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About Herald and news. (Klamath Falls, Or.) 1942-current | View Entire Issue (July 29, 1943)
July 20, 1948 HERALD AND NEWS, KLAMATH FALLS, OREGON f-AGENINl Doughboys Blow Up German 88 Then Race to Seize Palermo; Italian Officers All Packed Br HAROLD PALERMO, July 23 (Delayed) W) Historic Palermo, cap Ital and largest city on Sicily, fell today without firing a shot in It own dofoniio to American infantry and armored column con verging from three directions. Doughboys walking soldiers won the race tramping to the outskirts of the city about noon from the southwest after a 60-mlle advance from Castelvatrano during which they had to halt three times to knock out harassing artillery pieces. Happy that his forces avoided shelling into submission this city known throughout the world for it ancient churches, tem ples and monuments which make it living tomb ot Phoenician, ureeic, oyzamine, aaracen, worman, Spanish and early French civilizations, ine American oep uty commander under Lieut. Cen. Oeorge S. Patton Jr. ac cepted the surrender. Bags All Packed . Italian officers, bags picked, 'had been waiting all day to hand over the town of from 400,000 to 800,000' population. The Germans were out last night. The harbor area has been heavily damaged by the allied bombings. The city itself bore the scars of bombs but the damage Is not as extensive as that visited upon a number of other Sicilian towns. Troops who rolled into Pa lermo at dusk received a hearty welcome. The populace cheered, threw gifts of flowers and fruit and poured free wine in Wis greatest demonstration most of them hnd ever seen. Italian sol diers sUll in uniform lined the streets by the hundred and Joined in the cheers. Some of them wers so glad to be out of I the war they even ran out and kissed the hands of the Ameri can soldiers rolling past in half tracks. Knocked Out One of the famous German 88-mlllimeter artillery pieces which attempted to bar the American armored advance on the city was blasted to pieces by four perfect shot from an American 75-milllmeter assault gun at less thin 800 yards. When tha nazt piece opened fire on a reconnaissance column led by Capt. Hugh R. O'FarrelJ of Athens, Ga., the husky young officer pulled his men back beyond the brow of a hill and called up one of the crack self-propelled assault guns. It charged around a bend and wheeled Into position In full J. view ot the machine gun. Dead In Bighta Before, It could let go Gunner Corp. Benni Kulig ot Indepen dence, Wis., had the German weapon dead In his sights and his first shot sent the enemy gunners scrambling for cover. Tha loader, Privets Andrew J. Shewmake of Monroe, Term., slapped in another shell and Kullg smsshed a great hole through the 88 shield. Its-ammunition burst Into flame. Kulig then swung tha 78 over a couple of degrees and pitched two shells into the Ger man gun' main ammunition dump. It blew up with an ex plosion that shook the hills.) Bright flame and black smoke rolled skyward and chunks of twisted metal casing showered hundred of feet away. Bring Back Prisoners I, Our patrol went forward ' after that and brought back 11 German and four Italian who had operated the gun, but tha German lieutenant who com manded them escaped. 'This helps some, but wa ain't even with those birds yet," said Gunner Kullg. Sergeant Eugena Hatfield of Gilbert, W. Vs., explained that a German shell had landed un der the American assault gun a tew day ago and knocked out it radio. Other crewmen of the American gun were Sergt. Harold Carpenter, tha gun com mander, ot Rensselaer Falls, N. Y., and Corp. Robert Eding- Spend Your Vacation - , LAKE 0' WOODS RESORT Now opened under th man agement of Mr, and Mrs. T. 8, Maeley. Pithing . Boats Motor Boat Available MODERN CABINS completely furnished with cooking facilities, electricity, hot and eold water. Bring your ration book a the ator and service station ara now , open. Are now opened for th sum mer season, for your enjoy ment and relaxation. Fishing, hiking and swimming. V. BOYLE r, It drivar, ot Plankfnfton, S. O. Th aadr of a combat taaro, brldir gnral from Colo rado, ptraonally directed tha brief angagamant while atand ln only a few feet from the blasting 78. , : t Eighteen Killed in Two Plant Crashes Near Biggs Field EL PASO, Tex., July 29 UP) Eighteen officer and enlisted men from Biggs field and Fort Bits were killed and an enlliled man wat Injured in two plane crash, the- air field public re lation office announced today. Nine men were killed and one Injured when a four-engined bomber crashed ten mile east of Bigg field last night. ir a f Last Call I to 1 Duy Bonds HP VL'C 'ray ' New Locatio Oreg on News Notes By Tit Associated Press Jerry Barnes, 7, Vanport City, tumbled from a raft on Triangle lake near his home and drowned , . , The collector ot internal revenue at Portland opened a drive on motorists without a $3 federal motor vehicle us tax stamp . . . The Deschutes County fair will be held on a limited scale September 33-26, the fair board announced at Redmond , , . The war production board's release ot materials for reclamation opens the way for expenditure of more than $600,000 appropri ated for the Klamath-Modoc pro ject, Recfamation Superintend ent B. E, Hayden said at Klam ath Fall . . . Nearly 80,000,000 board feet of timber valued at $164,908 was cut from Whitman national for est the past year. Administra tive Assistant Spencer Goodrich reported at Baker . , , G. Y. Hagglund, Deschutes county agent for 13 year, resigned to join a feed company at Red mond , . , Burton Lee, Portland A half-filled war stamp book is like a half-equipped soldier! Stamp books cashed in by Satur day will bear interest from July 1 The Soroptimist-B.P.W. War Sav ings Bond sale ends this week. The women need YOUR purchase to put the drive over Our airmen need the bombs YOUR bonds will buy. Buy now! Every woman has a chance to do her bit and get on the Honor Roll. Phone 5 1 93. Judith Brown. Write the name of your favorite at tha top of your bond application, to cast your vote for Captain Jack's sweetheart Klamath ippiiriigj n-1205 Commercial Printing Phone 5373 Chinas, wa acquitted by a fed eral court jury of perjury charge stemming from a recant narcotic trial . , Tha Tanker Fort Erie, named for tha Niagara river fortifica tion ot the Revolutionary war and war of 1812, waa launched at Henry Kaiser' Swan island shipysrd, Portland . , . State Sal vage Committee Chairman C, I, Ssrcanous at Portland urged Oregon resident to save tin cans for collections which will b resumed when schools reopen . . Lack of a qualified director to replace Dr. O. B, Haugen, lost to the navy, wa blamed by the stat health department for sus pension ot it mental hygiene division . . . Circuit Judge Wal ter L. Tooze, chairman of tha Oregon Stat Bar association's war work committee, at Port land announced completion of a program in coastal counties to furnish free legal advice to members of tha armed services. School Employes In Portland to Get Salary Adjustments PORTLAND, July 28 VPs The Portland school board voted last night to spend money it hasn't yet-received to give em ploye $200 "cost of living" sal ary adjustment. , The money is expected to come from federal Lanham act funds, board member said. If It is not forthcoming, they foresaw a pos sibility some Portland school may nave to close, rr was rmsT First cavalry unit In tha United State army was tha Regiment of Dragoons, organ ized at Jetferaon Barrack, Mo., in August, 1833. uidl Klamath BOND TOTALS GHEEPTOWARD QUOTA MARK Figure are creeping toward the quota mark of the July war bond drive that ends Saturday night, aided materially by spe cial program and bond suctions held during the past vyeek. Total returns from sales at bank and posioffices up to July 23, amounted to $140,784, ac cording to a report from the bond sate committee of the Bus iness and Professional Women and Boroptimist clubs. This amount does not include the nearly $75,000 in radio pledges, and it wtlt be appreciated if these pledges are turned into bonds as soon as possible. A total of $27,200 was takes in pledge during the Comman do radio sale and entertain ment broadcast last Monday evening from KFJ1, according to the final tabulation ot the committee in charge. However, all other organiza tion who had charge ot these halt-hour programs did a splen a gaa a a eta. " . '-t ' , , - FREEDOM to In Hit country fc our jratt Mfftsf N prasarratJeri b mt aravatr rsaseMftltty THE CALIFORiilA OREGON POWER C0L1PAUY did Job, and expressions of ap preciation were extended front the two women's service clubs through the bond saie chair men, Olive Cornett and Coral Sabs, Amounts pledged at the four radio sales follow: July 8, sponsored by League of Women Voters, $m pledged; July 12, American Le gion auxiliary, $18,378; July 18, Sojourners club and Catholic Daughters, J u i y 28, Commandos, $27,200, making total of $74,725. Two Killed of Railway Crossings Two Miles Apart MA.RYSVILLZ, Wash., July 28 Railway crossing acci dents occurring 30 minutes apart at crossing about two miles apart yesterday took the live of two men near here. Harry L. Gray, about 86, wa the first victim. Hi car col lided with a freight train on the Great Northern line at Slater's crossing. The automobile wa dragged close to 1000 feet. George Haekett wa burned to death when the truck and trail er he was driving for the Valley Milk company oi Auburn caught fire after colliding with a pas senger train at Simpson' cross ing, Haekett' home is in Bet ling ham but he has been resid ing recently is Seattle. . Ralph Waldo Emersdn, the great essayist and philosoplwr, telle about walking througb the country oo day, and coming on a boy trying to get a calf through a gal . , " . . . ,,,, j ,The calf wat stubborn He stood there with hi Jegs stiffened while the boy tugged and pushed and threatened, t 'About this time a young girl came along and watched the boy s futile effort with a good deal of amusement. Fatally she said: "Here, let me show you how, And she stuck a finger in the calf mouth and led him gently through the gate. - Well when you know HOW to do a Job, the job s half done before you start. , . . , . , There was another good example of th after Pearl Harbor when America's business-managed electric power companies were suddenly called upon to supply power for expanding in dustry in quantities unheard of before. But they did it, just like that. They knew how. They had the experience the skill, end the resources, , . . , , The production of electric power in America has always bees mainly in the hands of business men, and under a system of free business opportunity and reward for individual initiative, these men have built up a national service, dedicated to the coaven ence and necessity of millions of people, - - -... Today, over 80 of all electric power in America is produced by business-managed, self-supporting, tax-paying companies whose first interest, like yours and mine, is wiamng the war. Army, Navy Use ! Good Weather at Kiska to Advantage . By WILLIAM L. WORDS! ADVANCED ALEUTIANS BASE, July 2? (Deia yedi UP) American army and navy forces have espitaiized to the greatest possible extent on unuiuaiiy. clear weather ot recnt days to giast at the Japanese on Klskas from the atr and sea. A recapitulation of navy de partment communiques showed Kiska was attacked 40 times in; the four days ended Tuesday), ?tsi-Ctft GntM& Uf tsbti City, FrascbiMd Bottler? Ppi-Cola SsttUay Co. ci Slaasaft Talte 43 Ssricg SU Klamath Fall, Or. Tita weather mad pourbU tart week th hssvisst naval bombardment yet teen in the Aleutian war ttwatra. Various heavy fleet unite itecmtd f'il Kick utt out ef rang si tha isiand's comparatively -smalt cottctal gun, but within easy range ef the ships' artiiiery, NOW SUM ,.; , Canton Colt 193 Mats St, Americas, tbSmmm Sitka. CharUa Wos. Proa . J
