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Will K M wLrw uuuls ; o - M EDFOR Uniled Press Full Leased Wire Thirty-ninth Year First Enn,in. hm. tn.m tjMmenri j " " $ C " " " 'l- 1 . - ' ardous. but American. British and Canadian assault forces firmly held pockets of undisclosed size and locations along 60 -mile stretch between Cherbourg and the 6elne were ex mndlns their crasD on them in heavy lighting. Photo by Bert Brandt. NEA-Acme staff photographer, for War Picture Pool radioed from London. " FRUIT OFF TREES Sacramento, June 8 (U.R) The strongest June wind In more than 50 years ranging up to an estimated 60 miles an hour t day damaged crops and build ings in northern California and contributed to an accident in which seven farm laborers were Injured. The state department of agri culture said it was expected that some fruit would be blown from trees and fathers would be bruised. Fruit crops where damage was expected included cherries, peaches, pears, plums, apricots, prunes, almonds and walnuts. Yolo county farmers reported serious damage to the bailey crop now ripening and about to be harvested. The wind was thrashing the headed grain. In the Winters area apricots were blown from trees and some trees were uprooted. Similar damage was reported In the Sutter county "peach bowl" area. One section of a warehouse was leveled in Woodland and property damage also was re ported in Marysville. Velocity of the wind was estimated at 60 miles an hour in Marysville Vnd 50 miles an hour in Wood land. RACIAL STRIFE TIES UP PLANT Lotkland, Ohio, June 8 (U.R) The Wright Aeronautical cor poration, warning that striking employes who do not return to their Jobs by midnight Friday face dismissal today appealed to the more than 12.000 who had walked out to forget racial preju dice and resume production at the $155 000,000 plant where not an airplane engine has been turned out since Invasion day. The workers left their Jobs in protest against the transfer of seven Negroes to engine cylinder shop in which only whites were employed. . CAR LOADINGS DROP Washington. June 8 (U.R) Loadings of revenue freight in the week ended June 3 totaled 810,772 cars, a decrease of 59, 088 cars from the previous week but an increase of 143,163 cars over the corresponding 1943 week, the Association of Amer ican Railroads reported today. SIDE GLANCES Br TRIBUNE REPORTERS Charles Hansen finishing up his 16th year-of service on a newspaper route at the age of 81 and still "going strong." Rosie Rosenbaum reporting his car as "lost, strayed or t len" and then being very mortified when the police found It at a , service station where he had left it to be Teased. Fronds attributing his lapse to his deci sion to ride on an airplane for the first time. Allied Assail' Waves Fnblish Beachhead on Normc ndv Coast1 nf landlnn craft. these Allied invaders Vaunted West Wall A Myth In One Area Says Famous United Press War Writer (Editor's note: In this dis patch written for the combined allied press, Richard D. McMil lan, famous United Press war correspondent, reports that a tour of at least one French coastal area convinced him that the vaunted German "west wall' was a myth.) By Richard D. McMillan United Press Correspondent (Representing the combined Allied Press) With the Allied. Invading Forces, France, June 8 (U.R) Our tanks are rapidly widen ing a great bulge Inside the At lantic wall. J have ust completed a tour of the front line covering nearly 30 miles. We ihave captured towns and villages and the whole countryside is beflagged with Union Jacks, the Stars and Stripes, and the French tricolor. Chowds Cheer Crowds are cheering the Brit ish and other allied troops, shouting "Bravo Tommies, we knew you would come. We have been waiting for you. Now we will kill these hated Ger mans. When I entered Bayeux the inhabitants were crazy with Joy. As we reached the town, a squadron of our medium MARSHALLS JAPS FOR U.S. PRACTICE (Editor's note: Dan Bowerman, writer of the following dispatch, is a former Medford man. He is a brother of Capt. Bill Bower man, athletic coach at Medford high school until his entry in the army at the outbreak of war. Dan Bowerman left here about 14 years ago to accept employ ment with the United Press.) By Dan Bowerman United Press War Correspondent Headquarters, Central Pacific Forward Area, June 1 U.R) Japanese remaining on enemy held islands in the Marshalls have been bombed so thoroughly that the point of diminishing re turns has been reached, MaJ. Gen. Willis H. Hale, command er of the Joint central Pacific iand-based air forces, said today. The all-out bombardment mis sions of the combined navy, ar my and marine air forces have left the Japanese there without usable airstrips, while an enemy plane has not been seen aloft since Jan. 31. Hale pointed out. Anti-aircraft installations have been able to send up only weak and Ineffective fire, indicating that enemy installations are ru ined, he said. Hale said the Japs In the Mar shalls will be allowed no respite, since newly arrived air crews need training against live tar gets. The remaining Japs face the unhapy prospect of provid ing this type of battle training. San Francisco, June 8 (U.R) The state department of public health reported today that more than 2,000 cases of a shipment of blended whiskey has been confiscated temporarily through out the state pending a chemical analysis of its alcohol. MEDFORD, OREGON, THURSDAY, JUNE 8, 1944. head tor French beach on Norman bombers flew over low. Crowds pointed upwards, waving their hands as if the airmen could see them. "That is what frightened the Germans most," the French said. "They scurried under ground like rabbits when ever your fliers came over. During the last few days before the in vasion, your air attacks were terrific. We could read fear on the faces of the Germans." Line Biggest Bluff What surprised me most was the weakness of the German defense line. I examined with great care the so-called Atlan tic wall along this coast. It con stitutes the biggest bluff of the whole - war for It simply does not exist. Some prisoners told me that the Germans had been frantically trying to complete defenses but that the task had been too vast for them. Although we have pushed far inland without encountering serious opposition, it must not be imagined that the Germans will not react as soon as they have grouped their Panzer forces. They have armored di vision elements and some tanks from another Panzer unit in the area. They tried to hold us In the region of Caenand Bayeux but HIGHWAY VIA PARK OPEN TO FT. KLAMATH Highway 62 from Medford to Fort Klamath by way of the west and south entrances of Cra ter Lake National Park, is now open, according to a report re ceived at the office of the park service here yesterday. The road barricades were removed yester day by park employees who re ported that two cars were wait ing to make the trip through at the time. The road from Annie Springs to park headquarters Is now be ing cleared and is expected to be ready for travel in the near future. GIRL'S CHARGES; Hollywood, June 8 (U.R) Charlie Chaplin today answer ed Red-haired Joan Barry's charges the daughter she claims Is his "is destitute" by demand ing an accounting of what be came of the $11,700 he paid to support the baby pending a de cision of Miss Barry's paternity suit. The former dramatic protege of the multi-millionaire comedi an last week aslced superior court to force Chaplin to "quit stalling around with legal red tape" and bring the case to trial "as soon as possible." Her daughter was destitute, Miss Barry said. Chaplin said he wanted to know what Mrs. Gertrude Berry, mother of Miss Barry and legal guardian of the baby, had done with the money he gave her. "That's Immaterial," snapped Joseph Scott, attorney for. Miss Barry. "What's important is that the baby is destitute and Chaplin has millions " peninsula. Heavy surt and other dlitlcultles made the operation hs- our tanks were In greater force. We have thrown into battle British and American tanks and self-propelled guns. Some of these actions have been responsible for demoraliz ing the enemy. It is a fact that all the French people with whom I talked spoke of the Nazi loss of courage. They may not be beaten but they are near to it. Prisoners also said that the defeats in Russia and Italy are known to the rank and file and they realize it is all up with their cause. Absence of enemy air activ ity was another major surprise of the battle- of the teaches. We must have pounded enemy airfields to systematically that they were unable to get their air force into the skies. They had a wonderful target during the first two days, as offshore there were thousands of ships of all sizes, loaded with troops, armor, and munitions, while smaller craft kept up a ferry service to and from the bigger vessels and shore. I did not see a single ship hit. The opening of the western front was a flawless operation. It showed all the signs of a master mind. The vast machine worked without a real hitch: 2,379 CASUALTIES SUFFERED BY U.S. IN TAKING ROME Washington, June 8 (U.R) The U. S. army suffered 2379 casualties In Italy during the three days preceding the fall of Rome, Secretary of War Henry L. Stimson said today. He told a press conference that total U. S. army casualties In Italy through May 30 stood at 57.529, of which 9964 were killed, 38.554 wounded and 9011 missing. This compared with a trtal of 55,150 on May 27, as announced by Stimson at a press conference a week ago. Stimson also announced that army casualties In all theaters for the entire war through May 21' totaled 171 358, of which 28. 952 were killed, 68.779 wounded, 40,084 missing and 33.543 pris oners This compared with the 161,113 total as of May 6, an nounced by Stimson two weeks ago. A navy casualty list released today showed 47,773 announced casualties among the navy, coast guard and marines. This includ ed 19,802 killed, 12 253 wounded. 9258 missing and 4462 prisoners. The two statements revealed a total of 217,131 announced cas ualties among all U. S. armed forces, an increase of 10,904 above the figures innounced two weeks ago. BASEBALL National Philadelphia 3 9 3 Brooklyn 6 7 1 Barrett, Covington and Fin ley; Gregg, Webber and Owen. Boston 4 7 3 New York 8 12 S Tobln and Masi; Volsclle and Mancuso. TRIBUP .'E Uniled Press Full Leued Wire t Acmt Khhio.7 elenhntot PORTER J. NEFF DELEGATE FROM FOURTH DISTRICT Salem, Ore., June 8 (U.R) Complete but unofficial figures for the Democratic delegation to the national convention were re leased today by Secretary of State Robert S. Farrell, Jr. The figures are official except for Multnomah county, where death of the county clerk de layed certification of the vote to Farrell. However, by adding the Multnomah figures as tabulated in Portland, Farrell was able to reach totals" which' undoubtedly will become the official returns In a few days. The six delegates at large elected, and their totals, were: State Senator Thomas Mahoney, Portland, 55,276: Henry O Hess. La Grande, 50,465; Douglas B. Anderson, Portland, 48 352; Charles T. McPherson, Portland. 44,725; W A. Delzell, Portland, 44,173. and Nels Peterson, Port land, 41 154. Unsuccessful were Harry Winkler, Portland, 41,047; James W. EekersWry. Oswerjo, 39 292; Nathalie E. Panek, Portland 36. 230; Harry D. Boivin, Klamath Falls, 29 829 and Bruce Bcvans, Portland, 19,779. The congressional district win ners are: First district, Charles J. Officer, Oak Grove, and J. F. Ulrich, Salem, unopposed. Sec ond district, Henry C. Aiken, Hcpnner, and E. P. Ivory, Klam ath Falls, unopposed. Third dis trict (Multnomah county and technically unofficial), Robert A. Freeman and John J. Bcckman, both Portland Fourth district. Porter J. Neff, Medford. and Stephenson S. Smith, Eugene. The delegation will organize July 8 and go to the July 19 convention In Chicago pledged to renominate President Roose velt. ALLIES CAPTURE T By United Press Allied troops have occupied Aradura Spur, strategic moun tain height south of Kohlma in India, and captured Mokmer airdrome on Biak Island, 900 miles south of the Philippines, communiques from the Pacific war theatres announced today. British Imperials captured the Aradura spur at dawn yester day to gain control of the main highway to Imphal below Kohl ma, and left a Japanese garrison trapped in a small pocket facing certain liquidation. Chinese and American troops made new advances Into Myit kyina In northern Burma. American forces captured the upper end of the north Myitky ina airfield, while the Chinese made two 200-yard advances in the western and southern sec tions of the city. There were no new allied re ports of the fighting In central China. The time may come when pre vailing economic conditions will permit the use of alcohol as a motor fuel, it was said at the re cent meeting of the American Chemical Society in Cleveland, NO. 66. DESPERATE NAZIS LEAVE FIRE WAKE IN iTAW FLIGHT Retreat From Rome Rapidly Becoming Disorganized Rout; Allied Planes Active Allied Headquarters, Naples, June 8 (U.R) Four powerful Allied columns swept 15 to 40 miles beyond Rome in headlong pursuit of the beaten German 14th army today, and front dis patches indicated that the Nazi retreat was degenerating rapid ly into a disorganized rout. Harried every step of the way by the onrushing American and British columns, the Nazis were reported putting the torch to everything in their wage, blow-. ing up Bridges ana. highway junctions in a desperate attempt to escape. Plants Gun Foe Low-flying Allied warplanes machine-gunned the fleeing en emy, while a force of almost 500 American Flying Fortresses and Liberators swung out over the Riviera to blast their sup ply and reinforcement lines lead ing into France. One Allied force drove up the west coast to capture Civitavec chia, 40 miles northwest of Rome. A second advanced along the Claifdian way through Brac clano, 22 miles above the capi tal, and a third column raced 25 miles up the main Rome Florence highway to the out skirts of Clvita Castellano, cap turing Nazi Field Marshal Al bert liesselring's former head quarters three miles below that town. Simultaneously, British 8th army tanks and infantry. Join ing in the chase, surged north ward along the east bank of the Tiber to seize Monte Rotondo, Sant' Angelo Romano, Guldonla, and Mentana, all about 15 miles beyond Rome. farleTWrs Last dei tie New York, June 8 (U.R) James A. Farley, chairman of the New York State Democratic committee, resigned today, sev ering the last official tie of a national political career that started with his managing Frank lin D. Roosevelt to the presi dency in 1932. Farley announced his resigna tion at a press conference. His stepping down was viewed as ono result of the virtual col lapse of a drive against a fourth i term for President Roosevelt, which Farley was known to op pose even more bitterly than he fought a third term in 1940. The resignation meant that Far ley was bowing out of politics,1 temporarily at least, almost on the eve of the Democratic con vention which was expected to renominate the president with little or no opposition. In a statement at the press conference Farley said he was resigning for "business reasons." Mrs. H. S. Hinman Resigns MarKade Club Leadership Mrs. H. S. Hinman has re signed as director of the Mar Kade, recreation center for scrvi'men located In the build ing of St. Mark's Episcopal church on North Oakdale av nue. She has been succeeded by Mrs. Ruth Holmes Boyd, who for the past several weeks has been serving as chairman of the Volunteer Service corps, com mittee through which girls and women of the district volunteer for hostess work In connection with recreation activities planned for servicemen. Mrs. Ilinman had served as director of the center since its opening last June. Saturday Mr. and Mrs. Hin man will leave for Long Beach, Calif., where they will visit their son, Lt. Robert Hinman, USN, and his wile and small daughter. En route home the Hinmans will stop in San Francisco. Fighting More Savage As Germans More Armored Forces Allied Supreme Headquarters, London, June 8 (U.R) Allied armies have "completed successfully" the first phase of th Invasion of France, it was announced officially today, and have swung into the battle to destroy German mobile reserves moved into the assault areas. The United Nations radio at Algiers reported that the Allies had captured Caen, key transport hub nine miles inside Normandy and 17 miles southeast of occupied Bayeux, but confirmation was lacking. The fighting In Normandy now is spreading, and is especially savage in many sectors as the Germans throw in more and mor armor, the latest word at Allied supreme headquarters revealed. Famous Paniers Back In War Germany's famous 21st panzer division, which the Allies destroyed several times in North Africa and the Mediterranean theater, only to find it reformed, now is opposing the invasion forces in the Bayeux-Caen area of Normandy. The Allies were striking out beyond captured Bayeux In an apparent attempt to isolate the Cherbourg peninsula and win the big port at its tip, one of the best in northwestern France. Air sources revealed that Allied planes already have begun to operate on airstrips in the assault area, big transports moving in supplies and evacuating casualties. The completed first phase of the fighting was described officially as the securing of a foothold on the continent and the defeat of the German coastal troops in the assault areas. Second Phase Now In Progress The second, now in progress, Is the elimination of German mobile reserves brought into the battle iwt. The third, still to be fought, is the battle against the Nazis' strategic reserves which may be moved in to counter the Invasion forces. Engagement of the German strategic reserves "is necessary before a material advance can be hoped for," an official summary vi (iic Biiuaiiun saia. The battle in France was revealed to have expanded markedly from the original combat area as the Germans threw in masses of tanks and crack infantry in an effort to stem the Allied advance before the beachhead becomes a major base and Cherbourg la cut off. With the 21st panzer division already In action, fighter bomber pilots reported that Mark VI Tiger tanks were moving up to the front. Air Forces Keep Steady Pressure Allied air forces maintained strong and steady pressure all day in support of the American, British, and Canadian land armies. Some 1,000 Flying Fortresses and Liberators paced the thousands of planes in action, hammering bridges, rail targets, and airdromes far but beyond the beachhead. American Maraud ers and Havocs hit rail targets in the Cherbourg peninsula, and Thunderbolts dive-bombed Nazi armor and traffic. Spokesmen emphasized that until considerably larger forces on both sides have been engaged In decisive fighting, it will be impossible to gauge the success of phase two the elimination of mobile reserves. At present some phases of the invasion are ahead of schedule, some even with it and some behind, it was said. . . The Germans already have switched some air reserves to fields near the battle area. Geographically they have .the big advantage of a large number of airdromes within 100 miles of Bayeux and Caen. But it was questionable how many planes the strained German air force would be able to commit to the opera tion until the Allied overall plan becomes more apparent. 50-Mi!e Skvtrain Velognej? . - f ( - '" ' ' ) V tU Vp"i" Ceufeiteitl .? lilHfM lelne R. s v , rc" i i- GronTllle 4ff m tliUui Ulbeul" V"'"",Vjf NORMANPY CN. ' xj, I FRANCE ) tAcmti TeUphoto) Big fleets of Allied aerial troop carriers, Including a sl-.ylraln SO miles long, pour reinforcements Into Prance while landing ships send large forces shore near Carentun, lulgny and Caen Arrows designate chief points reinforced. T T London, June 8 (U.R) Rus sian and German broadcasts agreed tonight that the eastern front was generally quiet, indi cating that Red army attacks In Romania as reported earlier by both sources were small scale and brief. "There were no Important changes on the fronts," a broad cast Soviet communique said, and Lt. Col. Alfred von Olbert, Berlin radio commentator, said there was no largo scale attacks In the cast. OF TO U. S. Fighter Bomber Base, June 8 (U.R) One minute the houses of Caen were sitting side by side, and the next minute there weren't any houses In the center of the town at all. There was nothing but flames, rubble and flying dust. Capt. James F. McCarthy, 28, Massa- GENERALLY OUIE Throw In Pours in Troops pequa, N. Y., Thunderbolt pilot, told about it today. "I have never seen anything In my life which frightened me more," he said. "I have never seen such devastation, such sud den destruction. TO Kenneth Dcnman, Medford at torney and president of the Rogue River Sportsmen's asso ciation, has been named a mem ber pro tern of the state game commission by Governor Earl Sncll. Dcnman will serve In place of Kenneth Martin. Giants Pass, member for this area, now going Into the navy. The ap pointment will last until Mar tin's return. The commission Is composed of two members from east of the Cascades, two from the west sec tion and a mcmber-at-lnrge, and Mr. Dcnman will represent the southwest area. He leaves to nleht for Portland, where he will attend closed and open ses sions of the commission, the pub lic wsslon being scheduled for Saturday afternoon. At this meeting bag limits and season dates for the coming months win be set.
