Yank POV's Broke Their
Arms To Avoid Working
In Japanese Coal Mines
YOKAHAMA, Jan. 30 Of)
Testimony that American pris
oners of war dreaded Japanese
coal mines so much that they
"purposely broke their arms to
Ret out of work" was introduced
today at the war crimes trial of
Capt. Isao Fukuhara, former
commandant of Omuta prison
camp.
A deposition by PFC. Clar
ence E. Coffclt of Oklahoma City
said the prisoners were afraid
of being killed or disabled in the
Families May
Join Soldiers
WASHINGTON, Jan. 30 (P)
The war department announced
today that families soon may
join soldiers in all overseas thea
ters, provided adequate housing,
subsistence and medical care is
available.
The travel of the soldiers' de
pendents to Europe will com
mence sometime after April 1
and movements to the Philip
pines, Japan, Korea and the
Ryukyus will begin after May 1.
The war department said that
when overseas commanders indi
cate they are prepared to receive
dependents, their travel to over
seas areas will start without delay.
No expenditures of war de
partment funds is contemplated
for, construction of housing for
dependents in occupied areas.
Transportation at government
expense is authorized by law for
dependents of officers, enlisted
men of the first three grades.
(master, or first, technical and
staff sergeants) and certain civ
ilian employes.
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Mitsui mines and purposely in
jured themselves.
Fukuhara is charged with re
sponsibilty for the death of Cpl.
Walter R. Johnson of MePher
son, Kas. Affidavit was piled on
affidavit against the defendant,
including one by Cpl. Lester Lee
Mote of Quanah, Tex., who said:
" Prisoners Beaten
"It was Fukuhara's custom to
beat American prisoners when
ever he felt like exercising."
In an adjoining courtroom,
Hiroji Honda denied charges that
he mistreated prisoners at the
Sendal prison camps, of which
he was commandant. Honda said
he gave orders that prisoners
must be "well cared for" and
treated equally with Japanese
workers.
PhM Floyd C. Parr, Long
view, Wash., was among a num
ber of service men filing affida
vits corroborating the testimony
in the Fukuhara trial.
Pvt. Ward F. Redshaw, 813
Island Rd., Victoria, B. C, testi
fied that both legs of an Aus
tralian, David Runge, had to be
amputated below the knees be
cause of long kneeling punish
ment. Lie Will Accept
UNO Appointment
LONDON, Jan. 30 () The
United Nations secretariat an
nounced today that Norwegian
Foreign Minister Trygve Lie had
advised it that he would accept
appointment as secretary-general,
a post which pays $20,000
a year in salary and $20,000 for
expenses. He was' nominated
yesterday by the security coun
cil. -
A joint UNO and League of
Nations committee recommend,
ed transfer of all the league's ma
terial assets to the new world
organzation by about Aug. 1
1946. It has not yet been deter
mined whether the -league's
buildings in Geneva, Switzer
land, will be kept or sold.
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Godfrey C, Blohm. for six
yean Klamath Falls managtr
of the United States National
bank and for the past year en
gaged in farming near Malin,
will take over duties as mana
ger of the Eugene branch of
the U. S. National on Febru
ary 1.
Blohm To Run
Eugene Bank
Godfrey C. Blohm, for six
years manager of the Klamath
Falls branch of the United States
National bank prior to 1945
when he retired to enter farm
ing, will assume the manager
ship of the Eugene branch on
February 1, it was announced
today.
Blohm operated two ranches
in the Malin area after leaving
banking in Klamath Falls. He
will retain the ranch property,
leasing one and operating the
other under management. Mrs.
Blohm and son Phil will leave,
Blohm is now in Portland.
During his residence here,
Blohm was active in civic af
fairs. He replaces W. B. Gard,
since 1935 manager of the Eu
gene branch. Gard now goes to
U. S. National in Portland.
Nicy Ruling
Asked By VA
WASHINGTON, Jan. 30 (JP)
The veterans administration
moved today for a clear-cut defi
nition of national policy regard
ing future medical care and hos
pitalization of veterans with non
service connected disabilities.
Gen. Omar N. Bradley. VA ad
ministrator, drafted a letter to
President Truman outlining the
critical situation he said has
arisen in handling such cases,
aue io me snoriage ot doctors
nurses and hospital space.
The point might, be reached.
Bradley noted, where no more
veterans with non-service dis
abilities could be accomodated.
Under existing policy many
veterans with non-service con
nected disabilities have been re
ceiving free government medical
care. VA officials said this has
resulted in the following situa
tion: 1. Approximately 70 per cent
of currently hospitalized veter
ans rrom ail previous wars have
disabilities in no way connected
with their military service.
z. world war n veterans with
non-service disabilities alreadv
slightly exceed those with serv
ice connected disabilities, and
their number is increasing. ;
REPLACEMENT BEGUN
YAMHILL. Jan. 30 (Pi Re
placement of .a sawmill de
stroyed in a $40,000 fire last
November has. begun here, Wil
liam bhaw, owner, announced
Moral Values Emphasized
By Durant In Speech Here
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THURSDAY
January 3 I st
for Inventory.
Progress of science can become
the suicide of man, Dr. Will Du
rant, world-fumed philosopher
and historian, warned in an ad
dress to one of the largest Klam
ath dinner audiences in years at
the Knife and Fork club meeting
at the Willard Inst night.
"We need something more
than scientific progress," he said.
"Possibly the reinvigoration of
Christianity will do it. Maybe a
new religion is the answer.
Maybe a knowledge of man by
man will enable man to re-make
man as he has re-made the
world."
The noted philosopher spoke
boldly for moral regeneration
and the sustention of a strong
moral code. -
"The greatest problem of our
time is what will happen if the
moral code breaks down," he de
clared. He described a process
of disintegration which he said
will come if religion that sup
ports the moral code loses its
hold, discipline becomes lax, fun
damcntnl human values are for
gotten, the birth rate goes down.
The lesson of history plainly
points to these factors in the de
cline ot a civilization, inc speaic
er said.
Dr. Durant emphasized the im
portance of a check and control
on human instincts, through the
family, education, ana religion
Religion, he said, is a sanction
and support for a moral code
that is "utterly alien to our im
pulses," yet is the disciplinary
process that raises man above
the Jungle. The ten command
ments. he" said, were unnatural
but in their acceptance as a di
vinely-dictated moral code "dis
cipline was born and the Jews
became a great people.
Large Audience
An audience of approximately
275 listened intently for two
hours to the epigram-studded ad
dress by the philosopher, wnose
topic was: "What Are the Les
sons of History?"
Competition, the speaker said,
is not just the life of trade
it is the trade of life.
"Ford makes a good car be
cause of Chevrolet, he said. Co
operation exists, but as a tool of
competition.
Durant declared that there has
never been any economic system
but the profit system, because it
is based on man's fundamental
instincts. Love parental affec
tion provides me strongest
stimulus to economic production,
hp asserted.
Dr. Durant declared that it
was the profit motive that devel
oped the economic production in
Russia that "with our aid" won
the war. He said that the Rus
sians were forced to accept the
Drofit' motive and that privately
owned agriculture is now respon
sible for 30 per cent of Russia's
farm production. ,
"Communism will come
farther toward our system than
we will go toward communism,"
he said.
When Russia gets security, he
averred, its people will hunger
for liberty, and democratic proc
esses will prevail.
Dr. JHurant- rejected the theory
that American civilization is a
part of the European civilization
and presently subject to deca
dence that is in evidence in Eu
rope. "We are in an early stage of
racial mixture," he said, adding
that it will be 100 years or more
before this mixture produces the
mature American civilization.
In discussing geographical as
pects, the speaker emphasized
the importance of the air age and
said that it has spelled the end
of sea powers. Seaports have
Up
Nazis Set
lynch Law'
NUERNBERG, Germany, Jan.
30 Iff) Nazi leaders sponsored
a "lynch law" for downed Amer
ican and British fliers in mur
derous reprisal for losing the air
war in 1944, according to cap
tured documents presented in
evidence before the international
military tribunal today.
The French prosecution intro
duced a sheaf of German army
records naming Reichsmarshal
Hermann Goering, Joachim von
Ribbentrop, Field Marshal Wil
helm Keitel, Col. Gen. Alfred
Jodl and Ernst Kaltenbrunner
all defendants in the trial here
as participating in a decision
to allow German mobs to hang
or security police to shoot Brit
ish and American airmen.
Klamath Jeweler
Named Director
Arthur A. Rickbeil, Klamath
Falls jeweler, was named one of
the directors of the Oregon State
Jewelers association at in elec
tion held today in Portland.
Joseph F. Gilray, Portland,
was reelected president of the
association for the fifth time.
Carpenter Hurt In
Fall From Scaffold
Knute Bjorklund, 59, carpen
ter employed by the Austin com
pany on construction of the
West-Hitchcock building at 677
S. 7th, suffered serious injuries
to the head at 9 a. m. today when
he fell eight feet from a scaffold.
Bjorklund was moved to Hill
side hospital for treatment. His
condition is said to be' critical.
The carpenter resides at 4240
bhasta way.
Public Utilities
Group Will Meet
An important meeting of the
public utilities commission has
been scheduled for 10 a. m.
Thursday in the council cham
pers ot tne city nan.
George H. Flags, commission
er, -will be here, from Salem to
conduct an informal discussion
of local heating problems. All
users ot city steam neat are in
vited to be present and air their
individual problems at this open
meeting. -
seen their day, he suid, and the
"future belongs to inland cities."
As for political systems, he
saiit, history shows that any sys
tem can be good or bud. In the
United Slates, he suid, democ
racy has been good bectuisu of a
continent of great resources that
demanded man be freu to keep
his gains mid indulge his enter
prising spirit,
But, he suid, more discipline
and order are necessary as a
democratic nation grows older,
and if the democratic system is
to survive, it remoulds itself
along those lines.
Dr. Durant disclosed himself
as a great admirer of Franklin
D. Roosevelt. He asserted the
record of the first few years of
the Roosevelt administration in
establishing new domestic poli
cies was one of the outstanding
feats in .history. He u raised
Roosevelt's great courage in tho
nice ot uiuicuil odds in the war
period.
Dr. Durant said he is often
asked:
No Eternal Peace
"Was tho lust war the last
war?" His answer was in the
negative, for competitive forces
will most certainly generate new
struggles. "We shall never know
eternal peace. he remarked,
adding: "After all, that is a mot
to tor a cemetery.
The speaker was optimistic,
however, in his look at the long
iuiure ot the human race.
"Man is tough." ho said.
"Civilizations do not die but
in some measure are preserved
in" the younger flesh of new so
cieties. Man survives tho catas
trophe, and goes on. Invincibly
to his destiny. Somewhere,
somcnow, ne win uuiid again.
Dr. Durant was introduced bv
Phil Hitchcock. Representatives
of the lumber Industry in the
community received special rec
ognition at the dinner from John
Houston, president of the club.
Dr. Durant came here by auto
mobile from Medford. and left
Wednesday morning by train.
Chief Pushes
British Loan
WASHINGTON. Jan. 30 fP)
President Truman today asked
congress to vote $3,750,000,000
loan to Britain, saying it would
lead to expanded "production,
consumption . and employment
and rising standards - of living
everywhere."
Urging prompt action on the
agreement, which also includes
an additional credit of $650,
000,000 settling lend lease obli
gations, Mr. Truman said the
loan will permit this nation and
Britain to "move side by side"
toward the goal of expanded
world trade.
Within a few minutes after
the president's message reached
the house Chairman Spence (D
Ky.) of the banking committee
introduced legislation calling for
approval of the loan. He said
in a statement the committee
would hold "fair and full" hear
ings to "bring out all the facts."
"From what I have heard of
th sentiment of the house re
publican as well as democratic
we are going to consider this
question with open minds,"
Spence added.
In the senate, however. Demo
cratic Leader Barkley of Ken
tucky, was balked In his attempt
to introduce similar legislation.
Bulletin
LONDON. Jan. 30 (AP) The
United Nations Security council,
with Russian agreement, voted
unanimously toniqht to turn the
Russian-Iranian dispute over to
direct negotiation between Mos
cow and Tehran while retaining
the right to request information
on progress of the negotiations!
at any time.
Gibson Girl
Points Out
Earl Heuvel v
(Continued from Pago One)
they would do anything he
asked to "get out of this mesa."
Both suid they would, lleuvel
then asked, Virginia Gibson's
testimony stales, "If I told you to
go swim Klamath lake, would
you do It?"
Until girls suid they would try.
Heuvol's next question, still ac
cording to the testimony, was "If
I told you to go ' up on Main
street and stuntl on your bond,
would you do it?" Both again
suid they'd try.
Unbutton Blouses
lleuvel then asked them to un
button their blouses, the girl tes
tified, breaking Into lours. The
court recessed whilo she re
gained her composure,
Soon after that point In tho
hnppcnlngs In the chief's office
Virginia Gibson suid she was
sent out of tho room to sit in an
other room whilo fiernlco Huff
remained wllh lleuvel in the of
fice. Doth girls spent the rest of
that night in tho cell. Next
morning, November 10, Miss
Gibson related, both she and
Bernice wore brought back to
Ileuvel's office. He told Bernice
to sit In the adjoining room and
locked the door,
At that time the alleged of
fense agninst her took place, the
fiirl continued. A few minutes
liter both girls were taken be
fore the police Judge and, on
Ileuvel's recommendutlon, were
told to leave town and not re
turn for 1)0 days.
Afraid to Talk
Miss Gibson said she didn't
tell the police Judge of the af
fair in the office because she
was still In custody and was
afraid to say anything.
Before they were taken to the
bus station, lleuvel again warned
them not to say anything about
their experiences in Klamath
Falls, she testified, or he "would
make it plenty bud" for them.
The girls were taken to the
bus station and put on a bus for
The Dalles.
Miss Gibson said she told her
mother of the occurrence here as
soon as she got back to The
Dalles, and later told tho story
to John Stnpleton, an attorney
Wednesday. Jan. 10. 1949
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thorc. On cross examination she
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HKII'MSl mo vuy pi IMIIIIlHlll
ruin.
Croit Examines
Herbert P. Welch of Lake
view, one of Heuvel's attorneys,
conducted the cross examina
tion, but added little Information
except that Virginia Gibson hud
been in Jail in Boise, Idaho, and
Yakima, Wash., as a material
witness against her husband,
Jumes Uitllcy. Her former hus
band, u curd dealer and gambler,
was then being tried for bnnk
robbery,
Uernlce Evelyn Huff next took
the stand for (he prosecution,
and corroborated Virginia Gib
son's story statement for shite
ment except on a few points. One
discrepancy was In who mild the
girls' hotel bill. Hern lee said
they hud money wllh them lu
pny It,
Ball Issue
Another point of conflict con.
corned tho offer of bull inudo by
two nullum the night of tho nr.
rest, unit still another wns
whether Orvlllo Hamilton, then
assistant police chief, or lleuvel,
suggested tho girls should bo
locked up the first night.
Welch wus not allowed yes-;
terduy to enter evidence of Bor-1
nice Huff's past pollre record ;
wnen judge Arne walker held
that sho was not named In the
indictment.
Klmmel Upheld
Again this morning, Welch
and Karl Bernard sought to
bring that evidence before the
Jury, but Walker upheld Prose
cutor Rex Klminel's contention
that In luw It Is "olementul Unit
you eim't substitute a trial of iV
witness fur trial of defendant.'1
Frank Uluekmcr and Tony
Nolms. policemen who wr on
duty the night the girls were
picked up, were placed on the
stand this morning to testify ai
to booking (he girls.
Willie Mne Collins, the minor
girl named lM an Indictment
against lleuvel for contributing
to the delinquency of minor,
mid her sister, Mnrgaret, arrived
In town totluy. Tho delinquency
charge Is slated to be aired in
circuit court starling Friday, or
ns soon us tho present trial li
finished.
Racing funs pay more thin
$.10,000,000 in taxes annually '
Into state treasuries.
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