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Thirty-ninth Year
Strong Task Force Pummels Jap Base
Oh Southern Tip of Paramushiro Isle
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5,000 Projectiles Crash Into
Installations at Karabu
Zaki Air and Sea Station.
" Pearl Harbor. June 30.
U.R) United Slates armed
forces en Saipan have suf
fered 9752 casualties, includ
- ing killed, wounded and miss
ing, since the opening of the
military campaign there. Ad
miral Chester W. Nimitx dis
closed today.
Admiral Nimili said there
was no accurate estimate
available of Japanese casual
ties. He announced Ameri
cana hare burled 4951 Japa
nese dead, however.
By Russel Annabel
United Press Correspondent
Aboard a U. S. Flagship off
Paramushiro, June 26 (U.R)
A strong naval task force com
manded by Rear Adm. Ernest
Gregor Small, New Haven,
I Conn., subjected Karabu Zaki,
Japanese air and naval base on
the southern tip of - Paramushiro
Island, to a half-Hour bombard-
ment early today, hurling ap
' proximately 5,000 projectiles
into the enemy's installations.
The attack apparently was a
complete surprise, despite the
warm of small craft encoun
tered in the heavy fog and early
morning darkness several miles
offshore. There was little, if any,
nemy resistance and no dam
age or casualties to the Ameri
can force.
Destroyers Close In
While high capacity shells
from larger warships crashed
among the hangars, barracks
and storage dumps of Kurabu
Zikl, our destroyers, close in
against the beach, engaged the
mall craft in a fierce, spectacu-
lar action.
t. It was u .determined in the
fog and darkness whether the
enemy craft were armed patrol
vessels or torpedo boats sent out
In a desperate attempt to trap
the task force, but the fast, hard
hitting destroyers racing thru
the ghostly murk with automa
tic weapons lacing the fog with
tracers, charged time n.id again
Into the flotilla and at the con
clusloi of the action a number
of Jap vessels were stopped, ap
parently damaged or sinking.
Thirty Minute Action
' The action lasted from 4:30
to 3 a. m.
The attack was the third
against the Kuriles rince Febru
ary and as in the others, enemy
resistance was feeble with little,
if any, return fire from shore
batteris.
Enemy aircraft took off as
the warships were withdrawing
and attempted to locate the
force under the fog bl '-at. but
retired when friendly bombers
from the Aleutians appeared
over th3 task force.
BOEING FIELD CONTRACT
Washington, June 30 (U.R)
a i . 1 (U4 R58 contract
for improvement at Boeing Air
field, seatue, ns".,
nounced today by the war de
partment. It is for extension of
runways, construction of addi
tional parking aprons, taxiways.
and the installation of flood
lighting.
SIDE GLANCES
By ..... .
TRIBUNE REPORTERS
-v.. UTallrar hannllV SiVlflB
out news of the expected arrival
home of a daughter from away
down in South America.
Keith Bates and Jimmie Hall
. stretching their game of golf too
' far after sundown.
Etha Wall and George Codding
making far-in-advance plans for
the next meeting of the "Last
Man's Club."
M
EDFGRD
Unlled Press
Maj. Gen. Charles Gerhardt
Leads 29th Div. In France
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CHARLES H. GERHARDT
TO MAKE JOBS IN
Salem, Ore., June 30 U.F0
a tntui nf $73 000.000 is on hand
for postwar construction pro
ana rtt iha stntp enuntv and
municipal governments, Gov.
Earl Sneu was aavisea luuojr uj
hi. nnctwnr develoDment and re-1
adjustment commission.
This amount is it per cent oi
the total estimated projects
which have been planned. Total
amount needed for them will be
approximately $348,000,000.
The tunas on nana wumu jive
.nintimsni tn 3A.O0O men at
ci onn a von i nnp thisd of the es
timated unemployment load.
Twenty-six counties ana iu
miinirinnlitlpi have announced
they are ready to start plans as
soon as men, equipment ana ma
terials are avanaDie.
fpi.A 4etvn onvprnment has
...(kn-tvwi miillnnc nf dollars for
riroann ihm commission report-.
ed, but there win oe no appro
priations made until auer ure
emergency.
A KvaolrHnum nf the CSSh On
hand shows the state government
has S13 31,1211 coumies w,
$2,000,000; highway commission,
SI 0.000.000: Multnomah - Port
land Moses plan, $24,000,000;
Willamette vaney, zu.uuu,u-ju,
nch,,t. ri45 fiscal year),
$1,250,000; municipalities, $750,-
000; and school districts, iuu,
000. HAUGWITZ FLITS
MHjPNCE
Ho'.lvwood. June 30 (U.R)
Count Kurt Haugwitz-Rcventlow
has slipped out of California
with Lance, his nine-year-old son
by his former wife, Woolworth
Heiress Barbara Hutton, and his
attorney Indicated today they
have no Intention of releas.ng
the boy to her custody.
Lance was due to come to live
with his mother, now the wife
of Film Star Cary Grant, today
under terms of a divided custody
agreement approved by a British
court. , , ,
But the Danish nobleman s
lawyer, Joseph L. Lewinson, an
nounced he had Informed coun
sel for Miss Hutton that Revent
i.... loft iho state yesterday
a short time after he had with
drawn a suit seeking an Injunc
tion to prevent the boy s motner
from "poisoning Us mind against
his father and from using Im
proper language in the child's
presence."
Dearborn, Mich, June 30 U.FD
Production of the 5.000th Liber
ator bomber by the Willow Run
plant In less than two years was
announced today by the Ford
Motor company.
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Full Leased Wire
London, June 29 (U.P.) Maj.
Gen. Charles H. Gerhardt is
commanding the United States
29th infantry division in France,
allied, headquarters disclosed to
day.
Gerhardt, born In Tenessee
on June 6, 1895, commanded
the 91st infantry division at
Medford, Ore., early in July,
1942. He flew to England in
July, 1943, to assume command
of the 29th.
Maj Gen. Gerhardt arrived
at Camp White on July 7, 1942,
to assume command of the 91st
Infantry Division, which was
activated Aug. 15 of that year,
and left early in July of 1943.
His successor as commander of
the 91st was Maj. Gen. William
G. Livesay, who arrived here
on July 14, 1943.
While stationed at Camp
White, Gen. Gerlfardt accepted
an invitation to become a mem
ber of the Medford Rotary club.
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Rome, June 30. (U.R) Amer
ican and French troops poured
through gaping holes in the Ger
man battle line in western Italy
today and raced northward to
within 20 miles of Livorno (Leg
horn) and seven miles of Siena,
driving the Nazis into headlong
flight behind a screen of mine
fields and demolitions.
All along a 50-mile front ex.
tending inland from the Tyr
rhenian seacoast the Germans
were in full retreat, breaking off
contact completely at many
points in a hurried withdrawal
toward their Pisa-Florence-Rl.
mini line, only 30-odd miles to
the north.
The pursuing American and
French columns captured almost
a dozen key towns yesterday and
hammered out advances running
to about nine miles.
Simultaneously, the British 8th
army cracked through strong
enemy rear guard resistance
west of Lake Trasimeno, captur
ing the fortified towns of Castig
lione del Lago and Montepui
ciano, and fanned out to the
north and northwest toward
Arezzo and Siena.
IN FLACK CASE
San Francisco, June 30. (U.PJ
A jury of six men and six
women today adjudged Mrs.
Louise Flack, 27, guilty of man
slaughter in connection with the
starvation death of her invalid
eight-year-old daughter, Dclores,
and recommended leniency.
The superior court Jury delib
erated but 50 minutes before re
turning Its verdict.
Mrs. Flack burst into t-ars
when Foreman Austin Kanzee
announced the verdict, and, ad
dressing Judge Fritz, said:
"May I ask that you be lenient
with the defendant?"
Later, when she could speak,
Mrs. Flack exclaimed:
"I am very, very lucky. God
was with me."
Banks Criticized
For Low Salaries
Chicago, June 30 (U.R) Fed
eral Judge Michael L. Igoe to
ri y criticized banks which pay
low salaries to employes in re
sponsible positions as he placed
on probation for five years Ed
ward F. Muzick. 43, former tel
ler of the Cicero State bank,
who was charged with embez
zling more than $41,000 over a
period of 10 years.
Judge Igoe said: "This man
had an excellent reputation. He
was living on a salary ($160 per
month) that a canary could not
have lived on, let alone a family.
MEDFORD, OREGON, FRIDAY, JUNE 30, 1944
OF NATIONAL
G.O.P. MMITTEE
Man Who Managed Dewey's
Gubernatorial Campaign
to Head Presidency Effort
Republican Campaign Head
quarters, Chicago, June 30 (U.R)
Forty-year-old Herbert Brown
ell, Jr., who managed Gov. Tho
mas E. Dewey's successful 1942
gubernatorial campaign, today
was elected chairman of the Re
publican national committee to
direct the governor's presiden
tial effort.
Brownell was named in closed
session after Dewey had told the
committee men and women in a
brief speech that:
"We will all make a gigantic
effort to do our best to save
the republic and win the war."
Change Customer
Brownell succeeds Harrison
E. Spangler, of Iowa, as national
chairman. He is one of the three
men who conducted the pre-con-ventlon
"draft Dewey" cam
paign which culminatedin the
1,056-1 vote by this week's Re
publican national convention to
nominate the New Yorker for
president. A change in commit
tee chairmanships is customary
when a new group is taking over
party affairs.
In his address to the commit
tee, Dewey charged that the
Roosevelt administration sought
to divide the country and the
RepubMran party.
"In the months to come, re
gardless of the propaganda
agencies of the national govern
ment, we will stand united as we
are today," Dewey said.
Four vice chairmen were cho
sen to serve with Brownell
Ezra R. Whitla, Idaho; Werner
W. Schrocder, Illinois; Mrs.
Howard Sayre, Oklahoma, and
Mrs. Kathcrine K. Brown, Ohio.
Jouett Ross Todd of Kentucky
was elected treasurer and Har
old Mason of Vermont was re
elected secretary.
Marooned Fliers
, Reach Canyon Rim
Grand Canyon, Ariz., June 30
(U.R) Three sun-blistcrcd army
airmen, marooned for 10 days on
an isolated plateau near the bot
tom of mile-deep Grand Canyon,
reached the canyon rim today
and celebrated their rescue by
gulping down a bottle of whis
ky that had been dropped to
them for medicinal purposes.
Peas, Asparagus, Tomatoes
Back On Rationed Food List
Washington, June 30. (U.P.)
The Office of Price Administra
tion returned canned peas, as
paragus, and tomatoes to the ra
tion list today and warned civil
ians that their supply of canned
vegetables and fruits during the
next 12 months would be
smaller.
The action ended a point holi
day for canned peas, asparagus
and tomatoes that has been in ef
fect since early this year.
'Everyone no doubt has heard
that record food production is
expected this year," said OPA
chief Chester Bowles, "but the
amount needed for our armed
forces also is far greater than a
year ago.
. 'The net result will be less
canned fruit and canned vege
tables for the home front dur
ing the year ahead."
OPA announced that effective
July 2 the popular No. 2 size
containers of asparagus would
require 10 ration points and sim
ilar size cans of peas and to
matoes would require five ration
points each.
Brandied, spiced and pickled
F
OF
Fresh German Forces Rush
ed Into Attempt to Stem
Montgomery's Advance.
Allied Supreme Headquarters,
London, June 30 (U.R) British
armored forces steadily expand
ing a firmly held salient between
the Orne and Odon rivers despite
intensifying German counter
attacks, have driven from the
southwest to within three miles
of Caen, it was announced of
ficially today.
The assault arc pressing over
the approaches to Caen was
within half a mile of one of the
city's main air fields, it was re
vealed. Fresh German elements have
rushed into battle in a full scale
attempt to stem Gen. Sir
Bernard L. Montgomery's push
in the Caen sector, and the Nazi
command was expected to step
up the number and scope of its
counterblows from all directions
as they swing fnto action.
Nasi Losses Heavy
Gen Dwjght D. Eisenhower's
headquarters reported late today
that the British hnd beaten off
all Nazi thrusts and inflicted
heavy losses on the enemy while
grinding slowly but steadily tor
ward for important strategic
gains.
For the first time it was dis
closed officially that the famous
51st Highland division Is fighting
in France.
American forces mopping up
German nests of resistance on
Cap Dc La Hague west of Cher
bourg encountered heavy artil
lery fire In the area of Beau
mont Hague, eight miles from
the occupied Normandy port.
12,086 Jap Planes
Marine Corps Toll
Washington, June 30. (U.R)
The navy revealed today that
army, navy and marine corps
fliers have destroyed at least
12,086 Japanese planes in the
air or on the ground since Pearl
Harbor qt a loss of 2,726 Ameri
can planes a victory ratio of
almost five to one.
LECTURER WEDS
Winnemucca, Ncv., June 30
(U.R) Ruth Mitchell Knowles,
lecturer and author, and sister
of the late Brig. Gen. William
Mitchell today revealed she was
married May 24 to Benjamin H.
Jackson, mining man of Boise,
Ida., and Winnemucca.
fruits, were restored to the list
of rationed canned goods at the
same high point values as other
canned fruits.
OPA also announced thatd ur-
Ing July many housewives
would use all of the first strip
of blue ration stamps in war ra
tion book four and would begin
using the second atrip, begin
ning with coupon A-5. All cou
pons in the second strip are
worth 10 points, not five as
printed on the face.
Five more blue stamps total
ing 50 points W-8, X-8, Y-8,
Z-8, and A-5 become good for
buying rationed processed foods
on July 1, and will remain good
indefinitely, OPA said.
Other point value adjustments
for July were minor. Small re
ductions were made In points
for spaghetti sauces and tomato
sauce because of slow movement
of stocks and somewhat heavier
production. Point values for all
large No. 10 containers Were ad
justed slightly to bring them
Into multiples of 10, which OPA
said would be a convenience to
' wholesalers in keeping inven
! tories and other records.
ilBUNE
United Press Full
To Minsk
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Here Is where four Russian armies, totaling more than a million soldiers
are annihilating ana routing the Germans. If Minsk main German
bastion, falls, the enemy will probably (all track to Brest-Utovsk, 201
miles southwest and only lis miles east of Warsaw. ....
Reds Pour Across Berezina
To Outflank Fortress Minsk
Moscow, June 30 U.R) Marshal Konstantln Rokossovsky's
1st White Russian army poured across the Berezina river, last
natural defense barrier before Minsk, on an ever-widening front
today and began to outflank that fortress city from the south.
Cavalry led the pell-mell pur
suit of the disorganized enemy
legions and reached a point 30
miles Bouth-southwest of Minsk
In a drive that raised a threat of
encirclement against the White
Russian capital, next obstacle on
London, June 30 U.R)
Marshal Konstantln K. Rokos
sovsky's first army of White
Russia killed 50,000 Germans
and captured 23,680 between
June 23 and 29. the Moscow
radio reported today.
In the same period Col. Oen,
Georgi Zakharov's s e e o n d
White Russian army killed
30.000 Germans and captured
3,250, the broadcast said.
the ancient Invasion route to
Warsaw and Berlin.
The Soviet high command re
ported the Germans were fleeing
so rapidly and in such disorder
that they had no time to man
their intermediate defense lines.
Groups of hundreds of Germans,
engulfed by the Russian flood,
surrendered with all their arms
and baggage.
. (A London broadcast recorded
by CBS said two more German
generals, the commanders of
53rd army corps and the 306th
Infantry division, had surrender
ed.) The Russian press hailed
Rokossovsky's forcing of the
Berezina, along which Napoleon
lost his army In 1812, as sealing
the doom of Minsk.
Youngsters Should
Hurry Application
For Summer Camp
Young people planning to at
tend the Salvation Army camp
at Lake o' Woods, which opens
July 6, must have their applica
tions filed at the army head
quarters, Fourth and Bartlett
streets, by noon on Monday,
July 3, Major Nettle Brown
stated today. Those having ap
plications now should return
them at once, she stated, and
those desiring to apply must do
so over the week-end In order
to have the applications re
turned by the Monday noon
deadline.
Major Brown particularly
called this to the attention of
young people in the outlying
districts who have been quite
slow this year in returning the
applications, she said. The camp
will be open for two weeks and
will be divided Into two peri
ods, one from July 6 to July 13,
and one from July 13 to 20.
About 200 young people an
nually attend the camp,
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SUNK OFF SICILY;
1,700 SURVIVORS
San Francisco, June 30 (U.R)
Tha 0,135-ton troop ship Santa
Elena, formerly a luxury liner
operated by Grace Lines, has
been sunk in the Mediterranean
sea off Sicily by enemy bomb
ers but 1,700 soldiers survived
and were rescued by the Matson
liner Monterey, the War Ship
ping Administration announced
today;
The rescued troops were all
Canadians.
The sinking occurred in mid
November, 1043. The bombers
attacked in darkness and during
adverse weather conditions. De
spite heavy wind, rain and
swells the stricken vessel was
abandoned in good order.
The Monterey, skippered by
Capt. Ellis R. Johanson, located
the Santa Elena and moved In
close for the rescue. The crew
of the Monterey lowered life
boats, scramble nets, man ropes
and ladders to haul the Santa
Elena's crew members and sol-
' dicr-passcngers to safety.
Announcement of the sinking
coincided with disclosure that
Capt. Johanson has been pre
sented with the Merchant Ma.
rlne Distinguished Service med
al "for distinguished service in
I action with the enemy.
I The citation pointed out that
there was no loss of life during
or as a result of the rescue op
erations. It did not specify
whether thvre was any loss of
life in the bombing of the Santa
Elena.
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Chungking, June 30 (U.R)
Evacuation of civilians, indus
trial plants and publishing
houses from Kweilln, capital of
Kwangsi province, was report
ed today as tho Japanese offen
sive moved swiftly southward
from Hunan province.
A communique announced si
multaneously that Chinese
troops, on the offensive along
the Salween front in Yunnan
province, were closing in from
three sides on Tcngchung after
breaking through the outer en
emy defenses along a line from
the northwest around to the
southwest. All but one road In
to the Japanese stronghold has
been cut and the Chinese are
within three miles of tha city.
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Quarter Century Diplomatio
Relation Is Wrecked By
Little Country's Decision.
Washington, June 30 (U.PJ
The United States, abandoning
all hope that anything but shells
and bombs will force the Finns
out of the war, today severed a
quarter of a century of diplo
matic relations with Finland.
Secretary of State Cordell
Hull, in advising the Finnish
diplomats here of the United
States decision, called attention
to the announcement of the Fin
nish government on June 27 of
complete agreement between
Finland and Germany to carry
on the war.
Partnership Admitted
"The Finnish government has
thus formally admitted to the
world that it has i.ow entered
a hard and fast military part
nership with Nazi Germany, ir
revocable throughout the war.
for the purpose of fighting the
Allies of the United States, in
alliance with the enemies of the
United States."
Hull said that up to the pres
ent the United States has taken
every opportunity to warn Fin
land of the inevitable conse
quences of continuing its asso
ciation with Nazi Germany."
Two Envoys Here
Alexander Thesleff, the Fln-
n i a h charge d'affaires, was
called to the state department
this morning to receive the note
advising his government to
break. The department said it
had notified the U. S. charge
d'affaires in Helsinki, Edmund
A. Gullion, that relations be
tween the countries were "now
impossible" and Instructed him
to request passports for him
self, members of his staff, and
their families,
Hull's note said the United
States has asked Switzerland
"to assume immediately tha
representation of American in
terests in Finland."
Relations with Finland had
been tottering since June 16
when Hull ordered former Fin
nish Minister Hjalmar J. Pro
cope and three Finnish legation
counselors to leave the country
as soon as possible because of
action "inimical" to the United
States.
Procope's p Tsona non grata
status was announced the day
after Finland had paid its semi
annual Installment of $148,000
on a post world war I debt.
President Roosevelt told a press
conference later that the for
oign policy of the United States
was not for sale for $148,000. ,
NNER TUBES FREE
OF RATIONED LIST
Washington, June 30 (U.R)
The Office of Price Administra
tion, In a move to conserve tires,
today abolished all rationing re
strictions on inner tubes, which
have been rationed since Janu
ary. 1942.
The OPA, announcing at the
same time that passenger tire al
locations for July and August
will be 50.000 a month above the
June quota, reported that the
Inner tube stockpile has grown
enough to meet the anticipated
future demand for 1,500,000
tubes a month.
OPA emphasized that avail
able tires will continue to trail
far behind demand and pointed
out that by making new Inner
tubes more readily obtainable It
hopes to diminish tire wear A
good tube properly Inflated, of
ficials cxnlained, will extend the
life of a tire.
Nazi Commander's
Death Announced
London. June 30 (U.R) The
death of Colonel General Frled
rlch Dollmann, commander of
German forces on the Norman
front, was announced today tn a
special order of the day Issued by
Adolf Hitler and broadcast over
the Berlin radio.
tales to date la the Fifth
War Loan Drlva
$1,515,247.03
"E" Salei $354,987.25
Quota 1600.000
Total Ouota
for County $2,282,000