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PAGE TMUta July 1, 1043 HERALD AND NEWS, KLAMATH FALLS. OREGON AXIS BLASTED THREE IKS IN J I 1 'X By The Associated Press LONDON, July 1 Striking from three directions, tho mlulity air arms of tho American and Urltlsh alllci subjected axis Eu rupe to a design of destruction unparallolod In ull lilntory dur ing tlio month of Juno, and for tho cnomy tho worst was itlll to L'oino. ' During tho monlli, ullicd aer ial powor rcuchod out In rising fury from bases In Britain, In northwest Africa and in tho mid dlo caul with Amcrlcun and UrltlHh filer cooperating smoothly to keep the offensive Ahtoiug virtually around tho clock. Thcso acconipllhmenti stood out: 1, Tho unconditional surren der of tho ltullun fortress Island of Pnntollerla on Juno 11, first Island ever conquered by air power alone; tho subsequent cap itulation of Lumpcdusa, Llnosa and Lamplone, pattern of de struction spread over Holy, Sic- II.. m4 Ui.r.llnla 2 Tho great destruction wrouuhl by tho RAF In Its city-by-clty bombing of tho Ruhr val ley, to whose concentrated In dustries Hitler looks for repien i.ini nt hli wnr machine. ni iifnirirnt were the two American Liberator raids last week on axis alrflolds near Ath n. and Salonika, an aerial n..intp mwnrd a nosiblo Balkan rmiin and lnauiiuratlon - by the RAF of a bombing shuttle n.ruir between uriinin mu Africa with an Important raid on both tho oulbouna ana nomo ward trips. Available figures did not t veal the total weight of explo sive! dumped upon the Euro pean enemy during the month, k,,. p.m. sir Harold H. Balfour, .,nrr m-rrlnrv of state for air, told tho house of commons yes terday that the RAF alone now Is dropping bombs on Germany at three tlmea the 1942 rate. Reliable estimates placed the RAK's June bomb deluge deliv .,1 irmn homeland bases at a record 13.300 tons, topping by somo 1000 tons the May record of 12,300 tons. A great propor tion of this June destruction was spread upon the Ruhr In nine major attacks. Including tho as .null on Ducsscldorf on June 1 1 by the war's greatest heavy oomoer lorcw. Soldier Dies After Shooting at Aged Farmer's Horn ' TACOMA. July 1 (fll I'vi Earl R. Taylor, stationed at Fort I.ewls. died early todoy at the Pierce countyrhospltal after hav ing been shot at the home of P. E. Whltmorc, 78, farmer liv ing near tho Roy turnoff from the Mountain highway. Whlt morc Is being held by police for Invc.illRiitlon. According to Deputy Sheriffs Leo Toncttl and Julius La Vcrgnc, Taylor and Whltmorc hnd been drinking ot a nearby tavern. About midnight Whlt morc returned home. Taylor ap- aparcntly followed him, and tried to enter the front door of Whit moro's house. After Whltmorc ordered him away. Taylor went to tho bnrk door and was trying to pull off the screen when Whit more shot through the door, the deputy sheriffs said. De Volera Again Elected Prime Minister of Eire DUBLIN, July 1 (P) EBmon De Valcra was reelected prime minister of Eire today by a vote of 87 to 37 In the first meeting of the dull since tho general elec tion of June 22. Ills opponent was William Cosgravo, loader of the opposi tion Fine Gnol party. Tho vole was token after De Valcra had opposed a suggestion to suspend tne pariy sysrem iinui after tho emergency and to re place it In the Interim with a na lonal government. THEY ALSO SERVE TULSA. Okla,, W) Enid Means, 7-year-old daughter of Mr. and Mrs. T. J. Means of Kellyvlllo, Okla., hoed her vic tory garden so vigorously she, cut her foot. She battled tho resultant In fection for a week in a Tulsa hospital and died yesterday. Armored Vest Saved Flier ,Kd If? U? -A-rtr I'M- ' W.v-:--- J 7 L . ::n v.- RETURNS TO BAY Orris W. Willard, EM 3c, U. S. navy, has returned to the San Francisco bay area after! . ' ; wife, the formerly Ruth Hendricks. For six months Willard was with the Sea bees at Camp Perry In Wll liamsburg, Vir ginia, serving as, a primary train ing military in structor. He has now transferred to the regular navy and will attend a naval Helps Shorten Working Hours For Tired, Burning, Swollen Feet If yon are on your feet nil dure-welkin the floor or stendirtr In front ot a machine just sprinkle Allan's Foot-Ke.se on your rent anil into your enoei every mormn. This soot Muff powder reill hrlniri quick relief f mm tho discomfort of tired, burnlnv feet. When feet tend to swell end shoes ftel Pincthml ftfim nil itny sUndinif, tr Allen's oot-Ksso to relieve thli comrestlnn. Also nets to ehsorh excessive perspiration and prevent offensive foot odors. If yntl want res I font comfort be sure to esk for Allen's Knnt-Krise the easy, simple way to allday slundlnsr and welkins comfort Get It today at all druftlsta. Col. Myron R. Wood (right), chief of supply, eighth air force service command, holds an armored vest that withstood the force of an exploding 20 mm cannon shell Just two feet from the chest of U. 8. filer on a raid over Wlihelmshaven and Emden. Cpl John Nash (left). Cleveland, O.. wears the vest American bomber crews are equipped with as protection against low velocity mil sites cause of 75 per cent of airmen's wounds. Associated Press photo from USAAF, Noel Benson Promoted to Major; Gordon Jap Prisoner From ' two fronts today came word of two brothers, Noel and Cordon Benson, sons of Mr. and Mrs. Steve Benson of Klamath Falls. Official word from the war department tells that Flril Lieutenant Cordon Benson is a prisoner of war held by Japan, and In a press release from BATTLE EXPECTED FOR DOWNEY SEAT SACRAMENTO, July 1 VP) A third potential candidate for the United Stutcs senate seat held b y - Senator Shcridnn Downey appeared on the politi cal horizon today when Speuker Charles W. Lyon of the stole assembly said he is "seriously considering" making the race. Lyon, a member of tho leg islature for 27 years from Los Angeles, declared he has made a tour around the state sound ing out sentiment and that he will' run If proper support is forthcoming. . - Within the last few days Lieutenant Governor Frederick Houscr and Dr. Waiter F. Dex ter, state superintendent of pub lic instruction have announced they may seek to succeed Downey. All three officials arc republicans. Cournorie Named To Succeed Boisson As Governor-General ALGIERS, July 1 (P) The French committee of national liberation today named Plorro Cournarlo to succeed Picrro Bois son as governor general of French West Africa, where the Dakar naval base is situated. Cournarie had been governor ot tho Camcroons under an ap pointment made In November, 1940, by Ccn. Charles do' Gaulle. 13 Years Of Negatives On File! Since 1930; Kennoll-Ellis Has Kept . . All Negatives On File For Your i . Convenience Come In . . . Look Them Over And Order From -Those Old Proofs You May. Have Forgotten! Kennell-Ellis U. S. Nat l Bank Bldg., Main and 8th . phone 3252 Guadalcanal, word was received of the promotion of Captain Noel Benson to a major In the army air corps. Lieutenant Benson was pre viously reported as missing in the Philippines and in April his parents heard that he was a prisoner of war. He is being held in a camp somewhere in tho Philippines. Noel Benson has recently as sumed command of a bombard ment squadron In the South Pa cific and In May was mudc a major. Reasons for his promo lion were his distinguished rec ord as - a flight commander throughout his service. He had participated In many bombing raids including a raid on Jap held wake tslond for which he was awarded the air medal. Also on the list of men held by the Japanese was the name of PFC George E. Young, son of Mrs. Rachel Young of Lakcvicw, SPEEDER WENDOVER FIELD, Utah, P) Staff Sgt. James McCluns directed traffic .past his nutomo-, bile, parked on the desert 40 miles from Wcndovcr. Inside it his wife, attended by two Red Cross stufcrs, gave birth to Jimmy, Jr. MEN AND WOMEN IN SERVICE ri Bud Fair do Wriies Home Of Adventures in Tunisia i electrical school at the floating drydock training center in Ti buron, California. ON LEAVE Vernon Gillette, son of Mrs. Lei a Daw, route 3, has been home on a three-day leave. He is a gunner In tho navy, and has been In tho navy for about a year. He has been all over tho world and has recent ly returned from England. He graduated from Klamath Union high school in 1940. AT FORT KNOX Private Wil bur E. Muma of Klamath Falls is now with the AFRTC, Fort Knox, Ky. He is the husband of Mrs. W. E. Muma who lives at s 319 -East! Main ' street, Klamath Falls.' - . - Word has' been received from ! Sgt. Aldon A. Dollmnn, son of Mr. and Mrs. A. E. Dollman of Elllngson's mill, that he Is in the Aleutian islands. Young Doll man has been in service nearly three years. . He has never yet had a furlough. ' Aldon attend ed grade school at Kcno and was employed by Long Bell at Dorris before his entry into the army. He was first sent to Spokane,! then Anchorage, Alaska, a n d j more recently to the Aleutians.) His parents receive mail from him about once .a week. Seventeen year old Robert Charles Moore has enlisted in the marine corps - at Portland, according to Sergeant Lester Finley of the local recruiting of fice. The marine private is the son of Robert E. Moore, 4617 Denver avenue. The youth has been a farmer since graduating from elementary school in Klamath Falls.' He will leave home for boot camp training in San Diego at a later date. Corporal "Bud" Kalrclo, now In Tunisia, writes his mother, Mrs, Gcorgo Lewis of Dairy, that they have been herding German and Italian prisoners around. He said that a sight which he never expected to sec was when they surrendered. They came stream ing out of the hills In their own trucks, driven by their own men and it was nothing to have a truck load stop and ask tho way to the nearest prison camp. Falrclo writes that the Ger mans still think that they arc going to win the war and the question that they asked the most was "Do you think that they will send us to America?" He says that he has seen over 1700 miles of the African coast and a lot of inland. He enjoys the swimming more than any thing over there yet, but says he will never again have a hanker ing to rove around. He writes that a fellow really learns to ap preciate his home town after be ing over there, in fact, if he never gets farther than Dairy, it will suit him all right. Ho has many interesting sou- veniers if the army will let him keep them, including a German mosquito net in his pup tent to keep off the flies and mosquitos. He Is camped under a lemon tree, and mentioned that he never did see such big fields of grain, alfalfa, and vlnyards as he has seen there, Harry Iscnsee, SF 3c left Tuesday for Port Hucncme, Cali fornia. Ho was called to active duty in the navy on October 8, 1942 and was stationed at Camp Peary, Virginia, where he completed his basic training and advanced training. While in Klamath Falls he visited with his wife Kathcrine of 1919 Erie street and friends. He was formerly employed at the Men's Hand Laundry. SAN ANTONIO Promotion of Sergeant Edward E. LaChap pcll of 3940 South Srxth street, Klamath Falls, to staff sergeant was announced recently by Lt. General Courtney H. ' Hodges, commanding the third army and southern defense command, Fort Sam Houston, Texas. Sergeant LaChappell, the son of Mr. and Mrs. F. W. LaChap pell, entered the army in Feb ruary, 1942. He is assigned to the artillery section of the third army. In civilian life he was a flor ist's helper. A letter was received Tuesday, June 29, by his parents from Lt. Morry Stein, son of Mr. and Mrs. A. Stein. Lt. Stein says that he was at Blzcrte and described the city as a shambles. He did not even get a scratch, he said. Mor ry entered the army In August, 1942. He attended Klamath Un ion high school and the Univer sity of Oregon. PECOS, Texas Corporal George B. Rawlins, husband of the former Janet Schild of 924 Donald street, Klamath Falls, has completed a course In ad vanced aircraft mechanics at the Pecos army air field where he is stationed. Corporal Raw lins is a former owner of Raw lins Service garage, Klamath Falls. Sub War Better But Not Won, Says Navy Secretary LOS ANGELES, June 30 VP) Despite the growing list of Unit ed Nations successes against un dersea marauders, the struggle for supremacy over the submar ine has not been won, and won t be as long as the war lasts, Sec- Hick Fur Scarfs AND V $2930 Neck Pieces The luxury accent to practically everything in your year 'round ward robe fur scarf! Fur Neckpieces! The newest for smart wear. Choose Sable-Dyed Kolinsky, Sil vered or Dyed Fox, 2, 3 or 4 skin arrangements. 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