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HERALD AND NEWS. KLAMATH FALLS. OREGON
July Si 1048
GEH
SKORSK
DIES
CRASH
OFF GIBRALTAR
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been organizing to fight the lib'
erition of Poland were at last
ready to take part in the offen
sive operations they had been
planning since the humiliating
days of September, 1939. when
their country fell before the Ger
man invaders.
Other victims included Gen.
Tadeusz Klimccki, 48. chief of
the Polish general staff; Col.
Andrzel Marecki, chief of tht
operational section and expert in
military science, who visited the
United States twice the last
time in December, 1942 and a
British colonel, Victor Alexander
Cazalet, who was a political
liaison officer and sometimes
served as an interpreter of Sik
orski's public speeches.
Other Victims
Also in the plane were Col
onel Gralewski, Lieutenant Pob
iewski and a Mr. Julakowski.
one of Sikorski's civilian aides.
President Wladyslaw Reczie
wicz immediately designated
Deputy Premier Stanislaw Mik
olajczyk, leader of the Polish
peasant party, as acting premier,
pending the selection of Sikor
ski's successor.
Gen. Marian Kukiel, Polish
minister of defense, was placed
in charge of Polish armies to
succeed Sikorski in that ca
pacity. Crashes in Flames -
(The Berlin radio broadcast a
transocean propaganda agency
dispatch saying residents of La
Linea, Spain, saw the plane crash
in flames only 300 yards off
shore. "Spanish eye-witnesses
observed all four engines stalling
for unknown reasons." said the
broadcast, recorded by The' As
sociated Press. It added that
searchlights were used all night
in attempts to rescue the occu
pants of the plane.
(Less than two hours after the
accident was announced in Lon
don, the Berlin radio used the
death of General Sikorski as
grist for its divlde-and-conquer
propaganda mill. DNB quoted
"Polish emigrant - circles in
Stockholm" as saying the head of
the Polish government-in-exile
was "murdered" by British se
cret service agents "because his
dispute with Moscow was felt
to be an extreme nuisance for
British-soviet relations.")
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from a pen. The horse rared
and struck Rollins with his rear
hooves. In addition to other
hurts, Rollins received several
fractured ribs and his teeth were
knocked out. He is in Klamath
Valley hospital where his con
dition was said to be satisfactory.
Harry Young, riding in the
mid-afternoon races, suffered a
probable fracture of the ankle
when his horse fell with him.
Young had received a hurt an
kle earlier in the day when his
horse fell on the pavement. The
animal fell twice at the post.
Two heat prostration cases,
which involved young boys on
horseback, were reported during
the day. Their names were not
learned.
Dr. George H. Adler, 'assisted
by members of the Oregon
Women's Ambulance corps, was
on hand to take care of the in
jured. Congress Nears
Recess at Great
Odds With President
(Continued From Page One)
additional $16,000,000,000 in rev
enue largely has been ignored
thus far and a modified version
ol the Huml pay as you eo'
plan, which he apparently signed
reluctantly, has been enacted.
Two of the president's major
appointments those of Edward
J. Flynn as minister to Australia
and of James V. Allred, former
lexas governor, to the circuit
court of appeals failed to mate
rialize. Flynn's appointment was
withdrawn in the face of senate
opposition, and Allred's nomina
tion was pigeonholed by the
senate judiciary committee.
Independence
Varied reasons are advanced
for these clashes between the
executive and 1 e g i si a t i v e
branches, but Senator Van Nuys
(D-Ind.) attributed most of them
to a growing independence on
the part of the lawmakers.
Van Nuyg said he thought this
tendency would be increased by
the visit of the legislators to
their homes, but Senator Pepper
(D-Fla.) predicted that the peo
ple will demand that legislators
wno nave been opposing the
president's domestic policies
come forward with alternate n. I
lutlons for home front problems.
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included ta the llghtaing offensive covering hundreds of miles of the Southwest Pacific areata VlrS'rtr'bo'r.
aJwve. on New Ofonjtm Island, where U. S. forces pushed ashore on July 1 and took chsrge of the former Jap
base. Tht harbor is within 80 miles of Jap-h eld Munda airfield, official U. 8. Navy photo.
VURA VILLAGE
CAPTURED BT
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que said our losses were "rela-!
tively light.
Commands Approach
Vura village commands the
approaches to Wickham anchor-
age on the southern coast of
Vangunu island.
American planes and anti
aircraft guns shot 21 planes
out of two formations which
attempted to. raid American
positions on Rendova. Eighteen
Japanese bombers, escorted by
score of fighters, were
pounced upon by a flight of
Lockheed Lightnings before
they reached their objective.
Five bombers and four Zeroes
were shot down without loss of
a single American plane. Soon
afterward 16 Japanese bombers,
escorted by fighters, appeared
over Rendova but anti-aircraft
guns knocked down 12 of the
bombers in a 30-minute battle.
The others were driven off.
Planet Against Munda
General MacArthur sent tor
pedo and dive bombers against
Munda, the core of Japanese re
sistance on New Georgia. The
enemy camp sectors and harbor
outposts were pounded with
1000 and 2000-pound bombs. All
the attacking planes returned.
Meanwhile, from Washington
the navy announced nine heavy
bombing raids on Japanese posi
tions on Kiska island in the
North Pacific. Hits were ob
served on anti-aircraft positions,
camp areas and on buildings.
Weather conditions prevented
observation of results of some
of the raids.
EDITORIALS ON
NEWS
(Continued From Page One)
Harry Woodring, speaking at his
home town of Neodosha, Kansas.
made a rather thoughtful and
challenging one. He said our
two-party system is at present
wrongly aligned. Instead of Re
publicans and Democrats, the
alignment should be "constitu
tional liberal conservatives vs.
those radicals who wish to make
America over."
He called on voters of both
parties to unite "in a great crus
ade to restore America to its own
people under a constitutional
government."
THIS writer, agreeing in prin
ciple with Woodring, would
put it a little differently .
The alignment should be all
those who are FOR THE COUN
TRY vs. the demagogues and the
self-seekers and the shallow
pated thinkers who are for
THEMSELVES first, last and all
the time.
JF this writer were starting out
to found a new party in these
days, this is the question he
would ask prospective members:
Are you FOR YOUR COUN
TRY first, or are you FOR
YOURSELF first?
That question, if honestly
answered, would come pretty
close to separating the sheep
from the goats.
One of the Japanese favorite
expressions is going to come in
handy in due time "Very
sorry!"
You can cement friendship
with the boss by advancins
some concrete ideas for makine
MARTHUR IN
money.
Viru Harbor Now in
Germans Claim
Thrust Victory -In
Kuban Area
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said the preparations for a Ger
man attack in the Belgorod sec
tor northwest of Kharkov and
midway between the Kuban
bridgehead and Leningrad front,
have been smashed by artillery
and mortar fire with heavy loss
to the nazi forces.
Speculation as to whether this
"'"'
large-scale offensive by either
side remained unanswered in
Germa" military circles. the Ber-
lin radio said. It was pointed
out. however, that torrential
rains, which have turned high
ways in the main sectors of the
front into quagmires, make any
sustained action virtually im-
Possible, at least for the present.
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American Legion color cuarrl fnl.
lowed by the state guard. Other
entries in the parade were as fol
lows:
Veterans of Foreign Wars and
auxiutary unit.
Oregon Women's Ambulance
corps.
Girl Scouts.
Commandos.
Queen Faith and Princesses
Barbara Adams and Noweta
Havineer on horses followed by
me oiner tnree princesses and
12 wounded service men in the
Junior chamber of commerce
float.
Police reserves.
Red Cross.
Peyton company float.
Bond floats.
Townsend club entry.
Sheriff's mounted color guard.
snenii s Fosse.
Mounted groups.
The parade started at approxl
matcly 10 o'clock and made its
way from the Link River bridge
10 we armory.
FUGATE INQUEST
SET FDR WEDNESDAY
The inquest into the death of
Arden Fugate, Merrill rancher,
scheduled for Tuesday at 10 a.
m. at Whitlock's, has been post
poned until Wednesday at 10
a. m., it was announced today by
County Coroner George H. Ad
ler. Funeral services for Mr. Fu
gate, originally set for Tuesday
at 2 p. m.; have been postponed
until Wednesday at 2 p. m., Whit
lock's stated.
NOW PLAYING
Continuous Prom 1:M P. M.
RICHARD OIX
KENT TAYLOR PRANCES OIPFOHD
"TOMBSTONE"
Hands of Yanks
FCC Gill
CHARGES COX
COMMITTEE
WASHINGTON, July 5 (Pi
The Cox committee investigat
ing the federal communications
commission (FCC) was charged
by FCC Chairman James L. Fly
today with having "joined forces
with the radio monopoly and
Wall Street interests on the one
hand and the military on the
other," to "wreck the commis
sion." ,
In a five-page statement de
fending the FCC, Fly called for
a halt to "this sort of harassing
and unfair tactics" after charg
ing the house committee headed
by Rep. Cox (D-Ga.) with con
ducting star-chamber proceed
ings, illegally issuing subpoenas,
"badgering" commission em
ployes, and "stirring up" vicious
rumors and gossip" to destroy
the commission.
The half hundred charges
made against FCC and Fly by
the committee last week were
denounced by the commission
chairman as "the 50 vicious con
clusions it (the committee) is
going to arrive at come hell or
high water."
The Cox committee charges
ranged from accusations of gen
eral incompetency on the part
of FCC to actual endangering of
tne national security. Fly also
was charged by the committee of
seeking to set up a censorship
over radio speech and of using
his office to try to influence the
editorial columns of newspaper
publishers . operating radio sta
tions.
Miners Fete Fourth
By Going to Work
(Continued From Page One)
dwindled to less than 30,000 with
reports coming in hourly of addi
tional locals voting to return.
Thousands trooped into the
pits today close on the heels of
small preparatory shifts which
readied the diggings last night.
Many other thousands pledged
themselves to return tomorrow.
Besides the pleas of their nom
inal boss, Secretary Ickes, and
their leader, John L. Lewis, their
own self-interest persuaded many
of the men to return; they re
ceive time and a half for holiday
work.
NOW!
CONTINUOUS
FROM 1 P. M.
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NEXT LAUGH HIT
RACY RIP-ROARING
COMEDY1 . , .
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JULY FOURTH
BOMBINGSBASH
SICILY, FRANCE
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these missions and other attacks
Saturday night.
Escort Planet
(A British -communique from
Valletta said Malta's Spitfires es
corted some U. S. AAF bombers
over Sicily yesterday and de
stroyed six enemy fighters
against a loss of three. The bul
letin did not bring out whether
these were in addition to, or In
cluded in, the total announced
at allied headquarters).
The Saturday night forays,
mentioned previously in Italian
broadcasts, included a block
buster raid on the Lido di Roma
seaplane base southwest of Rome;
a fresh blow at Trapiinl, the
western Sicilian port at which
aerial reconnaissance had dis
closed the Italians to be blowing
up shipping installations: and
Catania, an eastern Sicilian port
where railway yards were the
target. British bombers executed
these raids.
Weekend Totals
(The Italian high command
communique, broadcast from
Rortfb and recorded by The Asso
ciated Press, asserted axis fight
ers and anti-aircraft guns had
destroyed 108 allied planes at
the weekend, 86 of them yester
day). Sicily's main air fields. Includ
ing those of Catania. Gcrbini.
Sciacca, Comiso and Milo, were
pounded by American bombers
throughout Independence Day.
intercepted by swarms of Ger
man and Italian fighters. Flying
Fortress formations destroyed at
least l in combat while attack
ing the Catania airdrome, which
lies almost within the shadow of
volcanic Mount Aetna.
Runways Hit
Fragmentation bombs cas
caded on runways and dispersal
areas and flames spurted up from
the Catania field.
Mitchell medium bombers be
gan the July Fourth offensive
shortly after midnight in a joint
attack with RAF Bostons against
Comiso. Tremendous sheets of
fire were reported by the airmen
to have been started in the tar
get area.
American-manned Bostons
struck at the Sciacca field soon
after dawn, starting two (ires
and exploding a large building.
Bombed from above by an urn-
grella formation of Messcr-
schmitt-210s and under fire from
nearly 30 ME-109s and Macchi-
202s, the Bostons unswervingly
carried out tne bombing run
while escorting Warhawks pro
vided close cover and destroyed
uve mt-iuas.
Indian Found
Dead Near Skate
Rink Monday
Stonewall Hecocta, about 32.
lifelong resident of the Spraguc
River district, was found dead
early Monday morning soma 100
yards from Poole's Rollerdromc
near the railroad spur. At the
side of Hecocta's body were two
bottles, one containing rubbing
alcohol, the other "7-Up," ac
cording to County Coroner
George H. Adler. Death was at
tributed to natural causes.
Hecocta and his brother-in-law,
Cain Sconchin, also of
Sprague River, were in town to
celebrate the Fourth. They sep
arated early Sunday evening
Sconchin said he spent the night
in a box car. He found Hecocta's
body following a long search at
about 7 o'clock this morning.
Dr. Adler said Hecocta had been
dead since early last night. The
body is at Ward's.
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ITT ittt WARREN
MEN AND
WOMEN IN
SERVICE. ;
IN MISSOURI Privalo Ray
mond DvCusta, son of Mrs.
Hiram Tucker of
"Wl route 3, box
1)17, is now sta-
Fort
Wood.
field
for
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MN IN SERVICE
TULELAKE A tube of tooth
paste over un the border be
tween India and Burma costs
American soldiers about $1 In
American money, according to
First Llrutciuint Leon R.
Street in a recent letter to his
parents, Mr. and Mrs. 11. T.
Street. Natives think that the
Americans arc rolling in money
and prices are boosted sky high
in all bazaars patronized by ser
vice men.
Some commodities Including
aluminum utensils that have
almost disappeared from stores
in the U. S. arc plentiful In In
dia he writes. Food rationing has
just started there.
Lieutenant Street is censor for
his company and is serving in
the army quartermaster corps.
He left the U. S. last January.
FARRAGUT, IDAHO Clint
Louis Hamblin, son of Mrs. B.
Hamblin, Box 187, Klamath
Falls, arrived at Furragut this
week to begin his recruit train
ing. .
At the conclusion of his train
ing, he will be given an oppor
tunity to qualify for one of
the navy s service schools for
additional specialized training in
a field which he has chosen.
CAMP HOOD. Tex. In a let
ter from the lank destroyer
school In Camp Hood, Tex., it
was announced that Elmer E.
Prince of Tulelake, Calif., re
ceived his commission as a sec
ond lieutenant in the army of
the United States at the school
on Juno 23, 1943.
LicutenanlVrincc's course con
sisted of thirteen weeks of train
ing. The training program in
cludes the blest in combat
methods which can be brought
to the candidates from the battle
fields. Word comes from Midlaifd,
Tex., thnt Aviation Cadet Le-
Ruy B. Vnden, son of Mr. and
Mrs. Henry S. Vaden, 5541 At-
tamont drive, Klamuth Falls, is
now a student at the army air
forces bombardier school in
Midland.
Vaden is a sports enthusiast
and was at one time a member
of the ski patrol at Crater Lake
National park. He also worked
in the lumber industry.
Cadet Vaden was a member
of a navy crew on a destroyer
before tho war. When he had
served his time he went into
civilian pilot training. He com
pleted two courses and was
placed on the army reserve list.
In January, 11)42, he was called
to active duty air crew train
ing. In civilian life he was a per;
sonncl manager for area engin
eers at Camp White, Mcdford.
Isabel ! Jano Milne, a cor
poral In the Klamath Falls Com
mandos, became a private In
the Marino corps early last
week, when she was sworn in
at Portland, Sergeant Lester
Finley of the local recruiting
office reports.
Private Milne Is the daughter
of Mrs. Maggie Milne, 214 East
Main street. She was graduated
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X.fv 3 Mo., ,i the
yt' 8 artillery. R
Imond is a
in e r jviii
"HOW'S ABOUT IT".J'SATURDAY'S CHILDREN"
from Klamath Union high
'school In 11)37 and was em
ployed by the Bnul Toiilimtl
truck service us a billing clerk.
Private Mllno Is a member of
Iho Amaranth, Eastern Star,
and the Business and Profes
sional Women's club, She will
be called fur training at a later
date.
FARRAGUT, Idaho Begin
ning their training at this U. S.
naval training station arc two
men from Klamath Falls, Ore.
The Klamath recruits aro
James Albert Jackson, husband
of Mrs. J. A. Jackson, 2141
White street; and Frederick
Russell Trewartha, son of Mr.
O. R. Trewartha, Routo 3, Box
1283.
Rex G. Walters of Klunintli
Fulls, now In the army, was
recently promutcd to tho rank
of corporal, according to an an
nouncement by the public rela
tions offlco at Camp Hnan,
Citltr., where Wallers Is sta
tioned.
Ho Is attached to an anti-aircraft
artillery biittallon at the
huge Riverside county training
center.
Prior to his induction. Wal
lers was a sawmill worker at
the Lamm Lumber company.
Allies Help U. S.
Celebrate Fourth
Of July Yesterday
(Continued From Page One)
At Sulgrave, North Hampton
shlre, ancestral home of Ueorgo
Washington, British and Amer
ican flags wero raised.
Russian Festival
Admiral William 11. Stand ley,
United States ambassador to
Russia, held open house at tho
American embassy in Moscow
and guests drunk a concoction
which they culled "Cuba Llbran
sky," a Cuba libra with vodka
substituted for rum.
Later Russian artists present
ed an all-Amcrican program at
Philharmonic hall featuring
George Gershwin's "Rhapsody
in Blue," and American folk
songs sung by Natalie Schrillcr,.
Moscow opera prima donna.
Part of Uie program was short
waved to the United States.
Braslllan Demonstration
In Rio de Janeiro, 4000 Brazil
ian students staged a demonstra
tion in the plaza before the Am
erican embassy, and in Mexico
City the government radio de
voted its nationwide broadcast
to a tribute to the United States,
featuring the playing of the
"Star Spangled Banner."
In Chungking. Chinese War
Minister Ho Ylng Chin gave a
dinner at the war ministry for
Lieut. Qcn. Joseph W. Stilwell,
70 members of the American
commander's staff and a number
of high-ranking Chinese army of
ficers. Farm Appropriation
Bill Sent to FDR
(Continued From Page One)
and incentive payments. Wheat
would bo tho only crop affected,
since the others are selling at
parity,
Othsr Maans
"The administration will have
to provide some other means of
forcing up the price of wheat."
Reed told the senate tho effect
of the house restrictions on pur
ity and crop payments on 1044
crops would mean a difference of
23 cents a bushel In the prlco re
ceived by the wheat producer.
He said he would not agree to
abandonment on crop insurance
as well, adding:
"I have no intention of agree
ing that tho wheat farmer shall
be forced t play the role of
Czecho-Slovakia In a Munich ap
peasement conference, to satisfy
the prejudices of some of the
house conferees."
If you hava tha proper car In
surance, you can keep right on
driving and let the Insurance
company worry about tha acci
dent. Get a standard policy
from Ed Chileota, 111 N. Bth.
FROM 1:00 P. M.
LAST DAY I
FIVE KILLED
N ACCIDENTS
OVER I
By Tha Associated Pratt
Oregon's Fourth of July week
end death toll mounted to flva
today (Monday) with two persons
killed by automobile mishaps
and one each by drowning, an
airplane crash and a fire.
Louis Evensnn, 00, route 3, Mo-
Julia, was killed Sundiiy night
wniie WRiKing amiss a nignway
near Molullb. J. E. Sliobe, Clack
amas county chief deputy sher
iff, said Evansnn apparently step
ped In front nf an nulomoblln
driven by Carl Praoht, Hubbard.
By Tha Associated Press
Four persons were killed In
Oregon over the Fourth of July
weekend In a plane crash, a
drowning, a fire and an automo
bile accident.
Sgt. Max A. Hall, Montpeller,
VI.. died when a training plane
from the Portland army air base
struck a power line 50 miles
southeast of Oregon City late
Sunday, sheared off a wing and
plummeted to the ground In
flames. The pilot, Identified at
Oregon City hospital at 1st Lieut.
J. II. Tenuunt, suffered burns
and cuts but was expected to re
cover. A Camp Adulr soldier, Pvt.
Paul Buhner. 21, Toledo, O.,
drowned In the Wllluiuctto rlvor
at Sulem Sunday after falling
from a rowbnut.
Mrs. Ellen Lady, 4S, Portland,
riled from Inhaling smoke when
irnppcu in nrr nuino uy names
Sutiircluy night.
Mrs. Henry Grrwlg, 37, Port
land, was killed early Sunday
after an automobile In which she
was riding plunged over a 130
foot embankment on the North
Santlam highway between Nia
gara and Detroit. Two other
passengers were injured.
Legion Presents
Instruments to
Bomber Group
(Continued From Page One)
part In the scheduled ceremony,
the presentation went off with
out a hitch and a few houri
latrr the big ship was on Ha
way bark home, carrying tha
orums ann ougies.
Lombard advised Colonel
Terrel thot the Legion was hap
py to turn over the instruments
to the group and wished them
"good luck and good hunting"
as the men went over seas. Col
onel Terrel expressed the ap
preciation nf the men and said
he "hoped" the Instrument
would be returned in perfect
shape."
The 10 members of the
bomber's crew were guests of
Queen Faith and her princesses
In their box at the rodeo.
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