho war, threw Calcutta into civil turmoil. More than 20,000 municipal workers w e n t on The missing U. S. soldier was reported to have left Camp Howrah, across the Hooghly river from Calcutta, last night in an ambulance. The ambu lance was found this morning overturned and burned. The name of the missing man was not disclosed. At least 15 American trucks and command cars have been attacked by unruly mobs since the disturbances started here. Crying "down with British Rock-Throwing Counts Dropped Dismissal of charges of as sault with a dangerous weapon against James warren JNoreen, 17, and Larry White, 18, was an nounced today by the juvenile office. 'Both boys have enlisted in the armed service and Paul Angstend, KUHS football coach, has withdrawn his complaint provided both boys are accepted for service. The charges grew out of a Hal loween rock-throwing incident at Angstead's home at 919 Mitchell. ; Both boys had ad mitted throwing a rock and a brick through , the windows of the house because of a grudge against the coach. - - Hungry Japanese Raid Warehouse TOKYO, Nov. 23 W) An American army warehouse was broken Into by rioting, hungry Japancso at Scndal today, while warlords whose dreams of con quest had brought incipient fam ine surrendered one by one to allied jailers. Two hundred Japanese labor ers, including women, ransack ed the army warehouse, taking food and other items, Scndai po lice reported. The pi'llce arrest ed 180 persons, including 94 wo men. There was no indication that thero were any Americans guarding or near the warehouse at the time. There have been similar out breaks in recent weeks on Hok kaido, northernmost home is land, but none involving Amer ican stores nave been reported, Scndai, on Honshu, is within 200 miles of Tokyo, Negotiation On In Typo Strike SEATTLE. Nov. 23 (A') Ma yor William F. Devln announced today after a conference with representatives of the striking AFL Typographical union, local 202, and of the city's three strike-bound newspapers that "both sides have agreed to carry on negotiations toward a settle ment of the strlk"-- WEATHER NEWS (November 23. 1945) Max. (Nor. 22) 48. Min. 38 Precipitation lut 24 bouri Tract Straam yaar to data 3.28 Mormal 2,28. Last yaar 2.95 Saturday- Shooting Houra Klamalh-Tulelake Opart 8:54 a. m. Close 4:32 p. m. V, Motors Workers Out On imperialism," students clashed repeatedly with police in Bom bay. Twenty demonstrators were reported injured. A British sold ier who refused student de mands that he shout "jai hind (victory to India)." was beaten. The red mogul fort where Indian national army men axe on .trial on charges of aiding the enemy -was the scene', of Delhi s demonstration, a col umn of students marched past the fort. Their leaders indicated Truck Owner Views Theft PFC Kenneth F. Earley of the Marine Barracks is lodged in the city jail today awaiting ac tion on a charge of larceny of an automobile filed against him by the district attorney's office this morning. Earley reportedly stole a 1937 Ford pickup truck belonging to Mrs. Lucy Divens, 1805 Earle, shortly after . 11 o'clock last night. Mrs. Divens ' reported to po lice that she was burning rub bish in the vacant lot at East Main and Sprfng and had left her truck - parked at the curb. When she returned to the. car she saw a marine in the driver's scat and that he had started the motor. .: She stepped on the running board and told the marine it was her car and that she had further use for it. ' He started driving off and the door came open, pushing Mrs. Devins off onto the pavement. A few minutes later police saw the truck speeding down Spring street with no lights. Pa trolman Bud Switzer gave chase and the car stopped in the 900 block on Spring. Earley got out and started to run but halted when Switzer threatened to fire. He was hand cuffed and taken to the city jail, arriving there about the time Mrs. Divens was reporting her pickup stolen. The marine told police this morning that he was sorry he had stolen the truck and that he was eligible for discharge from the service soon. Bones Held Clue To Lost Woman GOLD BEACH. Ore., Nov. 23 (P) Wearing apparel has tent atively identified a skeleton found at Carpenterville, - 18 miles south of here, as that of a Texas woman missing for a year, officials said today. Mrs. Kathleen W. Tomlln, San Antonio, whose abandoned car was found November 23, 1944 at Drain, Ore., disappeared en route homo from Portland. State Police Capt. Paul Parsons, Mod ford, said a watch, a ring, and pieces of slacks found with the skeleton which had two bullet holes in the skull had Texas labels, . . - Mrs. Tomlln . was last seen in Florence, Ore., where she sent a wire to her husband In Texas. She operated a travel service for servicemen. Tho place where the skeleton was found is 164 miles south, of Florence, ' ...... i m it- i y j, ... . Number 1087S Strike all college students in Delhi would be asked to quit classes in protest against shootings in Calcutta. Disorders swept Calcutta for the third day. . . The rioting already has taken the lives of at least 15 persons and resulted in injuries to 150 others, including.' 12. American soldiers; Brig. Gen. Robert P. Neyland, commander of the U.S. base, section headquarters, has placed the city - out of bounds for all American troops except those- on -essential duties. - The dead include women and children as well as men. The outbreaks this morning again centered in the southern section of the city where a police truck was burned by a mob. . The demands of the workers, whose 15-day strike notice ex pired yesterday, include a basic pay increase, living facilities, free "iedical aid for all em ployees and indemnity benefits for women workers. ' ; Klamath Soldier Rescues Child. WITH THE 90TH INFANTRY DIVISION, WEIDEN, Germany (Delayed) PFC. Harold Light foot, Klamath Falls, medical de partment, 315th medical bat talion, received the Soldier's Medal for heroism on June 6, 1945 in the vicinity of Weiden, Germany. While strolling near the Wald naab river, PFC. Lightfoot heard screams for help and saw a small child struggling in the water. Unhesitatingly he dived into the river, recovered the then submerged b o d y and brought it to shore where arti ficial respiration quickly re vived the child. First Tule Japs Leave For Japan The first group of voluntary Japanese repatriates to leave Tulelake WRA center for Japan were en route today to Seattle where they will embark for their trip across the Pacific, Ivan Williams, officer in charge of the immigration service at Tule lake, announced today. There are 423 single men, all over 18. in the group. All had asked to be sent back to Japan. Klamath Continues In 35th Place In Oregon Loan Drive ! Klamath county continued to trail in 35th place in the state as Victory loan figures were tabulated this morning. Of the $740,000, Klamath's E b o n d quota, only $183,000 had been raised at noon today. Bond headquarters at 1011 Main, reported the following percentages as reports came in from local service clubs which are sponsoring the Victory loan: Business and professional wo men club, 51.5 per cent of quota; Lions,! 19.3 per cent; Kl wnnis, 18.2 per cent; Junior chamber of commerce, 17.5 per cent; Rotary, 13 per cent. Only 24.5 per cent of the over all quota ha been raised and wvivor im: aa at bbf By OVID A. MARTIN ' V WASHINGTON. Not, 23 (AP) All maat rationing and tomorrow. At the same time, ali food fata become polnt-fraa. , Secretary of Agriculture Anderson made these announcement to a naws conference today. The food fats fraad from the ra tion program include butter, margarine. lard and shortening. The meat rationing termination also applies to canned fish. Sugar is now the only food left on the ration list. ' s i- Since Sept. 30, about one third of the meat supply has beerl ration-free. This included the lower grades of beef, yoal and lamb. Only choice cuts of those meats and virtually all pork had remained on the ration list after that time. ; Tie-Up Of U.S. Phones By The Associated Preii The possibility of a nationwide strike of telephone workers was hinted today by Joseph A. Beirne, president of the Nation al Federation 01 Telephone Workers, who arrived in Chicago to meet with union officials in an attempt to settle a strike of Illinois operators. - "The possibility of a national strike is not remote if the situa tion here is as bad as I think it is," Beirne told newspapermen as he arrived at union head quarters after flying from New York. However. Edwin R. Hackett attorney for the strikers, said "it appears that a successful con clusion (to negotiations) will be reached and the strike terminat ed today." The number of workers idle throughout the country because of labor disputes was more than 500.000. includine some 200.000 at most of the 70-odd General Motors plant in 20 states. In Detroit. CIO United Auto Workers union officials awaited a management reply to its pro posal for arbitration of the 30 per cent wage increase dispute oy a inree-man- ooara. ; Meanwhile, John W. Gibson, special assistant to Secretary of iaoor bcnweiienoacn, expressed hope , that an early settlement would oe reacned in the wage dispute. Nationalists Near Hulutao CHUNGKING, Nov. 23 (A) Nationalist capture of the stra tegic Manchurian port of Hu lutao is imminent, press dis patches said today, while Chi nese communists claimed be latedly the seizure of Yencheng and Tinghsien far to the south. The reds asserted officially that they took Yencheng, im portant town 120 miles north east of Nanking, on November 10. at that Tinghsien. on the Peiping-Hankow railroad 40 miles north of the junction city of Shihkiachwang, was captured October 27. Hulutao already has been outflanked by nationalist troops driving into Manchuria against light opposition. Winnie, Bevin In Hot Clash LONDON, Nov. 23 W) Win ston Churchill and Foreign Sec retary Ernest Bevin clashed in commons today over the labor government suggestion of a three-year postponement of the Greek plebiscite on the fate of the monarchy. Bevin precipitated the argu ment during a debate on foreign affairs by saying he had sug gested that the vote be held by March, 1948. Storming to his feet, the war time prime minister shouted: A delay of two or three years" on the question of a monarchy or republic "would be wrong for it is a burning question in Greece." Bevin snapped oacic: 1 oeiy anybody to run a plebiscite in Greece at the present time." bond buyers were urged to sup port the Klamath campaign in this loan as in the past. Every $25 bond purchased carries with it a chance on the 1946 Dodge sedan which will be given away right after the first of the year. Governor Earl Snell will draw for the winning num ber. 'The holder of the winning stub will be notified by his or her county chairman and has 10 days in .which - to claim the Rworde ' In addition to the ' Dodge, every bond purchaser has a chance to take in special events given in Klamath county and also to support his favorite queen candidate. Possibility faKnvft H i! eft H aa u h The meats and fats rationing; program was started March 29, 1943. . The termination is effective at 12:01 a. m Saturday. , j Secretary Anderson said there is no immediate prospect of lifting sugar rationing. Anderson estimated that liftf ing of rationing will make meat available for civilians in Decem ber at an annual rate of 165 pounds per capita compared with an annual rate of 110 pounds during the early spring and summer. Cleared With Chester In announcing the action, Am derson said the decision wa agreed to by Price Administra tor Chester Bowles. ine whole question of con tinuing rationing was discussed at a White House conference Wednesday night attended by both Anderson and Bowles. The secretary said the ending of rationing will in no way af fect government plans for the shipment of meats and certain fats and oils to allied and lib erated countries. . Conshie Fast In 4th Day WALDPORT, Ore., Nov. 23 VP) Eleven conscientious ob jectors today reached the fourth day of a fast made in protest of policies which , they claimed were leading id peacetime cbn scription - .-. ..-.-...,'; The men opposed the decision of the brethren service commit tee church group which - op. erates the- camp for the govern, ment to continue the conscient ious objectors program after March 2. That date Is six months after V-J Day. They also obiected to a recent ruling that men at the Waldport camp, scheduled to close De cember 15, would be transferred to other camps and detached service units without their ap proval. The f asters, spending a food less Thanksgiving, asked that, they be dismissed by faster de mobilization of conscientious ob jectors, or they be allowed the same choice in transferring to other service as was permitted during the war. 20 Persons Shot I By Iran Rebels TEHRAN, Nov. 23 (P An Iranian general reported by rat. dlo from troubled Azerbaijan province today that 20 officials and landowners had been seized by rebels and shot. :. VicKtlntf tm still In n the railway town of Mianeh, 250 miles northwest of Tehran, the) general said. His report reestabJ usned military radio communi cations between Tabriz nnd thii capital. - . - The government has attribute ed the disorders to separatists. Arriving In United States By The Associated Prass Juanlta M. Johnson, T5, Malin, arrived on Lurline due in San Francisco November 18. John W. Graan, T3, Crater hotel, Klamath Falls, arrived on General Sturgls due in Ta coma November 19. Clarence E. Howie, SSgt 7th and Klamath, arrived on Cape Canso due n Portland November 21. James M. Gavin, PFC, Klam ath Falls, arriving on Hagers town Victory due in Boston November 24. Robert W. Waldron, 8Sgt., Klamath Falls, arrived on Agwi Prince due in Seattle November 22. Felix H. Bryion, Sgt., Klam ath Falls, arrived on SS Peter J. McGuire due in New York November 19. John M. Fay, PFC, Klam ath Falls, arrived on SS Peter J. McGuire due in NeWIYork November 19. Kenneth. E. Pierce, 8Sgi., Box 488, Lakevlew, arrived on Mormac Wren due In Seat tle November 16. John F. Briley, PFC, Mer rill, arrived on Mormae Wren due In Seattle November 16. Virgil W, Lacy, Cpl 806 Oak, Klamath Falls, arrived on USS James O'Hara due in San Francisco November 17, i
