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Show r PAGE I2"ejgg1-SUNDAY HERALD Ickes Accused of Attack On Sovereignty of the States f . WASHINGTON, June 23 U.R "Kenny of California accused oecrew7 01 interior xiaruia ij. ... . , " ; Ickes tonight o an "unwarranted! states' claims had been upheld by attack" on the sovereignty and property rights, of states. Kenny issued a statement replying re-plying to charges made by Ickes In connection with the current dispute over title to submerged land whether they are own x by the federal government or States. Ickes asserted that s attorney generals had raise ''false facade" and that the oi Issue was ownership of valuable oil land off the coast of California. Cali-fornia. Kenny said that Ickes, by denying that ports and inland .submerged areas are Involved, ..Ignored statements by government govern-ment attorneys at congressional hearings, in 1839. Those attorneys, attor-neys, he' continued, said that if the federal government took oil Irom California coastal land it would have to take over all ports and harbors. ) The statement said that the supreme court decisions and by previous rulings of Ickes himself. "These decisions of Mr. Ickes were based errvthe long line of U. SfHupreme .court decisions n which the attorneys general now" rely," Kenny said. "Vast sums of taxpayers' money, have been spent on the faith and integrity in-tegrity of these decisions.' Mr. Ickes' present reversal is a flagrant breach of that faith. It is just what the attorney generals gen-erals say it . is, namely, an unwarranted un-warranted attack on the sovereignty sover-eignty and ' property rights of every state in the union" The house judiciary committee spent three days this week hearing hear-ing state, and city officials urge passage of pending bills waiving federal claims to submerged lands. Most of 82,012 Jap Wounded Die, Or Put to Death HY WIELIAM C. WILSON United Press War Correspondent MANILA,- June 23 (U.R) Nearly all of the 82.012 Japanese wound ed in the Philippines campaign died or were put to death by their comrades on orders from Japanese officers, Gen. Douglas MacArthur's headquarters report ed today. Many were forced to commit uicide. ' "History rarely records such callousness in its atrocities," an official of-ficial statement said. The statement said captured records and documents fixed the number of enemy wounded in the Philippines . at 82,012, of which only a small percentage were per mitted to recover and rejoin their units. A spokesman said the Japanese 'followed a similar policy toward their wounded throughout the southwest and western Pacific. Much of the evidence was found in Luzon, especially Manila, the statement said. At Bayambong in the Cagayan valley, it reported, 1,810 Japanese were found dead and two dying in a hospital. . Some had killed themselves with granades, some had been beheaded by their officers offi-cers and others had been shot. j A captured order from the com-! znanding officer of the Seventh tank .regiment of the Second Japanese Jap-anese armored division elsewhere in- the Philippines said: t "Men who are slightly wounded wound-ed will participate in this battle. Their unit leaders will see to it that they end their own lives." The commanding general of the 68th independent mixed brigade ordered that all sick and woundH ed soldiers be executed when its company headquarters was about Resistance On Tar a lean Ended MANILA, June 23 (U.R) All resistance has ended on Tarakan, oil-rich island off the East Borneo coast which Australian troops invaded in-vaded 54 days ago, it was re vealed today. The Australian announcement, made at Melbourne, came as Aus tralian units fanned through the Miri-Lutong-Seria oil country of northern Sarawak, some 250 miles urost nt Taralran t iohtonfncr the Allied grip on northern Borneo and preparing airfields from which to hammer remaining Jap anese positions on the island. Last resistance on Tarakan, part of Netherlands Borneo, was centered in the northern part of the island. Japanese landings were made in the Tarakan area about Jan. 11, 1942, during a quick sweep south ward through the Netherlands Indies toward New Guinea. Neth erlands forces aided the Austrail ians in the reconquest of Tarakan The victory on Tarakan and the entry into the Lutong-Miri fields where no organized stand has as yet been reported brings within Allied grasp two of the richest oil areas of the Pacific. Another, Balakpapan, lies some 325 miles south of Tarakan, and Japanese positions there have been sub jected to unceasing aerial bom bardment. Latest reports from the fronts said the Australian 9th division was sending strong patrols through the Miri-Lutong fields on the Borneo northwest coast while Royal Australian air force planes pounded northern Borneo and the Balikpapan areas. floating Mines Latest Jap Trick He Pidn't Catch It . 5 iTrumah Proves to Be Shy Musician OLYMPIA, Wash., June 23 (U.R President Truman had proved today that he is a shy musician.' .He went to the state organ in the capitol rotunda shortly before midnight Thursday night and played several selections. se-lections. Governor WaUgren, Charles Ross, Mr. Truman's press secretary, along with Matt Connelly, his secretary and Col. Caughn, his military : Aide, made up the apprecia-Itlve apprecia-Itlve audience. INEA TaUohetai President Truman holds a gut saimon lor tne approval ox senator Mas nuson (left) after bis fishing trip on Puget Sound. The nation's "first UshennanM had a good time but apparently his trolling technique didn't work. His eaten lor tne oay one dosfisn. Sinatra Th nlleBykPop e's Remarks ROME, June 23 (U.R) "Keep up the good work" Pope Pius XII told Frank Sinatra according to the crooner's version today of his audience with the pontiff. His holiness referred not so much to Sinatra's crooning as to his. speeches to young people aeainst delinauencv and- racial intolerance. "The pope said he guessed by my sl7e-iwai a tenor," ths voice said. "1 told him I was a baritone and gad gained pounds since canye' overseas. Meeting him was a thrill second only, to meeting President Roosevelt." 'Chicago's first post office was a small log cabin also used as . a store. It was built in 1832. Chinese Forces Recapture Two Jap- SfrongpouW CHUNGKING, June 23 (U.B Chinese forces, reacting powerfully power-fully to a tentative Japanese drive in southeastern- Honan province, recaptured two strong-points strong-points and hurled back an enemy force of 2,00 Otroops, It was announced an-nounced today. A Chinese communique said the Japanese column, striking out to the north in the area near the great bend of the Yellow river, todk the two strongpoints yesterday yester-day morning in a thrust from Sichwan, 240 miles northwest of Hankow. Both Chinese positions, 12 and 14 miles north of Sichwan, were recaptured by the Chinese at 4 p. m. of the same day in an air and ground counter-attack which left 200 enemy dead on the field. The communique did notidentify the strong points, saying only they were "important points" in the Chinese defense system. (The new vigor of the Chinese army was noted by radio Tokyo, which declared In a broadcast heard by United Press in San Francisco that 20 American-equipped American-equipped Chinese divisions were being deployed for new battles in the vital southeastern coastal area. (These operations, Tokyo said, were being prepared for new operations in Chekiang, Kiangsi, Fukien and Kwantung provinces an. area containing the vital ports of Canton, Hong : Kong, Swatow and Amoy which often have been mentioned as logical striking points for landing major American forces and supplies -on the Asiatic mainland. (The U- S. 14th air force is set. ting up new bases in this area to aid the Chinese offensive, Tokyo said.) ARMY TO DEPEND ON B-29 SUPEKFOETS DAYTON, O., June 23 (UJD - The army air forces will depend on B-29 Superfortresses rather than robot bombs or larger bombers bomb-ers for the "big punch" against. Japan, Maj. Gen. Hugh J.JCnerr. new director of the air technical service command, said today. Knerr told- his first pres conference con-ference since taking over direction direc-tion of the ATSC that the army plan wil call for steadily increased in-creased production of, superfortresses. superfor-tresses. - Grapefruit production in the United States is half that of or anges. . to be rjenetrated In Manila, the central com-; BY JAMES A. MacLEAN manding officer of the defense I United Press Staff Correspondent forces wrote: SEATTLE. June 23 (U.R) Bi- "Those in each unit who are zarre Japanese attempts to crip wounded or sick and unable to pie west coast shipping by float-engage float-engage in combat will carry two;ing mines across the Pacific on davs rations to a lormer or me ine Japanese current were inai fortress on or about the 21st and cated today by shipping warnings from the Pacific northwest and Alaska naval districts. The 13th naval district here confirmedan con-firmedan earlier warning from the coast guard information office of-fice at Ketchikan, Alaska, that floating mines have begun ap pearing in waters along the Alaskan coast. The Japanese current. Mari ner pointed out, recalling Jap balloon forays on the west coast, sweeps northward from Japan along the Aleutians and south along the Alaska coast and the west coast of the United States "We are not sure yet whether any of the mines have drifted this far south," a 13th naval district headquarters said, "but we have just received the warning issued will commit mass suicide. "Each unit's commanding officer offi-cer will put a responsible man in charge to witness their deaths." Elliott Roosevelt Tax Case Probed . WASHINGTON. June 23 (U.R) The treasury is investigating the income tax retuurns of Brig. Gen. Elliott Roosevelt, along with those of John Hartford, Atlantic and Pacific Tea Co. executive, in connection with their $200,000 loan transaction, a treasury nnkpsman disclosed today. 1 ... ! . -: : . r iu. it.u l Hartford, who loaned me money 1 1 snipping uum me a.m navcii to Roosevelt in 1939. has said that only $4,000 was repaid. The treas ury revealed that Hartford claimed claim-ed income tax reductions of $228.-500 $228.-500 in 1942 for bad debts which, it said, were not itemized. - The treasury spokesman said Its Investigation, centering in New York and Dallas, carried the approval ap-proval of the house ways and means and senate finance committees, com-mittees, which also have been asked to conduct inquiries by members of congress. He denied that the committees are dissatisfied with the treasury's treas-ury's progress, and said they have agreed to defer action until its Investigation was completed. The investigation may require several months, he said, because there must be an examination of bank records and the books of the Texas Tex-as radio chain which Roosevelt operated. Roosevelt has retained Randolph Paul, former treasury general counsel, to represent him in the case. Paul declined to comment on the statements by the treasury spokesman. CAMACHO DECREES POLITICAL IBERTY MEXICO CITY, June 23 (U.R) President Avila Camacho decreed today full liberty to hold election campaign meetings. The decree rescinded a war emergency measure which prohibited pro-hibited all types of public meetings meet-ings without special permit and notice 4&k hours beforehand of What subjects would be raised. The new permit, however, was restricted purely to election meetings. meet-ings. Ban on other political meetings meet-ings without previous notification continued. district in Alaska and arc investi gating." "It is entirely possible that the mines are Japanese," he said. Father-ln-Law Held For Murder SPOKANE, Wash., June 23 U.R) James (Jim) Wilson, 28-year-old Spokane air technical service command inspector, was killed with a meat-boning knife in his wife's restaurant here last night and his father-in-law, Lewis Clarke, S3, was booked at the police po-lice station on a charge of murder. Wilson, a native of Durant, Okla., and said to be a former college football star, died almost instantly, of the deep knife wound below his left lower rib. " Clarke; who was reported to be working as a dishwasher in his daughter's cafe, was held without bond. POrE GRANTS AUDIENCE TO MRS. SCHUSCHNIGG ' VATICAN CITY, June 23 (U.F5 Pope Pius granted an audience today to Vera von Schuschnigg, wife of Kurt von Schuschnigg, Freight Cuts On Meat Not Harmful SALT LAKE CITY, June 23 (U.R) Recent freight reductions on meat and meat products shipped from the midwest to the Pacific coast will not seriously harm the Utah livestock and meat industry, Charles A. 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