Yanks Launch New Drive Along Cherbourg Peninsula
MEN GO OVER TOP
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Both Sides Reported Mass-
ing For Major Collision in
Caen Area; Weather Bad.
Allied Supreme Headquarters,
London, July 3. (U.R) Lt. Gen.
Omar N. Bradley launched a
new American offensive south
ward along the west coast of the
lower Cherbourg peninsula to
day, sending his-troops over the
top at dawn in a driving rain
which had turned the battlefield
into a sea of mud.
Two days after mopping up
the Cherbourg region, the Unit
ed States first army struck out
in the westernmost sector of the
Normandy battle-front, keeping
the enemy off balance there
even while both sides were
massing forces for a full dress
fight in the Caen area.
On Narrow Front
Bradley mounted the offen
sive along a fairly narrow front
south of St. Sauveu-L Victomte,
where the main core of Nazi re
sistance was smashed in the
original U. S. drive across the
peninsula. The Americans were
wallowing through the mire
toward Le Maye-Du Puits, trans
port hub seven miles south of
St. Sauveur and six miles in
land. (A British broadcast quoted
by CBS said the Americans ad
vanced in two columns one
Just south of a narrow strip of
solid ground between the coast
at Portbail and the marshes two
or three miles inland, and the
other some 10 miles inland.)
Wallow in Mud
United Press Correspondent
James McGlincy reported from
field headquarters that the at
tacking forces were "slithering
and sloshing through some of
till wnrst mild cpan cmpa iha
The attack followed a heavy
artillery bombardment of the
German positions ahead of the
Americans. The weather pre
vented aerial support. A lashing ;
rain began during the night, and
continued this morning.
'The battle was of the foot
slogging type fought in World
War I, with the Americans fight
ing the same kind of mud their
fathers' did," McGlincy reported.
Indian Type Battle
"The terrain of the battle
area was the same Normandy
hedgerow country in which the
previous battles have been
fought. It was Indian type war
fare, with no room for tanks to
maneuver and with infantry
fighting almost hand to hand
battles in orchards and fields
along the endless hedgerows."
The drive was aimed in two
directions. One force took off at
5:30 a. m., the other at 6:30 a. m.
The battle mounted in intens
ity during the morning as the
Germans found themselves up
against the same slashing at
tacks as those which marked
the early operations in Norman
dy. Bradley's tactics have called
for driving spearheads forward
as fast as possible, bypassing and
encircling strong points for later
mopup.
AUT0S.DR0WN1NGS
TAKE EARLY TOLL
By United Prett
Traffic fatalities, drownings,
and other accidents took at least
125 lives in advance of the
Fourth of July holiday, a United
Press survey showed today.
In the first two days of the
four-day holiday weekend, 66
persons died in traffic accidents.
33 were drowned, and 28 were
killed in other accidents.
With thousands taking advan
tage of the long weekend for a
summer outing, the loss of life
ran almost true to form. The
national safety council had pre
dicted that 160 persons would
die in traffic accidents Saturday
and Sunday and that 250 would
be dead by midnight Tuesday.
California showed the largest
loss of life, with 16 persons dead,
15 of them in automobile acci
dents. Mother and Giant .
Baby Doing Well
Chicago. July 3. (U.R) Mrs.
Patricia Frontzak and her 14-p-und,
9'4 ounce baby, born
yesterday at the American Nor
wegian hospital, were reported
"in good condition" today. It
was the 12th child for the moth
er who is five feet 10 inches tall
and weighs 295 pounds. The
baby was 24 Inches talk
Coconut production in Puerto
Rico is approximately 24,000,
000 coconuts per year.
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United Press
Thirty-ninth Year
Saican Casualties Heaviest in Pacific Fighting
A Navy chaplain reads burial services for Marines who died on Salpan and were burled at sea Jrom uwTtroop
transport.. Buddies of the dead Leathernecks act as pallbearers. The .battle for Salpan has been costing u.
6. armed torces 765 casualties a day highest in Paclllc flihtinn. Marine Cores ohoto.
American Guns
Over Garapan, Marianas Capital City
T
WHEN LOG TRUCK
WHEELS OFF ROAD
James Nunes, 36, of Ashland
was confined in Medford Com
munity hospital today with crit
ical injuries and Maurice Wood
son, 32, of Ashland, with less
serious hurts they suffered in
a logging-truck accident on the
Dead Indian road 22 miles from
Ashland Saturday morning.
Nunes received a severely
crushed arm, a bad laceration
of the chin and neck and cuts
on his nose and head. Hospital
attendants said today his con
dition was critical.
Woodson, whose condition
was described as good, suffered
right shoulder and arm hurts.
State police, who are continu
ing their investigation of the
mishap, said that the logging
truck operated by Woodson, and
in which Nunes was a passen
ger, met another truck on the
mountain, and that in avoiding
a collision the vehicle ran off
the road. Logs on the back end
drove forward, through the driv
er's cab and pinned Nunes
against the dashboard, police
said they learned.
The injured men were
brought to the Medford hospital
by Ross Hardin, operator of the
other truck, hospital attendants
stated.
TO
The road around the north
side of Crater Lake is now open
and travellers may take this
route to Diamond Lake or to the
Dalles-California highway if
they wish according to E. P.
Leavitt, superintendent of the
Crater Lake National park. The
rim road Is not completely
cleared, however, Mr. Leavitt
reported.
The superintendent stated
that a goodly number of people
visited the lake yesterday, most
of the visitors being servicemen.
The weather is excellent, he re
ported, with a fine view of the
lake possible.
Mr. and Mrs. Leavitt are in
Medford for a brief time from
park headquarters.
Argentina Deals
Strengthen Ties
Washington, July 3. (U.R)
Improving commercial ties be
tween the United States and
Argentina appeared today to
foreclose any immediate break
in diplomatic relations or the
Imposition of economic sanc
tions against the Argentine government.
EDFORD
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Spread Mass
By Richard W. Johnston
United Press War Correspondent
, , (Representing the Combined Allied Press)
Aboard Joint Expeditionary Flagship off Saipan, July 3. (U.R)
(Via Navy Radio) -A mass of flame, which illuminated the sea
I through the night, spread over Garapan today in mute evidence
of pin-pointing firing from naval guns and artillery and mortars
) in the heights overlooking the city.
U. S. AIR FORCES
TEAM OP TO I
London, July 3 (U.R) Amer
ican heavy bombers of the Britain-based
Eighth and Italy
based 15th air forces teamed un
for the first announced time to-
day in a powerful attack on oil
facilities in Romania,. Hungary,
and Yugoslavia.
Eighth air force heavy bomb
ers flew from Italy as "guests"
of Major-Gen. Nathan F. Twin
ing's 15th, a Rome announce
ment disclosed. Big bombers of
Lt. Gen. James H. Doolittle's
Eighth arrived in Italy last
week at the end of the first
Britain - to-Russia-to-Italy trian
gle shuttle bombing of Axis
targets.
Oil refineries, storage depots
and transportation f a c 1 1 i t ics
scattered across a broad reach
of the Balkans were the objec
tives of the combined bombard
men today.
Nazi broadcasts said more
than 500 American planes at
tacked Budapest this morning.
The daylight bombing of the
Balkans followed a night as
sault by RAF heavy bombers
on the Prahova oil refinery at
Bucharest.
ALLIES UPROOT
Rome, July 3. (U.R) Allied
troops broke open the German
defenses all across the 160-mile
belt of the Italian peninsula to
day, capturing the key highway
center of Siena on the road to
Florence and driving rapidly up
both coasts toward the big sea
ports of Livorno and Ancona.
French colonial troops storm
ed into Siena this morning on
the heels of the retreating Nazis,
who began evacuating the medi
eval art center late yesterday
under a storm of shell and mor
tar fire, leaving only a small
rear guard to cover their with
drawal.
The fall of Siena, coupled
with the American advance
a ioss the Cecina river farther
west, deprived the retreating
Germans of their last lateral
highway line before the Pisa
Florence road and uprooted the
strong defenses covering their
long-prepa'ed "Gothic line"
across the peninsula from PUa
to Rimini.
MEDFORD, OREGON, MONDAY, JULY 3,
of Flame
It was an awesome spectacle
to see from the bridge of this
ship. Through a glass, many
fires were discernible, but to the
naked eye they merged into one
immense orange glow into
which floating tracer shells from
the warships vanished.
Lightning Adds To Scene
Nature added to the gro
tesqueness of the scene, in al
most symbolic heraldry of the
fall of the first Japanese city in
the Pacific.
Flashes of lightning split the
horizon, streaking from black
and purple clouds, while occa
sional rolls of thunder sounded
during the staccato artillery
blasts.
From the razored ridges of
Mt. Tapotchau, the tireless sec
ond marine division fought its
way down to the heights above
the city against fierce Japanese
resistance.
On the plain below, other
units of the same division rolled
through southern Garapan over
the rubble of concrete buildings
and the crazy tumbled wreckage
of still burning and flimsy wall
ed, paper-windowed houses.
Salvage Possible
The fall of Garapan will make
Tanapag harbor available and
permit investigation and possi
ble salvage of many Japanese
ships sunk there by U. S. air
and naval strikes which preced
ed the invasion pf Saipan.
With the disclosure of the
units on Saipan, it now can be
revealed that the 2nd and 4th
marine divisions landed abreast
in the invasion and suffered the
major share of the casualties.
The 2nd turned up the coast
and through the highest moun
tains, while the 4th struck di
rectly across the Island and
secured heights surrounding
Magicienne bay after savage
fighting.
The 27th army division land
ed a few days after the initial
assault, circled the southern tip
of the island, captured Aslito
(now Isely) airfield without
heavy losses, but became in
volved in bloody fighting for
Nafutan Point.
Equipment Stolen
From Playground,
. Manager Reports
The wire enclosure where
squipment is kept at the chil
dren's playground on Bear creek
was entered Saturday night and
several items were stolen, Lottie
Burger, manager, reported to
city police Sunday.
Missing, she told police, was
large first aid kit, a box of
candy, a pair of sun glasses, a
pair of pruning shears and
large number of comic books.
The enclosure, located under
the bridge, was entered by scal
ing the wire.
RED PINCERS Tl 4 EATEN THOUSANDS
OF BATTLE -WEARY GERMAN SOLDIERS
AT TULECENTER
Man Formerly in Insurance
Business at Sacramento
Victim; To Investigate.
San Francisco, July 3. (U.R)
Yaozo Hitomi, 44, Japanese alien
formerly in the insurance busi
ness in Sacramento, Calif., was
found stabbed to death last night
at the Tule Lake segregation
center where he was interned,
the War Relocation Authority
announced today.
Hitomi's body was discovered
at 10:45 p. m. by his niece, Fumi
ko Hitomi. He had been stabbed
through the throat with an ap
parently long-bladed knife,
WRA spokesmen said.
The body was found In a bar
racks building on the porch of
an apartment adjoining Hitomi's
r- .rtment. He was pronounced
dead on arrival at the segrega
tion center hospital.
Prior to evacuation Hitomi
was an agent for the Sun Life
Insurance Co., a Chinese con
cern at Sacramento.
At Tule Lake Hitomi was gen
eral manager of the Copoerative
Enterprises, Inc. He was sur
vived by his wife, two sons, 16
and 14 years old, and a daughter
12 years old. The entire family
lived at Tule Lake... .
" WRA spokesmen said diaries
Lederer, district attorney of Mo
doc county, had started an inves
tigation of the stabbing.
NAZIS STEP UP
London, July 3 (U.R) The
Germans, taking advantage of
bad weather over the Channel,
stepped up their robot bomb at
tnclf nn aniithern England in
daylight today, after RAF night:
fighters and antl-aircrnu -guns
took a heavy toll of the flying
weapons during the night.
After a lull that lasted most of
Sunday, the Germans resumed
the robot attacks shortly after
nigntfall and sent an increasing
number of the pllotlcss planes
over soJthern England in day
light. . .
The Germans apparently also
used piloted planes in the night ;
attacks. In one district a few
minutes after a flying bomb I
dropped and caused some dam
age, the engines of airplanes
were heard followed by four ex
plosions The lull yesterday following
nearly 48 hours of almost con
tinuous attacks, In which a chll-
rtrona hncnltdl nffain WHS listed
Saturday night as among the
buildings hit and damaged by
the bombs. Except for broken
glass, however, the hospital es
caped severe damage.
The kitchens of San Francis
co's Palace Hotel can feed 5,000
persons at a time.
Dispute Over Wearing Ties
Knots Bus Station Business
Chicago, July 3 (U.R) A dis
pute over whether a ticket-seller
should wear a necktie spread
today, tied up business at three
bus stations, and gave the U. S.
Labor Conciliation department
a problem as knotty as a bow
tie.
E. R. McDonald, of the De
partment of Labor's Concilia
tion service, summoned the dis
putants to a meeting to untan
gle the necktie problem which
arose when the company oper
ating the Union Bus terminal
told 14 ticket sellers they must
wear ties while at work.
The ticket sellers declined to
put on their ties, and the com
pany refused to let them work
In open-throated comfort. The
ticket sellers, affiliated with the
Brotherhood of Railway Clerks,
said they had been locked out.
rest
1944.
Dewev Plans Camnaion Strategy
in-
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Gov. Thomas E. Dewey (left), a. O. P. presidential nominee, charts his
campaign wun HerDeri Brownen Jr., 0-year-old New York attorney and
long-time personal friend, who was elected new chairman of the Repub
lican National Committee-
Dewey To Work Hard as Governor
During Campaign for Presidency
Albany, July 3 (U.R) Gov. Thomas E. Dewey, refreshed after
his first real rest since accepting the Republican presidential
nomination, today began disposing of state business which
piled up during his absence.
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Washington, July 3. (U.R)
The Democratic party, rapidly
completing arrangements for its
July 19 convention at Chicago,
appeared determined today to
match or outdo if it can the
accent on youth and feminine
benuty that highlighted the Re
publican convention Inst week.
Hoping to out -glamor the
blonde splendor of the Republi
cans' congrosswoman-playwright,
Mrs. Clare Boothe Luce, the
Democrats have in mind a cou
ple of striking brunettes on
whom they will throw their con
vention spotlight.
One Is Mrs. Helen Gahagan
Douglas, former screen star. The
winner of a California congres
sional primary, the statuesque
brunette will be a delegate to
the convention and is slated to
mnke a major address.
The Democrats also have Mrs.
Dorothy Vredcnburgh, 28-year
old southern beauty now serving'
as the party's national secretary.
She will read announcements
from the platform.
The Democrats announced
over the weekend that the per
manent chairman for their con
vention would be the freshman
Democratic senator from Indi
ana, 49year-old Samuel D. Jack
son. Their keynoter will be Gov.
Robert Kerr, 47, of Oklahoma.
NO PAPER TUESDAY
In accordance with long
established custom there will
be no Issue of the Mail Tri
bun TnsHny. July 4th.
Other employes of the main
bus terminal and two sub-stations
walked out in sympathy
with the ticless ticket men.
Lines were formed by pickets,
nearly all of whom wore neck
ties. Bus service, crammed with
July Fourth business, continued,
but riders climbed Into the
busses at the curb and rode free
to points outside of Chicago
where they bought their tickets.
One traveler said the tie dls
puto tied him up for 24 hours.
Ho couldn't find an Information
clerk to tell him which bus to
take to Toledo.
A lady traveling from Phoe
nix, Ariz., to Madison, Wis.,
with four small children and
five suitcases searched the sta
tion in vain for a porter, with
or without a necktie.
BUNE
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Except for a scheduled press
conference, the governor said he
would devote himself exclusive
ly to affnlrs of New York state
during the next few days In an
effort to catch up on several
pressing matters. '
Dewey has no immediate cam
paign plans and Intends to move
slowly on his schedule, although
lie will be in touch witn Herbert
Browncll, Jr., Republican na
tional chairman. He will con
tinue to "work hard" at being
governor during the campaign,
a policy followed by Franklin D.
Roosevelt In 1932.
During his talks with Brow
noil, it was reported, the gov
ernor Intends to discuss make
up of the 19-man executive com
mittee, which will be announced
soon. Ho said the committee will
comprise men from all factions
of the party.
RED CROSS CHIEF
OF STROKE
Washington, July 3. (U.R)
President Roosevelt and other
high officials today mourned as
a "great loss" io the country the
weekend death of Norman H.
Davis, 65, chairman of the Amer
ican Red Cross and holder of
Important diplomatic posts under
three presidents.
Davis, who died at Hot
Springs, Va., early Sunday morn
ing of a stroke, will be buried
Wednesday at nearby Alexan
dria, Va. Funeral services will
be conducted In historic Christ's
church.
Red Cross chairman since
April 12, 1938, by appointment
of Mr. Roosevelt, Davis had been
In poor health In recent weeks
and had gone to Hot Springs to
recuperate. A cerebral hemor
rhage, suffered the day before,
caused his death.
Bearing Workers
Return to Plants
Canton, Onlo, July 3 (U.R)
Members of the United Steul
workcrs of America (CIO) began
returning to work at four plants
of the Tlmkcn Roller Bctring
Co. today after a five-day strike
which cr'pplcd vital wnr produc
tion and spread to two other
plants of the company at Colum
bus, Ohio.
The strike, worst at the Tlm
kcn plants since 1937, was called
off last night when union mem
bers at a mass meeting voted to
return 'as quickly as production
facilities will allow" after ex
pressing confidence (hat a per
manent arbitrator of disputes
would be named by the national
War Labor Board.
RADIO OWNER DIES
Eugene, Ore., July 3. (U.R)
Funeral services will be held
Thursday for Frank L. Hill,
owner of radio station KORE,
who died Sunday.
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30010 FACING
IF
Only Secondary Roads For
Escape; Red Armies Re
ported 54- Miles Apart.
Moscow, July 3. (U.R) Red
armies opened a frontal assault
on almost-isolated Minsk today
and hammered forward the jaws
of a giant pincers that converged
behind the White Russian capi
tal and threatened to trap hun
dreds of thousands of battle- ,
weary German troops.
(London military sources esti
mated that 300,000 or more
Nazis were in the Minsk pocket,
and pointed out that their en
trapment would rival the Ger
man disaster at Stalingrad,
where some 320,000 were killed
or captured.)
Massive columns of Soviet ar
tillery wheeled Into position on
the assault arc around Minsk
and began pounding the inner
defenses of the biggest Nazi bas
tion guarding the Invasion route
to Rarsow and Berlin.
Only 12 MUes Away
The frontal assault on Minsk
was launched from positions
less than 12 miles distant. Out
dated reports revealed that the
Soviets had seized outposts ot
the city to close against lt for
the greatest victory of their
lummpr offensive.
At the same time the red
armies which had cut the last
railroads and all highways ex-.
cept secondary roads west of
Minsk were pounding toward
each other. Last accounts placed
them 84 miles apart and advanc
ing at a pace that promised com
plete envelopment of Minsk in a
matter of hours.
Red air force fighters, fighter
bombers and other planes had
complete mastery of the air,
front dispatches said. They ham
mcred incessantly at the German
lines of retreat, swooping down
to treetop level to rake the en
emy, who was able to throw up
only feeble anti-aircraft fire if
any.
Thousands Surrender
Thousands of Germans were
emerging from the White Rus
sian forests where the tide of
battle passed them by. Surren
dering In wholesale lots, the
gaunt and dazed Nazis gathered
along the roads to await any
Russians who had time to take
them In.
Front reports said that In one
ector the Russians found groups
of Germans who had been
killed bv their colleagues to keen
j them from denouncing the per-
pt-irniors or atrocities in many
villages.
No Pop This Year
For Firecrackers
Are War Casualty
Johnnie and Susie can go
swimming tomorrow and eat
as much Ice cream and cake
as In past years, but one big
thing will be missing for this
1944 July Fourth, mainly, the
noise. Gone for the duration
Is the familiar banging and
popping of the big and little
red firecrackers which were
once the Joy of every child's
heart. A casualty of the war,
America's traditional July
Fourth fireworks will be
heard no more until peace
returns.
This Is the second year that
the youngsters are without
firocrackers. A few were to
be had lost year, but this year
will be truly a quiet Independ
ence Day with not even the
back-firing of flag-covered cars
to be heard.
Sales to date la the Fifth
War Loan Drive
82,030,276
"E" Sale ....
$406,168
$600.000
Quota
Total Quota
for County
..$2,262,000