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" 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.
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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.
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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.
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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
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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.